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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
09USNATO556	DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN AT THE NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 09:51:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO RS

09USNATO557	NATO-RUSSIA: DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: During a November 25 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Ambassadorial meeting, NATO Allies and the Secretary General expressed their frustration with the Russian decision to end work on the reform document "Taking the NRC Forward," and reminded Russian Ambassador Rogozin that this was part [...]	2009-11-30 11:17:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO RS
09USNATO559	NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIES WANT RUSSIA TO SHOW ITS CARDS [...] (C) Summary: The Secretary General appealed to Russia during a December 1 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) to approve a plan for NRC reform, and reminded Russia that failure to do so put at risk the entire package of deliverables for the upcoming NRC Ministerial. The Russian Ambassador to NATO said [...]	2009-12-01 17:08:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO CA RS
09USNATO560	NATO SYG STATEMENT ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 08:18:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL NATO MARR MASS PGOV AF
09USNATO561	ACTION REQUEST: A DECISION ON NATO CONTINGENCY [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (S/NF) SUMMARY: NATO contingency planning will be on the agenda during a December 16 meeting of Baltic and Polish leaders. It is also on the draft agenda of the Secretary General's December 10 meeting with SACEUR and the Chairman of the NATO [...]	2009-12-02 11:14:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MCAP MARR LH LG EN PL
09USNATO562	NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIES AGREE TO RUSSIAN PROPOSALS [...] (C) Summary: Seeking to force Russia into a position where it must agree to cooperate with NATO or be exposed as unwilling, Allies agreed on December 2 to accept all of Russia's proposed changes to three key NATO-Russia Council (NRC) documents that are potential deliverables for the NRC Minis [...]	2009-12-03 11:11:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO RS
09USNATO563	RFG: HOW TO KEEP THE DUTCH IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) This is a request for guidance by OOB Brussels time on December 4. See para 7. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY. On December 2, the U.S. Ambassador and NATO Secretary General (SYG) Rasmussen received a demarche from The Dutch PermRep to NATO, Frank Majoor, requesting options The Hague could pursue t [...]	2009-12-03 15:38:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR MCAP NATO AF
09USNATO564	CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT OF THE NATO-GEORGIA COMMISSION [...] (U) Following the December 3 meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission (NGC) at the level of Foreign Ministers, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen -- in his role as Chairman of the NGC -- issued the following Chairman's Statement: BEGIN TEXT: 03 Dec. 2009 Chairman's Statement Meeting of t [...]	2009-12-04 07:53:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NATO PBTS MOPS PINS GG AF
09USNATO565	NATO-UKRAINE COMMISSION: CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT FOR [...] (U) Following the December 3 NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) meeting at the level of Foreign Ministers, NATO Secretary General Rasmussen, in his role as Chairman of the NUC, issued the following statement on his own authority: BEGIN TEXT: 03 Dec. 2009 Press Release: (2009) 188 Chairman [...]	2009-12-04 08:46:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MASS MCAP MARR TBIO UP
09USNATO567	ISAF MINISTERIAL STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) The following statement on Afghanistan was issued following the December 4 meeting in Brussels of Foreign Ministers from countries participating in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan: BEGIN TEXT: Statement on Afghanistan by Ministers of Foreign Affair [...]	2009-12-04 14:00:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS MARR MCAP MASS NATO AF PK
09USNATO569	FINAL STATEMENT OF THE NATO FOREIGN MINISTERIAL [...] (U) NATO Foreign Ministers issued the following statement following statement at the conclusion of their December 3-4 meeting in Brussels: BEGIN TEXT Meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of Foreign Ministers held at NATO Headquarters, Brussels, on 4 December 2009 Â [...]	2009-12-04 15:03:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NATO MOPS MARR MCAP MASS AF KV MW BK
09USNATO57	NATO SENIOR DEFENCE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP) [...] (C) SUMMARY: The NATO Senior Defence Group on Proliferation (DGP) held a Plenary meeting at NATO HQ on 14 Jan 09. The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Joe Benkert of the U.S. (Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security Affairs) and Mr. John Laugerud of the Norwegian MOD. Major items dis [...]	2009-02-06 16:02:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO570	HEADLINES OF A SUCCESSFUL FOREIGN MINISTERIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 15:32:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS MARR MCAP MASS NATO XG AF RS
09USNATO571	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 3, 2009 [...] (U) December 3, 2009; 1500; Brussels, Belgium. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary James Steinberg Amb. Ivo Daalder EUR A/S Phil Gordon EUR Deputy A/S Robert Wood Special Assistant Amy Scanlon USNATO PolAd Kelly Degnan (notetaker) NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen [...]	2009-12-04 18:52:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL NATO MARR MOPS BK
09USNATO573	(U) DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 3, 2009, [...] (U) Classified by: Amy Scanlon, D(S) Special Assistant, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) December 4, 2009; 3:30 p.m.; Brussels, Belgium. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg Ambassador Ivo Daalder A/S Phil Gordon, EUR Amy Scanlon, D(S) Special Assista [...]	2009-12-08 12:27:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL NATO UP RS
09USNATO575	(U) DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 3, 2009, [...] (U) Classified by: Paul Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) December 4, 2009; 5:00 p.m.; Brussels, Belgium. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg Ambassador Ivo Daalder Brian Greaney (Notetaker) Georgia Foreig [...]	2009-12-08 13:50:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL NATO GG RS
09USNATO579	NATO-RUSSIA: RESPONDING TO RUSSIA'S LATEST DRAFT TREATY LIMITING THE DEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS ABROAD [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 08:22:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO RS
09USNATO580	(U) DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 3, 2009, [...] (U) Classified by: Amy Scanlon, D(S) Special Assistant, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) December 3, 2009; 8:00 p.m.; Brussels, Belgium. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary James Steinberg Ambassador Ivo Daalder A/S Phil Gordon, EUR Amy Scanlon, D(S) Special As [...]	2009-12-10 09:04:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL NATO PGOV MOPS
09USNATO581	NATO-RUSSIA: RUSSIA "BRIEFS" NRC ON MILITARY EXERCISES [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 10:19:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS NATO RS
09USNATO583	TRANSITIONING KOSOVO AIRSPACE TO CIVILIAN CONTROL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: USNATO conveyed reftel concerns to the head of NATO's Airspace Management Division Georgio Cioni on December 11. Cioni, who chairs the Kosovo airspace transition technical panel, insisted that the Kosovo Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) does have an equal voice on th [...]	2009-12-11 16:11:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON CNAR PGOV KV SR NATO
09USNATO585	NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIES UNITED IN OPPOSITION TO [...] (C) Summary: Allies agreed during a December 14 NAC that the Russian proposal for a new treaty with NATO was a non-starter and affirmed that the Russian initiative would not create divisions within the Alliance. There were differences over tactics: German, the SecGen and some other Allies w [...]	2009-12-14 17:03:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO RS
09USNATO588	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NATO CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (S) The Polish, Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian PermReps, and Secretary General Rasmussen, welcomed the U.S. decision to support expanding the NATO contingency plan for Poland, EAGLE GUARDIAN, to include the Baltic countries. Ambassador Daalder, accompanied by German Ambassador Ulrich Brandenburg [...]	2009-12-16 15:00:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	PGOV PREL MARR NATO
09USNATO593	NATO-RUSSIA: NUCLEAR EXPERTS CAUTIOUS ABOUT [...] (C) On December 17, the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Nuclear Experts considered a proposed table top exercise (TTX) involving a response to an improvised nuclear device (IND) in 2010. The Chair proposed that the TTX could be a stand alone event or serve as an initial planning conference for a f [...]	2009-12-18 13:06:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MNUC MOPS NATO RS
09USNATO595	NATO-RUSSIA: SECRETARY GENERAL'S TRIP TO MOSCOW [...] (U) Below is a written summary provided by Secretary General Rasmussen of his December 15-17 visit to Moscow. The SecGen's schedule included meetings with President Medvedev, Premier Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, and Russian Parliamentar [...]	2009-12-21 15:02:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NATO RS
09USNATO596	WAY FORWARD ON SUPPORTING EUPOL EXPANSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: We believe there may be an opportunity to enhance ISAF support for the EU Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL). Turkey and EU officials have indicated privately that they might be open to engaging on such an initiative. Unless instructed otherwise, USNATO intends to work inform [...]	2009-12-22 15:13:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO PGOV EUN MARR AF PINS
09USNATO597	POLES REQUEST SHORT DELAY ON CONTINGENCY PLANNING [...] (S) Poland's NATO Deputy PermRep Adam Bugajski informed Charge December 22 that Warsaw plans to issue a non-paper on the proposed inclusion of the three Baltic countries in NATO's EAGLE GUARDIAN plan, which currently addresses the protection of Poland (reftel A). Bugajski requested the US rev [...]	2009-12-22 15:15:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	MCAP MARR PREL NATO PL
09USNATO6	NATO/IRAQ: ALLIES SEEK LEGAL PROTECTIONS SIMILAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO Allies at the January 7 North Atlantic Council meeting expressed strong political support for the continuation of the NATO Training Mission ) Iraq (NTM-I),but grave concern about the ambiguities of the current legal status for the mission. Allies sought clarification as to [...]	2009-01-08 17:43:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	NATO PREL MOPS MARR IZ
09USNATO61	NATO-GEORGIA COMMISSION EXAMINES NEXT STEPS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the February 4 NATO-Georgia Commission Meeting, Allies were united in support of Georgia's territorial integrity. Allies also stressed their desire to see Tbilisi advance its domestic reforms and to make maximum use of the recently agreed Annual National Program process. G [...]	2009-02-13 10:06:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS NATO PARM PINR PREL GG RS
09USNATO62	5 FEB 2009 VVC AND EXPERTS: TURKEY NEARLY SCUTTLES 2009 VD 99 VERIFICATION COORDINATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 14:34:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO63	READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: Discussion focused on scheduling strategic instructed dialogues prior to the Krakow Defense Ministers, meeting on the Afghan National Army Trust Fund, crafting an interim response to the Afghan-proposed military technical agreement, and Pa [...]	2009-02-13 15:56:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF NATO PREL
09USNATO72	READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY [...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: ISAF Senior Civilian Representative Fernando Gentilini said the Afghan constitution gives no clear guidance on who should govern during the period between the expiration of President Karzai,s mandate on May 22 and the elections on August [...]	2009-02-19 16:01:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF PREL NATO
09USNATO73	ALLIES RECEPTIVE TO FRANK PRESENTATION BY PETRAEUS [...] (C) Summary: General Petraeus, commander of U.S. Central Command, held a well-received consultation with NATO Permanent Representatives on February 12. Allies were surprised by and receptive to his frankness. Petraeus reassured Allies that the U.S. will complete its Afghanistan strategic r [...]	2009-02-20 15:38:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MOPS MARR AF
09USNATO75	FORGING A BROADER NATO-PAKISTAN PARTNERSHIP? [...] (S/NF) This cable provides food-for-though for the Afghanistan/Pakistan Strategic Review, as seen from USNATO, on whether and how NATO could respond to Pakistan's interest in a broader relationship with NATO. We would of course welcome in particular Embassy Islamabad and Embassy New Delhi vie [...]	2009-02-24 10:56:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	NATO MOPS PREL MARR MCAP ELTN KPAO PK AF IN
09USNATO78	MULTI-COUNTRY NATO TOUR FOR OPINION MAKERS, MARCH [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 4-7 below. 2. SUMMARY: USNATO announces a multi-country opinion-maker tour which will be Brussels based and focus on the key topics of the April 3-4 NATO Summit. This is an opportunity for journalists to gain valuable insight on the most important i [...]	2009-02-25 16:31:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	NATO OEXC OIIP PREL KPAO
09USNATO83	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 Domodedovo Center in Russia from March 10-25, 2009. 3. (SBU [...]	2009-03-03 12:27:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USNATO87	CABLE-INTERN RESOURCE SOLICITATION - FALL 2009 FOR [...] (U) Post requests two interns for the Fall 2009 cycle: one each for the Political Section and the Public Affairs Section. The political intern will support the work of the section, including preparation of briefing papers and support of NATO committee work. The intern will focus her work und [...]	2009-03-06 07:13:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER ASEC NATO
09USNATO88	UPDATED - VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF THE [...] (SBU) This is an action request cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Post previously submitted a vetting request for Afghan participants in the NATO-Russia Counter-narcotics training to be held in Russia March 10-25, 2009. (reftel) Post has received further identifying information on the parti [...]	2009-03-06 13:16:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USNATO9	NATO/IRAQ: DENMARK AND PORTUGAL TEMPORARILY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Denmark and Portugal decided to withdraw their NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) personnel from Iraq until the legal status of the mission can be clarified. The Czech Republic and Hungary may follow suit. NATO negotiators will meet with Iraqi NSA Rubaie in Baghdad next week t [...]	2009-01-14 16:30:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET	NATO PREL MOPS MARR IZ
09USNATO90	NATO SECRETARIAT AGREES WITH U.S. POSITION ON [...] (C) The NATO Secretariat agrees with the United States that Slovenia must continue to do everything in its power to complete its ratification process in order to allow Croatia to join NATO in advance of the April 2-4 NATO Summit. NATO will continue to encourage Slovenia to find ways to complete [...]	2009-03-06 17:20:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO KTIA HR SI AL
09USNATO97	READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING MARCH [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-12 15:13:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	AF PREL NATO
09USNATO98	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 "Train the Trainer" training to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from March 16 to 27, 2009. [...]	2009-03-13 15:12:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USNATO99	CORRECTED - VETTING REQUEST FOR PARTICIPANTS OF [...] (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 "Train the Trainer" training to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from March 16 to 27, 2009. [...]	2009-03-13 15:13:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC NATO SNAR RS
09USOSCE10	CFE/JCG: 20 JANUARY PLENARY--RESTATING POSITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Consultative Group convened its opening plenary of 2009 on 20 January. In response to the U.S. opening statement, Russia objected strenuously to any wrong-doing on its part and tried to place all responsibility for a way forward on CFE at our doorstep. Russia indign [...]	2009-01-23 17:34:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE105	OPEN SKIES APRIL 27: BIH CHAIRMANSHIP BEGINS [...] (SBU) Summary: Bosnia and Herzegovina began its chairmanship of the Opens Skies Consultative Commission with the first plenary meeting of the spring 2009 session on April 27. The chair of the Informal Working Group on Sensors reported progress on technical revisions to Decision 14. Russia re [...]	2009-04-28 10:22:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE
09USOSCE111	OSCE: 2009 ANNUAL GLOBAL EXCHANGE OF MILITARY [...] (SBU) Summary: Forty-six OSCE participating States, including Russia, provided worldwide information on their national military forces as part of the annual Global Exchange of Military Information, a confidence building mechanism originating in the 1992 Helsinki Document. End summary. 2. [...]	2009-04-30 13:35:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE XG
09USOSCE112	FSC APRIL 29: GEORGIA TAKES THE CHAIR, RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Georgia got off to a good start with its Forum for Security Cooperation chairmanship, which will run to late July. The Georgian deputy defense minister, Giorgi Muchaidze, delivered uncontroversial opening remarks, mentioning problems related to the August 2008 war without provo [...]	2009-04-30 14:24:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE118	CFE/JCG: MAY 5 PLENARY - RUSSIA TRIES TO TURN [...] (SBU) Summary. During the U.S.-chaired May 5 JCG Plenary, Russia repeated MFA criticisms of the CFE text of the NATO Summit declaration and presented its Aide-Memoire to all CFE States Parties as Russia's official position on how to restore the viability of the CFE regime on the basis of the [...]	2009-05-06 14:58:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE119	FSC MAY 6: FSC SUPPORTS COMPROMISE ASRC AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Forum for Security Cooperation supported its Georgian chair's letter to the Permanent Council endorsing the Annual Security Review Conference agenda, until recently the pretext of another Georgian-Russian disagreement. Germany introduced Food-for-Thought papers on review of [...]	2009-05-07 07:08:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE122	CFE/JCG: MAY 12 PLENARY - RUSSIA ADVOCATES FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Russia cited chapter and verse of Article XVI of the CFE Treaty to support its contention that the JCG should fulfill its mandate by contributing more proactively to efforts to save the CFE Treaty. The Russian Chief Arms Control Delegate (Ulyanov) argued that the JCG historical [...]	2009-05-14 11:55:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE123	FSC MAY 13: STOCKPILE AND BORDER SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Moldova and the OSCE proposed construction of new facilities to improve the safety of munitions storage facilities near Chisinau at the cost of 834,000 euros and requested participating State financial support. Tajikistan outlined its Border Security and Management Strategy and [...]	2009-05-14 16:21:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE MD TI XG
09USOSCE127	REDESIGNING EUROPE'S SECURITY ARCHITECTURE - IT'S ALL [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-18 13:05:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PREL
09USOSCE128	OPEN SKIES:MAY 18 PLENARY - RUSSIA REGRETS SEIZURE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 06:31:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE
09USOSCE129	OPEN SKIES:MAY 18 PLENARY - RUSSIA REGRETS SEIZURE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 08:00:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE
09USOSCE13	FSC JANUARY 28: RUSSIA CALLS OUT GEORGIA FOR VD99 [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia sharply criticized Georgia for its refusal of Russian requests for Vienna Document inspection and evaluation. Dismissing Georgia's defense of force majeure as insubstantial, Russia said Georgia had only itself to blame for the conditions it cited in refusing the inspect [...]	2009-01-29 15:21:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE GG RS XG
09USOSCE131	CFE: CFE/JCG: MAY 19 PLENARY - NO SCHEDULE YET; [...] (U) Summary. During the May 19 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Russia objected to holding the first JCG meeting of the fall session on September 15 as proposed in a Draft Decision. Russia argued it should be on September 8, immediately following the opening meeting of the Permanent C [...]	2009-05-20 16:34:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE132	FSC MAY 20: RUSSIA RETURNS TO NAVAL CSBMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia again proposed naval CSBMs and asked that they be included on the June 3 working group agenda. Code of Conduct expert Alexander Lambert praised the updated Code questionnaire but lamented the "imbalance" caused by additional questions related to terrorism. The decision [...]	2009-05-22 14:35:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE MD RS XG
09USOSCE134	FSC MAY 27: U.S.-MOROCCO SEMINAR ON CONVENTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Dialogue included an account of the U.S.-Morocco hosted seminar on conventional arms and regional security in Rabat, April 14-15. The U.S., Morocco, Spain, and France described the seminar, which sought coordinated regional responses to the proliferation of weapon [...]	2009-05-28 12:48:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE MO RS XG
09USOSCE137	CFE/JCG: JUNE 2: RUSSIA ACCUSES WESTERN STATES [...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 2 JCG plenary, Russia inquired whether delegations wished to comment on the Russian Aide-Memoire, "Restoring the Viability of the CFE Treaty: A Way Forward," distributed to the JCG on May 5. The U.S. noted that the Aide-Memoire was not up for negotiation in the [...]	2009-06-03 14:54:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE138	FSC JUNE 3: ALLIES COOL TO RUSSIAN NAVAL CSBMS [...] (SBU) Summary: France, Germany, the UK, and the U.S. reacted skeptically to Russia's renewed call for naval CSBMs in the OSCE "maritime area." The U.S. said the measures were unnecessary given Russia's ready access to naval exercises in international waters and the high level of routine coop [...]	2009-06-04 15:44:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE14	OPEN SKIES: JANUARY 26 PLENARY AND IWGRP [...] (SBU) Summary. The Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) Chairman,s Statement on allowable video sensors was not adopted at its 26 January plenary because the Russian delegation lacked its final instructions from Moscow to join consensus. The Russians expect a green light for approval in [...]	2009-02-02 06:48:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE
09USOSCE140	OPEN SKIES: JUNE 15: RUSSIA LAST HOLDOUT ON JUNE [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) on June 15 consensus continued to emerge supporting the draft decision on proposed dates for the U.S.-chaired Second Review Conference (June 7-9, 2010). Russia awaits a final go-ahead from Moscow, but assured USDel that it fully [...]	2009-06-15 12:05:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PARM PREL KCFE
09USOSCE141	TIME FOR ANOTHER LOOK AT A CHARTER FOR THE OSCE? [...] Many countries, led by Russia, have long argued that the legal status of the OSCE should be upgraded to that of a full-fledged international organization. Doing so would remove legal uncertainties hanging over the personnel, improve efficiencies and reduce costs. While there is a general c [...]	2009-06-15 15:40:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE AORC PREL
09USOSCE144	CFE/JCG: JUNE 16: RUSSIA ACCUSES NATO OF [...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 16 JCG plenary, Russia accused most of its CFE partners of demonstrating a distorted sense of the Russian position regarding CFE and the parallel actions package during the June 9-10 conventional arms control meetings in Berlin. Russia singled out Canada and the [...]	2009-06-18 10:05:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE145	FSC-PC JUNE 17: GENEVA TALKS ON GEORGIA; OSCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE, EU, and UN co-chairs of the Geneva talks on Georgia lauded the ongoing discussions, but called for concrete results and limited institutionalizing of the process with detailed agendas and regular meetings, particularly in light of the closing of UNOMIG and the OSCE Mi [...]	2009-06-19 14:54:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE146	SCENESETTER FOR CORFU OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Your decision to attend this first-of-its-kind informal OSCE Ministerial in Corfu is a strong signal of your commitment to reinvigorate the OSCE. It marks a return to high-level American engagement at the OSCE after a four-year absence by the U.S. Secretary of State from ministerial-level [...]	2009-06-19 14:55:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OVIP OSCE XG XH
09USOSCE147	OSCE: LAVROV AT ASRC ADDS LITTLE ON NEW SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Addressing the opening session of the OSCE Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) June 23, Russian FM Lavrov ploughed familiar ground in terms of the rationale and outline of the Russian proposals to strengthen European security architecture. He attributed much of the deterio [...]	2009-06-23 16:29:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE15	CFE/JCG: 27 JANUARY PLENARY - AZERBAIJAN, ARMENIA [...] (SBU) Summary: At the January 27 Joint Consultative Group plenary, Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia clashed in another round of lengthy dueling statements. This followed charges last week by Azerbaijan regarding Russian CFE Treaty-limited equipment transshipped through Armenia into Nagorno-K [...]	2009-02-02 10:51:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS AJ AM
09USOSCE151	OSCE 2009 ASRC SESSION II, STATES WELCOME [...] (SBU) Summary. Session II of the 2009 Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) on June 24 centered on arms control and CSBMs--in particular the status of CFE, CSBMs, Russia's European Security Initiative and the value of expanded dialogue. The keynote speakers, Klaus-Peter Gottwald of the Germ [...]	2009-06-29 10:54:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE
09USOSCE153	CFE/JCG:JUNE 30:RUSSIA REPEATS ACCUSATIONS OF NATO [...] (SBU) Summary. In a relatively lengthy JCG meeting, Canada refuted Russia's 16 June claim that Canada did not understand Russia's views on actions versus words. Russia commented on its Aide-Memoire, stating that the Parallel Actions Package requires considerable work to flesh out necessary d [...]	2009-07-02 10:50:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE154	OSCE/FSC: JULY 1 PLENARY AND WGS--MONDEM LOOKS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. In the July 1 FSC Security Dialogue Montenegro Demilitarization Program (MONDEM) Chief Technical Advisor Surprenant recounted the progress on its munitions demilitarization and storage projects in Montenegro. MONDEM's mandate was extended until December 2010, after which, the G [...]	2009-07-02 14:57:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE156	CFE/JCG--JULY 7: RUSSIA INSISTS FLANK LIMITS MUST [...] (SBU) Summary. At the July 7 Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Belgium delivered a joint statement on behalf of 22 NATO states, criticizing Russia for not providing its supplementary flank data as of 1 July as required by the Flank Agreement. Using this segue, Russia (Ulyanov) referred to the [...]	2009-07-08 16:03:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE157	OSCE/FSC: JULY 8 PLENARY U.S. AND RUSSIA SHARE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 12:03:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE16	CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 3 PLENARY - AZERI/ARMENIA [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 3 Joint Consultative Group heard another exchange of accusations between Azerbaijan and Armenia regarding excess holdings of Treaty-limited equipment. The JCG POET working group met briefly with little result. At the JCG-T, the Dutch provided a readout of the Ja [...]	2009-02-04 16:16:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS AJ AM
09USOSCE164	OSCE MINISTERIAL LAUNCHES "CORFU PROCESS" [...] (C) SUMMARY. The first-ever "informal" OSCE Ministerial debated European security issues on June 27-28, revealing a broad convergence among most delegations in support of the U.S. approach that current European security institutions remain sound (but could be improved),and that discussions on [...]	2009-07-16 07:48:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS RU OSCE
09USOSCE166	CFE/JCG: 14 JULY PLENARY - RUSSIA RE-SETS OLD [...] (SBU) Summary: On the occasion of the 700th JCG Plenary, the Belarus Chair made some remarks highlighting the importance the JCG itself has played in the history of the Treaty. Russia said there were no grounds to be proud of the JCG during the last 10 years, and hopes the situation will imp [...]	2009-07-16 14:32:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE167	OSCE/FSC: 15 JULY PLENARY--1540 BEST PRACTICE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-16 17:56:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE168	OPEN SKIES TREATY: JULY 13 PLENARY - SECOND REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: The July 13 Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) agreed that the dates for the second Review Conference (RC) would be 7-9 June 2010 under U.S. Chairmanship. The draft decision on Rules of Procedure for the RC was circulated for adoption at the September plenary. USDel has [...]	2009-07-17 14:56:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE
09USOSCE169	DAYTON ARTICLE IV: CONTACT GROUP SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Dayton Article IV Contact Group (CG) met July 8 with the OSCE Personal Representative for Dayton Article IV (PR),Italian Brigadier General Costanzo Periotto and his staff, to discuss the PR's proposal for the ownership plan. This envisions a multi-year gradual transfer of t [...]	2009-07-20 13:18:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KCFE MW OSCE PARM PREL SR XG
09USOSCE170	CFE/JCG JULY 21: RUSSIA PROVIDES ALLEGATIONS IN [...] (SBU) Summary. At the July 21 Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Russia raised three issues which it urged delegations to reflect on over the summer recess: a response to the U.S. December 2008 document on the legality of Russia's "suspension"; the case for provisional application of A/CFE; and [...]	2009-07-21 16:48:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE171	CFE/JCG: JANUARY-JULY 2009, END OF ROUND: RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary: The 2009 winter/spring round of the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) was dominated by Allied criticism of Russia's failure to fulfill its obligations under CFE, juxtaposed with Russia's counter allegations of "gross NATO violations" and, after the Spring recess, a new focus on pres [...]	2009-07-23 13:16:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE172	OSCE/FSC: JULY 22 RUSSIAN "LESSONS LEARNED FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: At the final plenary before the summer break of the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),Russia made a lengthy statement outlining the lessons learned from the August 2008 war in Georgia. While Russia made what it considered to be a strong case that Georgian President Saakas [...]	2009-07-24 06:38:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE173	OPEN SKIES TREATY: JANUARY-JULY 2009 END OF ROUND; [...] (SBU) Summary: The winter/spring session of the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) saw initial preparation for the second Review Conference, incremental progress on the draft decision for digital sensors, agreement on a consolidated Cost decision, and discussion of airspace restriction [...]	2009-07-24 06:38:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE
09USOSCE18	FSC FEBRUARY 4: EU MILITARY HEAD ON BOSNIA AND MORE [...] (SBU) Summary: French General Bentegeat, chair of the EU military committee, reviewed current EU military operations and the European Security and Defense Policy in the Forum for Security Cooperation on February 4. Bentegeat said EU cooperation with NATO and the U.S. was good. Belarus called [...]	2009-02-05 14:26:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE181	OSCE,S CORFU PROCESS COMES A BIT MORE INTO FOCUS [...] Summary: The OSCE,s Greek Chairmanship has assembled an outline for how it intends to proceed this autumn on a comprehensive review of European security, known as the Corfu process. Leading up to a possible declaration or decision at the December 1-2 Athens Ministerial the Greek chairmanship [...]	2009-08-05 14:58:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OSCE RU
09USOSCE182	OSCE'S FSC, END OF WINTER/SPRING ROUND: SHARP [...] (C) Summary: During the winter/spring round of the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),the viability of Vienna Document 1999 (VD99),the August 2008 conflict in Georgia, and reflection on Russia's European Security Treaty proposal pitted Russia against a majority of states. There wer [...]	2009-08-05 15:23:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE183	OSCE'S FSC, END OF WINTER/SPRING ROUND: SHARP [...] (C) Summary: During the winter/spring round of the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),the viability of Vienna Document 1999 (VD99),the August 2008 conflict in Georgia, and reflection on Russia's European Security Treaty proposal pitted Russia against a majority of states. There wer [...]	2009-08-06 07:33:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE184	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: JULY 27 - 31, 2009 [...] (U) A team of election experts from the OSCE/ODIHR Mission arrived in Kabul July 26 to support conduct of the August 20 presidential and provincial council elections in Afghanistan. The 20 experts from the mission will assist election stakeholders in Afghanistan, including election administra [...]	2009-08-06 15:21:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL RU KZ GG KG MK BK
09USOSCE187	CHARGE FULLER MEETS KAZAKHSTAN DFM ZHIGALOV [...] (C) In an August 20 meeting with Charge d'Affaires Fuller, Kazakhstani Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov reiterated his country's priorities in anticipation of its 2010 role as OSCE Chair-in-Office (CIO),including focusing on frozen conflicts, the Corfu process, energy, transportati [...]	2009-08-20 15:34:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	AF KZ OSCE PHUM PREL
09USOSCE188	DAYTON ARTICLE IV: U.S. CHANGES TO LETTER FOR [...] (C) The Dayton Article IV Contact Group (CG) countries of Russia, Italy, Britain, France, Germany, and the U.S. have confirmed full support for the U.S.-recommended changes (ref a) to the Contact Group letter to be sent to the OSCE Personal Representative (PR) for Dayton Article IV. Inter ali [...]	2009-08-21 12:54:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR OSCE PARM PREL SR
09USOSCE195	CFE/JCG: 2009 FALL OPENING OF ROUND--RUSSIA MORE [...] (SBU) Summary. During the opening session of the Fall round of the Joint Consultative Commission (JCG) on September 8, USDel underscored the U.S. commitment to CFE, noted that Russia's "suspension" left an ominous gap in CFE's unique transparency and predictability, observed that Russia had a [...]	2009-09-09 12:15:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE198	FSC/VD99: U.S. DELIVERS POINTS TO NORWAY, RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Per reftel, USDel (Neighbour and Meyer) delivered points (paras 29-33) to Norway, Belarus and Russia. Initial reactions are provided below: 2. (S) Norway--The new Norwegian military representative to the FSC (Colonel Terje Killi) said he was unaware that Norway had planned to partici [...]	2009-09-10 09:21:00	Mission USOSCE	SECRET	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE199	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 1 - 3, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 1, Greek PermRep Marinaki reaffirmed the ChairmanshipQ,s intent to delay its decision on opening the proposed two-person Office of the Special Representative in Tbilisi until after the September 17 round of Geneva discussions. Marinaki said Athe [...]	2009-09-10 13:55:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU
09USOSCE200	CORFU PROCESS GETS UNDERWAY [...] (C) Summary: At the first informal meeting of the OSCE's Corfu Process on European security, PermReps reiterated their vision of the process and touched on the role of international law in the OSCE area. Most agreed that the process needed to remain firmly rooted in the OSCE, encompass the [...]	2009-09-11 10:45:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE
09USOSCE201	OSCE/FSC:FALL FSC OPENS--1540 BPG TEE-ED UP; [...] (SBU) Summary: The fall round of the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) opened on September 9 with a presentation by a British FCO official on the strategic relevance of FSC issues in the global security context. Meanwhile, the USDel drew attention to the draft UNSCR 1540 Best Practi [...]	2009-09-11 15:31:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE203	CFE/JCG:15 SEPTEMBER: 12 ALLIES CRITICIZE RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary. In the JCG on 15 September, Russia claimed to welcome elements of the U.S. opening of round statement last week and said it was open to U.S. overtures to work in the JCG on matters other than those simply technical in nature. Bulgaria noted Russia's refusal of an inspection and [...]	2009-09-15 15:33:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE204	SUBJECT: OPEN SKIES, OPENING OF ROUND: TWO [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S.-proposed decisions on Rules and Working Methods and on establishing an Informal working Group (IWG) for the forthcoming review conference were adopted by the Open Skies plenary on September 14. A highlight of reports on completed flights was the incident-free British- [...]	2009-09-16 10:33:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE
09USOSCE205	FSC: 1540 BEST PRACTICE GUIDE MOVES FORWARD UNDER [...] (SBU) Summary: After two years, the 1540 best practice guide appears to be moving forward in the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC). It is now under a silence procedure and should move to the FSC plenary for adoption as early as September 30. Meanwhile, on 16 September Deputy SACEU [...]	2009-09-22 06:27:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE206	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 8 - 11, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 8, Greek PermRep Marinaki said she intends during the Greek Chairmanship to complete the process for replacing OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) Miklos Haraszti whose term expires in March 2009. Marinaki said the announcement fo [...]	2009-09-22 06:32:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU
09USOSCE207	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 8 - 11, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 8, Greek PermRep Marinaki said she intends during the Greek Chairmanship to complete the process for replacing OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) Miklos Haraszti whose term expires in March 2009. Marinaki said the announcement fo [...]	2009-09-22 06:32:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL KZ GG RU

09USOSCE210	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 14 - 18, 2009 [...] (U) In her video greeting to the September 14 opening session of the 9th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference, Secretary Clinton spoke of the personal, societal, and economic harm caused by human trafficking. She emphasized the "three Ps" of the anti-trafficking fight - prosecu [...]	2009-09-28 07:24:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU KZ
09USOSCE211	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 21 - 25, 2009 [...] (SBU) At the weekly U.S.-CiO meeting September 22, Greek PermRep Marinaki said High Commissioner for National Minorities Vollebaek intended to visit South Ossetia in the near future, and had agreed to travel from Vladikavkaz, reversing his long-standing demand for access from the south. Vol [...]	2009-09-28 07:36:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU
09USOSCE212	FSC/SMALL ARMS REVIEW MEETING: FEW SURPRISES, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE Meeting to Review the OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons broke no new ground and vacillated between those delegations looking to add more instrumentalities and mechanisms to the OSCE's work on SA/LW and those, such as the U.S., which advocated more effective [...]	2009-09-29 11:23:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL KOMC
09USOSCE213	CFE/JCG: 29 SEPTEMBER - SHORT MEETING REGISTERS [...] (SBU) The Bulgarian Chairman (Iliev) adjourned the September 29 JCG meeting in near record time. During the short meeting, the U.S. (Neighbour) reported on Russia's latest CFE inspection rejection noting that all other CFE states continue to participate faithfully in inspections and informat [...]	2009-09-29 14:34:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE214	FSC: 1540 BEST PRACTICE GUIDE DECISION AGREED [...] (SBU) Summary and Action Request: The 1540 Best Practice Guide (1540 BPG) cleared without incident the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) on September 30. The FSC received a sobering update on the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina's political-military program from retired Briga [...]	2009-10-02 11:33:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE219	CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 6 PLENARY - RUSSIA RAISES [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 16:10:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE220	CFE/JCG OCT 13: RUSSIA RAISES MORE POINTS FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: At the October 13 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Russia offered familiar comments on paragraphs 10, 11, and 12 of its aide-memoire of 5 May 2009, &Restoring the Viability of the CFE Treaty: A Way Forward.8 The U.S. replied that discussions on the Parallel Actions Packag [...]	2009-10-14 16:08:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE221	FSC: RUSSIA AND GEORGIA EXCHANGE ON TAGLIAVINI [...] (SBU) Summary: The exchange between Russia and Georgia on the release of the report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia (IIFMCG or Tagliavini Report) dominated the October 7 FSC discussion. Russia underscored Georgia's responsibility for the outbrea [...]	2009-10-15 06:38:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE223	CORFU PROCESS SESSION IV: THINK GLOBALLY, ACT [...] (SBU) On October 13 the Corfu Process tackled new, globalized threats and met with a high degree of consensus on OSCE strengths and direction. Topics covered included terrorism, cybersecurity, border security and Afghanistan, WMD nonproliferation, and arms reduction. Besides a minor verbal [...]	2009-10-15 15:32:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE RU
09USOSCE224	JOINT FSC-PC 14 OCTOBER: ISAF DEPUTY COMMANDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy ISAF Commander LTG Dutton appealed to the joint meeting of the Forum for Security Cooperation and the Permanent Council (FSC-PC) for developing "expeditionary police" capabilities that would parallel those of the military for building capacity in Afghanistan. Dutton als [...]	2009-10-16 13:47:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE225	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 28 - OCTOBER 9,2009 [...] (C) In a meeting with Charge Fuller at NATO HQ October 2, NATO international staff led by Deputy A/SYG Bob Simmons advised that NATO allies have agreed to postpone discussion of the Medvedev proposal of European Security Architecture until the conclusion of initial OSCE Corfu Process (CP) dis [...]	2009-10-19 12:54:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU
09USOSCE226	OPEN SKIES: OCTOBER 19 PLENARY - 2ND REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 6 and 19, the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) held an extended plenary meeting. The October 19 session included two Review Conference preparation briefings on OSCE second dimension environmental issues. The OSCC also adopted the Annual Quota Distribution [...]	2009-10-20 10:41:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE230	CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 20: DELEGATIONS CONSIDER [...] (SBU) At the October 20 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary chaired by Denmark (Petersen),Turkey and Spain criticized the Russian Federation for refusing their respective October CFE inspection requests. Ten other delegations, including the U.S., supported the Turkish and Spanish statem [...]	2009-10-21 16:02:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE231	CORFU PROCESS SESSION V: IT'S THE CONFLICTS, STUPID [...] (SBU) The fifth session of the Corfu Process dialogue made clear that the OSCE,s ability to provide early warning and prevent, manage and resolve conflict is a key overarching theme in the Corfu process. Most delegations noted that the key stumbling block to the resolution of the protracted [...]	2009-10-21 16:36:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE RU
09USOSCE232	OSCE/ODIHR RECOMMITS ELECTION SUPPORT TEAM TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) expects to deploy a seven-person election support team to Afghanistan in advance of the November 7 second-round presidential elections. The team will follow final election preparations, election day proceedin [...]	2009-10-21 16:53:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AF
09USOSCE233	OSCE/ODIHR RECOMMITS ELECTION SUPPORT TEAM TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) expects to deploy a seven-person election support team to Afghanistan in advance of the November 7 second-round presidential elections. The team will follow final election preparations, election day proceedin [...]	2009-10-22 06:17:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AF
09USOSCE234	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 13 - 16, 2009 [...] (SBU) During the October 9-12, 2009, Fall Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA),more than 200 parliamentarians from the OSCE participating States (pS) met in Athens to examine challenges to achieving energy security in the region. The United States was represented by Helsinki Commi [...]	2009-10-22 06:44:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU
09USOSCE235	OSCE/FSC: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL TO REVIEW VIENNA [...] (SBU) In an informal meeting with a small group of delegations on the margins of the October 20 Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Russian Head of Arms Control Delegation Ambassador Mikhail Ulyanov shared a draft proposal that would task the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) to conduct a revi [...]	2009-10-22 14:14:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE239	FSC: UNSCR 1540 TAKES CENTER STAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Russia shared more detailed remarks in Working Group A about their Food-for-Thought paper on analyzing Vienna Document 1999 implementation, including its interest in targeting specific provisions to reflect more accurately the political-military environment. There were some mu [...]	2009-10-23 13:06:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE242	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 19 - 23, 2009 [...] (SBU) In an October 20 meeting, the Russian delegation reportedly told the senior policy officer on the OSCE Conflict Prevention Center's Caucasus Desk that Moscow wanted a written proposal for the Chairmanship's "support team" and preferred a modified chain of command. The delegation sugges [...]	2009-10-29 12:18:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU
09USOSCE243	KAZAKHSTAN'S CHAIRMANSHIP OF OSCE: A SLIPPERY SLOPE [...] Following an October 21-25 visit to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, some of the participating nine OSCE Chiefs of Missions shared notes and perspectives. Although the consensus was that we must take steps to ensure "normality" during the Kazakh chairmanship of the OSCE in 2010, the group suspected [...]	2009-10-29 15:27:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PGOV PREL KZ
09USOSCE244	CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 27: RUSSIA MOCKS ALLIED [...] (SBU) Summary: At the October 27 JCG plenary, Romania supported by 13 other delegations including the U.S., criticized the Russian Federation for refusing a recent CFE inspection request. Delegations discussed a draft JCG political contribution to the Ministerial declaration proposed by De [...]	2009-10-29 15:39:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE245	FSC: TRYING TO MOVE RUSSIA ON VD99; GEARING FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a "sidebar" with the Russians ) and in a subsequent follow-up discussion ) Ulyanov was receptive to the idea of working with the U.S. to "explore ways to strengthen current arms control and CSBM instruments, but not in exchange for specific language "to conduct a review of the [...]	2009-10-30 13:26:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE247	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 26 - 30, 2009 [...] (SBU) A draft Ministerial Council decision on "Women,s Participation in Political and Public Life" was tabled at the October 28 Human Dimension Committee meeting. While Russia, Belarus, and a handful of other participating States said they lacked formal guidance, all expressed general support [...]	2009-11-02 17:31:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU
09USOSCE248	CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 3: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL TAKES [...] (SBU) The November 3 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary was brief even by recent JCG standards. The Spanish Chair (Sabadell) observed the draft decision on the duration of the present session had been circulated (JCG.DD/2/09). It would be approved at the next JCG unless any delegation [...]	2009-11-03 17:18:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE249	CORFU PROCESS SESSION VI: HUMAN DIMENSION [...] The sixth session of the Corfu Process dialogue October 27 was dedicated to the common challenges in the Human Dimension (HD),with a focus on human rights, democratic institutions, the rule of law, and the freedom of the media. Delegations catalogued ways in which HD commitments had fallen [...]	2009-11-04 10:54:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OSCE
09USOSCE250	THE OSCE'S CORFU PROCESS STARTS TO GROW LEGS [...] (SBU) Following seven out of ten sessions of informal but carefully developed dialogue among OSCE PermReps under the umbrella of the Corfu Process (CP),a consensus has emerged that the discussions have served a useful purpose, particularly in three areas. First, the CP provides a strong an [...]	2009-11-05 09:23:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL RU OSCE
09USOSCE251	FSC OF NOVEMBER 4: U.S. APPEARS ISOLATED FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Reactions to Russia's draft decision for Ministers to task a review of Vienna Document 1999 dominated the FSC plenary discussion. Most comments were favorable "in principle." Inter alia, Russia proposed presenting the results from a VD99 review to the next OSCE Ministerial m [...]	2009-11-10 16:17:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE252	CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 10: NO CHAIRMAN'S LETTER; [...] (SBU) Summary. At the November 10 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Italy and France supported by 13 other delegations, including the U.S., raised the Russian Federation's refusals to their recent requests for CFE inspections. Russia again accused NATO allies of violating group limita [...]	2009-11-12 09:09:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE253	CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 10: NO CHAIRMAN'S LETTER; [...] (SBU) Summary. At the November 10 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Italy and France supported by 13 other delegations, including the U.S., raised the Russian Federation's refusals to their recent requests for CFE inspections. Russia again accused NATO allies of violating group limita [...]	2009-11-12 09:55:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE255	DAYTON ARTICLE IV - 43RD SRCC: PARTIES AGREE TO [...] (U) Summary: The 43rd Dayton Article IV Sub-Regional Consultative Commission (SRCC),representing the four parties to the Dayton Agreement (Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, Montenegro, and the Republic of Serbia),met November 3-4, 2009 in Novi Sad, Serbia. Five SRCC Decisions [...]	2009-11-16 15:33:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	BK HR KCFE MW OSCE PARM PREL SR XG
09USOSCE256	FSC OF NOVEMBER 11: BOAT TO ATHENS BETWEEN SCYLLA [...] (C) Summary: The November 11 FSC's Working Group B (WGB) has displaced the Plenary for length of time and most attention in the run up to the OSCE Athens Ministerial. The Draft Ministerial Council Decision on Small Arms and Light Weapons will move forward, but the politically-charged paper [...]	2009-11-16 16:44:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE257	FSC OF NOVEMBER 11: BOAT TO ATHENS BETWEEN SCYLLA [...] (C) Summary: The November 11 FSC's Working Group B (WGB) has displaced the Plenary for length of time and most attention in the run up to the OSCE Athens Ministerial. The Draft Ministerial Council Decision on Small Arms and Light Weapons will move forward, but the politically-charged paper [...]	2009-11-17 07:14:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE258	CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 17: COMMEMORATING ISTANBUL; [...] (SBU) Summary. At the November 17 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Greece supported by 14 other delegations, including the U.S., raised the Russian Federation's refusal to its recent CFE inspection request. The French Chair commemorated the tenth anniversary of the Istanbul Summit 19 [...]	2009-11-17 16:11:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE259	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: NOVEMBER 2 - 13, 2009 [...] (SBU) At our weekly meeting with the CiO Nov 3, Greek Ambassador Marinaki told us the CiO's Special Representative for Protracted Conflicts, Christopoulus, would meet with his Kazakh-proposed successor, Nurgaliev, in Vienna on Nov 5 and they would participate in the informal "Five plus Two" m [...]	2009-11-20 08:39:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU
09USOSCE260	FSC NOVEMBER 18: MUCH REMAINS IN PLAY BEFORE [...] (SBU) Summary: With barely a week to go before the OSCE Ministerial, many FSC issues under consideration for the OSCE Athens Ministerial Council December 1-2 remain open. Inter alia, there were animated exchanges in the FSC's Working Group B on the draft "Issues Relevant to the FSC" and the [...]	2009-11-20 10:48:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE262	SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (SBU) The November 24 Reinforced Permanent Council provided participating States a final opportunity to outline their expectations for the December 1-2 OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens and sum up accomplishments under the 2009 Greek Chairmanship. Although the comments by Delegations were ge [...]	2009-11-25 12:48:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE RU PREL
09USOSCE263	SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG: OSCE [...] (C) We look forward to seeing you at the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Athens. Your participation will help signal U.S. support for a revitalized OSCE and allow us to call for greater emphasis on democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms. Your participation will also help cemen [...]	2009-11-25 15:13:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE RU PREL
09USOSCE264	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: NOVEMBER 16 - 20, 2009 [...] (C) At the weekly CiO meeting November 17, which included for the first time Kazakh Ambassador and future PC Chair Abdrakhmanov, Greek Ambassador Marinaki emphasized the Chair's desire to adopt a Political Declaration at the December 1-2 Athens Ministerial. She acknowledged the Kazakh inter [...]	2009-11-26 11:05:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL GG RU
09USOSCE268	OPEN SKIES: NOVEMBER 23--PLANS TO RE-CONVENE [...] (SBU): Summary: The Open Skies Consultative Commission plenary addressed Russian concerns over air navigation invoices; cleared the draft Chairman's letter and paragraph contribution to the Athens Ministerial Declaration; and called for reactivating the Working Group on Notifications and Form [...]	2009-11-27 08:26:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE269	FSC OF NOVEMBER 25: "ISSUES" AND OTHERS TO BE [...] (SBU) The Forum for Security Cooperation's Working Group B (WGB) preceded the plenary in order to determine whether any of the draft decisions intended to be presented to the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens could be moved forward. Of the four draft substantive items on the agenda only the F [...]	2009-11-27 10:05:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE271	OSCE, RUSSIA AND SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Since 2007, despite a request from Afghanistan, Russia has obstructed efforts to have the OSCE conduct training inside Afghanistan, citing weak internal security as the main reason. Privately, Russian officials told us interagency differences have prevented a green light from [...]	2009-12-08 10:45:00	Mission USOSCE	SECRET	AF OSCE PREL RS
09USOSCE272	OSCE AND INCOMING CHAIR KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Kazakhstanis reiterate on every occasion their commitment to the principles of the OSCE "acquis" and swear to protect the third dimension during their 2010 chairmanship of the OSCE, their negotiating style at the OSCE Ministerial Conference in Athens December 1-2 [...]	2009-12-08 11:19:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KZ OSCE PREL
09USOSCE273	OSCE, RUSSIA AND SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: Since 2007, despite a request from Afghanistan, Russia has obstructed efforts to have the OSCE conduct training inside Afghanistan, citing weak internal security as the main reason. Privately, Russian officials told us interagency differences have prevented a green light from M [...]	2009-12-09 08:46:00	Mission USOSCE	SECRET	AF OSCE PREL RS
09USOSCE274	FSC OF DECEMBER 9: WINDING DOWN 2009; WINDING UP [...] (SBU) Summary: At 2009's penultimate meeting of the FSC on December 9, the UK Chair (Cliff) reviewed the its accomplishments and reflected on the 2010 workload. There were no items for discussion in Working Group "B." Working Group "A" had a quick exchange on Ukraine's "Food-for-Thought" pap [...]	2009-12-11 08:09:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE275	OSCE MINISTERIAL FOCUSES ON EUROPEAN SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The seventeenth OSCE Ministerial Council, held December 1-2, 2009 in Athens, focused mainly on the ongoing European security dialogue known as the Corfu Process. Although Russia,s proposed European security treaty (EST) dominated the headlines, the U.S. achieved its highest pri [...]	2009-12-11 17:55:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE RS KZ GR PREL
09USOSCE276	DAS KROL MEETS WITH TAJIK AND KYRGYZ FOREIGN [...] (C) In a series of meetings on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens on December 1, SCA DAS George Krol met with the Foreign Ministers of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan as well as the Political Director from the Lithuanian MFA ahead of Lithuania's 2011 Chairmanship of the OSCE. Taj [...]	2009-12-14 07:08:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KG KZ TI LH
09USOSCE280	SCA DAS KROL'S MEETINGS WITH OSCE INSTITUTION [...] (C) In a December 1 meeting on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Director Janez Lenarcic expressed concern to SCA DAS Krol that incoming Chair in Office of the OSCE, Kazakhstan, aimed to solve the "problem" o [...]	2009-12-15 13:07:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KZ
09USOSCE281	UZBEK CHARGE AT OSCE MEETS WITH USOSCE CHARGE [...] (C) In a December 14 meeting, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Ravshanbek Duschanov of the Uzbek Mission to the OSCE, said the small size of his delegation meant Uzbek diplomats could not always engage on some OSCE matters. He defended Uzbekistan's role as spoiler of the Media Freedom decision at the [...]	2009-12-16 07:15:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UZ
09USOSCE282	CFE/JCG DECEMBER 2009 MEETINGS - NATO, DON'T SHIFT [...] (SBU) Summary: At the December 8 and 15 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary meetings, Allies objected to three more cases of Russia refusing CFE inspection requests. Denmark, on behalf of NATO states, made a statement calling on Russia to provide its annual CFE Treaty information exchange d [...]	2009-12-17 16:34:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE283	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 1, 2009 [...] (U) Cleared by Deputy Secretary Steinberg 2. (U) December 1, 2009; 5:30 pm; Athens, Greece. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Deputy Secretary EUR Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon Jeff Hovenier, NSC Jim Kuykendall (Notetaker) OTHER COUNTRY Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu [...]	2009-12-18 07:25:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XH ZL NATO TU BK YI HR MW AM AJ IR
09USOSCE284	OSCE/FSC: DECEMBER 2009 - END OF FALL SESSION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: This message constitutes an end of fall 2009 session report on the OSCE's Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC). The last FSC plenary on December 16 denoted not only the end of the United Kingdom's FSC Chairmanship but also a review of the FSC's accomplishments and prospects in [...]	2009-12-18 14:56:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE285	CFE/JCG: SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2009 END OF ROUND [...] (C) Summary: The 2009 fall session of the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) was dominated by Allied criticism of Russia's failure to fulfill its obligations under CFE, Russia's continued focus on presenting and defending its May 2009 Aide Memoire, and preparations for the OSCE Ministerial Counci [...]	2009-12-18 15:22:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE286	OSCE/FSC: STRUCTURING WORK ON CSBMS, INCLUDING [...] (C) Summary and Guidance Request: As Washington reviews policy options and ways forward on many issues in the U.S.-Russia relationship at the end of 2009, USOSCE would recommend additional attention be focused on the "Vienna Document 1999" (VD99),the OSCE's landmark CSBM vehicle. In the ten [...]	2009-12-18 15:48:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE287	OPEN SKIES: DECEMBER 14 PLENARY, REVCON, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 14 Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) adopted the annual decision on distribution of OSCC expenses. There was broad support for the OSCC modality proposals by Hungary and Luxembourg, but both agreed to wait until January to discuss a more comprehensive draf [...]	2009-12-18 16:30:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE
09USOSCE288	OPEN SKIES: SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 2009 END OF ROUND [...] (SBU) Summary: The fall session of the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) saw adoption of the quota distribution decision for 2010, further preparations for the second Review Conference, and more progress on the draft decision for digital sensors. OSCC business continues to be positiv [...]	2009-12-18 16:40:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE
09USOSCE289	OPEN SKIES: DECEMBER 14 PLENARY, REVCON, AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The December 14 Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) adopted the annual decision on distribution of OSCC expenses. There was broad support for the OSCC modality proposals by Hungary and Luxembourg, but both agreed to wait until January to discuss a more comprehensive draf [...]	2009-12-21 07:24:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE
09USOSCE291	LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR NEXT YEAR'S CORFU [...] (SBU) Summary. At the final session of the Corfu Process under the Greek Chairmanship participating States sought to identify ways in which the European security dialogue could advance next year under Kazakshstan's leadership. Most comments welcomed the constructive tone of the discussions [...]	2009-12-22 14:00:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RU OSCE
09USOSCE292	OSCE WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS: DECEMBER 9 - 18, 2009 [...] (SBU) Staff in the OSCE Secretariat's Conflict Prevention Center (CPC) told PolOff December 8 that Special Representative Christopoulos and Special Representative-designate Nurgaliev intend to visit Tbilisi and Tskhinvali December 14 and 15 to revisit the idea of establishing a small team to s [...]	2009-12-24 11:40:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR OSCE PGOV PREL PHUM RU MD HR AF KZ
09USOSCE293	DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG MEETS KAZAKHSTANI [...] Summary: (C) In a December 1 meeting with Deputy Secretary James Steinberg at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev repeatedly pressed for the U.S. to drop its opposition to Kazakhstani desires for an OSCE Summit in 2010. The Deputy Secretary ex [...]	2009-12-30 07:12:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL
09USOSCE30	CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 11, 2009 PLENARY (CONF) [...] (SBU) Summary. Allies isolated Russia again with a series of interventions contrasting its rejection of inspection notices from Germany and Turkey with the continued implementation of the inspection regime by the 29 other States Parties. Russia in turn blamed the lack of progress in resolvin [...]	2009-02-11 15:54:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE34	FEBRUARY 11 JOINT FSC-PC: EU AND OSCE MISSIONS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: EU Monitoring Mission head Haber told the joint Forum for Security Cooperation-Permanent Council that the EU was make reasonable progress on its goals of stabilization, normalization, and confidence building in the conflict zones of Georgia. Both Haber and OSCE Conflict Prevent [...]	2009-02-12 11:39:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG
09USOSCE35	EURO SECURITY ARCHITECTURE: ALLIES AT OSCE STAND [...] (C/REL NATO) Summary. The NATO Caucus of the OSCCE on February 10 agreed that Allies attending Russian Chief of Arms Control Mikhail Ulyanov's meeting would attend in listening mode only, maintain a united front, and report back to all Allies. Allies also agreed to consolidate questions refle [...]	2009-02-12 18:59:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE36	CORRECTED COPY FSC-PC FEBRUARY 11: EU AND OSCE [...] (SBU) This corrected copy changes only the format. SUMMARY: EU Monitoring Mission head Haber told the joint Forum for Security Cooperation-Permanent Council that the EU was make reasonable progress on its goals of stabilization, normalization, and confidence building in the conflict zones of [...]	2009-02-13 10:17:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG
09USOSCE38	FSC-PC FEBRUARY 18: DFM GRUSHKO SHEDS LITTLE LIGHT [...] (SBU) Summary: Offering what he said was more a "vision" than a proposal, Russian DFM Grushko told the February 18 joint meeting of the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) and the Permanent Council that "new realities" and mounting evidence of the weakness of existing institutions necessitate [...]	2009-02-19 07:01:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE39	CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 17, 2009 PLENARY [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. informed the JCG that, on February 13, Russia had rejected a request by the United States to conduct a CFE inspection. Calling the Russian Federation's continuing rejection of inspections a clear act of non-compliance, the U.S. urged Russia to work cooperatively with [...]	2009-02-19 07:01:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS
09USOSCE40	CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 17, 2009 PLENARY [...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. informed the JCG that, on February 13, Russia had rejected a request by the United States to conduct a CFE inspection. Calling the Russian Federation's continuing rejection of inspections a clear act of non-compliance, the U.S. urged Russia to work cooperatively with [...]	2009-02-19 07:01:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS
09USOSCE41	OCE/FSC: BITE THE BULLET--SAFERWORLD REPORTS ON [...] (SBU) Summary. At the February 18, 2009 Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC),two representatives from Saferworld provided an overview of a February 2009 report on preventing diversion of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW). The report notes the work accomplished by international organizatio [...]	2009-02-19 12:22:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE44	CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 24, 2008 JCG -- NIL REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 09:42:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS
09USOSCE45	OPEN SKIES: FEBRUARY 23 PLENARY AND IWGRP - [...] (SBU) Summary. The Open Skies Consultative Commission adopted the "Chairperson's Statement on Specifications for Allowed Video Sensors," and the "Prolonging the Work of the Informal Working Group on Sensors into the Year 2009" decision. The U.S., the UK, Germany, Sweden, Turkey, and Belgium [...]	2009-02-24 14:34:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE
09USOSCE46	FSC FEBRUARY 25: EXPERTS SAY CFE-FROZEN CONFLICTS [...] (SBU) Summary: At the Forum for Security Cooperation on February 25, international security experts from European think tanks agreed that NATO and Europe have been the victims of their own success in structuring a stable security environment for the last twenty years and, now, the security ac [...]	2009-02-26 11:54:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE49	AIAM MARCH 3-4: LIVELIER IF NOT UNFAMILIAR: RUSSIA [...] (U) Note: This is the first of two cables reporting the March 3-4 OSCE Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting. End note. 2. (SBU) Summary: While the 2009 Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting (AIAM) was livelier than 2008, national positions remained largely unchanged. Russia conti [...]	2009-03-06 10:22:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE50	AIAM MARCH 3-4: LIVELIER IF NOT UNFAMILIAR: RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Note: This is the second part of a two-part cable reporting the March 3-4 OSCE Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting. See reftel A for the first part. End note. ---------------------------------- Working Session 2: Other Documents ---------------------------------- Conventional [...]	2009-03-06 11:02:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE51	CFE/JCG: DELEGATIONS SUPPORT U.S. WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 10 JCG plenary, eight delegations supported the U.S. statement, which cited two recent examples of continued implementation of the CFE Treaty in contrast to Russia's continued refusal of inspection requests. Heavy Vienna morning traffic kept the Russian reps fro [...]	2009-03-10 13:44:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS
09USOSCE55	FSC MARCH 11: UNSCR 1540 ROUNDTABLE HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The March 11 Forum for Security Cooperation roundtable on UNSCR 1540 endorsed further work at the OSCE to implement the mandatory measures to prevent the proliferation of WMD to non-state actors. The speakers, including the director of counter-proliferation policy from the UK [...]	2009-03-12 14:43:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE59	OSCE SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 11. 2. (SBU) Summary and Action Request: USOSCE has encouraged the OSCE's Office of Democratic and Human Rights (ODIHR) to respond positively to Afghanistan's request for OSCE assistance to its August 20 presidential and provincial counc [...]	2009-03-23 15:32:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PTER AF OSCE
09USOSCE60	OPEN SKIES: DECISION ON COSTS FINALLY ADOPTED; [...] (SBU) Summary: The Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) plenary on March 23 agreed on two decisions: the long-awaited Distribution of Costs and a revision to active quotas to reduce Latvia's quota this year. The U.S., which joined consensus on both decisions, reserved the right to mak [...]	2009-03-23 16:11:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE
09USOSCE61	CFE/JCG: MARCH 24: RUSSIA CRITICIZES, BUT U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 24 JCG plenary, Russia apologized for its having missed the March 10 JCG meeting due to heavy traffic. Russia also attempted, to no avail, to ensnare the U.S. delegation in a debate over who really was ready to resume negotiations on the parallel actions package. [...]	2009-03-24 14:05:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS
09USOSCE64	OSCE/FSC: DAY ONE--OSCE WORKSHOP ON A [...] (U) NOTE: This is the first of two cables reporting the March 17-18 OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity. END NOTE. 2. (SBU) Summary: More than 200 civil and military representatives gathered in Vienna, March 17 ) 18, in the first wide-scale FSC ef [...]	2009-03-25 16:06:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP
09USOSCE65	OSCE/FSC: DAY TWO--OSCE WORKSHOP ON A [...] (U) NOTE: This is the second of a two-part cable reporting the March 17-18 OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity. END NOTE. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Session 3: Private Users and Civil Society - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [...]	2009-03-25 16:22:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP
09USOSCE66	U.S.- RF CYBERSECURITY BILATERAL ON MARGINS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a bilateral meeting on March 16 before the start of the OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity (March 17-18, Vienna),U.S. and Russian Federation dels met to discuss their differing approaches to cybersecurity and to identify common ground if [...]	2009-03-25 16:29:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	EINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP
09USOSCE71	FSC MARCH 25: RUSSIA CALLS FOR LIMITED REVISION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian arms control delegation head Ulyanov told the March 25 Forum for Security Cooperation that half of the Vienna Document, last revised in 1999, was a "dead letter" and even its provisions for information exchange, inspections/evaluations, and contact visits were no longer [...]	2009-03-26 15:26:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE73	DAYTON ARTICLE IV - 42ND SRCC: PARTIES WANT OSCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The 42nd Dayton Article IV Sub-Regional Consultative Commission (SRCC),representing the four Parties to the Dayton Agreement (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia),met March 16-19 in Split, Croatia. The SRCC was held in a cooperative and friendly atmosphere, res [...]	2009-03-27 09:12:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE BK HR MW SR
09USOSCE8	FSC JANUARY 21: NEW ROUND, OLD AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: The winter 2009 session opened with no surprises with many agenda items remaining from the autumn 2008 round. The new French chair proposed a straight forward work plan for 2009 that includes long-established topics: CSBMs, small arms (SALW) and conventional ammunition (SCA),t [...]	2009-01-22 14:27:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE80	CFE/JCG: MARCH 31: MORE PILING ON CRITICAL OF [...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 31 JCG plenary Germany (supported by 9 delegations, including the U.S.) criticized Russia's latest act of noncompliance with the CFE Treaty. There was agreement to cancel the April 28 JCG plenary due to the HLTF that day. Germany's Colonel Wolfgang Richter, whose [...]	2009-04-01 05:49:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE84	FSC APRIL 1: CODE OF CONDUCT FOR MILITARIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The French chairmanship of the FSC ended with the adoption of the decision to update the Code of Conduct questionnaire to reflect new threats and missions for armed forces, after almost two years of negotiation, although three interpretive statements then followed. Denmark and [...]	2009-04-02 08:42:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE85	CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL IN VIENNA, A SPRING [...] (C) Summary: The OSCE spring recess provides a useful occasion to take stock of conventional arms control work in Vienna. The crisis in CFE continues to overshadow all else. Most states continue to faithfully implement the Treaty, but the impasse over Russia's suspension of CFE implementation [...]	2009-04-07 14:51:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE86	S/CRS AMB HERBST PITCHES RECONSTRUCTION AND [...] Summary: S/CRS Ambassador Herbst visited OSCE March 16 to explain evolving U.S. concepts and capabilities in reconstruction and stabilization (R&S) efforts for failed or failing states and to explore how OSCE's experience and regional role could facilitate the development of international p [...]	2009-04-07 15:27:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID OSCE PREL
09USOSCE89	U.S.-EU SPRING CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE: DETERMINING [...] (U) The EU hosted on March 6 a U.S. delegation, headed by USOSCE Charge Kyle Scott and EUR/RPM Office Director Bruce Turner, for the semi-annual U.S.-EU "COSCE" consultations on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The discussions ranged over a variety of topics con [...]	2009-04-08 13:27:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM OSCE EUN
09USOSCE9	CFE/JCG: 20 JANUARY PLENARY--RESTATING POSITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Consultative Group convened its opening plenary of 2009 on 20 January. In response to the U.S. opening statement, Russia objected strenuously to any wrong-doing on its part and tried to place all responsibility for a way forward on CFE at our doorstep. Russia indign [...]	2009-01-23 16:34:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE95	THE OSCE'S ROLE IN ADVANCING U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: As efforts to press the reset button in our relations with Russia proceed, the OSCE can be a valuable forum to channel Russia's desire for a larger role in discussion of broad European security themes. With the London summit commitment to start a dialogue on security and stabilit [...]	2009-04-14 10:46:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PHUM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE98	CFE IMPASSE: HOW DID WE GET WHERE WE ARE? [...] (C) Summary: At the London Summit, Presidents Obama and Medvedev pledged to explore a comprehensive dialogue on strengthening Euro-Atlantic and European security. The CFE agreement has long been considered a "cornerstone" of Euro-Atlantic security, and at Strasbourg-Kehl, NATO reaffirmed the [...]	2009-04-15 07:36:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USUNNEWYORK10	UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF 2009 REGULAR BUDGET [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/MPR-Lisa Spratt and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note dated December 30, 2008 from the Secretary General requesting payment of the U.S. assessed contribution to the UN regular budget for 2009 in the amount of $598,292,101. The note also refers to o [...]	2009-01-06 21:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UN AORC AFIN ABUD
09USUNNEWYORK100	MULET BRIEFS COUNCIL ON ESCALATING VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: As requested by the United States, A/SYG Mulet briefed the Security Council on February 3 for the second time in less than a week on escalating violence in Darfur. Mulet reported that JEM forces had withdrawn from the vicinity of Muhajeriya, scene of much of the recent violenc [...]	2009-02-10 02:17:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC SU
09USUNNEWYORK1000	UNGA/C-5: ICSC REPORTS ON COMMON SYSTEM: PROPOSAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 20 October, the Fifth Committee convened for a formal meeting to consider the report of the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) pertaining to the U.N. Common System (Agenda item 139). The key issue pertained to the ICSC,s recommendation to introduce end-of-service sev [...]	2009-11-06 20:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1001	UNGA/C-5: PATTERN OF CONFERENCE: DELEGATES DISCUSS [...] SUMMARY: The Fifth Committee formally convened for the introduction of agenda item 135, Pattern of Conferences, on 16 October. A perceived lack of conference support for regional groups was a key concern articulated on the statements by the G77/China and the African Group. Professional staffi [...]	2009-11-06 20:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1002	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY COMMEMORATES ICPD+15 [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations held a plenary session of the General Assembly to commemorate the fifteenth anniversary of the Cairo International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD). The October 12th session saw nearly forty countries speak on a variety of issues related to the explo [...]	2009-11-06 21:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV SMIG SOCI PREL PGOV PRM USAID
09USUNNEWYORK1003	U.S. RE-ELECTED TO UN'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL [...] The United Nations General Assembly held elections on October 16 to fill 18 vacancies on the UN's Economic and Social Council for the three-year term beginning January 1, 2010. All candidates have been endorsed previously by their respective regional groups and were uncontested. Elected were [...]	2009-11-06 21:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNGA ECOSOC PREL GH CN ZA RW EG BG MG
09USUNNEWYORK1004	UNGA MEETS ON IAEA REPORT: ELBARADEI'S SWAN SONG, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly met in plenary to discuss the Report of the International Atomic Energy (IAEA),hearing for the last time from its outgoing Director-General, Mohammad ElBaradei, who emphasized the importance of not isolating countries, using diplomatic means to address pr [...]	2009-11-06 21:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL UNGA CU KN KS RS IS IR
09USUNNEWYORK1005	IRAN: COUNCIL CONSIDERS ISRAELI SEIZURE OF ARMS [...] SUMMARY: In November 6 Security Council consultations, Ambassador DiCarlo drew the Council's attention to a letter from Israel reporting that Israel had found arms being shipped from Iran to Syria in violation of UNSCR 1747. She noted with concern that this was the third reported sanctions v [...]	2009-11-09 15:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MNUC ETTC KNNP IR UNSC

09USUNNEWYORK1006	UNGA FIFTH COMMITTEE: GRIDLOCK ON UN COMMON SYSTEM [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 7, 11, and 13. 2. (U) SUMMARY: During the last few weeks, the Fifth Committee of the UN General Assembly has been meeting informally to discuss the UN Common System of salaries and benefits. The Committee has been unable to adopt a resolution [...]	2009-11-09 16:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ACABQ UN UNGA KUNR
09USUNNEWYORK1007	SYG BAN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 6 [...] (C) Summary: On November 6, Secretary-General Ban provided a second briefing to Security Council members following the October 28 attack in Kabul which killed five and injured nine UN Staff. Ban had recently returned from Kabul where he met with staff and initiated a comprehensive security re [...]	2009-11-09 19:58:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV KPKO OVIP
09USUNNEWYORK1008	UNGA PASSES CONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION SUPPORTING [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly met in plenary on November 4th and 5th to discuss the Report of the Human Rights Council (HRC) on the report on the UN fact-finding mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Goldstone Report). A draft resolution endorsing the report passed with 118 for, 18 against [...]	2009-11-09 21:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UN UNGA IS
09USUNNEWYORK1009	64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: [...] (U) The UN General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) conducted its thematic debate on conventional weapons from October 23 to 28. The issues of the illicit trade Small Arms and Light Weapons (SA/LW),an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) for conventional weapons, and deve [...]	2009-11-10 19:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK101	UN REQUESTS 607 AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT AMISOM [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On February 5, USUN received a letter from the UN Secretariat on logistical support to the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM). The letter, which has been transmitted by email to the Department, requests agreement in pr [...]	2009-02-10 02:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK1010	REQUEST FOR COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USUN POLITICAL [...] USUN requests country clearance for Political Section Deputy Counselor, Ellen J. Germain to visit AmEmbassy Baghdad. Ms. Germain will be in Baghdad from Sunday, November 15 through Wednesday, November 18, 2009, to attend meetings with Iraqi officials. Rice [...]	2009-11-11 00:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT OTRA UNDC IZ
09USUNNEWYORK1011	USUN DISCUSSION WITH SPANISH MOD OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) Ambassador Wolff met on November 9 with a delegation from the Spanish Ministry of Defense who were in New York to meet with the UN's Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) to discuss Spain's candidate for the UNIFIL Force Commander position. Luis Cuesta, Secretary General of Defens [...]	2009-11-11 21:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UN IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK1012	GEORGIA: U/SYG LEROY TELLS QUAD RUSSIA AND UN [...] (C) A high level Quad delegation underlined with UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy the need to preserve a strong and effective high-level UN envoy to replace Johan Verbeke when he steps down from the position of UN Representative to the Geneva Talks and the [...]	2009-11-12 01:44:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC GG RU
09USUNNEWYORK1013	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH PALAU PR BECK [...] (SBU) During a meeting with Ambassador Rice, Palau PermRep Stuart Beck conveyed a message from Palau President Toribiong that his country will "never change its loyalty" to the United States. To illustrate the point, Beck raised Palau's support in the UN General Assembly, including the recent [...]	2009-11-12 14:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECIN PREL MARR PS
09USUNNEWYORK1014	UNGA 5TH COMMITTEE REVIEWS 2010-2011 BUDGET: G77 [...] (U) SUMMARY: On October 29, the Secretary General introduced his 2010-2011 proposed budget in a formal meeting of the Fifth Committee which continued Friday, October 30th. Developing countries called for increased funds to address poverty and to reach targeted spending goals on development. [...]	2009-11-12 14:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KUNR PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1015	UNGA/C-5: UNGA FIFTH COMMITTEE MEETS ON OIOS: [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Fifth Committee formally convened to consider Item 140 on the Report on the activities of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) and the annual report of the Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC),and Agenda Item 141 on the implementation of GA resolutions 48/ [...]	2009-11-12 15:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KUNR PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1016	CORRECTED COPY: GUINEA-BISSAU: SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 15. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In various UN and USUN meetings recently on Guinea-Bissau, UN officials have discussed the challenges facing both the country and the follow-on UN mission there. In the Security Council on November 5, UN Peacebuilding Su [...]	2009-11-12 15:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC PHUM SNAR XY PU ZA
09USUNNEWYORK1017	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS SWISS AMBASSADOR TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on November 3 met with Livia Leu Agosti, the Swiss Ambassador to Iran, to discuss the status of American citizens detained in Iran, Iran's internal political dynamics, and Iran's nuclear file. Leu said she visited the three detained American hikers before she left [...]	2009-11-12 16:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC IR
09USUNNEWYORK1018	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS SWISS AMBASSADOR TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on November 3 met with Livia Leu Agosti, the Swiss Ambassador to Iran, to discuss the status of American citizens detained in Iran, Iran's internal political dynamics, and Iran's nuclear file. Leu said she visited the three detained American hikers before she left [...]	2009-11-12 16:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC IR
09USUNNEWYORK1019	NEW LIBERIAN PERMREP ASKS U.S. THOUGHTS ON A [...] (SBU) During her courtesy call on Ambassador Rice on November 2, new Liberian Permanent Representative Marjon Kamara expressed anxiety at the potential for an accelerated UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) drawdown. Kamara said she was concerned with Liberia's security sector, noting that rule of [...]	2009-11-12 16:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC XY LI
09USUNNEWYORK102	ACTION REQUEST: DRAFT SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Per Reftel instructions, Ambassador Rice along with Ambassadors of Croatia, France, Germany, and Russia ("Group of Friends") have achieved "ad referendum" agreement on the text of a Security Council resolution that would extend the mandate of the UN mission f [...]	2009-02-10 02:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK1021	UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENT FOR TWO [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated October 29, 2009 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows: Ope [...]	2009-11-12 20:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN
09USUNNEWYORK1022	INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Thursday, October 29, President Owada of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) addressed the Security Council. (The President of the ICJ has addressed the Council annually since 2000.) Owada provided an overview of the work of the Court over the past year. All members [...]	2009-11-12 20:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS UNSC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1023	SYG BAN AND AMB RICE DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN, IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: During a November 9 meeting with Ambassador Rice, UN SYG Ban said his recent trip to Afghanistan had been a good one and that President Karzai appears concerned about his own future, in particular his relations with the U.S. and other Western power; supports an increase in the in [...]	2009-11-12 20:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ AF
09USUNNEWYORK1024	ELECTIONS IN UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: U.S. ELECTED TO [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations General Assembly held elections on November 3, 2009 to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs of the Assembly and other UN administrative and budgetary bodies: the Committee for Program and Coordination, the UN Commission on International Trade Law (U.S. was re-elected [...]	2009-11-13 00:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1025	UNSC: COUNCIL'S QUARTERLY UNSCR 1701 CONSULTATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Williams and Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed the Council in consultations on November 10 on the implementation of UNSCR 1701 over the last quarter. Both Williams and Mulet and the majority of member state [...]	2009-11-13 00:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK1026	AMBASSADOR WOLFF'S NOVEMBER 10 MEETING WITH UN [...] (C) UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams told Ambassador Wolff on November 10 that he favorably views the January 2010 transition in UNIFIL Force Commanders. Williams said he thought Spain would do a good job and its holding of the EU Presidency from January to June 2010 could [...]	2009-11-13 00:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPKO UNSC IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK1027	UN INVITES INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AS [...] On October 19, the UN General Assembly invited the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to participate as a Permanent Observer in the sessions and the work of the Assembly. The United States was one of over 100 co-sponsors of this initiative that had begun in 2008. Prince Albert II of Monaco [...]	2009-11-13 00:51:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA KOLY SCUL SOCI AORC
09USUNNEWYORK1028	64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 18:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1029	64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: [...] (U) The UN First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) conducted its thematic debate on conventional weapons from October 23 to 28. The issues of the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (SA/LW),an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and elements of the Convention on Certain Conven [...]	2009-11-13 18:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK103	IRAN/CYPRUS: NEXT STEPS ON MONCHEGORSK [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: USUN seeks to continue to shape the UN response to the discovery of Iranian arms-related material on the M/V Monchegorsk in violation of UN sanctions on Iran. Such a response should motivate Cyprus to responsibly dispose of the proscribed cargo and ensure the UN Security Counci [...]	2009-02-10 10:22:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP CY
09USUNNEWYORK1030	64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: [...] (U) The UN First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) conducted its thematic debate on conventional weapons from October 23 to 28. Most delegations raised the issues of the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons (SA/LW),an Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) and elements of the Conv [...]	2009-11-13 18:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1031	UNGA/C-5: G77 AND OTHERS ATTACK U.S. FOR ARREARS, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Recently, Under Secretary General Angela Kane briefed the Fifth Committee during a formal session on Item 134: Improving the financial situation of the United Nations. Following this briefing, the Fifth Committee held another formal meeting to discuss this issue and received update [...]	2009-11-13 19:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1032	UNMIN BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-13 20:33:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NP
09USUNNEWYORK1033	AMB RICE MEETS SPECIAL ENVOY TO PAKISTAN RIPERT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jean-Maurice Ripert met with Ambassador Rice after returning from his initial trip to Pakistan in his new capacity as UN Special Envoy for Assistance. His opening words to Ambassador Rice: "It doesn't go well." He met with a weaker government and more dire security situation th [...]	2009-11-13 22:43:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PREF EAID PK
09USUNNEWYORK1034	UNGA/C-5 SUBSIDIARY BODY ELECTIONS: LUCRETIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Fifth Committee held elections on November 6 for appointments to several subsidiary bodies. Lucretia Myers of the United States won re-election to the International Civil Service Commission for a four year term (2010-2013). Along with Myers, candidates from Italy and Germany d [...]	2009-11-13 22:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1035	OBASANJO ON THE DRC, NIGERIA, AND AFRICAN ISSUES [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-14 00:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC CG RW NI XA
09USUNNEWYORK1037	64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: [...] (U) The UN First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) conducted its thematic debate on regional disarmament and security on October 21 and 22. Thirteen countries spoke about issues of regional disputes over territory, military build-ups and regional disarmament plans. 2. Malt [...]	2009-11-16 16:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1038	PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS: SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC [...] SUMMARY. The Security Council adopted a thematic resolution on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict at a high-level open debate on November 11, with the participation of 60 member states, the Secretary-General, U/SYG Holmes and Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kang. The debat [...]	2009-11-16 20:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK1039	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY TURNS TO SPORTS [...] The UN General Assembly on October 19 called upon all Member States to cooperate in efforts to use sport as a tool for peace, to proclaim the Olympic Truce during the Olympic Winter Games (Vancouver, 2010),and welcomed the historic holding of soccer's World Cup for the first time in Africa ( [...]	2009-11-16 20:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA SOCI AORC KOLY SCUL
09USUNNEWYORK1041	UN FERNANDEZ-TARANCO BRIEFS USUN REGARDING RECENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 11, Ambassador DiCarlo met with UN Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, following his recent return from Baghdad. Fernandez-Taranco reported that Iraqi officials have accepted that Taranco's mission was not an investigation; howeve [...]	2009-11-16 23:43:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ SY
09USUNNEWYORK1042	MISSION CLEARANCE FOR USAID/DCHA/OFDA NUTRITION ADVISOR [...] Mission clearance is granted to USAID/DCHA/OFDA Nutrition Advisor Mark Phelan for November 19-20, 2009, to meet with the UNICEF Emergency Nutrition Team. This meeting will take place at the United Nations in New York. 2. Mr. Phelan holds a Top Secret security clearance. 3. Doug Merca [...]	2009-11-17 00:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PHUM
09USUNNEWYORK1044	THIRD COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL DEVELPOMENT, ADVANCEMENT OF [...] SUMMARY: The 64th UNGA Third Committee began October 5th with the discussion of Social Development. Speakers centered on women, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities, migrants, and indigenous peoples as related to reducing poverty and achieving social development. On October 12th, t [...]	2009-11-17 18:37:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KWMN KOCI UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1045	THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: High Commissioner for Human Rights, Pillay, told the UN Third Committee of her priorities for the upcoming year and justified the controversial Goldstone Report on human rights violations in the Gaza Strip. END SUMMARY. 2. Following are summary points of the High Commissioner for Hu [...]	2009-11-17 18:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI UNGA MY
09USUNNEWYORK1046	UNGA FOURTH COMMITTEE DEBATE ON UNITED NATIONS [...] SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly's Special Political and Decolonization Committee (the Fourth Committee) held its general debate on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on November 2 - 3. The Commissioner General of UNRWA opened the debate [...]	2009-11-17 19:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	IS KPAL PHUM PREL PREF KWBG
09USUNNEWYORK1047	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR DAVID [...] Mission clearance is granted to Ambassador David Balton, OES Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries, to join the U.S. delegation to participate in consultations on the UNGA sustainable fisheries resolution at United Nations headquarters on November 23 per reftel. Ambassador Balton [...]	2009-11-17 19:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PHSA EFIS
09USUNNEWYORK1048	UN THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, [...] SUMMARY: On October 29 and November 10th the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly took action on five resolutions, adopting all by consensus, and defeating an amendment to the Violence against women resolution which related to foreign occupation. The resolutions on the situations of huma [...]	2009-11-17 20:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1049	GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES U.N. SUPPORT FOR NEW OR RESTORED [...] On November 9, the General Assembly debated Agenda Item 11: Support by the U.N. system of the efforts of Governments to promote and consolidate new or restored democracies. Qatar introduced resolution A/64/L.12 which was later adopted by consensus without vote. 2. The interventions from [...]	2009-11-17 21:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV AORC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK105	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH LIBYAN CHARGE [...] (C) Summary: During their initial meeting Ambassador Rice and Libyan Charge d'Affairs Ibrahim Dabbashi discussed Libya's goals as the head of the African Union, Muammar Qadhafi's desire to establish a "United States of Africa," and the Security Council's role in addressing the situations in S [...]	2009-02-10 13:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF UNSC LY SO AU
09USUNNEWYORK1050	UNGA: U.S. CO-SPONSORED RESOLUTION ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The General Assembly met in plenary to discuss the Report of the United Nations Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security. A draft resolution, co-sponsored by the United States and over 90 countries, passed by con [...]	2009-11-17 23:17:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF PGOV KPKO UNGA AF
09USUNNEWYORK1051	SRSG MELKERT BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON UNAMI [...] (U) Summary: On November 16 Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Ad Melkert briefed the Security Council regarding UNAMI activities during the last quarter, emphasizing the recent successful passage of an election law while highlighting the work remaining to hold credible el [...]	2009-11-18 15:39:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV UNSC IZ SY TY
09USUNNEWYORK1052	SIXTH COMMITTEE DELIBERATES OVER PRINCIPLE OF [...] Summary: The Sixth Committee finished general debate on Agenda Item 84: The Scope and Application of the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction on October 21. Over forty-five delegations took part in the discussions with most agreeing that there exists no clear definition of universal jurisdic [...]	2009-11-18 15:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1053	UNGA DISCUSSES UNSC REPORT: MEMBER STATES CONTINUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The General assembly met on November 12 - 13 for a joint plenary debate on the annual Report of the Security Council (SC) as well as Security Council expansion (septel). The United States and more than 70 delegations delivered statements, with some noting improvements in the re [...]	2009-11-18 17:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNSC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1054	SECURITY COUNCIL SUPPORTS CONTINUED UN ENGAGEMENT [...] (SBU) During Security Council consultations on November 17, UN Mediator Tiebile Drame welcomed the decision of all four major parties to form a transitional Madagascar government during a meeting in Addis Ababa on November 6-7. He noted that only three of the 31 government ministries had yet t [...]	2009-11-19 00:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC MA XO XW
09USUNNEWYORK1055	UNGA: UNSURPRISING PLENARY DEBATE ON UNSC REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: The General Assembly held its annual plenary debate on November 12-13 to discuss Security Council reform, as well as the annual report of the Security Council (reported reftel). Seventy-five delegations spoke and largely reiterated positions expressed during intergovernmental [...]	2009-11-19 00:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK1056	UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE: TRENDS AND ANALYSIS OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Changes in the U.S. voting pattern on key resolutions on nuclear disarmament and conventional arms control highlighted the 2009 session of the UNGA First (Disarmament) Committee. In place of the ten negative votes it cast in isolation in 2008, this year the United States did no [...]	2009-11-19 21:43:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1058	GEORGIA: RUSSIA READY TO ACCEPT CONTINUING UN [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (C) Following Ref A discussion with Undersecretary-General (U/SYG) LeRoy and Assistant Secretary-General (A/SYG) Mulet, Quad Ambassadors have sounded out Russian views on a replacement for UN Representative to the Geneva Talks an [...]	2009-11-19 23:57:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNOMIG UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK1059	SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR INCREASED COOPERATION [...] (SBU) UN Department of Political Affairs U/SYG Pascoe briefed the Security Council on November 17 in closed consultations on the UN's efforts to address the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). He said that the UN was improving its inter-mission cooperation and information sharing, and that the UN M [...]	2009-11-20 00:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC XA CG UG SU CT CD
09USUNNEWYORK106	UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-10 14:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UNEP
09USUNNEWYORK1060	SINGAPORE ON MODERATE NAM MEMBERS AND NPT/NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-21 00:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	CI CO GT JM MG PARM PREL SN
09USUNNEWYORK1061	UN STRESSES NEED FOR MONUC TO SUPPORT KIMIA II; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: DPKO A/SYG Mulet requested continued Security Council support for MONUC's assistance to DRC army's (FARDC) "Kimia II" operation against the FLDR. He said both military and political pressure were needed to address the FDLR threat, and outlined MONUC's plan to clear out the FDLR [...]	2009-11-21 00:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC XY CG RW
09USUNNEWYORK1062	SIXTH COMMITTEE DEBATES AND ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON [...] Summary: The Sixth Committee concluded debate on Agenda Item 78: Criminal Accountability of U.N. Officials and Experts on Mission with twenty-two Member States delivering interventions on the subject. The major issue boils down to whether an international convention is needed to ensure no ju [...]	2009-11-23 15:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1063	GENERAL DEBATE ON THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF [...] Judge Hisashi Owada, President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ),addressed the General Assembly on October 29 and 30. Twenty-seven Member States addressed the General Assembly on the issue with Georgia exercising its right of reply. All of the interventions praised the ICJ for its [...]	2009-11-23 15:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1064	UNGA/C-5: FUNDING FOR AMISOM, CAPITAL MASTER PLAN, [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Fifth Committee recently held a series of formal meetings on procurement, After-Service Health Insurance (ASHI),support for the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM),and the Capital Master Plan (CMP). The U.S. delivered a statement noting its support for AMISOM and cond [...]	2009-11-23 19:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1065	DPRK: COUNCIL FOCUSES ON SANCTIONS EXPERT PANEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The chair of the Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") briefed the Council about the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days, in particular noting its actions to respond to alleged sanctions violations and support the establishment of the Pa [...]	2009-11-23 20:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK1066	AMBASSADOR WOLFF AND INDIAN DEPUTY PERMREP PURI [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wolff and a team from USUN met on November 18 with Indian Mission counterparts as a follow-up from the August 26 meeting to deepen understanding and cooperation across a broad range of UN issues. Topics covered included Security Council reform, the Comprehensive Conve [...]	2009-11-23 20:44:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER
09USUNNEWYORK1067	UNSC LAUDS COUNTER-PIRACY COOPERATION, CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 18, Special Representative for Somalia Ould-Abdallah briefed the Security Council on the status of the piracy problem off the coast of Somalia, emphasizing that the international community must build regional capacity and address root causes in conjunction with its s [...]	2009-11-23 23:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC PTER MARR PHUM SO
09USUNNEWYORK1068	SOMALIA: FRIENDS GROUP TOLD CREDIBILITY OF UNSC AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah met with the Friends of Somalia on November 20 at the Norwegian Mission. (NOTE: The Friends group includes Belgium, China, Croatia, Denmark, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Germany, Iceland, I [...]	2009-11-24 15:22:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR UNSC SO ER ET AU XA XW
09USUNNEWYORK107	UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENT FOR TWO [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated February 4, 2009 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex one contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as fol [...]	2009-02-10 14:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UN AORC AFIN
09USUNNEWYORK1070	SUMMARY OF UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS: [...] (U) Summary: During the October 5 - November 2 session of the UNGA First Committee (Disarmament and International Security),the U.S. policy of active engagement on multilateral disarmament and nonproliferation issues paid off. The United States sought to build on the vision President Obama [...]	2009-11-25 00:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1071	UNGA/C-5: REGULAR BUDGET/PKO SCALES: E.U. [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Fifth Committee held informal meetings on November 20th on the Scales of Assessment for the Regular Budget and for Peace Keeping Operations. In the Regular - Budget scales debate, the G-77 proposed increasing the cap on assessments from 22 percent to 25 percent, while the Euro [...]	2009-11-25 15:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1072	BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES [...] SUMMARY. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) High Representative Valentin Inzko told the Security Council that BiH had made very limited progress in its effort to complete the agenda necessary for the closure of the Office of the High Representative (OHR),citing actions by Republika Srpska that unde [...]	2009-11-25 19:59:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BK
09USUNNEWYORK1073	UNSC: MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST MEETING - LIBYA KEEN FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Secretariat's briefing to the Security Council at its monthly meeting on the Middle East on November 24 focused on the current impasse in re-launching bilateral negotiations, given continuing Israeli settlement activity. The humanitarian situation in Gaza remains troubli [...]	2009-11-25 23:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWBG KPAL UNSC IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK1074	DEBATE ON THE REVITALIZATION OF THE GENERAL [...] Summary: On November 19 and 20, the General Assembly debated agenda item 118: Revitalization of the General Assembly. Most of the over twenty-eight Member States who spoke agreed on the need for full implementation of existing resolutions, streamlining the agenda items and continuing themati [...]	2009-11-30 16:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1075	UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF OUTSTANDING U.S. ASSESSMENTS [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a note and attachment dated 11 November 2009 from the Secretary-General requesting payment of U.S. assessed contributions which remain outstanding. The note states that as of 6 November 2009, amounts assessed [...]	2009-11-30 16:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN
09USUNNEWYORK1076	UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $848,443 TO THE TRUST FUND [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $848,443.00 to the Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (VC),of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of October 26, 2009 payments owed [...]	2009-11-30 16:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UNEP
09USUNNEWYORK1077	UN ORGANIZATIONS ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 16:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN UNDP UNFPA UNDEF
09USUNNEWYORK1078	UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 16:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UNEP
09USUNNEWYORK1079	SIXTH COMMITTEE DEBATES AND ADOPTS REPORT ON [...] Summary: On November 12, the Sixth Committee debated Agenda Item 164: Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country. Following the debate, the Committee adopted the resolution without a vote and recommended it to the General Assembly. End Summary. 2. Sweden, on behalf of t [...]	2009-11-30 20:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK108	UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $5.1 MILLION TO THE TRUST [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $5,136,968 to the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of December 4, 2008 payments owed ar [...]	2009-02-10 14:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UNEP
09USUNNEWYORK1083	ISRAELI PRACTICES IN THE WEST BANK, GAZA AND GOLAN [...] SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly's Fourth Committee met November 9 - 10 to debate the annual "Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories" (aka the Special Committee). The deb [...]	2009-12-01 23:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KPAL IS
09USUNNEWYORK1084	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI [...] Mission clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen J. Rapp, Deputy to the Ambassador-at-Large, Diane Orentlicher, Special Advisor Todd Anderson, and Special Assistant Heather Samuelson to attend the ICTY and ICTR President's and Prosecutor's briefings to the UN [...]	2009-12-02 17:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KJUS UNSC AF
09USUNNEWYORK1086	GENERAL COMMITTEE ADDS MORE ITEMS TO 64TH UNGA [...] On November 24, the General Committee of the General Assembly convened to discuss the organization of work, adoption of the agenda and allocation of items. President of the General Assembly Ali Treki presented the following four items for addition to the agenda of the 64th session of the Gen [...]	2009-12-02 22:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK109	UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $973,433 TO THE TRUST FUND [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $973,443 to the Trust Fund for the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer (VC),of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of December 8, 2008 payments owed are [...]	2009-02-10 14:34:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UNEP
09USUNNEWYORK1090	UN THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS [...] SUMMARY: On November 19 and 20 the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly took action on 20 resolutions, adopting 14 by consensus and 6 by vote. Two resolutions, the Right to Food and the Rights of the Child, as the U.S. joined consensus for the first time, drew applause from the Third Com [...]	2009-12-03 15:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1091	THIRD COMMITTEE SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] SUMMARY: As part of the annual discussion of human rights issues in the UN General Assembly, numerous Special Rapporteurs on thematic issues made presentations to the UNGA Third Committee. Below are summaries of the hour-long presentations by the Special Rapporteurs for Right to Health, Right [...]	2009-12-03 15:37:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1092	THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON THE RIGHT OF THE [...] SUMMARY: On November 12, the UNGA Third Committee took action on 16 draft resolutions, adopting 10 by consensus and 6 by vote. Despite efforts to persuade the OIC to reconsider running their resolution on Defamation of Religion, the OIC moved the resolution quickly to a vote, which was adopted [...]	2009-12-03 15:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1093	STATEMENTS BY HUMAN RIGHTS SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS [...] SUMMARY: As part of the annual discussion of human rights issues in the UN General Assembly, numerous Special Rapporteurs on thematic issues made presentations to the UNGA Third Committee. Below are summaries of the hour-long presentations by the Special Rapporteurs for Torture, Myanmar, DPRK, [...]	2009-12-03 15:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1094	PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION: SECURITY COUNCIL LOOKS [...] SUMMARY. During its annual debate on the report of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC),Chairman Heraldo Munoz told the Security Council that the PBC had consolidated its core advisory role and had increased its support for countries on its agenda. Council members affirmed the need for earlier [...]	2009-12-03 17:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK1095	MBEKI TO BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL ON AUPD REPORT [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. Summary: The African Union Peace and Security Council (PSC) mandated an AU High-Level Panel on Darfur (AUPD) which is chaired by former President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, to examine issues of accountability, combating impunity, peace and [...]	2009-12-03 23:59:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK1096	UNAMID SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFING: GOS RESTRICTIONS [...] Summary: A/SYG Mulet briefed the Security Council on November 30 on the Secretary General's report on the UN/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). Joint Chief Mediator (JCM) Djibril Bassole updated the Council on political process talks. The Sudanese Perm Rep accused the UN of inaccur [...]	2009-12-04 17:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK1097	UN U/SYG PASCOE ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: During a December 3 meeting with Under-Secretary-General Pascoe, DAS Marciel conveyed reftel points, stressing the opportunity for the UN to leverage the Burmese Generals' desire for having the elections recognized as "legitimate" and speak out publicly on the need for dialogue ( [...]	2009-12-04 23:11:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM
09USUNNEWYORK1098	AMB RICE MEETS PSIDS PERM REPS TO DISCUSS CLIMATE [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 30, Ambassador Rice met with the Permanent Representatives from the Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) at their request to discuss the security implications of climate change, the upcoming Conference of Parties meeting in Copenhagen and the Global Enviro [...]	2009-12-05 01:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KGHG UNGA XV
09USUNNEWYORK1099	UNGA FOURTH COMMITTEE: PEACE KEEPING OPERATIONS [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: This year's annual general debate on peacekeeping in the Fourth Committee (special political and decolonization),from October 23 - 29, was largely uneventful, which is a positive step forward from the past few years' negative atmosphere and polemical divides between Nort [...]	2009-12-07 19:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK11	U.S. EFFORTS TO REFORM UN HUMAN RESOURCES [...] SUMMARY: The recently concluded main session of the sixty-third United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on human resources management (HRM) reform that will result in significant changes in hiring mechanisms and conditions of service for field staff. The resolution (to be issued [...]	2009-01-08 17:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK110	REPORTING TO SECURITY COUNCIL AFTER SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary: French and UK Mission legal officers, together with Legoff, met with Under Secretary-General Patricia O,Brien, Assistant Secretary-General Peter Taksoe-Jensen and other staff of the U.N. Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) on February 4 to discuss whether the Secretary-General will con [...]	2009-02-10 16:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PTER UNSC PREL SY LE
09USUNNEWYORK1100	UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 22:48:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UNEP
09USUNNEWYORK1101	UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 22:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN UNFF
09USUNNEWYORK1102	DPKO-UNIFIL JOINT TECHNICAL REVIEW [...] (C) Summary: On December 1, the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) hosted a meeting with Security Council Lebanon experts to share initial findings concerning the ongoing joint technical review of UNIFIL. DPKO's initial findings recommend the creation of a southern sector in UNIF [...]	2009-12-08 01:15:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK1103	ICC PROSECUTOR STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF [...] Summary: In his December 4 briefing to the Security Council, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo discussed positive and negative developments in the cases being pursued under UNSCR 1593, which referred the conflict in Darfur to the ICC. Ocampo characterized as positiv [...]	2009-12-08 15:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK1105	ISRAELI MILITARY ADVOCATE GENERAL BRIEFS ON [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice met on December 7 with Israeli Military Advocate General Major General Mandelblit to discuss the Israeli government's investigation of allegations of international humanitarian law and human rights violations, as set forth in the Goldstone report and other sources [...]	2009-12-08 22:04:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS
09USUNNEWYORK1106	MEETING OF USUN LEGAL ADVISER WITH ICTR PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMMARY: On Friday, December 4, USUN Legal Adviser Mary McLeod (filling in for Ambassador DiCarlo) met with International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) President Byron. Byron addressed three issues: witness protection, ICTR fugitive Felicien Kabuga, and the deadline for 11bis [...]	2009-12-08 22:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KJUS UNSC XA RW
09USUNNEWYORK1107	UN BELIEVES GOS BEHIND ATTACK ON UNAMID [...] (C) Under Secretary General for the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Alain Le Roy told Ambassador Rice that the UN is convinced that the Government of Sudan orchestrated the December 4-5 two separate attacks on Rwandan peacekeepers in the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). Le Roy [...]	2009-12-09 01:15:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK1108	ICTR/ICTY JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS BRIEF SECURITY [...] Summary: The Security Council met December 3 for its biannual briefing on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The President and Prosecutor of each tribunal made statements, as did all Council members a [...]	2009-12-09 14:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ICTY PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK1109	CHAIRMEN OF 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN) SANCTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Chairs of the 1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, the 1373 Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),and the 1540 (Nonproliferation) Committee jointly briefed the UN Security Council on November 13. The Chair of the CTC issued a joint statement emphasizing the need for co [...]	2009-12-09 17:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER UNGA UNSC PREL

09USUNNEWYORK111	DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE: AMBASSADOR RICE'S PHONE [...] (C) Summary: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Pillay told Ambassador Rice Feb. 9 that Iran and Syria inserted anti-Israeli language in the draft outcome document of the Durban Review Conference, but the rest of the OIC (including Egypt and Palestine) wants to "knock it out" and the Afri [...]	2009-02-10 16:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC
09USUNNEWYORK1110	MISSION CLEARANCE FOR USAID ALONZO FULGHAM (ACTING [...] Mission clearance is granted to USAID Acting Administrator Alonzo Fulgham and Steve Pierce (A/COO) for December 10-11, 2009, to discuss with senior USUN officials future cooperation with the UN in New York. 2. Laurie Phipps, ECOSOC Section, will be the POC at USUN. Ms. Phipps' office pho [...]	2009-12-09 20:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UN
09USUNNEWYORK1111	UN ORGANIZATIONS ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 13:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN UNDP UNIFEM
09USUNNEWYORK1113	POLICE IN UN PEACEKEEPING: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2, 4, and 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Police Division officials asked member states on December 4 to assist in developing national follow-up plans to the Singapore Ministerial meeting on international pol [...]	2009-12-11 21:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO KCRM SOCI CVIS SN
09USUNNEWYORK1114	SIXTH COMMITTEE RECONVENES ON OBSERVER STATUS ONLY [...] Summary: On December 9, the Sixth Committee reconvened to consider agenda items 169: Observer status for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) in the General Assembly and 171: Observer status in the General Assembly for the Council of Presidents of the General Assembly. The [...]	2009-12-11 21:59:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1116	UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-14 14:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UNEP
09USUNNEWYORK1117	UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $4.1 MILLION TO THE TRUST [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $4,174,714.00 to the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of November 23, 2009 payments o [...]	2009-12-14 14:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UNEP
09USUNNEWYORK1118	AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH THE ICTY'S PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Tuesday, December 1, Ambassador DiCarlo met with Judge Patrick Robinson, the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the ICTY's Chef de Cabinet, Gabrielle McIntyre. Robinson addressed several issues including retention of the I [...]	2009-12-14 17:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ICTY PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK1119	AFTER SUSPENDING MEETING, CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 8 the Credentials Committee met to consider the credentials of delegations to the 64th session of the General Assembly (GA). Members of the Credentials Committee include Brazil, China, Jamaica, the Philippines, United States, the Russian Federation, Spain, Tanzania [...]	2009-12-14 18:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA XA
09USUNNEWYORK112	SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT PROSECUTOR UPDATES [...] (U) Summary. The Prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Stephen Rapp, provided the Management Committee with an update on the Charles Taylor case and other matters on February 4. End summary. 2. (U) On January 30, the Prosecution concluded the presentation of its evidence in th [...]	2009-02-10 16:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC KJUS PGOV PREL SL NL
09USUNNEWYORK1120	UNGA: NO SURPRISES IN FOURTH ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on December 7 and 8 for the first meeting of the fourth round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform. 52 delegations spoke on "all the positions and proposals by Member States." Most of the discussio [...]	2009-12-14 19:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK1121	SYRIA CALLS VOTE IN GA DURING CONFLICT DIAMOND RESOLUTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The General Assembly adopted the conflict diamonds resolution on December 11, amidst rancor and confusion after Syria called a surprise vote on language referring to Israel in the text. The PGA failed to clearly articulate what the vote was about or whether it was procedurally corr [...]	2009-12-15 14:54:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNGA XA XY
09USUNNEWYORK1122	UNGA/C-5: SCALES DEBATE FOR REGULAR BUDGET AND PKO [...] (U) SUMMARY: No consensus has been reached during recent informal meetings of the Fifth (Administrative and Budgetary) Committee of the UN General Assembly on both the regular budget and peacekeeping (PKO) scales of assessments. On the regular budget scales, the EU proposal failed to gain any [...]	2009-12-15 20:48:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC KUNR PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1123	UNSC: COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON UNDOF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Council met on December 14 in consultations to discuss the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) since its mandate expires at the end of the month. Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed the Council on the Secretary-General's six-month repor [...]	2009-12-15 21:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UNSC IS SY
09USUNNEWYORK1124	SINGAPORE ASSESSES NAM DYNAMICS ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (C) Summary. A delegate with the Singapore Mission to the UN on December 14 provided USUN with a summary of a meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM),which was chaired by Egypt and meant to provide the Iranian delegation an opportunity to present its case before NA [...]	2009-12-16 20:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM SN EG
09USUNNEWYORK1125	SIXTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DEBATE FOR THE 64TH [...] Summary: On December 14, the Sixth Committee concluded debate on agenda items 169: Observer status for the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean (PAM) in the General Assembly and 171: Observer status in the General Assembly for the Council of Presidents of the General Assembly. Saudi [...]	2009-12-17 13:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1126	UN THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY, [...] SUMMARY: On November 23 and 24 the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly took action on the remaining 11 resolutions on the Committee's agenda, adopting 7 by consensus and 4 by vote. In an unusual usage of Third Committee rules of procedure, the Durban Review Conference resolution had to b [...]	2009-12-17 15:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KWMN UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1127	GA ADOPTS 6TH COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS AND CREDENTIAL [...] Summary: On December 17, the General Assembly took action on 16 resolutions recommended by the Sixth Committee on topics ranging from universal jurisdiction to rule of law to criminal accountability of U.N. officials and experts on mission. All of the resolutions were adopted without a vote. [...]	2009-12-17 23:25:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1129	64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) to the 64th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). 2. (U) EAP countries in general welcomed the new era of U.S. engagement and partnership this 64th General Assemb [...]	2009-12-18 01:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	BP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG
09USUNNEWYORK1130	1267: COUNCIL SETS OUT BOLD REFORMS FOR AL QAEDA / [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1904 on December 17, setting out bold reforms of the sanctions regime concerning al-Qaida and the Taliban and extending the mandate of the 1267 Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team ("the Monitoring Team") for an add [...]	2009-12-18 14:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PREL EFIN PTER KTFN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK1131	UNGA; REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 64TH [...] (U) Gerald Scott has returned to advise the U.S. Delegation to the General Assembly on African affairs for the ninth year in succession. Following are his views of this 64th General Assembly and the performance of Delegations representing Africa Bureau states. Introduction and Summary --- [...]	2009-12-18 16:50:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PHUM PINR PINS PREL UNGA XY ZF ZU
09USUNNEWYORK1133	WESTERN HEMISPHERE DELEGATIONS AT THE 64TH UNGA [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Obama's speech was the high point of the UNGA's opening session. WHA and other delegations warmly welcomed his call for a "new era of engagement." One of the most striking expressions of this sentiment came later in the session when the Third Committee erupted into appl [...]	2009-12-18 17:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA XK XL XM
09USUNNEWYORK1136	AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH THE ICTY'S PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Tuesday, December 1, Ambassador DiCarlo met with Judge Patrick Robinson, the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the ICTY's Chef de Cabinet, Gabrielle McIntyre. Robinson addressed several issues including retention of the I [...]	2009-12-19 00:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ICTY PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK1137	UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on December 17, the UN Controller briefed on the recent International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB) meeting, highlighting the Government of Iraq's (GOI) progress in developing a time-bound action plan to implement a comprehensive oil met [...]	2009-12-19 00:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU
09USUNNEWYORK1138	GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES/ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS ON [...] Summary: On December 4, the General Assembly debated agenda items 76a: Oceans and the law of the sea and 76b: Sustainable fisheries, with over 42 Member States addressing the Assembly. Interventions focused mainly on combating piracy; stopping illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fis [...]	2009-12-19 00:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK114	SYG BAN BRIEFS ON AU SUMMIT, IRAQ, GAZA, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary-General Ban briefed the Security Council on his recent travels in February 9 consultations. Ban recounted his personal intervention on the Muhajeria crisis in Darfur, described a long list of challenges in Afghanistan and relayed a new sense of optimism in Iraq in the [...]	2009-02-11 01:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC SO SU ZI MA AF IS IZ PK
09USUNNEWYORK1141	UNGA64: EU AND EFTA MEMBER STATES WELCOME AND [...] (U) The EU-27 responded to new U.S. flexibility at UNGA64 by collaborating pragmatically on our top priorities, and by providing essential voting support. Ably led by Sweden's EU presidency, EU member states shared the burden on lobbying the G-77 regarding human rights resolutions. They stood firm [...]	2009-12-21 11:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA US XG XT
09USUNNEWYORK1143	UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON EXTENSION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-21 22:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS UNSC ICTY ICTR
09USUNNEWYORK1146	GA PLENARY: ANNUAL DEBATE: THE SITUATION IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The General Assembly met from November 30 - December 2 on the "Question of Palestine" and "Situation in the Middle East." The debate on the Question of Palestine included speeches from the President of the General Assembly, 42 countries and the Palestine Observer Mission. Most [...]	2009-12-22 15:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KPAL IS
09USUNNEWYORK1147	AMBASSADOR RICE'S DECEMBER 16 MEETING WITH UK PERM [...] (U) Action request for Department in paragraph 4. 2. (C) Ambassador Rice met on December 16 with UK Perm Rep Mark Lyall-Grant, at his request, to discuss Middle East peace efforts. Lyall-Grant asked about current U.S. thinking on the Middle East. He said that Foreign Secretary Miliband [...]	2009-12-22 16:02:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS
09USUNNEWYORK115	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH VIETNAMESE PERMREP LE [...] (C) During an initial meeting with Vietnamese PermRep Le on February 5, Ambassador Rice reviewed U.S. priorities and said we wished to try to amplify bilateral cooperation, especially on development and climate change. Le agreed, adding that the positive relationship between the U.S. and Viet [...]	2009-02-11 01:22:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC VM
09USUNNEWYORK1150	UNSC: COUNCIL'S DECEMBER MEETING ON THE MIDDLE [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for the Peace Process Serry briefed the Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on December 17. He highlighted the lack of progress in seeking the two parties' return to the negotiating table. While noting that Israeli Prime Minister Netan [...]	2009-12-23 19:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK1151	PARAGUAY PR DOS SANTOS COURTESY CALL WITH RICE [...] (C) During a December 9 courtesy call with Ambassador Rice, Paraguayan PermRep Jose Antonio dos Santos said that Paraguay's priorities at the UN include peacekeeping and human rights issues. He commented that multilateralism is the "only way a small country like Paraguay can be heard." Within [...]	2009-12-23 19:27:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PA XM
09USUNNEWYORK1152	CYPRUS: SPECIAL ADVISOR DOWNER ASSESSES SOLID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Special Advisor Downer told the Security Council on December 9 that there had been "solid progress" in reunification negotiations, which was mainly due to the "clear commitment" of Greek Cypriot President Christofias and Turkish Cypriot leader Talat to the process. Turkey called [...]	2009-12-23 20:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UNFICYP UNSC CY
09USUNNEWYORK1153	RICE AND KOUCHNER DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN, GUINEA, [...] (S) SUMMARY. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner told Ambassador Rice that France would not send additional troops to Afghanistan in the near term, but would take another look at its troop contributions following the outcome of the January 2010 London conference on Afghanistan. Kouchner [...]	2009-12-23 20:29:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC AF CG GV ER
09USUNNEWYORK1154	IRAN: CONCERN OVER IAEA REPORT, SANCTIONS [...] SUMMARY: On June 15, the chair of the Security Council's Iran Sanctions Committee ("1737 Committee") briefed the Council on the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days, highlighting the response to two reported sanctions violations and noting "with grave concern an apparent patte [...]	2009-12-23 21:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MNUC ETTC KNNP IR UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK1155	SECURITY COUNCIL LAUDS BURUNDI'S PROGRESS, CALLS [...] (SBU) Summary. In a December 10 Security Council briefing on the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB),Executive Representative and BINUB head Mahmoud gave a positive account of the status of both the peace process and electoral preparations, and underscored that BINUB will co [...]	2009-12-23 21:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO BY ZF
09USUNNEWYORK1156	NORWAY PREVIEWS PM,S TOPICS FOR POTUS MEETING; [...] (SBU) Summary. In a December 8 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Norwegian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Larsen previewed the topics that Prime Minister Stoltenberg will raise with President Obama during his upcoming visit to Oslo - an action plan for UN Millennium Development Goals Four and [...]	2009-12-23 21:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UN AF CG SU
09USUNNEWYORK1157	SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES DRUG TRAFFICKING AS A [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Security Council held an open debate on December 8 to discuss, for the first time, international drug trafficking as a threat to international peace and security with a focus on West Africa. UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa highl [...]	2009-12-23 21:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC UNCND UNIDCP KTIA KCOR KCRM SNAR XA
09USUNNEWYORK1158	SECURITY COUNCIL RESPONDS TO AU REPORT ON DARFUR, [...] (SBU) Summary. In a December 21 briefing on the Report of the African Union High-level Panel on Darfur, Secretary General Ban praised the Panel's work and called for continuing efforts to encourage both the Government of Sudan (GOS) and rebel movements to embrace the peace process. African [...]	2009-12-24 17:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK1159	MONUC EXTENDED 5 MONTHS; MANDATE CALLS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Security Council unanimously renewed MONUC's mandate on December 23 for 5 months, with the intention to further extend it an additional 12 months. During Council consultations on December 16, SRSG Doss said the "Kimia II" operations against the FDLR would end in December, an [...]	2009-12-24 17:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM XA UNSC CG RW
09USUNNEWYORK116	UNIPSIL BRIEFING: CORRUPTION, DRUGS, AND YOUTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: United Nations Integrated Office for Sierra Leone's (UNIPSIL) ERSG Schulenburg told the Security Council that drug trafficking, corruption, and youth unemployment are the greatest threats to Sierra Leone's post-conflict recovery. He said the "Joint Vision" plan, agreed by all [...]	2009-02-11 01:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC SL XY
09USUNNEWYORK1160	UN HOLDS ANNUAL HIGH LEVEL CONFERENCE ON CENTRAL [...] At the December 8-9, 2009 high-level United Nations (U.N.) conference convened in support of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF),57 donors and private sector companies pledged contributions totaling $424 million for 2010. This amount marks an increase of more than 10 percent from th [...]	2009-12-24 18:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREF UN
09USUNNEWYORK1161	UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE - U.S. PROMOTES [...] (SBU) The UN General Assembly completed action December 24 on the last of the 46 draft resolutions and decisions for the 2009 session of the Second (Economic and Financial) Committee, notably achieving consensus results on all but six. USUN approached the committee's work with intensified eng [...]	2009-12-24 18:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD SENV UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1163	UNGA-C/5: SECRETARY GENERAL ADDRESSES THE FIFTH [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Secretary General came before the Fifth Committee on December 7th in order to further present his biennium budget, recognizing the need to scrutinize finances in the midst of the global economic crisis, while emphasizing that cuts should target operational costs and not tho [...]	2009-12-29 13:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1169	EU: AMBASSADOR RICE PRESSES PERMREPS TO PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice urged Permreps from the European Union on December 15 to consider moving to the endgame in their effort to reach a consensus with the G-77 over scales of assessment and the regular budget. (See Reftel for details on negotiations.) Rice said that the U.S. had so fa [...]	2009-12-30 22:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AORC UNGA EU
09USUNNEWYORK117	GEORGIA: SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In closed consultations on February 10, all Security Council members except the Russian Federation identified a continuing need for a UN presence in Georgia, at least on an interim basis, which would ensure security and stability pending consultations on a comprehensive security [...]	2009-02-11 01:34:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK1170	BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: FM ALKALAJ SEEKS EARLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Foreign Minister Sven Alkalaj told Ambassador Rice on December 16 that early bilateral consultations on key Security Council matters would ensure that the Foreign Ministry has sufficient time to gain consensus among BiH's tri-presidency for Council acti [...]	2009-12-30 22:32:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC BK
09USUNNEWYORK118	AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: On February 10, Ambassador Rice met with Bangladesh PermRep Ismat Jahan to discuss shared priorities in development, climate change, security and governance. Ambassadors Rice and Jahan agreed that these priorities were linked and that all countries, from least developed to most de [...]	2009-02-11 02:09:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EFIN KDEM BG
09USUNNEWYORK119	IRAN: CYPRIOT NEXT MOVES ON MONCHEGORSK [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The UN Perm Rep of Cyprus told Amb. Wolff that Cyprus had finished examining the cargo on the M/V Monchegorsk and would likely soon report to the UN Security Council's Iran Sanctions Committee the results of this inspection and Cyprus' final plan for disposing of the cargo. C [...]	2009-02-11 10:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
09USUNNEWYORK12	UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FOUR [...] USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated January 7, 2009 concerning the financing of four peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as foll [...]	2009-01-08 20:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN
09USUNNEWYORK122	U/SYG MALCORRA ON STAFFING, SUDAN, SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice paid a courtesy call on UN Under-Secretary-General Susana Malcorra on Wednesday, February 11. U/SYG Malcorra, who heads the UN's Department of Field Support (DFS),told the Ambassador that Amcit Tony Banbury was on a "one man shortlist" for the position of Assista [...]	2009-02-11 23:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SU SO AF
09USUNNEWYORK123	GEORGIA ACTION REQUEST: VOTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. Subsequent to USUN's Ref A Action Request, USUN has engaged in further negotiations with the Russian Federation, United Kingdom, France, Croatia and Germany ("Group of Friends") on the text of a Security Council resolution that would extend the UN Observer Mi [...]	2009-02-12 14:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK124	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT [...] (C) During an introductory call on General Assembly President (PGA) Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann on February 11, Ambassador Rice underscored U.S. priorities for renewed engagement with the United Nations, but cautioned the PGA against divisive actions. D'Escoto expressed his strong enthusiasm fo [...]	2009-02-12 14:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG EFIN UNGA KGHG KPAL PINR
09USUNNEWYORK125	AMBASSADOR RICE COURTESY MEETING WITH GERMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. German PermRep Matussek told Ambassador Rice in their first meeting on February 3 that Berlin and the international community have high expectations about a U.S. policy of engagement with the Iranian leadership without precondition. Rice asked Matussek to help ensure that German [...]	2009-02-12 17:39:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC AF IR GM
09USUNNEWYORK126	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH ALGERIAN PERMREP [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-12 19:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PARM AU XI
09USUNNEWYORK127	GEORGIA: AMBASSADORS RICE AND DICARLO URGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Georgian PermRep Alexander Lomaia expressed appreciation for the extension of UNOMIG, but warned that Georgia might not view another UNOMIG extension as worthwhile in June 2009. He complained that Russia had already begun to spin the draft resolution as a victory. Ambassadors Ric [...]	2009-02-12 19:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK128	AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice met February 11 with Pakistan PR Abdullah Hussain Haroon. The Pakistani PR gave a lengthy presentation on Pakistan,s fight against the Taliban and al-Qaida, and insisted repeatedly that the only solution to defeating terrorism in the region was for the U.S. to equi [...]	2009-02-12 19:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK
09USUNNEWYORK129	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN PR [...] (C) Summary. In his introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice, Egyptian PR Abdelaziz discussed Egypt's efforts to improve the atmosphere of the Durban conference; urged that the Security Council defer the imminent ICC indictment of Sudanese President Bashir; agreed that UN peacekeeping operat [...]	2009-02-12 19:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PHUM EG SU
09USUNNEWYORK13	UN PREVIEWS PLANNED SUPPORT TO AMISOM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In two meetings on January 6, UN Under Secretary-General Malcorra and Department of Field Support (DFS) staff briefed USUN on the status of UN planning to implement the Secretary-General's proposed measures to strengthen the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM). DFS is coor [...]	2009-01-09 20:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM MARR KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK130	UNGA: UNSC REFORM - INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Action request in paragraph ten. 2. (C) Summary: The President of the General Assembly will launch intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion in an informal plenary of the General Assembly on February 19, 2009. He will introduce a work plan with a schedule of meet [...]	2009-02-12 21:21:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK132	UN/DPRK SANCTIONS: 1718 SANCTIONS COMMITTEE REPORT [...] SUMMARY: On February 12, following a routine briefing of the 1718 Democratic People,s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sanctions Committee (an essentially inactive committee),the Russian delegation highlighted the Six Party Talks as a means by which to continue diplomatic negotiations on North Korean [...]	2009-02-12 23:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK133	AMBASSADOR RICE DISCUSSES G-77 AND ICC WITH SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice met with Sudanese Perm Rep Mohamad to discuss G-77 issues. Mohamad argued that more UN resources should be devoted to development and less to peacekeeping. Rice replied that both are essential. Mohamad raised the impending International Criminal Court (ICC) d [...]	2009-02-13 00:11:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK134	FY2009 PEDOPHILIA CERTIFICATION [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to reftel requests regarding the annual Section 102 (g) Foreign Relations Authorization Act pedophilia certification regarding UN agencies and their affiliated NGOs. As requested, Mission requested required confirmations from the following UN agencies: ECOS [...]	2009-02-13 18:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PHUM SOCI
09USUNNEWYORK135	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS UNICEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 18:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNICEF ZI EAID ECON CH
09USUNNEWYORK136	OCHA BRIEFS ON MISSION TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) The UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in New York briefed the Humanitarian Liaison Working Group (HLWG) on a recent mission to Pakistan to assess the humanitarian environment in conflict-affected areas and develop plans to improve the coordination of the UN [...]	2009-02-13 21:51:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PK
09USUNNEWYORK137	GENERAL SUPPORT FROM UNSC MEMBERS FOR 1540 WORKING [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-14 00:27:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK138	SOMALIA: UN BRIEFS ON SECURITY SUPPORT, POLITICAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) Malcorra briefed the Security Council on February 12 on UN plans to implement resolution 1863. Malcorra mentioned the need for a bridging arrangement with the contractor already on the ground and said that the UN planned to conclude its own lo [...]	2009-02-14 00:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK14	SCSL JUDGE NOMINATION LETTER DELIVERED TO UN [...] Per reftel, on January 9, USUN delivered a letter from Ambassador Khalilzad to Under Secretary for Legal Affairs Patricia O'Brien nominating Justice Shireen Fisher for the vacant position on the Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. USUN will keep the Department apprised as [...]	2009-01-09 21:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC KJUS UN SL NL
09USUNNEWYORK140	GEORGIA: SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UNOMIG MANDATE [...] The Security Council unanimously adopted an extension of the UNOMIG mandate until June 15, 2009 in a short meeting on February 13, 2009 (Res. 1866, see reftel for resolution text). Prior to the adoption, the Council held brief consultations and agreed that the resolution would be a presidenti [...]	2009-02-14 00:51:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK141	AU/ARAB LEAGUE LOBBY UNSC FOR ICC DEFERRAL FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union and Arab League leaders met informally with Security Council members on February 12 to press their case for deferral of the ICC case against Sudan President Bashir. AU Commissioner Lamamra told Council members that the AU is making progress with the Government of [...]	2009-02-17 13:54:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SU
09USUNNEWYORK142	AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: In a February 12 introductory meeting with Afghanistan PermRep Zahir Tanin, Ambassador Rice emphasized U.S. commitment to Afghanistan and its desire to work in the mutual interests of both countries. She noted that the Administration,s top-to-bottom review of its Afghanistan poli [...]	2009-02-17 14:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC AF
09USUNNEWYORK143	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TREASURY DIRECTOR [...] In response to Reftel, USUN grants Mission Clearance for Mr. Chip Poncy, U.S. Treasury Department Terrorist Finance and Financial Crimes Office Director, to travel to USUN on February 17, 2008 to brief the Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) on U.S. Treasury counter-terrorist finan [...]	2009-02-17 14:25:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER OTRA PREL KTFN
09USUNNEWYORK144	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS NIGERIAN PERMANENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 12 initial call on Nigerian Permanent Representative to the UN Uche Joy Ogwu, Ambassador Rice pressed Ogwu on the need for Nigeria to expeditiously complete its preparations for deployment of a battalion to AMISOM in Somalia. Ogwu referred to difficulties in lo [...]	2009-02-17 15:19:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNGA NI
09USUNNEWYORK146	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH TRI-PARTITE DELEGATION [...] (C) Summary: On February 12, Ambassador Rice met with the tri-partite delegation consisting of representatives from the African Union, Arab League and Qatar to discuss Sudan, Mauritania and Somalia. AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra headed the delegation, which included Amba [...]	2009-02-17 17:38:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK147	MISSION CLEARANCE FOR AMISOM 607 NEGOTIATIONS [...] Mission clearance is granted for Tanaz Khambatta, Christina Sanford, Chris Tringale, Jimmy Salvino and Mike Skardon to visit New York on February 18 in order to begin technical negotiations with the UN on a 607 agreement for the African Union Mission to Somalia. 2. USUN POC is John Senior ( [...]	2009-02-17 23:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK148	(C) RWANDAN MISSION UNCOOPERATIVE ON FDLR NAME [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-17 23:59:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC POLS
09USUNNEWYORK149	UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL: COMMITTEE ON NGOS [...] Summary and comment: At its regular session January 19-28, ECOSOC's Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (CNGO) recommended ECOSOC consultative status for 21 US. NGOs. Action on the Democracy Coalition Project's application was deferred until the Committee's next session in May. The [...]	2009-02-18 17:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PHUM USUN
09USUNNEWYORK15	UNHCR HIGH COMMISSIONER GUTERRES BRIEFS THE [...] Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),briefed the Security Council on January 8, 2009 on refugee and broader displacement issues as they relate to threats to international peace and security. In his speech, the High Commissioner reported that the number of r [...]	2009-01-10 00:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF
09USUNNEWYORK150	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH ROK PR PARK [...] (C) In Ambassador Rice's initial call with Republic of Korea PermRep Park on February 17, the latter discussed shared priorities and possibilities for further coordination on issues such as DPRK, G-20 coordination, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),disarmament, the environmental summit and [...]	2009-02-18 19:09:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KN
09USUNNEWYORK151	UNAMID CONSULTATIONS PRIOR TO ICC DECISION [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 15. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a February 17 briefing to the Security Council on UNAMID, U/SYG Le Roy emphasized that adequately equipping troops already on the ground in Darfur should become a priority. Le Roy also briefed the Council on the agr [...]	2009-02-18 21:28:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO PHUM UNSC SU
09USUNNEWYORK153	JAPANESE-HOSTED BREAKFAST CONSIDERS MANDATE OF [...] (SBU) Action request in paragraph 3. 2. (C) On February 18 the Japanese PermRep Yukio Takasu in his capacity as President of the UN Security Council for February hosted a breakfast to discuss Afghanistan, including the status of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). [...]	2009-02-18 23:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF UNSC MARR
09USUNNEWYORK154	LIBERIA SANCTIONS: UN EXPERT PANEL LAUNCHES NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The recently-reappointed Liberia Panel of Experts (POE) presented to the 1521 Liberia Sanctions Committee on February 13 a plan of attack for monitoring implementation of the Liberia sanctions measures, with a focus on assembling information on designated individuals and entitie [...]	2009-02-18 23:48:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI
09USUNNEWYORK155	BAN KI MOON URGES POTUS PARTICIPATION IN CLIMATE [...] (C) During a small dinner at the UN Secretary General's residence the Secretary General pulled Ambassador Rice aside to again reiterate the importance he places on President Obama attending the proposed "mini summit" on climate change in March. Ban said he was concerned that as yet there had [...]	2009-02-18 23:58:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV
09USUNNEWYORK156	UN: IRAQ ELECTIONS "WENT VERY WELL" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 13, DPA officials briefed USUN and UKUN on the UN's assessment of elections in Iraq, as well as on UNAMI-related issues. In general, the UN believes the elections went very well, despite initial concerns regarding the lower turnout. DPA is finalizing the UNAMI report [...]	2009-02-19 00:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC IZ
09USUNNEWYORK157	GENERAL COMMITTEE DEFERS CONSIDERATION OF [...] Summary. The UNGA General Committee met February 18 to consider inscription of two new items on the agenda of the 63rd General Assembly. The Committee decided to inscribe the item on financing activities related to SC resolution 1863 but deferred consideration of the Tanzanian request for a [...]	2009-02-19 14:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA XA XG
09USUNNEWYORK158	AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an introductory meeting on February 17, Ambassador Rice and Italian Ambassador Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata discussed Security Council Reform, Italy's 2009 G-8 chairmanship, climate change and human rights. On Security Council Reform, Ambassador Terzi hoped that the upcoming inf [...]	2009-02-19 22:41:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC IT
09USUNNEWYORK159	UNSC MONTHLY MIDDLE EAST MEETING: SUPPORTIVE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the monthly Security Council meeting on the Middle East, Robert Serry, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and the Secretary General's Personal Representative to the PLO and the Palestinian Authority, briefed the Council on the situation in Gaza and t [...]	2009-02-19 22:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK160	AMB. WOLFF MEETS WITH UNSCO SERRY ON GAZA [...] (C) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry met with Ambassador Wolff on February 18 to discuss Gaza. Serry was pessimistic on the chances for a durable cease-fire in Gaza given Israel's linking of the cease-fire to Israeli CPL Shalit's release and news [...]	2009-02-19 22:44:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS EG
09USUNNEWYORK161	A/SYG MULET DISCUSSES ICC CONTINGENCY PLANS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador DiCarlo met with Assistant Secretary General for the Department of Peace Keeping Operations Edmond Mulet on February 18 to discuss the UN's contingency plans after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issues a decision on the request for an arrest warrant against Su [...]	2009-02-19 22:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK162	UNSC IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE MOVING ON MONCHEGORSK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Cyprus has submitted a report to the Iran Sanctions Committee detailing the results of a more complete inspection of the M/V Monchegorsk, a Cypriot-flagged vessel found transferring Iranian arms-related materiel in violation of Security Council sanctions on Iran. The letter says [...]	2009-02-19 23:47:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
09USUNNEWYORK163	GAMBARI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR RICE ON BURMA AND THE [...] (C) Summary: During a February 18 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Special Advisor Gambari outlined the main challenges to progress in Burma, including a fundamental division of the international community on the issue. He reviewed his goals for his recent visit and added that for different reas [...]	2009-02-20 01:15:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK164	DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: USG HOLMES BRIEFS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, John Holmes, briefed the Security Council on the current humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on February 17 following his visit to the country. He described a new dynamic created by recent coopera [...]	2009-02-20 13:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC CG RW
09USUNNEWYORK166	RUSSIA RAISES 1267 SANCTIONS-RELATED HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-22 18:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PREL UNSC POL RU
09USUNNEWYORK167	BIH ACTION REQUEST: PERMREP SEEKS U.S. HELP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. In a brief introductory call with Ambassador Rice, incoming Bosnia and Herzegovina PermRep Ivan Barbalic said his immediate focus is on preparing his mission to take on the extra workload that will come with Bosnia's likely Security Council membership in 2010-20 [...]	2009-02-22 18:15:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC BK
09USUNNEWYORK168	MADAGASCAR PERMREP'S CALL ON AMBASSADOR RICE [...] (C) Ambassador Zina Andrianarivelo-Razafy of Madagascar paid an introductory call on Ambassador Rice on February 19. He offered no details on the ongoing political crisis in Madagascar but expressed a general hope that parties to the dispute could reach a compromise solution that "respected le [...]	2009-02-23 15:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MA
09USUNNEWYORK169	MISSION CLEARANCE FOR SUDAN CENSUS MEETING [...] Mission clearance is granted for the following officers to visit New York on February 25 in order to attend a meeting of the UN Statistical Commission on the Sudan census and hold related consultations: a. Marti Alane Flacks, desk officer, Africa Bureau, Sudan Programs Group b. Andrea Karen [...]	2009-02-24 18:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA UNSC SU
09USUNNEWYORK17	UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-12 17:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN
09USUNNEWYORK170	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH HIGH COMMISSIONER [...] (C) Summary: In a February 23 meeting with Ambassador Rice, High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem Pillay said of the Durban Review Conference, that although she was disappointed with the addition of unhelpful text in the draft outcome document and the politicized language used by some [...]	2009-02-24 19:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK18	GEORGIA/RUSSIA: GERMANS PROMOTE REVISED UNOMIG [...] (C) SUMMARY. The German Mission to the UN is advocating a beefed-up mandate for the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) when the current mandate expires on February 15, 2009. Germany hopes Security Council members will corner Russia into agreeing to extend authorization for a military ob [...]	2009-01-12 23:21:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG

09USUNNEWYORK180	SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE [...] (C) Summary: At its February 20 meeting, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Management Committee discussed the future STL Prosecutor's request for a change in the terms of his employment, to the equivalent compensation of a judge, to compensate for a decrease in his net earnings when he mo [...]	2009-02-27 01:42:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PTER LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK182	AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH U/SYG [...] (C) SUMMARY. U/SYG for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe told Ambassador Rice during a February 23 introductory meeting, that he was trying to change the culture of the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) from one of "writing talking points for internal meetings" to solving problems through goo [...]	2009-02-27 02:07:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC IO
09USUNNEWYORK183	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CANADIAN PERMREP MCNEE [...] (C) Summary. During an introductory meeting on February 18, Canadian PermRep McNee reviewed Canada's priorities with Ambassador Rice, including strengthening the UN mission in Afghanistan, ensuring UN responsiveness to peacekeeping operations' needs, and Security Council reform. He noted tha [...]	2009-02-27 02:09:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CA
09USUNNEWYORK184	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MAURA NICHOLSON [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 02:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
09USUNNEWYORK185	1267 COMMITTEE LAUNCHES WORK ON MAJOR NEW TASKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Security Council's 1267 Committee (al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions) has recently begun two workload-intensive tasks mandated in resolution 1822 (2008) to address deficiencies in the fairness and clarity of the Committee's procedures. The first task directed the Committee to compl [...]	2009-02-27 10:35:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK186	IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE WRITES TO CYPRUS, LOOKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The chair of the UN Security Council's Iran Sanctions Committee (Japanese UN Perm Rep Takasu) has delivered to the Cypriot Perm Rep a letter from the Iran Sanctions Committee about the M/V Monchegorsk, a Cypriot-flagged vessel that was transferring Iranian arms-related materiel i [...]	2009-02-27 10:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
09USUNNEWYORK189	AMBASSADOR RICE'S FEBRUARY 24 LUNCH WITH EU [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Rice and the 27 Permanent Representatives (PRs) from European Member states and European Commission (EC) representatives discussed a broad range of political, security, development, and human rights issues over lunch on February 24. The PRs unanimously welcomed the [...]	2009-02-27 16:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PREL SENV SOCI UN
09USUNNEWYORK19	UNSC: COUNCIL SUPPORTS SYG TRAVEL TO REGION; URGES [...] (SBU) Summary: In closed-door consultations with the Security Council on January 13, the Secretary-General briefed the Council on the goals of his upcoming trip to the region. He stressed it was time for the violence to stop and called for a durable cease-fire and the implementation of UNSCR [...]	2009-01-13 21:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWBG KPAL UNSC IS EG TU
09USUNNEWYORK190	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH JAMAICAN PERM REP TO [...] In a February 24 meeting between Ambassador Rice and Jamaican Ambassador to the UN Raymond Wolfe, Wolfe briefed Ambassador Rice on initial fundraising for a "Permanent Memorial at the United Nations in Honor of the Victims of Slavery and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade." Wolfe noted that whil [...]	2009-02-27 16:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA JA
09USUNNEWYORK191	JAPAN WANTS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION IF DPRK [...] (S) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice shared U.S. concerns regarding a potential DPRK missile launch with Japanese PermRep Takasu on February 26, and asked for Japan's support in publicly calling any launch a violation of SCR 1718. Takasu st [...]	2009-02-27 18:00:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PGOV PREL UNSC PINR KN XB SU XA
09USUNNEWYORK192	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH SRI LANKA PR PALIHAKKARA [...] (C) Summary: During a February 26 meeting with Sri Lankan PR Palihakkara, Ambassador Rice urged his government to grant NGOs and USAID complete and full access to civilians in IDP camps. Palihakkara acknowledged that "there had been a problem," and said the visit of UN U/SYG for Humanitarian [...]	2009-02-27 18:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE UNHCR
09USUNNEWYORK193	THE SECURITY COUNCIL'S QUARTERLY DEBATE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 26, the Security Council held its quarterly debate on UNAMI and Iraq, with the participation of SRSG Staffan de Mistura and Iraqi PR Bayati. De Mistura reprised the major themes taken from the recent UN report on UNAMI/Iraq: successful Iraqi-led elections, increas [...]	2009-02-27 18:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK194	MEETING OF UNCITRAL WORKING GROUP ON REVISION OF [...] Summary. UNCITRAL Working Group II met in New York February 9-13 to continue its second reading of the draft revised model arbitration rules. The Working Group completed its review of nine articles: 18 through 26. (The draft text currently contains 41 articles.) Considerable discussion was [...]	2009-02-27 21:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EINV ETRD UNCITRAL AU UN
09USUNNEWYORK196	AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH U/SYG [...] (C) SUMMARY. U/SYG for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe told Ambassador Rice during a February 23 introductory meeting, that he was trying to change the culture of the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) from one of "writing talking points for internal meetings" to solving problems through goo [...]	2009-02-27 23:42:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC IO
09USUNNEWYORK197	DPRK: RUSSIA AND JAPAN CONSIDER MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (C) In separate meetings with Ambassador Wolff, Russian Deputy Perm Rep Dolgov and Japanese Perm Rep Takasu offered different approaches to responding to a possible Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) missile launch. Dolgov said that Moscow had sought to discourage the DPRK from this [...]	2009-02-27 23:56:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK198	AMBASSADOR WOLFF MEETS WITH UNIFIL COMMANDER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Wolff met with General Claudio Graziano, the Force Commander of UNIFIL, and discussed UNIFIL's operations, elections in Lebanon, and Israel's occupation of northern Ghajar. Graziano said the security situation in Lebanon will remain critical during the run-up to the L [...]	2009-02-28 00:08:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL MARR IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK199	U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON HIS [...] (SBU) Summary: U/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council February 27 on the situation in northern Sri Lanka and his recent visit there. He said civilians in the LTTE-controlled area are in "very great danger" and there are strong anecdotal reports that they are b [...]	2009-02-28 00:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC PHUM PREF CE
09USUNNEWYORK2	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THOMAS A. WUCHTE, [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-02 19:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC OTRA PARM PGOV PREL PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK200	UN PEACEKEEPING: AMBASSADOR RICE ADDRESSES C-34 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Special Committee for Peacekeeping Operations (C-34) opened its annual session with a general debate on February 23-24. Ambassador Rice addressed the C-34 on February 24, delivering a message that the U.S. is ready to consider fresh peacekeeping approaches in cooperation [...]	2009-02-28 00:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNSC PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK201	AMBASSADOR RICE'S FEBRUARY 24 LUNCH WITH EU [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Rice and the 27 Permanent Representatives (PRs) from European Member states and European Commission (EC) representatives discussed a broad range of political, security, development, and human rights issues over lunch on February 24. The PRs unanimously welcomed the [...]	2009-03-02 20:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PREL SENV SOCI EU UN
09USUNNEWYORK202	AMBASSADOR RICE AND UN DPKO USG LE ROY DISCUSS [...] (C) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UN Peacekeeping USG Le Roy told Ambassador Rice on February 26 that India planned to withdraw its troops from MONUC. He asked for U.S. assistance in encouraging DRC President Kabila to support Indian troops, to help ave [...]	2009-03-03 01:22:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UNSC CG IN SU XA AF
09USUNNEWYORK203	DEPARTING SOUTH AFRICAN PR KUMALO AND RICE DISCUSS [...] (SBU) During Ambassador Rice's introductory meeting with South African PermRep Dumisani Kumalo on February 25, Kumalo said the Human Rights Council would "die" without U.S. participation. 2. (SBU) Ambassador Rice said bilateral relations had not gone as well as hoped and the U.S. wanted to [...]	2009-03-03 01:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM UNSC SF
09USUNNEWYORK205	UN CHILDREN'S FUND (UNICEF) EXECUTIVE BOARD -- [...] (U) SUMMARY: The February 4-6, 2009 session of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Executive Board featured frank discussions on the humanitarian situation in Gaza and on proposals to reform UNICEF's accountability framework. UNICEF's very factual oral report on Gaza and its efforts there likely [...]	2009-03-04 17:25:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNICEF EAID ECON CH UNDP
09USUNNEWYORK206	GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS AMBASSADOR RICE ON [...] SUMMARY. (C) Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis told Ambassador Rice and Ambassador Wolff on February 26, that her current priorities as Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE were to find a consensus approach for engaging on Russia's proposals for a new European security architecture and to get [...]	2009-03-04 22:08:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE UNSC RS GG TU CY GR
09USUNNEWYORK207	AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH IRAQI [...] (C) During a March 4 introductory meeting, Iraqi PR Hamid al-Bayati told Ambassador Rice that Iraq was eager for a "long-term strategic relationship with the U.S." He expressed his willingness to serve as an intermediary with the UN,s group of Arab Ambassadors, and also offered to help assist [...]	2009-03-04 22:08:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC IZ KU
09USUNNEWYORK208	KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU MEETS AMBASSADOR RICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The President of Kosovo, Fatmir Sejdiu, asked Ambassador Rice on March 2 to help Kosovo obtain recognition from additional states, particularly from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Pakistan and OIC members; and to help ensure that like-minded states, including non-European states, s [...]	2009-03-04 22:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ICJ UNSC SR KV
09USUNNEWYORK209	UN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON GUINEA-BISSAU [...] (SBU) At the request of Burkina Faso, the UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) briefed the Security Council on March 3 on the events surrounding the assassinations of Guinea-Bissau President Joao Vieira and Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Tagme Na Wai. DPA Deputy Director for Africa J [...]	2009-03-04 22:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM UNSC PU SG XY
09USUNNEWYORK211	AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH U/SYG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U/SYG for Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Sha Zukang reviewed his department's development priorities during a March 2 introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice, focusing on a nine-page customized report reviewing DESA's cooperation with USG agencies and proposing areas for [...]	2009-03-04 22:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL KGHG SENV UN CH
09USUNNEWYORK212	SUDAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE CONSIDERS EXPERT PANEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Sudan Sanctions Committee reviewed recent setbacks confronting the Sudan Panel of Experts (POE) that have resulted in the Panel being unable to travel to Sudan. According to the POE, Sudan remains unwilling to grant appropriate visas to all POE members and the UN Departmen [...]	2009-03-04 23:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
09USUNNEWYORK213	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] Summary: In a March 2 meeting, Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS),discussed with Ambassador Rice efforts to prevent transmission to children, support for their HIV-positive parents, and other key priorities. Ambassador Rice invited [...]	2009-03-04 23:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV SOCI TBIO
09USUNNEWYORK218	OSCE: CHAIRWOMAN-IN-OFFICE BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY. Greek Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Dora Bakoyannis, briefed the UN Security Council on February 27 on Greece's priorities for the OSCE. She called for a continued OSCE presence in Georgia as well as border security and policing projects in Central Asia and Afghanis [...]	2009-03-05 22:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC OSCE
09USUNNEWYORK219	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH SAUDI ARABIAN PERM REP [...] (C) Summary: During their introductory meeting on March 3, Ambassador Rice and Saudi PermRep Khalid Al-Nafisee discussed Saudi Arabia's progress on the Interfaith Dialogue, the Lebanon Tribunal and Gaza, recognition of Kosovo, and relations with Iraq and Iran. Al-Nafisee was keen to emphasiz [...]	2009-03-05 22:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC XF ZP
09USUNNEWYORK221	2009 MEETING OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE [...] Summary: The Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization ("Charter Committee"),a sub-Committee of the General Assembly Legal Committee, held its annual meeting at UN Headquarters February 16-20, 23-25. The Committee focused [...]	2009-03-09 14:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNGA UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK222	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS MOROCCAN PERMREP LOULICHKI [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice and Moroccan PermRep Mohammed Loulichki on March 5 held their introductory meeting and discussed the Western Sahara, Human Rights Council, and Durban Review Conference. Loulichki spoke at length about human rights, insisting that the inclusion of human rights lan [...]	2009-03-09 15:11:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XI XF KPAL WI MARR
09USUNNEWYORK223	AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) During a March 5 introductory meeting, Zimbabwe PermRep Chidyausiku told Ambassador Rice Zimbabwe wants to engage with the U.S. He noted the dramatic decline in health, education, infrastructure and quality of life in Zimbabwe and asked for the U.S. to lift its sanctions. Chidyausiku ex [...]	2009-03-09 16:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC ZI ZU
09USUNNEWYORK224	ARAB LEAGUE AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BASHIR AND AID TO [...] (C) Arab League (AL) Ambassador Yahya Mahmassani began his March 5 meeting with Ambassador Rice by raising the International Criminal Court's (ICC) March 4 announcement of an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir. He reiterated the AL's position that the indictment is not a positive st [...]	2009-03-09 18:34:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS SU
09USUNNEWYORK226	UN COUNTER-TERRORISM TASK FORCE REPORTS ACTIVITIES [...] Summary. UN Assistant Secretary General Robert Orr convened an informal briefing on the status of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force's (CTITF) efforts to implement the UN Global Counter-terrorism Strategy (A/RES/60/288). Orr reported on the new Task Force office which has been [...]	2009-03-09 23:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UN PARM
09USUNNEWYORK227	OCHA BRIEFS COUNCIL ON NGO EXPULSIONS FROM SUDAN [...] Summary: Libya began March 6 Security Council consultations on Darfur by noting that the African Union and Arab League would send a high-level delegation to brief the Council on regional organizations' unanimous opinion that the Council should defer prosecution of President Bashir by invokin [...]	2009-03-10 00:25:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK228	P-5 MEET WITH UN SYG BAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 6, UK Perm Rep Sawers hosted a P-5 lunch with Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and Under Secretary General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe to discuss Sudan, the DPRK, DRC, Somalia and the Middle East. Prior to the arrival of SYG Ban and U/SYG Pascoe, P-5 ambassadors and [...]	2009-03-10 00:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK229	HIGHLIGHTS OF 1267 MONITORING TEAM'S ANNUAL REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The 1267 Monitoring Team, a UN-mandated group charged with documenting and reporting on the implementation of the UN sanctions on Al-Qaeda and the Taliban, has issued its ninth annual report containing recommendations to improve the efficacy and fairness of this sanctions regime. T [...]	2009-03-10 00:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK230	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 4 and 5 to begin the substantive phase of intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion. 80 delegations spoke during the day and a half discussion on "categories of membership." A core group of states suppo [...]	2009-03-10 00:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK236	1267: INDIA EAGER TO MOVE ON PAKISTAN-RELATED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Mission of India shared with USUN a list of individuals whom India intends to propose for designation to the 1267 Committee (al-Qaeda/Taliban sanctions). These individuals are reportedly linked to the Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist group and the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. [...]	2009-03-10 23:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK238	COUNCIL DISCUSSES SUDAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 10, Austrian Perm Rep Thomas Mayr-Harting, Chair of the Sudan Sanctions Committee (1591 Committee),briefed the Council on the activities of the Sudan Sanctions committee over the past ninety days, and highlighted the inability of the Panel of Experts (POE) to travel t [...]	2009-03-11 00:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
09USUNNEWYORK239	SPANISH PERMREP PAYS INTRODUCTORY CALL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Spanish Permrep Juan Antonio Yanez-Barnuevo reviewed Spain's UN priorities in a March 9 introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice. He observed that the Second Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations set to take place in Istanbul on April 6-7 would coincide with President Obama' [...]	2009-03-11 00:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MINURSO SP
09USUNNEWYORK243	IRAN COMMITTEE LETTERS DELIVERED (WITH DIFFICULTY) [...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Security Council's Iran Sanctions Committee has approved letters to Iran and Syria regarding the transfer of arms-related materiel on the Cypriot-flagged ship Monchegorsk. The letters state clearly that this transfer was in violation of Security Council resolution 1747 an [...]	2009-03-11 09:58:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
09USUNNEWYORK244	COUNCIL REVIEWS IRAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE PROGRESS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 10, the chair of the Iran Sanctions Committee updated the UN Security Council on the Committee's activities over the last ninety days, including its actions to respond to the discovery of arms-related materiel being shipped from Iran to Syria in violation of UNSCR 1747 [...]	2009-03-11 09:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
09USUNNEWYORK245	VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS' COST INFO FOR CONFERENCES [...] In follow-up to reftel's requests, Mission has emailed to IO/MPR George Abrahams and IO/EDA Charles Chang scanned copies of the following letters from UNICEF, UNDP and UNFPA: -- January 19, 2009 letter from UNDP Administrator Kemal Dervis to Deputy Permanent Representative Wolff; -- January 23 [...]	2009-03-11 14:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID UNICEF UNFPA UNDP ECON
09USUNNEWYORK247	PACIFIC ISLAND PERMREPS LAY OUT CONCERNS ON STATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In Ambassador Rice's March 5 hosted lunch for her counterparts from 11 UN member states representing Pacific island nations, the islanders expressed optimism for the new U.S. Administration after feeling drift in recent years. They called for enhanced partnership with the U.S. w [...]	2009-03-11 18:15:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SENV KGHG AORC UNGA EAID XV
09USUNNEWYORK248	UNSC: UNSCR 1701 QUARTERLY CONSULTATIONS AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams and DPKO Director for Asia and the Middle East Division Wolfgang Weisbrod-Weber briefed the Security Council in consultations on the Secretary-General's UNSCR 1701 quarterly report. Both emphasized that the most [...]	2009-03-11 21:08:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER UNSC KPAL KPKO IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK250	AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH SPECIAL COURT FOR [...] (U) Summary. Ambassador DiCarlo met on March 11 with Stephen Rapp, Prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone to discuss the latest developments at the Court, including the Court's need for additional voluntary contributions. Anthony Triolo, the Court's liaison officer, and Legoff also [...]	2009-03-12 16:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AOWC SL PGOV
09USUNNEWYORK251	SRSG FALL BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON CAR [...] Summary: On March 10, the Council was briefed on recent developments in the Central African Republic (CAR) by SRSG Fall, along with Belgium Perm Rep Grauls, who chairs the Central African Republic (CAR) configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission. CAR Perm Rep Poukre-Kono also addressed t [...]	2009-03-12 17:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO PREF PREL UNSC CD CT SU
09USUNNEWYORK252	MEETING WITH SUSAN MCCLURG, CHAIR OF THE ACABQ [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice met March 9 with Susan McClurg (Amcit),Chair of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ),to discuss the overall work of the Committee and its role in considering administrative and budgetary proposals of the UN as well as advising the [...]	2009-03-12 20:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ACABQ KUNR UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK254	DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE HEARS CONCERNS OF NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 11, the newly-appointed Group of Experts (GOE) briefed the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Sanctions Committee on its plan for monitoring implementation of the DRC sanctions measures. The GOE highlighted its concern over regional non-cooperation with the sancti [...]	2009-03-13 13:38:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC AF ETTC KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK257	GEORGIA: PERMREP SEEKS US VIEWS ON FUTURE OF UNOMIG [...] (C) Summary. Georgian Permrep Alexander Lomaia told Ambassador DiCarlo on March 12 that Georgia would like to see the UN presence in Georgia/Abkhazia continue. It should include a peacekeeping force to patrol a demilitarized zone, an executive policing component, and a concrete mechanism for [...]	2009-03-13 18:59:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK26	UN/1267 SANCTIONS:AUSTRIANS PLAN CAUTIOUS START TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Experts responsible for managing Austria's chairmanship of the 1267 al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee plan to focus the committee on outstanding tasks leftover from 2008 and not immediately introduce any new initiatives. Noting Austria's role as a "defender of human rights," the [...]	2009-01-15 23:15:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK262	P-3 MEET TO DISCUSS HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, French Perm Rep Ripert hosted a P-3 meeting with UK Ambassador Pierce and U.S. Ambassador DiCarlo to discuss future Council action regarding the humanitarian situation in Sudan. The P-3 agreed to request an additional briefing from the UN Office for the Coordinatio [...]	2009-03-16 19:41:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK266	GEORGIA ACTION REQUEST: SRSG VERBEKE NON-PAPER ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) has circulated a Non-Paper to the U.S. and other key stakeholders, which outlines basic principles for a security regime for Abkhazia, Georgia. The Non-Paper also outlines elements of a future UN role in Geo [...]	2009-03-16 22:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNOMIG UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK267	DRC: MOVING ON SECOND BATCH OF FDLR DESIGNATIONS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (SBU) USUN met, at the request of its counterparts, with the UK, French, Belgian Missions to the UN on March 7 to discuss designating a second batch of FDLR names from the list of 19 names that the Rwandans had submitted in May 2008 to t [...]	2009-03-16 22:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNSC AF ETTC KPKO MARR
09USUNNEWYORK269	AMBASSADOR RICE URGES UGANDAN PRESIDENT TO [...] (C) Summary: On March 16, Ambassador Rice spoke by phone with Ugandan President Museveni to urge him to speak with Sudanese President Bashir concerning the recent expulsion of 13 NGOs from Darfur. Rice said that, even if Uganda's position on the ICC indictment of Bashir differed from the U. [...]	2009-03-17 14:02:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK27	CAMEROON UN MISSION RENTAL ARREARS [...] Despite a letter from PermRep Amb. Tommo Monthe received November 13, 2008, assuring USUN that budgetary allocations had been approved from capital, the Permanent Mission has not made any payments since June 2008 to landlord Leonardo Lopane for the rental of his Larchmont, NY home to CMUN' [...]	2009-01-16 19:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP CM
09USUNNEWYORK270	ITALY'S CHIEF OF COUNTER-TERRORISM, DIEGO [...] SUMMARY: Italy, as President of the G8, convened its first meeting of counter-terrorism (CT) experts from the G8 UN delegations on March 11. Diego Brasioli, Chief of the Counter-Terrorism Branch in the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, presided over the meeting and discussed the stand-a [...]	2009-03-17 14:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREF PREL
09USUNNEWYORK272	P-3 PERM REPS DISCUSS UNSC RESOLUTION ON SUDAN [...] (C) Summary: In a March 17 meeting called by Ambassador Rice, UK Perm Rep Sawers and French Deputy Perm Rep LaCroix discussed the humanitarian situation in Sudan created by the Sudanese decision to expel humanitarian NGOs. The group agreed to seek a second briefing from the UN Office of the [...]	2009-03-18 00:16:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK273	NYC COMMISSIONER TIVEN'S COURTESY CALL ON [...] New York City Commissioner for the UN, Consular Corps and Protocol Marjorie Bloomberg Tiven paid a courtesy call on Ambassador Rice on March 17. Ambassador Rice expressed gratitude for the assistance the City - particularly the New York Police Department (NYPD) - gives USUN in support of the [...]	2009-03-18 12:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP PREL
09USUNNEWYORK274	UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated March 6, 2009 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follo [...]	2009-03-18 13:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN
09USUNNEWYORK275	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TIMOTHY CARNEY, [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-18 20:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AF KCRS OTRA XD
09USUNNEWYORK277	U.S. MISSION GRANTS CLEARANCE FOR OFAC AND AF [...] U.S. Mission grants clearance for the following Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) officials and AF/W Officer to travel to New York on March 19, 2009: John Smith, Associate Director; Tara Marie Drozdenko, Supervisory Sanctions Investigator; Tiffany Michelle Sloan, San [...]	2009-03-18 23:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	MR OTRA
09USUNNEWYORK278	AMBASSADOR RICE AND UNMIL SRSG LOJ DISCUSS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ellen Margrethe Loj told Ambassador Rice she believed at least 8,000 troops should remain in Liberia through the 2011 election. Loj cautioned that the French and UK might attempt to [...]	2009-03-18 23:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC LI XY
09USUNNEWYORK28	UN SANCTIONS IN CRISIS? ACADEMICS SAY YES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A team of academics has proposed a new international process to address what they consider to be unprecedented challenges to the legitimacy and effectiveness of UN sanctions. The threats that these academics highlighted to USUN included questions about the legitimacy of sancti [...]	2009-01-16 20:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK280	AMBASSADOR RICE PRESSES BURKINA FASO PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On March 17, Ambassador Rice spoke by phone with Burkina Faso President Compaore to urge him to speak with Sudanese President Bashir concerning the recent expulsion of 13 NGOs from Darfur. Rice also discussed seeking a Security Council resolution in the event Bashir did not rev [...]	2009-03-18 23:27:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK281	UN SAYS EUFOR-MINURCAT TRANSITION ON TRACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary-General Mulet told the Security Council on March 17 that the EUFOR-MINURCAT transfer of authority (TOR) had proceeded smoothly, with many EUFOR troops rehatting or otherwise remaining in place as MINURCAT built its strength. He warned that some MINURCAT need [...]	2009-03-19 09:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM CD CT
09USUNNEWYORK282	AMBASSADOR RICE'S INITIAL MEETING WITH LIBYAN PR [...] (C) Ambassador Rice met March 18 with Abdurrahman Mohamed Shalgham, the Permanent Representative of Libya to the United Nations and President of the United Nations Security Council for the month of March. Shalgham informed Ambassador Rice that Colonel Qadafi plans to visit New York the week [...]	2009-03-19 11:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AU LY PREF UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK283	AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] Summary: Ambassador Rice met with Francis Deng, the UN's Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide on March 16 to discuss current activities of his office and priorities for the future. Deng explained his efforts to engage three important constituencies on the work of his office in order [...]	2009-03-19 13:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK284	UN BRIEFING NOTE ON FIELD OPERATIONS [...] On March 16, 2009, Security Council President Dabbashi (Libya) transmitted the following Briefing Note to the Security Council on UN field operations covering the period of March 4-10, 2009. Africa --Burundi (BINUB): Despite continued efforts within the framework of the Joint Verification [...]	2009-03-19 15:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC MOPS KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK285	SUBJECT: UN - FINANCING AMISOM - RECENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 9-11. 2. (U) Summary: This cable reviews recent developments, previews upcoming action in the Fifth Committee (C5),and requests the Department's guidance on steps to be taken on a number of issues arising out of adoption of SCR 186 [...]	2009-03-19 18:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL UNGA KPKO SO
09USUNNEWYORK286	SOMALIA/1267: UN OFFICIAL OFFERS INSIGHT INTO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nick Pyle, Special Adviser to Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) for Somalia, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, discussed a sanctions delisting request and political developments in Somalia with USUN on March 17. He described President Sharif as tolerating, but not embra [...]	2009-03-19 19:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO SO MARR ETTC
09USUNNEWYORK287	BENEFITS FOR SAME SEX PARTNERS IN THE UN COMMUNITY [...] This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 2 below. 2. Ambassador Rice has received a March 9 letter from the Chief of the UN's Human Resources Service requesting whether the UN should grant the male spouse of a male United States citizen staff member entitlements ( [...]	2009-03-19 20:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP PREL UN
09USUNNEWYORK288	AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 18 introductory meeting, Norwegian PermRep Morten Wetland told Ambassador Rice Norway's key issues are Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Horn of Africa, as well as climate change, the financial crisis, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),and peacekeeping gene [...]	2009-03-19 20:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON
09USUNNEWYORK289	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 16 and 17 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on the question of the veto. 74 delegations spoke during the day-and a-half discussion with most stating their general aversion to the vet [...]	2009-03-19 20:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK29	IMPROVING IDP SERVICES IN PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Severine Rey in the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, in response to an inquiry we made prior to receiving reftel, told us Jan. 15 OCHA is looking closely at the humanitarian situation in Pakistan, including the NWFP, and has decided to strengthen its presence in [...]	2009-01-16 20:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PK PHUM PREF
09USUNNEWYORK291	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH SRSG KAI EIDE [...] (C) Summary: In a March 19 meeting with Ambassador Rice, SRSG and head of UNAMA Kai Eide emphasized the importance of building the capacity of the government and people of Afghanistan. Eide said few countries with active programs in Afghanistan have a national perspective. Instead, they are [...]	2009-03-20 19:57:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK292	SRSG OULD ABDALLAH BRIEFS AMB. RICE ON SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, told Amb. Rice on March 18 that the Council should adopt a "new paradigm" for Somalia, discussed "disappearances" of ethnic Somali youths from the U.S. and UK, and urged tangible support to [...]	2009-03-20 20:35:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK296	CHARGE DINGER CONSULTS WITH UN ON BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Charge to Rangoon Larry Dinger met with UN Special Advisor Gambari and representatives from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),UN Development Program (UNDP) and the Open Society Institute (OSI) during h [...]	2009-03-23 18:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK297	UNMIL HEAD SAYS LIBERIAN PEACE IS FRAGILE; FRANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SRSG Loj told the Security Council on March 19 that UNMIL would complete its second drawdown by March 31, reducing troop levels to 10,200. Loj described the numerous external and internal threats facing Liberia. Ambassador Rice strongly supported UNMIL, its plan for troop leve [...]	2009-03-23 18:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNSC LI XY
09USUNNEWYORK298	SRSG EIDE BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON [...] (U) Summary: On March 20, SRSG Kai Eide updated the Security Council on latest developments in Afghanistan and implementation of UNAMA,s mandate. In contrast to the uniformly somber report on Afghanistan issued by the Secretary-General a week earlier, Eide began by detailing recent improvemen [...]	2009-03-23 18:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AF UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK299	SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon Management Committee met March 20 and agreed to a one-time increase in the base salary of judges. The Management Committee also discussed and solicited more information on a request by the President of the Tribunal for appointment of the Vice P [...]	2009-03-23 22:02:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER UNSC LE
09USUNNEWYORK30	UN SUCCEEDS IN LAUNCHING NEW ADMINISTRATION OF [...] SUMMARY: At the main session of the sixty-third UN General Assembly, the Fifth Committee adopted a resolution (A/RES/63/253) that completely overhauls the organization's internal justice system for resolving employment-related disputes. Building on a framework resolution from the previous Gen [...]	2009-01-16 22:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AMGT PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK300	UN COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH THE HOST COUNTRY [...] SUMMARY: The Committee heard a chorus of complaints, including from the Cypriot Chairman, re parking tickets issued to chauffeurs picking up UN Perm Reps at their residences. Delegates appealed to the Host Country for a solution so missions could carry out their normal duties. Secondary scr [...]	2009-03-23 22:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP PREL
09USUNNEWYORK301	NEW PROCESS ON UN SANCTIONS SET TO LAUNCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, the Canadian Mission to the UN convened diplomats, academics and UN Secretariat personnel to discuss a new process to address challenges facing UN sanctions. Although not an official UN endeavor, this process will lead to the establishment in the coming weeks of in [...]	2009-03-23 22:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK303	SOMALIA IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL: "BACK FROM THE BRINK" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Security Council Members largely sidestepped the much-discussed issue of a UNPKO and instead pledged support for Somalia's new unity government in a March 20 Council debate on Somalia. Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ould-Abdallah and Somali Transitional Fe [...]	2009-03-24 19:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KPKO UNSC ER SO
09USUNNEWYORK304	OFAC BRIEFS AU COMMISSIONER ON SANCTIONS, CRITERIA [...] (SBU) Summary: A team of representatives from the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) provided a technical briefing to African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security Ramtane Lamamra about OFAC's role in administering and enforcing economic sanctions. Lamamr [...]	2009-03-24 21:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
09USUNNEWYORK305	MONCHEGORSK: IRAN/SYRIA REBUFF SANCTIONS COMMITTEE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iran and Syria effectively rebuffed a request from the UN Security Council's Iran Sanctions Committee for information regarding a vessel found carrying Iranian arms to Syria in violation of UN sanctions. Syria answered with an anti-Israel screed that implicitly acknowledged its [...]	2009-03-24 21:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
09USUNNEWYORK306	(C) ICCâ€™S OCAMPO ON SUDAN: GO AFTER BASHIRâ€™S MONEY [...] (C) International Criminal Court Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo told Ambassadors Rice and Wolff on March 20 that Sudanese President Bashir needed to be isolated. Ocampo suggested if Bashir's stash of money were disclosed (he put the figure at possibly $9 billion),it would change Sudanese public opi [...]	2009-03-24 22:17:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC PHUM SU XW
09USUNNEWYORK307	MAJOR ECONOMIES FORUM INVITATION DELIVERED [...] (U) Following delivery of the invitation letter text from President Obama to the Office of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on March 23, USUN ECOSOC Advisor met with Janos Pasztor, Director of the Secretary-General's Climate Change Support Team, to convey reftel talking points concerning the U [...]	2009-03-24 22:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG
09USUNNEWYORK315	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MONIQUE RAMGOOLIE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-26 13:48:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
09USUNNEWYORK316	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CARI ENAV [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-26 13:48:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK317	UN HOLDS SECOND SYPOSIUM ON "VICTIMS OF TERRORISM' [...] Summary. Robert Orr, Chair of the UN Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force and the UN Secretariat, chaired on March 18 on behalf of the Secretary General the second symposium on supporting victims of terrorism. Orr opened the symposium by stating that its objective was to launch the U [...]	2009-03-26 16:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK321	SOMALIA: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 24, the UN Security Council's Somalia Sanctions Committee discussed with the new Monitoring Group (MG) recent changes to the MG's mandate to monitor sanctions in Somalia, including tasks assigned to implement a new targeted sanctions regime authorized by UNSCR 1844. The [...]	2009-03-27 14:10:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC MARR KPKO ETTC SO
09USUNNEWYORK323	MEETING WITH UN OFFICE OF LEGAL AFFAIRS ON KHMER [...] (SBU) On March 26, Legoffs met with U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Peter Taksoe-Jensen and U.N. Senior Officer Huw Llewellyn and delivered the points contained in Reftel. 2. (C) Taksoe-Jensen reported on the status of the negotiations on the anti-corruption mechanism fo [...]	2009-03-27 18:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PREL PHUM CB
09USUNNEWYORK324	U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 26, U/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed members of the Security Council on the situation in northern Sri Lanka. He said the situation there was worsening and civilian casualties remained "tragically and unacceptably high." The "informal interactive disc [...]	2009-03-27 19:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CE MOPS PREF PHUM UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK325	UNSC REFORM: CHINA NOT READY FOR P-5 MINISTERIAL [...] (C) UK Deputy Perm Rep Pierce hosted a P-5 meeting to discuss whether a statement could be released following the planned P-5 Foreign Ministers' discussion in London on Security Council expansion. She asked if other P-5 members could agree with the idea of issuing a statement on the subject [...]	2009-03-27 21:47:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC CH FR UK RS IT

09USUNNEWYORK326	UN REVISES GEORGIA PROPOSAL, WANTS USG REACTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. David Harland, chief of the UN Department of Peacekeeping (DPKO) Europe Office, passed to dpolcouns on March 26 a paper entitled "NON-PAPER: Elements for a Security Regime and UN Role." The paper is a revised version of the nonpaper reported reftel. This dra [...]	2009-03-27 21:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNOMIG UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK327	UN DEMOCRACY FUND EXPERTS GROUP DISCUSSES SHORT [...] (C) Summary: The UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) Secretariat offered Advisory Board members an overview of the "short list" of third round project applications during a March 25 meeting of the Board's experts group, explaining that the sole project in Venezuela was not included in the short list bec [...]	2009-03-27 22:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK328	UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS LACK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 25, the Security Council held its first Open Debate on the Middle East in 2009. In addition to a briefing by the Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs covering recent events, which he termed a "situation of impasse and uncertainty," all 15 Council members spoke [...]	2009-03-27 22:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG IR
09USUNNEWYORK329	CHIEF DARFUR MEDIATOR BASSOLE PUSHES UNSC FOR ICC [...] (SBU) Summary: Joint UN/AU Chief Mediator Djbril Bassole made his first appearance before the Security Council on March 26. Bassole focused on three factors affecting mediation efforts: the tense relationship between Chad and Sudan; the splintering of Darfuri armed movements; and the Interna [...]	2009-03-27 22:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK33	UN REPORT TO TACKLE EARLY RECOVERY [...] (U) SUMMARY: With a June deadline set by the Security Council approaching a report on strengthening the UN's response to immediate post-conflict situations, the UN Secretariat is now soliciting views from member states and within the UN on the following themes: 1) how to better incorporate [...]	2009-01-20 23:11:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UN KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK331	UNSC WELCOMES EULEX ROLL-OUT, DIVIDED ON UNMIK'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIK SRSG Zannier told the Security Council on March 23 that the successful deployment of EULEX had allowed UNMIK to step up its reconfiguration. Serbian President Tadic and Kosovo FM Hyseni both spoke with approval of the EULEX deployment but did so for polar opposite reas [...]	2009-03-27 23:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO SR KO
09USUNNEWYORK332	OCHA BRIEFS COUNCIL ON DARFUR [...] Summary: On March 20, OCHA Director Rashid Khalikov updated the Security Council in a public session on the humanitarian situation in Darfur in the wake of the Government of Sudan's (GOS) expulsion of key non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Khalikov noted that since A/SYG Bragg's March 6 [...]	2009-03-28 01:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK333	INVITATIONAL TRAVEL FOR MICHAEL GORDON TO ATTEND [...] Per REF, following are questions posed in REF's Appendix III: Invitational Travel Procedures. 2. USUN Political Adviser, Michael Gordon has received the following request for invitational travel: -- April 1-3, 2009 -- Doral Arrowwood Conference Center, Rye Brook, New York 3. Invitatio [...]	2009-03-30 12:48:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP
09USUNNEWYORK336	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR DAS DAVID HALE, NEA [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 23:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA
09USUNNEWYORK339	UN ON DEFENDING AUTHORITIES OF THE TRIPARTITE CORE [...] (C) On March 30 PolCouns met with Tamrat Samuel, head of the UN's Asia and Pacific Division, and made reftel points about the Burmese government imposing restrictions on the authorities of the Tripartite Core Group (TCG). Samuel was grateful for our update of the situation and appreciative of [...]	2009-03-31 23:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD BM
09USUNNEWYORK34	UN - GA NEGATES AUDITORS RECOMMENDATION ON USE OF [...] Summary: Following extensive negotiations in the Fifth Committee on the report of the UN Board of Auditors (BOA)during the main part of the 63rd GA, the General Assembly rejected the recommendation in the BOA report on "language proficiency." Adoption of the recommendation would have made flu [...]	2009-01-21 15:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK340	UN/OCHA DEMARCHE REQUEST - NEXT STEPS ON SRI LANKA [...] (C) On March 31, Ambassador DiCarlo raised reftel points with U/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes, after speaking over the weekend with A/SYG for Humanitarian Affairs Catherine Bragg. Regarding the proposed Secretary-General,s statement on Sri Lanka, Holmes said the UN is working on a [...]	2009-03-31 23:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CE
09USUNNEWYORK341	AMBASSADOR RICE OFFERS LIBERIAN PRESIDENT SIRLEAF [...] (SBU) On March 31 Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf called to thank Ambassador Rice for her expression of support for the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) during Security Council consultations held on March 19 (see refs. A and B). President Sirleaf volunteered that an exit for UNMIL must e [...]	2009-03-31 23:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC LI XY
09USUNNEWYORK342	UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL HOLMES BRIEFS THE SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 26, U/SYG Holmes briefed the Security Council on the results of the recently-completed joint UN and Government of Sudan (GoS) assessment of humanitarian gaps in Darfur. Holmes told the Council that the assessment revealed the extent of the gaps in humanitarian services [...]	2009-04-01 13:34:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF EAID PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK343	COTE D,IVOIRE SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ADDRESSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Cote d,Ivoire Sanctions Committee reviewed recent reports from UNOCI about the political situation, access of the political opposition to local media and UN efforts to enforce the arms embargo. The Committee also considered an alleged sanctions violation involving Charles Bl [...]	2009-04-01 17:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC PGOV IV
09USUNNEWYORK344	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS JAPAN'S AMBASSADOR TO IRAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice on March 31 met with Akio Shirota, Japan's Ambassador to Iran, to hear Japan's assessment of U.S. outreach to Iran and Shirota's analysis of Iran's internal political situation. Shirota said President Obama's Nowruz message to the Iranians on March 19 gave Irania [...]	2009-04-02 00:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR JA UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK345	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 24 and March 31 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on regional representation. 68 delegations spoke during the day-and-a-half discussion with most focusing on Article 23(1) of the UN [...]	2009-04-02 00:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK347	USUN'S FRANK EXCHANGE WITH SOUTHERN SUDAN LEADERS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-02 19:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK348	UNMIL TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT MISSION ON TRACK FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN DPKO officials on March 31 said a technical assessment mission would evaluate progress in Liberia in light of set benchmarks. Getting an effective police force was key, and ensuring legitimate elections in 2011 would be a reasonable use of UNMIL, according to DPKO. DPKO warn [...]	2009-04-03 12:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC LI XY
09USUNNEWYORK349	USUN'S FRANK EXCHANGE WITH SOUTHERN SUDAN LEADERS [...] (C) On April 1, Ambassador Rice met with Foreign Minister Deng Alor and a delegation from the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) and discussed CPA implementation, the Darfur peace process, the International Criminal Court indictment of President Bashir, expulsions of NGOs from Darfur, a [...]	2009-04-03 12:21:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK35	OCHA OUTLINES NEXT STEPS FOR HUMANITARIAN [...] Mission officers met January 21 with Rashid Khalikov, Director of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in New York, to discuss concerns over the current UN response to the growing needs of populations displaced by conflict in Pakistan. Khalikov will travel to Pakistan [...]	2009-01-21 21:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PK PREF WFP
09USUNNEWYORK351	COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN (CSW) 2009 SESSION [...] (U) Summary and Action Request. The Commission on the Status of Women held its annual two-week session from March 2-13, 2009. The new positions of the U.S. were well received, Agreed Conclusions were adopted by consensus, an annual resolution on Palestinian women was adopted by a vote of 30-3 [...]	2009-04-03 16:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PHUM UN KWMN
09USUNNEWYORK354	AMB. RICE MEETS WITH BOTSWANA PERM. REP. TO THE UN [...] (C) Summary - In an April 02 meeting between Ambassador Rice and Botswana's Ambassador to the UN Charles T. Ntwaagae, Ambassador Rice expressed her appreciation for Botswana's friendship and leadership in Southern Africa, and inquired about recent political developments in both South Africa and [...]	2009-04-06 15:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	BC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK355	DPRK: SECURITY COUNCIL, KEY PLAYERS RESPOND TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 5 bilateral meeting, Amb. Rice told Japanese Perm Rep Takasu that in response to the recent Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) missile launch the United States will seek a Security Council resolution that includes real consequences for the DPRK's actions. She [...]	2009-04-06 17:21:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK357	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS UNDER SECRETARY-GENERAL [...] On April 2, Special Advisor for Africa and Under Secretary-General Cheick Sidi Diarra briefed Ambassador Rice on his office's support for implementation of the New Partnership for African Development (NePAD). As Diarra's office is mandated by the General Assembly to provide "global advocacy" [...]	2009-04-06 19:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA SOCI UN
09USUNNEWYORK359	UN SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACEKEEPING CONCLUDES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations Special Committee for Peacekeeping Operations (C-34) concluded its annual session on March 20 by adopting a consensus report on schedule for the first time since 2006. The report contains specific language regarding the protection of civilians and broadly as [...]	2009-04-07 18:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK36	GAMBARI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR DICARLO ON BURMA [...] (C) In a 20 January meeting, Special Advisor Ibrahim Gambari told Ambassador DiCarlo that Secretary-General Ban is considering travel to Burma after the ASEAN Summit. Gambari said he is being sent to Burma 31 January - 3 February to "get everybody's bottom line and to see what, if anything, is [...]	2009-01-22 00:41:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK360	CONCLUSION OF THE FIRST RESUMED SESSION OF THE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The first resumed session of the 63rd General Assembly for the Fifth Committee (March 2-27) concluded late evening on March 27th. The Fifth Committee took action on a number of proposals and approved an additional $17.97 million to the 2008-2009 regular budget which brings the r [...]	2009-04-07 18:54:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK361	BOLIVIAN CHARGE PLEDGES DIALOGUE, PUSHES "MOTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Recently arrived Bolivian Charge d'Affaires Pablo Solon Romero paid a courtesy call April 6 on Ambassador Wolff, agreeing to pursue an open and constructive dialogue with USUN on issues of concern and avoiding the temptation to use the UN as a propaganda pulpit. Ambassador Wolff [...]	2009-04-07 20:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SENV SNAR UN BL
09USUNNEWYORK362	RUSSIANS PROPOSE MINISTERIAL-LEVEL COUNCIL MEETING [...] (U) This contains an action request; see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Russian PermRep Churkin told Ambassador Rice on April 6 that Russia would like to hold a ministerial-level Security Council meeting on the Middle East during its Council presidency in May. Churkin said Russian FM Lavrov will be in [...]	2009-04-07 23:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC RU
09USUNNEWYORK363	ACTION REQUEST: RESOLVING IRAQ-RELATED ISSUES AT [...] (C) On April 6, Iraqi PR Bayati met with Ambassador DiCarlo to ask for U.S. assistance to lift Iraq,s remaining Security Council obligations. Noting the scheduled April 16 Security Council briefing by Gennady Tarasov (the UN,s high-level envoy for Kuwaiti missing persons and the missing Kuwai [...]	2009-04-07 23:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU
09USUNNEWYORK364	UN PREVIEWS SOMALIA PEACEKEEPING REPORT [...] (U) This is a guidance request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Raisedon Zenenga, head of the Africa Division of the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO),told USUN on March 31 that DPKO, the Department of Political Affairs (DPA),and the Department of Field Support (DFS) had agre [...]	2009-04-07 23:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO MARR MOPS UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK366	UGANDA MAY TAKE LEAD ON COUP PRST [...] (C) Summary. USUN delivered reftel demarche to the missions of Libya, Uganda, Burkina Faso, and the African Union (AU). Uganda expressed interest in taking the lead in drafting a Council statement on recent coups in Africa, and is currently reaching out to the Libyans and the Burkinabe to ga [...]	2009-04-08 10:07:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC XA UV LY UG
09USUNNEWYORK368	SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON REGISTRAR RESIGNS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-08 17:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER AORC AMGT UNSC LE
09USUNNEWYORK369	ERITREA IN THE UNSC: NO CONSENSUS FOR ACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a brief Security Council session on April 7, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe described developments in the ongoing border dispute between Eritrea and Djibouti. Council members voiced unanimous support for the Secretary-General's good offices efforts bu [...]	2009-04-08 21:16:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS UNSC ER DJ
09USUNNEWYORK373	THAI PERMREP DISCUSSES BURMA [...] (C) Summary: In an April 6 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Thai PermRep Pramudwinai urged intensified engagement with the Burmese regime and said the regime is awaiting the outcome of the U.S. policy review of Burma. He said Burma would be more comfortable with the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) [...]	2009-04-08 22:13:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH BU
09USUNNEWYORK374	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH SENEGAL PR BADJI [...] On April 7, Ambassador Rice met with Senegal's Permanent Representative to the UN Paul Badji. Badji stated he had immediately informed Dakar that the U.S. had declared its candidacy for a seat on the Human Rights Council, and he personally welcomed the renewed U.S. engagement. He noted that w [...]	2009-04-08 22:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV UNGA SN
09USUNNEWYORK377	UN POLITICAL HEAD BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Political Affairs U/SYG Pascoe told the Security Council on April 7 that the international community must help push for a consensual outcome to the crisis in Madagascar. Ambassador DiCarlo said the power transfer was a coup, called for free, fair, and transparent elections w [...]	2009-04-09 18:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC MA ZU
09USUNNEWYORK378	LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM SECRETARY-GENERAL [...] SUMMARY: USUN HAS RECEIVED AND FORWARDED TO THE DEPARTMENT THE FOLLOWING LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM UN SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON, DATED APRIL 1, 2009. THE SG ASKS THE PRESIDENT FOR HIGH-LEVEL U.S. REPRESENTATION AT THE APRIL 14 DONOR CONFERENCE ON HAITI. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF SYG LETTER [...]	2009-04-09 20:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT EAID HA
09USUNNEWYORK379	AMB. RICE MEETS NORWEGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 8 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Norwegian Foreign Minister Jonas Store discussed U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and his hope to work closely with the U.S. on the Human Rights Council. He also pushed for greater strategic coordination of development assistance and offered [...]	2009-04-10 01:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC NATO AF NO
09USUNNEWYORK38	DEBT RESOLVED - DRC MISSION TO THE UN [...] Vornado Realty Trust has informed USUN/HC that it received a check for $102,999.88 on December 29, 2008 to cover outstanding rental arrears and bring the Permanent Mission of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations current through January 31, 2009. In a December 30, 2008 [...]	2009-01-22 16:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CG OFDP PREL
09USUNNEWYORK380	AMB. RICE MEETS AU PERM REP [...] (C) In an April 9 courtesy call, Amb. Rice discussed a range of security and political issues with Amb. Lila Ratsifandrihamanana, Permanent Observer of the African Union to the UN. Amb. Rice advised against the planned May visit of a high-level AU delegation to Washington and New York to disc [...]	2009-04-10 01:17:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC SO SU
09USUNNEWYORK381	UN ASKS FOR U.S. HELP TO AVERT INDIA'S TROOP [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: DPKO U/SYG Le Roy and MONUC SRSG Doss have separately approached Ambassador DiCarlo to request U.S. assistance in pressuring both the DRC and India to reach an accommodation that would keep India from withdrawing i [...]	2009-04-10 01:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC IN CG
09USUNNEWYORK382	DPRK: RICE MEETS WITH JAPANESE STATE SECRETARY ON [...] (C) Ambassador Rice met with Ito Shintaro, the Japanese State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and Yukio Takasu, Japan's Permanent Representative to the UN, April 9 to discuss the status of the Security Council's reaction to the DPRK's missile launch. Ito shared the Japanese government's view [...]	2009-04-10 01:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREF PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK383	UNOGBIS AT THE UN: SUGGESTIONS ON HOW TO MOVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNOGBIS SRSG Joseph Mutaboba told the Security Council on April 8 that swift implementation of Security Sector Reform (SSR),economic recovery, a comprehensive approach to drug trafficking, and timely national elections were all essential elements in Guinea-Bissau's democratic [...]	2009-04-10 01:54:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC PU XY
09USUNNEWYORK384	GEORGIA: USUN DELIVERS USG PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Per Ref A instructions, Deputy PolCouns and Poloff shared the USG preliminary response to the UN Non-Paper on the future UN presence in Georgia (Ref B) with DPKO Director for Europe and Latin America, David Harland. Harland acknowledged U.S. views on the dimensions of the propose [...]	2009-04-10 12:41:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK385	GEORGIA: EUSR PIERRE MOREL BRIEFS USUN ON GENEVA [...] (C) SUMMARY. EUSR for Georgia Pierre Morel told Ambassador DiCarlo on April 3 he thought the UN needed a "substantial" mandate in Abkhazia, with symmetrical security zones on both sides of the administrative boundary of Abkhazia. Morel thought Georgia SRSG Verbeke would complete his report by [...]	2009-04-10 13:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK388	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met April 7 and 8 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on the size of an enlarged Council and the Council's working methods. 81 delegations spoke with growing agreement across the three major blo [...]	2009-04-11 15:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC JA BR
09USUNNEWYORK393	AMBASSADOR RICE SPEAKS WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL ON [...] (C) Ambassador Rice spoke with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon via telephone on April 10 to urge the appointment of a special envoy for Sri Lanka given the growing risks to civilians caught between the government of Sri Lanka's (GSL) military forces and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LT [...]	2009-04-13 23:02:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	CE EAID PHUM PREF PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK395	COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR TRAVEL OF BRUCE C. [...] (U) USUN Management and Reform Counselor Mr. Bruce C. Rashkow will be in Geneva to attend the spring consultative level meeting (CLM) of the Geneva Group of major UN contributors from April 22-24. 2. (SBU) USUN would appreciate if U.S. Mission Geneva could provide country clearance. Mr. Ra [...]	2009-04-14 22:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ASEC KUNR UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK396	AMB RICE MEETS WITH HAITIAN PM PIERRE LOUIS [...] (C) Summary. Haitian Prime Minister Pierre Louis said prospects for the upcoming donor conference "look good," during her April 13 meeting with Ambassador Rice. Pierre Louis pressed for U.S. support in Haiti's fight against illicit drugs and said that she expects a low turnout but no trouble [...]	2009-04-14 22:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV HA
09USUNNEWYORK398	INTERNATIONAL PROCESS ON GLOBAL COUNTER-TERRORISM, [...] Please see request for guidance in paragraph 5. 2. Summary: Ambassador Wolff met with Swiss Permrep Peter Maurer, at Maurer's request, on April 14 to discuss the second phase of the Swiss-led "International Process on Global Counter-Terrorism Cooperation." Maurer explained that Switzer [...]	2009-04-15 22:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER SZ
09USUNNEWYORK401	DPRK: 1718 COMMITTEE REVIEWS DESIGNATION PROPOSALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 15, the DPRK Sanctions Committee considered the Security Council's request that the Committee "adjust" sanctions measures through the designation of goods and entities in response to the DPRK's recent missile launch. Turkish Perm Rep Ilkin noted that the Council requested [...]	2009-04-16 14:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK402	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USG DELEGATION TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 18:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECON OTRA SENV
09USUNNEWYORK403	SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFINGS ON IRAQ/KUWAIT, DFI/IAMB [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 16, the Security Council received two Iraq-related briefings. The first briefing, by high-level coordinator for Kuwaiti missing persons/archives Gennady Tarasov, focused on the lack of real progress on this issue over the past year. Tarasov asked for an additional 15 [...]	2009-04-17 00:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC IZ KU
09USUNNEWYORK405	PAID - CAMEROON UN MISSION DEBT TO LARCHMONT NY [...] USUN/HC received confirmation from both the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Cameroon to the UN (CMUN) and landlord Leonardo Lopane that the CMUN Perm Rep Tommo Monthe paid Mr. Lopane in full for over 8 months of overdue rental arrears and late fees for the CMUN's lease of 49 N. Chatswort [...]	2009-04-17 14:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP PREL
09USUNNEWYORK407	DPRK: U.S. EXPERTS MAKE CASE FOR SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 20, visiting U.S. experts briefed the DPRK Sanctions Committee on the U.S. proposal to designate new entities and goods for sanctions. The experts made a detailed and compelling case for why the U.S.-proposed items met the designation criteria in UNSCR 1718 and were an a [...]	2009-04-21 15:10:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK408	UN/DPA BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON FIJI SITUATION [...] (C) UN Undersecretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe briefed the Security Council on April 20 on the deteriorating democratic situation in Fiji. He began by reminding members that the Security Council had issued a press statement in December 2006 after the coup in Fiji, urging a restoration [...]	2009-04-21 23:18:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM UNSC FJ
09USUNNEWYORK409	UNSC REFORM: P-3 DISCUSS FRENCH-UK INTERMEDIATE [...] (C) Summary: The UK and France formally raised with the United States their "intermediate option" initiative for Security Council expansion in an April 16 meeting of P-3 Perm Reps and IO Assistant Secretary-equivalents. Ambassador Rice emphasized the Administration's preference to articulate [...]	2009-04-21 23:35:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK41	UNSC: SECRETARY-GENERAL BRIEFS COUNCIL; COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Secretary-General briefed the Security Council January 21 on his recent trip to the Middle East during the Council's monthly meeting on the Middle East. Both he and Council members welcomed the unilateral cease-fires and the Israeli withdrawal but stressed the need to imple [...]	2009-01-22 23:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY EG AU
09USUNNEWYORK411	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH EU HIGH REP JAVIER [...] (C) SUMMARY. EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana told Ambassador Rice on April 16 he thought Tehran would respond publicly to the April 8 P5 1 offer on engagement before entering into a discussion with the P5 1 about the possibility and modalities of a m [...]	2009-04-22 19:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC EUN
09USUNNEWYORK412	DPRK: RUSSIA/CHINA LACK FULL INSTRUCTIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 21, the UN Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee was largely unable to discuss proposals for new designations because some key delegations (namely, Russia and China) lacked complete instructions from their capitals. The Russian delegate supported one element of the [...]	2009-04-22 20:33:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KN PHUM ETTC MCAP
09USUNNEWYORK413	DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S MEETING WITH JOHN HOLMES [...] (C) Summary: On April 17, Deputy Secretary Jacob Lew met with Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes in New York. Lew and Holmes discussed a wide range of humanitarian concerns including Sudan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. The meeting als [...]	2009-04-22 22:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREF PHUM UNAUS AF IZ PK SU CE
09USUNNEWYORK414	HIGH LEVEL MEETING OF DONORS ON THE HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary - Meeting in New York April 16 to address the increasingly complex operating environment for aid agencies in Sudan, 17 donors from North America, Europe and Asia gave their general support to the UN Track III approach outlined in the document "Towards a more predictable, accountable [...]	2009-04-22 22:50:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID PHUM PREL UN SU
09USUNNEWYORK415	SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE PLEDGES AND [...] (U) In response to Ref A regarding pledges and contributions made to the Special Court for Sierra Leone (the Court) since its inception, the Mission refers to Refs B and C, which set forth amounts paid by country and by year. The Court's Liaison Office in New York has advised the Mission th [...]	2009-04-23 13:02:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL SL SOCI UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK416	DPRK SANCTIONS COMMITTEE MAKES MINIMAL PROGRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 22, the UN Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee made some minimal progress in considering new sanctions designations, as was requested by the Security Council on April 13 after the DPRK missile launch. The Committee is nearing consensus on updating the Missile Tec [...]	2009-04-23 13:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KN PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP
09USUNNEWYORK417	UN/CYPRUS: TURKISH PERMREP OFFERS TO ADVANCE DATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish Permrep Baki Ilkin has proposed advancing the date of the adoption of a rollover of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) to the end of May in order to avoid having the adoption fall during Turkey's June Security Council presidency. Ilkin told Ambassa [...]	2009-04-23 14:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP UNSC CY TU
09USUNNEWYORK418	NEW UN WOMEN'S MECHANISM PROPOSED [...] (SBU) Summary and action request. Members of the General Assembly voiced measured support for continuing deliberations on the creation of a new "entity" to deal with women's empowerment and gender equality that would be a hybrid between a full-fledged Fund (such as UNICEF or UNDP) and an offic [...]	2009-04-23 17:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PHUM UN KWMN
09USUNNEWYORK421	UNSC: RUSSIANS MOVING FORWARD WITH PLANS FOR [...] (C) Ambassadors Rice and Wolff met bilaterally with Russian Perm Rep Churkin and Deputy Perm Rep Dolgov on April 23. Ambassador Churkin confirmed that his government plans to send out invitations April 24 to its proposed May 11 Council ministerial meeting on the Middle East. He said only U [...]	2009-04-23 22:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS RS
09USUNNEWYORK422	DPRK: CHINA YIELDS ON U.S. SANCTIONS PROPOSALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Perm Rep Zhang told Amb. Rice on April 23 that China could support U.S. proposals in the DPRK Sanctions Committee to update a technical annex of banned goods and to designate three high-value entities. He said this decision, which he portrayed a major concession from Chin [...]	2009-04-23 22:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK423	GEORGIA: AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH GEORGIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Georgian Foreign Minister Vashadze outlined for Ambassadors Rice and DiCarlo the elements Georgia would like to see in a new UN mandate. He acknowledged that the eventual mandate would be something less robust that the Georgian proposed elements, but suggested that it was import [...]	2009-04-23 22:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK424	VIJAY NAMBIAR BRIEFS THE COUNCIL ON SRI LANKA [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 22, the Security Council met in an "informal interactive discussion" format to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka. The Secretary-General,s chief of staff, Vijay Nambiar, briefed on his recent visit to Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan Ambassador also briefed on behal [...]	2009-04-23 22:25:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE
09USUNNEWYORK425	AMB. RICE TALKS AFRICA WITH FRENCH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice discussed a range of African issues with Bruno Joubert, French President Sarkozy's chief diplomatic advisor on Africa, in a meeting on April 16. Joubert said that the international community should continue to support Qatar-brokered peace talks on Darfur for a few [...]	2009-04-23 22:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER UNSC KPKO SO SU ER DJ
09USUNNEWYORK426	DPRK: RUSSIA/CHINA PRESSED ON DESIGNATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate phone calls on April 21, Amb. Rice told her Chinese and Russian counterparts that the United States expected the DPRK Sanctions Committee to approve a "serious, credible" package of new designations by the April 24 deadline requested by the Security Council. Russian Pe [...]	2009-04-24 00:18:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK427	KOSOVO: DPKO BRIEFING ON UNMIK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Edmund Mulet briefed the Security Council on the status of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) on April 16 at the request of the Russian Federation. Mulet said that the UN was unable to carry out its interim administration fu [...]	2009-04-24 12:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNMIK SR KV
09USUNNEWYORK428	APRIL 25 UNDEF ADVISORY BOARD MEETING [...] Summary: The UN Democracy Fund (UNDEF) Advisory Board met April 21 to finalize its recommendations for third round projects to fund for approximately $20 million, consistent with the short list discussed during the March 25 meeting of the Board's experts group (reftel). India and Germany anno [...]	2009-04-24 13:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK429	VIEWS FROM SWISS AMBASSADOR TO IRAN [...] (C) Summary. Swiss Ambassador to Iran, Livia Leu, shared with Ambassador Wolff her views on the fate of two U.S. citizens in Iran, Iran's position in the UN, its upcoming elections in June, and her assessment on how best to approach the issue of rapprochement. Leu judged that Iran's position [...]	2009-04-24 15:22:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IR UNSC SZ
09USUNNEWYORK43	U/SYG LE ROY DISCUSSES ICC INDICTMENT WITH P-3 [...] (C) Summary: U/SYG Le Roy met with UK-France-U.S. (P-3) ambassadors on January 21 to discuss the International Criminal Court's (ICC) pending decision to issue an arrest warrant against Sudanese President Bashir. The P-3 ambassadors confirmed that their countries' positions on Article 16 ha [...]	2009-01-23 21:34:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PHUM SU FR UK
09USUNNEWYORK430	A/S BRIMMER MEETS WITH USYG FOR FIELD SUPPORT [...] (C) Summary. Assistant Secretary Brimmer paid a courtesy call on UN Undersecretary-General Susana Malcorra, head of the UN's Department of Field Support (DFS) on April 16. Malcorra briefed on difficulties faced by UN operations, ongoing efforts on reform, and the importance of U.S. support. [...]	2009-04-24 15:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MARR MASS SO
09USUNNEWYORK431	MISSION CLEARANCE FOR IO/EDA ROBERT DOWNES [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-24 19:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	IO AMGT ASEC OTRA
09USUNNEWYORK432	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on April 20 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on the relationship between the Security Council (SC) and the General Assembly (GA). This meeting, during which 52 delegations spoke, marked t [...]	2009-04-24 20:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK433	UNSC MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS: FRUSTRATED BY LACK [...] (C) Summary: Lynn Pascoe, Under Secretary-General for Political Affairs, on April 20 briefed Council members on the situation in the Middle East in a public session before the Council moved to closed consultations. Pascoe focused most of his presentation on the situation in Gaza, and noted pa [...]	2009-04-24 22:32:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG IR
09USUNNEWYORK434	UNSC DISCUSSES WESTERN SAHARA AND RENEWAL OF [...] (C) Summary: The Security Council on April 22 held closed consultations on the question of Western Sahara and the renewal of the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). Edmond Mulet, the Assistant Secretary-General of the Department of Peacekeepin [...]	2009-04-24 23:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL WI MO UNSC XI
09USUNNEWYORK435	GEORGIA: QUAD AMBASSADORS DELIVER NON-PAPER TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Permreps/Deputy Permreps of the United States, France, Germany and the United Kingdom (Quad) delivered Ref A non-paper to U/SYG for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy and SRSG for Georgia Johan Verbeke on April 24. The Ambassadors argued for robust and ambitious recommendation [...]	2009-04-27 14:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNOMIG UNSC GG
09USUNNEWYORK436	CYPRUS: AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH PERMREP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Cyprus Permrep Minas Hadjimichael urged Ambassador Rice to use U.S. leverage with Turkey to get Ankara to give Turkish Cypriot leader Talat negotiating room to reach a Cyprus settlement. Hadjimichael said he also hoped Turkey as UNSC President would agree to move the adoption of [...]	2009-04-27 22:10:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC UNSC CY
09USUNNEWYORK437	AMB. RICE'S LUNCH WITH THE UN SENIOR AFRICANS GROUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ibrahim Gambari, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General, welcomed Amb. Rice as guest of honor at the annual lunch of the UN Senior Africans Group on April 16. Gambari invited Amb. Rice to take advantage of the resources of the group, which brings ambassadors from African missi [...]	2009-04-27 22:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNSC XA
09USUNNEWYORK44	MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] (U) Summary. The Management Committee of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) met on January 22 to discuss the transition from the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC) to the STL and to discuss other issues. End Summary. Preparations for the Transition [...]	2009-01-23 23:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS UN LE
09USUNNEWYORK440	AMB. RICE MEETS WITH ITALIAN MFA'S SECRETARY [...] (SBU) Summary - In an April 28 meeting between Ambassador Rice and the Italian MFA's Secretary General Ambassador Giampiero Massolo, Ambassador Rice expressed her condolences for the recent earthquake devastation in Abruzzo, and agreed with Ambassador Massolo's request for continued and close [...]	2009-04-29 19:48:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KUNR US IT UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK441	DPRK SANCTIONS COMMITTEE DESIGNATES GOODS, ENTITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") agreed on April 24 to designate explicitly three high-value entities to be subject to targeted sanctions and to update a technical list of items to be banned from transfer to/from the DPRK. By completing this task, the Committee suc [...]	2009-04-29 21:35:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK442	RWANDA TRIBUNAL REGISTRAR MEETS WITH USUN [...] (C) Adama Dieng, registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and his special assistant Mandiaye Niang met with Ambassador DiCarlo on April 27 to provide their views on the status of the ICTR's completion strategy. After referring to Security Council 1503 (2003) that cal [...]	2009-04-30 13:22:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PARM PREF PREL RW
09USUNNEWYORK443	SOMALIA: NEW YORK STATE OF PLAY ON 1863 RENEWAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In P3 consultations on April 29, the UK said that it intends to circulate its draft resolution on Somalia (ref) to the full Council by May 6 and that it plans to schedule a vote for May 22 in order to allow the Fifth Committee four days to consider AMISOM support before the end [...]	2009-04-30 14:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM MARR KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK444	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USG DELEGATION TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-30 20:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV AORC OTRA
09USUNNEWYORK447	SUDAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE MEETS UNAMID HEAD [...] SUMMARY: Roldophe Adada, Joint AU/UN Special Representative for Darfur, told the Sudan Sanctions Committee that UNAMID considers the Committee's work to be important in light of the widespread availability of arms in Darfur. He said UNAMID would offer full support to visits by the Sudan Pane [...]	2009-05-01 15:53:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
09USUNNEWYORK448	AMB VERVEER AND DEPUTY SG MIGIRO DISCUSS WOMEN AT THE UN [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer and UN Deputy-Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro met April 28 at the UN for a cordial discussion of the need to move forward on reforming the UN's gender architecture, the importance of Security Council Resolutions 1325 [...]	2009-05-01 19:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI EAID KWMN UN
09USUNNEWYORK449	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MONIQUE RAMGOOLIE [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants mission clearance to Monique Ramgoolie, Senior Program Officer for Palestinian Refugees, (PRM/ANE). Ms. Ramgoolie will be attending the UNRWA @ 60 Steering Committee meeting on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. 2. Her point of contact will be Amy Schedlbauer, Poli [...]	2009-05-01 21:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF
09USUNNEWYORK450	UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-04 13:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN
09USUNNEWYORK451	AMB RICE DISCUSSES WOMEN'S ISSUES WITH STEPHEN LEWIS [...] (SBU) Former Canadian ambassador Stephen Lewis spoke to Ambassador Rice April 27 on the need for a new UN agency on women's affairs, and to plead for U.S. support to move quickly to establish the new agency. Lewis, through his previous positions as Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, Canadian [...]	2009-05-04 20:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI EAID KWMN ZI UN
09USUNNEWYORK452	SOMALIA/UN: P3 FAVOR CONTINUED ASSESSED SUPPORT TO [...] (SBU) 1. The UK convened a second round of P3 negotiations on their draft Somalia resolution on May 1. As at the previous meeting, poloff did not offer substantive suggestions, but asked the UK and France to be patient with USG decisionmaking and to preserve flexibility in the text in prepara [...]	2009-05-04 20:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK453	CYPRUS: SPECIAL ADVISOR DOWNER BRIEFS THE SECURITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The SYG's Special Advisor for Cyprus, Alexander Downer, told the Security Council on April 30 he is "cautiously optimistic" about the current negotiations over reunification of the island. The two leaders had made "steady progress" since talks began in September 2008, but the [...]	2009-05-04 23:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNFICYP UNSC CY
09USUNNEWYORK454	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice met with newly appointed South African PermRep Baso Sangqu on April 23. Sangqu hoped to forge greater cooperation on peace and security issues in Africa. He suggested a holistic approach to the crisis in Somalia, which needed to address the root causes of confli [...]	2009-05-04 23:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC SF SO ZI XA ZU

09USUNNEWYORK455	AMBASSADOR RICE'S INITIAL WORKING MEETING WITH THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice on April 23 met with the entire African Union (AU) as part of her pledge to conduct regular meetings with the African Group. The discussion encompassed U.S. priorities, peace and security in Africa, socio-economic issues, UN reform, non-proliferation, and the AU [...]	2009-05-05 09:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC XA
09USUNNEWYORK458	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH UK MINISTER FOR [...] SUMMARY: In an April 27 meeting with Ambassador Rice, the UK Minister for Development Douglas Alexander and UK PR John Sawers expressed concern over the potential for the UN June 1-2 financial crisis conference to disrupt the G-20 international financial architecture reform discussions. Alex [...]	2009-05-05 19:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA PGOV KGHG EFIN ECON EAID
09USUNNEWYORK459	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI AND L [...] Mission clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Clint Williamson, Foreign Affairs Officer Brendan Doherty, and Attorney-Adviser Anne Joyce from May 6-8 to attend meetings with USUN, UN/OLA officials and chairs of the various tribunal working groups/steering committees (STL, [...]	2009-05-05 21:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC OTRA ABUD AF UNAUS EU
09USUNNEWYORK460	AMBASSADOR RICEâ€™S MAY 4 TELCONS WITH UN [...] (C) Ambassador Rice spoke with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon three times on May 4 to discuss concerns over the Board of Inquiry's report on incidents at UN sites in December 2008 and January 2009. Rice called the Secretary-General to register concern about the scope of the report. She cited in part [...]	2009-05-05 22:34:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN KWBG KPAL IS
09USUNNEWYORK463	UNSC UNANIMOUSLY EXTENDS MINURSO FOR ANOTHER YEAR [...] The Security Council on April 30 unanimously adopted Resolution 1871 to extend the mandate of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until April 30, 2010. Ambassador Rice gave the first explanation of vote (EOV),reiterating U.S. support for Personal Envoy Chris Ross a [...]	2009-05-07 00:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS UNSC MO AG WI
09USUNNEWYORK464	U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS ON THE "HORROR" OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Council met on April 30 in an "informal interactive" format to consider the situation in Sri Lanka. U/SYG Holmes briefed on his latest visit there, and Sri Lankan PR Palihakkara briefed on the government,s position. Following the meeting, the Mexican Presidency br [...]	2009-05-07 00:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE
09USUNNEWYORK465	SECURITY COUNCIL RECEIVES BRIEFING ON NEPAL/UNMIN, [...] (U) Summary: On May 5, the Security Council received a briefing on Nepal/UNMIN from Karin Landgren, the Secretary-General,s Representative in Nepal and head of the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN). Landgren emphasized that the recent political crisis that led to the resignation of the Prime Minist [...]	2009-05-07 00:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NP PHUM KDEM
09USUNNEWYORK466	UNMIS MANDATE RENEWED [...] (C) Summary: The Security Council on April 30 unanimously adopted Resolution 1870 to extend the mandate of the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) until April 30, 2010. Unanimity on the U.S.-drafted text was achieved after intensive negotiations to arrive at compromise language that implicitly addres [...]	2009-05-07 00:58:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK468	GAZA BOARD OF INQUIRY AND NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon transmitted to the Security Council on May 5 his letter and summary of the Board of Inquiry's conclusions and recommendations into nine incidents involving the UN in Gaza between December 2008 and January 2009. The Security Council will discuss in inf [...]	2009-05-07 15:00:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN KWBG KPAL IS
09USUNNEWYORK469	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETING WITH EC HEAD OF DELEGATION [...] On May 5, Ambassador Rice met with European Commission (EC) Head of Delegation Ambassador Fernando Valenzuela. He requested the meeting as an initial courtesy call. Valenzuela raised three specific issues: the future of the EC at the UN; the President of the General Assembly's (PGA) June 1- [...]	2009-05-07 15:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN EU KGHG SENV
09USUNNEWYORK47	USUN: ARRIVAL AT POST [...] (U) Ambassador Susan Rice was sworn in as U.S. Representative to the United Nations at 10:35 am EST on January 23, 2009 and has assumed charge as of 8:45 am EST, on Monday, January 26, 2009. 2. (U) Ambassador Alejandro Wolff resumes duties as Deputy Permanent Representative. Rice [...]	2009-01-26 19:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN AMGT OVIP
09USUNNEWYORK470	SUBJECT: A/S GOTTEMOELLER,S 5 MAY BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, held several bilateral meetings May 5 on the margins of the NPT Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) in New York. This cable reports on her meetings with: South Africa,s Ambassador Abdul [...]	2009-05-07 15:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM NPT
09USUNNEWYORK472	AMB. RICE MEETS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT OF BOTSWANA [...] (C) Summary - In a May 4 meeting between Ambassador Rice and the former President of Botswana Festus Mogae, Ambassador Rice and President Mogae discussed a range of issues including climate change, recent elections in South Africa, succession plans in Zimbabwe, and the strain of the financial [...]	2009-05-07 20:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC EAID KGHG KDEM US BC ZU UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK474	1267: ITALY REQUESTS U.S. INFO ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) This is an action request -- please see para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Italian UN mission has requested updated information from the United States about five individuals whom Italy proposed for designation in the 1267 al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee. The 1267 Committee recently sol [...]	2009-05-08 17:44:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK475	SOMALIA: FRANCE PROPOSES SANCTIONS FOR PIRATES [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 5. 2. (C//NF) SUMMARY: The French mission has shared with USUN a list of fourteen individuals linked to piracy whom France wants to designate under the newly-imposed Somalia targeted sanctions regime (UNSCR 1844). France believes these indiv [...]	2009-05-08 20:08:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC MARR AU SO
09USUNNEWYORK479	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR FEDERIC HOF AND [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants mission clearance to Federic Hof, Special Coordinator for Regional Affairs in the Office of the Special Envoy for Middle East Peace and Matthew Irwin, U.S. Department of State, Lebanon Desk Officer, for Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Mr. Hof and Mr. Irwin will meet [...]	2009-05-11 20:37:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC LE IS
09USUNNEWYORK48	UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-26 20:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN
09USUNNEWYORK480	USUN MEETS WITH MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 7. 2. Ambassador Wolff met May 5 with two members of the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Eminent Jurists Panel (EJP),Mary Robinson and Robert Goldman. The eight-member EJP recently completed a report titled "Assessing Damage, Urging Ac [...]	2009-05-11 20:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL
09USUNNEWYORK481	SRSG QAZI BRIEFS COUNCIL ON UNMIS REPORT [...] Summary: On April 23, the Security Council held consultations on the Secretary General's quarterly report on the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). SRSG Ashraf Qazi stressed that key Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) issues -- elections, border demarcation, the two referenda (South [...]	2009-05-12 01:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK482	UNSC: UN ENVOY SAYS GREAT PROGRESS ON 1559, BUT [...] (C) Summary. Terje Roed-Larsen briefed the Security Council on May 7 that significant progress had been achieved in the implementation of UNSCR 1559, particularly on the full opening of diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Syria. Despite great strides in solidifying internal stability and [...]	2009-05-12 01:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL UNSC LE SY IS
09USUNNEWYORK483	SWEDISH POLITICAL DIRECTOR DISCUSSES UPCOMING EU [...] (SBU) Swedish Political Director Bjorn Lyrvall told Ambassador Rice on May 6 that Sweden's priority during its upcoming EU presidency would be to prepare to address EU institutional issues under the assumption that the Lisbon Treaty would be fully ratified by the end of the year. Lyrvall thou [...]	2009-05-12 01:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC EUN
09USUNNEWYORK484	FINLAND PERMREP MAKES INTRODUCTORY CALL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Incoming Finnish Permrep Jarmo Viinanen told Ambassador Rice on May 4 that Finland hoped to build on the success of the March 7-8 high-level international women's colloquium in Liberia by holding a high-level event during the UNGA ministerial week. Viinanen also expressed Finla [...]	2009-05-12 01:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KWMN FI
09USUNNEWYORK485	SRSG ADADA IN SHARP EXCHANGE WITH SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, the Security Council held consultations on the Secretary General's April report on the hybrid United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID). SRSG Adada characterized the situation in Darfur as a "low-intensity" conflict with a high-risk of escalation an [...]	2009-05-12 01:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK486	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH DANISH CLIMATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Danish Climate Minister Hedegaard sought the Ambassador's views on the likelihood of Congressional adoption of climate change legislation by December, and encouraged USG engagement with China. She also hoped that U.S. leadership would draw out clearer positions from Japan and Ca [...]	2009-05-12 09:15:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KGHG SENV UN DA
09USUNNEWYORK488	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH NAMIBIAN PERMREP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a May 5 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Namibian PermRep Kaire Mbuende expressed frustration with the constraints of the traditional UN voting block dynamic and suggested that the U.S. and Namibian PermReps work more directly together on key issues. Mbuende confirmed Nami [...]	2009-05-12 14:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNSCS SF SO WA XA ZU
09USUNNEWYORK489	SECURITY COUNCIL AND GAZA BOARD OF INQUIRY: LIBYA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 10. 2. (C) Summary: The Libyan delegation circulated to Council members, after the May 11 Ministerial meeting on the Middle East, a draft resolution pursuing the findings of the Gaza Board of Inquiry and scheduled an experts meeting to discu [...]	2009-05-12 16:50:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY
09USUNNEWYORK49	UNIFEM ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-26 20:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UNIFEM
09USUNNEWYORK490	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH MAURITIUS PR SOMDUTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 6, Mauritius Permanent Representative Somduth Soborun told Ambassador Rice that he hoped the US could provide "friendly support" in the Mauritius/UK negotiations over the disposition of the British Indian Ocean Territories (Diego Garcia). Ambassador Rice noted that the O [...]	2009-05-12 16:52:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PGOV MARR MP
09USUNNEWYORK491	GEORGIA: USUN PRESSES SECRETARIAT ON UNOMIG REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST. Ambassador DiCarlo reinforced with U/SYG for Political Affairs Pascoe on May 8 and May 11, and U/SYG for Peacekeeping Operations Le Roy on May 11, that the U.S. strongly opposes any change to the name of the SYG's Report on the Situation in Abkhazia, Georgia a [...]	2009-05-12 23:35:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNOMIG RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK492	UK: MILIBAND DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST, IRAN, AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. U.K. Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Ambassador Rice discussed the Middle East, Iran, Somalia, Sudan, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka on the margins of a May 11 Security Council Ministerial on the Middle East. Miliband was pleased with U.S. support for the Middle East peace process a [...]	2009-05-13 00:27:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UK
09USUNNEWYORK493	UNSC: MIDDLE EAST MINISTERIAL STRONGLY BACKS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Security Council on May 11 convened a ministerial-level meeting to encourage Israel, the Palestinians, and the international community to move forward on their commitments toward a comprehensive peace agreement. Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, opened the meetin [...]	2009-05-13 00:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL UNSC LE SY IS
09USUNNEWYORK494	SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS DISCUSS SRI LANKA WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 11, the UK and French Foreign Ministers hosted a meeting with like-minded Security Council members to discuss the situation in Sri Lanka. OCHA and four NGOs (Caritas, Save the Children, Oxfam and Human Rights Watch) also participated. The Austrian and Costa Rican Foreig [...]	2009-05-13 00:38:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK495	SECURITY COUNCIL AND GAZA BOARD OF INQUIRY: [...] (C) According to the Russian Council Presidency, the Libyan delegation on May 12 continued to insist that consultations on the Gaza Board of Inquiry report be scheduled by May 13 or they would call for a formal Council meeting under Rule 2 of the Council's rules of procedure. Ambassador Rice [...]	2009-05-13 01:09:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN KWBG KPAL IS LY
09USUNNEWYORK496	U.S. ELECTED TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United States won election to the UN Human Rights Council on May 12 with 167 votes cast in our favor during secret balloting, with a vote count that was among the highest the United States has ever received in a vote in the General Assembly. Also elected by the General Ass [...]	2009-05-13 09:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM AORC UNGA PREL
09USUNNEWYORK497	A/S GOTTEMOELLER,S 5 AND 7 MAY BILATERAL MEETINGS [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, held several bilateral meetings May 5 and 7 on the margins of the NPT Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) in New York. This cable reports on her meetings with: Brazil's Head of Delegation Lui [...]	2009-05-13 15:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP NPT
09USUNNEWYORK498	A/S GOTTEMOELLER,S 8 MAY BILATERAL MEETINGS ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary of State for Verification, Compliance and Implementation, Rose Gottemoeller, held several bilateral meetings May 8 on the margins of the NPT Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) in New York. This cable reports on her meetings with: Austria,s Ambassador Alexander [...]	2009-05-13 21:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM NPT
09USUNNEWYORK499	DPRK SANCTIONS COMMITTEE REPORTS TO COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 13, the chair of the Security Council's Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") briefed the Council about the Committee's activities over the last ninety days. He noted its recent designation of entities and goods in response to [...]	2009-05-13 22:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK50	UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR THE [...] This is an action cable please see paragraph 5. 2. USUN has faxed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) two notes from the SYG dated January 23, 2009 concerning the financing of the International Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Territory of [...]	2009-01-26 20:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN
09USUNNEWYORK500	SECURITY COUNCIL AND GAZA BOARD OF INQUIRY: [...] (C) The Security Council held short consultations on May 13 on the Secretary-General's transmittal to the Council of his letter and summary of the Gaza Board of Inquiry report and Libya's draft resolution on the matter. The Council agreed to take no further action and asked the Presidency to [...]	2009-05-13 23:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN KWBG KPAL IS LY
09USUNNEWYORK501	UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR FOUR [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated May 8, 2009 concerning the financing of four peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follow [...]	2009-05-14 13:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UN AORC AFIN
09USUNNEWYORK502	SOMALI FM MAKES URGENT PLEA FOR AID TO AMB. RICE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a May 13 meeting, Somali Foreign Minister Mohammed Omaar briefed Amb. Rice on the situation in Mogadishu following fighting between Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Islamist opposition forces of a [...]	2009-05-14 17:44:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PTER ASEC KPKO UNSC ER SO
09USUNNEWYORK503	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MONIQUE RAMGOOLIE [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants mission clearance to Monique Ramgoolie, Senior Program Officer for Palestinian Refugees, (PRM/ANE). With USUN Adviser Michael Gordon, Ms. Ramgoolie will be attending the UNRWA Finance Steering Committee meeting on May 19 and participate in an UNRWA @ 60 Ste [...]	2009-05-14 17:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF
09USUNNEWYORK504	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MAY 13 BILATERAL MEETING WITH [...] (C) Ambassador Rice met with Lebanese Perm Rep Nawaf Salam on May 13 for their first bilateral meeting. Ambassador Salam reviewed the electoral playing field in Lebanon ahead of the June 7 parliamentary elections. He expressed appreciation for Ambassador Rice's statements in the Council on L [...]	2009-05-14 20:47:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN KPAL KWBG LE IS
09USUNNEWYORK505	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS NY STATE GOVERNOR PATERSON [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the request of the UN Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-Moon, Ambassador Rice arranged a meeting between the SYG and NY State Governor David Paterson to solicit cooperation from the State on security issues pertaining to the UN's Capital Master Plan (CMP). Both the SYG and Governor [...]	2009-05-14 20:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ASEC AMGT UN
09USUNNEWYORK506	SOMALIA: UNSC BACKS UK DRAFT, DEFERS UNPKO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Security Council members welcomed the UK's draft resolution on UN support to the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) with only a few members advocating a rapid transfer to a UN peacekeeping operation (UNPKO) in Security Council consultations on May 13. In a briefing prece [...]	2009-05-14 21:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK507	TURKISH PR ILKIN RAISES IRAQ, CYPRUS WITH [...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Turkish PR Ilkin met with Ambassador Rice on May 13 to discuss Turkey,s Presidency of the Security Council in June. Ilkin said his Foreign Minister would like to chair the quarterly debate on Iraq/UNAMI, tentatively scheduled for June 18. Ambassador Rice said [...]	2009-05-14 21:15:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK508	SECURITY COUNCIL REACTS OFFICIALLY TO SITUATION IN [...] (U) The UK, France and Austria circulated a draft Security Council press statement on Sri Lanka in the evening of May 12, and formally introduced the text in Council consultations under other matters May 13. They stressed that the Security Council must react in a formal way to the situation in [...]	2009-05-14 21:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC CE PHUM PREF
09USUNNEWYORK509	PGA,S OFFICE REACHES OUT TO MISSION ON FINANCIAL [...] (SBU) Paul Oquist Kelley, Senior Advisor to President of the General Assembly (PGA) Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, phoned Ambassador Wolff twice from Tripoli on May 13 to discuss the foundering preparation process for the June 1-3 UN Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and its Imp [...]	2009-05-14 22:02:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID UN
09USUNNEWYORK51	GEORGIA: UN DPKO SHARES DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. As reported Reftel, the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) favors a revised interim monitoring mission in Georgia to replace the existing UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). DPKO shared with USUN a draft of the Secretary-General's (SYG) "observations" to be incl [...]	2009-01-27 01:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK511	MEETING OF THE FIVE PRINCIPAL CONTRIBUTORS TO THE [...] On May 13, 2009, UK Ambassador Sawyer hosted a breakfast meeting for the Five Principal Contributors to the UN (B-5) on the Peacekeeping Budget. Attending were: UK - Ambassador Sawyer with Wasim Mir and Simon Thomas; U.S. - Ambassador Wolff and MR Counselor Bruce Rashkow; France - Ambassador [...]	2009-05-15 20:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UN AMGT AORC KPKO UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK514	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CHINESE VFM HE YAFEI [...] (C) Summary: During a cordial meeting on May 14, Ambassador Rice and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei agreed to work together to maximize commonalties and minimize disagreements on UN issues. The two also agreed to increase cooperation on African issues. He Yafei said the North Korean [...]	2009-05-18 18:32:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH
09USUNNEWYORK517	UN BRIEFING NOTE ON FIELD OPERATIONS [...] On May 11, 2009, Security Council President Churkin (Russia) transmitted the following Briefing Note to the Security Council on UN field operations covering the period of April 29-MAY 5, 2009. 2. Begin text of Briefing Note: Africa --Burundi (BINUB): On 29 April, the African Union Spec [...]	2009-05-18 19:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC MOPS KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK518	EU INITIATIVE TO ENLIST US SUPPORT REGARDING [...] (U) As a follow up to the scale of assessment discussion that occurred in Geneva in April 2009 among the Directors of the International Organization Bureaus from the capitals of the G7 Members (US, Japan, UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada),the Japanese Mission hosted a meeting on May 1 [...]	2009-05-19 13:39:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT AORC UN
09USUNNEWYORK519	AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) (Begin summary) Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo met on Monday, May 18 with International Criminal Court (ICC) President Sang-Hyun Song. They discussed African countries' views of the ICC in light of the indictment of Sudan President Bashir as well as President Song's strong interest in e [...]	2009-05-19 21:11:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS KAWC PREL SU XA XW
09USUNNEWYORK520	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CHILEAN PR MUNOZ [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-19 21:34:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UNGA EFIN CI
09USUNNEWYORK521	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH BOTSWANA FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 14, Botswana FM Mompati Merafhe told Ambassador Rice that Botswana would balance support for Zimbabwean social ministries controlled by the MDC and revitalization of the economy with the necessity of continuing to deny access to foreign credit to ZANU-PF leaders. To this [...]	2009-05-19 22:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA SOCI KHIV ETRD ELAB BC ZI MA
09USUNNEWYORK522	NPT, CTBT, FMCT DISCUSSED AT P-5 LUNCH IN NEW YORK [...] (C) Summary: Anatoly Antonov, Director for Arms Control, Russian MFA, hosted Acting Under Secretary for Arms Control Rose Gottemoeller (also U.S. Head of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) delegation meeting in New York) and other P-5 NPT PrepCom Delegati [...]	2009-05-20 14:13:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL
09USUNNEWYORK526	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THOMAS A. WUCHTE [...] In response to refel, USUN grants mission clearance to Thomas A. Wuchte, U.S. 1540 Coordinator, Department of State, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. Mr. Wuchte will be in New York, May 27-28, 2009, for meetings with the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs as well as for a [...]	2009-05-22 21:02:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ETTC PARM UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK527	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THOMAS A. WUCHTE [...] In response to refel, USUN grants mission clearance to Thomas A. Wuchte, U.S. 1540 Coordinator, Department of State, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. Mr. Wuchte will be in New York, May 27-28, 2009, for meetings with the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs as well as for a [...]	2009-05-22 21:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ETTC PARM UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK528	PAKISTAN MISSION COMPLAINS ABOUT UN ROLE IN [...] (C) The Pakistani Mission to the UN has demarched the UK, French and U.S. Missions regarding Pakistan,s concern over a potential UN role in the Bangladesh war crimes process. Pakistan requests that all three countries jointly demarche Bangladesh asking for the government to refrain from "press [...]	2009-05-22 21:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM BG
09USUNNEWYORK529	UNSC ACHIEVES BURMA PRESS STATEMENT [...] (SBU) During consultations on May 22, the Security Council debated the U.S.-drafted press statement on Burma to reach Council consensus. Ambassador DiCarlo underlined international concern with developments around ASSK and highlighted clear member support for a timely, substantive statement f [...]	2009-05-22 21:37:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK53	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CHINESE AMBASSADOR ZHANG [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-27 19:43:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC CH
09USUNNEWYORK530	UNSC CONDEMNS NUCLEAR TEST; BEGINS WORK ON [...] (C) Begin Summary. The Security Council roundly condemned North Korea's nuclear test in brief consultations following a P5 plus South Korea and Japan discussion, in which all delegations but China were prepared to agree to a formal Council press statement. The P5 2 ultimately agreed to eleme [...]	2009-05-26 00:18:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP UNSC KN
09USUNNEWYORK532	CYPRUS: SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON UNFICYP [...] (SBU) Cyprus SRSG Taye-Brook Zerihoun told the Security Council on May 22 that the military situation in Cyprus is stable, and he reported an increase in restrictions imposed on UNFICYP's movements by Turkish forces in the north. Zerihoun noted a lack of public support for a settlement, as wel [...]	2009-05-26 22:48:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNFICYP UNSC CY
09USUNNEWYORK533	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THOMAS A. WUCHTE [...] In response to refel, USUN grants mission clearance to Thomas A. Wuchte, U.S. 1540 Coordinator, Department of State, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation. Mr. Wuchte will be in New York, May 27-28, 2009, for meetings with the UN Office of Disarmament Affairs as well as for a [...]	2009-05-27 12:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ETTC PARM UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK534	AMBASSADOR RICE PUSHES UN TO IMPROVE HUMANITARIAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice contacted UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe and UN Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark to register major concerns over the UN's insufficient capacity to manage humanitarian coordination re [...]	2009-05-27 15:31:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PHUM UN PTER PREF PK
09USUNNEWYORK535	REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF IMMUNITY [...] USUN Host Country MinCouns called in Georgian Mission Deputy PermRep Irakli Chikovani March 26 to hand over note verbale requesting that the Government of Georgia waive the immunity from criminal jurisdiction enjoyed by Georgian Mission Counselor Alexander Chelizde so that he could face charg [...]	2009-05-27 16:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP PREL GG UN CHELIDZE ALEXANDER
09USUNNEWYORK538	GEORGIA: MAY 27 UNSC CONSULTATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Georgia SRSG Johan Verbeke told the Security Council on May 27 that a credible security regime, adhered to by all sides, needs to be the core of any future UN presence in Abkhazia, Georgia. Verbeke said that the Council's call in Res. 1866 for paragraph 2(a) of the former Mosco [...]	2009-05-28 22:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK539	SEMINAR ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE: THE [...] (Begin summary.) On May 19, the Slovenian Permanent Representative, Ambassador Sanja Stiglic, convened a seminar entitled "International Criminal Justice: The Role of the International Criminal Court." International Criminal Court (ICC) President Song, ICC Assembly of State Parties Presiden [...]	2009-05-29 13:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KAWC UNSC XA
09USUNNEWYORK54	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH UN [...] (C) The UN's Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, John Holmes, just back from a brief visit to Gaza, told Ambassador Rice Jan. 26 it will take a lot of time and money to repair the war's damage, but lamented there is no political basis on which to build and said he fears donors w [...]	2009-01-27 19:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREF PREL KWBG IS
09USUNNEWYORK541	PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN FACT [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 6. 2. USUN Legal Advisers met with Professor Michael Bothe, President of the International Humanitarian Fact-Finding Commission (IHFFC) on May 19. Bothe requested support from the United States on the issue of granting observer status in the UN Gene [...]	2009-05-29 14:25:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL
09USUNNEWYORK542	CHAIRMEN OF THE 1267, 1373, AND 1540 COMMITTEES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chairs of the UN Security Council,s Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC),1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban) Sanctions Committee, and 1540 Committee (nonproliferation) briefed the Council in a public/open meeting on May 26. The Chairs described their committee,s accomplishments over the [...]	2009-05-29 14:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREF PREL
09USUNNEWYORK544	ECOSOC ELECTIONS TO 21 UN BODIES [...] SUMMARY: ECOSOC elected membership to 21 of its subsidiary bodies on May 18. The United States was elected to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Balloting was necessary for only the International Narcotics Control Board; elected were experts from India, France, Thailand [...]	2009-06-01 14:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ECOSOC UN AORC INCB
09USUNNEWYORK545	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on May 28 met with UN Secretary-General Ban ki Moon to discuss a range of subjects, including the humanitarian situation in Pakistan and Sri Lanka, particularly regarding how the UN can and should deal with the destabilizing effects of large numbers of internally d [...]	2009-06-01 16:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CE KN PK CF UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK546	U.S. INAUGURATES WORKING GROUP OF THE UNSC 1540 [...] (C) Summary. The U.S. delegation on May 27 chaired the first meeting of the 1540 Committee working group on transparency and media outreach. The meeting represented the implementation of the working-group structure promoted by the USG as part of the Committee's eighth Program of Work to stre [...]	2009-06-01 19:34:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK55	A/SYG MULET BRIEFS COUNCIL ON DARFUR VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On request of the United States, A/SYG Mulet provided the Security Council a detailed factual chronology of events in Darfur beginning with the January 10 movement of JEM forces into South Darfur and the ensuing aerial bombardment by the Government of Sudan. He said that, al [...]	2009-01-29 02:17:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC SU
09USUNNEWYORK552	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI [...] Mission clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Clint Williamson, Foreign Affairs Officer Brendan Doherty, and Foreign Service Officer Todd Anderson from June 4 - 5 with Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs, Peter Taksoe-Jensen and Croatian Prime Minister I [...]	2009-06-02 19:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KJUS OTRA UNSC XA AF EU
09USUNNEWYORK553	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: START OF SECOND ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on May 22 and 26 for the start of the second round of intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion. The two sessions, during which 51 delegations spoke, focused on the Chair's agenda for the second ro [...]	2009-06-02 21:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK554	GEORGIA: RUSSIAN MISSION REFUSES TO ENGAGE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. At a meeting of French, German, U.K., U.S., Russian and Croatian PRs/DPRs on June 2, Russian Permrep Vitaly Churkin refused to engage on a German draft resolution to extend the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). Churkin said he had received emphatic i [...]	2009-06-02 22:09:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK555	BAN KI-MOON BRIEFS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON PAKISTAN, [...] (SBU) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the General Assembly during a June 1 briefing on his recent travels, that he was considering appointing a senior-level envoy to coordinate delivery of humanitarian assistance to the 2.4 million people who have been displaced in the Swat Valley in Pakist [...]	2009-06-02 22:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK559	NO WAIVER FOR CHELIDZE [...] The Permanent Mission of Georgia's note 6/85-02 of June 1, 2009 (text follows in paragraph 2 below) informs USUN that the Government has decided not to waive the immunity of Alexander Chelizde from criminal jurisdiction so that he could face the third degree assault charges that the Queens Co [...]	2009-06-03 20:25:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP PREL GG UN
09USUNNEWYORK56	SPECIAL ADVISOR GAMBARI BRIEFS AMBASSADOR RICE ON [...] (C) Ambassador Rice spoke by phone on January 28 with the Secretary-General's Special Advisor on Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, who departs today for a trip to Burma. During the brief, friendly call, Gambari told Ambassador Rice that he is hopeful but not certain he will have meetings with senior mi [...]	2009-01-29 02:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK560	CROATIA: PRIME MINISTER SANADER DISCUSSES EU, ICTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister of Croatia Ivo Sanader told Ambassador Rice on June 1 he is hoping for a positive assessment of Croatia's cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) from Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz, when Brammertz reports to the Secu [...]	2009-06-04 01:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC HR
09USUNNEWYORK562	FOLLOW UP ON G-7 INITIATIVE ON REGULAR AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 28, 2009, the Canadian Mission hosted a follow up meeting of the G7 at the level of Fifth Committee experts to the scale of assessment discussion that occurred in Geneva in April 2009 among the Directors of the International Organization Bureaus from the capitals of the G7 [...]	2009-06-04 14:44:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT AORC UN
09USUNNEWYORK563	INVITATION TO PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TO ATTEND UN FINANCIAL CRISIS CONFERENCE [...] USUN has received the following letter to President Obama from General Assembly President Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, dated May 27, 2009. Text of letter follows in para 2 below. 2. Begin text of letter to President Obama: 27 May 2009 Excellency, Further to my letter dated 16 Apr [...]	2009-06-04 19:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT UNAUS EAID EFIN OPDC
09USUNNEWYORK564	A/S BRIMMER'S MEETINGS AT THE UNITED NATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer traveled to New York on May 27 for a series of meetings with United Nations officials. Department of Management Under Secretary General Angela Kane told A/S Brimmer that the United Nations is enthusias [...]	2009-06-04 19:02:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF UNAUS UNDP
09USUNNEWYORK565	ICC'S OCAMPO PRESSES HIS POLITICAL AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo claimed to Ambassador Rice on June 3 that the African Union (AU) realizes that Article 16 deferral of the Bashir case is not attainable and is looking for a face-saving way to let go of the issue. Ocampo suggeste [...]	2009-06-04 23:54:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK568	EIGHTH UN PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: The annual UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) concluded its two-week session on May 29. U.S. engagement as an observer delegation was warmly welcomed this year, although there are some issues of concern to us, including the adoption of language that mimics the auth [...]	2009-06-05 23:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK569	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH UNIFEM EXECUTIVE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice met with United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Executive Director, Ines Alberdi, on Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Ms. Alberdi congratulated the U.S. on their new administration and the new possibilities it presents for gender issues. Alberdi and her staff [...]	2009-06-05 23:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNSC SO SU
09USUNNEWYORK57	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH FRENCH PREMREP [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice paid an initial call on French PermRep Ripert on January 26. Ambassador Rice reviewed her priorities and sought Ripert's views. Ripert offered his views on the state of the UN, the importance of progress on Security Council reform, engaging the Secretary General [...]	2009-01-29 02:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV FR
09USUNNEWYORK570	GEORGIA: RUSSIA INSISTS ON NEW 'POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian Permrep Churkin continued to resist substantive negotiations, on June 5, on a draft resolution to extend UNOMIG beyond June 15. Churkin insisted that Western partners needed to present a draft resolution within Moscow's preferred "political framework" before he would engag [...]	2009-06-06 01:57:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNOMIG UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK571	UN SECRETARY-GENERAL BRIEFS ON HIS RECENT VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 5, the Secretary-General briefed members of the Security Council on his recent visit to Sri Lanka as well as on UN assistance to IDPs. The briefing was in an "informal interactive" format, which included the participation of Sri Lankan Permanent Representative Palihakka [...]	2009-06-06 02:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CE
09USUNNEWYORK573	ROBERT ORR, UN ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL FOR [...] Summary: Ambassador Wolff and USUN Legal Advisers met with Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Planning and Policy Coordination in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General on May 22 to hear an update on the UN's Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF). Orr, the pr [...]	2009-06-08 22:54:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CT PREF PREL
09USUNNEWYORK574	MUSLIM AMBASSADORS PRAISE PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on June 4 hosted 28 Ambassadors from Muslim-majority countries at her residence to view President Obama's speech in Cairo a few hours earlier and discuss it. There was uniform praise for the President's sincerity and honesty, and most judged the speech a watershed [...]	2009-06-08 23:27:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG IS UN EG
09USUNNEWYORK575	ICC PROSECUTOR MORENO-OCAMPO BRIEFS UNSC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In his June 5 briefing to the Security Council, International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo stressed that the Government of Sudan (GoS) had not cooperated with the ICC, in contravention of its obligations under UNSC resolution 1593. Ocampo said he would n [...]	2009-06-09 15:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK577	FORMER YUGOSLAVIA AND RWANDA WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS [...] SUMMARY: The Security Council met June 5 for its biannual briefing on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The President and Prosecutor of each tribunal made statements, as did all Council members and [...]	2009-06-10 00:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ICTY PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK578	AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH THE ICTY'S CHIEF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Serge Brammertz, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) met with Ambassador DiCarlo on June 2 prior to the ICTY's biannual briefing to the UN Security Council. Brammertz focused the discussion on Croatia's less than optimu [...]	2009-06-10 00:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ICTY PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK58	AMBASSADOR RICE'S CALL ON RUSSIAN PERMREP VITALY [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a wide-ranging and warm introductory meeting, Ambassador Rice and Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin discussed U.S. and Russian priorities for the UN, including Georgia, Zimbabwe, Burma, climate change, and the crisis in the Middle East. On Georgia, Rice conveyed the U.S. prefer [...]	2009-01-29 02:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNGA RS
09USUNNEWYORK580	GEORGIA: MARGINAL PROGRESS ON UNOMIG NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST. Russian Permrep Vitaly Churkin acknowledged to France, Germany, U.K., U.S., and Croatia Permreps on June 9 that Russian forces would be subject to any security regime that would serve as the basis for a revised UNOMIG mandate. Churkin also said Russia would n [...]	2009-06-10 14:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK581	AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH THE ICTY'S PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Ambassador DiCarlo met with Judge Patrick Robinson, the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on June 3 prior to the ICTY's biannual briefing to the UN Security Council. The ICTY's new Registrar, John Hocking and its Chef de Cabinet, Gabriell [...]	2009-06-10 16:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ICTY PREL UNSC

09USUNNEWYORK582	UN SECURITY COUNCIL COMMENDS SIERRA LEONE'S JOINT [...] (U) SUMMARY. On June 8, UNIPSIL ERSG von der Schulenburg told the Security Council that the April 2 Joint Communiqu, which calls for unity and rejects violence, was a courageous decision by Sierra Leone's leaders. He warned of youth unemployment and explained the UN's "Joint Vision" for coord [...]	2009-06-10 22:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNSC XY SL
09USUNNEWYORK583	GEORGIA: RUSSIA AND WESTERN FRIENDS AT AN IMPASSE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Per Ref A and B instructions, USUN has maintained close unity with the Quad in negotiations over extension of the mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG). At a June 10 negotiating session among Croatia, France, Germany, Russia, U.K., and U.S. Per [...]	2009-06-11 02:43:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK587	UNDERSECRETARY-GENERAL HOLMES BRIEFS UNSC ON SUDAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In his June 11 briefing to the Security Council, Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Response Coordinator John Holmes reiterated his assessment that the decision of the Government of Sudan (GoS) to expel 13 aid agencies and close 3 national non-governme [...]	2009-06-12 14:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AF EAID PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU
09USUNNEWYORK589	AMBASSADORS DENNIS ROSS AND SUSAN RICE DISCUSS [...] (C) Ambassador Rice and Special Advisor for the Gulf and Southwest Asia Ambassador Dennis Ross on June 9 met with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to explain key elements of U.S. diplomatic outreach to Iran and to hear Ban's assessment. Ambassador Ross explained that President Obama in various fora [...]	2009-06-13 00:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZP IR IS UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK59	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH UNRWA [...] (C) Summary: Karen AbuZayd, Commissioner-General of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA),met Ambassador Rice prior to AbuZayd's Jan. 27 appearance before the Security Council and described the humanitarian situation in Gaza as very bad. She stated th [...]	2009-01-29 14:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREF PREL KWBG IS
09USUNNEWYORK590	UNSC: IGAD DELEGATION SHOWS CRACKS IN PUSH FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A delegation from the Inter Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) met with Amb. Rice on June 10 to press for UNSC implementation of sanctions against Eritrea as called for by recent communiques of IGAD and the African Union (AU). The delegation, led by Ethiopian State Minis [...]	2009-06-13 00:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ETTC XA ER SO
09USUNNEWYORK591	FM YODA: BURKINA FASO WILL ABSTAIN FROM BLOCKING A [...] (SBU) Burkinabe Foreign Minister Yoda called Ambassador Rice on June 10 to request U.S. views on the mandate renewal of the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights for Sudan. Ambassador Rice stressed the U.S. wants a robust new mandate for the Rapporteur, noting Sudan need not fear a rapporteur if [...]	2009-06-13 00:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM UNSC XY UV SU
09USUNNEWYORK592	DPRK: COUNCIL VOTES TO IMPOSE NEW SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 12, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution to condemn the May 25 nuclear test by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and impose new sanctions. All Council members delivered statements that were generally supportive of the text and condemned t [...]	2009-06-13 02:02:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK593	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR BASIL OTTLEY TO [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants mission clearance to Basil Ottley, Department of Interior, Office of Insular Affairs. Mr. Ottley requests permission to observe sessions of the C-24 Meetings between June 14 and 16, 2009 concerning Puerto Rico's political status. 2. As per normal USG pra [...]	2009-06-13 02:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PBTS PNAT UNGA AORC
09USUNNEWYORK594	P3 MEETING WITH SPECIAL ENVOY GAMBARI ON BURMA [...] (C) UN Special Advisor on Burma Ibrahim Gambari told the P3 on June 12 that the Secretary-General is "very conflicted" regarding a potential visit to Burma. The Secretary-General continues to believe that an eventual visit would be useful, although the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi has obviously [...]	2009-06-13 02:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BM UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK595	GEORGIA: RUSSIAN VETO FORCES EXPIRATION OF UNOMIG [...] (C) The Russian Federation vetoed a two-week technical rollover of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) on June 15, 2009, after several attempts by the Quad to reach compromise with Russia on the terms of a substantive resolution. Per Reftel instructions, USUN had consulted [...]	2009-06-16 02:11:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNOMIG RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK596	IRAN: COUNCIL RESPONDS TO SANCTIONS BRIEFING [...] SUMMARY: On June 15, the chair of the Iran Sanctions Committee updated the UN Security Council on the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days, highlighting in particular its response to the sanctions violation involving the vessel Monchegorsk. Ambassador DiCarlo noted concern ov [...]	2009-06-16 11:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MNUC ETTC KNNP IR UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK597	LIBYA'S TREKI ELECTED UNGA PRESIDENT; QADDAFI TO [...] Summary: The UN General Assembly elected Libyan diplomat Ali Treki to serve as its president in the forthcoming session. Also elected by acclamation were 21 vice presidents. The bureaus of the Assembly,s six Main Committees were elected with a few remaining vacancies to be filled soon. In [...]	2009-06-16 14:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC LI PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK60	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH DSG MIGIRO [...] (U) Summary. In a cordial introductory meeting, Ambassador Susan Rice discussed with UN Deputy-Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro January 28 their shared comittment to implement the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and UN reform. Migiro urged the U.S. to show leadership on development and [...]	2009-01-29 14:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK600	AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH THE ICTR,S PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador DiCarlo met with Judge Dennis Byron, the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on June 3 prior to the ICTR,s biannual briefing to the UN Security Council. The ICTR,s Special Assistant to the President, Helge Zietler also attended. Br [...]	2009-06-17 22:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK601	NATIONAL COUNTER-TERRORISM CENTER DIRECTOR MEETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. National Counter-Terrorism Center,s (NCTC) Director, Michael Leiter, met with Mike Smith, the Executive Director of the UN,s Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) in New York on June 5. Director Leiter conveyed to Smith that the NCTC is currently trying to co [...]	2009-06-17 22:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF CT
09USUNNEWYORK602	DPRK: U.S./JAPAN SHARE THOUGHTS ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice told Japanese Perm Rep Takasu that the United States is now focused on implementing the new sanctions imposed on the DPRK in resolution 1874. She explained that in the highly-likely event of a future DPRK provocation, Washington would prefer not to engage in a tit [...]	2009-06-18 11:03:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK603	REPATRIATION OF SIMON TARALALA [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified - please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Simon Taralala, the 16 year-old adopted son of Papua New Guinea Deputy PermRep Mathilda Takaku, has been in foster care under the control of New York City's Administration of Children's Services (NYC [...]	2009-06-18 17:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP PREL PP UN
09USUNNEWYORK605	KOSOVO: SRSG ZANNIER UPDATES SECURITY COUNCIL ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Kosovo SRSG Lamberto Zannier told the Security Council on June 17 that UNMIK's nearly completed reconfiguration is "timely and necessary" due to UNMIK's "limited capacity" to perform administrative functions in Kosovo. Zannier, along with Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic, n [...]	2009-06-18 23:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM UNMIK UNSC SR KS
09USUNNEWYORK607	POLISH MISSION PROTESTS NYC REAL PROPERTY TRANSFER [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Representatives of the Polish Mission to the UN (PMUN) met June 16 with the NYC Commission for the UN (NYCC) to clarify rules re Real Property Transfer Tax (RPTT) in NY. USUN/HC was invited to attend. The PMUN is in contr [...]	2009-06-19 20:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OFDP PL KREC
09USUNNEWYORK608	SRSG DE MISTURA BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL IN A [...] (U) Summary: On June 18, the Security Council held a quarterly debate on UNAMI/Iraq. Turkish FM Davutoglu chaired the meeting, which included interventions by all Council members, Iraqi PR Bayati and SRSG Staffan de Mistura in his last address before the Council. De Mistura praised the work [...]	2009-06-20 01:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC IZ
09USUNNEWYORK609	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: SECOND ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on June 11 and 12 for the second meeting of the second round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform, focusing on the three clustered issues of composition: size, categories of membership and regional r [...]	2009-06-20 02:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK61	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH EU PRESIDENCY CZECH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice discussed ways to strengthen EU - U.S. cooperation in the UN context with Czech Permrep Ambassador Martin Palous January 28, including institutionalizing both high-level and working level contacts, in order to promote agreement on issues of common concern. Amba [...]	2009-01-29 14:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PHUM ECON PARM UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK610	SRSG JENCA BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 19, Miroslav Jenca - SRSG for Central Asia and head of the UN,s Regional Centre for Preventative Diplomacy in Central Asia (UNRCCA) - briefed the Council on the activities of the newly constituted center. His priorities are to gain the trust of Central Asian leaders, sup [...]	2009-06-20 02:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC UNRCCA
09USUNNEWYORK612	DPRK: U.S. PROPOSES NEW SANCTIONS DESIGNATIONS [...] (SBU) The United States proposed on June 19 a package of new sanctions designations (individuals, entities and goods) to the UN Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee. Resolution 1874, adopted June 12 in response to the May DPRK nuclear test, tasked the Committee with making such designat [...]	2009-06-22 23:37:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK613	SUDAN: COUNCIL CONSIDERS SANCTIONS COMMITTEE REPORT [...] SUMMARY: On June 19, Austrian Perm Rep Mayr-Harting, chair of the Sudan Sanctions Committee ("1591 Committee") updated the UN Security Council on the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days highlighting the Committee's informal consultations to review the Panel of Experts'(POE) m [...]	2009-06-22 23:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETTC SU UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK617	UNSC: UNDOF MANDATE RENEWED FOR SIX MONTHS [...] (U) The Security Council adopted resolution 1875 on June 23 extending the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in the Golan Heights for another six months until December 30, 2009. The Council also agreed to an accompanying Presidential Statement (S/PRST/2009/18) which was read by the Pre [...]	2009-06-25 02:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UN IS SY
09USUNNEWYORK618	AMBASSADOR RICE'S JUNE 22 MEETING WITH TERJE [...] (C) Summary: Terje Roed-Larsen told Ambassador Rice on June 22 that the June 7 Lebanese Parliamentary elections had been "good news" and described three possible regional scenarios going forward in order of probability: (1) business as usual, (2) a regional war started by Hizballah involving [...]	2009-06-25 02:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN KWBG KPAL IS LE SY IR SA VT
09USUNNEWYORK62	NEW SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ATTEND FIRST [...] This is an action cable, see paragraph 5 below. 2. Summary. New members of the Security Council attended their first CTC meeting January 22. The agenda included a discussion of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate's (CTED) reports on its visits to Niger and Kenya and on the prepar [...]	2009-01-29 19:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREF PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK620	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CHINESE FM YANG [...] (C) Summary. During a June 24 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Yang commented on the excellent U.S.-China working relationship including at the UN and praised the smooth transition of the Obama administration. Yang agreed on the need to build positive, cooperative, comprehensive relations for t [...]	2009-06-25 11:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNSC IZ KN SU
09USUNNEWYORK621	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS UNFPA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 22 meeting, UNFPA Executive Director Thoraya Obaid thanked Ambassador Rice for the U.S.'s renewed engagement with and financial contribution to UNFPA. Obaid said that UNFPA was steadily making progress in China, and that the China's Minister of Population and Family P [...]	2009-06-25 14:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNFPA USAID EAID CH
09USUNNEWYORK622	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETING WITH UNHCHR PILLAY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 18:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI KUNR KWBG SU CE SF QA IN XF
09USUNNEWYORK624	UNSC: MONTHLY MEETING ON THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Council held its monthly meeting on the Middle East on June 23. UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Serry briefed the Council and highlighted the concerted push to create the conditions for re-launching negotiations for a two state solution. [...]	2009-06-26 00:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWBG KPAL UN IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK625	DPRK: POSSIBLE BURMA-SINGAPORE CONVERSATION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Burmese mission may have recently asked the Singaporean mission whether Singapore intends to inspect the Kang Nam, a DPRK vessel suspected of carrying contraband cargo. The Burmese reportedly said they would prefer that a state other than Burma inspect the cargo. END SUMMARY. [...]	2009-06-26 00:58:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK626	LIBERIA SANCTIONS: COUNCIL CONSIDERS EXPERT [...] SUMMARY: On June 25, Uganda Perm Rep, reporting on behalf of chair of the Liberia Sanctions Committee ("1521 Committee") briefed the Committee on the Panel of Expert's (POE) midterm report. Ambassador DiCarlo thanked the POE for recommendations on strengthening the efficacy of the sanctions [...]	2009-06-26 01:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM USNC LI KCRM
09USUNNEWYORK63	UN UPDATE: CNDP JOINING DRC ARMY; DRC AND RWANDA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-30 00:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UNSC XA CG RW UG
09USUNNEWYORK630	UGANDA SHOPPING FOR HELP ON SOMALIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ugandan Defense Minister Kiyonga told Ambassador DiCarlo on June 24 that Uganda still strongly favors a UNPKO for Somalia and that, in the meantime, AMISOM needs to push the envelope on services provided by a U.S. contractor in Mogadishu to allow more troops, better communication [...]	2009-06-26 22:38:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PTER ASEC KPKO UNSC ER SO
09USUNNEWYORK631	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH NEW HEAD OF CAR MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 23, Ambassador Rice met with the new Secretary-General Special Representative for the Central African Republic Sahle-Work Zewde. Zewde noted that CAR President Bozizie recently told visiting Under-Secretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe that his primary concern was de [...]	2009-06-26 22:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CT ZF
09USUNNEWYORK632	UNSC CONDEMNS NUCLEAR TEST; BEGINS WORK ON [...] (C) Begin Summary. The Security Council roundly condemned North Korea's nuclear test in brief consultations following a P5 plus South Korea and Japan discussion, in which all delegations but China were prepared to agree to a formal Council press statement. The P5 2 ultimately agreed to eleme [...]	2009-06-27 00:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN
09USUNNEWYORK633	AMB. RICE ADDRESSES UN SMALL STATES FORUM [...] Summary - At the June 23 Forum of Small States (FOSS) held within Singapore's Mission to the United Nations, Ambassador Rice delivered remarks and participated in a discussion on development, security, democracy, climate change, the financial crisis, and the role of the United Nations in helpi [...]	2009-06-27 00:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC PGOV KUNR UNGA SN
09USUNNEWYORK635	UN SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVES INTEGRATED OFFICE FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) Special Representative Joseph Mutaboba on June 23 told the Security Council that Guinea-Bissau needed coordinated security sector reform. He also lobbied for the creation of a robust integrated UN office to replace UNOGB [...]	2009-06-27 01:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC XY PU
09USUNNEWYORK638	ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS [...] (U) USUN PolCouns attended a June 22 meeting of the Friends of the Alliance of Civilizations (AOC) as an Observer. The meeting, co-chaired by the Permanent Representatives of Turkey and Spain, provided a briefing on the Second Forum of the AOC, held in Istanbul on April 6-7, 2009, and focused [...]	2009-06-29 16:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KIRF KISL SP TU
09USUNNEWYORK64	UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES AND UNRWA CHIEF BRIEF COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary-General Holmes and UNRWA Commissioner-General Abu Zayd briefed the Security Council January 27 on the humanitarian situation in Gaza. Holmes said he was shocked by the destruction and suffering he saw in Gaza on his recent trip and highlighted both Hamas' use of [...]	2009-01-30 00:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER EAID SOCI UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY
09USUNNEWYORK640	AMB RICE'S JUNE 29 MEETING WITH CHAIR OF NPT [...] (C) Ambassador Rice met with Zimbabwean PermRep Chidyausiku on June 29 to discuss his work as chair of the NPT Preparatory Committee (PrepCom). Chidyausiku said the U.S. had been very helpful during last month's PrepCom meeting. In response to the Ambassador's question as to what more the U. [...]	2009-06-30 20:19:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL UNGA NPT IAEA
09USUNNEWYORK641	ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS: AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS [...] This is an action cable. See paragraph 6 below. 2. (SBU) Turkish PermRep Ilkin and Spanish PermRep Yanez-Barnuevo requested a meeting with Ambassador Rice to urge U.S. backing for the Alliance of Civilizations (AOC). They explained that the initiative for the AOC came from their governme [...]	2009-06-30 20:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF KISL SP TU
09USUNNEWYORK642	SRSG EIDE MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR RICE [...] (C) SRSG Kai Eide met briefly with Ambassador Rice on June 29, in advance of his June 30 briefing to the Security Council on UNAMA/Afghanistan. Eide previewed his intervention. First, he will focus on planning for elections while also rejecting the accusation of "foreign interference." (In [...]	2009-07-01 00:35:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC AF
09USUNNEWYORK644	SECURITY COUNCIL WEIGHS FUTURE OF PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Security Council members, senior Secretariat officials, and major troop contributing countries debated the future of United Nations peacekeeping operations (UNPKO) in a full-day session on June 29. UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Le Roy said in his open [...]	2009-07-01 23:48:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK645	UNGA ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON HONDURAS; PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On June 29, President of the General Assembly (PGA) D'Escoto convened a meeting on the situation in Honduras, calling on the UNGA to join many countries in issuing a universal condemnation of the June 28 coup. Honduran PermRep Reina called the situation a tragic but transitional [...]	2009-07-02 00:02:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV MOPS XK XM HO
09USUNNEWYORK646	AMBASSADOR DICARLO'S JUNE 30 MEETING WITH IDF BG [...] (C) Summary: Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Brigadier General Yossi Heymann, who leads the IDF delegation to the UNIFIL monthly tripartite meetings, told Ambassador DiCarlo on June 30 that Iran and Hizballah are the major Israeli concerns when discussing the implementation of UNSCR 1701. Israeli [...]	2009-07-02 00:08:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UN IS LE SY IR
09USUNNEWYORK647	SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES UNAMA/AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Summary: On June 30, the Security Council held a quarterly debate on UNAMA/Afghanistan. SRSG Kai Eide briefed on behalf of UNAMA, Ambassador Zahir Tanin briefed for Afghanistan. In addition to interventions by Council members, eleven other countries (ISAF members and Afghanistan,s neighb [...]	2009-07-02 00:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC AF
09USUNNEWYORK648	UN CONVEYS INTENTION TO BUILD CAPACITY FOR SOMALI [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph eight below. 2. (U) Summary: Ambassador DiCarlo and USUN legal advisers met with the UN Legal Counsel, Patricia O'Brien on June 26. O'Brien presented a UN initiative that is intended to boost the capacity of states near Somalia to prosecute an [...]	2009-07-02 19:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREF PREL
09USUNNEWYORK649	UN SECRETARIAT TELLS THE SECURITY COUNCIL TO "STAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN DPKO U/SYG Le Roy told the Security Council on June 25 that UN troops in Liberia should not be withdrawn too quickly, and that 8,000 should remain through the 2011 national elections. He said training for the Liberian National Police needed to be brought back on track, and [...]	2009-07-02 21:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC XY LI IV
09USUNNEWYORK65	SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS FUTURE OF PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Security Council members and invited speakers considered in lengthy January 22-23 sessions the state of United Nations peacekeeping operations. Participants agreed that a decade of dramatic expansion in UN peacekeeping efforts leaves the Council overdue for a systematic stockta [...]	2009-01-30 01:03:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK650	DPRK: 1718 COMMITTEE FOCUSES ON DESIGNATIONS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") discussed key tasks to implement resolution 1874, including sanctions designations, a draft Program of Work for the Committee and the composition of a Panel of Experts to assist the Committee in monitoring and improving the impleme [...]	2009-07-02 21:54:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETTC MCAP PGOV PHUM KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK651	UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE ADOPTS PEACEKEEPING MISSION [...] Summary: Following weeks of sometimes contentious negotiations, the Fifth Committee, on June 23rd, reached agreement on the 14 peacekeeping operation (PKO) budgets financed under the peacekeeping scale of assessments and on other peacekeeping-related requirements for the UN peacekeeping fina [...]	2009-07-03 00:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IS LE PREL UNGA YI
09USUNNEWYORK652	SPECIAL ENVOY OBASANJO SHARES VIEWS ON DRC, SOUTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Obasanjo met with Ambassador Rice on June 29 and the P5 Belgium on June 30. He told Rice that neither Rwanda nor the DRC wanted to shelter former CNDP leader Nkunda. He suggested implementing greater incentives to encourage FDLR combatants [...]	2009-07-07 02:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC RW SU GC XA
09USUNNEWYORK653	INDIAN PR PURI'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) India,s newly appointed Permanent Representative to the UN, Hardeep Singh Puri, met on June 29 with Ambassador Rice. Puri said the U.S.-India bilateral reQtionship had benefited from a ""paradigm shift,"" and he said his clear instructions from New Delhi regarding his posting in New York were [...]	2009-07-07 02:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN CE AF
09USUNNEWYORK654	DPRK: COUNCIL RESPONDS TO JULY 4 MISSILE LAUNCHES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 6, the Security Council discussed how best to respond to the July 4 launch of short- and medium-range ballistic missiles by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Most Council members supported a Japanese proposal that the Council President (currently Ugandan [...]	2009-07-07 11:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK655	G7 FOLLOW-UP MEETING ON UN REGULAR BUDGET SCALES [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-07 17:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT AORC UN
09USUNNEWYORK656	UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE CLOSING STATEMENTS REFLECT [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Concluding several weeks of intense negotiations in New York, the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) recommended to the General Assembly a record setting $7.8 billion peacekeeping budget for the coming year. In closing remarks, representatives from the G-77 as a grou [...]	2009-07-07 18:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK657	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian Observer Ambassador Mansour raised with Ambassador Rice on July 6 the possibility of cooperating on the various Israeli-Palestinian-related UNGA resolutions. Ambassador Rice pressed Mansour to set a tone during the upcoming UNGA that is constructive, responsible, and [...]	2009-07-07 23:43:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG UNGA IS
09USUNNEWYORK658	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: P5 MEET TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: P5 Ambassadors met on July 2 to discuss intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform. The U.S. and Russia encouraged the P5 to coordinate on positions, but the U.S. advocated against a uniform P5 position at this time since the broader membership and not the P5 shou [...]	2009-07-08 01:11:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK659	1267 BRIEFING:STATISTICAL UPDATE ON KEY TASKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The chair of the Al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee ("1267 Committee"),Austrian Perm Rep Mayr-Harting, held an open briefing for UN Member States to discuss the Committee's activities and "enhance the transparency" of the Committee's work. He focused on two main tasks manda [...]	2009-07-08 10:54:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETTC PREL PTER KTFN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK660	UN: COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMMING AND COORDINATION [...] SUMMARY. The Committee for Program and Coordination (CPC) concluded its 49th session on July 2 and adopted its report containing recommendations for ECOSOC and the General Assembly. See A/64/16 (Pending publication see E/AC.51/2009/L.4/Add.1-10). The CPC Report will be considered by ECOSOC dur [...]	2009-07-08 21:48:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR UNGA CPC
09USUNNEWYORK661	DPRK:1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATIONS STALEMATED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 7, the DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") continued its work to implement key tasks in Resolution 1874, including making new sanctions designations by July 12, drafting a Program of Work to guide the Committee's work, and helping to establish a Panel of Expert [...]	2009-07-09 14:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MCAP PGOV PHUM PREL KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK663	G-7 FOLLOW-UP MEETING ON UN PEACEKEEPING BUDGET [...] (C) On 2 July 2009, the Japanese Mission hosted a meeting of the Fifth Committee delegates of the G-7 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the U.S.) to exchange views regarding negotiation of the peacekeeping scale of assessment during the upcoming fall session of the [...]	2009-07-09 15:38:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT AORC UN
09USUNNEWYORK664	EXTENSION OF TERM OF OFFICE OF YUGOSLAV AND [...] The Security Council on July 7 adopted (15-0-0) two resolutions (1877 and 1878) to authorize the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to extend the terms of some of their permanent judges until 2010. Resolut [...]	2009-07-09 16:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ICTY PHUM
09USUNNEWYORK666	BAN PROVIDES READOUT ON JULY BURMA TRIP [...] (C) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon spoke by telephone with Ambassador Rice on July 6 to report on his July 3-4 trip to Burma. Ban said he delivered a very strong message to Senior General Than Shwe on human rights and release of political prisoners. He said he met with representatives from [...]	2009-07-09 23:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK667	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH CTED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (U) The UN's Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate's (CTED) Executive Director, Mike Smith, met with Ambassador Rice on July 7. Ambassador Rice thanked Smith for the positive impact he has had as Executive Director. Smith provided an overview of CTED's work and shared some recent initiati [...]	2009-07-09 23:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CT PARM PREF PREL
09USUNNEWYORK668	AMB RICE MEETS WITH AUSTRALIAN PERMREP QUINLAN [...] (C) During a courtesy call on July 6, recently arrived Australian PR Quinlan told Ambassador Rice that Australia looked forward to continued close cooperation at the UN. He noted that Australia's priorities align closely with those of the U.S., including disarmament and nonproliferation, peac [...]	2009-07-09 23:16:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ENRG PARM PGOV PREL
09USUNNEWYORK669	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS KENYA PR ZACHARY MUBURI-MUITA [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 6 meeting, Kenya Permanent Representative Zachary Muburi-Muita informed Ambassador Rice that Kenya had two main agendas at the UN: socio-economic development including achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs),and promoting regional security in Africa. He no [...]	2009-07-09 23:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF KE SO SU
09USUNNEWYORK67	UN - GA STRENGTHENS THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL [...] Summary: The General Assembly, on December 24, 2008, took action on the SYG's proposal on strengthening the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) by approving 49 of the 101 posts requested by the SYG. USDel, working closely with U-SYG Pascoe's office and like-minded States, succeeded in signi [...]	2009-01-30 16:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK670	GAMBARI CONVENES THE NINTH BURMA GROUP OF FRIENDS [...] (SBU) Summary. On July 8, Special Advisor Gambari convened the ninth Group of Friends of Burma meeting on behalf of Secretary-General Ban. Gambari reviewed Ban's schedule of meetings during the trip as well as his brief visit to the Delta and speech to the diplomatic corps and others. Gamba [...]	2009-07-09 23:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK671	DPRK: 1718 COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DESIGNATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") considered on July 9 moving forward with new sanctions designations in light of the fact that key delegations -- particularly, Russia and China -- were still without instructions to respond to the U.S./Japan/France/UK designation pro [...]	2009-07-10 00:50:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK672	ACTION REQUEST - UN HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR IN [...] (S/NF) ACTION REQUEST AT PARA 3 2. (S/NF) Ambassador Wolff raised with Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary-General Kim July 9 the status of the Secretary-General's appointment of Jean-Maurice Ripert to the position of senior Humanitarian Coordinator in Pakistan. (Comment: Ripert is curre [...]	2009-07-10 01:50:00	USUN New York	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PREF PK
09USUNNEWYORK673	DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO MISSION TO THE [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. USUN has been contacted again by Vornado Realty Trust regarding nonpayment of rent and associated charges by the Permanent Mission of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations (DRCMUN) for office space it leased at 866 UN Pla [...]	2009-07-10 15:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP PREL CG
09USUNNEWYORK674	DEBT- COMOROS MISSION TO THE UN [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. USUN has been contacted by Vornado Realty Trust regarding nonpayment of rent and associated charges by the PermanentMission of the Union of the Comoros to the United Nations for office space leased at 866 UN Plaza, Suite 418-419 in New York. [...]	2009-07-10 15:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP KREC CN
09USUNNEWYORK675	GEORGIA: PERMREP LOMAIA SEEKS U.S. VIEWS ON GUAM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Georgian Permrep Lomaia sought U.S. views on the prospects for Georgia to achieve passage of a General Assembly (GA) Resolution that would keep the Georgia conflict in the minds of Member States. Lomaia told Ambassador DiCarlo on July 9 that all four GUAM states (Georgia, Ukraine [...]	2009-07-11 00:31:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA UNSC GG
09USUNNEWYORK676	UN SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON SYG'S [...] (SBU) Summary: In July 8 Security Council consultations on the UNSCR 1701 report, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Williams told the Council that the successful Lebanese parliamentary elections and the calm during the reporting period offers a real opportunity for full implementation of UNS [...]	2009-07-11 00:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAL KPKO UN IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK679	SOMALIA: UNSC ADOPTS STATEMENT SUPPORTING TFG, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 9, Security Council members adopted a UK-drafted Presidential Statement (PRST) that largely tracks a recent African Union communiqu condemning recent attacks on the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and expressing concern about Eritrea's support for extremis [...]	2009-07-13 10:51:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK68	UN - GA LAUNCHES NEW ICT SYSTEM AND STRATEGY AND [...] Summary: The General Assembly, on December 24, 2008, took action on the proposals contained in several reports from the Secretary-General on the Secretariat,s information and communications technology (ICT) systems. The reform of the Organization's ICT systems was one of the reforms identif [...]	2009-01-30 16:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK681	U/SYG LE ROY BRIEFS AMBASSADOR RICE ON UPCOMING [...] (C) Summary: On July 7, Under Secretary General for the Department of Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy and Under Secretary General for the Department of Field Services Susana Malcorra met with Ambassador Rice to brief her on Le Roy's upcoming trip to Sudan. Head of the Darfur Inter-opera [...]	2009-07-13 15:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK682	UN OFFICE FOR WEST AFRICA BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL, [...] (SBU) UN Office for West Africa (UNOWA) SRSG Djinnit briefed the Security Council on July 7 on the biggest challenges facing the region, namely unconstitutional changes of government, security sector reform, and drug trafficking. He warned of the slow pace of reform in Guinea. Djinnit said UN [...]	2009-07-13 16:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC XY
09USUNNEWYORK684	GEORGIA: WESTERN FRIENDS DISCUSS FUTURE OF UN WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Permreps/Deputy Permreps from the expanded Western Friends group (U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Croatia, Austria, Turkey and EU Council Secretariat) informally discussed the future of UN involvement in Georgia post-UNOMIG in a July 9 meeting with A/SYG Mulet (DPKO),A/SYG Fernan [...]	2009-07-13 22:28:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNOMIG UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK685	ACTION REQUEST: IDENTIFYING OPTIONS FOR RESPONDING [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5 below. 2. (SBU) Following the Security Council's debate on Somalia July 9, Council members are now considering whether to move forward on the question of sanctioning Eritrea for undermining the Djibouti Peace Process. The Council [...]	2009-07-14 11:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO ER
09USUNNEWYORK687	MONUC AT THE UN: "ZERO TOLERANCE" FOR SEXUAL [...] (SBU) ACTION REQUESTS: PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPHS 11 AND 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. MONUC SRSG Doss on July 10 told the Security Council that significant progress was being made on integrating the DRC army (FARDC) and combating the FDLR and LRA rebel groups. He warned of an ongoing humanitarian cris [...]	2009-07-14 18:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC CG XA ZF RW
09USUNNEWYORK689	BAN BRIEFS THE UNSC ON JULY 3-4 TRAVEL TO BURMA [...] (SBU) Summary. In an open session of the Security Council on July 13, Secretary-General Ban said he was "deeply disappointed" in the regime's refusal to allow a visit with Aung Sun Suu Kyi (ASSK). However, he added that he was able to convey key recommendations, including the release of all [...]	2009-07-14 22:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK69	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: PGA BRIEFS INFORMAL PLENARY OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The President of the General Assembly (PGA) presented the results of the Open-ended Working Group's consultations on framework and modalities of Security Council expansion negotiations in an informal session of the General Assembly on January 29, in line with General Assembly D [...]	2009-01-30 18:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK690	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR THOMAS A.WUCHTE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-14 22:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PARM PGOV PREL PTER UNSC OTRA
09USUNNEWYORK691	FM ZEBARI MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR WOLFF; DISCUSSES [...] (C) Summary: On July 14, Ambassadors Wolff and DiCarlo met with Iraqi FM Zebari to discuss the upcoming UNSCR 1859 report and Zebari,s visit to New York. The Foreign Minister noted the "clear commitment" of the U.S., as enshrined in the SOFA, to work towards removing Iraq as a pending issue be [...]	2009-07-15 01:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK692	AD HOC COMMITTEE ON MEASURES TO ELIMINATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ad Hoc Committee on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism met from June 29 to July 2 to discuss the Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT). While all countries publicly expressed the belief that terrorism must be condemned and professed the desir [...]	2009-07-15 16:17:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL CT
09USUNNEWYORK693	ASSISTANT SECRETARY SCHWARTZ MEETS WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Eric Schwartz, Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) visited New York on July 13 for meetings with the United Nations and USUN/New York. In talks with the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, John Holmes, Schwartz reviewed the [...]	2009-07-15 20:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM PREF
09USUNNEWYORK694	DPRK: 1718 COMMITTEE APPROVES AMBITIOUS PROGRAM OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The DPRK Sanctions Committee has approved and submitted to the Security Council a Program of Work, as was requested from the Committee in resolution 1874. Modeled on similar documents in other sanctions regimes, the Program of Work provides for increased Committee activities wit [...]	2009-07-16 10:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK695	SUDAN/SANCTIONS: EXPERTS BRIEF ON VIOLATIONS AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudan Panel of Experts (POE),a monitoring group charged with monitoring implementation of UN sanctions on Sudan, shared with USUN their thoughts on the changing dynamics of violence in Darfur. The POE also briefed USUN on their ongoing problems due to the lack of cooperatio [...]	2009-07-16 10:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PGOV PREL SU UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK696	PROTECTING U.S. EQUITIES ON UN SCALES OF ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-16 21:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AMGT AORC UN
09USUNNEWYORK697	UN CONVEYS ITS INTENTION TO PLAY A ROLE IN COUNTER [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 5 below. 2. (U) Summary: Ambassador DiCarlo and USUN legal advisers and UKUN Deputy Permanent Representative Philip Parham and UKUN's Deputy Legal Adviser met with the UN Legal Counsel Patricia O'Brien at her request on July 15 to discuss [...]	2009-07-17 14:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREF PREL
09USUNNEWYORK698	SOMALI UN MISSION: WAIVER RECIEVED FOR REPAIRS TO [...] On July 14, USUN/HC Minister Counselor met with Somali Permanent Representative Duale and his deputy re the official residence at 250 Elk Avenue in New Rochelle, New York. He presented AMB Duale with note verbale HC-67-09 (text in para 2),which requested a waiver to enable DOS to oversee repai [...]	2009-07-17 20:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP PREL SO
09USUNNEWYORK699	SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE PRESIDENT WINTER [...] (U) Summary. The President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Justice Renate Winter, and the Prosecutor of the Special Court, Stephen Rapp, briefed the Security Council on the latest developments at the Court on July 16. Members of the Security Council thanked them for their efforts, pra [...]	2009-07-17 22:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KJUS SC SL
09USUNNEWYORK7	CALLS IN NEW YORK FOR SECURITY COUNCIL TO ACT ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-06 15:08:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS PA LE SY EG
09USUNNEWYORK70	GEORGIA: GROUP OF FRIENDS INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. At an informal meeting of Ambassadors of the Georgia Group of Friends on January 29, Russian PermRep Churkin linked Russian cooperation on an extension of the UN Mission in Georgia to an invitation from the Security Council for Abkhaz de facto authorities to par [...]	2009-01-30 18:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC GG RS

09USUNNEWYORK700	GREECE: NEW PERMREP DISCUSSES MACEDONIA, CYPRUS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Newly arrived Greek Permrep Anastassis Mitsialis told Ambassador Wolff during a July 14 introductory call, that he thought Greece would be prepared to settle the name dispute with Macedonia with a geographical qualifier such as "North Macedonia", but that Greece would want a Secu [...]	2009-07-17 23:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OSCE GR
09USUNNEWYORK701	DPRK:1718 COMMITTEE MAKES NEW SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 16, the DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") unanimously approved a package of new sanctions designations, which included five entities, five individuals, and two technical items linked to DPRK's nuclear and ballistic missile programs. The Committee acted in res [...]	2009-07-18 00:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MCAP PGOV PHUM PREL KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK702	U/SYG LE ROY BRIEFS COUNCIL ON UNMIS [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 17, the Security Council held consultations on the Secretary General's quarterly report on the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). U/SYG Le Roy briefed the Council on the upcoming decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA) regarding the Abyei boundary d [...]	2009-07-18 00:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK703	SYG BAN'S CONVERSATION WITH RAUL CASTRO AT NAM [...] (C) Summary. At the request of Secretary-General Ban, Department of Political Affairs Under Secretary-General Pascoe provided Ambassador Wolff with a readout of Ban's conversation with Cuban President Raul Castro on July 17 on the margins of Non-aligned Movement Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh. Th [...]	2009-07-20 15:34:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CU
09USUNNEWYORK704	SYG BAN TALKS TO DPRK KIM YONG-NAM AT NAM SUMMIT [...] (C) On July 17, UN Secretary-General Ban's Chef de Cabinet Kim Won-soo provided Ambassador Wolff a readout of Ban's brief conversation with President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly in North Korea Kim Yong-nam, on the margins of the Non-aligned Movement Summit in Sharm el-She [...]	2009-07-20 15:44:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV PHUM PREL KN
09USUNNEWYORK708	LRA ENVOY CHISSANO'S FAREWELL AT UN: OPEN [...] (SBU) During his final briefing to the UN Security Council on July 15, Special Envoy for the LRA-affected region of the Great Lakes Joaquim Chissano suggested the international community create a line of communication for Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony. Chissano said Kony mig [...]	2009-07-21 11:32:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC CG UG ZF SU CT
09USUNNEWYORK709	SOMALIA: MONITORING GROUP PROPOSES 11 TARGETS FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Somalia Sanctions Committee ("751 Committee") has received a list (see para 4) of eleven possible targets for the first round of targeted sanctions under resolution 1844. This list, which includes three Eritreans, was prepared by the UN Somalia sanctions Monitoring Group (M [...]	2009-07-21 16:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KPKO SO UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK71	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH JAPANESE AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: During a productive and cordial initial meeting with Japanese Permanent Representative Takasu, Ambassador Rice outlined U.S. priorities and conveyed the Administration's desire to deepen the bilateral relationship. Takasu said Japan shares U.S. objectives and lends its "fullest [...]	2009-01-30 19:04:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC JA
09USUNNEWYORK710	P3 MEETS WITH DJIBOUTIAN PERMREP ON DJIBOUTI [...] SUMMARY: (C) In a July 20 meeting, the P3 met with Djiboutian Permanent Representative Olhaye to discuss Djibouti's draft resolution calling for sanctioning those who led the drive to invade and occupy Djiboutian territory. Olhaye dismissed the P3's proposal to use the existing Somalia Sanct [...]	2009-07-21 21:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC ER DJ
09USUNNEWYORK711	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH LIECHTENSTEIN PERMANENT [...] (U) Summary: Amb. Rice met with Liechtenstein Amb. Wenaweser on July 7 on ICC issues. They discussed the USG review of the ICC, possible future USG engagement with the ICC, the 2010 review conference, the recent AU decision not to comply with the arrest warrant for President Bashir of Sudan [...]	2009-07-21 23:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KJUS KAWC UNSC SU
09USUNNEWYORK712	SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON UNMIN/NEPAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Karin Lundgren, Representative of the Secretary-General to Nepal and head of UNMIN, briefed the Council July 20 on latest developments. As noted in the Secretary-General,s recent report on Nepal/UNMIN, Lundgren reiterated disappointment with the slow pace of the peace process [...]	2009-07-22 00:02:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC NE
09USUNNEWYORK713	U/SYG PASCOE UPDATES SECURITY COUNCIL ON [...] Summary: (SBU) In July 21 consultations on the Djibouti-Eritrea border dispute, U/SYG Pascoe told the Security Council that Eritrea has failed to comply with UNSC Resolution 1862, which calls on Eritrea to recognize the dispute, accept mediation and withdraw its forces. Council members unan [...]	2009-07-22 11:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC DJ
09USUNNEWYORK716	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 1540 COMMITTEE COMPREHENSIVE [...] (C) Ambassador Wolff on July 21 delivered demarche points (reftel) to Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Deputy Permanent Representative. Dolgov said the position of the Russian mission in New York remained unchanged, i.e. Russia could not accept the addition of the G8 Global Partnership, Austral [...]	2009-07-23 14:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC RU
09USUNNEWYORK717	MULTIPLE ENTRY VISAS FOR LIBYANS IN INTERNATIONAL [...] USUN has received a note verbale from the African Union Observer Mission to the UN requesting a Libyan employee of that office be granted a multiple entry visa instead of the single entry visa given to Libyan G-4 applicants as mandated by the reciprocity schedule. (Text of AU note appears in [...]	2009-07-23 21:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP CVIS PREL AU UN
09USUNNEWYORK718	DPRK: EXPERT PANEL DELAYED BY SQUABBLE OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A squabble over geographical representation has delayed the establishment of a seven-member UN Panel of Experts (POE) to help monitor and improve the implementation of sanctions imposed on the DPRK. Costa Rica and Mexico appear likely to block the POE's approval in the DPRK Sanct [...]	2009-07-24 00:09:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK72	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH ISRAELI AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Israeli Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gabriela Shalev on January 28 welcomed Ambassador Rice to her new post during their initial meeting. During the hour-long meeting, Shalev stressed Israel's commitment to the peace process while isolating Hamas and ending smug [...]	2009-01-30 19:42:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	EG IR IS KPAL KWBG LE PAL SY UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK720	UNOCI SRSG SAYS "NON-POLITICAL" REASONS COULD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNOCI SRSG Choi told the Security Council on July 23 that elections could be delayed for "non-political" reasons, and that Cote d'Ivoire faced "formidable obstacles" to hold them on November 29, 2009. French and Cote d'Ivoire's UN representatives exchanged words in the public po [...]	2009-07-24 15:25:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC XY IV
09USUNNEWYORK721	CLOSED COUNCIL SESSION LEAVES LITTLE DOUBT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 23 Alain LeRoy, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, briefed Security Council members in consultations on the July 14 explosion of an arms cache in southern Lebanon and obstruction of UNIFIL's movements and initial investigation. LeRoy said the cache rep [...]	2009-07-24 16:33:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KPKO UN IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK722	SOMALIA: INCHING CLOSER TO SANCTIONS DESIGNATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 21, the Somalia Sanctions Monitoring Group (MG),a UN team mandated to monitor and report on compliance with the Somalia arms embargo and resolution 1844, briefed the Somalia Sanctions Committee ("751 Committee") on a proposed list of nine individuals, including three rank [...]	2009-07-24 16:39:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SO UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK723	SOMALI FOREIGN MINISTER OMAAR POSITIVE ON THE TFG, FRUSTRATED BY ERITREA [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 16:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO ER
09USUNNEWYORK724	MEETING WITH JEAN PAUL LABORDE, NEW HEAD OF THE [...] Summary: USUN Legal Adviser met with incoming CCITF (spell our name) head Jean Paul Laborde July 22 for an introductory meeting. Laborde explained that his vision of CCITF was as a coordinator, not an implementer, and politely pressed his case for money to support a modest staff. Laborde, f [...]	2009-07-24 22:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL CT
09USUNNEWYORK725	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI [...] Mission clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Clint Williamson and Foreign Affairs Officer, Shaun Coughlin on July 27 to hold meetings with UN officials regarding the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) and Sri Lankan issues. 2. POC is Le [...]	2009-07-24 23:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA KJUS EAP UN
09USUNNEWYORK726	INSCRIPTION OF ADDITION ITEM IN AGENDA OF [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 3. 2. (U) The General Committee met today on a proposal by Tanzania to add an additional item in the agenda of the sixty-third session entitled &The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction.8 This represents a compromise [...]	2009-07-28 00:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KJUS KAWC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK727	U/SYG LE ROY BRIEFS COUNCIL ON UNAMID [...] (SBU) Summary. In a July 24 briefing to the Security Council on UNAMID, U/SYG Le Roy announced expected increases in UNAMID troop deployments to 92% of authorized levels by year,s end. Le Roy said that the mission thus would be able to shift focus from deployment to operations. Despite a red [...]	2009-07-28 14:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK728	SECURITY COUNCIL OPEN DEBATE ON PEACEBUILDING [...] SUMMARY. At a July 22 debate on peacebuilding in the immediate aftermath of conflict, 42 speakers from the Security Council, Secretariat, major troop and police contributors and major donors stressed the importance of national responsibility for peacebuilding efforts and the need for early en [...]	2009-07-28 19:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK729	DENIAL OF A VISA TO A MEMBER OF THE IRANIAN [...] (S) Upon receipt of reftel, USUN called the Iranian Mission to inform them that the Department decided to deny a visa to Alireza Salari Sharifabadi, who has planned to attend the meetings on the World Financial and Economic Crisis from June 24-26 at UNHQ. The Mission made no comment. USUN a [...]	2009-07-29 14:28:00	USUN New York	SECRET	OFDP PREL CVIS IR UN
09USUNNEWYORK73	AMB. RICE'S CALL ON AUSTRIAN AMBASSADOR [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice discussed international humanitarian law, peacekeeping and sanctions with Austrian PermRep Thomas Mayr-Harting during an introductory call on January 28. Mayr-Harting said he was eager to work with the United States, and pledged that when our positions differed, [...]	2009-01-30 20:32:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UNSC AU
09USUNNEWYORK730	SRSG ANGELO BRIEFS COUNCIL ON MINURCAT [...] Summary. On July 28, MINURCAT SRSG Angelo reported that the security and humanitarian situation in Eastern Chad and Northeastern CAR had further deteriorated, largely as a result of increased tensions between Chad and Sudan. Despite this deterioration, Angelo also pointed to positive develop [...]	2009-07-29 17:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO PREF UNSC CD CT SU
09USUNNEWYORK733	UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated 26 June 2009 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follow [...]	2009-07-30 23:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN
09USUNNEWYORK734	UN ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-30 23:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN
09USUNNEWYORK735	UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR 15 [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and four related annexes from the SYG dated July 27, 2009 concerning the financing of 15 peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as follows [...]	2009-07-30 23:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN
09USUNNEWYORK736	UNSC: OPEN DEBATE ON THE MIDDLE EAST CONTINUES [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant-Secretary-General for Political Affairs (A/SG) Oscar Fernandez-Taranco briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on July 27. He focused his briefing on continuing Israeli settlement activity, the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and th [...]	2009-07-31 00:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWBG KPAL KPO UNSC IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK737	SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE: SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-31 00:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS SC SL
09USUNNEWYORK738	SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY RENEWS UNAMID MANDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Council on July 30 unanimously adopted Resolution 1881 to extend the mandate of the hybrid United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) until July 31, 2010. Unanimity on the UK-drafted text was achieved after intensive negotiations to arrive at a compromi [...]	2009-07-31 23:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK739	SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS UNOCI MANDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Council on July 30 unanimously adopted Resolution 1880, extending the mandate of the UN Operation in Cote d,Ivoire (UNOCI) until January 31, 2010. Negotiations on the French-drafted resolution were non-contentious. The resolution expresses support for the ongoing e [...]	2009-07-31 23:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC XY IV
09USUNNEWYORK74	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH PALESTINIAN [...] (C) Head of the Palestinian Observer Mission Riyad Mansour used his January 28 introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice to urge renewed USG engagement with the UN. He said the Palestinian Mission is interested in building consensus for UN actions on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and enco [...]	2009-01-30 20:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL PREL PGOV UN IS
09USUNNEWYORK740	IRAQ/KUWAIT INITIATIVE MEETINGS IN NEW YORK [...] (C) Summary: In meetings at the UN on July 29, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon presented the initiative on Iraq/Kuwait (reftel) to the Kuwaiti FM. Separately, ex-SRSG Staffan de Mistura and other UN officials presented the same initiative to Iraqi PR Bayati, and the P3 presented the initiative [...]	2009-08-01 00:33:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ KU
09USUNNEWYORK741	SOMALIA: SRSG OULD-ABDALLAH URGES INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 28, SRSG for Somalia Ould-Abdallah called for the international community to continue its support for the TFG and AMISOM, reporting that while insurgent attempts to overthrow the Somali government have failed, the security situation remains fragile. African Union Commi [...]	2009-08-03 11:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK742	DPRK: U.S. COORDINATOR PRESSES 1874 IMPLEMENTATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 30, Ambassador Philip Goldberg, U.S. Coordinator for the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1874 briefed the Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") about U.S. efforts to implement sanctions on North Korea. He urged the Commi [...]	2009-08-04 11:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MCAP PGOV PHUM PREL KNNP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK743	AU COMMISSIONER LAMAMRA STRATEGIZES ON SOMALIA, [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-04 11:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO ER
09USUNNEWYORK744	RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT DEBATE CONCLUDES: AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Responsibility to Protect populations from the four crimes of genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity was endorsed unanimously by world leaders in the 2005 World Summit Outcome (A/Res/60/1). The Responsibility to Protect, more commonly called "R2P" [...]	2009-08-04 14:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNSC UNGA KAWC KTIA
09USUNNEWYORK745	UN MISSION'S RENTAL ARREARS: AZERBAIJAN, [...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. USUN Host Country is informed by Vornado Realty Trust that the following Permanent Missions to the United Nations, with office space at 866 UN Plaza, New York, NY, have been delinquent in paying their monthly rental and related tenant charges. [...]	2009-08-04 21:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP AJ KG PS
09USUNNEWYORK746	G-7 PLUS EU MEETING ON THE UN BUDGET SCALES OF [...] On 30 July 2009, the UK mission hosted a meeting of the G-7 working group on the scales of assessment, which consists of the Fifth Committee delegates of the G-7 and, for the first time, Sweden, the incumbent EU president. Attendees included Chris Plunkett for Canada, Gregory Cazalet for Fra [...]	2009-08-04 22:53:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT AORC UN
09USUNNEWYORK748	AMBASSADOR RICE PREPS P5 ON U.S. PLANS FOR [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rice on August 4 briefed the P5 delegations on U.S. plans to convene a Security Council summit on nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament during the U.S. Presidency of the Council in September. Ambassador Rice listed a number of possible topics that could be [...]	2009-08-06 02:17:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL NPT UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK749	SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS FARDC-5 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U/SYG Le Roy told the Security Council on August 4 that all five senior FARDC officers implicated by the Council itself as involved in sexual violence had been removed from their command positions and two had also been taken into custody by DRC authorities. He said the other t [...]	2009-08-06 02:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC CG
09USUNNEWYORK750	AMBASSADOR RICE'S AUGUST 5 MEETING WITH UNIFIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice met with UNIFIL Force Commander General Graziano on August 5 to discuss UNIFIL's needs, its mandate renewal before the Security Council, and the July 14-18 incidents in Khirbat Silim. General Graziano underscored that the real problem facing UNIFIL is the lack of [...]	2009-08-06 02:34:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KPKO KBIO UNSC IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK751	U/SYG LE ROY BRIEFS COUNCIL ON JONGLEI VIOLENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 4, at the request of the United States, U/SYG Le Roy briefed the Security Council on inter-tribal violence in Jonglei state that occurred on August 2 and resulted in 185 people, primarily women and children, being killed. Members unanimously condemned the violence [...]	2009-08-06 02:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK752	UNGA 64: TANZANIA INVITES PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) Tanzanian PermRep Augustine Mahiga requested a meeting with Ambassador Rice following up on the May 21 meeting between Tanzanian President Kikwete and President Obama, and conveyed Kikwete's hopes that President Obama would participate in two high-level events contemplated on the margins [...]	2009-08-06 19:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PHUM ECON EAID KWMN UNGA TZ
09USUNNEWYORK753	BAN CONVENES THE TENTH BURMA GROUP OF FRIENDS [...] (SBU) Summary. On August 5, Secretary-General Ban convened the tenth meeting of the Group of Friends of Burma to report on his meeting with Burmese Permanent Representative Swe and to seek support for a unified public message from the group on the need for Burmese authorities to respond to th [...]	2009-08-07 18:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK755	NEW SRSG AD MELKERT ADRESSES THE COUNCIL ON [...] (U) Summary: In his first address August 5 to the Security Council as Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) to Iraq, Ad Melkert emphasized the optimism and energy in Iraq and drawing upon his UNDP background, emphasized the importance of economic and social reforms in Iraq. [...]	2009-08-07 21:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ KU
09USUNNEWYORK756	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETING WITH PERM REPS OF PACIFIC [...] (SBU - NO FORN) Ambassador Rice met August 5 at USUN with Perm Reps of Nauru (coordinator of Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS) in New York),Fiji and Tonga to discuss several issues, including the security implications of climate change. The delegation expressed disappointment tha [...]	2009-08-07 21:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON SENV KGHG AORC UNGA EAID XV
09USUNNEWYORK758	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI [...] (SBU) Mission clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and Foreign Affairs Officer Shaun Coughlin on August 11 and 12. The purpose is to hold meetings with OLA Deputy Peter Taksoe-Jensen as well as NGOs including Open Society Justice Initiative an [...]	2009-08-10 21:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KJUS EAP UN
09USUNNEWYORK759	DPRK: COMMITTEE BLESSES PANEL OF EXPERTS SLATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 7, the DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") blessed a seven-person slate for the Panel of Experts (POE),a newly-established body under UNSCR 1874 charged with helping the Committee monitor and improve the implementation of sanctions on the DPRK. The Secretary-Ge [...]	2009-08-10 23:57:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC MCAP PGOV PHUM PREL KNNP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK76	GEORGIA PERMREP DISCUSSES UNOMIG WITH AMBASSADORS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice told newly arrived Georgian PermRep Lomaia that Russia was tying extension of UNOMIG's mandate to Abkhaz formal participation in a UNSC meeting under Rule 39. Participation in an Arria-format meeting might be a compromise option to preclude their formal attendance [...]	2009-02-02 19:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK762	STATE OF PLAY ON UN BURMA STATEMENT [...] (SBU) This is an action request, see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In Security Council consultations on August 11, most Council members broadly condemned the conviction and sentencing of Aung Sun Suu Kyi (ASSK). A clear majority supported the P-3 drafted statement introduced by the U.S., with the [...]	2009-08-12 23:41:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC BM
09USUNNEWYORK764	SECURITY COUNCIL AGAIN DEBATES THE FUTURE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: U/SYG Alain Le Roy, U/SYG Susana Malcorra and UNAMID Force Commander Agwai briefed the Security Council on August 5, during an open debate on peacekeeping convened by the UK. The two U/SYGs highlighted key themes in the Secretariat's recently issued "New Horizon" non-paper, i [...]	2009-08-12 21:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK765	SC DEBATES WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY: SEXUAL VIOLENCE [...] Summary: The members of the Security Council, plus over two dozen other delegations, discussed the Secretary-General's report on sexual violence in armed conflict (SCR 1820) August 7, condemning such crimes and urging continued international attention to this issue. Ambassador Rice began the [...]	2009-08-12 21:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KWMN UNSC CG KPKO SOCI
09USUNNEWYORK768	UNIFIL TCC MEETING: DPKO AGAIN HIGHLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 13, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed Security Council members and troop contributing countries (TCCs) in a private meeting on the July 14 explosion of an arms cache in southern Lebanon and obstruction of UNIFIL's movement and initi [...]	2009-08-14 20:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UN IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK769	AMBASSADOR RICE DISCUSSES DISARMAMENT AND [...] (C) Summary. During a substantive introductory meeting on August 12, Ambassador Rice and Sergio Duarte, UN Undersecretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, discussed active U.S. engagement on disarmament, especially the planned summit-level UNSC meeting during September, the UN 1540 Committee, [...]	2009-08-14 22:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KNNP KACT UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK77	AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Croatian PermRep Neven Jurica told Ambassador Rice during a January 29 introductory meeting, that Croatia considered the United States to be a strong ally and friend, and that he would continue his practice of closely coordinating Croatia's Security Council positions with the Un [...]	2009-02-03 02:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC HR
09USUNNEWYORK770	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH EU PRESIDENCY [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 11, Ambassador Rice met with European Union representatives to discuss issues including climate change, non-proliferation and disarmament, UN peacekeeping, the Middle East peace process, and the upcoming 64th UN General Assembly -- including budget and human rights i [...]	2009-08-14 22:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO KNNP KGHG PHUM UN IS KPAL KWBG EUN
09USUNNEWYORK771	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS PAKISTAN'S US AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: On August 13, Ambassador Husain Haqqani, Pakistan's Ambassador to the US, met with Ambassador Rice. Haqqani discussed the positive transition of the US-Pakistan bilateral relationship and emphasized his desire to lessen US-Pakistan tensions in the UN General Assembly by seeking to [...]	2009-08-14 22:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON UNGA PK
09USUNNEWYORK772	ETHIOPIAN CHARGE EAGER TO SANCTION ERITREA; AGREES [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-17 09:03:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM MARR MOPS KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK773	ISRAELI MISSION VOICES CONCERN OVER [...] (U) This contains an action request (see paragraph 6). 2. (C) Daniel Carmon, the Deputy PermRep of the Israeli Mission in New York, on August 11 informed Ambassador Wolff that the representative office of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) had rej [...]	2009-08-17 18:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF UNSC KPAL IS
09USUNNEWYORK774	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JENNIFER LANDSIDLE, [...] Mission clearance is granted for L/LEI Attorney-Adviser Jennifer Landsidle on August 19 to attend a meeting at the UK Mission to the UN with representatives from the UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) and UK Mission Legal Adviser Cathy Adams, and UK Assistant Legal Adviser Katharine Shepard on p [...]	2009-08-17 20:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA UN PBTS SO
09USUNNEWYORK775	DPRK: UAE REPORTS SANCTIONS VIOLATION TO 1718 [...] (C) SUMMARY: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reported to the Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") a possible violation of UN sanctions imposed on North Korea. The UAE reports having stopped a vessel loaded with containers of arms being shipped from North Korea to [...]	2009-08-17 21:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK777	AMBASSADOR WOLFF MEETS WITH HONDURAN PR REINA [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Ambassador Wolff, August 17, Honduran PermRep Reina Idiaquez said the OAS must set a firm, September 1 deadline to reinstate Zelaya and ensure a legitimate election process, otherwise the GOH would request UN Security Council involvement. Reina said the U.S. sen [...]	2009-08-18 20:38:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA HO
09USUNNEWYORK778	DPRK: AUSTRALIA "EXCITED" ABOUT OPPORTUNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Australian mission approached USUN to discuss Australia's role in an apparent violation of UN sanctions imposed on North Korea involving an Australian-based shipping firm. The Australians noted that Canberra authorities were aware that the UAE had discovered arms apparently [...]	2009-08-19 22:18:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK779	AMBASSADOR CHURKIN SAYS RUSSIA BACKS U.S. NUCLEAR [...] (C) During a series of calls to Ambassador Rice on August 13, Russian Perm Rep Vitaly Churkin said that Moscow, "after some hesitation" wants to work closely and cooperatively with the United States to prepare for the U.S. planned summit on nuclear disarmament and nuclear nonproliferation in S [...]	2009-08-20 12:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PARM UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK78	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH MEXICAN PERMANENT [...] (C) Summary: In an initial January 29 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Mexican PermRep Heller said that modest Security Council reform is the most feasible option. He commented that Mexico supported Security Council resolution 1860 on the ceasefire in Gaza and highlighted the importance of the [...]	2009-02-03 02:52:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MX
09USUNNEWYORK780	DPRK: USUN BRIEFS SOUTH KOREA ON UAE-REPORTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USUN briefed the South Korea UN mission on an apparent violation of UN sanctions on North Korea uncovered by the United Arab Emirates. USUN explained the details of the case -- namely, the UAE's discovery of arms being shipped from North Korea to Iran aboard a Bahamas-flagged v [...]	2009-08-20 19:09:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK781	DPRK: USUN BRIEFS SOUTH KOREA ON UAE-REPORTED [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN briefed the South Korea UN mission on an apparent violation of UN sanctions on North Korea uncovered by the United Arab Emirates. USUN explained the details of the case -- namely, the UAE's discovery of arms being shipped from North Korea to Iran aboard a Bahamas-flagged vess [...]	2009-08-20 19:09:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK783	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/CT COORDINATOR [...] (SBU) Mission clearance is granted for U.S. Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Daniel Benjamin and S/CT Multilateral Affairs officer Zachary Bernstein for meetings scheduled August 25 with USUN Permanent Representative Susan Rice, Acting Chair of the 1373 Committee, Croatian Deputy P [...]	2009-08-24 21:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREF PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK784	A/SYG MULET BRIEFS COUNCIL ON SUDAN ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In his August 20 briefing to the Council on Sudan elections, A/SYG Mulet discussed remaining challenges towards holding credible elections in April 2010: ensuring freedom of press, speech and assembly; reaching an agreement on census results; developing an operational plan and [...]	2009-08-24 22:37:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SU AF
09USUNNEWYORK786	DPRK: 1718 COMMITTEE REPORTS ON ACTIVE WORK PERIOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The acting chair of the Security Council's Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Sanctions Committee briefed the Council about the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days, emphasizing its work to implement tasks contained in resolution 1874: new sanctions des [...]	2009-08-24 23:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK788	UNSC: COUNCIL CALLS FOR UNIFIL RENEWAL; MAJORITY [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 20, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed the Security Council in consultations on UNIFIL. He highlighted the Hizballah arms cache explosion at Khirbet Selim, as he and other DPKO officials have to the Council on previous occasions (r [...]	2009-08-24 23:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK789	MAJOR DONORS DISCUSS AU-UN PANEL FOLLOW-UP REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. U/SYG for Field Support Susanna Malcorra told U.S., France, Germany, Japan, and U.K. Deputy Permreps/Political Counselors (major donors) on August 21 that a forthcoming Secretary-General's report on support for African Union-United Nations (AU-UN) peacekeeping operations would [...]	2009-08-25 19:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC AU KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK79	IRAN: P3 URGES CYPRUS TO PREVENT ARMS TRANSFER IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S., UK, and French representatives explained to the UN Perm Rep of Cyprus that the presence of Iranian arms-related materiel on the Cypriot-flagged vessel Monchegorsk was an apparent violation of UN sanctions on Iran (Security Council resolution 1747) and that this cargo should [...]	2009-02-03 11:13:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM IR UNSC MNUC ETTC KNNP
09USUNNEWYORK791	RWANDA'S UN PERMREP ASKS FOR HELP IN ARRESTING [...] (SBU) In an introductory meeting with Ambassador Rice on August 13, new Rwandan PermRep Gasana asked for assistance in holding accountable FDLR rebel leaders who continue to support the FDLR from Europe and North America. Ambassador Rice stressed the need for Rwanda to supply solid evidence so [...]	2009-08-25 22:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC ZF RW CG
09USUNNEWYORK794	MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST GRANTED FOR UN WORKING [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-27 20:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KRVC TPHY UN
09USUNNEWYORK796	AMBASSADOR RICE AND SYG BAN DISCUSS GADDAFI VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of a meeting to discuss the Security Council program of work for September, Ambassador Rice asked SYG Ban to help ensure Gaddafi's participation in the Security Council was productive. She also told Ban that the U.S. wanted to see continued UN leadership on donor co [...]	2009-08-27 23:03:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UN UNGA XD XA
09USUNNEWYORK797	UNSC ADOPTS RESOLUTION EXTENDING UNFIL'S MANDATE [...] (U) The Council adopted unanimously UNSCR 1884 on August 27, thereby renewing UNIFIL's mandate until August 31, 2010. Belgium, Croatia, France, Italy, Spain, the UK, and the US co-sponsored the resolution. There were no explanations of vote by Council members. (Note: Text of UNSCR 1884 will [...]	2009-08-27 23:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UN IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK798	ISRAELI PARTICIPATION IN UNRWA AT 60 EVENT - USUN [...] (C) Summary: The Palestinian Observer Mission to the UN has taken a very hard-line position against the Israeli request for a speaking role at the high level segment of the UNRWA 60th anniversary commemorative event. The Arab members of the steering committee are likely to follow the Palestin [...]	2009-08-28 13:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF UNGA IS KPAL
09USUNNEWYORK799	UNSC : MONTHLY MEETING ON THE MIDDLE EAST AUGUST [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs (A/SYG) Oscar Fernandez-Taranco briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on August 19. He focused on evictions of Palestinians from East Jerusalem homes, the continuing difficulties at the borde [...]	2009-08-28 14:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO KBIO UN IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK8	ELECTIONS FOR NEW UN APPEALS AND DISPUTE TRIBUNALS [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. Summary: On December 24, the General Assembly adopted a resolution (A/RES/63/253) establishing a new administration of justice system for the United Nations, adopting statutes that govern a new UN Dispute Tribunal (UNDT) and a new UN Appeals T [...]	2009-01-06 17:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK80	DEATH OF ALBANIAN DEPUTY PERMREP [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-03 14:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP AL UN
09USUNNEWYORK802	UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR IRAQ [...] (U) Summary: In Security Council consultations on August 27, the UN Controller briefed on the recently released report regarding activities and progress made in strengthening the financial and administrative oversight of the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI). The Controller highlighted the Int [...]	2009-08-28 22:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV IZ KU
09USUNNEWYORK803	HONDURAN PERM REP INQUIRES IF USG CAN HOST [...] This is an action request. See paras 3 and 6. ZELAYA MAY TRAVEL TO NEW YORK AFTER WASHINGTON --------------------------------------------- - 2. (C) In a meeting with Ambassador Wolff, August 28, Honduran PermRep Reina Idiaquez reported that President Zelaya would be coming to Washington [...]	2009-08-31 12:50:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA HO
09USUNNEWYORK809	GEORGIA: DPKO OUTLINES PLANS TO SUPPORT GENEVA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following up on a July 13 meeting (reported Reftel),A/SYG for Peacekeeping Edmund Mulet told Deputy Permreps from the U.S., U.K., Germany, France and Croatia on August 31 that the UN would continue to support the Geneva talks and the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism ( [...]	2009-09-01 22:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC KPKO RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK81	MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA [...] (U) Summary. On January 29, the President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL),Justice Renate Winter, met with the Management Committee to discuss the completion of the Charles Taylor case, residual issues such as location of the archives, future use of the Freetown facility, and othe [...]	2009-02-03 14:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC NL PGOV PREL SL
09USUNNEWYORK810	AMB RICE'S MEETING WITH INCOMING FIRST COMMITTEE [...] (C) During a brief August 27 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Uruguayan PermRep Jose Luis Cancela, incoming Chair of the First Committee (on disarmament),explained his strong desire to move things forward in the First Committee rather than repeating what has been done in previous years, and to wo [...]	2009-09-02 14:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK811	GREEK PERMREP FORSEES NO NEAR-TERM PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. During an introductory call, newly arrived Greek Permrep Anastassis Mitsialis sought Ambassador Rice's concurrence to schedule a Security Council briefing by Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis as Chairwoman-in-Office of the OSCE during the UNGA Ministerial Week. Mitsialis exp [...]	2009-09-02 14:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP MK TU CY GR
09USUNNEWYORK812	DPRK: PANEL OF EXPERTS ALMOST UP AND RUNNING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The newly-created UN Panel of Experts (POE) for North Korea is on track to be operational by mid- to late-September, somewhat later than planned. As a result of various delays -- namely political wrangling and logistics snags -- none of the seven experts has yet arrived in New Yo [...]	2009-09-02 16:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK813	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH BRAZILIAN PR VIOTTI [...] (C) Summary: During an August 26 meeting with Ambassador Rice, Brazilian PermRep Viotti listed peacekeeping and peacebuilding as priorities for Brazil, in particular the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) and peacebuilding activities in Guinea-Bissau. Viotti noted the importance of [...]	2009-09-02 20:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PHUM PREL BM
09USUNNEWYORK814	MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST GRANTED FOR DOJ [...] Mission clearance is granted for the individuals listed below to meet on September 3 with Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate Executive Director Mike Smith to discuss potential areas of cooperation between CTED and DOJ on counter-terrorism technical assistance and training. 2. Todd Hi [...]	2009-09-03 15:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PREF PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK815	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR U.S. DELEGATION TO [...] Mission Clearance is granted for the U.S. Delegation below in para 2 to attend the 64th UNGA Informal Consultations on Sustainable Fisheries Resolution to be held at UN Headquarters on September 15 - 19 and November 16 - 23. 2. BEGIN LIST: DEPARTMENT OF STATE: WILLIAM H. GIBBONS-F [...]	2009-09-03 17:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA PHSA EFIS
09USUNNEWYORK816	SOMALIA PIRACY: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON UN ROLE ON [...] (U) USUN Poloffs and USUN Deputy Legal Advisor delivered reftel points on June 3 to Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Somalia Chief Walid Musa Abdelkarim and UN Political Affairs Officers G. Justin Jepson and Kiyoshi Matsukawa. 2. (SBU) DPA Somalia Chief Abdelkarim was extremely [...]	2009-09-03 22:54:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SO XA KCRM UNSC PHUM PHSA EWWT
09USUNNEWYORK817	AMBASSADOR RICE AND INDIAN PR PURI DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice and a team from USUN met on August 26 with Indian Mission counterparts as the first step to deepen understanding and cooperation across a broad range of UN issues. The new Indian ambassador arrived with instructions to strengthen the U.S.-India relationship at th [...]	2009-09-04 12:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER
09USUNNEWYORK818	1267: SAVING THE AL-QAEDA/TALIBAN SANCTIONS REGIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bold action is needed to salvage the UN's 1267 al-Qaeda/Taliban targeted sanctions regime. This effective multilateral tool has been seriously undermined by criticisms -- and adverse European court rulings -- asserting that procedures for listing and delisting names are not adequ [...]	2009-09-04 13:00:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL EFIN PTER KTFN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK819	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USAID/OFDA TO HOLD [...] The U.S. Mission grants clearance to the following individuals from USAID's Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) for travel to New York to meet with officials from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),UNICEF AND New York-based humanitarian NGOs for annual [...]	2009-09-04 13:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM

09USUNNEWYORK82	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH AUSTRALIAN PERMREP [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 2 introductory call on Australian PermRep Hill, Ambassador Rice reviewed her top priorities and solicited close partnership with the Australian Mission. Ambassador Hill shared views on candidates to replace the UNDP Administrator, worried that the ultimate decision [...]	2009-02-03 15:32:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNDP KGHG PARM PHUM KDEM AS XV
09USUNNEWYORK822	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MONIQUE RAMGOOLIE [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants mission clearance to Monique Ramgoolie, Senior Program Officer for Palestinian Refugees, (PRM/ANE). Ms. Ramgoolie will be attending the UNRWA @ 60 Steering Committee meeting on Tuesday, September 8 with USUN Adviser Barbara Masilko. Her point of contact w [...]	2009-09-08 12:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF
09USUNNEWYORK825	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI [...] Mission clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Stephen J. Rapp, and Foreign Affairs Officer Brendan Doherty to attend on September 10 - 11 the Consultative Conference on International Criminal Justice and to meet with UN Legal Advisor Patricia O'Brien and Deputy Pe [...]	2009-09-09 17:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KAWC OTRA ABUD AF UN EU
09USUNNEWYORK827	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: THIRD ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on September 1 and 2 for the first two of three meetings in the third round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform. 38 delegations spoke on September 1 during the discussion on all of the five key iss [...]	2009-09-09 22:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK828	UNGA: UNSC REFORM: THIRD ROUND OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on September 3 for the third meeting of the third round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform. 43 delegations, including all of the P-5, spoke on the intermediate model. The UK and France did not of [...]	2009-09-09 22:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK83	SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE [...] (U) Summary. On January 30, the Management Committee of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) met to discuss the run-up to the STL's March 1 commencement date, including how the opening ceremony should be conducted. Afterwards, France pulled aside the UK, US and Lebanon to discuss future re [...]	2009-02-03 15:32:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK832	UNGA: GEORGIAN IDP RESOLUTION PASSES AFTER RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After rejecting a Russian Federation "no-action" motion by a vote of 29 in favor, 64 opposed, and 50 abstentions, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a Georgia-sponsored resolution calling for the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Georgia by a vote of 47 in fa [...]	2009-09-11 15:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KPRM UNGA RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK833	DPRK: COUNCIL REFERS LETTER TO 1718 COMMITTEEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 9, the Security Council agreed to refer a letter recently received from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to the Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee"). Ambassador Rice pointed to the letter's contents -- including its rejection of res [...]	2009-09-14 11:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK834	IRAN: UNSC MULLS SANCTIONS IMPLEMENTATION, IAEA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 9, the chair of the Iran Sanctions Committee briefed the UN Security Council on the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days, highlighting in particular a final round of letters and the publishing of an "Implementation Assistance Notice" to respond to r [...]	2009-09-14 12:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC ETTC KNNP IR UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK835	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MONIQUE RAMGOOLIE [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants mission clearance to Monique Ramgoolie, Senior Program Officer for Palestinian Refugees, (PRM/ANE). Ms. Ramgoolie will be attending the UNRWA at 60 Steering Committee meeting on Thursday, September 17, 2009 with USUN Adviser Barbara Masilko. Her point of [...]	2009-09-15 14:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL PREF
09USUNNEWYORK836	THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENDORSES SECURITY COUNCIL [...] On September 9, the General Assembly (GA),by two oral decisions, endorsed the recommendations of the Secretary-General that were previously endorsed by the Security Council in its resolutions 1877 and 1878 (reported in reference B). The GA's decisions endorsing the Security Council resoluti [...]	2009-09-15 14:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ICTY PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK837	S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN MEETS WITH UN [...] Summary: In an August 25 visit to the UN, S/CT Ambassador Daniel Benjamin met with Richard Barrett, Coordinator, Al-Qaida/Taliban Monitoring Team (UNSCR 1267),Mike Smith, Executive Director, Counter-terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED),and the acting Chair of the Security Council Counte [...]	2009-09-15 16:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CT PARM PREF PREL
09USUNNEWYORK838	UNSC OPEN DEBATE ON SYG'S REPORT ON HAITI [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 9 the Security Council held an open debate on the Secretary-General's report on the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). Former President Bill Clinton, addressing the Council in his capacity as UN Special Envoy to Haiti, called for projecting a "more posi [...]	2009-09-15 23:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNSC HA
09USUNNEWYORK840	MOVING FORWARD AT UNGA 64 ON THE COMPREHENSIVE [...] (U) This is an action cable. See paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Sixth Committee will address the CCIT on October 6, 7 and 23. Negotiations on the CCIT have foundered for nine years on two issues: (1) the scope of an exemption for military activities and (2) exemption of national lib [...]	2009-09-16 14:04:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	CT PREL
09USUNNEWYORK841	DPRK: COUNCIL EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR PANEL REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 14, the UN Secretariat briefed the Council on the establishment of the DPRK Panel of Experts (POE),a body mandated in UNSCR 1874 to help monitor and improve the implementation of UN sanctions imposed on North Korea. The Secretariat explained that only two POE membe [...]	2009-09-16 15:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK842	AMBASSADOR RICEâ€™S SEPTEMBER 16 MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Rice met with Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Ayalon on September 16, the day after the release of the Goldstone report on violations of human rights law and international humanitarian law during the Gaza conflict. Ayalon termed the report "outrageous" and said it gave Hamas [...]	2009-09-17 00:45:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS IR RS
09USUNNEWYORK843	G7 AND EU MEETING ON THE SCALES OF ASSESSMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 4, 2009 the Canadian Mission, hosted a meeting to discuss the next steps in the joint strategy for the scales debate this fall. The attendees were: Wasim Mir for the UK, Gregory Cazelet for France, Masatoshi Sugiura and Akihiro Okochi for Japan, Thomas Mangartz for Ge [...]	2009-09-17 21:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT AORC UN
09USUNNEWYORK845	MUCH ADO ABOUT PAGE LIMITS IN UN COMMITTEE ON [...] Summary: From 8-14 September 2009, the Committee on Conferences convened in New York to review the draft calendar of conferences and to discuss the administrative and logistical considerations pertaining to conference servicing. Of particular contention were issues relating to the scheduling o [...]	2009-09-18 17:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL UN UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK846	64TH UNGA GENERAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Committee (GC) met September 16 to inscribe items on the agenda of the 64th UNGA, which opened September 15, and to allocate them to the Main Committees or Plenary. The meeting went smoothly. Taiwan was not an issue this year, and there were no other major issues. [...]	2009-09-18 20:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA PHUM CN
09USUNNEWYORK847	TEXT OF UNSC NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND [...] (U) On September 18, USUN asked the UN Secretariat put into blue the text of the draft resolution on nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear disarmament, to be adopted at the Security Council Summit on September 24 convened by the U.S. The full text is in paragraph 2. 2. (U) Begin text of d [...]	2009-09-19 02:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM UNSC KNNP KSUM
09USUNNEWYORK848	ONE YEAR RENEWAL FOR UNIPSIL; DRUGS, YOUTH [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Security Council discussed the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) on September 14 and on September 15 unanimously renewed UNIPSIL's mandate for an additional year. Ambassador Rice highlighted drug trafficking and youth unemployment as risks to sub-r [...]	2009-09-21 20:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC XY SL
09USUNNEWYORK849	SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS UNMIL; LIBERIA REQUESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Security Council met on September 9 to discuss the renewal of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL),and unanimously adopted UNMIL's resolution on September 15. UNMIL's Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ellen Loj told the Council on September 9 that the Libe [...]	2009-09-21 20:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC XY LI IV
09USUNNEWYORK85	AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH NEW ZEALAND PERMREP [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an introductory call by Ambassador Rice, New Zealand PermRep Rosemary Banks lobbied for U.S. support for former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark's candidacy to become Administrator of the UN Development Program. Banks also urged the U.S. to join the UN Human Rights Counc [...]	2009-02-03 15:47:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KGHG KUNR PHUM PREL NZ
09USUNNEWYORK850	THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S SEPTEMBER 16 LUNCH WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a wide ranging discussion during the monthly Security Council luncheon with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, hosted by Ambassador Rice in her capacity as Security Council President, Ban updated Permreps on UN activities in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, the Horn of Africa, Sudan, and [...]	2009-09-21 20:36:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC PHUM
09USUNNEWYORK851	SUDAN SANCTIONS: CHAIR BRIEFS A QUIET COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: On September 15, Austrian Perm Rep Mayr-Harting, chair of the Sudan Sanctions Committee ("1591 Committee") updated the UN Security Council on the Committee's activities over the previous ninety days, including the Committee's informal consultations with the Panel of Experts. Ambassador [...]	2009-09-21 20:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PGOV PREL SU UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK852	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ATTEND UNGA [...] (U) Mission clearance is granted for the individuals listed below to attend and participate in the informal negotiations of the UNGA Oceans and Law of the Sea Resolution, taking place September 26 - October 3, and November 9 - 13, at UN Headquarters. NAME: Elizabeth Kim AFFILIATION: Depa [...]	2009-09-23 18:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PHSA UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK853	GEORGIA: RUSSIA SEEKS U.S. VISAS FOR ABKHAZ, S. [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. The Russian Mission to the UN has informed USUN that it plans to seek U.S. visas for Abkhaz and South Ossetian de facto authorities to visit the United Nations in October 2009 to discuss the "humanitarian situation" in the separatist entities. The Russian Missio [...]	2009-09-23 19:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNGA CVIS RS GG
09USUNNEWYORK854	UNSC: MONTHLY MEETING ON THE MIDDLE EAST SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for the Peace Process Robert Serry briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on 17 September. He focused on the prospects for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Serry noted efforts aimed at the deve [...]	2009-09-23 21:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KHUM KBIO UN IS LE IV SO
09USUNNEWYORK856	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH PGA TREKI WHO RAISES [...] (C) On September 21, in a hastily scheduled meeting at the President of the General Assembly's (PGA) request, PGA Ali Abdussalam Treki asked Ambassador Rice, in her capacity as Security Council President for the month of September, for her views on what kind of cooperation and consultation the [...]	2009-09-24 15:39:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR UNGA UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK857	(U) AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH ETHIOPIAN PRIME [...] Classified by Ambassador Susan Rice. Reason: 1.4 (b) and (d) 2. (U) September 21, 2009; 2:30 p.m.; New York, NY. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson Ethiopia Prime Minister Meles Zenawi Charge d,Affairs Negash Kebret Bortora 4 [...]	2009-09-28 09:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UNP PGOV PTER KPKO ET SO
09USUNNEWYORK858	COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR HAROLD KOH AND [...] COUNTRY CLEARANCE IS GRANTED FOR LEGAL ADVISER HAROLD HONGJU KOH AND REBECCA INGBER FOR A VISIT TO NEW YORK FROM FRIDAY, SEPT. 25 TO SATURDAY, SEPT. 26. WHILE IN NEW YORK, THEY WILL ATTEND MEETINGS AT THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 2. POC IS JAMES B. DONOVAN. TELE: 212-415-4219. RICE [...]	2009-09-28 09:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK859	CYPRUS: CHRISTOFIAS TELLS P-5 HE IS NOT OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. At an annual lunch with P-5 missions to the UN, Cyprus President Demitris Christofias said he was not optimistic about the possible outcome of Cyprus reunification talks. He cited Turkish PM Erdogan as being responsible for Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat's hard position o [...]	2009-09-28 16:16:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC UNFICYP CU CY
09USUNNEWYORK86	SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS MEETING ON THE RESPECT FOR [...] Summary. France, President of the Security Council, held a Security Council meeting January 29 to discuss: "Respect for International Humanitarian Law". The French circulated a concept paper prior to the meeting describing their objectives which included an assessment by the Council of meas [...]	2009-02-03 16:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREF PREL
09USUNNEWYORK860	POTUS CHAIRS UNSC SUMMIT, PASSES UNANIMOUS [...] (SBU) Summary. President Obama on September 24 convened a heads-of-state summit of the UN Security Council at which resolution 1887 on nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation was adopted unanimously and with full Council co-sponsorship. In addition to the 15 Security Council members [...]	2009-09-29 12:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM UNSC KNNP KSUM
09USUNNEWYORK861	UGANDA TO CONSIDER ERITREA SANCTIONS RESOLUTION [...] (C) Summary: During a September 20 bilateral meeting with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, USUN Ambassador Rice underlined that the U.S. supports a sanctions resolution on Eritrea that includes a condemnation and action in response to Eritrea,s destabilizing activities in both Somalia and D [...]	2009-09-29 15:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AU ER ETRD MARR PNAT PREL PTER SO SU UG
09USUNNEWYORK862	USUN REITERATES REQUEST TO JOIN UK EFFORT TO [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) On July 31 of this year, USUN recommended that the Department support the United Kingdom's effort to shift the establishment of the Special Court for Sierra Leone's residual mechanism to the UN Security Council and to [...]	2009-09-29 23:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KJUS UN SL
09USUNNEWYORK863	SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS ON SITUATION IN BRAZILIAN [...] (SBU) The Security Council met in consultations on September 25 in response to a September 22 letter from the Brazilian PermRep expressing concern about threats to the inviolability of the Brazilian Embassy in Tegucigalpa, in which Honduran President Zelaya has taken refuge. During consultati [...]	2009-09-30 14:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC BR HO
09USUNNEWYORK864	UN COMMEMORATION OF 60 YEARS OF UNRWA [...] (SBU) Summary: The commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of United National Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) special high-level meeting of the General Assembly took place at UN headquarters September 24, 2009. The event was an opportunity [...]	2009-09-30 14:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF UNRWA KPAL IS
09USUNNEWYORK866	PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SEPTEMBER 23 MEETING WITH TOP UN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Immediately following his address to the Open Debate of the UN General Assembly on September 23, President Obama convened an unprecedented meeting with the Heads of State and Foreign Ministers of the top contributors of troops and police to UN peacekeeping operations. President [...]	2009-10-01 09:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNGA UNSC KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK868	IRAQI FM ZEBARI MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR RICE [...] (SBU) Summary: During Ambassador Rice's September 28 meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, he reiterated the Iraqi government request for U.S. support for a UN investigation into the August 19 Baghdad bombings and to move out of Chapter VII obligations. Zebari confirmed that Ir [...]	2009-10-01 17:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PGOV KPKO OVIP IZ SY
09USUNNEWYORK869	HONDURAN FOREIGN MINISTER REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Wolff on September 28 met with Honduran Foreign Minister Patricia Rodas in which she provided an update on the status of Honduran President Zelaya and recent events in Tegucigalpa. Rodas said additional pressure from the international community, including the UN Securi [...]	2009-10-01 18:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XK HO OAS
09USUNNEWYORK87	UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENT FOR UNAMID [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note from the Secretary-General, dated January 30, 2009 requesting payment of the U.S. assessed contribution to the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) for the period [...]	2009-02-03 17:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UN AORC AFIN
09USUNNEWYORK871	COTE D,IVOIRE: EXPERTS DOCUMENT SANCTIONS [...] SUMMARY: The UN Group of Experts on Cote d'Ivoire, a UN team established to monitor sanctions imposed on that country, submitted a final report documenting impediments to full implementation of these measures, particularly the UN ban on the export of diamonds. While the Group found that the [...]	2009-10-02 09:51:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETTC UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK872	S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN DISCUSSES [...] (U) Summary: S/CT Ambassador Daniel Benjamin met with representatives from Algeria, Burundi, India, Pakistan, and Uganda on the margins of the opening session of the UN General Assembly in New York September 24 and 25 to discuss counterterrorism issues. In general, Benjamin conveyed his inte [...]	2009-10-05 20:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	CT PARM PREF PREL
09USUNNEWYORK873	MADAGASCAR DELEGATION EXCLUDED FROM GENERAL DEBATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Madagascar's unconstitutional president, Andry Rojoelina, was scheduled to speak in the General Debate in the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 25th. He was blocked by a vote, following a point of order raised by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, acting in their role of president of [...]	2009-10-05 22:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA AORC AF
09USUNNEWYORK874	ERITREA SANCTIONS: UGANDA PUSHES P3 FOR IMMEDIATE [...] (SBU) Guidance request - see para 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY. The P-3 and Uganda met to discuss possible sanctions on Eritrea. France agreed Council action is necessary; UK also agreed on the need to act, but starting with existing mechanisms, such as the Somalia sanctions regime (UNSCR 1844) [...]	2009-10-06 14:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNP PTER PNAT ETRD MARR USUN AU SU ER SO
09USUNNEWYORK875	LIBYA REQUESTS URGENT UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING [...] (SBU) On October 6, Libyan PermRep Shalgham sent a letter to the UN Security Council President (Vietnam) requesting, under Rule 2 of the Council's provisional rules of procedure, an urgent meeting of the Security Council "to discuss the Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the G [...]	2009-10-06 23:03:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LY
09USUNNEWYORK876	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR UNDC REPRESENTATIVES [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants mission clearance to the following UNDC Representatives. Who will be here to observe the UNGA First Committee (Disarmament) meetings October 7-October 23. Jeffrey Gelman plans to attend October 14-16; Matthew Sharp plans to attend October 19-October 21, (O [...]	2009-10-07 15:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PARM UNDC
09USUNNEWYORK878	UNGA 63 CLOSES WITH PARTING SHOTS; UNGA 64 OPENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Outgoing President of the 63rd General Assembly (PGA) Miguel D'Escoto's lengthy farewell address continued his year long theme of criticizing the USG and supporting actions by Venezuela, Bolivia, and Ecuador. In contrast, the brief opening statement of the incoming 64th PGA, Dr [...]	2009-10-07 17:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV AORC UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK880	UNSC DECIDES TO HANDLE LIBYAN REQUEST FOR MEETING [...] (C) Summary and Comment: The Security Council met on October 7 in closed consultations to discuss the Libyan mission's request for an urgent Council meeting on the Goldstone report. Prior to consultations, USUN had surveyed the Council and knew that there was little support for a stand alon [...]	2009-10-08 01:32:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG UNSC IS LY
09USUNNEWYORK881	1267: U.S./UK BRAINSTORM OPTIONS FOR NEW RESOLUTION [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador Wolff and UK Deputy Perm Rep Parham informally discussed the challenges facing the 1267 al-Qaeda/Taliban sanctions regime and weighed the merits of the UK's proposal to establish an "independent review" panel to advise the 1267 Committee how to decide on requests from indiv [...]	2009-10-08 09:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC PREL EFIN PTER KTFN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK882	GOLDSTONE REPORT POST-PARTUM: IT'S ONLY JUST BEGUN [...] (C) Repercussions from successful efforts in Geneva to postpone the HRC's discussion of the Goldstone report have resulted in the movement of the report to New York. While the Security Council did not accede to Libya's October 6 request for a stand-alone Council meeting on the Goldstone repo [...]	2009-10-08 23:35:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL UNSC IS
09USUNNEWYORK884	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR SUSAN [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants mission clearance to Ambassador Susan Burk, Special Representative of the President for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Michael Scott Davis, Deputy Director, (ISN/MNSA). They will participate in bilateral and multilateral meetings on the Nuclear Non-prolifera [...]	2009-10-09 14:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK885	UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPT. 24 A.M.) [...] SUMMARY: During the September 24 morning meeting of the UNGA General Debate, heads of state or governments from Comoros, Ghana, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Rwanda, Lithuania, Cyprus, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Panama, Switzerland, Spain, Japan, Turkey, and Israel spoke. Common themes we [...]	2009-10-09 18:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA AORC PGOV CN GH BK RW LH CY TP SL PM
09USUNNEWYORK886	UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPTEMBER 25 PM) [...] SUMMARY: During the eighth plenary meeting of the general debate of the General Assembly, the last of the presidents of countries spoke and governmental representatives began to represent their countries. The representative from Madagascar was unable to speak after an objection by Southern Af [...]	2009-10-09 18:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PREL PGOV ECON AORC KPKO YI FM CF WZ
09USUNNEWYORK887	UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPTEMBER 25 AM) [...] SUMMARY: The UN General Debate continued on September 25 on a range of topics from climate change to UN reform (particularly Security Council membership),the Israel-Palestine dispute and multilateralism. The following heads of state or government spoke: Zimbabwe; Nauru; Palau; Estonia; Cote [...]	2009-10-09 21:25:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA ECON PGOV PREL AORC KPKO US ZI NR PS
09USUNNEWYORK888	UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPTEMBER 23 PM): [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The September 23rd afternoon session of the General debate saw the U.S. delegation walk out of Iranian President Ahmedinejad's fiery diatribe against the U.S. and Israel. The Iranian President derided capitalist economic systems, defended recent election results, and condemned bo [...]	2009-10-09 21:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA PREL PGOV ECON AORC KPKO SW UK IT AR
09USUNNEWYORK889	UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES: NETHERLANDS, EGYPT [...] SUMMARY: The ninth plenary meeting of the 64th UN general assembly was held on the morning of September 26. The themes of the economic crisis, climate change and UN reform, specifically the expansion of permanent members of the Security Council continued. Iran's nuclear program was addressed [...]	2009-10-10 01:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON KPKO UNGA BY TH NL KG TV TD
09USUNNEWYORK89	FIFTH COMMITTEE ACTION ON THE 2008/2009 BUDGET [...] Summary: The main session of the 63rd General Assembly concluded early morning on December 24, 2008. The Fifth Committee considered an extraordinary number of proposals most of which were deferred from the Main session of the 62nd General Assembly (GA). At the outset of the session, the Orga [...]	2009-02-03 22:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KUNR PREL
09USUNNEWYORK890	GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES: CUBA AND MYANMAR SPEAK [...] SUMMARY: The eleventh plenary meeting of the 64th UN general assembly was held on the morning of September 28. The following countries spoke: San Marino, Namibia, Peru, Myanmar, Mexico, Bahrain, Cuba, Tunisia, Eritrea; Syria; Niger; Sudan; Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); Oman; Belize; Sin [...]	2009-10-10 02:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON KPKO UNGA AORC SM WA PE BM
09USUNNEWYORK891	UN GENERAL DEBATE BEGINS: OVER 100 HEADS OF STATE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-11 14:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA ECON PGOV AORC KPKO US LY UG QA
09USUNNEWYORK892	SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS AND DEBATES WOMEN, PEACE, [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 5, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Khiem chaired the Security Council open debate on the Secretary-General's report on Women, Peace, and Security. At the top of the meeting, the Council adopted follow-on resolution 1889, which focuses on women's empowerment in post-confl [...]	2009-10-12 15:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI KPKO KWMN UNSC CG
09USUNNEWYORK893	SECRETARY CLINTON CHAIRS UNANIMOUS ADOPTION OF [...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of State Clinton chaired the unanimous adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1888 on conflict-related sexual violence which was co-sponsored by 68 UN member states including 10 members of the Security Council. Russia, China, Libya, Uganda and Vietnam did not co- [...]	2009-10-13 20:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SOCI KPKO KWMN UNSC CG
09USUNNEWYORK894	UNSC BRIEFED ON SITUATION IN SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Under Secretary-General Pascoe and UNSOA Director of Field Support Boyd reported to the Security Council on October 8 that the TFG has persevered in spite of the challenging security situation, and urged the international community to continue its political and financial suppor [...]	2009-10-13 20:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPKO MARR PHUM SO
09USUNNEWYORK895	ERITREA PRESSES FOR IMPROVED RELATIONS, FAILS TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a September 28 meeting with Ambassador Rice and AF DAS Fitzgerald, Eritrean Foreign Minister Osman Saleh and Presidential Advisor Yemane Ghebreab underscored their desire to improve relations with the United States, while denying that Eritrea is fueling the insurgency in So [...]	2009-10-13 20:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UNP PGOV PTER KPKO ET SO
09USUNNEWYORK896	GUINEA FM ASKS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO LET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During Security Council consultations on the situation in Guinea held at France's request, the U.S., as President of the Council, briefed on its September 29 meeting with Guinean Foreign Minister Loua, during which he claimed that the violence on September 28 was due to protest [...]	2009-10-13 21:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC XY GV AU
09USUNNEWYORK897	UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $281,717.67 TO THE TRUST [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $281,717.67 to the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MF),of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of 02 September 2009 payment [...]	2009-10-13 21:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UNEP
09USUNNEWYORK898	UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR TWO [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note and three related annexes from the SYG dated 26 August 2009 concerning the financing of two peacekeeping operations. Annex One contains current amounts payable by the U.S. Government as foll [...]	2009-10-13 21:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UN
09USUNNEWYORK899	UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENT FOR UNIFIL [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note from the Secretary-General, dated 11 September 2009 requesting payment of the U.S. assessed contribution to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) for the period from 1 Septembe [...]	2009-10-13 21:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UN AORC AFIN
09USUNNEWYORK9	UN REQUEST PAYMENT OF 2009 ASSESSMENT FOR CAPITAL [...] USUN has emailed to Department (IO/MPR-Lisa Spratt and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) a copy of a note from the Secretary-General, dated December 30, 2008 requesting payment of the U.S. assessed contribution to the UN Capital Master Plan (CMP) for 2009 in the amount of $75,534,800. The note also [...]	2009-01-06 21:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UN AORC AFIN CMP
09USUNNEWYORK90	GEORGIA/RUSSIA: AMBASSADOR'S RICE MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. Russian PermRep Vitaly Churkin met with Ambassador Rice and Ambassador DiCarlo on February 3 to sound out the U.S. position on an extension of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia. Churkin said Russia wanted to see a new resolution emphasize the terms of the "Medvedev-Sarkozy" agr [...]	2009-02-04 01:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC GG RS
09USUNNEWYORK900	UNEP REQUEST PAYMENT OF $31,190,549.34 TO THE [...] USUN has faxed to EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green a copy of an official note and invoice requesting payment of $31,190,549.34 to the Trust Fund for the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MF),of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). As of 02 September 2009 paym [...]	2009-10-13 21:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UNEP
09USUNNEWYORK902	UNEP ACKNOWLEDGES RECEIPT OF U.S. CONTRIBUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-13 21:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC AFIN UNEP
09USUNNEWYORK903	243RD MEETING OF THE UN COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS [...] The UN Committee on Relations with the Host Country held its 243rd meeting on October 2, 2009. Cypriot PermRep Hadjimichael chaired the meeting in which the following issues were raised: NYC PARKING VIOLATIONS 2. The Cuban delegate reported that a mission driver was unable to park in [...]	2009-10-13 21:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP PREL CU ML RS
09USUNNEWYORK905	SIXTH COMMITTEE: DEBATE ON UN COMMISSION ON [...] Summary: On October 12, the Sixth Committee discussed the Report on the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). Soo-Geun Oh, Chairman of UNCITRAL, summarized the activities of the 42nd session of UNCITRAL on June 29-July 17. Following the opening remarks, twenty-one [...]	2009-10-13 21:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD EINV UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK907	UN GENERAL DEBATE BEGINS: OVER 100 HEADS OF STATE [...] SUMMARY: Over 100 heads of state and government participated in this year's United Nations General Debate, which opened on September 23, including President Obama for his first Assembly appearance. Most interventions addressed the economic impact of the financial crisis, nuclear disarmament an [...]	2009-10-13 23:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA ECON PGOV PREL AORC KPKO US LY UG QA
09USUNNEWYORK908	BILATERAL WITH COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT ALVARO URIBE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice met with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe at his request during his visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 24. Uribe, who praised U.S. government support for Colombia and the region in his recent U.N. General Assembly spee [...]	2009-10-14 11:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV XM XR CO HO VE
09USUNNEWYORK909	UN SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFING BY SRSG KAI EIDE AND [...] (U) Summary: On September 29, the Security Council held a quarterly debate on UNAMA. SRSG Kai Eide briefed the Council on behalf of UNAMA concentrating on elections, new government formation, reconciliation, security and international coordination. Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta's remarks f [...]	2009-10-14 11:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV NATO AF
09USUNNEWYORK91	UN SEEKS COORDINATION WITH USG AND PAKISTAN ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-04 21:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC OFDP PTER UNHCR PK
09USUNNEWYORK910	BURMA, BURUNDI, COLOMBIA AND UGANDA ADDRESS SC [...] (SBU) The Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict (WGCAAC) held a formal meeting chaired by Mexican Permanent Representative Claude Heller on October 12 to adopt the group's conclusions on Burma and to discuss the Secretary General's reports on children and armed conflict [...]	2009-10-14 19:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI UNSC BM CO BY UG
09USUNNEWYORK911	COTE D'IVOIRE ELECTIONS TO BE DELAYED; COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) SRSG Choi told the Security Council on October 13 that elections would be delayed for political and technical reasons, and said the priority must be approving the provisional voters list as soon as possible. Choi said the 2.7 million names [...]	2009-10-14 19:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC XY IV LI
09USUNNEWYORK912	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR GARY SAMORE, [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants mission clearance to Gary Samore, Coordinator for Arms Control and Non-proliferation for the National Security Council. He will attend meetings on the margins of the UNGA First Committee, October 15-16, 2009. 2. His point of contact will be Michael Gord [...]	2009-10-14 21:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA KNNP
09USUNNEWYORK913	SIXTH COMMITTEE: GENERAL DEBATE CONCLUDES ON [...] Summary: General Debate on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism began on October 6 and concluded on October 9 with over 70 Member States (including the United States) expressing their views on the subject. Debate focused mostly on the conclusion of the Comprehensive Convention on Int [...]	2009-10-14 22:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK914	RESOLVED DEBT: PERMANENT MISSION OF THE REPUBLIC [...] USUN received a request from the New York City Commission for the UN to assist company Connections Unlimited in recovering $82,299.78 for services it provided the Republic of the Congo (GOC) for an ecotourism event on September 1, 2006. NYCC's legal counsel has worked since October 2007 to fa [...]	2009-10-15 14:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP PREL CF
09USUNNEWYORK915	DEBT RESOLVED- COMOROS MISSION TO THE UN [...] Vornado Realty Trust has informed USUN/HC that it has received a check for the payment of $43,242.54 from the Permanent Mission of the Union of the Comoros to the UN. This amount paid for the overdue rental arrears owed since September 2008 for the office space at 866 United Nations Plaza, Su [...]	2009-10-15 20:51:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP PREL CN
09USUNNEWYORK916	THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S 14 OCTOBER LUNCH WITH THE [...] (SBU) This is an Action Request. Please see para 7. 2. (SBU) In the monthly UN Security Council luncheon with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the SYG discussed Guinea, Sudan, Afghanistan, and Pakistan with PermReps. The lunch was hosted by Vietnamese PermRep Le Luong Minh, in his capacity as [...]	2009-10-15 21:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC PHUM PK GV AF SU
09USUNNEWYORK917	G77 OPPOSES CHANGES TO THE REGULAR BUDGET SCALES [...] This is an action request. See para 16. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Beginning with the last meeting of the G7 plus EU Group (G7 Group) on scales at the margins of the Fall meeting of the Geneva Group CLM (GG),the subject of scales has begun in earnest in the 64th General Assembly (GA). At the GG [...]	2009-10-15 21:32:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AMGT AORC UN UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK919	AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH ICTR PRESIDENT [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph three below. 2. (U) Judge Dennis Byron, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and his special assistant Helge Zietler met with Ambassador DiCarlo on October 6 to provide their views on the issue of whether the ICTR [...]	2009-10-16 19:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KAWC PARM PREF RW
09USUNNEWYORK92	AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON BURKINA [...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice shared U.S. priorities with Burkinabe PermRep Kafando in an initial call and asked for his views on Sudan, Zimbabwe, and Cote d'Ivoire. Rice pressed for support against deferring Sudanese President Ba [...]	2009-02-04 21:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC UV XV XA
09USUNNEWYORK923	U.N.'S GENERAL DEBATE WRAP-UP: HITTING THE HIGH [...] (U) SUMMARY: U.N. member states focused on four main topics and touched on others during the opening of the 64th General Assembly. Climate change dominated the speeches, with calls for United Nations reform, particularly pertaining to the Security Council, coming in second. Other central iss [...]	2009-10-19 14:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON KPKO UNGA UN
09USUNNEWYORK924	UN CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT: SEEKING MOMENTUM FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Secretary-General's September 22 high-level event on climate change drew leaders from nearly one hundred countries just a day before the start of the UN General Assembly and three months before the anticipated Climate Change Convention ministerial in Copenhagen. Leaders from a [...]	2009-10-19 15:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KGHG SENV UN
09USUNNEWYORK925	U.N. GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPTEMBER 28, PM): [...] (U) SUMMARY: The continuation of the U.N. General Debate saw an impassioned and unscripted speech by the Honduran Foreign Minister calling on the United Nations to restore order and democracy in her besieged country. To highlight the point, she called Honduran President Zelaya on her cell phon [...]	2009-10-19 15:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ECON KPKO UNGA UN AF AM AO BB CD
09USUNNEWYORK926	SUBJECT: U.N. GENERAL DEBATE CONCLUDES SEPT 29: [...] SUMMARY: The final session of the 64th General Assembly general debate focused on non-proliferation, climate change, multilateralism, Security Council reform, the financial crisis, and sustainable development. Several countries reflected on the importantance of preventing piracy on the high s [...]	2009-10-19 16:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA ECON PGOV PREL AORC KPKO ER GJ NU NO
09USUNNEWYORK928	UNSC: MIDDLE EAST OPEN DEBATE - NON-MEMBERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On 14 October, the Security Council held its Open Debate on the Middle East. Under Secretary-General Pascoe briefed the Council on recent events, noting that there had been no significant progress on the peace process. He referred to recent tensions in East Jerusalem as well as [...]	2009-10-19 19:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KWBG KPAL UN IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK93	AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH COSTA RICAN PERMREP [...] (C) Summary: During an initial meeting with Costa Rican PermRep Urbina, Ambassador Rice outlined U.S. priorities and agreed to work with Costa Rica on important issues such as human rights. Urbina emphasized the need to increase the Council's legitimacy by updating its working methods and pr [...]	2009-02-04 22:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC CS
09USUNNEWYORK930	MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR KENNETH HODGKINS, [...] In response to reftel, USUN grants mission clearance to Ken Hodgkins, Director, OES/SAT. He will be attending UNGA Fourth Committee meetings on "international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space."at the United Nations between October 19 and October 23. 2. His point of contact [...]	2009-10-20 17:49:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNPUOS UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK931	SENATOR BOXER DISCUSSES WOMEN, CLIMATE WITH SG [...] Senator Barbara Boxer came to New York to meet with Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in her capacity as Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittees on International Organizations and Global Women's Issues. She raised the need to quickly appoint a Special Representative of the Secretary-G [...]	2009-10-20 22:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI SENV KWMN KGHG UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK932	(U) U.N. GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPTEMBER 24, [...] (U) Summary: Speeches in the afternoon session of the second day of the UNGA General Debate (September 24) continued with some familiar topics. Latin American leaders from Venezuela, Costa Rica, and Paraguay all condemned the coup in Honduras. Most of the speakers called for reform of the Un [...]	2009-10-20 23:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CS ECON GA GY IZ LG MI PA PGOV PREL SI TZ
09USUNNEWYORK933	U.S. MISSION GRANTS CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT MAGGI, [...] U.S. Mission grants clearance for the following individuals to attend informal consultations on Maritime Security Sector Reform in New York on Tuesday, October 27 and Wednesday, October 28, 2009, in New York: Robert Maggi (Coordinator for Counter Piracy, PM/PPA); Christina Rosati (Foreign Af [...]	2009-10-21 18:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK934	U.S. MISSION GRANTS CLEARANCE TO CHARLENE WANG TO [...] U.S. Mission grants clearance to Charlene Wang, Multilateral Affairs Officer, IO/UNP, to attend informal consultations on East Asia and Pacific issues in New York on Thursday, October 22 and Friday, October 23, 2009. 2. U.S. Mission POC is Political Section Officer Jeffrey Reneau, 212-415 [...]	2009-10-21 18:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PREL UNSC

09USUNNEWYORK935	MISSSION CLEARANCE FOR USAID/OFDA STAFF [...] Mission clearance is granted to USAID/DCHA/OFDA Hydrometorological Hazard Advisor Ayse Sezin Tokar, USAID/DCHA/OFDA Geographic Information Systems Coordinator Nate Smith, and USAID/DCHA/OFDA Information Management Coordinator Rhonda Davis Stewart for October 26-28, 2009, to participate in the [...]	2009-10-22 10:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PHUM

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