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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
05WELLINGTON259	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TIMOTHY D. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to IRS Supervisory Competent Authority Analyst Timothy D. Dehan to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 8 - 13, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to discuss advance pricing arrangement tax cases with New Zealand tax officials. [...]	2005-03-30 00:40:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ECON ASEC HK NZ IRS

05WELLINGTON263	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LAWRENCE COX, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lawrence Cox, Ph.D., Associate Director, Office of Research and Methodology, NCHS, CDC, DHHS to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 13-17, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to present a paper on Data Confidentiality at the ISI [...]	2005-03-30 19:19:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AS NZ CDC
05WELLINGTON270	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANTHONY WHITE, [...] (S) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) representatives Lt. Col. Anthony J. White, Sandrea Hwang, and Lori Lewis to travel to Wellington, New Zealand April 9-12, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand counterparts at [...]	2005-03-31 04:37:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET	OTRA PINR PTER NZ
05WELLINGTON274	THE TWO WORLDS OF MIDDLE EARTH: NEW ZEALAND'S [...] (S/NF ) Summary: Foreign and defense policies in New Zealand are the product of an internal debate between two worlds. The first world -- most military, intelligence, foreign affairs and business professionals, and a handful of politicians -- values its relationship with the United States a [...]	2005-04-01 04:09:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON279	NIUE COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EDWARD CORMIER, APRIL [...] Embassy grants country clearance to NOAA National Weather Service official Edward Cormier to travel to Niue, April 8-18, 2005. The purpose of travel is to attend the Regional Meteorological Services Directors Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance r [...]	2005-04-04 02:42:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSCA NE NZ
05WELLINGTON28	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HARRIS AND WILLIAMS, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Transportation Security Administration Officials Francis E. Harris and Lisa A. Williams, to travel to Rarotonga, Cook Islands from January 29 - February 5, 2005, and Auckland, New Zealand from February 5 - 12, 2005. The purpose of this [...]	2005-01-12 18:19:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA EAIR CW NZ
05WELLINGTON280	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MERIDA, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Highway Administration Representatives Dennis Merida, Donald Tuggle, Robert Ritter, and David Geiger to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 9 - 12, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the Transportation A [...]	2005-04-04 02:43:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
05WELLINGTON292	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHELE ADLER, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Social Security Administration Official Michele Adler to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 11-17, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to present a paper at the International Association for Official Statistics Conference. 2. [...]	2005-04-07 22:01:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA CFED NZ
05WELLINGTON299	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELLSWORTH AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Inspectors Gene H. Ellsworth and David A. Johnson, to travel to New Zealand from May 2-19, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to inspect U.S. certified foreign repair stations in New Zealand. 2. (U) Embassy understands th [...]	2005-04-08 15:35:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA EAIR ASEC NZ
05WELLINGTON308	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHRISTIAN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to State Department INR official Christian Westermann to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 23-29. The purpose of this visit is to participate in technical meetings with New Zealand External Assessments Bureau. Embassy understands [...]	2005-04-14 00:17:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
05WELLINGTON310	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Pol-Econ Counselor on April 13 passed talking points (Ref A) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Legal Division's Deputy Director Caroline Bilkey and new Legal Advisor Gerard Van Bohemen. Van Bohemen will formally start his position in June and will lead the New Zealand delegation t [...]	2005-04-14 02:53:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PHSA EWWT PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON325	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR EDWARD T. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Edward T. Baker to travel to Tauranga and Auckland, New Zealand from April 25 to May 13, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the vents/ocean exploration cruise aboard the research vessel Kaimikai-o- Kanaloa [...]	2005-04-21 02:57:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ
05WELLINGTON327	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS YEAGER, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Official Thomas Yeager to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from April 29 - May 12, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Surface Friction Roads and Runways Conference. 2. (U) Embassy understands that [...]	2005-04-21 03:43:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TSPA NZ
05WELLINGTON328	NEW ZEALAND ON WHO INTERNATIONAL HEALTH [...] Post delivered reftel points April 21 to New Zealand's Ministry of Health. On April 22, Andrew Forsyth, team leader of the Ministry's Public Health Legislation Review, reported that he was still working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to formulate New Zealand's positions for th [...]	2005-04-21 22:52:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL PTER NZ WHO
05WELLINGTON329	INDONESIAN AND MALAYSIAN LEADERS IN NEW ZEALAND: [...] (U) Summary. The April 6-7 visit to New Zealand by Indonesian Prime Minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and the March 30-April 1 visit by Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmed Badawi (Abdullah) were largely symbolic, but provided the GoNZ an opportunity to highlight its efforts to streng [...]	2005-04-22 03:34:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON332	COOK ISLANDS COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VAN KIRK, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to IRS Officials Jay Van Kirk, Reginald Brown, Monte Myers, and Tonya Martin, to travel to the Cook Islands from May 19 - June 4, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to provide a two-week Financial Investigative Techniques (FIT) class to Coo [...]	2005-04-22 04:06:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ECON ASEC HK CW NZ IRS
05WELLINGTON333	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VAN KIRK, MAY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Hong Kong IRS Attache Jay Van Kirk to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from May 17 - 20, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to make a presentation on terrorist financing at the New Zealand Police Financial Crime and Money Laundering sem [...]	2005-04-26 01:22:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ECON ASEC HK NZ IRS
05WELLINGTON334	NEW ZEALAND: PROPOSAL FOR 2005 IPR TRAINING [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-26 03:55:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ECON EFIN ETRD PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON340	NEW ZEALAND: FUNDING AFGHANISTAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2005-04-28 00:30:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID AF NZ UNSC
05WELLINGTON342	IN SEVERAL WAYS, LABOUR GOVERNMENT BETRAYS REFORMS [...] (SBU) Begin summary: Never entirely content with the market-opening reforms that New Zealand's Labour government spearheaded in the mid-1980s, the leaders of today's Labour government have rolled back several of those reforms. Over the last four years, the government has intervened in the ene [...]	2005-04-29 03:19:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON343	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PALMERI, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officials Douglas Palmeri, Adam Wysocki, James Jeffers, Christopher Johnston, Cynthia Stewart, and Carl Jaigobind to travel to New Zealand from May 6 - 13, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet wit [...]	2005-04-28 01:18:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
05WELLINGTON344	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BONNIE HAMES, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy Senior Chemist Bonnie Hames to travel to Rotorua and Auckland, New Zealand from May 11 - 21, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to participate in the 13th International Symposium on Wood, Fibre and Pulping Chemistry [...]	2005-04-29 03:21:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ENRG TRGY NZ
05WELLINGTON363	IS NEW ZEALAND AWASH IN BAATHISTS? [...] (C) Summary: An opposition politician threatened early this week to reveal the identity of a member of Saddam's regime who is reportedly seeking residence in New Zealand. The Government responded by revoking the visitor's permit... of the wrong Iraqi. The Government's action was taken again [...]	2005-05-05 03:05:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER SMIG NZ
05WELLINGTON372	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR FAA EMPLOYEE [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Program Director Paul A. Krois to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from May 22-27, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to witness the New Zealand field trial associated with the International Civil Aviation Organization normal oper [...]	2005-05-03 16:20:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC EAIR NZ
05WELLINGTON375	NEW ZEALAND: REVISED OFFER FOR WTO SERVICES [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche May 4 to the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). On May 9, Brian Wilson, senior negotiator for services and deputy director in MFAT's Trade Negotiations Division, reported to us that a proposed revised offer for the WTO services negot [...]	2005-05-10 04:27:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD NZ WTO
05WELLINGTON384	SUBMISSION OF EMPLOYEE EVALUATION REPORTS - NEW [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-13 04:12:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	APER NZ
05WELLINGTON387	NEW ZEALAND'S UNIONS FLEXING THEIR MUSCLES [...] (U) Summary: After a decade of quiet on the labor front, New Zealand's unions are again walking the picket line against a spectrum of industries. Emboldened by union- friendly legislation enacted in 2000 and 2004 and anxious to grab a bigger slice of the country's recent prosperity, organized [...]	2005-05-17 03:24:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PHUM NZ
05WELLINGTON396	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GREGORY BOUSIE [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Safety Inspectors Gregory Bousie and Morris Pittman to travel to Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand from June 20-27, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand aviation authorities for BASA MIP process. 2. (U) [...]	2005-05-16 17:22:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA EAIR NZ
05WELLINGTON397	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON NEGOTIATIONS AT UNESCO [...] Poloff provided reftel demarche points to James Hartley, Legal Advisor, NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT),who, along with Jane Kominik from the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, will attend the negotiations in Paris on the UNESCO convention on cultural diversity. In Hartley's [...]	2005-05-19 03:31:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD SCUL NZ UNESCO
05WELLINGTON401	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR URI TEN BRINK, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Research Geophysicist Uri Ten Brink to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from June 17 - July 2, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to participate in workshops on the results of a state-of-the-art study of the alpine fault and plan [...]	2005-05-20 04:38:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV ECON NZ
05WELLINGTON404	NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR MIGRANT [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-23 02:56:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL SMIG NZ
05WELLINGTON409	MINISTER SUTTON'S INVITATION TO USDA SECRETARY [...] (SBU/NF) Aides to New Zealand Agriculture Minister Sutton have reiterated to us their hope that Secretary Johanns will visit New Zealand, noting that a potential August/September visit, timed to a Quint Ministerial in Australia, would be viewed as "supportive." Minister Sutton would welcome t [...]	2005-05-24 01:21:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD TBIO EAGR ECON NZ
05WELLINGTON411	COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO THE COOK ISLANDS FOR IRS [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Lane Timm, Director of IRS-CID National Criminal Investigation Training Academy, to travel to the Cook Islands, May 30 - June 4, 2005. The purpose of travel is to attend the Financial Investigative Techniques (FIT) class and participate in the graduation c [...]	2005-05-24 02:11:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ECON ASEC HK NZ IRS
05WELLINGTON418	WTO: NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT PLAYS DOWN CRISIS OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although New Zealand's WTO Ambassador Tim Groser has resigned to run as an opposition party candidate in general elections later this year, the Government will finance his stay in Geneva as WTO Agriculture Committee Chair until the summer break. This will allow Groser to partic [...]	2005-05-27 05:09:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ETRD PGOV PREL NZ USTR
05WELLINGTON42	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NANCY GORDON, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Nancy Gordon, Bucen Staff Member, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from April 13 - 18, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the IAOS Satellite Meeting. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assista [...]	2005-01-13 23:54:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AS NZ
05WELLINGTON420	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Stafford to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from June 8-10, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to consult with New Zealand government officials on international participation in the Elimination of Weapons Grade Plutonium Produc [...]	2005-05-31 05:05:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ENRG KNNP PARM NZ
05WELLINGTON445	R/V ROGER REVELLE, FILE NO. 2004-097 [...] No summary [...]	2005-06-07 04:18:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
05WELLINGTON448	UN DEMOCRACY FUND: NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE [...] Poloff on June 2 delivered ref B demarche points, proposed letter and UN terms of reference to Valerie Meyer, Deputy Director of New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade's United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division. Meyer responded on June 3, noting three key areas of co [...]	2005-06-08 03:00:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM NZ
05WELLINGTON45	NEW ZEALAND: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2005-01-14 04:22:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV NZ OPIC USTR
05WELLINGTON450	NEW ZEALAND: RECONSTRUCTION ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ [...] Post on March 15 delivered reftel demarche to the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID). Jane Coster of NZAID on June 9 reported that the New Zealand government has allocated NZ $2 million (US $1.4 million, NZD 1.00 = USD .7145) for Iraqi reconstruction for the fiscal year [...]	2005-06-09 05:11:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN PREL IZ NZ
05WELLINGTON452	WITH NEW ZEALAND PM, AMBASSADOR RAISES POSSIBILITY [...] (C) Begin summary: In a meeting that included discussion of China's growing power and the need for a U.S. presence in the Pacific, the Ambassador told New Zealand Prime Minister Clark that the time was ripe for a frank and comprehensive dialogue between our governments on issues that hinder our [...]	2005-06-10 00:59:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON461	NEW ZEALAND MOVES CLOSER TO CUTTING MOBILE [...] Summary: New Zealand's two mobile-phone service providers are a step closer to being ordered to lower the fees they charge to complete calls into the country on their networks -- fees that are among the highest of OECD nations. The Commerce Commission on June 9 issued its final report on its [...]	2005-06-12 18:59:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON ETRD NZ
05WELLINGTON47	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HENNESSY AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kevin Hennessy and H. Stephen Leff, DHHS/SAMHSA, to travel to Auckland, Rotorua, and Wellington, New Zealand from February 25 - March 5, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to provide 2-day workshops in each location on the promotion of e [...]	2005-01-18 01:15:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TBIO NZ
05WELLINGTON480	COUNTRY CLEARANCE TO THE COOK ISLANDS FOR NOAA [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service Official Kevin Painter to travel to The Cook Islands, June 19 - July 2, 2005. The purpose of travel is to teach a fisheries prosecution workshop to a [...]	2005-06-20 02:39:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS CW NZ
05WELLINGTON496	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON UN REFORM [...] (SBU) On June 21, Charge delivered ref A, B and C demarche points to Wen Chin Powles and Valerie Meyer, both Deputy Directors at the United Nations, Human Rights and Commonwealth Division (UNHC) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Powles and Meyer said that the GoNZ's positi [...]	2005-06-27 04:48:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KUNR AORC NZ UNSC UNCHR
05WELLINGTON5	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL KOLBE (JAN [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to Codel Kolbe, to travel to New Zealand from January 7 - 15, 2005. 2. (SBU) Embassy Control Officer is Political-Economic Counselor Katherine Hadda. Contact details are as follows: Office: 644-462-6063 Fax: 644-472-3537 [...]	2005-01-05 04:38:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NZ
05WELLINGTON531	EAC MEETING WELLINGTON [...] (S) The Emergency Action Committee convened 1400 hrs local time on July 8, 2005 to discuss security profile in light of the London explosions. Embassies Wellington and Apia were notified of the London explosions by the RSO in Canberra via RMAS. 2. (U) Embassy Wellington has put the Local G [...]	2005-07-08 03:49:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET	ASEC PTER CASC AMGT
05WELLINGTON535	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HARRY PONTING [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Alex Yates and Harry Ponting to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from August 7 - 10, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to assist post in implementing the classified web publishing initiative known as Net-Centric Diplomacy (NCD). 2. [...]	2005-07-11 02:08:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AINF PINR NZ
05WELLINGTON538	LAWSUIT MAY DELAY DECISION ON MOBILE TERMINATION [...] New Zealand's two mobile-phone service providers have gone to court to challenge the Commerce Commission's recommendation that the government begin regulating land-to- mobile phone charges. The court case throws into uncertainty what had been an expected decision by the Minister of Communica [...]	2005-07-12 01:48:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ECON ETRD NZ
05WELLINGTON548	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. DELEGATION [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Government representatives Howard Diamond (NOAA),Bill Hohenstein (USDA),Toral Patel-Weynand (USGS),Chuck Rice (Kansas State University),Harlan Watson (OES),Robert Wright (DOE) ,and Shira Yoffe (OES/EGC) to travel to Wellington a [...]	2005-07-14 22:26:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA SENV NZ
05WELLINGTON549	NEW ZEALAND NOMINATION FOR FSN POLITICAL [...] Embassy Wellington submits the following nomination for the FSN Staff Political Training Course to be held in Washington from September 26 - October 7, 2005. 2. Name: Craig Brian Greaves Grade: 9 Step 2. Length of Service: Start date - May 16, 2005. English language ability: level 4 (n [...]	2005-07-14 22:28:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	AFSI AFSN PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON555	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KYLE OLSEN, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Official Kyle L. Olsen to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from July 19-23, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend flight safety foundation aviation safety workshop. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance is t [...]	2005-07-12 10:57:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC EAIR NZ
05WELLINGTON560	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STEPHEN J. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Nuclear Security Administration Official Stephen J. Bauer to travel to Auckland and Taupo, New Zealand from August 14-24, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to discuss his research and potential applications to the New Zealand [...]	2005-07-20 03:04:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ENRG TRGY KSCA NZ
05WELLINGTON566	THE SLEAZE HITS THE FAN: AN INCREASINGLY WORRIED [...] (C) Summary: Facing rapid losses in the polls, the ruling Labour Party has apparently decided to play the anti-American card, telling New Zealanders that a vote for the National Party means a vote against New Zealand's independent foreign policy. Embassy Wellington is in general keeping a low [...]	2005-07-22 06:23:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON572	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DORN CARLSON, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Commerce NOAA Official Dorn Carlson to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from August 13 - September 8, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in the 4th Biennial Conference on Marine Bioinvasions at Vi [...]	2005-07-26 21:25:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY SENV NZ
05WELLINGTON58	MP TAMIHERE CLEARED IN FIRST OF TWO [...] (U) Summary. Beleaguered Labour MP John Tamihere has begun his political rehabilitation, offering a "state of the nation" speech January 19 that attacked the "separatist" Maori party, defended Labour's economic policies, and eschewed the left-right division of unions and business leaders in f [...]	2005-01-24 17:48:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM NZ
05WELLINGTON590	UNSC REFORM: NEW ZEALAND WILL ABSTAIN FROM G-4 VOTE [...] (C) This message contains an action request, at paras 2 and 8. 2. (C) Summary: New Zealand is likely to abstain if a G-4 reform vote is brought before the General Assembly. GNZ officials have offered to encourage undecided Pacific Island governments to vote down or abstain from the resol [...]	2005-08-03 02:18:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	KUNR PREL PGOV UNGA
05WELLINGTON594	LABOUR AGAIN WAVES ANTI-AMERICAN CARD IN ITS [...] (C) Summary: During Parliament's last "Question Time" before election recess, Foreign Minister Phil Goff again highlighted tidbits of Codel Nickles' January 2004 meeting with National Party leadership to claim National has a hidden agenda to lift the country's nuclear ban. No doubt in respo [...]	2005-08-03 05:17:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON596	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARGOT BEAN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Health and Human Services Officials Margot Bean and Daryl Wusk to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from August 7-13, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Child Support Enforcement Heads of Agencies [...]	2005-08-03 21:04:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA CASC KOCI NZ
05WELLINGTON597	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL HOFF, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Michael Hoff to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from August 20-September 3, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to participate in a meeting for the Ballast Water Program. 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearan [...]	2005-08-03 21:07:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY SENV NZ
05WELLINGTON613	USDA COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. SECRETARY OF [...] Embassy grants country clearance for U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Michael O. Johanns; Press Secretary Edgar Loyd; Under Secretary J.B. Penn; Foreign Agricultural Service Administrator A. Ellen Terpstra; FFAS Special Assistant Jennifer Ehn, OIG Special Agent James Holst; and OIG Special Agent [...]	2005-08-12 01:42:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON616	NEW ZEALAND WATCHDOG TOLD TO RECONSIDER CURBS ON [...] (U) New Zealand's communications minister wants a review of a Commerce Commission recommendation that would reduce the high fees that mobile phone companies charge to terminate calls on their networks. 2. (U) Communications Minister Cunliffe on August 9 asked that the commission reconsider [...]	2005-08-12 05:54:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON ETRD NZ
05WELLINGTON619	TERRORISM FINANCE: UNSCR 1617 IMPLEMENTATION [...] Summary: The New Zealand government announced August 12 that a FATF evaluation confirmed the need for more regulation of the country's financial sector to safeguard against money laundering and terrorist financing. Post issued a news release welcoming that announcement, as part of our action [...]	2005-08-15 03:42:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR KPAO OIIP NZ
05WELLINGTON624	THE DEATH OF DAVID LANGE [...] (C) Summary: Former NZ Prime Minister David Lange died on August 13, following a long illness. In the run-up to elections, Prime Minister Clark may be hoping to capitalize on Labour's identity as the heir apparent to Lange and the anti-nuclear policy his Government implemented. Most observ [...]	2005-08-15 04:41:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON63	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador Jackie W. Sanders, Special Assistant Renick H. Smith, and NP/MNA Foreign Affairs Officer Elizabeth A. Murphy, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 10-12, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealan [...]	2005-01-26 03:10:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ABUD AMGT ASEC OVIP NZ NPT
05WELLINGTON635	AMBASSADOR SWINDELLS' FINAL CALL ON FM GOFF [...] (C) Summary: During his final meeting with Foreign Minister Goff on August 18, Ambassador Swindells reiterated his call for both countries to engage in a comprehensive dialogue on the bilateral relationship. He and Goff agreed that Embassy Wellington should begin quiet work with NZ counterp [...]	2005-08-19 03:08:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON642	NATIONAL SHAPING UP AS GENUINE CHALLENGER TO [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of cables about where New Zealand's political parties stand in the run-up to September 17 general elections. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Badly battered in the 2002 campaign, New Zealand's main opposition party, the National Party, has reclaimed [...]	2005-08-23 02:57:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON643	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR GREGORY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Aviation Safety Inspector Gregory Bousie to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from September 19-22, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand national aviation authorities for BASA MIP Process. 2. (U) Embassy un [...]	2005-08-23 03:31:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA EAIR NZ
05WELLINGTON646	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS A. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Official Thomas A. Munroe to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from September 18-25, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to study Flatfishes at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa. 2. (U) Embassy u [...]	2005-08-23 21:41:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS CW NZ
05WELLINGTON647	NEW ZEALAND ON UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-23 23:19:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD NZ UNESCO WTO
05WELLINGTON650	NEW ZEALAND'S LABOUR PARTY: SEEKING VICTORY IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Locked in a tougher than expected battle for votes, a once-confident Labour Party has forsaken its reputation for fiscal restraint to dish out promises of pork for students and low- and middle-income families. In the run-up to New Zealand's September 17 election, Labour also has [...]	2005-08-25 05:06:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ
05WELLINGTON659	BOLSTAD-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official, Dr. Gary Bolstad, Senior Program Auditor, USDA/FSIS/OPEER/Omaha to visit New Zealand from September 03-19, 2005 to conduct a routine inspection system equivalence audit of New Zealand's meat inspection system. 2. Embassy will assist with [...]	2005-08-29 04:00:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON660	STERN-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official, Norman Stern, Microbiologist, USDA/ARS/SAA to visit Auckland, New Zealand from September 11-16, 2005 to attend seminar at New Zealand World Poultry Science Association on campylobacter problem. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance [...]	2005-08-29 04:01:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON662	ARMSTRONG-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official, John Armstrong, Research Entomologist, USDA/ARS/PWA, Hilo, Hawaii to visit New Zealand from September 25 to October 09, 2005 to attend and present a paper at the Australasian Postharvest Horticulture Conference in Rotorua and visit scientists [...]	2005-08-30 00:35:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON667	VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND OF USDA SECRETARY JOHANNS [...] Summary: During his visit to New Zealand, Secretary of Agriculture Johanns emphasized the U.S. commitment to an ambitious outcome to the WTO, including the reduction of global trade distortions in agriculture. The Secretary told Prime Minister Clark, Agriculture Minister Sutton, and others th [...]	2005-08-31 08:22:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD TBIO EAGR ECON NZ
05WELLINGTON682	AS NATIONAL'S SUPPORT SURGES, NZ ELECTIONS TOO [...] (C) Summary: Just 10 days out from New Zealand's general elections, the race is too close to call. Recent polling puts the opposition National Party ahead of the Labour Government, with one poll showing the spread as much as 8 percentage points in National's favor. National seems to have s [...]	2005-09-07 05:50:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON69	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DOE/NNSA Official Thomas P. Guilderson, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 18 - April 1, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to visit the Rafter Radiocarbon Laboratory in Wellington, and to participate in the research cruis [...]	2005-01-26 21:58:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ENRG TRGY KSCA NZ
05WELLINGTON692	THOUGH ON THE FRINGE, NEW ZEALAND'S GREENS MAY [...] (C) Strongly identified with environmental protectionism, New Zealand's Green Party also represents a number of other small constituencies, ranging from those who favor legalizing marijuana to those concerned with improving nutrition in school lunches. Typically favored by younger New Zealand [...]	2005-09-09 03:04:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON695	THE KIWI VOTER: TRAPPED BETWEEN BOREDOM AND [...] (C) Going in to the final week of New Zealand's general election campaign, polls are fluctuating wildly: one had National in a seven-point lead, while another had Labour leading by nine points just two days later. The latest put the major parties in a dead heat, with support for Labour at 40. [...]	2005-09-09 04:50:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON698	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN TAKEKAWA, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Research Wildlife Biologist John Takekawa to travel to Dunedin, New Zealand from October 7-9, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to participate on a thesis committee for a student career employment program with the University of Ota [...]	2005-09-12 02:21:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV ECON NZ
05WELLINGTON70	THE NEW ZEALAND ELECTIONS 2005: NEW ZEALAND'S [...] (SBU) This is the first in a series of reporting that Embassy New Zealand and ConGen Auckland will provide in the run-up to this year's Parliamentary elections. Although no date has been set, the elections must occur before September 2005. 2. (SBU) Summary: The current Labour Government i [...]	2005-01-26 21:59:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON704	NEW ZEALAND CONCERNED ABOUT AVIAN INFLUENZA THREAT [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is taking very seriously the threat of avian influenza, and an inter-ministerial group meets biweekly to discuss preparations. There are also numerous subgroups of officials who are strategizing on how the country would address the public health, economic, social, an [...]	2005-09-13 05:10:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI NZ
05WELLINGTON71	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOSEPH [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to DINT/Fish and Wildlife Service Official Joseph Charles Starinchak, Division Chief - Environmental Quality, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 2 - 13, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand Department [...]	2005-01-26 22:00:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA SENV KSCA TBIO NZ
05WELLINGTON715	NZ ELECTIONS: EMBASSY CONFIDENTLY PREDICTS [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand's election race remains the closest in years. We believe it likely the National Party will get more votes than the Labour Government, but the real question will be whether this would be enough to ensure a National government. Mixed Member Proportional voting (MMP),[...]	2005-09-16 05:51:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON716	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ANTHONY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Social Security Administration Official Anthony Dinoto to travel to Wellington and Queenstown, New Zealand from September 23 - October 1, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Six Nations Benefit Fraud Conference. 2. (U) E [...]	2005-09-18 20:52:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA CFED NZ
05WELLINGTON717	NOMINATION REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM [...] POST REQUESTS A SEVEN-DAY VOLUNTARY VISITOR PROGRAM TO ASSIST VICE CHANCELLOR STUART MCCUTCHEON OF AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY (PLUS A FOUR-MEMBER DELEGATION) FOR MEETINGS WITH LEADING UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS AND POLICY AND FUNDING AGENCIES. 2. POST REQUESTS A PROGRAM OF MEETINGS AND ADVIC [...]	2005-09-18 23:50:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO NZ
05WELLINGTON719	NZ ELECTIONS: TWO-WEEK WAIT TO SEE WHO'S WON THE [...] (C) As predicted, New Zealand's September 17 General Elections were the closest in years. Despite starting the evening well ahead, the opposition National Party ended up one Parliamentary Seat behind the Labour Government. But the Nats refuse to concede defeat and Labour has not declared vi [...]	2005-09-19 05:04:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON722	HOLLINGSWORTH-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official, Robert Hollingsworth, USDA/ARS/PWA/HAWAII to visit Auckland and Rotorua, New Zealand from September 22 to October 10, 2005 to attend and present a paper at the Australasian Postharvest Horticulture Conference in Rotorua and attend a pre-confer [...]	2005-09-19 21:49:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON724	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CHRISTINA LIN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Supply Chain Security Specialists Christina Lin and Jay Im to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from on or about the 17th of October 2005 to on or about the 21st of October 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct Customs Trade Partn [...]	2005-09-20 01:50:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
05WELLINGTON731	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HOTHEM AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to USGS Physical Scientists Larry Hothem and Michael Starbuck to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 19 - December 2, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to transit to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, to conduct geodesy and geospati [...]	2005-09-21 04:49:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ
05WELLINGTON735	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WITHYCOMBE, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FAA Personnel William Withycombe, Barry Brayer, John Clancy, Robert Rabideau, and Lloyd Golden to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from September 26-28, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to transit to Apia, Samoa, where they will arrange [...]	2005-09-22 01:49:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA EAIR NZ
05WELLINGTON739	NZ FOLLOW-UP: HSPD-6 TERRORIST LOOKOUT INFORMATION [...] (S) Post IWG agencies met to discuss Ref A and B. We also discussed the possibility of the terrorist lookout information sharing pilot with Conoff in Auckland. Agencies all agree that GNZ would be a good candidate for the proposed pilot project, and would likely be receptive should we make [...]	2005-09-23 03:24:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET	CVIS PTER PINR PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON748	NEW ZEALAND: CONFIRMING SUA DEMARCHE DELIVERY [...] No summary [...]	2005-09-28 02:26:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP KTIA MNUC PARM PREL PGOV EWWT PHSA NZ
05WELLINGTON751	LEWANDROWSKI-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official Jan Lewandrowski, Senior Economist, Office of Chief Economist, USDA to visit Auckland New Zealand from October 15-23, 2005 to participate in informal dialogue on the role of land use, land use exchange, and forestry in the climate change respo [...]	2005-09-29 00:50:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON752	ANDREWS, SHARKEY AND REAVES-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA officials Patricia Andrews, Brian Sharkey and Jimmy Reaves USDA/Forest Service to visit Auckland New Zealand from October 03-18, 2005 to attend Autralasian Fire Authority Conference-2005 Innovative Technology Meeting. 2. Embassy understands that cou [...]	2005-09-29 00:51:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON753	COLE-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official, Ronald Cole, National Wool Reporter, Livestock and Grain Market News, Livestock and Marketing Program, Agriculture Marketing Service/USDA to visit New Zealand from October 28 to November 4, 2005 to visit wool testing facilities, wool auctions [...]	2005-09-29 00:52:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON761	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DECOLA AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA delegation members Philip Decola and Patricia Dunnington to travel to Christchurch and Wellington, New Zealand from October 10-31, 2005. The purpose of this visit by Decola to Christchurch is to attend the Antarctica Science Review [...]	2005-10-03 00:16:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TSPA NZ
05WELLINGTON765	NEW ZEALAND PRIORITIES AT PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM [...] (C) New Zealand,s principal priority for the leaders' meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) is finalizing the Pacific Plan, in which New Zealand is seeking support of a process of regional integration and cooperation and movement away from patron-client relationships between developed and [...]	2005-10-03 03:22:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD EFIS SENV NZ
05WELLINGTON767	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THOMAS [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to FDA official Thomas Letonja to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from October 16-20, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the 20th International Conference for the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitolog [...]	2005-10-04 23:56:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KSCA TBIO NZ

05WELLINGTON768	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PENNY J. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Transportation Security Administration Representative Penny J. Anderson to travel to Wellington and Christchurch, New Zealand from October 11-14, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct meetings and follow-up on security assessment [...]	2005-10-05 00:01:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ECON NZ
05WELLINGTON78	NATIONAL GOES TO BAT [...] (U) Summary. After a week of press leaks and innuendo, the 2005 election season swung into full gear with Opposition National Party leader Don Brash's much-anticipated speech at Orewa Rotary Club on January 25, unveiling National's long-promised position on welfare reform. Expectations for t [...]	2005-01-27 03:33:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM NZ
05WELLINGTON780	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAVID RIND, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Official David Rind to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 8-15, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate as lead author on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group I (WGI) [...]	2005-10-11 04:15:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TSPA NZ
05WELLINGTON781	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR KEITH [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Delegation members Keith Chamberlin and Stephen Smith to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from November 5 - 19, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to transit to McMurdo Station, Antarctica, where they will support McMurdo Ground [...]	2005-10-11 04:16:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TSPA NZ
05WELLINGTON782	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ALAN HAYNIE, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Commerce National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Marine Fisheries Service Official Alan Haynie to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from October 19-21, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with govern [...]	2005-10-11 04:18:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
05WELLINGTON784	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SAMUEL J. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration physicist Samuel J. Oltmans to travel to Christchurch and Lauder, New Zealand from October 28 - November 18, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to calibrate ozone monitors in Lauder and to [...]	2005-10-12 20:51:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ
05WELLINGTON785	FARLEY-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official Christopher Farley, Biological Scientist, USDA/Forest Service to visit Rotorua, New Zealand from October 14-25, 2005 to participate in informal dialogue on the role of land use, land use exchange, and forestry in the climate change response. [...]	2005-10-12 22:30:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON786	GUERRO/PRUETT-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official, Felix Guerrero, Physiologist and John Pruett, Microbiologist to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from October 13-21, 2005 to attend World Association for Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology 20th International Meeting. 2. Embassy underst [...]	2005-10-12 22:42:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON787	ANDERSON-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official, Dean Anderson, Animal Scientist, USDA/ARS/SPA to visit Hamilton, New Zealand from October 10-15, 2005 to visit Gallagher Animal Management Systems to discuss commercialized cirtual fencing and present seminar. 2. Embassy understands that c [...]	2005-10-12 22:44:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON788	HOFFMAN-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official, Wesley Hoffman, USDA/ARS/SPA, Texas to visit Rotorua and Invercargill, New Zealand from October 10-14, 2005 to attend seminars on Forest Bio-Security & Protection Facility and New Zealand Aerial Application Association Meeting and present pro [...]	2005-10-12 22:45:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON79	EAST ASIAN SUMMIT: NEW ZEALAND'S VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand officials have been watching with interest the proposal to hold an East Asian Summit, but they remain unclear as to either the form or function of the meeting. New Zealand would welcome the chance to participate in the Summit, but is unlikely to push for an invitation [...]	2005-01-27 05:06:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECIN NZ ASEAN APECO
05WELLINGTON791	HERRICK-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to USDA official Jeffrey Herrick, Soil Scientist, USDA/ARS/SPA/NM to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from November 11- December 02, 2005 to attend the Dahlem Desertification Protocol workshop to serve as co-organizer to discuss soil degradation. 2. Embassy [...]	2005-10-13 00:59:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON807	NZ LABOUR FORMS GOVERNMENT: COALITION OF THE [...] (U) New Zealand Labour Prime Minister Helen Clark announced October 17 the formation of a new government, involving a Labour coalition with the one-seat Progressive Party and confidence-and-supply arrangements with New Zealand First and United Future. Jim Anderton of the Progressive Party wil [...]	2005-10-17 18:48:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON809	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRAXTON, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officials Sherri Braxton, Douglas Palmeri, and Matthew Wolf to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from October 28 - November 3, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Customs Asia Pacific Enfo [...]	2005-10-18 00:50:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
05WELLINGTON810	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR WEISSMAN AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE officials Kimberly Weissman and Matthew Coughlin to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from on or about November 3 to on or about November 9, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to staff the U.S. visit booth at the ACI Conference Trade S [...]	2005-10-18 18:37:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
05WELLINGTON811	MEDIA PLAY: NEW NZ FOREIGN MINISTER PLACES HIGH [...] SUMMARY: For the second day in a row newly-appointed Foreign Minister Winston Peters has publicly indicated that he places high priority on "rebuilding New Zealand's relationships with the United States." END SUMMARY 2. On the second day of the new Foreign Minister's term, the front-page o [...]	2005-10-18 22:13:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR KPAO NZ
05WELLINGTON83	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOHN MENTZ, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. John Mentz, Office of Nonproliferation Policy, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 10-12, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to meet with New Zealand Government officials in preparation for the 2005 Review Conference [...]	2005-01-31 02:26:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ABUD AMGT ASEC OVIP NZ NPT
05WELLINGTON833	BLUE LANTERN CASE AG-1003-97: CHECK ON BOEING A-4 [...] Safe Air Limited of Marlborough, New Zealand, reported October 26 that it has no record of being informed by Boeing/McDonnell-Douglas that it should cease servicing Indonesian Air Force A-4s in 1999. However, the company says it was well aware of the arms embargo against Indonesia and complie [...]	2005-10-25 21:53:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC NZ ID US
05WELLINGTON836	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MATTHES AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Officials Justin Matthes and Louritha Green to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from on or about October 30 to on or about November 2, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Regional Movement Alert List meeting. 2. (U) [...]	2005-10-26 04:30:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
05WELLINGTON838	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE LEFFLER [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Officials Jason Leffler and Jeremy Luczkowski to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from on or about November 20-23, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct customs trade partnership against terrorism C-TPAT validations for APJ [...]	2005-10-26 22:54:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
05WELLINGTON839	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE KNOPP AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Officials Raymond Knopp and Arlene Villalba to travel to Auckland and Wellington, New Zealand from on or about November 19 - 23, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct customs trade partnership against terrorism C-TPAT validat [...]	2005-10-26 23:00:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
05WELLINGTON840	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ICE STAJCAR [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to ICE Officials Daniel Stajcar and Anthony Orosz to travel to Auckland, New Zealand from on or about November 18-23, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct customs trade partnership against terrorism C-TPAT validations for Sampco, [...]	2005-10-26 23:01:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
05WELLINGTON841	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR USCG LCDR [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Coast Guard LCDR Bruce Tweed to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from November 8 - 13, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct a follow-up visit with Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) to review the status of the ISPS code implementa [...]	2005-10-18 06:48:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA NZ
05WELLINGTON848	NEW ZEALAND'S RESPONSE TO APPEAL FOR PAKISTAN [...] (U) Post on October 25 delivered the ref A demarche -- seeking New Zealand's contribution to earthquake relief and rehabilitation in Pakistan -- to the New Zealand Agency for International Development (NZAID). Jane Coster of NZAID reported October 28 that New Zealand had contributed NZ $1.5 m [...]	2005-10-28 02:23:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID AEMR ASEC MASS PGOV PREF PREL PK NZ NATO
05WELLINGTON851	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK CHRISTL, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA employee Mark Christl to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand, and McMurdo Station, Antarctica, from November 1 to 24, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to conduct an advanced thin ionization calorimeter high altitude balloon experi [...]	2005-10-31 23:00:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TSPA NZ
05WELLINGTON852	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NASA (LARC) [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to James Crawford and Glenn Diskin, members of a delegation from NASA's Langley Research Center (LARC),to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand, and McMurdo Station, Antarctica, from November 9 to December 28, 2005. The purpose of this visit [...]	2005-11-01 00:15:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TSPA NZ
05WELLINGTON853	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JONI MAE [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Joni Mae L. Makuakane-Jarrell, training specialist, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, to travel to Hamilton, New Zealand, from November 26 to December 6. The purpose of this visit is to represent the National Park Service at the World Indi [...]	2005-11-01 00:31:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KSCA TPHY SCUL SENV NZ
05WELLINGTON858	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASHLEY DAVIEW, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ashley Davies, an employee of the California Institute of Technology working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to travel to Mount Erebus, Antarctica, by way of Christchurch, New Zealand, from November 25 to December 21, 2005. The purp [...]	2005-11-02 19:31:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TSPA NZ
05WELLINGTON86	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEAKSMY NORIN, FEBRUARY 20- [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Leaksmy Norin, G/TIP Reports Officer, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 20-22. The purpose of this visit is to meet with Embassy officials to discuss monitoring, assessing and reporting on trafficking in persons. [...]	2005-01-31 21:03:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG NZ
05WELLINGTON860	NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION ON INFANT FORMULA STANDARDS [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-03 22:48:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD NZ FDA
05WELLINGTON863	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR THORSTEN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thorsten Markus, from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Dunedin, New Zealand, from December 1-18, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the International Glaciological Society International Symposium. 2. (U) E [...]	2005-11-06 20:49:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TSPA NZ
05WELLINGTON864	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MICHAEL [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Michael Comberiate, Adan Rodriguez, Shannon Rodriguez and Kurt Rush, members of a delegation from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand, and McMurdo Station, Antarctica, from December 5 to 19, 2005. T [...]	2005-11-06 21:16:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TSPA NZ
05WELLINGTON868	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DAWN HOPE AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dawn Hope, assistant director, and Hugh Paquette, analyst, from GAO's Homeland Security and Justice Team to travel to Wellington and Auckland, New Zealand from December 1 to 6, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to review pre- screening [...]	2005-11-07 03:04:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AGAO CVIS AS JA NZ
05WELLINGTON870	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JASON LEFFLER [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials Jason Leffler, supply chain specialist, and Jeremy Luczkowski, program officer, to travel to Auckland, New Zealand, from on or about November 15 to on or about November 26, 2005. The pur [...]	2005-11-07 22:05:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ASEC ETRD AMGT NZ
05WELLINGTON883	NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-14 03:10:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIA AORC EWWT PHSA US NZ IMO
05WELLINGTON885	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LOIS ROSSI AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Lois Rossi, division director, and George Herndon, associate director, EPA Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand, from November 21 to December 5. The purpose of this visit is to parti [...]	2005-11-14 21:18:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KSCA SENV TPHY NZ EPA
05WELLINGTON891	UNINTENTIONALLY, NEW ZEALAND LAW IMPEDES SOME [...] (SBU) Summary: New Zealand legislation intended to tighten the rules on foreign ownership of land is having the unintended effect of restricting sales of businesses and properties. U.S. sellers of two large investments in New Zealand -- a poultry-farm company and a stake in a forestry busines [...]	2005-11-16 00:51:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV ECIN ECON NZ ETRC
05WELLINGTON893	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR JOSEFINO COMISO [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Josefino Comiso and Per Gloersen, members of a delegation from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC),to travel to Dunedin, New Zealand, from December 4 to 27, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend and present a paper at the I [...]	2005-11-18 02:20:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPA OTRA NZ
05WELLINGTON894	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BUDY, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Phaedra Budy, U.S. Geological Survey biologist, to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand, from December 12, 2005 to January, 5, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to collaborate on research on ecological assemblage and discuss the potential [...]	2005-11-18 02:21:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA OTRA TPHY NZ
05WELLINGTON895	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MILLER AND [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Kirk Miller and Raymond Woodruff, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand and McMurdo Station, Antarctica, from December 4, 2005 to January 13, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to support the operations o [...]	2005-11-18 02:21:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA OTRA TPHY NZ
05WELLINGTON896	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ELLENBERGER, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Jay Ellenberger, Susan Lewis and Jane Hopkins, members of a delegation from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),to travel to Wellington, New Zealand, from November 25 to December 5, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to make a pre [...]	2005-11-18 02:21:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA SENV OTRA TPHY NZ
05WELLINGTON897	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STOUFFER,SOLOMON [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ronald Stouffer, Susan Solomon and David Fahey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand, from December 8, 2005 to January 2, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Intergov [...]	2005-11-18 02:25:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA TPHY OTRA SENV NZ
05WELLINGTON899	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRUCE ROMANO [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Bruce Romano, associate chief, Office of Engineering and Technology, Federal Communications Commission, to travel to Rotorua, New Zealand, from November 19-25, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend and participate in the Spectrum [...]	2005-11-20 23:16:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ECPS ETRD NZ
05WELLINGTON900	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE ON DPRK FLAG OF CONVENIENCE [...] (S/REL NZ) Summary: The New Zealand government does not consider Maritime Mutual Insurance Association NZ (MMIA) to be an insurance company. Although MMIA is incorporated in New Zealand, the government says that it has advised the Japanese government that the company does not meet New Zealand [...]	2005-11-21 03:16:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EWWT PHSA KN NZ
05WELLINGTON902	WHAT HONEYMOON? PM CLARK'S NEW COALITION SHOWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Less than two months into her new Government, the local press has quoted PM Clark's coalition officials as contradicting each other over foreign policy, notably whether or not New Zealand needs to repair its relations with the United States. (Foreign Minister Peters says yes, Cl [...]	2005-11-22 21:25:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON904	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RONALD [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Ronald J. Stouffer, Susan Solomon and David W. Fahey of the Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand, from December 8-18, 2005. Country clearance also is granted to M [...]	2005-11-23 04:27:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KSCA SENV TPHY NZ
05WELLINGTON905	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PABLO CLEMENTE- [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Pablo Clemente-Colon, National Ice Center chief scientist, Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service, to travel to Christchurch and Dunedin, New [...]	2005-11-24 18:56:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KSCA TSPA NZ
05WELLINGTON907	CO-LEADER'S DEATH LIKELY TO STEER NZ'S GREEN PARTY [...] (C) New Zealand's Green Party is likely to move further left following the unexpected death of its relatively pragmatic co-leader Rod Donald. The Greens, who garnered about 5% of the party vote in September's general election, are in a confidence and supply agreement with the Labour coalition [...]	2005-11-25 03:19:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON908	NEW ZEALAND'S AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] (C) Summary: Since launching a government-wide effort in June, the GNZ has vigorously planned for the possibility of avian and pandemic influenza entering New Zealand. Under the coordination of the Ministry of Health (MOH),the Inter-sectoral Pandemic Group (IPG) of thirteen ministries and de [...]	2005-11-25 03:34:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON913	NEW ZEALAND TERRORISM REPORTING OFFICER [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-28 22:47:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM NZ
05WELLINGTON917	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SYDNEY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Sydney Levitus, Director, Ocean Climate Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 9-17 [...]	2005-12-01 02:16:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KSCA TSPA NZ
05WELLINGTON918	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ISAAC M. HELD, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NOAA Official Isaac M. Held to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from December 8-16, 2005. The purpose of this visit is to attend the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). 2. (U) Embassy understands that country clearance [...]	2005-12-01 02:17:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ
05WELLINGTON922	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR BRIAN [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Brian Hutchins, International Postal Affairs Specialist, U.S. Postal Service to travel to Napier, New Zealand from January 29 - February 3, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to attend a meeting of a subgroup responsible for networks and [...]	2005-12-02 03:00:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA AORC NZ USPS
05WELLINGTON943	NEW ZEALAND'S POSITION ON TRIPS-CBD ISSUE [...] (U) New Zealand will support the U.S. government's position in Hong Kong to block any attempt to include a negotiating mandate on the relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in the ministerial declaration. 2. (U) Post delivered reftel talkin [...]	2005-12-08 03:18:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON KIPR NZ WTO
05WELLINGTON945	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR PETERSON, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Thomas Peterson, David Easterling, and Thomas Karl, members of a delegation from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS),to travel to Christchur [...]	2005-12-09 00:59:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KSCA TSPA OTRA NZ
05WELLINGTON950	2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Below is post's input on New Zealand for the money laundering section of the 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR). This input also will be sent via unclassified e-mail to Ed Rindler, INL/C/CP. 2. Begin submission: New Zealand is not a major regional or offsh [...]	2005-12-12 01:41:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR NZ
05WELLINGTON952	SEYBOLD-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Cathy Seybold, Soil Scientist to visit Willington from December 30, 2005 to January 15, 2006, to collect data from maintenance on soil climate stations in New Zealand. 2. Embassy understands that country clearance is the only assistance required. 3. [...]	2005-12-12 01:59:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON954	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LISA T. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service officials Lisa T. Ballance and Robert L. Pitman to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from on or about January 12 to on or about F [...]	2005-12-12 04:17:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA EFIS CW NZ
05WELLINGTON955	R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, FILE NO. 2004-044 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-12 04:20:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
05WELLINGTON957	NEW ZEALAND: COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following is Embassy Wellington's submission for the 2005 Country Terrorism Report on New Zealand: New Zealand New Zealand has a strong capacity to develop and implement counter-terrorism policies, and further strengthened its role in the global war on terror in 2005 through domestic [...]	2005-12-13 00:16:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC KCRM EFIN KHLS KPAO NZ
05WELLINGTON96	NEW ZEALAND PRIME MINISTER CLARK IN STATE OF THE [...] (C) Summary: In her opening speech of the year, PM Helen Clark launched the opening salvo of her election campaign. She indirectly countered Opposition leader Don Brash,s welfare policy speech (reftel) by outlining childcare and other policies she defined as the best way to encourage women to [...]	2005-02-02 03:58:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL NZ
05WELLINGTON963	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ROBERT E. [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to NASA Official Robert E. Spearing to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from January 9-18, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to review scientific research activities sponsored by the U.S. Antarctic Program. 2. (U) Embassy understand [...]	2005-12-15 01:16:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TSPA NZ
05WELLINGTON966	R/V NATHANIEL B. PALMER, FILE NO. 2004-139 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-15 02:58:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	KRVC TPHY EWWT NZ
05WELLINGTON970	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR NEWCOMB, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Department of Energy Officials Charles R. Newcomb, Dave A. Corbus, Peter F. McNutt (alternate traveler),and Christopher E. Pink (alternate traveler) to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 29, 2005 through January 15, 2006. [...]	2005-12-16 00:19:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA ENRG TRGY NZ
05WELLINGTON983	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR LEAHY, JANUARY [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to U.S. Geological Survey Acting Director P. Patrick Leahy to travel to Christchurch, New Zealand from January 9 - 19, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to receive briefings from the International Antarctic Center in Christchurch before t [...]	2005-12-20 22:38:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA TPHY KSCA SENV NZ
05WELLINGTON984	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR HAMEL, [...] (SBU) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Ernest Hamel, Biologist, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Wellington, New Zealand from February 13 - 26, 2006. The purpose of this visit is to serve as keynote speaker at a conference on Bioactives and Drug Development an [...]	2005-12-20 23:18:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA KSCA TBIO NZ
05WELLINGTON985	NEW ZEALAND: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-21 02:05:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR NZ
05WELLINGTON987	2006 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT: NEW ZEALAND [...] Following is post's input for the 2006 National Trade Estimate Report on New Zealand. We assume that Washington agencies will provide updated trade and investment data. 2. We also note that the section on "Biotechnology Food Approval" should be consistent with the NTE on Australia. 3 [...]	2005-12-21 04:22:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN NZ
05WELLINGTON988	STAUB-NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] Embassy grants country clearance to Jack Staub, Horticulturist, UDA/ARS/MWA/Madison to visit Christchurch from January 18 to July 31, 2006 to visit Lincoln University to acquire education in area of bio-chemical genetics of carotenoids and aroma; assist with student research on aromatic volat [...]	2005-12-21 21:10:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR NZ
05WELLINGTON996	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR STAFFDEL [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes the delegation led by Mr. Mike Ringler, Professional Staff Member (PSM) House Appropriations Committee (HAC) to visit Christchurch, New Zealand from January 10 - 18, 2006. New Zealand country clearance is granted to the following delegation members: Mr. Mike Rin [...]	2005-12-28 04:10:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NZ
05WELLINGTON997	NEW ZEALAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL MCCAIN, [...] (SBU) Embassy warmly welcomes the delegation led by Senator John McCain to Christchurch, New Zealand from January 4 - 11, 2006. New Zealand country clearance is granted to the following delegation members as listed in ref A: Senator John McCain, Senator Joe Lieberman, Senator Susan Collins, [...]	2005-12-28 04:43:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AS NZ
05YEREVAN1020	SENATOR HAGEL'S VISIT TO YEREVAN [...] (SBU) In a brief stop as part of a larger trip to the region, Senator Chuck Hagel, along with EUCOM Deputy Commander Charles Wald and other DOD personnel, visited Yerevan June 2-3. During his visit the Senator discussed regional stability, military cooperation as well as progress on economic [...]	2005-06-10 03:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM AM AJ GG RU
05YEREVAN1028	VENICE COMMISSION'S HARSH WORDS ON CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Venice Commission Secretary Gianni Buquicchio ended his early June visit to Armenia with the strongest calls to date for deeper reforms in the constitutional amendments package currently being discussed by the National Assembly. Buquicchio reiterated a May 27 release from the Council of Eu [...]	2005-06-13 13:26:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AM
05YEREVAN1036	ARMENIAN OMBUDSMAN UNDER FIRE [...] (C) On May 26, Armenian National Security Service (NSS) investigators arrested Serob Antinyan, an assistant to the Armenian Ombudsman Larissa Alaverdyan. Antinyan later confessed to accepting a bribe. Alaverdyan privately acknowledges Antinyan's guilt but claims the heavy-handed investigatio [...]	2005-06-15 08:56:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV AM
05YEREVAN1044	REMITTANCES DRIVE UP ARMENIAN CURRENCY, HAMPER [...] (SBU) A recent upward trend in remittances and capital inflows into Armenia has led to significant real appreciation of the national currency, the Armenian dram, since July 2003. These cash inflows enable Armenians to finance higher consumption and investment, but the nominal appreciation of [...]	2005-06-16 08:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID AM
05YEREVAN1053	NAGORNO KARABAKH'S UPCOMING "PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) On June 19 Nagorno Karabakh (N-K) will hold its fourth "parliamentary elections." Eight parties (two of which united in a bloc) and independent candidates will contest the 22 majoritarian and 11 party list seats of the "parliament." The parties with the most active election campaigns a [...]	2005-06-16 12:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AM
05YEREVAN1058	RUSSIAN ARMS TRANSFER FROM GEORGIA TO ARMENIA [...] (C) Armenian officials have confirmed news reports that the transfer of materiel from Russian military bases in Georgia to a Russian military base in Armenia is already underway. According to Russian DCM Igor Gromyko, the transfer will not violate the conditions of the Conventional Forces in [...]	2005-06-17 02:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL PBTS AM GG RU
05YEREVAN1066	CIVIC ACTION MAY RE-ROUTE CONTROVERSIAL TRANS- [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Treat Accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Transport and Communication announced plans earlier this spring to construct a highway that some NGOs claim would destroy one of the last remaining forest reserves in Armenia. An organ [...]	2005-06-17 13:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV AM
05YEREVAN1074	U.S. INVESTORS WIN IMPORTANT VICTORY AGAINST GOAM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) On June 16, Armenia's court of appeals ruled in favor of a group of American investors who have been trying, for over two years, to collect USD 2 million in taxes that they had overpaid to the [...]	2005-06-20 12:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID ETRD AM
05YEREVAN1091	ARMENIA: MEDIA REACTION TO DVC WITH AMBASSADOR [...] SUMMARY: On June 17, 2005 U.S. Embassy Yerevan held a digital video conference (DVC) on the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report with Ambassador John Miller, director of the State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. Media coverage of the conference was widespr [...]	2005-06-23 02:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC KPAO AM KTIP
05YEREVAN1097	YEREVAN DASHNAKS DOWNPLAY DISAPPOINTMENT IN N-K [...] (C) Local representatives of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF - "Dashnaksutyun") have been downplaying the results of the June 19 balloting in Nagorno-Karabakh in which their ARF/Movement 88 alliance (who many predicted would fare best in the election - reftel) won only three seats in [...]	2005-06-23 12:28:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
05YEREVAN110	J-1 SUMMER WORK AND TRAVEL CALLBACK [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified; please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Action request. Please see paragraph 10. ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (SBU) Post's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) performed a callback survey of all summer 2004 J-1 work and travel program participan [...]	2005-01-21 12:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CMGT CVIS AM
05YEREVAN1169	ARMENIAN IMPORTER SPELLS OUT THE CASE AGAINST [...] (SBU) In a rare kiss-and-tell affront to Armenia's powerful Customs Service, a major Armenian coffee importer has gone to press and publicly described corruption in the service, alleging that Customs is trying to push them out of business because they refuse to continue paying bribes to govern [...]	2005-07-01 11:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EAID AM
05YEREVAN1180	GOAM CONFIRMS NEW ROUTE FOR IRAN-ARMENIA ROAD [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Treat Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Following the public outcry by local and international organizations (reftel),the GOAM confirmed June 30 that President Robert Kocharian has approved the alternative route for a new road which will connect Armenia's southernmost [...]	2005-07-06 08:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV AM
05YEREVAN1234	RUSSIAN ENERGY GIANT RAO-UES BUYS ARMENIAN [...] (C) Russian energy giant RAO-UES has reportedly taken over Armenia's electricity distribution company, Electricity Networks of Armenia (ElNetArm),without formally seeking approval, as required by law, from Armenia's Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) or Ministry of Energy. Despite [...]	2005-07-12 11:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON AM GG RU
05YEREVAN1261	MONITORING BOARD CALLS ARMENIAN PRISON CONDITIONS [...] (SBU) Conditions in Armenian prisons remain "unsatisfactory" despite some improvements, according to a report by Armenia's Civil Society Monitoring Board (CSMB). On June 30, CSMB members hosted a roundtable discussion where they announced the results of inspections they conducted from June thr [...]	2005-07-15 06:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV AM
05YEREVAN1263	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOAM FAVORS UNSC EXPANSION [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche points regarding UNSC expansion to GOAM Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian on July 13. Oskanian confirmed initial reports that the GOAM has already committed to support the G-4 resolution but would also support efforts to delay an early vote. Accordin [...]	2005-07-15 09:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AM UNSC
05YEREVAN1264	ARMENIAN OMBUDSMAN REPORTS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS [...] (SBU) On July 7, Armenian Ombudsman Larisa Alaverdyan unveiled the GOAM's first Human Rights website and released a statistical report on human rights complaints against the GOAM. The event coincided with fresh allegations that the Armenian National Security Service (NSS) continues to harass [...]	2005-07-15 09:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV AM
05YEREVAN127	(IMI) ARMENIA, COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY: [...] This cable summarizes press reporting on commercial developments in Armenia for January 2005. Major headlines include: -- EBRD invests in private Armenian construction company; -- French company takes over Armenia's water supply system under the World Bank credit program; -- Kazakh b [...]	2005-01-26 09:28:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05YEREVAN1277	ARMENIA FIRMLY SUPPORTS G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION [...] (C) CDA delivered ref a points on July 18 to Deputy Foreign Minister Armen Baiburtian. Baiburtian acknowledged the strength of the arguments presented, but said that Armenia's position to support the G-4 proposal (as reported in ref b) was firm. Armenia shared the U.S. view that reform shoul [...]	2005-07-18 11:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AM UNGA
05YEREVAN1290	ARMENIAN CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS: ON THE RIGHT [...] (C) On July 7, the GOAM submitted a revised package of constitutional amendments to the Council of Europe (CoE) Venice Commission. Though the proposed GOAM revisions appear to track Venice Commission recommendations, they are unlikely to build public consensus. Opposition groups, still trying [...]	2005-07-19 12:53:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
05YEREVAN131	CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED ON THE TURKISH BORDER [...] (C) At a January 23 meeting, Ashot Martirosyan, head of the Armenian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (ANRA) told us that on 16 December, a source of Cesium 137 was seized by Turkish Authorities at the Turkish-Georgian border. Martirosyan stated that he received a fax from the Turkish Atomic Energy [...]	2005-01-26 11:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC AM KPRP
05YEREVAN1320	COURT SUSPENDS SENTENCE, TRAFFICKER WALKS [...] (SBU) A court in Yerevan sentenced Lusine Hakobyan, the Armenian organizer of a Yerevan-Dubai prostitution/trafficking network, to two years imprisonment. The judge, however, suspended the sentence and Hakobyan will instead serve one year of supervised probation. Armenian Association of Inves [...]	2005-07-22 06:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL AM KTIP
05YEREVAN1342	(IMI) ARMENIA, COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY: [...] This cable summarizes press reporting on commercial developments in Armenia for July 2005. Major headlines include: -- World Bank to provide USD 20 million agricultural loan to the Armenian government; -- World Bank supports an Urban Heating Project for Armenia; -- The Lincy Foundati [...]	2005-07-26 12:31:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05YEREVAN1352	ARMENIA: A STEP FORWARD ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM: [...] (C) On July 21, the Council of Europe's Venice Commission issued a generally positive assessment of the GOAM's revised draft constitutional amendments. While this brings Armenia an important step closer to a November referendum, much remains to be done. The Venice Commission hailed proposals [...]	2005-07-28 13:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
05YEREVAN136	NEW "PRO-WESTERN" OPPOSITION BLOC A POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) Armenian political elites continue to speculate on the implications of the recently announced union of opposition figures Aram Sargsyan, Raffi Hovannisian, and Hovhannes Hovhannisian. The new alliance, painting itself as "the most western-leaning" in Armenia, has stated that its princip [...]	2005-01-26 13:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AM
05YEREVAN1387	ARMENIA: ANTI-TIP ACTION PLAN PRESENTED [...] (SBU) On August 1, CDA delivered reftel points to Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian, underscoring the USG's judgment that Armenia has not shown increasing efforts to combat trafficking. We presented the proposed action plan, urging concrete steps forward, noting that the Department of [...]	2005-08-03 06:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AM KTIP
05YEREVAN139	ARMENIA'S 2005 BUDGET: MORE BUTTER, STILL PLENTY [...] (C) The GOAM has billed the 2005 budget as having a social focus. Both tax receipts and social spending are set to rise ambitiously in line with the GOAM's Poverty Reduction Strategy. After much debate, official defense spending is set to rise too, although spending on education will exceed [...]	2005-01-27 11:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN AM
05YEREVAN142	MCA COMPACT PROPOSAL NEARS COMPLETION - [...] (SBU) During a January 25 meeting with Embassy and USAID representatives, GOAM Deputy Minister of Finance and Economy Tigran Khachatryan said that the GOAM's consultants were nearing completion on the MCA compact proposal and expected to present a copy to the GOAM MCA Board by February 10. Af [...]	2005-01-27 13:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KMCA PGOV PREL AM
05YEREVAN1479	TURKISH SCHOLAR: GUILTY BUT FREE TO GO [...] (C) On August 16, a local-level Yerevan court convicted Yektan Turkyilmaz, a Turkish citizen and Duke University doctoral candidate arrested June 17 at Yerevan's Zvartnots Airport, for attempting to smuggle eighty-eight "historically and culturally important" books and manuscripts out of Armen [...]	2005-08-16 13:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV AM TU

05YEREVAN149	PUBLIC BANTER ON KARS AGREEMENT PUTS OSKANIAN ON [...] (C) An exchange in the press between Armenian Foreign Minister Oskanian and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan has captured what we believe is the most public acknowledgment by the GOAM's MFA (under the administration of President Robert Kocharian) of the validity Soviet-era border agreements. Res [...]	2005-01-31 11:31:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AM
05YEREVAN1494	LATEST MEETING WITH TURKISH COUNTERPART [...] (C) On August 16, Deputy Foreign Minister Arman Kirakossian told the Ambassador that his recent meeting in Vienna with Turkish Deputy Undersecretary Ahmet Uzumcu was less productive than the GOAM had hoped. According to Kirakossian, the two sides still cannot agree on the structure or scope o [...]	2005-08-18 12:22:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AM
05YEREVAN1529	ARMENIAN MFA PROPOSES A2 VISA FOR NKR REP [...] SUMMARY: The issue of travel documents and visas for representatives of the "Nagorno Karabakh Republic" (NKR) to travel to the United States remains controversial. While it has been USG policy that it is useful for the NKR to have a voice in Washington, any recognition of the independence of [...]	2005-08-24 09:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PREL AM
05YEREVAN1531	RAILROAD ISOLATION AN URGENT GOAM CONCERN [...] (C) Top Armenian government officials continue to voice their deep concern about plans to build a railroad which would further isolate Armenia and exclude it from the process of regional economic integration. This concern has been echoed by the Armenian-American community and has found reson [...]	2005-08-24 12:47:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ETRD TU GA AM AJ
05YEREVAN154	UPDATE ON CESIUM 137 CONFISCATED ON THE TURKISH [...] (C) On January 31, we met with Armen Israelian, head of the MFA's Department for Arms Control and International Security to follow up on the reported (ref) seizure on the Georgia-Turkey border of cesium-137 reportedly originating in Armenia. Israelian said that the Armenian National Security [...]	2005-01-31 13:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR MNUC PARM KCRM PTER ASEC TU AM
05YEREVAN1550	ARMENIA: EXPLOITIVE CHILD LABOR REMAINS RARE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) In March 2005, the Armenian National Assembly adopted and President Robert Kocharian signed legislation that established the State Labor Inspectorate, a new government agency responsible for [...]	2005-08-25 12:28:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI AM USAID GTIP ILO
05YEREVAN1566	ARMENIA: PARLIAMENTARY SESSION ON CONSTITUTION [...] (C) On August 29, the Armenian National Assembly opened a highly-anticipated extraordinary session to debate the GOAM's proposed package of constitutional amendments (reftels). The debate lacked the substantive discussion we (and European observers) hoped would prevail. At times, the discussi [...]	2005-08-29 13:14:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
05YEREVAN1576	KOCHARIAN-SAAKASHVILI "UNOFFICIAL MEETINGS" [...] (SBU) On August 21, Armenian President Robert Kocharian hosted Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili at his summer residence on Lake Sevan for what Armenian press characterized as an "informal" visit. Armenian Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisian and his Georgian counterpart Irakly Okruashvili a [...]	2005-08-30 12:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON GG AM RU
05YEREVAN1628	FORMER NKR REP NOW APPLYING FOR A2 VISA AS [...] Post has received two diplomatic notes from the Government of Armenia in as many days requesting that two-year validity A2 visas be issued to former "Nagorno Karabakh Republic"(NKR) Representative Vardan Barseghyan and his wife. In the second note Barseghyan is described as an Armenian MFA em [...]	2005-09-08 11:47:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL AM
05YEREVAN1690	RADICAL OPPOSITION PARTY SPLITS OVER [...] (SBU) On August 30 Armenia's radical opposition Republic party split, ending a year of increasingly vocal disagreements between pro-Western party leader Aram Z. Sargsian and pro-Russian Albert Bazeyan (former party chairman and former Yerevan mayor). Despite the split (both Sargsian and Bazey [...]	2005-09-19 11:55:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AM
05YEREVAN1717	DETAILS OF SHOOTING INCIDENT ON LINE OF CONTACT [...] (C) The September 20 shooting incident on the line of contact seemed clearly directed to disrupt N-K negotiations and will certainly be raised at the OSCE Permanent Council. While there is no way to determine which side fired, the round -- which impacted about 20 meters from an international [...]	2005-09-23 11:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MASS AJ AM OSCE
05YEREVAN1725	GOAM FORMALLY ACCEPTS SALE OF NATIONAL ELECTRICAL [...] (C) On September 23, Armenian Minister of Energy Armen Movsisian announced that the GOAM has consented to the formal sale of the national power grid Electricity Networks of Armenia (ENA) to Interenergo B.V., a subsidiary of Russian energy giant RAO-UES. According to news reports, the GOAM con [...]	2005-09-26 12:51:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON GG AM RU
05YEREVAN1731	ARMENIA: LOCAL ELECTIONS SERIOUSLY FLAWED [...] (C) Local election monitors, news media, and our own employees are among the growing chorus of critics of "widespread violations" in local Armenian elections, currently being held across the country on a rolling schedule from September 18 through October 23. Local elections have spurred accus [...]	2005-09-27 13:23:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AM
05YEREVAN1748	TIP: UZBEK TRAFFICKING CONVICTION LEAVES CONCERNS [...] (C) On September 22, a local-level court in Yerevan sentenced Uzbek citizen Natella Saghatelyan to five years imprisonment for trafficking and forgery. The Armenian National Security Service (NSS) arrested Saghatelyan in March 2005 for trafficking Uzbek women, and a minor girl, through Armeni [...]	2005-09-29 12:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV AM KTIP
05YEREVAN1749	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS [...] (C) On September 28, the Armenian National Assembly passed in third and final reading a package of revised constitutional reforms that will be put to national referendum in November (reftels). Despite the legal requirement that only technical changes are permitted between the second and third [...]	2005-09-29 12:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
05YEREVAN1797	KERKORIAN'S LINCY FOUNDATION ROLLS OUT LATEST (60 [...] (C) Representatives of Amcit philanthropist and corporate mogul Kirk Kerkorian's Lincy Foundation told us September 25 that their latest set of programs in Armenia would begin no later than mid-October. The USD 60 million, two-year package of projects will include renovation of a major highway [...]	2005-10-05 09:31:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV AM
05YEREVAN1811	ARMENIA: MORE PROGRESS ON DEFENSE COOPERATION [...] (C) During September 28-29 Bilateral Defense Consultations (BDC) in Yerevan, the Armenian military's senior leadership indicated an encouraging commitment to openness and transparency, engaging in straightforward discussions centered on Armenia's current threat environment. According to Minis [...]	2005-10-07 10:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PREL MARR AM
05YEREVAN1829	ARMENIA'S JUDGES STEP FORWARD [...] (U) SUMMARY: At their autumn general meeting, Armenia's judges collectively stole a march on the country's ruling political parties and came out strongly and forthrightly in favor of the Council-of-Europe-approved Constitutional amendments, while also approving a Code of Ethics that USAID-sup [...]	2005-10-13 06:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR AM
05YEREVAN1842	MURDER SUSPECT RE-ELECTED AS TOWN MAYOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. --------------------------------------- MURDER CHARGES DON'T DISSUADE VOTERS... --------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) The campaign for mayor of the town of Nor Hajn (about 20 minutes outside of Yerevan in the Kotayk [...]	2005-10-14 11:39:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AM
05YEREVAN1856	UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF MASS BIRD DEATHS IN ARMENIA [...] (SBU) In a recent news article, Ornithologist Martin Adamyan reported that mass bird deaths had been observed in the Lake Sevan and Arpi regions of Armenia. He speculated that bird migration patterns made it particularly likely that avian flu will be found in Armenia in the near future. Deput [...]	2005-10-18 09:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA ECON PREL SOCI AM WHO EAGR
05YEREVAN1886	ARMENIA: MEDIA REACTION TO A/S FRIED'S VISIT [...] SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Daniel Fried, accompanied by U.S. Special Negotiator for Nagorno-Karabakh and Eurasian Conflicts Steven Mann, visited Armenia on October 18. The visit, which included a short press availability, highlighted A/S Fried's st [...]	2005-10-24 03:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC KPAO AM
05YEREVAN19	ARMENIA: INCONSISTENT CLAIMS OF RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) On January 6, Forum 18, a Norwegian NGO, reported that Armen Grigoryan, an Armenian citizen eligible for mandatory military service, had been refused status as a conscientious objector, hazed and forced to serve in Nagorno- Karabakh against his will. Post is investigating the claims mad [...]	2005-01-07 12:53:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AM
05YEREVAN1900	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUMMARY REPORT OF THE FIRST [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-25 12:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA SENV ECON PREL AM WHO FAO EAGR
05YEREVAN1905	MASS BIRD DEATHS REPORTED IN NORTHERN IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-26 11:54:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KSCA ECON PREL SOCI IR AM WHO EAGR
05YEREVAN1920	GOAM TO SUPPORT BUERGENTHAL FOR ICJ [...] No summary [...]	2005-10-31 07:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	AM UNGA UNSC
05YEREVAN1927	LOCAL ELECTIONS END WITH ALLEGATIONS OF CONTINUED [...] (C) Armenian local elections -- held September 18 through October 23 -- met international standards, Central Electoral Commission Head Garegin Azaryan told reporters during an October 28 press conference. Local election monitors, however, disputed Azaryan's claim and alleged "widespread viola [...]	2005-11-01 11:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AM
05YEREVAN1939	ARMENIA: MEDIA REACTION TO PRESS CONFERENCE ON [...] SUMMARY: On October 27, Ambassador Evans and USAID Mission Director Robin Phillips held a press conference on U.S. democracy assistance programs. The press conference focused on planned U.S. assistance to help Armenia hold free and fair parliamentary elections in 2007 and presidential electio [...]	2005-11-02 13:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC KPAO AM
05YEREVAN1968	ARMENIA COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY: [...] This cable summarizes press reporting on commercial developments in Armenia for October 2005. Major headlines include: -- Synopsys Inc. signs agreement to acquire HPL Technologies Inc.; -- Vanadzor Chemical Factory reopens; -- Armenia becomes 64th member of the Asian Development Bank; [...]	2005-11-07 13:01:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05YEREVAN1969	FOREIGN MINISTER'S PUBLIC STATEMENT ON IRANIAN [...] (U) On November 5, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian told students and reporters at Yerevan State University that Iranian President Ahmadi-Nejad's recent statement regarding Israel "will have no impact on Armenian-Iranian relations." Oskanian told the audience that "Israeli issues hav [...]	2005-11-07 13:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM IR AM
05YEREVAN1986	MONOPOLY CONTROL OF JET FUEL IMPORTS UNDERMINING [...] (SBU) Armenia is currently suffering from a severe jet fuel shortage which is undermining the profitability of the aviation sector and may have a long-term negative impact on Armenia's competitiveness. According to Executive Director of Armenia International Airports (AIA) Juan Pablo Gechijyan [...]	2005-11-09 12:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ECON ETRD AM
05YEREVAN1992	ARMENIANS WILL NOT JEOPARDIZE ECONOMIC TIES FOR [...] (C) In a November 8 conversation with the Ambassador, Presidential chief of staff and co-chair of the Armenia-Iran Joint Economic Commission (JEC) Artashes Tumanian said he would have no choice but to meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad in Tehran on November 11 (reftels),but that [...]	2005-11-10 13:23:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM IR AM
05YEREVAN1993	PUBLICITY AND CASH PUSH FOR A "YES" VOTE IN [...] (C) While politicians on both sides of the issue are busy trading political capital over the issue of proposed constitutional amendments, pro-government forces are spending hefty amounts of hard cash in a nationwide publicity campaign aimed to get out the "yes" vote. Post views the "Yes" media [...]	2005-11-10 13:36:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AM
05YEREVAN2001	EUR/TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR ARMENIA [...] (SBU) Since January 2005, the GOAM has made progress on fighting trafficking in persons, especially in promoting the National Action Plan and increasing prosecutions under the anti-trafficking statute, but still has a significant way to go on some crucial areas. The following responses are g [...]	2005-11-15 05:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG AM
05YEREVAN2018	2006 BUDGET INCREASES SOCIAL SPENDING [...] (U) On November 11, the National Assembly approved the 2006 budget which includes a 22 percent increase in public spending funded by continued economic growth, improved tax collection and international donor support. The 2006 budget calls for AMD 482.2 billion (USD 1.15 billion at the project [...]	2005-11-17 11:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID PGOV AM
05YEREVAN2023	FM BRAINSTORMS WITH DONORS, DIASPORA ON HIS NEW [...] (C) Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian has hosted discussions with international donors over the past two weeks to brainstorm on a new Ministry of Foreign Affairs initiative aimed at galvinizing diaspora resources to alleviate poverty in rural Armenia. Oskanian's initial plans suggest the plan [...]	2005-11-18 04:30:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV AM
05YEREVAN2030	CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: ARMENIA MISSES [...] (C) Following what appeared to be good progress toward implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC),Armenian MFA Global Security and Non-Conventional Issues Acting Division Head Karen Matirossian told us during a recent meeting that, as he had predicted in March (ref B),the GOAM w [...]	2005-11-18 11:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM ABUD AM AROC CWC CBW OPCW
05YEREVAN2053	ARMENIA: RESPONSE TO AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Armenia is ill-prepared to respond to an avian influenza (AI) outbreak in either the animal or the human population. There is no active surveillance system in place and the GOAM currently lacks basic diagnostic capacity to evaluate any potential AI outbreak. There is, however, some sci [...]	2005-11-23 07:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL AMED AM WHO
05YEREVAN2062	ARMENIA: DEMOCRACY PROMOTION STRATEGY, 2005-2008 [...] (SBU) Armenia is at a crossroads in its democratic development. While the political landscape has remained relatively consistent since the last elections, the next two years will test the government's commitment to its reform agenda. As Assistant Secretary Fried said during his October visit [...]	2005-11-23 13:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID KDEM PHUM PREL AM
05YEREVAN2065	COE DELEGATION TO OBSERVE IN LESS THAN 5 PERCENT [...] (C) Supporters and opponents of Armenia's November 27 referendum have shifted their focus to the capital in the final days before the ballot. Competing rallies have drawn lower-than-expected attendance and there have been few reports of confrontation. While most political observers expect i [...]	2005-11-25 14:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AM
05YEREVAN2074	ARMENIA'S REFERENDUM: INFLATED TURNOUT, OBSERVERS [...] (C) Official results for voter turnout contrast sharply with those reported by opposition and some independent local observers for Armenia's November 27 referendum on constitutional amendments. The 14-member group of observers from the Council of Europe -- the only international observers ac [...]	2005-11-28 14:05:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AM
05YEREVAN2081	LOCAL OBSERVERS CITE MAJOR INFRACTIONS, STOP SHORT [...] (C) It's Your Choice (IYC),Armenia's largest election observation NGO (funded in part by the USG),announced during a November 29 press conference that there were major infractions during the recent referendum on constitutional amendments that had "serious impacts on the results." They stopp [...]	2005-11-30 06:21:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AM
05YEREVAN2082	ARMENIA'S LIMITED CAPACITY REGARDING FINCEN 314 [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-30 10:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN PTER LE SY AM
05YEREVAN2083	USG NEXT STEPS FOLLOWING A "MARRED" CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Despite what Council of Europe (CoE) observers are calling a "marred" referendum and considerable NGO and opposition concern about alleged voting irregularities (ref A),we expect that the CoE will simply move forward and quietly embrace the new constitution that it helped draft. World Ban [...]	2005-11-30 11:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AM
05YEREVAN2094	ARMENIA: MEDIA REACTION TO U.S. RESPONSE TO [...] U.S. Embassy Yerevan posted a response to Armenia's November 27 constitutional referendum on its website based upon cleared press guidance from the Department. The response received extensive coverage in the Armenian press. Reports varied, with some outlets presenting the response as question [...]	2005-12-01 09:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC KPAO AM
05YEREVAN2095	ARMENIA COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY: [...] This cable summarizes press reporting on commercial developments in Armenia for November 2005. Major headlines include: -- Alcatel agrees to support the Armenian Enterprise Incubator Foundation; -- EBRD to expand financing program for Armenian banks; -- IMF approves USD 4.7 mln disbur [...]	2005-12-01 10:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05YEREVAN2109	RFE/RL BROADCASTS DISRUPTED IN ARMENIA [...] (SBU) Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) broadcasts were periodically inaudible for three days in Armenia beginning on November 27, the day of the country's constitutional referendum. Armenia's state-run Public Radio claimed in a statement that the disruptions were due to technical prob [...]	2005-12-06 04:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO PGOV AM
05YEREVAN2118	IRANIAN ENERGY MINISTER'S VISIT TO ARMENIA - [...] (C) Iranian Energy Minister Parviz Pattah is currently visiting Armenia to inaugurate the country's first wind power plant and to tour the Fifth Unit of the Hrazdan Thermal Power Station. In September, the Iranian Government (GOI) agreed to provide USD 150 million to complete construction of t [...]	2005-12-07 14:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG ETRD IR AM
05YEREVAN2129	ARMENIA HOPES FOR A DEAL ON GAZPROM'S THREATENED [...] (C) Despite Gazprom's recent announcement that, as of January 1, 2006, it plans to double the price of natural gas exports to Armenia, the GOAM appears to be holding out hope that it will be able to negotiate a deal to minimize the impact of and/or delay the price increase. According to press [...]	2005-12-08 15:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG AM RU
05YEREVAN2158	RUSSIA CONTINUES TO PLAY A WINNING HAND [...] (SBU) Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov visited Yerevan December 2-3 to commemorate the end of the Year of Russia in Armenia announced by President Putin during his visit in March 2005 (ref A). While the Year of Russia in Armenia was mostly show, marked by a steady stream of high-level v [...]	2005-12-13 13:48:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD RS AM
05YEREVAN2166	ARMENIA'S NEXT HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER? [...] (SBU) The term of office for Armenian Human Rights Defender (Ombudsman) Larisa Alaverdyan will expire on January 5, paving the way for Parliament (under provisions of the country's recently amended constitution) to appoint a successor or re-appoint Alaverdyan. Alaverdyan has frequently downpl [...]	2005-12-14 12:55:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AM
05YEREVAN2174	ARMENIAN OPPOSITION: RUNNING IN DIFFERENT [...] (SBU) Disagreements among Armenia's three main opposition parties have become more evident in the aftermath of the November 27 constitutional referendum and subsequent opposition rallies. Radical Republic Party Chairman Aram Sargsian insists that opposition leaders band together to establish [...]	2005-12-15 13:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AM
05YEREVAN2182	CURIOUS TIMING OF GOAM PRESS RELEASE ON [...] (C) The GOAM distributed a press release on December 15 denouncing what it called "barbarous" vandalism of Armenian cultural monuments by Azeri soldiers in the Nakhichevan region along the Azerbaijan-Armenia border. The statement, citing reports by Armenian priests, claimed that 100 Azerbaija [...]	2005-12-16 12:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AM AJ
05YEREVAN2200	GOVERNING COALITION BEGINS DISCUSSING [...] (SBU) Following their stoic congratulatory remarks immediately after the vote, pro-government officials are starting to talk publicly about fraud during the November 27 constitutional referendum. National Assembly Speaker Artur Baghdasarian launched a wave of discussion with allegations of fr [...]	2005-12-21 13:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AM
05YEREVAN2201	ARMENIA: MEDIA REACTION TO MCC ANNOUNCEMENT [...] On December 19, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Board announced that it had approved a five-year, USD 235.65 million compact with Armenia. Media coverage of the announcement was extensive, with all major television stations and newspapers reporting on it. Some outlets focused on t [...]	2005-12-21 14:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR OPRC KPAO AM
05YEREVAN2209	TOUCHING BASE ON A TOUGH 2005 FOR ARMENIA-TURKEY [...] (C) MFA Middle East Department Chief Artem Aznaurian and MFA Turkey Desk Officer Sahak Sargsyan told us December 22 that 2005 had not produced much progress in the Armenia-Turkey rapprochement process, but said the GOAM would continue to engage in working-level meetings with Turkish diplomats [...]	2005-12-22 12:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU RS AM
05YEREVAN2217	ARMENIA COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY: [...] This cable summarizes press reporting on commercial developments in Armenia for December 2005. Major headlines include: -- Japanese Bank for International Cooperation approves extension of loan for electrical transmission station upgrade; -- Russian Prime Minister Fradkov inaugurates th [...]	2005-12-23 08:28:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD KTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05YEREVAN2232	TRAFFICKING: DOING BETTER ON PROSECUTION AND [...] (SBU) A strictly pro-governmental newspaper reflected a positive shift in the approach towards the issue of trafficking that has occurred in the Prosecutor's office in recent months. In November the Prosecutor's office registered the first case of domestic trafficking in Armenia. Also in Nov [...]	2005-12-28 12:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM AM KTIP
05YEREVAN2238	2005: ACTION HOT ON LINE OF CONTACT [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-29 13:53:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PREL PGOV AJ AM
05YEREVAN2240	GOAM AGAIN DENIES CASES OF AVIAN FLU IN RESPONSE [...] No summary [...]	2005-12-30 10:14:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
05YEREVAN235	ARMENIA'S INFLATIONARY START TO 2005 [...] Armenia's Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 5.4 percent in the month of January, exceeding in one month the government's target for the entire year. Press reports cite a senior National Statistics Service official who claims that the rise in the CPI is due to an 8.4 percent rise in the prices [...]	2005-02-09 13:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN AM
05YEREVAN242	CHINA'S EXPANDING POLITICAL RELATIONS WITH ARMENIA [...] (C) Government of China (GOC) representatives in Yerevan and Armenian government officials recently reported their view that relations between the GOC and the Government of Armenia (GOAM) are expanding. They qualified these statements, however, with a more realistic picture of potential econo [...]	2005-02-10 10:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET CH AM
05YEREVAN258	DAMAGE TO HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL: CAUSE UNKNOWN [...] (SBU) The local chairman of the Jewish Community of Armenia, Rimma Varzhapetyan, told us that community members found a stone memorial to the Holocaust lying flat in a park in Central Yerevan on February 11. The rectangular slab showed no signs of being struck, and the official police report [...]	2005-02-14 13:38:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM AM
05YEREVAN279	ARMENIA FRETS IN PRESS OVER POSSIBLE U.S. [...] Armed conflict between Iran and the U.S. is seen as a very real possibility in Armenia, Iran's northern neighbor. While GOAM officials cite Secretary Rice's statements and are not claiming that a military strike is imminent, they have been publicly voicing concern about what would happen if [...]	2005-02-17 12:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO IR AM
05YEREVAN287	RUSSIAN FM LAVROV: ARMENIA'S PLACE IS BY RUSSIA'S [...] (C) Armenia and Russia are "old friends, reliable allies and strategic partners" declared Russian FM Sergey Lavrov on February 17. The GOAM and Russia broke no new ground during the FM's high-profile visit to Yerevan February 16-17, but used the occasion to cement their existing strong relati [...]	2005-02-18 10:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG AJ AM RU
05YEREVAN309	MALFEASANCE IN THE GOAM AUDIT OFFICE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Armenian authorities arrested Levon Shahinian, the head of the Financial Control Department of the Ministry of Finance and Economy (the department charged with auditing GOAM budget expenditures) February 23. He had alrea [...]	2005-02-23 13:30:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN AM
05YEREVAN329	(IMI) ARMENIA, COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY: [...] This cable summarizes press reporting on commercial developments in Armenia for February 2005. Major headlines include: -- Austrian bank to finance Armenian metals company; -- Armenia to start negotiations on new IMF program; -- Central Bank of Armenia licenses new foreign bank; -- [...]	2005-02-25 13:28:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05YEREVAN348	ARMENIA PRESS REACTION: VISIT OF RUSSIAN [...] Although Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov's 22-hour visit to Yerevan February 16-17 was standard fare, it generated intense press interest. Oppositionist media used the FM's presence to decry Armenia's dependence on Russia, while official and pro-government press praised Armenia's close ties w [...]	2005-03-01 09:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AM KMDR OPRC PREL RU
05YEREVAN35	ARMENIA: UPDATE ON CLAIMS OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION [...] (C) We reported reftel our initial investigation of an allegation of religious persecution in Armenia's armed forces. On January 11, we spoke with Levon Margaryan, Deputy Board Member of the Jehovah's Witnesses in Armenia, about the recent media claims that Armen Grigoryan was abused while se [...]	2005-01-11 13:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV AM
05YEREVAN358	TWO SEPARATE GROUPS PROTEST AT EMBASSY [...] (SBU) Two small groups, for a total of fewer than 100 people, protested in front of the U. S. Embassy on Monday, February 28. The groups sought to commemorate attacks on ethnic Armenians in Sumgait in 1988. Both protests seem to have been intended to counterbalance reports of efforts to com [...]	2005-03-01 13:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC AM
05YEREVAN367	CORRECTION TO PREVIOUS OMBUDSMAN CABLE [...] No summary [...]	2005-03-03 02:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AM
05YEREVAN409	COMPACT PROPOSAL MOVES ALONG -- FROM LOCAL [...] (SBU) The GOAM has informed Post that AVAG Solutions, the local consulting firm hired to compile Armenia's MCA compact proposal, completed its work and presented a draft version of the proposal to the GOAM MCA Board of Trustees on March 2. The Board reportedly discussed and approved the docu [...]	2005-03-07 13:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID KMCA AM
05YEREVAN420	ARMENIA PRESS REACTION: RELEASE OF HUMAN [...] Public reaction to the release of the 2004 Human Rights Report was muted. According to most Armenian press, the report was "as expected," which explains the limited editorial response. Oppositionist press anticipated a Human Rights Report that would let the GOAM off easy, and characterized t [...]	2005-03-09 11:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO AM KMDR OPRC PREL
05YEREVAN439	ARMENIA REFUSES TO SEND "GENOCIDE" BACK TO THE [...] (C) In a March 10 interview, Armenian FM Vartan Oskanian said that the question of the 1915 "genocide" is no longer an issue for historians and now must be decided in the political sphere. This statement was in response to Turkish PM Erdogan's proposal for a new joint historical study of the [...]	2005-03-11 13:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AM TU
05YEREVAN449	CHR-61: ARMENIANS WITH US ON CUBA, SHAKY ON [...] (C) We delivered demarche and talking points regarding the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) upcoming annual session to MFA International Organizations Department Chief Valery Mkrtumyan March 11 per reftel instructions. Mkrtumyan predicted that the GOAM would vote with the USG on the expected [...]	2005-03-14 09:26:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU AM CHR
05YEREVAN451	SPIKE IN N-K CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS "SEASONAL" [...] (C) The number of cease-fire violations along the line of contact between ethnic Armenian and Azerbaijan forces in the Nagorno-Karabakh region has increased dramatically since the beginning of March. Although accusations of responsibility and casualty figures vary according to the source of th [...]	2005-03-14 11:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PBTS PREL AJ AM
05YEREVAN469	CHILD MARRIAGE - ARMENIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) There are no reported incidents of child marriage in Armenia, except in small Yezidi and Kurdish national minority groups where experts believe the issue is a problem. No data exist, however, [...]	2005-03-16 11:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN AM
05YEREVAN476	DESPITE IRAN PIPELINE HEADLINES, ARMENIA-GEORGIA [...] (C) Despite headlines suggesting that the March 11-12 visit of Georgian Prime Minister Zurab Noghaideli focused on energy issues including the announced Iran-Armenia gas pipeline project, sources tell us that this was only casually mentioned during one of the sessions and that the quick series [...]	2005-03-16 13:40:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG IR AM
05YEREVAN483	(IMI) BRIEF OVERVIEW OF ARMENIA'S ENERGY [...] This cable gives an overview of Armenia's energy sector. It describes recent industry developments as well as provides key contacts. End Summary. 2. Armenia has no natural fossil fuel energy resources, although some small foreign firms have exploration licenses. Nevertheless, Armenia h [...]	2005-03-17 12:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05YEREVAN506	ARMENIA PROSECUTES A CASE OF HATE SPEECH [...] (SBU) On January 24 authorities arrested the leader of the Armenian Aryan Union, Armen Avetisian, for "inciting national hatred," and after a two-day trial he received a suspended sentence on March 18. Avetisian told a newspaper in January that "the future of any nation that has a Jewish commu [...]	2005-03-22 12:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV AM
05YEREVAN52	PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN: 2005 TO BE THE YEAR OF TAX AND [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Armenia's President Robert Kocharian has publicly said that 2005 will be a year of reform for the customs and tax services in Armenia. Besides increasing tax revenu [...]	2005-01-13 12:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP ECON AM
05YEREVAN520	(IMI) ARMENIA, COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY: [...] This cable summarizes press reporting on commercial developments in Armenia for March 2005. Major headlines include: -- Germany's Commerzbank to support SME lending program in Armenia; -- Armentel reports earnings up 70 percent in 2004; -- German development bank KFW continues financi [...]	2005-03-24 08:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05YEREVAN521	CHR-61: FM OSKANIAN SUGGESTS "LIMITED OPTIONS" ON [...] (C) Per instructions in ref A, Ambassador Evans met with FM Vartan Oskanian March 24 to ask the GOAM to rethink its position on a no-action motion on Belarus at the UN Commission on Human Rights. Oskanian said the GOAM would give "serious consideration" to our request given the emphasis the U [...]	2005-03-24 11:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CU AM CHR
05YEREVAN524	EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DESTROYS VEHICLE OF TOP GOAM [...] (U) Local press reported March 24 that an explosive device went off in front of the Armenian State Customs committee building at 10:00 a.m. local time, damaging the official vehicle of the Committee Chairman Armen Avetisyan. Avetisyan had already left the car and had entered the building by th [...]	2005-03-24 13:36:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC AM
05YEREVAN53	KOCHARIAN SENDS CONGRATULATIONS TO NEW UKRAINIAN [...] (U) The GOAM announced January 11 that President Robert Kocharian sent a congratulatory message to Ukrainian President-elect Viktor Yushchenko. The news sparked a flurry of media reports about Armenia-Ukraine-Russia relations and re-ignited discussion on the applicability of recent events in [...]	2005-01-13 12:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AM
05YEREVAN553	LETTER TO SECRETARY RICE FROM ARMENIAN FM OSKANIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the margins of hearings today in the Armenian National Assembly on Nagorno-Karabagh (SEPTEL),Foreign Minister Oskanian passed the following letter to embassy representatives of Minsk Group co-Chairs, addressed to Ministers. The letter raises concerns about the possibility o [...]	2005-03-29 12:22:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	AJ AM PARM PBTS PREL
05YEREVAN575	PUTIN VISIT DEMONSTRATES KOCHARIAN'S TIGHT HOLD ON [...] (C) President Robert Kocharian's spin doctors continue to portray the March 24-25 visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin as the most important official visit for the GOAM in recent memory. One week after Putin's whirlwind stop, however, GOAM contacts outside Kocharian's inner circle are ha [...]	2005-04-01 11:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON ENRG AM RU
05YEREVAN583	HEARINGS ON N-K OPEN NEW SPACE FOR PUBLIC DEBATE [...] (C) Public hearings on Nagorno-Karabakh hosted by Armenia's National Assembly March 29-30 continue to dominate local political discussions and appear to have opened a new space for public debate on the issue. Reports by Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian, Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian and pro [...]	2005-04-04 10:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS AJ TU AM
05YEREVAN585	ARMENIA PRESS REACTION: KYRGYZSTAN [...] Colored by Russian President Putin's concurrent visit (March 24-25),public comments in Armenia about the situation in Kyrgyzstan reject speculation that a similar situation exists in Armenia. Some politicians chalked up the change in Bishkek to "Western interference." Even the opposition, [...]	2005-04-04 12:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OPRC PREL KG AM RU
05YEREVAN6	ARMENIA STRENGTHENS ADVOCATES AND PUBLIC [...] (SBU) The Armenian National Assembly adopted legislation December 14 that creates a potentially powerful Chamber of Advocates for criminal defense lawyers and seeks to improve the state-funded public defender's program. Local legal assistance groups believe the changes may help level the play [...]	2005-01-04 13:01:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM AM
05YEREVAN615	OSCE SPECIAL REP ON N-K POW ISSUE, CEASE-FIRE [...] (C) OSCE Special Rep Andrzej Kasprzyk told the Ambassador on April 7 that although OSCE CiO Rupel had secured agreement during his March 31 visit from "N-K" authorities for three Azerbaijani POWs to be returned, this action was complicated by the April 1 capture of an Armenian soldier by Azerba [...]	2005-04-07 13:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM AM AJ
05YEREVAN626	ARMENIA FINALLY TAXING THE RICH? [...] (SBU) Four months after President Kocharian called for reform of the state tax and customs services, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have applauded improvements in Armenia's tax collection. The government has increased overall tax collections by 19.3 percent over last [...]	2005-04-08 12:54:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EFIN AM
05YEREVAN67	ARMENIA DRAFT LOA AMENDMENT NO.3 [...] This is an Action Request for INL/AAE. 2. Post presents our draft of Amendment No. 3 to the Letter of Agreement on Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement Assistance between the Government of the United States and the Government of the Republic of Armenia in para 3 and requests that the Bur [...]	2005-01-14 13:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN KJUS KCRM AM
05YEREVAN714	SARGSIAN: KING-MAKER OR WOULD-BE KING? [...] (C) Minister of Defense Serzh Sargsian, frequently cited as a potential presidential candidate in 2008, has been increasing his public visibility in recent months. President Kocharian has refrained from annointing any particular ally as his chosen successor, but his close relationship with Sa [...]	2005-04-22 09:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR AM
05YEREVAN725	VIOLENCE DURING RALLY PROMPTS BROAD [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Treat Accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) An April 20 rally organized by The New Times Party in the city of Sevan (35 miles northeast of Yerevan) was disrupted when a scuffle between pro- government and anti-government supporters ended in a no [...]	2005-04-22 12:22:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AM
05YEREVAN728	(IMI) ARMENIA, COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY: [...] This cable outlines press reporting on commercial developments in Armenia for April 2005. Major headlines include: -- EBRD to double its project-financing program in Armenia during 2005; -- Japan finances modernization of the Yerevan Thermal Power Plant; -- Germany to lend 7.5 millio [...]	2005-04-22 12:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05YEREVAN761	ARMENIA PRESS REACTION: WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT [...] As they did last year, the Armenian media expressed disappointment that President Bush did not use the term "genocide" in his April 24 "Armenian Remembrance Day" statement. Several newspapers focused on the President's "failure, once again" to honor an alleged promise made while campaigning [...]	2005-04-27 13:01:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KMDR OPRC PREL TU AM
05YEREVAN785	AMNESTY FOR DRAFT EVADERS ANNOUNCED IN ARMENIA [...] No summary [...]	2005-05-04 08:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AM
05YEREVAN84	ARMENIANS UNITED IN PROTESTING USG STATEMENT THAT [...] (C) The Armenian body politic has come together to protest Assistant Secretary Elizabeth Jones' comments on Nagorno-Karabakh as reported in the January 14 edition of the Moscow Times. The story dominated media coverage on a day when the other big news in the bilateral relationship was the sen [...]	2005-01-19 12:36:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
05YEREVAN847	MARKARYAN'S STATEMENT ON ARMENIA-TURKEY BORDER [...] (C) A loosely translated May 12 statement by Armenian Prime Minister Andranik Markaryan regarding the possible opening of the Armenia-Turkey border by the end of the year sparked speculation in Yerevan about potential developments in the bilateral relationship. The statement, which appears to [...]	2005-05-13 12:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AM
05YEREVAN856	ARMENIA: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS MOVING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) In a May 11 extraordinary session, Armenia's parliament passed -- in the first reading -- the ruling coalition's draft amendments to the constitution. Armenia has been under pressure from th [...]	2005-05-16 05:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AM

05YEREVAN859	(IMI) REPORT ON VAYOTS DZOR PROVINCE [...] On April 14-15, 2005, Embassy's BISNIS representative visited the Vayots Dzor region of Armenia to explore investment and trade opportunities for U.S. companies and to expand U.S.-Armenian commercial ties. He met with the province's business leaders and government officials. This is the lat [...]	2005-05-16 05:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05YEREVAN86	ARMENIAN CONTINGENT DEPARTS FOR IRAQ [...] On January 18, a 46-man contingent departed Armenia to serve with coalition forces in Iraq. The Armenian troops, consisting mostly of truck drivers, will work with Polish forces currently stationed in Iraq. The Armenian media covered the departure in a mostly positive light (septel),and th [...]	2005-01-19 13:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR MOPS IZ AM
05YEREVAN880	(IMI) ARMENIA EXPO 2005 TRADE SHOW IN YEREVAN [...] This cable reports about the upcoming Armenia Expo 2005 trade show in September 2005. End Summary. 2. Logos Expo Center, one of the largest exhibition companies in Armenia, announced the fourth annual regional trade forum, Armenia Expo 2005, to be held in Yerevan September 14-17, 2005. [...]	2005-05-18 03:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05YEREVAN973	(IMI) ARMENIA, COMMERCIAL NEWS SUMMARY: [...] This cable summarizes press reporting on commercial developments in Armenia for May 2005. Major headlines include: -- Germany to finance mortgage loan development program in Armenia; -- "Dun and Bradstreet" takes share of Armenian credit bureau; -- OPEC fund to invest in Armenia's pri [...]	2005-06-03 13:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KTDB BBSR BEXP BTIO AM
05YEREVAN986	DEMARCHE DELIVERED, ARMENIA ON TIP TIER 2 [...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Please treat accordingly. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) On June 3, CDA delivered talking points per reftel to Deputy Foreign Minister Armen Baibourtian and Valery Mkrtumyan, head of Armenia's interagency Anti-TIP Commission. CDA informed Baibourtian [...]	2005-06-06 12:53:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG AM
05YEREVAN989	ARMENIA: MEDIA REACTION TO CODEL HAGEL [...] SUMMARY: On June 3, Senator Hagel led a delegation to Armenia which met with President Robert Kocharian and Minister of Defense Serzh Sargsyan, and which reviewed Armenia's peacekeeping battalion. Following these meetings, Senator Hagel held a press conference with more than 20 media outlets. [...]	2005-06-07 08:53:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KCFE OPRC PREL KPAO ZJ AM RU
05YEREVAN997	FM OSKANIAN ON ARMENIA'S CURRENT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (C) On June 2, FM Oskanian briefed Chiefs of Diplomatic Missions resident in Yerevan. He characterized the May 17 Warsaw meeting of Presidents Kocharian and Aliyev as "positive," with a critical step forward, but rejected Azerbaijan's assertion that Armenia had agreed to return all "occupied [...]	2005-06-07 11:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PGOV PHUM
05ZAGREB1115	LOCAL ELECTIONS -- HORSE-TRADING NEARLY OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: After six weeks of unprecedented horse-trading following Croatia's May 15 local elections, city councils and county assemblies have elected mayors and county prefects in all but a handful of jurisdictions. Political parties turned to coalitions of all stripes in the [...]	2005-07-06 16:05:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HR
05ZAGREB1121	GOC MISJUDGES PARLIAMENTARY MAJORITY IN JULY 1 [...] (SBU) The GoC missed a constitutionally-required two- thirds majority in the Sabor by one vote July 1 when the Defense Ministry's request for approval of a number of upcoming international military exercises came to the agenda. Lack of approval means an exercise planned for September 2005 (Ad [...]	2005-07-07 16:20:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PGOV HR NATO
05ZAGREB119	Aftermath of Presidential Elections: New Energy for [...] (SBU) Croatian President Stjepan Mesic was re-elected to a second five-year term on January 16, defeating his ruling party Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) opponent Jadranka Kosor 66 to 34 percent. Four months before local elections (scheduled for May 17, 2005),Mesic's victory could energize t [...]	2005-01-24 17:20:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM HR
05ZAGREB1218	CROATIA PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND [...] In response to reftel, below are accomplishments in the past 18 months in Post's SEED-funded, INL-administered law enforcement and criminal justice programs. Post programs are divided into general police reform and war crimes. Post requests INL support in securing USD 2.7 million in new, FY-0 [...]	2005-07-22 07:45:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV HR
05ZAGREB1254	OSIJEK WAR CRIMES - DELAYED JUSTICE, PRIMITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A preliminary investigation into killings of dozens of ethnic Serb civilians in Osijek in 1991-92 is serving as a test of the capacity of the criminal justice system and the GoC's political will to prosecute war crimes perpetrated by Croatians. Chief suspect in the in [...]	2005-07-29 12:50:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PGOV PREL HR
05ZAGREB1303	REACTION TO GITMO AND DETAINEES [...] (C) As requested, Ambassador delivered talking points on Guantanamo Bay to the State Secretary of the MFA, Hidajet Biscevic, who accepted them without comment. Post also delivered points to Deputy Director of the Human Rights Department at the MFA, Romana Oluic. Ms. Oluic appreciated the add [...]	2005-08-09 10:09:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAO PGOV PREL
05ZAGREB1339	Croatia Not Expected to Send Representative [...] No summary [...]	2005-08-12 17:53:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR ECON HR
05ZAGREB1436	CROATIA ADDRESSING THREAT OF AVIAN [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT Post has delivered reftel talking points to both the Ministries of Health and Agriculture. The GOC's strategy includes the establishment of an inter-agency committee; an awareness outreach to veterinarians and producers; a ban on imports from affected countries; and coo [...]	2005-09-01 10:16:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO ECON PREL SOCI HR
05ZAGREB173	REHN STRIKES A NERVE IN ZAGREB [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn's January 31 statement casting doubt on a March 17 start for Croatia's EU accession talks due to lack of full cooperation with The Hague elicited several statements from the political leadership designed to show a united front and [...]	2005-02-03 07:47:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KAWC PREL PHUM HR
05ZAGREB1741	H5N1 CONFIRMED IN CROATIA: OVERVIEW OF [...] SUMMARY: Croatian Veterinary authorities confirmed on October 26 the presence of the H5N1 virus in dead swans found in the eastern part of the country last week. The GOC has been rapid and transparent in its handling of the situation thus far. This message summarizes the situation to date, [...]	2005-10-26 15:00:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL EAID WHO HR
05ZAGREB183	ADRIATIC CHARTER DEFENSE MINISTERIAL BILATERAL [...] (SBU) The U.S. delegation to the Adriatic Charter (A3) Defense Ministerial, led by Ambassador Frank, met with the State Secretary of the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 24 January 2005 and the Minister of Defense of Croatia on 25 January 2005. Mr. Alan Van Egmond, OSD Director of Balk [...]	2005-02-07 06:36:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS MOPS HR NATO
05ZAGREB1833	NATO'S MIXED MESSAGE TO CROATIA [...] (U) This is an Action Request - see para 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY and COMMENT: NATO DSYG Minuto Rizzo made a brief stop in Zagreb on November 11 on a whirlwind tour of MAP countries Croatia, Albania, and Macedonia. Minuto Rizzo carried a useful message about NATO being a community of values. It [...]	2005-11-16 15:32:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO HR
05ZAGREB1836	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: 17 NOVEMBER 2005 [...] SUMMARY: As of November 17, 2005, no additional cases of H5N1 have been confirmed in Croatia. The GOC is continuing its surveillance efforts and Post hopes to receive an English version of the Croatian national pandemic influenza preparedness plan by the end of November. Media interest in a [...]	2005-11-17 09:54:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PREL EAID WHO CASC HR
05ZAGREB1868	CROATIA: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE: NOVEMBER [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-23 14:42:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV ECON EAGR PREL HR
05ZAGREB190	CROATIAN PRIVATIZATION: 14 STEPS FORWARD, UNKNOWN [...] (SBU) The Croatian Privatization Fund -- under energetic leadership and with the help of U.S.-funded advisors -- has fought an uphill battle the past seven months, and can take some pride in the privatization of 14 majority government-owned firms over that period. Privatization of subsidy-su [...]	2005-02-07 14:32:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EAID HR
05ZAGREB1930	ICTY FUGITIVE GOTOVINA ARRESTED [...] (SBU) According to media reports December 8, Spanish Authorities on the Canary Islands arrested ICTY Fugitive Ante Gotovina on December 7. ICTY Head of Office in Croatia Thomas Osorio confirmed for us that Gotovina had been arrested. The Croatian State Prosecutor's Office told us that they e [...]	2005-12-08 14:24:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KAWC PREL HR
05ZAGREB204	MOD REPLACES ASSISTANT MINISTER WHO SIGNED EUCOM [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Ministry of Defense (MOD) has relieved Dr. Jelena Grcic-Polic from her duties as Assistant Minister of Defense for Defense Policy. She has been replaced by Igor Pokaz, the head of international defense cooperation under Grcic-Polic. While the MOD has reported the mo [...]	2005-02-10 06:34:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MARR MASS MOPS HR NATO
05ZAGREB36	HIV/AIDS IN CROATIA -- GLOBAL FUND FILLING A VOID [...] With a three-year, $5 million commitment in Croatia, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis has made possible free and anonymous HIV testing in three urban centers of Croatia and supported NGO education and outreach to vulnerable populations. Given Croatia's low prevalence [...]	2005-01-07 10:56:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV PHUM PGOV HR
05ZAGREB377	Prosecutors Investigate Refugee Housing Scam [...] (SBU) In mid-February, the Croatian Office for Combating Corruption and Organized Crime (USKOK) began investigating possible illegal sales of refugee Serb houses to the Croatian State Agency for Refugee Property (APN). Intermediaries in Serbia and Montenegro (SAM),supposedly representing Serb [...]	2005-03-09 12:06:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV HR
05ZAGREB525	HIV/AIDS IN CROATIA: GOC FULLY FUNDS DRUG THERAPY [...] The GoC currently spends approximately $2 million per year to provide anti-retroviral drug (ARV) therapy to 218 individuals known to be living with AIDS in Croatia. Funding drug therapy is the GoC's primary contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS; fortunately, the Global Fund has covered [...]	2005-04-01 07:19:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV PHUM PGOV HR
05ZAGREB590	USG REHABILITATING MASS MURDERER? - AMBASSADOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Both President Stjepan Mesic and PM Ivo Sanader have called in Ambassador Frank in the past 24 hours to express grave concern over press reports of a planned U.S. presentation of the Legion of Merit (LoM) medal a [...]	2005-04-14 05:49:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SR HR
05ZAGREB6	MESIC AND KOSOR HEADING FOR SECOND ROUND IN [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: President Stjepan Mesic fell one percent short of the simple majority he needed for a first round re-election on January 2, finishing the day at 49 percent of the 2.2 million votes cast. He will face Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) nominee Jadranka Kosor, who received 20 [...]	2005-01-03 15:46:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HR
05ZAGREB78	PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: ALLEGED FRAUD IN CROATIAN [...] (SBU) The respected Croatian NGO GONG has alleged that a number of votes recorded at polling stations in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) during the first round of the Croatian presidential elections were fraudulent. These allegations apply only to so-called diaspora voting in BiH and not/not in [...]	2005-01-14 15:15:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HR
05ZAGREB792	LOCAL ELECTIONS: BELLWETHER FOR HDZ GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Local elections on May 15 will be dominated by county and city issues but are bringing to light regional fractures within the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ),as the party suffers the repercussions of reforms made after the 2003 parliamentary elections. This [...]	2005-05-13 05:48:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HR
05ZAGREB827	LOCAL ELECTIONS: HDZ FALTERS, OPPOSITION GAINS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Strong personalities, unpredictable coalitions, and a continued drop in popularity of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) marked Croatia's May 15 local elections. Coalitions among multiple parties will be necessary to form governments in the vast majority of [...]	2005-05-19 06:38:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL HR
05ZAGREB834	LOCAL ETHNIC TENSIONS RISE IN ELECTION WAKE [...] (SBU) An unfortunate convergence of events has stirred anger and fear among some small-town Croats, sparking several incidents of ethnic hatred against Serbs. The May 9 USG presentation of the Legion of Merit to the relatives of Chetnik leader Draza Mihailovic; the May 10 reports of propose [...]	2005-05-19 13:50:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SR HR
05ZAGREB916	PROJECT PROPOSAL - 2005 HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] SUMMARY: Post proposes to fund a project aimed at encouraging first-time voters by educating secondary-school students throughout Croatia about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. This project, called "I'm Voting for the First Time," would be carried out by local non-partisan NGO [...]	2005-06-01 14:11:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM HR
05ZAGREB926	ICTY'S DEL PONTE ON CROATIA: COMMITMENT BUT NOT [...] (C) At the close of her short visit to Croatia, ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte briefed that she was convinced that GoC efforts to arrest fugitive Ante Gotovina are sincere but that commitment does not equal full cooperation with the Tribunal. She indicated that by September she would [...]	2005-06-03 14:53:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PREL HR
05ZAGREB986	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK [...] POL and FCS officers visited Lovac Trgovina on June 8, 2005. Post recommends the approval of the application for export of Smith and Wesson revolvers to the firm. 2. Lovac Trgovina D.O.O. is a bona fide retail distribution firm of handguns and rifles in Croatia. The firm was founded in 1 [...]	2005-06-10 14:17:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC HR
06ABIDJAN1004	COTE D'IVOIRE: TOXIC WASTE SCANDAL UNFOLDS [...] (U) Summary. The illegal dumping of toxic waste at eleven open-air garbage sites around the city of Abidjan has reportedly left three people dead and led some 1,500 others to seek treatment for symptoms of nausea, rashes, fainting, diarrhea and headaches. The dumping has generated public pro [...]	2006-09-08 17:44:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV SENV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1027	COTE D'IVOIRE: VISIT BY AFRICAN UNION CHAIRMAN [...] (U) Sassou Nguesso, President of the Republic of Congo and current Chairman of the African Union (AU),visited Abidjan September 10-12. He met individually with each of the five principal Ivoirian political leaders: President Gbagbo, principal opposition party leaders Bedie and Ouattara, a [...]	2006-09-12 15:14:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1036	COTE D'IVOIRE: TENTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. The tenth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) produced a somewhat bolder than usual communique challenging the African Union (AU) and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to devise new, better transition arrangements to take effect after October. T [...]	2006-09-14 11:02:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1042	COTE D'IVOIRE SITREP 15 SEPTEMBER 2006, 1430 GMT [...] (U) A number of roadblocks were established in Abidjan on the morning of September 15. By early afternoon, some of these had been dismantled although roadblocks remained primarily in the Riviera district of Abidjan, where the Embassy is located. A group of about 50 protesters gathered in the [...]	2006-09-15 15:56:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC SENV CASC IV
06ABIDJAN1070	COTE D'IVOIRE: EVENTS AND RHETORIC HEATING UP AS [...] (C) Summary. Events and rhetoric are heating up but proceeding largely as expected as October 31 approaches. The local press is reporting that the September 20 meeting in New York chaired by Secretary General Annan and attended by key African leader and all the key Ivoirian political leaders [...]	2006-09-22 16:52:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1088	COTE D'IVOIRE: UPDATE ON AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS', [...] Air Traffic Controllers: As of 1500 GMT September 27th, the strike of the 27 Ivorian employees of the Agency for Aeronautical Security in Africa (ASECNA),which operates air traffic control at Abidjan's airport, was suspended for one month, allowing a full resumption of both domestic and inte [...]	2006-09-28 14:03:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ELAB PREL ASEC IV ECON
06ABIDJAN112	GBAGBO USES ARTICLE 48 POWERS TO EXTEND NATIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The January 27 extension by Presidential decree of the Mandate of the National Assembly (NA) has further weakened Prime Minister Banny, and continued President Gbagbo's challenge to the International Community. The New Forces, who do not have any deputies in the assembly, have [...]	2006-02-01 15:51:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1190	TRADE AGREEMENT COMPLIANCE AND MONITORING [...] The Economic Section and the Foreign Commercial Section at Post jointly monitor trade agreements and respond to foreign trade barrier complaints. The Section's two Economic Officers determine responsibilities for specific cases as they emerge, working in concert with the regional FCS Officer [...]	2006-10-25 09:45:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD
06ABIDJAN1206	PREPARATION OF 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT [...] TRADE SUMMARY: The U.S. trade deficit with Cote d,Ivoire was $1.1 billion in 2005, an increase of $477 million from $597 million in 2004. U.S. goods exports in 2005 were $124 million, up 4.9 percent from the previous year. Corresponding U.S. imports from Cote d,Ivoire were $1.2 billion, up 6 [...]	2006-10-30 12:50:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN1212	LIBERIAN REFUGEE REPATRIATION ENTERS NEW PHASE [...] (U) Summary: Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) for West Africa traveled to Liberia from October 10-19 to discuss ongoing Liberian refugee repatriation efforts. UNHCR figures show that a total of 80,617 Liberian refugees returned between November 2004 and September 28, 2006 and th [...]	2006-10-31 15:12:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM LI IV
06ABIDJAN1228	COTE D'IVOIRE: INITIAL REACTIONS OF POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary. The streets of Abidjan were calm in the wake of the adoption of UNSCR 1721 (reftel) and the business of the country's economic capital went on without incident. Ambassador Hooks and Emboffs sought out the initial impressions of major political groups and figures, and found amon [...]	2006-11-03 16:58:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IV
06ABIDJAN1250	OPPOSITION PARTIES UNHAPPY WITH UNSCR 1721; PM [...] (C) Summary. The Ivorian political class continues to react to UNSCR 1721 and the President's ongoing efforts to shape the political terrain to his liking. Both the Forces Nouvelles (NF) and major unarmed opposition parties expressed disappointment with 1721, specifically the decision to av [...]	2006-11-09 14:05:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IV UN
06ABIDJAN1251	RESIDENTS OF YOPOUGON ROUT PRO-GOV'T MILITIA [...] (SBU) On November 3, residents of the Azito neighborhood in the populous Yopougon suburb of Abidjan engaged in a daylong battle with members of a pro-government militia, the Groupe des Patriotes pour la Paix (GPP),and eventually succeeded in ejecting them entirely. Long-simmering tensions e [...]	2006-11-09 14:32:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IV MARR PREL
06ABIDJAN1253	FRENCH ECONOMIC COUNSELOR ADDRESSES COTE [...] (SBU) Econ Chief met with French Economic and Commercial Counselor Jean Dolle at the French Embassy on November 8. Dolle began by discussing French economic interests in Cote d'Ivoire, which, despite the political crisis and its resultant effects on the economy, remain strong. Economic act [...]	2006-11-09 14:52:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON IBRD IV PREL
06ABIDJAN1263	IVORIAN POULTRY INDUSTRY CRIES FOWL AS GOVERNMENT [...] On November 2, 2006, the Ministry of Animal Husbandry and Fisheries announced a plan to slash the tariff on poultry imports by 50% (from 22.5% to 11.5%). The announcement followed the October 31 Council of Ministers, which recommended taking &all necessary measures to supply the poultry mark [...]	2006-11-13 16:19:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EIND ELAB EAGR IV
06ABIDJAN1276	UNION OF STATE-OWNED NEWSPAPER THREATENS STRIKE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 30, 2006 the board of influential government-owned newspaper Fraternite Matin (FratMat) dismissed Director General Honore De Yedagne (close to the FPI) and replaced him with Leon Lebry Francis, an ally of PM Banny. On November 6 the union for employees at FratMat, [...]	2006-11-16 15:55:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB IV
06ABIDJAN1277	DEMARCHE ON ANTI-U.S. RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) POL/ECON Counselor delivered ref A demarche to Ambassador Bernard Tanoh Boutchoue,Director of the Office of United Nations and Specialized Institutions Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on November 16. We strongly urged Cote d'Ivoire to vote against the three anti-U.S. resolutio [...]	2006-11-16 17:25:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BO IV PHUM
06ABIDJAN1306	NINE TURKEYS DIE OF H5N1 AVIAN INFLUENZA JUST IN [...] On November 20, the National Institute for Public Hygiene in Cote d'Ivoire (INHP) confirmed results by the National Laboratory for Agricultural Development (LANADA) on November 17 of another instance of H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI) in Cote d'Ivoire. Culling began November 21, as 76 birds were s [...]	2006-11-24 17:07:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR EMED CONS IV
06ABIDJAN1316	GBAGBO HEADED FOR COLLISION COURSE WITH OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: President Gbagbo unexpectedly reinstated three senior officials who were implicated in the toxic waste disaster but are stalwarts in Gbagbo's FPI (Ivoirian Popular Front) party. He also sacked the director general of the state-owned newspaper, Fraternite Matin, for carrying a r [...]	2006-11-28 18:02:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1317	PM BANNY: THE TANDEM WITH GBAGBO IS BROKEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Banny told the Ambassador on November 28 that Cote d'Ivoire is again in crisis: the tandem with President Gbagbo has not been working well since UN Resolution 1721 was adopted November 1 and is now broken. The PM said he was not even informed of the decrees that [...]	2006-11-29 12:11:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	IV PGOV
06ABIDJAN1323	UN TRYING TO SORT OUT RECENT VIOLENCE IN DUEKOUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Francois Sonon, Head of the Duekoue Field Office for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),confirmed five deaths as a result of ethnic clashes between local Guere and Burkinabe in several villages just north of Duekoue in the Zone of Confidence (ZOC). [...]	2006-11-29 17:29:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF IV
06ABIDJAN1331	PRESIDENT GBAGBO WILL NOT DISMISS PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador on November 30, President Gbagbo made the following points: -- he will not fire Prime Minister Banny, although he did not appreciate the PM's communiqu7 dealing with presidential decrees; instead, he fired the Director of the radio and televi [...]	2006-12-04 15:38:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	IV PGOV
06ABIDJAN1334	AMBASSADOR VISITS FN-HELD NORTHEAST; QUIET, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Hooks led a small delegation of Emboffs and the DATT on a tour of northeastern towns Bondoukou and Bouna. While government-held Bondoukou and FN-held Bouna are peaceful compared to other areas of the country, Bondoukou is notably more prosperous and Bouna's administ [...]	2006-12-04 17:10:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON CONS IV
06ABIDJAN1347	COCOA STRIKE ENDS WITH HARDLY A WHIMPER, [...] (C) Summary. The strike in the cocoa sector has come to a quiet, almost stealthy end although most of the putative demands made by strikers remain unaddressed. The harvest is proceeding, and a good crop is expected. According to industry observers, the government was essentially able to b [...]	2006-12-07 07:31:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON AID PREL IV
06ABIDJAN1349	GBAGBO ROCKING THE BOAT; OPPOSITION STICKS TOE IN [...] (U) After a tumultuous week in the political landscape with Gbagbo's takeover of both the State-owned newspaper Fraternite Matin and state Radio and Television (RTI),and his reinstatement of three senior offials who were implicated in the toxic waste disaster but are Gbagbo cronies, this week [...]	2006-12-07 16:52:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL IV UN
06ABIDJAN1351	ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF PLAYING THE ROLE OF MEDIATOR? [...] (U) Today the local press widely reported that Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (FANCI) Chief of Staff General Philippe Mangou met with lead opposition leader Professor Alphonse Djedje Mady on December 6th. Mangou reportedly wants to calm the increasingly acrid political environment in Abidjan b [...]	2006-12-07 17:05:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN IV
06ABIDJAN1355	ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Summary. At the eleventh meeting of the International Working Group (IWG),Prime Minister Banny sought to persuade the group that significant progress has been made to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1721, especially on re-launching identification, returning civil servants to the [...]	2006-12-08 14:20:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC UNSC IV
06ABIDJAN136	MORE ON VIOLENCE IN GUIGLO AND VULNERABILITY OF [...] (C) The humanitarian community is still reeling from the violent attacks that took place mid-January in Guiglo against their offices and staff. Providing basic emergency assistance to the camps of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Guiglo is the top priority, but security ov [...]	2006-02-08 16:30:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREF PHUM WFP IV LI
06ABIDJAN1372	COTE D'IVOIRE: MILITARY REPORTS ALLEGED COUP PLOT [...] (C) Summary. On December 12 the press spokesman of the defense and security forces announced that a coup plot had been uncovered, involving the assassination of President Gbagbo, the armed forces chief of staff, and several other top security force commanders. The man accused of being the ma [...]	2006-12-13 12:26:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV ASEC PREL IV
06ABIDJAN1376	COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL PROCESS DRIFTING [...] (C) Summary. Well into the second month of Cote d'Ivoire's second year of transition to postponed elections, the political process continues to drift. President Gbagbo is essentially ignoring UN Security Council Resolution 1721 and defying the peace process, and the political opposition has [...]	2006-12-14 14:28:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN1393	COTE D'IVOIRE: 2006 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] General Assessment: Cote d'Ivoire does not engage in any major counterterrorism efforts as terrorist groups are not known to be present and thus terrorist activity is not a percieved threat in this country. Cote d'Ivoire has been in the throes of a political-military crisis since 2002 which [...]	2006-12-19 16:53:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER ASEC PGOV IV
06ABIDJAN1400	COTE D'IVOIRE - UPDATE ON THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-20 11:20:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID IV
06ABIDJAN1402	GBAGBO OFFERS PROPOSALS, NOT SOLUTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a speech made December 19 evening, President Gbagbo offered five proposals designed to bring the country out of crisis: (1) direct talks with the Forces Nouvelles (FN) rebels aimed at encouraging them to disarm and free the country; (2) elimination of the Zone of Confidence; ( [...]	2006-12-21 09:18:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN IV
06ABIDJAN1406	DIAMOND MINING IN COTE D'IVOIRE'S NORTH-CENTRAL [...] (C) Summary: In the north-central region of Cote d'Ivoire near Korhogo, diamonds are mined using traditional methods of searching riverbeds with sieves. The yield from this particular region is small--perhaps a few hundred stones a month collectively--and offers a subsistence living for the [...]	2006-12-21 16:15:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	EMIN IV
06ABIDJAN1430	COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO GAMBLES WHILE THE POLITICAL [...] (C) As 2006 comes to an end, the Cote d,Ivoire peace process continues to drift. President Gbagbo is waiting for rebel FN (New Forces) leader Guillaume Soro to respond to the five "proposals" he unveiled December 20 (Reftel). The pro-opposition newspaper Le Patriote reported December 27 that [...]	2006-12-28 16:15:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN190	COTE D'IVOIRE: FOURTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny briefed the fourth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG) on his plans to adopt the IWG's road map as his government's work plan. In light of the four days of street disturbances in reaction to the previous IWG's stance on the National Assembly, it [...]	2006-02-22 14:45:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNAUS IV
06ABIDJAN226	COTE D'IVOIRE: 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) Since a September 2002 coup attempt that evolved into a civil war, Cote d'Ivoire has been partitioned in two with the government maintaining control of the south and the ex-rebel New Forces controlling the north. Tensions between the two sides have lessened since the appointment of a new [...]	2006-03-01 16:49:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IV
06ABIDJAN227	COTE D'IVOIRE: ILO-UNHCR TO PUBLISH REPORT ON [...] (SBU) Summary: ILO and UNHCR will publish a report on the exploitation of refugee and displaced children in Cote d'Ivoire almost two years after its completion. ILO-UNHCR identified labor and sexual exploitation as the two main forms of exploitation for refugee and displaced children in Cot [...]	2006-03-01 16:50:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL EAID SOCI IV
06ABIDJAN228	COTE D'IVOIRE: POLITICAL LEADERS HOLD SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's five principal political leaders met in Yamoussoukro February 28, the first such meeting since the current crisis began in 2002. They reaffirmed their commitment to the Pretoria Agreement and to holding elections as scheduled, and agreed on six sets of issues: im [...]	2006-03-01 16:50:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN246	COTE D'IVOIRE: FRENCH FORCES CONFRONT IVOIRIAN [...] (U) Most newspapers reported March 3 the French Defense Minister's official letter of protest to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan regarding recent incursions of Ivoirian military forces into the Zone of Confidence (ZC) separating the government-controlled south from the rebel-controlled north. [...]	2006-03-06 14:15:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC CI
06ABIDJAN255	ALASSANE OUATTARA RESTRUCTURES THE RDR [...] (U) On March 4-5, presidential candidate and former Prime Minister Alassane Ouattara's political party, the RDR (Rally of Democratic Republicans),met at the UN-protected Golf Hotel in Abidjan, to restructure the party and increase the number of leadership positions at the top. More than 700 [...]	2006-03-08 15:22:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN332	COTE D'IVOIRE: PEACE IS IN THE AIR, FOR THE MOMENT [...] (C) Summary. Peace is in the air. Prime Minister Banny has an impressive list of accomplishments, and political leaders seem to have set their minds on elections. Still, there is a daunting list of tasks yet to be completed, including issuing national identification cards and registering vo [...]	2006-03-30 15:43:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN361	OIL SPILL OFF IVORY COAST [...] (C) Summary. An oil spill off the coast of Ivoiry Coast caused by the Canadian oil company CNR has largely been cleaned up. However, the Minister of Environment told the Ambassador he was unhappy with uncommunicativeness from CNR and alleged that Ivoirians close to the Presidency who are [...]	2006-04-04 08:37:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV ENRG EPET
06ABIDJAN368	COTE D'IVOIRE: TROUBLED COCOA SECTOR [...] (C) Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's 2005-2006 cocoa harvest looks to be up slightly from last year. The share of the world market price that is going to the farmers is higher than last year but still only 50 percent. Another 37 percent goes in taxes and fees to the government and to four cocoa sup [...]	2006-04-06 10:51:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EIND PGOV IV
06ABIDJAN369	COTE D'IVOIRE: THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE PEACE [...] (C) Summary. As expected, The peace process is going through ups and downs. Pro-Gbagbo militias are threatening to take to the streets as they did in January, this time over the sequencing of identification vis a vis disarmament. Preliminary results indicate that only about 20 percent of st [...]	2006-04-06 15:40:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN409	COTE D'IVOIRE: PRIME MINISTER'S UPCOMING VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Banny told the Ambassador that the primary objective for his upcoming visit to Washington is to request assistance for Cote d'Ivoire's peace process from the World Bank and the IMF. The Ambassador underscored the urgency of moving forward with identification and d [...]	2006-04-21 14:19:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN414	COTE D'IVOIRE: SIXTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) At the sixth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG),the group was alarmed to hear from a series of senior Ivoirian officials in charge of various aspects of the peace process that the political process is once again at an impasse and that hardly any progress has been made toward [...]	2006-04-21 16:38:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN428	COTE D'IVOIRE: STUDENT UNION STAGES STREET PROTESTS [...] (SBU) The Cote D'Ivoire Federation of University and High School Students (FESCI) staged street demonstrations in Abidjan April 25 to demand an end to the current teachers strike. The government-owned but generally factual newspaper Fraternite Matin estimated the number of protesters at 1500. [...]	2006-04-26 15:15:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL IV
06ABIDJAN433	COTE D'IVOIRE: SUSPECTED CASES OF AVIAN FLU [...] Several birds found dead in Abidjan have been tested at the state-owned Institute Pasteur in Abidjan for H5N1 Avian Flu. However, officials have not yet confirmed the presence of the virus in Cote d'Ivoire. Additional samples were sent for testing to a lab in Italy on April 24. The cases were [...]	2006-04-27 11:54:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	AMED EAGR IV TBIO
06ABIDJAN442	COTE D'IVOIRE: PRESENCE OF AVIAN FLU ALL BUT [...] Initial results from several birds found dead in Abidjan have tested positive for H5N1 Avian Influenza (AI). Screening for the virus was performed by two labs, the Insitut Pasteur in Abidjan and in Paris. Ministry officials are waiting for final confirmation from the United Nations Food and [...]	2006-04-28 16:58:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR EMED IV
06ABIDJAN447	COTE D'IVOIRE: GBAGBO ISSUES COMBATIVE STATEMENT [...] (C) On April 25 President Gbagbo issued a statement through his press spokesman laying out his views on how the country should move forward toward elections. The statement was typical of Gbagbo: combative, defensive, disingenuous and hardly presidential. Gbagbo denied that he had agreed at th [...]	2006-05-03 16:41:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN460	COTE D'IVOIRE: RECENT ATTACKS IN THE WEST PROVE [...] (C) Summary: UN agencies are concerned by a continuing series of inter-ethnic attacks that have occurred in recent weeks in western Cote d'Ivoire, mostly around the town of Bangolo. The attacks have resulted in several deaths, injuries, and some internal population displacement. The UN rep [...]	2006-05-05 16:31:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF KPKO PHUM IV
06ABIDJAN475	COTE D'IVOIRE: SIXTH MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) At the sixth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG),the group was alarmed to hear from a series of senior Ivoirian officials in charge of various aspects of the peace process that the political process is once again at an impasse and that hardly any progress has been made toward [...]	2006-05-09 17:11:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN500	PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES IDENTIFICATION [...] (U) SUMMARY. On May 14, Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny addressed the nation on the televised evening news and confirmed reports that the Ministry of Justice will begin pilot identification programs on May 18. Banny also announced that identification and disarmament (DDR) would occur sim [...]	2006-05-15 13:33:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN532	COTE D'IVOIRE: STATUS OF PILOT ID PROGRAM [...] Summary: The second and third day of the pilot identification program ran smoothly in all seven sites both north and south. After the first day, pro-Gbagbo militias ceased their disruptive activities against the program in the south and the population appears to be gaining confidence in the [...]	2006-05-23 10:49:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN549	YOUNG PATRIOTS CONTINUE TO OCCUPY HIGH SCHOOL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congress of Young Patriots (COJEP),the leading faction of the Young Patriots youth militia and headed by Ble Goude, continues to occupy the headquarters of the Secondary School Teacher,s Union (SYNESCI). Despite complaints to the Ivorian government, COJEP remains in place [...]	2006-05-24 16:25:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ELAB PGOV ECON EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN554	COTE D'IVOIRE: SEVENTH MEETING OF THE [...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held a largely uneventful seventh meeting on May 19. Prime Minister Banny, UN High Representative for Elections (HRE) Studeman, Ivoirian Chief of Staff General Mangou, and New Forces Chief of Staff Bakayoko, along with the head of the Elect [...]	2006-05-26 09:57:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN613	COTE D'IVOIRE: FINAL NUMBERS FROM PILOT ID PROGRAM [...] (U) The Ivorian government announced the official figures for the pilot identification process which ended on May 27. The official figures are: 5003 applicants were interviewed, 3907 birth certificates were granted, and 3137 certificates of nationality were approved. The analysis of the pilo [...]	2006-06-08 15:20:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN616	FESCI UNDER SERGES KOFFI: THE FIRST YEAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: FESCI (Federation of High School and University Students of Cote d'Ivoire) was created by President Gbagbo and other professors in 1992 at the birth of Cote d'Ivoire's multi-party system to give students a voice in the new political environment. It rapidly degenerated into a maf [...]	2006-06-09 14:09:00	Embassy Abidjan	SECRET//NOFORN	KPKO PREL PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN627	COTE D'IVOIRE: INFORMATION ON OHCHR FIELD PRESENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is represented in Cote d'Ivoire by the Division of Human Rights (HR),which is part of the larger UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI). Its overarching mission is to promote human rights in Cote d'Ivoire. The HR works in a [...]	2006-06-12 14:08:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IV
06ABIDJAN647	COTE D'IVOIRE: START OF DISARMAMENT MAY BE DELAYED [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-16 14:54:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PGOV PREL IV
06ABIDJAN658	COTE D'IVOIRE: DISARMAMENT OF WESTERN MILITIAS [...] (C) Despite assurances we were given June 16 by Director of Operations for Disarmament Jean-Paul Malan that there were just a few obstacles left to mediate and that disarmament of the western militias would likely begin on June 17 (reftel),the militias continue to refuse to begin even the firs [...]	2006-06-19 15:59:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO PREL IV
06ABIDJAN686	COTRE D'IVOIRE: EIGHTH MEETING OF THE [...] (C) Summary. At the eighth meeting of the International Working Group (IWG),Prime Minister Banny gave a long, evasive presentation seeking to reassure the group that he is determined to succeed in bringing the country to elections, while IWG members tried to pin him down on why so little pro [...]	2006-06-28 15:23:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN713	NEW FORCES PREVENTED FROM MEETING PRESIDENT [...] (U) On July 4, a delegation of New Forces (NF) soldiers led by Chief-of-Staff General Soumailo Bakayoko was refused entry to the Prime Minister's office (Primature) prior to a scheduled meeting with President Gbagbo. Gbagbo wrote the NF last week, inviting the NF military (FAFN) to meet with h [...]	2006-07-05 17:33:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO IV

06ABIDJAN718	COTE D'IVOIRE: UN SECRETARY GENERAL CHAIRS [...] (C) Summary. UNSYG Annan chaired a mini-summit on Cote d'Ivoire in which participants set several deadlines to accelerate key elements of the peace process, including identification, DDR, and organization of elections. There was no discussion of possible scenarios if presidential elections [...]	2006-07-06 18:16:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN723	UNHCR CLOSES TABOU TRANSIT CENTER [...] SUMMARY: RefCoord traveled to Tabou, Cote d'Ivoire, on June 27-30 to meet with UNHCR officials regarding their repatriation efforts and the pending closure of the Tabou Transit Center (TC). RefCoord also traveled to several surrounding villages and met with refugee representatives. Although [...]	2006-07-07 12:49:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL IV
06ABIDJAN759	COTE D'IVOIRE: IDENTIFICATION PROCESS OFF TO A [...] (C) Summary: The launching of itinerant courts to document the approximately four million unregistered people in Cote d'Ivoire has gotten off to a shaky start. On top of administrative problems, the leader of President Gbagbo's Ivoirian Popular Front (FPI) party has called upon Gbagbo's fo [...]	2006-07-14 16:53:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN760	COTE D'IVOIRE: THE EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO [...] (U) Sylvain Roy, Chief Conduct and Discipline Officer at the UN Operation in Cote D'Ivoire (ONUCI),briefed us July 12 on ONUCI's efforts to combat sexual abuse and exploitation (SEA). He explained that the Conduct and Discipline Team (CDT) is a newly formed unit; he himself arrived in Decembe [...]	2006-07-14 17:21:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN778	COTE D'IVOIRE: PRO-GBAGBO MILITIAS CONTINUE TO [...] (C) The local press July 18 was full of reports of incidents throughout the government-controlled areas of the country where pro-Gbagbo Young Patriots militias successfully blocked the "audiences foraines" -- itinerant courts -- from going forward with the identification process (reftel),inc [...]	2006-07-18 16:06:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN782	COTE D'IVOIRE: SITUATION REPORT: YOUNG PATRIOTS [...] (C) Beginning early this morning at about 0600 local, Young Patriot militias erected a series of roadblocks at main road and intersections throughout Abidjan to protest the mobile identification teams launched by Prime Minister Banny. The roadblocks, which increased in size and number throu [...]	2006-07-19 14:54:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC IV
06ABIDJAN783	COTE D,IVOIRE SITUATION REPORT - 1700 GMT JULY 19, [...] (SBU) As of late afternoon, roadblocks in the Abidjan districts of Riviera (where Embassy is located),Cocody, and Deux Plateaux, where most Embassy personnel reside, have been dismantled or shut down. The airport remains open and we understand that Air France is flying tonight. An Embassy v [...]	2006-07-19 17:00:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN788	COTE D'IVOIRE: NINTH INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP [...] (C) Summary. The International Working Group (IWG) held a largely uneventful ninth meeting July 20. The Prime Minister sought to reassure the group that his peace train is on track and moving forward, but once again he was long on promises and short on specifics. The communique from this m [...]	2006-07-21 15:35:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN789	COTE D'IVOIRE: TEACHERS' STRIKE WIDELY IGNORED [...] (SBU) The strike by elementary and secondary school teachers that was supposed to resume on July 18 (ref A) was widely ignored. While Mamadou Soro, the leader of the teacher,s group calling for the strike, was quoted in the newspapers as saying over 70 percent of teachers boycotted, all othe [...]	2006-07-21 16:07:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN804	SEVERAL PEOPLE KILLED IN CLASHES OVER ID PROCESS [...] (SBU) Summary. Several people were killed and more than twenty injured over the weekend in Divo during violent confrontations at protests aimed at blocking the "audiences foraines" -- itinerant hearings -- from going forward with the identification process. Opposition party leaders are enco [...]	2006-07-24 16:24:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN810	PRIME MINISTER BANNY ATTEMPTS TO ADDRESS CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary. The Prime Minister spoke to the nation last night on the mobile identification process, addressing concerns raised by the President's FPI party and its supporters intent on disrupting the process. The PM made clear that the mobile teams are essential to the peace process and the [...]	2006-07-25 15:38:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PREL KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN812	COTE D'IVOIRE: BANK EMPLOYEES REPORTEDLY POSTPONE [...] (C) On July 25, leaders of the union representing all bank employees in Cote d'Ivoire told us they had postponed a three-day strike that the union had threatened to start on July 26. This decision was reportedly made after the banking sector employers' association offered fresh talks. Union [...]	2006-07-25 16:09:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB EFIN PGOV ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN832	UN CLOSELY FOLLOWING IDENTIFICATION PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. The United Nations is monitoring the progress of the registration of undocumented Ivoirians, in preparation for elections, and gave a briefing for embassies and international organizations July 25. Reportedly, almost all of the teams sent into rebel-held areas in the north are o [...]	2006-07-27 17:00:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN839	MODEST START TO DISARMAMENT OF WESTERN MILITIAS; [...] (U) On July 26, the disarmament/dismantling of ex-combatant, pro-Gbagbo militias got underway in the western town of Guiglo in the presence of Prime Minister Banny, DDR Commission (PNDDR) chief Ouassenan Kone, and UN officials. Approximately 150 militias reported to the demobilization site to [...]	2006-07-28 17:02:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN854	COTE D'IVOIRE: SECURITY AND MILITIA FORCES WAGE [...] (U) On the morning of Monday, July 31, national security forces of the Command Center for Security Operations (CECOS) fought a battle with members of the armed, pro-Gbagbo Patriotic Group for Peace (GPP) and Young Patriots militia in the busy downtown district of Plateau in Abidjan, after the [...]	2006-08-01 17:31:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV ELAB EFIN IV
06ABIDJAN86	COTE D'IVOIRE: ONE WEEK LATER [...] (C) SUMMARY. One week after protesters and the Young Patriots took over the streets of Abidjan, the city has ostensibly returned to normal. President Gbagbo's Ivoirian Popular Front (FPI) party has withdrawn its threat to quit the government, businesses are open again, and the city almost f [...]	2006-01-26 14:48:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON IV
06ABIDJAN874	COTE D'IVOIRE: UN BRIEFS AGAIN ON IDENTIFICATION [...] (C) Summary: The UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (ONUCI) reports that in the first two weeks of the current identification operation, there were just over 35,000 applications for registration in one form or another, from the estimated four million undocumented Ivoirians and foreigners born her [...]	2006-08-03 16:47:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KPKO IV
06ABIDJAN876	COTE D'IVOIRE: PARTIAL DISMANTLEMENT OF MILITIAS [...] (C) Summary. The dismantling of pro-Gbagbo militias in western Cote d'Ivoire continues to experience problems. It appears that only a fraction of the militia members are included in this program, and very little real disarmament has yet taken place. End Summary. 2. (C) The dismantling of [...]	2006-08-04 11:25:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN883	COTE D'IVOIRE: AVIAN INFLUENZA IN SAN PEDRO [...] On June 10, five chickens and a wild bird were discovered dead in an industrial rubber plantation near the port city of San Pedro, 500 km southwest of Abidjan. According to a July 20 report published by the Ministry of Animal Husbandry, the specimens tested on June 28 by the National Agricult [...]	2006-08-07 15:06:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO EAGR EMED IV
06ABIDJAN885	COTE D'IVOIRE: UN SUSPENDS DISMANTLEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: The UN confirms reports that it has halted the dismantlement of militias in Guiglo over the weekend. A UN official told us that tension in Guiglo remained high as some 1000 militia members from other towns continued their protests over the weekend. Although officially the UN cl [...]	2006-08-08 18:19:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPKO ASEC IV
06ABIDJAN906	HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL FOR LIBERIAN REFUGEES IN [...] (U) Summary: Abidjan-based Refugee Coordinator (RefCoord) visited Guiglo from August 1-3 to meet with UNHCR field representatives and visit the Nicla Refugee Camp for Liberian refugees. There are approximately 10,500 Liberian refugees in the northern Refugee Welcome Zone (ZAR),of which 5,987 [...]	2006-08-11 15:16:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL IV
06ABIDJAN911	COTE D'IVOIRE: TENSIONS CONTINUE WITHIN MARITIME [...] (U) On August 8, Maritime Police officers announced in a press conference that on August 4 Minister of Transport Anaky Kobenan (leader of the MFA, an opposition party) had issued the payment of bonus arrears in the amount of USD 234,000 (CFAF 117 million) and suspended Director General for M [...]	2006-08-11 18:55:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ASEC ELAB EFIN
06ABIDJAN997	COTE D'IVOIRE: GOVERNMENT RESIGNS OVER ILLEGAL [...] (U) On September 6, Prime Minister Banny publicly submitted the resignation of his government and President Gbagbo publicly accepted it. Banny said that he felt obliged to resign because of mounting public anger over the illegal dumping of toxic wastes at several sites around Abidjan. The was [...]	2006-09-07 12:20:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV IV
06ABUDHABI1001	MEDIA REACTION: P&O PORTS DEAL; HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT; [...] SUMMARY: A UAE COLUMNIST IN "AL-ITTIHAD" WRITES THAT US REJECTION OF THE P&O DEAL CONVEYED A NEGATIVE MESSAGE TO ALL ARABS AS WELL AS TO THE UAE. A COLUMNIST IN "AL-KHALEEJ" COMMENTED ON THE DOS HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT BY STATING THAT IT ACCUSES MANY COUNTRIES, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE CONSIDERED [...]	2006-03-15 12:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR AE TC
06ABUDHABI1006	UAE PREPARED TO DISCUSS CHARITIES AT MENA-FATF [...] (C) The UAE Central Bank will represent the UAE at the March 20-21 MENA-FATF plenary in Cairo, and Central Bank officials are prepared to discuss the UAE's implementation of the MENA-FATF charities white paper. This discussion will likely focus on the same themes that Abdulrahim al-Awadi, the [...]	2006-03-15 13:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN AE UAE
06ABUDHABI1023	UAE: CALLING FOR THE RELEASE OF AKBAR GANJI [...] (C) In a meeting with UAE MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al-Noaimi March 18, Ambassador delivered reftel points and together with DRL DAS Barks-Ruggles urged the UAE to join other states in sending Iran a clear message in support of Iranian journalist and political prisoner Akbar Ganji's release. At [...]	2006-03-18 10:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI IR AE
06ABUDHABI103	REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNSC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On January 16, Pol Chief met with MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani to deliver ref A points on U.S. views regarding the Iran nuclear issue, and texts of both the EU-3 Foreign Ministers' Statement and the Secretary's Statement on Iran's resumption of uranium SIP [...]	2006-01-17 11:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL IR EU AORC AE UN
06ABUDHABI1044	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY [...] SUMMARY: A COLUMNIST IN "AL-KHALEEJ" DESCRIBED THE NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGIES REPORT AS A REPORT THAT CONSISTS OF EVERYTHING EXCEPT A STRATEGY. AN "AL-KHALEEJ" EDITORIAL NOTED THE U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGIES REPORT FOLLOWS THE NEW CONSERVATIVES' DISASTROUS IDEOLOGIES AND WONDERED WHY [...]	2006-03-18 13:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC
06ABUDHABI1076	UAEG RECOMMITS TO SCREENING AND PROTECTING TIP [...] (C) Summary: Between March 17-19, Ambassador and CG Dubai engaged senior-level UAEG officials to discuss TIP issues and the importance of making a firm commitment to address the specific problem of trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Ambassador highlighted the need to identify [...]	2006-03-20 14:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	TAGS
06ABUDHABI1122	UAEG REPORTS ADDITIONAL TRAFFICKING PROSECUTIONS, [...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has provided the following trafficking-related statistics as was mentioned reftel. Post is awaiting additional prosecutions statistics from the Emirate of Dubai where the majority of sex trafficking prosecutions take place. ------------- Camel Jockeys - [...]	2006-03-22 12:48:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL AE TAGS
06ABUDHABI1123	HAMAS' KHALED MESHAAL VISITS UAE [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Presidential Affairs Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan received Hamas political chief Khaled Meshaal March 22. According to Foreign Ministry U/S Abdullah Rashid al-Noaimi, the UAEG had originally been reluctant to host Meshaal but decided that it was important to emp [...]	2006-03-22 12:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL WE GZ IS AE
06ABUDHABI1232	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: VISIT OF NEA A/S DAVID [...] SUMMARY: The March 27-29 visit of David Welch, US Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, to the UAE received prominent coverage in all UAE Arabic and English dailies. Abu Dhabi TV carried a 7-minute interview on the daily program News of the Day with A/S Welch commenting on S [...]	2006-03-30 16:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR AE KPAO OVIP
06ABUDHABI1301	UAE CHARITY REGULATION: EMIRATE-LEVEL, NOT FEDERAL [...] (C) Summary. The UAE does not have a unified federal system of charity oversight or regulation. Charity regulation is ultimately the responsibility of each of the seven emirates. The Ministry of Social Affairs (MSA) licenses and monitors charities in Abu Dhabi, and any charity that is licen [...]	2006-04-04 11:15:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PTER KTFN PHUM AE
06ABUDHABI1327	UAE REFORM STRATEGY: QUARTERLY PROGRESS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Since the January 2 submission of the quarterly UAE Democratic Reform Strategy update (ref A),there have been additional developments. During the period January 1-March 31, the UAEG created a Cabinet-level Ministry of State for Federal National Council Affairs that its new minis [...]	2006-04-04 13:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KDEM KMPI AE
06ABUDHABI1340	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CRITICIZES THE UAE'S TREATMENT [...] (U) Summary: On March 30, Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report urging the UAEG to take immediate steps to end abusive labor practices. The report focuses heavily on the plight of foreign construction workers who often end up in &debt bondage.8 HRW also urged the UAEG to expand its staff [...]	2006-04-05 12:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD PHUM AE
06ABUDHABI1342	NATO SOLDIER SENTENCED TO 80 LASHES FOR OFFENSES [...] (SBU) On April 3, a Shari'a court in the northern emirate of Sharjah sentenced Estonian Master Sergeant Andrei Korol to one month in jail and 80 lashes for crimes committed at Sharjah International Airport on February 23. Korol was sentenced to 40 lashes and time served for public intoxicatio [...]	2006-04-05 13:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM NATO AE EN
06ABUDHABI135	UAE: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-18 12:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV AE USTR OPIC
06ABUDHABI1405	ETIHAD FLYING TO KENNEDY, ABU DHABI AIRPORT [...] (SBU) Summary. Etihad Airways recently reported to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rep that it has decided to fly to Kennedy, instead of Newark as was previously reported. Econoff and FAA rep met with several members of the Supervision Committee for the Expansion of the Abu Dhabi Inter [...]	2006-04-11 11:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PREL ECON AE
06ABUDHABI1416	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH [...] SUMMARY: A UAE columnist in "Al-Khaleej" calls a recent report on labor rights in the UAE from Human Rights Watch a credible report that should not be ignored or misinterpreted. He calls on the UAE authorities to open a dialogue with the organization and tackle problems related to labor issu [...]	2006-04-11 13:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO AE TC
06ABUDHABI1471	UAE SHI'A AND THEIR LOYALTIES [...] (C) Summary: With rising international tension over Iran's quest for nuclear power, and persistent reports of Iranian influence in Iraq's internal affairs, the UAE's Shi'a minority have been doing a lot of soul-searching, according to sect members and their acquaintances. While we have heard [...]	2006-04-15 11:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM KISL PREL PINR IR AE
06ABUDHABI1531	UAE CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR SUDAN, AU MISSION IN [...] (C) Pol chief met with MFA Deputy Director for Arab Affairs Ahmed Besais April 17 to follow up on the issue of re-hatting the peacekeeping troops in Darfur (refs A, B). Besais told Pol chief the UAE supports the Arab League's "Khartoum Declaration" that affirms support for the African Union's [...]	2006-04-17 13:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO SU AE
06ABUDHABI16	UAE REFORM STRATEGY: THIRD QUARTERLY UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Since the September 30 submission of the quarterly UAE Democratic Reform Strategy update (ref A),there have been several positive developments in our reform strategy (ref B). Most notably, on December 1, President Khalifa announced that a form of limited elections will be held f [...]	2006-01-02 14:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PGOV KPAO KMPI AE
06ABUDHABI1716	UAE FM EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] (U) Speaking at a press conference in Kuwait April 25, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan expressed concern about Iran's nuclear program, while urging a peaceful resolution, as reported today by the Arabic dailies "Al Khaleej" and the semi-official "Al Ittihad," as well a [...]	2006-04-26 11:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO KU AE IR
06ABUDHABI1718	UAE CONDEMNS DAHAB BOMBING [...] (U) UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan has sent a cable of condolence to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak condemning the bomb attack in Dahab on April 24. The state news agency, WAM, reported that in his cable President Khalifa reiterated the UAE's solidarity with Egypt in confr [...]	2006-04-26 11:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER EG AE
06ABUDHABI1724	TOWNSEND DISCUSSES REGIONAL STABILITY, [...] (C) Summary. During an April 22 lunch meeting with Frances Fragos Townsend, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism (APHSCT),and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (MbZ),Townsend and MbZ discussed counterterrorism cooperation. Townsend stressed [...]	2006-04-29 12:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS EPET ETTC MCAP IR AE IQ
06ABUDHABI1772	UAEG FTA CONCERNS POST-DUBAI PORTS WORLD [...] (C) Summary. The UAEG views the upcoming investment chapter talks as crucial to the success of an FTA, especially in light of the recent Dubai Ports World episode. On April 22, Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan (AbZ) told visiting Assistant to the President for Homeland Security an [...]	2006-05-01 10:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV EPET EFIN AE
06ABUDHABI1797	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILLEN'S VISIT [...] (S) Summary: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to welcoming you to the UAE on May 15-16. Your visit will be an opportunity to build on recent Iran discussions between U.S. and UAE officials, particularly Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Joseph's April 8 meeting with U [...]	2006-05-03 11:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MCAP MARR MASS MNUC IR AE
06ABUDHABI1835	UAE LEADERS RECEIVE IRAN'S ALI LARIJANI [...] (C) UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Vice President/Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum separately received Secretary General of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani May 3. According to local press reports, President Khalifa ur [...]	2006-05-03 12:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS KPAO IR AE
06ABUDHABI1903	UAE RESPONSE TO IRANIAN EFFORT TO REASSURE GCC [...] (U) On May 6, UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) spoke to the press at the conclusion of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) consultative summit in Riyadh. According to WAM, the UAE's official news agency, when asked if the GCC had received any assurances from Iran that its n [...]	2006-05-08 13:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IR AE
06ABUDHABI191	UAEG RE-DRAWS ITS BORDER WITH SAUDI ARABIA [...] (U) Ratcheting up its public stance on the border issue, the UAEG,s 2006 Yearbook includes a map of the UAE with re-drawn borders with Saudi Arabia. In a departure from earlier yearbooks, the map (both hard copy and internet version) shows the UAE's territory extending to Qatar. The book dev [...]	2006-01-23 13:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS EPET PGOV ETRD ECON SA AE
06ABUDHABI1927	UAE STOCK MARKET DOWN [...] (U) Summary: The UAE's two stock markets, like others in the region, are experiencing a sharp drop from the high prices of 2005. GCC investors, especially Saudis, are reportedly withdrawing from the UAE market and investors are nervous about increasing Iranian-U.S. tensions. The U.S. stock [...]	2006-05-10 11:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON AE EINF
06ABUDHABI1928	UAE WILL CONSIDER CWC CHALLENGE INSPECTION HOST [...] (C) On April 30, Director for Nonproliferation Policy in the office of the Secretary of Defense, Dr. David Cooper (OSD/ISP/CbtWMD&NP/NPP),met with MFA Director of International Organizations, Yacoub al-Hosani, to discuss the outstanding bilateral Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) challenge in [...]	2006-05-10 11:34:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI1930	S/CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON DISCUSSES [...] (S) Summary: During a May 7 meeting, Department of State Coordinator for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton and UAE State Security Director Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed al-Nahyan discussed counterterrorism cooperation and the need to find new ways to coordinate intelligence activities and counter-terror [...]	2006-05-10 11:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PTER PINS PREL KISL KPAL IR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI1932	S/CT COORDINATOR CRUMPTON DISCUSSES [...] (S) Summary: During a May 7 meeting with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AbZ),Department of State Coordinator for Counterterrorism Henry Crumpton and Ambassador received a readout of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) leaders' 8th consultative summit, held a day earl [...]	2006-05-10 12:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PTER PINS PREL KISL KPAL KWBG PK AF LE JO
06ABUDHABI1994	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN/PALESTINE/UAE FTA/REFORM IN THE [...] SUMMARY: A columnist in "Al-Bayan" cautions the use of military force against Iran. An editorial in "Al-Khaleej" says it is disgraceful for the U.S. to provide Israel with Weapons of Mass Destruction while preventing the Arabs from providing the Palestinians with basic support. A UAE colum [...]	2006-05-15 09:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC
06ABUDHABI2016	UAE FTA: UAEG OFFICIALS RAISE CONCERNS< BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 14, during the UAE-Korean Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Forum held in Abu Dhabi, Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, Minister of Governmental Sector Development and the head of the UAE Telecommunications Supreme Committee, told the English language daily Gulf [...]	2006-05-16 09:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECPS ECIN ECON AE
06ABUDHABI2042	KIDNAPPING OF UAE DEPUTY CHARGE IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) The Deputy Charge d'Affaires at the UAE Embassy in Baghdad, Naji al-Naimi, was reportedly kidnapped by gunmen May 16. One of his bodyguards, a Sudanese, was reportedly injured in the incident. This morning, Ambassador reached out to Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (who is in B [...]	2006-05-17 08:52:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINS PTER MARR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2045	UAE CHANGES WEEKEND TO FRIDAY-SATURDAY [...] (U) The UAE announced on May 17 that beginning September 1, 2006, all schools and government offices will move from a Thursday-Friday weekend to a Friday-Saturday weekend. Although the Cabinet decision applies only to federal and government organizations and public and private schools, many UA [...]	2006-05-17 10:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM PREL ETRD AE
06ABUDHABI2074	REACTION IN THE UAE TO KIDNAPPING OF EMIRATI [...] (C) Al Arabiya TV is leading its hourly newscasts with the story of the kidnapping of the UAE diplomat, identified as Naji Rashid al-Naimi (or Naji al-Naimi Abu Rashid),from the emirate of Fujeirah and Yemeni descent. He is reported to be 28 years old and single. Al Arabiya cites Iraqi polic [...]	2006-05-17 13:55:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINS PTER MARR
06ABUDHABI2077	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: KIDNAPPING OF UAE DIPLOMAT [...] Summary: The kidnapping of the UAE diplomat in Baghdad generated extensive coverage in the UAE print and electronic media. Regional media "Al-Arabiya" satellite channel, and the London-based "Al-Sharq Al-Awsat" and "Al-Hayat" dailies also featured the story. Editorials urged the perpetrator [...]	2006-05-18 11:07:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC
06ABUDHABI2081	U/S LEVEY CO-CHAIRS 2ND U.S./UAE JTFCC MEETING [...] (S) Summary. The second meeting of the Joint Terrorist Finance Coordinating Committee (JTFCC) was held in Abu Dhabi April 30, 2006. The JTFCC was chaired on the UAE side by Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suwaidi and on the U.S. side by Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Finan [...]	2006-05-20 07:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KTFN PARM MCAP IR AE
06ABUDHABI2095	BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE: APPLICATION 05-996225 [...] (SBU) Post received reftel Blue Lantern request concerning an intermediately consignee, Gulf Technical Trading & Services L.L.C. (GULF). On May 10 ConGen Dubai spoke with Dr. Jamal Al Murra, deputy commander of the Dubai Police Force (the person mentioned in reftel as having signed the end us [...]	2006-05-21 08:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC AE
06ABUDHABI2126	UAE: UPDATE ON SHUTTING DOWN ACTIVITIES OF [...] (S) SUMMARY. On May 22, Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) asked for USG "patience" as UAE authorities looked into Mayrow-associated company linkages within the UAE and the Gulf region. AbZ reiterated several times that the UAEG took the information provided by the USG "very s [...]	2006-05-22 13:08:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PARM PREL PTER IR AE
06ABUDHABI2127	VISIT BY COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS [...] (U) On May 21, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador to discuss the organization's issues, outreach strategies, and its visit to the UAE. The UAE press has reported that Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai and UAE Ministe [...]	2006-05-22 14:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL SOCI PHUM PGOV KDEM AE
06ABUDHABI2129	ABU DHABI CROWN PRINCE FAVORS GULF SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting May 17 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),a DOD-State-NSC-USCENTCOM delegation headed by Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Ryan Henry and Political-Military Affairs Bur [...]	2006-05-23 08:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	MCAP MASS PREL PARM ENRG ETTC IR AE
06ABUDHABI2133	PHILIPPINES INQUIRY ABOUT PIRATED VESSEL, CREW [...] (C) Summary: The Philippines Ambassador to the UAE, Mr. Libran N. Cabactulan, called on Ambassador May 23 to discuss the status of the vessel M/T Lin 1 and its crew of 20 Filipinos seized by Somali pirates on March 29. Cabactulan said that his government wanted to know if the U.S. Navy was co [...]	2006-05-23 11:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL RP SO AE
06ABUDHABI2175	UAE RESPONSE TO IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS [...] (C) On May 24, DCM delivered points (ref A) to MFA U/S Abdullah Rashid al-Noaimi who noted FonMin Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AbZ)'s congratulatory phone call to the Iraqi FonMin. On the task before the new government in Iraq, al-Nuaimi expressed the hope that "they will get their act [...]	2006-05-24 13:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2211	UAE CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR REQUESTS TRAINING BEFORE [...] (C) Summary. At the request of the Central Bank Governor, Embassy's Joint Terror Finance Coordination Committee (JTFCC) team met with the UAE's JTFCC team May 29 to discuss the proposed U.S./UAE Cash Courier Operation. Although the Ambassador had briefed the Governor on this operation during [...]	2006-05-30 12:59:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI2240	MEDIA REACTION: ARABS AND U.S. PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] SUMMARY: An Egyptian columnist in "Akhbar Al-Arab" concludes that America's efforts to win the minds and hearts of the Arabs has failed. A UAE female professor in "Al-Bayan" wonders whether U.S. public diplomacy efforts will succeed in light of the decades of hostile policies, misery and ba [...]	2006-05-31 13:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC
06ABUDHABI2242	UAE DEPUTY CHARGE IN BAGHDAD FREED BY CAPTORS [...] (U) UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed confirmed the release of UAE Deputy Charge d'Affaires Naji al-Nuaimi the evening of May 30. Al-Nuaimi was kidnapped May 16 by gunmen belonging to the previously unknown Banner of Islam group (refs A, B). One of his bodyguards, a Sudanese, wa [...]	2006-05-31 13:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PINS PTER MARR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2243	SYRIAN VP IN UAE TO QUELL FEARS ABOUT IRAN? [...] (U) On May 29, Syrian Vice President Faruq al-Shara'a met with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, Vice President/Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum (MbR),and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan (MbZ). Arabic language [...]	2006-05-31 13:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON IR SY AE
06ABUDHABI2248	UAE JOINS UN OCHA DONOR SUPPORT GROUP (ODSG); UAE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Already a regional leader in humanitarian assistance, the UAE announced at a May 9 conference in Abu Dhabi its decision to become the 20th member and the first non-Western country to join the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Donor Support Group (ODSG). US [...]	2006-05-31 15:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM KPAL IZ AF AE
06ABUDHABI2281	DRAFT U.S./UAE JTFCC MOU FOR INTERAGENCY COMMENT [...] (C) Summary. At the request of the UAE Central Bank Governor, Embassy has prepared a draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. and UAE to formalize the Joint Terrorist Finance Coordinating Committee (JTFCC). The purpose of this MOU is to give the UAE chair of the JTFCC (presum [...]	2006-06-05 09:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI2285	FM SHEIKH ABDULLAH, PM SHEIKH MOHAMMED ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) chaired the GCC Foreign Ministers meeting in Riyadh June 3 where the main point of deliberation was Iran's nuclear program. Both AbZ and UAE VP/PM Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MbR) made public statements in recent days expressin [...]	2006-06-05 11:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IR AE
06ABUDHABI2347	PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES: TRANSPORTATION [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 3, Deputy Secretary of Transportation Maria Cino met with Sultan bin Saeed al-Mansouri, the UAE Minister of Governmental Sector Development, to discuss transportation and development issues. Al-Mansouri discussed the expansion of the UAE's civil aviation sector. He al [...]	2006-06-07 10:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EWWT EAIR ECON ETRD PREL AE
06ABUDHABI2420	U/S ECONOMY ON BOYCOTT, FTA [...] (SBU) On June 12, Econchief and Econoff met with Ministry of Economy Under Secretary Abdulla Al-Saleh to discuss the U.S. - UAE FTA negotiations and to try to resolve outstanding Arab League Boycott issues. Ambassador will meet with Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi on June 14 to fol [...]	2006-06-12 11:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD KBCT KMPI AE
06ABUDHABI2421	DHS/ICE CONDUCTS UAE CASH COURIER TRAINING [...] (SBU) At the request of Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suweidi (reftel),DHS/ICE attache conducted a seminar on cash courier operations on June 10, 2006 at the Dubai branch of the UAE Central Bank. The purpose of the seminar was to outline the procedures for conducting cash courier op [...]	2006-06-12 11:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI2437	WOMEN ASSURED SEATS IN UPCOMING FNC ELECTIONS [...] (U) On June 12, Dr. Anwar Mohammed Ghargash, MinState for Federal National Council (FNC) Affairs, submitted a memo to the Council of Ministers outlining the process for Federal National Council elections to be held later this year after Ramadan. Confirming previous reports, the memo noted that [...]	2006-06-13 11:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM AE
06ABUDHABI2455	UPDATE ON UAE AGENCY AND COMPANY LAWS [...] (SBU) Summary: The UAE's Federal Supreme Council(rulers of the seven emirates)is reviewing amendments to the UAE's law on Commercial Agencies (Agency Law). These amendments include: (1)requiring mutual consent to renew an agency agreement, (2)limiting an agency contract to a fixed time period [...]	2006-06-14 11:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON AE
06ABUDHABI2465	UAE - SYRIA ECONOMIC COMMISSION AND FORUM [...] (C) Summary: The UAE and Syria held a joint economic commission meeting on June 10 and the Second Syria-UAE Economic Forum from June 10-11, both in Damascus (ref a). On June 14, Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi told Ambassador that the UAE held these joint economic commissions regu [...]	2006-06-14 12:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD EINV SY AE
06ABUDHABI2542	NEW INVESTMENT COUNCIL TO TAKE ADIA'S UAE [...] (C/NF) Summary. On June 13, UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed established the Abu Dhabi Investment Council to take over the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority's (ADIA) stake in UAE-based investments, such as the National Bank of Abu Dhabi. ADIA will concentrate on its considerable overseas investm [...]	2006-06-20 09:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EINV ETRD ECON AE
06ABUDHABI2561	UAE AMENDS COMMERCIAL AGENCY LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 18, the Gulf News reported that UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan amended several provisions of the Commercial Agencies Law. These amendments include: (1) limiting an agency contract to a fixed time period, (2) requiring mutual consent to renew an agency [...]	2006-06-21 11:27:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON AE
06ABUDHABI2563	TEXTILES INDUSTRY: PESSIMISTIC DESPITE RISING TRADE [...] SUMMARY: Officials from the UAE Ministry of Economy, two textile factories in the UAE's Jebel Ali Free Zone (ATRACO Industrial and Carolina Fabric LTD) and one garment factory in Abu Dhabi (Abu Dhabi Garment Factory (ADGF) are pessimistic about current and future prospects of the UAE textile an [...]	2006-06-21 11:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ECON ETRD TC
06ABUDHABI2567	NATO DELEGATION REPORTS ON STATUS OF DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) Summary. On June 12, a Turkish admiral heading NATO delegation visiting the UAE briefed diplomats of NATO countries on progress in ICI discussions with the UAEG. UAE interlocutors were described as well-prepped and "very forward-leaning and positive," but are also perceived as having "mi [...]	2006-06-21 12:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL IZ AE NATO GE
06ABUDHABI257	REPORTING IRAN TO THE UNSC: UAE PERSPECTIVE, [...] (C) On January 25, in the course of delivering demarches on Afghanistan donors conference and Bashar Al-Asad's travel, DCM met with MFA Asst U/S Tariq Al-Haidan and also reviewed ref A points on Iran. Al-Haidan (who formerly served as UAE ambassador in Iran) expressed what has been increasin [...]	2006-01-25 15:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PREL AORC IR AE UN
06ABUDHABI2627	UAEG AGREES TO IMPLEMENT FULBRIGHT PROGRAM [...] (U) Summary: On June 24, Ambassador, PAO and Econoff met with Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak al-Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, to discuss implementing a Fulbright Visiting Student Program in the UAE. Sheikh Nahyan was enthusiastic about the program and agreed to sign [...]	2006-06-25 12:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAO OEXC SOCI AE
06ABUDHABI2633	AMBASSADOR KHALIZAD MEETS DEPUTY PM SHEIKH HAMDAN [...] (C) Summary: On June 15, U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad met with Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed (HbZ) and urged the UAEG to engage the newly formed government in Iraq. He also outlined USG support for PM Maliki's goals of eliminating militias, and promoting national r [...]	2006-06-25 12:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EFIN EPET AF PK SO IR AE
06ABUDHABI2655	FNC ELECTIONS: "POLITICAL PARTICIPATION, NOT [...] (C) Summary: On June 24, Ambassador called on Dr. Anwar Gargash, Minister of Federal National Council (FNC) Affairs, to discuss the FNC. Gargash described the upcoming indirect elections as "political participation, not democracy." (The FNC is at present an appointed consultative body rather [...]	2006-06-27 08:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM AE
06ABUDHABI2695	APHSCT TOWNSEND DISCUSSES IRAN, REGIONAL CT ISSUES [...] (S/NF) Summary. On June 19, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counter Terrorism (APHSCT) Frances Fragos Townsend met with the Director of the UAE's State Security Department (SSD) Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed al-Nahyan to discuss the growing Iranian threat in the region and ongoing [...]	2006-06-29 11:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PINS EPET ETTC SY IR IQ AE
06ABUDHABI277	CAMEL JOCKEY REPATRIATIONS CONTINUE -- RACING [...] (U) Summary: The UAEG is close to concluding the repatriation of former camel jockeys to their countries of origin. Having already sent 1,038 jockeys home, only 27 children remain at the Bani Yas shelter outside Abu Dhabi. UNICEF,s representative in Abu Dhabi monitoring progress on the rescue [...]	2006-01-28 14:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB AE
06ABUDHABI2774	UAE LABOR UPDATES [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 30, Econoff met with Mohammed Al-Zaabi, Director of International Relations, at the Ministry of Labor (MOL) to discuss recent changes to the UAE labor system. Al-Zaabi explained that foreign workers are "temporary" workers, not "immigrant" workers and stressed to Econo [...]	2006-07-05 11:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PREL ETRD AE
06ABUDHABI2780	DEADLINE FOR EXPORT CONTROL LAW "INTERFERENCE IN [...] (S/NF) Summary. On July 4, Ambassador received a letter from Brigadier Mohamad al-Qemzi, Chairman of the U.S./UAE Counterproliferation Task Force and director of the Dubai security service. The letter responded to Ambassador's ref A demarche on "Improving the UAE Counterproliferation Effort" [...]	2006-07-05 12:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL ETTC AE
06ABUDHABI2781	IRAQI PM MALIKI VISITS ABU DHABI [...] (C) Summary: On July 3, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki met President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Vice-President and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum (MbR),Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (HbZ),Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Na [...]	2006-07-05 12:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2809	RE: TIP/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ACTION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: On June 26, PolOff delivered the trafficking in persons (TIP) action plan (ref A) to the head of the UAE National Anti-Trafficking Committee, Sultan bin Saeed Al-Badi, Undersecretary at the Ministry of Justice. Al-Badi acknowledged UAE trafficking problems but was concerned about [...]	2006-07-09 13:11:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI2810	MEDIA REACTION: US AGGRESSION IN IRAQ; ISRAELI AGGRESSION [...] Summary: A columnist in "Al-Bayan" criticized the United States' continued role in atrocities against Iraqi civilians under the guise of counter-terrorism, and urged resistance to US occupation. "Al-Khaleej" carried an editorial that questioned the motivations behind Israel's recent actions in [...]	2006-07-09 13:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI286	UAE LABOR UPDATES [...] (U) Summary: On January 22, Econoffs met with Dr. Khalid Al Khazraji, Undersecretary for Labor Affairs, at the Ministry of Labor to discuss recent changes to the UAE labor system. Dr. Al Khazraji explained the procedures for filing a labor complaint and for changing sponsorship and also dis [...]	2006-01-29 11:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PREL ETRD AE
06ABUDHABI2875	UAE-QATAR DOLPHIN PROJECT UNDER FIRE FROM SAUDI [...] (C) Summary. The UAE-Saudi border dispute continues, albeit largely out of the public eye. Saudi Arabia claims that the Dolphin pipeline that will bring natural gas from Qatar to UAE crosses Saudi territory. As such, the SAG recently sent letters of complaint to the relevant governments, Do [...]	2006-07-12 12:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET SA QA AE
06ABUDHABI288	2005/2006 REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ALLIED [...] (U) The UAE in 2004 and 2005 continued its outstanding record as a valuable strategic partner in the Global War on Terrorism and in supporting key U.S. regional strategic policy goals. Among the highlights of the UAE's contributions to the common defense are: -- (C) Providing basing for USA [...]	2006-01-29 13:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MCAP MARR MASS AE
06ABUDHABI2881	UAE DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY: QUARTERLY PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: Since the April 6 submission of the quarterly UAE Democratic Reform Strategy update (ref B) there has been limited substantive movement in our reform strategy (ref G). Planning for the indirect elections of the Federal National Council (FNC) continues to progress and has sparked an [...]	2006-07-12 12:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KMPI ETRD PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI2885	UAE: DEMARCHE TO ARAB LEAGUE AND UNSC ON MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 08:50:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PREL

06ABUDHABI2886	UAEG AGREES WITH SAUDI STATEMENT ON EVENTS IN [...] (C) UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed al Sha'ali is en route to Cairo to attend Saturday,s Arab League Foreign Ministers meeting. Ministry of Foreign Affairs acting number two Tariq Al Haidan told Ambassador July 14 morning that the UAEG had taken note of the July 13 Saudi Ne [...]	2006-07-14 10:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG PREL LE AE
06ABUDHABI2893	TFLE01: PRESIDENT KHALIFA MEETS SAAD HARIRI [...] (SBU) UAE President Khalifa received Lebanese leader of the Al Mustaqbal parliamentary caucus Saad Al-Hariri July 14, during a regional visit described by Al-Hariri as "aimed at safeguarding the security of the Lebanese people and ending the Israeli aggression." 2. (SBU) Khalifa, accordin [...]	2006-07-15 14:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG LE AE
06ABUDHABI2927	IRAQ'S ILLICIT FUEL TRADE [...] (S/NF) Embassy and Congen's best estimate is that the illicit fuel trade with Iraq (both black market and gray market) continues primarily in the northern emirates. The U.S. Navy continues to collect reports that the trade continues with boats reportedly selling gas oil off the coast of the U [...]	2006-07-17 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	EPET EFIN KCOR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2928	TFLE01: MINSTATE AL-SHA'ALI ON LEBANON SITUATION [...] (C) Summary: UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Hussein Al-Sha'ali convoked Ambassadors from all G-8 countries July 17 to call for a concerted effort to calm the situation in Lebanon. He offered three specific UAE points of view: 1) Israel's actions recklessly violate Lebane [...]	2006-07-17 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR KWBG KPAL LE SY IR AE
06ABUDHABI2930	SCENESETTER FOR GULF SECURITY DIALOGUE WITH UAE [...] (S) Summary: Embassy Abu Dhabi looks forward to the June 27 Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) as an opportunity to clarify key areas of potential cooperation with the UAE, particularly vis-a-vis the very real threat that the Emirates feels from Iran. The UAE is also likely to want to expand the a [...]	2006-07-17 14:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PARM MOPS MASS KNNP IR IZ AE
06ABUDHABI2940	TFLE01: UAE HUMANITARIAN AID CONVOY ATTACKED [...] (C) Per reftelcon, ConGen Dubai officer received a telephone call from General Director, State Security Mohamed al Qemzi at approximately 1340 local time reporting that a UAE humanitarian aid convoy traveling from Damascus to Beirut had been attacked. The exact location of the attack was not [...]	2006-07-18 10:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPAL LE SY AE
06ABUDHABI2956	TFLE01: FM SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON LEBANON, ABU MAZEN [...] (C)SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan (AbZ) telephoned Ambassador from Paris the evening of July 17 to condemn the attack in Lebanon on a UAE humanitarian assistance convoy, urge that credit for any defusing of the Hamas situation go to Abu Mazen, and criticize EU p [...]	2006-07-18 15:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID KPAL IR LE AE
06ABUDHABI2971	TFLE01: UAE REPORTEDLY ADVISED ISRAEL OF DETAILS [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-19 12:54:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KPAL EAID LE IS AE
06ABUDHABI3024	SPECIAL MEDIA REACTION: CRISIS IN LEBANON [...] Summary: The Arabic-language media remained critical of the U.S. position on the current conflict in Lebanon. In "Al-Khaleej," three editorials criticize Rice's visit and question U.S. motives in the ongoing crisis. An article in "Akhbar Al-Arab" describes Rice's visit to Lebanon as a conso [...]	2006-07-25 08:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3027	SCENESETTER FOR SCA A/S AMB BOUCHER TO UAE [...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Boucher, Embassy Abu Dhabi welcomes your visit to discuss support for Afghanistan with the UAE leadership. We have requested a meeting with a senior member of the ruling family (the Crown Prince or Foreign Minister). We recommend that you acknowledge the UAE contrib [...]	2006-07-25 14:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PTER MOPS MASS EINV AF PK AE
06ABUDHABI3101	CONCLUSION TO PIRATED VESSEL EPISODE [...] (C) Reftel noted the Philippines Ambassador to the UAE's concerns about the safety of the 20-member Filipino crew of a UAE-based vessel, the M/T Lin 1, which was at the time in the hands of Somali pirates. We now understand, from Philippines Ambassador Libran Cabactulan and media reports that [...]	2006-07-31 12:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC PREL RP SO AE
06ABUDHABI3102	TFLE01: RESPONSE IN UAE TO ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE ON [...] (C) Summary: The UAE public is outraged by innocent deaths in Qana, as reflected in a statement by the UAE Foreign Minister, in press reporting, and in conversations with Embassy contacts. In some conversations, the U.S. is as much a target of this anger as is Israel; widely reported U.S. p [...]	2006-07-31 13:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR KPAL LEIS AE
06ABUDHABI3127	TFLE01: STATUS OF UAE INVESTMENT IN LEBANON [...] (SBU) Summary: Prior to the most recent outbreak of hostilities in Lebanon, UAE-based companies had an estimated US $2.3 billion invested in-country, largely in Beirut's real estate and luxury services sectors. While most UAE-owned properties have not been damaged by Israeli air strikes, inves [...]	2006-08-01 13:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD ECON EFIN LE AE
06ABUDHABI313	UAE NEGOTIATOR BULLISH ON ONGOING FTA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (U) The fourth round of FTA talks between the US and the UAE began January 30 in London. The UAE's lead negotiator, Mohammad Khalfan bin Kharbash, Minister of State for Financial and Industrial Affairs, told UAE English-language daily Gulf News the negotiations have made remarkable progress [...]	2006-01-31 12:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PREL ETRD AE
06ABUDHABI3137	REPLACING FOREIGN JUDGES OVER TIME [...] (C) Summary: An IV-grantee with extensive experience in the UAE judicial system offered insights into the foreign lawyers, prosecutors and judges who now staff much of the court system in the Emirates and efforts to train UAE nationals to take over. He noted that two of the seven Emirates m [...]	2006-08-02 12:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KJUS EG SU AE
06ABUDHABI3140	EMIRATES FOCUSED ON SUPPORT FOR AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: During a July 29 lunch with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and his younger brother Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia Richard Boucher pressed SIPDIS for continued support of Afghan reconstruction a [...]	2006-08-02 12:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER EAID ENRG MOPS PK AF AE
06ABUDHABI316	TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT THE UAE DCA [...] (S/NF) Summary: Embassy wishes to raise with the Department a proposed way forward to address longstanding concerns over the UAE Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) (refs A-D). We recommend reviving regular meetings of the U.S.-UAE Joint Committee on the DCA. That committee has not convened [...]	2006-01-31 12:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MASS PREL AE
06ABUDHABI3163	TFLE01: UAE PM SPEAKS OUT ON LEBANON [...] (U) UAE headlines August 2 cited Vice President and Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MbR, also ruler of Dubai) expressing solidarity with Prime Minister Siniora in a telephone call the previous evening. UAE media also highlighted MbR's statements early on August 1, in whi [...]	2006-08-02 13:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMDR LE AE
06ABUDHABI3169	UAE CLAIM TO NEED MORE INFORMATION IN ORDER TO [...] (S/NF) On August 4 CDA met with MFA Director of Arab Affairs, Ambassador Hamad Saeed Al-Zaabi shortly before Friday noon prayers to request action on ref A NIACT. CDA explained that the USG had information indicating that the "Iran Isfahan," which had docked in Dubai that morning, was carryin [...]	2006-08-05 14:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PARM PREL ETTC AE
06ABUDHABI3204	UAE CENSUS RESULTS FINALLY RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: On July 30, the UAEG finally released results of a census conducted months earlier. Minister of Economy Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi reported that as of December 6, 2005 the UAE's population was 4.1 million, up from 2.4 million in 1995. UAE nationals account for just over 20 percent [...]	2006-08-08 11:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI ECON PREL AE
06ABUDHABI3337	IRAQI EMBASSY IN UAE CONFUSED BY IRAQ COMPACT [...] (C) PolOff spoke with Iraqi DCM Mustafa Aboud August 16 to assess planning for an anticipated September 7 Iraq Compact preparatory meeting in Abu Dhabi. Aboud, conversely, sought information on the meeting. He shared the content of a message from the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad, which [...]	2006-08-16 13:10:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3342	MEDIA REACTION: LEBANON [...] Summary: One UAE columnist in "Al-Ittihad" wondered why some Arab TV channels during war in Lebanon accused Gulf governments of being traitors and agents to the West and concluded that this will not help restore any occupied land. Al-Khaleej" wondered when Arabs will ever live with dignity a [...]	2006-08-16 13:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3344	UAE PRESIDENT FORMALIZES INDIRECT ELECTIONS FOR [...] (C) Summary and comment: President Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan on August 15 formalized the UAE's move towards indirect elections to half the seats on the Federal National Council (FNC),the first national-level elections of any sort in the UAE since the federation's 1971 establishment. Ministe [...]	2006-08-16 14:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	AE KDEM PGOV PREL
06ABUDHABI335	EX-BAGHDAD MAYOR EYEING FUTURE ROLE IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary: During a February 2 meeting in Abu Dhabi, former Baghdad Mayor Alaa al-Tamimi told Polchief that Iraq "desperately" needs secular personalities and technocrats )- like him -- to run the government's ministries. Al-Tamimi, in Abu Dhabi in search of employment, recounted how he was [...]	2006-02-04 13:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KPAO IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3374	SUMMARY OF UAE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (SBU) The UAEG pledged $20 million in assistance to Lebanon early in the crisis, and has now committed an unspecified amount to rebuild Lebanese hospitals and schools. MFA's Assistant Under Secretary for International Cooperation Ambassador Mohammad Abdul Rahim Abdul Jalil told the Charge Aug [...]	2006-08-20 15:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KMDR LE AE
06ABUDHABI3400	MEDIA REACTION: LEBANON [...] Summary: The unsigned editorial in "Al-Bayan" considers UNSCR 1701 doomed to failure. A UAE columnist in "Al-Ittihad" examines the impact of Iranian aid to Lebanon through Hezbullah. A UAE businessman wondered in "Al-Bayan" when the Americans will realize that they were not Arabs' friends a [...]	2006-08-23 12:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3428	UAE MINSTATE FOR FINANCE AND INDUSTRY TO ATTEND [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-28 10:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID LE AE
06ABUDHABI3436	REACTION TO UAE STUDENT AL-SHA'ALI DETENTION AT [...] (C) Summary: The detention and refusal of entry of returning UAE graduate student Saif Khalifa Al-Sha,ali at LAX on August 21 has generated a significant, although uneven, reaction (see reftel). All major English and Arabic dailies have covered the story, generally characterizing Al-Sha,ali,s [...]	2006-08-28 14:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS PREL PTER AE
06ABUDHABI3463	UAE FOCUS ON EDUCATIONAL REFORM: RESHAPING CIVICS [...] (C) Summary: The UAEG is taking steps in the direction of educational reform. The Ministry of Education (MOE) has made substantial changes to its curriculum, including civics and Islamic studies programs, and is placing greater emphasis on critical thinking and active learning. The highest [...]	2006-08-29 12:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO OEXC SOCI AE
06ABUDHABI3537	ASSESSMENT OF UAE TERRORIST FINANCING ENVIRONMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. In response to ref A, Embassy's country team provides the following assessment of the terrorist/insurgent finance operating environment in the UAE. Responses are keyed to reftel, to the extent possible. End summary. Legal Regime ------------ 2. (SBU) Question. What la [...]	2006-09-06 14:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KTFN EFIN ETTC TC IQ
06ABUDHABI3555	MEDIA REACTION: US POLICIES/RACISM AT AIRPORTS [...] Summary: An unsigned editorial in "Al-Khaleej" asks the U.S. to return to the right path, to the principles of justice, freedom, and human rights. A Qatari columnist in "Al-Ittihad" writes that Arabs are treated with institutional racism in Western airports. An Egyptian columnist wondered w [...]	2006-09-07 15:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3565	DEPSEC KIMMITT DISCUSSES IRAQ COMPACT, IRAN WITH [...] (S/NF) Summary. On September 9, Treasury Deputy Secretary Robert Kimmitt met with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ) to discuss the Iraq Compact Preparatory Group Meeting being hosted in Abu Dhabi the next day. MbZ stressed that the UAE will do all it can to assist Iraq, [...]	2006-09-10 11:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL EAID ETTC IR IQ AE
06ABUDHABI3616	UAEG MAKING PROGRESS ON TIP ACTION PLAN, BUT DOES [...] (C) Summary: On September 5, Ambassador and G/TIP Senior Coordinator Mark Taylor, called on Minister of Justice Mohammed bin Nakhira Al-Daheri and Minister of Interior Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al-Nahyan. In separate meetings, the ministers stated that a new, comprehensive anti-trafficking law bas [...]	2006-09-12 12:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM AE
06ABUDHABI3631	UAE UPDATE ON SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL MOBILE [...] (SBU) Ref A reports the probable support of the UAE for Steven Lett's candidacy to head the International Mobile Satellite Organization. Subsequent to that exchange, and in response to a diplomatic note which had been submitted to the MFA prior to our September 5 meeting, the MFA has responde [...]	2006-09-14 10:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECPS EWWT IMO INMARSAT KHLS AE
06ABUDHABI3685	EB A/S SULLIVAN'S MEETINGS IN THE UAE [...] (C) Summary: A/S Sulivan held a series of bilateral meetings with AE officials and U.S. business representatives o September 11. ADNOC CEO Yousef Omair Bin Yousef xplained that Abu Dhabi was increasing its oil poduction capacity to 4 million barrels per day ovr the next five to seven years. [...]	2006-09-18 12:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EPET EINV ELAB AE
06ABUDHABI3687	UAEG "REGRETS" POPE'S REMARKS ON ISLAM, ADDING [...] (U) Pope Benedict XVI's reported remarks on Islam have received a modest degree of coverage in UAE printed media since the story broke, with front-page mention of the incident and associated reactions in the Muslim world, as well as inside-page editorial emphasizing the potential damage done [...]	2006-09-18 13:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KMDR KPAO VT AE
06ABUDHABI3689	UAE PREPARING FOR TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS [...] (SBU) Abu Dhabi's plan to host a worldwide conference on trafficking in persons (TIP) has moved forward since the July conversation noted ref B with Director General of the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research (ECSSR) Dr. Jamal Al-Suwaidi. Following coordination with the UN Off [...]	2006-09-19 10:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB UN AE
06ABUDHABI3709	UAEG WELCOMES CONTINUED DIALOGUE ON INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-20 11:44:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EINV AE
06ABUDHABI373	DECISION ON UAE'S FIRST HUMAN RIGHTS NGO IMMINENT [...] (SBU) The UAE Government is apparently close to announcing that it will allow a domestic human rights organization to operate for the first time. On February 6, the English-daily 'Gulf News' reported that the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs had approved the first human rights organization [...]	2006-02-06 12:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM AE
06ABUDHABI374	MEDIA REACTION: US PUBLIC DIPLOMACY; IRAN'S NUCLEAR [...] SUMMARY: A columnist in "Al-Bayan" advised the State Department's Public Diplomacy Bureau not to waste its time enhancing their country's image, as US policies make their mission doomed to failure. "Akhbar Al-Khaleej" warned of confrontations between Iran and the United Nations following Ira [...]	2006-02-06 12:30:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC
06ABUDHABI3782	TERRORISM FINANCE: TALIBAN UAE STRATEGY [...] (S/NF) Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on reftel strategy for disrupting external financing to the Taliban. We believe that the draft background paper covers the issue in a comprehensive fashion. In the UAE specifically, we would propose using the existing Joint Terror Financing [...]	2006-09-26 12:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	KTFN PTER EFIN AE
06ABUDHABI3783	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN/UAE CAMEL JOCKEYS [...] Summary: A UAE columnist in "Al-Khaleej" warns of Iran's active intervention in Arab issues, especially in Iraq and Lebanon. An editorial in "Al-Ittihad" lauded the way the UAEG handled the issue of camel jockeys. End Summary. 2. Under the headline "The Iranian expansion in Arab affairs [...]	2006-09-26 13:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR TC
06ABUDHABI3818	A/S O,BRIEN AND A/S SULLIVAN CO-CHAIR 3RD U.S./UAE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 11. 2. (S) Summary. The third meeting of the U.S./UAE Joint Terrorist Financing Coordinating Committee (JTFCC) was held in Abu Dhabi on September 12, 2006. The JTFCC was chaired on the UAE side by Central Bank Governor Sultan Nasser al-Suwei [...]	2006-09-28 13:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KTFN SO PK AF IZ AE
06ABUDHABI3820	UAE TEXTILES AND APPAREL SECTOR: SLOWDOWN DUE TO INCREASED [...] (SBU) Summary: The UAE textile industry continues to decline due to increased international competition brought on by the elimination of the worldwide textile quotas. Two textile factories in the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Emirates Textiles LTD. and Carolina Fabrics LTD.) and one garment factory in A [...]	2006-10-01 05:43:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KTEX ECON ETRD AE
06ABUDHABI3851	UAE DEFENSE SPENDING [...] (C) Estimates of the cumulative value of defense procurements by the UAE in recent decades reach well over 20 billion dollars (although the UAE does not publish its overall defense and security expenditures). Funded essentially by the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, that money has been spent on sophis [...]	2006-10-02 14:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAPS PREL MASS MOPS BEXP AE
06ABUDHABI3872	DRAFT UAE-U.S. "GAP ANALYSIS" OF CASH COURIER REGULATIONS [...] (U) In response to the Central Bank Governor's request at the September 12 JTFCC for a "gap analysis" of the U.S. and UAE cash reporting regulations and procedures, Embassy/CG interagency team (State/Econ, Treasury/OFAC, DHS/ICE) prepared the following draft and passed to the UAE Central Bank f [...]	2006-10-04 08:40:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI3903	UAE DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY: QUARTERLY PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: During the summer months since the July submission of the quarterly UAE Democratic Reform Strategy update (ref B),planning for the indirect elections of the Federal National Council(FNC)moved forward with the establishment of an "electoral college" and a National Election Commiss [...]	2006-10-09 04:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KMPI ETRD PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI4071	FNC ELECTIONS: EXTENSIVE UAE PUBLIC EDUCATION [...] Summary: In an effort to engage citizens in the upcoming Federal National Council (FNC) elections, the UAE government has extensively utilized the media to spread awareness, answer queries, and encourage public interest in the process. Local print and broadcast media have reported heavily on [...]	2006-10-23 10:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM KMDR AE
06ABUDHABI409	U/S LEVEY LAUNCHES U.S./UAE JTFCC [...] (S) Summary. The U.S. and UAE held the inaugural meeting of the Joint Terrorist Financing Coordinating Committee (JTFCC) in Abu Dhabi on January 24, 2006. The Central Bank Governor began the meeting by questioning the value in having a JTFCC, but by the end acknowledged that there could be b [...]	2006-02-08 08:02:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI4154	UAEG SEEKS TO END UNCERTAIN STATUS OF STATELESS [...] (C) Summary: President Sheikh Khalifa issued directives October 25 for federal ministries to seek a final end to the problem of the "bidoun" (stateless persons) in the UAE. The bidoun of the UAE generally fit two groups: Arabs (from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman),and non-Arabs (primarily from Ira [...]	2006-11-02 12:20:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER AE
06ABUDHABI417	RESTRICTIVE LAWS HAMPER MEPI GOALS AND ACTIVITIES [...] (U) This message from the MEPI Regional Office has been cleared by Embassies Abu Dhabi, Doha, Kuwait, Manama, and Muscat. 2. (SBU) Summary: Restrictive laws that limit the establishment, funding, and activities of NGOs and other civil society groups have been and will continue to be a ma [...]	2006-02-08 11:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	KMPI KDEM PHUM PGOV AE MEPI
06ABUDHABI421	UPDATE ON ABU DHABI GAY ARREST CASE [...] (U) SUMMARY: HALF OF THE 26 MEN WHO WERE ARRESTED BY ABU DHABI POLICE DURING AN ALLEGED GAY WEDDING NOVEMBER 23, 2005, HAVE BEEN RELEASED WHILE THE OTHER HALF HAVE BEEN CONVICTED AND SENTENCED, ACCORDING TO THE PRESS AND THEIR DEFENSE ATTORNEY. THIS LATEST INFORMATION CONTRADICTS INFORMATION FR [...]	2006-02-14 15:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM AE
06ABUDHABI4225	PSI: LETTER FROM U/S JOSEPH AND EXERCISE LEADING [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel letter from U/S Joseph to MFA Acting Under Secretary Tariq Al-Haidan under cover of a diplomatic note. Following up on delivery of the letter, PolChief discussed its content November 7 with our primary interlocutor on nonproliferation issues at MFA, Director for I [...]	2006-11-07 15:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL PHSA MNUC AE
06ABUDHABI4226	DPRK CONVENTIONAL ARMS AND UNSCR 1718 [...] (C) PolChief delivered reftel points, under cover of a diplomatic note, to MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub Al-Hosani on November 7. Al-Hosani, MFA's expert on nonproliferation and arms control, carefully reviewed the obligations related to UNSCR 1718 and said he believed th [...]	2006-11-07 16:29:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL UN AE
06ABUDHABI4234	UAE REACTION TO SADDAM VERDICT GENERALLY MUTED [...] (SBU) Emiratis have been slow to comment on the November 5 announcement of Saddam's verdict and sentencing. One Dutch diplomat summed up his extensive efforts to glean UAE views on the verdict as "justice is justice," with few Emiratis offering explanatory comment. An Emirati academic told P [...]	2006-11-08 11:24:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KCRM IZ AE
06ABUDHABI4239	UAE SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON [...] (C) DATT and USLO Chief discussed UAE security assistance to Lebanon November 7 with International Affairs Director Yousef Al-Otaiba from the office of Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ),who said the list of contributions provided earlier (ref B) constituted the core of the UAE's [...]	2006-11-08 15:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL EAID LE AE
06ABUDHABI4253	UAE VICE-PRESIDENT MANDATES IMPROVING WORKER [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 7, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MbR),Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai announced a series of measures to improve the conditions of expatriate laborers including: mandatory health insurance, the creation of a labor court, an in [...]	2006-11-09 10:51:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON PREL AE
06ABUDHABI4260	IRAQ COMPACT DEBT RELIEF - UAE VIEWS [...] (C) Summary: Senior UAEG leadership has consistently told us that, although they support the idea of debt relief for Iraq "in principle," the ultimate decision must be a GCC-wide one. The UAE has shown no interest in taking on a GCC leadership role in providing Iraq with debt relief. For it [...]	2006-11-09 13:32:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON PREL IZ AE
06ABUDHABI4261	UAEG SHELTERING TRAFFICKING VICTIMS [...] (SBU) During a November 5 call on Lt. Colonel Nasser Al-Minhali, Head of Immigration, Abu Dhabi Police, G/TIP Reports Coordinator Gayatri Patel and PolOff discussed UAEG efforts on action plan (reftel) goals. Al-Minhali stated that the Ministry of Interior is currently providing shelter assis [...]	2006-11-09 13:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM AE
06ABUDHABI427	APPROACHING GOVERNMENTS OF MUSLIM COUNTRIES TO [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director for International Organizations Yacub al-Hosani February 12. Ambassador left the points as a non-paper. Al-Hosani will brief the MFA under secretary and the new Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed. 2. (U) In the wake of the ca [...]	2006-02-14 18:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KPAO AE
06ABUDHABI4281	IRAQ VP AL-HESHIMI VISITS UAE [...] (U) Iraqi Vice President Tareq Al-Heshimi made a well-publicized visit to the UAE November 12, in which he met with President Khalifa bin Zayed and Vice President Mohammed bin Rashid. President Khalifa stated, according to press reports, that the UAE would "spare no effort" in supporting and [...]	2006-11-14 11:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM AE
06ABUDHABI4286	UAE PASSES ANTI-TIP LEGISLATION [...] (U) On November 10, UAE President Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan issued a federal law to combat human trafficking in the UAE. The law defines trafficking in generally the same manner as the U.N. Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, upon which the UAE legislation is re [...]	2006-11-14 14:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KCRM AE
06ABUDHABI4290	US BUSINESS IN UAE HURT BY HIGH HOUSING COST AND U.S. TAX [...] U.S. businesses in Abu Dhabi and Dubai have approached both the Embassy and Consulate General to express concern about the negative impact of recent changes in the U.S. tax code on the amount of housing assistance that can be excluded from taxable income. Under the revised regulations, U.S. re [...]	2006-11-15 12:01:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ETRD AE
06ABUDHABI430	ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW UAE FEDERAL CABINET IMMINENT [...] (C) Summary: The announcement of a new UAE federal cabinet is likely to be made soon after the 40-day mourning period for the late UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktoum has passed. Information Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) appears [...]	2006-02-08 12:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV ETRD AE
06ABUDHABI4321	TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR NEA SPECIAL WATCHLIST-UAE [...] (U) Summary: Since the release of the June 2006 TIP Report, the UAEG has made steady progress in addressing the problem of trafficking in the UAE, especially with regard to women in the sex trade and laborers working in servitude. The answers in paragraphs 2-7 below are keyed to the six questi [...]	2006-11-21 11:53:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG AE
06ABUDHABI4322	TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR NEA SPECIAL [...] (U) Summary: Since the release of the June 2006 TIP Report, the UAEG has made steady progress in addressing the problem of trafficking in the UAE, especially with regard to women in the sex trade and laborers working in servitude. The answers in paragraphs 2-7 below are keyed to the six questi [...]	2006-11-21 12:31:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG AE
06ABUDHABI4326	UAE OFFICIALS DISCUSS OIL AND GAS EXPANSION PLANS WITH EIA [...] (C) Summary: UAE Minister of Energy Al-Hamili told the 12th Annual ECSSR Energy Conference that the UAE would increase its oil production capacity to 2.7 mb/d in 2006. He told EIA Administrator Guy Caruso that he did not know what OPEC would decide about oil production during its December meet [...]	2006-11-22 07:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EPET ENRG AE
06ABUDHABI4328	PRESIDENT KHALIFA SHARES VIEWS ON IRAN, IRAQ, AND [...] (C) Summary: In a cordial meeting with UAE President Khalifa November 21, former President Bush emphasized the strength of bilateral relations and reminisced about cooperation during the liberation of Kuwait and why some regional players had sided with Saddam. Bush inquired about Khalifa's [...]	2006-11-22 09:57:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KDEM IR IZ LE SY AE
06ABUDHABI4359	Candidates Nominated as UAE Prepares for First Election [...] (U) Summary: The period during which the 6,000 plus members of the Federal National Council (FNC) "Electoral College" can be nominated to compete for one of 20 vacant seats has closed. Although nominations began slowly, the final list exceeded 450 candidates and included 65 women. UAE Presiden [...]	2006-11-27 15:13:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM AE
06ABUDHABI4360	STATUS OF ABU DHABI GENERATOR DONATION TO IRAQ [...] (U) Contains business proprietary information. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) On November 16, Econchief met with Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) Director of Planning and Development Ahmed Saif Al-Darmaki to discuss the status of the two power stations that Abu Dh [...]	2006-11-27 15:14:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EINV IZ AE
06ABUDHABI4392	MENA FATF SIDE MEETINGS - EGYPT, LEBANON AND UAE [...] (U) Summary. On the sides of the Middle East North African Financial Action Task Force Fourth Plenary meeting November 13-16, the US delegation connected the Iraqi FIU with other regional FIU's that can provide training and support. The US delegation continued the dialogue with the UAE FIU [...]	2006-11-30 13:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET	PTER PREL KTFN IZ
06ABUDHABI440	U/S LEVEY DISCUSSES DUBAI CHARITY REGULATIONS, DIFC [...] (C) Summary. During Undersecretary Stuart Levey's trip to the UAE, Levey and his delegation met with the Dubai Department of Islamic Affairs and Charitable Organizations (DDIA) to discuss charity oversight in Dubai. DDIA explained that charities can be licensed to operate in an individual em [...]	2006-02-08 13:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI4412	2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report, [...] (U) Summary: Although not a narcotics-producing country, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is believed to be a transshipment point for traffickers moving illegal drugs from the major drug producing countries, including Afghanistan and Pakistan. Frequent reports of seizures of illegal drugs in the [...]	2006-12-05 10:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM AE
06ABUDHABI4413	IRANIAN ENVOY MAHSOULI VISITS UAE [...] (U) On November 29, Iranian presidential advisor and envoy Sadiq Mahsouli traveled to Abu Dhabi and Dubai to meet with UAEG officials. Mahsouli met first with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan at his palace in Al Ain, then with Vice President, Prime Minister, and Ruler of Dubai [...]	2006-12-05 11:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR AE
06ABUDHABI4432	MFA INQUIRIES ABOUT USG IRAN-WATCHING FUNCTIONS IN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed (AbZ) have had several conversations regarding the functions of the USG's Dubai Iran Regional Presence Office (IRPO),most recently on December 5. On December 6, at AbZ's request, Ambassador met with Acting MFA number two Tariq [...]	2006-12-06 15:23:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR AE
06ABUDHABI4473	TREASURY U/S LEVEY VISIT - ASKING UAE TO PROTECT [...] (S) Summary. On December 6, 2006 Under Secretary of Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Stuart Levey and a USG delegation met with UAE officials to encourage support in isolating Iran from financial markets in the UAE and internationally. Levey met with Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed [...]	2006-12-14 12:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL KTFN ECON PTER IR AE
06ABUDHABI4474	UAE HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINAN TERRITORIES, [...] (U) BEGIN SUMMARY: The UAE provides humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians, Iraq, Afghanistan and Lebanon primarily through its three quasi-governmental charities: the UAE Red Crescent Society (RCS),the Sheikh Zayed Foundation (ZF),and the Dubai-based Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Makto [...]	2006-12-14 13:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PHUM KPAL IZ AF AE
06ABUDHABI4477	QUIET CAMPAIGNING FOR FNC ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: A mild sense of anticipation has candidates and the public watching for results of the first UAE Federal National Council (FNC) limited elections to take place December 16, 18, and 20. The 14-day campaign period for 20 FNC seats ends December 14; candidates have promoted their [...]	2006-12-14 13:47:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM AE
06ABUDHABI4479	2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT, [...] (U) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is an important financial center in the Persian Gulf region. The UAE is still a largely cash-based society. However, the financial sector is modern and progressive. Dubai, in particular is a major international banking center. There is also a growing offshore [...]	2006-12-14 14:58:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM EFIN KTFN AE
06ABUDHABI4501	UAEG RECIEVES SYRIAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On December 17, UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan hosted Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad in Abu Dhabi, followed by a separate meeting with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan (MbZ). According to the Emirates News Agency (WAM),Khalifa "warmly" [...]	2006-12-18 13:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AE SY
06ABUDHABI4528	UAE FNC ELECTIONS RESULTS: 20 MEMBERS, INCLUDING ONE WOMAN, [...] (U) Summary: On December 16, 18, and 20, the UAE held their first limited election for 20 members of its 40-member Federal National Council (FNC). Despite the fact that 14% (65) of all candidates were women, only one woman was elected--in the emirate of Abu Dhabi. Even though voting was limit [...]	2006-12-21 16:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM AE
06ABUDHABI4529	UK PRIME MINISTER BLAIR VISITS UAE [...] (U) British Prime Minister Tony Blair arrived in Abu Dhabi December 19 for an official two-day visit to the UAE as part of a regional tour. Blair held meetings with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Armed Forces Deputy Supreme Commander Mohammad b [...]	2006-12-21 17:12:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AE UK IR SY
06ABUDHABI453	NEW UAE FEDERAL CABINET ANNOUNCED [...] (C) Summary: The UAE leadership announced a ministerial reshuffle late February 9. The reshuffle preserves key U.S. Mission interlocutors, especially Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AbZ),who becomes Minister of Foreign Affairs. The UAE's new Prime Minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al [...]	2006-02-10 13:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PINR PGOV ETRD KISL KDEM AE
06ABUDHABI46	UAE RETAINS CONTROL OF TELECOM SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent decisions by the UAE's Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) indicate the UAEG intends to maintain its control over the telecom market for the short and mid-term, despite the UAE's WTO obligations to liberalize. In December of 2005, TRA announced the name of the [...]	2006-01-04 08:35:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EFIN TINT AE
06ABUDHABI470	ADNOC DEPUTY CEO ON ADNOC EXPANSION PLANS [...] (C) Summary: On February 7, ADNOC Deputy CEO Abdulla Nasser Al-Suwaidi (protect) told econchief that Abu Dhabi's Supreme Petroleum Council (SPC) had approved Exxon/Mobil's bid for a 28% stake in the Upper Zakum field and was offering Exxon/Mobil a 20 year concession on the field. He noted that [...]	2006-02-11 11:28:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG AE
06ABUDHABI49	DEATH OF UAE VP/PM MAKTOUM BIN RASHID [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktoum, the Ruler of Dubai and UAE Vice President and Prime Minister, died January 3 in Australia at the age of 65 due to heart failure. Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum (MbR) automatically succeeded his olde [...]	2006-01-04 12:36:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR AE
06ABUDHABI528	UAE LOCAL AUTHORITIES ADDRESSING DOMESTIC WORKER [...] (SBU) Summary: Various government authorities continue to make progress in addressing the issues of trafficking in persons and domestic worker abuse. The Dubai Police Human Rights Department is working to improve services to trafficking victims, concentrating its efforts on sex-trafficking. [...]	2006-02-15 12:04:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI567	UPDATE ON ABU DHABI GAY ARREST CASE [...] (U) SUMMARY: HALF OF THE 26 MEN WHO WERE ARRESTED BY ABU DHABI POLICE DURING AN ALLEGED GAY WEDDING NOVEMBER 23, 2005, HAVE BEEN RELEASED WHILE THE OTHER HALF HAVE BEEN CONVICTED AND SENTENCED, ACCORDING TO THE PRESS AND THEIR DEFENSE ATTORNEY. THIS LATEST INFORMATION CONTRADICTS INFORMATION FR [...]	2006-02-15 14:56:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM AE
06ABUDHABI605	A/S RADEMAKER LAUNCHES US/UAE COUNTERPROLIFERATION [...] (S) Summary. On February 11, the U.S. and UAE met for the first meeting of the U.S./UAE Counterproliferation Task Force (CTF). Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) Stephen Rademaker led the U.S. interagency delegation, and the UAE team was led by Du [...]	2006-02-20 05:46:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC PARM PREL IR AE
06ABUDHABI7	PALESTINIAN LEADER GETS UAE HELP FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) During his tour of the Gulf countries, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met January 1 with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MbZ). The encounter, which received front-page coverage in both the Arabic and English press, centered on Palestinian preparations for legislative [...]	2006-01-02 12:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KDEM AE
06ABUDHABI71	A/S WAYNE DISCUSSES TERROR FINANCE COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan, Minister of Information and brother of UAE,s president, met visiting Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Tony Wayne, Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed, and Ambassador Sison in Dubai January 6. They discussed the establishment of a jo [...]	2006-01-08 08:05:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EAID KTFN PREL AE
06ABUDHABI72	UAE TALKS FTA WITH A/S WAYNE [...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Tony Wayne, Treasury DAS Ahmed Saeed, and Ambassador Sison met Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahyan, Minister of Information and Abu Dhabi ruling family member in Dubai January 6. They discussed the Free Trade Agreement negoti [...]	2006-01-08 08:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON EFIN AE FTA
06ABUDHABI73	A/S WAYNE BRIEFS UAE LEADERSHIP ON STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary: On the occasion of a condolence call for the death of Dubai Ruler and UAE Prime Minister and Vice President Sheikh Maktoum, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Tony Wayne and Ambassador Sison met January 6 with several top UAE officials to discuss the Strategic [...]	2006-01-08 09:21:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN ECON IZ IR IS SY LE AE PK
06ABUDHABI780	UAEG APPROVES COUNTRY'S FIRST FIRST HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Summary: On February 18, the Ministry of Social Affairs formally licensed the first human rights organization in the UAE. The new Emirates Human Rights Association (EHRA) will be based in Abu Dhabi, and may have a future branch office in Dubai. All members of the organization passed a se [...]	2006-03-01 14:03:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV AE
06ABUDHABI789	UAE 2006 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Following is Post's submission of the 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report for the United Arab Emirates, covering the reporting period of March 2005 through March 2006. Responses under each section heading are keyed to the relevant sections of ref. A paragraphs 21-24. Embassy TIP points [...]	2006-03-04 03:39:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC AE
06ABUDHABI813	UAE AVIATION UPDATES [...] (SBU) Summary. The UAE,s aviation sector is rapidly growing in both the private and public sectors. During a recently held aviation conference in Abu Dhabi, the Directors General of Arab Civil Aviation Authorities formed an aviation security panel. In addition, commercial aviation services i [...]	2006-03-04 13:19:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AE EAIR ECON PREL
06ABUDHABI814	FM SHEIKH ABDULLAH ON HAMAS, GCC [...] (C) Summary: On March 2, Ambassador spoke with FM Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan (AbZ) about the recent visit of Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas (reftel),and the GCC-Yemen Foreign Ministers meeting held in Riyadh on March 1. Sheikh Abdullah contradicted the report of PA [...]	2006-03-04 13:37:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KNNP AE
06ABUDHABI850	IRAN ENVOY MOSTAFAVI VISIT TO UAE [...] (SBU) Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister, Mehdi Mostafavi, was scheduled to meet with the UAE leadership March 6 to brief them on Iran's nuclear issue and other regional developments. Mostafavi was to meet at the MFA, according to an Embassy source, but we have no further details about the meetin [...]	2006-03-06 14:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IR AE GCC IAEA
06ABUDHABI864	UAE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AMENDS LABOR LAW [...] (U) On March 6, the UAE press reported that the Cabinet of Ministers Legislative Committee approved an amendment to the UAE's labor law (Federal Law Number 8 of 1980),which added an article authorizing the Minster of Labor to issue a ministerial decree authorizing labor unions. The amendment [...]	2006-03-07 12:49:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ETRD ECON AE
06ABUDHABI866	UAE TELLS IRANIAN ENVOY MIDDLE EAST MUST BE [...] (C) Summary: Iranian President Ahmadinejad's special envoy, Deputy Foreign Minister Mahdi Mustafavi, met separately March 6 with UAE President Sheikh Khalifa and UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid (MbR),to deliver letters from Ahmadinejad containi [...]	2006-03-07 13:45:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GCC IR AE

06ABUDHABI951	UAE AID TO PALESTINIANS UNCERTAIN [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reportedly telephoned UAE Deputy Prime Minister Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed al-Nahyan March 9 to request UAE assistance in paying overdue February salaries. HbZ reportedly agreed to contribute $40 million, which would cover some of the salaries, ac [...]	2006-03-13 09:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL WE GZ IS QA AE
06ABUDHABI953	NEWLY CREATED HUMAN RIGHTS NGO SETS TIP AS A [...] (U) Summary: On March 7, the Emirates Human Rights Association (EHRA) met for the first time since being approved by the Ministry of Social Affairs on February 18. They elected a seven-member board of governors, three of whom are women. The new board announced plans to focus its immediate att [...]	2006-03-13 12:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM AE
06ABUDHABI955	MEDIA REACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] SUMMARY: AN EDITORIAL IN "AL-KHALEEJ" STRONGLY CRITICIZED THE LATEST STATE DEPARTMENT'S ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT AND ACCUSES THE U.S. USING A DOUBLE-STANDARD WHEN IT COMES TO HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. TWO UAE COLUMNISTS IN DUBAI-BASED ARABIC DAILY "EMIRATES TODAY" WERE SKEPTICAL OF THE US [...]	2006-03-13 14:41:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR AE KPAO TC
06ABUJA1008	POLITICAL SECURITY UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: On April 10, 2006, the Ambassador and Regional Security Officer met with heads-of-mission and security officers from the Embassies and High Commissions of: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Australia, Britain, and Canada. The group discussed the increased security threats in Abuja a [...]	2006-05-04 13:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC EPET AF NI
06ABUJA1025	MAY 5 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] Summary. Nigeria's human- and animal-surveillance systems for AI remain deficient. No human cases of H5N1 infection have been confirmed in Nigeria. Villagers in Dong Village, Plateau State ate in early April culled or AI- infected birds but don't exhibit symptoms of AI. Plateau State has e [...]	2006-05-05 14:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1079	DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT: ABUJA AFTERMATH [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudan Liberation Movement faction leader Minni Minnawi remains under considerable pressure on number of fronts for signing the Darfur Peace Agreement. His followers are seeking assistance in bolstering his ability to promote the deal in Darfur. SLM's Abdelwahid Nur continues [...]	2006-05-10 13:41:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI
06ABUJA1083	A BUMPY RIDE: ON THE ROAD FROM ABUJA TO LAGOS [...] Summary. Embassy officers drove on February 1 from Abuja to Lagos on a combination of good, bad, and dangerous roads. They averaged barely 45 m.p.h. despite two-lane highways' comprising nearly 35% of the distance traveled, and encountered or observed at least 42 checkpoints and roadblocks -- [...]	2006-05-10 15:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN ECON NI
06ABUJA1092	RELEASE OF NEITI FINAL AUDIT REPORT [...] SUMMARY. On April 11-12, the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) released it's final audit report on the Nigerian oil and gas industry. It found that the record keeping has a lot to be desired, with a wide disparity (over (US$224 million in 2002) between what compan [...]	2006-05-11 09:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON NI OIL
06ABUJA1097	MAY 11 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Economic officer attended on May 9 the UN and foreign donors meeting on AI in Nigeria. UN and foreign officials expressed serious concern over the GON's inaction and evident desire to declare the AI outbreak "solved." The GON has moved the Avian Influenza Crisis Management Cent [...]	2006-05-11 16:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1138	GREAT APES, ECOTOURISM IN CROSS RIVER, NIGERIA [...] Summary. Economic officer and regional environmental officer visited Cross River State, on Nigeria's eastern border with Cameroon, on Feb. 13-17 to see its economic infrastructure and potential for ecotourism. Cross River contains Nigeria's last remaining rain forest, as well as the rare Cr [...]	2006-05-15 14:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON EAID NI CM
06ABUJA1218	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL ULRICH'S MAY 2006 VISIT TO [...] (U) Your visit to Nigeria comes at a critical time in the country's political evolution. Increasing instability in the lower Niger River Delta threatens the nation's oil production, the government's primary source of income; continuing outbreaks of avian influenza threaten the nation's poult [...]	2006-05-23 15:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KDEM MASS NI
06ABUJA1232	Nigeria Jan-April Petroleum Production [...] (SBU) According to figures gathered by the Central Bank of Nigeria and due to be released this week, in 2005 Nigeria's total crude oil production was 923.5 million barrels, averaging 2.5 million barrels per day (mbd). For the first months of 2006 production breaks down as follows: January 2 [...]	2006-05-24 15:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET EFIN NI
06ABUJA1243	ASSESSMENT TEAM CONCLUDES ELECTION PREPARATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The National Democratic Institute delivered what its president called a wake-up call about election administrations deficiencies in it final report issued at the conclusion of its international pre-election assessment mission completed on May 10. The report highlighted progress [...]	2006-05-26 10:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA1252	POLIO CONTINUES NIGERIA ADVANCE; WHAT TO DO NOW? [...] Summary. Polio in Nigeria by most measures continues to worsen -- and Nigerian travelers are carrying the virus abroad. In five Nigerian states there are four times as many cases of polio as in the same period in 2004. More than 40% of the children in those states have not received one dose [...]	2006-05-26 14:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID SOCI NI
06ABUJA1255	NIGERIA'S RESPONSE TO GLOBAL FUND CUTS [...] Summary. The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria canceled on April 28 the funding of two five- year Nigeria HIV grants totaling $81 million. The Fund did so because of "inadequate performance" by the Fund's principal recipient in Nigeria, the National Action Committee on AID [...]	2006-05-30 06:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KHIV ELAB SOCI NI
06ABUJA1265	AVIATION SECURITY OFFICIALS SACKED OVER DRUG [...] UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. The Nigerian press reported May 26 that two top aviation security officials were sacked "over drug trafficking." According to the reports, Captain Alhaji Balarabe Usman, Director of Aviation Security at the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) and Be [...]	2006-05-30 14:05:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM EAIR PREL PINR NI
06ABUJA1359	JUNE 6 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. Nigeria experienced continued outbreaks of AI in Kano and Bauchi States in May, though the GON has not reported on these in detail. Some of these occurrences possibly were reinfections on poultry farms whose owners restocked too quickly and without carrying out proper decontamin [...]	2006-06-06 10:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1370	ELECTORAL BILL PASSED, ELECTION DATES ANNOUNCED [...] (U) Summary: The National Assembly passed the Electoral Act (2006) on May 31, finally clarifying the rules of the game for Nigeria's 2007 general election. The long-awaited law sets new limits on campaign finance, regulates registration of parties and nomination of candidates, and determin [...]	2006-06-07 06:51:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA1387	JUNE 8 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. On May 25 the Ambassador handed over to the Nigerian minister of agriculture a representation of anti-AI commodities, including equipment and disinfectant, worth more than 46 million naira (about $360,000). The agriculture minister said Nigeria had paid 1.7 million naira (almost [...]	2006-06-08 06:15:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1412	JUNE 8 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE -- GON LOSES FOCUS [...] (SBU) Summary. The GON's high-level meetings on AI have declined to negligible levels although are set to increase. The ministers of health, agriculture, and information have met once in 10 weeks, and there are considerable tensions between the Ministries of Health and Agriculture. The thric [...]	2006-06-08 13:22:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1414	UNSC VOTE: NIGERIA LEANING TOWARD SUPPORT FOR VZ [...] (C) Because Foreign Minister Adeniji was unavailable, Polcouns spoke to MFA Director for International Organization Affairs Ambassador Abdul bin Rindap regarding the Guatemalan and Venezuelan candidacies for the UNSC. Rindap confirmed to PolCouns that Nigeria is leaning towards a vote for Ve [...]	2006-06-08 15:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC VE NI
06ABUJA1417	OBASANJO WEAKENED BY THIRD TERM DEFEAT BUT STILL [...] SUMMARY: The recent tussle over constitutional amendments stirred up Nigerian politics and has had repurcussions far beyond the National Assembly debates. While President Obasanjo never publicly endorsed the effort, he was reportedly personally involved in its failed prosecution. On the dom [...]	2006-06-08 15:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
06ABUJA1428	TELECOMMUNICATIONS STRIKE IMPACT [...] Summary. The strike at state-owned NITEL continued on June 9 to have significant effects on communications and business in Nigeria. The workers went on strike June 4 over salaries overdue since February. A union official said the strike would continue until all outstanding wages, totaling 4 [...]	2006-06-09 14:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ELAB ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI
06ABUJA1429	JUNE 9 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The June 7 meeting of the AI Technical Committee featured considerable bitterness, as the Ministry of Agriculture accused the Ministry of Health of telling "lies" about AI's spread in Kano State. The National Veterinary Research Institute confirmed three new instances of AI in [...]	2006-06-09 14:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1436	GON REPORTS SEIZURE OF 14.2 TONS OF COCAINE, [...] UNCLASSIFIED - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. The Nigerian press reported June 10 that the NDELA had seized 14.2 tons of cocaine at Lagos' Tin Can Island Port; the largest such seizure in Africa. However, according to DEA CA Lagos, only a few samples of the shipment, marked "white cement," have been fi [...]	2006-06-12 09:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM PREL NI NARCOTICS
06ABUJA1447	NIGERIA TELECOM STRIKE CONTINUES JUNE 12 [...] Summary. The strike at state-owned NITEL over unpaid wages continued on June 12, with no sign of an imminent resolution. The labor action also continued to have significant effects on communications and business in Nigeria. Internet access remained almost impossible, and many local and inte [...]	2006-06-13 06:14:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ELAB ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI
06ABUJA1462	IMPACT OF NIGERIAN PHONE OUTAGES [...] Nigeria is experiencing severe telecommunications problems due to a strike at the national telephone company, NITEL (reftels). As of June 13, the problem has been compounded by lack of service in Abuja on the MTN cellular phone network. (MTN is the cell phone provider used by Embassy Abuja [...]	2006-06-13 14:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ELAB ETRD ECON PGOV CASC NI
06ABUJA1505	THE CHARGE MAKES COURTESY CALL ON MINISTER OF [...] On June 7, 2006, The Charge' called on Minister of Environment Chief Helen Esuene in response to her April 6 letter to the Ambassador requesting U.S. collaboration on proposed agricultural anti-desertification projects in 11 northern states. AgAttache accompanied the Charge'. Permanent Secreta [...]	2006-06-15 06:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PARM TBIO ETRD NI
06ABUJA1517	NIGERIA TELECOM STRIKE ENDS BRIEFLY, RESUMES [...] Summary. The strike shutting down NITEL ended the evening of June 13, then resumed the afternoon of June 14 as NITEL workers again walked off the job. A new union, the National Association of Telecommunications Employees, termed as inadequate the GON's offer of 1.7 billion naira (about $13.3 [...]	2006-06-16 06:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ELAB ECON ETRD EINV PGOV NI
06ABUJA1518	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NIGERIAN RESPONSE TO THE TIP [...] Poloffs delivered the TIP demarche (reftel) to Nigeria's National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons (NAPTIP). Participants included the agency directors for legal and prosecution, counseling and rehabilitation, and public enlightenment. NAPTIP accepted the report in "good fai [...]	2006-06-16 08:23:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN NI
06ABUJA1547	GON FLEXES MUSCLE IN ARREST OF JOURNALIST [...] (U) SUMMARY. While Nigeria has a large and vocal media establishment, recent incidents may show the government is trying to flex its muscles going in to the 2007 elections. On Wednesday, June 14, Africa Independent Television (AIT) presenter Mike Aruleba was arrested by agents of the State S [...]	2006-06-20 14:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL NI
06ABUJA1606	JUNE 26 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE - NO HUMAN CASES? [...] (SBU) Summary. The GON AI Steering Committee met June 14 for the first time since April 20. Nigeria will issue permits to four major poultry producers to import grandparent birds for restocking and will discuss possibly permitting poultry vaccinations. Nigeria does not yet have a system for [...]	2006-06-26 16:28:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1653	2007: DISPUTED ELECTION RESULTS MAY BE A QUAGMIRE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Beyond simply holding elections in 2007, Nigeria has to work hard to make sure any disputes over election results are effectively resolved. IFES, an international democracy building NGO, conducted a series of 3 seminars in Abuja focusing on electoral dispute resolution machiner [...]	2006-06-29 13:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL NI
06ABUJA1660	JOURNALISTS TO FACE TRIAL FOR SEDITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Nigeria's State Security Service (SSS) has re-arrested Africa Independent Television (AIT) journalist Gbenga Mike Aruleba (reftel) on charges of sedition. Aruleba, along with fellow journalist Rotimi Durojaiye, is being tried under a section of the criminal code instituted in 19 [...]	2006-06-30 08:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL NI
06ABUJA1680	NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE FOR JUNE 30 [...] Summary. Economic officer attended on June 27 the foreign donors meeting on AI in Nigeria. The FAO reported new outbreaks in Taraba State and Lagos State. Recent outbreaks of African swine fever occurred in Benue State. The concern is that pigs could act as a vector for humans for highly pa [...]	2006-06-30 14:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1703	PDP RECONCILIATION: TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE [...] (C) Attempts by President Olusegun Obasanjo and the leadership of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) to reconcile party members throughout Nigeria face serious problems. Incidents across Nigeria indicate that the reconciliation moves have only opened old wounds and created new suspic [...]	2006-07-05 15:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
06ABUJA1773	NIGERIA'S SALE OF NITEL COMPLETES LARGEST PRIVATIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) sold on July 3 a 75% stake in the state-owned Nigerian Telecommunications (NITEL) Limited and its M-Tel subsidiary to Nigeria's Transcorp for $750 million in a negotiated sales process. This is Nigeria's biggest privatization deal so [...]	2006-07-11 12:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINV EIND PGOV NI
06ABUJA1791	AVIAN FLU: NIGERIAN POULTRY INDUSTRY OVERVIEW [...] Summary. Information is fragmentary on Nigeria's poultry sector. Chickens constitute more than 95% of Nigeria's poultry. Nigeria has an estimated 150 million birds -- 70 million on commercial farms and 80 million belonging to "informal" or backyard farmers. The decentralized nature of Niger [...]	2006-07-12 17:22:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA1838	NIGERIA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP FOR JUNE 2006 [...] SUMMARY. To augment the required annual reporting, Embassy Abuja will be sending regular round-up cables detailing human rights incidents in Nigeria. This cable mimics the format of the Annual Report on Human Rights and a section at the end will discuss issues to which we will be paying par [...]	2006-07-17 16:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL NI
06ABUJA1841	NIGERIA:IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BAKASSI AGREEMENT [...] (C/REL TO USA, GBR, FRA, DEU) Summary. From the Nigerian side, plans for implementation of the Greentree Accord on Bakassi are moving forward. The military fully intends to be out of Bakassi in "not a day more" than the sixty days specified in the agreement, the Nigerian police have reques [...]	2006-07-18 12:32:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS MOPS PREL NI CM
06ABUJA1843	NIGERIA TRANSCORP'S PURCHASE OF NITEL IN JEOPARDY [...] Summary. Nigeria's Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) sold on July 3 a 75% stake in the state-owned Nigerian Telecommunications (NITEL) Limited and its M-Tel subsidiary to Nigeria's Transcorp for $750 million in a negotiated sales process. Transcorp failed to meets its terms of purchase, inc [...]	2006-07-18 13:12:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS EINV EIND PGOV NI
06ABUJA1846	HUMAN RIGHTS MEETING BROKEN UP BY STATE SECURITY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 12, a coalition of human rights groups organized a meeting to discuss the removal of Bukhari Bello as chair of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). Bello had been "redeployed" by Attorney General Bayo Ojo on June 19. Human rights groups vigorously denounced Bel [...]	2006-07-18 15:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM NI
06ABUJA1860	PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR CLAIMS VINDICATION [...] (C) Summary. Plateau State Governor Dariye, in his first meeting with US officials since 2004, tried to put a positive spin on his last two years in office, dismissing the corruption charges against him as baseless and trumpeting his ability to remain in office despite his expulsion from the [...]	2006-07-19 14:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR NI
06ABUJA1900	RIVERS STATE VIOLENCE ERUPTS IN OGONI LAND [...] (U) SUMMARY. A fresh wave of violence began in Rivers States on July 20, with six feared dead in Emohua and eight reported dead in Gokana. The violence appears to be between two rival gangs known as Degbam and Dewell, with each group killing several members from its rival. The fight is ult [...]	2006-07-24 15:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL NI AF
06ABUJA1921	NIGERIA:BAKASSI UPDATE [...] (C/REL USA GBR FRA DEU) On 24 July, Post hosted a meeting of the local representatives of the four witness states to the Greentree Accord on Bakassi, though the German embassy was unable to send anyone. No representatives from either the UK or France have yet traveled to the Bakassi area. [...]	2006-07-25 11:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS MOPS PREL NI CM
06ABUJA1950	SEDITION TRIAL OF JOURNALISTS DELAYED UNTIL [...] (U) The sedition trial of journalists Gbenga Aruleba and Rotimi Durojaiye opened July 25. They stand accused of harming the Nigerian state by insulting the President when they reported that he had purchased a second hand airplane. Defense attorneys challenged the constitutionality of the sedi [...]	2006-07-27 14:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV NI
06ABUJA1956	NIGERIA: AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] Summary: Results are awaited from several recent suspected outbreaks in the commercial poultry producing Southwest states of Ogun and Lagos. Field teams are visiting the affected areas. UNICEF has placed four consultants at in state capitals to work on state level communications plans, and PAC [...]	2006-07-28 10:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR NI
06ABUJA1960	ANAMBRA CRISIS CONTINUES [...] (C) Violence continues in Anambra state after a July 20 meeting between state government and security officials and members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB). On July 22 a group of armed youth ran amok in Onitsha before moving on the Nnewi. On J [...]	2006-07-30 14:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ASEC NI
06ABUJA2002	FOREIGN MINISTER RESIGNS [...] (C) Upon returning from an overseas trip to the August 2 public announcement that she had been replaced as the head of the Economic Team, Foreign Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala tendered her resignation on August 3. The official announcement said she was resigning for personal and family reasons. [...]	2006-08-04 06:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV NI
06ABUJA2007	SPECULATIONS REGARDING NGOZI'S RESIGNATION [...] (U) As reported reftel, Nigerian Foreign Minister Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala tendered her resignation on August 3. This follows her unexpected redeployment June 21 from the Ministry of Finance to Foreign Affairs and the surprise announcement August 2 that she would no longer head President Obasanjo' [...]	2006-08-04 14:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN PREL KCOR NI
06ABUJA2077	UPDATE ON NIGERIA'S ELECTION PREPARATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Nigeria's political space has opened significantly since the defeat of the third term proposal in May. There are now over 40 registered parties and many potential candidates are testing the waters. However, the political scene remains chaotic with a shifting constellation of p [...]	2006-08-11 11:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2129	BENUE STATE GOVERNOR SAYS OBASANJO INTENDS TO STAY [...] (S) SUMMARY. Benue State Governor George Akume paid a courtesy call on the Ambassador August 16. Also present were two of Akume's advisors, House of Representatives member Tengu Tsegba, and PolOff. Akume's central message was that President Obasanjo intends to stay in office but could be pe [...]	2006-08-17 13:17:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PINR NI ELECTIONS THIRDTERM
06ABUJA2135	VIEWS FROM KANO ON SHARIA, HISBAH, AND THE U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 28, PolOff met with members of the Kano Sharia Implementation Council, including Barrister Muzzamil Sani Hanga, to discuss the hisbah, Sharia impact and popularity, inter-faith relations, and America's image in Kano. Among the Council's primary concerns at present are hin [...]	2006-08-17 16:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PINR NI
06ABUJA2136	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOJ SPECIAL COUNSEL RUSCH [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-18 06:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KJUS SNAR NI
06ABUJA2144	NIGERIA: NEW NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ON THE [...] (U) Summary: On August 17, 2006, Gen. Abdullahi Mukhtar, Ret., the incoming National Security Advisor (NSA),outlined to ambassadors and charges President Obasanjo's strategy for restoring order in the Delta and addressing the long-term social and economic dysfunctionalities. Despite press [...]	2006-08-18 12:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NI
06ABUJA2150	KINGIBE ON NIGERIAN ELECTIONS, DARFUR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Acting Political Counselor met with Babagana Kingibe August 16. Much of the conversation focused on domestic politics, including the 2007 presidential election. Many political commentators mention Kingibe's name as a "dark horse" 2007 presidential contender, an [...]	2006-08-18 13:59:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU NI
06ABUJA2170	THE BIG PLANS OF ARIK AIRLINES [...] (SBU) Summary: Alex Van Elk, the Managing Director of Arik Air, called on the Ambassador July 31 and outlined the ambitious plans of Arik Airlines. Owned entirely by Nigerian investor Arumami Johnson, according to Van Elk, the airline management was almost fully expatriate. Having bought Nigeri [...]	2006-08-22 06:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR NI
06ABUJA2172	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DOT ADVISOR SUSAN STRAWN [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 09:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN OTRA KJUS SNAR NI
06ABUJA2226	SCENESETTER FOR RADM GREENE'S AUGUST 2006 VISIT TO [...] (U) Your visit to Nigeria comes at a critical time in the country's political evolution. Increasing instability in the lower Niger River Delta threatens the nation's oil production, the government's primary source of income; continuing outbreaks of avian influenza threaten the nation's poult [...]	2006-08-25 11:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON MASS KDEM PREL NI
06ABUJA2262	BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END-USE CHECK ON [...] Following ref A tasking, Mission has made repeated attempts to contact Bionica Technologies in Lagos without success. On 17 March, a Lagos-based FCS specialist attempted to visit the address listed in the application and reported the only business enterprise at that location to be Five Five [...]	2006-08-28 16:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC NI
06ABUJA2316	NIGERIAN NSA MUKHTAR ON SITUATION IN THE DELTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 31 meeting in his office with AF DAS Linda Thomas-Greenfield and the Ambassador to reiterate USG concern over the situation in the Niger Delta, Nigerian National Security Advisor (NSA) General Mukhtar admitted that problems were complex, and that some key militan [...]	2006-09-06 07:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER EPET ASEC NI
06ABUJA234	SUDAN: GETTING PAST "NO" ON SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Skilled AU mediation has wrested control out of the hands of the incapable chairman of the Security Arrangements Committee and established some promising common ground between the parties at the Darfur Peace Talks. The Movements, superficial grasp of the modalities of [...]	2006-02-01 15:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PGOV PINS ASEC SU DARFUR
06ABUJA2349	OBASANJO MOVES TO IMPEACH ATIKU [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late on September 6, the results of an investigation requested by President Olusegun Obasanjo into alleged corrupt practices by Vice President Atiku Abubakar were presented to Senate President Ken Nnamani with a request to the Senate to take "appropriate action." The assumed ac [...]	2006-09-08 11:44:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA236	TV CO-OP PROPOSAL FOR NIGERIA [...] SUMMARY: The U.S. Mission to Nigeria would like to propose a TV co-op on "Democratic Elections: Lessons from 2006 US Mid-Term Elections." This co-op will be done by four persons Independent Radio and Television crew of Lagos- based Africa Independent Television (AIT),and Kano-based Freedom R [...]	2006-02-01 15:42:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OPRC OIIP CVIS
06ABUJA2397	THE SECOND IMF REVIEW OF NIGERIA'S PSI [...] Summary: On September 7, 2006, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) review team debriefed the international community on the second review of Nigeria's Policy Support Instrument (PSI). They said the GON's commitment to the PSI was still very strong, but passage of key legislative and civil se [...]	2006-09-13 10:21:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ECON PINR NI
06ABUJA2415	SENATE CAUTIOUSLY CONSIDERS IMPEACHMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Senate on September 12 reacted cautiously to President Obasanjo's efforts to impeach his political nemesis, Vice President Atiku Abubakar, by referring the matter to committee for study. The move reflects an effort to buy time in the Senate, where there is little enthusiasm [...]	2006-09-14 08:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA2434	NIGERIA'S ROAD NETWORK IS CRUMBLING AND DANGEROUS [...] Summary. Road travel in Nigeria is challenging for private citizens and commercial drivers. In 2004, at least 34,000 persons were killed on Nigeria's roads. The cost of failing to improve road safety is about 2% to 3% of GDP annually. Many drivers are not licensed and many vehicles are poor [...]	2006-09-15 14:18:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ELTN ECON NI
06ABUJA2466	ADVANCING SAHARA BOOSTS NIGERIA'S DESERTIFICATION [...] Summary. Desertification and drought are the most serious environmental problems facing northern Nigeria and now affect 15 states. Nigeria loses about 865,000 acres of farmland or grazing land to desert conditions every year, with the Sahara Desert advancing south an average of 0.6 km annual [...]	2006-09-20 12:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EAGR EIND NI
06ABUJA2478	FCT MINISTER DELIVERS PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ON ATIKU [...] (C) Summary: saying he was "under instruction" from President Obasanjo to touch base with American Ambassador and the UK High Commissioner as representatives of "Nigeria's closest allies," Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Nasir el-Rufai met with the Ambassador on September 20. His [...]	2006-09-21 08:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PREL NI
06ABUJA2504	THE STATE OF HIV/AIDS IN NIGERIA AS OF JULY 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable evaluates HIV/AIDS' impact on Nigerians and their institutions. Roughly 4 million (UNAIDS, 2003) of the nation's 132 million people (PRB, 2005) are infected with HIV/AIDS, reflecting a national HIV/AIDS prevalence rate of 4.4%. (NPS, 2005) Nigeria had at least 2.4 m [...]	2006-09-25 07:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV SOCI TBIO ECON PREL PGOV NI
06ABUJA2508	NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE: SOUTHWESTERN OUTBREAKS [...] (SBU) Summary. Cooperation between the Ministries of Agriculture, Information, and Health on the issue of avian influenza (AI) remains an issue, and relations between Agriculture and Health officials remain tense over the extent of AI in Nigeria and whether to authorize poultry vaccinations. [...]	2006-09-25 08:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2509	SURVEY VIEWS AVIAN FLU'S NIGERIA ECONOMIC IMPACT [...] Summary. A team from the USG's Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) visited six Nigerian states in August to assess the avian influenza socioeconomic impact on Nigeria's poultry sector. Nigeria has about 36% of West Africa's poultry and the sub-region's most modern poultry sector. [...]	2006-09-25 08:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2521	NIGERIA LURCHES TOWARD VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (C) Summary: INEC continues to prepare for voter registration using handheld computers for direct data capture beginning October 7. However, there are only 150 registration machines in country, there are software problems with two vendors' equipment, and training on use of the machines is i [...]	2006-09-25 18:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2524	NIGERIA'S EFCC ) THE TEMPLE OF JANUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite initial skepticism due to little action at its inception with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Act of 2002, under the leadership of Assistant Police Commissioner Nuhu Ribadu, the EFCC established itself as a potent actor in President Obasanjo's war on [...]	2006-09-25 18:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCRM SNAR PHUM PINR NI
06ABUJA2535	NIGERIA AVIAN FLU: ANIMAL SURVEILLANCE LAUNCHED [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization and the Ministry of Agriculture launched on Sept. 21 their European Union/USG-funded program for active animal surveillance of the avian influenza (AI) in Nigeria. Preparations will consist of six to eight weeks of training, followed by [...]	2006-09-26 10:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU AMED EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2547	SHELL TELLS THE PRESIDENT DELTA REPAIRS WILL BE [...] (C) Summary: Shell has halted attempts to restore production in the Western Delta due to continued security considerations. In a September 25 meeting, President Obasanjo told Shell he was willing to acknowledge the importance of security up front. He otherwise appeared poorly briefed on Shell' [...]	2006-09-27 14:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ECON PGOV EINV ASEC NI
06ABUJA2551	REPORTING ON HEALTH OF AFRICAN LEADERS - OLUSEGUN [...] BACKGROUND a. Age: Although officially reported to be in his late 60s, sources close to him strongly contend that he is in his mid- 70s. b. How old does he look: As much as 5 years older than reported age c. Height/Weight: Average; 5'10"/170 lbs. d. Left or right-handed: Right 2. HEALTH [...]	2006-09-27 15:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR NI
06ABUJA2555	POLITICAL VIOLENCE CONTINUES TO ESCALATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Palpable tension has gripped Nigeria over the recent spate of political murders. The trend is not new. High profile killings have been a hallmark of Nigerian politics for years, though the rate clearly is accelerating as election season approaches. In late July, Funsho Williams, [...]	2006-09-28 09:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2559	SENATE TO LAUNCH ITS OWN INVESTIGATION [...] (U) The Senate has decided to launch its own investigation into allegations of high level corruption at the Petroleum Technology Development Fund Fund (PTDF). The move by the Senate on September 26 ups the political ante in the increasingly bitter political battle which pits the President agai [...]	2006-09-28 12:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA2562	SENATE TO LAUNCH ITS OWN INVESTIGATION [...] (U) The Senate has decided to launch its own investigation into allegations of high level corruption at the Petroleum Technology Development Fund Fund (PTDF). The move by the Senate on September 26 ups the political ante in the increasingly bitter political battle which pits the President agai [...]	2006-09-28 14:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA2624	VOTER REGISTRATION KICK-OFF LIKELY TO LOWER [...] (C) Concern is mounting over the technical preparations for elections. The Senate is scheduled to convene a special hearing on INEC's preparations on October 11. A number of National Assembly members have expressed concern to us about the overall process, as well as the quality and quantity [...]	2006-10-06 10:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA2625	VOTER REGISTRATION KICK-OFF LIKELY TO LOWER [...] (C) Concern is mounting over the technical preparations for elections. The Senate is scheduled to convene a special hearing on INEC's preparations on October 11. A number of National Assembly members have expressed concern to us about the overall process, as well as the quality and quantity [...]	2006-10-06 10:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA2633	VOTER REGISTRATION KICK-OFF LIKELY TO LOWER [...] (C) Concern is mounting over the technical preparations for elections. The Senate is scheduled to convene a special hearing on INEC's preparations on October 11. A number of National Assembly members have expressed concern to us about the overall process, as well as the quality and quantity [...]	2006-10-06 10:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA2637	MINISTER OF EDUCATION OUTLINES REFORM AGENDA [...] SUMMARY: On September 11, Ambassador John Campbell met with Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, to discuss sweeping reforms to the education sector. Though funding remains its principal obstacle, Ezekwesili,s reform agenda includes replacement of all department heads of the Ministry o [...]	2006-10-06 12:15:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	NI SCUL
06ABUJA2691	NIGERIAN MANUFACTURERS SEEKING NEW ELECTRICITY SOURCES [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Abuja hosted Iftar dinners in Kaduna and Kano on October 2 and 3. Northern political figures were emphatic that they relied heavily on the U.S. Government to "safeguard" Nigeria's federal electoral process in the spring of 2007. The president of the Manufacturers Assoc [...]	2006-10-12 11:38:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG PGOV NI
06ABUJA2725	AGOA ELIGIBILITY REVIEW - NIGERIA [...] (U) Country: Nigeria Current AGOA Status: Eligible 2. (U) Country Background Summary: Estimated population of 140 million. 2005 GNI was $74.2 billion; 2005 GNI per capita was $560. (World Bank 2006 Data) Nigeria completed civilian-run national and state elections in 2003 that were marr [...]	2006-10-13 13:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD AGOA ECON NI
06ABUJA2728	UNSC ELECTION: NIGERIA UNDECIDED [...] (S) On October 13 Charge met with Ambassador Chike Anigbo, Chief of Staff for the Foreign Minister, Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the October 16 UNSC Latin American seat contested between Guatemala and Venezuela. Anigbo reported that the Nigerian government has not made a [...]	2006-10-13 14:51:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	UNSC PREL NI
06ABUJA2761	CHEVRON MUSINGS ON ELECTIONS AND SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Peter Williams (protect),Consultant/Special Advisor to Chevron Nigeria, met with the Charge to discuss the 2007 election and to provide an update on bunkering activities in the Delta. Williams suspects that the election cycle will be "messy, ugly and won't end the ongoing probl [...]	2006-10-17 15:44:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ASEC PTER NI
06ABUJA2766	IMPEACHMENT LEADS TO VIOLENCE AND CONFUSION IN [...] (C) Summary: Efforts to impeach Governor Joshua Dariye in Plateau State have exacerbated long simmering intra-state political rivalries and led to violence. The battle to remove the divisive and corrupt Dariye has become a proxy battle about control over local politics, with an eye toward 20 [...]	2006-10-18 10:53:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM KCOR NI
06ABUJA2773	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT AND VP VOLLEY ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The public volley of corruption accusations and abuse of office continues between Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and Vice President Atiku Abubakar with the daily drama played out in the local press. A report of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Panel of I [...]	2006-10-18 16:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR NI
06ABUJA2791	NIGERIA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUNDUP FOR THIRD QUARTER OF [...] SUMMARY. To augment the required annual reporting, Embassy Abuja will be sending regular round-up cables detailing human rights incidents in Nigeria. This cable mimics the format of the Annual Report on Human Rights and a section at the end will discuss issues to which we will be paying par [...]	2006-10-25 06:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV NI
06ABUJA2800	NIGERIA OCTOBER 25 AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Nigeria's (GON) response to the avian influenza (AI) remains limited but has demonstrated recent improvement. Economic and USAID officers attended the October 18 United Nations/foreign donors AI meeting in Abuja and met with representatives from the UN Develop [...]	2006-10-25 14:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU TBIO AMED EAGR EAID NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA2803	NIGERIA: 2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] (U) The following information is Nigeria's 2007 National Trade Estimate. Trade Summary ------------- 2. (U) The U.S. goods trade deficit with Nigeria was $22.6 billion in 2005, an increase of $7.9 billion from $14.7 billion in 2004. U.S. goods exports in 2005 were $1.6 billion, up 3.9 pe [...]	2006-10-26 14:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN NI
06ABUJA2805	NIGERIA AVIATION TERRORISM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] On October 26, Embassy Abuja delivered ref talking points to Imoro Kubor, Director of Air Transportation Management at the Nigerian Ministry of Aviation. 2. Kubor had no reaction at the time to the talking points. Post will report any such reaction once received. CAMPBELL [...]	2006-10-26 15:36:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KTIA ICAO NI
06ABUJA2816	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY VOTES ON STATE OF EMERGENCY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a surprise move, both chambers of the National Assembly voted October 26 to approve the state of emergency declared by the President in Ekiti State. While the press reports that the Senate vote was unanimous, Embassy contacts indicate that the results were questionable and p [...]	2006-10-29 14:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR ELECTIONS THIRDTERM NI
06ABUJA2817	SPOT REPORT ON CONTINUING VIOLENCE IN PLATEAU STATE [...] (C) Post reported in reftel the impeachment crisis in Plateau State and resulting violence when the police fired on a crowd of protesters. The situation became more intense over the long holiday weekend. (Note: The GON was closed for business October 23-24 for the end of Ramadan. End Note). [...]	2006-10-29 14:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
06ABUJA2836	NIGERIA: CENSUS RESULTS NOT READY FOR PRIMETIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Nigerian census tabulations are nearly complete and the GON has said the figures will be unveiled in December. International monitors reported that donor contributions have facilitated a census process that was fairly transparent, open and covered a high percentage of the p [...]	2006-10-30 11:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI KDEM ECON PGOV EAID NI
06ABUJA2839	NIGERIAN FM ON DARFUR, UNSC RACE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on Nigerian Foreign Minister Joy Ogwu October 27. Minister Ogwu briefed the Ambassador on her recent travel to Sudan and the GON's thinking on the way ahead in Darfur, seemed to indicate support for Venezuela in the UNSC race, and talked about her desire to im [...]	2006-10-30 15:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC SU NI
06ABUJA2842	NIGERIA: VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE LOOMS LARGE [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to USG elections partners, INEC is poised to miss the December voter registration deadline while a lack of planning for the election cycle is likely to severely damage INEC's reputation and further fuel conspiracy theories about election delays. With insufficient number [...]	2006-10-31 09:36:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2863	PRESIDENT OBASANJO UNVEILS 2007 BUDGET [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 11 President Obasanjo presented a 2.3 trillion naira ($18 billion) 2007 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly (NA). The budget represents a 21 percent increase over the 1.9 trillion naira authorized in the 2006 budget. The unveiled 2007 budget is nearly [...]	2006-10-31 15:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON NI

06ABUJA2867	NIGERIA ADC AIR CRASH SHAKES CONFIDENCE IN SECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary. Nigeria's troubled aviation sector suffered another major blow with the October 29 crash of a Sokoto-bound ADC Airlines Boeing 737 aircraft just beyond Abuja International Airport, which killed at least 98 persons. Minister of Aviation Babalola Borishade blamed the crash on pil [...]	2006-11-01 07:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR CASC AMGT ASEC NI
06ABUJA2870	NOOSE TIGHTENS AROUND PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. A visit by PolOff and PolFSN October 29-31 suggests that the political situation in Plateau State is growing increasingly difficult for Governor Joshua Dariye. A close reading of the Nigerian constitution reveals that even a truncated state assembly of 8 members can vote to remo [...]	2006-11-01 13:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2889	SENATOR SARAKI ON TERRORISM, DELTA, 2007 ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff and visiting SFRC staff member paid an October 31 courtesy call on Senator Gbemi Saraki-Fowora at her Abuja residence. Saraki insisted that the threat of terrorism in Northern Nigeria loomed ominously, particularly given Nigeria's porous borders and the extreme poverty in [...]	2006-11-03 12:35:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER PBTS NI
06ABUJA2891	RAMADAN OUTREACH REVEALS CRITICISM, COMMENDATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the month of Ramadan (September 24-October 23),Embassy Abuja organized several public-speaking engagements, media outreach, and Iftar events to discuss U.S. policy toward the Muslim world and Muslim life in America. Local media outlets reported favorably and widely the [...]	2006-11-03 12:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KISL KPAO KIRF NI KWMN KDEM
06ABUJA2896	NIGERIA: DRAFT PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION PLAN LEAKED [...] (C) SUMMARY. A leaked Presidential succession strategy from within the Villa outlines a strategy for PDP political domination in Nigeria over the next 24 years. The strategy calls for President Obasanjo to name the next six candidates, who will govern in a North-South swap of the presidency a [...]	2006-11-03 13:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KCOR NI
06ABUJA2902	ASSESSMENT OF NFIU FOR EGMONT GROUP ADMISSION [...] (U) Summary: A representative from the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) unit conducted a positive assessment of Nigeria's Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) for membership in the Egmont Group at the next plenary session for 2007. The assessment went well and the U [...]	2006-11-05 16:11:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ASEC KCRM PTER NI
06ABUJA2917	NIGERIA: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOTS [...] (SBU) In an attempt to convey the local environment in the lead up to 2007 elections, Post plans to submit a series of elections snapshots. More in-depth information and analysis will be reported in septels, with the snapshot format being used to convey interesting and pertinent anecdotes or f [...]	2006-11-08 08:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA2933	VOTER REGISTRATION: DISCUSSION OF "PLAN B" EMERGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The realization that INEC's mismanagement of voter registration could have a major impact on the elections in 2007 has led the Nigerian National Assembly (NASS) to play a hands-on oversight role in ensuring the election commission is held accountable. A November 7 hearing on INEC [...]	2006-11-09 13:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA2948	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL WARD'S NOVEMBER 2006 VISIT [...] (C) Your visit to Nigeria comes at a critical, though tumultuous time in the country's political evolution. Increasing instability in the Niger Delta threatens the nation's oil production, the government's primary source of income; continuing outbreaks of avian influenza threaten the nation's [...]	2006-11-13 12:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON MASS KDEM NI
06ABUJA2974	SITUATION IN DELTA CONTINUES TO DETERIORATE [...] (C) The situation in the Niger Delta continues to deteriorate, with attacks on installations, kidnappings, banditry, and oil bunkering all on the rise. Violence also appears to be being exacerbated by rivalries within the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) over control o [...]	2006-11-14 15:34:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA2975	UN EXPERTS SAY "NO WAY" VOTER REGISTRATION WILL [...] (S) In a series of separate off the record, out of office, conversations, the UN's top technical elections officials said they are increasingly worried about the upcoming elections in Nigeria. The UN experts told Poloff that as technical advisers, they are unable to speak publicly about the [...]	2006-11-14 15:36:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA2978	UN EXPERTS SAY "NO WAY" VOTER REGISTRATION WILL [...] (S) In a series of separate off the record, out of office, conversations, the UN's top technical elections officials said they are increasingly worried about the upcoming elections in Nigeria. The UN experts told Poloff that as technical advisers, they are unable to speak publicly about the [...]	2006-11-15 07:29:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA2984	CHIEFS OF MISSION AGREE ELECTION CRISIS LOOMING [...] (S) The high-tech voter registration is fatally flawed and is lowering the overall credibility of INEC and the political process, according to nine Chiefs of Mission who gathered for a discussion on the status of election preparation for the 2007 elections. with bad news emerging every day [...]	2006-11-16 07:08:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA3008	NIGERIAN AVIATION ROUNDUP [...] (U) Summary. A five-member team from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) arrived in Nigeria on November 8 to audit the country's aviation industry over a 10-day period. Nigerian President Obasanjo signed a new civil-aviation law on November 16 to improve the country's aviation [...]	2006-11-17 12:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR CASC AMGT ASEC NI
06ABUJA3025	VICE PRESIDENT ON SECURITY AND OTHER MATTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Atiku Abubakar told Ambassador on November 20 that he moved out of his official residence over the weekend due to a specific security threat. He then commented that President Obasanjo's concern for his international reputation was "gone," and that the confusion [...]	2006-11-21 17:04:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV ASEC PREL NI
06ABUJA3031	YAR'ADUA: THE LATEST ANOINTED SUCCESSOR? [...] (C) As the race for the presidency in the 2007 elections intensifies, there are indications that Katsina Governor Alhaji Umaru Yar'Adua may be the latest "Crown Prince." Yar'Adua is the latest on the list of candidates reportedly "anointed" by the villa to replace President Obasanjo in May 2 [...]	2006-11-22 16:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3032	NIGERIA: CIVIL SOCIETY ON ELECTION SCENARIOS [...] (C) SUMMARY. At a November 20 luncheon for civil society elections-related organizations, participants discussed possible scenarios for Nigeria's presidential transition and the status of elections preparations. Participants maintained Obasanjo hopes to continue his rule of Nigeria -- either [...]	2006-11-24 08:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3040	NURTURING DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA: RECOMMENDATIONS [...] (S) Summary: Our top policy objective in Nigeria is to ensure the first democratic transition between two civilian administrations with the conduct of free and fair elections in April 2007. However, for many Nigerians, the current political environment and heretofore inadequate preparations [...]	2006-11-24 14:03:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA3061	NIGERIA: ELECTIONS SNAPSHOTS #2 [...] (SBU) This cable is the second in a series of elections snapshots intended to provide a sense of the local environment in the lead up to the 2007 elections. More in-depth information and analysis will be reported in septels, with the snapshot format being used to convey interesting and pertin [...]	2006-11-28 14:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3076	NIGERIA BEGINS TO ADDRESS NEED FOR BETTER ROADS [...] (SBU) Summary. In late September 2006, the World Bank's Nigeria country director pronounced more than 50% of Nigeria's federal roads in poor condition. He said sending a 20-ton truck from Maiduguri to Lagos cost more than shipping the same cargo by sea from Lagos to Europe. This high cost of [...]	2006-11-29 16:21:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELTN NI
06ABUJA3114	VICE PRESIDENT DECLARES HIS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: After more than a year of uncertainty, Vice President Atiku Abubakar declared himself a candidate for president, saying that he would follow the policies of President Olusegun Obasanajo and continue economic reforms and make the fight against corruption a priority. With a crowd [...]	2006-12-05 08:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA3122	COL. UMAR WARNS THAT OBASANJO MUST GO BY MAY 29 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Military Governor of Kaduna State Col. Abubakar Umar (rtd.),the Chairman of the Movement for Unity and Progress (MUP) told PolCouns recently that MUP and its partners would ensure that President Olusegun Obasanjo would leave office on May 29 regardless of Obasanjo's plans [...]	2006-12-05 16:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
06ABUJA3130	ECOWAS DONORS' MEETING HIGHTLIGHTS PROGRESS [...] (U) Summary: Development partners of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) met November 20-21 in Abuja for a progress report on the organization's initiatives. While peace and security issues remain central to ECOWAS's work, transforming the ECOWAS Secretariat into a Commissio [...]	2006-12-06 16:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ETRD EINV EAID PREL NI ECOWAS
06ABUJA3153	VOTER REGISTRATION IN ENUGU [...] (C) Summary: Poloff and Pol assistant traveled to Enugu state in mid-November and met with INEC, the PDP, journalists, and civil society activists to discuss voter registration and the pre-election climate. Voter registration in Enugu was off to a slow start with only 52 of 750 required dire [...]	2006-12-08 10:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3154	IRI TEAM SAYS ELECTIONS PREPARATION "DEFICIENT" [...] (U) Summary: The International Republican Institute sent a 9-member delegation to Abuja to assess the overall readiness of Nigeria for the 2007 election. The delegation, led by former Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper, concluded that "while the government has expressed its intention to condu [...]	2006-12-08 10:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3155	IRREGULARITIES IN PLATEAU STATE BYE-ELECTIONS [...] (C) Fourteen members of the Plateau State House of Assembly were removed for leaving the ruling PDP (reftels),a decision inconsistent with the decision in Jigawa State and elsewhere, where INEC allowed those who had changed parties to join the PDP to retain their seats. Lawsuits continue to [...]	2006-12-08 12:21:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3172	PROGRESS IN THE NIGERIAN HOUSING SECTOR [...] Summary: During a recent visit of an Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) team to Nigeria, government officials (GON) estimated that the housing deficit is between 14-16 million housing units, with an even larger financing gap of approximately 44 trillion naira. Nigeria's housing n [...]	2006-12-11 16:07:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV NI
06ABUJA3180	NIGERIA: VOTER REGISTRATION IN KWARA STATE [...] (SBU) Poloff visited Kwara State and met with INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner Ayo Adakeji on November 28 to discuss elections preparations in the state. Adakeji reported 59 voter registration machines (up from 44 as of November 26) to cover the 1,872 registration centers in the state, wi [...]	2006-12-12 16:24:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3181	ALIYU MOHAMMED PREDICTS PRESIDENT OBASANJO WILL [...] (S) Summary: Former National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. (Ret) Aliyu Mohammed Gusau believes that President Obasanjo will try to rig the upcoming Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Convention so that it nominates as its presidential candidate Katsina Governor Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and Villa denizen A [...]	2006-12-12 16:24:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
06ABUJA3182	BATTLELINES DRAWN IN FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF PDP [...] (C) SUMMARY: The PDP convention scheduled for Dec. 16 may be one of the most significant political gatherings in Nigeria's post-independence history and its outcome, for better or worse, could have a significant impact on Nigerian politics for years to come. With President Obasanjo's popularit [...]	2006-12-12 16:24:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI
06ABUJA3186	CORRECTED COPY - ALIYU MOHAMMED PREDICTS PRESIDENT [...] (S) Summary: Former National Security Advisor Lt. Gen. (Ret) Aliyu Mohammed Gusau believes that President Obasanjo will try to rig the upcoming Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Convention so that it nominates as its presidential candidate Katsina Governor Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and Villa denizen A [...]	2006-12-13 09:06:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
06ABUJA3191	IGBINEDION PREDICTS YAR'ADUA-IBORI PDP TICKET [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Edo State Governor Lucky Igbinedion December 12 at Governor's request. Igbinedion said that the PDP governors planned to meet the evening of December 12 and would agree to support Katsina Governor Umaru Yar'Adua as the PDP presidential candidate. Delta Govern [...]	2006-12-13 10:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NI
06ABUJA3200	THE WEST AFRICAN PEER EXCHANGE ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING [...] Summary. At the West African Peer Exchange conference on Affordable Housing, Nigerian representatives discussed plans for increasing the number of affordable homes in Nigeria and presented an action plan. Most of the West African countries in attendance face similar problems on land tenure ti [...]	2006-12-14 17:39:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV EAID SOCI NI
06ABUJA321	FITCH RATINGS ASSIGNS NIGERIA BB MINUS RATING: [...] SUMMARY. The Government of Nigeria (GON) received a BB Minus rating, which is just below investment grade from the highly respected Fitch Ratings. The rating was in part based on the recent agreements reached with the Paris Club (PC),but at this time the GON has no intentions of seeking acce [...]	2006-02-10 08:42:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON NI
06ABUJA3216	NIGERIA ELECTIONS SNAPSHOTS #3 [...] (SBU) This cable is the third in a series of elections snapshots designed to provide a sense of the local environment in the run up to the elections planned for 2007. In-depth information will continue to be reported in septels, with the snapshot format being used to convey interesting and pe [...]	2006-12-15 11:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI ELECTIONS
06ABUJA3218	NIGERIA: RESTRUCTURING OF FEDERAL MINISTRIES [...] (SBU) The Nigerian Federal Executive Council announced a reorganization of federal ministries and parastatals on December 13. Some ministries were eliminated, some merged, and responsibilities moved. The number of ministries will be reduced from 28 to 19; however, some offices, agencies a [...]	2006-12-15 13:07:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
06ABUJA3220	NIGERIA, REPORTED PRESIDENTIAL ANGER AT U.S. [...] (C) Attorney General Bayo Ojo told me December 9 that President Obasanjo is Qdeeply angryQ over what he sees as U.S. failure to resolve QsatisfactorilyQ U.S. legal processes against former chief of State Gen. Abubakar. Expatriate Nigerians, the Attorney General continued, have brought suit i [...]	2006-12-15 15:28:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL NI
06ABUJA3274	NIGERIA: UN SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche on the U.N. scale of assessments to the office of Ambassador Abdul bin Rimdap, Chief of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs First UN Division on December 20. Ambassador Rimdap was not immediately available for comment. Any comments will be reported septel. FURE [...]	2006-12-22 11:27:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AMGT AORC UNGA NI
06ABUJA3289	POLITICAL UNCERTAINTY STILL REIGNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: One week after the end of the political party presidential nomination season, Nigeria remains mired in uncertainty. One day after the Vice President picked up the presidential nomination for the Action Congress (AC) on December 21, President Obasanjo declared the Office of the V [...]	2006-12-27 15:23:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL NI
06ABUJA435	THE STATE OF HIV/AIDS IN NIGERIA AS OF DEC 2005 [...] Summary: This cable evaluates broadly HIV/AIDS' impact on Nigerians and their institutions. Roughly 4 million (UNAIDS, 2003) of the nation's 130 million people (PRB, 2002) are infected with HIV/AIDS, reflecting a national HIV/AIDS infection rate of 5% (NPS, 2003). Nigeria had at least 2.4 m [...]	2006-02-22 11:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV SOCI TBIO ECON PREL PGOV NI
06ABUJA436	THE STATE OF HIV/AIDS IN NIGERIA AS OF DEC. 2005 [...] Summary: This cable evaluates broadly HIV/AIDS' impact on Nigerians and their institutions. Roughly 4 million (UNAIDS, 2003) of the nation's 130 million people (PRB, 2002) are infected with HIV/AIDS, reflecting a national HIV/AIDS infection rate of 5% (NPS, 2003). Nigeria had at least 2.4 m [...]	2006-02-22 11:51:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV SOCI TBIO ECON PREL PGOV NI
06ABUJA441	FEB 22 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The GON announced Feb. 21 that AI has been confirmed in an eighth state, Gombe State. The Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) said Nigeria has 170 surveillance sites nationwide where the disease is most likely to be encountered, and the GON has tested more than 1,200 samples of susp [...]	2006-02-22 17:21:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA448	FEB 22 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU - UN MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Development Program hosted in Abuja on Feb. 22 an information session on AI in Nigeria attended by international diplomatic and aid representatives. With some prompting, the Abuja UN Resident Coordinator's Office agreed to create "soon" a matrix to record international [...]	2006-02-23 13:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA449	FEB 22 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU FIELD TEAM REPORTS [...] Summary. Experts from the CDC, the Nigerian Ministry of Health, and the WHO visited Kano, Kaduna, Plateau, and Katsina States, starting on Feb. 18, to ascertain the extent of AI there. On Feb. 22, they presented their findings. The team found Kaduna's logistical support to combat AI extremel [...]	2006-02-23 13:29:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA479	FEB 23 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] Summary. A GON official said Nigeria did not have surveillance information on free-range chickens, which may be a greater threat to unaffected zones than commercial chicken farms. He cautioned implicitly against the GON's taking stern action against these farmers, saying, "This is the liveli [...]	2006-02-27 17:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA480	FEB 27 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. On February 26, the GON confirmed the presence of AI in two more states, Yobe and Nasarawa. Though not confirmed, it is almost certainly in Jigawa. Currently four states and the Federal Capital Territory have had samples confirmed H5N1 positive through the FAO laboratory in R [...]	2006-02-27 17:10:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA483	CORRUPTION: NIGERIA "IMPROVES" TO SIXTH-WORST IN [...] (U) Transparency International recently released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index for 2005, showing that there are now five countries in the world perceived to be more corrupt than Nigeria. In 2004, only two countries had been listed as more corrupt. As expected, the GON both claim [...]	2006-02-28 12:03:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KCOR KDEM CVIS NI
06ABUJA491	OBASANJO TAYLOR MEETING CONFIRMED [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador on Feb. 28 in Abuja asked Nigerian presidential spokesman Femi Fani Kayode about reports the President Met with Charles Taylor on Fberuary 26. The Ambassador said the USG wanted Taylor brought to justice and noted Obasanjo's repeated statements that Nigeria would ext [...]	2006-02-28 16:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI LI
06ABUJA501	FEB 28 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (U) Summary: A donors' meeting noted progress on approving plans, procedures and guidelines in the animal, health and outreach functions, but noted continued gaps in coordination and information. Surveillance is stepping up in the South, but enforcement of movement bans is still lacking. Poul [...]	2006-03-02 07:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA517	MARCH 2 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] Summary. Bird-culling operations were carried out in Bauchi and Nasarawa States on Feb. 28. A GON official said the government hoped to begin paying compensation for birds by March 3, or by March 5 at the latest, and that Nigeria would concentrate on compensation to commercial chicken farmer [...]	2006-03-02 15:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA519	THE FIRST IMF FINDINGS REVIEW OF NIGERIA PSI [...] Summary: On February 28, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) review team debriefed the international community on their six-month assessment of Nigeria's Policy Support Instrument (PSI). They said the PSI was "on track", and that all benchmarks have been met, except for the late submission [...]	2006-03-03 06:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON NI
06ABUJA536	MARCH 6 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE; H5N1 SPREADS [...] (SBU) Summary. A GON official said the HN51 virus is now present in Port Harcourt, Rivers State; Benue State, and Anambra State, as confirmed by the Vom laboratory. The agriculture minister traveled to Kano State to kick off on March 6 the government's compensation program for culled birds. [...]	2006-03-07 06:16:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA552	MARCH 8 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The HN51 virus is now confirmed as present in 11 Nigerian states, including Anambra and Rivers States in the south. An outbreak of AI was reported March 8 in three locations within the Federal Capital Territory. Jigawa State also is very likely to have AI, as do all of its nei [...]	2006-03-09 06:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA558	MARCH 9 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The GON announced March 9 that an additional state, Ogun State, was confirmed positive for the H5 virus. This result was confirmed by the Vom National Veterinary Research Institute, near Jos. Officials said the government had paid no additional compensation to poultry farmers [...]	2006-03-10 06:06:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA576	MARCH 13 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. The GON announced March 9 that an additional state, Ogun State, was confirmed positive for the H5 virus. An Ogun official said the state is investigating the outbreak at a commercial poultry facility in Akute-Oja, near the border between Lagos State and Ogun State. Southwestern [...]	2006-03-13 15:50:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA592	MAR 15 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE -- LAGOS OUTBREAK [...] (SBU) Summary. The Lagos State agriculture commissioner said on March 14 that a commercial poultry farm in Iju, Lagos State, near the border with Ogun State, reported a suspected outbreak of AI. He said the outbreak likely was H5N1. The GON's chief veterinary officer later confirmed the out [...]	2006-03-16 06:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA593	MARCH 15 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] Summary. The Vom laboratory confirmed an outbreak of H5N1 in Anambra State, but the state agriculture commissioner rejected this finding. The AI outbreak in Ogun State continues, but the GON has not heard from its Ogun field team. An Ogun official said containing the outbreak would be a "to [...]	2006-03-16 06:24:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA594	SENATORS PRESS USG ON THIRD TERM BUT DISAGREE ON [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the US Ambassador, six Nigerian Senators repeatedly pressed the Ambassador on the USG position on a presidential third term. The Senators wanted to gauge USG perspective on the principle of constitutional change, the USG assessment of the process so far and wha [...]	2006-03-16 09:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI AF
06ABUJA596	Avian Flu in Nigeria: The Long Haul [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite a substantial effort to respond to the Avian Influenza (AI) outbreak in Nigeria by the GON and international partners, the epidemic clearly has not been brought under control. Given the weak human- and animal- health infrastructures, and the complicated issues of federa [...]	2006-03-16 10:52:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA644	ECOWAS CONCERNED ABOUT GUINEA [...] (C) Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, voiced concerns about the state of Guinean President Conte's health and the political stability of Guinea during a meeting with the Ambassador on March 21. Chambas said that he wants to maintain close contact with the Embassy an [...]	2006-03-22 13:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM GV XY ECOWAS
06ABUJA647	MARCH 22 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. As of March 15, reliable information, including from testing, was not available on the extent of AI in Nigeria. State veterinarians lacked vehicles and equipment, and some lacked personal protective equipment. There was no documentation on the location and numbers of small flo [...]	2006-03-22 16:30:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI
06ABUJA657	DELTA EVENTS AND NIGERIA'S CREDIT RATINGS [...] (C) Summary: The conclusion of the debt forgiveness deal in December greatly improved Nigeria's debt burden numbers and was a major factor in Nigeria's recent credit ratings. Though the ratings were not investment grade, they indicated a significant level of confidence in Nigeria's ability and [...]	2006-03-23 15:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV EPET NI
06ABUJA659	MARCH 24 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ogun State and GON officials culled by March 20 more than 85,000 birds at a farm in Akute, Ogun State. Culling workers did not use personal protective equipment. Almost 3,700 birds were culled at a farm in Iju, Lagos State. A Lagos State agricultural official denied AI's pre [...]	2006-03-24 06:00:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA666	ECOWAS LOOKING AT ROLE IN NIGER DELTA [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador on March 21, the Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, suggested a possible entry for ECOWAS involvement in Niger Delta conflict mediation. Chambas believes the negative impact of the violence on natural gas supply to the West African G [...]	2006-03-24 12:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PGOV ASEC PTER CASC NI
06ABUJA667	NIGERIA: ANGLICAN PRIMATE ON DELTA, THIRD TERM [...] (C) Summary: The Anglican Primate told the Ambassador on March 21 that he was discouraged by the way the third term debate has crowded out resolution of the current hostage crisis in the Delta. He affirmed that hostage taking is bound to continue. He characterized President Obasanjo as one [...]	2006-03-24 15:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NI
06ABUJA668	A TALE OF TWO ECONOMIES [...] (C) Summary: A walk through the statistics and discussion with the IMF,s resident representative in Nigeria has helped to clarify the dichotomy between Nigeria's recent dramatic improvements in macroeconomic stability and the economic stress felt by most Nigerians. Nigeria,s economic policy re [...]	2006-03-24 18:32:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV EPET ECPS NI
06ABUJA676	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: OBASANJO MEETS DARFUR PARTIES [...] (SBU) Summary: Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo stressed the importance of getting a peace deal soon to parties to the Darfur conflict on March 25. Obasanjo also asked the African Union mediation for a clear schedule for the negotiations and expressed his desire to weigh in on the peac [...]	2006-03-27 11:01:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI
06ABUJA677	DARFUR NEGOTIATIONS: MAIN ISSUES IN SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Many hours of discussion with the mediation team and with the parties have identified five key issues that will have to be resolved: how the ceasefire commission will make decisions; how different geographic areas will be defined and managed; provisions for the exercise of the [...]	2006-03-27 12:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PROV NI SU
06ABUJA683	THIRD TERM EFFORTS CLOUD ELECTION CREDIBILITY [...] (C) Summary. American democracy organizations based in Nigeria believe that the credibility of the 2007 elections is negatively affected by President Obasanjo's attempt to amend the constitution to allow him to serve a third term. The preparations for elections are desperately behind schedul [...]	2006-03-27 17:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM NI THIRDTERM
06ABUJA729	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: PRONK WARNS UN TRANSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: (SBU) UN Special Representative for Sudan Jan Pronk expressed his concern that the African Union's top leadership, including Alpha Omar Konare, does not support the transition of an AU force to UN in Sudan on April 1 and 2. Pronk told USDEL and international partners that Ko [...]	2006-04-03 10:53:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI
06ABUJA798	DARFUR PEACE TALKS: TAHA REMAINS, AU PREPARING [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese Vice President Taha remains in Abuja to continue consultations with the parties. JEM is avoiding meeting Taha, but is complaining it is being left out. His delegation may be augmented with the arrival of Salah Gosh and Mutrif Sadiq. The African Union's Peace and Se [...]	2006-04-18 10:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SU NI CD
06ABUJA820	PLATEAU STATE BOILS AGAIN [...] Summary: The creation of a new development zone enflamed a long-standing rivalry between two communities in Plateau State, leading to bloody ethnic attacks and counter attacks on April 11-12. Reported casualty figures range from 30 to 100 people. Governor Joshua Dariye imposed a dusk to dawn [...]	2006-04-19 13:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM NI
06ABUJA874	MILITANTS DETONATE VBIED AT NIGERIAN ARMY BARRACKS [...] (U) The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND),the militant group responsible for the recent rash of kidnappings and violence in the Niger Delta, claimed credit for the detonation of a VBIED at Camp Bori, a Nigerian Army base in Port Harcourt, the evening of April 19. While [...]	2006-04-20 17:02:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PTER ENRG MOPS NI MILITANTS
06ABUJA878	SSS EJECTS POLCOUNS FROM HILTON HOTEL [...] Summary: On Thursday April 20, agents of Nigeria's State Security Service harassed the Political Counselor as he attempted to enter Abuja's Hilton hotel to meet with a contact. They pushed PolCouns and forcibly removed him from the hotel, but refused to identify themselves. Several local j [...]	2006-04-21 13:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC PGOV PHUM NI
06ABUJA900	LOCAL VIEWS ON NIGERIA'S FITCH AND S&P RATINGS [...] (U) Summary: Some Lagos business leaders, looking at the credit ratings as a broad indicator of Nigeria's economic prospects, consider the January 31, 2006 Fitch Ratings of BB minus and the February 6, 2006 Standard and Poor's (S&P) Ratings of BB minus for long-term foreign currency and BB ra [...]	2006-04-25 07:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON NI
06ABUJA931	APRIL 24 NIGERIA AVIAN FLU UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary. The GON is losing its sense of urgency on AI. The GON appears to be moving toward adopting the line that Nigeria's AI crisis is more or less over. Lack of reporting on new outbreaks, previously attributable to weak surveillance, more recently appears also to be due to deliber [...]	2006-04-25 17:46:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO KFLU EAID AMED EAGR NI AVIANFLU
06ABUJA962	ECOWAS: STUMBLING TOWARD CONVERGENCE [...] Summary. After years of false starts, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is taking concrete steps toward a customs and monetary union. The former French colonies minus Guinea already have both, and the others are trying to follow suit. The customs union and common extern [...]	2006-04-27 17:03:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECIN EFIN NI
06ABUJA971	GOVERNMENT COMMITS TO DEVELOPING NIGER DELTA USING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the second of what appears to be a series of high profile meetings aimed at creating momentum to address underdevelopment in the Niger Delta, the Nigerian government committed itself to a plan to create 20,000 government jobs and invest 20 trillion Naira of oil industry mone [...]	2006-04-28 12:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PTER EPET EAID NI
06ACCRA1072	Ghana's Dagbon Conflict Moving Toward Peace [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Four years after his murder, the late king of the Dagbon traditional area in northeastern Ghana, Ya Na Yakubu Andani II, was buried in Yendi on April 10. This brought to an end a prolonged stalemate between the Andani "gate" (line of succession) and its rival Abudus over the c [...]	2006-05-09 07:24:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM GH
06ACCRA1164	MAKING SENSE OF GHANA'S CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (C) Summary: On April 27, Ghanaian President John Kufuor reshuffled his Cabinet, dropping six ministers, eliminating three ministries and shifting some portfolios. On May 12, he named new Deputy and Regional Ministers, reducing the overall number of ministers from 88 to 77 (see reftels). K [...]	2006-05-19 11:26:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PREL
06ACCRA1236	GHANA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS MAY 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-31 13:19:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EAID ETRD EAIR EMIN GH
06ACCRA1291	GHANA POLICE SERVICE GRADUATES INSTRUCTORS AND [...] Speaking at two recent graduation ceremonies for ICITAP-funded instructor development courses and the Ghana Police Service's 39th Cadet Officers' Course, GOG officials confirmed Ghana's commitment to ongoing training and lauded advances in the police training program, but admitted that shortfa [...]	2006-06-07 07:44:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PINS ASEC SOCI GH
06ACCRA1308	LUNCH WITH FORMER PRESIDENT JERRY RAWLINGS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador hosted former President Rawlings, his wife, and four aides for lunch on May 19. The Ambassador explained at the start that the Embassy made it a policy to meet with all major party leaders in Ghana. She encouraged Rawlings and his entourage to share their vision [...]	2006-06-08 12:23:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON GH
06ACCRA14	GHANA'S PARTY CONVENTIONS: RAWLINGS CANDIDATE WINS [...] (C) Summary: Ghana's two leading political parties held conventions which elected new party leadership and will help set the stage for national elections in 2008. The ruling NPP convention was marked by a tight leadership contest and left President Kufuor weakened within his party. The main [...]	2006-01-03 17:20:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PREL GOG
06ACCRA1409	GHANA CIVIL AVIATION WRAP UP -- JUNE 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-20 15:13:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR GH
06ACCRA1688	SOME TOGOLESE REFUGEES REPATRIATING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent UNHCR registration revealed that the overall count of Togolese refugees who fled into Ghana's Volta Region in 2005 has decreased from 11,900 to 6,578. Refugees remain queasy about repatriating, despite evidence that several thousand have quietly done so already without [...]	2006-07-24 08:44:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM TO BN GH
06ACCRA1796	KRISAN CAMP SHOWING SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morale at Krisan Refugee Camp has improved considerably since the previous Embassy visit eight months ago. While refugees exhibited renewed confidence in UNHCR and have apparently repudiated the camp's violent past, some problems with sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV),l [...]	2006-08-03 14:23:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM GH
06ACCRA1855	ILLEGAL SMALL ARMS IN GHANA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ghana has an estimated 150,000 illegal arms. Most are crude locally made guns, but there is an unknown quantity of arms trafficking from elsewhere in West Africa. Ghana,s Small Arms Commission has worked with the UNDP and civil society on the issue since 2003 through the Ghana [...]	2006-08-14 12:11:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM MOPS ASEC GH
06ACCRA1952	GHANA ON THE BRINK OF AN ENERGY CRISIS [...] (U) This message is an action request (see para 9). 2. (C) Summary: On August 22, President Kufuor met with the Ambassador to seek urgent USG assistance to prevent an energy crisis caused by record low levels of water at the large Akosombo Dam. He hoped we could provide USG-owned gene [...]	2006-08-24 11:12:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ENRG GH PGOV EINV
06ACCRA2012	GHANA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL REQUESTS HELP ON [...] (U) This is an action message (see para 6.) 2. (C) In an August 29 meeting with DCM, Attorney General and Minister of Justice Joe Ghartey said he and his Department are consumed with the narcotics issue, which "began as a scandal and became a crime". The Georgina Wood Commission has com [...]	2006-08-30 07:33:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV SNAR
06ACCRA2087	POLITICAL-ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS IN GHANA: [...] This cable covers noteworthy political and economic highlights in July-August, 2006. Topics covered in this cable are: - West African Political Parties Meet - Whistleblower Bill Passed - Renewed Violence in Yendi - Human Rights Roundtable - DHRF Signing Ceremony - [...]	2006-09-06 16:01:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EPET GH PGOV PHUM
06ACCRA2270	GHANA AND THE 2008 ELECTION: PROSPECTS FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: Ghana,s 2008 presidential election is still far away and the ruling New Patriotic Party will not choose its presidential candidate until its scheduled December 2007 convention. Nonetheless, there are already at least twelve contenders for the NPP flag-bearer position, includin [...]	2006-09-26 15:41:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PINR
06ACCRA2321	Textile and Apparel Sector: Statistics and Projection of [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-02 15:21:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD KTEX GH
06ACCRA248	REFUGEES IN GHANA: STRENGTHENING UNHCR AND GOG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a January 23 meeting with Embassy officers, UNHCR Representative Luc Stevens welcomed USG support for his various refugee programs in 2006 and accepted our encouragement to work more closely with the GOG. Beyond money and staffing, his primary concern was the GOG wild card: [...]	2006-01-30 14:38:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH LI PREF PREL TO
06ACCRA255	A FRENCH VIEW OF GHANA [...] (SBU) On January 26, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on French Ambassador to Ghana Pierre Jacquemot. Ghana's strengths, according to Jacquemot are its friendly people and its good management of the macroeconomy. The strong role of traditional chiefs plays a generally moderating role in soci [...]	2006-01-31 08:14:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON FR GH PGOV PREL
06ACCRA256	AMBASSADOR MEETS BRITISH HIGH COMMISSIONER TO GHANA [...] (U) Summary: On January 24, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on British High Commissioner Gordon Wetherell. They discussed corruption in Ghana, Muslim outreach and the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy. End summary. Corruption ---------- 2. (C) The Ambassador expressed concerns abou [...]	2006-01-31 08:21:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON GH PGOV PREL PTER UK
06ACCRA2662	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH KUMASI REGIONAL MINISTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ashanti Regional Minister Emmanuel Owusu- Ansah told the Ambassador during an October 25 meeting that he is committed to a secure and drug-free Ashanti region. Ansah requested Embassy assistance in training community policemen to deter petty crime and in setting up an export prog [...]	2006-11-06 07:22:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SNAR GH
06ACCRA2693	2007 NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE REPORT: GHANA [...] Ghana is a market-based economy with relatively few barriers to trade and investment. The U.S. goods trade surplus with Ghana was $179 million in 2005, an increase of $15 million from $164 million in 2004. U.S. goods exports in 2005 were $338 million, up 9.0 percent from the previous year. [...]	2006-11-08 10:06:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN
06ACCRA2763	Ghana Pol/Econ Highlights, Fall 2006 [...] (U) This report covers noteworthy economic and political events and activities in Ghana for the period of August - October 2007. The issues covered are: -- Macro-economic performance -- 2007 Draft Budget To Be Published November 16 -- Halting Progress on Ghana Telecom Privatization -- Tema [...]	2006-11-15 16:25:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN EFIN GH
06ACCRA2954	GHANA: PRECIOUS MINERALS MARKETING COMPANY OUTLINES [...] (U) SUMMARY: EconChief and EconOff met with Acting Managing Director Aristotle Kotey and Deputy Managing Director (Operations) George Asante of the Precious Minerals Marketing Company Ltd. (PMMC) on December 6, 2006, to discuss the actions Ghana has taken to ensure compliance with the minimum r [...]	2006-12-11 17:25:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ECON EFIN AO GH

06ACCRA3005	GHANA HOSTS REGIONAL SEMINAR ON UNSCR 1540 [...] SUMMARY: Ghana hosted Africa's first outreach activity on United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540, the UN Regional Seminar on Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) in Africa, in Accra on November 9-10, 2006. Representatives from 23 African countries attended [...]	2006-12-18 17:35:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP ETTC PARM PREL PTER AORC XA GH
06ACCRA3025	Ghana: 2007 Budget Highlights [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Ghana (GoG) released its 2007 budget on November 16, 2006. The 2007 Budget outlines a target growth rate of at least 6.5 percent, single digit inflation, accumulation of internatioal reserves of at least 3 months import cover, ad an overall budget deficit of 3. [...]	2006-12-22 12:41:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN GH
06ACCRA303	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON GHANA'S SENIOR [...] (C) On January 24, 2006, Ambassador Bridgewater paid a courtesy call on GoG Senior Minister J.H. Mensah. Mensah said the GoG aimed beyond the basic poverty reduction framework of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with its new Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy. The goal is to increa [...]	2006-02-03 13:35:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV GH
06ACCRA3031	GHANA'S OPPOSITION NDC CHOOSES MILLS AS [...] (U) Summary: Former Vice President and two-time presidential candidate John Evans Atta Mills was chosen to be the National Democratic Congress' presidential candidate in 2008 during a December 21 NDC party Congress. Unlike the 2005 NDC Convention, this Congress was peaceful and largely conc [...]	2006-12-26 10:31:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH PGOV PINR
06ACCRA335	AMBASSADOR AND CANADIAN HIGH COMMISSIONER DISCUSS [...] (C) On January 30, 2006, Ambassador Bridgewater paid a courtesy call on Canadian High Commissioner Donald Bobiash. They agreed Ghana has been slow to seize the opportunities it has to become a middle-income country, and also agreed the U.S. and Canada appear to care more about corruption and p [...]	2006-02-07 14:44:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ENRG EINV PGOV GH
06ACCRA345	GHANA'S PRESIDENT KUFUOR DELIVERS STATE OF NATION [...] Summary: President Kufuor's January 31 State of the National address reemphasized his government's commitment to human resource development, private sector development and good governance. It highlighted the GOG's macroeconomic successes while pressing for passage of the Representation of the [...]	2006-02-08 12:44:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON GH PGOV PREL SOCI
06ACCRA357	NECESSITY FOR RETAINING ECONOMIC POSITION [...] Post provides the following justification for retaining the "one-time fill" FO-04 Economic Section Entry Level Officer position (Position No. 20004008). This position is essential to meeting the increasing demands on this Embassy for economic analysis and reporting, investor-advocacy, support [...]	2006-02-09 12:27:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON AMGT APER GH
06ACCRA414	AMBASSADOR SHARES TIP CONCERNS WITH MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 1, the Ambassador called on Minister of Women and Children (MOWAC)'s Affairs Hajia Alima Mahama, and emphasized that credible implementation of the Human Trafficking Act signed by President Kufuor in December 2005 will play a significant role in determining whether G [...]	2006-02-15 11:42:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH PGOV PREL
06ACCRA418	DEMACHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICAO [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Bridgewater discussed Mr. Voss's candidacy with Secretary of the President, Ambassador D.K. Osei during a meeting February 8 and mentioned again it to President Kufuor after the meeting. FAA Regional Rep and EconOff delivered reftel demarche to Ghana Civil Aviation [...]	2006-02-15 15:22:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAIR CM GH MZ NI SF ICAO
06ACCRA419	GHANA'S 2005 INL END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] (U) At the end of calendar year 2005, INL rolled over a total of $11,388.45 in funds subobligated to Ghana's Narcotics Control Board (NCB) under the FY00 LOA and subsequent amendments between the GOG and USG. Unliquidated balances of $37 for a Customs, Excise & Preventive Service project; $51, [...]	2006-02-15 15:23:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN SNAR GH
06ACCRA472	GHANA PASSES PEOPLE'S REPRESENTATION BILL, [...] (U) Summary: On February 23, Ghana's parliament passed the Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, giving Ghanaians residing abroad the right to vote. The President has 21 days to sign the bill into law. Passage came two days after a major opposition demonstration in Accra turned u [...]	2006-02-26 08:39:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC GH PGOV PHUM
06ACCRA486	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SOUTH AFRICAN HIGH [...] (C) Summary. On February 21, Ambassador Bridgewater paid a courtesy call on South African High Commissioner Rapulalne Sydney Molekane. The broad-ranging discussion covered South African investment in Ghana, the current state of Ghanaian politics, Avian Influenza preparedness, civil aviation, [...]	2006-02-27 17:56:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EINV EAIR GH
06ACCRA518	GHANA'S 2006 TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) As requested ref A, post submits this cable as input for the sixth annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Ghana has problems with both domestic and international human trafficking. The GOG, international and local NGOs have combined efforts to focus on combating domestic trafficking in chi [...]	2006-03-02 13:57:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GH
06ACCRA643	AMBASSADOR HOSTS GHANA'S NPP AND NDC: BEGINNING [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador recently hosted lunches for the leadership of each of Ghana's major political parties, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the ruling New Patriotic People's Party (NPP). The NDC views the NPP as intolerant and opposed the GOG passage of a law to [...]	2006-03-22 07:13:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH PGOV PREL
06ACCRA66	DEMARCHE ON AMIS RE-HAT: GHANA [...] (SBU) On January 5, PolOff met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of African Union Affairs Kwabena Baah-Doudu to urge the Government of Ghana to press the AU to request that the UN begin planning to re-hat the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) in 2006, per reftel. 2. (SBU) Baah-D [...]	2006-01-09 16:24:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPKO PGOV PHUM PINS PREL SU
06ACCRA75	AMBASSADOR HOSTS HUMAN RIGHTS DAY EVENT IN GHANA [...] Summary: On December 9 the Ambassador hosted a Human Rights Day celebration at her residence for 80 human rights activists, journalists and Government of Ghana officials. As part of the ceremony, the Ambassador awarded six Democracy and Human Rights Fund (DHRF) grants totaling $55,000 to local [...]	2006-01-11 08:03:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	GH KDEM PHUM PREL
06ACCRA829	USAID CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES FOR [...] USAID sponsored a conference and technology fair in Accra, March 30-31, 2006, to disseminate research highlighting the opportunities and issues for increased remittances and trade into and within West Africa. The conference goal was to discuss ways for the private sector to access more of the [...]	2006-04-11 08:47:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EFIN GH
06ACCRA833	AMBASSADOR'S TOUR D'HORIZON ON ECONOMIC ISSUES [...] (SBU) Ambassador Bridgewater met March 24 with Finance Minister Kwadwo Baah-Wiredu to press for action on a number of pending issues: 1) the Minister's participation in USAID's March 30 remittance conference; 2) terrorism finance prenotifications (Ref A); 3) status of the money laundering law [...]	2006-04-11 09:06:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETRD PREL ELAB ENRG KTFN GH
06ACCRA834	GOG SACKS GHANA INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES' CEO [...] (C) Minister for Presidential Affairs and Chief of Staff Kwadwo Mpiani sacked Ghana International Airlines' (GIA) CEO Brian Presbury April 7. National Security officers closed GIA's offices later that evening. Two Amcit employees that were in the office when National Security arrived and were [...]	2006-04-11 09:06:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR EINV GH
06ACCRA836	GHANA ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FEBRUARY - MARCH 2006 [...] (U) This report covers noteworthy economic events and activities in Ghana for February and March 2006. The issues covered are: -- Dole subsidiary inaugurates one million tree banana farm -- Communications Minister's comments on future of Westel -- ADM plans construction of a cocoa processin [...]	2006-04-11 11:36:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EAGR ECPS EAID ETRD GH
06ACCRA96	GHANA 2006 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per Ref A, Post is pleased to provide below the 2006 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ghana. This report revises and updates the ICS submitted December 22, 2004 (Ref B). P Table of Contents ----------------- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment 2. Conversion and Transfer Polic [...]	2006-01-13 11:27:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ENRG BEXP ETRD EINV PREL PGOV GH
06ADANA1	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 23, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-04 08:17:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA101	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 05, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-08 08:54:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA102	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 08, 2006 [...] One of the attorneys told the daily that the pressure on the court could be intensified in the coming days, since the court did not release the defendants. EVRENSEL / OZGUR GUNDEM: The dailies criticized PM Erdogan for saying nothing about resolving the Kurdish issue during his visi [...]	2006-05-09 05:24:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA105	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 09, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-10 05:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA106	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 10, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-11 05:47:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA107	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 11, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-12 05:08:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA109	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-16 05:10:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA110	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 17, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-17 11:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA114	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 22, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-23 06:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA118	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 23, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-24 06:34:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA124	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 24 MAY 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 11:31:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA125	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FORMAY 25, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 11:31:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA126	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 28-29-30, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 11:32:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA127	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 26, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-30 11:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA129	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MAY 31, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-01 05:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA13	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 24, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 07:07:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA130	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 01, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-02 05:02:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA131	TURKEY: SOUTHEAST TURKEY POLITICAL FIGURE BIOGRAPHIES [...] (U) EFKAN ALA, DIYARBAKIR GOVERNOR Efkan Ala was born in Erzurum in 1965, graduated from the Political Science Faculty of Istanbul University, and did his bachelor's degree in Economics. Ala lived in England in order to develop his language skills and carry out studies on Governing Systems. [...]	2006-06-05 13:49:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC TU
06ADANA132	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 5 JUNE 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-06 05:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA133	TURKEY: SATURDAY BOMBING IN MERSIN [...] (U) One police officer and twelve civilians were wounded by a bomb which exploded at 11:40 am on Saturday, June 3, 2006, in downtown Mersin. The bomb reportedly was planted in a black plastic bag. Some press accounts attribute the detonation to a remote control device. No American citizens w [...]	2006-06-06 06:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC TU
06ADANA134	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 06, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-07 05:38:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA135	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 07, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-08 10:31:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA136	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 09, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 06:19:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA137	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 08, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-12 06:19:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA138	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 12, 2006 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for June 12, 2006. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. RADIKAL / EVREN [...]	2006-06-13 10:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA139	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 13, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-13 13:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA14	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 26, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 07:08:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA140	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 14, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-14 11:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA142	TURKEY: IRAQI INTERNATIONAL FAIR IN GAZIANTEP [...] (U) Summary: The first Iraqi International Fair was held in Gaziantep on June 7-11, with the goal of increasing economic and trade relations between Turkey and Iraq, as well as among other countries in the region. With high-level business and government participation from Turkey, Iraq and othe [...]	2006-06-15 11:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM CASC TU SY IZ
06ADANA144	TURKEY: ATTEMPTED BOMING IN TARSUS [...] (SBU) The Anti-Terror Branch of the Turkish National Police reported, to Consulate Adana's SD Supervisor, that the police had a tip regarding Turkish citizen Fahrettin Kocakaya (born in Diyarbakir in 1987). They were following him when he came to Tarsus and attempted to enter the Sub-Governo [...]	2006-06-16 12:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC TU
06ADANA145	TURKEY: OPPOSITION IN ADANA HOPING FOR EARLY ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: In Adana, Turkey's fourth largest city, local opposition leaders are pushing for an early national election to prevent the Justice and Development Party (AKP)-controlled parliament from choosing the next Turkish President. To do so, they hope to stoke fears of an "Islamic threa [...]	2006-06-19 10:54:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC TU
06ADANA146	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 12:07:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA147	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-19 12:07:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA148	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL DEAL [...] U.S. Consulate Adana grants country clearance to Representatives Nathan Deal, Charlie Norwood, Michael Burgess, Gene Greene; Staffers Chris Riley, Todd Smith, Lodriguez Murray, Brandon Clark; as well as U.S. Army Escort Major Patrick Lewis and Attending Physician Dr. Mark Corrairie who will vi [...]	2006-06-21 13:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN TU
06ADANA149	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 21, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-22 05:06:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA15	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 23, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 07:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA150	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 23, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-23 12:32:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA151	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 26, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-26 12:54:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA153	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JUNE 28, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-29 05:47:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA155	TURKEY: CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION AT HABUR GATE SLOWS FUEL [...] (U) On June 28 the flow of fuel trucks across Habur Border Gate was drastically reduced in both directions for nearly one day as a result of the arrest of 30 officials at the gate, allegedly for irregular handling of petroleum products. The press reported that the Silopi Prosecutor stopped tra [...]	2006-06-30 05:44:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON CASC TU
06ADANA156	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 3, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-05 05:02:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA157	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 06, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-06 12:55:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA159	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 07, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 09:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA16	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 20, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 07:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA160	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 10, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-10 13:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA161	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 11, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 09:07:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA162	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 12, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 09:07:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA163	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 13, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-13 11:02:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA164	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 14, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-14 13:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA165	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-18 08:45:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA166	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 16, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-18 08:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA167	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 17, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-18 08:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA168	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 16, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-18 12:10:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA169	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 17, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-18 12:10:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA17	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-30 07:10:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA170	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-18 12:10:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA171	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 18, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-19 09:29:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA172	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JULY 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-07-20 12:05:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA174	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 2, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-02 12:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA176	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 03, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-07 09:38:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA177	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 7, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-08 10:03:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA178	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 08, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-09 09:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA179	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 9, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-10 06:38:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA180	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 09, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-10 09:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA182	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 10, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-11 05:25:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA184	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 14, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-15 06:44:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA187	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 20, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-21 09:42:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA188	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 21, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 06:44:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA189	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 22, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-22 12:52:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA190	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 24, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 06:29:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA191	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 29, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-05 11:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA192	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 01, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-05 11:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA193	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 31, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-05 11:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA194	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 05, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-06 09:19:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA196	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 06, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-07 09:47:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA198	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 07, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-08 11:04:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA199	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 11, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 07:01:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA2	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 27, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-04 08:18:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA20	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 30,2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-31 10:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA

06ADANA200	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 12, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 05:03:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA201	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 13, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 12:55:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA202	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 09:50:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA203	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 17, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-18 09:02:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA204	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 18 SEPTEMBER, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-19 05:24:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA205	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-19 12:19:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA206	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 22, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-25 05:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA208	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 23-24-25, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 07:45:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA209	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR SEPTEMBER 26, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-27 07:45:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA211	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 02, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-02 13:14:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA212	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 03, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-03 08:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA214	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 4, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-05 08:50:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA215	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 05, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-05 11:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA216	WOMEN'S NGO IN SE TURKEY CHANGING ATTITUDES ABOUT "HONOR" [...] (SBU) A women's non-governmental organization - KA-MER - has established centers throughout SE Turkey and is making impressive inroads against the practice of families killing women who have damaged their "honor." Although social attitudes remain regressive on this topic, KA-MER is influencin [...]	2006-10-11 05:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA217	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 09, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 09:32:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA218	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 11, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-11 10:31:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA225	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-18 05:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA226	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 17, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-18 06:31:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA227	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 16, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-18 07:13:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA228	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 18, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-19 05:20:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA229	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-20 06:16:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA23	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 31, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-02 06:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA230	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 20, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-20 10:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA233	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 01, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-01 14:35:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA235	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-01 16:34:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA236	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEBMER 01, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 06:19:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA237	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR OCTOBER 31, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-02 06:25:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA238	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 07, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 08:25:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA239	SE TURKEY FLOODING PUTS PM ERDOGAN IN HOT WATER [...] (SBU) Summary: The worst flooding in Turkey since 1937 has caused serious damage in the underdeveloped Southeast, killing at least 40 people and leaving tens of thousands homeless. While the GOT has mobilized local military assets and promised assistance to the victims, PM Erdogan's hands-off [...]	2006-11-08 08:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON TU
06ADANA24	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 03, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-06 12:11:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA240	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 08, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-09 10:35:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA243	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-20 09:24:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA245	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 20, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-21 06:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA246	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 27, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-28 06:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA247	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 26, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-28 06:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA248	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 22, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-28 06:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA249	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 28, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 11:04:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA25	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 02, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-06 12:15:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA250	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER 29, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-29 13:22:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA253	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 04, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-05 09:21:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA255	TURKEY'S "HOUSTON"?: ADANA WANTS BTC PIPELINE TO ATTRACT [...] (U) With the BTC terminal as an anchor, the Turkish government wants its eastern Mediterranean coast-line to develop into an energy-based hub that will include ship-building, petro-chemicals and oil refining. While hype about Ceyhan becoming Turkey's "Houston" or "Rotterdam" is overblown, if [...]	2006-12-08 07:05:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG TU
06ADANA258	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 11, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-12 06:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA259	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 12, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 06:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA26	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 07, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-08 07:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA260	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 13, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-13 12:02:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA261	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 18, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 12:46:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA262	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 19, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-19 13:29:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA266	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 25, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-26 11:58:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA267	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 26, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-12-27 11:52:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA28	US AVIAN INFLUENZA TEAM VISITS VAN IN EASTERN TURKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. interagency Avian Influenza (AI) team traveled to Van, Turkey on January 22 for talks with local officials. The team met with the Acting Governor and the Deputy Governor, who heads up the province's interagency AI crisis management center. The team then split into two [...]	2006-02-08 11:08:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU PGOV TU ADANA
06ADANA3	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 28, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-04 08:18:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA30	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 08, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-10 06:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA31	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 09, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-10 06:48:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA33	TURKEY - SE TURKEY UNSETTLED BY LARGE PEACEFUL PROTESTS OF [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-14 11:12:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL TU ADANA
06ADANA34	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 10, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 06:18:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA35	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 14, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 06:19:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA36	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FOR FEBRUARY 13, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-15 07:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA37	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-16 12:05:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA38	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 16, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-22 10:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA39	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 17, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-22 10:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA4	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 29, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-04 08:19:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA40	TURKEY: PROTESTS MARK ANNIVERSARY OF OCALAN CAPTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: As in past years, protest activities marking the anniversary of the February 15, 1999 capture in Kenya of PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan and his subsequent transport to Turkey by Turkish authorities, occurred throughout southeast Turkey. This year's protests lasted one week, instea [...]	2006-02-22 12:27:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER TU ADANA
06ADANA43	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 27, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-02-28 10:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA44	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 28- MARCH 1, [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-02 12:37:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA46	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 13, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-14 09:57:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA49	TURKEY: AMBASSADOR WILSON VISITS GAZIANTEP AND ADANA IN SE [...] (SBU) During a March 5-8 trip to Gaziantep and Adana, Ambassador Wilson met with local government leaders, business groups, academics, journalists, civic leaders, as well as U.S. Air Force personnel at Incirilik Air Base. He also participated in numerous outreach activities, including a visit [...]	2006-03-15 06:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON TU ADANA
06ADANA5	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 30, 2005 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-04 08:19:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA50	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 15, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-20 09:58:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA51	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 20 MARCH, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-21 07:03:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA53	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 17, 2006 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for March 17, 2006. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. ZAMAN: A bomb [...]	2006-03-21 07:50:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA54	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 21, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-22 11:08:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA55	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 23, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-24 07:32:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA56	TURKEY: PRIVATE BROADCASTERS BEGIN KURDISH LANGUAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Three private, local stations began Kurdish-language broadcasts in Turkey's southeast on March 23. The landmark broadcasts mark the end of nearly four years of obstructionism by GOT broadcasting authorities. Though strapped with severe restrictions on air time and Turkish-langu [...]	2006-03-24 14:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TU ADANA
06ADANA57	TURKEY: NEWROS CELEBRATIONS QUIET IN SE TURKEY [...] (SBU) Participation in this year's March 23 Newroz celebrations was generally lower than in past years throughout Turkey's southeast. The celebrations were generally peaceful with comparatively few instances of violence reported. Our contacts in the region, as well as media reports, said that [...]	2006-03-24 15:24:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TU ADANA
06ADANA58	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 27, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-28 05:32:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA59	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 28, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-28 14:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA6	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR JANUARY 03, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-01-04 08:19:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA60	TURKEY: VIOLENT CIVIL UNREST IN SE AT HIGHEST LEVEL IN [...] (U) Summary: March 28 funeral ceremonies for PKK killed by security forces turned violent around southeastern Turkey, including in Diyarbakir, Adana, Batman and Siirt, when large crowds, waving PKK flags and shouting pro-Ocalan slogans, confronted security forces with Molotov cocktails and sto [...]	2006-03-29 13:52:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM TU ADANA
06ADANA62	TURKEY: NEWROS CELEBRATIONS QUIET IN SE TURKEY [...] (SBU) Participation in this year's March 23 Newroz celebrations was generally lower than in past years throughout Turkey's southeast. The celebrations were generally peaceful with comparatively few instances of violence reported. Our contacts in the region, as well as media reports, said that [...]	2006-03-30 06:38:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL TU
06ADANA63	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR 29 MARCH, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-30 09:43:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA64	TURKEY: UNEASY CALM SHATTERED ON THE THIRD DAY OF FUNERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: A temporary, uneasy calm was shattered at approximately 3:30 p.m. local time on March 30 when renewed violence erupted between funeral mourners and security forces in Diyarbakir (reftel). Diyarbakir Mayor Osman Baydemir had earlier called on both sides to cease the violence. L [...]	2006-03-30 16:34:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC TU
06ADANA65	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR MARCH 30, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-03-31 09:28:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA67	TURKEY: CIVIL UNREST CONTINUES IN SOUTHEAST [...] (SBU) Summary: A tense mood continued to prevail in Diyarbakir on March 31, the fourth day of violent civil unrest sparked by anger over the recent deaths of PKK guerrillas. With the March 31 police shooting death of yet another victim, a young child in Batman, the death toll across the southe [...]	2006-03-31 16:09:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC TU
06ADANA68	TURKEY: TENSIONS REMAIN HIGH WHILE UNREST SPREADS THROUGHOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: Violent civil unrest abated in Diyarbakir and Batman over the April 1-2 weekend, but picked up elsewhere in southeast Turkey. The press reported that demonstrators in Kiziltepe set fire to the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) provincial offices and two banks, while po [...]	2006-04-03 13:47:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC TU
06ADANA69	POLICE SHOOTING OUTSIDE US CONSULATE ADANA [...] (SBU) On Sunday, April 2, 2006 at 10:40 am an altercation occurred between a TNP police member on duty at the US Consulate in Adana and his Supervisor. The Supervisor has been working at the Consulate for approximately four years and the other policeman only six weeks. The two policemen have [...]	2006-04-04 09:39:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC TU
06ADANA72	TURKEY: VIOLENCE SUBSIDES BUT UNREST AND TENSIONS SPREAD [...] (SBU) Civil unrest in Turkey's southeast (reftels) has subsided, though problems continue throughout the region. While no new deaths were reported on April 4, security forces continue to detain and arrest protestors, and tensions remain high in many southeast towns that have been affected over [...]	2006-04-04 13:59:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC TU
06ADANA73	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 3, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 08:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA74	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 4, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-05 08:56:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA75	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 7, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-10 09:35:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA76	TURKEY: GAZIANTEP AS LIKLEY TERROR FINANCE CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Legitimate businesses in Gaziantep are used to launder money obtained through drug and fuel smuggling taking place in Turkey's southeast. Gaziantep's role as a logistics and finance center for PKK activities serves to protect the city itself from becoming host to, or victim of, [...]	2006-04-10 13:38:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM TU IZ SY
06ADANA77	TURKEY: GAZIANTEP AS LIKELY TERROR FINANCE CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: Legitimate businesses in Gaziantep are used to launder money obtained through drug and fuel smuggling taking place in Turkey's southeast. Gaziantep's role as a logistics and finance center for PKK activities serves to protect the city itself from becoming host to, or victim of, [...]	2006-04-12 05:49:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON PREL PHUM TU IZ SY
06ADANA78	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 10, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 06:36:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA79	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 11, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-12 07:07:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA81	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 12, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-13 06:41:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA82	TURKEY: PKK-RELATED VIOLENCE IN THE SE , AND ALLEGATIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: PKK-related violence continues throughout Turkey's southeast. Meanwhile, though civil unrest in cities throughout the southeast has abated, tensions remain high amid allegations of torture by security forces. End Summary PKK-related Violence Picks Up ---------------------- [...]	2006-04-13 13:23:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC TU
06ADANA84	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 13, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 10:24:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA85	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 14, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 10:47:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA86	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 17, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-20 10:47:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA87	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 24, 2006 [...] This is the Southeastern Turkey press summary for April 24, 2006. Please note that Turkish press reports often contain errors or exaggerations; AmConsulate Adana does not vouch for the accuracy of the reports summarized here. POLITICAL, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS 2. BOLGE / OZGUR G [...]	2006-04-25 06:40:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU
06ADANA88	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 20, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 05:05:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU

06ADANA89	SOUTHEAST TURKEY PRESS SUMMARY FOR APRIL 21, 2006 [...] No summary [...]	2006-04-26 05:05:00	Consulate Adana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PINS PGOV PHUM TU

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