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09KIGALI623	WOULD-BE OPPOSITION PARTY'S TAKEOFF STALLED BY [...] (C) Frank Habineza, leader of the newly-formed Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR),told polcouns October 2 that his party was canceling its initial party congress, set to take place in Kigali the same day, because a key state official had informed him late on October 1 that higher-level a [...]	2009-10-02 15:40:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS RW

09KIGALI624	FOOD SECURITY STABLE IN RWANDA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Rwandan production of staple food crops has increased 25 percent since 2006 as a result of agricultural reforms introduced in 2007, including better distribution of fertilizers and crop intensification programs. Although food production is stable for 2009, dependency on adequate [...]	2009-10-02 15:48:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EAID PGOV RW
09KIGALI634	RWANDAN PM DESCRIBES IMPROVING RWANDA-DRC TIES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 30, Rwanda's prime minister confirmed plans for Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to exchange ambassadors in the very near future and said Rwanda sought to strengthen its economic partnership with both the DRC and with countries belonging to the Ea [...]	2009-10-07 07:58:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO PHUM ECON EAID CG RW
09KIGALI644	IRAN DEMARCHE AND BRIEFING DELIVERED [...] (C) On October 7, polcouns briefed Mr. Ben Rutsinga, MFA's Director of Europe, Americas, UN and International Organizations on the outcome of the P5 1 talks and solicited Rwandan GOR support for the dual-track approach, as requested reftel. Rutsinga was generally supportive, noting that it wa [...]	2009-10-07 16:22:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR RW
09KIGALI663	RWANDA REPORTS 9 PERCENT GDP GROWTH; IMF UNSURE [...] (U) Rwandan Minister for Finance and Economic Planing James Musoni told the local press October 14, that the economy grew 9 percent for the first two quarters of 2009. This is almost double earlier estimates by the government and the IMF of 5.3 percent annual growth. Musoni attributed the gr [...]	2009-10-14 15:08:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN RW
09KIGALI672	KAGAME LOOKS SET TO WIN 2010 VOTE; NEW PARTIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rwanda is set to hold presidential elections in August 2010. President Paul Kagame is likely to run and win a second seven-year term, and his party dominates the national political landscape. Despite this, several small new political parties and figures have emerged in recent [...]	2009-10-15 16:49:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EAID KJUS RW
09KIGALI679	ICTR PROSECUTOR ON WORK, TRANSFER OF CASES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) chief prosecutor Hassan Jallow briefed Kigali-based diplomats October 15 on the tribunal's work, anticipated closure in 2010 and unresolved legacy issues. He intends to request transfer of some remaining cases to Rwanda, and ind [...]	2009-10-21 06:19:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCRM ICTR UNGA TZ RW
09KIGALI690	UNGA DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] (C) Polcouns delivered reftel demarches on October 26 to Rwandan MFA's Director General of Europe, Americas and International Organization Affairs Mr. Ben Rutsinga. Regarding Ref A items, Rutsinga said that in 2007 and earlier Rwanda abstained from voting on "no-action motions," but changed it [...]	2009-10-26 16:32:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA UN RW
09KIGALI694	ELECTORAL COMMISSION UNVEILS PLANS FOR 2010 VOTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rwandan election officials briefed the donor community October 15 on preparations for Rwanda's next presidential elections, set for August 9, 2010. Outstanding funding needs are modest at $1.2m, and the electoral process will feature a twenty-day campaign period. Parliament is [...]	2009-10-27 16:43:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID RW
09KIGALI699	GOVT ALLOWING OPPOSITION BREATHING SPACE, SAYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 20, Internal Security Minister Harerimana told Emboffs the Rwandan government was purposely not applying the law to the full extent and was allowing new opposition parties some latitude to form and operate. He cautioned that politicians could easily manipulate many Rw [...]	2009-10-28 16:28:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS RW
09KIGALI700	PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 10:54:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD RW
09KIGALI701	NIGER DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 16:21:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL USAU NI RW
09KIGALI716	SIERRA LEONE CONVICTS ARRIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 17:30:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM RW
09KIGALI717	POLICE CLOSE GREEN PARTY MEETING, CITING INSECURITY [...] (C) On October 25, police suspended a convention organized by the opposition Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR),after a member of the audience disrupted the proceedings. According to a reliable observer, minutes after the party secretary-general opened the meeting, a man in the approxima [...]	2009-11-03 17:35:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM RW
09KIGALI718	IMF LOWERS GDP GROWTH ESTIMATE TO 3.7 PERCENT [...] (SBU) IMF Resident Representative Dmitry Gershenson told Emboff November 2 the IMF has lowered its estimate of Rwanda's GDP growth in 2009 from 5.6 percent to 3.7 percent. The new estimate follows consultations between the Government of Rwanda (GOR) and an IMF mission led by Catherine McAuliff [...]	2009-11-03 17:39:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV RW
09KIGALI719	OPPOSITION FIGURE NTAGANDA TO CHALLENGE KAGAME AT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 25, members of the fledgling Parti Social-Imberakuri (PS-Imberakuri) party voted overwhelmingly to nominate party founder Bertrand Ntaganda, an ethnic Hutu lawyer, to be their candidate for Rwanda's 2010 presidential elections. Ntaganda was a founding member of the P [...]	2009-11-04 06:21:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI720	EAC MEETING - KIGALI NOV 09 [...] (SBU) The Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met on November 3, 2009 to discuss several incidents that occurred in the past month. 2. (SBU) On October 07, 2009 during an Marine Security Guard (MSG) function, a man approached a local guard and asked several specific questions in regards to t [...]	2009-11-04 06:23:00	Embassy Kigali	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER ASEC KMSG
09KIGALI721	GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 12:24:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL RW
09KIGALI722	POSSIBLE SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITY ON EMBASSY KIGALI [...] (S) SUMMARY: Clusters of incidents sometimes have a more profound effect and come into focus after the group has formed. Four recent incidents in Rwanda show a possible relationship and are reported in this cable. 1) On October 7, at a Marine function a Local Guard was approached and asked s [...]	2009-11-04 12:55:00	Embassy Kigali	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC KMSG
09KIGALI735	CONGOLESE AMBASSADOR ARRIVES IN RWANDA [...] (SBU) Norbert Nkulu from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) arrived in Kigali November 2, to begin an assignment as the DRC's ambassador to Rwanda--the first since Presidents Kabila and Kagame took office. Ambassador met Nkulu on November 5, at a reception during which Nkulu warmly en [...]	2009-11-06 09:36:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CG RW
09KIGALI736	DASD HUDDLESTON AND RWANDAN DEFENSE REVIEW [...] (C) Summary. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Huddleston met October 26 with Rwandan Minister of Defense Gatsinzi and senior Rwandan Defense Force officers, including Chief of Defense (CHOD) Kabarebe. The Rwandans thanked DASD for USG cooperation on peacekeeping and highlighted the Rwan [...]	2009-11-06 11:36:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MOPS MASS PINR CG RW
09KIGALI74	WORLD BANK SEEKS DONOR SUPPORT FOR NEW [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 6. 2. (SBU) World Bank (Bank) Country Representative Victoria Kwakwa convened a meeting January 30 seeking donor support for a proposed new Emergency demobilization and Reintegration Project with the Government of Rwanda (GOR). A team of Bank offi [...]	2009-02-02 16:51:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID PINS MOPS RW
09KIGALI740	RWANDA APPROVES BIOFUELS PROJECT [...] (U) The Government of Rwanda (GOR) on October 28 approved a U.S.private sector-sponsored $40 million biofuels project in eastern Rwanda. American-owned Eco-Fuel Global and British-owned Eco-Fuel Positive will jointly develop 10,000 hectares of marginal land for production of jatropha and buil [...]	2009-11-09 06:22:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ENRG ECON EAGR RW
09KIGALI747	GOR RELEASES 2009-2012 AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT PLAN [...] (U) The Ministry of Agriculture (MINAGRI) on November 13 provided a copy of its 2009-2012 investment plan to post. The investment plan is the financing component of MINAGRI's second overall Strategic Plan for the Transformation of Agriculture (PSTA II). The PSTA II implements Rwanda's Comprehe [...]	2009-11-13 10:09:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON RW
09KIGALI749	REFUGEE ISSUES IN RWANDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Rwanda hosts 53,000 Congolese refugees in three refugee camps and 2,000 urban refugees from various nearby countries. Standards of living in the camps are high, although land and sanitation issues are sometimes problematic. Although relations between Rwanda and the DRC have impr [...]	2009-11-13 12:13:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV CG RW
09KIGALI75	RWANDA REACTION: PRESIDENT'S INTERVIEW WITH [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and interview transcript to Rwandan Mufti Sheikh Saleh Habimana on February 2. Habimana said he hopes the United States will fully utilize the "opportunity" presented by President Obama's election to engage with the Muslim world, and make the strong [...]	2009-02-03 08:59:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL
09KIGALI756	GREEN PARTY PLANS 3RD ATTEMPT TO HOLD [...] (C) On November 6, polcouns met with Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR) leader Frank Habineza, secretary-general Charles Kabanda and a visiting Amcit Green party activist from California. Habineza said his still-unregistered party was running short on funds (he himself had had to take ou [...]	2009-11-16 15:17:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI765	JUDGE FINES EDITOR FOR INVASION OF PRIVACY, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 13 a judge found John Bosco Gasasira, the editor/journalist of a local newspaper, guilty of invasion of privacy and defamation, fined him $2,200 dollars and awarded costs and damages of $4,800. The sentence allayed Gasasira's supporters' earlier concerns that he mig [...]	2009-11-18 15:07:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI77	RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) This edition of the Rwanda Economic Review covers: -- 2008 Tourism revenues up 55 percent over 2007, but slow start to 2009 -- Economy grows 10 percent in 2008 -- Rwandatel to invest $45 million to expand market share, MTN launches BlackBerry -- Construction begins on new Hydro Powe [...]	2009-02-05 13:07:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC RW
09KIGALI770	NEW DRC AMBASSADOR DESCRIBES MISSION, PRAISES GOR [...] (C) In a November 19 call, new Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ambassador Norbert Nkulu described in warm terms his reception by Rwandan officials and what he described as a large and welcoming Congolese community here - many of whom met him at the airport. He recounted with visible pl [...]	2009-11-20 06:05:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON PINR PHUM CG RW
09KIGALI773	2009 RWANDAN FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION SURVEY [...] (U) Summary: The National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda released the 2009 Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis and Nutrition Survey. The survey analyzes nutrition trends over time by examining the extent, depth and causes of food and nutrition insecurity and vulnerabilit [...]	2009-11-20 11:29:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ECON SENV RW
09KIGALI775	CEPGL STAFF DESCRIBE REGIONAL GROUPINGS TO SPECIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Economic Community of Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL) senior staff on November 10 briefed U.S. Great Lakes Special Advisor Dr. Howard Wolpe on CEPGL activities in the areas of peace and security, energy, and transportation, as well as on how the CEPGL coordinates with other regio [...]	2009-11-23 10:53:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EAID MARR CG BU RW
09KIGALI78	RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP [...] (U) In this edition: - Efforts to Form New Political Party Continue - Ombudsman on Corruption - EU Final Election Report Issued - Intel Chiefs Meet in Rwanda New Party Holds Assembly and Press Conference --------------------------------------------- 2. (C) Supporters of the n [...]	2009-02-05 13:37:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI781	RWANDAN AGRICULTURE INVESTMENT PLAN BASED ON CAADP [...] (U) Summary: Rwanda's second overall Strategic Plan for the Transformation of Agriculture (PSTA II) is the basis for the Government of Rwanda's (GOR) draft Agriculture Investment Plan (see reftel). This draft investment plan addresses each of the four Comprehensive African Agricultural Developm [...]	2009-11-24 11:24:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR SENV RW
09KIGALI782	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 16:41:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN RW
09KIGALI783	CIVIL SOCIETY ADVOCATES AGAINST CRIMINALIZING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A coalition of Rwandan civil society representatives met on November 18 to sign a petition urging legislators to remove two articles from the draft penal code, which is currently in parliament. According to the coalition, the proposed articles would criminalize homosexuality and [...]	2009-11-24 16:49:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI KCRM RW
09KIGALI784	WESTERN PROVINCE FOCUSES ON AGRICULTURAL REFORMS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 17, local officials in Western Province said they were focused on implementing agricultural reforms and improving delivery of basic services. Lack of financing and inadequate transportation infrastructure remained challenges. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On November 17, Em [...]	2009-11-24 16:52:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAGR RW
09KIGALI785	CHINESE DELEGATION TO ATTEND RWANDA AGRICULTURE [...] (SBU) During a November 24 meeting with USAID econoff, Chinese Embassy economic counselor Wang Qin said a delegation consisting of agriculture experts and Chinese Export-Import Bank representatives would attend the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) conference schedule [...]	2009-11-24 16:57:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EAGR RW
09KIGALI786	KITCHEN GARDENS INCREASE FOOD SECURITY OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: American Refugee Committee (ARC) has implemented a project to improve food production by and for vulnerable families in the Kiziba refugee camp in western Rwanda, using grant funds from the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration's 2009 Julia Taft Fund for Refugees. On Novemb [...]	2009-11-25 06:18:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EAID CG RW
09KIGALI787	RWANDA IMPROVES RANKING IN CORRUPTION PERCEPTION [...] (U) A November 17 report released by Transparency International (TI) ranks Rwanda 89th out of 180 countries surveyed in its 2009 Corruption Perception Index. Last year, TI ranked Rwanda 102 out of 180 countries. The new ranking places Rwanda as the "least corrupt" in East Africa and among th [...]	2009-11-25 06:22:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON PGOV RW
09KIGALI788	CHINESE DELEGATION PLANS TO ATTEND DEC. 7-8 [...] (SBU) During a November 24 meeting with USAID econoff, Chinese Embassy economic counselor Wang Qin said a delegation consisting of agriculture experts and Chinese Export-Import Bank representatives would attend the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) conference schedule [...]	2009-11-25 06:28:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EAID RW
09KIGALI789	TOUGH ANTI-GOVERNMENT RHETORIC IS A STAPLE OF [...] (C) Anti-Government of Rwanda (GOR) rhetoric coupled with personal criticism of President Kagame and his Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) party are the staples of Rwanda's Kinyarwanda-language popular press. A review of local language tabloids, all with small press runs but relatively wide reade [...]	2009-11-25 06:37:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KPAO PREL CG RW
09KIGALI792	UNAMID COMMANDER ON DARFUR CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Commander, Rwandan Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba, told Ambassador in an impromptu airport meeting November 10 that the UNAMID mission in Darfur was "a complicated challenge" and that the GOR was absolutely committed to sustaining t [...]	2009-11-27 11:13:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL PINR RW SU
09KIGALI793	GOR DISCUSSES REGIONAL ECONOMICS & SECURITY WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Rwandan officials led by Health Minister Sezibera met on November 9 with U.S. Great Lakes Special Advisor Dr. Howard Wolpe and urged continued military pressure against the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC [...]	2009-11-27 14:21:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID MARR PINS KCRM CG RW
09KIGALI796	RWANDAN CHIEF OF DEFENSE BACKS U.S. REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one meeting with Rwandan Chief of Defense General James Kabarebe November 17, Ambassador hailed the arrival of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) first post-genocide Ambassador, Norbert Nkulu. Kabarebe agreed that it was a vital forward step and added that [...]	2009-11-30 12:47:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PINR PREL KPKO CG RW
09KIGALI80	DRC-GOR JOINT OPERATION SCORES SUCCESS, IS EXTENDED [...] (C ) Summary. Senior Rwandans report that President Kabila has asked Government of Rwanda (GOR) troops to remain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) until February 28. A senior Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) officer asked if the U.S. had agreed with Kabila,s request to place U.S. milit [...]	2009-02-05 17:39:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PINS PGOV RW
09KIGALI802	RWANDA AND FRANCE RESTORE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS THE [...] (C) Summary: The Governments of Rwanda (GOR) and France (GOF) announced November 29 that they had agreed to restore fully diplomatic relations between the two countries. Relations were ruptured in November 2006 after a French judge indicted senior GOR officials on charges - vehemently reject [...]	2009-12-01 06:28:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS FR RW
09KIGALI803	RWANDA JOINS COMMONWEALTH [...] (U) Summary: On November 28th, Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Trinidad and Tobago decided to admit Rwanda as their group's newest member. Although concrete benefits to membership appear modest, Rwandan officials anticipate expanded business and trade opportunities and welcome the [...]	2009-12-01 08:15:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EINV RW
09KIGALI804	RWANDA SPECIAL SELF HELP PROGRAM: OBLIGATION [...] (U) Summary: On November 16, 2009 Ambassador Symington signed grant agreements with ten beneficiaries for a total of $75,000 for the Ambassador's Self Help Program for FY 2009. Post has fully obligated all of the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program funds in FY 2009. 2. (U) Project(s) su [...]	2009-12-01 08:15:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON AFIN EGOV RW
09KIGALI806	PRESIDENT KAGAME OPEN TO HAVING INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) In a meeting with Rwanda's President, Paul Kagame and Minister of Justice, Tharcisse Karugarama, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp thanked the Government of Rwanda for accepting prisoners transferred from the Special Court for Sierra Leone, underscoring the importance [...]	2009-12-01 13:12:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL RW
09KIGALI808	AMBASSADOR RAPP RAISES ICTR CASE TRANSFERS WITH [...] (C) Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp raised with Rwanda's Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga the issue of transferring cases for trial in Rwanda from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). In a discussion on the margins of a November meeting in Kigali of pr [...]	2009-12-01 15:37:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL RW
09KIGALI809	UNAMID COMMANDER DETAILS DARFUR CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary: United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Commander, Rwandan Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba, told Ambassador in an impromptu airport meeting November 10 that the UNAMID mission in Darfur was "a complicated challenge" and that the GOR was absolutely committed to sustaining t [...]	2009-12-01 15:57:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PREL PINR RW SU
09KIGALI812	LIBERAL PARTY ORIGINS, VIOLENCE OF 1990S, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Youth Protais Mitali, leader of the Liberal Party (PL),said on November 19 that his party seeks to promote justice, human rights and economic development by developing policy ideas and attempting to convince other political figures of their merits. As head of a pa [...]	2009-12-02 15:46:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM RW
09KIGALI822	RWANDAN CABINET SHUFFLE, NEW FOREIGN AND FINANCE [...] (C) Summary. In the third cabinet shuffle of the year, President Kagame replaced his Foreign and Finance ministers and rearranged cabinet responsibilities for other ministers. The new Foreign Minister, Louise Mushikwabo, had been Minister of Information. She came back to Rwanda and became In [...]	2009-12-03 13:34:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR RW
09KIGALI823	RWANDA'S NEW CABINET LINEUP [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 14:19:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR RW
09KIGALI827	NON-SCALPEL VASECTOMY SUCCESSFULLY INTRODUCED IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID's Capacity and Twubakane (Building Together) projects, implemented by the Government of Rwanda (GOR) and U.S. private voluntary organization IntraHealth, have successfully introduced vasectomy in Rwanda. Since 2008, over 445 men have undergone the procedure in 11 of Rwand [...]	2009-12-04 13:49:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON RW
09KIGALI828	"DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 13:53:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA PREL UN RW
09KIGALI829	TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY REVIEWS FOOD SECURITY, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin reviewed food security, infrastructure needs and the impact of the global economic downturn on Rwanda with senior government officials, members of the private sector and international donor organizations October 29-November 1. Rwanda's [...]	2009-12-04 14:36:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAGR EAID EINV PREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI830	RWANDAN VIEWS ON CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Many Rwandans are aware of the negative impacts of climate change on their country and are taking a proactive approach, both domestically and internationally, to mitigate against those impacts. The government of Rwanda (GOR) is aggressively promoting "clean and green" energy (Ref [...]	2009-12-04 14:41:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR EAID ECON RW
09KIGALI835	RWANDAN COMPREHENSIVE AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 6, 2009, the African Union/New Partnership for Africa's Development (AU/NePAD) held a Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) post-compact review of Rwanda's 2009-2012 Agriculture Sector Investment Plan to raise agricultural productivity and reduc [...]	2009-12-07 14:55:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD PREL EAID AU RW
09KIGALI847	RWANDA CAADP POST-COMPACT MEETING [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 7-8 December 2009, the Government of Rwanda hosted Africa's first Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) Post-Compact HiQuF[0Fe&Zi. Stakeholders at the meeting endorsed Rwanda's Strategic Plan for the Transformation of Agriculture and applauded the Gover [...]	2009-12-14 07:07:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD PREL EAID AU RW
09KIGALI856	BIO REPORT: MINISTER OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY MONIQUE [...] (SBU) Monique Nsanzabaganwa is the Minister of Trade and Industry. She was born in 1971 in Muhororo, Ruhango District. She received an MA (cum laude) in economics from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa in 2002, winning the Department of Economics' award for best master's student. Sh [...]	2009-12-15 13:24:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON ETRD RW
09KIGALI857	SENATE PRESIDENT OPPOSES ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 4 meeting with Ambassador, Senate president Vincent Biruta said he was opposed to anti-homosexual language in the current draft penal code, and he did not expect such language to pass. Biruta said his party, the Social Democratic Party (PSD),would soon decide [...]	2009-12-15 14:24:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS RW
09KIGALI858	PSP PARTY IN REBUILDING MODE FOLLOWING LEADERSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of the small PSP party is a political unknown who is new to her position and has inherited a party that is still recovering from the departure of its former leader, a senator and high-profile figure, earlier in 2009. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) During a December 2 meeting [...]	2009-12-15 14:59:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI859	NKUNDA'S ATTORNEY CONTINUES TO ARGUE HIS CLIENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Canadian defense attorney for detained CNDP leader Laurent Nkunda told Emboffs December 9 that Rwanda's Supreme Court had agreed to hold a hearing on January 13, 2010 about the legality of Nkunda's detention. The attorney claimed to have had no direct communication with Nkunda [...]	2009-12-16 12:23:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS MARR CG RW
09KIGALI86	FOREIGN MINISTER ON JOINT OPERATIONS AND FOUR PLUS [...] (C) Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali briefed the diplomatic corps on February 9 on the continuing joint military operations in the eastern Congo and the 4 Plus 4 talks held February 5-6 in Gisenyi between Rwanda and the DRC. Drawing from the 4 Plus 4 Joint Communique distributed at the b [...]	2009-02-10 16:29:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS RW
09KIGALI860	MINISTRY OF HEALTH LOBBIES AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a December 7 heath sector meeting, Ministry of Health (MOH) permanent secretary, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, and National AIDS Control Commission executive director, Dr. Anita Asiimwe, criticized strongly draft legislation in parliament that would criminalize homosexuality, and said [...]	2009-12-16 14:21:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KHIV RW
09KIGALI861	REFUGEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 10:30:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF RW
09KIGALI862	GETTING TO KNOW SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The president of the Rwandan Socialist Party, an intellectual and Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) veteran whose family was killed during Rwanda's political violence of the late 1950s, is strongly pro-American and critical of China. He leads a small party which is aligned with the [...]	2009-12-17 12:52:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI870	RWANDA-FRANCE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS ON FAST TRACK [...] (C) Visiting French MFA Director General of Administration Stephane Romatet told Ambassador on December 17 that the Quai d'Orsay planned to have a full-time political officer in Rwanda by early January, 2010 and an ambassador here later that month. He said France intends to start quickly, at [...]	2009-12-18 12:51:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON PGOV CG RW
09KIGALI871	RWANDA NAMES AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE [...] (SBU) During a December 16 cabinet meeting, the Government of Rwanda (GOR) designated Jacques Kabare to serve as Rwanda's next ambassador to France, less than a month after the two countries announced their intention to reestablish diplomatic ties. Since approximately 2005, Kabare has headed [...]	2009-12-18 12:56:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR RW
09KIGALI874	RPF FLEXES ITS MUSCLES DURING CONGRESS, CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 12, approximately 2500 Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) members from across Rwanda held a party congress in Kigali to hear remarks by Rwandan president Paul Kagame and other senior figures and to elect individuals to fill party leadership slots. RPF rank and file n]F 6v [...]	2009-12-22 06:15:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR RW
09KIGALI894	RWANDA 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU)There were no acts of international terrorism in Rwanda in 2009. The Rwandan government worked to improve border control measures and prepared to create a financial investigations unit, in accordance with anti-money laundering/counter-terrorist financing legislation adopted the previous [...]	2009-12-31 12:02:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ASEC RW
09KIGALI896	TRENDS IN RWANDA PERTAINING TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is no Rwandan law against homosexuality. The constitution provides for equality of all citizens but does not specifically prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation. In December 2009, following lobbying and statements by key government figures, the lower chamber o [...]	2009-12-31 12:36:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI91	RWANDA ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-12 15:44:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AORC RW
09KIGALI98	RWANDA ON REVIEW CONFERENCE WORKING GROUP SESSION [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-19 06:45:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNHRC PHUM RW
09KINGSTON1000	Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Maritime Interdiction Training Course with the starting date of 25 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed c [...]	2009-11-25 15:26:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PHUM PGOV JM
09KINGSTON1022	Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate for International Military Education and Training (IMET) - DISAM INTL-PURCHASER (IT) course with starting date of 02 Dec 09, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2009-11-27 15:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON1024	JAMAICA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Per reftel, the following is suggested narrative input for Jamaica: (begin text) Jamaica's proximity to the United States, well developed sea lanes and air links, and the transit of over two million travelers annually between the United States and Jamaica make the country a poten [...]	2009-11-27 17:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN PINS PREL AEMR KCRM KHLS JM XL
09KINGSTON1034	JAMAICA: NOVEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW, DROUGHT A RISING CONCERN [...] (U) Drought conditions continue to hamper business in the Kingston area as water levels reach critical stages from a lack of rain; -- Entrepreneur and Recording Industry legend Chris Blackwell has failed in his efforts to bring a Grameen Bank style micro-lending operation to the island; [...]	2009-12-02 17:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ENRG EFIN EINV PREL PINR SENV SOCI TRSY
09KINGSTON1040	Jamaica Outlines Position For Copenhagen Climate Change [...] (SBU) As the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) prepares to attend the upcoming Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, they are also finalizing the Second National Communication (SNC) on the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) as required by treaty signatories. The GOJ reports their [...]	2009-12-02 20:38:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV UNEP ENRG EINV PREL PINR SOCI KGHG XL JM
09KINGSTON1046	JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA "DEFAMATION OF [...] (U) Per reftels, Emboff delivered demarche on the potential dangers of the "Defamation of Religions" resolution and solicited the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s commitment to vote against or to abstain on the resolution when it comes to the UNGA plenary session for a final vote. Demarche was de [...]	2009-12-03 16:45:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL PHUM KIRF UN UNGA XL JM
09KINGSTON1050	JAMAICA SINKS FURTHER INTO RECESSION [...] (SBU) The Jamaican economy sank deeper into recession during the July to September time frame, chalking up the seventh consecutive quarter of economic contraction. Real GDP declined by 3.1 percent on the back of continuing declines in the goods producing sectors, and bauxite/alumina in particu [...]	2009-12-07 15:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ENRG EFIN EINV PREL PINR SOCI TRSY OPIC
09KINGSTON1060	Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Crime Scene Investigators Course with the starting date of 5 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidat [...]	2009-12-08 17:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PHUM PGOV JM
09KINGSTON1062	Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate for International Military Education and Training (IMET) -International Officer Captain Career course with starting date of 22 Dec 09, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory info [...]	2009-12-08 17:32:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON1072	Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate for International Military Education and Training (IMET) -Maneuver SLC Course with starting date of 05 JAN 10, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name [...]	2009-12-09 18:59:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON1074	Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate for International Military Education and Training (IMET) -Criminal Investigation DIV Special Agent Course with starting date of 04 JAN 10, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory [...]	2009-12-09 19:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON1088	Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Maritime Interdiction Training Course with the starting date of 25 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed c [...]	2009-12-10 20:41:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PHUM PGOV JM
09KINGSTON1098	Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Naval Staff College Course with the starting date of 06 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: [...]	2009-12-14 19:11:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON1106	JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Per Reftel, CDA delivered demarche via telephone urging the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to vote "yes" on the upcoming Iran human rights resolution in the UN General Assembly (UNGA). Demarche was delivered to Ambassador Evadne Coye, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and [...]	2009-12-15 17:49:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM HURI PREL KISL ISCON UN UNGA JM XL IR
09KINGSTON1118	JAMAICA: SENIOR POLICE SUPERINTENDENT SENTECED TO 18 MONTHS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 21:15:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC SNAR AID KCRM KCOR JM XL
09KINGSTON113	JAMAICA: SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of CODEL Engel at a time when Jamaica is at a crucial "tipping point." Jamaica faces challenges to its resource-strapped public services sector, crumbling infrastructure, environmental degradation, the spread of HIV/AIDS, an exorbitant debt burden, and high violen [...]	2009-02-12 19:35:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ASEC JM XL
09KINGSTON1140	Jamaica: Threats of Protests Against "Wicked" Tax Hike [...] (SBU) Sweeping tax increases and further progress on an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Standby Agreement were the subjects of two significant speeches by Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding and Audley Shaw, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, in a special Parliamentary session held on [...]	2009-12-21 16:05:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ENRG EFIN EINV EAIR PREL PINR SOCI TRSY
09KINGSTON1142	Jamaica: J1 Validation Study Shows Good Usage and Returns [...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit conducted a validation study on Jamaican J1 applicants who received J1 visas between May and August 2009. In our study, we concentrated on summer work and travel students, who make up the majority of J1 applicants seen at Embassy Kings [...]	2009-12-21 16:12:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS SMIG KFRD OEXC JM
09KINGSTON115	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS [...] Per reftel, EmbOffs delivered demarche regarding liability and redress under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in the course of a meeting on February 11 with Ministry of Agriculture International Trade Specialist Karl Hyatt and Special Advisor Dr. Wayne Henry. 2. Hyatt reconfirmed that Jam [...]	2009-02-13 15:51:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO JM XL
09KINGSTON1160	Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Patrol Craft Officer Course with the starting date of 08 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: [...]	2009-12-22 15:26:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON1162	Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Patrol Craft Hull Maintenance Course with the starting date of 15 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed ca [...]	2009-12-22 15:39:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON1164	Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Combat Engineering Officer Course with the starting date of 26 January 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candi [...]	2009-12-22 15:48:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON117	JAMAICA: [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 20:13:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC ICJ KV JM XL

09KINGSTON1176	JAMAICA: FR RESULTS FORCE APPLICANTS TO FACE THEIR DUAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) continues its work in detecting and combatting fraud by using existing technologies, building partnerships, and documenting trends. In this regard, we are pleased to report that thus far in FY 2010, we have intercepted several applica [...]	2009-12-28 15:26:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS SMIG KFRD JM
09KINGSTON118	JAMAICA: UNLIKELY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 20:20:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC ICJ KV JM XL
09KINGSTON119	JAMAICA: INFORMATION FOR ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] The responses in this cable are keyed to the questions in Reftel. 2. 23 A. Information on trafficking in persons (TIP) is available from the Department of the Public Prosecutor (DPP),police anti-TIP Unit, and the national anti-TIP task force. These are reliable sources that provide veri [...]	2009-02-17 12:03:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB PHUM SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON1190	JAMAICA: SCENE-SETTER FOR DAS REYNOSO'S VISIT, JANUARY 11-13 [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of DAS Reynoso at a time when Jamaica faces serious challenges on multiple fronts: -- a crushing debt burden, negative growth, high unemployment, and the prospect of painful new taxes and budget cuts needed to conclude an indispensable standby arrangement wi [...]	2009-12-30 14:25:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR PHUM ASEC CJAN IBRD IMF
09KINGSTON121	JAMAICA: OLINT'S BOSS ARRESTED IN TURKS AND CAICOS [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of investigations, David Smith, head of the alternative investment scheme OLINT, has been arrested by the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) police. Charged on eight different counts, he has been released on USD 1 million bail and is expected to return to court in Augu [...]	2009-02-17 16:49:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR IADB IBRD IMF
09KINGSTON122	JAMAICA INKS DEAL WITH CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary: Jamaica continues to be a beneficiary of Chinese generosity, with the country receiving over USD 118 million in loans and grants. Under the agreements signed between Prime Minister Bruce Golding and Vice-President of China, Xi Jinping, who is on an official visit, Jamaica will r [...]	2009-02-17 19:04:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAID IADB IBRD IMF
09KINGSTON123	JAMAICA: OLINT?S BOSS ARRESTED IN TURKS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: After months of investigations, David Smith, head of the alternative investment scheme OLINT, has been arrested by the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) police. Charged on eight different counts, he has been released on USD 1 million bail and is expected to return to court in Aug [...]	2009-02-17 19:11:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR IADB
09KINGSTON131	URGENT REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) and Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the IDEC pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed cand [...]	2009-02-20 14:06:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON14	CORRECTED - REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in an Army-provided Infantry Training, February 20, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of propos [...]	2009-01-09 14:53:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON140	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Fire Protection Apprentice Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s [...]	2009-02-24 17:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON141	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Air Traffic Control Apprentice Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candida [...]	2009-02-24 17:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON142	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Advanced Engineering Aid Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...]	2009-02-24 17:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON143	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Officer Candidate School Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...]	2009-02-24 17:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON144	JAMAICA ANNOUNCES CANDIDATURE FOR RE-ELECTION TO [...] Post has received the following diplomatic note, dated 4 February 2009, from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT): (begin text of diplomatic note 50/140/19) "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade presents its compliments to the/ [...]	2009-02-24 17:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA PBTS EFIS AORC IMO JM XL
09KINGSTON146	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 18:00:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER PREL KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA
09KINGSTON149	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Builder Class 1 Advance Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...]	2009-02-26 12:25:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON150	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Information Technology Specialist Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed cand [...]	2009-02-26 12:29:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON151	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Military Police Investigator Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate [...]	2009-02-26 12:32:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON156	JAMAICA: APPELLATE COURT RULING DISPELS PROSPECT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 20:47:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SOCI KCOR CARICOM IBRD
09KINGSTON157	JAMAICA: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW REPORT [...] (SBU) Embassy Kingston recommends that Jamaica remain on the Special 301 Watch list until it passes a World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS-compliant patent law. The country's trademark and copyright regime meet international standards, and enforcement efforts remain commendable. Significant p [...]	2009-03-02 13:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KCOR KIPR TRYS IADB IBRD IMF XL JM
09KINGSTON167	JAMAICA: 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (SOA) [...] The Government of Jamaica (GoJ) has high expectations for the 2009 SOA to be held April 17-19 in Port-of-Spain. Post is implementing a number of public diplomacy outreach initiatives, and the SOA has begun to receive attention in the local media. End Summary. Foreign Minister's Expectations [...]	2009-03-04 16:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL KPAO KSUM JM XL
09KINGSTON175	JAMAICA: 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (SOA) [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-10 16:18:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL SOCI KCOR CARICOM IBRD IDB CDB
09KINGSTON183	CLEARANCE FOR VESSEL R/V CORWITH CRAMER [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Government of Jamaica (MFAFT) has granted clearance for the vessel R/V Corwith Cramer to conduct maritime scientific research in areas subject to the jurisdiction of Jamaica from 27MAR2009 to 04MAY2009. 2. A copy of the original diplo [...]	2009-03-11 11:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT SENV PBTS PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON184	JAMAICA: CODEL ENGEL DISCUSSES ECONOMY, ENERGY, AND [...] (U) From February 20-22, a CODEL led by WHA sub-committee Chair Eliot Engel was in Kingston, Jamaica, meeting with government officials and civil society representatives to discuss energy, environmental, and law enforcement cooperation issues. In addition to Chair Engel, the CODEL included R [...]	2009-03-11 17:59:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG ASEC JM XL
09KINGSTON187	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR VIP [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the VIP Security Training Course, being offered by DS/ATA, April 27 - May 15, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogato [...]	2009-03-12 14:45:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON192	JAMAICA: INFORMATION ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE [...] In response to reftels (A) and (D),and consistent with reftel (C),to the best of Post's knowledge Jamaica has no record of child labor or forced labor in the production of goods. HEG [...]	2009-03-12 20:25:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB PHUM SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON208	JAMAICA: (C) DESPITE RUMORS TO THE CONTRARY, THERE [...] (C) Summary: When asked by the NAS Director on March 13 if the rumors of his departure were true, Rear Admiral Hardley Lewin, current Commissioner of Police just laughed. While nothing is beyond the realm of possibility, Lewin's response seems to confirm the learned opinions of the current Pe [...]	2009-03-19 19:33:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR KCRM PREL JM
09KINGSTON22	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Aircraft Flight Equipment (Sys) Apprentice Course, Sheppard AFB, TX, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2009-01-12 17:25:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON221	JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER BRUCE GOLDING'S RULING [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 20:28:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR KCOR CARICOM IBRD
09KINGSTON223	JAMAICA: BUSINESS LEADERS DISCUSS WEAKENED STATE OF [...] (SBU) On March 18, Charge James Heg hosted a group of Jamaican business leaders at a lunch to discuss the state of the local economy. The discussions also covered the political dynamics following the decision by the Jamaican Supreme Court on the dual citizenship case. The business leaders wer [...]	2009-03-23 20:06:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TRYS ENRG SOCI EFIN EINV EAIR IADB IBRD
09KINGSTON224	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BASIC [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in Basic and Advance I2 Training Courses, being offered April 1-6 and April 7-9, respectively, held here at the U.S. Embassy Kingston, pursuant to the Leahy Act [...]	2009-03-24 19:09:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON226	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the MILITARY INTEL OFFICER BASIC COURSE, INTELLIGENCE SCHOOL, FT. HUACHUCA, ARIZONA, APRIL 29, 2009 . pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post ha [...]	2009-03-24 19:43:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON227	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Boatswains Mate A Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): Nam [...]	2009-03-24 19:48:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON228	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Small Arms/Towed Artillary Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s [...]	2009-03-24 19:56:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON23	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Electronics Technician Course, US Coast Guard Training Center, Petaluma, CA, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory informat [...]	2009-01-12 17:51:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON230	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Criminal Invest Division Special Agent Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed [...]	2009-03-24 20:01:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON231	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Officer Candidate School Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...]	2009-03-24 20:07:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON232	JAMAICA: RULING LABOUR PARTY (JLP) CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-25 11:52:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR KCOR CARICOM IBRD
09KINGSTON245	JAMAICA: TWIN DEFICITS AND A USD 1 BILLION [...] (C) Jamaica is facing a classic twin deficit problem, with both fiscal and balance of payments deficits rising quickly. The 2008-09 National budget will face a deficit of six percent of GDP, according to Finance Minister Audley Shaw. World Bank Country Representative Badrul Haque estimates that [...]	2009-03-27 14:14:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG SOCI EFIN EINV ETRD IADB IBRD TRYS
09KINGSTON248	JAMAICA: PROMINENT FIGURES ADVOCATE CARIBBEAN AGENDA FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 15:14:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL IBRD IDB CDB TRSY
09KINGSTON253	FRAUD SUMMARY - KINGSTON (OCT 08-MAR 09) [...] (U) SUMMARY. In the first half of FY 2009, Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) focused on IV relationship fraud and enhancing cooperation with our partners at the British and Canadian High Commissions and the law enforcement community within the Embassy. During the past two quarters, FPU at [...]	2009-04-02 11:32:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JM
09KINGSTON255	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR 2009 [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the 2009 International Fugitive Investigators Conference, being held May 5-7, 2009 in Toronto, Canada, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. P [...]	2009-04-02 18:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON260	JAMAICA: NOT TO FILE BRIEF WITH ICJ [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 19:01:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL ICJ KV JM XL
09KINGSTON268	JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT WELCOMES USG CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-07 11:34:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON269	JAMAICA: MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Representatives from the U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank conducted a site visit with Emboffs to a USD 225 million wharf redevelopment project to bring Genesis-class cruise ships to the city of Falmouth; -- U.S. Treasury provided technical assistance to help the Governmen [...]	2009-04-07 14:07:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV ETRD TRSY OPIC OAS IBRD XL JM
09KINGSTON27	JAMAICA ON TRACK TO RATIFY MONTREAL CONVENTION [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Janice Miller, Assistant Director of Economic Affairs at Jamaica's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),on January 8. 2. Miller indicated that the Jamaican Parliament must vote to ratify the Montreal Convention. The Minister of Transpo [...]	2009-01-12 18:53:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ICAO JM XL
09KINGSTON270	JAMAICA: SCENE SETTER FOR RADM JOSEPH KERNAN [...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of Rear Admiral Joseph Kernan at a time when Jamaica is at a crucial "tipping point." Jamaica faces challenges to its resource-strapped public services sector, crumbling infrastructure, environmental degradation, the spread of HIV/AIDS, an exorbitant debt burden, [...]	2009-04-07 14:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ASEC XL JM
09KINGSTON271	JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO FISCAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT [...] (U) The following is Post's response to questions listed in reftel regarding fiscal transparency in Jamaica. 2. (U) Jamaica's fiscal transparency and accountability is constitutionally mandated and legally enforced. The national budget is publicly available and fiscal numbers are published [...]	2009-04-07 14:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL JM
09KINGSTON277	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the International Sea Cargo Interdiction Training 2, being held April 27-May 8, 2009 here in Jamaica, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Po [...]	2009-04-08 14:08:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON278	LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT FROM PRIME MINISTER BRUCE [...] (SBU) Under cover of the following Government of Jamaica Diplomatic Note No. 5/504/1 of April 6, post has received the below letter from Prime Minister Bruce Golding addressed to the President: (Begin Text of Diplomatic Note) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade presents its [...]	2009-04-08 20:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PREL SNAR ASEC KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON28	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Jungla Commando Course, being offered by the Colombian Military, Colombia, January 26 through May 29, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance [...]	2009-01-12 20:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON294	JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER GOLDING SHUFFLES CABINET [...] (SBU) At the Prime Minister's request, Trevor MacMillan, Derrick Smith and Clive Mullings all resigned their cabinet positions Security, Telecommunications, and Energy respectively, on April 6. MacMillan, Smith and Mullings were replaced by three Ministers without portfolio already within the [...]	2009-04-15 16:33:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ENRG EPET KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON295	JAMAICA: CARICOM Multilat at FIFTH SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-15 16:34:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC APER BEXP ECON EFIN ENRG ETRD PGOV JM XL
09KINGSTON296	JAMAICA: WILL SUBMIT ABSTENTIONS ON KOSOVO'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 18:41:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL IBRD IMF KV JM XL
09KINGSTON297	JAMAICA: UPDATE OF INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM [...] Information for Embassy Kingston's TFCO and Deputy TFCO is unchanged: TFCO: Lloyd Moss, Political-Economic Counselor, tel. 876-702-6083 (IVG 929-6083),e-mail MossLW@state.gov, class e-mail MossLW@state.sgov.gov Deputy TFCO: Nathan Carter, Economic Officer, tel. 876-702-6028 (IVG 929-6 [...]	2009-04-17 18:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER JM XL
09KINGSTON298	JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT WELCOMES USG CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 19:14:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON301	JAMAICA: GOVERNMENT WELCOMES USG CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 19:33:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON302	JAMAICA: TOURISM SECTOR TRENDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Emboffs met with Minister of Tourism Edmond Bartlett on March 31 to discuss trends in the sector, including security precautions in response to rising crime, the future of tourism competition from Cuba, and the issue of airlift in light of Air Jamaica?s upcoming divestiture. In [...]	2009-04-20 19:57:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV EAIR SOCI ETRD ASEC SNAR KCRM
09KINGSTON306	FEW OPTIONS FOR CASH STRAPPED JAMAICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As the Bruce Golding-led administration reaches the 18 month mark; the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) faces difficult decisions on the eve of its second budget presentation. Still suffering the effects of the global economic meltdown and frozen credit markets, the GOJ has been for [...]	2009-04-22 20:22:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR IADB IBRD IMF
09KINGSTON31	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Jungla Commando Course, being offered by the Columbian Military, January 26 through May 29, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post [...]	2009-01-14 14:35:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON315	JAMAICA: BUDGET PLAN AND GAS TAX UNVEILED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Minister of Finance and the Public Service Audley Shaw presented a plan to Parliament on April 23 to bridge a USD 204.5 million gap in the national budget. During the speech attended by emboffs, Shaw announced a further USD 90 million increase in the new Budget - from JD 547.7 [...]	2009-04-24 18:39:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ENRG PGOV SENV EAIR SOCI ASEC ETRD TRSY
09KINGSTON318	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the INT Maritime Law Enforcement Officer Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed c [...]	2009-04-27 18:57:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON319	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Electronics ADV Digital OJT Tech Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candi [...]	2009-04-27 19:37:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON320	JAMAICA: 2009 HERBERT SALZMAN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 20:05:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER ECON BEXP ETRD AMGT EAIR SOCI IBRD IMF CDB IBD
09KINGSTON321	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Combat Engineer Officer Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...]	2009-04-27 20:34:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON324	KINGSTON EAC REACTS TO DEMONSTRATIONS AND [...] (U) This cable contains information that is sensitive, but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) A number of sporadic roadblocks and demonstrations occurred today in Kingston, possibly in response to recent increases in gasoline taxes announced by the Government of Jamaica (GO [...]	2009-04-29 11:35:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC JM
09KINGSTON325	JAMAICA: APRIL ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Sporadic roadblocks, with some violent incidents emerged to protest a recent US 10 cent per liter gas tax, but appear to have passed for now. -- Rising aluminum inventories and a 58 percent global price decline since July, 2008 are putting a strain on Jamaica's already weaken [...]	2009-04-29 15:21:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV EAIR EMIN ASEC SOCI ETRD TRSY OPIC
09KINGSTON328	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Auto Organizational Maintenance Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...]	2009-04-30 16:43:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON329	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Auto Organizational Maintenance Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...]	2009-04-30 17:06:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON330	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Damage Controlman/OJT Tech Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s [...]	2009-04-30 17:09:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON331	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Dental BNCOC Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): Name: [...]	2009-04-30 17:15:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON332	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Machinery Tech ADV/Refrigerator Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...]	2009-04-30 17:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON348	JAMAICA: IPR AND 301 WATCHLIST FOLLOW-UP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs met with Carol Simpson, Executive Director of the Jamaican Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) on May 4 to discuss Jamaica's continued listing on the IPR 301 Watch List and the status of the proposed Patent and Design Act. Simpson explained the legislative process is tim [...]	2009-05-05 17:09:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD KIPR TRSY XL JM
09KINGSTON355	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON NARCOTICS BENCHMARKS; [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-06 19:26:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PINR PREL EWWT EAIR PTER ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON361	JAMAICA: PM GOLDING'S 2009-10 BUDGET PRESENTATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Responding to criticism from the opposing People's National Party (PNP),Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding defended his proposed national budget before Members of Parliament on May 5. During the speech attended by emboffs, Golding detailed the dire economic reality facing the Gov [...]	2009-05-07 20:08:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV EAIR EMIN ASEC SOCI ETRD TRSY OPIC
09KINGSTON373	JAMAICA: WILL SUBMIT ABSTENTION ON KOSOVO'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-13 19:08:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL IBRD KV JM XL
09KINGSTON377	JAMAICA RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT, MAY 2009 [...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in reftel A. On May 5 during the 2009-2010 National Budget Debate in Parliament, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said, &We continue to advocate for the revocation of the U.S. embargo against Cuba and the normalization of Cuba,s relations within [...]	2009-05-14 19:25:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON ETTC PREL JM
09KINGSTON387	JAMAICA: PUBLIC OUTREACH BY ENERGY SECURITY EXPERT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jerome Ringo, research scholar at Yale University and president of the Apollo Alliance, a broad coalition of major U.S. environmental organizations, visited Jamaica from May 13 to 15. The visit was organized by the U.S. Mission and included several speaking engagements, radio inte [...]	2009-05-18 20:12:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV EMIN ASEC KPAO SOCI ETRD TRSY OPIC
09KINGSTON388	JAMAICA: PUBLIC OUTREACH BY ENERGY SECURITY EXPERT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jerome Ringo, research scholar at Yale University and president of the Apollo Alliance, a broad coalition of major U.S. environmental organizations, visited Jamaica from May 13 to 15. The visit was organized by the U.S. Mission and included several speaking engagements, radio inte [...]	2009-05-18 20:12:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV EMIN ASEC KPAO SOCI ETRD TRSY OPIC
09KINGSTON390	JAMAICA: UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 14:20:00	Embassy Kingston	SECRET	EFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM XE ZO KN JM
09KINGSTON394	CHINAQS PERM MISSION INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY DIPNOTE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 18, Post received the following dipnote from the Permanent Mission of the PeopleQs Republic of China to the International Seabed Authority. BEGIN TEXT: The Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the International Seabed Authority presents its complimen [...]	2009-05-20 15:33:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHSA EWWT PBTS SENV EMIN ASEC SOCI CH XE XL JM
09KINGSTON405	JAMAICA IN ECONOMIC SURVIVAL MODE [...] (SBU) Jamaica's gargantuan debt, falling external earnings, and fiscal imbalance have placed it in a precarious position. Harsh global conditions have rendered the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) medium-term macroeconomic framework useless, and have forced an increase in the stock of debt to aug [...]	2009-05-22 11:46:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD ECIN EAIR IADB IBRD
09KINGSTON408	JAMAICA: ENDING THE VISA EXEMPTION FOR JAMAICAN H2A [...] (SBU) Summary: For over 65 years, Jamaican farm laborers have entered the U.S. to work on the H2A program without visas. Post believes that this practice fosters an environment conducive to corruption, political favoritism, fraud and potential threats to U.S. national security. Post recommend [...]	2009-05-22 15:03:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS ELAB PTER ASEC PBTS KCRM PHUM KFRD SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON409	JAMAICA: ENDING THE VISA EXEMPTION FOR JAMAICAN H2A [...] (SBU) Summary: For over 65 years, Jamaican farm laborers have entered the U.S. to work on the H2A program without visas. Post believes that this practice fosters an environment conducive to corruption, political favoritism, fraud and potential threats to U.S. national security. Post recommend [...]	2009-05-22 15:03:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS ELAB PTER ASEC PBTS KCRM PHUM KFRD SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON417	JAMAICA: CHILD LABOR REMAINS A PROBLEM; CONVICTION RATE [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has taken significant steps to pass and enforce legislation on child labor, although conviction rates in this field, as in others in Jamaica, remain low. Conoff accompanied Tina McCarter and Linda Bermudez of the Department of Labor (DOL) Office of [...]	2009-05-22 19:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PTER ASEC PBTS KCRM CVIS PHUM KFRD SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON418	JAMAICA: JCLO APPEARS TO CHARGE JAMAICAN GUEST WORKERS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Post believes that the mandatory payroll deductions imposed on Jamaican H2A and H2B guest workers to fund the activities of the Jamaican Central Labour Organization (JCLO) are duplicative of services provided by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Jamaican Embassy a [...]	2009-05-22 19:35:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PHUM SOCI PREL ELAB JM XL
09KINGSTON427	JAMAICA: POWER GENERATION, CAN YOU SPARE 200 MEGAWATTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jamaica relies on imports of petroleum products to fuel fully 95 percent of its power generation. The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) spent nearly USD 3.4 billion in 2008 for imported fuel, a sum greater than total exports and up from USD 2.2 billion in 2007. Fluctuating fuel prices an [...]	2009-05-26 17:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV EMIN ASEC SOCI ETRD TRSY OPIC OAS
09KINGSTON429	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the INT.Officer Captain Career Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s [...]	2009-05-27 18:21:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON431	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the US Sergeant Major Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): Nam [...]	2009-05-27 19:08:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON436	JAMAICA: PARTIES NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR JUNE 16 [...] (U) Summary: On May 29, Jamaica's two major political parties announced their candidates to contest the June 16 by-election in the North East St. Catherine constituency. The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) selected its incumbent Member of Parliament (MP),Desmond Gregory Mair, who earlier th [...]	2009-05-29 20:36:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON437	JAMAICA: MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY PLANS TO [...] (C) In his May 27 address to the Annual Conference of the Jamaica Police Federation (JPF),National Security Minister Dwight Nelson defended police officers accused of official misconduct and promised to recruit lawyers for their defense, eliciting a firestorm of controversy and demands for an [...]	2009-06-01 12:32:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON EFIN EAID SNAR ASEC ELAB XL JM PGOV
09KINGSTON438	Jamaica: ICE launches of Operation JOLT to target lottery [...] (U) Jamaica -- May 27-28, the Charg d'Affairs and ICE Attach opened the first JOLT Task Force joint training session and operation - that's the Jamaica Operations Linked to Telemarketing. In 2008, it is estimated that more than USD 30 million was transferred to Jamaica by victims of the lottery [...]	2009-06-01 13:39:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR ASEC ELAB PGOV ECON JM XL
09KINGSTON439	JAMAICA: MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY ISSUES RETRACTION, [...] (U) National Security Minister Dwight Nelson has withdrawn his May 27 statement before the annual conference of the Jamaican Police Federation (JPF) that seemed to reflect government tolerance of police misconduct. The retraction followed two days of criticism from human rights groups, the opp [...]	2009-06-01 14:40:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON EFIN EAID SNAR ASEC SOCI ELAB PGOV JM XL
09KINGSTON440	JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES CUBA MUST [...] (SBU) On May 29, 2009, Charge visited the Government of Jamaica,s (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) for final meeting with Minister Dr. Kenneth Baugh. Charge and the Minister discussed a number of topics, including: the upcoming Organization of American States (OAS) [...]	2009-06-01 18:27:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ECON EFIN EAID SNAR ASEC SOCI ELAB
09KINGSTON445	JAMAICA: MAY ECONOMIC REVIEW 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Plans for large-scale casinos face delays from tightened credit markets and a slow legislative process. -- Ministry of Energy will rewrite its 2006 National Energy Policy to reflect changes needed in the sector with an eye to reducing dependence on oil imports. -- The sugar [...]	2009-06-04 11:38:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV EFIN EAIR EMIN ASEC SOCI ETRD TRSY
09KINGSTON45	JAMAICA: UPDATE AND ADDITIONAL REPORTING ON [...] (SBU) The global financial crisis has begun to impact Jamaica, with economic growth for July to September 2008 falling by 0.2 percent -- the second consecutive quarter of decline. Continued stagnation in the real sectors was again responsible for the downturn. The economy is bound to fall dee [...]	2009-01-20 16:48:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR SOCI IBRD IMF
09KINGSTON452	JAMAICA: GOVERNING PARTY TO CHALLENGE PARLIAMENTARY [...] (U) Summary: In reaction to protracted legal challenges against the qualifications of four of his ruling Jamaica Labour Party's (JLP) Members of Parliament (MP),Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding indicated on May 29 that he would consider mounting similar efforts against "several" sitting MPs f [...]	2009-06-08 14:02:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON453	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE JCF [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Training of the Trainers Course, being held mid June 2009 here in Jamaica, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory in [...]	2009-06-08 14:40:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON457	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche in support of Ms. Lucretia Myers for election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) to Ms. Norma Taylor Roberts, Director of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]	2009-06-09 19:04:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09KINGSTON458	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON UPCOMING ELECTION OF NEW [...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche to determine whether Jamaica will present a candidate or support another country's candidate for Director General (DG) of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) at its biennial meeting in October in Montego Bay, Jamaica. D [...]	2009-06-09 19:11:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD AGR AORC EAGR ECON ETRD FAO FAS IICA OAS PGOV

09KINGSTON459	JAMAICAN COCOA INDUSTRY: VERY SWEET REFORM [...] (SBU) On August 20, 2008 USAID in association with the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) held a workshop to present findings from a USAID-funded assessment of the Jamaican cocoa industry (reftel). The assessment found that although there are significant economic opportunities to be derived from coc [...]	2009-06-09 19:22:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON SENV EINV AID SOCI KCOR ETRD JM XL
09KINGSTON462	JAMAICA: Mid-year report card for the 2010 Major's List [...] (U) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) continues to make progress in combating the significant flow of illicit drugs, fighting public corruption, and assisting in the extradition of wanted fugitives from U.S. Justice. Although the GOJ expresses a desire to combat criminal activities and continues [...]	2009-06-10 19:34:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR ASEC ELAB PGOV ECON JM XL
09KINGSTON466	JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO ENERGY AND CLIMATE PARTNERSHIP [...] (U) In response to reftel, Post has confirmed the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) will send Marcia Forbes, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Energy and Kathryn Phipps, Chairperson of the Petroleum Corporation of Jamaica, to participate in the June 15-16 Lima event. GOJ participants are aware [...]	2009-06-12 11:26:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG KGHG ENVT EAGR SENV SOCI ETRD KSUM XL JM
09KINGSTON467	JAMAICA: OAS ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL SAYS CUBA MUST [...] (U) Summary: In an informal June 5 press conference in Kingston, Organization of American States (OAS) Assistant Secretary General (ASG) Albert Ramdin of Suriname described as "historic" the recently-concluded 39th General Assembly (GA) session in San Pedro Sula, Honduras, that saw the rescindi [...]	2009-06-12 13:51:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ECON EFIN EAID ASEC SOCI PGOV OAS JM
09KINGSTON471	AIR JAMAICA: TWO BIDDERS, NEW LOANS, PRESSURE [...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ's) efforts to privatize Air Jamaica (AJ) have gone through numerous changes and setbacks. As the deal enters its final stage, Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines and U.S.-based Spirit Air appear to be the two remaining bidders. The GOJ hopes to have the deal s [...]	2009-06-12 18:46:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON EFIN ETRD SOCI PINR PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON478	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON 2009 TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche advising Jamaica of its tier ranking and the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report's imminent release to Mr. Samuel Blake, Director of the Office of Organized Crime and Defence in the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of National Security and Chair [...]	2009-06-16 11:54:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG JM
09KINGSTON480	JAMAICA: ANTI-DISCRIMINATION EFFORTS FOR HIV [...] (U) On June 11 the Jamaica Business Council on HIV/AIDS hosted the 4th Pan Caribbean Business Coalition Forum on HIV/AIDS (forum) for business and NGO leaders in the Caribbean. At the event the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) highlighted that Jamaica has more than 30,000 people living with HIV/AI [...]	2009-06-16 20:04:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AID SOCI PREL KHIV TBIO JM XL
09KINGSTON481	JAMAICA RESPONSE TO 2009 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION [...] (U) The following is Post's response to questions listed in reftel regarding staffing and employee data at International organizations. 2. (U) Staff of the International Seabed Authority are listed below by name, title, nationality, category and level: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL --- [...]	2009-06-16 20:08:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER ECON KUNR OECD POL UN APECO UNESCO JM
09KINGSTON482	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s) [...]	2009-06-17 15:13:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON483	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Captains Career Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): Name: [...]	2009-06-17 15:20:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON490	JAMAICA: JLP WINS BIG IN NORTH EAST ST. CATHERINE BY [...] (U) Gregory Mair, the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) Member of Parliament (MP),won handily a court-ordered by-election over the opposition People's National Party's (PNP) candidate, Granville Valentine on June 15. Mair almost tripled his margin of victory in the 2007 general election and p [...]	2009-06-18 19:00:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON493	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE JCF [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USAID COMET Gang Investigation Training, being held in July here in Jamaica, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory [...]	2009-06-19 15:26:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON495	JAMAICA: WORKING HAND IN GLOVE LEADS TO CUFFS [...] (C) Thanks to a long-standing partnership with the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS),Kingston Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) has assisted in the location and arrest of several fugitives in Jamaica. In accordance with Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 222f to further the administration and [...]	2009-06-19 19:17:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS CPAS CMGT SOCI PREL KFRD KCRM ASEC JM XL
09KINGSTON496	JAMAICA: H1N1 14 CONFIRMED CASES, STATUS REPORT [...] (SBU) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has confirmed fourteen cases of influenza A (H1N1) on the island. The first two cases were from two people who arrived from New York on May 19 (reftel). In the first week of June, five cases were detected, all related to people who traveled from the Unite [...]	2009-06-22 17:59:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO SOCI PREL PINR KFLU XL JM
09KINGSTON502	JAMAICA: PM GOLDING G20 LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 23 Post received a dipnote from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade with a copy of a letter from Prime Minister Bruce Golding addressed to President Barack Obama relating to the G20 Summit in September. The original was sent to the White House through the [...]	2009-06-25 14:09:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PREL PGOV ECIN EFIN SOCI TRSY OAS IBRD XL
09KINGSTON503	OAS-CARICOM UNSCR 1540 WORKSHOP [...] Washington interagency representatives participated in the Domestic Export Controls and Maritime Security Workshop in Support of the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (UNSCR 1540) in Kingston June 15-17. This workshop was the result of regional response to UNSC resolutions [...]	2009-06-25 18:15:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL PTER UNSC XL JM
09KINGSTON504	JAMAICA: FSN WAGES STAGNATE AMIDST HIGH INFLATION; ACTION [...] (SBU) Jamaica has a long history of price instability influenced largely by currency depreciation. Prices rose on average by 13.4 percent annually during the past six years. Although inflation has moderated to below 2 percent for the first four months of 2009, it is expected to increase for t [...]	2009-06-26 12:53:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN AMGT APER XL JM
09KINGSTON508	JAMAICAN-TRINIDADIAN-TRADE: FIRE SALES, FAILED DEALS AND DETAINED PATTIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-29 15:00:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EMIN ENRG ETRD JM OPIC PGOV PREL TRSY XL
09KINGSTON509	JAMAICAN-TRINIDADIAN-TRADE: FIRE SALES, FAILED DEALS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Trade relations between the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) and the Government of Trinidad and Tobago (GOTT) heated up again in May after Trinidad detained a container of Jamaican meat patties for several weeks before releasing them on June 1. An ensuing media debate subsequently brok [...]	2009-06-29 15:05:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ENRG PREL PGOV EFIN EMIN SOCI TRSY OPIC XL
09KINGSTON512	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR THE JCF [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Gang Investigation Training July, 2009 here in Jamaica, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. N [...]	2009-06-29 17:09:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON514	JAMAICA: FRUSTRATION GROWS OVER FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT, [...] (U) As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) prepares for its July 2 summit in Guyana, the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) finds itself increasingly frustrated and at odds with its partners in the 36 year old organization, especially the regional economic powerhouse of Trinidad and Tobago. Particula [...]	2009-06-30 16:24:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON EIND PBTS PREL EINV EPET ETRD SMIG MIC
09KINGSTON517	JAMAICA: JUNE ECONOMIC REVIEW AND A RETURN TO THE IMF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- The international rating agency Standard and Poor's (S and P) maintained Jamaica's long-term foreign and local currency debt rating at B- and its short-term debt rating at C. -- The Falmouth Port tourism and cruise facility redevelopment project has been delayed several month [...]	2009-07-01 14:47:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG SENV EFIN EAIR EMIN ASEC SOCI ETRD TRSY
09KINGSTON518	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche to urge Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to undertake specific actions to ensure immediate and robust implementation of financial provisions of UNSCR 1874 in order to prevent Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) from using Jamaican jurisdictions to [...]	2009-07-02 16:03:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP JM XL
09KINGSTON526	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR FBI [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the JCF to participate in the Police Role in Combating Terrorism held here in Jamaica, July 27-31, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of prop [...]	2009-07-07 19:20:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON528	JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION OF [...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated June 30, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 50/101/41) "Ref. No: 50/101/41 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of J [...]	2009-07-08 15:51:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ACABQ AORC PHUM PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON530	JAMAICA: COUNTRY CLEARANCES AND BRITISH OVERSEAS [...] Post appreciates receipt of Reftel, and will provide comments on the proposal regarding country clearances, and on other questions vis-a-vis the Cayman Islands, in coming weeks. MOSS [...]	2009-07-08 18:06:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASEC APER CMGT KCOM PBTS EFIN PREL JM
09KINGSTON531	JAMAICA: CRIME ON THE RISE; 5733 MAJOR CRIMES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Major crimes are up 20 percent for the first seven months of the year, a majority of the increase is related to property crimes, according to Minister of National Security, Dwight Nelson, who addressed the issue at a breakfast meeting of the Jamaica Employers Federation (JEF) o [...]	2009-07-08 19:31:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ASEC SOCI SNAR PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR XL JM
09KINGSTON536	JAMAICA RESPONSE: U.S. BIENNAL CARIBBEAN BASIN INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Despite enjoying some of the most generous preferential trading arrangements and being located next to the largest market in the world, Jamaica's export history continues to be less than impressive. During the last decade, exports grew on average by 11.7 percent per annum, from a low bas [...]	2009-07-13 14:41:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OTRA TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD IBRD IMF XL JM
09KINGSTON537	JAMAICA RESPONSE: U.S. BIENNAL CARIBBEAN BASIN [...] (SBU) Despite enjoying some of the most generous preferential trading arrangements and being located next to the largest market in the world, Jamaica's export history continues to be less than impressive. During the last decade, exports grew on average by 11.7 percent per annum, from a low bas [...]	2009-07-13 14:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON OTRA TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD IBRD
09KINGSTON539	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JDF) to participate in the Community-based Policing training pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...]	2009-07-14 17:16:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON543	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Jungla Commando Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...]	2009-07-15 21:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON545	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US IMET [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) who have been nominated for ANG, Pre-Ranger/Ranger training in the U.S., pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. Names of propo [...]	2009-07-16 14:16:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON549	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Counter-Terrorism Mobile Training Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed cand [...]	2009-07-17 14:43:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON550	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...]	2009-07-17 14:47:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON551	JAMAICA: IMF NEGOTIATIONS IGNITE DEBATE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS. A Government of Jamaican (GOJ) delegation led by Don Wehby, Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance, visited Washington the week of July 6 to intensify negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The GOJ's failure to reach most of its ec [...]	2009-07-17 16:52:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IADB
09KINGSTON559	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the Gang Investigation Methods Workshop to be held here in Jamaica August 19-20, 2009, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derog [...]	2009-07-22 17:16:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON560	JAMAICA: HONDURAN EMBASSY DIPNOTE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-22 19:10:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPDC OAS UN JM HO XL XK
09KINGSTON561	JAMAICA: NO PLANS TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-23 16:16:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KV JM XL
09KINGSTON566	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Defence Force (JDF) to participate in the Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candid [...]	2009-07-24 19:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON58	JAMAICA: AMBASSADOR JOHNSON'S FAREWELL CALLS ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 15:31:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EAID ECON SNAR MARR MOPS PHUM KCRM
09KINGSTON581	JAMAICA ON VERGE OF IMF STAND-BY AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After months of negotiations, the Government of Jamaican (GOJ) is on the brink of signing a Stand-by Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). This disclosure was confirmed by lead IMF representative, Trevor Alleyne, at a meeting with the donor community held at Post [...]	2009-08-03 19:48:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC IADB
09KINGSTON59	JAMAICA: LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION WARNS OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 15:32:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR SNAR EFIN ASEC KCOR CARICOM
09KINGSTON601	JAMAICA: RUMBLINGS OF KEY PERSONNEL CHANGES IN [...] (C) The Jamaican Labour Party (JLP)-led government is undergoing a second major reshuffle of portfolios for the year. Key Minister of Finance advisors Don Wehby and Dennis Chung have returned to the private sector. Chris Zacca, President of the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ),[...]	2009-08-13 13:22:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRAD EFIN ENRG PINR PREL PGOV SOCI IADB
09KINGSTON605	JAMAICA: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 11:27:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA KSEP JM XL
09KINGSTON606	JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED RE UNESCO [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 15:31:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	UNESCO JM XL
09KINGSTON609	JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO CARIBBEAN MARINE ENVIRONMENT LBS [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche request on Land-Based Sources (LBS) Protocol, Emboff met with Pat Sinclair McCalla, Permanent Secretary in the Office of The Prime Minister on August 11. McCalla said the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is in strong support of the LBS protocol and will look to [...]	2009-08-14 20:01:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIS SENV PHSA EIND JM XL
09KINGSTON610	JAMAICA: REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR UNITS OF [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following units from the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) for Mobile Team Training, FMF and 1206, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. The names of the unit battalion unit comm [...]	2009-08-17 13:00:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON611	JAMAICA: SUPREME COURT ORDERS THIRD BY-ELECTION IN CONTINUING [...] (U) On August 12, Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Hibbert: -- ruled that Michael Stern of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP),the Member of Parliament (MP) representing North West Clarendon parish, had been improperly nominated for the September 2007 general election because he had then held dual [...]	2009-08-17 13:49:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SOCI PREL CASC CPAS JM XL
09KINGSTON613	JAMAICA: MONETARY GAINS, FISCAL PAIN, AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a series of austere monetary measures, led by record high interest rates, the foreign exchange market has been showing signs of stability, reflected in the marginal depreciation of the Jamaican dollar during the June quarter. The stock of Net International Reserves (NIR) [...]	2009-08-18 18:52:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IADB
09KINGSTON614	JAMAICA: MONETARY GAINS, FISCAL PAIN, AND DOWNGRADES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After a series of austere monetary measures, led by record high interest rates, the foreign exchange market has been showing signs of stability, reflected in the marginal depreciation of the Jamaican dollar during the June quarter. The stock of Net International Reserves (NIR) a [...]	2009-08-18 19:01:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IADB IBRD IMF
09KINGSTON622	JAMAICA/VENEZUELA: ENERGY AND PETROCARIBE, WHERE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS: Jamaica continues to suffer under the global economic recession, but the island has been hit harder than other nations because of its high energy costs and reliance on petroleum for electricity. The lack of viable short-term solutions, and increasing dependence on the [...]	2009-08-21 12:36:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRAD EFIN ENRG PINR PREL PGOV JM XL
09KINGSTON626	JAMAICA ENERGY MINISTRY: PLANNING AND CHANGING, AGAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Marcia Forbes, the Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Energy, resigned on August 20 after serving only four months. She became PS when Minister James Robertson took over the portfolio in April from then-Minister Clive Mullings (reftel A). The PS position has yet to be [...]	2009-08-24 18:15:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV ENV ECON ETRD EIND EMIN PINR IADB IBRD
09KINGSTON629	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR USAID TRAINING - COMMUNITY POLICING WORKSHIP SEPTEMBER 1, 2007 [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-24 19:36:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON631	JAMAICA: STEWART TO LEAD JAMAICA TEACHERS UNION, EDUCATORS [...] (SBU) As Michael Stewart takes the reins of the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA),one of the island's largest public sector unions, he finds himself caught between: a public education system in disarray; an Education Ministry facing severe fiscal restraints, demanding greater accountability [...]	2009-08-24 20:53:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ECON EFIN SCUL SOCI ASEC JM XL
09KINGSTON634	JAMAICA: A SERIOUS LAG EFFECT FOR POST RECESSION [...] (C) Despite signs of stability in the Jamaican dollar and moderating inflation, the island nation is still far from seeing post-recession green shoots. Even when an economic recovery takes hold in the United States, it will do little to pull Jamaica out of its ongoing economic malaise. Major [...]	2009-08-25 18:51:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRAD EFIN ENRG EIND PREL PGOV PIND TRYS
09KINGSTON638	JAMAICA: FINANCE MINISTER INTERESTED IN BILATERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 19:15:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EAID IMF IBRD IDB TRSY
09KINGSTON643	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following cadidates of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF),for USG-funded International Military Education and Training (IMET),pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed [...]	2009-08-27 16:20:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON644	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post requests Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF),for USG-funded International Military Education and Training (IMET) Program, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of [...]	2009-08-27 16:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON645	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) for USAID-funded community-based police training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s) [...]	2009-08-27 19:27:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON646	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) for USAID-funded community-based police training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s) [...]	2009-08-27 19:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON647	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USAID-funded community-based policing workshop, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of p [...]	2009-08-27 20:44:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON648	JAMAICA: AUGUST LABOR REVIEW, PUBLIC SECTOR UNREST GROWS [...] (U) -- Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding reiterates promise not to cut public sector jobs despite Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s worsening financial prospects. -- National Workers Union (NWU) President Vincent Morrison expresses skepticism toward PM's promise, expects GOJ austerity measures to [...]	2009-08-28 17:35:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PGOV ECON EIND EFIN SCUL SOCI ASEC JM XL
09KINGSTON649	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in USAID-funded Non-geographical Community Policing Workshop pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Nam [...]	2009-08-28 17:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON651	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USMS-funded Defensive Tactics Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed can [...]	2009-08-28 18:54:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON653	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USAID-funded community-based policing workshop for non-geographic officers, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory i [...]	2009-08-28 21:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON654	CORRECTION - REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USAID-funded community-based policing workshop for non-geographic officers, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory i [...]	2009-08-28 21:27:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON655	JAMAICA: FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER HESITANT ON EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) Charge', accompanied by EmbOff, paid an introductory courtesy call on Dr. Kenneth Baugh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, on the morning of August 28. Charge' requested assistance from Baugh on a recent dipnote regarding the extradition request for [...]	2009-08-28 21:55:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON CJAN ETRD EAID SNAR AID DEA JM XL
09KINGSTON656	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-31 17:57:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON66	JAMAICA: REACTION TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION [...] The intense interest and excitement surrounding the inauguration of Barack H. Obama as 44th President of the United States grew steadily in the run-up to January 20. Prior to inauguration day, the volume of newspaper columns, radio and television reports and commentary had steadily grown. Wit [...]	2009-01-22 13:11:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PREL ECON SOCI KPAO JM XL OIIP
09KINGSTON661	JAMAICA: GOJ VIEWS ON THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION REVIEW [...] (SBU) Although Jamaica does not manufacture or export weapons of mass destruction (WMD),the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is active in international disarmament fora and is proud of its leadership role in establishing Latin America and the Caribbean as the first nuclear weapon-free zone in the w [...]	2009-09-01 12:42:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV UNGA JM XL
09KINGSTON666	JAMAICA: U.S. REQUEST TO EXTRADITE POWERFUL "DON" [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-02 19:35:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR
09KINGSTON667	JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. CONSENT OF NOMINATED [...] Post received the following Diplomatict Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated July 24, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 324/801/65) Ref. No.: 324/801/65 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaic [...]	2009-09-02 19:44:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON668	JAMAICA RATIFIES CONVENTION FOR THE UNIFICATION OF [...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated July 20, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 8/807/530) "Ref. No.:8/807/530 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Tr [...]	2009-09-02 19:57:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON669	JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION OF [...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated July 27, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 50/141/3) "Ref. No. 50/141/3 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica p [...]	2009-09-02 19:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO SOCI PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON676	JAMAICA: KEY OPPOSITION FIGURE DESCRIBES PRIME [...] (C) Peter Bunting, Member of Parliament and the opposition People's National Party (PNP) Spokesperson on National Security, praised the USG's August 30 request that Christopher "Dudus" Coke be extradited to stand trial on federal drug charges. Describing Prime Minister (PM) Golding's position [...]	2009-09-04 19:11:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CJAN CVIS PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR
09KINGSTON679	UPDATED - REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-08 14:14:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON680	JAMAICA: PROSPECTIVE AMBASSADOR TO U.S. SAYS GOJ [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-08 20:54:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CJAN CVIS PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI OFDP
09KINGSTON681	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING PRIOR TO [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in the USG-funded Critical Incident Course, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed can [...]	2009-09-09 18:16:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON682	JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT OF NOMINATED [...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),dated August 31, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 50/140/81) "Ref. No. 50/140/81: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign T [...]	2009-09-09 20:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND PHUM PGOV PREL WTO JM XL
09KINGSTON684	JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER WARNS THAT PROSPECTIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 18:34:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI EAID
09KINGSTON685	JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER ACCEPTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 23:07:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD EAGR OVIP UNGA JM XL
09KINGSTON686	JAMAICA: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 23:07:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP CVIS UNGA KSEP JM XL
09KINGSTON689	LACK OF INDEPENDENCE CONSTRAINS JAMAICAN JUDICIARY, [...] (SBU) Jamaican Chief Justice Zaila McCalla expressed frustration with the state of the Jamaican judicial system during ChargQ Parnell's September 11th introductory meeting. Since the 1960s, crime rates in Jamaica have increased dramatically, yet the court system has not responded with adequate [...]	2009-09-15 13:50:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR CJAN SOCI EAID KCRM KCOR JM XL
09KINGSTON695	JAMAICA: FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER AND KEY [...] (C) The myriad political and social crises facing Jamaica - rampant crime, economic malaise, a deteriorating balance of payments, poor education, and the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s delay in honoring a high-profile extradition request - are a "low level explosion," and a potential breakdown o [...]	2009-09-17 20:59:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV ASEC PINR SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON697	JAMAICA: GOJ WILL REFUSE COKE EXTRADITION REQUEST; PM FAVORS [...] (C) Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding advised CDA that the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) would not comply with the USG's extradition request for Christopher "Dudus" Coke on "technical grounds" and that a dipnote to that effect is being prepared (Reftel A). During a later telephone conversation w [...]	2009-09-18 15:04:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR EIND ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR
09KINGSTON699	JAMAICA: FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER AND KEY [...] (C) The myriad political and social crises facing Jamaica - rampant crime, economic malaise, a deteriorating balance of payments, poor education, and the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s delay in honoring a high-profile extradition request - are a "low level explosion," and a potential breakdown o [...]	2009-09-18 18:26:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON700	UPDATED: Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following three (3) candidates of the Jamaica Defense Force (JDF)who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed ca [...]	2009-09-17 19:59:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON701	JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER'S VIEWS re HIGH-PROFILE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 22:29:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON704	JAMAICA: DIP NOTE RECEIVED ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Foreign Minister (FM) Kenneth Baugh on September 18, CDA received the following diplomatic note, dated September 18, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT): (Begin text of MFAFT DIP NOTE) "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of [...]	2009-09-18 19:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON705	British High Commissioner Discusses COKE Extradition Request [...] (C) British High Commissioner (HC) Jeremy Cresswell requested a meeting with CDA Parnell to discuss the High Commissioner's recent discussion with Prime Minister Golding. The High Commissioner noted that he took the opportunity to tell the Prime Minister of his government's high intere [...]	2009-09-25 21:53:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON709	JAMAICA: PM ATTEMPTS TO RECAPTURE POLITICAL MOMENTUM, GOJ [...] (SBU) In a much-anticipated pre-dawn address to Parliament, Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding called for a "paradigm shift" in the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s civil service and government finances. Confronting a moribund economy, unsustainable budget deficits, and a resurgent opposition Peop [...]	2009-10-01 17:52:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ASEC SOCI ECON EFIN IMF IBRD ENRG EINV
09KINGSTON71	JAMAICA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] Summary: This cable answers questions from reftel and outlines Jamaica's progress on eliminating the worst forms of child labor. During the reporting period, the Jamaican government trained fifty police officers on child labor/exploitation issues. In addition, the Department of Public Prosec [...]	2009-01-26 11:49:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON712	JAMAICA: PEOPLE'S NATIONAL PARTY SHOWS NEW ENERGY AND UNITY [...] (U) A seemingly rejuvenated and energized People's National Party (PNP) held its annual conference in Kingston over the weekend, at which party President and former Prime Minister (PM) Portia Simpson Miller (PSM) assailed the current Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) -led Government of Jamaica (GOJ) [...]	2009-09-22 19:45:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ASEC SNAR KCOR KCRM JM XL ECON EFIN
09KINGSTON717	Request for TDY OMS Support [...] In accordance with ref telephone conversations, Embassy Kingston requests TDY OMS support in the Front Office. The TDY support should begin on November 2 and last until a permanent OMS is identified and arrives at Post. Parnell [...]	2009-10-08 20:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER OTRA
09KINGSTON731	JAMAICA: DIP NOTE RECEIVED ON OCTOBER 30, 2009 [...] (C) On October 30, CDA received the following diplomatic note, dated October 30, from the Minister of Justice Dorothy Lightbourne of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ): (Begin text of MOJ DIP NOTE) Re: Request for extradition of Christopher Coke I have the honour of addres [...]	2009-11-02 18:35:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON732	JAMAICA: DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT [...] The following information is keyed to reftel, paragraph 15: A) The Jamaican Diaspora is a readily identifiable community in both North America and the U.K. The Friends of Jamaica, University of the West Indies (UWI) Alumni Association, the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s annual Diaspora Co [...]	2009-09-24 19:07:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG
09KINGSTON733	JAMAICA: POLICE COMMISSIONER HARDLEY LEWIN RESIGNS [...] (U) Police Commissioner Hardley Lewin announced his resignation as head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on November 1, putting to an end weeks of speculation and bringing to a close a tumultuous two-year tenure in which Lewin was unsuccessful in either reversing the island's spiraling c [...]	2009-11-04 18:43:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL ASEC SNAR KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON735	JAMAICA: IMF TEAM SEES GOJ'S CLARITY OF PURPOSE, BUT TIME IS [...] (C) Trevor Alleyne, Division Chief and head of the a six-person International Monetary Fund (IMF) delegation to Jamaica, said the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) appears to have a "clarity of purpose" in regard to current negotiations for a Standby Agreement. Alleyne met with Emboffs on November 5 [...]	2009-11-06 13:02:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN TRSY IDB SOCI IMF XL JM
09KINGSTON737	Jamaica: Private Sector Nervous Over Delay in IMF Deal; Risk [...] (C) Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding's lack of political courage in making difficult decisions has created a crisis of confidence in the private sector. His promise of an imminent International Monetary Fund (IMF) Standby Agreement worth USD 1.2 billion has set him, as well as his Jamaica L [...]	2009-11-19 14:41:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD SOCI PINR PREL IADB IMF TRSY JM
09KINGSTON743	AIR JAMAICA SALE: DEAL OR NO DEAL? GOJ CAN'T STAY ON MESSAGE [...] (C) Air Jamaica (AJ),the beleaguered national airline, is days away from finding out whether Indigo Partners (operator of Sprit Airlines) will be its new owner. The airline, currently owned by the Government of Jamaica (GOJ),is eight months behind the original deadline for privatization, bu [...]	2009-11-30 13:50:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAIR EINV SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM

09KINGSTON746	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR [...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff presented a diplomatic note and delivered demarche requesting the support of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) for the U.S. candidacy in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council election at the 26th IMO Assembly, to be held in London, November 23-December 4, [...]	2009-09-25 19:44:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK JM XL PREL
09KINGSTON747	JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO LIBERTAD ACT, NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (C) Post has provided responses to questions listed in Reftel A. On May 5 during the 2009-2010 National Budget Debate in Parliament, Prime Minister Bruce Golding said, "We continue to advocate for the revocation of the U.S. embargo against Cuba and the normalization of Cuba's relations withi [...]	2009-12-02 17:52:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETTC SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM
09KINGSTON749	EXTRADITION JAMAICA: CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL COKE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 12:32:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS SNAR PINR ASEC SOCI CJAN KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON753	JAMAICA: OPPOSITION GRILLS PRIME MINISTER IN PARLIAMENT ON [...] (SBU) The continuing controversy over the Christopher "Dudus" Coke extradition request exploded into partisan rancor and bitterness in Jamaica's Parliament on December 8, as Peter Phillips, Member of Parliament (MP) for the opposition People's National Party (PNP) and former Minister for Nation [...]	2009-12-10 17:45:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CVIS SNAR PINR ASEC CJAN KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON759	JAMAICA: ON THE BRINK OF AN IMF DEAL [...] (C) The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) appears on the verge of pursuing a selective default with local debt holders in order to secure a much needed Standby Agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Prime Minister Bruce Golding has been adamant in wanting to avoid any blemish on the [...]	2009-12-14 19:38:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAIR EINV SOCI PREL PINR TRSY IDB IMF JM
09KINGSTON761	JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER'S WIFE SEES "NEFARIOUS INFLUENCES" [...] (C) Lorna Golding, the wife of Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding, told Post's Public Affairs Officer (PAO) Patricia Attkisson that she believes Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is under the "pernicious influence" of U.S. Representative Charles Rangel regarding the contentious U.S. extradition [...]	2009-12-14 20:19:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI CVIS SNAR PINR ASEC CJAN
09KINGSTON767	CORRECTED COPY: JAMAICA: DIPLOMATIC NOTE RECEIVED ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 12:54:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON770	JAMAICA: OPERATION OF THE CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY [...] Jamaica is a signatory to the WTO Agreement and has generally demonstrated a commitment to undertaking its obligations. While the Golding administration, reeling under the effects of the global economic crisis, has championed the need for the country to replace particularly agricultural import [...]	2009-09-30 14:12:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IADB IBRD IMF TRGY
09KINGSTON782	JAMAICA: SEPTEMBER 2009 ECONOMIC UPDATE [...] (U) David Smith, the head of failed foreign-exchange trading club Olint TCI, has found himself on the wrong side of the law in the Turks and Caicos Islands for the second time this year. The Olint boss and his wife have been slapped with several additional charges including money laundering and [...]	2009-10-02 15:03:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINT EAIR EAGR ECIN EFIN EIND ELAB EMIN ENRG
09KINGSTON79	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Light Infantry Training Course pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed candidate(s): [...]	2009-01-28 16:39:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON790	Fraud Summary - Kingston March 2009 - August 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the second half of FY 2009, Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) focused on IV relationship fraud and enhancing cooperation with our partners at the British and Canadian High Commissions and the law enforcement community within the Embassy. During the past two quarters, FP [...]	2009-10-06 16:50:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC JM
09KINGSTON798	JAMAICA: COUNTRY CLEARANCES AND BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 18:51:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT ASEC APER CMGT PBTS EFIN BEXP PREL KCOM JM CJ
09KINGSTON80	REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Defense Force (JDF) to participate in the Basic Officer Leaders/INT Student Prep Course, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Name of proposed c [...]	2009-01-28 16:44:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON800	JAMAICA: JAMAICA'S FISCAL MALAISE [...] (SBU) Only five months after outlining its spending plans, the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) has announced a USD 67 million increase in expenditures for the current fiscal year. The hike comes after repeated pronouncements from Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding about deep cuts in the expenditure [...]	2009-10-08 20:26:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINT EINV ELAB ETRD PGOV PREL SOCI IMF IBRD
09KINGSTON806	JAMAICA: EARLY CHRISTMAS FOR CASH PLUS INVESTORS? [...] (SBU) Investors in the failed alternative investment scheme, Cash Plus, could have an early Christmas, if liquidator Hugh Wildman is able to reclaim USD 25 million discovered in an offshore account in a Swiss bank in Dubai. The accounts were in the names of Carlos Hill, the embattled head of C [...]	2009-10-09 14:34:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL KCRM KCOR JM XL UK AE
09KINGSTON826	Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following eight (8) candidates who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: Name: [...]	2009-10-13 19:52:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM JM ASEC
09KINGSTON830	Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: Name: [...]	2009-10-13 20:23:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON838	Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidate: Name: [...]	2009-10-14 14:36:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON844	Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) for USAID-funded community-based police training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of pr [...]	2009-10-15 15:19:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON852	Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: Name: [...]	2009-10-15 19:51:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PHUM PGOV JM
09KINGSTON86	JAMAICA: ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-02 13:33:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APECO APER ECON KUNR OECD POL UN UNESCO JM XL
09KINGSTON866	End of Year Accounting of MSG Program Allotment for FY 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-20 19:48:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AFIN ASEC KMSG
09KINGSTON886	JAMAICA: PROPOSED AGREEMENT FOR ASSISTANCE RELATED TO [...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered diplomatic note and text of proposed Jamaica reply note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s USA Desk Officer, Ms. Lisa Bryan-Smart, on the morning of October 22. Post will fax copies to Washington per reftel para. 7, and will report [...]	2009-10-23 16:17:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETTC KNNP PARM PREL DOE JM XL
09KINGSTON890	JAMAICA: LETTER TO U.S. SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION re [...] Under cover of the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s diplomatic note 50/140/19 dated 16 October 2009, Post has received the attached letter addressed to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and signed by the GoJ's Minister of Transport and Works L. Michael Henry, with the request that it be [...]	2009-10-23 18:38:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA EWWT PBTS EFIS AORC PTER IMO JM XL
09KINGSTON892	JAMAICA: SUCCESSFUL CARIBBEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY FORUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Jamaica hosted a successful Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF) which included a U.S. Government (USG) delegation, consisting of officials from the Departments of State and Energy and the Overseas Private Investment Cooperation (OPIC). The forum, held in Montego Bay from Octobe [...]	2009-10-23 19:06:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG SENV EMIN SOCI ETRD TRSY DOE OPIC OAS IBRD
09KINGSTON900	JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HAITI'S WAIVER OF TOURIST [...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered demarche expressing USG concerns that the Government of Haiti (GOH)'s recent removal of tourist visa requirements for nationals of the People's Republic of China (PRC) would lead to increases in alien smuggling and human trafficking networks and encourage intend [...]	2009-10-27 19:51:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CVIS KFRD KTIP KCRM HA CH JM XL
09KINGSTON902	JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON U.S. GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered demarche requesting the support of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) for the candidacy of Dr. Victor Villalobos for Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) at the Inter-American Board of Agriculture (IABA) meeting in [...]	2009-10-27 19:51:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ABUD EAGR AORC ECON ETRD FAO FAS IICA OAS PGOV PREL
09KINGSTON904	JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, [...] (U) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche to solicit cooperation and support for USG priorities at the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA),Third Committee, and to seek the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s insights on other resolutions. Demarche was delivered to Ms. Norma Taylor Roberts, Director of [...]	2009-10-27 19:52:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM HURI PREL KOCI KWMN KISL ISCON UN UNGA
09KINGSTON906	Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending a [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the British High Commission and the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) for a NAS/USMS sponsored surveillance course, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2009-10-28 20:06:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PHUM PGOV JM
09KINGSTON91	JAMAICA: JANUARY ECONOMIC REVIEW - HARDSHIP CONTINUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Jamaica's loss making national airline will begin an aggressive restructuring exercise next month in preparation for divestment later this year. -- The Jamaican Parliament has approved a four percent increase in the national budget to USD 6 billion. -- Finance Minister [...]	2009-02-02 19:18:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON TRYS ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD EAIR IADB IBRD IMF
09KINGSTON914	JAMAICA: CAUGHT IN A DEBT TRAP-- CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR [...] (SBU) The resignation of the Governor of the Central Bank, Derick Latibeaudiere, during the middle of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) negotiations may be a sign that the time has come for the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to face the severity of the situation and negotiate a solution with pr [...]	2009-11-03 12:27:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PINR IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM
09KINGSTON922	JAMAICA: OCTOBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 15:30:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN ETRD EAIR ENRG PREL XL JM
09KINGSTON926	JAMAICA: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered a demarche regarding the Goldstone Report to Ms. Norma Taylor Roberts of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). The demarche was delivered on the morning of November [...]	2009-11-04 16:09:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL JM XL
09KINGSTON928	FOR RELEASE: Jamaica FY10 Section 1206 Proposal [...] (SBU) Post fully supports the FY10 proposal submitted by USMLO Kingston to USSOUTHCOM. This $2,827,728 program is specifically designed to equip and enhance the Jamaican Defense Force's (JDF) effort to establish a viable counter-terrorism capability. 2. (SBU) Equipment purchased under t [...]	2009-11-09 22:54:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MCAP JM
09KINGSTON948	: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON COUNTRY-SPECIFIC UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Per reftel, Charg???? delivered demarche on upcoming UNGA human rights resolutions on Iran and Burma. As directed, the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) was solicited to vote "no" on "no action" motions and "yes" on substantive resolutions highlighting human rights abuses in these countries. D [...]	2009-11-16 12:25:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA JM XL
09KINGSTON958	Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending [...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the British High Commission and the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) for International Military Education and Training (IMET) with starting dates of 30 Nov 09 and 02 Dec 09, pursuant to the Leahy Act and F [...]	2009-11-17 12:33:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON962	JAMAICA: PNP GENERAL SECRETARY DISCUSSES COKE EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) On November 12, Emboffs organized a largely informational meeting at Post between representatives of the Mission's law enforcement community and Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Bunting, General Secretary and Opposition Spokesman for National Security for the opposition People's National P [...]	2009-11-17 19:09:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CJAN CVIS PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI EAID KCOR
09KINGSTON966	JAMAICA: WILL OPPOSE "NO ACTION" AND IRAN RESOLUTIONS, [...] (U) Per reftels, on November 13 Charg???? delivered demarche to Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) regarding upcoming UNGA human rights resolutions on Iran and Burma. At that time, Charg???? received assurances that the GOJ's Permanent Represent [...]	2009-11-19 13:30:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA JM XL KN BM IR
09KINGSTON97	JAMAICA: ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS; [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-06 13:53:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON SENV EFIN EINV ETRD TRYS IADB IBRD PGOV
09KINGSTON974	NOMINATION OF ICE SPECIAL AGENT KEVIN PANGANIBAN AS ICE CSI [...] Embassy Kingston concurs with proposed assignment of ICE representative Kevin Panganiban. 2. Please coordinate an acceptable arrival date with ICE/Kingston and our Embassy's Management Officer. Parnell [...]	2009-11-19 20:40:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	APER JM
09KINGSTON990	KINGSTON: SCHEDULING ICASS POST-SPECIFIC TRAINING [...] Post welcomes ICASS Post-Specific Training during the week of March 15, 2010, as proposed reftel. Parnell [...]	2009-11-23 12:52:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT KICA JM XL
09KINGSTON992	JAMAICA: RULING PARTY BLAMES OPPOSITION FOR CURRENT FISCAL [...] (U) At its scaled back November 22 annual party conference, an embattled Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) defended its two years in office and attributed much of the nation's economic and fiscal travails to the "inheritance" left by the opposition People's National Party (PNP). In a somber and serio [...]	2009-11-24 13:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ASEC ECON EFIN CJAN CVIS KCOR KCRM IMF JM
09KINGSTON996	JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (U) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche and delivered nonpaper expressing U.S. concern regarding the number of UNGA resolutions reflecting an anti-Israel bias. Demarche was delivered to Ms. Shae-Alicia Lewis and Mr. Rohan Clarke of the International Organizations Department of the Government [...]	2009-11-24 20:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE JM XL
09KINGSTON998	JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR WHO [...] (U) Per reftel, EmbOff presented demarche and diplomatic note to solicit support for U.S. candidacy for WHO executive board. Demarche and dipnote were delivered to Ms. Shae-Alicia Lewis and Mr. Rohan Clarke of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Minis [...]	2009-11-24 20:28:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO JM XL
09KINHASA1056	SA WOLPE IN KINSHASA 1/3: OBJECTIVES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Howard Wolpe visited Kinshasa November 13-17 as the culmination of his six-country salutatory tour of the region. In his meetings with senior GDRC decision makers, Wolpe outlined the Obama Administration's objectives in Central Africa and pro [...]	2009-12-03 12:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS CG
09KINSHASA1004	DRC EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN WORKSHOP ON BIOSAFETY [...] Post conveyed reftel invitation and non-paper on October 6 to Banza Ngoy Katumwe, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate. Post followed up to meet Ngoy on November 3 following his return from the UNGA. Ngoy said the DRC was very interested in participating in the workshop. [...]	2009-11-10 18:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC CG
09KINSHASA1013	TIP Action Plan Demarche Delivered [...] (SBU) DCM and PolOff delivered reftel talking points on October 30 to Upio Kakura Wapol, Minister of Human Rights (MHR) and Sulubika Asha, lawyer and assistant in the MHR. PolCouns delivered reftel talking points on October 16 to Xavier Mirindi, Secretary General in the Ministry of Interior, [...]	2009-11-16 08:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP PHUM PREL KWMN CG
09KINSHASA1020	DRC WILL OPPOSE "NO ACTION" MOTIONS ON IRAN AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 13:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA CG
09KINSHASA1021	DRC RESPONSE: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 13:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA KPAL CG IS
09KINSHASA1022	MONUC PERSPECTIVE ON ARREST OF FDLR PRESIDENT [...] (C) Mathew Brubacher from MONUC's DDRRR Office in Goma met with TDY Goma PolOff on November 17 to discuss the arrest of FDLR President Ignace Murwanashyaka and Vice-President Straton Musoni in Germany on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity between January 2008 and July 2009. Bru [...]	2009-11-18 17:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA1023	THE APCLS: THE HUNDE MILITARY FORCE [...] (SBU) Members of the APCLS (Alliance of Patriots for a Free and Sovereign Congo) come almost exclusively from the Hunde ethnic group. Hundes comprise about 5% of North Kivu's population and are concentrated in Masisi Territory, where the group historically controlled the land through its tra [...]	2009-11-18 17:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KPKO CG
09KINSHASA1025	EQUATEUR ELECTIONS: THE END OF THE OPPOSITION? [...] (SBU) Summary: The interim governor, Jean-Claude Baende, won a special gubernatorial election in Equateur Province. Baende is an independent with close ties to President Kabila's AMP. As the AMP now controls all 11 provinces, it is well-situated to crush a feckless opposition in (unlikely) 2 [...]	2009-11-19 13:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PINS CG
09KINSHASA1027	MONUC WITHHOLDING ASSISTANCE TO FARDC'S 213TH [...] (C) Summary: MONUC's decision to suspend support for elements of the FARDC's 213th Brigade is based on a draft report from the UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO),implicating the FARDC in the killings of at least 62 civilians in the vicinity of Nyabiondo between May-September 2009. The t [...]	2009-11-20 10:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
09KINSHASA1032	DRC 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT REPORT [...] (SBU) Since the June 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) has made progress in the development of strategies and legislation, but there is still significant work needed in the area of enforcement. The GDRC shows a growing politica [...]	2009-11-24 15:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KWMN CG
09KINSHASA1033	CLAN FIGHTING: EQUATEUR PROVINCE REMAINS TENSE [...] Summary: Dongo, the sleepy Ubangui river town that was the scene of recent fighting between the rival Enyele and Manzaya clans, is calm, but completely deserted. A small detachment of MONUC's Ghanaian force is in Dongo, along with 300 Congolese Rapid Intervention Police (PIR) elements. The [...]	2009-11-24 17:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV CG
09KINSHASA1034	FOLLOW-UP TO REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Subsequent to vetting request cable: 000974, Post has received derogatory information from MONUC, regarding two candidates: Colonel Willy Bonane and Mulimbi Lufungula. As a result, post revokes its earlier recommendation regarding eligibility for training of these two candidates. They ar [...]	2009-11-25 12:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1036	DRC INSTILLS CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY [...] (U) Summary: Since the approval of the Forestry Code by the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (GDRC) in 2002, the Congolese government has engaged in several mandatory reforms. In fact, the GDRC has begun to recognize the multiple social, economic, and environmental values of [...]	2009-11-25 14:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	DCOM ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
09KINSHASA1037	GDRC SUPPORTS U.S. POSTURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) PolOff briefed Mr. Mavambu Matumona, MFA Deputy Director for the Office of International Cooperation's Bureau for the Americas, Asia, and Oceania. Matumona quickly responded that the well-known position of the GDRC is against the propagation of nuclear arms and that the GDRC supports the [...]	2009-11-25 16:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR CG
09KINSHASA1041	THIS JUST IN: GDRC SET TO ANNOUNCE 2011 ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Jean-Pierre LOLA KISANGA told PolOff today (November 27) representatives of the executive and legislative branches of government and the independent electoral commission (CEI) met Thursday, November 26 and agreed on local and national election dates. Municipal and local [...]	2009-11-27 14:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CG
09KINSHASA1042	War Crimes Ambassador Rapp visits DRC; [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador at Large for War Crimes (S/WCI) Stephen Rapp visited the DRC from November 12-14 as part of a follow-on mission to Secretary Clinton's August visit. He interacted with a variety of Congolese and international actors in meetings with the Minister of Justice, the Vice [...]	2009-11-30 06:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL PREF MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA1043	KABILA ENGAGES DIP CORPS ON MONUC, ELECTIONS AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 15:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO ECON CG
09KINSHASA1044	EU, SWITZERLAND AND U.S. TELL COMMUNICATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassadors of Sweden, Spain, plus local EU Commission head and U.S. DCM, met November 27 with Communications/Media Minister Lambert Mende to press for a halt to Congolese government's (GDRC) harassment of foreign journalists. Led by Swedish ambassador as current EU president, [...]	2009-11-30 16:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA1047	SADC MINING MINISTERS MEET IN DRC (C-AL9-02272) [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to ref A, Econoff attended the opening and closing ceremonies of the South African Development Community (SADC) Mining Ministers Meeting on November 12 in Kinshasa. During the meeting, mining ministers discussed greater harmonization of mining standards and policies, [...]	2009-12-01 16:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EMIN CG
09KINSHASA1048	THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE WAY FORWARD IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 16:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA1049	HOW MANY FARDC SOLDIERS ARE IN THE KIVUS? [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11, the Congolese armed forces (FARDC) completed a census of troops assigned to newly integrated units in the Kivus. Although registration was below projections, the numbers represent the first credible manpower base-line for chain of payments analysis, assessments [...]	2009-12-02 06:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MARR MCAP CG
09KINSHASA105	KABILA PRESS CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON EASTERN DRC [...] (SBU) DRC President Joseph Kabila held a press conference January 31, addressing questions on the situation in the East and on the state of the economy in the DRC. Kabila defended his decision to allow Rwandan troops into the DRC to pursue FDLR combatants, stressing that both Ugandan and Rwan [...]	2009-02-03 07:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS ECON KPKO CG
09KINSHASA1050	U.S. MILITARY TRAINING: WHAT [...] (SBU) Summary: While local audiences in Kisangani are supportive of U.S. military training of the FARDC battalion, they have expressed concerns about the motivations of the U.S. effort, manner in which candidates are being vetted, and the nature of follow-on activities to sustain the battalio [...]	2009-12-02 06:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1052	Rumors and Realities of Rwandan Returnees in North Kivu [...] (SBU) Summary: Statistics from UNHCR, MONUC, the Congolese National Commission for Refugees (CNR),and independent field investigations indicate that significant numbers of ethnic Tutsis are entering North Kivu from Rwanda. UNHCR's estimate of 12,000, while plausible, is probably inflated. [...]	2009-12-02 14:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA1056	SA WOLPE IN KINSHASA 1/3: OBJECTIVES AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 12:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINS CG
09KINSHASA1058	GDRC ISSUES STATEMENT ON RELATIONS WITH ANGOLA; [...] (SBU) Following increased tensions between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Angola (for summary, see septel on SA Wolpe's visit to Kinshasa),on December 2 the DRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent to all diplomatic missions in Kinshasa a statement clarifying its posit [...]	2009-12-04 17:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EPET CG AO
09KINSHASA1060	DEMARCHE TO DRC: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 09:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA PHUM PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA1061	SA WOLPE IN KINSHASA 2/3: ANGOLAN RESOURCES, [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Howard Wolpe met with GDRC decision makers and key foreign ambassadors as part of his November 13-17 visit to Kinshasa in which he outlined USG objectives and initiatives in the region (reftel B). In meetings with GDRC Foreign Minister Thambw [...]	2009-12-07 10:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHSA PREF CG
09KINSHASA1062	FARDC REQUESTS SENIOR LEADERSHIP TRAINING [...] (SBU) Major General Dieudonne Amuli Bahigwa, FARDC Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, has formally requested a USG training team to conduct a senior leadership seminar on civil-military operations. Post will follow up immediately with the FARDC to maintain momentum, as this represents a m [...]	2009-12-07 13:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA1063	GDRC THOUGHTS ON CNDP INTEGRATION, SGBV, AND SADC [...] (U) During a December 2 meeting with polcouns, John Muabma, an advisor in the Ministry of Regional and International Cooperation, discussed the CNDP's transition from a military movement to a political party, sexual and gender based violence (SGBV),and the DRC's role in SADC and other Centra [...]	2009-12-07 13:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWMN ECON CG
09KINSHASA1064	SA WOLPE IN KINSHASA 3/3: BOSCO, GOMA II, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Howard Wolpe met with GDRC leaders and key foreign ambassadors as part of his November 13-17 salutatory visit to Kinshasa in which he outlined USG objectives and initiatives in the region (reftels B and C). In meetings with former GDRC Vice P [...]	2009-12-07 14:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA1066	DRC ACCREDITS RWANDAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: Rwandan Ambassador Amandin Rugira submitted his credentials to DRC President Joseph Kabila on December 2 in a brief ceremony at the presidential offices, Palais de la Nation. Prior to formally assuming his duties, Rugira met with USG officials to discuss the new Rwandan diplomati [...]	2009-12-08 14:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA1071	PROMINENT PPRD PARLIAMENTARIAN ON KIMIA II, SGBV, [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with polcouns, Jean Mbuyu Luyongola, a prominent PPRD parliamentarian, stressed that sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) was a societal problem in the DRC. Ill-disciplined FARDC and police aggravated SGBV, as did the culture of impunity. Creating n effe [...]	2009-12-09 15:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KWMN MOPS KPKO KDEM CG
09KINSHASA1072	U.S. MILITARY TRAINING: WHAT [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 07:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1073	U.S. MILITARY TRAINING: WHAT THE PUBLIC IN KISANGANI [...] (SBU) Summary: While local audiences in Kisangani are supportive of U.S. military training of the FARDC battalion, they have expressed concerns about the motivations of the U.S. effort, manner in which candidates are being vetted, and the nature of follow-on activities to sustain the battali [...]	2009-12-10 08:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1077	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED [...] Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to attend U.S.-sponsored training in the DRC. Post found no derogatory information on any of the candidates. 2. Names of proposed candidates are as fol [...]	2009-12-11 13:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1078	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED [...] Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following two candidates selected to attend a total of six months training at the Defense Language Institute and Institute of International Legal Studies in the United States. Post found [...]	2009-12-11 13:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1079	CAMPAIGN FOR 2011 ELECTIONS KICKS OFF AS KABILA [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 7 State of the Nation address, President Kabila implicitly launched his campaign for the 2011 local and presidential elections, focusing his points primarily on domestic political issues. Kabila predicted GDP growth of 5.4% in 2010, and he lauded the progress ma [...]	2009-12-14 06:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EFIN SENV KDEM EINV CG
09KINSHASA108	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 3 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Human Rights Watch on Bosco --------------------------- 2. (SBU) In a February [...]	2009-02-03 14:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA1080	AUGUSTIN KATUMBA, PRESIDENT'S ALLEGED TREASURER [...] (C) Summary: National Assembly Deputy Augustin Katumba Mwanke resigned as Executive Secretary of the ruling coalition, the "Alliance pour la Majorite Presidentielle" (Alliance for the Presidential Majority -- AMP) last week. He relinquished the position amid pervasive rumors of an impending [...]	2009-12-14 06:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CG
09KINSHASA1083	DONGO, KATUMBA'S RESIGNATION, AND ANGOLA -- ANY [...] (S) Summary: The situation in Dongo remains very fluid, with over 74,000 DRC refugees having crossed over the Ubangi River into the Republic of Congo and up to 38,000 IDPs in the area within the DRC. The region remains too unsafe for humanitarian workers to enter. MONUC has publicly announc [...]	2009-12-15 10:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS PHUM PREF MOPS EAID CG
09KINSHASA1084	DONGO, KATUMBA'S RESIGNATION, AND ANGOLA -- ANY [...] (S) Summary: The situation in Dongo remains very fluid, with over 74,000 DRC refugees having crossed over the Ubangi River into the Republic of Congo and up to 38,000 IDPs in the area within the DRC. The region remains too unsafe for humanitarian workers to enter. MONUC has publicly announce [...]	2009-12-15 10:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINS PHUM PREF MOPS EAID CG
09KINSHASA1085	LRA UPDATE REPORT - DRC [...] Below is information keyed to reftel request. This report represents a compilation of statistics and information from various governmental, non-governmental, MONUC, and press sources. Post cannot fully verify the various information, nor ensure that the information is exhaustive. It represen [...]	2009-12-15 10:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS CG
09KINSHASA1086	EMBASSY'S MARK TWAIN LITERARY PRIZE HELPS [...] (SBU) Summary: PAS Kinshasa conceived, organized and sponsored the monthly Mark Twain Literary Prize from June to December 2009. Due to the event's enormous popular success, Ambassador has announced that the contest will be extended for another six-month period. More than 150 short works o [...]	2009-12-15 14:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL PHUM PINR SCUL SOCI CG
09KINSHASA1089	CONGOLESE MEDIA AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The media environment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is unusually problematic and complicated, even by African standards. This is the first in a series of reports on the DRC press and mass media designed to help USG readers better understand the constraints and c [...]	2009-12-16 07:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPAO OIIP PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1090	CONGOLESE MEDIA AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH THEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The media environment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is unusually problematic and complicated, even by African standards. This is the first in a series of reports on the DRC press and mass media designed to help USG readers better understand the constraints and c [...]	2009-12-16 08:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KPAO OIIP PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1095	Greenpeace, Rainforest Foundation, Global [...] (U) Summary: In an eight -page "open letter" to the World Bank, co-signed by Greenpeace Africa, Rainforest Foundation UK, Rainforest Foundation Norway and Global Witness, the four agencies raised wide-ranging questions to the World Bank regarding the forest policy reform program in the DRC. I [...]	2009-12-16 12:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID EFIN ETRD PGOV CG
09KINSHASA1096	EMBASSY KINSHASA TEAM VISITS BAS CONGO TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: An Embassy Kinshasa team comprised of two political officers, a representative of the office of the defense attache, and a USAID/OFDA representative visited the province of Bas-Congo on November 3-4 to look at the humanitarian situation. Angola has expelled approximately 140,00 [...]	2009-12-16 13:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID PREF PGOV KWMN PREL AG CG
09KINSHASA1097	PRESS FREEDOM IN KIVUS FACES SERIOUS CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Journalists and local radio media outlets in the Kivus told visiting assistant public affairs officer (APAO) they continue to receive threats, and they suspect harassment will continue in the lead-up to the 2011 local elections. The unclear future of Radio Okapi, coupled with [...]	2009-12-17 08:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO PREL PHUM KDEM CG
09KINSHASA1098	USAID AND UNFPA SUPPORT NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE [...] Summary: USAID has helped to pave the way for the repositioning of Family Planning (FP) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),thus creating an opportunity for increased support to capitalize on the present momentum to expand the FP activities in the DRC. A December 8-9 National Confe [...]	2009-12-17 08:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA1099	AMBASSADOR HOLMES PRESS BRIEFING [...] (SBU) Summary: During his briefing with local press on December 14, Ambassador Anthony Holmes, AFRICOM Deputy to the Commander for Civil-Military activities, stated that AFRICOM seeks to help African countries build capacity in security sector in order to more effectively protect their own civi [...]	2009-12-17 08:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KPAO MARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA1100	DRC PASSPORTS AND CORRUPTION: YET ANOTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 9, 2009, the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (GDRC) announced that all non-biometric passports would be cancelled effective December 31, 2009 (reftel). The announcement marked the culmination of a two-year effort by the GDRC to regularize passpor [...]	2009-12-17 11:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC CMGT CVIS ASEC OTRA CG
09KINSHASA1101	DURING DRC VISIT, ICC PRESIDENT CALLS FOR BOSCO'S [...] (U) During a keynote speech at a December 10-12 International Parliamentary Conference on Justice in the DRC and the Great Lakes Region, ICC President Sang-Hyun Song reiterated calls for the GDRC to transfer former CNDP chief of staff Bosco Ntaganda to the Hague. Song underscored that "the q [...]	2009-12-17 13:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1102	RADIO FRANCE SIGNAL REPORTEDLY TO BE REINSTATED [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent meeting with representatives of a Congolese press freedom NGO, Minister of Media and Communications Lambert Mende assured the leaders of that organization that the signal of Radio France International (RFI) would be restored in early 2010. End summary. 2. [...]	2009-12-17 15:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO OIIP PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1105	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba on December 17 to discuss MONUC's mandate renewal, fighting in the Dongo area of Equateur Province, and DRC-Angolan relations. Septel reports on discussions regarding finding a site to build a new embassy, as well as GD [...]	2009-12-17 16:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MOPS PHUM PREF CG AG
09KINSHASA1107	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED [...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in a U.S.-sponsored training to begin January 21, 2010 in the DRC. 2. (U) Post has no derogatory information on any of these candida [...]	2009-12-17 17:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG

09KINSHASA1108	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED [...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in a U.S.-sponsored training to begin January 2010 in the DRC. 2. (U) Post has no derogatory information on any of these candidate [...]	2009-12-18 07:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA111	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 4 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. DRC-Rwandan Joint Operations ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC repor [...]	2009-02-04 12:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA1110	RELIGIOUS KILLINGS IN BUKAVU CREATE MARTYRS -- [...] Summary: Bukavu, dubbed the murder capital of the DRC, has been the site of targeted attacks against journalists, human rights defenders and religious authorities. A priest and a nun were assassinated within days of each other in early December provoking fear and outrage amongst the predomin [...]	2009-12-21 06:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI CG
09KINSHASA1112	THE DRC AND THE PRGF: HOW WE GOT HERE AND HOW WE [...] (C) Summary: This is the first in a two-part series on the GDRC's long road towards HIPC completion point, with a look at some of the many bumps and turns along the way since early 2006 and the IMF Board's December 11 approval of the DRC's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). The PG [...]	2009-12-21 10:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA1113	GDRC-OWNED AND LEASED-PROPERTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador delivered demarche per ref (A) to Minister of Foreign Affairs on December 17. Foreign Minister replied he was aware of the untenable condition of the GDRC properties in Washington and had been directed by President Kabila to take immediate action to correct deficien [...]	2009-12-21 12:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OFDP PREL CG
09KINSHASA1116	LIGHT INFANTRY BATTALION (LIB) TRAINING IN [...] (SBU) Summary: United States training of a Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) is scheduled to commence Wednesday, February 17, 2010. Major efforts to identify forces to conduct and support training are underway, as are efforts to contract for construction su [...]	2009-12-21 14:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MASS PHUM PREL KWMN SOCI CG
09KINSHASA1121	STRENGTHENING PROVINCIAL INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-21 15:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA1122	STRENGTHENING PROVINCIAL INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-21 15:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA1123	STRENGTHENING PROVINCIAL INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-21 15:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA1125	SURVEY FINDS PRESIDENT OBAMA IS MOST [...] (SBU) Summary: A recent public-opinion survey found President Barack Obama is the most popular political figure in Kinshasa, but obtained just two votes more than his nearest rival, President Joseph Kabila. Other findings in the survey attest to the pervasive impact of television, especially [...]	2009-12-22 15:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL SCUL CG
09KINSHASA1127	NGO REPORT ON DRC PRESS FREEDOM SAYS VIOLATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The 2009 annual report on press freedom in Central Africa by NGO "Journalistes en Danger" (Journalists In Danger - JED) notes a significant decrease in recorded violations of press freedom in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from the previous year. However, the report al [...]	2009-12-22 15:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO OIIP PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1129	DRC-RWANDA BILATERAL COMMISSION DISCUSSES SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC-Rwandan Joint Grand Commission met in Kinshasa December 17-19, after a recess of 21 years. Minister for International Cooperation Raymond Tshibanda led the DRC delegation and his former homologue and newly appointed Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo led the Rwandan c [...]	2009-12-22 17:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EPET EAIR MARR PREF RW CG
09KINSHASA1132	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED [...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in a U.S.-sponsored training to begin December 11, 2009 in the DRC. 2. (U) Post has no derogatory information on any of these candidat [...]	2009-12-23 13:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1135	THE DRC AND THE PRGF: HOW WE GOT HERE AND HOW WE [...] (SBU) Background: This is the second in a two-part series on the GDRC and the HIPC completion point. Part 1 (ref A) was a look at some of the bumps and turns along the way since early 2006 as the GDRC inched its way toward the IMF Board's December 11 approval of the DRC's Poverty Reduction [...]	2009-12-23 15:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA1141	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DRC HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER: [...] Per reftel, on December 22 DCM and Poloff delivered information on changes to the Child Soldier Prevention Act to Minister of Human Rights Upio Kakura Wapol. Kakura responded with candor after listening to the salient points of the demarche concerning the definition of a child soldier, the i [...]	2009-12-24 09:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KMCA KTIP PGOV KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG
09KINSHASA1143	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.- [...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidate selected to participate in the ACSS Next Generation of African Leaders Seminar to be held in Washington D.C. from January 25-February 26, 2010. 2. (U) Post h [...]	2009-12-24 11:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1144	KENGO SAYS GOVERNMENT IS NEGOTIATING WITH EQUATEUR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met December 21 with Senate President Kengo wa Dondo. Kengo said the GDRC is negotiating with Dongo rebels, discussed his legislative agenda for the upcoming session of parliament, and gave his view on security sector reform (SSR). His priorities for the legislative [...]	2009-12-24 11:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS EFIN MCAP MASS PREL CG
09KINSHASA1149	MASISI LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP YIELDS PROMISING [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 12 Michel Kassa briefed USAID Mission Director and TDY poloff on a Wilson Center-organized leadership training workshop held November 23-27 in Goma that brought together 100 representatives of six communities in Masisi District, North Kivu. The end results show prom [...]	2009-12-28 10:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF AORC PREL CG
09KINSHASA1153	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.- [...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in the January 14, 2010 DIILS Training Course held in Kananga, DRC. 2. (U) Post has no derogatory information on the following candi [...]	2009-12-28 16:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1154	DRC-ANGOLA COMMUNIQUE ON DECEMBER 15-17 BINATIONAL [...] (SBU) The DRC-Angola Bilateral Commission met December 15-17 in Luanda. The December 17 joint communique on the meeting refers mostly to migration and economic issues. The Commission agreed, however, to set up an expert working group to discuss maritime boundaries. Regional cooperation mini [...]	2009-12-29 06:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET PREL PREF PBTS AO CG
09KINSHASA116	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 5 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Transformed Into Political Party? -------------------------------------- 2 [...]	2009-02-05 13:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA1160	AMBASSADOR LAUNCHES "ESPOIR" PROGRAM TO [...] Summary: On December 10 Ambassador Garvelink, together with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Gender Issues, launched USAID's "ESPOIR" project as the main event of the UN's 16 Days of Activism to Combat Violence Against Women. Linked to Secretary Clintn's announcement to provide $17 mil [...]	2009-12-29 14:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA1162	REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS IN [...] In response to reftel, no known specific anti-gay laws are on the books in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),nor is any bill under consideration in parliament that would make homosexuality illegal, as long as the relationship is not violent or flaunted publicly. Several articles of the [...]	2009-12-30 13:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI CG
09KINSHASA1164	CONGOLESE REPORTER'S TAKE ON CHINESE NEWS AGENCY'S [...] (SBU) Summary: A Congolese participant at a recent Chinese News Agency (CNA) seminar for African journalists in Nairobi told us the seminar was little more than a "marketing campaign" for CNA and the Chinese government. According to our contact, a discussion between CNA representatives and t [...]	2009-12-31 11:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL SCUL CG
09KINSHASA1165	MENINGITIS OUTBREAK REPORTED IN KISANGANI, [...] This report was prepared by the Office of Centers for Disease Control (CDC) of Amembassy Kinshasa and has been cleared by the Embassy's Front Office. 2. In late November Kisangani, the capital city of the Oriental Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),was hit by a mening [...]	2009-12-31 11:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID SENV SOCI TBIO MASS CG
09KINSHASA12	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 6 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Nkunda Ousted? -------------- 2. (SBU) Goma PolOff reported that CNDP Spokespe [...]	2009-01-06 12:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA120	DRC: A Look Back on 2008 and a Preview of 2009 [...] (SBU) The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) faced substantial challenges in 2008 but made tangible progress in dialogue with armed groups, judicial, decentralization, and economic reforms and development cooperation. In 2009, the DRC faces many of the same challenges that [...]	2009-02-05 18:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF EAID KDEM KPKO CG
09KINSHASA122	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 6 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Operation Umoja Wetu (Our Unity) -------------------------------- 2. (SBU) MON [...]	2009-02-06 13:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA123	USAID Food for Peace Monitoring Report on North Katanga [...] Monitoring the WFP (World Food Program) emergency work and the FHI (Food for the Hungry, Int.) progress with their MYAP (Multi-Year Assistance Program) in the ex-conflict districts of Moba and Kalemie was the object of a Food for Peace visit. 2. North Katanga is calm but potentially volatile [...]	2009-02-09 06:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN ETRD AMGT CF
09KINSHASA128	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 9 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Pareco Opts for Political Path ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) Apparentl [...]	2009-02-09 12:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA130	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 10 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. DRC Spokesman: Rwanda Will Extradite Nkunda ----------------------------------------- [...]	2009-02-10 10:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA136	DRC RESPONSE TO OPIC-SUPPORTED INVESTMENT FUNDS [...] (U) Post is pleased to comment on the proposed OPIC-supported investment funds described in refs A and B. Both funds support the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)'s overall economic development framework, target key sectors in the DRC for private investment, and would enhance access to cr [...]	2009-02-11 09:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON PGOV CG
09KINSHASA138	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 11 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Special Parliamentary Session on RDF/FARDC Operations? ------------------------------ [...]	2009-02-11 12:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA140	FOREIGN MINISTER'S FEBRUARY 11 BRIEFING TO AMBASSADORS ON [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacted embassy late February 9 to request ambassador's attendance at briefing next day by Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwanke at MFA headquarters. Present at the briefing were ambassadors of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, South Af [...]	2009-02-11 14:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN EUN
09KINSHASA142	DRC RESPONSE: ENGAGING STATES ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-12 08:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC ICJ KV CG
09KINSHASA143	DRC RESPONSE: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) [...] (SBU) Post sent reftel questions in advance to Alice Kimpembe Bamba, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate. PolCouns followed up with Kimpembe on February 10. Kimpembe confided that the GDRC, while supporting the overarching goals of the NPT, did not actively participate [...]	2009-02-12 08:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09KINSHASA144	NO GDRC REQUEST FOR U.S. MILITARY OBSERVERS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-12 08:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PINS PGOV CG
09KINSHASA145	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 12 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC noted reports of clashes be [...]	2009-02-12 12:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA148	POST WELCOMES AVA ROGERS INCLUSION ON [...] Post welcomes the addition of Ava Rogers, House Foreign Affairs Committee, to Staffdel Sumilas (reftels) traveling to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from February 17 to February 21, 2009. Hotel reservations are confirmed at the Grand Hotel in KiQhasa for the nights of February 17-18, 2 [...]	2009-02-13 10:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CG
09KINSHASA149	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 13 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC sources confirmed a Reuters [...]	2009-02-13 14:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA150	POST WELCOMES CODEL CHRIS SMITH [...] Post welcomes CODEL Chris Smith to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from February 18 to February 21, 2009. Hotel reservations are confirmed at the Grand Hotel in Kinshasa for the nights of February 18-19 for Congressman Smith and Staff Member Mark Milosch. Rooms are $250 per night, inc [...]	2009-02-13 14:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CG
09KINSHASA153	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CARTAGENA PROTOCOL ON BIOSAFETY [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to GDRC Ministry of Agriculture Secretary General Ali Ramazani Hubert on February 12, sharing USG concerns with liability and redress issues of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. Ramazani did not know if there will be a delegation from the DRC at the F [...]	2009-02-17 09:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO CG
09KINSHASA154	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 17 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation in Eastern DRC --------------------------------- 2. (SBU) MON [...]	2009-02-17 15:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA155	UNHCR ASSESSMENT OF OPERATIONS AGAINST FDLR AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) Deputy Representative, Mohamed Toure, recently met with PolCouns and PolOff to discuss security and humanitarian issues in Eastern DRC, as well as civilian protection challenges stemming from the separate joint operations against th [...]	2009-02-17 15:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM PGOV CG UG
09KINSHASA158	CNDP ENTERS NORTH KIVU PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Local radio in Goma announced on February 15 that there had been a shake-up of the North Kivu provincial cabinet. Most significantly, the CNDP received several ministerial positions in the government. In addition, several new or restructured ministries seemingly reflect the CNDP leader [...]	2009-02-18 13:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF CG
09KINSHASA159	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 18 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation in Eastern DRC --------------------------------- 2. (SBU) MON [...]	2009-02-18 13:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA161	DRC: RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL [...] (U) This message contains Embassy Kinshasa's responses to questions in reftel, paragraphs 23-27, on trafficking in persons. 2. (SBU) Begin responses to paragraph 23: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on trafficking in persons? What plans are in place (if any) t [...]	2009-02-18 15:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF KTIP KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CG
09KINSHASA163	DRC: ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The key challenges facing the GDRC's non-military security apparatus is the corruption, limited capacity, and lack of resources prevalent in all Congolese security and governmental services, rendering them ineffective at best and predatory on the population at worst. They are, [...]	2009-02-19 11:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC CG
09KINSHASA164	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 19 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Operations against the FDLR --------------------------- 2. (SBU) The 21st FARDC [...]	2009-02-19 11:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA166	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-19 15:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC CG
09KINSHASA168	CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR OUTLINES PRECARIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Bank Governor said on February 18 that the DRC has been in a recession since the second quarter of 2008, due to both a contraction in the mining sector and the effects of the global financial crisis. He said the DRC needs USD 667 million in foreign assistance immed [...]	2009-02-20 09:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA169	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 20 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. FDLR Operations --------------- 2. (SBU) Goma PolOff and post have received info [...]	2009-02-20 13:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA172	OPERATION LIGHTNING THUNDER: SITUATION FROM DUNGU [...] (SBU) Summary: Goma poloff recently traveled to Dungu in Haut Uele with MONUC escorts to gather information related to Operation Lightning Thunder. All MONUC personnel remain garrisoned at the Dungu airstrip, which is well guarded by an unknown number of UPDF and FARDC battalions. No MONUC f [...]	2009-02-23 14:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA173	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 23 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation in North Kivu -------------------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC [...]	2009-02-23 16:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA175	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 24 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation in North Kivu -------------------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC [...]	2009-02-24 17:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA176	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 25 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. RDF Departure Ceremony ---------------------- 2. (SBU) A large crowd at the Goma [...]	2009-02-25 14:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA178	DEMARCHED DELIVERED: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche February 25 to Banza Ngoy, Head of the International Organizations Directorate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ngoy said the GDRC is inclined to support the USG candidate for the UN Appeals Tribunal. He added that he would, however, need to consult with t [...]	2009-02-26 06:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09KINSHASA179	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 26 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. End of Operation Umoja Wetu (Our Unity) --------------------------------------- 2 [...]	2009-02-26 12:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA180	DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS CONTINUES CRITICISM OF MONUC [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. MSF: MONUC Should Be More Pro-active ------------------------------------ 2. (SB [...]	2009-02-26 13:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL MOPS PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA187	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 27 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation in North Kivu -------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Accor [...]	2009-02-28 09:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA188	DEMARCHED DELIVERED: USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN HUMAN [...] Post transmitted reftel points February 27 to Banza Ngoy Katumbwe, Head of the International Organizations Directorate at the MFA, and will report any substantive response to the Department. GARVELINK [...]	2009-03-02 11:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA189	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 2 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. FDLR Issues ----------- 2. (SBU) As part of the February 25 ceremony held in Gom [...]	2009-03-02 13:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA190	BALANCE SHEET ON THE DRC-RWANDAN JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite some significant risks and political fall-out, the joint FARDC-RDF operations were a success on the whole. Most significantly, the operations have solidified the rapprochement between the GoR and GDRC, who were at the brink of war just three months ago. The FDLR is in [...]	2009-03-02 13:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA191	CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS LOOMS AS POWER STRUGGLE [...] (S) Summary: President Kabila's determination to remove National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe is quickly becoming a political and, possibly, constitutional crisis that will be resolved one way or another by March 15 when Parliament opens its upcoming spring session. As the President has [...]	2009-03-02 14:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA192	MONUC ANALYST DISCUSSES EVENTS IN THE KIVUS, [...] (C) Summary: Johan Peleman, Chief of MONUC's Joint Mission Analysis Cell, told PolCouns and visiting Washington analysts on February 26 that, although the joint FARDC-RDF operations against the FDLR had been successful in North Kivu, dealing with the FDLR in South Kivu represented enormous c [...]	2009-03-02 16:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PINR PHUM CG
09KINSHASA193	FDLR EXACTS RETRIBUTIONS ON NORTH KIVU CIVILIAN POPULATION [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the joint Congolese and Rwandan defense forces' (FARDC and RDF respectively) operation against the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in North Kivu, the FDLR has already begun to exact retribution on the civilian population. In addition to thr [...]	2009-03-03 07:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA194	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 3 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation in North Kivu Province ----------------------------------------- [...]	2009-03-03 10:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA195	URGENT DEMARCHE: THREATENED INDIAN PEACEKEEPER [...] (SBU) In response reftel, Ambassador met March 3 with Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito. Meeting with President Joseph Kabila, as instructed reftel, was not possible as Kabila is away from Kinshasa and is not expected to return until next week. 2. (S) Prior to meeting with Muzito, Ambassador [...]	2009-03-03 13:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC IN CG
09KINSHASA196	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HANGS ON; PRIME [...] (C) Not much appears to have changed since yesterday's report (ref A) on efforts by President Kabila and his advisors to secure the resignation of National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe. One new development is that the fifth of six National Assembly executive directorate (Bureau) members [...]	2009-03-03 15:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA197	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 4 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Issues in South Kivu ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Interna [...]	2009-03-04 12:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA20	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 7 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (SBU) Goma PolOff reported that C [...]	2009-01-07 12:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA202	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 5 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Issues in North Kivu and Orientale ----------------------------------------- [...]	2009-03-05 08:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA219	AMBASSADOR, UN'S ASSISTANT SYG FOR PEACEKEEPING [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Garvelink had a wide-ranging discussion March 5 with Edmond Mulet, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations. Mulet reported that opinion is divided within the GDRC with respect to MONUC's redeployment plan pursuant to UNSCR 1856. He also said that, [...]	2009-03-06 11:54:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA220	ANGOLAN TROOP INCURSIONS INTO BAS-CONGO [...] (SBU) Summary: According to local press reports, groups of Angolan soldiers crossed the DRC border and occupied the villages of Sava Ina and Kuzi in Bas-Congo on February 27 and 28 respectively. A Belgian diplomat told us that a Congolese delegation from Bas-Congo province met with Angolan co [...]	2009-03-06 12:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS MOPS AO CG
09KINSHASA222	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 6; THE [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) USG personnel in Goma met recently with a Congolese civilian who has worke [...]	2009-03-09 10:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA223	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 9; SOUTH KIVU ARMED GROUPS [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) U.S. personnel in Goma met on March 6 with Vincent Ngeya Tambwe, who repre [...]	2009-03-10 07:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA226	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 10; IDP UPDATE FOR NORTH KIVU [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) U.S. personnel met on March 9 with Gloria Fernandez, head of OCHA in the D [...]	2009-03-10 12:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA227	ICC'S DECISION TO POSTPONE CONFIRMING CHARGES AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Criminal Court's (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber III decided March 4 to postpone its decision on whether to confirm charges against Jean-Pierre Bemba, stating that the facts of the case point to the criminal liability of Bemba as a military commander but not as an ind [...]	2009-03-12 06:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KJUS ASEC CG CT NL
09KINSHASA23	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 8 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (C) A senior MONUC political offi [...]	2009-01-08 15:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA231	ANGOLAN EMBASSY IN KINSHASA REGARDING ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (SBU) Further to reftel on alleged Angolan army incursions into DRC territory, a letter from Afonso Lufuaquenda, the Charge d'Affaires of the Angolan embassy in Kinshasa, appeared in the March 10 edition of the local newspaper "Le Potentiel." Lufuaquenda emphasizes in the letter that it was [...]	2009-03-12 12:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PBTS MOPS AO CG
09KINSHASA232	PRESIDENT KABILA'S SPEECH IN GOMA [...] (U) Local press has reported that, in a March 9 speech in Goma, President Kabila emphasized the need for political actors and civil society to refrain from any action or discourse that would harm the process of restoring peace in the Kivus. Kabila stressed that, thanks to the end of the war i [...]	2009-03-12 14:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA233	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 12; INTEGRATION PROCESS FAVORING [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) Goma sources recently spoke with two well-informed individuals, who mainta [...]	2009-03-12 14:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA237	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 13; STATUS OF GDRC-CNDP TALKS [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) International Facilitation members in Goma met on March 11 with MONUC Poli [...]	2009-03-13 12:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA241	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 16: WITHDRAWAL OF [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. UPDF Withdrawal --------------- 2. (SBU) Somewhat unexpectedly, the withdrawal o [...]	2009-03-16 12:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA243	DEMARCHE DELIVERED:SEEKING SUPPORT FOR THE [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche March 16 to Banza Ngoy, Head of the International Organizations Directorate in the Foreign Ministry. Ngoy said that the GDRC may be inclined to support the creation of a new UN Independent Expert. He added that the GDRC, with its many challenges, has not [...]	2009-03-16 14:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC CG
09KINSHASA244	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche March 16 to Banza Ngoy, Head of the International Organizations Directorate in the Foreign Ministry. Ngoy acknowledged USG concerns on Abkhazia and South Ossetia and said that the GDRC is not inclined to recognize them as independent states, as it would b [...]	2009-03-16 15:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MOPS RS CG
09KINSHASA245	KAMERHE DEFIES KABILA; TO PUT QUESTION OF RESIGNATION TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid great speculation he would announce his resignation, National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe delivered the keynote speech at the March 16 ceremony opening of the spring session of the national legislature. Kamerhe said he was unwilling to step down without referring the [...]	2009-03-17 09:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO CG
09KINSHASA246	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 17: ONGOING INSECURITY IN KIVUS [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Continuing LRA Attacks ---------------------- 2. (U) Both Caritas and MSF have i [...]	2009-03-17 12:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA249	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 18 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) During a March 16 briefing, MONUC Goma noted that Uruguayan reinforcements [...]	2009-03-18 15:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA25	EBOLA CASES CONFIRMED IN DRC [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 12:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON SENV TBIO PGOV CG
09KINSHASA250	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. [...] (C) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates who have been selected to participate in a U.S. sponsored training for a Rapid Reaction Force course to begin May 2009 in the DRC. Post has no derogatory infor [...]	2009-03-18 16:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC MARR MASS PREL CG
09KINSHASA251	NGO OFFICIALS RELEASED AS KABILA-KAMERHE [...] (C) Summary: Human Rights NGO officials, arrested March 15 to pre-empt street violence the following day in conjunction with the opening of Parliament, have been released. The National Assembly has not yet taken steps to remove its president, Vital Kamerhe, who is locked in a power struggle w [...]	2009-03-18 17:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA254	DRC, INDIA LOCKED IN A HIGH-STAKES BATTLE OVER [...] (C) India's decision to withdraw its contingent from MONUC (reftels) has exposed a bitter row between the country that hosts the UN's largest peace-keeping operation and the country that is MONUC's largest troop contributor. A close look at the DRC-India feud reveals a complex mosaic of real [...]	2009-03-19 13:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC IN CG
09KINSHASA255	ANNUAL CIWG MEETING - KINSHASA [...] (S/NF) The Counter Intelligence Working Group (CIWG) met on 03/13/09. The A/DCM, ORA, DAO, POL, and RSO attended the meeting. 2. (S/NF) All CIWG members concurred that the technical and humint capabilities of host country intelligence services are extremely limited. 3. (S/NF) Financial [...]	2009-03-19 13:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC
09KINSHASA259	NO CONFIDENCE VOTE AGAINST KAMERHE SCHEDULED [...] (C) We spoke March 19 with Lydie Omanga, Communications Director for National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe. She explained the "Conference of Chairmen" of the National Assembly met March 19 to set the "ordre du jour" or legislative agenda for the first plenary session to take place March 2 [...]	2009-03-20 16:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA264	GDRC-CNDP AGREEMENT IMMINENT [...] (C) Summary: We met in Goma last week with an influential Congolese clergyman who is close to the GDRC delegation involved in the Obasanjo/Mkapa-facilitated talks. He said the GDRC and CNDP were hard at work on an agreement which could be wrapped up soon (Note: Post subsequently learned fro [...]	2009-03-23 12:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA266	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 23: GDRC-CNDP AGREEMENT [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. GDRC-CNDP Agreement ------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC informed post on March 23 [...]	2009-03-23 15:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA269	PM'S DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF HIGHLIGHTS GDRC [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Alexis Muzito's Deputy Chief of Staff, Jean-Claude Nachega, assured DCM and Economic Counselor during a March 20 meeting that Freeport McMoRan's contract review would be completed shortly and that the government of the DRC remained committed to renegotiating the Sin [...]	2009-03-23 16:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV PREL PGOV CH CG
09KINSHASA270	UNCONFIRMED REPORTS LINK SUDAN TO [...] (C) Post has received several reports alleging that Antonov planes have air dropped supplies to the LRA at Banda, site of a March 14-15 LRA attack. One report states that at least one Antonov aircraft made a total of three drops near Banda on March 19. The source stated that the plane did no [...]	2009-03-24 11:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS CG SU
09KINSHASA272	GDRC-CNDP FINAL AGREEMENT SIGNED [...] (C) Summary: As expected (reftel),but with little specific advance notice, the GDRC and CNDP signed an agreement March 23 in Goma, effectively ending the CNDP's status as a politico-military group and committing it to transform into a political party. Minister of International and Regional [...]	2009-03-24 14:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG

09KINSHASA273	TEXT OF GDRC-CNDP AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Reftel reported that the GDRC and CNDP signed a final agreement March 24 in Goma, culminating the peace process overseen by UN Special Envoy Olsegun Obasanjo and AU Special Envoy Benjamin Mkapa. Unofficial embassy translation follows at para. 2; original French is at para. 3. 2. (S [...]	2009-03-24 14:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA275	ATTEMPTS TO BRING STATE AUTHORITY TO [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC-trained police are deploying to former CNDP-occupied areas, as the GDRC attempts to establish state authority in the region north of Goma. Police who worked under the CNDP administration remain in the region, and integration with the national police (PNC) has been uneven [...]	2009-03-26 10:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA277	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 26: FURTHER ANALYSIS OF [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Aftermath of GDRC-CNDP Agreement -------------------------------- 2. (SBU) A numb [...]	2009-03-26 12:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA28	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 9 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (SBU) The CNDP released a commu [...]	2009-01-09 12:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA281	U.S. COAST GUARD EXPECTED TO FIND DRC PORTS ISPS COMPLIANT [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Program conducted an Official Country Visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) March 16-20 and found significant improvements in security at all port facilities. The USCG delegation evaluated the security measure [...]	2009-03-26 13:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT ETRD KHLS PTER ASEC MARR ECON CG
09KINSHASA283	KAMERHE RESIGNS IN PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) During a March 25 plenary session, National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe resigned. Apparently sensing that the majority of deputies would vote to oust him, Kamerhe proposed a single-item agenda: his resignation. An overwhelming number of deputies, according to FSN employee who wa [...]	2009-03-26 18:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA284	KABILA RETURNS FROM EASTERN DRC ROAD TRIP [...] (C) Summary: President Kabila returned March 22 to Kinshasa from a 26-day tour of the provinces, interrupted by at least one short return to the capital. The primary focus of the trip was on "eastern issues," including a meeting in Kasindi with Ugandan President Museveni before traveling on [...]	2009-03-26 18:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA285	POSSIBLE U.S.-EU ENGAGEMENT ON SECURITY SECTOR [...] (SBU) On March 18 EU Great Lakes Envoy Roeland van der Geer met with Ambassador, DCM and USAID director to discuss possible U.S.-EU cooperation in the area of Security Sector Reform. Van der Geer came with a large retinue including General Jean-Paul Michel, head of European Security Cooperat [...]	2009-03-27 11:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BE CG
09KINSHASA291	SARKOZY'S KINSHASA VISIT GOES OFF WELL; WILL IT [...] (C) Summary: During a March 26 speech to the DRC Parliament, French President Sarkozy acknowledged that outside interference had hindered the DRC's development, but he also pointed to domestic factors contributing to political instability and lack of economic prosperity: mismanagement (corr [...]	2009-03-27 15:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA292	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 27 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation in the Kivus ------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Near Pin [...]	2009-03-27 15:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA293	KINSHASA NEWSPAPERS GIVE AMPLE COVERAGE [...] Summary: On March 17 USAID Mission Director Stephen Haykin and Economic Counselor Elizabeth Jaffee appeared at a press roundtable on the global economic situation. They explained the causes and the domestic and international consequences of the crisis to a dozen local Congolese print and broa [...]	2009-03-30 06:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO CG
09KINSHASA294	SSR DISCUSSION WITH HEAD OF DRC DESK AT BELGIAN MFA [...] (SBU) PolOff met March 26 with the visiting Head of the Belgian MFA's DRC desk, Koen Adam, to discuss security sector reform (SSR) in the DRC. Adam emphasized that Belgium remains keenly interested in coordinating SSR efforts with the USG and other partners. PolOff gave Adam an overview of [...]	2009-03-30 08:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS PHUM CG BE
09KINSHASA295	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MARCH 30: STEPS TOWARDS NORMALIZATION [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. DRC-Rwandan Diplomatic Relations -------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Durin [...]	2009-03-30 10:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA296	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PRESSING FOR EARLY ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 12:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM CG MA
09KINSHASA3	MONUC RESPONSE TO CNDP CLAIM OF FARDC TROOP MOVEMENTS [...] (SBU) MONUC SRSG Alan Doss refuted CNDP claims of FARDC troop movements within disengagement zones north of Goma in a December 29 letter to CNDP Chairman Laurent Nkunda. Doss also called on CNDP and FARDC to provide for the free movement of people and goods and to protect the "fundamental" ri [...]	2009-01-02 11:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA30	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 12 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC military officials re [...]	2009-01-12 10:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA306	DRC-RWANDAN "4+4" COMMUNIQUE [...] (SBU) The DRC and Rwandan Foreign Ministers met in the "4+4" format in Kinshasa March 27-28. Embassy Kigali has obtained a copy of the joint communiqu from the meeting; the original English version is at paragraph 2. Most notably, the document reaffirms agreement between the ministers for an [...]	2009-04-01 13:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS CG RW
09KINSHASA307	EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 1: DRC SENATE COMMISSION [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Amnesty Law ----------- 2. (U) The DRC Senate's Defense, Security and Border Cont [...]	2009-04-01 13:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA308	PREPARATIONS FOR LOCAL ELECTIONS MOVE FORWARD TENTATIVELY [...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC's Independent Election Commission (CEI) has announced that the GDRC will commit $31.3 million for the 2009 elections, an important step in leveraging crucial support from donors. Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito underscored the GDRC's commitment in a March 24 letter to UN [...]	2009-04-01 13:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA309	POSSIBLE VOLCANIC ERUPTION NOT EXPECTED TO HAVE SERIOUS [...] (U) Summary. Scientists predict that Mount Nyamulagira, a volcano 20 miles north of Goma, could erupt in the next few days. Nyamulagira erupts every 2 years on average, and typically has little effect on populated zones to the south. Airborne ash and smoke may have a negative impact on air t [...]	2009-04-01 13:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID PREF CG
09KINSHASA31	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 13 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. FDLR Issues ----------- 2. (SBU) MONUC Force Commander Gaye told Goma PolOff, [...]	2009-01-13 11:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA310	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CONCLUSIONS OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-01 14:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF CG PK
09KINSHASA311	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ICJ ADVISORY OPINION ON KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-01 14:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL ICJ CG KV
09KINSHASA312	(C) PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORS CONFIRM COMMITMENT TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) The Ambassador queried influential presidential advisor Augustin Katumba March 26 and presidential staff member (and former Foreign Minister) Antoine Ghonda March 30 on the government of the DRC (GRDC)'s commitment to renegotiat [...]	2009-04-01 16:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV CH CG
09KINSHASA314	A CONVERSATION WITH GENERAL JOHN NUMBI [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of March 31, Ambassador Garvelink met with General John Numbi and discussed a range of issues. Topics included the GDRC-GOR joint operations in North Kivu, the demise of the CNDP, MONUC, the resignation of Vital Kamerhe as President of the National Assembly, and [...]	2009-04-02 06:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO MARR MOPS IN CG
09KINSHASA316	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL INHOFE TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]	2009-04-02 11:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA317	IMF STAFF MISSION PRESENTS MIXED PICTURE TO DONORS [...] (SBU) Summary: The IMF Staff Mission presented donors on March 31 with a mixed picture of their two-week visit (Reftel) to the DRC to conduct Article IV consultations and engage in technical discussions on a formal IMF program (Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, PRGF). Positive developme [...]	2009-04-02 11:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA319	EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 3: AMNESTY LAW STALLED IN [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Amnesty Law Still Pending ------------------------- 2. (U) On April 2, the DRC Se [...]	2009-04-03 12:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA320	DRC BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] (U) The FY09 USG foreign assistance package for the DRC includes funds that are considered assistance for the central government under the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 2003 (FOAA-03). Post therefore provides the following responses to the que [...]	2009-04-06 06:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL CG
09KINSHASA321	DCM AND DATT MEET WITH BELGIAN COUNTERPARTS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Chief of Mission and Defense Attache met March 31 with Belgian counterparts to discuss possible U.S.-Belgian cooperation on Security Sector Reform (SSR) as mentioned ref (A). Belgians were receptive to idea of working more closely with the U.S. to advance military aspe [...]	2009-04-06 06:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV MARR MOPS SOCI MNUC BE CG
09KINSHASA322	FARDC INTEGRATION PROCEEDS, HALTINGLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Father Apollinaire Malu Malu recently shared data (as of March 30) with the International Facilitation on North Kivu integration activities. According to his data, around 11,000 of the approximately 28,000 persons who have undergone some form of military integration since Janua [...]	2009-04-06 08:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS CG
09KINSHASA323	OPERATION KIMIA II - MORE STICK, LESS CARROT? [...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC and the FARDC are ramping up preparation for Operation Kimia II with an aggressive campaign to increase steadily pressure on the FDLR. In contrast to Operation Umoja Wetu, the new operation will not include DDRRR outreach efforts to convince Rwandan rebels to return home [...]	2009-04-06 08:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA324	MONUC -- NO EASY SOLUTION FOR ANTI-LRA OPERATIONS [...] (S) Summary: According to MONUC Kinshasa, the FARDC will deploy up to three new brigades in Haut-Ulele for Operation Lightning Thunder (OLT). Rudia II operations against the LRA will assume a more aggressive stance, as well as deploying Joint Protection Teams to help augment civilian protect [...]	2009-04-06 09:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MOPS CG
09KINSHASA325	UPDATE ON GDRC-CNDP PEACE AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Sources have informed us that, as a follow-up to the GDRC-CNDP Agreement, a cabinet reshuffle, at the national level, could bring in a CNDP minister and another to represent the other armed groups. However, the issue of a "total" amnesty that would prevent any arrest in the DR [...]	2009-04-06 10:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA326	EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 6 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) Armed men looted the International [...]	2009-04-06 11:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA328	TUTSI POLITICIAN RUBERWA CONCERNED THAT FAILURE TO [...] (C) Summary: During an April 2 meeting with Ambassador, Chairman of the Congolese Rally for Democracy Party (RCD) Azarias Ruberwa warned that failure by Parliament to enact an Amnesty Law could easily encourage CNDP elements to reject integration and take up arms again. Ruberwa claimed that [...]	2009-04-06 12:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA33	THE CNDP RIFT: VIEWS OF TWO PROMINENT EASTERNERS [...] (C) In separate meetings with PolCouns and PolOff on January 8 and 9, Eugene Serufuli, former North Kivu Governor, and Enoch Ruberangabo Sebineza, a South Kivu civil society activist and former parliamentarian, discussed the recent CNDP split, as well as the prospects of joint DRC-Rwandan mil [...]	2009-01-13 14:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PREF CG
09KINSHASA331	CENTRAL BANK RECEIVES ESF FUNDS [...] (SBU) The Prime Minister's Deputy Chief of Staff, Jean-Claude Nachega, informed post that the Congolese Central Bank (Banque Centrale du Congo, BCC, in French) received on March 27 the approximately $200 million in IMF emergency assistance under the Rapid-Access Component of the Exogenous Shock [...]	2009-04-06 15:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA334	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL ADAM SMITH TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]	2009-04-07 14:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA336	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM WARD TO THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]	2009-04-07 16:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA342	DATE SET FOR NATIONAL ASSEMBLY BUREAU ELECTION [...] (U) The National Assembly has set April 17 as the date for elections of a new Executive Directorate ("Bureau" in French). The elections, to be managed by an ad hoc working group under the supervision of the outgoing Executive Directorate, will determine a successor to National Assembly Presid [...]	2009-04-08 17:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA345	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONSE TO NORTH KOREAN TAEPO [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-09 07:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP CG KN
09KINSHASA346	GDRC Introduces MR Passports; Threatens Retaliation against [...] See action request at para. 6. 2. On March 30, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba convoked the diplomatic corps to announce the introduction of new machine readable (MR) passports beginning April 1. The passports come in four categories: diploma [...]	2009-04-09 08:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CMGT CVIS ASEC OTRA PREL CG
09KINSHASA347	DRC FORESTRY TITLE CONVERSION PROCESS: [...] (U) Summary: The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) has initiated the post-conversion process of forestry titles following the completion in January 2009 of a government year-long review of 156 logging titles. The review was completed following a presidential decree that o [...]	2009-04-09 11:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON EAID ETRD EINV PGOV CG
09KINSHASA349	EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 9; FARDC ABUSES INCREASING [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. FARDC Abuses Increasing ----------------------- 2. (SBU) Most of the rank and fil [...]	2009-04-09 13:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA357	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) On April 9 Charge d'Affaires delivered demarche as requested reftel to Upio Kakura Wapol, Minister of Human Rights. Wapol's reaction to our request was clearly favorable, noting that the Democratic Republic of the Congo welcomed the return of U.S. participation in international human righ [...]	2009-04-10 10:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA361	EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 10 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) The FARDC clashed with the FDLR in [...]	2009-04-10 11:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA362	GUNMEN STORM UVIRA PRISON AND FREE PRISONERS [...] (SBU) Both MONUC and press articles report that gunmen stormed the central prison in Uvira (in South Kivu, across Lake Tanganyika from Bujumbura) in the early morning hours of April 9, freeing over 200 prisoners in the process. MONUC reported that the gunmen were identified as fighters from t [...]	2009-04-10 13:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS CG
09KINSHASA368	PRIVATE DRC COMPANY LAUNCHES 750KG ROCKET [...] (U) A private Congolese company based in Lubumbashi, Developpement Tous Azimuts (DTA),successfully launched the fifth prototype of its "Troposphere" rocket from the Bateke plateau near Kinshasa on April 12. Local press reported the 5-meter long, 750 kilogram rocket reached an altitude of 36 [...]	2009-04-13 16:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA EAIR PREL KSCA
09KINSHASA369	HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGES ABUSES BY [...] (C) Summary: Charge d'Affaires and poloff presented the French translation of the 2008 Human Rights report to the Minister of Human Rights on April 9. The Minister readily acknowledged that Congolese security forces, specifically the Republican Guard, commit human rights violations. He said [...]	2009-04-13 17:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KTIP CG
09KINSHASA37	DRC 2009 BFIF PROPOSALS [...] (U) Post proposes two projects for funding under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) for 2009: An East and Central Africa Economic Officers Conference to be hosted by Embassy Kinshasa, and a series of U.S-DRC commercial seminars in key selected cities in the DRC. 2. Project 1: E [...]	2009-01-13 16:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AMGT BEXP BTIO ECON ETRD EINV CG
09KINSHASA370	EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 14 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Political and Security Situation -------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Genera [...]	2009-04-14 12:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA371	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING THE AU'S EFFORTS TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-15 09:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC EAID CG MA
09KINSHASA374	INTERIM RESPONSE: DEMARCHE TO AVERT INDIAN TROOP [...] (C) Ambassador has requested a meeting with President Kabila to discuss reftel objectives. The Presidency informed post that a meeting on April 16 or 17 was likely. Post has also contacted counterparts at the UK, French, Chinese, Belgian, and South African Embassies to inquire about possibl [...]	2009-04-15 16:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC CG IN
09KINSHASA377	EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 16 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (U) According to media sources, Uganda [...]	2009-04-16 10:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA378	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH EUGENE SERUFULI: [...] (C) During an April 14 meeting with Ambassador, Eugene Serufuli, former RCD Governor of North Kivu, clearly advocated for a decoupage of North Kivu into a Rwandophone-dominated Petit Nord and a Nande-dominated Grand Nord. He cautioned against viewing ethnic relations in Eastern DRC through [...]	2009-04-16 11:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS CG
09KINSHASA382	OPPOSITION MEETINGS BROKEN UP BY POLICE [...] (C) In two separate cases in the past week, Kinshasa police broke up opposition political meetings. On April 12, police prevented approximately 40 AMP and opposition MPs from meeting, apparently as the group was considering the creation of a political movement under the leadership of outgoing [...]	2009-04-17 14:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM CG
09KINSHASA383	EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 17 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) According to MONUC, the FARDC cla [...]	2009-04-17 14:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA385	DRC RESPONSE ON WTO SUGAR QUOTA - NO EXPORTS PLANNED [...] (U) In response to reftel request for export estimates from the DRC under the U.S. WTO sugar tariff rate quota, the Chiefs of Staff to the DRC Ministers of Agriculture and Trade said the DRC does not/not plan to export any quantity of sugar to the U.S. during the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2 [...]	2009-04-17 14:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON CG
09KINSHASA387	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH VICTOR NGEZAYO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met April 17 with influential North Kivu businessman Victor Ngezayo. Unsurprisingly, Ngezayo was highly critical of the GDRC, particularly its efforts to bring peace to the East, which he characterized as superficial. Ngezayo maintained that the new CNDP was a Rwandan [...]	2009-04-20 12:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA388	DIMENSIONS OF THE RWANDOPHONE RISE IN NORTH KIVU [...] (C) Summary: It appears likely that, as previously reported, one of the central dynamics in North Kivu in the coming months will be the rise of "Rwandophone" power. The context of this dynamic is that in late 2008, Presidents Kabila and Kagame probably made a deal whereby Kagame would deact [...]	2009-04-20 13:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA389	BOSHAB ELECTED PRESIDENT OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Evariste Boshab, majority candidate for National Assembly President, easily beat opposition leader Francois Mwamba in the April 17 election to replace the National Assembly Executive Directorate ("Bureau Executif" in French). Boshab, Secretary General of the presidential party PPRD ("Pa [...]	2009-04-21 07:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA39	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 14 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (SBU) A senior MONUC official tol [...]	2009-01-14 11:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA390	POTENTIAL RESISTANCE TO THE RWANDOPHONE AGENDA IN [...] (C) Summary: Reftel was analysis of key aspects of what appears to be an active policy, closely connected with recent Kinshasa-Kigali rapprochement, to secure Rwandophone dominance in North Kivu, specifically in the "Petit Nord". This message outlines the likely sources of resistance to this [...]	2009-04-21 09:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA393	EASTERN DRC NOTES -- APRIL 21 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) According to media reports, the FD [...]	2009-04-22 11:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA394	EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 22 [...] The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. Radio Okapi reports that relative calm has [...]	2009-04-22 13:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA397	FREEDOM OF PRESS QUARTERLY: JANUARY - MARCH 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: The South Kivu provincial Director of Communications threatened on February 16 to shut down radio and television stations that broadcast criticisms of the government. A Mbandaka civilian court sentenced a television correspondent to six months in prison for defamation against [...]	2009-04-22 15:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM KTIP CG
09KINSHASA398	FORCED LABOR BY THE FARDC [...] (C) Summary: FARDC troops are reportedly forcing civilians, including children, to act as their porters in North and South Kivu, according to the UN Joint Human Rights Office. The Human Rights Office has also observed new cases of rape and pillaging by FARDC troops. MONUC's support of the [...]	2009-04-22 16:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPKO KTIP MOPS CG
09KINSHASA399	KATANGA'S ECONOMIC WOES [...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC's resource-rich Katanga province has been particularly hard hit by lower prices and demand for key minerals. Government officials and private economic operators shared a common message with Economic Counselor during a visit to the province the week of April 13: the eco [...]	2009-04-23 13:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EMIN EINV PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA4	CNDP STIPULATES VERIFICATION OF ALLEGED FARDC TROOP [...] (SBU) A January 1 CNDP statement mass emailed by spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa stipulated the "verification" of CNDP claims of FARDC troop movements into disengagement zones in areas north of Goma. CNDP states that verification is a prerequisite to the resumption of bilateral talks between CNDP [...]	2009-01-02 11:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA40	EUSECS WORK WITH THE INTEGRATION PROCESS IN NORTH [...] (C) Summary: According to the North Kivu team head of the European Security Mission in the DRC (EUSEC),Jean-Louis Pecheux, money to pay all FARDC soldiers in North Kivu for the month of March has arrived in Goma. However, most of the newly integrated troops have still not been paid for Janu [...]	2009-04-30 14:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA400	VISIT TO A FORMER FDLR STRONGHOLD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG-TF) travelled on April 17 to Nyabiondo, which lies 20 kilometers southwest of Masisi, to assess the situation on the ground, particularly with regard to the status of the FDLR in the area. JMG-TF members received a briefing from the MON [...]	2009-04-23 14:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA403	EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 24 [...] The items contained in this report consist rincipally of spot information from various soures. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all te information contained therein be confirmed at ths time. Security Situation ----------------- 2. (SBU) Based on movements of LRA cadre, MOUC beli [...]	2009-04-24 10:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA406	CEREMONY TRUMPETS COMPLETION OF INTEGRATION PROCESS [...] (SBU) Goma officer, together with other international community representatives, participated in a ceremony in Goma on April 18 to mark the end of the integration process in North Kivu. Representatives of all armed groups in North and South Kivu, except the FRF, were present. 2. (SBU) Rep [...]	2009-04-24 14:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA407	SRSG SECURES COMMITMENT FROM FARDC TO RELEASE [...] (SBU) Summary: During her recent visit to the DRC, Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Children and Armed Conflict reportedly secured commitments from the Minister of Defense and FARDC Generals to identify and release children from FARDC ran [...]	2009-04-24 14:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MOPS KTIP CG
09KINSHASA409	NANDE CONCERNS WITH INTEGRATION AND RWANDOPHONIE [...] (C) Summary: The military leader of PARECO-Nande, "General" LaFontaine, recently told us that, although the FARDC was readily integrating his rank and file troops, it was allegedly shunning him and his officers. LaFontaine complained that the FARDC had readily accepted CNDP and PARECO-Hutu [...]	2009-04-27 10:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA410	EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 27 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC sources say the villages of [...]	2009-04-27 11:03:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA413	CONVERSATION WITH PROMINENT GOMA NGO LEADER ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: We recently met with Alois Tegera, head of a Goma NGO, to discuss the rise of Rwandophone influence in North Kivu. Tegera expressed hope that the Kabila-Kagame rapprochement would bring long-term stability to North Kivu, while at the same time evincing regret about what he perc [...]	2009-04-28 07:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA422	MEETING WITH NEW CNDP LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary: We recently met with members of the new CNDP leadership who, while remaining generally patient with the government, nevertheless displayed some anxiety and distrust over certain aspects of the new dynamics in North Kivu. This was displayed primarily in their continued antipath [...]	2009-04-30 07:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA423	RESTARTING UNHCR TRIPARTITE MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff recently met with officials from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the DRC's National Commission for Refugees (CNR) to discuss USG interest in restarting tripartite meetings. UNHCR recommended that the USG send observers to the Tripartite Working Groups [...]	2009-04-30 08:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL AO CG
09KINSHASA424	EASTERN DRC NOTES - APRIL 30; BOSCO ALLEGEDLY PART [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Bosco Allegedly Part of Kimia II -------------------------------- 2. (U) BBC and [...]	2009-04-30 09:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA425	MINISTER THREATENS TO CLOSE FRENCH RADIO SERVICE; SIMILAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Communications and Media Affairs Minister Norbert Mende Omalanga threatened last week to close Radio France International (RFI) for allegedly attempting to destabilize the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (GDRC). According to a French embassy source, a number [...]	2009-04-30 10:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA426	MINISTER THREATENS TO CLOSE FRENCH RADIO SERVICE; SIMILAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Communications and Media Affairs Minister Lambert Mende Omalanga threatened last week to close Radio France International (RFI) for allegedly attempting to destabilize the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (GDRC). According to a French embassy source, a number [...]	2009-04-30 13:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA429	DISCUSSION WITH A SENIOR MEMBER OF PARECO-HUTU [...] (C) Summary: We recently met with a senior political advisor from PARECO-Hutu, who claimed that blocks of CNDP fighters are still outside the FARDC, most of whom are still loyal to Nkunda. Nkunda, he said, remains extremely popular among Tutsis and the "real CNDP." Many Hutus want closer t [...]	2009-04-30 14:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PINR CG
09KINSHASA430	EUSEC'S WORK WITH THE INTEGRATION PROCESS IN NORTH [...] (C) Summary: According to the North Kivu team head of the European Security Mission in the DRC (EUSEC),Jean-Louis Pecheux, money to pay all FARDC soldiers in North Kivu for the month of March has arrived in Goma. However, most of the newly integrated troops have still not been paid for Janu [...]	2009-04-30 14:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA431	KAMERHE ADVISOR DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY AND THE EAST [...] (C) Summary: Manya Moupondo, Diplomatic Advisor to former National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe and GDRC delegate to the GDRC-CNDP political talks, told Emboffs that the transition from Kamerhe to the new Assembly President, Evariste Boshab, has been smooth. She expressed some concern t [...]	2009-04-30 17:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR MOPS KDEM CG
09KINSHASA432	DRC AIRPLANE CRASH [...] A Boeing 737 aircraft crashed 135 miles southwest of Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo the morning of April 29. Seven persons on the flight were killed; there were no American fatalities. The plane left Brazzaville at 9:42 a.m. local time and crashed while attempting to land i [...]	2009-05-02 08:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON PGOV CG
09KINSHASA435	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 4 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC reported significant, but uns [...]	2009-05-04 16:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA436	EMBASSY KINSHASA: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (U) Post names Economic Counselor Elizabeth Jaffee to be Embassy Kinshasa's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TCFO). Requested contact information is as follows: Name: Elizabeth Jaffee Title: Economic Counselor Phone Number: +243 (0)81-556-0166 (office); +934 X2203 (IVG) Classified [...]	2009-05-05 06:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER CG
09KINSHASA437	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DRC INTENDS TO VOTE BEFORE DEADLINE ON [...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Marcel Kasongo, Chief of Staff to the DRC Central Bank Governor, and to Mr. Faustin Mpako, Chief of Staff to the Minister of Finance, on May 4, sharing background and talking points on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) Boar [...]	2009-05-05 06:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL KV CG
09KINSHASA438	TRANSFORMATION OF KIVU ARMED GROUPS INTO POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Based on recent conversations in Goma, it appears that a majority of the armed groups in North and South Kivu will coalesce into four political parties. The CNDP and PARECO-Hutu will create individual parties, and most of the various Mai-Mai groups will form two umbrella groupin [...]	2009-05-05 13:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA440	KINSHASA SPACE SHUTTLE EMERGENCY LANDING SITE [...] Bottom Line: FIH/FZAA (Kinshasa International) airport is not recommended in the event of an emergency landing for the STS mission. The first third of the runway is unusable due to fissures in the concrete. Note: Daily landings on this runway avoid the portion in question. End note. 2. [...]	2009-05-05 14:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA CG
09KINSHASA441	MEETING WITH UNHCR REPRESENTATIVES ON REFUGEE RETURN [...] (SBU) Summary: We recently met with the UNHCR team in North Kivu. They are under political pressure as a result of the recent thaw in relations between the GDRC and the GoR to facilitate the return of Congolese refugees to the Petit Nord. At the moment, those in Rwanda are staying put, but [...]	2009-05-05 15:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA443	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 6 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. GDRC-CNDP Negotiations ---------------------- 2. (U) Local media in Kinshasa rep [...]	2009-05-06 14:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA446	CURRENT CNDP INTERNAL DYNAMICS: NKUNDA LOYALISTS [...] (C) Summary: We recently met with Maitre Muiti, one of Nkunda's former right-hand men. He confirmed the return of Nkunda loyalists to the CNDP political fold. However, Muiti underscored the CNDP leadership's anxiety about the GDRC's commitment to the March 23 agreement, and he cast doubts o [...]	2009-05-07 11:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF CG
09KINSHASA448	GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN FRENCH RADIO FREQUENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: Making good on previous threats, the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (GDRC) shut down one of six frequencies allocated to Radio France Internationale (RFI) on May 5. Singling out an RFI reporter for criticism, the Government alleged that RFI is fomenting "de [...]	2009-05-07 14:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA45	DRC: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] (U) Per reftel, following is the text of the Investment Climate Statement for the DRC for 2009. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. (U) The DRC's rich endowment of natural resources, large population size (approximately 65 million) and generally open trading [...]	2009-01-15 12:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR CG
09KINSHASA450	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING POLITICAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-07 16:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AORC CG MA
09KINSHASA451	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SOUTH KIVU GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: During a recent conversation with ambassador, South Kivu Governor Louis Muherhwa said he had stressed to senior GDRC officials the need to coordinate upcoming Kimia II military operations with the provincial government. Muherhwa noted that, although integration had generally be [...]	2009-05-07 18:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF CG
09KINSHASA453	KABILA'S FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF LAMENTS PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met on April 30 with Kikaya Bin Karubi, former Private Secretary to President Kabila and current ambassador-designate to the United Kingdom, for a wide-ranging and candid discussion. Topics discussed included Freeport McMoRan's status, the background and aftermath of [...]	2009-05-08 09:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV CG

09KINSHASA454	SSR IN THE DRC: EMBASSY CONVENES GREAT LAKES [...] (SBU) Summary: We convened a meeting of the DCMs and DATTs from the Great Lakes Contact Group countries and organizations on May 4 to hold a discussion on the way forward on SSR (defined as military reform issues for the purposes of this meeting) and to generate field input for the upcoming C [...]	2009-05-08 10:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR CG
09KINSHASA455	SCENESETTER FOR MAY 18-19 VISIT OF U.S. PERMANENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),with the assistance of Great Lakes neighbors and the international community, achieved tangible progress in efforts to resolve persistent conflict and insecurity in its eastern provinces in late 2008 and early 2009. However, despite DRC [...]	2009-05-08 10:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA456	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 8 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) FARDC troops rescued four Congole [...]	2009-05-08 12:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA458	DRC PARLIAMENT PASSES AMNESTY LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 5, the National Assembly sent a law granting amnesty to Congolese citizens for acts of war and insurrection in North and South Kivu to President Kabila for promulgation. The GDRC committed to pass an amnesty law in the agreement closing the January 2008 Goma peace confere [...]	2009-05-11 07:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MOPS PREL CG
09KINSHASA46	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 15 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (SBU) Precise information regardi [...]	2009-01-15 13:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA460	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 11 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC reports that the LRA ambush [...]	2009-05-11 10:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA461	RECOMMENDATION: PRM FY 2009 JULIA TAFT REFUGEE FUND FOR [...] Embassy Kinshasa requests $20,000 from the Julia Taft Refugee Fund for the construction of safety walls around open gas holes in the North Kivu IDP camps of Buhimba and Bulengo. Due to the volcanic activity in the region, there are certain holes in the ground where extremely high, and often l [...]	2009-05-11 15:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL CG
09KINSHASA462	MINING ISSUES IN NORTH KIVU...AND RWANDOPHONIE [...] (C) We met on May 8 with a contact at MPC, the South African mining company that holds the GDRC-granted concession on North Kivu's largest cassiterite mine, located at Bisie in Walikale. He confirmed that control on the ground at the mine has passed from the FARDC's 85th brigade to newly int [...]	2009-05-11 16:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EMIN CG
09KINSHASA463	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 12: MAI-MAI WITHDRAWAL FROM MARCH [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Mai Mai Withdrawal From March 23 Agreement ---------------------------------------- [...]	2009-05-12 11:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA465	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 13: GDRC MEETING WITH [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. First Meeting between Kivu Armed Groups and the GDRC -------------------------------- [...]	2009-05-13 11:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA471	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 15 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. South Kivu Integration ---------------------- 2. (SBU) We followed up with sever [...]	2009-05-15 11:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA472	DAY OF CELEBRATION: AMBASSADOR INAUGURATES MOBA HOSPITAL [...] Summary: Ambassador inaugurated a hospital May 6 in Moba, Katanga, which was rehabilitated by the FY2008 Julia Taft Refugee Fund. Local officials and several hundred villagers from Moba welcomed the Ambassador with much fanfare. Following the inauguration ceremony, the delegation reviewed t [...]	2009-05-15 11:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA475	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 18 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC reported a FARDC-LRA clash [...]	2009-05-18 10:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA479	IMF DISCUSSES PRGF TECHNICAL DISCUSSIONS, MACROECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: DRC technical discussions with the IMF on a new Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) are virtually complete, but IMF Board approval of a new program is unlikely until there is a solution to address the debt-sustainability aspects of the Sino-Congolese mining and investmen [...]	2009-05-18 12:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA487	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 20 [...] (U) The information contained in this report consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Visit of UNSC Ambassadors ------------------------- 2. (U) Ambassadors to the Un [...]	2009-05-20 15:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA492	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KABILA [...] (C) Summary: After the May 19 UN Security Council meeting with President Kabila, Ambassador Rice had a bilateral session with the Congolese president. Ambassador Rice told Kabila the new Administration looked forward to a cooperative working relationship with the Congo and congratulated him on [...]	2009-05-22 10:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL USNC KPKO CG
09KINSHASA493	TFM EXPORTING COPPER DESPITE UNRESOLVED CONTRACT [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador visited the Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM) site, the largest U.S. investment in the DRC, on May 7. TFM is currently producing copper and will soon be in cobalt production as well. The visit provided an opportunity for the ambassador to see first-hand TFM's USD 1.75 bil [...]	2009-05-22 14:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	ECON EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA495	PROMINENT NORTH KIVU TUTSI ON GOVERNOR PALUKU, [...] (C) Summary: Prominent Tutsi businessmen Emmanuel Kamanzi recently told us that North Kivu Governor Julien Paluku is in a political fight to maintain his position, with President Kabila favoring his replacement by former governor Eugene Serufuli. However, Kamanzi noted that it is still unce [...]	2009-05-26 06:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA497	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 26 [...] (U) The information contained in this report consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained herein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (SBU) The UPDF recently clashed with [...]	2009-05-26 12:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO KTIP CG
09KINSHASA498	WHO INVESTIGATES POSSIBLE H1N1 CASES IN DRC [...] (U) USAID's Dr. Emile Bongo was able to contact a representative from the World Health Organization (WHO) today (May 26, 2009) and obtained the following update on the three possible cases of Swine FLU (H1N1) that were being investigated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 2. (U) The p [...]	2009-05-26 17:05:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI TBIO PGOV CG
09KINSHASA5	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 2 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. North Kivu Security Situation ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) CNDP issued [...]	2009-01-02 11:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA50	DRC: 2008 CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Summary. The GDRC has made some institutional progress in combating the worst forms of child labor, but faces increasing economic obstacles and a deteriorating child soldier situation. The Ministry of Labor is responsible for enforcing child labor laws, but lacks the necessary capacity and [...]	2009-01-20 06:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI CG
09KINSHASA501	EASTERN DRC NOTES - MAY 28 [...] (U) The information contained in this report consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained herein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) There have been unconfirmed repo [...]	2009-05-28 12:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA502	UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE IN DRC REPORTS THAT CONGOLESE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Joint Human Rights Office reported that Congolese officials recently broke up a sex trafficking ring in Bas-Congo province. According to a local NGO, an alliance of officials from several Congolese security forces were involved in the ring and trafficked over 30 women a [...]	2009-05-28 12:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KTIP KWMN AO CG
09KINSHASA503	NORTH KIVU HUNDE DISCUSSES RWANDOPHONIE [...] (C) Summary: A North Kivu Hunde contact recently told us that both DRC President Kabila and Rwandan President Kagame want North Kivu Governor Julien Paluku to step down. While Nande do not oppose Paluku being replaced, they do not want a Rwandophone governor or vice-governor. The GDRC, in t [...]	2009-05-28 14:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PINR PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA509	AMBASSADOR RICE, UNSC PERMREPS MEET WITH MONUC AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 18 Ambassador Susan Rice and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Permanent Representatives (permreps) met with North Kivu provincial officials, MONUC leadership, and victims of sexual violence in Goma and visited Kiwanja, a village in North Kivu, where rebel groups [...]	2009-06-01 14:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA51	DRC: 2008 CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Summary. The GDRC has made some institutional progress in combating the worst forms of child labor, but faces increasing economic obstacles and a deteriorating child soldier situation. The Ministry of Labor is responsible for enforcing child labor laws, but lacks the necessary capacity and [...]	2009-01-20 06:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI CG
09KINSHASA510	ANTI-RWANDOPHONE SENTIMENT AMONGST THE HUNDE [...] (C) Summary: In a recent conversation with two prominent members of the Alliance of Patriots for a Free Congo (APCLS),the Hunde-led organization vowed to continue its armed struggle against Rwandophones, whom they characterized as "Rwandan refugees." The APCLS remains convinced that the Go [...]	2009-06-01 16:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA512	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 2 [...] (U) The information contained in this report consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) On May 25, LRA soldiers attacke [...]	2009-06-02 10:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA516	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 3 [...] (U) The information contained in this report consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (SBU) The FARDC has deployed additi [...]	2009-06-03 12:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA519	KABILA AND SENIOR GDRC OFFICIALS MEET WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: The GDRC, including at the presidential level, has held separate meetings with the CNDP, South Kivu Armed Groups (SKAGs),and the North Kivu Armed Groups. We have received a readout on the first two. The CNDP has officially been recognized as a political party, but there is ju [...]	2009-06-05 09:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PREF PHUM CG
09KINSHASA520	IMF MANAGING DIRECTOR'S VISIT ADVANCES, BUT DOES [...] (U) Please see guidance request in para. 14. 2. (C) Summary: The May 23-25 visit of IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn to the DRC advanced, but did not resolve, outstanding issues with the China agreement necessary for approval of a formal IMF program (Poverty Reduction and Growt [...]	2009-06-05 11:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH CG
09KINSHASA521	RWANDOPHONIE: WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT MEANS -- THE [...] (C) Summary: Since the early 2009 rapprochement between Kinshasa and Kigali, there has been great focus on the phenomenon of Rwandophone ascendancy in North Kivu to the detriment of other ethnic groups. Much has been reported (reftels) about the different aspects (political, economic, and s [...]	2009-06-05 11:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON PREF PHUM MOPS CG
09KINSHASA522	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 5 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (U) Radio Okapi reported that on Jun [...]	2009-06-08 07:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA523	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 5 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (U) Radio Okapi reported that on Jun [...]	2009-06-08 07:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA524	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 5 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (U) Radio Okapi reported that on Jun [...]	2009-06-08 07:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA525	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 5 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (U) Radio Okapi reported that on Jun [...]	2009-06-08 07:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA529	VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK: OPEN FOR BUSINESS AGAIN [...] (U) Summary: Virunga National Park in the eastern DRC reopened for limited tourism in early May 2009 following two years of inactivity. There are still pockets of FDLR rebels and Mai Mai militia in the park, but Park Director Emmanuel de Merode believes tourism is vital to the park's surviva [...]	2009-06-08 07:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EIND PGOV PREL PREF CG
09KINSHASA530	EMBASSY KINSHASA MAKES THE MOST OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO [...] Summary: Embassy Kinshasa hosted three viewings of President Obama's Cairo speech on June 4 and 5, reaching a direct audience of 80 journalists, opinion leaders (Muslim and non-Muslim),and Muslim women, as well as promoting the speech through local contacts, the Embassy website, Facebook pages [...]	2009-06-08 08:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA531	PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH IMPRESSED THE CONGOLESE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Obama's speech received wide media coverage in Kinshasa. Major print and broadcast media reported on the presidential address, providing, in some cases, opinion and commentary generally welcoming President Obama's effort to forge a new relationship with the Muslim world [...]	2009-06-08 08:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA532	UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR CONCERNED ABOUT VULNERABILITY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Defenders, Margaret Sekaggya, expressed serious concern over the vulnerable state of human rights defenders in the DRC at a June 3 briefing for the diplomatic corps. In a series of findings, she found that security for human rights defend [...]	2009-06-08 09:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA535	GDRC CABINET RESHUFFLE IMMINENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Diplomatic and host government sources in Kinshasa and Goma indicate that a cabinet reshuffle by President Joseph Kabila is imminent. A major reason behind the reshuffle is the integration of former CNDP and armed group members into mainstream political and administrative posit [...]	2009-06-08 13:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA541	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 10 [...] (U) The information contained in this report consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (U) On June 7-8, there were skirmis [...]	2009-06-10 09:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA546	FARDC AND MAI MAI CONVICTED OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Two recent trials in the DRC produced convictions of FARDC soldiers and Mai Mai rebels for human rights abuses. Congolese armed forces (FARDC) military tribunals conducted the trials, which were held in Walikale (North Kivu) and Lieke Lesole (Orientale). The prosecution team in [...]	2009-06-11 10:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS KWMN CG
09KINSHASA55	CONTINUING MONUC DDRRR EFFORTS [...] (SBU) MONUC/DDRRR is prepared to transport combatants from the Rally for Unity and Democracy (RUD),cantoned at Kasiki, to Rwanda under its existing process. MONUC/DDRRR Officer in Charge Bruno Donat has proposed bringing trucks to Kasiki on or around January 23 to initially transport to Goma [...]	2009-01-20 14:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA552	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 12 [...] (U) The information contained in this report consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC reported that 10 abduct [...]	2009-06-12 11:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA555	INTERNATIONAL CHINESE MEDIA OUTLETS BROADCAST IN DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: The government-run Radio Chine Internationale (RCI) and China Central Television (CCTV)are currently broadcasting in Kinshasa via satellite, in support of China's attempt to expand its strategic partnership with the DRC. RCI is planning to broadcast across the DRC's territory i [...]	2009-06-16 06:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA556	INTERNATIONAL CHINESE MEDIA OUTLETS BROADCAST IN DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: The government-run Radio Chine Internationale (RCI) and China Central Television (CCTV)are currently broadcasting in Kinshasa via satellite, in support of China's attempt to expand its strategic partnership with the DRC. RCI is planning to broadcast across the DRC's territory i [...]	2009-06-16 06:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA557	FRENCH RADIO FREQUENCY STILL SILENCED IN PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC Government is still preventing the population of Bunia, Orientale province, from listening to Radio France Internationale's programs. RFI Bunia's frequency was 'silenced' on May 5 (reftel) in retaliation for the French radio station's alleged continued attempts to destab [...]	2009-06-16 07:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA558	Integration in South Kivu Moving Slowly [...] (SBU) Summary: Integration in South Kivu continues to be hampered by logistical problems and the FRF's decision not to participate in the process. MONUC is optimistic (perhaps overly) that it can overcome the logistical issues and that lead negotiator Malu Malu will be able to persuade the F [...]	2009-06-16 11:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF MASS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA56	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 20: GDRC AND BOSCO [...] (SBU) At a January 16 press conference in Goma, it was announced that CNDP renegade Bosco Ntaganda had signed a peace agreement with the GDRC. Ntaganda and other high-level CNDP commanders were at the press conference, as well as GDRC and GoR representatives. The press conference was precede [...]	2009-01-20 14:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA560	GDRC STABILIZES CURRENCY MARKET--BUT RISKS REMAIN [...] (U) Summary: Following a rapid depreciation of the Congolese Franc (franc congolais or FC, in French) in late 2008/early 2009, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) has successfully helped stabilize the FC through a series of interventions in the foreign exchange market. Spe [...]	2009-06-16 12:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA562	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 16 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA operations ------------------- 2. (SBU) Precise information about LRA [...]	2009-06-16 15:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA567	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 17 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. North Kivu Security Situation ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) Unknown me [...]	2009-06-17 12:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA573	FORMER NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR SERUFULI ON DECOUPAGE, [...] (C) Summary. Former North Kivu Governor Eugene Serufuli has reiterated complaints about the power of ethnic Nande in North Kivu Province and his support to split the province into Nande and "Rwandophone" dominated zones ("decoupage"). He described his relationship with detained Tutsi rebel l [...]	2009-06-18 07:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREF PINR PREL CG RW
09KINSHASA574	MAI MAI KIFUAFUA STILL SUPPORT INTEGRATION, BUT [...] (C) Summary: A spokesman for the Mai Mai Kifuafua told us that, although the group has repeatedly demonstrated its interest to integrate more of its troops, FARDC unresponsiveness and ineptitude has prevented the process from moving forward. Kifuafua claims to support FARDC operations again [...]	2009-06-18 08:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PINR CG
09KINSHASA575	RWANDA VISIT ADDS PERSPECTIVE FOR JMG-TF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Rwanda (GoR) sponsored a visit of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG-TF) to Rwanda June 4-6 to enhance understanding of the repatriation process for FDLR rebels remaining in the DRC. The 18-member group of DRC-based diplomats (Note: Goma Liaison Offic [...]	2009-06-18 12:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA578	DRC: MBUSA NYAMWISI -- YESTERDAY'S MAN? [...] (C) Summary: In a June 9 meeting with TDY poloff, Minister of Decentralization and Territorial Development Antipas Mbusa Nyamwisi expressed bitterness and resignation about developments in the DRC. An ethnic Nande, who in October was demoted from Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mbusa strongly c [...]	2009-06-19 09:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS PREF RW CG
09KINSHASA579	GDRC ATTENDANCE AT JULY 1-3 AU SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 11:07:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KSUM PGOV CG
09KINSHASA580	DRC RESPONSE: SADC DEMARCHE ON MADAGASCAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 11:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SADC CG MA
09KINSHASA581	EASTERN DRC NOTES -- JUNE 19 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation -- Haut Uele/Dungu -------------------------------------- 2. [...]	2009-06-19 14:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA589	EASTERN DRC NOTES -- JUNE 22 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time Security situation in Haut Uele ------------------------------- 2. (SBU) An NGO s [...]	2009-06-22 16:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA590	REACTION IN THE DRC TO CONFIRMATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed war crimes and crimes against humanity charges against DRC opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba June 15. The court revised the charges, which stem from acts committed by Bemba's MLC ("Mouvement de Liberation du Congo" in French) t [...]	2009-06-23 13:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS CG
09KINSHASA591	ASSESSMENT OF EFFECTIVENESS OF THE UN TO COMBAT SEXUAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Major DRC NGOs acknowledged that the incidence of sexual exploitation and abuse cases has dropped in 2008 compared to 2007. MONUC's Conduct and Discipline Unit (CDU) told us, however, that SEA allegations in 2009 are trending higher. The CDU maintained that there is a pattern [...]	2009-06-23 13:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PHUM CG
09KINSHASA596	DR CONGO: KAMBASU NGEVE -- CNDP'S LEADING NANDE [...] (C) Serge Kambasu Ngeve is the secretary general of the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP) political wing, which has abandoned ethnic Tutsi rebel leader Laurent Nkunda and is now negotiating for a place in the Kinshasa government. Kambasu, an ethnic Nande formerly affilia [...]	2009-06-23 16:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PREL CG
09KINSHASA597	GOMA: ONE DEAD, EIGHT INJURED, 20 RAPED IN ATTEMPTED PRISON [...] (SBU) Summary: A group of inmates at Goma's Munzenze prison killed one police officer and injured eight others in an attempted prison break on June 21. Rioting prisoners also raped approximately 20 female inmates. National police (PNC) surrounded the prison after inmates dug escape tunnels t [...]	2009-06-23 18:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA6	EASTERN DRC NOTES - January 5 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) The CNDP and an unspecified Mai [...]	2009-01-05 09:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA600	NKUNDA STATUS -- MONUC'S ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM? [...] (C) During a June 18 briefing to Kinshasa based diplomats, MONUC's Political Affairs Division Officer in Charge (PAD-OIC) Christian Manahl (please protect) voiced concern that progress on improving DRC-Rwanda bilateral relations had "cooled", noting that the "4X4" bilateral commission (reftel [...]	2009-06-24 13:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KJUS RW CG
09KINSHASA602	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 24 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation - Haut Uele ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) On June [...]	2009-06-24 13:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA614	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JUNE 29 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (SBU) A UPDF liaison to MONUC report [...]	2009-06-29 13:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA615	REQUEST FOR INCREASED ENGAGEMENT ON EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Although a strategy to combat sexual violence in the DRC has been created, the GDRC has yet to implement it due to its extremely low level of capacity. The USG helps fund activities to fight sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) in North Kivu, South Kivu, Orientale, Maniema, [...]	2009-06-29 13:50:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KJUS KWMN KOCI AF CG
09KINSHASA616	PARECO-HUNDE RELUCTANT TO INTEGRATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The APCLS ("Alliance des Patriotes pour un Congo Libre" in French -- aka PARECO-Hunde) is reluctant to join the North Kivu integration process, ostensibly due to fears that newly FARDC-integrated members will be deployed outside of Hunde areas in North Kivu and leave their commu [...]	2009-06-29 15:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS CG
09KINSHASA618	POSITIVE TREND: CONGOLESE REFUGEES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: PRM desk officer and poloff visited the Congolese refugee camps in northeast Zambia, escorted a return convoy of 511 refugees to Katanga, and visited refugee return and reintegration projects June 11-17. The government of Zambia (GRZ) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner [...]	2009-06-29 15:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PGOV KTIP ZA CG
09KINSHASA620	SSH INTERIM OBLIGATION STATUS REPORT FY 2009 [...] Post funded 6 projects with its FY2008 Ambassador's Special Self Help (SSH) Fund allotment of $40,000. Post does not anticipate any complications in the completion of the six projects. --Project Number: SSH 08-660-01 --Project Name: Union Baptiste Suedoise --Dollar Amount: $7,500 --Status [...]	2009-06-29 17:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI KDEM CG
09KINSHASA624	SUMMARY OF ARTICLES RESULTING FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Media reaction to June 25 PD section's monthly press roundtable (reftel) on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) was widespread and largely positive. Highlights follow. End summary. 2. (SBU) Mission's public diplomacy section organizes a monthly Press Roundtable at th [...]	2009-07-01 11:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO KWMN OEXC SCUL PREL PGOV
09KINSHASA625	FOOD SECURITY DEMARCHE DELIVERED: [...] (U) Summary: Economic Counselor delivered reftel points to Minister of Agriculture Norbert Bashengezi Katitima, highlighting USG initiatives and commitment to achieve global food security. Minister Bashengezi expressed strong support for USG efforts and voiced his appreciation for existing USA [...]	2009-07-01 14:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA626	KIVU ARMED GROUPS AND THE INTEGRATION PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary: We recently met with representatives of various armed groups in North and South Kivu and MONUC to discuss the current state-of-play within the CNDP, the APCLS (PARECO-Hunde),PARECO-Nande, FRF, and Mai Mai Yakutumba. Intra-CNDP tensions persist with Nkunda loyalists belittling [...]	2009-07-01 14:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA628	CHARGE D'AFFAIRES AND DEFENSE COOPERATION CHIEF [...] (SBU): Summary: Charge d'affaires and director of office of security cooperation (OSC) held separate meetings June 25 with foreign minister's chief of staff and acting director of military operations respectively to urge the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to take quick an [...]	2009-07-01 15:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO KWMN OEXC SCUL PREL PGOV
09KINSHASA63	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 21 [...] (SBU) MONUC has confirmed that 1,500-2,000 Rwandan troops entered the DRC at 6:30AM on January 20, moving towards Rumangabo, approximately 30 kilometers north of Goma. The RPF forces will reportedly link up with FARDC and CNDP elements in Rumangabo to carry out joint operations against the FD [...]	2009-01-21 16:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA632	PRESIDENT PRESIDES OVER NATIONAL DAY FESTIVITIES IN GOMA [...] (SBU) Summary: President Kabila presided over well-executed and lavish Independence Day ceremonies in Goma on June 30. Charge and Goma emboff attended ceremonies on behalf of the USG. Observers were impressed by a parade of smart-stepping soldiers, well-equipped police, and a wide array of [...]	2009-07-02 16:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA633	DEATH OF JEANNOT BEMBA SAOLANA [...] (SBU) DRC senator and businessman Jeannot Bemba Saolona, father of opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, died of cardiac arrest in Brussels on July 1. Local media in Kinshasa announced the death of Bemba, a former Minister of Economy during the 2003-2006 transition and ex-head of the DRC chamb [...]	2009-07-06 07:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA636	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on July 2 to Banza Ngoy Katumwe, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate. Ngoy said that North Korean efforts to acquire a nuclear capability pose a threat to international peace, noting that a country with a "sick" leader could be unpredic [...]	2009-07-06 11:26:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE UNSC CG
09KINSHASA639	SRSG MEETS WITH SENIOR DIPLOMATS ON EVE OF TRIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Following are notes on July 5 meeting between Alan Doss with representatives (ambassadors or DCM's) of Belgium, France and the U.S. just prior to his departure for New York to attend the Security Council's July 10 on MONUC. UK rep was unable to attend. Ambassador will meet th [...]	2009-07-06 12:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC MARR RW CG
09KINSHASA64	DR CONGO QUARTERLY REFUGEE REPORT, DECEMBER 2008 [...] (SBU) Continued attacks from the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have displaced thousands of citizens in the DRC. UNHCR estimates that there are currently over 104,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in Dungu Territory. In 2008, UNHCR reported that it assisted with the return of over 39,000 [...]	2009-01-21 16:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL KPKO CG CF TZ UG ZA UN
09KINSHASA640	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JULY 6 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operations ------------------- 2. (SBU) The FARDC attacked LRA positio [...]	2009-07-06 14:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA643	DRC NOMINATES NORBERT NKULU, CLOSE [...] (SBU) The head of the DRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Directorate, Banza Ngoy Katume, confirmed July 6 media reports that Norbert Nkulu Mitumba Kilombo is the DRC Ambassador to Rwanda-designate. 2. (SBU) Nkulu, born December 15, 1946, graduated in law from Lo [...]	2009-07-06 16:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA644	KABILA'S TAPED STATEMENT TO THE NATION [...] (U) President Joseph Kabila presided over Congolese Independence day ceremonies in Goma on July 1 (reftel). Kabila did not speak in Goma. Instead, prior to leaving Kinshasa, Kabila taped a speech for nationwide diffusion that was later broadcast via the news media. The speech is at para 3 be [...]	2009-07-06 17:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA65	PRESIDENT KABILA PROVIDES BRIEFING ON RWANDAN [...] (C) Summary: President Kabila met with UNSC Ambassadors on January 20 to provide an update on events in the Eastern Congo, particularly the entry of Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) soldiers into DRC territory earlier that day. Following the meeting, Kabila and Ambassador met alone briefly. Kabil [...]	2009-01-21 18:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PHUM KPKO CG
09KINSHASA652	EQUATEUR: "A REAL DIFFERENT CONGOLESE PROVINCE" [...] (C) Summary: During a recent visit to Equateur Province, polcouns met with Acting Governor Jean-Claude Baende, provincial government officials, parliamentarians, and MONUC officials, all of whom outlined the political struggle between supporters of impeached Governor Jose Makila and Acting G [...]	2009-07-07 14:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KWMN SENV PINR CG
09KINSHASA663	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JULY 9 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation - Haut Uele ------------------------------ 2. (SBU) Lord's R [...]	2009-07-10 06:32:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA664	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SADC ATTENTION TO ZIMBABWE [...] (C) On July 9 DCM and acting polcouns delivered demarche per instructions reftel to Raymond Tshibanda, Minister of International and Regional Cooperation. Tshibanda acknowledged USG concerns over SADC's role in the Global Political Agreement (GPA),noting that the GPA had already produced res [...]	2009-07-10 12:08:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG ZI
09KINSHASA67	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN SHIPMENT [...] (S) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on January 21 to Valentin Matungul, the MFA's Cabinet Director, underscoring USG concerns with respect to the Bi Ro Bong's apparent visit to DRC territory. PolOff urged the GDRC to either deny docking to the ship or require it to submit to an inspection. [...]	2009-01-22 10:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC CG KN
09KINSHASA690	DRC: INSIGHT INTO MARCH 23 AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Manya Moupondo, GDRC member of the March 23 Agreements Monitoring Committee, briefed diplomatic corps members July 7 on GDRC negotiations with the CNDP and North and South Kivu armed groups. Moupondo reported ongoing discord in the presidential majority coalition over the entry o [...]	2009-07-15 15:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA691	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JULY 16 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation - LRA ------------------------ 2. (SBU) Press reports state [...]	2009-07-16 11:17:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA708	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JULY 22 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Congolese Caritas employee killed --------------------------------- 2. (SBU) A [...]	2009-07-22 15:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA71	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 22 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Rwandan Soldiers in the DRC --------------------------- 2. (SBU) A MONUC spokesp [...]	2009-01-22 13:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA711	NGO WORKERS KILLED IN NORTH KIVU [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent killings of two Congolese NGO workers have put North Kivu civil society and the international community on alert. Men in FARDC uniforms killed a Caritas employee on July 15 in Musezero near Rutshuru. In addition, armed men killed an MSF employee on July 21 in Kiwan [...]	2009-07-23 13:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS MOPS CG
09KINSHASA715	DRC SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S AUGUST [...] (C) Madam Secretary: Your August 10/11 visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) comes at a critical juncture. Effective leadership by President Joseph Kabila will determine whether the DRC,s government (GDRC) can successfully address the country's enormous development and security chal [...]	2009-07-28 06:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM CG
09KINSHASA716	DRC RESPONSE: UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE INFO [...] (SBU) Per reftels Department requested that post obtain host government (GDRC) information via multiple channels. After pursuing several lines of inquiry, no specific information has been provided by the GDRC regarding the individuals and entity specified. 2. (SBU) The GDRC responses are a [...]	2009-07-28 17:44:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER USNC KTFN CG ZF
09KINSHASA719	KABILA SHAKES UP MAGISTRACY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila, in a series of official decrees dated July 15, dismissed and retired over 100 magistrates and judicial officers, including the President of the Supreme Court and the Prosecutor General of the Republic, for corruption and other abuses of office. The dis [...]	2009-07-30 09:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG

09KINSHASA720	DEMARCHED DELIVERED: RESULTS OF [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points July 29 to Banza Ngoy Katumbwe, Head of the International Organizations Directorate at the MFA. Ngoy expressed satisfaction with the improvement in U.S.- Russia relations and promised to convey our message to the Foreign Minister. GARVELINK [...]	2009-07-30 09:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL RS CG
09KINSHASA721	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JULY 30 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation - LRA ------------------------ 2. (SBU) During two July 11 L [...]	2009-07-30 11:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA723	CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT SILENCES RFI [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 14:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO CF CG
09KINSHASA731	DRC: WRESTLING WITH IMPUNITY AND CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent months, the Kabila administration has taken some steps that indicate increased sensitivity to outside perceptions of impunity and corruption in the DRC. These include the public adoption of a FARDC "zero tolerance" policy for human rights abuses, the use of FARDC mil [...]	2009-08-04 13:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA733	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO [...] (S) DCM and poloff delivered reftel points on August 3 to Prince Kaumba, National Security Advisor to President Kabila. Kaumba expressed gratitude for the conveyance of the message ("we thank you for pointing out to us any possible violations of international law") but did not confirm or dispu [...]	2009-08-04 19:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	SECRET	ETTC MASS PARM PREL IR CG
09KINSHASA734	GDRC SPOKESMAN CRITICIZES HUMAN RIGHTS NGO's [...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese Minister of Communications and Media Affairs Lambert Mende responded to international human rights organizations' criticism of the GDRC at a July 28 press conference in Kinshasa. Specifically, an International Federation of Human Rights Organizations July report warn [...]	2009-08-05 08:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KJUS KWMN CG
09KINSHASA735	64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND [...] (SBU) Following is interim response regarding GDRC attendance at 64th UN General Assembly. Post will continue to engage MFA in effort to obtain additional attendance information and report same as soon as available: A. Attendance of the Head of State. -- Post has received unofficial not [...]	2009-08-05 12:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA KSEP CVIS CG
09KINSHASA736	EASTERN DRC NOTES - AUGUST 5 [...] (U) The information contained in this cable consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation - LRA ------------------------ 2. (SBU) In an August 4 BBC i [...]	2009-08-05 12:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA741	KABILA, KAGAME MEET AUGUST 6 AT BORDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Presidents Kabila and Kagame met yesterday, August 6, in the adjoining border cities of Goma/Rubavu (ex-Gisenyi). We do not yet have information on the private meetings between the two heads of state; Kabila and his team are still in Goma where they will meet with Secretary Cl [...]	2009-08-07 12:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA758	DEMARCHE TO DRC ON RENTAL ARREARS FOR UN MISSION [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche August 13 to Banza Ngoy Katumbwe, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate. Ngoy said the Foreign Ministry will send a formal request for these funds to the Finance Ministry. He added that, ideally, a member of the GDRC's delegation to UNGA c [...]	2009-08-18 08:42:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV OFDP CG
09KINSHASA762	DEMARCHED DELIVERED TO GDRC ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points August 13 to Banza Ngoy Katumbwe, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate. Ngoy expressed understanding and appreciation for our promotion of the UNESCO Director-General candidates from Austria, Bulgaria, Ecuador, Lithuania, and Tanzania. [...]	2009-08-18 14:35:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNESCO CG
09KINSHASA764	VITAL KAMERHE DISCUSSES KABILA, HIS RESIGNATION, [...] (C) Summary: Vital Kamerhe, the former President of the National Assembly, recently provided Special Envoy Wolpe and polcouns a comprehensive review of the DRC's recent political history, offering his perspective on the DRC's political evolution. He views President Kabila as a changed man -- [...]	2009-08-19 08:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN KDEM KJUS CG
09KINSHASA768	PPRD PARLIAMENTARIAN GIVES CANDID VIEWS ON [...] (C) Summary: PPRD parliamentarian and former DRC Great Lakes Envoy Jean Mbuyu Luyongola told Special Envoy Wolpe and polcouns that dismissing Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito might push PALU into the opposition. Kabila will easily win the 2011 elections, in Mbuyu's opinion, unless some kind of [...]	2009-08-20 14:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA769	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED [...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in a U.S.-sponsored training to begin August 31, 2009 in the DRC. Post has no derogatory information on any of these candidates. 2. ( [...]	2009-08-20 14:51:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA78	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 23: NKUNDA CAPTURED [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Nkunda Captured --------------- 2. (SBU) Multiple press sources reported that Nk [...]	2009-01-26 07:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA780	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING AMCIT NOMINATION [...] We met in June with Banza Ngoy Katumwe, head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate, delivering ref B points supporting the candidacy of Lucretia Myers for election to the International Civil Service Commission. We subsequently presented Ngoy a French language translation of My [...]	2009-08-25 07:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA CG
09KINSHASA782	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED [...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in a U.S.-sponsored training to begin August 31, 2009 in the DRC. Post has no derogatory information on any of these candidates. 2. ( [...]	2009-08-25 09:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA784	CIVILIAN PROTECTION AGAINST LRA ATTACKS [...] (U) Responses to reftel-specific questions for the DRC are in paragraph two below. Our response has been cleared by USAID/OFDA and DAO representatives at post. 2. (SBU) --What are the current MONUC and FARDC response capacities in LRA-affected areas? The FARDC has approximately 6,000 s [...]	2009-08-25 13:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA785	DEMARCHE TO AFRICAN STATES ON VIKTOR BOUT [...] (U) Ambassador Garvelink was received August 25 by Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba in the context of an appointment the ambassador had requested to discuss a broad range of issues. Also present were diplomatic advisor Clementine Shakembo and Americas director Louis Lokosu Nkulufa. Am [...]	2009-08-25 13:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PTER CO RS TH CG
09KINSHASA786	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS TIP REPORT TO FOREIGN [...] (U) Ambassador Garvelink was received August 25 by Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba in the context of an appointment the ambassador had requested to discuss a broad range of issues. Also present were diplomatic advisor Clementine Shakembo and Americas director Louis Lokosu Nkulufa. Amb [...]	2009-08-25 13:55:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG CG
09KINSHASA787	SECRETARY CLINTON'S VISIT TO DRC: ADVANCING ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: During her August 11 meeting with President Kabila, Secretary Clinton expressed U.S. willingness to provide technical assistance and expertise to help the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) address the country's significant challenges, including promoting Se [...]	2009-08-25 14:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV PREL ECON EAID CG
09KINSHASA796	IMPROVING DRC-GOR RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: All indications are that the main focus of the August 6 Kabila-Kagame discussions was development of Lake Kivu methane gas as an energy source. Specific details regarding the meeting, the first bilateral meeting between DRC and Rwandan presidents since 1998, remain sketchy, as t [...]	2009-08-27 13:20:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CG RW
09KINSHASA801	DRC ASSUMING SADC CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) Summary: The GDRC lead for SADC issues, Minister for International and Regional Cooperation Raymond Tshibanda, told the Ambassador August 27 that the DRC hoped to focus on development and economic issues during its upcoming SADC Chairmanship. Tshibanda voiced optimism that political con [...]	2009-08-28 11:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD CG
09KINSHASA808	ADVANCING THE SECRETARY'S INITIATIVE FOR DRC VIA US [...] (SBU) The Secretary's August 10/11 visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) resulted in several new areas for cooperation and assistance. Building on the Secretary's offer to President Kabila of U.S. technical assistance and expertise, post has launched a strategy for the five themes d [...]	2009-08-31 12:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV PREF ECON EAGR EAID KJUS EINV MASS
09KINSHASA81	LRA OPERATION LIGHTNING THUNDER - THE VIEW FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable provides an overview of information with respect to issues surrounding Operation Lightning Thunder against the LRA, since military action began in December 2008. It highlights LRA atrocities committed against the civilian population following and preceding the operat [...]	2009-01-26 11:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA813	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED [...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in a U.S.-sponsored training to begin September 14, 2009 in the DRC. Post has no derogatory information on any of these candidates. 2 [...]	2009-09-03 08:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA814	APPOINTMENT OF POC FOR SGBV [...] Embassy Kinshasa is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Sara Rasmussen-Tall as the Point of Contact for Sexual and Gender Based-Based Violence (SGBV) programs within the USAID Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo. 2. The USG maintains active programs to respond to severe a [...]	2009-09-03 14:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF KWMN KJUS EAID CG
09KINSHASA815	USAID MISSION DIRECTOR MEETS WITH DEPUTY SRSG FOR HUMAN [...] Summary: USAID Mission Director Stephen Haykin met with Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, Leila Zerrougui on August 28. Zerrougui provided a comprehensive perspective on the related issues of weak security apparatus of the Congolese state, impunity and human rights issu [...]	2009-09-03 14:06:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM SOCI KWMN KJUS PREF CG
09KINSHASA822	Developing a matrix for follow-up actions to [...] Background: A number of possible areas for U.S.-DRC cooperation were discussed during Secretary Clinton's meetings with President Kabila and Prime Minister Muzito (reftels). Embassy has developed a matrix below, at para. 2., as the basis for implementing actions discussed during the Secretar [...]	2009-09-09 08:52:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV PREF ECON EAGR EAID KJUS EINV
09KINSHASA826	DRC TAKES ON SADC CHAIRMANSHIP [...] (C) Summary: As expected, Zimbabwe and Madagascar were front and center at the September 7-8 SADC Summit. On Zimbabwe, the SADC leaders called for a lifting of all sanctions against the country, with some arguing that full implementation of the global political agreement should not be a pre [...]	2009-09-10 13:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD CG
09KINSHASA83	DRC RESPONSE TO TVPRA DRAFT LIST OF GOODS [...] (U) In response to the TVPRA action request (Ref A),Post does not have any new information that clearly demonstrates child labor is no longer used in the production of copper, cobalt, coltan, gold, and diamonds. As per Ref B, children under the age of eighteen continue to work as artisanal mi [...]	2009-01-27 07:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP CG
09KINSHASA842	Scopes of work for follow-up actions to the [...] See guidance request at para. 3. 2. Ref A provides a matrix for follow-up actions to the Secretary's August 10-11 visit to Kinshasa and Goma. Additional information on the overall themes and strategy for each action item can be found in Refs B and C. This cable (para. 4) provides, as ind [...]	2009-09-18 09:39:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV PREF ECON EAGR EAID KJUS EINV
09KINSHASA845	UNGA 64: USG GOALS AND OBJECTIVES TRANSMITTED TO [...] (SBU) Polcouns met with Banza Ngoy Katumwe, head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate, to present USG goals and objectives for the upcoming UNGA session, as outlined in reftel. Ngoy appreciated USG efforts in the UN framework on peacekeeping and conflict management, and gender [...]	2009-09-18 14:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA PGOV CG
09KINSHASA846	KOSOVO RECOGNITION IN ADVANCE OF UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 14:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PGOV KV CG
09KINSHASA847	EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN: DRC RESPONDS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 14:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP PARM IAEA PREL AORC CG IR
09KINSHASA848	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DRC ON IAEA GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 14:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA CG
09KINSHASA849	DRC EXTRADITES SUSPECTED GENOCIDAIRE TO ARUSHA [...] (C) Summary: On September 20, the GDRC extradited Rwandan genocidaire suspect Gregoire Ndahimana to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha. Ndahimana, who surrendered to MONUC's DDRRR on August 11, had been "grabbed up" by the FARDC and sent to Kinshasa. The long de [...]	2009-09-21 07:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CG RW
09KINSHASA85	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 27 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Joint Plan Briefing ------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC reported that GDRC repres [...]	2009-01-27 12:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA852	EASTERN DRC NOTES - SEPTEMBER 21: IDP CAMPS [...] (U) The information contained in this report consists principally of spot reports from various sources. This cable is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained herein be confirmed at this time. IDP Camps Almost Empty ---------------------- 2. (SBU) UNHCR reported that most [...]	2009-09-21 15:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM KPKO CG
09KINSHASA855	MOVEMENT ON THE FARDC FIVE [...] (C) Polcouns met on September 18 with Todd Howland, head of the UN's Joint Human Rights Office in Kinshasa, to discuss the cases of five FARDC officers under investigation for rape, singled out to President Kabila for action by visiting UNSC ambassadors in May. Howland claimed that none of th [...]	2009-09-21 16:58:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL UNSC CG
09KINSHASA857	S/P'S ROSS, COHEN AND PATEL MEET WITH CONGOLESE [...] (SBU) Summary: The visit of Senior Advisor for Innovation, Alec Ross, to Kinshasa and Goma September 9-12, accompanied by Policy Planning staff Jared Cohen and Mira Patel, was an opportunity to advance progress on the new U.S. - DRC partnership following Secretary Clinton's August 10-11 visit [...]	2009-09-22 12:15:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA858	DEPUTY JUSTICE MINISTER DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Michael Hershman, American co-founder of Transparency International, visited Kinshasa September 14-16. This cable is a summary of Hershman's meeting with Justice Vice-Minister Collins Musonda Lalusambo. Hershman's meeting with President Joseph Kabila is at reftel. His meeting Genera [...]	2009-09-22 14:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EINV CG
09KINSHASA859	DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT [...] Polcouns conveyed reftel points and reftel invitation letter on September 18 to Banza Ngoy Katumwe, head of the MFA's international Organizations Directorate, encouraging the DRC to participate in the Partnering for Food Security Meeting, which will take place on the margins of this year's U.N [...]	2009-09-23 06:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA CG
09KINSHASA86	AMBASSADOR'S DISCUSSION WITH PRIME MINISTER MUZITO [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with DRC Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito on the latter's request January 26 to discuss the economic crisis facing the country and the current situation in the east. In particular, Muzito asked for USG help with respect to IMF consideration of emergency financial ass [...]	2009-01-28 13:27:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON EFIN MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CG
09KINSHASA860	PM MUZITO ASKS FOR ASSISTANCE IN AGRICULTURAL [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito called in the Ambassador on September 23 to discuss next steps in following up on the Secretary's August 10-11 visit to the DRC (see reftels). Muzito pleaded for USG assistance for the GDRC's administrative functions -- customs, banking, finance, public ac [...]	2009-09-23 10:38:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID EAGR EINV CG
09KINSHASA861	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DEPUTY PM MOBUTU [...] Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Joseph Mobutu Nzanga Ngbangawe told the Ambassador on September 21 that there would most likely be a cabinet reshuffle in early October, probably the last before upcoming elections in 2010 (local) and in 2011 (parliamentary and presidential). Muzito, who Mobut [...]	2009-09-23 10:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM CG
09KINSHASA873	PROLIFERATION OF MAI MAI GROUPS [...] (SBU) During a recent visit to Goma, AU Special Envoy Benjamin Mkapa and his aide, General Sumbeiywo, received complaints from various North and South Kivu Mai Mai (local militias) groups about non-implementation of the March 23 agreements. Citing GDRC inaction, especiall since the August mee [...]	2009-09-24 17:21:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM KPKO CG
09KINSHASA874	MOVES AFOOT TO REVISE CONSTITUTION? [...] (C) Summary: Despite denials by senior level GDRC officials, it appears an inter-institutional commission has met to discuss the possibility of constitutional amendments in three areas: halting plans to create 15 new provinces (part of the decentralization process); changing the presidentia [...]	2009-09-25 08:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA879	EQUATEUR PROVINCIAL CRISIS COMES TO A HEAD [...] (U) On September 21, the Supreme Court of Justice upheld the January 2009 impeachment of and removal from office of Equateur Governor Jose Makila by the Equateur Provincial Assembly. The high court also called on the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) to organize an election for a new go [...]	2009-09-25 14:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA886	NGO ACTIVIST ON RUDIA II, KIMIA II, AND INTEGRATION [...] (C) Summary: Noel Atama, a field researcher for the NGO ENOUGH, told PolCouns recently that, although the tide had turned against the LRA, capturing LRA leader Joseph Kony and dismantling the rebel group could ultimately take time. On Kimia II, Atama encouraged the FARDC to stay the course, [...]	2009-09-29 11:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PGOV PREF PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA89	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 28 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Joint FARDC/RDF Operation ------------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC announced on [...]	2009-01-28 16:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA896	DDRRR, the FDLR, and Kimia II [...] (SBU) Summary: Goma PolOff recently met with DDRRR officials, who presented a snapshot of their efforts in the Kivus. Many ex-CNDP units, "integrated" into the FARDC, continue to use child soldiers, according to DDRRR interlocutors. FARDC cooperation with DDRRR over the last month has impro [...]	2009-09-30 15:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PGOV PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA898	FRAUD SUMMARY - KINSHASA [...] Per reftel A, post is updating its country fraud summary, covering March 1, 2009 to August 31, 2009. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS 2. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly recovering from a war begun in 1998 that led to the deaths of more than five million persons. Conflict [...]	2009-09-30 16:24:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CG
09KINSHASA907	DEATH OF ECONOMY AND TRADE MINISTER FUTA [...] (U) Minister of Economy and Trade Andre Philippe Futa died in Paris October 1, 2009 from an apparent heart attack. Futa had stopped in Paris on route back to Kinshasa after representing President Kabila at the Africa-South America Summit hosted by Venezuela. No foul play has been reported, t [...]	2009-10-02 11:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA908	S/P'S ROSS, COHEN AND PATEL MEET WITH CONGOLESE [...] (U) Introductory note: S/P staffers Alec Ross, Jared Cohen and Mira Patel visited Kinshasa and Goma September 9-12. Reftel is an account of the Kinshasa portion of their trip. This message refers their meetings in Goma. End introductory note. Courtesy Call with Vice Governor of North Kiv [...]	2009-10-05 12:41:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA915	RE-EMERGENCE OF CNDP'S NKUNDA WING? [...] (C) Summary: Former CNDP Spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa recently told us that the "real CNDP," i.e., the Nkunda wing was poised to reenter the DRC political fray. Claiming that the Bosco wing had no authority to sign the March 23 agreement with the GDRC, Bisimwa presented us with a memo outlini [...]	2009-10-07 12:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MOPS PINR PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA92	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 29 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Joint FARDC/RDF Operation ------------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC reported that [...]	2009-01-29 14:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA922	DRC BRIGADIR GENERAL ADDRESSES CORRUPTION AND [...] (U) Summary: In a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador and Transparency International Co-founder Michael Hershman, DRC Brigadier General Celestin Mbala Musense discussed issues concerning corruption, salary payment, and personnel management in the FARDC. Reftels are reports on Hershman' [...]	2009-10-08 15:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA924	RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN THE DRC C-CI9-01825 [...] (U) This cable responds to reftel questions 1.A-F. Information was obtained through public sources. A. There is no specific Russian trade representation in the DRC. B. The Russians and Ukrainians are well-known for operating the second-hand aircraft brand "Antonov." Some ninety percent of [...]	2009-10-09 06:23:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR BBSR ECON EINV CG
09KINSHASA929	GDRC WANTS ORDERLY RETURN OF REFUGEES FROM BURUNDI [...] (U) Minister of Communication Lambert Mende announced on October 8 that the GDRC was temporarily closing its border with Burundi to "avoid anarchy," as DRC refugees moved to return to the DRC (reftel). Press reports indicated that 480 refugees were turned away attempting to cross into the DRC [...]	2009-10-09 12:18:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PGOV CG
09KINSHASA936	EASTERN DRC NOTES -- OCTOBER 13: BOSCO SAID TO BE [...] (C) Summary: Sources in Goma have told us that former CNDP military chief Bosco Ntaganda has met with several Mai Mai groups in North Kivu to discuss the possibility of establishing a new militia. A former member of Nkunda's inner circle, a lawyer named Muiti, opined that attempts by Nkunda [...]	2009-10-13 16:14:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM PREF PGOV PREL KPKO CG
09KINSHASA94	EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 30 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. LRA Issues ---------- 2. (SBU) MONUC reported that on January 27, LRA rebels kil [...]	2009-01-30 08:46:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA945	PRESIDENT'S CHIEF OF STAFF TELLS CHARGE ALL [...] (SBU) Charge d'Affaires met October 8 with Adolphe Lumanu Mulenda, President Joseph Kabila's chief of staff, to review a number of issues. Also present were econ counselor and Mulenda's private secretary. Charge raised the issue of the "list of five" senior military officials suspected of se [...]	2009-10-15 17:01:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MASS MARR PHUM KWMN CG
09KINSHASA949	TIN INDUSTRY SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The global tin association ITRI is actively working to seek support, both in the DRC and with international donors, for its Tin Supply Chain Initiative aimed at enhancing due diligence in the minerals trade in eastern DRC. The initiative comes in response to continuing pressur [...]	2009-10-19 11:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA95	DRC: UN FIELD COVERAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in the DRC has 18 field offices and four mobile teams in addition to the headquarters office in Kinshasa. The UNJHRO is one of the largest and most effective human rights organizations operating in the country. Recent UNJHR [...]	2009-01-30 12:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KPKO CG
09KINSHASA957	DRC-ANGOLAN EXPULSIONS: CALMER BUT TENSION UNDER [...] (C) Summary: UNHCR estimates that the GDRC has expelled nearly 40,000 Angolans, mostly refugees with status, in the past two weeks in retaliation for the GOA's expulsion of 18,000 illegal DRC aliens. UNHCR noted that, according to a recent survey, as many as 42,000 Angolan refugees had expr [...]	2009-10-21 11:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL CG AO
09KINSHASA959	Human Rights Watch criticizes Kimia II [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Human Rights Watch (HRW) researchers told Charge d'affaires that the impact of Kimia II on the civilian population is more brutal than MONUC reports indicate. HRW proposes a re-evaluation of Kimia II with pressure on both the GDRC and international community. Two of t [...]	2009-10-21 13:04:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL PREF MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA961	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING CENTRAL [...] Econcouns delivered ref A points on October 15 jointly to the Ministry of Finance's Chief of Staff, Georges Wembi Loambi, and the Ministry of Budget's Deputy Chief of Staff, Onesime Kukatula. Neither GDRC official was aware of the restrictions contained in the FY 2009 Appropriations Act concer [...]	2009-10-21 14:43:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL CG
09KINSHASA967	CORRUPTION AND MISMANAGEMENT CONTINUE TO UNDERMINE [...] (C) Summary: Corruption and mismanagement continue to be endemic problems plaguing DRC's mining industry, as highlighted by a September 29 GDRC Senate report on the loss of up to 450 million in mining sector revenues due to alleged fraud and mismanagement. The report was issued at approxim [...]	2009-10-23 10:59:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA968	Tsvangirai Seeks More Active SADC Involvement in [...] (SBU) Following Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan's Tsvangirai's October 22 meeting with DRC President Joseph Kabila, Seraphin Ngwej, Ambassador-at-large in the presidency, said that Tsvangirai had briefed the DRC President on the current situation in Zimbabwe, including his decision to freeze r [...]	2009-10-26 17:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM CG ZI
09KINSHASA969	WORRIES THAT PRESS FREEDOM MAY BE ERODING CONTINUE [...] (C) Summary: Freedom of the press is increasingly threatened in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the Ministry of Information and Media now requires domestic and international journalists to submit to a military code of justice. A Congolese military officer,s reported death threats [...]	2009-10-27 10:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	CG PGOV PREL
09KINSHASA971	UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR SLAMS GDRC [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial Executions Philip Alston told the diplomatic corps and the press separately that there was conclusive evidence that FARDC soldiers had killed at least 50 Rwandan refugees and abducted 40 women, subjecting them to SGBV in an attack at Shali [...]	2009-10-27 10:33:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN CG
09KINSHASA976	GDRC EFFORTS TO ORGANIZE THE ARMED FORCES [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 1, a draft Law to Organize the Armed Forces, a critical component of national institutional reform, was introduced in the National Assembly. Parliamentarians invited Defense Minister Charles Mwando Nsimba to explain the reform plan on October 6. While the Kabila adm [...]	2009-10-28 14:31:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINS MASS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA977	DRL OFFICER?S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS GRAVITY OF CHILD [...] (U) Summary: During an October 12-19 visit to the DRC, DRL Foreign Affairs Officer Tu Dang met with a wide range of stakeholders, including government officials, NGOs, labor unions and other civil society organizations to discuss labor and corporate social responsibility issues. She also to [...]	2009-10-29 11:22:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI CG
09KINSHASA98	EASTERN DRC NOTES - FEBRUARY 2 [...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) During a February 1 press conference, President Kabil [...]	2009-02-02 12:28:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA980	MEDIA MINISTER MEETS WITH RFI REPS TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following the July 26 shutdown of Radio France International's (RFI) signal throughout the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as a result of controversial reports by an RFI journalist (see refs a and b),French diplomats and representatives of RFI have met with GDRC officia [...]	2009-11-02 06:53:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA982	DRC WILL NOT EXPORT SUGAR TO THE US IN FY 2010 [...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel talking points to GDRC Ministry of Economy and Trade Chief of Staff Bavon Nsamputu on October 20 and CEO of the La Sucrerie de Kwilungongo sugar plant Gilbert Musala on October 21. Nsamputu reported to Econoff on October 30 that the DRC does not plan to export any [...]	2009-11-02 16:09:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD ECON PREL CG
09KINSHASA986	DRC WILL SUPPORT AMCIT NOMINATION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 16:10:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA CG
09KINSHASA987	BUILDING SUPPORT FOR POTENTIAL USG SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 16:11:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL KPAO CG
09KINSHASA988	Demarche Delivered to the DRC on Goldstone [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 16:40:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL CG IS
09KINSHASA989	Demarche Delivered to the DRC on Goldstone [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 16:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL CG IS
09KINSHASA990	The Rapid Exodus of IDPs from the Camps in Goma, DRC [...] (U) A rapid field study of the sudden exodus of an estimated 65,000 residents of camps for displaced populations in the Goma area has revealed evidence of excessive use of violence and the violation of humanitarian principles during the camps closure. The sudden camp closures also damaged relat [...]	2009-11-04 09:48:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF CG
09KINSHASA994	PARTERNING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY: DRC [...] (SBU) Summary: Economic Counselor and Head of USAID's Office of Economic Growth and Livelihoods delivered (Ref A) letter and proposal to Minister of Agriculture Norbert Basengezi Katitima on October 19, highlighting the USG commitment and approach to combating global hunger and promoting food s [...]	2009-11-04 14:29:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA995	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO DRC ON 64TH UN GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 14:56:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN
09KINSHASA997	CONTESTED TRIBAL CHIEF SUCCESSION LEADS TO ETHNIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The killings last week of 47 policemen in Equateur Province stemmed from an intra-tribal argument between competing clans' candidates for tribal chieftain. Since then, some 16,000 refugees who fear continued ethnic violence or reprisals by the national police have fled into Congo- [...]	2009-11-05 16:36:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL CG
09KOLKATA101	MAOISTS ATTACK ORISSA MINE ON EVE OF INDIAN NATIONAL [...] (SBU) On April 12, several days before polling began in the eastern India state of Orissa for both the parliamentary and state assembly elections, approximately 200 left-wing extremists, known as Maoists or Naxalites, mounted an armed attack on the public sector enterprise National Aluminum Com [...]	2009-04-17 10:23:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV EMIN IN
09KOLKATA105	BHARAT BALLOT 2009: UPA DISCORD AND ANTI-INCUMBENCY FAVOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the mineral-rich tribal state of Jharkhand was carved out of the eastern Indian state of Bihar in 2000, it has been plagued by a string of poorly performing governments and political instability. Discord within the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and underlying anti-inc [...]	2009-04-22 07:14:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN IN
09KOLKATA106	VILLAGERS AND MAOISTS DETAIN TRAIN IN JHARKHAND ON EVE OF [...] (SBU) On April 22, on the eve of the second phase of India's parliamentary polls, approximately 200 villagers and Maoists took control of the 627 UP Barkakana-Dihari-Mughalsarai train for four hours in the Latehar district in Jharkhand. None of the 300 passengers were injured or killed during [...]	2009-04-24 12:29:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IN
09KOLKATA127	BHARAT BALLOT 09: SIKKIM DEMOCRATIC FRONT LIKELY TO RETURN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) appears likely to continue its 15 year rule of the small mountainous Northeast Indian state strategically wedged in between Nepal, China (Tibet) and Bhutan. While it may not match the 2004 absolute sweep, it appears that it will retain its one L [...]	2009-05-15 11:02:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ENRG ELTN EFIN EAIR IN NP BT CH
09KOLKATA130	GORKHAS SUPPORT BJP TO FURTHER GORKHALAND STATEHOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: Voters in the West Bengal Darjeeling constituency elected the state's only Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) successful candidate to parliament as part of their ongoing movement for the creation of a new "Gorkhaland" state within the Indian Union. The political organization Gorkha [...]	2009-05-19 11:35:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC IN
09KOLKATA131	KOLKATA EAC MEETING CONCERNING DETAINEE PHOTOGRAPHS [...] On May 19, 2009, the Acting Consul General convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to consider the likely impact of unreleased detainee photographs on the official and private American communities in Kolkata. In attendance were representatives from CLO, CONS, FCS, PAO, POL, and RSO. [...]	2009-05-20 07:33:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC IN
09KOLKATA132	REGIONAL PARTIES, NOT CONGRESS, EMERGE AS WINNERS IN EASTERN [...] (SBU) Voters in Eastern India primarily supported regional parties that were outside the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) that has returned to power. This trend has resulted in a divergence between the party and coalition in power at the national and state levels. Amongst the Ea [...]	2009-05-22 04:46:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON IN
09KOLKATA134	CYCLONE HITS WEST BENGAL - NO AMCIT CASUALTIES, NO REQUEST [...] (SBU) On May 25, a Category 2 tropical cyclone named "Aila" hit the Eastern India state of West Bengal. Damage was concentrated in South and North 24 Paraganas, especially the low lying delta region of the Sunderbans. West Bengal government officials told post that approximately 40 people die [...]	2009-05-26 12:16:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID SENV IN
09KOLKATA143	ABUNDANT COAL AND HYDRO-ELECTRIC POTENTIAL IN EASTERN INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Eastern India offers immense potential for the development of the power sector due to abundant coal deposits and large hydro-electric potential. Public and private sector firms are focused primarily on increasing coal-based thermal power generation, despite the sensitivities an [...]	2009-05-29 11:41:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN ELTN IN BT
09KOLKATA144	WEST BENGAL'S "LEFT" - OUT IN THE COLD [...] (SBU) The Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) dominated Left Front in West Bengal is currently examining the reasons for the disastrous parliamentary election results, which saw its seat tally reduced from 35 to 15, the lowest since its came to power in 1977. Party members are divided, [...]	2009-05-29 11:44:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IN
09KOLKATA148	CANCELLATION OF TELEGRAM - GORKHAS SUPPORT BJP TO FURTHER [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 05:04:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ASEC IN
09KOLKATA153	FRESH AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN WEST BENGAL [...] (SBU) On May 27, the GOI's central Ministry of Agriculture confirmed a new outbreak of avian influenza among poultry at Hemtabad in the North Dinajpur district of West Bengal. Hemtabad is located about 490 KM north of Kolkata and 20 KM from the border with Bangladesh. Contacts in West Bengal' [...]	2009-06-08 04:44:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BD
09KOLKATA162	MAOIST GROUPS STEP UP VIOLENCE IN EASTERN INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past two weeks, there have been daily attacks on police and political party leaders in the Western part of West Bengal, primarily in and around the town of Lalgarh. Leaders of these attacks appear to be members of the Communist Party of India - Maoist (hereinafter ref [...]	2009-06-18 12:11:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV IN
09KOLKATA164	THE BATTLE FOR BENGAL [...] (SBU) Summary: West Bengal's Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) dominated Left Front is still reeling from its poor performance in the Lok Sabha polls (see Reftels). The perfect storm of issues appears to have worked against the Left Front. Some CPI-M leaders believe the party lost sup [...]	2009-06-19 10:38:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER PSEC IN
09KOLKATA167	WEST BENGAL: POLICE WIN FIRST ROUND AGAINST MAOISTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-24 03:41:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV CASC IN

09KOLKATA17	KOLKATA MUSLIMS SING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PRAISES, BUT WATCH [...] Summary. Kolkata area Muslims came together at the American Center on Inauguration Day to perform songs and recite poetry in honor of the incoming U.S. President Barack Obama. The spontaneous display of welcome for a new American president was unprecedented in Kolkata PAS' experience. The poets [...]	2009-01-23 10:46:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL KISL KPAO IN
09KOLKATA18	FIRST CONFIRMED AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN SIKKIM [...] (U) On January 19, the Indian Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the presence of the H5N1 virus in poultry in Ravongla Municipality in South Sikkim district in the northeastern state of Sikkim. The epicenter is located approximately 40 km north of the last reported AI outbreak in India in Darje [...]	2009-01-23 10:59:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN NP CH
09KOLKATA188	GUARDING AGAINST VISA FRAUD WITH "BATCH CHECKS" IN ADIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post recently expanded its approach to validation studies, providing more frequent and focused assessments of B1/B2 visa applicants. Using a "batch method" of retrieving Arrival Departure Information System (ADIS) records of multiple travelers with a single search, Post can quick [...]	2009-07-09 06:55:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD ASEC CVIS CMGT IN
09KOLKATA189	ORISSA'S BJD PARTY PROMOTES STATE INTERESTS AND [...] (SBU) Summary: CG travelled to Orissa in June to congratulate Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Biju Janata Dal's (BJD)'s best electoral performance since the party was formed in 1997. The impressive performance of the regional party in the 2009 parliamentary and state elections validated the p [...]	2009-07-10 06:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON IN
09KOLKATA19	A POLITICAL CRISIS IN JHARKHAND AS PRELUDE TO THE NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 19, the Government of India's (GoI) Cabinet recommended President's rule and the suspension of the state assembly in the eastern state of Jharkhand after state legislators could not agree on a consensus candidate for Chief Minister. A state-level political battle for [...]	2009-01-23 11:13:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IN
09KOLKATA194	POLICE IN WEST BENGAL ASSERT PRESENCE IN ALLEGED MAOIST [...] (SBU) Summary: Joint operations by state and central police have brought more areas under control in and around West Bengal's rural Lalgarh without any significant opposition from the armed groups of the Communist Party of India - Maoist (hereinafter referred to as Maoists, also known as Naxal [...]	2009-07-16 05:39:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ASEC CASC IN
09KOLKATA215	GORKHAS PURSUE POLITICAL STRATEGY TO FURTHER STATEHOOD [...] (SBU) Summary: For the past two years, the new political party Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) has increased its efforts to carve out a new Indian state - Gorkhaland - from the existing state of West Bengal. Like other political parties in West Bengal, GJMM uses force and intimidation but it i [...]	2009-08-03 11:20:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC IN
09KOLKATA22	ASSAM ELECTORAL PRIMER - ETHNICITY, ALLIANCES AND TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary: Ethnicity and migration in the northeastern state of Assam will continue to be a key issue in the state during the upcoming national elections. The Congress Party is confident of maintaining its current number of parliamentary seats in the state contingent; however, the relative [...]	2009-01-28 09:47:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER SOCI PREL PGOV IN BG
09KOLKATA237	WEST BENGAL: JASWANT SINGH'S EXPULSION WEAKENS GJMM'S [...] (SBU) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) recent expulsion of Darjeeling's parliamentary representative Jaswant Singh (Reftel A),who supports political party Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha's (GJMM) efforts to create a new Gorkhaland state, is a temporary setback for GJMM who is now reassessing its rel [...]	2009-08-21 12:41:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC IN
09KOLKATA246	MISSION INDIA ENDORSES SHANGHAI REQUEST TO RE-ENABLE ADIS [...] Mission India heartily endorses AmConGen Shanghai's request (ref A) to re-enable two features that were lost in the recent upgrade of the Arrival Departure Information System (ADIS). These features allowed Consular Sections to quickly assess the travel history of large groups of travelers, gen [...]	2009-09-02 03:46:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS ASEC CMGT IN
09KOLKATA255	CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABLE KOLKATA LOOKS TO INDIAN AND US [...] (U) Summary: The eastern Indian city of Kolkata is one of the world's most vulnerable cities due to coastal flooding and the effects of climate change. While the West Bengal state government has set up a state-level Climate Committee and secretariat to formulate and implement adaptation strate [...]	2009-09-17 11:38:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON IN
09KOLKATA256	ONE YEAR LATER, KANDHAMAL RESIDENTS REBUILD DIVIDED [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 11:41:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF IN
09KOLKATA257	LEFT'S ROUT IN NORTH BENGAL - ONE MORE NAIL IN ITS WEST [...] (SBU) The shaken Left Front in West Bengal was dealt another setback in the September 13 Siliguri municipal elections. The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) and Congress Party alliance won 30 of the 47 wards (it previously represented 9) to break the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M [...]	2009-09-18 08:59:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IN
09KOLKATA261	WEST BENGAL GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGES SOCIAL DISTANCING DURING [...] Summary: Over the past three weeks there has been a decline in the rate of reported H1N1 infections in Kolkata. But thousands of people gathered in enclosed spaces during the ensuing Durga Puja festival could increase H1N1 transmission. The West Bengal government has launched a campaign to en [...]	2009-09-24 06:11:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR AMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU PGOV IN
09KOLKATA267	LAND POLITICS CONTINUE IN WEST BENGAL; BUSINESSES NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Recent statements from business leaders and politicians reinforced the idea that land acquisition will continue to be a political obstacle for businesses in West Bengal. Business leaders have recently begun acknowledging the importance of working with both the government and the [...]	2009-10-06 11:05:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON IN
09KOLKATA276	TRINAMOOL'S MAMATA BANERJEE: FROM OPPOSITIONAL STREET [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the May 2009 parliamentary elections elevated West Bengal's regional party, All India Trinamool Congress, from obscurity to the second largest constituent party in the United Progressive Alliance, its leader, Mamata Banerjee, has conscientiously sought to re-brand herself a [...]	2009-10-20 06:11:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON IN
09KOLKATA278	COAL INDIA SEEKS GREATER COMMERCIAL TIES WITH U.S. FIRMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Coal India, one of India's largest state owned enterprises and also one of the world's largest coal mining companies, is cash rich and expansion hungry. The Chairman of Coal India is driven by the fundamental belief that coal, which is the source for 65% of India's energy produc [...]	2009-10-22 04:42:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN SENV INV ENRG BEXP IN
09KOLKATA279	DEVELOPING AND GOVERNING BIHAR: FORGING A WINNING COALITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has made visible strides in developing and governing India's third largest state, and also one of its poorest, since forming the Bihar government in 2005. The national parliamentary elections in May 2009 confirmed the inroads his regional par [...]	2009-10-22 04:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAID EINV IN
09KOLKATA28	NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN WEST BENGAL [...] (U) On January 30, the Indian Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the presence of the H5N1 virus in West Bengal's Coochbehar district. The two avian influenza (AI) epicenters are in the villages of Nagar Bhagni and Uttar Dangkoba, in two non-contiguous administrative blocks of the district. The [...]	2009-02-06 05:13:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BD
09KOLKATA282	ELECTION AND SECURITY CONCERNS PROMPT INDIA TO POSTPONE [...] (SBU) The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has postponed the National Games, India's premier amateur sporting event, that were to be held November 21 to December 5 in the eastern state of Jharkhand. According to the Jharkhand home secretary, the civil servant responsible for law and order, the [...]	2009-10-23 10:02:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC SCUL IN
09KOLKATA286	WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER: PARTY MUST "CHANGE OR PERISH", [...] (C) SUMMARY: West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said that his Communist Party of India-Marxist must "either change or perish" and he lamented the lack of technocratic expertise within party leadership in a meeting with the Ambassador in Kolkata on October 13. Bhattacharjee rei [...]	2009-10-27 09:18:00	Consulate Kolkata	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EINV IN
09KOLKATA287	MAOISTS/NAXALS DETAIN AND RELEASE TRAIN IN WEST BENGAL [...] (SBU) On October 27 a group of armed and unarmed Maoist/Naxal supporters (press has reported 300) halted an express Bhubaneswar - New Delhi train in Jhargram, West Bengal to protest the deployment of central security forces in anti-Maoist operations and call for the release of one of their lead [...]	2009-10-28 09:20:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC IN
09KOLKATA291	U.S. RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY LIGHTS INDIA'S VILLAGE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Since 2007 Husk Power Systems (HPS) has lit remote, un-electrified villages in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India. HPS uses widely-available rice husk to generate and sell electricity to rural villagers, who would otherwise be without power. A privately-held U.S. renewab [...]	2009-10-30 04:15:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV EAGR EINV KGHG IN
09KOLKATA3	NEW CONFIRMED AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAKS IN WEST BENGAL [...] (U) On January 2 the Indian Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the presence of H5N1 virus in poultry in two non-contiguous administrative blocks of Darjeeling, a district in northern West Bengal. Avian influenza (AI) was confirmed in Matigara in southern Darjeeling and Tukdah in the northern pa [...]	2009-01-07 09:38:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BG
09KOLKATA305	WEST BENGAL RE-ESTABLISHES GOVERNMENT PRESENCE IN MAOIST [...] (SBU) Summary: Since June 2009 state and central police have operated in West Bengal's three Maoist/Naxal insurgency-affected districts to re-assert government presence, eliminate anti-government armed resistance and win local tribal support. While police have re-established a limited governmen [...]	2009-11-17 04:39:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ASEC CASC IN
09KOLKATA307	MAOISTS TARGET AND DERAIL PASSENGER TRAIN BEFORE JHARKHAND [...] (SBU) On November 19 alleged Maoists (also known as Naxals) detonated an explosive device targeting the Tatanagar-Bilaspur passenger train between Manoharpur and Poseita in the Maoist-affected state of Jharkhand. The blast occurred at 9:45 pm approximately 120 km southwest of Jamshedpur, Jhark [...]	2009-11-20 11:00:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC CASC PTER IN
09KOLKATA308	KOLKATA'S VARIABLE ENERGY CYCLOTRON CENTER SEEKS ACCELERATED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Variable Energy Cyclotron Center (VECC) in Kolkata, a premier institute of the Government of India's Department of Atomic Energy, commissioned India's first superconducting cyclotron in May 2009. In a September 16 meeting with PolOFF, VECC's Director, Dr. Rakesh K. Bh [...]	2009-11-20 11:06:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TPHY TRGY TSPL CVIS ECON IN
09KOLKATA317	OPPOSITION CONTINUES WINNING STREAK IN WEST BENGAL [...] (U) In West Bengal, the Opposition and independent parties won nine of the ten state assembly seats in the November 7 by-elections to the state assembly. They retained all seven previously held seats and snatched two from the ruling Left Front coalition. Trinamool, the leading opposition part [...]	2009-11-27 10:48:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL IN
09KOLKATA322	MAJORITY OF INDIA'S NON-ELECTRIFIED VILLAGES IN EASTERN [...] (U) More than a quarter of India's villages remain without electricity and sixty percent of these are in the five eastern states of Assam, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal. In 2005 the GoI launched an improved rural electrification program, but progress continues to be hampered by secu [...]	2009-12-02 11:59:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV EAGR EINV KGHG IN
09KOLKATA328	JHARKHAND STATE ELECTIONS EXPECTED TO YIELD YET ANOTHER [...] (SBU) Summary: Five-phase state assembly elections began in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand on November 25 and will conclude on December 18. Results will be announced on December 23. Jharkhand has been without an elected government since January as no party had been able to form a gove [...]	2009-12-11 10:15:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ASEC CASC IN
09KOLKATA334	INDIA-BANGLADESH COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION HITS NORTHEAST [...] (SBU) Summary: India's recent arrests of United Liberation Front of Assam's (ULFA) chairman and senior leadership is a setback for the northeastern state's most prominent insurgent group. While Bangladesh has officially denied facilitating the arrests, its cooperation with India appears to b [...]	2009-12-22 11:03:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PINS PGOV CASC IN BG
09KOLKATA335	CLIMATE CHANGE HERE AND NOW FOR SUNDERBANS: NGO'S ADAPTATION [...] (U) Summary: The famed Sunderbans, a deltaic region in the Bay of Bengal with more than one hundred islands and four million people, is one of India's most vulnerable areas to rising sea levels and extreme climatic events. On one of the islands, Mousuni, public and private actors have foc [...]	2009-12-23 12:00:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG ECON TSPL KSCA KGHG IN BG
09KOLKATA336	JHARKHAND STATE ELECTIONS: NO OUTRIGHT WINNER, CONGRESS' UPA [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 23 the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand announced the results for its recent state assembly elections. No single party or pre-poll alliance won an outright majority, although the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is the largest caucus. A majority of vo [...]	2009-12-24 06:55:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER ASEC CASC IN
09KOLKATA337	JHARKHAND: JMM'S SHIBU SOREN TO BE CHIEF MINISTER WITH BJP [...] (U) Summary: Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) supremo and parliamentarian Shibu Soren will become Chief Minister of the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand on December 30, heading a five-party National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition. Even though a Congress alliance garnered the highest number [...]	2009-12-29 14:44:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER IN
09KOLKATA34	PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS FEELS THE HEAT FROM SATYAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Two partners from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) remain in judicial custody in connection to admissions of large scale fraud by the chairman and founder of Satyam Computers Limited (Reftel). PWC leadership contends that the charges are politically motivated and that there is no ev [...]	2009-02-10 08:58:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD IN
09KOLKATA35	BIHAR CHIEF MINISTER KUMAR: KOSI RELIEF, STATE DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a wide range of contacts, Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is effectively mobilizing the state government machinery to respond to the August 2008 flooding of the river Kosi and improve development in the state. Since forming a government in November 2005, Kumar h [...]	2009-02-10 10:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID IN NP
09KOLKATA43	AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK CONFIRMED IN WEST BENGAL'S SOUTH [...] (SBU) On February 17, the Principal Secretary of West Bengal's Animal Resources Development (ARD) Department confirmed the presence of avian influenza (AI) H5N1 virus in backyard poultry of Barmahar village in South Dinajpur district. The latest epicenter is located approximately 300 km north [...]	2009-02-20 04:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BD
09KOLKATA55	NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN WEST BENGAL - A CROSS BORDER [...] (U) On February 24, the GOI reported a second outbreak of the avian influenza (AI) virus H5N1 in backyard poultry in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, this time in the forest village of Punding (See Reftel). The village is about 630 km north of Kolkata and the district physically borders the [...]	2009-03-05 09:15:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BG
09KOLKATA56	ASSAM: ULFA AND NDFB MAIN SUSPECTS IN OCTOBER 30 TERRORIST [...] (C) Summary: Assam's Chief Minister confirmed that the separatist groups United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) are the main suspects in the October 30, 2008 terrorist attacks in Guwahati (Reftel). Assam officials, who believe that the attacks w [...]	2009-03-05 09:47:00	Consulate Kolkata	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL IN BG
09KOLKATA62	COAL INDIA: GROWTH THROUGH LEADERSHIP, TECHNOLOGY, [...] (SBU) Summary: Led by a dynamic chairman, Coal India Limited (CIL),the world's largest coal producing company, is focused on growing its operations through more efficient mining operations, greater utilization of outsourcing and initiating overseas acquisitions. CIL has recognized the importa [...]	2009-03-09 13:05:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV ENRG BEXP SOCI IN
09KOLKATA67	BHARAT BALLOT 2009: BJP IS DUMPED BY ORISSA ALLY [...] (U) Summary: On March 7, the 11-year-old National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition, led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),collapsed in Orissa when the regional party, Biju Janata Dal (BJD),withdrew from the coalition. On March 11, Orissa's Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik (BJD) won a trus [...]	2009-03-13 08:51:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IN
09KOLKATA7	WEST BENGAL AFTER THE NANO: INVESTMENT CLIMATE IS BLEAK [...] (SBU) Summary: Three months after Tata withdrew its Nano project from West Bengal in the face of violent opposition against land acquisition, the investment climate in West Bengal is bleak. The Government of West Bengal (GOWB) has not developed a strategy to repair the state's damaged image an [...]	2009-01-09 10:02:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND PGOV IN
09KOLKATA75	BHARAT BALLOT 09: A CRACK IN THE LEFT FRONT'S WEST BENGAL [...] (SBU) Summary. As the fourth most-populous state in the Indian Union, the seat of one of India's four great metropolises and the bastion of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M),West Bengal politics has always had national significance. More important than the national electoral iss [...]	2009-03-19 12:37:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR IN
09KOLKATA78	BHARAT BALLOT 09: A CRACK IN THE LEFT FRONT'S WEST BENGAL [...] (SBU) Summary. As the fourth most-populous state in the Indian Union, the seat of one of India's four great metropolises and the bastion of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M),West Bengal politics has always had national significance. More important than the national electoral iss [...]	2009-03-20 13:06:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR IN
09KOLKATA79	WOMEN IN INDIA: MAMATA BANERJEE - WEST BENGAL FIGHTER AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Firebrand communist-baiter Mamata Banerjee leads West Bengal's principal opposition party, the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) that has aligned with Congress to challenge the Left Front's 32-year rule in the state. An astute politician - six term parliamentarian - with an e [...]	2009-03-20 13:39:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN IN
09KOLKATA88	ULFA SUSPECTED IN MARCH 31 TERRORIST ATTACK KILLING ONE [...] (SBU) On March 31, an improvised explosive devise (IED) exploded in Jyotikuchi locality in Guwahati, the capital of the Northeastern Indian state of Assam. The IED killed one person and injured 13. There were no American casualties. According to police contacts, the motorcycle borne IED was [...]	2009-04-01 11:38:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV IN
09KOLKATA90	PAYING FOR SEX IN THE "CITY OF JOY [...] (SBU) Summary: Kolkata's red-light district, one of the largest in Asia, provides a real-life case study of the intersection of the policy debates on the legalization of prostitution, trafficking in persons, and human health. Working in a nebulous legal environment where sex workers, but not t [...]	2009-04-03 11:07:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KTIP KWMN KHIV IN
09KOLKATA96	ULFA SUSPECTED IN ASSAM TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 6, nine people died and more than 30 were wounded in a series of six terrorist attacks in different parts of Assam, including the capital Guwahati. Police suspect that the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA),which celebrates its foundation day on April 7, conducted [...]	2009-04-07 13:45:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV PK IN
09KOLKATA97	BHARAT BALLOT 09: CASTE, GOVERNANCE AND DEVELOPMENT TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Politics in Bihar is dominated by regional parties pushing their caste interests. Bihar's Chief Minister (CM) Nitish Kumar heads the Janata Dal-United (JDU) party, presently a member of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA),and is winning over Bihar's poorest and lowest caste [...]	2009-04-08 12:11:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IN
09KOLONIA102	SURVEY OF MARITIME SURVEILLANCE AND FISHERIES ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) Summary. The upcoming sub-committee meetings of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC),scheduled for September and October, will address unresolved issues of maritime surveillance and enforcement of the Convention area. However, the FSM suffers from ineffective ma [...]	2009-07-17 04:15:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS ECON EAID PREL AORC FM
09KOLONIA106	RECENT HAZMAT TRAINING USED IN RESPONSE TO AMMONIA LEAK [...] On July 21 a purse seiner at anchor in Pohnpei sprung an ammonia leak in one of its chillers. The leak killed one Filipino seaman. 2. Pohnpei Port Authority Acting General Manager and Safety and Security Manager Ron Reyes informed Econ/Conoff on July 23 that the Port's HAZMAT Team respon [...]	2009-07-24 04:16:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EWWT EFIS FM
09KOLONIA108	US COAST GUARD COMMANDANT VISITS POHNPEI, STRESSES FISHERIES [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen visited the island of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),from July 19 to July 21. Admiral Allen met with FSM President Emanuel Mori and members of his cabinet, members of the FSM Congress, and Australian and Micronesian personn [...]	2009-07-25 01:27:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS PGOV PREL FM
09KOLONIA109	CHINESE COMPANY LUEN THAI REPORTEDLY SEEKS TO OPERATE ALL [...] (C) The largest fishing operation in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),Luen Thai, has reportedly submitted a proposal to FSM President Mori permitting the company to operate all port and fish processing facilities within the FSM. FSM National Government and State agencies responsible [...]	2009-07-28 05:39:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIS ECON PGOV PREL PINR FM
09KOLONIA113	ADDITIONAL EMBASSY KOLONIA REQUEST FOR FY09 JIATF WEST [...] (SBU) PURSUANT TO REF E-MAIL, THIS MESSAGE RESPONDS TO A REQUEST TO ASK FOR U.S. DOD OPERATIONAL SUPPORT UNDER SECTION 1004, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1991 AS AMENDED, FOR FY 2009 JIATF WEST TRAINING SUPPORT TO THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA (FSM) POLICE AND THE MICRONESIA TRANS [...]	2009-08-06 11:08:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SNAR MASS PGOV PREL FM
09KOLONIA114	EMBASSY KOLONIA REQUEST FOR FY09 JIATF WEST SUPPORT [...] (SBU) PURSUANT TO REF E-MAIL, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR U.S. DOD OPERATIONAL SUPPORT UNDER SECTION 1004, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1991 AS AMENDED, FOR FY 2009 JIATF WEST SUPPORT TO THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA (FSM) POLICE. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND IN APRIL 2009, JIATF WEST CONDUC [...]	2009-08-06 11:09:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID MASS PGOV PREL FM
09KOLONIA116	EMBASSY CONTRACT GUARD MURDERED WHILE OFF-DUTY [...] (U) At about two in the morning on August 8, a member of Embassy Kolonia's local guard force was killed. Initial reports remain unconfirmed, but it appears that Embassy Guard Isel Phillip, from Chuuk, was departing a bar when he was attacked by a group of men, believed to be Pohnpeian. Secur [...]	2009-08-10 06:58:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC SOCI PGOV FM
09KOLONIA118	AUSTRALIA SEEKING COORDINATION IN THE FSM ON ITS PACIFIC [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On August 7, Australian Ambassador Susan Cox met with Ambassador Hughes to discuss a planned visit by senior Australian assistance officials to the FSM. Cox stated the visit's focus would be on Australia's Paci [...]	2009-08-19 00:50:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID FM AS
09KOLONIA12	COMPLAINTS OVER COMPACT ADMINISTRATION HEARD AT OPENING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Senators Halbert and Urusemal criticized the administration of the Compact during the recent opening of the FSM Congressional session. Post believes the remarks reflect frustration with the lack of progress on infrastructure projects and not increased anti-American sentiment. EN [...]	2009-01-27 06:16:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID FM
09KOLONIA123	FAREWELL REFLECTIONS: A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP REQUIRES [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-13 23:51:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID FM CH
09KOLONIA128	BURIAL AND MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR SGT YOUVERT LONEY [...] (U) On September 5, FSM citizen and U.S. Army Sergeant (Sgt) Youvert Loney , a 28-year-old soldier assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, died of wounds suffered after an attack by enemy forces in Abad, Afghanistan. Sgt Loney's sp [...]	2009-09-22 06:30:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV FM
09KOLONIA130	FSM ATTEMPTING TO ESTABLISH NATIONAL ENERGY PLAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The FSM National Government, through the offices of Research and Development, submitted a national Draft Energy Policy to each state on July 21. By Mid-September a number of the agencies and personnel responsible for implementation still had not seen the draft plan. Although [...]	2009-10-06 04:44:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV FM
09KOLONIA137	YAP STATE ATTEMPTS AT IMPLEMENTING ENERGY PLAN AHEAD OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Yap State Legislators are hoping that the FSM National Government can provide a unified front to obtain international funding to meet the FSM's energy needs. Current funding from donor nations is greatly appreciated, but the project implementation process remains difficult. E [...]	2009-10-30 01:06:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV PREL FM
09KOLONIA138	ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION SUBMITS ITS REPORT ON MARCH [...] (U) Summary: DRL Senior Advisor Chris Camponovo and Gerard Finin from the East West Center recently traveled to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) to present the Final Report of the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership's (APDP) March election observation mission to a range of Chuuk state a [...]	2009-11-05 02:31:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID FM
09KOLONIA140	POHNPEI STATE CONCLUDES ITS CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION [...] (U) Summary. Pohnpei State concluded its Second Constitutional Convention after ninety days of deliberations. Delegates considered fourteen proposed amendments to the state's twenty-five-year old constitution and approved ten. Voters must approve the proposals in a subsequent referendum in ord [...]	2009-11-06 05:43:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL FM
09KOLONIA142	IPR ISSUES IGNORED BY FSM GOVERNMENT; POPULATION DOESN'T [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The only movie theater in the FSM may close its doors because it cannot compete against readily available pirated DVDs. Pohnpei State and the National Attorney General Offices concede that pirated DVDs are easy to obtain, but neither plans to take any action to limit their dis [...]	2009-11-13 08:46:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV FM
09KOLONIA145	POST RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 03:21:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG FM
09KOLONIA157	WASTE MANAGEMENT A GROWING CONCERN IN POHNPEI; WAY FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Pohnpei's Environmental Protection Agency is focusing on litter, pollution and waste management and how to implement an April 2006 law on those issues. The two largest environmental NGOs in Pohnpei meanwhile are concerned that the state is not adequately addressing a growing w [...]	2009-12-22 04:57:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PGOV FM
09KOLONIA17	FSM STATES/NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE URGES MOVEMENT OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 29 the FSM National Congress requested the President convene a leadership conference to consider the public infrastructure sector grant. Allocated funds were not moving to actual projects. During the February 4-6 conference, President Mori suspended debate on infr [...]	2009-02-09 01:01:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV EAID FM
09KOLONIA18	GOVERNOR SEEKING TO SIPHON FUNDING AWAY FROM SELF FUNDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pohnpei Port Authority (PPA) General Manager Iehsi complained to Ambassador Hughes on January 23 that Pohnpei Governor Ehsa is seeking to divert needed funds away from the PPA. Iehsi alleges that proposed funding changes will undermine the Port Authority's ability to meet intern [...]	2009-02-10 05:47:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON FM
09KOLONIA19	ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR THE FEDERATED [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-11 06:13:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FM
09KOLONIA22	PRESIDENT REITERATES IMPORTANCE OF COMPACT FIVE YEAR REVIEW, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Emanuel Mori used a February 23 meeting with Ambassador Hughes to reiterate the importance he places in the Compact of Free Association's upcoming five year review, saying all aspects of the Compact are on the table. Mori also sought assistance in passport processing [...]	2009-02-25 03:32:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV EAID CPAS FM
09KOLONIA28	US FUNDED ELECTION OBSERVERS GENERALLY POSITIVE ON NATIONAL [...] (U) The East-West Center (EWC),through the Department's Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP),provided an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to the March 3, 2009 national elections for some Congressional seats in the Federated States of Micronesia. Observers concentrated their efforts i [...]	2009-03-06 06:27:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM FM
09KOLONIA29	REPRESENTATIVE FALEOMAVAEGA'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS COMPACT [...] (U) Summary. Congressman Eni Faleomavaega came to Pohnpei March 3 to lead the election observation mission during national and state elections. Congressman Faleomavaega remained on the island an additional six days and met with a number of national, state and traditional leaders. During one [...]	2009-03-11 00:47:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL EAID FM
09KOLONIA30	BURIAL AND MEMORIAL SERVICE OF SOLDIER DEMONSTRATES FSM AND [...] (U) On February 19, FSM citizen and Specialist (SPC) Cwislyn K. Walter, a 19 year old member of the Hawaii U.S. Army National Guard, died in a vehicle accident in Kuwait City, Kuwait. SPC Walter's parents reside in Hawaii, but they asked the U.S. Army Casualty Office in Honolulu to bring thei [...]	2009-03-12 06:38:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PGOV FM
09KOLONIA31	COMPACT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS START IN THE FSM [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-12 09:20:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAID FM
09KOLONIA34	FSM REVISES METHOD TO SELECT JEMCO REPRESENTATIVES AND [...] (SBU) Summary. Although no official announcement has been made, Evelyn Adolph and Fabian Nimea are no longer the Micronesian representatives on the Joint Economic Management Committee (JECMO). All signs indicate that Foreign Affairs Secretary Lorin Robert and Pohnpei State Governor John Ehsa [...]	2009-03-17 03:28:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID FM
09KOLONIA35	POHNPEI STATE SEEKS TO OPEN TRADE OFFICE IN TAIWAN - CHINA [...] (C) SUMMARY. People's Republic of China (PRC) Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Liu Fei recently complained to Amembassy officers that Pohnpei State Governor John Ehsa planned to establish a Pohnpei trade office in Taiwan. Liu said China had raised strong objections and [...]	2009-03-18 03:22:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH TW FM
09KOLONIA38	ELECTION DISPUTES IN CHUUK DELAY ANTICIPATED RUNOFF [...] (U) Summary: FSM national and Chuuk State elections took place on March 3, but state candidates still dispute the results. On March 26, the Chuuk State Supreme Court decided to hold a revote for voters in Honolulu on April 1 and hold the gubernatorial runoff election between the top two vote [...]	2009-03-27 07:25:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SOCI PHUM FM
09KOLONIA39	CHINESE AMBASSADOR CRITICAL OF FSM GOVERNMENT CAPACITY AND [...] (C) In a wide ranging discussion with U.S. Embassy officers on March 21, People's Republic of China Ambassador Liu Fei was critical of the FSM's capacity at both the state and national levels. She then complained about the lack of an industrious attitude at the individual level. Although Chi [...]	2009-03-30 04:36:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID PINR FM CH
09KOLONIA42	AMCIT INVESTMENT DISPUTE SPARKS HOUSE ARREST, POSSIBLE SUIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 27, the FSM Supreme Court ordered house arrest, which commenced April 1, for Patricia and Robert Arthur for Contempt of Court. This is the latest and most disturbing development in a commercial dispute that is well over a decade old. The court also continues to impound [...]	2009-04-03 06:16:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID CPAS FM
09KOLONIA46	ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY IN THE FSM UNDERSCORES NEED FOR U.S. [...] (U) In the early morning hours of March 26, two young males armed with a .22 caliber rifle and a shotgun entered the Chuuk State branch of the Bank of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),demanding entry into the bank's vault. The bank still had not opened for business. The sole bank emp [...]	2009-04-09 04:21:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS FM
09KOLONIA47	RIFT OVER FSM SOCIAL SECURITY LAW HIGHLIGHTS POHNPEI'S [...] President Mori's proposed amendments to the Federated States of Micronesia's (FSM) Social Security law ignited criticism from politicians and the public alike, particularly in Pohnpei State. The proposal gave more ammunition to those calling for secession ahead of Pohnpei's upcoming constituti [...]	2009-04-09 08:11:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI FM
09KOLONIA51	MOBIL ACCOMPLISHES OBJECTIVES IN MICRONESIA, SHARES TIPS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Where two previous Mobil executives failed, Guam Mobil President Kamal Singh succeeded in piloting a smooth withdrawal of Mobil from an unprofitable market in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). In a farewell breakfast with the Ambassador, he shared valuable tips that enab [...]	2009-04-16 02:01:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EAID FM CH
09KOLONIA53	FSM PRESIDENT SEEKS U.S. HELP TO REFORM COMPACT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-19 23:30:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID FM
09KOLONIA62	FSM STATES IT WILL SUPPORT KOSOVO IMF/WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] (SBU) On April 22, per the instructions in reftel A, post delivered a diplomatic note to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),requesting its support for IMF and World Bank membership for Kosovo. On April 23, Deputy Chief of Mission met with Gabri [...]	2009-04-30 00:22:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL FM
09KOLONIA65	BIO OF ASTERIO TAKESY, NEW FSM SENIOR ADVISER FOR THE [...] (U) On April 17, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Office of Statistics, Budget & Economic Management, Overseas Development Assistance and Compact Management (SBOC) informed post that the FSM Government hired Asterio Takesy (Ah-STAIR-ee-o TAK-eh-see) to be its Senior Adviser during the F [...]	2009-04-30 04:35:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV PREL FM
09KOLONIA66	KOLONIA CONVENES EAC REGARDING H1N1 [...] (SBU) Per reftel and in response to the H1N1 outbreak in many countries, Embassy Kolonia's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on April 29. Members present were DCM, ECON/CONS and MGT. 2. (SBU) EAC members unanimously agreed that the first tripwire had not been met in the Federated S [...]	2009-05-01 03:00:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMED AMGT ASEC CASC KSAF KFLU TBIO FM
09KOLONIA67	FSM INSTITUTUTES NEW AIRPORT SCREENING PROCEDURES DUE TO [...] Post previously reported that the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) announced new screening procedures for arriving air travel passengers (reftel). The new procedures aim to identify persons arriving from areas affected by the H1N1 (swine flu) virus. The first screenings took place on Apri [...]	2009-05-01 05:45:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED ASEC CASC KFLU TBIO FM
09KOLONIA70	FSM TREASURY DRAFTS UNIFORM REVENUE AUTHORITY LEGISLATION, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Department of Finance and Administration of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) continues to draft a Uniform Revenue Authority (URA) plan for eventual submission before the national congress. Tax Reform Project Manager Evelyn Adolph states that her Department designed [...]	2009-05-04 06:06:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PGOV FM
09KOLONIA72	MICRONESIAN ARMED ROBBERY SUSPECTS RELEASED ON BAIL [...] In reftel, post reported that three suspects had been arrested for an attempted armed robbery of a bank in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Since the vault was inaccessible, the suspects fled without any money, but not before they shot up the lobby and clubbed an employee with the [...]	2009-05-06 02:52:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PINS CVIS FM
09KOLONIA73	FSM COMPACT INFRASTRUCTURE STARTS TO ROLL AND TO REQUIRE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-07 22:43:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV FM
09KOLONIA74	FORMER FSM AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES SENTENCED TO [...] (SBU) Summary. Former Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Ambassador to the United States Jesse Marehalau was convicted of theft and over-obligation of government funds, charges arising from his long stint as the FSM Ambassador in Washington. The FSM Supreme Court sentenced Marehalau to 36 m [...]	2009-05-09 03:48:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL FM
09KOLONIA78	POST RESPONSE TO REQUEST ON FY09 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) Post provides the following information regarding local government budget transparency. All questions and answers are keyed to reftel. --Is the central government expected to receive or is it already receiving U.S. foreign assistance funded using FY 09 funds? Yes. Through the Compact [...]	2009-05-19 02:08:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL FM
09KOLONIA8	CHINESE ACTVITIES ARE ATTRACTIVE TO CASH STRAPPED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. China's competition for resources and influence in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) shows no sign of diminution. In the absence of substantial indigenous enterprise, Micronesians are favorably inclined to accept offers of assistance. Recent developments include propos [...]	2009-01-15 01:36:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID FM CH
09KOLONIA84	REACTION TO PRESIDENT MORI'S STATE OF THE NATION SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary. In his second State of the Nation Address, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Emanuel Mori identified many of the challenges that face his government. However, FSM national and state leaders criticized the President for not providing direction or guidance to resolve [...]	2009-06-01 06:09:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAID FM
09KOLONIA91	GOVERNOR EHSA'S PRESS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS POHNPEI STATE'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 06:12:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID FM
09KOLONIA97	HOUSE ARREST FOR AMCITS IN INVESTMENT DISPUTE ENDS, CASE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Robert and Patricia Arthur's (Reftels) house arrest ended on June 30. The case by the FSM Development Bank, which resulted in the house arrest, is still active. Despite concerns that the FSM courts may impose additional penalties, the Arthurs continue to appeal the initial de [...]	2009-07-06 03:02:00	Embassy Kolonia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC ECON EAID CPAS FM
09KOLONIA99	TRADITIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM LIMITS EFFECTIVENESS OF CRIMINAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: From April to June American citizens in Pohnpei have reported multiple burglaries, assaults, and a murder. When asked about preventing such crimes, Pohnpei Police Chief Joe Roby comments that Pohnpei's traditional legal systems have limited his ability to enforce the law. Attor [...]	2009-07-07 05:03:00	Embassy Kolonia	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV FM
09KOROR11	INAUGURATION OF PALAU'S EIGHTH CONSITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT [...] Summary: On January 15 Palau's eighth constitutional government was inaugurated into office. The ceremonies began with the installation of the Senate and the House of Delegates followed by the swearing-in of President Johnson Toribiong and Vice President Kerai Mariur. The ceremonies took pla [...]	2009-01-21 07:03:00	Embassy Koror	UNCLASSIFIED	PS PGOV PREL
09KOROR30	PALAU: SPECIAL PROSECUTOR REQUESTS ASSISTANCE IN [...] On February 26, Palau's Special Prosecutor Michael P. Copeland hand-delivered a request to Charge Bezner seeking assistance from the Government of the United States to investigate allegations of corruption of high level government officials within Palau. The request is made pursuant to Ar [...]	2009-02-27 00:05:00	Embassy Koror	UNCLASSIFIED	PS EFIN KCOR PREL

09KOROR40	CORRECTED COPY - JOINT HOUSE RESOLUTION EXPRESSING GRATITUDE [...] On March 9, post received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of State transmitting a copy of the House Joint Resolution No. 8-6-1S-CD1 of the Eighth Olbiil Era Kelulau (Palau National Congress),"Expressing deepest gratitude and appreciation to the Government of the United States of America fo [...]	2009-03-11 03:22:00	Embassy Koror	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP PS
09KOROR43	PALAUAN PRESIDENT JOHNSON TORIBIONG REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FROM [...] On March 23, post received a letter from President Johnson Toribiong to Attorney General Eric Holder. In his letter President Toribiong requests the assistance of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the investigation of the disappearance of a police weapon - a "mini M-14". The reque [...]	2009-03-25 02:02:00	Embassy Koror	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA PGOV PREL PS
09KRAKOW14	POLISH ROAD NETWORK EMERGING FROM DECADES OF CRIPPLING [...] (U) Summary: Government and private sector analysts now hold that, after two decades of failed policies and mismanagement, the Tusk administration is making real progress towards developing a modern highway network, overcoming a major stumbling block which stunts investment and hinders Poland f [...]	2009-03-23 13:47:00	Consulate Krakow	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ELTN ELAB ENRG SENV
09KUALALUMPUR1006	MALAYSIA: BANK NEGARA REPORTING ACTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) In a December 16 phone call, Bank Negara (BN) Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Manager Abdul Rahman Abu Bakar (Rahman) told econoff that FIU is preparing reports on Malaysian bank actions to curtail activity or close North Korean and Iranian nationals, accounts. The FIU plans to provide [...]	2009-12-17 09:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP EFIN ETRD ETTC PINR PTER
09KUALALUMPUR1010	MALAYSIA AND FORWARD THINKING ON THE "DEFAMATION [...] (SBU) Summary: If approached as part of a joint, transparent outreach effort to Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) countries, the Government of Malaysia may modify its strong support for the UN "Defamation of Religions" resolution, or a new treaty along the same lines (ref A). In that [...]	2009-12-22 07:15:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC
09KUALALUMPUR1012	PERSPECTIVE FROM MALAYSIA ON PM NAJIB'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) In mid-December, Malaysian and Thai contacts in Kuala Lumpur briefed Poloffs on Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's visit to Thailand from December 7-9. All contacts emphasized that both Prime Ministers see the insurgency in Thailand's southern three provinces as an internal Thai problem t [...]	2009-12-23 08:51:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TH MY
09KUALALUMPUR1013	MALAYSIAN F-5 ENGINES CASE AND ACTION REQUEST [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 09:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PM PREL PGOV MARR MY
09KUALALUMPUR1014	FARAH PANDITH'S VISIT SHOWS MANY FACES OF ISLAM IN MALAYSIA [...] (SBU) Special Representative to Muslim Communities (SRMC) Farah Pandith visited Malaysia to begin engagement with civil society and establish contacts with government officials, politicians, teachers, students, and NGOs on December 13-14. SRMC Pandith explained her recent appointment as the Spe [...]	2009-12-24 02:03:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KDEM MY KPAO
09KUALALUMPUR1015	MALASIAN OPPOSITION PARTIES HOLD FIRST FORMAL [...] (SBU) Summary. The three main Malaysian opposition parties held their first official joint convention on December 19, agreeing to a core platform of unified party positions and setting their sights on taking over the government during the next general elections. The opposition coalition know [...]	2009-12-24 06:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR1016	MALAYSIA: UPDATE ON F-5 ENGINE SCANDAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-28 07:51:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PM PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR102	MALAYSIA'S NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia made some progress in addressing the challenges associated with trafficking in persons during this reporting period, building incrementally on the advances it made last year. Malaysia began implementing and enforcing its comprehensive anti-trafficking law, which went [...]	2009-02-13 09:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD KTIP
09KUALALUMPUR1024	BABY TRAFFICKERS CHARGED UNDER MALAYSIA'S ANTI-TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, Malaysian police have investigated what has been described as a "baby-factory" in Selangor. The police arrested 22 people in connection with this large-scale, family-run, baby-trafficking syndicate and rescued 10 young children. The syndicate allegedly paid for [...]	2009-12-30 00:28:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR1025	SUCCESSFUL ANTI-TIP TRAINING OF MALAYSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: From December 8-16, a four-member United States Department of Justice Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training (USDOJ-OPDAT) team, funded by the Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),conducted two succ [...]	2009-12-30 08:08:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR113	AMBASSADOR KEITH'S MEETING WITH MFA SECRETARY [...] (C) The Ambassador met MFA Secretary General Rastam February 17 for an extended dinner conversation covering our commitment to ASEAN, a range of Iran-related issues, Burmese refugees, our trade relationship, bilateral ties, and Malaysia's desire to be part of the Anti-Piracy Contact Group. Ra [...]	2009-02-19 00:03:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PARM PHUM ECON ETRD ETTC MNUC IR MY
09KUALALUMPUR12	GAZA REACTION: MALAYSIAN PM TAKES CREDIT FOR [...] (SBU) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and Foreign Minister Rais Yatim are touting Malaysia's role in persuading UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to call the UN General Assembly (UNGA) into an emergency session. Motivated by Malaysia's perception that United Nations Security Council ( [...]	2009-01-08 23:48:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN IS MY
09KUALALUMPUR122	MALAYSIA DPM NAJIB SEEKS STRONGER BILATERAL [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Najib reiterated Malaysia's desire to strengthen ties with the U.S. during a review of key issues in our bilateral relationship with the Ambassador on February 19. Najib extended an invitation for President Obama to visit Malaysia and encouraged other inc [...]	2009-02-20 09:26:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	ECON ECIN ETRD PREL PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR124	MAYROW CASE: INFO CONVEYED TO MFA [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 10:07:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR125	MALAYSIA ON NPT ISSUES [...] (U) Acting Political Counselor met with Mr. Shazryll Zahiran, Principal Assistant Secretary in the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Division, on February 20 to discuss the current Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review cycle. No Changes Foreseen, But A Co [...]	2009-02-20 10:25:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC UNGA
09KUALALUMPUR13	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S.-IAEA ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 03:48:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA PARM
09KUALALUMPUR135	AMB MARCIEL'S MEETING WITH MFA SECGEN RASTAM [...] (C) In a meeting February 23 with Ambassadors Marciel and Keith, MFA Secretary General Rastam expressed hope that Secretary Clinton will visit Malaysia in July when she is back in the region (for the ARF) and that the President will consider a visit here later in the year. Rastam emphasized t [...]	2009-02-24 10:31:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PARM PHUM ECON ETRD ETTC MNUC IR MY
09KUALALUMPUR137	AMBASSADOR MARCIEL,S MEETING WITH MALAYSIAN TRADE [...] (C) Summary: Minister for Trade and Industry Muhyiddin Yassin told Ambassadors Marciel and Keith February 23 that Malaysia "treasured its relationship with the U.S.", was ready to resume our bilateral FTA negotiations and hoped the Obama Administration would choose to continue the talks as wel [...]	2009-02-25 09:44:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ECIN ETRD SOCI PGOV PTER MA
09KUALALUMPUR138	AMBASSADOR MARCIEL'S MEETING AT CENTRAL BANK ON [...] (S) Summary: In a February 23 meeting with senior Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) officials and the DG of the Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority (LOFSA),visiting Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs and DAS for Southeast Asia Scot Marciel conveyed U.S. concerns about reports of the imminent ope [...]	2009-02-25 10:22:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	KNNP MNUC IR GM ECON XB XC XE XG MY
09KUALALUMPUR140	PRM TEAM DISCUSSES ROHINGYA REFUGEE ISSUE WITH [...] (C) MFA officials told a visiting PRM team and our Regional Refugee Coordinator February 11 that while Malaysia does not recognize refugee status, it is willing to participate in regional talks on the issue. The representative noted that there is not currently the political will in Malaysia [...]	2009-02-26 08:45:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL SMIG KTIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR142	POINTS CONVEYED ON IAEA REPORTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 03:37:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY MY
09KUALALUMPUR143	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORTING AMCIT JUDICIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 04:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09KUALALUMPUR147	MALAYSIAN COAST GUARD SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has taken the first steps to establish a maritime criminal investigation division (MCID) and has requested access to USG expertise as it does so. Embassy Kuala Lumpur and its Law Enforcement Working Group support a coordinated, i [...]	2009-02-27 06:29:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MCAP MARR MY
09KUALALUMPUR150	MALAYSIA FRAUD SUMMARY (SEPT 2008 - FEB 2009) [...] SUMMARY: Malaysia is not a country associated with a high level of fraud in immigration and travel matters involving the United States. However Malaysia is a destination and transit point for many forms of illegal travel and human trafficking. The country, as a whole, enjoys a relatively hi [...]	2009-03-02 08:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EAP MY
09KUALALUMPUR151	MALAYSIA RELEASES MORE ALLEGED JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-02 10:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR152	MALAYSIAN RESPONSE TO BANGLADESHI LABOR [...] (C) Malaysian media highlighted the plight of an estimated 140 Bangladeshi workers, who may be victims of trafficking in persons (TIP) for labor exploitation. Post raised concerns with the police and the Human Resources Ministry, but as of February 27 all suspected victims remained under the [...]	2009-03-03 06:08:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB SOCI KTIP BG MY
09KUALALUMPUR158	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON USG PARTICIPATION AT THE HRC [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-04 09:45:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR159	GOM AND CATHOLIC CHURCH STILL AT ODDS OVER "ALLAH" [...] (SBU) The Malaysian government's attempted ban on the Catholic Church's use of the word "Allah" continues to generate politically-charged controversy with the courts yet to resolve the matter. Just prior to a February 27 court hearing, the Home Ministry issued an order allowing the Catholic C [...]	2009-03-04 10:56:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR SCUL KIRF KISL MY
09KUALALUMPUR16	GAZA: PM ABDULLAH CONVOKES UNSC AMBASSADORS, CALLS [...] (C) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi convoked Ambassador Keith and other chiefs of mission from UNSC member countries on January 12 and personally conveyed his written message on the Gaza crisis, which is addressed to respective heads of state. PM Abdullah, flanked by Foreign Minister [...]	2009-01-12 08:20:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAL UNSC UNGA IS MY
09KUALALUMPUR160	NAJIB ON TRACK TO BECOME PM AS POLITICAL [...] (C) Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak appears on track to take over as Prime Minister by early April against a backdrop of continued political turbulence. With ruling UMNO party elections less than four weeks away, both the King and outgoing PM Abdullah himself publicly reconfir [...]	2009-03-04 11:07:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR171	EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES [...] (U) On February 6, 2009 advisor received a response to the January 6, 2009 outreach letter from the Director of Import and Export Control Division, Ministry of International Trade and Industry. Muhammad Razman Abu Samah advised that the government of Malaysia is "in the midst of finalizing the [...]	2009-03-06 03:58:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR177	SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: MALAYSIA [...] In 2008 Malaysian IPR enforcement authorities continued to make progress in fighting IPR piracy. The most promising development of the year was the continued progress and expansion of the specialized intellectual property courts. The United States and Malaysia continued to cooperate closely, i [...]	2009-03-10 01:07:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR MY
09KUALALUMPUR187	HINDRAF LEADERS REMAIN UNDER ISA DETENTION [...] (SBU) Malaysian courts denied a series of appeals by the five leaders of the government-banned Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF),held without trial under the Internal Security Act (ISA) since December 2007. Some reports, still unconfirmed, allege that Uthayakumar is at risk of losing a foo [...]	2009-03-11 08:44:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR KJUS MY
09KUALALUMPUR188	MALAYSIA POSITIVE ON ASEAN SUMMIT, VAGUE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia held a positive view of the 14th ASEAN Summit, according to a March 6 Foreign Ministry briefing attended by Polcouns, as the outcomes had reinforced ASEAN community building. Malaysia supported ASEAN's endorsement of a step-by-step regional approach to the Burmese Ro [...]	2009-03-11 11:40:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF ASEAN BM MY
09KUALALUMPUR193	MALAYSIA TO HOST INTERNATIONAL PIRACY CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Malaysia has officially invited United States participation in a May 18-19 "International Conference on Piracy and Crimes at Sea" hosted by the Foreign Ministry. The conference aims to share experiences in the Straits of Malacca and Southeast Asia in support of th [...]	2009-03-16 07:16:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHSA MARR EWWT MY
09KUALALUMPUR194	ONE YEAR LATER, ANWAR IN DOLDRUMS, SODOMY TRIAL [...] (C) Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on March 8 presided over a very modest event marking the one-year anniversary of the March 2008 election that ushered in significant opposition gains. Anwar's national address failed to stir the crowd or attract senior leaders from other parties in his Peop [...]	2009-03-16 09:58:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR195	MALAYSIA UNVEILS USD 16 BILLION ECONOMIC STIMULUS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Facing rapidly slowing growth and a probable recession in 2009, Malaysia announced its second fiscal stimulus package on March 10. The larger than expected stimulus package includes additional spending, guarantees, equity investments and tax incentives amounting to a [...]	2009-03-16 23:16:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR199	GOM PROSECUTES VETERAN OPPOSITION LEADER AND OTHER [...] (SBU) A Sessions Court judge charged Karpal Singh, a veteran opposition leader in Parliament, with sedition on March 17 for comments he made critical of the Sultan of Perak's decision to support the ruling National Front coalition (BN) during its takeover of the Perak State Government last mo [...]	2009-03-18 09:08:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PINS KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR203	PM'S ALLY BARRED FROM CONTESTING IN RULING PARTY [...] (SBU) In a highly controversial decision, the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party on March 17 found Ali Rustam, an ally of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, guilty of "money politics" and barred Rustam from contesting for Deputy President in the party's late March election. [...]	2009-03-19 10:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR212	DCM RAPSON CALLS ON NEW MFA AMERICAS OFFICIAL, [...] (C) DCM Rapson and polcouns on March 20 paid an initial courtesy call on the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's new Senior Under Secretary for Americas, EU and Russia, Ms. Wan Napsiah. (Note: Napsiah is the fourth Under Secretary handling U.S. affairs in the past three years. End Note.) DCM conve [...]	2009-03-24 08:05:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR214	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on March 24 to Farisha binti Salman, Assistant Secretary for Multilateral Political Affairs in Malaysia's Foreign Ministry. Farisha stated the "points are duly noted" and pledged to share the information within the Ministry but otherwise provided no imm [...]	2009-03-24 09:39:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF KISL MY
09KUALALUMPUR22	MALAYSIA NOTIFIED OF A.Q. KHAN-RELATED SANCTIONS [...] (S) Polcouns delivered pre-notification of nonproliferation sanctions against two Malaysian citizens and one Sri Lankan resident in Malaysia, related to the A.Q. Khan network, to Malaysian Foreign Ministry Under Secretary (Americas, EU) Mahinder Singh on January 12 at 1600 local time. Polcou [...]	2009-01-13 10:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PARM EFIN MNUC KNNP MY
09KUALALUMPUR229	NAJIB CLOSING MALAYSIA'S DEMOCRATIC SPACE? [...] (C) Malaysia's Home Ministry on March 23 banned two opposition party newspapers for a period of three months, a decision that came one day before the general assembly and elections for the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party. The GOM suspended the newspapers for violating [...]	2009-03-27 10:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR23	GAZA: PARLIAMENT VOTES TO CONDEMN ISRAEL, SEEKS [...] (SBU) In a special session of the Malaysian Parliament convened on January 12, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi delivered a blistering condemnation of Israel, while also lambasting the United States for supporting Tel Aviv. After seven hours of speeches, Parliament unanimously endorsed a resolu [...]	2009-01-13 10:40:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAL UNSC UNGA IS MY
09KUALALUMPUR230	MALAYSIA'S WOMEN'S MINISTRY PROVIDES TIP UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Director General (DG) Noorul Ainur from the Women's Ministry briefed the Embassy on March 20 about recent Ministry efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). The DG described progress in working with local NGOs and initiating a nascent TIP awareness program, and also prov [...]	2009-03-27 10:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI KTIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR231	RULING PARTY CONFIRMS NAJIB, ELECTS NEW LEADERS [...] (C) Malaysia's Najib era has begun. The country's ruling party, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO),confirmed Najib Razak as party president on March 26 and elected new senior officials during its party elections and general assembly, which conclude March 28. Key Najib ally Muhy [...]	2009-03-27 12:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR232	MALAYSIA'S AUTOMOBILE PROGRAMS [...] (U) Summary: Malaysia's second fiscal stimulus package includes incentives for Malaysians to trade in their old Proton or Perodua brand vehicles for new ones. Up to 4.8 million owners of Proton or Perodua vehicles that are more than ten years old might be eligible for this program. The stimul [...]	2009-03-30 02:48:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN PREL WTO MY
09KUALALUMPUR233	BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] Pursuant to reftel request, Econoff and Econ FSN contacted the Malaysian Ministry of Defense (MOD),specifically the POC listed in reftel - Colonel Shamsuddin bin A. Karim. Col. Shamsuddin is with the MOD's Logistics Department. Both he and an MOD civilian employee, Mr. Azrul Nasim, were fami [...]	2009-03-30 06:33:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MY
09KUALALUMPUR243	EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES [...] (U) Advisor met with the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MFA)on export control issues. Training was conducted in General Santos, Philippines and dates for a site survey in the Philippines were confirmed. SITE ASSESSMENTS/MEETING [...]	2009-04-02 04:12:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR245	MALAYSIAN POLICE INVESTIGATES BURMESE REFUGEE TIP [...] (U) Inspector General of Police (IGP) Musa Hassan announced a joint investigation by Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) and Malaysia's Immigration Department into allegations that Immigration officials are involved in the trafficking of Burmese refugees along the Malaysia-Thai border. The April 1 [...]	2009-04-02 12:16:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PINR PINS PHUM KTIP BM BX ID MY
09KUALALUMPUR253	NAJIB RAZAK SWORN IN AS MALAYSIA'S SIXTH PM [...] (U) Najib Razak was sworn in as Malaysia's sixth Prime Minister on April 3, the week after he took over leadership of the ruling party from outgoing PM Abdullah Badawi. During his short first address, Najib focused on unifying themes of reaching out to all Malaysians and moving the country fo [...]	2009-04-06 11:40:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR258	MALAYSIA: NO OFFICIAL RESPONSE YET TO NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) The Ambassador conveyed the President's statement and additional reftel points on North Korea's April 5 missile launch to Malaysian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Rastam Mohd Isa on April 6. Rastam has yet to respond and in follow-up with MFA contacts in the East Asia, Americas and Mu [...]	2009-04-08 08:43:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PARM PGOV PREL KNNP KN MY
09KUALALUMPUR259	BY-ELECTION RESULTS -- HONEYMOON DAMPENER FOR NAJIB [...] (C) The opposition coalition Pakatan Rakyat (PR) won two out of three by-elections held on April 7, handing a set back to the new administration of Prime Minister Najib Razak and his ruling National Front (BN) coalition. The key contest saw recently ousted Perak Chief Minister Mohammad Nizar o [...]	2009-04-08 10:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR265	TWO POLICEMEN FOUND GUILTY OF ALTANTUYA MURDER [...] (C) Summary and Comment: A Malaysian judge on April 9 found two police officers guilty in the politically-charged murder case of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu, a case that saw the acquittal of a former close political advisor to newly installed Prime Minister Najib Razak. The poli [...]	2009-04-09 10:23:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS PINR MY
09KUALALUMPUR266	NAJIB UNVEILS CABINET, PLACES LOYALISTS IN KEY [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Najib Razak publicly announced his cabinet on April 9, placing his loyalists in key positions and giving the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party control of 15 out of 24 ministries. Najib appointed Muhyiddin Yassin as Deputy Prime Minister, reflecting h [...]	2009-04-09 12:37:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR268	NAJIB'S NETWORK - A PRELIMINARY LOOK [...] (C) This cable provides a preliminary review of Prime Minister Najib Razak's close aides and political associates, known associated companies, and business contacts, as well as summary information on Najib's four brothers. The review is based on information available prior to Najib's confirma [...]	2009-04-10 07:21:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS ECON MY
09KUALALUMPUR275	BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK [...] Pursuant to reftel request, Econoff and Econ FSN on the morning of 10 April 2009 visited the office of Delta Masis Sdn Bhd to establish the bona fides of the company and determine if reftel proposed sale appeared legitimate. Early during the week of 5 April, Delta was amenable to a visit but [...]	2009-04-14 02:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MY
09KUALALUMPUR29	MALAYSIAN CIVIL SOCIETY ENGAGED IN UPR PROCESS [...] (SBU) Malaysia's civil society and leading NGOs are proactively engaged in the Universal Periodic review (UPR) process, though with limited interaction with the Malaysian government. The Coalition of Malaysia NGOs in the UPR Process (COMANGO),an umbrella organization of over 35 NGOs, coordi [...]	2009-01-15 10:23:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL UNHRC MY
09KUALALUMPUR291	MALAYSIA/PIRACY - CONTACT GROUP, SHIP DEPLOYMENT, [...] (S) The Malaysian Foreign Ministry remains very interested in Malaysia's prospects for joining the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) and requests an update on planned meetings. Malaysia is rotating its current naval vessel in the Gulf of Aden and, according to DAO repo [...]	2009-04-17 10:21:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PHSA MARR MASS SCUL SO MY
09KUALALUMPUR293	UNHRC DEMARCHE: MALAYSIA WELCOMES U.S. ENGAGEMENT, [...] (C) The Embassy conveyed reftel diplomatic note on April 15 formally announcing the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and seeking Malaysia's support. Polcouns spoke with Foreign Ministry Under Secretary (Multilateral Political Affairs) Ganeson Sivagurunathan on April 15. [...]	2009-04-20 08:15:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN MY
09KUALALUMPUR296	UNHRC CANDIDACY: MALAYSIA PROPOSES RECIPROCAL [...] (SBU) The Embassy received on April 21 a diplomatic note from the Malaysian Foreign Ministry dated April 20, no. CU 213/09, in response to our previous request for Malaysia's support for the U.S candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (reftels). The operative text of the note follows: "Th [...]	2009-04-21 09:25:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN MY
09KUALALUMPUR299	MALAYSIA: IPR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS DOWN BUT COURT CASES AND [...] (SBU) Summary: According to High Court of Kuala Lumpur statistics recently released to the Embassy by the Intellectual Property Court, the number of IP cases registered has significantly gone up during the four month period from November 2008 to February 2009. Ministry of Domestic Trade and Co [...]	2009-04-22 09:32:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KIPR MY
09KUALALUMPUR303	MALAYSIAN PM LIBERALIZES SOME SERVICES SUBSECTORS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak today announced a services sector reform package exempting firms in 27 subsectors from a government requirement that each firm maintain a minimum 30 percent ownership stake by ethnic Malays and indigenous groups ("bumiputera"). Najib said thi [...]	2009-04-23 08:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV PREL EFIN ETRD MY
09KUALALUMPUR304	BANK MELLAT SUBSIDIARY IN LABUAN, MALAYSIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-24 09:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL ETTC KTFN MY
09KUALALUMPUR317	Embassy Kuala Lumpur?s EAC Convenes [...] (SBU) In response to the H1N1 outbreak in Mexico and reported cases in the U.S. and other countries and Department guidance (reftel),Embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on April 27 to review Post?s contingency plans and tripwires and the government of Malaysia?s (GOM) pandemi [...]	2009-04-28 09:07:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF
09KUALALUMPUR318	MALAYSIAN PM ANNOUNCES FINANCIAL SECTOR [...] (U) Summary: Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak announced a number of liberalizations to Malaysia's financial sector on April 27, as promised last week when he removed some restrictions in various service sectors (reftel). Foreign equity limits will be raised from 49 percent to 70 percent for in [...]	2009-04-28 12:17:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ECON ETRD PREL MY BG
09KUALALUMPUR319	MGSF01: Malaysia's Response to Global Swine Flu [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Malaysian government on April 27 placed the country on "high alert" to fully monitor the flu's spread in country. The Malaysian Ministry of Health has been working closely with World Health Organization (WHO) to ensure that proactive measures are being taken to protect the [...]	2009-04-28 12:18:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09KUALALUMPUR320	MGSF01: Malaysia Response to H1N1-- End-of-Day Report #2 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Influenza Pandemic Planning Committee (NIPPC) affirmed that no suspected H1N1 cases have been reported in Malaysia. The Ministry of Health (MOH) reiterated its travel advisory for Malaysians to postpone unnecessary international travel, especially to affected count [...]	2009-04-29 10:51:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09KUALALUMPUR323	PROMINENT BLOGGER FLEES SEDITION TRIAL [...] (C) Prominent blogger and government critic Raja Petra Kamarudin, who was jailed for two months in 2008 under the Internal Security Act (ISA),failed to appear for his sedition trail on April 23, and the court subsequently issued a warrant for his arrest. A member of his defense team informe [...]	2009-04-30 09:54:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS PGOV KJUS KDEM UK MY
09KUALALUMPUR324	MGSF01: Malaysia Response to H1N1!Update [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia still has no reported human H1N1 cases. The screening procedures used by the Ministry of Health (MOH) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) continue to become clearer. Malaysia!/s preparedness infrastructure, including stocks of antiviral treatments and hospi [...]	2009-05-02 05:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF
09KUALALUMPUR326	MALAYSIA TO VOTE YES ON KOSOVO IMF MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 09:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EFIN ECON MY KV
09KUALALUMPUR336	TFFLU01: MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - MAY 6, 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia has no reported human H1N1 cases. Four potential cases have already been tested and cleared. Post delivered a demarche to the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industries and the Ministry of International Trade and Industry requesting a reconsideration of the cur [...]	2009-05-06 09:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR337	ARRESTS PRECEDE MAY 7 PERAK ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Malaysian police arrested four opposition figures May 5-6, including two senior political party leaders, releasing two later on May 6. Two of the arrests are tied to potential protest actions surrounding the controversial May 7 state assembly meeting in Perak, which [...]	2009-05-06 11:40:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR34	BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON PRE-SHIPMENT END-USE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-20 05:06:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC MY
09KUALALUMPUR342	PANDEMONIUM IN PERAK STATE ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Following a riotous state assembly session in the Perak state capital of Ipoh on May 7, which featured police physically removing the speaker from the Peoples Alliance (PR) coalition, the ruling National Front (BN) coalition of Prime Minister Najib Razak succeeded in electing a new assembl [...]	2009-05-07 11:08:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR345	EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES [...] (U) Advisor attended training at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA and conducted consultations with INS/ECC staff in Washington,DC. Advisor initiated contact with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a follow up to a meeting held in March concerning a Department of Justice workshop schedu [...]	2009-05-08 06:00:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR347	PORK SAFETY CONCERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia issued a "freeze" on pork imports on April 29 under the auspices of preventing the spread of H1N1. Post officially protested this action on multiple occasions arguing that WHO, FAO, and OIE have all stated that, "Pork and pork products, handled in accordance with good [...]	2009-05-11 03:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR350	AMBASSADOR RAISES IAEA WITH FM, MALAYSIA [...] (C) Ambassador Keith utilized his May 11 call on Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman to urge Malaysia's support for Japan's candidate in the IAEA Director General election (other points discussed septel). The Foreign Minister noted that Malaysia had considered and then decided against nomi [...]	2009-05-11 10:01:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KNNP IAEA MY
09KUALALUMPUR351	FOREIGN MINISTER ANIFAH AND AMBASSADOR ENDORSE [...] (C) Malaysia's new Foreign Minister Anifah Aman endorsed strengthened relations with the U.S. during the Ambassador's May 11 introductory call, which precedes Anifah's travel to Washington and May 14 meeting with Secretary Clinton. The Minister called for increased and institutionalized offic [...]	2009-05-11 10:41:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR ECON SENV KNNP IR PK AF MY
09KUALALUMPUR352	REMAINING HINDRAF LEADERS AMONG 13 RELEASED FROM [...] (SBU) The Malaysian Government announced on May 8 the decision to release 13 detainees held without trial under the Internal Security Act (ISA),including the remaining three leaders of the Hindu Action Front (HINDRAF) held since December 2007 and ten persons detained as suspected members or [...]	2009-05-11 12:10:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PTER KJUS MY
09KUALALUMPUR355	MALAYSIA WILL VOTE "YES" ON KOSOVO WORLD BANK [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-12 08:35:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON PREL KV MY
09KUALALUMPUR361	SCENESETTER FOR FM ANIFAH'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON [...] (S) Foreign Minister Anifah Aman's visit to Washington May 14 to meet with Secretary Clinton is a clear signal of the priority new Prime Minister Najib places on improving U.S.-Malaysia ties. Najib is a more pragmatic and action-oriented leader, and more inclined to move Malaysia away from M [...]	2009-05-13 08:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR362	TFFLU01: MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - MAY 13, 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia has no reported human H1N1 cases. Two confirmed cases in neighboring Thailand have led to increased surveillance. The Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) issued a more specific travel advisory, which again recommends against all non-essential travel to the U.S [...]	2009-05-13 09:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR363	MALAYSIAN PORK IMPORT FREEZE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FAS Attache met with Ministry of Agriculture Deputy Secretary General Ibrahim Muhammad and Dr. Mohammad Azmie Zakaria of the Department of Veterinary Services to discuss the current import freeze on pork products and to deliver the ref A demarche. They admitted that the decisi [...]	2009-05-13 09:52:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON MY
09KUALALUMPUR365	URGING AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S RELEASE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-14 08:08:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BM MY
09KUALALUMPUR377	TFFLU01: MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - MAY 15, 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed the first case of H1N1 in Malaysia. The infected individual is a 21 year old Malaysian man who was studying in the U.S. The individual has been quarantined at a government hospital where he is reported to be in stable condition. WHO i [...]	2009-05-15 09:42:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR378	NEW DEFENSE MINISTER WANTS TO EXPAND U.S.-MALAYSIA [...] (S) Newly appointed Defense Minister Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi emphasized Malaysia's desire to strengthen our bilateral military relationship during the Ambassador's May 11 introductory call. The Ambassador congratulated Zahid on Malaysia's anti-piracy efforts, while the Minister highlighted the [...]	2009-05-15 09:57:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR MARR MASS MY
09KUALALUMPUR380	MALAYSIA: ECONOMIC PROSPECTS AND FINANCIAL SECTOR [...] (U) Summary and comment: Central Bank Deputy Governor Ooi Sang Kuang reports that Malaysia is seeing signs of a U-shaped recovery with positive growth in the fourth quarter of 2009. Ooi credits GOM monetary and fiscal policy (Ref A) as well as financial sector liberalizations (Ref B) for the [...]	2009-05-18 00:47:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD PREL PGOV MY EINV
09KUALALUMPUR383	TFFLU01: MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - MAY 18, 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Malaysia has two confirmed H1N1 cases as of COB May 18. The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed the first case on May 15 (see reftel) and the second case on May 17. Both individuals are Malaysian citizens who traveled back to Malaysia together on the same flight after studying i [...]	2009-05-18 09:17:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR387	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 09:32:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF EAID PK MY
09KUALALUMPUR391	MALAYSIA URGES AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S RELEASE [...] (U) Malaysia has spoken out in Washington and at home to express concern over Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and to urge her release by the Burmese regime. During a joint press conference with Secretary Clinton following their May 14 meeting in Washington (ref A),Malaysia's Foreign Minister Anifah [...]	2009-05-20 08:53:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS BM MY
09KUALALUMPUR392	NEXT STEPS FOR U.S. - MALAYSIA RELATIONS [...] (S) We have come a long way in the first months of the new Administration's relationship with Malaysia. Secretary Clinton's congratulatory call to Foreign Minister Anifah and her early meeting with him in Washington as well as Prime Minister Najib's well publicized receipt of a letter of con [...]	2009-05-20 09:36:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	SECRET	PREL PGOV ECON KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR395	TFFLU01: MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - MAY 21, 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Malaysia's only two confirmed H1N1 cases will be released from quarantine on May 21 after the Ministry of Health (MOH) pronounced them both healthy. One AmCit who had traveled with these individuals was released from quarantine on May 20 after experiencing no symptoms. However, [...]	2009-05-21 08:53:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR4	UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION A LITMUS TEST [...] (SBU) In a local political contest that will be closely watched in the capital, the Malaysian constituency of Kuala Terengganu will hold a by-election on January 17 to determine the successor for the late Member of Parliament (MP) Razali Ismail. The ruling United Malays National Organization [...]	2009-01-06 05:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR402	MALAYSIAN CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON LICENSE FOR [...] (C) Summary: At an AMCHAM luncheon on May 18, the Ambassador told Bank Negara Governor Zeti that the U.S. continued to object to the GOM decision to license First East Export Bank PLC (a subsidiary of Iran's Bank Mellat) to open in Labuan (ref A). The Ambassador explained that there was no [...]	2009-05-26 08:30:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETTC IR MY PREL
09KUALALUMPUR404	MALAYSIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTACT GROUP ON [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Post conveyed reftel points on the Somali piracy Contact Group to Malaysia's Foreign Ministry on May 20. The MFA official proposed no changes to the draft CGPCS agenda and offered that Malaysia will be represented at the CGPCS by its PermRep and staff from its Perm [...]	2009-05-26 09:02:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA KCRM MARR ECON EWWT MY
09KUALALUMPUR408	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: BAKER MINT 09-2 [...] (U) The following individual listed in Paragraph 2 is the commander of PGK/VAT-69, which is scheduled to participate in Baker Mint 09-2 from July 14-20. Post has no information to indicate that the individuals listed in Paragraph 2 have been involved in gross violations of human rights. 2 [...]	2009-05-27 08:49:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PREL SNAR MY PHUM

09KUALALUMPUR409	MALAYSIA "CONCERNED" ABOUT DPRK NUCLEAR TEST [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak expressed "concern" about the DPRK nuclear tests to reporters on May 26, saying that "North Korea's display of nuclear capability will further heighten the tension in the Korean peninsula and affect the whole East Asian region." Najib hoped that the issue [...]	2009-05-27 09:25:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP KNNP UNSC KN MY

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