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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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06SANAA541ROYG AGREES TO ACCEPT FORMER IRAQI FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-05 11:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER IZ YM
06SANAA578GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 09:34:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA579SUPPORTING THE U.S.-INDIA CIVIL NUCLEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 09:34:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ENRG KNNP ETTC IN YM
06SANAA583ADEN JEWISH CEMETERY IN STATE OF DISREPAIR, HELP
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Summary. In February, post received a letter from a contact stating his concerns over the possible destruction of a Jewish cemetery in Aden. The contact claimed that unknown individuals had destroyed a section of the wall surr [...]
2006-03-07 11:20:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KIRF YM
06SANAA588AMBASSADOR AND NEW M/INFO DISCUSS NEW PRESS LAW
[...] Summary: During Ambassador's February 22 introductory call on new Minister of Information (M/INFO),Hassan al-Lawzi, discussions centered around the proposed media law. The M/INFO noted that the proposed press law bill, as written, was designed to guarantee freedom of information and confided [...]
2006-03-07 13:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KMPI KMCA YM
06SANAA589NEW MHR HAISAMI ON REFUGEES, PRESS, AND THE MHR
[...] (C) Summary: During a February 27 introductory call by Ambassador the new Minister of Human Rights (MHR),Khadijah Ahmed al-Haisami, expressed her views on Somali refugees, the new press law and her new role, which she promised to perform to the best of her ability. End Summary. 2. (C) On [...]
2006-03-07 13:51:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KMPI KMCC PREF YM
06SANAA649AN UNDECIDED JMP KEEPS ON POSTURING
[...] (C) Summary. After a four-month dispute with the Supreme Council for Elections and Referendum (SCER),the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) opposition party coalition continues to demand that the SCER balance thousands of its GPC-affiliated employees with JMP loyalists. The JMP claims that this wil [...]
2006-03-14 10:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA803AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-21 05:54:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL YM
06SANAA804CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] On March 19, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on implementing the Chemical Weapons Convention to MFA Office Director for the Americas, Mohammed Saleh al-Hilali. Hilali accepted the points without comment. Post will report any substantive comment septel. Krajeski [...]
2006-03-21 06:58:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM CWC YM
06SANAA815AMBASSADOR PUSHES FREEDOM AGENDA WITH PM BAJAMMAL,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 19, Ambassador met with Prime Minister Abdul Kader Bajammal to discuss the new cabinet and reform efforts. Ambassador congratulated Bajammal on the new cabinet and looked forward to future cooperation on political and economic reforms. Even though Yemen was a difficult [...]
2006-03-21 12:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM ECON YM
06SANAA816COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR JAMES DELNIGRO AND
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Mr. John LaPlume and James DelNigro from March 27 to ca. April 3, 2006 to provide technical support to TIP/PISCES server in Yemen. Please forward Security Clearance information for RSO files. 2. Control Officer for the visit [...]
2006-03-21 12:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC KFRD OTRA PTER
06SANAA819DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON MENA-FATF PLENARY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-22 08:15:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EFIN PTER YM
06SANAA820COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR MEPI ECON/EDUCATION
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of MEPI Econ/Education Specialist Mu'ayyad Mehyar, from March 25 to 30, 2006, to review progress and determine next steps for two MEPI funded projects. Security Clearance information is on file. 2. Control Officer for the vis [...]
2006-03-22 08:16:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT KMPI KPAO OTRA
06SANAA835IMF OFFERS GLOOMY PROGNOSIS FOR YEMEN'S ECONOMY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 20, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed its Article IV Consultation for Yemen. In a briefing for donors, the Fund's macroeconomic projections were decidedly bleak, emphasizing an impending fiscal crisis caused by declining oil reserves and increased spending. [...]
2006-03-25 13:56:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EFIN ECON EPET EINV KALR KMCA KMPI YM
06SANAA843LNG STEAMS AHEAD; INVESTORS WONDER IF YEMEN IS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The biggest investment deal in Yemen's history is becoming reality. On March 6, Ambassador met Joel Fort, General Manager of the Yemen Liquid Natural Gas Company (YLNG) to discuss the status of the project. YLNG is currently finishing preparatory work for the pipeline and liquef [...]
2006-03-26 07:13:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EINV EPET ENRG YM
06SANAA85DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MENA-OECD INVESTMENT
[...] On January 18, Econoffs delivered reftel demarche to Deputy Minister of Trade (MOT),Iqbal Bahadar. Bahadar said he was aware of the February 13-14 OECD ministerial meeting in Jordan, but was not yet sure if the Minister of Trade would lead Yemen's delegation. An Arab League meeting on econ [...]
2006-01-18 11:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON PGOV PREL YM DEMARCHE
06SANAA872USDA SIGNING: A SMALL STEP FOR FOOD AID, A BIG
[...] SUMMARY: After months of questions about the USDA Food For Progress program in Yemen, Ambassador started fresh on March 27, signing an allocation minute with the ROYG to fund programs with 2004 funds. The new agreement seeks to correct many past problems by introducing new transparency and o [...]
2006-03-28 13:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EAGR EAID YM
06SANAA884COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SANJEEV AGGARWAL,
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Sanjeev Aggarwal, from o/a April 4 to o/a April 12, 2006. Posts requests Security Clearance for RSO files. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Noah Siegel who can be contacted at all times through the Embassy at (967) [...]
2006-03-29 11:21:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA ENIV OPIC
06SANAA885COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR SEAN CUMMINGS TO
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants country clearance and welcomes the visit of Sean Cummings from March 29 to April 6, 2006 to provide technical support to PISCES server. Please forward Securiy Clearance information for RSO files. 2. Control Officer for the visit will be Melissa Cline, who can be con [...]
2006-03-29 11:23:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC KFRD OTRA PTER
06SANAA887MARIB WELCOMES THE AMBASSADOR WITH THANKS FOR A
[...] SUMMARY: On March 22, Ambassador and USAID Mission Director Mike Sarhan traveled with ROYG Minister of Health, Abdul Karim Rase, to Marib for the dedication of the Medgil Health Center and a tour of the USDA-funded President's Hospital in Marib City. In Marib, the party was joined by Ares Zuki [...]
2006-04-01 05:09:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EAID YM
06SANAA888COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FR DOUGLAS PURCIFULL
[...] Embassy Sanaa grants cuntry clearance and welcomes the visit of Dougla Purcifull from March 31 to April 4, 2006. Securty Clearance information is on file. 2. Contro Officer for the visit will be Charles Barrington who can be contacted at all times through the Embasy at (967) (1) 755-2249. [...]
2006-04-01 08:48:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT OTRA
06SANAA89AMBASSADOR URGES ANSWER ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-18 12:54:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER YM KWAC COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA90REFERRING IRAN TO UNSC: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarches to FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi on January 16, noting particularly that Yemen's support in convening an IAEA Board of Governors meeting would be an important demonstration of the U.S.-Yemeni security relationship following President Saleh's November visit [...]
2006-01-18 12:55:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKNNP PREL PARM IR YM DEMARCHE
06SANAA907RESPONSE TO STATUS OF TRANSFERS FROM GTMO
[...] Summary. (S) This cable is post's response to reftel request for a Country Team assessment of the ROYG's ability and willingness to provide security and humane treatment for the 13 Yemeni GTMO detainees cleared for transfer. Regarding humane treatment, the ROYG provided adequate written as [...]
2006-04-02 13:06:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA91AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ZINDANI DEMARCHE TO FONMIN
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-18 12:56:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN ETTC SA YM DEMARCHE TERFIN
06SANAA916POST SUPPORTS OPIC INVESTMENT IN YLNG
[...] SUMMARY: In this cable, Post provides comments on the Overseas Private Investment Corporation,s (OPIC) support for the Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas (YLNG) project, as requested in Ref A. YLNG is crucial for Yemen's economy, with considerable benefits for American companies. The ROYG has gener [...]
2006-04-03 09:35:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EINV EPET ECON YM
06SANAA926FREEDOM AGENDA BRINGS DOWN GOVERNMENT: 2006 FIRST
[...] SUMMARY: The Freedom Agenda had a dramatic impact in Yemen within the last quarter, resulting in significant advances in fighting corruption, women's representation in government, independence of the judiciary, and other key areas. Post marshaled a multilateral initiative to pressure President [...]
2006-04-04 13:34:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM KMPI KMCA ECON PHUM YM
06SANAA954CORRUPTION KEEPS UNITEL ON TOP IN GSM TENDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 3, DCM met with Deputy Minister of Telecommunications, Abdullah Al-Hamami, to discuss the status of the ongoing GSM tender drama. (Ref A) In a candid discussion, the Deputy Minister stated that the law requires that the GSM license go to Unitel or to no one, despite Unit [...]
2006-04-09 10:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON ECPS EINV KMPI PGOV PINR YM
06SANAA972AMBASSADOR VISITS PORT OF HODEIDA AND THE HISTORIC
[...] Summary. On April 4, Ambassador visited the Red Sea port of Hodeida, located in the governorate of the same name, for meetings with local officials and to tour a USDA-funded hospital project. During a meeting with the Governor, Ambassador discussed USG development assistance and the importa [...]
2006-04-11 06:26:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MASS ECON YM
06SANAA973AL-QA'IDA ESCAPE: UPDATE
[...] (S) On April 2, the ROYG publicly announced the surrender of Arif Salih Ali Majalli, the sixth escapee to turn himself in following the February 3 prison break of 23 Al-Qai'da supporters (ref A). ROYG officials contend that the remaining 17 escapees have not left Yemen and are optimistic th [...]
2006-04-11 06:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER YM
07EFTOSANAA2300YEMENI SEAS MORE DANGEROUS THAN EVER FOR EAST AFRICAN REFUGEES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 05:48:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
07EFTOSANAA588HELPING ROYG COPE WITH SOMALI REFUGEES AND AN
[...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph four. 2. (U/NF) In mid-March, UN Assistant High Commissioner for Refugees Erika Feller visited Yemen to underscore the need for additional resources to cope with the continuing influx of refugees from the Horn of Afri [...]
2007-04-07 11:28:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF YM
07EFTOSANAA784LETTER DELIVERED FROM PRESIDENT BUSH ON SAADA
[...] (U) Per ref A instruction, post delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the President's Office the text of the letter found at paragraph two from President Bush to President Saleh regarding Saleh's requests for assistance in relation to the conflict in Saada on April 28 (ref B). 2 [...]
2007-04-30 13:43:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS YM
07SANAA1022SAADA: CALLS FOR DIALOGUE ABOUND, BUT FIGHTING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh used his May 22 Unity Day speech to announce a unilateral ceasefire for the day and once again call upon rebels in Saada to lay down their weapons in exchange for a dialogue. Meanwhile, Saleh dispatched the Minister of Religious Affairs and other clerics to Saad [...]
2007-05-29 14:51:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINR PINS PHUM YM
07SANAA1099DAS CARPENTER AND SALEH FOCUS ON FORUM FOR FUTURE
[...] This is an action request; see paragraph five. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary Scott Carpenter met with President Saleh on June 2 to discuss the Forum for the Future, which Sanaa will host this December, and U.S.-Yemeni relations, with a focus on assistance. The President also r [...]
2007-06-12 09:21:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM MOPS PGOV LY IR YM
07SANAA1117SAADA: MEDIA COVERAGE SUGGESTS HEAVY FIGHTING,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As the Saada conflict enters its fifth month, and even though journalists have been barred from traveling to Saada since late January, government, independent and opposition Yemeni media outlets continue to report on daily fighting throughout the governorate between Houthi supporte [...]
2007-06-13 14:02:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS YM
07SANAA1133SAADA: WAR IS OVER, BUT CAN ROYG NOW WIN THE PEACE?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post contacts have confirmed media reporting of a peace deal brokered by the Government of Qatar to bring an end to almost five months of intensive fighting in the northern governorate of Saada. The deal reportedly provides safe haven for the al-Houthi rebel leadership in Doha [...]
2007-06-18 13:57:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MARR QA YM
07SANAA1138YEMEN SEEKS TO JUMPSTART EITI
[...] (U) This cable addresses questions raised in reftel regarding Yemen's accession to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI). 2. (C) SUMMARY: To date, Yemen has fulfilled only one of four criteria for EITI membership: a high-level commitment to join. According to the RO [...]
2007-06-19 11:28:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EMIN ENRG EPET YM
07SANAA1142DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING ARABSAT BROADCAST OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-20 11:39:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKPAL KPAO ETTC PREL PTER YM
07SANAA1145TRANSFER OF GTMO DETAINEES TO YEMEN, JUNE 2007
[...] (S/NF) Post confirms that on 19 June at between 1900 and 2100 local (1600 - 1800Z) Pol/Econ Officer Jed T. Dornburg signed change of custody paperwork for the four GTMO detainees listed below who were then transferred to the control of the Yemeni Government through MFA official Hadi HAIDRA. [...]
2007-06-20 14:07:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER KAWC YM
07SANAA1168DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON END-USE, RETRANSFER AND
[...] (U) PolChief and PolMilOff delivered reftel points, along with a diplomatic note, to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa on June 17. For his information, PolChief also handed al-Akwa a list of items being provided to the Republic of Yemen Government under Section 1206 [...]
2007-06-26 07:55:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA MARR MASS YM
07SANAA1186BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING MEETING,
[...] (C) Summary. At the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Forum for the Future planning meeting on June 3 in Sanaa, participants tentatively agreed on December 4 or 5 as the date of the Forum, pending confirmation of Foreign Ministers, schedules. U.S. delegation leader, NEA DAS Scott [...]
2007-06-28 13:13:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM YM
07SANAA1210OIL: ROYG MORE TRANSPARENT, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemen's oil production, which constitutes 75 percent of the national budget, continues to decline in 2007, with high prices masking the effects of lower production. In order to increase production, the ROYG has decided to double the number of exploration blocks, will launch a [...]
2007-07-02 12:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV YM
07SANAA1220MEPI: PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS
[...] SUMMARY: Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) funding, combined with our diplomatic clout, has enabled the USG to shape Yemen's national reform efforts of the past 18 months. MEPI's flexibility, responsiveness to post needs, and support for Embassy goals have brought positive change to [...]
2007-07-03 12:46:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KMPI PREL PGOV YM
07SANAA1343HIGH PRICES CAUSE CONCERN IN YEMEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prices of basic consumer goods in Yemen have risen in real terms by at least 100 percent since the September 2006 Presidential Election. Inflation has worsened the already abysmal poverty rate and has led to the bankruptcy of at least 2,400 businesses. The Republic of Yemen Go [...]
2007-07-16 06:26:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ECON ETRD YM
07SANAA1352EAST AFRICA REGIONAL SECURITY INITIATIVE IVLP
[...] This cable has been cleared by US Embassies Addis Ababa, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam, and Sana'a. -------------------------- SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. Embassies Sana'a, Addis Ababa, Djibouti, Kampala, Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam and Port Louis request the crea [...]
2007-07-17 10:58:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KSEP OEXC PHUM PREF PTER SCUL YM
07SANAA1360HUMANE TREATMENT OF GTMO RETURNEES VERIFIED BY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-18 14:43:00Embassy SanaaSECRETKAWC PHUM PREL PTER YM
07SANAA1414SAADA: CEASEFIRE FRAGILE, BUT HOLDING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The security environment in Saada remains tense with continuing minor clashes, but the tenuous ceasefire is holding and there have been no reports of major fighting. Qatar's recall of its delegation from the Saada ceasefire implementation committee is a major step backwards. I [...]
2007-07-23 13:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PGOV YM
07SANAA1418PART ONE OF FOUR: RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
[...] Summary. A multi-agency Financial Systems Assessment Team (FSAT) conducted a week-long, in-country evaluation of Yemen,s capacity to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in order to determine its most critical training and technical assistance needs on March 1-7, 2007. Yemen is [...]
2007-07-24 07:39:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EFIN YM
07SANAA1423PART TWO OF FOUR: RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
[...] Summary. A multi-agency Financial Systems Assessment Team (FSAT) conducted a week-long, in-country evaluation of Yemen,s capacity to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in order to determine its most critical training and technical assistance needs on March 1-7, 2007. This secon [...]
2007-07-24 09:08:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EFIN YM
07SANAA1424PART THREE OF FOUR: RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
[...] Summary. A multi-agency Financial Systems Assessment Team (FSAT) conducted a week-long, in-country evaluation of Yemen,s capacity to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in order to determine its most critical training and technical assistance needs on March 1-7, 2007. This thir [...]
2007-07-24 10:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EFIN YM
07SANAA1425PART FOUR OF FOUR: RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS
[...] Summary. A multi-agency Financial Systems Assessment Tean (FSAT) conducted a week-long, in-country evaluation of Yemen's capacity to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, in order to determine its most critical training and technical assistance needs on March 1-7, 2007. This four [...]
2007-07-24 10:09:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN KCRM PREL PTER SNAR EFIN YM
07SANAA1527TERRORISM FINANCE: MARTYRS FOUNDATION AND AL-QARD
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 5. 2. (SBU) On August 1, EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Abdulrahman Khamees, the ROYG Foreign Minister's Office Director. 3. (SBU) Khamees responded that Iranian foundations neither operate nor support humanitarian causes in Yem [...]
2007-08-06 06:39:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER YM
07SANAA1528YEMEN LAUNCHES NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION BOARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemen's Parliament finally elected eleven members to the the first Supreme National Anti-Corruption Commission (SNACC) on June 25. The Commission, which will be responsible for implementing the new Anti-Corruption Law, has committed itself to developing a national anti-corruption [...]
2007-08-06 10:03:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEIND ETRD PGOV EAID ECON EFIN KCRM PINR YM
07SANAA1549HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER SUPPORTS FORUM FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-07 13:38:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PTER YM
07SANAA1563YEMEN READY TO MOVE FORWARD ON WTO ACCESSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The new ROYG Minister of Industry and Trade requests increased USG political and technical support for Yemen's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and renewed bilateral discussions under the US Yemen Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). CDA reiterated earlie [...]
2007-08-11 10:46:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD AID YM
07SANAA1586YEMEN: GOVERNMENT INTIMIDATING JOURNALISTS TO CURB
[...] (C) In two separate incidents ROYG forces harassed journalists of an independent Yemeni weekly, "al-Shar'e" (The Street). On July 20 security forces arrested and detained an al-Shar'e reporter, and ten days later security forces entered the paper's offices, damaged property, and brought charg [...]
2007-08-18 14:08:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL YM PTER
07SANAA1693DETAINED PROTEST LEADER TRANSFERRED TO SANAA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Unconfirmed media reports claim that retired Brigadier General Nasir al-Nawba has been transferred from Aden to Sanaa for prosecution by the ROYG on charges of high treason. Al-Nawba, head of the United Retired Military Officers Coordination Council, lead the 1 September Southern [...]
2007-09-10 12:53:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PTER PGOV PINS PNAT YM
07SANAA175REAR ADMIRAL HUNT DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: On January 22, visiting Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commander Admiral Richard Hunt traveled to Aden to meet with the governor and local security officials. Governor Ahmed al-Kohlani expressed appreciation for USG support to the Yemeni Coast Guard, sayin [...]
2007-01-31 13:13:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PTER PARM SO YM
07SANAA1753YEMEN'S WHEAT NIGHTMARE
[...] SUMMARY: The ROYG has penned a plan to increase its control and regulation of the wheat sector in Yemen while simultaneously creating a company owned in part by the ROYG with the objective of importing 50 percent of Yemen's wheat needs. The US Wheat Associates, Inc. advised ROYG against the [...]
2007-09-12 12:38:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON YM
07SANAA1801YEMEN REQUEST FOR FY08 COMMODITIES DONATION UNDER
[...] The ROYG is currently contending with a looming water crisis, explosive population growth, food insecurity, internal conflict, and increasing terrorist activity in the country. To help ease the burden on the ROYG, a reliable partner in the GWOT, Embassy Sanaa seeks $20 million in FY2008 Food [...]
2007-09-19 11:26:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID YM
07SANAA1809ICAO ASSEMBLY DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to the ROYG Ministry of Foreign Affairs on September 12, but still has not received a response. Post will report response when received. SECHE [...]
2007-09-19 13:32:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ICAO YM
07SANAA1826SALAH AL-ATTAR, KINGPIN OR KING PAWN?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's first meeting with new General Investment Authority (GIA) Chairman Salah Al-Attar revealed a western educated, energetic young man eager to address Yemen's problems by narrowing the rich-poor gap, thereby reducing the lure of extremism and making Yemen more attrac [...]
2007-09-25 06:42:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV PGOV PREL PINR YM
07SANAA1837EXTRANCHECK: D380495 PRE-LICENSE CHECK: ASHARQ
[...] This is in response to USDOC Reftel Action Request for pre-license check for application D380495, Asharq Masaood International Co. Ltd. Post has no adverse information on the suitability of Asharq Masaood International Co, Ltd. as an end-user of the VAPORTRACER2. 2. ComOff conducted PLC [...]
2007-09-25 13:09:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ETRD ETTC YM
07SANAA1839CONTROVERSIAL UNITY LAW LIKELY TO BE WITHDRAWN
[...] (C) At an informal iftar (breaking of the fast during Ramadan) at PolOff's residence on 23 September and during a telephone conversation with Poloff on 25 September, Deputy Finance Minister Jalal Yacoub said that the controversial draft National Unity Law, which produced a public outcry when [...]
2007-09-29 12:08:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALYM PHUM PGOV
07SANAA1860YEMEN'S TEXTILE INDUSTRY IS HANGING BY A THREAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemen's textile and apparels industry is small, comprising 5,000 employees. Exports are virtually non-existent. Foreign imports account for almost all textiles sold inside the country. No protections exist for Yemeni textile manufacturers, the textile industry has received o [...]
2007-10-01 13:00:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD KTEX YM
07SANAA1905YEMEN DEBATES NUCLEAR POWER
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 14:14:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ENRG YM
07SANAA1906FOUR GTMO DETAINEES RELEASED
[...] (C) Yemeni online news outlets reported on October 9 and 10 that four prisoners who had previously been detained at Guantanamo Bay had been released. According to the pro-government website 26 September.net, the four, Fawaz Noman Hamoud, Ali Muhsen Nasser, Sadiq Mohamed Saeed Ismael and Han [...]
2007-10-15 09:54:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
07SANAA1910ROYG FORCES KILL SEVEN IN SOUTH YEMEN IN SEPERATE
[...] (C) Press reports indicate that four people were killed and another 15 were injured on October 13 when police opened fire on a large group of Yemenis preparing a demonstration to mark the 44th anniversary of the 1963 uprising in Southern Yemen against British occupation. The event took place [...]
2007-10-17 09:10:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PHUM PTER YM
07SANAA1950EMBASSY FOLLOW-UP TO MCC SIGNING CEREMONY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 27 meeting with the Deputy Foreign Minister, the Ambassador emphasized that the ROYG's release of convicted terrorist Jamal al-Badawi had led the Millennium Challenge Corporation to postpone indefinitely the signing of the Threshold Country Plan (TCP) signing cerem [...]
2007-10-27 18:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALAID EAID ECON EFIN KMCA PREL YM
07SANAA1954ROYG INNER CIRCLE CONSIDERING STRAWMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-28 13:46:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PTER YM
07SANAA1956AMEMBASSY SANAA REENGAGES ROYG ON WALKER CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-28 14:03:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC UNGA YM
07SANAA1989TOWNSEND-SALEH MEETING PROVIDES OPENING FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 06:37:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER YM
07SANAA2028YEMENI DELEGATION HEAD SAYS YEMEN WILL SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 12:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR YM
07SANAA2029ROYG CABINET SCRAPS CONTROVERSIAL NUCLEAR AGREEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 13:09:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV ENRG YM
07SANAA2044SALEH ADVISOR TELLS AMBASSADOR THE PRESIDENT NOW
[...] (S) The Ambassador met November 3 with senior Presidential advisor AbdulKarim al-Eryani to discuss the case of Jamal al-Badawi and the recent meeting between the Ambassador and President Saleh. Eryani emphasized that the meeting was important insofar as it clarified for Saleh the magnitude of [...]
2007-11-04 09:23:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL KMCA EAID EFIN ECON YM
07SANAA2045FATF STATEMENT ON IRAN DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) Emboffs delivered reftel demarche on October 31 to the ROYG National Anti-Money Launderng Committee (NAMLC) Chairman Ahmed Ghaleb. Also attending the meeting were Mohammed Al-Wareeth of the Yemen Bankers Association, Said Al-Khamery of the Ministry of Interior, Omer Ibrahim of the Minist [...]
2007-11-04 09:23:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN KTFN PTER YM
07SANAA2052ROYG TRIES NEW PRESS CONTROL TECHNIQUE -- BEGGING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 13:12:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM YM
07SANAA2054FORUM FOR THE FUTURE UPDATE: MEETING AT THE MFA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-06 12:39:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN PGOV PHUM YM
07SANAA2055EXPLOSION OF OIL PIPELINE NEAR MARIB
[...] (C) An oil pipeline explosion occurred at approximately 0500 AM on November 5 in the Watada area, southwest of Sirwah Disrict in the area bordering al-Kholan and al-Bida tribal areas in the Ma'rib Governorate (ref A). According to media reports, there were no casualties. The explosion shut [...]
2007-11-06 12:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ENRG EPET PGOV PREL PTER YM
07SANAA2065SCENESETTER FOR THE TRAVEL OF AMBASSADOR DAILEY TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-08 12:16:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PTER PREL OTRA YM
07SANAA2066SCENESETTER FOR THE TRAVEL OF AMBASSADOR DAILEY TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-08 12:40:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PTER PREL OTRA YM
07SANAA2067SCENESETTER FOR THE TRAVEL OF AMBASSADOR DAILEY TO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-08 12:52:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PTER PREL OTRA YM
07SANAA2082FM AL-QIRBI HOPES COURT WILL "CORRECT" MOA'YAD
[...] (U) On November 9, several mainstream Yemeni press outlets ran stories on the announcement by Deputy Director of the National Organization for Rights and Freedoms (HOOD) Khaled al-Anesi, that attorneys for imprisoned terrorist financier Sheikh Mohamed Ali al-Moa'yad and his companion Zayed in [...]
2007-11-12 14:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV YM
07SANAA2085RESOURCE NATIONALISM STILL PREVALENT IN YEMEN
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Resource nationalism is predominant in Yemen's oil and gas industry, and is particularly noticeable in the October 2005 ROYG expropriation of the Jannah Hunt Oil Company from the Marib Block 18 oil field. Other examples of resource nationalism are the ROYG requirement that 90 p [...]
2007-11-13 08:01:00Embassy SanaaSECRETEINV ENRG EPET PGOV YM
07SANAA2090THIRD FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING MEETING
[...] Yemeni Prime Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohy Al-Dhabbi and German Ambassador to Yemen Michael Klor-Berchtold co-chaired the third Forum for the Future planning meeting in Sanaa on October 27. NEA DAS Kent Patton, DRL DAS Erica Barks-Ruggles, NEA Foreign Affairs Officer Blake Thorkels [...]
2007-11-13 11:40:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KMPI YM
07SANAA2091EMBASSY SHOOTER SENTENCED TO FIVE YEARS
[...] (C) On November 12, a Yemeni state security court sentenced Saleh Mohammad Salim al-Ammari to five years in prison for opening fire on the US Embassy in Sana'a on December 5, 2006 (ref a). (Note: Original reports listed the shooter's name as Saleh Mohammed Salem Alawi. End note.) Lawyers [...]
2007-11-13 13:38:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV KISL YM
07SANAA2096AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOREIGN MINISTRY ON BADAWI CASE
[...] (S) Per reftel, the Ambassador met on November 14 with the Deputy Foreign Minister to discuss the Badawi case. The Ambassador thanked him for the steps the ROYG has taken to ensure access for FBI investigators and reiterated strong USG interest in having Badawi in US custody. He said the USG [...]
2007-11-14 15:20:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV KISL YM
07SANAA2098PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR: SALEH 'INCAPABLE' OF GIVING
[...] (C) Summary. Abdul Karim al-Eryani, a close advisor to President Ali Abdullah Saleh, told the Ambassador November 16 that Saleh is "incapable" of surrendering convicted USS Cole perpetrator Jamal al-Badawi to U.S. custody and asserted that we would do much better to focus our energy on winn [...]
2007-11-16 12:44:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL PGOV YM
07SANAA212SOMALIA: YEMEN READY TO RECEIVE SHEIKH SHARIF, BUT
[...] (C) Ambassador called on Yemeni FM Abu Bakr al-Qirbi on February 4 in order to deliver reftel demarche points, to which Qirbi replied that the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) continues to urge the Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to conduct an inclusive political dialogue. He [...]
2007-02-05 04:57:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PHUM SO YE
07SANAA2124EFFORTS UNDERWAY TO REVIVE QATARI MEDIATION
[...] (C) Summary. According to Presidential advisor Abdul Karim al-Eryani, Qatari FM Hamid bin Jassim has undertaken efforts to revive his government's stalled efforts to mediate an end to hostilities between the ROYG and the rebellious al-Houthi tribe in the northern governorate of Saada. Notin [...]
2007-11-18 12:50:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PINS QA YM
07SANAA2126REPORTS OF SALEH MEETING WITH EXILED OPPOSITION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-19 11:21:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM YM
07SANAA213INFLUENTIAL YEMENI WOMEN
[...] In response to reftel request, post proposes that the following five Yemeni women be included in the roster of women leaders being developed by the Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Women's Empowerment. SIPDIS Her Excellency Ms. Khadija Al-Haisami Minister of Human Rights Republic of [...]
2007-02-05 04:59:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KWMN PHUM PREL YM
07SANAA2138AL-QIRBI PUSHES FOR HIGH-LEVEL US PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (U) In their November 20 meeting, the Ambassador reiterated his understanding to Foreign Minister al-Qirbi that the Secretary of State would not attend the Forum for the Future, while al-Qirbi continued to push for high-level U.S. participation. Al-Qirbi was optimistic but non-committal about [...]
2007-11-20 15:01:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM
07SANAA2151BADAWI INTERVIEWS CONCLUDE -- TIME TO CONSIDER
[...] (S) On November 26, a team of FBI investigators will conduct their final interview with convicted USS Cole bombing conspirator Jamal al-Badawi. With the end of these regular interviews, we now face the issue of how to ensure that Badawi remains in jail in Sana'a while inter-agencey discussio [...]
2007-11-26 14:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV YM
07SANAA2164SECURITY CONCERNS PROMPT SHIFT OF GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS OF USG
[...] (U) On November 12, the Ambassador chaired an inter-agency meeting to discuss future programming of USG development activities in Yemen. The group concluded that the USG will not expend any new funds in Sa'ada, Al-Jawf, Amran, Mareb, and Shabwa, where sufficient USG oversight has not been possi [...]
2007-11-28 13:56:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMPI PREL YM
07SANAA2168PRELIMINARY REPORTS: ROYG FORCES OPEN FIRE ON A
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 15:41:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV YM
07SANAA2169DETERIORATING STANDARDS 40 YEARS AFTER SOUTH YEMEN
[...] (C) Summary: Yemen will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Britain's departure from South Arabia on November 30, before a backdrop of increasing protests and violence in the South over perceived injustices and unequal distribution of wealth. This cable presents a comparison of educational opp [...]
2007-11-29 15:41:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV YM
07SANAA2170YEMEN UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] As requested in reftel, Post contacted appropriate Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) government officials and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)(including the Ministries of Labor, and Education, international organizations such as the ILO and UNICEF, and the World Bank) for updated infor [...]
2007-11-29 15:41:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI YM
07SANAA2171PRELIMINARY REPORTS: ROYG FORCES OPEN FIRE ON A
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 15:41:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV YM
07SANAA2179A CHANGE OF GOVERNOR IN ADEN UNLIKELY
[...] (C) Responding to rumors that the Governor of Aden is in danger of being replaced, Assistant Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid al-Akwa told poloff on November 26 that rumors about leadership are rare in Yemen and a leak of this kind would usually quickly be followed by a decision. As no decision h [...]
2007-12-02 08:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR YM
07SANAA2180DEMONSTRATIONS IN SOUTHERN YEMEN: BUSINESS AS USUAL
[...] (C) Tough ROYG measures appear to have been broadly successful at containing rallies in Yemen's south marking the 40th anniversary of Southern Yemen's independence from British rule. Although demonstrations/celebrations took place in Aden, Makulla and other areas, the only incident of note o [...]
2007-12-02 11:00:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM
07SANAA2193NO RELIEF IN SIGHT FOR PRICE INFLATION IN YEMEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: High price inflation and increasing poverty sparked numerous demonstrations throughout Yemen between August-November 2007. The ROYG has taken only small steps to curb inflation, many of which treat symptoms rather than causes. The only long-term solutions may be greater compet [...]
2007-12-03 11:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ECON ETRD YM
07SANAA2196WHO HAS THE EAR OF THE PRESIDENT? PART 1:
[...] (C) Summary: President Ali Abdullah Saleh holds all decision-making authority within his country. Nonetheless, he relies on an established network of advisors drawn from his family, his tribe, and others, who have one way or another obtained the President's trust and respect. While his fa [...]
2007-12-03 14:14:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR YM
07SANAA221SAADA: CASUALTIES MOUNT, SALEH PREPARES FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Casualties continue to mount since the third round of fighting in Saada erupted on January 27. Government sources report that at least 42 soldiers have been killed and another 81 wounded, while casualties among the al-Houthi rebels are unknown. Military officials have confirmed [...]
2007-02-06 13:03:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINR YM
07SANAA2214BADAWI RERELEASE RUMORS UNTRUE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 15:29:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL YM
07SANAA223ROYG CLARIFIES REFUGEE POLICY: UNHCR WILL NO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with visiting Refcoord, Poloff, and Conoff, Deputy Foreign Minister Mohy al-Din Al-Thibbi confirmed a de facto change in the Republic of Yemen Government's (ROYG) refugee policy concerning non-Somalis: UNHCR would no longer be granted access to newly arriving non-So [...]
2007-02-06 13:28:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM YM
07SANAA2258WOMEN DIVIDED ON TYPE OF PARLIAMENTARY QUOTA SYSTEM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-10 10:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KWMN PHUM YM
07SANAA226ZAYDI SHI'IS, THE AL HOUTHIS, AND SUNNIS: WHAT IT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The third outbreak of major clashes between al-Houthi insurgents and the Yemeni regime has once again brought international attention to Yemen's Zaydi (Shia) population. Misunderstanding about Yemeni Zaydi practices and beliefs have led some in the regional and international com [...]
2007-02-07 11:22:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PINR PREL YM
07SANAA229UPDATE ON YEMENI JEWISH FAMILIES
[...] (SBU) Post is maintaining close watch on the condition of the 45 Yemeni Jews who left their homes in the Saada governorate after receiving a threatening letter on January 18. Press reports on February 4 claiming that the families had been returned to their homes were false. The Jewish famil [...]
2007-02-07 13:32:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL YM
07SANAA2296PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 14:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALAMGT PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL YM
07SANAA2297PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 14:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALAMGT PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL YM
07SANAA2298USG DELEGATION REQUESTED TO PUSH BADAWI ISSUE
[...] (C) Summary. Reftel included Post recommendation for a senior-level ROYG delegation to travel to Washington for discussions on options for - and obstacles to - resolving the Badawi case. On reflection, we have concluded that it would be far more valuable for a USG delegation to travel to Yeme [...]
2007-12-11 14:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV OTRA YM
07SANAA2299DFM COMMITS TO WORK FOR BADAWI MONITORING AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-11 14:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YM
07SANAA2300YEMENI SEAS MORE DANGEROUS THAN EVER FOR EAST AFRICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-12 05:48:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
07SANAA2313FOURTH PARALLEL FORUM LAUNCHES NEW ERA OF HOPE FOR
[...] SUMMARY: Over 300 people, representing over 200 civil society groups, met at the Fourth Civil Society Parallel Forum in Sana'a on November 30-December 2 in order to tackle the issues of freedom of expression, the legal environment for NGOs, education, women empowerment, youth political parti [...]
2007-12-16 13:04:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KDEM KMPI PGOV PREL YM
07SANAA2325LATEST ROYG THINKING ON BADAWI, FORUM
[...] (C) Summary. Taking advantage of scheduled meetings at the MFA for visiting Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Rickman, Ambassador met privately with Foreign Minister Qirbi and Deputy Foreign Minister al-Dhabbi December 17 to reinforce the message delivered last week to [...]
2007-12-17 14:45:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PTER PREL YM
07SANAA2333YEMENI-AMERICAN AWLAQI RELEASED FROM ROYG CUSTODY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 14:00:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PGOV PREL YM
07SANAA2335PARLIAMENT INACTIVE BUT UPCOMING SPECIAL SESSION
[...] (U) The current session of Parliament accomplished almost nothing before its holiday recess. The most exciting moment was when opposition members walked out in protest of draft amendments to the country's electoral law. An expected joint session in January to discuss the President's reform [...]
2007-12-18 14:55:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
07SANAA2360PAKISTANI ELECTIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-30 13:39:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL YM
07SANAA2361ROYG READY TO CANCEL THE FORUM FOR THE FUTURE
[...] (C) Discouraged by a lack of enthusiasm from possible G8 co-hosts, and increasingly aware that the Badawi case will make the attendance of the Secretary of State unlikely, Foreign Minister AbuBakr al-Qirbi appears prepared to abort the Forum for the Future. On December 30, he asked the Ambass [...]
2007-12-30 14:24:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YM
07SANAA2362AMBASSADOR PUSHES AGAIN ON BADAWI BUT FM DOESN'T
[...] (C) On December 30, the Ambassador reiterated to Foreign Minister al-Qirbi that US custody of Jamal al-Badawi is non-negotiable. Al-Qirbi responded again that such a resolution is "politically and legally impossible" and stated that the ROYG would await what it understood would be a POTUS de [...]
2007-12-30 14:43:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV YM
07SANAA2364YEMENIS CONTINUE TO HOPE FOR THE RETURN OF SHEIKH
[...] (C) Sheikh al-Moayed recently sent a letter to President Saleh asking him to sign an "extradition treaty" with the United States. A ROYG source clarified that, if al-Moayed understood the meaning of extradition and its illegality under the Yemeni constitution, he would not have requested it. [...]
2007-12-31 10:24:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER YM
07SANAA2365DEATH OF SHEIKH AL-AHMAR PACKS AN EMOTIONAL PUNCH
[...] (C) Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar, the Speaker of Yemen's Parliament and its most powerful tribal figure, died in Saudi Arabia on the morning of December 29 and was buried on December 31. His various titles and roles will likely be distributed among the men who performed those functions during his [...]
2007-12-31 10:40:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL YM
07SANAA243SAADA: PARLIAMENT VOTES FOR WAR, BUT OVER WHAT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a closed session on February 10, Parliament voted to authorize President Saleh to use military force against al-Houthi insurrectionists in Saada. Opposition party leaders have kept a low-profile in public, but indicated privately that their parties voted overwhelmingly agains [...]
2007-02-12 10:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINR PINS PHUM YM
07SANAA285SAADA: FIGHTING INTENSIFIES WITH TROOP SURGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Fighting in Saada intensified over the past week as ROYG troop deployments in Saada doubled to nearly 15,000. Estimates of troops killed in ambushes and direct attacks on military installations are between 50 and 100, with at least 200 injured. Casualties among the al-Houthis [...]
2007-02-21 12:42:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PINR PREL YM
07SANAA289HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR QADERI AND
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: Lt. Zaki Abdo Abdullah QADERI, Yemen Navy Lt. Mohammed Ali Saleh GARALLAH, Yemen Special Operatio [...]
2007-02-21 14:24:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS PHUM MOPS
07SANAA296YEMENIS REVIEW REGIONAL ISSUES WITH CODEL REYES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During meetings on February 19, President Saleh and Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi reviewed for visiting CODEL Reyes Yemen's views on Somalia, Iraq, Syria, Iran and Afghanistan. The Yemenis expressed support for the USG's approach in Somalia, voiced grave concern over Iran's [...]
2007-02-26 06:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS SO YE
07SANAA297(C) YEMENIS ASK CODEL FOR HELP IN SAADA; PRESENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh asked CODEL Reyes on February 19 to support on an urgent basis the Yemeni Government's military campaign against insurrectionists in Saada with intelligence, equipment and armored vehicles. Interior Minister Rashad al-Alimi warned that anti-government fighters in [...]
2007-02-26 06:51:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS MASS SO YE
07SANAA300HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR AL ASADI FOR IMET
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: Major Ahmed Ali Saleh AL ASADI, Yemen Air Force, DOB: 01 Feb 1964 2. Additionally the follow [...]
2007-02-26 11:57:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS PHUM MOPS
07SANAA312DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ARAB LEAGUE MEETING IN CAIRO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-28 13:48:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKWBG PREL YE
07SANAA322HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR CSF-CTU MEMBERS
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by the following members of the Central Security Force - Counterterrorism Unit (CSF-CTU) and Republican [...]
2007-03-03 13:34:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS PHUM MOPS
07SANAA323HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR MAJOR OSAMAH
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: Major Osamah Mohammed Abdurabu Mohammed, Central Security Force - Counterterrorism Unit, DOB: 15 [...]
2007-03-03 13:35:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS PHUM MOPS
07SANAA341SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: YEMEN
[...] This message is post's response to ref A. 2. Note: Post requests that no/no name or entity cited in this report be publicly mentioned or quoted for any/any reason without prior clearance with post. Post relies heavily on these sources and has invested much time gaining their confidence. E [...]
2007-03-05 13:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
07SANAA390HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR SABRAH FOR IMET
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: SABRAH, Faisal Mohammed Nasser, Colonel, Presidential Guard DOB: 01 January 1964, Passport: 01061 [...]
2007-03-14 11:41:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS PHUM MOPS
07SANAA395SAADA JEWS SAFE IN SANAA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloffs met on March 13 in Sanaa with Jewish families displaced by fighting that erupted in Saada in late January (reftels). Poloffs met, under the auspices of the MFA and Interior Ministry, with approximately 30 people from two major families. All members of the Jewish communit [...]
2007-03-14 13:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PHUM PINR PREL YM
07SANAA414(C) LETTER FROM PRESIDENT ALI ABDULLAH SALEH TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Charg received a letter from President Ali Abdullah Saleh during a meeting held on March 17, 2007 (reftel). The letter is addressed to President Bush. The signed Arabic original will follow. Please forward the following infor [...]
2007-03-19 13:38:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALOPDC PREL YM
07SANAA420HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL FOR RAZEHI FOR IMET
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: RAZEHI, Ebrahim Mohammed Qaid, First Lieutenant, Yemen Air Force DOB: 15 August 1980, Passport: [...]
2007-03-21 07:54:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS PHUM MOPS
07SANAA446RIOT IN SHABWA AFTER QUR'AN DESECRATED BY FRENCH
[...] (U) On the afternoon of March 25, a French Total employee of The Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) plant in Balhaf in the Shabwa governorate reportedly desecrated a Qur'an during an argument with a Yemeni employee regarding contracts. The Frenchman allegedly tore out pages of the Qur'an, threw [...]
2007-03-26 12:21:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL YM
07SANAA451SOMALIA'S SHEIKH SHARIF READY FOR DIALOGUE, BUT ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge met with former Somali Council of Islamic Courts (CIC) Chairman Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed on March 26, under the auspices of the Yemeni Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Sharif and former CIC foreign minister Ibrahim Adou, who joined him in the meeting, stated that the CIC h [...]
2007-03-27 08:55:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS SO YM
07SANAA454SUPPORTING YEMEN'S REQUEST FOR ARMORED VEHICLES
[...] (U) This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph seven. 2. (C) As reflected in reftels, the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) has formally requested from the Governments of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates the expeditious transfer of several hundr [...]
2007-03-27 15:22:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MARR MASS YM
07SANAA465REQUEST FOR FUNDING TO ATTEND DRL CONFERENCE IN
[...] This is an action request. 2. Embassy Sanaa is pleased to nominate Junior Officer Hala Rharrit, FO-05, to attend the Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Officers Conference to be held in Washington DC from July 18 to 20, 2007 and requests Department funding of travel, lodging and M&IE. 3. [...]
2007-03-31 05:20:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD KTEX OTRA PHUM PREL
07SANAA473(S) UNMANNED USG AIRCRAFT WASHES ASHORE, OFFICIAL
[...] (S) On March 27, Yemeni military officers discovered an unmanned USG reconnaissance aircraft (Scan Eagle) that had washed ashore on the Arabian Sea coast in the province of Hadramaut. The President's Office immediately protested the incident to CDA and requested an explanation. Initially unawa [...]
2007-04-02 05:35:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL MASS YM
07SANAA553SALEH RE-SHUFFLES: WILL REFORM GET A BOOST WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Finally making a move that has been a hot topic of Sanaa's political class since the last cabinet re-shuffle in February 2006, President Saleh decreed the formation of a new government on March 31 under the leadership of Prime Minister-designate Dr. Ali Mohammed Mujawar. Yemeni [...]
2007-04-02 11:14:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YM
07SANAA608DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SIGNING OF INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-10 06:13:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PGOV PREL IZ YM
07SANAA649NEW RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS MINISTER FOCUSES ON DIALOGUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Minister of Awqaf (Endowment) and Religious Guidance, Judge Hamoud al-Hitar, told Ambassador on April 11 that he wants to institute a "national strategy" for religious dialogue. Hitar offered suggestions for further cooperation between post and the ministry, inclu [...]
2007-04-16 12:26:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YM
07SANAA770DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-23 12:55:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KNNP MCAP PARM PREL YM
07SANAA785HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR NESA SEMINAR - MOHAMED
[...] The following statement is provided to verify the human rights vetting process: at this time the Embassy verified that Post possesses no credible information of gross human rights violations by: DARES, Mohammed Hassan Nagi DOB: 25 SEP 1949 Passport: 00847 2. Additionally the following [...]
2007-04-30 13:56:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMASS PREL PHUM YM
07SANAA852JEWISH COMMUNITY'S SECURITY PERCEPTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 30 - May 1 Damon Stevens, from the Office of the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, conducted separate meetings with members of the Jewish communities from Saada and Reyda, who expressed serious concern about the deteriorating security situation in norther [...]
2007-05-08 09:08:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PREF IS YM
07SANAA857RESPONDING TO POTUS DIRECTIVE: TRANSPORT AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following President Saleh,s May 2 meeting with President Bush, during which he requested more military assistance, and in preparation for a Policy Coordination Committee meeting scheduled for May 10, post proposes several ideas in line with Yemen,s current and future security ch [...]
2007-05-08 13:31:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL MASS MCAP MARR PTER YM
07SANAA882(S) EMIO PERMISSION RECEIVED; COORDINATION BEGINS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-14 08:22:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMOPS MARR PREL PTER SNAR YM
07SANAA884AMBASSADOR'S ASSESSMENT ON UNHRC ELECTION
[...] (C) Ambassador urged Deputy Forein Minister Mohy al-Din al-Dhabbi on May 13 to opose Belarus' candidacy to the UNHRC in favor of lovenia or Bosnia. Al-Dhabbi promised to conveythe message to the internal Yemeni Government commitee that decides on multilateral votes. 2. (C Information we [...]
2007-05-14 08:52:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM YM
07SANAA905MINISTER PREACHES RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE, SHEIKH
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On May 1, the CDA, accompanied by poloff and Damon Stevens from the Office to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, met with Minister of Religious Affairs Judge Hamoud al-Hitar to discuss tolerance and dialogue between faith [...]
2007-05-16 14:33:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER YM
07SANAA907SAADA HISTORY: HUSSEIN AL-HOUTHI - PARLIAMENTARIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since 2004, the ROYG has fought three wars in the Saada governorate with the al-Houthis, with each round more intense and prolonged than the last. History is key to understanding why this conflict began and continues to reemerge. The roots of the conflict lie with the late Hussein [...]
2007-05-19 05:16:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER
07SANAA96ADMIRAL HUNT DISCUSSES SOMALIA AND MILITARY
[...] (C) Summary: On January 21, visiting Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) Commander Rear Admiral Richard Hunt and Ambassador met with Defense Minister Mohammad Nasser Ahmed Ali to discuss Somalia and military-military cooperation. Ali expressed concern that violence in Somal [...]
2007-01-27 13:33:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PTER PARM SO YM
08SANAA100AL-QIRBI BEMOANS GAZA VIOLENCE
[...] (U) In a January 21 meeting with the Ambassadors of the United States and Germany and the Japanese DCM, Foreign Minister AbuBakr al-Qirbi broached the subject of the Israeli blockade of the Gaza strip. Diverging from the topic of the meeting, the 2007 Forum for the Future (septel),the Foreign [...]
2008-01-21 14:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YM
08SANAA101FOREIGN MINISTER PUSHES FOR LANGUAGE BLAMING G8
[...] (C) In a January 21 meeting with representatives of the United States, Japan and Germany, the Yemeni Foreign Minister pushed for an announcement that would place blame on the G8 for the failure of the 2007 Forum for the Future to take place. The Foreign Minister was equally uncooperative on th [...]
2008-01-22 06:27:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YM
08SANAA1053YEMEN'S BIG BROTHER: WHAT HAS SAUDI ARABIA DONE
[...] (U) AMEMBASSY Riyadh and AMCONGEN Jeddah have cleared this cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Yemen has a long history of relations with Saudi Arabia based primarily on their 1500 km shared border, which has led to extensive social, religious and business ties. Yemenis perceive the relationship as he [...]
2008-06-18 09:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV PINS SA YM
08SANAA107SALEH CALLS FOR ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT ON GAZA
[...] (U) On January 21, President Saleh called for an emergency Arab League summit to discuss the blockade of Gaza. While his Party endorses his idea, at least one opposition figure dismisses it as an empty gesture. End Summary 2. (U) On January 21, According to Yemen's official news agency, P [...]
2008-01-22 13:46:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL KSUM PGOV IS YM
08SANAA1078DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-23 10:45:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS
08SANAA108YEMENIS DEMONSTRATE IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINIANS,
[...] (U) Post RSO sources indicate that, on January 22, a crowd of between 5000 and 6000 marched from Sana'a University toward the headquarters of the U.N. Development Program (UNDP),in protest of the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Police prevented the group from reaching UNDP headquarters. The crowd [...]
2008-01-22 14:00:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PGOV IS YM
08SANAA1096PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT VISITS YEMEN, BUT LITTLE BUZZ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Palestinian President visited Yemen on June 19 and met with President Saleh to discuss the Arab-Israeli issue and Yemen's initiative to reconcile Fatah and Hamas. Open source reporting said little about the discussions and insiders told PolOff that no substantive developments [...]
2008-06-25 14:04:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KWBG IS EG YM
08SANAA1139DJIBOUTIAN EMBASSY IN YEMEN COMMENTS ON HORN OF
[...] (C) Hassan Ali Hassan, deputy head of mission at the Djiboutian Embassy in Yemen, told PolOff on 30 June that tensions are still high between Djibouti and Eritrea. Hassan said the Eritrean Army has encroached into Djibouti to the city of Moulhole. There have been several attempts to enter in [...]
2008-07-07 10:58:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL DJ YM
08SANAA1155EMBASSY SANAA RESPONSE TO ENGAGING HOST
[...] (U) Embassy Sana'a's main POC for issues dicussed in reftel is Public Affairs Officer, Ryan Gliha; E-mail: GlihaRM@state.gov; Telephone: 967-1-755-2451. 2. (C) Yemen does not currently sit on the Arabsat board. SECHE [...]
2008-07-09 10:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER XF ALOW YM
08SANAA1165AL-HOUTHI REBELLION: NO END IN SIGHT
[...] (C) Fighting between the al-Houthi rebels and ROYG forces has intensified this year, leading to increased efforts by the ROYG to quash the rebellion militarily once and for all and prompting it to seek aid from the US, Russia, Belarus, and Yemen's own militant tribes. As fighting has increased [...]
2008-07-14 10:22:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PINS YM
08SANAA1212REVIEWING THE ROADMAP OR RETURN OF YEMEN'S GTMO
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para. 6. 2. (C) On July 20, the Ambassador met with Ammar Saleh, Deputy Director of Yemen's National Security Bureau, to discuss the eleven items that comprise the roadmap for the return of Yemeni detainees in Guantanamo (GTMO),presented initially during [...]
2008-07-21 12:28:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKDRG PTER YM
08SANAA122YEMENI GUN BAN HOLDS BUT ATTITUDES REMAIN UNCHANGED
[...] (U) Yemen's historic gun ban is holding five months after it was announced. Though violence continues in Yemen reports suggest there has been some reduction in gun related crimes. Lasting change will only be successful if attitudes about weapons change and people become aware of its dangers. E [...]
2008-01-26 13:35:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV YM
08SANAA1408YEMEN RECEIVES DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-20 13:00:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR GM YM
08SANAA1422TWO YEMENI BAHA'IS RELEASED FROM JAIL; IRANIAN AND
[...] (SBU) The two detained Yemeni Baha'is (reftel) were released on August 19. The four other remaining imprisoned Baha'is, three Iranians and one Iraqi, are still detained in a Sanaa Criminal Investigation Department prison, pending further investigation. No official charges have yet been filed [...]
2008-08-25 10:31:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KIRF PGOV YM
08SANAA1441POST ASKS ROYG TO NOT DEPORT DETAINED BAHA'IS
[...] (SBU) During an August 26 telephone conversation, Post's Legatt office advised the General Prosecutor for the Specialized Courts, Said al-Aqel, against the deportation of the four remaining imprisoned Baha'is. The Legatt office asserted that if deported, the Baha'is, most specifically the Ira [...]
2008-08-27 13:35:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KIRF PGOV YM
08SANAA145ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-27 13:12:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL AL LE IS SY KVIR YM
08SANAA1461DIESEL PROBLEM MORE CRISIS OF SUPPLY THAN PRICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Persistent diesel shortages attributed to high demand, low refinery capacity and corruption have plagued Yemen since May 2008. As a result, the ROYG has decided to take a number of measures to increase diesel supply. The high international price of oil has forced the ROYG to p [...]
2008-09-02 10:40:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV DJ SA SO SU YM
08SANAA1473DEPORTATION STILL FEARED FOR THE BAHA'IS
[...] (SBU) As of September 3, the four imprisoned Baha'is (reftel) remain detained and face possible deportation. According to their lawyer, Khaled al-Anisi, the ROYG has now unofficially agreed that they may choose the country to which they will be deported. 2. (SBU) On August 31, the Charge d' [...]
2008-09-03 14:08:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL KIRF PGOV YM
08SANAA151BIGGEST GAZA DEMONSTRATION TO DATE IN SANAA, BUT
[...] (C) For the fourth day out of five, crowds of Yemenis took to the streets on January 26 to demonstrate in support of the Palestinians in the Gaza strip. This demonstration, the largest to date, was estimated by the Regional Security Office to have included more than 100,000 people. When disc [...]
2008-01-28 08:19:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAL PREL YM
08SANAA1520YEMEN: DELIVERY OF UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-08 13:29:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN YM
08SANAA1521ROYG AGREES TO NOT DEPORT BAHA'IS TO IRAN, BUT
[...] (SBU) On September 6, the DCM stressed to National Security Bureau (NSB) and Presidential Office Director Ali al-Anisi the importance of not deporting the detained Baha'is to Iran (ref A). Al-Anisi replied that the ROYG would not forcibly deport the detainees to Iran, but insisted that they w [...]
2008-09-08 13:34:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF PREL KIRF YM
08SANAA1531ROYG ASKS FOR ANTI-PIRACY SUPPORT
[...] Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs Rashad al-Alimi chaired an ambassadorial level meeting on September 10 to urge international support for the ROYG's anti-piracy efforts. Joining al-Alimi were the Ministers of Defense, Interior and Transport. He emphasized the importance [...]
2008-09-13 11:22:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM
08SANAA1533YEMEN TAKES STOCK OF A STOCK MARKET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Yemen Government is proceeding full steam ahead with establishing a stock market. A supervisory committee has been formed and the Financial Services Volunteer Corps has been invited to conduct an in-country evaluation in October 2008. Afterwards, a technical implementatio [...]
2008-09-14 09:42:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD KMPI PGOV PREL JO YM
08SANAA154ROYG PAINTS ROSY PICTURE FOR VISITING STAFFDEL
[...] (U) As part of a recently negotiated MOU on Parliamentary exchange, the ROYG hosted a delegation of Congressional staffers from January 20-26. The staffdel was provided access to the cream of the ROYG's power structure. Three topics arose as central issues of the visit: Yemen's need for more [...]
2008-01-28 12:41:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL OTRA YM
08SANAA1540NO CHANGE ON BAHA'I CASE: DEPORTATION STILL
[...] (SBU) Summary: There continues to be no change in the ROYG's position vis a vis the detained Baha'is. The President has officially signed an order calling for the deportation of the four detainees to the country of their choice. UNHCR has still not been granted access to the prisoners, putti [...]
2008-09-15 13:14:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF KIRF YM
08SANAA1547THREAT LETTER RECEIVED BY EMBASSY SANAA
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On September 14, 2008, RSO received an email attachment from the British Embassy security officer, which contained a scanned letter written in Arabic. After translation, it was revealed that the letter was issued by the "Islamic Jihadist Organization" and threatened Vehicle Bo [...]
2008-09-16 10:59:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER YM
08SANAA15509/17 SANAA EAC REQUESTS AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE
[...] SUMMARY: (S/NF) On 09/17/08 the Sanaa EAC met to discuss the terrorist attack that took place on the American Embassy at 0915 on 09/17/08. The EAC agreed to request authorized departure. See specific requests in paragraph 8. 2. (S/NF) On 09/17/08 the Ambassador convened the EAC to discuss t [...]
2008-09-17 17:36:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1551ROYG AGREES TO EMBASSY SECURITY REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) In the wake of the September 17 terrorist attack on the embassy, the Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minster Rashad al-Alimi, Interior Minister Motahar al-Masri, National Security Bureau Director Ali al-Anisi, and Political Security Organization Chief Ghalib Qamish. The Ambassador advised [...]
2008-09-17 17:42:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA15589/19 SANAA EAC DISCUSSES NEW THREAT
[...] SUMMARY: (S/NF) On 09/19/08 the Sanaa EAC met for the second time since the 09/17/08 terrorist attack on the Embassy. The EAC discussed how best to respond to a new non-specific threat from Islamic Jihad in Yemen. END SUMMARY. 2. (S/NF) On 09/19/08 the Ambassador convened the EAC to discuss [...]
2008-09-19 14:24:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1559AMEMB SANAA 9/20 DAILY SITREP
[...] Security: The MSD team has been deployed to augment security at the Hadda Apartment Complex. One of the ARSOs is currently conducting a security review of all official American residential areas in order to determine where host nation assets could be deployed to be most useful. Based upon AR [...]
2008-09-20 11:10:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1563AMEMB SANAA 9/21 DAILY SITREP
[...] Security: On 9/20 we moved several personnel out of potentially vulnerable residences. In addition, we are coordinating with host nation security forces to increase security at our cluster housing locations. Septel to follow. Post One's security equipment upgrade should be completed by the [...]
2008-09-21 08:09:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1564AMEMB SANAA 9/22 DAILY SITREP
[...] Security: RSO is still coordinating residential security issues with the host nation. Security upgrades inside Hadda Compound are fully in place. DS has agreed to a controlled release to certain ROYG security services of the video of the attack. RSO will coordinate with the relevant section [...]
2008-09-22 07:47:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1568UPDATE ON YEMEN'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. SUMMARY: The ROYG has recently taken some actions in the field of anti-money laundering (AML),including forming a Supervisory Committee to oversee AML efforts and restructuring of the Central Bank's Anti-Money Laundering Information [...]
2008-09-22 14:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KCRM KTFN PREL PTER SNAR YM
08SANAA158INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT IN SAADA: A QUESTION OF DEFINITION AND STRATEGY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-29 10:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA161UK PSI OUTREACH DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (C) POL/E Chief and his British counterpart delivered reftel demarche to MFA Assistant Deputy Minister Khaled al-Akwa on January 29. The representative of HMG passed al-Akwa an informal copy of the invitation and promised to follow up with a formal copy. (Note: The original formal invitatio [...]
2008-01-29 12:25:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PHSA PARM ZR YM
08SANAA1755AMBASSADOR DECLARES DISASTER IN HADRAMOUT AND MAHRA
[...] Summary and Action Request: Ambassador Seche declares a humanitarian disaster in the Hadramout and Mahra governorates of eastern Yemen following a tropical storm and related flash flooding that occurred between October 23 and October 25. The Ambassador requests that DCHA/OFDA immediately commi [...]
2008-10-27 15:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID YM
08SANAA1800SANAA EAC REQUESTS THE LIFTING OF AUTHORIZED
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On November 2, 2008, the EAC met to discuss the lifting of Authorized Departure status. After discusion, the EAC decided to recommend the lifting of authorized departure and return to the prior limited-accompanied status at post of working adult dependents only. The EAC was a [...]
2008-11-03 12:08:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC YM
08SANAA1814PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE PRESSES AMBASSADOR ON
[...] (U) On November 4, the Ambassador met with a Yemeni Parliamentary Committee formed to lobby for the immediate release of accused terrorist financier Sheikh al-Moayad and his companion Zayed. Members of the committee pointed out that Moayad is well-regarded in Yemen, with no ties to terrorist [...]
2008-11-05 10:28:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER KISL PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA1819YEMENI REACTION TO US ELECTION: GREAT NATION,
[...] On November 5, the Ambassador hosted a morning reception to give key post contacts the opportunity to watch the results of the US presidential elections with embassy officers. At that event and in EmbOffs' other meetings, the response to the elections has been overwhelmingly positive. Post,s [...]
2008-11-05 14:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL YM
08SANAA1826AL-BANNA SENTENCE REDUCED
[...] International-media reports on November 8 indicated that convicted terrorist Jaber al-Banna's sentence had been reduced by a Yemeni court from 10 years to five. According to Agence France Presse, al-Banna's sentence was reduced because he "handed himself in to the authorities." Reflecting th [...]
2008-11-10 10:48:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL PGOV KISL YM
08SANAA1830GPC JITTERS OVER APRIL 2009 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Although the ruling party is expected to win easily in the upcoming parliamentary elections, President Saleh has recently expressed fears about how the opposition will portray his actions during the campaign. Some speculate that he is overstating these fears to avoid taking actio [...]
2008-11-10 14:23:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM
08SANAA1881DAILEY DELIVERS STRONG CT MESSAGE TO ROYG OFFICIALS
[...] (U) Coordinator for Counterterrorism Dell L. Dailey met on December 16 and 17 with ranking ROYG security officials. Assuring them that counterterrorism (CT) will continue to be a priority for the new U.S. Administration, he pressed his interlocutors for progress on effective CT legislation and [...]
2008-11-23 10:46:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA1887SCER SITS AT THE CENTER OF ELECTORAL SPAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. While publicly the GPC and JMP continue to dig deeper into their entrenched positions regarding the upcoming parliamentary elections, officials on each side have left open the possibility of reaching a face-saving compromise that would encourage JMP participation. The GPC-domina [...]
2008-11-23 14:00:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM
08SANAA1890PORT OF ADEN'S DEVELOPMENT SQUEEZED BY SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The port of Aden struggles to regain its stature as an essential regional hub in the midst of new management and ongoing security threats. Although the strike against new Aden Container Terminal manager Dubai Ports World appears to have been resolved, endemic corruption still a [...]
2008-11-24 14:18:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALETRD EWWT PBTS YM
08SANAA1900CREATING INCENTIVES FOR YEMEN'S CT ENGAGEMENT
[...] (S) Embassy Sana'a wishes to express its appreciation for the collective efforts of the Washington inter-agency process that have identified both supply and financing sources for the M-113 armored personnel carriers requested by President Saleh. The purpose of this message is to ensure that th [...]
2008-11-26 07:49:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA1901SALEM HAMDAN IN YEMENI GOVERNMENT CUSTODY
[...] (S) At approximately 03:54 local time on November 26, 2008, Colonel Gilberto Villahermosa, Senior Defense Representative and Chief, Office of Military Cooperation, Sana'a, Yemen, met the USAF C-17 at Sana'a International Airport, signed for Guantanamo detainee Salem Ahmed Salem Hamdan (ISN US [...]
2008-11-26 10:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PTER YM
08SANAA1918YEMEN'S STARVING CHILDREN
[...] A National Symposium on Child Poverty held November 24-25 in Sana'a reported that half of Yemeni children under the age of five are moderately to severely underweight. Infant mortality in Yemen is ten times the U.S. rate, and according to the World Food Program's (WFP) Jutta Neitzel, food exp [...]
2008-11-29 13:16:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV SOCI YM
08SANAA1923YEMEN PUSHING FULL STEAM AHEAD ON GAS PRODUCTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Construction of the Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas Project (YLNG) is near completion and YLNG expects to export natural gas in the second quarter of 2009. The ROYG Ministry of Oil and Minerals is also eyeing other oil production and exploration blocks for additional supplies of na [...]
2008-12-01 12:09:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV YM
08SANAA1924DEMARCHE: ENHANCING EFFORTS TO COMBAT PIRACY
[...] Post maintains an ongoing discussion with the ROYG on deepening cooperation with the international community to fight Somali piracy. During our discussions, emboffs have raised all of the points outlined in para 4 of reftel. Yemeni military sources assert that, to be effective, the internatio [...]
2008-12-02 06:46:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PBTS PHSA PTER YM
08SANAA192923 INJURED IN OPPOSITION DEMONSTRATIONS
[...] (C) Demonstrations organized by Yemen's political opposition in Sana'a on November 27, and the ROYG reaction to them, turned violent, resulting in the injury of 23 people. The ROYG reportedly assaulted reporters covering the demonstrations and some accuse ROYG forces of firing on demonstrator [...]
2008-12-02 09:53:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM
08SANAA1935OPPOSITION LEADER: PARTICIPATION IN APRIL
[...] (C) With Yemen's April 2009 Parliamentary elections approaching, the opposition continues to boycott all election preparations. The concessions that President Saleh is willing to discuss privately come nowhere near addressing what the opposition deems to be its "minimum standards" for partic [...]
2008-12-03 12:13:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KCOR KDEM YM
08SANAA1947GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO YEMEN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. On November 29, during his first visit to Yemen, General David Petraeus, Commander of the U.S. Central Command, met with President Ali Abdullah Saleh and senior ROYG officials for frank and open discussions. Discussions focused on security issues, including counter-terrorism, pi [...]
2008-12-06 11:19:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL MARR MCAP PHSA PINS PTER MOPS OTRA YM
08SANAA1949SALEH'S CHARM OFFENSIVE: YEMENI PRESIDENT ATTEMPTS TO WOO
[...] (Summary) During the week of November 24, 2008, President Ali Abdullah Saleh conducted two high-profile, on-the-record interviews with international media outlets in France and Russia. In the context of these interviews, Saleh outlined his government's views on counter-terrorism strategy in Y [...]
2008-12-06 13:07:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER KPAO YM
08SANAA195SALEH ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL
[...] (U) Shortly after returning from his trip to Spain and Belgium, and only a few months after his regular annual physical in Germany, President Saleh was admitted to a Yemeni hospital. 2. (U) The Defense Ministry-funded 26Sep Net reported on February second that President Saleh had flown fro [...]
2008-02-03 14:22:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PINR YM
08SANAA196012/07 SANAA EAC REVIEWS RECENT THREAT INFORMATION
[...] SUMMARY: (S/NF) On 12/07/08 the Sanaa EAC met to discuss new threat information received by the Embassy. The EAC reviewed current security policies in place and discussed additional security measures needed. END SUMMARY. 2. (S/NF) On 12/07/08 the Ambassador convened the EAC to discuss new [...]
2008-12-07 12:18:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1973SAUDI AMBASSADOR PROVIDES INFORMATION ON YEMENI
[...] (C) On December 6, Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Ali al-Hamdan passed to the Ambassador information on Faris Mana'a. Mana'a, one of Yemen's most successful weapons smugglers, has long been known to have a curiously close relationship with President Saleh, who once brought him into a meeting with [...]
2008-12-08 06:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPINR PARM PTER PGOV YM
08SANAA1974THREATS AGAINST EMBASSY SANAA AND WESTERN INTERESTS
[...] (S/NF) US Embassy Sana'a has received threats against the Embassy and other Western interests in Yemen. RSO has passed all information to GRPO for follow-up. No further information has been received regarding these threats. 2. (S/NF) On December 5, RSO received information from a Canadian [...]
2008-12-08 13:41:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER YM
08SANAA197612/12 SANAA EAC REVIEWS SECURITY POSTURE
[...] SUMMARY: (S/NF) On 12/12/08 the Sanaa EAC met to discuss the Embassy's security posture in light of continued threat reporting against embassies, hotels, and other Western interests in Yemen. The EAC determined that the Sheraton Hotel should be put off-limits for the time being and the TDYers [...]
2008-12-12 13:06:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEMR ASEC PTER YM
08SANAA1990CIVIL NUCLEAR WORKING GROUP INFORMATION REQUEST:
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-14 12:33:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO YM
08SANAA1991IN LIGHT OF NEW SECURITY THREATS, ROYG PROMISES TO
[...] (S) During a December 13 meeting at the Ministry of the Interior (MOI),the Ambassador broached recent security concerns with Minister of Interior Rashad al-Masri. The Minister assured the Ambassador that the ROYG was taking all threats against Western interests, including the U.S. Embassy an [...]
2008-12-15 07:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER ASEC PINS MOPS YM
08SANAA1994REYDA JEWS FACE NEW THREATS OF VIOLENCE IN WAKE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Days after the December 11 murder of a Yemeni Jew in Reyda, the town's Jewish community reports continued harassment and violence, and complains of ROYG inaction. Minister of Interior Rashad al-Masri assured the Ambassador on December 13 that the ROYG would protect the nation's [...]
2008-12-15 11:35:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF KIRF YM
08SANAA2005PRESIDENT REPORTEDLY PROMISES TO RESETTLE REYDA
[...] (C) BG Tariq Saleh, nephew of President Saleh and head of his Presidential Guard, informed EMBOFFS on December 16 that the President had offered to provide every member of the Jewish community in Reyda resettlement in Sana'a, a parcel of land and money to build a home. Saleh reportedly also a [...]
2008-12-16 14:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF YM
08SANAA2026SAADA, RECOVERING FROM EARLIER CONFLICTS, AWAITS
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Ongoing tribal violence, a deteriorating humanitarian situation andincreasing Houthi influence across Saada point to a likely renewal of hostilities in the near future, despite the ROYG,s professed desire to avoid more fighting. Reconstruction and provision of basic services are [...]
2008-12-21 13:09:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF YM
08SANAA2028LOCAL SECURITY INSUFFICIENT TO EASE REYDA JEWS'
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of the Jewish community in Reyda confirmed that they would accept President Saleh's offer of land and money to build houses in Sana'a, but worried that their immediate security needs in Reyda were not being addressed. Deputy Head of the National Security Bureau (N [...]
2008-12-22 07:07:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF KIRF YM
08SANAA2033YEMEN INFORMED OF DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 12:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP EFIN PARM IR YM
08SANAA2061GCC MEMBERSHIP REMAINS BEYOND YEMEN'S GRASP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Yemen's full participation in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is thwarted by its bleak economic outlook, including a large, but unemployed, work force. GCC members have pledged to help strengthen Yemen's development, but a substantial amount of money has not been delivered. E [...]
2008-12-30 12:00:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YM
08SANAA2062YEMENI PROTESTORS OUT IN FORCE IN REACTION TO GAZA
[...] Massive protests have been organized throughout Yemen since December 27, continuing into the 30, in reaction to the Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip. Yemeni government officials, political parties, labor unions, and human rights organizations have issued statements condemning the [...]
2008-12-30 12:13:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KPAO KPAL YM
08SANAA2064YEMEN'S PERMANENT REP TO THE UN MAY ATTEND CONTACT
[...] Although Post did not receive an official response to reftel invitation, Abdul Hakeem al-Eryani, Director of the Office of the Foreign Minister, told Poloff at a December 30 meeting that the ROYG is considering sending its Permanent Representative to the UN to participate. He was unable to co [...]
2008-12-30 13:00:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER YM
08SANAA2065PLAINCLOTHES SECURITY OFFICIALS SENT TO PROTECT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-30 13:04:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF KIRF YM
08SANAA208APPROACH TO AIRLINES ON FOREIGN FIGHTERS - YEMENIA
[...] (U) PolOff presented reftel PowerPoint to Capt. Abdul Kalek Al-kadi, chairman of Yemenia Airways, on February 2. The captain assured PolOff of all cooperation possible in this area. 2. (S) Al-kadi prefaced the meeting by saying that the ROYG and Yemenia Airways were already taking steps to [...]
2008-02-06 10:09:00Embassy SanaaSECRETEAIR ECON PTER YM
08SANAA240TWO SIDES AGREE TO REVIVE QATARI MEDIATION IN SAADA
[...] (C) A February 1 agreement to reinvigorate the stalled Qatari mediation efforts in Saada was followed by a brief continuation of the violence and then a reported cease fire. While any good news in this conflict is welcome, difficulties implementing earlier cease-fire agreements lead post to re [...]
2008-02-06 13:16:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM
08SANAA256SECOND POST-CONSULTATIVE GROUP FOLLOW-UP MEETING
[...] SUMMARY: Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) officials, Gulf Cooperation Council representatives (including the Secretary General) and a large number of bilateral and SIPDIS multilateral donors gathered in Sana'a on February 4 to discuss the status of the pledges allocated to Yemen and the [...]
2008-02-11 09:56:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAID EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD GCC PREL YM
08SANAA258NEW PARLIAMENT SPEAKER AND DEPUTY SPEAKERS ALL
[...] (C) Summary: The Yemeni Parliament chose its new Speaker of Parliament and Deputy Speakers on February 11. The ruling party won all slots, despite the unpopularity of its nominated Speaker and the opposition's clever strategy to maximize its chances. End Summary. The Winners: --------- [...]
2008-02-11 13:39:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
08SANAA259DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN.GIFT AND THE VIENNA FORUM
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-11 13:44:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG YM
08SANAA260KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-11 14:22:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNMIK PGOV UN YI EU YM
08SANAA265YEMEN'S 2008 SUBMISSION FOR 2008 EISA
[...] In response to reftel, Post provides the following information. 2. The Political and Economic Section at post handles energy matters. A total of four employees handle energy-related issues: one entry-level Economic Foreign Service Officer, one entry-level Commercial Foreign Service Offi [...]
2008-02-13 11:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDABUD APER ENRG SENV YM
08SANAA267AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES THE OPPOSITION'S ROLE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and DCM met with leaders of the opposition Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) coalition on February 13. The conversation focused on the political dialogue between the ruling party and the JMP and on the role the JMP is playing in remedying the problems of the country. Dur [...]
2008-02-13 13:57:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
08SANAA268PARLIAMENT SPEAKER CAUSES DISSENT IN RULING PARTY
[...] (C) On February 11, President Saleh's choice was elected Speaker of Parliament. General unhappiness with the new speaker and the strong arm tactics used to elect him have alienated many in the ruling party. Considering the number of issues already facing the ROYG, the President's decision to [...]
2008-02-13 14:23:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
08SANAA269POC FOR AMBASSADOR SWING
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-17 10:21:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL SMIG YM
08SANAA292WILL YEMENI TAX REFORM BE A TAXING EXPERIENCE?
[...] (C) The ROYG is planning a phased implementation of a General Sales Tax on imported and wholesale goods in 2008 and expects to raise 112 billion Yemeni Riyals, according to the Tax Authority Chair. However, it will face several obstacles in collecting the tax. The Sana'a business community [...]
2008-02-18 11:13:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD PREL YM
08SANAA3THE FORUM'S FUTURE STILL IN DOUBT
[...] (C) The Ambassador and the German CDA met with Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi on January 2 to discuss the Forum for the Future. The Ambassador noted the USG's continued commitment to the Forum, but, in the absence of a representative of the Japanese Embassy, no progress was made on forming [...]
2008-01-02 13:53:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YM
08SANAA305YEMEN FORWARD LEANING ON SOMALIA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-20 14:04:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO SA MU DJ YM
08SANAA318OVERVIEW OF REFUGEES IN YEMEN: A MIXED BAG OF MISERY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-25 12:34:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA320OVERVIEW OF REFUGEES IN YEMEN: A MIXED BAG OF MISERY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-26 11:00:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
08SANAA344YEMEN VOLUNTARY INPUT FOR 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] In response to reftel, Post input for the U.S. Trade Representative's 2008 Special 301 review follows. 2. Yemen continues to face many obstacles to intellectual property rights (IPR),including a non-TRIPs-compliant IPR law, which it is seeking to amend. Copyright protection of optical m [...]
2008-02-27 14:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR YM
08SANAA366WHO HAS THE EAR OF THE PRESIDENT? PART 3:
[...] (C) President Ali Abdullah Saleh holds all decision-making authority within Yemen. Nonetheless, he relies on an established network of advisors who have obtained his trust and respect. This is the third in a series of cables that intends to develop a fuller understanding of who influences Sa [...]
2008-03-03 09:57:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PINR YM
08SANAA396YEMEN INPUT FOR FOAA-08 REPORT
[...] In response to reftel, Post's input for the FY 2008 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Appropriations Act (FOAA-08) report follows. 2. The budget is made public in Yemen through written publications, the mass media and the internet. Nevertheless, many observers believe [...]
2008-03-08 14:08:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON KMPI PREL YM
08SANAA407YEMENI TERRORIST ROLL-CALL: BADAWI STILL IN JAIL,
[...] (U) Jaber al-Banna, a Yemeni-American among the FBI's most wanted terrorism suspects and who was indicted in 2002 in the United States for "providing material support to terrorists" (reftel),posted bond at a Yemeni security court on March 9. He is due back in court on March 23. 2. (S/N [...]
2008-03-10 15:44:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PTER PREL YM
08SANAA412YEMENI TERRORIST ROLL-CALL: BADAWI STILL IN JAIL,
[...] (U) Jaber al-Banna, a Yemeni-American among the FBI's most wanted terrorism suspects and who was indicted in 2002 in the United States for "providing material support to terrorists" (reftel),posted bond at a Yemeni security court on March 9. He is due back in court on March 23. 2. (S/N [...]
2008-03-11 11:18:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL YM
08SANAA428TAXES, FEES AND RED TAPE -- BUSINESSMEN COMPLAIN
[...] (C) During an early March visit to the southern port city of Aden, the Ambassador found business contacts unhappy about non-transparent fees and taxes, bureaucratic red tape and difficulties in acquiring land. The Governor expressed a desire to encourage increased investment, but offered no re [...]
2008-03-15 14:04:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV YM
08SANAA44US PARTNER CHOSEN TO LEAD INFLUENTIAL CHAMBER OF
[...] (U) On January 6, the Sana'a Chamber of Commerce and Industry elected Hassan Al-Kbous as the Chairman of the Chamber following the death of previous Chairman Sheikh Mahfoudh Shammakh. Sheikh Mahfoudh Shammakh, sometimes called the Wiseman of the Yemeni Traders, died of a heart attack on Janu [...]
2008-01-07 13:38:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD BEXP PREL YM
08SANAA458AMBASSADOR FINDS ADENIS UNHAPPY WITH THE ROYG AND
[...] (C) On a recent trip to the southern city of Aden, the Ambassador's conversations with his interlocutors confirmed our perception of a growing divide between the Sana'a-controlled local government and Aden's citizens. The most dire compared Yemen's south to an occupied territory, while others [...]
2008-03-16 14:39:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM
08SANAA46WHO HAS THE EAR OF THE PRESIDENT? PART 2:
[...] (C) President Ali Abdullah Saleh holds all decision-making authority within his country. Nonetheless, he relies on an established network of advisors who have obtained his trust and respect. This is the second in a series of cables that intends to develop a fuller understanding of who influen [...]
2008-01-08 08:06:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR YM
08SANAA490FUTURE BANK DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-19 06:20:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC KNNP IR BA YM
08SANAA52AMBASSADOR STRESSES CONCERN FOR REYDA JEWS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-08 13:26:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KIRF YM
08SANAA541IF THE YEMENI GOVERNMENT IS RUNNING OUT OF MONEY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The ROYG apparently does not have enough revenues to cover its expenses. Against this background, it has promised to increase salaries, pensions and social welfare payments by USD 372 million. Raising General Sales Tax revenues, reducing smuggling/tax evasion, eliminating "gh [...]
2008-03-26 08:15:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN PREL YM
08SANAA610ROYG SUPPRESSES DEMONSTRATIONS WITH TANKS AND
[...] (C) The ROYG used military force including tanks, other armored vehicles and aircraft to suppress demonstrations in southern Yemen on April 1. The protests, which stemmed from an incident where military applicants from Dhale were refused enlistment, continued today, with many demonstrators arr [...]
2008-04-02 14:43:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM
08SANAA64FOREIGN MINISTER ACCEPTS DEMISE OF SANA'A FORUM
[...] (C) On December 12, acting on instructions from capitals, the Ambassador and his German and Japanese counterparts met Foreign Minister AbuBakr al-Qirbi and recommended an end to planning for the Sana'a Forum for the Future. The three Ambassadors presented the Foreign Minister with draft langu [...]
2008-01-13 15:16:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV YM
08SANAA65SALEH REQUESTS DETAINEE RELEASE AND RETURN OF
[...] (U) On January 12, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh handed the Ambassador a letter to President Bush praising the current Middle East peace initiative and requesting the release of Yemenis held in Guantanamo. In the meeting, Saleh also requested that jailed Yemeni cleric Sheikh al-Moayed be [...]
2008-01-13 15:18:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV YM
08SANAA66YEMENI ROYG EXPRESSES CONCERNS: ISRAELI SETTLEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-13 15:23:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM YM
08SANAA67SAADA UPDATE: IT'S NOT QUIET ON YEMEN'S
[...] (U) On January 10 there was renewed intense fighting in Saada in northwestern Yemen between al-Houthi and ROYG forces leading to a spike in casualties. A Qatari-mediated cease-fire is widely accepted to have failed despite efforts at the highest levels to maintain it. A fifth war in Saada is [...]
2008-01-13 15:39:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPINS PGOV YM
08SANAA711SALEH'S STEWARDSHIP OF YEMEN A SUBJECT OF CONCERN
[...] (C) Summary. Conversations this month with a range of interlocutors have revealed a growing sense of unease with the Saleh government's seeming inability to effectively address the problems of terrorism and internal unrest in Yemen. The consensus view holds that Saleh's preoccupation with the [...]
2008-04-20 07:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS YM
08SANAA747DESPERATE ROYG SPINS 'TALE OF TWO PRESIDENTS'
[...] (U) ROYG-sponsored official media widely covered the April 25 telephone call between Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and U.S. President George Bush. All four major Yemeni government daily newspapers, as well as several international pan-Arab outlets, front-paged reports of the conversation [...]
2008-04-27 06:15:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV PREL YM
08SANAA835ROYG QUESTIONED ON YEMENI DELEGATION MEETING WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 12:43:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL KN YM
08SANAA836PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ROYG
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-13 12:43:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEUN PHUM PREL YM
08SANAA86GPC MP CRITICIZES ROYG HANDLING OF SOUTHERN
[...] (C) On January 13 a prominent member of Yemen's ruling party criticized his government's handling of demonstrations in Aden specifically and southern discontent in general. Earlier in the day, media reported that two Yemenis had died and 17 were injured in fighting that broke out during a demo [...]
2008-01-14 14:30:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL YM
08SANAA87PART ONE OF TWO: YEMEN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel, part one of Yemen's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement follows. This first section covers openness to foreign investment, conversion and transfer policies, expropriation and compensation, dispute settlement, performance requirements and ince [...]
2008-01-15 11:20:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC YM
08SANAA88PART TWO OF TWO: YEMEN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel A, part two of Yemen's submission for the 2008 Investment Climate Statement follows. This second section covers protection of property rights, transparency of the regulatory system, efficient capital markets and portfolio investment, political violence, corrup [...]
2008-01-15 11:37:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC YM
08SANAA881INTERIOR MINISTER CONFIRMS AL-BANNA IN JAIL,
[...] (C) Summary. In the course of an hour-long meeting on May 18, Minister of Interior Rashad al-Alimi confirmed to the Ambassador that convicted al-Qaeda operative Jabr al-Banna had been re-arrested after his latest appearance in court. Alimi also confirmed the ROYG's intention to pursue additi [...]
2008-05-19 10:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER YM
08SANAA89KHAWLAN SHIEKHS APPEAL FOR RELEASE OF AL-MOAYED
[...] (C) On January 15, a delegation of Yemeni Sheikhs made a plea to the Ambassador for the release of convicted terrorist financier Sheikh Mohammed al-Moayed. The delegation averred that the Sheikh was a good, charitable man who would not have supported terrorists. They attempted to cast reconsi [...]
2008-01-15 14:55:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL YM
08SANAA90ROYG TO SUPPORT PROSPER CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-16 13:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA YM
08SANAA91THREE BELGIANS KILLED IN ATTACK IN HADRAMOUT
[...] (C) At approximately 2:30 PM local time, January 18 in Wadi Dowan in the governorate of Hadramout a four-car convoy carrying Belgian tourists was attacked by armed men. PSO in Makulla reported that two or three of the Belgian tourists were killed, as was one Yemeni driver. One tourist and one [...]
2008-01-18 16:34:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PGOV PREL YM
08SANAA979YEMEN PIPELINE ATTACK
[...] (C) On June 1 the Yemeni Soldiers' Brigade (a group associated with Al-Qaida which claimed responsibility for the attack on the embassy in March) claimed responsibility for what it called a "mortar attack" on the oil pipeline near a state-run refinery in Aden on May 30. Media reporting varies [...]
2008-06-02 13:55:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEIND ENRG EPET PINS PTER YM
09EFTOSANAA433REFUGEE FLOWS INTO YEMEN STRAIN AN ALREADY BURDENED SYSTEM
[...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: Pressing on an already overburdened system, the number of refugees in Yemen continued to increase in 2008. The ROYG is beginning to feel the increasing pressure from the existing population of refugees, along with these new arrivals, as evidenced by a draft law to end the poli [...]
2009-03-10 12:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
09SANAA1007NORTHERN TRIBAL LEADER THROWS LOT IN WITH
[...] (S) Sheikh Mohamed Naji al-Shaif told the Ambassador on May 26 that he has met repeatedly with southern leader Ali Nasser Mohamed and had committed to give financial support to another prominent dissident. He further claimed that if Yemen's southern governorates secede, the northern governora [...]
2009-05-27 14:35:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV YM
09SANAA1014SALEH AND CRONIES DRAW FIRE FROM A BROADENING
[...] (C) As political tension mounts in Yemen, a broadening cross-section of Embassy interlocutors is blaming President Saleh personally for the country's woes. This increasing distrust of Saleh bodes poorly for his ability to draw effectively on the power base that traditionally has enabled him to weat [...]
2009-05-31 11:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV YM
09SANAA1015SALEH SEES FOREIGN HAND BEHIND YEMEN,S INTERNAL
[...] (S) Summary. During a 40-minute meeting at his residence in Taiz, President Saleh confirmed to D/D CIA Kappes his intention to permit Yemenis to enter the Saudi rehab program upon their release from Guantanamo, an issue that he said he will discuss King Abdullah during a visit to Riyadh on May 31. [...]
2009-05-31 12:17:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1016POTHOLES ON THE ROAD TO 2011 PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (C) Twenty-three months prior to parliamentary elections scheduled for April 2011, the deadline for the parties to reach mutually acceptable electoral reform is much closer than it appears. Neither side appears to be moving in the direction of resolving the outstanding disagreements on the e [...]
2009-05-31 12:25:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
09SANAA1017PRIME MINISTER: SOUTHERNERS ARE PRO-UNITY
[...] (C) The Prime Minister told the Ambassador on May 30 that southern discontent consisted of a limited number of people complaining about personal issues, spurred on by exiled leaders and misled by an overly free press. Real southerners are pro-unity, Mujawar said, employing the same rhetoric th [...]
2009-05-31 13:40:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
09SANAA1048ICSC DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 13:06:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA YM
09SANAA1049CORRUPTION ROUNDUP: YEMENI INSTITUTIONS (STILL)
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Yemen is gradually fighting corruption through a number of anti-corruption institutions, including the Central Organization for Control and Auditing (COCA),the Public Prosecutor,s office, the Supreme National Authority for Combating Corruption (SNACC),and the High Tender Board. [...]
2009-06-03 13:56:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV KCOR EFIN YM
09SANAA1050KOMID DEMARCHE RE-DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 14:05:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL KN YM
09SANAA1060YEMENIS IMPRESSED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECH,
[...] (U) Embassy interlocutors responded positively to President Barack Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo. They were pleased with the speech's respectful and balanced tone. Interlocutors, however, were somewhat skeptical that the change in tone would be matched by a change in policy, and awaited cle [...]
2009-06-08 06:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL OPRC KPAO KISL YM
09SANAA1063EMBASSY CONTACT PREPARING TRIBAL POWER BLOC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 09:01:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV YM
09SANAA1064YEMEN: NATURAL GAS EXPORT LAUNCH PLAGUED BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Yemen to South Korea and the U.S. originally intended to begin in December 2008 have been delayed until at least August 2009, resulting in costly penalties for the export company, Yemen LNG (YLNG),and more than USD 100 million in los [...]
2009-06-08 11:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EPET ENGR EWWT FR KS YM
09SANAA1086YEMEN: 2009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] As per REF A request, Post is aware of one ongoing claim (Claimant A) of United States persons against the Republic of Yemen (ROYG). A separate claim (Claimant B) that was listed in last year's report (REF B) was resolved in 2008. 2. Claimant A (2005) informed Post on 25 September 2005 of [...]
2009-06-09 12:04:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV FR YM
09SANAA1087YEMEN'S SALAFIS COME OUT OF THE POLITICAL CLOSET
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Yemen's leading Salafis took a bold step into the political arena last month with a highly publicized conference in support of national unity, hosted by the country's largest Salafist charitable organization. Civil society reacted warily to the conservative religious movement's [...]
2009-06-09 13:30:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PTER KISL SCUL YM
09SANAA1090IN YEMENI POLITICAL CRISIS, LOCAL CONFERENCES A
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A series of local conferences held across the governorates that kicked off in early June has not produced any demonstrable results. Despite the high-profile ROYG officials dispatched as chairmen, observers believe the effort is yet another initiative that fails to deal with the [...]
2009-06-10 15:29:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
09SANAA1091INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 15:29:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL YM
09SANAA1092ARMS/SECURITY TEAMS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 15:29:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KHLS ASEC KOMC MARR PARM PREL PHSA YM
09SANAA1101FOREIGN MINISTER URGES LOW-KEY U.S. APPROACH,
[...] (C) In a June 13 meeting with the Ambassador, Yemen's Foreign Minister opined that USG support for Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) should be subtle. He also noted that the need for a unified international voice on Somalia had been agreed upon at a recent GCC Foreign Ministers' [...]
2009-06-14 07:54:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL SM YM
09SANAA1103YEMEN: CONCERN RISES AS FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVES
[...] (U) Summary. As foreign exchange reserves decline, non-ROYG observers have raised a red flag and predicted the impending collapse of the Yemeni rial. The ROYG, however, remains complacent and downplays the threat to the rial's stability. The decline in foreign exchange reserves is reality [...]
2009-06-14 13:26:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV YM
09SANAA1104YEMEN: FOOD SECURITY DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 13:10:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID PREL YM
09SANAA1105BODIES BELIEVED TO BE SA'ADA ABDUCTEES REPORTEDLY
[...] (C) On June 14, the German Ambassador told the Ambassador that he had spoken to associates of a group of westerners abducted in Sa'ada who said that three bodies found there were of two German women and a South Korean woman. The German DCM confirmed to POL/E Chief that a German police officia [...]
2009-06-15 13:46:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL YM
09SANAA1121TRIBAL CONFRONTATIONS, ROYG HEADACHES CAUSE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Occidental Petroleum (Oxy),whose exploration and production operations in Shebwa and Jawf governorates are under siege by increasingly brazen tribal attacks, is considering pulling out of Yemen. The two factors that will influence Oxy's final decision to stay or leave are relatio [...]
2009-06-17 08:56:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EPET ENRG YM
09SANAA1122YEMEN TIP REPORT DEMARCHE: ROYG ACCEPTS RANKING,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 12:49:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09SANAA1123PIRATES SEIZE YEMEN LNG CHARTER VESSEL OFF OMANI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pirates seized an empty cargo ship under contract with the Yemen Liquefied Natural Gas Company (YLNG) on June 12 off the coast of Oman. The ship was returning to Jebel Ali, UAE, after unloading a shipment of ethylene, a highly flammable chemical compound, at the Yemeni port of Be [...]
2009-06-17 13:40:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEIND EPET ETRD EWWT ECON PTER MCAP MY AC MU
09SANAA1124SPOT REPORT: ROYG WORKS TO PRODUCE QUALIFIED
[...] SUMMARY. The ROYG has developed a new strategy to provide Yemeni workers with training specifically tailored for the entry-level labor market in the Gulf. The ROYG,s plans come after a May GCC decision to give Yemeni workers priority over other foreign workers in Gulf state employment. An in [...]
2009-06-20 13:47:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV PREL GCC YM
09SANAA1140ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 15:15:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL EAID XF YM
09SANAA1145YEMEN: CABINET PASSES INVESTMENT-REFORM PACKAGE
[...] SUMMARY. The cabinet passed an investment-reform package on June 11, which included a new Investment Law, amendments to the existing Customs Law, and a new Income Tax Law. The ROYG would like to strengthen its relationship with the private sector, and is attempting to streamline the investme [...]
2009-06-24 08:42:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN YM
09SANAA1146ROYG COOLING ON LIFTING SUBSIDIES
[...] (C) In contrast to the enthusiasm expressed in April, the ROYG now seems less interested in following through on the lifting of diesel subsidies. Never popular with the average Yemeni, lifting subsidies probably seems less important now that rising oil prices have removed some of the fiscal [...]
2009-06-24 09:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID YM
09SANAA1153THEORIES PROLIFERATE REGARDING SAADA
[...] (C) The German DCM shared information and his views on the recent Sa'ada kidnapping/murder with POL/E Chief on June 20. He, like most observers, dismisses ROYG intimations that the crime was perpetrated by Houthi rebels. Many theories about the perpetrators of the crime are circulating in Sana [...]
2009-06-24 14:30:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL YM
09SANAA116SALEH TAKES PR HIT FOR DOHA, STOKES PAN-ARAB FLAMES IN
[...] President Saleh's decision not to send Yemeni representation to the emergency Arab League summit called by Qatar for January 16 left him and the ROYG open to criticism and condemnation by the Yemeni opposition and the public at large. Observers largely credit pressure from Saudi Arabia and Eg [...]
2009-01-21 12:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO KPAL YM
09SANAA1170SALEH PRESSES FOR MEETING WITH OBAMA
[...] (S/NF) On June 27, President Saleh urged the Ambassador to hurry preparations for a state visit to Washington, suggesting it would help remove obstacles impeding the transfer of Yemeni GTMO detainees to Saudi custody. On internal issues, Saleh dismissed concern over unrest in Yemen'ssouthern [...]
2009-06-28 13:23:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV KDRG CASC PREL YM
09SANAA119YEMENIS APPLAUD OBAMA, HOPE FOR 'NEW PAGE' in US-ARAB
[...] As expected, the inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States garnered positive reaction from the Yemeni public. Yemeni op-eds published on January 21 uniformly gave positive marks to Obama's speech and generally had a positive outlook for his administration. Yemeni attende [...]
2009-01-22 04:06:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO YM
09SANAA1195UNSC 1874 DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] Eryani agreed to convey the demarche to the appropriate ROYG authority. SECHE [...]
2009-07-01 13:47:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN YM
09SANAA120EMBASSY SANAA'S FY2009 BFIF PROPOSALS
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Sanaa proposes two FY2009 projects for the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF): (1) training for the Economic/Commercial officer and the FSN Commercial Assistant, both of whom are new to Post and lack any formal commercial tradecraft training, and (2) a one-day investme [...]
2009-01-22 04:07:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AMGT BEXP BTIO ECON EINV ETRD YM
09SANAA1217SOUTH BRACES FOR JULY 7 DEMONSTRATIONS
[...] (C) July 7 marks the anniversary of the reunification of Yemen after the 1994 civil war. An Indonesian Diplomat who had just returned from Aden told POL/E Chief on July 6 that, based on what he saw, he feels the situation in the south on the seventh will be "very dangerous," with demonstration [...]
2009-07-06 14:15:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
09SANAA1219JULY 7 DEMONSTRATIONS CALMER THAN EXPECTED
[...] (U) In spite of fears of an outbreak of violence, it appears that the ROYG has, by stationing large numbers of security force personnel in Aden, avoided any significant clashes on the anniversary of the end of the 1994 civil war. Aden and Sana'a are calm and although there are reports of demon [...]
2009-07-07 13:57:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
09SANAA1228UNSCR 1874 FINANCIAL PROVISIONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] ECONOFF delivered reftel demarche/non-paper to Deputy Finance Minister Jalal Yaqoub on July 5. ECONOFF re-raised the issue with Yaqoub in a meeting on July 7. Eryani and Yaqoub both agreed to convey the demarche to the appropriate ROYG authority. SECHE [...]
2009-07-08 13:04:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP YM
09SANAA1246DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ELICITING YEMENI COOPERATION
[...] (S) The Ambassador delivered reftel talking points to Foreign Minister Abu Baker al-Qirbi during a July 11 meeting. The Ambassador prefaced his delivery of the points by noting that, when the subject of CENTCOM overflights of Yemeni territorial waters had first come up, the Foreign Minister [...]
2009-07-12 13:50:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL TW YM
09SANAA1272DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENGAGING GULF STATES ON KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-18 06:34:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KV YM
09SANAA1273DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-18 06:34:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL RS YM
09SANAA1278PRESIDENT SALEH PRESSES FOR VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (S) A clearly agitated President Saleh complained to the Ambassador July 20 that it was a negative recommendation from Embassy Sana'a that was preventing the White House from extending an invitation to him for an official visit with President Obama. The Ambassador clarified to Saleh that his [...]
2009-07-20 13:48:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL KDRG PTER YM
09SANAA1287ROYG FACES OBSTACLES TO FULL REFUGEE REGISTRATION
[...] (C/NF) Although refugee-registration centers are now open in Sana,a and Aden, many questions loom over refugee affairs in Yemen. Widespread discrepancies in official reporting on the number of refugees in the country, and ineffectual communication and cooperation between government ministries [...]
2009-07-22 09:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREF PGOV PHUM PREL SO UNHCR YM
09SANAA1299SCENESETTER FOR CENTCOM COMMANDER PETRAEUS' JULY
[...] (C) General Petraeus, Embassy Sana'a warmly welcomes your return to Yemen. Since your last visit in November, we have seen little if any improvement in the political, security, and economic situations facing the country. Parliamentary elections scheduled for April were delayed by two years [...]
2009-07-23 15:14:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL OTRA YM
09SANAA1309TA'IZ RESIDENTS EXPRESS CONSENSUS ON UNITY AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In his first official visit to Ta'iz on July 22, the Ambassador met with the Governor, the political opposition, civil society leaders, and staff at USAID-grantee al-Jumhuriya Hospital. The Governor and opposition were emphatic about the need to preserve Yemeni unity, while busin [...]
2009-07-26 14:00:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI ECON YM
09SANAA1310ABYAN HEATS UP: ANTI-ROYG CLASHES ROCK ZINJIBAR
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In the deadliest day of fighting this year, supporters of new Southern Movement champion (and former jihadist) Tariq al-Fadhli clashed with security forces in Abyan governorate, leaving at least 20 dead and 40 injured. The fighting in Abyan on July 23 sparked additional protests [...]
2009-07-26 14:28:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PTER YM
09SANAA1330RED SEA PIRACY: HUDAYDAH'S PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 21 visit to Hudaydah, political figures, business leaders, and the local Coast Guard commander described how piracy is driving up business and security costs for public and private sector alike, at a time when both are are feeling squeezed by the international financi [...]
2009-07-29 13:42:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EWWT JA PGOV PHSA PREF YM
09SANAA1402(S/NF) PROGRESS ON US-ROYG COOPERATION TO REDUCE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On June 20-22, a PM/WRA delegation visited Yemen to discuss MANPADS threat reduction efforts with ROYG officials. Since 2004, US-ROYG cooperation has dramatically reduced the availability of MANPADS on the black market in Yemen. Although the program has likely recovered the bulk o [...]
2009-08-04 11:58:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER MASS YM
09SANAA1403(S/NF) ROYG DESTROYS BLACK MARKET MANPADS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On July 27, PolOffs verified the destruction of 102 MANPADS acquired from the Yemeni black market by the National Security Bureau (NSB). This brings the total number of black market MANPADS destroyed through US-ROYG cooperation to 1,263. END SUMMARY. BACKGROUND ---------- [...]
2009-08-04 11:58:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPARM PREL PTER MASS YM
09SANAA1405DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORISM FINANCE: UN AND
[...] (SBU) On July 25, PolOff informed Ms. Najwa al-Serri, First Secretary and the terrorist combating officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),of the United Nations designations of Arif Qasmani, Mohammad Yahya Mujahid, and Fazeel-A-Tul Shaykh Abu Mohammed Ameen al-Peshawari, as well as t [...]
2009-08-04 12:20:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID PK YM
09SANAA1406YEMEN: ROYG HUNGRY FOR NEW APPROACH TO FOOD
[...] SUMMARY: The ROYG is making the development of a National Food Security Strategy a priority in response to an International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) study indicating that food insecurity has reached alarming levels in Yemen. The Ministry of Planning and International Cooperatio [...]
2009-08-04 12:49:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON ETRD YM
09SANAA1407DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-04 13:26:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA YM
09SANAA1430SALEH TELLS PETRAEUS: "NO RESTRICTIONS" ON CT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. During Commander of the U.S. Central Command General David Petraeus' second visit to Yemen on July 26, President Saleh stated that no restrictions or conditions would be placed on the USG-ROYG CT partnership. The President also agreed to increase the tempo of military training [...]
2009-08-09 06:30:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL MARR MCAP PHSA PINS PTER MOPS OTRA YM
09SANAA1447SOUTHERN MOVEMENT LEADER DESCRIBES NEW MILITARY
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The Southern Movement has expanded its military organization for more effective operations against Yemeni security services. Recent growth includes the establishment of geographic commands, recruitment of tribal fighters from Abyan and Lahj and flirtation with the possibility o [...]
2009-08-09 07:03:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PTER MCAP YM
09SANAA1452DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ELICITING YEMENI COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-09 13:19:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL KTER YM
09SANAA1484DONOR COUNTRIES POW-WOW ON PIRACY, DISCUSS WAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Meeting on July 26, donor nations agreed that structural flaws, bureaucratic battles, and a lack of funding have hampered the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG) and the Yemen Navy (YNAV) in their mission to secure Yemen's coastline. The donor countries also discussed the need for a high-l [...]
2009-08-11 13:50:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHSA PGOV EWWT MCAP EFIN MASS YM
09SANAA1485YEMEN UNITES IN CELEBRATION OF AL-MOAYAD'S RELEASE
[...] (U) The Yemeni press was unanimously ecstatic at the news that terrorist financier Sheikh Mohamed al-Moayad and his assistant Mohamed Zayd have been released from U.S. custody. Official press sought to cast the release as the personal achievement of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, while independ [...]
2009-08-11 13:58:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER KPAO KDRG YM
09SANAA1486TRIBAL LEADER HAMID AL-AHMAR STIRS UP YEMENI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. De facto head of Yemen's most powerful tribal confederation Hamid al-Ahmar made his boldest political move to date in an August 5 al-Jazeera interview, blaming President Saleh for the country's woes and calling for him to resign. Yemen's political elite has largely welcomed Ahmar's can [...]
2009-08-11 13:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
09SANAA1487EMBASSY SANA'A WELCOMES CODEL MCCAIN AUGUST 16-17
[...] (C) Embassy Sana'a warmly welcomes CODEL McCain to Yemen. The poorest country in the Arab world, Yemen and its government continue to face multiple, serious challenges. We have seen little if any improvement in the political, security, and economic situations facing the country in recent ye [...]
2009-08-11 14:11:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL OVIP YM
09SANAA149IRAN'S RED LINE IN YEMEN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. "Iran is a crucial neighbor so Yemen should respect its red lines and it should respect Yemen's red lines too," said Minister of Foreign Affairs Abu Bakr al-Qirbi during a January 19 interview with an independent, sometimes sensationalist, news outlet. The comment, apparently u [...]
2009-01-28 12:04:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PGOV IR YM
09SANAA1507SA'ADA: WITH PLANES AND TANKS, ROYG SIGNALS SIXTH
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The spread of violent clashes across Sa'ada, al-Jawf and the Saudi border and confluence of the Houthi rebellion with tribal and sectarian conflict in the region has finally drawn the ROYG into what now appears to be the sixth round of fighting. After several months of sporadic [...]
2009-08-12 14:11:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PTER YM
09SANAA1517YEMEN: ROYG PREPARES FOR MENAFATF ANTI-MONEY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The National Anti Money Laundering Committee (NAMLC) is ramping up efforts to implement recommendations from the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force's (MENAFATF) 2008 report through the Anti Money Laundering Information Unit (AMLIU) at the Central Bank of Yem [...]
2009-08-15 07:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL PTER SNAR YM
09SANAA1527ROYG PROSECUTES SUSPECTED SOMALI PIRATES, BUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the prosecution of 22 suspected Somali pirates, the ROYG is now fighting piracy in the courts as well as at sea. The piracy trials warrant close monitoring, as the number of suspected pirates handed over to Yemeni authorities is likely to increase as a result of heighten [...]
2009-08-17 10:02:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEWWT KCOR KCRM PGOV PHSA PREF YM
09SANAA1528DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENCOURAGING CENTRAL GOVERNMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-17 12:09:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PREL AID YM
09SANAA1532SIXTH ROUND OF SA'ADA FIGHTING INTENSIFIES
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The sixth round of fighting between the ROYG and the Houthis, which began on August 11, has continued to escalate, kinetically and rhetorically. On August 13, the ROYG gave the Houthis six conditions for ceasing hostilities, including one that the Houthis most likely have no powe [...]
2009-08-17 15:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRETMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PTER YM
09SANAA1537GOOD NEWS FROM YEMEN: PROGRESS IN DEMINING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 9, PolOff observed the destruction of 2985 landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) in a ceremony organized by the Yemeni Executive Mine Action Committee (YEMAC),which is responsible for implementing one of the world's most successful mine action programs. Since 1999 [...]
2009-08-18 09:37:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL KHDP YM
09SANAA1541IN SEYOUN, FRUSTATION WITH SANA'A, FEAR OF THE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Political and social life in Wadi Hadramout has taken a turn for the worse in recent years, members of the political opposition and civil society told PolOff in an August 4 visit to Seyoun. Hadramis complained of Sana'a's centralization of power and discrimination against south [...]
2009-08-18 11:54:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL PTER SCUL KISL YM
09SANAA1549SALEH EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR NEW REFORM PROGRAM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In an August 9 meeting with a small group of reform-minded economic advisors and Western ambassadors, President Ali Abdullah Saleh expressed support for a new program of economic reform. Saleh agreed to create an executive board to implement this agenda. The program, "Yemen's T [...]
2009-08-19 09:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EAID PREL PGOV YM
09SANAA1552AMBASSADOR REKINDLES CONNECTIONS IN THE "FORGOTTEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The political opposition and civil society expressed frustration with the ROYG's intransigence and inattention to Hudaydah during the Ambassador's inaugural August 12 visit. Business and local government leaders described the need for investment in the infrastructure and human [...]
2009-08-19 14:36:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SCUL ECON YM
09SANAA1555AS SA'ADA CONFLICT RAGES, HUMANITARIAN IMPACT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As fighting continues in Sa'ada governorate, concern is growing about the conflict's humanitarian impact, with thousands of newly displaced people seeking shelter at camps in Sa'ada, Hajja, Amran, and al-Jawf governorates. President Saleh continues to press a military solution [...]
2009-08-20 10:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PTER YM
09SANAA1558IN POLITICAL DEADLOCK, PARTIES HOPE FOR A RAMADAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Dialogue between the ruling General People's Congress and the opposition Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) in anticipation of the 2011 parliamentary elections has been completely suspended and the gulf between the two sides has widened during the summer months. The JMP remains focuse [...]
2009-08-22 06:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
09SANAA1576YEMEN: ROYG ASKS FOR MORE U.S. FLEXIBILITY ON WTO
[...] SUMMARY: The ROYG continues to balk at what it claims are unfair U.S. demands regarding WTO accession, even as it insists it is still willing to make a good faith effort in ongoing negotiations. The WTO accession team at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) recognizes that Yemen needs to [...]
2009-08-23 12:44:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EAID ECIN PREL PGOV KMCA KMPI YM
09SANAA1582YEMEN: INTEREST IN INVESTMENT STAGNATES AS
[...] SUMMARY: The Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) has reduced interest rates in Yemen twice in the last six months, ostensibly in an attempt to stem inflation. The reduction in interest rates appears to have had little effect on investment in Yemen. The ROYG has not shown an inclination to introduce [...]
2009-08-25 05:47:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN YM
09SANAA1591DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 2009 G-8 BMENA FORUM FOR THE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 11:08:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL KMPI KPAO KDEM YM
09SANAA1595AGAINST ALL ODDS: GPC, JMP AGREE THAT YEMENI WOMEN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an August 19 event on women's political participation in Yemen hosted by the Embassy, members of the ruling General People's Congress (GPC) and the opposition Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) came to a rare consensus that a women's quota as part of a proportional list electoral [...]
2009-08-26 09:33:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM YM
09SANAA1596YEMEN'S BLEAK OIL FUTURE: PRODUCTION DECLINE,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemen's crude oil production has declined gradually and consistently since peaking in 2001, but it took the past year's drop in oil prices, and the subsequent ROYG budget crisis, to focus the country's economic leadership on problems in the energy sector. A lack of security for ne [...]
2009-08-26 10:09:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EPET EIND ENRG NL YM
09SANAA1598PORT SECURITY WOES MAKE GULF OF ADEN "OPEN SEA"
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The Gulf of Aden is an "open sea" for pirates and smugglers, the Yemen Coast Guard (YCG),Aden Port Authority, and independent journalists told PolOffs on an August 8 visit to Aden. The YCG's deep water patrolling capabilities are almost non-existent and the Port Authority's ab [...]
2009-08-26 14:57:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHSA EWWT MCAP PREL MASS YM
09SANAA1599SA,ADA WAR: DESPITE CLAIMS OF CEASEFIRE, CIVILIANS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On the afternoon of August 26, multiple media sources reported a brief humanitarian ceasefire between the ROYG and the Houthis. The ROYG did not officially confirm it, and it is unclear how it is being implemented or if it will hold. The reported ceasefire comes at the end [...]
2009-08-26 14:57:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1604CONTRABAND AND CONFUSION IN THE GULF OF ADEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On an August 8 visit to Aden, PolOffs heard from a variety of sources that smuggling -- of drugs, diesel, weapons, alcohol, and human beings -- is thriving along Yemen's coasts. These illicit flows are difficult to disentangle from legal maritime activities, as well as piracy, [...]
2009-08-29 12:15:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEWWT MCAP PHUM PGOV PHSA PREF SNAR KTIP YM
09SANAA1611ANOTHER ROYG INSIDER SPEAKS OUT: "HE WON’T LISTEN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Presidential first cousin and well-connected ruling General People's Congress Member of Parliament Mohammed al-Qadhi has joined other prominent former insiders ) including Tariq al-Fadhli, Mohammed Salim Basenduah and Hamid al-Ahmar ) in blaming President Ali Abdullah Saleh for Yemen's [...]
2009-08-31 08:20:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PINR YM
09SANAA1617YEMEN: HAMID AL-AHMAR SEES SALEH AS WEAK AND
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Hamid al-Ahmar, Islah Party leader, prominent businessman, and de facto leader of Yemen's largest tribal confederation, claimed that he would organize popular demonstrations throughout Yemen aimed at removing President Saleh from power unless the president "guarantees" the fairness [...]
2009-08-31 13:39:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINS ECON SA UK GM YM
09SANAA1618SA'ADA WAR: FIERCE FIGHTING FOLLOWS ALLEGED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. After a fleeting )- or, by some accounts, non-existent -- ceasefire, fighting continues in earnest with artillery and aerial attacks throughout Sa'ada and parts of Amran governorates. Although President Saleh announced a "new" strategy on August 26, little appears to have change [...]
2009-08-31 14:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA162YEMEN: DOI CITES WORKSHOP NOMINEE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-01 08:55:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV XF PA YM
09SANAA1621ROYG REJECTS HOUTHI CEASEFIRE
[...] (U) The Houthis announced a unilateral ceasefire on the night of August 31, which the ROYG categorically rejected the following day. According to the ceasefire announcement, which Houthi spokesman Muhammad Abd-al-Salam made during a live telephone interview on al-Jazeera's August 31 evening [...]
2009-09-01 13:51:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1628SA'ADA CONFLICT: A PROXY WAR OF WORDS BETWEEN
[...] (C) While Yemeni government forces and Houthi rebels exchange fire in Sa'ada, a vociferous exchange of accusations and counter-accusations over alleged foreign interference in the conflict is taking place in the Yemeni and regional media. Iranian official media is giving the conflict unpreced [...]
2009-09-02 11:02:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PINS KPAO YM
09SANAA1629YEMEN: CENTRAL BANK MONITORS HAWALAS, BUT HAMPERED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Anti-Money Laundering Information Unit (AMLIU) at the Central Bank of Yemen (CBY) estimates that more than 10,000 hawalas exist in Yemen, but has little information on their integration with the greater international hawala system. The CBY's relative willingness to crackdown [...]
2009-09-02 11:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL PTER SNAR YM
09SANAA1632AQAP LIFTS $500K IN ADEN HEIST?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An armed robbery rocked Aden on August 17, in part due to the large amount stolen (100 million Yemeni riyals) and in part due to the belief of government and non-government sources that al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) operatives are the culprits. The tactics utilized in the [...]
2009-09-02 13:39:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KFIN YM
09SANAA1633PEAK REFUGEE SEASON: INCREASING NUMBERS OF
[...] (U) This cable was drafted in coordination with Embassy Addis Ababa. Summary ------------ 2. (C) SUMMARY: Press reporting on the &12,0008 refugees crammed into Bossaso, Somalia waiting to transit to Yemen in September has been largely exaggerated. Many of these refugees have already arr [...]
2009-09-02 14:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL DJ ELAB ER ET SMIG UNHCR
09SANAA1638ROYG RESPONSE: YEMENI COOPERATION ON EXTRADITION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 13:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER YM
09SANAA1639DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ARAB LEAGUE STATES PRIOR TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 13:36:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL AL YM
09SANAA1648ANOTHER HALF-HEARTED CEASEFIRE IN SA'ADA; FIGHTING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The sixth war in Sa'ada shows no sign of slowing, despite another brief ceasefire announcement on September 4. The ongoing war of words between the ROYG and Houthis is resulting in a dizzying see-saw of accusations and counter-accusations, none of them independently verifiable. [...]
2009-09-09 15:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1659DEMARCHE RESPONSE: CANDIDATES FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Liza Khaled in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) UN Department on September 9. Khaled said that Yemen is considering running for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and that the Yemeni Ambassador to the UN and other relevant ROYG officials [...]
2009-09-12 11:39:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR YM
09SANAA1662IRAN IN YEMEN: TEHRAN's SHADOW LOOMS LARGE, BUT FOOTPRINT IS SMALL (c-ne9-01257)
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Despite repeated ROYG accusations of Tehran's material and financial support to the Houthi rebels in Sa'ada and increasingly belligerent media exchanges between Yemen and Iran, Iranian influence in Yemen has thus far been limited to informal religious ties between Yemeni and Iranian [...]
2009-09-12 14:11:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPINR PREL PGOV ECON ENRG EIND IR YM
09SANAA1666FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: NEXT STEPS FOR
[...] Yemen's daunting internal challenges present many opportunities for more robust US engagement in the areas that President Barack Obama outlined in his June 4 speech in Cairo. Consultations with Yemeni interlocutors point to continuing opportunities to support Yemen's government and civil soci [...]
2009-09-13 12:43:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO YM
09SANAA1667ROYG RESPONSE: ELICITING YEMENI COOPERATION FOR
[...] (S) The Ambassador has raised the issue of ROYG cooperation in countering arms smuggling through Yemeni territorial waters with Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi during numerous conversations since July. The Ambassador explained the USG interest in conducting overflights of Yemeni territoria [...]
2009-09-13 13:48:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL TW YM
09SANAA1669BRENNAN-SALEH MEETING SEP 6, 2009
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In a September 6 meeting with Deputy National Security Advisor John Brennan, President Saleh pledged unfettered access to Yemen's national territory for U.S. counterterrorism operations, suggesting that in the process, the USG assumed responsibility for the success - or failure - [...]
2009-09-15 06:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV PINR KDRG PINS SA YM
09SANAA1678FROM YEMEN, ANOTHER TALE OF WOE: 12-YEAR-OLD CHILD
[...] (SBU) A 12-year-old girl died on September 11 after three days of painful labor in Hudeidah governorate. The girl, Fawzia Abdullah Yousef, was married to a 24-year-old laborer at the age of 11. Her case became public when a local human rights worker from the Seyaj organization for child righ [...]
2009-09-15 13:45:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI YM
09SANAA1679TOO QUIET ON THE SOUTHERN FRONT? RAMADAN PLOTTING
[...] (S) SUMMARY. After six months of increasingly violent clashes between protestors and security services, Yemen's restive southern governorates have been uncharacteristically quiet during Ramadan, even as the war in Sa'ada rages and al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed a late July [...]
2009-09-15 14:07:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER YM
09SANAA168ROYG MOVES REHABILITATION CENTER SITE TO ADEN
[...] (C) In what he described as his last "official task" for President Saleh following his December 17 cabinet resignation, former Deputy Prime Minister Rashad al-Alimi told the Ambassador during a January 31 meeting that he will oversee the construction of Yemen's extremist rehabilitation center [...]
2009-02-02 08:23:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDRG YM
09SANAA1680LATEST FRONT IN SA'ADA WAR: YOUTUBE
[...] In the sixth war between the ROYG and Houthi rebels, the fighting has spread to a new front: Youtube. Houthis and their supporters have posted video clips online as part of a vigorous information campaign to publicize battlefield victories, allege ROYG atrocities against civilians and accuse [...]
2009-09-15 14:10:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPINS PROP PGOV KPAO YM
09SANAA168609/18/2009 SANAA EAC REACTS TO POSSIBLE IMMINENT
[...] (S/NF) On 09/18/2009, the Ambassador convened a weekend meeting of core members of Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) to discuss reftel information regarding al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and its intention to conduct terrorist operations in Yemen during the remaining period of [...]
2009-09-18 12:16:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AEMR YM
09SANAA1687JMP'S "NATIONAL SALVATION PLAN" JUST ANOTHER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. After months of anticipation, the opposition Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) released its National Salvation Plan which, while billed as a comprehensive solution to the nation's major crises ) Sa'ada and the Southern Movement - falls short of the level of detail or political buy-in [...]
2009-09-19 13:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
09SANAA1688EMBASSY SANA'A COMMEMORATES FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF
[...] SUMMARY: On September 16, post held a ceremony commemorating the first anniversary of the September 17, 2008 attack on the Embassy compound. Visiting DAS Janet Sanderson conveyed regards from State Department colleagues in Washington and commended Embassy personnel for their perseverance in [...]
2009-09-19 13:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KPAO YM
09SANAA1690SA'ADA WAR: ROYG BOMBING ALLEGEDLY KILLS 87
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Multiple media sources report that the ROYG conducted an airstrike against a school in Amran governorate in which IDPs had sought shelter, killing 87 civilians, mostly women and children. ROYG officials, including President Saleh, say that only Houthis were killed in the bomb [...]
2009-09-19 13:55:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1692DAS SANDERSON HEARS OF PROMISING ECONOMIC AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 15-16 visit to Yemen, Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) Ambassador Janet Sanderson met with ROYG officials, advisors, and European diplomats to discuss some of Yemen's most pressing social and economic challenges. Foreign Minister Abubakir al-Qirbi pressed for a "strategi [...]
2009-09-22 07:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNEAID ECON PGOV PREL SENV YM
09SANAA1729FRAUD SUMMARY - SANA'A
[...] COUNTRY CONDITIONS: Yemen is the poorest country in the Middle East, with an illiteracy rate of over 50% and unemployment rates over 30%. Yemen is also home to upwards of 500,000 - 600,000 refugees, mostly of Somali origin. Due to lack of opportunities in Yemen, the impetus for and volume of [...]
2009-09-29 04:21:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC YM
09SANAA1782NEW CRUDE OIL SALES MECHANISM SPARKS TRIBAL RIVALRY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The ROYG, led by presidential son Ahmed Ali Saleh, has shifted responsibility for selling Yemen's crude oil production share away from the Ministry of Oil and towards an interagency committee, sparking a behind-the-scenes business rivalry between tribal leaders and government offi [...]
2009-09-30 13:36:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG EPET PGOV PREL UK CH KS FR SZ YM
09SANAA1832TALE OF TWO HOSPITALS HIGHLIGHTS ROYG'S MISPLACED FISCAL PRIORITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 05:38:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON GM PGOV PREL SOCI UK YM
09SANAA1835MEDIA BULLIED INTO SILENCE AS CRISES DEEPEN
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Yemeni journalists continue to face censorship, intimidation, and restrictions on their movements as they attempt to report on the deepening crises confronting their country. Both the ROYG and the Houthis have prevented independent media from visiting the conflict zone in Sa'ada, [...]
2009-10-06 13:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KPAO YM
09SANAA184BOYS FIGHTING AS MEN IN YEMEN'S TRIBAL CONFLICTS
[...] SUMMARY. A recent report by a local NGO touting high rates of child combatants in tribal warfare has garnered considerable international coverage. Culturally, however, the adolescents are viewed as adults who owe allegiance to their tribes and are fighting to protect their homes. This may [...]
2009-02-02 12:22:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI YM
09SANAA1847TRIBALIZED "POPULAR ARMY" AGAINST THE HOUTHIS WILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The ROYG is encouraging the formation of a "popular army" of tribesmen to supplement the regular army's fight against the Houthis in northern Yemen. The ROYG uses the "popular army" to harness tribal support for the war, increase its numbers and firepower in the region, and enga [...]
2009-10-07 07:43:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1850SITREP: YEMEN'S H1N1 PANDEMIC AND PANIC
[...] (U) Summary. Yemen has 266 confirmed H1N1 influenza cases, and the number is increasing across the country. Since the end of August, most of the H1N1 cases in Yemen have come from local transmission. The 266 infected people have been treated with Tamiflu and either sent home or hospitalized [...]
2009-10-07 10:57:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SANAA1851YEMEN: PRM VISIT UNVEILS GROWING RESENTMENT
[...] (C) In an October 4-5 PRM visit to Yemen, a series of meetings with NGOs and international organizations (IOs) elucidated several challenges: a growing resentment toward refugees on the part of the ROYG and general population, severely limited access to Ethiopian detainees, increasing numbers [...]
2009-10-07 12:19:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL ET SMIG UNHCR YM
09SANAA1856HIGH-LEVEL VISITORS BRING MESSAGES OF SOLIDARITY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Three high-profile regime figures - two of them Government of Egypt officials - descended on Sana'a in early October, sparking rumors that Egypt has been tasked by the Arab League with resolving the Sixth War in Sa'ada, which has dragged on for over two months. The GOE and ROYG, [...]
2009-10-07 13:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AL EG YM
09SANAA1870ROYG ISSUES BLACKLIST OF SA'ADA ARMS TRAFFICKERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 5, the ROYG announced that seven Yemeni arms dealers had been "blacklisted," among them international arms trafficker Faris Manna, chief mediator between the ROYG and the Houthi rebels and brother of Sa'ada governor Hassan Manna. While theories regarding what prompte [...]
2009-10-12 06:54:00Embassy SanaaSECRETETRD ETTC PARM PTER YM
09SANAA1882HAMID AL-AHMAR TRIES HIS HAND AT COORDINATING
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Citing his desire to throw President Saleh off balance, Hamid al-Ahmar, prominent businessman, opposition leader, and de facto head of Yemen's largest tribal confederation, told EconOff on October 6 that he is trying to coordinate the efforts of the Houthi rebels and the Southern Movem [...]
2009-10-12 13:14:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR SA SY GM EG TU LE YM
09SANAA1892MODERN-DAY REVOLUTION UNLIKELY AT PLANNED OCTOBER
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The Southern Movement leadership is looking for historical inspiration in Lahj governorate, the revolutionary heartland of the struggle against the British colonial occupation of southern Yemen, as it plans peaceful demonstrations on October 14 in Radfan and October 15 in Yafa. [...]
2009-10-13 13:07:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV YM
09SANAA1899DEMARCHES DELIVERED: ROYG RESPONSE ON IRAN AND
[...] (S) On October 13, PolOff delivered reftel demarches to Ambassador Ali al-Kaf, the Chief of Arabian Peninsula and Gulf Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on the subjects of Iran, its covert uranium enrichment facility, and meetings being held by the international community to [...]
2009-10-13 14:03:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM KNNP MNUC AORC UNSC IAEA PREL IR ETTC YM
09SANAA1929YEMEN'S SOUTH: TENS OF THOUSANDS FLOCK TO PEACEFUL
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Tens of thousands of southerners traveled to Lahj, the rebellious heartland of Yemen's south, for pro-independence demonstrations organized by the Southern Movement in commemoration of the 46th anniversary of South Yemen's revolution against the British. Despite the large crowd [...]
2009-10-19 09:36:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV YM
09SANAA1936CHILD SOLDIERS ALLEGEDLY USED BY BOTH SIDES IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Numerous credible sources report that both the ROYG and the Houthis are illegally recruiting and employing child soldiers to fight the war in northern Yemen. Although the ROYG military does not appear to be directly employing child soldiers, the tribal militias it has mobilized [...]
2009-10-20 12:40:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KTIP YM
09SANAA1937COULD A SA'ADA CEASEFIRE BE ON THE HORIZON?
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Rumors of Abdul-Malik al-Houthi's arrest, a flurry of high-level ROYG visits to Saudi Arabia, Foreign Minister Qirbi's sudden dispatch to Egypt, Syria, and Libya, and Iranian Foreign Minister Mottaki's postponed visit to Sana'a point to the possibility of significant developments [...]
2009-10-20 12:59:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1939FIGHTING FIRE WITH FIRE: A CLASH OF RELIGIOUS
[...] (S) SUMMARY. One of the deepest root causes of the conflict in Sa'ada is an ongoing battle of religious extremes between the violent Zaydism of the Shiite Houthi rebels native to the region and the radical Sunni Salafism that has crept down from Saudi Arabia in the last 20 years. Supported [...]
2009-10-20 13:36:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV KISL SCUL YM
09SANAA1963AMBASSADOR APPRISES PRESIDENT SALEH OF WASHINGTON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 14:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER YM
09SANAA1965ROYG REPORTS SEIZURE OF IRANIAN-CREWED SHIP WITH
[...] (S) ROYG officials and the Yemeni media report that ROYG maritime forces intecepted an Iranian-crewed ship transporting a large quantity of weapons on October 26. The ROYG Embassy in Washington issued a press statement on October 26 announcing that the Yemeni Navy and Coast Guard "seized a fo [...]
2009-10-27 14:04:00Embassy SanaaSECRETETRD ETTC PARM PTER YM
09SANAA1983WHO'S THE BOSS IN ABYAN? SOUTHERN MOVEMENT, AQAP,
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In the largely ungoverned spaces of Yemen's southern governorates, a complex political battle is taking place between the central government, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and members of the secessionist Southern Movement. This struggle is especially apparent in Abyan, where [...]
2009-10-28 12:53:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PTER YM
09SANAA1998MORE EVIDENCE THAT CHILD SOLDIERS USED BY "ALL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Credible NGO and media sources report that all three parties in the Sa'ada conflict )- the ROYG, the tribes, and the Houthis -- are using child soldiers. While the ROYG denies it uses child soldiers, local and international journalists and NGOs report that they interviewed child [...]
2009-11-02 14:23:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KTIP YM
09SANAA2000NEW PRESS COURT ISSUES FIRST CONVICTION AGAINST
[...] (U) In the latest blow to Yemen's bludgeoned independent press, the Special Press and Publications Court issued its first conviction on October 31 in its second ruling. The court, established in May 2009, ruled that a 2008 article entitled "Weapon of Mass Destruction," critical of President S [...]
2009-11-03 07:50:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KPAO YM
09SANAA2002SITREP: H1N1 PANDEMIC HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
[...] (U) Summary. Yemen has 415 confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza, and health officials suspect an additional 800 cases. The ROYG has a 50,000 supply of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) to prevent the spread of the virus and 100,000 doses of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) to treat H1N1 patients, but h [...]
2009-11-03 12:07:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SANAA2014BAD TO WORSE FOR YEMENI JOURNALISTS: PRESS COURT
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 31, Yemen's recently established Special Press and Publications Court issued its first guilty verdict. The court found Washington-based Yemeni-American writer Munir al-Mawri and Yemeni independent journalist Samir Jubran guilty of "the crime of criticizing the President [...]
2009-11-04 09:32:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPAO YM
09SANAA2029FROM YEMEN, SEPARATE ATTACKS ON SAUDI DOORSTEP
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Details are still emerging in two separate, deadly attacks which took place on November 3 close to the Yemen-Saudi border. In northern Sa'ada's Jabal al-Dukhan border region, one Saudi security officer was killed and 11 others wounded, allegedly by Houthi rebels. The second att [...]
2009-11-04 14:46:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2030SA'ADA: HOUTHIS PUSH OUTWARD, THOUSANDS OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The vast majority of Sa'ada governorate appears to be under Houthi control, including much of western Sa'ada, where the rebels took Razeh's military airport; northwestern Sa'ada; and eastern Sa'ada, where they have opened a new front. One exception is Sa'ada City, most of which [...]
2009-11-04 15:02:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER YM
09SANAA2040SAUDI AIRSTRIKES AT YEMEN BORDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Local sources confirm that Saudi Arabia continued to launch airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Jebel al-Dukhan area on the Saudi-Yemeni border, despite ROYG statements to the contrary. In an unusual twist, the Houthis are now casting themselves as defenders of Yemen's sovereignty agai [...]
2009-11-09 13:33:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2041CAUGHT BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH, TAIZ CITIZENRY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The residents of Taiz, Yemen's most populous governorate and the country's cultural and educational capital, share the same frustrations expressed by citizens across the country: a water crisis, economic woes and a crackdown on human rights such as freedom of the press. Unlike [...]
2009-11-09 13:34:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI ECON YM
09SANAA204265 JEWS MAKE THEIR EXODUS FROM YEMEN, RESETTLE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite bureaucratic, logistical, cultural and personal hurdles, 65 Yemeni Jews traveled to the U.S. in 2009 as part of the special P-1 refugee resettlement process. The most recent group of Jewish refugees traveled on October 26 amid death threats from an estranged ex-husband a [...]
2009-11-09 13:42:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA204357 JEWS MAKE THEIR EXODUS FROM YEMEN, RESETTLE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite bureaucratic, logistical, cultural and personal hurdles, 57 Yemeni Jews traveled to the U.S. in 2009 as part of the special P-1 refugee resettlement process. The most recent group of Jewish refugees traveled on October 26 amid death threats from an estranged ex-husband a [...]
2009-11-10 04:27:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA2052SA’ADA SOLUTION REQUIRES MORE THOUGHT, FEWER
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Ongoing, direct Saudi involvement in the Sa'ada war, which in and of itself risks expanding the regional and sectarian dimensions of the conflict, also seems to be encouraging other Sunni neighbors to provide material support to President Saleh's ill-conceived campaign to eradicate [...]
2009-11-11 09:00:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER SA YM
09SANAA2058WATER RESOURCES FALL AS WATER SCARCITY RISES ON
[...] (C) Summary. Water remains a socially threatening, yet politically sensitive subject in Yemen; government action has stagnated as water resources continue to decline. The lack of regulation of drilling rigs and the cultivation of qat are largely responsible for the continuing decline of wate [...]
2009-11-14 08:15:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID MASS PGOV SENV SOCI YM
09SANAA2062DEPUTY FM WANTS TO DISCUSS "HIDDEN AGENDAS"
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Deputy FM Al-Dhabbi told Ambassador Seche in a meeting November 10 that he looks forward to a candid exchange to clarify our agendas and views in relation to the ROYG conflict with the Houthis which, he noted, the ROYG, considers as an immediate threat compared to that posed [...]
2009-11-15 15:06:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER YM
09SANAA2070SAUDI STRIKES IN YEMEN: AN INVITATION TO IRAN --
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Saudi airstrikes on the Yemeni border continue but have not managed to clear the area of Houthi rebels. Yemeni journalists and the Houthis report Saudi strikes are hitting Yemeni targets, claims that are denied by the ROYG and SAG. Multiple media sources report the Saudi Navy is imp [...]
2009-11-16 14:51:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2072DONORS QUESTION ROYG COMMITMENT TO DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Donors questioned the pace of Yemen's development in a meeting with visiting World Bank Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Vice President Samshad Akhtar on November 7. Akhtar responded to donor concerns, emphasizing that the ROYG appears to understand its development issues, [...]
2009-11-17 07:33:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID PREL PGOV YM
09SANAA2073ALI NASSER MOHAMMED: YEMEN'S ONCE AND FUTURE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. As the overall political situation in Yemen continues to deteriorate and the secessionist Southern Movement continues to gain strength, former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (PDRY) President Ali Nasser Mohammed has emerged as the most-talked about ) if not the most likely [...]
2009-11-17 08:53:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL PINR PTER YM
09SANAA2074YEMEN SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION
[...] (U) PolChief met with the ROYG MFA Deputy Chief of International Organizations Idrees Al-Shammam November 16 to discuss points in reftels. Shortly after the meeting Al-Shammam sent a diplomatic note advising the Embassy "that the Government of the Republic of Yemen will support the candidac [...]
2009-11-17 10:43:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IMO EWWT PHSA UK YM
09SANAA2077YEMEN TO BE ABSENT DURING THIRD COMMITTEE VOTE ON
[...] (U) PolChief met with the ROYG MFA Deputy Chief of International Organizations Idrees Al-Shammam November 16 to discuss points in reftel. Shortly after the meeting Al-Shammam confirmed that the Yemeni delegation will be absent during the November 19 UNGA third committee vote on Iran. SEC [...]
2009-11-17 13:29:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN YM
09SANAA2079HIZBALLAH AND THE HOUTHIS: DIFFERENT GOALS AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In their ongoing pursuit of Western support for their struggle against the Houthis, ROYG officials have latched onto recent, unsubstantiated media claims of Hizballah cooperation with the Houthis in Sa'ada in order to bolster their argument that the Houthis are a terrorist organ [...]
2009-11-18 06:03:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER MOPS PGOV PROP YM
09SANAA208YEMEN: TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-04 13:23:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ETTC PHUM PTER YM
09SANAA2080YEMEN: NOMINATION FOR 2010 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 07:03:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM YM
09SANAA2084ROYG EFFORTS TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENT HAMPERED BY
[...] (U) Summary. Responsibility for environmental preservation and protection in Yemen is divided between the Ministry of Water and Environment and the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). Due to budget shortages across the ROYG, environmentally affiliated agencies are suffering from a lac [...]
2009-11-18 13:21:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL SENV PREL EAID PGOV YM
09SANAA2085YEMEN WILL CONTINUE TO VOTE YES ON UNGA
[...] (C) PolChief delivered reftel demarche November 18 to ROYG MFA Deputy Director of International Organizations Indrees Al-Shammam. Al-Shammam, speaking frankly, stated that Yemen will continue to vote yes, along with the rest of the Arab countries, on all the resolutions with an anti-Israel [...]
2009-11-18 13:51:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KPAL IS YM
09SANAA2114THREE GUNMAN ARRESTED NEAR HOME OF YEMENI JEWISH
[...] (C) Police officials reported that government security guards at Tourist City, an apartment complex where the ROYG houses and provides protection for 14 Yemeni Jewish families (65 people),detained on November 18 three men acting in a suspicious manner near the home of Rabbi Yahya Bin-Yusuf, [...]
2009-11-23 14:07:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKIRF ASEC YM
09SANAA2116SITREP: YEMEN'S MOST VULNERABLE REFUGEES IN BASATEEN AND
[...] (U) Summary: Although still a minority segment of Yemen's vast and growing refugee population, the 15,000 residents of the UNHCR-run refugee camp in Kharaz and the 40,000 plus residents of the urban slum of Basateen are among the most vulnerable. During a November 16 - 18 visit to these areas, [...]
2009-11-23 14:46:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL PGOV UNHCR YM
09SANAA2117SA'ADA CEASEFIRE DISCUSSIONS UNDERWAY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Well-informed sources, including one involved directly in preliminary talks, report that both the ROYG and the Houthis are looking for a way to stop the fighting in northern Yemen. While the Houthis apparently have accepted the RQG's five ceasefire conditions, there is an imp [...]
2009-11-23 15:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2124IDPS IN AMRAN ESCAPE WAR BUT STILL EXPOSED TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The approximately 28,000 IDPs in Amran governorate may have escaped the conflict zone, but their survival remains precarious. Local authorities view them with suspicion and have attempted to restrict and manipulate aid delivery for political purposes. The camp established for [...]
2009-11-24 11:37:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UNHCR YM
09SANAA2128SOUTH'S INDEPENDENCE DAY COULD TURN VIOLENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Against a backdrop of resurgent separatist sentiments in the south, large and potentially violent protests are expected on November 30, the day marking the south's independence from Britain. Signs of greater organization among the Southern Mobility Movement (SMM) and recent ant [...]
2009-11-28 14:51:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT PTER PINR YM
09SANAA215LIFE ON THE BORDER: CHILD MIGRATION IN YEMEN'S
[...] SUMMARY. Thousands of children in Yemen's northern governorates travel illegally to Saudi Arabia in search of work, despite the dangers inherent in this path. Children face physical and sexual abuse, as well as grinding poverty across the border. Increasing ROYG awareness and efforts by th [...]
2009-02-07 07:51:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV SOCI YM
09SANAA2151ROYG PREEMPTS SOUTHERN PROTESTS, ATTEMPTS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. While widespread violence did not erupt during Southern Mobility Movement (SMM) demonstrations on November 30 in Aden (reftel),tens of thousands of protestors flooded the streets despite government warnings not to assemble days before and a preemptive scale-up in ROYG security [...]
2009-12-02 11:12:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PNAT PTER PINR YM
09SANAA2155SA'ADA CEASEFIRE TALKS SLOW BUT NOT STALLED
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Sa'ada ceasefire discussions continue to move forward slowly, even during the week-long Eid holiday, and Houthi mediator Hassan Zaid is cautiously optimistic about the possibility that a ceasefire will be reached. While Zaid thinks President Saleh is not serious about a ceasefire an [...]
2009-12-02 12:24:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2170MEPI'S LOCAL GRANTS PROGRAM: A YEMEN SUCCESS STORY
[...] Summary. With more than 7000 registered Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs),but little to no indigenous funding for its nascent civil society, Yemen has benefited greatly from the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)'s local grants program. The local grants program has made a particul [...]
2009-12-07 08:18:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKMPI KDEM KPAO EAID PREL PGOV SOCI YM
09SANAA2171YEMEN'S LEADING INDEPENDENT NEWS SITE HACKED;
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 28, hackers attacked Yemen's leading independent news website NewsYemen, crashing the site and erasing its five-year news archive. Website editor Nabil al-Soufi blamed the Ministry of Telecommunications, citing evidence that the virus which destroyed the website or [...]
2009-12-07 08:50:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KPAO YM
09SANAA2176SA'ADA CEASEFIRE TALKS "SHATTERED"
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. A knowledgeable insider reported that the incipient Sa'ada ceasefire discussions have been "shattered." Just days earlier, presidential advisors Abdul Karim al-Iryani and Mohammed Azzan told EmbOffs that Saleh was willing to consider a political solution to the war in Sa'ada. [...]
2009-12-08 13:52:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2178POPULATION PROJECTIONS OFF THE CHARTS IN YEMEN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Population projections in Yemen are among some of the highest in the world. According to the ROYG's National Population Council, the Yemeni population (approximately 23 million) will double within 23 years if current growth rates continue. With assistance from the United Nat [...]
2009-12-09 07:03:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KWMN KIRF ELAB EAID ECON
09SANAA2183YEMEN: RESPONDING TO ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT REPORTING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-09 13:07:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKBCT ECON ETRD YM
09SANAA2184PREPARING FOR FM QIRBI'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On December 8, the Ambassador called on Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi at Qirbi's request to discuss the Ambassador's most recent consultations in Washington. Qirbi had been appraised of the invitation to visit Washington in January 2010 for meetings with Secretary Clinton a [...]
2009-12-09 13:08:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KVIP ECON YM
09SANAA2185WHO ARE THE HOUTHIS, PART ONE: WHAT ARE THEY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Given the Houthis' opacity and the government's exaggerated claims about their goals, it is difficult to know what exactly they are fighting for. The ROYG accuses the Houthis of wanting to restore clerical rule in Yemen, which they deny, insisting instead that they want basic [...]
2009-12-09 13:16:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2186WHO ARE THE HOUTHIS, PART TWO: HOW ARE THEY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Little is clear about the Houthi leadership, aside from the fact that Abdulmalik al-Houthi is the rebel group's current leader. Houthi field commanders do not seem to agree on key ideological and religious principles. The Houthis' numbers range from the hundreds to the thou [...]
2009-12-09 13:29:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PTER PREL SA YM
09SANAA2202YEMENI POVERTY LEVELS HIGHEST IN WAR-AFFLICTED
[...] Summary. The poorest country in the Middle East, Yemen is particularly affected by poverty. 34.8 of the population lives below the poverty line as defined by a UNDP index; 45 percent of the population lives on less than two dollars a day. The real losers when it comes to poverty are the war [...]
2009-12-13 13:39:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PHUM PGOV PREL YM
09SANAA2205IRANIAN-YEMENI RELATIONS STRAINED BY SA'ADA WAR
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Iranian-Yemeni relations have deteriorated as Yemeni officials and ROYG media have repeated their suspicions of Iranian support for the Houthi rebels, including, but not limited to, support for an alleged Hizballah presence in northern Yemen (REF A and B). Attempts by Iran t [...]
2009-12-13 14:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER MOPS PINS MASS PGOV YM
09SANAA2208ALLEGED ILLICIT SERBIAN ARMS SALE TO YEMENI
[...] (S/NF) A front company for Serbian illicit arms dealer Slobodan Tesic (alt. Tezic),XXXXXXXXXXXX, signed a USD 78 million arms contract with the Yemeni Ministry of Defense in early October 2009, to be delivered by early January 2010, according to the Bulgarian Embassy in Sana'a. The 34-page contra [...]
2009-12-14 05:39:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNETTC ECON MARR MASS MCAP PREL PGOV YI BU CY
09SANAA2209YEMEN: 2010 NTE CHAPTER ON THE ARAB LEAGUE TRADE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-14 10:36:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD KBCT YM
09SANAA2219DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF CHILD
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on December 14 to Khalil Mohammed of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' (MFA) Two Americas Department and Amani Ali Salih al-Wathai, assistant to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Muhi al-Dhabbi. Mohammed and Wathai accepted the points of the dem [...]
2009-12-15 15:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KWMN KMCA PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09SANAA2225YEMEN LNG PLANS SHIPMENTS TO CONUS, WORRIES ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Yemen LNG, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) company operated by majority shareholder French Total Oil, is planning to ship LNG cargos from its plant in Belhaf, Yemen to Sabine Pass, Texas and Everett, Massachusetts beginning in early 2010 (REFTEL). Under the terms of YLNG's contracts wit [...]
2009-12-16 09:52:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EWWT ECON EPET PTER PINS PBTS FR KS YM
09SANAA2227SA'ADA, MONTH FIVE: IS SALEH SERIOUS ABOUT ENDING
[...] (S) SUMMARY. A week after ceasefire negotiations between the ROYG and the Houthis broke down, bombing continues apace in war-torn Sa'ada governorate. President Saleh continues to send signs that he is still committed to a military end to the conflict and attempts at reaching a political solu [...]
2009-12-16 15:08:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PREF SA YM
09SANAA223YEMEN'S CTU SHOWS OFF VIDEO OF JANUARY RAID
[...] (C) Saying that the CTU is "completely transparent" with its partners, Commander of the Counter-terrorism Unit (CTU) of the Central Security Forces Colonel AbdulRahman al-Miweeti invited British, French, and American security officers to view a video of the CTU's January 19 raid on a suspected [...]
2009-02-08 10:04:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER PINS YM
09SANAA2230YEMEN'S COUNTER TERRORISM UNIT STRETCHED THIN BY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. As the sixth war against the Houthis continues to squeeze Yemen's conventional military, the ROYG has looked to its U.S. and U.K.-funded and trained counterterrorism forces to provide some relief to battered army forces. The Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) - trained to detect small ter [...]
2009-12-17 12:54:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER MOPS PINS MASS PGOV YM
09SANAA2249YEMEN: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The security situation in Yemen continued to deteriorate during 2009. Al-Qa'ida Yemen (AQY) announced its merger with al-Qa'ida elements in Saudi Arabia in January 2009, creating al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). This strategy of consolidation and greater organization r [...]
2009-12-21 13:11:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PGOV MOPS YE
09SANAA2250YEMEN ABUZZ WITH TALK OF CT OPERATIONS; TTENTION SLOWLY TURNS TO U.S. ROLE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Yemenis have talked of little else but the counterterrorism operations against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula since news broke of the pre-dawn raids on December 17. Official media and ROYG officials have focused on the successful aspects of the operation, including an alleged 34 te [...]
2009-12-21 13:28:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PGOV PREL MOPS MASS YM
09SANAA2251ROYG LOOKS AHEAD FOLLOWING CT OPERATIONS, BUT
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The ROYG views the December 17 CT operations as a success and a benefit to Yemeni national interests, and appears not overly concerned about unauthorized leaks regarding the U.S. role and negative media attention to civilian deaths. ROYG officials continue to publicly maintain that [...]
2009-12-21 13:34:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER MOPS MASS PGOV PREL YE
09SANAA2259ROYG MAKES THE ROUNDS IN EUROPE: ATTEMPTS TO STAVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Foreign Minister Muhi al-Dhabbi recently returned from a whirlwind trip to six European nations in which he attempted to explain ROYG policy on the Houthi conflict in Sa'ada and postpone rumored UN Security Council debate that the ROYG fears might lead to greater foreign i [...]
2009-12-22 10:06:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL MOPS PTER YM
09SANAA227YEMEN: OIL MINISTER (OVERLY?) OPTIMISTIC ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with the Minister of Oil and Minerals, Ameer Salem al-Aidaroos, on February 7. The Minister predicted that new discoveries, the eventual return of higher oil prices, and the start of natural gas exports would resolve the Republic of Yemen Government,s (ROYG's) [...]
2009-02-09 09:46:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON ENRG EPET PGOV RU YM
09SANAA2274ROYG ACKNOWLEDGES U.S. INTEL ASSISTANCE IN AQAP
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs Rashad al-Alimi for the first time publicly acknowledged U.S. intelligence assistance in the December 17 strikes during a presentation to Parliament on December 23. Preliminary reports from Post contacts indicate that Alimi's prese [...]
2009-12-27 12:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINS MOPS PINR YM
09SANAA2279YEMENI TRIBAL LEADER: FOR SALEH, SAUDI INVOLVEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh believes the Saudi Government's military actions in Sa'ada will alleviate mounting domestic political pressure on him to demonstrate progress against the Houthi rebels, according to XXXXXXXXXXXX with close personal ties to Saleh and his inner circle. XXXXXXXXXXXX told E [...]
2009-12-28 10:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SA IR YE
09SANAA2286ROYG RESPONDS TO ILLICIT SERBIAN WEAPONS DEAL ALLEGATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-31 10:17:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNMARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTR MASS PGOV
09SANAA2287YEMEN: HOUTHI HEAD POSSIBLY DEAD, BUT REBELS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. With the ROYG and international community refocused on the long-running battle against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, the civil war against the Houthi rebels in northern Sa'ada governorate continues to rage, despite rumors that Houthi commander Abdulmalik al-Houthi is dead. [...]
2009-12-31 10:17:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM PREF MOPS YM SA
09SANAA229RESPONSE TO IRANIAN OVERFLIGHTS DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-10 07:03:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC MASS YM
09SANAA257REVIEWING YEMEN'S PREVIOUS EXTREMIST
[...] (U) From 2002 through 2005, Yemen conducted an extremist rehabilitation program that is believed to have had some success. This report outlines what is known about that program and how it worked, and compares what is known about the ROYG's current plans for a rehabilitation center to it. Whi [...]
2009-02-10 11:28:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER KDRG KISL YM
09SANAA259YEMEN: ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING AND COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] SUMMARY: ROYG institutions and Yemeni banks have made some progress on implementing Financial Systems Assessment Team (FSAT) and Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force,s (MENAFATF) recommendations. A draft counter-terrorism finance (CTF) law remains lodged in the Finance Co [...]
2009-02-10 11:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL PTER SNAR YM
09SANAA266YEMEN: CARTAGENA PROTOCOL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-11 13:26:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO YM
09SANAA268KOMID DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-11 13:37:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM MTCRA PREL KN YM
09SANAA270IT'S (STILL) A MAN'S WORLD: WOMEN CANDIDATES IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. With the electoral clock ticking and the parties locked in a political stalemate, the possibility of reaching an effective compromise on a quota for female candidates appears increasingly unlikely. Despite proposals from each side, insiders remain skeptical that the new Parliam [...]
2009-02-11 14:01:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM
09SANAA271YEMENIS THINK SAUDI ARABIA COULD DO MORE TO STOP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. ROYG officials and independent experts repeatedly express frustration with the lack of Saudi cooperation on trafficking-in-persons issues, including children smuggled to Saudi Arabia for work and Saudi "sex tourists" who frequent underage prostitutes in Yemen. They allege tha [...]
2009-02-11 14:07:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI KTIP YM
09SANAA273BACKROOM DEAL REMOVES BARRIER TO OPPOSITION
[...] (C) Shoura Council member Mohamed al-Tayeb told the Ambassador and DCM on February 9 that President Saleh had struck a backroom deal with the opposition Yemeni Socialist Party (YSP) that is expected to remove a major obstacle to YSP participation in Parliamentary elections. The YSP is not th [...]
2009-02-11 14:18:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
09SANAA274SANAA'S ANTI-PIRACY CONFERENCE PLUMBS THE DEPTHS
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Attendance was high at the February 10-11 UK-funded maritime security conference in Sana'a. Participants agreed to better information sharing and increased capacity building, but were unable to decide on the mechanisms to reach these goals. Although constrained by a lack of reso [...]
2009-02-11 14:23:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM
09SANAA28YEMEN'S CIVIL SOCIETY URGED TO JOIN IN THE UN'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-07 11:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM YM
09SANAA291INTERIOR MINISTER GIVES AMBASSADOR ASSURANCES ON
[...] (C) The Minister of Interior gave the Ambassador on February 16 assurances on a number of issues ranging from reports of recently released al-Qaeda suspects to information sharing with the Embassy to the protection of Yemen's Jewish community. While Post is relatively confident that the issu [...]
2009-02-17 12:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF KIRF
09SANAA293FIRST MICROFINANCE BANK, AL-AMAL BANK
[...] SUMMARY: Al-Amal Bank has renewed its commitment to microfinance since November 2008. The bank is targeting micro-enterprises, low-income families, and women. It is basing its five-year business plan on reports from the Social Fund for Development (SFD) and International Finance Corporation [...]
2009-02-17 13:46:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN EINV YM
09SANAA299HAMID AL-AHMAR ON SALEH, OIL, AND ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Hamid al-Ahmar, Islah Party leader, prominent businessman, and son of the late Speaker of Parliament Shaykh Abdullah al-Ahmar, told Econoff on February 15 that President Saleh personally was to blame for country's problems, especially widespread corruption, and suggested that MG Ali Muhsin al-A [...]
2009-02-18 11:40:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV ECON EIND EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD YM
09SANAA30YEMEN RESPONDS O THE PORT SECURITY DEMARCHE
[...] SUMMARY. During the week of January 3 ) , Post delivered the reftel points to the Ministy of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Transportation Yemen Coast Guard, and Ministry of Industry and rade. Other relevant individuals were also notiied. Overall, the ROYG defended its port securiy procedure [...]
2009-01-07 12:36:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EWT KHLS PREL PTER YM
09SANAA306HAS SALEH LOST THE SOUTH? BOLD TALK OF
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In meetings in Aden attended by PolOff, independent figures and opposition leaders ) including members of the regime of the former People's Democratic Republic of South Yemen (PDRY) ) called openly for Southern independence, declaring that "unity was over." Describing an underg [...]
2009-02-18 13:18:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PNAT YM
09SANAA307SALEH INSISTS ON RECEIVING GTMO DETAINEES, ASSURES
[...] (C) The Ambassador told President Saleh that there are profound doubts in Washington about Yemen's ability to receive and properly manage detainees returned from Guantanamo. The Ambassador urged the President, in a February 18 meeting, to reconsider his objection to the possibility of sendin [...]
2009-02-18 14:07:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDRG KISL YM
09SANAA314A VICTORY FOR CHILD BRIDES: PARLIAMENT (FINALLY)
[...] With strong opposition from Islah, Parliament voted on February 14 to approve a marriage law setting the minimum age of marriage at 17 for men and women. The law also stipulates that no woman of any age can be married without her consent. Parents violating the law face imprisonment for up to [...]
2009-02-21 08:16:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI YM
09SANAA319SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT: OPPOSITION SEES LITTLE USE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Calling the elections "pointless" and expressing doubt that any political agreement would prove sufficient, southern opposition figures in Aden appeared even further from compromise than their party brethren in Sana'a. Meanwhile, in the capital, the GPC's Central Committee voted [...]
2009-02-21 11:25:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
09SANAA322FOOD SECURITY STILL AN ISSUE FOR HUNGRY YEMENIS
[...] SUMMARY: Yemenis continue to suffer from high food prices and a lack of homegrown food items. The Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) has responded in a limited and ineffective way to issues of food security. The regional donor response is uncertain, while the international donor response i [...]
2009-02-22 14:10:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ECON ETRD YM
09SANAA324SALEH PUSHES CONCESSIONS TO JMP
[...] (C) A brief visit by National Democratic Institute Regional Director Les Campbell energized President Saleh to push his ruling GPC Party to implement concessions to the opposition. At the same time, key members of the opposition appear ready to move ahead based on six principles of agreement [...]
2009-02-23 09:26:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
09SANAA326EMBASSY SANAA'S NOMINATIONS FOR FDIC'S FINANCIAL
[...] (U) Post would like to nominate six Yemeni government officials for the Counter Terrorism Financial Regulatory Training, to be held March 23-27. This course will increase their knowledge of how money laundering and terrorist financing transactions are perpetrated and the controls that should [...]
2009-02-23 13:35:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ECON EFIN PREL KCRM KTFN
09SANAA331AGREEMENT TO DELAY ELECTIONS UP TO TWO YEARS
[...] (C) Shoura Council member Mohamed al-Tayyeb told the DCM on February 24 that a definitive agreement had been reached between the ruling General People's Congress (GPC) and the opposition Joint Meeting Parties (JMP) to delay the Parliamentary elections scheduled for April 27 for two years. Ha [...]
2009-02-24 14:00:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
09SANAA334YEMENI MILITARY COMMANDER DESCRIBES AL-QAEDA
[...] (S) During a February 18 meeting with Embassy officers, MG Mohammed al-Maqdashi, Regional Commander of the Yemeni Armed Forces Middle District, described al-Qaeda's (AQ) presence in Marib as a diffuse, well-trained force of mostly Saudi recruits. Despite ample funding from sources in neighbori [...]
2009-02-25 12:58:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINS PTER ECON YM
09SANAA335PARLIAMENT: TWO-YEAR ELECTORAL DELAY IS IMMINENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Squeaking by the mandatory 60-day deadline, Parliament is expected to vote in a special session on February 26 to accept the President's request to delay the Parliamentary elections for two years and to amend the Constitution in order to change the Parliamentary term from six to [...]
2009-02-25 13:03:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM
09SANAA348SUCCESS OF YEMEN'S FIRST MINE DEPENDENT ON
[...] (SBU) Yemen's first mine is expected to export zinc starting in mid-2010, contributing up to USD 160 million of non-oil revenues to the ROYG after the end of a three-year tax holiday. The UK-Yemeni joint venture, Jabal Salab, is hoping that the price of zinc returns to its 2008 peak so that t [...]
2009-03-02 10:26:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ELAB EMIN ENRG BTIO YM
09SANAA356SANAA SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] (S/NF) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? Yes. Various ethnic, religious, and professional groups are capable and have been allowed to stage demonstrations in the past. T [...]
2009-03-02 13:21:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER YM
09SANAA397UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 10:54:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALAORC KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09SANAA398UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 10:58:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL YM
09SANAA399TERRORISM FINANCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 11:13:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID SL YM
09SANAA4GAZA ISSUE STILL SIMMERS IN YEMEN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-04 12:48:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PHUM YM
09SANAA400KOMID DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 13:29:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM PREL YM
09SANAA401YEMEN VOLUNTARY INPUT FOR 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] In response to reftel, Post input for the U.S. Trade Representative's 2009 Special 301 review follows. 2. Yemen continues to face many obstacles to intellectual property rights (IPR),including a non-TRIPs-compliant IPR law, which it is seeking to amend. Copyright protection of optical med [...]
2009-03-04 14:10:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR YM
09SANAA402EMBASSY SANAA 2009 SCIENCE FELLOW PROPOSAL
[...] Embassy Sanaa proposes the following spring/summer position for a Science Fellow. 2. Topic: Geological Survey Capacity-Building in Yemen. -- Relevant host country organizations: Geological Survey and Mineral Resource Board, Ministry of Oil and Minerals, Ministry of Water and Irrigation, a [...]
2009-03-04 14:10:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENGR ECON AMGT APER EPA
09SANAA42YEMEN RESPONSE TO OPPOSING IRAN PRESIDENCY AT UNDP
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-11 05:04:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF IR UN EAID YM
09SANAA427CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PUTS A SMALL SPOTLIGHT ON
[...] SUMMARY: The Federation of Yemen Chambers of Commerce and Industry has established a women,s unit on the heels of the first-ever national businesswomen,s conference. The women,s unit and the Yemen Business Women,s Council are initiating efforts to integrate women into the often male-dominate [...]
2009-03-08 13:24:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB PGOV KWMN YM
09SANAA43TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-11 05:04:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR LE YM
09SANAA430A VIEW FROM INSIDE THE SOUTHERN MOVEMENT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Moving in an increasingly secessionist direction, the leaders of the Southern Movement continue to build organizational capacity while beginning to think about confrontational strategies, according to former southern General Mohamed Saleh Tammah. The movement, which looks to so [...]
2009-03-08 14:31:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PNAT PTER YM
09SANAA432BILLION DOLLAR ARMS DEAL DENIED
[...] (C) Yemen's Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) for Economic Affairs and the Russian Ambassador to Sana'a both strongly denied press reports of a USD 1 billion arms sale negotiated during the February visit of President Saleh to Moscow. According to the DPM, the ROYG sought forgiveness of Yemen's USD [...]
2009-03-09 13:49:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM ETRD EFIN RU YM
09SANAA433REFUGEE FLOWS INTO YEMEN STRAIN AN ALREADY BURDENED SYSTEM
[...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: Pressing on an already overburdened system, the number of refugees in Yemen continued to increase in 2008. The ROYG is beginning to feel the increasing pressure from the existing population of refugees, along with these new arrivals, as evidenced by a draft law to end the poli [...]
2009-03-10 12:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
09SANAA44YEMEN CONFIRMS PARTICIPATION AT CONTACT GROUP ON
[...] Abdul Hakeem al-Eryani, Director of the Office of the Foreign Minister, confirmed on January 10 that Yemen's Permanent Representative to the United Nations will attend the January 13-14 Contact Group on Somali Piracy. 2. Poloff provided al-Eryani with reftel draft agenda and proposed meet [...]
2009-01-11 05:04:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER YM
09SANAA441YEMENI RESPONSE TO KOMID DEMARCHES
[...] (C) On March 11 POL/E Chief received a response to ref A, B and C demarches from Nejwa al-Serri, First Secretary in the MFA's Office of the Two Americas. She said that the ROYG is committed to supporting all UNSC resolutions and does not believe that its relationship with North Korea violates [...]
2009-03-14 07:12:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPARM MTCRE PREL KN YM
09SANAA482SANAA EAC DISCUSSES SECURITYPOSTURE DUE TO
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On 03/18/2009, the Sana'aEAC convened to discuss Post's security posture ue to the terrorist attack on the South Korean mtorcade (ref A). The EAC decided that American stff will travel in armored vehicles and the Embasy shuttle will have an armed RSO security escort util furthe [...]
2009-03-18 15:18:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNAEM ASEC YM
09SANAA489SALEH BIG WINNER IN YEMEN'S PARLIAMENTARY
[...] (U) A February 26 decision by Yemen's Parliament is expected to lead to a two year delay of the parliamentary elections scheduled for April 27. This message examines what that delay will actually mean. The delay is seen by some as a chance for true reform of Yemen's political system. Judgin [...]
2009-03-22 10:18:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM YM
09SANAA493YEMEN UNPREPARED FOR LONGTERM GLOBAL FINANCIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The global financial crisis has directly affected the public sector, while indirectly affecting the private sector in Yemen. While the ROYG has responded in the short-term by cutting disbursements to the budget, a long-term solution to the crisis remains elusive. The ROYG is [...]
2009-03-22 13:06:00Embassy SanaaSECRETEAID ECON EFIN EIND ETRD SOCI USAID YM
09SANAA495SALEH SHOWS NO FLEXIBILITY ON GTMO DETAINEES
[...] (S/NF) President Saleh on March 16 rejected a proposal by visiting Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor (APDNSA) John Brennan that Yemeni Guantanamo detainees be sent to a Saudi rehabilitation center jointly run by Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Saleh instead insisted that the [...]
2009-03-23 07:00:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNKDRG PGOV PINR PTER PINS IZ SA YM
09SANAA500YEMEN: DONOR COMMUNITY FRUSTRATION RISES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Yemen,s donor community is concerned about the long-term effectiveness of aid to Yemen. Donors worry about the lack of political commitment to development both at the presidential and the parliamentary levels. Donors remain committed to policy reform and supportive of private sector in [...]
2009-03-24 10:45:00Embassy SanaaSECRETEINV EAID ECON AORC YM
09SANAA501MARITIME "LEGAL ARGUMENTS" USELESS SAYS FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi expressed concern with the tactics of some of the naval vessels currently on anti-piracy missions in the Gulf of Aden during a March 23 meeting with foreign ambassadors. He asserted that Yemeni fishermen are "starving" due to the presence of the Somali [...]
2009-03-24 11:05:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM
09SANAA502ROYG DIGS IN ITS HEELS ON ISSUANCE OF JEWS'
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite U.S. pressure, the ROYG continues to stall on the issuance of passports to a group of Reyda Jews, citing discomfort over media attention surrounding the February emigration of a Jewish family to Israel. Families in Reyda reported incidents of rocks thrown at their homes [...]
2009-03-24 11:26:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA503HOME-GROWN NGOS WORK FOR PEACEFUL CONFLICT
[...] SUMMARY. Local NGOs are engaged in a three-pronged approach to promoting peaceful conflict resolution among Yemen's tribes: engaging tribal leaders, empowering youth, and training imams as mediators. These techniques often overlap efforts to curb the spread of extremist ideology. The program [...]
2009-03-24 12:57:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER YM
09SANAA504AMISOM DEMARCHE: ROYG RESPONDS SOMALI FORCES NEED
[...] (C) POL/E Chief delivered reftel demarche to Abdulhakim al-Iryani, Director of the Foreign Minister's Office. Iryani said that he was pleased that the USG was engaging countries in the region on Somalia. He asserted that the piracy, terrorism, and refugee flows coming out of that country are [...]
2009-03-24 15:02:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF KPKO SO YM
09SANAA529ELECTION DELAY SHOWS SALEH'S CUNNING, OPPOSITION'S
[...] (C) The agreement to delay Yemen's parliamentary elections gives the ruling party two more years of power without an election, while giving the opposition almost none of its demands. While poorly received in the donor community, in terms of internal Yemeni politics this was a solid victory. [...]
2009-03-25 10:52:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
09SANAA530MPS SCOLD SECURITY FORCES ON TERRORIST ATTACKS
[...] (U) On March 23, Yemen,s Parliament held a contentious five-hour closed session to discuss recent terrorist attacks and the overall lack of security in the country. Ranking ROYG officials in attendance included Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs Rashad al-Alimi and the Mi [...]
2009-03-25 11:22:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL YM
09SANAA550YEMEN BUDGET TRANSPARENCY FOR SECTION 7088(C)
[...] (U) The ROYG is currently receiving U.S. bilateral assistance using FY 09 funds, including development, counterterrorism, and military assistance. The non-military portion of the annual expenditures of the central government is publicly available on the Ministry of Finance's website (www.mof. [...]
2009-03-30 13:02:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL EFIN YM
09SANAA554ICJ ADVISORY OPINION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 14:24:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL ICJ KV YM
09SANAA555DOHA SUMMIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 14:25:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAL KPKO WWBG MOPS PGOV YM
09SANAA560SIXTH ROUND IN SAADA: WHERE'S THE TIPPING POINT?
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The threat of a sixth round of fighting between the al-Houthi rebels and government forces in Saada looms large. Potential flashpoints include the issue of prisoners, tribal warfare in the northern governorates and the grim humanitarian situation. The constant drumbeat of viol [...]
2009-04-01 06:53:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF YM
09SANAA569ROYG FOLLOW UP ON MARCH 16 BRENNAN-SALEH MEETING
[...] (S) Summary. Deputy Foreign Minister al-Dhabbi called in Ambassador April 1 to express concern about the outcome of last month,s discussion between APDNSA John Brennan and President Saleh on GTMO detainees, and solicit the Ambassador,s views as to how we can move this issue forward. Dhabbi [...]
2009-04-01 14:19:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL KDRG YM
09SANAA571PESSIMISTIC OBSERVERS FEAR TROUBLE AHEAD FOR YEMEN
[...] (C) A trusted contact predicted to POL/E Chief serious trouble on the horizon for the ROYG stemming from its budgetary problems. Others are less pessimistic, but there are many who feel that the current Yemeni regime is in a precarious place both economically and politically. The ROYG needs to get [...]
2009-04-01 14:39:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV ECON YM
09SANAA579ROYG OPERATION GRABS 55 SUSPECTED EXTREMISTS
[...] (C) On April 4, Major General Ali al-Ashwal briefed EmbOff on the ten-day assault undertaken by the Yemeni Army and security forces against extremist armed gangs, including suspected terrorists in the town of Ja'ar in the governorate of Abyan. (Note: Al-Qaeda has long been known to maintain [...]
2009-04-05 12:35:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER YM
09SANAA593YEMEN: TAEPO-DONG 2 LAUNCH DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 13:13:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP KN YM
09SANAA594YEMEN: KOSOVO IMF/WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 13:14:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL KV YM
09SANAA595YEMEN: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 13:14:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL YM
09SANAA596SOME MEMBERS OF REYDA JEWISH COMMUNITY RECEIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 13:42:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA597VISIT TO REFUGEE AREAS IN YEMEN INDICATES NEED FOR
[...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: A continued increase in the flow of migrants and draw down in international funding of NGOs threatens an already vulnerable and underserved community in the Basateen urban area and Kharaz refugee camp in the south of Yemen. A reduction in the funding of programs will have a d [...]
2009-04-08 16:22:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL PGOV YM
09SANAA619ROYG OFFENDED BY DOJ CLAIM OF CORRUPTION, SEEKS
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see Para 7. 2. (C) Deputy Foreign Minister Mohyadeen al-Dhabbi called in the Ambassador in April 12 to express the concern of the ROYG regarding assertions made by the Department of Justice that senior government officials and other influential Yemen [...]
2009-04-13 13:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALJUS EFIN ETRD PGOV YM
09SANAA68YEMEN ATTEMPTS TO SEIZE REGIONAL ANTI-PIRACY LEAD
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Yemen Coast Guard (YCG) is expected to use a regional anti-piracy conference next month to announce its expanding operations and to solicit assistance from Yemen's deep-pocket Gulf neighbors. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Despite its lack of deep-water capabilities, the YCG is at [...]
2009-01-13 12:41:00Embassy SanaaSECRETEWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM
09SANAA708GOOD WORKS AND GOD: TRACING SALAFISM'S GROWING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Salafism has spread rapidly in Yemen over the last two decades, fueled by wealthy Yemeni and Saudi benefactors, the judicious political use of Salafism by Yemen's leaders and an expansive network of charitable organizations. Increasingly, Yemen's Salafis are entering the public [...]
2009-04-21 08:50:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER SCUL YM
09SANAA716ROYG CLAIMS IT IS COMMITTED TO REFORM, REMOVING
[...] SUMMARY: In a departure from the recent past, the ROYG has demonstrated a new commitment to economic reform by revealing plans to remove diesel subsidies and extending civil-service reform to the military and security services. The reform agenda is being considered at the highest levels of th [...]
2009-04-21 10:13:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAID EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD GCC PREL YM
09SANAA784DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONDING TO ALLEGATIONS OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-25 13:37:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN KWBG PGOV IS YM
09SANAA785EMBASSY SANAA'S TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-25 13:38:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN ETTC PTER YM
09SANAA792SOUTHERN MOVEMENT ATTRACTS PROMINENT NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 11:44:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PINR PTER YM
09SANAA810SECURITY PUTS A DAMPER ON DEMOCRACY DAY
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Although thousands demonstrated, the widespread violence anticipated across the south on Democracy Day (April 27) never materialized, in part due to the ROYG's heightened military presence in key cities. Looting and arrests occurred in Mukullah, while noted extremist, now south [...]
2009-04-29 12:47:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV YM
09SANAA813YEMEN: WILD, BUT STILL NOT WET
[...] SUMMARY. A water-scarcity crisis continues to loom over Yemen. Both urban and rural areas remain at risk from water scarcity, water contamination and untreated waste water, and a mismanaged water policy is generally to blame. Yet, recent increased coordination between the ROYG and donor com [...]
2009-04-29 14:17:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID MASS PGOV SENV SOCI YM
09SANAA831DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ENGAGING OIC STATES ON KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 14:57:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KV YM
09SANAA833YEMENI GOVERNMENT MOVES TO SILENCE NEWSPAPERS IN
[...] (C) In the wake of renewed violence fueled by calls for secession of Yemeni's southern governorates, the ROYG has taken action to limit the circulation of seven independent and opposition newspapers. The Ambassador cautioned President Saleh on May 5 that such action was unhelpful as the ROYG [...]
2009-05-05 13:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO YM
09SANAA84OSAC CRIME AND SAFETY REPORT FOR YEMEN
[...] OVERALL CRIME AND SAFETY SITUATION: Yemen is a poor, developing country. The central government has control over the major cities and towns, while traditional tribal powers control the outlying areas. Tourists and expatriates run the greatest risk of encountering criminal elements in those [...]
2009-01-14 14:38:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC APER AMGT YM KCRM
09SANAA875SITUATION REPORT: YEMEN'S H1N1 PANDEMIC
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although H1N1 influenza (informally known as swine flu) has not yet arrived in Yemen, the ROYG has mobilized resources in preparation for its arrival. The Ministry of Health has set up a 24-hour operations room and distributed Tamiflu to cities throughout Yemen. A quarantine [...]
2009-05-06 11:23:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09SANAA876YEMEN: AMBITIOUS POWER GENERATION PLANS HAUNTED BY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Yemen's national electricity grid serves only a small fraction of the population and bypasses the industrial sector completely. Realizing that maintaining oil product-powered plants is fiscally unsustainable, the ROYG plans to build three natural gas-fired power plants. The [...]
2009-05-06 11:23:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET IR YM
09SANAA898LOUD CALLS FOR SOUTHERN INDEPENDENCE RATTLE THE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Buoyed by the growth of a popular Southern Movement, a broader swath of those parts of southern society to which post has access has declared an end to unity and is openly advocating for separation from the former North Yemen. A worried ROYG has employed a number of tactics ) fr [...]
2009-05-12 12:37:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV YM
09SANAA899PIRACY CONTACT GROUP DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-12 12:37:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMARR ECON YM
09SANAA9JEWS BEGIN MOVE TO SANA'A AFTER STONINGS IN REYDA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After anti-Israel demonstrations turned into a violent episode of stone-throwing on January 4, the Reyda Jews began moving to government housing in Sana'a on January 5. Several people were injured as a result of the violence and at least one man was hospitalized for his injuri [...]
2009-01-05 13:13:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF KIRF YM
09SANAA900KOSOVO/IMF DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-12 12:37:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN PREL KVIR YM
09SANAA901HCOC DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-12 12:38:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDMTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA YM
09SANAA925YEMEN: TROUBLED BY SOUTHERN UNREST, BUSINESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Nervously eyeing recent developments in the south, Aden- and Sanaa-based business contacts said that the situation in the south was at its worst since 1994. The business community supports unity, if only because southern secession would cut off market access to northern Yemen, a [...]
2009-05-13 14:52:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON YM
09SANAA934YEMENI TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR: LOWEST
[...] SUMMARY. The Yemeni telecommunications sector still suffers from the lowest penetration in the region. The lack of both mobile and internet coverage is largely due to government monopoly, policies that emphasize government revenue over encouraging investment, and an outdated infrastructure. [...]
2009-05-17 12:18:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECPS ECON ETRD YM
09SANAA936YEMEN STRIKES BACK AS PIRACY HURTS ECONOMY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. As a result of piracy's negative economic impact on Yemen and its links to human and arms smuggling, the ROYG has stepped up its counter-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden in recent months. Yemen would like to take on a regional leadership role in combating piracy, but its effort [...]
2009-05-17 13:21:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEWWT PREL PTER MCAP YM
09SANAA939SECURITY CONCERNS, BUREAUCRACY HINDER DELIVERY OF
[...] Insecurity and bureaucratic foot-dragging are hindering efforts to provide assistance to Yemen's strife-torn Sa'ada province. A key needs assessment remains stalled awaiting ROYG approval, possibly as a result of the ROYG's hesitancy to allow outsiders to view the scope of the humanitarian cr [...]
2009-05-18 06:25:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PGOV PREF YM
09SANAA941IRAQ REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY REPONSE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-18 09:14:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IZ YM
09SANAA942SOUTHERN UNREST CASTS A SHADOW OVER PREPARATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Yemen approaches the 19th anniversary of its unification facing challenges from the south that some observers have characterized as unprecedented since the civil war in 1994. Both the ROYG and the southern independence movement are likely to use this week's observance of Unity D [...]
2009-05-18 12:14:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM
09SANAA949KOMID DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-19 12:57:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL KN YM
09SANAA950SHOURA COUNCIL MEMBER ON SOUTHERN UNREST: SALEH'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY. According to a well-connected Shoura Council member, President Saleh made some mistakes which helped escalate southern unrest. His current efforts to stop the situation from deteriorating will probably prevent a crisis during this weekend's Unity Day celebrations/demonstrations, [...]
2009-05-19 13:03:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER YM
09SANAA951YEMEN'S RESTIVE SOUTH: IS SALEH (FINALLY) GETTING
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Although a nervous-seeming ROYG has employed numerous tactics to quell southern discontent in the weeks following Democracy Day (April 27),only recently did President Saleh hint at serious consideration of southern grievances. A May 17 public announcement of constitutional refo [...]
2009-05-19 13:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PTER YM
09SANAA957ABDUL HAQ DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 07:12:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID YM
09SANAA958UNSC 1718 DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 07:25:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ETTC KNNP PREL PARM KN YM
09SANAA977UNITY, BUT NOT THIS UNITY
[...] (U) Against the backdrop of growing secessionist sentiment in Yemen's south, some among those who support unity are voicing their frustration over centralization of power, lack of development and the weakening of the Saleh regime. The ROYG is focusing a lot of energy on secessionist feeling, b [...]
2009-05-20 14:14:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
09SANAA981YEMEN HARMONIZES UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WITH
[...] SUMMARY. In a departure from the past, the ROYG has announced that the unemployment rate reached 35 percent in 2008, which is in line with statistics from international organizations. The ROYG's report could symbolize a harmonization of government figures with internationally-recognized sta [...]
2009-05-24 10:19:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV YM
09SANAA996ROYG WEATHERS UNITY DAY, BUT CHALLENGES PERSIST
[...] (C) While the ROYG celebrated the 19th anniversary of Yemen's unification with a massive military parade, anti-unity and anti-ROYG demonstrators took to the streets across Yemen's restive southern governorates. In Aden, security forces fired on protesters, killing three and injuring 30. Form [...]
2009-05-26 12:56:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV YM
10SANAA106YEMEN BUDGET TRANSPARENCY FOR SECTION 7086(C)
[...] (U) The ROYG is currently receiving U.S. bilateral assistance using FY 10 funds, including development, counterterrorism, and military assistance. The non-military portion of the annual expenditures of the central government is publicly available on the Ministry of Finance's website (www.mof. [...]
2010-01-20 14:20:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL PGOV EFIN YM
10SANAA107ROYG REQUESTS U.S. FUNDING FOR TOP TEN ECONOMIC
[...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph eight. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Seeking to jumpstart a moribund economic-reform effort announced in August 2009, presidential son Ahmed Ali Saleh has brought in the U.S. consulting firm McKinsey and Company to help implement three of the Top T [...]
2010-01-20 14:45:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ENRG PREL PGOV UK FR GM AE SA YM
10SANAA117DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORT FOR COPENHAGEN ACCORD
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche January 23 to Deputy Foreign Minister Mohyadeen al-Dhabbi. Dhabbi accepted the demarche and promised to refer it to Minister of Water and Environment Abdulrahman al-Eryani for his consideration and recommendation. 2. (C) The Ambassador noted tha [...]
2010-01-24 05:53:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALSENV ENRG KGHG YM
10SANAA131ROYG APPROACHES LONDON CONFERENCE WARILY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The ROYG is approaching the January 27 London conference with a good deal of ambivalence, eager to shape what it regards as an "ambiguous" agenda and avoid being taken to task publicly by the international community for its shortcomings. According to Deputy Foreign Minister Mohy [...]
2010-01-25 07:22:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV YM
10SANAA137MORE TALK, LESS ACTION: "NATIONAL DIALOGUE"
[...] (C) Summary. While President Saleh's original proposal for a National Dialogue has been canned by members of the Joint Meeting Parties (JMP),the opposition has proposed an alternative option, namely for a joint-led dialogue committee, which would ultimately lead to a genuine national consul [...]
2010-01-25 14:24:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
10SANAA138YEMEN FINALLY PASSES ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING LAW
[...] (U) Summary. After pending in committee for two years, the ROYG's draft law "Regarding Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorism Funding" finally received Presidential approval on January 17 after being passed by Parliament December 29. Drafted with technical assistance from the World Bank, the ne [...]
2010-01-25 14:29:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KCRM KTFN PREL PTER SNAR YM
10SANAA139IN GUN-CRAZY YEMEN, CONTROVERSIAL BAN DRAWS FIRE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 06:16:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPARM PTER PGOV ASEC YM
10SANAA14ALL TALK: SALEH'S "NATIONAL DIALOGUE" HOLDS LITTLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. With war raging in Sa'ada, widespread secessionist sentiment in the southern governorates, extremism on the rise and an economy in tatters, President Saleh and his Supreme Security Committee called for a National Dialogue, scheduled to begin in mid-January. Despite ROYG calls fo [...]
2010-01-06 12:28:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV YM
10SANAA168REBELS ANNOUNCE CEASEFIRE WITH SAUDI... IS A YEMEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an audio message on January 25, rebel leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi announced a unilateral ceasefire with Saudi Arabia and the withdrawal of Houthi rebels from Saudi territory, just two weeks after Saudi Arabia announced victory against the Houthis and - according to the Saudi s [...]
2010-01-26 13:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS YM SA
10SANAA1782010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - REPUBLIC OF YEMEN
[...] (U) Below is YemenQs submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement. 2. (U) Begin text of 2010 Investment Climate Statement for the Republic of Yemen. --------------------------------------------- -------- 2010 Investment Climate Statement - Republic of Yemen ---------------------- [...]
2010-01-27 11:44:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EIND EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD PTER PGOV YM
10SANAA19XXXXXXXXXXXX SOUNDS ALARM OVER
[...] (S) The lone security guard standing watch at Yemen's main radioactive materials storage facility was removed from his post on December 30, 2009, according toXXXXXXXXXXXX. XXXXXXXXXXXX. The only closed-circuit television security camera monitoring the facility broke six months ago and was never fi [...]
2010-01-09 05:04:00Embassy SanaaSECRETENRG ECON MNUC PARM PREL PGOV IN YM
10SANAA203HOUTHIS OFFER YEMEN (CONDITIONAL) CEASEFIRE, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In his second major audio message in less than a week, rebel leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi conditionally accepted the ROYG's five ceasefire conditions, provided that the Yemeni army ceases military operations in Sa'ada. Official media sources reported that the ROYG quickly rejecte [...]
2010-02-02 06:21:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PREF MOPS YM SA
10SANAA211FEARS OF AL-SHABAAB TIES PROMPT ROYG REVIEW OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The ROYG's recent call for universal registration of all refugees in Yemen has raised fears among African refugees, particularly of Somali origin, that they will be deported due to the ROYG's suspicions of Al-Shabaab support to terrorist elements and to the Houthi rebels in Sa'a [...]
2010-02-02 15:26:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREF PTER PREL SMIG PGOV UNHCR SO YM
10SANAA220BACK TO THE FUTURE: YEMEN'S SOUTHERN MOVEMENT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Supporters of the Southern Movement appear increasingly polarized between fierce political rivals from the former People's Democratic Republic of Yemen - President Ali Nasser Mohammed and Vice President Ali Salim al-Beidh. While Ali Nasser and his followers remain publicly suppor [...]
2010-02-03 13:38:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PREL YM
10SANAA221AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN DISCUSSES CT ASSISTANCE,
[...] (S/NF) Summary. During a 35-minute meeting on January 31, the Department's Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism, Ambassador Daniel Benjamin, congratulated President Saleh on the success of the London meeting and counter-terrorism (CT) operations the ROYG has undertaken in recent weeks against al- [...]
2010-02-03 13:41:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV PINR PINS MOPS MASS MCAP ASEC
10SANAA222IN ADEN, NEWSPAPER HEADQUARTERS STILL BLACKENED
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 31, EmbOffs visited Aden-based independent newspaper al-Ayyam to assess what happened on January 4, when an exchange of gunfire killed a government soldier and an al-Ayyam guard, and led to the arrest of al-Ayyam Editor-in-Chief Hisham Bashraheel (reftel). This incident m [...]
2010-02-03 14:17:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO YM
10SANAA225YEMEN: 2009 CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR UPDATES
[...] This cable provides updates on the child and forced labor situation in the Republic of Yemen, as per REF A. Hard copy source materials for 2009 have been pouched to the Department of Labor Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking (OCFT). POC is Roland McKay: mckayrd@state.gov [...]
2010-02-06 06:09:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI YM
10SANAA233YEMEN’S SOUTHERNERS SAY THEY WANT MORE AMERICAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. Across Yemen's southern governorates, political and tribal leaders and members of civil society are asking for increased U.S. support in a range of areas ) pressure on President Saleh to implement political and economic reform, financial support for local development, and moral support [...]
2010-02-07 12:37:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPGOV PTER YM
10SANAA236DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DISTRACTED DRIVING
[...] On February 6, EconOff delivered REFTEL demarche to Yahya Mohammed Zahir, General Manager of Traffic in the Ministry of Interior's (MOI) Traffic Authority. He accepted the demarche, promised to convey the points to ROYG officials in the Ministries of Interior and Information, and told EconOff [...]
2010-02-08 08:54:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI UNDP UNGA EU YM
10SANAA25BLOODY ESCALATION IN ROYG'S STANDOFF WITH AL-AYYAM
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-09 12:10:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KPAO PGOV YM
10SANAA271ROYG UNVEILS INTEL-SHARING CENTER TO BETTER
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. The Counter Terrorism Unit (CTU) unveiled a joint information-sharing center aimed at coordinating information related to CT operations from all ROYG intelligence bodies in a February 3 ceremony at the CTU headquarters in Sana'a. The need for enhanced cooperation in intelligence-sha [...]
2010-02-10 10:47:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPINR PTER PREL PINS YM
10SANAA275YEMEN: SUDDEN QUIET IN SA'ADA AS ROYG AND REBELS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Saleh and rebel leader Abdulmalik al-Houthi agreed to suspend hostilities and began to implement a ceasefire agreement at midnight on February 12. After weeks of behind-the-scenes negotiations, it appears that the reconciliation and reconstruction process has begun to [...]
2010-02-12 11:54:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM SA
10SANAA291UNHCR CONCERNED ABOUT STRICTER ROYG POLICIES ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a February 1 meeting with the Ambassador, UNHCR Representative Claire Bourgeois described recent developments in ROYG policy towards both Ethiopian and Somali refugees as reflecting an attempt by the ROYG to begin controlling an ever-increasing refugee population. Bourgeois [...]
2010-02-14 13:51:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV PREL PMIG UNHCR YM
10SANAA295YEMEN: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-15 13:47:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10SANAA317(S/NF) SPIKE IN NATIONAL SECURITY-RELATED ARREST
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Since the start of 2010, Post has seen a dramatic increase in the number of Amcits arrested. Over 80 percent of these cases (REF A-E) have had a nexus to terrorism and national security issues that have required substantial involvement from RSO and LEGATT. This comes as the Consular [...]
2010-02-17 10:29:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC CASC CMGT PTER YM
10SANAA318ROYG, WESTERN DONORS CONCERNED ABOUT RIYADH MEETING
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Senior ROYG officials have expressed concern about the organization and likely outcomes of upcoming GCC-sponsored meeting in Riyadh. In a February 15 meeting with donors, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Abdulkare [...]
2010-02-17 14:29:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALAID EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD GCC PREL PGOV
10SANAA32YEMENI OFFICIALS USE MEDIA TO SEND MESSAGE OF "NO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Yemen's Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Affairs, Rashad Al-Alimi, held a press conference in Sanaa on January 7, ostensibly to address all of Yemen's security issues, although Alimi used the occasion to send a clear signal through the international media that Yemen w [...]
2010-01-10 10:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PTER KPAO YM
10SANAA358DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CLIMATE CHANGE: 89 COUNTIRES HAVE JOINED THE COPENHAGEN ACCORD, HAS YOURS?
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 06:34:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV YM KGHG
10SANAA359DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DESIGNATION OF FOUR ENTITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 06:35:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN YM
10SANAA367DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUEST SUPPORT FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 09:30:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNODC CNC SNAR YM
10SANAA380RIYADH MEETING TO CHALLENGE BOTH GCC AND YEMEN
[...] (C) The upcoming GCC Secretariat meeting focused on Yemen presents opportunities, but also challenges in instituting aid effectiveness ) both on the part of donor countries and Yemen itself. A willingness on the part of GCC member countries to pledge funding for Yemen, the poorest country in [...]
2010-02-23 13:56:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALAID EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD GCC PREL PGOV
10SANAA381S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSAL - YEMEN
[...] Embassy Sana'a submits two projects for the Secretary's Office of Global Women's Issues' Small Grants Initiative (S/GWI) to fund projects that promote women's political, economic, and social advancement. The proposals detailed below address the themes of education, specifically, health educa [...]
2010-02-23 14:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM AID CDC COM TRSY YM
10SANAA382YEMEN: CEASEFIRE IMPLEMENTATION CREEPS ALONG IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The February 12 ceasefire agreement between the ROYG and the Houthi rebels continues to hold, despite reports of violations and foot-dragging by the Houthis. The four geographically oriented mediation committees continue to make slow progress, with greater success in Malahit and [...]
2010-02-23 14:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL YM
10SANAA385USDA SUPPORT SOUGHT FOR ADEN HOSPITAL FUNDING
[...] (U) This is an action request: see paragraph two. 2. (U) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests that USDA confirm its readiness to allocate USD 3.6 million in existing USDA food aid to Yemen to fund a complete renovation of the Aden Hospital (locally referred to as al-Gomhory Hospital). 3. (C) Th [...]
2010-02-24 07:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALEAID EAGR SOCI PREL PGOV SA YM
10SANAA4GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH SALEH ON SECURITY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Commander of the U.S. Central Command General David Petraeus congratulated President Saleh on recent successful operations against AQAP, and informed him that U.S. security assistance to the ROYG would increase to USD 150 million in 2010, including USD 45 million to equip and train [...]
2010-01-04 13:33:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PINR PINS MOPS MASS MCAP SA
10SANAA41CLERICS AT PRESIDENTIAL MOSQUE, PRESIDENT'S NEPHEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 6 meeting with PolOff, clerics at Yemen's largest mosque voiced urgent concerns about any prospective US military intervention in Yemen. They also shifted blame for radicalizing young Muslims to other countries and complained of the lack of international attention f [...]
2010-01-11 09:04:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PREL KPAO YM
10SANAA45SALEH STICKS TO HIS CT GUNS, BUT OFFERS A WAY OUT
[...] (S) SUMMARY. After several successful counter-terrorism operations aimed at uprooting an entrenched al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP),President Saleh announced on January 9 that he was willing to negotiate with AQAP members who renounced violence, signaling a return to one of the tactics Sa [...]
2010-01-11 14:05:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PGOV YM
10SANAA501/04/2010 SANA'A EAC RECOMMENDS REOPENING OF EMBASSY
[...] (S/NF) On January 4, 2010 the Ambassador convened Post's Emergency Action Committee (EAC). Attendees included DCM, MO, POLMIL, LEGAT, DAO, FPD, SOCFWD, CONS, PD, IPC, OMC, POLECON, GSO, MSG, USAID, MSG, and RSO. 2. (S/NF) GRPO Chief briefed the EAC on the background of the threat that promp [...]
2010-01-04 13:36:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNASEC AEMR YM
10SANAA56YEMEN: STRATEGIC DIALOGUE PAVES THE WAY FOR FM’S
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In anticipation of Foreign Minister Abubakir al-Qirbi's January 20 meeting in Washington with Secretary Clinton, post conducted a strategic dialogue with the ROYG covering key aspects of the bilateral relationship, including counter-terrorism and military cooperation, political refo [...]
2010-01-12 11:31:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ECON EAID AMGMT MASS YM
10SANAA64YEMEN: HOUTHIS SAY THEY AGREE TO CEASEFIRE POINTS,
[...] (S) SUMMARY. The Houthi rebels' January 6 acceptance in writing of the ROYG's six conditions for a ceasefire, including the cessation of attacks in Saudi Arabia, has thus far been ignored by a Yemeni government determined to end the five-year rebellion once and for all. It is unclear if the Houthis [...]
2010-01-13 14:53:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MOPS YM
10SANAA81REQUEST TO FUND TRAVEL FOR YEMENI INVITEE TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Embassy delivered official invitations for the two Yemeni nominees named in reftel to attend the Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit, April 26-27. One of the invitees, Na'ama Saeed, Director of the Al-Wafa Women Association, a small NGO, will be unabl [...]
2010-01-18 13:26:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PREL SOCI YM
10SANAA83ROYG SEES LONDON CONFERENCE AS FIRST STEP LEADING
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 18 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Rashad al-Alimi outlined the ROYG's goals for the January 27 London conference. Alimi expressed the hope that the conference would highlight the ROYG's recent CT operations and its need fo [...]
2010-01-19 07:36:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER YM
10SANAA90ROYG CAUTIOUSLY RECEPTIVE TO ENHANCED COOPERATION
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 18 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister for Defense and Security Rashad al-Alimi, the Ambassador conveyed strong USG interest in enhanced cooperation on airport security, sharing of passenger manifests for international flights to Yemen, and access to information on for [...]
2010-01-19 10:08:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL PGOV ASEC EAIR YM
10SANAA93YEMEN PROTESTS "COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT" OFNEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On January 18, Deputy Foregn Minister Mohyadeen al-Dhabbi summoned a divere group of ambassadors to express the ROYG's concrns about new passenger screening procedures forinternational air travel that, in his characteriation, unfairly subjects all Yemeni nationals toadditional and [...]
2010-01-20 05:57:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV ASEC EAIR KPAO YM
10SANAA97(S/NF) ARREST OF AMCIT ABDULALEEM, MUHAMMAD (PDOB:
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Amcit Muhammad ABDULALEEM (PDOB: 5/12/88, MS, USA) was taken from his home around midnight on 1/17/10 by five or six unidentified men, according to his wife Dhuha Abdulhadi. On 1/20/10, PSO confirmed, though other channels, that they arrested Abdulaleem as part of a larger round [...]
2010-01-20 13:25:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNTAGS
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