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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
09TUNIS149	TUNIS AMERICAN SCHOOL FACES TAX CRISIS, STATUS [...] SUMMARY: The American Cooperative School of Tunis is threatened with an Tunisian tax assessment which could force the school to close its doors. The assessment flies in the face of 50 years of past practice and agreements via diplomatic note on the school,s status. A formal bilateral acc [...]	2009-03-13 15:02:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ASCH PGOV PREL TS

09TUNIS154	GOT ENGAGES IRAN, BUT CAUTIOUSLY [...] (SBU) From March 3-9, the Iran-Tunisia Joint Economic Commission held its 10th meeting to discuss potential joint economic and commercial initiatives. The Tunisian Trade and Handicrafts Minister Ridha Touiti attended the meeting in Tehran. The meeting resulted in signed memoranda of unders [...]	2009-03-17 17:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR TS
09TUNIS156	TUNIS AMERICAN SCHOOL FACES TAX CRISIS, STATUS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The future of the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) is threatened by a Tunisian tax assessment of US $6.5 million. The assessment flies in the face of 50 years of practice and diplomatic exchanges on the school,s status. A formal bilateral accord [...]	2009-03-18 11:08:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASCH PGOV PREL TS
09TUNIS160	THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS: IMPACT ON TUNISIA [...] (C) The global economic crisis is affecting Tunisia, but, so far, to a lesser degree than some other emerging market countries. Tunisia's financial sector, by virtue of its limited development and insulation from international credit markets, remains largely unscathed. However, exports, esp [...]	2009-03-19 13:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS
09TUNIS167	PRESIDENT'S INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH FOCUSES ON [...] (C) In a speech commemorating the 53rd anniversary of Tunisia's independence, President Ben Ali dwelt on the economic progress it has made and the challenges it faces. Despite the speech's emphasis on reducing unemployment, it included few concrete proposals other than to repeat a call for t [...]	2009-03-23 17:47:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS169	TUNISIAN CANDIDATE FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL [...] (U) In diplomatic note number 945 sent to the Embassy on March 16, 2009, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed us that Cherif Sammari will be its candidate for Vice President of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of the United Nations Organization for Education, Science and C [...]	2009-03-25 16:24:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO TS
09TUNIS171	THE ELLOUMI GROUP: A TUNISIAN COMPANY SUCCESS STORY [...] (U) The Elloumi Group calls itself Tunisia's most international company. Starting out as an electrical equipment manufacturer in the late 1940s, the group has grown to become one of Tunisia's most diverse and successful global companies, expanding operations into cable and electrical compon [...]	2009-03-26 14:58:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS
09TUNIS174	TUNISIA ANGRY OVER FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER'S [...] (C) An interview of French Foreign Minister Kouchner in the French-language magazine Jeune Afrique has provoked an angry response from the GOT, which took offense at his assessment of Tunisia's record on democracy and human rights. Kouchner critiqued the human rights situation before praisi [...]	2009-03-26 16:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS179	AMBASSADOR PRESSES DEFMIN FOR GREATER INFORMATION [...] (C) Meeting with Defense Minister Morjane in preparation for the mid-May Joint Military Commission (JMC),the Ambassador underscored the importance of a robust information exchange and closer cooperation. In addition to helping avoid the problems that led to the recent cancellation of the Atl [...]	2009-03-27 17:01:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PMIL MASS TS
09TUNIS182	AMERICAN SCHOOL TAX CRISIS DEEPENS: NEXT STEPS [...] (C) The American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) tax dispute has reached a critical point and the school faces possible closure. The Ministry of Finance has issued its final tax decree, which requires ACST to pay $6.8 million in 60 days, money it does not have and probably cannot borrow. T [...]	2009-03-30 15:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH PREL AFDB PGOV TS
09TUNIS184	AMERICAN CEMETERY PROJECT HELD HOSTAGE BY GOT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Tunisia is holding a major improvement project at the North Africa Cemetery and Memorial financially hostage by denying a value added tax (VAT) exoneration request valued at 220,000 Tunisian Dinars (about $160,000) until the US Mission begins to deduct and re [...]	2009-03-30 17:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ABMC OFDP ODIP TS
09TUNIS188	INTERNAL DISSENT COULD IMPEDE OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) The efforts of the independent opposition Democratic Forum for Labor and Freedom (FDTL) to prepare for presidential and legislative elections in fall 2009 may be derailed by internal dissent. FDTL political bureau member and Editor-in-Chief of FDTL's Arabic weekly Mouatinoun Jelal Lahbi [...]	2009-03-31 13:32:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS191	NEW FINANCIAL PRESSURES THREATEN AMERICAN SCHOOL [...] (C) Summary: The American Cooperative School of Tunis' (ACST) US bank has frozen $2 million of its funds to ensure that ACST does not default on its construction loan. The freeze could bring about the school's bankruptcy before the end of the academic year. The Ministry of Public Property a [...]	2009-03-31 16:10:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH PREL AFDB AMGT PGOV TS
09TUNIS196	GOT CONDITIONS CEMETERY VAT EXEMPTION ON LES [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) On March 31, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed us that the Value Added Tax (VAT) exemption for the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial had been granted. When the Mission actually received a copy of the letter [...]	2009-04-01 17:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OFDP ODIP ABMC TS
09TUNIS2	GAZA: TUNISIAN REACTIONS INTENSIFYING [...] (C) The Tunisian reaction against the continued Israeli air strikes in Gaza is becoming stronger. In separate statements, Ben Ali called for an immediate end to the aggression against the Palestinian people in his New Year's speech, and the Chamber of Advisors condemned the raids as "crimes [...]	2009-01-02 17:38:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL TS
09TUNIS20	TUNISIA OPPOSES DE-LISTING BAAZAOUI [...] (SBU) The GOT informed the Embassy on January 8 that it opposes the removal of Mondher Ben Mohsen Ben Ali Baazaoui from 1267 sanctions via the UN Focal Point. No further details were provided by the GOT. Post initially contacted the GOT in December in response to Ref B, regarding Baazaoui' [...]	2009-01-14 12:24:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PTER KTFN TS
09TUNIS203	AMERICAN SCHOOL IN TUNIS: UPDATE AND REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Summary and action request: The Ambassador continues to press senior GOT officials to change course on the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST),but still awaits an appointment with Minister of State Ben Dhia. AFDB President Kaberuka confirmed he will seek an appointment with Pre [...]	2009-04-02 18:08:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH OFDP ODIP PREL PGOV TS
09TUNIS205	ACTIVISTS FACE MOUNTING PRESSURE AS ELECTIONS DRAW [...] (C) With presidential and legislative elections a little more than six months away, a number of opposition parties say they are under increasing pressure from the GOT. The opposition at-Tajdid (Renewal) party says the latest issue of its Arabic-monthly Attariq al-Jadd was seized by the gove [...]	2009-04-03 10:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS210	MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION BRINGS UP OPEN SKIES [...] (SBU) During an Embassy reception, a senior Tunisian official from the Ministry of Transportation told the Ambassador the GOT is very interested in having an Open Skies Agreement with the United States and wants to proceed quickly through concrete actions. He suggested bilateral meetings bet [...]	2009-04-06 07:28:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD EINV TS
09TUNIS214	STUDENT UNION UNDER PRESSURE AS STUDENTS ENTER [...] (C) Since February 9, several students have engaged in a prolonged hunger strike in front of the national headquarters of the General Union of Tunisian Students (UGET) in Tunis. They are protesting their expulsion from their universities claiming the expulsions were politically motivated becau [...]	2009-04-06 13:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB TS
09TUNIS215	CEMETERY VAT EXEMPTION ISSUED [...] (SBU) On April 3, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note granting the value added tax exemption for the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial irrigation project. The exemption documents were available and obtained April 6 from the local tax office. The MFA note made mo [...]	2009-04-06 16:01:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OFDP ODIP PREL ABMC TS
09TUNIS216	THE INSURANCE SECTOR IN TUNISIA: Potential Opportunities [...] This cable provides a comprehensive overview of the insurance sector in Tunisia. Law No. 2008-8, passed by the Tunisian Parliament on February 11, 2008, amended the insurance code and opened the sector to foreign competition. This provides opportunities for US companies to consider investing [...]	2009-04-07 09:03:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ETRD EFIN TS
09TUNIS217	THE GOT STICKS TO ITS STORY: THE AMERICAN [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Khemiri provided the Ambassador today with a Ministry of Finance Paper that attempts to justify its tax assessment on the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST). Khemiri repeated many of the points GOT officials have made in previo [...]	2009-04-07 18:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH OFDP PREL TS
09TUNIS221	TUNISIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia and Algeria Trade Agreement B. Gulf Investments C. Europe Submarine Internet Cable Deal D. Indian Company Fertilizer Plant E. Unemployment Increase --------------------- [...]	2009-04-08 13:43:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ETTC EMIN TS
09TUNIS222	EUROPEANS STEP UP ON TUNIS AMERICAN SCHOOL [...] (SBU) Immediately following the April 7 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Khemiri (Ref A),the Ambassador briefed a group of European diplomats on the ACST tax crisis. The Europeans were universally supportive, with EU ambassadors agreeing to make an informal demarche as soon [...]	2009-04-08 17:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TS ASCH OFDP PREL
09TUNIS223	GOT OFFERS NEGOTIATIONS ON AMERICAN SCHOOL, BUT [...] (S/NF) In back-to-back meetings at the Foreign Ministry today the Ambassador was given a letter from Foreign Minister Abdallah to NEA AA/S Feltman offering negotiations to resolve the American Cooperative School in Tunis (ACST) tax issue. The letter emphasized that the GOT wants to maintain fri [...]	2009-04-08 19:49:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	ASCH OFDP PREL TS
09TUNIS226	SCENSETTER FOR VISIT OF SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL TO [...] (C) Senator Mitchell, my team and I look forward to working with you during your visit to Tunis. President Ben Ali and Foreign Minister Abdallah are pleased that you have included Tunisia on your itinerary and look forward to hearing first-hand your assessment of prospects for Israeli-Palesti [...]	2009-04-10 11:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL KPAL ASCH OFDP TS
09TUNIS236	HUNGER STRIKE ENDS AND STUDENT UNION IS FORCED TO [...] (SBU) Doctors convinced the five university students on a hunger strike in front of the national student union (UGET) headquarters since February 11 to end their strike April 9. The press reported the students' health had deteriorated to the point that they could no longer stand or see. In th [...]	2009-04-16 17:06:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV TS
09TUNIS237	AMERICAN SCHOOL CRISIS ABATES, TIME FOR [...] (C) Under mounting US and international pressure, the Tunisian authorities have offered public and private assurances of their commitment to keep the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) open and their willingness to negotiate a settlement to the current tax crisis. These gestures inc [...]	2009-04-17 14:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH AFDB PGOV PREL TS
09TUNIS239	TUNISIA'S CENTRAL BUDGET: RESPONSE TO SFOAA [...] (U) The Government of Tunisia will receive the following foreign assistance for FY09: US$ 10 million in Foreign Military Financing (FMF),and US$1.7 million in International Military Education and Training (IMET). 2. (U) The Government of Tunisia's national budget is publicly available an [...]	2009-04-21 07:09:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL TS
09TUNIS24	SCREWS TIGHTEN ON PRIVATE TUNISIAN TV STATION [...] (C) Summary: At a December 17 dinner with the Ambassador and again at at January 9 private meeting, the director general of Tunisia's first and only private broadcast and satellite TV station detailed ongoing government interference and a surprise tax judgement against the station of almost U [...]	2009-01-14 15:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	TS KPAO ECPS PGOV PREL PHUM PREF
09TUNIS243	GOT TO SENATOR MITCHELL ON AMERICAN SCHOOL: WE'RE [...] (SBU) Toward the end of his hour-long meeting with Prime Minister Ghannouchi and Foreign Minister Abdallah on April 15 (septel),Special Envoy George Mitchell raised the Ministry of Finance's final tax decree assessing the American Cooperative School in Tunis (ACST) for 9.1 million Tunisian D [...]	2009-04-22 10:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH OFDP PREL TS
09TUNIS249	PRESIDENT'S SON-IN-LAW BUYS CONTROLLING SHARE OF [...] (C) Press reports confirm the recent rumor that President Ben Ali's son-in-law Sakhr El Matri is in the process of buying the Dar As-Sabah media group. Dar As-Sabah is the parent company of the French-daily Le Temps and the Arabic-daily As-Sabah, two of Tunisia,s largest daily newspapers. [...]	2009-04-22 17:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS256	CZECH PRESIDENT VISITS TUNISIA [...] (C/NF) During his April 15-17 visit to Tunis, Czech President Klaus met with the President, Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, Minister of Culture and Heritage, Minister of Tourism, and members of parliament among others. The visit was used to finalize a commercial agreement and sign contr [...]	2009-04-23 15:10:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO EZ TS
09TUNIS259	OPPOSITION CANDIDATE EXPECTS NO DAMAGES IN LIBEL [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-24 16:34:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TS
09TUNIS268	THEN AND NOW: HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOM IN TUNISIA [...] (C) The GOT frequently tells US Government representatives that it plans to expand freedom and human rights, but that progress must be made "step by step." The question is: just how many steps has the GOT taken over the last decade? In an effort to evaluate the situation then and now, this [...]	2009-04-28 16:12:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS27	TUNISIA WILL NOT ATTEND DOHA SUMMIT [...] (C) Tunisia will not attend the January 16 extraordinary Arab League Summit in Doha. The Foreign Ministry released a statement to this effect on January 13 and Foreign Minister Abdallah confirmed it to the Ambassador. According to Abdallah's calculations, the pro-summit faction within the Ar [...]	2009-01-14 16:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL TS
09TUNIS270	FRENCH PM FILLON SIGNS EIGHT ECONOMIC AGREEMENTS [...] (SBU) French Prime Minister Francois Fillon wrapped up a 36-hour official visit to Tunisia on April 24, and then stayed on for a few days of personal travel. He brought with him an entourage of 100 people, including four ministers, 60 businessmen, and 10 university chancellors. He met with [...]	2009-04-30 10:21:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KNNP KPAO FR TS
09TUNIS271	EMBASSY TUNIS NOMINATION FOR 2009 DEPARTMENT OF [...] (C) Embassy Tunis is pleased to nominate Senior Political Specialist Jamil Halfaoui (JA-MEAL HAL-FOW-WEE, FSN 11/12, PSA) as its candidate for FSN of the Year. During 31 years of government service, Jamil's hard work and dedication have directly supported the USG's policy initiatives in Tun [...]	2009-05-01 16:21:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	APER AMGT AFSN TS
09TUNIS276	TFFLU01: TUNISIA'S READINESS FOR AN H1N1 OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) H1N1 influenza has not yet arrived in Tunisia. According to the WHO, Tunisia is reasonably prepared for a pandemic, with 100,000 doses of Tamiflu already stockpiled and heightened screening measures in place at the Tunis-Carthage International Airport. Although the GOT's testing capabi [...]	2009-05-06 16:37:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF PREL AMGT TF
09TUNIS278	TUNISIANS POSITIVE ON OBAMA ADMINISTRATION'S FIRST [...] (C) During meetings with a cross-section of society, Tunisians said they had high hopes for the Obama Administration, but were still waiting for concrete steps implementing President Obama's vision. Government officials, opposition parties and activists alike reacted favorably to Obama's sp [...]	2009-05-07 16:32:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAL KPAO TS
09TUNIS284	TUNISIA: KEY AMBASSADORS AGREE TO A COMMON MESSAGE [...] (C) In a May 6 meeting with Ambassador Godec at the US Embassy, the French, British, Canadian, and Italian Ambassadors, along with the German DCM, agreed to coordinate their message to the GOT on the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections. The group also discussed the difficulties [...]	2009-05-11 15:56:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS286	TUNIS AMERICAN SCHOOL NEGOTIATIONS FRUITFUL, BUT [...] (C) On May 6-8, US and Tunisian delegations made substantial progress toward resolving the status and financial obligations of the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST). The GOT offered formal status for the school and reduced its demand for back taxes from 9.1 to 4.2 million Tunisian [...]	2009-05-12 16:52:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH OFDP PREL TS
09TUNIS287	JOURNALIST UNION LEADER COMES UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) The leadership of the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT),the only legal journalists union, came under GOT pressure shortly after releasing the union's annual report on press freedom in Tunisia. SNJT President Neji Bghouri reportedly tried for over an hour to present the [...]	2009-05-13 10:15:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS289	TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE RECEPTION BANNED [...] (C) On May 15, security forces prevented the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) from holding its annual reception commemorating its anniversary. Several Embassies, including the US, French, Belgian, and Italian Embassies received phone calls from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs noting that [...]	2009-05-13 17:38:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS291	REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR IRAQ: THE VIEW [...] (C) This cable is in response to reftel request for information on the viability of creating new regional networks as part of the new US policy on diplomatic engagement with Iraq. Answers below are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (C) Tunisia's most significant regional affiliation is with [...]	2009-05-14 17:28:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ TS
09TUNIS293	TUNISIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Economic Crisis Affecting Exports B. Foreign Investment Down 45 Percent C. Online Travel Booking System By 2010 D. Brokers Create Guarantee Fund For Non-Commercial Risks E. Low Inf [...]	2009-05-15 10:14:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EINV ETTC EMIN TS
09TUNIS297	FULBRIGHT STUDENT PROGRAM IN TUNISIA UNDER REVIEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 29, Embassy PAO and ECA Branch Chief Donna Ives met with Abderahman Boukricha, Director of International Cooperation for the Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Training (MOHE) to discuss the future of the program in Tunisia. After the abrupt denial of [...]	2009-05-18 09:55:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SCUL KPAO TS
09TUNIS300	UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 13:23:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC KNNP PARM PREL TS KN
09TUNIS305	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS SCHOOL NON-PAPER TO MINISTER [...] (C) The Ambassador delivered a non-paper to the Minister of Finance conveying USG agreement in principle on the tax aspects of a bilateral accord for the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST). The GOT has yet to signal its intentions on the question of the lease of the land occupied by [...]	2009-05-19 15:51:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH OFDP PREL TS
09TUNIS306	AMBASSADOR VISITS JEWISH COMMUNITY IN DJERBA [...] (C) Leaders of the Jewish community on the southern island of Djerba were effusive about the support they received from the GOT when giving the Ambassador a tour of El Griba Synagogue, a local Jewish school, and a community center on May 13. The leadership of a school for disabled children [...]	2009-05-20 09:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO KIRF TS
09TUNIS309	FROM ELECTIONS TO THE ECONOMIC CRISIS: THE GOT [...] (C) On May 19, Foreign Minister Abdallah hosted a briefing by GOT officials for Ambassadors on the impact of the economic crisis on Tunisia, the upcoming elections, H1N1 flu, and other issues. On the economic crisis, Central Bank Governor Baccar said the government's key concern is the drop i [...]	2009-05-20 16:36:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON TS
09TUNIS314	US-TUNISIAN JOINT MILITARY COMMISSION PRODUCES [...] (C) The May 11-13 US-Tunisian Joint Military Commission (JMC) saw productive exchanges on a variety of topics relating to bilateral military cooperation. The Tunisians were more forthcoming than they have been in recent years about their priorities with respect to military assistance needs, a [...]	2009-05-21 17:14:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	MASS MARR PREL TS
09TUNIS322	SUPPORTIONG TUNISIA'S COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORT: A [...] (SBU) As requested in Reftel, OSC Tunis submitted a FY09 Section 1206 Tranche 2 proposal to AFRICOM Security Assistance Branch via e-mail on 27 March 2009. The proposal, entitled "Tunisian Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) Vessel Enhancement Package," seeks to provide approximately $7.5 [...]	2009-05-28 17:47:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PTER KITA TS
09TUNIS338	BIOGRAPHIC UPDATE ON SAKHR EL-MATRI, GENIAL [...] (S/NF) Sakhr El-Matri President Ben Ali's son-in-law attended a reception hosted by the Ambassador May 26. He stayed for two hours talking with a wide variety of the guests, especially the Americans. He made a point of asking who he should know and stay in contact with at the Embassy. He wa [...]	2009-06-03 16:35:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PREL TS
09TUNIS339	TUNIS AMERICAN SCHOOL UPDATE [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador, the Minister of State Properties and Real Estate emphasized that it should be easy to reach a solution at the working level to the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) lease issue. There has been no other explicit reaction from the GOT in the two w [...]	2009-06-03 17:21:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH OFDP PREL TS
09TUNIS343	TUNISIANS SAY "BRAVO" TO PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH, [...] (SBU) At a small gathering with opinion leaders and a reception for young people, as well as in exchanges with diplomatic officials, Ambassador and EmbOffs heard an overwhelmingly positive response to President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo. While some contacts would have liked to see the P [...]	2009-06-04 22:06:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAL KPAO TS
09TUNIS359	TUNISIAN CANDIDATE FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL [...] (U) In diplomatic note number 1684 sent to the Embassy on May 12, 2009, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated its request for US support for Cherif Sammari, the GOT candidate for Vice President of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Organization for [...]	2009-06-11 15:09:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNESCO TL
09TUNIS361	TUNISIA: CONTINUED POSITIVE REACTIONS TO OBAMA [...] (C) One week after President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech, Tunisians continue to be generally positive. Much skepticism remains, with some commentators raising questions about actions versus words. The speech also remains a topic of conversation and discourse in the media. In fact, the cover [...]	2009-06-11 17:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KPAO KPAL TS
09TUNIS371	TUNISIA'S IT SECTOR GROWING, BUT SOME CHALLENGES [...] Tunisia's Ministry of Communications recently announced that the IT sector grew 17.8 percent from 2008 to 2009, contributing 10 percent of GDP and poised to create over 10,000 jobs per year. In the face of the economic crisis, this sector continues to grow. Already, mobile telephone penetra [...]	2009-06-16 12:39:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC FAO EINV TS
09TUNIS372	TUNISIAN CRITICIZES REGIME IN FORTHCOMING BOOK; [...] (C) XXXXXXXXXXXX approached Ambassador and Pol/EconCouns XXXXXXXXXXXX to share with us XXXXXXXXXXXX the Ambassador gave him assurances that we would. XXXXXXXXXXXX shared a rare first-hand account of corruption from several years ago in which Ben Ali himself was described as asking for a 50 perc [...]	2009-06-16 18:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM KCOR SOCI PREL TS
09TUNIS388	OPPOSITION PARTY GRANTED PUBLIC SPACE TO HOLD [...] (C) In an unprecedented political move, President Ben Ali granted access to a public hall for the Democratic Forum for Labor and Freedom (FDTL) opposition party to hold its first official national congress on May 28-30. FDTL founding member Dr. Mustapha Ben Jaafar was elected party Secretary [...]	2009-06-17 12:21:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS394	TUNISIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia: A. New Trade Minister B. Tunisia Targets Sub-Saharan Africa for Trade C. Tunisian Auto Parts Industry Rescued by FDI D. Tunisia Tourism Revenue Up Three Percent E. Morocco and Tunisia Plan Direct Currency Ex [...]	2009-06-18 10:33:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD TS XA
09TUNIS399	ICRC: TREATMENT OF PRISONERS IN MOI FACILITIES A [...] (S/NF) The International Red Cross Committee Regional (ICRC) Delegate Yves Arnoldy told the Ambassador ICRC priorities in Tunisia are overcrowding in general and treatment of prisoners in MOI facilities. The ICRC has a good working relationship with the Ministry of Justice, but the Ministry of [...]	2009-06-18 17:58:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PTER KDRG TS
09TUNIS407	GOT SEEKS RETURN OF TUNISIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S) Summary: Saying he was acting at the request of President Ben Ali, Foreign Minister Abdallah told the Ambassador late June 18 that the GOT would like the United States to return all Tunisian Guantanamo detainees to Tunisia. Sending Tunisians to third countries (Italy, Germany and most r [...]	2009-06-19 17:18:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PHUM PREL KDRG PTER TS
09TUNIS408	ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL: TUNISIA SUPPORTS PEACE [...] (C) The Ambassador raised he Arab League Ministerial with Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah late June 18, asking Tunisia to demonstrate leadership and help create the context for the prompt resumption and early conclusion of peace negotiations. 2. (C) Abdallah spoke effusively about Pres [...]	2009-06-19 18:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL XF EAID
09TUNIS41	TUNISIANS ANGRY BUT ORDERLY OVER GAZA [...] (C) Tunisian protests about the situation in Gaza continue daily, including one in front of the US Embassy on January 16. The protests, which have varied in size and scale, have not generally been anti-American in focus. One opposition party has met with the Ambassador to discuss its conce [...]	2009-01-16 17:52:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS415	GOT ASKS EUROPEANS NOT TO TAKE TUNISIAN GUANTANAMO [...] (S/NF) A senior MFA official convoked the German, Italian and Spanish Chiefs of Mission June 19 to inform them the GOT wants the Tunisian detainees in Guantanamo Camp returned home. According to the European COMs, the implicit message was that their governments should not accept the US request [...]	2009-06-23 15:49:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PREL KDRG PTER TS
09TUNIS42	RULING PARTY DEFENDS GRADUAL DEMOCRATIZATION [...] (C) In his first meeting with the Ambassador the new Secretary General of the ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) Mohamed Ghariani emphasized the RCD's historical role in Tunisia and defended the party's policy that gradual democratic reform is best for the stability of the country. H [...]	2009-01-17 17:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR TS
09TUNIS434	IRENA: TUNISIA'S VOTE UNCERTAIN [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-01 06:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV TS
09TUNIS44	TUNISIA'S PILLARS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH SHOWING WEAR [...] (C) The GOT is struggling to manage the growing impact of the international economic crisis. The GOT recently ratcheted down 2009 GDP growth projections from five to four percent. Exporters, suffering from the downturn in Europe, are directing their focus to managing fixed costs in an effort [...]	2009-01-20 10:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS
09TUNIS447	TWO TUNISIAN AIR FORCE OFFICERS CHARGED WITH [...] (U) Several news agencies (Reuters, AP, medialine.org) reported July 5 and 6 that nine Tunisians, including two Air Force officers were charged with planning an attack against US military personnel. 2. (U) According to the reports, the nine individuals appeared before an investigative judg [...]	2009-07-08 08:31:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR PTER TS
09TUNIS450	GOT LAYS OUT INVESTMENT STRATEGY IN 11TH ANNUAL [...] (SBU) The 11th Annual Carthage Investment Forum, held in Hammamet June 24-25, was the GOT's chance to showcase Tunisia as an investment destination. The Forum, which brought out high-level GOT representation, highlighted some non-traditional sectors of the economy, such as aviation, tech offsh [...]	2009-07-08 17:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECON EFIN ETRD FAO TS
09TUNIS454	POLITICS RATTLE THE TUNISIAN-AMERICAN CHAMBER OF [...] (C/NF) What was to be a routine Elective General Assembly for the Tunisian-American Chamber of Commerce turned out to be less so when TACC's President, Mondher Ben Ayed, announced he was not running for re-election. Popular among the membership and credited for repairing TACC's broken finance [...]	2009-07-09 16:30:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD TS
09TUNIS456	AMBASSADOR RAISES THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOL [...] (C) On the margins of his July 9 meeting with Minister of State Abdelaziz Ben Dhia (septel, not all addressees) the Ambassador took the opportunity to raise the issue of the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST). He informed Ben Dhia that the Embassy had delivered to the MFA that mornin [...]	2009-07-09 18:02:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH OFDP PGOV PREL TS
09TUNIS457	CABINET RESHUFFLE - PROMOTION FOR WORK IN GAFSA? [...] (SBU) The GOT announced two cabinet changes recently. Ridha Ben Mosbah was promoted to Minister of Commerce and Handicrafts from CEO of the state-owned Tunisia Chemical Group and the Gafsa Phosphate Company (GPC). Ridha Touiti was moved from Minister of Commerce and Handicrafts to serve dire [...]	2009-07-10 08:07:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL TS
09TUNIS46	IRANIAN VP RAMIMI'S VISIT TO TUNISIA "NOTHING [...] (C) During a January 12-13 visit to Tunisia, Iranian Vice President and "Special Envoy of Iranian President Ahmadinejad" Mohamed Reza Rahimi met with President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah to discuss the situation in Gaza, as well as bilateral relations. A [...]	2009-01-21 11:14:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR TS
09TUNIS461	PM GHANNOUCHI ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE, ACST, AND THE [...] (C) During a farewell call by the Ambassador on July 10, Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi: -- dismissed the reported plot against US military personnel as &banal8; -- welcomed the new policies of President Obama and offered Tunisian support on efforts for Middle East peace; -- press [...]	2009-07-13 14:58:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ASCH TS
09TUNIS464	ARMED GROUP ATTACKS HIGH-RANKING PDP DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary: A Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) delegation led by Secretary General Maya Jribi attending a celebration of the release of a PDP member in Sidi Bouzid July 6 was attacked by a group armed with sticks, stones and knives. Two PDP members sustained minor injuries and the windows [...]	2009-07-13 17:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KPAO TS
09TUNIS469	MOD MORJANE: NO SECURITY THREAT TO US MILITARY, [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense Kamel Morjane stressed the excellent bilateral military relations in the Ambassador's farewell call July 10 and said there was no threat to the US military from the reported plot involving two arrested Air Force officers (Reftels A and B). Specifically he: [...]	2009-07-15 11:17:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TS
09TUNIS472	ICRC SAYS A FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE NEEDS [...] (S/NF) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Tunisian Coordinator for Regional Protection Francesco Bruscoli (strictly protect) informed acting P/E Counselor July 14 on the margins of a reception that the ICRC had recently visited the two former Guantanamo detainees imprisoned i [...]	2009-07-15 16:20:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PTER KDRG TS
09TUNIS473	COURT ISSUES JUDGMENT AGAINST AMERICAN SCHOOL; [...] (U) This is an action cable - see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary and Action Request: A Tunisian court ruled July 14 in favor of the Ministry of Finance stating that the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) owes 9.1 million Tunisian dinars in taxes, ignoring the negotiated settlement [...]	2009-07-15 17:12:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASCH AMGT PREL TS
09TUNIS49	TUNISIAN PROTESTS CONTINUE DESPITE CEASEFIRE [...] (C) Even after Israel declared a ceasefire on January 17, independent opposition groups and the labor federation staged three separate protests on January 17 and 19 with GOT permission. The demonstrations were characterized by a heavy police presence, and security forces did not allow obser [...]	2009-01-21 16:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS492	TROUBLED TUNISIA: WHAT SHOULD WE DO? [...] (S/NF) By many measures, Tunisia should be a close US ally. But it is not. While we share some key values and the country has a strong record on development, Tunisia has big problems. President Ben Ali is aging, his regime is sclerotic and there is no clear successor. Many Tunisians are frustrated [...]	2009-07-17 16:19:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON KPAO MASS PHUM TS
09TUNIS494	TUNISIAN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR GETS JAIL TIME FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a case that attracted international media attention, university professor Khedija Arfaoui was sentenced to eight months in prison for posting a message about child abduction on her Facebook page. Subsequent to the sentencing, through a family member, the Tunisian Minister of J [...]	2009-07-17 17:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM TS
09TUNIS498	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON THE FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) During a July 17 farewell call on Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah, the Ambassador --reviewed accomplishments between the two countries in recent years; --discussed President Obama's letter of the previous week to President Ben Ali about Middle East peace and encouraged a positiv [...]	2009-07-20 16:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASCH PGOV TS US
09TUNIS50	NOMINATIONS: FY-08 MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 16:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPMI PPAO TS
09TUNIS506	CODEL SCHIFF MEETINGS WITH THE DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) CODEL Schiff used its July 2 meeting with the Minister of Defense to ask the Minister about the level of cooperation between the two militaries and to, to press for more cooperation on intelligence sharing, and to learn his views on regional issues and on Tunisia's role in the region. The [...]	2009-07-22 16:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
09TUNIS507	FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: CONSULTATIVE [...] (C) Summary: In Tunisia, President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo opened a window for reflection and optimism regarding US/Middle East dialogue. However, despite an enthusiastic response from Tunisian contacts and praise from senior officials, in practice we expect to see a cautious "wait-an [...]	2009-07-22 17:39:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SCUL KPAO TS
09TUNIS51	TUNISIANS WELCOME INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] (C) Over 200 people attended a reception hosted by the Ambassador to view the inauguration of Barack Obama. Reactions to President Obama's inauguration and speech have been overwhelmingly positive, including in most local media. One Tunisian characterized the President's speech as "genuine" an [...]	2009-01-21 16:59:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TS
09TUNIS516	TUNISIA: DINNER WITH SAKHER EL MATERI [...] (S) The Ambassador and his wife had dinner with Mohammad Sakher El Materi and his wife, Nesrine Ben Ali El Materi, at their Hammamet home July 17. During the lavish dinner Al Materi raised the question of the American Cooperative School of Tunis and said he would seek to "fix the problem prior to t [...]	2009-07-27 16:09:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PINR ENRG EAID TS
09TUNIS517	THE POLITICS OF SOCCER IN TUNISIA [...] (C) In a country where freedom of expression and association are limited, the stands of a soccer field are one of the few places Tunisians can voice criticism publicly. Tunisians follow the sport obsessively and political careers are born out of club notoriety. In this context, the president [...]	2009-07-27 16:32:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ECON TS
09TUNIS523	AMBASSADOR,S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT BEN ALI [...] (C) Ambassador paid a brief farewell call on President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali on Tuesday, July 28. Ben Ali's focus was to resolve the issues around the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST). He did so by reinstating the May deal on taxes, agreeing to the school's proposed rent for the [...]	2009-07-28 15:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASCH PGOV TS
09TUNIS525	CANADA DELIVERS AIDE-MEMOIRE ON 2009 TUNISIAN [...] (C) In a conversation with the DCM July 24, Canadian Ambassador Bruno Picard said that the Government of Canada (GOC) presented Tunisian Ambassador to Canada Mouldi Sakri July 23 with an Aide-Memoire detailing GOC concerns about "acts of violence, intimidation, harassment of people identified [...]	2009-07-28 16:53:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM TS
09TUNIS539	IMF POSITIVE ON TUNISIA'S ECONOMY DESPITE THE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a statement released in late June, following recent Article IV consultations, the International Monetary Fund stated that Tunisia is "well positioned" to weather the economic crisis, thanks to prudent macroeconomic policies, strong foreign direct investment (FDI),steady tou [...]	2009-07-31 16:43:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD TS
09TUNIS54	TUNISIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 12:04:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR TS
09TUNIS547	FOREIGN MINISTER REPRIMANDS CANADIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Canadian Ambassador Bruno Picard told the Charge late July 30 that he was recently convoked by Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah to be reprimanded for the aide-memoire that Ottawa delivered on the upcoming Tunisian elections the previous week (reftel). Picard said that the conversation [...]	2009-08-03 16:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM TS CA
09TUNIS557	TUNISIA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THREE MONTH COUNTDOWN [...] (C) Tunisian Presidential and Legislative elections (Chamber of Deputies) are scheduled for October 25. The outcome of the Presidential election is a foregone conclusion, and issimply a question of how large a win the GOT will declare for President Ben Ali. The President was been collecting [...]	2009-08-07 18:14:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TS
09TUNIS56	TUNISIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia and Libya Strengthen Economic Ties B. World Bank Forecasts Current Account Deficit Downward C. The GOT Adjusts Domestic Fuel Prices Down D. Tunisia 2008 Trade Deficit Jumps 3 [...]	2009-01-23 16:16:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD TS

09TUNIS562	TUNISIAN PERSPECTIVES ON MAGHREB INTEGRATION [...] (SBU) Tunisian opinions are plentiful and varied on the future of Maghreb integration. During a recent round table organized by Post and in the course of speaking with private sector individuals, it was apparent that Tunisians recognize the benefits of integration, but are cynical about its r [...]	2009-08-11 16:37:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL EFIN EINV ETRD TS
09TUNIS569	PDP TO BOYCOTT CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL [...] (C) In an internal meeting August 2, the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) decided to boycott the presentation of its candidate for the October presidential elections to the Constitutional Council as required by the electoral calendar. The PDP still intends to have party president Nejib Cheb [...]	2009-08-14 10:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL TS
09TUNIS608	NEW FRANCHISE LAW CREATES A POTENTIAL OPENING IN [...] (SBU) President Ben Ali signed a law August 12 regulating commercial distribution, which included a much-anticipated provision on franchising. Until now, Tunisia has not provided adequate protection for international franchises, which discouraged significant potential investment. The Tunis [...]	2009-08-20 16:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS
09TUNIS61	GOT IMPEDES TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE MEETING [...] (C) On January 23, the GOT prevented Abdelhamid Amine, Secretary General of the newly formed Organization for Coordination between Human Rights Leagues in the Maghreb from entering Tunisia. The following day, security forces blocked the meeting Amine had been invited to attend with the Tuni [...]	2009-01-27 16:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS615	TUNISIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. Tunisia Creates Consumer Agency B. New, More Comprehensive IPR Law C. Rain and Subsidies Result in a Strong Cereal Harvest D. US $4 million Ecotourism Project in North-West Tunisia [...]	2009-08-25 15:01:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAGR TS
09TUNIS626	TUNISIA: RULING PARTY HIJACKS PRESS SYNDICATE [...] (C) A pro-government faction within the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) held an alternate special congress and elected a "new leadership" August 15 which immediately issued a statement supporting President Ben Ali's candidacy in the upcoming October elections. Independent un [...]	2009-08-27 15:01:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PHUM PREL TS
09TUNIS64	TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS FACE CHOICE BETWEEN [...] (C) Since the beginning of the year, several journalists have reported that they are under increased pressure to toe the party line because 2009 is a presidential election year in Tunisia. Despite being faced with threats of physical violence, incarceration or unemployment many journalists h [...]	2009-01-30 17:38:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS640	BERLUSCONI'S VISIT TO TUNISIA: OLD FRIENDS, NEW [...] (C) Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi deepened their ties of friendship August 18 with a day-long personal visit. Berlusconi arrived mid-morning and stayed until late in the afternoon. The visit was so private in nature that neither the It [...]	2009-09-01 08:19:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL TS IT
09TUNIS642	CODEL MEEKS MEETS AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK LEADERSHIP [...] (U) During the visit of CODEL Meeks to Tunisia August 27-30, delegation members discussed the impact of the global economic crisis on the African continent in several encounters with senior officials of the African Development Bank (AfDB). AfDB Senior Staff described the Bank's medium-term str [...]	2009-09-01 15:53:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP EAID PREL ECON AF TS
09TUNIS643	PDP WITHDRAWS FROM OCTOBER 2009 PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) At an August 25 press conference, the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) announced its withdrawal from the October 25 Presidential elections. PDP president Nejib Chebbi stated that he will not run for president in the October elections, nor will the party field any other candidate for pre [...]	2009-09-01 16:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TS
09TUNIS644	CODEL MEEKS DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] (C) During their August 27-30 visit to Tunisia, CODEL Meeks (led by Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY),including Representatives Mel Watt (D-NC),Jack Kingston (R-GA),Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX),and Marcia Fudge (D-OH)) discussed Tunisia's record on human rights and democracy with senior Tun [...]	2009-09-01 16:23:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PGOV PREL PHUM TS
09TUNIS645	FM ABDALLAH ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE, IRAN, SUDAN, AND [...] (C) Tunisian Foreign Minister Abdallah told CODEL Meeks (led by Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY),including Representatives Mel Watt (D-NC),Jack Kingston (R-GA),Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX),and Marcia Fudge (D-OH)),during an August 29 meeting that Tunisia strongly supported President Obama [...]	2009-09-01 16:58:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
09TUNIS657	CODEL MEEKS DISCUSSES TRADE, INVESTMENT, AND [...] (SBU) A congressional delegation, led by Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY),including Representatives Mel Watt (D-NC),Jack Kingston (R-GA),Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX),and Marcia Fudge (D-OH)),visited Tunisia August 27-30. Senior Tunisian officials including the Prime Minister, the Foreig [...]	2009-09-03 08:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
09TUNIS667	DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF THE SEPT 9 AL MINISTERIAL [...] (C) On the morning of September 8, Charge spoke with Mahmoud Khemiri, Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Abdelwahab Abdallah. Passing him a diplomatic note and a non paper drawn from points conveyed reftel, the charge urged Tunisia to press for constructive action by the Arab League on the Ara [...]	2009-09-08 15:37:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TS IZ SO
09TUNIS671	STAFFDEL HOGREFE DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS WITH [...] (C) A Congressional staff delegation (Staffdel) led by Hans Hogrefe of the House International Relations Committee met with leaders of several prominent Tunisian human rights advocacy groups during an August 31-September 1 visit. The Tunisian civil society groups asserted that torture remains [...]	2009-09-09 16:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV OREP TS
09TUNIS677	PRESS SYNDICATE LEADER BEATEN BY POLICE AND [...] (C) Summary: Tunisian Police beat Neji B'ghouri, President of the National Journalists' Syndicate (SNTJ),as he attempted to access the union's headquarters on September 8. That same day, a court ruled in favor of a pro-government faction claiming leadership of the union, and ordered the evict [...]	2009-09-11 09:06:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM PGOV TS
09TUNIS688	AMBASSADOR RAISES MIDDLE EAST PEACE WITH THE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador informed Foreign Minister Abdallah September 17 of a likely telephone call from the Secretary either that day or soon thereafter. The United States is seeking concrete steps from Tunisia in support of reviving the Middle East peace process, including possible re [...]	2009-09-17 14:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL TS US IS
09TUNIS689	AMBASSADOR RAISES KOSOVO WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) During his introductory call on Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah September 17 (ref a),the Ambassador noted that recognition of Kosovo remains important to the United States and that 62 countries have extended such recognition. Abdallah replied that Tunisia has not yet formulated a de [...]	2009-09-17 15:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KV TS
09TUNIS691	AMBASSADOR RAISES IRAN WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) During his September 17 call on Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah, the Ambasador raised the lack of sufficient Iranian cooperation with the IAEA. He encouraged the Minister to express Tunisian concerns on the issue publicly when the Minister speaks at the UN General Assembly. The Amba [...]	2009-09-17 15:28:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC IR TS
09TUNIS694	BEN ALI'S DOWNHILL BATTLE FOR REELECTION [...] (C) As the October 25 elections approach, posters lauding President (and candidate) Ben Ali are becoming increasingly ubiquitous across Tunisia. Ben Ali's key election themes are security, stability, and economic prosperity. Ben Ali technically faces three opponents, and a fourth might still [...]	2009-09-18 16:54:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ELAB TS
09TUNIS696	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON OPEN SKIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 17:21:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR KTIA TU
09TUNIS702	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL LYNCH TO TUNISIA [...] (SBU) Congressman Lynch, the U.S. Embassy in Tunis warmly welcomes you and your delegation's visit to Tunisia September 27-28, 2009. Tunisia is a stable and moderate country with a record of economic and social progress. The Tunisian government delivers relatively high quality education, hea [...]	2009-09-23 15:49:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL PTER MASS TS
09TUNIS707	TUNISIA: NATURAL DISASTER HITS POLITICAL HOTSPOT [...] (C) Summary: Disastrous flooding on September 23 caused at least 17 deaths, many other injuries, and an uncalculated amount of property damage in the south central region of Tunisia. The worst flooding damage appears to have been in and around Redeyef, an impoverished mining town that was the [...]	2009-09-28 06:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SENV EAID CASC TS
09TUNIS708	FRAUD SUMMARY - TUNIS [...] Post responses to ref A follow. a. COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Tunis is a low-fraud post. Most detected fraud is in the form of readily identifiable falsified employment or education documents. There are no indicators of organized fraud rings or document vendors. Rather, these appear to be individu [...]	2009-09-28 13:09:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TS
09TUNIS709	TUNISIA: PRO-GOVERNMENT MEDIA PLAY UP (AND TAKE [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Abdallah's encounters in New York with senior USG officials last week, and even his very brief exchange and handshake with President Obama at the UNSYG's lunch, have been prominently featured in the Tunisian pro-government media. On September 25, several pro-government [...]	2009-09-29 06:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAO TS
09TUNIS71	PRESIDENT'S AL-ARABIYA INTERVIEW: FACTUAL PRESS [...] (C) Summary: President Obama's January 26 interview on al-Arabiya has garnered limited specific reaction, probably a result of al-Arabiya's lean market penetration in Tunisia. That said, those contacts who did watch the interview or read the transcript have responded favorably, especially to t [...]	2009-02-03 16:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO TS
09TUNIS710	SUPPORTING IRAQ IN THE LEAD UP TO THE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Drawing on the points conveyed reftel, the Embassy urged the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 25 to shore up support for the Iraqi Government and the ongoing process of stabilization in Iraq in the lead up to the January 2010 elections. 2. (SBU) The Embassy will repor [...]	2009-09-29 10:39:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM TS IZ
09TUNIS711	PROPOSAL TO ADD HYDROFLUOROCARBONS TO THE MONTREAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-29 13:45:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AORC TS
09TUNIS712	TUNISIAN CANDIDACY FOR UNESCO ORGANS [...] The Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed the Embassy via diplomatic note of Tunisia's decision to pursue membership in several UNESCO organs during the UNESCO General Conference in Paris October 6-23, and requests U.S. support for Tunisia's candidacies. 2. According to Tunisian [...]	2009-09-29 13:47:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SCUL TS UN
09TUNIS713	PRE-INVITATION TO AFRICAN BIO-SAFETY WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-29 13:50:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC TS XA
09TUNIS714	U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-29 15:24:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EWWT PHSA IMO TS
09TUNIS722	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON TUNISIAN DEFENSE [...] (SBU) During the Ambassador's 29 September introductory call with Tunisian Defense Minister Kamel Morjane, the Minister assured the Ambassador that the close cooperation between the U.S. and Tunisian militaries, and broader cooperation between the two governments, would make the Ambassador's j [...]	2009-10-01 13:06:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MOPS TS
09TUNIS725	TUNISIA ELECTIONS UPDATE: REGIME TIGHTENS THE NOOSE [...] (C) The ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) continued to solidify its political lock on elected offices with just over three weeks left before the October 25 presidential and legislative elections. The ruling party's list of legislative candidates released September 26 revealed a str [...]	2009-10-01 15:54:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TS
09TUNIS726	REACHING OUT TO THE GOT ON CIVIL NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-02 09:12:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY TS
09TUNIS727	PROSPECTS FOR THE OPIC-SUPPORTED RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) Although Tunisia's current energy picture hardly includes renewables, growing unmet domestic demand and an agreement signed with Italy to provide power via an undersea cable present opportunities in this sector. A handful of Tunisian government agencies deal with renewables, among them [...]	2009-10-02 09:36:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EINV ETRD TS
09TUNIS732	TUNISIA AND THE MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: Tunisia has an historically strong track record of constructive contributions to the Middle East peace process. Unfortunately, like other Arab states, Tunisia's engagement has been largely dormant since the eruption of the second Intifada in 2000. Like other Arab governments, T [...]	2009-10-02 16:10:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MEPP TS XF
09TUNIS74	GAFSA APPEALS COURT REDUCES UNEMPLOYMENT [...] (C) On February 4, the Court of Appeals in Gafsa reduced the sentences of most of the 38 people involved in the Redeyef unemployment protests who were convicted on December 11 on charges ranging from destroying public property to leading an armed rebellion. Witness testimony yielded several [...]	2009-02-05 16:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM KPAO TS
09TUNIS741	TUNISIA PRE-ELECTION SNAPSHOT: SFAX AND SOUSSE [...] (C) Meetings with opposition leaders and ordinary Tunisians in Sfax and Sousse, Tunisia's second and third largest cities, indicate a high degree of apathy with respect to the October 25 presidential and legislative elections. Opposition figures from the Tajdid ("Renewal") party complained of [...]	2009-10-05 13:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TS
09TUNIS743	TUNISIA AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-05 17:08:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER TS IZ
09TUNIS744	TUNISIA AND IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Ambassador to Tunisia, Ghazi Zibari, told the Ambassador on October 1 that Tunisia does not meddle in Iraqi affairs, and saw no constructive role that Tunisia might play in Iraq's January elections. Zibari appeared ill-informed on the question of Tunisian foreign fighters, [...]	2009-10-06 08:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETRD TS IZ
09TUNIS745	SUPPORTING TUNISIA'S COUNTER-TERRORISM EFFORT: A [...] (SBU) OSC Tunisia is resubmitting its FY09 Section 1206 Tranche 2 proposal to AFRICOM Security Cooperation Division, per ref e-mail exchange. The proposal,entitled "Tunisian Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) Vessel Enhancement Package," seeks to provide approximately $7.9 million in imm [...]	2009-10-06 10:55:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PTER KTIA TS
09TUNIS746	PREELECTION APATHY, ALIENATION, AND TALES OF [...] (C) On a visit to Tunisia's southeast, Poloff found citizens generally apathetic about the upcoming elections. Most expressed resignation and said they would vote for Ben Ali - "he has been there forever and will stay until we have all gone." Most Tunisian voters we encountered could name nei [...]	2009-10-06 17:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM ELAB TS
09TUNIS747	EIZENSTAT WORKING TO REVIVE INITIATIVE FOR MAGHREB [...] (SBU) During an October 1 presentation to a group of elite Tunisian business leaders, former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Stuart Eizenstat discussed Maghreb integration. Eizenstat chalked up the failure of his Clinton-era initiative to shifting priorities with the change of administrations [...]	2009-10-07 06:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EFIN EINV ETRD TS
09TUNIS751	SENIOR TUNISIANS ON IRAN [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed the latest diplomatic developments on Iran with Tunisian Prime Minister Ghannouchi on October 7 and with Minister of State Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, a special advisor to President Ben Ali, on October 8. With each, the Ambassador reviewed the outcome of the October 1 tal [...]	2009-10-08 15:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM TS IR
09TUNIS754	CITING H1N1 CONCERNS, TUNISIA "POSTPONES" THE HAJJ [...] (C) Summary: The Tunisian government has announced it is "postponing" the country's participation in the annual Hajj pilgrimage, citing fears over the spread of the H1N1 virus. While the government is not actually prohibiting participation in a legal sense, the suspension of the GOT's normal [...]	2009-10-09 12:42:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KIRF TBIO TS
09TUNIS755	TUNISIAN JUSTICE MINISTER WANTS INCREASED [...] (C) Tunisian Justice Minister Bechir Tekkari expressed interest in strengthening bilateral cooperation on judicial and law enforcement issues during the Ambassador's October 5 introductory call. A cordial tone prevailed in the meeting, even when it covered the contentious matter of assurances [...]	2009-10-09 16:15:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KJUS TS
09TUNIS756	PRIME MINISTER GHANNOUCHI ON BILATERAL TRADE, [...] (C) Tunisian Prime Minister Ghannouchi told the Ambassador on October 7 that he hoped to find ways to increase bilateral trade and particularly to boost Tunisian exports to the U.S. The Prime Minister wished the exemptions on certain Tunisian export products under the Generalized System of Pref [...]	2009-10-09 16:51:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ECON TS
09TUNIS757	ESTH ENGAGEMENT IN TUNISIA - OPPORTUNITIES AND [...] (SBU) We believe the positive Tunisian rhetorical response to President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech could provide an opening to activate the 2004 Science and Technology Agreement and partner with Tunisia on strategic efforts such as technology development, science diplomacy, new and renewable [...]	2009-10-13 06:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SENV TS
09TUNIS758	TUNISIAN JUSTICE MINISTER ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-13 06:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PREL KCRM KWMN SMIG TS
09TUNIS759	TUNISIAN REACTIONS TO PRESIDENT OBAMA'S NOBEL [...] (SBU) Official and unofficial Tunisian reactions to the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama reflected in varying levels surprise, satisfaction, and hints of indignation, with some commentary strongly questioning the award as preliminary. A senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs offi [...]	2009-10-13 17:16:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO TS
09TUNIS76	TUNISIA: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION [...] (SBU) The information on Tunisia in the Department of Labor's 2007 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor remains accurate, to the best of Post's knowledge. The Government of Tunisia (GOT) did not respond to Post's requests for information about its activities in this area during 2008. [...]	2009-02-10 09:32:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI TS
09TUNIS760	SENIOR BEN ALI ADVISOR DEFENDS TUNISIAN ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: Tunisia may have a tendency to move slow on democratic change, but there has been tangible progress since the Bourguiba era, senior Ben Ali advisor Abdelaziz Ben Dhia told the Ambassador. Two prominent political rivals lacked credibility and were more skilled at complaining than [...]	2009-10-13 17:21:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TS
09TUNIS761	TUNISIA: SENIOR BEN ALI ADVISOR ON MIDDLE EAST [...] (C) During an October 8 introductory call, the Ambassador pressed Minister of State Abdelaziz Ben Dhia, a senior advisor and gatekeeper to President Ben Ali, for a more active Tunisian role in advancing the Middle East peace process. Ben Dhia stressed the Tunisian Government's committment to [...]	2009-10-13 17:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MEPP TS
09TUNIS769	TUNISIA ELECTIONS UPDATE: CANDIDATE BASHES GOT ON [...] (C) One of the few dramatic moments in this pre-cooked election season came on the evening of October 12, when presidential contender Ahmed Brahim, used his half hour of "equal time" on state TV to launch an unprecedented excoriation of Ben Ali's government. Brahim cited the hegemony of a sin [...]	2009-10-16 17:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TS
09TUNIS775	TUNISIAN MFA PIQUED AT SOURCING OF TIP REPORT, BUT [...] (C) During an otherwise cordial courtesy call on October 13, Saida Chtoui, Secretary of State for Asia and the Americas (one of two deputies to Foreign Minister Abdallah ) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, complained to the Ambassador about Tunisia's placement on the Trafficking in Persons R [...]	2009-10-19 17:17:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KTIP KWMN AORC TS
09TUNIS780	ELECTIONS 2009: DOWN AND OUT IN CENTRAL TUNISIA [...] (C) As in recent pre-election visits to Tunisia's second and third largest cities, and a trip to Tunisia's south, poloff's mid-October visit to the central Tunisian interior revealed overall public indifference and resignation toward the presidential and legislative elections set for October [...]	2009-10-20 17:10:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TS
09TUNIS781	TUNISIA INFORMED ABOUT U.S. INTEREST IN PARTNERING [...] (SBU) On October 19, the Ambassador passed a non-paper outlining the U.S. approach to multilateral food security efforts to Tunisian Minister of Development and International Cooperation Mohammed Jouini. Jouini offered no substantive response but undertook to consult with his colleagues in the [...]	2009-10-21 15:21:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD TS
09TUNIS782	TUNISIAN PARTICIPATION AT THE 2009 BMENA G-8 FORUM [...] (SBU) The Embassy urged high level Tunisian diplomatic representation at the November Marrakech Forum for the Future (FfF) event in diplomatic notes conveyed to the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs first on August 19, and again on October 2. 2. (SBU) During an October 13 meeting with th [...]	2009-10-21 16:34:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PREL ECON KPAO KDEM KMPI TS MO
09TUNIS783	TUNISIAN MINISTER OF DEVELOPMENT WANTS TO REVIVE [...] (SBU) During an October 19 introductory call, Minister of Development and International Cooperation Mohammed Jouini told the Ambassador he lamented the loss of momentum in the bilateral economic dialogue since the promising TIFA Council meetings in March of 2008 and hoped to see the process re [...]	2009-10-21 17:11:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON EAIR PREL TS
09TUNIS784	HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS: BEN ALI HEADED FOR A SLAM [...] (C) Summary: In what may be this election season's strangest event, on October 17 the ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) held an invitation-only rally for President Ben Ali featuring a 90-minute match between the Harlem Globetrotters and their long-time rivals, the Washington General [...]	2009-10-22 07:39:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM TS
09TUNIS788	U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-23 16:23:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN
09TUNIS789	REACTING TO THE OCTOBER 25 TUNISIAN ELECTIONS [...] (C) Tunisia will hold presidential and legislative elections on October 25. In this carefully engineered, non-competitive process, President Ben Ali and the ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally will win by large margins. No credible independent observers, foreign or domestic, have been in [...]	2009-10-23 17:14:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC TS
09TUNIS790	AMBASSADOR CALLS ON SAKHER EL-MATERI [...] (C) Summary: Mohamed Sakher El-Materi (President Ben Ali's son-in-law, businessman, and emerging politician) received the Ambassador at the headquarters of his Princess Holding Group company October 22. El-Materi started reaching out to the Embassy earlier this year and appears to want to c [...]	2009-10-23 17:35:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS EFIN TS
09TUNIS791	TUNISIAN ELECTIONS: SITUATION REPORT AS OF 1900 [...] (C) On October 25, during Tunisia's first national elections in five years, polling stations opened at 0800 and closed at 1800 local time. Ten (unaccredited) Embassy observation teams dispatched to various parts of the country reported a generally orderly process and an apparently light turn [...]	2009-10-25 17:55:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TS
09TUNIS792	BEN ALI, RULING PARTY CLAIM CRUSHING [...] (C) Official election results were announced in the early morning of October 26. As widely expected, President Ben Ali crushed his opponents, with 89 percent of the vote, and the ruling party received the maximum number of seats allowed by this year's voting rules (75 percent). Elections offi [...]	2009-10-26 11:35:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TS
09TUNIS795	DEMARCHE ON U.S. ICSC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-28 10:57:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TS
09TUNIS796	TUNISIA ELECTIONS: FOREIGN MINISTER COMPLAINS [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Abdallah convoked the Ambassador on October 28 to express Tunisia's surprise and disappointment at the Department spokesman's October 26 remarks on Tunisia's elections. Abdallah specifically rejected as "false" the notion that international observers had not been [...]	2009-10-29 16:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TS
09TUNIS799	TUNISIA: MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE PLEDGES [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Tunisian Minister of Agriculture Abdessalem Mansour discussed expanding bilateral agriculture cooperation through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) covering cereal production, dairy and meat production, and tree crops. The Government of Tunisia's (GOT) top priority [...]	2009-10-30 16:14:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID TS
09TUNIS800	BISHOP OF TUNIS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (SBU) Underlining the October 26 release of the Department's 2009 International Religious Freedom Report, the Ambassador used the occasion of an October 27 meeting with Monsignor Maroun Lahham, (Roman Catholic) Bishop of Tunis, to seek the prelate's views on religious freedom in Tunisia. Lahha [...]	2009-10-30 16:37:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF TS
09TUNIS801	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: TUNISIA PRESSING HARD TO [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph ten. 2. (SBU) Summary: A senior Foreign Ministry official convoked the Ambassador on October 30 to press for U.S. support for a Tunisian proposal before the UNGA Third Committee to designate 2010 "The Year of Youth" and organize an inter [...]	2009-10-30 16:57:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SCUL TS UN
09TUNIS803	TUNISIAN GOV'T STEPPING UP ACTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: Following a series of assaults at Tunis Airport in early October (reftel),the last two weeks have seen, according to civil society sources, further government action against independent journalists. A journalist related to poloff how he was briefly abducted, bound, and beaten [...]	2009-11-02 15:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TS
09TUNIS807	DEMARCHE ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 16:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS TS
09TUNIS812	WHAT NEXT AFTER TUNISIA'S ELECTIONS? [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 08:47:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TS
09TUNIS813	WHAT NEXT AFTER TUNISIA'S ELECTIONS? [...] (C) The crushing victory of President Ben Ali and the ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) on October 25 was the carefully engineered result of a non-competitive elections process. Although the GOT has attempted to portray the latest elections as an incremental step toward democracy, [...]	2009-11-05 08:47:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TS
09TUNIS814	TUNISIAN RESPONSE TO THE SECRETARY'S NOVEMBER 2 ADDRESS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In spite of post's extensive efforts to obtain full coverage for the Secretary's speech at the Forum for the Future in Marrakech, including a pre-arranged interview with one of the media hub spokespersons for a local journalist, the lack of live television coverage on the satell [...]	2009-11-06 06:37:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO KPAL PBTS IS TS
09TUNIS815	TUNISIAN RESPONSE TO THE SECRETARY'S NOVEMBER 2 ADDRESS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: In spite of post's extensive efforts to obtain full coverage for the Secretary's speech at the Forum for the Future in Marrakech, including a pre-arranged interview with one of the media hub spokespersons for a local journalist, the lack of live television coverage on the satell [...]	2009-11-06 06:37:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO TS
09TUNIS822	U.S. - TUNISIA SECURITY DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) U.S.-Tunisia bilateral security ties are governed by two regularly scheduled annual meetings. The Joint Military Commission (JMC),which took place most recently in Tunis in May of 2009 and the Annual Planning Conference (APC),which last took place in Tunis in August of 2009. Please s [...]	2009-11-09 17:11:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS TS
09TUNIS827	TUNISIAN FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES OPEN SKIES AND [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Tunisian Minister of Finance Mohamed Rachid Kechich discussed the U.S.-Tunisian trade relationship, Open Skies, franchising, and the possibility of a U.S. trade delegation in early 2010. Kechich expressed a strong desire to improve the bilateral trade relationship, bu [...]	2009-11-12 14:23:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD ECON TS
09TUNIS829	TUNISIA WANTS TO REVIVE TIFA TALKS, GIVES MIXED [...] (SBU) After Minister of Development and International Cooperation (MDIC) Jouini expressed interest in reviving the Trade Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) process (stalled since March 2008,) Tunisia Country Officer Molly Hayes and Emboffs met with the Americas Desk representatives of the M [...]	2009-11-13 06:20:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAIR EINV ECON EIPR TS
09TUNIS83	TUNISIA: NO DECISION YET ON KOVOSO RECOGNITION [...] (C) Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche at a February 10 meeting with MFA Chief of Staff Mahmoud Khemiri. Khemiri, who was joined by Special Assistant to the Minister Mehrez Ben Rouma, was visibly uncomfortable in discussing the topic. He offered no substantive reply, other than to confirm tha [...]	2009-02-12 16:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ICJ KV TS
09TUNIS830	TUNISIA AND UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: COUNTRY SPECIFIC [...] (C) The Ambassador explained U.S. opposition to no-vote actions, and requested Tunisian support (or at least abstention) on pending human rights resolutions concerning Iran, Burma, and North Korea in a November 12 meeting with Mokhtar Chaouachi, the MFA's Director-General for UN and Internatio [...]	2009-11-13 16:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL TS UN
09TUNIS831	TUNISIA: 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) During the year, no reports of instances of trafficking have come to the attention of the Embassy, UNHCR, or the IOM. As of mid-November, the Tunisian Government has not taken any action this year on modifying its laws covering prostitution or child labor to specifically criminalize t [...]	2009-11-13 16:51:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KTIP KCRM TS
09TUNIS833	PRESIDENT'S CAIRO AGENDA: EMBASSY TUNIS ACTIONS [...] (SBU) Embassy Tunis has established a steering group and begun extensive outreach in preparation for the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship. With a strong private sector and a government focused on creating economic opportunity, Tunisia offers opportunities to implement the President's v [...]	2009-11-13 17:05:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL SOCI TS
09TUNIS834	TUNISIA: BEN ALI, SWORN IN, HOLDING GRUDGES AND [...] (C) President Ben Ali was sworn in for a fifth five year term on November 12. In a speech following the ceremony, Ben Ali pledged to redouble efforts to generate employment, economic opportunity, and development, and insisted his government welcomed constructive criticism. His upbeat message [...]	2009-11-13 17:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM TS
09TUNIS835	TUNIS VISA VALIDATION STUDY [...] Embassy Tunis conducted a validation study covering all non-diplomatic non-immigrant visas (NIV) for the month of April 2009, excluding K visas. This time period was selected as it was the first complete month of visa operations after returning Libyan NIV applicants to Embassy Tripoli. 2. [...]	2009-11-16 06:42:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC TS
09TUNIS836	NO RESPONSE FROM GOT ON SUPPORT FOR US CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-16 16:25:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA TS
09TUNIS838	GOT NOTIFIED OF UN 1267 SANCTIONS TRANCHE 3 NAMES [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 14:50:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PREL PETR UNSC TS
09TUNIS842	GOT NOTIFIED OF UN 1267 SANCTIONS TRANCHE 3 NAMES [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 15:42:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PREL PETR UNSC TS
09TUNIS843	TUNISIA AND THE WORLD SUMMIT ON FOOD SECURITY [...] (SBU) The Government of Tunisia (GOT) has underscored its commitment to food security by promoting itself as a leader on the issue on the domestic and international fronts. President Ben Ali attended the Rome World Summit on Food Security and all major Tunisian media outlets have devoted their [...]	2009-11-18 12:01:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD TS
09TUNIS844	TUNISIA URGED TO VOTE AGAINST ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Embassy requested the Government of Tunisia vote against or abstain from voting on anti-Israel resolutions in the UNGA and cease lending support to the three resolutions extending the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable rights of the Palestinian People, the Division for Palesti [...]	2009-11-18 15:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL TS
09TUNIS849	BEN ALI RECEIVES AMBASSADOR'S CREDENTIALS, [...] (C/NF) Summary: The Ambassador presented his credentials to President Ben Ali in a group ceremony on November 19. In his remarks, Ben Ali offered warm words of welcome and friendship, but insisted that last month's elections had been fair and transparent, and politely warned foreign countries [...]	2009-11-19 16:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PINR PGOV TS
09TUNIS850	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTRY ON TIP [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 16:31:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN TS
09TUNIS851	PRESSING FOR TUNISIAN VOTES AGAINST ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (C) Following up on our November 18 demarche (ref a),in three separate one-on-one discussions on November 19 the Ambassador urged Tunisia to abstain from voting for anti-Israel resolutions currently circulating in the UNGA Third Committee. The Ambassador spoke with Elyes Kasri, MFA Director- [...]	2009-11-19 16:36:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM TS
09TUNIS855	TUNISIA: JOURNALIST TRIED, INDEPENDENT PAPERS PUT [...] (C) The trial of Tunisian independent journalist Taoufik Ben Brik, charged with assaulting a woman in a late October incident his supporters insist was manufactured by a government seeking revenge for writings scathingly critical of Ben Ali and his government (ref C),was held in Tunis on Nove [...]	2009-11-20 16:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TS
09TUNIS859	BEN ALI ILLNESS PROMPTS CANCELLATION OF SPANISH [...] (C) TAP, Tunisia's official press agency, announced on the morning of November 23 that President Ben Ali was suffering from a throat infection and that his doctors had ordered five days of rest. The Spanish Embassy confirmed to us later on November 23 that the visit of King Juan Carlos, who wa [...]	2009-11-23 15:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR TS
09TUNIS86	TUNISIA: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This cable contains highlights of recent economic developments in Tunisia on the following topics: A. FDI in Tunisia Up 51.1 Percent in 2008 B. Industry Exports Down C. GOT To Boost Maritime and Air Transport D. Tunisia and Jordan Sign 16 Cooperation Agreements E. Two Tunisian Comp [...]	2009-02-13 11:49:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD TS
09TUNIS860	TUNISIA MAY SUBORDINATE LONG-TERM RESOLUTION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 20 meeting, the Public Affairs Officer (PAO) raised with Dr. Jelel Ezzine (the new Director of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE)) the problems with the operation of the Fulbright program in Tunisia. Ezzine suggested that the lon [...]	2009-11-23 16:18:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO TS
09TUNIS864	TUNISIA: DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (C) In a November 25 conversation, Pol-Econ Counselor stressed to Hatim Landaloussi, Deputy Director for the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the USG's continuing strong concerns about Iran's incomplete and unsatisfactory cooperation with the IAEA. Drawing from points conveyed ref [...]	2009-11-25 13:58:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MARR TS
09TUNIS865	TUNISIA: BUDGETARY SUPPORT TO THE PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 14:21:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID OPDC WBG TS
09TUNIS867	TUNISIA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 16:03:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA TS

09TUNIS868	TUNISIA: THE AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON RULING PARTY [...] (C) Summary: The ruling Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD) is focused on implementing President Ben Ali's 24 point governance plan, party Secretary-General Ghariani told the Ambassador on November 24. Drawing heavily from official rhetoric, the RCD leader asserted that Tunisia is a "harmo [...]	2009-11-25 16:16:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM TS
09TUNIS869	TUNISIAN MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION RECEPTIVE TO [...] (SBU) Dr. Lazhar Bououni, the Tunisian Minister of Higher Education, voiced his support for many of the themes in the Secretary,s Marrakesh speech (including the visit of a Presidential Science Envoy) when he met with the Ambassador on November 25. In addition to science and technology, the [...]	2009-11-25 16:32:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAO SCUL TSPL TS
09TUNIS880	TUNISIAN NOMINEES FOR PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT [...] (U) Attached is Embassy Tunis' submission of ten nominees to attend the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship in Washington (reftel). The list includes already-established entrepreneurs, members of entrepreneurship and student organizations, women entrepreneurs, and candidates from the priva [...]	2009-11-30 16:04:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID PREL SOCI TS
09TUNIS881	DEMARCHE TO TUNISIA ON ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT [...] (C) Charge delivered the points conveyed reftel to Mahmoud Khemiri, Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Abdallah, during a November 30 meeting. The Charge underlined the U.S. view that Israel's settlement moratorium represented a positive development. 2. (C) Khemiri offered little in the wa [...]	2009-11-30 16:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL IS TS
09TUNIS884	DEMARCHE ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-01 16:40:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF PK TS
09TUNIS886	TUNISIAN RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable is in response to the Department's request for Post to organize activities and initiatives in honor of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (IDEVAW) on November 25 and the "16-day Campaign." To commemorate this day, Embassy Tunis has h [...]	2009-12-02 06:42:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM TS
09TUNIS889	PLACEMENT OF OP-ED ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE [...] (U) Per paragraph four of Ref. A, post adapted S/GWI's suggested op-ed for relevance to Tunisia, condensing it and noting that "Tunisia has a long tradition of protecting women's rights for which it can be justifiably proud, but violence is a global problem and it requires international solutio [...]	2009-12-03 06:39:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM TS
09TUNIS890	TUNISIA TO UNVEIL ENFIDHA BEN ALI AIRPORT [...] (SBU) On December 4, Enfidha Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali Airport is set to receive its inaugural flight. Constructed in only 24 months, the airport is located 100 kms south of Tunis and is significantly larger than Tunis-Carthage International Airport. The first of four terminals has a capacity [...]	2009-12-03 15:51:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD TS
09TUNIS891	SYNOPSIS OF TUNISIAN MEDIA RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S NEW [...] (U) Per paragraph four of Reftel, Embassy disseminated widely electronic copies of President's speech about his new strategic direction in Afghanistan delivered at West Point on December 2. The Information Officer (IO) emailed Arabic and French copies of the speech to post's media contacts and [...]	2009-12-05 09:06:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO AF TS
09TUNIS895	BEN ALI BACK IN THE SADDLE, BUT SPECULATION ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: While speculation about President Ben Ali recently suffering from a serious illness seems to have been farfetched, we have confirmation that he traveled to Germany for medical treatment. Since December 1, Ben Ali has apparently been keeping a normal schedule including at least t [...]	2009-12-10 14:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR TS
09TUNIS896	TUNISIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT [...] There is no discernible money laundering or terrorist finance activity occurring in Tunisia. Tunisia is not considered an important regional financial center due in large part to the very strict control exercised by the Central Bank over financial transactions, particularly those involving for [...]	2009-12-10 14:33:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR PTER TS
09TUNIS901	EUROPEAN ENVOYS VENT FRUSTRATION WITH TUNISIAN [...] (C) During a December 9 lunch, 18 European ambassadors expressed frustration with the Tunisian government's tendency to view cooperation as a one-way street. "When we send them a check, they cash it right away, but when we request something via note verbale, it languishes for months," one Amb [...]	2009-12-11 15:54:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID EU TS
09TUNIS904	TUNIS EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE HOLIDAY SECURITY [...] (C) The Ambassador chaired a meeting of the Core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on December 10 to address the Embassy's security posture and holiday security planning. The Core EAC was in attendance, including the DCM, P/E, MGT, ORA, DATT/OSC, MSG, MEPI, CONS, PAO, and RSO. All agreed that [...]	2009-12-14 13:37:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC TS
09TUNIS907	PROGRESS ON TUNISIA'S OPENING TO FOREIGN FRANCHISES [...] (SBU) According to the Ministry of Commerce, the Government of Tunisia (GOT) plans to issue the implementation decree for an August 2009 law governing franchises in February 2010 -- a decree that will allow international franchises to operate under Tunisian law. In addition, a Central Bank re [...]	2009-12-15 15:34:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS
09TUNIS913	TUNISIA: THE 2010 NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 16:09:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM ENRG PREL IAEA NPT MNUC KTBT TS
09TUNIS920	TUNISIA: CODEL CONAWAY RAISES INTELLIGENCE [...] (S/NF) Representative Michael Conaway (R-TX) and Tunisian Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah discussed intelligence cooperation, the Middle East peace process, and bilateral trade, investment, and assistance during a December 19 meeting. Abdallah indicated his willingness to discuss U.S. co [...]	2009-12-21 15:18:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM OREP CONAWAY MICHAEL TS
09TUNIS921	ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT: EMBASSY TUNIS OUTREACH [...] (SBU) Our engagement with public and private sector Tunisians continues to build support for the Entrepreneurship Summit and other Cairo speech initiatives. Tunisians are widely supportive of the President's vision of comprehensive engagement and partnership, and have identified the potential [...]	2009-12-21 15:22:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PREL SOCI TS
09TUNIS924	REPRESENTATIVE CONAWAY STRESSES SECURITY [...] (C) In his December 19 meeting with Minister of Defense Kamel Morjane, visiting Rep. Michael Conaway (R-TX) said that U.S.-Tunisian bilateral relations were good but stressed the need for increased cooperation on defense planning and intelligence sharing. He noted that current U.S. budget con [...]	2009-12-22 13:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OREP TS
09TUNIS928	TUNISIAN HEALTH MINISTER DISCUSSES CHALLENGES, [...] (SBU) The Ambassador and Minister of Public Health Mondher Zenaidi discussed on December 17 Tunisia's health achievements, its efforts to reform the health insurance system and prevent the spread of the H1N1 virus, and the opportunities for enhanced cooperation on health. The minister highlig [...]	2009-12-23 15:59:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	AMED PINR PREL SOCI TS
09TUNIS930	TUNISIAN POLITICAL PARTIES: THE "LOYALS" AND THE [...] (C) In recent calls on leaders of most of Tunisia's "opposition" parties, the Ambassador heard widely varying views and assessments of national political life. Several leaders of parties loyal to the government heaped slavish praise on President Ben Ali for his purported wisdom, prudence, and [...]	2009-12-24 11:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TS
09TUNIS937	TUNIS EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MQTING [...] (S) A core group of EAC members met December 28 to discuss the contents of reftel under the chairmanship of the DCM. Present at the meeting were SDO/DATT, P/E Couns, ARSO and Deputy ORA Chief. The discussion reviewed the contents of reftel and concluded that its very general nature did not [...]	2009-12-29 12:58:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	ASEC TS
09TUNIS938	Tunisia: Ambassador Highlights Cairo Goals and Trade [...] (SBU) In a December 24 courtesy call, the Ambassador and Minister of Commerce and Handicrafts Ridha Ben Mosbah discussed U.S.-Tunisia trade and investment and USG initiatives following the President's Cairo speech. While the Minister emphasized his desire for a free trade agreement (FTA) with [...]	2009-12-29 14:00:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAIR TS
09TUNIS942	TUNISIA: 2009 TERRORISM REPORT [...] The Government of Tunisia continued to place a high priority on combating extremism and terrorism in 2009. In addition to using security and law enforcement measures, the Tunisian government also used social and economic programs including health care and public education to ameliorate facto [...]	2009-12-30 11:20:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AMER TS
09TUNIS95	TUNISIA - 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] This cable responds to taskers in Refs B and C. Post POC for TIP related issues is Laura Byergo, (Tel) 216-71-107-306, (Fax) 216-71-107-053. Number of hours spent by rank: 1 hr FE-MC, 2 hrs FE-OC, 2 hrs FS-01, 25 hrs FS-02. 2. Begin TIP responses. Paragraphs below are keyed to the quest [...]	2009-02-20 08:21:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09TUNIS99	GOT FRIENDS?: FACEBOOK POPULAR, DESPITE DOMESTIC [...] (S) As one of the few social networking sites where Tunisians, especially Tunisian youth, can publicly gather and discuss issues ranging from sports to politics, Facebook has become extremely popular. Tunisian users grew by about 70,000 to 294,242 in the past month. Some people use the sit [...]	2009-02-20 17:52:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
09ULAANBAATAR112	EARTH, WIND, AND SOLAR: MAKING RENEWABLES HAPPEN IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mongolia's abundant animal, solar, wind, and hydro resources offer tremendous opportunities for the government and private investors to establish a vibrant renewable energy sector. The government openly encourages development of these resources, but apart from intermittent successe [...]	2009-04-27 02:25:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON PGOV SENV PREL EAID MG
09ULAANBAATAR119	2009 MONGOLIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-01 04:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KTTB MG OPIC USTR
09ULAANBAATAR128	DEFENSE MINISTER BOLD REPLIES TO SECRETARY GATES' [...] (C) Minister of Defense Lu. Bold called in the Ambassador and the Defense Attache on May 11 to present a letter from the Minister to Secretary Gates expressing the Government of Mongolia,s decision to deploy to Afghanistan. The letter came in response to Secretary Gates, letter dated February [...]	2009-05-11 10:16:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL MG
09ULAANBAATAR132	RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER VISITS MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived in Ulaanbaatar on the afternoon of May 13 for a half-day of meetings with Mongolian government officials. In addition to Putin's hour-long private meeting with Mongolian Prime Minister S. Bayar, Mongolian and Russian officials held [...]	2009-05-15 08:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM KCOR KMCA SOCI MG
09ULAANBAATAR141	MONGOLIAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN INTENSIFIES IN ITS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 08:54:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MG
09ULAANBAATAR160	BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY FOR MONGOLIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (C) Summary. Born to herders in western Mongolia, Harvard-educated President-elect Elbegdorj worked in a factory, studied journalism in Russia, and wrote for Mongolia's army newspaper before becoming a leader in the country's democratic movement in the late 1980s. Since the country's democra [...]	2009-06-04 09:15:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL MG
09ULAANBAATAR161	MONGOLIA'S MANAGEMENT OF A RESURGENT RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. Landlocked Mongolia is compelled by geography and motivated by history to seek pragmatic and workable relations with its two giant neighbors. For 15 years following Mongolia's democratic revolution in 1990, Russia maintained a low profile as it underwent its own political change [...]	2009-06-04 10:29:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS ECON EINV EMIN MG
09ULAANBAATAR162	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JUNE 9 MEETING [...] (C) Madame Secretary: The briefing materials I have seen for your meeting do an excellent job of setting forth the specific issues that Foreign Minister Batbold will wish to discuss with you. I would just like to add some larger strategic considerations to provide background and context for t [...]	2009-06-05 08:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EMIN OVIP MG
09ULAANBAATAR187	No Investment Disputes or Expropriation Claims in Mongolia [...] As per reftel, post knows of no investment disputes in Mongolia during the period ending June 1, 2009, where a U.S. citizen or business claims that the Government of Mongolia has expropriated economic assets or repudiated contracts. 2. Points of contact: --Primary: M. Richmond, Senior Com [...]	2009-06-30 06:53:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CASC MG
09ULAANBAATAR189	Post Response to OPIC Request for Comment on WM Mining [...] (SBU) As per ref paragraph 2, Post supports WM Mining application for OPIC financing of the Big Bend Placer gold-mining project (BBP) in Zaamar Soum (county) of Tov Aimag (province). Post has received detailed briefings of the project aims, technologies, environmental, and social impacts from [...]	2009-07-02 05:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV OPIC MG
09ULAANBAATAR19	PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, MCC, IMF, [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Bayar invited the Ambassador to a meeting to discuss major issues at the changeover of U.S. Administrations. Concerning the rail project of Mongolia's Millennium Challenge Compact (MCC),Bayar cited objections raised by the Russians, who own half of Ulaanbaatar Ra [...]	2009-01-21 09:24:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EMIN MARR RS MG
09ULAANBAATAR192	DEMARCHE ON OPPOSITION TO THE ITSO DIRECTOR GENERAL'S PUSH [...] (SBU) On July 3, Post shared reftel talking points with Ms. G. Battungalag, Second Secretary, Department of International Organizations, Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Ms. Battungalag thanked Post for this information, commenting that the ITSO DG's actions seeme [...]	2009-07-06 05:16:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA PREL MG
09ULAANBAATAR20	MONGOLIA ON A RISING CHINA: HEDGING PREFERRED BUT [...] (C) Summary: Mongolia faces the challenge of being a large, sparsely populated, landlocked country sandwiched between China and Russia. Mongolia,s Third Neighbor Policy of building economic, political, social and military relations with outside countries ) the United States foremost among th [...]	2009-01-22 09:10:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN MOPS MG CH RS
09ULAANBAATAR201	PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER, AND SPEAKER OF MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 29 and 30, Members of the Congressional Delegation headed by Rep. David Price of North Carolina met with Speaker Demberel, Prime Minister Bayar, and President Elbegdorj during the course of a day and a half of meetings with Mongolian parliamentarians. In addition to dis [...]	2009-07-16 05:26:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EMIN EINV MG
09ULAANBAATAR208	MONGOLIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER [...] (SBU) Post has prepared the following scenesetter for the Congressional Delegation, led by Rep. John Boehner of Ohio and scheduled to visit Mongolia from August 9 to 10. 2. (SBU) Below is a breakdown by paragraph of the organization of this scenesetter: 3-5: Context of the Visit 6-8: Pol [...]	2009-07-30 00:44:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MG
09ULAANBAATAR213	MCC, DEFENSE ISSUES TOP MEETING BETWEEN AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-31 10:00:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ECON ETRD MARR PGOV PREL MG CD KS
09ULAANBAATAR23	NO PROGRESS ON REDUCING ULAANBAATAR AIR POLLUTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. Ulaanbaatar's air pollution remains one of Mongolia's most critical environmental problems. Recent government studies show that some forms of the city's air pollution increased by as much as 20 percent in 2008. The government has allocated 50 billion tugruks (approximately USD 3 [...]	2009-01-28 06:06:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL EAID PGOV MG
09ULAANBAATAR232	HDAC STAFF WITH CODEL PRICE PROMOTE PROFESSIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative David Price led a Congressional Delegation to Mongolia on June 29-30, as part of the House Democracy Assistance Commission's (HDAC) engagement with Mongolia, which began in 2006. Congressional Research Service (CRS) and HDAC staff members held concurrent meetings [...]	2009-08-13 01:36:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID OREP MG
09ULAANBAATAR234	MONGOLIA'S CONSULTATIONS WITH DPRK VICE FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary: xxxxx. MFAT xxxxx led the Mongolian side, and the North Koreans met with President Elbegdorj on the sidelines of the consultation. xxxxx little on the bilateral relationship with Mongolia. Key themes on the part of the DPRK were the lack of criticism of the United States, indications t [...]	2009-08-13 08:54:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS KNNP MG
09ULAANBAATAR236	Summary of High-Level Meetings during CODEL Boehner [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 9 and 10, Members of the Congressional Delegation headed by House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio met with Prime Minister S. Bayar and President Ts. Elbegdorj during the course their visit to Mongolia to review the impact of the current economic crisis and issues r [...]	2009-08-13 09:57:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP OVIP PGOV PREL ECON ETRD AMGT ASEC AFIN MG
09ULAANBAATAR240	MP TEMUUJIN DISCUSSES LEGAL REFORM IN MONGOLIA [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with Democratic Party (DP) MP Temuujin on August 14 to discuss the recent amnesty law and legal reform efforts in Mongolia. Temuujin was frank in his assessment of the legal reform environment, noting that reform efforts originating in Parliament rarely get out of comm [...]	2009-08-20 00:26:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MG
09ULAANBAATAR244	Mongolian Parliament Passes Long Awaited, Absolutely [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 25, the Mongolian Parliament amended four key laws, which will allow the government to sign and execute the much anticipated agreement for the Oyu Tolgoi (OT) copper and gold project. This immense project promises to generate tens of billions of dollars, and finally o [...]	2009-08-26 09:09:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG PGOV MG
09ULAANBAATAR245	MONGOLIA'S TOP MEDIA OUTLETS AND THEIR AFFILIATIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Eighteen years after independence, Mongolia's major media outlets remain influenced by political parties and powerful patrons. If not exactly a free press, a vibrant media scene has nonetheless emerged from amid the tangled web of interlocking ownership relations. Among print m [...]	2009-08-28 00:50:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PROP KPAL PGOV OPRC MN
09ULAANBAATAR257	AMBASSADORSHIPS AND POLITICS IN MONGOLIA [...] (C) Summary: Mongolia has 33 diplomatic missions worldwide, and many key ambassadorships are coming vacant at the start of the Elbegdorj presidency. The handling of these appointments provides significant insight into political maneuvering in Mongolia. Financial, ethnic, religious, social, a [...]	2009-09-04 08:54:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MG
09ULAANBAATAR258	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL AGENDA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of pre-departure encounters over the past week, Ambassador Minton discussed a wide range of U.S.-Mongolia bilateral issues with President Elbegdorj and Foreign Minister Batbold. Ambassador Minton and DCM Hill spent nearly all of Saturday, August 30, with Elbegdorj and [...]	2009-09-04 09:31:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID ENRG MG
09ULAANBAATAR283	MONGOLIAN PRESIDENT TALKS EDUCATION, URANIUM, AND [...] (C) Summary: We met with Director Ganbold of the Asia Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) on September 22 to discuss President Elbegdorj's recently completed travel to India. This was Elbegdorj's first trip abroad as president. Ganbold stated the primary focus of t [...]	2009-09-25 09:01:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL ENRG ECON MG
09ULAANBAATAR288	FRAUD SUMMARY - ULAANBAATAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fraud continues to be widespread and a serious problem among Mongolian applicants. In addition to the persistent low-level NIV fraud, post has been struggling with significant fraud in asylum cases and in immigrant visa cases. Post has also encountered several instances of app [...]	2009-10-05 04:40:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASES XP MG
09ULAANBAATAR308	PRIME MINISTER BAYAR STEPS DOWN, CITING HEALTH [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, Prime Minister Bayar announced his resignation for health reasons. Because Bayar is resigning for health reasons, he may be able to return to his position once he has recovered, as long as his party leadership and the government agree. Some observers are terming t [...]	2009-10-26 09:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MG
09ULAANBAATAR309	UNGA Demarche Delivered to Mongolian Government [...] (SBU) Ambassador Baatar, Director of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT),stated that countries should not be singled out in the UNGA for Human Rights abuses. Rather, he argued, the Third Committee session is a forum for discussing the [...]	2009-10-26 09:53:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN
09ULAANBAATAR315	Key Mongolian Mining Deal Still On Track [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three weeks into the Oyu Tolgoi Investment Agreement (OTIA) all parties seem committed to satisfying its conditions precedent. The companies have sent the first USD 100 million of a USD 250 million cash advance as promised while the Government of Mongolia (GOM) has honored its i [...]	2009-10-29 08:25:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
09ULAANBAATAR318	Mongolia INCSR Draft Submission [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 05:46:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI MG
09ULAANBAATAR319	MONGOLIA RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche as requested in reftel to Ms. Gerelmaa, Second Secretary with the International Organizations Department (IOD) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Gerelmaa noted the political sensitivity to the GOM of certain international human rights issues and pro [...]	2009-11-04 04:57:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS MG
09ULAANBAATAR322	DEMOCRACY, TRANSPARENCY AND MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mongolia's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) lacks the capacity to combat money laundering effectively. The staff of four must assemble, analyze, and maintain the FIU database of transaction reports as well as ensure compliance among financial institutions. Interagency cooperatio [...]	2009-11-06 08:59:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN SNAR MG
09ULAANBAATAR329	SELECTION OF NEW MONGOLIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: On November 12, Parliament approved the nomination of G. Zandanshatar as foreign minister. The new foreign minister represents an assertive young wing of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) intent on having its turn at the helm. The leading candidates over which Za [...]	2009-11-13 10:43:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MG
09ULAANBAATAR331	MONGOLIA ON UNGA COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On November 16, we delivered the demarche points per reftel to Gerelmaa of the International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Gerelmaa thanked us for our consideration of Mongolia's actions on similar votes at last year's UNGA and stated that her gover [...]	2009-11-16 07:35:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA MG
09ULAANBAATAR332	MONGOLIA PROPOSES SUPPLEMENTAL AFGHAN DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his November 16-18 visit to Ulaanbaatar, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Partnership Strategy and Stability Operations, James Schear, accompanied by the Charge and DATT, met key offials at the Ministries of Defense and of Foreign Affairs, including Defense Ministe [...]	2009-11-18 08:23:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS MG
09ULAANBAATAR349	DOMESTIC AND DIPLOMATIC CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acutely aware of its vulnerability to a changing climate, Mongolia is pursuing initiatives both domestically and regionally to foster clean energy and conservation. Diplomatically, the GOM has assembled delegates from China, Japan, Russia, North Korea, and South Korea at three c [...]	2009-12-01 03:43:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV ENRG TRGY MG
09ULAANBAATAR374	GOM: INNER MONGOLIAN "VOLUNTARILY" RETURNED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with PolOff, Chief of Mongolia's Immigration Agency Murun defended his government's conduct against allegations they had deported an Inner Mongolian with an appeal pending before the UNHCR. Murun explained that the Chinese citizen, Batuzhangga, and his family returned [...]	2009-12-29 04:49:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL MG
09ULAANBAATAR375	MONGOLIA-DPRK ECONOMIC DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE; GOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. UNDRAA Agvaanluvsan, professor of nuclear energy issues and policy at Stanford University and newly appointed Deputy Director of the in-house think tank of Mongolia's National Security Council, informed Embassy officers on December 26 that the DPRK and Mongolia continue to dis [...]	2009-12-29 07:15:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN EMIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL SCUL MG
09ULAANBAATAR377	Visa Referral Validation Study Finds Low Overstay Rate [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A validation study of post's Visa Referral Program covering January 2007 through December 2008 showed no signs of fraud or abuse in this program. The study identified an overstay rate of one percent for referred applicants, well below the 16 percent overstay rate estimated for a [...]	2009-12-30 00:26:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT KFRD XE MG
09ULAANBAATAR46	AMBASSADOR AND FM BATBOLD DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Minton discussed a range of key bilateral issues with Foreign Minister Batbold over lunch February 16. Topics included future Mongolian contributions in Afghanistan, Mongolia,s financial situation, the status of MCC implementation, post's wheat-based Food for Progress [...]	2009-02-17 09:31:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR ECON EAID EFIN MG
09ULAANBAATAR61	ENGAGING MONGOLIA ON AFGHANISTAN AND INCREASE OF [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered points requested in reftels to Deputy Director of the Department for the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa, R. Mounkhou, on February 24. Specifically, we outlined the key points of the Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy review. 2. (C) Mongolia continues to be receptiv [...]	2009-02-24 08:20:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR MG AF
09ULAANBAATAR64	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS MONGOLIAN DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) On March 2, the first day of GOM operation after the Mongolian Lunar New Year holiday, the Ambassador presented Secretary Gates' letter on Mongolia's prospective redeployment in Afghanistan to Defense Minister Bold (see reftel). The text of the letter is reproduced below in para 7. 2 [...]	2009-03-02 09:01:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR MG
09ULAANBAATAR73	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER BAYAR [...] (C) A range of issues came up during a two-hour lunch meeting between Prime Minister Bayar and the Ambassador March 10, including plans for a Mongolian deployment in Afghanistan, the recently concluded deal Mongolia worked out with the IMF, and also the political machinations involved in reach [...]	2009-03-11 09:39:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EMIN MARR RS MG
09ULAANBAATAR87	MONGOLIAN MINING DEBATE SUGGESTS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Late into the night on March 2, the Mongolian National Security Council reportedly voted 2 to 1 to approve the long-delayed investment agreement for the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia's South Gobi desert region. According to several sources, Prime Minister S. Bayar and [...]	2009-03-30 08:27:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL MG
09ULAANBAATAR94	DAS NORRIS DISCUSSES IMF, MCC, TRANSPARENCY [...] (C) Summary. On April 2, the DAS for China and Mongolia, John Norris, met in Ulaanbaatar with Mongolian Foreign Minister Batbold on the eve of our annual Consultation on Bilateral, Regional, and Global Issues (CBRGI). Batbold expressed satisfaction with the recent IMF Stand-By Agreement (SBA [...]	2009-04-09 06:12:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EMIN MARR MG
09ULAANBAATAR96	MONGOLIA RESPONSE: REQUESTING SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] (C) In response to ref A, Mongolia has been informed of the conclusions of the U.S. strategic review and the U.S. requested support, which was forwarded to Mongolia in Secretary of Defense Gates' letter to Mongolian Minister of Defense Bold in late February. Recent meetings by State EAP DAS N [...]	2009-04-10 08:45:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR NATO MG
09ULAANBAATAR97	45 DAYS AND COUNTING: MONGOLIA'S PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Both the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) and Democratic Party (DP) have officially selected their candidates for the May 24 presidential election. Incumbent President N. Enkhbayar is the MPRP nominee and Ts. Elbegdorj is the DP candidate. The Green Party and the Ci [...]	2009-04-10 08:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI MG
09ULAANBAATAR98	AMBASSADOR AND PRIME MINISTER DISCUSS MCC AND [...] (S) Summary. On April 13, Prime Minister Bayar called in the Ambassador for a one-on-one meeting to discuss the MCC rail project and other issues, including deployment of troops to Afghanistan. Bayar indicated with regret that strategic considerations prevent Mongolia from implementing the ra [...]	2009-04-13 12:17:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID MARR EMIN EIND MG
09UNESCOPARIS1536	SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 24 VISIT OF IO DAS ANDERSON [...] (SBU) Summary: UNESCO's new Director-General Irina Bokova is under great pressure to come to decisions on appointing her team and reorganizing UNESCO's organizational structure. In doing so, she would like to take account of U.S. views (as well as others),but she must act fast or risk findi [...]	2009-11-19 12:11:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO AORC
09UNESCOPARIS1680	UNESCO AND ICANN SIGN PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT [...] On December 10, UNESCO and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN),based in the U.S., signed an agreement to create internationalized domain names in non-Latin scripts. This is the first private partnership agreement signed by new Director-General Irina Bokova. ICANN [...]	2009-12-11 08:53:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	EINT UNESCO
09UNESCOPARISFR1312	MUGHRABI GATE AT UNESCO 182ND EXECUTIVE BOARD [...] (SBU) Summary: For the first time in recent memory, the issue of the reconstruction of the ascent to the Mughrabi Gate of Jerusalem's Temple Mount registered only as a minor blip on the radar screen during the just completed 182nd Executive Board at UNESCO. Although the Jordanians arrived see [...]	2009-09-25 11:23:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO JO IS SCUL KWBG
09UNESCOPARISFR1407	HONDURAS: LANGUAGE ADOPTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The working group dealing with the Honduras draft resolution agreed to language acceptable to both sides October 15, after lengthy negotiating sessions led by Ambassador Killion. The resolution was adopted under an agenda heading entitled, "Impacts on the Education system and f [...]	2009-10-19 06:08:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09UNESCOPARISFR1455	UNESCO'S 35TH GENERAL CONFERENCE: PROGRAM AND EXTERNAL [...] Summary: Program and External Relations Committee (PRX) meetings October 9-13 held the line on the budget and rejected constitutional changes suggested by outgoing General Conference President George Anastassopoulos. Two minor draft resolutions were approved. End Summary. 2. The Program [...]	2009-10-29 14:56:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL UNESCO
09UNESCOPARISFR1458	WORLD HERITAGE ELECTION RESULTS [...] (U) Summary: Elections were held October 26 during the 17th meeting of the World Heritage General Assembly at UNESCO to replace 12 of the 21 Member States on the World Heritage Committee. Changes in the Rules of Procedure were adopted including a voluntary reduction in term length to four yea [...]	2009-10-29 15:38:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09UNESCOPARISFR1476	AZERBAIJAN BRINGS NAGORNO-KARABAKH ISSUE TO UNESCO [...] Summary. After a series of acrimonious exchanges with Armenia in the General Debate at UNESCO's 35th General Conference, Azerbaijan won a small victory by including wording in the 2010 Program and Budget calling for the "implementation of necessary measures to safeguard and preserve cultural [...]	2009-11-03 14:43:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PREL UNESCO AJ AM
09UNESCOPARISFR1587	183RD UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTION RESULTS [...] Summary: UNESCO's newly reconstituted Executive Board for the 2009-2011 term met for a one-day meeting on November 23, where the principal business on the agenda was the election of a new Chairman and members of the Board's subsidiary committees and commissions. End summary. 2. UNESCO's [...]	2009-11-25 15:28:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09UNESCOPARISFR1590	183RD UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD: DG'S SPEECH [...] (U) Summary: UNESCO's one-day Executive Board, held November 23, served as the "clean-up" meeting following the biennial General Conference held last month, and provided the opportunity for newly installed Director-General, Irina Bokova, to address Board members and set some direction for the [...]	2009-11-27 08:31:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PREL UNESCO
09UNESCOPARISFR1639	GOOGLE AND UNESCO BEGIN COLLABORATIVE ALLIANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 3, Google and UNESCO announced an alliance to provide virtual visits to nineteen World Heritage sites. While these initial sites are all in Western Europe, in 2010 Google intends to expand to sites in the United States, Australia, South Africa, Japan and other countr [...]	2009-12-04 12:31:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL UNESCO
09UNESCOPARISFR1651	APPLICANT FOR DIRECTOR OF UN OFFICE OF INTERNAL OVERSIGHT [...] (SBU) Reftel requests post's assessment of UNESCO Comptroller Getachew Engida who is among the applicants for director of the UN Office of Internal Oversight. Post deals with Engida occasionally on matters regarding payment of our assessed contributions and has seen him in action when speakin [...]	2009-12-07 11:51:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PINR UNESCO
09UNESCOPARISFR1666	U.S. OPPORTUNITIES AT UNESCO [...] (SBU) Summary: A window of opportunity has opened for the United States at UNESCO. With the election of Irina Bokova, the U.S. has a favorably disposed Director-General who is looking for new ideas. Rather than being on the defensive, the U.S. should be making programmatic proposals to help [...]	2009-12-09 11:10:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SCUL SOCI TPHY UNESCO
09UNROME22	FAO 125TH FINANCE COMMITTEE HIGHLIGHTS: FUNDING FOR REFORM [...] (SBU) Member representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Finance Committee (FC) met in Rome on March 9-10 to discuss funding for FAO's ambitious new reform program and to review the agency's human resource management strategy. Noting a shortfall in voluntary financial contr [...]	2009-03-27 11:44:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN
09UNROME23	FAO DIRECTOR GENERAL DIOUF CONTINUES PRESSING FOR NOVEMBER [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. Charge met privately with FAO Director General Jacques Diouf on March 26 to review the status of issues related to food security and agriculture following the latter's official visit to New Yor [...]	2009-03-28 04:54:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	FAO UN PREL EAGR EAID
09UNROME27	NEW PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) On April 2, newly-elected President Kanayo Nwanze of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) briefed Executive Board members on his "vision" for this small, bu [...]	2009-04-09 14:04:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	UN EFIN EAGR EAID ECON IFAD
09UNROME29	ONE BILLION NOT SERVED: HOW THE UN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE [...] According to separate studies published in 2008 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),there are approximately one billion hungry, or "food insecure," people in the world. Both organizations have since predicted that this number wil [...]	2009-04-22 16:28:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR SOCI PHUM FAO UN
09UNROME30	RECOMMENDATION TO PAY UN FAO ARREARS; GENEVA GROUP UPDATE ON [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) The major internal reform plan agreed last November by member states of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is under way and appears at this early juncture to be progressing well, along a posit [...]	2009-04-30 14:35:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN UN FAO EAID AMGT
09UNROME38	FAO 126TH FINANCE COMMITTEE OUTCOMES: FUNDING FOR FOOD [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and for official use only; not for transmission outside USG channels. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Finance Committee (FC) of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) held its 126th session from May 11-15 in Rome, concurrent with FAO' [...]	2009-05-21 16:15:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	FAO UN EFIN EAID
09UNROME40	FAO COUNCIL APPROVES NOVEMBER FOOD SECURITY SUMMIT, REVIEWS [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution or distribution outside the USG. Summary: ------- 2. (SBU) During the 136th session of FAO Council, from June 15-19, members debated the merits of a proposal from Director General Diouf to host a Heads-of-State [...]	2009-06-24 11:46:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PHUM FAO UN
09UNROME41	COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY (CFS): REFORM PROCESS [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution or dissemination outside USG channels. Summary: -------- 2. (U) Within the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),efforts are well under way to reform the Committee on World Food Security (CFS),a commi [...]	2009-06-24 14:44:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EAGR FAO UN
09UNROME42	THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION TURNS 25 [...] Summary: The International Development Law Organization (IDLO) hosted a 25th anniversary celebration at their Rome headquarters on June 4, 2009, entitled "IDLO at 25 - Embracing Change." The celebration noted the growth and past accomplishments of IDLO and focused on the Organization's need [...]	2009-06-25 12:15:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ECON EFIN AF
09UNROME43	WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD 2009 ANNUAL SESSION: THE [...] The 2009 Annual Session of the World Food Program (WFP) Executive Board was held in Rome from June 8-12. The primary discussion and recurring theme centered on a review of WFP's financial framework aimed at better aligning it to the 2008-2011 Strategic Plan. The Board also took note of a rec [...]	2009-07-01 12:20:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	WFP AORC EAID PREF EAGR EFIN UN
09UNROME44	FAO REFORM PROGRAM MOVING STEADILY FORWARD: UNTAI STATUS [...] Summary. As part of this mission's regular reporting on efforts to reform the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),we provide below brief updates on the eight key focus areas covered in our latest report on the United Nations Transparency and Accountability Initiative (or, "UNTAI"),[...]	2009-07-23 15:35:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN FAO EAID EAGR
09UNROME45	FAO REFORM MOVING FORWARD: UNTAI PROGRESS REPORT [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. As part of this mission's regular reporting on reform of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),we offer below our assessments on eight key issues covered in our latest report for [...]	2009-07-24 16:50:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID FAO UN
09UNROME47	SE GRATION MEETS WITH ROME-BASED FOOD AGENCIES [...] On June 30, U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan J. Scott Gration and his deputy, Tim Shortley, held introductory meetings with FAO Deputy Director General Jim Butler and WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran as well as their respective Sudan Operations teams. Gration expressed optimism for durab [...]	2009-08-06 11:09:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	WFP AORC EAID PREF EAGR EFIN UN
09UNROME49	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: REFORM OF THE COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. This is an action request; please see paragraphs four, six, and eight. Summary ------- 3. (SBU) Amidst an intensified focus on food and agricultural issues due to rising global hunger and maln [...]	2009-08-14 14:56:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAGR EAID UN FAO

09UNROME51	FAO BUDGET CHIEF PROVIDES DETAILS OF REVISED BUDGET REQUEST, [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Responding to concerns voiced by the U.S. and other Rome-based missions over the FAO's latest budget request during a recent meeting of the Finance Committee (septel),FAO Management revised its draft [...]	2009-08-17 09:25:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EAGR EAID EFIN UN FAO
09UNROME52	FAO FINANCE COMMITTEE REVIEWS SIGNIFICANT BUDGET INCREASE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The FAO Finance Committee (FinCom) held its 128th session from July 27-31 in Rome, giving particular attention to a controversial biennial budget proposal tabled by FAO managemen [...]	2009-08-17 09:34:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAGR EAID PREL UN FAO
09UNROME53	FAO DG DIOUF'S VIEWS ON IMPLEMENTING L'AQUILA SUMMIT FOOD [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request. FAO Director General (DG) Jacques Diouf told the Charge on August 28 that he was delighted with President Obama's strong leadership on food security at the L'Aquila Summit and wants to use the November World Food Summit to adopt the five L'Aquila princi [...]	2009-09-01 12:05:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR FAO PREL EAID UN WB
09UNROME54	RECOMMENDED STRATEGY ON FAO DRAFT BUDGET [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The FAO Director General distributed on September 1 a revised draft Program of Work and Budget (PWB) for the 2010-11 biennium that proposes a significant 7.1 percent increase over the cur [...]	2009-09-03 16:36:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN
09UNROME55	COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY REFORM PROCESS GENERALLY [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified for USG only. Please handle accordingly. -------- Summary -------- 2. (SBU) The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Bureau convened on September 4 the final negotiating session of its "Contact Group" - a group comprising F [...]	2009-09-09 10:13:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PHUM EAID PREL FAO UN
09UNROME58	WORLD FOOD SUMMIT "ZERO DRAFT" DECLARATION: IMPROVED, BUT [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary and Action Request --------------------- 2. (SBU) To prepare for the November 16-18 World Summit on Food Security, to be co-hosted in Rome by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Director Gener [...]	2009-10-05 10:41:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID PREL FAO UN
09UNROME59	COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY: FINAL DRAFT TEXT FOR [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request. Pursuant to an agreement of the 34th Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS),members have been engaged in a year-long process to reform the CFS. The focus of the [...]	2009-10-07 18:46:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID PREL UN FAO
09UNROME60	FAO 137TH COUNCIL: IMPASSE OVER PROPOSED BUDGET LEVEL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary and Action Request ------------------- 2. (SBU) Members at the September 28-October 2 meeting of the FAO Council could not reach consensus on the level of the organization's budget for the 201 [...]	2009-10-09 10:03:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID PREL FAO UN
09UNROME61	REFORM OF THE COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. From October 14-17, the U.S. delegation to the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) worked with other delegations to reform the FAO technical committee into a body that will provide value-ad [...]	2009-10-23 17:34:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID PREL FAO UN
09UNROME63	DEMARCHE REQUEST - ELECTION FOR DIRECTOR GENERAL OF [...] (SBU) Mission believes that a U.S. citizen candidate is by far the most qualified of the six candidates competing for the November 25 election for the next Director General (DG) of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and recommends that the American candidate, Thomas McInerney [...]	2009-10-29 09:03:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON
09UNROME69	FAO BIENNIAL CONFERENCE: U.S. ACHIEVES KEY OBJECTIVES, [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The 36th Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization was held in Rome November 18-23, beginning a mere three hours after the closing of the World Food Summit. The Un [...]	2009-11-27 16:18:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAGR EAID FAO UN
09UNROME70	WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD 2009 SECOND REGULAR [...] The 2009 Second Regular Session of the World Food Program (WFP) Executive Board was held in Rome from November 9-12. Improved collaboration among the Rome-based UN food and agriculture agencies as well as other partners was a prominent theme. UNDP Administrator Helen Clark was invited as a sp [...]	2009-12-01 01:58:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	WFP AORC EAID PREF EAGR EFIN UN
09UNROME72	HOW BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL (AS PART OF THE CONSULTATIVE [...] (U) On December 1, the Ambassador met with the Director General, Emile Frison, and Deputy DG of Bioversity International (BI) - the Rome-based leg of the Consultative Group on Agricultural Research (CGIAR) - for an introductory briefing on BI's work and its contribution to global food securit [...]	2009-12-04 21:22:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR ECON PREL UN
09UNROME74	WORLD FOOD PROGRAM BRIEFING ON SOMALIA COMMODITY DIVERSIONS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. --------------- Summary --------------- 2. (SBU) On December 4, WFP Deputy Executive Director (DED) Amir Abdulla and Inspector General (IG) Suresh Sharma briefed Executive Board members on the just completed i [...]	2009-12-10 14:14:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	WFP SO AORC EAID PREF UN
09UNROME77	WORLD FOOD PROGRAM BRIEFING ON SOMALIA COMMODITY DIVERSIONS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. --------------- Summary --------------- 2. (SBU) On December 4, WFP Deputy Executive Director (DED) Amir Abdulla and Inspector General (IG) Suresh Sharma briefed Executive Board members on the just completed i [...]	2009-12-11 09:46:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	WFP SO AORC EAID PREF UN
09UNROME78	ROME FOLLOW-UP MEETING TO L'AQUILA FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 3 and 4, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome co-hosted the third follow-up to the G8 `plus' meeting on global food security held i [...]	2009-12-11 16:51:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAGR EAID FAO WFP IT
09UNROME86	FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION BRIEFING ON 2010 [...] On December 10, the Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) briefed donors on FAO's component of the 2010 Humanitarian Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP). At $7.1 billion, the 2010 CAP addresses 12 major crises, covering the needs of 48 mi [...]	2009-12-23 11:28:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	FAO AORC EAID PREF EAGR UN WFP
09UNROME87	WORLD FOOD PROGRAM'S PURCHASE FOR PROGRESS (P4P) ANNUAL [...] From December 9-10, USG representatives from USAID, USDA and MCC attended the first Annual Review of the UN World Food Program (WFP) Purchase for Progress (P4P) program, an initiative to promote the development of agricultural markets capitalizing on WFP's purchasing power. Over 150 participa [...]	2009-12-24 12:22:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	WFP AORC EAID EAGR
09UNROME88	WANTED: AMERICAN FOOD SECURITY EXPERT(S) TO SERVE ON NEW [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs two and four. 2. As part of a major reform plan for the FAO's Committee on World Food Security (CFS) approved during an October 2009 plenary session (ref B),a High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) on Food Security and Nutrition is being [...]	2009-12-29 15:28:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL FAO UN
09UNROME89	WANTED: AMERICAN FOOD SECURITY EXPERT(S) TO SERVE ON NEW [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs two and four. 2. As part of a major reform plan for the FAO's Committee on World Food Security (CFS) approved during an October 2009 plenary session (ref B),a High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) on Food Security and Nutrition is being [...]	2009-12-29 15:50:00	UN Rome	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL FAO UN
09UNVIEVIENNA1	EU ON "HARM REDUCTION": THROW US A BONE [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-05 13:35:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR UNODC UN
09UNVIEVIENNA10	IAEA/DG: AMANO DOES NOT THE WEOG [...] (C) Japanese Governor and IAEA DG candidate Yukiya Amano gave a proficient but uninspiring performance in his campaign pitch to a friendly Western Europe and Others Group (WEOG) audience on January 8. Amano provided short and informed responses on an array of policy and management issues, but [...]	2009-01-13 11:52:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PARM MNUC TRGY IAEA JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA100	ISRAEL STILL CONSIDERING UNODC MAJOR DONOR STATUS, [...] (C) Summary. At a meeting on March 11, DCM and MsnOff met with Israeli Anti-Drug Authority Deputy Director Eitan Gorni and Israeli MFA Director of the International Organizations Department Tibor Shalev-Shlosser to discuss Israeli participation in the CND and UNODC as well as consultative g [...]	2009-03-12 13:56:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR KCRM
09UNVIEVIENNA103	COPOUS: WRAP-UP OF THE 46TH SESSION OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND [...] (U) The U.S. accomplished its objectives for the 46th session of the STSC in Vienna February 9-20, 2009, including STSC approval of the voluntary safety framework for the use of nuclear power sources in outer space and adoption of a new agenda item on space weather research. The U.S. delega [...]	2009-03-13 15:34:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA UNGA UNPUOS
09UNVIEVIENNA104	IAEA/DG: ELBARADEI MOVING FORWARD ON FUEL BANKS [...] (C) Ambassador Schulte assured Director General ElBaradei of steadfast U.S. support for the IAEA on March 13. The DG looked to U.S. leadership on budget issues. In a detailed discussion of fuel bank proposals, ElBaradei expressed increased optimism that the stage had been set for a good Boar [...]	2009-03-16 11:46:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL ENRG TRGY KNNP MNUC IAEA IR SY
09UNVIEVIENNA105	UNODC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COSTA REITERATED CRIME [...] (u) This cable contains an action request in paragraph 13. 2. (c) Summary. INL Assistant Secretary (A/S) David Johnson, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Acting Director (AD) Ed Jurith, and Ambassador Schulte met with Executive Director (ED) Antonio Costa March 13 on the m [...]	2009-03-16 11:57:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UNAUS KCRM SNAR AF UNODC
09UNVIEVIENNA107	IAEA/ISRAEL/GAZA: ARAB STATES SILENT ON GAZA [...] (C) We expected that Arab states/NAM might use the IAEA Board of Governors meeting the week of March 2 as a platform for expressing outrage over the recent war in Gaza. Our expectations were wrong. The Arab group had positioned itself to link Gaza to nuclear safety by claiming a possible h [...]	2009-03-16 14:50:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC MNUC PREL SENV IAEA XF IS
09UNVIEVIENNA109	GUIDANCE REQUEST: SEEKING PRINCIPLED SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: (This is a guidance request. Please see paras 12-13.) Director General ElBaradei stepped forward last month with a proposal to increase the IAEA's regular budget by 23 percent. Member States are generally unhappy with the proposal, but are waiting on tenterhooks for the U.S. [...]	2009-03-17 14:55:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EAID UN
09UNVIEVIENNA11	IAEA/2020: A LOW-RISK FORUM FOR DISCUSSING THE [...] (U) Summary: IAEA Board Vice Chair Kauppi intends to preside over informal deliberations on the long-term future of the Agency, putting to use, guardedly, the Commission of Eminent Persons report of spring 2008. Kauppi's plan entails monthly meetings on six major topics, such as nuclear power [...]	2009-01-14 07:06:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IAEA AORC KNNP UN PREL
09UNVIEVIENNA110	Vienna Adopts International Roadmap for Fighting Drugs [...] (U) The high-level segment of United Nations Commission on Narcotics Drugs (CND) met March 11 and 12 in Vienna to conclude the review of the commitments emanating from the 1998 UNGA Special Session (UNGASS) on international drug control. The Commission adopted a Political Declaration and Actio [...]	2009-03-17 15:22:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM UNODC EAID SNAR UN AF RU
09UNVIEVIENNA112	NPT PREPCOM CHAIR CONSULTS IN VIENNA [...] (SBU) Rounding out consultations in New York and Geneva, NPT Prepcom Chairman Zimbabwe UN Permrep Bonafice Chidyausiku reviewed preparations for the 2009 Prepcom with approximately two dozen states parties in Vienna March 16. The first priority for the Prepcom would be to adopt the 2010 Revcom [...]	2009-03-18 11:41:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA114	COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY: EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) At the conclusion of Working Group B of Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO),Ambassador met with Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) Executive Secretary Tibor Toth to review the results of the three weeks of meetings. Toth welcomed signs [...]	2009-03-20 11:06:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KTBT SA
09UNVIEVIENNA115	UNVIE Reorganizes to Support Administration's Renewed [...] Summary: UNVIE has realigned Mission responsibilities to reflect the priorities of the new Administration. Specifically, the old Nuclear Terrorism and Export Control Section is now the Arms Control Section with a primary focus on bringing into force an effective CTBT. Responsibility for nucl [...]	2009-03-20 11:06:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT IAEA AORC KTBT MNUC PTER PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA116	IAEA/IRAN: P5+1 EXPERTS MEETING USEFUL MECHANISM [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 12:22:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AORC IR IAEA KNNP MNUC
09UNVIEVIENNA117	UNODC OFFICIALS DISCUSS PROGRESS IN AF-PAK AND [...] (C) Summary. On March 18, INL/PA Director of the Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Program Tom Williams met with UNODC officials to discuss counternarcotics issues in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran, and to gain insight into UNODC's program plans and needs in the coming year. UNODC offici [...]	2009-03-20 15:34:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR KCRM EAID IR PK AF
09UNVIEVIENNA119	CHINA PARTNERS WITH IAEA TO BUILD HUMAN RESOURCE CAPACITY IN THE NUCLEAR ENERGY SECTOR [...] (U) China has embarked on a major IAEA Technical Cooperation (TC) project focusing on Human Resource Capacity Building and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to rehabilitate of eight national training centers. Each center will have a specialty such as radiation safety, need [...]	2009-03-23 07:42:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL TRGY ETTC CH KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA12	IAEA: COMPLETION OF THIRD GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP [...] This cable is for information only. 2. Summary: The GNEP Infrastructure Development Working Group (IDWG) held its third meeting on December 8, 2008, in Vienna, Austria in conjunction with a workshop on Radioactive Waste Management and a Resources and Gaps Workshop on December 9. The U.S. [...]	2009-01-14 07:25:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA120	IAEA BUDGET: BOARD VICE CHAIR PROBES ON U.S. AMBITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Romanian Ambassador, vice chairman of the IAEA Board and in charge of budget negotiations, pointedly asked Ambassador Schulte on March 20 whether the U.S. position on the IAEA budget would reflect U.S. campaign promises. Ambassador replied that Washington was looking closely [...]	2009-03-23 15:57:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID
09UNVIEVIENNA121	IAEA: DISCUSSION WITH IAEA ON IMPLEMENTATION OF U.S. [...] (SBU) Officials of the United States Government and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) met in Vienna on March 3, 2009, to discuss matters related to the implementation of the U.S.-IAEA Additional Protocol. IAEA officials confirmed that the Agency was prepared for the United States [...]	2009-03-24 07:26:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY CVIS
09UNVIEVIENNA122	LIBYA/NUCLEAR MEDICINE CENTER: PRESSING ALI [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the March IAEA Board of Governors meeting, MsnOff and ISN/RA (Jody Daniel) discussed the status of the U.S.-Libyan nuclear medicine center project with Ali Gashut (who was representing Libya at the Board meeting) and Libyan MsnOff Salah El-Mesallati. MsnOff and [...]	2009-03-25 07:07:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA KNNP AORC LY
09UNVIEVIENNA123	ISRAEL CONSIDERING PALESTINE OBSERVERSHIP AT THE [...] (C) Summary: Following up discussions with incoming Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) Prepcom Chair Australia, Israeli Ambassador Michaeli met March 19 with DCM to review the long-standing issue of Palestinian observership and to float the idea of "package deal" in which Israel might acquie [...]	2009-03-25 09:20:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KTBT PARM CTBT KPAL IS
09UNVIEVIENNA126	IAEA/TECHNICAL COOPERATION: SECRETARIAT SAYS SYRIA [...] (C) DCM and Canadian colleague Terry Wood met with the IAEA,s new Director for Technical Cooperation (TC) in Asia, Mr. Dazhu Yang, March 20 to probe the status of the controversial Syria TC project "Conducting a Technical and Economic Feasibility Study and Site Selection for a Nuclear Power [...]	2009-03-25 13:12:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IAEA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY BEXP SY
09UNVIEVIENNA127	UN Commission Adopts Fourteen Drug Control Resolutions [...] (U) Following on the High-Level Segment (Ref A),the regular session of the 52nd UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND),held March 16-20, adopted 14 drug control-related resolutions to guide the work of Member States and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in the coming year. The Secreta [...]	2009-03-25 15:16:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV UN KCRM AF UNCND CU IR
09UNVIEVIENNA128	IAEA/DG ELECTION: FIRST DAY INCONCLUSIVE, AMANO [...] (S) The first three rounds of balloting for the IAEA Director General election on March 26 proved inconclusive, with neither candidate able to command the required two-thirds majority of the 35-member Board. The vote tally was 21(Amano)-14(Minty)-0 in the first round; 20(Amano)-15(Minty)-0 in [...]	2009-03-26 15:09:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL PARM TRGY IAEA KNNP JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA129	FRANCE SOFTENS VIEWS ON UNCITRAL REFORM, SEEKS GUIDELINES [...] (U) The French mission on March 3 hosted an informal meeting to discuss UNCITRAL's working methods and rules of procedure. Representatives of 20 countries, the European Commission, and the UNCITRAL Secretariat attended the meeting. Switzerland, Colombia, Russia, Belarus, Spain, and the U.S. c [...]	2009-03-26 15:20:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AORC EAID EINV ETRD KCRM KUNR UNCITRAL AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA132	IAEA/DG: AMANO LOSES BY ONE VOTE, SLATE WIPED CLEAN [...] (C) Despite an intensive and successful overnight lobbying campaign, Japanese Governor Amano fell one vote short of the required two-thirds majority to be appointed IAEA Director General. In this second day of balloting, March 27, the Board of Governors held three votes in succession: first, a [...]	2009-03-27 14:49:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PARM TRGY IAEA KNNP JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA135	Cuba, Perhaps Germany Contest for UNODC FinGov [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 11-20 Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Cuba announced the candidacy of its Ambassador Norma M. Goicochea Estenoz for one of the two co-chairs of the UNODC Finance and Governance Working Group (FinGov WG). The G-77 will not oppose her, nor allow for a competing candid [...]	2009-03-31 12:10:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC CU GR
09UNVIEVIENNA138	CONTACTS NOTE POSITIVE IRANIAN REACTION TO OBAMA [...] (C) Summary. Vienna contacts at local newspapers and UNODC on March 24 and 25 reported a positive Iranian response to the President's Nowruz message and argued that it provides a good basis for engagement with Iran. The journalists noted that the message was a break from the last administra [...]	2009-04-01 16:10:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR
09UNVIEVIENNA14	IAEA/IRAN: SEEKING A UNIFIED EU3+3 APPROACH IN [...] (S) Ambassador Schulte called a meeting of EU3 3 Ambassadors on January 13 to solicit input on how to overcome Iran's current "blockage" of its nuclear file at the IAEA. The EU3 and U.S. counseled against allowing the upcoming March Board to be another replay of do-nothing September and Novemb [...]	2009-01-15 08:36:00	UNVIE	SECRET	PREL IAEA KNNP AORC MNUC PARM IR
09UNVIEVIENNA141	IAEA/DG RACE: CANDIDATES NEED APPLY [...] (C) Summary: Former Board Chairs Chilean Ambassador Milenko Skoknic and former Slovenian Ambassador Ernesto Petric separately informed Ambassador Schulte April 1-2 that their respective governments are considering nominating them for IAEA Director General. Chile is consulting with other Latin [...]	2009-04-06 12:02:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL PARM TRGY IAEA KNNP JA SF SI CI MY
09UNVIEVIENNA143	BEGINNING THE RIGHTSIZING OF THE IAEA OFFICE OF NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An IAEA Office of Nuclear Security (ONS) presentation on the proposed IAEA 2010-2011 budget emphasized plans to re-organize, increase staff, and become a more focused operation if the proposed IAEA budget increase is approved. The increase in regular budget resources for ONS wo [...]	2009-04-06 15:34:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY PTER EAID
09UNVIEVIENNA144	BEGINNING THE RIGHTSIZING OF THE IAEA OFFICE OF NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An IAEA Office of Nuclear Security (ONS) presentation on the proposed IAEA 2010-2011 budget emphasized plans to re-organize, increase staff, and become a more focused operation if the proposed IAEA budget increase is approved. The increase in regular budget resources for ONS wo [...]	2009-04-06 15:35:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY PTER EAID
09UNVIEVIENNA145	IAEA/PACT: IRAQ BEGINS CONSULTATIONS ON NATIONAL CANCER [...] (U) In spring 2008, Mission provided, through the Embassy Baghdad Health Attache's office, an IAEA Program of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT) "imPACT" questionnaire, which the Iraqi Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Science and Technology completed in August 2008. PACT subsequently prod [...]	2009-04-06 15:37:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL IAEA TRGY TBIO AORC IZ
09UNVIEVIENNA146	Human Trafficking Back on UNODC's Agenda [...] (SBU) Following a busy and difficult year for anti-human trafficking issues in Vienna in 2008, the UN Office on Drugs and Crme (UNODC) is taking measures to improve and focus its activities. UNODC has formulated a draft thematic program to fight human trafficking and consolidated the UN.GIFT [...]	2009-04-06 15:42:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN PREF SMIG KCRM UN KTIP
09UNVIEVIENNA148	IAEA STAFFING: AMCIT OPPORTUNITIES AND PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) Introduction: Mission continues to monitor senior-level positions throughout the IAEA Secretariat with an eye toward placing well-qualified Americans in positions of interest. Following is a break-down of current and upcoming senior-level vacancies by department, indicating both opport [...]	2009-04-06 16:07:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA149	WORKING TO CLARIFY THE IAEA'S POLICY ON PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: The IAEA has made progress on the issue of Program Support Costs (PSCs) with the recent release of an official policy that addresses some - but not all - transparency issues raised by the U.S. and Geneva Group (reftels). Ambassador met with IAEA officials to define these issues [...]	2009-04-07 09:10:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IAEA KNNP TRGY PREL UN
09UNVIEVIENNA15	CHINA IN VIENNA'S FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN GROUP [...] (U) This is an action request. See Para 4. 2. (SBU) Mission conveyed to the Permanent Mission of France, host of the January 22 meeting, Ref A instructions that the U.S. supports inviting Russia and Poland to the meeting, if the Afghan ambassador here concurs. According to the French Mis [...]	2009-01-16 08:33:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL NATO EUN FR AF RU PL UN CH
09UNVIEVIENNA150	IAEA BUDGET: PROGRAM OF ACTION FOR CANCER THERAPY (PACT) [...] (U) The IAEA's Program of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT) expertise in radiotherapy to assist developing Member States to design comprehensive National Cancer Control Plans (NCCP). PACT looks to the U.S. as one of its main supporters and would welcome USG funding or cost-free expertise duri [...]	2009-04-07 11:23:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP MNUC PREL SOCI TRGY EAIO
09UNVIEVIENNA152	UNODC AND COUNTERNARCOTICS IN THE AF-PAK POLICY [...] This is action request. Please, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Ambassador met UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa on April 2, and discussed with him the Administration's new Af-Pak strategy and deployed the points in Ref A, highlighting our new regional emphasis and our interest in incorporati [...]	2009-04-08 12:18:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREL PTER SNAR AF AS CA IR IT JA PK UN
09UNVIEVIENNA153	IAEA/TC: REQUEST FOR EXTRABUDGETARY FUNDING FOR AFRA [...] (U) Mission received a letter from the Permanent Mission of Tanzania on March 6, 2009 requesting USG extrabudgetary funding for seven specific programs under the IAEA's regional technical cooperation (TC) project for Africa, the African Regional Cooperative Agreement for Research Development an [...]	2009-04-08 12:27:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KNNP PREL SOCI TRGY XA
09UNVIEVIENNA154	IAEA/RANF: ELBARADEI ENCOURAGES ENGAGING BRAZIL, [...] (C) This is an action message. Mission recommends that the President, should he conduct bilaterals, or Secretary Clinton at the Summit of the Americas reaffirm to Brazilian and Argentine interlocutors U.S. support for the development of multilateral nuclear arrangements (assured fuel supply; [...]	2009-04-08 17:33:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC ENRG PREL KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA155	IAEA/RANF: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL ON ASSURED FUEL SUPPLY [...] (SBU) The Russian Government and IAEA Secretariat have the proposal for a nuclear fuel assurance supply mechanism that is nearest to coming before the IAEA Board for action. The arrangement provides for an assured export license, fissionable material, a storage location, and revenue, and on t [...]	2009-04-08 17:52:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG PREL KNNP TRGY RS
09UNVIEVIENNA156	IAEA DG RACE: ECHAVARRI IN, PETRIC AND OTHERS [...] (S) Summary: IAEA DG ElBaradei on April 8 privately expressed regret that the first round of the selection process for his successor had cut, as he saw it, along North-South lines. He said Spain had formally nominated OECD nuclear agency chief Echavarri, Slovenia's nomination of Chief Justic [...]	2009-04-09 10:41:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA157	IIASA Council Accelerates Strategic Planning [...] (U) The IIASA Council, governing body of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA),met on March 27 to discuss the new strategic plan and agreed to core principles that will guide the process toward the June Council meeting. The Council reached consensus on the need for [...]	2009-04-09 12:30:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	KSCA NAS AORC PGOV AU
09UNVIEVIENNA159	UN VIENNA CHIEF SEEKS EXTENSION OF TERM? [...] (C) Antonio Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Director General of UNOV, may seek to extend his current and second term, which expires in May 2010, to December 31, 2011, to coincide with the term of UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. Given USG advocacy [...]	2009-04-09 15:17:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT KCRM SNAR IT UN
09UNVIEVIENNA160	CTITF: IAEA HQ ON PROPOSED WMD TERRORIST ATTACK [...] (U) Upon receipt of reftel Mission queried the IAEA office of External Relations and Policy Coordination (EXPO) about the post-incident response exercise proposed in New York and draft paper on "preventing and responding to WMD terrorist attacks." We asked how the initiative relates to the IA [...]	2009-04-10 06:43:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PTER PARM PREL UNSC IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA162	IAEA/DPRK: INSPECTORS ASKED TO LEAVE NORTH KOREA [...] (C) DDG for Safeguards Olli Heinonen informed the Mission on April 14 that IAEA inspectors at Yongbyon were asked to leave North Korea "as early as possible." North Korea asked the inspectors to remove Agency seals from Yongbyon facilities (approximately 100 seals at the reprocessing facilit [...]	2009-04-14 14:59:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA KN KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA163	IAEA: COORDINATION OF INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE TO MEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 27, MsnOffs met with a group of senior IAEA managers to discuss coordination of infrastructure assistance activities related to the expansion of nuclear power. Graham Andrew, S&T Advisor to Director General ElBaradei, requested the meeting in response to Mission's invit [...]	2009-04-14 15:31:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY BEXP EAID
09UNVIEVIENNA164	IAEA/DPRK: INSPECTORS IN PYONGYANG; TO DEPART [...] (S) IAEA officials informed Mission on April 15 that its inspectors had completed the removal of seals and containment and surveillance measures and arrived in Pyongyang. The IAEA left its equipment at the Yongbyon nuclear center and will decide how to handle the return of equipment "later." [...]	2009-04-15 15:24:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC IAEA KN KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA165	IAEA: ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON MAPPING PRODUCT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (S) Msnoff met with Acting Head of the Satellite Imagery Analysis Unit's (SIAU),Karen Steinmaus (AMCIT) on March 16 to deliver reftel points. Steinmaus appreciated the U.S. response and provided additional clarity on the IAEA's inte [...]	2009-04-16 11:59:00	UNVIE	SECRET	IAEA AORC KNNP TRGY MNUC
09UNVIEVIENNA166	IRAQ-WMD-RESTRICTIONS: DISCUSSING HOW VIENNA COULD [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Schulte met with Embassy Baghdad and Washington ISN/RA, NEA/I, and L/NPV on April 1 over Secure VTC to discuss WMD-related UN Chapter VII Resolutions on Iraq. Ambassador Schulte noted that the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna is willing to assis [...]	2009-04-16 15:12:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IAEA IZ KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA167	IAEA SAFEGUARDS BUDGET ADVOCACY [...] (SBU) Summary: At UNVIE request, IAEA DDG/Safeguards briefed Geneva Group members on April 15 regarding his department's 2010/11 budget proposal. Heinonen made a compelling case for the proposed budget increase, but key member states appear to remain skeptical. Heinonen began by explaining w [...]	2009-04-17 06:27:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PARM KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA168	IAEA SAFEGUARDS BUDGET ADVOCACY [...] (SBU) Summary: At UNVIE request, IAEA DDG/Safeguards briefed Geneva Group members on April 15 regarding his department's 2010/11 budget proposal. Heinonen made a compelling case for the proposed budget increase, but key member states appear to remain skeptical. Heinonen began by explaining w [...]	2009-04-17 06:27:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PARM KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA170	AFGHANISTAN: PAKISTAN NOT A FRIEND, FOR NOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to our Afghan embassy contact, Afghanistan does not want to invite Pakistan to the next Friends of Afghanistan meeting in Vienna,to be hosted by UK on April 28. The GOA is apparently concerned that inclusion of Pakistan could politicize the Group,and could be a precu [...]	2009-04-17 10:23:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PREL PTER SNAR AF CA IR IPK UN
09UNVIEVIENNA172	UNODC SUGGESTS COUNTERNARCOTICS VENUE FOR [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary. On March 25, Ambassador and Msnoff met with UNODC Technical Cooperation Section Chief Roberto Arbitrio to discuss UNODC perspectives on cooperation with Iran and general Iran issues gained from Arbitrio's four and [...]	2009-04-17 12:51:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR KNNP AF PA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA173	UNODC HIGHLIGHTS URGENT FUNDING NEEDS FOR IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Presenting on the status of their programs in Iran on drug demand reduction, drug supply reduction, and rule of law efforts, UNODC officials on April 15 argued that most of their programs with Iran have been successful, but the overall program remains seriously underfunded, pu [...]	2009-04-17 12:55:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR KNNP PA SNAR AF
09UNVIEVIENNA174	IAEA BUDGET HAWKS MOBILIZING [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA regional groups have begun clarifying their positions on the IAEA draft budget in preparation for the April 27-28 meeting of the Program and Budget Committee (PBC). Most Member States have criticized Director General ElBaradei's proposed increase of 23 percent, but there ar [...]	2009-04-17 15:29:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA175	UNODC Director Costa on UN Crime Conventions [...] (SBU) INL Deputy Assistant Secretary Liz Verville and UNVIE Ambassador used an April 16 meeting with UNODC Executive Director Costa to underline U.S. interest in making the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ),and the respective Conferences of Parties to the UN Conventi [...]	2009-04-21 07:00:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC
09UNVIEVIENNA176	IAEA DG RACE: ECHAVARRI PITCHES FOR U.S. SUPPORT; [...] (C) This is an action message. UNVIE proposes USG consider whether or at what juncture officials in Washington should receive Luis Echavarri, candidate for the office of Director General of the IAEA, for an exchange of views about the Agency and an assessment of his potential if Japanese Amb [...]	2009-04-21 16:47:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI
09UNVIEVIENNA177	IAEA DG RACE: ECHAVARRI PITCHES FOR U.S. SUPPORT; [...] (C) This is an action message. UNVIE proposes USG consider whether or at what juncture officials in Washington should receive Luis Echavarri, candidate for the office of Director General of the IAEA, for an exchange of views about the Agency and an assessment of his potential if Japanese Amb [...]	2009-04-22 07:23:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI
09UNVIEVIENNA178	IAEA/DG RACE: MINTY RE-ENTERS RACE, CHANGING THE [...] (S) The IAEA Secretariat confirmed that South Africa had officially submitted its re-nomination of Governor Abdul Minty for Director General April 21. Minty's performance in the first round proves he cannot win, but he has emerged as a standard-bearer for the "non-aligned" members of the IAEA. [...]	2009-04-22 14:41:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF
09UNVIEVIENNA18	WASSENAAR: 2009 U.S. ASSESSED CONTRIBUTION [...] This is an action request. Post requests funding from ISN/EX in the amount of EURO 286,962 for the CY 2009 U.S. assessment from the Wassenaar Arrangement. Please see para. 4. 2. The Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) CY 2009 budget and assessment were approved at the December 2-3, 2008 Plenary me [...]	2009-01-20 11:42:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT ETTC
09UNVIEVIENNA180	IAEA/DG RACE: BELGIUM TO THROW HAT IN THE RING [...] (C) Following earlier reports (ref a) of a possible Belgian candidacy for IAEA Director General, the Belgian Mission confirmed April 24 that the nomination of Jean-Pol Poncelet, though not yet official, would be submitted either later the same day or early April 27 (the last day for nominatio [...]	2009-04-24 11:44:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA182	IAEA BUDGET: G-77 OPENS DOOR TO SAFEGUARDS, CLOSES [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA Member States have refined their positions in preparation for the April 27-28 meeting of the Program and Budget Committee (PBC). There is growing support for a real increase, but Member States await a U.S. position to galvanize the discussion. Individual European hardliner [...]	2009-04-24 13:31:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA187	Anti-Human Trafficking Working Group Prepares [...] On April 15-16 Vienna-based delegates and anti-human trafficking government experts from several countries gathered in Vienna to participate in a working group designed to assist the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) [...]	2009-04-27 15:30:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN PREF SMIG KCRM KTIP UN
09UNVIEVIENNA189	IAEA/DG RACE: FIVE CANDIDATES AT CLOSE OF [...] (S) As of the close of nominations April 27, there are five official candidates for IAEA Director General: Yukiya Amano (Japan),Abdul Minty (South Africa),Luis Echavarri (Spain),Jean-Pol Poncelet (Belgium) and Ernest Petric (Slovenia). No further candidates can join the race at this junct [...]	2009-04-28 16:28:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA19	NOTIFICATION OF SANCTIONS: A.Q.KHAN AND ASSOCIATES [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 14:40:00	UNVIE	SECRET	ETTC EFIN PARM MNUC KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA190	IAEA/DPRK: INSPECTIONS DIRECTOR DOUBTS NORTH KOREA [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 3. 2. (S) Director of Safeguards Division Operations A, Marco Marzo, told MsnOff on April 28 that he did not believe North Korea could have begun reprocessing the spent fuel by April 25, as the DPRK claims. (Note: North Korea publicly announced on A [...]	2009-04-28 17:26:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC IAEA KN KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA191	IRAQ SEEKS IAEA/PACT PARTNERSHIP TO LAUNCH NATIONAL CANCER [...] In March 2009, after a five month lag, Iraq's Ministry of Health (MOH) resumed discussions with the IAEA Program of Action for Cancer Therapy (PACT) to create a short, medium, and long-term plan to implement a national cancer therapy program. After consultation with multiple IAEA offices that [...]	2009-04-29 06:41:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PREL TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA192	IAEA/IRAN: P5+1 EXPERTS MEETING USEFUL MECHANISM FOR TECHNICAL DIALOGUE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-29 11:35:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AORC IR IAEA KNNP MNUC
09UNVIEVIENNA193	IAEA/IRAQ: FORMALLY FINDING IRAQ IN COMPLIANCE [...] (S) Key IAEA officials advised MsnOff in separate discussions that there is no question within the IAEA Secretariat that Iraq is in full compliance with its safeguards obligations. However, Laura Rockwood of the IAEA's Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) noted that the Agency has not "formally" com [...]	2009-04-29 15:54:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC IAEA IZ KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA195	Debriefing UNODC on ISAF Counternarcotics Activities -- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has requested to be debriefed on NATO-ISAF counternarcotics activities so that UNODC can factor these activities into its ongoing analysis of Afghan opium cultivation and trafficking. UNVIE supports this request and [...]	2009-04-30 08:39:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR NATO UN AF
09UNVIEVIENNA196	IAEA/TC: TECHNICAL COOPERATION REFORM PRIORITIES [...] (C) As the Mission continues to monitor TC projects, participate in Future of the Agency discussions, and attend regional TC planning meetings, several management shortcomings have come to light: a lack of transparency, lack of sustainable project planning, a lack of measurable performance ind [...]	2009-04-30 12:43:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID
09UNVIEVIENNA198	IAEA/RANF: RUSSIA SEES PROGRESS; BEIJING [...] (SBU) Sumamry: Ambassador's recent bilateral exchanges in Vienna and Beijing on multilateral nuclear fuel arrangements included encouraging signs for pragmatic discussion in the June IAEA Board of Governors meeting, paving the way to positive Board action in September. Advancing the dialogue [...]	2009-04-30 15:34:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ENRG PREL KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA199	UNIDO PRIORITIZES ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT, AND REFORMS IN NEW [...] (U) UNIDO Director-General Kandeh Yumkella on April 7 briefed member states on his 2010-11 budget proposal, which maintains zero real growth overall while increasing funding for poverty reduction, energy and environment programs, and further efficiency-enhancing measures. Member states reacte [...]	2009-05-04 13:16:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND ENRG EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KUNR KGHG
09UNVIEVIENNA2	IAEA/DG: NOMINATIONS DEADLINE CLOSES WITH ONLY [...] (C) At the close of the December 31 deadline, only Japan and South Africa had submitted nominations for IAEA Director General, Japanese Governor Yukiya Amano and South African Governor Abdul Minty. This ends all speculation about other candidates emerging in the first round of voting. The Boa [...]	2009-01-05 15:23:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL IAEA KNNP JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA20	NEW AFGHAN AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FRIENDS GROUP, IAEA [...] (SBU) Ambassador and DCM met with new Afghanistan ambassador Abdul Shoogufan on January 16 to discuss the Friends of Afghanistan Group, and UNODC and IAEA issues. Shoogufan stressed that most of Afghanistan's problems have been imported from neighbors and spoke at length about the challenge o [...]	2009-01-22 08:58:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL EUN NATO AF IR JA PK UN
09UNVIEVIENNA201	U.S. STIRS UP IAEA BUDGET TALKS, LEAVES THE WAY [...] (SBU) Summary: (This is a guidance request. Please see paragraphs 15 - 17.) The U.S. delegation achieved its primary goal during budget negotiations at the IAEA this week to leave the door open to a "meaningful, real increase." While the U.S. was alone in its strong appeal for a budget incr [...]	2009-05-04 15:29:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA204	IAEA/TC: TC RESOURCE MOBILIZATION STRATEGY AND METHODOLOGY [...] (U) Summary: The IAEA's Technical Cooperation (TC) Department remains bound by convention and inadequately ambitious with regard to identifying new funding sources and partnership models. TC efforts to elaborate a resource mobilization strategy reflect awareness that major contributors (espec [...]	2009-05-06 09:36:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ENRG TRGY EAID KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA205	UNODC Briefs on TIP Report for Secretary General [...] UNODC Executive Director Costa and John Sandage, Deputy Director of UNODC's Division of Treaty Affairs, briefed member states on UNODC's report to the UN General Assembly, in advance of the May 13th thematic debate on trafficking in persons. The paper, entitled "Improving the coordination of e [...]	2009-05-07 06:52:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN PREF SMIG KCRM KTIP UN

09UNVIEVIENNA206	COPOUS: WRAP-UP OF THE 46TH SESSION OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND [...] (U) The 48th session of the Legal Subcommittee (LSC) of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) yielded positive results for the United States and set the stage for the further advancement of USG interests in the LSC next year. The second year consideration of national l [...]	2009-05-07 08:49:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA TSPL UNGA UNPUOS
09UNVIEVIENNA208	PAKISTAN - IAEA AND UNODC EFFORTS TO HELP GOP COUNTER [...] (SBU) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has several ongoing activities with Pakistan that deal with nuclear and radiological security, training, regulatory development, safety, and equipment certification. Another Vienna-based International Organization, UNODC, is engaged with Paki [...]	2009-05-07 15:30:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PTER KNNP ENRG TRGY IAEA KCRM SNAR PK
09UNVIEVIENNA209	IAEA/DG RACE: ECHAVARRI MAKES A STRONG SHOWING [...] (C) Spanish DG candidate Luis Echavarri emerged the clear "winner" over Belgian candidate Jean-Pol Poncelet in a joint meeting of the two candidates with the Western European and Others Group (WEOG) May 6. Drawing on his 25 years of experience in the nuclear field, Echavarri demonstrated solid [...]	2009-05-07 16:39:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA MY SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA211	IAEA CONSULTANCY ON LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES OF [...] IAEACouns called on IAEA Deputy Director General (DDG) for Nuclear Energy Yury Sokolov on May 7 to discuss U.S. concerns about the referenced consultancy meeting and to deliver letter per para 3 of reftel. 2. Sokolov disputed that the timing of the May 14-15 consultancy was so "short-noti [...]	2009-05-08 10:48:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ENRG TRGY KNNP RU
09UNVIEVIENNA213	International Scientific Studies Project and the [...] The heart of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is the International Monitoring System (IMS) to detect nuclear explosions, to be set up and run by the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). The IMS from the very beginning was heavily dependent on scientific experts to set u [...]	2009-05-08 13:30:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KTBT PARM ENRG
09UNVIEVIENNA214	WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: (PART I OF II) EXPERTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) Experts Group (EG) completed a very successful round of negotiations March 30 - April 9, reviewing 53 national proposals, 4 "counter-proposals", 11 non-papers and addressing 2 Plenary mandates. Setting a record for a spring meeting, the EG reache [...]	2009-05-08 13:33:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA215	WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: (PART II OF II) EXPERTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-08 13:37:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA217	"Harm Reduction" Debate Politicizing INCB Elections? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting on May 6, Koli Kouame Secretary of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB),expressed dismay over what he described as the NGO efforts to politicize the election of Board members. More specifically, Kouame believes the International Drug Policy Consortium ( [...]	2009-05-08 15:14:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC
09UNVIEVIENNA218	IAEA/EGYPT: SAFEGUARDS IMPLEMENTATION REPORT CITES [...] (SBU) The IAEA's Safeguards Implementation Report (SIR) for 2008, an annual report on safeguards worldwide, includes a country-specific section on Egypt citing for the first time an ongoing investigation of findings in 2007 and 2008 of HEU and LEU particles at the Inshas research center. The k [...]	2009-05-08 15:34:00	UNVIE	SECRET	PARM PREL KNNP IAEA MNUC EG
09UNVIEVIENNA219	IAEA BOARD CHAIR TAKES THE BUDGET IN HAND [...] (SBU) Summary: The IAEA Secretariat has developed a new budget proposal for 2010-2011 that takes the previous proposal of a 23 percent increase over two years and "stretches" it over four years. The effort is likely a face-saving measure that recognizes the reality of the global economic dow [...]	2009-05-11 12:39:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA220	IAEA/EGYPT: SAFEGUARDS IMPLEMENTATION REPORT CITES INVESTIGATION OF LEU/HEU PARTICLES FOUND AT INSHAS NUCLEAR CENTER [...] (SBU) The IAEA's Safeguards Implementation Report (SIR) for 2008, an annual report on safeguards worldwide, includes a country-specific section on Egypt citing for the first time an ongoing investigation of findings in 2007 and 2008 of HEU and LEU particles at the Inshas research center. The k [...]	2009-05-11 14:16:00	UNVIE	SECRET	EG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM PREL
09UNVIEVIENNA221	IAEA/SAFEGUARDS/BUDGET: LEADING WITH OUR STRONG [...] (SBU) DDG for Safeguards Olli Heinonen recently told MsnOff that he has been approached by "many Missions" to inquire about "stretching out" the funding for the requested upgrades to the Safeguards Analytical Laboratories (SAL),in particular replacement of the Nuclear Materials Laboratory (N [...]	2009-05-11 15:07:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA222	UNODC and AFPAK STRATEGIES Loom Large for Vienna Friends of [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting on April 28 chaired by the UK Ambassador, Vienna's Friends of Afghanistan heard a presentation by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on its 2009-2011 Afghanistan counter-narcotics strategy. UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa informed delegations he would [...]	2009-05-11 15:20:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR AF PK UN PTER UK
09UNVIEVIENNA225	CORRECTED COPY OF UNVIE VIENNA 206: COPOUS: WRAP-UP OF THE [...] (U) The 48th session of the Legal Subcommittee (LSC) of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) yielded positive results for the United States and set the stage for the further advancement of USG interests in the LSC next year. The second year consideration of national l [...]	2009-05-13 14:14:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA TSPL UNGA UNPUOS
09UNVIEVIENNA226	UNODC/IRAN: SLOWLY MOVING FORWARD ON REGIONAL [...] (C) Summary. UNODC Head of the Europe and Central/West Asia Office Roberto Arbitrio on May 13 briefed Msnoffs on his trip the prior week to Afghanistan and Iran. Although the trip did not yield much substantive progress, it appears that joint counternarcotics cooperation under the Triangul [...]	2009-05-13 15:39:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR IR PAK AF
09UNVIEVIENNA227	DEEPENING IMPASSE IN IAEA BUDGET TALKS [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA Member States met on May 13 to "get down to business" on the budget. European hardliners have not relinquished their calls for a "revised" budget proposal based on zero growth. Nor has the G-77 progressed beyond general support for increases in technical cooperation and [...]	2009-05-13 15:43:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA231	IAEA: LOOKING AHEAD TO THE JUNE BOARD [...] (C) The June 15-19 IAEA Board of Governors meeting will take place against the backdrop of impasse over the 2010 budget and the ongoing race for IAEA Director General, with an election likely later in June. The politics of the DG race will distract from the regular June Board meeting's overlo [...]	2009-05-18 11:11:00	UNVIE	SECRET	ENRG PARM PREL KNPP IAEA IR KN IZ PK
09UNVIEVIENNA235	INDIA SAFEGUARDS: TWO MORE STEPS [...] Summary. India has brought into force its safeguards agreement, approved by the IAEA Board of Governors in August 2008. Before safeguards can be applied, India needs to declare its civil facilities to the IAEA. After that, implementation of other safeguards agreements covering those facili [...]	2009-05-21 10:05:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ENRG TRGY IN
09UNVIEVIENNA239	CTBTO: Preliminary Data on DPRK Alleged Nuclear Test [...] The Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) held a special technical briefing May 25 to provide initial data from the International Monitoring System (IMS) on the alleged DPRK nuclear test. Thirty-nine seismic stations (23 primary stati [...]	2009-05-26 15:00:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KTBT PARM ENRG
09UNVIEVIENNA24	IAEA/RANF: PROGRESS WITH RUSSIA ON ASSURED FUEL [...] (SBU) The IAEA reports privately it is progressing toward concluding an agreement with Russia on the supply of LEU and on arranging the mechanics of an IAEA-administered fuel bank. IAEA Reserve at Angarsk Enrichment Center ----------------------------------------- 2. (C) The IAEA's he [...]	2009-01-22 16:24:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY PREL IAEA RS
09UNVIEVIENNA240	IAEA Symposium on Nuclear Security Relates Terrorism Threat [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IAEA Nuclear Security Symposium, attended by over 500 participants representing over 90 countries, dealt with issues involved in protecting nuclear and other radioactive materials from the hands of criminals and provided a forum for discussions with nuclear security counterpa [...]	2009-05-26 16:25:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA241	IAEA/BOARD/GC:TOUR D'HORIZON WITH EGYPTIAN [...] (C) Ambassador and DCM had a generally positive exchange of views May 19 with Egyptian Ambassador Fawzi on priority issues for the June Board of Governors meeting and in anticipation of Egypt becoming the NAM Chair in July. The President's upcoming visit to Cairo and the perception that U.S.- [...]	2009-05-27 11:11:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EG IAEA IR IS KNNP PARM PREL TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA242	ITALIAN COUNTERNARCOTICS COOPERATION WITH IRAN [...] (C) Summary. On May 20, Msnoff met with an Italian counterpart, Marco Prencipe, who recently left a four-year post in Tehran to discuss the effectiveness of Iranian cooperation with the Italians on counternarcotics efforts. For the most part, cooperation has been successful, and Italy and [...]	2009-05-27 12:52:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR AF PAK IR IT
09UNVIEVIENNA243	NUCLEAR FUEL ASSURANCES: TOP-LEVEL APPROACHES TO [...] (SBU) At the conclusion of his meeting with U.S. House oF Representatives leaders Waxman and Lowey on May 26 (septel to follow),IAEA Director General (DG) ElBaradei engaged for several minutes separately with Ambassador and Msnoff on tactics for Board of Governors consideration of nuclear fue [...]	2009-05-27 16:25:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ENRG KNNP EG SA
09UNVIEVIENNA244	IAEA/DG RACE: BOARD MEETS THE FIVE CANDIDATES [...] (C) The five DG candidates each performed respectably at the informal Board session May 26 with no clear winner (full text of remarks emailed to Department.) Japanese candidate Amano tailored his intervention for G-77 consumption, highlighting that the IAEA should not be a nuclear watchdog bu [...]	2009-05-27 16:43:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA245	CTBTO: Update on DPRK Alleged Nuclear Test as of 27 May [...] Please see para six for guidance requests. 2. The Chair of the Preparatory Commission of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) convened a meeting of the Preparatory Commission May 26 to discuss the claimed DPRK nuclear test. All delegations that spoke were strongly [...]	2009-05-28 12:20:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KTBT PARM ENRG
09UNVIEVIENNA247	CTBT: VIENNA P5 MEETING AT WORKING LEVEL -GUIDANCE [...] (U) The French Mission to international organizations in Vienna convened an initial meeting of P5 representatives to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) on April 30. Participants in the meeting spent most of their time delineating what might or might not profitably be done [...]	2009-05-28 15:01:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	KTBT AORC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA249	EVALUATING PARIS PACT ON AFGHANISTAN: OPTIMIZING THE NEXT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A May 14 briefing for donor and participant countries by the consultant UNODC hired to assess the Paris Pact emphasized inefficiencies in expert roundtable meetings, the unsustainable Pact footprint, the Pact's enduring political utility, and under-utilization of the ADAM system, [...]	2009-05-29 14:42:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PREL PTER SNAR UN AF PK CA RU IR UK
09UNVIEVIENNA251	IAEA: SECOND ANALYTIC TRAINING SESSION PROVIDES [...] (S) Summary. In response to a continuing request from the IAEA Safeguards Department for assistance in improving its analytic methods, the National Counterproliferation Center (NCPC),with the close support of CIA's Sherman Kent School, sponsored training for IAEA Safeguards officials in analy [...]	2009-05-29 15:43:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA252	IAEA: GICNT JOINT DEMARCHE ON PROPOSED AGENDA FOR 2009 [...] This is an action request for ISN/WMDT. Please see para 4. 2. In a joint approach with Russian and Dutch colleagues, Mission delivered points as requested per REFTEL to IAEA Office of Nuclear Security Director, Anita Nilsson, encouraging her participation in the Global Initiative to Comba [...]	2009-05-29 16:21:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ENRG PARM KNNP PREL IAEA KGIC NL RS
09UNVIEVIENNA253	IAEA: JUNE BOARD PREVIEW AND ANALYSIS [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) The June 15-19 IAEA Board of Governors meeting will take place amid continuing uncertainty over the Director General election and budget negotiations (ref a.) Nevertheless, Mission will endeavor to take advantage of favorable attitudes toward the Pre [...]	2009-05-29 19:27:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA258	UNODC HEAD NOTES CHANGE IN IRAN,S TONE TOWARD U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. ------- Summary ------- 2. (S) UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa on May 27 debriefed Ambassador Schulte on his trip the previous week to Iran to take part in a ceremony commemorating the completion of Iran,s physical border pr [...]	2009-06-05 10:00:00	UNVIE	SECRET	PREL SNAR AF IR PAK
09UNVIEVIENNA259	IAEA/SAFEGUARDS: HIGHLIGHTS OF 2009 U.S. SUPPORT PROGRAM [...] (SBU) The U.S. Support Program (USSP) annual review meeting with the IAEA Department of Safeguards (SG) highlighted the new and ongoing 2008-2009 SG R&D Programme projects for which U.S. and other Member State support has been or will be requested. The overarching theme was the on-going shift [...]	2009-06-05 10:01:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IAEA OTRA KNNP TRGY AORC
09UNVIEVIENNA260	IAEA/DG RACE: CAMPAIGN UPDATE FROM AMANO [...] (S) Taking stock in advance of the June 9 straw poll, Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano provided Ambassador Schulte an update June 5 of Japan's world-wide wide campaign. The GOJ is pulling out all the stops on Amano's behalf, including contacts by PM Aso and at the FM level. Among the undec [...]	2009-06-05 12:06:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA264	IAEA/SYRIA: SECRETARIAT STILL SEEKING COOPERATION [...] (SBU) The Director General's report on nuclear safeguards implementation in Syria, issued in the run-up to the June 15-19, 2009 Board of Governors meeting, concludes that "Syria needs to be more cooperative and transparent." The report indicates that Syria has not adequately responded to the [...]	2009-06-08 15:07:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA265	IAEA/IRAN: DG REPORTS MORE OF THE SAME [...] (C) The IAEA Director General's (DG) June 5 report on Iran, which confirms a lack of continuing cooperation that seems to have become the "status quo," again identifies Tehran's failures to abide by UN Security Council and Board requirements. Conveying a "matter of fact" tone, the report [...]	2009-06-08 15:38:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA266	IAEA/SYRIA: SECRETARIAT STILL SEEKING COOPERATION [...] (SBU) The Director General's report on nuclear safeguards implementation in Syria, issued in the run-up to the June 15-19, 2009 Board of Governors meeting, concludes that "Syria needs to be more cooperative and transparent." The report indicates that Syria has not adequately responded to the [...]	2009-06-09 10:42:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA267	LATEST IAEA PROPOSAL FRUSTRATES BUDGET HAWKS [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA budget hawks (UK, Germany, France, et. al.) are frustrated and annoyed that the IAEA Secretariat has not submitted a revised budget based on Zero Real Growth (ZRG). To their dismay, Board Vice Chair Feruta circulated a third budget proposal June 5 featuring a 12.7 percent [...]	2009-06-09 12:33:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA268	IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO MAKES A STRONG SHOWING IN [...] (S) The results of the June 9 informal straw poll -- Amano 20, Minty 11, Echavarri 4, and Poncelet and Petric both 0 -- place Amano in good stead for the formal vote, which the Board Chair announced would be held over a two-day session on July 2-3. Certainly, the momentum is with Amano and man [...]	2009-06-09 13:25:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA269	IAEA/IRAQ: IRAQ SEEKING U.S. GUIDANCE FOR JUNE [...] (SBU) Iraqi Ambassador Aqrawi told Ambassador Schulte on June 8 that Baghdad had instructed him earlier in the day to seek an Agenda item at the June 15-19 Board of Governors meeting on Iraqi compliance. Aqrawi shared that Board Chair Feroukhi discouraged a new agenda item at this late stage [...]	2009-06-09 15:02:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IAEA IZ KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA27	IAEA PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS - FORCING THE ISSUE [...] (SBU) Summary: The issue of Program Support Costs (PSCs) at the IAEA has become increasingly irksome. The IAEA's unpublished policy of charging 7 percent PSCs has grown to include even the cost-free experts on loan to the IAEA from Member States, while continuing to exempt donations to the T [...]	2009-01-23 15:28:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IAEA AORC KNNP TRGY UN PREL CN UK
09UNVIEVIENNA270	IAEA GIVES SOME INSIGHT INTO THE NEW 2010-2013 NUCLEAR [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: The IAEA Office of Nuclear Security (ONS) is making a good faith effort to involve Member States in developing the next Nuclear Security Plan (NSP) for 2010 - 2013. A draft outline discussed initially June 4 and 5 follows the new organization structure ONS put forward in the draf [...]	2009-06-10 14:00:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA271	IAEA/IRAQ: IRAQ COMPLIANCE AT JUNE 2009 BOARD [...] (SBU) Ambassador Schulte passed ref A advice to Iraqi Ambassador Aqrawi on June 10, for which Aqrawi was grateful. Ambassador Schulte advised him to make a statement at the June Board of Governors meeting under Any Other Business (AOB) requesting the Secretariat to prepare a report on Iraq's [...]	2009-06-10 16:05:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IAEA IZ KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA272	UNVIE IRAN INVITES FOR JULY 4 [...] (C) Per Ref A, Mission invited four Iranians to UNVIE,s July 4 celebration. Mission invited Iranian Permanent Representative to the UN Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Deputy PermRep Alireza Esmaeili, First Counselor Reza Pourmand Tehrani, and Third Secretary Rahim Saki, who works the counternarcotic [...]	2009-06-12 09:22:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR
09UNVIEVIENNA273	IAEA GIVES SOME INSIGHT INTO THE NEW 2010-2013 NUCLEAR [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: The IAEA Office of Nuclear Security (ONS) is making a good faith effort to involve Member States in developing the next Nuclear Security Plan (NSP) for 2010 - 2013. A draft outline discussed initially June 4 and 5 follows the new organization structure ONS put forward in the draf [...]	2009-06-12 13:17:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA275	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: BORROWING TO FUND IAEA [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. Please see paragraph 12. 2. (U) Summary: Member States recognize the IAEA's infrastructure needs, but many are under instructions to reject the budgetary increases that would resolve them. As budget negotiations intensify, Canada, France, Germany, the [...]	2009-06-15 12:54:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA276	CODEL LOWEY AND WAXMAN,S VISIT WITH IAEA AND CTBTO [...] (SBU) Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Congressman Henry Waxman (D-CA) challenged IAEA DG ElBaradei's assessment of the threat Iran poses to Israel in a May 26 private meeting. ElBaradei used the opportunity to reiterate his views about international fuel banks, explain the IAEA's auth [...]	2009-06-15 14:32:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC MNUC PREL TRGY IR IAEA KNNP SY KN
09UNVIEVIENNA279	DG ELBARADEI FUELS THE BUDGET DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA Director General ElBaradei intervened during a session of the ongoing Board of Governors meeting to deliver an impassioned plea in favor of a budget increase. ElBaradei said "two decades" of zero growth had restricted the IAEA's ability to do its job, and warned that Member [...]	2009-06-17 14:58:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA280	AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR TO TEHRAN FINDS IRAN POSITIVE [...] (C) Summary. On June 10, Austrian Ambassador to Tehran Michael Postl (please protect) debriefed MsnOff on the current state of play in Iran on engagement, the nuclear issue, and the economy. Postl argued that the Iranian leadership is favorable on engagement with the U.S., but that it is [...]	2009-06-17 16:52:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IR AU EU
09UNVIEVIENNA281	IAEA/JUNE BOARD: IRAQ SEEKS A CLEAN SLATE FROM THE [...] (SBU) Summary. During June 17 IAEA Board of Governors deliberations, Iraq requested that an item be added to the September Board meeting agenda that addresses the cooperation between Iraq and the IAEA related to implementation of Iraq's IAEA safeguards obligations. Iraq asked for member state [...]	2009-06-17 17:35:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IAEA IZ KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA282	IAEA/IRAN: SAFEGUARDS TECHNICAL BRIEFING STRESSES [...] (SBU) On June 10, Ops B Director Herman Nackaerts provided Member States a technical briefing on the Director General's (DG) June 5 report on Iran. The briefing largely repeated the points covered in the report, but also offered more details on safeguards implementation at the Natanz cent [...]	2009-06-18 06:27:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA284	KEY PARIS PACT MEMBERS URGE RESULTS RATHER THAN MEETINGS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an informal June 9 meeting, key Paris Pact members agreed to continue their support for the Pact. They also agreed to use 2010 to review the implementation of recommendations from three past roundtables -- precursors, financial flows, and cross-border management. In addition [...]	2009-06-18 09:11:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PREL PTER SNAR UN AF PK CA RU IT UK SW AS
09UNVIEVIENNA285	NUCLEAR SAFETY: REPORT OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE JOINT [...] The Third Review Meeting of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management was broadly successful for U.S. interests. The meeting was more widely attended than last time, and the quality of the national reports and the discussions [...]	2009-06-18 13:13:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KNNP AORC
09UNVIEVIENNA286	IAEA/ELBARADEI UNPLUGGED: DIRECTOR GENERAL'S [...] (SBU) In a wide-ranging intervention following Iranian Ambassador Soltanieh's customary diatribe at the conclusion of the Iran agenda item at the ongoing IAEA Board of Governors meeting, Director General (DG) ElBaradei took Iran to task amid the DG's "general reflections" on the health and [...]	2009-06-19 06:42:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG MNUC IR IAEA PREL PINR KNNP KN SY
09UNVIEVIENNA287	NUCLEAR SAFETY: REPORT OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE JOINT [...] The Third Review Meeting of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management was broadly successful for U.S. interests. The meeting was more widely attended than last time, and the quality of the national reports and the discussions [...]	2009-06-19 07:32:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KNNP AORC
09UNVIEVIENNA288	IAEA/IRAN: NUCLEAR SAFETY/REGULATORY MISSIONS [...] (U) According to Miro Lipar, head of the IAEA's Operational Safety Section, who will lead the preliminary Operational Safety Review Team (pre-OSART) in Iran, the mission has not yet been scheduled and will probably not happen in 2009. He stated that there are several things that need to happe [...]	2009-06-19 09:45:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP CPAS IAEA OSCE RS IR
09UNVIEVIENNA289	IAEA/SYRIA/BOARD OF GOVERNORS: CONCERN OVER NEW [...] (C) Summary: The June Board debate on Syria unfolded along largely familiar lines with many Board members calling on Damascus to cooperate with the Agency,s requests, while NAM and Arab delegations continued to focus on Israel,s misdeeds, rather than the need for Syrian cooperation. The debat [...]	2009-06-19 15:59:00	UNVIE	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA29	IAEA: NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP DISCUSSES TEXT BUT NO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 15, interested NSG Participating Governments (PGs) discussed the current "clean text" to revise paragraphs 6 and 7 of the Part 1 NSG Guidelines regarding conditions for approval of transfers of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) equipment and technology. [...]	2009-01-27 16:18:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ENR
09UNVIEVIENNA292	IAEA/DPRK/BOARD OF GOVERNORS: BROAD CONDEMNATION [...] (SBU) The IAEA June Board of Governors registered universal condemnation and deep concern regarding the DPRK's nuclear test. Fourteen statements (representing 22 of 35 Board members) were delivered under the Agenda item on the Application of Safeguards in the DPRK: Six party partners, the EU, [...]	2009-06-22 12:47:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA KN KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA293	IAEA/IRAN: BOARD URGES COOPERATION AND [...] (SBU) The June 17 IAEA Board of Governors discussion on Iran, although overshadowed by Director General(DG) ElBaradei's concluding intervention scolding Iranian Ambassador Soltanieh for Tehran's lack of engagement with the IAEA (reftel),highlighted the need for Iran to begin full cooperati [...]	2009-06-22 15:21:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA294	UNODC URGES DONORS TO USE ADAM [...] In a June 22 meeting with Charge and UK Ambassador, UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa gave his positive response to the May 27 joint U.S.-UK letter requesting UNODC to expand its benchmarks for measuring counternarcotics successes in Afghanistan (Septel). In the course of this meeting, C [...]	2009-06-23 11:06:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR USAID AF UN
09UNVIEVIENNA296	ASSESSING UNODC'S ANTONIO COSTA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Antonio Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC),is scheduled to roll out UNODC's annual World Drug Report with the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske on June 24. Costa is an ambitious and energetic [...]	2009-06-23 11:26:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR KCRM UN AF PK
09UNVIEVIENNA298	IAEA/BOARD OF GOVERNORS: SAFEGUARDS IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) This cable reports on discussion of the routine safeguards agenda items from the Board of Governors: item 5a (Conclusion of safeguards agreements and additional protocols),5b (the Safeguards Implementation Report for 2008) and 5c (Staff of the Safeguards Department to be used as Agency In [...]	2009-06-23 14:39:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP AORC TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA299	IAEA: JUNE BOARD WRAP UP [...] (SBU) Despite Mission's efforts to improve the divisive atmosphere in the IAEA Board of Governors, a public row between Director General Elbaradei and Israel under the Syria agenda item detracted from this objective (ref d),as did continued divisions over the IAEA budget, which were likewise t [...]	2009-06-24 06:35:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA3	AFGHAN MINISTERS TALK COUNTERNARCOTICS IN VIENNA [...] (SBU) On the margins of the Paris Pact meeting in Vienna on December 15-16, Ambassador and DCM met with Afghanistan's Minister of Counternarcotics General Khodaidad, Deputy Minister of Interior General Daud Daud, and other Afghan officials. The Ministers complained about the lack of countern [...]	2009-01-09 08:26:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM PREL EUN NATO AF IR CA GM JA PK SW UN
09UNVIEVIENNA300	IAEA: JUNE BOARD WRAP UP [...] (SBU) Despite Mission's efforts to improve the divisive atmosphere in the IAEA Board of Governors, a public row between Director General Elbaradei and Israel under the Syria agenda item detracted from this objective (ref d),as did continued divisions over the IAEA budget, which were likewise t [...]	2009-06-24 06:36:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA301	IAEA JUNE BOARD: MOVES FUEL BANKS FORWARD [...] (SBU) In its debut as formal item on the IAEA Board of Governors agenda, the issue of nuclear fuel assurances concluded with the IAEA Secretariat empowered to continue developing select proposals and with the way cleared for continued Board discussions and eventual Board action. For the first [...]	2009-06-24 14:55:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RU IN GR
09UNVIEVIENNA302	COPUOS: Adoption of SAFETY FRAMEWORK FOR NUCLEAR POWER [...] (U) SUMMARY: At the June 3-12, 2009 session of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS),the joint Scientific and Technical Subcommittee (STSC)-International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safety Framework for the Use of Nuclear Power Source (NPS) Applications i [...]	2009-06-24 14:58:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA UNGA UNPUOS AORC ENRG TRGY KNNP OTRA AU VE
09UNVIEVIENNA303	UNODC PLANS BIG FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 12:59:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EAID UN AF PK CA RU IR UK
09UNVIEVIENNA304	UNODC PLANS BIG FOR PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 15 meeting, UNODC Deputy Director for Operations Bernard Frahi shared with us the terms of reference for his recent mission to Pakistan and UNODC's plans for its program there. (Mission report and terms of reference were emailed to the Department - IO/T, INL/PC, and SC [...]	2009-06-25 14:20:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EAID UN AF PK CA RU IR UK
09UNVIEVIENNA306	SWEDISH EU PRESIDENCY EXPECTATIONS FOR IAEA, CTBT [...] (C) In anticipation of the Swedish EU Presidency, UNVIE held bilateral consultations June 24 with Swedish Mission counterparts to preview upcoming issues at the IAEA, UNODC and CTBTO; the Swedes also made a pitch for U.S. reentry into UNIDO. Sweden expects a difficult Presidency focused on ec [...]	2009-06-26 15:03:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY PTER SNAR EAID
09UNVIEVIENNA308	WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: MAY 25-27 GENERAL WORKING [...] (C) Summary: Acting DAS Ganzer led an inter-agency delegation to the May 25-27 Wassenaar Arrangement General Working Group (GWG). Russia again presented a paper on arms exports to Georgia, expressing its frustration that Wassenaar did not report Russia,s concerns appropriately in reports of m [...]	2009-06-29 13:04:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA31	Breaking the UNGASS Impasse on "Harm Reduction" [...] (U) This is an action message for INL/PC and IO/T. Please see paragraph 7. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Negotiations for the UNGA special session have hit an impasse, created by EU insistence on adding the controversial term "harm reduction" to various parts of the draft UNGASS actio [...]	2009-01-27 16:21:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM UN PGOV AORC UK CO RS JA CA FR SW GM
09UNVIEVIENNA310	IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO EYES NARROW VICTORY WHILE [...] (S) Entering the final days before the July 2-3 balloting, Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano shared the same assessment of the race on June 29 as he has previously but tempered by some new concerns. Japan still calculates "around 20" commitments. Factoring in a 20-30 percent average margin f [...]	2009-06-29 15:46:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA311	IAEA PROVIDES CLARIFICATIONS TO ITS REQUEST FOR [...] (C) Summary. Msnoff delivered reftel points to Karen Steinmaus, Acting Head of the IAEA's Satellite Imagery Analysis Unit (SIAU),noting that the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is willing to assist the IAEA with its request for worldwide mapping products, subject to certain pa [...]	2009-06-30 11:33:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA AORC KNNP TRGY MNUC
09UNVIEVIENNA313	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: POSSIBLE IAEA BUDGET DEAL [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. Please see paragraphs 11-12. 2. (SBU) Summary: Recognizing the deadlock in IAEA budget negotiations, the Board Vice Chair will present IAEA Member States with yet another budget proposal on July 1. This will be the fourth budget proposal since Director [...]	2009-06-30 14:51:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EAIO UN
09UNVIEVIENNA318	IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO WINS NARROW VICTORY DUE TO ONE [...] (C) Japanese DG candidate Yukiya Amano narrowly won the required two-thirds majority in a final "confidence" vote July 2. One abstention in the final tally (23 "Yes" 11 "No" and 1 abstention) lowered the margin for victory to 23 votes. This completes the "Selection Stage" of the DG election [...]	2009-07-02 15:27:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA319	IAEA/DG RACE: AMANO ACCLAIMED DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) With resounding and sustained applause, the Board of Governors appointed Japanese Ambassador Yukiya Amano as the IAEA Director General-designate July 3 by acclamation. More than three dozen statements of congratulations, including on the part of the G-77, NAM, EU, all regional groups, and [...]	2009-07-06 12:21:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA SP JA SI SF BE
09UNVIEVIENNA320	ACTION REQUEST: IAEA BUDGET TALKS HIT WALL, [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: Mission is concerned that a months-long effort to achieve an increase in the IAEA budget is increasingly likely to end in failure. Hewing to a policy of zero growth, France and Germany have blocked Mission's effor [...]	2009-07-06 16:12:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA321	IMPACT OF AMANO "DOWRY" ON IAEA BUDGET [...] (C) Summary: Now that Yukiya Amano has been elected to the post of IAEA Director General, many IAEA Member States expect Japan to flood the Agency with cash. There is some truth to this perception, thought the actual amounts may not amount to a "flood." Japan privately supports a budget inc [...]	2009-07-07 15:11:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA322	IAEA LEADERSHIP TEAM TRANSITION AND U.S. INFLUENCE [...] (C) Summary: The IAEA transition that will come as DG ElBaradei's term ends November 30 provides a once-a-decade opportunity to overcome bureaucratic inertia, modernize Agency operations, and position the new director general for strong leadership from the DG's office. Yukiya Amano's arrival [...]	2009-07-07 15:59:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA323	FINLAND SEEKS TOP UNODC JOB [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Finland's Ministry of Justice is considering naming its Director of International Affairs, Matti Joutsen, as a candidate to replace UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa, who is lobbying for an extension after his second term expires in May 2010 (Reftels). As several EU co [...]	2009-07-08 15:28:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EAID UN AF PK CA RU IR UK FI
09UNVIEVIENNA324	BRIEFING TO COPUOS AND SIDE MEETING ON THE [...] (SBU) On June 9, 2009, Brigadier General Susan Helms, Director of Plans and Policy, J-5, United States Strategic Command, briefed the 52nd Session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) on the February 2009 collision of the Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 satellites. Prior t [...]	2009-07-08 15:30:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PREL PARM TSPA RS NASA CPUOS CDG
09UNVIEVIENNA325	ASSURANCE OF NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY: RUSSIAN REVIEW [...] (SBU) In a meeting with Russian Ambassador Zmeyevskiy and Russian Counselor Karasev on June 30, Charge suggested that it would be productive to convene soon the supporters of nuclear fuel assurances to discuss potential next steps, given the outcome of the June Board meeting (reftel). Zmeyevs [...]	2009-07-08 15:31:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY RU IN
09UNVIEVIENNA326	IAEA/GC: BREAKING THE MIDDLE EAST LOGJAM - REQUEST [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 5. 2. (C) New Zealand Ambassador Jennifer Macmillan, designated to be the 2009 IAEA General Conference (GC) President, sounded despondent July 1 about the prospects of breaking the logjam in the GC on Middle East issues. She warned Charge of a "poiso [...]	2009-07-08 16:08:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS
09UNVIEVIENNA327	IAEA: WHAT IS BEING DONE IN FOOD SECURITY [...] (U) The IAEA has played an important if obscure role in securing the world's food supply for nearly fifty years. Its projects have addressed a wide variety of agricultural concerns and provided innovative solutions using nuclear technology. In partnership with FAO, the Vienna-based Joint Divi [...]	2009-07-09 09:56:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID EAGR
09UNVIEVIENNA328	IAEA BUDGET TALKS DISINTEGRATE AS EURO "HAWKS" [...] (SBU) Summary: The European position on the IAEA budget increase has hardened. They no longer describe funding for Safeguards and Security as "priorities," but merely "desirable." The G8 process has had no affect on their zero growth position. If anything, the "budget hawks" have gained mo [...]	2009-07-09 16:01:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA329	IAEA NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS DEPARTMENT REQUESTS FOR SUPPORT [...] (U) Msnoffs met with Andy Garner, Programme Co-Ordinator, Office of the IAEA Deputy Director General for Nuclear Applications (NA),to discuss two IAEA requests: for USG assistance in strengthening the on-going Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) research at the FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnolo [...]	2009-07-10 07:56:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ENRG TRGY EAID KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA33	UNODC:Costa Welcomes Renewed Focus on Multilateral [...] (SBU) In a candid January 27 review of upcoming priorities, UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa described for Ambassador his interest in finding ways to better address the "transmission belt" of organized crime and smuggling that moves illegal drugs from producers to the markets. Costa expl [...]	2009-01-29 11:52:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM UN PGOV PREL AF KWMN PHUM SMIG
09UNVIEVIENNA331	IAEA/DG: AMANO SKETCHES AMBITIOUS TRANSITION AGENDA [...] (C) IAEA Director General-designate Yukiya Amano expressed gratitude for U.S. support during a July 9 congratulatory lunch and engaged Charge in a wide-ranging discussion of senior personnel, budget and compliance issues. Amano attributed his election to support from the U.S., Australia and F [...]	2009-07-10 15:41:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KNNP IAEA TRGY JA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA332	IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL HAS NEW PERSPECTIVE ON VINCA SITE [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: IAEA Director General ElBaradei visited the Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences in Serbia and came away with a new level of concern and attention to the repackaging, transportation, and reprocessing of nuclear fuel from Serbia to the Russian Federation. He has set a new target [...]	2009-07-13 06:31:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA333	IAEA GC/MIDDLE EAST: ISRAELI AMBASSADOR REVIEWS [...] (C) Having just returned from Tel Aviv consultations on IAEA General Conference (GC) Middle East issues, Israeli Ambassador Michaeli provided an assessment to Charge July 10 of this year's versions of the "Egyptian" Middle East Safeguards (MES) and the Israel Nuclear Capabilities (INC) resolut [...]	2009-07-13 15:19:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS
09UNVIEVIENNA335	HCOC: EU WORKSHOP ON STRENGTHENING THE HAGUE CODE [...] Summary: In its role as European Union (EU) President, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a workshop in Prague on June 26 to promote further enhancement and improved functioning of the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) against ballistic missile proliferation. The informal workshop broug [...]	2009-07-15 08:18:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC KNNP TSPA
09UNVIEVIENNA336	TERRORISM PREVENTION BRANCH PERFORMING WELL, FACES BUDGET [...] (SBU) John Sandage, Officer-in-Charge of UNODC's Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB),briefed UNODC member states on July 7 on the Branch's mid-year 2009 Project Implementation, as well as its ongoing budget woes. Like many UNODC branches, Sandage said TPB will also suffer a funding shortfall i [...]	2009-07-15 14:16:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KCRM PREL AFIN UN AF
09UNVIEVIENNA337	WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: EXPERTS GROUP TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) At the intersessional meetings June 15 - 25, the U.S. Delegation to the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) Experts Group (EG) made considerable progress in advancing a number of U.S. proposals and in shaping the proposals of others. Thirteen participating states attended some part of the interse [...]	2009-07-16 09:00:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA339	IAEA BUDGET TALKS IN NEED OF SALVATION [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA budget negotiations in Vienna are seized up; a consensus outcome is readily imagined but key local players lack the authority to effect it. Germany and France have not budged from their zero growth positions, though French representatives told us they have recommended fle [...]	2009-07-16 12:58:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA343	IAEA/GC: ARAB GROUP APPEALS TO OBAMA ADMINISTRATION [...] (C) A coterie of Vienna Arab Group Ambassadors (Lebanon, Egypt, Morocco and the Palestinian Authority) and the local Arab League (AL) representative appealed directly to Charge July 16 for U.S. support, or at least "understanding," of their draft IAEA General Conference resolution on "Israeli [...]	2009-07-17 14:06:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS
09UNVIEVIENNA344	IAEA ENERGIZING FOR NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Hitching his wagon to the President's priority issue, IAEA DG-designate Amano is expressing his ambition that the Agency figure substantively in the concept and conduct of the global nuclear security summit in March 2010. Apparently spurred by Amano, IAEA DDG Taniguchi and Nuclear Securi [...]	2009-07-17 15:41:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PTER KNNP TRGY MNUC
09UNVIEVIENNA345	IAEA/DPRK: NORTH KOREAN INTEREST IN RADIATION [...] (C) During a meeting on July 16, Canadian Msnoffs reported that a North Korean official had approached a Canadian uranium mining company at the International Symposium on Uranium Raw Material for the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, an IAEA-sponsored event held in Vienna June 22-26, 2009. A South Korean M [...]	2009-07-20 11:06:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA KN KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA347	UNCITRAL Reviews Revised Model Law on Procurement [...] (U) SUMMARY: The forty-second session of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) met in Vienna from June 29 to July 17, 2009. During the Commission meeting, a Committee of the Whole was formed to engage in a second reading of the revised UNCITRAL model law on procu [...]	2009-07-22 15:13:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AORC EAID EINV ETRD KCRM KUNR UNCITRAL AU UN

09UNVIEVIENNA348	IAEA/SAFEGUARDS: U.S. CONSULTANT DEVELOPS [...] (C) Joyce (Ceil) van Berkel, a Sandia National Laboratories retiree and former U.S. cost-free expert to IAEA, carried out a two-week consultancy at the IAEA to help develop an analytic methodology for assessing a State,s industrial infrastructure that could be applicable to the nuclear fuel cy [...]	2009-07-22 15:15:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA349	UNCOPUOS: Wrap-up of the 52nd Session, June 3-12, 2009 [...] (U) Summary: The UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses Outer Space concluded a highly productive session on June 12th with the adoption of its report that included the addition of a new item on the agenda of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee on the Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space Ac [...]	2009-07-22 15:16:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA UNGA UNPUOS PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA35	REQUEST PERMISSION TO BE ABSENT FROM POST [...] Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte requests permission for official travel to Washington,DC February 8-17, 2009 for consultations in the Department. 2. DCM Geoffrey Pyatt will be Charge during the Ambassador's absence. SCHULTE [...]	2009-01-30 07:55:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA APER AFIN AMGT
09UNVIEVIENNA350	US-India Meeting on Arrangements and Procedures for [...] (U) A U.S. delegation from State (ISN and L) and DoE/NNSA met at UNVIE July 21-22 with Indian counterparts for initial exchanges on a prospective agreement addressing future Indian reprocessing of nuclear material pursuant to our bilateral Agreement for Cooperation Concerning Peaceful Uses of [...]	2009-07-22 16:29:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PREL TRGY KNNP IN JP
09UNVIEVIENNA351	MORE SUPPORT NEEDED FOR UNODC ANTI-PIRACY ACTIVITIES [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. At a July 22 meeting, UNODC Operations Division Director Francis Maertens told Charge that UNODC seeks additional voluntary contributions to expand its anti-piracy programs off the Somali coast to additional countries in the region, and to exte [...]	2009-07-23 09:18:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM EWWT UNODC UN AU UK TZ DJ YM SO KE SE
09UNVIEVIENNA353	IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: ISRAEL AND EGYPT TALK ABOUT [...] (C) Israeli Ambassador Michaeli briefed Charge July 22 on his consultations that morning with Egyptian Ambassador Fawzi on Middle East GC issues. Michaeli was encouraged that Fawzi agreed to receive Michaeli, who delivered a conciliatory message from capital on reengaging in negotiations. The [...]	2009-07-23 15:07:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS
09UNVIEVIENNA356	UNCITRAL Adopts Insolvency Practice Guide At Commission [...] (U) Summary and Background. The United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) held its forty-second session in Vienna from June 29 to July 17, 2009. UNCITRAL is composed of 60 member states, including the United States. The session was also attended by 26 observer states, [...]	2009-07-24 15:06:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ABUD AORC EAID EINV ETRD KCRM KUNR UNCITRAL AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA357	IAEA: CHARGE TALKS FUEL ASSURANCES AND BUDGET WITH [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires and MsnOff met with Director General-Elect Amano and two officers from the Japanese mission on July 24 to update Amano on U.S. positions on Fuel Assurances and the ongoing negotiations regarding the IAEA budget. The atmosphere of the meeting was warm throughout, with [...]	2009-07-24 15:51:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ENRG PREL TRGY IR IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA358	Increasing Speculation on Future of UNODC Executive [...] (SBU) Summary: Delegations in Vienna are starting to discuss more openly their position on a potential one year extension of Executive Director Costa's term, as well as the possibility of other candidates. In the past week Charge has been approached by Canada, Sweden, Australia and France, al [...]	2009-07-27 12:21:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC PREL PTER EAID UN AF PK CA RU
09UNVIEVIENNA36	UPDATE ON UNGASS NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Ambassador deployed Ref A guidance verbatim with Namibian Ambasssador Selma Ashipala-Musavyi. 2. (C) She asked if the pause involved the whole negotiations or just "harm reduction." Per guidance, Ambassador said that we were requesting a pause in negotiations. She said that she unde [...]	2009-01-30 13:34:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KCRM PGOV SNAR UN
09UNVIEVIENNA360	US-India Meeting on Arrangements and Procedures for [...] (SBU) The second day of the U.S.-India discussions (Wednesday, July 22) on the agreement for arrangements and procedures for reprocessing saw only a relatively brief, but productive, afternoon meeting. The Indian delegation first reported that it had met earlier in the day with the IAEA Depu [...]	2009-07-28 06:17:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PREL TRGY KNNP IN
09UNVIEVIENNA361	UNODC'S MAJOR DONORS MEET; SEND STRONG MESSAGES TO COSTA [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-29 14:54:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV SNAR UN
09UNVIEVIENNA362	IAEA BUDGET: FRAGILE CONSENSUS BUILDING AROUND [...] (U) This is an action request for IO; please see para 7. 2. (SBU) Summary: After five months of budget negotiations, IAEA Member States appear to be moving toward a consensus to increase the IAEA's Regular Budget by 5.4 percent from 2009 to 2010, a level that satisfies minimal U.S. objec [...]	2009-07-30 12:10:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA364	NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - CAPITALIZING ON THE JUNE 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary: The IAEA Secretariat remains under instruction from DG ElBaradei to work on arrangements for assuring last-resort access to nuclear fuel supply for countries facing a politically motivated cut-off. Specifically, the Secretariat is assembling technical responses to issues raised [...]	2009-07-30 16:13:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC ENRG TRGY IAEA RU
09UNVIEVIENNA367	IAEA/NA: UPDATE ON HUMAN HEALTH PROGRAM [...] (U) The IAEA's human health program seeks to enhance the capabilities of Member States for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of health problems. The basis for these activities is Article II of the IAEA Statute. It calls on the Agency to "accelerate and enlarge the contribution of atomic en [...]	2009-08-03 12:04:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY EAID EAGR
09UNVIEVIENNA368	SUBDUED BOARD APPROVES IAEA BUDGET INCREASE, EYES [...] (SBU) Summary: Budget negotiations at the IAEA concluded successfully on August 3 with a Board of Governors' agreement to approve an increase of 5.4 percent. The dozen statements from a wide range of Member States mostly focused on their "disappointment" with the end result. They also previe [...]	2009-08-03 14:42:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA369	IAEA/IRAQ: WITH IRAN IN THE BACKGROUND DG [...] (S) Following Iraq's ref request for Iraq to be added to the IAEA's September Board agenda for purposes of confirming Iraq's compliance with its safeguards agreement, IAEA DG ElBaradei sent a letter to the Iraqi Foreign Minister reiterating the Agency's 2008 Safeguards Implementation Report c [...]	2009-08-04 13:00:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC IAEA IZ KNNP IR
09UNVIEVIENNA37	IAEA/IRAN: THINKING ABOUT THE BOARD AT THE P5+1 [...] (S) The February 4 PolDirs meeting in Berlin will be an important opportunity to address the IAEA investigation Iran continues to block and possible steps to break the impasse at the March 2-5 IAEA Board of Governors. It is important to reaffirm P5 1 unity in this first Board meeting under the [...]	2009-01-30 14:38:00	UNVIE	SECRET	PREL PARM KNNP IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA370	IAEA FLIRTS WITH TECHNICAL COOPERATION ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) As a result of a prior conversation with American and Cuban colleagues, Warren Stern, the head of the IAEA Incident and Emergency Center, believes the opportunity exists for U.S./Cuba collaboration on research in cytogenetic biodosimetry, a technique used to determine radiation exposure. [...]	2009-08-04 13:28:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IAEA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY CU BEXP
09UNVIEVIENNA371	ABDUL MINTY SKETCHES AGENDA FOR COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: In an August 4 conversation with Charge, South African IAEA Governor Abdul Minty commented on U.S. priority issues for the upcoming IAEA Board of Governors and General Conference meetings, arguing that an objective for both sides should be healing the rift between developed and de [...]	2009-08-04 14:08:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA KNNP ENRG IR SA
09UNVIEVIENNA373	IAEA/SAFEGUARDS ANALYTICAL LABORATORY: PROGRESS IN [...] (SBU) IAEA and "Friends of SAL" met July 29-30 to provide Member States with an update on the Agency's Safeguards Analytical Laboratory (SAL) planning and needs. (Note: Friends of SAL is an informal group of Member States that closely follow the Secretariat's efforts to ensure a highly capab [...]	2009-08-05 10:05:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA374	D/NCPC MEETING WITH IAEA DG-DESIGNATE AMANO [...] (S//NF) Summary. Ambassador Kenneth Brill, Director of the National Counterproliferation Center (NCPC),on August 5 met with IAEA Director General-designate, Yukiya Amano, to emphasize to Amano the U.S. government's commitment to support the IAEA in its efforts to ensure the safe, secure, an [...]	2009-08-06 11:05:00	UNVIE	SECRET//NOFORN	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA377	IAEA/DPRK: DG REPORT SUMMARIZING IAEA ACTIVITY [...] (SBU) The Director General released his annual report on Application of Safeguards in the DPRK (GOV/2009/45-GC(53)/13) ahead of the September 2009 Board meeting and General Conference. The DPRK disallowed implementation of the ad hoc monitoring and verification arrangement in the DPRK on Apri [...]	2009-08-07 13:44:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IAEA KN KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA38	FY 2009 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] Per Reftel instructions, Mission sent inquiries to the following UN bodies in Vienna and has received their responses. ------ UNIDO ------ 2. The United Nations International Development Organization (UNIDO) provided UNVIE with a 2008 list of NGOs with consultative or observer status. [...]	2009-01-30 15:43:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM SOCI UN
09UNVIEVIENNA380	IAEA/ENERGY: HOW DOES THE IAEA FIT INTO THE UN ENERGY [...] (U) After years of debate over the IAEA's proper role in nuclear power promotion, the Agency today enjoys broad agreement among Member States that the IAEA should encourage consideration of nuclear power as a sustainable energy option. To assist states in optimizing a national energy mix, IA [...]	2009-08-10 15:33:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG TRGY SENV EAID KNNP IAEA UNIDO
09UNVIEVIENNA384	IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: ONGOING EFFORTS AT CONSENSUS [...] (C) Mission consultations with Israel, Egypt, France, the GC Presidency and others continue to reflect Arab League confidence that it can defeat a "no action motion" this year on its "Israeli Nuclear Threat" (INC) resolution. For example, the Arabs claim to have prompted consensus within th [...]	2009-08-12 13:58:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS XF
09UNVIEVIENNA386	WHITHER A U.S. VISION FOR FINANCING AND GOVERNING UNODC [...] Summary: Following a year of difficult negotiations surrounding its creation, the UNODC working group on finance and governance issues (FinGov) is poised to hold its first meeting before mid September. With Cuban Ambassador Norma Goicochea Estenoz as one of FinGov's co-chairs, the U.S. faces [...]	2009-08-13 07:00:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SNAR KCRM UNODC CU
09UNVIEVIENNA387	IAEA RESPONSE TO USG PROPOSAL TO FORMALIZE NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The IAEA's Office of Nuclear Security (ONS)has accepted a USG proposal to formalize annual USG-IAEA/ONS nuclear security program review and planning meetings. ONS indicated that ONS top management would be available to participate in the first such meeting in October 2009, in W [...]	2009-08-13 13:57:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IAEA KNNP TRGY AFIN ABUD AORC
09UNVIEVIENNA391	IAEA/NA: AGENCY HAS A ROLE IN FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) Though most widely known to the general public as the nuclear nonproliferation watchdog agency, the IAEA is having an increasing impact on environmental policy. Most, if not all, of its activities in this area are focused on marine and terrestrial environmental issues, and are funneled thr [...]	2009-08-14 14:04:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AORC KNNP ENRG TRGY TPHY KGHG
09UNVIEVIENNA393	HAGUE CODE OF CONDUCT AGAINST THE PROLIFERATION OF [...] (SBU) The following Pre-Launch Notification (PLN) was distributed 17 August 2009 by the Immediate Central Contact, Vienna to Focal Points of the HCOC Subscribing States (ref A) concerning a Republic of Korea PLN for the launch of a space launch vehicle (SLV) originally scheduled 30 July (reftel [...]	2009-08-18 07:22:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA397	IAEA/BOG: September Board Preview and Analysis [...] (SBU) The traditional focus of the September 7-11 Board of Governors meeting is preparation for the IAEA General Conference (GC) the following week. The Board approves DG reports in core programmatic areas: nuclear safety, security and nuclear applications. However, we expect this will largel [...]	2009-08-21 15:16:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA399	UNVIE Registers U.S. Intent on UNCITRAL with WEOG Chair [...] Per reftel action request, on August 24 UNA officers raised the issue of U.S. reelection to the UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) with Harry Macdonald, from the United Kingdom (UK) Permanent Mission, which is current WEOG Chair in Vienna. UNA officers previewed our intent to [...]	2009-08-24 15:19:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECIN ETRD PREL UN UNCITRAL
09UNVIEVIENNA40	UK TO HOST MULTILATERAL FUEL ASSURANCES CONFERENCE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On January 27, a team from the British MFA and Department of Energy briefed Mission officers on plans for an upcoming conference on "Multilateral Approaches to the Nuclear Fuel Cycle" on March 17-18, in London. The conference is in response a public promise the [...]	2009-02-03 07:51:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG ETTC IAEA IN KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA400	IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: SUPPORTING THE GC PRESIDENT,S [...] (C) Like-minded Missions (Canada, U.S., Australia, Sweden, UK, France) meeting August 19 were generally supportive of GC President Macmillan's (New Zealand) effort to broker a single GC resolution on the Middle East. Sweden (EU Presidency) is cautiously optimistic that Egypt is open to the ide [...]	2009-08-24 15:57:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA402	IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: ARAB GROUP REJECTS GC PRESIDENT'S GOOD OFFICES [...] (C) The Arab Group (Lebanon and Syria) flatly rejected General Conference President Macmillan's efforts toward a consensus single resolution on the Middle East, standing by the Arab League Ministerial directive for a separate resolution naming Israel. Although both Egypt and Israel were more [...]	2009-08-26 15:57:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA KNNP PARM PREL XF
09UNVIEVIENNA403	SEEKING CREATIVE FUNDING FOR THE TOP U.S. INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Mission advises flexibility and creativity in current negotiations to create a new mechanism for reviewing implementation of the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC),particularly relating to the issue of how the new mechanism will be funded. As negotiations reach the final stages, w [...]	2009-08-27 06:30:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV UN AU KCRM KCOR
09UNVIEVIENNA404	SEEKING CREATIVE FUNDING FOR THE TOP U.S. INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) Mission advises flexibility and creativity in current negotiations to create a new mechanism for reviewing implementation of the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC),particularly relating to the issue of how the new mechanism will be funded. As negotiations reach the final stages, w [...]	2009-08-27 06:30:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV UN AU KCRM KCOR
09UNVIEVIENNA405	NAS Officers' Consultations in Vienna: Keep Them Coming [...] Summary. UNVIE welcomed the opportunity to host incoming Embassy Dushanbe Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS) Officer Anne Carson for August 11-12 consultations with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). NAS Carson met with a range of UNODC experts involved in programs in Afghanistan and Cent [...]	2009-08-27 07:12:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN KCRM SNAR OEXC
09UNVIEVIENNA41	IAEA: SEMINAR ON GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL SUPPLY DEPICTS A [...] (SBU) On January 26, the Permanent Mission of Japan in Vienna held a Seminar on Global Nuclear Fuel Supply. The seminar was attended by delegations from 63 countries including Canada, Germany, South Africa, Brazil, Egypt, Pakistan and Australia, as well as numerous NGOs, academic and industry [...]	2009-02-03 11:50:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ETTC PREL TRGY KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA410	IAEA/General Conference: Train wreck or New Dawn ? [...] (SBU) Traditionally, the September 14-18 53rd IAEA General Conference (GC) serves as a platform for promoting U.S. priorities on core IAEA issues, nuclear safety and security, strengthened safeguards and peaceful use of nuclear energy. While we will continue to promote these priorities, we fea [...]	2009-08-28 13:51:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA413	IAEA/EGYPT/GC: TIME RUNNING OUT ON GC PRESIDENT'S [...] (SBU) During an introductory call on Egyptian Ambassador Fawzi on August 31, Fawzi told Ambassador Davies that Egypt will circulate the text of its annual Middle East Safeguards (MES) resolution "when Cairo is ready," and indicated he thought that could be as early as "this time next week." T [...]	2009-09-01 06:47:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA414	IAEA/SYRIA: LAYING GROUNDWORK FOR NONCOMPLIANCE? [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Director General's report levies strong criticism of Syria "severely impeding" the safeguards investigation, and underlines Syria's legal obligations in this regard; this lays helpful groundwork for next steps by the Secretariat and/or the Board of Governors. Howe [...]	2009-09-02 15:19:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA415	COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY (CTBT): On-Site [...] This cable reports discussions of On-Site Inspection (OSI) issues that took place during the first half of the thirty-third session of Working Group B (WGB-33),August 17 - 25. International Monitoring System (IMS) and International Data Centre (IDC) and OSI discussions taking place during th [...]	2009-09-03 06:48:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM AORC KTBT IR
09UNVIEVIENNA417	IAEA/IRAN: JOINT P5+1 STATEMENT FOR IAEA BOARD OF [...] (C) At a German-convened P5 1 meeting on September 4, Russian Ambassador Zmeyevskiy refused to discuss the German-proposed text for a joint P5 1 statement on the Iran issue at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting opening Monday, September 7. Over the course of nearly two hours, and seconded b [...]	2009-09-04 15:27:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA418	IAEA/GC: MIDDLE EAST MORASS [...] (C) The state of play on Middle East GC issues leading into the week of the September Board just before the IAEA General Conference is grim. GC President Macmillan's effort toward a consensus approach based on elements of a single resolution is on temporary life support, though she is not pre [...]	2009-09-04 16:16:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA419	NUCLEAR FUEL BANKS - FEW VOICES LIKELY TO RISE IN [...] (C) Summary: The IAEA Secretariat will not release a discussion paper on assurance of nuclear fuel supply in time for the September meeting of the BoG, and few Member States other than the U.S. appear troubled over this inaction. The Board Chair wishes to avoid a re-heated version of the Jun [...]	2009-09-04 16:29:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ENRG PREL KNNP TRGY IAEA NAM
09UNVIEVIENNA42	IAEA/SYRIA: POINTS REBUTTING IAEA INSPECTOR [...] (S//NF) Msnoff met with a senior IAEA inspector involved in the Syria investigation on January 30, during which MsnOff provided reftel points on the Abushady interview in response to an earlier IAEA inquiry. The inspector said that he had been tasked to prepare an internal response to Abushad [...]	2009-02-03 12:05:00	UNVIE	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA422	StaffDel Nunez-Neto Meeting with UNODC Terrorism Prevention [...] SUMMARY: At the request of Congressional staff delegation (staffdel) Nunez-Neto, UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) officials provided the staffdel with background information on its findings related to the production and trafficking of illicit drugs and insurgency or terrorist activities. [...]	2009-09-10 15:02:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SNAR PTER UN AF
09UNVIEVIENNA423	UNIDO Formally Invites U.S. to December General Conference [...] Summary. Attending the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) 2009 bi-annual General Conference as an official observer, while demonstrating U.S. interest in learning more about the organization's work, is procedurally straightforward, involving a simple registration form and a namepla [...]	2009-09-11 12:31:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EIND EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KUNR KGHG
09UNVIEVIENNA424	GAINING IAEA BOARD MAJORITY FOR RUSSIAN LEU [...] (U) In their introductory meeting September 8, 2009, Ambassador Davies asked Russia's IAEA Governor, Ambassador Grigory Berdennikov, how he saw the state of play on the issue of assurance of nuclear fuel supply. Berdennikov said he was pleased Director General ElBaradei had referred encouragi [...]	2009-09-11 15:43:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG TRGY PARM KNNP IAEA RS IN PK
09UNVIEVIENNA425	IAEA/BOG: September Board Wrap-Up [...] (SBU) USDEL to the September 7-10 Board of Governors met our core objectives with respect to spotlighting Iran and Syria's failure to comply with NPT safeguards. Despite an alarmist note struck by international media about Iran's breakout capability, Board delegations welcomed a moderated U.S. [...]	2009-09-14 14:57:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA426	UNODC Lays Out Vision for Eventual Realignment [...] SUMMARY: Encouraged by member states to think more thematically, yet constrained by its biennial program plan, UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) management officials briefed the U.S. and select other member states on their latest attempts to rationalize UNODC's work, and their hopes to sec [...]	2009-09-14 15:08:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR KCRM UNODC
09UNVIEVIENNA427	IAEA/DPRK: BOARD REMAINS CONCERNED OVER NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) The IAEA September Board of Governors registered grave concern over the DPRK's escalatory actions, particularly the September 4 letter to the President of the UN Security Council announcing the DPRK was in the "final stage" of enriching uranium and undertaking weaponization of newly ext [...]	2009-09-15 12:05:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IAEA KN KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA428	NSC's Holgate Steers Vienna toward the Nuclear Security [...] (SBU) Summary: Laura Holgate, NSC Senior Director for WMD Terrorism and Threat Reduction, visited Vienna to explain and build support for President Obama's Nuclear Security Summit in April (reftel). Holgate also laid the groundwork for the first "Sherpa Meeting" in the lead-up to the Summit, s [...]	2009-09-15 12:40:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL PTER KCRM IAEA ENRG TRGY UN
09UNVIEVIENNA429	STATES PARTIES FACE OBSTACLES IN EFFORTS TO CREATE A NEW [...] The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted two intergovernmental expert working group meetings during the period August 25 to September 4 to help promote implementation of the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). 2. During the Review of Implementation Working Group on August 25 to [...]	2009-09-16 15:17:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UN AU KCRM KCOR
09UNVIEVIENNA43	IAEA SAFEGUARDS: SUPPORTING NOVEL TECHNOLOGIES [...] (S) The IAEA Safeguards Department's Division of Technical Support, Novel Technologies Unit (NTU) is compiling a database of all identifiable "indicators and signatures" of nuclear fuel cycle activity (including for weaponization of nuclear material). The NTU plans subsequently to undertake a [...]	2009-02-03 12:26:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC ENRG IAEA KNNP TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA431	IAEA - REPORT ON IAEA CONSULTANTS MEETING ON IAEA MEETING [...] SUMMARY: A September 7-11 meeting of consultants from Member States concluded discussion and drafting of the IAEA document "Recommendations on the Security of Radioactive Material and Associated Facilities (RM)". Key points of discussion centered on scope of the document, boundary with the ot [...]	2009-09-21 13:37:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP TRGY ENRG KSTC IAEA PARM AORC
09UNVIEVIENNA433	PC-600: U.S. DELEGATION DISCUSSES POSSIBLE JOINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An interagency delegation from Washington met with officials from the Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) of the Preparatory Commission (PrepCom) for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) in Vienna to discuss prospective funding issues and PTS priori [...]	2009-09-22 12:54:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KTBT PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA434	IAEA SAFEGUARDS: "FUTURE OF THE AGENCY" [...] (SBU) Summary: The two days of informal "Future of the Agency" discussions in the IAEA Board Room on the topic of "Safeguards and Verification" rehashed many North-South issues, with Iran voicing a list of complaints while the IAEA defended itself and Western allies insisted on the importance [...]	2009-09-22 16:03:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA435	IAEA/IRAN: SEPTEMBER BOARD KEEPS THE SPOTLIGHT ON [...] (SBU) The September 7 IAEA Board of Governors discussion on Iran balanced between praising Tehran's recent cooperation with the IAEA and noting that more must be done. Although the usual Iran friendlies highlighted Tehran's decision to improve safeguards at Natanz and provide access to the [...]	2009-09-22 16:05:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA436	PC-600: U.S. DELEGATION DISCUSSES POSSIBLE JOINT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An interagency delegation from Washington met with officials from the Provisional Technical Secretariat (PTS) of the Preparatory Commission (PrepCom) for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) in Vienna to discuss prospective funding issues and PTS priori [...]	2009-09-22 16:05:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KTBT PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA437	ASSESSING EGYPT'S ROLE AT THE IAEA GENERAL [...] (C) Recognizing that avoiding deadlock would require a changed approach to the Middle East issues that have hijacked multiple IAEA General Conferences, I sought to make Egypt the linchpin of our diplomacy at last week's 150-nation gathering. I began the process the previous week by making a p [...]	2009-09-23 08:31:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP IS EG
09UNVIEVIENNA438	IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST OUTCOMES: THE GOOD, THE BAD [...] (C) Arab Group and Iranian triumphalism over the narrow passage (49-45-16) of the Israeli Nuclear Capabilities (INC) resolution should not eclipse two major positive outcomes on Middle East issues at the September 14-18 IAEA General Conference: U.S.-EU brokered agreement between Israel and Egy [...]	2009-09-23 11:07:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC PARM KNNP XF IAEA EG IS IR
09UNVIEVIENNA439	DECEMBER 2009 WMD TERRORISM WORKSHOP IN TURKMENISTAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime's (UNODC) Terrorism Prevention Branch (TPB) circulated an updated draft agenda for their 01-03 December 2009 workshop in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, entitled "Workshop for Central Asian Countries on Non-Proliferation and International Lega [...]	2009-09-23 15:12:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN PTER KCRM TX
09UNVIEVIENNA44	MOVING FORWARD ON THE COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY [...] (C) Summary. With the United States one of nine countries whose ratification is necessary for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) to enter into force, the new Administration's promise of a change in US policy has drawn great attention in Vienna. Although good progress has been made in r [...]	2009-02-03 12:26:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KTBT PARM MNUC
09UNVIEVIENNA440	UNIDO DG Yumkella: UNIDO and U.S. Share Common Vision [...] SUMMARY. The U.S. and UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) share common philosophies and visions when it comes to "greening" industry, improving the developing world's trade capacity and access to markets, and environmental sustainability, according to Director General Yumkella. In [...]	2009-09-23 15:12:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	KUNR ETRD EIND EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KGHG
09UNVIEVIENNA441	IAEA/SYRIA: DG RECEIVES MIXED SUPPORT AMONG BOARD [...] (C) Summary. Despite a highly critical report by the Director General, Board members remained divided on the Syria agenda item at the September Board of Governors meeting. Like-minded countries' criticism of Syria for "severely impeding" the investigation and repeated calls for Syria to provi [...]	2009-09-23 15:13:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA442	THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT SHERPA MEETING IN VIENNA [...] (SBU) Summary: Special Assistant to the President and U.S. Sherpa Gary Samore outlined the preliminary agenda of the Summit and solicited initial reactions from participants in a September 15 first Sherpa meeting. Samore explained to representatives of nearly all 37 Summit-invitee countries t [...]	2009-09-24 07:56:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL PTER KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY UN
09UNVIEVIENNA447	IAEA/IRAN: INITIAL JUSCANZ REACTION TO QOM [...] (C) Ambassador Davies briefed JUSCANZ (Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand) counterparts, joined by Board-member ROK, September 28 on the disclosure of the Qom enrichment facility and solicited views on next steps at the IAEA. He stressed the imperative for immediate access by the IAEA, and [...]	2009-09-28 16:43:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KNNP IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA450	IAEA/General Conference: Resolutions Wrap-Up [...] (SBU) Once again, and despite best efforts by USDEL, Middle East issues (ref a) overshadowed much of the substantive agenda of the September 14-18 IAEA General Conference. Among the five core technical resolutions referred to the Committee of the Whole, or COW, -- omnibus safety, nuclear appli [...]	2009-09-30 15:06:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA452	IAEA/General Conference: Side Events [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the 2009 IAEA General Conference several side events were scheduled by the Technical Cooperation (TC) and Nuclear Applications (NA) departments and the Office of Nuclear Security (ONS). Msnoffs attended four events of interest to the USG: 1) the unveiling of a new Technica [...]	2009-10-02 12:48:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA453	2009 IAEA/GC: GENERAL DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Director General ElBaradei opened the IAEA General Conference on September 14 with a valedictory address looking back on his 12-year tenure. He observed that the IAEA has made considerable progress in many areas, from improving access to energy, food and water for people in need, to helpin [...]	2009-10-02 14:31:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY LY IN
09UNVIEVIENNA454	Meeting of UNCITRAL Working Group on Arbitration -Revision [...] (U) Summary. The UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group II (on Arbitration) continues its revision of the 1976 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. The Working Group (WG),which had completed a second reading of Articles 1-26 at prior sessions, met in Vienna September 14-18, [...]	2009-10-02 14:32:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EINV ETRD UNCITRAL AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA455	MEETING OF UNCITRAL WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRATION - REVISION [...] Summary. The UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group II (on Arbitration) continues its revision of the 1976 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. The Working Group (WG),which had completed a second reading of Articles 1-26 at prior sessions, met in Vienna September 14-18, 200 [...]	2009-10-02 14:32:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EINV ETRD UNCITRAL AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA456	2009 IAEA/GC: GENERAL DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) Director General ElBaradei opened the IAEA General Conference on September 14 with a valedictory address looking back on his 12-year tenure. He observed that the IAEA has made considerable progress in many areas, from improving access to energy, food and water for people in need, to helpin [...]	2009-10-02 14:33:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY LY IN
09UNVIEVIENNA457	IAEA/IRAN: CONSULTING BOARD MEMBERS ON QOM [...] (C) Following outreach to JUSCANZ (ref a) and EU Ambassadors earlier in the week, P-3 Ambassadors/Charges continued consultations on the disclosure of the Qom enrichment facility September 30-Ocotober 1 with the majority of Board members, the Egyptian NAM Chair and Malaysian Board Chair Arshad [...]	2009-10-02 15:20:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KNNP IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA46	HELPING UNODC TO HELP AFGHANISTAN [...] (SBU) Among issues handled by the UN Organization for Drugs and Crime (UNODC),none looms larger in the U.S. national interest than the Afghan narcotics trade and its impact undermining stability and contributing to terrorist activity in the region. UNODC's Afghanistan strategy compliments an [...]	2009-02-03 15:31:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL PINS PTER AF
09UNVIEVIENNA462	UNODC OPERATING ENVIRONMENT IN IRAN TOUGHER AFTER [...] (C) UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Tehran Program Head Antonino de Leo emphasized recently that it is more difficult for him to carry out his job in Iran following the presidential elections. In addition to the challenges posed by international wariness regarding continued funding for [...]	2009-10-08 07:38:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR AF PAK SNAR
09UNVIEVIENNA465	COUNTRIES ADDRESS REVIEW AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO [...] SUMMARY: The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted two intergovernmental meetings from September 30 - October 2 in order to advance implementation of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC). 2. During the Expert Meeting on Review of Implementation (September 3 [...]	2009-10-09 10:58:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UN AU KCRM KCOR
09UNVIEVIENNA467	INL DAS VERVILLE AND BREAKING THE DEADLOCK ON A NEW [...] In a whirlwind Vienna tour, INL DAS Elizabeth Verville hosted several meetings with key delegations in an effort to break the deadlock on creating a new anti-corruption review mechanism (reftel) for the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). In meetings with Ambassadors from the key obstruc [...]	2009-10-14 07:57:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCRM KCOR UN AU
09UNVIEVIENNA468	UNCITRAL Sorieul Hails U.S. Support, More Needed [...] UN Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) benefits from unwavering U.S. support, and hopes that it can count on the U.S. for support for an increased budget as well as political assistance in helping UNCITRAL strike the right balance between its technical work and political visibility [...]	2009-10-14 08:23:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EINV ETRD UNCITRAL AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA47	NUCLEAR FUEL BANK ASSURANCES: THORNY ISSUE IN [...] (C) Summary: The President and Secretary have publicly endorsed the establishment of an international nuclear fuel bank under the auspices of the IAEA, and advancing that goal is one of UNVIE's top priorities. A fuel bank would give the Agency the means in "last resort" circumstances to effe [...]	2009-02-03 16:29:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG TRGY KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA474	AMBASSADOR DAVIES' INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH UN OUTER SPACE [...] SUMMARY: In his introductory call with UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (OOSA) Director Mazlan Othman, Ambassador Davies received an overview briefing on OOSA programs, on the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG),UN Platform for Space-based Information for Disa [...]	2009-10-16 10:28:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	TSPA UNPUOS UNGA
09UNVIEVIENNA475	IAEA/General Conference - NRC Bilateral Meetings [...] (U) SUMMARY: From September 14-17, 2009, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko participated in the IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Austria. During the week, he conducted 20 bilateral meetings with foreign regulatory counterparts and members of the IAEA Secretariat. [...]	2009-10-16 15:12:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA476	IAEA/General Conference: NRC Meetings with IAEA staff and [...] (U) SUMMARY: From September 14-17, 2009, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory B. Jaczko participated in the IAEA General Conference in Vienna, Austria. During the week, he conducted 20 bilateral meetings with foreign regulatory counterparts and members of the IAEA Secretariat. [...]	2009-10-16 15:12:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA477	TEHRAN RESEARCH REACTOR: PRC AMBASSADOR SAYS [...] (S) Summary: Chinese Ambassador Hu Xiaodi told Ambassador October 16 that China had expressed to Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Baqeri its hope that the proposed IAEA deal to transfer Iranian LEU for further enrichment abroad and fabricate fuel for the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR) would succ [...]	2009-10-16 16:06:00	UNVIE	SECRET	ENRG PREL KNNP AORC IR RS FR CH
09UNVIEVIENNA478	IAEA: AMANO READY FOR PRIME TIME [...] (SBU) In several meetings with USG officials before he departed Vienna at the end of the IAEA General Conference, DG-designate Amano displayed remarkable congruence of views with us on conducting the Agency's missions in safeguards verification, nuclear security, and promoting peaceful uses of [...]	2009-10-16 16:12:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA48	REQUEST PERMISSION TO BE ABSENT FROM POST [...] Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte requests permission for official travel 5-8 February 2009 to Munich, Germany, to attend the Munich Conference on Security Policy. Ambassador Schulte's contact information is: Mobile/Blackberry: 43-664-833-3955; email: SchulteGL@state.gov 2. During the Ambas [...]	2009-02-04 13:08:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA APER AFIN AMGT
09UNVIEVIENNA480	TEPID RESPONSE TO CHANGING GNEP TO INEF [...] (U) Under cover of a short letter drawing from REFTEL background, Ambassador sent IAEA Director General ElBaradei October 19 the non-paper at para 12 of REFTEL. Msnoff concurrently shared non-paper with IAEA Department of Nuclear Energy officials to solicit comment. 2. (SBU) Hans Forsstro [...]	2009-10-20 16:09:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA481	IAEA DDG Constructive on Reframing GNEP [...] (U) Updating and correcting remarks reported ref A para 4, IAEA group leader in the innovative reactor technology project Randy Beatty (U.S. cost free expert) confirmed to UNVIE that IAEA DDG/Nuclear Energy Sokolov had been communicating directly with the GNEP Steering Group Chair, DoE DAS McGi [...]	2009-10-21 08:04:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA482	WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: SUCCESSFUL 2009 FALL [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Delegation to the Wassenaar Arrangement's (WA) Fall Experts Group (EG) successfully negotiated agreement on 20 of the 23 proposals tabled by the U.S. this year and withdrew the other three. Overall, the EG agreed to 26 national proposals at the Fall meeting, bringing t [...]	2009-10-21 14:22:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA487	IRAN/TRR: INITIAL REACTION FROM JUSCANZ AND OTHER [...] (C) Ambassador Davies reviewed the outcome of the pentagonal (Iran, Russia, France, U.S.) IAEA-led talks on refueling the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR) and next steps in separate briefings with JUSCANZ (Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand plus ROK) October 22 and a subset of influential IAEA [...]	2009-10-23 17:04:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL IAEA KNNP IR
09UNVIEVIENNA49	SECOND UNCAC WORKSHOP ON BRIBERY IN INTERNATIONAL [...] On January 28-29, 2009, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted the second open-ended experts workshop on International Cooperation between Public International Organizations and States Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC). Workshop participants discussed ways to imp [...]	2009-02-05 12:02:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UN KCRM UNODC
09UNVIEVIENNA491	OPPONENTS TO IAEA 2011 BUDGET GROWTH MOBILIZING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a speech October 21 at the U.S. Institute for Peace, Secretary Clinton implied USG support for a further increase in the IAEA's budget and authorities. Formal negotiations among Member States to determine the 2011 level will not begin until later this winter, but the UK and [...]	2009-10-29 15:24:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA492	CONTRARY TO PRESS CLAIM, IAEA IS NOT AWARE OF ANY [...] (C) Safeguards Operations B Section Head Max Aparo and senior inspector Mohammed Lamari told MsnOff that the IAEA was unaware of any plans by Iraq to rebuild nuclear facilities. Haaretz internet news service had published an article October 28 indicating that Iraq had approached the IAEA for [...]	2009-10-29 15:34:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG KNNP IZ
09UNVIEVIENNA493	IAEA/IRAN: SOUTH AFRICA,S MINTY SUGGESTS LEANING [...] (S) On October 15, South African IAEA Board Governor Abdul Minty shared his opinions on Iranian nuclear strategy with MsnOff. On the proposal to fuel the Tehran Research Reactor (TRR),Minty commented that it will be good if Iran's LEU "goes away," so he is supportive of the TRR deal as he u [...]	2009-10-29 15:54:00	UNVIE	SECRET	PREL IR
09UNVIEVIENNA496	IAEA Uranium Mining and Milling Initiatives [...] (U) With the resurgence of interest in nuclear power there is also a resurgence of interest in uranium mining. The IAEA recently launched an initiative on uranium mining and milling called the Uranium Production Site Appraisal Team (UPSAT) mission. UPSAT missions allow Member States to reque [...]	2009-11-02 15:31:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AROC IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA497	MIXED EXPECTATIONS FOR SALEHI'S RETURN TO IAEA [...] (C) Atomic Energy Organization of Iran head, Ali Akbar Salehi, previously served in Vienna as Iran's Permanent Representative to the IAEA, thus many diplomats in Vienna already know him well. Although at least one IAEA official is optimistic that Salehi will bring greater cooperation from Ir [...]	2009-11-03 14:48:00	UNVIE	SECRET	PREL AORC SA IR KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA499	IAEA/TC: Cooperation on Food Safety in Latin America and [...] (U) SUMMARY: IAEA Technical Cooperation (TC) efforts to advance nuclear applications for food security in Latin America are exemplary within the Agency for their regional integration and partnering, but much work lies ahead. Under TC Director for Latin America Juan Antonio Casas-Zamora's lead [...]	2009-11-04 15:20:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ENRG TRGY XL XM KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA5	IAEA/RANF: DG CAUTIOUS ON NUCLEAR FUEL ASSURANCE [...] (U) Embassy Tokyo's ref (a) provides useful information on Japan's preparation of a full-day Seminar on Global Nuclear Fuel Supply, which will take place in the IAEA Board Room Monday, January 26. Mission provided the invitation and first notional program to DOS and DOE offices in mid-December [...]	2009-01-09 15:15:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA

09UNVIEVIENNA50	IAEA/GAZA/DEPLETED URANIUM: ISRAEL RESPONDS [...] (C) Following the IAEA's receipt of letters from the Arab group and from the Palestinians calling for IAEA assistance in the wake of alleged Israeli use of depleted uranium munitions (DU) in Gaza (see reftel),the IAEA Secretariat sent Israel a letter "inviting" Israel to submit "any comment [...]	2009-02-05 16:03:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC MNUC PREL SENV IAEA XF IS
09UNVIEVIENNA500	IAEA/TC: LATIN AMERICA AND CARRIBEAN REGIONAL STRATEGIC [...] (U) In order to solidify its relationship with the IAEA, members of the Regional Cooperative Agreement for the Advancement of Nuclear Science and Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean (ARCAL) agreed to a regional strategic profile (RSP) for 2007-2013 that serves as a basis for the prepa [...]	2009-11-05 12:18:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ENRG TRGY XL XM KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA504	IAEA/TC: The U.S. Continues to Support Technical [...] (U) Ambassador Davies met with IAEA Technical Cooperation DDG Cetto and TC Regional Directors October 30 to signal the USG's continued willingness to work closely with the TC Division and ensure sound project development and transparency of the TC Program. DDG Cetto spoke at length about the b [...]	2009-11-06 15:13:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA505	IAEA NOVEMBER TACC/BOARD: PREVIEW AND ANALYSIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The November 26-27 Board of Governors meeting will be the last Board session for Director General ElBaradei before handing over the reins to Yukiya Amano December 1. With this impetus to reflect on the institution, U.S. positions in the Board should be prefa [...]	2009-11-06 15:59:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA506	ANYTHING LEFT TO SQUEEZE FROM THE IAEA'S "FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: Member States are looking forward - some with relief - to the final session of the year-long Future of the Agency (FOA) process on November 19 - 20. The Brazilian chair of the process will circulate and then formally submit a report to the March Meeting of the Board of Governor [...]	2009-11-06 16:03:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA507	IAEA/PACT: WHO ENVOY FOR CANCER PREVENTION NANCY BRINKER [...] (U) SUMMARY: WHO Envoy Ambassador Nancy Brinker spoke at a PACT-hosted event entitled "The Globalization of Cancer" on October 20, 2009, painting a picture of how cancer will increasingly burden low income and developing countries. Brinker also consulted IAEA officials about implementing the [...]	2009-11-09 11:06:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SOCI EAID KNNP AORC IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA509	IAEA BUDGET: DEPUTY DG SHARES VIEWS [...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA Deputy Director General David Waller contributed his views on the 2011 budget process, focusing on issues of sequencing, financing capital investments, and building alliances among G8 countries. Waller described DG ElBaradei's recent meetings in Washington as "very positiv [...]	2009-11-09 14:09:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA51	DEPARTURE OF AMBASSADOR GREGORY L. SCHULTE [...] Ambassador Schulte departed post at 5:05 pm local time on Thursday, February 5, 2009. 2. DCM Geoffrey R. Pyatt will be Charge until his return. PYATT [...]	2009-02-06 09:57:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA APER AFIN AMGT
09UNVIEVIENNA511	IAEA/TC: G-77 LAUNCHES OFFENSIVE AGAINST RESULTS [...] (C) On November 3 the G-77 transmitted a letter to the Chairman of the IAEA Board of Governors requesting the Secretariat to rescind a Secretariat proposed project to implement results-based management (RBM) for Technical Cooperation (TC) project development. The aim of the project is to he [...]	2009-11-10 15:17:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IAEA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA518	HCOC: TWO REMINDERS TO PROVIDE REVIEW OF POSITION [...] (C) Summary. At two different meetings, diplomatic interlocutors recently inquired when the USG would complete the interagency review of its position on Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) reporting commitments (reftel, para 26). On both occasions, we replied that the review was still ongoing. Cont [...]	2009-11-13 09:11:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC KNNP TSPA
09UNVIEVIENNA52	DOUBLING THE IAEA BUDGET? WHERE TO PUT THE MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Administration's stated aim of doubling the IAEA's budget has ignited high expectations within the IAEA Secretariat and high anxiety among most other Member States. Anticipating a change in U.S. approach, DG ElBaradei has instructed managers to build significant increases in [...]	2009-02-06 14:16:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA521	IAEA/SYRIA: TOUGH DG BOARD REPORT POINTS TO [...] (SBU) The Director General's Syria report (GOV/2009/75) notes that "essentially, no progress has been made since the last report to clarify any of the outstanding issues relevant to the implementation of safeguards." The most significant development is that Syria has provided new explanations [...]	2009-11-16 16:35:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA522	WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: GENERAL WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Summary: The October 13-15 General Working Group (GWG) meeting was notable for a lack of progress as a result of Russian intransigence. Russia continued to press its issues, primarily re-export control including language on destabilizing accumulations of conventional arms and its desire [...]	2009-11-17 08:43:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA524	IAEA/IRAN: DIRECTOR GENERAL'S REPORT HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) The Director General's (DG) November 16 report on Iran identifies a number of new issues of concern, including the disclosure of the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP) near Qom, and highlights Iran's continued failure to abide by UN Security Council and Board resolutions, including by [...]	2009-11-18 07:08:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA525	UNCITRAL SECURED TRANSACTIONS NEGOTIATIONS NEARING [...] Summary. Excellent progress was made during the November 2-6 United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group (WG) discussions on a Supplement to the 2007 UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions ("the Guide") that deals with security rights in intellect [...]	2009-11-18 15:22:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EINV ETRD UNCITRAL AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA526	IAEA/BOARD: NEW TURKISH AMBASSADOR ON IRAN, [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 08:53:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IAEA KNNP TRGY TU IR SY
09UNVIEVIENNA527	IAEA: URGENT RUSSIAN REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE TO [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Mission recommends Washington immediately instruct posts in selected IAEA Board capitals, consistent with Russian request, to try to secure co-sponsorship commitments for a resolution to approve the LEU reserve proposal to be considered by the IAEA Board of Gove [...]	2009-11-20 15:48:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNNP RS IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA529	IAEA/SYRIA/BOG TECHNICAL BRIEFING: AGENCY [...] (SBU) The IAEA Technical Briefing on Syria did not yield many new details beyond those in the Director General's November 16 report. The Secretariat made its pitch for the need to continue the Al Kibar investigation, repeating its outstanding requests for specific Syrian cooperation. DCM as [...]	2009-11-20 16:09:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA SY
09UNVIEVIENNA53	IAEA/MARCH BOARD: LIKE-MINDED PERSPECTIVES ON IRAN [...] (S) At an Australian-hosted meeting February 4, like-minded Ambassadors (EU3, U.S., Canada, Japan, New Zealand) saw little prospect of a Board resolution on either Iran or Syria. No one is advocating a March Board resolution on Iran so long as Russia and China's stances remain unchanged. Fra [...]	2009-02-06 15:33:00	UNVIE	SECRET	PARM PREL AORC IAEA KNNP IR SY
09UNVIEVIENNA530	IAEA/IRAN: TECHNICAL BRIEFING LARGELY FOCUSES ON [...] (C) On November 18, Ops B Director Herman Nackaerts provided Member States a technical briefing on the Director General's (DG)November 16 report on Iran. The briefing largely repeated the points covered in the report, but also offered more details on the IAEA's inspection of the Fordow Fue [...]	2009-11-20 16:23:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA531	IAEA/NUCLEAR FUEL ASSURANCE: RUSSIAN-U.S. JOINT [...] (SBU) Russian IAEA Governor Berdennikov and resident Ambassador Zmeyevskiy hosted Thursday and Friday, November 19 and 20, group meetings to discuss the IAEA Board agenda item "Establishment of a physical reserve of Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) in Russia." Beside U.S. Ambassador Davies (both d [...]	2009-11-23 13:51:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG KNNP RS IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA532	IAEA/IRAN: BOARD MOVES TOWARD FIRST RESOLUTION [...] (S) Summary: At a German-hosted P5 1 HOMs meeting November 24, Russia agreed to proceed with a Board of Governors resolution on Iran based on the German elements discussed in Brussels. In contrast to Russian flexibility, Chinese Ambassador Hu was still uninstructed and was surprised at the p [...]	2009-11-23 16:06:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC IAEA KNNP IR
09UNVIEVIENNA535	IAEA/BOG - RUSSIAN NUCLEAR FUEL RESERVE APPROVED [...] (U) Summary: The years-long IAEA debate over the creation of an international nuclear fuel reserve finally came to a head at the Board of Governors' Thanksgiving session. Rather than have the Board act on a Secretariat recommendation, Russia chose the tactic of seeking approval of its plan by [...]	2009-11-30 16:59:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP AORC TRGY IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA536	IAEA:REPLACEMENT NEEDED FOR DEPUTY DIRECTOR [...] (C) UNVIE requests development of a U.S. position on a candidate to replace Deputy Director General Taniguchi as the head of the Department of Safety and Security at IAEA. The current DDG,s contract ends August 2010, but will leave office sooner. IAEA Director General-elect Amano could make [...]	2009-12-01 14:15:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA537	IRAN TO PRESIDE AS PRESIDENT OF UNIDO GENERAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nominated by Asia Group without objection, Iranian Ambassador Ali Asghar Soltanieh is poised to be elected by acclamation at the upcoming December 7-11 UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) General Conference. Along with Iran's upcoming chairmanship of the Commission o [...]	2009-12-01 15:07:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR ETRD EIND EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KGHG
09UNVIEVIENNA538	IAEA/IRAN: BOARD OF GOVERNORS CRITICIZE FAILURES [...] (SBU) The main event in the November 26-27 Board session was the adoption of the first Board resolution on Iran since February 2006 with the support of all P5 1 partners and by an overwhelming vote of 25-3-6 abstentions, with one absence (septel). Leading up to this, the Board debate on the [...]	2009-12-02 14:34:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA539	IAEA/SYRIA: DIVIDED BOARD REMAINS SEIZED OF THE [...] (SBU) The IAEA Board of Governors November 27 formally addressed Syria for the fifth time in as many boards. Despite a critical report by the Director General noting no progress on the Dair Alzour investigation and mounting questions on uranium traces at the Miniature Neutron Source Reactor th [...]	2009-12-02 15:08:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA54	GUIDANCE DELIVERED ON UNGASS REVIEW NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 6. 2. (SBU) Per reftel instructions, Charge delivered verbatim reftel points to CND chairperson Namibian Ambassador Selma Ashipala-Musavyi on USG support for needle exchange programs as part of a comprehensive strategy to reduce HIV/AIDS. Per r [...]	2009-02-06 15:43:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KCRM PREL SNAR AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA540	STAFFDEL KESSLER EXAMINES IRAN, SYRIA, AND [...] (S) Summary: HFAC staffers Richard Kessler and David Fite received from IAEA Secretariat November 10 information on the Iran case that tracked with the tone of the subsequent Director General's reporting on Iran to the Board of Governors. The STAFFDEL heard that contact with Iran over "possible mil [...]	2009-12-02 17:17:00	UNVIE	SECRET	PREL KNNP AORC IR SY KN IN
09UNVIEVIENNA541	IAEA Budget Kick-Off Reveals Old Fissures, New Rifts [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the Budget Working Group was short and perfunctory, but elicited four telling statements from the G-77, EU, U.S., and Canada. Subsequent conversations also revealed much about the issues facing Member States as they aim for intense budget negotiations Januar [...]	2009-12-03 08:59:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA PREL UN
09UNVIEVIENNA544	IAEA/IRAN: BOARD ADOPTS RESOLUTION IN RESPONSE [...] (SBU) The IAEA Board of Governors passed a resolution censuring Iran's nuclear program on November 27 , marking the first time since Iran was referred to the UN Security Council in February 2006 that the Board has taken formal action on Iran. The German-sponsored resolution had the support [...]	2009-12-03 15:10:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA545	IO A/S BRIMMER,S FIRST CALL ON DG AMANO AND [...] (C) IO A/S Esther Brimmer, accompanied by IO DAS Nerissa Cook, was among the first to welcome newly instated IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano on his first day in office December 1. She assured Amano of full U.S. support to make his tenure a success, for which Amano was grateful. Amano outl [...]	2009-12-04 08:00:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA KNNP PREL UN JA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA546	IAEA: NOVEMBER 2009 TACC AND BOARD TC WRAP-UP [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 08:54:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA547	PC524: CTBTO 33RD SESSION OF THE PREPARATORY [...] (U) Summary. The 33rd Session of the Preparatory Commission of the CTBTO proceeded more smoothly than expected. There was little discussion of the recommendations coming to the PrepCom from Working Group B (WGB) and Working Group A (WGA),and the PrepCom approved all recommendations quickly [...]	2009-12-04 12:15:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM AORC KTBT
09UNVIEVIENNA548	Paris Pact Partners Launch Next Phase of Cooperation to [...] SUMMARY: The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) hosted from November 26-27 a meeting of the 7th Policy Consultative Group of the Paris Pact Initiative during which more than 50 Paris Pact partners agreed to launch in 2010 the third phase of cooperation to target trafficking and consumption of [...]	2009-12-04 12:16:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UN SNAR AF
09UNVIEVIENNA549	IAEA/BOG: North Korea and Other Issues at the November [...] (SBU) The November 26-27 Board of Governors session concluded with two significant accomplishments: passage of a resolution formally censuring Iran's nuclear program by more than a two-thirds vote (25-3-6 abstain, 1 absent),the first such resolution to be adopted since the February 2006 referr [...]	2009-12-04 12:30:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY NK
09UNVIEVIENNA55	IAEA: DG RACE UPDATE [...] (S) Japanese IAEA Governor Amano told Ambassador Schulte February 4 he was "more optimistic" as to his ability to clinch the two-thirds vote required for election as Director General. With the Board Chair having nearly completed her consultations, 13 countries claimed to be undecided but among [...]	2009-02-06 16:12:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL PARM TRGY IAEA KNNP JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA550	Major Donors to UNODC Agree to More Systematic [...] SUMMARY: At a November 30 meeting convened by the UK Mission to international organizations in Vienna the "Major Donor" countries to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) agreed to increase systematic coordination with one another. The U.S. delegation, led by IO Assistant Secretary Esther [...]	2009-12-04 12:46:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCOR KCRM PGOV UNCND
09UNVIEVIENNA551	RSA GAME TO PROMOTE SAFEGUARDS AGREEMENTS, LATER; GUMBI [...] (U) Summary: Mission reached out to South African counterparts upon receipt of reftel and will continue efforts in Vienna to collaborate in recruiting further states to sign and implement Comprehensive Safeguards Agreements with the Additional Protocol or, as appropriate, to modify existing Sm [...]	2009-12-07 15:57:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL TRGY KTIA SF XA IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA553	AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR TO IRAN DESCRIBES ELECTIONS AS [...] (C) Summary. On December 3, former Austrian Ambassador to Tehran Michael Postl (please protect) debriefed MsnOff on his final calls on Iranian officials as he left post. He noted that former Presidents Khatami and Rafsanjani both had extracted themselves from the normal political scene and [...]	2009-12-09 13:43:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR AU AORC KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA555	IAEA: DG AMANO CITES SAFEGUARDS AND BUDGET [...] (S) U/S for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher, accompanied by Special Assistant Jim Timbie, pledged full U.S. support to newly instated IAEA Director General Amano in an introductory call December 4. Amano confirmed his planned trip to Washington January 11-12 and welcome [...]	2009-12-10 08:39:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC IAEA KNNP TRGY PREL UN JA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA556	Increasing U.S. Representation in Vienna-Based [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.S. representation at the IAEA was at 11.2% percent as of November 5, 2009, with U.S. citizens holding 84 of 749 positions subject to geographical distribution. While the percentage of Americans at the IAEA has decreased slowly over the past several years, the most recent num [...]	2009-12-11 09:23:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER KNNP IAEA UNODC
09UNVIEVIENNA557	FUTURE OF THE AGENCY SPUTTERS BUT WON'T GO OUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The November 19 final meeting of the Future of the Agency (FOA) broke no new ground, though it did provide yet another platform for Iran to bemoan "some Member States' insistence on politicizing the IAEA." The remaining time was dedicated to the question of Board composition an [...]	2009-12-11 14:47:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP PREL IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA558	APPROVED BUT AUSTERE UNODC BUDGET PREVENTS UNODC FROM [...] SUMMARY: In a starkly worded assessment, Executive Director Antonio Costa indicated that the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) cannot honor the UN's commitments to fight drug control, crime, corruption and terrorism -- together forming one of the Secretary General's eight priorities for 20 [...]	2009-12-14 08:14:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCOR KCRM PGOV UNCND
09UNVIEVIENNA559	WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON [...] (U) Request for guidance from the December 2-3, 2009 Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) Plenary decision on the Head of Secretariat. A detailed reporting cable on the Plenary will follow. Guidance request para 7. 2. (SBU) The 2009 WA Plenary ended with a consensus decision extending the term of cur [...]	2009-12-14 14:29:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA56	IAEA: SOUTH AFRICA WILLING TO GIVE UP U.S. ORIGIN HEU [...] (SBU) Acting on REFTEL A, Ambassador Schulte passed the USG non-paper on security of nuclear and radiological material to South Africa's IAEA Governor, Ambassador Abdul Minty, on February 4 during a lunch meeting. Ambassador Minty expressed gratitude for the offer and said he was open to coope [...]	2009-02-09 10:16:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY SF
09UNVIEVIENNA560	Assistant Secretary Brimmer Meets with UNODC, UNIDO [...] Summary. In December 1 meetings with Antonio Costa, Executive Director of UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC),and Kandeh Yumkella, the Director General of the UN Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO),Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer [...]	2009-12-15 07:33:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EINV ETRD UNCITRAL AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA561	U/S TAUSCHER DECEMBER 4 MEETING WITH CTBTO EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) Under Secretary Tauscher met December 4 with Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Executive Secretary Tibor Toth in Vienna. The main discussion topic was the prospect of ratification of the Treaty in the U.S. Senate. Tauscher told ExecSec Toth that the President's [...]	2009-12-15 11:28:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM AORC KTBT
09UNVIEVIENNA563	IAEA: THE AMANO TRANSITION, SITREP 1 [...] (U) UNVIE will report in weekly to bi-weekly installments, or as events warrant, on the personnel and management transition at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) under its new Director General. This is the first telegram in a series that will extend into early 2010. 2. (SBU) D [...]	2009-12-15 12:42:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL KNNP JP AR
09UNVIEVIENNA564	GUIDANCE REQUEST ON MONGOLIAN NWFZ [...] (C) Following the November Board session in which Mongolia supported both the Board resolution censuring Iran and the Russian LEU bank resolution, Mongolian Ambassador Enkhsaikhan approached Ambassador Davies December 11 on the longstanding issue of the establishment of a Mongolian Nuclear Weap [...]	2009-12-15 14:16:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA MG
09UNVIEVIENNA567	IAEA/SAFEGUARDS ANALYTICAL LABORATORY: SECOND [...] (SBU) The IAEA hosted on December 7 a successful second workshop on the Agency's upgrades to its Safeguards Analytical Laboratories (SAL). The Clean Laboratory Extension (CLE) is fully funded and should be completed by the end of 2010. This extension will house the Japanese-funded Large Geom [...]	2009-12-16 09:11:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA568	IAEA/SAFEGUARDS: YEAR-END ROUND-UP OF DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 25, Msnoff and STATE/ISN colleagues met with Neville Whiting, IAEA Section Head responsible for implementing safeguards in the United States, to discuss prospects for safeguards implementation at the Louisiana Energy Services (LES - a U.S. subsidiary of Urenco) gas [...]	2009-12-16 14:22:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP TRGY ENRG AORC IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA57	IAEA TO PROPOSE LARGE BUDGET INCREASE FEBRUARY 13 [...] (U) This a request for guidance. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: Top officials at the IAEA have informed Mission they will propose a 20 percent increase in the IAEA budget when the 2010-2011 draft budget document is released on Friday, February 13 (strictly protect). Mission reques [...]	2009-02-09 12:49:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA570	2010: VIENNA,S YEAR OF IRAN? [...] (C) This is an ACTION request. Please see paragraph 14. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) As we enter a new year in dealing with Iran across the UN organizations in Vienna, we thought it useful to take stock of where we stand at the end of 2009 and how that will affect the way forward [...]	2009-12-16 16:49:00	UNVIE	SECRET	PREL KNNP IR SNAR AF
09UNVIEVIENNA571	MEETING WITH IAEA TO DEMO URANIUM DATABASE AND [...] (S) Summary: At a December 9 meeting, IAEA Deputy Director General for Safeguards (DDG) Heinonen reaffirmed the IAEA's long-term willingness to participate with the U.S. in a joint effort to maintain a database of global signatures of uranium yellowcake (and other forms of uranium). Represent [...]	2009-12-17 09:10:00	UNVIE	SECRET//NOFORN	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA572	UNIDO GENERAL CONFERENCE: YUMKELLA WINS REELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Working-level Mission Officers and Acting UN Counselor attended the December 7 - 11 UNIDO General Conference as informal guests, sitting at the rear and dispensing with name plates. The overall tone of the five-day Conference was positive. Resolutions reflected this year's th [...]	2009-12-17 11:27:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KUNR ETRD EIND EAID UNIDO UNDP UNEP AORC KGHG
09UNVIEVIENNA573	WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: PLENARY REPORT DECEMBER 2-3 [...] (C) Summary: Changes to the controls lists continues to be the strong success story of the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) Plenary meetings. Russian intransigence on policy issues remains the stumbling block to progress on Best Practices. The Russian head of delegation (Grigory Mashkov) refused to [...]	2009-12-17 12:35:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA574	MEETING WITH IAEA TO DEMO URANIUM DATABASE AND [...] (S//NF) Summary: At a December 9 meeting, IAEA Deputy Director General for Safeguards (DDG) Heinonen reaffirmed the IAEA's long-term willingness to participate with the U.S. in a joint effort to maintain a database of global signatures of uranium yellowcake (and other forms of uranium). Repre [...]	2009-12-17 14:34:00	UNVIE	SECRET//NOFORN	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA575	GNEP INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP DRAWS BROAD [...] Summary: The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Infrastructure Development Working Group (IDWG) held its fifth meeting December 9-10, 2009, in Vienna, under U.S. chairmanship. Approximately 85 representatives from GNEP partner and observer countries, the International Atomic Energy Agency [...]	2009-12-18 09:35:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA577	IAEA/SAFEGUARDS: REQUEST TO SUPPORT ROBUST OPEN [...] (C) In November 12 meeting, Michael Barletta (AmCit),Senior Safeguards Information Analyst in the Division of Information Management, described assistance he would like from the United States to support the IAEA in undertaking the open source information collection and analysis necessary to u [...]	2009-12-18 10:15:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA578	INL A/S JOHNSON MEETINGS ON AFGHANISTAN AND [...] (C) During a brief stopover in Vienna, INL Assistant Secretary David Johnson met on December 9 with UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa and with UNODC officials involved in regional and bilateral counternarcotics (CN) work with Iran. Ambassador Davies a [...]	2009-12-18 11:44:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UN KCRM UNODC IR
09UNVIEVIENNA58	IAEA/IRAQ: DISPOSITION OF IRAQI DOCUMENTS AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: Reflecting U.S. concerns regarding the sensitivity and security of old INVO documents, records and hardware still stored at the IAEA, the U.S. (DOE) recently funded U.S. expert Bill Domke (DOE/LLNL) to conduct a preliminary review of the records and provide a recommendation on [...]	2009-02-10 14:31:00	UNVIE	SECRET//NOFORN	AORC IAEA PARM PREL KNNP IZ
09UNVIEVIENNA582	UNCITRAL Working Group on Procurement Makes Progress [...] SUMMARY. At its December 7-11 meeting, the UNCITRAL Working Group on Procurement made significant progress in a second reading of the current draft revisions to the 1994 Model Law, but did not cover all of the articles. The remaining articles should be addressed at the next meeting in Apri [...]	2009-12-22 13:17:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AU AORC EINV ETRD UN UNCITRAL
09UNVIEVIENNA583	AMANO'S METHODICAL, "SOFT" WAY FORWARD ON FUEL BANK [...] (SBU) Summary: DG Amano told EU Ambassadors the process for further considering an IAEA-administered international nuclear fuel bank (INFB) should be transparent; decisions on how to move forward rested with the Board Chair and Member States. A Secretariat paper addressing implementation issu [...]	2009-12-22 13:17:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY PREL ENRG KNNP AORC IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA59	IAEA/U.S. SAFEGUARDS: IMPLEMENTATION OF U.S. [...] (SBU) IAEA Safeguards Department Operations B Director Herman Nackaerts and Section Head Chris Charlier are anxious to schedule discussions with the USG in advance of the U.S. submitting our Additional Protocol (AP) declaration, due on the 4th of July, 2009. The Safeguards Department had req [...]	2009-02-11 08:57:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ENGR IAEA KNNP CVIS TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA6	PARIS PACT BREAKS NEW GROUND [...] (SBU) The Sixth Policy Consultative Group Meeting of the Paris Pact Initiative was held in Vienna December 15-16, 2008. African states participated in this annual meeting for the first time. Members reviewed the 2008 roundtables and approved three for 2009. UNODC Executive Director Antonio Mar [...]	2009-01-12 12:32:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL NATO EUN AF FR IR CA PK UN RS ZK
09UNVIEVIENNA60	IAEA/IRAN: EU3 REACT TO DRAFT BOARD STATEMENT [...] (C) Charge shared a draft P5 1 Board statement with EU3 counterparts, who reacted cautiously. Although supportive in principle, the EU3 see no prospect of success in Vienna absent strong confirmation of PolDir agreement to pursue such a statement. Already the Russian PermRep has told German A [...]	2009-02-11 16:15:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA61	IAEA/DG RACE: MINTY PUSHING FOR JUNE VOTE [...] (C) Summary: With the date for an election of the next IAEA Director General still undecided, South African candidate Abdul Minty has told us that in line with his campaign plan he will push to defer any vote until June -- which would be too late to develop a new slate of candidates in the eve [...]	2009-02-12 11:22:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA62	RESPONSE TO ANNUAL STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND BUDGET DATA [...] AS PER REFTEL, POST SENT RESPONSE TO TASKER VIA FAX ON 04 FEB 09 AND BY UNCLASSIFIED POUCH ON 12 FEB 09. REGISTRATION NUMBER IS: 3049670. 2. POINT OF CONTACT FOR THIS IS UNA COUNSELOR, SOCHING TSAI WHO CAN BE REACHED VIA EMAIL AT: TSAIS@STATE.GOV OR BY TELEPHONE: 011-43-1-31339-4751. [...]	2009-02-12 11:26:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER AU
09UNVIEVIENNA63	IAEA: TECHNICAL COOPERATION FOR EU REGIONAL [...] (SBU) As many governments have observed, member states funding the IAEA's Technical Cooperation program should have more control and oversight over project design and implementation. The program's opacity and confounding organization were illustrated most recently in a review of Board-approve [...]	2009-02-12 12:36:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IAEA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA64	ADVOCATING NEEDLE EXCHANGE AND MEDICATION-ASSISTED [...] (SBU) Per Ref A instructions, Charge approached CND chair Ambassador Ashipala on Friday, Feb 6 to explain change in the USG position regarding the ongoing UNGASS review negotiations (Ref B). On the same day Missionoffs shared with Russia and Japan highlights of the new USG position: support fo [...]	2009-02-13 15:49:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KCRM PREL SNAR AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA65	IAEA PROPOSES UNPRECEDENTED, 23 PERCENT BUDGET [...] (U) The IAEA released its biennial budget document on February 15, proposed an unprecedented, 23 percent increase. The increase would bring the IAEA regular budget from just under 300 million Euros in 2009 to 368 million in 2010 and 383 million in 2011. The proposed increase is split roughly [...]	2009-02-17 13:14:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA67	IAEA MARCH BOARD: PREVIEW AND ANALYSIS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 16:57:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA68	BEIJING CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR ENERGY PROMISES TO BE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A brief conference update was presented by the IAEA and the Permanent Mission to China to showcase the upcoming International Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Energy for the 21st Century in Beijing, China on April 20-22, 2009. A Chinese rep expanded upon conference logistics as [...]	2009-02-18 17:04:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PREL TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA69	IAEA: JOINT STATE/DOE LETTER URGING DG TO LEAD ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Both the President and Secretary have publicly endorsed the establishment of an international nuclear fuel bank (INFB) under the auspices of the IAEA. Our strategy to establish a fuel bank has three elements: 1) encouraging DG ElBaradei to resume a leadership role; 2) move one [...]	2009-02-19 12:59:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG IAEA ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA7	FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN TO MEET AGAIN JANUARY 22 [...] (U) This is an action request for IO, INL and SCA. Please see Para 8. 2. (U) The French Mission will host the next meeting of the Vienna Friends of Afghanistan Group (Ref A) on January 22. The draft agenda includes corruption, precursors, UNODC Independence Evaluation Unit report on Afgha [...]	2009-01-12 14:06:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM PREL NATO EUN FR AF RU PL UN
09UNVIEVIENNA71	IAEA/SYRIA: DIRECTOR GENERAL REPEATS CALL FOR [...] (SBU) The Director General's February 19 report on Syria's undeclared nuclear activities is more categorical than his November report in re-focusing the Agency's nearly year-long investigation on Syrian noncooperation. Most importantly, the report debunks the Syrian red-herring allegation [...]	2009-02-20 13:16:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA72	UNODC Financial Crisis: Tough Choices But Silver Lining? [...] (SBU) Unexpected declines in UNODC's General Purpose Fund (GPF) contributions have created a financial crisis within the UNODC. Compounding that assessment are interest losses stemming from the world financial crisis and the inherent difficulties associated with managing an exploding Special P [...]	2009-02-20 14:08:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM EAID UN
09UNVIEVIENNA73	IAEA/IRAN: DG REPORTS TEHRAN,S CONTINUED LACK OF [...] (SBU) The IAEA Director General's (DG) February 19 report on Iran describes the dichotomy between Iran's lack of cooperation with the IAEA -- the stalled investigation on possible military dimensions (PMD) issues and the refusal to allow IAEA access to some declared nuclear facilities -- an [...]	2009-02-20 14:43:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA74	IAEA BUDGET KICK-OFF LESS CONTENTIOUS THAN [...] (U) Summary: The IAEA opened 2010-2011 budget negotiations with an informal presentation on February 20. Most Member States expressed concern over the size of the proposed increase, but were not as aggressive as Mission had expected. Members of the G-77 took particular issue with the proposed [...]	2009-02-20 14:54:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA75	POLITICS SATURATE OPENING OF "FUTURE OF THE [...] (U) Summary: The initial meeting of the year-long, Future of the Agency (FOA) process got off to a disappointing - if predictable - start. Most Member States had not given thought to specific issues and their statements were overtly political and unconstructive. Only the U.S. and Canada offe [...]	2009-02-20 15:03:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IAEA AORC KNNP UN PREL
09UNVIEVIENNA76	IAEA: MOVING NUCLEAR SECURITY INTO THE MAINSTREAM [...] (SBU) In 2001, shortly after the September 11 terrorist attacks, the IAEA Board of Governors began a process of strengthening the Secretariat's role in preventing nuclear terrorism. The Agency has since adopted a "Nuclear Security Plan," the latest version of which expires at the end of 2009. [...]	2009-02-20 15:45:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA PTER
09UNVIEVIENNA77	CALLING COSTA ON UNODC REORGANIZATION [...] (U) Ambassador contacted UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa on February 23 and delivered points in Ref A, noting in particular that the USG sought to maintain the current balance between the normative work of the Division of Treaty Affairs (DTA) and the programmatic work of the Division of [...]	2009-02-23 15:42:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM PREL EAID AF UN
09UNVIEVIENNA78	COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY (CTBT): On-Site [...] (SBU) Summary: REFTEL requested U.S. Delegation provide detailed reporting of the on-site inspection (OSI) discussions at Working Group B (WGB)-32 of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization. As instructed delegation was primarily in a listening and information gathering mode, and avoided [...]	2009-02-24 15:04:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM AORC KTBT IR
09UNVIEVIENNA8	NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS: A.Q. KHAN AND [...] (U) Mission shared sanctions decision information with senior IAEA officials and disseminated the Department's media note to PA contacts. Ambassador reached Director General ElBaradei by phone to brief personally on the announcement. In response to the DG's questions, the Ambassador confirmed [...]	2009-01-12 16:44:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM EFIN PREL MNUC KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA80	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - PROGRAM SUPPORT COSTS AT [...] (SBU) This is a guidance request. Per reftel, the simmering issue of Program Support Costs (PSCs) may come to the fore sooner rather than later. A Canadian contribution of nearly 4 million USD for the Nuclear Security Fund is on hold pending release of an official PSC policy, and there is so [...]	2009-02-25 13:22:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IAEA OTRA KNNP TRGY AORC UN PREL AS CA
09UNVIEVIENNA82	IAEA/IRAN: TECHNICAL BRIEFING IS SOUNDING BOARD [...] (SBU) On February 24, Ops B Director Herman Nackaerts provided Member States a technical briefing on the Director General's (DG) report on Iran that largely repeated the same points covered in the report, but also offered a more detailed explanation about how the "error" on the additional l [...]	2009-02-25 17:18:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA83	UK BACKING OFF "PRINCIPLES" AT MARCH 17-18 NUCLEAR FUEL [...] (SBU) IAEACouns shared ref a points with British Deputy Head of Mission Carol Cliff February 23. Cliff confirmed her general agreement with U.S. reservations about the adoption of a statement of principles at the March 17-18 London conference "Multilateral Approaches to the Fuel Cycle." "If a [...]	2009-02-26 06:47:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA PARM MNUC
09UNVIEVIENNA84	IAEA/SYRIA TECHNICAL BRIEFING: SYRIA REJECTS IAEA [...] (SBU) The IAEA's technical briefing on Syria, ahead of the March 2-6 Board of Governors meeting, reviewed the Agency's case for concerns of a nuclear reactor under construction at the Al-Kibar site. In a refreshingly unambiguous briefing, the IAEA presented new uranium findings, doubling the [...]	2009-02-26 07:26:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA85	Iran Poised to Chair 2010 Session of the UN Commission on [...] (U) This is an action request for IO, INR and NEA, see Para 13. 2. (SBU) The chairmanship of the 2010 UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) will rotate to the Asia Group. Iran has announced to the Group its intention to pursue the position. If no other Asian country seeks the chairmanship [...]	2009-02-27 10:43:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM UN IR
09UNVIEVIENNA86	VIENNA PERMREPS URGE U.S. ACTION ON CTBT, [...] (SBU) Summary: In a series of recent lunches, eighteen Vienna PermReps provided Ambassador their advice to the new Administration on advancing the multilateral agenda here, especially in the IAEA. Common themes and thought-provoking perspectives, especially from NAM/G-77 counterparts, include [...]	2009-02-27 10:50:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC TRGY MNUC KNNP XF
09UNVIEVIENNA87	IAEA/INDIA - INDIA'S ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL: A [...] (C) The IAEA has added to the Board agenda for next week an Additional Protocol (AP) for India. The document was circulated for Member State consideration mid-day Thursday, 26 February. The draft text basically contains an obligation to provide limited reporting on exports to non nuclear we [...]	2009-02-27 11:25:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY ETTC IN
09UNVIEVIENNA89	SENIOR SENATE INVESTIGATOR WALKS THE HALLS OF [...] (SBU) Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Senior Investigator Doug Frantz relied on his journalistic experience and extensive network of contacts to conduct an unconventional, one-man staffdel to Vienna February 9 - 13. Engaged by SFRC Chairman John Kerry (whom he knew in connection to t [...]	2009-03-04 09:55:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IAEA AORC KNNP UN PREL PARM TRGY JA
09UNVIEVIENNA9	IAEA; WIDE-RANGING DISCUSSION WITH DIRECTOR [...] (C) Ambassador Schulte presented IAEA Director General ElBaradei with the U.S. instrument of ratification for the Additional Protocol on January 6, 2009. Ambassador used the occasion to query the DG on priorities for the remainder of ElBaradei's tenure (November 30, 2009),in particular how he m [...]	2009-01-13 07:35:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM MNUC KNPP IR SY TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA90	NEW RUSSIAN MOOD MUSIC AT IAEA BOARD MEETING [...] (C) The just-concluded March 2 - 5 meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors saw a striking improvement in the tone and content of US-Russian cooperation on our nonproliferation agenda. The most important result of this was the joint statement of the P5 1 delegations on Iran -- the first such st [...]	2009-03-05 13:43:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IAEA SY IR RU
09UNVIEVIENNA91	IAEA/DPRK: SUPPORT FOR SIX-PARTY PROCESS AND [...] (SBU) North Korea has been on the agenda of every IAEA Board of Governors meeting since inspectors were kicked out of the country in December 2002. For the March 2009 Board meeting no written report was issued by the Secretariat on this item, and the Director General's introductory remarks w [...]	2009-03-06 13:36:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IAEA KN KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA92	IAEA/SYRIA: SYRIA OFFERS NO FURTHER COOPERATION TO [...] (SBU) The March 4 IAEA Board of Governors deliberations on Syria broke down along similar lines as past Board discussion of this issue. Although the Director General and a majority of Board members (21 of 33 Board members) called for cooperation by Syria, NAM standard bearers Egypt, Cuba and [...]	2009-03-06 14:13:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM SY KN IAEA KNNP
09UNVIEVIENNA93	IAEA/IRAN: BOARD URGES TEHRAN TO COOPERATE [...] (SBU) A joint six-country (P5 1) statement on Iran, the first of its kind at an IAEA Board of Governors meeting, had a salutary effect on the tenor of the March 3 Board deliberations on Iran. This statement of unity took Board members and Iran by surprise and the majority of the Board wel [...]	2009-03-06 14:50:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA94	IAEA/MARCH BOARD: DG ELECTION SET FOR MARCH 26-27 [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-06 14:59:00	UNVIE	SECRET	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA JA SF
09UNVIEVIENNA95	IAEA MARCH 2009 BOARD OF GOVERNORS: AOB DISCUSSION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Renewed leadership by the Director General, announcements of financial pledges, and calls for more dialogue from potential beneficiary states advanced us toward future IAEA Board action to implement reliable access to nuclear fuel (RANF) mechanisms under IAEA auspices. The Boar [...]	2009-03-06 15:39:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA

09UNVIEVIENNA96	IAEA: MARCH BOARD WRAP-UP [...] (SBU) USDEL was broadly successful in using the March 2-5, 2009 IAEA Board of Governors meeting as a platform to enunciate the new Administration's support for the IAEA and renewed commitment to multilateral cooperation. U.S. interventions conveyed the overarching objective of building a robus [...]	2009-03-06 15:41:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA97	CND: MORALES TO REQUEST DELISTING OF COCA LEAF [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-09 14:30:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EAID PREL UN BL
09UNVIEVIENNA99	ANTI-CRIME VISION FOR UNODC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In anticipation of this week's high-level meeting in Vienna on anti-drug issues, Antonio Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),issued a paper that paints a broad picture for UNODC's anti-crime work. On March 5, he provided a preview and briefing on this pape [...]	2009-03-10 13:58:00	UNVIE	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UN KCRM UNODC
09USEUBRUSSELS1078	EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered REF A points on August 4 to Jeremy Lester, head of the European Commission unit for the Horn of Africa, Eastern Africa, and the Indian Ocean. Lester agreed that the TFG is Somalia's best chance for stability and said, "If we were to deliver a demarche in Washington on [...]	2009-08-06 14:39:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER SO EAID KPKO MARR
09USEUBRUSSELS1140	THE MANY SIDES OF DATA PRIVACY: MANAGING RISING TENSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: European privacy and data protection concerns continue to jeopardize our commercial, law enforcement, intelligence and foreign policy objectives. Data privacy is an area of growing complexity and touches ever more U.S. interests, from the visa waiver program to e-commerce. We [...]	2009-08-17 12:06:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS EINT BEXP KJUS KTFN TINT PREL ETTC EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS117	EU Commission Forecasts Significant Worsening in EU [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission released on January 19 its interim economic forecasts, advancing their release date by a full month due to the exceptionally difficult economic circumstances. The forecasts recognize that the impact on the real economy became more pronounced after the eve [...]	2009-01-28 11:47:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS1172	COMMISSION PERSPECTIVES ON UNFCCC, MEF, AND TROIKA VISIT TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 10:05:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL
09USEUBRUSSELS1177	World Customs Organization (WCO) Establishment of [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-25 15:50:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA AORC CTM SCCC
09USEUBRUSSELS1182	ARF DISASTER RELIEF DIALOGUE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-26 12:09:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ARF EAID MARR
09USEUBRUSSELS12	EU TO ATTEND SOMALIA PIRACY CONTACT GROUP [...] (C) On December 23, PolOff delivered REF A invitation to the first meeting of the Contact Group on Somali Piracy (CGSP) to Didier Lenoir of the EU Council Secretariat. Lenoir confirmed on January 5 that he and Heli Pekka Heinonen, from the EU Military Staff, would attend the meeting in New Y [...]	2009-01-06 17:26:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS1227	RESPONSE TO USAID PROGRAM OFFICERS SOTA CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-09 15:19:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	USAID
09USEUBRUSSELS1234	SE WOLPE'S CONSULTATIONS WITH THE EU 31 AUGUST - 1 [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Special Envoy to the African Great Lakes, Howard Wolpe, met with development and humanitarian aid officials from the Commission, and security and defense officials at the Council Secretariat. He also met with the Secretariat's Africa Task Force and attended a lunch meeting [...]	2009-09-11 15:52:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID MOPS MARR SOCI CG BE
09USEUBRUSSELS1283	MEP ANGST OVER U.S.-EU TFTP/SWIFT DATA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 16, minority European Parliament (EP) parties (Greens and Communists) vehemently denounced U.S.-EU negotiations on an interim agreement to continue the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) once SWIFT, the Belgium-based global financial messaging company, relocat [...]	2009-09-23 12:29:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KTFN ETTC PREL EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS PINR KPAO
09USEUBRUSSELS1319	EU DAIRY FARMERS SEEK TO REVERSE REFORMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EU dairy farmer protests are rapidly escalating into a widening milk delivery strike. The crisis in the EU dairy industry is due to decreased demand as a consequence of the economic crisis. Production of dairy products in the EU has been regulated/managed/protected since the mi [...]	2009-09-30 11:09:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS1331	CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO [...] (SBU) Summary. Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA),Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and co-author of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES, also known as Waxman-Markey),told Commission officials and reporters that the Senate could pass [...]	2009-10-01 15:43:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY
09USEUBRUSSELS1334	CONGRESSMAN MARKEY SHOWS OPTIMISM IN VIDEO CONFERENCE WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Congressman Edward Markey (D-MA),Chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming and co-author of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES, also known as Waxman-Markey),told Commission officials and reporters that the Senate could pass [...]	2009-10-01 16:32:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ENRG EUN EWWT KGHG SENV TPHY TRGY TSPL
09USEUBRUSSELS1338	JOSCHKA FISCHER DISCUSS NABUCCO WITH AMB. [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On September 17, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar, DoE PDAS for Policy and International Affairs Jonathan Elkind, and Charge d,Affaires a.i. Christopher Murray met with former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, now a special advisor to [...]	2009-10-02 09:36:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS1343	EURO-BURMA NETWORK ENCOURAGES PRESSURE ON EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Representatives from the Euro-Burma Network during a September 29 meeting with the Charge, lauded the recent Burma policy review and encouraged the U.S. to continue to lead coordination with the EU. The delegation was concerned that the EU will now attempt to lift sanctions an [...]	2009-10-02 14:23:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC BU EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS1382	EU INVITES U.S. TO DISCUSS CURRENT SECURITY [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) The Swedish EU Presidency has convoked an October 16 meeting between EU Political and Security Committee Ambassadors and representatives of non-EU NATO Allies and EU accession candidates to discuss: -- EU counter-piracy operations; -- The EU police [...]	2009-10-14 15:51:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS1403	Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue Annual Recommendations [...] (U) Summary: The Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD) recommendations for USG and EU engagement include increased effort on the financial crisis, climate change, upstream regulatory co-operation, and bilateral co-operation in various sectors. End summary. 2. (U) In advance of the October [...]	2009-10-20 16:16:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON EFIN OEXC EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS1404	ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The European Parliament (EP) has become increasingly influential in EU legislation and policy making; the new Lisbon Treaty, when ratified, will significantly accelerate this trend, in particular in the areas of justice and home affairs, agricultural budgets and [...]	2009-10-21 05:30:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV OVIP OEXC PINR EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS141	EU UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 7.4 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE UP TO [...] SUMMARY. The latest EU unemployment data as released by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) provide another confirmation of the deterioration of the EU labor market situation. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 reached 7.4 percent in December 2008 (up from 7.3 percent [...]	2009-01-30 16:55:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS1411	UKRAINE: EU SEEKS MORE EFFORT ON GAS REFORM [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: RELEX Acting Ukraine Director David Geer briefed econoff on the Commission,s efforts to promote gas and public finance sector reform in Ukraine. Geer said that while Ukraine has made some progress, it has far to go. Commission officials believe the IMF bailout [...]	2009-10-21 16:36:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ENRG UP
09USEUBRUSSELS1420	SCENESETTER FOR TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The fourth meeting of the U.S.-EU Transatlantic Economic Council on October 27 will cover a solid agenda with our largest economic partner. The meeting will feature discussions on G20 commitments and our cooperation in financial reform, closer U.S.-EU regulatory cooperation in [...]	2009-10-22 13:22:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL ETRD ENRG ECPS SENV EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS1421	EU STANCE ON NABUCCO WORRIES ITGI [...] (SBU) Summary: A representative of the Italy-Turkey-Greece Interconnector (ITGI) pipeline project believes the Commission,s public bias towards Nabucco is prejudicing ITGI,s ability to secure a gas deal. Commission officials told him that their support for Nabucco is driven by USG pressure. [...]	2009-10-22 14:13:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG IT ZJ RU EU
09USEUBRUSSELS1477	EU COUNCIL FAILS TO AGREE ON CLIMATE FINANCING [...] (SBU) This is an initial spot report of the climate outcomes of the EU Council. USEU will provide further detail next week after conversations with EU officials. 2. (SBU) Summary. Despite efforts from the Swedish Presidency and the European Commission, EU Heads of State and Government fail [...]	2009-10-30 15:31:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EIND ENRG EWWT EUN KGHG SENV TRGY
09USEUBRUSSELS1478	EU RESPONSE TO S/CRS NON-PAPER ON CRISIS MANAGEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 15:50:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS1516	ENERGY CHAPTER IS BOTTOM LINE FOR TURKEY [...] (C) Summary: Turkey's Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU stressed in a November 5 meeting that the opening of the Energy Chapter is a crucial step in Turkey-EU relations, and could pave the way for an agreement on the Southern Corridor. However, the inability of the EU to advance the a [...]	2009-11-10 17:40:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PREL TU EUN XS
09USEUBRUSSELS1550	REQUEST DIPLOMATIC TITLES FOR USAID REPRESENTATIVE TO THE [...] DIPLOMATIC TITLE REQUESTED: COUNSELOR OF MISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2. NAME OF OFFICER: GRANT WILLIAM ANDERSON. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE OF ASSIGNMENT AT POST: 11/17/2009, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM. 4. FUNCTIONAL POSITION TITLE AND POSITION NUMBER TO WHICH ASSIGNED: COUNSELOR FOR INT [...]	2009-11-20 11:07:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	APER EAID
09USEUBRUSSELS1569	EU NOVEMBER GAERC - SELECTIONS FOR EU POSITIONS [...] (U) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers met November 16-17 in Brussels for their biannual "jumbo" or "super" General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) that included a November 16 informal meeting with EU Defense Ministers and a November 17 meeting with EU Development Ministers. Highli [...]	2009-11-23 14:54:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN AF AL BO BK MK UP RS MOPS
09USEUBRUSSELS1643	ERDOGAN ASKED NABUCCO REPS ABOUT IRANIAN GAS [...] (C) Neil McMillan, RWE's Nabucco representative in Brussels, reported that the December 3 meeting between Prime Minister Erdogan and RWE's Joschka Fischer and Stefan Judisch went well but "did not produce any breakthroughs." McMillan said Erdogan seemed "more positive than negative" ) about t [...]	2009-12-07 16:11:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET AJ TU EU
09USEUBRUSSELS1663	EU CONSULAR CONFERENCES ILLUSTRATE IMPACT OF [...] (U) Summary: The USEU senior consular representative attended two EU consular seminars in November as an observer. The first concerned consular assistance to EU nationals in third countries and the second, international adoptions. The object of both conferences was to move toward harmonizing [...]	2009-12-11 12:20:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC CVIS EUN KOCI
09USEUBRUSSELS1681	EUPOL COPPS LOOKING FOR EXPANSION AND GREATER USSC [...] (S/NF) Summary: The EU Police Mission in the Palestinian Territories (EUPOL COPPS) implements police training and mentoring programs and serves as a clearing house for EU Member States, bilateral financial contributions to the Palestinian police. Begun in early 2006 as a 33-person financ [...]	2009-12-18 06:46:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	KPMI WE EUN PREL PINS XF WBG
09USEUBRUSSELS1738	MONUC HEAD AND GREAT LAKES ENVOYS DISCUSS NEED FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-30 18:13:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR MOPS CG
09USEUBRUSSELS206	WORKING WITH THE EU,S COUNTER-PIRACY HEADQUARTERS [...] (C//NF) Summary: USEU representatives visited the EU's counter-piracy Operational Headquarters (OHQ) on January 16, where interlocutors described the EU's operations and information sharing arrangements with the U.S. and NATO. To make maximum use of a limited force, the OHQ collects info [...]	2009-02-12 19:18:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS PHSA EWWT EAID PTER XI XO XW
09USEUBRUSSELS226	Barroso's economic stimulant on the rocks? [...] (SBU) Summary: The 5 billion euro EU-level portion of Europe's economic stimulus package appears to be foundering on the absence of funds, doubts about its effectiveness and plain old politics. Commission President Barroso will push hard, but a more likely outcome is a longer-term increase in e [...]	2009-02-18 10:48:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG ECPS PINT EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS241	NO EU FUNDING PLANS FOR AIRBUS A350XWB [...] (SBU) According to officials at DG Transport and Energy and DG Competition, the European Union has no plans to fund the development of the Airbus A350XWB or to provide launch aid. 2. (SBU) Industry contacts have heard no rumors of funding from Brussels, but thought that there would be pres [...]	2009-02-20 14:02:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EIND ETRD EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS414	EU/CHINA: FERRERO-WALDNER WILLING TO RAISE GAO [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner plans to visit China during the week of March 30, and may be willing to raise the case of political prisoner Gao Zhisheng if asked by the United States to do so, acc [...]	2009-03-23 18:02:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS423	EU ENVOY REACHES OUT TO NEW U.S. ENVOY ON SUDAN [...] EU Special Representative for Sudan Torben Brylle welcomed the U.S. announcement of a new Special Envoy for Sudan and has asked that post transmit his letter of congratulations. Post understands that Ambassador Brylle has been in touch separately with AF/SPG regarding his request for a meeti [...]	2009-03-24 15:33:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL SU EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS428	RESPONSE ANNUAL ALTERNATIVE FUEL/HYBRID ELECTRIC [...] (U) Tri Mission Brussels' response to the Annual Alternative Fuel/ Hybrid Electric Vehicle Survey (reftel) follows. These answers apply to Belgium. ---a) Hybrid electric and alternative fuel vehicles are currently in use in Belgium. Available systems include gas/electric hybrids, plug-in el [...]	2009-03-26 05:58:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ASUP ATRN BE
09USEUBRUSSELS457	DIMAS SEEKS CONTRUCTIVE ROLE [...] (C) Econoff met with Andreas Papaconstantinou, a member of Environment Commissioner Dimas' staff, on 27 March. Papaconstantinou confirmed what we recently reported (reftel) that Commission President Barroso is seeking to play a major role in the climate discussions. He confirmed that Matthew [...]	2009-03-30 15:36:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ECON ENRG
09USEUBRUSSELS466	AFPAK: WHITE PAPER AND SUMMIT DELIVERABLES [...] (U) As instructed (REF A),Charge d'Affaires, Political Minister-Counselor, and Pol Off relayed points for the April 5 U.S.-EU Summit to Robert Cooper, Council Secretariat Director for Politico-Military Affairs; Marek Grela, Council Secretariat Director for Transatlantic Relations; Ivo Sramek, [...]	2009-03-31 15:10:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS546	JHA MINISTERS TASK COREPER AMBASSADORS TO PREPARE [...] (U) At their April 6 Council meeting in Luxembourg, European Union (EU) Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Ministers agreed to work towards an "EU response" to U.S. requests in Washington and at the Prague Summit for help in closing Guantanamo. They tasked EU Ambassadors in the Committee of Perma [...]	2009-04-09 10:55:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KISL KAWL PTER EON
09USEUBRUSSELS552	ENGAGING THE EU ON DEFENSE ISSUES [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: As we prepare for the upcoming visit to Washington by the EU's High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and Director General of the EU Military Staff Lieutenant General David Leakey, it might be useful to take stock of the EU's steady advance [...]	2009-04-09 15:36:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID EIND EU MARR MOPS PREL
09USEUBRUSSELS554	THIRD STATES LEVERAGING ESDP TO PURSUE THEIR [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-09 16:23:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS567	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL'S VISIT TO [...] (C) We warmly welcome your visit to Brussels. The members of the European Union's Political and Security Committee (PSC) look forward to meeting with you April 22 and exchanging ideas on Israeli-Palestinian and broader regional peace. The President heard from EU heads of state/government in [...]	2009-04-16 14:41:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OVIP MITCHELL AMGT PREL EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS568	GETTING THE EU TO EXTEND AND REINFORCE ITS [...] (C//NF) Summary. There is an emerging agreement among EU member states to extend the EU's naval operation off the coast of Somalia until December 2010. Discussions are moving beyond extending the mission to include addressing the root causes of piracy. We will have three opportunities in t [...]	2009-04-16 15:53:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS582	UPDATING INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION [...] Per reftel, the following information is provided for USEU's TFCO. There is no deputy TFCO designated. TFCO Name: Lorelei Snyder Title: Terrorist Finance, Sanctions Officer Tel: 32-(0)2-508-2673 Email: snyderlg@state.gov, snyderlg@state.sgov.gov Murray [...]	2009-04-20 15:18:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS587	UPDATE ON EU COUNTER-PIRACY DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C//NF) Diplomatic and military interlocutors from the UK Permanent Representation to the EU told PolOff on April 21 that if the U.S. wants NATO to take the lead for counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia, we will have to do the "heavy lifting." Our UK contacts also confirmed th [...]	2009-04-22 05:12:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS590	FERRERO-WALDNER RAISED GAO ZHISHENG WITH CHINESE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-23 12:36:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV
09USEUBRUSSELS597	THE FUTURE OF EU DECISION MAKING ON POLICE AND [...] (C/NF) With or without the Lisbon Treaty, we anticipate that major Treaty provisions affecting police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters will ultimately find their way into the EU decision-making and institutional frameworks. The Treaty's fate will determine how fast these changes ma [...]	2009-04-24 18:21:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KCRM EON
09USEUBRUSSELS622	INTRODUCING THE EU, PART VII: EU-U.S. COOPERATION UNDER THE [...] (U) Policy consultation and coordination between the United States and European Union has grown enormously over the past decade, and in many respects now rivals the level of discussion we have with such key allies as the UK, Germany and Japan. Our policy relationship with the EU differs from [...]	2009-04-30 13:22:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS628	EU ON SRI LANKA IMF LOAN [...] (C) On April 29, Poloff shared reftel points with EU presidency, Council Secretariat, and Commission officials responsible for relations with Sri Lanka. While IMF representation is a member state competency, the EU Council Secretariat has asked member states to communicate their position on S [...]	2009-04-30 16:28:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN ECON KDEM PHUM CE EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS642	EU ANTI-PIRACY FORCE GROWING STRONGER, MAY EXPAND [...] (C) Summary: The EU's counter-piracy force off the coast of Somalia has grown to 12 ships and four maritime patrol aircraft, with Member States still pledging new forces and in some cases keeping their ships in the operation longer than originally planned. As p art of the operation's mid- [...]	2009-05-06 08:56:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS681	APRIL 28 U.S.-EU JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS [...] (C) U.S. and European Union (EU) Cabinet Ministers engaged in a wide-ranging discussion of counter-terrorism, law enforcement, and border security issues at the April 28 U.S.-EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Ministerial Troika meeting in Prague. The EU side welcomed the Attorney General's de [...]	2009-05-13 15:12:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KCRM PTER EUM
09USEUBRUSSELS692	EUROPEAN COMMISSION LAUNCHES COUNTER-PIRACY [...] (C//NF) Summary: On May 13, the European Commission committed to a 1.75 million euro program to support regional judicial capacity for pirate prosecutions in East Africa. The EU hopes this program, which will be implemented in concert with the UN, will allay the Government of Kenya's concer [...]	2009-05-14 18:30:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS716	EU MILITARY STAFF HEAD ON OPPORTUNITIES FOR [...] (C//NF) Summary: On May 13, Lt. Gen. David Leakey, Director General of the EU Military Staff, briefed USEU's Charg and political officers on military aspects of the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP),and the outlook for NATO-EU relations. Leakey was pessimistic on the prospects f [...]	2009-05-20 17:29:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS MARR PREL EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS725	EU FOREIGN AND DEFENSE MINISTERS FOCUS ON RUSSIA, [...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU's General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meetings May 18-19 brought together foreign, defense, and development ministers in a complex choreography of meetings in Brussels. During the meetings, foreign ministers laid plans for the June European Council [...]	2009-05-26 14:48:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR RS BM IR BK XW XF CE EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS733	EU RULE OF LAW MISSION IN IRAQ TO INCREASE [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: USEU political officers were briefed May 27 by Stephen White, who heads the EU's Rule of Law mission for Iraq (EU JUSTLEX). White described the training undertaken in Europe since 2005 and the decision to undertake several pilot training programs in Iraq as a [...]	2009-05-27 15:43:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN IZ KJUS MARR MOPS PINS PREL
09USEUBRUSSELS751	EU MEMBERS WELCOME NATO COUNTER-PIRACY MISSION, WITH U.S. FORCE COMMITMENT [...] (C//NF) Summary: Over the past few weeks, several EU-based diplomats and military officers from key Allies as well as EU officials have told USEU that they see room for both NATO and the EU to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia. They add, however, that the NATO counter-piracy force, to [...]	2009-05-29 17:48:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EUN EWWT MARR MOPS PREL XF XW
09USEUBRUSSELS810	EU CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL COUNTER-PIRACY ACTIVITIES [...] (C//NF) Summary: (C//NF) The EU is providing to the U.S. and other UNSC Perm Five and G-8 governments a copy of a letter that EU High Rep Javier Solana has sent to EU Foreign and Defense Ministers. The letter describes additional steps the EU can take to combat piracy off the coast of Soma [...]	2009-06-11 10:45:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS814	EU/BURMA SANCTIONS: HOW U.S. CAN HELP [...] (U) Action Request: Please see paragraphs 6 and 12. 2. (C//NF) SUMMARY: EU ministers will discuss options for the EU Burma sanctions policy at the June 15 GAERC. No final decision is expected before a verdict is issued in the current Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) trial. Bank designations are [...]	2009-06-12 11:26:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETTC EFIN PGOV ETRD EMIN PHUM KDEM BM EUN FR
09USEUBRUSSELS839	EU LENGTHENS COUNTER-PIRACY FORCE MANDATE [...] (C) On June 15, EU foreign ministers approved an extension of the EU counter-piracy Operation ATALANTA's mandate until December 13, 2010. According to the EU,s official public statement announcing the extension, the decision was taken with a view to facilitating future force generation for [...]	2009-06-19 05:03:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL EWWT XW XF EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS85	AMBASSADOR KRISTEN SILVERBERG RELINQUISHES DUTIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-23 11:52:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER BE OTRA
09USEUBRUSSELS88	DEMARCHE ON GEORGIA'S SEPARATIST REGIONS: EU [...] (C) Mission delegation, led by Charg, delivered Ref A points January 21 to Helga Schmid, Director of the EU Council Secretariat's Policy Unit. She responded that the EU was very much on board with respect to using "carrots" with Georgia to lure especially Abkhazia away from a Russian embrac [...]	2009-01-23 18:35:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS894	EU-U.S. LATIN AMERICA POLICIES CONVERGING [...] (C) Summary: During biannual consultations on Latin American issues June 24, U.S. and EU officials agreed to seek opportunities to work together with select countries or regions, including, potentially, on counternarcotics and biofuels development in Bolivia and citizen security and renewable [...]	2009-06-30 08:34:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XM EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS910	NEXT STEPS IN FURTHERING U.S. - EU CIVILIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-01 16:11:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRS PREL EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS915	EU UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 8.9 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE UP TO [...] SUMMARY. The latest EU unemployment data as released by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on July 2 confirmed a broad pattern of deterioration on the EU labor markets. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 soared to 8.9 percent in May 2009 (up from 8.7 in April). Une [...]	2009-07-02 13:05:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS948	TEC STAKEHOLDERS PRAISE DAY-LONG OUTREACH EVENT [...] (U) Over 70 EU business, consumer group and European Commission representatives joined USEU staff June 29 for an energetic discussion of the Transatlantic Economic Council and Transatlantic Economic Framework(TEC/TEF),organized jointly by the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) and USEU in [...]	2009-07-08 15:35:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD EIND ECIN EAGR EINV ETTC OECD PREL
09USEUBRUSSELS994	HIGH-LEVEL EUROPEAN UNION ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] According to a Council Secretariat contact, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt will address the 64th UN General Assembly on behalf of the European Union. Reinfeldt's arrival and departure dates are to be determined. He will not travel with his spouse and does not require interpretation. [...]	2009-07-20 15:41:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA
09USNATO10	NEW SYG SELECTION PROCESS TO BEGIN JANUARY 27 [...] (SBU) On January 12, Danish PermRep Per Poulsen-Hansen, acting in his role as Dean of the NATO PermReps, distributed a letter to colleagues proposing a meeting on January 27 to begin the process which will result in the selection of the next NATO Secretary General. (Note: Ambassador Volker wil [...]	2009-01-14 16:45:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL
09USNATO100	NATO'S CIVIL BUDGET: AN EVEN HOLLOWER ALLIANCE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The NATO International Staff is projecting a shortfall of Euros 70 million in the NATO Civil Budget over the next five years. This shortfall is the result of the Alliance taking on an ever increasing number of activities--often at the urging of the U.S.--while also trying to [...]	2009-03-16 09:27:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AFIN ABUD AMGT
09USNATO104	VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] 1. (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of Krygyz Ministry of Interior participants for the NATO-Russia Counternarcotics surveillance training to be held in Bishkek, Krygyzstan from March 30 to April 10, 2009 [...]	2009-03-17 16:09:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USNATO105	NATO'S POLITICAL COMMITTEE INFORMED OF U.S. PLANS [...] (C/REL NATO) In response to a direct question about Manas from the French representative, Deputy Political Advisor Baez deployed reftel points to brief colleagues at the March 16 meeting of NATO's Political Committee. Allies expressed their appreciation for this information, indicating their [...]	2009-03-17 17:21:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR
09USNATO106	MARCH 6 VCC AND EXPERTS: EXPERTS SEARCH FOR 2009 [...] (C) Summary. During the March 6 VCC and meeting of experts, Allies echoed opinions expressed in Vienna -- that the 2009 AIAM was livelier than the previous year but still short on substance. Experts agreed that it was too soon to propose an agenda for work in 2009 based on the results of the [...]	2009-03-18 15:26:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO107	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CASEY [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-19 11:25:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NATO BE
09USNATO109	NATO CIVIL BUDGET: MEDIUM TERM FINANCIAL PLAN [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. See paras 5 and 6. 2. (C/NF) NATO is in the process of planning its civil budget expenditures over the next five years. As a part of this process the NATO International Staff has developed a draft Medium Term Financial Plan for 2010 to 2014 (MTFP). Th [...]	2009-03-19 13:32:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL AFIN ABUD AMGT
09USNATO112	VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants for the NATO-Russia General Training Course to be held at the Domodedovo Centre of the Russian Federation in Russia from April 7 to 22, 2009. 3. (SBU) [...]	2009-03-20 11:50:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USNATO114	RFG: NATO-BELARUS SECURITY AGREEMENT [...] (C/NF) This is a request for guidance. See paragraph 3. The Issue --------- 2. (C/NF) Although Belarus signed a security of information agreement with NATO many years ago as a member of the Alliance's Partnership for Peace (PfP),the U.S. has blocked the certification of the agreement. [...]	2009-03-20 15:52:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR NATO PGOV PHUM PREL BO
09USNATO115	MARCH 12 HLTF: NATO ALLIES PRESS U.S. TO LEAD ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the March 12 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting, three main themes emerged from Allies' comments on next steps regarding CFE: 1) Allied support for U.S. leadership in engaging Russia on CFE; 2) support for the Parallel Actions Package as the basis for engagement; and 3) [...]	2009-03-23 17:06:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO121	USNATO/USEU: NAC-PSC MEETING HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This is a joint USNATO-USEU cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. NATO HQ Sarajevo Commander Brigadier General Errico and Deputy SACEUR and EUFOR Operational Commander General McColl briefed a joint meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) on March [...]	2009-03-25 13:08:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PGOV MOPS EUN BK
09USNATO122	READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 25, [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The U.S. said it was looking for Allies to take decisions this week on paramilitary policing and on melding the U.S. review and Alliance approach in order to show unity and progress at the Summit. Canada encouraged Allies to agree to sta [...]	2009-03-25 15:56:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF PREL NATO
09USNATO129	READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 1, [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The SYG reported the Election Support Force remains unfilled, with the most significant shortfalls remaining in RC-South. The SYG said he had met with UN SYG Ban Ki Moon on the margins of the March 31 meeting in The Hague on Afghanistan [...]	2009-04-02 16:27:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF PREL NATO
09USNATO131	THE VICE PRESIDENT'S MARCH 10 MEETING WITH [...] (U) March 10, 2009; 9:30AM-12:15PM Central European Time; Brussels, Belgium. 2. (U) Participants: U.S.: The Vice President Ambassador Kurt Volker National Security Advisor to the Vice President Anthony Blinken Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy Lieutenant Genera [...]	2009-04-02 16:29:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OVIP MOPS NATO PGOV PREL KV AF PK
09USNATO136	APRIL 3-4 NATO SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE PART 1 OF 2 [...] (U) The following communique was approved and released by NATO Heads of State and Government following the Summit of April 3-4: BEGIN TEXT: 04 Apr. 2009 Strasbourg / Kehl Summit Declaration Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic C [...]	2009-04-04 15:15:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO MARR PARM PHSA PTER XG ZM XA XF
09USNATO137	APRIL 3-4 NATO SUMMIT COMMUNIQUE PART 2 OF 2 [...] (U) The following communique was approved and released by NATO Heads of State and Government following the Summit of April 3-4: BEGIN PART 2 of Text: 38. The security and stability of the Gulf region is significant to the Alliance. We are pleased with the significant progress achieved in [...]	2009-04-04 15:44:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO MARR PARM PHSA PTER XG ZM XA XF
09USNATO138	NATO SUMMIT DECLARATION ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) The following Declaration on Afghanistan was approved and released by the NATO Heads of State and Government following the Summit of April 3-4: BEGIN TEXT: 04 Apr. 2009 Summit Declaration on Afghanistan Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the [...]	2009-04-06 05:33:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO MARR AF
09USNATO139	NATO SUMMIT DECLARATION ON ALLIANCE SECURITY [...] (U) The following Delcaration on Alliance Security was approved and released by NATO Heads of State and Government following the April 3-4 Summit: BEGIN TEXT: 04 Apr. 2009 Declaration on Alliance Security Issued by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the No [...]	2009-04-06 05:35:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PREL PARM XG XS XD
09USNATO142	NATO SECRETARY GENERAL STATEMENT ON NORTH KOREA [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-06 14:16:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PARM PREL MCAP MNUC TSPA KN XE
09USNATO145	READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 8, [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-09 10:25:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHSA PARM MOPS AF XA RS KN
09USNATO148	SCIENCE AT NATO: UPDATE ON CURRENT PROGRAMS, [...] (SBU) Summary: The NATO Committee on Science for Peace and Security (SPS) will meet in Allied-only format April 23 and in NATO-Russia Council format on April 24. USNATO provides the following update on SPS projects and current U.S. actions and policy to focus and guide the interagency group in [...]	2009-04-15 16:58:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO OSCI TSPL AF
09USNATO15	NATO/IRAQ: NTM-I CORE COUNTRIES SHARE CONCERNS OF [...] (C) The backbone countries in the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) share similar concerns about the legal status of the NTM-I as Denmark and Portugal (Ref A),both of which are withdrawing from the mission (Denmark until the legal status can be clarified, but Portugal permanently.). Polan [...]	2009-01-16 13:34:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR IZ
09USNATO156	NATO EXERCISES IN GEORGIA - THE FACTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-21 16:53:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO MOPS GG RU
09USNATO157	TAKING THE NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL FORWARD IN STORMY [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Alliance has made great strides in overcoming internal divisions over Russia and Europes East leading to an emerging consensus on how to take NATO-Russia relations forward. USNATO is working with Germany and the Czech Republic on non-papers that provide a roadmap for re-engageme [...]	2009-04-21 17:56:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL MOPS GG RS
09USNATO158	COOPERATIVE AIRSPACE INITIATIVE: THE MODEL FOR NRC [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 2. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Russia and a wide cross-section of participating/financing Allies, including Poland, strongly support the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Cooperative Airspace Initiative (CAI). Based on pledges of 75 percent of total NATO costs for [...]	2009-04-22 16:09:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	NATO PREL MOPS GG RS
09USNATO161	LEAHY VETTING FOR NATO-RUSSIA COUNTER-NARCOTICS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: While Mission continues to support the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) counter-narcotics (CN) project, technical and logistical problems have prevented us from carrying out all required Leahy vetting. Already twice this year, UNODC [...]	2009-04-23 13:04:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS GG RS
09USNATO165	ROGOZIN RAMBLES SOVIET-STYLE IN RESTART OF THE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On April 29, the first formal NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Ambassadorial meeting was held since the August 2008 Russia-Georgia war. Russian Ambassador Rogozin used the meeting to dissect and criticize the communiqu from NATO's recent 60th Anniversary Summit. Paying particular att [...]	2009-05-04 17:45:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL MOPS GG RS
09USNATO166	AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT ALIYEV BRIEFS ENERGY, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Appearing before the North Atlantic Council (NAC) for the first time in two and a half years, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev (joined by Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov) briefed the Allies on Azerbaijan's role as a regional energy supplier, his commitment to resolve the Na [...]	2009-05-05 08:25:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PGOV PREL AJ AM GG TU RS
09USNATO169	READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING APRIL [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: Estonia increased its election support contribution from a platoon to a company for Helmand. SHAPE continues to report Elections Support Force shortfalls, despite the U.S. and OEF partners, recent commitments. Canada expressed its hope t [...]	2009-05-05 12:23:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF PREL NATO
09USNATO173	SUBJECT: APRIL 28 HLTF: NATO ALLIES KEEN TO STAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the April 28 High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting and on the margins Allies welcomed the U.S. read out of Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller's April 24 luncheon discussion of CFE in Rome with Russian Security and Disarmament Director Antonov, including indications that Russia is [...]	2009-05-05 15:58:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE

09USNATO174	CFE/VCC: APRIL 23 VCC AND EXPERTS--STATUS OF [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. non-paper on Status of VCC Experts (Ref A) was discussed in both the group of experts meeting and VCC. No one rejected the principle that experts receive their tasking from the VCC. Although they had only a brief opportunity to review the paper, preliminary comments from [...]	2009-05-05 17:05:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO176	RUSSIAN DCM: NRC MINISTERIAL POSTPONED, NOT [...] (C/REL NATO) During the May 7 meeting of the NATO-Russia Council's (NRC's) Preparatory Committee, Russian DCM Soltanovskiy said that Moscow had decided to postpone until a more appropriate time--not cancel--the planned NRC Foreign Ministerial. At the same time, he sharply criticized the Allia [...]	2009-05-08 08:31:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL RS
09USNATO177	READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING MAY 6, 2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-08 10:02:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHSA PARM MOPS AF XA RS KN
09USNATO178	NATO SECRETARY GENERAL STATEMENT ON RUSSIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-08 12:14:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PREL OFDP OPRC CA RS
09USNATO179	CORRECTED: NATO SECRETARY GENERAL STATEMENT ON [...] (U) On May 6 NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer released the following statement regarding Russian revocation of diplomatic status of two Canadian NATO diplomats in the NATO Information Office in Moscow: BEGIN TEXT: The Canadian Ambassador in Moscow, who provides the diplomatic statu [...]	2009-05-08 14:39:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PREL OFDP OPRC CA RS
09USNATO180	RUSSIA MOVES TO CLOSE DOWN THE NRC RESETTLEMENT [...] (C/REL NATO) SUMMARY: Russian DCM Soltanovskiy confirmed on May 7 that Russia is terminating the Memorandum of Agreement for the NATO-Russia Resettlement Center, effectively ending the program. We should ask Luxembourg whether it would be willing to reprogram money it had pledged for the Cent [...]	2009-05-08 16:01:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL PGOV MCAP RS
09USNATO186	AFGHAN GOVERNORS REMIND EUROPEANS WHY THEY ARE [...] (SBU) Summary. The governors of Afghanistan's Bamian and Farah Provinces visited Brussels 23-24 April on the final leg of a week long program sponsored jointly by USNATO, and Embassies Kabul, The Hague and Rome. Over the course of two days in Brussels, the governors gave first-hand accounts o [...]	2009-05-13 13:33:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS NATO PREL
09USNATO19	JANUARY 8 MEETING OF VCC EXPERTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Experts deconflicted the CFE inspection schedule for the upcoming Treaty year (RY 14) and refined the deconflicted Vienna Document 1999 (VD 99) verification activities for 2009. Experts are close to agreement on the International Staff (IS) working paper outlining VD 99 coordin [...]	2009-01-22 16:13:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO191	ROGOZIN "SHOCKED" BY NATO EXPULSIONS OF RUSSIAN [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a May 8 meeting with Ambassador Volker, Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin spoke positively about resuming concrete work in the NATO-Russia Council even while complaining that the recent NATO expulsion of two Russian diplomats was unjustified. Ambassador Volker di [...]	2009-05-14 14:24:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL MOPS RS GG
09USNATO197	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, MAY 13,2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 15:36:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO AF XG
09USNATO198	NATO BEGINS BUILDING A BROADER RELATIONSHIP WITH [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: NATO Heads of State and Government agreed at their 60th Anniversary Summit in April to build a broader political and practical relationship with Pakistan. NATO has begun implementing this decision, approving on May 15 the Terms of Reference for a NATO Contact Point Embassy (CPE [...]	2009-05-18 16:26:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO MOPS MARR PK AF
09USNATO199	RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ROGOZIN CONTINUES HIS ATTEMPTS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Responding to presentations on Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) at the May 13 meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC),Russian Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin criticized NATO's efforts in Afghanistan as both repeating the Soviet Union's earlier mistakes and inve [...]	2009-05-19 11:51:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL PGOV RS GG TU GM
09USNATO2	REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE: REVIEW OF DEFENSE PLANNING [...] (C/NF) Summary: Based upon a tasking from Defense Ministers at their meeting in Vilnius in February of 2008, NATO has undertaken a fundamental review of the Defense Planning Processes in an attempt to harmonize all Alliance work towards meeting the Alliance's required capabilities. The goal [...]	2009-01-05 10:43:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL
09USNATO200	POLES REQUEST ASSISTANCE BRINGING MONGOLIAN [...] (C/NF) During a May 18 introductory meeting with Ambassador Daalder, Polish Permanent Representative Winid requested U.S. assistance in the deployment of a Mongolian unit to Afghanistan where they would provide force protection for a Polish camp in Ghazni. The Mongolians would be brought in u [...]	2009-05-19 18:41:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL MARR MCAP PL MG AF
09USNATO202	RFG: U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS TO NATO COUNTER-PIRACY [...] (C/NF) This is a request for guidance. See para 6. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY: While the U.S. has been pressing hard for a long-term NATO role in counter-piracy, we have thus far been unable to answer Allied questions about what the U.S. commitment/contribution to such a mission would be. Without [...]	2009-05-20 15:53:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO MOPS EWWT ZR SO XA
09USNATO206	VETTING REQUEST FOR THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE "TRAIN [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below for the "Train the Trainer" course in Domodedovo, Moscow from June 1-16, 2009. 3. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests the appropriate vetting be conducted on the propo [...]	2009-05-22 14:37:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC NATO SNAR RS AF
09USNATO207	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, MAY 20,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: While initially objecting to a proposal to begin the committee work to formulate political guidance on the NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan until the May 28 release of military advice on the subject, France and Turkey did ultimately agre [...]	2009-05-22 17:40:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK
09USNATO208	NATO STATEMENT ON NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-26 05:42:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC MCAP NATO PREL PARM KN XE
09USNATO216	NATO-RUSSIA: CONSENSUS EMERGING FOR NRC [...] (C/NF) In the May 27 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting, Russian Ambassador Rogozin chided Allies for playing political games with the proposed date of the NRC Foreign Ministerial meeting. Rogozin groused that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov agreed to NATO's proposed May 19 date for the Minis [...]	2009-05-28 18:44:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL MOPS GG RS UP
09USNATO217	NATO-RUSSIA: CONSENSUS EMERGING FOR NRC [...] (C/NF) In the May 27 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting, Russian Ambassador Rogozin chided Allies for playing political games with the proposed date of the NRC Foreign Ministerial meeting. Rogozin groused that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov agreed to NATO's proposed May 19 date for the Minis [...]	2009-05-28 18:44:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL MOPS GG RS UP
09USNATO221	ARMENIA AND TURKEY DUKE IT OUT AT NATO [...] (U) This cable has been delayed due to ongoing transmission difficulties. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY. Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian and Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan appeared before the North Atlantic Council (NAC) to review the 2009 Assessment of Armenia's Individual Partnership Ac [...]	2009-06-02 15:54:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL PGOV AJ AM TU
09USNATO222	NATO SECRETARY GENERAL'S CRITICISM OF SOUTH [...] On June 2 NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer issued the following statement: BEGIN TEXT: NATO does not recognize the elections held on May 31 in South Ossetia. The holding of such elections does not contribute to a peaceful and lasting settlement of the situation in Georgia. Th [...]	2009-06-02 16:12:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PREL RS GG
09USNATO223	LAVROV ON ALBANIA AND CROATIA'S NATO MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) On May 27 NATO Secretary General received the following letter from Russian FM Lavrov in response to his letter informing the FM of the accession of Albania and Croatia into NATO. BEGIN TEXT: Unoffcial translation from Russian Moscow, "25" May 2009 Dear Mr. Secretary General, [...]	2009-06-02 16:12:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL RS
09USNATO224	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, MAY 27,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the May 27 meeting of NATO North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: The Czech Charge reported that Afghan security forces had demanded to open the cargo on a Czech-charted flight at Kabul International Airport, leading to an 11-hour standoff. Allies discussed the possibil [...]	2009-06-02 18:16:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS
09USNATO227	ACTION REQUEST: NATO COUNTER-PIRACY: FISH OR CUT [...] (C/NF) This is an Action Request. See para 14. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY: At the strong urging of the United States, NATO is moving forward with planning for a long-term counter-piracy operation. At the same time, Allies--including the U.S.--have been tepid in their willingness to actually contri [...]	2009-06-04 15:21:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO MOPS EWWT PBTS ZR SO XA
09USNATO230	ACTION REQUEST: EAPC MEETING INVITATION TO THE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) As instructed, USNATO delivered Ref A guidance in the June 4 meeting of NATO's Political Committee, explaining that it would be premature to move forward with the NATO-Belarus information security agreement, and that NATO should [...]	2009-06-04 17:08:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL BO
09USNATO232	KUWAIT FORCES NATO TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a June 3 meeting with the North Atlantic Council (NAC),representatives from the four Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) countries pledged to work both in and out of the ICI structure with NATO on issues of common concern, such as piracy. The Kuwaiti Ambassador argued that [...]	2009-06-05 15:12:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PGOV PREL BA KU QA AE MU SA
09USNATO233	VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants for the NATO-Russia Council Anti-Narcotics Training to be held in Asghabat, Turkmenistan from June 22 to 26. 3. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests the [...]	2009-06-05 15:42:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USNATO235	VCC MEETING JUNE 4, 2009 [...] (SBU) Summary. At the June 4, 2009 meeting of AC 319, the Verification Coordination Committee (VCC),Allies agreed that VCC experts should base their work on taskings from the VCC. Allies also agreed that the work of groups established to deal with continuing technical issues, such as the Da [...]	2009-06-05 16:21:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO236	RFG: USG POSITION ON POTENTIAL MEMBERSHIP OF SAUDI [...] (C) This message contains a request for guidance. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) In a bilateral meeting between NATO Secretary General (SYG) Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and the Ambassador of Saudi Arabia, the Ambassador informed the SYG that a recent high-level Saudi delegation which visited NAT [...]	2009-06-05 16:38:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL SA
09USNATO237	NATO ALLIES REACT POSITIVELY TO U.S. INITIATIVE ON [...] (C) On June 5, Ambassador Daalder briefed NATO PermReps on the U.S. initiative to use the OSCE's informal Corfu Ministerial to launch a constructive dialogue on ways to enhance European security (reftel). While noting they were speaking on an uninstructed basis, Allies expressed strong initia [...]	2009-06-05 18:32:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL XG RS
09USNATO238	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JUNE 3,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: At the June 3 meeting of the North Atlantic Council, Allies discussed continuing disagreements over the scope of the proposed NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan (NTM-A). Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer stressed the urgency of reaching a [...]	2009-06-05 19:51:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS
09USNATO242	RFG: INVITING MAURITANIA TO NAC-PLUS-7 MEETING [...] (C) This message contains a request for guidance. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) NATO has announced its intention to schedule on June 16 a North Atlantic Council (NAC)-plus-7 meeting to include the nations of the Mediterranean Cooperation Group (MCG) - Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Algeria, Moroc [...]	2009-06-08 15:41:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MR
09USNATO247	RFG: NOMINATION OF U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE [...] (C/NF) This is a request for guidance. See paragraph 3. ----------------------- The Call for Nomination ----------------------- 2. (C/NF) The Danish Representative to NATO, in his capacity as dean of the Council, passed a letter from Secretary General-designate Rasmussen to the Allies o [...]	2009-06-09 17:07:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PGOV PREL
09USNATO249	RFG: NATO I.S. REFORM GUIDANCE NEEDED BY JUNE 11 [...] (SBU) Action Request: Please see para 5 for guidance request; response needed by noon Brussels time on Thursday, June 11. 2. (C/NF) NATO's Secretary General told PermReps at today's informal lunch that he intended to press Defense Ministers to approve changes in the allocation of senior I [...]	2009-06-09 20:11:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL
09USNATO25	VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants, separated by nationality, for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics training to be held in Russia from February 3 to 18. 3. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Post req [...]	2009-01-27 14:57:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USNATO253	NATO-RUSSIA MINISTERIAL: RUSSIA CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C/NF) SUMMERY: In a dramatic change in tone, the Russian Mission to NATO fully engaged in the June 9-10 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Preparatory Committee (Prep Com) negotiations on deliverables for the NRC June 27 Foreign Ministerial in Corfu. Prior to this week, the Russian Mission had insis [...]	2009-06-12 04:29:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL MOPS GG RS UP
09USNATO254	NATO-KOSOVO: EUSR FEITH STRESSES NEED FOR U.S. AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: EU Special Representative Feith told NATO Permanent Representatives on June 9 that, while he thought conditions were appropriate for a KFOR drawdown, a continued U.S. and NATO presence in Kosovo and the region would remain critical. He advised that KFOR should retain the ability t [...]	2009-06-12 14:54:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PGOV MOPS EUN BK KV
09USNATO256	NATO COMES TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF THE U.S. [...] (C) Summary and Comment: NATO's Political Committee met June 10 to discuss the U.S. initiative to use the OSCE Ministerial in Corfu to launch a positive, wide-ranging dialogue on European security. France and Germany used the meeting to present and solicit Allied input on previously existing n [...]	2009-06-12 18:11:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL AORC XG RS
09USNATO257	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JUNE 10,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary of the June 10 North Atlantic Council (NAC) meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The Secretary General said that hoped NATO Defense Ministers would agree in principle at their June 11-12 meeting to SACEUR's proposed changes to the ISAF command and control structure, pending additional wor [...]	2009-06-12 19:18:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS
09USNATO261	INVITATION FROM NATO SECRETARY GENERAL TO [...] (U) USNATO has received an invitation from NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer to Secretary Clinton to attend the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting at the Foreign Minister level in Corfu on June 27. The text of the letter follows. Original will be mailed via unclassified pouch. 2. [...]	2009-06-17 13:53:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL ODIP NATO
09USNATO262	ACTION REQUEST: MISSILE DEFENSE, NATO AND RUSSIA [...] (C) This is an action request - see para 6. 2. (C) Summary: As Washington considers missile defense options, discussions are underway within NATO on the form Alliance missile defense will assume. We believe it politically vital to involve Allies in the process of thinking through MD opt [...]	2009-06-17 15:09:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PARM PREL RS
09USNATO264	USNATO OPINION MAKER TOUR TO NATO HQ AND [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 6 below. 2. (U) SUMMARY: USNATO announces its eighth multi-country opinion-maker tour for FY-09. The tour will begin in Brussels and follow-on to Washington DC to focus on the Obama Administration and its top security and foreign policy objectiv [...]	2009-06-18 09:05:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO NATO OEXC OIIP PREL
09USNATO267	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JUNE 17,2009 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-21 18:57:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS
09USNATO268	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JUNE 17,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary of the June 17 meeting of NATO's North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: AWACS deployment to Konya, Turkey, was proceeding. The first operational flight in support of NATO's ISAF mission was scheduled for June 23. After UK PermRep Eldon pressed for regular status reports on [...]	2009-06-22 10:57:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS
09USNATO269	SECRETARY CLINTON: YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE [...] (C) This is the first high-level NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting since the August 2008 Georgia crisis, when NATO suspended meetings of the Council. During the Foreign Ministerial last March, you succeeded in convincing your NATO colleagues to resume NRC deliberations - a decision subsequently rea [...]	2009-06-22 14:10:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL MOPS RS GG
09USNATO27	RUSSIA SEEKS TO RENEW ENGAGEMENT IN THE [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Allies met with Russian Ambassador Dmitri Rogozin on January 26 for the first time since the Georgia crisis in August 2008. Welcoming the Ministerial decision to re-engage Russia in a phased approach, Allies emphasized that the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) is a tool for fair as w [...]	2009-01-28 16:11:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL MOPS GG RS
09USNATO270	UNODC ASSURANCE ON LEAHY VETTING FOR U.S. FUNDS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Daalder received a letter dated June 16 from James Callahan, the Central Asia Regional Representative for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),regarding the distribution of USG funds within the NATO-Russia Council Counter Narcotics program. In the letter, Cal [...]	2009-06-22 15:11:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PREL NATO SNAR RS AF ZK
09USNATO272	JUNE 19 NRC AMBASSADORIAL: MINISTERIAL PREP, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On June 19, NATO-Russia Council Ambassadors prepared for the June 27 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Ministerial in Corfu. They focused on three possible deliverables: a "way forward" paper for the NRC; a political mandate to restart military-to-military cooperation; and, Russian p [...]	2009-06-23 16:30:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO RS GG
09USNATO274	PAKISTANI PRESIDENT ZARDARI MEETS THE NAC [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On June 17 Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari assured the NAC that his government had taken ""political ownership"" of the war against extremists in Pakistan. Stressing the need to respect Pakistani sovereignty, he said that his forces needed to be the ones to fight the war [...]	2009-06-24 07:42:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO MOPS MCAP PK AF
09USNATO276	USNATO MULTI-COUNTRY PRESS TOUR TO KOSOVO [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraphs 6. 2. (U) SUMMARY: USNATO PAA invites posts to nominate one print or broadcast correspondent for a Multi-Country Press Tour to NATO HQ with a follow-on tour to Kosovo. Tour dates are August 3-7, 2009. The tour objective is to give journalists f [...]	2009-06-25 15:39:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO NATO OEXC OIIP PREL
09USNATO277	NATO-RUSSIA: LAVROV SAYS NO TO AN AGREED DOCUMENT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a letter to NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said that he did not anticipate the adoption a joint document at the June 27 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Ministerial in Corfu. Consistent with Lavrov's letter, the Russian Mission on June 26 k [...]	2009-06-26 18:29:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO RS
09USNATO28	ACTION REQUEST: AMB. VOLKER'S MEETING WITH RUSSIAN [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Russian Ambassador Dmitri Rogozin has requested a meeting with Ambassador Volker on January 30. The Russian mission to NATO tells us that Rogozin wants to quickly build upon the positive spirit of the January 26 NATO-Russia C [...]	2009-01-28 16:42:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL MOPS GG RS
09USNATO286	EAPC SECURITY FORUM TRIES TO MUSTER SUPPORT FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 24 and 25 the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Security Forum met in Astana, Kazakhstan, to discuss Afghanistan and other regional issues and energy security. This was the first-ever EAPC event in a former Soviet state. Allied nations called on Partners to take [...]	2009-07-02 12:03:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PREL MOPS XG ZJ ZK
09USNATO287	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL ASSESSES MACEDONIA'S MAP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 1 Macedonian Foreign Minister Antonio Milososki and Defense Minister Zoran Konjanovski told the North Atlantic Council (NAC) that Macedonia was committed to finding a mutually-acceptable solution to the name dispute and taking its place as as a NATO Ally. They also announ [...]	2009-07-02 15:07:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MARR
09USNATO288	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JULY 1,2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary of the July 1 meeting of the North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: The NATO Senior Civilian Representative briefed the North Atlantic Council on the status of preparations for Afghanistan's upcoming elections, stressing that it was important that the international community [...]	2009-07-02 19:41:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS
09USNATO289	ASD NACHT-LED TEAM CONSULTS WITH NATO ALLIES ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: An interagency delegation led by ASD Michael Nacht met with NATO Allies on June 29 to discuss and consult regarding the ongoing USG Ballistic Missile Defense Review (BMDR),potential MD cooperation with Russia, and the synergy of NATO and U.S. plans for MD in Europe. Allies [...]	2009-07-03 11:12:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR NATO RS
09USNATO292	LITHUANIAN COMMENTS WITH REGARD TO U.S. NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 07:55:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MNUC NATO KNNP KACT LT XG
09USNATO299	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JULY 8,2009 [...] (S/NF) Summary of the July 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: Allies were briefed on ISAF's revised tactical directive which emphasized the importance of population security. The Deputy Secretary General and Allies expressed frustration at not being notified by militar [...]	2009-07-13 18:05:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS
09USNATO30	READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 28, [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-29 16:35:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	AF NATO PREL
09USNATO302	A/S'S GORDON AND GOTTEMOELLER DISCUSS MOSCOW [...] (SBU) This message has been cleared by EUR A/S Gordon and VCI A/S Gottemoeller. 2. (C/NF) Summary: On July 8, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Gordon and Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation Gottemoeller exchanged views [...]	2009-07-15 13:55:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KACT MNUC NATO EL EZ ZB
09USNATO303	NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIES DIFFER ON RE-ENGAGEMENT, BUT [...] (C) Summary: NATO Allies are united that PermReps should use the July 22 meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC)to indicate to Russia that NATO is willing to engage across the entire spectrum of issues, but that Russia must also specify in what areas it would like to cooperate. Regardless of [...]	2009-07-15 17:18:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL RS GG UP
09USNATO304	U.S. DEBRIEFS ALLIES ON THE MOSCOW SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 8, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Gordon and Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation Rose Gottemoeller briefed the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on the outcomes of the recent U.S.-Russia summit in M [...]	2009-07-15 17:38:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KACT MNUC NATO PREL RS EL EZ ZB
09USNATO305	SIGNIFICANT PROBLEMS IN NATO'S ISAF AWACS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: NATO's efforts to deploy AWACS aircraft in support of its ISAF operation in Afghanistan suffered a serious blow on July 15 when Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister indicated that overflight clearance would not be quickly forthcoming. In a meeting of the North Atlantic Council later [...]	2009-07-15 18:51:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MARR AF AJ IO AE ZK XF
09USNATO309	JULY 9 MEETING REAFFIRMS NATO CONSENSUS ON CFE [...] (C) Summary: Keying off of U.S. briefings on CFE discussion at the U.S.-Russia Summit in Moscow and shared experiences at the June 9 Berlin CFE meeting and the Corfu Ministerials, Allies used a brief HLTF meeting to reaffirm a general consensus on next steps with regard to CFE. Allies reaff [...]	2009-07-17 13:50:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO310	AZERBAIJAN: MEMBER OF THE NATO COMMUNITY, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary: In an upbeat assessment of Azerbaijan's progress on its path to reform, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov reported to PermReps at the July 15 North Atlantic Council that its relationship with NATO was "close and improving." Mammadyarov proudly reported that Azerbaijan had [...]	2009-07-17 15:19:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PINR PREL AJ
09USNATO311	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JULY 15, 2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary of the July 15 meeting of the North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: Allies asked for a strategic assessment of the impact of the ongoing operation in Helmand province, particularly in light of the increasingly heavy casualties NATO forces are taking. The UK noted the firest [...]	2009-07-17 18:43:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS TZ XW
09USNATO313	RECOMMENDATION FOR DOD DISTINGUISHED PUBLIC [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-20 16:43:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	SYMBOL AND PASS LINE
09USNATO314	SCENESETTER FOR POTUS'S MEETING WITH OUTGOING NATO [...] (U) The following text is being transmitted for the President in memo format. 2. (C) Begin text: MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM: Ambassador Ivo Daalder, US Mission to NATO SUBJECT: Scenesetter for Your Meeting with NATO SYG Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Mr President: This w [...]	2009-07-20 17:04:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PINR PREL
09USNATO315	NATO AWACS IN THE UAE TO SUPPORT ISAF - LEGAL [...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Operations Lawrence Rossin on July 20 briefed Allies in the Political Committee about difficulties and potential opportunities in his negotiations with the UAE regarding the potential of basing NATO AWACS at al-Ain airbase in support of the ISAF opera [...]	2009-07-20 18:38:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS AE AF
09USNATO316	CFE/VCC: JULY 8 -- ALLIES ANTICIPATE IS DRAFT ON [...] (C) Summary: During the July 8 VCC, Allies engaged in debate over the future role of experts. With the discussion revolving around a handful of Allies espousing familiar positions, the IS announced it would draft new terms of reference for the VCC ad hoc group of experts to discuss at the ne [...]	2009-07-23 06:15:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO317	NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL MEETING SHOWS COOPERATION WILL [...] (C) Summary: The first NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting since the June 27 Corfu Foreign Ministerial descended into a bitter exchange on issues across the board including Afghanistan, NATO enlargement, Georgia and Kosovo. The three-hour meeting began constructively, with Russia answering th [...]	2009-07-23 17:15:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL RS GG UP
09USNATO318	RFG: DRAFT NATO-UAE AGREEMENT ON AWACS BASING [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. See paragraph 3. 2. (C/REL NATO) The NATO International Staff (IS) has distributed a draft Memorandum of Understanding between the United Arab Emirates and NATO for the basing of NATO AWACS planes, and the stationing of related NATO personnel, in the U [...]	2009-07-23 17:59:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO PREL MOPS AE AF
09USNATO32	RFG: TAKING FORWARD THE AFGHAN-PROPOSED MILITARY [...] (S) Summary and Comment: THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, see Para 11. ISAF Senior Civilian Representative Gentilini briefed NATO Permanent Representatives on January 28. He argued that NATO should, with caution, view the draft military technical agreement on revised force procedures, proposed by [...]	2009-01-30 11:05:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO AF
09USNATO320	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JULY 22, 2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary of the July 22 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC): -- AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN: SACEUR, Admiral Stavridis, and COMISAF, General McChrystal, briefed the Council from Kabul via video teleconference, noting--among other things--that McChrystal was generally pleased with the [...]	2009-07-24 18:42:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS TZ XW
09USNATO323	USNATO: SWEDISH FM BILDT STRESSES NEED FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 22, Swedish Foreign Minister Bildt briefed the NAC on Sweden's goals for its EU Presidency. FM Bildt, with U.S. backing, emphasized the need for a true NATO-EU strategic partnership to confront common challenges. Ambassador Daalder called on the EU to do more in Afghanist [...]	2009-07-28 15:36:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PGOV MOPS BK KV EUN
09USNATO329	RETHINKING U.S. FORCE REDUCTIONS IN EUROPE [...] (SECRET NF) Summary: As the Department of Defense conducts its Quadrennial Defense Review, we want to raise serious questions about the consequences of further significant reductions to U.S. forces currently stationed in Europe. At issue are the envisioned reduction from four to two Brigade [...]	2009-07-30 10:41:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS NATO PINS PREL PTER XG
09USNATO330	SERBIAN DEFENSE MINISTER REQUESTS MILITARY [...] (C) In a letter addressed to NATO Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer, Serbian Minister of Defense Sutanovac requested a modification to the implementation of the Military Technical Agreement (MTA),arguing that modification was necessary in light of recent "terrorist attacks" in the south of S [...]	2009-07-30 13:27:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI
09USNATO332	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JULY 29, 2009 [...] (C/NF) Summary of the July 29 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC): -- AFGHANISTAN: Following the advice of the Military Committee and Senior Resouce Board, the NAC has been asked to approve changes to ISAF's upper command structure through a silence procedure which expires on August [...]	2009-07-31 19:21:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS TZ XW
09USNATO334	RASMUSSEN TAKES CHARGE; ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC [...] (U) SUMMARY On August 3--his first day of official business at NATO Headquarters--new NATO Secretary General (SYG) Anders Fogh Rasmussen released his roadmap for completing NATO's new Strategic Concept in time for a NATO Summit in the fall of 2010. He also named the 12 individuals he has chos [...]	2009-08-03 16:05:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PGOV PREF PTER MOPS MAR IC
09USNATO335	NAC APPROVES ISAF UPPER COMMAND STRUCTURE CHANGE [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-03 18:27:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	AFDB MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF
09USNATO336	NEW SECRETARY GENERAL'S PRIORITIES [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: New NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen used the August 4 North Atlantic Council meeting--his first as the Secretary General--to set out the priorities for his term, including: Afghanistan, NATO-Russia, the Mediterranean Dialogue and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative par [...]	2009-08-05 06:46:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS TZ XW
09USNATO338	ITALY PLANS COORDINATED REDUCTION IN KFOR [...] (C) In a letter addressed to new NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Italian PermRep Stefanini on August 4 said that Rome intends to decrease its participation in KFOR in line with KFOR's overall scale of reductions as it moves through the first gate on the path to a deterrent presenc [...]	2009-08-05 16:12:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI
09USNATO34	VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants, separated by nationality, for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics training to be held at the Turkish International Academy Against Drugs and Organized Crim [...]	2009-01-30 14:22:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USNATO342	AFGHANISTAN: THE FOCUS OF THE AUGUST 4 NAC [...] (C/REL NATO) SUMMARY: In his first North Atlantic Council meeting as the Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen chaired a discussion of the situation in Afghanistan. Supreme Allied Commander Europe Admiral Stavridis termed the situation "hard, but not hopeless" and outlined four priorities [...]	2009-08-07 20:37:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS TZ XW
09USNATO346	AUGUST 12 MEETING OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL [...] (C/REL NATO) Summary of the August meeting of the North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: NATO will release its media coordination plan for Afghan elections on August 12. PermReps requested information about ad-hoc community guards to be hired by the Afghanistan Ministry of Interior for ad [...]	2009-08-13 17:59:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS TZ XW
09USNATO348	NATO SYG MEETS RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR ROGOZIN [...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: On August 11, 2009, new NATO Secretary General Rasmussen held his first meeting with Russia's Ambassador Rogozin, following Rasmussen's announcement that improving NATO-Russia relations is one of his three priorities as Se [...]	2009-08-14 16:53:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PINR PREF
09USNATO349	NATO SECGEN RASMUSSEN MAKES STATEMENT ON [...] (U) On August 16, Secretary General Rasmussen released a statement on casualties in Afghanistan. In the statement--which was posted on the NATO website--Rasmussen expressed sadness in the face of casualties, but argued that the "biggest tribute we can make to those who have lost their lives" [...]	2009-08-16 14:34:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF PK UK XG
09USNATO350	COUNTER-PIRACY: WORKING WITH SOMALI OFFICIALS; [...] (C/REL NATO) As reported reftel, NATO has approved the Operational Plan for a long-term counter-piracy mission, Operation Ocean Shield, to include supporting and contributing to regional capacity building with regional authorities connected with the deterrence and prevention of piracy. While [...]	2009-08-18 05:25:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT PHSA NATO MOPS MCAP SO XA
09USNATO351	COUNTER-PIRACY: WORKING WITH SOMALI OFFICIALS [...] (C/REL NATO) As reported reftel, NATO has approved the Operational Plan for a long-term counter-piracy mission, Operation Ocean Shield, to include supporting and contributing to regional capacity building with regional authorities connected with the deterrence and prevention of piracy. While [...]	2009-08-18 05:25:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EWWT PHSA NATO MOPS MCAP SO XA
09USNATO353	COUNTER-PIRACY: NATO BEGINS OPERATION OCEAN [...] (U) On August 17, NATO formally commenced Operation Ocean Shield -- the Alliance's long-term contribution to international efforts to combat piracy off the Horn of Africa. In a statement posted to its website, the Allied Maritime Component Command Headquarters Northwood (MCC Northwood) said t [...]	2009-08-18 14:34:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EWWT PHSA NATO MOPS MCAP SO XA
09USNATO354	COUNTER-PIRACY: NATO SUCCESSFULLY WORKS WITH THE [...] (U) Even before the August 17 commencement of Operation Ocean Shield, NATO's recently agreed long-term contribution to international counter-piracy efforts (reftel),NATO's efforts off the Horn of Africa have been yielding positive results. These results are often only possible because of the [...]	2009-08-19 10:49:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EWWT PHSA NATO MOPS MCAP SO XA
09USNATO355	NATO ASSISTED RUSSIA IN ITS SEARCH FOR THE MISSING [...] (C) Following comments by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the August 19 meeting of the North Atlantic Council that he had been asked by Russia to assist in the strange case of the missing Russian ship "Arctic Sea," Poloffs met with NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General Rober [...]	2009-08-19 15:02:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL EWWT PHSA MOPS MCAP RS
09USNATO356	NATO/IRAQ: NATO SECGEN CONDEMNS TERRORIST BOMBINGS [...] (U) On August 19, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued the following statement condemning that day's terrorist bombings in Baghdad: BEGIN TEXT 19 Aug. 2009 Press Release: (2009) 119 Statement by the NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, on the terrorist attacks in Baghdad [...]	2009-08-20 06:48:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER MOPS NATO PREL PINS MCAP PGOV IZ
09USNATO357	FLAGS-TO-POST CONFERENCE FOR ISAF AFGHANISTAN: [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-20 07:12:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	AFDB MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF
09USNATO358	NATO/IRAQ: NATO SECGEN CONDEMNS TERRORIST BOMBINGS [...] (U) On August 19, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued the following statement condemning that day's terrorist bombings in Baghdad: BEGIN TEXT 19 Aug. 2009 Press Release: (2009) 119 Statement by the NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, on the terrorist attacks in Baghdad [...]	2009-08-20 09:22:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER MOPS NATO PREL PINS MCAP PGOV IZ
09USNATO359	SECGEN WRITES KARZAI ABOUT SHIA LAW CONCERNS [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-20 15:19:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NATO MOPS MCAP AF
09USNATO360	NATO SECGEN MAKES STATEMENT ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) On August 20, Secretary General Rasmussen released a statement on the elections in Afghanistan and took a few questions from journalist. Below is the text of the statement as well as a summary of the questions and answers. 2. (U) The full text of the Secretary General's statement foll [...]	2009-08-20 18:01:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NATO MOPS MARR AF
09USNATO361	AUGUST 19 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING: [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-20 19:51:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF PK UK XG RS
09USNATO364	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL'S FIRST ASSESSMENT OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 21 the Commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (COMISAF) General Stanley McChrystal and NATO Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) Fernando Gentilini provided a post-election report to the North Atlantic Council (NAC) in a special session via vi [...]	2009-08-24 15:17:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO PTER PINR AF PK IN

09USNATO37	VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of participants, separated by nationality, for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics training to be held at the Turkish International Academy Against Drugs and Organized Crim [...]	2009-02-01 10:56:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USNATO373	AUGUST 26 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING: ALL [...] (C/REL NATO) Summary: This is a summary of the August 19 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC). -- AFGHANISTAN: The Deputy Secretary General (DSYG) urged continued Allied restraint against public reactions to preliminary Afghan elections' results. He announced the flags to post confe [...]	2009-08-28 19:30:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF PK XG
09USNATO374	USNATO SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW [...] (C/NF) You are visiting NATO at a time when the new NATO Secretary General, Allies, and non NATO partners are refining mission priorities and reviewing current resource commitments to align with planned commitments. The new NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, is setting an ambitiou [...]	2009-09-02 16:35:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAID PREL AF PK IK EUN
09USNATO375	NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING: NATO'S SYG GETS [...] (C) SUMMARY. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen used the September 2 meeting of the North Atlantic Council to advance his goal for increased NATO strategic policy coordination and guidance for political and military authorities involved in Afghanistan. Allies generally supported th [...]	2009-09-03 17:38:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AFDB MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF
09USNATO378	PDUSDP MILLER CONSULTS WITH ALLIES ON NUCLEAR [...] (SBU) This message has been cleared by PDUSDP Miller. 2. (S) Summary: On July 16, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. James Miller met with Allies to consult on the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) and related topics. Permanent Representatives (PermReps) expressed appreciat [...]	2009-09-04 15:34:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	PREL MNUC KACT NATO RS
09USNATO379	NATO PARTICIPATION IN BALTIC EXERCISES - REQUEST [...] (C/NF) The September 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) will coincide with the commencement of "Zapad 09," a large scale Russian and Belarusian military exercise which will take place in close proximity to Baltic NATO Allies' territory. We predict that this event will prompt a NAC [...]	2009-09-04 16:58:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS RS EN LG LH BO
09USNATO38	RFG: TAKING FORWARD THE AFGHAN-PROPOSED MILITARY [...] (S) Summary and Comment: THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST, see Para 11. ISAF Senior Civilian Representative Gentilini briefed NATO Permanent Representatives on January 28. He argued that NATO should, with caution, view the draft military technical agreement on revised force procedures, proposed by [...]	2009-02-01 10:56:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO AF
09USNATO383	NATO SECRETARY GENERAL READY TO REACH OUT TO CSTO? [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 16:27:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR NATO RS
09USNATO384	STRATEGIC CONCEPT: GROUP OF EXPERTS MET WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the September 7 first meeting of the Group of Experts (GoE) with the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on the NATO new Strategic Concept (SC) review, both the Secretary General (SYG) and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the GoE's chairperson, stressed the importance o [...]	2009-09-10 17:06:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO PREL MARR MOPS PK UK XG RS
09USNATO386	NATO SHOULD CONSIDER PARTICIPATING IN EXERCISE BALTIC HOST 10 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Estonia, addressing the September 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council, requested that NATO follow with interest the ongoing Zapad 09 Russian-Belarussian exercise with a view to providing a report to Allies. While Estonia co [...]	2009-09-11 16:40:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS RS EN LG LH BO
09USNATO388	SEPTEMBER 8 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING: [...] (C/REL ISAF) Summary from the September 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council: Afghanistan: At the September 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC),Secretary General Rasmussen told Allies that he expected to get the Commander of ISAF's strategic assessment of the situation in Afgh [...]	2009-09-11 18:16:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR MOPS UN AF PK UK XG RS
09USNATO390	BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA'S FOREIGN MINISTER WANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bosnia and Herzegovina's (BiH) Foreign Minister, Sven Alkalaj, said in a courtesy call with Ambassador Daalder on September 11 BiH intends to submit its application to join the Membership Action Plan (MAP) in the coming weeks, immediately after the United Nations General Assembl [...]	2009-09-15 08:48:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PGOV PREL MOPS MCAT BK
09USNATO392	RFG: COMMANDER OF ISAF BRIEFS NAC ON ASSESSMENT; [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. See paragraph 10. 2. (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY: At the September 16 meeting of the North Atlantic Council, the commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (COMISAF),U.S. General Stanley McChrystal, briefed NATO PermReps f [...]	2009-09-16 18:27:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	PREL NATO MARR MOPS UN AF PK
09USNATO395	ALLIES WELCOME INTER-AGENCY BRIEFING ON U.S. [...] (C) Summary: NATO Allies received a September 17 briefing on the President's decision on the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Review positively, especially its linkage with NATO's missile defense plans. A number of Allies asked questions regarding possible missile defense cooperation with Rus [...]	2009-09-17 21:28:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR PREL NATO
09USNATO397	THE 2009 AFGHANISTAN OPIUM SURVEY: UNODC COSTA [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 16:51:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR MOPS NATO PREL AF
09USNATO399	KOSOVO SECURITY FORCE ACHIEVES INITIAL OPERATING [...] (SBU) On September 17, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen distributed to Allies a September 15 letter from the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) Admiral Stavridis informing Rasmussen that the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) had attained Initial Operating Capability (IOC) on September 15. Stav [...]	2009-09-18 19:45:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP NATO MOPS MARR PREL PGOV KV
09USNATO4	DECEMBER 17-18 MEETING OF VCC EXPERTS [...] (C/REL NATO) Summary: During meetings of Experts on 17 and 18 December, Allies de-conflicted the 2009 Vienna Document 99 Verification Schedule. In addition, the U.S. secured CFE quota inspections to Armenia and Ukraine, a Flank inspection to Ukraine and two Additional Paid inspections to Ukr [...]	2009-01-06 15:45:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL NATO
09USNATO403	CZECH PERMREP ASKS FOR GREATER U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: The new Czech Ambassador to NATO has privately predicted a potentially unfavorable turning-point in the general direction of Czech foreign and security policy. He said challenges would result for Czech transatlanticists, due to the impact of the U.S. decision to retool missi [...]	2009-09-22 14:49:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL MOPS RS EZ PL
09USNATO405	U/S TAUSCHER'S NATO VISIT SEPTEMBER 1 [...] (C) Summary: U/S Tauscher met with Acting Secretary General Claudio Bisogniero and WMD Center head Jacek Bylica September 1 to discuss arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation issues. She reassured both NATO officials that the U.S. would continue to consult extensively with Allies -- [...]	2009-09-24 11:20:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP PREL NATO
09USNATO406	NATO CHIEFS OF DEFENSE ON THE STRATEGIC CONCEPT [...] (C/REL NATO) SUMMARY: At the September 23 meeting of the North Atlantic Council, the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee reported that NATO Chiefs of Defense expressed concern at their September 18-19 Lisbon meeting that a military voice was not represented in the Group of Experts appointe [...]	2009-09-24 14:10:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MCAP MOPS
09USNATO409	NAC STRESSES THAT KFOR DRAWDOWN MUST REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a September 23 Council meeting in KFOR contributing nations format, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Admiral Di Paola highlighted the lack of national pledges to fill key intelligence and reserve requirements during the KFOR Force Shaping Conference on September 8. He [...]	2009-09-25 14:30:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI
09USNATO410	RFG: STAFFING THE NATO LIAISON OFFICE IN TBILISI [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. See para 8. The Problem ----------- 2. (C/NF) Allies will discuss at the September 29 PermReps' lunch the inability of NATO to staff -- via Voluntary National Contributions (VNC) -- the NATO Liaison Office in Tbilisi, which Foreign Ministers agreed [...]	2009-09-25 15:11:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO MCAP GG
09USNATO411	SEPTEMBER 17 HLTF REAFFIRMS NATO SUPPORT FOR U.S. [...] (C) Summary: During the September 17 HLTF meeting and related consultations the previous day, Allies welcomed the U.S.'s detailed readout of A/S Rose Gottemoeller's September 3 discussion of CFE with Russian Disarmament Director Antonov and expressed interest in the new ideas that were inform [...]	2009-09-25 16:46:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO413	RFG: RESPONDING TO NATO SECRETARY GENERAL'S PROPOSALS FOR NATO RUSSIA COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-28 17:15:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO RS
09USNATO414	NAC DISCUSSES COUNTER-PIRACY COORDINATION ROLE FOR [...] (C) Summary: At the September 23 NAC, PermReps discussed counter-piracy, specifically a September 22 letter from SACEUR to the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (CMC - see para 8). Allies discussed what NATO's best value-adding role might be off the Horn of Africa. Several Allies who [...]	2009-09-28 17:44:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KCRM NATO
09USNATO421	ALLIES RECEIVE FURTHER DETAILS ON BALLISTIC [...] (C) Summary: An inter-agency team consulted with Allies at a special October 1 NAC on the evolving nature of the ballistic missile threat, and on additional details of the Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA) to European missile defense (MD) first briefed to them September 17 (reftel). Allies wer [...]	2009-10-01 16:02:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR PREL NATO
09USNATO422	NATO/VCC: SEPTEMBER 21 VCC AND EXPERTS - ALLIES [...] (C) Summary: Experts reviewed implementation coordination procedures in accordance with para 11 of AC/319-D(2009)001(INV) and agreed that, for the purposes of coordinating verification activities in November/December 2009, Allies should continue to use the procedures contained therein. The VC [...]	2009-10-01 16:05:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO424	NATO-RUSSIA: AFGHANISTAN, ARMS SALES AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin used the September 30 meeting of the NATO-Russia Council to press Moscow's agenda on Afghanistan and plug potential Russian military sales to NATO, while attempting to avoid comment on the mystery surrounding the MV Arctic Sea hijacking. [...]	2009-10-02 16:06:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS NATO AF RS
09USNATO425	NATO-RUSSIA: AFGHANISTAN, ARMS SALES AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin used the September 30 meeting of the NATO-Russia Council to press Moscow's agenda on Afghanistan and plug potential Russian military sales to NATO, while attempting to avoid comment on the mystery surrounding the MV Arctic Sea hijacking. [...]	2009-10-02 16:14:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS NATO AF RS
09USNATO427	BOSNIA APPLIES FOR NATO MEMBERSHIP ACTION PLAN [...] (SBU) During an October 2 visit to NATO Headquarters, Zeljko Komsic, the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH),delivered a letter to NATO Secretary General Rasmussen formally applying for BiH's entry into NATO's Membership Action Plan. Rasmussen distributed the letter to [...]	2009-10-05 12:09:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO PGOV MCAP PHUM PINS PNAT BK
09USNATO432	RUSSIAN CANDOR IN THE NATO-RUSSIA PREPCOM [...] (C) A mid-level member of the Russian Mission to NATO struck a notable tone of candor by admitting that significant daylight existed between Moscow and the Russian Mission to NATO on improving the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) and focusing the organization on meaningful areas of cooperation. In r [...]	2009-10-07 05:31:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO RS
09USNATO433	KFOR DRAWDOWN: CONDITIONS MUST BE RIGHT TO MOVE [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. NATO International Military Staff Assistant Director for Operations Major General Li Gobbi and KFOR Military Civil Advisory Division Deputy Chief of Staff Brigadier General Polimeno on October 2 briefed the KFOR Policy Coordina [...]	2009-10-07 08:05:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI
09USNATO442	NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIES FOCUS ON SUBSTANCE WHILE [...] (C) Summary: NATO Allies and Russia displayed dramatically different views on how to take the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) forward during a recent Ambassadorial meeting. Allies focused on immediate, practical goals for the organization, while the Russian Ambassador to NATO presented an unrealist [...]	2009-10-08 13:53:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MOPS NATO AF RS
09USNATO443	NATO SYG CONDEMNS KABUL BOMBING [...] (U) On October 8, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued a statement condemning the bombing in Kabul that happened earlier that day. He also made special mention of the two members of the EU police mission in Afghanistan who were injured in the explosion. 2. (U) The text of the Secretary [...]	2009-10-08 14:04:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PTER NATO PREL AF
09USNATO444	AFGHAN MINISTER OF DEFENSE: I SUPPORT MCCHRYSTAL'S [...] (SBU) On October 6, NATO Secretary General Fogh Rasmussen distributed to Allies a letter he received from Afghan Minister of Defense General Wardak (ref). In the letter, Wardak expressed his "wholehearted support for the findings of General McChrystal's assessment of the situation in Afghanis [...]	2009-10-08 16:07:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS MCAP MARR PREL NATO PINS PTER AF
09USNATO446	NATO SYG CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT OBAMA ON NOBEL [...] (U) On October 9, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued a statement congratulating President Obama on winning the Nobel Peace Prize. 2. (U) The text of the Secretary General's statement (which can be found on the NATO website) has been reproduced below: BEGIN TEXT 09 Oct. 2009 Pre [...]	2009-10-09 14:05:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO OPRC PHUM
09USNATO447	NATO SYG OFFERS SUPPORT TO KAI EIDE AND UNAMA [...] (U) On October 12, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued a press statement expressing the Alliance's support for the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. He also expressed his and the Alliance's confidence in Kai Eide, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary General. 2. (U) The f [...]	2009-10-12 11:57:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO UN AF
09USNATO448	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - U.S.-GEORGIA EXERCISE [...] (C/NF) PolOff delivered reftel points at the October 12 meeting of NATO's Political Committee. Allies appreciated the information, but offered no substantive response to these points. DAALDER [...]	2009-10-13 15:16:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL RS GG
09USNATO449	MONTENEGRO AND BOSNIA MAP: A SNAPSHOT OF ALLIED [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: With the December 2-3 NATO Foreign Ministerial quickly approaching, Allies are beginning to seriously discuss whether and how to respond to the applications of Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to join the Membership Action Plan process. While most Allies do not beli [...]	2009-10-13 18:10:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL BK MW GG UP
09USNATO450	RFG: ISAF RESOURCE DISCUSSION ON COMMANDER'S [...] (U) This is a request for guidance by OOB October 19 (Brussels time). See para 3. 2. (C/REL ISAF) The Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) Admiral James Stavridis submitted ISAF Commander General Stanley McChrystal's resource documentation supplementing his 60-day assessment to the 4 [...]	2009-10-14 11:58:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS MARR NATO AF PK
09USNATO453	FRENCH BLOCK ISAF-RELATED AWACS FUNDING; DEFENSE [...] (C/REL NATO) At the October 14 meeting of the North Atlantic Council, the Deputy Secretary General noted that the Senior Resource Board (SRB) had been unable to reach agreement on common funding to underwrite the short-term use of British AWACS planes based out of Oman to support NATO's ISAF m [...]	2009-10-15 14:45:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP MARR PREL NATO PGOV AF MU
09USNATO457	NAC UPDATED ON THE NATO TRAINING MISSION-IRAQ [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations Martin Howard briefed Allies at the October 14 meeting of the North Atlantic Council on the results of his October 10-11 visit to Baghdad. He said that he was struck by how positively NATO was viewed by Iraqi officials. He repor [...]	2009-10-19 09:29:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP MOPS NATO IZ
09USNATO461	NATO SYG WELCOMES AFGHAN ELECTION DECISION [...] (U) On October 20, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued a statement welcoming the decision to hold a second round of elections in Afghanistan. He said the decision showed respect for the democratic process and institutions in Afghanistan. He indicated his hope that the second round would [...]	2009-10-20 15:11:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR NATO AF
09USNATO462	BRIEFING ALLIES ON "NATO-IZING" MISSILE DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-20 15:34:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	PARM MARR PREL NATO
09USNATO463	BRIEFING ALLIES ON "NATO-IZING" MISSILE DEFENSE [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Daalder and RADM Macy consulted with Allies October 20 on the U.S. Phased, Adaptive Approach (PAA) to missile defense, offering additional details to previous briefings and how PAA might fit into a NATO territorial missile defense mission. Allied reaction was uniform [...]	2009-10-20 16:46:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	PARM MARR PREL NATO
09USNATO464	ACTION REQUEST: BALTIC CONTINGENCY PLANNING: SOME [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY: Leaders in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are pressing hard for NATO Article 5 contingency planning for the Baltic states. President Obama and Secretary Clinton are on record supporting such contingency planning for Allies. A [...]	2009-10-20 16:58:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MCAP PREL NATO ZB RS
09USNATO465	MARCHING TOWARDS DECEMBER: NATO DISCUSSES THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: NATO Secretary General (SYG) Anders Fogh Rasmussen presided over an informal session of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on October 20 to discuss views on the Western Balkans in preparation for decisions to be taken at the December Foreign Ministerial, a discussion informed by a n [...]	2009-10-21 17:26:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PGOV PREL MW BK YI GG UP
09USNATO469	RFG: RUSSIAN REQUEST FOR THERMAL SIGHTS [...] (C/NF) During an October 20 social dinner, Russian Ambassador to NATO Rogozin asked Ambassador Daalder for his assistance in securing the sale of U.S. thermal weapons sights to the Russian Federation for use by the Russian Federal Security Service's (FSB's) Alpha Group. He also handed Daalde [...]	2009-10-22 12:40:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETTC PREL MASS MCAP NATO RS
09USNATO47	THE ROAD TO THE NATO SUMMIT AND BEYOND: ISSUES TO [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During its first 70 days in office, the Administration will face a NATO-heavy calendar. Success will require the Administration to address quickly several key issues, among them: the war in Afghanistan, NATO's relationship with Russia and Europe,s East, and the search for a new [...]	2009-02-02 18:12:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS RS
09USNATO483	NATO SYG CONDEMNS ATTACK ON UN IN KABUL [...] (U) On October 28, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued a statement condemning the attack earlier in the day against a UN guesthouse in Kabul. 2. (U) The text of the Secretary General's statement follows: BEGIN TEXT 28 Oct. 2009 Press Release: (2009) 154 Statement by the Secret [...]	2009-10-28 15:41:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER NATO UN PREL MOPS AF
09USNATO484	RFG: NATO SYG DROPS BOMBSHELL IN ABU DHABI RELATING TO MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS AND ALLIANCE POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 09:15:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO KPAL IS AE
09USNATO485	NATO SYG CONDEMNS PESHAWAR BOMBING [...] (U) On October 29, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued a statement condemning the October 28 bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan. 2. (U) The text of the Secretary General's statement follows: BEGIN TEXT 29 Oct. 2009 Press Release: (2009) 156 Statement by the Secretary General on the [...]	2009-10-29 11:22:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER NATO PREL MOPS PK
09USNATO486	VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) NATO's International Staff has provided the list below of Tajik participants for the NATO-Russia counter-narcotics training to be held in Tajikistan from November 9-20. 3. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests the appropriat [...]	2009-10-29 12:23:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USNATO490	NATO SPECIAL COMMITTEE ISSUES: WORK PLAN, [...] (S/REL NATO) SUMMARY: At the October 28 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC),Allies were briefed on the draft 2010 Work Plan for the NATO Special Committee. The Special Committee serves as an advisory body on espionage and terrorist-related matters. The incoming Chair of the Committ [...]	2009-10-30 13:00:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	PINR PINS PREL PTER PROP MOPS NATO RS CH AF
09USNATO491	NATO-RUSSIA: RUSSIA OFFERS LITTLE AT AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The NATO-Russia Council (NRC) held an October 21 discussion on Afghanistan and Pakistan that saw the U.S. and Allies ask Russia to provide additional assistance to Afghanistan, while Moscow offered nothing concrete and reiterated its call for the Alliance to work with the Collect [...]	2009-10-30 13:29:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF PK RS
09USNATO492	RUSSIA SAYS IT FACES FINANCIAL CONTRAINTS [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA Second Asia Department Deputy Director Ali Mustafabeli told Deputy to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (D/SRAP) Paul Jones on October 21 that Moscow was considering additional aid to Afghanistan, but was limited by the difficult financial situat [...]	2009-10-30 13:31:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO AF PK RS
09USNATO493	NATO SYG CONGRATULATES KARZAI FOR BEING DECLARED [...] (U) On November 2, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued a statement congratulating Hamid Karzai for being declared the winner of Afghanistan's presidential election by Afghan Independent Election Commission. Rasmussen also said that NATO will continue to work in support of the Afghan gover [...]	2009-11-03 08:55:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NATO MOPS AF
09USNATO494	SECRETARY GENERAL'S THOUGHTS ON REFORM [...] (NC) At the October 20 PermReps' lunch, Secretary General Rasmussen drew from the following speaking notes on NATO reform: BEGIN TEXT NATO REFORM NATO cannot stand still. We must adapt to make sure we are in the best possible shape to meet the challenges this Alliance faces. We shou [...]	2009-11-03 14:51:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	ABUD AFIN APER NATO PGOV PREL
09USNATO495	SYG'S PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR DECEMBER FOREIGN [...] (SBU) At the November 3 informal PermReps' lunch, NATO Secretary General (SG) Rasmussen distributed his proposed schedule for the December 3-4 meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers. 2. (SBU) The text of the Secretary General's proposed schedule follows: BEGIN TEXT 2009 Autumn Foreign Min [...]	2009-11-03 15:25:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO RS GG UP AF
09USNATO496	NEW GERMAN COALITION AGREEMENT ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS [...] (C) Summary: On 29 October 2009 the German Representative to the Nuclear Planning Group Staff Group (NPG-SG) came with formal instructions from the German Ministry of Defense to emphasize that, while the new German coalition agreement calls for the active support of new disarmament and arms co [...]	2009-11-03 16:19:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC NATO KNNP KACT
09USNATO497	NATO SYG PROPOSES REGULAR CONSULTATIONS WITH [...] (C) Summary. NATO Secretary General Rasmussen hosted Ambassador Daalder for breakfast November 3 to discuss Alliance issues and improving coordination with the PermReps. Rasmussen was particularly interested in coordinating closely with the US and suggested regular one-on-one meetings with t [...]	2009-11-03 17:22:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO MOPS MARR PREL PARM RU AF
09USNATO498	GERMANS PUSH NATO DEBATE ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS [...] (S) Summary: In his first meetings with two NATO counterparts and NATO Secretary General Rasmussen, German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle is pushing his government's new policy to seek the withdrawal of U.S. nuclear weapons from German soil. In discussions with Dutch FM Verhagen, Belgi [...]	2009-11-03 17:50:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	MNUC PREL KACT NATO
09USNATO501	DUTCH SAY U.S. AFGHANISTAN MESSAGE MUST BE A [...] (C) Summary. In a November 3 meeting, Dutch PM Cabinet Director Richard van Zwol told USNATO Ambassador Daalder the Dutch were in a political deadlock over their Afghanistan contributions and the Prime Minister was attempting to unlock it. He urged the US to deliver a strong message privately [...]	2009-11-05 09:42:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS NATO PGOV PREL AF
09USNATO502	NATO STATEMENT ON USG CONSULTATIONS WITH ALLIES [...] (U) NATO Secretary General Rasmussen issued a statement on the November 5 visit to NATO headquarters of a senior USG interagency team for consultations on Afghanistan with Allies and non-NATO troop contributing nations. (Note: The substance of the consultations will be reported septel.) 2. [...]	2009-11-05 17:31:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS MCAP MARR NATO AF
09USNATO505	U.S. TEAM CONSULTS WITH ISAF PARTNERS ON [...] (S/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: On November 5, a senior level USG interagency team consulted with NATO Allies and non-NATO ISAF troop contributing countries on the way ahead in Afghanistan, including how to respond to GEN McChrystal's assessment and resource request. The U.S. team stressed that the Pres [...]	2009-11-06 18:53:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	MOPS MCAP MARR PREL PTER NATO PGOV AF PK
09USNATO506	RFG: JOINT REVIEW OF NATO AND RUSSIA'S 21ST [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. Please see para 4. 2. (C) NATO Secretary General Rasmussen released on November 9 a draft Ministerial tasking to begin a joint review of common threats facing NATO and Russia, an initiative first laid out by the SecGen in his September 18 speech on NAT [...]	2009-11-09 15:01:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR NATO RS
09USNATO507	SECURING ADDITIONAL ALLIED/PARTNER CONTRIBUTIONS [...] (C) Summary: When President Obama announces his decision on possible U.S. troop increases for Afghanistan, the impact could be far greater if other Allied and Partner leaders would announce increases of their own either simultaneously or in close succession. Several Allies and Partners have [...]	2009-11-09 15:44:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS NATO MCAP MARR AF
09USNATO51	NATO/IRAQ: ONE-TWO PUNCH MAY KO THE NATO TRAINING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Legal status and force protection challenges could strike severe -- if not fatal blows -- to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) at a time when the political will exists with our European Allies to expand their support for Iraqi Security Forces. First and most dangerous, [...]	2009-02-04 17:28:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR IZ
09USNATO510	SOUTH KOREA WANTS TO DEPLOY PRT TO PARWAN; SEEKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 10, South Korean Minister Counselor Kim Hong-Kyun demarched USNATO personnel, informing them of Seoul's strong preference to deploy its recently announced Provincial Reconstruction Team to Parwan Province, Afghanistan. Kim requested U.S. support in this matter, citin [...]	2009-11-10 15:28:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF PK KS
09USNATO511	CORRECTED COPY: U.S. TEAM CONSULTS WITH ISAF [...] (S/REL ISAF) This cable is a corrected copy including additional comments by the Deputy Assistant to the President and the Vice President's National Security Advisor, Tony Blinken. 2. (S/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: On November 5, a senior level USG interagency team consulted with NATO Allies and no [...]	2009-11-10 16:37:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	MOPS MCAP MARR PREL PTER NATO PGOV AF PK
09USNATO512	UN REQUESTS NATO ASSISTANCE FOR CONGO MISSION [...] (SBU) On November 6, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations Martin Howard distributed to Allies a United Nations request for NATO assistance in the form of equipment and training aids for a unit of 200 Tanzanian trainers that will train the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of th [...]	2009-11-10 17:59:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MCAP MOPS MARR PINS PGOV UN NATO
09USNATO513	COUNTER-PIRACY: EXCHANGE OF MARITIME COMMAND FOR [...] (U) On November 9, Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) took over responsibility for NATO's counter-piracy mission, Operation Ocean Shield, from Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2). SMNG1 is commanded by Portuguese Rear Admiral Jose Domingos Pereira de Cunha. 2. (U) The four ships cur [...]	2009-11-11 14:48:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS EWWT PBTS PHSA MCAP MARR PREL SO XA XO
09USNATO514	NATO-RUSSIA: ROGOZIN SAYS MOSCOW REMAINS [...] (C) Summary: Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin explained to NATO PermReps on November 9 his difficulty in dealing with Moscow's skepticism regarding cooperation with NATO, and how he intended to overcome this situation by inviting high-level Russian officials and experts to take part [...]	2009-11-11 15:01:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR NATO RS
09USNATO518	NATO-RUSSIA: RUSSIA DELAYING NRC PROGRESS [...] (C) NATO International Staff on November 11 canceled the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Preparatory Committee meeting scheduled for November 12 after the Chair determined that the meeting would have been "a waste of time" because the Russian Mission indicated that, once again, they would fail to hav [...]	2009-11-12 11:29:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR NATO RS
09USNATO519	PAKISTAN: DISCUSSION OF A STRATEGIC ROLE FOR NATO [...] (C/NF) Summary. On November 4, the North Atlantic Council discussed progress in implementing the Strasbourg-Kehl Summit decision to build a broader political and practical relationship between NATO and Pakistan. NATO SYG Rasmussen said NATO would enhance the political dialogue, expand militar [...]	2009-11-13 08:32:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS NATO PREL AF PK
09USNATO52	JANUARY 29 HLTF: ALLIES WILLING TO WAIT FOR U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the January 29 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting, two clear messages - pointedly directed at the U.S. - emerged. First, Allies continue to place high importance on a unified NATO strategy for retaining the CFE regime and getting it back on track. Many specifically not [...]	2009-02-04 17:44:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO520	HIGHREP INZKO PRESSES NATO ON MAP FOR BIH [...] (C) Summary: High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Inzko briefed the NAC on November 11. Inzko, supported by Ambassador Daalder and many other PermReps, provided a negative assessment of the situation in BiH and stressed the need to support the U.S.-EU "Butmir process." Inzko [...]	2009-11-13 17:23:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MARR MASS BK
09USNATO521	NATO-RUSSIA: NATO ALLIES AGREE NRC MUST FOCUS ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-16 06:59:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM PTER SENV NATO RS
09USNATO522	NOVEMBER 5 HLTF MEETING [...] (C) Summary: At the November 5 HLTF, Allies welcomed the U.S. proposal to revise NATO's NAC Communique message on CFE to reflect the Alliance's growing concern about Russia's continuing suspension of implementation of CFE. Most Allies also agreed in principle to the U.S.'s specific suggestion [...]	2009-11-16 15:52:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO523	NATO-RUSSIA: NATO ALLIES AGREE NRC MUST FOCUS ON [...] (C) Summary: In a November 11 informal NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting on a Ministerial tasking to launch a Joint Review of 21st Century Security Challenges, NATO Allies argued that this initiative should proceed only if agreement was also reached on the "Taking the NRC Forward" paper and t [...]	2009-11-16 16:39:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM PTER SENV NATO RS
09USNATO525	COUNTER-PIRACY WORKING GROUP CHAIR CALLS FOR NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On November 9, the Chairman of Working Group One (WG1) of the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia, Chris Holtby (UK),briefed the NATO Policy Coordination Group (PCG) on regional capacity-building and urged NATO to play a role in training. NATO Deputy As [...]	2009-11-17 09:03:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR MCAP EWWT PBTS PHSA
09USNATO526	NATO-RUSSIA: RUSSIA PULLS THE PLUG ON NRC REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Russia told the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Preparatory Committee on November 17 that it was no longer interested in continuing six months of work on the reform document "Taking the NRC Forward," and urged the NRC to instead focus on the proposed Joint Review of common security cha [...]	2009-11-17 17:03:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR NATO RS
09USNATO527	NATO SYG STATEMENT ON KOSOVO ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 17:57:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL NATO KV
09USNATO528	NATO MISSILE DEFENSE: NEED TO PUSH SOME ALLIES [...] (C) Summary: Allies have welcomed the President's Phased, Adaptive Approach (PAA) to European missile defense, but some key Allies require additional USG attention on this issue before we can garner unanimous support in the December Ministerial communique. Some Allies question our push for [...]	2009-11-18 16:45:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MARR PREL NATO
09USNATO529	NATO-RUSSIA: NO RESPONSE FROM ROGOZIN [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-18 16:59:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO RS
09USNATO530	NATO ALLIES TELL BOSNIAN FM THAT REFORMS ARE [...] (C) Summary: Bosnia-Herzegovina's Foreign Minister failed in a November 17 informal meeting with NATO PermReps to push Allies towards consensus that Ministers should grant Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) the Membership Action Plan (MAP) in December. Most PermReps rejected the FM's assertion that pro [...]	2009-11-18 17:28:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO BK TU IT NO
09USNATO531	NATO SYG STATEMENT ON KARZAI INAUGURATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 11:55:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MOPS MARR AF
09USNATO532	LITHUANIAN MOD DISCUSSES NATO CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a November 17 meeting with Ambassador Daalder, Lithuanian Defense Minister Rasa Jukneviciene underscored the importance of NATO contingency planning to Vilnius and asked about the status of U.S. thinking on the subject. Ambassador Daalder said the issue was still being studied in [...]	2009-11-19 15:35:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MARR MCAP NATO LH ZB RS
09USNATO534	NATO SYG PRESSES HUNGARY AND ROMANIA FOR MORE ISAF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The U.S. Deputy Director of the Secretary General's Private Office Jeff Rathke (strictly protect) told us that Secretary General Rasmussen pressed Hungary and Romania on November 19 for additional troops for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. [...]	2009-11-19 16:58:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	MOPS PREL MARR MASS NATO AF HU RO SP
09USNATO539	RFG: DRAFT DECEMBER FOREIGN MINISTERIAL STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 16:00:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO RS GG UP AF
09USNATO540	NATO-RUSSIA: ROGOZIN UNCLEAR ON WHY MOSCOW PULLED [...] (C) Summary: The Russian Mission to NATO has painted a picture of disarray within the Moscow interagency to explain Russia's decision to pull the plug on NATO-Russia Council (NRC) reform. The Mission proposed that at their December meeting, NRC Foreign Ministers issue a new tasking for refor [...]	2009-11-20 17:08:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR NATO RS
09USNATO541	RFG: DRAFT DECEMBER FOREIGN MINISTERIAL STATEMENT [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Attached is the initial draft of the statement for the NATO Foreign Ministerial to be held in Brussels December 3 and 4, 2009. Reflecting the Secretary General's desire to have much shorter, "punchier" document that only raises is [...]	2009-11-20 17:50:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO RS GG UP AF
09USNATO542	SHAPE BRIEFS NAC ON NATO TRAINING MISSION - [...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: At a November 18 NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan (NTM-A) briefing, Brigadier Simon Porter, Allied Command Operations Chief of Plans, told Allies and non-NATO ISAF troop contributors "real progress" has been made in standing up the mission. LTG William B. Caldwell wil [...]	2009-11-20 18:55:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MCAP MARR PREL PTER NATO PGOV AF
09USNATO546	NATO-RUSSIA: NAC DISCUSSES RUSSIAN MILITARY EXERCISES [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-23 13:23:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR MOPS NATO RS
09USNATO548	NATO/VCC: NOVEMBER 16-17 VCC AND EXPERTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 12:18:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	KCFE NATO PARM PREL MCAP MASS MARR XG ZK
09USNATO549	SERBIA WANTS MTA CHANGE; CONSIDERING IPAP FOR 2011 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Serbian MFA Director General for NATO and Defense Affairs Vujic told USNATO DCM Heffern on November 24 that Defense Minister Sutanovac would present Belgrade's ideas for changes to the Military Technical Agreement (MTA) to Secretary of Defense Gates when they meet on November 30. [...]	2009-11-25 13:05:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI
09USNATO550	SYG'S LETTER TO THE SECRETARY REGARDING THE [...] (SBU) On November 24, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen provided us with a copy of a letter to the Secretary regarding NATO's December 3-4 Foreign Ministerial (letter e-mailed to EUR/RPM). The text of the Secretary General's letter to the Secretary follows: BEGIN TEXT SG(2009)0932 24 N [...]	2009-11-26 12:58:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO OVIP OPDC MOPS MCAP MARR XG RS AF
09USNATO551	NATO/VCC: NOVEMBER 16-17 VCC AND EXPERTS [...] (S/REL NATO) Summary: At the Verification Coordination Committee (VCC) and VCC meeting of Experts on 16-17 November, the U.S. secured Allied agreement to conduct one Vienna Document 1999 (VD99) evaluation in the Russian Federation and VD99 inspections in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Finland and Switze [...]	2009-11-27 11:21:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	KCFE NATO PARM PREL MCAP MASS MARR XG ZK
09USNATO552	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S PARTICIPATION IN [...] (S/NF) The following message for the Secretary is being transmitted in memo format: BEGIN TEXT November 27, 2009 MEMORANDUM For: Secretary Clinton From: Ivo Daalder Subject: Your Participation in the NATO Foreign Ministerial Madam Secretary: This ministerial may be one of ) [...]	2009-11-27 12:38:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL NATO MOPS MARR MCAP PARM PINS OVIP AF
09USNATO554	TURKEY INVITING FOREIGN MINISTERS TO HAVE A [...] (C) Summary: Turkey intends to invite NATO Foreign Ministers to a separate meeting to discuss granting MAP to Bosnia. Unless directed otherwise USNATO will work to oppose this move. End summary. 2. (C) Turkey announced in a November 27 communique negotiation for the December 3-4 NATO Fore [...]	2009-11-27 15:08:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO BK TU NO

09USNATO555	RFG: ISAF DECISION MAKING - INVOLVING NON-NATO [...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. See para 4. 2. (SBU) Several non-NATO troop contributing nations to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, particularly Australia and New Zealand, have pressed for a larger role in the ISAF-related decision process at NATO [...]	2009-11-27 18:11:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR MCAP NATO AS NZ AF

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