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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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10MAPUTO129CORRECTED COPY: PRESIDENT THANKS AMBASSADOR FOR
[...] (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 13:21:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KMCA SNAR EAID MZ
10MAPUTO139PRESIDENT GUEBUZA DISCUSSES ECONOMY WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the February 10 accreditation Ceremony (reftel),the Ambassador met February 12 with President Armando Guebuza for an initial 20-minute courtesy call. Guebuza described U.S.-Mozambican bilateral relations as "excellent" and provided perspectives on the challenges of p [...]
2010-02-16 16:25:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KMCA ECON EAID MZ
10MAPUTO159DONOR COORDINATION MECHANISMS--INCREASING USG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past two years post has conscientiously developed stronger relationships and coordination with other donors at various levels in order to influence an ongoing multi-donor dialogue on key issues, specifically in the G-19, a collection of like-minded donors providing dire [...]
2010-02-19 16:15:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL KDEM MZ
10MAPUTO163MOZAMBIQUE SUBMISSION: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Mozambique is a source and possibly a destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. The use of forced child laborers is a common practice in Mozambique's urban and rural areas, often with the complicity of family m [...]
2010-02-22 09:38:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10MAPUTO171ANADARKO PETROLEUM FINDS GAS IN NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In its first deepwater exploration well, one of eight wells planned in northern Mozambique's Rovuma Basin, U.S. independent oil and gas exploration and production company Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has struck a sizable natural gas deposit. The first deepwater exploration [...]
2010-02-23 07:34:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EINV ETRD MZ
10MAPUTO175EU OBSERVER MISSION REPORT NOTES ELECTIONS CONCERNS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 16, the EU Election Observer Mission (EU EOM) released its final report on the October national elections in Mozambique. In the ensuing press conference, Chief Observer and European Parliamentarian Fiona Hall noted an unclear and contradictory legal framework govern [...]
2010-02-23 13:36:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MZ
10MAPUTO176MAJOR PARTIES REVEAL PLANS AND CONCERNS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 10, Electoral Institute of Southern Africa (EISA) country director Miguel de Brito told Emboffs that the October 2009 elections were the most irregular and frustrating yet in Mozambique. Challenges included unbalanced application of the law, "irregular" actions by t [...]
2010-02-24 06:49:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MZ
10MAPUTO177VIOLENCE AND CRIME ON THE RISE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following relatively peaceful national elections and the inauguration of President Armando Guebuza's second five-year term, a series of violent acts has raised serious security concerns in Mozambique. Within a 72-hour period two police agents were ambushed and murdered in the [...]
2010-02-24 08:26:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM KCOR SNAR MZ
10MAPUTO45U.S.-PORTUGUESE COOPERATION IN MOZAMBIQUE: A
[...] (SBU) Cooperative programs with the Portuguese in Mozambique represent a successful model on which to base future programs. An inexpensive joint U.S.-Portuguese border guard training program, run successfully since FY07, has provided training and equipment for over 400 border guards. Increas [...]
2010-01-12 15:26:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV EAID PREL MZ
10MAPUTO46GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE: MOZAMBIQUE
[...] SUMMARY: With untapped economic potential and high levels of poverty and malnutrition, Mozambique merits consideration for inclusion in the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI). However, based on current discussions about overall USG assistance levels in relation to heightened d [...]
2010-01-12 16:10:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ECON ETRD PREL PGOV KDEM MZ
10MAPUTO49RENAMO PARTY LEADER DHLAKAMA ASSESSES ELECTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge met with traditional opposition party RENAMO President Afonso Dhlakama recently to get a readout on his views of the October 28 elections and future plans following RENAMO's biggest-ever electoral loss. Dhlakama confirmed that his party will not take up arms as rumor [...]
2010-01-13 14:02:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MZ
10MAPUTO50GRM RESPONDS HARSHLY TO DONOR CONCERNS ON
[...] (C) Summary: International donors have spent recent weeks coordinating a response to the GRM's flawed October 28 elections process, with several nations contemplating reductions in assistance to the central government. The G-19 Donor Group sent a letter to the GRM in December laying out spec [...]
2010-01-13 15:58:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM KCOR EAID MZ
10MAPUTO51BIOTECHNOLOGY IN MOZAMBIQUE
[...] SUMMARY: A signatory of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Mozambique is eager to leverage biotechnology to improve its agricultural productivity; however there has been little or no investment in biotech research thus far. The government of Mozambique (GRM) is calling for a second green r [...]
2010-01-14 16:30:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD KPAO PREL SENV SF TBIO MZ
10MAPUTO75CHISSANO ON MADAGASCAR: MUST PRESSURE THE FRENCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 21 meeting, Former President and SADC Special Negotiator for Madagascar Joachim Chissano told the Charge that he commended the United States for its position on Madagascar, suspension of AGOA, and termination of the MCC Compact. Chissano said that SADC leaders deci [...]
2010-01-22 11:01:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MA MZ
10MAPUTO80NARCOTRAFFICKING ON UPSWING, CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Mozambique has been called the second most active narcotics transit point in Africa after Guinea Bissau (Ref C). Despite anti-corruption rhetoric, the ruling FRELIMO party has not shown much serious political will to combat narcotrafficking. Mohamed Bashir Suleman (MBS),descri [...]
2010-01-25 11:56:00Embassy MaputoSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KCOR SNAR MZ
10MAPUTO81GUEBUZA MAKES FEW CHANGES TO CABINET
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 16 President Guebuza announced the members of his Cabinet. There were few changes. With the exception of shifting Aires Aly, Minister of Education and Culture during Guebuza's first term, to Prime Minister, all other key ministers retained their posts. With Guebuz [...]
2010-01-25 12:44:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MZ
10MAPUTO82GUEBUZA INAUGURATION FLAUNTS EXCESS, YET REVEALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Television cameras captured scenes of several thousand revelers at Frelimo headquarters celebrating the election results in December, and independent media remarked on the excesses and atmosphere of indulgence. The party continued during the Jan 12 parliamentary inauguration, p [...]
2010-01-26 14:08:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MZ
10MAPUTO86XXXXXXXXXXXX TALKS OF CORRUPTION AT THE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The Charge recently met with XXXXXXXXXXXX --("the source") who described his frustrations with FRELIMO, President Guebuza, and Mohamed Bashir Suleiman (MBS). He complained that they exercise complete control over the licit and illicit economy of Mozambique. The source, who has exc [...]
2010-01-28 06:21:00Embassy MaputoSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM KMCA MCC SNAR EINV MZ
10MASERU1LOCAL POLICE DESCRIBE LESOTHO AS A "HOTSPOT" FOR DRUG
[...] (SBU) On December 3, 2009, Police Chief Bheki Cele of South Africa commented in South Africa's Star newspaper that Lesotho was one of the hotspots for drug trafficking in the Southern African region. Cele's comments came after South African Police Service (SAPS) officers busted a cross-border [...]
2010-01-04 13:30:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC SNAR LT
10MASERU13DUAL ROLE FOR ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN MASERU
[...] Post requests continuing authorization for our Accounting Technician to maintain both obligation entry (role 2) and voucher entry (role 3). The assignment of these roles is due to our limited staffing of only three financial employees. Since last year's review, post has added an alternate Ce [...]
2010-01-12 12:38:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT LT
10MASERU14EAC MEETS TO REVIEW VISAS VIPER ISSUES
[...] (SBU) As instructed in ref A, Embassy Maseru's EAC met on January 13, 2010, to discuss terrorism and Visas Viper issues. The meeting was chaired by DCM Elizabeth Power, and in attendance were Ambassador Nolan, RSO, PD/Econ/Pol Officer, GSO, IMO, CLO, Exec OMS, MCC, CDC, and Peace Corps. The [...]
2010-01-13 08:56:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PTER ASEC PINR KVPR LT
10MASERU15TERMINATION OF MADAGASCAR'S AGOA ELIGIBILITY MAY LEAD TO
[...] On December 23, 2009, President Obama announced that Madagascar, together with Niger and Guinea, was not making continual progress in meeting African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) requirements. Effective January 1, 2010, those countries' designations as AGOA beneficiaries was terminated. [...]
2010-01-13 10:23:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON LT
10MASERU16HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACSS NEXT GENERATION OF MILITARY
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to participate in the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) Next Generation of Military Leaders Course for March 1-26, 2010, in Washington D.C. The candidate is a senio [...]
2010-01-13 15:09:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
10MASERU17LESOTHO HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA CANDIDATES, FEBRUARY
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the six candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in the International Law Enforcement Agency (ILEA) Course in Gaborone, Botswana. The candidates are officers in the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) [...]
2010-01-13 15:14:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
10MASERU182010 SUMMER TDY ASSISTANCE REQUEST
[...] Summary: Due to the rotation of 4 of our 9 State positions, Maseru anticipates unavoidable staffing gaps this summer 2010. Critical among these include the Ambassador's OMS and our IMO. Post will also require consular assistance during the June-July World Cup in South Africa. End Summary. [...]
2010-01-15 10:54:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER LT
10MASERU19PROJECT #XJ-RY-0097 COMPLETION REPORT - EMBASSY MASERU
[...] The following OBO-funded 7902 project was completed on January 15, 2010. 2. Project Name: Maintenance Facility Renovation Project 3. Project Description: Reconfigure Maintenance Facility 4. Project Number: XJ-RY-0097 5. OBO Funding Allotment: $20,000.00 [...]
2010-01-20 04:00:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ABLD ABUD AFIN LT
10MASERU2HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MARSHALL CENTER: SEMINAR ON
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to participate in the Seminar on Transatlantic Civil Security, February 2-23, 2010, at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch, Germany . Th [...]
2010-01-05 08:38:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
10MASERU20PROJECT #XJ-RY-0096 COMPLETION REPORT - EMBASSY MASERU
[...] The following OBO-funded 7902 project was completed on January 15, 2010. 2. Project Name: MOR Security Upgrade Project 3. Project Description: Replace existing rotted and falling perimeter chain link fence and replace with solid perimeter wall. 4. Project Number: [...]
2010-01-20 06:30:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ABLD ABUD AFIN LT
10MASERU22LESOTHO CONFIDENT OF ASSOCIATION WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD BY
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 10:54:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG LT
10MASERU23CORRECTED COPY: TERMINATION OF MADAGASCAR'S AGOA ELIGIBILITY
[...] On December 23, 2009, President Obama announced that Madagascar, together with Niger and Guinea, was not making continual progress in meeting African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) requirements. Effective January 1, 2010, those countries' designations as AGOA beneficiaries was terminated. [...]
2010-01-21 12:50:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON SF LT
10MASERU27LOCAL ELECTIONS: ELECTION COMMISSION CHAIR DISCUSSES
[...] (U) On Thursday, January 21, 2010, Poloff met with the Chair of Lesotho's Independent Electoral Commission to discuss Lesotho's upcoming local government elections. The Chair doesn't expect elections to occur before the end of April. She also affirmed that opposition parties and the ruling LC [...]
2010-01-26 12:28:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV LT
10MASERU28HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR MARSHALL CENTER: TERRORISM AND
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to participate in the program Terrorism and Security Studies, February 12-March 19, 2010, at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Garmisch, German [...]
2010-01-28 10:34:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
10MASERU29EMBASSY MASERU HONORS NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH, DECEMBER
[...] Summary: Embassy Maseru held a roundtable discussion on the subject of Lesotho adoption procedures on December 2, 2009, in honor of National Adoption Month. Among the participants were members of Lesotho's Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, directors of a local child care facility, and a s [...]
2010-01-28 11:03:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDCASC KOCI LT
10MASERU3VISAS VIPER: DECEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-06 15:00:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC LT
10MASERU30EMBASSY MASERU PREPARES FOR 2010 WORLD CUP
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Maseru is preparing for an increase in consular and security workload as a result of the 2010 World Cup games, to be held from June 11 to July 11, 2010, at venues throughout South Africa. Post is collaborating with Mission South Africa on sharing information and strengthening [...]
2010-01-29 09:42:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT CMGT CASC ASEC LT
10MASERU31LESOTHO: CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR REPORT
[...] Lesotho does not consider itself to have a problem with forced labor or exploitive child labor. The Ministry of Labour and Employment states that there is no child labor within the formal sectors. Forced labor or exploitive child labor is known to occur in the informal sector and does not occu [...]
2010-02-01 13:02:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI LT
10MASERU34DEVELOPING A COMMUNITY OF ENERGY OFFICERS: LESOTHO
[...] The Public Diplomacy, Economic and Political Officer (PDEP),Sara Devlin is responsible for all economic issues, including energy, for Lesotho. Name: Sara Devlin Email: DevlinSE@state.gov Telephone: (+266) 2231-2666 (X. 4104) Cellphone: +266 5885-3093 2. The PDEP [...]
2010-02-04 08:27:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG LT
10MASERU35VISAS VIPER: JANUARY 2010 MONTHLY REPORT
[...] Embassy Maseru held a Visas Viper Committee meeting on February 2, 2010. Attendees were DCM, RSO, CONS, MO, POLECON. 2. The meeting was chaired by DCM Elizabeth Power. 3. No individuals were identified for inclusion in the Visa Viper Program during this reporting period. 4. Post's Vis [...]
2010-02-04 12:08:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER PINR ASEC CMGT LT
10MASERU37LESOTHO'S RESPONSE TO CITES DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-05 06:23:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP LT
10MASERU38REQUEST FOR SSI SPEAKER ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP);
[...] PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Embassy Maseru requests a speaker to talk about trafficking in persons (TIP) under the theme of "Democracy, Civil Society, and the Rule of Law." This is in line with the Embassy's Mission Strategic Plan(MSP) goal to advance democracy and promote human rights while mitiga [...]
2010-02-05 11:55:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO LT
10MASERU4WORKSHOP FOR CMI QUALITY COORDINATORS - MASERU NOMINATION
[...] Post whole-heartedly nominates its superb Systems Manager and CMI Quality Coordinator, Masekhonyana Malebo for the Locally Employed (LE) Quality Coordinators workshop to be held in Washington, DC on February 1-5, 2010. 2. Post has appointed Ms. Malebo as its LES QC and verifies tha [...]
2010-01-06 15:18:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT LT
10MASERU44LESOTHO DISCUSSES IAEA AND IRAN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 05:49:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIAEA PARM PREL KNNP KTIA LT IR
10MASERU46LESOTHO HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AIRBORNE TRAINING: 8 MAR -
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to participate in the United States Army Airborne training as part of the International Military Education and Training (IMET) program. The training will be held in Fort Be [...]
2010-02-11 10:18:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
10MASERU47LESOTHO'S KING WANTS U.S. DOMESTIC ISSUES RESOLVED SO OBAMA
[...] At the monarch's invitation, on February 9, 2010, Ambassador Nolan and DCM Power met with King Letsie III and spoke with him for almost an hour on the current status of the health care reform proposals in the United States. King Letsie was particularly interested in the cultural context in wh [...]
2010-02-12 11:10:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV LT
10MASERU48CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN LESOTHO AND POTENTIAL AREAS FOR
[...] (U) According to Gao Deyi, China's Ambassador to Lesotho, there are approximately 5,000 Chinese in Lesotho (other figures estimate 10,000),though the number has declined over the past twenty years due to harsh living conditions and high rates of crime targeted against Chinese. A study by Yoo [...]
2010-02-12 11:13:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CN LT
10MASERU49LAND REFORM ISSUE CONTINUES TO REVEAL FAULT LINES WITHIN
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Local Government and Chieftainship Ponts'o Sekatle accused Ambassador Nolan of betraying her by engaging in a public diplomacy campaign around the land reform bill currently before parliament, although she later acknowledged that post was forced to take action to coun [...]
2010-02-16 13:14:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPGOV KMCA LT
10MASERU5OPPOSITION LEADER SEES RENEWABLE ENERGY AS A MONEY EARNER
[...] Tom Thabane, leader of the All Basotho Convention party and unofficial leader of Lesotho's political opposition in Lesotho, visited the Embassy today to meet with the Chargi d'Affaires and representatives of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). The meeting was quite short and focused on [...]
2010-01-07 06:26:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV LT
10MASERU50POLITICAL PARTIES AGREE TO POSTPONE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
[...] As anticipated in reftel, the debate over the reservation system of ensuring 30% of local government seats for women, along with the difficulties inherent in arranging the logistics of local government elections across the nation according to the newly defined constituencies, have led to the p [...]
2010-02-17 14:21:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM LT
10MASERU51RIMC PRETORIA IMTS/T TRIP REPORT - MASERU
[...] Visiting Technician: IMTS/T Jeff Nagley 2. Dates of visit: Nagley - 01/11/2010 to 01/15/2010 3. Post personal contacted: a) IMO Norman Bates b) PEPFAR rep. Whitney Gauthier 4. Purpose of Trip: a) Install 20+ phones for new PEPFAR offices in a recently converted former warehou [...]
2010-02-18 07:18:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMTC AMGT KRIM LT
10MASERU53HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING: MS FIELD MEDICAL ASSISTANT/MEDEVAC
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to participate in the United States Army MS Field Medical Assistant/Medevac Basic Officer Leader Course and Medical Logistics Officer Course as part of the International Mi [...]
2010-02-20 08:53:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
10MASERU54S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL - LESOTHO
[...] The following is a proposal received from a non-governmental organization (NGO) well-known to the U.S. Embassy, the Women and Law in Southern Africa Research and Education-Lesotho (WLSA). The U.S. Embassy in Lesotho has had numerous contacts with the NGO over the years and has encountered no p [...]
2010-02-20 15:22:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM EAID LT
10MASERU55MASERU: ANNUAL CERTIFICATION OF MANAGEMENT CONTROLS
[...] Post completed its review of consular management controls on February 11, 2010, in an open discussion that included the DCM and all members of the consular section. Post certifies that it is in full compliance with management control requirements. 2. Completion of review certified by Eliz [...]
2010-02-22 11:04:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CASC KFRD LT
10MASERU56MASERU: REQUEST FOR TOUR OF DUTY EXTENSION FOR CONSULAR
[...] Maseru requests the extension of the tour of duty of Consular Officer, Karla C. Brown, for an additional six months. Ms. Brown arrived at post in November 2008. Her tour of duty was to have been 24 months with a transfer eligibility date of 11/2010. With this request, we ask that her TED be [...]
2010-02-22 11:20:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT CMGT APER LT
10MASERU57LESOTHO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on human trafficking? What plans are in place (if any) to undertake further documentation of human trafficking? How reliable are these sources? Sources of information on trafficking are becoming m [...]
2010-02-22 11:20:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10MASERU58LESOTHO HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AIRBORNE TRAINING: 08 MARCH
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the candidate from Lesotho nominated to participate in the United States Army Airborne training as part of the International Military Education and Training (IMET) program. The training will be held in Fort Be [...]
2010-02-22 12:20:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM LT
10MASERU62LESOTHO: POST CONTACT ON ICT ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 12:17:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON LT
10MASERU63LESOTHO: RESPONSE TO TWO DEMARCHES
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 07:04:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN LT
10MATAMOROS17CEREMONIAL OPENING OF ANZALDUAS INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE
[...] Speakers: Mexican President Felipe Caldersn U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs Patricia Espinosa U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Carlos Pascual Mexican Ambassador to the U.S. Arturo Sarukhan Tamaulipas Governor Eugenio Hernandez 2. Mexican P [...]
2010-01-13 23:34:00Consulate MatamorosUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELTN ETRD ECIN MX
10MBABANE19SWAZI HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER: SUPPORT FOR THE MONARCHY HIGH
[...] (SBU) Mandla Mkhwanazi, chair of the newly recreated Swazi Lawyers for Human Rights, told PolOff on January 15 that support for King Mswati III and the political system remained high in the country, despite crushing levels of poverty, unemployment, corruption, violations of human rights, and h [...]
2010-01-15 10:59:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI WZ
10MBABANE24TFHA01: SWAZILAND OFFERS CONDOLENCES, BUT NO MATERIAL
[...] (SBU) On January 20, Foreign Ministry Assistant Socio-Political Analyst Vulindlela Kunene told PolOff that the Swazi government (GKOS) has not provided humanitarian assistance to Haiti (ref A). It is unlikely GKOS will provide assistance in the coming days, and there are no plans to register do [...]
2010-01-20 14:56:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF PHUM HA WZ
10MBABANE25SWAZILAND LOOKS TO DEBT AND FISCAL CUTS TO COVER BUDGET
[...] (U) A dramatic drop in Southern Africa Customs Union (SACU) receipts has forced the Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland (GKOS) to cut ministries' budgets and consider alternate ways to raise money to finance the 2010 budget. SACU receipts represented approximately 60 percent of GKOS's budge [...]
2010-01-21 12:00:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PGOV PREL WZ
10MBABANE28CLIMATE CHANGE DEMARCHE DELIVERED - SOME FOREIGN MINISTRY
[...] On January 22, Ambassador Irving met with Foreign Minister Lutfo Dlamini on climate change to deliver points per reftel. The Ambassador requested Swaziland's support for the Copenhagen Accord by associating itself with the agreement, noting that Lesotho intended to do so. Ambassador Irving fu [...]
2010-01-22 10:00:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG SENU ENRG WZ
10MBABANE29CLIMATE CHANGE DEMARCHE DELIVERED - SOME FOREIGN MINISTRY
[...] On January 22, Ambassador Irving met with Foreign Minister Lutfo Dlamini on climate change to deliver points per reftel. The Ambassador requested Swaziland's support for the Copenhagen Accord by associating itself with the agreement, noting that Lesotho intended to do so. Ambassador Irving fu [...]
2010-01-22 11:03:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG SENU ENRG WZ
10MBABANE31SWAZI FOREIGN MINISTER: SADC ANTICIPATES POTENTIAL
[...] (C) Swaziland,s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Lutfo E. Dlamini told Ambassador on January 22 that Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit participants expressed disapproval of France,s continued support of the Rajoelina regime in Madagascar. He said t [...]
2010-01-22 11:28:00Embassy MbabaneCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR SADC AU WZ
10MBABANE33 TFHA01: LITTLE FOCUS ON HAITI IN SWAZI MEDIA
[...] Media coverage of the earthquake and subsequent relief efforts in Haiti has been very limited. Both local and international coverage has generated little interest among the Swazi public. Articles have been confined to the World News section of the newspapers, which have run short pieces verba [...]
2010-01-25 12:47:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO KDEM OIIP HAWZ
10MBABANE35SWAZILAND FISCAL TRANSPARENCY 2010 REVIEW
[...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel's request regarding information on Swaziland's fiscal transparency and USG FY2010 assistance. 2. (SBU) Under the FY 2010 SFOAA, Swaziland is allocated $100,000 in IMET funding, which is not provided directly to the Ministry of Defense but pays for expense [...]
2010-01-26 08:00:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL WZ
10MBABANE46SWAZILAND: INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR IN
[...] Per reftel request, Post submits responses regarding the use of forced labor and/or exploitive child labor in the production of goods in Swaziland, and government actions to address these issues. 2. In preparing our response, Post conducted interviews and discussions with Labor Commissione [...]
2010-02-03 05:10:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID WZ
10MBABANE48 SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF AMBASSADOR DEMETRIOS MARANTIS TO
[...] (SBU) Swaziland is a politically stable country with significant democracy and governance shortfalls, and a divided civic community challenging the government's lack of response to these deficits. It has a deeply traditional society with large economic disparities between the developed urban [...]
2010-02-04 09:36:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD OVIP WZ
10MBABANE52 SWAZILAND'S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER TO SUSPEND INTER-COUNTRY
[...] (SBU) On February 3, Ambassador Irving and ConOff Murphy met with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Themba Masuku, and Principal Secretary (PS) Khangeziwe Mabuza to discuss the Swaziland international adoption program and, specifically, the prolonged processing of three U.S. cases. DPM Masuku expre [...]
2010-02-04 14:50:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC KOCI PREL PGOV SOCI WZ
10MBABANE58WITCHCRAFT AND MORE: A PORTRAIT OF INFLUENCES ON
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Swazi activist, former king's advisor and sugar company chief executive officer (CEO) Mandla Hlatshwayo (protect) described traditional leaders, superstition, and members of the royal family, especially his mother and wives, as the major influences on King Mswati III, while mini [...]
2010-02-09 14:56:00Embassy MbabaneCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR PGOV SOCI WZ
10MBABANE59 SWAZILAND'S STALLED INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTIONS
[...] (SBU) On February 8, Ambassador Irving and ConOff Murphy met with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Themba Masuku, Principal Secretary (PS) Khangeziwe Mabuza, Director of Social Work (DSW) Eric Maziya, Senior Social Worker Vierah Hlatshwayo, and the three Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs) to discus [...]
2010-02-09 15:15:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC KOCI PREL PGOV SOCI WZ
10MBABANE60SWAZILAND NOT FOCUSED ON CLIMATE CHANGE ACCORD
[...] On February 9, pol/econ officer met with Swaziland Environment Authority Chairperson, Dr. Irma Allen, to review Swaziland's position on the Copenhagen Accord, and discuss ways the embassy could encourage Swaziland's association with the agreement. Dr. Allen, who attended the conference in Cope [...]
2010-02-10 15:11:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG SENU ENRG WZ
10MBABANE61CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN SWAZILAND
[...] The Kingdom of Swaziland recognizes the Republic of China (Taiwan) as the sole representative of China, and does not have diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. The PRC does not engage Swaziland or have development initiatives with the country. Mainland Chinese workers do [...]
2010-02-16 07:03:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID CN WZ
10MBABANE63SWAZILAND TO USE FY 2010 SUGAR QUOTA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-17 04:32:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD WZ
10MBABANE71PROPERTY LEGAL DECISION: VICTORY FOR SWAZI WOMEN AND
[...] In a High Court decision hailed as a victory for Swazi women, Justice Qinisile Mabuza issued a ruling on February 23 to allow married women to register and own property, overturning an unconstitutional law. Equally significant, the court ruling advanced the principle that courts have the righ [...]
2010-02-24 12:11:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM WZ
10MBABANE73GOLDSTONE DEMARCHE: NO IMMEDIATE RESPONSE
[...] Ambassador Irving and PolOff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Acting Legal Advisor Vulindlela Kunene, in the unavailability of more senior officers, to deliver points per reftel on February 24. Mr. Kunene offered no immediate substantive response regarding Sw [...]
2010-02-24 15:09:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL WZ
10MBABANE74S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS - SWAZILAND
[...] In response to reftel, U.S. Embassy Mbabane appreciates the opportunity to submit four project proposals that seek to address the many challenges facing Swazi women. The proposals are presented by priority order. Post received over twenty proposals, and each one would greatly benefit the poli [...]
2010-02-24 15:29:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY WZ
10MBABANE76Swaziland: Telecommunications Policy Officer Designation
[...] U.S. Embassy Mbabane designates pol/econ officer Craig Pike as its telecommunications policy officer. Phone number: 00268-404-6441 ext. 2202, email: pikect (at) state.gov. IRVING [...]
2010-02-25 18:43:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON WZ
10MBABANE77 SWAZILAND'S DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER'S RESPONSE TO THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As a follow up to meetings Ambassador Irving and ConOff Murphy held with Swazi government officials and Prospective Adoptive Parents (PAPs) regarding the stalled inter-country adoption cases detailed in refs (A) and (B),the Deputy Prime Minister's Office (DPM) provided the famil [...]
2010-02-26 11:44:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC KOCI PREL PGOV SOCI WZ
10MBABANE8RECKLESS POLICE SHOOTINGS INCREASE DURING CRACKDOWN ON
[...] SUMMARY: Calls by high level government officials for police and security forces to use "maximum force" and be "tough and ruthless" to fight a rising crime rate have led to a drop in crime and a surge in reckless shootings and killings of suspects. Some shootings have occurred in public locat [...]
2010-01-08 07:45:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PHUM SOCI WZ
10MELBOURNE10ANGRY CUSTOMER INJURES 13 IN DARWIN WITH IED
[...] (SBU) A disgruntled customer ignited an improvised explosive device (IED) at an insurance office in Darwin on February 3, injuring 13 people. Police confirm that the attack was not terrorist related and no U.S. citizens were injured. End Summary. Disgruntled Customer Attacks Insurance Offic [...]
2010-02-04 00:46:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV AS
10MELBOURNE11NEW AUSTRALIAN-U.S. FIREFIGHTING AGREEMENT IN THE WORKS
[...] (U) U.S. and Victorian fire authorities are preparing a new draft of an agreement which permits the routine exchange of fire experts. The updated agreement will contain language that will allow exchanges to take place independent of emergency needs and focus to a greater extent on research and [...]
2010-02-05 00:34:00Consulate MelbourneUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SENV AS
10MELBOURNE14VIOLENCE AGAINST INDIAN STUDENTS: A PERSISTENT
[...] (C/NF) Nerves are still raw in Melbourne over an ongoing series of attacks on Indian students. What was initially a student issue is now causing concern for Melbourne's better established Indian communities. Recent changes to Australia's immigration policy have not, however, sparked major pr [...]
2010-02-12 04:38:00Consulate MelbourneCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM IN AS
10MEXICO1MX 2010-003, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days January 19, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on US-Mexico State Alliance Forensic Science Training Program, in Napa, California, beginning February 14, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible ev [...]
2010-01-05 15:08:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO101CIVIL SOCIETY WEIGHS IN ON SECURITY ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Civil society in Mexico is a nascent force with significant but unrealized potential for bringing about needed social and political change. Many of the groups contribute to the rich and surprisingly open political debate here, but some are top-down constructs, staffed by well-co [...]
2010-02-12 17:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MX
10MEXICO103Terrorism Finance: Pre-Notification for UN 1267 - Mexico
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 18:37:00Embassy MexicoSECRETEFIN PTER KTFN IZ MX
10MEXICO106Mexico Economic Weekly - January 9
[...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]
2010-01-13 22:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
10MEXICO111DHS SECRETARY NAPOLITANO'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CALDERON,
[...] (C) Summary. Secretary for Homeland Security Janet Napolitano met with President Felipe Calderon on February 17 for over an hour-long discussion that ranged in topic from aviation security issues to counternarcotics cooperation. The bulk of the discussion focused on the GOM's plans for Ciudad Juare [...]
2010-02-18 00:07:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV MX
10MEXICO117Russian FM Lavrov Visit to Mexico: Constructive and
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Mexican Foreign Ministry sources characterized the brief working visit of Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov as constructive and focused on multi-lateral and regional issues, i.e., Iran, UN Security Council and Human Rights, Honduras, and Haiti. Lavrov was non-ideological, and [...]
2010-02-19 18:58:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL MNUC PARM KGHG UNSC IAEA KNNP IR RS HA MX
10MEXICO120MX 2010-010, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 1, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Perspectives on Homeland Security and Defense, in CHDS Washington, D.C. & Colorado Springs, CO, beginning March 4, 2010. 2. Post posses [...]
2010-01-14 14:32:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO123Mexico's Latin American Summit (22-23 Feb) -- Pushing Rio
[...] (C) Summary: Rio Group President Mexico is hosting a summit of Latin American leaders in Cancun on 22-23 February, in an effort to extend the Rio Group's reach and provide a "more operational" forum that would integrate its members and all CARICOM countries, behind a comprehensive regional a [...]
2010-02-23 17:33:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL OAS KSUM KPIN CACM CDB XM XR XS XL MX
10MEXICO125Mexico's Latin American Summit (22-23 Feb) -- Pushing Rio
[...] (C) Summary: Rio Group President Mexico is hosting a summit of Latin American leaders in Cancun on 22-23 February, in an effort to extend the Rio Group's reach and provide a "more operational" forum that would integrate its members and all CARICOM countries, behind a comprehensive regional a [...]
2010-02-23 17:33:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL OAS KSUM KPIN CACM CDB XM XR XS XL MX
10MEXICO126MX 2010-013, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 1, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Special Forces Combat Dive, in Fort Bragg, NC., beginning March 3, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of [...]
2010-01-14 14:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO127Mexico's Latin American Summit (22-23 Feb) -- Pushing Rio
[...] (C) Summary: Rio Group President Mexico is hosting a summit of Latin American leaders in Cancun on 22-23 February, in an effort to extend the Rio Group's reach and provide a "more operational" forum that would integrate its members and all CARICOM countries, behind a comprehensive regional a [...]
2010-02-23 17:33:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL OAS KSUM KPIN CACM CDB XM XR XS XL MX
10MEXICO141Mexico’s Latin American Unity Summit -- Back to the Future?
[...] (C) Summary: Mexico's ambitious plan to use its final Rio Group Presidency Summit (Cancun 22-23 February) to create a new more operational forum for regional cooperation failed dramatically. The two-day event was dominated by press accounts of ALBA country theatrics and their usual proclivity towar [...]
2010-02-26 19:23:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL OAS KSUM KPIN CACM CDB XM XR XS XL MX
10MEXICO148MX 2010-014, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (30 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days January 29, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on US-Mexico State Alliance Investigator Training Program, in Phoenix, Arizona, beginning February 21, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible ev [...]
2010-01-15 15:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO15THE TALE OF "JUANITO" TELLS A LARGER STORY ABOUT PRD
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-05 22:27:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMX PGOV
10MEXICO150MX 2010-015, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (32 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days January 29, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on US-Mexico State Alliance Prosecutor Training Program, in Phoenix, Arizona, beginning February 21, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evid [...]
2010-01-15 15:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO152Calderon's Environmental Agenda: Policy and Promises
[...] (U) SUMMARY: President Calderon's environmental agenda, released with the 2007-2012 National Development Plan, is organized around an ambitious principle of environmental sustainability. The agenda aims to promote efficient and rational use of natural resources, a competitive economy, and jo [...]
2010-01-15 17:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAGR MX
10MEXICO160MX 2010-017, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 3, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Plt Instrument Procedures Course, IAAFA, Lackland AFB, TX, beginning February 16, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross [...]
2010-01-19 14:54:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO162MX 2010-018, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] (SBU) Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 3, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Joint Operations, in Ft. Benning, GA, beginning January 27, 2010. 2. (SBU) Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...]
2010-01-19 14:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO164MX 2010-018, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] (SBU) Action request. Post requests an expedite response before January 26, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Joint Operations, in Ft. Benning, GA, beginning January 27, 2010. 2. (SBU) Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human [...]
2010-01-19 15:33:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PHUM SNAR MX
10MEXICO168MX 2010-030, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (27 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days February 2, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Prisoner Classification System Course, in Denver, Colorado, beginning February 8, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross viol [...]
2010-01-19 18:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO170MX 2010-031, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (29 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days February 2, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on 4th. Corrections Instructors Course, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, beginning March, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violati [...]
2010-01-19 18:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO180MX 2010-019, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 4, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Air War College, in Maxwell AFB, AL, beginning March 29, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human righ [...]
2010-01-20 15:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO182MX 2010-020, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (4 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 4, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Language Instructor Basic, in DLI, Lackland AFB, TX, beginning May 4, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations o [...]
2010-01-20 15:59:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO184MX 2010-021, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (5 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 4, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Urban Operations, in SEDENA, Mexico City, beginning March 29, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human [...]
2010-01-20 16:04:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO186MX 2010-022, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 4, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on C130/B/E/H/T-56 Eng Technician, in IAAFA, Lackland AFB, TX, beginning July 10, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross vio [...]
2010-01-20 16:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO188MX 2010-023, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (72 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days February 2, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on Curso-Taller de Habilitaci????n en El Nuevo Sistema de Justicia Penal en el Estado de Hidalgo para Ministerios Publicos, in Pachuca City, Hidalgo [...]
2010-01-20 16:32:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO19MX 2010-001, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (January 22, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on FOCA 2010, in Isla Socorro, Mexico, beginning February 1, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]
2010-01-06 15:01:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO190MX 2010-025, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (16 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (February 2, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on ATA 7152, Mexico City, Mexico, beginning February 15, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]
2010-01-20 17:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO194Post appreciation for recent CIO visit and successful Smart
[...] Dear Susan: I wanted to take the opportunity to thank you for your recent visit to Mexico City. Your presence during the Smart implementation demonstrated IRM's sincerity in ensuring a successful start of this key program for Mission Mexico. By taking time to meet with our agency heads [...]
2010-01-21 16:39:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDAADP ACOA KRIM KSMT
10MEXICO198NEW FINANCE SECRETARY MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR, NSC
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Carlos Pascual and NSC Senior Director David Lipton met with newly appointed Secretary of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) Francisco Cordero and Deputy SHCP Secretary Alejandro Werner. They discussed the current state and outlook of Mexico's economy, the importance [...]
2010-01-21 18:35:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
10MEXICO202U.S.-Mexico Relations: Progress in 2009, Challenges in 2010
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S.-Mexican bilateral relationship has never been stronger. We ended 2009 with an unprecedented commitment from the Mexican government to work closely with us on an ambitious effort to move beyond a singular focus on high value targets and address some of the institutional [...]
2010-01-21 21:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MASS ECON SNAR PHUM MX
10MEXICO210NOTICE OF EXPORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, DGGIMAR. 710/000156
[...] Embassy received the above-referenced Diplomatic Note dated January 14, 2010 from the Mexican government relative to the exportation of hazardous waste to the U.S. This notification was sent to EPA/OECA for processing. 2. The Mexican company and export notification numbers are: Recicla [...]
2010-01-22 19:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EPA KSCA MX
10MEXICO216ECONOMIA ON NEXT CCA, MEAT INSPECTION, CSF AND END
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 22:04:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ETRD MX TBIO EFIS
10MEXICO220NOTICE OF EXPORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, DGGIMAR. 710/000162
[...] Post ESTH office received on behalf of EPA, a letter dated 14 January, 2010 from Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT),concerning the exportation of hazardous waste from the following United States companies to Mexico: - Arcelor Mittal La Place, LLC. 2. The [...]
2010-01-22 22:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EPA KSCA MX
10MEXICO222MX 2010-027, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (2 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 9, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Ground Defense Skills, in IAAFA, Lackland AFB, TX, beginning August 9, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...]
2010-01-25 14:35:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO224MX 2010-028, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (2 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 9, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on International Special Forces, in Fort Bragg, NC, beginning March 29, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of [...]
2010-01-25 14:39:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO226MX 2010-029, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (18 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 9, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on SMEE Intelligence (10-04),in SEDENA, Mexico City, beginning March 14, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...]
2010-01-25 14:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO228MX 2010-032, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (45 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 9, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on SEDENA Special Training, in SEDENA, Mexico City, beginning February 16, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...]
2010-01-25 15:11:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO230Mexico Economic Weekly - January 22
[...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]
2010-01-25 15:21:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
10MEXICO246MX 2010-029, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (19 Individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 9, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on SMEE Intelligence (10-04),in SEDENA, Mexico City, beginning March 14, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...]
2010-01-25 18:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO256NOTICE OF EXPORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, DGGIMAR. 710/000245
[...] Embassy received the above-referenced Diplomatic Note dated January 20, 2010 from the Mexican government relative to the exportation of hazardous waste to the U.S. This notification was sent to EPA/OECA for processing. 2. The Mexican company and export notification numbers are: Arterva Spe [...]
2010-01-25 22:54:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EPA KSCA MX
10MEXICO258MX 2010-036, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (12 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (February 8, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on Antiterrorism Forum ATA 7151, Washington D.C., beginning February 22, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...]
2010-01-25 23:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO26MEXICO COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT 2009
[...] No known international terrorist organizations have an operational presence in Mexico and no terrorist incidents targeting U.S. interests/personnel have occurred on or originated from Mexican territory. Mexico continues to confront well-armed, organized crime elements in several regions of t [...]
2010-01-06 17:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC PGOV MX
10MEXICO260MX 2010-033, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (13 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days February 8, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on ILEA Protection Detail, in Mexico City, beginning February 28, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human ri [...]
2010-01-25 23:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO262MX 2010-035, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 10, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Perspectives on Homeland Security & Defense, in CHDS-Washington, D.C. & Colorado Springs, CO, beginning March 4, 2010. 2. Post possess [...]
2010-01-25 23:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO264MX 2010-034, OPDAT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (10 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days February 8, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Seminar-Workshop on Adversarial System and Trial Advocacy, in Mexico City, beginning February 15, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible eviden [...]
2010-01-25 23:32:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO27MEXICO - COUNTRY TERRORISM REPORT FOR 2009
[...] No known international terrorist organizations have an operational presence in Mexico and no terrorist incidents targeting U.S. interests/personnel have occurred on or originated from Mexican territory. Mexico continues to confront well-armed, organized crime elements in several regions of the [...]
2010-01-06 17:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PGOV MX
10MEXICO274Mexico Steps Up on Haitian Earthquake Relief
[...] Poloff called the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) January 21 to express thanks to the GOM for Mexico's abundant assistance efforts following the Haiti earthquake. Poloff encouraged the SRE to register the GOM's efforts with the United Nation's Financial Tracking System, designed f [...]
2010-01-27 14:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID MX HA PREL PHUM
10MEXICO284MX 2010-037, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 12, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Special Reaction, in IAAFA, Lackland, AFB, TX, beginning April 12, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of [...]
2010-01-28 15:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO294Murder of Juarez "Human Rights Activist" Clouded by Drug
[...] (SBU) Summary. Josefina Reyes, the mother of an alleged Juarez Cartel hit-man and drug trafficker, was killed January 3 by gunmen in her hometown of Guadalupe, Chihuahua. Reyes became an outspoken opponent of the Mexican military's operations in Chihuahua after the army detained her son in [...]
2010-01-28 20:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PINR MX
10MEXICO296MX 2010-039, ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (29 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days February 11, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ICE on Child exploitation training, in Mazatlan, Sinaloa, beginning March 1, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of h [...]
2010-01-28 23:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO304MX 2010-025, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (Name correction for
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (February 11, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on ATA 7152, Mexico City, Mexico, beginning February 15, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human right [...]
2010-01-29 18:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO308Mexico Economic Weekly - Jan 29, 2010
[...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]
2010-01-29 20:56:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
10MEXICO312MX 2010-048, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (expedited; 1
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response (February 11, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on English Language Training, in San Antonio, TX, beginning February 12, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rig [...]
2010-02-02 14:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO316MX 2010-049, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (18 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests an expedited response per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Basic Methods of Instruction Course, in San Luis Potosi, training date from February 1 to February 27, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of [...]
2010-02-02 16:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO32THE TALE OF "JUANITO" TELLS A LARGER STORY ABOUT PRD
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-07 22:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMX PGOV
10MEXICO332NOTICE OF EXPORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, DGGIMAR. 710/ 000358
[...] Embassy received the above-referenced Diplomatic Note dated January 22, 2010 from the Mexican government relative to the exportation of hazardous waste to the U.S. This notification was sent to EPA/OECA for processing. 2. The Mexican company and export notification numbers are: Metallu [...]
2010-02-02 20:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EPA KSCA MX
10MEXICO334NOTICE OF EXPORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, DGGIMAR. 710/ 000488
[...] Embassy received the above-referenced Diplomatic Note dated January 27, 2010 from the Mexican government relative to the transportation of hazardous waste through the U.S for exportation to France. This notification was sent to EPA/OECA for processing. 2. The Mexican company and export [...]
2010-02-02 20:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EPA KSCA MX
10MEXICO348NEW CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON THE ECONOMY AND MONETARY POLICY
[...] Summary. In his first speech as central bank (BOM) governor on January 27, Agustin Carstens addressed the state of the global economy and its impact on Mexico's recovery. He also discussed the BOM's monetary policy and projections for inflation in 2010 and 2011. Carstens said the temporary [...]
2010-02-02 23:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
10MEXICO352MX 2010-040, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 18, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Fuerzas Comando/2010, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, beginning June 12, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross vi [...]
2010-02-02 23:29:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO354MX 2010-042, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (2 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 19, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Bell 412 Night Vision Goggles Training, in Bristow Academy, Titusville, FL, beginning February 21, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible [...]
2010-02-02 23:31:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO356MX 2010-043, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days February 17, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on ILEA INTERNATIONAL POST BLAST INVESTIGATION (IPBI),in SAN SALVADOR, beginning March 7, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gro [...]
2010-02-02 23:46:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO358MX 2010-044, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 19, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Strategy and Defense Policy, in CHDS Washington, D.C., beginning March 4, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violati [...]
2010-02-02 23:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO360MX 2010-047, RSO LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (8 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (February 17, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from RSO, on VIP Protection, Mexico City, beginning March 15, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by [...]
2010-02-03 00:02:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO362Nuclear Emergency Management Cooperation with Mexico CNSNS
[...] (SBU) U.S Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of International Emergency Management and Cooperation (IEMC) met with Government of Mexico (GOM) National Commission for Nuclear Safety and Safeguards (CNSNS) for continued collaboration regarding enhanc [...]
2010-02-03 01:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON TRGY KNNP IAEA ASEC MNUC PARM MX
10MEXICO368Acute Water Shortage in Mexico City's Metropolitan Area
[...] (U) Summary: Mexico City's water system has long been plagued by a combination of sustained population growth, insufficient infrastructure, a water pricing system that barely covers 30 percent of costs, and infrastructure damage that causes leakage of up to 30 percent of its supply. Over the [...]
2010-02-03 22:04:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV MX
10MEXICO374MX 2010-050, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (11 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days February 18, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Basic Digital Photography, in Torreon, Coahuila, beginning March 1, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hum [...]
2010-02-04 15:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO378MX 2010-052, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 22, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Perspectives on Homeland Security & Defense, in CHDS-Washington, D.C.& Colorado Springs, CO, beginning March 4, 2010. 2. Post possesse [...]
2010-02-04 17:21:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO382Mexico on Preparing for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
[...] (SBU) Poloff discussed January 28 the U.S. approach to the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference (Ref. A and B) and the upcoming Nuclear Security Summit (Ref. C) with Julian Juarez Cadenas, Deputy Director General for UN-Related Security and Legal Issues at the [...]
2010-02-04 20:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC KNNP PARM ENRG PREL IAEA EAID TBIO AORC CDG PGOV
10MEXICO41UPDATE: SSP TO REPLACE MILITARY AS PRIMARY SECURITY PLAYER
[...] (C) Secretary for Public Security, Genaro Garcia Luna told the Ambassador that on Tuesday, January 5, President Calderon approved in a cabinet meeting the transfer of command and control responsibilities in Juarez from the military to the federal police. In separate discussions, both the Direc [...]
2010-01-08 21:51:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MX
10MEXICO426Scenesetter for Ambassador Kirk
[...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit comes at a crucial moment in our efforts to deepen our bilateral relationship with Mexico, our third largest trading partner after Canada and China. As we institutionalize our security agenda we will also need to give more attention to the economic and social agenda [...]
2010-02-05 21:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIPR MX ETRD PREL EINT ENRG BTIO
10MEXICO428Mexico Economic Weekly - February 5, 2010
[...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]
2010-02-08 14:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
10MEXICO430Mexico Anticipates Difficult UPR Review for Iran
[...] Poloff spoke with Mariana Salazar Albornoz, Director of International, Social, and Cultural Human Rights, February 5 to convey our concern about the human rights situation in Iran and our hope to address those concerns at the upcoming Universal Periodic Review session (UPR) on Iran, which wi [...]
2010-02-08 15:40:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MX IR PHUM
10MEXICO432MX 2010-054, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individaul)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 25, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on International Counterterrorism Fellow, in NDU-Ft Mc Nair, VA, beginning July 23, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross [...]
2010-02-08 21:08:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO434MX 2010-056, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 25, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Managing English language Training, in DLI, Lackland AFB, TX, beginning June 28, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross [...]
2010-02-08 21:10:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO436MX 2010-057, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 25, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on C130 Sim Refresher, in Eglin AFB, FL, beginning May 12, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human righ [...]
2010-02-08 21:11:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO438MX 2010-058, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 25, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Intl Air Weapons Dir Trng, in Tyndal I AFB, FL, beginning March 24, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of [...]
2010-02-08 21:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO444GOM Consulting Internally on Reintroducing 2005 HRC
[...] Poloff met February 8 with GOM Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE) Director for Women's Affairs Norma Contreras to present a USG proposal that Mexico reintroduce one of the resolutions it sponsored in the Human Rights Council in 2005. This "Resolution on Women and Property" (CHR, CHR 20 [...]
2010-02-09 15:56:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC MX UN PHUM KWMN SOCI
10MEXICO45Tijuana Bilateral Assessment
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND NEXT STEPS: One of the early fruits of the new security policy coordination mechanism with Mexico has been an agreement to focus our joint efforts on the border cities where the most violence occurs and where the DTOs have carved out the greatest operating space. As part of th [...]
2010-01-12 22:35:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR ECON KCRM MX
10MEXICO46MEXICO BROADENS AND MODERNIZES POVERTY INDICATORS
[...] (U) Summary. Mexico has revised how it officially measures poverty, in collaboration with the UN Development Program (UNDP). The new set of indicators reduces Mexico's overall poverty rate from 47.4% to 44.2%, a change explained by the new measurements' focus on factors other than income. [...]
2010-01-08 22:24:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV SOCI UNDP AID MX
10MEXICO464MX 2010-060, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (2 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 26, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Flight Safety OFF, in Kirkland AFB, NM, beginning April 27, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human [...]
2010-02-10 17:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO466MX 2010-061, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (February 26, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on C-130/B/E/H/T-56 Engine Tech, in IAAFA, Lackland AFB, TX, beginning July 10, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross viol [...]
2010-02-10 17:28:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO470MX 2010-063, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (334 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days February 25, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on Taller, El Nuevo Sistema de Justicia Penal en el Estado de Hidalgo para Agentes de la Policia Investigadora, in Pachuca City, Hidalgo, Mexico, b [...]
2010-02-10 19:32:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO472MX 2010-064, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (15 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days February 25, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Homicide Investigation, in Colima, Mexico, beginning March 8, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human ri [...]
2010-02-10 19:47:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO484MX 2010-069, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (3 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 1, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on C-26 Initial Pilot Tng, in Flight Safety, san Antonio,TX, beginning March 15, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violati [...]
2010-02-11 15:00:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO486MX 2010-068, FBI LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (3 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days (February 25, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from FBI on Central American Intelligence Program (CAIP),in Guatemala, beginning March 8, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross vi [...]
2010-02-11 15:01:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO488MX 2010-067, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (10 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 1, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on MTT Human Rights Instructor, in Mexico City, beginning March 8, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human [...]
2010-02-11 15:01:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO510GOM Response on Shrimp/Turtle Excluder Device Issue
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Pascual met on shrimp/TEDs with the Mexican Office of the Presidency and key GOM officials concerned with trade and fisheries issues on February 5, with follow-up on the margins of USTR Ron Kirk's visit to Mexico February 8-10 with the Minister of Economy and President [...]
2010-02-12 21:49:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EFIS ECON MX
10MEXICO514Scenesetter for February 15-18, 2010 Visit of David Goldwyn
[...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit comes at a time when we have a unique opportunity to deepen our bilateral energy relationship with Mexico, our third largest source of oil imports. As the largest source of export earnings and contributor of over one third of budget revenues, the oil sector is a cri [...]
2010-02-12 23:30:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDENRG MX ECON
10MEXICO518CALDERON VISITS JUAREZ, ANNOUNCES NEW STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The January 31 murder of fifteen people in Ciudad Juarez, most of whom were students with no known criminal ties, captured the nation's attention and prompted increased government engagement in the city from the federal and state governments to restore security in the city. Mos [...]
2010-02-13 01:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MX PINR
10MEXICO520MORE COMPROMISES FOR GOVERNMENT, MORE PROBLEMS FOR PAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: With the resignation of his PAN party credentials, Fernando Gomez Mont, the Secretary of Government (SEGOB) and Senior Minister in the GOM, sent ripples through a governing party, still recovering from its electoral defeat in last summer's congressional elections. Official so [...]
2010-02-13 01:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MX
10MEXICO53GOM'S LOCAL POLICE REFORM PROPOSAL HAS POTENTIAL, BUT NOT A
[...] (C) Summary. The Calderon government has proposed a new local police model that would consolidate the 2000-plus municipal police forces into 32 entities run by the state and Federal District governments. The proposal enjoys more support from the political opposition than Calderon's earlier ef [...]
2010-01-19 21:18:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MX
10MEXICO534MX 2010-070, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (2 individuals)
[...] (SBU) Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 4, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on C-26 Recurrent pilot Tng, in Flight Safety, San Antonio, TX, beginning March 15, 2010. 2. (SBU) Post possesses no credible evidence of [...]
2010-02-16 22:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO536MX 2010-071, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (3 individuals)
[...] (SBU) Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 4, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on EMB-145 Initial Pilot Tng, Flight Safety, Houston, TX, beginning March 15, 2010. 2. (SBU) Post possesses no credible evidence of gross [...]
2010-02-16 22:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO538MX 2010-072, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (4 individuals)
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 22:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO540MX 2010-078, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (3 individuals)
[...] (SBU) Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 4, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on International Logistics Advanced, Yorktown Virginia, beginning March 10, 2010. 2. (SBU) Post possesses no credible evidence of gross vi [...]
2010-02-16 22:48:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO542MX 2010-081, ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (12 individuals)
[...] (SBU) Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 2, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ICE on Self Defense and Officer Safety, in El Centro, California, beginning March 9, 2010. 2. (SBU)Post possesses no credible evidence of gross [...]
2010-02-16 23:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO568MX 2010-080, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (7 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 3, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Presentacion de la Evidencia en Juicios Orales, in Toluca, Mexico, beginning March 16, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross vi [...]
2010-02-18 18:21:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO572MX 2010-082, ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (5 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 3, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ICE on Global Trafficking in Persons-GTIP, in United States, beginning March 22, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of h [...]
2010-02-18 18:29:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO574MX 2010-083, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (15 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 3, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Crisis Response Training, in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, beginning March 15, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of h [...]
2010-02-18 18:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO576MX 2010-084, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (20 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 3, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Train the Trainer, in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, beginning in March, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human r [...]
2010-02-18 18:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO584MX 2010-092, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (8 individauls)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 5, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on MTT Human Rights, in Mexico City, beginning March 8, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by t [...]
2010-02-18 20:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO6AFL-CIO VISITS OUSTED UNION
[...] (C) Summary: On December 1-2, high-ranking members of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) visited Mexico on a joint fact-finding and solidarity mission to understand first-hand the situation of the Sindicato Mex [...]
2010-01-05 16:33:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECON ELAB PGOV MX
10MEXICO604RECALL 10 MEXICO 604
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 22:50:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UN MX
10MEXICO606Mexico requests USG support for candidate Ambassador Jorge
[...] Mexico's Foreign Secretariat (SRE),per diplomatic note 000584 dated February 8, addressed to the Embassy advised us that Mexico is seeking the support of the USG for the reelection of Ambassador Jorge Palacios Trevino to the Inter-American Judicial Committee (IJC) for the period 2011-20 [...]
2010-02-18 23:13:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MX UN
10MEXICO614MX 2010-076, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 8, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on DISAM Intl Purchaser, Wright Patterson AFB, OH, beginning April 25, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hu [...]
2010-02-19 15:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO616MX 2010-077, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (3 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 8, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Search and Rescue Maritime, Yorktown Virginia, beginning April 14, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hum [...]
2010-02-19 15:48:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO618NOTICE OF EXPORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, DGGIMAR. 710/000787
[...] Post ESTH office received on behalf of EPA, a letter dated 10 February, 2010 from Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT),concerning the exportation of hazardous waste from the following United States companies to Mexico: - Source-Loyalty Recycling. 2. The ba [...]
2010-02-19 18:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EPA KSCA MX
10MEXICO620NOTICE OF EXPORT OF HAZARDOUS WASTE, DGGIMAR. 710/000786
[...] Post ESTH office received on behalf of EPA, a letter dated 10 February, 2010 from Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT),concerning the exportation of hazardous waste from the following United States companies to Mexico: - Technologies Displays Americas, LLC. [...]
2010-02-19 18:08:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EPA KSCA MX
10MEXICO626MX 2010-093, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (27 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 4, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Train the Trainer, in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, beginning in February, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human [...]
2010-02-19 21:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO630Mexico Economic Weekly - February 19, 2010
[...] (U) The Mexico Economic Weekly supplements reporting from Mission Mexico Consulates and the Embassy Mexico Economic Section to provide a sense of ongoing trends. Please contact Adam Shub (shubam@state.gov) or Sigrid Emrich (emrichs@state.gov) for questions or comments about this report. [...]
2010-02-22 15:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD ENRG ELTN EAIR PGOV SENV MX
10MEXICO632MX 2010-079, ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (4 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 5, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ICE on Basic Law Enforcement Training Program, in federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) Artesia, New Mexico, beginning May 10, 2010. 2. Pos [...]
2010-02-22 16:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO634The Awesome Potential of Remittances
[...] (U) Summary: Remittances to Mexico fell approximately 16% from 2008 to 2009. This was due primarily to the economic and financial crisis the U.S. experienced in 2009 that compromised Mexican migrants' ability to get work. Remittances from the U.S. to Mexico totaled US$21.28 billion in 2009 [...]
2010-02-22 16:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAID ECON MX
10MEXICO636MX 2010-085, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 9, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Net Assessment of the Global Counterterrorism Efforts, Garmisch, Germany, beginning April 20, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence [...]
2010-02-22 16:13:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO640S/GWI Project Proposal
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues Small Grants initiative, Embassy Mexico City submits the following four applications. They are in order of Post's preference. First, find Semillas' proposal to advocate for legislation that better protects victims of [...]
2010-02-22 16:37:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN MX
10MEXICO642MX 2010-090, OPDAT LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (55 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 5, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from OPDAT on Seminar-Workshop on Adversarial System and Trial Advocacy, in Puebla, Mexico, beginning March 16, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidenc [...]
2010-02-22 16:46:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO648USTR Kirk Visit to Mexico: Trade Irritants Balanced with
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In his February 8-9 visit to Mexico City, U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Ron Kirk emphasized the importance of our economic partnership with Mexico, not just in terms of trade but also in terms of mutually beneficial competitiveness. He met with President Calderon, Econo [...]
2010-02-22 20:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KIPR MX ETRD PREL EINT ENRG BTIO
10MEXICO650MX 2010-086, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (2 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 10, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Spanish UH60 Maintenance Test Pilot, Fort Rucker, AL, beginning March 22, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...]
2010-02-23 18:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO652MX 2010-087, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 10, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on C130 Pilot Instructor Qual, Little Rock AFB, AR, beginning March 22, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of [...]
2010-02-23 18:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO654MX 2010-088, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 10, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on C130J Pilot Initial Qual, Little Rock AFB, AR, beginning March 22, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of hu [...]
2010-02-23 18:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO656MX 2010-089, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 10, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on C130 Flight Engineer Init Qual, Little Rock AFB, AR, beginning March 22, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations [...]
2010-02-23 18:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO668PAYMENT OF EMPLOYEE AWARDS MEXICO FCS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 19:27:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN APER AFSN
10MEXICO684MX 2010-091, USAID LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (32 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 9, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from USAID on Programa de CapacitaciOn de Ministerios PUblicos (Policias Ministeriales) de la Alianza Estatal MExico-EE.UU./ Alliance Partnership Prosecutor Train [...]
2010-02-24 16:29:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO686MX 2010-094, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual)
[...] (SBU) Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 11, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on MTT CCMR, in Mexico City, beginning March 22, 2010. 2. (SBU) Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights [...]
2010-02-24 16:38:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO688MX 2010-096, NAS LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (10 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 9, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from NAS on Documents Fraud, in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico, beginning March 22, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human [...]
2010-02-24 17:11:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO69Chiapas: Mexico's Vulnerable Underbelly
[...] (SBU) Summary. Both critics and supporters of Chiapan developmental policies agree that the Mexican government (GOM) and the USG should dedicate more attention and resources to the southern border. The poorest state in Mexico, Chiapas is plagued with economic problems that are further com [...]
2010-01-22 20:11:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSMIG PHUM EINV ECON GT MX
10MEXICO690Scenesetter for Ex-IM Chairman Fred Hochberg
[...] (SBU) Summary. Your visit comes at a crucial moment in our efforts to deepen our bilateral relationship with Mexico, our third largest trading partner after Canada and China. As we institutionalize our security agenda we will also need to give more attention to the economic and social agenda [...]
2010-02-24 17:57:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD MX OVIP
10MEXICO698MEXICO CONTINUES ITS HAITI RELIEF EFFORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Mexico is engaging on an unprecedented scale in contributing to the international relief effort in Haiti, capacity and ideological restraints have hampered some of its contributions and continue to complicate Mexico's active participation in MINUSTAH. This could be on [...]
2010-02-24 22:43:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID MX HA PREL PHUM PGOV
10MEXICO70Cable MX2010-006 ODC
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (January 28, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Counter Narcoterrorism, in WHINSEC, Ft. Benning, GA, beginning August 20, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violatio [...]
2010-01-12 13:03:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO702MEXICO: NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN BRAD WILL CASE
[...] Summary. After several rounds of appeals and counter appeals, the Mexican court system effectively threw out the state's case against Juan Manuel Martinez Moreno, the accused assailant of Bradley Will. The Attorney General's Office of the Special Prosecutor for Crimes Against Journalists (FE [...]
2010-02-25 03:41:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM MX
10MEXICO71UNHCHR on Mexican Military Justice Cooperation
[...] (SBU) Summary. The United Nations High Commission on Human Rights (UNHCHR) has been frustrated with the Mexican Army (SEDENA) for its lack of cooperation in progressing human rights issues, and has expressed serious concerns about the proceedings of the military justice system. SEDENA's lack [...]
2010-01-22 22:02:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM MX
10MEXICO710MX 2010-097, ICE LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (2 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 10 business days March 10, 2010 per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ICE on Vetting for SSP Liaisons to Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST),in southern border locations in the United States along the US-Mexico bord [...]
2010-02-25 17:39:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO712MX 2010-101, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (6 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 12, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on CCMR Seminar, in Mexico City, beginning March 22, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by the [...]
2010-02-25 17:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO72Cable MX2010-007 ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (January 28, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Antiterrorism for Protection Lvl I & II, in IAAFA, Lackland AFB, TX, beginning June 15, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of [...]
2010-01-12 13:09:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO740MX 2010-098, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (1 individual)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 15, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Program on Terrorism & Security, in Marshall Center, Garmisch-Qmany, beginning June 21, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gr [...]
2010-02-26 15:06:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO744MX 2010-100, ODC LEAHY VETTING REQUEST (2 individuals)
[...] Action request. Post requests a response within 12 business days (March 15, 2010) per WHA/MEX guidelines for this Leahy vetting request from ODC on Bell 412 Night Vision Goggles, in Bristow Academy Titusville, FL, beginning April 18, 2010. 2. Post possesses no credible evidence of gros [...]
2010-02-26 15:20:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SNAR ASEC MX
10MEXICO75INTER-AMERICAN COURT RULINGS PRESSURE MEXICO TO ADDRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two recent decisions by the Inter-American Court have forced international attention on perennial human rights problems in Mexico and put pressure on the GOM and its official human rights ombudsman to respond to criticism of its military justice system and its handling of gend [...]
2010-01-25 15:25:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MX
10MEXICO756DTS-PO INTERNET TRANSPORT SERVICE - MEXICO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 20:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMGT ANET KRIM
10MEXICO762DTS-PO INTERNET TRANSPORT SERVICE - MEXICO
[...] This telegram supersedes recalled 10 Mexico 756 - incorrect pricing data. 2. As per REFTEL, Para 4, we have contacted our existing ISP VPN vendor provider and attempted to obtain costing for one year internet service with aggregate speeds of 1 MBPS, 2MBPS, 3MBPS, and the next incremental [...]
2010-02-26 22:58:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMGT ANET KRIM
10MEXICO77MEXICO: TAPACHULA ARMS CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON SOUTHERN BORDER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two recent arms trafficking conferences -- one in September focused on the northern border (reftel) and a subsequent one in Tapachula, looking at the southern border -- highlighted lax border controls and suggested ways to improve law enforcement efforts to stem the tide of illegal g [...]
2010-01-25 17:06:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM MX
10MEXICO79GOM ARRESTS CARLOS BELTRAN LAYVA - AN IMPORTANT PSYCOLOGICAL
[...] (SBU) Summary - After some bad press and a less than expected public approval bounce following the Arturo Beltran Leyva take-down (Reftel A) , the arrest of his brother Carlos Beltran Leyva provided the GOM with a public relations boost and additional motivation for agencies to conduct future [...]
2010-01-25 18:06:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM MX PINR PREL SNAR
10MEXICO81GARCIA LUNA TESTIFIES BEFORE CONGRESS
[...] (C) Summary. Public Security Secretary Garcia Luna appeared before Congress on January 21 to discuss Mexico's security situation and the country's struggle with escalating rates of narco-related violence. Garcia Luna reiterated his call for police reorganization, sought to deflect some of the [...]
2010-01-26 20:16:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MX
10MEXICO83Scenesetter for the Opening of the Defense Bilateral Working
[...] (SBU) Summary: The inauguration of the Defense Bilateral Working Group (DBWG) on February 1 comes at a key moment in our efforts to deepen our bilateral relationship and to support the Mexican military's nascent steps toward modernization. On the heels of our bilateral joint assessments in Ciudad J [...]
2010-01-29 20:49:00Embassy MexicoSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
10MEXICO85NEW LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO BE LONG ON RHETORIC, SHORT ON
[...] (C) Summary. Parties are geared up for the new legislative session, which appears unlikely to result in the passage of major reforms. Political reform, security, and economic issues are all on the table, and progress will be incremental and compromised as key players focus more on the upcomi [...]
2010-02-02 16:01:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MX
10MEXICO87NEW LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO BE LONG ON RHETORIC, SHORT ON
[...] (C) Summary. Parties are geared up for the new legislative session, which appears unlikely to result in the passage of major reforms. Political reform, security, and economic issues are all on the table, but progress will be incremental and compromised as key players focus more on the upcom [...]
2010-02-02 17:10:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MX
10MEXICO93SONORA, MX - UNHOLY TRUCE AT THE BREAKING POINT?
[...] (C) Summary: With the July 5 election of Guillermo Padres (PAN),the PRI lost control of the governorship of Sonora for the first time in almost a century. However, continued PRI control of the State Assembly will limit significant change. Padres brought in a whole new cabinet, sparing only [...]
2010-02-04 21:55:00Embassy MexicoSECRET//NOFORNPGOV MX PINR KCOR
10MEXICO99Mexico Urges Continued Negotiation with Iran
[...] Poloff met with Julian Juarez Cadenas, the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE) Director General for Nuclear, Security, and Legal Issues February 8 to express the USG's concerns about Iran's perpetuation of its nuclear program and unresponsiveness to outreach on behalf of the USG, IAEA, and [...]
2010-02-12 15:52:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPARM MX PREL IR UNSC
10MILAN13U.S. INVESTORS SPEAK OUT ON DOING BUSINESS IN ITALY
[...] (SBU) Summary: American companies in northern Italy (which hosts nearly 80 percent of the country's foreign investment) have given us a frank view of the investment climate. The major areas of concern are structural: inflexible labor markets, a convoluted legal framework and slow legal process [...]
2010-02-01 12:43:00Consulate MilanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON PGOV IT
10MILAN16INTERIOR MINISTER MARONI'S PLANS FOR INTEGRATION
[...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Roberto Maroni, a member of the Northern League (LN) party, recently announced a new draft law that would offer immigrants a residence permit, known as a "permesso di soggiorno," in return for a promise to integrate into Italian society. The Maroni plan--which [...]
2010-02-10 09:01:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALIT KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM PINR SMIG
10MILAN2DIVERGENT PATHS OF INTEGRATION IN NORTHERN ITALY
[...] (C) Summary: The integration of the growing immigrant population in Northern Italy is a challenge for communities throughout the region. Constructively, the city of Turin is taking advantage of a national government program to welcome so-called "second-generation immigrants" into the civil [...]
2010-01-05 14:49:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR SMIG KISL IT
10MILAN21PRE-ELECTION LANDSCAPE: DOMINANT CENTER-RIGHT AND
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Heading into the March 28-29 regional elections, the political landscape in the Veneto, one of Italy's most politically and economically important regions, displays a dominant center-right coalition headed by a Northern League (LN) candidate and a weak and disorganized center-l [...]
2010-02-17 07:15:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALIT PGOV PREL
10MINSK13BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - APRIL 10, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Elections --------- - Lukashenka Approves Election Law Amendments (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - GOB Continues to Prosecute Democratic Activists (para. 3) - Enforcement of Controversial I [...]
2010-01-15 15:15:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG BO
10MINSK16ASSISTANCE TO HAITI FROM BELARUS APPEARS UNLIKELY AT THIS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 13:25:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UN BO
10MINSK20BELARUS: 2009-2010 INCSR PART II: MONEY LAUNDERING AND
[...] Summary. Belarus is not a regional financial center. A general lack of transparency throughout the financial sector means that assessing the level of potential for money laundering and other financial crimes is difficult. Corruption (including embezzlement through abuse of office, taking br [...]
2010-01-20 18:14:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM PTER SNAR BO
10MINSK21BELARUS: 2009-2010 INCSR PART II: MONEY LAUNDERING AND
[...] Summary. Belarus is not a regional financial center. A general lack of transparency throughout the financial sector means that assessing the level of potential for money laundering and other financial crimes is difficult. Corruption (including embezzlement through abuse of office, taking br [...]
2010-01-20 18:14:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM PTER SNAR BO
10MINSK23BELARUS INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS REMAIN UNDER PRESSURE: A
[...] Summary. In the run up to the 2006 Presidential elections, the GOB banned independent newspapers that covered politics from having access to the state monopoly kiosk network and the postal service's subscription system. In 2008 and 2009, in an apparent response to western sanctions, a handful [...]
2010-01-21 13:20:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM BO
10MINSK24BELARUS: MONTHLY MEMORIAL DEMONSTRATIONS ARE NOW PROCEEDING
[...] Minsk authorities on January 16 continued a recent pattern of increased tolerance towards unsanctioned political demonstrations, allowing the monthly Solidarity demonstration to proceed with minimal interference on Minsk's October Square. The demonstration is held on the 16th of each month to c [...]
2010-01-21 15:06:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM BO
10MINSK32BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JANUARY 29, 2010
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Increases Harassment and Pressure Against Unrecognized Union of Poles (para. 2) - United Democratic Forces Pledge to Continue Activities Amid Uncertainty and Defec [...]
2010-02-01 19:13:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD ENRG KDEM BO
10MINSK47BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - FEBRUARY 12, 2010
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Crackdown on Polish Minority Group Raises Tensions - One Year of Pretrial Detention for Two Vaukavysk Activists - Presidential Edict: Possible Move To Control the Int [...]
2010-02-16 14:04:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG BO
10MINSK54BELARUS' REGIONAL INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS TELL THEIR STORIES
[...] Summary. Brest is the most progressive Oblast in Belarus in terms of media freedom. Nevertheless, two Brest Oblast newspaper editors shared with CDA their difficulties, including having reliable access to the state monopoly distribution networks, unhampered ability to raise revenues through [...]
2010-02-24 16:37:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM BO
10MINSK56BELARUS: OBSTACLES TO GETTING ON THE BALLOT AND MONITORING
[...] Summary: With local elections just two months away, opposition parties in Brest, as elsewhere in Belarus, are facing government obstacles to gaining seats on election boards and in some case collecting signatures to get candidates on the ballot. Nevertheless, opposition parties in Brest plan [...]
2010-02-25 20:04:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM BO
10MINSK59BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - FEBRUARY 26, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Crackdown on Polish Minority Sparks Flash Point with EU - The Aggressive Suppression of Peaceful Demonstrations Returns - New Election Law But GOB Control of Election [...]
2010-02-28 15:40:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON ENRG ETRD BO
10MONROVIA105LIBERIA: MANDINGO LEADER AND FORMER WARLORD ALHAJI KROMAH ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with Ambassador on February 17, Alhaji G.V. Kromah, leader of the United Liberation Movement in Liberia for Democracy - Kromah (ULIMO-K) faction during Liberia's civil war, offered some criticisms of President Sirleaf's political decisions, while indicating a willingne [...]
2010-02-25 17:05:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PINR LI
10MONROVIA122THIS, TOO, IS LIBERIA: JANUARY 28, 2010
[...] (U) This round-up cable, named after a popular daily feature in a local newspaper, covers the following topics: -- APM Terminals Tapped to Manage Monrovia Port -- BHP Billiton and Arcelor Mittal Form Cross-Border Partnership -- Liberia Hires Private Firm to Recover Taylor-Era Assets [...]
2010-01-28 15:21:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EMIN LI
10MONROVIA132LIBERIA RESPONSE TO DOL ON CHILD LABOR REPORTING
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 13:14:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND ETRD PHUM EAID SOCI LI
10MONROVIA134JUANITA NEAL QUERY: INFO RESPONSE
[...] SUMMARY: Juanita Neal has long been involved in the Liberian timber industry. She held a lucrative position in the Taylor government, and currently works as an attorney and timber consultant. While there is reason to believe she has maintained ties with the timber companies that conducted lo [...]
2010-02-01 13:21:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER UNSC LI
10MONROVIA136OIL SHORTAGE HITS LIBERIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Oil importers were forced to impose rations January 15 and gas stations temporarily shut down January 24, after an oil refinery in Cote d'Ivoire that supplies the majority of Liberia's oil unexpectedly malfunctioned and ceased exports. The state-owned Liberia Petroleum Refining [...]
2010-02-01 14:52:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ECON ENRG LI
10MONROVIA150LIBERIA TO ADOPT THE COPENHAGEN ACCORD
[...] (SBU) Advisor to the President on Energy, Environmental, and Climate Change Chris Neyor told Econoff that the Liberian delegation recommended the President formally adopt the Copenhagen Accord. Absent any legal impediments, Neyor expects the President to sign an Executive Order adopting the Acc [...]
2010-02-03 15:05:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG KGHG SENV LI
10MONROVIA152MONROVIA JOINS COMMUNITY OF ENERGY OFFICERS
[...] (SBU) Econoff Rebecca Alper, AlperRC@state.gov, is the POC responsible for the energy portfolio. Rebecca Alper and Alusine Sheriff (SheriffAm@state.gov) will be responsible for contributing to and updating the Energy Portal. ROBINSON [...]
2010-02-03 16:06:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG LI
10MONROVIA158THIS, TOO, IS LIBERIA: FEBRUARY 3, 2010
[...] (U) This round-up cable, named after a popular daily feature in a local newspaper, covers the following topics: -- U.S. Firm To Begin Drilling For Oil -- Donors Push Renewed Commitment to Kimberley Process -- USG Portfolio Review with the Government of Liberia (GOL) -- Ambassador a [...]
2010-02-03 16:26:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EMIN LI
10MONROVIA164PRESIDENT SIRLEAF DELIVERS ANNUAL ADDRESS TO LEGISLATURE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. President Sirleaf delivered her fifth annual message to the National Legislature on January 25. In it she highlighted legislation needed to continue national recovery, and discussed her administration's accomplishments, challenges and plans according to the pillars of the nationa [...]
2010-02-04 17:30:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM LI
10MONROVIA174LIBERIA: STUDENT RIOT DISRUPTS YOUTH ASSEMBLY
[...] SUMMARY: A student riot on January 16 during a youth assembly resulted in the arrest of seven students. Several students were denied entry to the assembly and protested, attacking the police, who arrested seven. The students were taken to a local police station. A mob of students then attacke [...]
2010-02-09 15:57:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ASEC PREL SOCI KCRM UN LI
10MONROVIA182THIS, TOO, IS LIBERIA: FEBRUARY 11, 2010
[...] (U) This round-up cable, named after a popular daily feature in a local newspaper, covers the following topics: -- INDIAN MINISTER INJURED IN CAR ACCIDENT -- PROPOSED MONEY LAUNDERING LAW EXCLUDES LIBERIA ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION -- LNP PRIORITIZES ASSISTANCE REQUESTS -- LOCAL CHIEF [...]
2010-02-11 16:16:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EMIN LI
10MONROVIA188CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN LIBERIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In advance of the U.S.-China sub-regional dialogue to be held March 4, Embassy Monrovia prepared answers to ref A request on Chinese engagement in Liberia. China's active engagement in Liberia reflects an interest in the country's abundant natural resources, its status as a dest [...]
2010-02-16 12:22:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL LI
10MONROVIA196IMF: LIBERIA REMAINS ON TRACK FOR 2010 HIPC COMPLETION POINT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A working-level delegation from the International Monetary Fund has offered a cautious assessment of Liberia's prospects for HIPC Completion Point during 2010, insisting that the IMF must use its pre-Completion Point leverage to ensure Liberia implements long-delayed legislation [...]
2010-02-17 16:53:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN LI
10MONROVIA198LIBERIA - LEGISLATURE SLOW TO CONFRONT HOT BUTTON ISSUES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since the January 11 opening of the 2010 legislative session, Liberia's lawmakers have confronted, but not resolved controversial, high-profile political items, including electoral reforms and an official response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report's recomme [...]
2010-02-18 09:23:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM ECON SOCI LI
10MONROVIA202THIS, TOO, IS LIBERIA: FEBRUARY 18, 2010
[...] (U) This round-up cable, named after a popular daily feature in a local newspaper, covers the following topics: -- PRESIDENT SIRLEAF'S PARTY CONTINUES TO BUILD MOMENTUM -- UN MISSION IN LIBERIA RELEASES HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT -- COUNCIL OF CHURCHES MEMBERS DIVIDED OVER RESPONSE TO TRC R [...]
2010-02-18 14:32:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EMIN LI
10MONROVIA236CIVAIR LIBERIA: LCAA RESPONSE TO ASSISTANCE REQUEST FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 16:23:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR KTIA LI
10MONROVIA240MONROVIA IDENTIFIES ICT POLICY OFFICER
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 14:01:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON LI
10MONROVIA250THIS, TOO, IS LIBERIA: FEBRUARY 25, 2010
[...] (U) This round-up cable, named after a popular daily feature in a local newspaper, covers the following topics: --DEATH OF ADOPTED LIBERIAN ELICITS STRONG REACTION --TSA CONDUCTS FINAL PRE-ASSESSMENT MISSION --TONY BLAIR ADVISES PRESIDENT'S OFFICE --NEW HEAD OF FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT [...]
2010-02-25 17:11:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON EFIN EMIN LI
10MONROVIA254WEST AFRICA COAST INITIATIVE MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE IN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) sponsored a round of meetings February 17-19 designed to assist participant countries (Guinea-Bissau, Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone) with the implementation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Regional Action [...]
2010-02-26 08:27:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KJUS PREL SL LI
10MONROVIA256ISRAELI COMPANY WINS LIBERIA'S LARGEST IRON ORE CONCESSION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Elenilto Minerals & Mining has won the concession to rehabilitate and develop the Western Cluster Iron Ore Deposits. Elenilto, the first Israeli company to invest in post-war Liberia, is expected to invest $2.4 billion to redevelop the mines and install a rail network. While the [...]
2010-02-26 10:12:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ECON LI
10MONROVIA260MONROVIA EAC CONVENED TO ADDRESS RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE IN
[...] (SBU) Post convened the EAC on 26 February in response to an outbreak of religious violence between Muslims and Christians in the northern Liberian city of Voinjama. Voinjama is the Lofa County seat, and both the city and county have a mix of Muslims and Christians, with Muslims being the maj [...]
2010-02-26 14:59:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC LI
10MONROVIA264INL MONROVIA MONTHLY REPORTS FOR DECEMBER AND JANUARY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: This report covers December 14 to January 31. Report for February will be sent septel. The Emergency Response Unit (ERU) continued the transition from police headquarters to the new ERU Command Center. ERU training continued with the added development of more "train the trainer" [...]
2010-02-27 22:13:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC SNAR KPKO LI
10MONROVIA36PROMOTING FOOD SECURITY (GHFSI) IN LIBERIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In Liberia, food insecurity presents daily hardships for the majority of citizens, and has been an historic cause of destabilizing political unrest. Post recognizes that a reinvigorated agricultural sector is the key to broad-based employment, economic growth, and a healthy popul [...]
2010-01-11 16:52:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EAID LI
10MONROVIA47LIBERIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] There is growing investor interest in Liberia, particularly in agriculture, construction, the extractive industries and tourism. UN sanctions were lifted on timber exports in 2006 and on diamond exports in early 2007. Liberia is now Kimberly Process compliant. The removal of sanctions opened t [...]
2010-01-13 11:56:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ECON PGOV OPIC USTR KTDB LI
10MONROVIA80 SIRLEAF PLEASED WITH MEETINGS IN OUAGADOUGOU WITH DADIS AND
[...] (C) Summary: President Sirleaf, accompanied by Minister of Defense Brownie Sumakai and Minister of State Edward McClain, traveled to Ouagadougou January 17 and 18 to meet with President Blaise Compaore, Camara Dadis, Sekouba Konate, and ECOWAS President Ibrahim Chambas. Sirleaf told Ambassado [...]
2010-01-19 18:30:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC GV LI
10MONROVIA93NIGERIAN FM MAKES CASE TO REMOVE NIGERIA FROM SPECIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe visited Liberia January 13-14, publicly to cement ties between the two ECOWAS nations. But according to President Sirleaf, his mission seemed twofold: to seek the president's support in removing Nigeria from the TSA list of countries of int [...]
2010-01-25 15:05:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ASEC NI LI
10MONROVIA95LIBERIA - PRESIDENT SIRLEAF WILL SEEK SECOND TERM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf announced her intention to run for re-election at the conclusion of her annual message to the National Legislature. Sirleaf was widely criticized for making a campaign announcement at a governmental event and her high-profile announcement is a dire [...]
2010-01-26 20:17:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM LI
10MONROVIA97LIBERIA - FORMER WARLORD TO RUN FOR PRESIDENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ex-warlord and Nimba County Senator Prince Johnson discussed his decision to run for the presidency in a January 27 meeting with the Ambassador. His chance of success is slim, but his early entry and the support of his ethnic constituencies could influence the campaigns of strong [...]
2010-01-28 17:55:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM LI
10MONTERREY29USG SECURITY INITIATIVES SEEK TO BOLSTER NUEVO LEON STATE
[...] (C) Summary: Key USG-funded projects aimed at strengthening the rule of law have begun to take hold in Nuevo Leon, gaining acceptance among state leaders. Despite problems in getting potential candidates past internal vetting requirements, the state is moving ahead with plans to send 15 in [...]
2010-01-28 16:07:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALEAID KCRM SNAR PGOV PHUM MX
10MONTERREY32Monterrey: Ground Zero for Mexico's Emerging Venture Capital
[...] (U) Summary: To provide greater space for small and medium-sized companies, Monterrey Tec, Mexico's most prestigious private university, has established a private enterprise program which provides seed capital for start-ups. Teaming with Monterrey Tec and private industry, ConGen Monterrey i [...]
2010-01-26 00:11:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON MX
10MONTERREY41VIOLENCE IN DURANGO AND COAHUILA CONTINUES TO ESCALATE
[...] (C) Summary: Recent shootings in Durango and neighboring Coahuila states have underscored the increasingly violent rivalry between the rival drug cartels in those states, primarily the Zetas and the Sinaloa Cartel. Since the year began, over 105 people have died in drug-related violence in b [...]
2010-02-10 22:41:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALASEC KCRM SNAR CASC PHUM EAID PGOV MX
10MONTERREY43BORDER VIOLENCE SPREADS TO NUEVO LEON
[...] (C) Summary: Organized gang violence has spread into Nuevo Leon from neighboring border areas, with drug gangs attacking several eastern municipalities in the state. At least three gang members died during a battle with army soldiers in one city and, in another, gangsters attacked a local po [...]
2010-02-26 19:11:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALASEC KCRM SNAR CASC PGOV MX
10MONTERREY60DESPITE UPBEAT STATE FORECAST CHALLENGES REMAIN TO NUEVO
[...] (SBU) Summary: A recent Nuevo Leon Secretariat of Economic Development (SEDEC) report predicted that state growth would continue to surpass that of Mexico as a whole, moving 2009 state per capital nominal GDP from US $12,445 to US $25,426 by 2015, 104 percent above the predicted national ave [...]
2010-02-26 00:13:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD EIND EINV ELAB ECON MX
10MONTERREY66Grenade Attacks Against Monterrey Police; Feb. 26 and 28th
[...] (SBU). Late in the evening of February 27, hooded men conducted simultaneous grenade attacks against the facilities of five municipal police forces within the Monterrey metro area. At police stations in the working class suburbs of San Nicolas and Cadereyta, the grenades exploded, injurin [...]
2010-02-28 21:46:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KCRM SNAR CASC PGOV MX
10MONTERREY8AMBASSADOR VISITS SAN LUIS POTOSI
[...] (U) Summary. On January 7, the Ambassador and the GoM's Secretariat of Public Security (SSP) Director of Operations Facundo Rosas Rosas and AmEmbassy Mexico's NAS Director, traveled to San Luis Potosi to tour the SSP's Training Academy. The facility has trained incoming SSP cadets since 2009 [...]
2010-01-12 21:07:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ECON EFIN MX
10MONTERREY9THE RISE OF THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION IN NUEVO LEON
[...] (U) Summary. During the past three decades, Mexico has seen an increase in the migration of indigenous people to the more urban areas of the country for economic reasons and Nuevo Leon has seen a sharp increase in the number of migrants to the state. Along with the rise in populations with d [...]
2010-01-12 23:01:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ECON SOCI MX
10MONTEVIDEO104Uruguay: Engaging on MINUSTAH
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-12 19:26:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MCAP EAID MASS HA UY
10MONTEVIDEO108Uruguay: President-Elect Mujica Courts Business Community
[...] (U) On February 10, President-elect Jose Mujica made a dynamic and much-applauded presentation on why to invest in Uruguay to a large crowd of businesspersons. Speaking to an international crowd in the resort city of Punta del Este, Mujica emphasized that his administration would work hard to [...]
2010-02-12 20:35:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL PGOV UY
10MONTEVIDEO112Uruguay 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 12:44:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UY
10MONTEVIDEO132Scenesetter for the Secretary's March 1 Trip to Uruguay
[...] ( SBU) Embassy Montevideo warmly welcomes your March 1 visit to attend the inauguration of Jose "Pepe" Mujica, a former Tupamaro guerrilla with a remarkable life trajectory. Mujica's ascension to power at the age of 74 can be seen as a success story of national reconciliation and the matur [...]
2010-02-22 15:36:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ETRD UY
10MONTEVIDEO140CORRECTIVE CABLE: CHARGE D'AFFAIRES MATTHEWMAN RETURNED TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 11:21:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT KCOM OTRA UY AFIN
10MONTEVIDEO146Uruguay: Additional Information on Child Labor and Forced
[...] Post provides missing information from Ref A to complete the request for information on child and forced labor in Uruguay. 2G) Continual Progress ------------------------------- 2. The incidence of child labor in Uruguay is relatively low, and the GOU sustained its efforts to [...]
2010-02-26 13:28:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI UY
10MONTEVIDEO19URUGUAY: FM'S TAKE ON HAITI, UNASUR, AND THE PATHWAYS INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Nelson presented a copy of his credentials to Foreign Minister Pedro Vaz February 8, before completing the credentialing process with a call on President Tabare Vazquez that same evening. In a warm meeting, Vaz confirmed Uruguay would send more peacekeepers to Haiti, explained [...]
2010-02-09 17:38:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR PREL ASEC KPKO HA UY
10MONTEVIDEO2Uruguay: Economy Continues to Grow; GOU Seeks to Counter
[...] SUMMARY: Uruguay's economy continued to grow in the third quarter of 2009, led by strong private consumption, exports, and countercyclical government spending. The GOU expects GDP growth of 2.0 percent and 4.0 percent for 2009 and 2010, respectively. The sharp fall in the price of the dollar [...]
2010-01-04 12:53:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PGOV UY
10MONTEVIDEO23Uruguay: President Vazquez confident strong ties with the
[...] In a warm and friendly meeting following the Ambassador's presentation of credentials, Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez told Ambassador Nelson that he had worked hard to build strong relations with the United States and was gratified by the results. He noted that President Elect Muji [...]
2010-02-10 13:45:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UY
10MONTEVIDEO26URUGUAY - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] The Government of Uruguay recognizes the important role foreign investment plays in economic development and works to maintain a favorable investment climate. Aside from a few sectors in which foreign investment is not permitted, there is neither de jure nor de facto discrimination toward inv [...]
2010-01-15 17:13:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR UY
10MONTEVIDEO27Uruguay: Incoming Foreign Minister Sends Positive Signals
[...] (C) Ambassador Nelson called on incoming Foreign Minister Luis Almagro February 19. The two shared a warm and friendly ninety minutes discussing Uruguay's role in regional and international affairs, with Almagro stressing his understanding of the necessity of active U.S. participation in a [...]
2010-02-19 19:12:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD CVIS UY
10MONTEVIDEO28Uruguay Offers K-9 SAR Team for Rescue Efforts in Haiti
[...] The GOU has offered to send a K-9 Search and Rescue unit comprised of five dogs and five handlers to assist in rescue operations in Haiti. The team has U.S. visas and will fly commercial air to Miami if onward transport into Haiti or the Dominican Republic can be confirmed. In addition, a ge [...]
2010-01-15 19:44:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDMASS MOPS AEMR MARR PREL HA UY
10MONTEVIDEO29Uruguay: Vice President-elect says Bilateral Relationship a Top Priority
[...] (C) Ambassador Nelson called on Uruguayan Vice President-elect Danilo Astori February 22. In addition to the active role an Uruguayan vice president is expected to play as president of Uruguay's Senate, Astori has been tapped by President-elect Jose Mujica to manage Uruguay's economic policy. Per [...]
2010-02-23 13:39:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD EINV UY
10MONTEVIDEO32FOR RELEASE: BFIF 2010 PROPOSALS FOR URUGUAY
[...] THE FOLLOWING ARE PROJECTS FOR WHICH POST IS REQUESTING FY 2010 BFIF FUNDS - NOT IN PRIORITY ORDER: ---------- PRADO FAIR ---------- 2. In 2009, Post adjusted its participation at the Prado fair from the large-scale U.S. pavilions of years past (lasting the entire two week [...]
2010-01-19 14:34:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDABUD BTIO ECON EINV ETRD BEXP UY
10MONTEVIDEO4URUGUAY IMPLEMENTS TSA SECURITY DIRECTIVES AMIDST OPENING OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post has been in regular contact with Uruguay's National Directorate of Civil Aviation (DINACIA) since December 26 to confirm delivery and implementation of TSA security directives for non-stop flights to the U.S. GOU authorities responded quickly in coordination with American [...]
2010-01-05 15:07:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR PTER PINS UY
10MONTEVIDEO52Uruguay Recognizes the Importance of a New Climate Change
[...] On January 21, Charge met with Minister of the Environment Carlos Colacce and advisor Dr. Daniel Rueda to discuss reftel demarche and Uruguay's plans to counter climate change. Minister Colacce, who was present in Copenhagen, noted that although seen by many as a failure, the Copenhagen summit [...]
2010-01-22 19:11:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ENRG UY
10MONTEVIDEO60Uruguayan Engagement on Haiti Continues
[...] Uruguay continues to participate proactively in the Haitian relief effort. The GOU is preparing to send the command and control ship ROU 04 General Artigas, in addition to the 1,200 peacekeeping troops already in country and the two large water purification units that are set to be sent via B [...]
2010-01-26 18:45:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR ASEC MARR PREL KPKO HA UY
10MONTEVIDEO62Uruguay will associate with the Copenhagen Accord
[...] On February 1, advisor to the Minister of Housing, Land Use, and Environment Daniel Rueda informed post that Uruguay would submit a diplomatic note stating its association with the Copenhagen Accord. President Vazquez approved the association last week, and the note will be sent after other m [...]
2010-02-01 15:59:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KGHG SENV PREL ENRG UY
10MONTEVIDEO7URUGUAY: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE OFFER FOR HAITI
[...] ChargC) spoke with MFA Director for Political Affairs Ambassador Elbio Rosselli January 20 to thank the GOU for its support of the humanitarian relief operation in Haiti. Rosselli confirmed that the GOU sent a K-9 search and rescue unit comprised of five dogs and five handlers to Haiti Januar [...]
2010-01-19 19:19:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS EAID PGOV PREL PREF HA UY
10MONTEVIDEO72FOR RELEASE: Uruguay Will Send Additional PKO Troops to
[...] Uruguayan Army Commander General Jorge Rosales informed emboffs February 1 that the UN had requested the GOU to send an additional 155 peacekeeping troops to Haiti. Uruguay agreed to send the team, which will included a medical unit, although MFA Vice Minister Nelson Fernandez told Charg???? [...]
2010-02-04 17:27:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS MARR KPKO PREL PGOV EAID UY
10MONTEVIDEO80Uruguay: Governing Coalition President Calls U.S. Role in Haiti ""Vital""
[...] Charg???? met with ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition president Jorge Brovetto February 3 to explain the U.S. role in Haiti disaster relief and underscore the extensive support the USG is providing to Uruguayan peacekeepers in Haiti. She emphasized the moral imperative our entire govern [...]
2010-02-05 16:29:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR PREL ASEC KPKO HA UY
10MONTEVIDEO90Uruguay: President Vazquez Going Out on Top
[...] (U) Under the leadership of Tabare Vazquez, Uruguay enjoyed five years of relative prosperity and growth, and the governing Frente Amplio (FA) coalition was able to surpass - in two elections running - Uruguay's traditional National (Blanco) and Colorado parties. On Vazquez's coattails, the [...]
2010-02-11 18:11:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ETRD ECON UY
10MONTEVIDEO98Uruguay: Race to Lead Montevideo Bruises Ruling Coalition
[...] (SBU) Of all the offices to be contested in Uruguay's May 9 municipal elections, the position of intendente (a combination of governor and mayor) of Montevideo carries by far the greatest political weight. Montevideo's status as a bastion of ruling Frente Amplio (FA) coalition support, however [...]
2010-02-11 19:56:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV UY
10MONTREAL1COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE REVEALS QUEBEC OIL SANDS INTERESTS
[...] (U/NF) Summary. Controversy over Quebec's aggressive position at the Copenhagen environmental conference shed some surprising light into the connections of powerful provincial interests in the Alberta oil sands. Montreal's two major newspaper chains battled back and forth over Quebec-based Powe [...]
2010-01-07 19:15:00Consulate MontrealCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNENRG CA PREL PGOV
10MONTREAL38Quebec Relief Efforts for Haiti in High Gear
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Quebec's and Montreal's historical and cultural links to Haiti are driving significant relief efforts at the provincial, municipal and local levels. While the ties of this province and city to Haiti were no secret, the extent of society's involvement in relief efforts has been str [...]
2010-02-05 17:05:00Consulate MontrealUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID PREL HA CA
10MOSCOW104GOR LEADERS TAKE HARD PUBLIC STANCE ON CHLORINE
[...] (SBU) On January 1, a Russian resolution banning the use of chlorine treatments for poultry processing effectively a USD 800 million in annual U.S. poultry exports to Russia. On the eve of a USTR-USDA delegation visit for negotiations on the issue, various GOR officials have made strong public [...]
2010-01-15 15:24:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ETRD RS
10MOSCOW115RUSSIAN URANIUM OXIDE AS POTENTIAL COLLATERAL FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Director of Rosatom Nikolay Spasskiy told U/S Bill Burns in a meeting on January 13 that Russia has no uranium silicide to supply as collateral for Iranian LEU (low enriched uranium),but is technically capable of supplying at least a small quantity of uranium oxide f [...]
2010-01-19 15:44:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALIAEA IR KNNP PREL RS
10MOSCOW133DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR
[...] (U) Per reftel, on January 20 Post delivered a demarche to Nikolai Smirnov of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' North America Department thanking the GOR for emergency air transportation, equipment, and personnel sent by the Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) to assist victims of the re [...]
2010-01-20 12:24:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
10MOSCOW135START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW):
[...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-005. 2. (U) Meeting Date: January 14, 2010 Times: 10:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M.; 4:00 - 5:00 P.M. Place: MFA, Moscow ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) MFA DVBR Director Antonov told A/S Gottemoeller that he believed START Follow-On negotiat [...]
2010-01-20 17:33:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
10MOSCOW140RUSSIAN INTELLECTUALS PRESENT BEARISH OUTLOOK TO U/S BURNS
[...] (C) During a January 13 discussion with U/S Burns, four prominent Russian intellectuals agreed the current Russian leadership is not successfully tackling the immense economic and social challenges facing the country. Despite Medvedev's progressive "modernization" rhetoric, vested interests t [...]
2010-01-21 14:53:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
10MOSCOW144U/S BURNS' MOSCOW MEETINGS
[...] (C) In meetings with DFM Ryabkov, Presidential Advisor Prikhodko and Putin advisor Ushakov January 13-14, U/S Burns reiterated the U.S. desire to conclude the START follow-on treaty quickly and pursue an aggressive arms control program in 2010 including the NPT revcon and the Nuclear Security [...]
2010-01-22 08:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS
10MOSCOW145(C) TURKISH EMBASSY READOUT INDICATES LITTLE FRUIT
[...] (C) Press reports and some public statements by Russian and Turkish officials to the contrary, Turkish PM Erdogan's Jan. 12-13 visit to Moscow (ref A) appears to have yielded few concrete results. Although Turkish diplomats hailed strengthening ties between Russia and Turkey, the details they [...]
2010-01-22 09:09:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS TU
10MOSCOW147UNDER SECRETARY BURNS' MEETING WITH FIRST DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER SHUVALOV ON ECONOMIC ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: First DPM Shuvalov briefed visiting U/S Burns on Russia's post-crisis economic policy priorities, proposed increased engagement with the U.S. to formulate a work plan for Russia's WTO accession, and reviewed outstanding issues related to the Customs Union with Belarus and Kazakh [...]
2010-01-22 11:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL RS
10MOSCOW148GOR PLANS FOR LONDON AND 2010 ENGAGEMENT WITH
[...] (C) Summary: While Moscow remains interested in bilateral and multilateral engagement to stabilize Afghanistan, the GOR's plans for the upcoming London Conference and 2010 offer no proposals for funding economic development work. We are seeing signs that Russia is attempting to work with re [...]
2010-01-22 11:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS AF
10MOSCOW150RUSSIA: "NEW" IDEAS, LOW HOPES FOR GEORGIA GENEVA
[...] (C) Deputy Director of the MFA's Fourth European Department Aleksey Dvinyanin, who serves as assistant and advisor to DFM Karasin for Geneva-based talks to resolve Abkhazia/South Ossetia issues, told us January 15 that it is quite possible that Russia will table a new proposal at the next sess [...]
2010-01-22 12:07:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS GG
10MOSCOW152DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GUIDANCE REGARDING HAITI AIR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 12:09:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO
10MOSCOW153DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OECD INVITING RUSSIA TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 12:17:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAIR ETRD EINV EFIN RS
10MOSCOW155WILL PROPOSED AEROFLOT-ROSAVIA DEAL UNDERMINE
[...] (SBU) On December 30, during a meeting chaired by First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, Minister of Transport Igor Levitin reportedly suggested that control over new Russian airline RosAvia be transferred to Aeroflot. Under the proposal, Russian state corporation Rostekhnologia, 51% owne [...]
2010-01-22 14:53:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON ETRD EINV RS
10MOSCOW158MFA URGES U.S. TO TAKE POSITIVE STEPS WITH NORTH
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Koreas Division officials said the DPRK's confusing array of statements since the start of the year had made the direction of North Korean dialogue uncertain and urged the U.S. to take steps to return dialogue to a positive track. Russia continues to support resumption of th [...]
2010-01-22 15:16:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KN RS
10MOSCOW159CUBA: MFA PREVIEWS 2010 BILATERAL EVENTS
[...] (C) In a January 19 meeting with poloff, MFA Cuba desk First Secretary Anna Kosenkova highlighted several upcoming events between the GOR and Cuba and discussed the increasing political and economic ties between the two countries. She said that Russia and Cuba are planning the following even [...]
2010-01-22 15:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS CU
10MOSCOW161FM LAVROV'S ANNUAL FOREIGN POLICY REPORT
[...] (C) Summary. On January 22, FM Lavrov held his annual press conference on Russian foreign policy, covering a wide range of issues such as START, missile defense, Patriot missiles in Poland, Iran, the Middle East, European security and Haiti. He highlighted areas of friction with the west on [...]
2010-01-22 15:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS IR HA
10MOSCOW162DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREPARING FOR THE NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 15:46:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPARM KNNP IAEA AORC MNUC CDC UNGA TBIO RS
10MOSCOW163START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW):
[...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-006. 2. (U) Meeting Date: January 21, 2010 Times: 4:30 - 5:30 P.M. Place: MFA, Moscow ------- Summary ------- 3. (S) MFA DVBR Director Antonov told A/S Gottemoeller that he was not aware of which topics the GOR would raise during J [...]
2010-01-23 08:20:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
10MOSCOW172DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG POLICY ON YEMEN
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Valery I. Pospelov, Head of the Yemen Division in the MFA's Middle East and North Africa Department. He indicated that the GOR shares our interest in creating economic opportunities in Yemen. Mr. Pospelov stated that FM Lavrov would attend the London meeting [...]
2010-01-26 14:53:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID RS YM
10MOSCOW174JAPANESE FM VISIT: POSITIVE TONE, FEW RESULTS
[...] (C) Summary: Japanese FM Okada's December 27-28 visit to Moscow continued the positive atmospherics in Russo-Japanese relations since Japan's Hatoyama-led government came to power, but produced few tangible results. The two sides established a working group on bilateral trade and investment [...]
2010-01-26 15:40:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV JA RS
10MOSCOW176NEW POLPRED FOR NORTH CAUCASUS MAKES LANDFALL
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 19 Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev fulfilled a promise made during his November 12 address to name a new envoy for the North Caucasus. He carved a new federal district out of the existing Southern Federal Region and named Krasnoyarsk governor Aleksandr Khloponin [...]
2010-01-26 16:49:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
10MOSCOW184THE EVOLVING ROLE AND INFLUENCE OF VLADISLAV SURKOV
[...] (C) Summary: First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration (PA) Vladislav Surkov remains one of Russia's most influential political officials, but his influence and authority have recently taken a few hits. His focus, moreover, has evolved into protecting the political system he help [...]
2010-01-27 07:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM RS
10MOSCOW185START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW):
[...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-008. 2. (U) Meeting Date: January 23, 2010 Times: 12:15 - 1:30 P.M. Place: MFA, Moscow ------- Summary ------- 3. (S) A/S Gottemoeller gave MFA DVBR Director Antonov a checklist of action items to be discussed during the next round [...]
2010-01-27 07:49:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
10MOSCOW186START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW):
[...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-008. 2. (U) Meeting Date: January 23, 2010 Times: 12:15 - 1:30 P.M. Place: MFA, Moscow ------- Summary ------- 3. (S) A/S Gottemoeller gave MFA DVBR Director Antonov a checklist of action items to be discussed during the next round [...]
2010-01-27 09:00:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
10MOSCOW189Russian Deputy Health Minister Wants Expanded Health
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In their upbeat December 14 meeting, Russian Deputy Health Minister Veronika Skvortsova and Ambassador Beyrle agreed that the Bilateral Presidential Commission's Working Group on Health should promote a substantial expansion of cooperation on health and medical sciences. They c [...]
2010-01-27 12:32:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO PREL EAID SOCI KHIV TSPL ETRD ELAB EAGR KIPR
10MOSCOW199MEDVEDEV: ELITE SUPPORTERS WANT ACTION ON
[...] Summary: Behind the scenes of the January 22 State Council session, Medvedev supporters and observers are looking for signs that the President is willing to implement the political ideals he publicly advocates. Some United Russia insiders sympathetic to Medvedev reportedly pledged the Presiden [...]
2010-01-28 08:21:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
10MOSCOW200DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOR ON HELIUM-3 SHORTAGE FOR
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche orally to Aleksey Ubeyev, Deputy Director of International Cooperation Department, at Rosatom on January 14. After consulting with the Department (ref B),post delivered slightly abridged written talking points also to Ubeyev on Jan 19. As Ubeyev is curren [...]
2010-01-28 11:38:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ENRG IAEA KNNP PARM RS
10MOSCOW203TRANSNEFT CONFIRMS OIL DEAL WITH BELARUS
[...] (C) Oleg Pilipets, long-time International Affairs Advisor in the Office of the President of Transneft, Russia's oil pipeline monopoly, confirmed to us January 28 that Moscow and Minsk signed a deal to end the dispute on oil shipments (reftel). Pilipets said approximately 6.3 million tons (mt) [...]
2010-01-28 13:29:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS BO
10MOSCOW204MOSCOW "DISMAYED" BY POLITICAL SITUATION IN BAGHDAD
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Iraq Section Chief Iliya Morgounov of the MFA's Middle East and North Africa Department. Characterizing the current political situation in Baghdad as strange, Morgounov noted that the GOR was surprised and disappointed by events in Baghdad leading up to the [...]
2010-01-28 14:01:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS IZ
10MOSCOW205RUSSIA CONSIDERS SENDING ELECTION OBSERVERS TO
[...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Iliya Morgounov, Section Chief of the MFA's Iraq Desk. Morgounov was grateful for the information and said the U.S. offer to provide assistance with security and ground transportation would be especially helpful. He remarked that, although the Russian Centr [...]
2010-01-28 14:34:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM RS AZ
10MOSCOW206ELEVATING REQUEST FOR PACE ELECTION OBSERVERS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 06:32:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PREL COE RS
10MOSCOW218INQUIRY DELIVERED: QUARTERLY STRATEGIC DATA (SDX)
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 11:52:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKACT KTIA PARM START US RS
10MOSCOW224INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR
[...] (U) Post does not have information on additional goods for the Russia TVPRA list. ---------- Task 2/TDA ---------- 2A. Prevalence and Sectoral Distribution of Exploitive Child Labor  [...]
2010-01-29 14:38:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON EIND PGOV SOCI RS
10MOSCOW225START FOLLOW-ON NEGOTIATIONS, MOSCOW (SFO-MOSCOW):
[...] (U) This is SFO-MOS-007. 2. (U) Meeting Date: January 22, 2010 Times: 10:00 A.M. - 5:30 P.M. Place: MOD, Moscow ------------ Participants ------------ 3. (U) Russian Federation ------------------ --General of the Army Nikolai Yegorevich Makarov, [...]
2010-01-29 15:23:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT MARR PARM PREL RS US START
10MOSCOW226SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 4 U.S.-RUSSIA BILATERAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. and Russia have powerful reasons to work together to combat illicit trafficking of narcotics. As you heard in September from your counterpart on the working group, Viktor Ivanov, Director of Russian Federal Drug Control Service (FSKN),his priority is engaging you o [...]
2010-01-29 15:33:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM RS AF
10MOSCOW227THREE DAYS OF HIGH LEVELS TALKS- BEEF CAN COME IN,
[...] (SBU) Summary: From January 19-21 a USG delegation met with their Russian counterparts to find a solution to Russia's actions which have effectively shut down all U.S. exports of chicken and pork. Two days of discussions centered on the Russian ban on use of chlorine in poultry processing, t [...]
2010-01-29 16:10:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS
10MOSCOW228RUSSIAN DRAFT BILL WOULD REQUIRE ON-SHORE CREDIT CARD PROCESSING REF: MOSCOW 00079 Classified By: ECONMINCOUNS Matthias Mitman for Reasons 1.4(b) and (d)
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 04:41:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEINV ETRD RS
10MOSCOW239AFGHAN TRANSIT: GOR STILL DEMANDS ICAO STANDARDS
[...] (C) Summary: EmbOffs met with GOR officials to discuss how to implement more effectively the U.S.-Russia Afghan Air Transit Agreement, especially the use of ICAO standards for shipping hazardous cargo on civilian charter flights contracted by the U.S. military. The GOR confirmed there are no [...]
2010-02-01 15:17:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR EAIR RS AF
10MOSCOW240DISSENTERS' MARCHES VENT ANTI-PUTIN STEAM,
[...] (C) Summary: Opponents of the current political system staged rallies throughout Russia during the weekend of January 30-31. In Kaliningrad, thousands representing a wide range of political views gathered ostensibly to protest higher regional taxes, but also voiced their dissatisfaction with P [...]
2010-02-01 15:26:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
10MOSCOW241HILARION ON THE ROC'S ROLE IN RUSSIA'S DEVELOPMENT
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 28 conversation with the Ambassador, Archbishop Hilarion freely admitted that the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) has been extending its reach further into all areas of society. The Church has recently adopted a more confrontational tone regarding the State Department's Inte [...]
2010-02-01 15:27:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS
10MOSCOW251NOT QUITE A WHOLE NEW ERA FOR RUSAL
[...] (C) After restructuring billions in debt, Rusal raised USD 2.2 billion through its January IPO in Hong Kong. Rusal executives see the restructuring and listing as key steps in the company's transition into a modern, public company. Despite its achievements, Rusal will have to cope with restri [...]
2010-02-03 10:48:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEMIN ECON PREL RS CH
10MOSCOW260CSTO SYG TELLS AMBASSADOR ABOUT FUTURE PLANS
[...] (C) Summary: Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary General Nikolay Bordyuzha told the Ambassador that the CSTO would be prepared to participate in UN peacekeeping missions in the future. He complained that NATO has ignored CSTO overtures. Bordyuzha said CSTO priorities ar [...]
2010-02-04 13:16:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS PTER MARR MASS MCAP SNAR RS
10MOSCOW261U.S.-RUSSIA ENVIRONMENT WORKING GROUP: ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 27, officials of the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources and Ecology (MNRE) gave their initial reaction to the U.S.-proposed agenda for the Environment Working Group of the Bilateral Presidential Commission. They suggested that OES DAS Daniel Reifsnyder head a USG d [...]
2010-02-04 13:43:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PREL ECON TSPL SOCI EFIS KGLB RS
10MOSCOW263BELARUS EMBASSY: "WE WON OIL DISPUTE;" CUSTOMS
[...] (C) During a meeting with us on February 3, Vladimir Stepuk and Olga Dolgopolova, First Secretary and Counsellor, respectively, of the Embassy of Belarus in Russia, claimed Belarus "won" the recent spat between Russia and Belarus over oil export duties (reftels A and B),although they downplaye [...]
2010-02-04 14:15:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALBO ECON ENRG EPET PREL RS
10MOSCOW265PUTIN SUPPORTS PLAN TO MERGE ROSTEKHNOLOGIA'S
[...] (SBU) On February 2, Prime Minister Putin announced support for Transport Minister Levitin's plan to transfer Rostekhnologia's aviation assets to Aeroflot. According to Levitin's proposal, all the regional airlines that would have become Russia's new national carrier RosAvia, will be absorbed [...]
2010-02-05 09:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON ETRD EINV RS
10MOSCOW266(C/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX ON ENERGY INTERESTS,
[...] (C/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX told us during a February 4 lunch that his Embassy and his Foreign Ministry often only learn of conversations between PM Berlusconi and PM Putin after the fact, and with little detail or background. He expressed frustration about the PMs' "direct line," which sometimes leaves th [...]
2010-02-05 10:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS IT
10MOSCOW268NO RUSSIAN RESPONSE YET TO U.S. CITES PROPOSALS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-05 13:48:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP RS
10MOSCOW270RUSSIA STEPS UP MIDDLE EAST ENGAGEMENT WITH ABBAS
[...] (C) Summary: As Moscow seeks to reassert itself in the Middle East Peace Process, the first of three regional leaders, Mahmoud Abbas, visited Russia. (Khaled Mashaal and PM Netanyahu will visit in the coming weeks.) Meeting with President Medvedev and FM Lavrov, Abbas urged Russia to press [...]
2010-02-05 14:47:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS IS
10MOSCOW272PUTIN STILL HOLDING THE REINS FOR 2012 ELECTION
[...] (C) Summary: While supporters of Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev are pushing him to establish himself as a stronger tandem member (ref A),many political experts increasingly believe that no matter who becomes president in 2012, the road to the presidency still runs through Prime Minister Vladim [...]
2010-02-05 15:09:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM RS
10MOSCOW273RUSSIAN SHERPA SEEKS SMOOTH NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-05 15:24:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARK AORC EAID ENRG IAEA MNUC TBIO UNGA NPT
10MOSCOW276DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE: RUSSIAN REGULATION AND INTERIM
[...] On January 26, Post delivered reftel demarche to the Russian Ministry of Transportation, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Health and Social Development. As of February 8, post has received no substantive response. The Ministry of Transportation told us that of the three m [...]
2010-02-08 15:26:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI TBIO UNDP UNGA RS
10MOSCOW285GOR SATISFIED WITH LONDON CONFERENCE ON
[...] (C) Summary: We met with Alexey Dedov, newly appointed Deputy Director for Afghanistan and Iran, of the MFA's Second Asia Department. On Iran, Dedov said Russia was concerned that upcoming February 11 events could turn chaotic and violent if the pro-government demonstrators and opposition [...]
2010-02-09 09:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS AF IR
10MOSCOW292 EXBS: RUSSIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE - JANUARY
[...] Begin summary: BROAD ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS: The embassy was shut down, as were Russian government offices, January 1-8 for New Year's and Russian Orthodox holidays. The Advisor is working with the Human Resources Department in the embassy and with EXBS Washington on [...]
2010-02-09 13:56:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP UP RS
10MOSCOW293DEA CHIEF OF OPERATIONS THOMAS HARRIGAN'S MEETING WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 08:15:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX
10MOSCOW295MEDVEDEV, MATVIENKO TO ARGENTINA IN APRIL
[...] (C) In a February 5 meeting with poloff, Argentine Charge d'Affaires Jose Venere said President Medvedev will visit Buenos Aires on April 14 and will likely sign bilateral agreements on extradition, double-taxation, prisoner exchanges, and cooperation against drug trafficking. After Argenti [...]
2010-02-10 12:37:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS RS AR
10MOSCOW297USAID MOSCOW DISCUSSES USG CONTRACTING WITH
[...] (SBU) February 3 USAID Moscow briefed GOR officials and Russian business representatives on the USG contracting process. They also discussed tenders in Afghanistan. The presentation responded to requests from Russian officials who frequently cite the experience then-Soviet workers gained in [...]
2010-02-10 13:20:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL RS AF
10MOSCOW301RUSSIA MAY VIEW IRAN AS A POTENTIAL ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Rhetoric from politicians and pundits aside, Russian-Iranian economic relations are relatively minor. Total two-way trade between the two countries is less than $3 billion, or 0.6% of total Russian trade. Investment flows are similarly weak. While both sides seek to expand the economic r [...]
2010-02-10 15:10:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL MARR PARM RS IR
10MOSCOW304HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS QUESTION THE RESET
[...] (C) Summary: A group of civil society leaders told Senior Russia NSC Director Michael McFaul January 14 that they were disappointed with the perceived U.S. retreat on support of human rights in Russia. While they cautioned against returning to what they called the "aggressive" style of the Bu [...]
2010-02-11 07:20:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
10MOSCOW305POLITICAL OPPOSITION IN RUSSIA FOCUSED ON
[...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the political opposition in Moscow discussed Russia's political future and the role of the United States in it with NSC Senior Director for Russia Michael McFaul. Opposition leaders believe that increased political freedom and serious measures to combat corruption can [...]
2010-02-11 08:29:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
10MOSCOW315RUSSIAN PUBLIC REACTIONS TO UKRAINE ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Russian press and analysts in public statements overwhelmingly welcomed Viktor Yanukovych's victory in the February 7 presidential run-off elections in Ukraine, although they do not expect Yanukovych to be a pro-Russian push-over. Some see his victory as the end of Orange [...]
2010-02-12 13:52:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UP RS
10MOSCOW317THE LUZKHOV DILEMMA
[...] (C) Summary: Moscow Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov remains a loyal member of United Russia, with a reputation for ensuring that the city has the resources it needs to function smoothly. Questions increasingly arise regarding Luzhkov's connections to the criminal world and the impact of these ties on governan [...]
2010-02-12 15:39:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON KDEM KCOR RS
10MOSCOW318INSOR REPORT REINVIGORATES DEBATE ON POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Igor Yurgens' and Yevgeniy Gontmakher's "21st Century Manifesto" has re-ignited debate among elite groups about President Medvedev's economic modernization objectives and proposed political reforms. Yurgens and Gontmakher support Medvedev's broader modernization agenda and express opti [...]
2010-02-12 15:41:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
10MOSCOW319RUSSIAN REACTION TO ROMANIAN SM-3 MISSILE DEFENSE:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Official Russia remained calm in the face of the Romanian announcement that U.S. SM-3 missile defense interceptors would be deployed there. Although there were echoes of Putin's late December complaints that the U.S. missile defense program threatened a START follow-on, governmen [...]
2010-02-12 15:49:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MCAP RO RS
10MOSCOW320SCENESETTER FOR INNOVATION DIALOGUE DELEGATION'S
[...] (U) Your visit to Russia can help advance several of the goals Presidents Obama and Medvedev set out in their Bilateral Presidential Commission (BPC) to foster greater connectivity in key areas, including education, culture, business, and government, between the U.S. and Russia. The public-pr [...]
2010-02-12 16:15:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL SOCI RS
10MOSCOW321ONISHCHENKO'S REPLY TO USDA U/S MILLER ON U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: On February 11 post received a copy of Onishchenko's response to USDA U/S Miller's letter laying out possible solutions to Russia's ban on U.S. poultry. Onishchenko responds to each of the conditions laid out in Miller's letter, agreeing to some, and deferring others to technical [...]
2010-02-12 16:48:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALETRD EAGR ECON PREL RS
10MOSCOW322SHIFTING EAST SIBERIAN OIL TAX HOLIDAYS REVEAL
[...] (C) Starting in 2010, the GOR instituted a new export tax exemption for certain East Siberian oil fields in order to stimulate hydrocarbon development in the region. DPM Sechin supports the exemption to encourage shipments of oil east through the new East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline. [...]
2010-02-12 16:52:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON EFIN PREL RS
10MOSCOW323PLUTONIUM DISPOSITION -- U.S. RESPONSE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-14 15:45:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP KTIA ENRG MNUC TRGY RS
10MOSCOW324ENGAGING RUSSIA ON THE FUTURE OF BOSNIA
[...] (C) While GOR officials share our goal for BiH -- a stable country integrated with Europe -- they are increasingly calling for the Office of High Representative (OHR) to close, assessing that the entities have nearly met all five objectives and two conditions ("5 plus 2") set by the Peace Imp [...]
2010-02-15 10:29:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BK RS
10MOSCOW325KRASNOYARSK: A REGION ENJOYING THE STATUS QUO OR
[...] (C) Summary: Krasnoyarsk government officials are confident that their management of the region's substantial energy and mineral wealth ensures political and economic stability. Opposition political figures and independent journalists give kray authorities high marks for their constructive eng [...]
2010-02-15 15:52:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PMAR PHUM PINR ECON EFIN RS
10MOSCOW327KARASIN ON GEORGIA, NAGORNO-KARABAKH,
[...] (C) Summary. DFM Karasin, in a meeting with the Ambassador February 9, praised the Geneva Talks for contributing to the relative calm in Georgia, while criticizing the Georgians for seeking scandal, the South Ossetians for boycotting the Incident Response Mechanism, and the co-chairs for hin [...]
2010-02-16 07:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV GG UP AZ MD RS
10MOSCOW331 JOINT DEA AND RUSSIAN INTER-AGENCY OPERATION BALTIC STRIKE
[...] KRASAVCHIKOV, Vladimir - NADDIS # 6305832 File Title of Investigation. 2. VOYNOVSKIY, Valentin - NADDIS #6640630 DOB: 07/12/1956. Ukrainian National a.k.a. Valentine VOJNOWSKI. Cell head of KRASAVCHIKOV DTO organizes distribution of cocaine obtained from Ecuador to Russia. Believed [...]
2010-02-16 09:12:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX
10MOSCOW334GOR GREETS HOLOCAUST MUSEUM DIRECTOR BLOOMFIELD
[...] (C) Summary: During a visit to Moscow from January 29 - February 4, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) Director Sarah Bloomfield received an enthusiastic response from GOR officials, who noted that the GOR and the USHMM have shared interests in expanding World War II and Holocaust education [...]
2010-02-16 12:21:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KNAR KIRF RS
10MOSCOW335RUSSIA HEALTH REGULATOR DISMISSED AFTER PUBLIC COMMENTS ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 6, Prime Minister Putin dismissed Nikolai Yurgel, head of Russian pharmaceutical watchdog Roszdravnadzor, two days after Yurgel publicly criticized the government's draft "Law on the Circulation of Medicines," echoing numerous objections of the pharmaceutical industry [...]
2010-02-16 19:24:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV TBIO PREL SOCI ETRD KIPR RS
10MOSCOW337RUSSIAN RELATIONS WITH AN ASSERTIVE UZBEKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings, MFA and Uzbek Embassy officials stressed the positive aspects of Russian-Uzbek relations, including bilateral trade and Uzbek migrant workers in Russia. Uzbek President Karimov is due to visit Moscow in April following intergovernmental talks. Meanwhile, Russian off [...]
2010-02-17 17:42:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UZ RS
10MOSCOW338GOR MILITARY DOCTRINE PRESENTS LITTLE THAT IS NEW
[...] (C) Summary: On February 5 the GOR released its new military doctrine. At the same time President Medvedev also endorsed the unpublished document "Basic Principles of State Policy in the Field of Nuclear Deterrence Up to 2020." The new military doctrine, divided into four parts, is similar t [...]
2010-02-17 17:42:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS PTER PARM PBTS MARR MCAP MNUC
10MOSCOW339COMMUNIST DUMA DEPUTY PREDICTS RETURN OF PUTIN
[...] (C) Summary: Communist Party (KPRF) State Duma Deputy Sergei Levchenko dismissed KPRF's recent cooperation with Solidarity at the January 30 protest in Kaliningrad as insignificant, but expressed optimism about KPRF's chances in upcoming elections due to United Russia's increasing unpopulari [...]
2010-02-17 17:42:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR RS
10MOSCOW342RUSSIA CBR DEPUTY DISCUSSES IRAN, FINANCIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-17 17:43:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV PTER RS IR
10MOSCOW352Identification of Vladimir KRASAVCHIKOV's Current
[...] KRASAVCHIKOV, Vladimir - NADDIS #6305832. Telephone Number: 593-81132751. Remarks: Currently utilizing Ecuadorian cellular telephone number 593-81132751. BERYLE [...]
2010-02-18 12:34:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX
10MOSCOW353Meeting Between the Russian Federal Drug Control Service
[...] Najib LNU - NADDIS Negative. Further identified as a male; Telephone Numbers: 992-919-966622 and 992-919-940008. Remarks: Identified as an organizer of drug smuggling routes out of Tajikistan. 2. Taj Mohammad - NADDIS Negative. Further identified as a male; Telephone Number: 992-919-966833; [...]
2010-02-18 12:34:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDEAX
10MOSCOW361VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR
[...] VISAS VIPER 2. The following information is provided for watchlisting purposes as the Department of State and National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) deem appropriate. In addition to the information passed in reftel, Moscow LEGATT provided additional aliases for subject during the recent [...]
2010-02-18 14:59:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR CVIS PTER ASEC CMGT PINR RS
10MOSCOW365ULYANOVSK: RUSSIA'S AVIATION CAPITAL SEEKING NEW
[...] (C) Summary: Russia's Ulyanovsk region Governor Sergey Morozov is focusing on the need to attract investment, foreign or domestic, into his central Russian region. During Emboff's two-day visit February 11-12, local officials promoted their receptivity, and Ulyanovsk's infrastructure, indus [...]
2010-02-19 08:19:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM
10MOSCOW375RYAZAN REGIONAL ELECTIONS: YABLOKO QUITS, LASHES
[...] (C) Summary: During the March 14 Ryazan Regional Parliamentary Elections, six parties will compete for 36 Oblast Duma seats. February 5 was the registration deadline for submitting signatures. Opposition parties and pundits agree that the elections will be neither free nor fair. Yabloko dr [...]
2010-02-19 11:24:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM ECON RS
10MOSCOW380NONPAPER DELIVERED: POINTS ON STRATEGIC DATA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-19 14:05:00Embassy MoscowSECRETKACT PARM KTIA START US RS
10MOSCOW381NONPAPER DELIVERED: PRELIMINARY RESPONSE TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-19 14:05:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPARM AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PGOV PREL UNGA
10MOSCOW391RUSSIAN DUMA MEMBERS WANT US-RUSSIA RELATIONS BASED
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the invitation of Duma Foreign Relations Committee Chair Konstantin Kosachev, the Ambassador met for 90 minutes with a delegation of Duma members traveling with Kosachev to the U.S. to meet with members of Congress. Discussion topics ranged from imports of U.S. chicken to Afg [...]
2010-02-22 11:03:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PARM ECON ETRD RS
10MOSCOW392IRAN DOMINATES NETANYAHU'S VISIT TO MOSCOW
[...] (C) Summary: In a two-day visit to Moscow, PM Netanyahu pressed his case on Iran while the GOR was more focused on trade than the MEPP. The Israeli PM downplayed disagreements over Hamas and welcomed government initiatives to help crisis-depleted economic relations. Netanyahu came away ple [...]
2010-02-22 11:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RS IR
10MOSCOW395NONPAPER DELIVERED TO GOR: MANAGING PART I OF THE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 14:25:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKNNP PARM MNUC PREL RS
10MOSCOW396APEC INVITE DELIVERED TO RUSSIAN POCS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 14:27:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDETRC ECIN ELTN ENRG PREL TNGD TPHY TSPL BTIO
10MOSCOW410FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS TO ENGAGE RUSSIA ON
[...] (C) Summary: Cooperation on Afghanistan remains a top item on the U.S.-Russia agenda. We have achieved success in gaining Russia's public, rhetorical support for our efforts (despite private skepticism) and concrete help on transit issues. Efforts to have Russia contribute substantial econ [...]
2010-02-24 14:55:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR RS AF
10MOSCOW435CUSTOMS UNION'S AIRCRAFT DUTI...
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 14:43:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEAIR ECON ETRD EINV RS
10MOSCOW437DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREPARING FOR SYRIA AT MARCH
[...] (C) EmbOff delivered reftel message on February 26 to Third Secretaries Aleksandr Bulychev and Roman Ustinov in the MFA Department for Security Affairs and Disarmament. After listening attentively, they responded that Russia had reviewed the DG's sixth report on Syria and Amano did not say th [...]
2010-02-26 16:04:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KNNP IAEA SY RS
10MOSCOW438 CERTIFICATION OF CONSULAR MANAGEMENT CONTROLS
[...] In accordance with reftel, the Consular Section at U.S. Embassy Moscow completed its review of consular management controls on 25 February 2010. Richard Beer, FE-OC, Consul General, certifies that the management review was successfully completed and that we are in compliance with the Departme [...]
2010-02-27 19:19:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CVIS CASC KFRD RU
10MOSCOW53TRANSNEFT: NO DISCOUNTED OIL TO BELARUS WITHOUT
[...] (C) Transneft International Affairs Advisor Oleg Pilipets told us January 12 the oil dispute with Belarus affects only oil sent to, and not through, Belarus. He said the expiration of a 2007 agreement prevents Transneft from continuing to send oil to Belarus at previous preferential export du [...]
2010-01-12 15:45:00Embassy MoscowSECRET//NOFORNEPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS BO
10MOSCOW54TRANSNEFT: NO DISCOUNTED OIL TO BELARUS WITHOUT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 15:45:00Embassy MoscowSECRET//NOFORNEPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS BO
10MOSCOW56RUSSIA STRIVES TO REDUCE GAS FLARING
[...] (C) Russia flares more natural gas than any other country, burning over 40 bcm in 2008. The GOR plans to reduce this figure by raising Russia's associated gas utilization level to 95% by 2012 from the current 60-70% rate. Experts doubt, however, that the GOR will achieve this goal. Obstacles [...]
2010-01-13 14:23:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS KGHG
10MOSCOW60RUSSIA PLAYS ITS CARDS IN ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN,
[...] (C) Summary. As a counterpoint to its August 2008 invasion of Georgia, Russia is pursuing traditional diplomacy with its South Caucasus neighbors Armenia and Azerbaijan, while addressing growing Turkish influence in the region. Although wary of Yerevan's possible westward reorientation, Mosc [...]
2010-01-14 07:13:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG RS AM AJ TU
10MOSCOW63IOM'S FACILITATION OF CHECHNYA RETURNS RISKS ITS
[...] (C) Summary: In collaboration with the Austrian government, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) started a pilot project in November 2009 that assists voluntary returns and reintegration for migrants returning from Austria to Chechnya. IOM also continues to aid returns from oth [...]
2010-01-14 09:07:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF SMIG AU NO RS SW PL
10MOSCOW64RUSSIAN LEGAL BARRIERS AND IO FUNDING GAPS LIMIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Negotiating complex asylum procedures, accessing state-funded education, and obtaining psychosocial support are foremost among the challenges for refugees and internally displaced (IDP) children in Russia. International organizations face funding shortages in their attempts to [...]
2010-01-14 09:08:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREF UNHCR RS
10MOSCOW72MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY'S SCIENCE PARK SUCCESSFUL IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past five years, Moscow State University's (MSU) Science Park has launched 85 high-tech start-up, mostly in the IT and biotech fields. Raising awareness of the importance of IPR protection is a key MSU priority. With its science park and other innovative activities, [...]
2010-01-14 11:04:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL TNGD TBIO TINT KIPR KPAO OEXC SCUL SOCI PGOV
10MOSCOW75RUSSIA DISPATCHES RESCUE WORKERS AND EQUIPMENT TO
[...] (U) According to a January 14 press release by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, President Medvedev has ordered the Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) to assist Haiti in dealing with the effects of the January 12 earthquake. Russia has already dispatched three EMERCOM planes carrying m [...]
2010-01-14 14:32:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV SOCI RS HA
10MUMBAI12ANTI-MAOIST OPERATIONS IN CHHATTISGARH BEGIN: ACTIVISTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Indian state is finally getting serious about tackling the Maoist insurgency in India's "Red Belt." As it does so, NGOs and human rights activists working in southern Chhattisgarh, one of the areas worst affected by Maoist violence, are expressing concern that a concentra [...]
2010-01-11 10:57:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM ECON EAID EMIN ENRG SOCI PTER IN
10MUMBAI13TELEGRAM CANCELLATION--NGOS SEE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 03:02:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM IN
10MUMBAI14TELEGRAM CANCEL--NGOS SEE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AS SOLUTION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 04:54:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM IN EAID EMIN PTER SOCI
10MUMBAI17NGOS SEE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AS SOLUTION TO CONFLICT IN
[...] (U) Summary: The tribal area of the southern part of the state of Chhattisgarh, known as the Bastar region, is one of the most heavily affected by the Maoist insurgency. Decades of official neglect of social development in this region, as well as its remoteness, has made it easy for Maoist g [...]
2010-01-13 07:51:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM IN EAID EMIN PTER SOCI
10MUMBAI18NGOS SEE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AS SOLUTION TO CONFLICT IN
[...] (U) Summary: The tribal area of the southern part of the state of Chhattisgarh, known as the Bastar region, is one of the most heavily affected by the Maoist insurgency. Decades of official neglect of social development in this region, as well as its remoteness, has made it easy for Maoist g [...]
2010-01-13 08:09:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ASEC PHUM IN EAID EMIN PTER SOCI
10MUMBAI41RBI MOVES AHEAD OF THE CURVE TO SIGNAL INFLATION
[...] (U) Summary: On January 29, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI),India's central bank, raised the cash reserve ratio (CRR),its first direct step towards monetary tightening in an effort to fight rising inflation, which the RBI now expects to be 8.5 percent for the fiscal year. The belt tightenin [...]
2010-02-03 11:35:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EIND EINV IN
10MUMBAI42ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION GROWING IN INDIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. With the majority of civil litigation cases taking over a decade to resolve through the Indian courts, businesses in Mumbai increasingly pursue alternative means for resolving contractual difference quickly and cheaply. The business community has devised Alternative Dispute Re [...]
2010-02-05 08:40:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV BTIO ECON EINV KDEM KIDE KJUS ETRD IN
10MUMBAI44MUMBAI'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING COURT REPORTS IMPRESSIVE FIGURE OF
[...] (U) Summary. In just over a year of operation, the anti-human trafficking court in Mumbai has disposed of a large backlog of trafficking cases, and improved the conviction rate for traffickers. In 2009, the court adjudicated 438 cases, and recorded convictions in 81 cases, with more than one [...]
2010-02-08 13:08:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI SMIG KTIP IN PHUM
10MUMBAI51THE BOLLYWOOD-HOLLYWOOD PARTNERSHIP: GREAT POTENTIAL BUT
[...] (U) Summary: Hollywood film studios, amongst the world's highest revenue earners, are increasingly beginning to stake their claim in Bollywood, touted as the world's largest maker of movies. Though not without challenges, major U.S. studios have started to try to capture a piece of this poten [...]
2010-02-11 12:39:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD SCUL IN
10MUMBAI52CAN THE INDIAN FILM INDUSTRY GO GLOBAL?
[...] SUMMARY: The Indian film industry - centered around the Hindi-language industry in Mumbai, known as "Bollywood" - is the world's largest. Nevertheless, with modest revenues and low profitability, the industry's impact is more cultural than economic. In the last decade, however, the Mumbai-ba [...]
2010-02-11 12:40:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD SCUL IN
10MUMBAI53BOMB BLAST IN PUNE: SUSPECTED TERRORIST ATTACK, NO AMERICAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: At around 7:15 pm on February 13, a bomb exploded in a restaurant often frequented by foreigners in Pune city, about three hours by road southeast of Mumbai, in an apparent terrorist attack. Indian officials have confirmed nine deaths, including at least one foreigner, with ove [...]
2010-02-14 11:40:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PTER IN
10MUMBAI57MUMBAI'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING COURT REPORTS IMPRESSIVE FIGURE OF
[...] (U) Summary. In just over a year of operation, the anti-human trafficking court in Mumbai has disposed of a large backlog of trafficking cases, and improved the conviction rate for traffickers. In 2009, the court adjudicated 438 cases, and recorded convictions in 81 cases, with more than one [...]
2010-02-17 11:18:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI SMIG KTIP IN PHUM
10MUNICH16 BAVARIA/GERMAN POLITICS: CSU STRUGGLES TO REGAIN ITS
[...] (SBU) A sobering opinion poll has given the Bavarian Christian Social Union (CSU) only 41 percent, a clear sign that the party's crisis continues, although at 41 percent the CSU was still twice as popular as any other party in Bavaria. Minister President Seehofer remains optimistic about the [...]
2010-01-22 13:04:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL GM
10MUNICH28 Business and Power: Green Mega Project "Desertec" Goes
[...] (SBU) The 400-billion euro project "Desertec," designed to capture Saharan solar energy and transmit it to European homes, now has a corporate structure and a CEO. Consortium leader and initiator Munich Re is confident they can overcome all obstacles, including big financial and technical prob [...]
2010-02-16 08:42:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PREL SENV EU GM XF
10MUNICH29GERMANY/BAVARIA: HORST SEEHOFER, MOSTLY FOCUSED ON
[...] (C) Horst Seehofer, an unpredictable politician struggling to regain his party's hegemony in Bavaria, revealed only shallow foreign policy expertise when he met Ambassador Murphy on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference on February 6. Seehofer, Minister President and leader of the [...]
2010-02-16 08:58:00Consulate MunichCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV INRB GM
10MUNICH34 ARAB MEDIA, ONLINE CHAT ROOMS AND THE MUNICH SECURITY
[...] (U) The handshake between Prince Turki al Faisal, the former head of Saudi Arabia's Intelligence Service, and Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon off stage but in public view at the Munich Security Conference (Munich, February 5-7, reported septels) drew the attention of Arab websites [...]
2010-02-23 08:29:00Consulate MunichUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER EINT KISL XF XD GM
10MUSCAT1OMAN'S SUBTLE PRESSURE ON CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (S/NF) During the week of November 16, Oman's Internal Security Service (ISS) questioned civil society leader Khalid al Haribi about his recent activities to promote women's rights in Oman. The encounter rattled al Haribi and showed that the GoO has figured out that his corporation is performi [...]
2010-01-04 14:10:00Embassy MuscatSECRET//NOFORNPHUM PGOV MU
10MUSCAT100OMAN - CODEL LOWEY SCENESETTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes CODEL Lowey. The visit will be important in deepening our nation's relationship with the Sultanate of Oman. As Sultan Qaboos heads into the fortieth year of his reign, Oman is continuing the development that, since 1970, has taken it from isolati [...]
2010-02-10 14:39:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL MU
10MUSCAT101OMAN'S PLANS TO ASSOCIATE WITH COPENHAGEN
[...] (SBU) On February 10 the Ambassador inquired from Sayyid Badr, the MFA Secretary General, whether Oman plans to accede to the Copenhagen Accord. Badr answered that Oman was drafting a letter to the UN Secretary General that would say "We welcome the accord and are doing our best in enacting pol [...]
2010-02-22 10:17:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG PREL MU
10MUSCAT103OMAN'S SULTAN QABOOS AND A/S FELTMAN DISCUSS YEMEN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In a February 17 meeting with NEA Assistant Secretary Feltman, Sultan Qaboos -- Supported President Saleh and a united Yemen; -- Concurred wholeheartedly with the U.S. analysis and approach to Yemen, especially on the need to maintain pressure on President Saleh; -- Agreed [...]
2010-02-23 06:22:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPREL PTER MU YM
10MUSCAT107A/S FELTMAN WITH OMANI FM - YEMEN
[...] (C) Summary: Discussions about Yemen during a February 17 meeting between Omani Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi (YbA) and NEA Assistant Secretary Jeffrey Feltman revealed that the U.S. and Oman are on the same page regarding both internal politics and external influences. Y [...]
2010-02-24 13:47:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL YM MU
10MUSCAT11OMAN: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON THE PRESIDENT OF THE MAJLIS AL
[...] (C) Summary: In the Ambassador's December 9, 2009 wide ranging courtesy call with His Excellency Yahya bin Mahfidh al Manthari, President of the Majlis al Dawla, they discussed women's issues, exchange programs, Palestine, Yemen and Oman's infrastructure development. Although touching only br [...]
2010-01-11 14:06:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KWMN OEXC MU
10MUSCAT113U.S.-OMAN GULF SECURITY DIALOG: OMAN READY FOR U.S. AGENDA
[...] (C) The Ambassador called on Chief of the MFA Secretary General's Office, Ambassador Lyutha al Mughairi, on February 24 to discuss the topic of agenda items for the March 24, 2010 U.S.-Oman Gulf Security Dialog. Ambassador Schmierer confirmed the U.S. desire to move away from the old GSD forma [...]
2010-02-24 13:55:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MOPS PARM MU
10MUSCAT115OMAN AND THE GCC DONOR COORDINATION CONFERENCE
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered the subject demarche on Yemen donor coordination during a February 24 meeting with the Chief of the MFA Secretary General's Office (D-equivalent),Ambassador Lyutha al Mughairi. Ambassador Schmierer thanked Oman for its generous aid to Yemen, noted that Oman's thor [...]
2010-02-24 13:56:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV YM MU
10MUSCAT117EXPANDING MEPI'S REACH: SBA AND OMANI MINISTRY OF COMMERCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Building on President's Obama's Cairo speech, which recognized the need to promote entrepreneurism in the Middle East, the Small Business Administration (SBA),through the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI),will partner with Oman's Small and Medium Enterprise Directorate, [...]
2010-02-25 02:31:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMPI MU
10MUSCAT119OMAN - U.S. POLICY ON IRAN'S TEHRAN RESEARCH REACTOR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 12:06:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM KNNP IR MU
10MUSCAT12EXBS: OMAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR DECEMBER 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-06 11:27:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MASS MNUC KNNP ETTC MU
10MUSCAT122OMAN MEDIA REACTION: U.S. CODEL HAILED AS MODEL OF
[...] SUMMARY: In an unprecedented move, the Government of Oman, through the state-owned daily "Oman", signaled deep satisfaction with the recent visit of the U.S. Congressional delegation led by Representative Nita Lowey. The media also continued to criticize Israel while offering support to Iraqi [...]
2010-02-22 13:28:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
10MUSCAT124OMAN NOMINATIONS: FY-09 MIDDLE EAST PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE
[...] Following are Embassy Muscat principal and alternate nominees for the 2010 MEPI Student Leaders Program. Responses are keyed to para 10 of REFTEL. 2. First Principal: A. Last name as on passport: Al Busaidi B. First name as on passport: Khalfan [...]
2010-02-24 13:24:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KMPI KPAO MU
10MUSCAT17OMANIS AWARE OF U.S. RECORD OF COOPERATION ON THE PEACEFUL
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-16 22:34:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPARM EAID IAEA AORC ENRG MU
10MUSCAT2OMAN MEDIA REACTION: NEW YEAR, OLD CONCERNS
[...] SUMMARY: With the majority of publications moving into the new year focusing solely on local issues, including the state budget and worsening traffic, limited international editorial content decried continuing unrest in Iraq, noted positive signs in reduced Palestinian aggression against Isr [...]
2010-01-04 12:53:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
10MUSCAT21TFHA01: OMAN PREPARING TO SEND ASSISTANCE TO RED CROSS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-17 14:05:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDAEMR EAID PREL ASEC HA MU
10MUSCAT22OMAN MEDIA REACTION: SKEPTICAL ON ISRAELI INTENT; CLEAR
[...] SUMMARY: The Omani media reacted to the latest developments in the Middle East Peace process with continued skepticism toward Israeli and U.S. efforts, along with strong rhetorical support for the Palestinian cause. END SUMMARY. ---------------------------- An "Ambiguous" Road to Peac [...]
2010-01-11 13:47:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
10MUSCAT27OMAN CIVIL SOCIETY AWARDS HERALD SHIFTING WINDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Oman's first civil-society awards ceremony, a high-profile event organized by the Sultanate's first private think tank, is the latest sign that the climate for social and political activism in Oman is changing. The level of official and private support that the event received is [...]
2010-01-19 12:31:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN MU
10MUSCAT29HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL-HINAI, MOHAMMED NASSER SALIM (DOB 01-01-1966; Omani passport [...]
2010-01-19 13:33:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR MASS MU
10MUSCAT31HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL-BULUSHI, HAMOOD SULAIMAN ABDULLAH (DOB 07-07-1973; Omani pas [...]
2010-01-19 13:33:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR MASS MU
10MUSCAT35TFHA01: OMAN'S RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
[...] (SBU) In response to ref A, Embassy contacted Ali bin Ibrahim bin Shenon al Ra'isi, CEO of the Oman Charitable Organization (OCO),which is the Government of Oman's aid and development organization. Per ref A, we expressed the USG's appreciation for Oman's rapid response to support the humanit [...]
2010-01-20 05:32:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID AEMR PREF PREL HA MU
10MUSCAT36HELPING ENTREPRENEURS: OMAN ANOUNCES 2010 SME CONFERENCE
[...] (U) As a matter of policy the Government of Oman sees Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) as an essential factor in driving the country's development and providing employment. In this regard, the GoO regularly and positively highlights growth in private sector hiring versus the public sector. [...]
2010-01-18 13:33:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDECON BEXP PGOV MU
10MUSCAT37AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIP, IRAN, AND YEMEN WITH TOP OMANI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 22, Ambassador Schmierer met with the Inspector General of the Royal Oman Police (ROP),who also serves as head of the National Committee for Combating Human Trafficking, Lieutenant General Malik Al Ma'amari. The Deputy IG Muhammad bin Abdullah Al Riyami and Public Rel [...]
2010-01-20 05:41:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIP PGOV YM IR MU
10MUSCAT39SNAPSHOT OF OMAN'S BANKING CLIMATE AND ECONOMY
[...] (C) Summary: In an introductory call on the head of HSBC bank for Oman, the Ambassador received a candid view of Oman's banking circumstances. HSBC is well-placed in Oman, being the first bank in the country - and even served as the de facto central bank before the official one was established [...]
2010-01-20 13:32:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV ELAB MU
10MUSCAT41OMANI MINISTER OF ECONOMY ON THE BUDGET, GCC, AND PORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid an introductory call on Oman's Minister of National Economy Ahmed Macki on January 9. Macki proved enthusiastic and energetic about Oman's plans for development, detailing them at great length. Topics of discussion ranged from Oman's 2010 budget to internal conf [...]
2010-01-20 16:12:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EPET EWWT PGOV MU
10MUSCAT44OMAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 09:26:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV MU
10MUSCAT46FIGURES ON OMAN'S LATEST LABOR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 13:56:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KTIP PGOV MU
10MUSCAT49DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COPENHAGEN ACCORD
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 13:14:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG PREL MU
10MUSCAT50OMAN MEDIA REACTION: U.S. BOTH WRONG AND RIGHT ON
[...] SUMMARY: The Omani media condemned U.S. "Zionist cooperation" on Israeli-Palestinian peace while simultaneously blaming Israel for hindering Senator Mitchell's mediation efforts. END SUMMARY. --------------------------------------------- ----------- U.S. SPEAKS ABOUT PEACE, BUT ADOPTS [...]
2010-01-25 14:18:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
10MUSCAT52OMAN TERMED "STABLE COUNTRY"
[...] (U) A report published on January 12 by the UK-based Business Monitor International (BMI) magazine states that the Sultanate will remain a haven of stability in the region in 2010 due to low risks to business in the country. BMI expects that the Sultanate will maintain strong, stable relations [...]
2010-01-26 08:47:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PREL ASEC MU
10MUSCAT53OMAN AND THE U.S. KICK OFF CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A U.S. delegation composed of experts in the field of civil nuclear technology met on January 24 with Oman's Nuclear Steering Committee regarding areas for potential cooperation. The composition of the Committee, with members from relevant ministries, is indicative of Oman's seriou [...]
2010-01-26 14:08:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG TSPL MU
10MUSCAT55HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL-RAWAHI, ZAKI YAHYA YOUSEF (DOB 11-17-1977; Omani passport [...]
2010-01-30 06:19:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR MASS MU
10MUSCAT57HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AI-ISAEE, KHALID SULAIMAN ALI (DOB 5-8-1973; Omani passport [...]
2010-01-30 06:19:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR MASS MU
10MUSCAT59HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL-ZAABI, KHALID ABDULLAH MOHAMMED (DOB 4-24-1973; Omani pas [...]
2010-01-30 06:19:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR MASS MU
10MUSCAT61HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL-FULAITI, YAHYA MOHAMED SAIF (DOB 5-3-1971; Omani passport [...]
2010-01-30 06:19:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR MASS MU
10MUSCAT62OMAN MEDIA REACTION: OF TIMETABLES, TONGUES, AND
[...] SUMMARY: Omani editorials over the past week have criticized the EU for allowing Israel to impede progress on settlements, rebuked Tony Blair for his role in the invasion of Iraq, and targeted Israeli PM Netanyahu for shoring up support for his government by returning to a policy of political [...]
2010-02-01 13:06:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
10MUSCAT63HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL-HARTHY, FAISAL ALI AHMED (DOB 10-27-1977; Omani passport [...]
2010-01-30 06:20:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR MASS MU
10MUSCAT65HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL SHABIBI, SALEEM MARHOON SALIM (DOB 07-24-1981; Omani pass [...]
2010-01-30 06:20:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR MASS MU
10MUSCAT67HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL-MANJI, KHALID SAIF OBAID (DOB 8-8-1968; Omani passport # [...]
2010-01-30 06:21:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR MASS MU
10MUSCAT7OMAN AND IRAN TO ESTABLISH A $50 MILLION JOINT VENTURE
[...] (SBU) The Omani Center for Investment Promotion and Export Development (OCIPED) recently announced on its website that it is in the process of establishing an Oman-Iran investment company with an initial capital input of $50 million. The head of OCIPED, Dr. Salem Nasser Al Ismaily, signed an ag [...]
2010-01-07 18:57:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON ETRD PINR PREL MU
10MUSCAT70OMAN: SAME-SEX DOMESTIC PARTNER ACCREDITATION
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, the DCM met January 20 with the MFA's Muhammad al-Khusaibi (please protect),head of the Americas desk and former Omani Ambassador to the United States to discuss informally the sensitive topic of the Omani reaction to a prospective request for accreditation of the [...]
2010-02-03 15:25:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDAPER PREL AMGT MU
10MUSCAT71OMANI GOVERNMENT REACTS STRONGLY TO SUGGESTION OF PATRIOT
[...] (C) Summary: A recent New York Time's (NYT) article describing Patriot missile deployment to countries in the Gulf in order to counter Iran, assuage Israel, and reassure our Gulf partners has been disquieting to the Omani Government. There has never been an official USG offer of Patriots to O [...]
2010-02-02 14:43:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS IR MU
10MUSCAT73(C) OMAN NAMES MEMBERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION; EMBASSY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Oman named the members of its Human Rights Commission on January 24, at last providing substance to the November 2008 Royal Decree establishing the commission. Although there has been some criticism of the members selected, the list contains many known Embassy contacts who should [...]
2010-02-03 06:05:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM MU
10MUSCAT75HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for the following individuals: AL HAJRI, HILAL (DOB 6-14-1954; Om [...]
2010-02-03 14:10:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR MASS MU
10MUSCAT77HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL HADDABI, SHABIB AHMED KHALFAN (DOB 11-12-1983; Omani pas [...]
2010-02-03 14:10:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR MASS MU
10MUSCAT79HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW OF DOD-FUNDED TRAINING ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: AL-HOSNI, MALIK KHAMIS SALIM (DOB 07-06-1984; Omani passpor [...]
2010-02-03 14:25:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR MASS MU
10MUSCAT83IRAN OPENS TRADE OFFICE IN MUSCAT
[...] (SBU) Recent press reporting from Iran noted the imminent opening of an Iranian "trade center" in Oman by January 26, 2010. The reports cite Iranian economic officials as saying that the Iranian government has allocated one billion dollars in loans to set up 20 trade centers worldwide. They no [...]
2010-02-09 12:21:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MU IR
10MUSCAT86OMAN MEDIA REACTION: SUDANESE DIVISION, U.S.-EU TIES, AND
[...] SUMMARY: Over the course of the last week, Omani media leant credence to Sudanese division conspiracy theories, highlighted a perceived rift in the U.S.-E.U. relationship, and declared Palestinian unity a necessary element in influencing the peace process. END SUMMARY. --------------- [...]
2010-02-08 14:28:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
10MUSCAT87OMAN REPORT ON CHILD LABOR - 2009
[...] Summary: Oman does not have an issue with child labor. There are no reports or complaints related to this topic. The one area of potential concern, child camel jockeys, was fully addressed this year when the legal minimum age for jockeys was raised to 18. This is in response to reftel instr [...]
2010-02-10 07:13:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM MU
10MUSCAT89OMAN AND THE U.S. KICK OFF CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A U.S. delegation composed of experts in the field of civil nuclear technology met on January 24 with Oman's Nuclear Steering Committee regarding areas for potential cooperation. The composition of the Committee, with members from relevant ministries, is indicative of Oman's seriou [...]
2010-02-10 12:54:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG TSPL MU
10MUSCAT9MUSCAT RESPONSE TO ARMS FOR SECURITY TEAMS DEMARCHE REQUEST
[...] (C) This is a response to Ref A request for an update on the implementation of regulations to allow armed security teams to transit Oman in order to embark or disembark vessels at the Port of Salalah (Ref B). Based on information provided to us by Inchcape Shipping Service (ISS),the only curr [...]
2010-01-09 14:30:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALEWWT MARR PREL KPIR MU
10MUSCAT91EMBASSY ADVOCACY EFFORTS IN BID FOR MUSCAT INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) As part of Post's ongoing advocacy efforts regarding Bechtel's bid for an approximately $2 billion contract for the construction of Muscat International Airport, the Ambassador raised the matter with Sultan Qaboos during a one-on-one meeting on January 12. The Ambassador has also raised t [...]
2010-02-10 13:32:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINT MU
10MUSCAT92EXBS: OMAN MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE FOR JANUARY 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-09 12:50:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MASS MNUC KNNP ETTC MU
10MUSCAT95EMBASSY MUSCAT BFIF PROPOSALS
[...] (U) Summary: Post has two significant proposals for Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) program funding. First, in an effort to promote the U.S. - Oman Free Trade Agreement and advance small and medium sized enterprises in Oman, Post proposes to bring an NGO specializing in small busine [...]
2010-02-16 05:19:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDECON BEXP MU
10MUSCAT96EMBASSY MUSCAT WELCOMES CODEL LOWEY VISIT TO OMAN
[...] (SBU) Embassy Muscat warmly welcomes CODEL Lowey for its visit to Oman, February 15-16, 2010. Please note requests in paragraphs 6, 9, 12 and 13. Embassy notes that all requested meetings have been submitted to the Government of Oman. The GoO traditionally releases the final schedule closer [...]
2010-02-09 14:22:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL AMGT MU
10MUSCAT97SECRETARY'S OFFICE OF GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISUES GRANT PROPOSAL:
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post proposes the use the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues grant to create an Oman Women's Rights Self-Help Clinic. The Clinic would assist Omani women in using their substantial, yet little-known rights, particularly in the area of personal status law involving marriage [...]
2010-02-19 08:52:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KWMN MU
10MUSCAT99OMAN - GOVERNMENT'S NUMBER TWO GIVES HIS VIEWS OF THE REGION
[...] (S) Summary: In the Ambassador's introductory courtesy call, Oman's number two in government, Sayyid Fahd, gave a frank view of regional issues, interspaced with praise for the United States' efforts. He opined that Iraq will eventually settle down and that the United States had done a great s [...]
2010-02-22 08:00:00Embassy MuscatSECRETPREL IZ IR IN PK AF YM IS KPAL MU
10NAIROBI1Somalia -Galmuduug Presidential Crisis Resolved, Signaling
[...] (C) Summary: The Transitional Federal Government (TFG) on December 28 endorsed Mohamed Ahmed Alin as President of Galmuduug region during an official ceremony in Mogadishu. Alin's selection, following a protracted stand-off with another contender for the position, was the result of TFG P [...]
2010-01-04 09:21:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV SO SOCI PINR KDEM
10NAIROBI106TJRC Update
[...] Summary: The Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) is still in the process of organizing itself and interviewing and hiring staff. On January 24 Commissioners will set off from Nairobi on a 60 day tour of the nation to inform Kenyans about the commission and its mandate; three w [...]
2010-01-19 11:00:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KE
10NAIROBI107Somalia - Dadaab Youth Report No Active Recruiting, But
[...] (C) Youth at the Dadaab refugee camps, the majority of whom are of Somali origin, report that they have not witnessed active recruitment efforts by extremist elements from Somalia, but they have experienced significant temptation to cross the border and take money to fight. Several youth claim [...]
2010-01-26 13:32:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PTER SOCI KPAO SO
10NAIROBI11Kenya: Inadequate Witness Protection Poses Painful Dilemma
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 17. 2. (S) Summary: In recent months, post has noted an increased level of intimidation against witnesses to Kenya's late 2007-early 2008 post-election violence. This trend is consistent with security threats against other human ri [...]
2010-01-05 11:40:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPGOV PHUM ASEC KCRM KJUS UG KE
10NAIROBI115Somalia - PD Activities Update, February 2
[...] (SBU) Per ref B, Post submits the following update for the first week of February 2010. End Summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-5 activiti [...]
2010-02-02 13:16:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SO KPAO PTER MOPS
10NAIROBI117Somalia - Puntland's Downward Trajectory
[...] (C) Summary: Puntland Administration President "Faroole" appears increasingly determined to erode the integrity of Puntland political institutions and sideline clan and local leaders (ref al). In addition to a deteriorating political situation, security has continued to decline in Puntl [...]
2010-02-02 13:56:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV SO PINR PTER SOCI
10NAIROBI120SOMALIA - UN Official's Positive Assessment of TFG Troops
[...] (SBU) Summary. On January 16 we met with a UN officer Sheikh Wade, who was just back from visiting Transitional Federal Government (TFG) troops camped in the Jazeera area of Mogadishu. Wade was generally impressed by the troops' discipline and demeanor, though their living conditions were [...]
2010-01-22 08:51:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SO MOPS
10NAIROBI124African Union Summit -- Kenyan Delegation
[...] Per para six reftel request, Moses Wetangula, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will lead the Kenyan delegation to the AU Summit from January 28-30. President Kibaki will lead the delegation from his arrival in Addis Ababa on January 30 to his departure on February 2. No flight information is avai [...]
2010-01-23 02:24:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OVIP AORC KE
10NAIROBI147S/CT AMBASSADOR DANIEL BENJAMIN AND GOK OFFICIALS DISCUSS
[...] (C) During a one-day visit to Kenya Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism Daniel Benjamin discussed threats from Somalia, Islamic extremism inside Kenya, border security and Kenya's efforts to aid the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Amb Benjamin met with George Saitoti, Min [...]
2010-02-08 11:53:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALMCAP MARR PGOV PREL PTER KE SO
10NAIROBI149Constitutional Review Update and Next Steps
[...] (C) Summary: On January 29 the Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) reached agreement on what are considered the most contentious issues (the executive structure, devolution of authority, and transition arrangements) in a revised draft of the constitution. The PSC sent its recommendatio [...]
2010-02-08 14:34:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KE
10NAIROBI15Somalia - TFG Prime Minister Reviews Progress in Wake of
[...] (C) Summary: Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Sharmarke described to Somalia Unit December 30 his government's plans, immediately on his January 3 return to Mogadishu, to shake-up Mogadishu port operations by removing the current, corrupt leadership, and implementing [...]
2010-01-05 16:19:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO PINR EFIN EAID ECON
10NAIROBI153Under Secretary Otero's Visit Pushes on Reform and Other
[...] Summary. During her January 25-28 visit, Under Secretary Otero advanced U.S. efforts to press for implementation of the reform agenda, including through meetings with President Kibaki and Prime Minister Odinga, and in a town hall forum at the University of Nairobi. Otero covered a wide range o [...]
2010-02-09 06:28:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL KE
10NAIROBI155SOMALIA - MASS TFG ARMY MOVEMENT SIGNALS IMPENDING OFFENSIVE
[...] (C) Summary. On February 5 the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) deployed some 2,000 army troops from its training camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu into the city. With support from troops from the AU Mission to Somalia (AMISOM),four Somali battalions have taken up new positions that cont [...]
2010-02-09 11:05:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV SO PTER EAID MARR MOPS
10NAIROBI159ASD Vershbow Visit Highlights Regional Security Issues
[...] (C) Summary: During separate January 26 meetings, Assistant Secretary of Defense Alexander Vershbow met with Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Defense Minister Yussuf Haji, Chief of Defense Jeremiah Kianga, and Interior Minister George Saitoti. PM Odinga expressed serious concern over regional ins [...]
2010-02-11 13:52:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR SU SO KE
10NAIROBI165SOMALIA - CHINESE ENGAGEMENT
[...] (U) The following cable provides responses to action request in reftel on Chinese engagement in Somalia. Chinese Engagement in Trade and Investment --------------------------------------------- ----------------- 2. (SBU) The Sino-Somali relationship has remained strong since th [...]
2010-02-12 07:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ECON EAID XA SO
10NAIROBI17Somalia - Puntland President Media Crackdown Fueling
[...] (C) Summary: Puntland President "Faroole" appears to be holding VOA journalist Isaq, arrested on December 21 (reftels),on trumped up charges that Isaq was connected to last month's attacks in Puntland. Multiple Puntland contacts tell us they think "Faroole" does not have credible evidenc [...]
2010-01-05 16:21:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO PHUM KDEM PINR
10NAIROBI171Severe Coalition Government Tensions Surface
[...] (C) Summary. Severe tensions within the coalition government have been building in recent days and erupted on February 14 into what both sides are characterizing as a "crisis." The revelation of major corruption within the Ministry of Education, headed by a minister allied to President Kibaki, [...]
2010-02-16 12:23:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KE
10NAIROBI181Chinese Engagement in Kenya
[...] (S/NF) Summary: China's engagement in Kenya continues to grow exponentially. China enjoys a large trade surplus with Kenya; exports increased by more than 25 percent a year from 2004 to 2008. The China National Offshore Oil Company (CNOOC) is drilling for oil in the Isiolo region. China may be a po [...]
2010-02-17 07:01:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPREL EAID KE XW ECON EINV ENRG EFIN PGOV CH PINR
10NAIROBI183Kenya "Crisis" Update
[...] (C) Summary. Neither the President nor the Prime Minister have taken decisive steps to resolve Kenya's coalition "crisis," but there are some signs of progress. At the same time as the ODM announced on February 16 a boycott of Cabinet meetings, President Kibaki then cancelled the Cabinet meeti [...]
2010-02-17 16:10:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KE
10NAIROBI19Somalia - "Faroole" Reluctantly Releases Journalist
[...] (C) Summary: Puntland President "Faroole," as a result of pressure by the Embassy and by Puntland and clan leaders, on January 5 released VOA reporter Mohammed Isaq. (Note: Isaq was detained on December 21. End note.) Our contacts tell us that "Faroole" reluctantly released Isaq after b [...]
2010-01-07 10:00:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO KDEM PHUM
10NAIROBI190KENYA: DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 14:28:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EU SOCI UNDP UNGA KE
10NAIROBI191Somalia - Perspectives on TFG-ASWJ Agreement
[...] (C) The February 13 agreement between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Ahlu Sunna Wal Jama'a (ASWJ) (reftel) represents potential progress in their ongoing collaboration. But to be successful, the agreement must first gain the support of ASWJ on the ground, especially from l [...]
2010-02-18 18:17:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO EAID ET MOPS
10NAIROBI192DEMARCHE HAITI: U.S. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO HAITI
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 14:28:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF EAID ECON HA KE
10NAIROBI202Somalia - Request for Government Outreach Voluntary Visitor
[...] Project Description: Somalia Unit, based at Embassy Nairobi, requests the creation of a Voluntary Visitor (VOLVIS) program that will enable a team of four people from Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to study options for enhancing their outreach efforts on behalf of the TFG. We [...]
2010-02-02 12:01:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPAO SO
10NAIROBI207Somalia - PD Activities Update, February 23
[...] (SBU) Per ref B, Post submits the following update for the third week of February 2010. End Summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-8 activiti [...]
2010-02-23 14:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SO KPAO PTER MOPS
10NAIROBI213Kenya Weary of Taking More Pirates
[...] On February 24 Post's Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) informed the Kenyan Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of the facts of the case of eight suspected pirates apprehended by the U.S. Navy on February 11. The RLA also notified the DPP that the U.S. is discussing the case with the Tanzanian a [...]
2010-02-26 11:32:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPHSA PREL TZ KE
10NAIROBI214SOMALIA - Assistance to Central Government With
[...] In 2009, the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) benefitted from a waiver under Section 7086 of the Department of State Foreign Operations and Related Programs Act (SFOAA) to permit the Department and USAID to provide it economic and security assistance. With Somalia at a critical junc [...]
2010-02-02 13:32:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON AID EFIN PREL SO
10NAIROBI224SOMALIA DEYR ASSESSMENT RESULTS INDICATE SUSTAINED
[...] On January 29, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit (FSNAU) presented findings from the 2009/2010 post-October to December short rains seasonal assessment. According to FSNAU, an estimated 3.2 million people will require humanitarian ass [...]
2010-02-03 14:14:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
10NAIROBI226KENYA: COPENHAGEN ACCORD DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] In a January 28 meeting, Undersecretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Otero and Ambassador Ranneberger delivered reftel talking points to Minister of Environment and Natural Resources John Michuki urging the Government of Kenya (GOK) to associate with the Copenhagen Accord. U/S Otero press [...]
2010-02-03 14:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGHG ENRG KE
10NAIROBI246KENYA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR ELEPHANTS; COP-15 DEMARCHE
[...] Summary: In a February 1 meeting, the GOK sought U.S. support for its proposal to extend the ivory trade ban. The GOK said it has broad African support for the proposal. In the same meeting, econoff delivered reftel talking points on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Speci [...]
2010-02-08 08:25:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA AORC UNEP KE
10NAIROBI262U/S Otero Urges for More Educational Opportunties and
[...] (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary Maria Otero visited the Dadaab refugee camp as part of her January 25-28 visit to Kenya. The need to improve educational opportunities for refugee children and to respond to the security threats of refugee women - particularly as they search for firewood - we [...]
2010-02-09 06:47:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL KE SO
10NAIROBI29Constitutional Debate 5: Power to the People
[...] (C) Summary: This cable is part five in a five part series on the contentious issues and political landscape surrounding the debate on Kenya's Harmonized Draft Constitution. Cable one (Ref A) provided a snapshot of the outstanding contentious issues in the draft constitution: executive [...]
2010-01-08 12:56:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
10NAIROBI3Somalia - Update on Detained VOA Somali Reporter
[...] (S) Voice of America (VOA) Somali Service reporter Mohamed Yasin Isaq remains in the custody of Puntland authorities, though he has yet to be charged with any crime. Puntland President "Faroole" replied to the Ambassador's December 29 letter (reftel) with an assertion that Isaq is being held n [...]
2010-01-04 13:28:00Embassy NairobiSECRETPREL PGOV SO PHUM KDEM KPAO SOCI
10NAIROBI31The Constitutional Review Process and the Secretary's Calls
[...] (C) Summary: The Secretary's calls made and planned to Prime Minister Odinga and President Kibaki respectively influenced them to chair a meeting with their teams January 7 at which they emphasized their desire to reach compromise on the key contentious issues with respect to the draft new cons [...]
2010-01-08 13:10:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
10NAIROBI324KENYA: FEBRUARY ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) John Githongo on the State of Play in Kenya 2. (U) A Glimpse at Kenya's Energy Future 3. (U) Irregular Financial Flows Stabilize the Shilling  [...]
2010-02-10 07:49:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ENRG ECON EINV ETRD PINR KCOR PREL KE
10NAIROBI326NUTRITION AND HEALTH CONDITIONS IN SOMALIA REQUIRE URGENT
[...] (U) Humanitarian agencies continue to express concern over the health and nutrition conditions in Somalia, noting that a humanitarian response focused primarily on food assistance is not enough to mitigate a humanitarian crisis in Somalia. A recent U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (F [...]
2010-02-10 08:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
10NAIROBI328KENYA: SUMMARY OF REGIONAL CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP ON GHFSI
[...] USAID/East Africa hosted a Whole of Government workshop in Nairobi, Kenya February 1-5, 2010 on the implementation in eastern and southern Africa of the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI),as well as on the planning of investments related to global climate change (GCC). Over 12 [...]
2010-02-10 09:33:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EAID ETRD KGHG SENV ENRG PREL KE
10NAIROBI33Somalia - Sharif Hassan Behind Ill-Fated Attempt To Remove
[...] (C) Summary: Recent ill-fated efforts, reportedly orchestrated by Deputy Prime Minister Sharif Hassan, to sack the TFG Speaker were most likely intended to distract the Parliament from conducting oversight into Hassan's performance. (Note: President Sharif and Prime Minister Sharmarke hav [...]
2010-01-08 13:23:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV SO SOCI PINR KDEM
10NAIROBI340Potential For Refugee Resettlement From Sudan
[...] Summary: UNHCR and the Government of Sudan (GOS) are receptive to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) initiating operations in Sudan. UNHCR believes U.S. resettlement would provide it a "strategic option" in its efforts to find durable solutions for the protracted refugee populati [...]
2010-02-16 14:29:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL ET ER SU DHS
10NAIROBI346SOMALIA - VIOLENCE INCREASES IN ADVANCE OF LIKELY OFFENSIVE
[...] (SBU) Al-Shabaab and Hisbul Islam have increased their attacks against TFG and AMISOM positions in Mogadishu. In an apparent effort to pre-empt the TFG's long-planned Mogadishu offensive, on February 12 and 13 al-Shabaab launched attacks from northern Mogadishu neighborhoods and on February 1 [...]
2010-02-16 17:46:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SO MOPS MARR EAID
10NAIROBI35Somalia - PD Activities Update, January 11
[...] (SBU) Per ref B, Post submits the following update for the first week of January 2010. End summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-6 activiti [...]
2010-01-11 06:53:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SO KPAO PTER MOPS
10NAIROBI350Security Minister on Police Reform and Public Outreach
[...] Summary: Following up on the Ambassador's meetings with Minister of Security Saitoti, DCM Lee Brudvig met with the minister on February 3 to discuss his request for assistance with police reform efforts. In addition to presenting a list of requests for his ministry (ranging from additional po [...]
2010-02-17 12:08:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL SO KE PTER EAID
10NAIROBI37Somalia - New TFG Police Chief Describes Organizational
[...] (C) Summary: Somalia Unit contractor met with the recently-appointed TFG Chief of Police Loyan on January 9. (Note: Loyan replaced warlord "Qeybdiid" as police chief on December 6, 2009.) Loyan made a good impression. He seemed to have a good sense both of the problems he faced and a [...]
2010-01-11 17:01:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV SO MARR PINR EAID
10NAIROBI374SOMALIA - S/GWI Project Proposals
[...] Post appreciates the opportunity to submit five proposals from women's organizations in Somalia's South-Central, Somaliland, and Puntland regions to the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues. In response to a call for proposals, post received over 85 submissions from non-governmental or [...]
2010-02-22 09:14:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SO KWMN KPAO PHUM
10NAIROBI48THE GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE: DIPLOMATIC
[...] Post appreciates the Department's interest in implementing the President's Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI) in Kenya. We believe Kenya could become a successful GHFSI partner country and our engagement could catalyze market-driven agricultural reform in the region. Despite [...]
2010-01-11 12:16:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID ETRD PREL KE
10NAIROBI5Somalia - ASWJ Loses, Then Regains Key Galgaduud Town in
[...] (C) Summary: On January 2, al-Shabaab militias wrested control of Dhusamarebb (Galgaduud Region) from Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a (ASWJ). Al-Shabaab's control of Dhusamarebb, the site of ASWJ's headquarters in Galgaduud, however, was shortlived, as ASWJ re-took the town the same day. Al-Sh [...]
2010-01-04 14:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV SO MARR MOPS PTER
10NAIROBI50Ambassador Launches New "Yes Youth Can" Initiative
[...] Summary: As part of continuing intensive efforts to press for implementation of the reform agenda, on December 16 the Ambassador announced a new $45 million USAID-funded initiative for youth in Kenya. Speaking at the Kenya Children's Parliament Foundation, the Ambassador launched the "Yes You [...]
2010-01-11 14:36:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KDEM PGOV KE
10NAIROBI52SOMALIA - ANTI-OPPOSITION ALLIANCES APPEAR TO GAIN MOMENTUM
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 10 pro-TFG clan and Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a (ASWJ) forces wrested control of much of Beledweyne town from Hisbul Islam (HI) and al-Shabaab. By late evening, following day-long sporadic but fierce fighting, clan and ASWJ-allied militia brought much of Beledweyne under [...]
2010-01-12 05:43:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SO
10NAIROBI57Somalia - The TFG After One Year
[...] (C) President Sheikh Sharif's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has survived its first year in office. A tumultuous 2009 saw the TFG initially benefit from the mid-January withdrawal of Ethiopian forces and from Sheikh Sharif's legitimacy with Somalis, only to be almost forced out o [...]
2010-01-12 13:26:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO SOCI EAID MARR PTER
10NAIROBI59U.S. POLICY TO ADVANCE THE REFORM AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary: Our highest priority efforts are focused on advancing implementation of the reform agenda, which is key to the future democratic stability and prosperity of Kenya. While some positive reform steps have been taken, the old guard associated with the culture of impunity continues to resis [...]
2010-01-12 15:13:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCOR KE
10NAIROBI63Somalia - Military Tactics in Beledweyne Appear to Reach
[...] (C) Summary: Military activity in Hiraan region appears to have reached its strategic limits for now and must yield to stepped up political efforts on the part of local clan leaders and the TFG or risk entrenching a clan-based conflict that will energize al-Shabaab. January 12 saw an esca [...]
2010-01-13 17:21:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO MOPS MARR SOCI
10NAIROBI65Somalia - President Sharif Alleges TFG Ready to Build on
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 14 meeting a confident TFG President Sheikh Sharif told Somalia Unit that the TFG had laid the foundation for a successful second year. Sharif cited changes to the security sector leadership, improvements in public messaging, and more successful regional outr [...]
2010-01-14 15:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO PINR MARR
10NAIROBI69Somalia - Italian Foreign Minister Re-Affirms Support for
[...] (C) Summary: Brief conversations with the Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) Ambassador to Kenya, TFG President Sharif's Chief-of-Staff, and Italian Special Envoy to the TFG on January 15 suggest that the January 14 meeting between Italian Foreign Minister Frattini and Sharif prod [...]
2010-01-15 08:43:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO EAID MARR IT
10NAIROBI73Parliamentary Caucus on Reforms Delegation to the U.S.
[...] This is an action request; please see paragraph 8 for meeting requests. 2. Summary: At the invitation of the House Democracy Partnership and with post's support, Kenya's Parliament is sending a delegation of six leaders of the recently-formed Parliamentary Caucus on Reforms (see paragra [...]
2010-01-21 09:31:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM KE
10NAIROBI75Somalia - PD Activities Update, January 20
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post submits the following update for the third week of January 2010. End Summary. ------------- PD Activities ------------- 2. (SBU) The Somalia Unit, including the Military Information Support Team (MIST) dedicated to Somalia, performed para. 3-5 activiti [...]
2010-01-21 14:50:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SO KPAO PTER MOPS
10NAIROBI79Arrest of Islamic Cleric Sparks Violent Protests
[...] (C) Summary: The arrest of radical Islamist cleric Adullah el-Faisal in Kenya on December 31, 2009 sparked a violent protest in which some demonstrators waved al Shabaab flags. As the GOK has attempted and failed to deport Faisal over the past two weeks interfaith tensions have escalated, and [...]
2010-01-22 10:52:00Embassy NairobiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL KCRM KJUS JM SO KE
10NAIROBI83Somalia - Ahmed Madobe Frustrated By TFG Alleged Cold
[...] (C) Summary: Lower Juba militia commander Ahmed Madobe in mid-January reportedly planned to continue fighting al-Shabaab but was increasingly frustrated by the TFG's resistance to work with him and with Ogaden clan forces currently fighting in the region. A contact close to Madobe tol [...]
2010-01-22 14:22:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO MARR MOPS PINR
10NAIROBI85No Consensus On Somali Outflows to Kenya
[...] (C) Summary: Increased conflict and the disruption of humanitarian assistance in Somalia are expected to increase outflows of Somalia refugees to Kenya. There is no agreement among UN agencies on the number of additional Somalis that could seek to enter Kenya over the next three months [...]
2010-01-25 08:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KE SO ET YM DJ
10NAIROBI88Kenya: Macroeconomic Update
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY In a January 8 meeting with Econoffs, Dr. Geoffrey Mwau, Ministry of Finance Economic Secretary, spoke strongly in favor of Kenya applying for a new International Monetary Fund (IMF) program in the range of $1 billion over three years. While Minister of Finance Kenyatta is not y [...]
2010-01-13 10:55:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB ECPS EINV EFIN ETRD EAID BEXP PINR ASEC
10NAIROBI9Security Sector Assistance in Kenya, Part II: Land Border
[...] (C) Due to the threat of spillover effects from instability in Somalia, the Government of Kenya views effective border control as its top national security concern. Using multiple funding sources, including 1206 funding, the United States' security sector assistance in Kenya supports the develo [...]
2010-01-05 11:28:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS EAID PHUM SO KE
10NAIROBI92FY 2010 Prohibition On Assistance To Central Governments
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY The GOK publishes annually the proposed budget as passed by parliament and signed by the president. The published budget provides detailed income and expenditures which is publicly available for purchase. The published budget is relatively accurate in reflecting actual income an [...]
2010-01-14 12:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON AID EAID EFIN PREL
10NAIROBI99SOMALIA - TFG SIGNES DEAL FOR NEW CURRENCY
[...] (C) Summary: On January 11 the Transitional Federal Government Finance Minister Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden and his Sudanese counterpart signed an agreement for Sudan to print five trillion new Somali shillings. Sudan will fund the printing, reportedly costing $17 million dollars, accordi [...]
2010-01-26 10:47:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO SU ECON EFIN EAID
10NASSAU106Bahamas To Associate with Copenhagen Accord
[...] (U) Ambassador Avant delivered reftel points to Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham January 27. PM Ingraham said The Bahamas will associate with the accord "without fail and without delay." Ingraham thanked the Ambassador for President Obama's presence at the conference, noting that his contributi [...]
2010-01-28 22:18:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG KGHG BF
10NASSAU110Validation Study: Bahamian F1 visa holders
[...] SUMMARY: Due to limited choices in post-secondary educational institutions in the Bahamas, each year many Bahamians choose to study in the United States. In November and December, 2009, Post completed a validation study examining overstay rates for Bahamian nationals studying on F-1 visas [...]
2010-02-02 21:52:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD BF
10NASSAU116THE BAHAMAS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Nassau's Investment Climate Report for 2010. --------------------------------------------- - Openness to Foreign Investment --------------------------------------------- - 2. (U) The Government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas generally [...]
2010-02-03 21:35:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC BF EIND ECON EINT
10NASSAU122The Bahamas: CITES COP15 Outreach on U.S. Species Proposals
[...] (U) PolCouns delivered reftel points to Philip Weech, director of the Bahamas Science, Environment and Technology Commission at the Ministry of Environment and Eric Carey, Director of the Bahamas National Trust. Mr. Weech noted that a formal response on the position of the GCOB with respect t [...]
2010-02-08 19:52:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA AORC UNEP BF
10NASSAU146RECALL 10 NASSAU 146
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-11 22:12:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PGOV KCRM PREL KTIP PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
10NASSAU148THE BAHAMAS TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) Post's point of contact for this report is PolOff Wendy Rejan, Phone 242-322-1181 ext 4510, Fax 242-356-0222. PolOff spent 24 hours drafting this cable. Post's response to inquiries is provided using the original number and letter of the questions in reftel. 2. (U) Question 25. TH [...]
2010-02-11 22:18:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV KCRM PREL KTIP PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
10NASSAU166Bahamas S/GWI Project Proposal
[...] Post proposes the following two projects from The Crisis Centre and No Excuse Bahamas for consideration for Secretary Clinton's Global Women's Issues Small Grant Initiative. Both projects address the theme of gender-based violence. The grants will be managed by the Political Section. [...]
2010-02-17 22:01:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN KPAO BF
10NASSAU176Bahamas Demarche Delivered: Goldstone Follow-up Action
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 20:01:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM BF
10NASSAU186Nassau Monthly-- February 2010
[...] (U) This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. --Haiti Earthquake Sparks Fear Of Illegal Drug Increase --Cuban Detainee Shot at Immigration Detention Center --Bahamas Gets Tough on Crime --We're #4: Ship Registry -- Co [...]
2010-02-26 20:05:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM SMIG ECON EFIN EINV BF
10NASSAU24NASSAU--DECEMBER MONTHLY
[...] This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. -- Key Opposition Party Resignation Causes Outrage and a Possible Runoff Election -- Government Corruption Focus of Special Committee Probe And On-Going Investigations -- PL [...]
2010-01-08 20:49:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL BF ECON EFIN
10NASSAU25BAHAMAS: Megaports Tabletop Exercise Postponed to July 2010
[...] (SBU) January 20, David Kostorowski of Pacific Northwest Labs and EMBOFF met with GCOB officials in Nassau to discuss plans for the joint Megaports Table Top Exercise (TTX) scheduled for FY 2010. Picking up from the last meeting in August 2009 (REF A),Mr. Kostorowski and EMBOFF briefed GCOB re [...]
2010-01-26 14:27:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP PGOV BF
10NASSAU36Validation Study: Bahamian with waivers follow the rules
[...] SUMMARY: Post conducted a validation study of 407 Bahamians traveling with visas with waivers that were issued between April 1, 2007 and June 18, 2008. The confirmed return rate was over 92% with the remainder being inclusive, having never traveled on their visa, or currently in the U.S. [...]
2010-01-11 20:13:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD BF
10NASSAU43TURKS & CAICOS MIGRANT HANDLING CAPABILITIES AT BREAKING
[...] (C) One hundred and twenty-two Haitian migrants arrived in the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) January 27. They were detained and are being housed in temporary facilities at a gymnasium. A representative from the Governor's Office told post's Coast Guard Liaison Officer (CGLO) that they hav [...]
2010-02-01 18:18:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SMIG BF
10NASSAU47BY-ELECTIONS IN THE BAHAMAS -- FREE T-SHIRTS KEY TO SUCCESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The resignation earlier this month of a opposition MP will result in a by-election on February 16. Traditionally, a Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) stronghold, the by-election may be a bellwether for the 2012 general elections. Funding is going to be a key issue in the race as ma [...]
2010-02-04 20:18:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BF
10NASSAU59Bahamas Election Cliffhanger Results in Political Stalemate
[...] A by-election in the constituency of Elizabeth resulted in a stalemate for both major political parties. A recount was ordered after the initial count of approximately 3,200 ballots on February 16 resulted in a one vote lead for the Free National Movement (FNM) candidate Dr. Duane Sands. Prim [...]
2010-02-19 19:40:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL BF
10NASSAU60Bahamas Response: Haiti: International Coordination and
[...] (U) EconOff/Mission Disaster Relief Officer delivered reftel points to Under Secretary and Disaster Assistance Coordinator for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Carlton Wright. Wright noted that the GCOB is aware of the OCHA's Financial Tracking System and has been using it. AVANT [...]
2010-01-19 23:22:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID PHUM UN BF
10NASSAU64Bahamas Response: Demarche to Host Governments in Response
[...] (U) EconOff/Mission Disaster Relief Officer delivered reftel points to Under Secretary and Disaster Assistance Coordinator for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Carlton Wright. Wright noted that The Bahamas was working through CARICOM to deliver aid to Haiti and did not presently require any a [...]
2010-01-20 13:30:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA BF
10NASSAU74NASSAU RESPONSE ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR
[...] The Bahamas is an overwhelmingly service-based economy with tourism and financial services accounting for some 80 percent of economic activity. Migrant laborers, most susceptible to potential labor and other abuses, are also generally engaged in services, domestic or household, construction, [...]
2010-01-20 22:51:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL BF
10NDJAMENA101CHAD-ENVIRONMENT: G-77 POSITION HOLDING UP COPENHAGEN SIGNATURE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 18:37:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG CD KGHG
10NDJAMENA102CHAD-SUDAN: DEBY BRIEFS GRATION ON KHARTOUM TRIP,
[...] (C) Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno received S/USSES General Scott Gration and Embassy officials February 16 for a friendly and wide-ranging discussion of Chad-Sudan relations, including Deby's visit the previous week to Khartoum. Deby expressed concern that Sudan might not in the end be [...]
2010-02-16 18:54:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY CD
10NDJAMENA105CHAD: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 2010 REPORT
[...] (U) This is Post's submission for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons report. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. --------------------------- THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION --------------------------- 2. (SBU) Paragraph 25: A. Government entities, international organizations, and i [...]
2010-02-18 15:28:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KMCA CD
10NDJAMENA106LEAHY VETTING REVERSAL AGAIN PUTS USG HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) In September 2009, via Ref A, Ambassador Nigro sought the AF Bureau's assistance in resolving intra-Departmental disputes over sectoral issues, including management of the Leahy vetting process, that were hindering progress toward broad U.S. goals in Chad: regional stabilization, counter [...]
2010-02-21 06:50:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC CD
10NDJAMENA108LEAHY VETTING CONFUSION STYMIES USG HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) In September 2009, via Ref A, Ambassador Nigro sought the AF Bureau's assistance in resolving intra-Departmental disputes over sectoral issues, including management of the Leahy vetting process, that were hindering progress toward broad U.S. goals in Chad: regional stabilization, counter [...]
2010-02-21 13:18:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC CD
10NDJAMENA109END OF THE AFFAIR? DEBY AND KHALIL GO THEIR
[...] (SBU) Working overnight February 19 and into the afternoon February 20, Chadian President Deby brokered an agreement between his erstwhile JEM client, Khalil Ibrahim, and Sudan Presidential Envoy Ghazi Salahhudin, potentially ending fighting between the JEM and GoS. Deby is now en route for [...]
2010-02-22 12:50:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY CD
10NDJAMENA11CHAD-SUDAN RAPPROCHEMENT GAINS MOMENTUM AS GOC
[...] (SBU) Chad-Sudan rapprochement has gained significant momentum, with the GoC last week having given the JEM an ultimatum on the need to travel to Doha and negotiate in good faith, or "go it alone from here on." A Sudanese technical team arrived in N'Djamena January 7, and a heavy-weight Sud [...]
2010-01-07 13:04:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PREF SU CD
10NDJAMENA13THE "LA VOIX" AFFAIR: JUSTICE PREVAILING
[...] (SBU) The Chadian justice system showed itself capable of asserting impartial authority in a highly partisan environment, and of carrying out due process and defending press freedom, when the GOC's Justice Ministry decided Jan 6 to authorize the troubled independent Chadian weekly "La Voix" t [...]
2010-01-09 10:00:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU CD
10NDJAMENA16CHAD ELECTION PROCESS GAINING MOMENTUM: COMPLETE
[...] (SBU) Chad's national election process has gained significant momentum since President Deby's December 5 convocation of political party leaders to unite them around the common goal of credible legislative and municipal elections in 2010. Chad's international partners including the U.S. have [...]
2010-01-11 10:04:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PREF SU CD
10NDJAMENA21CHAD-SUDAN RAPPROCHEMENT ON FAST TRACK: KEY
[...] (SBU) FORMIN Faki told Ambassador January 11 that Chad-Sudan rapprochement continued to gain momentum, with these key developments January 7-12: -- Chadian and Sudanese "technical teams" signed documents January 7 in NDjamena aimed at implementing the border security provisions of the 2006 [...]
2010-01-12 12:32:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PREF PHUM MARR SU LY CD
10NDJAMENA23MINURCAT PROGRESS REPORT: EAST CHAD SECURITY
[...] (SBU) SRSG Victor Angelo told the resident diplomatic and IO corps in N'Djamena January 11 that he was in the process of framing his end-of-first-year report to the SYG and UN Security Council on the performance of the MINURCAT PKO since its inception last March. The report, due in February, [...]
2010-01-12 16:36:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PREF UNSC SU CD
10NDJAMENA26CHAD: DEMARCHES ON U.S. COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHENING THE
[...] (U) Per action request in reftels, Post delivered French language versions of talking points on the U.S. commitment to strengthen the NPT to the Chadian MFA's Barka Gaen, Director of Judicial Affairs, on January 11. Barka said that Chad very much appreciated being informed of the USG's thinkin [...]
2010-01-13 15:05:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP PARM ENRG PREL IAEA NPT MNUC KTBT CD
10NDJAMENA27EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT SEXUAL EXPLOITATION
[...] (U) The following responds to Reftel request for analysis of measures to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) and trafficking in persons (TIP) involving UN peacekeeping personnel in Chad. THE MINURCAT MISSION --------------------- 2. (U) MINURCAT, the UN Mission in the Central Afr [...]
2010-01-15 10:17:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO PHUM UN CT CD SU
10NDJAMENA28RUSHING TO RAPPROCHEMENT: BASSOLE SAYS CHAD-SUDAN
[...] (SBU) Visiting Chief Joint Mediator Bassole told me late Jan 14 that he was deeply involved in the final stages of negotiations between the GOC and the GOS for a definitive peace deal -- the denouement could be written agreements signed as early as this weekend -- and that he was at the same [...]
2010-01-16 10:21:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PREF MARR SU LY CD
10NDJAMENA29CHAD AND SUDAN MAKE PEACE, SIGN AGREEMENTS FULL
[...] (SBU) Chad and Sudan have made a peaceful end to their proxy war, signing agreements in N'Djamena January 15 to formally normalize bilateral relations and to reinforce border security arrangements, which they spelled out in a joint communique. Chad and Sudan pledged to end all support for a [...]
2010-01-16 17:12:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY CD
10NDJAMENA3FORMIN ON CHAD-SUDAN XMAS DIPLOMACY: KHARTOUM
[...] (SBU) FORMIN Faki told Ambassador Dec 31 that he considered his "Xmas Visit" to Khartoum last week a success; that he was encouraged by the frankness and seriousness of conversations he had with President Bashir, Dr Ghazi, and others; and that he was satisfied that the GOS had indeed moved mo [...]
2010-01-04 10:26:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PHUM PREF SU CD PREL
10NDJAMENA30THE REAL DEAL?: CHAD-SUDAN PEACE AGREEMENT
[...] (C) The January 15 Chad-Sudan agreements set a deadline of February 21 for both the GOC and the GOS to accomplish the key element in their rapprochement, "elimination of armed rebel presence on their respective territories," Chad Amb to the U.S. told Ambassador January 16, but both governments [...]
2010-01-17 10:25:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY CD
10NDJAMENA31CHADIAN POLITICAL THEATER: SOUTHERN REBEL CHIEF
[...] (SBU) The GOC's capture of rebel commander Djibrine Dassert and his top staff in Southern Chad January 4 was a big plus for President Deby's government, and provided an occasion for a bit of Chadian-style political theater. The Chad military's successful ambush of Dassert, who took part in [...]
2010-01-18 11:18:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PREF MARR CA SU CD
10NDJAMENA32CHAD: AID PROVISIONS TO GOVERNMENTS WITH
[...] (SBU) This cable responds to requests for information in reftel related to Chad's degree of budget transparency and USG legal strictures prohibiting assistance to central governments whose budgets are not or have not been transparent. Paras 4 to 10 below are keyed to questions in para 3 of [...]
2010-01-18 17:59:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL PREF SU CD
10NDJAMENA35AMB BECHIR BRIEFS ON JEM, CHAD-SUDAN, AND
[...] (C) Chad U.S. Ambassador Bechir came by this afternoon to provide me a few more details on the Chad-Sudan peace deal, on JEM, and on the MINURCAT extension issue, adding that FORMIN Faki had asked him to do so. ------------------ JEM/KHALIL IBRAHIM ------------------ 2. (C) Bechir said [...]
2010-01-19 16:09:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF MARR SU LY UN CD
10NDJAMENA4 DEBY'S LIBERATION DAY SPEECH HIGHLIGHTS EFFORTS FOR PEACE,
[...] President Deby's annual "Liberation and Democracy Day" speech this year featured the GOC's efforts for peace with Sudan and to reconcile Chad rebels on the international plane, and political and social reforms on the national plane, including support for elections and efforts against child lab [...]
2010-01-04 10:55:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PREF PHUM SU CD
10NDJAMENA40CHAD: RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE DEMARCHE RE.
[...] (SBU) DCM and Democracy/Development Officer met January 21 with Sandjima Dounia, Secretary General of the Chadian Ministry of Environment, to deliver points in reftel on the desirability of Chad's associating itself with the Copenhagen Accord on climate change. Sandjima made clear that Chad [...]
2010-01-25 09:01:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV PREL PGOV SU CD
10NDJAMENA41CHAD'S MEDIA CLIMATE EVOLVING POSITIVELY AS OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) Goual Nanassoum, head of an EU-funded project on empowering the media in Chad, told DCM Jan 22 that he believed that media freedom had improved over the past year as a consequence of both GoC and opposition commitment to the August 13, 2007 Accords. Nanassoum told us that he felt intern [...]
2010-01-25 11:22:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PHUM PINR PREF PGOV PREL CD
10NDJAMENA43CHAD AND THE UN CONTEND OVER MINURCAT EXTENSION:
[...] (C) The GOC and the UN have been sparring over the issue of the extension of MINURCAT's mandate since Jan 5. The GOC delivered Jan 15 a note verbale to the UN Secretariat informing it of Chad's "request for the withdrawal from Chad of the PKO" and requesting further "to discuss as soon as p [...]
2010-01-25 15:08:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF MARR UN SU LY CD
10NDJAMENA48HUMANITARIAN UPDATE: NGO REACTIONS TO MINURCAT
[...] (C) Humanitarian NGOs are speculating about the concrete impact of the ongoing GOC-UN debate regarding MINURCAT's future after 15 March 2010 (See Ref A). If the UN and Chad do not arrive at a modus operandi that permits MINURCAT to continue activities pursuant to its mandate under UNSC 1861 u [...]
2010-01-26 13:08:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PHUM SOCI PREL PREF CD SU
10NDJAMENA49CHAD, MINURCAT EXTENSION, AND THE LOGIC OF
[...] (C) As the GOC nd the UN continue to negotiate seriously over te issue of the extension of MINURCAT's mandate (se Ref A),our analysis of the GOC's motivations leds us to cnclude that the GOC is attempting to chieve interlocking geo-political and domestic-plitical goals, as well as wringing co [...]
2010-01-26 13:50:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY CD
10NDJAMENA50CHAD HUMANITARIAN UPDATE: M&E Travel and NGO News
[...] (U) The following is an update of N'Djamena RefCoord's recent Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) travel and meetings with NGO partners working in the Chad humanitarian response. ----------------------- M&E TRAVEL: IRIBA AREA REFUGEE CAMPS ----------------------- 2. (SBU) RefCoord spent the [...]
2010-01-27 11:37:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF ASEC PREL PHUM SU CD
10NDJAMENA63CHAD AND UN NEGOTIATING MINURCAT WITHDRAWAL
[...] (C) MG Cammaert, head of the UN Technical Assessment Mission to discuss MINURCAT extension with the GOC, told Perm Five ambassadors here Jan 28 that his initial conversations with his GOC counterparts indicated that the GOC insisted on a framework of "MINURCAT withdrawal in accordance with UNS [...]
2010-01-29 10:59:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY UN CD
10NDJAMENA64CHAD: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DISTRACTED DRIVING
[...] (SBU) Embassy staff met January 27 with the staff of the Director General of the Chadian National Police (which has highway patrol among other functions) to deliver reftel demarche on the dangers of distracted driving. Local driving conditions are the subject of frequent exchanges among the [...]
2010-01-29 11:47:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SOCI CD
10NDJAMENA65CHAD ELECTION PROCESS PUSHES ON: OPERATING BUDGET
[...] (SBU) The Chadian electoral process, aimed at national legislative and municipal elections in Nov-Dec 2010, continues to roll forward, with the key steps of establishing a Permanent Board of Elections (BPE) and an electoral budget of USD 49 million taken by the government on Jan 27. Most of [...]
2010-01-30 16:12:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PREF SU LY UN EU CD
10NDJAMENA70MINURCAT WITHDRAWAL: NO AGREEMENT, BUT COMPROMISE
[...] (C) The Cammaert Mission prepares to leave Chad Feb 2 without having definite agreement from the GOC on a plan of withdrawal for MINURCAT that would satisfy UN goals and security requirements. The GOC wants MINURCAT's military component out soon but would permit its civilian component to sta [...]
2010-02-02 12:01:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF UN PKO CT CD
10NDJAMENA76ABSENCE OF AMBASSADOR LOUIS J. NIGRO, JR.
[...] Embassy N'Djamena requests permission for Ambassador Louis J. Nigro, Jr. to be absent from post for medevac to London from February 6, 2010. During the Ambassador's absence, DCM Sue L. Bremner will be in charge. 2. Proposed itinerary is as follows: FEBRUARY 6: 11:50 PM DPT NDJAMENA V [...]
2010-02-05 11:42:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER KCOM OTRA CD
10NDJAMENA78 CHAD LIKELY TO SUPPORT USG AT CITES-COP15
[...] (SBU) Ministry of Environment Director of Fauna and National Parks M. Daboulaye Man Ymary Djaingue provided GOC feedback February 4 on reftel demarche. Daboulaye stated that Chad would attend the March 13-25 COP-15 and noted his professional recommendation that the GOC support the USG proposa [...]
2010-02-08 08:08:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP CD
10NDJAMENA79 GOC SUPPORTIVE BUT NOT FOCUSED ON USG EFFORTS IN HAITI
[...] (SBU) P/E Chief shared translated points and joint communique (reftel) February 4 with MFA Secretary General Mahamat Moussa Dago, who was generally supportive of the U.S. efforts. Dago was focused on the continual natural disasters that befall Haiti. He noted that the GOC had contributed US [...]
2010-02-08 08:09:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PREF PHUM CD
10NDJAMENA81ABSENCE OF AMBASSADOR LOUIS J. NIGRO, JR. - REVISED CONTACT
[...] Per reftel, Post provides the following updated contact information for Ambassador Nigro's medevac travel to London from February 6, 2010. 3. Contact information: February 6 to Open Return: The Mandeville Hotel Mandeville Place W1U 2BE, London Hotel Tel: (44)(0)20 [...]
2010-02-08 11:38:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER KCOM OTRA CD
10NDJAMENA83EU UPGRADES ITS MISSION TO CHAD: THE EU'S "NEW
[...] (C) The EU delegation in N'Djamena has been chosen as one of 54 of the Union's 136 overseas missions to be endowed with new, embassy-like functions derived from the Lisbon Treaty. The delegation, headed by an Ambassador of French nationality, is empowered to speak on behalf of the 27 EU mem [...]
2010-02-08 16:21:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV EU FR PHUM PREF CD
10NDJAMENA84 CHAD: INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR DOL
[...] (U) Chad is a developing central African country still recovering from nearly successful coups d'etat in 2005/06 and serious rebel incursions from a neighboring country in 2008/09. Eighty per cent of its 11 million people are engaged in subsistence farming or herding, and living primarily und [...]
2010-02-08 16:48:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI
10NDJAMENA85CHAD: CHINESE ENGAGEMENT AND POTENTIAL AREAS FOR
[...] (U) Following paras provide answers to reftel request for information on Chinese engagement in Chad in advance of the U.S-China sub-regional dialogue to be held in Washington March 4. 2. (SBU) China's major investment in Chad is in oil exploration and refining. In 2008 the China Nation [...]
2010-02-09 11:24:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID CN CD
10NDJAMENA86DEBY RETURNS TRIUMPHANTLY FROM TRIP TO SUDAN
[...] (SBU) The Chadian elite turned out en masse the afternoon of February 9 to welcome home President Deby from his historic visit to Sudan and meeting with Sudanese President Bashir. The diplomatic corps was convoked to stand shoulder to shoulder with GOC official and Deby's MPS party members. [...]
2010-02-09 16:02:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PREF PHUM SU CD
10NDJAMENA89CHAD WANTS OIL PAYMENT IN BARRELS NOT DOLLARS
[...] (SBU) ESSO-Chad's General Manager has told us that the GOC has formally requested a change in payment practices for Chad's oil royalty. The government, entitled to 12.5 percent of daily output as royalty, has now requested payment "in-kind" vice payment in currency, breaking with the set-up [...]
2010-02-09 16:46:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EPET ETRD PREF EINV US CD
10NDJAMENA93CHAD'S BUDGET REFORM STRUGGLES AS SPENDING
[...] (SBU) The GOC continues to struggle with efforts to reform public finance management and responsibly administer its budge, but it officially remains committed to the process. Multilateral donors highlighted strengths and weaknesses of the GOC's public finance reform project. The IMF is plan [...]
2010-02-12 08:31:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EPET EFIN PREF PREL IMF CD
10NDJAMENA97CHAD MINISTERS BRIEF S/USSES GRATION ON DEBY VISIT
[...] (C) S/USSES General Scott Gration met February 15 with Chadian FM Moussa Faki Mahamat, NSA Mahamat Ismail Chaibo, and DefMin Wadal Kamougue Abdelkader to offer congratulations on Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno's February 8-9 breakthrough visit to Khartoum (Ref A) in pursuit of fully norm [...]
2010-02-15 17:55:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CD
10NDJAMENA99MINURCAT TRANSITION -- IMPACT OF PKO DRAWDOWN ON
[...] (SBU) The GOC's objection to the renewal of MINURCAT's mandate in Chad has caused deep concern within the international community as to the impact the departure of the PKO's military and UNPOL actors will have on the provision of humanitarian services to the 420,000 refugees and IDPs in eastern [...]
2010-02-16 11:40:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF ASEC PREL PHUM SU CD
10NEWDELHI101ENGAGEMENT IN ASIA-PACIFIC: INDIAN RESPONSE TO
[...] (C) Secretary Clinton's January 12 Asia-Pacific speech in Honolulu was reported in two leading Indian newspapers, THE HINDUSTAN TIMES and THE INDIAN EXPRESS. The reports, drawn from wire stories, focused on the Secretary's terming Asia as "indispensable" to meeting global security and humanit [...]
2010-01-21 11:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECIN XC XE XU ASEAN APECO ARF IN
10NEWDELHI103TFHA01: INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel A and B demarche points to Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) division on January 19. 2. (U) An MEA official said that India had decided to give a total of USD 5 million in cash to Haiti, an increase from the USD 1 million [...]
2010-01-22 02:15:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM EAID KDEM OIIP UN HA IN
10NEWDELHI104MEDIA REACTION: DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES VISIT,
[...] "U.S. ACCEPTANCE," editorial in January 21 Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates who visited India recently said two important things. First, India may not be as patient as the last time if it were to be attacked again by Pakistani militants. Second, he warned India of [...]
2010-01-22 11:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI109HASINA'S DELHI VISIT: PROGRESS TOWARD REGIONAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina's January 10-13 visit to India boosted prospects for regional integration. Following recent Bangladeshi action against Indian insurgents, Hasina again pledged Bangladeshi territory would not be used for anti-Indian activities. Bangladesh granted India [...]
2010-01-22 13:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER BG IN
10NEWDELHI113 A SMALL STEP TOWARD ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE 1984 ANTI-SIKH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed two chargesheets January 13 against senior Congress Party leader Sajjan Kumar for making provocative speeches and inciting mobs in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi. While a positive step toward accountability and a possible attemp [...]
2010-01-22 13:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM IN
10NEWDELHI114INDIA AGREES ALTERNATIVE IS NECESSARY TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Kozak and PolCouns on January 22 met with Rajiva Misra, Joint Secretary for United Nations Economic and Social (UNES) Division at the Ministry of External Affairs, to discuss USG concerns about the "defamation of religions" resolution and the related OIC-backed Protoc [...]
2010-01-22 13:40:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC UNGA IN
10NEWDELHI115INDIAN MEA SHARES VIEWS ON SRI LANKA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian MEA is optimistic that the January 26 elections will prove a step in the right direction for Sri Lanka. There is concern in the GOI that the international community's approach to addressing human rights concerns has pushed Sri Lanka toward China. India continues to wat [...]
2010-01-22 13:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CE IN
10NEWDELHI116MENON APPOINTED NEW NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon was appointed India's new National Security Advisor on January 22. M.K. Narayanan's departure from the post signals the end of a bureaucratic tussle with Home Minister Chidambaram for authority over internal security. Menon will oversee a [...]
2010-01-22 15:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KDEM KNNP PK IN PINR
10NEWDELHI117POTUS Letters Delivered to BASIC Delegations in New Delhi
[...] As requested in REF NSC e-mails, Post delivered four letters from POTUS addressed to BASIC country heads to their representatives at the conference hotel. Letters were passed Sunday morning, prior to the start of the BASIC meeting, to delegations for: -- Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (Indep [...]
2010-01-24 05:01:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG SENV ENRG IN
10NEWDELHI118POTUS Letters Delivered to BASIC Delegations in New Delhi
[...] As requested in REF NSC e-mails, Post delivered four letters from POTUS addressed to BASIC country heads to their representatives at the conference hotel. Letters were passed Sunday morning, prior to the start of the BASIC meeting, to delegations for: -- Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (Indep [...]
2010-01-24 05:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKGHG SENV ENRG IN
10NEWDELHI13MEA ON INDIAN ASSISTANCE TO 2010 AFGHAN ELECTION
[...] (C) According to senior Ministry of External Affairs officials, the GOI is not actively considering providing technical or financial support to Afghan elections, but would be open to such proposals from the Afghan government. On January 6, we raised reftel query with Gopal Bagley, MEA's Actin [...]
2010-01-06 13:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF IN
10NEWDELHI131INDIA: OUTREACH ON LONDON CONFERENCE FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 10:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV AF IN
10NEWDELHI132 A SMALL STEP TOWARD ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE 1984 ANTI-SIKH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed two chargesheets January 13 against senior Congress Party leader Sajjan Kumar for making provocative speeches and inciting mobs in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi. While a positive step toward accountability and a possible attemp [...]
2010-01-25 10:53:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM IN
10NEWDELHI133MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, INDO-PAK RELATIONS,
[...] "AMERICA IS INTERESTED IN AN INDO-PAK CONFLICT" editorial in January 25 centrist Gujarati daily, GUJARATMITRA: "America's Defense Secretary's warning that India's patience will run out if there is a repeat of 26/11 attacks is an indirect heads-up to Pakistan. Despite being fully aware that Pak [...]
2010-01-25 11:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI135INDIA: ENGAGING POSTS ON THE SECRETARY'S SPEECH ON
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 12:03:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN PREL XC XE XU ASEAN APECO ARF IN
10NEWDELHI140MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA, INDIA-
[...] "ONE-YEAR OF OBAMA," editorial in January 25 right- of-center Urdu daily, MUNSIF: "President Obama's one year performance has been extremely disappointing. He promised that he would withdraw American forces from Iraq; close the most infamous Guantanamo Bay; and pull out America from the econom [...]
2010-01-27 10:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI146INDIAN SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL HAITI RESPONSE
[...] (U) Minister of State for External Affairs, Shashi Tharoor, made an unscheduled visit to Port-au-Prince on January 24 after official visits to Colombia, Peru, and Dominican Republic. During his meetings with Dominican President Fernandez and Foreign Minister Morales. President Fernandez inv [...]
2010-01-27 12:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL IN HA
10NEWDELHI151SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY MCHALE VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary McHale: Mission India warmly welcomes you. Following Prime Minister Singh's historic official state visit to Washington and Minister of Human Resource Development Sibal's US tour, your visit coincides with a rapid expansion in the U.S.-India partnership, encompassing e [...]
2010-01-27 13:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER OVIP AF PK IN
10NEWDELHI152MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, INDIA-SRI
[...] "TENSION BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN," editorial in January 27 right-of-center Urdu daily ETEMAAD: "The US Defense Secretary's recent disclosure about different terror groups in the Afghan-Pakistan region vindicates India's fear that one more attack from Pakistani area is possible. Unfortunatel [...]
2010-01-28 10:10:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI154INDIA TO COMMUNICATE MITIGATION ACTIONS FOLLOWING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY In a wide-ranging discussion following the climate change meeting of the BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) ministerial group, Indian Minister of Environment and Forests (MOEF) Jairam Ramesh told the Ambassador January 25 that India is ready to communicate its voluntary dom [...]
2010-01-28 11:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALSENV KGHG TRGY ECON PREL IN
10NEWDELHI155INDIA SUPPORTS NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT, FURTHER
[...] (C) Summary: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director of Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Amandeep Singh Gill stated January 27 that the Government of India (GOI) was looking forward to a positive and productive Nuclear Security Summit and confirmed that Prime Minister [...]
2010-01-28 12:10:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN AORC CDG
10NEWDELHI162NSA NARAYANAN DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN WITH SPECIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Outgoing National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan discussed Afghanistan with Special Representative Richard Holbrooke January 18. Holbrooke explained President Obama's plan for the start of a phased troop withdrawal in 2011 rather than a precipitous pull out, and made the case f [...]
2010-01-28 13:07:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER AF PK IN
10NEWDELHI163SRAP HOLBROOKE DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 18 meeting with Special Representative Richard Holbrooke, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao described the Indian effort in Afghanistan as focused on strengthening governance by building Afghan capacities. She said Indian engagement is transparent and should not be threatening [...]
2010-01-28 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK AF IN
10NEWDELHI17NEW STEWARDS OF INDIAN DEFENSE RESEARCH MAY BE GOOD NEWS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent changes in Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) leadership may herald opportunities for increased productivity in defense research and collaboration with India. Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat was appointed on 1 September to the post of Scientific Advisor to the [...]
2010-01-06 14:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTSPL KSCA MCAP PGOV IN
10NEWDELHI173MEDIA REACTION: CHINA, SRI LANKA PRESIDENTIAL
[...] "HOW LONG INDIA CAN KEEP QUIET?" commentary in January 28 centrist Hindi daily, NAI DUNIYA: "China's nationalistic zeal and territorial ambitions are proving to be India's bane. U.S. is aware of this, but is scared of China's aggressive nationalism. India should be extra vigilant on its border [...]
2010-01-29 10:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI179GOI ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR EXPORTERS
[...] Summary: In a bid to boost the Indian export sector, Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma on January 12 announced new sector-specific export incentives that retroactively took effect on January 1. The benefits include expansion of products and destinations eligible for various export [...]
2010-01-29 11:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EFIN IN
10NEWDELHI181SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF STATE
[...] "Amid talk of fading allure and promises not kept, an embattled President Obama, bruised by economic, political, and foreign policy crises in his first year in office, has pledged to stop US companies from taking jobs overseas and warned Americans about increasing competition from China and In [...]
2010-01-29 11:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI182DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 11 - 29, 2010
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 11-29, 2010, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Vice-President Ansari: Make Intelligence Agencies Accountable to Parliament -- Junior Ministers Disgruntled, Tell PM Singh They Ar [...]
2010-01-29 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR
10NEWDELHI187NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of January 25 to January 29, 2010, including the following: -- India to Build More Fast Breeder Reactors -- External Commercial Borrowing Norms Relaxed For 3G Spectrum Auctions -- Coal Still King for India [...]
2010-01-29 13:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS EFIN EIND EINV ECIN EMIN ENRG IN
10NEWDELHI188THE BLAME GAME: AG MINISTER ON DEFENSE OVER HIGH FOOD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The national concern about continuing high food prices has grown increasingly political as the allied Congress Party has joined the opposition in criticizing Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief and Minister of Agriculture Sharad Pawar for failing to stem rising food inflation. [...]
2010-01-29 14:30:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EAID EFIN ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN
10NEWDELHI189THE BLAME GAME: AG MINISTER ON DEFENSE OVER HIGH FOOD
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 01:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EAID EFIN ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN
10NEWDELHI201JAMMU AND KASHMIR: INDIANS FEAR CROSS-BORDER
[...] (C) Summary: While there have been a few positive moves regarding Kashmir in the last month, the more significant developments have been negative and represent setbacks to peace and reconciliation. On the plus side, the Defense Minister unveiled a few more confidence building measures, and Kashmir [...]
2010-02-01 12:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR IN
10NEWDELHI202MEDIA REACTION: SECURITY IN ASIA, AFGHANISTAN,
[...] "CHINESE BASES IN PAKISTAN," editorial in January 30 centrist Hindi daily, NAI DUNIYA: "The U.S. is desperate to get out of Iraq and Afghanistan. If the U.S. quits Afghanistan, that will take the pressure off the terrorists, thereby weakening democracy and liberal political forces in Pakistan. [...]
2010-02-01 12:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI205NSA MENON DISCUSSES PAKISTAN AND CIVIL NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) This is an action request; see paragraph 11. 2. (S) SUMMARY. In his first meeting with Ambassador Roemer as National Security Advisor January 28, Shivshankar Menon asserted that his portfolio would remain "the same" as that of his predecessor. He touched on civil nuclear implementat [...]
2010-02-01 13:48:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN
10NEWDELHI206SRAP HOLBROOKE MEETS INDIAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER KRISHNA
[...] (C) Summary: EAM Krishna told Ambassador Holbrooke in a January 18 meeting that Pakistan needed to take visible steps against those responsible for the Mumbai attacks before a full fledged dialogue with India could move forward. Holbrooke cited the U.S. and India's shared interest in Pakistani s [...]
2010-02-01 16:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK AF IN
10NEWDELHI207INDIAN ISLAM: DEOBANDI-BARELVI TENSION CHANGING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Like most issues affecting the world's largest democracy, Islam in India presents a series of dichotomies. The Muslim population of India ranks as the second or third highest in the world and yet it is only a minority in India, representing 13.4 percent of the total population [...]
2010-02-02 03:29:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM KISL IN
10NEWDELHI212HFAC STAFFERS MEET WITH INDIAN MEA OFFICIALS
[...] (SBU) On January 12, House Foreign Affairs Committee staffers Jasmeet Ahuja and Greg McCarthy met with Indian Ministry of External Affairs officials to discuss U.S.-Indian defense relations, civil nuclear cooperation, and the role of water issues in India's bilateral relations . Indo-America [...]
2010-02-02 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMASS KOMC PREL PTER SENV BG CE PK IN
10NEWDELHI213IRAN SANCTIONS ACT: INDIA: DO NOT SINGLE US OUT
[...] (c) Embassy delivered reftel points on the major development deal pending between Iran and Indian petroleum majors Oil and Natural Gas Company of India (ONGC) and Hinduja to Siddhartha Nath, External Affairs Under Secretary for Afghanistan and Iran and to Vani Rao, External Affairs Americas D [...]
2010-02-02 14:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ETTC PREL IN
10NEWDELHI22NEW CONVERGENCE PROJECT CONTINUES U.S.-INDIA PARTNERSHIP TO
[...] SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL)-funded project, "Converging Against Child Labor: Support for India's Model," provides new momentum for the partnership between the U.S. and India in eradicating child labor. Implemented by the International Labor Organization (ILO),the USD 6.85 m [...]
2010-01-07 12:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV ETRD KTIP KOCI PHUM SOCI USAID IN
10NEWDELHI225WHAT IS INDIA DOING IN AFGHANISTAN?
[...] (C) Summary: India is proud of its ongoing "development partnership" with post-Taliban Afghanistan that began in late 2001. The GOI claims the sum of its performed and pledged assistance to date totals USD 1.3 billion, of which approximately one-third has been disbursed. India's civilian ai [...]
2010-02-03 10:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID PARM IN AF
10NEWDELHI227MEDIA REACTION: STATE OF THE UNION,
[...] "OBAMA IN SEARCH OF AN ENEMY," op-ed in February 2 nationalist Hindi daily, RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "From President Barack Obama's State of the Union address it appears as if he has found a new enemy in the form of the fast growing economies, India and China. The Obama Administration is trying to te [...]
2010-02-03 10:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI24MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, TERRORISM: U.S.
[...] "Pakistan's intolerance," op-ed article in left-of- center Marathi daily, APLA MAHANAGAR: "The recent bomb attack on Shias in Karachi shows how the situation is deteriorating in Pakistan with each passing day. Sectarian violence, especially between the Shias and the Sunnis, has always assumed [...]
2010-01-07 12:31:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI242INDIAN RESPONSE TO ONWARD PROLIFERATION CASES,
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Two officials in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Office of Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) gave us a verbal response February 3 to the outstanding onward proliferation cases (reftel) raised during the November 2009 Strategic Security Dialogue (SSD). Wh [...]
2010-02-05 10:03:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PARM PREL MCTRE KSCA ETTC IN IR SY
10NEWDELHI243SECENSETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TO MUSLIM
[...] (U) Mission India warmly welcomes you on your first visit to India as Special Representative to Muslim Communities. You will find an Indian government that is more committed than ever to building a durable and wide ranging USG-GOI relationship after Prime Minister Singh's Washington visit in N [...]
2010-02-05 11:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KISL IN
10NEWDELHI244MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN, UNITED
[...] "AMERICA'S PROBLEM," op-ed in February 4 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "The Obama Administration's strategy for the Taliban is simple: if you can't defeat them, bribe them. The Taliban, al Qaeda and groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba are all birds of the same feather. To cut a deal [...]
2010-02-05 11:28:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI254MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA PRESIDENCY, INDO-PAK
[...] "OBAMA GOES LOCAL," editorial in right-of-center Marathi daily, SAMANA: "President Obama is aware of America's waning power in the global context. And his effort to prevent the outsourcing of jobs is a reaction to the unfolding scenario. He is also aware that India, China and even Brazil are l [...]
2010-02-08 10:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI261BHUTAN INVITES THE SECRETARY TO ATTEND APRIL SAARC
[...] The Royal Bhutanese Embassy in New Delhi forwarded a letter from Bhutanese Foreign Minister Lyonpo Ugyen Tshering, inviting the Secretary to the Inaugural and Concluding Session of the Sixteenth South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) to be held from April 28-29 at Thimphu. [...]
2010-02-09 09:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL BT IN
10NEWDELHI263INDIA AND NATO: TIME FOR DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Participants in the Fourth India-NATO Dialogue, a non-governmental "track II" event held in New Delhi February 1, agreed that the time was right to establish a regular, sustained, official dialogue between the world's largest democracy and its mightiest military alliance. The [...]
2010-02-09 10:44:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
10NEWDELHI264 New Synergy in India American Citizen Services
[...] Summary: American Citizen Services (ACS) Unit Chiefs and Senior Locally Engaged Staff (LES) from all India posts convened in New Delhi January 20-22, 2010 for a Mission-wide ACS conference - the first of its type in institutional memory. The goals of this conference were to promote consisten [...]
2010-02-09 11:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CMGT ASEC KFRD IN
10NEWDELHI265MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "SUCCESS OF TALKS DEPENDS ON PAK ARMY," commentary by former Indian Ambassador to U.S. Naresh Chandra in February 8 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Although Pakistan has been dragging its feet on booking the perpetrators of the Mumbai attacks, India has done the right thing by extending its hand [...]
2010-02-09 11:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI273INDIA: PRESSURING IRAN ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) On February 8, Post delivered reftel points to Under Secretary Siddhartha Nath of Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran Division and Under Secretary Abhishek Verma of UN Political Division. We urged India to pressure Iran regarding their numerous human rights viola [...]
2010-02-10 14:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDIR PHUM PREL IN
10NEWDELHI274INDIA ON PRESSURING IRAN TO ENGAGE ON NUCLEAR
[...] (U) Due to the unavailability of senior Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) officials over the last ten days, PolOff delivered reftel demarche points on February 9 to Under Secretary Siddhartha Nath of MEA's Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran (PAI) Division. 2. (C) Nath promised to convey the points [...]
2010-02-10 14:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MNUC IR AF IN
10NEWDELHI275 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT SAYS NOT YET TO GM EGGPLANT "IN
[...] (U) Summary: On February 9, Minister of Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh announced his final decision regarding the commercial approval of genetically modified (GM) eggplant, or Bt brinjal, in India. With a long and emotional charged justification, the Minister declared that a moratorium [...]
2010-02-11 01:43:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON TBIO EAID ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN
10NEWDELHI276 MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT SAYS NOT YET TO GM EGGPLANT "IN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-11 01:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON TBIO EAID ECIN EINV SENV PGOV IN
10NEWDELHI280MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN/U.S.,
[...] "INDO-PAK TALKS UNDER U.S. PRESSURE," editorial in February 10 Leftist Kolkata Bengali daily, GANASHAKTI: "India has offered a resumption of talks with Pakistan under U.S. pressure. This is the latest example of America's meddling in India's foreign and defense policy, courtesy of the Indo-U.S [...]
2010-02-11 09:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI285CLIMATE CONFUSION: 10TH DELHI SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, held February 5 - 7, 2010, was notable for the overwhelming support for Dr. R.K. Pachauri, the recently embattled chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),and also for a distinct lack of ideas, bordering on outri [...]
2010-02-11 12:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG ECON TSPL TRGY KSCA KGHG IN
10NEWDELHI287SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KERRY’S VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (S) Summary: You will find an Indian government that is more committed than ever to building a durable and wide ranging USG-GOI relationship after Prime Minister Singh's Washington visit in November. New Delhi has been broadly supportive of USG goals in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. After refusing [...]
2010-02-11 13:07:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER ECON SENV AF PK IN
10NEWDELHI288TIBET: GROWING FRUSTRATION AFTER LATEST ROUND OF
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-11 14:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PREL PREF PINR PHUM CH IN
10NEWDELHI290TIBET: GROWING FRUSTRATION AFTER LATEST ROUND OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Dharamsala February 3-7 to meet a cross section of the Tibetan community upon the conclusion of the ninth round of dialogue in Beijing between the Tibetan government-in-exile, known as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA),and Chinese officials. During meetings with [...]
2010-02-11 15:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREF PHUM CH IN PINR PREL
10NEWDELHI291INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY RAO ON 2/13 PUNE BOMBING
[...] (C) In a February 14 telephone conversation with Foreign Secretary Rao, Ambassador Roemer expressed his condolences for the February 13 terrorist bombing in Pune and offered USG assistance as appropriate. Rao thanked the Ambassador and condemned the attacks as "typical senseless violence" by [...]
2010-02-14 14:13:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PK IN
10NEWDELHI292MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM/INDIA-PAKISTAN
[...] "ENVIRONMENT BEFORE TALKS," editorial in February 14 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Only a miracle can make the India-Pakistan talks work in the wake of the rhetoric from both sides. It is a result of India's weak diplomacy that Pakistan keeps raising the Kashmir issue, whereas India should be s [...]
2010-02-16 11:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI293TFHA01: INDIA TO SEND FPU TO HAITI WHEN
[...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to Director Sanjay Rana of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs' United Nations Political division. According to Rana, India plans to complete deployment of one Formed Police Unit (FPU) to Haiti by the end of March 2010 (Note: this is earlier than the M [...]
2010-02-16 12:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HA IN
10NEWDELHI295COLD START - A MIXTURE OF MYTH AND REALITY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Indian Army's "Cold Start Doctrine" is a mixture of myth and reality. It has never been and may never be put to use on a battlefield because of substantial and serious resource constraints, but it is a developed operational attack plan announced in 2004 and intended to be taken [...]
2010-02-16 13:45:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER MOPS IN PK
10NEWDELHI298SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF
[...] Wire reports appearing in the Indian media highlighted the Secretary's remarks on Iran. Secretary Clinton was reported saying that Iran has not lived up to its nuclear obligations and has rebuffed U.S. and international efforts to engage in serious talks. Iran has a right to nuclear power, but [...]
2010-02-17 03:20:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI301New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Period
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the period of February 1 to February 15, 2010, including the following: -- GOI Releases MSME Task Force Report -- Industrial Production Continues to Grow -- PayPal No Friend of the RBI -- Inflation Running Fast and [...]
2010-02-17 07:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EIND EINV ECIN IN
10NEWDELHI306MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN, U.S.-CHINA
[...] "TALKS ARE THE ONLY WAY" February 17 editorial in Guwahati Assamese independent ASAMIYA KHABOR: "India should hold talks with Pakistan as scheduled to foil terrorists' agenda to upset it, and demonstrate before the world community its (India) commitment to peaceful negotiation. The resumption [...]
2010-02-17 11:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI31NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of, January 04 TO January 08, 2010, including the following: -- Cabinet Clears Copyright Amendments for Introduction in Parliament -- GOI Under Fire at Economic Seminar -- India Ranks Eighth in Internet Pi [...]
2010-01-08 13:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ECIN KIPR EIND ELTN ETRD TSPA IN JA
10NEWDELHI312THE BUSINESS EXECUTIVE PROGRAM IN INDIA: VALIDATION STUDY
[...] Summary. The Business Executive Program (BEP) continues to be a key part of Non-Immigrant Visa processing in posts across Mission India, with BEP appointments for the B1/B2 visa class alone accounting for tens of thousands of applicants each year. A recently conducted Mission-wide validation [...]
2010-02-18 12:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT ASEC KFRD IN
10NEWDELHI318Mission India's nominations for S/GWI Small Grants
[...] Mission India is pleased to submit 11 proposals for consideration by S/GWI as part of the 2010 Small Grants Initiative. Mission India received dozens of creative proposals, formed a selection committee comprised of key sections to evaluate proposals and select those that meet mission goals and [...]
2010-02-19 12:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KWMN IN
10NEWDELHI319DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 11 - 29, 2010 C A N C E L L E D
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-19 12:38:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR
10NEWDELHI321DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 30 - FEBRUARY 19, 2010
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 30 - February 19, 2010, that did not feature in our other reporting. My Name Is Rahul ---- 2. (SBU) Rahul Gandhi's Mumbai visit and his skirmishing with the Maharashtra chauvinist Shiv Sena party shows he is bec [...]
2010-02-22 08:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR
10NEWDELHI323MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "TALKS ONLY SOLUTION," editorial in February 21 centrist Hindi daily, DAINIK HINDUSTAN: "The India- Pakistan foreign secretary-level talks will soon start. Can any conflict be solved without talks? If the Taliban takes control of Pakistan, we will not be untouched either. We should give Pakist [...]
2010-02-22 11:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI326NUCLEAR SECURITY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE DISCUSSIONS
[...] C) SUMMARY: U.S. and Indian interagency delegations met on the margins of the Civil Nuclear Energy Working Group (CNEWG) meeting in Mumbai Feb 3-4 to discuss collaboration on a Nuclear Security Center of Excellence (COE). Continuing discussions on proposals that had been tabled previously, th [...]
2010-02-22 13:53:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN NSC
10NEWDELHI328LOW INDIAN EXPECTATIONS FOR FEBRUARY 25 TALKS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: According to Yashwant Sinha, the Indian MEA point person on Pakistan policy, there is no set agenda for February 25 Foreign Secretary-level talks with Pakistan in New Delhi and resumption of the Composite Dialogue after the talks is unlikely. Sinha confided that he is "not sanguin [...]
2010-02-23 06:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IN PK
10NEWDELHI329INDIA: DESIGNATION OF IRGC UNDER EO 13382
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 08:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP MNUC IR EFIN GM PREL PARM IN
10NEWDELHI330INDIA "WARY" OF NEW SANCTIONS ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 22 meeting, YK Sinha -- India's functional equivalent of Assistant Secretary for Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan -- repeated the GOI mantra that India does not favor new sanctions on Iran because they adversely affect Indian interests. He denied that Indian entities [...]
2010-02-23 08:21:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL IN IR
10NEWDELHI333MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN-PAKISTAN,
[...] "WHY AF-PAK IS IMPORTANT TO INDIA-PAKISTAN TALKS," op-ed in February 22 Hindi daily, NAVBHARAT TIMES: "India-Pakistan relations changed course all of a sudden after the London conference. It is bizarre the way India suddenly did an about-turn on Pakistan, offering talks. Was it an independent [...]
2010-02-23 11:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI334INDIAN VIEWS ON AFGHANISTAN: EAGER FOR INCREASED USG COORDINATION, WARY OF PAKISTANI SCHEMING, SKEPTICAL ON R/R
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 22 meeting, YK Sinha -- India's A/S equivalent for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran -- welcomed increased GOI-USG coordination "at all levels" on our respective assistance activities in Afghanistan. He warned the USG not to be drawn into what he characterized as a Pakistan [...]
2010-02-23 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL IN PK AF IR
10NEWDELHI34MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM -- U.S. POLICY;
[...] "FAILURES OF U.S INTELLIGENCE AND ANXIETY OF PRESIDENT OBAMA," op-ed in January 10 right-of-center Urdu daily HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "President Obama has come down hard on U.S secret agencies for their intelligence failure on the failed Christmas bombing attempt. The real question, however, is why [...]
2010-01-11 14:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI343MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS; NEW DELHI.
[...] "THE UNCONTROLLABLE TALIBAN," editorial in February 24 centrist Marathi daily, SAKAL: "It is time to see, particularly for the U.S. -- which is spending considerably on anti-terrorist initiatives -- as to how and why Pakistan is unable to rein in the Taliban. The recent kidnap and beheading of [...]
2010-02-24 10:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI347AMBASSADOR ROEMER VISITS HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the afternoon of February 18, 2010, I visited the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) factory in Bengaluru, along with staff from Embassy New Delhi and Consulate General Chennai. The level of access afforded to us on the factory floor during our visit was highly unusual and [...]
2010-02-24 12:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL EIND ETTC EAIR MCAP
10NEWDELHI350INDIA AWARE OF U.S. POLICY ON IRAN'S TEHRAN
[...] (SBU) PolCouns conveyed to Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran (PAI) Division the nonpaper and joint US-French-Russian letter (reftel) on USG views following Iran's decision to enrich uranium to twenty percent. She emphasized that while the USG remains i [...]
2010-02-24 13:43:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR
10NEWDELHI351SENATOR KERRY AND INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY RAO ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 15 meeting with Senator Kerry, Indian Foreign Secretary Rao underlined that Indo-Pakistani talks slated for February 25 enjoy high-level support and were still on track. Rao stressed that the latest rounds of talk would not segue automatically into the formal Composite Di [...]
2010-02-24 13:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PARM SENV PK IN
10NEWDELHI352STORMY, AS USUAL: BUDGET SESSION IN PARLIAMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The budget session of the Indian Parliament began on Monday with a speech by President Patil before Parliament laying out out a broad GoI agenda for this year. The GoI would like this session to focus budget priorities such as food security, education, inclusive growth and women, [...]
2010-02-25 01:04:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KWMN IN
10NEWDELHI355NSA MENON DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY AND TRADE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a meeting with CODEL McCaskill February 17, National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon touched on regional security issues including Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran, as well as several trade-related issues including defense acquisitions, India's Medium Multiple Role Fighter Aircraf [...]
2010-02-25 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG IR PK IN
10NEWDELHI356RSI PROPOSALS: SOUTH ASIA
[...] (SBU) The following are 2010 Regional Security Initiative (RSI) program proposals for South Asia. Compiled by the RSI Coordinator at Embassy New Delhi, they include proposals covering Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and India. 2. (SBU) Regional Technical Confe [...]
2010-02-25 13:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL IN PK NP BG CE MV BT
10NEWDELHI358INITIAL READ-OUT OF FEB 25 INDO-PAK TALKS: LOW GOI
[...] (U) Summary: Indian Foreign Secretary Rao and Pakistani Foreign Secretary Bashir had wide-ranging discussions in New Delhi on February 25, but the set-piece exchanges produced little forward movement in the dialogue. FS Rao's remarks after her meeting focused singularly on terrorism issues and [...]
2010-02-25 15:16:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IN PK
10NEWDELHI367FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER DISCUSSES HEADLEY CASE WITH
[...] (S) Summary: In a February 23 meeting, FBI Director Robert Mueller told Indian Home Affairs Minister P. Chidambaram that the USG would continue to cooperate with the GOI in providing information on the David Headley case and other cases involving terrorism directed at India. Chidambaram requested d [...]
2010-02-26 06:33:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PTER IN PK
10NEWDELHI372MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS; NEW
[...] "PAKISTAN REMAINS ADAMANT," editorial in February 26 centrist Marathi daily, PRAHAR: "India gave an opportunity to Pakistan to iron out its differences in the ongoing Foreign Secretary-level talks, but our neighbor does not seem to be reciprocating in good faith. The attitude of Pakistan's For [...]
2010-02-26 11:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI373MEA UNRESPONSIVE ON INDIAN CANDIDATE TO HEAD UN
[...] (U) On February 24, PolOff reached out to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) United Nations Political Division (UNP) in an effort to gain more information about Kamlesh Vikamsey, the Indian candidate to head the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS). Sanjay Rana, the Director of [...]
2010-02-26 11:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UN PREL AMGT IN
10NEWDELHI378New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Period
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the period of February 15 to February 26, 2010, including the following: -- PMEAC Report Paints a Bright Macroeconomic Outlook -- GOI Releases Task Force Report on MGNREGA -- 3G Auction: For Real or Deja vu All Over [...]
2010-02-26 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EAGR ELTN ELAB EIND EINV ECIN SOCI IN
10NEWDELHI38MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, SINO-INDIA
[...] "DRAGON'S HANDS STRETCH TO AFGHANISTAN," op-ed article in January 12 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL: "Of late, the U.S. and Pakistan have been deliberating on a greater role for China in Afghanistan, that is either in terms of committing peacekeeping troops to Afghanistan or helping to develop [...]
2010-01-12 11:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI381INDIA SUPPORTIVE OF EFFORT TO ENCOURAGE PROGRESS
[...] (C) On February 19, Post delivered reftel demarche on the role of Pakistan in the Conference of Disarmament (CD) and the United States, interest in supporting substantive discussions of FMCT to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA [...]
2010-02-26 12:41:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN
10NEWDELHI384INDIA: PRIORITIES FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (U) Post delivered Ref A points to the United Nations Economic and Social Division (UNES) of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on February 23. Due to staffing issues within UNES, we have been unable to obtain the GOI's reaction to our six priorities. However, UNES Under Secretary Abhish [...]
2010-02-26 13:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UN IN
10NEWDELHI386SIKH BEHEADED IN PAKISTAN, OUTRAGE IN INDIA
[...] SUMMARY: On the eve of the February 25 Foreign S ecretary talks between India and Pakistan, reports of the beheading of a Pakistani Sikh sparked outrage in India. Protests and media coverage across India indicate a broad level of anger at the beheading, directed equally at the Taliban, Pakist [...]
2010-02-26 14:09:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER PREL IN
10NEWDELHI387MORE ON FEB 25 INDO-PAK TALKS: "NO BREAKDOWN BUT
[...] (U) Summary: Foreign Minister Nirupama Rao told the Ambassador on February 26 that February 25 talks with her Pakistani counterpart Salman Bashir were a "good first step" but that further Pakistani progress on terrorism is needed before the GOI will commit to further talks. Rao described the [...]
2010-02-26 14:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IN PK AF
10NEWDELHI4MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-JAPAN RELATIONS,
[...] "NATURAL PARTNERS," op-ed in December 31, 2009, Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Japan's Hatoyama's government has put Washington on notice that Japan cannot indefinitely remain a faithful servant of U.S. policies. With Tokyo seeking to rework a 2006 basing deal with the U.S., Japan no longer can [...]
2010-01-04 12:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI40HATOYAMA AND SINGH ADVANCE BILATERAL SECURITY,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Japanese Prime Minister Hatoyama paid his first visit to India December 27 - 29, continuing the tradition of annual bilateral meetings. The visit focused on security issues and economic ties and produced an "Action Plan to Advance Security Cooperation" that establishes a new seni [...]
2010-01-12 12:09:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM IN
10NEWDELHI45MEDIA REACTION: TERRORISM, INDIA-CHINA
[...] "AL QAEDA ACTIVE AGAIN," editorial in January 13 centrist Marathi daily, NAVSHAKTI: "Al Qaeda'a renewed terrorist threat to the U.S. is disturbing, but not just for the U.S. Even countries like India need to be extra wary of the terror attacks being plotted. Our airports need to be much more s [...]
2010-01-13 12:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI59MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-BANGLADESH RELATIONS,
[...] "BANGLADESH COMES CLOSER," editorial in January 13 right-of-center Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's India visit this week was remarkable for the manner in which contentious issues were set aside and points of agreement worked on. Sheikh Hasina has had a close relationshi [...]
2010-01-14 10:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI60BHUTANESE CULTURE GROUP IN SMUGGLING PERFORMANCE
[...] SUMMARY: New Delhi's recent confirmation that a P3 group of Bhutanese cultural performers was a front for alien smuggling demonstrates continuing and serious fraud issues with groups from Bhutan initially reported a year ago (reftel A). Six of the twelve associated applicants interviewed indi [...]
2010-01-14 12:41:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS ASEC IN BT
10NEWDELHI63FS RAO ON COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION, PAKISTAN,
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (S) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Rao, at the request of Home Minister Chidambaram, summoned Ambassador Roemer January 13 to seek permission for National Investigative Agency (NIA) officials to travel to the United States to interview two [...]
2010-01-14 15:11:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG KTIP PK IN
10NEWDELHI64CONCERNS ABOUT LIABILITY LEGISLATION AND EXPORT
[...] (C) MEA/DISA Joint Secretary Gaddam Dharmendra was surprised and concerned to learn that the Indian government's draft civil nuclear liability legislation might deviate from the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage (CSC). He said he would look into it, as well as encour [...]
2010-01-14 15:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM KNNP ENRG ETTC IN
10NEWDELHI74MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAK RELATIONS, INDIA-
[...] "RESUMPTION OF INDO-PAK TALKS ESSENTIAL," editorial in January 13 right-of-center Urdu daily ETEMAAD: "India-Pakistan talks have been taken hostage by the Mumbai terror attacks and people-to-people contact is virtually dead. India-Pakistan tensions are in the interest of neither nation. When I [...]
2010-01-15 11:40:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI77(C) NSA NARAYANAN OUT, SUCCESSOR TBD
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: NSA M.K. Narayanan, who has held the post since 2005, confirmed his imminent retirement in a private meeting that Ambassador Roemer sought out on evening of January 15. While Narayanan did not reveal his successor, he asserted that the broad scope of the NSA position wil [...]
2010-01-15 18:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IN
10NEWDELHI79NEUTRALIZING PARTITION? CHANGING DEMOGRAPHICS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sporadic violent clashes and riots in 2009 involving migrant laborers in Punjab have highlighted the changing demographics of India's wealthiest state. Punjab has historically imported labor to fuel its high agricultural and industrial growth rate. According to Embassy conta [...]
2010-01-19 01:53:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC IN PGOV PREL KDEM PINR
10NEWDELHI82MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN, TERRORISM,
[...] "PAKISTAN'S RELUCTANCE," op-ed in January 17 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Indian intellectuals are demanding a resumption of the stalled composite India- Pakistan dialogue. Talks are welcome, but the recommencement of dialogue could be seen as a victory of the policy of supporting terrorism. S [...]
2010-01-19 12:06:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI86BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON
[...] (SBU) Officers from Consulate General Chennai received written confirmation from the GOI's Aeronautical Defense Establishment (ADE) that the four (4) "Rate Integrating Gyros" are located at ADE's facility at New Thippasandra, Bangalore. Officers were unable to visit this location in person due [...]
2010-01-20 01:45:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC IN
10NEWDELHI9MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA RELATIONS,
[...] "INDIA KEEPS FALLING IN BIG NATIONS' TRAPS," op-ed in January 4 right-of-center Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "2009 was an eventful year for Indian foreign policy. Initially the U.S. seemed to be helping India by putting diplomatic pressure on Pakistan to punish the perpetrators of the Mumbai attac [...]
2010-01-06 11:50:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI92MEDIA REACTION: AFGHANISTAN, GOOGLE AND CHINA;
[...] "WIIL U.S. WAKE UP WITH AFGHANISTAN ATTACK?" editorial in January 19 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK BHASKAR: "Kabul once again turned into a battlefield with the brazen attack by the Taliban. Pakistan and the U.S. very conveniently see the Taliban as Pakistani-Taliban and Afghan-Taliban. [...]
2010-01-20 11:40:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI93Glacial Melt Forecast Controversy Unlikely to Impact Indian
[...] (U) Summary: Controversy erupted recently when a leading glacier scientist told the press that the section of the 2007 assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had misquoted his work. The IPCC report indicted Himalayan glaciers very likely would disappear by 20 [...]
2010-01-20 12:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TRGY PREL ECON KGHG IN
10NEWDELHI95GOI'S RESPONSE ON SECTION 810 ASSURANCES
[...] (SBU) The Ministry of External Affairs conveyed the following cover letter and diplomatic note on January 20, 2010 regarding ongoing concerns related to Section 810 assurances. Begin text of cover letter: The Ministry of External Affairs presents its complements to the Embassy of the Un [...]
2010-01-20 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKNNP ENRG PREL PARM IN
10NEWDELHI98MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS,
[...] "ZARDARI'S POSITIVE STATEMENT," editorial in January 19 right-of-center Urdu daily RASHTRIYA SAHARA: "The people of India and Pakistan have always tried to maintain close relations, but interference by powers like America has come in the way. The pro-American record of Pakistan's government an [...]
2010-01-21 11:04:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NEWDELHI99SPECIAL REPORT: INDIAN MEDIA COVERAGE OF U.S.
[...] To spread the news of U.S. relief efforts in Haiti, Embassy New Delhi and the four consulates maintain websites and Facebook pages updated with the latest information from the White House, Department of State, and USAID. We continue to distribute press releases and up-to-date fact sheets to ou [...]
2010-01-21 11:13:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10NIAMEY109 Niger: ECOWAS Mediator Provides Update
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 9, ECOWAS Mediator for Niger General (retired) and former head of state Abdulsalami Abubakar received Charge to discuss the status of mediation talks between Niger's main opposition group, the Coordination of Forces for Democracy and the Republic (CFDR) and the Govern [...]
2010-02-11 09:17:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI NG
10NIAMEY11NIGER: 17 DEAD IN CLASHES WITH MILITANTS NEAR
[...] (U) According to a January 4 communique of the Ministry of National Defense carried by Government-run "Tele Sahel Television," militants ambushed a Nigerian Armed Forces (FAN) responding from Tilia to a report of armed men on December 30 in Telemses, a small town located 95 km northwest of Taho [...]
2010-01-06 17:40:00Embassy NiameySECRETPTER PGOV PINR MOPS KCRM ASEC ML NG
10NIAMEY116Government Again Warns Independent Media
[...] (U) Summary: The Conseil Superieur de la Communication (CSC),the Nigerien media regulatory body and its subsidiary advisory board, the Conseil de Presse, issued strongly worded warnings against the independent media on February 8. The Counseil de Presse recommended that three journalists fro [...]
2010-02-12 09:56:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KPAO NG
10NIAMEY120RE: FOR RELEASE: Chinese engagement in Niger and Potential
[...] (SBU) China is building a major portfolio in Niger's resource sectors and will probably replace France as Niger's top foreign investor when projects under construction are fully operational. Chinese investments include oil and gas production, refining, uranium mining, and infrastructure. There [...]
2010-02-12 14:00:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID EMIN EPET CH NG ENRG EIND EINV
10NIAMEY122NIGER: ECOWAS Mediator Submits New Proposal
[...] (SBU) On February 10, in a formal document, ECOWAS Mediator for Niger General (retired) and former Nigerian head of state Abdulsalami Abubakar presented a new proposal for a way out of Niger's political crisis. The proposal is based on position papers previously submitted by the People's Movem [...]
2010-02-16 10:18:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM NG
10NIAMEY123ECOWAS Mediator Abubakar Provides Update on Meeting with
[...] (C/NF) On February 20, ECOWAS Mediator for Niger General (retired) and former Nigeria head of State Abdulsalami Aboubakar provided Charge with a telephonic update regarding the brief meeting he and outgoing ECOWAS President Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Nigerian Deputy Foreign Minister Bagudu Hirse, and [...]
2010-02-22 20:09:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM SOCI ECOWAS NG
10NIAMEY127UN-AU-ECOWAS Team Briefs Dip Corps on Meeting with CSRD
[...] (C/NF) On the afternoon of February 21, UNDP Resident Representative and UN Systems Coordinator Khardiata Lo N'Diaye summoned the heads of mission of Algeria (dean of diplomatic corps),China, the EU, France, Nigeria, Spain (as EU President),and the United States for an out-brief by the visiti [...]
2010-02-23 22:12:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KDEM SOCI ECOWAS UN AU NG
10NIAMEY129Charge Meets with Junta;
[...] (C/NF) Summary: On February 25, Brigadier General Souleyman Salou and Colonel Moussa Gros, Senior Military Advisor to the CSRD President, met with ChargC) d'Affaires Whitaker in a frank and productive session that broached a wide variety of topics. General Salou opened by stating his pride at [...]
2010-02-25 16:48:00Embassy NiameySECRET//NOFORNPGOV KDEM SOCI US NG PTER PINR EAID EAGR MASS
10NIAMEY164NIGER: POL/ECON UPDATE FOR FEBRUARY 2010
[...] The following is an Embassy Niger compilation of political and economic highlights for February 2010 not otherwise covered in mission reporting. This report covers the following issues: -- Opposition Members Take to the Streets; -- Japanese Donates Food Aid to Niger; -- Chinese Pre- [...]
2010-02-18 07:45:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM NG JA CH IT EAGR EAID KCRM EAIR SOCI
10NIAMEY176Large Rally Cheers Junta in Niamey; CFDR Issues Statement
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-20 18:34:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
10NIAMEY190Niger: CSRD Signs First Official Executive Order
[...] Summary: On February 22, the President of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy (CSRD) signed an executive order organizing state authority for the transition period in Niger. The order reaffirms that Niger is a republic that is respectful of human rights and the rule of law; t [...]
2010-02-23 14:21:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM NG
10NIAMEY204MNSD Issues Communique Critical of Junta
[...] On February 24, state-owned daily newspaper "Le Sahel" published the following statement by the National Movement for a Developing Society - Nassara (MNSD - the ruling party under the previous regime of President Tandja): (Begin text - informal Embassy translation) The MNSD Nationa [...]
2010-02-24 21:53:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
10NIAMEY206NIGER INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR
[...] Post's response corresponds to checklist in para 15, sections 1A through 1F, and para 21, sections 2A through 2G of ref A. 1A)- 1F) PRODUCTION OF GOODS Post has no information indicating significant forced labor or exploitative child labor in the production of goods in Niger. Child [...]
2010-02-25 08:10:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI NG
10NIAMEY21CLASSIFIED POUCH - SUSPICIOUS POWDER INCIDENT
[...] (SBU) On the morning of January 6, Post had an incident relating to a classified pouch bag and a suspicious powder inside it. The Information Management Specialist (IMS) informed the Marine at Post 1 that an incident occurred in the IPC. The IMS stated that after verifying the classified po [...]
2010-01-11 07:14:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYADPM AMED AMGT ASEC KMSG TBIO
10NIAMEY22 Niger: Local Election Results Show Strength of MNSD,
[...] The Independent National Commission on Elections (CENI) recently released the final results of the December 27 local elections, held in 266 urban and rural communes nationwide, updating preliminary results reported (ref A). The results indicate that 51.34 percent of eligible voters participate [...]
2010-01-11 19:39:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
10NIAMEY23 Niger: Four Political Prisoners Released
[...] On January 5, two former parliamentarians and two administrative staff members were granted provisional release from prison. Former Parliamentarian and National Assembly (NA) Chief Treasurer Zanaidou Gado Sabo, former Parliamentarian and NA Deputy Treasurer Ibrahim Abalele, former NA Speaker's [...]
2010-01-11 19:59:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI NG
10NIAMEY27NIGER: EU DELEGATION HEAD EXPLAINS VIEWS ON
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Although the EU has suspended budgetary support to the Government of Niger (GON) due to recent anti-constitutional actions by President Tandja, it will continue humanitarian aid, including food security. According to the EU Head of Delegation, the EU has provided a 120-day win [...]
2010-01-12 21:24:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EAID SOCI KDEM EU US NG
10NIAMEY29 Niger: Government of Niger Position in Inter-Nigerien
[...] As the Inter-Nigerien Political Dialogue (ref A) resumed on January 12 in Niamey, private newspaper "L'Enqueteur" printed a statement from the Popular Movement for the Restoration of the Republic (MPRR),a pro-Government of Niger (GON) political party and civil society network, offering the MPR [...]
2010-01-14 09:54:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
10NIAMEY33 Niger: Former High Commissioner for Restoration of Peace
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 14, current National Assembly Deputy and former High Commissioner for the Restoration of Peace (HCRP) Mohamed Anacko met with DCM at the Chancery; Poloff and LES Pol Specialist also participated. The former Commissioner spoke about the successful culmination of the p [...]
2010-01-14 19:11:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MOPS ECON SNAR SOCI PHUM KHDP ML AG NG
10NIAMEY48 Niger: ECOWAS Mediator Proposes Road Map for Niger;
[...] Summary: On January 14, weeks after the pro-Government and the opposition delegations to the Inter-Nigerien Political Dialogue (INPD) submitted their positions (refs A and B),ECOWAS Mediator Abdusalami Abubakar presented his suggestions for a way out of Niger's political crisis. In response, [...]
2010-01-19 20:17:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM NG
10NIAMEY56 Niger: Amb. Allen's Outgoing Calls on Senior GON
[...] (SBU) Ambassador spoke with Government of Niger (GON) Prime Minister (PM) Gamatie, Foreign Minister Mindaoudou, and President Tandja, respectively, on January 11, 13, and 14, during departure calls. 2. (SBU) No new ground was broken on the political front, though the PM expressed surprise a [...]
2010-01-21 20:48:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM NG
10NIAMEY57 Niger: Same Sex Demarche Delivered
[...] (U) Ambassador Allen delivered reftel demarche to Government of Niger (GON) Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Mindaoudou on January 13 during her departure call. 2. (SBU) The FM informed the Ambassador that the GON would have no difficulty accrediting same-sex partners of U.S. Gove [...]
2010-01-21 20:57:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER AMGT PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI US NG
10NIAMEY71(S) NIGER: UPDATE ON IRANIAN OUTREACH
[...] (S/NF) Contrary to ref A, Government of Niger Minister of Agricultural Development Moussa Labo and Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Standardization Halidou Badj recently traveled to Tehran, rather than Prime Minister Gamatie. On January 26 they met with Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, [...]
2010-01-27 21:32:00Embassy NiameySECRET//NOFORNPREL ETRD PGOV PINR EAID ENRG KISL SCUL IR NG
10NIAMEY72 Niger: President Tandja's New Year Address of Dip Corps:
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 13, President Tandja accepted the greetings of the Dean of the diplomatic corps and addressed the assembled group in his customary manner. Although most of his remarks offered a lengthy defense for his anti-democratic political maneuverings of the past year, he argue [...]
2010-01-29 07:35:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SNAR KCRM EAGR SOCI NG
10NIAMEY84 Niger: PM Gamatie Convenes Food Security Commission
[...] (U) On January 29, Prime Minister Ali Badjo Gamatie convened the State-Donor Mixed Coordination Commission to discuss Niger's food security situation and the Government of Niger's (GON's) intentions for addressing it. The two-hour meeting offered the GON an opportunity to lay out its views on [...]
2010-02-01 16:04:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID EAGR PREL SOCI NG
10NIAMEY85 Niger: Civil Rights Activist Receives Suspended Sentence
[...] (SBU) On January 25, the Court of Appeals of Niamey delivered its verdict of a three-month suspended prison sentence on the appeal lodged by Marou Amadou, president of the United Front for the Preservation of Democratic Gains (FUSAD) on charges of "regional propaganda" (Note: meaning inciting [...]
2010-02-01 16:25:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI NG
10NIAMEY86Niger: Niger Disaster Response Resource Request
[...] (U) This is an action message - see para 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: After Embassy Niamey's Disaster Declaration on January 14 (ref d),post requests urgent and serious consideration of increasing response resources for Niger due to imminent food insecurity. The newly released vulnerability asse [...]
2010-02-02 06:56:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EAGR SENV ECON PREL PGOV US NG
10NIAMEY90 Niger: African Development Foundation Advises of
[...] (SBU) On January 29, African Development Foundation (ADF) Regional Program Director Paul Olson (protect) and Field Office Coordinator Venant Barampanze (protect) visited CDA and USAID A/Country Program Manager to advise of ADF's intention to cease operations in Niger as of the end of June 2010. [...]
2010-02-02 16:57:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV KDEM SOCI US NG
10NIAMEY91NIGER: FURTHER UPDATE ON RELATIONS WITH IRAN
[...] (SBU) On February 1, local independent weekly newspaper "Le Canard Dechaine" claimed that President Tandja would likely visit Iran to seek funds for the 2010 budget, rather than Prime Minister Gamatie as discussed in reftels. The account added that visits to Venezuela and Cuba, as well as rec [...]
2010-02-02 19:14:00Embassy NiameyCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EMIN EAGR PINR EAID EFIN IR NG
10NIAMEY92 Niger: Pol/Econ Update for January 2010
[...] The following is an Embassy Niger compilation of political and economic highlights for January 2010 not otherwise covered in mission reporting. This report covers the following issues: -- National Assembly passes anti-terrorism financing legislation; -- GON changes civil service employee w [...]
2010-02-03 07:29:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ELAB EFIN PTER ENRG EPET SOCI NG
10NIAMEY96 Niger: Opposition Members Provide Update
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an office call on Charge, representatives of the Coordination of Forces for Democracy and the Republic (CFDR),Niger's main opposition group, provided an advanced copy of a memorandum outlining the opposition's response to the Economic Community of West African States (EC [...]
2010-02-05 22:41:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI KDEM NG
10NICOSIA104CYPRUS: FEBRUARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL POINTS
[...] (U) On February 19, PolOff delivered ref points to MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina, Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy. Mina welcomed the points, which she noted would be helpful as Cyprus finalized its FAC position papers. 2. (C) On Iran, Mina noted that Cyprus was "m [...]
2010-02-22 14:52:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN CY
10NICOSIA106CYPRUS: EU UNLIKELY TO LIFT ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA
[...] (C) On February 22, 2010, Poloff delivered ref points to Alexis Phedonos-Vadet, Second Secretary in the MFA's Department of Asia and Oceania, Political Affairs Division. Despite Cyprus' support for lifting the EU's arms embargo on China in 2004, Phedonos-Vadet stated that "he doesn't see it ha [...]
2010-02-23 12:43:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM EUN CH CY
10NICOSIA111CYPRUS: T/C LEADER TALAT COMPLAINS WITH EQUAL
[...] Summary: (C) "My flexibility is portrayed in the north as begging to the Greek Cypriots and the international community," Turkish Cypriot (T/C) leader Mehmet Ali Talat confided to the Ambassador in a February 19 meeting. Talat, visibly downbeat, charged that Christofias simply "could not mana [...]
2010-02-25 11:32:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TR CY
10NICOSIA112SOLUTION SKEPTIC DIKO STAYS IN COALITION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 15:19:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CY
10NICOSIA13CYPRUS: UNFICYP MISSION CONTINUES TO ACTIVELY
[...] (U) Per Ref A, PolOff contacted UN Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) Civil Affairs Officer Maria Wilkins, who serves as UNFICYP's "Gender Focal Point" in charge of educating UN civilian, police and military personnel about sexual harassment, sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA),and trafficking in pers [...]
2010-01-11 08:13:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PREL CY
10NICOSIA38CYPRUS: JANUARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL POINTS
[...] (U) On January 22, PolOff delivered ref points to MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina in the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy. Mina welcomed the points, which she noted would be helpful to have in mind as Cyprus finalized its position papers. 2. (C) On Iran, Mina said th [...]
2010-01-22 13:44:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN CY
10NICOSIA43CYPRUS: RATIFICATION URGED FOR GPS-GALILEO COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) On January 25, Tereza Ioannou, Officer at the Ministry of Communications and Works informed us that her ministry had submitted to the Cypriot House of Representatives legislation for Cyprus' ratification of the GPS Galileo Cooperation agreement. We will continue following up and report o [...]
2010-01-25 13:50:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL TSPA TSPL ECPS CY
10NICOSIA45CYPRUS ORAMS CASE; EU COURTS MUST ENFORCE RULING
[...] (SBU) On January 20, in a major precedent-setting case, the UK Court of Appeals affirmed the decisions of a Republic of Cyprus court and a lower UK court that found a British couple (the "Orams") guilty of trespassing for having built a holiday home in north Cyprus on land owned by a Greek Cyp [...]
2010-01-26 06:39:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL CY
10NICOSIA46CYPRUS: CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT STEPS: U.S. WORKING TOWARDS JANUARY 31ST DEADLINE
[...] This message contains an action request - see para 9. 2. (SBU) Per Reftel request, on January 22 DCM, accompanied by Econ Officer and Econ Specialist, met with Theodoulos Mesimeris, Environment Officer, at the GOC Environment Service (under the Ministry of Agriculture) to encourage GOC acc [...]
2010-01-26 07:33:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG CY KGHG
10NICOSIA52CYPRUS: NO PLAN TO SUBMIT QUESTIONS FOR IRAN
[...] (U) On January 28, 2010, Poloff delivered ref points to Nicos Nicolaou, Counselor in the MFA's Political Affairs Division, Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations. 2. (C) Nicolaou explained that although Cyprus shares U.S. concerns about the human rights situation [...]
2010-01-28 12:40:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CY
10NICOSIA54CYPRUS: CLIMATE CHANGE NEXT STEPS -- CORRECTED COPY
[...] This message contains an action request - see para 9. 2. (SBU) Per Reftel request, on January 22 DCM, accompanied by Econ Officer and Econ Specialist, met with Theodoulos Mesimeris, Environment Officer, at the GOC Environment Service (under the Ministry of Agriculture) to encourage GOC acc [...]
2010-01-28 13:49:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG CY KGHG
10NICOSIA55CYPRUS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 14:21:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
10NICOSIA56CYPRUS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 07:35:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
10NICOSIA69(C) CYPRUS RECEPTIVE TO SANCTIONS ON IRAN
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points February 4 to the Permanent Secretary of Cyprus' Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nicolas Emiliou, who received the points favorably. Emiliou reported there was growing consensus among EU members that sanctions were necessary and that Cyprus would support su [...]
2010-02-04 15:25:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR CY
10NICOSIA7CYPRUS: ENGAGEMENT ON WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] (U) Summary: Post's work on women's issues has focused largely on programs to combat trafficking in persons (TIP),particularly the trafficking of foreign women for commercial sexual exploitation. Combating TIP is one of the Mission's four MSP goals, and our anti-TIP efforts in the Political [...]
2010-01-08 11:53:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM CY
10NICOSIA73 Cyprus Reemphasizes Interest in the Visa Waiver Program
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to a Cypriot request, the Ambassador met on February 4 at the MFA with Permanent Secretary Nicolas Emiliou and representatives of similar rank from other ministries to discuss the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). Emiliou reiterated Cyprus' strong desire to join the VWP a [...]
2010-02-05 14:49:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CVIS CY
10NICOSIA77CYPRUS: POOR ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT HURTS GREEK
[...] (C) Concern about the Cypriot economy is growing among Greek Cypriot businessmen and economic technocrats. They are alarmed at the rapid growth of the fiscal deficit, from a 1 percent surplus to a 6 percent deficit in less than three years. Worse, they believe the GoC is exacerbating the probl [...]
2010-02-09 14:15:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL CY
10NICOSIA85CYPRUS: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAN
[...] (C) On February 10, 2010, Poloff delivered Ref A points to Panayiotis Papadopoulos, MFA Counselor in the Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations, Political Affairs Division. Papadopoulos did not commit Cyprus to any bilateral actions in follow-up to the recent EU st [...]
2010-02-10 14:08:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR CY
10NICOSIA98CYPRUS: TRIES AND TRIES AGAIN WITH CONTROVERSIAL NEW LAW ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Cyprus is preparing to reenact a controversial law requiring separate shelving for biotech products on supermarket shelves. The law was first enacted in 2007 but it never actually entered into force because the President repealed it on procedural grounds. This time around, th [...]
2010-02-19 12:59:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO ECON ETRD EUN CY
10NOUAKCHOTT1MAURITANIA: ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT NOT OBSERVED
[...] (SBU) Until closure of the Israeli Embassy in Nouakchott in March 2009, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania enjoyed full diplomatic relations with Israel. Relations still formally exist but were unilaterally "frozen" by the Mauritanian government. The GIRM does not have any [...]
2010-01-03 13:11:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KBCT MR XF
10NOUAKCHOTT11EMBASSY NOUAKCHOTT'S DECEMBER 2009 VISAS VIPER
[...] (U) VISAS VIPER 2. (U) POST: NOUAKCHOTT Meeting Date: January 5, 2009 Chair: DCM: Dennis Hankins Coordinator: Stephen Kochuba, Consular Officer Attendees: RAO, RSO, DAO, CONS, POL 3. (S/NF) For the month of December 2009, Embassy Noakchott has no additional Visas Viper submissions. [...]
2010-01-10 15:53:00Embassy NouakchottSECRET//NOFORNASEC CVIS KVPR MR PINR PTER
10NOUAKCHOTT12MAURITANIA: MONTHLY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROUNDUP
[...] (U) Summary: The month of December witnessed the second kidnapping of Westerners in Mauritania by Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) since the late November abduction of three Spanish NGO workers. The arrest of three Smasside businessmen accused of involvement in the Mauritanian Central [...]
2010-01-10 15:55:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM PTER MR
10NOUAKCHOTT14AMBASSADOR RAISES CASE OF DETAINED JOURNALIST OULD
[...] (C) On January 7, 2010 Ambassador called upon Minister of Justice Ahmedou Tidjane Bal to express USG concern about the continued detention of website editor Hanevy Ould Dahah apparently without legal justification given that his sentence had been completed on December 24, 2009. Ambassador als [...]
2010-01-11 10:34:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV MR
10NOUAKCHOTT16 MAURITANIA: 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY
[...] The Islamic Republic of Mauritania is a small, under-developed economy and is not a regional financial center. Its economic system suffers from a combination of weak Central Bank oversight, lax financial auditing standards, porous borders, and corruption in government and the private sector. [...]
2010-01-12 15:08:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM EFIN PTER SNAR MR
10NOUAKCHOTT22MAURITANIA RECOGNIZES KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) The Kosovo Consulate in New York City received a diplomatic note dated January 12 stating that Mauritania has "recognized Kosovo as a sovereign and independent state and desires to establish relations at the Ambassadorial level." 2. (SBU) Post recently delivered two demarches to th [...]
2010-01-14 13:34:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MR KV
10NOUAKCHOTT41MAURITANIAN SUPREME COURT ANNULS JUDGMENT AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary: On January 14, the Mauritanian Supreme Court annulled Taqadoumy editor Hanevy Ould Dehah's sentence, but stated that he should continue to be detained pending retrial. Following this decision, Dehah's lawyers and Mauritanian National Bar Association President Ahmed Salem Ould [...]
2010-01-19 13:18:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV MR
10NOUAKCHOTT42 MAURITANIA: FINANCE MINISTER REQUESTS US SUPPORT WITH IMF
[...] (SBU) On January 13, Ambassador called on Finance Minister Ousmane Kane at the latter's request. Kane said that he was pleased with the work that had been done on the annual budget claiming that the GIRM had made the most responsible use of its limited resources. He nonetheless lamented the [...]
2010-01-19 14:29:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL PGOV MR
10NOUAKCHOTT49FOREIGN MINISTER TO HEAD MAURITANIAN DELEGATION TO
[...] (SBU) In response to Reftel, PolOff met on January 20 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Mohamed Abdallahi Ould Khattra who stated Foreign Affairs Minister Naha Mint Hamdi Ould Mouknass will head the Mauritanian delegation to the African Union Summit. Mouknass is expected to [...]
2010-01-20 15:57:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MR
10NOUAKCHOTT51MAURITANIA'S RESPONSE TO CENTRAL GOVERNMENT BUDGET
[...] (SBU) The Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania is expected to receive SFOAA funding during FY 2010. While Mauritania continues to face technical and capacity challenges with fiscal transparency, assessments from U.S. Embassy, World Bank and IMF officials working in country indicate [...]
2010-01-21 08:40:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PREL MR
10NOUAKCHOTT54MEETING WITH NEW COUNTER-TERRORISM JUDGE
[...] (C) Summary: PolOff met on January 21 with new counter-terrorism investigating judge Mohamed Bouya Ould Nahi. This new position, created following the adoption of the new counter-terrorism law, focuses on conducting investigations to determine whether there is legal foundation to warrant pro [...]
2010-01-21 15:17:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KDEM MR
10NOUAKCHOTT57MAURITANIAN IMAMS ISSUE FATWA AGAINST FEMALE
[...] (U) On January 12, thirty-four of Mauritania's highest religious figures issued a fatwa prohibiting Female Genital Mutilation (FGM). After an in-depth study of FGM practices in Mauritanian society, a discussion of their medical impact and a religious debate; religious authorities decided tha [...]
2010-01-25 10:05:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SCUL MR
10NOUAKCHOTT58MINISTER OF ISLAMIC AFFAIRS ON DIALOGUE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Minister of Islamic Affairs expects to see a majority of the 68 Salafists in detention publicly renounce violence and the extremist ideology expressed by Al Qaeda. While the renunciation of violence will not affect the judicial process against those who have actually commit [...]
2010-01-25 16:25:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER SOCI PINR MR
10NOUAKCHOTT59 MAURITANIA'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Historically, Mauritania has been relatively open to foreign direct investment, due in large part to its wealth of attractive natural resources in the fishing, mining and hydrocarbon industries. Despite attractive resources for foreign investors, political instability, corruption, the la [...]
2010-01-25 17:39:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MR
10NOUAKCHOTT60MAURITANIA BEGINS TO REFORM TROUBLED GLOBAL FUND
[...] (U) Summary. After Mauritania's September 2009 suspension from the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, the Global Fund presented a list of requirements to be met by Mauritania before its suspension could be lifted, including a reformed Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM),t [...]
2010-01-26 07:26:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV SOCI TBIO MR
10NOUAKCHOTT61 MAURITANIA'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Historically, Mauritania has been relatively open to foreign direct investment, due in large part to its wealth of attractive natural resources in the fishing, mining and hydrocarbon industries. Despite attractive resources for foreign investors, political instability, corruption, the la [...]
2010-01-26 08:25:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MR
10NOUAKCHOTT66MAURITANIA LATE IN ASSOCIATING ITSELF WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered REFTEL demarche January 31 to the MFA Director for Multilateral Cooperation Mohamedoun Ould Daddah and his deputy Lafdal Ould Abeih (after the MFA had rescheduled the meeting twice). Ould Daddah was not up to date on the Accord but Ould Abeih was already well aware of [...]
2010-01-31 11:58:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV MR KGHG
10NOUAKCHOTT73DEMARCHE ON PRIME MINISTER ON THE CASE OF HANEVY
[...] (SBU) Ambassador called on Prime Minister Moulaye Ould Mohamed Lagdaf at the latter,s request for a discussion of various items of current interest (septel). Ambassador took the opportunity to raise with the Prime Minister the continuing arbitrary detention of internet journalist Hanevy Ould [...]
2010-02-03 16:57:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL MR
10NOUAKCHOTT75ONLINE JOURNALIST HANEVY OULD DEHAH RE-SENTENCED
[...] (C) Summary: On February 4, Taqadoumy Website Editor Hanevy Ould Dehah was re-sentenced to two years imprisonment. This was Dehah's second trial after authorities decided to keep him detained despite his having served his first six-month sentence, and to annul his first trial. Both Hanev [...]
2010-02-05 13:13:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PGOV MR
10NOUAKCHOTT78ALERTING MAURITANIAN GOVERNMENT TO PROBABLE
[...] (C) Ambassador met February 8 with Foreign Minister Naha Mint Mouknass and raised concern over the February 4 conviction of internet journalist Hanevy Ould Dahah (REFTEL). The Ambassador noted that he had raised the case previously with the Foreign Minister, Justice Minister and Prime Minist [...]
2010-02-08 15:10:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MR
10NOUAKCHOTT81MAURITANIA'S RESPONSE TO USG CITES COP15 PROPOSALS
[...] (U) Embassy Nouakchott's ECON/EST Officer met with the Director and Deputy Director of the Mauritanian Office of Nature Conservation to discuss the USG proposals for the upcoming CITES summit to be held in Doha, Qatar. The Government of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania (GIRM) intends to se [...]
2010-02-09 07:27:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKSCA SENV UNEP CITES AORL MR
10NOUAKCHOTT90MAURITANIA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, please find post's TIP report submission: ------------- TIP SITUATION ------------- 2. (SBU) Sources of Available Information: Available information on human trafficking is limited and unreliable. Although evidence points to the existence of many forms o [...]
2010-02-10 13:51:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB MCA PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
10NOUAKCHOTT94MAURITANIA: CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR
[...] (U) In response to reftel tasking 1, Post found no evidence of the use of forced labor or exploitive child labor in the production of goods in Mauritania. 2. (U) Post's response to reftel tasking 2 is as follows: --------------------------------------------- ----------------- Prevalen [...]
2010-02-11 10:29:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM MR
10NOUAKCHOTT97CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN MAURITANIA
[...] (U) China maintains a prominent and active presence in Mauritania. China is the largest destination for Mauritanian exports. As of 2009, nearly 40% of Mauritanian exports were destined for China. After France, China is the second largest importer of products into the Mauritanian market. I [...]
2010-02-15 13:41:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL MR CN
10NOUAKCHOTT99MAURITANIA: S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] (U) Per reftel's instructions, please find below two project proposals. Post prefers the proposal "Mauritania Women Speak" by Nedwa because the second proposal, presented by the National Democratic Institute and the Reseau pour la Promotion de la Citoyennete (RPC),has high consultant, indi [...]
2010-02-15 13:48:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID MR
10NUEVOLAREDO44Major Gun Battle Between Mexican Army and Zetas at
[...] SBU - entire text. 2. SUMMARY: A major gun battle, clearly audible from the Texas side of the river, rang out at approximately 2130 hours February 19. Though Mexican sources are being vague about some of the details, it appears clear that this was another unplanned run-in [...]
2010-02-22 15:38:00Consulate Nuevo LaredoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC CASC MX
10NUEVOLAREDO56NUEVO LAREDO EMERGENCY ACTION COMMITTEE MEETING 02/27/10
[...] SBU - Entire text. 2. SUMMARY: Gulf Cartel DTO attacked two police stations in Nuevo Laredo evening of February 26. Zetas DTO, apparently searching for the Gulf perpetrators, appeared armed outside a barbecue attended by post personnel. Corroborated reports anticipate a Gul [...]
2010-02-27 18:21:00Consulate Nuevo LaredoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PGOV PREL SNAR MX
10OSLO100NORWAY 2010 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Oslo's points of contact for TIP issues are Scott Sommers, Political Officer ( 47) 21 30 88 69, fax ( 47) 22 55 43 13 and Tord Bergesen, Political Specialist, LES ( 47) 21 30 85 02. Poloff spent approximately 35 hours researching and preparing this report. End Summary. [...]
2010-02-22 13:06:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG KMCA NI
10OSLO106Statoil on Opening New Offshore Acreage, Stokman
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 13:31:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET SENV NO RS EFIS
10OSLO108EMBASSY OSLO'S TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY OFFICER
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 14:08:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON NO
10OSLO2(S/NF) OSLO EAC REVIEWS TERRORISM ISSUES INCLUDING
[...] (S/NF) Following consultations with Ambassador White, Charge Heg convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on January 5 to discuss measures in place at Embassy Oslo to avoid an incident like the attempted Christmas day bombing. The recent attack in Denmark, and developments regardi [...]
2010-01-05 15:12:00Embassy OsloSECRET//NOFORNASEC NO OVIP PINR PREL PTER
10OSLO23NORWAY'S RESPONSE ON AFGHAN LEAD PROVINCIAL
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points during his January 14 Courtesy Call to Defense Minister Grete Faremo (full conversation to be reported septel). Faremo responded by saying that Norway is committed to the NATO/ISAF mission in Afghanistan, and added that Norway needs to understand U.S. s [...]
2010-01-15 15:54:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALAF MARR MOPS NATO PREL NO
10OSLO26NORWEGIAN AID FOR HAITI LIKELY TO DOUBLE TO $35
[...] (U) This is an action request for WHA/CAR. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Norway on January 16 increased its promise of aid to Haiti to $17.5 million. The GON has already provided $7 million for relief efforts. An additional $17.5 million (bringing the total to $35 million) is l [...]
2010-01-20 09:50:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA NO
10OSLO30NORWAY'S POST COP-15 STEPS AND COPENHAGEN ACCORD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Norwegian acting chief climate negotiator Audun Rosland told DCM and PolEconOff January 15 that Norway had hoped for a more ambitious deal, but views the Copenhagen Accord as an important step in the right direction. He said that the Annex I countries (industrialized nations) [...]
2010-01-21 11:32:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG NO KGHG
10OSLO31NORWAY APPROVES OF US ACTION PLAN ON DEFEATING
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 12:38:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC NO
10OSLO32 PROGRESS TOWARD A NEW AMERICAN EMBASSY IN OSLO
[...] (U) Summary: Meetings with the city planning agency, local architects, and the public have put Oslo on a clear path toward receiving its first building permit. The redesigned chancery has won plaudits from city planners; their verbal approval and generally favorable comments from Oslo's Arch [...]
2010-01-21 16:05:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABLD AMGT NO
10OSLO33HIGH INTEREST IN NORWEGIAN CONTINETAL SHELF LICENSE AWARDS
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. companies participated in a high-interest nomination round for Norwegian Continental Shelf (NCS) licenses. The GON also awarded licenses in a separate predefined/mature areas licensing round. The high interest sends positive signals about the competitive situation on the she [...]
2010-01-22 14:31:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET EINV SENV ECON NO
10OSLO34 NORWAY SMOKES OUT TOBACCO PRODUCERS FROM PENSION FUND
[...] (SBU) Summary. Seventeen tobacco producers, including seven U.S. companies, have been excluded from the Norwegian Government Pension Fund's (GPF) portfolio, on ethical grounds. End Summary. 2. (U) On January 19, The Ministry of Finance announced that 17 tobacco producers had been excluded [...]
2010-01-22 14:33:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ENRG EPET ECON NO
10OSLO35 NORWAY'S ATTENDANCE AT PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE
[...] (U) Norway's Senior Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Ambassador Janis Bjorn Kanavin told PolOff January 21 that Norway would send MFA Senior Advisor Helene Sand Andresen to the PRT Conference in Prague starting January 25. Andresen told PolOff that Kirsten Gislesen and Colonel Roar [...]
2010-01-22 15:01:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO AF NO
10OSLO37GON VIEWS: LONDON CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: On January 25 MFA Af/Pak Director Ambassador Janis Bjorn Kanavin told PolOff and MoD Deputy Director of Security Policy General Bjorn Solberg told DCM, A/DATT and PolOff that the GoN was supportive overall of the US objectives for the London Conference. Kanavin did note that th [...]
2010-01-25 15:42:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF NO
10OSLO38NORWAY CONFIRMS DOUBLING OF AID TO $35 MILLION
[...] As foreshadowed in reftel, the Government of Norway announced on Sunday, January 24 that it will be doubling its aid to Haiti from 100 million kroner ($17.5 million) to 200 million kroner ($35 million). The press release from the office of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (translated by post; [...]
2010-01-25 15:42:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA NO
10OSLO39NORWAY CONFIRMS DOUBLING OF AID TO $35 MILLION
[...] As foreshadowed in reftel, the Government of Norway announced on Sunday, January 24 that it will be doubling its aid to Haiti from 100 million kroner ($17.5 million) to 200 million kroner ($35 million). The press release from the office of Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg (translated by post; [...]
2010-01-25 15:42:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV PREL PREF HA NO
10OSLO4IRANIAN DIPLOMAT CRITICIZES IRANIAN AUTHORITIES,
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-07 13:29:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALCASC IR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER NO
10OSLO40NORWAY'S ATTENDANCE AT PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 15:42:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO AF NO
10OSLO41NORWAY'S ATTENDANCE AT PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 15:42:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO AF NO
10OSLO42NORWAY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PRT CONFERENCE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 15:42:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO AF NO
10OSLO43NORWAY'S ATTENDANCE AT PRT CONFERENCE IN PRAGUE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 15:42:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO AF NO
10OSLO44NORWAY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE PRT CONFERENCE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 15:42:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO AF NO
10OSLO45EUR/RPM DIRECTOR DISCUSSES NATO, ARCTIC, AND
[...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the January 14 NATO Strategic Concept Seminar EUR/RPM Director Bruce Turner, DCM, and PolOff conducted bilateral meetings January 13 to discuss Afghanistan, NATO, Russia, and the Arctic High North. On Afghanistan, MFA and MoD officials described increasing Nor [...]
2010-01-26 11:49:00Embassy OsloSECRETPREL NATO MOPS PARM KNNP KCFE PGOV SENV AF NO
10OSLO47GON HAS "WAIT AND SEE" APPROACH ON ATTEMPTS TO BAR
[...] (C) MFA Iraq Desk Officer Anita Krokan told PolOff January 26 that their embassy in Amman has recommended a "wait and see" strategy in approaching the GoI in regards to barring of candidates from participating in the upcoming Iraqi parliamentary elections, Krokan said non-Sunni groups have a [...]
2010-01-26 14:22:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ NO
10OSLO5IRANIAN DIPLOMAT CRITICIZES IRANIAN AUTHORITIES,
[...] (C) Summary: Norwegian news outlets began reporting January 5 that Iranian diplomat Mohammed Reza Heydari had resigned his position at the Iranian embassy in Oslo to protest the December crack-down on demonstrators in Iran, and had sought asylum in Norway. Norwegian Police Security Service ( [...]
2010-01-07 14:18:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER NO
10OSLO53POST RESPONSE: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON
[...] (SBU) MFA Advisor Christoffer Aas Pedersen confirmed to PolOff January 28 that the MFA would not object if the USG informed U.S. applicants that Reidar Ostby's name must be removed from export licenses that list him as a foreign intermediate consignee. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Director for Non-Pr [...]
2010-01-28 11:33:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBU ETTC KOMC NO
10OSLO55POST RESPONSE: PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON
[...] (SBU) MFA Advisor Christoffer Aas Pedersen confirmed to PolOff January 28 that the MFA would not object if the USG informed U.S. applicants that Reidar Ostby's name must be removed from export licenses that list him as a foreign intermediate consignee. 2. (C) MFA Deputy Director for Non-Pr [...]
2010-01-28 11:51:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBU ETTC KOMC NO
10OSLO59Shots Fired at Mullah Krekar's Residence, No Suspects in
[...] (U) According to witnesses, two men allegedly attempted to break into Ansar al-Islam founder Mullah Krekar's (aka Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad) residence in Oslo early morning on January 22. Five shots were subsequently fired into the residence, lightly injuring Krekar's son-in-law in the arm. Kreka [...]
2010-02-01 11:07:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM IZ NO
10OSLO61NORWAY OPEN TO INCREASED PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Political Director of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vegard Ellefsen, responded receptively to all of reftel talking points, delivered by U.S. Ambassador to Norway Barry White. Ellefsen said that Norway would gladly support and easily adopt stricter measures at the [...]
2010-02-03 12:42:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC NO
10OSLO62Ambassador's Visit to Tromso and Participation in the Arctic
[...] (U) Summary: In his first visit to Tromso, the Ambassador gave a well-received presentation on U.S. Arctic policy, and met with the head of the Arctic Council Secretariat, local government officials, Tromso University representatives, a satellite services company, the leader of a global reinde [...]
2010-01-31 13:52:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV SOCI NO RS CH
10OSLO63FM Stoere Goes to Moscow
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Deputy Director for Northern and Russian Affairs Anne Kjesti Carlsen told PolOff February 5 that FM's Stoere's February 2 trip to Moscow should be viewed as preparatory work for President Medvedev's planned April visit to Norway. She said discussions focused largely on effor [...]
2010-02-05 16:30:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PARM PREL SENV ECON EFIS ENRG RS NO
10OSLO64NORWAY ASSOCIATES WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD, ANNOUNCES 30 - 40%
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GoN announced its support for the Copenhagen Accord and presented a 30-40 percent emissions reduction target by 2020, based on 1990 levels. Minister for Environment and Development Erik Solheim will travel to Washington D.C. February 11. End Summary 2. (U) On January [...]
2010-02-01 16:41:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KTIA ENRG NO
10OSLO65NORWAY AGREES WITH SHARK PROTECTION, WORRIES ABOUT FINANCING
[...] (SBU) Norwegian Directorate for Nature Management Senior Advisor Oystein Storkensen told PolOff February 4 that Norway agrees in principle with U.S. efforts to control and protect shark resources per reftel. However, Storkensen noted that the new Memorandum of Understanding should include a c [...]
2010-02-06 07:58:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV EFIS PHSA NO
10OSLO66OSLO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US-SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] Pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and the Foreign Assistance Act, Post conducted human rights vetting on the following member of the Norwegian Armed Forces, who has been selected to participate in the 5th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference, March 8-11, 2010, in Key West, Florida. 2. A. Nam [...]
2010-02-02 09:14:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM NO
10OSLO67SHOCKING ATROCITIES INSIDE A BASIJ ENCAMPMENT: NORWEGIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A kidnapped Norwegian student witnessed shocking atrocities and mass killings occurring inside a Basij camp (see paragraphs 3 and 4),according to Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials speaking confidentially. The GON has, separately, called the Iranian Charge d' [...]
2010-02-09 16:04:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR NO
10OSLO68THE ENGERGY PORTFOLIO AT EMBASSY OSLO
[...] In response to reftel, the personnel covering the energy portfolio at Embassy Oslo are as follows: 2. A. Aldo Sirotic, Deputy Counselor for Political and Economic Affairs (Phone: [+47] 2130-8738; Fax: [+47] 2244-8377; E-mail: SiroticAJ@state.gov),covers the full range of energy issues with [...]
2010-02-04 09:56:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDENRG NO
10OSLO69NORWEGIAN FM VISITS THE MIDDLE EAST: OSLO READOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Norwegian Foreign Minister Stoere's meeting on the Middle East in Brussels (January 12) and then in the region (January 16-20) have led him to believe that Palestinian President Abbas is not in a position to move forward in the way that European and U.S. leaders want him to, due to [...]
2010-02-10 11:44:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS NO
10OSLO70Norway's view on U.S. CITES Proposal
[...] (U) Ministry of Environment and Development Senior Advisor Mette Svenningsen told PolOff February 3 that Norway would not be prepared to comment on reftel until the end of February. She said the GoN would host a discussion February 15 with Norwegian NGO's to encourage their input for the u [...]
2010-02-04 16:09:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA AORC UNEP NO
10OSLO71Ambassador's Introductory Meeting with Justice and Police
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 12, the Ambassador met with GON Minister of Justice and the Police Knut Storberget. Storberget discussed his Ministry's key issues, Qcluding Norway's acceptance of Cuban migrants via the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),domestic violence, immi [...]
2010-02-18 12:45:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER AF CU NO KCRM KIPR KJUS PREL PREF KTIP
10OSLO72OSLO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US-SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] Pursuant to the Leahy Amendment and the Foreign Assistance Act, Post conducted human rights vetting on the following member of the Norwegian Armed Forces, who has been selected to participate in the 5th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference, March 8-11, 2010, in Key West, Florida. 2. A. [...]
2010-02-05 16:11:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM NO
10OSLO73NORWEGIANS DEEPLY PESSIMISTIC ON FMCT PROSPECTS IN CD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Norwegian Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs, Knut Langeland, sees little hope for the Fissile Material Cutoff Treaty (FMCT) in the Conference on Disarmament (CD),and painted a picture of the Program of Work (POW) and subsequent negotiations as totally stymied by cynical diplo [...]
2010-02-19 16:19:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPARM MNUC KNNP PREL NO
10OSLO75No New Norwegian Contribution to ANSF Trainers
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 16:01:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMASS PREL NATO NO
10OSLO77NORWAY CONSIDERS SUPPORTING GOLDSTONE UNGA RESOLUTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GON seems to want to support the new Goldstone resolution being considered at the UN General Assembly (UNGA),but cannot until problematic language on a conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Convention is removed. No final decision has yet been taken. Our G [...]
2010-02-23 12:34:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNGA NO
10OSLO79THE NORWEGIANS MUSE ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM AND THE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 13:53:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALMNUC KNNP PARM IR NO
10OSLO80NORWAY: DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] On February 8 PolOff provided Ministry of Transport (MoT) Deputy Director for Traffic Security and Emergency John Arild Jenssen reftel points and Pol LES confirmed with MoT Advisor Marcel Henri Godonou that the information collected by post on Norwegian cell phone use laws was correct and up-t [...]
2010-02-10 12:37:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI UNDP UNGA NO
10OSLO81NORWAY SEEKS CLOSE COOPERATION WITH U.S. ON HRC MARCH
[...] (C) On February 25, Poloff met with Vebjorn Heines, Coordinator of Human Rights Council (HRC) issues at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Heines said Norway sees eye-to-eye with the United States on virtually every one of our priorities, with the exception of Goldstone. Norway [...]
2010-02-26 12:45:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UN NO
10OSLO82Child Abduction Case Strains Norwegian - Moroccan Relations
[...] Summary: Scrutiny of the Norwegian MFA and MoD involvement in a high profile Norwegian - Moroccan child custody case has increased dramatically following the revelation by Norwegian centrist newspaper Verdens Gang (VG) January 30 that off-duty Norwegian Special Forces had assisted the mother [...]
2010-02-10 12:51:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KOCI MO NO
10OSLO83IRGC DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO NORWAY
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 15:29:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMNUC KNNP IR GM PREL PARM EFIN NO
10OSLO85DepMin of Defense: NATO'S Deterrence Capabilities Still Key
[...] (C) Meeting with DCM, PolOff and A/DAO before the February 26 release of the joint letter from five Foreign Ministers to NATO SYG Rasmussen calling for a discussion on NATO's nuclear policy at the upcoming Tallinn meeting, Deputy Minister of Defense Espen Barth Eide strongly criticized news re [...]
2010-02-26 16:25:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO KNNP PREL NO
10OSLO86Ambassador Discusses Pharmaceuticals, Afghanistan and Other
[...] (U) In his introductory call with Norwegian Minister of Health and Care Services Anne-Greth Strom-Erichson on February 10, the Ambassador 2010 discussed intellectual property problems facing research-based pharmaceuticals companies, Afghanistan, the H1N1 pandemic, and other issues. 2. [...]
2010-02-11 15:46:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KIPR ETRD AF PREL NO
10OSLO90NORWEGIAN MILITARY CONTRIBUTES FIELD KITCHENS TO NGO IN
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel, post contacted the Norwegian Ministry of Defense (MOD) to determine the nature and scope of Norway's military response to the Haiti crisis. The MOD said that for budget and logistical reasons, Norway would not contribute troops to peacekeeping operations on Haiti, [...]
2010-02-16 16:03:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HA NO SOCI MCAP MARR KPKO
10OSLO92OSLO MUSLIMS PROTEST DAGBLADET'S PUBLISHING OF A PROPHET
[...] (U) Summary: Norwegian left-leaning daily Dagbladet's published a front-page photo February 3 of suspected terrorist Arfan Bhatti pointing out that a Prophet Mohammad caricature was available through a link on the Police Security Services' (PST) Facebook page. The fact that the caricature co [...]
2010-02-18 15:34:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PHUM NO
10OSLO96Norwegian Company Claims Minimal Business in Iran, Reflects
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 10 meeting, representatives of Norwegian engineering and construction services company Aker Solutions told Emboffs that it has only marginal business with Iran's oil and gas sector. We also discussed GON industrial policy and Aker's recent failure to win a contrac [...]
2010-02-19 14:54:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDEPET NO ETTC IR
10OTTAWA1CANADA; TOP FIVE POLICY PRIORITIES IN 2010
[...] (C/NF) Summary. PM Harper's top goal for 2010 is remaining in power, preferably without an election that the public does not want but, if need be, to force the weak opposition parties to bring on another election and bear the political consequences. The Conservatives will need to demonstrate slow b [...]
2010-01-04 15:32:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR ECON ETRD SENV CA AF
10OTTAWA106CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER LAYS OUT G8, G20 PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: In Davos, Canadian Prime Minister Harper set out his agenda as host of the June 2010 G8 and G20 summits, focusing primarily on financial sector reform, stimulus programs, and global trade and growth. He also underscored a continued important role for the G8 and its "close coope [...]
2010-01-28 21:32:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON ETRD CA
10OTTAWA12LIBERALS CHART RENEWAL IN 2010
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Liberal Party of Canada plans an eighteen month program of policy renewal, rebuilding, and member engagement to "inspire, engage, activate" the party faithful between now and its next biennial convention in June 2011. It will also organize a long-delayed "thinkers' conferenc [...]
2010-01-05 20:38:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
10OTTAWA124CANADIAN SUPREME COURT: GOVERNMENT CAN DECIDE ON KHADR
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a unanimous decision on January 29, the Supreme Court of Canada overturned an Appeals Court order that the Canadian government must request the repatriation of Canadian citizen Omar Khadr in Guantanamo Bay from U.S. authorities. However, the Supreme Court also ruled that the f [...]
2010-01-29 21:08:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PTER CA
10OTTAWA126CANADA: CONSERVATIVES GAIN CONTROL OF SENATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Harper has gained effective control of the Senate in the next session of Parliament following the appointment of five new Conservative Senators, which gives his party a working plurality in the upper house for the first time. The shift should strengthen the Conser [...]
2010-02-01 20:51:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV CA
10OTTAWA140Tales of the U.S.-Canada Border #1 - Who Goes Where
[...] (U) Summary: Canadians regularly complain to U.S. officials that increased U.S. security measures such as the June 2009 Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative passport requirement have stifled cross-border travel and U.S. tourist visits to Canada. Recent Statistics Canada figures show that whil [...]
2010-02-03 18:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON CA EIND ETRD SOCI SMIG
10OTTAWA152CANADIAN COURT INTERVENES OVER TAMIL RELEASE
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Federal Court decision has underscored the federal government's responsibility to exercise due diligence in determining the admissibility of individuals to Canada on security grounds, overturning an Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) order to release a Tamil male whom the gov [...]
2010-02-08 20:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PHUM PREF CA CE
10OTTAWA156CANADA CALLS ON IRAN TO END ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
[...] (U) Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon on February 8 issued a statement expressing concern over Iran's decision further to enrich nuclear material, and calling on Iran to "end its contempt for the international community" and to "take steps toward transparency and compliance" with the [...]
2010-02-09 13:07:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM UNSC IR CA
10OTTAWA158TFHA01: CANADIANS GIVE GENEROUSLY FOR HAITI RELIEF
[...] (U) Summary: Canadians have so far contributed C$113 million (approximately US$105.6 million) to the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund; the government has pledged to match all such contributions through February 12. In addition, the Government of Canada has earmarked C$135 million (approximately U [...]
2010-02-09 16:36:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID HA CA
10OTTAWA162CANADIAN PM VOWS TO KEEP PRESSURE ON IRAN
[...] (U) Prime Minister Stephen Harper on February 10 expressed Canada's concern about Iran's nuclear enrichment program as well as its "deplorable human rights practices." He pledged to use Canada's G8 presidency in 2010 to work with partners to "hold Iran to account" through "strong and viable [...]
2010-02-11 14:09:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PARM IR CA
10OTTAWA168TFHA01: MORE ON CANADIAN MILITARY CONTRIBUTIONS IN HAITI
[...] (U) The Canadian Forces confirmed to DATT that their 60 day deployment to Haiti will end o/a March 13. The deployments will be somewhat staggered, with the Disaster Assistance Relief Team (DART) and at least one ship and possibly some helicopters departing first. Any extension will have to [...]
2010-02-12 16:59:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS MARR HA CA
10OTTAWA172TFHA01: CANADIAN PM IN HAITI
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a two day visit to Haiti, Canadian Prime Minister Harper pledged C$12 million (US$11.4 million) to construct temporary buildings as a base for key Haitian government departments and underscored that Haiti would remain a long-term Canadian aid priority despite future budge [...]
2010-02-16 17:41:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID MOPS HA CA
10OTTAWA174CANADA CRITICIZES IRAN'S ARRESTS OF BAHA'I FOLLOWERS
[...] (U) In a statement on February 14, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon criticized Iran for its recent detention of seven Baha'i followers, which he called "unacceptable," as well as for other human rights violations. He called on Iran to adopt "meaningful change in its human rights practices. [...]
2010-02-17 16:28:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM IR CA
10OTTAWA178CANADA: SECOND LIFE SENTENCE FOR ANOTHER TERRORIST
[...] (U) A Quebec court in Montreal on February 17 laid down a life sentence for Moroccan-born Said Namouh on a charge of conspiracy to detonate an explosive device, on which he had been convicted in October 2009. The court at the same time gave him concurrent sentences of four, eight, and eight [...]
2010-02-17 22:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PHUM MO CA
10OTTAWA19Canadian Representation at PRT Conference in Prague
[...] (SBU) In response to a January 14 demarche by PolMinCouns concerning high level Canadian participation at the Prague PRT conference (ref a),Acting Director General Jamie Christoff of the Afghanistan Task Force at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed that Jess D [...]
2010-01-19 15:31:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO AF CA
10OTTAWA206Canada To Vote No On UNGA Goldstone Resolution
[...] (SBU) Canada will vote against the Palestinian-drafted resolution in the UN General Assembly on the Goldstone Report, according to the Human Rights Policy Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Canada voted against the draft resolution tabled in the UNGA in No [...]
2010-02-26 22:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA CA
10OTTAWA208CANADA 2010 TIP REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 23:32:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CA ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10OTTAWA21Canadian PM and NATO S-G Discuss Afghanistan, the Strategic
[...] (C/NF) Summary. In a meeting in Ottawa with the NATO Secretary General, PM Harper promised to consider a training role in Afghanistan after Canada's combat mission ends in 2011, while noting the importance of managing messaging to avoid characterizations of ""withdrawal."" Mounting Canadian d [...]
2010-01-20 18:49:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS MARR AF NATO CA
10OTTAWA23Canada on Amendments to GICNT Terms of Reference
[...] (U) In response to reftel demarche on the draft revised terms of reference for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT),David McDuff, Senior Policy Officer in the Nonproliferation and Nuclear Disarmament Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade ( [...]
2010-01-20 18:56:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PTER KGIC CA
10OTTAWA29Canada's Conservative Government and its Arctic Focus
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Since the day after his initial election victory in January 2006, Canadian PM Stephen Harper has continually played up his government's commitment to defending Canada's "North" (the landmass above 60 degrees North latitude represents about 40% of Canada's total territory, but only h [...]
2010-01-21 16:52:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PBTS PGOV SENV CA XQ
10OTTAWA31CANADA PRESSES IRAQ ON BARRING CANDIDATES FROM ELECTIONS
[...] (C/NF) In response to reftel demarche by PolMinCouns on January 21, Director General for the Middle East and Maghreb John Holmes of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed that Canada was "way ahead of you" on pressing the Iraq government over the attempts to bar c [...]
2010-01-22 16:13:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV IZ CA
10OTTAWA33CANADA PRESSES IRAN AGAIN ON AMCIT CASES
[...] (C/NF) In a discussion with PolMinCouns on January 22, Director General for the Middle East and the Maghreb John Holmes of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade said that he had once again raised the six Amcit cases in Iran (reftels) with the Iranian Charge d'Affaires in O [...]
2010-01-22 16:30:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL CASC IR CA
10OTTAWA39Canada To Urge Yemen Conference to Consider "Fragile State"
[...] (C/NF) Canada will approach the London Conference on Yemen (reftel) with a "modest" agenda to "find out what is needed" and to "see how Canada might be able to help," according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Gulf and Maghreb Relations Director Jeffrey McLaren. [...]
2010-01-26 18:11:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PTER YM CA
10OTTAWA41Canadian Views on Afghanistan Heading into the London
[...] (SBU) Summary. Canada's priorities for London are the transition to Afghan lead, reintegration, and reconciliation. Canada is looking for more information on the Reintegration Trust Fund before making a decision on its contribution. Canada hopes to avoid specific time lines for transition, [...]
2010-01-26 21:54:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON EFIN AF CA
10OTTAWA43Canada to maintain human rights pressure on Iran at UPR
[...] (C/NF) Canada agrees with U.S. views and suggested questions and recommendations for the UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Iran (reftel),according to Flavie Major, Deputy Director, and Dane Hiebert, Policy Officer, of the Human Rights Policy Division of the De [...]
2010-01-27 19:22:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL IR CA
10OTTAWA49Transforming the Canadian Forces: The Spirit is Willing...
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The Canadian Forces are severely stretched and the ambitious goals set by the Canada First Defence Strategy continue to encounter delays and budget constraints that will limit the scope of the projected transformation of the forces. The government of Prime Minister Harper may [...]
2010-02-04 15:58:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MOPS MARR CA
10OTTAWA5Canadian review almost complete of MOU for Support to U.S.
[...] (C/NF) On January 7, Jamie Pennell of the Bilateral Relations and Operations Division of the Afghanistan Task Force within the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) provided an update on the status of the draft MOU for life support and security to U.S. civilians operati [...]
2010-01-07 18:31:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MOPS NATO MARR AF CA
10OTTAWA51Ottawa Proposes Only Minor Changes in MOU on Life Support
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) has concluded that the draft MOU for life support for U.S. civilians deployed to non-U.S. PRTs cannot be between two embassies and must be non-binding. Either DFAIT or the Department of National Defence would b [...]
2010-02-04 19:08:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMOPS MARR PREL EAID AF CA
10OTTAWA55TFHA01: CANADA CONSIDERING MEDEVACS
[...] (U) Canada is in the process of establishing procedures to treat medevac patients from Haiti. A British Columbia-based NGO -- the Rick Hansen Foundation (which specializes in spinal cord injuries) -- has identified eight Haitian patients with spiral cord injuries recommended by contacts on t [...]
2010-02-05 20:27:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID MOPS HA CA
10OTTAWA57VISAS VIPER: REVOCATION OF VISA OF XXXXXXXXXXXX DUE
[...] (S/NF) BEGIN SUMMARY Based on information received from GRPO, Post nominates XXXXXXXXXXXX, a Turkish citizen who is a permanent resident of Canada, for inclusion in the Visas Viper program. XXXXXXXXXXXX is being nominated because of his association with Hiva ALIZADEH, a Canadian c [...]
2010-02-05 23:02:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC CA
10OTTAWA60Canada's 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 15:18:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC KTDB USTR ETRD EINV
10OTTAWA61CANADA: WELCOME THE PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION
[...] (U) Embassy warmly welcomes the Presidential delegation to the Opening Ceremony of the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and grants country clearance. Ambassador Jacobson looks forward to welcoming the delegation personally upon arrival. JACOBSON [...]
2010-02-10 19:22:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAFIN AMGT OTRA PGOV CA
10OTTAWA63OTTAWA - DTSPO INTERNET TRANSPORT SERVICE - RENEW CONTRACT
[...] Contract # CW0075066 with Allstream (ISP VPN vendor for 1 MBPS service) is CD$729.75 per month x 12 = CD$8757. Including exchange rate plus 5% = US$9200. 2. Post will await fund cite via return cable. JACOBSON [...]
2010-02-10 20:28:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMGT ANET AFIN KRIM XTAG
10OTTAWA67CANADIAN PLANS IN AFGHANISTAN POST-2011
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Canada will not only end its military mission in Afghanistan in 2011 but will likely significantly scale back its assistance after 2011 and offer only relatively modest contributions to Afghan Trust Funds. A top priority is likely to be the Afghan-Pakistan border programs. With grow [...]
2010-02-18 22:11:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID MOPS MARR AF CA HA
10OTTAWA69Canadian Thoughts on FMCT and Part 1 of the Conference on
[...] (C) Summary. Canada continues to engage Pakistan bilaterally in an effort to persuade Islamabad to join consensus within the CD and allow negotiations to begin on a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty. Informal discussions under the auspices of a reputable NGO might offer a venue for more open [...]
2010-02-19 13:46:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM MNUC KNNP PREL CA
10OTTAWA70CANADA: MODEST CABINET SHUFFLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: PM Harper reshuffled his cabinet on January 19 in preparation for a new session of Parliament and Speech from the Throne on March 3 and a federal budget on March 4. The changes included ten medium and lower rank portfolios, and reflected a strongly economic focus. He identifi [...]
2010-01-19 22:12:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PINR CA
10OTTAWA79VISAS VIPER: INDIVIDUALS ASSOCATED WITH HIVA ALIZADEH, A
[...] (S/NF) Based on information received from GRPO, Post nominates the following individuals for inclusion in the Visas Viper program. All of them are known associates of Hiva Alizadeh, a Canadian citizen born in Iran who is strongly suspected of being an Islamic extremist who is plotti [...]
2010-02-24 19:29:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNCVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC CA
10OTTAWA81Canada Supports U.S. Position on Phenyl Acetic Acid at UN
[...] (SBU) Canada is "supportive" of U.S. efforts to tighten controls on phenyl acetic acid at the upcoming UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (UNCND) and is willing to help in "rounding up likeminded countries," according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) contacts. Ther [...]
2010-02-24 21:42:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR UNCND AORC CA
10OTTAWA83CANADIAN AUDITOR GENERAL DECLINES OIOS NOMINATION
[...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on February 25, Auditor General of Canada Shelia Fraser said that she was "deeply honored" that the USG had nominated her as a candidate for the head of the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS). She asked, however, that the USG withdraw her nomination. S [...]
2010-02-25 18:16:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC AMGT CA
10OTTAWA84CANADA POISED TO TIGHTEN CRIME SENTENCING RULES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although PM Harper continues to criticize sentencing provisions in Canada that permit terrorists and criminals, including at least one convicted "Toronto 18" terrorist, to obtain enhanced sentencing credit for time served in pre-trial custody, Parliament actually passed a govern [...]
2010-01-22 20:30:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER CA
10OTTAWA85Canada Shares U.S. Views on Challenges, Way Forward in Sri
[...] (C/NF) Summary. Canada's analysis of the challenges the international community faces in Sri Lanka "tracks almost identically" with that of the U.S. Canada is nonetheless less optimistic than the U.S. about Sri Lanka's long-term future in light of the undercutting of democratic institutions [...]
2010-02-26 14:12:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM CE CA
10OTTAWA86CANADA AND HAITI
[...] (U) Summary. Haiti, even before the recent earthquake, was a major foreign policy priority for Canada. Haiti is Canada's second largest recipient of humanitarian assistance worldwide, with a number of Canadian federal and provincial agencies as well as private sector institutions active in [...]
2010-01-22 20:44:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID MOPS HA CA
10OTTAWA89GCINT: Informing Canadaof 2010 UAE Plenary
[...] (SBU) In a February 25 meeting with David McDuff, Senior Policy Officer in the Non-Proliferation and Nuclear Disarmament Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, polmiloff delivered reftel message about the 2010 GCINT plenary. McDuff offered no substantive com [...]
2010-02-26 23:37:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC CA
10OTTAWA91Canadian Views on Syria and Iran at IAEA BOG Meeting
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Canada supports the U.S. call for strong statements on both Iranian and Syrian nuclear activities at the IAEA Board of Governors meeting March 1-5. Nonproliferation is a major theme of Canada's G-8 Presidency, and the Prime Minister has repeatedly voiced his strong views on I [...]
2010-02-26 23:41:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPARM PREL SY IAEA MNUC TRGY CA IR
10OTTAWA93Canada Willing To Consider Training, Equipping Formed Police
[...] (C/NF) In a discussion with Deputy Pol/C on February 25, Michael Kaduck, Director of Peace Operations and Fragile States at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),dismissed the idea of contributing a Canadian formed police unit (FPU) for Haiti. He noted that Canada [...]
2010-02-26 23:45:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV SOCI MCAP ASEC MARR KJUS KPKO EFIN HA CA
10OTTAWA95Canada Strongly Supports U.S. Approach to OAS Reform,
[...] (C/NF) Canada "strongly supports" the U.S. approach to OAS reform and the mandate for the next OAS Secretary General (reftel),according to Jeff Marder, Director of South American and Inter-American Relations at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Marder added th [...]
2010-02-26 23:48:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM OAS AORC CA
10OUAGADOUGOU124BURKINA FASO,S TRADE UNIONS PROTEST COMMUNAL TAX,
[...] SUMMARY: Trade unions and independent syndicates have called for a nationwide strikes and demonstrations on February 24th to protest the application of a so-called "Communal Development Tax." Unions believe that this tax is unfair, unpopular and anti-social, and insist that the government rep [...]
2010-02-23 17:07:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB PREL PGOV UV
10OUAGADOUGOU126BURKINA FASO:WOMAN INDICTED FOR SELLING 19 BABIES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A Burkinabe woman was arrested and charged in an international human trafficking ring that took poor pregnant women from Burkina Faso to Chad, through Libya and finally to Italy. Once the babies were born they were sold to Italians couples and the mother sent home with a meager [...]
2010-02-24 17:23:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIP PGOV UV
10OUAGADOUGOU130BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED CONCERNING USG
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 07:56:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UV
10OUAGADOUGOU131BURKINA FASO: DEMARCHE DELIVERED CONCERNING MARCH
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 11:47:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IAEA UV
10OUAGADOUGOU21BURKINA FASO: COMPAORE FACILITATES A THREE HOUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Guinean Interim President Konate arrived in Ouagadougou late on January 13th and was quickly driven to the Presidential palace for a three hour long meeting with Compaore and Dadis. Nothing has filtered out of the yesterday's meeting yet, and no press points or communiqus have [...]
2010-01-14 12:11:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV GV UV
10OUAGADOUGOU25BURKINA FASO: MARCEL KAFANDO, ONLY OFFICIAL SUSPECT IN THE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Marcel Kafando, the only official suspect in the 1998 assassination of well known Burkinabe journalist Robert Zongo, died in Ouagadougou on December 23rd, possibly bringing to a close this 11 year old unresolved case. This case has indirectly pointed the finger to high level i [...]
2010-01-20 16:16:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PINS UV
10OUAGADOUGOU4BURKINA FASO: ECONOMICS AND DEMOCRACY ARE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In his traditional New Year's address, President Blaise Compaore focused on economics, including sustainable and balanced development, economic growth, the fight against corruption, and infrastructure development. He also reflected on broader aspects of democracy with an emphas [...]
2010-01-06 14:57:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL SOCI UV
10OUAGADOUGOU68BURKINA FASO ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-03 15:03:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL IR UNSC UV
10OUAGADOUGOU932010 Presidential elections on the horizon
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Compaore has been in power since 1987. As a result of a change to the constitution in 2000, he is eligible to run for President one final time in 2010. The likely outcome of the elections is predictable: a clear Compaore victory in the first round. Because the numerous [...]
2010-02-08 11:11:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM UV
10PANAMA1Senior GOP Officials Express Doubts About Contractor for
[...] (C) Senior GOP Officials have expressed doubts to the Embassy and to members of a visiting U.S. Congressional delegation about the ability of the GUPC Consortium led by Spanish and Italian firms Sacyr and Impregilo to carry out the work on the expansion of the Panama Canal. 2. (C) At a December 2 [...]
2010-01-08 17:19:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EWWT EINV PM
10PANAMA11Demarche Response: Panama Passes On UN Human Rights Council
[...] (C) Panama will not run for the UN Human Rights Council in 2010, according to Tomas Guardia, the Director of International Organizations and Conferences at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Guardia stated to Poloff that Panama did not have the resources in Geneva necessary to participate in the [...]
2010-01-20 13:42:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UN
10PANAMA134Blue Lantern: Response to end use check on license GC
[...] (SBU) Per STATE 3402 (Blue Lantern level 3: Post-shipment end use check on license GC 0706-08),below is the requested information. All answers (A) are direct responses from Terry Holowach, a representative of Cargo Three Inc., in this case, the purchaser of the three aircraft. For the recor [...]
2010-02-23 18:03:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC PM
10PANAMA15Demarche Response: Panama Will Not Accept Resettlement of
[...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed post that Panama is not willing to resettle Cuban national Santiago Alvarez Fernandez Magrina. Citing the UN Convention on Refugees and the Inter-American Convention on Political Asylum, the ministry suggested that the United States seek resett [...]
2010-01-20 22:55:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SMIG
10PANAMA29Martinelli Ratchets Up Pressure on Attorney General
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 21:33:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PINR PM
10PANAMA41Confrontation with the FARC Rattles GOP
[...] (S//NF) Three members of the FARC were killed in Panama's Darien province and two were captured on January 27, apparently after a Panamanian National Frontier Service (SENAFRONT) patrol stumbled upon the guerrillas traveling in a boat on the Tuira river. Reports indicate the guerrillas opened [...]
2010-02-01 22:55:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPTER SNAR PGOV PREL PM CO
10PANAMA43Martinelli's Wish is Supreme Court's Command: Attorney
[...] (C) Panama's Supreme Court has voted 5-4 to temporarily suspend Attorney General Ana Matilde Gomez pending trial on a charge of abuse of authority. Removing Gomez became feasible only after President Martinelli appointed two new justices to the court last month who were widely viewed as persona [...]
2010-02-01 23:11:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PM KJUS
10PANAMA50Panama Request for FY 2010 Biotechnology Outreach Support
[...] (SBU) Summary. Agricultural producers, the Ministry of Agricultural Development of Panama, and the Agricultural Research Institute of Panama are interested in developing programs to research and produce genetically modified crops, such as: rice, maize, sorghum, and sugar cane. The goals would [...]
2010-01-14 22:13:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR FAS PM
10PANAMA54Panama: 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 16:23:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON USTR OPIC KTDB PM
10PANAMA61Alleged Kidnap Plot Shows Intel Chief's Hostile Intent,
[...] (S//NF) Summary: The head of Panama's intelligence service, Olmedo Alfaro, has again demonstrated his anti-U.S. bias in his handling of an alleged kidnapping attempt against President Ricardo Martinelli. Although Martinelli requested the Embassy's help in the investigation, Alfaro refused assi [...]
2010-02-09 21:45:00Embassy PanamaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL ASEC SNAR PINR KCRM PM CASC
10PANAMA69Terrorism Finance: Pre-Notification for UN 1267 Designation
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 21:57:00Embassy PanamaSECRETEFIN PM KTFN PTER
10PANAMA7Supreme Court Turnover Consolidates Presidential Power
[...] (C) On January 4 the Supreme Court elected longtime member Anibal Salas as president and chose recent appointee and former drug prosecutor Jose Almengor as president of the court's criminal chamber. Salas won six votes for president, including those of Alberto Cigarruista and Winston Spadafora [...]
2010-01-19 19:01:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KDEM PINR PM
10PANAMA71Deterioration of Panama's Business Climate Under President
[...] (C) The Government of Panama (GOP) disadvantaged at least two American companies in a $55.5 million dollar improperly implemented emergency licitation procedures for electrical generators to fortify Panama's electrical generation capacity in anticipation of El Nino. This improper licitation in [...]
2010-02-10 22:44:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON PM COM EINV ENRG
10PANAMA87No Recognition for PRC Anytime Soon - Panama Sticks with
[...] (U) The GOP has renewed its commitment to Panama's longstanding relationship with Taiwan, despite public statements by President Ricardo Martinelli in 2009 that Panama would opt for formal diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China (PRC). Martinelli attempted to follow through with his [...]
2010-02-23 19:07:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM CH TW ECON
10PANAMA89No Recognition for PRC Anytime Soon - Panama Sticks with
[...] (U) The GOP has renewed its commitment to Panama's longstanding relationship with Taiwan, despite public statements by President Ricardo Martinelli in 2009 that Panama would opt for formal diplomatic ties with the People's Republic of China (PRC). Martinelli attempted to follow through with his [...]
2010-02-23 21:02:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PM CH TW ECON
10PANAMA92Embassy Panama's Energy Team - Response to 2010 State 9572
[...] (U) The information below is in response to 2010 State 9572 (Developing a Community of Energy Officers). 2. (U) Jim Bangert (bangertj@state.gov Country Code 507, 207-7237) covers energy issues at Embassy Panama. Jim will handle Energy Portal submissions until he departs post [...]
2010-02-04 22:36:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PM
10PARAMARIBO10VISAS VIPER: DECEMBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] Liza Ybarra, Consular Chief, is post's Visas Viper Coordinator. 2. Post held the Visas Viper committee meeting on January 6, 2009. 3. The meeting was chaired by Acting DCM Jennifer Christenson. 4. In attendance: AMB, ADCM, CONS, POL, MLO and DEA. 5. The committee i [...]
2010-01-08 15:35:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT PINR PTER ASEC KVPR NS
10PARAMARIBO100VISA VIPER: JANUARY 2010 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] Liza Ybarra, Consular Chief, is post's Visas Viper Coordinator. 2. Post held the Visas Viper committee meeting on February 10, 2010. 3. The meeting was chaired by DCM Susan Bell. 4. In attendance: DCM, CONS, POL, and DEA. 5. The comm [...]
2010-02-11 16:46:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC
10PARAMARIBO102Suriname Response: OIG Review of Impact of Required
[...] (U) Post is pleased to provide a response keyed to Reftel. 2. (SBU) a. The Human Rights Report takes the most time and attention from State personnel at the Embassy. b. The Political/Economic Section is responsible for gathering information and preparing the following congressi [...]
2010-02-11 20:15:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASIG PHUM NS
10PARAMARIBO114Government of Suriname delayed in preliminary response to
[...] (SBU) On February 11, Post delivered the talking points (reftel) via diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) requesting that they be forwarded to the Ministry of Physical Planning, Land, and Forestry Management; Ministry of Labor, Technology, and Environment; Ministry of Transp [...]
2010-02-18 21:21:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KSCA AORC UNEP NS
10PARAMARIBO116Suriname: 2009 Information on Child Labor and Forced Labor
[...] (U) Post is pleased to submit 2009 information on Child Labor and Forced Labor. 2. (U) SECTION I/TVPRA Post does not have any additional information on goods to provide. There is no evidence that any Suriname-produced goods are produced using forced labor or exploitive chil [...]
2010-02-19 19:06:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI NS
10PARAMARIBO122S/GWI Project Proposal Response from Paramaribo
[...] (U) Post is pleased to submit three proposals for the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues Small Grants Initiative. In rank order, the proposals are from the following organizations: (1) Women's Business Group; (2) Women's Parliament Forum, and (3) Stichting Agrarische Vrouwen. Post no [...]
2010-02-23 18:03:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN KPAO PHUM NS
10PARAMARIBO128Request for Human Rights Vetting for U.S. Sponsored
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-23 20:07:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM NS
10PARAMARIBO14informal gold rush in Southeastern Suriname
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Post's three Entry Level Officers recently organized Embassy Paramaribo's first annual "Entry Level Officer Interior Outreach Legacy Project," visiting east central Suriname, a remote, difficult-to-reach area populated primarily by Njuka Maroons (descendants of escaped slaves),[...]
2010-01-11 22:15:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDECON EMIN KPAO SENV TSPL NS
10PARAMARIBO16Informal gold rush in Southeastern Suriname
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Post's three Entry Level Officers recently organized Embassy Paramaribo's first annual "Entry Level Officer Interior Outreach Legacy Project," visiting east central Suriname, a remote, difficult-to-reach area populated primarily by Njuka Maroons (descendants of escaped slaves),[...]
2010-01-11 22:34:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDECON EMIN KPAO SENV TSPL NS
10PARAMARIBO2Evaluation of Participation of Louis Alfaisie in FY09 MRP
[...] (SBU) Overview and positives: Mr. Louis Alfaisie, reporter for De West, a national daily newspaper, participated in the FY09 Multi-Regional Program (MRP) "INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM II" August 10 - 28, 2009. During his November 2009 return brief with the DCM, PolEconPDoff, and PD Assistant [...]
2010-01-04 12:39:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOEXC KPAO SCUL NS
10PARAMARIBO20Suriname: Political Parties Lack Fiscal Transparency and
[...] (SBU) Summary. With interest in Suriname's May 2010 elections primarily focused on the drama among Suriname's political parties, especially on whether former military dictator Desi Bouterse plans to run for president while he stands trial for murder, little attention is paid to the basic elemen [...]
2010-01-14 12:30:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NS
10PARAMARIBO26Paramaribo: Request for American Corners Sustaining Funds in
[...] (U) SUMMARY (A) Embassy Paramaribo requests "American Corner Sustaining Funds" for FY10. Post's vigorous efforts in harnessing the American Corner's (AC) capabilities as one of Post's premier public diplomacy tool paid off with a dramatic 132% increase in the number of audience members r [...]
2010-01-14 15:20:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KIRC NS
10PARAMARIBO28VISAS VIPER: OCTOBER 2009 MONTHLY ACTIVITY REPORT
[...] Liza Ybarra, Consular Chief, is post's Visas Viper Coordinator. 2. Post held the Visas Viper committee meeting on November 4, 2009. 3. The meeting was chaired by DCM Susan Bell. 4. In attendance: DCM, CONS, POL and DEA. 5. The committee identified no specific inf [...]
2010-01-15 17:06:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CMGT KVPR PINR PTER ASEC
10PARAMARIBO34Suriname: Investment Climate Statement 2010
[...] Post submits the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Suriname. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. The Government of Suriname (GOS) welcomes Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the country and has identified it as key factor in achieving susta [...]
2010-01-19 18:32:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV NS
10PARAMARIBO38Suriname's Offer of Humanitarian Assistance to Haiti
[...] (SBU) CDA Bell delivered REFTEL points to Ambassador Glen Alvares, Special Advisor to Suriname's Minister of Foreign Affairs, on January 20. Alvares indicated that all official Government of Suriname (GOS) offers of assistance are currently pending with CARICOM/CDEMA. Alvares, however, was un [...]
2010-01-20 21:42:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PGOV PREL HA NS
10PARAMARIBO4Evaluation of Participation of Jimmy Chin Chan Sen in FY10
[...] (SBU) Overview and positives: Mr. Jimmy Chin Chan Sen, Education Inspector, participated as an International Visitor (IV) in the FY10 Multi-Regional Program (MRP) "ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION IN THE U.S." from October 17-November 07, 2009. During his return brief with the PolEcon Chie [...]
2010-01-04 18:48:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOEXC KPAO SCUL NS
10PARAMARIBO5Scenesetter for Special Envoy David Goldwyn and EGCI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY OF PROPOSED TRIP AGENDA: Everyone at Embassy Paramaribo joins me in welcoming Special Envoy David Goldwyn and the Energy Governance and Capacity Initiative delegation to Suriname. Although we cannot yet provide a confirmed schedule, we expect our Ministerial-level and worki [...]
2010-02-23 18:12:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET EAID ECON ETRD PGOV NS
10PARAMARIBO50SURINAME'S PROPOSAL FOR FY2010 BUSINESS FACILITATION
[...] (U) Embassy Paramaribo presents its FY2010 proposal under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF)(reftel). The following are Post's proposals listed in rank order: - Organize a "USA Expo" to promote U.S. products in the Surinamese market, with a special focus given to market [...]
2010-01-22 19:21:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ECON EINV ETRD BTIO NS
10PARAMARIBO66Demarche Delivered: Suriname still deliberating whether to
[...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel points to Suriname's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Jane Nanhu-Aarland on January 26. She said the GOS was still deliberating whether Suriname would associate with the Copenhagen Accord. In a follow-up call on January 29, she indicated the GO [...]
2010-01-29 18:56:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG KGHG NS
10PARAMARIBO74Request for Human Rights Vetting for U.S. Sponsored
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-04 18:49:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM NS
10PARAMARIBO76SURINAME MAY 2010 ELECTIONS: Parties and Coalitions - The
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Suriname's political parties are entering the home stretch of negotiations, as parties and formal coalitions must register with the Central Polling Authority prior to the March 16-21 deadline in order to participate in the May 25 national elections. The public is bombarded by a [...]
2010-02-04 20:53:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NS
10PARAMARIBO78SURINAME: 2009 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] (U) Post is pleased to provide its 2009 End Use Monitoring Report. Cable is keyed to Reftel. 2. (U) BACKGROUND A. Inventory Management Post's EUM Program Coordinator: Geneve Menscher, Pol-Econ Chief, (597) 472-900 ext. 2205, MenscherGe@state.gov. B. Inventory System [...]
2010-02-05 12:31:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN NS
10PARAMARIBO84EVALUATION OF PARTICIPATION OF SASKIA WOODLY IN FY-10 MRP
[...] (U) Overview and positives: Saskia Woodly, Prevention Manager at the National AIDS Program in Suriname, participated in the FY 2010 Multi-Regional Program "HIV/AIDS Education and Prevention in the U.S." from November 16 through December 4, 2009. During her post-trip briefing, Woodly thanked th [...]
2010-02-05 19:54:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOEXC KPAO SCUL NS
10PARIS101OECD: OPPORTUNITIES TO ADVANCE U.S. DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: OECD development institutions provide opportunities for harnessing the OECD's unique strengths (donor coordination, peer learning, analysis of market-based best practices, and statistics) in support of U.S. development priorities. As the USG looks for ways to elevate its develop [...]
2010-01-29 16:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN OECD XA XE XF XL XM
10PARIS104FRANCE: NUCLEAR ENERGY LEADERS FEUD OVER INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Fillon demanded Areva and Electricite de France (EDF) CEOs settle disputes over the Areva-EDF framework agreement on nuclear fuel. Differences in the leaders' corporate strategies have been compounded by a very public personality clash. GOF officials condemn the feu [...]
2010-02-01 11:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON ETRD PREL FR
10PARIS105FRENCH RESPONSE ON MAGHREB KIDNAPPING THREAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France shares our concerns about the kidnapping and security threats to westerners in Africa's Sahel and Maghreb regions. The French MFA routinely issues travel warnings in an effort to dissuade French citizens from traveling in much of the Sahel and Maghreb regions. France sh [...]
2010-02-01 14:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC XI XG FR
10PARIS109FRANCE'S CURRENT THINKING ON WEST AFRICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The AQIM threat in Africa's Sahel is France's number one priority on the continent, and there are troubling signs that AQIM is trying to expand its area of operations to Nigeria and Senegal, according to the MFA's DAS for West Africa, Laurent Bigot. During a January 27 meeting [...]
2010-02-02 12:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KCOR PINR MOPS MA NG MR NI
10PARIS111REPORT OF THE 119TH NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY STEERING
[...] SUMMARY: The OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Steering Committee met October 29-30, 2009 at OECD headquarters in Paris. Chairman Richard Stratford (U.S.) was reelected as Chair of the Steering Committee. The meeting took place against a backdrop of developments which indicate heightened inter [...]
2010-02-02 14:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ENRG KNNP TRGY ISCA IEA OECD
10PARIS115Request for Guidance on USG Bluefin Tuna Policy in CITES
[...] (SBU) Since January 2009 when the USG listed France as a country that tolerates Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, French public attention to the depletion of Mediterranean and Eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna stocks has grown. More importantly, Prince Albert of Monaco has asked m [...]
2010-02-02 17:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP
10PARIS130VISIT OF CODEL TANNER TO PARIS, FEBRUARY 16 - 19
[...] (SBU) The U.S. Mission to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) welcomes CODEL Tanner travel to Paris from February 16 to 19, 2010 to attend several official events and meetings. 2. (U) The control Officer for the visit is Secretary of Delegation, J. Palmer Rosel [...]
2010-02-03 17:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN OVIP FR
10PARIS139FRANCE SUPPORTS COPENHAGEN ACCORD, WORKING ON NEXT STEPS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: France is promoting association with the Copenhagen Accord and is taking the initiative on next steps. The GOF is urging African countries directly, and through the Francophonie organization indirectly, to associate themselves with the Copenhagen Accord. The French are also wor [...]
2010-02-05 15:08:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ENRG FR
10PARIS140OECD COUNCIL AND ENHANCED ENGAGEMENT PARTNERS DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Council of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) met in an enlarged session with Enhanced Engagement and Accession Country countries to discuss the development dimension of OECD work on climate change, trade, taxation, and food security. The discus [...]
2010-02-05 15:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN ETRD OECD XA XE XF XL XM
10PARIS141FRANCE SUPPORTS MEASURES AGAINST DISTRACTED DRIVING
[...] Summary: In a February 3 meeting with the Ambassador, French Junior Minister for Transportation Dominique Bussereau praised recent USG efforts on distracted driving. Bussereau described ongoing GOF efforts to reduce road deaths from 7,000 a few years ago to 3,000 by 2012 through enforcing sp [...]
2010-02-05 16:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETTC SOCI UNDP EU FR
10PARIS142CHINA/AFRICA: FRENCH THINK-TANK DIRECTOR WANTS TO
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: French think-tank director Francois Gere (PROTECT) wants to deliver a "tougher message" to Chinese interlocutors during his regular consultations in Beijing on foreign policy issues. Gere said that Chinese behavior in Africa typifies an increasingly aggressive Chinese pursu [...]
2010-02-05 16:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PINR CN XA FR
10PARIS144FRANCE AND NORTH AFRICA: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-08 11:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AG TS MO LY FR
10PARIS146French Response to US CITES COP 15 PROPOSALS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 4, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs told us that France agrees with the U.S. proposal on coral and shark, opposes the proposal on bobcat (because of look-alike concerns) and is still considering its position on polar bears. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On February [...]
2010-02-08 14:54:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP
10PARIS151FRANCE AND NORTH AFRICA: CURRENT STATE OF PLAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France currently has excellent relations with Morocco, tense ties to Algeria, an improving relationship with Tunisia, and disappointing dealings with Libya, according to MFA North Africa DAS Cyrille Rogeau. In wide-ranging discussions during January, Rogeau and MFA Morocco Desk Offic [...]
2010-02-08 16:34:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AG TS MO LY FR
10PARIS159FRENCH RELIEF ASSISTANCE TO HAITI - SNAPSHOT:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the international community transitions from the immediate crisis to the stabilization period before the long-term effort of reconstruction, France remains committed to sending physical and financial reinforcements to aid Haitian disaster victims. Following the conclusion of [...]
2010-02-10 12:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID PHUM CVIS UN FR HA
10PARIS160FRANCE: POTENTIAL FOR SHALE GAS DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: France has no identified shale gas bearing formations. Industry took an interest in the sector in 2007, but although the GOF plans to permit exploration activity for shale gas areas in Southeastern France in 2010 (making production possible around 2015),technical, legal and pol [...]
2010-02-10 15:03:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EPET FR
10PARIS170 SECDEF GATES'S MEETING WITH FRENCH MINISTER OF DEFENSE HERVE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (SecDef) was hosted by French Minister of Defense Herve Morin for a working lunch during an official bilateral visit to Paris on February 8, 2010. SecDef and Morin agreed on the basic themes to be included in NATO's revised Strategic Concept. [...]
2010-02-12 13:49:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS MAR FR IR AF NATO
10PARIS172MINURCAT/MONUC: URGENT NEED TO BEGIN PLANNING NEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA officials on February 11 stressed the need to begin planning for the end of MINURCAT's current mandate in Chad/C.A.R. on March 15 and for the end of MONUC's current mandate in the DRC on May 31. France is operating on the assumption that Chad's President Deby will n [...]
2010-02-12 14:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM KPKO CT CD CG FR
10PARIS174SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES'S MEETING WITH FRENCH FOREIGN
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: At the request of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (SecDef) met with French FM Bernard Kouchner in Paris on February 8, 2010. Discussions included how to persuade the Chinese and others to support sanctions against Iran, and the import [...]
2010-02-12 16:56:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS MARR FR IR AF NATO
10PARIS175FRANCE BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY OF REGISTERED BROKER
[...] (SBU) Econoff contacted French company JENOPTEC regarding JENOPTEC's bona fides and registered broker activities under Case NO. K-1120 (ref). JENOPTEC CEO Gerard Nobili and Stephane Hostyn, Chief of Production, confirmed that JENOPTEC employs 47 people, including company executives, administrat [...]
2010-02-16 09:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC FR
10PARIS176FRANCE BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY OF REGISTERED BROKER
[...] (SBU) Econoff contacted Avram Alberto Bueno, CEO and General Manager of of the French company Business Developmental Security Industries (BDSI) regarding BDSI's bona fides and registered broker activities under Case NO. K-2277 (ref). Bueno said the company consisted of himself and his wife Soph [...]
2010-02-16 09:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC FR
10PARIS179WHA A/S VALENZUELA COORDINATES WITH FRENCH
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings with WHA Assistant Secretary Arturo Valenzuela on February 4, the Elysee and MFA pledged to send more than the 100 already promised gendarmes to Haiti and said that France would consider approaching other "Francophone" countries in Morocco and Senegal t [...]
2010-02-16 17:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO EUN HA XL MO SG BR FR
10PARIS183CLIMATE CHANGE - BORLOO SAYS DROP "LEGALLY BINDING"
[...] (C) French Environment Minister Jean-Louis Borloo told the Ambassador that the key to advancing climate negotiations is to drop the notion of a legally binding treaty in favor of a system of national commitments. He also argued that it would be up to a small group of eight or ten heads of state, an [...]
2010-02-17 11:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSENV KGHG ENRG FR
10PARIS188AF DAS PAGE'S PARIS CONSULTATIONS (FEBRUARY 10-11)
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AF DAS Susan Page met with French officials at the Presidency, MFA, and MOD during her February 10-11 consultations in Paris. She also met with Angola's Ambassador to France Miguel da Costa. Discussions with the French focused on Zimbabwe (France favored lifting certain sanct [...]
2010-02-18 12:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL XA ZI AO SF MA SU NI CG FR
10PARIS191GUINEA: JUSTICE AND SECURITY SECTOR REFORM --
[...] (C) MFA AF/W DAS-equivalent Laurent Bigot on February 18 discussed Justice and Security Sector Reform (SSR) in Guinea per reftel, elements of which we had conveyed to him a few days previously. Bigot said that France supported reform of this nature but that it would wait until the current U [...]
2010-02-18 16:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC GV FR
10PARIS192FRANCE RECOMMENDS NEGOTIATING NEW MINURCAT MANDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to Ref A request for P5 members to demarche the Government of Chad on reconsidering its call for MINURCAT withdrawal, French MFA officials, mostly in line with their previous assessment, stated that the next step should be for the UN to negotiate a new mandate focused [...]
2010-02-19 11:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL KPKO CD CT FR
10PARIS193U/S TAUSCHER'S MEETINGS WITH FRENCH OFFICIALS
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Ellen Tauscher's February 2 meetings with French counterparts from the Elysee (presidency) and MFA included discussions of U.S. disarmament priorities, the NPT Review Conference (NPT RevCon),the Nuclear Secur [...]
2010-02-19 13:01:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PARM MNUC KACT KNNP MARR MCAP NATO CH
10PARIS196FRANCE: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the reporting period, France continued to show a strong commitment to combating trafficking in persons by maintaining and improving upon active political, legal, and social mechanisms to eliminate human trafficking. As demonstrated by the work of its inter-ministerial [...]
2010-02-19 15:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10PARIS198FRANCE: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-19 16:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10PARIS199FRANCE: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-19 16:37:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10PARIS200FRENCH MFA OFFICIAL ON COTE D'IVOIRE: TIME FOR A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following his recent visit to Cote d'Ivoire, Laurent Bigot, MFA DAS for West Africa, believes that a new approach for resolving the country's political crisis is needed and he is developing a policy proposal involving a negotiated agreement among the parties in advance of contes [...]
2010-02-19 16:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCOR PINR IV MR FR
10PARIS201FRENCH PREVIEW OF FEBRUARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) On February 19, Mathieu Carmona, MFA Deputy Director for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, provided the following preview for the February 22 Foreign Affairs Council meeting of EU foreign ministers: ----- HAITI ----- 2. (SBU/NF) Following a briefing by Kristalina Georgieva, t [...]
2010-02-19 16:45:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN HA IR AF BO UP FR
10PARIS202EU ARMS EMBARGO ON CHINA: FRANCE SUPPORTS LIFTING,
[...] (C) In response to points in reftel, MFA Deputy Director for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Mathieu Carmona said France continues to support lifting the EU's arms embargo on China, since "it is not a useful tool," and export controls could accomplish the same goal. However, he said lif [...]
2010-02-19 16:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC MASS PARM CH FR
10PARIS207FRENCH MFA ON RUSSIA, BALKANS, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN,
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During separate discussions with OSD Assistant Secretary for International Security Affairs Alexander Vershbow and EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Spencer Boyer in early February, Roland Galharague, MFA A/S-equivalent for Continental Europe, adopted a defensive posture about the pot [...]
2010-02-22 14:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL RS GG SR BK AF IR AM FR
10PARIS211WORKING TO PROMOTE HIGH STANDARDS FOR EU MISSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Drawing on ref, Post took advantage of an informal meeting with French and British representatives to press all interlocutors with the Burmese government to maintain a high standard of access for visiting delegations. Post suggested that all visitors maintain the same minimum stan [...]
2010-02-22 17:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV BM UK FR
10PARIS212G8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP: FRENCH CLAIM INTERAGENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lack of engagement by relevant French ministries and political buck-passing of responsibilities appear to be the primary impediments to greater French political support for extension of the G8's Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (GP [...]
2010-02-23 09:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM ENRG SENV TRGY KNNP KRAD
10PARIS214France's Sleek New Export and Investment Machine
[...] (SBU) France is already world's fifth largest exporter, but recently restructured its export promotion and investment machine to stay competitive and increase assistance to small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The new "French Export Team" streamlined the roles of the major export promotion ent [...]
2010-02-23 12:00:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETRD EIND EINV FR
10PARIS215FRENCH PRESIDENCY ON MEDVEDEV VISIT, MISTRAL SALE
[...] (C/NF) Summary. During a wide-ranging conversation on February 22, a relatively pessimistic Francois Richier, Strategic Affairs Advisor to President Sarkozy, said France sees some opportunities, and potential pitfalls, ahead as they work with Russia on a new UN Security Council Resolution on [...]
2010-02-23 14:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL RU FR
10PARIS216FRANCE/GABON (SENEGAL)/RWANDA: PREVIEW OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French President Nicolas Sarkozy visits Gabon (February 24) and Rwanda (February 25),spending about 24 hours in the former and about three in the latter. His Africa advisors told us on February 23 that in Gabon, he will sign a renegotiated defense agreement that will include a [...]
2010-02-23 17:13:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID SENV MOPS SG GB RW FR
10PARIS218MTCR POINT OF CONTACT MEETING FURTHERS U.S. PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU/NF) The following issues were discussed at the February 23 Point of Contact (POC) meeting co-hosted by the Brazilian Embassy in Paris and the French MFA, in its role as MTCR Point of Contact: 2. (C/REL MTCR) Brazilian Chair: Representing Brazil as current MTCR Chair, the Brazilian Emb [...]
2010-02-24 09:42:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMTCRE PARM PREL MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC FR
10PARIS22Russia's Accession to the OECD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The slow pace of Russia's accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) reflects poor internal coordination by the Russian Government and the significant hurdles that Russia faces in demonstrating consistency with the OECD's open market principles [...]
2010-01-08 08:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN PREL OECD XG XH RS
10PARIS220OECD: ANNUAL REQUEST FOR STAFFING AND BUDGET DATA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 12:17:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ABUD APER OECD
10PARIS227French Electricity Leader en route to the U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Henri Proglio is making his first trip to the U.S. as CEO of Electricite de France (EDF). His goal is to gauge potential American partners and review the firm's U.S. investments. EDF plans to expand as a "diversified service company" that can operate different nuclear reactor t [...]
2010-02-24 16:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON ETRD EINV PREL FR CH
10PARIS228OECD TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY OFFICER
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 08:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON OECD
10PARIS229GOLDSTONE DEMARCHE DELIVERED; FRANCE WILL LIKELY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the strong presentation of U.S. views, France believes the current Palestinian-drafted UNGA resolution on Gaza conflict human rights violations as "moderate" and likely helpful for restarting Israel-Palestinian discussions. The EU Presidency is negotiating with Palestin [...]
2010-02-25 11:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA KPAL IS FR
10PARIS23 OECD: DOC GC Cameron Kerry Leads U.S. Delegation to
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Department of Commerce General Counsel Cameron Kerry led the U.S. delegation to an OECD Conference on December 9, 2009, which commemorated International Anticorruption Day, the ten-year anniversary of the entry into force of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, and the roll ou [...]
2010-01-08 08:19:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON KCOR OECD GM SW JA RS UK FR
10PARIS232MADAGASCAR: FRUSTRATION INCREASES AT FRENCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Remi Marechaux, Africa Advisor at the French Presidency, on February 23 expressed his growing frustration with the lack of movement on Madagascar. He strongly criticized SADC mediator Chissano for not doing more, on a sustained basis, to drive the parties towards an agreement. [...]
2010-02-25 14:55:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS KDEM PINR MA FR
10PARIS236EMBASSY PARIS TELECOM OFFICER
[...] (SBU) Per State 17143, Post notifies EB/CIP/BA that Embassy Paris' Telecommunications Policy Officer is Allison Areias. PEKALA [...]
2010-02-26 12:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS FR
10PARIS237FRANCE SPECIAL 301 2010 ANNUAL REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post has reviewed PhRMA's Special 301 submission on France and recommends against inclusion of France on the 2010 Special 301 Watch List. France has, in fact, improved the pharmaceutical R & D environment and post sees no evidence of lack of IPR protection or market access. Fr [...]
2010-02-26 12:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EIND EINV EUN KIPR FR
10PARIS25FRENCH MFA ON PEACE PROCESS, YEMEN, SYRIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French are focusing on Palestinian action as the key to unblocking discussions and wonder if President Mahmoud Abbas might be able to press forward the peace process by pronouncing his own prerequisites for the resumption of negotiations, according to Patrice Paoli, French MF [...]
2010-01-08 14:46:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SY YM LE IZ FR
10PARIS26Russia's Accession to the OECD - Chronology and Standards
[...] (U) Summary: This cable is part two of a two-part series. Part I (Reftel) outlined the broader challenges that Russia faces during the accession process to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. This cable provides details on the chronology and the status of the accession e [...]
2010-01-11 08:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN PREL OECD XG XH
10PARIS29France Proposes "Google Tax" for IPR
[...] (SBU) President Sarkozy announced plans to tax internet advertising revenue generated by Google and other major internet sites (the examples of which all happen to be American)to fund revenues lost from internet piracy. This measure and others to counter piracy and encourage legal downloading [...]
2010-01-11 14:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECPS EFIN ETRD EIND KIPR SCUL FR
10PARIS30AFRICOM COMMANDER'S DISCUSSIONS WITH FRENCH
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy's Diplomatic Advisor Jean-David Levitte, Sarkozy's Military Advisor, Admiral Edouard Guillaud, and others briefed U.S. AFRICOM Commander General William E. Ward on January 5 on security issues in Africa's Sahel region. The French pressed for additional coordin [...]
2010-01-11 17:30:00Embassy ParisSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL EAID PGOV PINR MOPS MA NG MR NI
10PARIS47FRANCE URGES COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO YEMEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French advocate a comprehensive and coordinated approach to Yemen and they support the Yemeni government's pursuit of a ceasefire linked to broad national dialogue, according to Jean-Baptiste Faivre, French MFA Deputy Assistant Secretary-equivalent. Faivre told poloff January 12 th [...]
2010-01-13 16:58:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SA YM FR
10PARIS49AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT: FRENCH WORKING WITH USAU TO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 13:48:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OVIP CARSON JOHNNIE AORC XA FR
10PARIS55AFGHANISTAN: FRANCE SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON ISAF
[...] (SBU) France is entirely in agreement that the ISAF transition plan adopted at NATO would be an excellent deliverable for the London conference, but should not be confused with a plan to withdraw ISAF forces. Francois Delmas of the French interagency Afghanistan-Pakistan cell said on January [...]
2010-01-15 17:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS NATO PREL AF FR
10PARIS56SCENESETTER FOR U.S. - FRANCE TWO PLUS TWO
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Under Secretaries Burns and Flournoy: The timing of your January 20 dialogue with France could not be better. You will find your French interlocutors ready to work with us on the strategic questions of mutual interest including Af/Pak, the NATO Strategic Concept, Missile Defens [...]
2010-01-15 17:50:00Embassy ParisSECRETPREL OVIP FR
10PARIS58EMBASSY PARIS - MINORITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In keeping with France's unique history and circumstances, Embassy Paris has created a Minority Engagement Strategy that encompasses, among other groups, the French Muslim population and responds to the goals outlined in reftel A. Our aim is to engage the French population at a [...]
2010-01-19 09:24:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KIRF KISL FR
10PARIS61OECD: POLICY COHERENCE FOR DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member states are engaged in a reflective exercise on how best to incorporate development into OECD activities writ large, both in terms of engaging developing countries in a two-way dialogue, extending support to deve [...]
2010-01-19 16:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ETRD OECD
10PARIS63AIR FRANCE TRAFFIC SAGS, SHIFT IN BUSINESS PLAN
[...] (U) Summary. Air France-KLM is feeling the economic downturn: lower capacity utilization, steadily declining passenger traffic, and cargo business stabilized at a reduced level. An audit showed 20 million euros (USD 29 million) missing from a fund managed by AF employee organizations; the GOF [...]
2010-01-21 15:38:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON EIND ETRD FR
10PARIS65FRENCH RELIEF EFFOTS IN HAITI - SNAPSHOT: JANUARY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Responding immediately to the earthquake on January 12, France quickly mobilized physical and financial resources to assist Haitian disaster victims. President Sarkozy convened an inter-ministerial meeting of his Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Interior, Economy, and Defense at t [...]
2010-01-21 17:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREF EAID PHUM UN FR HA
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