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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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07KINSHASA1260SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S NOVEMBER 3 MEETINGS IN
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor Tim Shortley met with close advisors to the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (RDC) on November 3 to discuss Shortley's just-ended trip to the eastern Congo, which included meetings with senior officers of the Congolese Armed forces (FARDC),the UN [...]
2007-11-06 16:58:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1264AF Senior Advisor Shortley's visit to Nyabiondo,
[...] (SBU) Summary. MONUC peacekeepers in the southwestern North Kivu town of Nyabiondo told AF senior advisor Tim Shortly November 2 that negative forces encircling the town, including FDLR, Mayi Mayi, and National Council for the Defense of the People (CNDP) fighters, will not be easily dislodged [...]
2007-11-08 10:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINS PREF MOPS KPKO CG RW
07KINSHASA1267 RWANDA, DRC ISSUE JOINT COMMUNIQUE IN NAIROBI ADOPTING
[...] (U) On November 10, the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Government of Rwanda agreed to a Joint Communique in French and English that confirms a common approach to end the threat posed to peace and stability in both countries and the Great Lakes Region. (Note: Full [...]
2007-11-13 09:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KWMN PINS PREF MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1274Media reaction to the November 9 Nairobi Communique between
[...] (U) Media reaction to the Nairobi agreement has been generally favorable, albeit not very substantive. Following are reactions from major outlets: -- Le Palmares writes that the DRC has hung itself by signing the plan because the deadline to submit an elaborate disarmament plan is too shor [...]
2007-11-14 05:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PINR PINS CG RW PGOV PREL
07KINSHASA1278 Special Advisor Shortley's November 13 conversation with
[...] (SBU) Tim Shortley, in Kampala, spoke at length with Raymond Tshibanda, DRC President Joseph Kabila's chief of staff on November SIPDIS 13. Shortley urged Tshibanda to press Congolese officials to move quickly on implementation of the recent DRC-Rwanda communique (reftel) on negative forc [...]
2007-11-14 15:19:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM KWMN PINS PREF MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1283INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NOT PREPARED FOR WORST
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution, Timothy Shortley met with the DRC Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Country Team (UNCT) and separately with other NGO and UN officials on October 29 prior to traveling to North Kivu. Common [...]
2007-11-15 09:13:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF MOPS PINS PREL KPKO RW CG
07KINSHASA1288: INCREASING MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO THE DRC: NEW
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (U) Summary. While military assistance to the GDRC has grown over the past several years, staffing levels have not kept pace with resulting demands on the Mission. If newly proposed engagement materializes, all military assistance, in [...]
2007-11-19 13:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAPER MASS MOPS PGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA130ELECTORAL COMMISSION POSTPONES GUBERNATORIAL VOTE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The DRC's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) January 26 postponed the scheduled January 27 election for governors and vice governors in the two Kasai provinces until February 10. The ruling followed challenges alleging two prominent candidates possessed dual nationality in v [...]
2007-02-01 14:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
07KINSHASA1311November 22 Goma Update
[...] (SBU) Commercial traffic between Goma and Masisi is flowing again after MONUC installed a mobile operating base at Mushake at midweek. CNDP forces had set up a roadblock there that, in the words of Governor Paluku, was "strangling" the provincial capital. Prices of staples such as beans had e [...]
2007-11-27 05:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1316November 24 Goma Update
[...] (SBU) The FARDC attacked a CNDP position above the Goma-Rutshuru road near Rugari yesterday morning. A Dakar-based AP team reported observing FARDC troops loading mobile rocket-launders onto trucks in the vicinity around midday following the action. They said a FARDC colonel told them CNDP p [...]
2007-11-27 15:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1328DRC CABINET RESHUFFLE: DOING THE SAME WITH LESS?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GDRC's long-awaited cabinet reshuffle was announced November 25 (reftel). The new cabinet gives President Kabila provincial/ethnic balance without weakening his ruling AMP alliance. The biggest change is a reduction in the number of ministers from 60 to 45, as a number of p [...]
2007-12-03 11:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM PREL CG
07KINSHASA1329AF SPECIAL ADVISOR TIM SHORTLEY'S NOVEMBER 30
[...] (C) Summary: Shortley called Tshibanda to provide information on his latest conversations with dissident General Laurent Nkunda, and to discuss a possible Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) military offensive against Nkunda. Shortley told Tshibanda that A/S Frazer agreed that military pressure w [...]
2007-12-03 14:49:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1340 Ambassador Garvelink in Goma December 3
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Garvelink's introductory trip to Goma December 3 coincided with commencement of military action in the Mushaki area (west of Sake) by the FARDC against Nkunda's forces. MONUC/North Kivu commander General Narayan told the Ambassador that, the previous day, Nkunda's f [...]
2007-12-05 15:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1347 Goma Report for December 6, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC/Goma reports that FARDC pressed northward five miles from Sake by early morning December 6 and was now shelling Kibati. Nkunda's forces have been cleared out of the Sake-Masisi road, but traffic is not yet moving. One of the FARDC brigades involved in taking Mashaki is [...]
2007-12-07 09:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1350 Goma Situation Report for December 7, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: The FARDC military offensive has stalled at Kibati -- a high point along the track north from Sake -- where Nkunda has continued to bring in reinforcements and evidently taken a stand. Speaking to the humanitarian community in North Kivu, MONUC Force Commander General Babacar [...]
2007-12-10 11:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1360 Goma Situation Report for December 11, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC's military campaign west and north of Sake collapsed December 10 and the military plan, which MONUC North Kivu Brigade Commander General Narayan describes as a very good plan, now "goes back to square one." Nkunda's zone of control returns to what it was in August 2007, [...]
2007-12-12 15:52:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1361PRESIDENT KABILA'S DECEMBER 11 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. At President Kabila's request, Ambassador William Garvelink and Tim Shortley, Senior Adviser for Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution met with Kabila in his residence on December 11, 2007. Kabila agreed to stick to his agreement with President Museveni and to keep [...]
2007-12-12 15:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1373SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S MEETINGS IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (C) Summary: Senior Adviser to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution, Tim Shortley, met Laurent Nkunda at his headquarters near Kirolirwe late December 14. Shortley found Nkunda amenable to compromise, apparently worried that his sweeping military victory had within it the seeds [...]
2007-12-17 14:05:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1377 HIGHLIGHTS OF JOINT MONITORING GROUP
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) established by the Congo-Rwanda Nairobi communique got off to a rocky start at its first meeting December 15, but succeeded in reaffirming support for the process and establishing follow-up mechanisms. A UN emphasis on North Kivu and repeated o [...]
2007-12-18 10:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG RW
07KINSHASA1384 Goma Situation Report for December 18, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: FARDC is considering a new offensive against Nkunda forces despite recent reverses, and continue to fly in new supplies and equipment to Goma. MONUC does not believe it will be capable of doing so for months, and is counseling caution. Scattered combat continues. Supported by [...]
2007-12-19 08:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1391 Goma Situation Report for December 19, 2007
[...] (SBU) Summary: The military situation in North Kivu remained calm for a second day December 19; reports of fighting in Masisi and Sake appear to be incorrect. MONUC Generals Singh and Narayan advised FARDC General Kayembe that FARDC could not mount a second offensive for six months. FARDC m [...]
2007-12-20 08:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1406Congo-Rwanda Joint Verification Commission
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Congo-Rwanda Joint Verification Commission (JVC) authorized Joint Verification Teams (JVT) to investigate allegations of violations of sovereignty and territorial integrity at the December 20-21 meeting in Rubavu, Rwanda. It also clarified several procedural issues involvi [...]
2007-12-26 13:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO PREF PHUM CG RW
07KINSHASA1409 PRESIDENT KABILA'S DECEMBER 20 MEETING
[...] (SBU) President Joseph Kabila received the P-3 plus 2 ambassadors/charges at his residence on December 20. The meeting was called with 15 minutes' notice, officially in response to a request made several weeks earlier to discuss military operations in North Kivu. Topics covered included the [...]
2007-12-27 06:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS MARR PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1425DRC: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is moving slowly as it grapples with solutions to fundamental governance, security and development challenges following the historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the [...]
2007-12-31 09:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON PREF PHUM
07KINSHASA1426 Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG-TF)
[...] The second meeting of the JMG-TF was held December 29 at MONUC headquarters in Goma. Ref (A) is a report on the first meeting, held December 22 at the same venue. Participants ------------ 2. The following is a list of attendees: Government of Rwanda: -- Team Leader: Maj. Franco R [...]
2007-12-31 10:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
07KINSHASA176NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HOSTS AMBASSADORS
[...] (SBU) Summary: National Assembly President Kamerhe and the Assembly executive officers hosted a group of Ambassadors February 12 for what was billed as the first of regular sessions to exchange views. Kamerhe briefed regarding a "moratorium" regarding controversial "double nationality" enforc [...]
2007-02-14 13:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG
07KINSHASA180NORTH KIVU'S SECURITY STILL TENUOUS TWO MONTHS
[...] (C) Summary: The security situation in the DRC's volatile North Kivu province remains tenuous. Two months after fighting erupted between government forces and dissident troops loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda, North Kivu officials consider the province to be over-militarized and are pe [...]
2007-02-14 17:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KPKO CG
07KINSHASA201SOME NORTH KIVU IDP'S RETURNING, OTHERS LEAVING AS
[...] (U) Summary: More than 46,000 Congolese displaced by the November-December fighting in North Kivu province have returned to their homes, according to OCHA officials. However, an estimated 24,000 new IDPs have fled out of fears of new fighting arising from operation launched against FDLR and Ma [...]
2007-02-20 15:44:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREF PHUM CG
07KINSHASA207THE NKUNDA VIEW ON "MIXAGE" AND NORTH KIVU'S
[...] (C) Summary: While the GDRC has portrayed North Kivu's military "mixage" as an interim solution to the region's security problems, dissident General Laurent Nkunda and his advisers view the process much differently. They see Nkunda's December 2006 agreement with the GDRC as an opportunity to a [...]
2007-02-21 11:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC MOPS PTER CG
07KINSHASA214CONGOLESE MIXED BRIGADES CLASH WITH FDLR IN NORTH
[...] (C) Summary: Elements of the Congolese military's "mixed" brigades clashed February 19-20 with suspected FDLR and Mayi-Mayi forces in North Kivu province. The fighting does not appear to be part of planned operations, although skirmishes have been ongoing since the beginning of February. The a [...]
2007-02-21 16:22:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC PREF CG
07KINSHASA221NEW NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR'S PRIORITIES: SECURITY,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Julien Paluku, governor-elect of the DRC's North Kivu province, has three main priorities for his first months in office: security, ethnic reconciliation, and economic development. Paluku admits he faces a difficult challenge but contends the province and its political leaders a [...]
2007-02-23 08:08:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PINR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA225DRC, UGANDA AND SOUTHERN SUDAN AGREE TO SHARE
[...] (C) Outgoing DRC Vice Minister of Defense Bernard Mena told us February 22 that the governments of the DRC, Uganda and Southern Sudan have agreed to share information regarding the activities and movements of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Mena said the agreement was reached after DRC Presi [...]
2007-02-23 15:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS UG SU CG
07KINSHASA227DRC, UGANDA AND SOUTHERN SUDAN AGREE TO SHARE
[...] (C) Outgoing DRC Vice Minister of Defense Bernard Mena told us February 22 that the governments of the DRC, Uganda and Southern Sudan have agreed to share information regarding the activities and movements of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). Mena said the agreement was reached after DRC Presi [...]
2007-02-23 15:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS UG SU CG
07KINSHASA256DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 2007 TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or children? Yes. Does the trafficking occur within the country's borders? Yes. Does it occur in territory outside of the government's control? -- Child sold [...]
2007-03-01 15:07:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CG
07KINSHASA319CHILD SOLDIER RECRUITMENT A DIMINISHING PROBLEM IN
[...] (C) Summary: A senior UN official proclaimed the DRC's child soldier problem is "essentially over," but charged that dissident general Laurent Nkunda is recruiting child soldiers from refugee camps in Rwanda. Humanitarian officials report more than 100 child soldiers have been separated from N [...]
2007-03-16 10:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO RW CG
07KINSHASA396NEW CONGOLESE FOREIGN MINISTER UPBEAT, BUT STILL
[...] (C) Summary. During the Ambassador's first official call March 20 (Note: two days prior to the outbreak of violence in Kinshasa. End note.),new Foreign Minister Mbusa appeared in an upbeat mood. He spoke positively of the March 16 Tripartite Plus talks in Kigali, calling them "the best e [...]
2007-04-04 12:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO KDEM CG RW
07KINSHASA404DRC MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary. - The Governor of Katanga banned the export of non-refined metal ore from the province, although Canadian company First Quantum says it has resumed exporting its unprocessed ore. - The Orientale governor has suspended timber exports from the province. - Gecamines, the DRC's [...]
2007-04-05 13:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEMIN ECIN ENRG ELAB CG
07KINSHASA413DRC MINING EXTRACTS, #3
[...] (U) Summary. The DRC's Minister of Mines ordered the suspension of negotiations on new mining agreements. The Canadian CEO of Gecamines, the DRC's copper/cobalt mining parastatal, was briefly suspended. Canadian company First Quantum claims millions of USD in losses as a result of the Katang [...]
2007-04-10 12:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN ETRD PGOV CG
07KINSHASA435BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER AN INCOVENIENT GUEST IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Belgian Foreign Minister Karel de Gucht had frank criticism for both sides involved in the March 22-23 violence in Kinshasa during his April 10-12 visit to the DRC. He reiterated Belgium's desire for a post-CIAT mechanism for political dialogue and discussed governance issues [...]
2007-04-16 11:51:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM BE CG
07KINSHASA523KISEMPIA'S OUTLOOK ON SECURITY THREATS IN EASTERN
[...] (C) Summary: Congolese Chief of Defense Forces Lt. Gen. Kisempia Sungilanga Lombe characterized the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) as his biggest security concern in eastern DRC. During a May 3 meeting with DATT and PolOff in his the Ministry of Defense offices, he claime [...]
2007-05-11 11:38:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS SU RW UG CG
07KINSHASA539SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON NORTH KIVU'S IDP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Contrary to recent press reports, there have been no major displacement of civilians in North Kivu province following operations against the FDLR. Humanitarian and MONUC officials say, in fact, there have been relatively few new IDPs there since late April. Those displaced since [...]
2007-05-16 15:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA582MASSACRE IN EASTERN CONGO LINKED TO RASTAS
[...] (U) Summary. At least 29 Congolese villagers were killed the night of May 26-27 near Kanyola southwest of Bukavu in a massacre called "the worst in South Kivu since May 2005." An additional 27 were reported injured, and at least 18 have been reported kidnapped. Although some press reports c [...]
2007-05-30 10:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA590NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT OUTLINES LEGISLATIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a wide-ranging meeting with the Ambassador on May 29, National Assembly president Vital Kamerhe outlined his legislative goals for the remainder of the ordinary session and for an additional, already-scheduled extraordinary session. He highlighted six significant pieces of [...]
2007-05-31 16:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA593SIX CONGOLESE KIDNAPPED IN CONTINUING VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) At least six additional Congolese civilians were reported kidnapped from a village in Kabere district, about 19 miles northwest of Bukavu, on May 31. In related violence in the Kanyola area southwest of Bukavu on May 26 (reftel),after another civilian died of his wounds, nineteen civil [...]
2007-06-01 11:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA604TENSIONS HIGH, RUMORS RAMPANT IN SOUTH KIVU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Tensions are high in South Kivu province following warnings from leading political and religious figures warning of alleged foreign plots to launch a "new war" in the region. The recent arrests of purported foreign nationals in the province has added to a growing chorus of rumor [...]
2007-06-04 11:48:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA628MINEMBWE TALKS STALLED AS PATIENCE WITH DISSIDENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Discussions with armed Banyamulenge dissidents in South Kivu's Minembwe region remain stalled, and the group's leaders refuse to meet with provincial or MONUC officials. The dissidents are now allegedly recruiting, rearming, and committing violence against rival ethnic groups and [...]
2007-06-07 09:50:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC MOPS CG
07KINSHASA629TRIPARTITE PLUS JOINT COMMISSION RELEASES
[...] (U) The four member countries of the Tripartite Plus Joint Commission released a public statement June 7 at 11:00 a.m. at the conclusion of their three-day session in Lubumbashi, DRC. The members reaffirmed their commitment to eliminate the threat posed by negative forces in the region, both by [...]
2007-06-07 10:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO CG
07KINSHASA639NKUNDA GIVES HIS VERSION OF REALITY IN KINSHASA
[...] (U) Summary: Dissident General Laurent Nkunda gave an extended interview to a Kinshasa-based newspaper outlining his views on the so-called "mixage" process and the intentions of his political front organization. His comments, published in the June 6 edition of "La Reference Plus," attempt to [...]
2007-06-08 16:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA65NKUNDA LOYALISTS "MIXING" WITH REGULAR CONGOLESE
[...] (C) Summary: There is as yet no confirmation of reports that renegade General Laurent Nkunda will be granted asylum in another country as part of an agreement with the GDRC. The Armed Forces of the DRC (FARDC) has begun mixing pro-Nkunda soldiers in North Kivu province with other, "loyal" non- [...]
2007-01-22 10:13:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA654DRC MINING EXTRACTS, #5
[...] Summary. The GDRC has officially begun its mining contract review process. A South African mining company has removed all artisanal miners from its Katanga copper concession. The GDRC and the Government of Rwanda continue discussions about methane gas exploration in Lake Kivu. End summary. [...]
2007-06-13 09:12:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEMIN EPET ENRG ECON CG
07KINSHASA697TRIPARTITE PLUS MINISTERIAL DECISIONS
[...] (SBU) Tripartite Plus Joint Commission ministerial and sub-commission meetings took place in Lubumbashi June 5-7. In addition to the communique issued on June 7 (reftel),the group published a document formalizing the Ministerial Decisions (see para 3). The next Tripartite meeting will be hel [...]
2007-06-21 15:47:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA698TRIPARTITE PLUS MINISTERIAL DECISIONS
[...] (SBU) Tripartite Plus Joint Commission ministerial and sub-commission meetings took place in Lubumbashi June 5-7. In addition to the communique issued on June 7 (reftel),the group published a document formalizing the Ministerial Decisions (see para 3). The next Tripartite meeting will be hel [...]
2007-06-21 15:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA706LUBUMBASHI TRIPARTITE PLUS MEETING NOTES
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Tripartite Plus Joint Commission Sub-Commission and Ministerial Meetings took place in Lubumbashi June 5-7. Delegates from Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda joined Congolese officials to continue discussion of threats to regional security from negative forces, the Tripartite Plus [...]
2007-06-25 07:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA744200 CHILD SOLDIERS REMAIN IN MIXED BRIGADES
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN child protection officials and the NGO Caritas have demobilized 251 child soldiers from the Congolese military's (FARDC) six "mixed" brigades in North Kivu but estimate that another 200 remain in their ranks. End summary. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (SBU) UN c [...]
2007-07-03 14:15:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM MOPS PGOV KPKO CG
07KINSHASA792 NORTH KIVU TENSION CONTINUE TO MOUNT
[...] (C) P3 2 Ambassadors (France, U.K., U.S., Belgium, and South Africa) met with UN SRSG Swing July 9 to review the situation in North Kivu. As of the meeting, there had been no follow-up from President Kabila to the P3 2 letter given to Kabila June 30. Moreover, contrary to Kabila,s statements [...]
2007-07-11 09:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA81ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT KAMERHE PLANS AMBITIOUS AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary. National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe has plans for an ambitious legislative agenda, close oversight of the other branches of the government, professionalization of the Assembly's work and a program of parliamentary diplomacy. He plans to call a special session in late Janu [...]
2007-01-24 17:52:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG
07KINSHASA844KABILA DISMISSES MINISTER OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH
[...] (C) Summary. President Kabila fired Minister Sylvanus Mushi July 12 for "improper conduct." Speculation as to the reason for the action has centered on corruption. Kinshasa newspapers have focused on dealings involving a company owned by Mushi's family and OFIDA, the state customs and excis [...]
2007-07-19 16:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG EMIN KDEM CG
07KINSHASA846CONCERNS ABOUT INSECURITY IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (C) Summary. Some MONUC civilian officials have expressed growing concerns about the possibility of a government offensive against renegade General Laurent Nkunda in North Kivu. Two of its key officials believe that the Kabila government has made a decision to mobilize for an attack on Nkun [...]
2007-07-19 17:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO KDEM CG RW
07KINSHASA882KABILA, OTHER LEADERS AGREE ON POLITICAL AND
[...] (C) Summary. President Kabila, Prime Minister Gizenga and the presidents of the National Assembly, Senate and Supreme Court met July 23 in an initial inter-institutional meeting. They agreed to Kamerhe's proposal for political and diplomatic strategies to reduce tensions in the east and re- [...]
2007-07-25 15:54:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG RW
07KINSHASA896FOR SOUTH KIVU CITIZENS, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
[...] Summary. MONUC, human rights organizations, humanitarian groups, and civil society leaders in and around Bukavu, South Kivu province agree that the three most serious human rights issues facing the area are violent crime by the Congolese army, impunity for soldiers, and FDLR attacks on civilia [...]
2007-07-30 15:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KDEM CG
07KINSHASA900NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT KAMERHE JUGGLES
[...] (C) Summary. National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe will confront a crowded legislative agenda this fall while also attempting to help defuse an increasingly tense situation in his home region in eastern Congo. He sees decentralization as the key issue ahead for the Assembly. His proposa [...]
2007-07-30 16:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG RW
07KINSHASA926KABILA SECURITY ADVISER DIES UNEXPECTEDLY IN SOUTH
[...] (C) Presidential adviser Samba Kaputo, a key figure in Kabila-era politics, died in Johannesburg August 1, reportedly of kidney failure. He was Kabila's national security adviser during the Transition and a member of his trusted inner circle. He had close connections with the military and i [...]
2007-08-03 12:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CG ZA
07KINSHASA951DRC JULY MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) - Hundreds of MIBA (DRC diamond mining parastatal) employees requested summer leaves of absence following nine months without pay. - Kinshasa's civil servants are demanding the implementation of the GDRC's "Strategic Document of the Organization of Congolese Civil Service." - A July [...]
2007-08-08 16:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA962TRIPARTITE PLUS LEGAL EXPERTS MEET IN GOMA, DRC
[...] (SBU) Legal experts from DRC, Uganda, and Burundi met in Goma, North Kivu July 23-26 to examine possible judicial mechanisms and procedures to use against negative forces in the territories of the Tripartite Plus countries, as decided at the June session of the Tripartite Plus Joint Commission [...]
2007-08-10 11:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR KPKO CG BY RW UG
07KINSHASA983DRC: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL FEINGOLD (AUGUST 24-26,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo is slowly feeling its way in the search for solutions to fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. Achievements to date, the promise of peace and democratization, and the importa [...]
2007-08-17 12:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON PREF PHUM MARR ASEC
07KINSHASA991KABILA RELAXED AND UPBEAT IN FAREWELL MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. During Ambassador Meeece,s August 14 farewell call, President Kabila asked for greater USG involvement in building democratic institutions and reforming the security sector. Kabila believes the border dispute with Uganda can be resolved. He cited a date certain (September 3) f [...]
2007-08-21 13:00:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MARR CG UG RW
07LAGOS407NIGERIA: FY 2007 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES
[...] The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNCHR) promotional phase of repatriation for Liberian refugees at the Oru Refugee Camp in southern Nigeria is set to expire on June, 2007. There are approximately 4,000 refugees remaining at the camp (3,200 Liberians and 780 Sierra Leonean) and [...]
2007-05-31 15:28:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID PREL NI
07LIBREVILLE174FRANCE CONDUCS ECCAS TRAINING IN GABON; ECCAS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-25 14:38:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MCAP GB CF CG BY CT RW
07LIBREVILLE221FRANCE TO INTENSIFY MILITARY COOPERATION WITH
[...] (C) During a May 8 ceremony commemorating Armistice Day, Colonel Hingray, the commander of the the 6eme BIMA (the French military battalion in Libreville),announced that upon his departure in August he will be replaced by a General, who will also head up a new cooperation cell to work with the [...]
2007-05-11 12:44:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL MCAP KPKO GB
07LILONGWE802MALAWI: RWANDAN REFUGEES UNDER THREAT, OR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since the September visit of Rwandan President Paul Kagame to Malawi, a press report and letters from Rwandan refugees claim that the government of Rwanda (GOR) has made threats against the lives of refugees currently in Malawi. While Rwandan overseas opposition parties have use [...]
2007-10-29 08:56:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL MI
07LILONGWE803MALAWI - REFUGEE CAMP CONSOLIDATION FAILS TO STOP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Malawi's (GOM) closure of the Luwani refugee camp and Karonga transit shelter has failed to stop the flow of Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Somali men through the country. Over 400 of these refugees arrived in a single day in October. Asylum seekers from the Horn of [...]
2007-10-29 09:07:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV MI
07LONDON1763UK SUPPORT FOR MALARIA PROGRAMS
[...] Summary. The UK maintains active programs to combat malaria with specific countries and through international organizations. It also funds malaria research. It marked World Malaria Day through a press release and by the visit by International Development Secretary Hilary Benn to malaria rel [...]
2007-05-10 10:58:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV UK
07LONDON4389A/S SULLIVAN DISCUSSES UK DEVELOPMENT POLICY
[...] (SBU) Summary: UK development official Shriti Vadera expressed an interest in closer cooperation with MCC and PEPFAR in a meeting with EEB A/S Sullivan. She also said she has been reaching out to private sector companies such as Coca-Cola and Vodafone (and next Wal-Mart) to use their systems [...]
2007-11-28 16:22:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID KHIV UK
07LUANDA1208ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON ANGOLA'S PLAN FOR PEACE AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 4, 2007 meeting with AFRICOM Commander General Ward, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Jorge Chicoti gave additional details about Angola's plan for peace and stability in the Eastern DRC. The plan calls for a small SADC task force in the region, SADC-sponsored and [...]
2007-12-05 09:05:00Embassy LuandaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS OTRA AO
07LUSAKA983COMESA LEADERS SHARE VIEWS ON THE SADC SUMMIT,
[...] (C) Summary. On August 28, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Secretariat leaders shared their views with Ambassador Martinez on the challenges of overlapping customs unions, expressed skepticism regarding SADC's "economic rescue plan" for Zimbabwe, and suggested that Muga [...]
2007-08-29 14:04:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALOTRA PREL SADC ZA
07MANILA2603THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S BILATERAL MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato' Seri Syed Hanmid Albar said that Malaysia will most likely send peacekeeping troops to Darfur, during an August 1 meeting on the margins of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) with Deputy Secretary Negroponte. GOM also is committed to change in SI [...]
2007-08-02 06:22:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALASEAN MY
07MASERU561LESOTHO INTERESTED IN WIREC, VAGUELY SUPPORTIVE ON UN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 2, Poloff met Lesotho's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Europe and Americas Director P.P. Makoaholo to discuss the upcoming WIREC conference and various UN issues. Makoaholo expressed interest in recruiting a high-level delegation for the WIREC conference and was vague bu [...]
2007-10-10 14:02:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ENEG SENV TRGY UN PHUM KWMN SOCI PTER UNSC
07NAIROBI1077 FEWSNET REGIONAL FOOD SECURITY PRESENTATION
[...] USAID/East Africa Regional Economic Growth and Integration (REGI) and Regional Food for Peace (FFP) Offices have cultivated a productive relationship with the regional FEWSNET Office. In that light, FEWSNET has been holding periodic briefings for USAID's offices (USAID/EA, Kenya, Somalia, Su [...]
2007-03-07 08:31:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID XA ZI KPRP
07NAIROBI1150COASTAL MUSLIM LEADERSHIP VIEWS: SHEIKH DOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sheikh Dor, a vocal leader of Kenya's coastal Muslim community, harangues the USG and GoK, cites some legitimate grievances concerning biased treatment of his community by the GoK, praises the American people and threatens to disrupt the World Cross Country Championship in Momb [...]
2007-03-12 12:26:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KE KISL KPAO PGOV PHUM
07NAIROBI1221KENYA'S FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES, DIPLOMATIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya has ambitious plans to open a number of diplomatic missions around the world. The overriding goal of Kenyan diplomacy is to promote economic development through greater market access and increased investment and remittances. Africa has replaced Europe as the chief preocc [...]
2007-03-15 11:54:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKE PREL SENV
07NAIROBI1416AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES URGES KENYA TO
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met privately with GOK Ministers to push for Felicien Kabuga's apprehension and also met with various Chiefs of Mission to discuss further cooperative strategies on the issue. It is widely believed that Kabuga, ICTR fugi [...]
2007-03-29 09:47:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KCRM RW KE
07NAIROBI1496 USAID/EAST AFRICA/FFP MONITORING MISSION OF
[...] SUMMARY: Regional East Africa FFP Officer and USAID Rwanda Mission conducted a joint monitoring mission February 26 ? March 3, 2007, of Title II Cooperating Sponsors (CSs) World Vision (WV),Catholic Relief Services (CRS),ACDI/VOCA and their sub-grantees: Africare, ADRA and Food for the Hun [...]
2007-04-04 06:15:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDUSAID
07NAIROBI1709CAADP MEETING, KIGALI, RWANDA MARCH 29-31, 2007
[...] Summary March 29-31 in Kigali, the Government of Rwanda and COMESA hosted a regional partners? meeting and a country round-table meeting on the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Programme (CAADP). On March 31, a CAADP Country Compact was signed by the Rwandan Government, the Af [...]
2007-04-18 11:12:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDRW
07NAIROBI200UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR REPORT FOR KENYA
[...] The following is the updated text of the worst forms of child labor report for Kenya for 2006, as required under the Trade Act, for Department of Labor. Kenya Selected Child Labor Measures Adopted by Governments Ratified Convention 138 4/9/1979 U Ratified Convention 182 5/7/2001 U ILO-IP [...]
2007-01-10 14:00:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON PHUM PGOV KE
07NAIROBI2242CITES COP 14: KENYA SEEKS USG SUPPORT ON IVORY TRADE BAN,
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kenya remains hopeful that the U.S. will side with it and Mali and oppose efforts by Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and South Africa to get CITES approval for additional one-off sales of government-held stockpile [...]
2007-05-25 13:54:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ECON KSCA ETRD PGOV PINR KE
07NAIROBI2771QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref I reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2007-07-06 06:56:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI3021 THE TWELFTH SUMMIT OF THE COMESA AUTHORITY OF
[...] This is a summary of the Twelfth COMESA Summit proceedings held in Nairobi, Kenya, from May 22-23, 2007. The Summit was preceded by meetings of the Committee of Experts, Ministers of Justice, Ministers of Foreign affairs and COMESA Council of Ministers. The Fourth COMESA Business Summit and t [...]
2007-07-25 04:16:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA
07NAIROBI4045QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref J reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2007-10-11 11:55:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI4048KENYA RACES TO AVERT ENERGY SHORTAGE IN THE FACE OF SURGING
[...] (SBU) Strong economic growth, expanding trade, and rural electrification are driving demand for electricity and petroleum products in Kenya and the region beyond projected supplies, thus threatening an energy crisis that could slow economic growth. Kenya has plans to expand refinery and pipeli [...]
2007-10-11 11:57:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENGR EPET ECON EINV BTIO SENV KE
07NAIROBI4050QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref J reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2007-10-11 11:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
07NAIROBI429 SOMALIA DART SITUATION REPORT 8 DADAAB
[...] From January 17 to January 20, the Assistant Administrator for USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) Michael Hess visited the Somalia USG Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART) in Nairobi, Kenya. While in Nairobi, the USAID/DCHA Assistant Administ [...]
2007-01-24 13:53:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PHUM PREL SO
07NAIROBI4613UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TDA
[...] As requested in reftel, below is Embassy Nairobi's submission of information on Kenya's implementation of its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, as required under the Trade and Development Act (TDA),for the Department of Labors preparation of the 2007 TDA re [...]
2007-11-29 13:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KE
07NAIROBI4630LOOKING FOR MR. KABUGA: POSSIBLE SIGNS OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Chief Prosecutor Jallow of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) met on 29 November with Kenyan Foreign Minister Tuju. FM Tuju promised Jallow that he would press for the Kenyan government to increase its cooperation with the ICTR's efforts to find and apprehen [...]
2007-12-03 07:50:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALKCRM KE PGOV PHUM PREL
07NAIROBI4745KENYA ELECTIONS: CREDIBLE VOTE LIKELY, BUT WE'RE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Less than three weeks from the election, we remain confident that the exercise will be generally free and fair. This confidence is based on six pillars: an independent and non-partisan electoral commission, free and vibrant civil society organizations and media, responsible be [...]
2007-12-14 04:01:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL KE
07NAIROBI919REGIONAL RIFT VALLEY FEVER UPDATE
[...] A Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreak in East Africa has mostly affected Kenya, with smaller outbreaks in Somalia and Tanzania, although weather conditions threaten to cause the spread of RVF further south and west. Through a combination of factors, including information campaigns and favorable [...]
2007-02-27 09:23:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREL
07NAIROBI933USAID/FFP CONTRIBUTES $5 MILLION IN FOOD AID TO
[...] SUMMARY: Excessive and exceptional heavy rains and floods in November - December 2006 have negatively impacted food and seed production in Burundi. Their impact prolongs the hunger gap period to ten months; the short dry season harvest of December - January never occurred severely limiting th [...]
2007-02-27 13:28:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDBY KE
07NAIROBI938USAID/FFP CONTRIBUTES $5 MILLION IN FOOD AID TO
[...] SUMMARY: Excessive and exceptional heavy rains and floods in November - December 2006 have negatively impacted food and seed production in Burundi. Their impact prolongs the hunger gap period to ten months; the short dry season harvest of December - January never occurred severely limiting th [...]
2007-02-27 14:22:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDBY
07OTTAWA174S/WCI CONSULTS WITH CANADA, MUCH MORE CONVERGENCE
[...] (C) Summary. S/WCI Ambassador and Canadian foreign affairs and justice officials in Ottawa agreed to cooperate on the development of justice rapid response capacity. The Canadians were also keen to strategize on Darfur. They were unwilling to accept third-country Guantanamo detainees in Ca [...]
2007-01-31 18:59:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR CA
07PARIS1067FRANCE/COTE D'IVOIRE: LINKING THE OUAGA ACCORD TO
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA AF DAS-Equivalent for West Africa Francis Blondet reviewed developments in Cote d'Ivoire during a March 14 meeting with AF/W Deputy Donald L. Heflin. Blondet did not deviate from the supportive French stance toward the Ouagadougou Accord; however, he reiterated French c [...]
2007-03-19 16:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR IV FR
07PARIS1623C.A.R.: FRENCH HOPEFUL BUT NOT CONVINCED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA C.A.R. desk officer Daniel Westerink on April 28 said that the GOF was encouraged by the recent peace pact engineered by President Bozize and UFDR leader Damane but was not convinced that this arrangement would prove significant because of uncertainty over whether other UFD [...]
2007-04-24 14:28:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS MOPS CT FR
07PARIS1785DJIBOUTI AND RWANDA: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ON
[...] SUMMARY: (C) MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on April 30 said that recent developments in the Borrel case, involving judicial searches of the MFA and Justice Ministry, largely involved internal French legal issues. The Borrel case continued to affect France-Djibouti relations, although bo [...]
2007-05-04 14:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ICJ RW DJ FR
07PARIS186RWANDA: EFFECT OF BRUGUIERE REPORT ON USG, STATUS
[...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXXl told us January 12 that Judge Bruguiere's November 17 report recommending the prosecution of President Kagame and requesting the arrest of nine of his associates had been forwarded to Interpol. He noted that it was incumbent on the U.S. to make its own determi [...]
2007-01-18 10:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KJUS INTERPOL RW FR
07PARIS2837SARKOZY SAYS TACKLE DARFUR FIRST, CHAD SECOND
[...] (C) President Sarkozy decided in a June 27 internal meeting that France would focus first on advancing the UN-AU Hybrid deployment and on bringing clarity to AMIS finances before taking action on an MFA proposal for a French-EU-African force in Chad. Presidential adviser Romain Serman explain [...]
2007-07-02 14:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM PINR CD SU FR
07PARIS3147DJIBOUTI AND RWANDA: LEGAL ISSUES CONTINUE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on June 19 said that legal issues concerning the death of French magistrate Bernard Borrel continued to aggravate relations with Djibouti. Le Gal confided that she was beginning to believe that Borrel's death may have been the result of foul pl [...]
2007-07-23 15:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ICJ RW DJ FR
07PARIS322C/T JUDGE ON FRANCE, RWANDA, PAKISTAN, AND HIS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: France,s chief counterterrorism judge, Jean-Louis Bruguiere, told us on January 19 that a recent surge in overall GSPC activities worried French counterterrorism officials, who are convinced there is now a significantly higher threat against France and its interests abroad. Tunisi [...]
2007-01-26 16:37:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PREL INTERPOL KJUS TS AG MO RW
07PARIS3708RWANDA: FRANCE SENDING A DELEGATION IN OVERTURE
[...] (C/NF) An MFA delegation will travel next week to Rwanda in an effort to improve diplomatic relations, severed since November 2006, we learned on September 5 from Helene Le Gal, MFA DAS-equivalent for East/Central Africa. She disclosed that MFA A/S-equivalent Jean de Gliniasty and Laurent C [...]
2007-09-07 10:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV ICJ RW FR
07PARIS4201FRANCE: DAS ANDERSON BILATS ON UN REFORM, WIPO, ICAO, UNEP,
[...] (SBU) On October 3, DAS Gerald Anderson met with MFA PDAS-equivalents Marc Giacomini of the Directorate for UN and International organizations, and Jean-Hughes Simon-Michel of the Directorate for Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarmament. Anderson presented an overview of the U.S. transparenc [...]
2007-10-05 17:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON UN ETRD EAIR FR
07PARIS4215RWANDA: FRANCE READY TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-10 08:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW FR
07PARIS4732FRANCE/AFRICA: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES KEY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential AF Advisor Romain Serman on December 17 reported on key France-Africa issues, some resulting from meetings at the December 8-9 Lisbon EU-Africa Summit: -- Rwanda: Presidents Sarkozy and Kagame agreed to work to normalize relations and to maintain personal super [...]
2007-12-17 17:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR SU CD IV RW CT UV FR
07PARIS486TOUR D'HORIZON WITH MFA AFRICA DIRECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: French MFA A/S-Equivalent for Africa Gliniasty told DCM on February 1 that France had not invited President Mugabe of Zimbabwe to the February 13-15 Africa-France Summit. Gliniasty confided that the Zimbabwean delegation had complained vocally in the course of the AU Summit abou [...]
2007-02-08 08:32:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR SU SO CI FR
07PARIS540US-DESIGNATED TERRORIST GROUP SUING WIESENTHAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The public trial for defamation brought against Dr. Shimon Samuels, Director for International Affairs of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, by the Committee for Welfare and Aid to the Palestinians (CBSP) concluded on February 2, after two days and 13 hours of testimony. The CBSP, [...]
2007-02-09 15:30:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSOCI PTER PREL PREF PINS PHUM EAID FR IS
07PARIS578FRANCE/AFRICA: SUMMIT NO-SHOWS AND MUGABE; MFA AMBIVALENCE ON
[...] (C) Summary: There is MFA speculation that Zimbabwean leader Mugabe, angry at his own exclusion, has tried, with mixed results, to promote a SADC boycott of the 2/15-2/16 Africa-France Summi in Cannes. On Darfur, MFA is resisting a campaign by Khartoum for Frenc mediation between Deby and Bas [...]
2007-02-13 16:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR SU SO ZI FR
07PARIS627 WEEKLY MEDIA WRAP-UP PUTIN IN MUNICH AND THE MIDDLE EAST;
[...] (SBU) Although Putin's excoriation of alleged U.S. unilateralism at Wehrkunde and in the Middle East might have been expected to fall on fertile soil in French media, French editorialists generally compared his calculated outbursts unfavorably with Secretary of Defense Gates's measured response [...]
2007-02-16 15:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPRC PREL KPAO FR
07PARIS847PART I: AFRICA-FRANCE SUMMIT - CEREMONY OVER
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: The XXIV Africa-France Summit in Cannes was an anodyne event that took place without pyrotechnics under the banner of "Africa and World Equilibrium." Turn-out, with 34 African heads of state in attendance, was below the peak of the 2003 Paris Summit and failed to matc [...]
2007-03-06 08:36:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR KSUM XA FR
07PRETORIA2533ANALYST OLOJEDE SAYS MBEKI REMAINS IN DRIVING SEAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY. South African President Thabo Mbeki will control the ANC succession race, with either himself or his hand-picked successor elected president at the December conference, claimed Pulitizer-Prize winning journalist and political analyst Dele Olojede. Mbeki is holding his cards clos [...]
2007-07-20 04:31:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM SF
07PRETORIA3297SOUTH AFRICA PLANS TO EXPAND SUDAN TRAINING PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. South Africa expects to expand its ambitious program to train officials from southern Sudan. Begun in 2005, the program has brought more than 700 officials from Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) to South Africa for classroom and practical training in fields as diverse as loca [...]
2007-09-18 11:01:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID SU SF
07PRETORIA3569BRENTHURST FOUNDATION PROVIDES ADVICE TO RWANDA,
[...] (SBU) The Brenthurst Foundation, a Johannesburg-based think tank funded by the Oppenheimer family, is providing "confidential" policy advice to the Governments of Liberia, Rwanda, Lesotho, and Mozambique. Greg Mills, Director of the Foundation (see bio-note at para 6),told PolOff and visitin [...]
2007-10-10 16:12:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EAID PINR SF
07PRETORIA3873SAG GREAT LAKES ENVOY URGES AID FOR FNL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The internal PALIPEHUTU-FNL divisions are complicating the Burundi peace process, according to the South African Government (SAG) Great Lakes Envoy Kingsley Mamabolo. Mamabolo urged the international community to provide protection and humanitarian relief for FNL "defectors," ar [...]
2007-11-06 11:44:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL BY CG SF
07PRETORIA3995ANALYST OLOJEDE CLAIMS MBEKI LIKELY TO WIN,
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Analyst Dele Olojede claimed that President Thabo Mbeki has essentially sewn up the nomination as ANC president at the upcoming December 16-20 party conference. Mbeki used the power of the incumbency to sideline his rival Jacob Zuma. According to Olojede, ForMin Nkosazana Dlamin [...]
2007-11-19 15:38:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KPAO SF
07PRETORIA606AFRICA PEER REVIEW MECHANISM PRIMER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is perhaps the most developed and imaginative component of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD),but has been slow to get off the ground. Only three countries (Ghana, Rwanda, and Kenya) have completed their review, altho [...]
2007-02-21 07:04:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON EAID AU SF
07ROME1163AMB. WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS,
[...] (C) Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with MFA Balkans Office Director Raimondo De Cardona, Deputy Legal Advisor Valerio Astraldi, Director of the Great Lakes Office Orazio Guanciale and UN Coordinator Giamberto De Vito on May 21 to discuss the International Crimin [...]
2007-05-29 08:27:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKAWC PREL PGOV IT
07SHANGHAI291CHINA HOSTS AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK MEETING
[...] (C) Summary. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao opened the African Development Bank (AFDB) 2007 Annual Meetings in Shanghai on May 16 with a speech that stressed China's sincere commitment to helping Africa develop and acknowledged that China needed to further implement its own financial sector reforms [...]
2007-05-16 09:14:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON CH XA
07STATE105247HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of July 17, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend Military HIV/AIDS training: Name: Maj. Marc Rugeni [...]
2007-07-30 15:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MAS PHUM PREL RW
07STATE108872ACOTA - HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - RWANDA
[...] (U) Reftel provided the unit identification and unit commander's name for a Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) scheduled to participate in ACOTA training prior to deployment to AMIS. Reftel further reported that Embassy Kigali has conducted a file check and found no derogatory information regarding [...]
2007-08-03 21:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PGOV RW
07STATE112255HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of August 1, 2007 a Colonel Ngoga was mentioned in a cable identified as 99060031454INS7454col; Origine ATS-INA; 06/03/1999. The cable reported a copy of an e-mail sent to a selected in-government group from a disgruntled journ [...]
2007-08-10 15:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM PREL RW MASS
07STATE112496HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of July 26, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following Rwandan candidates for IMET training: Name: JM Vianey Kayigamba Rank: Captain DOB: [...]
2007-08-10 19:44:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL RW MASS
07STATE112497HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GOLDEN SPEAR SEMINAR
[...] The Department of State has review its files and finds that as of July 26, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the following Rwandan candidate for the Golden Spear Seminar. Name: Patrick Gashumba Rank: Lieutenant Colonel DOB [...]
2007-08-10 19:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL RW MASS
07STATE147667URGENT DARFUR DEMARCHE FOR AVIATION SUPPORT AND
[...] Purpose and Objective: This is an action request. All Embassies on the action line are requested to make a high-level demarche by the Ambassador or the DCM requesting the host country to provide the support listed below for the UN-AU hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur, Sudan (UNAMID). [...]
2007-10-23 17:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPKO UN SU
07STATE154929INSTRUCTION CABLE FOR USUN: CONSULTATIONS ON THE
[...] This is an action cable, see paragraph 2. 2. USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points during November 13 Security Council consultations on the Great Lakes Region: Begin talking points: -- The United States welcomes the Government of the Democratic Republic of the [...]
2007-11-09 20:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL XA XF XW CG UG BY RW
07STATE161317TALKING POINTS FOR UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON THE DRC
[...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for UN Security Council consultations regarding the Democratic Republic of Congo on November 28. Begin points: --Despite improvement in the overall security environment and the success of the recent national elections, the United [...]
2007-11-28 22:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCG KPKO PREL UNSC
07STATE161824SUDAN - UNAMID DEMARCHE REQUEST TO FOREIGN
[...] Purpose and Objective: This is an action request. Embassy Madrid is requested to make a high-level demarche by the Ambassador to Foreign Minister Moratinos requesting Spain to provide helicopter (number 1 priority) or transport support for the United Nation-African Union Mission in Darfur ( [...]
2007-11-30 00:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPKO UN SU
07STATE164416INSTRUCTION FOR ICTY/ICTR DEBATE
[...] The Department instructs USUN to draw on the following points for use during the Security Council,s December 10 debate on the Completion Strategies for the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda (ICTY and ICTR). 2. Begin Points: The United States welcomes t [...]
2007-12-06 23:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC ICTY ICTR PREL ZL ZF RW
07STATE165918INITIATING ASSURANCE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THREE
[...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: Post is requested to make the points in paragraph 6 to appropriate interlocutor(s) in the Rwandan Government. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: Rwandan citizens Leonidas Bimenyimana, Gregoire Nyaminani, and Francois Karake were brought to the United States in 2003 for cr [...]
2007-12-11 21:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PTER
07STATE169393VOTING INSTRUCTIONS: MONUC MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: USUN is instructed to vote in favor of the mandate resolution for the UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The text of the resolution is listed in paragraph 2. 2. (U) Begin text: The Security Council, Recalling its resolutions and the statements of its [...]
2007-12-21 03:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCG PREL UNSC
07STATE22976HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR SENIOR
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of February 22, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the security officers below: NAME: Ben Balthazar Rutsinga CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Ministry of Foreign Affairs DATE OF BIRTH: 09 [...]
2007-02-23 23:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PGOV PHUM RW
07STATE24704HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR IMET
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of February 27, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel below: NAME: Frank Tusingwire RANK: Lieutenant CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defens [...]
2007-02-28 16:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PHUM RW
07STATE36459HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR ACOTA
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (U) This cable refers to the Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel below: NAME: Goodman Ruzibiza RANK: Lieutenant Colonel CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) GENDER: Male 3. (C/NF) Background: Bas [...]
2007-03-22 15:18:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV MARR PHUM RW
07STATE60492HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR 14TH
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of May 4, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officer below: NAME: James Safari RANK: Major CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces DATE OF BIRTH: 1969 GNEDE [...]
2007-05-04 14:16:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR MASS PHUM RW
07STATE76684HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of May 31, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officers below: NAME: Camarade Murara RANK: Captain CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces DATE OF BIRTH: 25 [...]
2007-06-04 18:28:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL RW
07STATE80790HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 8, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officers below: NAME: Chance Ndagano RANK: Major CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces DATE OF BIRTH: 01 Jul [...]
2007-06-11 16:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL RW
07STATE80795HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 8, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officer below: NAME: Frank Bakunzi RANK: Captain CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces DATE OF BIRTH: 15 Feb [...]
2007-06-11 16:31:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL RW
07STATE88264HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 22, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the military officer below: NAME: Andrew Kayumba RANK: Lieutenant CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Defense Forces DATE OF BIRTH: 0 [...]
2007-06-25 15:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL RW
07STATE91136HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR
[...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 28, 2007, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer below: NAME: Cyprian Gatete RANK: Assistant Commissioner of Police CURRRENT ASSIGNMENT: Rwandan Police Force DATE O [...]
2007-06-29 15:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV PHUM PREL RW
07STATE98670DEMARCHE REQUEST: CONVEYING USG PRIORITIES FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 5 - 16. 2. (U) This year's Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial is scheduled for November 2007 in Bamako, Mali. Based upon a set of participation criteria, countries will be invited to the ministerial as full participants, as ob [...]
2007-07-16 21:15:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA
07TALLINN642ESTONIA UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO UN LEBANON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-03 10:47:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC LE PTER EN
07TELAVIV1857ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] PM Olmert's Visit to US 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- All media reported on Tuesday's meeting at the White House between PM Ehud Olmert and President Bush. The media quoted the two leaders as saying publicly that they would [...]
2007-06-20 09:52:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2050ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-03 10:29:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV2948ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Turkey ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Leading media reported that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will come to the region early next week. Israel Radio reported that a three-way meeting will be held between her, PM Ehud [...]
2007-10-12 13:40:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07TELAVIV917SPECIAL ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-26 06:10:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
07THEHAGUE1347CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR THE
[...] (U) On July 10, the facilitator (Larry Denyer, U.S.) chaired a consultation on late declarations, which was well-attended. The discussion centered around the latest facilitator's draft decision text, as well as the Technical Secretariat's supporting paper, both of which were SIPDIS distrib [...]
2007-07-16 10:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
07THEHAGUE1647NETHERLANDS: SCENESETTER -- DEFENSE MINISTER VAN MIDDELKOOP'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON
[...] (C) Dutch Defense Minister Eimert van Middelkoop heads to Washington during a turbulent period for the Dutch Ministry of Defense. The Dutch are deployed to a challenging area of Afghanistan as part of ISAF, filling a vital hole in the Alliance's efforts in the south. The GONL is looking hard [...]
2007-09-07 14:43:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AF MOPS NL
07THEHAGUE1913 KOENDERS ON FUTURE DUTCH FOREIGN DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Dutch foreign assistance will now increase emphasis on women's rights, fragile and conflict states, climate change, and economic growth issues in a shift of development strategy recently unveiled by Bert Koenders, the Netherlands' new and energetic Development Minister. The st [...]
2007-10-18 16:13:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON NL
07TOKYO2187 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/15/07
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-15 08:37:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO4721 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 10/09/07
[...] Purpose of the law In order to contribute positively and independently to the efforts of the international community to stop and eliminate international terrorism, refueling operations by the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) toward the vessels of each country participating in maritime interdiction [...]
2007-10-09 08:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07USEUBRUSSELS1879U.S. AND EU FIND COMMON GROUND IN ANNUAL
[...] (U) The U.S. and the European Union (EU) held their annual Strategic Dialogue on humanitarian issues May 3 in Brussels, discussing common concerns and programming in Africa and Asia, as well as thematic issues including the United Nations humanitarian reform process, protection of international [...]
2007-06-07 15:34:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL EAID EUN
07USEUBRUSSELS827REFUGEE RETURNS IN EASTERN CONGO: A JOINT US-EU
[...] Summary: A joint USG-European Union assessment team composed of US representatives from PRM and OFDA traveled throughout Katanga and South Kivu provinces in January, finding a basic level of peace and stability, but continued sporadic human rights abuses perpetrated primarily by security force [...]
2007-03-13 09:55:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PGOV PHUM PREL EAID EU BE
07USNATO115NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT FEBRUARY 21, 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: SYG proposes two steps to advance NATO's Comprehensive Approach in Afghanistan. Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) Henault reported on ISAF manning issues and detailed recent Taliban movements in country. Canadian PermRep informed the Council that his govern [...]
2007-02-23 16:14:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO270NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT APRIL 25, 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: NAC discussed &whither a NATO common hostage policy?8 and alleged Afghan mistreatment of detainees. Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) updated the NAC on NATO training support to the ANA and his recent trip to Pakistan. D/SYG urged the NAC to find a way ah [...]
2007-04-25 15:16:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL PTER AF
07USNATO272REPORT OF SENIOR RESOURCE BOARD PLENARY MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Senior Resource Board (SRB),meeting on April 19 and 20, elected a new chairman of the Board and agreed on plans of action for a variety of NATO programs. The following topics were considered and discussed: logistics information system Capability Package (CP),the Afghanistan [...]
2007-04-27 05:44:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALAORC MARR NATO
07USNATO29NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JANUARY 17, 2007
[...] (S) SUMMARY: -- Afghanistan: The NAC agreed to invite UN, EU, World Bank, Japan, and South Korea to January 26 Foreign Ministerial session on Afghanistan with troop contributors and Afghan Foreign Minister Spanta. The SYG will invite Afghan Minister of Defense Wardak to Seville meeting of [...]
2007-01-19 08:20:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO373NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT JUNE 13 2007
[...] (C) SUMMARY: --Afghanistan: The SYG discussed civilian casualties and the need for ISAF to do more on OMLTs and equipment support to the ANA. The Chairman of the Military Committee (CMC) Henault briefed on "modestly positive" force generation conference. SHAPE DCOS for Operations Major Gen [...]
2007-06-15 09:03:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO442NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 1 2007
[...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The Deputy Secretary General (DSYG) reported on a series of ISAF-related decisions in the Military Committee. The Deputy Chairman of the Military Committee briefed the Council again on the need for rotary wing capability for RC-South when th [...]
2007-08-01 16:20:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO448NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT AUGUST 8 2007
[...] (C) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: D/SYG noted the upcoming Jirga in Kabul Aug 9-12 and applauded ISAF efforts in countering Taliban propaganda. The Deputy Chair of the Military Committee (DCMC) reported on the Border Security Sub-Committee Meetings, and the Ops Briefing show [...]
2007-08-08 15:30:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF AU
07USNATO563NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 17, 2007
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: In a farewell address to the NAC, Deputy SACEUR indicated NATO must transform and adapt to contemporary demands and operational tempo if it is to survive. He provided a tour d,horizon on force generation, capabilities, funding, and NATO-E [...]
2007-10-17 17:50:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO564NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 17, 2007
[...] This is a resend of USNATO 00563, to add additional addressees. 2. (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: In a farewell address to the NAC, Deputy SACEUR indicated NATO must transform and adapt to contemporary demands and operational tempo if it is to survive. He provided [...]
2007-10-18 06:31:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USNATO587NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT - OCTOBER 31, 2007
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- Afghanistan: The SYG commended the good discussions on Afghanistan at last week's informal defense ministerial at Noordwijk and at this week's informal SYG coffee with PermReps. He also noted SACEUR,s recent letter regarding the strains placed on ISAF [...]
2007-11-02 17:14:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AF
07USUNNEWYORK1025AMIS COMMANDER AGWAI: UNAMID NEEDS ACCOMMODATIONS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AU Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) Force Commander General Martin Luther Agwai told USUN MSC and POL staff November 15 that UNAMID needs additional accommodations and equipment to deploy its forces effectively. Agwai reported that the Government of the Sudan (GOS) continues to insis [...]
2007-11-15 21:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1095NOV 28 ICTY/ICTR UNSC WORKING GROUP MEETING ON
[...] SUMMARY: Members of the UNSC Working Group on Residual Issues concerning the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) met on Nevember 28 to discuss a non-paper prepared by the Chair (Indonesia) on the preparati [...]
2007-11-30 18:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREF PREL RW
07USUNNEWYORK1168YUGOSLAV AND RWANDA WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS REPORT TO
[...] SUMMARY: The Security Council met December 10 for a briefing on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The President and Prosecutor of each tribunal made a statement, as did all Council members and repr [...]
2007-12-14 16:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC ICTY ICTR PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK1174YUGOSLAV AND RWANDA WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS PRESENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) presented their joint paper on residual functions at a December 11 meeting of the Security Council Working Group on Ad Hoc International Tribunals (WG). The main t [...]
2007-12-14 21:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC ICTY ICTR PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK1193UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 62ND GA
[...] (SBU) Gerald Scott is again serving as Senior Area Advisor for Africa at USUN during the regular session of the General Assembly. These are his personal reflections on African participation as the regular session of the 62nd GA draws to a close. (Note that while in the UN context the African [...]
2007-12-20 18:02:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU
07USUNNEWYORK1200UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 20
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: -- HSP Deployment Update: Equipment for the Chinese engineering unit is still in transit; Bangladesh and Nigeria have not yet provided a load list from which the UN can contract air movement. The UN concluded a pre-d [...]
2007-12-20 21:12:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK134DPKO U/SYG GUEHENNO BLAMES SLOW DARFUR PROGRESS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Assistant-Secretary Silverberg met with United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General (SYG) Guehenno on February 8 to discuss Department concerns on Darfur progress, including candidates for Special Representative and Force Commander for the h [...]
2007-02-15 21:04:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK156DARFUR: USG AND UN GET READY TO TEST BASHIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A/S Silverberg expressed on February 20 to UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Guehenno U.S. support for UN candidates for leadership positions in the Darfur hybrid operation. The A/S also pushed for deployment of advance elements of the Heavy Support Package (HSP) in ord [...]
2007-02-27 23:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK159UN/RWANDA SANCTIONS: RWANDA SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR
[...] (U) This is a guidance request, please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) USUN Sanctions Unit Chief was approached by Rwandan First Counselor Nicholas Shalita on February 23 to request that the United States support a new resolution to modify the arms embargo on Rwanda. The Rwandans are consulting wit [...]
2007-02-28 19:18:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC RW
07USUNNEWYORK199UN: CONDITIONS OF SERVICE AND COMPENSATION FOR
[...] ACTION REQUEST: See paragraph 16. This is an action request. USUN requests instructions for upcoming negotiations in the Fifth Committee. 2. SUMMARY: As requested by General Assembly resolution A/59/282, the Secretary-General (SG),in his report A/61/554: Conditions of service and compensa [...]
2007-03-13 14:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA AORC KUNR
07USUNNEWYORK264UNSC ADOPTS RES 1749 (2007) ON RWANDA
[...] (SBU) On March 28, 2007, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1749, regarding Rwanda. The resolution, terminating with immediate effect the measures imposed by paragraph 11 of resolution 1011 (1995),followed up on the Rwanda Sanctions Committee's recommendation to terminate the not [...]
2007-04-04 16:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EFIN UNSC PREL RW
07USUNNEWYORK3USUN SURVEYS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN has surveyed the UN missions of Security Council members for views on the way forward on the Kosovo status process. We found Belgium, Slovakia, and France expecting and supporting eventual Kosovo independence but concerned about how the Security Council could facilitate th [...]
2007-01-05 00:05:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALUNMIK YI PGOV PREL
07USUNNEWYORK320UNSC/DARFUR: DPKO DISCUSSES HYBRID COMMAND AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 16 meeting with United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) Jean-Marie Guehenno, the USG pushed for clarity on issues of command and control of the third stage of the three-phase Darfur peacekeeping plan outlined in [...]
2007-04-25 00:28:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK370SUDAN: BENCHMARKS FOR DARFUR - P3 AMBASSADORS MEET
[...] U.S., U.K. and French ambassadors met with Under Secretary General Guehenno on Friday, May 4, to discuss benchmarks for Darfur. The three ambassadors conveyed the need to see quick progress on the political, security, and humanitarian fronts. They encouraged Guehenno to show results soon beca [...]
2007-05-14 19:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK374IN MEETING WITH P3 SYG BAN STILL CAUTIOUS ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a May 11 meeting with Permanent Three Security Council Members, United Nations Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon seemed defensive about his emphasis on the political process as the appropriate way to proceed on Darfur. While SYG Ban agreed joint and/or individual pressure [...]
2007-05-14 22:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK389LEBANON TRIBUNAL: P-5 PERMREPS DISCUSS DRAFT UNSCR
[...] (SBU) P-5 PermReps met on May 17 to discuss the P-3 draft Chapter VII UNSC resolution on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (reftel). French PR de la Sabliere introduced the draft resolution, noting that the co-authors preferred the "light" approach of deciding that the tribunal agreement and s [...]
2007-05-18 19:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK397UN/DRC SANCTIONS: DRC, BURUNDI, RWANDA, UGANDA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The DRC Sanctions Committee met on May 11 with representatives from the DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda to seek their further cooperation with the Group of Experts (the panel responsible for identifying violations of the arms embargo and other measures). DRC, Rwanda, and Uganda [...]
2007-05-21 20:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALCG ETTC PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK399RESPONSE TO NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING
[...] (SBU) PolMinsCouns and Poloff delivered ref A and B points to United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Assistant-Secretary General Hedi Annabi, DPKO Africa Division Director Dmitry Titov, DPKO Military Planning Service Chief Ian Sinclair and DPKO Office of Mission Suppo [...]
2007-05-21 23:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCD PREL SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK43UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR THE
[...] This is an action cable please see paragraph 5. 2. USUN has faxed to Department (IO/MPR-David Leis and EUR-IO/EX/FM-Alice Green) two notes from the SYG dated January 19, 2007 concerning the financing of the International Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Territory of Rwan [...]
2007-01-23 15:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AORC UN
07USUNNEWYORK439UNHCHR ARBOUR MAY 31 MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 31, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour met with Ambassador Khalilzad to discuss her recent mission to the Great Lakes region. She noted many ongoing problems, specifically the overall lack of security, violence against women and children, and judicial [...]
2007-06-01 21:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCG KAWC KWMN PHUM PREL XA ZF
07USUNNEWYORK449DPKO BRIEFING ON DRC, JUNE 4
[...] Confidential - entire text. 2. (C) Summary: DPKO USG Guehenno briefed the P3 plus 2 concerning the situation in the DRC. He was particularly concerned by the lack of progress towards a stable solution to the political difficulties of the Kivus (especially the role of Rwanda and the need fo [...]
2007-06-05 22:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALBE CG FR PGOV PHUM PREL RW UK UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK470UNHCHR ARBOUR UNSC BRIEFING ON GREAT LAKES REGION
[...] (U) Summary: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Arbour briefed the UN Security Council on her recent mission to the Great Lakes region. Noting she had addressed the Peacebuilding Commission on Burundi the previous day, Arbour focused her remarks on conditions in the Democratic Republic o [...]
2007-06-12 16:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDBY CG KAWC KWMN PHUM PREL RW UG XA ZF ZU
07USUNNEWYORK507INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA (ICTR)-
[...] Amb. Gerald Scott, USUN Senior Area Adviser for Africa,and USUN Legal Adviser Carolyn Willson met on June 21 with Rwanda's Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga and the GOR's representative to the ICTR, Mutabingwa Alloys, at their request, to discuss Rwanda's role in the ICTR's completion strateg [...]
2007-06-22 19:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC KJUS PREF PREL ZF RW
07USUNNEWYORK511RUSSIA DENIES PROTECTION OF VLASTIMIR DJORDJEVIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Security Council (SC) met June 18 for a briefing on the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). The President and Prosecutor of each tribunal made a statement, as did representatives from all [...]
2007-06-22 23:28:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDICTY PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK554PROPOSED APPOINTMENTS OF PROSECUTORS FOR THE
[...] This is an action request. Please see Para 5. 2. (C) UN Under-Secretary General for Legal Affairs, Nicolas Michel, informed USUN on July 6, that the Secretary General plans to take action to extend the terms of the current Prosecutors for the ICTR and ICTY. The Statutes of the Tribunal [...]
2007-07-06 20:50:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALICTY KAWC KJUS PGOV PREL
07USUNNEWYORK557DPKO BRIEFS P3 PLUS BELGIUM AND SOUTH AFRICA ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Guehenno briefed the P3 plus Two (South Africa and Belgium) on the situation in the DRC and its implications for an eventual MONUC phase-out. The discussion mostly concerned the deteriorating security situation in the Kivus [...]
2007-07-09 23:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ASEC UNSC KPKO MOPS CG
07USUNNEWYORK598RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON U.S. SUPPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 19, USUN delivered ref A demarche and Note Verbale to United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Office of Mission Support Assistant-Secretary-General Jane Holl Lute. Holl Lute shared USG impatience over stalled deployment of the two AMIS infantry batta [...]
2007-07-20 23:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK619UN/DRC SANCTIONS: UNANIMOUS COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Peruvian PermRep Jorge Voto-Bernales, who is the chairman of the DRC Sanctions Committee ("the Committee"),briefed the Security Council on June 23 on the occasion of the Committee's annual sanctions review. There was Council consensus that the sanctions regime--which consists [...]
2007-07-27 23:18:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALDRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
07USUNNEWYORK640ACABQ COMPLETES REVIEW OF SYG'S PROPOSED BUDGET
[...] Summary: The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) held its spring session May 15 - July 27 2007. The session primarily focused on the Secretary General's proposed budget for the biennium 2008-2009 (A/62/6). It held extensive hearings with Secretariat offici [...]
2007-08-03 22:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK73UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS U.S. RESOLUTION
[...] (U) Summary. On January 26, the day before the sixty-second anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, the UN General Assembly adopted by consensus a U.S.-sponsored resolution that condemned without reservation any denial of the Holocaust. The resolution garnered the support of 103 UN co- [...]
2007-01-29 22:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA IS IR
07USUNNEWYORK733UN A/S MULET BRIEFS ON UNMIS, EXPRESSES CONCERN ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY. New Assistant Secretary for Peacekeeping Operations Edmond Mulet delivered two separate briefings to the UNSC on September 7 regarding recent developments with the UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) and Mission of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). Follow [...]
2007-09-08 00:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNSC CG SU
07USUNNEWYORK744UNSC: U/SYG HOLMES ON HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN DR
[...] (U) Summary. On September 11, UN Under Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council in a closed session on the humanitarian situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Based on his recent field visit to DRC, Holmes outlined continuing humanitarian [...]
2007-09-12 21:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF UNSC CG XA
07USUNNEWYORK757SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS TERMS OF RWANDA AND
[...] The Security Council, September 14, adopted resolutions extending the terms of the Prosecutors for the International Tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR) and Yugoslavia (ICTY). Resolution 1774 (ref A),which re-appointed Hassan Jallow as ICTR Prosecutor for a four year term, was adopted unanimously. [...]
2007-09-14 21:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDICTY PHUM PREL UNSC ICTR
07USUNNEWYORK780LEBANON TRIBUNAL - PROGRESS REPORT
[...] USUN Legal Adviser spoke with UN Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs, Larry Johnson, September 18, about progress on the appointment of a Prosecutor and Judges for the Lebanon Tribunal. He confirmed that UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel has interviewed some prospects for the Prosecu [...]
2007-09-21 16:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS LE PREL SY
07USUNNEWYORK786UNGA KEEPS TAIWAN UN MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION OFF
[...] (U) Summary: The UN General Assembly met in plenary session September 21 to consider the report of the UN General Committee containing its recommendations for the agenda of the new (62nd) UNGA session which opened September 18. The General Committee had decided not to inscribe the agenda it [...]
2007-09-22 01:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA CH TW
07USUNNEWYORK870PRESENTATION OF ANNUAL RWANDA WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL
[...] At a meeting in the plenary of the General Assembly on October 15, 2007, Judges Dennis Byron, President of the ICTR, and Fausto Pocar, President of the ICTY, presented annual reports on the Tribunals. In his remarks to the General Assembly, Judge Byron indicated that the Tribunal's chambers c [...]
2007-10-16 16:42:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL ICTR ICTY
07USUNNEWYORK871UNGA/C-6:OBSERVER STATUS DRAFT RESOLUTIONS
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN requests instructions from the Department regarding draft resolutions on observer status in the General Assembly under consideration by the Sixth Committee (paras 2 - 6). Background information on each organization is contained in the UN documents referenced below. The f [...]
2007-10-16 22:18:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA
07USUNNEWYORK886SYG BAN PRESSES SUDAN TO ACCEPT HYBRID FORCE IN
[...] (C) During a meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad on October 18, SYG Ban Ki-Moon said he had urged AU Chair Konare, as well as Nigerian, Egyptian, Senegalese, and Rwandan officials, to press Sudanese President Bashir to accept the hybrid troops on offer. He also said he plans to urge South Afric [...]
2007-10-19 14:27:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU
07USUNNEWYORK895DARFUR: RWANDANS DRIVING HARD APC BARGAIN WITH UN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With United States Air Force C-17's standing by on October 19 in Kigali to facilitate transport to Darfur, a Rwandan infantry battalion balked at boarding. The Rwandans wanted an assurance that any damage in Darfur to the 18 armored personnel carriers they were bringing with th [...]
2007-10-20 00:25:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAF PGOV PHUM PREL SU
07USUNNEWYORK896U.S. RAPE RESOLUTION: STATE OF PLAY AS OF OCT. 19
[...] (U) Summary: The United States tabled its anti-rape resolution in the UNGA Third Committee on Wednesday. The resolution has attracted considerable opposition from certain African, Middle Eastern, and other delegations who correctly perceive it as targeting, inter alia, the Government of Suda [...]
2007-10-20 01:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAORC UN UNGA KWMN SOCI
07USUNNEWYORK937MEETING WITH RWANDA TRIBUNAL (ICTR) PRESIDENT SIR
[...] On Wednesday, October 17, 2007, Ambassador Wallace and USUN Legal Adviser met with Judge Dennis Byron who was in New York to address the General Assembly. Byron was accompanied by Spokesperson of the Tribunal, Roland Kouassi G. Amoussouga. Recognizing the serious violations of humanitarian law [...]
2007-10-31 19:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUN UNGA KJUS KAWC ICTR
07USUNNEWYORK951UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT NOVEMBER
[...] (C) Summary: Darfur deployment update: --AMIS Force Commander has yet to request in writing that contracted US military advisors continue in their current positions; --The first of the High Ranking Operational & Technical Advisory Team (HROTAT) visits began this week with UN personnel trav [...]
2007-11-01 23:12:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AF SU UNC KPKO UN
07USUNNEWYORK972FINDING FUNDING FOR UN COMPOUND IN IRAQ
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 14. SUMMARY AND COMMENT ------------------- 2. (C) Absent U.S. intervention, the UN will soon begin the process of requesting Member State approval of approximately 190 million dollars under the UN's 2008-2009 regular budget for const [...]
2007-11-07 23:03:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK980UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT NOVEMBER 8
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AMB Wolcott met with DPKO U/SYG Guehenno November 8 to discuss UNAMID deployment. Guehenno reported that Sudanese Major General had backpedaled on his promise to meet in Addis Ababa after the UN communicated that the meeting would be primarily technical and not an opportunity to [...]
2007-11-08 23:25:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU UNC UN KPKO
07VATICAN96HOLY SEE EMPHASIZES BALANCE BETWEEN JUSTICE AND
[...] (C) Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with officials from the Holy See and from Vatican-affiliated NGO Sant'Egidio May 22 regarding war crimes issues. The Holy See concurred with Williamson's assessment that a one-size-fits-all approach was sub-optimal when addre [...]
2007-06-13 14:11:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC SOCI VT RW BY SU CG
08ABIDJAN492PARTIES IN FN-HELD TERRITORIES ORIENTED AROUND
[...] Summary. DCM, Econ Chief and Political Specialist traveled July 15-18 to Seguela and Bouake in Forces Nouvelles-held territory. During the course of the trip, Emboffs met with representatives of the country's three major political parties (FPI, RDR, PDCI). Discussions with party representat [...]
2008-07-25 15:31:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM IV
08ACCRA1510GHANA ELECTIONS: ALL THEY ARE SAYING, IS GIVE
[...] SUMMARY. If Ghana's December elections somehow go awry, it won't be for lack of trying to focus the attention of the populace on peace. For the past two months, the call for peaceful elections has been omnipresent and inescapable, even drowning out discourse on political platforms and the eve [...]
2008-11-28 09:33:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDGH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08ADDISABABA1259ETHIOPIAN PRIME MINISTER MELES ON 2010 NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) During a nearly three hour meeting on May 9 held jointly with the Ambassadors of France and the UK, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told Ambassador Yamamoto that his administration fully supported ethnic diversity and the importance of democratic values and good governance in conjunction [...]
2008-05-12 07:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM EAID ET
08ADDISABABA1919ETHIOPIA CONCERNED FOR ITS TROOPS IN WAKE OF
[...] (C) Prime Minister Meles told Ambassador July 11 that, in the wake of the killing of five Rwandan troops in Darfur, he was concerned for the safety of Ethiopia's 1500 troops now being deployed to Darfur. Meles asked the United States for assistance in pressing the United Nations and others for [...]
2008-07-14 14:32:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO ET
08ADDISABABA2159PRESS FREEDOM - OPPRESSIVE OR PERMISSIVE: DRL A/S
[...] (SBU) During his July 23-25 visit to Addis Ababa, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor David Kramer met with media professionals and civil society leaders on the state of press freedom in Ethiopia and engaged senior Ethiopian Government (GoE) leaders on press fre [...]
2008-08-08 06:20:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL ET
08ADDISABABA286ETHIOPIA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER AND PRIME
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. On January 31, Assistant Secretary Frazer met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in a broad ranging 100 minute discussion on Kenya, Sudan, Somalia, Somaliland, and the Eritrean border. Also in attendance were Ambassador Yamamoto, Ambassador Courville, Sudan S/E Will [...]
2008-02-06 07:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PBTS PNAT MOPS KPKO ET ER SO SU KE
08ADDISABABA3336USAU: AU HOPING TO MOBILIZE AFRICAN LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary: African Union Chairperson and President of Tanzania Jakaya Kikwete is going to convene certain African heads of state in Pretoria on December 14 in hopes that they can forge a strong enough message to deliver to Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to pressure him to implement a pow [...]
2008-12-10 15:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI AU
08ADDISABABA832AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOR ETHIOPIA- PROTECT ACCORDINGLY
[...] Post's Inter-Agency Avian Influenza committee met March 21, 2008 to review the situation in Ethiopia with respect to the status of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in the country since the committee's last meeting March 29, 2007. There have been no outbreaks in the past year in spite [...]
2008-03-27 14:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYET KFLU TBIO AMED EAID EAGR SENV XW
08ANKARA1386REQUESTING DIPLOMATIC STATUS FOR OFFICE OF DEFENSE
[...] Post requests Department approve diplomatic status for Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Turkey personnel in accordance with 3 FAH-1 H-2438.2 in lieu of status under the NATO Status of Forces (SOFA) Implementing Agreement with Turkey. ODC Turkey Chief enjoyed diplomatic status until 2005, w [...]
2008-08-04 12:50:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDAPER MARR TU
08ANKARA1450NO TURKISH DECISION ON BIT RENEGOTIATION THIS YEAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkey continues to tie prospects for renegotiation of its Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT) to its EU accession process and views a wholesale renegotiation as unlikely. Turkish Treasury DDG for Foreign Investment Murat Alici described the 2004 Model BIT as an overly long, overly [...]
2008-08-13 06:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALECON EINV TU
08BEIJING3942CHINA/AFRICA: A/S FRAZER AND EVFM WANG GUANGYA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China is open to greater cooperation with the United States in assisting Africa, Executive Vice Foreign Minister Wang Guangya told Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer October 15. China agrees with the United States on the need for UN Security Council (UNSC) ac [...]
2008-10-16 07:56:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC CH SU SO CG
08BEIJING3996U.S.-CHINA AFRICA SUB-DIALOGUE: A/S FRAZER AND AFM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China-Africa relations are open and transparent and do not pose a threat to other parties, Assistant Foreign Minister Zhai Jun told Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer October 14 during the U.S.-China Regional Sub-dialogue on Africa. China's priorities in Afri [...]
2008-10-20 09:35:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID UNSC MASS CH SU SO CG TW
08BEIJING576SUPPORT FOR A UNSCR ON THE FDLR
[...] (C) PolOff on February 19 delivered reftel points on a UN Security Council resolution on the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo [...]
2008-02-19 09:48:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ASEC ETTC CG RW CH
08BERLIN1529MEDIA REACTION: Financial Crisis, Economic, EU-Russia,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Economic) Financial Crisis 3. (Economic) U.S. Car Industry Problems 4. (EU-Russia) Energy Policy, Partnership Agreement 5. (U.S.-Afghanistan) Future Policy 6. (U.S.-EU) Future Cooperation 7. (Mideast) Peace Process 8. (U.S.) Obama [...]
2008-11-12 12:02:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BERLIN1566MEDIA REACTION: Somalia, Obama, U.S.-Iraq Latam, Congo EU
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Somalia) Pirate Activities 3. (U.S.) Obama Team 4. (U.S.-Iraq) Status of Forces Agreement 5. (Latam) China's Influence 6. (Africa) Congo 7. (EU) Economic Stimulus Package  [...]
2008-11-20 11:45:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO GM
08BRUSSELS1090U.S.-EU AFRICA TROIKA ADDRESSES SUDAN, CHAD, HORN,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 08:46:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF EUN
08BRUSSELS1474TWO ANTI-KABILA EXTRA-PARLIAMENTARY POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since mid-June, an Embassy Poloff with a previous posting in Kinshasa has been sought out separately by the heads of two different Congolese political groups (Union Socialiste Congolaise and the Movement des Patriots Congolais). These groups did not participate in the electoral [...]
2008-09-23 15:12:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG BE
08BRUSSELS1680BELGIAN GOVERNMENT INCHES TOWARD ACTION ON CRISIS
[...] Summary: (C) The situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo) is currently the number one real-time foreign policy concern for the Belgian Government and one of the top stories in the Belgian press (French and Flemish). The GoB issued statements October 30 calling for an immediate [...]
2008-10-30 17:58:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPGOV PREL BE RW CG EU
08BRUSSELS1693CRISIS IN THE CONGO: BELGIAN FM DEGUCHT'S MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: On November 4 the Belgian MFA briefed European Union, Canadian, Japanese, South African, and U.S. Embassies on FM Karl De Gucht's November 1 meeting with Rwandan President Paul Kagame. After providing the meeting points, the MFA Africa team offered Belgian views on the situation [...]
2008-11-04 16:57:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG BE
08BRUSSELS1720EU OUTLINES TRANSATLANTIC PRIORITIES FOR PDAS RIES
[...] (U) EU officials took advantage of the timing of EUR PDAS Marcie Ries's Nov. 4-6 visit to Brussels to outline Europe's priorities in working with the incoming Obama administration. Building on consensus reached by EU foreign ministers at the November 3 informal Gymnich meeting on transatlantic [...]
2008-11-10 16:03:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN
08BRUSSELS1734PDAS RIES DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, CONGO, RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary: Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Marcie Ries met on November 5 with Vincent Mertens de Vilmars, Director for International Relations at the Ministy of Defense of Belgium. Mertens is a close advisor of Minister of Defense Pieter De Crem and a former Ambassador to Russia from B [...]
2008-11-13 17:38:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR BE AF CG GG RU UP
08BRUSSELS1740EU OUTLINES TRANSATLANTIC PRIORITIES FOR PDAS RIES
[...] (U) EU officials took advantage of the timing of EUR PDAS Marcie Ries's Nov. 4-6 visit to Brussels to outline Europe's priorities in working with the incoming Obama administration. Building on consensus reached by EU foreign ministers at the November 3 informal Gymnich meeting on transatlantic [...]
2008-11-14 13:13:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EUN
08BRUSSELS1749BELGIUM AND THE CONGO PART TROIS: MFA CONTACTS
[...] (C) Summary: PolEconCouns and Poloff joined MFA Congo Contacts for a wide ranging discussion on Belgium's latest efforts to end the crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our contacts said Foreign Minister De Gucht would fly to New York November 25 and 26 to attempt to bolster the MO [...]
2008-11-18 18:04:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG BE
08BRUSSELS180VISIT OF S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON TO BRUSSELS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson visited Brussels January 8 and 9 to discuss war crimes issues with EU and Belgian officials. Discussions focused on current operations of war crimes tribunals, judicial development programs in Rwanda, and the general fut [...]
2008-02-05 09:13:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL EUM
08BRUSSELS1885BELGIAN MFA MORE REALISTIC THAN OPTIMISTIC ON
[...] (C) According to MFA Congo Desk Officer Koen Adam, the Belgian government took note of the Rwanda - DRC statements from the December 4-5 Goma meeting. The GOB recognized several positive statements, and appreciated the goals to which the two countries committed. Belgium is realistic, however [...]
2008-12-12 18:04:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG RW BE
08BRUSSELS630BELGIAN MFA ON BELGIAN AID ALONG RWANDAN BORDER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the course of a meeting on April 18, Paul Jansen, the Belgian MFA desk officer for Rwanda and Burundi, explained Belgium,s role in helping reassimilate Rwandan returnees and the status of Rwandan immigrants in Belgium. END SUMMARY Belgium,s Role in Reassimilation [...]
2008-04-24 14:54:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDBE PGOV PREL RWANDA CONGO
08BUJUMBURA298FOMIN: BURUNDI TRYING TO REVIVE REGIONAL ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 4 meeting with the Ambassador and Director of Central African Affairs Karl Wycoff, Burundian Minister of External Relations Antoinette Batumbwira: - requested that the U.S. help persuade the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to return to active participation [...]
2008-06-05 15:11:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PINR PREL BY
08BUJUMBURA336AF/C DIRECTOR WYCOFF GETS AN EARFUL OF BURUNDI'S
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During June 3-6 meetings with Director for Central African Affairs Karl Wycoff, Burundian government, NGO and civil society interlocutors said that: - the repatriation of significant numbers of refugees could help Tanzania,s government consider residency, citizenship and long [...]
2008-06-27 09:23:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIALASEC EAID PGOV PINR PREL BY CG RW
08BUJUMBURA396SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL PAYNE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Burundi comes as the country grapples with the many challenges facing nascent democracies. The last remaining rebel group, the PALIPEHUTU-FNL, signed a cessation of hostilities agreement in May following several weeks of violent attacks that left over 100 people d [...]
2008-07-31 19:39:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP MARR PGOV PREF PREL BY
08CONAKRY35FRUSTRATED AND MARGINALIZED, GUINEA,S YOUTH ARE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an Embassy hosted breakfast, 17 Conakry-based youth leaders shared their views on the current political situation and the possibility of a nationwide labor strike at the end of the month. Participants felt marginalized by both the government and non-government actors, [...]
2008-03-25 13:30:00Embassy ConakryUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08COTONOU309BENIN'S FY 2008 PROPOSAL FOR THE TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES
[...] SUMMARY: Based upon consultation with UNHCR/Benin, Embassy Cotonou requests FY08 funding in the amount of 8.2 million FCFA (approximately $19,700) from the Taft Fund for Refugees to fund micro-credit projects intended for urban-based refugees and Togolese refugees at the Agame refugee camp. [...]
2008-05-28 06:43:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID BN TO
08DAKAR566CAMEROON REGIONAL FOOD FOR PEACE OFFICER
[...] Summary: Dakar-based Regional Food for Peace Officer (RFFPO) traveled to Cameroon from March 31 to April 11, 2008 to assess progress of the humanitarian programs and the living conditions of Central African Republic (CAR) and Chadian refugees in the country. Visits to various refugee sites [...]
2008-05-15 16:13:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL WFP SOCI NG EAGR MR ECON
08DARESSALAAM282ICTR: CLOSURE, LEGACY AND BRINGING FUGITIVES TO
[...] (SBU) Ambassador Clint Williamson from the Office of War Crimes Issues (S/WCI) visited the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, Tanzania from April 5 to 8. He discussed the Tribunal's completion strategy and urged all concerned to remain efficient and fo [...]
2008-05-05 03:23:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL TZ
08DARESSALAAM32 TANZANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-15 12:13:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR TZ
08DARESSALAAM412STRONG USG REPRESENTATION AT TANZANIA'S SULLIVAN SUMMIT
[...] The Leon H. Sullivan Foundation greatly appreciated The strong U.S. Government (USG) representation at the Eighth Annual Sullivan Summit held in Arusha, Tanzania from June 2 to 6. Led by a White House Delegation headed by Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne, almost all USG departments [...]
2008-07-04 04:41:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID ETRD EINV TZ
08DARESSALAAM484TANZANIA: MINI-DUBLIN GROUP DISCUSSES CURRENT
[...] (U) The Assistant Regional Security Officer (ARSO) attended the "Mini-Dublin Group," an informal gathering of like-minded countries initiated by the President of Ireland focused on counter narcotics issues. Embassy representatives from the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Germany, Finland, the [...]
2008-08-02 16:32:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PGOV PREL SNAR TZ
08DARESSALAAM837POLITICS AND RELIGION IN TANZANIA: REVIVED DEBATE
[...] (U) Summary. This is the first of two cables on political issues of a religious nature in Tanzania. This cable covers the question of establishing Islamic (kadhi) courts on mainland Tanzania, while septel will address the debate over Tanzanian membership in the Organization of the Islamic Co [...]
2008-12-11 12:15:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SCUL KIRF KISL TZ
08DARESSALAAM869Tanzania 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-31 11:19:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PHUM TZ
08DARESSALAAM91C-NC8-00135: UPDATE ON TANZANIA COUNTERTERRORIST
[...] (SBU) In support of the upcoming POTUS visit to Tanzania, post is providing the following update on the Government of Tanzania (GOT)'s counterterrorism (CT) capabilities and cooperation (reftel). 2. (S/NF) How seriously does the Government of Tanzania (GOT) take the threat of terrorism incl [...]
2008-02-04 15:12:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamSECRET//NOFORNPINR PTER PHUM PREL TZ
08DJIBOUTI412DJIBOUTI-ERITREA: ACTING DEFENSE CHIEF REPORTS ON
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. Djibouti's Acting Chief of Defense, MG Zakaria Cheikh Ibrahim, reports that an April 24 meeting with the Eritrean military resulted in an agreement to establish a buffer zone (along disputed territory in Ras Doumeira),but that such a zone had not been implemented. However, M [...]
2008-04-28 14:00:00Embassy DjiboutiSECRETPREL MOPS PBTS PHSA ER DJ
08DJIBOUTI576DJIBOUTI REQUESTS EXPULSION OF WFP REPRESENTATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Following months of growing tensions (refs A-B),Djibouti's acting foreign minister has formally requested the replacement of the current World Food Program Resident Representative (WFP ResRep),who is asked to depart "as soon as possible" due to "absence of cooperation" with aut [...]
2008-07-03 17:57:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID EAGR DJ UN
08DJIBOUTI638DJIBOUTI-ERITREA: SEPARATE UN AND ACP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to Djibouti's appeal to the international community, the United Nations Secretariat and the Brussels-based African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP Group) have dispatched separate fact-finding missions to examine ways to reduce tensions with Eritrea, follow [...]
2008-08-03 17:53:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF MOPS KPKO ER DJ ET
08DURBAN27XENOPHOBIA IN DURBAN: KZN OFFICALS AND CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (C) Beginning the week of May 19, local police, officials and NGO's confirmed the spread of violence targeting foreign nationals in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) province. By May 27, while fearful foreign nationals continued to seek safety away from their homes, no new incidents of violence agai [...]
2008-05-30 18:10:00Consulate DurbanCONFIDENTIALSF ASEC CASC PGOV PHUM PREF CG BY RW
08FREETOWN417PARTY FRACAS ENDS IN VIOLENCE FOR JOURNALISTS
[...] (U) Summary: An altercation between SLPP and APC supporters took a nasty turn on August 13, resulting in damage to the SLPP Headquarters and the Freetown City Council Offices, looting, and injuries. Sierra Leone Police (SLP) on hand for crowd control allegedly intensified the situation by fir [...]
2008-08-25 16:39:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL SL
08GABORONE961SADC COUNSELS "PATIENCE" ON ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. SADC Executive Secretary Tomaz Salomao briefed diplomats October 31 on regional economic integration, violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Zimbabwe power-sharing negotiations. He advised that all three parties in Zimbabwe are happy with mediator Thabo Mbeki and [...]
2008-11-04 12:55:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD ZI CO BC
08GENEVA498NEW HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PRESIDENT MARTIN UHOMOIBHI \
[...] (C) Summary: Nigerian Permanent Representative to the \ UN in Geneva, Martin Uhomoibhi, was formally elected \ President of the UN Human Rights Council June 18. His \ nomination by the African Group to serve as the Council's \ President for the 2008-2009 session had been contested from \ within [...]
2008-07-01 12:57:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNUNHRC PHUM PINR NI
08GENEVA790FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF NEW UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In her first two and a half weeks as the new High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navanetham Pillay has demonstrated an intelligence and deep commitment to human rights that we find somewhat encouraging; also encouraging, from our perspective, were her initial, positive comments a [...]
2008-09-18 14:39:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR UNHRC
08GENEVA984 UNCTAD - Trade and Development Board, 55th Session,
[...] SUMMARY: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) held the 55th Session of its Trade and Development Board (TDB),UNCTAD's governing body, in Geneva from September 15-26, 2008. IO DAS Gerry Anderson represented the US during the high-level segment of the TDB, September [...]
2008-11-19 10:03:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD UNCTAD
08GUANGZHOU307GUANGZHOU GOVERNMENT GRAPPLES WITH "AFRICA TOWN"
[...] (SBU) Summary: The local authorities have responded to the growing numbers and high concentrations of Africans in various Guangzhou neighborhoods by quietly funding research into crime rates, religious practices, and tax payments associated with their activities. It is unclear whether this is [...]
2008-06-03 01:39:00Consulate GuangzhouUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EINV ECON PREL SOCI XA CH NI ML RW
08JAKARTA338RWANDA/DRC -- SEEKING GOI SUPPORT FOR UNSC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Mission reviewed reftel points regarding Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU). Pol/C underscored the need for a UN Security Council resolution condemning such groups as the FDLR, the FAR and the Interahamwe. DEPLU [...]
2008-02-21 07:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC UNSC ID RW CG
08KABUL770 AFGHANISTAN'S 2008 TIP QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE
[...] (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or children? Provide, where possible, numbers or estimates for each group; how they were trafficked, to where, and for what purpose. Does the trafficking occur within the country's [...]
2008-03-26 13:18:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF AF
08KAMPALA1331 RUMBLE IN MENGO: UGANDAN PRESIDENT AND BUGANDA KINGDOM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Conflict continues between President Museveni and the Buganda Kingdom over historic grievances and the proposed amendments to the 1998 Land Act (widely referred to as the Land Bill amendments). Most of the sparring has taken place in the public arena, where the lack of a commun [...]
2008-09-18 08:40:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM UG
08KAMPALA1431AFRICAN LEADERS LAUNCH CONTINENT'S LARGEST ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: The leaders of 26 African countries agreed in Kampala on October 22 to begin work establishing a new economic community to compete more effectively in the global economy. The joint declaration of the First COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Summit calls for a merger of the three econom [...]
2008-10-24 08:48:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ETRD EINV ECON PGOV XA
08KAMPALA1470 USG-SPONSORED DEBATE STARTS DIALOGUE ON UGANDA'S 2011
[...] Summary: Ruling party Secretary General Amama Mbabazi and Opposition Leader in Parliament Morris Latigo participated in a debate on challenges to the electoral system in Uganda on October 30. U.S. Mission Kampala, capitalizing on interest in U.S. elections, partnered with a local think tank [...]
2008-11-10 05:51:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM UG
08KAMPALA351 UGANDA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2008
[...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking In Persons (TIP) issues is Political/Economic Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon, Tel: 256-41-306-214, Mobile: 256-772-220-030, Fax: 256-41-345-144. To prepare this report, P/E Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon (FS-02) spent 30 hours and political assistant Gracie Jaasi spent 1 [...]
2008-03-04 11:03:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UG
08KAMPALA475SCENESETTER FOR TRANSPORTATION DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO
[...] As requested, the following message provides an overview of the transport sector in Uganda for the visit of the Deputy Secretary of Transportation (April 16-18). 2. SUMMARY: The Ugandan transport sector is experiencing a period of rapid growth, due to Government of Uganda (GOU),private se [...]
2008-04-04 09:08:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ELTN ETRD EAID PGOV UG
08KAMPALA565 Uganda refugee official on Kenyan, Sudanese
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 18, 2008, RefCoord met with Carlos Twesigomwe, Commissioner for Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs, Office of the Prime Minister, Uganda. The Commissioner reaffirmed his government's commitment to Kenyan and Congolese refugees in its borders and praised UNHCR ef [...]
2008-04-24 05:58:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID PINS UG
08KAMPALA587NORTHERN UGANDA: HELPING KONY UNDERSTAND JUSTICE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ugandan Government, Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) delegation members, lawyers, and judicial officials will meet in Kampala from May 6-8 to discuss the legal options for LRA leader Joseph Kony. The LRA delegation says it wants to understand the national legal framework for [...]
2008-04-28 13:41:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU CG CT
08KAMPALA588UGANDAN PRESIDENT DECRIES EAC'S INFRASTUCTURE NEEDS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: President Yoweri Museveni opened the "First Strategic Retreat for East African Community (EAC) Ministers" on April 17 by reminding his audience that China, which lacked political freedom, was nevertheless booming economically. He decried the EAC's infrastructure deficiencies, in [...]
2008-04-29 07:35:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL ECIN EAID ENRG ETRD PGOV UG
08KAMPALA613UGANDAN JOURNALISTS THREATENED WITH SEDITION CHARGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Three journalists from The Independent magazine, including the Managing Editor Andrew Mwenda, were detained over "publication of seditious stories" on April 26. Detectives from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) interrogated the journalists for three hours and later r [...]
2008-05-06 11:57:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM UG
08KATHMANDU3132008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-18 12:14:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08KHARTOUM1025BLOODY ATTACK ON UNAMID PATROL AT SHANGIL TOBAYA,
[...] (SBU) According to reports from UNAMID, on July 8 at approximately 1530 armed fighters attacked a UNAMID joint patrol in a "forested and mountainous" area 65 kilometers south of Dare Salam, 6 kilometers from Gusajamatta, in North Darfur. The UNAMID joint military observer and police team from [...]
2008-07-09 14:52:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1164SUDAN COMPLAINS ABOUT USUN VOTE, COMMENTS ON
[...] (C) Summary: The Sudanese Foreign Ministry called in Charge Fernandez to formally complain about remarks made at USUN on July 31 which seem to imply that the United States is supporting the International Criminal Court (ICC) bringing war crimes and genocide charges against President Al-Bashir. [...]
2008-08-03 12:24:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1241SE WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR
[...] (C) Summary: SE Williamson and Presidential Advisor Nafie Ali Nafie agreed to consider a resumption in bilateral discussions, possibly with a "re-calibrated" focus. Williamson stated several times during the meeting that President Bush's primary concern in Sudan is humanitarian, stating that " [...]
2008-08-15 14:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1451UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID officials still believe that sixty-percent deployment is possible by the end of 2008, and eighty-percent is achievable by the end of March 2009. However, for this to happen, all former AMIS battalions must rotate at full strength and several new battalions have to be will [...]
2008-09-26 14:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1524UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings from October 11-15, UNAMID officials expressed concern over slow progress on airport upgrades, UNAMID's lack of air assets, and the weak security posture of many of UNAMID's bases. Chief of Staff Almstrom and J5 Colonel Stafford both stated that their focus of late [...]
2008-10-15 13:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1533CHARGE'S MEETING WITH UNAMID SPECIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to UNAMID Joint Special Representative Adada, relations with the GoS, narrowly-defined, have turned the corner and UNAMID deployment is accelerating, with 14,000 peacekeepers expected to be on the ground by year,s end. He agreed that harassment of humanitarian NGOs in [...]
2008-10-17 12:49:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF EAID SOCI KPKO AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1551GOS SEEMS TO BE ON THE RIGHT TRACK WITH DARFUR,
[...] (C) Summary: Influential regime insider and presidential advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail told CDA Fernandez that the GoS has recalibrated its focus from frantically searching for ways to avoid an ICC indictment of GNU President Al-Bashir to finding a solution to the Darfur crisis. Ismail stated [...]
2008-10-20 11:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1573SUDANESE AGREE TO US AIRLIFT SUPPORT FOR UNAMID;
[...] (C) CDA Fernandez met with MFA Under Secretary Dr. Mutriff Siddiq on 23 October to inform him of planned US airlift support for UNAMID. Explaining that the USG would like to be clear and precise with the GNU on the USG's agreement with the UN to provide airlift support for UNAMID personnel and [...]
2008-10-23 14:18:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PREL UNSC SOCI SU
08KHARTOUM1577UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Despite minor setbacks, UNAMID deployment appears to be on track; end of year deployment goals should be met. As of October 22, UNAMID had received more than 50 percent of expected Darfur staffing with a combined total of 13,700 UNAMID military, police and civilian staff. Depl [...]
2008-10-24 11:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1604UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID will reach its target of sixty percent deployment by the end of the year, but only by temporarily positioning new troop arrivals in the transit camps within the super camps, rather than at their intended final destinations. The offer to provide US airlift for contingent- [...]
2008-11-02 05:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1670UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff spoke with Commander Victor Luis Hernandez, FPU Advisor/Coordinator for UNAMID, and Col. Nody Stafford, Chief of Military Plans for UNAMID, November 12-13 to discuss UNAMID deployment issues. UNAMID and contingent-owned equipment continues to flow into Darfur, but additio [...]
2008-11-16 12:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1682A/S FRAZER'S MEETINGS WITH NCP OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a round-table meeting followed by a dinner at the CDA's residence, several leading members of the National Congress Party told A/S Frazer that the GNU has made significant progress in implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),and pointed to Abyei as the only par [...]
2008-11-18 07:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1694UNAMID DEPLOYMENT AND PEACE PROCESS UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: UNAMID will meet sixty-percent deployment by the end of 2008, but will not have increased its operational capacity even with the additional troops, until they can be deployed to the field. Eighty-percent deployment by March 31 is not possible, and UNAMID has backed away from prese [...]
2008-11-23 12:38:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1711GOS LEADERS TO CONSIDER US-LED DARFUR CEASE-FIRE
[...] (C) On November 25, CDA Fernandez met with key Government of Sudan (GoS) regime strategist and de-facto regime shadow Foreign Minister, Presidential Advisor Mustafa Osman Ismail, in order to inform him the idea of a US-led independent Darfur Cease-Fire Monitoring Team (ref d). CDA Fernandez t [...]
2008-11-25 14:02:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1726UNAMID DEPLOYMENT IN GREATER DETAIL
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID climbed to 50.3 percent of its authorized total force strength last week and expects to reach its goal of 60 percent by end of the year, as reported in Ref A. Most troop-contributing countries (TCCs) anticipated to arrive in the coming months have not provided load lists [...]
2008-12-01 15:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1810UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In discussions on December 14-15, UNAMID officials told poloff that the mission is still on target to meet its goal of 60 percent deployment by the end of December 2008. They also remain hopeful that 80 percent deployment is possible by March 2009, though it appears that this tar [...]
2008-12-17 15:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM246UNAMID COMMANDER: BUILDING UP WHAT WE HAVE SHOULD
[...] (C) Summary: UNAMID Force Commander believes that the international community's efforts would be better spent beefing up existing units, in terms of personnel, transport and logistics, already on the ground in Darfur rather than focusing on units still not accepted by the Sudanese Government t [...]
2008-02-20 12:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM251UNAMID: "BALL IS IN OUR COURT"
[...] (SBU) Summary: Fifty days after transition, UNAMID top officials briefed the diplomatic community on progress and challenges. UN/AU Special Representative Adada noted that a political solution is needed to resolve the Darfur situation and, while UNAMID is not a panacea, the changing political [...]
2008-02-21 10:16:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM342INTERNAL INTRIGUE SHROUDS SUDANESE RESPONSE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Deng Alor worries that infighting among NCP factions could jeopardize discussions on a workplan to alleviate suffering in Darfur and improve relations with the West before such an initiative even gets started. The SPLM is also concerned about keeping focus on CPA- [...]
2008-03-09 14:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM41AL-SAMANI: NEW EMBASSY COMPOUND POLITICAL ISSUE, NOT SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: In a sometimes tense meting with Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Linda Greenfield-Thomas on January 12, State Minister for Foreign Affairs al-Samani al-Wasila maintained that construction on the new embassy compound (NEC) had been blocked in response to political, bila [...]
2008-01-13 16:01:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREF SU AU PGOV UN
08KHARTOUM434UNAMID IS ITS OWN WORST ENEMY ON DEPLOYMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For at least the second time in four months, UNAMID leadership in El Fasher has attempted to use logistical considerations as an excuse for delaying deployment of the peacekeeping force in Darfur. The latest attempt, articulated by the Chief of Planning, was in direct response t [...]
2008-03-24 05:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM437UNAMID FORCE COMMANDER'S VISION OF DEPLOYMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A March 24 conversation with UNAMID Force Commander (FC) Martin Luther Agwai revealed the depth of the chasm between the vision on the ground in El Fasher and at UN Headquarters in New York of UNAMID's short-term deployment plan. Like other UNAMID officials (reftel),the FC cit [...]
2008-03-25 07:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM438UNAMID - A VIEW FROM RURAL NORTH DARFUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A March 24 visit by emboffs to UNAMID camps in Sector North revealed that UNAMID troops can make a difference on the ground as local populations trust UNAMID with their security concerns. Nonetheless, discussions with UNAMID contacts in Um Kadada and Shangil Tobai also reveale [...]
2008-03-25 08:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM454UNAMID TRIES HARDER WHILE DARFURIS FUME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: March 25 visits to two UNAMID camps in Darfur revealed that UNAMID troops, while bringing much needed relative security to their immediate areas of control, currently lack the troops and equipment to be in some of the most operationally-important areas. The visits also reveale [...]
2008-03-27 08:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM480SUDANESE DEFENSE MINISTER: WE WANT A BETTER
[...] (C) Summary: In a surprising conversation after a two year boycott, Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel Rahim Hussein told CDA Fernandez that Sudan was strongly in favor of a better relationship with the United States. He gingerly accepted that "mistakes were made" in Darfur, called for greater Am [...]
2008-04-01 15:18:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREL UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM502UNAMID DEPLOYMENT LIMITATIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNAMID Chief of Planning informed FieldOff on April 2 that "there will be no new infantry battalions coming in this year to UNAMID" beyond those that are currently planned. Instead, he stated UNAMID would be prepared to receive the Egyptian and Ethiopian battalions and the enabli [...]
2008-04-03 16:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU CD
08KHARTOUM573JANE HOLL LUTE PREVIEWS MESSAGE TO UNSC ON DARFUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations outgoing Under-Secretary-General in the Department of Field Support (DFS) Jane Holl Lute said that the only way for the UN to deploy the bulk of UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) forces in 2008 was with the parallel provision of enabling assets, a point [...]
2008-04-14 08:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM646SUDAN AGREES TO RELEASE NEC CONTAINERS, PROMISES
[...] (C) Summary: Sudan agreed to release long-delayed NEC containers beginning the morning of April 29 with all in country released by the end of the week. The Sudanese are also clearing up any remaining UNAMID shipment backlog in anticipation of a continuing dialogue with the US, the MFA's Under [...]
2008-04-28 08:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALSU ASEC ABLD AMGT PGOV PREL
08KHARTOUM650TCCS FORCE AGWAI TO CHANGE UNAMID PRIORITIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Force Commander (FC) Agwai compromised on his number one deployment priority while in Addis Ababa, according to UNAMID's Chief of Planning. As he did with the Egyptians in Um Kadada (ref A),Agwai agreed to let the Ethiopi [...]
2008-04-29 09:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SOCI AU UNSC CD ET SU
08KHARTOUM872WHEN ONE UNAMID DEPLOYMENT DOOR OPENS, ANOTHER CLOSES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Deployment "progress" made during the June 5 United Nations Security Council visit to El Fasher, North Darfur, appears to be illusory, according to United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur Force Commander GEN Agwai. While the Government of Sudan promised to allow Thai and [...]
2008-06-11 10:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC AU ET SU
08KHARTOUM883SPECIAL ENVOY ATTEMPTS TO BRIDGE UNAMID DISCONNECT WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Special Envoy and UNAMID Force Commander aired shared frustrations in a May 31 meeting over the disconnect between UNAMID in Darfur and UN Headquarters in New York, a disconnect which led the Force Commander to declare that UNAMID had actually regressed in the five months si [...]
2008-06-15 05:16:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU SU UNSC
08KIGALI106PRESIDENT KAGAME'S MEDIA COMMENTS ON KENYA
[...] (U) Recent comments made by Rwandan President Paul Kagame about the use of military force to resolve the situation in Kenya have resulted in a series of articles in local and international media, both critical and supportive of his views. In one interview, Kagame expressed a desire to see mor [...]
2008-02-08 11:06:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI107SPANISH JUDGE INDICTS 40 RWANDAN OFFICERS
[...] (U) Summary. A Spanish judge's indictment of 40 Rwandan military officers for mass killings has been viewed with measured skepticism by the Rwandan government, which awaits receipt and evaluation of the judicial documents. Media versions of the judge's statements suggest that outlandish an [...]
2008-02-08 11:06:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM MOPS RW
08KIGALI111RWANDA SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT BUSH'S TRIP TO
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: President Bush's February 19 visit to Rwanda is eagerly anticipated by the Government of Rwanda (GOR) and the Rwandan people. President and Mrs. Bush will be warmly welcomed. This visit is already widely viewed as serving to underscore the U.S. Government's d [...]
2008-02-11 09:17:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MASS EAID RW
08KIGALI112RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-11 14:14:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI113JUSTICE MINISTER ON ILAC REPORT, BWINDI
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met February 4 with Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama. The Minister expressed strong reservations about the justice sector survey conducted by the International Legal Assistance Consortium (ILAC),saying it was not a proper basis for a fund-raising efforts, as n [...]
2008-02-11 15:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RW
08KIGALI114TWO JOURNALISTS CONVICTED OF CRIMINAL LIBEL
[...] (U) On February 8, a Rwandan district court convicted two journalists, Charles Kabonero and Didas Gasana, of criminal libel. The judge imposed a one year suspended sentence, placed the two men on two year's probation, and required payment of a one million Rwandan franc fine (about USD 1800) [...]
2008-02-12 10:05:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI116RWANDA ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Murigande to present points on seeking support for Kosovo's upcoming declaration of independence. Pol/econ chief subsequently spoke twice with Ministry of Foreign Affairs directors on this issue and gave them a non-paper on the subj [...]
2008-02-13 13:37:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI121PROPOSAL FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2008 ESF AND INCLE
[...] Post requests FY 2008 ESF and INCLE funding for the baseline assessment project summarized below. A. Applicant name: Post is in the process of determining which NGO will be most capable of conducting such a baseline assessment. KURET, a local NGO, has done a recent and quite excellent stu [...]
2008-02-20 06:36:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI125GOR RECEIVED INVITATION FOR THE WASHINGTON
[...] EconOff received confirmation from an official within the Rwandan Ministry of Infrastructure that the Minister of State for Energy and Communications, Albert Butare, had received an invitation from the German Government to attend the Washington International Conference on Renewable Energy (WIR [...]
2008-02-25 13:39:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG RW EPET
08KIGALI137RWANDA 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] Post submits the following information for the 2007 Trafficking in Persons report. Responses are keyed to reftel. ------------- 27. CHECKLIST ------------- A. Rwanda is a source country for small numbers of women and children trafficked for sexual exploitation, domestic labor, and, i [...]
2008-02-27 15:02:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB RW
08KIGALI138RWANDA ON PROPOSED TERMINATION OF RWANDA SANCTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-27 15:16:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC ETTC RW
08KIGALI151EUROPEAN COMMISSION TEAMS RECOMMEND MONITORS,
[...] (C) Summary. Two groups of EC election experts recently visited Rwanda. One team, concerned with election monitoring, will recommend to Brussels that a 60-plus election monitoring team be sent to Rwanda for the Chamber of Deputies election this fall. An earlier EC group, which evaluated p [...]
2008-03-05 15:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM RW
08KIGALI16FUEL SHORTAGES POSSIBLE AS RESULT OF KENYA UNREST
[...] (SBU) Political unrest in Kenya has meant no fuel trucks arriving in Rwanda from Kenyan railway depots for the last week or more (as in Uganda - see reftel). Rwanda has a fuel storage capacity of 29 million liters (gasoline and diesel); stocks now sit at 5 million liters of gasoline and 1.5 [...]
2008-01-09 07:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI161RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW FOR FEBRUARY
[...] (SBU) This edition of the monthly economic roundup includes: -- Commercial News: - Mobile Phone Industry Heats Up - New Stock Exchange Continues to Grow - Property Registration Fees Change -- Investment Issues: Bilateral Investment Treaty Signed -- Regional Issues: - Kenyan Viol [...]
2008-03-06 13:55:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI165TIM SHORTLEY MEETS FOREIGN MINISTER AND GREAT
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Envoy for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley and Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Charles Murigande and Great Lakes Envoy Ambassador Richard Sezibera March 6 to discuss rebel Congolese militia leader Laurent Nkunda, the Kivus Peace Process and the Nairobi Agreement, and [...]
2008-03-10 07:27:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM RW
08KIGALI166MODEST CABINET RESHUFFLE IN RWANDA
[...] (C) Summary. President Kagame reshuffled his cabinet on March 7, issuing a late-night communique listing a 28- person body of Ministers and Ministers of State, twenty-three of whom served in the previous cabinet. Most major ministries went unchanged, with the Prime Minister and Ministers [...]
2008-03-10 14:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM RW
08KIGALI167FORMER RDF SPOKESMAN AND SPY CHIEF PATRICK
[...] (C) Leah Karegeya, wife of Colonel Patrick Karegeya, former RDF spokesman and Director of External Intelligence at the Rwandan National Security Service, met with PolOff on March 6 to provide information on the whereabouts and activities of her husband and of her own current situation in Rwand [...]
2008-03-10 15:56:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI178Rwanda Update for 2008 President?s Report on
[...] SUMMARY. In accordance with reftel, the following provides an update for the 2007 President?s Report on AGOA for Rwanda. Economic Situation: The government exercises, chiefly through the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank, manages the economic health of the country, including tax co [...]
2008-03-13 11:20:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDETRD RW
08KIGALI179RWANDA CONGRESSIONALLY-MANDATED REPORT ON FISCAL
[...] SUMMARY: President Paul Kagame continues to be a strong proponent of fiscal transparency within the Rwandan government (GOR). His government's strong anti- corruption stance, policies of financial openness and several significant financial reforms have been commended by the IMF as well as ot [...]
2008-03-13 11:39:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI2ALLEGATIONS OF "GENOCIDE IDEOLOGY" IN SECONDARY
[...] (C) Summary. In December allegations of "genocide ideology" surfaced regarding a number of secondary schools around Rwanda. A parliamentary Commission report criticized the Ministry of Education for its alleged lack of concern, and the Education Minister received heavy criticism herself at [...]
2008-01-03 08:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KAWC RW
08KIGALI202RECENT PROBLEMS WITH RWANDAIR EXPRESS CAUSE CONCERN
[...] (SBU) Summary. Recently Rwandair Express (Rwandair),Rwanda's regional airline carrier, has been experiencing major breakdowns in both airline safety and customer service. Concerned about the safety of American citizens and Mission staff who frequently use Rwandair to travel around the regio [...]
2008-03-19 16:23:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EFIN EINV AMGT CASC RW
08KIGALI203UPDATE ON GACACA GENOCIDE CASES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Gacaca courts by the end of 2007 had heard over one million genocide cases, with just under seventy thousand cases remaining. New gacaca legislation will move most category one cases (the most serious suspects, just under nine thousand) from regular courts to the gacaca sys [...]
2008-03-20 10:48:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM RW
08KIGALI204JOINT GOVERANCE ASSESSMENT UNDERWAY
[...] (C) Summary. A team of independent researchers has completed a first draft of a Joint Governance Assessment (JGA),an effort directly jointly by the Government of Rwanda and development partners (and funded by the World Bank). The Assessment analyzed three areas of concern, Ruling Justly, [...]
2008-03-20 12:19:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM RW
08KIGALI224IMF POVERTY REDUCTION AND GROWTH FACILITY
[...] A recent IMF mission concluded a two-week Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) review with an overall assessment that Rwanda's economy continues to perform well, reaching 6 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2007. This was the IMF's fourth review under the three-year arran [...]
2008-03-26 06:45:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI225JOURNALIST UNDER FIRE AFTER KAGAME-HITLER
[...] (U) Bonaventure Bizumuremyi, editor-in-chief of Umuco (an independent Kinyarwanda-language paper),is being sought by Rwandan authorities after the publication of a highly controversial and inflammatory March 12 - 27 issue that among other things compared President Kagame to Hitler. The major [...]
2008-03-26 12:06:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV RW
08KIGALI227INTERPOL ARREST WARRANT ISSUED FOR RWANDAN
[...] (SBU) Presidential Chief of Protocol Rose Kabuye informed CDA March 27 that Rwanda had received an INTERPOL arrest warrant for Rwanda Armed Forces Chief of General Staff Brigadier General James Kabarebe following his indictment by a Spanish judge (reftel). Forty Rwandans were indicted by the [...]
2008-03-31 11:19:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI231RWANDA THREATENS PULL-OUT FROM UNAMID IF DEPUTY
[...] (C) Charge spoke with Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali March 31 on the margins of the White House Faith-Based Initiatives Conference regarding the apparent move by UN and or EU officials to remove Deputy UNAMID commander Karenzi Karake. General Karake and 39 other present and former Rwa [...]
2008-04-01 07:53:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW
08KIGALI237FOREIGN MINISTER ON SPANISH INDICTMENTS AND TRAVEL
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali called in Charge on April 2 to discuss the Spanish indictments and their affect on the ability of senior Rwandan government officials to travel to the U.S. Museminali expressed considerable Government of Rwanda (GOR) unease and asked for a formal wri [...]
2008-04-02 16:43:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PINR MASS RW
08KIGALI246PRESIDENT KAGAME COMDEMNS SPANISH INDICTMENTS,
[...] (U) At a press conference on April 1, President Paul Kagame dismissed the indictment of 40 senior Rwandan military officers by a Spanish judge in angry tones, calling the judge arrogant, an example of Western critics who presume to tell third world countries how to run their affairs, and pol [...]
2008-04-03 16:19:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MASS RW
08KIGALI258RWANDA: UNHCR MANAGING SCARCITY AND INCREASED
[...] (U) Summary: Managing the Congolese refugee population in Rwanda presented a significant challenge to UNHCR and its implementing partners. Congolese continue to arrive in the camps, and the camp birth rate adds significantly to the refugee population. The camps are overcrowded, with space a [...]
2008-04-10 12:19:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PREF RW
08KIGALI259RWANDANS DEMAND CHANGES TO JOINT GOVERNANCE
[...] (C) Summary: Joint Governance Assessment (JGA) Steering Committee Co-Chairperson and Minister of Local Government Protais Musoni called an urgent meeting of the Committee March 26 to discuss the Government of Rwanda's (GOR) concerns with the first draft of the assessment. Ministers and other [...]
2008-04-10 12:20:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI262MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: - High Council of the Press Releases Strategic Plan - Annual Government of Rwanda (GOR) Retreat - ICTR and GOR Sign Prisoner Accord - Auditor General's Report Published - 10th General Congress of Muslim Councils Meets --- [...]
2008-04-10 13:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI264 RWANDAIR REPLACES CEO - CANCELS FLIGHTS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Former CEO of Rwandair, Manzi Kayihura, was arrested March 28 on charges of abuse of office. Rwanda's national airline has been battered recently by safety concerns, poor customer service and financial woes (reftel). Incoming CEO and former Board Chairman Gerald Zirimwabagabo c [...]
2008-04-10 15:25:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EFIN EINV AMGT CASC RW
08KIGALI265RWANDA: REFUGEES BEING RECRUITED BY DRC ARMED
[...] (C) Summary: On March 11 2008, RefCoord met with staff of both UNHCR and UNICEF-Rwanda who expressed the conviction that representatives of armed groups from the DRC traveled to Rwanda on more than one occasion to recruit adolescent refugees as fighters. Although refugees refused to make off [...]
2008-04-10 15:44:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL RW
08KIGALI266PRESIDENT KAGAME CONTINUES TO CASTIGATE THE WEST
[...] (U) At April 7 genocide commemoration ceremonies at Nymata in eastern Rwanda (scene of extensive massacres in the 1994 genocide),President Paul Kagame (speaking consecutively in English and Kinyarwanda so "there could be no misinterpretation" of his comments) continued his harsh criticism of [...]
2008-04-11 06:04:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW
08KIGALI270HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individual(s) scheduled to receive ACOTA training to command the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) 19th Battalion in a peace keeping mission in Darfur. Ple [...]
2008-04-14 09:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI273 EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2008
[...] Summary: In response to reftel, Post supports a request from the Government of Rwanda (GOR) to host Embassy Science Fellow Maxine Levine, USDA in 2008. The GOR has agreed to provide housing and office space for the proposed Science Fellow. Embassy point of contact is Alexander Sokoloff; ema [...]
2008-04-15 15:54:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKSCA TSPL SENV AMGT OTRA APER RW
08KIGALI276WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR VISITS RWANDA ON ICTR CASE
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Ambassador Clint Williamson met with a variety of Rwandan officials April 13-16 to discuss the prospects for case transfers from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR. Cautioning officials that the ICTR may initially rule agains [...]
2008-04-17 12:32:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR RW
08KIGALI279APPEALS JUDGE ON GACACA PROCESS AT THE LOCAL LEVEL
[...] (C) Summary. A gacaca court sector president reported that most cases had been adjudicated without problem, and that the Hutu and Tutsi communities had largely accepted the proceedings and the sentences. Her court had expended much time and energy sorting through false accusations, and the [...]
2008-04-18 11:05:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI292THE SPANISH INDICTMENTS: OUTRAGEOUS AND INACCURATE
[...] (C) Summary. The Spanish indictment of 40 Rwandan military officers offers an unrecognizable version of some of the most painful and violent episodes in Rwanda's history, distorting the established record, inventing mass killings, placing the blame for any misfortune Rwandans have suffered [...]
2008-04-24 08:08:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV PINR RW
08KIGALI295DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DARFUR EQUIPMENT AND
[...] (SBU) DATT and Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on April 25 to General Patrick Nyamvumba, J4 at the Ministry of Defense. PAE contractor Riaan Slabbert and AF/SPG contractor Bob Goosey accompanied. USG team presented a training and support services list to General Nyamvumba, which t [...]
2008-04-28 12:51:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO RW
08KIGALI300RWANDA: PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS NGO UNDER FIRE?
[...] (C) Summary: The executive secretaries of Rwanda's two most outspoken human rights organizations recently described their relations with the Government of Rwanda (GOR). The Great Lakes Human Rights League (LDGL) alleged harassment and attempts to damage the organization, while LIPRODHOR spoke [...]
2008-04-29 09:09:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RW
08KIGALI301RWANDA: NO PLANS FOR ALTERNATE NOMINEE FOR 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-29 15:14:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI302BWINDI ASSURANCES DOCUMENT RECEIVED FROM JUSTICE
[...] (C) Mission received on April 29 from Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama a Justice Ministry Document entitled "Goverment of Rwanda Assurances on Bwindi Defendants Leonidas Bimenyimana, Gregoire Nyaminani and Francois Karake." Full text of the document, dated April 29, 2008, appears below: [...]
2008-04-29 16:09:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI304CHINESE ENGAGEMENT IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) The Chinese and Rwandan governments continue their cooperative relations on a number of fronts, with Chinese parastatals and private companies active in Rwanda, a number of development projects underway, and discussions continuing on various soft loans. As noted in refs B and C, China [...]
2008-04-30 14:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAGR SENV RW
08KIGALI305IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY
[...] (U) Summary: For the majority of Rwandans who live in rural areas, good rains and harvests in 2007/2008 have kept prices for many staple crops at, or below, last year's prices. Urban Rwandans have not fared as well and are suffering from significant price increases -- in some cases up to 100 [...]
2008-04-30 14:17:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ETRD EGOV RW EAID
08KIGALI319RWANDA SUPPORTS US POSITION AT NPT PREPCOM
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Preparatory Committee meeting to Ben Rutsinga, Director for International Organizations in the Rwandan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on May 2. Rutsinga expressed his government's continuing support for the NPT [...]
2008-05-05 09:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI32RWANDA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-15 06:08:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD KTDB RW
08KIGALI323RWANDA UNDERCUTS WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY BY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Rwandan Ministry of Information hosted a widely attended program of lectures in honor of World Press Freedom Day on May 2. The government expelled three independent journalists midway through the proceedings, claiming they had not been invited. Following the expulsions, t [...]
2008-05-06 08:18:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KPAO RW
08KIGALI324RWANDA - OUTREACH TO ACTIVISTS FOR DEMOCRACY AND
[...] (U) Embassy Kigali has taken several strides to reach out to activists for democracy and dissidents since the Secretary's request for such action by Chiefs of Mission. Ambassador and Embassy personnel have met frequently with members of independent political parties, human rights and civil soc [...]
2008-05-06 08:58:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL RW
08KIGALI325MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (SBU) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: - Four Political Parties In Breach of Financial Regulations - Minister of Justice Campaigns Against "Judicial Sadism" - Killings of Genocide Survivors Climb? - Fighting "Genocide Ideology" Ombudsman Criticizes Four Par [...]
2008-05-06 09:01:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RW
08KIGALI330MASS FIRING OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES TEACHERS
[...] (C) Summary. Jehovah's Witnesses officials reported 142 of their members had been fired from their jobs as teachers after refusing to participate in nation-wide goverment solidarity camps. They reported increased difficulties with the government since public criticism by the new Minister of [...]
2008-05-09 11:29:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KIRF RW
08KIGALI343PROGRESS ON BWINDI ASSURANCES
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) In a May 14 meeting with pol/econ chief, Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga offered to sign an additional assurances document, as head of the independent agency within the Rwandan Government responsible for all public prosecut [...]
2008-05-14 13:50:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KCRM RW
08KIGALI348ICAO'S NINETEENTH AVIATION SECURITY PANEL MEETING
[...] (U) Econoff presented reftel talking points to Dr. Richard Masozera, Director General of Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority. Dr. Masozera was just appointed to his current position six weeks ago and was not aware of ICOA's Aviation Security Panel of Experts (AVSECP) meeting scheduled to meet in [...]
2008-05-18 08:36:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON ETRD EGOV PTER PREL RW
08KIGALI363 RWANDA ECONOMIC ROUNDUP
[...] (U) This edition of the Rwanda economic review includes: Commercial News: - Rwandair shakes up management, cancels flights to Johannesburg - Government cracks down on shaky micro-finance institutions - Rwandex - Rwanda's largest coffee exporter suspends operations - Nakumatt - Kenya's lea [...]
2008-05-23 10:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI364RWANDA SPECIAL SELF HELP PROGRAM: FY 2007 STATUS
[...] (U) Summary: During FY 2007 Embassy Kigali selected twelve projects for the Ambassador's Self Help Program with total allocations of USD 75,000. All of the projects are on-going and performing satisfactorily. End summary. 2. (U) Project(s) summary and status as follows: A. Project N [...]
2008-05-23 10:31:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON AFIN EGOV RW
08KIGALI365RWANDA RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S GLOBAL FOOD
[...] (U) Summary: Rwanda is a net importer of staple foods and supports initiatives aimed at improving agricultural productivity, increasing access to science and technology and removing barriers to trade in staple foods. The government of Rwanda (GOR) does not impose any official export restrict [...]
2008-05-23 10:31:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD EAGR EAID ECON TBIO KPAO
08KIGALI368 RWANDA ECONOMIC ROUNDUP
[...] (U) This edition of the Rwanda economic review includes: Commercial News: - Rwandair shakes up management, cancels flights to Johannesburg - Government cracks down on shaky micro-finance institutions - Rwandex - Rwanda's largest coffee exporter suspends operations - Nakumatt - Kenya's l [...]
2008-05-27 06:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
08KIGALI369RWANDA - SPANISH INDICTMENTS "MERE ARROGANCE"
[...] (U) Government of Rwanda (GOR) officials, including President Paul Kagame and Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama, continue their campaign against the Spanish indictment of 40 Rwandan military officials (reftels). In comments delivered to commemorate Israel's 60th year, Kagame called the [...]
2008-05-27 13:10:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI377PROPOSALS FOR FY 2008 AMBASSADORS' FUND FOR
[...] (U) Embassy Kigali submits the following two proposals for consideration for funding by the FY 2008 Ambassadors' Fund for Refugees. Note: Post will submit more detailed information on each project to PRM via unclass e-mail. Project: Concrete Drainage System and Spring Capping Description: T [...]
2008-05-30 11:41:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF RW
08KIGALI38 RWANDAN OFFICIALS ON NAIROBI AGREEMENT AND THE
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador spoke with Foreign Minister Charles Murigande on January 14 and Great Lakes Special Envoy Ambassador Richard Sezibera on January 15 regarding the Kivus Conference, events in eastern Congo, and the Nairobi Agreement. The Government of Rwanda (GOR) will consider attend [...]
2008-01-15 16:08:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA RW
08KIGALI380MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: - Minister of Information Battles Independent Media - RPF Meets on Genocide, Defense of Government Policy - Spillover of Spanish Indictments - Genocide Fugitive Reaches Out to GOR? - National Electoral Commission on Track [...]
2008-06-02 15:59:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI381RWANDA - INFORMATION ON FORCED AND CHILD LABOR IN
[...] (U) Post submits the following information on the presence of forced and child labor in the production of goods in Rwanda. - Good: Tea - Type of exploitation found in tea production: Exploitative child labor - Sources of information and years: -- Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ethiopia Toget [...]
2008-06-03 11:06:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV RW
08KIGALI393INCREASED FDLR INFILTRATIONS INTO RWANDA
[...] (C) Summary. Rwandan security officials reported 76 "infiltrations" by Democratic Force for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) intelligence squads since January 1, with 14 operatives captured, and some killed in firefights with Rwandan border forces. Accompanying these infiltrations, a number [...]
2008-06-06 11:43:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPINR PGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI402UPDATED CONTACT NUMBERS FOR RWANDAN GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) Post submits the following information on Rwandan government officials. Country code for Rwanda is 250. Cell phones are generally more reliable than land lines. - Head of State Last/Family Name: KAGAME First/Middle Names: Paul Conventional Usage: Paul Kagame Formal Title: His Excel [...]
2008-06-11 06:32:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI410RWANDA HOSTS SUCCESSFUL JOINT MONITORING GROUP
[...] (C) Summary. On June 4, Rwanda hosted delegations from the DRC, the European Union, United States, United Nations, South Africa, and African Union for the fourth Joint Monitoring Group - Envoys' Level meeting. Participants discussed continuing implementation of the Nairobi Accord and its int [...]
2008-06-11 15:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW
08KIGALI414RWANDA AND OPIC - PROJECTS AVAILABLE, OBSTACLES
[...] (U) Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) Executive Vice President John Simon met with Government of Rwanda (GOR) officials, members of the private sector, and potential project partners during a visit to Rwanda June 4 and 5. In these discussions, Simon described to receptive audienc [...]
2008-06-13 09:41:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID ETRD PREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI415FOUR RWANDAN OFFICERS ARRESTED FOR 1994 REVENGE
[...] (U) On June 11, a Rwandan military spokesman announced the arrest of four military officers (one retired) for the June 5, 1994 killing of 13 Catholic clergy, including several bishops, at Kabgayi, a Catholic church complex. These alleged murders occured at the height of the genocide, when a [...]
2008-06-13 10:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI417RWANDA ENERGY REVIEW - ENERGY INDEPENDENCE BY
[...] (U) Summary: With economic development strangled by the high cost of imported energy, the Government of Rwanda (GOR) has embarked on an ambitious plan of domestic energy independence maximizing use of alternative energy sources. The government is aggressively promoting hydroelectric power an [...]
2008-06-16 14:46:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC
08KIGALI422TRANSFER OF GENOCIDE SUSPECTS TO RWANDA - UK
[...] (SBU) Summary. Rwanda has received three different judicial evaluations recently of its capacity to try 1994 genocide suspects returned from abroad. A British district judge most recently ruled in favor of the extradition of four individuals to Rwanda for trial, citing sufficient judicial in [...]
2008-06-18 14:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI425RWANDA HOSTS SIXTH CHOD MEETING
[...] (C) Participants at a June 19-20 Chiefs of Defense Staff meeting in Kigali agreed upon the following proposals: -- Operationalize the existing FARDC/MONUC plan against negative forces -- Share timely information and intelligence during those operations -- FARDC/MONUC to establish a mobilii [...]
2008-06-23 11:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW
08KIGALI436RWANDA SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR BILL NELSON
[...] (SBU) Introduction: Senator Nelson's visit to Rwanda comes at a promising time in U.S.-Rwandan relations. The U.S. Government has a deep partnership with Rwanda on a wide-range of bilateral, regional and global issues such as expanding economic development, peacekeeping in Darfur, resolving t [...]
2008-06-25 14:35:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI439RWANDA: AU DELEGATION
[...] The Rwandan delegation consists of Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali and Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama. They are at Sharm el-Sheikh now, and will likely depart July 3. The Rwandan Foreign Ministry did not have hotel information on the delegation, but promised to forward when obta [...]
2008-06-27 12:04:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKSUM OVIP RW
08KIGALI442RWANDA HOSTS FIRST EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY
[...] (U) Summary: On June 26-28, Rwanda hosted the 9th East African Community (EAC - Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi) Heads of State Summit in conjunction with the first-ever EAC Investment Conference. EAC leaders focused on the need to improve transportation and energy infrastructure, [...]
2008-06-30 15:08:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV OPIC RW
08KIGALI450RWANDA TO CRITICS OF ITS JUDICIAL REFORM - "GIVE
[...] (C) Summary: The Rwandan Ministry of Justice, with financial support from the World Bank and Belgian Technical Cooperation, hosted a conference June 16-18 on the state of the Rwandan judicial system since the 2003 implementation of reforms. During the conference, officials from the Government [...]
2008-07-02 10:08:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI453KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-02 15:39:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO RW
08KIGALI455RWANDA: MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (C) Kitty Llewelyn (protect),editor of the Sunday magazine for Rwanda's only daily newspaper, the English-language New Times, spoke with poloff June 7 about her experience as an expatriate working for the paper. Llewellyn described a culture in which members of the news room struggled against [...]
2008-07-03 14:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RW
08KIGALI456AU SUMMIT SUPPORTS RWANDA ON UNIVERSAL
[...] (SBU) Rwanda continues its campaign against French and Spanish indictments of senior Government of Rwanda (GOR) officials. At the recent AU Summit in Egypt, the Assembly endorsed a "Report of the Commission on the Abuse of the Principle of Universal Jurisdiction." The report noted the "poli [...]
2008-07-03 14:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNGA RW
08KIGALI460HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACSS WORKSHOP
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following individuals scheduled to attend ACSS Workshop in Kampala, Uganda Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- ---- --- Kayiranga [...]
2008-07-10 12:45:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
08KIGALI461SENATOR NELSON VISITS RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Senator Bill Nelson (D - FL) visited Rwanda July 4-6, meeting separately with President Kagame and National Security Service General Secretary Emmanuel Ndahiro, discussing Rwanda's regeneration after the 1994 genocide and intelligence matters, respectively. He also lunched wit [...]
2008-07-10 12:45:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI475MILITARY PROSECUTOR ON CASE AGAINST FOUR SOLDIERS
[...] (C) Summary. Investigation proceeds against the four soldiers arrested for the killing of Catholic clergymen in 1994 -- two have confessed their role in the killings, two maintain their innocence. No other cases of revenge killings appear to be under consideration by the military prosecuto [...]
2008-07-11 11:32:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI483JOURNALIST EXPELLED FROM RWANDA
[...] (U) On Saturday, July 12, Rwandan immigration authorities deported independent journalist Furaha Mugisha, the deputy managing editor of RIMEG, a local media group that produces the Umuseso and Newsline newspapers. The government-aligned Sunday Times headlined the expulsion, "Tanzanian With [...]
2008-07-15 10:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI488RWANDAN ATTENDANCE AT 63RD UNGA
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-17 15:10:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA RW
08KIGALI499MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE PLEDGES STRONGER PROTECTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a U.S.-led conference on conservation of the Greater Virunga Transboundary Landscape - home to the world's last 700 mountain gorillas - ministers from Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) pledged to strengthen conservation and security efforts in the region [...]
2008-07-24 15:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI5MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (SBU) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: -- Rwanda's Fifth National Dialogue -- The Rwandan Patriotic Front's 20th Anniversary Congress -- Changes in NGO Registration Procedures -- The High Council of the Press "Validation Workshop" President Chairs Fifth National D [...]
2008-01-04 09:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM RW
08KIGALI503RWANDA: ZIMBABWE DEMARCH DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-28 15:48:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SADC RW
08KIGALI510RWANDA - EVIDENCE OF NKUNDA RECRUITING FROM
[...] (C) CDA Sim received an internal UNHCR Kigali report July 30 detailing efforts by associates of renegade General Laurent Nkunda to recruit combatants from Congolese refugee camps in Rwanda. The report (text below),which does not identify sources of information at Gihembe refugee camp, indica [...]
2008-07-30 16:48:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF RW
08KIGALI521RWANDA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS UPDATE
[...] (C) Preparations have begun in earnest for the September elections for the Chamber of Deputies. Late July, the EU elections monitoring advance team arrived in Kigali to begin preparations for its long-term and short-term observer teams. The Government of Rwanda (GOR) presented a code of cond [...]
2008-08-05 12:47:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM RW
08KIGALI525ETHNICITY IN RWANDA -- WHO GOVERNS THE COUNTRY?
[...] (C/NF) An analysis of the ethnic breakdown of the current Rwandan government shows Tutsis hold a preponderant percentage of senior positions. Hutus in very senior positions often hold relatively little real authority, and are commonly "twinned" with senior Tutsis who exercise real power. Th [...]
2008-08-05 16:34:00Embassy KigaliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR PINS RW
08KIGALI533RWANDAN OFFICIALS ON EASTERN CONGO
[...] (S) Summary. Rwandan officials in meetings with CODEL Payne staffers and Charge disputed recruitment at refugee camps in Rwanda by the wife of Laurent Nkunda, but admitted recruitment by other operatives takes place. These officials also dismissed the recent RUD-URUNANA surrender as a sham, [...]
2008-08-07 11:50:00Embassy KigaliSECRETPREL PGOV PINR RW
08KIGALI534NEIGHBORHOODS FLATTENED TO MAKE WAY FOR URBAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 14:17:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RW
08KIGALI536RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: - Constitutional Amendments - Responding to Indictments - Last Political Prisoner Seeks Pardon, Without Apology - Prison Life Gets Tougher - New Policy on Visits and Food - Senate Calls for Closure of Gikondo Detention Center [...]
2008-08-08 13:18:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI552FURTHER PROGRESS ON BWINDI ASSURANCES
[...] (SBU) This is an action request - see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Charge met with Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama and Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga August 11 to discuss the Government of Rwanda's (GOR) assurances letter necessary for the deportation of the Bwindi defendants back to Rwand [...]
2008-08-12 16:33:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KCRM RW
08KIGALI558CHEVRON PULLS OUT OF RWANDA
[...] (C) Summary: On July 1, Chevron closed shop in Rwanda. Citing extensive fraud in its Rwandan operations (including in the alleged fueling of MONUC aircraft that had not been in Kigali),and friction with the Government of Rwanda (GOR) on compliance with U.S. sanctions against fueling aircraft [...]
2008-08-13 14:41:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RW
08KIGALI560RWANDA - DEMARCHE ON EASTERN CONGO
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Foreign Affairs Rosemary Museminali dismissed concerns about the situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (ref A). In particular, she rejected any notion that the Government of Rwanda (GOR) continued to support Laurent Nkunda and the CNDP and allowed them [...]
2008-08-14 15:56:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF RW
08KIGALI563GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA ASSURANCES ON BWINDI
[...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 2. (SBU) Embassy received the following Letters of Assurance on Bwindi Defendants received from the Government of Rwanda on August 18, 2008 (reftel). 3. (SBU) BEGIN TEXTS: The Government of Rwanda would like to make the following [...]
2008-08-19 10:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI602RWANDA ACCEPTS 20 MILLION DOLLARS OF USG DARFUR
[...] (U) On September 3, Charge formally presented to the Rwanda Defense Forces approximately twenty million dollars of equipment and transportation support items under the Global Peace Operations Initiative, intended for use by Rwanda's UNAMID contingent in Darfur. The entire upper echelon of th [...]
2008-09-04 11:50:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MASS RW
08KIGALI603MINISTER OF INFORMATION ON "BIASED" VOA AND BBC
[...] (C) Summary. Charge met with Minister of Information Louise Mushikiwabo August 28 to discuss her recent comments regarding possible suspension of the BBC and VOA broadcast transmissions for "non-factual" reporting. The BBC is now officially "boycotted" by the GOR, while the local Kinyarwan [...]
2008-09-04 15:11:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI613RWANDA ON HUMAN RIGHTS, GEORGIA, KOSOVO, EGYPT
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief met September 8 with Ben Rutsinga, IO Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to present several demarches. On the USG's human rights agenda at the upcoming UNGA session (ref A),as he has many times in the past Rutsinga noted Rwanda's "skeletal" team at the United N [...]
2008-09-09 14:43:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNGA PHUM RW
08KIGALI615SHORTLEY MEETS SENIOR RWANDAN OFFICIALS
[...] (C) In conversations with Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley, Rwandan officials agreed that CNDP forces should pull back from forward positions gained in last several days in eastern Congo. While denying any special links with Nkunda forces, they agreed to send messages to [...]
2008-09-10 12:15:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MASS MOPS RW
08KIGALI620RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Release of Mucyo Commission report on French Responsibility in 1994 Genocide - Former ICTR Prosecutor on Rwandan Justice System, Universal Jurisdiction, and Transfer of Cases - Legislative Campaign Kick-Off - Some Reporters Shut Out - Kagame Talks Tough in Inter [...]
2008-09-11 16:19:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI624"CONTROLLED DEMOCRACY" - THE RULING RPF DOMINATES
[...] (C) Summary. President Paul Kagame's Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) has dominated the Chamber of Deputies election campaign, with several prQdural assists from the National Electoral CommissiQ The RPF has far surpassed the efforts of the two small parties also contesting thQelection -- the L [...]
2008-09-12 08:37:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RW
08KIGALI631FIRST WE TAKE POWER, THEN WE SHARE IT - THE RPF
[...] (C) On September 15, at polling stations nationwide the ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) won well over 90 percent of the vote, as witnessed by hundreds of local and international observers. At these polling stations, the Liberal Party (PL) and Social Democratic Party (PSD) consistently p [...]
2008-09-18 07:04:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM RW
08KIGALI634RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) This issue of the Rwanda Economic Review covers: Commercial Issues: -- Kobil Rwanda acquires Stippag petroleum business -- Total sells Rwanda operations to Engen Petroleum Ltd. -- Nakumatt launches business operations in Kigali -- Electrogaz dismantled Development Issues: -- Rwan [...]
2008-09-18 14:27:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC
08KIGALI652RWANDA UNAMID DEPLOYMENT READINESS: REPORT #1
[...] (SBU) Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) J4 General Patrick Nyamvumba discussed readiness, timetables and deployment obstacles with pol/econ chief September 23. Nyamvumba described the early September Integrated Team Visit (ITV) by UN officials as a success, the two sides agreeing that Rwanda was g [...]
2008-09-23 15:18:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL RW KPKO
08KIGALI668RWANDA UNAMID DEPLOYMENT READINESS: REPORT #2
[...] (SBU) In conversation with our DATT on September 30, Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) J4 General Patrick Nyamvumba said the UN Pre-Deployment Visit (PDV) team noted in reftel will now arrive on October 8 for a three day final assessment of Rwanda's readiness to deploy to Darfur (other PDVs may be [...]
2008-10-02 09:27:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL RW KPKO
08KIGALI671IRAN, KOSOVO, NON-PROLIFERATION DEMARCHES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-05 11:22:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PARM UNGA RW
08KIGALI708AGOA COUNTRY ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - RWANDA
[...] (U) This cable responds to queries in reftel. Country Background Summary -------------------------- 2.(U) With 85 percent of its population engaged in subsistence agriculture, Rwanda's economic priorities include poverty alleviation, encouraging private investment and infrastructure d [...]
2008-10-07 12:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD PGOV RW
08KIGALI709RWANDA SPECIAL SELF HELP PROGRAM: OBLIGATION
[...] (U) Summary: On September 26, 2008 CDA signed six grant agreements totaling $40,000 for the Ambassador's Self Help Program for FY 2008. Post has fully obligated all of the Ambassador's Special Self-Help Program funds in FY 2008. 2. (U) Project(s) summary and status as follows: A. Proj [...]
2008-10-07 13:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON AFIN EGOV RW
08KIGALI710RWANDAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CONVOKES DIP CORPS ON DRC
[...] (C) Summary. In remarks to the local diplomatic corps on October 7, Foreign Minister Museminali and Great Lakes Envoy Richard Sezibera condemned the continuing "co-location" and joint operations of the FDLR and FARDC, called for renewed application of the various peace agreements and Securi [...]
2008-10-07 17:01:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MOPS KPKO PHUM RW CG
08KIGALI714RWANDA UNAMID DEPLOYMENT READINESS: REPORT #3
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-08 15:08:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO RW
08KIGALI731RWANDA UNAMID DEPLOYMENT READINESS: REPORT #4
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-15 16:20:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO RW
08KIGALI741PEACE, STABILITY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, NOT WAR, ARE
[...] (C) Summary. Absent significant ethnic cleansing of Rwandaphone populations in eastern Congo, or a serious attack by the FDLR across the border, the Government of Rwanda (GOR) will likely keep its cool, keep its policy focus on development, and grit its collective teeth as it exchanges allega [...]
2008-10-17 11:34:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO RW
08KIGALI743ONE NEW MINISTER APPOINTED, SMALL SHUFFLE OF OTHER
[...] (U) On Sunday, October 19, Radio Rwanda announced the appointment of Dr. Richard Sezibera, formerly the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, as Minister of Health. He took the place of Jean Damascene Ntawukuliryayo, who won election to the Chamber of Deputies in September as a Social Democrat [...]
2008-10-21 07:01:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI75KOUCHNER VISIT TO KIGALI: GREAT ATMOSPHERICS, BUT
[...] (C) Summary. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner visited Kigali for four hours on January 26, sandwiched between stops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burkina Faso. Kouchner visited the Gisozi Genocide Memorial, and had talks with President Kagame, including a joint appearan [...]
2008-01-31 10:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL RW
08KIGALI750RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] (U) In this edition: - EU Monitoring Team Privately Confirms Faulty Election Results - Chamber of Deputies Members Sworn In, Elect Speaker, Two Deputy Speakers - Government Seizes Newspaper Edition at Border - Cabinet Directs Expedited Adoption of English as Language of Instruction [...]
2008-10-23 13:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI752UN TEAM FINDS EVIDENCE OF CNDP FINANCIAL SUPPORT
[...] (C) DATT and Pol/Econ Chief spoke on October 22 with Jason Stearns, member of the UN Group of Experts for the Democratic Republic of the Congo, regarding the Group's investigation of financial assistance to renegade General Nkunda's CNDP. Stearns said his group had documentary evidence of ov [...]
2008-10-24 06:35:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI754RWANDA UNAMID DEPLOYMENT READINESS: REPORT #5
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-24 11:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO RW
08KIGALI755RWANDA REINFORCING CONGOLESE BORDER; INVESTIGATING
[...] (C) Charge met October 24 with outgoing Great Lakes Envoy Richard Sezibera to discuss eastern Congo issues and other matters. When asked of the UN Group of Experts investigations into financial transfer by CNDP supporters to a Rwandan bank (reftel),Sezibera said he had met with the Group's [...]
2008-10-24 11:34:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEFIN PGOV PREL RW
08KIGALI758TWO CONVICTED, TWO ACQUITTED, IN 1994 REVENGE
[...] (U) On October 24, a Rwandan military court sentenced two army captains to eight years in jail for the murder of 15 Catholic clergy and lay brothers, including several bishops, in June 1994 near Kabgayi, a Catholic church complex. Two other officers, a general and major, were acquitted by the [...]
2008-10-28 14:49:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS RW
08KIGALI759RWANDA PROMULGATES PROBLEMATIC LAW ON "GENOCIDE
[...] (SBU) With its publication in the October 1 Official Gazette, the Rwandan government promulgated a new law, "Relating to the Punishment of the Crime of Genocide Ideology," complementing the 2003 statute, "Punishing the Crime of Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes." The new law was [...]
2008-10-28 14:50:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV RW
08KIGALI760RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) This issue of the Rwanda Economic Review Covers: Development Issues -- Government of Rwanda (GOR) consolidates seven agencies into the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) -- World Bank approves $24 million for ICT infrastructure -- GOR offers subsidies to local exporters -- Central [...]
2008-10-28 14:50:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC
08KIGALI763RWANDA: UNHCR SEES INCREASED POPULATION MOVEMENT
[...] (SBU) Officials from the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) in Kigali told poloffs October 29 that since the morning of October 28 some 1200 individuals had crossed from North Kivu into Rwanda near Gisenyi, and that more were amassing on the border. The individuals had declined [...]
2008-10-29 16:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PREF RW
08KIGALI768FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali briefed the local diplomatic corps October 29 on events in eastern Congo and the Government of Rwanda's (GOR) relations with the DRC. Museminali claimed that Rwandan armed forces had not fired in response to a Congolese armed forces (FARDC) [...]
2008-10-31 10:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF RW
08KIGALI769RWANDA UNAMID DEPLOYMENT READINESS: REPORT #6
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-31 12:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO RW
08KIGALI794MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT KAGAME OF RWANDA TO PRESIDENT-ELECT
[...] The following letter was received on November 6, 2008 from the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, to President-Elect Barack Obama: 05 November 2008 President-Elect Barack Obama United States of America Dear President-Elect Barack Obama, It gives me great pleasure to convey to you, the [...]
2008-11-06 12:46:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP RW
08KIGALI795RWANDA RELATIVELY UNSCATHED BY GLOBAL FINANCIAL
[...] (U) Summary: The global financial crisis has so far spared Rwanda. Rwanda's small financial sector, limited import/export trade, subsistence agriculture and donor-supported public sector are on the periphery of the global financial system and as such only indirectly impacted by the financi [...]
2008-11-10 08:04:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC RW
08KIGALI796SENIOR RWANDAN OFFICIAL ARRESTED IN GERMANY
[...] (C) Summary. German authorities in Frankfurt arrested close Kagame confidant and Chief of Rwandan Presidential Protocol, Rose Kabuye, under a European arrest warrant, based on indictments issued by a French judge in 2006. Kabuye requested transfer to France, where she will answer charges that [...]
2008-11-10 16:33:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI798RWANDA ON NO-ACTION MOTIONS ON IRAN, BURMA, DPRK
[...] No summary [...]
2008-11-12 15:57:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI801RWANDA ON ARREST OF OFFICIAL, SITUATION IN CONGO
[...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali addressed the Kigali diplomatic corps on November 13 on the arrest in Germany of Rose Kabuye (reftel),Chief of Presidential Protocol, and on the situation in the DRC and prospects for progress in peacemaking. On Rose Kabuye, Museminali, assisted by [...]
2008-11-13 16:16:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
08KIGALI806EAC MEETING - KIGALI
[...] (SBU) On November 17 and 18 2008, Post convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC). EAC discussed the planned nationwide demonstration in Rwanda, which is expected to be peaceful. 2. (SBU) On November 19, 2008, citizens of Rwanda are planning a peaceful nationwide demonstration in respo [...]
2008-11-18 15:38:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC KMSG KSEO
08KIGALI810PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS NATIONWIDE IN SUPPORT OF
[...] (U) Following nine days of demonstrations in front of the German Embassy in Kigali concerning the arrest of Chief of Presidential Protocol Rose Kabuye in Stuttgart (with occasional protest marches in front of the Deutsche Welle radio station complex and the European Union offices, also in Kig [...]
2008-11-19 15:28:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI811RWANDA ON TALKS WITH CONGO, OBASANJO
[...] (U) In a follow-up to talks held in Kinshasa October 31 - November 1, a DRC delegation led by Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba visited Kigali November 14-15 to continue discussions on events in eastern Congo, normalization of relations, and next steps. Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary [...]
2008-11-20 12:41:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW
08KIGALI818RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) This issue of the Rwanda Economic Review Covers: -- Methane pilot project begins feeding power to national power grid -- International Finance Corporation (IFC) invests $4 million in Kivu Methane Gas Project -- Millicom wins tender to become Rwanda's third telecom provider -- MT [...]
2008-11-24 13:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC RW
08KIGALI819RWANDA ON ANTI-ISRAEL AND COMPLIANCE WITH
[...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief met November 24 with Joseph Kabakeza, Director General of Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss reftel demarches on Anti-Israel resolutions (ref B) and the Non-Proliferation resolution (ref A). Kabakeza said his ministry wo [...]
2008-11-24 15:53:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNGA RW
08KIGALI820RWANDA'S REACTION TO KABUYE ARREST ENDANGERS VITAL
[...] (C) Ambassador met with the German Charge November 20, in the wake of the mass demonstrations (ref A) against the arrest of senior Rwandan official Rose Kabuye in Germany (ref B). Expressing considerable dismay at the recent turn of events in German-Rwandan relations (asking at one point, "W [...]
2008-11-25 14:37:00Embassy KigaliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR RW
08KIGALI821REWANDA RESPONSE TO PROPOSED GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
[...] (U) Emboffs reviewed reftel talking points with Minister of State in Charge of Agriculture Dr. Agnes Kalibata. Kalibata welcomed the initiative and agreed that a global partnership would be helpful for advancing global food security. The Minister noted global food insecurity "will not go aw [...]
2008-11-26 10:23:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE AID
08KIGALI85RWANDA: SITUATION STABLE AFTER EARTHQUAKE
[...] (U) On the morning of February 3 a series of earthquakes struck Rwanda and the DRC in the area of southern Lake Kivu. The two most powerful quakes registered 6.0 and 5.0 on the Richter scale. In Rwanda, the most severe shocks were felt around the town of Cyangugu in the Western Province distri [...]
2008-02-04 12:37:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EAID RW
08KIGALI856DEMARCHES ON UNESCO, IRAN, SOMALIA, KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarches to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Multilateral and Bilateral Relations Director Kato Ninyetegeka on December 15. On the UNESCO candidacy of Egyptian Culture Minister Farouk Kosni (ref B),Ninyetegeka reacted immediately to the information on Kosni' [...]
2008-12-16 16:44:00Embassy KigaliSECRETPREL PGOV UNESCO PHUM KPKO PARM RW
08KIGALI859SUCCESSFUL JMG AND TRIPARTITE MEETINGS IN KIGALI
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Rwandan government hosted successful Joint Monitoring Group - Envoys Level (JMG-EV) and Tripartite Plus Joint Commission meetings in Kigali from December 8-10. Participating governments and international organizations praised the recent progress and positive momentum of [...]
2008-12-18 09:33:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM MOPS RW
08KIGALI862RWANDA MINING REVIEW - NEW INVESTMENT, STRONG
[...] (U) Summary: Since privatization in early 2007, the Rwandan mining sector has experienced a surge in foreign investment and explosive growth of export earnings. 2008 mineral exports are expected to grow to over $100 million from $70 million in 2007 and less than $40 million in 2006. While tra [...]
2008-12-19 10:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV OPIC RW
08KIGALI864RWANDA ON MAURITANIA AND AFRICAN UNION
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 12:21:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM RW
08KIGALI865RWANDA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) The Government of Rwanda (GOR) reinforced border control measures to identify potential terrorists and to prevent the entry into Rwanda of armed groups operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rwanda's intergovernmental counterterrorism committee and a counterterrorism react [...]
2008-12-22 12:46:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER ASEC RW
08KIGALI866DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING ACTIVITIES OF RWANDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-22 15:18:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PINS RW
08KIGALI871TAKING YES FOR AN ANSWER: SUPPORTING RWANDAN AND
[...] (C) Summary. The international community should reinforce recent positive contacts between Rwandan officials and their Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) counterparts so that they may capitalize on their new, mutual commitments. The U.S. and others have long urged the Rwandans and DRC t [...]
2008-12-24 13:16:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS MASS PINR RW
08KIGALI872RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Effort to Form New Political Party - Protests Continue at German Embassy - FDLR Officer Reaches Rwanda - President Kagame Presides at National Dialogue and RPF Meeting - New Labor Code Under Consideration Disaffected PSD officer Tries to Form New Pa [...]
2008-12-24 13:41:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
08KIGALI876RWANDA: 2009 BUSINESS FACILITATION INCENTIVE FUND
[...] (U) Embassy Kigali submits the following two projects for FY09 Business Facilitation Incentive Funds (BFIF). 2. (U) Project 1: Initiating information linkages and collaboration between the Rwandan Small Business Support Center and Commercial News/Think Global Incorporated. -- Justificat [...]
2008-12-30 07:26:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD EAID RW
08KINSHASA1002SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S MEETINGS WITH NATIONAL
[...] (S) Summary: National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe told AF Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley and PolCouns November 6 that the GDRC had already started on a multi-step process designed to lead to the resumption of full diplomatic relations between the DRC and Rwanda within [...]
2008-11-13 06:38:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1007 GOMA NOTES - NOVEMBER 14
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation in Goma and Surrounding Area ------------------------------------- [...]
2008-11-14 10:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1015 GOMA NOTES - NOVEMBER 17
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security and Humanitarian Situation ----------------------------------- 2. (SBU) [...]
2008-11-17 13:46:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1016RWANDAN ARMED GROUP POLITICAL LEADERSHIP PUSHES FOR
[...] (SBU) Post received a copy of a letter dated November 13 from the National Congress for Democracy (CND -- "Congres national pour la democratie" in French),which is a political umbrella for several FDLR elements, to Minister of Foreign Affairs Alexis Thambwe Mwamba. CND makes an open call to [...]
2008-11-17 13:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1038 EASTERN DRC NOTES - NOVEMBER 24
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. 2. (SBU) Summary: CNDP rebel leader Laurent Nkunda presented new local administrato [...]
2008-11-24 12:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1044 EASTERN DRC NOTES - NOVEMBER 25
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) A senior MONUC military official [...]
2008-11-25 10:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1049 BEHIND THE LINES: A VISIT TO NKUNDA LAND
[...] (SBU) Summary: CNDP Chairman Laurent Nkunda held his first public rally in the recently captured town of Rutshuru on November 22. Goma Poloff made the 80-kilometer drive from Goma with a MONUC escort, observing few signs of combat and generally relaxed residents along the crowded corridor. [...]
2008-11-25 16:19:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1050UN SPECIAL ENVOY FOR THE GREAT LAKES OBASANJO
[...] (C) Summary: UN Great Lakes Envoy Olusegun Obasanjo briefed Kinshasa-based diplomats November 15 on his meetings with Angolan President dos Santos and with senior DRC officials, including President Kabila. Dos Santos told Obasanjo that there were no Angolan troops in the DRC, except for a f [...]
2008-11-26 07:15:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF KPAO
08KINSHASA1057EASTERN DRC NOTES - NOVEMBER 28
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC Goma reported that CNDP too [...]
2008-11-28 11:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1078 EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 5
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) At a December 4 Kinshasa briefing [...]
2008-12-05 11:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1081DRC and Rwanda Agree on Plan to Combat the FDLR
[...] (SBU) Following two days of meetings in Goma December 4-5, DRC Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba and Rwandan Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali issued a Joint Communiqu (full text at paragraph 5) in which both sides announced a joint "comprehensive operational plan" against the FDLR. T [...]
2008-12-08 11:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1089EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 10
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Nairobi Talks ------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC and the international community con [...]
2008-12-10 11:53:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1095SLOW START TO GDRC-CNDP NAIROBI TALKS
[...] (SBU) According to a MONUC contact, the Nairobi talks between the CNDP and GDRC focused almost exclusively on procedures, with virtually no progress. On substance, the CNDP opted for a maximalist strategy, calling into question the DRC constitution and its institutions, including the national [...]
2008-12-11 19:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1099VIRUNGA PARK REPORT: TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BY REBEL GROUP TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Following renewed fighting in North Kivu in October, 2008, park rangers have returned to Virunga park and in particular to the Mikeno sector, home of the approximately 200 mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Laurent Nkunda's rebel National Congress of the [...]
2008-12-12 13:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH CG
08KINSHASA1103GOMA NOTES - SUMBEIWO'S MEETING WITH NKUNDA
[...] (SBU) Retired Kenyan General Sumbeiwo, in his capacity as chief mediator for SGSE Obasanjo's peace efforts in the eastern DRC, met with CNDP Chairman Laurent Nkunda and approximately 15 members of his North Kivu administration on December 11 in the context of the negotiations that were being h [...]
2008-12-15 11:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1106 CNDP REACTS TO GROUP OF EXPERTS REPORT
[...] CNDP spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa mass mailed a press statement as an attachment to an e-mail dated December 14, 2008 with his organization's reaction to the recently-released report by the UN Group of Experts on alleged GOR and GDRC collaboration with armed groups in North Kivu. Unofficial emb [...]
2008-12-15 16:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MOPS PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1109 EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 16
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operation ------------------ 2. (SBU) According to MONUC sources, FARDC [...]
2008-12-16 11:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA111 French Foreign Minister visits DRC
[...] French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner pledged France's support for the Kivus conference's Acte d'Engagement during his January 25-26 visit to Kinshasa and Goma and announced his government's intention to open two new consulates in the DRC to assist in implementing the peace process. Followi [...]
2008-02-01 11:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PREF PHUM CG FR
08KINSHASA1115 EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 17
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Anti-LRA Operation ------------------ 2. (SBU) MONUC briefers reported on Decemb [...]
2008-12-17 09:57:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1123 DRC OPPOSITION: SPLINTERED AND BICKERING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloffs met separately with the leadership of the DRC's main political opposition to identify party priorities and gauge the level of coordination between opposition elements. Opposition leaders identified security and justice sector reform as pressing needs, as well as improvin [...]
2008-12-17 14:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM CG
08KINSHASA1130 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO:
[...] (U) Following is post's submission for the 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism. The point of contact at post for this issue is Political Officer Steele Means (meansjs@state.gov). 2. (U) Begin 2008 Country Reports on Terrorism submission. There is no credible evidence to indicate the prese [...]
2008-12-18 06:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC PGOV PREL CG
08KINSHASA1133 EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 18
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. North Kivu Security Situation ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) According [...]
2008-12-18 16:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1146 EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 22
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) Given increased activity by both [...]
2008-12-22 12:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1147 BACK ON TRACK: 43RD MEETING OF
[...] (SBU) The Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG TF) met at MONUC Headquarters in Goma on December 19, the first meeting since October 10 in Gisenyi, after which subsequent meetings were suspended due to Rwandan concerns about security in Goma. The three-person Rwandan delegation was led by F [...]
2008-12-22 14:33:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1163EASTERN DRC NOTES - DECEMBER 29
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Security Situation ------------------ 2. (SBU) The CNDP continued to accuse the [...]
2008-12-29 10:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA1168AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON WITH THE MINISTER OF PLAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Minister of Plan Olivier Kamitatu on December 23 to discuss a broad range of challenges facing the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Kamitatu described four priorities for the DRC: security, creation of development corridors, capacity building, and an i [...]
2008-12-30 14:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAID EINV PGOV PREL CG
08KINSHASA1175DRC FOREIGN MINISTER ON THE EAST, RELATIONS WITH
[...] (C) During a December 30 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba said he was cautiously optimistic about improving DRC-Rwandan relations. Thambwe identified the task of eliminating illegal economic activity in war-torn North Kivu as key to ending the conflict. [...]
2008-12-31 13:33:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MOPS CG
08KINSHASA118Joint Monitoring Group Task Force - Goma, February 1, 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Rwandan delegation to the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force meeting in Goma February 1 announced that Rwanda had completed its comprehensive (but never final) list of 6,400 genocidaires. It criticized the DRC for falling behind on its FDLR plan. MONUC/DDRRR reviewed its o [...]
2008-02-04 14:52:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR CG RW
08KINSHASA14 Goma Report January 7, 2008 -
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Kivus Conference, which opened January 6 in Goma, will probably not get down to substance for a few days and is likely to continue later than the projected finish date of January 14. The relative satisfaction of Tutsis with their prominent role in the Conference is in con [...]
2008-01-08 13:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA148Unofficial translation of Kivus Conference Acte
[...] This message transmits, with minor corrections, an unofficial English translation provided by MONUC of the Acte d'Engagement signed at the conclusion of the Kivus Peace and Security Conference: 2. Begin text: DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO ACTE D'ENGAGEMENT We, - CNDP, Politi [...]
2008-02-11 14:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI CG
08KINSHASA151 EU Special Envoy meets Nkunda
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting at Kirolirwe with EU Special Envoy Roeland van de Geer February 9, Laurent Nkunda affirmed his commitment to the Kivus conference Acte d'Engagement. He said that the future of Tutsis in Congo could only be assured through the Goma peace process rather than through [...]
2008-02-11 14:46:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MOPS KDEM PREL CG
08KINSHASA154 Joint Monitoring Group Task Force, Goma, February 8
[...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting of the Nairobi process's Joint Monitoring Group Task Force February 8 in Goma was a bit testier than usual. The Rwandan side leveled charges of co-location of FDLR and FARDC forces, regretted that the Congolese government was not living up to its timetable of actions to [...]
2008-02-12 06:29:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PREF CG RW
08KINSHASA16Goma Report January 8, 2008 - third day of Kivus Conference
[...] (SBU) Summary: A prominent Protestant clergyman who is in contact with Nkunda told poloff Nkunda holds to the commitments he made with Special Envoy Tim Shortley but is worried about potential negative effects of the Kivus Conference. The clergyman confirms that Nkunda is willing to send his [...]
2008-01-09 15:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA175Joint Monitoring Group Task Force, February 15
[...] (SBU) The Joint Monitoring Group Task Force for the Nairboi process held its ninth meeting February 15 at MONUC headquarters in Goma. The most notable aspect was the attendance for the first time of a South African diplomat who attended the meeting from Kigali. As has become the practice, memb [...]
2008-02-19 17:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG
08KINSHASA189CONGOLESE URANIUM: GDRC LOOKS TO CHINA FOR HELP
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Minister xxxxxxxxxxxx briefed the Ambassador on possible future Chinese involvement in uranium studies in the DRC at the request of President Kabila. End Summary. 2. (U) Minister xxxxxxxxxxxx requested a meeting with Ambassador Garvelink Thursday, 21 February after having met with [...]
2008-02-22 14:46:00Embassy KinshasaSECRET//NOFORNEMIN ENRG ETRD KNNP PGOV PINR PINS
08KINSHASA196 Joint Monitoring Group Task Force - February 22
[...] Summary. Intervention by MONUC political chief Christian Manahl February 22 in Goma promises to impose some discipline on future meetings of the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force. Manahl conveyed JMG envoys' dismay at the meetings' lack of focus and presented generally well-received pr [...]
2008-02-26 10:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO CG RW
08KINSHASA2 Goma situation report for January 1, 2008
[...] (SBU) One Indian battalion of about 300 men is responsible for Masisi and Walikale Territories in the "Petit Nord" area of North Kivu. This area is about 31,000 square kilometers of terrain (roughly three times larger than Kosovo, with a comparable population density),most of which is mounta [...]
2008-01-02 14:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA207Congolese foreign minister concerned about timing of FDLR
[...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi told us February 21 he agreed with the idea of an UN Security Council resolution on the FDLR but had concerns about its timing. Mbusa is the Congolese signatory to the Nairobi communique with Rwanda, and has been working to organize a meeting with FDLR fac [...]
2008-02-28 13:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC ASEC KPKO CG RW ETTC
08KINSHASA209DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO 2008 TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) This message contains Embassy Kinshasa's responses to questions in reftel, paragraphs 27-30, on trafficking in persons. 2. (SBU) Begin responses to paragraph 27. A. Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or chi [...]
2008-02-29 12:06:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG CG
08KINSHASA21 Goma Report January 9, 2008 -- fourth day of
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vital Kamerhe, speaking to international observers, said that the Kivus Conference, which picked up in pace January 9, would operate at two levels, with the real work taking place in side discussions with the armed groups (especially CNDP). It was essential that the Conference [...]
2008-01-10 14:52:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA215Task force held hostage
[...] (SBU) Summary. Predictions that Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG-TF) meetings would be short and productive were overly optimistic. The February 23 meeting led off with a fascinating four-hour briefing on DDRRR, then endured five-and-a-half hours of Rwandan-led wrangling over minutes. C [...]
2008-03-04 12:49:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW
08KINSHASA216KAMINA UPDATE - SITUATION CALM FOLLOWING FEBRUARY
[...] (U) The situation is currently calm at FARDC's Kamina base in northern Katanga, site of the February 17-18 shootout between FARDC commandos and brassage candidates drawn mainly from Nkunda's CNDP forces (reftel). MONUC officials confirmed this state of play in separate briefings March 3. Howe [...]
2008-03-04 13:59:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM MARR PGOV CG
08KINSHASA24 Goma Report for January 10 - Day five of Kivus
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Kivus conference will be extended until January 20. CNDP threatened to boycott but is apparently now willing to continue attending. Three heavyweights -- Kamerhe, Ruberwa, and Mbusa -- gave contrastingly positive speeches, each emphasizing that the conference represented [...]
2008-01-11 11:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA246SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF USAID ADMINISTRATOR AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of central Africa a [...]
2008-03-12 07:50:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON PREF PHUM MARR ASEC
08KINSHASA258GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 12TH MEETING OF JMG TASK
[...] (SBU) Summary: The March 7 meeting of the Nairobi process Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force went smoothly and professionally. Discussion of the minutes of the previous meeting took only about 20 minutes. Congo noted it had launched its FDLR "sensibilization" campaign March 1. FDLR lead [...]
2008-03-15 18:01:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG RW EUN SF AU UN
08KINSHASA265GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 13TH MEETING OF JMG TASK
[...] (SBU) Summary: The main agenda item of the March 14 meeting of the Nairobi process Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force was the DRC's plans for action against the ex-FAR/Interahamwe (ex-FAR/IH). FARDC and MONUC are planning to do something at some point in the coming months, but March 15 wi [...]
2008-03-17 15:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW UN
08KINSHASA273KAMERHE COMMITTED TO MOVING FORWARD ON GOMA AND
[...] (C) Summary. National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe displayed command of the issues and strong personal rapport with AF Senior Adviser Tim Shortley in their discussions on the Goma and Nairobi processes March 8 in Kinshasa. Kamerhe is committed to moving forward on both agreements and voic [...]
2008-03-19 15:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS RW CG
08KINSHASA274SHORTLEY BRIEFS P3+2+MONUC FOLLOWING MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) Summary. AF Senior Adviser Tim Shortley briefed P3 2 ambassadors March 7 in Kinshasa on his talks with Nkunda and Kigali the previous week. Shortley confirmed that Nkunda had agreed to rejoin the Goma process. Shortley stressed that the international community must treat Nkunda in a way [...]
2008-03-19 16:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO MARR MOPS CG RW UN
08KINSHASA287GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 14TH MEETING OF JMG TASK
[...] (SBU) Summary. The March 21 Joint Monitoring Group Task Force session in Goma went reasonably smoothly, with little wrangling. Congo characterized its post-March 15 military plans against the ex-FAR/Interahamwe as a "progressive operation," not "classical war." Rwanda characterized as "positi [...]
2008-03-24 07:43:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS MARR PGOV KPKO CG RW SF UN EUN
08KINSHASA305GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 15TH MEETING OF JOINT
[...] Summary. The March 28 meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force in Goma was again generally businesslike. The DRC claims to have captured Rwandan-national CNDP fighters, and the prisoners have alleged the presence of more. The DRC also claims to have captured a brigade-level FD [...]
2008-03-31 09:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN EUN
08KINSHASA326DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 15:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDCG EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB EMIN PGOV
08KINSHASA327DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-03 16:12:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDCG EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB EMIN PGOV
08KINSHASA337Goma Notes 04/03/08 - Goma Process: Launch of the Joint
[...] (U) Summary. The Joint Technical Commission on Peace and Security, the key implementing body for the Goma accords, was officially launched in a ceremony in Goma April 3. Remarks by Congolese and international representatives were upbeat, recognizing the challenges and achievements to day, and [...]
2008-04-08 13:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CG
08KINSHASA345GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 16th MEETING OF JMG TASK
[...] (SBU) Summary: The 16th meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force for the Nairobi communIque April 4 in Goma was punctuated by several unexpected exchanges. The FARDC's regional military intelligence chief implied that CNDP is an ally against FDLR. The Congolese delegation repor [...]
2008-04-15 12:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG UN RW SF EUN
08KINSHASA346GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 17th MEETING OF JMG TASK
[...] (SBU) Summary: A smiling Vice Admiral Didier Etumba dropped into the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force April 11, and fast bumped heads with Rwandan delegates about the FARDC's "scenarios" for ridding the country of FDLR. None of this impeded Etumba's briefing or dampened its cordiality. [...]
2008-04-15 12:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS CG RW
08KINSHASA349PLANE CRASH KILLS DOZENS IN GOMA, EASTERN CONGO
[...] (U) Summary. A Congolese airliner carrying 79 passengers and 5 crew members crashed on takeoff from Goma airport in eastern Congo at 14:45 local time on April 15, killing dozens of people including passengers and persons on the ground. The majority of passengers appear to have survived, but exa [...]
2008-04-15 17:51:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EAIR ECON PGOV
08KINSHASA36 Joint Monitoring Task Force (JMG-TF)
[...] Reftels are reports on prior meetings of the JMG-TF. 2. Following are highlights of the Task Force Meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group held in Goma on January 4, 2008. Goma Report January 11, 2008: Task Force of the Joint Monitoring Group 3. Summary: At the meeting of the Task For [...]
2008-01-14 14:06:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA367DC-9 CRASH UPDATE - 45 CONFIRMED DEAD
[...] Summary: Six days after the April 15 crash of a Hewa Bora Airways DC-9 at Goma airport (ref A),and in the absence of an official report, the toll of passenger and ground casualties stands at 121, with 45 dead and about 76 injured. Company and civil aviation officials say they have found the [...]
2008-04-21 12:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC EAIR PGOV ECON KPKO CG UN
08KINSHASA37 Goma Report for January 11-13 - ethnic groups
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Kivus Conference is moving toward the end of its lengthy plenary phase. Ethnic communities and armed groups in both Kivus have, for the most part, had their say and the more difficult phase of bringing them together on a concrete way forward will soon begin. Amid the some [...]
2008-01-14 14:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA374GOMA NOTES - NAIROBI PROCESS: 18TH MEETING OF THE JMG TASK
[...] (SBU) Summary: Rwanda told the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG-TF) during its April 18 session in Goma that it should be more active and consider meeting in the field as a matter of course, but drew no support. UN agencies led presentations on reducing negative impact on IDPs and retur [...]
2008-04-23 15:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PREF MOPS PHUM KPKO CG RW UN
08KINSHASA375NEW SOUTH KIVU GOVERNOR TARGETS SECURITY, GOVERNANCE,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Governor Louis Muderhwa of South Kivu targeted security, governance, and poverty issues in his April 8 meeting with the Ambassador. He requested computer and communications technology to extend provincial authority and accelerate the disarmament and reintegration of foreign fig [...]
2008-04-23 15:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EMIN KDEM PINR CG
08KINSHASA383AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON GAINS CONGOLESE SUPPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with senior officials from the Congolese Government (GDRC),MONUC, NGOs and the diplomatic community during his April 9-12 visit to Kinshasa. He emphasized that his meetings were part of a broader Great Lakes visit [...]
2008-04-29 06:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KPKO KJUS SOCI PINR CG RW UN
08KINSHASA392 Kabila, SRSG/P-3 plus two and Angola discuss East,
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 2 President Kabila met with SRSG Doss, ambassadors of the P-3 plus 2 nations, and Angola, the first meeting in this format in 2008. Kabila and the European ambassadors expressed disappointment - without explicitly blaming each other - for slow movement on economic devel [...]
2008-05-05 14:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA40 MONUC's Kivus Conference Report -- third day of
[...] (SBU) Under the moderation of Azarias Ruberwa, today's plenary started with speeches by governors Didier Manara (Maniema province) and Medard Autsai (Orientale province). Both presented their respective provinces, which they portrayed as places where ethnic groups coexisted peacefully, as exa [...]
2008-01-14 16:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA413DRC APRIL ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary Agriculture ----------- - New DRC Agricultural Code Presented to Traditional Chiefs - African Wildlife Foundation Assists Isolated Population - Orientale Province Poised to Renew Agricultural Activities Aviation -------- - CAA Suspends Flights, All Planes to South Afric [...]
2008-05-12 06:15:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
08KINSHASA418 21st Meeting of JMG Task Force, May 9, 2008
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Task Force members heard MONUC DDRRR director Philip Lancaster speak during most of the day's meeting, as the single expert on the agenda. Lancaster bracketed his presentation with cautions that logistical constraints and unrealistic time lines will limit the impact of the pre [...]
2008-05-12 11:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE
08KINSHASA42 Goma Report for January 16 -
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his meeting with National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe January 16, Senior Adviser Tim Shortley urged Kamerhe (and similarly Foreign Minister Mbusa, Conference President Malu Malu and Conference Moderator Ruberwa) to get the authorization of President Kabila (who arrived i [...]
2008-01-17 11:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA425International facilitation dinner with Malu Malu
[...] (U) Summary: International Facilitation met with Abbe Appolinaire Malu Malu April 30 in Bukavu to discuss the CNDP, the Amani process and armed groups operating in the Kivus. Malu Malu relayed CNDP concerns about the ICC arrest warrant for Bosco Ntaganda and the location of brassage centers. [...]
2008-05-13 14:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE
08KINSHASA428GOMA NOTES 05/02/08 - TEAM BUILDING: 20TH MEETING OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 2, Task Force members traveled by road to the Headquarters of the 6th Integrated Brigade (FARDC) in Kiwanja, Rutshuru Territory, which has responsibility for keeping FDLR troops away from the Uganda border. The brigade's operations netted a high-profile commander last mon [...]
2008-05-15 06:07:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE
08KINSHASA435ANGOLA'S INFLUENCE IN THE DRC
[...] (U) Background and summary: This cable provides an overview of Angola's political and military interests and goals in the DRC. Angola is one of the DRC,s closest allies and the two countries cooperate closely on economic matters, border security, and between militaries. The nature of the cu [...]
2008-05-16 15:55:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS MARR AO CG
08KINSHASA46 MONUC's Kivus Conference Report -
[...] (SBU) Summary: The ethnic communities of South Kivu commence their presentations in the fourth Plenary session. Tension rises swiftly when the Bembe and the Fulero issue anachronistic anti-Tutsi declarations, and the Banyamulenge demand the recognition of the Minembwe Territory. The Conferen [...]
2008-01-17 12:19:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA460NOTES ON 22ND MEETING OF JMG TASK FORCE, FIELD TRIP, 16 MAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The 22nd Task Force (TF) meeting was in the form of a field trip to Walikale on 16 May 2008, at the invitation of the Congolese Delegation. Members heard three briefings: The Territorial Administrator talked about "sensitization" (awareness raising) efforts since March 15; the [...]
2008-05-25 14:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE
08KINSHASA463KISANGANI MEETING: POSITIVE MOVEMENT ON THE PART OF FDLR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff attended the May 26 Kisangani meeting at which the GDRC and elements from FDLR-RUD and the RPR (Rassemblement du Peuple Rwandais) made public a document related to these armed groups' disarmament and repatriation or resettlement. The conference was principally ceremonial [...]
2008-05-27 13:19:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW
08KINSHASA469DEPLOYMENT OF MILITARY INFORMATION SUPPORT TEAM TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post requests deployment of a military information support team (MIST) to plan, conduct and execute special information programs and training in coordination with appropriate Embassy sections, the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC),and the UN Observer [...]
2008-05-28 11:17:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETMARR MASS PGOV PK PREL KPAO
08KINSHASA488NAIROBI PROCESS - MOVING FORWARD AFTER KISANGANI
[...] (SBU) Summary: May 27-28 technical committee meetings following the Kisangani FDLR Conference reached agreement on the process through which the FDLR-RUD and RPR will disarm and begin repatriation to Rwanda or resettlement in the DRC. MONUC is guardedly optimistic regarding prospects for suc [...]
2008-06-03 12:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW
08KINSHASA520GOMA NOTES 06/05/2008: NAIROBI PROCESS - JMG TASK FORCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The JMG Task Force traveled June 5 to Mwenga in South Kivu to observe actions being taken by the Congolese government against FDLR in the area. Three battalions consisting of 1,575 fighters are deployed throughout Mwenga town and district. Government representatives there insp [...]
2008-06-12 14:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN
08KINSHASA521SENIOR ADVISER SHORTLEY'S MEETING WITH SRSG DOSS AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: SRSG Alan Doss told AF Senior Adviser Tim Shortley June 2 that international supervision will be necessary at brassage centers for ex-combatants from North and South Kivu. He and Shortley agreed that disarmament and relocation or repatriation of FDLR members will be important [...]
2008-06-12 14:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG UN
08KINSHASA528 UNSC GETS FIRST HAND LOOK AT DRC CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Security Council ambassadors held meetings in Kinshasa and Goma June 7-8. Three themes emerged in their discussions in Kinshasa: democracy-building, the Goma and Nairobi processes, and sexual violence. President Kabila impressed the ambassadors with his command of issues [...]
2008-06-16 10:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN
08KINSHASA529MLC LEADERSHIP ON BEMBA AND MORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a long discussion June 3, leaders of Bemba's MLC ("Mouvement pour la Liberation du Congo") party told PolOff they are not planning further public demonstrations in Kinshasa following a canceled May 31 march in the capital. The strongest displays of support for Bemba have oc [...]
2008-06-16 10:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EFIN ECON CG RW
08KINSHASA534 Shortley and van de Geer discuss eastern Congo programs
[...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of UN agencies briefed AF Senior Adviser Tim Shortley and EU Special Envoy Roeland van de Geer on their programs in eastern Congo June 2 in Kinshasa. UN programs include opening strategic road axes, extension of state authority, refugee return and agricultural [...]
2008-06-17 11:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL CG UN EUN
08KINSHASA54 Goma Report for January 19 - Kabila
[...] (SBU) Summary: With forty-eight hours left in the Kivus Conference, President Kabila summoned diplomats present in Goma January 19 to outline the peace process that would be established by the conference. The government and all internal armed forces and ethnic communities in the Kivus would [...]
2008-01-21 09:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA553JUNE 19 MEETING OF STEERING GROUPS FOR AMANI AGREEMENTS,
[...] A joint meeting of the steering committees for the "Amani Process" (or Amani Program),and the "Nairobi Process' met in Kinshasa June 19 at the Ministry of the Interior. The meeting was chaired by Interior Minster Denis Kalume. Presenting an update on the Amani Process was its coordinator, F [...]
2008-06-25 14:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN
08KINSHASA555GOMA NOTES 06/13/08: NAIROBI PROCESS - 26TH MEETING OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The 26th meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force, held in Bukavu June 13, featured a briefing on FARDC operations against the FDLR by General Patrick Masunzu of the 10th Military Region. Masunzu reported that four newly-deployed integrated and MONUC-trained battalions [...]
2008-06-25 16:06:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW UN
08KINSHASA560SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE JULY 01-02 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly grappling with fundamental governance, security and development challenges following historic 2006 national elections. The promise of peace and democratization and the importance of the DRC as the linchpin of central Africa a [...]
2008-06-26 15:07:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV EAID ECON MARR PHUM CG
08KINSHASA563GOMA SITUATION UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The recent absence of the principal Congolese actors from Goma has resulted in lost time and inefficiencies in the Amani process. The Joint Technical Commission on Peace and Security is now not meeting, but the International Facilitation and MONUC are mapping out a plan for rev [...]
2008-07-01 15:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA57 MONUC'S Kivus Conference sitrep report #8;
[...] (U) Summary: South Kivu Communities finished their presentations. North Kivu armed groups starting with CNDP take the floor in this fifth day of plenary sessions. End summary. 2. (SBU) After the extremist speeches from yesterday, particularly directed against the Banyamulenge by the Bem [...]
2008-01-21 11:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA570DR CONGO QUARTERLY REFUGEE REPORT, JUNE 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR reports repatriation of over 10,600 Congolese as of June 2008. There are currently over 338,000 Congolese refugees in neighboring countries and over 176,000 refugees from other countries in the DRC. Repatriation of Congolese from Tanzania has recently halted, repatriati [...]
2008-07-08 15:47:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PREL KPKO CG TZ UG ZA UN
08KINSHASA594Tripartite Plus: Coordinator's Visit to Kinshsa
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Joyce Leader, Snior Coordinator of the Tripartite Plus Joint Comission, traveled to Kinshasa June 22-23 as partof a regional trip to Tripartite Plus capitals. Hr schedule included meetings with Foreign Ministr Mbusa, CHOD Kayembe, Presidential Envoy Seraphi Ngwej, an [...]
2008-07-17 14:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA603JULY 18 MEETING OF JMG TASK FORCE DEALS WITH ANTI-FDLR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The 31st meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force on July 18 was, overall, a cordial gathering. U.S. members of the International Facilitation in attendance were DCM Sam Brock and Program Officer Geoffrey Parker. In the absence of Jean-Michel Dumont, the EU chairmanshi [...]
2008-07-22 12:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE
08KINSHASA61PROPOSAL FOR JOINT PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Kinshasa hereby requests a feasibility study on the potential use in the Democratic Republic of the Congo of non-lethal, Psychological Operations (PSYOP) as a means to influence negative forces and asks that a PSYOP assessment team (POAT) be dispatched to the DRC as quick [...]
2008-01-22 16:46:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PINR PINS PREL KPKO CG
08KINSHASA630GDRC receives surrender July 31 of RUD soldiers
[...] (SBU) The recent surrender of 67 Rassemblement pour l'Unit et la Democratie (RUD) soldiers in a public ceremony in North Kivu on July 31 was a small but potentially significant victory for DDRRR. The ceremony took place in the vicinity of Luofu in Lubero district. In attendance were the DRC M [...]
2008-08-05 06:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN EUN
08KINSHASA648 32nd MEETING OF JMG TASK FORCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The 32nd meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force July 25 was unusually short at just over three hours. U.S. members of the International Facilitation were Nicholas Jenks and Geoffrey Parker. Jean-Michel Dumont of the EU chaired the meeting. Due to a misunderstanding, [...]
2008-08-07 11:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA664AMANI PROGRAM WORKING GROUP ON THE EXTENSION OF STATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: European Union (EU) political advisor Veronique Aulagnon provided Emboff notes from the August 9 meeting of the Amani Program working group on the extension of state authority in North and South Kivu. Provincial government members suggested increasing the number and pay of mag [...]
2008-08-14 06:28:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA665AD HOC FACILITATION MEETING WITH CNDP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The International Facilitation in Goma held an informal meeting August 11 with two CNDP representatives, Rene Abandi and Bertrand Bisimwa. The two representatives raised a new CNDP concern: a recent statement by RCD ("Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie" in French, a po [...]
2008-08-14 06:29:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA678 DEMARCHE TO CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT ON
[...] (U) Per instructions ref (A),Ambassador met August 14 with National Security Advisor Lufunda Kaumba and Deputy Interior Minister Joseph Mpango Okundo. Interior Minister Denis Kalume dropped out at the last minute and sent his deputy (Mpango Okundo) instead. Also present were DCM Brock and G [...]
2008-08-18 10:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS PTER MOPS RW UG CG
08KINSHASA683UNHCR EXPANDING ITS ACTIVITIES IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy's Political Officer in Goma spoke with the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) leadership in Goma, Coordinator for the East Karl Steinacker and Head of Sub-Office Ibrahima Coly. After years of minimal involvement in North Kivu, UNHCR is ramping up programs in the c [...]
2008-08-20 09:51:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN
08KINSHASA696 MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 15 MEETING OF THE JOINT MONITORING
[...] No U.S. representative attended the August 15 meeting in Goma of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force. In the interest of ensuring that Washington and other addressees remain informed of the Task Force's deliberations, post is transmitting the following official minutes from the meeting: [...]
2008-08-25 16:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA7 Joint Monitoring Task Force (JMG-TF)
[...] Refs (A) and (B) are reports on two prior meetings of the JMG-TF. 2. Following are highlights of the Task Force Meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group held in Goma on January 4, 2008. Participants ------------ 3. Moderator: Gernot Sauer, Acting Head of MONUC's Goma Office Rwande [...]
2008-01-07 11:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA700 JOINT MONITORING GROUP TASK FORCE MEETING
[...] (SBU) Summary: MONUC/DDRRR reported that in July, it had transferred 97 FDLR members to Rwanda, although Rwanda classified fewer than half that number as ex-combatants. The GDRC did not object, as long as those repatriated were properly accepted in Rwanda. The Rwandan side stressed the impo [...]
2008-08-26 14:43:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA704 Minutes of the August 22 Meeting of the
[...] Introductory Remarks 2. Elaborate recommendations for JMG /TF field visits 3. Discussion of next field visit : GoDRC and GoR 4. Recommendation to the Special Envoys 5. Minutes of the last meeting 6. AOB 7. Agenda for the next meeting 8. Closing Remarks Summary of discussion [...]
2008-08-27 16:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA71 Kivus Conference Closure Ceremony
[...] (U) Summary: The five-hour closing ceremony of the Kivus Conference January 23 featured the two-hour signing of the "Acte d'Engagement" by 58 parties. The CNDP was the first and the key signer. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The much delayed-closing ceremony of the Kivus Conference on Peace, Se [...]
2008-01-24 10:01:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA719 Goma Report August 31 - Assessing
[...] (SBU) Summary: Exchanges of fire flared up on August 28, 29, and 30 along various points east of the Goma-Rutshuru road where FARDC and CNDP forces have been separated by a buffer zone and relatively quiet for several months. The spark appears to have been a major theft of cattle from the CN [...]
2008-09-02 12:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA720 Goma Report: August 29 meeting of Joint
[...] Summary: Rwandan side called for faster deployment of FARDC battalions to combat FDLR. DRC side said it regretted missing deadlines but pointed to progress, e.g., in increased rates of repatriation of FDLR. End summary. 2. In another amicable meeting of the Task Force of the Joint Moni [...]
2008-09-02 15:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA728 Goma Report September 3 - Stoning of
[...] (SBU) Summary: The international facilitation team traveled via MONUC convoy September 2 to three sensitive areas along the confrontation line between FARDC and CNDP in Rutshuru territory, hoping to affirm FARDC withdrawal from two newly occupied positions. FARDC still occupies those positio [...]
2008-09-04 07:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA739 Goma Report September 8: Continued
[...] (SBU) Summary: Clashes occurred in yet another area September 8, with CNDP occupying Numbi just across the provincial border in South Kivu. North Kivu brigade fired on CNDP north of Nyanzale September 7, to keep CNDP elements from moving on Kikuku. On the other hand, CNDP had withdrawn from [...]
2008-09-09 08:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA740 Minutes of the August 29 meeting of
[...] Following are the official minutes of above-captioned meeting. A reporting cable on the meeting is contained at reftel. 2. Begin minutes SUMMARY OF MINUTES OF THE MEETING Joint Monitoring Group 37TH Meeting of the TASK FORCE Goma, 29 August 2008 The thirty seventh meeting of the [...]
2008-09-09 17:52:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA750 Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Meeting
[...] (SBU) Summary: General Etumba said that CNDP's participation in the Amani process was essential, but he balked at disengagement talks being held at Kimoka, noting CNDP had already agreed to an ad hoc process in Goma. International Facilitation team expressed surprise at the lack of a meeting [...]
2008-09-12 07:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA758 Chairman's summary of September 1, 2008 Special
[...] Introduction Representatives of the signatories of the Nairobi Communique of 9 November 2007 met on 1 September 2008 in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, to assess progress made in the implementation of the Communique. This was the fifth meeting at Special Envoy level [...]
2008-09-13 14:06:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA78 Fifth Meeting of Joint Monitoring Group Task Force
[...] (U) Reftels are reports on prior meetings of the JMG-TF. 2. (U) Summary: The Task Force of the Joint Monitoring Group had its fifth meeting January 18 in Goma. The Rwandans promised to have the list of genocidaires (perhaps over 10,000) ready in time for relocation of ex-FAR elements to re [...]
2008-01-25 08:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA784ITCR EFFORTS TO LOCATE RWANDAN FUGITIVES
[...] (S) Summary: ICTR Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow told the Ambassador on September 9 that the ICTR has located 5 suspected Rwandan "genocidaires" on Congolese territory. The ICTR is attempting to engage MONUC and the GDRC to step up efforts to apprehend the fugitives. The GDRC, while willin [...]
2008-09-22 12:24:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM ICTR CG
08KINSHASA785TANZANIA'S UNDERSTATED ROLE IN THE DRC
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Tanzania plays a quiet, but useful, role in facilitating a peaceful resolution of the conflict in the DRC's East. The reasons behind this are likely connected to Tanzania's historical connections to the Kabila family, refugee issues, and economic interests. Inc [...]
2008-09-23 06:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON ETRD CG TZ
08KINSHASA799 Amani Program Steering Committee meets 23
[...] (U) The Amani Steering Group, tasked with monitoring progress on the implementation of the Goma agreements of January, 2008 (the "Actes d'Engagement") met September 23 in Bukavu, capital of the province of South Kivu. The selection of Bukavu follows a decision by Denis Kalume, Interior Minist [...]
2008-09-25 11:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA804 40TH MEETING OF THE JMG TASK FORCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The 4oth meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force in Goma was held GIVE DATE. The weapons destruction ceremony planned for the meeting was canceled due to ongoing fighting near Sake. A joint MDPR/DDRRR assessment mission to the RUD disarmament camp in Kasiki revealed [...]
2008-09-26 07:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA838 Goma Report October 3: Belligerent
[...] (SBU) Summary: North Kivu has had it fourth quiet day militarily October 3, even while Nkunda has called for national liberation, and FARDC claims an imminent CNDP attack, for which North Kivu brigade sees no evidence. The little ceasefire augurs well, but the belligerent language augurs bad [...]
2008-10-03 16:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA840 Goma Report October 4: Nkunda on Okapi;
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nkunda gave an interview to MONUC's radio Okapi October 4 which was even more truculent than his BBC interview, and complained when Okapi refused to air it. Acting SRSG Mountain came to Goma and assured Abbe Malu Malu that MONUC would continue with the Amani program, with a fo [...]
2008-10-06 13:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA844 Minister of Foreign Affairs convokes
[...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese Minister of Foreign Affairs Mbusa Nyamwisi convoked UN Security Council P-5 representatives on October 4 to make an official statement on the situation in the eastern part of the Congo and to discuss GDRC preoccupations with Laurent Nkunda's recent belligerent declarat [...]
2008-10-06 14:50:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA845 October 3 discussion with Colonel Mamba,
[...] (SBU) Summary: Goma poloff spoke October 3 with the head of the Congolese delegation to the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force, Colonel Augustin Mamba. Mamba claimed the RUD disarmament in Kasiki was overall a success story. He explained that working together with certain figures that [...]
2008-10-06 15:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA864 Goma Report October 8: Heavy Fighting in
[...] (SBU) Summary: Heavy fighting erupted October 8 in the Rutshuru region. CNDP overran a FARDC brigade head-quarters near Rumangabo, apparently inflicting heavy casualties and capturing significant amounts of military equipment. MONUC told post that CNDP almost certainly initiated the fightin [...]
2008-10-09 16:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA866DRC RESPONSE TO USITC STUDY ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
[...] (U) Background and Overview. Inadequate physical infrastructure in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),a country comprising a land area of 2,345,000 square kilometers, represents a key constraint for the country's economic development and export competitiveness. The Government of the DRC [...]
2008-10-10 06:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD OTRA ASEC CG
08KINSHASA868Goma Report October 9: Rutshuru fighting subsides; CNDP
[...] (SBU) Summary: There were no major incidents on October 9, following heavy fighting on October 8. Stating it was responding to the SRSG's request, CNDP announced it would withdraw from the FARDC base at Rumangabo. There were anti-MONUC demonstrations by students in Kisangani, the first such [...]
2008-10-10 11:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA875DRC-RWANDAN TENSIONS MOUNT: WAR NOT LIKELY BUT
[...] (C) Summary: A spike in tensions between the DRC and Rwanda became palpable last week as officials of both countries traded serious (but as yet) unfounded allegations. The state of relations between the two nations may be worse than at any time since Rwanda's 1998 invasion of the DRC. The la [...]
2008-10-14 11:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MOPS PHUM KPKO CG
08KINSHASA883 Kabila rejects AU plea from Jean Ping
[...] (SBU) African Union Commission Chair Jean Ping made a lightning trip to Kinshasa October 10-12 in an effort to defuse tensions between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda over fighting in the eastern DRC. Ping met with P-3 plus 2 ambassadors, SRSG Alan Doss, EU representatives, Se [...]
2008-10-14 15:50:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO AU CG
08KINSHASA885JOINT MONUC-FARDC PATROL SUCCESSFUL AGAINST FDLR
[...] (U) MONUC and FARDC units carried out joint patrols October 7-10 in and around the village of Mpofi, 45 kilometers east of Walikale Town in North Kivu. Limited access to the remote area has encouraged the presence of FDLR ("Forces democratiques pour la liberation de Rwanda" in French) and oth [...]
2008-10-15 16:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA886DRC PRESSES MONUC FOR ACTIVATION OF VERIFICATION
[...] (U) DRC Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi delivered a letter October 9 to UN SRSG Alan Doss requesting activation of the Joint Verification Mechanism (JVM) to investigate GDRC allegations of Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) involvement in recent clashes between Congolese armed forces (FARDC) and arme [...]
2008-10-15 17:13:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CG
08KINSHASA89042ND MEETING OF THE JMG TASK FORCE
[...] (SBU) The 42nd meeting of the Joint Monitoring Group (JMG) Task Force was held October 10 in the Rwandan border town of Gisenyi. All key Task Force members were present. The Task Force agreed upon a document prepared by the Chairman (the U.S. Office in Goma currently holds the rotating chair [...]
2008-10-16 12:53:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA896 October 10 letter to Secretary of State
[...] Below at para. 3 is October 10 letter from rebel leader Laurent Nkunda to Secretary Rice. The letter was e-mailed to Embassy Kampala (polchief FitzGibbon) through Victor Ngezayo, a prominent Congolese Tutsi businessman from Goma who is close to the CNDP, Nkunda's political-military group. Th [...]
2008-10-17 10:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PTER CG
08KINSHASA897Prominent Banyamulenge Criticizes Nkunda
[...] (SBU) Summary: Enoch Ruberangabo Sebineza, a prominent Banyamulenge leader, recently told post that Nkunda's actions were in fact creating anti-Tutsi sentiment throughout the Kivus. Nkunda was thus putting Congolese Tutsis at risk, rather than protecting the community, as he constantly claim [...]
2008-10-17 10:54:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM CG
08KINSHASA898 GOMA NOTES OCTOBER 15: POSSIBLE FARDC WITHDRAWAL FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Goma Poloff met with FARDC General Lukama October 15 to receive his assessment of the situation in North Kivu. Lukama confirmed that going after the FDLR was a second-order priority for the FARDC compared to fighting the CNDP. He noted that his greatest challenge was his units [...]
2008-10-17 11:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA900 Next Steps For Joint Verification Team
[...] (SBU) Summary: Goma Poloff spoke with members of the Goma-based Joint Verification Team (JVT) to determine next steps following the GDRC's formal request to investigate Rwandan support of the CNDP (reftel). The JVT team leader said that the process, from submission of the request until a fin [...]
2008-10-20 13:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA901 GOMA NOTES OCTOBER 17: NORTH KIVU PROVINCIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Goma poloff spoke with the North Kivu Provincial Assembly President, Leon Bariyanga, and two colleagues to discuss recent governmental defections to the CNDP, alleged harassment of Tutsis, and general security in North Kivu. They complained that the CNDP problem was inhibiting [...]
2008-10-20 14:07:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA904 Roeland Van de Geer Briefs MONUC, International
[...] (SBU) Summary: Meeting with MONUC and the international facilitation October 17, EU Great Lakes Envoy Roeland van de Geer said that National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe had recently been more open to FARDC/CNDP bilateral talks on military issues. Kamerhe added that political talks could f [...]
2008-10-20 15:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA916 WAR OF THE DIP NOTES CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Post has received a copy of the GDRC's diplomatic note no. 130/12/CH/0894/2008, which was sent October 9 via MONUC to the Government of Rwanda (GOR) in response to the GOR's note of October 5 criticizing the GDRC for an "alliance" between the DRC's armed forces and the ex-FAR/Interahamwe [...]
2008-10-22 13:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS CG RW
08KINSHASA919 INTERVIEWS WITH ESCAPED CNDP SOLDIERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 20 Goma Poloff had the opportunity to speak with three escaped CNDP soldiers. The soldiers, 13, 15, and 23 years old, had been brought to Goma by MONUC. The interview took place on the MONUC DDRRR compound where a handful of CNDP and FDLR escapees trickle in on a d [...]
2008-10-22 16:03:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL MOPS KPKO KTIP CG
08KINSHASA921 EASTERN CONGO PEACE INITIATIVES FROM THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two regional organizations, the Eglise du Christ au Congo and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR),have outlined initiatives to persuade Rwandan President Kagame and DRC President Kabila to meet. The ICGLR initiative would involve the mediation by ano [...]
2008-10-24 06:13:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG
08KINSHASA928(C) AZARIAS RUBERWA ON GOMA, AMANI,
[...] (C) Summary: Former Vice-President and current Chairman of the Congolese Rally for Democracy party (RCD -- Rassemblement Congolais pour la Democratie) Azarias Ruberwa told emboffs that, while the Goma Accords contained a solid basis for a lasting political settlement, implementation had been [...]
2008-10-27 09:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS CG
08KINSHASA930 EASTERN CONGO PEACE INITIATIVES FROM THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two regional organizations, the Eglise du Christ au Congo and the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR),have outlined initiatives to persuade Rwandan President Kagame and DRC President Kabila to meet. The ICGLR initiative would involve the mediation by ano [...]
2008-10-27 10:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG
08KINSHASA940 GOMA SITUATION REPORT - CONTINUING CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of the morning of October 28, MONUC's no movement order was still in effect. Violent demonstrations started late in the morning of October 27 between the town center and the Goma airport, resulting in one civilian death outside of a MONUC transit camp, when a soldier from th [...]
2008-10-28 14:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA945EAC CONVENES: GOMA MISSION STAFF EVACUATED
[...] (SBU) Post convened an EAC meeting on October 29 to discuss the deteriorating security situation in Eastern DRC. Ongoing violence in the Eastern DRC indicates possible military and/or civil unrest within the city limits of Goma. EAC recommended continued travel ban to Eastern Congo and restr [...]
2008-10-29 16:43:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CG
08KINSHASA946 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - OCTOBER 29, 2008,
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-29 20:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08KINSHASA949UN TEAM CRITICIZES RWANDA FOR CNDP LINKS, DRC FOR
[...] (C) Summary: Two members of the UN Group of Experts for the DRC (UNSC 1807) detailed on October 27 to Poloffs what they claimed was very strong evidence of Rwandan support for the CNDP, as well as extensive FARDC-FDLR military and commercial collaboration. The UN team is focusing on several [...]
2008-10-30 09:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD EMIN MOPS PHUM CG
08KINSHASA951SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - OCTOBER 30, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa's EAC met at 9:00am to discuss the situation in Goma (septel). RSO noted that there were reports the evening of October 29 of fleeing FARDC and [...]
2008-10-30 11:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA954 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - OCTOBER 31, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) USG personnel recently evacuated to Gisenyi have not received permission to return to Goma at the present time. 3. (SBU) USG staff member based in Gisenyi rep [...]
2008-10-31 11:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA959 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 3, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) On the evening of November 1, Charge consulted with EAC members, as well as RSO Kigali and the Department's Operations Center, regarding the status of USG personn [...]
2008-11-03 11:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA960EAC APPROVES USG STAFF RETURNING TO WORK IN GOMA; POST
[...] (SBU) On November 1, Post's EAC approved USG employees to resume work in Goma during the operating hours of the Congolese and Rwandan border. However, all employees must return to Gisenyi, Rwanda by 1700 hours each day until further notice. 2. (SBU) The decision to allow employees to retu [...]
2008-11-03 12:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT ASEC CG
08KINSHASA962CHARGE'S OCTOBER 31 VISIT TO GOMA IN THE AFTERMATH
[...] (C) Summary: Goma remains calm, but with fewer people on the streets. The FARDC has effectively collapsed in the region, leaving Nkunda in control of large swaths of area north and west of Goma. Nkunda will most likely not attack Goma, as the city does not threaten his operations in North K [...]
2008-11-03 16:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA964 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 4, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) The EAC met today at 11:00 AM and decided to maintain the current mandate that USG employees return to Gisenyi during nighttime hours (septel). Efforts will be m [...]
2008-11-04 11:33:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA965 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 4, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC continues to reinforce Goma, to include armored personnel carriers at key locations, although troop levels appear to be less than optimal. MONUC military c [...]
2008-11-05 07:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA971 DR CONGO QUARTERLY REFUGEE REPORT, OCTOBER 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent fighting between the CNDP and FARDC has displaced an estimated 250,000 IDP's since the end of August. Approximately 10,000 Congolese have crossed into Uganda over the last several weeks. UNHCR staff has just resumed operations in and around Goma. LRA activity has recen [...]
2008-11-05 15:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PGOV PREL KPKO CG CF TZ UG ZA UN
08KINSHASA972 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 5, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. Security Situation in Goma -------------------------- 2. (SBU) USAID officer TDY in Goma/Gisenyi reports continued calm in Goma. However, because the possible impact of the PARECO-CNDP fighting (reftel) is unclear, OCHA has [...]
2008-11-05 16:01:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA973 NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS CRISIS PLAN TO DEAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The National Assembly adopted on October 28 a non-binding plan for the DRC to deal with the crisis in eastern DRC. (Note: An unofficial embassy translation of the plan begins at para. 9. End note.) The plan proposes alternatives for political, military, and diplomatic dialo [...]
2008-11-05 17:05:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KINSHASA983 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 6, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...]
2008-11-06 16:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA984 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 7, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...]
2008-11-07 11:29:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA990 SITUATION REPORT FOR DRC - NOVEMBER 10, 2008,
[...] (U) All times Kinshasa (GMT + 1) unless otherwise indicated. 2. (U) The items contained in this situation report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Securit [...]
2008-11-10 10:50:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
08KINSHASA997 Foreign Minister Thambwe's November 11
[...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba convoked ambassadors November 11 for a briefing on the summits in Nairobi on November 7 and in Johannesburg on November 9. Nairobi had reaffirmed the Amani and Nairobi processes as the "only framework" for resolving the conflict in the ea [...]
2008-11-12 15:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM PREF CG
08LIBREVILLE420CEEAC, AN EVOLVING REGIONAL ORGANIZATION, ASSUMES
[...] (C) The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS/CEEAC) took over responsibility for a small EU-funded peacekeeping operation in the Central African Republic (CAR) on July 12. The handover was a milestone in CEEAC's gradual emergence as a focus for security initiatives in central [...]
2008-08-20 15:12:00Embassy LibrevilleCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS KPKO GB
08LONDON2304COMMONWEALTH: NEW SYG BRINGS NEW ENERGY, SCOPE FOR LINKAGES WITH COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-12 10:14:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KDEM PGOV PHUM FJ RW UK
08LONDON2822DRC: UK FOCUSING ON POLITICAL SOLUTION, MAKING
[...] (C) Parliament is pressing HMG for deployment of additional troops to MONUC, but the Foreign Office is concentrating on a political solution to the crisis and increased MONUC flexibility, FCO Great Lakes Team Leader David Hall and DRC Desk Officer Oliver Craven told us November 7. HMG will not sup [...]
2008-11-07 16:53:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PINR PREF PINS KPKO RW CG UK
08LONDON2976DRC:UK SUPPORTS EITI INCLUSION IN MONUC MANDATE, EXTENDED ARMS EMBARGO, FDLR SANCTIONS IMPOSITION SOONEST
[...] (C/NF) Summary. The UK supports inclusion of an Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) paragraph in the MONUC renewal mandate, continuation of the arms embargo in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for 12 months, and imposition of the Democratic Liberation Forces of Rwanda (FDLR) [...]
2008-12-01 11:24:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EMIN UNSC KPKO PARM CG RW UK
08LUSAKA1154ZAMBIA: RWANDA IS THE KEY TO RESOLVING THE DRC
[...] (C) Zambian Foreign Minister Pande told Ambassador December 9 that Rwanda was a critical part of resolving the DRC crisis in the Kivus. Although Rwanda has denied involvement, it is clear, according to Pande, that Rwanda has an important role in the crisis and that role should be further expl [...]
2008-12-10 10:05:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZA CG
08LUSAKA499COMESA LEADERS COMMENT ON POSTPONED SUMMIT, COMESA
[...] (C) Summary. The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has postponed its ministerial and heads of state meetings, which were scheduled to take place between May 1 to 15 in Victoria Falls, due to the electoral crisis in Zimbabwe. Although the Secretariat has considered the po [...]
2008-05-07 15:05:00Embassy LusakaCONFIDENTIALECON PREL ECIN COMESA ZA ZI
08MADRID201RWANDA/SPAIN: INTL ARREST ORDERS IN WORKS, NOT YET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post agrees with ref A assessment regarding the February 7 indictments issued by Spanish National Court Judge Fernando Andreu of 40 Rwandan military officials on charges of genocide. The overall implication of the indictment is that Tutsi leadership, including President Kagame, [...]
2008-02-22 14:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KLIG KJUS OFDP SP RW
08MADRID313RWANDAN INDICTMENTS UPDATE
[...] (C) Post urges extreme caution in allowing Rwandan military personnel indicted by the Spanish judiciary to travel to the U.S. for government-sponsored training. We cannot predict how the Spanish judiciary or government may respond should it become known that an individual wanted in connectio [...]
2008-03-13 16:50:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM SP
08MADRID409RWANDA/SPAIN: FURTHER INFORMATION ON INDICTMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post offers the following answers in response to ref A questions from Department regarding the Spanish indictment of 40 Rwandan military officers. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JUDGE ANDREU AND THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE? Judge Andreu is completely indep [...]
2008-04-11 15:41:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MASS KLIG OFDP RW SP
08MADRID484SPANISH COURT DECIDES NOT TO EXTRADITE "ISABELITA"
[...] (U) Local press is reporting that the Second Section of the Spanish National Court decided on April 28 to deny the request of Argentine authorities to extradite former Argentine President (1974-1976) Maria Estela Martinez, known as "Isabelita" Peron. The 77-year-old former President was wante [...]
2008-04-29 13:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS PGOV SP
08MADRID504SPAIN/RWANDA - PROSECUTOR DOWNPLAYS INDICTMENTS
[...] (C) Post's Consular Legal Advisor (LES) met informally with Spanish National Prosecutor Blanca Rodriguez on May 5 to discuss the ongoing Spanish prosecution of 40 Rwandan military officials (reftels). According to Rodriguez (please protect),the judiciary undertook the investigation and subs [...]
2008-05-09 08:52:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MASS KLIG KAWC OFDP RW SP
08MADRID571S/WCI AMB. WILLIAMSON PRESSES SPAIN ON RWANDA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In consultations with Spanish interlocutors in Madrid May 19-20, Ambassador Williamson (S/WCI) urged the Spanish government to reach out to the Rwandan government at the political level to try to ease tensions over the Spanish judiciary's indictment of 40 Rwandan officials in conn [...]
2008-05-23 11:57:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM MASS KLIG KAWC OFDP RW SP
08MADRID756SPANISH AND RWANDANS DISCUSS RWANDAN INDICTMENTS
[...] (C) During a July 8 courtesy call with Subdirector General for Sub-Saharan Africa Antonio Sanchez-Benedito, Sanchez-Benedito told poloff that he and Spanish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Angel Lossada attended the 11th African Union Summit in Sharm EI Sheikh, Egypt last week. Sanchez- [...]
2008-07-10 06:26:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL RW SP
08MAPUTO381UNHCR-MOZAMBIQUE FOCUSES ON LOCAL INTEGRATION,
[...] (U) Poloff met recently with head of the UNHCR mission in Mozambique, Victoria Akyeampong to discuss the first-of-its-kind UNHCR pilot transition program for operations at the Maratane refugee camp in Nampula Province. Akyeampong described the 2006-2008 UNHCR country plan which focuses on prov [...]
2008-04-30 08:59:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF SMIG MZ
08MASERU35LESOTHO TO HOST FEB. 27-29 LDC TRADE MINISTERS MEETING
[...] According to local government and diplomatic sources, the Government of Lesotho, through its Ministry of Trade and Industry, will host a meeting February 27-29 for Ministers of Trade from WTO-member Least Developed Countries (LDC). Lesotho, currently the chair of the WTO LDC Grouping, has obt [...]
2008-02-08 15:11:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD WTRO USTR LT
08NAIROBI1220ICTR: GOVERNMENT OF KENYA FREEZES KABUGA'S ASSETS
[...] (C) The Government of Kenya (GOK) on May 6 moved to freeze real estate assets in Nairobi owned by International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) fugitive, Felicien Kabuga. This welcome move came as a response to a request for cooperation made by the ICTR Chief Prosecutor to the GOK. While [...]
2008-05-09 10:24:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KE
08NAIROBI13KENYAN ELECTIONS - WORKING FOR A POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary. The electoral process in Kenya turned violent in recent days following the Electoral Commission's December 30 declaration of President Kibaki as the winner despite very serious irregularities in the vote tabulation process. Despite intense electoral observation by the U.S. and o [...]
2008-01-02 21:07:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KE
08NAIROBI1354JOINT DEMARCHE ON GOK COOPERATION WITH ICTR ON
[...] (C) On May 23, Acting PolCouns joined other Friends of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in delivering a demarche to the Foreign Minister. The message was clear: Kenya's recent steps on freezing war crimes suspect Felicien Kabuga's assets were much appreciated; however, th [...]
2008-05-30 09:20:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC EFIN PHUM KE RW NO
08NAIROBI1579SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PRICE
[...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes six months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement 600,000 Kenyans. Kenya now st [...]
2008-06-27 12:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI1593INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA ACCUSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kenyan Government and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) are now engaged in a public debate over the ICTR's criticism of what they see as a lack of substantive cooperation in the search for fugitive Rwandan war crimes suspect Felicien Kabuga. While the ICTR [...]
2008-06-30 07:57:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KE RW
08NAIROBI1725Prime Minister's Visit Advances U.S. Policy
[...] (U) Prime Minister Odinga's June 16-19 visit to the U.S. was a huge success and advanced U.S. policy to support the coalition government, to bolster the PM's role to supervise and coordinate the functions of government, to press for institutional reforms, and to highlight the U.S.-Kenyan partne [...]
2008-07-14 14:58:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KE ZI
08NAIROBI1726Text of PM Odinga's CSIS Speech
[...] (U) Below is the text of Prime Minster Odinga's June 17 speech at the Center for Strategic International Studies. The speech was delivered at CSIS' Statesman's Forum during Odinga's June visit to Washington. End summary. 2. (U) Begin Text. PRIME MINISTER RAILA ODINGA: Thank you. Thank y [...]
2008-07-14 14:59:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KE
08NAIROBI192KENYA: WHAT A DIFFERENCE AN ELECTION MAKES
[...] (U) Summary: In a stunning reversal from consensus predictions that the December 27 general election would not affect Kenya's growing economy, allegations of vote rigging led to inter-tribal violence and looting that temporarily paralyzed the country's transportation system, scared away tourist [...]
2008-01-17 12:30:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EAGR ELAB PGOV EFIN KE
08NAIROBI1961SCENESETTER FOR CODEL THOMPSON
[...] (C) Summary: Welcome to Kenya. Your visit comes eight months after the disputed December 2007 general elections, when the controversial announcement of the victory of incumbent President Kibaki led to widespread violence, the deaths of 1,500 people and displacement of 600,000 Kenyans. Kenya h [...]
2008-08-14 12:54:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV KDEM PTER KE
08NAIROBI198KENYA ELECTIONS: PARLIAMENT COMPOSITION - A
[...] (SBU) Unlike Kenya's contentious presidential election, the parliamentary elections proceeded relatively smoothly and with a clear and credible outcome. With 207 of 210 constituencies reporting (3 constituencies will be re-run),Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) won 99 of the 207 [...]
2008-01-17 16:21:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KE
08NAIROBI200KENYA'S ELECTORAL CRISIS: WORKING FOR A SOLUTION
[...] (C) Summary. With strong support through the Secretary's calls and A/S Frazer,s recent visit, we are continuing intensive efforts to facilitate dialogue between President Kibaki and Raila Odinga in order to achieve a political resolution of the post-electoral crisis. If achieved, this will b [...]
2008-01-17 19:12:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL KE
08NAIROBI2140PRIME MINISTER, DEFENSE MINISTER BRIEF CODEL PAYNE
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings on August 7-8, CODEL Payne discussed a wide range of issues with Prime Minister Raila Odinga, Defense Minister Mohammed Yusuf Haji, Trade Minister Uhuru Kenyatta, Minister of Higher Education Sally Kosgei, former President Daniel arap Moi, Nobel laureate Wanga [...]
2008-09-10 16:49:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALOREP PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM ASEC ETRD PREF KE
08NAIROBI2247AFRICANS TO PUSH FOR ARMS TRADE TREATY
[...] Representatives from 20 African governments attended a conference in Nairobi September 3-4 to discuss the need for an international arms trade treaty. While acknowledging the need for implementation of a number of existing regional agreements, participants broadly agreed that an international [...]
2008-09-23 13:54:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPARM ETRD ETTC MASS PREL KE
08NAIROBI2256AFRICANS TO PUSH FOR ARMS TRADE TREATY
[...] Representatives from 20 African governments attended a conference in Nairobi 3-4 September to discuss the need for an international arms trade treaty. While acknowledging the need for implementation of a number of existing regional agreements, participants broadly agreed that an international [...]
2008-09-25 09:02:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDMASS KE
08NAIROBI2619SOMALIA - Political Perspectives from Dubai
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable is the second of two on Somalia's Dubai-based Diaspora (Reftel). The Somali community in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) drives Somalia's economy, and is intimately involved in its political landscape. Commercial ties within the Dubai business community are cross-cl [...]
2008-11-20 09:21:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID KWMN SO AE
08NAIROBI2740Kenyan Prime Minister says "Mugabe Must Go"
[...] Speaking at an international press conference on December 7 in Nairobi, Prime Minister Raila Odinga called Robert Mugabe's government a "vile dictatorship" that must be stopped. Odinga urged the African Union to send troops to end the humanitarian crisis, or allow the UN to do so. "The inter [...]
2008-12-09 06:18:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM KPAO KE
08NAIROBI2793GENERAL WARD DISCUSSES SECURITY WITH KENYAN LEADERS
[...] (C) On November 24 and 25, AFRICOM Commander General William Ward had introductory meetings with President Kibaki, Prime Minister Odinga, Assistant Minister for Defense Major General (retired) Joseph Nkaisserry, and Chief of General Staff General Jeremiah Mutinda Kianga. The conversations foc [...]
2008-12-16 12:15:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MOPS PHSA PBTS PREL KE SO SU CG
08NAIROBI2871SUMMARY REPORT ON CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP ON THE
[...] Key regional partners participated in a workshop November 11-14 in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss priorities for the implementation of the Global Food Security Response in Eastern and Southern Africa. This is part of a broader, multi-donor response to the global food crisis in support of the Afri [...]
2008-12-23 12:55:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKE
08NAIROBI339KENYA - JANUARY 31 SITREP
[...] (SBU) POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS: Orange Democratic Movement (ODM - opposition) Member of Parliament for Ainamoi (Kericho District) David Kimutai Too (ethnic Kalenjin) was shot dead in Eldoret by Police Constable Andrew Moache (ethnic Kissi). Moache was arrested and will be transferred to Nakuru [...]
2008-01-31 13:41:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AMGT CASC PGOV EAID ECON PHUM PREL KE
08NAIROBI6KENYA ELECTIONS: GOK PRESS STATEMENT ON SUSPENSION OF LIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-02 14:49:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PGOV PREL KE
08NAIROBI680Ambassador Addresses Kenya Law Society
[...] The following is the text of a speech delivered by the Ambassador to the Law Society of Kenya's Annual Dinner on March 8. It received extraordinary positive coverage in national and local television, radio, and print media: Begin text: --------------------------------------------- ------ [...]
2008-03-10 14:47:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KDEM KE
08NAIROBI763KENYA: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) The following information is keyed to the paragraphs in reftel. -------------------------------------- Overview of a country's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons: -------------------------------------- 2. A. (SBU) Kenya is a source, transit, and destination country for t [...]
2008-03-18 14:35:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREF EAID KCRM KWMN KFRD ELAB SMIG ASEC KE
08NAIROBI857MISSION KENYA RESPONSE ON PROPOSED OPIC FINANCING - GEF
[...] U.S. Mission Kenya appreciates having the opportunity to comment on OPIC's proposed loan guaranty for a $150 million private equity fund entitled the "GEF African Consumer Fund." As ref A explains, the fund will provide investment capital for established, high growth companies involved in the [...]
2008-03-31 03:38:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN KE
08NEWDELHI2402 PLASTIC BAGS - A GROWING ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH CONCERN
[...] (U) Summary. The ubiquitous plastic bag, the common man's source of inexpensive and hygienic storage in India, is increasingly becoming a cause of grave concern to the environment and the health of both human beings and animals. The Government of India (GOI) and the state governments are real [...]
2008-09-08 02:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KGHG TSPL TNGD EIND ENRG TRGY KSCA ECON ETRD
08NIAMEY534THIRD SPAIN AND AFRICA WOMEN'S CONFERENCE - EMPOWERMENT OF
[...] Summary. The Government of Niger (GON) played host to the 3RD annual Spain and African Women's Conference, held May 12-13, 2008, in Niamey. GON President Mamadou Tandja (the only male speaker),Government of Spain (GOS) Vice President (VP) Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega and GON Foreign Min [...]
2008-05-20 15:13:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KWMN ECON EAID SCUL PHUM XA NG SP
08OSLO303NORWAY: A POTENTIAL HAVEN FOR WAR CRIMINALS?
[...] (C) Summary. In a June 2 meeting, the head of Norway's Criminal Investigation Service noted the constraints on pursuing war crime cases in Norway. Norway is still investigating the Kabuga case, but the source placing him in Norway is not very credible. The conversation highlighted the lack [...]
2008-06-03 15:35:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC KCRM NO
08OTTAWA467HAITI: THE CENTERPIECE OF CANADA'S LATIN AMERICA
[...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 13. 2. (C) Summary: Following the roll-out in 2007 of a higher priority to Latin America in its foreign policy, Haiti has emerged as the key component of Canada's Latin America strategy. During a mid-February 2008 visit, Foreign Minister Bernier [...]
2008-04-07 17:33:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM EAID ECON CA HA
08OUAGADOUGOU432SUBJECT: Burkina Faso: Compaore Seeks to Win Favor
[...] (C) Key Points: -- President Blaise Compaore visited Israel May 13-15 for that country's 60th anniversary celebrations - the first ever visit by a Burkinabe head of state. -- Compaore was one of only three African heads of state attending. -- Previously, Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi re [...]
2008-05-22 14:49:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID UV IS RW UG TO
08OUAGADOUGOU490Burkina Faso: AF DAS Moss Meeting with Prime Minister Zongo
[...] This is an action request for IO Bureau. Please see para 17. 2. (U) Summary: In a June 4 meeting with AF DAS Todd Moss, Prime Minister Tertius Zongo explained his government's efforts to promote good governance, fight corruption, improve Burkina Faso's business climate, and boost agricultu [...]
2008-06-09 16:03:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID UNSC UV
08PARIS1100FRANCE AGREES WITH USG APPROACH ON RWANDAN FDLR
[...] (S) MFA Great Lakes desk officer Laurent Chevallier on June 9 told AF/C Director Wycoff that France agreed with the USG approach to Rwandan FDLR sanctions as expressed reftel (other aspects of the discussion reported separately). Chevallier said that seven of the eight names on the U.S. list [...]
2008-06-10 12:21:00Embassy ParisSECRETETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC XA FR
08PARIS1202AF/C DIRECTOR WYCOFF'S JUNE 9 PARIS CONSULTATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In June 9 meetings with AF/C Director Wycoff, French Presidency and MFA officials reiterated French differences with the U.S. on sanctions regarding Chad and Sudan, with the French arguing for pressure on all parties (including sanctions and the threat of sanctions) to encour [...]
2008-06-25 15:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC PTER PINR SU CD CT RW FR
08PARIS123S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH A/S
[...] (C) SUMMARY:On January 7, Ambassador Williamson met with acting A/S-equivalent for international organizations Marc Giacomini and Christian Bernier, Special Assistant for international tribunals, to discuss various war crimes issues, particularly the International Criminal Court (ICC) and res [...]
2008-01-24 10:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM FR
08PARIS1568FRANCE’S CHANGING AFRICA POLICY: PART II (FRENCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France's new Africa policy has received mixed reviews from Africans uncertain as France moves away from the "France-Afrique" model. Some Africans seem to accept the outlines of the new policy, some have expressed misgivings about replacing the familiar with the unknown, and some have p [...]
2008-08-13 17:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ECON MARR PHUM XA FR
08PARIS1584RWANDA: FRENCH REACTION TO GENOCIDE ACCUSATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting MFA Rwanda desk officer Claude Blevin said on August 14 that France was waiting to see if Rwanda would act on the recent Rwandan report accusing France of involvement in the 1994 genocide. He said the report was politically motivated and an attempt by Rwanda to have Fran [...]
2008-08-18 16:53:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPINR KJUS RW FR
08PARIS1698FRANCE'S CHANGING AFRICA POLICY: PART III
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France's new Africa policy may have its most immediate impact on France's military presence in Africa. The French are planning to consolidate their military presence and want to orient it towards cooperation with Africa's sub-regional groupings (e.g., ECOWAS, SADC, et al.) and awa [...]
2008-09-09 16:54:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ECON MARR PHUM XA FR
08PARIS1828FRANCE: S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES WAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Williamson met with French MFA officials on September 12 to discuss human rights abuses in Georgia and the status of the International Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda (ICTY and ICTR),the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL),the Khmer Rouge Tribunal [...]
2008-10-03 09:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC FR UN
08PARIS187BURKINA FASO/COTE D'IVOIRE: FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's January 27 visit to Burkina Faso focused on Cote d'Ivoire and the need to remain engaged on ensuring free and fair elections there, according to the MFA desk officer responsible for both countries. The main priority is to enable the e [...]
2008-02-01 18:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM UV IV FR
08PARIS188FRANCE/DRC/RWANDA: FOREIGN MINISTER'S VISIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Rwanda and its troubled relations with France emerged as the key element of French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's January 25-26 to the DRC and Rwanda, according to Laurent Chevallier, the MFA desk officer for both. Kouchner made a sincere, good-faith effort to display to [...]
2008-02-01 18:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CG RW FR
08PARIS1958SUDAN/QATAR: FRENCH INTERESTED BUT NOT OPTIMISTIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal on October 23 said that France was not optimistic that the Qatar process on Sudan/Darfur would produce results, although France was interested in and supportive of Qatar's effort. In Qatar, French envoy Issa Maraut has helped convey the French m [...]
2008-10-24 15:20:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PGOV SU AL QA FR
08PARIS2012DRC/FRANCE: "NO NEW TROOPS -- FOR NOW"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DRC deskoff Laurent Chevallier on November 3 said that France did not at present support sending new forces to DRC. Instead, MONUC should be reorganized and redeployed to address security concerns in North Kivu. The French are working to promote EU-AU consultations that w [...]
2008-11-03 17:51:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREF PINS PINR MARR CG FR
08PARIS2099RWANDA/FRANCE: ROSE KABUYE'S ARREST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The French expect that Rwandan official Rose Kabuye will be extradited to France from Germany by November 21 at the latest. In France, she will testify before French judges investigating the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The judges will decide, in effect, either to dismiss the case [...]
2008-11-14 08:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS RW FR
08PARIS2150FRANCE/RWANDA: KABUYE CASE MAY OFFER A CHANCE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential AF Counselor Romain Serman on November 24 said that France and Rwanda were taking steps to use Rwandan official Rose Kabuye's arrest as a basis for cooperation on resolving issues relating to the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Rwanda may allow French investigators to visit [...]
2008-11-24 15:09:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS RW FR
08PARIS741SUDAN/DARFUR: SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON'S APRIL 14
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In meetings with Foreign Minister Kouchner and other GOF officials during April 14 consultations in Paris, Sudan Special Envoy Richard Williamson stressed the need to accelerate deployment of UNAMID and to exploit the possibility that the Khartoum regime might be willing to seek [...]
2008-04-18 11:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR MOPS UNSC SU FR
08PARIS81SUDAN/KENYA/RWANDA: MFA DAS PROVIES OVERVIEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent Helene Le Gal (Central and East Africa) on January 11 said that France was highly concerned about renewed Chad-Sudan fighting but that the arrival in February of the EU's PKO in Chad and C.A.R. could help ease tensions. France renewed Abdulwahid el-Nur's res [...]
2008-01-15 11:50:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM SU CD CT KE RW FR
08PARIS965FRANCE/ANGOLA: MAY 23 SARKOZY TRIP A STEP IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French officials said that President Sarkozy's May 23 trip to Angola was intended as a further step in improving relations and in moving the relationship beyond the Falcone Affair and other legacies of the past. The French hope to establish new assistance programs in Angola tha [...]
2008-05-20 15:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID AO FR
08PRETORIA1155PAN-AFRICAN PARLIAMENT LOOKS FOR MEANS TO EXPAND
[...] (C) PolOff met with Murumba Werunga, Secretary General of the Pan-African Parliament (PAP),on 29 May to discuss their plans to send an expanded election observation team back to Zimbabwe to monitor the 27 June run-off election. Werunga said that an advance team will go out 05 June to work on [...]
2008-05-30 16:28:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM ZI
08PRETORIA1831SAG DEFENDS ZIMBABWE POLICY IN CODEL BERMAN MEETING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 3, 2008, DepForMin Aziz Pahad thanked CODEL Berman for visiting South Africa and expressed appreciation for congressional funding to combat HIV/AIDS and support for legislation removing anti-apartheid activists from the U.S. terrorist list. During a lively and at times [...]
2008-08-18 13:37:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM OVIP SF ZI
08PRETORIA644XENOPHOBIC ATTACKS ON RISE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Over the past month, South Africa has experienced a spate of violent attacks against foreigners, especially Zimbabweans living in informal settlements just outside the capitol city of Pretoria. Xenophobia is not new to South Africa, but has been growing over the past couple of ye [...]
2008-03-28 15:56:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SF
08PRETORIA983PEER REVIEW MAKING LITTLE PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ross Herbert met with PolOffs to discuss his new book, "The African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM): Lessons from the Pioneers," which examines APRM's pitfalls and yet to be unleashed potential, nearly six years after its formal adoption. The APRM's intent of fostering good gover [...]
2008-05-09 08:55:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM AU SF
08RANGOON64US SPEAKER ERIC STOVER HELPS DOCUMENT HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary: On December 10-22, 2007, Dr. Eric Stover, Director of the Human Rights Center at the University of California at Berkeley, spoke with a number of key dissident groups and student activists in Burma, including two local human rights organizations and leaders of the 88 Generation [...]
2008-01-28 09:46:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALKPAO OIIP PHUM BM
08ROME243ITALY SUPPORTS UNSCR ON REBEL GROUPS IN EASTERN DRC
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA UN Deputy Office Director Leonardo Bencini February 19 and requested Italian support for a UNSCR condemning the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). Bencini responded to our demarche February 28, and said Italy agreed that we must add [...]
2008-02-28 14:34:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALCG PREL RW UNSC ASEC ETTC IT
08STATE100304SUDAN - WEEKLY REPORTING ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT
[...] This is an action cable - see paragraphs 4-6 as applicable. 2. The Administration and the Department view the deployment of additional peacekeeping troops to Darfur as one of its highest priorities for 2008. An Egyptian battalion and an Ethiopian battalion taskforce are next in line for dep [...]
2008-09-19 13:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PREL SU
08STATE103508REGIONAL REFUGEE COORDINATOR NDJAMENA DUTIES AND
[...] As noted reftel, Perlita Muiruri has taken up duties as the Regional Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for Chad, Darfur, the Central African Republic, and Cameroon. The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM),would like to draw your attention to the important role played by the Nd [...]
2008-09-27 01:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREF CD CM CT
08STATE104948A/S FRAZER'S SEPT 21 MEETING WITH TANZANIAN PRESIDENT KIKWETE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. AF Assistant Secretary Jendayi E. Frazer met with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete on September 21 on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Kikwete called South African President Thabo Mbeki,s resignation unfortunate and said he expects the Vice President [...]
2008-10-01 18:51:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV TZ SF ZI RW CG
08STATE104950A/S FRAZER'S SEPT 26 MEETING WITH ETHIOPIAN PM MELES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. AF Assistant Secretary Jendayi E. Frazer met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles September 26 on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). A/S Frazer raised the need for African nations to urgently push the UN Security Council for a UN peacekeeping force in Soma [...]
2008-10-01 18:52:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO KE SO SU
08STATE106544SUDAN - DEPLOYMENT OF NEPALESE FORCES TO UNAMID
[...] This is an action cable -see paragraph 4. 2. The Administration and the Department view the deployment of 4,000 additional peacekeeping troops from Egypt, Ethiopia, and Rwanda to Darfur as one of its highest priorities for the remainder of 2008 (ref A). The Ethiopians and Egyptians were or [...]
2008-10-06 14:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SU KPKO UNSC
08STATE108482SUDAN - CONFIRMATION OF FORCE CONTRIBUTIONS TO
[...] This is an action cable - see paragraphs 4, 5 and 6. 2. The Administration and the Department view the deployment of 4,000 peacekeeping troops, including from Egypt, Ethiopia and Rwanda, to Darfur as one of its highest priorities for the remainder of 2008. The Ethiopians and Egyptians were [...]
2008-10-09 17:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDBG ID PGOV PK PREL SU KPKO
08STATE11248111TH SESSION OF THE UN COMMISSION ON SCIENCE AND
[...] (U) Summary: The UN Commission on Science and Technology for Development (CSTD) held its 11th Session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from May 26 - 30, 2008. The current biennial themes of the Commission are "Development-oriented policies for a socio-economic inclusive information society, [...]
2008-10-22 16:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDTSPL TINT UNCTAD ECOSOC AORC
08STATE116029TRAVEL WARNING - CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
[...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa),and recommends against all travel to North Kivu province. This replaces the Travel Warning dated July 23, 2008 to note the deterioration in the security situation i [...]
2008-10-30 20:45:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER ASEC CG
08STATE117478DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY
[...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, November 4, 2008 2. (U) Significant Events ) Paragraphs 7-22 3. (U) Key Concerns ) Paragraphs 23-36 4. (U) Threats & Analysis ) Paragraphs 37-50 5. (U) Cyber Threats ) Paragraphs 51-58 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents ) Paragraphs 59-68 7. [...]
2008-11-04 20:42:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC
08STATE123081OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS
[...] (SBU) Posts are requested to approach highest appropriate officials in host governments in pursuit of the following objectives: -- to pursue reduction in the overall number of one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions on the Middle East; and, -- to defeat three resolutions reaffirming the [...]
2008-11-20 01:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA IS PA LE SY
08STATE127023APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE DECEMBER
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 13. 2. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels December 8-9. We expect the formal agenda to include: Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Democratic Rep [...]
2008-12-02 21:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD EUN ZL IS PK CG TU
08STATE129935GUIDANCE FOR DECEMBER 11 UNSC CONSULTATIONS ON
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN should draw from the points in para 2 during the UN Security Council consultations on Burundi December 11. 2. Begin points: I would like to thank (the UN Department of Political Affairs) for briefing the Council on the situation in Burundi. The [...]
2008-12-10 21:53:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC XA BY
08STATE129977GUIDANCE FOR 12/12 UNSC ICTY/ICTR DEBATE
[...] The Department requests that USUN draw on the following points for use during the Security Council's December 12 consultations on the Completion Strategies for the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda (ICTY and ICTR). 2. Begin Points: The United States wo [...]
2008-12-10 23:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL ICTY ICTR KAWC ZF ZL RW
08STATE131411HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AFRICAN CENTER FOR
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of December 15, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Butera, Gerald Rank: Major Position: Director of Training Unit: RW Defense Forces He [...]
2008-12-15 20:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS MARR PHUM RW
08STATE131896USUN INSTRUCTION: LIFT HOLD ON 4 NAMES IN UNSC
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. ------------------- STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ------------------- 2. (SBU) The strategic objective is for the United States to join allies in lifting our holds on a Government of Rwanda request to the UN Security Council Committee established p [...]
2008-12-16 23:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
08STATE132306RWANDAN PUBLIC PROSECUTOR IN THE UNITED STATES:
[...] (U) Embassy Kigali is instructed to deliver the points in Para 7 below as soon as possible to the highest appropriate level within the Rwandan government. AF Acting A/S Carter delivered these same points to Rwandan Ambassador Kimonyo on Wednesday, December 17. BACKGROUND 2. (SBU) On D [...]
2008-12-17 23:28:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALCVIS PINS PREL RW
08STATE132546INSTRUCTION ON ICTY/ICTR PRST
[...] The Department instructs USUN to join consensus on the following PRST on ICTY/ICTR due to be adopted on December 19, 2008. 2. Begin text: The Security Council recalls its resolution 827 (1993) of 25 May 1993 which established the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [...]
2008-12-18 18:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL ICTY ICTR KAWC ZF ZL RW
08STATE132759PREPARING THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) This is an action message for all posts. See paras 12-29. This cable describes the annual reporting requirement for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and provides instructions for posts' contributions. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended, requires the Department t [...]
2008-12-19 03:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF
08STATE132985UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON ICTR STATUTE
[...] This is an action cable. USUN is instructed to join consensus December 19 on the draft UN Security Council resolution in para 2 below on ICTR statute amendments. 2. Begin Text: The Security Council, Recalling its resolutions 955 (1994) of 8 November 1994, 1165 (1998) of 30 April 1998 [...]
2008-12-19 17:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM XA
08STATE14088REVISED INSTRUCTION CABLE ON INITIATING ASSURANCE
[...] (SBU) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST: Post is requested to make the points in paragraphs 7 and 8 to appropriate interlocutor(s) in the Rwandan Government. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: Rwandan citizens Leonidas Bimenyimana, Gregoire Nyaminani, and Francois Karake were brought to the United States in 2003 [...]
2008-02-11 18:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PTER
08STATE14252SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATION TO ATTEND THE
[...] Action Requests: Ambassador or appropriate senior officials at Embassy Kigali is requested to deliver the text in paragraph 5 as a letter over Post Official's signature to either the host government's Foreign minister or, if known, the host government's Designated Minister-level head of offi [...]
2008-02-11 22:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY RW
08STATE23123DRC- INSTRUCTIONS FOR DRC EXPERTS MEETING ON FDLR
[...] Action Request: USUN is instructed to seek the changes in paragraph 2 on the draft resolution on the Forces Democratiques de Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR) (draft text provided in paragraph 4). USUN may draw from the talking points in paragraph 3 in its efforts to secure the changes. If the [...]
2008-03-06 15:52:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM CG AZ ZF
08STATE24211HUMAN RIGHTA VETTING FOR ACOTA LESSONS-LEARNED
[...] (SBU) The department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of March 6, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Robert Owono Ella Anda Rank: Commandant Major Position: Advisor of the Chief of the Army [...]
2008-03-07 21:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR GB
08STATE24749DRC-- INSTRUCTION CABLE ON FDLR RESOLUTION FOR
[...] Action Request: USUN is instructed to seek the changes in paragraph 2 on the draft resolution on the Forces Democratiques de Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR) Revision 1 (draft text provided in paragraph 4). USUN may draw from the talking points in paragraph 3 in its efforts to secure the changes [...]
2008-03-10 18:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM CG XA ZF
08STATE26159DRC-- INSTRUCTION CABLE ON FDLR RESOLUTION
[...] Action Request: USUN is instructed to join consensus and co-sponsor the resolution (text below) on the Forces Democratiques de Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR) scheduled for adoption in the Security Council on March 13. Begin text: The Security Council, Recalling its previous resolutions, in [...]
2008-03-13 01:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM CG XA ZF
08STATE26870WASHINGTON INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY
[...] Action requests in paras 12 and 13. SUMMARY ------- 2. Summary: The Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC 2008) and the co-located but separately managed side events, trade show, and business conference eclipsed expectations. Some 3,000 delegates from 118 count [...]
2008-03-14 14:32:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG TRGY KGHG KPAO KSCA XX
08STATE2731PREPARING THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] This an action message for all posts. See paras 17-30. This cable describes the annual reporting requirement regarding Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and provides instructions for posts' contributions to the Department's eighth annual TIP report. The Department is required by the Trafficking Vi [...]
2008-01-09 23:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG XX
08STATE39146MONUC CONSULTATIONS, APRIL 15, 2008
[...] USUN is instructed to draw upon the following elements during MONUC consultations scheduled for April 15, 2008. Begin Elements. -We welcome the Twenty-Fifth report of the Secretary General on MONUC, and commend the Secretary General, his Special Representative, and all MONUC personnel's de [...]
2008-04-14 22:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO CG
08STATE40362HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TRIPARTITE PLUS
[...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of April 17, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the persons listed below: Last Name First Name DOB --------- ---------- --- GASANA Tom 1974 SE [...]
2008-04-17 14:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR RW
08STATE45476FOLLOW UP TO OIOS INVESTIGATION ON MONUC
[...] This is an action request. Department requests USUN and Embassy Kinshasa to discuss with appropriate UN officials what follow up action the UN has taken with India and Pakistan to the findings of Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) investigations that individuals in the Indian and Pa [...]
2008-04-29 23:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KPKO CG
08STATE49277URGENT DARFUR DEMARCHE FOR AVIATION SUPPORT AND
[...] This is an action request. See para 2. Aviation assets are needed to support UN-AU hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur (UNAMID). Following is a list of the aviation assets for which UNAMID still lacks any contributions: -- 4 attack helicopters close air support -- 18 utility [...]
2008-05-09 02:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV MARR KPKO UK CE PA JO BG
08STATE49804GUIDANCE FOR 13 MAY 2008 UN SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] PURPOSE: This is an action request. The Department asks that USUN draw upon the following points for the United Nations Security Council briefing and consultations on the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) on 13 May 2008. --We welcome Secretary-General Ban's [...]
2008-05-09 23:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO PREL PGOV UNSC SU
08STATE59137USUN GUIDANCE: TERMINATING RWANDA SANCTIONS
[...] Department authorizes USUN to convey to the Chair of the Security Council Sanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda and the Permanent Representative of the Mission of Rwanda that the U.S. supports terminating the remaining sanctions monitored by that C [...]
2008-06-03 00:40:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC RW
08STATE60880USUN PLACE HOLD ON RWANDAN FDLR SUBMISSION AND
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN please see para 2. Embassies Brussels, London, and Paris please see para 3. 2. (S) USUN is requested to place a hold on the names submitted for listing by the Government of Rwanda in S/AC.43/2008/NOTE.13 to the UN Security Council Committee established p [...]
2008-06-05 23:13:00Secretary of StateSECRETETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC XA
08STATE61447TWELFTH UN CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)'s quadrennial conference took place in Accra, Ghana, April 20-25. On balance, its outcome document, the 221 paragraph Accra Accord represents progress for developed countries and UN reform, and can be used as a reference doc [...]
2008-06-07 00:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON ETRD ECIN EFIN EINV TSPL SMIG PREL ELAB
08STATE63593A/S FRAZER MEETS WITH DRC PRESIDENT KABILA
[...] (C) Summary: In his meeting with A/S Frazer, DRC President Joseph Kabila stressed the need to 1) expedite integration of rebel troops; 2) accelerate FDLR repatriation to Rwanda; 3) press Europe to deal with FDLR leadership in Europe; 4) address the regional threat of LRA leader Joseph Kony; and [...]
2008-06-12 19:09:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL KPKO ZF
08STATE74151USUN VOTING INSTRUCTION: TERMINATING
[...] USUN is authorized to vote in favor of the draft UNSC resolution (text in paragraph 2),which terminates the remaining sanctions monitored by the Security CouncilSanctions Committee established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda. The measures contained in operative para [...]
2008-07-10 18:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC RW
08STATE76371UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON EXTENSION OF
[...] This is an action cable. USUN is instructed to join consensus on the draft UN Security Council resolution in para 2 below that extends the term of office of ICTR judges. If there are substantial changes to the text of the resolution USUN is requested to seek additional instruction prior to a [...]
2008-07-16 17:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM XA
08STATE7679APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF THE JANUARY 28-
[...] (U) Classified by William Lucas, Office Director, EUR/ERA. Reason: 1.4(b) and (d). 2. (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 15. 3. (SBU) Summary: EU Foreign Ministers will hold their next General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting in Brussels on January 28-2 [...]
2008-01-24 23:34:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEUN PHUM PREL PGOV KV IR IZ IS SU
08STATE77798USUN DEMARCHE FOR KK UNAMID SUPPORT
[...] (C) This is an action request for USUN (para 4). 2. (C) In several recent meetings with the State Department, the most senior GOR leaders have delivered the message that Rwanda will pull out of Darfur if Rwandan UNAMID Deputy Force Commander General Karenzi Karake is removed. Most notab [...]
2008-07-19 00:54:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL RW SU UNSC
08STATE86006FDLR INFORMATION REQUEST FOR UN SANCTIONS IN DRC
[...] (U) This is an action request; see paras 2 - 4. -------------- ACTION REQUEST -------------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Kigali is requested to thank the Government of Rwanda (GOR) again for their extraordinary effort to produce a comprehensive submission of FDLR targets for inclusion on the conso [...]
2008-08-11 18:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
08STATE8918INSTRUCTION CABLE: PRST ON GOMA AGREEMENT
[...] USUN is instructed to join consensus on the draft PRST on the Goma Agreement scheduled for adoption on January 29. Full text of the PRST to follow. Begin text: The Security Council congratulates President Kabila and the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the o [...]
2008-01-29 15:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL PHUM
08STATE90905INFORMATION SHARING FOR UN SANCTIONS IN DRC
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN please see paras 2 and 3. Embassies Brussels, London, and Paris please see para 4. Embassy Paris please also see para 5. -------------- ACTION REQUEST -------------- 2. (SBU) USUN is requested to share the information in paragraph 6 with the Belgian, F [...]
2008-08-23 00:42:00Secretary of StateSECRETEFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER ZF UNSC
08STATE9678DRC - TALKING POINTS FOR JANUARY 30 BRIEFING
[...] USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points for their January 30 briefing on the DRC. Begin points: -- The United States thanks Mr. Titov for his thorough briefing on the Goma Agreement. -- The United States joins the Council in congratulating the government and people [...]
2008-01-30 21:33:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL
08STOCKHOLM796Media Reaction - Secretary of State nomination
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-02 10:03:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO PINS PHUM PREF EUN SW
08TELAVIV548EMBASSY TEL AVIV RESPONSE FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-10 13:42:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08TELAVIV835ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Iran ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Ha'aretz reported that PM Olmert has called on IDF commanders in the West Bank to understand that the roadblocks are causing suffering to the Palestinians, whose needs should be taken into [...]
2008-04-11 10:04:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TELAVIV944ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Syria 2. Mideast ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Most media featured the intelligence briefings yesterday to Congress on the alleged Syria - North Korea nuclear connection. The media quoted senior Bush administration members as saying [...]
2008-04-25 11:03:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
08TOKYO1263DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE VFM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Yabunaka, at dinner with Deputy Secretary May 8, said Chinese President Hu's visit to Japan was focused on the future of the relationship and that the Chinese had avoided comments about difficult historical issues. Yabunaka expressed strong dissatis [...]
2008-05-09 08:13:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CASC EAID KDEM KOCI KNNP XA AF BM
08TOKYO1463 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/28/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-28 08:32:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO1492 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 05/30/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-05-30 07:58:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO178AMB. WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE OFFICIALS
[...] (C) Summary. The international community will need to convince the Cambodian government that it must take immediate action with regard to the corruption issue at the ECCC, visiting Ambassador at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson told Japanese officials on December 3. Amb. William [...]
2008-01-23 09:50:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS PHUM JA TH BM CB
08TOKYO1940GPOI UPDATE - JAPAN EXPLORING ASSISTANCE TO
[...] (C) Working-level officials at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) believe Japan's contributions to peacekeeping/peacebuilding activities related to the Global Peace Operations Initiative (GPOI) can increase beyond current levels. MOFA will seek approval from the Ministry of Finance (MOF) [...]
2008-07-14 22:56:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM MARR MASS JA
08TOKYO2493Japan Economic Scope for September 8, 2008
[...] (U) This cable contains the Japan Economic Scope from August 25, 2008 Food and Agriculture ---------- 2. (U) FM Koumura Pledges Continued Support For Afghanistan, after Death of Non-Governmental Organization Aid worker. Foreign Minister Koumura pledged Japan's continued efforts for Af [...]
2008-09-10 08:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN EAGR PREL JA
08TOKYO3172AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY JENDAYI E. FRAZER MEETS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Japan will continue to deepen its economic and political engagement with Africa, senior Japanese officials told Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Jendayi E. Frazer October 17. MOFA officials expressed skepticism about the sustainability of Chinese development programs in Af [...]
2008-11-17 08:07:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS EAID KPKO SO ZI SU CH JA
08TOKYO3439 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 12/17/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-17 23:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TOKYO447JAPAN ALLOCATES FUNDS FOR PKO TRAINING
[...] (C) Summary. As part of its strategy of becoming a "peacebuilding nation," for the first time Japan will disperse USD 17 million to peacekeeping training centers in Africa. Japan will also examine bolstering this monetary assistance with the dispatch of Japanese Self-Defense Forces trainers. [...]
2008-02-20 08:49:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UNGA JA
08TOKYO826JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/26/08
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-26 01:05:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
08TRIPOLI457QADHAFI WORKS TO MUSTER ARAB OPPOSITION TO SARKOZY'S
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-12 14:20:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON PBTS PREF LY
08UNVIEVIENNA589WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: GENERAL WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) Summary: Discussions at the October meeting of the Wassenaar Arrangement's (WA) General Working Group (GWG) were limited. Russia's video presentation on arms sales to Georgia was the only controversial issue discussed; Ukraine and the U.S. spoke in response. The U.S. proposal to conduct [...]
2008-11-07 16:07:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM
08USNATO416READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING NOVEMBER 5,
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The Secretary General (SYG) continued last week,s message of guarded optimism about the voter registration process and recent improvement in the Pakistan-Afghanistan political dialogue. He supports an &instructed8 NAC Away Day focused on [...]
2008-11-07 13:31:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAF NATO PREL
08USUNNEWYORK1027UNGA: IRAN REBUTS UNITED STATES ON HOLOCAUST
[...] Summary: Iran was recalcitrant in the November 3 UN General Assembly (UNGA) debate in reaction to U.S. remarks on Iran's denial of the Holocaust, and complained generally of a UN conspiracy. End summary. 2. Citing the lessons of the Holocaust, U.S. Public Delegate Cheryl Halpern commend [...]
2008-11-05 22:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC PHUM UNGA IR IS
08USUNNEWYORK1035UPDATE ON AIRLIFT AND MISSING ASSETS FOR UNAMID
[...] (C) Summary: USUN Military Staff Committee (MSC) Political Officer and Senior advisor for Special Envoy's office spoke with UN Secretariat Staff regarding the US airlift offers and the Ethiopian helicopter pledge. UN officials told USUN (1) 60% deployment by year end is contingent upon US airli [...]
2008-11-07 15:40:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK1053UNGA: SYG HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH AMBASSADORS ON G-20
[...] SUMMARY: United Nations Secretary General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon briefed UN General Assembly (UNGA) Members on the latest developments in the Middle East peace process, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),his recent visit to Asia and other pressing issues in a November 10 meeting. On the finan [...]
2008-11-12 15:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EFIN KPKO KUNR KPAL PWBG UNGA IS CG SU
08USUNNEWYORK1062UN ON DRC: GIVE TROOPS, PRESSURE KAGAME; 85
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under-Secretary-General Le Roy on November 11 called on the Security Council to approve rapidly the UN request for more MONUC troops. He warned MONUC was "all alone" in the east and reinforcements were desperately needed to defend Goma and protect civilians. Le Roy said Co [...]
2008-11-13 00:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG RW
08USUNNEWYORK1123UNIFEM EVENT HIGHLIGHTS WIDESPREAD COMMITMENT TO
[...] On November 25, UNIFEM hosted a high-level event at the U.N. headquarters entitled "United Voices Say NO To Violence Against Women." The event featured seven distinguished speakers, including SYG Ban Ki-moon and UNIFEM Goodwill Ambassador Nicole Kidman. The event was held as part of UNIFEM's [...]
2008-12-01 21:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM UN UNIFEM
08USUNNEWYORK1129MONUC AT UN: GIVE US CLEAR DIRECTIONS FOR DRC-AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SRSG Alan Doss asked the Security Council on November 26 for clear operational guidelines for MONUC, especially regarding use of force. He also said a temporary stabilization force is sorely needed as we await the additional MONUC troops the Council recently authorized. He sa [...]
2008-12-03 00:02:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO UNSC XA BY CG
08USUNNEWYORK1159FINANCING OF ITY AND ICTR
[...] SUMMARY: The Fifth Committee will begin discussing the financing of International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ITY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Monday, December 15, 2008. Member States will consider the First Performance Report for ITY (A/63/559) and [...]
2008-12-10 23:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN KUNR ICTY ICTR UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1160DRC: UN SANCTIONS EXPERTS CONFIDE FRUSTRATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Group of Experts (GOE) for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) expressed privately to USUN their frustrations in carrying out their mandate to monitor compliance with UN sanctions and the arms embargo in the DRC. The Group particularly discussed concerns about insu [...]
2008-12-11 15:39:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL UNSC PGOV EFIN ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK1176INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS OFFICIALS ADDRESS
[...] Summary. The Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR) reported to the UN Security Council progress made on prosecutions and administrative matters. Tribunal officials focused on efforts to move forward on the strategy for c [...]
2008-12-16 23:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS UNSC ICTY ICTR PREL
08USUNNEWYORK1182UNGA: FIFTH COMMITTEE DISCUSSES FINANCING
[...] Summary: On December 15 the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) began discussions of financing the international criminal tribunals. African and European representatives endorsed the Secretariat's calls for additional funding. The French delegate (on b [...]
2008-12-17 21:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC KWCI RW YI
08USUNNEWYORK1185MONUC AT UN: WE ONLY HAVE PLEDGES FOR HALF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Under Secretary-General Le Roy on December 15 told the Security Council that diplomatic efforts are thawing the relationship between the DRC and Rwanda. He said direct talks between the DRC and Nkunda's CNDP stalled, but were set to resume December 17. Le Roy said he had r [...]
2008-12-19 00:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO UNSC XA BY CG
08USUNNEWYORK1187WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS
[...] The Security Council on December 19 adopted (15-0-0) a resolution (Ref B) (SC res 1855) to authorize the International Tribunal for Rwanda to raise the number of ad litem judges from a limit of 9 to 12. 2. The Council also issued a Presidential Statement (Ref A) concerning the completion [...]
2008-12-19 19:19:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDICTR ICTY KJUS UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1190UNSC: OUTGOING PERM REPS ANALYZE AND DISSECT BODIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 15, outgoing Security Council Perm Reps from Italy, South Africa, Indonesia, Belgium and Panama provided the Council with analysis, personal reflections and "lessons learned" about their Chairmanships of UN Security Council Subsidiary Bodies. The Belgian Perm Rep la [...]
2008-12-19 19:58:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK1192UNGA: REPORT ON AFRICAN DELEGATIONS AT THE 63RD
[...] (U) Gerald Scott is again serving as Senior Advisor for Africa at USUN during the regular session of the General Assembly. These are his personal reflections on African participation as the regular session draws to a close. (Note that while in the UN context the African Group includes the st [...]
2008-12-19 21:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR PINS ECON XW XY ZF ZU
08USUNNEWYORK1196UNSC CONSIDERS NEXT STEPS ON LIBERIA/DRC SANCTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Security Council (UNSC) on 17 December heard briefings from the chairs of the UNSC Liberia Sanctions Committee and the UNSC Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Sanctions Committee detailing recent reports from the UN expert bodies tasked with monitoring implementation of th [...]
2008-12-22 11:25:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYDRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK132UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: S/WCI Deputy Milbert Shin and USUN/MR represented the U.S. at a February 7 meeting of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee that focused on issues expected to be addressed during the Committee's upcoming February 14-22 trip to The Hague and Freetown. Shin and USUN/ [...]
2008-02-13 16:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
08USUNNEWYORK139U.S. AND JAPAN DISCUSS IRAN, EAST TIMOR, BURMA,
[...] (C) Summary. During a regular U.S.-Japan bilateral meeting on February 8, Amb Khalilzad and Japanese PermRep Takasu discussed Iran, Burma, Afghanistan, DPRK, and a range of other issues (UN Reform discussion covered septel). On Iran, Takasu reiterated Japanese support for the draft UNSCR, bu [...]
2008-02-14 13:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM KUNR IR BM AF KS SU
08USUNNEWYORK142UN/RWANDA SANCTIONS: UK, FRANCE, SOUTH AFRICA,
[...] (C) GUIDANCE REQUEST: USUN seeks Department guidance on ending the mandate of the Rwanda Sanctions Committee. 2. (C) BACKGROUND: During an informal lunch of experts of the DRC and Rwanda Sanctions Committees hosted by the Indonesian Mission on February 6, several delegations indicated an in [...]
2008-02-14 16:01:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALRW PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK147UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 14
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Darfur Integrated Operations Team (IOT) informed USUN that the Egyptian Contingency Owned Equipment for the heavy transport unit was released from the Port of Sudan on February. The UN will convene a bidders conference February 16-22 for companies to replace PA&E. DPKO [...]
2008-02-14 21:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK166UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 21
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Darfur Integrated Operations Team (IOT) reported that the Egyptian heavy transport unit is scheduled to arrive in Darfur by March 31. The advance party of the Ethiopian infantry battalion will deploy between March 24 and April 4. In anticipation of the April 1 termination of [...]
2008-02-21 21:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK182U.N. U/SYG HOLMES BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON
[...] SUMMARY. On February 25 Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council on his recent mission to Kenya and cautioned that the current situation is evolving into a protracted humanitarian crisis. Holmes stressed the need to address the root causes of [...]
2008-02-27 21:45:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF UNSC KE
08USUNNEWYORK243UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 21
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN and the Canadian Permanent Mission co-chaired the first working-level meeting of the "Friends of UNAMID" on March 13. Discussion focused on how members of the group can work in partnership with the UN to help identify and remove impediments to UNAMID deployment. On the marg [...]
2008-03-18 15:26:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK294FIFTH COMMITTEE APPROVES DECISION SETTING NEW
[...] (U) Members of the Fifth Committee (Administrative and budgetary),including USUN as instructed (ref a),formally approved a decision March 28 (full text - see para 10) to set the annual net base salary of members of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and judges and ad litem judges of the [...]
2008-04-02 21:29:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAORC UUNR UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK296UN/DRC SANCTIONS: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS
[...] The Security Council adopted resolution 1807 on March 31 by a vote of 15-0. Resolution 1807 terminates all restrictions on the ability of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to import arms and expands the criteria for individual sanctions to those targeting women in conflic [...]
2008-04-02 22:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDDRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK297UNAMID: PRESSURE BUILDING AT UN FOR KARAKE DECISION
[...] (C) SUMMARY. United Nations senior leadership reportedly believes they must decide soon whether to remove Rwandan General Karake as UNAMID deputy force commander in the aftermath of his indictment by a Spanish court and the issuance of a related Interpol notice. Our contacts with the UN Depar [...]
2008-04-02 23:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW
08USUNNEWYORK337UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 11
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At a 3 April Friends of UNAMID meeting, Max Kerley, Director of Logistics for Force Generation Service, addressed self-sustainment issues previously raised by Special Envoy Williamson. Kerley outlined a plan that would allow for TCCs to deploy without achieving the level of self-s [...]
2008-04-11 21:05:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK346UNSC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE CONCERNING RWANDA
[...] (C) Summary: During informal consultations of the UNSC Committee established pursuant to resolution 918 (1994) concerning Rwanda, delegations agreed to the Indonesian Chair's proposal to recommend termination of the committee, which has been largely inactive for the past decade. The UK, China [...]
2008-04-14 17:32:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALRW PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK411RWANDANS READY TO REINFORCE UNDERSTRENGHT UNAMID
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UN/Government of Rwanda (GOR) negotiations for the participation of three Rwandan troop battalions in Darfur went smoothly Monday, May 5th, paving the way for the deployment of new Rwandan soldiers and equipment to the UN/AU Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in 2008. The negotiated Memora [...]
2008-05-08 21:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AF SU
08USUNNEWYORK500DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON REQUEST TO FACILITATE GOS AND
[...] (C) USUN Poloffs delivered reftel points to Spanish First Secretary Ana Maria Mora and Rwandan First Secretary Alfred Ndabarasa on June 3. 2. (C) The Spanish Permanent Mission indicated that they were willing to do the meeting and promised to follow up with the Rwandan Mission independently [...]
2008-06-06 00:26:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK530UN BRIEFING NOTE ON FIELD OPERATIONS JUNE 4 - 10, 2008.
[...] On June 13, Security Council President Khalilzad (United States) transmitted the following Briefing Note to the Security Council on UN field operations covering the period of June 4-10, 2008. 2. Begin text of briefing note: Africa --Burundi (BINUB): On 9 June, Government and FNL delega [...]
2008-06-16 20:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC MOPS KPKO
08USUNNEWYORK567UNSC ICTR/ICTY WORKING GROUP DISCUSSES EXTENSIONS
[...] (U) Summary: The UN Security Council Working Group (WG) on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) met June 25 to discuss draft elements of a UNSC resolution on residual issues and the extensions for sever [...]
2008-06-27 14:22:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK571ACTION REQUEST: SYG BAN PROPOSES SOUTH AFRICAN
[...] (C) SYG Ban Ki-Moon told Amb Khalilzad on June 26 that he intends to appoint South African judge Navanethem Pillay to be the next UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. Pillay, who is of Indian origin, has served as a judge on both the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the [...]
2008-06-27 23:15:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK583UN SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC DEBATE AND RESOLUTION
[...] (U) Secretary Rice presided over the Security Council Thematic Debate on "Women and peace and security: Sexual Violence in Situations of Armed Conflict" on June 19. Recurrent themes of the debate included that sexual violence may be considered a tactic of war, that it may impede the restoratio [...]
2008-07-01 19:03:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SOCI UNSC KWMN
08USUNNEWYORK620UNSC TERMINATES REMAINING RWANDA SANCTIONS
[...] On July 10, the UN Security Council adopted unanimously resolution 1823 (2008),which terminates all remaining sanctions on Rwanda and dissolves the Rwanda Sanctions Committee (text at para 2). No delegation delivered a statement at the session. 2. BEGIN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1823 [...]
2008-07-11 22:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDDRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK629LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CONTINUES
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: As part of its work to finalize the first-year budget for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL),the STL Management Committee continued to discuss staffing levels for the STL on July 3 and 8. STL Registrar Robin Vincent has requested 315 staff, at an estimated cost of USD [...]
2008-07-15 21:28:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
08USUNNEWYORK737LEBANON TRIBUNAL: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE BRIEFS
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: The UK Chair of the Management Committee for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon briefed Member States August 13 on progress relating to the STL. The Chair discussed the Management Committee, its functions, and composition, as well as developments concerning the building t [...]
2008-08-15 21:57:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER UNSC SY LE
08USUNNEWYORK76UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 24
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3, 4 and 5. 2. (C) SUMMARY: This week saw limited progress in UNAMID deployment planning by a number of TCCs including China, Egypt and Bangladesh, and one potentially significant development with the provision of helos coming out of A [...]
2008-01-24 20:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK808UN/DRC SANCTIONS: SLOWLY MOVING ON FDLR NAMES
[...] (C) As instructed reftel, USUN shared with the UK, France and Belgium UN missions on September 2 information from Washington on individuals affiliated with the FDLR rebel group operating in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The UK, France and Belgium reiterated their desire to [...]
2008-09-08 23:38:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALDRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK83UN REQUESTS PAYMENT OF U.S. ASSESSMENTS FOR THE
[...] This is an action cable please see paragraph 5. 2. USUN has emailed to department (IO/PSC-Tammy Pomerleau and IO-EUR/EX/FM-Alice Green) two notes from the SYG dated January 25, 2008 concerning the financing of the International Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Territory o [...]
2008-01-29 14:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC AFIN UN
08USUNNEWYORK857COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR U.S. MISSION TO THE
[...] Country Clearance is requested for James B. Donovan of the United States Mission New York to travel to The Hague the Netherlands; Brussels, Belgium and to Arusha, Tanzania. The UN Security Council Informal Working Group on International Tribunals, which deals with issues related to the Inter [...]
2008-09-22 22:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ICTY ICTR PREL PGOV BE NL TZ
08USUNNEWYORK870AT THE UN, IRAN, GEORGIA, BOLIVIA AND OTHERS
[...] Summary: The annual UN General Debate continued in the afternoon of September 23 on the themes of global food crisis and UN reform among others. Iran and Lebanon strongly criticized Israel. Iran also defended its nuclear program. Georgia spoke about the need for a stronger UN role given Rus [...]
2008-09-29 14:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON UNGA AORC FI BK RW LH IR LE
08USUNNEWYORK871UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES: FOOD CRISIS,
[...] SUMMARY: During the afternoon meeting of the 63rd UN General Assembly on September 24, the General Debate focused on the food crisis, climate change and the increasing price of energy, with many noting a need for a more modern, efficient United Nations. The leaders of developing countries ca [...]
2008-09-29 14:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON UNGA HO EN MI CY CO LG NR
08USUNNEWYORK908UN/DRC SANCTIONS: MOVING ON SECOND GROUP OF FDLR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) On October 1, representatives from the U.S., France, UK and Belgium UN missions reviewed progress on designating members of the FDLR rebel group for targeted sanctions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Sanctions Commi [...]
2008-10-03 20:47:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALDRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
08USUNNEWYORK92UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 31
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3, 6, and 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: UN Integrated Operational Team (IOT) updated USUN MSC on UNAMID deployments, SOFA negotiations, UK Chief of Staff (COS) Persona Non Grata situation, Canadian APCs, and Government of Sudan (GOS) attempt to den [...]
2008-01-31 22:52:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK940UN SECURITY WORKING GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The UN Security Council Working Group (WG) on International Tribunals visited the International Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) September 29 to October 2. The WG, comprised of the Security Council's legal experts, made t [...]
2008-10-15 23:15:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK957SYG BAN ON DRC, BURMA, SUDAN, SOMALIA, FINANCIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-20 23:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN KPKO SU SO BM
08USUNNEWYORK961UNGA DELEGATES DISCUSS NEPAD AND MALARIA
[...] In plenary session on October 20, The UN General Assembly (UNGA) received the Secretary General's reports on progress toward fulfillment of UNGA Resolution 62/180: 2001-2010: Decade to Roll Back Malaria in Developing Countries, Particularly in Africa (A/63/206, A/63/212 and A/63/219). UNGA su [...]
2008-10-22 19:10:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON XA
08USUNNEWYORK971SYG BAN ON DRC, KOSOVO, PAKISTAN, FINANCIAL CRISIS
[...] (S) Ambassador Khalilzad met with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon one-on-one early evening October 22 to discuss DRC, Kosovo, Pakistan, the November 15 Financial Crisis Summit and the upcoming International Conference on Financing for Development in Doha. 2. (S) DRC: The S [...]
2008-10-24 15:30:00USUN New YorkSECRETPREL PGOV
08USUNNEWYORK992UN SAYS SITUATION IN DRC IS DIRE, ASKS FOR HELP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Peacekeeping U/SYG Le Roy said in two recent meetings an immediate political solution was needed to end hostilities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),and that MONUC required additional resources to protect civilians. Le Roy believed if Goma fell MONUC would be at ri [...]
2008-10-31 14:27:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG RW
08USUNNEWYORK998UNGA: WHAT NEXT FOR WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS?
[...] Summary: At the annual reports of the International Criminal Tribunals (ICTs),Western delegations praised the courts' principles and practices, while the Russians called for ending the ICTs turning their jurisdiction back over to national governments. All parties were concerned with the im [...]
2008-10-31 23:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC KWCI RW YI XG RS NO
08VATICAN33SCENESETTER FOR POPE BENEDICT XVI'S APRIL 15-20 VISIT TO
[...] (C) Summary. The Pope is likely to highlight faith and reason, natural law, human rights, and inter-religious dialogue during his upcoming trip to the US. He is also likely to address environmental issues and express concern for the plight of Christians in the Middle East. The Pope appreciat [...]
2008-03-31 17:48:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF OVIP VT
08WELLINGTON91TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS - NEW ZEALAND 2/2007
[...] No summary [...]
2008-03-07 00:28:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF ASEC SMIG ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD NZ
08WINDHOEK365NAMIBIAN DEFENSE MINSTER INSISTS SOLDIERS WILL NOT
[...] (U) Namibian papers reported on November 14 that Minister of Defense Charles Namoloh told journalists that, despite Angola's announcement this week that it would send troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),the GRN would not act unilaterally and send the Namibian National Defense Fo [...]
2008-11-14 11:03:00Embassy WindhoekCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL WA
08YAOUNDE1057 UNCOMMON COURAGE: CAMEROON'S MADELEINE AFITE
[...] (SBU) I am proud to nominate Madeline Afite, the President of Cameroon's Maison de Droits de l'Homme and a extraordinary champion of democracy and human rights, for the Secretary's 2009 Award for International Women of Courage. Madeline is a fearless champion of human rights and democracy. [...]
2008-10-27 16:34:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KPAO PHUM PGOV CM
08YAOUNDE586CAMEROON'S NORTHWEST PROVINCE: NEGLECTED SEAT OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: During Ambassador's first trip to the Northwest Province on May 11-15, local contacts expressed frustration with the region's poor infrastructure and lack of economic development. This Anglophone region feels marginalized by Yaounde, in part because it is the stronghold of the m [...]
2008-06-10 15:08:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM ECON KCOR PGOV PHUM
08YEREVAN244ARMENIA'S 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (U) This cable represents Embassy Yerevan's submission for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Please see paragraph 5 for responses keyed to reftel request. 2. (SBU) During the reporting period, the government of Armenia significantly revamped its interagency apparatus that is res [...]
2008-03-20 05:17:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09ABUJA1407NIGERIA: DELTA AMNESTY OFFICIALS ASK FOR FOREIGN
[...] (U) Summary: On July 21, Mission Nigeria was invited to an international donor meeting hosted by Air Vice Marshall L.O. Ararile, Chief Coordinator of Nigeria's Amnesty Program, to discuss "areas of possible collaboration" for funding and implementation. Dr. Ferdinand Ikwang, consultant for th [...]
2009-08-03 10:31:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV NI
09ABUJA2010AFRICAN UNION PEACE AND SECURITY MEETING REVIEWS
[...] (C) The October 29 African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) meeting in Abuja reviewed the report of the AU High Level Panel on Darfur (AUPD),chaired by former South African President Thabo Mbeki. PSC participants called for reaffirmation of the AU's commitment to combat impunity, y [...]
2009-11-03 10:05:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR NI SU
09ABUJA2149 COMMUNIQUE OF THE FIFTH CAADP PARTNERSHIP PLATFORM
[...] SUMMARY: This cable is the communiqu from the 5th Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Program(CAADP) Partnership Platform (PP) Meeting, which took place on 9-10 November 2009 at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, Nigeria to review progress and share experience of CAADP implementation [...]
2009-11-30 14:55:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR
09ABUJA938 NIGERIA: A REVIEW OF CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR SOLUDO'S
[...] (SBU) Summary. Professor Chukwuma Soludo's first term at the Central Bank ended on May 29. It appears unlikely he will be appointed to a second term (First Bank Group Managing Director Sanusi Lamido Sanusi appears to be the frontrunner at this point, but in Nigeria one can always expect last [...]
2009-06-01 10:12:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV NI
09ACCRA1283Anti-Corruption Chief cites need to attack culture of
[...] (SBU) Summary: Emile Short, the head of Ghana's leading anti-corruption institution, the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ),said that combating corruption is his highest priority, but resource limitations limit his agency's effectiveness and low salaries cause exces [...]
2009-12-03 14:50:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR PHUM GH
09ACCRA70Ghana Refugee Update
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 16, 2009, PRM (Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration) Africa Office Director, PRM/AFR West Africa Program Officer, and Accra Refugee Coordinator and Refugee Assistant visited the Krisan Refugee Camp and the Buduburam Refugee Settlement in the company of UNHCR [...]
2009-01-30 10:45:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL LI GH SL
09ADDISABABA1662AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT WRAP-UP: QADHAFI PULLS IT
[...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) Summit in Sirte, Libya, resulted in a strong call by member states for the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on Eritrea for its support of al-Shabaab forces who are threatening the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of President Sheikh S [...]
2009-07-15 06:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR AU
09ADDISABABA2061USAFRICOM COMMANDER GENERAL WARD MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: During their August 20 meeting at African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, USAFRICOM Commander General William E. (Kip) Ward and African Union Commission Chairperson Jean Ping discussed U.S./Africa cooperation in combating narco-trafficking through Africa, as well as ongoing USG [...]
2009-08-25 05:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL MASS SNAR KCRM PINR AU
09ADDISABABA2165USAU: TFG CHIEF OF STAFF ON SUPPORT REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) Summary: Joint Chief of Staff of the Somali National Armed Forces Major General Yusuf H. Osman (aka Dommal),accompanied by the Somali Ambassador to Ethiopia and interpreter/intelligence officer Hussein Sheikh Ali, spoke broadly about the Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) fledgling m [...]
2009-09-08 04:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNMASS MCAP MOPS SO ET DJ
09ADDISABABA2346 Ethiopia Becomes Fourth African Country
[...] (U) As part of the USG's food security initiative implementation plan development, USAID Ethiopia continues to produce information sharing cables to highlight progress and plans in key areas. This Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) cable is a continuation of this seri [...]
2009-10-01 06:32:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID PREL AF ET
09ADDISABABA2499DRUG TRAFFICKING IN ETHIOPIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ethiopia has become increasingly popular as a transit point along narco-trafficking routes as a result of convenient air service, limited law enforcement, and minimal criminal penalties. Heroin is the most commonly trafficked substance, followed by cannabis and cocaine. Most i [...]
2009-10-21 05:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR ASEC ET
09ADDISABABA265AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH AU
[...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter, joined by Ambassador Donald Yamamoto, USAID Acting Assistant Administrator Earl Gast, and Sudan Programs Group Director Timothy Shortley, met with AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra January 31, on the margins of the AU [...]
2009-02-02 16:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO SU ZI CG
09ADDISABABA266AU SUMMIT: AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH AU
[...] (C) Summary: At a January 31 meeting on the margins of the African Union Summit, African Union Commission Chairperson Jean Ping and Acting A/S for African Affairs Phillip Carter exchanged views about the major political crises in Africa. They agreed that the international community must remai [...]
2009-02-02 17:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL AU XA SU CD
09ADDISABABA270AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met with UN Under Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Alain Le Roy and UN Special Representative of the Secretary General for Eastern Congo Alan Doss January 31 on the margins of the AU Summit in Addis Ababa. Carter brought Le [...]
2009-02-02 18:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV AU XA SU SO CG RW
09ADDISABABA2741ETHIOPIA: SEACOM DEAL STILL AWAITING GOE APPROVAL
[...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. company Seacom arrived in Ethiopia in early October in hopes of finalizing a contract with the Ethiopian Telecommunications Corporation (ETC) and returned again in mid-November, but has yet to conclude a deal. The contract would allow for Ethiopia to connect to Seacom's e [...]
2009-11-20 07:46:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALEINV EINT ECON ET
09ADDISABABA2926REPORT OF 20TH GLOBAL FUND BOARD MEETING NOV 9-11, 2009
[...] The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB),and Malaria (Global Fund) held its 20th Board meeting on November 9-11, 2009, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The U.S. government (USG) holds a permanent seat on the Global Fund Board and works through the Board to make funding decisions and provid [...]
2009-12-14 13:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKHIV EAID TBIO ET
09ADDISABABA354AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: AF Acting Assistant Secretary met with French Ministry of Foreign Affairs AF A/S-Equivalent Stephane Gompertz, Presidential Advisor for African Affairs Remi Marechaux, and Ambassador Jean-Christophe Belliard February 2 on the margins of the African Union Summit. On Sudan, the Fr [...]
2009-02-09 16:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR XA AU
09ADDISABABA373AU SUMMIT -- AF ACTING A/S CARTER MEETS WITH
[...] (C) Summary: On February 2, on the margins of the African Union Summit, AF Acting Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter met Rwanda's Foreign Minister, Rosemary Museminali, to discuss the Rwandan role in stabilizing Eastern Congo. They recognized the need for a delicate balance in managing the [...]
2009-02-10 17:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW CG AU
09ADDISABABA454U.S. ENGAGEMENT VITAL TO NILE NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (U) The Nile River runs through ten countries, whose populations depend on its waters for their livelihood. It is a shared, multi-state river basin characterized by water scarcity, poverty, rapid population, and a long history of dispute and instability. Sound and equitable management of the Ni [...]
2009-02-23 11:01:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID AMGT XW BY RW ET
09ADDISABABA804SUDANESE SEEKING QUIET, PRIVATE DIPLOMATIC TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: Sudan's top two diplomats in Ethiopia called on the Ambassador to initiate quiet dialogue between our two Embassies on improving bilateral relations in support of the new U.S. Administration. The Sudanese questioned the veracity of USG sources of information about Sudan, and they [...]
2009-04-10 10:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL SU
09ADDISABABA805SUDANESE SEEKING QUIET, PRIVATE DIPLOMATIC TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: Sudan's top two diplomats in Ethiopia called on the Ambassador to initiate quiet dialogue between our two Embassies on improving bilateral relations in support of the new U.S. Administration. The Sudanese questioned the veracity of USG sources of information about Sudan, and they [...]
2009-04-10 10:06:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL SU
09ANTANANARIVO60DIPLOMATIC EFFORT REVEALS FULL-BLOWN MALAGASY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DIPLOMATS MET ON JANUARY 22 FIRST WITH ANTANANARIVO MAYOR ANDRY "TGV" RAJOELINA AND IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS WITH THE PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER TO SEEK COMMON GROUND THAT MIGHT CALM THE WORSENING POLITICAL CRISIS IN MADAGASCAR. THE TWO DISCUSSIONS, EACH LASTING ABOUT T [...]
2009-01-23 09:45:00Embassy AntananarivoCONFIDENTIALMA PGOV PINR PREL
09ATHENS206 Greece: 2009 TIP Report Submission - Part 4 of 4
[...] (U) This document is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is the last of four cables. The cable text is keyed to REFTEL paragraphs 27 (PREVENTION),28 (TIP HEROES),and 29 (TIP BEST PRACTICES). TIP point of contact information and an estimate of hours spe [...]
2009-02-17 14:47:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN SMIG ELAB GR
09BAMAKO213LIFE TO GO: RWANDAN GENOCIDAIRES DOING TIME IN MALI
[...] (SBU) Summary: Mali's penitentiary system is home to 14 Rwandans, including former Prime Minister Jean Kambanda and two other Ministers, convicted of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Eight of the Rwandans in Mali are serving life sentences. Under the term [...]
2009-04-08 11:03:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM ML
09BANGUI118THE WEAKEST LINK
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With an abundance of arable land, rainfall, a plethora of minerals and wildlife and a low population, the Central African Republic (CAR) should be a wealthy nation. However, despite this potential, most of its population lives in increasing poverty. Male life expectancy declines [...]
2009-06-16 19:40:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR CT
09BANGUI168FY-10 AFRICA REGIONAL INTERNATIONAL VISITOR PROGRAM
[...] (U) AMEMBASSY Bangui is pleased to nominate a sole woman manager of the private radio station NDEKE LUKA, Ms. Sylvie Benguere Panika as candidate for subject program. Her biodata is as follows: 2. (U) Name: BENGUERE PANIKA, Sylvie Jacqueline 3. (U) Sex: Female 4. (U) DOB: Decemb [...]
2009-07-24 12:07:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC OIIP SCUL CT
09BANGUI88CAR: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACSS PARTICIPANTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-23 08:42:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ASEC MASS PREL PINR PINS CT
09BEIJING103JANUARY 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MIDDLE EAST, EU, INTERNET
[...] Key points at the January 13 MFA press briefing: -- China is "gravely concerned" that UN Security Council resolution 1860 is "not being implemented" in Gaza. -- China "attaches great importance" to its relationship with the EU -- China calls on France to create conditions for the improv [...]
2009-01-13 09:18:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM CH TW IS XG RW UG BR KN MI SF CB
09BEIJING286TWO AFRICAN DIPLOMATS IN BEIJING SHARE VIEWS ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: China's growing engagement with Africa is a mixed blessing for African nations, according to two Beijing-based Rwandan and Nigerian diplomats. While acknowledging the positive role that China plays in Africa, the two diplomats lamented the imbalance in power between China and sm [...]
2009-02-05 10:24:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID CH NI RW
09BEIJING350SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO CHINA,
[...] (C) Madame Secretary, your having chosen to visit China during your first trip abroad as Secretary of State has special significance well understood and appreciated by the Chinese. Chinese leaders place great importance on personal relationships with foreign counterparts and on the symbolism [...]
2009-02-11 09:40:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV ECON PARM MARR CH TW
09BEIJING527PRC LAUNCHES PR CAMPAIGN IN AFRICA
[...] (SBU) President Hu Jintao's February 10-17 trip to Africa capped a series of recent high-level visits intended to burnish China's image in Africa, according to Chinese and African contacts in Beijing. Our contacts contend that China is doing a great deal to assist Africa. At the same time, t [...]
2009-03-02 07:43:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID EINV ETRD AO CH KE MI ML MP
09BEIJING955CHINA'S COMFORT LEVEL WITH OTHER AFRICA DONORS
[...] (SBU) China says it will keep expanding its aid to Africa, and though it is hard to measure, its aid level seems to be significant and growing. Beijing continues to proclaim that its aid has no political conditions attached, an implicit rebuke to Western donors. However, China's premier has [...]
2009-04-10 00:37:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALEAID EINV PREL EFIN CH UK AU SENV
09BERLIN1225MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, AFGHANISTAN, MIDEAST, GEORGIA, EU,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) P5+1 Talks 3. (Afghanistan) Rasmussen-Obama Meeting 4. (Mideast) Goldstone Report, Hamas-Fatah Relations 5. (Georgia) Final Report on Georgian War 6. (EU) Irish Referendum 7. (China) 60th Anniversary 8. (Germany) Foreign Pol [...]
2009-09-30 13:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KPAO IR AF XF GG EU GM
09BERLIN1468GERMAN MFA SAYS EU PREPARING SANCTIONS ON GUINEA,
[...] (C) German MFA Assistant Secretary-equivalent for African Affairs Muelmenstaedt met with visiting AF DAS Wycoff October 15 in Berlin, prior to the October 16 MFA-hosted quint discussion on East Africa (reported reftel). During the bilat, we reviewed East Africa generally (information reported [...]
2009-11-18 09:27:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CD CG SU GM
09BERLIN1513GERMANY CONFIRMS $3 BILLION PLEDGE FOR FOOD
[...] (SBU) In separate interactions with officials at the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV),Embassy reinforced the importance the U.S. and other partners place on putting the L'Aquila food security princi [...]
2009-11-30 16:12:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR ECON EAID ETRD
09BERLIN1609GERMANY'S NEW DEVELOPMENT MINISTER CONNECTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dirk Niebel (FDP) was an odd pick as Germany's new Development Minister -- he had no experience in international development, and had previously suggested abolishing the Development Ministry. Now in charge, Niebel has big shoes to fill, following on the heels of Heidemarie Wie [...]
2009-12-21 16:31:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN PGOV PREL GM
09BERLIN580GERMAN VIEWS ON THEMES FOR THE MAY 29 MEETING OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Germany agrees that more forces are needed for counterpiracy operations off the coast of Somalia, but feels it is already doing its fair share; others with the requisite capability who are not yet contributing should answer the call. Germany welcomes the planned NATO counterpirac [...]
2009-05-18 13:28:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALMARR ECON POL EUN GM
09BERLIN831CGPCS: GERMANY AGREES ON PARTICIPATION ISSUE, BUT
[...] (C) Post delivered ref A points to MFA UN Security Council Action Officer Dirk Stockhausen on June 30 and then followed up with him on July 2, emphasizing the importance that the U.S. placed on reaching a resolution that would allow the six aspirant countries to participate in the Contact Group [...]
2009-07-09 17:15:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALEWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL MOPS GM
09BRAZZAVILLE329UPDATE-OVER 20,000 DISPLACED BY VIOLENCE IN DRC INTO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-17 14:51:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCF CG EAID PREF PREL PHUM
09BRAZZAVILLE362REFUGEE UPDATE - 88,000 DRC REFUGEES IN THE LIKOUALA REGION
[...] (U) Over the last two months, 87,789 DRC refugees have crossed the Ubangui River into the Likouala region of the Congo in order to flee fighting in the Equateur province of DRC. DCM and RefCoord visited five of the approximately 60 refugee sites between December 17 and 19. The refugees are sp [...]
2009-12-23 11:28:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PGOV UNHCR WFP CT CM CG CF
09BRUSSELS1023SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE HOLBROOKE'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Brussels warmly welcomes the visit of Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Holbrooke and his meeting with newly appointed Belgian Foreign Minister Yves Leterme. Since a change of government in late 2007, Belgium has gone from regarding its military as "an [...]
2009-07-27 10:36:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS EAID AF BE
09BRUSSELS1120BELGIUM: CLOSER COORDINATION WITH U.S. AND OTHER
[...] (C) Summary: In an August 5 meeting with Charge and Embassy political officers, the new Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department for Sub-Saharan Africa sought greater coordination and cooperation among donor countries active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He ex [...]
2009-08-12 15:29:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BE RW CG EU
09BRUSSELS1188SCENESETTER FOR S/E HOWARD WOLPE'S MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) Your visit will develop further the already close U.S. - Belgium strategic dialogue that has developed over the past year. MFA contacts will be excited to discuss the new Administration's developing perspective and policies on Africa, especially the Great Lakes region. Secretary Clinton [...]
2009-08-27 13:57:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID MOPS MARR SOCI CG BE
09BRUSSELS125BELGIUM AND THE DRC: RELATIONS RENEWED BUT
[...] (C) Summary: PolOff and PolIntern met January 28 with Belgian MFA Africa contacts to discuss the restoration of Belgium - DR Congo relations, mineral extraction issues, and the arrest of Laurent Nkunda. The PMs of Belgium and the DRC issued a statement January 24 that reestablished relations. [...]
2009-01-28 18:22:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS CG RW BE
09BRUSSELS1255S/E WOLPE'S MEETINGS WITH BELGIAN MFA AND
[...] (C) Summary: Great Lakes Special Envoy Howard Wolpe visited Brussels August 31 to September 1 to meet with Belgian MFA and Development contacts during a six nation visit to reestablish a transatlantic dialogue on Africa. The Belgians said the DRC, Rwanda, and Burundi were the top priorities o [...]
2009-09-17 16:06:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPREL PGOV EAID EFIN MARR MOPS PHUM SOCI KWMN
09BRUSSELS1313BELGIAN MFA HINTS AT POSITIONS PRIOR TO GLCG
[...] (C) Belgian Congo Desk Officer Hugues Chantry and Rwanda/Burundi Desk Officer Stephane Doppagne shared some Belgian ideas on Great Lakes issues with Poloff September 29. The topics discussed provided some insight into what the GOB might present at the Great Lakes Contact Group (GLCG) in Washi [...]
2009-09-30 06:06:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOG CG RW BE
09BRUSSELS1315S/E WOLPE'S MEETINGS WITH BELGIAN MFA AND
[...] (U) This is a corrected version of canceled BRUSSELS 1255. 2. (C) Summary: Great Lakes Special Envoy Howard Wolpe visited Brussels August 31 to September 1 to meet with Belgian MFA and Development contacts during a six nation visit to reestablish a transatlantic dialogue on Africa. The Bel [...]
2009-09-30 06:06:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPREL PGOV EAID EFIN MARR MOPS PHUM SOCI KWMN
09BRUSSELS1345BELGIUM: MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS VIEWS ON EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Belgium's foreign policy priorities in the EU include the EU's policy towards Belgium's former colonies, toward those countries where Belgian soldiers are posted, enlargement, and ensuring that EU foreign policy is developed according to agreed-upon standards. Belgium remains de [...]
2009-10-02 16:22:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BE EU
09BRUSSELS1406DONORS ENGAGE ON L'AQUILA FOOD SECURITY COMMITMENTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 7, 2009, the European Commission's (EC) Directorate General for Development (DEV) and USAID hosted a meeting in Brussels to further operationalize donor commitments from the July 8-10 L'Aquila meeting on Food Security. The meeting sought to build on prior discussion [...]
2009-10-21 11:06:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR ETRD SOCI
09BRUSSELS1425BELGIUM'S GOALS FOR THE AFRICAN GREAT LAKES REGION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Gutman hosted a luncheon October 8 with the Belgian MFA Africa team and the Chief of Staff to Belgium's Minister for Development Cooperation to discuss Belgium's priorities in the African Great Lakes region. Regarding the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Belgium [...]
2009-10-23 15:55:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI CG BE
09BRUSSELS1580SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL MEETINGS WITH BELGIAN
[...] (C) Summary: Madame Secretary, Embassy Brussels welcomes your visit to Brussels on December 3-4 and your meetings with the in-coming Belgian Prime Minister, Yves Leterme, and the Foreign Minister, most likely Steven Vanackere. Your visit occurs at a moment when Belgians are poised to take a leading [...]
2009-11-24 14:00:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPREL PGOV MARR ECON BE AF
09BRUSSELS1581AMBASSADOR GUTMAN'S NOVEMBER 9 MEETING WITH
[...] Summary: The Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call on Charles Michel, Belgium's Minister for Development Cooperation, on November 9. Michel's ministry creates policy and oversees administration of a large part of Belgium's official development assistance to Afghanistan, Central Africa an [...]
2009-11-24 15:34:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID PGOV BE AF CG
09BRUSSELS1666SCENESETTER FOR BELGIAN DEFENSE MINISTER PIETER DE
[...] (C) Summary: Belgian Defense Minister Pieter De Crem has been in office since March 2008 and is one of the United States' strongest friends in the Belgian government. Under his leadership, Belgium has returned its focus to NATO as the orienting factor in its defense policy. Now, Belgium is p [...]
2009-12-11 15:40:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MNUC BE AF
09BRUSSELS1703AMBASSADOR CONFRONTS SKEPTICISM OF BELGIUM'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador hosted a lunch attended by five members of the Belgian Senate Commission on Foreign Affairs and Defense on December 7. In their first meeting with the Ambassador, the Senators shared their concern about Central Africa, the International Criminal Court (ICC),nucle [...]
2009-12-18 17:38:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MNUC SENV BE
09BRUSSELS1724SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION BRIEFS THE EU'S POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Briefing the EU Council Political and Security Committee (PSC) in Brussels on December 18, Special Envoy Scott Gration said that the U.S. seeks to end the conflict in Darfur, supports the North-South Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),and wants to keep Sudan from becomin [...]
2009-12-24 09:50:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PBTS PINR PREF SMIG KAWC KPKO
09BRUSSELS1738MONUC HEAD AND GREAT LAKES ENVOYS DISCUSS NEED FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-30 18:13:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS CG
09BRUSSELS267SCENESETTER FOR ACTING A/S CARTER WITH BELGIAN MFA
[...] Acting A/S Carter, your trip to Brussels comes at a time when the Belgian government is eager for dialogue with the United States on Africa. Your willingness to meet MFA Africa policy hands will help show that the U.S. takes Belgian views seriously and is willing to consider coordinating with [...]
2009-02-25 15:59:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PBTS PREF PINS SOCI MOPS MARR
09BRUSSELS294YOUR MEETING WITH BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER DE GUCHT
[...] (C) Madame Secretary, your meeting with Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht will reinforce U.S.-Belgian cooperation on Afghanistan, on counter-terrorism, on Iran, and on Africa. Your meeting--our first cabinet-level exchange since a new government was formed under Prime Minister Herman [...]
2009-03-03 18:42:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL BE
09BRUSSELS310YOUR MEETING WITH BELGIAN PRIME MINISTER VAN ROMPUY
[...] (C) Summary: Mr. Vice President, your meeting with Belgian Prime Minister Van Rompuy can reinforce U.S.-Belgian cooperation on Afghanistan, counter-terrorism, resettlement of Guantanamo detainees, Iran, Kosovo and Africa. The meeting is an opportunity to recognize Belgium's expanding contri [...]
2009-03-05 15:24:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL BE
09BRUSSELS314ACTING A/S CARTER'S MEETING WITH BELGIANS ON AFRICA
[...] (C) Summary: Acting A/S Carter had a positive exchange of views with the Belgian MFA Africa Team at a breakfast hosted by Charge February 26. The MFA was represented by Africa Director Guy Trouveroy, Minister De Gucht's Deputy Chef du Cabinet Jean-Luc Bodson, Great Lakes Envoy Karl Dehaene, an [...]
2009-03-06 10:00:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI MARR MOPS CG BE
09BRUSSELS318U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON AFRICA FEBRUARY 27
[...] (C) Summary: Acting AF Assistant Secretary Phillip Carter represented the U.S. at the troika meeting with the EU on Africa issues, held February 27 in Brussels. The agenda included the Horn of Africa (Somalia, Ethiopia and Sudan),Zimbabwe, West Africa (Mauritania and Guinea),the Great La [...]
2009-03-06 18:18:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR EAID ETTC XA EUN CH
09BRUSSELS324SCENESETTER FOR AFRICOM DEPUTY COMMANDER YATES
[...] (U) Deputy to the Commander of AFRICOM Yates, your trip to Brussels comes at a time when the Belgian government is eager for dialogue with the United States on Africa. Secretary of State Clinton met with Foreign Minister De Gucht March 6, and much of what De Gucht brought up centered on Africa [...]
2009-03-11 05:07:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI MARR MOPS CG BE
09BRUSSELS455AFRICOM'S AMB YATES MEETS WITH BELGIAN MFA AND MOD
[...] (C) Summary. AFRICOM's Deputy to the Commander for Civ/Mil Activities (DCMA) Mary Carlin Yates met with the Belgian MOD March 12 and MFA March 13 to share opinions and learn about Belgium's efforts in Africa. Ambassador Yates explained AFRICOM's mission and its holistic approach to supportin [...]
2009-03-30 15:12:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS SOCI MNUC CG BE
09BRUSSELS456AFRICOM DEPUTY COMMANDER YATES' MARCH 12 MEETINGS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: AFRICOM Deputy to the Commander for Civ/Mil Activities (DCMA) Mary Carlin Yates received a wide variety of opinions and input March 12 during meetings with representatives of the NGO community in Brussels, a lunch with Belgian parliamentarians, and a dinner with several Africa [...]
2009-03-30 15:27:00Embassy BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI MARR MOPS MNUC CG BE
09BRUSSELS588SCENE-SETTER FOR A/S CARTER'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN
[...] (SBU) Since your last visit to Brussels, dialogue between the U.S. and Belgium on Africa has continued. Belgian interest is currently focused on the plight of the Belgian ship taken over by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean April 17, and a Belgian doctor kidnapped in Somalia at the same time [...]
2009-04-22 13:59:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MASS CG SO SU CD RW BY BN
09BRUSSELS750A/S CARTER'S APRIL 23 MEETING WITH BELGIAN MFA
[...] (C) Summary: The Charge hosted a breakfast April 23 for visiting Acting A/S for African Affairs Phillip Carter and NSC Senior Director for Africa Michelle Gavin with the Belgian MFA Africa Team. The Belgian guests were Deputy Chief of Cabinet to FM De Gucht Jean-Luc Bodson, Africa Director Gu [...]
2009-05-29 15:35:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM CG BE
09BRUSSELS830BELGIAN POLICE PREPARING FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR
[...] (U) This telegram contains an action request for SCA-A. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: The Belgian Federal Police are preparing a report on the feasibility of sending two to four police trainers to Afghanistan. The contribution is likely to be in the framework of EUPOL-Afghanistan. Belg [...]
2009-06-17 14:01:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL EAID NATO AF BE
09BRUSSELS859U.S.-EU EXCHANGES ON SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA
[...] (C) Summary: During the June 8 U.S.-EU meetings on South and Central Asia, SCA Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Owen stressed the need to work together to produce internationally credible elections in Afghanistan. The European Commission's James Moran responded the EU would do "whate [...]
2009-06-22 12:16:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALAF EAGR ETRD ETTC EU EUN IN KDEM MARR MOPS
09BUENOSAIRES210ARGENTINA: CANDIDACIES FOR INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION OF
[...] (SBU) Poloff met February 25 with Secretary Christian Hotton of the Argentina Ministry of Foreign Relations' Directorate for International Organizations to discuss Argentine judge Ines Weinberg de Roca (per ref A),a candidate for the UN Appeals Tribunal, and U.S.-endorsed candidate Judge Mark [...]
2009-02-27 19:47:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC UNGA KUNR AR
09BUJUMBURA103SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 05:03:00Embassy BujumburaSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER BY
09BUJUMBURA301BURUNDI -- VIEWS OF A DEPARTING AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After three years as Ambassador to Burundi, I am convinced that this small, poverty-stricken, conflict-ridden nation has the potential to fulfill its promise as a durable African success story. Despite the just-resolved 15-year civil conflict, lack of infrastructure, deep-roote [...]
2009-06-30 15:28:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIALBY CH LY MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL RW SU
09BUJUMBURA419FNL: OUT OF THE BUSH, BUT BANDITRY BLOOMS
[...] SUMMARY. There is an overwhelming consensus among political and security observers in Burundi that the Forces Nationales de Liberation's (FNL) days of fighting in the bush are truly over. Further, observers in Burundi find no evidence of an organized FNL splinter group existing that is ready [...]
2009-08-20 15:41:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIALKDEM ASEC PGOV PINS BY
09BUJUMBURA465BUYOYA: PROSPECTS FOR PEACE
[...] (C) A discussion with former President Pierre Buyoya September 9 about the turbulent history of the past elicited his thoughts about the present and future of his country. In a word, he is optimistic. Buyoya, looking fit and younger than his sixty years, said that until he came on the scene [...]
2009-09-09 14:45:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV BY
09BUJUMBURA508AFTERMATH OF SOMALIA DEATHS: BURUNDI WILL STAY IN
[...] (C) Summary. With all attention in Bujumbura centered on the funerals of the twelve soldiers killed in Somalia September 17, the event has generated discussion about whether Burundi should remain in AMISOM. At this time, the answer here is yes. Most calls are for an expansion of AMISOM's ma [...]
2009-09-21 13:53:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIALKPKO MOPS AU BY SO
09BUJUMBURA531THE ICGLR TAKES STOCK, AND SEEKS ITS NICHE
[...] (SBU) (Summary) The International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) is preparing a November 5-6 Roundtable and Summit in Bujumbura, to be preceded by a November 4 "Friends of ICGLR" for donor countries. At an October 3 preparatory meeting, ICGLR Ambassador Liberata Mulamula said t [...]
2009-10-06 06:18:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL BY CG KE RW TZ UG ZA
09BUJUMBURA549BURUNDI'S VIEW ON EAC TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Post sources at Burundi's Ministry of East African Community Affairs provided the following assessment of the EAC's September 24-25 meeting in Kampala (reftel): A. (C) Kenya took charge of the negotiations. Rwanda and Uganda also asserted themselves, particularly in support of establi [...]
2009-10-08 06:08:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR KE TZ UG BY
09BUJUMBURA83BURUNDI LAWMAKERS VOTE OVERWHELMINGLY FOR
[...] (U) The Burundian Senate and National Assembly confirmed February 13 President Nkurunziza's nomination of five individuals to the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI),voting 41-5 and 108-4 in favor, respectively. The confirmed CENI members represent a compromise between Presiden [...]
2009-02-18 15:01:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BY
09CAIRO1408EGYPT ON NILE RIGHTS AND THE NILE BASIN INITIATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-21 14:31:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAGR ECON SU ET KE UG EG
09CAIRO1615NEXT STEPS ON THENILE BASIN INITIATIVE REF: CAIRO 1506 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Donald A. Blome for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d).
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-20 11:57:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL TSPL BY CG ET KE RW SU TZ UG EG
09CAIRO2130A/S CARSON'S OCTOBER 27 DISCUSSION OF AFRICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 09:47:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL SO SU ER CG EG
09CHISINAU44MOLDOVA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Russia 154.08 2. United States 102.16 3. Italy 91.30 4. Spain 82.57 5. Netherlands 80.12 6. France 79.00 7. Romania 60.14 8. Germany 50.64 9. Austria 35.20 10. Cyprus 27.54 92. Based on figures from the National Bureau of Statistics, FDI since 1992 by sectors was as a perce [...]
2009-01-22 10:42:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR MD
09COLOMBO1033 Countries Vulnerable to Climate Change Press for Action at
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Government leaders from eleven countries participated in the Climate Vulnerable Forum November 9-10 in the Maldives. The participants and observers heard from experts on special challenges the most vulnerable countries are facing, scientific aspects of global climate goals, and [...]
2009-11-14 05:35:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD EFIN CE
09COLOMBO431SRI LANKA: VISIT BY UNSYG CHIEF OF STAFF NAMBIAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 16-17 visit to Sri Lanka by UNSYG Chief of Staff Vijay Nambiar yielded mixed results. After a one-on-one breakfast meeting with President Rajapaksa on April 17, Nambiar reported that Rajapaksa had left only a slim opening for the UN to pursue the release of civilians b [...]
2009-04-17 11:29:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM MOPS EAID UNGA CE
09COLOMBO697NEW SRI LANKA MINISTER OF JUSTICE AND NEW SUPREME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 2, President Rajapaksa swore in Milinda Moragoda as the new Minister of Justice and Law Reforms. Earlier in June, the President appointed a new Chief Justice, Asoka de Silva, to replace former Chief Justice Sarath de Silva, who many observers felt had "hyper-politicized" [...]
2009-07-14 04:31:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
09COPENHAGEN540(SBU) DENMARK: NO COMMITMENT ON G8 L'AQUILA SUMMIT
[...] (SBU) EconOff met with Niels Richter, Director of the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Macroeconomic Policies Division (which is responsible for development assistance and G-8 cooperation) on November 27, to discuss the points in reftel. Richter will be the primary Danish point of contact [...]
2009-11-30 12:10:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EAGR PREL DA RW
09COTONOU606COTONOU: NOVEMBER 2009 REPORT ON THE MEDIA PLACEMENT OF
[...] PAS Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered articles in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, and various independent newspapers. 2. Print media November 2 The following articles were published: [...]
2009-12-24 07:39:00Embassy CotonouUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO BN
09DAKAR220SENEGAL FEBRUARY 2009 SCENESETTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senegal is preparing to hold local elections amid an atmosphere of slowly building social unrest due to ongoing economic difficulties, poor management of the country's public finances, and disillusionment with Senegal's overall governance. The Senegalese are known for and proud [...]
2009-02-23 13:03:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS ASEC SOCI PHUM PINR KDEM KISL ECON
09DAKAR409SENEGAL: RIOT VICTIM NOT KILLED BY SECURITY
[...] (SBU) In ref A Post reported that 21-year-old Mamdaou Sinna Sidibe had been shot dead by military personnel during a violent demonstration in the city of Kedougou in southeastern Senegal. During a follow-up visit to the city by Poloff and FSN Pol Assistant, Post determined that the youth was [...]
2009-03-31 08:37:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS ASEC SOCI PHUM PINR ECON SG
09DARESSALAAM286EAST AFRICAN COMMON MARKET: GRADUALISM IN ACTION
[...] The five East African Community (EAC) Heads of State, at a summit meeting April 29 in Arusha, announced a delay in the planned signing of the long-negotiated Common Market Protocol until their next summit in November 2009. The leaders' agreement on the final outstanding issues of the protocol [...]
2009-05-02 17:10:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV PREL TZ BY KE RW UG
09DARESSALAAM294SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF GENERAL WARD TO TANZANIA
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Tanzania comes at a time of expanding military relations between our countries, in particular through increased ACOTA equipment and training for Tanzanian battalions deploying to Darfur. President Kikwete's positive attitude towards the U.S. is increasingly reflected in pub [...]
2009-05-06 13:43:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EAID MARR TZ
09DARESSALAAM327SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ISAKSON AND CORKER
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Tanzania comes at a time when the country is gearing up for national elections in 2010, attempting to mitigate the effects of the global economic downturn, and continuing to deepen its relationship with development partners, particularly the United States. The 2010 election [...]
2009-05-21 03:10:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP ASEC AMGT AFIN PREL PGOV TZ KE RW SU IT XA
09DARESSALAAM379TANZANIA CONGOLESE REFUGEES TRIPARTITE COMMISSION MEETING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: May 11-13, Delegates from the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR),the Tanzania (GOT),and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) participated in the fourth meeting of the Tripartite Commission for the Voluntary Return of Congolese Refugees in Kigoma, Tanzania. The [...]
2009-06-10 10:36:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR PHUM PREF CG TZ
09DARESSALAAM401SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW VISIT TO TANZANIA
[...] (SBU) Your visit to Tanzania will provide an opportunity to view a broad range of our assistance programs and their contributions to Tanzania's development. Tanzania's political stability, sound macroeconomic management and enormous development needs have made it a favored recipient of donor f [...]
2009-06-24 04:33:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON KHIV MARR PREL PGOV TZ
09DARESSALAAM413TANZANIA PROMISES HUMANE APPROACH ON REFUGEE CAMP
[...] (SBU) RefCord and PolOff delivered reftel demarche on June 18 to Director of Refugees Judy Mtawali at the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),in the absence from Dar es Salaam of both the Minister and Deputy Minister of Home Affairs. In response to encouragement of a humane approach to the upcomi [...]
2009-06-30 05:08:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBY CG CVIS PGOV PHUM PINR PREF RW TZ
09DARESSALAAM502SCENESETTER FOR UPCOMING SHIP VISIT TO TANZANIA
[...] (U) Embassy welcomes the upcoming ship visit to Tanzania. This cable provides background information on the U.S.-Tanzanian bilateral relationship and Tanzanian domestic issues. This cable has been cleared by DATT. 2. (SBU) Although the U.S. and Tanzania do not have a Status of Forces Agre [...]
2009-08-04 10:19:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL ECON EAID MARR TZ
09DARESSALAAM585STIFLED POTENTIAL: FIBER-OPTIC CABLE LANDS IN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The landing of the Seacom undersea fiber-optic cable presents Tanzania with significant opportunities for making voice traffic and data connections less expensive and more reliable. With proper management, this cable could be transformative for Tanzania across the d [...]
2009-09-04 04:48:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS EINT ETTC PGOV TZ
09DARESSALAAM643ICTR PREPARES FOR CLOSURE, SIGNIFICANT WORK REMAINS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Officials of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) briefed Dar es Salaam-based diplomats September 25 on the status of the tribunal's work. ICTR officials expected to meet the planned 2010 deadline for closure of the tribunal, despite some case delays. However, [...]
2009-09-30 14:57:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM UNGA ICTR RW TZ
09DARESSALAAM747TANZANIA INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 12:12:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM769TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY WOLIN"S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 2 meeting at State House, President Jakaya Kikwete thanked visiting Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin for ongoing U.S. assistance to Tanzania, including $37.7 million in Financial Crisis Initiative funding that the Deputy Secretary and Finance Minister Mkulo ann [...]
2009-11-12 03:28:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON EAGR ECIN PGOV PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM771SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PAYNE VISIT TO DAR ES SALAAM
[...] Your visit to Dar es Salaam comes at a time when our bilateral relationship with Tanzania has never been stronger, in part because of our expansive assistance efforts in multiple sectors. Tanzania's political stability, sound macroeconomic management and enormous development needs have made it [...]
2009-11-12 03:55:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDOREP TZ
09DARESSALAAM772TREASURY DEPUTY SECRETARY WOLIN"S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 2 meeting at State House, President Jakaya Kikwete thanked visiting Treasury Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin for ongoing U.S. assistance to Tanzania, including $37.7 million in Financial Crisis Initiative funding that the Deputy Secretary and Finance Minister Mkulo ann [...]
2009-11-12 03:57:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON EAGR ECIN PGOV PREL TZ
09DARESSALAAM815ICTR UPDATE: COMPLETION STRATEGY, KABUGA/KENYA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a briefing for Dar es Salaam-based diplomats November 19, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) officials said additional time and funding would be necessary for the Tribunal to handle new arrests and other cases that would spill into 2011. ICTR President Judge Den [...]
2009-11-24 15:51:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL PHUM UNGA RW TZ
09DARESSALAAM844TANZANIA RAIL: GOT WEIGHS PROPOSALS TO FIX THE CENTRAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Tanzania, in looking at ways to improve its crumbling rail infrastructure, is considering an upgrade to U.S. standard gauge of its Central Line, running from Dar es Salaam to northwest Tanzania. A USTDA-supported study, conducted by U.S. rail firm BNSF, argues [...]
2009-12-07 14:26:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ECON ELTN EAID PGOV PREL TZ
09DJIBOUTI1205DJIBOUTI REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR EASBRIG FTX
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Djibouti recommends provision of GPOI funds, or alternate sources of funding, in response to formal requests from Djibouti's Minister of Defense and chief of general staff, for assistance to support the East Africa Standby Brigade's Field Training Exercise (EASBRIG FTX),s [...]
2009-10-13 18:03:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MASS MOPS EAID DJ ET KE RW UG BY XA
09DJIBOUTI837SOMALIA: TFG CONFIRMS PLANS TO TRAIN TROOPS IN DJIBOUTI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. A senior Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) military officer meeting with Djibouti's Chief of Defense reports that the TFG now has 1,000 fighters assembled in Mogadishu ready to undergo training immediately in Djibouti, as soon as transport is arranged. These 1,000 [...]
2009-06-25 18:45:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALMOPS MASS PREL PINS PTER SO DJ UG
09DJIBOUTI895DJIBOUTI: EASBRIG COMMANDER PREVIEWS JULY 13 'FRIENDS"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 08:27:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MASS DJ XW
09DJIBOUTI991SCENESETTER FOR AFRICOM COMMANDER GENERAL WARD'S VISIT TO DJIBOUTI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Djibouti warmly welcomes AFRICOM Commander General Ward and his party to Djibouti. A stable, moderate Muslim ally, Djibouti not only hosts Camp Lemonier -- the only U.S. military base in Africa -- but also key USG broadcasting facilities used by Arabic-language Radio Saw [...]
2009-07-28 17:18:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMASS MOPS PREL KPKO DJ SO ER JA XA
09DOHA132QATAR: INPUT FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] Below is Part 2 of 2 of post's input for the Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) reported. Part 1 has been communicated by septel. 2. (SBU) PARAGRAPH 26: PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS: A. (SBU) What kind of protection is the government able under existing law to provide f [...]
2009-02-19 10:34:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC ELAB QA
09FREETOWN192CONVICTS' PRISON LOCATION STILL A CONCERN FOR
[...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Herman von Hebel, Registrar of the Special Court, as well as Binta Mansaray, his Deputy, on 21 May to discuss his two main concerns regarding Court operations and proceedings. Mr von Hebel, who is leaving his post in Sierra Leone as of 22 May, also thanked the Ambassa [...]
2009-05-22 12:14:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC SL
09FREETOWN323AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PMDC PARTY LEADER
[...] (C) Summary: Charles Margai, leader of the PMDC party, at his request, called on Ambassador Perry August 13 (Poloff participated in the meeting). He discussed his views on a variety of topics, including political tolerance, corruption, and the role of the international community in Sierra Leone [...]
2009-08-17 15:29:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR SL
09FREETOWN445ATTORNEY GENERAL STAKES HIS CLAIM ON SPECIAL COURT
[...] (C) Summary: On November 12, A/DCM and the British High Commissioner met with Attorney General Abdul Serry-Kamal to discuss issues related to the Special Court. Namely, the meeting was called to address an exchange of letters between the Special Court Management Committee (MC) and the Governme [...]
2009-11-13 12:36:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KAWC KJUS SL
09GABORONE670SALOMAO OUTLINES AMBITIOUS SADC SUMMIT AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary: SADC Executive Secretary Tomaz Salomao told the Gaborone diplomatic corps on August 25 that the upcoming September 7-8 summit hopes to tackle a host of political and economic issues. Particular priorities will be reviewing progress made in resolving political impasses in eastern [...]
2009-08-25 15:03:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD AEC CVIS BC
09GENEVA133DURBAN INTERSESSIONAL WORKING GROUP - DAY 1
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (U) This cable reviews interactions that the USDel to the Durban Inter-Sessional Working Group (ISWG) had on February 16. 3. (U) As discussed on the evening teleconference with Washington, post requests the following actions: -- updated [...]
2009-02-16 20:41:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNHRC
09GENEVA16UNHCR REFORM EFFORTS CULMINATE INTO A NEW WAY OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) is fundamentally reshaping every aspect of its work to become a streamlined, efficient organization that delivers more robust protection and assistance to its beneficiaries on the ground. UNHCR's new approach harnesses technological adva [...]
2009-01-13 12:23:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF PREL
09GENEVA29 UNCTAD - Trade and Development Board, 55th Session,
[...] Begin Summary. The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) held the 55th Session of its Trade and Development Board (TDB),UNCTAD's governing body, in Geneva from September 15-26, 2008. IO DAS Gerry Anderson represented the US during the high-level segment of the TDB, Septem [...]
2009-01-14 11:56:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDUNCTAD ECON ETRD
09GENEVA643 ECOSOC - ONE UN RWANDA WORKING WELL
[...] SUMMARY. In a July 15 special session on the One UN Rwanda program, organized by the UN Chief Executive Board (CEB) Interagency Cluster on Trade and Productive Capacity during the Operational Activities Segment of the Economic and Social Council meeting in Geneva, the UN Resident Coordinator f [...]
2009-07-31 13:42:00Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDKUNR UNCTAD XA EAID
09GENEVA66WTO Trade Facilitation Meetings December 1-3, 2008
[...] Summary/overview. This cable reports on the meeting of the WTO Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation (NGTF) held in Geneva on December 1-3, 2008. The meetings consisted of informal, open-ended Chair-led working sessions devoted to revised Member proposals related to GATT Article V (freedom [...]
2009-01-27 07:08:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
09HARARE971AMBASSADOR RAY'S COURTESY CALL WITH DRC AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In an uncharacteristic session of candor, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mawampanga Mwana Nanga was critical of ZANU-PF and indirectly President Mugabe. The parties here need to spend more time talking to each other to meet the needs of the people, [...]
2009-12-15 13:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI CG
09HELSINKI239FINLAND: MUSLIM POPULATION AND DEMOGRAPHICS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Over the last two decades, Finland has experienced significant growth in its Muslim population, albeit based on smaller numbers than other European countries. In the last decade, the growth occurred mainly due to refugee acceptance programs. Analyzing that growth proves chall [...]
2009-06-24 10:42:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR KISL KPLS FI PHUM PGOV
09HELSINKI74FINLAND: POSSIBLE RWANDAN GENOCIDE TRIAL
[...] (U) Summary: On February 5, local media reported that Finnish police referred their investigation of genocide charges against a Rwandan resident in Finland for prosecution. Finnish officials investigated the charges after the Rwandan applied for asylum in Finland. Officials allege that the s [...]
2009-02-26 11:44:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PREF SMIG SOCI FI
09ISTANBUL398USAID AND TIKA PUSH FOR TRILATERAL COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Summary. In an October 6 meeting on the sidelines of the IMF/WB summit with the leadership of Turkey's aid and development organization, TIKA, the members of the USAID delegation discussed food security in Central Asia and Africa. They also discussed opportunities for trilateral coopera [...]
2009-10-16 13:34:00Consulate IstanbulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU UZ
09KAMPALA1074UGANDA: ABDUCTED AND IMPRISONED JOURNALIST CHARGED
[...] (C) Summary: Ugandan authorities released radio host Robert Kalundi Sserumaga on bail on September 15 after charging him with six counts of sedition for comments made during a live September 11 television show. Sserumaga was abducted and imprisoned by the Police Criminal Investigation Divisio [...]
2009-09-17 14:01:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM UG
09KAMPALA1079UGANDA: MFA EXPLAINS GOVERNMENT VIEW OF KAMPALA
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 16 briefing for foreign Ambassadors, the Foreign Minister and Inspector General of Police stressed that Ugandan police adhered to international norms and exercised restraint during the riots that rocked Kampala September 10-12. They noted that if police had fir [...]
2009-09-18 10:13:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ASEC UG
09KAMPALA120 NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (JANUARY 1-31, 2009)
[...] Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provide information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social servi [...]
2009-02-02 13:15:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG
09KAMPALA1229UGANDA AND THE NILE: UPSTREAM STATES EAGER FOR
[...] (C) Summary: On October 6, members of the Nile Basin Initiative (NBI) Secretariat based in Entebbe told PolOff that the NBI Technical Advisory Committee meeting held September 28-29 in Uganda had failed once again to achieve a cooperative breakthrough with their two northern neighbors. Upstre [...]
2009-10-27 04:46:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SENV EAGR EAID UG
09KAMPALA1241FRAUD SUMMARY - UGANDA
[...] (U) Uganda is a country in political and economic transition. It is estimated that 31% of its 30 million people live below the poverty line, and in northern Uganda, over 70% of the population lives below the poverty line. A high unemployment rate and the lack of a living wage for many Ugandan [...]
2009-10-27 09:12:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC UG
09KAMPALA1275UGANDA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Opposition and civil society leaders told Assistant Secretary Carson that President Museveni's consolidation of power, closure of political space, and reliance on the military have negated any hope for free and fair elections in February 2011. Concerned that Uganda is slipping to [...]
2009-11-04 08:38:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ASEC PINS UG
09KAMPALA1276UGANDA: ASSISTANT SECRETARY CARSON'S MEETING WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 08:39:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID EPET SO UG
09KAMPALA1348UGANDA: SPECIAL ADVISOR WOLPE'S MEETINGS ON
[...] (C) Summary: Special Advisor for the Great Lakes Dr. Howard Wolpe and Ambassador Lanier discussed regional issues with Ugandan diplomats, parliamentarians, and defense officials on November 11. Ugandan officials welcomed reviving the Tripartite Plus mechanism, and the idea of a regional train [...]
2009-11-30 11:56:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS UG
09KAMPALA1356UGANDA: CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS ACCOMPANY ARRIVAL
[...] (C) Summary: ExxonMobil interest in Tullow Oil's Ugandan operations, and Italian oil giant ENI's attempt to purchase Heritage Oil's local holdings, mark a clear shift from exploration to the beginnings of production. The remote location of Uganda's oil wells, the difficult chemistry of the oil with [...]
2009-12-03 06:13:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EPET ECON EINV ENRG KCOR UG
09KAMPALA163 UGANDA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2009
[...] Embassy POC for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) issues is Political/Economic Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon, Tel: 256-41-306-214, Mobile: 256-772-220-030, Fax: 256-41-345-144. To prepare this report, P/E Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon (FS-02),spent 30 hours, political assistant Gracie Jaasi spent 15 hour [...]
2009-02-13 09:26:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV
09KAMPALA2722008 SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] (S) Demonstrations A. Are there any ethnic or religious communities in country prone to carrying out significant anti-American demonstrations? Not generally, however during the reporting period there was one public protest of significance held by the local Muslim population on 16 January [...]
2009-03-12 11:28:00Embassy KampalaSECRETAPER ASEC
09KAMPALA281UGANDA PRIORITIZES ROAD CONSTRUCTION, BUT SO FAR PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uganda (GOU) has made road works its top priority for the 2008-2011 period, spending more on the sector than on education, health, energy, or public sector management. Despite unprecedented funding allocations, recent budget figures show that the GOU spent onl [...]
2009-03-17 13:01:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELTN PGOV PREL ETRD UG
09KAMPALA77SUBJECT: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-16 05:29:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR UG
09KHARTOUM1014STAFFDEL DORAN FINAL SCHEDULE
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Post provides in para 2 the text of the final schedule for Staffdel Doran. 2. (SBU) Schedule for the Visit to Sudan of Congressional Staff Delegation Doran August 24-28, 2009 ---------- Delegation ---------- Ms. Marissa Doran, Professional Staff Member [...]
2009-09-03 05:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP OTRA SU
09KHARTOUM1039STAFFDEL DORAN DISCUSSES UNMIS AND UNAMID MANDATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with civilian and military UN Mission leadership in Sudan, staffers from the House Foreign Affairs Committee were called upon to advocate for more ambitious mandate execution of the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and the United Nations-African Union Hybrid Mi [...]
2009-09-09 15:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM125UNAMID STAYS IN MUHAJARRIYA AS BOMBING AND FIGHTING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 1, UNAMID's Deputy Joint Special Representative General Henry Anyidoho informed Embassy Khartoum that UNAMID will remain in Muhajarriya "at the determination of the Secretary General," despite GOS bombing of JEM rebel positions around the area the same day and in spi [...]
2009-02-02 09:27:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1343World Bank Economist: Water Security an Issue for Sudan
[...] (SBU) Summary: World Bank Economist Mosllem Alamir predicted that water resources in post-2011 Sudan could lead to conflict and economic crisis if the parties to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) do not make decisions now about allocation or cooperation on the use of Nile waters. Increas [...]
2009-12-01 10:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAGR ECON EIND ENRG SENV EWWT SU
09KHARTOUM1345SE GRATION VISIT TO EL FASHER AND EL GENEINA,
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the November 20-21 visit to Darfur of U.S. Special Envoy (SE) General Scott Gration, senior officials from the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) estimated that 40 percent of the problems in Darfur are related to the troubled relationship between Chad [...]
2009-12-01 13:08:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1358Five Rwandan UNAMID Peacekeepers Killed in Two Separate
[...] (SBU) Summary: Five Rwandan peacekeepers with the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) were killed over the weekend in two separate attacks in North Darfur. Gunmen opened fire on a UNAMID convoy traveling near Saraf Omra on December 4, killing three peacekeepers. On Decembe [...]
2009-12-06 11:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPKO ECON EFIN SU
09KHARTOUM142UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of January 29 the total number of UNAMID military personnel was 12,540, or just over 64 percent of the total authorized force strength. UNAMID senior staff agree that the deployment goal is impossible to secure by Mabch 31. In fact, UNAMID's shipping pipeline may be empty wi [...]
2009-02-04 06:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM17MFA U/S MUTRIFF SIDDIQ DISCUSSES USG AIRLIFTS,
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 6 meeting with CDA Fernandez and DLO, MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq stated that the GOS has given its initial approval for a USG military airlift of UNAMID equipment, but requires the USG to provide the final flight details and liaise with UNAMID. Coordination with [...]
2009-01-06 15:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM191UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE, FEBRUARY 10
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of February 5 the total number of UNAMID military personnel was 12,547, or just over 64 percent of the total authorized force strength. DPKO is pressing UNAMID to facilitate the deployment of an Ethiopian attack helicopter company a soon as possible, but construction of adeq [...]
2009-02-10 15:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM227UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of February 17 the total number of UNAMID military personnel was 12,611, or 64 percent of the total authorized force strength. UNAMID is preparing for the arrival of the Ethiopian attack helicopter unit and believes it has sufficient authorization from the GOS to begin contr [...]
2009-02-21 11:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM236GOS REFUSES TO ISSUE VISAS FOR U.S. MILITARY
[...] (C) Following almost a year of agonizing lack of clarity during which the GOS first delayed, then verbally approved, and then once again delayed the issuance of visas for the U.S. military staff officers assigned to UNAMID, just days before the arrival of two of the officers, MFA U/S Mutriff S [...]
2009-02-22 13:24:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM344UPDATE FROM DARFUR - KIDNAPPINGS, ATTEMPTED UNAMID
[...] Summary: The GOS has "lit a slow-burning fuse" in denying key international NGOs access, and IDPs remain convinced that GOS authorities purposefully intend to reduce humanitarian coverage in Darfur, sources in UNAMID and among IDPs indicate. IDPs queued and drained water reserves in camps this [...]
2009-03-12 14:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM44RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ALL: FOR THE USG TO DECIDE
[...] (C) NCP strategist Sayed Al-Khateeb told CDA Fernandez that the NCP regime will not act irrationally when an ICC indictment of GoS President Omar Al-Bashir is handed down, but warned, just like many other NCP officials have, that the GoS may not be able to fully control the actions of non-gove [...]
2009-01-14 15:27:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL SOCI KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM63UNMIS DONOR PRINCIPALS' MEETING, JANUARY 15
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN Humanitarian officials told donor principals that they hope to focus less on relief and more on early recovery efforts in Darfur in 2009, though relief efforts will remain predominant and access and insecurity continue to be major concerns, they said. In the South, cuts in the [...]
2009-01-20 11:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM660 SOUTHERN SUDAN - HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN LRA-AFFECTED
[...] Between May 7 and 14, humanitarian officers from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (State/PRM) and USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) reviewed the ongoing emergency in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)-affected areas in Eas [...]
2009-05-18 14:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PGOV PREL EAID SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM866SPLA: Deterring External Threats While Addressing Internal
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 23 meeting with Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration, the Government of Southern Sudan's Minister of Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Affairs Nhial Deng Nhial and the SPLA Chairman of the General Staff James Hoth Mai provided their assessment of the security threa [...]
2009-07-27 04:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM867SPLA: Deterring External Threats While Addressing Internal
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 23 meeting with Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration, the Government of Southern Sudan's Minister of Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Affairs Nhial Deng Nhial and the SPLA Chairman of the General Staff James Hoth Mai provided their assessment of the security threa [...]
2009-07-27 04:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM89UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE, JANUARY 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: The big news in UNAMID deployment for January 2009 was the successful movement, with strong Embassy support especially from the Defense Liaison Office (DLO),of Rwandan troops and equipment by the U.S. Air Force. The movements went flawlessly with full cooperation by the GoS and [...]
2009-01-25 13:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM970CODEL HEARS IDP PROBLEMS AT DARFUR'S ZAM ZAM IDP CAMP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Congressman Keith Ellison traveled to El Fasher, North Darfur on August 6 to visit the Zam Zam Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp. Conditions at the camp have deteriorated following an influx of 30,000 IDPs from South Darfur in February and the expulsion of humanitarian non [...]
2009-08-23 15:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM PGOV KPKO SOCI AU SU
09KIGALI118RWANDA ON JUDGE PAINTER CANDIDACY FOR UN POST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 15:27:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KUNR UNGA RW
09KIGALI119UNSC DESIGNATION OF FDLR LEADERS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 15:28:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER EFIN KTFN RW
09KIGALI124RWANDA WITHDRAWS FROM DRC IN COLORFUL JOINT
[...] (U) On February 25, 1300 Rwanda combat troops joined several hundred Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) soldiers in a colorful departure ceremony in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),witnessed by the two nations respective Foreign Ministers, Defense Ministers, Chiefs of Defense Staff [...]
2009-02-26 16:20:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PINS MOPS RW
09KIGALI129USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 12:02:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL RW
09KIGALI142RWANDAN-CONGOLESE COOPERATION IN THE WAKE OF
[...] (C) Summary. The conclusion of Operation Umoja ("Our Unity) and the withdrawal of Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) troops from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have set the stage for further concerted bilateral Rwanda-Congo cooperation in the Kivus and beyond. Operations in South [...]
2009-03-04 09:19:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL RW CG
09KIGALI149RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Annual Government of Rwanda (GOR) Retreat - Bringing Gacaca to a Close - End to Canadian Aid for Rwanda - Journalists Expelled From Police Event - Japan to Open Embassy in Rwanda ------------------------ GOR Holds Annual Retreat ------------------------ [...]
2009-03-06 12:30:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI15RWANDA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009
[...] (U) This cable responds to queries in reftel 2. (U) OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ -- The Government of Rwanda recognizes the private sector is an essential engine of development and welcomes foreign investment in policy and in practice. -- In Se [...]
2009-01-13 12:17:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV KIDE OPIC KTDB USTR
09KIGALI150ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN GATHERS FORCE
[...] (C) Summary. In recent months, anti-corruption efforts by the Rwandan government (GOR) have gathered force, with several senior civil servants under arrest. The GOR leadership is issuing orchestrated messages on anti-corruption, and a new anti-corruption body has been established to coordin [...]
2009-03-06 12:52:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM ECON RW
09KIGALI152NO FORMAL REQUEST YET FOR SUPPORT FOR RETURNEES
[...] (SBU) The Government of Rwanda (GOR) Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC) and the United Nations High Council for Refugees (UNHCR) jointly held an information session March 3 on the status of preparations and outstanding needs to address Rwandans returning from conflict areas in neighboring [...]
2009-03-06 13:33:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF RW
09KIGALI158READING THE TEA LEAVES - RWANDA'S ECONOMIC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-10 15:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ENGR EINV PGOV RW
09KIGALI163NKUNDA LOSES FIRST ROUND IN COURT
[...] (C) On March 11, a Rwandan Higher Instance court denied an application for release of detained renegade Congolese General Laurent Nkunda, ruling on procedural grounds that the court could not accept the case, and noting that the application had been addressed to the wrong individual represe [...]
2009-03-12 15:53:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL
09KIGALI172RWANDA DEFENCE FORCES TOP LEADERSHIP ON EASTERN
[...] (C) Summary. Charge d,Affaires and Defense Attache met Rwanda Defence Forces, (RDF) Chief of Defence Staff General James Kabarebe, Army Chief of Staff General Charles Kayonga and Air Force Chief of Staff General Charles Muhire on March 18. Kabarebe expressed satisfaction with the recently c [...]
2009-03-20 12:50:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS RW
09KIGALI173SOMALI PRESIDENT VISITS RWANDA
[...] (SBU) President of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed met with President Paul Kagame on March 16 during a short visit to Rwanda. Local media reported that the focus of the conversation was cooperation between the two governments, including military suppo [...]
2009-03-20 13:22:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMASS MOPS PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI174TREASURY DAS MCDONALD VISITS RWANDA
[...] (U) Summary and Introduction: U.S. Department of Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for International Affairs and Technical Assistance Policy visited Kigali March 15-16. He heard mixed reviews on Rwanda's economy and business climate from government officials, commercial bankers, inter [...]
2009-03-21 09:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD ECON PGOV EINV RW
09KIGALI177RWANDA ON MAURITANIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-23 13:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL RW
09KIGALI181PYRETHRUM: BACK TO THE FUTURE?
[...] (U) Summary: Rwandan production of pyrethrum, a natural insecticide that has been a key Rwandan export crop since 1937, collapsed in 2007/8 due to the country's sole refiner mismanaging suppliers and buyers. From a peak of 1,350 tons in 2006, production slipped to less than 220 tons in 2008. [...]
2009-03-25 15:06:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EFIN PGOV EINV USAID RW
09KIGALI197WHITE PAPER DELIVERED ON PAKISTAN/ AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-01 11:55:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL NATO MOPS MARR RW
09KIGALI20MILITARY PROSECUTOR IDENTIFIES THOSE BEHIND RECENT
[...] (C) Pol/Econ chief met with the chief military prosecutor on January 13 to discuss arrests made in connection with the December 27 grenade attacks in Kigali (ref A). The prosecutor said 18 individuals had been detained in the course of investigations, fifteen civilians and 3 low-ranking en [...]
2009-01-15 10:23:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS ASEC RW
09KIGALI207RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Government Hears Journalists' Concerns on Media Law - Rwanda Takes Prisoners From Sierra Leone Special Court - Nkunda Hearing Postponed - Political Party Provisionally Denied Registration Springtime Thaw in Government-Media Relations ---------------------- [...]
2009-04-13 07:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI208RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Government Hears Journalists' Concerns on Media Law - Rwanda Takes Prisoners From Sierra Leone Special Court - Nkunda Hearing Postponed - Political Party Provisionally Denied Registration Springtime Thaw in Government-Media Relations ---------------------- [...]
2009-04-13 07:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI212SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD'S VISIT TO RWANDA
[...] (C) Your visit underscores the importance of our relationship with Rwanda, our support for peace and security in the region, and our recognition of Rwanda's leading role as an international peacekeeping force. You will arrive shortly after a week-long national commemoration of the 1994 genoc [...]
2009-04-14 11:41:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PGOV ECON EAID
09KIGALI221RWANDA BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
[...] (U) The FY09 foreign assistance package for Rwanda includes funds that are considered assistance for the central government under the Foreign Operations, Export Financing and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 2003 (FOAA-3). Post therefore provides the following responses to the questions [...]
2009-04-20 06:00:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREL EFIN PGOV RW
09KIGALI237SUPPORTING DARFUR CANDIDACY OF RWANDAN GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary/Introduction: The Rwandan government (GOR) has nominated Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba to be the Commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force (UNAMID) in Darfur, replacing current Commander, Nigerian General Martin Agwai. Nyamvumba is currently the J4 (Logistics Ch [...]
2009-04-24 09:07:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MOPS KPKO RW
09KIGALI262"REPATRIATE OR INTEGRATE" - BURUNDIAN REFUGEES IN
[...] (U) Representatives from the Governments of Rwanda (GOR) and Burundi (GOB) and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) held a tripartite meeting in Kigali on April 22 to discuss the repatriation of the 2,024 Burundian refugees currently residing in the Kigeme Camp in Rwanda's N [...]
2009-04-30 13:20:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF RW
09KIGALI279SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE: RWANDA UN ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: I am delighted you will participate in the UN Security Council's May 17-18 visit to Rwanda. The Mission staff and I look forward to assisting you during your visit. Your participation underscores the importance of our relationship with Rwanda and our support [...]
2009-05-08 06:15:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC MOPS PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI287RWANDAN RESPONSE: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE INFO REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 10:09:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC UNSC KTFN RW
09KIGALI289NKUNDA LOSES ROUND TWO; JUSTICE MINISTERS MEET ON
[...] (C) On April 17, a Rwandan Intermediate court in Gisenyi denied an application for release of detained renegade Congolese General Laurent Nkunda. Ruling on procedural grounds similar to those of an earlier Kigali court (Ref A),the court held that it lacked the "competence" to hear the matte [...]
2009-05-08 13:26:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL
09KIGALI29RWANDA: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND
[...] Post submits the following information in response to reftel request for information on child labor in Rwanda. Point of contact for further information is PolOff Jennifer L. Orrico. A) Laws and regulations proscribing the worst forms of child labor: Article 28 of the Constitution guarant [...]
2009-01-21 06:41:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PGOV RW
09KIGALI292RWANDAN RESPONSE: SANCTIONS COMMITTEE INFO REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-13 15:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETTC UNSC KTFN RW
09KIGALI302INFORMATION MINISTER ON BBC KINWYARWANDA SERVICE
[...] (U) On May 11, Information Minister Louise Mushikiwabo addressed the diplomatic corps on the April 25 suspension of BBC Kinyarwanda service FM transmissions in Rwanda (reftel). Flanked by Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali, Mushikiwabo spoke at length on the history of media in Rwanda and th [...]
2009-05-15 09:49:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM RW
09KIGALI31GERMANY, RWANDA AGREE TO RESTORE NORMAL RELATIONS
[...] (C) On January 19 the Rwandan and German governments jointly announced they would appoint new ambassadors: the two governments agreed to "post to each other's capitals new heads of their respective missions in the near future." Rwanda had withdrawn its ambassador and requested the departure [...]
2009-01-21 09:29:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI314SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ISAKSON
[...] (SBU) Mission warmly welcomes CODEL Isakson to Rwanda. Your visit to Rwanda comes at an excellent time in U.S.-Rwandan relations. The U.S. Government has a deep partnership with Rwanda on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues such as fighting the spread of the global scourges [...]
2009-05-21 15:35:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID KDEM PGOV PREL RW
09KIGALI325RWANDAN AMBASSADORS NAMED FOR DRC AND OTHER POSTS
[...] (SBU) On May 6, the Rwandan cabinet announced the nomination of several new ambassadors, including most prominently Amandin Rugira as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Following are biographic notes and Mission comments on the various nominations. 2. (SBU) Amandin [...]
2009-05-27 09:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW
09KIGALI328BBC TEAM MEETS WITH GOVERMENT FOLLOWING SUSPENSION
[...] (C) On May 21, Jerry Timmins, the Head of BBC World Service for Africa and the Middle East, met with Rwandan officials to discuss the April 25 suspension of BBC Kinyarwanda Service broadcasts in Rwanda (ref B). According to BBC personnel who participated in the five-hour discussion, Informat [...]
2009-05-28 06:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI329READ-OUT OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL MAY 17 MEETING
[...] (C) A local diplomatic mission (protect) shared with us its written report on the UN Security Council team,s May 17 meeting with President Paul Kagame. The meeting preceded a separate discussion between Kagame and U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Susan Rice (reftel) and cov [...]
2009-05-28 09:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO RW
09KIGALI33SUPPORTING THE JOINT CONGOLESE AND RWANDAN EFFORT
[...] (C) As the international community awaits details of the joint Congolese/Rwandan military effort in the Kivus, it is essential we keep in mind what a sea change this joint operation represents. After many ups and downs, and often sharp disagreements on what has been happening in the eastern [...]
2009-01-22 15:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINS PINR RW
09KIGALI335RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Kagame Castigates Party Officials at RPF Political Bureau Meeting - Anti-Corruption Campaign Continues -- Prosecutor General Readies New Cases - New Political Parties Have Trouble Organizing - Nkunda Loses Round Three Kagame Tough On RPF Cadres --------- [...]
2009-06-01 08:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI338RWANDA: NO MI-17S AVAILABLE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 09:26:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SMIG PARM RW
09KIGALI346RWANDA SUPPORTIVE OF MYERS ICSC CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 10:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL UNGA RW
09KIGALI348IMF CONDUCTS SUCCESSFUL SIXTH REVIEW
[...] (SBU) An IMF team successfully concluded its sixth review of Rwanda's three-year Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) program with a briefing for donor governments on May 29. The team found Rwanda had met all its 2008 PRGF performance targets; some early 2009 fiscal targets were mis [...]
2009-06-08 13:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON EFIN PREL RW
09KIGALI353UNHCR ON CLOSURE OF KIGEME CAMP, RETURNING RWANDAN
[...] (C) Summary. Emboffs met with United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Rwanda Country Representative Nyekan (protect) to discuss the June 2 closure of Kigeme refugee camp, and the return of Rwandan refugees from Uganda. While 1500 Burundian refugees in Kigeme accepted return in Ma [...]
2009-06-10 11:27:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM RW
09KIGALI355RWANDA: DEMARCHES ON SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 15:44:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAGR ENRG SENV PHUM RW
09KIGALI370RWANDA'S 2009-2010 BUDGET TABLED BEFORE PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Finance Minister James Musoni introduced the Government of Rwanda's (GOR) 2009-2010 budget before Parliament on June 11. His budget message laid out a USD 1.452 billion budget, up 24 percent from last year in nominal terms, with domestic resources for the first time exceeding [...]
2009-06-17 15:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID RW
09KIGALI383BBC RESUMES LOCAL KINYARWANDA BROADCASTS
[...] (U) On June 24, the Government of Rwanda (GOR) rescinded its April ban on the BBC's local FM Kinyarwanda broadcasts (which use GOR transmission facilities). The Rwandan cabinet had formally agreed on June 19 to allow resumption of broadcasts, following Information Minister Louise Mushikiwabo [...]
2009-06-25 10:53:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI394RWANDA: IMPLEMENTING SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-02 12:01:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM KNNP PREL RW
09KIGALI409RWANDA: UNSC DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE INFO REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-09 11:26:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETTC KTFN UNSC RW
09KIGALI410THE WAGES OF (GENOCIDE) SIN IN RWANDA -- YOUR CASE
[...] (C) Summary. Over the past several months, as the National Gacaca Service closes out its million-plus caseload, politically sensitive cases are being heard. Senior Hutu officials in Parliament, in the executive branch and in the military are finally facing their accusers. Conviction, acqu [...]
2009-07-09 11:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM RW
09KIGALI42564TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY: INTERIM REPORT ON RWANDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-13 11:40:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP UNGA RW
09KIGALI428RWANDA: INITIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE
[...] (SBU) Responding to reftel, in years past allegations of abuse and torture centered on Rwandan prisons and police stations. As recorded in our recent Human Rights Reports for Rwanda, the Rwandan prison service and Rwanda National Police (RNP) have made great strides in eliminating mistreatmen [...]
2009-07-14 15:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM RW
09KIGALI452FIRES CONTAINED IN VOLCANOES PARK, GORILLAS NOT
[...] (U) Summary: Wildfires on the edge of the Volcanoes National Park, home to the silverback mountain gorillas, have been contained. The extent of damage to the park is being assessed, but according to Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International (DFGFI),the fires did not significantly impact the G [...]
2009-07-23 13:23:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON RW
09KIGALI454RWANDA -- MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Minister of Education Sacked - Ombudsman Report on Corruption Raises Hackles in Justice Sector - New Political Parties -- One Nearing Registration? - Nkunda Tries A Letter Writing Campaign Hard-Charging Minister Falls Hard on Corruption Charges ---------- [...]
2009-07-24 10:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI468 MINI-CABINET SHUFFLE IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) On July 26, Rwanda government radio and television announced President Kabila's modest reshuffling of cabinet positions. Most ministries went unchanged, with the key positions of Prime Minister and Ministers of Defense, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Internal Security, and Justice remaining [...]
2009-07-29 13:39:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI47CONGOLESE REFUGEES DEMONSTRATE AGAINST ARREST OF
[...] (SBU) Congolese refugee supporters of detained CNDP General Laurent Nkunda protested in two camps in Rwanda on January 25, Kiziba camp near Kibuye and Gihembe camp in Byumba. Sources at the Rwandan National Police and the local UNHCR office confirmed that the protests turned violent in Kiziba [...]
2009-01-27 14:29:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM RW
09KIGALI470GRENADE ATTACK NEAR GENOCIDE MEMORIAL
[...] (C) On the evening of July 22, an unknown person tossed a grenade approximately 500 meters from the Kigali Memorial Center, the principal genocide memorial in Rwanda, which has the mass graves of some 300,000 genocide victims and a museum complex. The explosion injured two bystanders. Polic [...]
2009-07-30 13:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM RW
09KIGALI472NEXT STEPS FOR THE RWANDA-DRC PARTNERSHIP
[...] (S) In a July 24 conversation with DCM (then Charge),National Security Service (NSS) Director General Emmanuel Ndahiro said he expected Presidents Kagame and Kabila to meet some time before the UNGA sessions in New York in September. He did not have a specific date, but added that the possib [...]
2009-07-30 14:03:00Embassy KigaliSECRETPREL PGOV MOPS KMCA RW
09KIGALI505GADFLY NEWSPAPER AGAIN COURTS CONTROVERSY
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Rwanda's media authority on August 5 recommended the suspension of local-language newspaper "Umuseso" for three months, following its publication of an article that called President Kagame a dictator, compared him to the pre-genocide president who died when his aircraft was shot d [...]
2009-08-15 13:31:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS RW
09KIGALI506RWANDA'S MCC THRESHOLD LAUNCH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior officials from Millenium Challenge Corporation (MCC) visited Rwanda in late July to meet with key stakeholders involved in implementing Rwanda's three-year, $24.7 million Threshold Program, which focuses on the MCC's "ruling justly" indicators. Senior Government of Rwan [...]
2009-08-15 14:06:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI51WHEREABOUTS OF GENERAL NKUNDA
[...] (C) As of January 28, General Laurent Nkunda continues to be held by Rwandan security forces in his family's residence in Gisenyi, according to close associates. He also has access to a government residence close by. He receives visits from family members (including a recent delivery of cl [...]
2009-01-28 16:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PINS RW
09KIGALI514RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) This issue of the Rwanda Economic Review covers: Investment: - Sorwathe Tea Factory Innovation - Starbucks Macroeconomic Issues: - Central Bank Addresses Rwandan liquidity shortfall - Fitch Ratings optimistic about Rwanda,s creditworthiness - Remittances to Rwand [...]
2009-08-21 06:47:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ENGR RW
09KIGALI52MESSAGE FROM FOREIGN MINISTER MUSEMINALI OF RWANDA TO
[...] The following text was received on January 28, 2009 from the Foreign Minister of Rwanda, Rosemary Museminali, to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton: Honourable Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington Excellency Madam Secretary of State, On the occasion of your appointment [...]
2009-01-29 06:47:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC PREL OVIP RW
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