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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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09KUALALUMPUR841MALAYSIA SEEKS UNHRC MEMBERSHIP; REQUESTS USG
[...] (U) The Government of Malaysia has announced its candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council for the 2010-2013 term (see text of diplomatic note and GOM paper below) and is seeking USG support. Department guidance requested. 2. (U) Begin Text of October 20 GOM Diplomatic note: The Ministry [...]
2009-10-23 07:44:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MY
09KUALALUMPUR942MALAYSIA: MFA SHARES VIEWS ON ITS UN POSITIONS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. Poloff met with Principal Assistant Secretary Jamal Sharifuddin Johan, Assistant Secretary Mohd Adlyn Mughni Shamsudin, and Assistant Secretary Nik Ady of the MFA's Multilateral Political Division on November 18 to discuss Malaysia's general voting practices in the UN, [...]
2009-11-20 08:53:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAL IR IS MY
09KUWAIT1208PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF AMENDED AML LAW IN PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. GoK officials formally announced at the December Anti-Money Laundering Conference (ref. b) that in accordance with decree No. 328, an amended version of law number 35/2002 has been passed to parliament for review and ratification. Embassy Kuwait received an Arabic copy of the d [...]
2009-12-23 08:45:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KU PGOV PINR PTER KTFN
09KUWAIT157KUWAIT'S 2009 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) Executive Summary: Physical abuse of domestic workers and withholding of payment remained the most common trafficking problems for Kuwait,s two million foreign workers. Although the GOK made little real progress in combating these problems over the past year, there were some bright spo [...]
2009-02-24 03:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09KUWAIT186DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT WELCOMES U.S. RETURN
[...] (C) POLCOUNS on March 2 delivered reftel demarche points informing Kuwait of a U.S. decision to resume participation as an active observer at the UN Human Rights Council and to discontinue participation in negotiations on the present draft outcome document for the Durban Review Conference. Dr. [...]
2009-03-03 11:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL UNHRC PHUM KU
09KUWAIT326DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT TO SUPPORT U.S. FOR UN
[...] POLCOUNS on April 5 raised reftel points urging the GOK to support the U.S. for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council with Dr. Hamad Bu Rahamah, Counselor in MFA's International Organization's Department, stressing the USG's commitment to addressing global human rights and to rendering the HRC [...]
2009-04-05 15:08:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KU
09KUWAIT496KUWAIT REVIEW OF TITLE III SUSPENSION OF LIBERTAD
[...] (U) The following is post's response to reftel on implementation of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. 2. (SBU) Cuba has a diplomatic presence in Kuwait, but the GOK does not maintain a mission in Cuba. Relations between the two countries have been somewhat strained since the 1990-91 Gulf War [...]
2009-05-17 14:34:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ETTC PREL CU KU
09KUWAIT890KUWAIT UNLIKELY CANDIDATE FOR HRC
[...] (C) Political Counselor on September 7 raised reftel points with Jassem Al-Najem, Counselor in MFA's International Organizations Department, noting the importance to our common interests of having an effective Human Rights Council and the unfortunate signal that Iran's presence on the HRC woul [...]
2009-09-07 14:54:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KYIV1031UKRAINE'S POSITION ON RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche on June 2 to Ms. Dina Martina, Deputy Head of the Department for UN and Other International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who had no immediate comment. In following up with Ms. Martina, we were informed that the Government of Ukraine suppor [...]
2009-06-15 13:23:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREL UP
09KYIV1558UKRAINE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH SESSION
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche on U.S. priorities for the Human Rights Council 12th Session on September 11. The recipient was the MFA desk officer responsible for the UN Human Rights Council, Sviatlana Tereverten. She thanked us for providing this information to the GOU in advance of [...]
2009-09-11 17:06:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UP UN
09KYIV1647UKRAINE WILL CO-SPONSOR UNHRC DRAFT ON FREEDOM OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) We received notification from the Ukrainian MFA desk officer responsible for the UN Human Rights Council, Svitlana Pereverten, that the GOU will co-sponsor the USG's draft resolution on freedom of expression (reftels). 3. (SBU) Ms [...]
2009-09-25 14:42:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UP UN
09KYIV1703U.S.-UKRAINE BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT TALKS
[...] (SBU) Summary. The next round of the U.S.-Ukraine Council on Trade and Investment, scheduled to be held in Washington on October 14, will provide an important venue to address the broadest range of economic issues with Ukrainian counterparts. Issues of concern to U.S. business include Ukrain [...]
2009-10-02 07:53:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR TBIO USTR OPIC UP
09KYIV1991LUKASHENKO VISIT TO UKRAINE
[...] (C... C O N F I D E N T I A L KYIV 001991 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/11/2019 TAGS: PREL PBTS ENRG BO UP Â [...]
2009-11-13 15:42:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS ENRG BO UP
09KYIV404UKRAINE'S DYSFUNCTIONAL CONSTITUTION: REFORM
[...] (C) There is at least one thing, despite their many differences, that most Ukrainian politicians can agree on: the current Ukrainian constitution is in need of reform. There is also general agreement that the unclear delineation of powers between the presidency and prime minister/parliament is [...]
2009-03-02 15:04:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV UP
09KYIV868UKRAINE WELCOMES EU EASTERN PARTNERSHIP
[...] (C) President Yushchenko welcomed the launch of the EU's Eastern Partnership as "a victory of the European idea." He underlined that Belarus in particular had a "very important role" to play. Ukraine aspires to a leadership role in the Partnership, but officials emphasize that it in no way [...]
2009-05-22 12:33:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL UP EU
09KYIV95UKRAINE: UPDATE OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TDA
[...] As requested by ref A, below Post provides updated information on child labor issues in Ukraine to aid in the drafting of the 2008 Trade and Development Act (TDA) report. Refs B-C contain previous Post reporting on child labor issues. 2. Post will also send this information via email to US [...]
2009-01-16 09:35:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI UP
09LAGOS326NIGERIA: CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS ASK TO NULLIFY CONSTITUTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: NGO and political leaders have filed two court cases arguing that the 1999 Nigeria constitution is illegal because it was dictated and imposed by a departing military government. While judicial concurrence is unlikely, the cases reflect growing frustration with the constitutiona [...]
2009-08-04 07:23:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM NI
09LAGOS372NIGERIA: MILITANT LEADER "ATEKE TOM" ACCEPTS
[...] (U) Militant leader "Ateke Tom" accepted amnesty on October 1 during a televised ceremony at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, three days before the amnesty is scheduled to expire. President Yar'Adua, noting the surrender came on Nigerian National Day, called the militant's surrender "the best [...]
2009-10-02 15:40:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09LAGOS462SOUTHERN REACTIONS TO YAR'ADUA'S AILING HEALTH
[...] (S) Lagos has remained outwardly calm over the recent Eid-el-Kabir holiday weekend, and during the week of November 30 over reports of President Yar'Adua's ailing health. The main southern Nigerian preoccupation, if there is one apparent now, is speculation and concern over the staying power [...]
2009-12-04 07:00:00Consulate LagosSECRETPGOV PREL SOCI NI
09LAHORE122TRAFFICKING STILL PREVELANT IN RAHIM YAR KHAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The southern district of Rahim Yar Khan has served as Pakistan's hub for children trafficked to the Gulf States to work as camel jockeys. Since 2005, the Federal government has repatriated over 800 trafficked children from the United Arab Emirates. According to UNICEF, the Gov [...]
2009-06-23 02:01:00Consulate LahoreUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PK
09LAHORE216THE SECRETARY'S MEETINGS WITH THE PUNJABI GOVERNOR, BUSINESS
[...] (U) October 29; 17:15; Lahore, Pakistan 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Ambassador Anne W. Patterson SRAP Ambassador Richard Holbrooke CG Carmela Conroy Pakistan (Both events) Punjab Governor Salman Taseer Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi [...]
2009-11-20 09:33:00Consulate LahoreCONFIDENTIALOVIP CLINTON HILARY PK
09LAPAZ469MAS TRAMPLES CONSTITUTION AND HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales, his ruling Movement Toward Socialism (MAS) party, and affiliated social groups continue to use authoritarian measures to implement a so-called "democratic revolution," including the initiation of legal proceedings against Supreme Court President Eddy Ferna [...]
2009-03-26 16:27:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ594BOLIVIA: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) As per reftel B, PolOff on April 9 demarched Bolivian MFA Americas Section Chief Maria Estella Mendoza regarding USG candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council. On April 15, Post delivered via diplomatic note the points listed in Reftel A. 2. (C) During the April 9 meeting, Mendoza lame [...]
2009-04-17 13:45:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR ENVR ASEC BL
09LAPAZ69BOLIVIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009
[...] (U) Bolivia remains a difficult place to do business. Economic activity is often disrupted by social unrest resulting from centuries of economic, political, and social inequality, and indigenous, labor, and anti-globalization organizations have recently targeted private investment )- particula [...]
2009-01-15 17:10:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDBL EFIN EINV ETRD KTDB PGOV ELAB
09LAPAZ867BOLIVIA: NEIGHBOR RELATIONS NOT SO NEIGHBORLY
[...] (C) Summary: Bolivian President Evo Morales and his ruling Movement Toward Socialism party (MAS) are enmeshed in diplomatic flaps with neighbors, including: a growing feud with Peru over asylum approvals for four former GOB ministers and allegations of GOB support for a June 5 Peruvian indige [...]
2009-06-10 22:16:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINR ENVR BL
09LAPAZ94SENATE MURDER PLOT TURNS INTO PANDO "TELL ALL"
[...] (C) Summary: Bolivian television networks aired testimony January 19 from the supposed organizer of the pro-government, September 11, 2008 campesino (peasant farmer) march in Pando Department that accuses Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana of arming the group with the purpose of violently [...]
2009-01-22 22:26:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PINR VN BL
09LIBREVILLE267GABON'S RESPONSE TO RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 09:19:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREL SU AF GB
09LIBREVILLE460GABON: ALI BONGO INSTALLATION, IMPLICATIONS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Ali Bongo Ondimba, the son of former President Omar Bongo who ruled Gabon for 41 years, will be formally inaugurated as the country's fourth president on October 16. The Constitutional Court's validation of the August 30 election results on October 11 and Bongo's installation end [...]
2009-10-15 15:18:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL GB EK
09LIMA1053FUJIMORI SENTENCED TO 7.5 YEARS FOR EMBEZZLEMENT
[...] (C) Summary. Former president Alberto Fujimori was sentenced on July 20 to seven years and six months for embezzlement charges, in connection with a $15 million "severance" payment to then-intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos. Fujimori admitted guilt on the first day of the trial in orde [...]
2009-07-22 16:32:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PHUM PE
09LIMA1200GOP REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR UNHRC CANDIDACY
[...] The Foreign Ministry has presented the Embassy with diplomatic note 22-6-GG/71 announcing Peru's candidacy for the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) for the period 2011-2014, and requesting USG support for Peru's candidacy. We have emailed scanned copies of the diplomatic note, its ac [...]
2009-08-19 17:04:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL UNGA PE
09LIMA246NEW INTERIOR MINISTER: APRA CONGRESSWOMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Yehude Simon announced the resignation of Interior Minister Remegio Hernani Meloni February 19, ostensibly for "personal reasons." APRA Congresswoman Mercedes Cabanillas was sworn in as the new Interior Minister on the same day. The resignation of Hernani, who nev [...]
2009-02-24 18:42:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KCRM PE
09LIMA596PERU RESPONSE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-24 21:06:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL
09LIMA637AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH OLLANTA HUMALA
[...] (C) Summary: I met one-... id: 205404 date: 5/4/2009 16:16 refid: 09LIMA637 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0006 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0637/01 1241616 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 041616Z MAY 09 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0500 INFO RUEH [...]
2009-05-04 16:16:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PE
09LIMA697NEWSPAPER ALLEGES HUMALA LINKS TO VENEZUELAN CASH
[...] (... id: 207110 date: 5/14/2009 21:04 refid: 09LIMA697 origin: Embassy Lima classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: header: VZCZCXYZ0000 PP RUEHWEB DE RUEHPE #0697/01 1342104 ZNY CCCCC ZZH P 142104Z MAY 09 FM AMEMBASSY LIMA TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 0565 INFO RUEHAC/AMEMBASSY ASUNCION [...]
2009-05-14 21:04:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER VE PE
09LISBON100PORTUGAL: ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY TAKES CENTER STAGE
[...] (C) Due to its small size and reach, Portugal has chosen to limit its international ambitions to three foreign policy pillars: transatlantic relations, former Portuguese colonies (the Lusophone world),and the European Union. In 2008, the GOP added a fourth focus - economic diplomacy - in orde [...]
2009-02-13 17:03:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALETRD PREL PGOV PO
09LISBON101PORTUGAL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] The Monitoring Center for Trafficking in Persons; 2. The Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF); 3. The High Commission for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue (ACIDI); 4. The Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV); 5. The International Organization for Migration (IOM); 6. The [...]
2009-02-17 16:22:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD KTIP ASEC PREF ELAB
09LISBON127PORTUGAL WELCOMES USG INVOLVEMENT IN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Officer briefed Portuguese MFA Human Rights Director Sara Martins that the United States would be an active observer in the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and would seek to participate actively in discussions and decisions. Martins said Portugal and its EU partners warmly welcom [...]
2009-03-03 14:18:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PO
09LISBON155PORTUGAL/EU BACK BALANCE ON GAZA AT GAERC/GYMNICH
[...] (SBU) On March 13 Portugal's MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Florbela Cardy said the EU generally shares US positions about Bosnia/Herzegovina, Belarus, Sudan, and the Israel-Palestinian Peace Process as outlined in our talking points for the March GAERC. Cardy told us Montenegro, Transnistria, a [...]
2009-03-13 15:42:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PO
09LISBON162PORTUGUESE FOLLOW GERMAN STRATEGY FOR UN UNIVERSAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Portugal is preparing for a December Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC). Portuguese MFA Director for Human Rights Sara Martins outlined Portugal's plan to consult with NGOs, coordinate a unified GOP response, and prepare for the HRC Review in Dec [...]
2009-03-17 16:11:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN PO
09LISBON202PORTUGAL RESPONSE TO STATE DEPARTMENT'S 2008 HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-06 15:10:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PO
09LISBON218PORTUGAL WELCOMES U.S. CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 16:20:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PO
09LISBON254PORTUGAL-US BILATERAL COMMISSION; PROGRESS ON ISAF
[...] (C) Summary. The U.S.-Portugal Bilateral Commission met in Lisbon on May 4 as part of its regular semi-annual meeting schedule and reviewed the state of the bilateral relationship. Portuguese MFA PolDir Brito said the GOP continues to study options to make good on the Prime Minister's promis [...]
2009-05-13 15:03:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PGOV OVIP PO
09LISBON261PORTUGAL: GAERC CONTINUES TO WAIT ON IRAN
[...] (SBU) On May 14 Portugal's MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Florbela Cardy shared Portugal's views on the May GAERC. Russia and Moldova are on the morning GAERC agenda, and Iran, Georgia, and Sri Lanka will be the lunchtime topics. The afternoon session including ministers of foreign affairs and [...]
2009-05-15 11:22:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PO
09LISBON271PORTUGAL RESPONSE TO U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-21 08:55:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PO
09LISBON311PORTUGAL ON JUNE GAERC: EU BALANCED ON
[...] (SBU) On June 12 Portugal's MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Florbela Cardy said the EU generally shares US positions about the Israel-Palestinian Peace Process, Lebanon, Cuba, Afghanistan/Pakistan, Bosnia, and Sudan, as outlined in our talking points for the June GAERC. Cardy told us Georgia is n [...]
2009-06-12 14:37:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PO
09LISBON71PORTUGAL: INFORMATION ON GOVERNMENT PRACTICES -
[...] (U) This message responds to the reftel questions concerning Portugal's information collection, screening, and sharing practices. A. Watchlisting: -- If host government maintains a "watchlist," how many records does the watchlist contain, and how many are terrorist-related? Which ministr [...]
2009-02-03 07:35:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS PO
09LJUBLJANA106SLOVENIA SUPPORTS US HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY
[...] Smiljana Knez, Minister Plenipotentiary in the MFA's International Organizations division, told emboff on April 15 that Slovenia would support the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) (reftel). Knez noted that the U.S. would be in a better position to influence the 2010 review [...]
2009-04-16 09:48:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SI
09LJUBLJANA122009 SLOVENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] In response to reftel, the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Slovenia follows: A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- A European Union member since May 1, 2004 and a eurozone member since January 1, 2007, Slovenia has a strong mix of qualities to recommend [...]
2009-01-15 17:07:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD ELAB USTR OPIC KTDB SI
09LJUBLJANA215YOUR MEETING WITH SLOVENIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Your July 29 meeting with Foreign Minister Zbogar is an opportunity to advance our bilateral and regional agendas on at least three fronts: European integration of the Western Balkans, including Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Kosovo; a qualitative and quantitative increase in Sl [...]
2009-07-24 17:37:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO AF HR SI
09LJUBLJANA223SLOVENIA FOCUSES ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND CHILDREN
[...] (U) After the successful launch of the "Our Rights" program in 2005 under Slovenia's Chairmanship of the OSCE, it is continuing the program on human rights education in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and North Ossetia, during its chairmanship of the Council of Europe. In a July 16 meeting wit [...]
2009-07-30 08:23:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL COE BK KV SI
09LJUBLJANA289SLOVENIA SUPPORTS U.S. PRIORITIES AT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Emboff delivered reftel demarche on September 11 to Smiljana Knez, Minister Plenipotentiary in the Slovenian MFA's International Organization and Human Security Division, to encourage Slovenian support for U.S. priorities during the upcoming Human Rights Council (HRC) Session and to gather in [...]
2009-09-17 09:42:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN SI
09LJUBLJANA325SLOVENIA ON GOLDSTONE REPORT: WAITING FOR EU POSITION
[...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel demarche on the Goldstone Report to Smiljana Knez, Minister Plenipotentiary in the MFA's International Organization and Human Security Division. Knez stated that Slovenia was looking for the EU to take a common position following today's meeting in Geneva. She n [...]
2009-10-14 13:11:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEU IS KPAL PREL PTER SI
09LJUBLJANA55SLOVENIA: MFA PRAISE, CONCERNS ABOUT HRR 2008
[...] (SBU) Andrej Benedejcic, acting director of the MFA's policy planning and multilateral affairs division, expressed appreciation to CDA on February 27 for Post's "big investment" in producing the Human Rights Report and for Post's engagement with various ministries on human rights issues. He n [...]
2009-03-03 11:58:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SI
09LJUBLJANA64GUIDANCE REQUEST: FORMER SLOVENIAN FM RUPEL ASKED
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND GUIDANCE REQUEST: CDA met March 11 with former Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel ) now PM Pahor,s diplomatic &Special Envoy8 ) at Rupel's request to discuss a proposal that he lead a UN Human Rights Council fact-finding mission to Gaza. Rupel said he was asked by the [...]
2009-03-11 18:36:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA IS SI
09LOME111TOGO: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Kodjo Menan, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on April 9. Menan listened carefully and said Togo would be happy to support a U.S. candidate. He requested a diplomatic note with particulars to pass on the Minister of Foreign Affairs. [...]
2009-04-09 14:26:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL TO
09LOME249GOT NAMES MEMBERS OF THE TRUTH, JUSTICE, AND
[...] Summary. More than a year after the start of country-wide consultations concerning the composition and mission of a Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) for Togo, the Council of Ministers issued a decree announcing the members. In a June 16 meeting with the Ambassador, four of [...]
2009-07-27 17:24:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV TO
09LOME430MEDIA REACTION TO PROPOSED HAAC LAW
[...] On November 10, Post's PAO and Information Assistant met with representatives of Togo's four press unions, the Independent Union of Togolese Journalists (UJIT),the Togolese Media Observatory (OTM),the National Council of Press Leaders (CONAPP),and Journalists for Human Rights (JDHO-Togo). T [...]
2009-11-16 08:27:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PHUM TO
09LOME64GOVERNMENT OF TOGO CREATES TRUTH, JUSTICE AND
[...] On February 18, 2009, the Council of Ministers issued a decree announcing the creation of a Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission. This commission was first called for in the Global Political Agreement (GPA) of 2006, and a country-wide consultation process was implemented with the help [...]
2009-02-27 12:53:00Embassy LomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM TO
09LONDON1039A GUIDE TO THE BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES
[...] (C) The British Overseas Territories (BOT) are fourteen far-flung possessions under British sovereignty that hearken to the era when Britannia truly ruled the waves. One Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) official accurately characterized the BOTs as "remnants of empire" -- acquired by G [...]
2009-05-01 15:02:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD MOPS MARR AY CJ FK GI
09LONDON1082SRI LANKA: UPDATE ON UK ACTION AND THINKING
[...] (C/NF) Summary. After giving a brief overview of UK Foreign Secretary Miliband's and a British Parliamentary Group's separate visits to Sri Lanka, Foreign Office Sri Lanka team leader Tim Waite and Desk Officer Sharon Diaz said May 7 that the UK plans to continue its "concerted drive to achieve a f [...]
2009-05-07 14:08:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV EAID CE UK
09LONDON1226LIBERTAD ACT: INPUT FOR UK
[...] (C) Summary. Further to reftel, Poloff met with Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officers May 21 to seek updated information about HMG actions and policies concerning Cuba. HMG remains committed to promoting the development of democratic institutions and human rights in Cuba and is disa [...]
2009-05-22 11:37:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ETRD ETTC PHUM CU UK
09LONDON1394UK EXPECTATIONS FOR JUNE GAERC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 12:59:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER EU LE CU BM UK
09LONDON1442IRAN: XXXXXXXXXXXX SAYS ELECTION PRECLUDED BY "POLITICAL COUP," URGES USG FOCUS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR PROTESTORS
[...] (S) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX on June 16 told London Iran Watcher (Poloff) and a small group of diplomats that "a majority" of leaders within the government of Iran and the IRGC want the United States, while continuing to avoid interference in Iran, to continue and even strengthen its public messages [...]
2009-06-18 17:50:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PREL PTER PINS IR UK
09LONDON2120UK WELCOMES US UNHRC PRIORITIES
[...] (C/NF) Summary: HMG welcomes U.S. participation in the UN Human Rights Council and is in broad agreement with its priorities. It sees difficulties in convincing some EU states to go along with the freedom of expression resolution; if amendments are not possible, political pressure will be neede [...]
2009-09-11 13:54:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN UNHRC UK
09LONDON2499MILIBAND'S RUSSIA TRIP AIMS TO MOVE BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP FORWARD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 15:47:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KPAL ETRD KNNP PARM SENV MARR MNUC
09LONDON2583WEST AFRICA: AF DAS FITZGERALD'S NOVEMBER 18
[...] (C/NF) Summary. In meetings with British counterpart Janet Douglas and other Foreign Office officials, AF DAS William Fitzgerald reviewed the situation in Guinea, discussing the need for CNDD leader Dadis Camara to leave Guinea and to stabilize the country through an ECOWAS observer mission. On N [...]
2009-11-18 17:19:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER MOPS XY GV NI ML UK
09LONDON2592UK INPUT: CUBA, LIBERTAD ACT
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Poloff met with Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) officers November 18 per reftel to seek updated information about HMG actions and policies concerning Cuba. HMG remains committed to promoting the development of democratic institutions and human rights in Cuba and is disappointe [...]
2009-11-19 12:05:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM ETRD ETTC CU UK
09LONDON2678UK HOSTS P5 UN DEPUTY DIRECTORS MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: IO PDAS Gerald Anderson participated in a P5 UN Deputy Directors meeting at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London on November 23. The Deputy Director-level meeting was the first of its kind and covered Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding reform, Afghanistan and Paki [...]
2009-12-02 13:49:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKUNR PGOV PREL PTER UNSC KPKO KWMN CH FR RS
09LONDON2857UK HOSTS OVERSEAS TERRITORIES LEADERS AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-18 10:22:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD KCRM KDRG
09LONDON440HMG WELCOMES U.S. ENGAGEMENT ON DURBAN II, HOPES
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Susan Hyland, Head of the Human Rights, Democracy and Governance Group at HMG's Foreign and Commonwealth Office told Poloffs that HMG "agrees broadly" with the USG's position and reservations regarding the Durban Review Conference. She especially emphasized that HMG considers [...]
2009-02-19 15:17:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UNHRC EZ DA IR NL SZ UK
09LONDON801HMG "DELIGHTED" USG WILL SEEK UNHRC SEAT
[...] (U) Carmel Power, Deputy Head of the Human Rights, Democracy and Governance Group at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office declared that HMG is "delighted" that the USG has decided to seek a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). As a consequence of the P-5 agreement, if for [...]
2009-04-01 17:17:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UK
09LONDON923IRAN ELECTIONS; DISARRAY IN BOTH CONSERVATIVE AND REFORMIST CAMPS; MOUSSAVI TOO UNKNOWN FOR MANY; XXXXXXXXXXXX LIKELY TO EMERGE; IRANIAN ANALYSTS URGE OUTREACH, DISAGREE OVER CHANNELS
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Iranian analysts in Iran and the UK see no clear trends or emerging patterns in the campaigns of candidates for President in the run up to Iran's June elections; London Iran Watcher (Poloff) contacts do agree broadly on the importance of direct engagement with Iranian Government, b [...]
2009-04-20 16:45:00Embassy LondonSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM IR UK
09LUANDA249CABINDA: SECURITY INCIDENT PROVOKES STERN REACTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: On March 31, the Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda-Armed Forces of Cabinda (FLEC-FAC) claimed responsibility for an attack on three Chinese-operated trucks in Cabinda province in which one Chinese national died. Despite a 2006 cease-fire with the rest of FLEC and [...]
2009-04-14 16:30:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV AO
09LUANDA580DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 14:40:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL AO
09LUANDA582DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 15:21:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL AO
09LUANDA585DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 15:21:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL AO
09LUANDA65ANGOLA: ANNUAL UPDATE ON THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD
[...] (U) The following responses reflect updated information as requested by ref STATE 127448. Laws and Regulations on Child Labor ------------------------------------ 2. (U) Angola's constitution prohibits human bondage in general, and statutory law specifically prohibits forced or bonded ch [...]
2009-02-03 15:50:00Embassy LuandaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD EIND PHUM SOCI AO
09LUSAKA212ZAMBIAN POSITION ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 10:38:00Embassy LusakaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIRF PHUM PREL ZA
09LUSAKA296ZAMBIA PROMISES IMPROVED MULTILATERAL COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting to discuss multilateral cooperation as well as Zambian Foreign Minister Kabinga Pande's May visit to Washington, Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary Tens Kapoma confirmed his interest in improving U.S.-Zambian voting coincidence within the United Nations. He promis [...]
2009-04-30 12:02:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALUN UNHRC CU ZA
09LUSAKA398RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATE AT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 11:57:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREL
09LUSAKA508"IMPROVED" NGO BILL LEAVES A LOT TO BE DESIRED
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 16, the GRZ tabled in parliament a new version of a controversial NGO bill that was dropped in 2007 after an outcry by civil society and donors. While the GRZ has made a few changes to the previous bill in the intervening two years, as a result of consultations with N [...]
2009-07-17 10:40:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ZA
09LUSAKA637ZAMBIA PREPARED TO BREAK WITH TRADITION AT UN
[...] (C) Summary. A senior Zambian Foreign Ministry official, Winnie Chibesekunda, is predisposed to breaking with NAM, AU, and SADC ranks at UN fora in order to address issues individually and on their own merit. In response to the reftel demarche, she expressed some willingness to support coun [...]
2009-09-15 09:27:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN UNHRC ZI ZA
09LUSAKA649MORE ON ZAMBIAN PREPARATIONS FOR UNGA, UN HUMAN
[...] (C) Summary. The Zambian Government (GRZ) is inclined to call for measures to address human rights problems in Burma, North Korea, and Sudan at the next session of the UN Human Rights Council. A senior Foreign Ministry official voiced some displeasure with Zambia's tendency to engage in bloc [...]
2009-09-22 08:44:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN UNHRC UNESCO KV CU BM ZA
09LUSAKA726ZAMBIA SEEKING CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME OF GOLDSTONE
[...] (SBU) Zambian MFA International Organization official Mubukwanu told PolEcon Chief October 15 that the Zambian mission in Geneva would certainly be able to discuss its instructions on the Goldstone report with USMISSION Geneva. He regretted that he was not privy to the instructions given to t [...]
2009-10-15 14:36:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KISL KPAL IS ZA
09LUXEMBOURG209LUXEMBOURG - BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON NEW COALITION
[...] (SBU) Biographic and background information on Luxembourg's new coalition government announced July 20 follows. Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker has been in office since 1982, providing an extraordinary degree of foreign policy consistency and assurance to the US-GOL bilateral relationship. [...]
2009-08-11 06:55:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PREL ECON LU
09LUXEMBOURG52LUXEMBOURG'S 9TH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Post hereby submits the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons Report for Luxembourg. 2. (U) Post point of contact for the TIP report is Adam Center, phone: 352 46-01-23.x2227; fax: 352 22-64-57. Post spent approximately 30 hours compiling this report: FSO FO-03: 15 hours; FSN-10: 15 [...]
2009-02-25 11:47:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09MADRID1042SPANISH VIEWS ON OCTOBER GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated GAERC agenda items with Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Pablo Nuno Garcia October 23. Nuno indicated that the GAERC agenda continued to grow, now covering the Western Balkans, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, MEPP, Sri Lanka, Guinea, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Indon [...]
2009-10-23 15:26:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL EU SP
09MADRID1045UNGA: SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO USG THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed the UNGA Third Committee agenda with the Spanish MFA's Director of Human Rights, Juan Duarte, October 23. Duarte said that Spain and the United States were on the same page with respect to country-specific resolutions (Iran, Burma and DPRK),but took the opportunit [...]
2009-10-23 16:07:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN SP IS KPAL
09MADRID1200SPAIN - 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) As requested in Refs, Post's submission for the "Country Reports on Terrorism" is in paragraph 2. Embassy POC is POLOFF Hugh Clifton. Telephone: 34-91-587-2294, email: CliftonLH@state.gov. 2. (U) During 2009 Spain continued to confront and suffer from both radical Islamic terrorism [...]
2009-12-21 07:40:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER ASEC SP
09MADRID13SPAIN TO STUDY U.S. PROPOSALS ON GEORGIA
[...] (C) On January 7, Deputy Chief of Mission Chacon shared the U.S. position regarding the way forward with Georgia's separatist regions with Spanish MFA Director General for Europe (non-UE) and North America Felipe Fernandez de la Pena. The DCM outlined the proposal, noting that A/S Fried would [...]
2009-01-07 14:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL GG RS SP
09MADRID187NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR SPAIN
[...] (SBU) Pursuant to REFTELS, the following is input from Embassy Madrid and CG Barcelona for the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Post will need to supply an update cable to incorporate additional legal and judicial statistics. Embassy POC is Political Officer Hugh Clifton, Te [...]
2009-02-20 20:33:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB SP KT
09MADRID213SPAIN WELCOMES USG INVOLVEMENT IN DURBAN REVIEW
[...] (C) Poloff met with Spanish MFA Human Rights Office Director Juan Duarte Cuadrado February 24 to discuss reftel demarche and learned that Spain shares U.S. concerns regarding the draft document, particularly regarding racism issues and attempts to use defamation of religion arguments to limit [...]
2009-02-27 09:32:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC SP
09MADRID404SPAIN WELCOMES U.S. HRC CANDIDACY AND EXPLAINS
[...] (C) April 3 Poloff informed Spanish MFA's Director of the Office of Human Rights Juan Duarte and Subdirector General for the UN Marcelino Cabanas of the U.S. intention to seek election to the UNHRC in 2009, requesting Spain's vote in favor of the United States in the May election. Post subseq [...]
2009-04-21 08:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM SP PREL
09MADRID412SPAINISH PREVIEW OF APRIL GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the April 27-28 GAERC with MFA European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez-Donoso April 24. Benitez-Donoso said that Council conclusions will be issued on Burma, Iran, and Sri Lanka, while the Eastern Partnership, Croatia, Moldova, Ukraine, the [...]
2009-04-24 12:36:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP
09MADRID471SPAIN'S VIEWS ON MAY GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the May 18-19 GAERC with Spanish MFA Deputy Political Director Ricardo Lopez Aranda May 14. Lopez said that the GUMBO GAERC would include a special meeting of Foreign Affairs and Defense Ministers to discuss EUFOR ALTHEA and Operation Atalanta [...]
2009-05-14 16:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SP
09MADRID572SPAIN'S VIEWS ON THE JUNE GAERC
[...] (C) Poloff discussed anticipated agenda items for the June GAERC with Spanish MFA Deputy European Correspondent Maria Luisa Benitez Donoso June 10. Benitez said the two most anticipated topics for the GOS are acceptance of Guantanamo detainees and review and revision of the EU Common Position [...]
2009-06-12 11:04:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EU SP
09MADRID707SPAIN: A SLEW OF ARRESTS FURTHER WEAKENS ETA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On the eve of its 50th anniversary, the Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) terrorist group has suffered yet another series of operational and legislative blows. On July 4, French and Spanish authorities arrested three suspected members of ETA in Pau, France. Spanish Interior [...]
2009-07-15 06:36:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR PINS PREL PTER SP FR
09MADRID780SPANISH ANTI-TORTURE INITIATIVES
[...] (U) In an effort to cement a seat on the 2010 UN Human Rights Council and in preparation for its January 2010 EU Presidency, the GOS is focused on the promotion of human rights. In furtherance of this Zapatero Administration priority, Vice President Fernandez de la Vega unveiled Spain's Nation [...]
2009-08-03 16:00:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UN SP
09MADRID826VOLUNTEERISM AND COMMUNITY SERVICE IN SPAIN
[...] Summary: Volunteer activity is increasingly common in Spain, although there are lingering historic, social and cultural factors that affect the ability/willingness of individuals to engage in or initiate activities. This report provides an overview of Spanish volunteerism and charitable acti [...]
2009-08-17 06:07:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI KWMN SP
09MADRID902SPAIN'S ARMS CONTROL AND NON-PROLIFERATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Zapatero publicly has pledged that the Obama Administration can count on the "full support" of Spain on arms control and non-proliferation policy. Spain is strongly committed to these goals and is active in multiple fora on these issues. During Spain's EU Presidency in [...]
2009-09-08 05:57:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09MADRID924SPAIN COMMITS ADDITIONAL TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Spain's Council of Ministers approved September 11 an additional contingent of 220 military personnel who will join the permanent contingent Spain has in Afghanistan, bringing the total to 998 military personnel. Minister of Defense Carme Chacon must now ask for Congressional [...]
2009-09-15 10:50:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID AF SP
09MADRID970CONSULTATIVE PROCESS FOR MUSLIM ENGAGEMENT - MADRID
[...] SUMMARY: Following the President's Cairo speech to Muslims around the world, U.S. Mission Spain continues to engage Muslims as part of our outreach to Spain's growing and increasingly diverse immigrant and minority communities. Our objective is to create a vision of mutual respect, advanceme [...]
2009-09-29 05:59:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD SP
09MANAGUA1047MISKITO INDEPENDENCE: DEATH & MAYHEM IN BILWI PROTESTS
[...] (C) Protestors who support the six-month-old independence declaration by Rev. Hector Williams, the "Wihta Tara" (or "Great Judge" in Miskito) of the Miskito Council of Elders (see REF A & B) have been brutally attacked by police, the Navy and government-run Citizen Power Council (CPC) youth gan [...]
2009-10-26 16:11:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV NU CASC PBTS
09MANAGUA1147Kill the Messenger: A Case Study in FSLN Political Tactics
[...] (C) Summary: Since President Daniel Ortega entered office in 2007, his Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) party has attacked its political opponents as well as those within its party structure it views as opposition. The latest examples of this are a Managua city councilmember and th [...]
2009-12-21 19:38:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA1153Suggestions for Defamation of Religion in the UN
[...] (C) President Daniel Ortega's government generally votes against the U.S. position in the United Nations, and in 2008 voted against the U.S. position in the important issues as described in the Department's "Voting Practices in the United Nations 2008." As noted in ref E, Nicaragua (along wit [...]
2009-12-22 13:48:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC NU
09MANAGUA1318NICARAGUA - FSLN SOCIAL PROGRAMS POLITICIZED AND FAILING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the third year of President Ortega's five-year terms ends, many of his party's much-heralded social welfare programs to fight child labor, hunger and improve education are failing to live up to GON rhetoric. First Lady Rosario Murillo's auspicious Programa Amor ("Program of [...]
2009-12-11 22:13:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI PHUM EAID ELAB IADB VE NU
09MANAGUA274NICARAGUA: POINTS DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-13 22:13:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL NU
09MANAGUA323CODEL ENGEL VISITS NICARAGUA
[...] (C) On February 18-20, Rep. Elliot Engel, Chair of the House Western Hemisphere Sub-Committee visited Nicaragua for meetings with the Nicaraguan government, opposition and civil society leaders, and to visit USAID assistance projects. Engel was accompanied by Representatives Jean Schmidt, Virg [...]
2009-03-26 17:59:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA358CPC DEATH THREATS TO HUMAN & LABOR RIGHTS DEFENDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 26, Human Rights Defender and Labor Activist Alvaro Leiva Sanchez received a hand-written death threat signed by the Citizen Power Council (CPC) allegedly from Masaya. The note was addressed to Mr. Leiva's mother-in-law, but the death threat was directed against Mr. Leiv [...]
2009-04-03 16:42:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA434NICARAGUA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-28 00:48:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL NU
09MANAGUA443NICARAGUA: CPCS RAN OUT OF PRAYERS OR MONEY?
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 2, 2009, after more than 210 days of illegally occupying Managua's key traffic rotundas to prevent opposition rallies, the "Prayer Against Hatred - Love is Stronger than Hate" faux religious protest ran out of prayers (see Reftel A and B). The campaign showed signs of fat [...]
2009-04-30 15:58:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA576ORTEGA PROVIDES ASYLUM TO PERUVIAN INDIGENOUS LEADER
[...] (SBU) On June 9, Tomas Borge, Nicaragua's Ambassador to Peru, announced that President Daniel Ortega would grant asylum to Peruvian indigenous leader Alberto Pizango. The Nicaraguan government argued that Pizango was a victim of political persecution and granted him asylum based on humanitar [...]
2009-06-11 18:55:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KHUM KDEM PE NU
09MANAGUA599ORTEGA RESPONDS TO MCC CANCELLATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Responding to the decision of the Board of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to partially terminate Nicaragua's compact assistance, President Daniel Ortega accused the USG of using aid programs to interfere in Nicaragua's internal affairs and promote its own political [...]
2009-06-16 22:15:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EAID NU
09MANAGUA600CPC UPDATE: COLLECTING GARBAGE & ELECTRIC BILLS, GIVING SWINE-FLU REFERRALS, AND STEALING PUBLIC LAND AND JOBS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) political party and its Citizen Power Councils (CPCs) continue to embed themselves into the fabric of Nicaraguan life. In addition to being behind recent public attacks against NGOs and serving as the primary distribution points for [...]
2009-06-17 18:53:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM NU
09MANAGUA836FSLN YOUTH GROUPS COUNTER "OPPOSITION" YOUTH PROTESTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 18:43:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NU
09MANAGUA853FIRINGS AT FAMILY MINISTRY BAD NEWS FOR ADOPTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 18, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) carried out massive firings at the Ministry of the Family (MIFAMILIA),decimating the units responsible for adoptions and the welfare of children. Post fears that cooperation with the GON will deteriorate on adoptions and sensitive chil [...]
2009-08-28 20:25:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC KOCI PGOV ELAB PHUM NU
09MANAGUA854NICARAGUA: SCENE SETTER FOR SOUTHCOM COMMANDER
[...] (C) General Fraser, your visit to Nicaragua on September 1 and 2 comes at a moment when we face a challenging political environment here with a government that is suspicious and critical of the USG, even as the Nicaraguan public remains fundamentally pro-US. Troubling phenomena include: econom [...]
2009-08-28 23:03:00Embassy ManaguaCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL MOPS MARR NU
09MANAGUA900NICARAGUA: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH SESSION DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 16:15:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN UNHRC NU
09MANAMA107EMBASSY MANAMA'S INPUT FOR BAHRAIN TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bahrain's government demonstrated a commitment to actively combating Bahrain's human trafficking problem. At the same time, senior Bahraini officials recognize that they need to continue their efforts to change society's attitude toward TIP issues, and to educate officials on h [...]
2009-02-22 13:51:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09MANAMA172DEATH OF PAKISTANI ATTACKED BY SHIA PROTESTERS
[...] (U) Summary: A Pakistani man died March 21 from burns suffered in a Molotov cocktail attack during protests at the detention of Haq Movement leaders. Five Shia youths may face murder charges and a possible death sentence. Sunnis and moderate Shia have condemned the violence. End summary. [...]
2009-03-23 10:19:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM ASEC BA
09MANAMA213BAHRAIN SUPPORTIVE OF UN HRC CANDIDACY
[...] (C) A/DCM met with MFA International Organizations Director Fouad Darwish on April 9 to discuss the USG's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (reftel). Darwish was pleased to hear the news and said that he would brief the FM later that afternoon with a recommendation that the GOB vote f [...]
2009-04-09 12:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL BA
09MANAMA352BAHRAIN RENEWS TIES WITH ICRC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bahrain has renewed ties with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as part of its work to address recommendations from the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review. Both the ICRC and Bahrain's Red Crescent have expressed hope that this step will lead t [...]
2009-06-10 14:03:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM ASEC BA
09MANAMA55BAHRAIN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2009
[...] Summary: The following is Post's submission of its Investment Climate Statement for 2009. Each paragraph is keyed to the format provided reftel. End Summary. 2. Bahrain Investment Climate Statement 2009 A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- The Governmen [...]
2009-02-01 04:28:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDECON OPIC KTDB USTR BA
09MANAMA587BAHRAINI CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-06 11:59:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PINR BA
09MANAMA596A/USTR-LABOR VISIT TO BAHRAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-12 14:08:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ELAB PHUM BA
09MANAMA609WAFA': A NEW SHIA REJECTIONIST MOVEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-19 08:00:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KISL KDEM ASEC BA
09MANAMA680SCENESETTER FOR MANAMA DIALOGUE, DECEMBER 11-13REF: A. MANAMA 660 B. MANAMA 628 C. MANAMA 651
[...] (C) Jeff, you will arrive in Bahrain at a time of introspection for the Bahraini regime as this year's IISS Manama Dialogue coincides with the tenth anniversary of King Hamad's accession to the throne, on December 17, 1999. During those ten years, the political and security situation has improved c [...]
2009-12-02 13:18:00Embassy ManamaSECRETOVIP PGOV PREL KDEM MARR BA
09MANILA1002DAVAO OFFICIALS DENY VIGILANTE KILLINGS, BUT HUMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Concerned about the continued incidence of vigilante killings in the southern Philippines city of Davao, the Ambassador dispatched poloff to look into the facts behind a recent NGO report on the killings (ref A),speak to public officials and civil society groups about the issue, [...]
2009-05-08 09:11:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV RP
09MANILA1121MICROFINANCE TO EMPOWER MUSLIM FILIPINAS
[...] (U) Summary: The first Islamic microfinance program in the Philippines aims to empower Muslim women living in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao, a region in the southern Philippines plagued by poverty and conflict. The intent is to expand the program nationwide to help Muslim Filipinas [...]
2009-05-27 08:56:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PHUM KWMN KISL RP
09MANILA1207POLITICAL MANEUVERS SHIFT ELECTION LANDSCAPE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With time dwindling to line up funding and party support, presidential hopefuls increased efforts to break away from the pack, or undermine their rivals. The hasty merger of parties loyal to President Arroyo and former President Ramos appeared to bolster Malacanang Palace's king [...]
2009-06-05 07:53:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR RP
09MANILA1308PHILIPPINE REACTIONS TO 2009 TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Official Philippine reaction to the country's Tier Two Watch List ranking in the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report has been one of muted disappointment, largely due to effective Mission pre-briefing with a wide range of anti-trafficking stakeholders in the government, from the Fo [...]
2009-06-19 07:50:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALKTIP KCRM PHUM ELAB RP
09MANILA1397AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN SECRETARY DISCUSS NORTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging July 1 breakfast meeting, the Ambassador asked that Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo press ASEAN to enlist Burmese cooperation on North Korean ship inspections, and Secretary Romulo requested a meeting with Secretary Clinton to discuss greater U.S.-A [...]
2009-07-01 10:27:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPARM PGOV PHUM PREL PTER RP
09MANILA1943FOREIGN SECRETARY ROMULO ON U.S.-ASEAN SUMMIT,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a private September 14 breakfast meeting with the Ambassador, Philippine Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo pushed for the next U.S.-ASEAN Summit to be held in the United States, and said that a prominent Filipino Senate critic would soon raise the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) [...]
2009-09-14 11:38:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID UNGA MARR KNNP LY KN IR RP
09MANILA2031DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche to the Department of Foreign Affairs Office of United Nations and Other International Organizations (UNIO) Director Leah Ruiz. Post emphasized U.S. support for defending the universality of human rights and the responsibility of governments to respect the r [...]
2009-09-24 08:32:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN UNHRC RP
09MANILA218PHILIPPINE DEFENSE SECRETARY BELIEVES TIME IS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with senior Philippine defense officials January 29, the Ambassador emphasized that the United States and the Philippines have scored a number of successes on the security cooperation and counterterrorism fronts over the last several years, and that [...]
2009-02-03 00:32:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID PINR PREL PHUM KISL RP
09MANILA2311THE GOLDSTONE REPORT: PHILIPPINE VIEWS
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel talking points on the Goldstone Report to Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Director for UN and IO affairs Leah Ruiz on November 4. Ruiz explained that the DFA in Manila had not yet received from its UN mission a report on the upcoming UNGA debate and resolution. N [...]
2009-11-04 09:39:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS RP
09MANILA437DEMARCHE - USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN HUMAN
[...] Post discussed reftel points with Assistant Director Leila Lorasantos of the Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),underscoring that the U.S. has decided to resume participation as an active observer at the UN Human Rights C [...]
2009-02-27 08:23:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV RP
09MANILA444PHILIPPINES: INPUT FOR THE 2009 TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) This cable includes the Mission's input for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The information and statistics cover the period from March 2008 to February 2009, unless otherwise noted. The Mission's TIP point of contact is Political Officer Michael Pignatello, PignatelloMX@stat [...]
2009-03-02 08:30:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG RP
09MANILA857UNHRC ELECTION - DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Post delivered Diplomatic Note number 0572, formally announcing the United States' candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),and a copy of the United States' "Human Rights Commitments and Pledges" to Assistant Director Leila Lorasantos of the Office of United Nations and Internationa [...]
2009-04-22 09:01:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL RP
09MANILA86Philippines: 2009 Investment Climate Statement, Part One
[...] Part Two of PostQs 2009 Investment Climate Statement is transmitted in paragraph 2, in accordance with reftel instructions. 2. Begin text: 2009 Investment Climate Statement -- The Philippines Efficient Capital Markets And Portfolio Investment The Philippines is open to foreign por [...]
2009-01-14 08:54:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR RP
09MAPUTO1026CIVIL SOCIETY CONCERNED ABOUT LACK OF TRANSPARENCY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 15, Carlos Simango, close advisor of President Guebuza, met with the Charge to hear the depth of the diplomatic community's concerns over the September 6 decision by the National Electoral Commission (CNE) to disqualify large numbers of parliamentary candidates. O [...]
2009-09-16 15:58:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MZ
09MAPUTO1076OOPPOSITION ACCUSES GRM OF ELECTIONS MALFEASANCE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In a September 30 press conference, representatives of opposition party Democratic Movement of Mozambique (MDM) presented compelling arguments in support of their accusation that the GRM was actively malfeasant in denying the party's efforts to participate in legislative elec [...]
2009-10-01 16:22:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MZ
09MAPUTO1145AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - MOZAMBIQUE
[...] Per REFTEL, Embassy Maputo submits the following updated AGOA eligibility information. 2. Country: MOZAMBIQUE Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: Between October 2008 and October 2009 the Government of the Republic of Mozambique (GRM) continued efforts to establis [...]
2009-10-22 14:53:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ELAB ETRD MZ PGOV PREL PTER
09MAPUTO1165MOZAMBIQUE ELECTIONS: EUROPEANS EXPRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EU Heads of Mission (HOMs) met recently with Foreign Minister Oldemiro Baloi to convey concerns about the lack of transparency in the preparations for the October 28 presidential, legislative, and provincial elections. Baloi repeated the now well-rehearsed Government of Mozambiqu [...]
2009-10-27 15:38:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID MZ
09MAPUTO381PRESIDENT CONCERNED ABOUT MOZAMBIQUE'S ECONOMY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 17, President Guebuza summoned the Charge to discuss the potential impact of the financial crisis on Mozambique, raising particular concerns about the effect of slowing economic growth on poverty reduction. Guebuza recently created a ministerial working group to discuss [...]
2009-03-18 17:05:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN ECON MZ
09MAPUTO493NEW LABOR LAWS DISSUADE FOREIGN INVESTORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In December 2008, the Government of Mozambique (GRM) passed into law new regulations establishing quotas on foreign employees for businesses operating in Mozambique. Minister of Labor Helena Taipo has begun an active campaign of enforcement which particularly impacts foreign co [...]
2009-04-20 09:49:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD EAID PGOV PREL ELAB MZ
09MAPUTO657MOZAMBIQUE MEDIA REACTION TO POTUS CAIRO SPEECH
[...] One week after the President's "A New Beginning" speech to the Muslim world from Cairo, Mozambican press is still digesting his words and the implications for Muslims and U.S. policy. While all coverage has been positive, praising the President for his boldness, his eloquence and his depth of [...]
2009-06-12 05:33:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM PREL PHUM PGOV MZ
09MASERU324LESOTHO: GRIEVANCES AIRED AT LAW SOCIETY OF LESOTHO
[...] The Law Society of Lesotho, which is the equivalent of the Bar Association in the U.S., hosted a symposium to discuss and provide analysis on the controversial Marematlou Freedom Party (MFP) vs. Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and others ("MFP vs. IEC") case on August 27, 2009. Particip [...]
2009-09-09 14:25:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV LT
09MASERU341OBLIGATION OF DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS FUNDS
[...] Total amount of USD 43,000 Democracy and Human Rights funds allocated to Maseru has been obligated in its entirety. The agreement date for the following projects is September 16, 2009. 2. Project Details: A. DHRF II-632-09-001: Lesotho Council of Non-Governmental Organizations for v [...]
2009-09-21 10:38:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM KWMN SOCI LT
09MASERU361LESOTHO: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW
[...] Per reftel's request, post submits the following information for the annual AGOA eligibility review. 2. Country: Lesotho Current AGOA Status: Eligible Country Background Summary: The Kingdom of Lesotho is a landlocked Southern African nation with a population of approximately [...]
2009-10-09 09:16:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON ENRG ETRD PHUM LT
09MASERU376LESOTHO POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] The following is a selection of issues generating interest and debate in Lesotho's current political scene. Contents include: - Status of talks on the allocation of parliamentary seats - Alleged attacker in PM's assassination attempt dies - Public reaction to the controversial Land Bill - [...]
2009-10-22 07:20:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL LT
09MASERU93UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: LESOTHO "WANTS TO SEE THE COUNCIL
[...] Poloff met with the Director of Legal Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 7. The Director stated that he would have to consult with the "authorities," presumably the Foreign Minister and Principle Secretary for Foreign Affairs. However, he was confident that Lesotho will suppor [...]
2009-04-08 15:32:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL LT
09MBABANE107SWAZI PS ON USG IN UNHRC; KOSOVO; MADAGASCAR;
[...] (S) SUMMARY: On April 27, DCM Morrison discussed several pending demarches with Clifford Mamba, Principal Secretary (PS) for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. PS Mamba was positive about support for the U.S.'s candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council, promised to consu [...]
2009-04-28 06:43:00Embassy MbabaneSECRETAU EFIN IO MA PGOV PREL WZ SADC ZI KV
09MBABANE67 FRUITFUL DIALOGUE BETWEEN AMBASSADOR AND PM
[...] SUMMARY: On March 6, Ambassador Parker met with Swazi Prime Minister (PM) Barnabus Sibusiso Dlamini. Discussion included: Ambassador Parker's impending departure from Swaziland; the 2008 Human Rights Report; current international perspective towards the government of the Kingdom of Swaziland [...]
2009-03-13 02:51:00Embassy MbabaneUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM EAID WZ
09MEXICO1339MEXICO'S FEDERAL POLICE TO RECEIVE A FACELIFT
[...] (C) Summary. Mexico's Congress has passed a new Federal Police law, which will convert the Federal Preventive Police into the Federal Police with expanded investigative and intelligence authorities. The bill represents a compromise between President Calderon -- who had initially proposed to [...]
2009-05-14 23:52:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO1544MILITARY JURISDICTION OVER HUMAN RIGHTS CASES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Concerned over the rise in human rights complaints against Mexico's military, a group of non-governmental organizations have appealed to Mexico's legal system as well as to international courts to secure the transfer of human rights cases involving military personnel from m [...]
2009-06-03 21:04:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO2144HUMAN RIGHTS NGOS REACHING FOR GREATER INFLUENCE
[...] (SBU) As Mexico's human rights record comes under increased scrutiny, Mexican civil society groups devoted to promoting human rights are receiving greater international exposure. These groups have documented a rise in the incidence of abuses, suggesting a deteriorating human rights environmen [...]
2009-07-22 21:07:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALMX PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
09MEXICO2154CALDERON SEEKS LEGAL AUTHORITIES FOR MILITARY
[...] (SBU) Summary. In late April, President Calderon proposed legislation to reform the National Security Act to strengthen the government's stance against organized crime and provide a firmer legal framework for the military's role in the fight against drug cartels. One of the most important cha [...]
2009-07-23 18:02:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER KCRM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2264SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Key Points --President Calderon remains committed to forging a legacy based on the rule of law, where Mexico's criminal organizations are severely diminished, and the benefits of Mexico's wealth and trade are more widely shared among its citizens. At the same time, he faces record leve [...]
2009-07-31 20:55:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUS PINR KCRM SNAR MX
09MEXICO2342MEXICAN GOVERNMENT REACHES OUT TO CIVIL SOCIETY ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Continuing to improve its dialogue with Mexican civil society on security issues and the Merida Initiative, the GOM convened on August 6 a second open attendance meeting with NGOs and civil society. The Secretariat of Government (SEGOB) and the Secretariat of Foreign Relations [...]
2009-08-07 17:02:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO240DEATH PENALTY DEBATE ROILS MEXICAN POLITICAL CLASS
[...] (C) Summary. Proposals to reinstate the death penalty in Mexico have sparked considerable debate within the country's political circles, with the National Action Party and the Revolutionary Democratic Party strongly opposed, the Revolutionary Institutional Party measuring the public mood, and [...]
2009-01-28 23:16:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO2701MEXICO: CALDERON MEETS PRI RESISTANCE ON
[...] (c) Summary: Following up his bold state of the Union message ref A),President Calderon announced several expected Cabinet changes, eliminated a number of government secretariats, and recommended a series of economic measures that presaged an imminent tough battle on the budget (septel). Whi [...]
2009-09-15 13:21:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALECIN ECON EINT EPET MX PGOV PINR PREL
09MEXICO273UN'S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Action Request: See para. 1, 6. 2. Summary. Mexico's NGO community energetically contributed to the UN's upcoming review of Mexico's human rights record through the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. Over 100 Mexican human rights NGOs collaborated in the preparation and submissio [...]
2009-01-30 21:17:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM MX
09MEXICO2766YOUR MEETING WITH FM ESPINOSA AT UNGA
[...] (SBU) Madam Secretary: Thanks to your leadership and the energy provided by the President's visit to Mexico in August we are off to a good start in broadening our discussion with Mexico on Merida and other priorities. President Calderon and his key civilian, military and security agency offici [...]
2009-09-23 19:21:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO2778A LOOK AT MEXICO STATE, POTEMKIN VILLAGE STYLE
[...] (C) Summary. Poloffs traveled to Toluca, the capital of Mexico State (Estado de Mexico - Edomex) and headquarters for popular Revolutionary Institutional Party (PRI) Governor Enrique Pena Nieto, on September 10-11 for what turned out to be two highly-orchestrated days of meetings with state o [...]
2009-09-24 21:31:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO2780EMBASSY ENGAGES CIVIL SOCIETY ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a meeting with representatives from Mexico's leading human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs),the Ambassador proposed a regular dialogue focused on an agenda that would address recurrent issues, seek to build confidence, and promote transparency on an agreed list o [...]
2009-09-24 22:34:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO2891MEXICO'S TAKE ON USG'S UNGA 64 GOALS
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel A demarche on UNGA to a variety of interlocutors from the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs (SRE),receiving the most detailed response on disarmament, climate change, human rights, and civilian post-conflict response. The GOM will engage actively with part [...]
2009-10-06 13:24:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALMX PREL UNGA PINR
09MEXICO3092MEXICO: THE LEGACY OF PGR'S MEDINA MORA
[...] (C) Summary. With his resignation on September 8, Mexican Attorney General (AG) Eduardo Medina Mora Icaza leaves a two-fold legacy. His tenure in office was very positive for the USG, as he forged a solid relationship with us, offered full support on high-level extradition cases, and laid the [...]
2009-10-27 22:20:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR UN MX
09MEXICO3101MEXICO: ARTICLE 29 'STATE OF EXCEPTION' --
[...] (S/NF) Summary. Defense Secretary Galvan raised recently the possibility of invoking Article 29 of the constitution to declare a state of exception in certain areas of the country that would provide more solid legal grounds for the military's role in the domestic counternarcotics (CN) fight. S [...]
2009-10-28 21:36:00Embassy MexicoSECRETPREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO3161UN/MEXICO: GOM WILL SUPPORT ARAB PROPOSAL ON
[...] Poloff delivered demarche points in reftel A, emphasizing that, while the USG fully supported full investigations of all allegations of human rights violations during the Gaza conflict, we could not support an unbalanced resolution that focused entirely on the actions of Israel. Poloff stresse [...]
2009-11-05 20:55:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMX PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KPAL ISPL PL
09MEXICO3172MEXICAN SENATE CHOOSES FRONT-RUNNER TO HEAD HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Mexican Senate's confirmation, on November 5, of Raul Plasencia Villanueva as the new President of Mexico's National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) is a welcome leadership change that could herald a more activist and transparent era for an important state-sponsored advocate [...]
2009-11-09 14:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PINR UN MX
09MEXICO3173VERACRUZ: ALL EYES ON 2010 ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Summary. Poloff traveled to Veracruz State in early October to meet with state officials, opposition politicians, and civil society representatives to discuss local conditions in the run-up to state governor and local congressional elections next year. The major parties are already in ful [...]
2009-11-09 17:11:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO3174OAXACA: STATE ELECTORAL POLITICS WITH NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. Poloffs traveled to Oaxaca State October 14-16 to meet with a variety of local political leaders, government officials, and civil society representatives. Local elections in Oaxaca next year have caught the attention of national party leadership, with more at stake than the gov [...]
2009-11-09 18:08:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO3260DRUGS AND DOWNTURN ON THE BORDER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with the governors of Baja California and Chihuahua, the mayors of Matamoros, Tijuana, and Ciudad Juarez, military and civil security force commanders, maquila managers, non-governmental organizations, community activists, drug clinic doctors, renewable energy [...]
2009-11-17 23:12:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR ECON KCRM MX
09MEXICO3455U/S OTERO LEADS USG TO HRC "REFLECTION GROUP"
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mexico and France hosted a meeting in Mexico City October 29-30 on strengthening the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) and to discuss the 2011 Review of its mandate by the General Assembly. A hand-selected group of HRC Member States, representing its five regional grou [...]
2009-12-09 13:22:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMX PHUM PINR PREL PGOV
09MEXICO3468SSP TO REPLACE MILITARY AS PRIMARY SECURITY PLAYER
[...] (C) Summary. President Calderon will likely decide this week to make the Public Security Secretariat (SSP) the primary public security authority in Ciudad Juarez and return the military (SEDENA) to a more traditional, supporting role. Calderon's security team is proceeding under the assumptio [...]
2009-12-10 01:22:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO348SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT TO MEXICO BY CODEL ENGEL
[...] (SBU) On behalf of Mission Mexico, I warmly welcome you to Mexico City. Your visit is an opportunity to underscore the broad, deep relationship between the U.S. and Mexico and, in particular, our appreciation for President Calderon's demonstrated leadership in the area of security. Committed [...]
2009-02-06 22:44:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO353THE U.S.-MEXICAN RELATIONSHIP: MEETING CHALLENGES,
[...] (U) Action request for Department -- AF, IO, NEA, SCA. See paras. 2, 3, and 5. 2. (C) Summary. Mexico's successful bid to secure a seat on the UN Security Council (2009-2010) should be viewed through the prism of President Calderon's desire to raise Mexico's international profile. In [...]
2009-02-08 02:38:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KCRM MARR PINS PTER UNSC XA XF MX
09MEXICO3624PRI SENATE LEADER PLEDGES COOPERATION WITH
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) Senator Manlio Beltrones December 18 to discuss bilateral coordination efforts, the Merida Initiative, military deployment in the northern part of the country, and President Calderon's political reform proposals (ref [...]
2009-12-23 22:12:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO3627MEXICO: BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Country Team is working on three coordinated tracks on a human rights engagement strategy that will enhance our ability to work more closely with the GOM and the Mexican military; establish a regular working dialogue with the human rights community; and support the work of c [...]
2009-12-23 22:52:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR MX
09MEXICO3642NEW MEXICAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Raul Plascencia Villanueva at his inauguration ceremony November 17 as the new President of Mexico's National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) pledged changes that would strengthen the organization's ability to promote greater human rights respect. During the ceremony, Plascenci [...]
2009-12-28 17:56:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PINR UN MX
09MEXICO3648SENATE APPROVES TWO NEW MINISTERS FOR MEXICO'S EVOLVING
[...] Summary: On December 1, the Senate approved two new Supreme Court ministers with little public debate or review of their qualifications. Luis Maria Aguilar Morales and Arturo Zaldivar Lelo de Larrea assume their prestigious positions at a crucial time in the court's development. Over recent [...]
2009-12-28 22:48:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO581MEXICO ON USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Deputy Political Counselor spoke to the Foreign Ministry's Director of the Office for the Elimination of Discrimination Elia del Carmen Sosa Nishizaki about the USG's decision not participate in further negotiations on the basis of the current text for the Durban Review Conference. Sosa expr [...]
2009-02-27 18:51:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MX
09MEXICO605SUPREME COURT FINALLY DELIVERS ITS REPORT ON SAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Almost three years after the May 2006 police crackdown on local protesters in San Salvador Atenco which produced widespread human rights allegations, Mexico's Supreme Court finally delivered the results of an investigation it undertook in late 2006. While the report refrains [...]
2009-03-03 13:27:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS MX
09MEXICO748CIUDAD JUAREZ AT A TIPPING POINT
[...] (C) Summary. The federal government has dramatically expanded the size and scope of Joint Operation Chihuahua by ordering the deployment of an additional 5,000 troops and some 2,000 federal police officers to Ciudad Juarez in an attempt to combat high rates of violence in the area. The chain [...]
2009-03-13 13:36:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MX
09MEXICO803SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO MEXICO,
[...] (SBU) Mission Mexico warmly welcomes you to Mexico City and Monterrey. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces, has the vision and political will to address them strategically and wants to work closely with us to meet common goals that are fundamental to h [...]
2009-03-19 13:26:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM MX
09MEXICO822U.S.-MEXICO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHALLENGES FACING
[...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S. delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organizations James Warlick met March 13 with Mexico's UN team for consultations focusing on the UN budget, challenges facing Mexico as UNSC President in April, and human rights. Mexico shar [...]
2009-03-20 20:40:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM MARR AF KN CG SU SO WI HA MX
09MEXICO823U.S.-MEXICO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHALLENGES FACING
[...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S. delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organizations James Warlick met March 13 with Mexico's UN team for consultations focusing on the UN budget, challenges facing Mexico as UNSC President in April, and human rights. Mexico shar [...]
2009-03-20 20:40:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM MARR AF KN CG SU SO WI HA MX
09MEXICO827U.S.-MEXICO EXCHANGE VIEWS ON CHALLENGES FACING
[...] (SBU) Summary. A U.S. delegation headed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of International Organizations James Warlick met March 13 with Mexico's UN team for consultations focusing on the UN budget, challenges facing Mexico as UNSC President in April, and human rights. Mexico shar [...]
2009-03-20 21:06:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PHUM MARR AF KN CG SU SO WI HA MX
09MEXICO870MEXICO ON THE "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION" RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-24 22:26:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL MX
09MINSK132BELARUS: HIGHLIGHTS OF LUKASHENKA'S ANNUAL ADDRESS
[...] (SBU) The following message is based on lightly edited press reports of Belarusian President Lukashenka's annual address to the parliament and the Belarusian people. The event was marked by long passages when Lukashenka departed from his prepared remarks and spoke rather more directly, in so [...]
2009-04-24 15:12:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON PHUM BO
09MINSK172BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JUNE 6, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Malady Front Activist Fined (para. 2) - Human Rights Group Denied Registration (para. 3) - Prosecutors Extend Criminal Investigation against Volkovysk Activists (para. [...]
2009-06-08 09:22:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK195BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - JUNE 19, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Youth Convicted (para. 2) - Protestant Activist Fined (para. 3) - GOB Denies Registration to Opposition Party (para. 4) - Police Raid Residence of Malady Fr [...]
2009-06-22 15:15:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK217BELARUS: CODEL CARDIN SECURES AMCIT'S RELEASE, ADVANCES
[...] (SBU) A CODEL led by Helsinki Commission Chairman Senator Cardin visited Belarus June 30, the most senior USG delegation since the 1994 visit of President Clinton. The CODEL met with President Lukashenka -- who pardoned AMCIT Emanuel Zeltser in response to the CODEL's request -- for over two [...]
2009-07-03 22:46:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV PINR BO
09MINSK297BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 4, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - United Democratic Forces Finalized Procedures for Nominating Democratic Presidential Candidate (para. 2) - Supreme Court Upheld Registration Denial to the Party of Fre [...]
2009-09-04 18:04:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK317BELARUS WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - SEPTEMBER 11, 2009
[...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - GOB Continues to Use a Heavy Hand in Dispersing Opposition Demonstrations, Big or Small (para. 2) - GOB May No Longer Classify Unregistered NGOs and Political Part [...]
2009-09-16 15:47:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK360BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - OCTOBER 23, 2009
[...] (U) The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Elections --------- - "Honest" Presidential Elections to be Held in Early 2011, so Says the CEC (para. 2) Civil Society ------------- - Opposition Parties Denied Registration, Evicted (para. [...]
2009-10-26 18:50:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM ECON BO
09MINSK382BELARUS:TWO CLEAR OPPOSITION CAMPS NOW EXIST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-23 18:52:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL BO
09MINSK394BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 4, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Council of Europe Official Discusses Death Penalty with GOB, A CoE Condition (para. 2) - Santa Claus May Be Sent to Prison in Belarus (para. 3) - Despite Differences, [...]
2009-12-04 20:04:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BO
09MINSK413BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 18, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society ------------- - Christian Democracy Party Denied Registration, Members Harassed and Discredited (para. 2) - State TV Criticizes Opposition Activists over Abduction Allegations (para. [...]
2009-12-18 17:10:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN ETRD EINV BO
09MINSK426BELARUS BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON REPORT - DECEMBER 31, 2009
[...] The following are brief items of interest compiled by Embassy Minsk. TABLE OF CONTENTS Civil Society, Media -------------------- - GOB Drafts a Bill to Regulate the Internet (para. 2) - Independent Polling: Belarusians Feel Economic Pinch, Criticize GOB Policies; Although Majority Stil [...]
2009-12-31 13:04:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EFIN BO
09MINSK86BELARUS: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) This is Embassy Minsk's submission for the ninth annual TIP report. Responses, based on information received March 12, 2009, are keyed to ref A and subsequent tasking ref B. 2. (SBU) This report identifies anti-TIP NGOs and international organizations by name. However, for security [...]
2009-03-16 14:13:00Embassy MinskUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB BO
09MONROVIA147LIBERIA: VOLUME I OF TRC REPORT PUBLISHED, ICGL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) submitted Volume I of its Final Report to the GOL December 19 (reftel) and just recently made it public on its website (www.trcofliberia.org). The report included a list of the "most significant" warring factions (see paragraph 5) and [...]
2009-02-20 16:28:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID LI
09MONROVIA218LIBERIA: 1200 DELEGATES ATTEND INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S
[...] (U) SUMMARY: President Sirleaf and President of Finland Tarja Halonen convened the successful "International Colloquium on Women's Empowerment, Leadership Development, International Peace and Security" March 7-8 at the Samuel K. Doe Stadium in Monrovia. The resulting "Monrovia Declaration" cal [...]
2009-03-24 15:08:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAID KPAO LI
09MONROVIA390 UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING WITH PRESIDENT SIRLEAF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with the UN Security Council during their May 19-20 visit to Liberia, President Sirleaf expressed strong support for a continued UNMIL presence until Liberia can take over its own security. On several occasions, she called the peace "fragile" and easily able to be rever [...]
2009-06-02 16:39:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO LI PGOV PREL UNSC
09MONROVIA691FINAL, EDITED TRC REPORT TO BE RELEASED IN OCTOBER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Chairman Jerome Verdier confirmed to us on September 17 that the TRC's final, edited report's release date, expected on September 1, has been pushed to at least mid-October, when 200 copies of the report will be available for government o [...]
2009-09-28 08:33:00Embassy MonroviaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS EAID LI
09MONROVIA751LIBERIA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2009
[...] (U) COUNTRY BACKGROUND SUMMARY: Liberia has a government that was democratically elected in multi-party elections in October/November 2005. The government has moved to exert its authority throughout the country but security still depends on the 10,000-strong United Nations Mission in Liberia [...]
2009-10-13 16:45:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON LI ETRD
09MONROVIA776 MONTSERRADO SENATE BY-ELECTION A PRECURSOR TO 2011 VOTE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The National Elections Commission (NEC) will conduct a by-election on November 10 to elect a replacement for Montserrado Senator Hannah Brent who died on August 3. The official campaign period is October 14-18. Ten candidates have been approved and one disqualified. The by-el [...]
2009-10-21 08:53:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI LI
09MONROVIA937LIBERIA: FINAL, EDITED TRC REPORT RELEASED AFTER MUCH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After many delays, the final, edited version of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report was released on December 8. It contained few changes, mostly the addition of 17 names to lists of perpetrators and more statistical analysis. Implementing the recommendations is [...]
2009-12-17 08:40:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI EAID LI
09MONTERREY250MEXICAN MILITARY CONTINUING TO ARREST LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS
[...] (SBU) Summary. In the last four weeks the Mexican military has stepped up their operations in Nuevo Leon resulting in high profile arrests of corrupt police officers and large seizures. While the military operations coincide with stronger rhetoric from President Calderon and there are allegati [...]
2009-06-25 21:55:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIEDASEC SNAR CASC KCRM PHUM KIPR PGOV MX
09MONTERREY307LOCAL LEADERS STRUGGLE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; CULTURE OF
[...] (C) Summary: A joint military/Nuevo Leon state operation to detain 21 San Pedro police officers (including a commander in the city's command and control center) on corruption charges has shocked many in the affluent Monterrey suburb and further contributed to eroding public confidence in loca [...]
2009-08-07 14:35:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCRM PHUM SNAR SOCI MX
09MONTEVIDEO127DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY PLEASED AT U.S.
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche February 27 to the MFA's Human Rights Director, Laura Dupuy. The MFA's Human Rights Department accepted the points but did not immediately offer a substantive response. 2. (C) On March 2, Dupuy offered a more detailed response. She noted that the GOU is p [...]
2009-03-05 12:03:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO216URUGUAY WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN
[...] MFA Deputy Director for Political Affairs Ambassador Julio Moreira and MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Minister Nury Bauzan de Senes told charge April 17 that Uruguay will support the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council. Bauzan de Senes noted that Uruguay finds itself in a s [...]
2009-04-17 17:25:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UY
09MONTEVIDEO41URUGUAY SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR ITS CANDIDACY TO
[...] Embassy Montevideo has received a diplomatic note from the GOU indicating Uruguay's intention to present its candidacy as a member of the UNESCO Executive Council for the period 2010-2013 in election to be held during the XXXV General Conference of the organization 6-23 October 2009 in Paris, [...]
2009-01-22 18:27:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO444URUGUAY: PRESIDENT VAZQUEZ SEEKS MEETING WITH
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) On July 16, Foreign Minister Gonzalo Fernandez passed along to Charge a second request for President Vazquez to meet with President Obama in September (the first request was made in March 2009 and reiterated in Fernandez, meeting [...]
2009-07-30 17:46:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO526URUGUAY SUPPORTS U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE UN HUMAN
[...] (U) The contents are sensitive but unclassified. 2. (SBU) On September 14, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the UN Human Rights Commission priorities to the MFA's Co-Director of the Office of Human Rights, Silvia Izquierdo. Izquierdo reported that the GOU agrees with U.S. efforts to reac [...]
2009-09-15 13:34:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN UNHCR UY
09MONTEVIDEO714Scenesetter for Assistant Secretary Valenzuela's December
[...] ( SBU) Embassy Montevideo warmly welcomes your December 16-17 visit. You will be the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Uruguay during the Obama Administration. Arriving shortly after Uruguay's Presidential elections, your visit will allow us to recognize the excellent collaboration we h [...]
2009-12-09 12:03:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAGR ECON SNAR UY
09MOSCOW1034KIRILL CRONIES BENEFIT FROM RUSSIAN ORTHODOX
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 31, Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) Patriarch Kirill presided over the first meeting of Church leaders since his enthronement, introducing significant personnel and structural changes to the ROC. Kirill appointed faithful supporter Bishop Ilarion as the new Chairman of [...]
2009-04-22 08:46:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW106GOOD MONEY ON METROPOLITAN KIRILL AS THE NEXT
[...] (C) Summary. In a two-stage process beginning January 25 and concluding January 29, a new Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) will be elected, with the winner determining whether the ROC remains on a conservative course or embarks on a liberal path. Contacts posit six leading co [...]
2009-01-16 15:38:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI
09MOSCOW1119MEDVEDEV'S LIBERAL GESTURES AND PUTIN DYNAMICS
[...] (C) Summary: A series of liberal political gestures by Medvedev have excited speculation about dynamics within the political tandem, with a couple of analysts going so far as to predict Putin's imminent demise. However, well-connected political observers argue against over-interpreting these [...]
2009-04-30 13:08:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PINR PREL RS
09MOSCOW1124COMMUNISTS IN OREL EMPOWERED AMIDST TWIN
[...] (SBU) This message is sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Communist Party (KPRF) in Orel is gaining support at the expense of United Russia due to the overwhelming level of government corruption there, and the economic crisis in general. Locals [...]
2009-04-30 14:31:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PHUM PINR KCOR ECON RS
09MOSCOW1205HEAT TURNED UP AGAINST JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite recent written appeals by Russian Federation Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin to General Prosecutor Yuriy Chayka, Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia are facing enhanced scrutiny as local police pursue charges of "extremism" directed at JW religious literature. JW Amcit [...]
2009-05-13 11:59:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1225RUSSIA'S HARDENING VIEWS ON SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
[...] (C) As the Kremlin's new national security strategy (septel) reasserts the priority of strengthening Russian influence in the CIS, well-connected Russian analysts and government-supported institutniki increasingly call for "positive neutrality" or the "Finlandization" of Russia's neighbors. [...]
2009-05-14 14:17:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR ECON NATO OSCE RS
09MOSCOW1250GAY RIGHTS ISSUE RAINS ON EUROVISION PARADE
[...] (C) Summary: On May 16, police arrested more than 50 gay rights activists (80, by some accounts) at Sparrow Hills Park, where they were attempting to gather for an unsanctioned protest march. Organizer Nikolay Alekseyev announced that the march would take place downtown near Pushkin Square, d [...]
2009-05-18 16:18:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1349RUSSIA: BURY HITLER, NOT STALIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 19, the Kremlin announced that it had formed a "Commission to Oppose Historical Falsification," to address any attempts to "cast doubt on our people's victory in World War II." This decision followed a May 7 proposal in the State Duma to introduce amendments criminalizin [...]
2009-05-26 12:46:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW1355MFA ON RUSSIAN TROOPS IN ABKHAZIA, SOUTH OSSETIA;
[...] (C) Summary. In a May 26 meeting, MFA IVth CIS Ambassador-at-large Dmitriy Tarabrin and Deputy Alexey Dvinyanin denied any Russian interference in Georgia's internal situation, and rejected reports of recent troop increases due to the ongoing demonstrations in Georgia. MFA I/O Head of Divis [...]
2009-05-26 14:35:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UN RS GG
09MOSCOW1403 Russia following South Ossetia elections
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Russian press has been closely following the South Ossetian election campaign over the past several months. Reports cover the election mechanics and Russian assistance, which includes polling stations on Russian soil, election observers, and "methodological" aid. Pressure b [...]
2009-05-29 13:01:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV GG RS
09MOSCOW1478DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche on June 5 to MFA Department for Human Rights section chief Andrey Lancjikov, who said that Russia's position on extending the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for Sudan was "still under consideration." He explained that on June 4, the MFA had discussed this [...]
2009-06-05 08:27:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREL RS
09MOSCOW150RUSSIA TAKING UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary: The Russian Federation is taking the February 2009 review of the human rights situation here under the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) special mechanism seriously. The Senior Human Rights Adviser at the UN's mission in Moscow told us that last summer he [...]
2009-01-22 16:06:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR UNHRC RS
09MOSCOW1597JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES, SCIENTOLOGISTS UNDER
[...] (SBU) Summary. The campaign against the Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) in Russia, instigated by General Prosecutor Yuriy Chayka in early 2009, continued in May and June. While a judge dismissed one case against the JW branch in Tolyatti on insufficient grounds, the situation in Samara Oblast, Sve [...]
2009-06-18 07:50:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL KIRF SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1619BUSINESS LEADER ON LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12, Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) met with Yanna Yakovleva, the head of Business Solidarity, a NGO dedicated to protecting Russian businesses from government extortion. Yakovleva expressed appreciation for a recent joint project with the Embassy that had changed the law o [...]
2009-06-19 11:33:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KJUS SNAR RS
09MOSCOW1653WOMEN IN MOSCOW CITY LEADERSHIP: AN UPHILL BATTLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: As elsewhere in Russia, women in Moscow are underrepresented in high-level positions in politics. On the whole, women do not have equal opportunities as men to run for office because they lack the necessary financial and administrative means and have difficulty overcoming Russ [...]
2009-06-23 15:03:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KWMN SOCI RS
09MOSCOW1797"DA, WE CAN": OPTIMISM SWEEPS CIVIL SOCIETY SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Civil Society Summit of July 6-7 brought together approximately 100 NGO representatives from both the U.S. and Russia. Although participants were pleased with the detailed results of the Summit's various Working Groups, they saved their most effusive praise for President Ob [...]
2009-07-13 14:27:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW180MOSCOW MULLS SOCIAL UNREST AFTER VLADIVOSTOK
[...] (SBU) Summary: The scope and spontaneity of protests last December against the regime's anti-crisis policies sparked speculation about the potential for unrest and political crisis in the coming year. Opponents of the regime and even some loyalists seized upon the protests as a sign of broader [...]
2009-01-27 15:01:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR RS SOCI
09MOSCOW182INGUSHETIYA AT THE CROSSROADS
[...] (C) Summary: In his first three months as president of Ingushetiya, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov has made all the right moves to tackle what he believes are the three root causes of extremism and crime in the northern Caucasus republic -- corruption, unemployment and a lack of credibility in the gover [...]
2009-01-27 15:36:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR PREF ECON RS
09MOSCOW1847 RUSSIAN ANALYSTS: OBAMA'S VISIT FIRST STEP ON LONG
[...] (SBU) Summary: Reactions to President Obama's July 6-8 trip to Moscow have been largely positive among Russia's analytic community and political activists, most of whom saw the summit as setting the stage for a further improvement in the bilateral relationship. The President's approach, parti [...]
2009-07-17 13:12:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL RS US XH MARR MCAP PARM PHUM KMDR
09MOSCOW197KIRILL ELECTED 16TH RUSSIAN ORTHODOX PATRIARCH
[...] (SBU) Summary. Leaders of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) gathered on January 27 at Moscow's Cathedral of Christ the Savior to elect Acting Patriarch Metropolitan Kirill as the Church's 16th Patriarch. Seventy-two percent of delegates picked Kirill, who deftly used his position and the me [...]
2009-01-28 16:15:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2 RUSSIAN ANALYSTS COMPLAIN U.S. HAS BETRAYED RUSSIA'S TRUST
[...] (SBU) Summary: A roundtable of Russian analysts described -- often in emotional terms -- for visiting Representatives Ellen Taushcer, Doug Lamborn, Rick Larsen, and Loretta Sanchez, the deep displeasure with which many Russians view the U.S. government. They blamed much of this on America's f [...]
2009-01-01 07:33:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR OREP PINR RS
09MOSCOW2071MEDVEDEV BROADSIDES UKRAINE
[...] (C) Summary. While deploring recent Ukrainian "anti-Russian" policies, MFA and Presidential Administration statements underscored that President Medvedev's letter to Ukrainian President Yushchenko and the decision to postpone the departure of Russian ambassador-designate to Kyiv were meant t [...]
2009-08-13 10:31:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RS UP
09MOSCOW230MEDVEDEV CALLS BACK NEW LAW ON TREASON FOR
[...] (C) Summary: On January 27 Russian President Dmitriy Medvedev ordered his administration to rework legislation submitted by the White House on December 12 containing amendments to the sections of the Criminal Law and Criminal Procedures Codes before the State Duma and Federation Council could [...]
2009-01-30 15:45:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR RS
09MOSCOW2376HR ACTIVISTS: SURKOV, NORTH CAUCASUS NOT A PRETTY
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 9 meeting at the Embassy, human rights activists told Assistant Secretary Gordon the GOR had poured cold water on hopes for a meaningful way forward by appointing Kremlin Chief of Staff Vladislav Surkov to represent Russia on the planned bilateral commission on civi [...]
2009-09-16 13:04:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2393DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING SECURITY COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR STRENGTHENING 1820 RESOLUTION SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT
[...] (C) Embassy Moscow delivered reftel points to Nikita Zhukov, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of International Organizations, and First Secretary Galina Khvan of the Department for Humanitarian Cooperation and Human Rights. Second Secretary Anna Evstigneeva of the International Organiz [...]
2009-09-17 13:02:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKPKO PHUM PREL CG IO RS KWMN
09MOSCOW2413"CULTURE" IS NO EXCUSE FOR ABUSES
[...] (SBU) Meeting with us to discuss a GOR attempt to water down UN Human Rights Council work by introducing a resolution on "respect for traditional values" (reftel),a member of the MFA's Department of Human Rights and Humanitarian Cooperation acknowledged deep flaws in Russia's protection of rig [...]
2009-09-21 12:39:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2586ACTIVISTS ON PODRABINEK AND WHERE THE FAULT LINES
[...] (C) Summary: At a roundtable gathering at Spaso House, a group of leading activists told the Ambassador that they continued to face an uphill battle in their work to promote civic freedoms. They said that their relationship with conservatives inside and outside of the GOR remained adversarial [...]
2009-10-15 14:23:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2653MURDERED INGUSHETIYA OPPOSITIONIST BURIED AS
[...] (SBU) Former Ingushetiya oppositionist Maksharip Aushev was buried October 26 according to strict Muslim practice, one day after he died in a hail of gunfire October 25 while driving near Nalchik, the capital of the northern Caucasian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria. Ingushetiya president Yu [...]
2009-10-27 04:49:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2686IRF REACTIONS: MFA GETS NASTY, ROC NICE
[...] (C) Reactions to the 2009 International Religious Freedom Report (IRF) varied among official entities, indicating that not all of Russian officialdom had compared talking points before hitting the airwaves. In a scathing communique, the MFA sneered that "it seems that the authors decided not [...]
2009-10-29 14:44:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2708RUSSIA WILL SUPPORT OIC ON "DEFAMATION OF
[...] (C) Summary: In response to our demarche per reftel A, MFA representative Natalia Zolotova told us that Russia planned to support the "defamation of religions" resolution sponsored by the Organization of the Islamic Conference in the UN General Assembly. Zolotova said that absolute free speech [...]
2009-11-02 14:50:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2728BOSNIA: RESPONSE TO BUTMIR PACKAGE AND LAVROV'S
[...] (C) The MFA's BiH desk officer Ivan Gorbunov told us on November 3 that Russia rejected the U.S.-EU Butmir Package and saw it as new conditionality to the Office of High Representative's (OHR's) transition and beyond the scope of international consensus. He challenged our assessment on the i [...]
2009-11-03 14:53:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL BK RS
09MOSCOW2772SMOOTH RUNNING VERTICAL OF POWER IN KRASNODAR
[...] (C) Summary: Longtime Governor Aleksandr Tkachev's efficient, heavy-handed control of Krasnodar Krai has helped the conservative region achieve and preserve political and economic stability, partially by undermining competitors during his first few years in office and preventing potential ch [...]
2009-11-10 15:32:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAGR PINR PHUM ETRD KDEM RS
09MOSCOW280RUSSIA'S CANDIDACY FOR RE-ELECTION TO UN HUMAN
[...] (SBU) U.S. Embassy Moscow has received a diplomatic note dated February 2 requesting U.S. support for Russia's reelection to the UN Human Rights Council UNHRC) for a second three-year term. The note pointed out that the five permanent members of the Security Council generally support each ot [...]
2009-02-05 15:58:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PINR RS
09MOSCOW2834RUSSIA MAINTAINS POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT EU SUMMIT,
[...] (C) Swedish diplomats in Moscow concluded that EU-Russia relations were "stuck on the major issues" at the November 18 EU-Russia Summit in Stockholm (ref A). However, they and European Commission (EC) contacts welcomed "surprise" positive GOR pronouncements on climate change and WTO accession [...]
2009-11-20 13:41:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG ECON PREL RS SW EUN
09MOSCOW2902DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DETENTION OF GEORGIAN
[...] (C) Summary. In response to reftel demarche, the MFA told us that Russia was pressing for the release of the four Georgian minors in South Ossetian custody. Russia expects them to be released within the next few days. The GOR supports a South Ossetian proposal to exchange all detainees, no [...]
2009-11-27 14:58:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RS GG
09MOSCOW295RUSSIA'S RELIGIOUS LEADERS CONSIDER KIRILL A
[...] (SBU) Summary. At a February 4 ecumenical lunch hosted by Ambassador and Appeal of Conscience Foundation Director Rabbi Arthur Schneier, high level officials in Russia's Orthodox (ROC),Muslim, Protestant, and Jewish communities gathered to discuss religious freedom in Russia and honor Patri [...]
2009-02-09 08:46:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2957RUSSIAN VIEWS OF ELECTIONS IN ABKHAZIA
[...] (C) Summary: Experts do not see a strong Russian influence in the election campaign in the Georgian region of Abkhazia. This is due to Russia's negative experience from getting too involved in the 2005 elections, the dominance of domestic issues in the campaign, and a virtual agreement among [...]
2009-12-08 12:12:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RS GG
09MOSCOW3034SAKHAROV'S PRAGMATIC LEGACY
[...] (C) Summary: Twenty years after his death, at a December 14-15 conference in Moscow, approximately 100 human rights leaders discussed the legacy of activist and Nobel Laureate Andrey Sakharov. Given the numerous blows dealt the Russian human rights community during the past several years, many [...]
2009-12-17 15:22:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3104CONSTITUTION'S 15TH BIRTHDAY MORE OF A FUNERAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Russian Constitution's fifteenth anniversary passed on December 12 with little fanfare. A VTsIOM poll showed that only 16 percent of respondents had read the Constitution and knew its contents. Many of the Constitution's authors feel disillusioned, noting that its provision [...]
2009-12-24 08:08:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW3139EUR/RPM DIRECTOR TURNER DEC 16-18 MOSCOW VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR/RPM Director Bruce Turner visited Moscow December 16-18 to discuss NATO-Russia relations, the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, the OSCE's Corfu Process, and Russia's proposed European Security and NATO-Russia Council (NRC) treaties. MFA officials played up th [...]
2009-12-29 14:47:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKACT KCFE PARM PREL RS AF
09MOSCOW333RUSSIA MOVING INTO HIGH GEAR ON NANOTECHNOLOGY; ACTIVELY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since Russia's preeminent manager Anatoliy Chubays became Director General of Russia's Corporation of Nanotechnologies (Rusnano) on September 22, 2008 Rusnano has both bolstered its international reputation and begun investing in nanotechnology in Russia. To showcase Russia's c [...]
2009-02-11 15:15:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTNGD TPHY ETRD BTIO TSPL PREL KIPR KTIA RS
09MOSCOW4 RUSSIAN ANALYSTS COMPLAIN U.S. HAS BETRAYED RUSSIA'S TRUST
[...] (SBU) Summary: A roundtable of Russian analysts described -- often in emotional terms -- for visiting Representatives Ellen Taushcer, Doug Lamborn, Rick Larsen, and Loretta Sanchez, the deep displeasure with which many Russians view the U.S. government. They blamed much of this on America's f [...]
2009-01-01 07:33:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR OREP PINR RS
09MOSCOW416U.S.-RUSSIA CONSULTATIONS ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: Russia expressed strong support for U.S. and NATO efforts to stabilize Afghanistan and offered practical steps to expand Russian assistance during the February 10-11 U.S.-Russia consultations on Afghanistan. The U.S. delegation, headed by SCA DAS Moon and accompanied by the Amba [...]
2009-02-19 13:53:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER EAID ETRD MARR SNAR NATO AF RS
09MOSCOW546JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES TARGETED FOR HARASSMENT AND
[...] (C) Summary. Over the past several months, two regional courts have charged the Jehovah's Witnesses (JW) of Russia with distributing extremist literature, and the Russian General Prosecutor has ordered a full investigation of JW religious activity, in coordination with the FSB. Local police [...]
2009-03-05 15:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF PINR PREL SOCI RS
09MOSCOW547PAMFILOVA EXPECTS GREATER RESONANCE WITH MEDVEDEV ON CIVIL SOCIETY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: Ella Pamfilova, recently re-appointed by Medvedev as the head of the Presidential Council on Promoting the Development of Civil Society and Human Rights, admitted on March 4 that the Council had not been very successful during the last year of Putin's presidency, but was optimis [...]
2009-03-05 15:46:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM PINR SOCI RS PGOV
09MOSCOW861SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL ROGERS TO MOSCOW,
[...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia next week. Your trip comes following the first meeting between President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1, which was seen by both sides as very positive and reaffirming the mutual desire to "reset" the U.S.-Russia rela [...]
2009-04-03 15:22:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OREP PINR MARR PARM RS
09MOSCOW879RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH HOLDS ALL CARDS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. A recent trip to the Russian "Golden Ring" cities of Sergiyev Posad, Suzdal, and Vladimir indicated that despite the existence of four official Russian religions (Orthodoxy, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism),the country's traditional religious center is firmly Russian Orthodox. Whil [...]
2009-04-06 13:10:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI KIRF RS
09MOSCOW895SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL LEVIN TO MOSCOW,
[...] (SBU) Embassy Moscow warmly welcomes your visit to Russia next week. Your trip comes following the first meeting between President Obama and President Medvedev in London on April 1, which was welcomed by both sides as reaffirming the mutual desire to "reset" the U.S.-Russia relationship. Whil [...]
2009-04-08 07:55:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL OREP PINR MARR PARM PHUM RS
09MUMBAI112WOMEN IN INDIA: EGALITARIANISM FROM A BOHRA WOMEN'S
[...] (U) Summary: In the spirit of International Women's Day, Consulate Mumbai met with six women from the Dawoodi Bohra community, a small, prosperous, highly-visible Shi'a Muslim sect based in Western India. The women described their sect as egalitarian in its treatment of men and women in educat [...]
2009-03-19 13:32:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09MUSCAT27OMANI PROTESTS AGAINST EVENTS IN GAZA TAKE
[...] (C) Summary: More demonstrations against Israeli actions in Gaza took place in three separate Omani cities the afternoon of January 9. While remaining peaceful, protesters - some of whom displayed signs of support for Hamas and/or Hizballah - burned Israeli flags and increasingly turned thei [...]
2009-01-11 12:54:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPAL KPAO KWBG MU
09MUSCAT30OMAN MEDIA REACTION: GAZA, HISTORY, AND IDEOLOGY
[...] SUMMARY: Omani dailies continue to condemn Israel and blame the UN Security council for not playing an effective role in stopping the Gaza crisis. State daily "Oman" says Israel's ignoring of the UNSC resolution buys it more time to kill, while private daily "Al Watan" suggests that militant i [...]
2009-01-12 12:52:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO KMDR MU
09MUSCAT355UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION: OMAN
[...] Pol-Econ Chief delivered ref B demarche April 4 to Mohammed al-Hassan, Political Affairs Director for Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi. [Note: Post also submitted a formal diplomatic note regarding the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council. End Note.] Al-Ha [...]
2009-04-20 13:30:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN MU
09MUSCAT827ABA SHOULD MAINTAIN IN-COUNTRY PRESENCE IN OMAN
[...] (C) Summary: Over the past two years, MEPI-funded programs implemented by the American Bar Association (ABA) have significantly advanced U.S. objectives regarding rule of law and judicial reform in Oman, in areas including Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and the Free Trade Agreement (FTA). ABA' [...]
2009-08-03 11:03:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPREL KTIP ELAB MU
09MUSCAT925OMAN - QUALIFIED BUT UNLIKELY CANDIDATE FOR UNHRC
[...] (C) In response to reftel, Post deems Oman a suitable candidate for the UNHRC from a human rights record perspective; however, Oman's overall foreign policy and particularly, the way it manages its relationship with Iran would likely preclude running for a seat on the UNHRC. The British Embass [...]
2009-09-20 12:39:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR MU
09NAIROBI1067 CONTINUED CLASHES WITH POLICE IN NAIROBI
[...] Summary: Recent days-long clashes between police and squatter mechanics in Nairobi have disrupted movement throughout the city. Police initially intervened in a property dispute but backed down as riots dragged into a fifth day, causing one death and more than twenty injuries. The inability o [...]
2009-05-29 10:46:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ASEC KCRM KE
09NAIROBI1080A/S CARSON AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GAVIN'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (A/S) Johnnie Carson and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Africa Michelle Gavin met with President Mwai Kibaki and several high-ranking GOK officials on May 12. A/S Carson told Kibaki that his visit was meant to underscore the en [...]
2009-06-02 15:20:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PHUM PINR PGOV KE
09NAIROBI1084A/S CARSON AND NSC SENIOR DIRECTOR GAVIN'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In a May 12 meeting with Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Finance Uhuru Kenyatta, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs (A/S) Johnnie Carson and National Security Council (NSC) Senior Director for Africa Michelle Gavin expressed deep concern over political tensions in Kenya. [...]
2009-06-03 04:58:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KE
09NAIROBI1113COALITION GOVERNMENT FINDS COMMON GROUND ON
[...] On June 3, the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings Philip Alston presented to the U.N. Human Rights Council his final report on his recent visit to Kenya. The report concluded that extrajudicial killings by police were systematic, widespread, and carefully planned. It also dec [...]
2009-06-05 06:42:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KE
09NAIROBI13SOMALIA - SENATOR FEINGOLD'S MEETINGS ON SOMALIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY. From December 19-21 Senator Feingold met in Djibouti with Somalia and Somaliland politicians, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative as well as NGO and private sector representatives. The meetings occurred at a critical juncture as progress in the UN-led Djibouti Peac [...]
2009-01-05 13:50:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINR SO
09NAIROBI1725KENYA: DEBATE RAGES OVER SPECIAL TRIBUNAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In late July, Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs Mutula Kilonzo presented the GOK cabinet with a draft bill to establish a special tribunal to prosecute suspects linked to the post-election violence. After a bitter debate, the cabinet rejected both the establishment o [...]
2009-08-17 04:10:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KE
09NAIROBI2184KENYA: AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW 2010
[...] This cable is not/not for internet distribution. 2. Country: Kenya 3. Current Status: Eligible 4. Country Background Summary: The population of Kenya is 38.6 million (mid 2008 estimate),estimated 2008 GDP is $30.4 billion, and per capita income is $770. An estimated 54% of the [...]
2009-10-16 08:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON ETRD EINV ENRG ELAB AGOA PGOV PREL
09NAIROBI2369POLICE REFORM TASK FORCE PREVIEWS ITS
[...] On November 11, three members of the Police Reform Task Force (PRTF) briefed members of the diplomatic corps on the Task Force's unanimous recommendations to the Government of Kenya. Carrying an estimated price tag of 81.4 billion Kenyan shillings (approximately $1.1 billion) over the next th [...]
2009-11-18 11:42:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KJUS PGOV PHUM KE
09NAIROBI2405S/WCI RAPP'S VISIT PUSHES ACCOUNTABILITY ISSUE
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Rapp's November 5-6 visit highlighted in a timely way the importance the U.S. attaches to accountability for post-election violence, as part of the broader reform agenda. Amb Rapp stressed the need for Kenyan authorities to cooperate to apprehend Rwandan fugitive Kabug [...]
2009-11-25 08:03:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL KE US
09NAIROBI2499Somalia - Security Meeting Delivers Modest Results
[...] (SBU) Summary. Key security sector donors, as well as representatives from the UN, AMISOM and the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) gathered in Kampala on December 9 for a Joint Security Committee. The committee is a forum to coordinate activity to assist the TFG's security sector. The c [...]
2009-12-17 08:28:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV SO MOPS UG BY
09NAIROBI2522Civil Society Delegation to Washington
[...] This is an Action request, see para 4. 2. We remain actively engaged with civil society, business groups, women's associations, religious leaders, and youth as part of our continuing efforts to advance the process of reform in Kenya. On November 17 we sponsored a highly successful nat [...]
2009-12-11 10:10:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KE
09NAIROBI2702HUMAN RIGHTS TRENDS IN KENYA PERTAINING TO SEXUAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Same sex relationships in Kenya are criminalized as felonies, and individuals in such relationships face strong public attitudes which stigmatize lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) relationships as "un-African" and "against the order of nature." However, the Kenyan go [...]
2009-12-31 06:20:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM KE HURI PHUM
09NAIROBI413UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR CRITICIZES GOK ON
[...] (C) On February 25, the UN Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial Killings (the Special Rapporteur),Philip Alston, issued a preliminary report of his ten-day visit to Kenya where he noted that extrajudicial killings by police were "systematic, widespread, and carefully planned". During his vi [...]
2009-02-27 10:28:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KE
09NAIROBI458TWO HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS MURDERED IN APPARENT
[...] (C) On March 5 the Executive Director and Communications Director of the Oscar Foundation, a well-known human rights organization, were murdered in an apparent assassination. The Oscar Foundation had criticized police for killing youth suspected of being members of the outlawed Mungiki sect. I [...]
2009-03-06 16:59:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM KE
09NAIROBI551GOVERNMENT RAIDS SAMBURU CATTLE, STAGE SET FOR
[...] In response to complaints of the theft of 560 head of livestock by Samburu raiders, Kenyan security forces staged a major livestock roundup operation in and around Samburu District at the end of February that netted a total of approximately 4,000 animals, none of which reportedly belonged to t [...]
2009-03-18 12:16:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KCRM KCOR KE
09NAIROBI808FRAGILE PEACE IN RIFT VALLEY: THE KALENJIN
[...] Summary: On a recent trip to Rift Valley province, poloffs accompanied Ambassador Ranneberger to an important peace event at Ndeffo and Egerton University near Nakuru and then met with a range of contacts to discuss the situation on the ground and possible approaches to achieving the desired en [...]
2009-04-24 11:08:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC KE
09NAIROBI809KIBAKI ADDRESSES OPENING OF PARLIAMENT
[...] Summary: At the April 21 opening of the third session of Parliament, 199 of 222 members of Parliament (MPs) attended and listened attentively to the President's and Speaker's speeches. In their opening prayers, religious leaders called for peace, unity, and strength even as the country was goin [...]
2009-04-24 12:05:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAGR SENV KE UG
09NASSAU238BAHAMAS REQUEST RECIPROCITY ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) Mission delivered reftel talking points and the Department's press statement on the USG candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary, International Division, Marilyn Zonicle, April 1. Ms. Zonicle took note but made no commitment, saying the GCOB [...]
2009-04-16 19:58:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL BF
09NASSAU729Bahamas Changes Position on Country-Specific Resolution
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior GCOB official told the CDA that the government's position on the Iran Human Rights Resolution changed due to international pressure they received about their own domestic policies, U.S. criticism of their off-shore banking industry, and what they perceived as unwarranted c [...]
2009-11-23 22:42:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV UN UNGA PHUM
09NASSAU731Bahamas Changes Position on Country-Specific Resolution
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior GCOB official told the CDA that the government's position on the Iran Human Rights Resolution changed due to international pressure they received about their own domestic policies, U.S. criticism of their off-shore banking industry, and what they perceived as unwarranted c [...]
2009-11-23 22:46:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV UN UNGA PHUM
09NDJAMENA170CHAD UPDATE MAY 11: LIFE RETURNING TO NORMAL ONE
[...] (SBU) RETURN TO NORMAL: Life is returning to normal as the GOC and others continue to assess the impact of the May 4 rebel incursions and plan for the future. MINURCAT has resumed all operations in the east. 2. (SBU) DEBY VISITS TROOPS: President Deby, accompanied by acting Minister of [...]
2009-05-11 16:47:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS ASEC PREL PREF SU UN AU LY FR CASC CD
09NDJAMENA223 OBAMA'S SPEECH IN CAIRO RECEIVES WARM WELCOME IN CHAD
[...] (U) The U.S. Embassy in Ndjamena held rebroadcasts June 9 and 10 of President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech. The rebroadcasts were in French and Arabic, respectively, in this barely-majority Muslim country. Reaction was almost uniformly positive, with participants stressing that they hoped to [...]
2009-06-12 08:20:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KPAO OIIP CD
09NDJAMENA409CHAD MEDIA PROFILE
[...] INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY ------------------------ Reftel discussed in general terms problems facing the media in Chad and initiatives being taken by media organizations to improve the situation. This message establishes a baseline by which to measure, quantitatively and qualitatively, me [...]
2009-09-22 12:07:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP CD
09NDJAMENA591HOW TO THINK ABOUT CHAD: ASSESSING CHAD'S PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) The Chad of December 2009 is not the Chad of December 2007. Much has happened in the intervening two years and the Chad's overall trajectory has generally been positive, when viewed in terms of USG bilateral and regional strategic goals. Any punctual assessment of USG policy toward C [...]
2009-12-09 13:29:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL EAID PREF EU FR US CD
09NEWDELHI1319CONGRESS PARTY LEVERAGES ELECTORAL WIN TO EMPOWER
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following an impressive win in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government demonstrated the value it places on female constituents by introducing a cachet of women's empowerment initiatives. President Patil's outline of her gover [...]
2009-06-25 12:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1487POWER STRUGGLE IN LITTLE LHASA: TIBETAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The battle for control over the Tibetan Government-in-Exile (TGIE) has begun in Dharamsala, India. As the Dalai Lama turned 74 years old on July 7, Tibet watchers reiterated that the most volatile times in Tibetan politics usually occur around the time of a Dalai Lama's death. T [...]
2009-07-19 14:01:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM PINR KDEM CH IN
09NEWDELHI1649 U.S.-INDIAN RELATIONS: NEXT STEPS IN THE STRATEGIC
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Following on the August 5 Interagency Policy Committee meeting to discuss the Strategic Dialogue, Mission offers its views on next steps in the run up to the Prime Minister's November visit. We spell out dialogue goals, describe ways to move forward, flag pitfalls and propose po [...]
2009-08-06 15:44:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MASS ENRG EFIN CVIS AMGT IN
09NEWDELHI1859BHUTAN DECLINES INVITATION TO RUN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A demarche to Political Counsellor Tenxin Rondel Wangchuk on September 2, urging the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) to consider sponsoring a candidate for a seat on the 2010 UN Human Rights Council (HRC). During a September 4 meeting, Wangchuk informed PolOff th [...]
2009-09-04 15:01:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL IR IN
09NEWDELHI1874INDIA: CELEBRATING WOMEN IN SCIENCE, NOT YET EQUAL
[...] SUMMARY: More than 60 attendees from a variety of backgrounds discussed India's climate for women scientists during an Embassy Environment, Science and Technology (EST) Office-hosted "Celebrating Women in Science" workshop. Women scientists in India are every bit as intelligent and hard workin [...]
2009-09-08 13:53:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA KWMN KDEM TSPL SCUL PHUM ELAB PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI1947INDIAN VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH SESSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indian Government shares some of our concerns for the 12th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) and is likely to support a freedom of expression resolution. India will probably vote on other resolutions introduced during the session according to consensus. END SUMMARY. [...]
2009-09-18 07:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNHCR IN
09NEWDELHI1954INDIAN VIEWS ON USG UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
[...] (U) We previewed our 64th UNGA goals and objectives on September 15 with Indian MEA Joint Secretary for UN Political Affairs Asith Bhattacharjee, and on September 16 with MEA Under Secretary for UN Economic and Social Affairs Abhishek Verma. Of the various topics covered in our presentation, [...]
2009-09-18 12:21:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UN IN
09NEWDELHI2155JAMMU AND KASHMIR: INDIA MOVES AHEAD WITH CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES
[...] (C) Summary: In yet another signal that it is not waiting for the Delhi-Islamabad composite dialogue process to resume, the GOI unveiled further steps to strengthen its reconciliation efforts in Kashmir. Besides announcing a dialogue with separatists (Ref A),Home Minister P.C. Chidambaram on Octob [...]
2009-10-22 14:55:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2207SCENESETTER FOR U/S OTERO'S VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary Otero: Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi to relaunch the Global Issues Forum (GIF) in the run-up to Prime Minister Singh's November 22-26 state visit to Washington. The Embassy has worked hard to make progress across all five pillars and 18 sub-dialogues o [...]
2009-10-30 12:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON IN KDEM KGHG KWMN PREL SENV
09NEWDELHI2548ENGAGING INDIA ON UN DEBATE: FIGHTING
[...] (C) Summary: Post is pleased to offer our recommendations for a strategy to engage India on the "defamation of religions" proposal and to back the U.S. "Action Plan" at the upcoming March session of the UN Human Rights Council on countering racial and religious discrimination. While India may [...]
2009-12-22 12:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC UNGA IN
09NEWDELHI2588BHUTANESE KING'S SUCCESSFUL FIRST STATE VISIT TO
[...] (U) The King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, visited India from December 21-26 on his first state visit to a foreign country following his coronation in November 2008. In addition to holding meetings with political figures that included the President and Vice President of India, Pri [...]
2009-12-31 02:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM CH BH IN
09NEWDELHI421INDIA: THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ACCESS TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The following answers reftel, paragraph 20 request for information on Government of India (GOI) regulations governing benefit sharing and access to genetic resources. India's National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) is the body responsible for managing and approving access to India [...]
2009-03-06 01:12:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SENV TBIO
09NEWDELHI52MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS, GAZA;
[...] "DOES AJMAL KASAB DESERVE SYMPATHY?" editorial in the January 10, 2009, Mumbai edition of right-of-center Marathi daily SAAMNA. "Pakistan-based terrorists, the ones who wreaked havoc in Mumbai on 26/11, came with the definite purpose of full-scale mayhem and bloodshed. Similarly, the ones who [...]
2009-01-12 11:07:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI587INDIA: GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING "DEFAMATION OF
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (UN-Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on March 23. Poloff spoke with Patnaik on March 24 who said the GOI has not made a formal decision on the resolution at this time but will seriously consider the issues [...]
2009-03-27 06:42:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKIRF PHUM IN
09NEWDELHI699INDIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN
[...] (SBU) Dear Chairman Berman and Delegation: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes you to India. Your visit coincides with a historically unprecedented level of U.S.-India collaboration encompassing everything from defense cooperation to agriculture and reflecting widespread support in both countr [...]
2009-04-09 11:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI780UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION: INDIA WILL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 11:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL IN
09NEWDELHI782PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES IRAN, AFGHANISTAN WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: In an April 17 meeting with Codel Berman, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh endorsed the Obama Administration's outreach to Iran, saying that a comprehensive dialogue will be more effective in changing Tehran's behavior than international sanctions. He urged the U.S. to stay the cou [...]
2009-04-21 06:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PARM TRGY KNNP EAGR ENRG EINV ETRD
09NEWDELHI788BHARAT BALLOT 09: DIVIDED LOYALTIES IN PEACEFUL
[...] (SBU) Summary. National elections came off with very few problems in Jammu and Kashmir, one of seventeen states where voting occurred in the first phase. The most striking aspect of Jammu and Kashmir's election campaign was its ordinariness: voters focused on governance, roads, electricity [...]
2009-04-21 12:56:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL KDEM PHUM KISL PK IN
09NEWDELHI863DEMOCRACY-IN-EXILE - TIBETANS DEBATE REFORM AMIDST
[...] (C) Summary. Following the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama's escape to India, Tibetans now look toward their future and the implementation of further democratic reforms for the government-in-exile, the Central Tibetan Authority (CTA). While the exile community has the instruments of democra [...]
2009-04-30 13:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL PREF CH IN
09NEWDELHI996INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY WEIGHS POST-CONFLICT
[...] (C) Charge met with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon May 15 for a discussion on the urgent humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka. Menon acknowledged the dire situation and said that the fighting was more intense in the conflict zone, with higher casualty figures and more use of heavy we [...]
2009-05-15 13:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS PREF CE IN
09NIAMEY217 NIGER: PRESIDENT TANDJA FORMS CENI; JUDGES DISPUTE
[...] President Tandja signed a decree on March 25 appointing members of the Independent National Commission on Elections (CENI),consistent with Articles 10, 11, and 12 of the constitution. Moumouni Hamidou, current president of the National Committee to Pilot the Revision of the Voter Register (CNP [...]
2009-03-30 06:58:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY281 NIGER: UPDATE ON GSP PETITION-RELATED MATTERS
[...] (SBU) Introduction and Background: Ref A tasked post with obtaining information pertaining to the continuing review of the 2006 Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) petition involving Niger; post responded in Refs B, C, D, and E. Ref F was a follow-on tasking that requested that post meet [...]
2009-04-17 17:25:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB PGOV SOCI KWMN SCUL ECON ETRD NG
09NIAMEY433 Human Rights NGO President Calls on Ambassador
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 8, Ambassador Allen met with members of the Nigerien Association for the Defense of Human Rights (ANDDH). Embassy Political Officer and Political Specialist also participated in the meeting. The ANDDH representatives described themselves as "Ambassadors of Peace" and ca [...]
2009-06-09 15:14:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM SOCI NG
09NIAMEY515President Tandja Tightens Grip on the Media
[...] Summary: President Tandja boldly moved to assert his will over the independent media on July 08 by granting sweeping powers to the chairman of the media regulator agency, the High Council for Communication (CSC). Independent media organizations have been swift in their condemnations. The Pre [...]
2009-07-13 11:26:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY567Police Detain Journalists in Referendum Run Up
[...] Summary: Police summoned eight independent media editors for questioning on August 1, ahead of the August 4 constitutional referendum, and two remain in custody. The police accused them of defaming the son of President Tandja by publishing reports that he received millions in kickbacks for hi [...]
2009-08-05 16:46:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY630 Niger: ECOWAS Envoys Visit to Niger; Police Disperse
[...] Summary: On August 29-30, a delegation from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met with various actors of Niger's political spectrum in an effort to find a solution to Niger's political quagmire. All meetings took place behind closed doors, and envoys informed local media t [...]
2009-08-31 15:53:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM SOCI PHUM ASEC CASC NG
09NIAMEY690Pan-African Parliamentary Delegation Calls on Ambassador
[...] (SBU) Summary: On September 18, four members of an African Union (AU) Pan-African Parliamentary delegation called on Ambassador Allen, and stated that Niger's political opposition should accept the status quo and negotiate with President Tandja for a way forward that reflects their objectives. [...]
2009-09-21 21:16:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM SOCI AU NG
09NIAMEY950Government Warns Independent Media
[...] (U) Summary: The Government of Niger (GON) admonished three independent media organizations on November 19 for disseminating the statements of former Prime Minister Hama Amadou claiming that President Tandja intended to kill him. In a written warning, the GON's media regulator, the High Counc [...]
2009-12-01 14:55:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KCOR KPAO NG
09NIAMEY99 Niger 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report
[...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Post submits the following information on Niger for the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Post's responses correspond to checklist paragraphs as below: 2. (SBU) NIGER'S TIP SITUATION: A. Primary sources of information on trafficking in persons includ [...]
2009-02-19 14:39:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB NG
09NICOSIA123REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS -- NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) Paras 3-6 are sensitive but unclassified -- not for internet distribution. 2. (U) Embassy Nicosia hereby submits information for the April 2008 - February 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Embassy point of contact is John Rhatigan, Political Section, Tel: (357) 22-39-3364, Fax: [...]
2009-02-13 10:39:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM KWMN ELAB PGOV PHUM PREF CY
09NICOSIA154CYPRUS: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. Further to Ref A request, post submits our input for USTR's 2009 Special 301 review of country IPR practices. (Note: This report covers mainly the government-controlled area of Cyprus. A separate section is devoted to the area administered by Turkish Cypriots, whe [...]
2009-02-27 14:18:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR ECON ETRD AF NEA EUR EAP WHA SA CY
09NICOSIA193CYPRUS: UN'S DOWNER REMAINS REASONABLY OPTIMISTIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Special Adviser Alexander Downer remains reasonably optimistic the Cypriot leaders can make a notional deal by late 2009 or early 2010, although he acknowledges the sides' substantive differences have yet to narrow much. In a March 12 tour d'horizon with the Ambassador, Downe [...]
2009-03-19 09:42:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA21CYPRUS: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] EU nationals permanently residing in the Republic of Cyprus, and EU registered legal entities with jurisdiction, central management or primary place of business in the Republic of Cyprus may acquire real estate (of any type or size) without prior approval by the District Administration Offices [...]
2009-01-16 13:09:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
09NICOSIA272CYPRUS: SCENESETTER FOR FM KYPRIANOU'S APRIL 20
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Your April 20 meeting with Republic of Cyprus Foreign Minister Markos Kyprianou will demonstrate continued high-level U.S. support for reunification negotiations. You will want to note that the international community has high expectations for these talks and that the status qu [...]
2009-04-16 14:01:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP CY TU
09NICOSIA273CYPRUS TO SUPPORT US CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-22 13:09:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CY
09NICOSIA383CYPRIOT POSITIONS FOR JUNE GAERC
[...] (C) On June 11, Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA European Union/CFSP desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Taking up the Israel-Palestine points first, Panayiotou stated that the GOC welcomes recent USG overtures but remains concerned over the stance of the Netanyahu government, particularly o [...]
2009-06-17 05:05:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IS SY LE CU AF PK BK YI KO HR
09NICOSIA456CYPRUS: GREEK CYPRIOTS EXPRESS GUARDED OPTIMISM ON
[...] (C) Summary: A wide-range of Greek Cypriot (G/C) interlocutors expressed guarded optimism, tempered by an understanding of the problems going forward, in the on-going UN-brokered peace process to EUR DAS Matthew Bryza during his June 29-30 visit to Cyprus. President Demetris Christofias was ca [...]
2009-07-13 07:16:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY
09NICOSIA48CYPRUS: MFA INSISTENT THAT TURKEY MEET EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkey's EU path toward EU membership looks littered with obstacles, most of Ankara's own making, Cypriot MFA Permanent Secretary (D-equivalent) Nicolas Emiliou told visiting DAS Matthew Bryza on January 14. Emiliou noted that Turkey had failed to meet any of the obligations it [...]
2009-01-26 12:09:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNFICYP CY TU
09NOUAKCHOTT1WINNING HEARTS AND MINDS, JUNTA STYLE
[...] (C) Summary. Since the August 6 military coup, little has filled the state-run media besides promises that the self-proclaimed Chief of State Ould Abdel Aziz will make life better for all Mauritanians and public declarations of support for the junta. In an effort to sway public support, Mau [...]
2009-01-02 11:24:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON MR PREF
09NOUAKCHOTT117MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTIES REACT TO AU-IMPOSED SANCTIONS
[...] (U) Reactions among the Mauritanian media and political class to sanctions imposed by the African Union on February 5 (Reftel) fell predictably along existing fault lines. Pro-coup media and political parties condemned the sanctions, while anti-coup forces largely welcomed the targeted sancti [...]
2009-02-09 17:49:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT128MAURITANIA: SIX MONTHS AFTER THE COUP
[...] (C) Summary: Six months after the coup, the Country Team, senior LES, and external contacts are virtually unanimous in their opinion that Mauritania is in the midst of an unprecedented crisis. Political uncertainty and deadlock continue and the economy steadily worsens. The economic and so [...]
2009-02-12 14:12:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ECON EAID MR
09NOUAKCHOTT182MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (C) Summary: For the week of March 1-5, the Israelis were asked to leave Mauritania by the MFA. Muammar Qadhafi's planned visit to Mauritania continues to generate excitement in the press, but more tempered reactions among the political class. The government continues planning for June 6 p [...]
2009-03-05 14:45:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO PROP MR
09NOUAKCHOTT221DELAYS OBTAINING MAURITANIAN VISAS
[...] (C) Summary: The military junta is delaying issuance of visas to American and European citizens. There have been no reports of visa applications actually being denied, but in many cases the delays have lasted well over a month. All visa applications made at Mauritanian embassies in the Unite [...]
2009-03-25 15:23:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALOTRA PGOV PREL CVIS MR
09NOUAKCHOTT226MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (C) Summary: For the week of March 22-26, Charge visited President Abdallahi in Lemden, and met with FNDD Tawassoul members in Nouakchott. The AU reaffirmed sanctions against Mauritania in the wake of Qadhafi's "mediation" visit. The Iranian Foreign Minister visited Mauritania, while the RF [...]
2009-03-30 07:58:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT237MAURITANIANS DIVIDED OVER SETTLEMENT OF "PASSIF
[...] (C) Summary: Almost twenty years after the "passif humanitaire" -- the state orchestrated persecution of Afro-Mauritanians that resulted in summary executions, arbitrary detentions, torture, layoffs, expropriations and deportations -- the Mauritanian government, led by junta leader General [...]
2009-04-02 12:29:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT238MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK MARCH
[...] (C) Summary: For the week of March 29-April 2, General Aziz went to Doha to attend the Arab League Summit, while other members of the ruling High State Council traveled around the country to "educate" the population about the "rectification movement" (coup d'etat). The election calendar was [...]
2009-04-02 12:52:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC KPAO KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT255FROM CHILD BRIDE TO SEX SLAVE: HOW MAURITANIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Reports of trafficking of Mauritanian child brides to Saudi Arabia are on the rise. The girls, usually between 5 and 12 years of age, are married off to wealthy Saudi men in exchange for hefty bride prices. Once they arrive in Saudi Arabia, they become sex slaves to their hus [...]
2009-04-08 15:11:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALKDEM MR PGOV PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT289MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 19-23, women protesting against the junta were dispersed by the police. Election planning continued apace, while the number of declared presidential candidates grew to six. Anti-coup parliamentarians staged a sit-in at the National Assembly, while the n [...]
2009-04-23 14:05:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO
09NOUAKCHOTT378HERDING CATS: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DAKAR
[...] (C) Summary: The tentative agreement reached in Dakar was signed June 4 in Nouakchott by the three major sides to the crisis in a sometimes raucous ceremony. After a meeting with President Abdallahi in Lemden on June 6, International Contact Group members and representatives of the three po [...]
2009-06-08 16:13:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT431MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE
[...] (SBU) Summary: This week in Nouakchott, the August 6 coup d'etat came to an official end with the formation of a Transitional Government of National Unity and President Abdallahi's resignation, in accordance with the Dakar Accord. The new government is up and running but maintaining consens [...]
2009-07-02 14:24:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL SNAR PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT462MAURITANIA: DEFINING -- BUT UNPREDICTABLE --
[...] (C) Summary: As we approach the July 18 Presidential elections in Mauritania, there are too many unknowns to make any credible prediction about the outcome. Although Mauritania's elites have been enmeshed by over ten months of intense political struggle since the August 6, 2008, coup, the [...]
2009-07-16 16:41:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT480THE MAURITANIANS DISAPPOINT -- AZIZ ELECTED
[...] (C) Summary: The Mauritanian people appear to have selected General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz as their next duly elected president. Although there are isolated reports of inappropriate efforts to influence voters, the election itself proceeded reasonably well offering the population a chance [...]
2009-07-20 11:29:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT500MAURITANIA -- ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY WITH THE AZIZ
[...] (C) New Environment Needs New Strategy: Mission Country Team (including visiting Rabat-based LEGAT) held an off-site July 27 to consider revisions of the Mission Strategic Plan in light of the July 18 election of President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and the June 23 killing of Christopher [...]
2009-08-02 23:28:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MASS ASEC PTER AMGT MR
09NOUAKCHOTT503MAURITANIA -- ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY WITH THE AZIZ
[...] (C) New Environment Needs New Strategy: Mission Country Team (including visiting Rabat-based LEGAT) held an off-site July 27 to consider revisions of the Mission Strategic Plan in light of the July 18 election of President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz and the June 23 killing of Christopher [...]
2009-08-03 08:17:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID MASS ASEC PTER AMGT MR
09NOUAKCHOTT580MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR AUGUST 2009
[...] (U) Summary: The month of August saw Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, author of the August 6, 2008 coup d'etat, become the legitimately elected President of Mauritania. Aziz also received a visit from the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs and traveled to Libya on his first official visit. Taqado [...]
2009-09-14 13:39:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MR SNAR
09NOUAKCHOTT705MAURITANIA: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROUNDUP FOR THE
[...] (U) Summary: This month in Mauritania, President Aziz's government took important first steps towards fighting corruption while a poll financed by the World Bank found that 82.9 percent of Mauritanians think the government is corrupt. The Spanish and the French sent high level emissaries to [...]
2009-11-02 07:45:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF EMIN EAIR EAID MR
09NOUAKCHOTT708MAURITANIA: AZIZ' 1ST QUARTER REPORT CARD -- A LOW
[...] (C) Summary -- Three months into the democratically elected Aziz government, the new President has begun to change opinions of some of his critics with very strong performance in addressing corruption and terrorism and a good effort in addressing humanitarian/social emergencies. Foreign polic [...]
2009-11-03 11:35:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT94SENATORS PRESS FOR CLEAR EUROPEAN STANCE AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary: In separate discussions with two senators representing different factions, both underlined concerns that European ambiguity and concessions to the Junta allow General Aziz to consolidate power. This is, they intimated, an economic, human rights and political disaster. Senator Mo [...]
2009-01-30 03:42:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MR
09OSLO111A WHALE OF A CABLE - WHALING IN NORWAY
[...] (U) SUMMARY. After resuming commercial whaling of minke whales in 1993, Norway endured a few years of tough international criticism from NGOs and non-whaling countries. In recent years, however, the activity has largely fallen under the radar, surpassed by the attention now paid to Japan's [...]
2009-02-13 14:46:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO NO
09OSLO143NORWAY COMMITTED TO DURBAN II ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Despite discussion of the issue in the Norwegian press, the GON refuses to disclose its "red lines"--what would be completely unacceptable for Norway--in the context of the Durban II conference in Geneva. While Norway can be counted on to support freedom of expression, its prefer [...]
2009-03-05 13:12:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC
09OSLO199JAGLAND'S CANDIDACY FOR NEXT COE SECRETARY GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary. Thorbjorn Jagland is a leading Norwegian politician whose thoughtful comments often crystallize debates and support US positions. While he was the subject of some controversy while he was Prime Minister, he is now a seasoned elder statesman who would be a strong candidate to hea [...]
2009-03-26 12:17:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM COE NO
09OSLO216LAVROV AND STOERE TRADE TOUGH WORDS OVER NATO, BUSINESS DISPUTE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 14:43:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL EINV RU NO
09OSLO311 FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION (FGM) IN NORWAY
[...] Several cases over the past few months highlight the continuing problem of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) among some immigrant groups in Norway. While the issue has gained public notoriety, the adequacy of the GON FGM response is questioned by some. Particularly at issue are mandated genital [...]
2009-04-22 14:34:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM SOCI KFGM KISL KWMN KOCI XA NO
09OSLO352NORWAY'S LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW, MAY 2009
[...] (C) The paragraphs in this cable are keyed to questions in reftel (A),paragraph 5. Poloff met with Kjersti Rodsmoen, MFA Latin America section director, to discuss Cuba policy. Norway continues to pursue a strategy of limited engagement toward Cuba in order to advance human rights, and, indi [...]
2009-05-18 16:01:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU NO
09OSLO399NORWAY'S RUSSIA POLICY: WISHFUL THINKING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 07:44:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPBTS PINS PREL RS NO
09OSLO537NORWAY WILL NOT OPPOSE ISRAEL JUSCANZ MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) On September 2, Poloff delivered reftel points to Vebjorn Heines, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Coordinator for Human Rights Council (HRC) issues in the MFA Humanitarian Issues section. Heines was the person referred to in reftel paragraph 10 as the former "Norwegian PolCouns in Geneva [...]
2009-09-03 12:11:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL IS PHUM NO
09OSLO547NORWAY (ALMOST) FULLY ON BOARD WITH USG HRC
[...] (C) Summary: The Norwegian Coordinator for Human Rights Council (HRC) issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Vebjorn Heines, pronounced reftel demache's talking points "more or less completely consistent with Norway's priorities." Heines put special emphasis on Norway's "procedural [...]
2009-09-10 13:40:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN UNHRC
09OSLO578NORWAY'S MIXED RESPONSE ON UNGA WALKOUT REDLINES;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-21 14:41:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALNO PREL UNGA
09OSLO592NORWAY RESPONDS CONSTRUCTIVELY TO GOLDSTONE
[...] (C) Summary: The Norwegian MFA responded positively September 24 to our demarche on engaging the Human Rights Council (HRC) in a constructive manner on the Goldstone report. The officials we met said Norway would want to "welcome" the Goldstone report in any HRC resolution on the matter, but c [...]
2009-09-25 07:14:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS NO
09OSLO601NORWAY PESSIMISTIC ON HRC GOLDSTONE RESOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary: Charge d'affaires, a.i., met with Anne Merchant, Senior Advisor and coordinator ad interim for UN Human Rights Council (HRC) issues for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on October 1 to discuss emailed points both on the Goldstone Report and Freedom of Expression resolutions [...]
2009-10-01 14:34:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KPAL IS NO
09OSLO679NORWAY GENERALLY RECEPTIVE TO U.S. REDLINES FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Polcouns delivered reftel points to Jorn Gjelstad, head of the Middle East Section of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on November 3. Gjelstad commented favorably on our position opposing the various unacceptable elements currently under discussion for inclusion in [...]
2009-11-03 16:17:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL NO
09OSLO782NORWAY WANTS TO WORK WITH U.S. ON DEFEATING
[...] (C) In response to Ref A, which was primarily directed to posts in countries which support the "Defamation of Religion" resolutions problematic to the USG, poloff contacted Colleen Neville in IO/HR to determine next steps specific to the Government of Norway. Neville informed poloff (Ref B) t [...]
2009-12-21 14:14:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC
09OSLO783NORWAY: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Consistent with instructions in ref A, the following is Embassy Oslo's submission for the narrative of the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Norway: Begin text. Norwegian authorities considered the threat of terrorist attacks in Norway low and the widespread belief among the genera [...]
2009-12-21 14:25:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AEMR NO
09OTTAWA109CANADA'S "NEW" CHINA STRATEGY EMPHASIZES INCREASED
[...] (C) Summary: The Canadian government recently rolled out a "new" China strategy that will emphasize more high level ministerial visits and dialogue. Prime Minister Harper has yet to visit Beijing during his three year tenure, but may later in 2009. Canada's engagement with China seeks first [...]
2009-02-11 13:58:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETRD CH CA
09OTTAWA152CANADA WELCOMES U.S. DURBAN WITHDRAWAL AND UN HRC
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Human Rights Policy Chantale Walker on February 27 welcomed the U.S. decision to discontinue negotiations on the current text of the Durban Review Conference (reftel). Walker noted that Canada shares the U.S [...]
2009-02-27 22:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UNHRC CA
09OTTAWA153CANADA WELCOMES U.S. DURBAN WITHDRAWAL AND UN HRC
[...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Human Rights Policy Chantale Walker on February 27 welcomed the U.S. decision to discontinue negotiations on the current text of the Durban Review Conference (reftel). Walker noted that Canada shares the U.S [...]
2009-02-27 22:01:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV UNHRC CA
09OTTAWA168CANADA URGES SUDAN'S COOPERATION WITH ICC
[...] (U) In a public statement on March 4, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon offered Canada's appreciation of the International Criminal Court for its indictment of Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, noting that "Canada strongly supports the work of the ICC, including its work in Sudan." He called on S [...]
2009-03-05 21:47:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM KICC SU CA
09OTTAWA262CANADA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Human Rights Policy Director Gwyn Kutz confirmed to poloff on April 1 that Canada will support the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Separately, DFAIT Deputy Director for Hu [...]
2009-04-02 17:10:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL CA
09OTTAWA278CANADA'S "CALIBRATED" RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH RUSSIA IN
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Russia is seeking strong re-engagement with Canada following the chilling of relations after the Russian invasion of Georgia and "Russian provocations in the Arctic." Canada nonetheless recognizes the need to work with Russia, given the many intersecting areas of mutual concern [...]
2009-04-07 21:02:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ETRD RS GG CA
09OTTAWA281SEARCHING A MODEL FOR A NEW CANADIAN DEMOCRACY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of State for Democratic Reform Steven Fletcher is examining other models for a new Canadian democracy promotion agency (reftel),with an intended focus on aiding like-minded political parties worldwide to help fill a gap in Canadian International Development Agency ( [...]
2009-04-08 12:16:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM CA
09OTTAWA298REMNANTS OF ANTI-AMERICANISM IN CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: As President Obama noted in Strasbourg on April 3, anti-Americanism in developed countries is sometimes both "casual and insidious." Canada's traditionally liberal universities have often displayed some anti-American biases, as emboff discovered first-hand as a part-time graduat [...]
2009-04-16 19:21:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SOCI SCUL KPAO CA
09OTTAWA347CANADA SEEKS ITAR RELIEF FOR INDUSTRY
[...] (C) Summary: Officials and business leaders in Ottawa told PM Acting A/S Ruggiero that Canadian human rights commissions or courts soon could force the defense industry to stop applying U.S. International Trafficking in Arms Regulations (ITAR) rules that deny proscribed nationals, including c [...]
2009-05-12 18:20:00Embassy OttawaSECRETPARM PREL ETTC CA
09OTTAWA394SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) Mr. Secretary, Mission Canada warmly welcomes you to Toronto and hopes that you will soon be able to visit Ottawa and our other six constituent posts as well. Canada remains one of if not the closest partners we have around the world, and there are few foreign policy priorities and pr [...]
2009-05-27 19:17:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON CA
09OTTAWA448SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) Mission Canada warmly welcomes the Secretary to the International Joint Commission centennial celebration on June 13 and to the bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon. I along with Consul General John Nay and his staff from Toronto will be on hand to welcome you. 2 [...]
2009-06-09 20:45:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD CA
09OTTAWA468CANADA'S DEMOCRACY PROMOTION COMMUNITY ACTIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment. Several government-funded Canadian organizations are active around the world in promoting human rights and good governance, whose work the government's proposed creation of a new Canadian democracy promotion agency focused on political party development would comp [...]
2009-06-16 12:04:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN AORC EAID CA
09OTTAWA492CANADA REACTS OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE TO
[...] (U) Summary: Across Canada the reaction to President Obama,s June 4 speech in Cairo was overwhelmingly positive. Canadian Muslim leaders, national and local politicians and journalists described the speech as inspirational, respectful, and empowering. Many remarked it was a turning point in U [...]
2009-06-25 14:57:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PINR PTER SCUL KPAO CA
09OTTAWA495INAUGURAL U.S.-CANADA DEMOCRACY SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the first U.S.-Canada Democracy Support Consultations in Ottawa in late May, the delegations agreed to explore establishing an early warning and rapid response task force for threats to democratic governance. Canada will consider placing the issue of restrictive NGO laws [...]
2009-06-25 21:03:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM CA
09OTTAWA550FIRST U.S.-CANADA DEMOCRACY SUPPORT CONSULTATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the first U.S.-Canada Democracy Support Consultations in Ottawa in late May, the delegations agreed to explore establishing an early warning and rapid response task force for threats to democratic governance. Canada will consider placing the issue of restrictive NGO laws [...]
2009-07-17 20:53:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM CA
09OTTAWA610CANADA IN THE UNHRC: A CHAMPION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary. Canada closed its three year term on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) with an enhanced reputation as a strong advocate for human rights protection and democracy promotion worldwide. During its term, Canada was a spirited advocate -- condemning human rights abuses, standing alon [...]
2009-08-06 20:43:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM UNHCR CA
09OTTAWA629APPEALS COURT REAFFIRMS CANADA MUST SEEK KHADR'S
[...] (SBU) Canada's appellate court on August 14 upheld a lower court ruling requiring the government to seek the repatriation of Guantanamo detainee and Canadian citizen Omar Khadr. According to the Prime Minister, the government will study the decision before deciding on next steps. An appeal [...]
2009-08-14 19:05:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER CU CA
09OTTAWA696HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS: A LOW PROFILE, AT LEAST
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's federal and provincial human rights commissions (HRCs) have maintained a lower public profile this year than in 2008. They could, however, face a sharp increase in complaints in 2010 due to new Vancouver city bylaws enacted for the upcoming Winter Olympic Games. The ex [...]
2009-09-08 20:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV CA
09OTTAWA698SLOWER, LOWER, WEAKER: NGOS PROTEST FREE SPEECH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) is protesting new Vancouver city bylaws that allow "draconian curtailment of free expression" during the 2010 Winter Olympics. BCCLA argues the new laws are "ripe for constitutional challenge." Local media has given wide [...]
2009-09-09 17:09:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KOLY CA
09OTTAWA720CANADA: EXPERIENCE ENGAGING DIASPORA COMMUNITIES
[...] (U) Like the United States, Canada is a nation of immigrants. Immigrants make up twenty percent of the overall population in Canada, according to the most recent census data (2006). The largest Diaspora in Canada is from the United Kingdom (579,620) followed by China (466,940),India (443,6 [...]
2009-09-15 19:57:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SCUL EAID TSPL BTIO BEXP
09OTTAWA790CANADA: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Upon receipt of reftel demarche on October 14, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade DFAIT) Deputy Director for Israel/West Bank and Gaza Greg Lemermeyer promised to deliver the U.S. talking points to Canada's permanent mission to the UN immediately and to report back to [...]
2009-10-14 16:26:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL CA
09OTTAWA817Canada: A defensive response to UN report on minority issues
[...] (SBU) Summary: A United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues has highlighted Canada's Muslim communities' fears of "unsubstantiated use" of security certificates, racial profiling, and harassment as well as "uneven and unclear" human rights protections for all minorities in Canada. T [...]
2009-10-27 18:17:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA822CANADA: MPs PASS CENSURE MOTION ON IRAN
[...] (U) Summary: Canada's House of Commons has unanimously passed a strongly-worded, non-binding motion supporting the democratic aspirations and human rights of the people of Iran, condemning Iran's disregard of UN Security Council Resolutions 1696, 1737, 1747 and 1803 and International Atomic En [...]
2009-10-28 18:42:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV IR CA
09OTTAWA836AMBASSADOR JACOBSON'S VISIT TO WINNIPEG, OCTOBER 18-20
[...] Summary. Ambassador Jacobson's October 18-20 trip to Manitoba capitalized on Manitoba Premier Doer's preparation as Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. and the swearing-in of a new Premier, Greg Selinger. The headline read "New kids roll up their sleeves," and the atmosphere of good will, good i [...]
2009-11-03 15:00:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDECON MARR PREL PGOV SENV CA
09OTTAWA861Canada's Prime Minister Ventures to China for First Time
[...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will make his first visit to China as Canadian leader December 3-6. He will most importantly meet with President Hu Jintao, National People's Congress chairman Wu Bangguo, and Premier Wen Jiabao. According to Canadian officials, his main empha [...]
2009-12-01 22:59:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ETRD EMIN PHUM CH CA HK KS
09OTTAWA869Canada taking "harsher line" on DPRK's UPR
[...] (C/NF) Canada agrees with U.S. views and suggested questions and recommendations for the UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the DPRK (reftel),according to Cyndy Nelson, Policy Advisor for Human Rights, and Daniel Ulmer, Policy Officer for Human Rights, in the Human [...]
2009-12-03 22:25:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL AORC SOCI UN KN CA
09OTTAWA895Canada's Burgeoning Pol-Mil Relationship with Mexico
[...] (SBU) Summary. The defense and security relationship between Canada and Mexico is evolving and both countries are open to exploring new areas for further cooperation. Humanitarian assistance, disaster response, counternarcotics, and nonproliferation were among the areas for detailed disc [...]
2009-12-22 16:35:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR CA MX
09OTTAWA901CANADA'S CANDIDACY FOR THE 2011-2012 UNSC
[...] (SBU) In a letter that Embassy received on December 22, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon laid out to Ambassador Jacobson some of Canada's goals if it wins a seat on the UN Security Council for the 2011-2012 term, highlighting Canada's "strong track record at the UN." (Full text in para 4.) [...]
2009-12-22 22:31:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC CA
09OUAGADOUGOU1037BURKINA FASO TO ABSTAIN ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 12:41:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNGA UV
09OUAGADOUGOU1173BURKINA FASO: STRATEGY TO COUNTER THE "DEFAMATION
[...] (C) Burkina Faso has regularly abstained on "Defamation of Religion" votes. It will be a challenge to get Burkina Faso to change its position to align more closely with ours and will require direct interventions with President Compaore. Burkina Faso's membership in the OIC and the fact that [...]
2009-12-18 11:34:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALKISL KDEM PHUM PREL PGOV OPDC UV
09OUAGADOUGOU344BURKINA WILL SUPPORT THE US CANDIDACY TO THE UN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-04 15:51:00Embassy OuagadougouUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UV
09OUAGADOUGOU394DEMARCHE DELIVERED UN SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-18 15:02:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC BM UV
09OUAGADOUGOU451BURKINA FASO WILL SUPPORT AU CONSENSUS ON SUDAN SPECIAL
[...] (C) Summary: Burkina Faso looks to play a "positive" role in the debate on the renewal of the Sudan Special Rapporteur at the Human Rights Council. However, the GOBF feels strongly that compromise is the best course of action and will support a joint AU position. As of today, the AU has not [...]
2009-06-05 12:06:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALAORC PHUM PREL SU UV
09OUAGADOUGOU465DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 11:12:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UV
09OUAGADOUGOU475DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-15 11:29:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UV
09PANAMA163PANAMA: OBJECTION TO THE INCLUSION OF PORNOGRAPHY
[...] (SBU) Post appreciates the opportunity to review the documents used by DOL to determine whether a "significant incidence" of child labor is used in Panama to produce pornography, but is troubled by the conclusions drawn from these sources. Of the two sources that post was able to obtain, one [...]
2009-02-26 20:58:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP PM
09PANAMA184PANAMA: MARTINELLI'S "GOVERNMENT PLAN FOR CHANGE"
[...] (C) Leading presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli of the Alliance for Change on February 11 released his "Government Plan for Change," that lays out 179 proposals designed to "make a better Panama reach everyone" (que un mejor Panama llegue a todos). The document is flashy, includes big c [...]
2009-03-06 15:38:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA797RE: POST INPUT TO REPORT THE OPERATION OF THE CARIBBEAN
[...] Below is post's response to reftel. Economic Review --------------------- 2. (U) Panama is experiencing a period of extended economic growth, with 8.5 percent GDP growth in 2006, 11.5 percent in 2007, and 9.2 percent in 2008. However, due to the global economic crisis, its GDP gro [...]
2009-10-23 17:52:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDUSTR ETRD ECON PM
09PANAMA859PANAMA CONSIDERING HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 21:10:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALUNGA PGOV PREL
09PARAMARIBO104DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post delivered demarche to Chantal Elsenhout, Acting Head of the International Organizations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Suriname. Elsenshout said that Suriname will take the USG candidacy under advisement. 2. (U) Post will report any [...]
2009-04-09 11:44:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDPHU PREL
09PARIS1052FRANCE - COUNTER TORTURE INITIATIVES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: France actively supports efforts to prevent torture and protect victims through membership in international conventions and participation in regional initiatives, according to MFA assistant director for human rights and humanitarian affairs Cecile Vigneau and deputy assistant d [...]
2009-08-03 16:36:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UN FR
09PARIS1102GULF COUNTRIES A GROWING PRIORITY FOR FRANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Taking a cue from President Sarkozy's personal interest in the region, the French MFA has devoted increasing attention and staff to their bilateral relations with Gulf countries since 2007, according to the MFA's three Gulf Country Desk Officers. Qatar still maintains a privilege [...]
2009-08-13 13:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL FR
09PARIS1227UNGA 65: FRANCE'S PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy's August 26 speech to French ambassadors provides clear insight into France's priorities for UNGA and the Pittsburgh G20 summit. These include, greater "global governance," including economic regulation and broader efforts to address climate change; UN refor [...]
2009-09-09 10:27:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR AORC KNPR APER UNGA FR
09PARIS1243FRENCH EXPECTATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 14-15 GAERC
[...] (C) On September 11, Mathieu Carmona, Deputy Director for the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy, provided the following preview for the September 14-15 GAERC meeting of EU Foreign Ministers: ------------------------------ AFGHANISTAN ------------------------------ 2. (C) Carmona e [...]
2009-09-11 16:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL IR GG SL FR
09PARIS1250FRANCE: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: France concurs with a large part of U.S. key goals for the 12th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) and solicits United States support for initiatives that they are sponsoring, according to MFA Assistant Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Cecile Vigneau, wh [...]
2009-09-15 10:46:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNHRC EU FR
09PARIS1300CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME FROM THE GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (C) On September 23, poloff met with French MFA Deputy Middle East DAS Frederick Bereyziat to deliver talking points per reftel. Bereyziat said the Government of France (GOF) had been debating the findings of the Goldstone Report for the past three days to finalize its position. Although a [...]
2009-09-23 17:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAL PHUM PREL PTER IS FR
09PARIS1309FRANCE SUPPORTS UNSC CONFLICT-RELATED SEXUAL VIOLENCE RESOLUTION
[...] (C) On September 16, poloff delivered reftel talking points on the Security Council resolution on conflict-related sexual violence to MFA Assistant Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Cecile Vigneau. The French requested additional time to review the demarche and responded on Se [...]
2009-09-24 16:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKPKO PHUM PREL CG FR KWMN
09PARIS1418FRENCH NSA ON AF/PAK, CLIMATE CHANGE, EUROPEAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-21 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EAID KCFE KGHG KMFO NATO AF PK CN RS
09PARIS1548FRANCO-CUBAN RELATIONS: RESPONSE TO REVIEW FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France advocates democratic advancement and the protection of fundamental human rights in conjunction with the joint EU position on Cuba. Although diplomatic ties have been frayed since 2003, the GOF supports continued dialogue with Havana on democratization and the release of p [...]
2009-11-23 12:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC EFIN EINV PREL PHUM FR CU
09PARIS1558"NO SURPRISES" IN FRENCH SPECIAL ENVOY JACK LANG,S
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: French Special Envoy Jack Lang urged DPRK leaders to return to Six-Party Talks during his five day "information-gathering" tour of North Korea from November 9-14 and visit to Beijing from November 5-9. MFA PDAS for Asia Theirry Viteau, who accompanied Lang to Pyongyang and Bei [...]
2009-11-24 12:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR PHUM MNUC KN KS CH JA RS FR
09PARIS1731S/WCI RAPP'S CONSULTATIONS IN FRANCE (DECEMBER 14)
[...] (C) SUBJECT: French officials on December 14 told S/WCI Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp that they would advise consideration of a French contribution to support the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) but cautioned that GOF budgetary resources were quite limited and that a contribution might n [...]
2009-12-21 09:38:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKJUS KCRM PHUM YI RW SL FR
09PARIS1732CHILE PASSES HURDLES TO BECOME OECD MEMBER
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 15 the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) invited Chile to become the 31st member of the organization (and the first South American OECD member). Chile completed the rigorous accession process in a record two and a half years, submitting to [...]
2009-12-21 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ECON CI OECD
09PARIS1754SARKOZY'S AF ADVISOR FRUSTRATED BY GUINEA,
[...] (C) Summary: During a December 22 meeting with Pol Minister Counselor, Deputy Diplomatic Counselor and Chief Africa Advisor to President Sarkozy, Andre Parant, was worried that Guinea junta leader Dadis Camara could return to Conakry very soon. Parant expressed frustration with "all the par [...]
2009-12-24 12:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM PGREV ETRD PHUM PINR GV MA NG MO
09PARIS1767DIVERGENCES WITH FRANCE ON UPCOMING POLITICAL
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Our current relationship with France is so profoundly healthy that conventional wisdom now asserts that there are no significant differences in the foreign policies of our two countries. While it is true that the relationship is at a historical peak, it is not the case t [...]
2009-12-31 12:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR PARM FR
09PARIS204P-3 SHARE UNSC, UNESCO, HRC AND DURBAN CONCERNS
[...] (C) Summary: Acting IO A/S Jim Warlick joined French IO A/S-Equivalent Sylvie Bermann and UK IO Director Paul Johnston, along with MFA IO PDAS-Equivalent Marc Giacomini, IO DAS-Equivalent Fabien Penone, and Pol M/C for a P-3 exchange of views on February 6. Among topics of note, France led t [...]
2009-02-10 15:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC SO FR
09PARIS268FRANCE: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In 2008 France took significant steps to combat trafficking in persons, ratifying the EU convention on Action Against Trafficking in Persons and changing the French anti-trafficking law to better prosecute forced labor violations. The French government used its anti-trafficking [...]
2009-02-20 18:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF
09PARIS49 SARKOZY, MERKEL: INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL COORDINATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: At a January 8-9 "think-in" on capitalism, involving practitioner-politicians and philosopher-economists, President Sarkozy and German Chancellor Merkel said the G20 Summit on April 2nd must set up a new framework of global economic governance to avoid systemic risks in the fut [...]
2009-01-14 17:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL FR
09PARIS490FRANCE SUPPORTS USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) France supports the U.S. candidacy for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),as announced in Ref A, French MFA IO DAS-equivalent for Human Rights Jacques Pellet told Poloff on April 2. The GOF is "very pleased" by the USG candidacy and pledges its support "without conditions." Pel [...]
2009-04-02 16:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL FR
09PARIS664FRENCH GAERC PREVIEW: GEORGIA, BOSNIA, SOMALIA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 15, French MFA Deputy Chief for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Mathieu Carmona previewed the May General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Overall, this General Affairs Council will be largely devoted to preparation of the June European Counc [...]
2009-05-15 15:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN BK BM MD SO CE IR RS GG FR
09PARIS679FRANCE AND CUBA: RESPONSE TO REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION
[...] (C) The following paragraphs are responses to the request for information on the relationship between France and the Cuban government and the implementation of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act (ref a): 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democr [...]
2009-05-19 16:40:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALETRD ETTC PREL CU FR
09PARIS726IO/RHS KESHAP DISCUSSES UNHRC, SECURITY COUNCIL,
[...] (C) Summary: IO/RHS Director Atul Keshap met on May 14 with French MFA IO DAS-equivalent for Human Rights Jacques Pellet and desk officers Cecile Vigneau and Emanuel Pineda to discuss several issues affecting UN agencies and regional issues in Sri Lanka and Sudan, in advance of a May 15 MFA-led [...]
2009-06-02 10:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC UN FR
09PARIS786FRENCH GAERC PREVIEW: MIDDLE EAST, BALKANS, CUBA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 12, French MFA Deputy Chief for EU Common Foreign and Security Policy Mathieu Carmona previewed the June General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Themes to be discussed at next week's GAERC include Cuba, Israel/Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, and the Western Bal [...]
2009-06-12 14:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN CU WE GZ IS LE SY YI BK HR SI GG
09PARIS849IRANIAN NGO LEADER CLAIMS OPPOSITION CANNOT BACK
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Iranian NGO Leader Amir Hossein Barmaki (please protect) told poloff June 22 in Paris that if the Iranian opposition leaders back down now they will be "destroyed" by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Khamene'i. "They are not going to stop fighting," he insisted, "or they w [...]
2009-06-23 16:13:00Embassy ParisSECRETPGOV PREL FR
09PARIS956GOF HAS LIMITED INFORMATION ON ALLEGATIONS OF WAR
[...] (C) Summary: In July 10 discussions with Ambassador Williamson, GOF officials highlighted FM Kouchner's efforts to secure a ceasefire in Sri Lanka and his personal concern over the status of IDPs there. While the GOF is concerned by allegations of violations of international humanitarian law [...]
2009-07-16 09:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALBG CB CE IN JA PGOV PREL KAWC FR
09PARIS961IO A/S BRIMMER REVIEWS UN AGENDA WITH FRANCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IO Assistant Secretary Dr. Esther Brimmer discussed the campaign to select a new UNESCO Director General, the Human Rights Council (HRC),UNSC Reform, and Peacekeeping/Peacebuilding operations with her MFA counterpart Sylvie Bermann and separately with MFA Special Advisor Eric Ch [...]
2009-07-17 06:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PHUM UNESCO FR
09PARISFR1481UNESCO'S 35TH GENERAL CONFERENCE: SOCIAL AND HUMAN
[...] Summary: The October 16-21 meeting of the Social and Human Sciences Commission was the scene of some of the most heated debates at UNESCO's 35th General Conference. The Commission began its work by discussing whether to initiate negotiation of a proposed "Universal Declaration of Ethical Pri [...]
2009-11-04 17:41:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY PREL PHUM UNESCO
09PARTO41305Secretary Clinton's March 31, 2009 conversation
[...] (U) March 31, 2009; 9:00 a.m.; The Hague, Netherlands. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Deputy Secretary Lew SRAP Holbrooke A/S Fried Ms. Abedin, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary Mr. Sullivan, Deputy Chief of Staff to the Secretary Mr. Falls (Embassy Notetaker) NETHERLAN [...]
2009-04-13 19:34:00US Delegation, SecretarySECRETOVIP PREL NL AF PHUM RU NATO
09PARTO43001(U) Secretary Clinton's April 25, 2009
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified; handle accordingly. Not for distribution on the Internet. 2. (U) April 25, 2009; 11:30 a.m.; Baghdad, Iraq. 3. (U) U.S. The Secretary NEA A/S Jeffrey Feltman Ambassador Christopher Hill Director of USAID Office of Democracy and Govern [...]
2009-04-30 13:55:00US Delegation, SecretaryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP CLINTON HILLARY KWMN PHUM PGOV IZ
09PARTO43007(U) Secretary Clinton's April 25, 2009 Meeting
[...] (U) Classified by: Uzra Zeya, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reasons 1.4.(b & d) 2. (U) April 25, 2009; 1:45 p.m.; Baghdad, Iraq. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Deputy Secretary James Steinberg Ambassador Christopher Hill NEA A/S Jeffrey Feltman Jo [...]
2009-04-30 14:46:00US Delegation, SecretarySECRETOVIP CLINTON HILLARY PGOV PREL IZ IR
09PHNOMPENH1142009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 06:06:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CB ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09PHNOMPENH146SECOND ANNUAL U.S.-CAMBODIA BILATERAL DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) and U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel participated in a senior-level U.S.-Cambodia bilateral dialogue hosted by the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) March 3. The second annual bilateral dialo [...]
2009-03-05 07:13:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PGOV KJUS PHUM PTER KWMN BM CB
09PHNOMPENH200HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND THE ASIA
[...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]
2009-03-27 04:18:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PHNOMPENH266DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION
[...] (SBU) Emboff delivered reftel demarche April 9 to Tuy Ry, Director, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MFA),and delivered reftel talking points via diplomatic note to the MFA on April 13. On April 27, Tuy Ry informed Emboff tha [...]
2009-04-27 09:56:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PTER CB
09PHNOMPENH285LAND IN CAMBODIA, PART II: LAND CONCESSIONS AND URBAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Land concessions, or government-approved leases of state land, are among the primary tools the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) uses to encourage economic development. The 2001 Land Law includes size, time, and use limits on Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) designated for ind [...]
2009-05-05 06:52:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAGR SENV KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH292UNIONS SUBMIT MAY DAY DEMANDS IN CAMBODIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Over 2,500 workers took to the streets in an approved march in Phnom Penh to celebrate International Labor Day on May 1. The parade was organized by the few independent trade unions in Cambodia, who used the occasion to demand better conditions for workers. The demonstrators, la [...]
2009-05-06 04:20:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH297DEFAMATION SUITS CONTINUE; GOVERNMENT ADHERES TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The government and Hun Sen's lawyer are taking a low-key approach to the case against opposition parliamentarian Mu Sochua. Deputy Prime Minister Sok An told Charge May 6 that the case against Mu would be carried out within Cambodia's legal framework and according to the rule of [...]
2009-05-07 11:34:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH368CASE AGAINST MU SOCHUA'S LAWYER COULD SET
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the public political struggles over defamation have played out between Prime Minister (PM) Hun Sen and Sam Rainsy Party Parliamentarian Mu Sochua, the PM's high-profile lawyer has pursued an ethics complaint at the Cambodian Bar Association in a parallel course of action aga [...]
2009-06-04 08:28:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH376CAMBODIA NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES LAW PROTECTING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 29, the National Assembly (NA) passed the first law on protecting the rights of disabled persons in Cambodia. In a country that still deals with yearly casualties from unexploded land mines and other ordinance, the legislation is an important step forward for many disa [...]
2009-06-08 06:22:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI EAID PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH379LAND IN CAMBODIA, PART III: EVICTIONS, RESETTLEMENT, LAND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The lax land titling system (Ref A) and the Royal Government of Cambodia's (RGC's) push to develop land through concessions (Ref B) has led to widespread land disputes and more forced evictions. The issue of forced evictions ranks high on civil society, opposition party, and do [...]
2009-06-09 01:24:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAGR SENV KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH394AMBASSADOR REAFFIRMS CONCERNS ABOUT CORRUPTION,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador June 11 called on Senior Minister and National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) Deputy Director Om Yentieng to restate her concern about corruption in Cambodia and to express regret for any misunderstanding about her intentions or the content of remarks at a May 30 [...]
2009-06-12 10:33:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EAID KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH426CHIEFS OF MISSION MEET NEW UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia, Professor Surya Subedi, made his first visit to Cambodia June 15-26, and met with the heads of several foreign missions on June 19, including Ambassador Rodley. Subedi has billed this first visit as a "listening tour, [...]
2009-06-29 10:54:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH514MU SOCHUA DEFENDS HERSELF; NO VERDICT UNTIL AUGUST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mu Sochua appeared July 24 before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to defend herself against the Prime Minister's defamation allegations. Over 100 observers packed the small court room, including the Ambassador and representatives of several Embassies, Cambodian human rights NG [...]
2009-07-24 11:16:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KWMN CB
09PHNOMPENH538NGO WORKERS ACCUSED OF INCITEMENT IN LAND CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Five human rights NGO workers investigating two land dispute cases may face criminal incitement charges, in what some civil society groups fear may become a new trend in restrictions on NGO activities. In the past, Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) entities and private compani [...]
2009-07-31 08:54:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAGR SENV KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH547CAMBODIA: 2009 2ND QUARTER REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the second quarter of 2009, Cambodian police arrested seven persons on human trafficking charges. Police also arrested six persons on procurement of prostitution charges in connection with two cases involving two victims who were minors. Police reported arresting four f [...]
2009-08-04 11:33:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH557RGC LAND POLICY MAKES HEADLINES AGAIN IN CASE OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Cambodia's land and eviction policies earned more worldwide attention July 27 when international news outlets highlighted the resettlement of a group of HIV/AIDS-affected families from a central Phnom Penh neighborhood to a site on the outskirts of the city. The Phnom Penh Muni [...]
2009-08-06 03:22:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH58KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: RESULTS OF PUBLIC PERCEPTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A September 2008 survey of 1,000 adult Cambodians indicates that there is a general lack of knowledge about the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) among the Cambodian population, with 39 percent of surveyed respondents stating they had no knowledge of the KRT, and 46 percent stating t [...]
2009-01-23 09:48:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS ABUD EAID PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH654UPDATE ON LAND ISSUES IN CAMBODIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The combination of a lax land titling system and the Royal Government of Cambodia's (RGC) push to develop the country through land concessions has led to widespread land disputes. Due process rights related to land management, including ownership disputes and evictions, remains [...]
2009-09-02 08:52:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM EAGR SENV KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH71 2009 Investment Climate Statement - Cambodia
[...] Cambodia, a developing country, began the transformation from a command economy to the free market in the late 1980s. It is now integrating into the regional and world trading framework. In 1999, Cambodia joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and in September 2004, became [...]
2009-01-28 10:02:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR OPIC KTDB USTR CB
09PHNOMPENH746CAMBODIA'S LONG-AWAITED PENAL CODE UNDER REVIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Assembly approved the general content of the 672-article Penal Code on October 1, paving the way for chapter-by-chapter debate which is expected to take two weeks. The Cambodian People's Party (CPP) majority denied opposition Sam Rainsy Party's (SRP) initial reques [...]
2009-10-08 05:51:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH80OHCHR CAMBODIA OFFICE BLAZES COOPERATIVE TRAIL ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a country where the government's human rights record has remained "poor," as assessed by Department Human Rights Reports, the UNOHCHR Cambodia Office has a positive impact on the Cambodian government adherence to human rights standards. The Office can claim concrete successe [...]
2009-01-30 11:42:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL
09PHNOMPENH811EAP/MLS DEPUTY DIRECTOR PALMER SEES UP CLOSE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EAP/MLS Deputy Director Matthew Palmer visited Cambodia October 20-26 to take part in a Conference on the Lower Mekong Initiative (septel),meet key counterparts in the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC),address human rights issues, visit bilateral assistance program sites, a [...]
2009-10-30 05:59:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS PHUM EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH831CAMBODIA RECALLS AMBASSADOR TO THAILAND BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) recalled its Ambassador to Thailand You Ay on November 5, emphasizing reciprocity in response to Thailand's earlier removal of the Thai Ambassador to Cambodia -- noting specifically that Cambodia was willing to restore full relations as soo [...]
2009-11-06 10:57:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KTIA MOPS ELAB CB
09PHNOMPENH969SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA TO
[...] (SBU) Embassy Phnom Penh warmly welcomes CODEL Faleomavaega's visit to Cambodia. Yours is the first Congressional visit since Senator Jim Webb's in mid-August, and you will find a Cambodia seeking to take full advantage of its first real period of stability in more than a generation. Althoug [...]
2009-12-31 08:33:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KJUS ECON MARR CB
09PODGORICA148MEET THE NEW GOVERNMENT AND MINISTERS
[...] (SBU) Parliament confirmed the new Government of Montenegro (GoM) on June 11. Milo Djukanovic, designated Prime Minister for the sixth time, promised a "government of continuity." The new GoM consequently contains mostly holdovers from the previous government. Ref A described changes in the [...]
2009-06-16 17:08:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MW
09PORTAUPRINCE122HAITI: ELECTORAL COUNCIL BARS LAVALAS, GUY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) announced late February 5 the exclusion of 40 of the 105 prospective candidates that had registered to compete in the April senatorial elections, including all 16 candidates representing Fanmi Lavalas. Leaders of Lavalas, the party of ou [...]
2009-02-06 18:31:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ASEC SNAR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE159HAITIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION URGES CEP TO
[...] (C) Summary: Haiti's leading human rights organization criticized the electoral authority's decision to exclude Fanmi Lavalas from competing in partial Senate elections planned for April as politically motivated. The National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) fears the decision, if not re [...]
2009-02-11 19:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID HA
09PORTAUPRINCE202REJECTED HAITIAN SENATE CANDIDATES PROTEST THEIR
[...] (C) Summary: Supporters of Fanmi Lavalas continue to protest their exclusion from the upcoming Senate elections. Several dozen people gathered in Les Cayes February 18 to demand the return of party leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and two of the party's lawmakers called for ''peaceful resistance [...]
2009-02-20 19:04:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE228HAITI: PREVAL ESTABLISHES COMMISSIONS ON JUSTICE
[...] (SBU) President Rene Preval on February 19 established commissions on judicial and constitutional reform, two of his key political priorities for which he is attempting to generate consensus. Amending the constitution is the more controversial initiative, where many critics suspect Preval is [...]
2009-03-02 19:20:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE245SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE'S MARCH 11-14
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes as democratic consolidation and economic progress have stalled, as the Haitian President and his new Prime Minister face difficult challenges in the aftermath of the April 2008 food riots and a devastating 2008 hurricane season. Although President Preval alloc [...]
2009-03-04 17:43:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNSC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE371SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CONYERS'S VISIT TO HAITI,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes as the Haitian President and his new Prime Minister face difficult challenges in the aftermath of the April 2008 food riots and a devastating 2008 hurricane season. The storms and resulting flooding displaced hundreds of thousands of people and made Haiti's al [...]
2009-04-03 16:40:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE375HAITI/HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: GOH WILL SUPPORT USG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-06 13:35:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNGA HA
09PORTAUPRINCE421HAITI/HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: DIPLOMATIC NOTE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 19:17:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNGA HA
09PORTAUPRINCE456SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CAPPS' MAY 8-11 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes at a critical point in Haiti's democratic development. After food riots in April 2008 and a disastrous series of hurricanes four months later, President Rene Preval and his new Prime Minister, Michele Pierre-Louis, are working hard to meet the basic needs of the [...]
2009-05-06 15:54:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE489HAITI MONTHLY: POLITICAL, APRIL 2009
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various political topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (SBU) VISIT BY BRAZIL MINISTERS OF DEFENSE/CHIEFS OF STAFF. During [...]
2009-05-19 16:52:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV HA PREL KCOR
09PORTAUPRINCE511HAITI: ELECTORAL COUNCIL ANNOUNCES APPEAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Haiti's electoral authority announced May 22 the results of ten appeals filed by candidates disputing the provisional results of the April 19 partial Senate elections (reftels). Appeals panels threw out several thousand votes in the Artibonite, West, and North departments based [...]
2009-05-29 17:29:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE603SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON'S JUNE 26 VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your delegation comes at an important point in Haiti's democratic development. Since you last visited in 2007, after food riots in April 2008 and a disastrous series of hurricanes four months later, President Rene Preval and his new Prime Minister, Michele Pierre-Louis, are working [...]
2009-06-24 11:48:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE617Haiti Response to UN Efforts to Combat Sexual Exploitation
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. This message is Embassy's assessment of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) by members of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) requested by reftel. Embassy assesses that sexual expl [...]
2009-06-30 12:38:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE892SCENESETTER FOR SOUTHCOM COMMANDER, OCTOBER 28
[...] (SBU) Summary: Your visit comes at an important point in Haiti's democratic development. After food riots in April 2008 and a disastrous series of hurricanes four months later, President Rene Preval and his Prime Minister, Michele Pierre-Louis, are working hard to meet the basic needs of the [...]
2009-10-23 15:24:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL PMIL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE917UN CONVENTION DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 18:05:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL HA
09PORTLOUIS248MAURITIUS SCENESETTER - UPCOMING VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Embassy Mauritius warmly welcomes AFRICOM Commander General Ward and his delegation to Mauritius, a diverse democracy currently led by Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam. The USG enjoys excellent bilateral relations with Mauritius, including strong cooperation on security issues an [...]
2009-08-11 12:54:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PREL PGOV KPKO MP
09PORTLOUIS280MAURITIAN IDEAS CONCERNING THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) A/DCM delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Patrice Cure, Head of the Multilateral Division at the Mauritian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cure noted that the Mauritian mission to the Human Rights Council had sent him some suggestions and proposals, which he was considering. The reelect [...]
2009-09-11 04:30:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MP
09PORTLOUIS421MAURITIUS: HOMOSEXUALITY NOT LEGISLATED, BUT RELIGIOUS
[...] (SBU) In Mauritius, homosexuality is not specifically mentioned in legislation, but the act of sodomy is on the books and is criminalized. The constitution's anti-discrimination provisions mention "sex" but not "sexual orientation." There is no legislation pending which would penalize gays or [...]
2009-12-30 11:34:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV MP
09PRAGUE130CZECHS PLEASED WITH USG PRESENCE AT UNHRC AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Emboff provided the reftel points to Czech MFA Human Rights and Transition Policy Director Gabriela Dlouha and UN Department Director Jan Michal on February 27. Dlouha noted that our presence at UNHRC proceedings is most welcome news and inquired whether we planned to engage in a [...]
2009-03-09 15:31:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EZ PHUM
09PRAGUE155SCENESETTER FOR DPM VONDRA'S VISIT TO DC TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Alexandr Vondra will visit Washington on March 23-24, at the same time that his government faces a critical March 24 no-confidence vote, the result of which is unclear. Despite this uncertainty, Vondra's chief goal is to set the agenda and settle outstandin [...]
2009-03-19 17:39:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEUN EZ OVIP PGOV PREL
09PRAGUE196CZECHS WELCOME USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HRC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-07 15:56:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM EZ EUN
09PRAGUE210CZECHS ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 17:06:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM EZ EUN
09PRAGUE269SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS MAY 23-25 VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Prague warmly welcomes you to the Czech Republic May 23-25. Nearly 20 years after the 1989 "Velvet Revolution," the Czech Republic today boasts a relatively strong market economy, a lively democratic tradition, and close links with the United States. The Czech Republic h [...]
2009-05-19 15:24:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEUN EZ OVIP PGOV PREL
09PRAGUE324CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: COMMENTS ON UPCOMING JUNE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 11 emboff spoke with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy in advance of the June 15-16 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on: the Middle East, Lebanon, the Western Balkans, [...]
2009-06-11 15:59:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEUN EZ EG PGOV PREL SU LE CU BM
09PRAGUE386 EMBASSY PRAGUE SPONSORS DISCUSSION ON EXTREMISM
[...] (U) Summary: On June 24, the Embassy, in cooperation with the Committee for the Redress of the Roma Holocaust, hosted a panel discussion on extremism in the Czech Republic attended by approximately 60 people. The debate featured the Ministers of Human Rights and Interior, the Human Rights Omb [...]
2009-07-07 08:40:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EZ
09PRAGUE414MOVING FORWARD WITH CZECHS AND HIGHLIGHTS OF EU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Now that the Czech EU Presidency has come to a close, emboffs have noticed several notable shifts within the GoCR - in tactical engagement within the EU, in Czech centers of power, and interestingly in high-level outreach to the USG. The Czechs remain committed Euro-Atlantists [...]
2009-07-15 14:38:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN EZ EG PGOV PREL
09PRAGUE44CZECH CABINET RESHUFFLE COMPLETED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 23, the Czech President swore in new ministers who will be taking over the health, transportation, regional development, human rights, and legislative affairs portfolios. The Prague castle ceremony completed a protracted and mismanaged cabinet reshuffle, which began [...]
2009-01-23 16:22:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EZ
09PRAGUE45CZECH EU PRESIDENCY: COMMENTS ON UPCOMING JANUARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 21 emboff spoke with Magdalena Janesova of the Czech MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy in advance of the January 26-27 EU General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC). Of note were her comments on: Gaza, the Balkans, Sudan, Zimbabwe, Belar [...]
2009-01-23 16:57:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEUN EZ EG PGOV PREL ZI SO SU AF BO
09PRAGUE666CZECH COMMENTS ON UPCOMING NOVEMBER GAERC
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 12 emboff spoke with Czech MFA Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Department Deputy Director Magdalena Janesova in advance of the November 15-16 EU Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC). She noted that this is the "jumbo" GAERC as the Defense and Development Mini [...]
2009-11-12 18:03:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALEUN EZ EG PGOV PREL AF SO
09PRAGUE708CZECH REPUBLIC PLANNING TO RUN IN 2011 FOR UN
[...] (SBU) In a conversation covering several Human Rights Council matters, such as the upcoming DPRK Universal Periodic Review (Ref A),Czech MFA Human Rights and Transition Policy officer Jan Kaminek commented in depth on the Spring 2010 Human Rights Council elections. Kaminek indicated that the [...]
2009-12-04 15:45:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM EZ EUN PREL
09PRAGUE89Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report - Czech
[...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified entire text; not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Czech Republic is meeting the Minimum Standards for the elimination of trafficking in persons as set forth in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2005, in that: a) The government provide [...]
2009-02-12 15:24:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09PRAIA1942009 AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW FOR CAPE VERDE
[...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel request, post provides the following information on Cape Verde's AGOA Eligibility Report. The full text will also be sent in Word format by e-mail. END SUMMARY --------------------------------------------- ----------------- TPSC SUBCOMMITTEE ON AGOA IMPLE [...]
2009-10-15 17:00:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAGR ENRG PHUM XY CV
09PRAIA36CAPE VERDE WELCOMES US RETURN TO UNHRC
[...] Per reftel, on February 27 Ambassador delivered demarche points to Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Brito. Brito warmly welcomed the news of the United States intent to return to the United Nations Human Rights Council. It was his view that the U.S. could be a more effective advocate for [...]
2009-03-02 10:46:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL CV
09PRETORIA1007PART 2 OF 3: A LOOK AT JACOB ZUMA'S CABINET
[...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma finalized his Cabinet appointments on May 10, modifying several existing ministries and creating a few new ones. Below are short biographies for each of the newly appointed ministers and deputies. This is the second of three cables looking at each of the Cabinet a [...]
2009-05-19 12:39:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM ASEC SF PGOV
09PRETORIA1054SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL WATSON'S MAY 26-31, 2009
[...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]
2009-05-22 12:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV SF
09PRETORIA1055SCENE SETTER FOR CODEL PAYNE'S MAY 26-29, 2009,
[...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]
2009-05-22 12:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD EINV SF
09PRETORIA1118SCENESETTER FOR DUSTR MARANTIS VISIT TO SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]
2009-06-03 16:33:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND ETRD SF
09PRETORIA1330HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CRITICIZES SOUTH AFRICA'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On 24 June, the Institute for Security Studies hosted a debate on the role of human rights in South Africa's foreign policy under newly elected President Jacob Zuma. Keynote speakers included Ken Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch in New York, who described South Afr [...]
2009-07-02 11:45:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL ZIM NI SF
09PRETORIA1392HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CRITICIZES SOUTH AFRICA'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On 24 June, the Institute for Security Studies hosted a debate on the role of human rights in South Africa's foreign policy under newly elected President Jacob Zuma. Keynote speakers included Ken Roth, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch in New York, who described South Afr [...]
2009-07-09 14:00:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL ZIM NI SF
09PRETORIA1482SCENE-SETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE VISIT TO SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes your visit to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election. 2. (SBU) The A [...]
2009-07-22 15:23:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD MCAP OVIP PGOV PREL SF EINV
09PRETORIA1618SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 2-AUGUST 8
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]
2009-08-07 16:37:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA1697SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ADVISOR ROBERT J.
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Gips warmly welcomes your visit to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to help make your trip a success. The Control Officers for the visit are Acting Political Counselor Madeline Seidenstricker and Energy Officer David Young, who can be reached at [...]
2009-08-24 08:03:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IAEA KNNP ENRG SF
09PRETORIA1860SOUTH AFRICA DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNHRC 12TH SESSION
[...] (SBU) On September 10 poloffs met with Pitso Montwedi, Chief Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DICO),to deliver message (ref A) on USG priorities for the next session of the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC). On the [...]
2009-09-11 12:32:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SF
09PRETORIA1997SOUTH AFRICA: POLITICAL NEWSLETTER SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 2
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]
2009-10-05 06:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2163SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 19-OCTOBER 23
[...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]
2009-10-23 13:12:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA2207POSSIBLE UN CONVENTION ENDANGERING FREEDOM OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 29 Poloffs met with Pitso Montwedi, Chief Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO),to deliver the demarche (ref A) urging support for a U.S. "draft action plan" of proposals ( [...]
2009-10-29 16:57:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SF
09PRETORIA2229ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS NEAR THE S.A.-MOZAMBIQUE
[...] On an October 21-23 field visit to rural farming areas bordering Mozambique, emboffs investigated rights and labor concerns including trafficking in persons (TIP). The view from NGOs in the provincial capital was that law enforcement was not taking sex-related TIP seriously; and that labor TI [...]
2009-11-02 10:29:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KTIP SF
09PRETORIA223U.N.'S OHCHR SPREAD THINLY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
[...] (U) On January 20, poloff met with the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) Resident Representative for Southern Africa David Johnson, in response to Department tasker (reftel) to assess the nature and scope of OHCHR's activities. Covering 14 countries with t [...]
2009-02-05 12:07:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM SA
09PRETORIA2245AMBASSADOR’S COURTESY CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's first official call with Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Maite Nkoana-Mashabane was warm and frank. Mashabane thanked the USG for its partnership and support through PEPFAR and acknowledged past mistakes in HIV/AIDS policies. The Ambassador thanked [...]
2009-11-03 15:52:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON ASEC KHIV SF ZI
09PRETORIA2263CONTROVERSIAL YOUTH LEAGUE PRESIDENT RETAINS
[...] (SBU) Summary: African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) President Julius Malema probably has received more publicity from the news media in recent months than any other ruling party figure. (Note: "Mail and Guardian" political writer Mandy Rossouw has even recently published a book about Male [...]
2009-11-05 15:18:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR SF
09PRETORIA2590SAG EAGER TO DEVELOP STRATEGIC DIALOGUE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY and Action Request: The SAG is eager to develop a Strategic Dialogue led by the Secretary of State and the Foreign Minister. The idea would be to use existing and prospective working groups and the existing Annual Bilateral Forum, which would produce a summary document to info [...]
2009-12-17 10:34:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ENRG KNNP ETRD SENV SF
09PRETORIA298PRETORIA INPUTS TO THE 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] Post hereby submits responses to the Department's action request (Refs A,B) for the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, covering the period from March 2008 through mid-February 2009. Following an overview of South Africa's counter-trafficking efforts, and of its unique capacity [...]
2009-02-17 10:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SA KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD
09PRETORIA561SOUTH AFRICA TO VOTE YES ON 'DEFAMATION OF
[...] South Africa will vote in favor of the "Combating defamation of religions" resolution, if the latter is put to vote in the U.N. Human Rights Council. The DFA's Pitso Montwedi, Chief Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, said that South Africa has supported the resolution in the [...]
2009-03-24 16:22:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SA
09PRETORIA631SAG'S FOREIGN POLICY: TRADING PRINCIPLES FOR POWER?
[...] In a March 25 forum assessing South Africa's foreign policy from the standpoint of global human rights, prominent political commentator Professor Adam Habib acknowledged that the SAG's stances in multilateral fora often disappointed local and international rights advocates. The underlying ca [...]
2009-03-31 11:38:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SA
09PRETORIA893SCENE-SETTER FOR USTR AMBASSADOR RON KIRK'S MAY
[...] (SBU) Charge La Lime warmly welcomes the visit of your delegation to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, following South Africa's fourth successful democratic election o [...]
2009-05-04 13:54:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EINV PREL PGOV SF
09PRETORIA939PART 1 OF 3: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SOUTH AFRICA'S
[...] (SBU) Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma, President of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, is a controversial but not well understood personage who emerged from obscurity to where he now occupies the apex of South Africa's political pyramid. He is deeply loved and revered by his closest [...]
2009-05-08 15:04:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA988PART 1 OF 3: A LOOK AT JACOB ZUMA'S CABINET
[...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma finalized his Cabinet appointments on May 10, modifying several existing ministries and creating a few new ones. Zuma increased the Cabinet's size from 28 to 34 ministries. Below are short biographies for each of the newly appointed ministers and deputies. This i [...]
2009-05-14 15:36:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALKDEM ASEC SF PGOV
09PRISTINA149USAID ROMA RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM: PROGRESS AFTER A
[...] (U) Summary: USAID has initiated a long term resettlement project for 50 Roma families residing in two camps for internally displaced persons in north Mitrovica. The camp residents continue to suffer life-threatening health effects from lead poisoning over nine years after moving into the UN [...]
2009-04-08 17:42:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL UNMIK KV
09PRISTINA362KOSOVO: GOK OPPOSES EULEX AGREEMENT WITH SERBIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Kosovo (GOK) continues to object to a draft law enforcement agreement that EULEX plans to sign with Serbia. Kosovo's objections center around an implied reference to the "six points," some terminology in the agreement, and the negative impact that it may have on [...]
2009-08-21 16:03:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KV
09PRISTINA64NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Pristina's submission for the Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. From 1999 to 2008, Kosovo was administered by the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) under the authority of UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1244. [...]
2009-02-18 17:10:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KJUS EAID KDEM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
09PRISTINA66NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR KOSOVO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-18 17:11:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KJUS EAID KDEM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC
09QUITO103BACKGROUND TO CORREA'S ATTACKS ON U.S. COOPERATION
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: A PAIS provincial leader and former Under Secretary of Government under Minister Gustavo Larrea, Ignacio Chauvin, turned himself in February 4 to face charges of narco-trafficking. Calling himself a revolutionary, Chauvin admitted to meeting deceased FARC member Raul Reyes. [...]
2009-02-10 23:25:00Embassy QuitoSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR SMIG SNAR MOPS EC CO
09QUITO15WHITHER CORREA: A SHIFT FURTHER LEFT
[...] (C) Summary: President Correa's rhetoric and actions in the last two months have veered off the pattern we witnessed during much of his earlier presidency. A harder left orientation is evidenced by his trips to Iran and Cuba, debt default, and sharp attacks on the U.S. In the past, while c [...]
2009-01-14 00:18:00Embassy QuitoSECRET//NOFORNPREL EFIN PGOV SNAR MARR EAID EC VE CU IR
09QUITO227COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE 2008 COLOMBIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Correa government established a new commission to investigate the events surrounding the March 1, 2008 Colombian bombing of a FARC camp in northern Ecuador, as well as allegations of GOE ties to the FARC. The commission, whose members were chosen by Correa, will receive its [...]
2009-04-01 14:52:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS SNAR KCRM EC CO
09QUITO253ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on April 6. Puma said that the GOE had received the USG's diplomatic note, and views the USG's change in policy toward the Human Rights Council as a positive move. However, she noted that the GOE wa [...]
2009-04-13 17:07:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM EC
09QUITO461ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S. CANDIDATE FOR
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on June 12. Puma said that the GOE has not yet made a decision who it would vote for in the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election. She did acknowledge, however, that the EU holds too [...]
2009-06-16 18:48:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA EC
09QUITO462ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S CANDIDATE FOR UN'S
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on June 12. Puma said that the GOE has not yet made a decision who it would vote for in the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election. She did acknowledge, however, that the EU holds to [...]
2009-06-16 18:48:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA EC
09QUITO707SCENESETTER FOR INAUGURATION DELEGATION
[...] (SBU) Embassy Quito warmly welcomes the delegation headed by Senator Bob Graham for the inauguration of President Correa on August 10, held on the 200th anniversary of Ecuador's first call for independence. While we do not agree with the Correa government on every issue, we have enjoyed stron [...]
2009-08-07 18:05:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MASS MOPS SNAR PTER EAID MARR OVIP EC CO
09QUITO831Ecuador Positive on USG Priorities for UNGA
[...] (C) PolOff communicated USG goals and priorities per Ref A to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on September 11. Puma said that the GOE agreed with many of the USG's priorities at this year's UNGA. She added that the USG's tone of re-engagement and multilateral coopera [...]
2009-09-21 14:40:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA EC
09QUITO835Ecuador Positive on USG Priorities for UNGA
[...] (C) PolOff communicated USG goals and priorities per Ref A to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on September 11. Puma said that the GOE agreed with many of the USG's priorities at this year's UNGA. She added that the USG's tone of re-engagement and multilateral coopera [...]
2009-09-21 22:13:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA EC
09QUITO967ECUADOR ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO COUNCIL
[...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 16, following a previous Embassy demarche (Ref B). Puma said that Ecuador was aware that 11 countries were competing for the ten positions on the International Maritime Organization Council [...]
2009-11-17 22:05:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL IMO EWWT PHSA UK EC
09QUITO973GOE "EXPLAINS" TERMINATION OF INVESTMENT TREATIES...
[...] (SBU) Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Falconi explained the reasoning behind the GoE's decision to terminate 13 bilateral investment treaties (BITs) during a November 12 meeting with Embassy representatives of the affected countries. Falconi reiterated the GoE's claim that Ecuador's 2008 Constitu [...]
2009-11-17 22:43:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON EC
09RABAT1001SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GREGG
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-22 16:13:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV PTER ECON MO
09RABAT1005FORWARD THINKING TO NEGATE "DEFAMATION OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission Morocco's strategy for engaging the host government and civil society to cease supporting "defamation of religions" proposals at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) and elsewhere focuses on two main strategic objectives: (1) urging the GOM to vote against such resolutio [...]
2009-12-28 14:15:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KISL KDEM PREL PGOV OPDC MO
09RABAT123U.S. - NORTH AFRICA TARGETED ECONOMIC SANCTIONS
[...] (U) Summary. As part of the USG's effort to promote bilateral cooperation on United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban sanctions) designations, the U.S. Treasury Department co-hosted a North African workshop on Targeted Economic Sanctions in Rabat, Morocco on J [...]
2009-02-09 12:34:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ETTC PTER KTFN AG EG LY TS MO
09RABAT172CHARGE'S CALL ON FOREIGN MINISTER FASSI FIHRI:
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri (TFF) told Charge February 25 that he would go to the Sharm el Sheikh donor conference and looked forward to meeting the Secretary. He believed that Mauritania should be included in what he viewed as an Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) meeting there an [...]
2009-02-26 17:30:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PBTS KPAL WI AG IR IS MO MR
09RABAT177GOM SUPPORTIVE OF USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN
[...] (SBU) On February 27, PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Humanitarian and Social Affairs Director Abdelmounaim El Farouq (Note: The MFA's human rights point person. End Note.). 2. (C) El Farouq welcomed the Human Rights Council statement, adding that he had made just such a recommendat [...]
2009-02-27 17:10:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IO MO
09RABAT21MOROCCO: PROTESTS CONTINUE OVER GAZA
[...] (U) Summary: In the wake of the massive demonstration against Israeli actions in Gaza that took place in Rabat on January 4th, estimated to have numbered between 50 and 100 thousand Moroccans, there have been sporadic but smaller demonstrations throughout the country over the last week. The [...]
2009-01-09 18:24:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINS ASEC KPAL KWBG MO
09RABAT230MOROCCO: FIRST QUARTER 2009 HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: The first quarter of 2009 has seen several incidents of concern in the Moroccan human rights arena. The most significant of these is a late March pressure campaign against Morocco's Shi,a minority, linked to the Government of Morocco's (GOM,s) angry severing of diplomatic relati [...]
2009-03-24 17:43:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL IR MO
09RABAT231MOROCCO SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE DEPUTY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mr. Lemkin, we are looking forward to your visit to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and it serves as a regional model for economic change and democratic reform. Our military and political cooperation is growing, and as a resul [...]
2009-03-24 18:47:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV MARR MCAP PHUM PTER ECON MO
09RABAT246MOROCCO: ENHANCING WOMEN,S RIGHTS AND MOBILIZING
[...] (C) Following up on the March 21 launch of the Middle East Partnership Initiative- (MEPI-) financed training for women candidates in the June municipal elections, Minister of Social Development, the Family and Solidarity Nouzha Skalli reminded Charge and PolOff that although 12 percent of seat [...]
2009-03-27 17:49:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM ELAB EAID PGOV KWMN MO
09RABAT252SCENESETTER FOR DAS SPIRNAK'S VISIT TO MOROCCO
[...] (SBU) Summary: DAS Spirnak, we are looking forward to your visit to Morocco. The Kingdom is a country "on the move", in the throes, albeit unevenly, of change and reform as detailed in reftel. Morocco is one of our strongest allies in the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) region [...]
2009-03-30 15:11:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PHUM PGOV PREL KMPI KDEM WI MO
09RABAT291MEETING WITH MOROCCANS ON WESTERN SAHARA
[...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with Secretary Clinton on April 8, Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri will present a letter from King Mohammed VI requesting support for a resolution on the Western Sahara favorable to Morocco and rejecting a human rights monitoring role for MINURSO, the United [...]
2009-04-06 19:29:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL WI AL MO
09RABAT292CORRECTED COPY: MEETING WITH MOROCCANS ON WESTERN
[...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with Secretary Clinton on April 8, Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri will present a letter from King Mohammed VI requesting support for a resolution on the Western Sahara favorable to Morocco and rejecting a human rights monitoring role for MINURSO, the [...]
2009-04-07 11:30:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPBTS PREL WI AL MO
09RABAT293SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On April 8, Moroccan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Taieb Fassi Fihri will present a letter from King Mohammed VI requesting support for a resolution on the Western Sahara favorable to Morocco and rejecting a human rights monitoring role for the United Nations peace [...]
2009-04-07 14:52:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM KPAL AG WI MO
09RABAT300SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LYNCH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Lynch, we warmly welcome you and your delegation to Morocco. The Kingdom of Morocco, one of our strongest allies in the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA),is a country "on the move", in the throes, albeit unevenly, of change and reform. Morocco has [...]
2009-04-07 19:06:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EFIN PGOV PREL KDEM MO
09RABAT326SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Smith, we warmly welcome you and your delegation to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and it serves as a regional model for economic change and democratic reform. Our military and political cooperation is growing, [...]
2009-04-14 17:12:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP EFIN PGOV PREL KDEM MO
09RABAT329MOROCCO PLEDGES TO SUPPORT U.S. IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 18:30:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL MO
09RABAT36MOROCCO: EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT
[...] (U) This cable responds to Ref A request for information on UN efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) involving UN peacekeeping mission personnel in the Western Sahara and Moroccan peacekeepers in Cote d'Ivoire. This message was cleared with CO [...]
2009-01-14 09:16:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KPKO CG IV WI MO
09RABAT374GENDER AND RELIGIOUS REFORM: WOMEN "IMAMS" IN
[...] (C) Summary: Morocco has successfully made gender a central component of religious reform in its efforts to both counter religious extremism and promote women's participation in all areas of civic life. Beginning with the ground-breaking 2004 reform of the Family Code (Moudawana),and exten [...]
2009-05-03 18:32:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SOCI KISL KWMN MO
09RABAT386MOROCCO: VIRGINIA GOVERNOR KAINE'S VISIT A SUCCESS
[...] (C) Summary: Virginia Governor Tim Kaine had a highly successful visit to Morocco on April 23, 24 and 25 that helped energize overall bilateral relations as well as achieve economic and trade development goals of his state. Kaine, who is also Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, me [...]
2009-05-05 18:22:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER ETRD ECON PGOV PHUM MO
09RABAT409SCENE SETTER FOR FPOTUS CARTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Former President Carter, my staff and I warmly welcome you and the delegation of The Elders to Morocco. The Kingdom of Morocco is a country "on the move," in the throes, albeit unevenly, of change and reform. Economic growth will continue to approach six percent per year de [...]
2009-05-15 13:45:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON PREL PHUM MO
09RABAT487LOCAL ELECTIONS IN MOROCCO: LOCAL DECISIONS, BUT A
[...] (U) Summary: The campaign for June 12th local council elections kicked off June 30, following the closure of candidate lists the day before. Despite the limited and limiting window for campaigning, it still took a few days to get the campaign off the ground. There have been lively rallies [...]
2009-06-10 15:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR PROP KDEM MO
09RABAT490MOROCCAN ENTHUSIASM FOR PRESIDENT'S CAIRO
[...] (U) Summary: At five separate events organized around President Obama's speech last week, Mission Morocco not only saw and heard the extraordinarily positive reaction of Moroccans first hand, but also helped shape insights that found their way directly into the media. The Mission also amplif [...]
2009-06-10 23:11:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OIIP KPAO MO
09RABAT517MOROCCO: PARTY OF AUTHENTICITY AND MODERNITY
[...] (C) Summary: Seven million Moroccans, or 52.4 percent of eligible voters, participated in nationwide local/communal elections in Morocco on Friday, June 12, according to the Moroccan Ministry of Interior. Garnering over 20 percent of the vote, the Palace-favored Party of Authenticity and Mo [...]
2009-06-17 12:48:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MO
09RABAT541MOROCCO:WESTERN SAHARA/ALGERIA - NEW PRIORITIES,
[...] (S) SUMMARY: One June 23, before the visit of UNSYG Personal Envoy (PE) Christopher Ross, Morocco's top foreign policy officials told Charge and PolCouns they expected little progress on Western Sahara or better relations with Algeria, which now was their higher near-term priority. Foreign M [...]
2009-06-25 09:31:00Embassy RabatSECRETPREL PBTS UNSC WI AG MO
09RABAT542MOROCCO GIVES CLEAR SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1874
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-26 13:59:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN MO
09RABAT543CHARGE RAISES CASES WITH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) Summary: Ahmed Herzenni, Chairman of Morocco's Consultative Council on Human Rights (CCDH),told Charge that the Council would look into the case of human rights activist Chakib al Khyari, President of the Association for Human Rights in the Rif (ARDH). Post will follow up in light of al [...]
2009-06-26 21:22:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KPAO MO
09RABAT544EMBASSY DELIVERS TIP REPORT TO KEY MOROCCANS
[...] (C) On June 15, PolOffs delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report to Ambassador Nasser Bourita, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Chief of Staff and Director General for Multilateral Relations and Global Cooperation. On June 17, Charge delivered it to Minister of S [...]
2009-06-26 21:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM EAID KCRM KTIP MO
09RABAT584WESTERN SAHARA: ACTIVIST CONFIRMS HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: Fresh news borne by a Sahrawi-American activist confirms other reports that the human rights situation in the Western Sahara continues to stabilize; serious violations are not occurring; and there seems to be somewhat more open political space. This was also observed by Rabat)r [...]
2009-07-08 19:09:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV PREL WI MR MO
09RABAT607MOROCCO'S MANAGED MAYORAL ELECTIONS MAY STRENGTHEN
[...] (C) Despite the relative transparency of the recent election of town (or communal) council members across Morocco on June 12, the subsequent election by council members of city and communal council leaders (mayors),may represent a step backward for Moroccan democracy. The high-stakes indirect ba [...]
2009-07-15 10:38:00Embassy RabatSECRETPHUM PGOV PINS KDEM MO
09RABAT654MOROCCAN NGOS LEAD THE WAY IN FIGHTING TORTURE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In recent years, Morocco has been actively addressing past human rights abuses, including torture, with the goal of preventing future violence and restoring dignity to victims. Human rights NGOs have led the endeavor, recently creating a new group specifically to coordinate t [...]
2009-07-28 11:46:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UN MO
09RABAT679LANDMARK TERRORISM CASE RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: On July 28, a Sale court sentenced Moroccan-Belgian Abdelkader Belleraj to life in prison (instead of the death penalty requested by prosecutors) for running an international terrorist network. The 34 other defendants on trial with Belleraj received sentences ranging from one t [...]
2009-08-06 19:14:00Embassy RabatSECRET//NOFORNPHUM PGOV PTER KISL MO
09RABAT685SCENESETTER FOR CODEL RUSH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representative Rush, Embassy Rabat warmly welcomes you and your delegation to Morocco. Politically and economically, Morocco is a country "on the move," deeply engaged in reform and development, albeit unevenly. Morocco has averaged over 5 percent annual growth in recent yea [...]
2009-08-10 17:18:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL ECON PGOV SOCI MO
09RABAT701KING MOHAMMED VI'S FIRST TEN YEARS: SOCIAL AND
[...] (C) Summary: King Mohammed VI has successfully advanced social and economic reforms during the first ten years of his reign, but he has not done as much to promote structural democratic change in Morocco. The King can be credited with implementing many significant reforms in human rights, w [...]
2009-08-17 07:11:00Embassy RabatSECRETPGOV ECON EAID PHUM SOCI KDEM KMPI MO
09RABAT706WESTERN SAHARA REALITIES
[...] (C) Summary: Although the Western Sahara negotiations have now re-started (Reftel),the conflict is 34 years old. The Government of Morocco (GOM) has invested tremendous resources in the territory, and some observers estimate that it spends USD 2.7 billion per year on the territory and its 385,000 [...]
2009-08-17 17:34:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPBTS PHUM ECON PREF WI AG MO
09RABAT714HUMAN RIGHTS SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL HOGREFE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco is a country in the throes of change and reform, particularly with respect to human rights. King Mohammed VI has embarked on an ambitious and continuous program of human rights reform that includes greater political rights and participation by women, the Arab World's [...]
2009-08-19 16:51:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN KPAO MO
09RABAT764UNGA 64: DEMARCHE DELIVERED, MOROCCAN GOALS AND
[...] (SBU) On September 10, PolCouns and DPolCouns delivered reftel information to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs United Nations and International Organizations Director Azzedine Farhane and United Nations Division Chief Redouane Houssaini. PolCouns highlighted reftel background on nonprolif [...]
2009-09-10 17:00:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMO PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09RABAT843SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Huddleston and Admiral Moeller, we welcome you to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and our military and political cooperation is growing. As a result, Morocco has been designated a Major non-NATO Ally. Morocco serv [...]
2009-10-14 17:50:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MCAP OVIP PGOV PHUM PREL MO
09RABAT874MOROCCO'S RESPONSE: 64TH UNGA, THIRD COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered subject demarche to Abdelmounaim El Farouq, Chief of the MFA's Division on Humanitarian and Social Questions, Oct. 26. El Farouq said the GOM would support the country-specific resolutions concerning Burma and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. El Farouq also [...]
2009-10-28 09:15:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL MO
09RABAT879DAY ONE OF RABAT INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The October 28 and 29 Rabat International Forum on Jerusalem brought together senior Quartet and Muslim representatives. Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri opened the conference with a message from King Mohammed VI, calling on the international community to pressure Israel [...]
2009-10-29 13:43:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL IS MO
09RABAT881MOROCCAN FOREIGN MINISTER AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri told the Ambassador that Palestinian President Abbas, position is delicate. His handling of the Goldstone report surprised and angered supporters. Syria was boycotting international meetings because of its anger. Finally, Fassi Fihro again [...]
2009-10-29 16:34:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPAL IR IS SY MO
09RABAT908KING ANNOUNCES BIG CHANGES IN MOROCCAN WESTERN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: King Mohammed VI has announced several significant changes to Morocco's "domestic" policies for the Western Sahara. These include a concerted effort to entice refugees from the Tindouf camps "to repent and return" to Moroccan-controlled Sahara and a five point plan that aims to [...]
2009-11-12 13:35:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PBTS PINS PHUM PREL MO WI
09RABAT932INTER-PARTY POLITICS LEAVES WOMEN BY THE WAYSIDE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Unlike the June communal elections in which, through the aid of a 12 percent quota, women won an unprecedented number of regional and city council seats, female candidates fared poorly in the successive rounds of indirect voting, including for parliament,s upper house election [...]
2009-11-25 14:32:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI KWMN KDEM MO
09RABAT950OECD-MENA MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE, NOVEMBER 23, MARRAKESH
[...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: The November 23 OECD-MENA Ministerial Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, brought government, business, and civil society leaders together to debate policy responses to the global economic crisis as well as government and business climate reforms in the Middle East and [...]
2009-12-04 15:20:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EAID ECON EINV SOCI MO
09RABAT952CIVIL SOCIETY AND G8-BMENA GOVERNMENTS MEET AT SIXTH FORUM FOR THE FUTURE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-04 15:42:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV ECON KMPI XF XT CA
09RABAT967SCENESETTER FOR THE ASSISTANT COMMANDANT OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: General Amos, we welcome you to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and our military and political cooperation is growing. As a result, Morocco has been designated a Major non-NATO Ally. Morocco serves as a regional model for eco [...]
2009-12-10 17:54:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PHUM ECON MARR EAID PBTS MO
09RABAT971FOURTH HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH THE GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Summary: The Mission held its fourth annual Human Rights Dialogue with the Government of Morocco (GOM) on December 1. On the Moroccan side, this year's Dialogue was chaired by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and included representatives from the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and the Ministry [...]
2009-12-11 14:16:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV MO
09RABAT996MOROCCO: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Morocco pursued a comprehensive counterterrorism approach that emphasized vigilant security measures, including international cooperation and to a lesser degree counter-radicalization policies. Evidence gained from Moroccan authorities' disruption of certain groups -- and the common characte [...]
2009-12-21 14:04:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PGOV PREL MO
09RABAT998SCENE SETTER FOR GENERAL WILLIAM WARD, COMMANDER,
[...] (SBU) Summary: General Ward, we welcome you back to Morocco. Morocco has been an exemplary partner in the struggle against terrorism, and our military and political cooperation is growing. As a result, Morocco has been designated a Major non-NATO Ally. Morocco serves as a regional model f [...]
2009-12-22 08:52:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP MARR MASS PREL ECON PGOV PHUM EAID MO
09RANGOON100BURMA: OJEA QUINTANA BRIEFS CHARGE
[...] (C) In a private meeting February 17, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Myanmar Thomas Ojea Quintana agreed with Charge's assessment of Burma's deteriorating human rights situation. His four-point agenda includes the need for legal reform, release of political prisoners, reform of th [...]
2009-02-17 09:01:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON126BURMA'S 2010 ELECTION: UNCERTAINTY PREVAILS AMIDST
[...] (C) One year after the Burmese regime announced parliamentary elections will be held in 2010, nothing is known about the timing of the vote, what rules will govern participation, and who will compete. In the absence of hard facts many potentially key players -- among opposition, pro-regime, a [...]
2009-02-27 12:20:00Embassy RangoonSECRETPGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON153BURMA: ILO TO EDUCATE CEASE-FIRE GROUPS ON FORCED
[...] (C) The local ILO office has reached an agreement with two Karen cease-fire groups to conduct awareness training in areas traditionally off-limits to foreigners. ILO Liaison Officer chief Steve Marshall, who will conduct the training, hopes to reach the same agreement with the Wa ethnic grou [...]
2009-03-11 01:06:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALELAB PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON197BURMA: MLS DIRECTOR MEETING WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL
[...] (C) During a March 24 meeting in Nay Pyi Taw with EAP/MLS Director Stephen Blake and Charge, Burma's Attorney General U Aye Maung asserted the 2010 elections will be "free and fair" and conducted "in accordance with the law." He said his office is responsible for writing the election laws whi [...]
2009-03-31 01:47:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ETRD BM
09RANGOON33BURMA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Per reftel, this is Embassy Rangoon's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement. Preface ------- 2. U.S. Investment Subject to Sanctions: On May 20, 1997, by Executive Order 13047, the President imposed economic sanctions prohibiting new investment by U.S. persons or entiti [...]
2009-01-14 08:32:00Embassy RangoonUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC KTDB USTR ECON EFIN EINV ETRD BM
09RANGOON418BURMA: BAN DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGES; GENERALS DON'T REPLY
[...] (C) During UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's July 3-4 visit to Burma, he met with Than Shwe, PM Thein Sein, several opposition and ethnic leaders, and his UN Country Team. Ban reportedly conveyed a strong message on the need for political and economic reform to the generals. He also visited [...]
2009-07-07 10:22:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON530STATE-RUN MEDIA WARNS AGAINST PROTEST, STEPS UP
[...] (C) In the run up to the 8/8/88 anniversary and the August 11 verdict in the Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) trial, several articles and editorials in the government mouthpiece "New Light of Myanmar" (NLM) sent warnings to pro-democracy groups while simultaneously ratcheting up anti-U.S. rhetoric. [...]
2009-08-14 05:09:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON803BURMA: AUTHORITIES PREVENT HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
[...] (C) Pyay city (Bago Division) Peace and Development Council officials (PDC) in Burma questioned Human Rights Defenders and Promoters (HRDP) leaders Maung Maung Lay and Min Min on December 9 in an effort to thwart HRDP efforts to hold an annual ceremony December 10 commemorating the 61st Inte [...]
2009-12-14 09:52:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM BM
09REYKJAVIK47ICELAND WELCOMES U.S. REENGAGEMENT IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Pol Chief delivered ref A points to Ingibjorg Davidsdottir, Counsellor for Human Rights at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs on 2 March (Note: No MFA officials were available to receive the demarche at an earlier date). Davidsdottir said she was very pleased to hear that the U. [...]
2009-03-04 08:41:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN IC
09REYKJAVIK50 NINTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Embassy point of contact on the trafficking in persons (TIP) issue is Political Officer Brad Evans, tel. +354-562-9100x2294, fax +354-562-9139, unclassified e-mail EvansBR@state.gov. Hours spent on preparation: - Pol Officer (FS 02) 18 hrs - Pol Assistant 50 hrs - DCM 1 hrs T [...]
2009-03-06 16:26:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN ELAB SMIG KTIP KFRD PREF IC
09REYKJAVIK74ICELAND SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Ambassador presented ref A points announcing USG candidacy for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council in a meeting on April 6 with Icelandic MFA Permanent Secretary Benedikt Jonsson. Jonsson said Iceland would "look warmly on" the U.S. entry into the race and took the points on board. [...]
2009-04-17 16:27:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN IC
09RIGA110LATVIA WELCOMES U.S. RETURN TO UNHCR, SHARES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 15:18:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL LG
09RIGA221LATVIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UNHRC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 14:42:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL LG
09RIGA558SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DAS QUANRUD, NOVEMBER 30
[...] (C) Summary: In a time of severe economic crisis and political uncertainty, we remain focused on keeping Latvia actively engaged as a contributing member of the Trans-Atlantic community. Your visit will enable us to underscore and reinforce our key messages: emphasizing the strategic import [...]
2009-11-19 13:48:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON LG
09RIGA563LATVIA WILL ABSTAIN ON ANTI-ISRAEL RESOLUTIONS;
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Off delivered reftel demarche to Sarmite Danne, the Head of the Latvian MFA's International Organizations Division. Ms. Danne said that Latvia also sees the need for more balance in the UN's resolutions regarding Israel and does not want such resolutions to negatively influence t [...]
2009-11-20 15:13:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KPAL IS LG
09RIGA579LATVIA PLANS HRC RUN - BUT NOT UNTIL 2014
[...] (C) Though post considers Latvia a suitable candidate, the GOL will not seek a seat on the UN Human Rights Council in the upcoming elections. They have already mapped out a strategy to run for a seat in 2014 and wish to remain with that plan. Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Maris Klisans [...]
2009-12-04 11:43:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PHUM PREL LG
09RIGA606LATVIA: ETHNIC-RUSSIAN HARMONY CENTER PARTY'S
[...] (C) Summary: The influence of the left-wing, predominately ethnic-Russian Harmony Center (Saskanas Centrs - SC) party is rising. Since its assumption of the capital city's mayoralty in June 2009, SC has consistently outpolled the fractious array of predominately ethnic-Latvian parties in publi [...]
2009-12-21 11:16:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL LG
09RIODEJANEIRO363A/S SHANNON MEETS WITH MRE POLITICAL UNDERSECRETARY GENERAL
[...] (SBU) On October 22, 2009, WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon met with Ambassador Vera Machado, Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs from the Ministry of External Relations (MRE) in Salvador, Bahia, on the margins of the Third Steering Group Meeting for the Joint Action Plan to Elimi [...]
2009-11-09 10:57:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CASC UNSC IR BR
09RIODEJANEIRO388Rio Radar - November 19
[...] (U) Rio Radar is a regular compilation of key economic, political, commercial, and other developments in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, and Sergipe. This week's subjects: NATION-WIDE BLACKOUT 2. (U) On November 10, a massive power outage affect [...]
2009-11-19 14:30:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIEDENRG PHUM ASEC EMIN SENV EIND BR
09RIODEJANEIRO396Media Reaction Rio de Janeiro: Dubious and Risky Diplomatic
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-25 19:46:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR OIIP ETRD XM XR BR
09RIYADH1058SAUDI VOICES OF FEMINISM: RUNNING THE GAMUT FROM
[...] (C) The Saudi male guardianship system is the major impediment to advancing the status of women in Saudi Arabia. Although various women's groups have challenged the system, it has deep roots in Saudi culture and tradition, but very little basis in law, as opposed to regulations or policies. Li [...]
2009-08-16 04:48:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL KWMN PGOV PHUM SA SOCI
09RIYADH1084MOJ DISCUSSES JUDICIAL REFORM, WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND
[...] (SBU) Charge met Minister of Justice Muhammad al-Issa August 19 to discuss issues including a Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) proposal; judicial reform; women's rights; and child marriages. Al-Issa stressed the importance of judicial review and his responsibility to implement judic [...]
2009-08-22 17:15:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH1086MOJ DISCUSSES JUDICIAL REFORM, WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND
[...] (SBU) Charge, accompanied by Poloff and Commercial Attache, met Minister of Justice Muhammad al-Issa August 19 to discuss issues including a Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) proposal; judicial reform; women's rights; and child marriages. Al-Issa stressed the importance of judicial r [...]
2009-08-23 06:43:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH1101SAUDI VOICES OF FEMINISM: RUNNING THE GAMUT FROM
[...] (C) The Saudi male guardianship system is the major impediment to advancing the status of women in Saudi Arabia. Although various women's groups have challenged the system, it has deep roots in Saudi culture and tradition, but very little basis in law, as opposed to regulations or policies. Li [...]
2009-08-26 06:28:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL KWMN PGOV PHUM SA SOCI
09RIYADH1107EDUCATION REFORM AND THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE:
[...] (C) King Abdullah's national dialogue campaign addressing the Saudi population's reluctance to embrace reforms is taking on new forms. Recent episodes of the popular television program "Tash ma Tash" underscore national dialogue is not just an empty slogan but a vehicle that can give courage, [...]
2009-08-26 16:55:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETKISL KWMN PGOV PREL PHUM SA SOCI
09RIYADH1127SAUDI ARABIA: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR ASSISTANCE
[...] (C) In an August 15 meeting with EmbOffs, Director of Naif Arab University for Security Sciences' (NAUSS) International Cooperation Department, Dr. Saker Al-Mokayyad, requested U.S. government assistance in organizing a cyber security workshop and a Voluntary Visitor (VOLVIS) program for a 15 [...]
2009-08-31 15:16:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV PREL PTER SA
09RIYADH1217DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNHRC PRIORITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-15 14:31:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN UNHRC SA
09RIYADH1304ROWDY SAUDI NATIONAL DAY CELEBRANTS TURN TO
[...] (C) The third Saudi National Day celebrations on September 23 fell victim to acts of vandalism and looting of restaurants, cafes, and shops (some of which were U.S. franchised establishments) that caused over a million dollars in damage and resulted in at least several dozen arrests. (NOTE: RS [...]
2009-10-01 16:20:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ASEC SA
09RIYADH1305ROWDY SAUDI NATIONAL DAY CELEBRANTS TURN TO
[...] (C) The third Saudi National Day celebrations on September 23 fell victim to acts of vandalism and looting of restaurants, cafes, and shops (some of which were U.S. franchised establishments) that caused over a million dollars in damage and resulted in at least several dozen arrests. (NOTE: RS [...]
2009-10-02 10:08:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ASEC SA
09RIYADH1342KING FIRES SENIOR CLERIC OVER KAUST CRITICISM;
[...] (C) A member of the country's highest religious body crossed a red line in public comments critical of King Abdullah's newly launched and controversially coed science and technology university, KAUST, and was quickly fired in response. It was the first time that a Saudi king has unequivocally [...]
2009-10-07 17:46:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPGOV PHUM KISL PTER SCUL SA
09RIYADH1402SAUDI SUCCESSION: NAYIF RISING
[...] (C) Saudi Prince Nayif has taken full advantage of the opportunity provided by his March 2009 appointment as Second Deputy Prime Minister to establish himself as the de facto Crown Prince-in-waiting and heir apparent to the Saudi throne. Some observers see Nayif's October trip to Egypt, wher [...]
2009-10-23 09:58:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR PREL SA
09RIYADH1413UNHRC GOLDSTONE ENDORSEMENT WELCOMED IN SAUDI
[...] (C) The U.N. Human Rights Council's endorsement of the Goldstone Report was hailed as a major victory in Saudi Arabia while the USG's decision to vote against the resolution has left many Saudis questioning the USG's commitment to the Middle East peace process and ability to remain unbiased. [...]
2009-10-26 08:53:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH1476DEMARCHE REQUEST ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Polcouns delivered reftel demarche to Saudi MFA Deputy Director for UN Affairs, who confirmed SAG will work within Arab Group consensus for a resolution, rejecting US arguments that it would be counterproductive. Arab governments seek a resolution to avoid the public opinion back [...]
2009-11-04 14:33:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPAL SA IS UNGA
09RIYADH1561SAG ATTEMPTING TO TACKLE HUMAN TRAFFICKING
[...] (SBU) In meetings on October 20 and November 16, President of the Human Rights Commission Dr. Bandar al-Aiban, who chairs the Permanent Committee created to oversee the SAG's anti-human trafficking efforts, confirmed that a formal action plan would be launched in January, including a campaign [...]
2009-11-24 12:36:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH1665FULL BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATIONS FOR SAUDI
[...] Mission Saudi Arabia provides the following expanded background and justifications for its nominations for the President's summit on entrepreneurship (nominees previously submitted ref B). Please note one replacement from our previous submission: Ms. Maria Jamal Mahdaly, who was recently name [...]
2009-12-23 12:13:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID PGOV SOCI XF SA
09RIYADH1671IO/DRL (KESHAP) VISIT BEGINS DIALOGUE ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 19 meeting Deputy FM for Multilateral Affairs, HH Dr. Torki told IO/HR Director Keshap and Senior Human Rights Policy Advisor Ostermeier that the SAG was prepared to consider working with the U.S. on a new approach to the defamation issue in the UN context. Pri [...]
2009-12-27 10:14:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KISL PGOV KDEM OPDC SA
09RIYADH1688TIP RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE SAG - NEXT STEPS
[...] (SBU) As a follow-on to TIP training conducted by DHS at Naif Arab University for Security Sciences (ref A) post plans to present SAG officials with a list of steps recommended to implement the U.S. TIP action plan presented to SAG officials in November 2008. As noted in reftels, Human Rights [...]
2009-12-30 15:46:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH356SAUDI KING SHAKES UP RELGIOUS ESTABLISHMENT, SPURS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Saudi King's 14 February ministerial and other high-level appointments, with major changes in education and the judiciary, reflect his long-term strategy to reduce the influence of reactionary clerics and reform the institutions impeding the Kingdom's modernization through g [...]
2009-02-25 10:45:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH539SAUDIS TO SUPPORT USG CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Charge d'Affaires Rundell and A/DCM Muench delivered reftel demarche April 7 to Deputy Foreign Minister for Multilateral Relations Dr. Prince Torki bin Mohamed al-Kabeer. Prince Torki gave his immediate support for U.S. candidacy for the Human Rights Council. "Of course we'll support y [...]
2009-04-08 14:09:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SA
09RIYADH596SAUDIS PLAN MINIMUM MARRIAGE AGE
[...] KEY POINTS: -- (U) The new Saudi Justice Minister has announced that a "system to regulate child marriages" is under consideration. The Justice Ministry has constituted a committee of scholars to provide advice to the King on a minimum age that would be "best for society." -- (C) Accord [...]
2009-04-21 14:39:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL SA
09RIYADH598SAUDI CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL DOMINATED BY
[...] KEY POINTS AND COMMENT: -- (U) King Abdallah appointed 81 new members to Saudi Arabia's 150-member Majlis Al Shura (Consultative Council) on February 14. --(U) Half of all the members (and 43 percent of the new appointees) studied in the US, and 70 percent have PhDs. -- (C) The new Majl [...]
2009-04-22 04:48:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SA
09RIYADH80THE DILEMMA OF HADI AL-MUTIF
[...] (C) Hadi al-Mutif's blasphemy conviction was reportedly based on an accusation he told a joke that insulted the Prophet Mohammed. Blasphemy is a capital offense under Saudi Islamic law (Shari'ah). 2. (C) Sources inform Post that al-Mutif has been held in a type of "limited" solitary confin [...]
2009-01-13 14:37:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH81SAUDI GOVERNMENT STAYS A STEP AHEAD OF PUBLIC
[...] (C) SILENT PRAYERS: The League of Muslim Scholars, a respected group of regional religious figures, declared Friday, January 9 the "Gaza Day of Anger." As a result, worshippers attended Friday prayers expecting messages about Gaza. Instead, they heard sermons addressing other themes, with Ga [...]
2009-01-13 14:37:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALIS KU PGOV PREL SA
09RIYADH921SAUDI TERROR TRIALS A "WIN" AGAINST TERRORISM AND
[...] (C) On June 8, Saudi Arabia,s special criminal court convicted 330 terror suspects in 179 cases on charges of involvement with Al-Qaeda and "posing a threat to national security." Sentences imposed by the court ranged from house arrest and travel bans to financial penalties and prison terms, [...]
2009-07-14 12:17:00Embassy RiyadhSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PTER SA
09RIYADH935GCC TRADE NEGOTIATIONS DOWN UNDER: STICKING POINTS
[...] (C) At a diplomatic roundtable on free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC),the Australian and New Zealand DCMs expressed fatigue and frustration with their respective experiences. The New Zealand DCM said his government is prepared to pull out after the [...]
2009-07-18 07:10:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALETRD ECIN PREL GCC SA AS NZ JA
09RIYADH984SAUDI ARABIA MOVING TO IMPLEMENT NEW HUMAN
[...] (U) This is an Action Request, see paragraphs 7.B.1 and 7.G.1. SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) Responding to demarche on the TIP Action Plan for Saudi Arabia, an MFA official described recently enacted comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation. Further, the Saudi Council of Ministers al [...]
2009-07-30 11:07:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SA
09ROME1108ITALY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON THE GOLDSTONE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Italian MFA supports the U.S. position on the Goldstone report. The MFA emphasized the importance of the report "staying in Geneva" as part of the debate in the Human Rights Council (HRC). The MFA also hopes the report does not have a negative impact on the peace process. EN [...]
2009-09-28 14:55:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL PHUM PTER KPAL IT
09ROME1299ITALY: RESPONSE FOR REVIEW OF SUSPENSION OF TITLE
[...] (U) This message is post's response to reftel request for updated information necessary for the President's consideration of continued suspension of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. 2. (C) There has been no significant change in Italian relations with Cuba over the past six months. Italy eng [...]
2009-11-25 13:12:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ETTC CU IT
09ROME1339ITALY SUPPORTS US APPROACH ON DPRK UNIVERSAL
[...] (C) Italy agrees with the USG views and suggested questions and recommendations for the upcoming U.N. Human Rights Council's (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the DPRK according to MFA Human Rights Office Director Laura Carpini. Carpini commented that the proposed questions were thorou [...]
2009-12-04 14:04:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM AORC SOCI UNGA IT
09ROME204ITALY: 2008 TIP REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-20 16:09:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM PHUM PREF KWMN KFRD SMIG IT XX
09ROME230ITALY PLEASED WITH U.S. REENGAGEMENT IN UN HRC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 15:59:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL IT
09ROME298ANTARCTIC/ARCTIC EVENT: MFA U/S SCOTTI TO ATTEND FOR ITALY;
[...] Summary and action request. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Under Secretary Vincenzo Scotti will represent Italy at the April 6 ministerial event on Antarctic and Arctic affairs at the Department. Senior working-level MFA Antarctic and Arctic officials are available for consultation by the [...]
2009-03-13 15:56:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDTPHY SENV AORC KSCA PHSA EWWT PBTS IT
09ROME352ITALY: 2008 TIP REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-25 15:52:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KCRM PHUM PREF KWMN SMIG IT
09ROME355ITALY READY TO HELP ON GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEES
[...] (C) Italian Foreign Minister Frattini confirmed to S/WCI Ambassador Williamson March 24 that Italy is ready to help the United States resolve the issue of Guantanamo detainees through resettlement in Italy and advocacy for the U.S. effort within the EU. Frattini advised that there is oppositio [...]
2009-03-26 17:12:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS KISL IT
09ROME378ITALY ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-02 14:06:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL IT
09ROME427U/S BURNS' PARTICIPATION IN G8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS
[...] (U) This message has been cleared by Under Secretary Burns. 2. (SBU) Summary: Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns participated in the second Political Directors meeting of the Italian G8 Presidency in Taormina, Sicily, April 6-7. The Political Directors discussed a [...]
2009-04-14 16:42:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALMNUC PARM PREL PTER AF BM GG IR IT KN PK
09ROME600ITALY ENACTS A TOUGH SECURITY LAW IN RESPONSE TO
[...] (C//NF) During the week of May 18, the parties of the governing coalition finally reached an accord and passed a tough new security law that will allow the GOI to detain irregular immigrants for up to six months, for the first time classifies irregular immigration as a crime, and gives the leg [...]
2009-05-22 14:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREF PREL IT
09ROME686U/S BURNS' PARTICIPATION IN G8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 06:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC PTER AF IR IT KN PK YM
09ROME687U/S BURNS' PARTICIPATION IN G8 POLITICAL DIRECTORS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 06:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MNUC PTER AF BM GG IR IT KN
09RPODUBAI115IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 10,
[...] [S/NF] Reformist MP Khoeni On Future of Reform Movement: Last week former MP (Sixth Majles) Moussavi Khoeni spoke about his experiences as a parliamentarian and his views on reformist participation in the upcoming presidential elections. Turning now to his views on the future of the reformist [...]
2009-03-10 12:21:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM CONS IR AF
09RPODUBAI187IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI: WINDOW ON IRAN - MAY 6,
[...] (S/NF) Election Update - Let's Make a Deal: During a May 5 meeting with IRPO Officers, a Tehran-based businessman who travels regularly to Dubai detailed several important backstories for the upcoming presidential elections. (This contact is a former IRGC officer who was based in Khuzestan du [...]
2009-05-06 13:18:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON IR
09RPODUBAI217IRAN ELECTION SCENESETTER: PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LIST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-20 13:27:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM IR
09RPODUBAI319IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE DUBAI:WINDOW ON IRAN-AUGUST 5,
[...] (S) Endorsement, Inauguration Initiate Ahmadinejad's Second Term: Supreme Leader Khamenei officially endorsed Ahmadinejad for the presidency on August 3 and today Ahmadinejad took the oath of office during his inauguration. Both events have been scrutinized for their clues to the elite infight [...]
2009-08-05 12:41:00Iran RPO DubaiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV ENRG EPET ETRD SOCI IR
09RPODUBAI340IRAN: REGIME STALWARTS TURNS OUT IN FORCE AT JUDICIARY HAIL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. IRIG regime stalwarts showed up in force at an August 17 ceremony to greet the new head of the Judiciary Hojjatoleslam Sadegh Larijani (brother of Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani) and to bid farewell to the previous Judiciary head Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi. This was [...]
2009-08-19 11:47:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IR
09RPODUBAI549IRAN'S ASHURA DAY VIOLENCE BRINGS REGIME TO CROSSROADS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 27 tens of thousands of 'Green Path' oppositionists transformed the 'Ashura' religious holiday into anti-regime and anti-Khamenei demonstrations in cities throughout Iran, triggering the most violent confrontations with security forces since the June 12 presidential ele [...]
2009-12-28 15:36:00Iran RPO DubaiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV IR PREL
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
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
09SANAA2080YEMEN: NOMINATION FOR 2010 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-18 07:03:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM 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
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
09SANAA398UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 10:58:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL YM
09SANAA4GAZA ISSUE STILL SIMMERS IN YEMEN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-04 12:48:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PHUM YM
09SANAA595YEMEN: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-08 13:14:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL 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
09SANJOSE107WHA/CEN DEPUTY DIRECTOR'S VISIT TO COST RICA:
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior MFA official candidly discussed a wide range of regional issues with WHA/CEN Deputy Director David Wolfe during the latter's February 9-11 visit to Costa Rica. Wolfe's interlocutor contrasted Costa Rica's frosty Nicaraguan relations with a warming trend with Panama, and [...]
2009-02-21 00:27:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALCS EFTA KSUM PGOV PINR PREL SNAR
09SANJOSE127 PART 1 OF 2: COSTA RICA'S NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) Part 2 of this report is being sent septel. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (U) The most significant progress the GOCR made since the November 2008 TIP Interim Assessment (Ref A) - and during the reporting period in general - was its February 12, 2009, passage of a Victim and Witness Pro [...]
2009-02-27 22:07:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG KTIP ASEC CS
09SANJOSE128 PART 2 OF 2: COSTA RICA'S 9TH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) This cable is Part 2 of 2 and continues section numbering from Part 1 (septel),in according with TIP reporting instructions. --------------------------------------------- - III. INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION - CONTINUED --------------------------------------------- - E. LAW ENFORCEME [...]
2009-02-27 23:05:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG KTIP ASEC CS
09SANJOSE166DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN
[...] (SBU) On March 6, we delivered reftel points to Linyi Baidal, the MFA's new Deputy Director of Foreign Policy. Baidal "welcomed" the U.S. back as an observer to the UNHRC, and she repeated Costa Rica's view that it was better to work from within the Council (Refs B and C); if not, it left the [...]
2009-03-11 23:52:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL CS
09SANJOSE299DEMARCHE DELIVERED: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN
[...] On April 3 we delivered reftel talking points to MFA Deputy Director of Policy Linyi Baidal and Human Rights Officer Guisella Sanchez. On the eve of Costa Rica's Holy Week vacations, the MFA offered no immediate substantive response. We will continue to follow up with them the week of April 1 [...]
2009-04-13 18:44:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL CS
09SANJOSE322COSTA RICA TO SUPPORT USG HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (SBU) In response to Ref A, and further to Ref B, the MFA informed us on April 16 by diplomatic note of the GOCR's intention to support the USG's candidacy for a seat on the Human Rights Council for the period of 2009-2012. 2. (SBU) COMMENT: GOCR officials have previously urged the USG to [...]
2009-04-17 20:36:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCS PHUM PREL UN
09SANJOSE54COSTA RICA: MINOR DEMONSTRATIONS PROTEST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Costa Rican reaction to the recent violence in Gaza was limited to small demonstrations in front of the Israeli embassy (on January 9) and the U.S. Chancery (on January 20). Although the fighting drew heavy (and mostly anti- Israeli) coverage in the local media, the NGO and [...]
2009-01-29 14:36:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CS KPAL PGOV PREL XF
09SANJOSE651GOCR'S FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES: SICA, UNSC AND A
[...] (SBU) Summary: On July 23, Costa Rican MFA Director of Foreign Policy Alejandro Solano gave a presentation to representatives of the diplomatic corps on Costa Rica's foreign policy priorities over the next six months. Solano focused on Costa Rica's six-month presidency of the Central America [...]
2009-07-31 14:22:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIO KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CS
09SANJOSE937COSTA RICA "MORE OR LESS" FAVORS US POSITION ON
[...] (SBU) Costa Rica is "more or less" in agreement with USG views on the Goldstone Report, according to MFA officials. The GOCR believes that the international community should give Israel's justice system the opportunity to conclude its investigations before recommending any further action be ta [...]
2009-11-03 20:44:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAL PREL PHUM PTER CS
09SANSALVADOR1562008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) The following is post's response to Reftel. The text directly tracks reftel Paragraph 23-27 and relevant subsections. 2. (SBU) Responses to checklist items follow. Note internal paragraph numbering. ------------------------------------------ Paragraph 23 - The Country's TIP Situation [...]
2009-02-20 16:12:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09SANSALVADOR196UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 22:13:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL
09SANSALVADOR205EL SALVADOR ELECTION CABLE: MARCH 9
[...] Summary: This is an update regarding the presidential elections scheduled for March 15. This report covers reports of electoral-violence and a scuffle that injured two journalists. Embassy will send analytical election scene-setter septel. The race remains close and hard-fought. End Summar [...]
2009-03-11 13:27:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ES
09SANSALVADOR351GOES LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. HRC CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 22:36:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL ES
09SANTIAGO1142Santiago Nov. 25 Media Report
[...] Chile provided an answer yesterday to Peru's diplomatic note on the alleged espionage case (All dailies, 11/25). Chile-Peru 2. Chile handed Peru yesterday a diplomatic note responding to Lima's note over allegations of espionage. In its note, Chile objects to the tone of Pe [...]
2009-11-25 16:39:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO14CHILE: NGOS PARTICIPATE IN UNHRC PERIODIC REVIEW
[...] Per reftel, EPolOff surveyed NGO and civil society contacts and learned that several organizations participated in the UN Universal Periodic Review process for Chile. Amnesty International, the Corporation for the Promotion and Defense of People's Rights (CODEPU),and the Humanas Foundation s [...]
2009-01-07 18:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM UNHRC CI
09SANTIAGO187 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 2
[...] Weekend dailies ran extensive coverage on the murder of two Chilean students in Florida last week. Dailies also highlighted that the two-year old daughter of Finance Minister has no apparent neurological damage and was discharged from the hospital. Human Rights Report ------------------- [...]
2009-03-02 19:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO200 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MARCH 4
[...] The opposition in Peru claims the FTA signed by that country and Chile is unconstitutional because it was not approved by Congress. Several Deans criticize private universities that issue law degrees after just three years. U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. Interview with the Chairm [...]
2009-03-04 18:51:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO228BACHELET'S TRIP TO CUBA: TOP OFFICIALS PUT ON A
[...] (C) Summary: Two key foreign policy makers--presidential advisor Marcos Robledo and the MFA's #3 ranked official, Juan Pablo Lira--maintain that President Bachelet's February trip to Cuba was very successful, a contrast to the negative press coverage it received. Bachelet raised human rights [...]
2009-03-11 16:26:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON PGOV CI CU
09SANTIAGO251FOREIGN MINISTER'S SURPRISE DEPARTURE LEADS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley stepped down on March 12 after three years in office in a move that took the public, political insiders, and even his successor by surprise. His departure led to a small wave of other changes as the Chilean Ambassador to the U.S., Mariano [...]
2009-03-16 22:31:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS KPAO CI
09SANTIAGO309VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S MARCH 27 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) March 27, 2009; 6:30 pm ) 7:05 pm; Vina del Mar, Chile. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Joseph Biden, Vice President Antony Blinken, National Security Advisor to the Vice President Brian McKeon, Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President Dan Restrepo, Senior Dire [...]
2009-04-02 15:53:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL ECON PGOV SOCI UY JOSEPH BIDEN
09SANTIAGO344 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 14
[...] As part of an agreement with the Economic Prosecutor's Office, pharmacy chain FASA will be fined US$1 million for collusion with other pharmaceutical chains to hike prices. The agreement excludes FASA from further charges. Dailies also highlighted that the Health Ministry traced the recent o [...]
2009-04-14 18:49:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO361 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - APRIL 16
[...] An elder woman died from bacteria a few days after the Health Ministry warned of an outbreak in Santiago. Dailies also reported on yet another corruption scandal involving Investigations Police (PDI); former PDI official denounced the presence of official cars outside a well-known and expensiv [...]
2009-04-16 21:09:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO452 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - MAY 11
[...] The National Scholastic Test (SIMCE) shows a significant gap between private and public school students, which increases largely during the sophomore year. Dailies also report that pharmacy chains will have to stock 255 generic products, making them available to the public at all times. U.S [...]
2009-05-12 21:50:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO498 CHILE MEDIA REPORT -- MAY 28
[...] Health Authorities have confirmed 168 cases of AH1N1 nationwide and has moved to a new strategy. The disease is showing a very fast pace of contagion and except for two cases, mild symptoms. Dailies also report that former UDI presidential candidate Joaquin Lavin traveled to Caracas to attend [...]
2009-05-28 18:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO523 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - REACTION TO OAS RESOLUTION ON CUBA --
[...] The OAS resolution on reincorporating Cuba received front-page coverage. The media also reported on Chile's 369 cases of AH1N1. Of the seven patients in serious condition, six are from Puerto Montt, in Chile's far south. The Ministry of Health sent a team of experts to determine why the viru [...]
2009-06-04 22:05:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO558 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JUNE 15
[...] Chile has 2,335 confirmed cases of AH1N1, but only two deaths. The Health Ministry informed that it will stop the daily count of cases and will now issue reports only on Tuesdays and Fridays. President Bachelet signed the Health Emergency Decree that empowers the Ministry of Health special mea [...]
2009-06-15 19:39:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO612 CHILE'S CONGRESS: PRIORITIES AND HOPES FOR U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary. The new leaders of both houses of Chile's Congress are interested in strengthening ties with the U.S., and hope to visit Washington in September and re-invigorate the moribund U.S.-Chile Senate Caucus. Electoral reform; transparency and anti-bribery legislation required for OE [...]
2009-07-02 11:21:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KTIA KTIP ELAB CI
09SANTIAGO686 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JULY 22
[...] Health authorities report that Chile has 11,293 cases of AH1N1, and only 68 deaths. The number of cases is beginning to decline in all regions, except two: Arica-Parinacota and Vaparaiso (La Nacion, 7/22). Chile-U.S. ---------- 2. Russian-American mathematician Boris Weisfeiler disappeare [...]
2009-07-22 14:58:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO72 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - JANUARY 22
[...] Chilean dailies highlighted President Barack Obama's first day in office. Front-page coverage also included the case of Chile's retired Air Force (FACH) General Ramon Vega, who was arrested for allegedly receiving illegal payments during the purchase of Belgian fighter jets in 1994. U.S.-R [...]
2009-01-22 16:07:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO768SCENESETTER FOR SOUTHCOM COMMANDER GENERAL DOUGLAS
[...] (C) I would like to warmly welcome you to Chile on August 16-20. Coming shortly after President Bachelet's meeting with President Obama in Washington on June 23-24, your visit is an excellent opportunity to further strengthen military-to-military relations and to encourage Chile to exercise g [...]
2009-08-12 17:44:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV OVIP MASS MARR CI
09SANTIAGO806 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 26
[...] The sale of retail products increased 8.8 per cent in July. The sale of clothing shot up 26.1 and shoes 17.4 per cent, spreading optimism in the business sector (Conservative, independent La Tercera, 8/26). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2. The Kennedy Amendment was the one issue tha [...]
2009-08-26 19:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO810 CHILE MEDIA REPORT - AUGUST 27
[...] The government is considering a constitutional reform to restrict residence visas for Easter Island, based on environmental sustainability. Island leaders, however, want an immediate solution to the problem (Conservative, independent La TErcera, 8/27). U.S.-Related News ----------------- 2 [...]
2009-08-27 19:13:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV ECON PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO840Sept. 8 Santiago Media Report
[...] The rain caused three mudslides in the area of Farellones near Santiago. A woman died and her 2-year old remains missing (All dailies, 9/7). U.S.-Related News ------------------------ 2. Starting tomorrow, the capital of the Second Region, Calama, will be the center of the Des [...]
2009-09-08 21:29:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO843CHILE: Indigenous Conflict Tops Domestic Political Agenda
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indigenous conflict -- particularly between Mapuche and non-indigenous land owners in southern Chile -- has forced itself prominently on to President Bachelet's political agenda following the August 12 police killing of a Mapuche activist. Over the past 20 years, relations between th [...]
2009-09-10 21:36:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI CI
09SANTIAGO850CHILE's UNGA 64 Goals and Objectives
[...] (SBU) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche on UNGA 64 goals and objectives to Ambassador Juan Eguiguren, Director of Multilateral Affairs. Poloffs emphasized the Obama Administration's commitment to re-engagement with the international community and highlighted the following issues: non-prolife [...]
2009-09-10 22:02:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA CI
09SANTIAGO859Scenesetter for Secretary of Commerce Locke's September
[...] (SBU) On behalf of Ambassador Simons, I would like to warmly welcome you to Chile on September 27-29. In hosting the Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF) for the first time outside of the United States, Chile has worked closely with us to strengthen the ACF because it shares with us an awaren [...]
2009-09-23 20:45:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON OVIP CI
09SANTIAGO860CHILE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH SESSION PRIORITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 21:03:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN UNHRC CI
09SANTIAGO865Chilean FM on Honduras, Salitre Military Exercises,
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Fernandez told PDAS Kelly that Chile strongly supports the San Jose Accord to resolve the crisis in Honduras, but noted disagreements in the international community about the most constructive way forward. Chile is trying to ease tensions with Peru, in particula [...]
2009-10-06 20:58:00Embassy SantiagoSECRETPREL PHUM MOPS UNESCO UNHRC CI HO
09SANTIAGO895Chilean Response to USG UNGA Third Committee and Goldstone
[...] (SBU) Poloff and Canadian Second Secretary Meghan Pelton jointly delivered Ref A demarche on UNGA Third Committee priorities to MFA Human Rights Deputy Director Gerardo Ateaga on November 4. Ateaga made the following observations about Chile's priorities and positions in the Third Committee: [...]
2009-11-04 19:26:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PTER IS CI KPAL
09SANTIAGO916Santiago Sept. 25 Media Report
[...] On Wednesday's presidential debate, Eduardo Frei cited a Transparency International (TI) report released the day before which mentions a fine levied by Chile's Securities and Stocks Regulator against Pinera for the use of privileged information to buy LanChile shares in 2006. Yesterday, [...]
2009-09-25 21:33:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTIAGO958Santiago October 5 Media Report
[...] Gas company "Geotermica del Norte" was able to close the leak caused by its exploration activities near El Tatio geyser field in northern Chile on September 8 (All dailies, 10/5). U.S.-Related News ------------------------ 2. Women's National Service (Sernam) Ministe [...]
2009-10-05 21:50:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDECON KMDR KPAO PGOV PREL SNAR EFIN CI
09SANTODOMINGO1408Socialist International Holds Second Council Meeting in the
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-07 16:20:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ECON DR
09SANTODOMINGO268DEMARCHE ON U.S. PARTICIPATION IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] POLCHIEF delivered Reftel talking points on U.S. participation in the UN Human Rights Council to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy Foreign Minister Alejandra Liriano took our views on board but had no immediate reply. We will report any subsequent Dominican response. (U) Please visit [...]
2009-03-04 12:57:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM DR
09SANTODOMINGO278TIP REPORT 2009 Q SUBMISSION FROM EMBASSY SANTO DOMINGO,
[...] (U) This constitutes Embassy Santo DomingoQs initial submission and response to ref A for the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) annual report. Post may add information if/as GODR officials or other sources provide any further details. Per ref A paragraph 1, the following is submitted in resp [...]
2009-03-06 10:45:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF DR
09SANTODOMINGO315CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM - JUDICIARY IN PLAY,
[...] (C) Summary: Although the President's 2/27 Independence Day speech ran for two hours, regarding constitutional reforms he noted merely that the government's proposed changes will "strengthen" the judiciary. It is far from clear that that will be the case, given the analysis of FINJUS, a majo [...]
2009-03-16 12:09:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR PREL DR
09SANTODOMINGO4ANNUAL OSAC CRIME/SAFETY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-02 20:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CASC DR KSAC
09SANTODOMINGO481UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY DEMARCHE:
[...] On April 22, the Charge delivered Reftel demarche on the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council to Deputy Foreign Minister Trullols (the Foreign Minister was traveling). Trullols said that he would pass the U.S. diplomatic note and "commitments and pledges" to the Foreign Minister imm [...]
2009-04-23 16:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM DR
09SANTODOMINGO514DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SUPPORTS U.S. FOR UN HUMAN
[...] (SBU) In a diplomatic note received on April 28, the Foreign Ministry informed Post that the Dominican Republic will vote in favor of the U.S. candidacy for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. Post's translation of the note follows. The full text will be sent by e-mail to WHA/CAR. Begin t [...]
2009-04-29 18:46:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM DR
09SANTODOMINGO706GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES DOCUMENTATION INITIATIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following on the heels of a proposed plan to regularize undocumented foreigners, the GODR hosted the conference "Migratory Policies and Experiences in the Regularization Process" on June 10 and 11. Although the initial presentation and much of the discussion during the two-day [...]
2009-06-22 15:20:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF DR
09SAOPAULO189Media Reaction Sao Paulo - Africa: Sudan, Darfur violence,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 11:16:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP KPAO XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO393MEDIA REACTION: - WESTERN HEMISPHERE: HONDURAS, COUP; SOUTH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-07 14:59:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR OPRC OIIP XM XR XF BR
09SAOPAULO662SAO PAULO ACTIVISTS DESCRIBE AFRO-BRAZILIAN CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Key human rights and antidiscrimination contacts spoke with visiting Equal Employment and Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Acting Chairman Stuart Ishimaru October 20 in the run-up to the Joint Action Plan Against Racism (JAPER) meeting in Salvador October 21. While all saw improvem [...]
2009-11-10 17:04:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI SCUL EAID KPAO ELAB BR
09SAOPAULO684MEDIA REACTION: AHMADINEJAD VISITS BRAZIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-23 20:33:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP OPRC KMDR BR XM XR
09SAOPAULO720LAUNCH OF SAO PAULO MONTHLY HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR SWEEP
[...] Summary: The following is the first in a new monthly series summarizing human rights and labor developments in the Sao Paulo Consular District (i.e. the states of Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul and Mato Grosso do Sul) not covered in broader reporting. POLICE DETAIL [...]
2009-12-15 17:38:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV BR PHUM ELAB SOCI EAID KPAO KCRM
09SARAJEVO1088BOSNIA - DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 13:45:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL BK
09SARAJEVO1108BOSNIA: DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) Post offers the following answers to questions from para 15 of reftel. The Post point of contact on diaspora issues will be Patrick Hanish. A) To what extent are diasporans from your host country an identifiable community? Are there existing diaspora networks, organizations or online [...]
2009-09-18 10:12:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL BA
09SARAJEVO1184BOSNIA: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON THE GOLDSTONE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-16 06:28:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAL PHUM PREL PTER IS BK
09SARAJEVO1391BOSNIA: NEGATING THE "DEFAMATION OF RELIGION"
[...] (SBU) We believe the best way to get Bosnian support for our position on &Defamation of Religion8 votes (reftel) is to stress that Bosnia should change its voting behavior because it aims to become an EU country, a tolerant multi-ethnic democracy and a fully functional state that can present [...]
2009-12-21 14:27:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PREL BK
09SARAJEVO1433BOSNIA: ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY
[...] (SBU) Bosnian Muslims (Bosniaks) constitute the most numerous of the three constituent peoples in BiH and the majority group in the Federation of BiH and capital city Sarajevo. Given that the three constituent groups (Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats) are divided along ethnic-religious line, one of [...]
2009-12-31 10:10:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KISL KPAO PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI BK
09SARAJEVO180BOSNIA - SUBMISSION FOR THE 2009 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: This cable constitutes Post's submission for the 2009 TIP report for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Post's point of contact for trafficking issues is Poloff Patrick Hanish, tel: 387-33-445-700 x2312, fax: 387-33-659-722, e-mail: HanishPN@state.gov. Time spent preparing the repo [...]
2009-02-12 12:05:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09SARAJEVO181BOSNIA - SUBMISSION FOR THE 2009 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: This cable constitutes Post's submission for the 2009 TIP report for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Post's point of contact for trafficking issues is Poloff Patrick Hanish, tel: 387-33-445-700 x2312, fax: 387-33-659-722, e-mail: HanishPN@state.gov. Time spent preparing the repo [...]
2009-02-12 13:44:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF KTIP AADP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN
09SARAJEVO183BOSNIA - BRCKO AMENDMENT PASSES COUNCIL OF
[...] (SBU) The Council of Ministers (CoM) on February 12 approved the proposed constitutional amendment on Brcko (Reftel),the last step before its introduction into Parliament. All Ministers voted in favor except for Foreign Minister Alkalaj and Human Rights and Refugees Minister Halilovic, both [...]
2009-02-12 15:41:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KDEM BK
09SARAJEVO373BOSNIA - STATE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE CONTINUES TO
[...] (C) The State Prosecutor's Special Department for Organized Crime (SDOC),under the leadership of USG-funded secondee Drew Engel, the Deputy Chief Prosecutor and head of SDOC, made inroads in the fight against organized crime, financial crimes, and corruption in 2008. This includes using cas [...]
2009-03-25 06:15:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID ECON PREL KCRM BK
09SARAJEVO439ACTION REQUEST: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) Poloff contacted Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) MFA's Head of the Department for UN and Other International Organizations, Ms. Sanja Kenig-Corovic, regarding USG candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council on April 1. Ms. Kenig-Corovic had no substantive response to the talking points provide [...]
2009-04-08 05:09:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL BK
09SARAJEVO573BOSNIA - FY 2009 JULIA TAFT REFUGEE FUND PROPOSAL
[...] (SBU) Per reftel A, Post is pleased to submit a project proposal for the FY 2009 Julia Taft Refugee Fund. Embassy Sarajevo, working in consultation with the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) State Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees, the Federation Ministry of Human Rights and Refugee Issues, t [...]
2009-05-07 12:18:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV BK
09SARAJEVO610BOSNIA - RSNA DECLARES "TRANSFERRED COMPETENCIES"
[...] (SBU) On May 14, the Republika Srpska National Assembly (RSNA) concluded its April 23 debate on competency transfers (Reftel) and adopted a set of conclusions that, in effect, declared (erroneously) that 65 "competencies" had been illegally transferred from the RS to the state. Only in three [...]
2009-05-15 12:37:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL PHUM KDEM MARR EU BK
09SARAJEVO670BOSNIA: RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
[...] (SBU) Post delivered points per reftel to Sanja Kenig-Corovic, the Bosnian MFA's Head of Department for the UN and Other International Organizations. Kenig-Corovic advised that representatives from the European Commission, Sweden, and the Czech Republic (representing current and future EU Pr [...]
2009-06-05 07:05:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREL BK
09SARAJEVO76BOSNIA - BIDDING FOR 2010-2011 UNSC SEAT
[...] (U) We received the following diplomatic note from the Bosnian Ministry of Foreign Affairs about Bosnia's interest in being elected to the UN Security Council, and have added our comment on this request below: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina presents its compliment [...]
2009-01-16 16:59:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC BK
09SARAJEVO804REPUBLIKA SRPSKA DELEGATES BLOCK ADOPTION OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 18, 2009, the Republika Srpska (RS) delegates in the House of Peoples of the BiH Parliament (BiH HoP) rejected a proposed Revised Strategy for implementation of Annex VII (dealing with returns of displaced persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina) and returned it to the Counci [...]
2009-07-07 07:36:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF PREL BK
09SARAJEVO922BOSNIA - EXTENDING THE PRESENCE OF INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. We are reaching a critical point in our and the international community's efforts to extend the presence of the international judges and prosecutors working at the State Court and the State Prosecutor's Office. The Coun [...]
2009-07-29 14:34:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KCRM KJUS ASEC BK
09SCTION08OF09NAIROBI809KIBAKI ADDRESSES OPENING OF PARLIAMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-24 12:05:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAGR SENV KE UG
09SECTION0QF05HANOI297SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN'S VISIT TO VIETNAM
[...] (SBU) Your April 6-8 visit to Vietnam comes at an opportune moment. Our bilateral relationship with Vietnam has progressed much since your last visit to Hanoi in April 2000 and is arguably at its highest point since relations were normalized in 1995. Propelled by a series of senior bilateral [...]
2009-03-31 07:58:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD MARR VM
09SECTON02OF02BRUSSELS579EU REACTION TO BURMA POLICY REVIEW UPDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 19:33:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ETRD BM EUN
09SEOUL1022SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-29 05:28:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1097SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 07:13:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1134SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 06:25:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1210SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; July 31, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-31 06:15:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1218SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 03, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-03 06:19:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1241SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN'S VISIT TO KOREA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: CODEL Berman, welcome to Korea. The alliance between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea (ROK) is strong, enduring, and strategically important. Your visit follows the successful June 16 U.S.-ROK Presidential Summit and adoption of the Joint Vision Statement. The Joint Vision Statem [...]
2009-08-06 06:45:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KS KN
09SEOUL1255SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 10, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-10 04:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1277SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 12, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-12 06:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1284SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 13, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 06:05:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1285SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 06:05:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
09SEOUL1308SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 14, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-14 07:03:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1326SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 19, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-19 08:21:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1344SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 21, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-21 08:04:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1363SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; August 25, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-25 08:09:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1455ROKG PRIORITIES FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SESSION
[...] (U) We delivered reftel points on U.S. priorities for the UN Human Rights Council's 12th Session to Chun Hye-ran, Deputy Director of MOFAT's Human Rights and Social Affairs Division. With regard to the USG goal of getting a more balanced resolution on freedom of expression, Chun said the R [...]
2009-09-11 08:30:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN UNHRC
09SEOUL1634ROKG RESPONSE TO GOLDSTON REPORT
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on 10/15 to Chun Hye-ran of MOFAT,s Human Rights and Social Affairs Division reiterating the U.S. position on the Goldstone Report and requesting ROK support at the October 15-16 Human Rights Council Special Session. Chun had no substantive comment but p [...]
2009-10-15 09:19:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKS KN PGOV PHUM PREL IS KPAL
09SEOUL1739SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 2, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-02 08:13:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1811SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 16, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-16 08:16:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL1818SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; November 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 06:51:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL240PRESS BULLETIN - February 17, 2009
[...] Welcoming Clinton (JoongAng Ilbo, February 16, 2009, Page 31) 2. "Hillary! Hillary!..." (Chosun Ilbo, February 17, 2009, Page 30) 3. Leader Parties While His People Starve (Dong-a Ilbo, February 17, 2009, Page 31) 4. Even Two Years after Feb. 13 Agreement, Pyongyang Still Engages in Trick [...]
2009-02-17 08:23:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL26PRESS BULLETIN - January 6, 2009
[...] "International Community Should Speak with One Voice about Gaza Situation" (Seoul Shinmun, January 6, 2009, Page 31) 2. Obama Diplomacy and Goldilocks' Rule (Hankyoreh Shinmun, January 6, 2009, Page 30) Features 3. Delayed Relocation of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division (Dong-a Ilbo, Ja [...]
2009-01-06 07:24:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL269PRESS BULLETIN - February 23, 2009
[...] Alliance Reaffirmed (JoongAng Ilbo, February 21, 2009, Page 26) 2. Effects of Sino-U.S. Relations (JoongAng Ilbo, February 23, 2009, Page 30) 3. Clinton Says, "The U.S. and the ROK Agree on North Korean Issue" (Chosun Ilbo, February 21, 2009, Page 27) 4. Pyongyang Should Not Dare to Igno [...]
2009-02-23 09:48:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL332NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SOUTH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-03 08:28:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKS KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09SEOUL339PRESS BULLETIN - March 4, 2009
[...] The USTR, in a report delivered to Congress last week, said that the Bush Administration left a legacy of numerous pending free trade agreements and negotiations and that the Obama Administration will conduct extensive outreach and discourse with the public on whether these agreements appropria [...]
2009-03-04 08:50:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PGOV PREL MARR ECON KS US
09SEOUL456SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 23, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 08:04:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL469ROK: UN HRC DRAFT "DEFAMATION" RESOLUTION STILL
[...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Human Rights and Social Affairs Division told Poloff on March 24 that the ROK had not yet decided how it would vote on the upcoming UN Human Rights Council resolution on "Combating Defamation of Religions." The draft resolution was still b [...]
2009-03-24 07:58:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF KS
09SEOUL492SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 27, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-27 07:45:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL502SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 30, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-30 07:16:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL516SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; March 31, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-31 08:25:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL525SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 1, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-01 07:35:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL543ROK SUPPORTS U.S. UNHRC MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Human Rights and Social Affairs Division Second Secretary Jung Jin-ho told Poloff that the ROKG looked favorably upon U.S. candidacy for membership in the UN Human Rights Council. As New Zealand had dropped out of the running, Jung noted, [...]
2009-04-03 07:34:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KS
09SEOUL581SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; April 9, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-09 07:30:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL62 NORTH-SOUTH RHETORIC: A YEAR OF CHILL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The rapid deterioration in inter-Korean relations since conservative Lee Myung-bak was elected as ROK President just over a year ago was probably inevitable given LMB's commitment to change the ground rules of inter-Korean relations which had been painstakingly established over th [...]
2009-01-13 08:05:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KS KN
09SEOUL627ROKG REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR U.S. UN HRC MEMBERSHIP
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel diplomatic note and human rights pledge to the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MOFAT) Human Rights and Social Affairs Division on April 16. Second Secretary Jung Jin-ho reaffirmed the ROKG's "unconditional support" for U.S. membership in the UN Human Ri [...]
2009-04-16 07:54:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KS
09SEOUL641ROK IN SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN HRC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-20 07:57:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN KS
09SEOUL745SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 11, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-11 07:32:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL854SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; May 29, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-29 07:01:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL877SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 3, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 06:58:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL893SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 5, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 06:37:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL907SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 9, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 06:56:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL910U.S.-ROK-JAPAN POLICY PLANNING TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 2-3, 2009 visit to Seoul for U.S.-ROK-Japan Trilateral Policy Planning Talks, Policy Planning (S/P) Director Anne-Marie Slaughter was told by Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan that China was changing its views on what to do about North Korea, "but too slowly, and too [...]
2009-06-10 02:52:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON KS JA KN
09SEOUL965SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 17, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-17 07:18:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SEOUL973SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; June 18, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 07:13:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
09SHANGHAI122SHANGHAI AUTHORITIES ON TRANSPORTATION SECURITY, IPR AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a February 15-18 visit to Shanghai, a delegation of 11 U.S. Senate Finance Committee staff members and 4 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials engaged representatives from Shanghai Customs, Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau (CIQ),China Shi [...]
2009-03-17 07:58:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CH CVIS ELTN ETRD EWWT KIPR PREL
09SHANGHAI233CODEL PELOSI ENGAGES U.S. BUSINESS COMMUNITY IN SHANGHAI
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 25 breakfast meeting hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai (AmCham) and U.S.-China Business Council (USCBC),over 70 U.S. business representatives discussed energy/environment-related business opportunities in China, U.S. competitiveness, intellectual [...]
2009-05-26 00:39:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ENRG PREL PHUM KIPR OVIP PELOSI NANCY CH
09SHANGHAI246S/P DIRECTOR SLAUGHTER DISCUSSES NORTH KOREA, G2, INTERNET,
[...] (C) Summary: During her visit to Shanghai May 28-31, Director of Policy Planning (S/P) Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter met with Shanghai academics, the local business community, and Shanghai Expo Bureau officials. The scholars said China is upset by recent North Korean provocations and will likely [...]
2009-06-03 02:05:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EIND EINT CH KN KS JA PK
09SHANGHAI368ZHEJIANG ACTIVISTS ON POLITICAL ANNIVERSARIES, SOCIAL
[...] (C) Human rights activists in Zhejiang Province told PolOff they currently enjoy relative freedom of movement following restrictions during the June 4 period, but they predict much tighter controls in the run-up to the 60th anniversary of the PRC in October. The activists remain concerned abou [...]
2009-08-20 08:28:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI CH
09SHANGHAI41EXPECTATIONS FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA AND THE FUTURE OF
[...] (C) Summary: Shanghai scholars view U.S.-China relations the past eight years in a positive light and do not expect big changes under President Obama, though they admit they know little about the new President. They emphasize the need for bilateral cooperation on the global financial crisis b [...]
2009-01-21 02:24:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD CH PHUM PINR TW
09SIFIEDABUJA1673NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-11 12:17:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL NI PHUM UN UNHRC
09SINGAPORE1063SINGAPORE WILL FOLLOW CASE-BY-CASE APPROACH TO
[...] (C) Embassy officers previewed the expected Third Committee resolutions as outlined in reftel and made a preliminary request for Singapore's support to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organisations Directorate Deputy Director Daryl Sng on October 27. Though Singapore is familiar wi [...]
2009-11-02 09:26:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN SN
09SINGAPORE1185DAS MARCIEL MEETS SINGAPORE MFA ASEAN DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) and Ambassador to ASEAN Scot Marciel discussed U.S.-ASEAN relations with MFA ASEAN Director Kwok Fook Seng during a visit to Singapore December 9. Singapore will support U.S. efforts to include businesses in the 2010 ASEAN trade ministers visit to [...]
2009-12-10 09:38:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SN
09SINGAPORE237SINGAPORE LOWERS HOPES FOR ASEAN HUMAN RIGHTS BODY
[...] (C) Summary: The planned Human Rights Body (HRB) of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will remain a "work in progress" for several years, Singapore's MFA and two former ASEAN Secretaries-General said March 11. ASEAN has not publicly released the draft terms of reference (TOR [...]
2009-03-17 10:17:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV SN
09SINGAPORE315SINGAPORE WILL SUPPORT U.S. BID FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) In response to reftel points, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organisations Directorate informed PolOff April 3 that Singapore will support the United States in its candidacy for membership of the Human Rights Council. Samuel Myat San of the United Nations and Legal Issues Br [...]
2009-04-03 10:34:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SN
09SINGAPORE862SINGAPORE IS UNSUITABLE FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Post has contacted the United Nations and Legal Issues Branch of the International Organisations Directorate in Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to determine whether Singapore would consider running for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights [...]
2009-09-08 10:06:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL IR
09SKOPJE170MACEDONIA ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-15 09:04:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN MK
09SKOPJE293MACEDONIA: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING
[...] (U) In response to the request for information on Macedonia's commitment to human rights and fundamental freedoms for the OSCE's annual Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (reftel),Post offers the following summary of concerns and progress in areas of democratic development and human rig [...]
2009-06-23 09:11:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL OSCE KDEM
09SKOPJE300 MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI AGREES TO KEY JUDICIAL REFORMS
[...] (SBU) At post's urging, PM Gruevski has agreed to a string of key reforms in Macedonia's justice sector, many of which should become public within days. Among these reforms are detainee access to an attorney, public access to court proceedings and rulings, public proceedings of the Judicial an [...]
2009-06-24 12:34:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MK
09SKOPJE332MACEDONIA: DANGEROUS DRIFT?
[...] (C) PM Gruevski's government continues a very mixed performance. He and his closest cronies continue to engage in highly questionable practices on government tenders and in squeezing EVN, the Austrian-owned electricity distributor. Substantial judicial reform lags, but Gruevski has directed t [...]
2009-07-10 13:50:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MK
09SKOPJE383MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on July 31 to Sanja Zografska-Krteska, MFA Deputy Head for Multilateral Affairs, and Nikolina Staleska, MFA Counselor for OSCE and Council of Europe. Zografska-Krteska thanked PolOff for sharing USG views on progress/concerns in areas of human rights a [...]
2009-08-07 11:41:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KDEM OSCE MK
09SKOPJE452MACEDONIA: UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Svetlana Geleva and Deputy Director for Multilateral Affairs Sanja Zografska-Krteska on September 10. Geleva reported that due to budget shortfalls, she, as a MFA's main UNGA subject matter expert, would not be att [...]
2009-09-11 16:23:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UNGA XA XB XD XF XG XS XM XL MK
09SKOPJE514MACEDONIA: GRUEVSKI INSISTS ON PROGRESS IN
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) PM Nikola Gruevski continued to closely monitor and insist on judicial reform in an October 15 meeting with OSCE and the Embassy. While progress has been made on some reforms, most have not been fully implemented, despite promises made by Justice Minister Mihajlo Manevski in Jun [...]
2009-10-27 16:05:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MK
09SKOPJE672009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR MACEDONIA
[...] SUMMARY: During the reporting period the GOM continued to show a strong commitment to combating trafficking-in-persons (TIP) and participated in cross-border operations and other international activities directed at identifying and eliminating human trafficking. High-ranking GOM officials took [...]
2009-02-13 14:52:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM KCRM KTIP KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB MK
09SOFIA27 BULGARIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Bulgaria: A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Bulgaria has put in place a liberal foreign investment regime, including low, flat corporate and income taxes and competitive incentives to attract high levels of foreign investment. Prom [...]
2009-01-20 15:14:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
09SOFIA585BULGARIA: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-14 14:28:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL BU
09SOFIA695ASSESSMENT OF BULGARIA'S CANDIDACY TO THE UN HUMAN
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Rakovski Lashev, the head of the Human Rights Unit at the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 2. Lashev thanked us for the proposal saying Bulgaria would closely consider it and provide a formal position at a later date. On December 3 we rec [...]
2009-12-09 14:51:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPHUM REL KDEM
09SOFIA88BULGARIA: 2008 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria is primarily a point of origin and transit, and to a lesser degree destination for human trafficking. The government's leading anti-trafficking agency - the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Persons (the Commission) - stepped up its prevention campaigns a [...]
2009-02-27 10:54:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU
09STATE100316HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, SEPTEMBER 2009 SESSION:
[...] Background. A draft resolution on "Elimination of Discrimination Against Women," introduced by Colombia and Mexico, is being discussed at the September 2009 session of the Human Rights Council (HRC). The latest draft of the resolution, dated September 24, calls for appointment of an Indepe [...]
2009-09-26 00:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC SIPDIS PHUM HRC KWMN SOCI UN
09STATE10088OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GEORGIA
[...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the February 5, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States has noted with concern press reports that Russia plans to open three military bases in the Abkhaz reg [...]
2009-02-04 14:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE RU GG
09STATE101042GUIDANCE: ADOPTION OF UNSC RESOLUTION ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Resolution on Sexual Violence in Conflict to be adopted on September 30 (para 2). USUN should also seek out co-sponsors for the resolution. USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the Resolution to the Department p [...]
2009-09-28 23:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PHUM PREL CG KWMN
09STATE102047INSTRUCTION: HRC RESOLUTION ON THE FINANCIAL
[...] The Department authorizes USDEL to join consensus, and deliver the explanation of position below, on the resolution entitled "Follow up to the 10th Human Rights Council Special Session (Resolution 10/1) on the impact of the global economic and financial crisis on the universal realization and [...]
2009-10-01 00:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM
09STATE102548REVISED INSTRUCTION: HRC RESOLUTION ON THE
[...] Per RefB, the Department authorizes USDEL to join consensus, and deliver the explanation of position below, on REV1 of the resolution entitled "Follow up to the 10th Human Rights Council Special Session (Resolution 10/1) on the impact of the global economic and financial crisis on the universa [...]
2009-10-01 22:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM
09STATE10420SIERRA LEONE: TALKING POINTS FOR FEBRUARY 9 UNSC
[...] USUN may draw from the talking points in para 2 for the February 9 UN Security Council debate on Sierra Leone. It is separately requested that USUN meet with the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone(UNIPSIL) Executive Representative Michael von Schulenberg (who will [...]
2009-02-04 22:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SL XA XY
09STATE104212A/S BRIMMER'S SEPTEMBER 29 MEETING WITH ISRAELI
[...] SUMMARY. A/S Brimmer met with Israeli Permanent Representative to the United Nations Gabriela Shalev on September 29 on the margins of the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA). Shalev was accompanied by Deputy Permanent Representative Daniel Carmon, Mr. Amir Weissbrod, and Mrs. Keren Shahar Ben-Am [...]
2009-10-06 21:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA
09STATE104723BRAZIL'S UNGA PRIORITIES: A/S BRIMMER'S SEPTEMBER
[...] SUMMARY. IO Assistant Secretary Esther Brimmer met with Brazilian Director-General for International Organizations Carlos Duarte on September 24 to discuss a wide range of multilateral issues, including peacekeeping, human rights, the Alliance of Civilizations, Brazil's non-permanent seat on t [...]
2009-10-07 21:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PREL
09STATE104726MEXICO ON UNSC REFORM AND HUMAN RIGHTS: A/S
[...] SUMMARY. A/S Brimmer met with Mexican Under Secretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights Juan Manuel Gomez Robledo on September 24 on the margins of the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA). The discussion focused primarily on UN Security Council (UNSC) reform and human rights. END SUMMARY. [...]
2009-10-07 21:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PREL
09STATE104740VOTING INSTRUCTION: ISAF RENEWAL RESOLUTION
[...] (U) This is an action request: The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the UN Security Council resolution in paragraph 2 regarding the International Assistance Force in Afghanistan on October 8, 2009. USUN is authorized to provide U.S. co-sponsorship of the resolution. Post should [...]
2009-10-07 23:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL NATO AF
09STATE105341EGYPT'S UNGA PRIORITIES: A/S ESTHER BRIMMER'S
[...] SUMMARY. A/S Brimmer met with Egyptian UN Director Naela Gabr on September 22 on the margins of the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA). The discussion focused on gender issues,the Middle East Safeguards resolution,food security,human rights, UNESCO Director-General election and the UNESCO. END S [...]
2009-10-08 21:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PREL
09STATE105354CCIT TOPS INDIA'S UNGA PRIORITY LIST: A/S
[...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. SUMMARY. A/S Brimmer met with Indian Joint Secretary for UN Political Affairs Asith Kumar Bhattacharjee on September 23 on the margins of the 64th UN General Assembly (UNGA). The discussion focused on India's UN priorities for the coming yea [...]
2009-10-09 00:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PREL
09STATE105941UN SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENSION OF MINUSTAH
[...] This is an action request. USUN should vote in favor of the resolution below, extending the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) until October 15, 2010. Begin text. The Security Council, Reaffirming its previous resolutions on Haiti, in particular its resolution [...]
2009-10-11 21:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO HA
09STATE106423URGENT DEMARCHE REQUEST ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph three. 2. (SBU) Summary. South African Jurist Richard Goldstone submitted his report on conflict in Gaza to the Human Rights Council (HRC) on September 15. After negotiating with the United States to reshape an initial, one-sided Pales [...]
2009-10-14 05:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL
09STATE106424Guidance: Middle East Consultations, October 14
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from para two elements when making its intervention during the Middle East debate in the Security Council on October 14. The Department may send follow-on instructions revising these elements in order to capture the nuance of the evolving situatio [...]
2009-10-14 05:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IS KPAL
09STATE106805OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: TURKMENISTAN,S PERENNIAL
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the October 15, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States wishes to join the EU in expressing its regret that the Government of Turkmenistan, once again, chose not to partic [...]
2009-10-14 20:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL TX
09STATE106818OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO AMBASSADOR
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the October 15, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States joins other delegations in welcoming you, Ambassador Remler, and in thanking you for your comprehensive report. [...]
2009-10-14 21:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV MD
09STATE10706HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING
[...] (U) The Department has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the member of the Iraqi Security Forces listed below. Department strongly suggests that visa applications for the individual be filed with as much t [...]
2009-02-05 19:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09STATE107284OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: CONTINGENCY STATEMENT ON
[...] (U) Post is authorized to draw from the following statement at the October 15 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council if the Tagliavini Report is raised. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. We note that the report cited today was produced by an independent commission whose findings are so [...]
2009-10-15 20:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MOPPS OSCE PREL AF
09STATE108921ACTION REQUEST: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THIRD
[...] SUMMARY: The United States has a full agenda for the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee session (covering human rights-related issues) and will need the support of capitals to win key votes on resolutions on the human rights situations in Iran, Burma, and DPRK, as well as certain them [...]
2009-10-21 18:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN
09STATE108975MGGV01: GUINEA MONITORING GROUP SITUATION
[...] (SBU) Traffic and commercial activity remain at normal levels. The majority of schools are open, although the French and American schools remain closed. The Embassy has a two-and-a-half week supply of fuel and has topped off residential tanks. (MGGV01/Embassy Conakry telcon and e-mail) [...]
2009-10-21 19:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT GV
09STATE109013GUIDANCE: UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON KUWAITI PROPERTY
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the following building blocks during October 22 consultations regarding repatriation by Iraq of missing Kuwaitis and Kuwaiti property, including the Kuwaiti national archives. 2. (SBU) Begin building blocks: -- I would like to begin tod [...]
2009-10-21 20:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE109024OSCE: RESPONSE TO LITHUANIAN FM USACKAS
[...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the October 22, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. We warmly welcome you to the Permanent Council, Mr. Minister. As Chairman of the Council of the Baltic Sea States, you have see [...]
2009-10-22 00:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV LI
09STATE109027UNMIT UN SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE REMARKS, OCTOBER
[...] This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. Summary and action request: On October 23, 2009, the UN Security Council will hold a debate on the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT). The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for UNMIT, Atul Khare, will brief [...]
2009-10-22 00:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO TT
09STATE109388U.S.- EU TROIKA DISCUSS DEVELOPMENTS IN ASIA
[...] (U) Summary: EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell chaired the East Asia and Pacific session of the U.S.- EU Consultations on Asia (COASI) Troika in Washington, DC on September 11, 2009. Topics discussed included the U.S. overall approach to Asia, followed by North Korea, Burma, China, and [...]
2009-10-22 19:18:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINS PREL
09STATE109397ACTION REQUEST: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THIRD
[...] SUMMARY: The United States has a full agenda for the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Third Committee session (covering human rights-related issues) and will need the support of capitals to win key votes on resolutions on the human rights situations in Iran, Burma, and DPRK, as well as certain them [...]
2009-10-22 19:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UN
09STATE110438USUN INSTRUCTION: COTE D'IVOIRE SANCTIONS
[...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the adoption of the resolution (text in para 2) that will renew the UNSC Cote d'Ivoire sanctions regime and extend the mandate of the Group of Experts for an additional 12 months. Delegations are not expected to make statements [...]
2009-10-26 23:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KTFN PGOV PHUM PINS PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE110916U.S.-EGYPTIAN STRATEGIC DIALOGUE: NEXT STEPS
[...] (U) Classified by: NEA Acting A/S Ronald Schlicher. E.O. 12958, Reasons: 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY. The structure of the Strategic Dialogue provides a framework within which to highlight and address major areas of bilateral, regional, and multilateral coordination with the Govern [...]
2009-10-27 20:23:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PHUM EG KDEM ECON PARM XA
09STATE110970GUINEA: UNSC ADOPTION OF PRST
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) on Guinea to be adopted on October 28 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the PRST to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Begin text: The Secu [...]
2009-10-27 22:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
09STATE110980UN MISSION IN SUDAN: USUN TALKING POINTS FOR
[...] This is an action request. USUN may draw from the points in paragraph 2 during consultations before the Security Council on the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) scheduled for October 28, 2009. 2. I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report and SRSG Qazi for his briefing. The U [...]
2009-10-27 22:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO UNSC SU
09STATE11119OAS PERMANENT COUNCIL MEMBERS DECRY VENEZUELA
[...] (U) Summary: During the Organization of American States' (OAS) regular Permanent Council meeting on February 4, seven countries spoke out about the January 30-31 synagogue attack in Caracas (see reftel). Five countries, including the United States, decried anti-Semitism in the hemisphere, d [...]
2009-02-06 18:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KIRF PGOV PREL ASEC VE IS OAS
09STATE111454OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT OF
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on October 29. Begin text: Madam Chair, We would like to thank you, Ambassador Lenarcic, for your comprehensive statement. The United States strongly supports ODIHR, which has earned it [...]
2009-10-28 22:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KDEM OSCE
09STATE111457OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON MURDER OF
[...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the October 27 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair The United States was shocked and profoundly saddened by the brutal murder of Ingushetian opposition and member of a government human rights co [...]
2009-10-28 22:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PGOV PHUM PREL RU
09STATE111461OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RELEASE OF THE 2009
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on October 29. Begin text: Thank you Madam Chair. On Monday, October 26, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton transmitted to the United States Congress the 11th annual Report on Internatio [...]
2009-10-28 22:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE
09STATE111464OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE REPORT
[...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the October 29, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States warmly welcomes Ambassador Vollebaek back to the Permanent Council and thanks him for his thorough and tho [...]
2009-10-28 22:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE UP RS KV MK KZ HU LO GG
09STATE112727RESPONSE TO THE OFFICE OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER
[...] Action request: Mission Geneva is requested to convey to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR),the text of the letter in paragraph 3. This is in response to Mr. Ibrahim Wani's letter of July 10, 2009, requesting input from the United States on Human Rights Council Re [...]
2009-11-02 15:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNHCR
09STATE112828DEMARCHE REQUEST ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph three. 2. (SBU) Summary. On September 15, South African Justice Richard Goldstone released the report of his fact-finding Mission into alleged violations of human rights and international humanitarian law in the fighting between Hamas [...]
2009-11-02 17:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL
09STATE114010OSCE: RESPONSE TO THE CHAIRMANSHIP,S PERSONAL
[...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the November 5, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States welcomes the Chairmanship's Personal Representatives for Tolerance, Ambassador Adil Akhmetov, Mr. Mario Mauro and [...]
2009-11-04 22:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV
09STATE114035GREAT LAKES: TALKING POINTS FOR NOVEMBER 9 UNSC
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the points in paragraph 2 below for the Great Lakes UN Security Council (UNSC) consultations on November 9. 2. Begin talking points: -- We appreciate the efforts over the past year of the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy to the Gr [...]
2009-11-05 00:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNSC AF
09STATE114497INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTE AGAINST "FOLLOW UP OF THE
[...] (SBU) This cable is an action request for the United States Mission to the United Nations in New York (USUN) to call for a vote, if necessary, and vote against the resolution entitled "Follow up of the Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict (Goldstone Report) [...]
2009-11-06 01:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UN IS
09STATE115229DRAFT UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON SOMALI
[...] Action Request: USUN is instructed to share the draft resolution in paragraph 2 with the members of the Security Council, and to report reactions to the Department. End request. 2. Begin text of draft UN Security Council 1846/1851 renewal resolution: -- The Security Council, -- i. R [...]
2009-11-06 22:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
09STATE115929GUIDANCE: PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS DEBATE, NOV. 11
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see Paragraph 3. 2. (U) Mission may draw on the building blocks at paragraph three for the November 11 Security Council high-level debate on the protection of civilians. 3. (SBU) Begin Building Blocks: Mr. President, It is now over ten-years si [...]
2009-11-10 16:49:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC
09STATE116119VOTING INSTRUCTION FOR SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) This is an action request: The Department requests USUN to co-sponsor and vote in favor of the UN Security Council resolution in paragraph 2 regarding the Protection of Civilians scheduled for Council adoption on November 11, 2009. Post should seek additional guidance from the Departmen [...]
2009-11-10 20:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNSC
09STATE116271BUILDING BLOCKS FOR NOVEMBER 16 UNSC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-11 00:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE116273USUN INSTRUCTION: U.S. IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSC
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to submit the U.S. implementation report found in para 4 below to the UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning Sudan. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. The strategic o [...]
2009-11-11 00:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE116787OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GENEVA TALKS
[...] (U) Post is authorized to make the following statement at the November 12, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States appreciates the joint coordination of the November 11 Geneva discussions on security and stability arrangements in G [...]
2009-11-12 20:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV GG
09STATE117021GUIDANCE FOR USUN FOR THE SECURITY COUNCIL JOINT
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3, 4 and 5. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (U) On Friday, 13 November, the Chairman of the 1267 (Al-Qaeda/Taliban) Sanctions Committee (Austrian PermRep Thomas Mayr-Harting),the Chairman of the Security Council Committee establish [...]
2009-11-13 01:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE118318LRA: TALKING POINTS FOR NOVEMBER 17 UNSC
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the points in paragraph 4 below for the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) UN Security Council (UNSC) consultations on November 17, with a goal of setting the scene for additional consultations about the upcoming renewal of the MONUC mandate. [...]
2009-11-17 11:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNSC AF
09STATE118799OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS
[...] (SBU) Posts are requested to approach the highest appropriate officials in host governments in pursuit of the following objectives: -- a reduction in the overall number of one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions on the Middle East; -- the defeat of three resolutions reaffirming the "Com [...]
2009-11-17 23:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE
09STATE11916GEORGIA - GUIDANCE FOR FEBRUARY 10 SECURITY
[...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during the UN Security Council consultations on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia scheduled for February 10, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: -- The United States would like to thank the Secretary General for his [...]
2009-02-10 00:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL GG
09STATE119321OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the November 19 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States warmly welcomes President Soares back to the Permanent Council and thanks him for his insightful report. The Parliam [...]
2009-11-19 00:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL OSCE
09STATE119650BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during the UN Security Council debate on Bosnia and Herzegovina scheduled for November 23, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: Thank you, Mr. President, I would like to welcome back to the Council Prime Minister Sp [...]
2009-11-19 20:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PGOV PREL BK
09STATE119805INSTRUCTION: JOIN CONSENSUS ON UNGA 3C RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 00:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM AORC SOCI UNGA
09STATE120323Guidance: Middle East Consultations, November
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from para two elements when making its intervention during the upcoming Middle East consultations in the Security Council on November 24. 2. (SBU) Begin elements: I thank Under Secretary-General Pascoe for his report. Advancing the cause of [...]
2009-11-21 03:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IS KPAL
09STATE120799OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: LOOKING TO ATHENS
[...] (U) Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the November 24, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States is deeply committed to this organization, and to the principles and commitments enshrined in the He [...]
2009-11-24 00:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL OSCE
09STATE120835ACTION REQUEST - SEEKING CANDIDATES FOR UN HUMAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 11:27:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM
09STATE121303UNSC DRC SANCTIONS CONSULTATIONS
[...] USUN may draw from the points in para 3 below during the consultations on 25 November, regarding the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) sanctions regime, which includes an arms embargo and an asset freeze and travel ban for individuals and entities designated by the Security Council Commit [...]
2009-11-24 22:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC
09STATE121333GUIDANCE: ADOPTION OF UNSC RESOLUTION RENEWING
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the U.S. drafted UN Security Council Resolution renewing UNSC resolutions 1846 and 1851 to be adopted on November 30 (para 2). USUN should also seek out co-sponsors for the resolution. USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the Resolution [...]
2009-11-24 23:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM KPIR SO XA XW
09STATE121855USUN VOTING INSTRUCTION: UNSC DRC SANCTIONS AND
[...] This is an action request. USUN may vote in favor of the adoption of the resolution (text in para 2) to renew the UN Security Council sanctions regime on the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the mandate of the Group of Experts for one year. The UNSC DRC sanctions regime includes an [...]
2009-11-25 23:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC
09STATE121856RESPONSE TO SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS SCHEININ, NOWAK,
[...] This is an action request: Mission Geneva is requested to transmit the response of the United States Government in paragraph 3 to the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism Scheinin, the Special Rapporteur on tor [...]
2009-11-25 23:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM UNCHR
09STATE122079UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW: INSTRUCTIONS TO SUBMIT
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST FOR GENEVA: This cable is an action request for Mission Geneva to share U.S. views and suggested questions and recommendations (sent REF) for the upcoming UN. Human Rights Council's (HRC) Sixth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Session, to be held November 30 - December 11, 200 [...]
2009-11-27 16:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL
09STATE122227GUIDANCE FOR USUN FOR 30 NOVEMBER ARRIA-STYLE
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. On November 30, the Mexican Permanent Representative to the United Nations will host an Arria-style meeting (in which members of the Security Council gather informally to be briefed by independent experts about matters of international [...]
2009-11-27 22:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PTER UNSC
09STATE122629A-BR ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION
[...] (SBU) During the week of 7-12 December, the deeply problematic "combating defamation of religions" resolution, which seeks to undermine established human rights of freedom of religion and expression, will come to the plenary session at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for a final vote. This r [...]
2009-11-30 20:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUN PHUM UNGA
09STATE122637B-K ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION
[...] (SBU) During the week of 7-12 December, the deeply problematic "combating defamation of religions" resolution, which seeks to undermine established human rights of freedom of religion and expression, will come to the plenary session at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for a final vote. This r [...]
2009-11-30 20:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUN PHUM UNGA
09STATE122638K-P ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION
[...] (SBU) During the week of 7-12 December, the deeply problematic "combating defamation of religions" resolution, which seeks to undermine established human rights of freedom of religion and expression, will come to the plenary session at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for a final vote. This r [...]
2009-11-30 20:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUN PHUM UNGA
09STATE122639PH-UL ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON
[...] (SBU) During the week of 7-12 December, the deeply problematic "combating defamation of religions" resolution, which seeks to undermine established human rights of freedom of religion and expression, will come to the plenary session at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for a final vote. This r [...]
2009-11-30 20:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUN PHUM UNGA
09STATE122641V-Y ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 20:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM UN
09STATE123222THE PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE WAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The President will announce his decision on the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan in an address to the nation from the United States Military Academy at West Point on December 1 at 8:00 p.m. eastern standard time. This cable contains information which we hope will be us [...]
2009-12-02 01:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AF PK
09STATE124856ACTION REQUEST: DEMARCHE ON GOLDSTONE FOURTH
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) The November 5 UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution on the Goldstone Report recommended that the Government of Switzerland convene a conference of the High Convening Parties to the Geneva Conventions on "measures to enforce" th [...]
2009-12-07 13:15:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM IS UNHRC UN KPAL
09STATE125208UN SECURITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 8 THEMATIC DEBATE ON
[...] This is an action request. USUN may draw from the statement in paragraph 2 for the UN Security Council thematic debate on Drug Trafficking in West Africa on December 8. USUN is also instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) on Drug Trafficking to be [...]
2009-12-07 23:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA XY UNCND UNIDCP SNAR
09STATE126174OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO OSCE/ODIHR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-09 21:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AF
09STATE126211OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SPECIAL
[...] (U) Post is authorized to make the following statement at the December 10, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chair. It is a pleasure to welcome you to the Permanent Council today, Special Representative Biaudet. Your report bears witn [...]
2009-12-09 23:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KTIP OSCE
09STATE126218OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on December 10. Begin text: Madam Chair, Today, December 10, is International Human Rights Day, which marks the 61st Anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Universal Declarati [...]
2009-12-09 23:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KDEM OSCE
09STATE127434GUIDANCE FOR CONSULTATIONS ON UNSCR 1540
[...] (U) This is an action request, see para 3. USUN may also leave para 6 points as a non-paper. 2. (U) Background: Security Council member Mexico, in its capacity as Vice Chairman of the 1540 Committee, is leading the Committee Working Group currently focused on finalizing an outcome docum [...]
2009-12-13 22:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC
09STATE128278BURUNDI: USUN GUIDANCE FOR ADOPTION OF BINUB
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Resolution extending the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office in Burundi (BINUB). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the Resolution to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. End act [...]
2009-12-16 00:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA BY
09STATE128320FORWARD THINKING TO NEGATE "DEFAMATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-16 03:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC
09STATE128322MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY TO FOREIGN MINISTERS
[...] This is an action message. Please deliver the following message from the Secretary to your host country foreign minister. The Department does not plan to release the text of the message, but has no objection if the host government wishes to do so. There will be no signed original. 2 [...]
2009-12-16 03:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL PHUM
09STATE12835OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON NEW
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the February 12, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin Text: Mr. Chairman, At the Madrid Ministerial meeting in 2007, the United States welcomed the selection of Kazakhstan as Chairman in Office for 2010. At that ti [...]
2009-02-11 21:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ
09STATE128420FY 2010 OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS BILL AND INITIAL DOS
[...] This is the third cable providing fiscal year (FY) 2010 Department of State financial operating guidance. This ALDAC specifically concerns the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (H.R. 3288). 2. The Congress has passed, and the President is expected to sign into law, the Department of S [...]
2009-12-16 15:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AFIN AMGT KICA
09STATE12857OSCE GUIDANCE: PERMANENT COUNCIL DECISION TO
[...] Post is authorized to join consensus on permanent council draft decision 5 of 2009 (PC DD/5/09) which extends the Permanent Council's decision number 861 of 19 August 2008. The text of the draft decision should read substantively along the lines of the following: "Decides to extend until 30 J [...]
2009-02-11 22:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL GG
09STATE128597OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON THE DENIAL
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the December 17, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, The United States is disappointed that a judicial panel of the Almaty District Court refused to review the conviction of human [...]
2009-12-16 19:04:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL KZ
09STATE128748OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO BELARUSIAN
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the December 17 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna, should Belarusian Foreign Minister Martynov address the Council. BEGIN TEXT: Thank you, Madam Chair. The United States welcomes Foreign Minister Martynov to the Permanent C [...]
2009-12-16 22:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KDEM OSCE BO
09STATE129239SUDAN: BUILDING BLOCKS FOR DECEMBER 21 DEBATE ON
[...] (SBU) USUN may draw from the points and questions in paragraph three for the December 21 Security Council briefing and debate on the Mbeki Report. The U.S. aims to support the objectives of the Mbeki report, but also point out that some of the Mbeki Report's recommendations may not advanc [...]
2009-12-18 02:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL PHUM SU XA XW
09STATE129643CAR: INSTRUCTIONS FOR ADOPTION OF UNSC PRST
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) on the Central African Republic. USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the PRST to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. End action request. 2. Begin text: Th [...]
2009-12-18 22:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCT PREL PGOV PHUM PINR
09STATE132155MESSAGE TO JUNTA ON JUSTICE FOR 28 SEP AND
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (S/NF) Background: According to sensitive reporting (Ref A),acting president of the Guinean junta, General Sekouba Konate, has assessed that junta leader Captain Dadis Camara is physically unable to resume his duties. Th [...]
2009-12-30 23:31:00Secretary of StateSECRETPINS PREL PHUM PGOV EAID GV
09STATE14035(U) Deputy Secretary Steinberg's February 11,
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Steinberg and UK Ambassador Sheinwald met on February 11 for 40 minutes. On Afghanistan, the Deputy Secretary said the USG was reviewing its policy and wanted to develop a strategy that was sustainable. He cautioned against the UK proposal to push back Afgha [...]
2009-02-14 02:17:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV UK
09STATE14899APPROVED BUILDING BLOCKS FOR CONSULTATIONS ON
[...] (U) USUN should draw from the building blocks in para 2 during consultations on Burma in the Security Council on Feburary 20 and with the Group of Friends on February 23. 2. (SBU) Following are Department and NSC-approved building blocks. BEGIN BUILDING BLOCKS -- A year and half has pa [...]
2009-02-18 18:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNSC BM
09STATE16169ENGAGING WITH LIBYA ON AFRICAN UNION ISSUES
[...] (U) Action requested - please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) The Department read with great interest ref A on obstacles to success and opportunities for engagement with Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi in the wake of his election as Chair of the African Union (AU) . While some African heads of state [...]
2009-02-20 23:22:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV XA AU LY
09STATE16188DEMARCHE REQUEST TO NATO ALLIES AND UKRAINE TO
[...] (U) This is an action request to encourage NATO Allies and Ukraine to support the continuation and expansion of the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I). NATO's Assistant Secretary General (ASYG) Martin Howard just completed a productive round of meetings in Baghdad, where he outlined NATO conce [...]
2009-02-21 00:18:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ
09STATE16361DEMARCHE REQUEST TO NATO ALLIES AND UKRAINE TO
[...] (U) This is an action request to encourage NATO Allies and Ukraine to support the continuation and expansion of the NATO Training Mission-Iraq (NTM-I). NATO's Assistant Secretary General (ASYG) Martin Howard just completed a productive round of meetings in Baghdad, where he outlined NATO conce [...]
2009-02-23 13:17:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS NATO PREL IZ
09STATE17235UNMIT ADOPTION, FEBRUARY 26, 2009
[...] Decides to extend the mandate of UNMIT until 26 February 2010 at the current authorized levels; 2. Urges all parties in Timor-Leste, in particular political leaders, to continue to work together and engage in political dialogue and consolidate peace, democracy, rule of law, sustainable soci [...]
2009-02-25 00:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO TT
09STATE17313DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY
[...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, February 25, 2009 2. (U) Iraq - Paragraphs 7-9 3. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 10-13 4. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 14-31 5. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 32-40 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents - Paragraphs 41-52 7. (U) Iraq [...]
2009-02-25 04:59:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC
09STATE17751OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GEORGIA AND
[...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the February 26, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States commends OSCE, EU, and UN coordination of the February 17-18 round of Geneva talks, and welcomes the [...]
2009-02-25 23:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PGOV PREL GG
09STATE17766POINTS FOR OPEN DEBATE ON UNSCR 1830 (UNAMI)
[...] (U) USUN should draw from the points in para 2 during the open debate on UNSCR 1830 (UNAMI) in the Security Council on February 26. 2. (SBU) Begin points: ------- General ------- -- The end of the MNF-I mandate on December 31 of last year marked a new beginning for Iraq and its rela [...]
2009-02-26 02:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE18259GUIDANCE FOR OSCE BRIEFING TO UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during the OSCE briefing to the UN Security Council scheduled for February 27, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: I would like to welcome the Chairwoman-in-Office and thank her for her comprehensive overview of the p [...]
2009-02-27 00:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL GG
09STATE18279UNMIT ADOPTION, FEBRUARY 26, 2009
[...] This is an action request. USUN should vote in favor of the resolution text below, extending the mandate of the UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) until February 26, 2010. Begin text. The Security Council, Reaffirming all its previous resolutions and statements on the situat [...]
2009-02-27 02:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO TT
09STATE18863URGENT DEMARCHE: THREATENED INDIAN PEACEKEEPER
[...] (SBU) The Department requests Embassy Kinshasa seek a meeting as soon as possible with President Kabila to urge him to issue a statement in support of the Indian peacekeeping contingent in the UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC). The Department similarly requests Embassies Brussels, London and Pari [...]
2009-02-27 23:45:00Secretary of StateSECRETKPKO PREL PHUM UNSC CG IN
09STATE18883AFGHANISTAN - UNAMA GUIDANCE
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. In response to reftel, and per interagency decision, the Department authorizes USUN to communicate to officials at the UN and relevant Permanent Missions in New York that the U.S. Government does not support reconfiguration of the current UN Assistance Mission [...]
2009-02-28 01:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AF MARR
09STATE19334OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON BELARUS
[...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the March 5 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Madam Chairwoman, The United States welcomed the August 2008 release of Belarusian political prisoners, including former Presidential candidate Alyaksandr Kazulin. We a [...]
2009-03-03 14:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PHUM KDEM BO
09STATE19781OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SERBIA HEAD
[...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the March 5 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you as well, Ambassador Urstad, for your comprehensive and balanced report. We agree that Serbia continues to take positive steps along t [...]
2009-03-03 22:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PBTS GG RS
09STATE1985DEMARCHE: URGING THE EU TO DELAY APPROVAL OF THE
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) Summary. Department requests action addresses to urge host governments and EU officials at the highest appropriate levels to withhold approval of the EU-Syrian Association Agreement. The EU and the Syrian government (SARG) initia [...]
2009-01-08 21:36:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL EU SY
09STATE19922USUN INSTRUCTION: SOMALIA SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
[...] This is an action request. USUN is requested to seek from the Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia an exemption to the arms embargo on Somalia established by the Security Council in resolution 733 (1992). 2. BEGIN LETTER In accordance with paragraph [...]
2009-03-04 13:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XW UNSC
09STATE20375URGING EGYPT NOT TO RUN A FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
[...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Department has learned through our Mission in Geneva that Egypt is planning to run a freedom of expression resolution at the March session of the Human Rights Council, which started on March 2. Canada, the traditional sponsor of the resolution, has already requested that E [...]
2009-03-04 22:48:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN EG
09STATE2046MEK FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION (FTO)
[...] (U) This is an action request for Embassies Baghdad, Paris, London, USEU Brussels and Ottawa. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. In response to the MEK,s July 2008 petition requesting a review of the organization,s designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO),the Secr [...]
2009-01-08 23:27:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR FR EUN
09STATE23333P3 + UNITED NATIONS MEETING ON SOMALIA IN LONDON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The United Kingdom (UK) Foreign and Commonwealth Office reached out to invite us to this P3 United Nations (UN) meeting on Somalia one day prior to the two-day International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia meeting commencing in Brussels. Discussion topics included recent politi [...]
2009-03-12 13:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID OVIP PGOV PREL SO KPKO
09STATE23624RESPONSE TO UK IRAN SANCTIONS ROUNDUP
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/REL UK) The U.S. would like to provide the following information in response to questions from HMG regarding recent actions against Iranian proliferation-related entities. ------------------- [...]
2009-03-12 19:25:00Secretary of StateSECRETKNNP MNUC IR GM UK EFIN ECON XG XT
09STATE25568UN MISSION IN LIBERIA: SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) The Security Council will hold consultations on Liberia on March 19, 2009. USUN may draw on the talking points in paragraph 3 for the U.S. delegation's remarks. 2. (SBU) SRSG Loej will brief on the recommendations on drawdown of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) contained in the Febr [...]
2009-03-17 23:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO LI
09STATE26035OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO REPORT OF
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on March 19. Begin text: Madam Chairwoman, Thank you, Ambassador Lenarcic for your comprehensive report. The United States strongly supports ODIHR, which has earned its place as a key i [...]
2009-03-18 19:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KDEM OSCE
09STATE26714ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER SPEAKS WITH BASIL
[...] (C) Summary: On March 18, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Boucher met with Sri Lankan Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa regarding the humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka. He pressed Rajapaksa to halt the continuing Sri Lankan Army shelling of the safe zone and empha [...]
2009-03-19 21:45:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM PREL CE
09STATE26720SOMALIA: UNSC PRESS STATEMENT
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council press statement on Somalia to be adopted on March 20 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the press statement to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Begin statement: The mem [...]
2009-03-19 21:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL SO XA XW
09STATE26744INSTRUCTION TO CO-SPONSOR RESOLUTION ON ARBITRARY
[...] (U) Action Request: Mission Geneva is authorized to co-sponsor the resolution on Arbitrary Detention in the United Nations Human Rights Council,s 10th Regular Session. Mission should seek guidance from the Department if the substance of the resolution changes. 2. (U) Begin Text: The Hum [...]
2009-03-19 23:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UN
09STATE27625AFGHANISTAN-VOTING INSTRUCTION FOR UNAMA MANDATE
[...] (U) This is an action request: The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of and co-sponsor the following UN Security Council resolution regarding the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA),to be considered by the Council on Monday, March 23, 2009. Mission should seek additional g [...]
2009-03-23 16:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAF MARR PREL
09STATE28833PROMOTING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) This is an action message (see paras 7-8). 2. (SBU) Summary: The United States has nominated Dinah L. Shelton for a seat on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Shelton is a professor of international law at The George Washington University Law School and an expert [...]
2009-03-25 20:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL OAS XM CA IAHRC
09STATE28850GUIDANCE: MIDDLE EAST CONSULTATIONS, MARCH 25
[...] (SBU) This is an action message. USUN is authorized to draw from the elements in paras 2 and 4 below as a basis for its participation in Security Council consultations on the Middle East scheduled for March 25, and for its public statements on the consultation. 2. (U) Elements for presenta [...]
2009-03-25 20:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL IS LE SY KPAL
09STATE30049(U) Secretary Clinton’s March 24, 2009
[...] Classified by Acting EAP A/S Alexander A. Arvizu. Reason: 1.4 (d) 2. (U) March 24; 1:00 p.m.; Washington, DC. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Charge d'Affaires Dan Clune Dr. Anne-Marie Slaughter, S/P Glyn Davies, EAP PDAS Robert Wood, Acting Spokesman Joseph Macmanus, Executive Assista [...]
2009-03-28 02:24:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL AS PK AF CH
09STATE31102REQUESTING SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) As announced by the President on March 27, the United States Government has concluded its Afghanistan- Pakistan Strategic Review (Ref A). The conclusions of the Strategic Review -- informed by consultations with the Governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan, NATO Allies, International Secur [...]
2009-04-01 00:55:00Secretary of StateSECRETNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF
09STATE31175ACTION REQUEST: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] This is an urgent action request for all diplomatic posts. Note specific action requests for Wellington (paragraph 4),Tel Aviv (paragraph 5),and for friendly countries on the Council or that are running for a seat on the Council (paragraph 3). The United States has decided to seek election [...]
2009-04-01 09:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL
09STATE31650OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON IED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-01 21:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM GG RU OSCE
09STATE31658OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON
[...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the April 3 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On April 8, we will celebrate International Roma Day, an opportunity to call attention to the history, experiences, and human rights of Europe's [...]
2009-04-01 21:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PBTS GG RS
09STATE32134NONPAPER ON REVISED UN MANDATE FOR GEORGIA
[...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. In response to reftels and meetings in Tbilisi, Washington and New York with UN officials, the Department requests that action addressees share the ideas below with MFA officials at the appropriate level to solicit their input. With input from Quad allies and t [...]
2009-04-02 19:30:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALGG PHUM PREL UNC
09STATE32299QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON U.S.-RUSSIA SECURITY
[...] The text below has been approved by the National Security Council for use by Posts in response to press and host government queries regarding the April 1 meeting between President Obama and Russian President Medvedev. Please note that background information should be used only to inform posts [...]
2009-04-03 00:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDRS US PARM KACT KNNP MARR MNUC PTER
09STATE33583GEORGIA - GUIDANCE ON U.S. RESPONSE TO UN
[...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. In response to reftel A, the Department has reviewed the March 26, 2009 UN-drafted paper on the future presence of the UN in Georgia. While interagency discussions regarding U.S. policy towards the UN's presence in Georgia have not concluded, Post should inform [...]
2009-04-07 00:25:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL GG
09STATE34127GUINEA-BISSAU: INSTRUCTION FOR ADOPTION OF UNSC
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Presidential Statement on the Guinea-Bissau to be adopted on April 8 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the PRST to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Begin text: The Sec [...]
2009-04-07 23:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SNAR PU XA XY
09STATE35243SECRETARY CLINTON'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN
[...] (U) Classified by Acting EUR Assistant Secretary Marcie Ries for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) April 6, 2009, 3:30 - 4:00, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. ---- The Secretary EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Judy Garber OES Deputy Assistant Secretary Dave Balton Acting [...]
2009-04-10 02:51:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM NATO EAID PARM KNNP SENV
09STATE35495JOINT COOPERATION COMMITTEE TERMS OF REFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Washington agencies and Embassy Baghdad have completed the Terms of Reference for the four Joint Cooperation Committees charged with implementing the Strategic Framework Agreement. Final texts of each TOR (Law Enforcement and Judicial Cooperation, Economic and Energy Cooperation, Service [...]
2009-04-10 14:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EAID SCUL SOCI TSPL IZ
09STATE3778GUIDANCE: PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS, REMARKS FOR
[...] USUN may draw from the following remarks during an January 14 open debate regarding the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict. Guidance regarding a draft PRST on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict will follow septel. 2. Begin suggested remarks: Mr. President: On behalf [...]
2009-01-14 18:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNSC
09STATE39134GEORGIA - ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE ON REVISED UN
[...] (C) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. Department requests USUN share the attached non-paper (see para 3) outlining language for a new mandate for the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) with UN SRSG Verbeke, UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Alain Le Roy, and UN Under Secretary-General [...]
2009-04-20 19:29:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL GG
09STATE3936OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE CIO
[...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council in Vienna on January 15. Begin text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We are honored to welcome Foreign Minister Bakoyannis to the Permanent Council as the Chairman in Office for 2009. The United States supports the ob [...]
2009-01-14 23:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS GG OSCE
09STATE3955GUIDANCE: PRST ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS,
[...] This is an action request. USUN may join consensus on a PRST on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, associated with the January 14 open debate regarding the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, with text as in para 2. Suggested remarks for the open debate have been sent sep [...]
2009-01-15 00:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UNSC
09STATE39633(U) The Secretary's April 20, 2009 Meeting with
[...] (U) Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) April 20, 2009, 10:45 - 11:10, Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Secretary Clinton EUR PDAS Marcie Ries Spokesman Robert Wood S Staff Joseph Macmanus NSC Western Europe Director T [...]
2009-04-21 19:36:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMARR EAID PREL PGOV PHUM NATO SOCI KWMN
09STATE39788MESSAGE FROM SECRETARY CLINTON TO DR. KINGA
[...] The Department requests that post deliver, as soon as possible, the following diplomatic note from Secretary Clinton to the Minister for Foreign Affairs Kinga Goncz. There will be no signed original. 2. Begin text: Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your note No. [...]
2009-04-22 01:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUN HU OPDC PREL
09STATE40115OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON THE
[...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the April 23 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States would like to call attention to the April 14 statement of the High Commissioner on National Minorities in which he expres [...]
2009-04-22 15:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV GG
09STATE40403GUIDANCE FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE ON
[...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during the UN Security Council thematic debate on Children and Armed Conflict scheduled for April 29, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: -- Secretary Espinosa, Mr. President, thank you for hosting today,s debate on [...]
2009-04-22 20:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC GG PHUM PREL
09STATE41489COTE D'IVOIRE: UN SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS,
[...] USUN may draw on the points in paragraph 2 for the April 28 Security Council consultations on UNOCI and the political situation in Cote d'Ivoire. Talking points on sanctions are also included. 2. Begin points: --The United States welcomes Ambassador Choi, and thanks him for his briefi [...]
2009-04-24 18:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPKO MARR IC
09STATE4297APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 25. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels January 26-27. We expect the formal agenda to include: Western Balkans, Sudan/Darfur, Zimbabwe, Ukraine [...]
2009-01-15 20:33:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEUN PREL PGOV ZL AF SU ZI UP BO
09STATE43165OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SPECIAL
[...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the April 30 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. It is a pleasure to welcome you to today,s meeting, Ambassador Christopoulos. We appreciate your ongoing efforts to facilitate long-term, pea [...]
2009-04-29 12:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDGG MO OSCE PGOV PREL
09STATE43262CHILDREN AND ARMED CONFLICT - GUIDANCE ON PRST
[...] (U) This is an action request. The Department instructs USUN to join consensus on the following PRST on Children and Armed Conflict scheduled to be adopted by the Security Council on April 29, 2009. 2. (U) Begin text: Â [...]
2009-04-29 14:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC GG PHUM PREL
09STATE44005SOMALIA: AF ACTING ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations Secretary-General (UNSYG) Ban Ki-Moon convened an international donors conference in Brussels, Belgium, from April 22 to 23 under the joint auspices of the African Union (AU),European Union (EU) and the UN to solicit contributions to support the Transitional Fed [...]
2009-04-30 17:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID OVIP PGOV PREL SO KPKO
09STATE45229U.S.-EU TASK FORCE READOUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY The U.S.-EU Task Force covered a range of priority economic, political, and other issues during an April 27 meeting in Washington. The U.S. team was led by PDAS Ries and NSC Director Toby Bradley, and included other Department and interagency attendees. The EU team was led by [...]
2009-05-04 21:48:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON ENRG ETRD IR PGOV PREL TBIO
09STATE45238INSTRUCTIONS TO SUPPORT UNITED NATIONS HUMAN
[...] (SBU) This cable is an action request for Mission Geneva to support a UN Human Rights Council (HRC) special session to discuss the human rights situation in Sri Lanka. Please see paras. 3-4. End summary. OBJECTIVE --------- 2. (SBU) To hold a special session in the UN HRC to discuss [...]
2009-05-04 22:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UN CE
09STATE45889OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON GEORGIA
[...] Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the May 7, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Last week I declared "wholly unwelcome" the April 30 agreement allowing the stationing of Russian border guards along the administrativ [...]
2009-05-06 12:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV GG
09STATE45995OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HEAD OF
[...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the May 7, 2009 meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council: Begin Text: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ambassador Tesoriere, welcome back to the Permanent Council and thank you for your comprehensive report on the situation in Kyrgyzstan and t [...]
2009-05-06 16:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KG
09STATE46263OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: KAZAKHSTAN INTERNET DRAFT
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the May 7 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madame Chairwoman, The Internet is a powerful tool for information exchange and free expression that we believe has generally furthered the social and cultu [...]
2009-05-06 21:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OSCE KPAO PHUM PREL KZ
09STATE46284OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO HEAD OF
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the May 7 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Welcome to the Permanent Council, Ambassador Robbins, and thank you for your insightful report. The United States regrets that little ha [...]
2009-05-06 21:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV BK
09STATE4659UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON
[...] This is an action request. USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the UN Security Council resolution that will provide a logistics support package to the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM),and expresses the UN Security Councils intent to hold a separate vote no later than June 1, 2009 [...]
2009-01-16 17:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO
09STATE48450OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON THE
[...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council in Vienna on May 14. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Rising intolerance and extremism characterized by incidents of discrimination and violence against ethnic and religious minorities in the OSCE re [...]
2009-05-12 20:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM OSCE PREL
09STATE48478OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO OSCE HEAD OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-12 21:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL OSCE
09STATE48669MAY 13 UN SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON
[...] USUN may draw upon the elements below during UN Security Council consultations on Somalia. - The United States strongly supports the efforts of President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Sharmarke, and others in the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) to devel [...]
2009-05-13 13:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO ET KE
09STATE48864OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO OSCE HEAD OF
[...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the May 14, 2009 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. Ambassador Pryakhin, welcome back to the Permanent Council and thank you for your comprehensive report on the situation in Tajikistan and [...]
2009-05-13 16:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL OSCE TJ
09STATE49096OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON OSCE
[...] Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the May 14, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. We commend the Chairmanship,s intensive efforts over the last four months to ensure a continued OSCE presence in Georgia, which we and [...]
2009-05-13 23:22:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV GG
09STATE49124OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON OSCE
[...] Post is authorized to deliver the following statement at the May 14, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. We commend the Chairmanship,s intensive efforts over the last four months to ensure a continued OSCE presence in Georgia, which we and [...]
2009-05-14 01:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV GG
09STATE49495Secretary Clinton's May 7, 2009 Meeting with
[...] Classified by EUR Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried. Reason: 1.4 (d) 2. (U) May 7, 2009; 12:00pm; Washington, DC, United States. 3. (S) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Under Secretary Burns NSC Senior Russia Director McFaul EUR Assistant Secretary Fried Ambassador Beyrle PA DAS [...]
2009-05-14 18:43:00Secretary of StateSECRETPREL PGOV
09STATE52985GEORGIA - GUIDANCE FOR MAY 27 SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from the points below during UN Security Council consultations on Georgia scheduled for May 27, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: -- The United States takes note of the Secretary General,s latest report on the situation in Georgia. -- T [...]
2009-05-22 20:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL GG
09STATE53811UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE CONSULTATIONS MAY 28
[...] USUN may draw on the following points in the May 28 consultations of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC): -- The United States thanks the Democratic Republic of the Congo Sanctions Committee's Gro [...]
2009-05-26 23:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC
09STATE54048OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO EU SPECIAL
[...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the May 28, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. It is a pleasure to welcome you to today's meeting, Ambassador Semneby. We appreciate your valuable work in the South Caucasus, and than [...]
2009-05-27 14:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL OSCE GG
09STATE5506GUIDANCE FOR UNMIN RENEWAL VOTE
[...] The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the resolution to extend the mandate of the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) by six months, scheduled for consideration by the UN Security Council on Friday, January 23. Please refer to the Department for guidance regarding further substantive chang [...]
2009-01-21 21:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PGOV PREL UNMIN NP
09STATE5546OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ON BELARUS
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on January 22. Begin text: Madam Chairwoman, At the Permanent Council meeting on December 18, 2008, the United States made a statement regretting that the government of Belarus had, on D [...]
2009-01-21 22:30:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KDEM BO OSCE
09STATE5556OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: STATEMENT ABOUT MURDERS
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the OSCE Permanent Council meeting in Vienna on January 22. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman, The United States was shocked and saddened by two recent and brazen murders of human rights defenders in Russia. On January [...]
2009-01-21 23:12:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE RS KDEM
09STATE5565OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO SPECIAL
[...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the January 22, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States welcomes Special Representative Christopoulos to the Permanent Council. We appreciate the Greek Chai [...]
2009-01-22 00:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE GG
09STATE56222GEORGIA - GUIDANCE FOR UNOMIG RESOLUTION
[...] (C) This is an action request: USUN should work with the Quad,Croatia, Austria and Turkey as necessary to reach and maintain consensus on a draft resolution to revise the current security regime and mandate of the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) according to the objectives, goals, and [...]
2009-06-01 21:37:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL GG
09STATE57091SIERRA LEONE: TALKING POINTS FOR JUNE 8 UNSC
[...] This is an action request. USUN may draw from the talking points in para. 2 for the June 8 UN Security Council debate on Sierra Leone. End action request. 2. Begin points: -- The United States thanks the Secretary General for his report and commends UNIPSIL for its continued work to su [...]
2009-06-03 16:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM SL XA XY
09STATE57302OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO FOREIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 21:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PGOV PREL PHUM COE
09STATE57312OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN
[...] (U) Post is authorized to present the following statement at the June 4 Permanent Council meeting in Vienna. Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. We welcome Deputy Foreign Minister Karasin to today's meeting. We thank him for the broad overview he has provided us on Russia's perspe [...]
2009-06-03 22:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV GG
09STATE57600BURUNDI: TALKING POINTS FOR JUNE 9 UNSC DEBATE
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the points in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Burundi June 9. End Action Request. 2. Begin Points: -- The United States thanks (the UN Department of Political Affairs) for briefing the Council on the situation in [...]
2009-06-04 16:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA BY
09STATE57899GUIDANCE FOR 6/5 UNSC BRIEFING ON SRI LANKA
[...] The Department Requests that USUN draw on the following points for use during the June 5 informal briefing to the UN Secrity Council on Sri Lanka by the Secretary-General. 2. Begin points: Mr. President: -- We would like to thank the Secretary General (and Under Secretary Holmes) for [...]
2009-06-04 22:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PHUM PREL MOPS CE
09STATE58766BURUNDI: UNSC PRESS STATEMENT FOR JUNE 9 UNSC
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council press statement on Burundi to be adopted on June 9 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the press statement to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Begin text: The members of [...]
2009-06-08 17:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA BY
09STATE58769BURUNDI: UNSC PRESS STATEMENT FOR JUNE 9 UNSC
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council press statement on Burundi to be adopted on June 9 (para 2). USUN should refer any further substantive changes on the press statement to the Department prior to joining consensus for adoption. 2. Begin text: The members of [...]
2009-06-08 17:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA BY
09STATE59372OSCE: RESPONSE TO AMBASSADOR KOPAJ, OSCE PROJECT
[...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the June 11, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States warmly welcomes to the Permanent Council the Project Coordinator in Ukraine, Ambassador Lubomir Kopaj. We thank yo [...]
2009-06-09 21:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV PHUM UP
09STATE59451ACTION REQUEST: RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 00:35:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SU
09STATE59534OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO AMBASSADOR
[...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the June 11, 2009, Permanent Council meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States warmly welcomes to the Permanent Council the Head of the OSCE Mission to Georgia, Ambassador Terhi Hakala. We than [...]
2009-06-10 12:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV GG
09STATE60413SAUDI ARABIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 19:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SA
09STATE60450TAIWAN -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 20:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TW
09STATE60453PHILIPPINES -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 20:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG RP
09STATE60485GREECE -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10 through 12. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in [...]
2009-06-11 20:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG GR
09STATE60520ANGOLA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 22:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG AO
09STATE60523NEW ZEALAND -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 22:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG NZ
09STATE60526TIMOR-LESTE -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 22:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TT
09STATE60537BULGARIA--2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 22:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO KTIP BU
09STATE60563EGYPT -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 23:06:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG EG
09STATE60564NIGER -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 23:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG NG
09STATE60590DJIBOUTI -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 23:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG DJ
09STATE60595KENYA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 23:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KE
09STATE60598MAURITIUS -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 23:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MP
09STATE60606NAMIBIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-12 00:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG WA
09STATE60611SUDAN -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-12 00:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SU
09STATE60617ZIMBABWE -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-12 00:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG ZI
09STATE60957IRAQ -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-12 16:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG IZ
09STATE61042CYPRUS -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-12 18:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL CY
09STATE61212UNITED KINGDOM--2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-12 23:29:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO KTIP UK
09STATE61215SERBIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-12 23:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG YI
09STATE61811NEW ZEALAND -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-15 23:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG NZ
09STATE61823Secretary Clinton's June 11, 2009, Meeting with
[...] (C) Classified by: Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary, African Affairs. Reason: 1.4 D. 2. (U) June 11, 2009, 10:00 a.m., Washington, D.C. 3. (U) Participants: United States The Secretary; Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, AF; Spokesman Ian Kelly, PA; Deputy Chief of Staff Jaco [...]
2009-06-16 00:15:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL PHUM ZI
09STATE62134POINTS FOR JUNE 18 UNSC DEBATE ON UNAMI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-16 17:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE62392(S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: BULGARIA
[...] (S/NF) This cable provides the full text of the new National HUMINT Collection Directive (NHCD) on Bulgaria (paragraph 3-end) as well as a request for continued DOS reporting of biographic information relating to Bulgaria (paragraph 2). A. (S/NF) The NHCD below supercedes the NHCD contained [...]
2009-06-16 21:39:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR KSPR ECON BU
09STATE62393(S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: HUNGARY
[...] (S/NF) This cable provides the full text of the new National HUMINT Collection Directive (NHCD) on Hungary (paragraph 3-end and encourages Department personnel at post to assist in compiling Hungarian biographic information (paragraph 2). A. (S/NF) The NHCD below supercedes the NHCD contained in R [...]
2009-06-16 21:42:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR KSPR ECON HU
09STATE62395(S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: ROMANIA
[...] (S/NF) This cable provides the full text of the new National HUMINT Collection Directive (NHCD) on Romania (paragraph 3-end) as well as a request for continued DOS reporting of biographic information relating to Romania (paragraph 2). A. (S/NF) The NHCD below supercedes the NHCD contained in Ref C [...]
2009-06-16 21:45:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR KSPR ECON RO
09STATE62397(S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: SLOVENIA
[...] (S/NF) This cable provides the full text of the new National HUMINT Collection Directive (NHCD) on Slovenia (paragraph 3-end) as well as a request for continued DOS reporting of biographic information relating to Slovenia (paragraph 2). A. (S/NF) The NHCD below supercedes the NHCD contained in Ref [...]
2009-06-16 21:48:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR KSPR ECON SI
09STATE62408OSCE JOINT FSC/PC MEETING: RESPONSE TO GENEVA
[...] Post is authorized to present the following statement at the June 17, 2009, joint FSC/PC meeting in Vienna: Begin text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. It is a pleasure to welcome our distinguished guests to today's meeting. The United States greatly appreciates the leadership of Ambassad [...]
2009-06-16 22:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PREL PGOV GG
09STATE62414INSTRUCTION TO CO-SPONSOR EU RESOLUTION ON THE
[...] (U) Action Request: Mission Geneva is authorized to co-sponsor the EU resolution on "Human Rights situation in Sudan" in the United Nations Human Rights Council's 11th Regular Session. Mission should also actively lobby other HRC members, in particular Africans, to seek their support for the [...]
2009-06-16 23:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUN PHUM PREL
09STATE62666OSCE PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO OSCE PROJECT
[...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the June 18, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madame Chairperson. We welcome you, Ambassador Venczel, to the Permanent Council and thank you for your comprehensive report on OSCE activit [...]
2009-06-17 16:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE UZ
09STATE62679OSCE/PERMANENT COUNCIL: RESPONSE TO THE REPORT
[...] Post is authorized to make the following statement at the June 18, 2009, meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna: Begin Text: Thank you, Madam Chairwoman. The United States warmly welcomes Ambassador Vollebaek back to the Permanent Council and thanks him for his thorough and t [...]
2009-06-17 17:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE UP RS MK ZK GG
09STATE63088USUN INSTRUCTION FOR JUNE 18 PRESIDENTIAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN is instructed to join consensus on the UN Security Council Presidential Statement on UNAMI to be adopted on June 18 (para 2). The U.S. shared points with the Turkish Mission in New York that are largely incorporated in para 2. USUN should refer any further [...]
2009-06-18 13:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC IZ
09STATE63544INSTRUCTIONS ON JUNE 22 CONSULTATIONS ON BONUCA
[...] (U) This is an action request: USUN is instructed to draw from talking points in paragraph 2 during June 22 consultations on the UN Peacebuilding Office in the Central African Republic (BONUCA). End action request. 2. (U) Begin points: -- The United States would like to join the Secretary [...]
2009-06-18 22:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCT PHUM PREL XA ZF UNSC
09STATE6467GEORGIA: INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNOMIG NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) This is an action request: USUN should work with the P-3, Germany, and Russia to quickly adopt a resolution renewing UNOMIG's mandate for four months. USUN is authorized to support France's revised version of Germany's original draft resolution in paragraph 6 below, the United States- draf [...]
2009-01-24 00:51:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALUNSCR PREL GG
09STATE649712009 OAS GENERAL ASSEMBLY WRAP-UP REPORT
[...] (U) This cable is from the U.S. Permanent Mission to the Organization of American States. 2. (U) Note: This cable reports on activities at the Organization of American States General Assembly (OASGA) in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. We report on other OASGA decisions on Cuba in SEPTEL. Info [...]
2009-06-23 16:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD KSUM PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI XM OAS
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