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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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10KABUL582 OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 15,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Operation Moshtarak continued on February 15 in Nad Ali district; however, reports throughout the operational area indicate that the situation was relatively quiet. ISAF Commander, along with Ministers of Defense and Interior, visited the northern Nad Ali area of Showal where t [...]
2010-02-16 09:31:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF
10KABUL584ABDULLAH REFLECTS ON HIS COALITION, NATIONAL ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Former presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah recently shared with the Ambassador his perspectives on the need for independent electoral bodies, the security situation, and the mixed messages the Afghan people are receiving on reconciliation and reintegration. While Abdu [...]
2010-02-16 10:34:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
10KABUL589KANDAHAR: CORRUPTION REFORMS BY THE MASTER OF SPIN?
[...] (S) Summary: On February 9, Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) Frank Ruggiero and Regional Command-South (RC-S) Commander Major General Nick Carter (UK) met with Colonel Abdul Razziq, 4th Afghan Border Police (ABP) Director and a well-known powerbroker based in the border town of Spin Bolda [...]
2010-02-17 05:16:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM PREL AF
10KABUL590 OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 16,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Operations in Nad Ali District continued on February 16, as ISAF continued to find high numbers of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the operational area. Governor Mangal attended a security shura today to look at Nad Ali security, and he traveled to Camp Bastion to visit [...]
2010-02-17 06:52:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF
10KABUL593AN UNDEFINED MISSION AT THE MINISTRY OF ECONOMY
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 24 meeting, newly-appointed Minister of Economy Abdul Hadi Arghandewal discussed his plans for the Ministry with Ambassador Eikenberry and Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs Ambassador Wayne. Minister Arghandewal indicated that he would deve [...]
2010-02-17 09:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID ETRD PGOV EINV EIND AF
10KABUL594LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 24, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-17 11:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL595LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 24, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-17 11:36:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL596 REFORMING USG TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE OFFICE OF THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mission is developing a new, coordinated approach for providing salary support and technical assistance to key Ministries and offices of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA). We are designing programs to reduce ministerial stove-piping and enhance th [...]
2010-02-17 12:41:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECON PREL AF
10KABUL601 OPERATION MOSHTARAK - SITUATIONAL REPORT FOR FEBRUARY 17,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Operations in Nad Ali District continued on February 17 and Governor Mangal paid his first visit to Marjah with ISAF military leadership. High numbers of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) challenge progress in the operational area but the District Stabilization Team (DST) hop [...]
2010-02-18 09:09:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS PGOV EAID AF
10KABUL606KARZAI AMENABLE TO ECC CHANGE, FOCUSED ON CAPACITY
[...] (C) Summary: President Karzai expressed confidence in the ongoing Marja operation in a meeting with General McChrystal and me on February 16. Speaking privately with me afterward, Karzai was receptive to the suggestion that the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) include two international m [...]
2010-02-18 10:37:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV AF PREL
10KABUL619 SENIOR ECONOMIC ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT KARZAI SHARES VISION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Economic Advisor to President Karzai Dr. Anwarul Haq Ahadi told USAID Mission Director Bill Frej on February 11 that he planned to set up a functioning structure to advise President Karzai on economic affairs and to carry out inter-ministerial coordination on economic iss [...]
2010-02-18 12:46:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ETRD PGOV PBTS EINV EIND AF
10KABUL62A TALE OF TWO KABUL MAYORS
[...] Summary: (C) President Karzai has appointed a new mayor of Kabul, Engineer Mohammad Yunos Novandish. This follows the December 7, 2009 'mismanagement of authority' conviction and the December 8, 2009 release pending appeal of former Kabul Mayor Abdul Ahad Sahebi (Reftel.) The Novandish appointme [...]
2010-01-07 13:20:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNFBI JUS PGOV PINR PREL
10KABUL621KARZAI AMENABLE TO ECC CHANGE, FOCUSED ON CAPACITY
[...] (C) Summary: President Karzai expressed confidence in the ongoing Marja operation in a meeting with General McChrystal and me on February 16. Speaking privately with me afterward, Karzai was receptive to the suggestion that the Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) include two international m [...]
2010-02-18 13:26:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV AF PREL
10KABUL628MINISTER OF INTERIOR REVIEWS POLICE TRAINING, CN POLICING
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 2 meeting, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) R. Gil Kerlikowske joined by Ambassador Wayne, discussed a range of current issues with Afghan Minister of Interior Hanif Atmar. Atmar expressed satisfaction with the steady developm [...]
2010-02-18 16:57:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL PINS PK RU AF
10KABUL631LAGHMAN GOVERNOR REFLECTS ON TENURE, PROGRESS
[...] (C) Summary. Looking back at his 22-month term as Laghman governor, Lutfullah Mashal claimed slow but obvious progress in the province, including more children in schools and a bustling economy in Mehtarlam. He expressed concern about renewal of violent factional conflict if a new governor wa [...]
2010-02-20 06:49:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MOPS AF PK
10KABUL633DONORS SHOW SUPPORT FOR THE MINISTRY OF HIGHER EDUCATION'S
[...] (U) Summary: On February 7, 2010, the USAID Mission Director along with the USG Education Team attended a donor conference in support of the Ministry of Higher Education's (MoHE) new National Higher Education Strategic Plan (NHESP). Five years in the making, involving close collaboration betwe [...]
2010-02-20 10:19:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDESTH SOCI EAID AF
10KABUL635 ASSISTING AFGHANS WITH CULTURAL RESTORATION AND REVIVING
[...] Summary: Embassy met a key benchmark in support for Turquoise Mountain Trust (TMT) with the February 16 graduation of 30 students from a three-year program sponsored by the Turquoise Mountain Institute for Afghan Arts and Architecture, the premier institution of its kind in the country. The e [...]
2010-02-21 06:03:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL SCUL ECON AF
10KABUL636INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN'S MATURING
[...] (SBU) Afghanistan's long-moribund Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) has shown new vitality over the last three months by first reorganizing itself, and then by choreographing GIRoA's interagency response to the threat posed by Ammonium Nitrate-based explosives (reftel A). Under [...]
2010-02-21 06:59:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MASS AF
10KABUL637CHILD SOLDIERS PREVENTION ACT DEMARCHE POINTS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Following the request (Ref B) to inform our host government of the provisions of the Child Soldier Prevention Act (CSPA) and its impending implementation, Embassy Kabul delivered demarche points to the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and the Ministry of Defense (MOD) to review the prog [...]
2010-02-21 07:37:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SOCI KTIP
10KABUL639LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 28, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-21 12:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL645"EMERGENCY" PRESIDENTIAL DECREE AMENDS ELECTORAL
[...] (C) On February 17 President Karzai signed a Presidential decree enacting sweeping reforms to the 2005 electoral law. It was sent to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) on February 18 for review and gazetting. The exact text of the reforms was only available to Karzai's Cabinet and members of Parlia [...]
2010-02-21 15:08:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PREL PGOV AF
10KABUL648AFGHAN OFFICIAL REPORTS PAKISTAN SEEKS TO LIMIT GOODS
[...] (SBU) Afghan Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) Director of International Trade told us February 20 that the Government of Pakistan's Revenue Division has invoked a clause of its 1969 Customs Act which allows it to restrict the transit of 22 categories of goods destined to Afghanistan thr [...]
2010-02-22 09:02:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PREL AF PK
10KABUL656SEEKING PROGRESS IN U.S.-TURKISH COOPERATION IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkish Ambassador to Kabul Basat Ozturk told Ambassador February 6 that Turkey wants closer cooperation with the U.S. in development projects, including what it hopes will be a marquee project to refurbish Kabul's largest public hospital. Ambassador Eikenberry agreed that we sh [...]
2010-02-22 13:54:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPRE EAI TU AF
10KABUL657FARYAB: A VIEW FROM MAIMANA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Governor Shafaq, local Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) leaders, PRT Maimana military and civilian representatives all regard insurgency as the principal challenge facing Faryab province. They express their strongest concerns about Ghormach district, but see the entire "Pa [...]
2010-02-22 14:04:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV TU AF
10KABUL664Energy Minister Khan Undermines Utility Progress
[...] (SBU) Summary: Dr. Jalil Shams, CEO of the Afghan national utility DABS, has called for President Karzai's help in maintaining the utility's independence in the face of increasing interference from Acting Minister of Energy and Water Ismail Khan. Dr. Shams tells us that President Karzai was r [...]
2010-02-23 07:31:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ENRG SENV AF
10KABUL665LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 28, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-23 10:43:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL666LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by March 15, 2010. 3. [...]
2010-02-23 10:44:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL668Treasury A/S Cohen Urges Major Afghan Banks to be more
[...] (SBU//NF) In meetings with the heads of Kabul Bank, Azizi Bank and Afghan United Bank on February 11, Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing David Cohen expressed optimism that the Afghan banking sector is implementing stronger controls against anti-money laundering and [...]
2010-02-23 11:21:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON SNAR KTFN KCOR KCRM PGOV PINS AF
10KABUL67MP'S BELIEVE CABINET LIST MAY BE DELAYED, SOME
[...] (C) As of January 8 MPs considered it an open question as to whether Karzai will present a complete list of cabinet choices to the National Assembly (NA) on the agreed-upon January 9 date, despite Karzai's call for an extraordinary NA session (reftel). Pro-Karzai MP Khalid Pashtun (Pashtun, [...]
2010-01-08 08:27:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
10KABUL672ELECTIONS, KANDAHAR AND KARZAI
[...] (C) Begin Summary. In a frank discussion, Canadian Ambassador Crosbie explained to Ambassador Eikenberry that getting the electoral process right is a bottom-line position for Canada, and said we must be prepared for confrontation with Karzai on this issue, or risk losing credibility among our [...]
2010-02-23 13:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KCOR PREL MOPS CAN AF PK
10KABUL673KANDAHAR'S POWERBROKER: GUL AGHA SHIRZAI: TEEING
[...] (S) Summary. Kandahar uber-powerbrokers Gul Agha Shirzai and Ahmed Wali Karzai (AWK) teamed up February 16-17 for an unprecedented show of political togetherness in Kandahar City (KC) to showcase plans for a southern Afghanistan regional peace and reconciliation jirga. Shirzai told the Kandaha [...]
2010-02-23 13:49:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KCOR KDEM MOPS CAN AF PK
10KABUL674KARZAI ADDRESSES PARLIAMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Karzai addressed a joint session of Parliament on February 20, on the occasion of the opening of the final session of Parliament. Karzai spoke for 40 minutes to a poorly-attended, subdued joint session of Parliament that also included members of the Supreme Court and [...]
2010-02-23 14:31:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
10KABUL675NEW AFGHAN COUNTERNARCOTICS MINISTER ZARAR OUTLINES HIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 1, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) R. Gil Kerlikowske, joined by Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA) Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne, met with Afghanistan's new Minister of Counternarcotics, Zarar Ahmad Moqbel. [...]
2010-02-24 03:41:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL677NANGARHAR RULE OF LAW CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (C) A two-day provincial justice conference in Nangarhar February 1-2 brought national justice representatives together with their Nangarhari counterparts to discuss systemic justice challenges in the province. A small-group format resulted in frank discussions of provincial government corrupt [...]
2010-02-24 06:12:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM AF PK
10KABUL681 AFGHANISTAN: SENIOR CIVILIAN REPRESENTATIVE POSITIONS
[...] This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. The U.S. Mission in Afghanistan is looking for the Department's best Senior Officers to serve as Senior Civilian Representatives (SCR). SCRs serve as the U.S. Ambassador's direct representative to a specific region of Afghanistan (South, So [...]
2010-02-24 09:54:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER AMGT AFSI AF
10KABUL684TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY WOLIN EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF
[...] (SBU) During a February 10-11 visit to Kabul, Treasury Deputy Secretary Wolin promoted sound public financial management and governance in meetings with senior Afghan officials, including Central Bank Governor Fitrat and Finance Minister Zakhilwal and in a speech at the American University of A [...]
2010-02-24 10:20:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ECON PGOV KCRP AF
10KABUL688PROPOSED AFGHANISTAN DETAINEE MONITORING STRATEGY
[...] (U) This cable includes an action request; please see paragraph 10. 2. (S/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: In response to the President's executive order banning torture, the Washington interagency Task Force on Interrogation and Transfer Policies recommended that Embassy Kabul develop a plan to [...]
2010-02-24 12:33:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PGOV PINS AF
10KABUL692NEW AFGHAN ELECTION LAW DECREE: AREAS OF CONCERN
[...] (C) Summary: President Karzai signed a legislative decree on February 17 with sweeping amendments to the 2005 Electoral Law, using his authority under Article 79 of the Constitution to issue legislative decrees during Parliamentary recess "in case of an immediate need." While some of the decre [...]
2010-02-24 18:32:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL693AHMED WALI KARZAI: SEEKING TO DEFINE HIMSLEF AS U.S. PARTNER?
[...] (S//Rel NATO, ISAF) Begin Summary. Senior Civilian Representative (SCR) Frank Ruggiero met one-on-one with Ahmed Wali Karzai (AWK) on February 23. SCR informed AWK that coalition attention will turn to Kandahar in the next phase of Operation Moshtarak (Together) and the United States will play a fa [...]
2010-02-25 04:05:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV KCOR KCRM PREL AF
10KABUL694INTERIOR MINISTER ATMAR DISCUSSES POLICE TRAINING;
[...] (C/NF) In a February 17 meeting, Interior Minister Mohammed Hanif Atmar told Ambassador Holbrooke, Ambassador Eikenberry, and General Caldwell that: -- he wants to train 2,000-3,000 police officer candidates outside of Afghanistan, each year for the next five years. Atmar is looking at Jordan [...]
2010-02-25 05:58:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MARR MASS AF
10KABUL695OPERATION MOSHTARAK MOVING TO GOVERNANCE PHASE
[...] (C//Rel NATO, ISAF) Summary: Afghan and Coalition Forces carrying out Operation Moshtarak ("Together" in Dari) in Helmand Province are facing stiff challenges, but are on track to bring the "clearance" phase to closure. The Operation's success, however, will be measured in the coming "hold" [...]
2010-02-25 07:05:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV KDEM KCOR KCRM MOPS PREL PINS UK CAN AF
10KABUL696AMBASSADORS CONCEDE ELECTORAL CHANGES, UN PUSHING
[...] 1. (C) Summary: While the decree recently signed by President Karzai to amend the electoral law (ref. A) was roundly decried by ambassadors at the weekly UNAMA meeting in Kabul on February 22, they concurred that the international community would not at this point make public statements con [...]
2010-02-25 07:40:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV AF PREL
10KABUL698WOMEN ACTIVISTS PUSH FOR INCLUSION IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from the Afghan Women's Network met February 23 with Masoom Stanekzai, the Afghan government's current lead on reintegration efforts, at his invitation, to voice their concerns over GIRoA's reintegration and reconciliation plans. Stanekzai opened the meeting by [...]
2010-02-26 10:53:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL699PRESSING KARZAI FOR ELECTORAL REFORM
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry and Deputy Ambassador Ricciardone demarched President Karzai and his inner circle on the problems of the final version of the electoral decree February 24-25, stressing the need for an independent Electoral Complaints Commission with international commissioners, p [...]
2010-02-26 11:38:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
10KABUL700GIROA STRONGLY CONDEMNS TERRORIST ATTACK ON KABUL
[...] The Afghan government swung into action to publicly and strongly condemn Taliban suicide and car bomb attacks in central Kabul the morning of February 26 that killed at least 13 people and wounded approximately thirty-two. Demonstrating an unprecedented degree of intergovernmental cooperation [...]
2010-02-26 14:41:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDFBI PREL PTER AF
10KABUL701ELECTORAL REFORM: DON'T COUNT ON QANOONI
[...] (C) Summary: I met with Lower House Speaker Qanooni to learn what Parliament's legislative priorities will be in the next session, to understand Speaker Qanooni's views on President Karzai's Presidential Decree on the Electoral Law, and to ask what his views were on how we could jointly str [...]
2010-02-26 18:34:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM AF
10KABUL702GHANI SAYS STABILITY OBTAINED WITH BALLOTS, NOT BOMBS
[...] Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry met with former Finance Minister and presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani on February 23, 2010 to discuss his views on the military operation in Marjah, the plans for the Peace Jirga and the Kabul Conference, and other issues. Ghani expressed skepticism that the c [...]
2010-02-27 14:05:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR PREL EAID AF
10KABUL703LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 13, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-28 06:29:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL704LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by March 15, 2010. 3. [...]
2010-02-28 06:29:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL705Assistance for Afghanistan's Provincial Airports
[...] (U) Summary: Antiquated and overcrowded, Afghanistan's provincial airports are struggling to handle existing passenger traffic and unable to handle increasing demand for international and domestic flights. Embassy Kabul is upgrading three provincial runways in cooperation with the Asian Develo [...]
2010-02-28 06:30:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EAID PGOV PREL AF
10KABUL706LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 17, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-28 06:33:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL707LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request - see paragraph 2. 2. In order to comply with vetting requirements, this cable forwards the names of Afghan nationals. Post possesses no derogatory information on these individuals. Post requests Department's review of these candidates by February 15, 2010. 3 [...]
2010-02-28 06:33:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL711CORRECTED COPY: Treasury A/S Cohen Urges Major Afghan Banks
[...] (SBU//NF) In meetings with the heads of Kabul Bank, Azizi Bank and Afghan United Bank on February 11, Treasury Department Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing David Cohen strongly encouraged the Afghan banking sector to implement stronger controls against money laundering and terrorist f [...]
2010-02-28 06:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON SNAR KTFN KCOR KCRM PGOV PINS AF
10KABUL725Afghanistan: Telecommunications Policy Officer
[...] (U) Per reftel request, Embassy Kabul's Telecommunications Policy Officer is Anne Benjaminson (+93-700-10-8367; BenjaminsonAW@state.gov) until her departure in August 2010. The TPO from 2010 - 2011 will be Carter Wilbur (same phone number; WilburCW@state.gov). EIKENBERRY [...]
2010-02-28 13:06:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDECPS AF
10KABUL726CRIMINAL ALLEGATIONS SURROUNDING MARJAH
[...] (S/REL ISAF, NATO) Summary. As Operation Moshtarak within Nad Ali district began in mid-February, rumors of criminal allegations surrounding the Marjah Sub-District Governor Haji Zahir and his time in Germany began to surface. Upon hearing these allegations, Regional Platform)South (RP-S) and [...]
2010-02-28 15:04:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV KDEM KCRM MOPS PREL AF
10KABUL85KARZAI AND CODEL MCCAIN ON PROGRESS, ELECTIONS,
[...] (S) Summary: In a positive and free-ranging discussion, President Karzai and visiting CODEL McCain agreed that more should be done to tell Afghans and Americans about the progress in Afghanistan since 2002 and the positive role of the international community. On the timing of parliamentary election [...]
2010-01-10 09:12:00Embassy KabulSECRETPGOV PREL AF
10KABUL96NEW AFGHAN CABINET NOMINEES
[...] (C) Summary: The Afghan Lower House (Wolesi Jirga, WJ) received President Karzai's list of 16 cabinet nominations on January 9; there were no repeated names from the last list with a slate primarily comprised of political unknowns. This new list appears to be Karzai's attempt to balance prag [...]
2010-01-11 13:25:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF
10KABUL97COORDINATING UN AND UK VIEWS ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The Embassy has begun discussions with the GIRoA and coordination with UN and UK on policies regarding the 2010 Parliamentary elections. The UN and UK are essentially in line with U.S. views, and the UN plans to lead the dialogue with the GIRoA on a reform agenda. Some differen [...]
2010-01-12 04:41:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV UNSC AF
10KAMPALA1UGANDA: THE LIMITS OF UGANDA'S AMISOM COMMITMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Uganda plans to add a fourth battalion to its contribution to the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) in February 2010, bringing the total number of Ugandan troops in Somalia to 3,500. While President Museveni would like to expand AMISOM's capability and mandate, Uganda's [...]
2010-01-04 10:56:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV MCAP MARR UG SO
10KAMPALA13UGANDA: USG SUPPORTED ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVIST THREATENED
[...] (C) Summary: The Director of the Anti-Corruption Coalition Uganda (ACCU),Jasper Tumuhimbise, went into hiding in late December after publishing a "Fame and Shame" booklet on government corruption. Funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation's (MCC) anti-corruption threshold program, ACCU's [...]
2010-01-07 11:36:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KCOR KDEM UG
10KAMPALA182UGANDA: UPDATE ON IMPACT OF LRA ON CIVILIAN POPULATIONS
[...] (U) Summary: This report provides recent statistics on the impact of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) activities on civilian populations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),Central African Republic (CAR),and Sudan keyed to reftel questions. These statistics are compiled from multiple [...]
2010-01-21 11:39:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS CG UG SU CT
10KAMPALA19UGANDA: SECURITY REPORT DETAILS OIL SECTOR CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: A December 17 report by the External Security Organization (ESO),which XXXXXXXXXXXX allegedly forwarded to President Museveni, says Security Minister Amama Mbabazi is "eyeing" a $200 million commission for securing a deal between Heritage Oil and the Italian firm ENI. On January 7, a [...]
2010-01-13 10:47:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EPET KCOR UG
10KAMPALA21UGANDA: UK CONSIDERING CORRUPTION TRAVEL BANS
[...] (C) Summary: The U.K. is considering visa restrictions for senior Ugandan officials guilty of misusing $27 million allocated to the November 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kampala. The British say their primary target is Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa, that recent visa ba [...]
2010-01-13 14:02:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR KCOR KCRM UG
10KAMPALA23UGANDA: CONTINUED U.S. SUPPORT FOR ANTI-LRA EFFORTS CRITICAL
[...] (S) Summary: U.S. logistical assistance for Ugandan military operations against the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) will end in late-January, jeopardizing Uganda's increasingly successful 800 mile pursuit of the LRA through the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),the Central African Republic (CAR [...]
2010-01-14 10:55:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINS MOPS MCAP MASS UG
10KAMPALA264LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - UGABAG (V) AMISOM TRAINING
[...] Pursuant to the Leahy and Foreign Assistance Acts, Post requests assistance in screening the following Ugandan nationals who have been selected for US-sponsored training. The candidates are invited to participate in UGABAG (V) in Support of AMISOM. The training will be conducted from February [...]
2010-02-03 14:08:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV MASS MOPS UG
10KAMPALA266LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - OPERATION LIGHTNING THUNDER
[...] Pursuant to the Leahy and Foreign Assistance Acts, post requests assistance in screening the following Ugandan national. The candidate is invited to participate in Operation Lightning Thunder. Post has reviewed its files and found no derogatory information on this individual. 2. Biogr [...]
2010-02-03 14:08:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV MASS MOPS UG
10KAMPALA274FY2008 AMBASSADOR'S SPECIAL SELF-HELP FUND REPORT
[...] Summary: In FY2008, U.S. Mission Uganda received an allocation of $40,000 for the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Fund (SSH). The Mission supported five projects with FY2008 SSH funding: the restocking of fish ponds, an equipment purchase to support a community-based poultry business, the pur [...]
2010-02-04 08:20:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KDEM EAID UG
10KAMPALA33UGANDA'S RESPONSE TO HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 09:01:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID PHUM UN UG
10KAMPALA340UGANDA: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST FOR LYDIA KANTONO
[...] Pursuant to the Leahy and Foreign Assistance Acts, Post requests assistance in screening the following Ugandan national who has been selected for USG-sponsored training. The candidate is invited to participate in the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Undercover Certification School. The train [...]
2010-02-12 06:46:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV UG
10KAMPALA35UGANDA: AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - A/S MEETING REQUEST
[...] (U) President Yoweri Museveni, Defense Minister Crispus Kyonga and Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa will be attending the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa. The Ugandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not provided exact travel dates for the President or Ministers but has indicated that [...]
2010-01-22 10:09:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP AORC XA UG
10KAMPALA364UGANDA: DOL TDA/TVPRA CHLD LABOR REPORTING
[...] The U.S. Mission consulted with the Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development (MGLSD),the Ugandan Police Force (UPF),the Ugandan Human Rights Commission (UHRC),the International Labor Organization (ILO) and several local NGOs to compile this report in response to taskings in reftel. [...]
2010-02-16 07:50:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI UG
10KAMPALA37REPORT OF NUCLEAR SMUGGLING INCIDENT IN KAMPALA
[...] (SBU) Post wishes to alert the Department and Washington agencies per reftel A that RSO Kampala has received information from Ugandan Police about possible nuclear material (Uranium) currently being transported from Kampala, Uganda to Malindi, Kenya. A Ugandan Police source only known as "Habi [...]
2010-01-25 09:48:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR PINR UG KE KNNP
10KAMPALA388UGANDA: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] The U.S. Mission to Uganda submits the following two project proposals for consideration for the Office of Global Women's Issues (SGWI) Small Grants Initiative. The two projects are listed in priority order for funding. Definition of the Problem: 2. Women and girls in Uganda are m [...]
2010-02-19 07:44:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KWMN KPAO AID UG
10KAMPALA39FOLLOW UP TO 10 KAMPALA 37 REPORT OF NUCLEAR SMUGGLING
[...] (SBU) Post is providing follow up information as requested in ref A to 10 Kampala 37 cable submitted 10/25/2010. 2. (S/NF) SUBJECTS name is Habib BURE. BURE's Cell phone number as reported by Ugandan police is +254-714-379-137. 3. (SBU) At the current time there is no furthe [...]
2010-01-26 07:11:00Embassy KampalaSECRET//NOFORNMNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC KCOR PINR UG KE KNNP
10KAMPALA41UGANDA'S SHRINKING PRESS FREEDOMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 6, the Ugandan Human Rights Network for Journalists (HRNJ) declared 2009 "the worst year" for Ugandan journalists since press restrictions were lifted in the early 1990s. According to HRNJ, 18 journalists were fired during the year due to government pressure and more t [...]
2010-01-27 10:54:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM UG
10KAMPALA412UGANDA: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - UGABAG RIGID HULL SMALL
[...] Pursuant to the Leahy and Foreign Assistance Acts, post requests assistance in screening the following Ugandan national who have been selected for US-sponsored training. These candidates are invited to participate in the Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat Training from March 8 to April 30 in Entebbe, [...]
2010-02-24 13:14:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV MOPS MASS
10KAMPALA424UGANDA: LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ADDITION TO UGABAG RIGID
[...] Pursuant to the Leahy and Foreign Assistance Acts, post requests assistance in screening the following Ugandan national who has been selected for US-sponsored training. This candidate will participate in the Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat Training from March 8 to April 30 in Entebbe, Uganda. Pos [...]
2010-02-25 07:40:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV MASS MOPS
10KAMPALA426UGANDA: 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 13:25:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PREF ELAB SMIG UG
10KAMPALA45UGANDA: AMBASSADOR CREDENTIALED; GETS EARFUL ON
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 05:10:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UG
10KAMPALA47UGANDA: FOREIGN MINISTER ON DEMOCRACY, HOMOSEXUALITY, AND
[...] (C) Summary: On January 21, Ambassador Lanier discussed the congressional reporting requirement for Uganda's presidential elections, the draft anti-homosexuality bill, and allegations of corruption in Uganda's nascent oil sector with Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa. Kutesa inquired about Congressio [...]
2010-01-28 11:00:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR EPET UG
10KAMPALA5UGANDA'S ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT CORRUPTION BUFFET
[...] (SBU) Summary: Uganda's failure to prosecute corrupt government officials is rapidly eroding donor confidence and local support for President Museveni. New evidence of worsening government corruption appears almost daily in local media, and in broader assessments like the Millennium Challeng [...]
2010-01-05 09:11:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCOR KDEM UG
10KAMPALA51Ugandan Response on Mobilizing Pressure on Iran
[...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission delivered reftel demarche on January 29 to Ugandan State Minister of Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem. Oryem responded by saying Uganda has been firm in insisting that Iran should only use nuclear power for peaceful purposes, and indicated an openness to additional [...]
2010-02-03 08:29:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC UG
10KAMPALA55UNDER SECRETARY OTERO'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (C) Summary: Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero raised U.S. concerns over Uganda's preparations for the 2011 elections and the draft anti-homosexuality bill with the State Minister for International Affairs Henry Okello Oryem on January 29. Oryem rebuffed perceptions [...]
2010-02-04 14:34:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KGHG SENV ENRG UG
10KAMPALA67UGANDA: BY-ELECTION GOES FROM SUCCESS TO SUSPECT
[...] (C) Summary: A January 25 by-election in central Uganda underscored concerns about the voter registry and the transparency of polling results in advance of the February 2011 presidential election. Local media and observers described turn out as low, and the Electoral Commission uncovered one in [...]
2010-02-11 13:22:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UG
10KAMPALA69UGANDA: REPORT ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE 2011 ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: This cable responds to the Congressional requirement to monitor preparations for Uganda's 2011 elections and actively promote the independence of the Electoral Commission, an accurate and verifiable voter registry, the announcement and posting of results at polling stations, free [...]
2010-02-11 14:27:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM UG
10KAMPALA7UGANDA: DOOR TO DOOR NRM REGISTRATION WORRIES OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) is going door-to-door to see what persons are NRM members, and compare the Electoral Commission's voter registry with the NRM's own findings about party affiliations. Worried constituents called opposition MPs to report that local [...]
2010-01-05 10:24:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM UG
10KAMPALA73UNDER SECRETARY OTERO'S MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS AND GLBT ACTIVISTS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 06:54:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM UG
10KAMPALA77CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN UGANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary: China's economic ties to Uganda continue to accelerate on all fronts making it one of the country's top foreign investors. Already heavily involved in infrastructure projects, China is now attempting to become an even larger player in Uganda's newly discovered oil deposits. Th [...]
2010-02-17 11:00:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EINT UG CH
10KAMPALA81UGANDA: PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT OLARA OTUNNU'S STRATEGY FOR
[...] (C) Summary: On February 16, presidential hopeful and former UN Under Secretary Olara Otunnu characterized his December 21 auto accident with the Presidential Guard Brigade as an assassination attempt, and said the U.S. congressional reporting requirement for Uganda's election is a core compone [...]
2010-02-23 12:34:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UG
10KAMPALA83UGANDA: AMBASSADOR CALLS ON KING OF BUGANDA
[...] (C) Summary: The leader of Uganda's largest and most powerful ethnic group told the Ambassador on February 18 that Uganda is slipping toward instability. Buganda King Ronald Mutebi II said he is apprehensive about the February 2011 election, and accused President Museveni of trying to dismantle [...]
2010-02-23 13:38:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM UG
10KAMPALA85UGANDA: PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT OLARA OTUNNU'S STRATEGY FOR
[...] (C) Summary: On February 16, presidential hopeful and former UN Under Secretary Olara Otunnu characterized his December 21 auto accident with the Presidential Guard Brigade as an assassination attempt, and said the U.S. congressional reporting requirement for Uganda's election is a core compone [...]
2010-02-23 19:30:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM UG
10KAMPALA91UGANDA: PHENYLACETIC ACID DEMARCHE RESPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 13:26:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC SNAR UG
10KAMPALA93UGANDA - IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD DEMARCHE RESPSONE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 13:34:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP MNUC IR PARM EFIN
10KAMPALA95UGANDA: ELECTORAL COMMISSION FALLS FLAT, AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary: The opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party narrowly defeated the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) in a February 15 by-election marred by mismanagement, rain, and a shoot-out involving the Minister of Housing's bodyguard. The FDC attributed its victory to superi [...]
2010-02-25 14:26:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM
10KARACHI15KARACHI - AMBASSADOR MEETS MQM LEADERSHIP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 6 meeting, the Ambassador discussed wide ranging issues with leaders of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM). MQM discussed the aftermath of the December 28 bombing and arson in Karachi, MQM's relationship with PPP, and the development needs of Karachi. END SUMMARY. 2. [...]
2010-01-20 10:20:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PK
10KARACHI23KARACHI - TARGETED KILLINGS ESCALATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since June 2009, politically motivated targeted killings have been the norm in Karachi. The advent of the new year brought an escalation of the violence, and points to potential fissures in the ruling coalition. End summary. ---------------------- New Year, New Violence -- [...]
2010-01-26 11:44:00Consulate KarachiSECRETPGOV PTER KCRM PK
10KARACHI34KARACHI: VISAS VIPER EAC
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, AmConGen Karachi's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on February 4 to discuss the Visas Viper program. The Consul General, and Visas Viper Coordinator, chaired the meeting and attendees included: POL, ECON, MGMT, RSO, PAS, RAO and CONS. 2. (SBU) The Consular Officer [...]
2010-02-08 01:17:00Consulate KarachiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS ASEC PTER PINR PK
10KARACHI40KARACHI: MQM AND PPP SPAR OVER LAW AND ORDER, LOCAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The debate over the future of local governance in Sindh Province continues without resolution, while the current local government's tenure expired in October 2009. The terrorist attack in Karachi on Ashura, and several recent periods of elevated targeted killings in the city hav [...]
2010-02-09 10:40:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PK
10KARACHI42KARACHI: LG RESOLUTION LEAVES MUCH TO BE RESOLVED.
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Concluding an internal deadlock, the Sindh Assembly tabled the Sindh Local Government (Amendment) Bill on February 15, 2010. After many heated exchanges, negotiations and a delay of nearly a year, the amendment received unanimous support for Chief Minister appointed 'Administr [...]
2010-02-18 06:59:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PK
10KARACHI46 S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL - KARACHI SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) ConGen Karachi submits seven project proposals for the S/GWI small grants initiative for women's political, economic and social advancement. The programs detailed below address themes of Education, Climate Change, Gender-based Violence, Economic Opportunity and Political Empowerment in t [...]
2010-02-20 05:10:00Consulate KarachiUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY PK
10KARACHI47 SUKKUR, PAKISTAN: LOOKING TO THE USG FOR SUCCOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 2 visit to Sukkur, the business, education and communication hub of Upper Sindh, PolOff attended the inauguration of a USAID funded initiative. In separate meeting, Hindu minority leaders discussed professional discrimination and their ongoing security concern [...]
2010-02-22 03:14:00Consulate KarachiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PK
10KARACHI53KARACHI: NEW SINDH ADMINISTRATORS NAMED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Sindh Assembly on February 22 announced the appointment of administrators to oversee local government until the May 2010 party-based elections. Replacing Karachi Nazim Mustafa Kamal (MQM) is District Coordination Officer Lala Fazal ur Rehman, and replacing Hyderabad Nazim Kan [...]
2010-02-25 06:46:00Consulate KarachiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PK
10KATHMANDU104NEPAL ASSOCIATES WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORDS
[...] (SBU) Following a "lively" internal debate, on February 1 the Government of Nepal (GON) announced that it had sent notification to the Secretariat of the Convention on Climate Change confirming Nepal's association with the Copenhagen Accord (copy of letter sent to SCA/INS). According to the M [...]
2010-02-04 08:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG KSCA NP
10KATHMANDU114NEPAL DISCUSSING U.S. CITES PROPOSALS
[...] Post delivered reftel talking points to the CITES Authority of Nepal, Mr. Gopal Prasad Upadyaya, Director General of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation. Upadyaya said he will convey Nepal's position after discussions in the Ministry. 2. On corals, Upadyay said it i [...]
2010-02-08 02:46:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP XD NP
10KATHMANDU118NEPAL: 2009 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] Per the reporting requirements noted reftel, Post has an end-use monitoring to report for Calendar Year 2009. 2. BACKGROUND A. EUM Program coordinator: Denver H Fleming III, 977-400-7200, flemingdh@state.gov B. Inventory System: Standard INL-LOA handover forms and state departme [...]
2010-02-08 10:07:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN NP
10KATHMANDU12G.P KOIRALA STATURE IN NEPALI CONGRESS DECLINING
[...] (C) Senior Nepali Congress leaders no longer trust party President G.P. Koirala, believing he would "sell out" the party to promote his daughter, Deputy PM and ForMin Sujata Koirala. Nepali Congress Joint General Secretary and Spokesman Arjun Narsingh K.C. told P/E Chief January 4 that the pa [...]
2010-01-06 11:16:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU121NEPAL: ARMED POLICE FORCE LOOKING FOR ROLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Nepal Armed Police Force (APF) is a paramilitary force originally created to combat the Maoist insurgency. Still struggling to define its role in post-conflict Nepal, the APF's duties range from border control to combating terrorist activities. The APF has 25,650 members [...]
2010-02-10 05:51:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM NP PGOV PHUM
10KATHMANDU128NEPAL'S CONSTITUTION DRAFTING MOVES AHEAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's 601-person Constituent Assembly (CA) is making steady progress drafting a new constitution. The CA's eleven thematic committees have submitted reports, and drafting has begun. While the committees reached agreement on many key constitutional provisions, there are at leas [...]
2010-02-11 12:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU129NEPAL: DISCHARGE OF DISQUALIFIED COMBATANTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Maoist army discharged 268 combatants from the last of seven cantonments on February 8, marking a major political step forward in the peace process. The ceremony was attended by members of the diplomatic community, including U.S. Charge Camp, and Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal [...]
2010-02-11 12:27:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU13NEPAL: OHCHR HEAD BENNETT TRANSFERRED TO GENEVA
[...] (C) Richard Bennett, the high-profile, outspoken head of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal, is being transfered to Geneva in February. In a lateral career move, Bennett will become the Director of OHCHR's Field Operations Division, responsible for the Midd [...]
2010-01-06 11:22:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU131NEPAL: DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel points to Nepal Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Ramesh P. Khanal on February 11. Khanal thanked the Embassy for the information. He did not provide any substantive response, at this time. CAMP [...]
2010-02-11 13:34:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDACTION ECON EU SOCI UNDP UNGA NP
10KATHMANDU132NEPAL: IAEA TANZANIA CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel points and letter to Nepal Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary of the UN, International Organizations, and International Law Division Ramesh P. Khanal on February 11. Khanal thanked the Embassy for the information, but did not provide any substantive response. [...]
2010-02-11 13:37:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDIAEA PARM PREL KNNP KTIA NP
10KATHMANDU142EMBASSY KATHMANDU'S S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] Reconciliation: Voices and Experiences of Conflict-Affected Women (Himalayan Human Rights Monitors - HimRights) ---------- Background ---------- The signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord in November 2006 brought a formal end to the decade-long armed conflict between Maoist rebels and [...]
2010-02-18 11:28:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM NP
10KATHMANDU144NEPAL: CHINA PRESSURE BUT NEPALIS SAY REFUGEE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Nepal's commitment to protecting Tibetan refugees remains firm, despite Chinese pressure to increase security on the China-Nepal border. During the Home Minister's recent visit to China, Chinese officials pressed the Minister to improve border communication and create a new bila [...]
2010-02-18 12:42:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF CH NP
10KATHMANDU145NEPAL POISED FOR MAJOR FOOD SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Nepal is poised for major investments that could significantly reduce food insecurity and poverty. As a small country which has successfully piloted several global initiatives, Nepal is ready for investments to reduce poverty on a national scale. The Government of Nepal (GON) has begun t [...]
2010-02-18 12:58:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAID EAID EAGR ECON NP
10KATHMANDU147NEPAL: ADVOCATING EXTENSION OF OFFICE OF THE HIGH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Heads of mission from Denmark, Germany, Britain, France, Finland, and the United States met Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Koirala February 18, 2010, to advocate for extension of the mandate of OHCHR beyond its current expiry in June 2010. Koirala suggested that t [...]
2010-02-19 06:15:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NO NP
10KATHMANDU16NEPAL: MAOISTS START DISCHARGING MINORS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a positive step in Nepal's long-stalled peace process, the Maoist party officially discharged 209 "disqualified" combatants from one of the seven main Maoist cantonment sites. Following their discharge by the People's Liberation Army Deputy Commander, UNDP and UNICEF teams [...]
2010-01-07 11:58:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU163NEPAL: AIRBUS DEAL IN TROUBLE, EU LOBBIES HARD
[...] (C) Summary. The Government of Nepal is unlikely to guarantee the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) loan to purchase two Airbus aircraft, according to Finance Secretary Khanal, essentially killing the deal and reviving Boeing's hopes to sell its aircraft to the NAC. The European Union continu [...]
2010-02-24 12:46:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAIR PREL NP
10KATHMANDU166NEPAL: COMMITTED TO SUPPORT MINUSTAH
[...] (SBU) Per demarche request (reftel),Embassy contacted Armed Police Force (APF) IG Sanet Basnet and Home Ministry Secretary Dr. Govind Kusum regarding Nepal's current offer to provide one Foreign Police Unit (FPU) for 12 months. Both Basnet and Kusum confirmed that Nepal is still willing to [...]
2010-02-25 12:18:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC
10KATHMANDU2MEDIA REACTION: EXIT FROM AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-04 11:20:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU24MEDIA REACTION: NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 03:52:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU29NEPAL: GON STICKS TO FOUR-MONTH UNMIN EXTENSION
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Nepal (GON) is unlikely to agree to a six-month mandate extension for UNMIN and may hold firm on its recommended May 15 date, which is linked to the deadlines for completing the integration and rehabilitation of Maoist combatants (April 30) and the new constituti [...]
2010-01-13 09:13:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU38NEPAL: SCENESETTER FOR PDAS MOON VISIT
[...] (SBU) PDAS Moon, Embassy Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. You are arriving at a particularly critical juncture in the peace process, with "indefinite" Maoist protests still threatened for January 24, despite some welcome progress on unblocking the political process. Pressure building a [...]
2010-01-14 13:01:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MARR NP
10KATHMANDU45NEPAL NON-COMMITAL ON COPEHAGEN ACCORD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal is still considering whether to associate itself with the Copenhagen Accord. As one of the countries most affected by climate change, Government of Nepal (GON) officials were annoyed they were not "adequately consulted" in the negotiations. End Summary. Frustration a [...]
2010-01-20 11:47:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKGKG SENV ENRG XD NP
10KATHMANDU46NEPAL: TWO NEPAL ARMY BATTALIONS ASSISTING IN
[...] (U) SCA PDAS Patrick Moon discussed the earthquake in Haiti with Chief of the Army Staff Gurung on January 19. General Gurung reported that Nepal had two battalions serving in the UN Peace Keeping operation, MINUSTAH, in Haiti when the earthquake struck. One soldier was injured and two Nepal [...]
2010-01-20 12:38:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON HA KDEM MARR NP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
10KATHMANDU57MEDIA REACTION: PDAS MOON'S VISIT AND DEALING WITH THE MAOISTS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 09:15:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU58NEPAL'S FORESTS MINISTER CONFIRMS BAN ON RHESUS
[...] (U) Minister of Forests and Soil Conservation Deepak Bohara has confirmed he ruled current Nepali law prohibits the export of rhesus monkeys, both wild and captive-born. The decision, made public in late August 2009, prevents the National Biomedical Research Center (NBRC) from fulfilling its [...]
2010-01-22 10:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD SENV TBIO PGOV NP
10KATHMANDU60MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S FIRST YEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 12:06:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU62NEPAL PM: "CANTONMENTS AND CONSTITUTION LINKED"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting with SCA PDAS Patrick Moon, Prime Minister M.K. Nepal said the peace process and the constitution drafting process were inextricably linked. He asked the international community to support the government's new integration and rehabilitation plan and pres [...]
2010-01-24 15:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU63NEPAL: MAOIST RESPONSE TO BENCHMARKS PROMISED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Maoist party wants to deepen its engagement with the United States, and is preparing to address the benchmarks for removal from the U.S. terrorism lists, according to United Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda". Prachanda told PDAS Moon th [...]
2010-01-24 15:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU65NEPAL FORMIN OPTIMISTIC ON HIGH-LEVEL MECHANISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The recently-announced High-Level Political Mechanism will help solve Nepal's political impasse, according to DeputyPM and FM Sujata Koirala. Koirala told visiting PDAS Moon that the Mechanism, led by her father G.P. Koirala, would focus first on the integration and rehabilitati [...]
2010-01-25 06:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU66NEPAL: PDAS RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS WITH DEFMIN, CHIEF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During meetings with Defense Minister Bhandari and Chief of the Army Staff Gurung, PDAS Moon encouraged the Nepal Army to deal with conflict-era human rights abuses openly and transparently. Until that time, U.S.-Nepal military cooperation will remain "limited." The DefMin shar [...]
2010-01-25 11:11:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU69NEPAL: G.P. KOIRALA TOUTS HIGH LEVEL MECHANISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: G.P. Koirala, Nepali Congress party President, acknowledged his health was not good, but committed to wrapping up the peace process and the drafting of the constitution. He asserted the High Level Political Mechanism is "the only way" to accomplish these goals. According to Koi [...]
2010-01-25 11:17:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU72SAARC: REGIONAL POLITICS LIMIT POTENTIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) lacks clout among its member states, preventing it from reaching its full potential. SAARC has facilitated some regional economic and social cooperation, but has little influence over regional geopolitical issues. Th [...]
2010-01-26 11:29:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECIN SAARC IN PK NP
10KATHMANDU74CLIMATE CHANGE COULD SEVERELY IMPACT NEPAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Due to its geographic location in the Himalayas, Nepal is likely to be substantially impacted by climate change. During a meeting with leading environmental non-governmental organizations, private citizens, and the Minister of Forests and Soil Conservation, PDAS Moon urged Nep [...]
2010-01-27 10:08:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KGHG NP
10KATHMANDU77NEPAL: NORWAY APPOINTS SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] (SBU) The Government of Norway appointed Ambassador Tore Toreng to serve as Special Envoy to the Peace Process in Nepal. During a January 12 meeting and January 13 dinner, Ambassador Toreng explained to Charge that Norway wants to "invigorate" its support for the Nepal peace process. Toreng [...]
2010-01-27 10:25:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NO NP
10KATHMANDU79NEPAL: OHCHR LOBBYING FOR EXTENSION
[...] (C) Summary: The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)-Nepal hopes to extend its current mandate, which ends June 9, for another two years. The National Human Rights Commission, Nepal Army, and some political leaders are unhappy with OHCHR's activist approach and will l [...]
2010-01-28 10:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NO NP
10KATHMANDU80MEDIA REACTION: LESSONS FROM HAITI
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 11:31:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU81MEDIA REACTION: GATES VISIT TO INDIA, PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 11:31:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU82MEDIA REACTION: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND INTERNET DIPLOMACY
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 11:31:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU84NEPAL'S ECONOMY FACES MAJOR CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal's economy, already damaged by a decade of civil conflict, faces balance of payments and liquidity problems, a real estate price bubble, slowing remittance growth, and a shaky (and partially unregulated) banking sector. The IMF, central bank and leading bankers do not war [...]
2010-01-29 08:18:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON NP
10KATHMANDU85MEDIA REACTION: WATERING CLIMATE DOWN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 09:26:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU93NEPAL: PRACHANDA CITES PROGRESS, CHALLENGES AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with P-5 representatives, Maoist leader Prachanda claimed credit for recent movement on the peace process, but said that hardliners in other parties are trying to stop progress. Prachanda continues to press for the formation of a national unity government, led by the [...]
2010-02-01 03:53:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU94NEPAL BACKS U.S. POSITION ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) During a February 1 meeting with Acting Foreign Secretary Durga Bhattarai, Charge highlighted U.S. efforts to engage Iran on its nuclear program and Iran's continued unresponsiveness. He urged Nepal to support efforts to increase pressure on Iran (reftel). Charge noted that all countri [...]
2010-02-01 12:08:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IR SP NP PARM
10KHARTOUM101French Ambassador Reports Release of Darfur Hostage
[...] (SBU) Summary: French Ambassador Nicoloso informed CDA on February 7 that a French aid worker at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),held hostage in Darfur since November, 2009, had been released. End summary. 2. (SBU) French Ambassador Nicoloso told CDA on February 5 that [...]
2010-02-09 13:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ICRC CD SU
10KHARTOUM102SLA/AW INFIGHTING CONTINUES; REBELS FAIL TO TAKE GOLO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The January 5 killing of Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) faction Commander Abdalla Bakr (reftel) has led to sporadic infighting within the movement, according to unconfirmed reports out of Jebel Marra. Meanwhile, elements of the SLA/AW faction attacked the Sudan Armed [...]
2010-01-20 07:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PHUM PINR ASEC SU
10KHARTOUM103Debrief of Chadian President's Visit to Khartoum
[...] (SBU) Summary. Sudanese Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salah Eddin, met with Charge on February 10 to review Chadian President Idriss Deby's February 8 and 9 visit to Khartoum. Ghazi characterized the visit as a "breakthrough," and said that the formerly icy relationship between Deby and Su [...]
2010-02-10 11:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PBTS PINS EAID SU CD
10KHARTOUM104DON'T NEGLECT DARFUR'S ARABS, WARNS CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVIST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Darfur's Arab tribes must be included in the peace process if a lasting solution to the Darfur conflict is to be found, Darfuri civil society activist Hamid Nur told polchief in a meeting on January 12. Noting that Arab tribes feel left out of the Doha process, he urged that the [...]
2010-01-20 08:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SU
10KHARTOUM105SPLM Presidential Candidate Arman on Election Prospects
[...] (c) Summary. On February 11 Charge d'Affaires met with the Sudanese Popular Liberation Movement's (SPLM) Yasir Arman, Deputy Secretary General of the SPLM (head of Northern Sector) as well as the SPLM candidate for national president. An ebullient Arman charted an electoral calculus that wo [...]
2010-02-12 10:23:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PBTS ECON ECIN EPET PNAT SU
10KHARTOUM106Summary of Eastern Sudan Issues Group Meeting
[...] (U) Summary: British Ambassador Rosalind Marsden hosted the first meeting of the newly-launched Eastern Sudan Issues Group on January 18. The meeting, which was well-attended by approximately thirty ambassadors and heads-of-agencies, included representatives from both the United Nations Hig [...]
2010-01-20 10:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU ER
10KHARTOUM108Sudan's URRP Nominates Presidential Candidate
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 05, Sudan's Umma Renewal and Reform Party (URRP) announced its intention to nominate its Chairman, Mubarak al-Fadil al-Mahdi, for President in the April 2010 general elections. Mr. al-Fadil al-Mahdi has a long, patchy career in Sudanese politics, and has held a varie [...]
2010-01-20 10:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SU
10KHARTOUM113POLITICAL PLURALISM IS THE REAL END GOAL OF THE APRIL
[...] (C) Summary: Sir Derek Plumbly, the chairman of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC),told U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan General Scott Gration that political developments in Sudan have been gathering speed over the past several months, leading to a "frenzy of interest" on the groun [...]
2010-02-22 12:33:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALMOPS PINR KPKO ASEC SU CD
10KHARTOUM115GHAZI DISCUSSES FEBRUARY 20 GOS-JEM AGREEMENT WITH SE
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 21 meeting, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salahedeen told SE Gration that the newly signed framework agreement between the GOS and JEM contained provisions for a ceasefire and prisoner release, the latter of which will begin on February 23. The agreement does not cod [...]
2010-02-22 12:43:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS SU CD
10KHARTOUM116RECEIPT OF SUPPLY ITEMS
[...] (SBU) THE FOL ITEMS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED: SECTION A: AVL ITEMS: NSN QTY NOMEN REMARKS 8465015584476 8 SPE POUCH, COYOTE 8465015585105 14 SPE POUCH, COYOTE 8470014651857 5 THROAT PROTECTOR, COYOTE 8470014651864 2 SPE 847001465 [...]
2010-01-21 09:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KMSG
10KHARTOUM117NEC DISCUSSES PREPARATIONS FOR APRIL ELECTIONS WITH SE
[...] (C) Summary: Sudan's National Elections Commission (NEC) talked about plans and concerns for the upcoming national elections in a February 21 meeting with U.S. Special Envoy Scott Gration. The NEC Chairman, Deputy and two other commission members updated SE Gration on the status of logistical p [...]
2010-02-22 12:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SU
10KHARTOUM118COMMAND DIRECTED COMPULSORY URINALYSIS TESTING
[...] IAW THE REF, SUBJ TESTING CONDUCTED AT 1200. 2. PERTINENT DATA: A. UNIT: MSGDET AMEMBASSY KHARTOUM, SUDAN B. HUMAN URINE SAMPLES - QTY 3 C. CO. HQ ASSIGNED BATCH NUMBER 9951 - 9952 D. DATE COLLECTED 20/21 JAN 10 E. DATE FORWARDED 21 JAN 10 F. MODE OF DELI [...]
2010-01-21 11:45:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KMSG
10KHARTOUM119MBEKI DISCUSSES AUPD ROLE IN DARFUR, POST-2011 ISSUES WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 20 meeting with SE Gration, former South African President and current Chairman of the African Union High Level Panel on Darfur (AUPD) Thabo Mbeki expressed extreme dissatisfaction with the approach of Joint Chief Mediator Djibril BassolC),whom he criticized for havi [...]
2010-02-22 12:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU
10KHARTOUM121SE GRATION DISCUSSES DARFUR PEACE, SECURITY WITH JSR GAMBARI
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Sudan (GOS) appears eager to conclude an agreement at the Doha peace talks while rebel groups remain intransigent, UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari told SE Gration on February 20. He expressed concern about lack of humanitarian access to c [...]
2010-02-22 12:52:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS SU CD
10KHARTOUM122CPA DAY CELEBRATIONS IN YAMBIO
[...] Summary: On January 19, the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) and Government of National Unity (GNU) hosted the fifth anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in Yambio, Western Equatoria. Unlike the previous years' celebrations in Malakal and Wau, there were no reports of se [...]
2010-01-24 08:45:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PHUM PREL SU
10KHARTOUM123SE GRATION MEETS HEAD OF CENTER FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 20 meeting, the Head of the Center for Strategic Studies Sayeed el-Khatib told U.S. Special Envoy Gration and Charge d'Affaires that recent discussions in Juba were fruitful and should help facilitate a planned meeting between Presidents Bashir and Kiir. He said a hig [...]
2010-02-22 13:33:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SU
10KHARTOUM125SPLM Describes Successes in Negotiations
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 21 meeting, Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Vice President Riek Machar told Special Envoy Gration that the SPLM had reached agreement with the NCP for 40 additional seats in the National Assembly for the South, four for South Kordofan and two for Abyei. They had a [...]
2010-02-22 16:16:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO SU
10KHARTOUM126African Union High Level Implementation Panel for Sudan
[...] Summary. Ambassadors and Charges from the P-5 met on January 23 with the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP) at the latter's request. AUHIP Chairman Thabo Mbeki presented the panel's proposed action plan for future involvement in Sudan and provided a detailed briefing on wh [...]
2010-01-24 12:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SU OAU
10KHARTOUM127Special Envoy Discusses Election Preparations with DSRG
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 20 meeting with Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Jasbir Lidder, Special Envoy (SE) Scott Gration said strong United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) leadership is needed to meet current and future challenges, including support for the elec [...]
2010-02-22 16:39:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO UN SU
10KHARTOUM128HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR LANZER URGES SHIFT FROM RELIEF TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 20 meeting with CDA, UN Deputy Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Toby Lanzer urged that the international community start shifting its focus in Darfur from humanitarian relief to recovery efforts. Noting the decrease in overall violence in Darfur over the past se [...]
2010-01-24 14:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL SU
10KHARTOUM129(U) Vice President Taha Tells Special Envoy Impasse on
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 21 meeting, Second Vice President Ali Osman Taha told Special Envoy Gration that the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) parties had resolved the dispute over the census, giving the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) 40 additional seats, as well as an addition [...]
2010-02-22 16:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PBTS KDEM KPKO SU
10KHARTOUM130CHADIAN REBELS TEST-FIRE NEWLY RECEIVED HEAVY WEAPONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chadian rebels test-fired newly received heavy weapons outside the area of Mellit on January 22, according to both UN and rebel sources. No details have emerged where the weapons came from. The incident comes less than two weeks after Chad and Sudan signed agreements to end all s [...]
2010-01-25 08:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PHUM PINR ASEC SU CD
10KHARTOUM133KHARTOUM EAC CONVENED TO REVIEW TELEPHONE THREAT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Embassy Khartoum's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on February 28 to review a telephone threat received by the Embassy on Saturday, February 27. The caller warned of an attack against the Embassy and urged personnel to evacuate. RSO and GRPO updated EAC members on t [...]
2010-02-28 15:10:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER AEMR SU
10KHARTOUM136Sudanese Officials on Haiti
[...] (U) In a series of meetings beginning January 20, Charge discussed the humanitarian relief effort in Haiti with high level Government of Sudan leaders, including Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salah al Deen Attabani. Pol-Econ Chief spoke with Tariq Abu Salih, Acting Director, Americas Divisio [...]
2010-01-26 09:53:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV PREL PHUM SU
10KHARTOUM150SPLM ANNOUNCES NOMINATIONS FOR ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: From January 14-20, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Polit-Buro (PB) met to review candidate selections and nominations. While the discussions were reportedly tense at times, the PB has publicly announced their candidates for president, governors and the legislati [...]
2010-01-28 06:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU
10KHARTOUM152SPLM SHAKE-UP IN SOUTHERN KORDOFAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 24 Poloff met with Sadiq Mansour, Deputy Speaker of the Southern Kordofan Legislative Assembly, who stated that he and 31 other members of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) in Southern Kordofan had recently been dismissed from the party by Abdel Azziz (SPLM [...]
2010-01-28 11:45:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM MCAP SU
10KHARTOUM158DARFUR ELECTIONS UPDATE, PART I: IN NORTH DARFUR'S GOVERNOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: North Darfur Wali (Governor) Osman Mohamed Yousif Kibir is seeking to extend his rule as the National Congress Party (NCP) candidate in the upcoming April elections. Though generally unpopular even among his own Berti tribe, Kibir has extensive party resources at his disposal and [...]
2010-01-31 08:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR SU
10KHARTOUM160MISSERIYA BUILDING PERMANENT STRUCTURES IN ABYEI
[...] (SBU) In a conversation with Poloff on January 26, Mark Rutgers, United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Head of Office for Sector VI (Abyei),stated that members of the Misseriya tribe are constructing large permanent structures in five separate locations in the Abyei area without required per [...]
2010-01-31 09:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO MOPS SMIG SU
10KHARTOUM182ELECTIONS UPDATE: NCP CONCLUDES NOMINATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 27, the official nomination period for Sudan's April 2010 national elections concluded with a mostly full slate of National Congress Party (NCP) nominees in all twenty five states of the country. Despite this, the NCP chose not to nominate a candidate for the presiden [...]
2010-02-01 05:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU
10KHARTOUM214Sudan: UNMIS SRSG Describes UN Elections Prep in Farewell to
[...] Summary: Ashraf Qazi, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative (SRSG) and head of the UN Mission to Sudan (UNMIS),assembled Chiefs of Mission and top aid representatives on February 3 to say goodbye and to preview UN arrangements for the April 2011 elections. Qazi emphasized that th [...]
2010-02-08 09:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO MOPS SU
10KHARTOUM218SUDAN DDR FACING OPERATIONAL FLAWS AND FUNDING SHORTFALLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Participants from the Government of National Unity (GoNU),the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS),the UN, and international donors met on February 1 and 3 seeking to rectify shortcomings plaguing Sudan's disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) of former combatants p [...]
2010-02-09 10:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO MCAP EAID SU
10KHARTOUM222CONCEPT OF POPULAR CONSULTATIONS TAKING SHAPE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 7 Poloff met with members of the steering committee for the popular consultations of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile, who expressed unity across ethnic and party lines in their goal of taking greater power from the center to benefit their marginalized states. Attende [...]
2010-02-09 13:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI SU
10KHARTOUM234WEST DARFUR HEALTH SITUATION UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Following the March 2009 non-governmental organizations (NGO) expulsions, the West Darfur State Ministry of Health (SMoH) and several national and international NGOs took over affected clinic facilities and continue to provide care. The SMoH has worked considerably to preserve co [...]
2010-02-11 09:00:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU
10KHARTOUM236SUDAN: CHINA POISED FOR KEY ROLE IN POST 2011 AGRICULTURE
[...] (U) Summary: The People's Republic of China (PRC) is encouraging Chinese private enterprises to invest heavily in Sudan's agriculture sector, Lee "Ali" Wei Zheng, Commercial Officer for the Chinese Embassy, told PolEconOff February 3. Chinese investors currently have ten farms in China, and [...]
2010-02-11 09:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAGR ECON EFIN EPET SU
10KHARTOUM24 NEW YEAR'S EVE ATTACKS IN AKOT, ATAR AND MARIAL LAU
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 31, there were three serious attacks in the areas of Atar in Upper Nile State, Akot in Lakes State and Marial Lau in Warrab State. The attacks appear to be unrelated and involve a wide range of actors to include the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and Lam Akol [...]
2010-01-06 12:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS SU
10KHARTOUM242WEST DARFUR HEALTH SITUATION UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Following the March 2009 non-governmental organizations (NGO) expulsions, the West Darfur State Ministry of Health (SMoH) and several national and international NGOs took over affected clinic facilities and continue to provide care. The SMoH has worked considerably to preserve co [...]
2010-02-11 09:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU
10KHARTOUM250SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DURBIN VISIT TO SUDAN
[...] (SBU) Post welcomes Senators Durbin and Brown to Sudan. You arrive at a critical juncture. The 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) enshrined a fragile peace in Africa's largest country, and the work of U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan General Scott Gration brought a renewed urgency to Sudanes [...]
2010-02-11 13:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EPET KDEM KPKO SU
10KHARTOUM254DARFUR SECURITY UPDATE: FIGHTING RESUMES IN JEBEL MARRA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 10, intense fighting broke out between the Government of Sudan (GOS) and Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) rebels in East Jebel Marra, according to UN and humanitarian sources. The scope of casualties and civilian displacement remains unknown, though the Unit [...]
2010-02-15 14:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PINR PREL ASEC SU CD
10KHARTOUM260DARFUR ELECTIONS UPDATE, PART II: IN WEST DARFUR, A LAME
[...] (SBU) Summary: Abulgasim Imam Al Hajj, the former rebel who was appointed Wali of West Darfur as a reward for signing the Declaration of Commitment (DOC) to the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) in 2006, has no real constituency and has decided not to run in the April 2010 elections. In the race to [...]
2010-02-16 08:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM SU
10KHARTOUM264INDEPENDENT SPLM CANDIDATES CAUSE CRISIS WITHIN THE PARTY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Southern People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) became embroiled in crisis following the February 22 announcement of candidates that will be the party's standard bearers in the upcoming April elections. Upon learning that they were not selected, a number of senior SPLM member [...]
2010-02-16 10:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PHUM PREL SU
10KHARTOUM296SE GRATION MEETING WITH JUBA UN OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting February 18 with U.S. Special Envoy General Scott Gration, UN officials in Juba reported that elections mobilization is underway, food insecurity in the South is on the rise, and the need for additional support and focus on capacity building in the South is acute. [...]
2010-02-22 08:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PHUM PREL SU
10KHARTOUM3PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR GHAZI UPBEAT ON DECEMBER
[...] (C) Summary. In a December 30 meeting with Acting Charge d'Affaires and poloff, Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin was upbeat about the December 24-25 visit to Khartoum of a high-level Chadian delegation led by Chadian Foreign Minister Musa Faki. He noted that the delegation had met wi [...]
2010-01-03 09:00:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU CD
10KHARTOUM302CODEL DURBIN IN KHARTOUM, FEBRUARY 18, 2010
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a stop in Khartoum on February 18, Senators Dick Durbin and Sherrod Brown met with the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Mutrif Siddiq. The CODEL's wide-ranging discussion with the key National Congress Party (NCP) insider covered elections, Darfur, th [...]
2010-02-22 12:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PREL ASEC SU CD CH
10KHARTOUM304SE Gration Meets with Senior SPLM Officials
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 17 meeting, senior Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)/ Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) officials told Special Envoy Gration that there had been good, though not perfect, progress in passing outstanding laws central to implementation of the Comprehensive [...]
2010-02-22 13:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON PINS SU
10KHARTOUM306SE Gration Meets with Senior SPLM Officials
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 17 meeting, senior Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM)/ Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) officials told Special Envoy Gration that there had been good, though not perfect, progress in passing outstanding laws central to implementation of the Comprehensive [...]
2010-02-22 13:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON PINS SU
10KHARTOUM308SE GRATION MEETS WITH ABDEL AZIZ ON ELECTIONS BOYCOTT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18 U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan, General Scott Gration met in Juba with Abdel Aziz El Hilu (SPLM),Deputy Governor of Southern Kordofan state, who attempted to explain the benefits of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) election boycott in that state. A [...]
2010-02-22 13:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SU
10KHARTOUM310SE GRATION MEETS SOUTHERN OPPOSITION LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18 U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan, General Scott Gration met in Juba with Southern Sudan opposition party leaders who told him that funding for opposition parties and space for campaigning are critical if there is to be any chance for free and fair elections in Sout [...]
2010-02-22 14:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID SU
10KHARTOUM314Sudan: Solar Energy in Use in Sudan
[...] (U) Summary: During his February 14-17 visit to Sudan, Congressman Alan Grayson (D-Florida) met with Dr. Migdam Elsheikh Abdelgani, Director of the National Centre for Research (NCR) in Khartoum to talk about the work of its 13 research institutes and its premier Renewable Energy Institute (RE [...]
2010-02-24 07:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SENV ECON EAGR ENRG SU
10KHARTOUM316Donors Press NEC on Outstanding Issues Threatening to Delay
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the February 18 National Elections Commission (NEC) Policy Committee meeting, donors pressed the for answers on a host of issues threatening to delay the April elections, including planning and funding for the transportation of elections materials, clarification on the number [...]
2010-02-24 09:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU
10KHARTOUM326Darfur - One Year After the Humanitarian Organization
[...] (SBU) Summary:C,B Nearly one year after the Government of National Unity (GNU)-mandated expulsion of 13 international humanitarian organizations and three local aid agencies, the structure of humanitarian assistance provision in Darfur has been significantly altered.C,B Following the expulsio [...]
2010-02-24 16:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU
10KHARTOUM328Sudan: Arab League-led Trade Delegation Visits Juba
[...] (U) Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa arrived in Juba on February 23, leading a delegation of Arab investors and companies to participate in the first Arab Investment Conference in Southern Sudan. GOSS President Salva Kiir and Vice-President Riek Machar attended the event's opening sess [...]
2010-02-25 06:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ETRD SENV EFIN KISL SU
10KHARTOUM33 GOSS BUDGET: FISCAL CRISIS OVER BUT CORRUPTION LOOMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: There are precious few bright spots in the Government of Southern Sudan's (GoSS) 2010 draft budget. On the revenue side, the GoSS remains overly reliant on oil, deriving 98 percent of its income from oil transfers. Concerning expenditures, the GoSS, as in the past, plans to sp [...]
2010-01-08 08:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PGOV KDEM ENRG ECON SU
10KHARTOUM330SE GRATION VISITS SPLM-ADMINISTERED REGION OF SOUTHERN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 18 U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan, General Scott Gration traveled to Kauda. Although h located in the north, Kauda is an area of Southern Kordofan State that is administered by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM). SE Gration attended a meeting to discuss [...]
2010-02-25 08:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO MARR EAID SU
10KHARTOUM332SUDAN: EXPERTS ASSESS MANUFACTURING, SERVICES, BANKING
[...] (U) Summary: On February 21, Alwaleed Alatabani, World Bank (WB) Senior Financial Sector Specialist told PolEconOffs at a Donor Economic Forum meeting that Sudan's high cost of loans and over-reliance on collateral-based lending have stifled business growth. In addition, corruption, non-perfo [...]
2010-02-25 15:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ENRG SOCI ECPS EIND SU
10KHARTOUM336DARFUR: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN JEBEL MARRA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fighting between members of the armed opposition group Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) and the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in Jebel Marra, an area transecting all three Darfur states, remains ongoing and has extended to the SLA/AW stronghold of Deribat, according to h [...]
2010-02-26 12:16:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU
10KHARTOUM34ABYEI CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR FIRED FOR ALLEGED CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) Khartoum media reported on January 6 that Abyei Chief Administrator Arop Moyak Monytoc (SPLM),as well as the Abyei Administration's directors of Finance, Agriculture, and Infrastructure, had been fired for alleged corruption. A relatively minor political figure, Deng Arop Kuol (SPLM),C [...]
2010-01-08 08:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SU
10KHARTOUM35ABYEI CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR FIRED FOR ALLEGED CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) Khartoum media reported on January 6 that Abyei Chief Administrator Arop Moyak Monytoc (SPLM),as well as the Abyei Administration's directors of Finance, Agriculture, and Infrastructure, had been fired for alleged corruption. A relatively minor political figure, Deng Arop Kuol (SPLM),C [...]
2010-01-08 08:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SU
10KHARTOUM36 GOSS BUDGET: FISCAL CRISIS OVER BUT CORRUPTION LOOMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: There are precious few bright spots in the Government of Southern Sudan's (GoSS) 2010 draft budget. On the revenue side, the GoSS remains overly reliant on oil, deriving 98 percent of its income from oil transfers. Concerning expenditures, the GoSS, as in the past, plans to sp [...]
2010-01-08 08:51:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PGOV KDEM ENRG ECON SU
10KHARTOUM37NATIONAL CONGRESS PARTY WINS CONTROVERSIAL STUDENT UNION
[...] (SBU) Summary. University student unions have long been an important part of Sudan's political spectrum because they serve as incubators for future national political party leaders. For the first time since 1997, the National Congress Party (NCP) won the leadership position of the Student Union [...]
2010-01-10 04:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU
10KHARTOUM4 RECEIPT OF SUPPLY ITEMS
[...] (SBU) THE FOL ITEMS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED: SECTION A: CMR ITEMS: NSN QTY NOMEN REMARKS 5855014320524 1 SPE S/N 21144 1005002837695 2 SPE S/N 626800, 90675 4240015124434 12 JSGPM XM50 MEDIUM 090470313R010; 090470315R010; 090470317R010; 090470322R010; 09047 [...]
2010-01-03 09:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKMSG ASEC
10KHARTOUM40AEC CALLS FOR URGENT IMPLEMENTATION OF LAWS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 5, the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) held its 50th plenary meeting. In light of the recent passage of the Southern Sudan Referendum Law, Abyei Referendum Law and Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan Popular Consultations Law, members noted that implementation [...]
2010-01-10 06:45:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO SU
10KHARTOUM55CHADIAN REBELS: UNCONFIRMED ALLEGATIONS OF LOOTING AND RAPE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chadian rebel troops have allegedly looted markets in nearly a dozen villages near the area of Al Saiyah in North Darfur, according to local media and Sudanese rebel sources. However, no independent verification is available. A United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UN [...]
2010-01-11 07:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SU CH
10KHARTOUM6SUDAN: HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS REGARDING SEXUAL
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel A, same sex relationships are considered illegal under Sudanese Criminal Code, Article 148, as well as public order and Sharia laws in northern Sudan. Conviction under these statutes carries the same punishment as for adultery. Same-sex orientation citizens maintain [...]
2010-01-03 12:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SU
10KHARTOUM64TENSIONS FLARE IN JEBEL MARRA AS KEY REBEL COMMANDER KILLED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The internal struggle within the Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) rebel faction reignited on January 5, when a prominent commander was killed in an ambush, according to UN and rebel sources. Abdalla Bakr, who had actively advanced the Doha rebel unification process supp [...]
2010-01-12 10:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR MOPS SU
10KHARTOUM65Charge's Meeting with UNSRSG Ashraff Qazi
[...] (sbu) Summary. Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Whitehead met with United Nations Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraff Qazi, the head of the United Nations Mission to Sudan (UNMIS),on January 11. Qazi discussed UNMIS personnel changes, Sudan's upcoming general elections, [...]
2010-01-13 07:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV PTER KDEM UN SU UG
10KHARTOUM71KHARTOUM EAC CONVENED TO REVIEW TERRORISM ISSUES AND VISAS VIPER
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-18 11:21:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC CVIS PINR PREL PTER SU
10KHARTOUM72Port Sudan Union Protest: Harbinger of Election Activism?
[...] (SBU) Summary: 250 members of a politically-influential union of dockworkers operating in Port Sudan were arrested during a peaceful demonstration at the offices of Governor (Wali) al-Tahir Ella on 10 January. Union organizers had previously attempted to call a general assembly to discuss spe [...]
2010-01-13 12:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM ELAB EINT SU
10KHARTOUM73GOVERNMENT OF SUDAN CONFIRMS SUDAN-CHAD PEACE AGREEMENT
[...] (C) Summary. On January 17 Government of Sudan (GOS) Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salah Eddin briefed the Charge on the January 15 agreement between Sudan and Chad to end their proxy war, confirming information conveyed to Embassy Ndjamena by Chadian and UN officials (reftels). Ghazi des [...]
2010-01-18 12:11:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF MARR PHUM PINS LY CD SU
10KHARTOUM74GOS AND MEDIA COMPLAIN ABOUT ENHANCED U.S. AVIATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Government of Sudan (GOS) officials and state-controlled media have reacted negatively to the news of enhanced airport security screening for U.S.-bound Sudanese nationals. Complaints centered on Sudan's inclusion on the list of countries receiving increased scrutiny by the U.S. [...]
2010-01-13 13:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAIR KPAO OIIP PREL PTER SU
10KHARTOUM75SUDAN'S COMPREHENSIVE PEACE AGREEMENT AT FIVE YEARS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Five years after the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) by the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) the CPA stands at a critical juncture as Sudan moves into its first election since 1986. The peace agreement has hel [...]
2010-01-21 11:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPKO MOPS ECON EFIN SU
10KHARTOUM76LRA UPDATE AND UNMIS DIRECTED BY DPKO TO RESCUE LRA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 5, SPLA Director for Military Intelligence Major General John Lat Zakeria briefed us on the movements and whereabouts of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Sudan. He explained that while there had been a presence of LRA in Southern Sudan, the majority of LRA were no [...]
2010-01-13 14:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PHUM PREL MOPS SU
10KHARTOUM77CHADIAN REBELS REACT TO JANUARY 15 NDJAMENA ACCORD;
[...] (C) Summary: On January 27,CDA met with a glum Union des Forces de la Resistance (UFR) President Timan Erdimi, Second Vice President Abdulwahid Aboud Makaye, and Secretary General Abakar Tollimi. Appearing only vaguely aware of the January 15 Ndjamena Accord (reftel),they asserted it was doome [...]
2010-01-28 12:10:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CD SU
10KHARTOUM78SUDAN RESPONSE - EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT
[...] (SBU) Both the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the UN African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) require all military personnel and civilian employees to undergo training to recognize, report and prevent sexual exploitation and abuse. According to the UNMIS Conduct and Discipline Unit (CDU) Offi [...]
2010-01-13 14:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KPKO SOCI SU
10KHARTOUM79Sudan: Unity Fund Chair on Sanctions Trip, Electoral
[...] (SBU) Summary: Charge met January 27 with General Yahia Hussein Babiker, erstwhile Deputy Director of the National Intelligence Service of Sudan and current Secretary General of the Unity Support Fund. Babiker, who joined a delegation to the United States to discuss the ins and outs of the U.S [...]
2010-01-28 14:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAGR EFIN EAID SU
10KHARTOUM80KHARTOUM: PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION OPPOSING GUANTANAMO BAY
[...] (SBU) A group of approximately 50 peaceful demonstrators gathered outside the Chancery in Khartoum on Monday, January 11, 2010 calling for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. According to banners and speeches, the demonstration was organized by two non-governmental organizat [...]
2010-01-13 15:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AEMR PTER PGOV PREL SU
10KHARTOUM83CDA Discusses Elections With Pagan Amum
[...] (C) Summary: On January 28, CDA Whitehead met with Pagan Amum, Secretary General of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM),who stated that the SPLM may partially boycott April elections for the National Assembly if the outstanding census dispute cannot be resolved. Amum also talked up [...]
2010-01-29 12:10:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MCAP SU
10KHARTOUM84VETTING OF SPLA OFFICERS PARTICIPATING IN USG TRAINING
[...] (SBU) Post has vetted and recommends the following SPLA officers to participate in USG-sponsored Riverine training from 25 January 2010 to 23 April 2010: Name DOB POB Rank Majur Deng Lual 02-APR-1966 Bor COL [...]
2010-01-16 14:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPKO SU
10KHARTOUM87NCP: NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE, SEEK FREE AND FAIR ELECTION-
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 28, poloff met with Ibrahim Ghandour, political secretariat chief of the National Congress Party (NCP) and a senior NCP member. According to Ghandour, the NCP never asked the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) to reconsider Yassir Arman's candidacy and talks b [...]
2010-02-01 11:32:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KPKO SU
10KHARTOUM89UNMIS SRSG Qazi Reportedly Plans to Depart Sudan
[...] (sbu) Derek Plumbly, Chairman of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission, on February 1 informed Commission members that he had just met with Special Representative of the Secretary General (SRSG) Ashraff Qazi, who has directed the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) since the expulsion o [...]
2010-02-01 13:50:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU UN
10KHARTOUM91WEST DARFUR WALI PESSIMISTIC ON ELECTIONS, SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: Abulgasim Imam Al-Haj, the Wali of West Darfur, will leave office in April embittered that the Government of Sudan (GOS) has done little to honor its commitments under the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) of 2006 and the Declaration of Commitment to the DPA of 2007, to which he was a s [...]
2010-02-03 05:56:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SU CD ASEC
10KHARTOUM93RECALL 10 KHARTOUM 93
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 06:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF
10KHARTOUM96MISSERIYA MIGRATION BECOMING A CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a conversation with Poloff on January 12, Seth Kumi, United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) Civil Affairs Chief for Sector VI (Abyei),stated that many Misseriya are collecting in Abyei, unwilling to continue their southern migration. The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPL [...]
2010-01-18 10:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PBTS KDEM KPKO MOPS SMIG SU
10KHARTOUM97NCP Favors Technical Assistance on Post-2011 Negotiations,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Saeed El Khatib, Director of the National congress party's (NCP) Center for Strategic Studies, told CDA on February 2 that he and Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Minister for Presidential Affairs Luka Biong Deng have decided on a Naivasha-style process, absent a mediator or [...]
2010-02-05 12:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM SU
10KHARTOUM98SLM/MINNAWI LEADERSHIP EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER ELECTIONS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 13 meeting with DCM, Sudan Liberation Movement/Minnawi (SLM/Minnawi) faction Head of Foreign Relations, Ali Traio, and Head of Policy, Hussein Arko Minnawi, asserted that Sudan would be better off without elections because they are "rigged" in favor of the National C [...]
2010-01-18 13:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL SU CD
10KHARTOUM99SPLM Presidential Advisor on Electoral Dynamics
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-09 13:06:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPGOV KDEM PINS PREL SU
10KIGALI117KIGALI GRENADE ATTACKS ADD TO TENSIONS
[...] (SBU) On the evening of February 19, three near-simultaneous grenade attacks/explosions occurred in and near downtown Kigali. The attacks targeted a restaurant/supermarket, a multiple-story office building, and the city's main bus/taxi station, killing two individuals and reportedly injuring [...]
2010-02-22 18:22:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER KCRM PGOV CASC ASEC RW
10KIGALI120RWANDA, DRC SIGN REFUGEE REPATRIATION AGREEMENTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After much deliberation, the governments of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed repatriation agreements at the conclusion of a February 16-17 tripartite meeting with the UNHCR in Kigali to discuss the voluntary repatriation of refugees in the two countrie [...]
2010-02-23 15:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM EAID CG RW
10KIGALI122RWANDA EAGER TO TAKE GREATER OWNERSHIP OF FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 4-5 annual meeting with development partners to review progress and efforts to make aid more effective, the Government of Rwanda (GOR) proposed to limit the number of sectors in which each donor country works in order to reduce transaction costs and risks of d [...]
2010-02-25 08:55:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR EINV SOCI ECON KMCA RW
10KIGALI127IRGC SANCTIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 10:33:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN RW
10KIGALI17GRENADE ATTACKS/INCIDENTS IN RWANDA - NO SIGN OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In late December, three hand grenades exploded at bars in Butare, causing some minor injuries. On January 4 and 6, in two separate incidents, children in northeastern Rwanda playing with unexploded grenades they had found accidentally set them off, killing two children and woun [...]
2010-01-08 13:32:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER KCRM PGOV CASC RW
10KIGALI18NATIONAL DIALOGUE: ORDINARY CITIZENS PUSH THEIR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Rwanda's December 10-11 National Dialogue, broadcast via television, radio and streaming internet video to a national and international Rwandan audience, President Kagame criticized sharply several ministers and other officials over mismanaged or ineffective programs in [...]
2010-01-08 13:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPINS PTER KCRM PGOV CASC RW
10KIGALI22DEMOBILIZATION OFFICIAL EXPLORES NTAGANDA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Jean Sayinzoga, Chairman of Rwanda's Demobilization and Reintegration Commission (RDRC) told visiting EU Great Lakes Special Envoy Roeland van de Geer and Deputy to the U.S. Special Advisor for the Great Lakes (and former Ambassador to Burundi) James Yellin on December 14 that if [...]
2010-01-11 16:39:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PGOV PHUM KAWC KJUS PINS KPKO
10KIGALI24NSS OFFICIAL WARNS AGAINST NTAGANDA ARREST, CALLS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Joseph Nzabamwita, head of the National Security Service (NSS)'s Department of External Intelligence and Security, on December 14, pressed visiting EU Great Lakes Special Envoy Roeland van de Geer and Deputy to the U.S. Special Advisor for the Great Lakes James Yellin for Western [...]
2010-01-11 16:55:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR PGOV PHUM KAWC KJUS PINS KPKO
10KIGALI33CIVIL SOCIETY ADVOCATES AGAINST CRIMINALIZING SEX
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A coalition of civil society representatives met January 5 to discuss an article in the draft penal code criminalizing sex workers. The lower house adopted the penal code in December and will send it to the Senate after translating it into French and English. The article carries [...]
2010-01-13 13:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV RW
10KIGALI34HIGH-LEVEL FRENCH, DUTCH AND GERMAN DELEGATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Over the last five days, senior officials from France, the Netherlands and Germany conducted multi-day visits to Rwanda. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner used his visit to cement diplomatic relations that France and Rwanda officially restored in late 2009. He also prepare [...]
2010-01-13 16:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KJUS RW
10KIGALI41RWANDA 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) The Government of Rwanda recognizes the private sector is an essential engine of development and welcomes foreign investment in policy and in practice. As a result of reforms implemented in 2008 and 2009, the World Bank recognized Rwanda as the world,s top reformer in adopting business re [...]
2010-01-22 07:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV EFIN OPIC KTDB USTR RW
10KIGALI51AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - RWANDAN ATTENDANCE
[...] (SBU) President Kagame has accepted A/S Carson's invitation to meet at the AU summit (reftel). Government of Rwanda is still working out details on the trip but has provided post the following information: Composition of delegation - President Paul Kagame, Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwab [...]
2010-01-22 14:45:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP AORC XA RW
10KIGALI53RWANDAIR SIGNS WITH BOEING, EXPANDS FLEET
[...] (C) Rwandair signed in December 2009 a contract with Boeing to buy two new 737-800 aircraft for $84 million. At the signing celebration on December 17, the Rwandair CEO praised Embassy efforts supporting the negotiation. The new aircraft will feature innovative "Dreamliner" interiors and are [...]
2010-01-26 13:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD RW
10KIGALI54RWANDA "FRAGILE" BUT POLITICAL SITUATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Parti Democrate Centriste (PDC) leaders told Emboffs January 6 that while the political situation in Rwanda fifteen years after the genocide remains "fragile," political parties can operate more easily and freely today, and the PDC is considering running as an independent party [...]
2010-01-27 17:19:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM RW
10KIGALI55CHINESE VICE FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Chinese Vice Foreign Minister for African Affairs Zhai Jun visited Rwanda January 25-27. During his stay, he met with President Kagame, Foreign Minister Mushikiwabo, other senior officials and businessmen. He also visited the main genocide memorial at Gisozi as well as sites outside of [...]
2010-01-27 17:23:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CH CG RW
10KIGALI65NO EVIDENCE OF CHILD SOLDIER RECRUITMENT FROM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: G/TIP officer Rachel Yousey, AF/RSA officer Learned Dees and Emboffs met January 21-27 with MONUC, UNHCR, Rwanda Demobilization and Reintegration Commission (RDRC),the Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC),and visited the Muhazi Rehabilitation Center for former child soldiers [...]
2010-02-02 17:05:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKTIP PHUM PREF PGOV PREL MARR MOPS CG RW
10KIGALI75POLICE ARREST PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL INGABIRE'S AIDE
[...] (SBU) Police on February 6 arrested Joseph Ntawangundi, an aide to would-be presidential candidate Victoire Ingabire, on charges that a gacaca court in 2007 tried and convicted him in absentia for genocide-related crimes. Ingabire's camp shortly afterward released a press statement, claiming [...]
2010-02-09 08:25:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PHUM PINS RW
10KIGALI76INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER AWAITS VERDICT IN DEFAMATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Editor and journalist Didas Gasana and journalist Richard Kayigamba of the independent Kinyarwanda-language weekly newspaper Umuseso appeared in court January 27 on charges of defamation and invasion of privacy over an article they published alleging an affair between the mayor [...]
2010-02-09 09:42:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KMCA MCC PHUM KPAO RW
10KIGALI9UDPR PARTY LEADER ON RWANDAN POLITICS, LEGISLATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of Rwanda's small UDPR party, who is a member of parliament, told polcouns December 30 that Rwanda needed strong and stable government and economic growth. Rwanda's parliament was working hard to pass legislation related the East African Community (EAC),he said; howev [...]
2010-01-07 08:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON ETRD PREL RW
10KINGSTON1RECALL 10 KINGSTON 1
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-07 14:16:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC JM
10KINGSTON11VISAS VIPER: JANUARY 2010 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 17:24:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC
10KINGSTON114JAMAICA: PM LAMENTS LAW ENFORCEMENT PRIMACY IN USG
[...] (SBU) On the evening of January 27, the CDA met with Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding in his office at Jamaica House regarding the bilateral relationship in general and the status of recent USG extradition requests in particular. The PM expressed concern that, in recent years, the relationshi [...]
2010-01-29 19:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN SNAR MARR PREL SOCI EAID ASEC KCRM KCOR IMF AID
10KINGSTON118Jamaica: 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 20:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINT EINV ENRG PGOV KTDB KCOR OPIC USTR XL JM
10KINGSTON168Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend training on Deployment of Electronic Surveillance Devices with the starting date of 23 February 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Na [...]
2010-02-04 17:17:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
10KINGSTON174JAMAICA: EXTRADITION CASES OF PRESLEY BINGHAM AND
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 22:27:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN SNAR PREL SOCI EAID ASEC KCRM KCOR JM XL
10KINGSTON176Jamaica: 2010 Special 301 Watch List Response
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kingston recommends that Jamaica remain on the Special 301 Watch list until it passes a World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS-compliant patent law. The country's trademark and copyright regime meet international standards, and enforcement efforts remain commendable. Progress also [...]
2010-02-05 13:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EINV PREL TRSY USTR KIPR XL JM
10KINGSTON178Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to the CID Special Agent Course with the starting date of 19 February 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: Na [...]
2010-02-05 16:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
10KINGSTON188Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to the Financial Management Course with the starting date of 22 February 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: [...]
2010-02-08 14:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
10KINGSTON190Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to the Builder Class One Advanced Course with the starting date of 22 February 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: [...]
2010-02-08 15:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM PGOV JM
10KINGSTON192Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to the Information Technology Course with the starting date of 19 February 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed candidates: [...]
2010-02-08 15:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
10KINGSTON194JAMAICA: IMF STANDBY FACILITY APPROVED
[...] (SBU) After a series of missed deadlines, the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) finally has secured a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). On February 4, the IMF approved a USD 1.27 billion Standby facility for Jamaica, opening the door for a further USD 1 billion in funding from other m [...]
2010-02-08 15:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV PREL PINR SOCI EAIR IDB IBRD IMF JM
10KINGSTON196Jamaica's Libel Laws: A Chilling Effect on Crime and
[...] (U) Jamaica's libel laws have a chilling effect on investigative reporting by the press and hinder the media's ability to bring corruption and criminal activity to light. A duty to inform subjects of media reporting prior to publishing puts the subject of a story on notice and provides them w [...]
2010-02-08 15:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ENRG EFIN EINV PREL PINR SOCI TRSY OPIC
10KINGSTON206Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to the International Officer Intelligence Course with the starting date of 22 February 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed can [...]
2010-02-09 21:35:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM PGOV JM
10KINGSTON214JAMAICA LOOKS TO THE EAST
[...] (SBU) Jamaica's relationship with China has continued to blossom after Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding led a delegation to Beijing from January 30 to February 6 (Reftel A). The delegation, which also included three government ministers as well as several public sector officials, discussed a [...]
2010-02-10 20:41:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDBTIO BEXP ECIN ECON EAIR EIND EINV EMIN ETRD ELTN
10KINGSTON23JAMAICA: COKE EXTRADITION CASE; MFAFT REQUESTS USG RESPONSES
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-19 18:23:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN SNAR PREL SOCI ASEC KCRM KCOR JM XL
10KINGSTON230JAMAICA: WORLD BANK REPRESENTATIVE DISCUSSES JAMAICAN
[...] (SBU) The World Bank will provide the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) with USD 400 million in concessionary loans over the next 27 months of the International Monetary fund (IMF) program, according to World Bank Special Representative to Jamaica Badrul Haque, who met with CDA to discuss development [...]
2010-02-16 12:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID EFIN EINV PREL IDB IBRD IMF JM XL
10KINGSTON242S/GWI Project Proposal from Kingston - The Secretary's
[...] Kingston is pleased to submit a project proposal entitled "Women Under Threat: A Strategy for Support" from Woman Inc, a non-governmental organization that operates a shelter and help line for women who are victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault. This is for funding under The Secretar [...]
2010-02-19 12:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY JM
10KINGSTON244JAMAICA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ASSESSMENT
[...] (U) Per Reftel, the following is Embassy Kingston's submission of information requested for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report: 2. (SBU) Jamaica's TIP Situation -------------------------------------- A. Sources of information include: Jamaican media; the Governm [...]
2010-02-19 14:18:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SMIG KTIP KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB XL JM
10KINGSTON260JAMAICA: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR CONDEMNS PRISON CONDITIONS,
[...] (U) Jamaica's detention facilities are "inhumane" and "reflect a complete disrespect for human dignity," according to Manfred Nowak, the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel and Inhuman Treatment. Nowak, who had been invited by the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to as [...]
2010-02-25 16:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM HURI ECON OFDP OVIP PGOV SCUL SNAR SOCI KCOR
10KINGSTON27Jamaica: Fertile Soil for Terrorism?
[...] (C) Jamaica has a significant penchant for violence, frequently gang related, and often exported to the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Some perpetrators appear to be in search of the sense of security and strength offered by gang membership, or perhaps to fill the void of an a [...]
2010-02-25 15:31:00Embassy KingstonSECRET//NOFORNECON PTER SOCI EAIR ASEC PREL PINS PINR KISL KCRM
10KINGSTON272JAMAICA: NONPAPER DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF ENTITIES
[...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered nonpaper on the designation of entities related to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to Ms. Pamela Ingleton of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). The nonp [...]
2010-02-25 19:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM KNNP MNUC EFIN IR GM JM XL
10KINGSTON274JAMAICA: PREPARING FOR SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA BOARD OF
[...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered nonpaper on the IAEA investigation of Syria's clandestine nuclear activities to Ms. Pamela Ingleton of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). The nonpaper was deliv [...]
2010-02-25 19:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL IAEA SY JM XL
10KINGSTON276JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP ACTION
[...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered a demarche requesting follow-up on the Goldstone Report to Ms. Pamela Ingleton of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). The demarche was delivered on the afternoon [...]
2010-02-25 19:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL JM XL
10KINGSTON278U.S. EMBASSY KINGSTON REQUEST FOR REPLACEMENT GLID FARGO
[...] (U) U.S. Embassy Kingston requests a replacement GLID FARGO HDP600 Printer. The current printer is inoperable and in need of immediate replacement. 2. (U) Post requests that the replacement printer be expedited to Embassy Kingston through secure means. 3. (U) Po [...]
2010-02-26 12:48:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KSEO
10KINGSTON280Jamaica: Response To Fiscal Year 2010 FISCAL U.S. Raw Cane
[...] (U) In response to questions listed in reftel A, Post has included the following responses from Mr. R. Karl James, General Manager Jamaica Cane Products Sales Limited: A. Does your Jamaica plan to ship its full FY 2010 allocation of raw cane sugar to the United States for delivery by Sep [...]
2010-02-26 17:11:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAGR ECON EINV PREL TRSY OPIC IBRD IMF XL JM
10KINGSTON282Jamaican Real Estate: Lower Rates May Lift Market
[...] (U) The successful completion of the Jamaican Debt Exchange (JDX) program, combined with the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approving a 27-month Stand-By Arrangement with Jamaica on February 4 for nearly US$1.27 billion to support the country's balance of payments and [...]
2010-02-26 17:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ENRG EFIN EINV PREL PINR SOCI TRSY OPIC
10KINGSTON3VISAS VIPER: DECEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-07 17:21:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC JM
10KINGSTON46JAMAICA: POSSIBLE HOST COUNTRY AID TO HAITI; POSSIBLE
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraph four. 2. Despite Jamaica's extreme financial difficulties, the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) currently are developing courses of action (COAs) to provide up to a company of engineers [...]
2010-01-13 20:49:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA JM XL
10KINGSTON48JAMAICA: FISCAL CRISIS THREATENS MONETARY STABILITY
[...] (SBU) Jamaica's fiscal crisis is beginning to threaten monetary stability, with the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) (central bank) forced to extend direct credit to the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) as well as purchase debt instruments shunned by the market. The BOJ accommodation has become necessary becau [...]
2010-01-14 14:11:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ENRG EFIN EINV PREL PINR SOCI TRSY OPIC
10KINGSTON56JAMAICA: MAROONS STRUGGLE TO PRESERVE UNIQUE CULTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 20:31:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON JM PGOV SCUL SOCI XL
10KINGSTON58JAMAICA: H and J Workshop Is Worth the Flight to Jamaica
[...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Kingston ranks amongst the top 10 posts worldwide in terms of volume for H-2B applicants. Kingston also ranks within the top 10 posts worldwide for fraud activity. In an effort to reach out to local employment agents, and combat fraud, Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit [...]
2010-01-15 16:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD KCRM CMGT JM
10KINGSTON60JAMAICA / HAITI / CARICOM: RESPONSE TO EARTHQUAKE DISASTER
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 16:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT SOCI OVIP EAID
10KINGSTON62JAMAICA / HAITI: REQUEST FOR C-130 AIRCRAFT TO TRANSPORT
[...] The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) requests a U.S. C-130 aircraft to fly telecommunications hardware and personnel to Haiti in order to restore Digicel cell phone connectivity in Haiti. Embassy understands that a similar request has been made to the Canadian High Commission. According to the Ca [...]
2010-01-15 18:56:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC CASC MARR ECPS MOPS PREL PINR AMGT SOCI
10KINGSTON74JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
[...] (U) Per reftels, Emboff delivered demarche on humanitarian assistance offers for Haiti to Government of Jamaica (GOJ) Minister of Information Daryl Vaz on the morning of January 19. Vaz reported that the Secretary had met briefly with Prime Minister Bruce Golding and Foreign Minister Kenneth [...]
2010-01-20 13:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA JM XL
10KINGSTON80Request for Leahy Human Rights Vetting Prior to Attending
[...] Post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates to attend the Patrol Officers Communication Course with the starting date of 05 February 2010, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act. Post has no derogatory information. 2. Names of proposed c [...]
2010-01-22 14:16:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PGOV PHUM JM
10KINGSTON82JAMAICA: LIKELY TO ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD
[...] Per reftel, Charge' delivered points regarding the importance of the Copenhagen Accord in a private meeting with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs, Amb. Vilma McNish, on the afternoon of January 21. 2. Amb. McNish was mo [...]
2010-01-22 15:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGHG ENRG JM XL
10KINGSTON84JAMAICA: A GOOD WEEK FOR GOLDING, BUT DAUNTING CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding and his Jamaica Labour Party (JLP)-led Government of Jamaica (GOJ) have enjoyed a much-needed string of policy successes in recent weeks: rapid progress on negotiations for an International Monetary Fund (IMF) Standby Agreement, initiation of a debt-excha [...]
2010-01-22 19:38:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ETRD ECON SNAR ASEC CJAN CVIS EAIR EFIN
10KINGSTON86JAMAICA: DENIAL OF EXTRADITION REQUEST: PRESLEY BINGHAM
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 20:37:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN SNAR SOCI ASEC KCRM KCOR JM XL
10KINGSTON9JAMAICA: COKE EXTRADITION CASE; IMF AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) On February 8, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) Permanent Secretary (PS) Amb. Evadne Coye advised Charge that Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding wanted to meet with him the following day in the PM's Office. The PS advised that she was not aware of the subject [...]
2010-02-10 14:06:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN SNAR PREL SOCI EAID ASEC KCRM KCOR IMF IBRD JM
10KINSHASA1KABILA'S NEW YEAR'S ADDRESS EMPHASIZES PROGRESS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his annual televised New Year's address to the nation, President Kabila reiterated campaign themes that formed the basis of his 2006 campaign and his 2009 State of the Nation speech (reftel),and may also have hinted that a long expected cabinet reshuffle will be forthcomin [...]
2010-01-06 11:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI ECON MOPS CG
10KINSHASA10DDRRR AWARENESS ACTIVITIES APPEARS TO DELIVER RESULTS, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: While MONUC awareness activities appear to have had positive results in encouraging FDLR combatants to participate in the Disarmament, Demobilization, Repatriation, Resettlement and Reintegration (DDRRR) process, additional resources are needed to sustain their efforts, according [...]
2010-01-07 12:50:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAO PREL PHUM CG RW ICTR
10KINSHASA100FY 2010 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENTS
[...] (U) The FY2010 USG foreign assistance package for the DRC includes funds that are considered assistance for the central government. In addition, the DRC required a waiver in 2009 under Section 7086 (C)(1)of the SFOAA. Post therefore provides the following responses to the questions contained i [...]
2010-01-28 11:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL CG
10KINSHASA102CONGO EXPRESS, A NEW AIRLINE FOR THE DRC
[...] (U) Congo Express was launched on January 25 in association with South African Express, part of South African Airways, and will be based in Lubumbashi, Katanga Province. The new airline will operate a fleet of CRJ200 aircraft and will initially provide domestic connections between Kinshasa, L [...]
2010-01-29 07:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EINV ETRD ECON PGOV CG
10KINSHASA11In first meeting with dips since MONUC's new mandate
[...] (C) Summary: During a January 15 meeting with senior diplomats to the DRC, SRSG Alan Doss confirmed that President Kabila was "anxious to see a drawdown plan" for MONUC. Doss said he did not support the creation of a GDRC SSR Coordinator, which, in Doss' view, was impractical and also risked [...]
2010-01-20 17:51:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PHUM AORC PREL MOPS MCAP CG
10KINSHASA120DRC RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND
[...] (U) Summary: In response to ref A, below is Post's submission of information on child labor and forced labor for the Department of Labor's Congressional reporting requirements under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (TVPRA) and the Trade and Development Act of 200 [...]
2010-02-01 12:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI CG
10KINSHASA128International donors seek to push GDRC on press freedom
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite international calls (reftels) for the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (GDRC) to improve the press climate, little action has been taken, according to members participating in the last meeting of the Groupe Inter-Baileurs M????dias (International Group [...]
2010-02-02 13:12:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOEXC KPAO OPRC SCUL SOCI PREL PHUM PINS CG
10KINSHASA15AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - DRC Delegation
[...] (U) Poloff passed information in para 4 of reftel to the GDRC Director of the Bureau of African and Middle-Eastern Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. (SBU) Responses to requests for information in para 6 of reftel follow: Composition of delegation - [...]
2010-01-22 13:19:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP AORC XA CG
10KINSHASA158DRC RESPONSE TO CITES COP15 OUTREACH ON U.S. SPECIES
[...] (U) In response to ref A, Econoff delivered demarche talking points to DRC Minister of Environment, Conservation of Nature and Tourism Jose Endundo on February 1. 2. (U) Endundo applauded the USG's commitment to save endangered species, and for its commitment to conservation of nature [...]
2010-02-08 13:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA AORC UNEP CG
10KINSHASA160DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING: DRC
[...] (U) In response to reftel, Econoff delivered demarche talking points to the Chief of Staff to the DRC Minister of Transport Ernest Ilang'Ikwa on February 3 and the DRC Minister of Transport Mathieu MPita on February 4. 2. (U) Mpita stated that on February 3, he signed a circular on ro [...]
2010-02-08 14:19:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI CG
10KINSHASA162First laboratory-confirmed case of H1NI in DRC is expatriate
[...] The first laboratory-confirmed case of H1N1 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC or Congo Kinshasa) has been identified in the southeastern region of Katanga province. The case was an expatriate working for the Tenke-Fungurume Mining Company (DRC affiliate of Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gol [...]
2010-02-08 16:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV TBIO KFLU CDC WHO CG
10KINSHASA17Operation Amani Leo: Old Wine in a New Bottle?
[...] (C) Summary: Various MONUC officials have underscored that the overriding objective of Operation Amani Leo is civilian protection, although several, including SRSG Alan Doss, cautioned that demands for no collateral damages from a military operation were illusory. The operation, acco [...]
2010-01-22 14:26:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV UNSC MONUC MOPS PHUM PINR KPKO MARR MASS PREL CG
10KINSHASA176SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DURBIN VISIT TO THE DEMOCRATIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) stands at a crossroads in 2010, having registered progress in stabilizing the security situation in the volatile eastern part of the country in 2009, and awaiting local and national elections in 2011. On the security and democratization [...]
2010-02-10 19:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL PGOV PHUM PREF MOPS MASS MONUC EAID ECON
10KINSHASA178CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT STEPS: DRC
[...] (U) Summary: As mentioned ref A, DCM met January 19 with Louise Mayuma Kasende, President Kabila's deputy chief of staff, who promised to convey our request to appropriate GDRC authorities (ref B). On January 31, the DRC formally adhered to the Copenhagen Accord (CA). This action was taken [...]
2010-02-11 08:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KGHG SENV CG
10KINSHASA18REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED
[...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in the DIILS training to be held in Mbandaka, DRC beginning February 1, 2010. 2. (U) Post has no derogatory information on the fo [...]
2010-01-08 10:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM ASEC PREL CG
10KINSHASA182REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED
[...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in the February 26, 2010 DIILS Training Course held in Bukavu, DRC. 2. (U) Post has no derogatory information on the following ca [...]
2010-02-11 14:53:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
10KINSHASA184REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED
[...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in the February 23, 2010 DIILS Training Course held in Mbandaka, DRC. 2. (U) Post has no derogatory information on the following c [...]
2010-02-11 15:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
10KINSHASA19EFFECTIVENESS OF THE UN TO COMBAT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: An influential Congolese NGO, Voice of the Voiceless, acknowledged that improvements in MONUC's handling of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) cases have occurred in 2009, but more improvements are needed. MONUC's Conduct and Discipline Unit (CDU) report SEA allegations in 20 [...]
2010-01-22 14:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KPKO KWMN CG
10KINSHASA194Chinese Engagement in the DRC and Potential Areas for
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chinese engagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is strong and growing. China's highly visible presence is largely focused on extractive industries, infrastructure and construction projects, including those financed through multilateral development banks (such as the [...]
2010-02-16 20:46:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV EMIN SENV PGOV PREL CH CG
10KINSHASA196Can Radio Okapi survive after MONUC leaves the Congo?
[...] (SBU) Summary: As the United Nations Mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or MONUC, begins internal discussions on its ultimate withdrawal from the Congo, its radio station, Radio Okapi -- which has helped to improve the country's media environment and supported efforts for democr [...]
2010-02-17 14:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOEXC KPAO OPRC SCUL SOCI PREL PGOV PINS CG
10KINSHASA20THE CONGOLESE NATIONAL POLICE: UNPAID AND POORLY PAID, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The PNC is a ragtag police force whose members receive an average monthly salary of $16. But the winds of change may be blowing. According to its executive secretary, the PNC has developed a 15-year modernization plan and is working with international donors to implement it, [...]
2010-01-08 14:51:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC PINS SOCI MASS KCRM INTERPOL CG
10KINSHASA200REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED
[...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in the in the ROL-DIILS Training beginning March 31, 2010 in Lubumbashi, DRC. 2. (U) Post has no derogatory information on the fo [...]
2010-02-18 17:13:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
10KINSHASA21French FM Kouchner Discusses MONUC, RFI Closure with Kabila
[...] (C) On January 11, we met with Laurence Monmayrant, French Embassy polcouns, and Philippe Guerin, the French Embassy's Goma-based diplomat. Guerin, who was present in the Kabila-Kouchner meeting in Kinshasa on January 8, told us "there was not much substance" to the discussion. Kouchner stre [...]
2010-01-25 18:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MONUC MOPS PHUM FR CG
10KINSHASA218Cabinet Reshuffle Announced Over Weekend; Impact Still
[...] 1. (U) On February 20 President Kabila announced a new cabinet, his third since taking office in December 2006. Also included in the announcement are the names of a new special advisor for security affairs, as well as a new chief of staff. Analysis of the new cabinet's likely impact, [...]
2010-02-22 11:49:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON CG
10KINSHASA22MIMINCO INVESTMENT DISPUTE STILL SIMMERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: MIMINCO local representative Joseph Kabwika reported to Econoff on January 6 that no progress has been made on either GDRC payment of a USD 13 million ICSID settlement to MIMINCO or the expropriation of MIMINCO from its headquarters building in Kinshasa. He requested immediate [...]
2010-01-08 15:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV KJUS KTFN CG
10KINSHASA23MONUC TROOPS ABANDON AID WORKERS, FARDC PILLAGES IDP CAMP
[...] (C) Summary: MONUC forces escorting aid workers in a North Kivu IDP camp abandoned their post on January 15 under threat from a rogue FARDC unit that then pillaged the camp. MONUC's Force Commander lodged a protest with the commander of the South African soldiers (RSABATT) involved. The For [...]
2010-01-25 18:38:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPKO MONUC MOPS CG
10KINSHASA232CODEL DURBIN VISIT TO GOMA, DRC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senators Richard Durbin and Sherrod Brown traveled to Goma, DRC from February 15-16, 2010. The Senators, accompanied by Ms. Connie Schultz (wife of Senator Brown) and four staff members, visited an IDP camp, a hospital specialized in treating victims of sexual violence, and me [...]
2010-02-23 07:06:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF ECON CG
10KINSHASA24PRESIDENT KABILA TURNS DOWN 2010 BUDGET
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 31, President Joseph Kabila rejected the draft 2010 budget and sent it back to Parliament for revisions. One likely reason behind the rejection is that Kabila wants to control spending in order to reach the completion point of the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) [...]
2010-01-08 15:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL CG
10KINSHASA242REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED
[...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in the March 1, 2010 LIB Training Course held in Kisangani, DRC. 2. (U) Post has no derogatory information on the following candi [...]
2010-02-23 09:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
10KINSHASA244REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED
[...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in the March 2010 FCC 20 Training Course held in Kinshasa, DRC. 2. (U) Post has no derogatory information on the following candi [...]
2010-02-23 09:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC MARR MASS PREL PHUM CG
10KINSHASA248DRC: RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FOR THE TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING
[...] (U) This message contains Embassy Kinshasa's responses keyed to questions in reftel on trafficking in persons. THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION 2. (SBU) Begin responses to paragraph 25: --A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on trafficking in persons? What plans are in [...]
2010-02-24 07:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF KTIP KCRM KWMN KFRD KMCA SMIG ASEC ELAB CG
10KINSHASA25CHOD Outlines Military Reform Plans
[...] (C) Summary: Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Didier Etumba Longila discussed plans to reform the military during a January 26 briefing to select UNSC ambassadors and senior MONUC officials. The FARDC plans to organize its national defense into three geographical zones headquartered in [...]
2010-01-28 08:50:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MCAP PREL KCRS AORC MARR PHUM PINS CG
10KINSHASA250DRC/UNHCR/RWANDA TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT: VIEW FROM THE DRC
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Governments of the DRC and Rwanda, and UNHCR signed a long-awaited Tripartite Agreement in Kigali on February 17 providing a framework for the voluntary repatriation of Congolese refugees from Rwanda and Rwandan refugees in Congo. For the Congolese refugees, the agreement [...]
2010-02-24 10:52:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV UNHCR PHUM MOPS CG
10KINSHASA252CNDP COMPLAINS ABOUT ITS EXCLUSION FROM NEW GDRC
[...] (SBU) CNDP President Philippe Gafishi met with Goma-based diplomats (France, EU, Netherlands and Goma poloff) on February 23 to brief them on the GDRC reshuffle (ref C). Gafishi opened by stressing that all parties to the March 23 Agreements must follow the peace process to the end. The CNDP [...]
2010-02-24 12:46:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF PHUM MOPS PINR CG
10KINSHASA254Prime Minister Assures Donors of Progress and Commitment
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito, accompanied by a team of key ministers, assured bilateral and multilateral donors on February 23 of the government of the DRC (GDRC)'s political commitment to and progress towards meeting the triggers required to reach Heavily Indebted Poor Countr [...]
2010-02-24 15:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PGOV PREL
10KINSHASA256CONGOLESE PRESS AND CIVIL SOCIETY REACT POSITIVELY TO U.S.
[...] Summary: Following an initial series of logistical challenges, U.S. and Congolese personnel successfully assembled Government of Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) officials, members of civil society and press in Kisangani and Kinshasa for an inaugural ceremony on February 17 commemorating t [...]
2010-02-24 16:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM PGOV CG KPAO
10KINSHASA26UNCERTAINTY IN EQUATEUR PROVINCE KEEPS POPULATION ON EDGE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The local population in the Dongo region of Equateur Province remains concerned about insecurity. Refugees continue to flee into neighboring Congo-Brazzaville and the Central African Republic (CAR),while the number of IDPs is difficult to ascertain due to on-going insecurity [...]
2010-01-10 13:44:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID PGOV PHUM MOPS PINR CG
10KINSHASA260"Balkanization" conspiracy theory -- a challenge to PD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The term "balkanization" has its own special meaning in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it refers to a conspiracy theory that foreign interests seek to divide the DRC into smaller client states in order to facilitate access to the country's vast mineral reserves. M [...]
2010-02-25 11:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN KPAO OEXC OPRC SCUL SOCI PBTS PREL PGOV PINS CG
10KINSHASA27Kabila tells new Belgian foreign minister he wants good
[...] (C) Summary: Belgium's DRC ambassador Dominique Struye briefed P-3 ambassadors and others January 23 on the meeting between new Belgian foreign minister Steven Vanackere and President Joseph Kabila on January 19 in Katanga. Struye portrayed Kabila as intent on repairing the DRC's damaged re [...]
2010-01-28 14:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PNAT EAID MASS SOCI BE CG
10KINSHASA276PAS KINSHASA REQUEST FOR FY 2010 SPEAKERS ON DRC SPECIFIC
[...] This is an action request for IIP. Please see the speaker request below. 2. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Post requests speakers to address three issues critical to the DRC and Embassy Kinshasa's MSP priorities to advance USG policy in the DRC (1) women's empowerment issues, (2) effective fo [...]
2010-02-26 12:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP PGOV PHUM KWMN EAGR SOCI CG KPAO
10KINSHASA278Task Force on Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources:
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Task Force on Illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources in the Great Lakes Region met for the fifth time on January 20-22, 2010 in Kinshasa. As the first Task Force meeting to be held in Kinshasa, and thus hosted by the government of the DRC (GDRC),much of the program consi [...]
2010-02-26 14:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CG ETRD ECON EINV
10KINSHASA29Looting at North Kivu IDP Camp Attributed to ex-CNDP
[...] (SBU) United Nations Mission in the Democratic of Congo (MONUC) sources confirmed to us that Major Muzungu, the leader of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) unit that pillaged an IDP camp in Muhanga in North Kivu on January 15 (reftel),formerly belonged to the CNDP (CongrC(s National pour la [...]
2010-01-28 16:07:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF MOPS PGOV PREL MONUC CG
10KINSHASA31A U.S.-TRAINED INFANTRY BATTALION: CORNERSTONE OF GDRC
[...] (C) Summary: The GDRC's recently unveiled three-zone national defense strategy (ref A) places Kisangani as the focal point of one of the zones. A USG effort to construct a training facility in Kisangani to train a professional light infantry battalion appears to be a major cornerstone of dev [...]
2010-02-02 07:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PGOV PINR PHUM MCAP CG
10KINSHASA332009 in review: On balance progress prevails, but barely
[...] (C) Summary: 2009 did not commence auspiciously for the DRC. The country faced a critical security situation, both internally and with regard to certain neighboring countries; the specter of the global economic crisis threatened financial collapse; and weak political institutions appeared to [...]
2010-02-02 09:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON MOPS MARR PHUM PREF EAID PBTS CG
10KINSHASA39Cabinet reshuffle announced February 20: Prime Minister is
[...] (C) Summary: Ending a long period of speculation about a cabinet reshuffle, President Kabila announced his new government late Friday, February 19 (ref C). The big winner was Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito who kept his position and received support when Kabila appointed trusted confidants to [...]
2010-02-26 07:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PINR PREF PHUM CG
10KINSHASA42UPDATE ON NYAMULAGIRA VOLCANO NEAR GOMA: SPECIALIST SAYS
[...] Summary: On Thursday January 7, USAID/OFDA Rep and Goma-based POLOFF attended a special briefing by Dario Tedesco, an Italian volcanologist with extensive experience analyzing Goma's volcanoes and Lake Kivu. Tedesco said that although lava flows were not headed toward any populated area, the [...]
2010-01-12 12:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV SENV UNESCO ECON EPET PREF CG
10KINSHASA46Just-landed Goma officer's first impressions of the Congo's
[...] (SBU) Summary: Goma-based poloff arrived in Goma December 16 after a week of consultations in Kinshasa. This account of first impressions is informed and prejudiced by his prior service as Rwanda desk officer from 1989-1991, as DRC desk officer from 1999-2001 and as Africa watcher in Paris f [...]
2010-01-12 13:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR PREF PHUM CG
10KINSHASA5South African Diplomat Shot
[...] (C) Summary: Elements of the Republican Guard shot South African diplomat Maryse Ash early morning December 4, as she departed the GDRC Presidential Compound. She sustained direct and indirect wounds from small-arms fire. Ash was stabilized first in a Kinshasa hospital, then evacuated on De [...]
2010-01-12 08:01:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL OFDP CG
10KINSHASA56Minister of Social Affairs Sacked
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Kabila issued a decree on January 9 dismissing Minister of Social Affairs, Humanitarian Action and National Solidarity Barthelemy Botswali for "conducting himself in a dishonorable manner." There are various rumors floating around to explain his dismissal, but most [...]
2010-01-17 15:50:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM CG
10KINSHASA58DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT STEPS
[...] In response to reftel, the DCM met January 19 with Louise Mayuma Kasende, President Kabila's deputy chief of staff with specific responsibility for political, administrative and legal issues. (Note: President Kabila and his chief of staff are away from Kinshasa with date of return unce [...]
2010-01-20 08:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KGHG SENV CG
10KINSHASA66HIV/AIDS IN THE DRC: AN EVOLVING EPIDEMIC
[...] Background note: Embassy Kinshasa recently completed a Partnership Framework with the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and hired a full-time PEPFAR coordinator. This message provides general information about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the DRC. It has been cleared by all PE [...]
2010-01-21 17:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO CDC AID KHIV SOCI EAID PREL CG
10KINSHASA68CONGOLESE PRESS GENERALLY POSITIVE ABOUT INTERNATIONAL
[...] Kinshasa local press reporting has focused on reports of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (GDRC) pledge to contribute $2.5 million dollars in emergency assistance. Pro-government and independent papers have reacted positively to this decision, and have argued, despite cr [...]
2010-01-21 19:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREL HA CG KPAO ECON
10KINSHASA72Obasanjo Advisor Briefs Goma-Based Diplomats
[...] (U) General Lazaro Sumbeiywo, Special Advisor to UNSYG Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Olesegun Obasanjo, met with Goma-based diplomats on January 21, accompanied by former Tanzanian President Mkapa's adviser Daniel Kapya and UN political officer Luc Ngowet. The meeting took place on the eve [...]
2010-01-22 11:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
10KINSHASA76GRAND IMAM VOICES SUPPORT FOR U.S. VALUES AND SAYS CONGOLESE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) national Islamic organization will focus specifically on promoting the positive and peaceful attributes of Islam, and will not veer into political issues, according to the country's leading Muslim leader, Grand Imam Abdala Mangala Luaba. [...]
2010-01-22 14:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAO PHUM SOCI KIRF KISL CG
10KINSHASA78BELGIAN FORMIN IN GOMA
[...] Following his visit to Kinshasa, Belgian Foreign Minister Steven Vanackere visited Goma January 20-21. He was accompanied by Africa Director (and former Ambassador to Congo) Renier Nijskens, Ambassador Struye de Swielande, and other officials to a breakfast meeting with diplomats based in Go [...]
2010-01-22 21:06:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV BE CG
10KINSHASA82LEAHY VETTING FOR U.S. SPONSORED TRAINING: AFRICOM TRAINING
[...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in the AFRICOM training in Kisangani to begin February 15, 2010. 2. (U) Post has no derogatory information on the following cand [...]
2010-01-25 13:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM ASEC PREL CG
10KINSHASA84LEAHY VETTING FOR U.S.-SPONSORED TRAINING: IOM TRAINING IN
[...] (U) Post requests Department's assistance in vetting, pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, the following candidates selected to participate in the IOM training to be held in Bunia in Spring 2010. 2. (U) Post has no derogatory information on the following candidates. [...]
2010-01-25 14:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM ASEC CG
10KINSHASA86New Congolese press law signed but not yet on the books
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Kabila signed a new law on December 31, 2009, regulating the media and press in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The law establishes a new media regulatory body named the Conseil Sup????rieur de l'Audiovisuel et de la Communication (Governing Council of Br [...]
2010-01-25 15:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC OPRC KPAO KWMN SCUL SOCI PREL PGOV PHUM PINS CG
10KINSHASA88DRC MAKES PROGRESS TOWARDS EITI VALIDATION
[...] Summary: In 2008, the DRC became a candidate country for the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI),a multi-stakeholder effort to increase transparency in transactions between governments and companies in the extractive industries (reftel). In order to be declared or "validate [...]
2010-01-25 16:15:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EMIN ENRG EPET ECON PGOV CG
10KINSHASA9SENATE PRESIDENT KENGO'S OUVERTURES TO THE U.S. - WHAT'S THE
[...] (C) Summary: Senate President Kengo wa Dondo has unexpectedly approached United States diplomats, in Kinshasa and at the AU in Addis Ababa (reftels),to request assistance in facilitating meetings with senior USG officials during an upcoming trip to Washington. One of the Congo's most astute [...]
2010-01-20 09:11:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
10KINSHASA92DRC: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Per reftel, the following is the text of the Investment Climate Statement for the DRC for 2010. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. (U) The DRC's rich endowment of natural resources, large population size (approximately 68 million) and generally [...]
2010-01-26 15:03:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ELAB ETRD ECON KTDB OPIC USTR CG
10KOLKATA11CONFIRMED OUTBREAK OF AVIAN INFLUENZA H5N1 IN WEST BENGAL
[...] (U) On January 14 the Indian central government's High Security Animal Disease Laboratory in Bhopal confirmed the presence of avian influenza and the H5N1 virus in samples taken from the village of Khargram, West Bengal. The outbreak's epicenter is in the district of Murshidabad located [...]
2010-01-15 11:16:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN
10KOLKATA15WEST BENGAL LAYS FORMER CHIEF MINISTER JYOTI BASU TO REST
[...] (U) Jyoti Basu, former West Bengal Chief Minister and co-founder of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M),died January 17 in Kolkata. The 95 year old Basu succumbed to pneumonia after two weeks of hospitalization (Reftel). 2. (U) The West Bengal government closed on January 18 [...]
2010-01-19 12:18:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IN BD
10KOLKATA24BRAZEN MAOIST/NAXAL ATTACK IN WEST BENGAL MAY STRENGTHEN
[...] (SBU) On February 15, in one of the most brazen and brutal Maoist/Naxal attacks in West Bengal in more than a decade, a group of alleged Communist Party of India-Maoist supporters killed approximately 24 state police. The attack took place in the remote rural settlement of Silda in West [...]
2010-02-16 10:46:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC CONS IN
10KOLKATA25AMBASSADOR ROEMER PEDALS HIS WAY TO WIN A NEW BIHAR'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: During Ambassador Roemer's February 4-5 visit to Bihar, the first ambassadorial visit in more than a decade to India's third most populous state, he promoted the U.S.-India strategic dialogue and pedaled his way to win Bihar's "hearts and minds". He met the state's Chief Ministe [...]
2010-02-22 09:38:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ECON ELTN ENRG EAID SCUL KISL IN
10KOLKATA29INDIA'S NEXT TOP GENERAL OFFERS POSSIBLE COUNTERINSURGENCY
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 11 meeting, India's departing Eastern Commander and next Chief of Army Staff, LTG V.K. Singh, discussed India's success with its ongoing northeast counterinsurgency operations, improved security with Bangladesh, the military's take on the Maoist/Naxal threat and the [...]
2010-02-26 10:59:00Consulate KolkataCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN BG AF
10KOLKATA4FORMER WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER JYOTI BASU CRITICALLY ILL
[...] (U) Former West Bengal Chief Minister Jyoti Basu, the longest serving Chief Minister in India's political history (1977-2000) and a founding member of the Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M),was hospitalized on January 1 and is in critical condition. National and local political leader [...]
2010-01-07 12:58:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IN
10KOLONIA12ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR THE FEDERATED
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-17 03:17:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10KOLONIA8AMBASSADOR PRAHAR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS, MEETS WITH FSM
[...] (U) Summary. Peter Alan Prahar became the eighth U.S. Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) after presenting his credentials to FSM President Emanuel Mori. Ambassador Prahar then met separately with President Mori, Secretary for Foreign Affairs Lorin Robert, and Acting Chief [...]
2010-02-10 05:24:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID FM
10KOROR17DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON IRAN'S ISLAMIC REVOLUTIONARY GUARD
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 01:40:00Embassy KororUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PS
10KOROR18PALAU'S RESPONSE ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT FOLLOW-UP ACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 01:42:00Embassy KororUNCLASSIFIEDIO PHUM UNGA PS
10KUALALUMPUR10SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY CONGRESSMAN
[...] (C) Mr. Congressman, Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia, which comes at a moment of opportunity in U.S.-Malaysia relations. In his nine months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has demonstrated a more pragmatic and action-oriented approach than his predecessor [...]
2010-01-08 09:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON ETRD KDEM MY
10KUALALUMPUR103MALAYSIA’S NEW ECONOMIC MODEL: ECONOMIC REFORM EFFORTS MAY MEET OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Najib Razak (Najib) introduced a first wave of limited economic reforms (refs A and B) shortly after taking office in April 2009 and has promised more substantial economic reforms designed to improve Malaysia's competitiveness (ref C). To accomplish this, Najib f [...]
2010-02-19 08:12:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENIV EXIM MY PGOV
10KUALALUMPUR106EMPHASIS ON ANWAR CASE SHIFTS FROM COURTROOM TO
[...] (SBU) The emphasis of Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial shifted from the courtroom to international reaction, as a host of Malaysian government officials and politicians denounced a February 11 statement by Australian MP's condemning the trial while issuing frank messages to stay out of this interna [...]
2010-02-19 09:13:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS MY
10KUALALUMPUR107POWER STRUGGLES IN PERAK: RULING COALITION WORKING HARD TO REGAIN VOTERS' SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Poloff and Pol Specialist visited the politically turbulent state of Perak from February 1-3. Perak is one of five states won by the opposition People's Alliance (PR) coalition in the March 2008 general elections, but through political defections in February 2009 it subsequently reverte [...]
2010-02-19 09:49:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS MY
10KUALALUMPUR108CANING OF THREE WOMEN REFLECTS UMNO'S POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 17, Home Minister Hishammuddin announced that three women and four men who had been found guilty of illicit sex under Syariah law had been caned on February 9. The three became the first women to be caned in Malaysia. Caning of women in Malaysia had recently become [...]
2010-02-19 11:30:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
10KUALALUMPUR11OVERNIGHT ATTACKS ON THREE CHURCHES RAISE CONCERNS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Protestant church was substantially burned by Molotov cocktails, and another Protestant and one Catholic church attacked without damages near Kuala Lumpur in the early morning hours of January 8, amidst heated debate about whether the Catholic Herald should be able to continue [...]
2010-01-08 09:46:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL MY
10KUALALUMPUR116MALAYSIA: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE YET TO
[...] (U) Embassy delivered the refetel demarche to Malaysia's Road Safety Department's (RSD) Director General Suret Singh. In follow-up conversations, Singh said that he reviewed the information and passed the information request to the legal department, but he did not have any further response. Em [...]
2010-02-23 00:19:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI ELTN UNDP UNGA MY
10KUALALUMPUR117MALAYSIA: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE YET TO
[...] (U) Embassy delivered the refetel demarche to Malaysia's Road Safety Department's (RSD) Director General Suret Singh. In follow-up conversations, Singh said that he reviewed the information and passed the information request to the legal department, but he did not have any further response. Em [...]
2010-02-23 00:19:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI ELTN UNDP UNGA MY
10KUALALUMPUR12MALAYSIA: UPDATE ON F-5 ENGINE SCANDAL
[...] (C) Malaysian government officials continue to communicate little information directly to Post regarding the missing F-5 engines (reftels). Most of the information on the scandal to date has come thru the local media, which reported on January 6 that police arrested and charged one Air Force s [...]
2010-01-10 23:31:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPM PGOV MY
10KUALALUMPUR124GUANTANAMO REVIEW TASK FORCE DETERMINATION FOR TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 09:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PTER KDRG MY
10KUALALUMPUR128DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 06:00:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MY
10KUALALUMPUR130SPECIAL 301 KUALA LUMPUR INPUT
[...] (SBU) In 2009 Malaysian IPR enforcement authorities continued to make significant progress in fighting IPR piracy as compared to the previous year. Malaysia also continued its legislative efforts to modernize its copyright laws and come into compliance with various trade commitments, including [...]
2010-02-25 10:00:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR MY
10KUALALUMPUR14MALAYSIA: UPDATE ON THE "ALLAH" ISSUE AND CHURCH ATTACKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following three separate attacks on churches over the night of January 7-8 (ref A),unknown individuals made another nine attacks on churches and a mosque over the weekend, according to senior police officials at a special briefing for the diplomatic corps on January 11 at the M [...]
2010-01-11 10:34:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL MY
10KUALALUMPUR20WHAT IS GOING ON IN MALAYSIA?
[...] (C) Two fundamental issues arise in connection with the Malaysian authorities' handling of the "Allah" case in which a Malaysian court has ruled unconstitutional the Najib Administration's effort to ban the use of the word "Allah" by a Catholic newspaper, publishing in both English and Malays [...]
2010-01-12 09:08:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALMY PGOV PHUM PREL
10KUALALUMPUR3GOM APPEALS KUALA LUMPUR HIGH COURT RULING ON OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 31, the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that the Catholic Herald, a weekly publication, could use the word "Allah" in its Malay-language edition and that the Home Minister's prohibition on non-Muslims' use of the word was unconstitutional. While the use by non-Muslims o [...]
2010-01-05 09:07:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MY
10KUALALUMPUR33BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON PRE-SHIPMENT END
[...] Pursuant to reftel request, Econoff in mid-January spoke with a representative of Qiblatin Synergy Sdn Bhd, Ms. PREMA Latha, the company's Manager for Procurement for the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF). Prema was especially helpful in detailing Qiblatin's now-canceled attempt to procure 10 [...]
2010-01-19 04:56:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MY
10KUALALUMPUR34BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON POST-SHIPMENT OF LICENSE
[...] Pursuant to reftel request, Econoff in early and mid-January contacted the Royal Malaysian Police Narcotics Division (RMPND) regarding the 01 November 2006 export of 10 sets of night vision devices (NVDs),specifically the AN/PVS-7B Style Gen III FOM 1250 model goggles. The point of contact [...]
2010-01-19 04:56:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MY
10KUALALUMPUR36BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON POST-SHIPMENT END-USE
[...] Pursuant to reftel request, Econoff contacted the office of the Principal Assistant Secretary (PAS) for Procurement within the Malaysian Ministry of Defense (MOD) regarding the sale of 48 Detroit diesel engines (model 5063-539H, rated 305 BHP) for armored vehicles. Econoff was referred to PUA [...]
2010-01-19 08:03:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MY
10KUALALUMPUR37MALAYSIA: ISA UPDATE - PETRONAS MOVING AWAY FROM IRAN INVESTMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Post approached the three Malaysian companies listed in Ref A that are reportedly doing business or contemplating doing business in Iran. Petronas told us January 11 that it has no active investments in Iran, no commitment has been made to invest in South Pars Phase 11 and its c [...]
2010-01-19 09:31:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENIV ETRD ETTC IR KNNP MY
10KUALALUMPUR43SABAH TRAVEL ALERT: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MFA
[...] (C) In the absence of the Foreign Minister and Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General I Radzi Rahman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested a meeting with the Ambassador on January 18 to discuss the Department's January 15 Travel Alert concerning parts of Sabah, Malaysia. Radzi sai [...]
2010-01-20 09:00:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALCT MY PGOV KTIP CASC
10KUALALUMPUR44MALAYSIA: GOM ON HAITI ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) POLOFF delivered reftel demarches regarding Malaysia's humanitarian assistance offers for Haiti and information regarding Haiti air traffic on January 19 to Principal Assistant Secretary Muhammad Radzi Jamaludin, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, U.S. desk officer and Assistant Secretary for [...]
2010-01-20 09:29:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL CASC HA MY
10KUALALUMPUR49MALAYSIA: MFA VIEWS ON NON-PRO, IAEA, AND EXPORT CONTROL LAW
[...] (S) The DCM met with MFA Deputy Secretary General Zainol Abidin Omar on January 15 to convey Ref A talking points and to discuss a range of other counter-proliferation and export control-related issues (refs A and B). Referencing special information that was provided to the GOM in early-Novemb [...]
2010-01-21 08:54:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC PGOV IR MY
10KUALALUMPUR55MALAYSIAN INTENTIONS FOR THE LONDON CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 01:07:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF MY
10KUALALUMPUR57SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY LIEUTENANT
[...] (C) Lieutenant General Mixon, Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia, which comes at a moment of opportunity in U.S.-Malaysia relations. In his nine months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has demonstrated a more pragmatic and action-oriented approach than his pr [...]
2010-01-26 09:52:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER OVIP MY
10KUALALUMPUR58MALAYSIA: MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS UPDATE ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Raja Azahar, Senior Deputy Secretary General in the Ministry of Home Affairs, told the DCM during a January 14 meeting that the GOM was pleased with its efforts combating sexual exploitation trafficking but still had room for improvement in combating labor trafficking. He expla [...]
2010-01-27 07:54:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
10KUALALUMPUR59MALAYSIA: SKS VENTURES EXPLAINS ITS IRAN INVESTMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: SKS Ventures (SKS) CEO Abang Iskandar Muas (Iskandar) met with Econoff January 19 to discuss SKS plans to develop the Golshan and Ferdowsi gas fields (G&F) in Iran. Iskandar said that the GOM had initially negotiated the deal with the GOI and handed the project to SKS just prior [...]
2010-01-27 10:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENIV ENRG EPET ETTC IR KNNP MY
10KUALALUMPUR6TIP: MALAYSIAN DIRECTOR GENERAL OF LABOR SAYS GOM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ismail Abdul Rahim, Director General of Labor in the Ministry of Human Resources, told Polcouns during a December 24 meeting that the GOM had acted to prevent outsourcing companies from fraudulently recruiting workers overseas and was close to reaching an agreement with Indonesi [...]
2010-01-07 07:57:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
10KUALALUMPUR61SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY DEPUTY U.S.
[...] (C) Ambassador Marantis, Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia, which comes at a moment of opportunity in U.S.-Malaysia relations. In his nine months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has demonstrated a more pragmatic and action-oriented approach than his predece [...]
2010-01-28 11:07:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PROG PREL MY
10KUALALUMPUR64OPPOSITION LEADER ANWAR'S "SODOMY II" TRIAL BEGINS
[...] (SBU) Summary: After months of delay while his defense team submitted motion after motion ranging from a request to see all the evidence to outright dismissal, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's trial for alleged consensual sodomy with a former aide began in the Kuala Lumpur High Court on Febru [...]
2010-02-03 12:26:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MY
10KUALALUMPUR66MALAYSIA: JOINT DEMARCHE WITH DUTCH ON NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) Poloff and Netherlands embassy DCM Soer met with MFA Under Secretary for Non-Proliferation Bala Chandran Tharman on January 27 to discuss the upcoming Sherpa meeting in the Hague for the Nuclear Security Summit(ref A). U/S Bala, who is the Sous Sherpa for the GOM's delegation, acknowledg [...]
2010-02-04 03:20:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM EAID IAEA NPT AORC MNUC PREL UNGA MY
10KUALALUMPUR68AA/S VAN DIEPEN'S MEETINGS IN KUALA LUMPUR ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy Secretary General Zainol told visiting Acting Assistant Secretary of State for International Security and Nonproliferation Vann Van Diepen in a 90-minute interagency meeting on January 28 that the GOM was in the final stages of reviewing its draft export control law be [...]
2010-02-05 01:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL EFIN ETTC PARM MY KNNP IAEA
10KUALALUMPUR7DEMARCHE DELIVERED -- URGING IRAN TO RELEASE AMCITS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-07 08:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV CASC PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER IR MY
10KUALALUMPUR78SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY REAR ADMIRAL
[...] (C) Rear Admiral Connor, Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia, which comes at a moment of opportunity in U.S.-Malaysia relations. In his ten months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has demonstrated a more pragmatic and action-oriented approach than his predeces [...]
2010-02-08 09:49:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER OVIP MY
10KUALALUMPUR8EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES ADVISOR
[...] SUMMARY: (U) This cable covers the period 1-31 Dec 09. - Contraband Team Detection Kits (CT-30) arrive in MY. - Advisor meets with and fields CNBR training requests from Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA). - Invitation to MFA to participate in "Commodities Identification Workshop" re [...]
2010-01-07 23:35:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
10KUALALUMPUR80MALAYSIA: GOM NAMES NEW GOVENOR TO THE IAEA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Deputy Secretary General II for Multilateral Affairs Mohammed Zainol invited the Ambassador to a February 9 meeting to inform him that the GOM had appointed Muhammad Shahrul Ikram Bin Yaakob as the new Governor of Malaysia to the Board of Governors (BOG) of the IAEA. Zainol [...]
2010-02-09 10:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV IAEA IR MY
10KUALALUMPUR88MALAYSIA NON-COMMITTAL ON PRESSURING IRAN ON HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed reftel demarche points to Mr. Jamal Sharifuddin Johan, Principal Assistant Secretary who covers human rights in the MFA's Multilateral Political Division, on February 10. Jamal thanked Poloff for providing the U.S. perspective on Iran's human rights abuses, but noted that [...]
2010-02-11 08:20:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM IR MY
10KUALALUMPUR89MALAYSIA: FM CALLS FOR ASSK'S RELEASE
[...] (U) Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman called on Burma to free opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) ahead of national elections expected to be held in late 2010. Anifah told AFP on February 9 that "we want a free, fair, and an inclusive election. We should give everybody a chance, i [...]
2010-02-11 08:33:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL BM MY
10KUALALUMPUR90MALAYSIA IN LISTENING MODE ON NEED TO PRESSURE IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Assistant Secretary for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Shazryll Zahiran, responding to ref A points that Iran's continued non-compliance with UN and IAEA obligations regarding its nuclear program deserves the urgent attention of the international community, agreed that Iran [...]
2010-02-11 09:31:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV IR MY IAEA
10KUALALUMPUR91EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES ADVISOR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-11 23:37:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
10KUALALUMPUR92COURT DECISION ON STATE POWER PLAY ENDS LEGAL BATTLE, BUT SETS WORRISOME PRECEDENT
[...] (SBU) Malaysia's Federal Court, the highest level in Malaysia's judicial system, announced on February 9 that the Sultan of Perak had the legal authority to appoint a new Chief Minister in his state, as he did in February 2009, after concluding that the ruling National Front (BN) coalition com [...]
2010-02-12 03:53:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS MY
10KUALALUMPUR94MALAYSIA'S TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Malaysia (GOM) made significant efforts to address the challenges associated with trafficking in persons (TIP) during this reporting period. Malaysia reacted to its placement on Tier Three in the 2009 Report in a constructive and responsible manner. Senior g [...]
2010-02-12 08:17:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KFRD ASEC
10KUALALUMPUR95FIRST WEEK OF ANWAR'S TRIAL -- VICTIM TESTIMONY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The first week of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial, which began February 3, featured graphic testimony by former Anwar aide and alleged victim Saiful Bukhari, extensive press coverage in both the government-influenced media and blogosphere, and motions by the defen [...]
2010-02-12 09:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS MY
10KUALALUMPUR96MALAYSIA EXPRESSES INTEREST IN TRANS-PACIFIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy USTR Marantis accompanied by the Ambassador discussed the Trans Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (TPP) and other trade issues in meetings with Malaysia's Minister of International Trade and Industry Mustapa, and several other Ministerial level officials during his v [...]
2010-02-17 08:52:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD MY
10KUWAIT1GTMO RETURNEE FUAD AL-RABIAH RELEASED BY COURT
[...] (U) In a page-one special, Kuwaiti daily Arab Times reported on December 30 that recent GTMO detainee Fuad Al-Rabiah, who was handed over to the GOK and returned to Kuwait on December 10, was released by a Kuwaiti court on December 29. The article noted that Al-Rabiah, who was arrested in Afg [...]
2010-01-04 12:25:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PGOV PINR KDRG KU
10KUWAIT100KFAS FORUM BUILDS MOMENTUM FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY
[...] (U) Econoff attended the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) Perspectives on Energy and Climate Forum from January 18-20, an event cosponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The forum assessed the domestic energy question from both the supply and dema [...]
2010-02-03 14:08:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDENRG EPET SENV KU
10KUWAIT102GOK WILL NOT ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD
[...] (C) On January 31st, Econoff followed up on the status of Kuwait's deliberations on associating with the Copenhagen Accord with Captain Ali Al-Haider, the Deputy Director General for Kuwait's Environmental Public Authority (KEPA) (ref B). Al-Haider, the head of Kuwait's interagency climate co [...]
2010-02-04 11:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALENRG KGHG SENV KU
10KUWAIT103GOK TO ATTEND MARCH CITES CONFERENCE IN DOHA
[...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel points about the U.S. initiatives for the 15th meeting of the CITES Conference of the Parties (COP15) taking place March 13-25 in Doha to Captain Ali Al-Haider, Deputy Director General for Kuwait's Environmental Public Authority on January 31st. Al-Haider affirmed [...]
2010-02-04 12:12:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON KU SENV ENRC KSCA CITES AORC UNEP
10KUWAIT105U.S. MILITARY FLIES KUWAITI TENTS TO HAITI
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (U) on February 3, three weeks after the Minister of Health approached Ambassador for assistance in sending relief supplies to Haiti, final clearances were received permitting space-available transportation of 300 Kuwait Red Crescent [...]
2010-02-04 13:02:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREF YM KU
10KUWAIT106KUWAIT SCENE SETTER FOR SCIENCE ENVOY DR. ZERHOUNI
[...] (SBU) Ambassador and Mission Kuwait warmly welcome the February 17-18 visit of Science Envoy Elias Zerhouni. Meetings have been requested with the following officials: H.E. Dr. Hilal Al-Sayer, the Minister of Health; Dr. Naji Al-Mutairi, the Director General for the Kuwait Institute for Scient [...]
2010-02-04 13:04:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KU SENV
10KUWAIT107KUWAIT UNHAPPY OVER PUBLIC "OUTING" ON PATRIOT DEAL
[...] (C) Like some of its Arabian Gulf neighbors (ref A),the GoK was embarrassed and chagrined by discussion in a January 31 New York Times article linking plans to deploy defensive missile systems to Kuwait and a number of other Gulf countries to possible Iranian missile attacks. The article co [...]
2010-02-04 13:05:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IR KU
10KUWAIT11PARLIAMENT GIVES INITIAL APPROVAL TO BILL
[...] (C) Kuwait's National Assembly, by a vote of 35-22 (one abstention) on January 6 approved a bill sanctioning the write-off of interest on citizens' consumer loans and rescheduling their debts. (Note: Total consumer loans reached KD 5.2 bn (USD 18 bn) in November 2009. End note.) The GoK str [...]
2010-01-10 10:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KU
10KUWAIT123NEW SUPREME PETROLEUM COUNCIL MEETS -- ROOM FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8, one day after its appointment, Kuwait's Supreme Petroleum Council met and reportedly approved a technical services agreement with Shell. The decree appointed the 18 member (8 government, 10 private sector) oil policy making body, which had not met since December [...]
2010-02-11 05:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG PGOV KU
10KUWAIT124SUPREME PETROLEUM COUNCIL APPROVES SHELL TSA
[...] (U) This contains business proprietary information. 2. (SBU) On February 9, ExxonMobil Kuwait President John Hoholick told Econcouns that he had been learned that Kuwait's newly appointed Supreme Petroleum Council had approved an agreement with Shell to develop the Sabriyah gas field. Acc [...]
2010-02-11 09:24:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG KU
10KUWAIT125WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MCCASKILL (FEBRUARY 12-13, 2010)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL McCaskill to travel to post from Feb 12-13, 2010. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Senior Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9985- [...]
2010-02-11 09:42:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
10KUWAIT126KUWAIT'S 2010 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION: PART 1
[...] (SBU) Part 1 of Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report follows. 2. (SBU) Responses are keyed to paragraphs 25 to 27 of reftel. ================== THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ================== 3. (SBU) Please find below responses to questions i [...]
2010-02-11 10:22:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10KUWAIT127KUWAIT'S 2010 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION: PART 2
[...] (SBU) Part 2 of Embassy Kuwait's submission for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report follows. 2. (SBU) Responses are keyed to paragraphs 27 to 30 of reftel. ================== INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS (continued) ================== 3. (SBU) Please find b [...]
2010-02-11 10:24:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10KUWAIT129KUWAIT: SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY OF
[...] (SBU) Ambassador and Mission Kuwait cordially welcome the February 16-18 visit of Deputy Secretary of Treasury Neal S. Wolin. 2. (SBU) Situated at the nexus of Iraq, Iran, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kuwait is a constitutional emirate with a freely-elected -- and rambunctious -- parli [...]
2010-02-11 13:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN PREL PTER KTFN OVIP KU
10KUWAIT13GOK STATES NO RECENT ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Econoff met with Waleed Al-Sabej, the General Supervisor and Acting Director of Kuwait's Arab League Boycott office on December 30 to discuss recent activities (ref A). Al-Sabej confirmed that he attends the bi-annual Arab Boycott League meetings at the Damascus-headquartered office. H [...]
2010-01-11 11:05:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKBCT ECON ETRD KU
10KUWAIT131LEAHY REQUEST FOR ABDULRAZAQ ALAWADHI
[...] This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para 2. 2. The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: LAST NAME: ALAWADHI FIRST NAME: ABDULRAZAQ DOB: 2 NOVEMBER 1954 PLACE OF BIRTH: KUWAIT CITY, K [...]
2010-02-15 11:17:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR MASS KU
10KUWAIT133WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL SCHIFF (FEBRUARY 16-17, 2010)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Schiff to travel to post Feb 16-17, 2010. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Senior Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 998 [...]
2010-02-15 12:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
10KUWAIT134AMBASSADOR PULSES YOUNG KUWAITIS ON THEIR VISIONS
[...] (C) Summary. At a February 2 luncheon at the CMR organized around the theme "Youth Vision for Kuwait in 2020," Ambassador pulsed fifteen Kuwaiti youth leaders, ranging from liberal to conservative, on what sort of Kuwait they will seek to create a decade from now. In response to her overture, [...]
2010-02-15 13:10:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PHUM KWMN KU
10KUWAIT136GOK OFFICIAL: GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT NOT
[...] (SBU) On January 28th, Econoff met with Ishaq Abdulkarim, the Finance Ministry's Director of International Economic Co-Operation, about the status of Kuwait's interest in the WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA). Abdulkarim stated that there had been no updates or any movement on this i [...]
2010-02-16 05:23:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINT PGOV ECPS KIPR EIND ETRD KU
10KUWAIT137MOVING TO THE PRESSURE TRACK ON IRAN: KUWAITIS
[...] (U) This is an action message for the Department, please see paragraph X. 2. (C) Summary: Ambassador reviewed February 10 developments in US Iran policy with FM Dr. Shaykh Mohammed Al Sabah, taking the opportunity to note USG concerns about recent high-level Kuwait-Iran exchanges and pr [...]
2010-02-16 06:46:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KU
10KUWAIT138THE PRESIDENTIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP SUMMIT: KUWAITI
[...] (U) Per reftel request, post has contacted all five of the invitees to the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit. Four of the five participants confirmed their attendance and visa status for the Summit. (Note: Marwan Boodai, the Chairman of Jazeera Airways, who had originally accepted the invit [...]
2010-02-16 13:13:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV PGOV KU
10KUWAIT14GOK OFFICIAL DISCUSSES INTERNET CENSORSHIP, VOIP
[...] (SBU) During a January 4 meeting with Econoff, Nasser Al-Kendari, the Director of the Telephone Monitoring Department in the Ministry of Communications (MoC),discussed internet censorship, the GoK's prohibition on Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) technology, and IPR-related internet issues [...]
2010-01-11 11:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINT PGOV ECPS KIPR EIND ETRD KU
10KUWAIT140KUWAIT WANTS GREATER CLARITY ON IRAQ DRAW-DOWN
[...] (S/NF) Kuwait's new military leadership -- likely with tacit support at the political level -- has increasingly made clear over recent weeks that, with the Iraq war receding into the past and the Iraqi government increasingly capable (and solvent),the large US military presence here is becomi [...]
2010-02-17 13:59:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM MARR MASS KU
10KUWAIT142KUWAIT INTERIOR MINISTER SOUNDS ALARM ON IRAN;
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Interior Minister Jaber Al-Khaled Al Sabah told Ambassador February 16 that he is deeply concerned about Iranian actions, particularly in Yemen with the Houthis. A security hard-liner whose views do not always reflect those of the rest of the GoK, Shaykh Jaber suggested Iran [...]
2010-02-17 14:42:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER IR YM KU
10KUWAIT143KUWAITI PROSECUTOR WANTS TOUGHER CT LAWS
[...] (C) Mubarak Al-Refaie, Head of Kuwait City (Capitol) Prosecution Office told poloff February 11 that Kuwaiti prosecutors are eager to try and convict homegrown terrorism suspects but their efforts are stymied by antiquated CT laws. For the prosecution, he stated, the biggest hindrance to co [...]
2010-02-18 14:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR PGOV KU
10KUWAIT146U.S. SPEAKER AND EXPERT ON SPECIAL EDUCATION, DR. CLAYTON
[...] (U) Summary: Dr. Clayton Keller, U.S. Speaker and a leading expert in the field of special education, conducted a series of very successful, well received lectures during his two-day program in Kuwait from January 25-28, 2010. His visit generated enormous interest and good will for the Embassy [...]
2010-02-21 07:55:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO ZR
10KUWAIT15FEEDBACK REQUESTED ON PENDING AML AMENDEMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. US Customs representative and Econoff were invited on January 5th by Ministry of Commerce and Industry Anti-Money Laundering Unit (MoCI) to provide feedback on the pending AML amendment (Ref a). Post appreciates prompt input provided by Customs, Treasury, State/INL, and DoJ t [...]
2010-01-11 12:45:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PINR KTFN KU
10KUWAIT150KUWAITI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CHAIRMAN ON
[...] (SBU) In the context of the Kuwaiti parliamentary passage of a four year $104 billion development plan (including approximately $80 billion in oil sector projects),Ambassador met with Kuwait Chamber of Commerce Chairman Ali Al-Ghanim to discuss potential opportunities for U.S. businesses. Al- [...]
2010-02-22 07:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ENRG ECON EPET KU
10KUWAIT152S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS
[...] (U) On February 2nd, Econoff delivered reftel points about the call for small grants proposals from the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues to Business and Professional Women Organization (BPW) members Maha A. Al-Baghli, the Senior Manager with the Kuwait Asia Holding Company and Maali [...]
2010-02-22 13:32:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON KU
10KUWAIT160GOK TO ENCOURAGE YEMEN REFORM AT RIYADH MEETING
[...] (C) PolCouns on February 23 raised reftel points concerning the February 27-28 GCC Secretariat meeting in Riyadh on donor coordination in Yemen with Faisal Al-Houli, Counselor in MFA's Arab World Department. Al-Houli responded that the GOK views the upcoming meeting as very important and believes t [...]
2010-02-23 13:22:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YM KU
10KUWAIT161GOK QUIETLY CONCERNED ABOUT IRANIAN ENRICHMENT
[...] PolCouns on February 23 raised ref a points regarding USG policy on Iran's Tehran research reactor with Counselor Rashid Al-Hajiri, MFA's desk officer for Iran. Al-Hajiri offered no substantive response to our points, noting merely that the GOK has been following the issue through its represe [...]
2010-02-23 13:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR KU
10KUWAIT165KUWAIT: SPECIAL 301 REPORT 2010
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting on February 10th, Econcouns informed Ahmed Al-Haroun, the Minister of Commerce and Industry (MOCI),and Sheikha Rasha Naief Al-Sabah, the Director for IPR in the MOCI, about the 2010 301 Special Report review process. Due to the delays in passing a TRIPS-compliant C [...]
2010-02-24 11:01:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ETRD SENV ECON KU
10KUWAIT166VISA REVOCATIONS: KUWAIT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 11:02:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNCMGT CVIS KU
10KUWAIT167KUWAIT RATIFIES NEW PRIVATE SECTOR LABOR LAW
[...] (U) On February 21, Kuwait's new Private Sector Labor Law entered into force after it was published in the official gazette, having been approved by Amiri decree on February 10 and unanimously passed by the parliament on December 23 (REFS A & B). The law, updating its antiquated 1964 predecesso [...]
2010-02-24 11:08:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN KTIP KMPI ELAB KU
10KUWAIT168MP MOVES TO GRILL OIL/INFORMATION MINISTER
[...] (C) Tribal MP Ali Al-Dokbasi filed on February 23 a motion to interpellate Minister of Oil/Information Shaykh Ahmad Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al Sabah on grounds that the government failed to enforce adequately an audio-visual media law in the aftermath of urbanite Mohammed Al-Juwaihel's December 18 [...]
2010-02-24 11:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV KU
10KUWAIT17MISSION KUWAIT'S PARTICIPATION IN THE 34TH ANNUAL BOOK FAIR
[...] (U) Summary: U.S. Embassy Kuwait participated in Kuwait's 34th annual book fair, held from October 28 to November 7, 2009 and attended by thousands of book lovers from across the socio-economic and political spectrums, including many groups of school children, from around the Gulf region. The [...]
2010-01-11 13:44:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO ZR
10KUWAIT21LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - KUWAIT 25TH COMMANDO
[...] This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para 2. 2. The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: NAME: Kuwait 25th Commando Brigade SEX: DOB: POB: NATIONALITY: OCCUPATION: PASSPORT: [...]
2010-01-12 11:20:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR MASS KU
10KUWAIT22GOK STEPS UP ABUSE PROSECUTIONS/TRAINING AHEAD OF
[...] (U) Summary: Further to reftel report of a recent landmark court case in which a Kuwaiti national received a 16-year sentence for abuse of a domestic worker, the GoK has continued to demonstrate an increased commitment to prosecuting TIP-related crimes (particularly against foreign domestic w [...]
2010-01-12 13:51:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KTIP PHUM ELAB KU
10KUWAIT23MFA’S ARAB WORLD DEPARTMENT DISCUSSES ABU MAZEN’S
[...] (U) There is an action request in para 7. 2. (C) Summary: The head of MFA's Arab World Department, Ambassador Jassem Mubaraki, told Polcouns January 12 that Palestine Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's January 5 - 6 visit to Kuwait and meeting with the Amir was positive, and provided an oppo [...]
2010-01-12 14:38:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KU IR YM
10KUWAIT29KUWAIT SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 24 JOINT MILITARY
[...] (S/NF) Convening in Washington January 24-26, the ninth round of the Joint Military Commission (JMC) -- the first JMC since Spring 2007 -- offers senior DOD and DOS officials an opportunity to pulse GoK senior military officials on possible changes in the military operating environment in Ku [...]
2010-01-14 11:59:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MASS MARR PARM KU
10KUWAIT3PURSUING REQUEST FOR GOK APPROVAL TO BROADCAST
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-04 14:03:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL BBG KPAO KU IR
10KUWAIT31KUWAITI RESPONSE TO UN 1267 (AL-QAIDA/TALIBAN)
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided the following identifying data on Abdu Hakim Murad on January 12, 2010 via Diplomatic Note. The GoK has no information about Murad's current place of residence or activity. 2. (SBU) Identifying information Name: [...]
2010-01-14 13:04:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL KTFN PTER
10KUWAIT35KUWAIT TO PROVIDE RELIEF SUPPLIES TO HAITI
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) Key points: -- The Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) will wire USD 800,000 to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies as early as January 19. -- KRCS has already purchased aproximately 100 tons [...]
2010-01-19 12:00:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREF PREL YM KU
10KUWAIT36TRIPARTITE TALKS: POSITIVE VIBES BUT NOTHING TO
[...] (C) Despite continued, laudable efforts by the GoI Ministry of Human Rights to secure progress on recovering the remains of Kuwaiti MIAs -- including formation of an Iraqi interagency coordinating committee -- the lack of tangible progress and the looming June expiry of the Tarasov UN Mandate [...]
2010-01-19 13:22:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ KU
10KUWAIT39COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL RAVEN JANUARY 21-22
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Professional Staff Member Erik Raven and delegation to travel to post on Thursday, January 21, 2010 to review issues of U.S. National interest, including examining current operations of the Fifth Fleet and the intelligence, surve [...]
2010-01-20 11:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
10KUWAIT4SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 7 VISIT OF CODEL MCCONNELL
[...] (U) Mission Kuwait warmly welcomes the January 7 visit of CODEL McConnell. Ambassador and country team look forward to providing the CODEL with a classified briefing on January 7. Given the brevity of CODEL's stay in Kuwait, no meetings with GOK officials have been arranged. Kuwait Snapsh [...]
2010-01-04 14:08:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON KU
10KUWAIT40POST RECEIVED GOK DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON MEMBERSHIP
[...] (SBU) Action request: Post received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Office of International Organizations requesting support for the GoK's official application for membership to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) during the Oct. 4-22, 2010 elections [...]
2010-01-20 12:50:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINT PGOV ECPS KIPR EIND ETRD KU
10KUWAIT42KUWAIT RECEIVES IRAQI POLITICAL FIGURES IN RUN-UP
[...] (C) Former Iraqi PM Dr. Ibrahim Al-Jaafari held a series of high-level meetings in Kuwait on December 12 and 13 including with the Amir, Parliamentary Speaker, and National Security Bureau (NSB). While the visits were publicly portrayed as focused on building bilateral relations, Al-Jaafari a [...]
2010-01-20 14:01:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EINV KU IZ
10KUWAIT43GOK CONSIDERING CLIMATE CHANGE DEMARCHE,
[...] (SBU) This is an action request; see Paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) On January 21, A/DCM met with Salem Al-Shebli, First Secretary in the Legal Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to urge the GoK to associate itself with the Copenhagen Accord. Al-Shebli accompanied Kuwaiti Prime Minister [...]
2010-01-21 12:49:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGHG SENV KU
10KUWAIT45TREASURY A/S COHEN REQUESTS CONTINUED TF
[...] (C) Summary and Key Points. During a series of meetings on January 13 in Kuwait, Treasury A/S Cohen: - Emphasized the Obama administration's commitment to disrupt, dismantle, and eventually defeat Al-Qa'ida to prevent their return to Afghanistan and Pakistan; - Stressed that the Gulf-based financ [...]
2010-01-24 11:25:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNKTFN PTER PGOV EFIN KU
10KUWAIT49GOK AND NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE PLAN
[...] (U) On January 20th, Econoff accompanied Kathrin Humphrey, an Associate Program Officer for the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine on a meeting with Hayfaa Almudhaf, the Senior Advisor to the Director General of Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR),to discuss t [...]
2010-01-25 12:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG EPET KU
10KUWAIT5PURSUING REQUEST FOR GOK APPROVAL TO BROADCAST
[...] (S/NF) During a December 30 meeting with MFA U/S Khaled Jarallah, Ambassador pursued ref A points concerning USG desire to obtain GOK permission to broadcast into Iran from a soon-to-be completed new transmitter at IBB's Kuwait Transmitting Station. Noting she'd raised this months ago with th [...]
2010-01-04 14:36:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL BBG KPAO KU IR
10KUWAIT52FOREIGN MINISTER SPEAKS OUT ON ISSUES WITH IRAQ,
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging January 17 interview with Al-Qabas, a leading Kuwaiti Arabic-language daily, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah voiced his thoughts on lingering bilateral issues with Iraq and on Kuwait's relations with Iran. Embassy provides [...]
2010-01-25 13:25:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ IR KU
10KUWAIT53KUWAIT'S FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND LONDON
[...] (C) During a January 25 call on Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah, A/S Feltman, accompanied by the Ambassador, acknowledged strong USG concern about increasing insecurity in Yemen and noted USG intentions to increase security and development assistance the [...]
2010-01-25 13:27:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID YM AF KU
10KUWAIT59LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para 2. 2. The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: MAJOR GENERAL AHMAD Y. A. A. T. ALMULLA (DOB: APR-17-1955, Kuwaiti Passport # 002364366, [...]
2010-01-26 13:20:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR MASS KU
10KUWAIT6WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MCCAIN (JANUARY 5-6, 2010)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL McCain to travel to post Jan 5-6, 2010. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Senior Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985- [...]
2010-01-05 10:19:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
10KUWAIT61IRANIAN PARLIAMENT SPEAKER LARIJANI COMPLETES
[...] (U) Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani completed a two-day visit to Kuwait on January 27 at the invitation of Kuwaiti Parliament speaker Jassem Al-Kharafi, who met Larijani on arrival at Kuwait airport. While Kuwait's press provided only a sketchy outline of the meetings, some ink was de [...]
2010-01-27 13:56:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON IR KU
10KUWAIT62YEMENI AMBASSADOR TO KUWAIT REJECTS TERRORISM
[...] (C) According to press reports, Kuwait State Security recently detained UNSCR 1267 designee Mubarak Al-Bathali after he allegedly offered to "mediate" between the GoY and Al-Qaeda in Yemen. Al-Bathali, a Kuwaiti citizen, reportedly conveyed to Yemeni Ambassador to Kuwait Khalid Al-Shaykh bot [...]
2010-01-27 13:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PINR KU
10KUWAIT79KUWAIT INCREASES ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (U) Summary. On January 28 DCM and Econcouns met with Yousef Al-Merag, Director of Disaster relief for the Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS),to discuss the status of GoK,s pending offer of in-kind assistance to Haiti and to thank h [...]
2010-01-28 14:48:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREF PREL YM KU
10KUWAIT8SBU SCENESETTER FOR JANUARY 7 VISIT OF CODEL
[...] (U) Mission Kuwait warmly welcomes the January 7 visit of CODEL McConnell. Ambassador and country team look forward to providing the CODEL with a classified briefing on January 7. Given the brevity of CODEL's stay in Kuwait, no meetings with GOK officials have been arranged. Kuwait Snapshot [...]
2010-01-05 13:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON KU
10KUWAIT83HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW FOR DOD FUNDED TRAINING
[...] This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para 2. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for the following unit and unit commander of the Kuwait Marine Forces, who have been selected to participa [...]
2010-01-31 06:24:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR MASS KU
10KUWAIT88AMBASSADOR RAISES IRANIAN NUCLEAR CONCERNS WITH
[...] (C) Ambassador, during a January 31 luncheon in honor of Tony Blair at the residence of Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al Sabah, pulled aside Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah and raised ref A points concerning Iran's nuclear program, continuing USG concerns, and our efforts to addres [...]
2010-02-01 11:45:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PGOV UNSC IR KU
10KUWAIT90RED CRESCENT TO SEND 1,500 TENTS TO HAITI - TOTAL
[...] (U) Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) President Barges Al-Barges told emboffs January 30 that Kuwait had pledged a total of USD 3.5 million, KRCS had already sent USD one million to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent (IFRC),spent an additional USD 330,000 to purchase [...]
2010-02-01 12:32:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREF PREL YM KU
10KUWAIT94A/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES IRAQ, IRAN, MEPP, AND YEMEN
[...] (C) Key points: - A/S Feltman noted he'd accompanied Vice President Biden to Iraq, where he continued to encourage political reconciliation. The A/S suggested movement on Chapter VII issues involving Kuwait was more likely following the March elections, but said he had pressed Iraq to name [...]
2010-02-02 13:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EAID KTFN PTER IZ IR YM KU
10KUWAIT95KUWAIT TRIES TO DOWNPLAY IMPORTANCE OF VISITS BY
[...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti officials took pains to downplay the importance of a January 26 - 27 visit by Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and the preceding week's visit by an Iranian economic team. Officials insisted that the Larijani visit had come at the invitation of Kuwait's Parliament [...]
2010-02-02 14:02:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EPET ENRG IR KU
10KUWAIT99KUWAIT: TERRORISM TRIAL CONTINUES, KSS WITNESS
[...] (SBU) In the ongoing trial of the alleged "Arifjan plotters" -- adjourned since December 21 (reftel) -- Kuwait State Security (KSS) investigator Abdulaziz Salem testified in the Court of First Instance February 2 that though conspiracy charges were dismissed earlier, six Kuwaitis had indeed [...]
2010-02-03 12:55:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL PINR KU
10KYIV103IMF AGAIN DISMAYED BY UKRAINIAN AUTHORITIES
[...] (C) Summary. IMF resident representative Max Alier expressed frustration and dismay at the GOU's recent public statements falsely announcing the impending arrival of an IMF technical assessment team. Alier said the GOU had resorted to "pressure tactics" and that Deputy Prime Minister Nemyri [...]
2010-01-21 13:27:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
10KYIV104UKRAINE: CANDIDATES VIE FOR VOTERS AS THE RUNOFF
[...] (SBU) The two candidates who will compete in the February 7 runoff for the presidency, Party of Regions (Regions) candidate Viktor Yanukovych and PM Yuliya Tymoshenko, kicked-off their campaigns as expected, appealing to the voters who supported second-tier candidates during the first round. [...]
2010-01-21 16:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
10KYIV105 UKRAINE: VERKHOVNA RADA OVERIDES VETO OF LAND SALE
[...] (U) Summary. Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, overturned President Yushchenko's veto of the bill extending the moratorium on the sale of agricultural land until January 1, 2012. In a widely expected move, the Rada confirmed its decision to formally put agricultural land sales on hold [...]
2010-01-22 08:47:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR UP
10KYIV107POSSIBLE NEW UKRAINIAN PM TIHIPKO CASTS SELF AS
[...] (C) Summary. Serhiy Tihipko may accept the position of Prime Minister of Ukraine, but only if he is guaranteed support from the new President and the Rada (parliament) to tackle economic and administrative reforms, and only after the presidential race concludes. Having just finished third i [...]
2010-01-22 13:48:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD PGOV PINR PREL UP XH EREL
10KYIV113WORLD BANK PROPOSES UKRAINE REFORM PROGRAM
[...] (C) Summary. The World Bank's Kyiv-based country director Martin Raiser plans to convene the donor community to coordinate a message to Ukraine's new President on needed economic reforms. Raiser told the Ambassador that the Bank had grouped its reform proposals into three areas (fiscal, inv [...]
2010-01-25 10:45:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD PGOV PINR PREL UP XH EREL
10KYIV120UKRAINE'S "OTHER" SECURITY THREAT - ROMANIA
[...] (C) From the perspective of Kyiv, the Ukrainian-Romanian bilateral relationship is surprisingly troubled, with a wide range of irritants both great and small. The most neuralgic issues for Ukrainians are linked to concerns about Romanian irredentism (e.g., issuance of Romanian passports to U [...]
2010-01-25 15:00:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS EWWT SENV NATO EU UP RO
10KYIV125LAVROV-POROSHENKO DEAL ON NEW RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TO UKRAINE
[...] (C) At a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Ukrainian FM Poroshenko explained how he had cut a deal with Russian FM Lavrov to facilitate the arrival of the new Russian ambassador to Ukraine, Mikhail Zurabov. Moscow had burned all bridges with Ukrainian President Yushchenko and had not w [...]
2010-01-26 14:20:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL UP RS
10KYIV128PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: DISAPPOINTED CANDIDATE
[...] (C) Poorly performing Presidential candidate and head of the Rada National Security and Defense Committee, Anatoliy Hrytsenko, told the Ambassador January 22 that he did not see much of a difference between PM Tymoshenko and opposition leader Yanukovych, the two candidates for the February 7 r [...]
2010-01-26 15:24:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR UP
10KYIV129UKRAINE: DEMARCHE ON COPENHAGEN ACCORD DELIVERED
[...] (U) The Government of Ukraine (GOU) has no principle objections to associating with the Copenhagen Accord. However, given upcoming Presidential elections, it is uncertain that Ukraine will complete its association by the January 31 deadline. Post delivered reftel talking points to Igor Lupal [...]
2010-01-26 15:46:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV KGHG ENRG UP
10KYIV168UKRAINE: LOW PROFILE FOR SECURITY ISSUES IN THE
[...] (C) Summary. In contrast to the 2004 elections, issues of national security and defense remain notable by their absence in this year's presidential campaign. Ukrainians are focused on the economic crisis and the election's potential for reconfiguring Ukraine's political power relationships. All can [...]
2010-01-29 13:06:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR UP
10KYIV17TYMOSHENKO UNABLE TO PRY OPEN NBU RESERVES
[...] (C) Summary. Negotiations have stalled over the transfer of $2 billion in National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) reserves to the state treasury, inhibiting Prime Minister Tymoshenko's government from getting ready cash to assist with Naftohaz's January 11 payment to Gazprom. Having lowered the NBU's [...]
2010-01-05 16:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
10KYIV170ONE WEEK TO ELECTION: YANUKOVYCH CAMP CONFIDENT
[...] (C) Even allies of PM Tymoshenko concede to us that Regions Party candidate Viktor Yanukovych is holding on to his lead in advance of the February 7 Presidential runoff. Tymoshenko must mobilize greater numbers of "Orange" voters over the next week or face defeat. If Yanukovych wins, members [...]
2010-01-29 16:26:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
10KYIV178INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR
[...] (U) Post responded to prior taskings, and does not have information on additional goods for the Ukraine TVPRA list. ---------- TASK 2/TDA ---------- 2A. PREVALENCE AND SECTORAL DISTRIBUTION OF EXPLOITIVE CHILD LABOR --------------------------------- -------------------------------- Â [...]
2010-02-01 15:56:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI SIPDIS USAID UP
10KYIV179MOBILIZING PRESSURE ON IRAN REGARDING NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Ambassador February 1 drew on reftel points to explain to Deputy Foreign Minister Volodymyr Khandogiy the US rationale for sharpening the choices that Iran faces by increasing pressure on Iran. Khandogiy expressed general agreement and observed that Ukraine is "very much concerned about [...]
2010-02-01 17:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNSC IR UP
10KYIV184UKRAINIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS AFTER YUSHCHENKO: A
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 15:16:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO EU UP RS
10KYIV186TERNOPIL: FEARS OF FRAUD NOT BORNE OUT IN FIRST
[...] (C) During a recent visit to Ternopil Oblast in west-central Ukraine, campaign officials, NGOs and journalists told us that they were concerned about vote buying in the oblast during the presidential elections. PM Yuliya Tymoshenko and Party of Regions candidate Viktor Yanukovych's campaign d [...]
2010-02-02 16:19:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP
10KYIV190FORMER PRESIDENT KUCHMA ON UKRAINIAN ELECTION,
[...] (C) Former Ukrainian President Kuchma had no kind words for the current "orange" government, accusing it of ruining the economy and the country's international reputation, and of deepening Ukraine's internal divisions. While he endorsed his former PM, Viktor Yanukovych, he characterized the Februar [...]
2010-02-03 15:06:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG MARR UP RS
10KYIV191POTENTIAL FOR POST ELECTION COURT BATTLES
[...] (C) Prime Minister Tymoshenko's continued allegation of fraud in the January 17 first round presidential election, despite the OSCE's assessment that it was, for the most part, free and fair, raises the importance of the appeals process for the February 7 runoff. The Chairmanship of the High [...]
2010-02-03 15:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
10KYIV192TYMOSHENKO CONDEMNS ELECTION LAW CHANGES; INVOKES
[...] (C) A [...]
2010-02-04 14:12:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV UP
10KYIV193UKRAINE'S DEPUTY PM ON MONEY LAUNDERING,
[...] (C) Summary. In a broad-ranging discussion with the Ambassador on February 2, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Nemyrya expressed concern about Ukraine being designated as a high-risk country at the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary meeting in Abu Dhabi in mid-February. Nemyrya also [...]
2010-02-05 11:22:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ENRG PGOV UP
10KYIV194UKRAINE: NAFTOHAZ PAYS ON TIME FOR GAS
[...] (C) Summary. Ukraine paid $780 million to Gazprom on February 4 for January gas purchases. As in January, the National Bank of Ukraine purchased Naftohaz-held government bonds to finance the payment. Experts suggest that the government would resort to the same payment scheme for the gas pay [...]
2010-02-05 13:01:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALENRG EREL UP RU
10KYIV198UKRAINE: RESPONSE TO CITES COP-15 DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points to Volodymyr Domashlinets, Ukraine's CITES representative at the Ministry of Environmental Protection, on February 1. Domashlinets said Ukraine will support the U.S. proposals on sharks, corals, polar bears, and a snake trade. The Ministry of Environmental P [...]
2010-02-05 14:24:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP UP
10KYIV199TYMOSHENKO DOES BETTER THAN EXPECTED BUT FALLS
[...] (SBU) PM Yuliya Tymoshenko exceeded expectations by narrowing a ten percent post-first round gap with rival Viktor Yanukovych to a surprisingly close 2.86 percent (with 98.8% of the vote counted) in the February 7 presidential runoff. Higher than expected turnout in western Ukraine accounted [...]
2010-02-08 16:48:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UP
10KYIV208TYMOSHENKO SURGE: APPEAL OF "THE LESSER EVIL"
[...] (C) The late surge in support for PM Tymoshenko, which made the February 7 second round presidential election results closer than many observers expected, reflected more an anti-Yanukovych vote than a pro-Tymoshenko one. Yanukovych's refusal to debate Tymoshenko, over confidence among his supp [...]
2010-02-09 19:40:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV UP
10KYIV22UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO ORDERS NBU TO ASSIST WITH GAS
[...] (SBU) Summary. President Yushchenko ordered the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) on January 6 to find a mechanism to monetize Naftohaz-held government bonds in order for the state-owned gas company to make the January 11 payment for Russian gas purchased in December. Naftohaz might also be abl [...]
2010-01-06 15:34:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ENRG PGOV PINR UP RU
10KYIV226UKRAINE'S 2010 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: UNCERTAINTY REMAINS AFTER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine suffered one of Europe's worst recessions in 2009, with real GDP declining nearly 15%. The economic slump was prompted by a sharp fall in global demand for steel and chemical products, combined with the global credit crunch and vulnerabilities in the Ukrainian financial [...]
2010-02-10 13:02:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
10KYIV228TYMOSHENKO READIES COURT CHALLENGES; REGIONS
[...] (C) PM Tymoshenko, thus far remaining uncharacteristically silent in public, is putting together legal challenges to the February 7 Presidential election result. DPM Nemyria admitted that he did not think the challenges would change the outcome. The Yanukovych camp is negotiating with elemen [...]
2010-02-10 18:08:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV UP
10KYIV229UKRAINE: ENVIRONMENTAL INVESTMENT AGENCY ON COPENHAGEN
[...] (SBU) Acting Economic Counselor and Economic Analyst met on February 3 with Igor Lupaltsov, the head of the National Environmental Investment Agency of Ukraine (NEIA),to discuss Ukraine's association with the Copenhagen Accord and deliver talking points per reftel A. Lupaltsov, who headed the [...]
2010-02-11 08:55:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KGHG ENRG SENV UP
10KYIV23SALE OF UKRAINIAN STEEL GIANT LIKELY TIED TO PUTIN
[...] (C) Summary. Rumors have swept through Kyiv over the impending Russian purchase of the indebted Ukrainian steel giant Industrial Union of Donbass (IUD). A group of Kremlin-backed investors, perhaps led by metals magnate Alisher Usmanov and Roman Abramovich-controlled Evraz, have reportedly [...]
2010-01-06 15:36:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
10KYIV231UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS -- ON THE ROAD TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kyiv election observers throughout Ukraine were uniformly impressed by the dedication of election workers and voters. The intensely partisan and mudslinging conduct of the campaign at the national level was not reflected in the Precinct Election Commissions (PECs),where membe [...]
2010-02-11 11:16:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV UP
10KYIV232FIRTASH TRIUMPHS OVER TYMOSHENKO ON NADRA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Nadra Bank's year-long moratorium on deposit withdrawals ended on February 10, amidst last-ditch negotiations over the bank's future. The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) had engaged in talks on February 10 about liquidating Nadra, one of Ukraine's largest private banks, only to [...]
2010-02-11 12:29:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
10KYIV234UKRAINE: DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING DELIVERED
[...] (U) Per reftel, Post delivered the distracted driving demarche on January 27 to Oleksiy Illyashenko, Deputy Head of Public Relations and International Affairs at the Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior, with the points and questions attached as a non-paper. The Ministry of the Interior did not [...]
2010-02-12 13:20:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI UP
10KYIV235FOR TYMOSHENKO, "BETTER TO BE A VICTIM THAN A
[...] (C) Nearly a week has passed since the February 7 presidential runoff, and PM Yuliya Tymoshenko has been uncharacteristically absent from the airwaves, refusing to appear in public or release a public statement under her own hand. Officials from her campaign, however, have made numerous accus [...]
2010-02-12 17:01:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
10KYIV240TYMOSHENKO CHALLENGES RESULTS OF ELECTION IN COURT
[...] (C) PM Tymoshenko announced February 13 that she would challenge in court as fraudulent the results of the February 7 second round of the Presidential election. Her chances to overturn the results are poor. Rather, the court filing, which Tymoshenko made in person February 16, appears prima [...]
2010-02-16 16:26:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
10KYIV241UKRAINIAN MOBILE TELECOM SECTOR AT A GLANCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ukrainian mobile telecom sector is divided among three major service providers - Kyivstar, MTS-Ukraine, and Life - which control more than 90 percent of the market. Kyivstar, the market leader, is jointly owned by Norwegian Telenor and Russian Alfa Group. MTS-Ukraine, the [...]
2010-02-17 08:18:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS ETRD EINV UP
10KYIV244YANUKOVYCH CONFIDANT AZAROV PROMISES NEW COALITION
[...] (C) Summary. Yanukovych confidant and close economic advisor Mykola Azarov predicted that the President-elect would be in a stronger position to negotiate a new governing parliamentary coalition after the February 25 inauguration. Yanukovych was determined to build a stable coalition to enab [...]
2010-02-17 15:02:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN ENRG UP
10KYIV246AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FM POROSHENKO
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Poroshenko embraced President-elect Yanukovych and distanced himself from PM Tymoshenko in a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador. Poroshenko criticized Tymoshenko's unwillingness to concede the election and her denigration of the work of international election observe [...]
2010-02-17 16:00:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP
10KYIV247UKRAINIAN RESPONSE TO GOVERNMENT TO GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Embassy received a letter on 4 February from the Verification Directorate of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in response to reftel demarche, which was delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs December 7, 2009. The letter confirmed Government of Ukraine interest in m [...]
2010-02-17 17:04:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKACT PARM UP
10KYIV262UKRAINE: NEW LAWS ON PUBLIC PROCUREMENT, BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada (parliament) passed legislative reforms on public procurement, business deregulation, and land and property title registration that had long been advocated for by the World Bank and USAID. Analysts note that these three laws represent positive progress [...]
2010-02-19 11:17:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD UP
10KYIV264YATSENYUK CLAIMS HE HAS FORTY FROM OU-PSD FOR NEW
[...] (C) Former presidential candidate Arseniy Yatsenyuk told the Ambassador February 17 that he has forty Our Ukraine - People's Self Defense (OU-PSD) MPs who would be willing to take down PM Tymoshenko's coalition and join a new coalition with Yanukovych's Party of Regions. He intimated that he [...]
2010-02-19 16:12:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP RS
10KYIV275SCENESETTER: NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR JONES'
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 15:26:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON UP
10KYIV278FORMER TYMOSHENKO INSIDER CALLS HER DESTRUCTIVE,
[...] (C) Summary. In a damning indictment of Prime Minster Yuliya Tymoshenko and her lack of leadership, respected xxxxxxxxxxxx argued that Tymoshenko would continue to work against reform. To limit her destructiveness, xxxxxxxxxxxx argued for early parliamentary elections, which would help strengthen n [...]
2010-02-24 12:05:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN PINR ECON PREL UP
10KYIV295UKRAINE: UNHRC DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche on February 25 to the Ukrainian MFA desk officer responsible for the UNHRC, Svitlana Pereverten. On religious and racial intolerance, Ms. Pereverten commented that Ukraine has never and will never support the defamation resolution. The Embassy share [...]
2010-02-25 15:31:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UN UP
10KYIV296UKRAINE: GOLDSTONE FOLLOWUP DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche on February 25 to the Ukrainian MFA desk officer responsible for the UNHRC, Svitlana Pereverten. Ms. Pereverten expressed Ukraine's support for the U.S. position on Goldstone, as shown by Ukraine's Goldstone voting record. TEFFT [...]
2010-02-25 15:36:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIO PHUM UNGA UP
10KYIV299KYIV TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY OFFICERS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 09:47:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON UP
10KYIV300UKRAINE: BOIKO DISCUSSES YANUKOVYCH'S ENERGY
[...] (C) Summary. In an introductory call with the Ambassador on February 23, Yuriy Boiko, a leading energy player in the Party of Regions, said that Yanukovych would be focused on reducing Ukrainian dependence on Russian gas imports, securing a better gas contract with Gazprom, and establishing a [...]
2010-02-26 14:52:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALENRG ENRL UP RU
10KYIV301PRESIDENTIAL ECONOMIC ADVISOR STRESSES NEED FOR
[...] (C) Summary. Respected economist and Party of Regions' Member of Parliament Iryna Akimova stressed the need for fiscal discipline, financial sector reform, and improvements to the investment climate during her February 23 meeting with the Ambassador. She also recognized the need to focus on [...]
2010-02-26 15:58:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ENRG PGOV UP
10KYIV59EU-UKRAINE ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT: LONG WAY STILL
[...] (C) Ukrainian Foreign Minister Poroshenko has declared the signing of an Association Agreement with the EU in 2010 to be one of Ukraine's top two foreign policy goals. At the same time, tough EU criticism of Ukraine's reforms stole the show at the December 4 Ukraine-EU Summit. GOU negotiator [...]
2010-01-14 10:13:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL UP EU
10KYIV64CAMPAIGNS PREPARED FOR POST-ELECTION COURT BATTLES
[...] (C) Amendments to Ukraine's presidential election law in August 2009 granted the Administrative Courts sole jurisdiction to hear election related cases. However, confusion over who currently heads the High Administrative Court means that this court's role as the final arbiter of election dis [...]
2010-01-15 11:01:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
10KYIV67PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: RHETORIC HEATS UP; RACE
[...] (C) PM Tymoshenko, trailing Party of Regions leader Yanukovych in advance of the January 17 Presidential election, used a three-hour press event January 14 to hammer the message that Yanukovych is a criminal and front man for rapacious oligarchic interests, whose election would be a humiliatio [...]
2010-01-15 13:29:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UP
10KYIV68UKRAINIAN LAND SALE MORATORIUM ENDS, BUT
[...] (U) Summary. President Yuschenko vetoed a bill that would have extended the moratorium on the sale of agricultural land through the end of 2011, allowing the ban to expire on January 1, 2010. As in past years, parliament is expected to make a strong push to overturn the veto. However, even [...]
2010-01-15 13:47:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR UP
10KYIV7PM BACKER ACCUSED OF MONEY LAUNDERING, VOTE BUYING
[...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on December 29, Ukrainian Security Services (SBU) head Valentyn Nalyvaychenko accused Prime Minister Tymoshenko's largest financial backer, businessman and MP Konstantyn Zhevago, of running a large money laundering operation and financing a vote buying sche [...]
2010-01-04 16:56:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
10KYIV71UKRAINE'S NATIONAL BANK WILL HELP WITH GAS PAYMENTS
[...] (C) Summary. Despite the lack of political unity, the National Bank of Ukraine was obliged to help the government make its gas payments to Russia in a timely manner, National Bank Governor Stelmakh told the Ambassador on January 14. During the meeting, Stelmakh also noted that the exchange r [...]
2010-01-15 16:39:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ENRG EREL PGOV UP
10KYIV72PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FIRST ROUND: YANUKOVYCH
[...] (SBU) Opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych has held on to his ten point lead over PM Yuliya Tymoshenko with almost 99% of votes counted in the January 17 presidential election. Observers have called the election generally free and fair. The OSCE ODIHR mission called the election "high quality," [...]
2010-01-18 17:53:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UP
10KYIV8CAN TYMOSHENKO MAINTAIN BALANCE AS THE ELECTIONS
[...] (C) During a December 31 introductory call, PM Tymoshenko discussed with Ambassador Tefft her efforts earlier that day to convince National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Chairman Stelmakh to disburse $2 billion in reserves so that the government can make its scheduled January gas payment. Tymoshenko [...]
2010-01-04 17:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN PREL UP
10KYIV89UKRAINE'S ACTING FINANCE MINISTER SURVIVES 2009,
[...] (C) Summary. Ukraine's government still hopes for revisions to the IMF program that would allow it to access $2 billion currently held in reserves at the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU),according to Acting Finance Minister Umanskyi. Without access to IMF money, the first quarter of 2010 woul [...]
2010-01-19 12:29:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON ENRG EREL PGOV UP
10KYIV92PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: TOUGH MATH FOR TYMOSHENKO
[...] (C) Runoff candidates Viktor Yanukovych and PM Yuliya Tymoshenko are reaching out to second-tier candidates and their constituencies for support in the February 7 second round of presidential voting, following the January 17 first round. Yanukovych expressed his willingness to incorporate th [...]
2010-01-19 18:25:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
10LAGOS10NIGERIAN WORKERS KILLED AT CHEVRON SITE
[...] (SBU) On January 4, two Nigerians working at the construction site of Chevron's Escravos Gas-to-Liquid plant in Delta State were killed by Nigerian security forces following an argument at a checkpoint that "got out of hand," according to Nigerian press reports on January 5. The killings al [...]
2010-01-07 16:16:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM NI
10LAGOS13SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY OF
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to Nigeria warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Jane Holl Lute. The following political and economic backdrop provides context for your visit. -------------------------------------- RELATIONSHIP STRESSED BY RECENT EVENTS ---------------- [...]
2010-01-11 09:51:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS NI
10LAGOS17CHEVRON MAKARABA PIPELINE SABOTAGED
[...] (C) On January 8 Chevron's Makaraba pipeline in Delta State was sabotaged. The pipeline has supplied the Escravos terminal with 20,000 barrels of oil per day (bpd). Hercules Manager Coleman McDonough says it is not clear if the pipeline was in production or not at the time of the incident. [...]
2010-01-11 16:57:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI
10LAGOS27LAGOS LARGE, PEACEFUL "SAVE NIGERIA" RALLY
[...] (SBU) A large and peaceful "Save Nigeria" rally assembled January 21 near the Lagos State governor's complex in Ikeja. Prominent Nigerian human rights activists, religious leaders, and government officials addressed the crowd on the troubling state of Nigerian domestic politics and the "politi [...]
2010-01-22 14:42:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI NI
10LAGOS29CONSTITUTIONAL CONTROVERSY AS SEEN FROM THE SOUTH
[...] (C) Nigerian civic activists Tony Uranta, Pat Utomi and Denzil Kentebe warned ConGen Lagos of dire consequences if the current constitutional "crisis" over President Yar'Adua's prolonged absence results in a breach of the constitution and also if the Niger Delta amnesty process continues to l [...]
2010-01-25 15:37:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI NI
10LAGOS3UPDATE ON KIDNAPPING IN NIGERIA
[...] (SBU) Kidnapping in Nigeria is increasing in frequency, expanding in scope and changing in character. This seriously under-reported crime may be occurring as frequently as 40 times a week, and targets are increasingly ordinary Nigerians. Incidents are no longer geographically concentrated [...]
2010-01-04 12:25:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR KCRM ASEC NI
10LAGOS34LOCAL CONTENT BILL STRATEGY
[...] (C) The Local Content Bill passed both the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate and the House versions now need to be reconciled. There will be a third and final reading scheduled once the reconciliation process has been completed. Speculation is that it could happen as soon [...]
2010-01-29 07:00:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PGOV WTRO USTR NI
10LAGOS36ELECTORAL COMMISSION CHIEF DEFENDS HIS PAST AND
[...] (C) Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairperson Professor Maurice Iwu passionately defended his performance as head of Nigeria's electoral body during a January 28 office call by Ambassador and PolOff (note-taker). He also discussed INEC's preparations for the February 2010 A [...]
2010-01-29 15:48:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI NI
10LAGOS38FIGHTING CORRUPTION WITH TECHNOLOGY IN EDO, NIGERIA
[...] (C) Governor Oshiomhole (Action Congress - AC) of Edo State seeks to fight corruption with technology rather than the judiciary. Oshiomhole has collected biometric data from public employees and scanned in personnel documents in order to validate wage, salary and pension payments. He is inc [...]
2010-02-01 13:29:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KDEM ECON NI
10LAGOS39NIGERIA: OVERCOMING ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS IN EDO
[...] (C) Serious health risks and collapsed infrastructure are the legacy Governor Adams Oshiomhole (Action Congress - AC) inherited when he came to power in November 2008. The Oshiomhole administration has developed comprehensive plans to address the inter-related problems, brought in competent [...]
2010-02-01 13:43:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV SENV SOCI NI
10LAGOS42NIGER DELTA EX-MILITANT COMMANDER PROMISES PATIENCE
[...] (S) Okubo Robert, the self-styled founder of the Niger Delta Freedom Fighters and a subordinate of ex-militant leader Government Ekpemupolo ("Tompolo"),told PolOff on January 21 that he had accepted the GON's amnesty because Ijaw leaders convinced him that Yar'Adua was sincere about developi [...]
2010-02-03 08:49:00Consulate LagosSECRETPGOV PREL PINR KCRM SOCI NI
10LAGOS44NIGERIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATION PUSHES SECURITY
[...] (C) Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Director General Temisanren Omatseye used a tour of NIMASA's training and operations center in Kirikiri, Lagos on December 22 to highlight current capacity, shortfalls, budget proposals, and strategic plans to the Ambassador and [...]
2010-02-03 08:53:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV EWWT KCRM MCAP NI
10LAGOS49MEND SPOKESMAN ANNOUNCES END OF CEASEFIRE
[...] (C) Allegedly speaking for the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND),self-identified spokesperson "Jomo Gbomo" announced January 30 the end of MEND's October 25, 2009, cease-fire. Contacts with close ties to the militants claimed that the statement represented the in [...]
2010-02-04 08:52:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV NI KCRM KDEM
10LAGOS5THE "PEOPLE'S GOVERNOR" SETS AN EXAMPLE IN
[...] (C) Governor Adams Oshiomhole (Action Congress - AC) of Edo State believes that because he was popularly elected he must govern differently from those who owe their positions to "Godfathers." Oshiomhole stressed to PolOff in Benin City on December 7 that he remained free of the need to pay fa [...]
2010-01-05 13:31:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KDEM PINR ELAB NI
10LAGOS50005RECALL 10 LAGOS 50005
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 07:11:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EINV PGOV PREL NI
10LAGOS53DEBRIEFING OF CS-07-125859 ON FEBRUARY 1, 2010.
[...] THE LAGOS CO DEBRIEFED CS-07-125859 (CS) REGARDING THE ACTIVITIES OF NIGERIAN TRAFFICKERS OPERATING IN SOUTH AMERICA. NIFGERIAN NATIONAL WOLEX AND ASSOCIATES ARE CURRENTLY COORDINATING THE MARITIME AND AIR CARGO SMUGGLING OF LARGE QUANTITIES OF COCAINE FROM SOUTH AMERICA TO WEST AFRI [...]
2010-02-09 10:22:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR DEA
10LAGOS61DEVELOPMENT DIFFICULTIES IN THE NIGER DELTA
[...] (C) The Niger Delta faces significant development challenges as illustrated by nine projects in Delta and Bayelsa States visited by PolOff January 20 and 21. Difficult topography, ethnic rivalry, endemic corruption, under-development of human capacity, and a comprehensive lack of maintenance [...]
2010-02-16 12:23:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV KCOR SENV NI
10LAGOS63NIGERIAN MARITIME ADMINISTRATION OUTLINES OPPORTUNITIES FOR
[...] (SBU) USTDA representatives discussed with Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency Director General Omatseye areas for future cooperation. Omatseye identified important hardware acquisitions which have been budgeted for 2010 and requested USTDA assistance in developing a framew [...]
2010-02-16 13:21:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALBEXP EAID EWWT PHSA KPIR NI
10LAGOS71ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON MEETS OIL COMPANIES IN LAGOS
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary (A/S) Carson met with members of the International Oil Companies (IOCs) on February 7. The A/S stressed the fact that Nigeria is the most important country in Africa for the United States. The IOC members noted that the A/S spoke mainly of issues in Northern Nigeria a [...]
2010-02-22 14:05:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ECON PGOV PREL NI
10LAGOS73LAGOS GOVERNOR WANTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS
[...] (C) In a meeting with Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson on February 6, Lagos Governor Babatunde Fashola (Action Congress - AC) asked the U.S. to continue to insist publicly on scrupulous respect for Nigeria's Constitution. Fashola also described his administration's p [...]
2010-02-22 15:40:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ECON KCOR SOCI NI
10LAGOS75ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON MEETS OIL COMPANIES IN LAGOS
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary (A/S) Carson met with members of the International Oil Companies (IOCs) on February 7. The A/S stressed the fact that Nigeria is the most important country in Africa for the United States. The IOC members noted that the A/S spoke mainly of issues in Northern Nigeria and did [...]
2010-02-23 08:20:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PGOV PREL NI
10LAGOS77ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON MEETS WITH LAGOS BUSINESS LEADERS
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary Carson met with Lagos business community leaders on February 7. Per these sources, Governor Fashola of Lagos State is on the verge of being impeached despite bringing new roads, hospitals, and schools to Lagos. The Governor does not pay attention to the patronage netw [...]
2010-02-23 12:34:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ECON SOCI NI
10LAGOS8SOUND MANAGEMENT BOLSTERS EDO STATE BALANCE SHEET
[...] (C) Fiscal management, the introduction of new technologies, and the implementation of coherent polices by Edo State Governor Adams Oshiomhole (Action Congress) have bolstered the State's balance sheet, according to commissioners and observers. The State has significantly increased revenues [...]
2010-01-06 14:41:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN ECON ELAB NI
10LAGOS81ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON MEETS WITH LAGOS BUSINESS LEADERS
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary Carson met with Lagos business community leaders on February 7. Per these sources, Governor Fashola of Lagos State is on the verge of being impeached despite bringing new roads, hospitals, and schools to Lagos. The Governor does not pay attention to the patronage netw [...]
2010-02-23 19:30:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ECON SOCI NI
10LAHORE14MUKHTAR MAI: THE NEXT STEP
[...] (SBU) Summary. In 2009, Mukhtar Mai Women's Welfare Organization (MMWWO) expanded its advocacy programs, trained community volunteers and provided assistance to over 800 victims of gender-based violence (GBV) while facing pressure from feudal powers in an unstable security environment. For [...]
2010-01-22 07:46:00Consulate LahoreUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KWMN PK
10LAHORE18PUNJAB AMENDS 2001 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE
[...] (C) Summary: The Punjab Assembly passed an amendment on February 4 to replace current district nazims with "administrators" appointed by Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif until local elections are held. Meanwhile, the provincial cabinet is discussing a new ordinance that would basically return th [...]
2010-02-05 08:10:00Consulate LahoreCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PK
10LAHORE2SUCCESSFUL RECEIPT OF CLASS POUCH IN LAHORE -- LESSONS
[...] On December 19, 2009, Consulate General (ConGen) Lahore received and processed through the Allama Iqbal International Airport its first-ever classified pouch shipment. The shipment was a learning experience for both the ConGen staff and the airport staff and we believe it paved the way fo [...]
2010-01-08 10:28:00Consulate LahoreUNCLASSIFIEDADCO ADPM AMGT PK
10LAHORE20PUNJAB'S DEFICIT SPENDING POSES CHALLENGES FOR NEXT IMF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An August 2009 deal to finance Punjab province's deficit received sudden attention from the media in January, despite the absence of new issues arising from that deal - yet. The size of Punjab's growing deficit, however, raises concerns about the next review of Pakistan's financ [...]
2010-02-08 06:20:00Consulate LahoreUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL PK
10LAHORE24WINDS OF CHANGE FOR MUKHTAR MAI
[...] (SBU) Summary. Samson Salamat, manager for Mukhtar Mai Women's Welfare Organization (MMWWO),has disclosed a rift between Mukhtar Mai, her husband, and organization management. Salamat, worried about the power Mai may give to her husband, has chosen to leave MMWWO in March. The loss of this [...]
2010-02-12 02:03:00Consulate LahoreUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWMN PK
10LAHORE25ACCUSATIONS OF TORTURE IN DEATH OF ADOLESCENT MAID IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The death of 12-year old girl, allegedly at the hands of her employers, offers a glimpse into the world of child labor in Pakistan. Shazia Masih, who died on January 22, worked for seven months as a servant in the home of a Lahore attorney. The attorney, his wife, son, and sis [...]
2010-02-13 06:26:00Consulate LahoreUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KIRF KWMN PK
10LAHORE26LAHORE ARRESTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 8 Punjab Police held a press conference to announce they had arrested six Pakistani men on suspicion they were planning to attack the Pearl Continental Hotel in Lahore. The men reportedly intended to target U.S. Nationals. The RSO and CG reviewed the current securi [...]
2010-02-19 13:49:00Consulate LahoreSECRETASEC PTER PREL AMGT CASC PK
10LAPAZ102TFHA01: La Paz Media Engagement on Haiti
[...] (U) Summary. Reporting in Bolivia on the U.S. response to the earthquake in Haiti has been generally balanced in the independent media outlets, while state-run media outlets have focused their coverage on GOB criticism and suspicions of U.S. efforts. Embassy La Paz has taken multiple ste [...]
2010-01-21 18:51:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL PGOV HA BL
10LAPAZ112FY 2010 U.S. SPEAKER PROGRAM - REQUEST FOR A SPEAKER TO
[...] DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM: This one-week program would be scheduled around the XIV Tourism International Fair, an event that will be held in the city of Tarija which will host tourism entrepreneurs from Bolivia and other countries in the region. The speaker would deliver a lecture at the Fair, [...]
2010-01-25 18:15:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP BL KPAO SCUL OEXC
10LAPAZ13BOLIVIA STEPS UP ANTI-U.S. RHETORIC
[...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian government has sharply intensified its anti-American rhetoric in the days leading up to President Evo Morales's January 22 inauguration, revisiting perceived grievances, asserting that Bolivia is better off for having expelled the U.S. ambassador and DEA, providing a [...]
2010-01-21 12:48:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BL
10LAPAZ144Embassy La Paz Validation Study Results
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy La Paz recently concluded two small validation studies of recipients of J1 visas and members of a traditional Bolivian dance troupe. The Consular Section suspected high overstay rates among both groups and conducted the studies to determine actual return rates. Th [...]
2010-01-26 18:51:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD BL
10LAPAZ146Authorization to use local courier service for ACS passback
[...] Per instructions in 7 FAM 1362, Embassy La Paz requests Department authorization to implement an ACS passback system using a local courier service. Post would like the new system to take effect on February 1, 2010. 2. The Consular Section's non-immigrant (NIV) and immigrant [...]
2010-01-26 19:05:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CPAS CASC KFRD BL
10LAPAZ19BOLIVIAN PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES CABINET CHANGES
[...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales announced January 23 sweeping changes to his cabinet, replacing fourteen of twenty ministers, including the key posts of defense, government and the presidency. Foreign Minister Choquehuanca and Economy and Finance Minister Arce were among the six re [...]
2010-01-26 16:29:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BL
10LAPAZ202BOLIVIA - response to TDA report on worst forms of child
[...] Per reftel B, post submits the following information for the U.S. Department of Labor's Congressional Reporting Requirements related to forced and child labor. 2. Post has no new information relevant to tasking 1: The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2005, Sec [...]
2010-02-02 12:23:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PREL BL PGOV EAID
10LAPAZ21SOLIS, OTERO DISCUSS BILAT RELATIONS WITH BOLIVIAN FM
[...] (C) Summary: Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis, U/S for Global Affairs Maria Otero, and Charge met with Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca and Vice Minister for Social Defense Felipe Caceres on January 21 and reiterated the USG's desire to improve bilateral relations. Choquehuanca thanked the d [...]
2010-01-26 17:07:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR SNAR OVIP ODIP BL
10LAPAZ23Morales begins next administration in strong economic
[...] (U) SUMMARY. As President Morales is inaugurated into his second term in office, Bolivia enters 2010 with strong economic fundamentals. Although concerns remain about the investment climate, GDP continues its strong growth (6.1% in 2008, 3.25% in 2009),inflation fell significantly (from 11.8% [...]
2010-01-26 18:07:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALECON PREL BL EINV EFIN SNAR ETRD
10LAPAZ256HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: Sovereign Challenge
[...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/AND. See para 3. 2. (U) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no applicable derogatory information on the following member of the Bolivian security forces. 3. (U) Post [...]
2010-02-08 16:03:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS SNAR SOCI BL
10LAPAZ258HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: Search and Rescue Course, Feb
[...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/AND. See para 3. 2. (U) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no applicable derogatory information on the following members of the Bolivian security forces. 3. (U) Pos [...]
2010-02-08 16:09:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS SNAR SOCI BL
10LAPAZ260HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: Aircraft Technician course,
[...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/AND. See para 3. 2. (U) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no applicable derogatory information on the following members of the Bolivian security forces. 3. (U) Pos [...]
2010-02-08 16:10:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS SNAR SOCI BL
10LAPAZ262HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: Aircraft Pneudraulics Course,
[...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/AND. See para 3. 2. (U) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no applicable derogatory information on the following members of the Bolivian security forces. 3. (U) Pos [...]
2010-02-08 16:11:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS SNAR SOCI BL
10LAPAZ264HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST: Pilot Instrument Procedures
[...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/AND. See para 3. 2. (U) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no applicable derogatory information on the following members of the Bolivian security forces. 3. (U) Pos [...]
2010-02-08 16:14:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS SNAR SOCI BL
10LAPAZ27BOLIVIA: PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION ATTENDS MORALES
[...] (C) Summary: Presidential delegation members Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, U/S for Global Affairs Maria Otero, and Charge attended President Evo Morales' traditional and official inauguration ceremonies on January 21 and 22, respectively. The delegation met with FM Choquehuanca (reftel) Januar [...]
2010-01-27 21:31:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR OVIP ODIP BL
10LAPAZ276HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST - Trafficking in Persons
[...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/AND. See para 3. 2. (U) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no applicable derogatory information on the following members of the Bolivian security forces. 3. (U) Pos [...]
2010-02-11 13:39:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS SNAR SOCI BL
10LAPAZ282S/GWI Project Proposal - Bolivia
[...] Disseminate the values of gender equality and respect and refocus the culture of machismo among male officers in the Bolivian police force 2. Complete a diagnosis and provide a baseline on the topic of violence and discrimination against policewomen from a male perspective 3 [...]
2010-02-11 18:13:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO PHUM BL KWMN
10LAPAZ29BOLIVIA: NEW LAWS INSTITUTIONALIZE MORALES' CHANGE PROJECT
[...] (C) Summary: The GOB is preparing several pieces of legislation to implement the country's new constitution. Judiciary-related laws will "re-found" the country's electoral, supreme, and constitutional courts, and will also define how the now co-equal indigenous and "ordinary" justice systems w [...]
2010-02-02 18:33:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
10LAPAZ294Bolivia CN Update January 2010
[...] SUMMARY: * Interdiction: Seizures in all categories except solid precursors and cocaine HCl labs declined compared to January 2008. (paras 2-7). * Eradication: The GOB did not undertake eradication operations during the month. (para 8). * [...]
2010-02-12 22:09:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR BL KJUS PHUM
10LAPAZ296FY 2010 U.S. SPEAKER PROGRAM - REQUEST FOR A SPEAKER TO
[...] DESCRIPTION OF THE PROGRAM: This one-week program would support the 3rd Annual International Forum of Business Women Leaders to be held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and would also reach audiences in the cities of La Paz, El Alto, and Sucre. The speaker would be one of the main lecturers of the for [...]
2010-02-17 18:01:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO OEXC SCUL BL
10LAPAZ306BOLIVIA TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) ANNUAL REPORT
[...] (SBU) Embassy La Paz submits the following response to the questions posed in paragraphs 25-35 of the cable guidance (reftel) regarding the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. 25. THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: A. The primary sources for the information contained in this [...]
2010-02-18 15:06:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM BL KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PREF SMIG KMCA
10LAPAZ31GOB USING JUDICIAL REFORM TO HUNT OPPOSITION?
[...] (C) Summary: President Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) are accelerating the pace of judicial reform and moving to increase control over Bolivia's divided judiciary. GOB representatives say legislation is needed to appoint temporary justices to the Supreme Court and [...]
2010-02-08 15:14:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
10LAPAZ33Morales Continues to Attempt to Derail Copenhagen Accord
[...] (C) Summary: Declaring the Copenhagen UN climate change summit a failure, Bolivian President Morales announced he will convoke the first "People's World Conference on Climate Change and the Mother Earth" in Cochabamba April 20-22 -- coinciding with Earth Day. The conference's stated objective is to [...]
2010-02-09 12:09:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALSENV KGHG PREL BL
10LAPAZ348HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING REQUEST - Trafficking in Persons
[...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/AND. See para 3. 2. (U) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no applicable derogatory information on the following members of the Bolivian security forces. 3. (U) Pos [...]
2010-02-22 13:59:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PINS SNAR SOCI BL
10LAPAZ35BOLIVIAN PROSECUTOR TIES TERROR CASE TO CIA
[...] (C) Summary: The Bolivian prosecutor investigating a 2009 alleged domestic terrorism plot claims that the perpetrators' leader, Eduardo Rozsa, had been in regular contact with a former CIA employee and kept him informed of the group's activities in Bolivia. The prosecutor's assertion is the first s [...]
2010-02-09 16:01:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BL
10LAPAZ368Special 301 La Paz Input
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Bolivia remain on the Special 301 Watch List in 2010. Bolivia's new constitution, passed by referendum on January 25, 2009, includes references to protection of intellectual property rights (IPR),but only for indigenous groups by name. Bolivia protects co [...]
2010-02-26 13:13:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KIPR BL
10LAPAZ37CORDIAL FIRST MEETING WITH NEW BOLIVIAN INTERIOR MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: The ChargC) met February 4 with new Bolivian Interior Minister Sacha Llorenti for a surprisingly cordial one-hour exchange. Llorenti, a frequent critic of the U.S. and reportedly close to hard-line Vice President Garcia Linera, underscored his interest in working closely with u [...]
2010-02-10 16:00:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BL
10LAPAZ370BOLIVIA - Telcom Officer
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 15:44:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS BL
10LAPAZ47Bolivia: No major changes predicted in gas industry
[...] (U) Summary: Bolivia's natural gas production fell in 2009 due to reduced regional demand, dropping from 40-42 million cubic meters a day (Mm3/d) in 2008 to the current 33 Mm3/d. Natural gas exports also fell as a percentage of the value of total exports, from 45 percent in 2008 to 37 percen [...]
2010-02-17 16:57:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EPET ENRG EINV PREL PGOV BL
10LAPAZ49BOLIVIA COMMITS 200 ADDITIONAL MINUSTAH PEACEKEEPERS
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Embassy La Paz Military Group officer spoke with Bolivian Defense Ministry representatives and confirmed that the GOB plans to replace its current UN Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) presence of 205 peacekeepers with a fresh contingent within two weeks. 2 [...]
2010-02-17 20:37:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SNAR SOCI MCAP MARR ASEC EFIN KJUS
10LAPAZ51DEFENSE MINISTRY, MILITARY FACE OFF OVER ARCHIVES OF
[...] (C) Summary: After a nine-month standoff, Bolivian military leadership on February 17 again refused to allow a civilian investigator access to archives said to contain information regarding approximately 150 persons "disappeared" during Bolivia's military dictatorship period. Minister of Defen [...]
2010-02-18 21:23:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KJUS BL
10LAPAZ53BOLIVIA: NEW JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS RELATIVELY DIVERSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Evo Morales on February 18 announced temporary judicial appointments to fill eighteen vacancies in the Supreme Court, Constitutional Tribunal, and Judicial Council. Most appointees drew praise for their qualifications and judicial independence. Only five are declared [...]
2010-02-19 22:05:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR BL
10LAPAZ55EMBASSY LA PAZ CONVENES DEMOCRACY WORKING GROUP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Charge hosted February 12 a meeting of key resident ambassadors and UN High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR) representative Denis Racicot to launch an informal working group on democracy and human rights issues in Bolivia. The group reviewed the Bolivian government's re [...]
2010-02-19 22:11:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM BL
10LAPAZ57The United States Remains Bolivia's 4th Largest Trading
[...] SUMMARY. U.S.-Bolivian bilateral trade remains relatively strong, in spite of cancellation of Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (ATPDEA) preferences for Bolivia. Overall, preliminary 2009 numbers indicate that Bolivian exports to the United States decreased by 14.5% from 2008, c [...]
2010-02-23 20:36:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EINT PREL BL
10LAPAZ7SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO BOLIVIA
[...] (SBU) Embassy La Paz warmly welcomes the Presidential Delegation headed by Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis to the January 22 inauguration of Bolivian President Evo Morales for a second term. The U.S. delegation will visit Bolivia as efforts to normalize relations with the Morales government rema [...]
2010-01-14 21:36:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR EAID OVIP BL
10LAPAZ72BOLIVIA - 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy La Paz submits the following 2010 Investment Climate Statement. 2. The Bolivian investment climate is undergoing a transformation. In February 2009, the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS)-led government obtained passage of a new constitution which aggressively [...]
2010-01-13 19:51:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC BL
10LAPAZ90Bolivia CN Update December 09
[...] SUMMARY: * Interdiction: Seizures of cocaine HCl and coca leaf declined significantly in 2009 compared to the previous year. Seizures of solid and liquid precursor chemicals, and cocaine recycling and HCl labs rose dramatically. (paras 2-6). * Era [...]
2010-01-20 13:47:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR BL KJUS PHUM
10LIBREVILLE10GABON: VIEWS ON SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Homosexuality is not a polarizing issue in Gabon. Homosexuality is currently not illegal, but remains a social taboo within this highly conservative population. As a result, public awareness of homosexuality is low and openly homosexual individuals are difficult to find. Howev [...]
2010-01-06 09:16:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM GB
10LIBREVILLE23 GABON: ECONOMIC TRANSPARENCY UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Gabon's new President, Ali Bongo Ondimba, announced bold economic reforms upon taking office in October 2009. His ambitious agenda is aimed at jump-starting the country's deteriorating economy and changing the way business is done in Gabon to attract investors. Anti-corruption [...]
2010-01-14 05:38:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON GB
10LIBREVILLE37GABON: FORCED AND CHILD LABOR IN EXPORT PRODUCTS (2010)
[...] Per reftel, post provides this response to questions regarding forced and child labor in the production of export products. Post's response to annual child labor reporting requirements follows in septel. Forced, child, and exploitive labor in the production of exports goods is not a signific [...]
2010-01-25 12:41:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP KCRM PHUM SOCI AID GB
10LIBREVILLE45GABON: PLEASED WITH PROGRESS ON CLIMATE CHANGE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Gabon was one of the 28 countries that participated in the intensive negotiating sessions at the U.N. Conference on Climate Change and will associate with the Copenhagen Accord. Lee White, the Director of Gabon's National Parks and President Ali Bongo Ondimba's special advisor on [...]
2010-02-02 10:59:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALEAID SENV PGOV KSCA PREL UNEP GB
10LIBREVILLE46GABON: FOREIGN MINISTRY NON-COMITTAL ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMARY. Ambassador met with Gabon's Deputy Foreign Minister Jules Marius Ogouebandja to discuss Iran's non-compliance on nuclear issues and the importnce of Gabon's cooperation now that it has joined the United Nations Security Council as a non-permanent member. Ogouebandja stated that Ga [...]
2010-02-02 11:18:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PRE GB IR
10LIBREVILLE53GABON: EXPLOITATIVE CHILD LABOR REPORT FOR THE TRADE AND
[...] Per reftel, post provides this response to questions regarding exploitative child labor in the production of products. Post's response to annual child labor reporting requirements follows in septel. Forced, child, and exploitive labor in the production of exports goods is not a significant p [...]
2010-02-05 06:19:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP KCRM PHUM SOCI AID GB
10LIBREVILLE72GABON: HIGH-LEVEL NORTH KOREAN VISIT; REQUEST FOR
[...] (SBU) Gabonese Foreign Minister Paul Toungui officially informed the Ambassador on February 8 that a high-level North Korean delegation led by Kim Yong Nam will visit Libreville during a tour of African countries at the end of February. Kim Yong Nam is the President of the Presidium of the Su [...]
2010-02-11 13:45:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UNSC GB
10LIBREVILLE88GABON: OPPOSITION PARTIES UNITE TO FORM THE NATIONAL UNION
[...] (U) Summary: Defectors from Gabon's ruling Democratic Party (PDG) and other opponents who challenged Ali Bongo Ondimba in the August 2009 election joined forces on February 10 to create a new political party, the National Union (UN). The UN brings together three opposition parties, the Gabone [...]
2010-02-22 15:33:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM
10LIBREVILLE90GABON: PRESIDENT BONGO ONDIMBA TRAVELING TO NEW YORK (MARCH
[...] (SBU) President Ali Bongo Ondimba will visit New York from March 6 to March 9 when Gabon assumes the Presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Several aides traveled to New York to advance the President's visit and Ambassador Adonia Ayebare, Africa Program Director at the Inte [...]
2010-02-22 15:54:00Embassy LibrevilleUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV UNSC GB
10LILONGWE108MALAWI: SAME-SEX COUPLE TRIAL: DELAY CONTINUES
[...] (U) The trial of same-sex couple Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Mojenza remains in recess. The delay is the result of the defense's attorney's apparent inability to continue as council for the couple. A date for the trial to resume has not been set. In a related case, Malawian Peter Sawali [...]
2010-02-09 15:55:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV MI
10LILONGWE110MALAWI: NEW AU CHAIRMAN RETURNS IN TRIUMPH
[...] (U) President Bingu wa Mutharika returned to Malawi in triumph from the AU summit in Addis Ababa on February 1. Local media had presented the election for the AU chairmanship as a showdown between Mutharika and outgoing chairman Muammar al-Quadhafi. Most Malawians viewed the President's elec [...]
2010-02-10 16:23:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AU EAID ECON EINV MI
10LILONGWE118MALAWI: VISIT BY INDIAN VP BRINGS PLEDGES OF ASSISTANCE,
[...] During a January visit to Malawi, Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari announced credits and grants to Malawi worth USD 55 million. Malawi's Ministry of Industry and Trade hosted an investment forum during this visit, providing Malawian businesses an opportunity to make contacts w [...]
2010-02-11 11:53:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN EINV EWWT IN MI
10LILONGWE126MALAWI ASSOCIATES WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD, DISCUSSES CLIMATE
[...] Malawi has formally associated with the Copenhagen Accord, while at the same time raising several issues it would like to see addressed before the next Conference of the Parties in Mexico (COP 16). These issues include the target limit for global temperature increase, reporting requireme [...]
2010-02-12 14:32:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG KGHG MI
10LILONGWE128TFHA01: MALAWI RICE DONATION TO HAITI
[...] This is an action Request, see paragraph 3. 2. In a meeting with Chiefs of Mission and heads of other donor agencies, in which President Mutharika laid out his agenda for his AU Chairmanship (septel),the President reported that the Government of Malawi was committing to donate a total o [...]
2010-02-12 23:25:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID HA MI
10LILONGWE130MALAWI: 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] SUMMARY. The government of Malawi remains engaged in the fight against trafficking but continues to suffer from a lack of resources. Malawi is a source, transit, and destination country for trafficking and the GOM acknowledges that trafficking is a problem. The Ministry of Women and Child Dev [...]
2010-02-16 17:33:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB EAID KMCA
10LILONGWE148MALAWI: SAME-SEX COUPLE TRIAL TO RESUME; ANOTHER ARREST MADE
[...] (U) The trial of same-sex couple Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Mojenza is scheduled to resume February 18. Issues surrounding the ability of defense attorney Mauya Msuku to practice before the Blayntyre Magistrate Court were resolved and he will continue as the couple's council. In a separa [...]
2010-02-17 16:02:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV MI
10LILONGWE152MALAWI: SAME-SEX COUPLE TRIAL TO CONTINUE
[...] (U) The Chimbalanga-Mojenza same-sex couple trial resumed today. The prosecution presented two witnesses and then rested its case. In response to the prosecution's testimony, the couple's attorney requested a continuance to prepare a defense. The presiding magistrate granted the request and [...]
2010-02-18 15:11:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV MI
10LILONGWE154MALAWI: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL
[...] Post nominates the following project in response to the solicitation in reftel. The basis of this project narrative and budget was developed by the Office of the Vice President of the Republic of Malawi. PROJECT SUMMARY: FIGHTING GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN MALAWI 2. Gender based violenc [...]
2010-02-19 11:52:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN KPAO AID CDC MI
10LILONGWE176MALAWI: RESPONSE TO US CITES PROPOSALS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 11:16:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA AORC UNEP MI
10LILONGWE20MALAWI: SAME-SEX COUPLE ARREST UPDATE
[...] (C) The trial of a Malawian same-sex couple charged with gross indecency is scheduled to start January 11. International interest in the story is growing. Malawian public reaction to news of the arrest has been extensive and generally supportive of the criminalization of homosexuality, refle [...]
2010-01-08 10:38:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV MI
10LILONGWE21 MALAWI: GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE
[...] Summary: One of the poorest countries in the world and highly vulnerable to food shortages, Malawi is an appropriate target for the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative. The Mission plan is based on three pillars (assistance, direct diplomacy, and public diplomacy),and will engage all U [...]
2010-01-08 14:32:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV MI
10LILONGWE26MALAWI 2009-2010 INCSR PART II, MONEY LAUNDERING AND
[...] Post is pleased to submit the following responses to the request for information contained in reftel. Post's most recent INCSR report dates from 2007. Accordingly, Post has chosen to reply to the reftel questions. Answers are keyed to reftel paragraph numbers. 2. Post contact for the 200 [...]
2010-01-11 15:36:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN PTER SNAR MI
10LILONGWE33 MALAWI: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The government encourages both domestic and foreign investment in most sectors of the economy without restrictions on ownership, size of investment, source of funds, and destination of final product. There is no government screening of foreign investment in Malawi. Apart from the privatization [...]
2010-01-14 13:30:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV MI
10LILONGWE34MALAWI HIGHLIGHTS - JANUARY 14
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The following is a compilation of recent highlights from the "Warm Heart of Africa." -- SADC Members Urged to Support Mutharika for AU Chair -- Minister for the Disabled Says Devices Needed -- Vice President Banda Unhappy with TV Coverage -- Energy Regulator Recommends Increasi [...]
2010-01-14 13:54:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EINV AU MI
10LILONGWE37MALAWI: DONORS DO RARE TOUR D'HORIZON WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Mutharika hosted selected diplomats for a rare, wide-ranging discussion at State House January 18. Nine members of his cabinet, representing his nine developmental priorities, accompanied him. Among other things, the President and his ministers defended the ruling par [...]
2010-01-19 15:33:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EFIN KPKO MI
10LILONGWE39TFHA01: MALAWI: NO PLANS FOR HAITIAN RELIEF
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 15:20:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EAID MI
10LILONGWE40 MALAWI: FISCAL TRANSPARENCY GOOD AND GETTING BETTER
[...] Summary. Malawi's budget is a matter of public record and fiscal information is available through the Ministry of Finance. U.S. and other donor programs have contributed to improvements in GOM capacity, and to the quality and transparency of the budget process. Although there is still room f [...]
2010-01-20 16:14:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PREL AID MI
10LILONGWE42MALAWI: AU SUMMIT PARTICIPATION
[...] MFA Director of Political Affairs Paul Chiunguzeni confirmed to Poloff on 21 January that Malawi's delegation will consist of President Bingu wa Mutharika, Minister of Foreign Affairs Etta Banda, MFA Principal Secretary Anthony Livuza, and himself. Chiunguzeni stated that other GOM Ministers [...]
2010-01-21 09:43:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC OVIP AU MI
10LILONGWE48MALAWI REQUEST FOR FUNDS FROM THE BUSINESS FACILITATION
[...] Summary: This is a request for funds to conduct two programs: to foster increased trade through improving the business climate, and to build small business marketing capacity. Post's priority project is to conduct a training seminar on marketing skills for sixty small businesses mainly run by [...]
2010-01-22 12:27:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP MI
10LILONGWE51PRESIDENT MUTHARIKA'S AGENDA FOR THE AU
[...] SUMMARY: Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika has not articulated a specific agenda for the African Union if, as expected, he is elected the organization's chair at the AU's upcoming summit in Addis Ababa. To date, Mutharika has generally kept a low profile on international political i [...]
2010-01-28 16:48:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALAU EAID ECON EINV PREL MI
10LILONGWE53MALAWI: THE NEW AU CHAIRMAN OUTLINES HIS PLANS
[...] (SBU) New African Union Chairman Bingu wa Mutharika summoned the diplomatic corps and heads of international organizations in Lilongwe to brief them on his plans for the AU. Noting that he had only eleven months left in his AU tenure, Mutharika stated that he plans to be "action oriented." [...]
2010-02-12 15:17:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID AU KPKO KDEM MI
10LILONGWE55MALAWI: REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CHINESE ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malawi terminated its relationship with Taiwan and established ties with the People's Republic of China in December 2007. Malawi made the abrupt change in hopes of obtaining significant PRC grant aid (ref A). Apart from a few projects taken over from Taiwan, Chinese assistance ha [...]
2010-02-17 14:02:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID CH MI
10LILONGWE57MALAWI: DEMARCHE RE IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) DCM conveyed points in reftel demarche Feb. 10 to Anthony Livuza, MFA Principal Secretary and Paul Chiunguzeni, MFA Director of Political Affairs. Both appeared well briefed on the issues. 2. (C) Livuza replied that he understood that the USG had made considerable eff [...]
2010-02-18 16:29:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC IAEA MI
10LILONGWE59MALAWI: SAME-SEX COUPLE TRIAL: NO CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW
[...] (U) The Chief Justice of the Malawi High Court has denied the application for a review of the constitutionality of the sections of the Malawi Penal Code under which same-sex couple Steve Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga were charged. The defense attorney can appeal the denial to the Malawi Supreme C [...]
2010-02-23 13:39:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV MI
10LILONGWE80MALAWI HIGHLIGHTS - JANUARY 29
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The following is a compilation of recent highlights from the "Warm Heart of Africa." -- ALL EYES ON MUTHARIKA AS HE DEPARTS FOR AU SUMMIT -- BAIL FOR SAME-SEX COUPLE DENIED AGAIN -- MALAWI'S PARLIAMENT BACK AT WORK -- BUT MCP MP'S PROMPTLY WALK OUT -- WEDDING BELL [...]
2010-01-29 12:19:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EINV AU LY MI
10LILONGWE86MALAWI: INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR
[...] (Reftel 1A) The current TVPRA list shows two goods, Tobacco and Tea, as goods produced in Malawi using forced labor and /or exploitive child labor. In 2009 Post has not found evidence to support the inclusion of additional goods on the TVPRA list. 2. (Reftel 1F) The GoM [...]
2010-02-01 10:10:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI MI
10LILONGWE94TFHA01: MALAWI: RICE DONATION CONFIRMED
[...] Malawi media reported on 25 January that the GOM intends to donate 150 metric tons of rice to Haiti (ref A). 2. GOM Director of Information Chikumbutso Mtumodzi has confirmed to post that the donation will go forward, but provided no details. This is a change from the GOM's [...]
2010-02-02 17:05:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID HA MI
10LIMA107SL Leader Artemio Allegedly Calls for Truce
[...] (C) A man identifying himself as Sendero Luminoso (SL - Shining Path) leader Comrade "Artemio" called a rural radio station on January 26, announcing in a live broadcast that SL would stop all military action in order to sit down and negotiate with the GOP. Artemio's call for a truce follows o [...]
2010-01-29 15:34:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER SNAR PE
10LIMA116Haiti
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 15:18:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL HA PREF EAID ECON PE
10LIMA13Peru Response: Resettlement of Santiago Alvarez Fernandez
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-05 19:10:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM PE
10LIMA171PERU: FORCE GENERATION ISSUES TO REINFORCE UNPKO MISSION IN
[...] (SBU) This telegram responds to action request in paragraph 7 of Ref A. The information was provided by senior MINDEF officials and military officers. We understand that the GOP has already transmitted the information below to UNDPKO. A. Firmness: What is the status of each country's of [...]
2010-02-16 13:13:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO HA
10LIMA172Peru - Investment Climate Statement 2010
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy Lima submits the following 2010 Investment Climate Statement. Openness to Foreign Investment 2. The Peruvian government seeks to attract investment -- both foreign and domestic -- in nearly all sectors of the economy. The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agr [...]
2010-01-26 21:44:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC PE
10LIMA198Peru to Accede to Copenhagen Accord
[...] Charge delivered reftel demarche on January 26 to Peruvian Environment Minister Antonio Brack, who had led Peru's delegation to COP-15 in Copenhagen. Vice Minister Rosario Gomez Gamarra, Brack's chief of staff Patricia Fernandez-Davila, and International Cooperation Director Jose Antonio Gonz [...]
2010-01-28 20:52:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGHG ENRG PE
10LIMA203New Bagua Protests: The Dog That Didn't Bite
[...] (SBU) Summary. Planned February 22 protests organized by indigenous organizations in the Amazon and elsewhere fizzled. Protesters had an expansive list of objectives, from arresting former GOP officials and opposing the Bagua investigative report issued in December (ref A),to banning all min [...]
2010-02-24 17:20:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI ENRG EMIN PE
10LIMA215PRESIDENT ENDS DISCORD OVER SECURITY FORCES' COMPENSATION
[...] (C) Summary: Compensation for GOP security forces has always been sensitive issue, given their key role in maintaining public security in a country where potential conflicts abound and state presence is lacking. After several weeks of bitter political wrangling within his administration and [...]
2010-02-26 15:30:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EFIN SOCI MCAP PE
10LIMA222January Trade and Investment Brief
[...] This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade -- Peru's Free Trade Agreement with S. Korea -- Entry into Force of Peru-China Agreement Delayed -- The Peru-EU Negotiations -- Negotiations with Japan Remain Complicated -- India and Peru Talk Pos [...]
2010-02-02 19:59:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EINV ECON EFIN USTR PE
10LIMA227Peru Response: OAS Reform and Mandate for Next Secretary
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on February 25 to MFA Director for OAS Affairs Carlos Ortega. Ortega expressed interest in USG plans to raise issues of concern at the March 3 Permanent Council meeting, and said he would consult with his colleagues regarding reftel talking points. Post w [...]
2010-02-26 19:02:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KDEM OAS PE
10LIMA228Texting while driving illegal in Peru; relevant stats likely
[...] SUMMARY: Text messaging while driving is illegal in Peru under its law that prohibits the use of cell phones while driving. While some statistics are available relating to Peru road accidents, the Vice Minister expressed doubt that any estimates about accidents due to messaging would be reli [...]
2010-02-04 18:47:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS SOCI UNDP UNGA PE
10LIMA256Peru to Consider USG Cites Proposals
[...] SUMMARY: EconOff and REO Hub Officers met with officials from the Ministry of External Relations, Ministry of Environment, Vice Ministry of Fisheries of the Ministry of Production and Export, and the Peru Ocean Institute (IMARPE) regarding reftel CITES proposals. Visiting OES Marine Science O [...]
2010-02-09 13:26:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA AORC UNEP PE
10LIMA272CIVAIR: PERU RESPONSE TO IATA'S "AGENDA FOR FREEDOM"
[...] Summary. The Peruvian aviation authority indicated that Peru will not be interested in endorsing reftel policy statement. The policy of the Peruvian government is to enter into bilateral aviation agreements instead of general agreements. Peru has bilateral aviation agreements with thirty coun [...]
2010-02-10 20:24:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ETRD ECON PGOV PE
10LIMA29Scene Setter for Deputy Secretary Steinberg
[...] (C) Summary: Peru remains a critical "swing state" in a region divided along political fault lines. Peru's remarkable success in turning the page on 30 years of dictatorships, populism, near failed state status, and authoritarianism has given way to a decade of record economic growth, de [...]
2010-01-07 18:40:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR PTER PE
10LIMA33BLOODY BAGUA PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS UNRESOLVED ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: A grisly photo of a missing police officer surrounded by his indigenous captors - widely published in Peruvian media -- has revived deep emotions over what happened during June 5 violence in Peru's Amazon region (refs),and rekindled debate over who is to blame. The picture app [...]
2010-01-08 17:46:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALSOCI PTER PGOV PHUM PE
10LIMA67Peru's Haiti Assistance
[...] Peru has sent three aircraft with humanitarian aid for Haiti. The presidential plane, carrying three cabinet members and the Chief of Peru's Armed Forces Joint Command, in addition to emergency relief aid cargo, landed in Haiti on January 14. Two additional aircraft (a Hercules C-130 and a Bo [...]
2010-01-22 18:25:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HA PREF EAID ECON PE
10LIMA69Bagua Report - No Consensus but a Good Start
[...] (C) Summary: After three months of work, the "Special Commission to Investigate and Analyze the Events of Bagua" in late December issued its report describing the causes and events leading up to the June 5, 2009 violence. The document assigns blame broadly - including to the government and [...]
2010-01-25 20:43:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI PHUM PE
10LIMA77Peru Response to Georgia Demarche
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 16:25:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPBTS PNAT PREL GG RS XG PE
10LIMA97THE STATE OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN PERU
[...] (C) Summary. ... id: 246088 date: 1/28/2010 20:49 refid: 10LIMA97 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: 09LIMA1053|09LIMA1561|09LIMA899 header: VZCZCXYZ0000 RR RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0097/01 0282049 ZNY CCCCC ZZH R 282049Z JAN 10 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 062 [...]
2010-01-28 20:49:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PE
10LIMA99Peruvian Banking Superintendent Talks about Future of FIU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Peru's Superintendent of Banking Felipe outlined his vision for the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) moving forward and discussed his priorities as the new chairman of GAFISUD (spell out first usage) in a January 22 meeting with Emboffs. Accompanied by International Affairs Mana [...]
2010-01-28 20:52:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALASEC EFIN SNAR PE KCRM KTFN
10LISBON12PORTUGAL ENVIRONMENT OVERVIEW: MANY POSITIVE STEPS
[...] Portugal's environmental programs, managed by the Government of Portugal Environment Agency, have produced impressive results in recent years. Ambitious renewable energy programs should enable Portugal to meet targets for greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol. Air and water qual [...]
2010-01-08 15:00:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR KGCC ECON PREL PO
10LISBON15PORTUGUESE PARLIAMENT PASSES SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILL
[...] As anticipated (reftel),on January 8, the Portuguese Parliament passed a bill to legalize same-sex marriage while rejecting proposals to allow adoption by same-sex couples and a petition for a public referendum on the issue. The Socialist-sponsored bill was approved after a three-hour debate [...]
2010-01-11 16:18:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI PO
10LISBON20PORTUGAL ON ENGAGEMENT WITH MUSLIM COMMUNITY
[...] In response to reftel request for information on Muslim communities, Portugal's Muslim community comprises approximately 50,000 members (less than 1% of Portugal's 11 million population),the majority of whom are of Indo-Pakistani descent as well as immigrants from Portugal's former African col [...]
2010-01-14 08:12:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKISL KPAO PGOV PHUM SCUL SOCI XG PO
10LISBON21PORTUGAL: ELECTRONIC IDENTITY CARDS RFI DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 11:15:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDECPS PREL PO
10LISBON22PORTUGAL'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The following is Portugal's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement: A. Openness to Foreign Investment Portugal offers a favorable investment climate for foreign capital, both in the near and long term. Its economy has become increasingly diversified and service-based since [...]
2010-01-14 14:40:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR PO
10LISBON27PORTUGAL: INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED
[...] Per Ref A, Poleconoff contacted the Portuguese Ministry of Labor, the International Labor Organization (ILO),and local NGOs to obtain current information on the use of forced labor and exploitative child labor in the production of goods in Portugal. 2. According to Fatima Matos, Coordinato [...]
2010-01-19 18:21:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID PO
10LISBON30PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 10:11:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID PHUM PGOV UN HA PO
10LISBON31PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE IN RESPONSE TO HUMANITARIAN
[...] On January 19, Poleconoff delivered reftel demarche to Joao Batista, Deputy Director of the Americas Department at the Portuguese MFA, thanking the government for its humanitarian assistance to Haiti and stressing the areas of immediate focus during the initial phase of relief efforts. 2. B [...]
2010-01-20 11:30:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA PO
10LISBON34UPDATE ON TWO FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEES IN
[...] (C/NF) On January 20, the Portuguese Immigration and Border Service (SEF),which is administering the resettlement of two former Guantanamo detainees (Syrian nationals Muhammad Khantumani and Moammar Dokhan) who were tranferred to Portugal in August 2009, provided us a status update. 2. (C/ [...]
2010-01-21 06:25:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM PTER MARR PO
10LISBON35 PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE - JAN 21
[...] (SBU) The Portuguese Health Ministry has been slow to reach its goal of vaccinating 3 million Portuguese against the H1N1 virus, primarily due to lack of public confidence in the vaccine and media speculation surrounding the deaths of four newborn infants. While many adults, including health c [...]
2010-01-21 12:59:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC PGOV PO
10LISBON40PORTUGAL DISAPPOINTED WITH COPENHAGEN, SAYS EU
[...] (C) Poleconoff discussed reftel points on January 21 with Fausto Brito e Abreu, advisor on climate change in the Portuguese Ministry of Environment, who said the EU will be submitting this month a combined letter of association for all member states to the UN Framework Convention on Climate C [...]
2010-01-25 13:06:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALKGHG SENV ENRG PO
10LISBON43PORTUGAL: OUTREACH ON LONDON CONFERENCE ON
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 09:28:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF PO
10LISBON45PORTUGAL ON CITES COP15 U.S. SPECIES PROPOSALS
[...] Poleconoff and Economic Assistant delivered reftel talking points to Ana Zuquete, Joao Loureiro, and Paulo Carmo of the Portuguese Institute for Conservation of Nature and Biodiversity, who will be the Portuguese delegation to CoP15 and share issue responsibilities. Loureiro will lead the de [...]
2010-01-29 11:57:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA SENV AORC ECON PO
10LISBON47PORTUGAL ILZSG, ICSG STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND
[...] Per reftel, below are staff lists and extrabudgetary data on the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) and the International Copper Study Group (ICSG). 2. STAFF LISTS -------------- * * * * * ILZSG * * * * * NAME POSITION CITIZENSHIP GRADE Jorge, [...]
2010-01-29 15:52:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR AORC APER ECON PO
10LISBON48(CORRECTED COPY ADDED SIGNATURE) PORTUGAL H1N1 UPDATE -
[...] (SBU) The Portuguese Health Ministry has been slow to reach its goal of vaccinating 3 million Portuguese against the H1N1 virus, primarily due to lack of public confidence in the vaccine and media speculation surrounding the deaths of four newborn infants. While many adults, including health c [...]
2010-02-01 10:00:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDCASC AMED KFLU ETRD EAGR ECON EC PGOV PO
10LISBON52PORTUGAL'S POLICY TOWARD IRAN SANCTIONS
[...] (U) This message responds to questions in ref A request. 2. (C/REL TO USA, FVEY) Question A: Are decisions on this topic made solely by prime minister Jose Socrates or Foreign Minister Amado, or is there a team of government officials making decisions? If multiple officials are involved in [...]
2010-02-05 13:08:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPINR ETRD EUN PGOV PREL IR PO
10LISBON53U.S.-PORTUGAL SECURITY DIALOGUE
[...] (U) This message responds to reftel. Answers are keyed to para 3 of reftel. 2. (U) Question A: Does the U.S. currently have an established security dialogue with your country? Answer: The U.S. and Portugal engage in formal discussions that cover the entire bilateral relationship, includi [...]
2010-02-05 13:09:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PO
10LISBON55PORTUGAL: INTEREST ON EXTERNAL BORROWING ON FY2010
[...] Neither the International Copper Study Group (ICSG) nor the International Lead and Zinc Study Group (ILZSG) (both non-deferred organizations) incurred interest costs associated with external borrowings for CY 2010. Per ref A, a written statement to that effect provided by the secretary genera [...]
2010-02-08 18:34:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN PO
10LISBON58PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE ON U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR
[...] Emboffs delivered reftel demarche on February 8 to Joao Confraria, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Portuguese Civil Aviation Authority (INAC),and Fernanda Bandarra, Head of the Market Access Department at INAC, urging a realistic and pragmatic approach in the upcoming round of U.S.-EU neg [...]
2010-02-09 12:53:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EUN KTIA ECON PO
10LISBON64PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE ON U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR
[...] Emboffs delivered reftel demarche on February 8 to Joao Confraria, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Portuguese Civil Aviation Authority (INAC),and Fernanda Bandarra, Head of the Market Access Department at INAC, urging a realistic and pragmatic approach in the upcoming round of U.S.-EU neg [...]
2010-02-11 09:19:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EUN KTIA ECON PO
10LISBON65ETA SAFEHOUSE FOUND IN PORTUGAL
[...] (C) Summary. The February 5 discovery by the Portuguese National Guard Police of an ETA safe house in a town north of Lisbon where significant amounts of explosives and weapons were found has put Portuguese authorities on alert. The two individuals who rented the house disappeared and are on [...]
2010-02-11 11:37:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPTER KCRM PREL PGOV PO
10LISBON66PORTUGAL: ACTION REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON PROPOSAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 12. 2. (C/NF) Summary: In April 2009, officials of Millennium BCP, Portugal's leading private bank, visited Iran at the invitation of the Iranian Embassy in Lisbon and met with the Central Bank and other entities in the financial sector to discuss Iran's in [...]
2010-02-12 13:15:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR ECON EFIN EUN PGOV PREL IR PO
10LISBON68EU MISSION IN GUINEA-BISSAU: MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since 2008, an EU mission in Guinea-Bissau (GB) has been playing an important role in reform of the military and the security and justice sectors. Despite initial challenges due to political instability and resistance from the GB military, the low-budget advisory mission has ma [...]
2010-02-22 13:54:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINS PREL PGOV MARR KDEM KJUS PU PO
10LISBON69PORTUGAL FLOOD DISASTER DECLARATION
[...] This is an action request - please see Paragraph 7. SUMMARY ------- 2. More than a normal month's worth of rain fell within eight hours on February 20, in Funchal, the capital of Madeira, a Portuguese island 1,200 kilometers southwest of Lisbon, causing flash floods and mudslides that kill [...]
2010-02-22 15:01:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SOCI PREF PHUM PGOV PO
10LISBON71PORTUGAL: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 15:12:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10LISBON72VENEZUELA WITHHOLDS PAYMENT TO PORTUGUESE COMPANIES
[...] (C) Summary: Portugal signed a series of commercial agreements with Venezuela in 2008 to expand economic cooperation. While the agreements have increased Portuguese investment in Venezuela, Portuguese companies have confronted numerous challenges, including devaluation of the bolivar, delays [...]
2010-02-22 19:23:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL ENRG EPET VE PO
10LISBON75PORTUGAL: INFORMATION-SHARING AND DATA PRIVACY
[...] (U) Consul General and Poleconoff delivered reftel points in early February to Goncalo Teles Gomes, Portugal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Chief for North America, Regina Quelhas de Lima, MFA Director for Justice Affairs in the European Directorate, Joao Manuel Ribeiro, Ministry of Justi [...]
2010-02-25 07:38:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KTFN KCRM KHLS ECPS ECON PREL KPAO KTIA
10LISBON8PORTUGAL: DEMARCHE ON EU ENGAGEMENT WITH CIVIL
[...] (C) Per Ref A, Poleconoff met January 6 with Joao Batista, senior Portuguese MFA official on Cuban affairs, to discuss U.S. Cuba policy and Portugal's bilateral relationship with Cuba. Poleconoff briefed Batista on changes in U.S. policy and USINT outreach to civil society, and underscored the [...]
2010-01-07 11:06:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV SOCI CU PO
10LISBON9EMBASSY LISBON REPORT ON POTENTIAL YEMENI
[...] (S) Embassy Lisbon's Marine Security Guard (MSG) Gunnery Sergeant Russell Boley's previous posting was to the MSG at Embassy Sanaa, Yemen. On 04 January 2010, GySgt Boley received the following email in Lisbon: Begin Text: From: Ralph McDonald (lostcreekflyer@gmail.com) Sent: Monday, Ja [...]
2010-01-07 11:35:00Embassy LisbonSECRETPTER PREL PINR YM PO
10LJUBLJANA1SLOVENIA: OMLT ON ORDER FOR OCT 2010, LOGISTICS
[...] (C) Summary: Slovenia announced on December 24 that it would lead an Operational Mentoring Liaison Team (OMLT) in Afghanistan beginning no later than October 2010, with functional caveats lifted to allow Slovene troops to accompany Afghan security forces on operations. USG support will be re [...]
2010-01-04 10:53:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR AF SI
10LJUBLJANA13SLOVENIA: DEMARCHE ON TRANSITION TO AFGHAN LEAD
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 15:24:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR AF MOPS NATO PREL SI
10LJUBLJANA17TFHA01: SLOVENIAN OFFER OF ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 15:23:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA SI
10LJUBLJANA19SCENESETTER ON SLOVENIA'S ENGAGEMENT IN THE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 15:08:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN MARR BK KV SI
10LJUBLJANA20CORRECTED COPY: SCENESETTER ON SLOVENIA'S
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 17:11:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN MARR BK KV SI
10LJUBLJANA22SLOVENIA WILL ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD,
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 10:50:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALKGHG SENV ENRG KGCC ECON SI
10LJUBLJANA28SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL MARK FITZGERALD 10
[...] (SBU) Admiral Fitzgerald: Welcome to Slovenia. Your trip provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. government support for Slovenia and its commitment to participating in NATO and other international missions. The Government of Slovenia (GoS) recently approved [...]
2010-02-01 12:58:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO SI
10LJUBLJANA32INVESTING IN AN ALLY: SUPPORT FOR SLOVENIA'S
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph six. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Slovenia is at a crucial tipping point in terms of its international engagement. If the country is to successfully deploy an Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) in Afghanistan this year, as it has committed [...]
2010-02-04 07:55:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO AF SI
10LJUBLJANA34IRAN: SLOVENIA WILL SUPPORT EU CONSENSUS ON
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche on February 3 to Tadej Rupel, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Middle East section. Rupel noted that the EU would likely back tougher measures if the UN Security Council did not adopt stronger sanctions against Iran. The EU does not plan to make an ear [...]
2010-02-10 11:25:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL UNSC IR SI
10LJUBLJANA35SLOVENIA CONSIDERING ITS OWN STATEMENT ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 13:03:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL IR SI
10LJUBLJANA36 SLOVENIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL VOINOVICH
[...] (SBU) Senator Voinovich, welcome back to Ljubljana; Senator Shaheen, we look forward to welcoming you on your first trip to this beautiful little country. Your visit is an excellent opportunity to reinforce the importance of the U.S.-Slovenian bilateral relationship and thank Slovenia for the [...]
2010-02-10 13:32:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON MARR SI
10LJUBLJANA39SLOVENIA: ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO
[...] (C/NF) Gaja Peric, advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Security Policy Division, told emboff on February 19 in response to reftel demarche that Slovenia's focus on deploying an Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team (OMLT) in October 2010 has put discussions about a Slovenian Police OM [...]
2010-02-22 09:24:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO SI
10LJUBLJANA40SLOVENIA: LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 13:59:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KTFN KCRM KHLS ECPS ECON PREL KPAO KTIA
10LJUBLJANA41WESTERN BALKANS MAJOR THEME OF CODEL VOINOVICH
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 15:59:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR OREP KSPR ZL SI
10LJUBLJANA42SLOVENIA: USE OF CELLPHONES PROHIBITED WHILE
[...] (U) Post delivered ref A demarche on February 5 to Borut Valencic of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs North America Division. Valencic advised he would disseminate the information to the responsible Slovene ministries for response. Post will provide Department with an update as soon as we rece [...]
2010-02-25 10:46:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI SI
10LJUBLJANA6PM PAHOR PREVIEWS 2010: BALKANS, BUSINESS, ISAF
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-05 10:09:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO EUN HR BEXP SI
10LOME1 TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AFRICOM AFRICA ENDEAVOR
[...] Embassy Lome requests urgent human rights certification for the following three individuals to attend the Africa Endeavor Planning Conference in Kampala, Uganda Jan 11-15, 2010. Descriptive information is as follows: Name: Anoumou, Efoe (Chief of Delegation) Rank: Colonel Sex: Male Unit: [...]
2010-01-04 14:32:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ASEC TG
10LOME103 TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE ARMY MEDICAL
[...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for three Togolese Army medical officers to attend "Building Sustainable Capacity and Leadership to Combat HIV/AIDS Pandemic" Conference from 12-15 April 2010 in Arusha, Tanzania. 2. Information about the three participants is as follows: [...]
2010-02-24 15:02:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM MASS TO
10LOME107TOGO: NEW INFORMAL SNAPSHOT OF PUBLIC SENTIMENT
[...] SUMMARY. As post personnel have traveled around Togo prior to the March 4 presidential election, a picture has emerged not only of the views of those closely involved with the election, but also those who are not. Since there are no polls in Togo, these views are largely anecdotal: gathered i [...]
2010-02-25 14:22:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV TO
10LOME108 TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TOGOLESE NAVY STAFF
[...] Pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting three Togolese Navy Enlisted to attend Africa Partnership Station (APS) training from April 06 through 26, 2010 in Dakar, Senegal. 2. Information about the three participants is a [...]
2010-02-28 12:03:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PGOV PHUM TO
10LOME109 TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR FIVE TOGOLESE NAVY STAFF
[...] Pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Post requests the Department's assistance in vetting five Togolese Navy Junior Officer and Enlisted to attend 'Africa Partnership Station (APS)' training from March 17 through 22, 2010 in Cotonou, Benin. 2. Information about the fiv [...]
2010-02-28 12:12:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PGOV PHUM TO
10LOME30 TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAPTAIN TALAKE ABLY
[...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for Captain Talake Bidjareou ABLY to attend the Peacekeeping Training Center in Lome, Togo as part of the Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance Program (ACOTA). Captain ABLY will be the commander for a Togolese battalion that will [...]
2010-01-19 10:08:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ASEC TO
10LOME41 TOGO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MAJOR TCHEDIE
[...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for Major Kpanla Kokou TCHEDIE to attend the Peacekeeping Training Center in Lome, Togo as part of the Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance Program (ACOTA). Major TCHEDIE will be the commander for a Togolese battalion that will d [...]
2010-01-28 13:39:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM ASEC TO
10LOME79 TOGO: LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR UNITED NATIONS
[...] Embassy Lome requests human rights certification for the following two individuals to attend the United Nations Operations in Cote D'Ivoire in Cote D'Ivoire May 20-25, 2010. Descriptive information is as follows: Name: Manzi, Pitalan Rank: Lt. Colonel Sex: Male Unit: Togolese Armed Force [...]
2010-02-16 08:20:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO ASEC
10LOME97 TOGO: THE FRAC IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE FRAC
[...] As noted in Reftel, the Republican Front for Change, the alliance formed during a February 9 - 10 meeting of the opposition candidates in Paris between the Union of Forces for Change (UFC),the Organization of a United Togo (OBUTS),and SURSAUT-Togo, disintegrated in less than a week. However [...]
2010-02-23 16:45:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV TO
10LONDON126SCOTLAND: INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM NOT MOVING
[...] (SBU/NF) Summary and comment. First Minister Alex Salmond and his Scottish Nationalist Party-led (SNP) minority government are unlikely to introduce an independence referendum bill in the Scottish Parliament in January, as previously planned. According to well-placed sources, the SNP government's [...]
2010-01-20 17:17:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PBTS UK
10LONDON131[SOURCE REMOVED] TARGETED BY IRANIAN REGIME
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: [DETAIL REMOVED] and prominent VOA commentator Ali Reza Nourizadeh recently told [NAME REMOVED] he had been targeted by Iranian intelligence, an allegation confirmed by London LEGATT. Nourizadeh was approached some months ago by Mohammad Reza Sadeqinia, an Iranian national who intro [...]
2010-01-21 12:17:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR PTER PINS UK IR
10LONDON132SOMALIA/ZIMBABWE/SOUTH AFRICA: UK MINISTERS ON RESOURCES, SANCTIONS, AND RELATIONS REF: LONDON 89 Classified By: Political Counselor Robin Quinville, reasons 1.4 (b/d).
[...] (C/NF) Summary. UK ministers agreed new resources for the implementation of its Somalia policy at a January 18 meeting of the cabinet sub-committee on Africa. They also decided to support, within the EU, a minimal lifting of sanctions on Zimbabwe by delisting the eight parastatals requested by Fi [...]
2010-01-21 13:46:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ETTC PGOV SO ZI SF ZU XW UK
10LONDON148UK DOMESTIC TERRORIST FINANCE REVIEW
[...] (S/NF) Summary: HM Treasury (HMT) has been leading HMG efforts to review its domestic terrorist finance designations, subsequent to agreements HMT made with UK courts and the European Commission, in 2008. USG assistance in the form of a TDY secondment from U.S. Treasury to HMT in November 2009, pl [...]
2010-01-22 15:22:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNECON ETTC UK
10LONDON150UK PARLIAMENT OFFICIALS ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE
[...] (C/NF) Summary. At a private meeting on Wednesday, 20 January, two of Parliament's most senior officers laid out the contingency plans currently being put in place for the next general election and beyond. With the outcome of the next election still so uncertain, Parliamentary authorities are pla [...]
2010-01-22 15:47:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL UK
10LONDON151UK RESPONSE: LIBYAN PROPOSAL FOR AMENDING THE NPT
[...] (C/NF) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Nick Low, Head of Nuclear Issues Section at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),and Delphine Hournau, Nuclear Issues Desk Officer at the FCO, on January 22. Low and Hournau indicated that the UK supported the U.S. proposal for a follow-up trilatera [...]
2010-01-22 17:53:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM MNUC KNNP NPT LY RS UK
10LONDON159SCENESETTER: YOUR VISIT TO LONDON JANUARY 27-29
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: We are delighted to welcome you back to London for the conferences on Afghanistan and Yemen this week. PM Brown is our strong ally on both issues, despite some early difficulties in coordinating conference details with us, especially in regard to Yemen. He assured me that they were [...]
2010-01-25 12:03:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS PGOV PREL UK AF PK
10LONDON161UK SUPREME COURT TO RELEASE TERRORIST FINANCE
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The newly created Supreme Court took as its first case in October 2009 a grouping of challenges to the UK's terrorist finance regime called the "G and others" case. The Court released its decision to HM Treasury lawyers, but not its policy team, on January 21. The broader Treasury [...]
2010-01-25 14:21:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ETTC UK
10LONDON162DEMARCHE RESPONSE: HMG AGREES ELECTORAL LIST BAN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 14:40:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL IQ UK
10LONDON164UK CABINET SECRETARIES AND PROMINENT BUSINESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The United Kingdom cannot risk disengaging or distancing itself from Brussels. The enhanced powers of the EU post-Lisbon treaty, the size of the market, the shifting economic power from developed to developing countries, all underscore the need for an engaged, committed UK in th [...]
2010-01-25 15:12:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EU UK
10LONDON165LIBYA/NPT: UK ACCEPTS CONSOLIDATED TRILATERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 16:58:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL MNUC KNNP NPT LY RS UK
10LONDON177UK SUPPORTS CUTTING IRAN OFF FROM CORRESPONDENT BANKING
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 18:23:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ETTC IR UK
10LONDON19(S/NF) UK: NO ENGAGEMENT WITH ANY HAMAS ARM; DIFFICULT INTERPAL DYNAMICS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-05 17:16:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNECON KTFN PTER UK
10LONDON208(C) DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UK WANTS TO USE UPR TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 14:46:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PARM PHUM IR UK
10LONDON21UK - UNHAPPY WITH ICELANDIC PRESIDENT'S DECISION
[...] (SBU/NF) Summary: The UK government did not anticipate that Iceland President Grimsson would block the legislation on Icesave with UK Treasury officials telling us that until the morning of January 5, Icelandic officials had reassured the UK that the law would be signed. Given that Iceland's PM [...]
2010-01-06 12:26:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV IC NE UK
10LONDON213S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL: SOMALIA - SUPPORTING
[...] With its large Somali Diaspora community and historical connections, the UK is home to many Somali-run non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that deliver development programs with/through/as local organizations in Somalia. Harnessing the capacity of the UK's active and capable Somali communit [...]
2010-01-29 10:59:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN PHUM KPAO EAID SO UK
10LONDON221UK SUPREME COURT QUASHES DOMESTIC TERRORIST
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 12:59:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ETTC PTER UN UK
10LONDON227UK STILL FORMING POSITION WITH EU ON CITES
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 17:15:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDSENV UK
10LONDON231BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY - QUARTERMASTER'S LTD
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 16:02:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC UK
10LONDON242(C/NF) PM BROWN'S CALL TO SECRETARY CLINTON REGARDING "CUBAN FIVE"
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 16:48:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR CU UK
10LONDON253IRAN: UK PLANS LOBBYING EFFORT SIMILAR TO THAT OF U.S. TO INCREASE PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 17:42:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL IR UNSC
10LONDON255UK SEES FOREIGN OWNERSHIP AS KEY ISSUE IN UPCOMING U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE NEGOTIATIONS IN MADRID
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 10:15:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAIR ECON EU SENV SP UK
10LONDON257IRAN: HMG BRIEFS ON IRIG JAMMING OF BBC, VOA
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Embassy London Iran Watcher (poloff) met February 3 with Jaime Turner, Deputy Head of Multi-lateral Affairs at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Iran Group to discuss ways to condemn publicly the Iranian regime's blocking of western satellite channels and how to circumvent it. Turn [...]
2010-02-04 13:03:00Embassy LondonSECRETPREL PGOV ETTC ECPS TSPA IR UK FR
10LONDON260HMG SAYS UK WILL NOT INTRODUCE BANK LEVY TO RECOUP BAILOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following President Obama's proposals for a Financial Crisis Responsibility (FCR) fee and bank restructuring, HMG announced it would not introduce similar measures in the UK. While HMG supports the concept of a future internationally coordinated global bank insurance levy, it d [...]
2010-02-04 13:37:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD EINV UK
10LONDON261ENGAGEMENT ON UK WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] (U) Summary: The government is active in promoting women's rights and there is a robust set of non-governmental organizations working on women's issues. Post consults with women's groups on a regular basis on a range of issues including violence against women, Muslim women's issues, and se [...]
2010-02-04 14:36:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN XG PHUM UK
10LONDON263UK SUPREME COURT DENIES STAY OF DECISION TO QUASH
[...] (C/NF) Summary: The British Supreme Court on February 4 denied a request from HM Treasury to stay the court's January 27 decision to quash part of the UK's terrorist finance regime. Most UK banks have agreed to HMT requests to maintain a freeze until temporary fast-track legislation is in pla [...]
2010-02-04 17:24:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON KTFN ETTC PTER UN UK
10LONDON268ENGAGEMENT WITH MUSLIM COMMUNITIES IN THE UK
[...] (C) Summary: Although people of Muslim faith make up only 3-4 percent of the UK's population, outreach to this key audience is vital to U.S. foreign policy interests in the UK and beyond. Embassy London Muslim engagement activities comprise a counter-radicalization strategic plan, public diplomacy [...]
2010-02-05 12:10:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKPAO PGOV PREL UK
10LONDON295IMO/STW: 41ST SESSION OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON
[...] SUMMARY: The 41st session of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Subcommittee on Standards of Training and Watching (STW S/C) met in London from 11-15 January, 2010, chaired by Rear Admiral Peter Brady (Jamaica). The session was attended by delegations from 90 member states, 2 associ [...]
2010-02-08 17:46:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT IMO UK
10LONDON313UK ELECTION: HUNG PARLIAMENT LOOKING MORE LIKELY
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Narrowing polling data suggests the increased likelihood of a hung parliament in the UK's next general election, expected May 6. Despite small but sustained leads in the polls, the Conservative Party has not managed to seal the deal with the British electorate and faces the p [...]
2010-02-10 17:14:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV UK
10LONDON322UK PASSES TEMPORARY TERRORIST ASSET-FREEZING BILL
[...] (SBU) Summary: A temporary terrorist asset-freezing bill became law in the UK on February 10, having been fast-tracked through parliament under emergency procedures. The Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Act 2010 was introduced following a Supreme Court ruling that two of HM Tre [...]
2010-02-11 14:41:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON KTFN UK
10LONDON324NO UK PLANS TO CONTRIBUTE TO HAITI UN PEACEKEEPING
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-11 15:01:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN
10LONDON330UK UNIONS PUT THEIR MONEY ON LABOUR PARTY, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary. British trade unions, though not the political force they once were, continue to be the primary source of funding for the Labour Party's electoral campaign, contributing 72 percent of Labour's total donations. The unions expect either a Labour or Conservative government to imp [...]
2010-02-11 16:49:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB PGOV UK
10LONDON338SUDAN/DARFUR: SLM/AW LEADERSHIP COUNCIL SUSPENDS
[...] (SBU) UK-based Sudan Liberation Movement/Abdul Wahid (SLM/AW) Spokesman Yahia Ahmed al Bashir Bolad informed Poloff February 11 that the SLM/AW Leadership Council took a decision February 11 to "freeze authorities and power of the head of movement Mr. Abdul Wahid Mohammed Ahmed Nour." (COMMENT [...]
2010-02-12 09:22:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS EAID SU CD UK
10LONDON339SOMALILAND: UK ASSISTANCE TO POLICE SPECIAL
[...] (C) Summary. In order to increase the UK's and international community's ability to access Somaliland, the UK is funding training to the Somaliland Special Protection Unit (SPU),a branch of the police force, at the level of GBP 375,000 (USD 600,000) in the current fiscal year and GBP 230,000 [...]
2010-02-12 14:44:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MASS EAID KPIR SO ET UK
10LONDON340BLUE LANTERN END-USE CHECK - LICENSE 050203970
[...] Per reftel, the Embassy conducted a check into the bona fides of Aviation Trading Co. (a.k.a. Hayward and Green Aviation Ltd., Transworld Aviation Trading Ltd.) On Jan 26, the Criminal Intelligence Group of HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) confirmed that neither the company nor its d [...]
2010-02-12 15:39:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC UK
10LONDON341CWC: UK STILL IN INTERNAL DISCUSSIONS ON CHALLENGE
[...] (C/NF) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and associated non-papers to Tsui-Ling Yu, Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) Desk Officer at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),on February 2. In a follow-up meeting on February 12, Yu said that the FCO had discussed this matter with Clive Rowlan [...]
2010-02-12 17:20:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL CWC CBW OPCW KTIA UK
10LONDON360SADC: AF DAS PAGE'S FEB 8 MEETINGS WITH SENIOR UK
[...] (C) Summary. Senior UK Foreign Office (FCO),Department for International Development (DFID),and Number 10 (No10) Africa officials told AF DAS Page during February 8 meetings that de-listing some entities in Zimbabwe was necessary because of timing and in order to maintain EU consensus. They [...]
2010-02-17 12:00:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EAID KDEM ZU SF UK
10LONDON361AF DAS PAGE'S FEBRUARY 9 COURTESY CALLS ON
[...] (C) Summary. AF DAS Susan Page paid courtesy calls on February 9 on Kenyan High Commissioner Ephram Waweru Ngare, South African High Commissioner Dr. Zola Skweyiya, Nigerian High Commissioner Dr. Dalhatu Tafida, Zimbabwean Ambassador Gabriel Mharadze Machinga, and Ethiopian Ambassador Berhanu [...]
2010-02-17 12:00:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID KE SF NI ZI ET UK
10LONDON364BANK OF ENGLAND GOVERNOR: CONCERN ABOUT RECOVERY,
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Reining in the UK's debt will be the greatest challenge facing the party that wins the expected May 6 general election, Bank of England Governor Mervyn King told the Ambassador in a February 16 meeting. While neither party has adequately detailed plans to reduce the deficit, King ex [...]
2010-02-17 17:18:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EINV PGOV UK
10LONDON366GUINEA: UK THINKING ON JUSTICE AND SECURITY SECTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 13:47:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM MASS EAID PGOV GV UK
10LONDON367UK ON EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA: SMOKE BUT NO FIRE
[...] (C/NF) Responding to reftel, Foreign Office China External and Taiwan Team leader Matthew Moody described for Poloff February 18 the recent Spanish suggestion of a shift in the EU's arms embargo on China as "smoke without fire." He intimated that the UK had been "surprised" by the statements [...]
2010-02-18 13:48:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM EUN CN UK
10LONDON391HMG AGREES ON NEED FOR ISAF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ANSF
[...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG agrees on the urgent need to fill the shortage of ISAF trainers and mentors for the Afghan National Security Forces and has encouraged allies to help fill the shortfall, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officials told Poloff February 19 (reftel). FCO officials did no [...]
2010-02-19 17:58:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMASS PREL NATO MOPS PGOV AF UK
10LONDON408LONDON - GOLDSTONE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff demarched FCO's Levant Team Leader Nishi Dholakia and MENA UN Issues Desk Officer Colin McDonald on February 22 using points provided ref A. Dholakia indicated that the UK's final position on the text was dependent on the outcome of an EU coordination meeting later that d [...]
2010-02-23 12:34:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNIO PHUM UNGA IS WB
10LONDON414LEFT-LEANING EUROPEAN LEADERS RALLY BEHIND GORDON
[...] (SBU) Summary. An international conference on jobs had the feel of a campaign rally for Prime Minister Brown, with several left-leaning European leaders strongly praising Brown for rescuing the world from the economic crisis. The theme of the February 19 conference held in London by Progressi [...]
2010-02-23 18:09:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON PGOV PREL SP UK GR NO EU
10LONDON42SYRIAN SUPPORT TO HIZBALLAH - DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN LONDON REF: STATE 129636
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-08 17:23:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER LE SY IS
10LONDON439UK DEFENDS OIL EXPLORATION IN FALKLAND ISLANDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Tensions between the UK and Argentina have risen over the past week over a new drilling campaign in the Falkland Islands Outer Conservation zone following the arrival of the Ocean Guardian oil rig in the North Falkland Basin. Argentina contested the right of the Falkland Island's Gov [...]
2010-02-24 19:50:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ECON ENRG PREL AR UK
10LONDON440UK DEFENDS OIL EXPLORATION IN FALKLAND ISLANDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Tensions between the UK and Argentina have risen over the past week over a new drilling campaign in the Falkland Islands Outer Conservation zone following the arrival of the Ocean Guardian oil rig in the North Falkland Basin. Argentina contested the right of the Falkland Isla [...]
2010-02-25 06:01:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ECON ENRG PREL AR UK
10LONDON443PDAS NANCY MCELDOWNEY'S MEETING WITH E-6 POLITICAL
[...] (C/NF) Summary. EUR PDAS Nancy McEldowney's February 18 consultations in London with E-6 counterparts on European security underscored the need to engage Russia in a way that advanced Allied interests; to renew discussions of the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty regime to strengthen predi [...]
2010-02-25 17:04:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PARM NATO RS UK
10LONDON444UK RESPONSE: SYRIA AT MARCH IAEA MEETING
[...] (C/NF) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to Duncan Johnson, Regional Issues Desk Officer in the Counter-Proliferation Department (CPD) of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),and Victoria Dunne, Syria and Lebanon Desk Officer in the Middle East and North Africa Department of the FCO, on [...]
2010-02-25 17:11:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL IAEA SY IR TU UK
10LONDON450UK -LIBYA RELATIONS - IN LIMBO
[...] (C) Poloff met with incoming Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) North Africa Director Philippa Saunders on February 23. During a conversation that focused almost entirely on Libya, Saunders explained that fear over how Tripoli will handle Megrahi's eventual funeral remains a major concern and on [...]
2010-02-25 17:51:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LY
10LONDON456DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UK GIVES TACTICAL ADVICE ON
[...] (C/NF) Alastair Long, head of the UN Human Rights team at the FCO, told Poloff in response to reftel demarche that HMG is broadly supportive of U.S. goals for the upcoming Human Rights Council session. He reported positive progress on the U.S. defamation of religions action plan within the [...]
2010-02-26 13:44:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UN IR UK
10LONDON458PHENYLACETIC ACID DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UK LIKELY TO SUPPORT RECLASSIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 15:04:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC UNODC SNAR UK
10LONDON49UK RESPONSE: REGARDING CHINA'S IMPENDING INTERCEPT FLIGHT-TEST REF: SECSTATE 2126
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-11 14:23:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNMCAP PARM PREL TSPA UK
10LONDON65KENYA: KINNOCK'S JANUARY VISIT TO NAIROBI AND
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 17:18:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM KE UK
10LONDON67SUDAN/CHAD: JEM ON ABDUL WAHID, CHAD-SUDAN
[...] (C) Summary. London-based Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) spokesperson Ahmed Hussein Adam phoned Poloff on January 12 from N'djamena to offer an update on JEM's diplomatic activities. He said he had recently had a conversation with a "more open-minded" Abdul Wahid al-Nur in Paris; implie [...]
2010-01-13 11:57:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS SU CD UK
10LONDON69UK MUST WAIT FOR GENEVA FEEDBACK TO AGREE TO NPT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-13 15:51:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM MNUC NPT LY UK
10LONDON71TREASURY COMMITTEE GRILLS SEVERAL BANK CHIEFS ON BONUSES,
[...] (U) Summary: The House of Commons' Treasury Select Committee held a one-off evidence session January 12 on the UK's fully and partially nationalized banks. It heard evidence from Stephen Hester, chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS),Gary Hoffman, chief executive of Northern Roc [...]
2010-01-14 07:10:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINV UK
10LONDON76AFGHANISTAN/YEMEN/IRAN: SENIOR UK-BASED DIPLOMATS DISCUSS AT CHINESE AMB'S FAREWELL DINNER Classified By: Ambassador Louis B. Susman, reasons 1.4 (b/d)
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 17:31:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ECIN PGOV ECON IR AF YM CH IN UK
10LONDON77AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT - UK DELEGATION
[...] (SBU) The following delegation will represent the UK Government at the African Union summit: - Baroness Glenys Kinnock, Foreign Office Minister for Africa - Norman Ling, Her Majesty's Ambassador to Ethiopia and the African Union (mobile: 251.91.120.3081) - Fiona Robertson, Private Secr [...]
2010-01-14 17:32:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA UK
10LONDON84UK VIEWS ON IRAN SANCTIONS: UN, EU AND U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 12:34:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC ECON KTFN EFIN IR US
10LONDON86AMBASSADOR’S MEETING WITH LIBERAL DEMOCRAT LEADER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Susman paid an introductory call on Liberal Democratic Party leader Nick Clegg on January 12. Clegg may find himself cast into the role of kingmaker if neither of the two main parties wins an outright parliamentary majority in the upcoming general elections, -- though Cleg [...]
2010-01-15 14:30:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS PGOV PREL UK AF PK
10LONDON87CHINA-UK RELATIONS: PAUSE FOR THOUGHT POST-COP 15,
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 15:56:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ETTC ECON CH UK IR
10LONDON88SUDAN/CHAD: JEM NOT IMPRESSED WITH RAPPROCHEMENT;
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 15:57:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS CD SU UK
10LONDON89SOMALIA: UK SET TO PUT RESOURCES TO NEW POLICY REF: 09 LONDON 2435 Classified By: Political Counselor Robin Quinville, reasons 1.4 (b/d).
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 16:04:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KTFN KPKO SO UK
10LONDON92United Kingdom: Investment Climate Statement 2010
[...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for the United Kingdom. The information is updated as of January 1, 2010. UNITED KINGDOM: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT --------------------------------------------- ---- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment [...]
2010-01-15 17:27:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINV OPIC KTDB USTR UK
10LUANDA12CHIVUKUVUKU: UNITA STALWART CHARTS OWN PATH TO
[...] (C) In a January 12 meeting with Ambassador, UNITA stalwart Abel Chivukuvuku said he envisions himself as the future president of Angola. As a first step, he intends to win the presidency of his party at its next congress, in 2011. If this fails, he will leave UNITA to form his own party. [...]
2010-01-13 09:56:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM AO
10LUANDA2PRESIDENT'S SPEECH FORETELLS CABINET CHANGE AFTER
[...] (SBU) As is tradition, President Dos Santos delivered on December 28 a speech of new year's greeting to a group of about three thousand people, including members of government, parliamentarians, and civil society. Contrary to tradition, the speech was extremely short - only four minutes - and [...]
2010-01-05 15:08:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM AO
10LUANDA27ANGOLA CAME UP SHORT IN HELPING HAITI
[...] (SBU) A/DCM delivered demarche points contained in reftel to MFA Director of the America's Section Maria Isabel de Resende on 20 January, 2010. Resende stated Angola shares the same concerns of the international community with respect to the need for urgent relief for Haiti. However, she stoppe [...]
2010-01-20 17:55:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDAO ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA
10LUANDA31UNDER COVER OF A SOCCER TOURNAMENT, NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 16:48:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALAO ECON KDEM PGOV PINR PREL
10LUANDA39ANGOLA SILENT FOR NOW ON IRAN SANCTIONS ACT
[...] (C) A/DCM delivered demarche points contained in reftel to MFA Director of the America's Section Maria Isabel de Resende on 20 January, 2010. A/DCM emphasized United States concerns over the Angolan energy firm Sonangol's announced energy deal with Iran, and the possible ramifications under the [...]
2010-01-29 16:59:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALAO ENRG EPET ETTC IN IR PREL
10LUANDA40ANGOLA SUPPORTS "DISTRACTED DRIVING INITIATIVE"
[...] (U) A/DCM delivered demarche points contained in ref message regarding the White House executive order on "distracted driving" to MFA Director of the America's Section Maria Isabel de Resende on 28 January 2010. Resende said that Angola shares U.S. concerns over traffic fatalities caused by ce [...]
2010-01-29 17:57:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDAO ASEC PREL
10LUANDA79Angola Open to Engaging with International Community to
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Angola pulled out all the stops in welcoming the Secretary's Great Lakes Special Advisor Howard Wolpe and Special Envoys from the EU, South Africa, Norway and Sweden during their February 16 - 18 visit to Luanda. Separate meetings with the President, Minister of State for [...]
2010-02-26 12:45:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPREL CG KDEM OVIP AO
10LUANDA81Strategic Partnership Dialogue MOU: Foreign Minister's
[...] (SBU) In a February 24 meeting with Ambassador Mozena, MIREX Director of Americas Balbina da Silva raised first the issue of the MOU for the U.S. - Angola Strategic Partnership Dialogue, declaring that the text of the document has already been agreed between the two countries at the technic [...]
2010-02-27 18:57:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AO
10LUANDA83MIREX RECOMMENDS TO ENVIRONMENT MINISTER THAT ANGOLA
[...] (U) During February 25 call, Ambassador Mozena delivered reftel demarche to MIREX Director for the Americas Balbina da Silva, urging that Angola associate itself with the Copenhagen Accord. Da Silva queried about the other countries that have already associated with the Accord, and was imp [...]
2010-02-27 19:51:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SENV ENRG KGHG AO
10LUANDA84REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN ANGOLA AND
[...] (SBU) The following responses are keyed to Department queries (reftel): A: Description of Chinese engagement in Angola: The Chinese are heavily engaged in financing and implementing Angola's reconstruction following the end of the nation's devastating civil war in 2002. In the absence [...]
2010-02-26 16:12:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON PGOV AO CH
10LUANDA85FOREIGN MINISTRY TAKES ON BOARD RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH
[...] (SBU) In separate meetings at the Foreign Ministry on February 24, Ambassador Mozena relayed U.S. concerns regarding developments in Iran (Refs A, B, and C) to the Director for Middle East and African Affairs Amb. Nelson Cosme and to Director Americas Balbina Malheiro Dias da Silva. Mozena [...]
2010-02-27 21:56:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR ENRG EPET ETTC IN IR KNNP MNUC PARM
10LUSAKA103CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN ZAMBIA IS STRONG DESPITE
[...] (SBU) The following information is in response to Ref A request for information regarding China's engagement with Zambia and whether there are areas of collaboration between the United States and China in the country. CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN ZAMBIA ---------------------------- 2. (SBU) Chi [...]
2010-02-17 15:32:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID CN ZA
10LUSAKA110REFUGEES AT MEHEBA OCCUPY UNHCR OFFICES TO PROTEST
[...] (C) Summary: In early February, 200 refugees began occupation of the offices of UNHCR and Government of Zambia (GRZ) staff at Meheba refugee camp to protest wide-spread corruption by GRZ camp officials. The GRZ is considering deporting the instigators against UNHCR wishes. While the protest [...]
2010-02-22 15:12:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PGOV PBTS AO CG ZA
10LUSAKA118ZAMBIA TRIES TO SNEAK THROUGH CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: Zambia's National Constitutional Conference (NCC),which has been sitting at intervals since January 2008, likely will conclude its deliberations by the end of April. The Zambian government (GRZ) still has much work to do to enact a new constitution, and although it may seek pa [...]
2010-02-25 14:39:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ZA
10LUSAKA12 REQUEST TDY FINANCIAL SPECIALIST SUPPORT
[...] Lusaka Financial Management Office respectfully requests AF bureau TDY financial specialist support. With the resignation of the current financial specialist, we urgently need experienced TDY financial specialist(s) to come and fill in the gap while Post recruits for the replacement. The esti [...]
2010-01-11 07:37:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ZA
10LUSAKA20ZAMBIAN BUDGET TRANSPARENT -- EXECUTION IMPROVING
[...] (SBU) The Zambian government (GRZ) publishes its budget in draft and final form annually, as required by law. The budget is available for purchase from government printers, and is analyzed by civil society organizations (CSOs) and international accounting firms during the budget debate proces [...]
2010-01-12 15:42:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN PREL AID ZA
10LUSAKA22ZAMBIAN VEEP'S CHARM OFFENSIVE SENDS MIXED MESSAGE
[...] (C) Summary: At a January 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Vice President George Kunda stated that the Zambian government (GRZ) will continue to engage the press as it debates media regulation (ref A) and is not/not preparing to pass its own media law. In response to Ambassador's urging that [...]
2010-01-14 09:42:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPAO ZA
10LUSAKA25PROPOSAL FOR FY2010 EEB BIOTECH OUTREACH RESOURCES
[...] (SBU) In response to Ref A solicitation for FY2010 biotechnology outreach proposals, Embassy Lusaka requests support for two activities totaling USD 19,000. The first proposed activity will leverage the interest within the Lusaka-based Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Se [...]
2010-01-14 15:41:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID TBIO KPAO ZA
10LUSAKA30BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON
[...] (U) This cable responds to refs A and B action request for a pre-license end-user check on license 050204694. 2. (C) On January 7, PolOff met Darrel Cox, general manager for African Horizons Sporting Guns and Ammunition. Based on a site inspection of the Livingstone-based facility and Mr. [...]
2010-01-15 11:21:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALETTC KOCM ZA
10LUSAKA36ZAMBIA EMPTY-HANDED ON HAITIAN RELIEF
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 15:39:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF PHUM ZA
10LUSAKA40AMBASSADOR HEARS CRICKETS IN MEETING WITH FINANCE
[...] (C) In a January 15 meeting with Minister of Finance Situmbeko Musokotwane, the Ambassador highlighted the progress Zambia made in 2009 towards a Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) compact (Ref. A),but stressed that the Zambian government (GRZ) must act now to assuage concerns about the GRZ's [...]
2010-01-20 12:02:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID KCOR ZA
10LUSAKA44"OR NOT TO BE" -- ZAMBIA UNLIKELY TO ASSOCIATE
[...] (C) On January 19, the Ambassador spoke to Zambian Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources Catherine Namugala about the results of the December COP-15 and next steps. He urged Zambia to associate itself with the Copenhagen Accord per reftel. Namugala, who led the Zambian dele [...]
2010-01-21 12:11:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPREL KGHG SENV ENRG ZA
10LUSAKA5BANDA DEMOTES AGRICULTURE MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: In a move possibly meant to beef up State House control of agriculture policy, President Banda demoted the effective, competent Agriculture Minister Brian Chituwo to the relatively inconsequential Ministry of Science, Technology, and Vocational Training (MSTV) and put the lacklu [...]
2010-01-06 14:37:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAGR ZA
10LUSAKA51REQUEST FOR THE WAIVER TO 4 FAM LIMITATIONS FOR CASH
[...] LUSAKA REQUESTS APPROVAL OF A WAIVER TO 4FAH-3 H-394.2-1 CASH PAYMENT LIMITATIONS FOR A ONE TIME EMERGENCY PAYMENT OF USD 6,500 TO PAY FOR THE SALARY AND BENEFITS ADVANCE OF A USAID LOCALLY ENGAGED STAFF (LES) DEPARTING LUSAKA TO PERFORM A TWO YEAR CONTRACT IN KABUL ON JANUARY 27, 2010. 2. [...]
2010-01-25 12:21:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT CV
10LUSAKA52HOLLOWED HALLS: ZAMBIA'S TERTIARY EDUCATION SYSTEM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chronic absences. Poor preparation. Classroom inebriation. And that's just the professors. While gains have been made in elementary and secondary education, insufficient capacity, resources, facilities and training have crippled Zambia's ability to educate its citizenry at the t [...]
2010-01-25 14:50:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL SOCI KIRC KPAO ZA
10LUSAKA53SCENESETTER FOR NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR FOR AFRICAN
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: The U.S. Mission to Zambia welcomes the visit of Michelle Gavin, Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council and Senior Adviser to the President. Your visit comes at a time when President Rupiah Banda's administration has changed cour [...]
2010-01-25 16:39:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID KCOR ZA
10LUSAKA69ZAMBIA BACKS US ON IRAN
[...] (C) MFA Assistant Director for Africa and Middle East Kimbala Meleka said he would recommend to the Foreign Minister that Zambia support the U.S./EU3 next steps on Iran per reftel. In the absence of the Foreign Minister and the Permanent Secretary, P/E Chief delivered reftel information and [...]
2010-02-05 06:11:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC ZA
10LUSAKA75ZAMBIA: CHILD LABOR COMMON WITH SOME FORCED LABOR
[...] (U) This cable responds to ref A request for information on the use of forced labor and/or exploitive child labor in the production of goods per the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). It describes exploitive and hazardous child labor for Zambia per the Trade and Deve [...]
2010-02-08 12:08:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID PGOV ZA
10LUSAKA89 ZAMBIA: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) Post is providing the below information for use in the preparation of the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The sections in this message are keyed to questions contained in Ref A. ---------------------- ZAMBIA'S TIP SITUATION ---------------------- 2. (SBU) A. The [...]
2010-02-11 05:57:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PGOV PREF
10LUSAKA9BANDA'S GOTTA GET A GRIP: FISSURES IN RULING
[...] (C) Party-line fractures have begun to appear in the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democratic (MMD) Party's facade of unity since President Banda took office in November 2008. The ruling party's base remains fundamentally sound, and its internal conflicts should not undermine Zambia's stab [...]
2010-01-07 10:18:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ZA
10LUSAKA90TEMPORARY ALTERNATE CASHIER DESIGNATION LUSAKA ZAMBIA
[...] NAME: DANNY SIKAZWE 2. TYPE: CLASS B CASHIER 3. LOCATION: AM EMBASSY LUSAKA / ZAMBIA 4. EMPLOYMENT STATUS: FOREIGN SERVICE NATIONAL/DIRECT HIRE/PSA EMPLOYEE 5. NAME OF CASHIER DESIGNEE'S SUPERVISOR: JING EDWARDS 6. TITLE OF CASHIER DESIGNEE'S SUPERVISOR: FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT OFFICER 7 [...]
2010-02-11 10:00:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT CV
10LUSAKA95ZAMBIA PLAYS WAIT AND SEE WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD
[...] (C) Zambian Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources Catherine Namugala told Charge February 10 that the Zambian government (GRZ) declined to associate itself with the Copenhagen Accord (refs A and B). She echoed concerns she shared with the Ambassador January 19 (ref C) that CO [...]
2010-02-16 12:54:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPREL KGHG SENV ENRG ZA
10LUSAKA98ZAMBIA SETS ITS "CITES" ON EXPORTING IVORY
[...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 3. Zambian Minister of Tourism, Environment and Natural Resources Catherine Namugala told Charge February 10 that the Zambian government (GRZ) plans to press for resumption of the legal sale and export of elephant products, including ivory, at the [...]
2010-02-16 14:01:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ZA
10LUXEMBOURG11TFHA01: LUXEMBOURG RESCUERS IN AND OUT OF HAITI IN 72 HOURS;
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Grand Duchy's 17-man contingent to Haiti has already returned to Luxembourg following provision of emergency services on the ground in Port-au-Prince. The team returned to Belgium via Belgian military aircraft and were received back in Luxembourg by Defense Min [...]
2010-01-19 17:15:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV LU HA
10LUXEMBOURG13TFHA01: LUXEMBOURG OFFER OF WATER PURIFICATION UNIT AND TEAM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY MFA Defense Directorate contacted Post today (January 21) with an offer of assistance to be put forward to our Defense AttachC) Office (resident in Brussels) in the immediate future. The GoL is offering to deploy to Haiti an eight-man team from the Luxembourg Army with [...]
2010-01-21 14:13:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL MARR LU HA
10LUXEMBOURG15LUXEMBOURG TO BE REPRESENTED BY MARIE-LISE STOLL AT PRT
[...] (U) Post was contacted by Jean-Louis Thill MFA desk officer in the Directorate of Political Affairs, who informed us that Luxembourg would be represented at the PRT Conference in Prague by Marie-Lise STOLL from the Luxembourg Embassy in Prague. 2. (U) Point of contact for thi [...]
2010-01-22 16:18:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NATO AF LU
10LUXEMBOURG17TFHA01: LUXEMBOURG PRESS FOCUSED ON OWN EFFORTS, POSITIVE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Press reporting on U.S. efforts in Haiti has been overwhelmingly - and nearly exclusively - positive. The one exception Post has noted is a letter to the editor that ran in weekly paper Le Jeudi, entitled "A Military-Humanitarian Invasion" and penned by an unknown e [...]
2010-01-22 17:04:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KDEM EAID PHUM OIIP LU HA
10LUXEMBOURG19DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO LUXEMBOURG: OUTREACH ON LONDON
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Eric Muller, MFA desk officer. Muller stated that no response could be made before January 26, at the earliest, as many of the principals including primary Afghanistan desk officer Jean-Louis Thill were in Brussels for a meeting. 2. (U) P [...]
2010-01-25 16:55:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF LU
10LUXEMBOURG21U.S. DEMARCHE TO LUXEMBOURG DELIVERED - HAITI: U.S.
[...] (U) Post delivered subject demarche to Yasuko Muller and Eric Muller, desk officers at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs January 25. 2. (U) POC this action is Pol/Econ Chief Michael A. Via, email: viama@state.gov. Stroum [...]
2010-01-25 16:56:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF EAID ECON HA LU
10LUXEMBOURG23LUXEMBOURG INTENTION TO ANNOUNCE NEW CONTRIBUTION TO
[...] (U) MFA desk officer Yasuko Muller delivered Luxembourg's intended announcement details concerning new contributions for the Afghanistan National Army (ANA) trust fund and developmental aid to Pol/Econ Chief January 27 just before she departed for the London Conference. 2. (U) I [...]
2010-01-27 17:23:00Embassy LuxembourgSECRET//NOFORNPREL ECON EFIN PGOV AF LU
10LUXEMBOURG27DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO LUXEMBOURG ON DISTRACTED DRIVING
[...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered subject demarche to Yasuko Muller, MFA desk officer January 27. Post is awaiting a response. 2. (U) POC this action is Michael A. Via, Pol/Econ Chief, viama@state.gov. Stroum [...]
2010-01-28 16:14:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI UNDP UNGA EU LU
10LUXEMBOURG29LUXEMBOURG: PRESSURE IRAN VIA UNSC, AND TARGETED SANCTIONS
[...] (C) On February 2 Ambassador Stroum and DCM discussed reftel points with Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Political Director Georges Friden. Asselborn agreed that Iran had not responded to "Obama's outstretched hand." He said it was time to increase th [...]
2010-02-05 10:08:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC LU
10LUXEMBOURG3DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO LUXEMBOURG FM: CLARIFYING THE
[...] (C) During a previously scheduled office call at the Embassy on January 15, Ambassador conveyed reftel talking pints to Foreign Minister Asselborn. Asselborn said he would be attending the January 28 Conference and was sorry that he would not be able to be present at Ambassador's credent [...]
2010-01-15 15:20:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PREL LU
10LUXEMBOURG31DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO LUXEMBOURG: IMPENDING UN NOMINATION OF
[...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Eric Muller, MFA desk officer, February 5. Post is awaiting a response. 2. (U) POC for this action is: Michael A. Via, Pol/Econ Chief, email: viama@state.gov. Stroum [...]
2010-02-08 14:39:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER SY JO IZ LU
10LUXEMBOURG37LUXEMBOURG: FORCE GENERATION ISSUES TO REINFORCE THE UN
[...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to MFA/MOD desk officer Florence Ensch, February 12. Ensch said the GOL would not be participating in the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) but was considering participating in additional relief operations as part of a future EU contingent [...]
2010-02-18 09:52:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI MCAP MARR HA EU LU
10LUXEMBOURG41LUXEMBOURG VIEWS ON FEBRUARY 2010 FAC
[...] (C) Summary: Pol/Econ Chief discussed Ref A points on U.S. positions concerning the February 22 FAC (Foreign Affairs Council) with Sandra Metz, MFA temporary European Desk Officer, February 19. Metz said Foreign Minister Asselborn would likely travel to another country next week and may not at [...]
2010-02-19 21:52:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALENRG PGOV EUN IR HA UP LU
10LUXEMBOURG49LUXEMBOURG RESPONSE TO CITES COP15 OUTREACH ON U.S. SPECIES
[...] (U) Eric Muller, MFA desk officer for the Americas delivered GOL response concerning reftel points to Pol/Econ Chief Feb. 22. Muller explained that he had coordinated the GOL response with Luxembourg's Ministry for Sustainable Development and Infrastructure, which covers the environment. [...]
2010-02-25 09:42:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KSCA AORC UNEP LU
10LUXEMBOURG5TO HELL AND BACK: GITMO EX-DETAINEE STUMPS IN LUXEMBOURG
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) detainee Moazzam Begg met with Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn 14 January 2010 to press the government of Luxembourg to accept GTMO detainees for resettlement. Begg, a British citizen of Pakistani origin, was arrested in Pakistan in 2002 and imprisoned in [...]
2010-01-15 15:34:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDRG PREL LU
10LUXEMBOURG51LUXEMBOURG RESPONSE: UN NEEDS FRANCOPHONE POLICE UNITS,
[...] (SBU) Per Ref B Luxembourg is considering participating in additional relief operations as part of a future EU contingent. GOL does not intend to participate directly as part of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). 2. (U) POC this message is Political and Economic Chief, Mic [...]
2010-02-25 16:26:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SOCI MCAP MARR EUN SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO
10LUXEMBOURG7TFHA01: LUXEMBOURG QUICK ON THE DRAW IN HAITI
[...] (U) Luxembourg responded quickly to the devastating earthquake in Haiti, dispatching a 17-person team with seven rescue dogs to Haiti on Wednesday, 13 January. The team departed with a team of Belgian emergency workers (reftel). According to Luxembourg Red Cross Director Marc Crochet, [...]
2010-01-15 15:56:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV SOCI LU HA
10LUXEMBOURG9DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO LUXEMBOURG: ENCOURAGING SENIOR-LEVEL
[...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel talking points to GOL Defense Director Jean-Jacques Welfring January 19. Welfring stated that he expected someone from the MFA would attend the PRT conference but who was yet to be determined. 2. (SBU) DCM also met with George Friden, MFA Dir [...]
2010-01-19 16:51:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO AF LU
10MADRID108SPAIN'S EXPERIENCE WITH ELECTRONIC IDENTITY CARDS
[...] (SBU) Electronic identities in Spain are governed by Law 59 of 2003, known as the electronic signatures law. Spain began issuing electronic national identity cards (DNIs) in 2006. The DNI is the document that citizens and residents are required to present for access to government facilities [...]
2010-01-29 13:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS SP
10MADRID114MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JANUARY 25-29
[...] (U) The official National Institute of Statistics (INE) fourth-quarter 2009 unemployment rate was 18.8%, a raise of almost 1% from the previous quarter. This is the third consecutive year that the unemployment rate has increased. Over 4.3 million Spaniards were unemployed, up by 1.1 million f [...]
2010-01-31 23:04:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS EFIN ELAB SP
10MADRID116CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR IN SPAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 07:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID SP
10MADRID117CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR IN SPAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 07:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID SP
10MADRID118MADRID RESPONSE RE DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY OF
[...] The following officers and local engaged staff (LES) cover energy issues: Ari Nathan, Environment, Science, Technology and Health officer, covers renewable energy, nuclear power, and climate change (nathana@state.gov, 34.91.587.2385); Amy Dove, Economic officer, covers oil and gas (dovean@st [...]
2010-02-02 07:45:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SP
10MADRID119EXTENSIVE USG ENGAGEMENT WITH SPAIN ON IRAN'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Post has left no stone unturned in its extensive engagement with the GOS on the USG's dual-track engagement with Iran and the importance of increasing pressure on Iran if Tehran fails to reciprocate with confidence-building measures and transparency regarding its nucl [...]
2010-02-02 07:48:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR TRGY SP EUN UNSC
10MADRID125SPANISH MFA ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR
[...] (C) Spanish MFA Sub-DG for Non-proliferation and Arms Control Gonzalo de Salazar requested a meeting with Polcouns February 2 to discuss the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),the USG deposit of instruments of ratification of Protocol III (incendiary weapons) of the Convent [...]
2010-02-03 07:19:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR SP
10MADRID133SPANISH REACTION TO ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING U.S.-EU
[...] (C) Summary. In the last 48 hours the Ambassador has spoken with Spanish National Security Advisor Leon, FM Moratinos, and President Zapatero regarding the announcement that President Obama will not attend a U.S.-EU Summit in Spain. Spanish disappointment -- both among senior government officials a [...]
2010-02-03 14:51:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
10MADRID135SPAIN RECEIVES U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR TRANSPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 08:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EUN KTIA IC NO SP
10MADRID136SPAIN RECEIVES U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR TRANSPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 08:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EUN KTIA IC NO SP
10MADRID138ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND
[...] (U) ECON sent fax and left repeated voicemail messages with Carmen Molina, Director of Human Resources at the UN's World Tourism Organization, to request the reftel budgetary and personnel information. After multiple non-responsive inquiries, ECON is forced to assume that as in prior years the [...]
2010-02-04 11:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APECO APER ECON KUNR OCED POLUN UNESCO SP
10MADRID139SPAIN: INFORMED OF DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES FOR NSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF on February 1 met LTC. Anibal Villalba Fernandez, an adviser to President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on foreign and security issues, to review Ref A points on the different objectives for the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) that President Obama will host in the Washington [...]
2010-02-04 12:12:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC CDG ENRG MNUC
10MADRID14SPAIN ECONOMIC ROUNDUP, DEC.28 - JAN.8
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-08 16:31:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ELAB ENRG ETRN SP
10MADRID140SPAIN PROVIDES EU RESPONSE TO CITES PROPOSALS
[...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche talking points to Manuel Calderon, Head of the Scientific Evaluation Section for CITES of Spain's Office of Biodiversity in the Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs on January 25. On February 3, Calderon responded to the US proposals, explaini [...]
2010-02-05 09:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP SP
10MADRID143SPAIN'S POLICIES ON DISTRACTED DRIVING
[...] Summary. Econoff delivered reftel A demarche to Spanish government officials involved in the development of traffic regulations on February 3. They said that Spain passed a 2005 law making it illegal to drive while using a mobile communication device unless it is hands-free. The law created [...]
2010-02-05 12:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI UNDP UNGA SP
10MADRID146AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S FEBRUARY 4, 2010, MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador paid his first call on Spanish VP Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega February 4, 2010. They discussed the U.S.-EU summit and Spain's hopes for a bilateral visit by President Obama; Haiti; Afghanistan; Iran; Latin America; Counter-Terrorism, including data protecti [...]
2010-02-05 16:45:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER AF HA IR SP XM
10MADRID148MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEBRUARY 1-5
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-08 07:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ELAB KIPR SP
10MADRID154SPAIN DETAILS ITS STRATEGY TO COMBAT THE RUSSIAN MAFIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: National Court Prosecutor Jose "Pepe" Grinda Gonzalez on January 14 gave a detailed, frank assessment of the activities and reach of organized crime (OC) in both Eurasia and Spain and Spain's strategy for how best to combat it in court. As he did so, he evaluated the levels [...]
2010-02-08 11:00:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNKJUS KHLS PGOV PREL PTER SP PINS KCOR PINR
10MADRID155AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S FEBRUARY 4, 2010 MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-08 11:27:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ELAB KIPR SP
10MADRID160ACTION REQUEST II: PRESSURING IRAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Polcouns met February 8, 2010, with Spanish MFA Sub-DG for the Near East Alberto Ucelay to deliver ref a points. Ucelay was joined by Beatriz Lorenzo from the MFA's Human Rights Office. Ucelay said Spain shared U.S. worries over the human rights violations occurring in Iran. He said that [...]
2010-02-08 14:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALIR PHUM PREF SP
10MADRID161SPAIN: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING RESULTS FOR SOCOM
[...] (U) Pursuant to provisions of the Leahy Amendment and Foreign Assistance Act, Post has carefully reviewed the human rights records of the following Spanish candidates who have been invited to participate in the 5th Annual Sovereign Challenge Foreign Military Attache (FMA) conference, to be hel [...]
2010-02-08 15:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL PGOV PHUM SP
10MADRID162SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CARDIN, FEBRUARY 15-17, SPAIN
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Madrid welcomes the February 15-17 visit of Codel Cardin to Spain. U.S.-Spain relations are strong and based on shared global interests, including our association in NATO, the fight against terrorism, and growing economic ties. Spaniards are enthusiastic about President [...]
2010-02-08 15:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL SP
10MADRID173SPANISH MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON TFTP AND
[...] (C) The Ambassador spoke February 11, 2010, with Spanish Minister of Interior Rubalcaba about the defeat of the TFTP interim agreement in the European Parliament. Rubalcaba, who spoke to the parliament February 10 in an effort to save the interim agreement, twice described the parliamentarians [...]
2010-02-12 13:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
10MADRID174SPAIN: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF
[...] (SBU) Ambassador met February 10 with Minister of Culture Angeles Gonzalez Sinde to discuss bilateral cooperation on cultural issues, intellectual property rights and draft legislation that would enhance the government's ability to combat digital piracy, and the Holocaust-related claim by AMCI [...]
2010-02-12 15:25:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD KIPR PGOV PREL PHUM SCUL SP
10MADRID175AMBASSADOR'S FEB. 10 MEETING WITH HEALTH MINISTER
[...] (U) In the Ambassador's February 10 introductory call, Minister Jimenez outlined Spain's success in achieving universal health coverage, a comprehensive eHealth system, and progressive elder care. She noted that her Ministry was working on a U.S.-EU MOU on eHealth that she would discuss in [...]
2010-02-12 16:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON TINT SOCI SP
10MADRID176MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEBRUARY 8-12
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 16:34:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ELAB ECPS SP
10MADRID179SPAIN IPR: AUSTR WILSON'S MEETINGS WITH GOS, OPPOSITION,
[...] (SBU) During a February 4-5 visit to Madrid, Assistant USTR for Europe met with government officials, private sector representatives, and an opposition politician to discuss USG concerns over Internet piracy in Spain and the government's legislative proposal. Content industry representatives d [...]
2010-02-16 07:09:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD EUN SP
10MADRID181ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING WITH SPANISH VICE
[...] Summary. On January 28, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, met with Spanish Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Angel Lossada, on bi-lateral issues related to Africa. Lossada described Spanish interests and concerns in West Africa; requested U.S. views on a proposed confe [...]
2010-02-16 12:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SP
10MADRID183TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR SPAIN
[...] (SBU) Pursuant to Ref A, the following is input from Embassy Madrid and CG Barcelona for the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Post will need to supply an update cable to incorporate additional legal and judicial statistics. Embassy POC is POLOFF Hugh Clifton, Tel. (34) 91-587 [...]
2010-02-16 16:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA
10MADRID187A/S VALENZUELA DISCUSSES LATIN AMERICA WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During an excellent and extremely cordial meeting that lasted over two hours on February 1, WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela and NSA-equivalent Bernardino Leon, Secretary General of the Office of the Presidency, discussed prospects for U.S.-Spanish cooperation in Latin America [...]
2010-02-18 16:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CU SP
10MADRID188AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 10 CALL ON SPANISH CHIEF OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called February 10 on Chief of Defense (CJCS-equivalent) General Jose Julio Rodriguez. The meeting was warm and brief. The two discussed the issue of strategic communications on our shared mission in Afghanistan, U.S. access to Spanish military bases, and the limi [...]
2010-02-18 16:12:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO AF SP
10MADRID190DHS SEC. NAPOLITANO ADDRESSES EU'S JHA MINISTERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary Napolitano met with European Union (EU) Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) ministers January 21-22 in Toledo, Spain, and achieved trans-Atlantic consensus to improve aviation security. Her attendance at the plenary meeting led to the issuance of a U.S.-EU Joint Declaratio [...]
2010-02-19 14:17:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNEUN SP PREL PINS PTER PINR KHLS KCIP KCRM
10MADRID191SPAIN: IRAN'S 20 PERCENT ENRICHMENT PLAN IS
[...] (C) During a wide-ranging discussion with Post officials, the senior nuclear expert at the Spanish MFA on February 10 expressed considerable unease with Iranian President Amadinejad's early February announcement that Tehran would begin to enrich uranium to 20 percent. Carlos Torres, Counselor [...]
2010-02-19 14:18:00Embassy MadridSECRETMTCRE PARM PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA SP SY IR KNNP
10MADRID192SPAIN: MFA DISCUSSES COMBATING NUCLEAR TERRORISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Carlos Torres, Counselor for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament within the MFA's DG for Strategic Affairs and Terrorism, on February 10 spoke with POLOFF and Deputy ECONCOUNS on a nascent MFA proposal regarding a year-long series of trilateral technical exercises with the USG an [...]
2010-02-19 14:18:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL SP KNNP MO KGIC PTER
10MADRID194MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, FEBRUARY 15-19
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-21 12:44:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN SP
10MADRID195A/S VALENZUELA INVITES SPAIN TO TEAM UP IN LATIN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A/S Valenzuela's February 1-3 visit to Madrid was characterized by bilateral goodwill and mutual optimism for U.S.-Spanish cooperation in Latin America to address significant challenges in the region, not least of which the impact of the ongoing economic crisis and the after-ef [...]
2010-02-22 08:44:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV
10MADRID199ENGAGING SPAIN ON INFORMATION-SHARING AND DATA
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Post, joined by visiting VIP delegations such as DHS Secretary Napolitano, CODEL Cardin, and the U.S. delegation to the US-EU Informal Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) on Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) issues, has engaged extensively with officials from the Ministries o [...]
2010-02-22 17:30:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER KTFN KCRM KHLS ECPS ECON PREL KPAO SP
10MADRID20AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 9, 2010, MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: Shortly after his arrival January 9, the Ambassador went to the MFA to present copies of his credentials. Unexpectedly, he was received personally by FM Moratinos. Moratinos conveyed King Juan Carlos' greetings and said the King was anxious to meet the Ambassador. A credential [...]
2010-01-11 16:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL AF HO IR IS SP WI
10MADRID200SPANISH VIEWS GOING INTO ANSF FORCE GENERATION
[...] (C) Spain fully supports Afghan National Security Force (ANSF) targets, and recognizes the importance of an effective ANSF to the Allies' transition out of Afghanistan, but does not expect to announce additional contributions to Afghanistan at the February 23 NATO/ISAF force generation confere [...]
2010-02-23 07:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL NATO SP AF
10MADRID202SPAIN REQUESTS MINISTERIAL-LEVEL U.S.-EU CLIMATE
[...] On February 22 Ambassador Solomont received a letter from Spanish Secretary of State (vice minister) for Climate Change Teresa Ribera requesting, on behalf of the EU, consultations with the USG on climate change at the ministerial level. The text of the letter is as follows: (begin text) D [...]
2010-02-23 14:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KGHG SENV SP
10MADRID203SPAIN CONTINUES TO LEAD HAITI ASSISTANCE EFFORTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Spanish assistance to Haiti in the wake of the January 12 earthquake has been swift and generous. As of February 18, Spain had sent 26 planes bearing humanitarian supplies, and deployed a total of 450 including physicians, nurses, and engineers as well as security forces aboar [...]
2010-02-23 17:30:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV HA MARR EAID
10MADRID206SPAIN HOSTS HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH CUBA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Spanish officials hosted their Cuban interlocutors for a bilateral human rights dialogue February 18 in Madrid. This was the fourth round of the dialogue created in April 2007 when Foreign Minister Moratinos visited Havana. Moratinos, who did not participate in the latest di [...]
2010-02-25 13:15:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CU SP
10MADRID21SCENESETTER FOR YOUR MEETINGS WITH EU POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) Embassy Madrid welcomes your visit for the EU Political Directors meeting hosted by Spain. The GOS seeks to strengthen EU (and GOS) ties with the USG during its presidency, and your interlocutors will be eager to meet with you. U.S.-Spain relations are strong and based on shared global [...]
2010-01-11 17:54:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EU IR SP
10MADRID215SPAIN CONTINUES TO SEEK EU CONSENSUS FOR
[...] (SBU) PolOff conveyed reftel A points to Marcelino Cabanas, the MFA's Subdirector General for United Nations and Global Issues. Cabanas thanked Poloff for sharing what he called a "traditional view" but he indicated that Spain, during its rotating presidency of the Council of the European Un [...]
2010-02-26 12:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDIO PHUM UNGA SP
10MADRID216USAID ADMINISTRATOR AND EUROPEAN COUNTERPARTS
[...] (U) USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah, EU Development Ministers, and EU officials discussed the U.S.-EU Transatlantic Development Dialogue, Haiti, and related issues during the EU Development Ministers Informal Meeting on February 17-18 at La Granja, Spain. In plenary sessions and in bilater [...]
2010-02-26 12:21:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID KGHG SENV SP TBIO
10MADRID217ANTHONY LAKE NOMINATION INFORMATION DELIVERED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 15:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID UNICEF
10MADRID218SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GORDON, MARCH 5-9, SPAIN
[...] (U) Embassy Madrid welcomes your visit. U.S.-Spain relations are strong and based on shared global interests, including our association in NATO, the fight against terrorism, and growing economic ties. Spaniards are enthusiastic about President Obama, and the GOS is optimistic about the prosp [...]
2010-02-26 16:42:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL SP
10MADRID25AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 12, 2010, MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Spanish SYG of the Presidency (NSA-equivalent) Bernardino Leon January 12. He wanted to meet with Leon as soon as possible to begin to establish a good working relationship and to share his observations regarding the U.S.-Spain bilateral relationship. He emphasi [...]
2010-01-13 14:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
10MADRID31SPAIN WORKING WITH EU PARTNERS TO REACH EMISSIONS
[...] As the newly arrived Ambassador is still making introductory calls, Post engaged at working level to quickly convey the message on climate change. Econoff delivered the demarche to Deputy Director General for Climate Change Affairs Paz Valiente and Deputy Director General for Emissions Tradin [...]
2010-01-15 12:28:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG SENV ENRG SP
10MADRID4SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL KESSLER'S VISIT TO SPAIN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Madrid welcomes your visit, which comes at an auspicious moment as Spain assumes the European Council Presidency for a six-month period. U.S.-Spain relations are strong and based on shared global interests, including our association in NATO, the fight against terrorism, and growi [...]
2010-01-05 12:19:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KTFN KNNC PREL SP IR
10MADRID42MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JANUARY 11-15, 2010
[...] (U) Local media reported on German government criticism of President Zapatero's EU statement calling for economic sanctions for EU member countries that fail to meet specified objectives in the successor to the Lisbon Strategy for EU Growth. Rainer Breuderle, German Minister of Economics and [...]
2010-01-19 12:30:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ECPS EFIN ELAB KIPR SP
10MADRID48U/S BURNS MEETING WITH SPAIN FM MORATINOS
[...] (C) Summary: At lunch with Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns and Ambassador Solomont on January 15, Spanish FM Moratinos outlined his recent engagement with the PalestinQ leadership to promote progress in the peace process and reiterated his willingness to help where [...]
2010-01-19 16:08:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP
10MADRID49AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 18, 2010, MEETING WITH SPANISH MINISTER OF INTERIOR RUBALCABA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 17:34:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
10MADRID6SPAIN: MOVING PAST CORRUPTION SCANDALS, POPULAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The center-right Popular Party (PP),the largest opposition party in the Spanish Congress, enters 2010 with a series of polls indicating that - by an increasingly large margin - it would oust the incumbent Socialists (PSOE) in a hypothetical vote, although the next [...]
2010-01-07 13:13:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SP KCOR KCRM KJUS
10MADRID60REPLY TO BLUE LANTERN 050204437
[...] SUMMARY: Post has made pre-license inquiries requested reftel regarding dealings between Vietnamese security forces and Spanish aerospace and defense leader European Aeronautic Defense and Space (EADS) CASA. David de Teran, Head of Export Compliance for EADS CASA, informed Pol-Mil officer t [...]
2010-01-21 12:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC SP VN
10MADRID61SPAIN-HAITI: INT'L COORDINATION AND REGISTRATION
[...] In response to reftel Econoff contacted the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID). Luz Corcobado Lopez, Head of AECID's Humanitarian Aid section, said that Spain, like other European Union member states, provides real time information on humanitarian aid direct [...]
2010-01-21 12:12:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF UN SP
10MADRID62SPANISH PARTICIPATION IN PRAGUE PRT CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel invitation and talking points to key contacts at Spanish Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs the week of January 11, and learned that Spain will be represented by the civilian team leader from its provincial reconstruction team and possibly by local embassy sta [...]
2010-01-21 16:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPREL NATO EAID KPAO AF SP
10MADRID64SPAIN'S VIEWS ON JANUARY 25 FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL
[...] (C) Polcouns delivered the FAC points January 22 to Spanish MFA Sub-DG for Foreign Policy and Common Security Ricardo Lopez Aranda. On Yemen, Lopez said the problem clearly required a global approach. Referring to A/S Gordon's January 15 meeting with the EU-27 Political Directors at La Granj [...]
2010-01-22 14:17:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
10MADRID67AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 21, 2010, MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador called January 21, 2010, on opposition party leader Mariano Rajoy and Rajoy,s Chief of Cabinet, Jorge Moragas. They discussed Afghanistan, Iran, IPR, the Spanish economy, and Latin America. End summary. Afghanistan 2. (C) The Ambassador congratulated Rajoy on the Popu [...]
2010-01-22 15:43:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL KIPR AF IR XM SP
10MADRID68AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH SPANISH CLIMATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador discussed follow-up to the Copenhagen Accord with Secretary of State for Climate Change Teresa Ribera on January 21. The discussion focused on Spain's outreach efforts in Latin America, particularly to counter efforts by Venezuela, Bolivia and Cuba to discredit [...]
2010-01-22 16:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG SP KGHG
10MADRID69SPAIN INCREASINGLY LIKE-MINDED ON ADDITIONAL IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Ambassador Stephen Mull, Special Advisor to P, on January 15 briefed Spanish diplomats regarding key updates in the USG's engagement track with Iran and the need to begin focusing on a UNSC resolution for additional sanctions if Tehran refuses to engage. Mull emphasiz [...]
2010-01-22 16:09:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR IAEA TRGY NPT SP EUN
10MADRID70MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, JANUARY 18-22
[...] (U) The European Commission will limit Spain's banking sector restructuring fund (FROB) to loans of no more than 2% of 'risk-weighted assets' to distressed banks and savings banks, or 2% of their "determined minimum amount of capital to operate effectively." The EC made this announcement after [...]
2010-01-22 17:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN KIPR SP
10MADRID72SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO KIDNAPPINGS IN MAGHREB
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Concerned for the well-being of three Spanish citizens kidnapped by Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in Mauritania in November, the Zapatero Administration is acutely aware of the risks to Westerners in the Maghreb and Sahel regions and has taken a variety of steps to bring a [...]
2010-01-25 10:45:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC XI XG SP
10MADRID73DAS JONES' JANUARY 13 MEETING WITH SPAIN ON BOSNIA
[...] (U) Participants U.S. EUR DAS Stuart Jones Bosnia Desk Officer Michael Fooks Poloff Jenny Cordell (notetaker) Spain Director General for North America and non-EU Europe, Luis Felipe Fernandez de la Pena Subdirector General for Candidate and Neighborhood Policy Countries, Ramon Albaroa [...]
2010-01-25 10:47:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SP
10MADRID75SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S
[...] (U) Embassy Madrid welcomes your visit for EU consultations on Africa being hosted by Spain. The GOS seeks to strengthen EU (and GOS) ties with the USG during its presidency. U.S.-Spain relations are strong and based on shared global interests, including our association in NATO, the fight ag [...]
2010-01-25 12:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SP
10MADRID76INAUGURAL U.S.-SPAIN COUNTER-TERRORISM AND ORGANIZED CRIME EXPERTS MEETING
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 14:33:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKCOR KHLS KJUS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SP
10MADRID77SPAIN GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF LONDON CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Post conveyed talking points in reftels to key Spanish contacts in the Defense and Foreign Affairs ministries and at the USAID-equivalent Agency for International Cooperation and Development (AECID). Subdirector General for Security Affairs Manuel Acerete confirmed that Special Ambassad [...]
2010-01-25 14:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR MOPS NATO AF
10MADRID78SPAIN: PROSECUTOR DISAVOWS AL-QAIDA TIES TO
[...] (S//NF) Contrary to self-incriminating court testimony by the government's star witness in the recently concluded trial regarding the plot to attack the Barcelona metro system, National Court Prosecutor Vicente Gonzalez Mota on January 13 privately confirmed to POLOFF that there were no Al-Qaid [...]
2010-01-25 15:30:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP KCRM PINR
10MADRID79SPAIN: FIVE CONVICTED FOR SENDING MUJAHEDEEN TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Court on January 13 convicted five of nine defendants in the joint prosecution against the radical Islamists detained in January 2006 in the simultaneously executed Operations Chacal (See Ref A for more details) and Camaleon, which took down cells in Barcelona and Mad [...]
2010-01-25 15:35:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP KCRM
10MADRID80AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 22, 2010 MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging two-hour meeting with the Ambassador January 22, President Zapatero praised USG humanitarian efforts in Haiti, reiterated his personal commitment to resettle as soon as possible five detainees from Guantanamo, pledged Spanish support on Iran and Afghanistan, and endor [...]
2010-01-25 16:45:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
10MADRID81SPAIN: PROBLEMS USING USG-PROVIDED EVIDENCE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: National Court Prosecutor Dolores "Lola" Delgado on January 13 vented to US DOJ officials on problems she is encountering in trying to introduce evidence provided by the USG - primarily from the US intelligence community - in her prosecution of radical Islamist terrorists. She d [...]
2010-01-25 16:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP KCRM PINR
10MADRID85SPAIN RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON USG POLICY RE YEMEN
[...] (SBU) Post on January 25 delivered Ref demarche to GOS officials, who indicated they would ensure that the information reached the Spanish delegation to the January 27 meeting on Yemen in London. Iago Losada, Technical Adviser in the MFA's sub-Directorate General for International Terrorism [...]
2010-01-26 11:17:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID YM EUN
10MADRID86AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 25 CALL ON
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 18:10:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ECON EINV ENRG KIPR SP
10MADRID87SCENESETTER FOR WHA A/S VALENZUELA'S JANUARY 31
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-27 12:31:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SP
10MADRID89AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 27, 2010, MEETING
[...] (C) The Ambassador presented his credentials to King Juan Carlos January 27, 2010. After the presentation, the King pulled the Ambassador aside for a 20-minute talk. The King said he was pleased the Ambassador had arrived. He stressed that he wanted Spain to be better known in the U.S. and h [...]
2010-01-27 18:07:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
10MADRID90AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT,S JANUARY 26, 2010 MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Solomont called January 26 on Spanish Defense Minister Carme Chacon. The two discussed aspects of the bilateral defense relationship, Spanish support for Afghanistan, the humanitarian response to the earthquake in Haiti, and Spanish leadership of EU missions in Bosnia [...]
2010-01-28 06:30:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR NATO AF SP
10MALABO16EQUATORIAL GUINEA: AU SUMMIT PARTICIPATION
[...] MFA Director General of International Organizations Angel Mokara Moleila informed Poloff on 22 January that Equatorial Guinea's delegation to the AU Summit will consist of: --President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo --Minister of Foreign Affairs Pastor Micha Ondo Bile --MFA Vice Minister Eustaquio N [...]
2010-01-22 16:46:00Embassy MalaboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OVIP AORC EK
10MALABO39DESIGNATION OF FOUR ENTITIES AND ONE INDIVIDUAL RELATED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 12:11:00Embassy MalaboUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN
10MANAGUA111BUSINESS LEADERS ON ALBA'S ECONOMIC CLOUT IN NICARAGUA
[...] (C) Participants in the Ambassador's February 5 economic roundtable shared observations and anecdotes concerning the influence of Chavez's Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) funds in the Nicaraguan economy. Attendees stressed that the ongoing economic downturn in Venezuela could even [...]
2010-02-22 22:02:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL NU
10MANAGUA113(C) President Ortega Asks Former Amb. to U.S. to Consider a
[...] (C) Arturo Cruz Jr., Nicaragua's most recent Ambassador to the United States, recently confided to the Ambassador that President Daniel Ortega had asked Cruz to consider a second tour in Washington as Ambassador. Cruz says he told Ortega he would consider returning only if two conditions wer [...]
2010-02-25 00:19:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NU
10MANAGUA115(U) Ortega and the U.S.: New-Found True Love Or Another
[...] (S) Over the last six weeks, President Ortega has made an uncharacteristically intense effort to pass messages of conciliation and cooperation in our direction. Ortega's actions include renewed cooperation on some dormant legal assistance requests, especially cordial treatment of visiting VIPs, [...]
2010-02-25 15:50:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETPREL PGOV EAID MARR XR RS IR XK
10MANAGUA118NICARAGUA: PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: DECEMBER 2009
[...] In December 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) did not report the resolution of any Embassy registered property claims. To date, the overwhelming majority of resolutions have involved compensation via government-issued indemnification bonds ("bonos de pago de indemnizacion" or BPIs). As o [...]
2010-01-13 16:01:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON KIDE NU
10MANAGUA13Lords of the Narco-Coast: Part II - Community Reaction
[...] (C): On December 8, after a plane laden with cocaine and cash crash-landed in the remote, small village of Walpa Siksa in the North Atlantic Autonomous Region (RAAN),a deadly confrontation took place between Nicaraguan anti-drug units and drug smugglers allied with some number of local residen [...]
2010-01-07 17:43:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALSNAR SOCI ASEC PGOV PHUM PREL KCOR NU
10MANAGUA152NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: ENGLISH COURSE AND AIR COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE TRAINING
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the English Course and Air Command and General Staff College T [...]
2010-01-20 18:23:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
10MANAGUA154NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: PEACE OPERATIONS SEMINAR
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the Peace Operations Seminar in Fort McNair, Washington D.C., [...]
2010-01-20 18:25:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
10MANAGUA158TFHA01: Ortega Calls U.S. Relief Effort in Haiti a Military
[...] (SBU) The Nicaraguan Army has dispatched 34 soldiers to Haiti to assist with search and rescue efforts. Nicaragua also delivered 9 metric tons of foodstuffs and 9 metric tons of medical supplies. President Ortega has criticized the U.S. relief effort, describing it as a military invasion and [...]
2010-01-20 22:54:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL HA NU
10MANAGUA16Nicaragua: 2009 Country Report on Terrorism
[...] No acts of international terrorism occurred in Nicaragua in 2009. Three items from the 2008 report that remained largely unchanged. In 2009 Nicaragua made no substantive progress towards establishing a Financial Intelligence Unit or passing the counterterrorism bill first proposed in 2004. [...]
2010-01-06 16:13:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR NU
10MANAGUA160NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: 5th ANNUAL SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE CONFERENCE
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individual who has been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individual will attend the 5th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference in Key West, Flo [...]
2010-01-21 16:26:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
10MANAGUA18VISAS VIPER December 2009 Monthly Activity Report
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-06 17:57:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PTER ASEC PINR NU
10MANAGUA182(U) Nicaragua SOFA: Foreign Ministry Proposes Text For 2010
[...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. Please see Para 5 for Action. SUMMARY 2. (U) On January 25 we met with a Government of Nicaragua (GON) interagency team to discuss a renewal of the U.S.-Nicaragua Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for 2010. The GON expressed a desire to renew the SOFA (w [...]
2010-01-30 00:24:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR MOPS PREL EAID OPDC PINS NU
10MANAGUA184(U) NICARAGUA 1/TVPRA - Goods produced by Child Labor
[...] (U) The following is US Embassy Managua's submission regarding the Department of Labor request for information on forced labor and child labor in the production of goods for mandatory congressional reporting requirements as outlined in State 131995 and 131997. 2. (U) As reported prev [...]
2010-02-02 14:14:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM PGOV SOCI NU
10MANAGUA19By Decree Ortega Keeps Control of Key Positions
[...] (C) Summary: On January 9, President Daniel Ortega issued a decree extending the terms of over 20 public officials which are set to expire in 2010 if the National Assembly does not elect new authorities. These officials include all 10 of the now-discredited Supreme Electoral Council magistrat [...]
2010-01-12 15:47:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PHUM NU
10MANAGUA190NICARAGUA: GON SEEKS BETTER COOPERATION WITH U.S. CITIZEN CLAIMANTS
[...] (SBU) During the January 28 Property Working Group meeting, Government of Nicaragua (GON) officials stated that the GON wants to improve its cooperation with U.S. citizen claimants to advance their claims, noting that the GON hopes to exceed the number of claims resolved during the last waive [...]
2010-02-02 15:40:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON CASC KIDE NU
10MANAGUA194VISAS VIPER January 2010 Monthly Activity Report
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 20:56:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KVPR CMGT PTER ASEC PINR NU
10MANAGUA200TAHA01: NICARAGUA'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO RELIEF EFFORTS IN HAITI
[...] (SBU) The Nicaraguan Army, civil society, and private industry have made important contributions to the relief efforts in Haiti. The Army has sent three deployments of soldiers to Haiti since January 14 to deliver foodstuffs and medical supplies, provide a variety of health and medical treatmen [...]
2010-02-05 21:07:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECIN PREL PGOV HA NU
10MANAGUA202(U) NICARAGUA: LABOR MONITORING AND ENGAGEMENT WITH FREE
[...] (U) As per Ref. A request, the following is U.S. Embassy Managua's submission regarding Labor Monitoring and Free Trade Agreements. A. Labor Issues Scene Setter: The Right of Association 2. (U) The law provides for the right of all public and private sector workers, with [...]
2010-02-05 22:21:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON ETRD PGOV NU
10MANAGUA206NICARAGUA: GON REPORTS HIGHER IN TOURISM INDUSTRY IN 2009
[...] (SBU) The Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR),an agency of the Government of Nicaragua, reported that the tourism industry grew 8.3 percent in 2009 versus 2008. INTUR stated the reasons for the sector's growth were the removal of visa requirements for Costa Rica and an emphasis on attracting [...]
2010-02-08 15:29:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON NU
10MANAGUA21FISCAL TRANSPARENCY IN NICARAGUA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Per Reftel A, while the Nicaraguan national budget is publicly available on the GON's Ministry of Finance website, it does not include or accurately reflect funds originating from Venezuela under the auspices of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) program, which rema [...]
2010-01-13 22:54:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECON PREL NU
10MANAGUA214NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: INL-ILEA, INTERNATIONAL POST BLAST INVESTIGATION (IPBI)
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the ILEA, International Post Blast Investigation (IPBI) in [...]
2010-02-12 21:20:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM SNAR MOPS PINR NU
10MANAGUA216NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: INL-ILEA, INTERNATIONAL POST BLAST INVESTIGATION (IPBI)
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the ILEA, International Post Blast Investigation (IPBI) in [...]
2010-02-12 21:21:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
10MANAGUA218NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: MILGP, ENGLISH LANGUAGE COURSE AND RANGER
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the English Language Course and Ranger in Lackland AFB in T [...]
2010-02-12 21:21:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
10MANAGUA220NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: MILGP, PERSPECTIVES ON HOMELAND SECURITY AND DEFENSE COURSE
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Perspectives on Homeland Security and Defense Course in [...]
2010-02-12 21:51:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
10MANAGUA226NICARAGUA: AMCIT PROPERTY CLAIMS MONTHLY UPDATE: JANUARY
[...] In January 2010, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) reported the resolution of four Embassy registered property claims. To date, the overwhelming majority of resolutions have involved compensation via government-issued indemnification bonds ("bonos de pago de indemnizacion" or BPIs). As of Jan [...]
2010-02-17 15:33:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON KIDE NU
10MANAGUA228Nicarargua: Trafficking in Persons Report 2010
[...] (U) Following is Embassy Managua's 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The information is keyed to reftel paragraphs 25-30. --------------------------------------------- --------- 2. (SBU) Nicaragua's TIP Situation (reftel para 25) --------------------------------------------- ---- [...]
2010-02-17 20:54:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA NU
10MANAGUA234NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: DOJ, ANTIGANGS JUSTICE SECTOR SECURITY IN SAN SALVADOR
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the DOJ, Antigangs Justice Sector Security Training in San Salvador, [...]
2010-02-19 21:50:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
10MANAGUA236NICARAGUA: HUMAN RIGHTS INDIVIDUAL VETTING REQUEST FOR U.S. - SPONSORED TRAINING: CENTRAL AMERICAN LAW ENFORCEMENT EXCHANGE (CALEE) MS 13
[...] We request the Department's assistance in screening the following individuals who have been nominated for USG-funded training, pursuant to the Leahy Act and the Foreign Assistance Act. 2. The following individuals will attend the Central American Law Enforcement Exchange (CALEE) MS 13 Training [...]
2010-02-19 22:00:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PHUM MOPS PINR NU
10MANAGUA238NICARAGUAN SUPREME COURT CLOSES NATIONAL PROPERTY APPEALS
[...] (SBU) The Nicaraguan Supreme Court administratively closed the National Property Appeals Court on December 20, 2009. The Supreme Court decided to close the appellate body because it was slow, inefficient, and had a backlog of casework. The pending cases were transferred to the Managua Civ [...]
2010-02-22 17:42:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON PGOV NU
10MANAGUA240Nicaragua S/GWI Project Proposal
[...] Embassy Managua submits the proposal below for S/GWI's consideration for funding through its small grants initiative (reftel). The proposal is from the Nicaraguan Women's Autonomous Movement (Movimiento Autonomo de Mujeres, MAM) and focuses on the promotion and defense of women's civil rights, but [...]
2010-02-22 22:46:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN KPAO PHUM EAID NU
10MANAGUA25Nicaragua in ALBA - Three Years and Still Going
[...] (C) Summary: President Daniel Ortega announced Nicaragua's entry into the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) on January 11, 2007, the day after he was sworn in as president. Since that time he has proclaimed the organization as the savior of Nicaragua's economic, social and infrastructure [...]
2010-01-14 22:54:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM EAID SOCI VE NU
10MANAGUA250Data Confirm Nicaragua's Economic Decline in 2009
[...] (U) Data from January-November 2009, the latest period for which figures are available, confirm an economic contraction in Nicaragua of almost 2% last year. The global financial crisis played a major role in the decline, but internal political factors also dampened economic activity, especially inv [...]
2010-02-26 16:51:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN EINV NU
10MANAGUA27Nicaragua in ALBA - Three Years and Still Going
[...] (C) Summary: President Daniel Ortega announced Nicaragua's entry into the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (ALBA) on January 11, 2007, the day after he was sworn in as president. Since that time he has proclaimed the organization as the savior of Nicaragua's economic, social and infrastructure [...]
2010-01-14 23:22:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM EAID SOCI VE NU
10MANAGUA3NICARAGUA: NEW TSA PASSENGER SCREENING PROCEDURES IN PLACE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-05 20:05:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR NU
10MANAGUA37NASA HYTHIRM PROJECT: Nicaragua National Assembly Approves Overflight Permission for first six month of 2010
[...] (U) On December 3, the publication "La Gaceta" (Nicaragua's "Federal Register" equivalent) contained the text of a decree in which the Nicaraguan National Assembly approved the USG request to allow US Navy P-3 aircraft to overfly Nicaragua in support of certain NASA project missions. This formal US [...]
2010-01-25 15:23:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA TSPL MOPS PREL NU
10MANAGUA4Embassy Managua's Diplomatic Outreach Plan Supporting the
[...] (SBU) Per reftel A, Embassy Managua has developed a diplomatic strategy to promote and support the Secretary's Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI). Where possible, we will attempt to complement the GON's food security strategy. Our plan focuses on the following four areas: 1) [...]
2010-01-04 20:51:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL PGOV NU
10MANAGUA49TFHA01: AMBASSADOR PROTESTS ORTEGA HAITI STATEMENT
[...] (C ) Summary: At a January 25 meeting with Foreign Minister Samuel Santos the Ambassador protested President Daniel Ortega's willful mischaracterization of U.S. humanitarian efforts in Haiti as a military occupation. He said that such statements have been noticed in Washington and are damag [...]
2010-01-26 22:31:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS EAID OAS HA NU
10MANAGUA5NICARAGUAN OPPOSITION UNITY AND BENCHMARKS
[...] (C) Summary. At the start of 2010, the majority of Nicaragua's political opposition remains convinced of the need to unite but continues to confront the obstacle of former President Arnoldo Aleman, his control over the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC),and his continued power-sharing agreeme [...]
2010-01-06 18:46:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM CVIS NU
10MANAGUA51Ortega Expands His Nicaraguan Media Empire
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 14, Carlos BriceC1o made public the sale of his television station, Telenica Channel 8. The buyer and amount have not been made public, but it is widely understood that the governing Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN),and particularly the Ortega family, are the n [...]
2010-01-27 18:16:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM ECPS NU
10MANAGUA57Nicaraguan Electoral Authority Continue Manipulation of
[...] (C) Summary: On January 19, Nicaragua's Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) issued its regulations governing electoral observation for the March 7 regional elections. Civil society and the political opposition agree that the regulations significantly differ from past practice, severely limiting [...]
2010-02-02 14:15:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
10MANAGUA69AIRLINE BUSINESS STEADY IN NICARAGUA DESPITE TENSE RELATIONSHIP WITH GON
[...] (C) Despite ongoing clashes with the GON's airport authority, commercial air carriers that serve U.S./Nicaragua routes reported steady sales and healthy load factors during the DCM's quarterly civil aviation roundtable on January 28. According to the airlines, long shifts worked by airport ramp and [...]
2010-02-08 17:29:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALEAIR EINV ETRD PGOV NU
10MANAGUA93CODEL Dodd: Scenesetter for Nicaragua
[...] (C) Senator Dodd, Senator Corker, your visit to Nicaragua comes as we face exceptional challenges in the political environment here with a government that is suspicious and critical of the United States Government (USG),even as the Nicaraguan public remains fundamentally pro-U.S. and increasin [...]
2010-02-16 21:48:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV NU
10MANAMA11GUARDING NDI'S FLANK
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-10 11:24:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KMPI BA
10MANAMA15BAHRAINI FM ON AFGHANISTAN, ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmad Al Khalifah January 11 for an hour and discussed a range of topics including the Israeli-palestinian conflict and Afghanistan. MFA advisor Amb Saeed Al Faihani and DCM joined the meeting. Afghanistan ----------- 2. (C) On Afghanista [...]
2010-01-11 12:57:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS AF BA
10MANAMA21SUNNI EXTREMIST RE-ARRESTED
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 07:56:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC BA
10MANAMA24WELCOME STAFFDEL RAVEN TO BAHRAIN: JANUARY 19-21,
[...] Embassy Manama welcomes the visit of STAFFDEL Raven to Bahrain from January 19, 2010 to January 21, 2010. 2. Control Officer for the visit is Political Officer Rachel Mihm. Her office telephone number is (973)1724-2931; mobile (973) 3908-9220; home (973) 1759-1702. Email: MihmRI@state.g [...]
2010-01-18 08:37:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PREL BA
10MANAMA25BAHRAIN'S KING HAMAD ON NATO'S USE OF ISA AIR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-18 12:05:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO BA
10MANAMA26BAHRAIN'S KING HAMAD CONCERNED ABOUT QATAR, GCC
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-18 12:58:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ENRG MARR IR BA
10MANAMA30FREEDOM HOUSE DEMOTES BAHRAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 14:30:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV BA
10MANAMA49BAHRAIN EAGER TO SUPPORT U.S./OIC POLIO
[...] (U) Summary: A State/USAID/CDC delegation met with GOB officials to discuss the joint U.S./OIC polio eradication effort. The Minister of Health pedged Bahrain's full support in working with theU.S., GCC, and OIC member states and told the deegation that polio would be on the agenda of next we [...]
2010-01-28 12:41:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI TBIO BA
10MANAMA52NGOS LAUD INTERNET FREEDOM SPEECH; ALEC ROSS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 13:46:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM KPAO PGOV EINV ETRD BA
10MANAMA55FTA LABOR MONITORING - BAHRAIN
[...] (U) This cable provides responses requested in Ref A (Labor Monitoring and Engagement with Free Trade Agreement Countries). BACKGROUND = = = = = 2. (SBU) WORKFORCE: Bahrain's workforce comprises approximately 675,000 adults, of which approximately 537,000 are foreign workers -- of these [...]
2010-02-01 12:40:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON ETRD PHUM KTIP PGOV KCRM BA
10MANAMA56INPUT FOR FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR REPORTS
[...] (U) Summary: There were no reports of forced labor in the production of goods in Bahrain in 2009, nor were there reports of exploitative child labor, trafficking of children, or commercial sexual exploitation of children. End Summary. FORCED/CHILD LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF GOODS = = = = = [...]
2010-02-01 12:40:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI BA
10MANAMA57BAHRAIN'S KING HAMAD APPROVES USG REQUESTS FOR USE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 13:58:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG MARR NATO BA
10MANAMA62BAHRAIN: RESPONSE TO MOBILIZING PRESSURE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 13:26:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR BA
10MANAMA63BAHRAINI LAWMAKERS VISIT FIFTH FLEET HQ
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador and U.S. Fifth Fleet Commander met with members of the Shura Council's Foreign Affairs, Defense, and National Security Committee at NAVCENT HQ. Despite their key role on defense and security issues in parliament, this was the members' first visit to the NAVCENT/Naval Supp [...]
2010-02-04 07:51:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR BA
10MANAMA64BAHRAINI PUBLIC REACTION TO MEDIA FOCUS ON STORIES ON U.S.
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During the past week, news stories regarding U.S. efforts to bolster its military presence in the Gulf received considerable coverage in local dailies and blogs. Bahraini public reaction varied considerably from support of U.S. efforts to defend stability in the region, to critic [...]
2010-02-04 12:36:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV BA
10MANAMA67BAHRAIN OUTLINES INITIAL PREPARATIONS FOR NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25, senior Bahraini officials met with a team led by the State Department's Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN),and outlined GOB preparations for a civil nuclear energy program. Although Bahrain is not ready to pursue building a nuclear power [...]
2010-02-07 13:13:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP BA
10MANAMA71HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH REPORT ON TORTURE IN BAHRAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 10:22:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM BA
10MANAMA87 WELCOME STAFFDEL ANDERSON/BELZAK TO BAHRAIN (FEBRUARY 23 -
[...] Embassy Manama welcomes the visit of STAFFDEL Anderson/Belzak to Bahrain from February 23, 2010 to February 24, 2010. 2. Control Officer for the visit is Political Officer Rachel Mihm. Her office telephone number is (973)1724-2931; mobile (973) 3908-9220; home (973) 1759-1702. Email: Mihm [...]
2010-02-22 08:15:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN BA
10MANAMA99BAHRAINI OFFICIALS REACT TO TORTURE ALLEGATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 11:49:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ASEC KISL BA
10MANILA10 PHILIPPINES VOLCANO THREAT EASES; SUCCESSFUL 'ZERO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Philippine volcanologists downgraded the threat level of southern Luzon's Mount Mayon to Alert Level 3 on January 2, allowing nearly all 48,000 evacuees to return to their homes on the volcano's slopes. Albay provincial officials attribute their successful management of the cri [...]
2010-01-05 08:18:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SOCI PREL KPAO SENV EAGR CASC RP
10MANILA125AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PRESIDENT ARROYO
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador paid her farewell call on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo at Malacanang Palace January 21. The President praised the excellent state of U.S.-Philippine bilateral relations, and lauded U.S. leadership in organizing an "excellent" aid effort for Haiti. She said a [...]
2010-01-21 08:55:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RP
10MANILA132TFHA01: PHILIPPINES SENDS DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS, PERSONNEL
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Philippines offered monetary assistance and disaster relief expertise to earthquake-stricken Haiti this week, with President Arroyo and the Philippine National Red Cross each approving USD 50,000 for humanitarian assistance. A team of 21 government doctors, nurses and engin [...]
2010-01-22 07:23:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SOCI PREL PGOV KPAO HA RP
10MANILA135AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Ambassador hosted a cordial, hour-long coffee at the Residence January 21 with Liberal Party presidential candidate Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III and his vice presidential running mate, Senator Manuel A. "Mar" Roxas. Clearly more relaxed and self-possessed th [...]
2010-01-22 08:51:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM RP
10MANILA142Philippines Optimistic About Copenhagen Accord, Plans to
[...] (SBU) Economic Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Heherson Alvarez, Presidential Adviser on Climate Change and head of the Philippine's climate change delegation, on January 19. Alvarez was optimistic about the potential impact of the Copenhagen Accord and clearly stated that he would con [...]
2010-01-25 05:28:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON KGHG RP
10MANILA1492010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - PHILIPPINES
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 07:59:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV RP USTR
10MANILA155MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE: LEAD SUSPECT'S TRIAL UNDERWAY
[...] (C) The murder trial is underway for a powerful former Mayor suspected of leading a gruesome November 23 massacre in Maguindanao province that left 57 people dead. Two other members of his prominent family remain detained on charges of rebellion, although we understand one could be released so [...]
2010-01-26 08:51:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KCRM RP
10MANILA156FILIPINO NURSES STRUGGLE TO RESUSCITATE CAREERS AFTER U.S.
[...] SUMMARY: Nursing degrees provided thousands of Filipinos opportunities to work in the United States. Facing low wages and high unemployment at home, Filipino nurses were eager to help address the chronic nursing shortage in the United States. However, many of these job opportunities evaporat [...]
2010-01-26 08:56:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON ELAB CVIS OEXC RP
10MANILA164Philippine Elections: Favorite Son Hits Softball
[...] (SBU) Summary: Philippine presidential candidate Senator Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino's January 21 luncheon speech to an invited audience focused on his economic advocacies and the faults of the current Arroyo Administration. The speech was well-received; no surprise given the anti-Arroyo Adminis [...]
2010-01-27 06:49:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV RP
10MANILA170PHILIPPINE ELECTION: ESTRADA IN FOR NOW, VILLAR
[...] (C) Though the presidential campaign officially starts Feb. 9, electioneering is in full swing, with the main candidates running ads, debating, and working to undercut opponents. In a constitutionally questionable decision, a Commission on Elections (COMELEC) sub-panel ruled that former Presi [...]
2010-01-27 08:19:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS RP
10MANILA187 ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING, EMPLOYMENT, AND OTHER
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 01:14:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER ECON KUNR OECD APECO UNESCO RP
10MANILA196PHILIPPINE VIEWS ON NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 28, Political-External chief discussed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference (NPT RevCon) and Nuclear Security Summit with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),and delivered Reftel demarches. DFA said that the planning was proceeding well for nex [...]
2010-01-29 07:04:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL NPT IAEA UNGA RP
10MANILA199Philippines Copenhagen Reaction: Government Negotiators
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Arroyo and her chief climate envoy Heherson Alvarez have expressed strong support for the Copenhagen Accord and the United Nations (U.N.) negotiating process. President Arroyo moderated the Philippines' pre-Copenhagen climate change position by telling the delegation [...]
2010-01-31 23:32:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON PGOV PREL KGHG RP
10MANILA212INFORMATION ON CHILD AND FORCED LABOR FOR DOL
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-02 09:14:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PHUM EIND KTIP SOCI SIPDIS USAID RP
10MANILA235NO SIGN OF PROGRESS IN PEACE TALKS WITH COMMUNISTS
[...] (S) Norwegian peace talks facilitator Vegar Brynildsen told us on February 3 that a failed agreement to restart formal talks between the Philippine government and the communist National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) demonstrated the waning influence of self-exiled communist leader [...]
2010-02-04 08:04:00Embassy ManilaSECRETPREL PGOV PINS PTER MOPS RP NO
10MANILA241MOBILIZING PRESSURE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM:
[...] (SBU) Political-External chief delivered Reftel demarche on Iran's nuclear program to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). The DFA was represented by Donna Rodriguez, Director of the Office of Political, Security, and Legal Matters in the international organizations bureau, and Rona Goce, [...]
2010-02-05 08:45:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PARM IR UNSC RP
10MANILA251PARTIES SHARE DRAFT PEACE ACCORDS, BUT POSITIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Negotiators from the Philippine government and the insurgent Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) met January 27-28 in Kuala Lumpur to exchange first drafts of a final peace agreement, and assessed that their positions were too distant to allow for a comprehensive settlement by th [...]
2010-02-08 08:26:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KISL RP
10MANILA281POLL PREPARATIONS ON TRACK, ELECTION COMMISSION
[...] (C) Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman Jose Melo told the Charge d'Affaires on February 8 that preparations for th Philippines' first automated national election Ma 10 were proceeding well. Melo was satisfied wih the ongoing delivery and testing of SmartMaticmachines for scanning ball [...]
2010-02-12 08:40:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM RP
10MANILA289GOVERNMENT DETAINS 43 IN CONTROVERSIAL RAID
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a joint February 6 operation, Philippine police and military personnel in Rizal Province arrested and detained 43 people with alleged ties to the terrorist New People's Army. The accused maintain they are medical workers who were tortured by military forces after their wron [...]
2010-02-16 09:11:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PTER MOPS RP
10MANILA293TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT -
[...] (U) This cable includes the Mission's input for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The information and statistics cover the period from mid-February 2009' to mid-February 2010, unless otherwise noted. The Mission's TIP point of contact is Political Officer Doreen Bailey, BaileyDP@ [...]
2010-02-17 07:42:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF
10MANILA333ELECTION STUMBLING BLOCKS RAISE QUESTIONS
[...] (C) Election controversies are an established tradition in the Philippines, and the 2010 national poll looks certain to feature its fair share. The country is embarking on an unprecedented effort to automate the vote nationwide, and Filipinos still face considerable hurdles in implementing th [...]
2010-02-19 03:48:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS EAID ASEC RP
10MANILA336Philippines: Distracted Driving Demarche Reply
[...] (U) On January 29 Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Assistant Secretary for American Affairs Lourdes Yparraguirre and DFA Assistant Secretary for United Nations and International Organizations Leslie Gatan. Post also contacted the Land Transportation Offi [...]
2010-02-19 05:56:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SOCI ELTN UNDP UNGA RP
10MANILA349S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS - PHILIPPINES
[...] Embassy Manila submits two proposals for consideration for the 2010 Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues Small Grants Initiative. The first is a $50,000 project to fund the expansion of a women's support center in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). The second is a $100,00 [...]
2010-02-19 08:41:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KPAO KWNM RP
10MANILA350PEACE TALKS FACILITATOR SAYS PHILIPPINE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Malaysian facilitator for peace talks between the Philippine government and the insurgent Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) told the Charge d'Affaires February 18 that the parties had agreed to pursue an interim agreement before the end of President Arroyo's term, in lieu o [...]
2010-02-19 08:44:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KISL RP
10MANILA369U.S. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM COMMISSION CHAIR PRESSES
[...] (SBU) Leonard Leo, Chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (CIRF),explained to President Arroyo in a February 19 meeting that some countries use opposition to "defamation of religion" to restrict free speech and enable repressive blasphemy laws. Leo, accompanied by [...]
2010-02-22 08:28:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV PTER RP
10MANILA370SENIOR ABU SAYYAF GROUP LEADER BELIEVED KILLED ON
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On February 21, six members of the terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) were killed in a battle with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) on Jolo Island including, we believe, the prominent ASG sub-commander Albader Parad. If Parad's death is confirmed, it would be a signifi [...]
2010-02-22 08:53:00Embassy ManilaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL MARR MOPS KCRM RP
10MANILA38 Philippines 2009 Economic Wrap-up and 2010 Way Ahead
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Philippine economy is poised for moderate growth in 2010 after avoiding most of the effects of the world recession in 2009. Although buffeted by two extremely damaging storms in the final trimester, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanded overall in 2009, while neighbori [...]
2010-01-07 07:46:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD ECIN RP CN XE XD
10MANILA385TOURISM - BASIS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
[...] Summary: The Philippine Tourism Act of 2009, signed into law on May 12, 2009, describes tourism as an indispensable element of the national economy. The new law seeks to develop a robust tourism industry, turn the Philippines into a world-renowned destination, and attract foreign investment [...]
2010-02-24 08:39:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EAIR ETRD RP
10MANILA404CORRECTED COPY: INFORMATION ON CHILD AND FORCED
[...] (U) Summary: This cable provides input requested for the Secretary of Labor's annual report to Congress on the implementation of commitments to eliminate exploitative and forced child labor (Ref A). It updates information provided by Post in Reftels B and C on the use of child labor in the p [...]
2010-02-26 08:46:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PGOV PHUM EIND KTIP SOCI SIPDIS USAID RP
10MANILA405MILF LEADERS CONCERNED ABOUT PEACE TALKS, SEEK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) peace panel told Poloff February 24 they are concerned about the Philippine government's ability to negotiate an interim peace agreement that can satisfy the MILF's expectations, and asked to engage with the U.S. on a more forma [...]
2010-02-26 09:11:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINS KISL RP
10MANILA60AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL BREAKFAST WITH PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (C) In a one-on-one January 11 breakfast with the Ambassador, presidential candidate Gilberto Teodoro betrayed a clear lack of enthusiasm for campaigning, noting time demands, difficult discussions with local officials, and a dearth of substance. Teodoro spoke highly of his running mate, Edu [...]
2010-01-13 03:52:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM RP
10MANILA63AMBASSADOR'S FINAL TRIP TO MINDANAO UNDERSCORES U.S.
[...] SUMMARY. During her final trip to Mindanao on January 8, the Ambassador emphasized the long-term commitment of the U.S. to peaceful development in the region. The Ambassador launched an English proficiency program for seven universities in the region, inaugurated a neighborhood footbridge, a [...]
2010-01-13 06:57:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KISL KPAO EAID RP
10MANILA70FOREIGN SECRETARY'S FAREWELL DINNER FOR THE
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Romulo hosted on January 11 an intimate cabinet dinner for departing Ambassador Kenney. In a brief preliminary meeting with the Ambassador, Romulo stressed his gratitude for strong military-to-military relations, for U.S. disaster relief during flooding and the [...]
2010-01-14 07:09:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINS MOPS RP
10MANILA73GOVERNMENT RACING AGAINST TIME FOR MILF PEACE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Philippine government and the insurgent Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are poised to continue difficult discussions this month on a comprehensive peace agreement, even as the Philippine government questions how much progress can be made in reconciling the parties' distan [...]
2010-01-14 09:20:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS KISL RP
10MANILA8 Philippines: 301 Special Out-of-Cycle Review on
[...] (SBU) Summary. On December 17, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) officials held a digital video conference with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) to discuss intellectual property rights protection and enforcement as part of the 301 Special Out-of-Cycle Review (OCR) of the [...]
2010-01-04 10:03:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ETRD EAGR RP
10MANILA9AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON PHILIPPINE
[...] (SBU) In her December 23 farewell call, the Ambassador and Philippine Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap highlighted strong U.S. - Philippine collaboration throughout 2009, especially joint efforts to transition former combatants in Mindanao to peaceful agricultural projects, and a series of h [...]
2010-01-04 10:48:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ECON ETRD PREL RP
10MANILA90PHILIPPINES LAUDS SECRETARY CLINTON'S SPEECH ON
[...] (C) Summary: A senior Department of Foreign Affairs official lauded Secretary Clinton's January 12 speech on regional architecture, calling it another welcome sign of U.S. re-engagement with East Asia. The government continues to formulate its response, and Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo wi [...]
2010-01-15 09:20:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALECIN PREL XC XE XU ASEAN APECO ARF RP
10MANILA93PHILIPPINES 2009 POLITICAL WRAP-UP AND LOOK-AHEAD
[...] (C) While several tumultuous events -- a political massacre in Mindanao, massive flooding in Luzon -- created an end-of-year sense of crisis in the Philippines, overall political and security stability improved perceptibly over the course of 2009. The year witnessed no significant military or [...]
2010-01-19 05:46:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM PHUM PTER MOPS EAID ASEC KJUS
10MAPUTO104MOZAMBIQUE 2010 INVESTOR CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Mozambique encourages foreign direct investment. CPI, the government's Investment Promotion Center, seeks to bring investors to Mozambique and should be an investor's primary contact with the government. CPI is particularly interested in increasing investment in the central and northern regi [...]
2010-02-04 12:32:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB ECON MZ
10MAPUTO109MOZAMBIQUE -- CHILD LABOR INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Approximately 75 per cent of Mozambicans work as subsistence farmers. Child labor is culturally tolerated and accepted as a source of employment especially in agriculture. Child labor in the urban context is largely related to domestic servitude. The Ministry of Labor (MITR [...]
2010-02-06 20:50:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI MZ
10MAPUTO128PRESIDENT THANKS AMBASSADOR FOR USG SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10 Ambassador Rowe presented her credentials to the GRM at a formal ceremony at the Presidency hosted by President Guebuza. During the brief but substantive discussion which followed, Guebuza described the GRM's relationship with the USG as "excellent," expressing [...]
2010-02-12 12:03:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KMCA MCC SNAR EAID MZ
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