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08TASHKENT889	UZBEKISTAN AFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO THE GLOBAL [...] (SBU) On July 30, Charge d'Affaires Butcher, Poloff, Russian Charge d'Affaires Vazykh Serazev, and Russian Second Secretary Kirill Belikov jointly demarched officials from Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) per reftel, welcoming Uzbekistan to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear [...]	2008-08-01 05:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP UZ

08TASHKENT890	UZBEKISTAN: DAS KROL MEETS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Uzbekistan on July 24 - 25, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia George Krol participated in an Embassy roundtable with human rights activists and the Director of the Bible Society of Uzbekistan, and had separate meetings with two human r [...]	2008-08-01 05:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON ELAB KIRF PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT892	UZBEKISTAN: SCO DEMARCHE DELIVERED, OFFICIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-01 12:38:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS PGOV AFIN UZ
08TASHKENT893	UZBEKISTAN: TWO MORE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES IMPRISONED [...] (C) Summary: On July 29, the Forum 18 website reported that two Jehovah's Witnesses in Margilan were convicted of teaching religion illegally on July 23 and imprisoned. On August 1, two Jehovah's Witness representatives confirmed the Forum 18 article with poloff and noted observing several ir [...]	2008-08-01 13:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL UZ
08TASHKENT898	UZBEKISTAN: RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON EXTRADITION OF [...] (C) In a diplomatic note dated July 14 (but handed to poloff in late July),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) responded to a diplomatic note the Embassy sent to the MFA over Erkin Halikov, an Uzbek asylum seeker who was imprisoned in Kyrgyzstan and extradited to Uzbekistan in May (reftels). [...]	2008-08-04 12:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ICRC KIRF PGOV PREF PREL KG UZ
08TASHKENT899	SOUTH KOREA PLAYS ALONG WITH UZBEK DREAMS OF AIR [...] (C) Summary: Surprised by the front page coverage of the Ambassador's July 22 meeting with President Karimov, the South Korean Embassy sent Second Secretary See-Hong Pak to call on poloff on July 29 for a readout of evolving U.S.-Uzbek relations. Pak noted that it appears Russia's influence [...]	2008-08-04 14:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KCOR ETRD KS UZ
08TASHKENT905	UZBEKISTAN: AFGHAN POWER TRANSMISSION LINE TALKS [...] (C) According to a working-level source in Uzbekenergo, talks on the contract to build a 43 km power line from the Surkhan substation to the Afghan border are continuing longer than expected. The Afghan team that arrived in Tashkent the week before last is still here, and talks have gone on so [...]	2008-08-05 11:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON ENRG UZ
08TASHKENT91	PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER REPLACED BY FEMALE [...] (C) Summary: According to government sources, Parliament Speaker Erkin Khalilov has been replaced by Dilorom Toshmuhammadova, the leader of the pro-government Adolat Social-Democratic party and one of the four officially-recognized presidential candidates who participated in the December 2007 [...]	2008-01-23 14:06:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN PHUM PINR UZ
08TASHKENT911	UZBEKISTAN: PARTICIPATION IN UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) On August 5, Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev told Poloff that Uzbekistan will take part in the 63rd United Nations General Assembly General Debate, but not all participants have been identified. Fayzullaev indicated that mid-level personnel fro [...]	2008-08-06 05:26:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA
08TASHKENT912	UZBEKISTAN: PRESIDENTIAL DECREES ON SENIOR [...] (C) An Embassy contact recently provided us with excerpts from a publication entitled "Official Bulletin of the Oliy Majlis (Parliament),2008," which include several Presidential decrees on appointments and dismissals of senior-level government officials. 2. (C) According to Presidential d [...]	2008-08-06 11:13:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR UZ
08TASHKENT917	UZBEK DEFENSE MINISTER LEADS TOUR OF KAGAN [...] (C) Summary: On August 5 emboffs, visiting U.S. Army experts, and representatives of the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs met with Uzbek Minister of Defense Ruslan Mirzayev in Bukhara Province to tour the disaster site and discuss details of a U.S. military assistance package. Mirzayev ex [...]	2008-08-07 12:16:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR EAID PHUM PINR UZ
08TASHKENT924	FREEDOM HOUSE TRIES TO UNITE LAWYERS AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: On July 26-29, poloff observed an offshore Freedom House training conference for Uzbek human rights activists and state-licensed defense lawyers in Istanbul, the first to be conducted under Freedom House's new USAID grant. The conference sought to encourage greater cooperation bet [...]	2008-08-11 12:55:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID KDEM PGOV PREL SOCI TU UZ
08TASHKENT926	UZBEKISTAN: PUBLIC DEFENDER CENTERS IN NEED OF [...] (C) Summary: During a July 26-29 Freedom House conference in Istanbul for Uzbek human rights activists and state-licensed defense lawyers (septel),poloff had the opportunity to meet with several lawyers who work at Public Defender Centers supported by the American Bar Association Rule of Law [...]	2008-08-12 08:43:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID KJUS PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT927	EMBASSY TASHKENT HOSTS ROUNDTABLE ON IMPRISONED [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 6, poloff hosted an informal roundtable at the Embassy with Arslan Umarov, the son of imprisoned Sunshine Coalition leader Sanjar Umarov. The roundtable was attended by the Charge, the Swiss Ambassador, the French and Italian DCMs, and officers from the German and Bri [...]	2008-08-12 08:51:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KPAO ICRC PGOV PINR PREL UZ
08TASHKENT928	UZBEKISTAN: OPPOSITION LEADER FORCIBLY DEPORTED TO [...] (C) On August 12, Birlik opposition party General Secretary Vasila Inoyatova (who is also head of the Ezgulik human rights group) reported to poloff that Birlik Deputy Chairman Pulat Akhunov, who returned to Uzbekistan from exile in Sweden in March 2007 to renew his passport (reftel),was forc [...]	2008-08-12 12:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PINR PREL KG UZ
08TASHKENT929	UZBEKISTAN: CLOSELY STUDYING RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] (C) On August 12, Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev told Poloff that he had spoken with officials from MFA's Commonwealth of Independent States Department regarding the Russia-Georgia conflict. Fayzullaev emphasized that the Government of Uzbe [...]	2008-08-12 12:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV PINS UZ
08TASHKENT944	UZBEKISTAN: MINISTRY OF EMERGENCY SITUATIONS [...] (C) On August 12, Acting Defense Threat Reduction Office Chief and Poloff provided Uzbekistan's Ministry of Emergency Situations (MChS) with 15 DTRA-funded radioisotope identification devices (RIIDs). Deputy Minister Lt. Col. Abdulazizov, Chief of Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Safety Lt [...]	2008-08-13 12:44:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS ASEC PREL PGOV PTER KNNP UZ
08TASHKENT945	UZBEKISTAN: AGREEMENT TO HELP SECURE UZBEKISTAN'S [...] (C) Summary: On August 5-8, representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory met with representatives from Uzbekistan's Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) to negotiate a contract on maintenance of the radiat [...]	2008-08-14 09:23:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP ASEC PREL UZ
08TASHKENT947	JOURNALIST, ACTIVIST, AND PROTESTANT FACE TRIAL IN [...] (C) Summary: During a one-day visit to Uzbekistan's Autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan on August 7, poloff met with acquaintances of journalist Salidjahon Abdurakhmanov (ref A),human rights activist Akzam Turgunov (ref B),and Protestant Aimurat Khayburahmanov (ref C),all of whom remain i [...]	2008-08-14 10:48:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT948	UNODC REPORTS FIRST PRECURSOR SEIZURE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met on August 8 with Mark Colhoun, Senior Regional Law Enforcement Advisor at the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office in Central Asia, which is based in Tashkent. Colhoun said the recently conducted Operation Tarcet netted 1.6 tons of acetic [...]	2008-08-14 12:21:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM KG AF IR UZ
08TASHKENT949	EMBASSY TASHKENT HOSTS CHILD LABOR ROUNDTABLE [...] (U) Summary: On August 11, poloff hosted an informal roundtable at the Embassy on child labor in Uzbekistan in conjunction with representatives from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the International Labor Organization (ILO). The roundtable was also attended by the Charge, the [...]	2008-08-15 09:00:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON ELAB KPAO PGOV PREL SOCI UZ
08TASHKENT959	UZBEKISTAN: KARIMOV TO ATTEND SCO SUMMIT AFTER ALL? [...] (S) On August 19, Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Desk Chief Ismat Fayzullaev confirmed for Poloff that the information in reftel A demarche was delivered to the appropriate authorities in the Government of Uzbekistan, and indicated that President Karimov will in fact be attending the [...]	2008-08-19 12:40:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET	PREL PGOV UZ
08TASHKENT964	UZBEKISTAN: PRESIDENT KARIMOV SIGNS LAW RATIFYING [...] (U) On June 27 the Senate followed the lower chamber (Oliy Majlis) in adopting a law to ratify the UN Convention Against Corruption. President Karimov then signed the law on July 7, completing the Government of Uzbekistan's ratification steps. The Head of the International Organizations Depar [...]	2008-08-20 10:28:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCOR PHUM KCRM UZ
08TASHKENT965	UZBEKISTAN: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CENTCOM [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Tashkent warmly welcomes your visit to Uzbekistan as an important opportunity to cement recent improvements in U.S.-Uzbekistan cooperation. Recent months have shown increasing dialogue and net improvements in the relationship, particularly in the defense and security sect [...]	2008-08-20 12:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC KNNP MARR MASS PBTS PGOV PINS SNAR
08TASHKENT966	UZBEKISTAN: BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON HAKIMBOY [...] (C) On August 1, 2008, President Karimov appointed Hakimboy Ashirovich Halimov as Deputy Procurator General of Uzbekistan. Halimov was born in 1954, in the Amurdaryo District of Karakalpakstan. In 1977, after graduation from the Law Department of Tashkent State University, he began his caree [...]	2008-08-20 12:35:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR UZ
08TASHKENT97	UZBEKISTAN: NO COMMENT ON DELIVERED KOSOVO POINTS [...] (C) On January 18, Ambassador delivered reftel points on resolving Kosovo's status to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Americas Division Chief Mamajanov. Mamajanov received them without comment. Deputy Foreign Minister Nematov would not meet Ambassador earlier, despite Post's repeated requ [...]	2008-01-24 12:11:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UNAUS YI EU UZ
08TASHKENT973	UZBEKISTAN: NO OFFICIAL COMMENT ON RUSSIA-GEORGIA [...] (C) The Government of Uzbekistan has yet to announce an official position on the Russia-Georgia conflict, but an Embassy contact and local press reports have provided hints that Tashkent may be quietly siding with Moscow on this issue. According to a Regional Security Office contact in the Mi [...]	2008-08-22 08:35:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ASEC MOPS UZ
08TASHKENT977	UZBEKISTAN: POLITICAL INTRIGUE, CONCERN ABOUT A [...] (S/NF) According to an Embassy contact speaking in early August, Maruf Shakirovich Usmanov was Director of Uzbekistan's Civil Society Institute (CSI). While CSI's nominal purpose is to promote civil society, it is actually a branch of the National Security Service (NSS) and its true purpose i [...]	2008-08-25 06:30:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR UZ
08TASHKENT979	UZBEKISTAN: DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-25 09:47:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN UZ
08TASHKENT985	UZBEKISTAN: TWELVE CONVICTED OF ALLEGED HIZB [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met on August 22 with Akhmadjon Madmarov, a Margilan-based human rights activist whose two sons and two nephews are incarcerated for alleged membership in extremist organizations. He reported that his son Habibullah was convicted on August 15 along with 11 fellow inmates [...]	2008-08-26 06:29:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KTER UZ
08TASHKENT987	UZBEKISTAN: HUMAN TRAFFICKING A HOT TOPIC IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Uzbekistan is off to a fast start in implementing its new anti-trafficking national action plan as five of 12 provinces plus Tashkent City have already formed and convened mandated local inter-agency committees to discuss prevention and protection measures. Th [...]	2008-08-26 08:57:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KWMN UZ
08TASHKENT988	UZBEKISTAN: U.S.-FUNDED X-RAY VAN REPAIR IMPROVES [...] (SBU) On August 20, Poloff and Embassy LES visited Tashkent International Airport, where representatives of the U.S.-based Allied Technical Services had completed repairs of an X-ray van for Uzbekistan's State Customs Committee (SCC) under the auspices of the Export Control and Related Border [...]	2008-08-26 10:34:00	Embassy Tashkent	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS ASEC PGOV KZ UZ
08TASHKENT991	UZBEKISTAN: EXPECTING RUSSIAN PRESSURE ON [...] (C) On August 25, Charge d'Affaires met with Uzbekistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Department Chief Takhir Mamadjanov to urge the Government of Uzbekistan (GOU) to press Russia not to recognize the separatist regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, and to convey the other points in [...]	2008-08-26 12:50:00	Embassy Tashkent	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MARR ASEC EAID GG RS UZ
08TASHKENT994	KARAKALPAKSTAN CASES AGAINST ACTIVISTS MOVING [...] (C) Summary: On August 25 the trial against prominent human rights activist Akzam Turgunov started in Mangit but was immediately postponed after the judge decided that the attorneys required interpreters, a move described as "very surprising" by Dilorom Ishakova of the opposition Erk Party. I [...]	2008-08-27 12:17:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM UZ
08TBILISI1021	CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATS, RULING PARTY NEGOTIATE; JOINT [...] (C) Summary: On June 12, Giorgi Targamadze's Christian Democratic Movement (CDM) reached tentative agreement with Parliamentary Speaker Davit Bakradze and the ruling United National Movement (UNM) on many of the terms whereby the CDM would enter Parliament. These terms include changes to the [...]	2008-06-13 14:50:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1028	ACTION CABLE RESPONSE REGARDING PRESS STATEMENT ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-17 14:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL
08TBILISI1123	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ISSUES GETTING ATTENTION IN [...] (U) Summary and Comment: On June 9, 2006, President Saakashvili signed Georgia's first legislation on domestic violence. Although the law institutionalized a system designed to shield victims from their abusers, other provisions in the Domestic Violence Law Action Plan have languished due [...]	2008-06-27 14:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1141	ABKHAZIA CLOSES BORDER AFTER BLASTS, GEORGIANS [...] (SBU) As a result of several blasts in Abkhazia on June 29 and 30, Abkhaz de facto President Sergey Bagapsh closed all border crossings with Georgia, including the Inguri River crossing, on July 1. UNOMIG confirmed on June 30 that around noon two blasts went off the same day in Sokhumi. One o [...]	2008-07-01 14:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1152	ANOTHER BLAST ON BORDER, ABHKAZIA DECLARES STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: An additional explosion occurred in Georgian-controlled territory near the administrative boundary with Abkhazia on July 2. No injuries were reported. Abkhaz separatist leaders declared a state of emergency on July 1, following earlier blasts (reftel). Georgian leaders blamed [...]	2008-07-02 14:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1161	POLICE CHIEF KILLED, SANAKOYEV TARGETED IN SOUTH [...] (SBU) OSCE told Poloff July 3 that separatist South Ossetian police chief Nodar Bibilov was killed in an explosion outside his home around 0600 in the South Ossetian village of Dmenisi on July 3. The OSCE told Post that a monitoring team had visited the site. They said an explosive device wa [...]	2008-07-04 08:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1205	ACTION REQUEST RESPONSE--PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 13:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI1228	GEORGIA: USG RESPONSE TO OSCE QUESTIONNAIRE ON [...] Per reftel request, Poloff delivered a copy of the USG response to Alexander Nalbandov, Director of Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. TEFFT [...]	2008-07-16 13:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL NATO OSCE GG
08TBILISI1239	POLOFF DISCUSSES TROOP LEVEL AND DEFENSE SPENDING [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Desk Officer for the United States, Irakli Machitidze, Director of Department of International Organizations, Alexander Nalbandov and Head of NATO Division, Tornike Parulava regarding press reports that Georgia is planning to [...]	2008-07-17 12:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PHUM PREL PGOV GG
08TBILISI1241	IDP RETURNEES TO GALI FACE CHALLENGES BEYOND [...] Summary and Comment: Poloff traveled to the largely ethnic-Georgian Gali district of the breakaway Republic of Abkhazia June 23-25 to learn more about the lives of Georgian internally displaced persons (IDPs) who had returned to their homes. Many of the estimated 40,000 IDPs who have returned [...]	2008-07-17 13:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI1246	GEORGIA: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE [...] Per reftel request, Poloff provided a copy of USG concerns and comments to Alexander Nalbandov, Director of Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. TEFFT [...]	2008-07-18 13:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL NATO OSCE GG
08TBILISI125	PUBLIC DEMANDS, INTERNAL RIFTS IN GEORGIA'S [...] (C) Summary: On January 28, opposition leaders laid out the United Council of Opposition's (UNC) demands for electoral and political reforms to the international diplomatic corps. The joint memorandum, to be signed by three opposition presidential candidates and the leaders of 12 opposition p [...]	2008-01-28 13:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI1265	LISTS OF SANCTIONED ENTITIES DELIVERED TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloffs visited the new headquarters of the Financial Monitoring Service (FMS) and the Financial Supervisory Agency (FSA) and delivered reftel lists of sanctioned organizations to Giorgi Kadagidze of FSA. Poloffs learned little about money laundering in Abkhazia because neither [...]	2008-07-23 12:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL GG KDEM
08TBILISI1273	EKA BESELIA CLAIMS SON'S ARREST IS POLITICALLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Eka Beselia, member of the Joint Opposition, activist and well-known defense lawyer, alleged her son's recent arrest is politically motivated and is the latest step by the GOG to repress members of the opposition. Beselia's son, Rati Milorava (age 15 or 16) is facing two to fiv [...]	2008-07-25 07:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1310	GEORGIA INFORMED OF NEW GI PARTNER NATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-01 09:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM PTER KGIC KNNP GG
08TBILISI1327	GEORGIANS SEEK CALM IN SOUTH OSSETIA AND ARE [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: On the evening of 1 August sniper activity erupted around South Ossetian villages and soon expanded into mortar fire which continued until the morning of 2 August when events calmed. OSCE military monitors said that the use of mortars by both sides and the ran [...]	2008-08-04 14:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS GG
08TBILISI1336	SITREP 1: FIGHTING IN SOUTH OSSETIA ESCALATES [...] (C) Begin Summary: Intense fighting began in South Ossetia the evening of August 6 and continued into the daylight hours August 7. Intense fighting broke out west of Tskhinvali at approximiately 1800 in Avnevi and Nuli and continued until 2100, when explosions were noted northeast of Tskhinvali in [...]	2008-08-07 13:26:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI1337	SITREP 1: FIGHTING IN SOUTH OSSETIA ESCALATES [...] (C) Begin Summary: Intense fighting began in South Ossetia the evening of August 6 and continued into the daylight hours August 7. Intense fighting broke out west of Tskhinvali at approximiately 1800 in Avnevi and Nuli and continued until 2100, when explosions were noted northeast of Tskhinvali in [...]	2008-08-07 13:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI1341	GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA SITREP 2: GEORGIA CLAIMS [...] (C) Summary: President Saakashvili in an August 8 conversation with the Ambassador, and Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili in a briefing to the diplomatic corps, claimed that Georgia now controlled most of South Ossetia, including Tskhinvali, although fighting was continuing near the northern to [...]	2008-08-08 10:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI1343	GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA--SITREP 3: RUSSIAN BOMBS [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: Multiple bases, airports, and Georgia's port of Poti were all bombed overnight by Russian aircraft, with bombing continuing in the daylight hours of August 9, with bombs hitting civilian targets in the Georgian city of Gori. Reports of casualties continue to come [...]	2008-08-09 07:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1350	GEORGIANS LOOKING TO WEST FOR HELP, OPPOSITION AND [...] (SBU) Post has reached out to notable opinion leaders in Georgia and found a common theme from all -- threats from Russia have unified the Georgian political class. Most have reported that Georgians are feeling terrorized by indiscriminate Russian bombing of Georgian cities, particularly Russ [...]	2008-08-10 12:15:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI1355	GEORGIA: SOUTH OSSETIA, SITREP 6 [...] (C) Summary and Comment: French FM Kouchner and Finnish FM Stubbs met with President Saakashvili August 11 in Tbilisi to discuss a cease-fire package, with the goal of presenting it to Russian officials in Moscow later the same day. Swedish FM Carl Bildt and EUR DAS Bryza are both expected to arriv [...]	2008-08-11 09:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU GG
08TBILISI1391	GEORGIA: SITREP 13 [...] (C) Summary: As of 1600 August 19, there is still no evidence of Russian troops withdrawing from Georgia. Russian checkpoints remain along the main East-West highway on both sides of Gori. Embassy officers who attempted to drive up the road from Tbilisi to Gori were turned back after the [...]	2008-08-19 11:53:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI141	IRAKLI BATIASHVILI-BACK IN POLITICS? [...] (C) In a January 29 meeting with Poloffs, Irakli Batiashvili, recently amnestied from Georgian prison on January 11, said that he sees his role as a coordinating force for the opposition prior to the Parliamentary elections, although he has not decided where in the spectrum of the opposition [...]	2008-01-30 13:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI1470	GEORGIA: SITREP 19: RESPONDING TO MEDVEDEV'S [...] (C) Summary. Tbilisi is formulating its official response to Russian President Medvedev's announcement that Russia would recognize the breakaway republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia and per DFM Vashadze, is looking for a strong reaction from the West (more details to be provided septel). [...]	2008-08-26 14:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI155	GEORGIA: INFORMATION PAPER ON MGD WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 11:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER PREL KGIC GG
08TBILISI1550	GEORGIA: SITREP 28: GEORGIAN POLICEMAN KILLED AT [...] (C) Summary. A Georgian police officer was shot while manning his regular post in Karaleti, reportedly by an Ossetian irregular according to the Interior Ministry. Russian vehicles and South Ossetian militias seem to have begun withdrawing from positions inside Georgia proper on a limited ba [...]	2008-09-10 14:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI156	GEORGIA: PRIVATE SECTOR OUTREACH ANT THE GLOBAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 11:17:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER IAEA KGIC GG
08TBILISI1572	UNGA DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GEORGIAN MFA [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel demarche to the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on September 9, 2008. Present at the meeting were MFA Head of International Organizations Office Alexander Nalbandov and MFA Head of the Americas Division Levan Nizharadze. 2. (C) After Poloff outlined th [...]	2008-09-13 09:59:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1595	INSIDE GEORGIA'S MINISTRY FOR REINTEGRATION - NO [...] (C) Summary and Comment: In a September 9 meeting with poloffs, Deputy Minister for Reintegration David Rakviashvili provided both the Ministry's and his own personal insights on Georgia's strategy on South Ossetia and Abkhazia. Rakviashvili's comments suggested the government does not yet h [...]	2008-09-16 14:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1608	GEORGIA: GOVERNMENT CONFIDENT OF PUBLIC SUPPORT [...] (C) Introduction and Comment: Tbilisi Mayor and Saakashvili insider Gigi Ugulava told the Ambassador that polling data indicates that Saakashvili and his Government enjoy broad public support, but noted that the Government needed to use the next 12-18 months to focus on rehabilitation and reco [...]	2008-09-19 07:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM RU GG
08TBILISI1842	UNGA DEMARCHE ON FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on October 3, 2008. Present at the meeting was Head of the Americas Division Levan Nizharadze. Nizharadze responded that the Georgian government attaches great importance to cooperating with the United Stat [...]	2008-10-03 14:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	CDG PARM PREL UNGA GG
08TBILISI1843	DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1835 DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on October 3, 2008. Present at the meeting was Head of the Americas Division Levan Nizharadze. Nizharadze responded that the Americas Division follows Iran developments closely. He agreed to take the demar [...]	2008-10-03 14:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	IR KNNP MNUC PARM GG
08TBILISI1844	DEMARCHE ON EXERCISE PLANNING GROUP MEETING [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on October 3, 2008. Present at the meeting was Head of the Americas Division Levan Nizharadze. He agreed to take the demarche into consideration and transmit it to the appropriate division for review. TEFF [...]	2008-10-03 14:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	KGIC MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER GG
08TBILISI1868	GEORGIA: RUSSIAN FORCES WITHDRAW [...] (C) Summary and comment. Multiple sources confirm Russian forces withdrew from nearly all remaining posts on undisputed Georgian territory on October 8, two days before the deadline. Russian military and local Georgian officials signed documents transferring the points outside Abkhazia back [...]	2008-10-08 14:42:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS RU GG
08TBILISI1890	GEORGIA: GOVERNMENT REVIEWS MAESTRO LICENSE, [...] (C) Summary. Speaker of Parliament Bakradze announced October 10 that the Parliament would modify the nature of the license for the radio station Maestro to enable it to broadcast political talk shows. Maestro, whose request to expand its entertainment broadcasting to include political pro [...]	2008-10-10 15:11:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM GG
08TBILISI2009	GEORGIA: NEW PM MAY HAVE A SHORT TENURE [...] (C) Summary and Comment. President Saakashvili announced on October 27 the resignation of Lado Gurgenidze from the post of Prime Minister and his nomination of Grigol Mgaloblishvili to the position. Gurgenidze's departure had been expected for many months, but the appointment of Mgaloblish [...]	2008-10-28 14:49:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2016	GEORGIA: PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION INVESTIGATES [...] (SBU) Summary: An Ad-hoc Parliamentary Commission investigating the Georgian-Russian war of August 2008 began its hearings on October 25. The Commission was designed to obtain evidence from government officials, who "were directly or indirectly involved in decision-making during the August e [...]	2008-10-30 13:21:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2017	GEORGIA: RED CROSS STAFF MEMBER SHARES [...] (C) Begin Summary and Comment: A Tbilisi-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) staff member shared her observations about IDPs and GoG efforts to address their situation with Poloff during an October 22 meeting. ICRC is currently the only international organizations that has [...]	2008-10-30 13:51:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI2071	GEORGIA: LAW ON OCCUPIED TERRITORIES SEEKS TO [...] (C) Summary and comment. The "Law of Georgia on the Occupied Territories" was formally published with President Saakashvili's signature October 30. Georgian parliamentarians and staff described the law as a response to Russian aggression and an effort to prevent degradation of Georgian terri [...]	2008-11-06 13:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KBTS RU GG
08TBILISI2072	GEORGIA: POLITICIZATION OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER [...] (C) Begin Summary: Since November 2007, Public Defender Sozar Subari's statements have steadily become more politically charged, leading both the international community and his own staff to question his objectivity. As Georgia's Public Defender and Human Rights Ombudsman, Subari was appoi [...]	2008-11-06 13:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI2073	GEORGIA: UNM STRONG IN ADJARA ELECTIONS, DESPITE [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Extremely low turnout marked by-elections in two Tbilisi districts held on November 3 to fill two vacant seats that opposition parties refused to fill after the May elections. The Christian-Democratic Movement (CDM) candidate won the Vake seat. In Didube, the National D [...]	2008-11-06 14:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI2075	GEORGIA: OPPOSITION SCRAMBLING TO MOUNT NOVEMBER 7 [...] (C) Summary: On November 6, the United Opposition held a briefing for the Diplomatic Corps to discuss their plans for a political protest to begin at 2pm, November 7. The protest will commence in front of Parliament and then may proceed to the Presidential Palace, if it attracts enough parti [...]	2008-11-07 05:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2085	GEORGIA: GUIDANCE REQUESTED ON REMOVAL OF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: In spite of the August conflict and loss of official Georgian access to the Abkhazia separatist region, MFA officials continue to seek U.S. assistance to develop a plan to remove four high-level radioactive [...]	2008-11-07 13:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL GG GR
08TBILISI2117	GEORGIA: EFFECTS OF WAR CHALLENGE PROGRESS IN [...] (C) Begin Summary: Following November 3 elections for the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara in southwestern Georgia (ref A),Poloff met local officials and the Turkish Consul. The region was recovering from lost tourism revenues as a result of the August war with Russia. L [...]	2008-11-13 13:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM TU GG
08TBILISI2172	GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT INFORMED ON NEXT STEP [...] (C) As requested by the Department (se ref A),on November 21, PolOffs and Brent Eastman (ISN/WDMT) called on Giorgi Dolidze, MFA's Deputy Director of the Security Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department, and Nestan Bejanishvili, Third Secretary of the same department. They informed D [...]	2008-11-21 14:25:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM PGOV PREL GR GG
08TBILISI2173	GEORGIA: TV NEWS MARKET LACKING BUT IMPROVEMENTS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Access to television airtime has long been a source of opposition dissatisfaction with President Saakashvili and the GOG. While there is substantial evidence that the playing field is not level between the government and the opposition on the televised airwaves, the [...]	2008-11-21 14:33:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2189	GEORGIA: UNITED OPPOSITION SHOWING SIGNS OF [...] (C) Summary/Comment: David Gamkrelidze (New Rights) provided poloffs with a view about the future of his party and hinted about that he would leave the united opposition soon. Gamkrelidze confirmed that he is working closely with David Usupashvili (Republicans) to form a new coalition, build [...]	2008-11-24 13:52:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI2203	GEORGIA: DETAILED ACCOUNT OF SHOOTING NEAR [...] (C/NF) Summary and comment. A more comprehensive readout of the November 23 incident at the South Ossetian administrative boundary (see reftel) indicates the motorcade went right up to a combined Russian/Ossetian checkpoint on the administrative boundary of South Ossetia, and the presidents t [...]	2008-11-25 14:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MOPS PL RU GG
08TBILISI2219	GEORGIA: FORMER SAAKASHVILI ALLY ACCUSES TBILISI [...] (C) Summary and Comment. In a November 25 appearance before the Parliamentary Commission Investigating the August Conflict, former Georgian Ambassador to Russia Erosi Kitsmarishvili publicly stated his views that Georgia's leaders wanted conflict with Russia and that the United States gave [...]	2008-11-28 14:10:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG RU
08TBILISI229	OPPOSITION SUSPENDS TALKS WITH GOVERNMENT [...] Summary: Koba Davitashvili, United National Council (UNC) announced the decision to suspend talks with the ruling party United National Movement (UNM) representatives on the afternoon of February 8 following an impasse on resolution of two of the 17 demands made by the opposition. In a follow [...]	2008-02-08 15:05:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV GG
08TBILISI2292	GEORGIA: GOVERNMENT SHAKEUP ROLLS ON [...] (C) Summary: The Cabinet shakeup continues with three new Ministers named December 9. The second shakeup follows the initial Cabinet changes announced on December 5 subsequent to Irakli Alasania's resignation as Ambassador to the UN and presumed return to Georgia to enter politics. Current [...]	2008-12-09 13:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI230	GEORGIA TO ATTEND UN.GIFT VIENNA FORUM [...] (U) This is Post's response to action request (reftel). 2. (U) Poloff confirmed with Keti Khutsishvili, A-TIP Coordinator, Prosecutor General's Office, on February 5, that Lali Papiashvili, Judge at the Constitutional Court of Georgia, and former Member of Parliament, will attend the above [...]	2008-02-08 15:19:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN GG
08TBILISI2315	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON AMENDMENT ISSUES AT LRTAP [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resource's Head of Sustainable Development Department Revaz Enukidze, and Head of Integrated Environmental Management and Biodiversity Department Nino Tkhilava on December 8. Georgia is currently not party [...]	2008-12-10 14:27:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD SENV GG
08TBILISI2316	GEORGIA: TERRORISM FINANCE: U.S. DOMESTIC [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on December 5, to Otar Berdzenishvili, MFA's Counselor of the Americas Division. Mr. Berdzenishvili told Poloff that they would study the issue and take it under advisement. LOGSDON [...]	2008-12-10 14:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL PINR KWBG KPAL IS
08TBILISI2418	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS HARMONIZATION [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Division of Americas desk officer Nana Shonia on December 17. She promised to relay the information to the appropriate MFA officials. TEFFT [...]	2008-12-18 09:47:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA GG
08TBILISI2419	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON DIRECTOR-GENERAL UNESCO [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Division of Americas desk officer Nana Shonia on December 17. She promised to relay the information to the appropriate MFA officials. TEFFT [...]	2008-12-18 09:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO GG
08TBILISI249	OPPOSITION OLIGARCH PATARKATSISHVILI DEAD OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 13 news broke in Georgia that Georgian oligarch and opposition figure Arkadi "Badri" Patarkatsishvili died in London. He was 52 years of age. Patarkatsishvili's Tbilisi-based lawyer, Shalva Khachapuridze, confirmed the news. The reported cause of death is a heart [...]	2008-02-13 09:48:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI254	GEORGIA WILL NOT SUPPORT SERBIA'S PLAN TO INVOKE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 06:28:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNAUS UNMIK YI OSCE GG
08TBILISI271	OPPOSITION PROTESTS GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT MEMORANDUM [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 14:43:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	GG KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
08TBILISI304	OPPOSITION POSTPONES HUNGER STRIKE, RESUMES [...] (SBU) Summary: Early on February 22, the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) voted to postpone a hunger strike and street protest scheduled to begin that afternoon (reftel). Following the vote, UNC leader MP Levan Gachechiladze wrote and delivered an address explaining the opposition [...]	2008-02-25 14:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI339	GEORGIAN RESPONSE ON SOMALIA AND PIRACY [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 06:31:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PREL UN UNSC IMO KCRM SO GG
08TBILISI362	NEW DIRECTION FOR PRISON REFORM? [...] (U) Summary: Representatives from the Penitentiary Service (PS) and Ministry Of Justice (MOJ) announced March 4 that Tbilisi Prison Number 5 pre-trial detainment facility is now officially closed. All prisoners have been transferred to other facilities and MOJ plans to demolish the building [...]	2008-03-05 13:36:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM GG
08TBILISI42	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/11/2008 [...] (C) Summary: On January 9, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced preliminary results of Georgia's Presidential election. Mikheil Saakashvili won 52.21 percent. The nearest challenger, Levan Gachechiladze had 25.26 percent. On January 11, Irina Sarishvili, presidential candidate [...]	2008-01-11 17:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI473	USUPASHVILI: UNITED OPPOSITION BROKEN, NO EASY END [...] (C) Summary: On March 19, Republican Party Chairman David Usupashvili told Charge that the leadership of the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) and the New Rightists (NR) parties, weakened by their ongoing hunger strike (reftel),is nearly broken. According to Usupashvili, both the U [...]	2008-03-19 14:44:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG

08TBILISI497	GEORGIA BI-WEEKLY UPDATE MARCH 21 [...] This cable contains current items of political, economic, and social interest concerning Georgia during the weeks of March 8-21. Okruashvili Asserts Control of Shrinking Party --------------------------------------------- - 2. On March 15, the political party United Georgia elected its most [...]	2008-03-21 13:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM GG
08TBILISI503	THE TROUBLE WITH GEORGIA'S OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: Recent protests and a hunger strike (ref A) by opposition MPs demonstrate the continuing radicalization of Georgia's opposition. The opposition's confrontational style and inability to negotiate effectively with the government beg the more important question: Why is Georgia's op [...]	2008-03-24 11:45:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI509	ELECTION CODE AMENDED FOR MAY 21 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: On March 21, the Parliament of Georgia amended Georgia's election code (reftel) by a vote of 134-2. All but one opposition member of Parliament boycotted the proceeding. The deadline for registering political parties is March 26. This cable summarizes the main points of the amen [...]	2008-03-26 05:20:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI51	TBILISI ELECTIONS UPDATE 01/14/2008 [...] (C) Summary: Early January 13, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced final results of Georgia's Presidential election. Mikheil Saakashvili won 53.4 percent of the votes. Levan Gachechiladze had 25.67 percent. The CEC denied nearly all of the election complaints filed by the oppos [...]	2008-01-14 15:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI516	MEETING WITH UNION OF KURDS OF GEORGIA [...] (SBU) On 25 March 2008, Poloff met with Vitali Nabiev (Anqosi),chairman of the NGO Union of Kurds of Georgia. Nabiev's organization represents the Georgian Kurdish Diaspora in Tbilisi (about 30,000 people mainly in the capital whom he described as Yesids) and Iraqi Kurds in Kurdistan. His pu [...]	2008-03-26 14:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI528	GEORGIAN OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKE ENDS, CAMPAIGN [...] (C) Summary: On March 25, after 16 days, the United National Council of Opposition (UNC) and the New Rightists (NR) party ended their hunger strike. They said they could not ignore a second appeal to stop by the Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Ilia II, after he visited them at Parl [...]	2008-03-28 12:57:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI544	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL USE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 13:01:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP NSG IR MNUC GG
08TBILISI556	PRELIMINARY LOOK--JUDICIAL REFORM INDICATORS [...] (C) Summary: A independent judicial reform expert recently visited Georgia to evaluate progress since 2005. Preliminary results indicate much has been done to improve the professionalism, accountability and salaries of judges, but questions remain as to the independence of the judiciary. E [...]	2008-04-04 13:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI589	INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY--RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST [...] SUMMARY: On April 8 the National Minorities Council of the Public Defender's Office hosted a roundtable in honor of International Roma Day. Representatives from government ministries and NGOs discussed information contained in the 2008 European Center for Minority Issue (ECMI) report which [...]	2008-04-10 14:24:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	APER PHUM KPAO GG
08TBILISI645	GEORGIA INFORMED OF U.S. APPOINTMENT OF MANPADS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-15 13:59:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PGOV PREL PTER PARM GG
08TBILISI646	GEORGIA: DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING TRAVEL BAN AND [...] Per reftels A & B, Poloff spoke with Shalva Burdaurli, Head of the Division of Security Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs about Georgian implementation of the travel ban and travel vigilance requirements contained in UNSCRs 1737, 1747 and 1803. Burdaurli said that Georgian government [...]	2008-04-15 14:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC KNNP UNSC IR GG
08TBILISI666	GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS UPDATE [...] (C) On April 8, the Central Election Commission (CEC) kicked off Georgia's parliamentary elections and presented their election strategy to the international community. OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights' (ODIHR) election observation mission (EOM) began operations on Ap [...]	2008-04-18 14:35:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI712	SEEKING INDEPENDENCE, ABKHAZ GET CLOSER TO RUSSIA [...] (C) During an April 18-20 visit to Abkhazia, we found Abkhaz de facto officials in an uncompromising mood, reiterating that they will never agree to be reintegrated into the Georgian state nor permit return of Georgian internally displaced persons (IDPs) under current conditions. They were pl [...]	2008-04-29 13:56:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI713	SANAKOYEV'S HOPES AND FEARS FOR SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Dmitry Sanakoyev outlined for Washington and Embassy representatives April 21 his achievements in his first year as leader of the Georgian-recognized Temporary Administrative Unit of South Ossetia, and laid out his vision for a future in which young men in the region have other opportunitie [...]	2008-04-29 13:58:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL GG
08TBILISI755	PRE-ELECTION TRIP TO SAMTSKHE-JAVAKHETI [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the towns of Borjomi, Akhaltsikhe, Ninotsminda and Akhalkalaki in the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti May 1-2 to gauge the pre-election mood of the political parties, NGOS, press, local government officials and general populace in the lead-up to the May 21 Parliam [...]	2008-05-06 14:12:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI828	GEORGIA PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION UPDATE MAY 20 [...] (SBU) Summary: As the election campaign entered its last week, ODIHR released its Second Interim Report on May 15. The report highlights active GOG election preparations, an extended deadline to check voter lists, increased campaign activity by opposition parties, and the broadly-equal TV cov [...]	2008-05-20 15:16:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI829	WEST GEORGIAN AUTHORITIES READY, OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff visited the city of Zugdidi in Georgia's Western Samegrelo region for a pre-election visit May 6-7. Poloff met with regional government, the District Election Commission (DEC),four political parties, NGOs and journalists, and conducted an interview on free and fair elec [...]	2008-05-20 15:30:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI832	COMPETITIVE PARLIAMENTARY RACES SHAPE UP IN ADJARA [...] (SBU) Summary: The autonomous region of Adjara will elect five majoritarian members of parliament on May 21, in addition to party list candidates that will be chosen according to the nationwide vote. Although the United National Movement (UNM) is strong in Adjara and is likely to win all but [...]	2008-05-20 17:08:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TBILISI909	DAS BRYZA MEETS WITH CEC CHAIRMAN TARKHNISHVILI [...] (C) Summary: On May 12, EUR DAS Matthew Bryza and the Ambassador met with the Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC),Levan Tarkhnishvili. Noting recent threats of violence around the elections, Tarkhnishvili said he considers violent protests at district (DEC) and precinct (PEC) e [...]	2008-05-30 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG
08TBILISI930	GEORGIA INFORMED OF IRELAND, MALTA, UAE AND SAUDI [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-03 13:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP GG
08TBILISI931	GEORGIAN PARTICIPATION AT THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] This cable contains an action request, please see paragraph 3. 2. Per reftel request, Poloff asked Nestan Bejanishvili, Third Secretary for the Security Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, whether Georgia would attend the Fourth Global Initi [...]	2008-06-03 13:38:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP GG
08TBILISI932	GEORGIA PLANS TO SUBMIT 60-DAY REPORT TO UNSC ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-03 13:41:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC GG
08TBILISI933	GEORGIAN SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE AMBASSADOR [...] Per reftel request, Poloff met with Alexander Nalbandov, Director of the International Relations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poloff thanked Nalbandov for Georgia's support for the U.S. candidate for IOM Director General, Ambassador Bill Swing, and encouraged the Georgian g [...]	2008-06-03 14:00:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF SMIG AORC GG
08TBILISI934	GEORGIA: NON-PAPER ON CONVENTION ON SUPPLEMENTARY [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 06:55:00	Embassy Tbilisi	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM TRGY ENRG KNNP KSTC IAEA GG
08TBILISI963	GEORGIAN OPPOSITION, BURJANADZE REPORTEDLY [...] (C) Summary: As the first meeting of Georgia's next Parliament nears on June 10, the Joint Opposition and the Labor Party continue to talk about boycotting the new Parliament and even blocking access to the building, to reinforce their position that the May 21 election was invalidated by fraud [...]	2008-06-09 14:03:00	Embassy Tbilisi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GG
08TEGUCIGALPA1010	HONDURAS TO SUPPORT US CANDIDATE FOR [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper (Reftel A) regarding the candidacy of Wanda K. Jones on October 28 to Jose Antonio Lorenzana, Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Reftel B). Poloff received written response on November 3 signed by the Foreign M [...]	2008-11-10 20:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KWMN HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1055	HONDURAS TO CONSIDER OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-24 11:58:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1118	HONDURAS TO CONSIDER RECOGNIZING KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 15:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNGA YI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1131	HONDURAS LIKES THE IDEA OF A LATIN AMERICAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 21:25:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	AR BB BR CI EC MX PE PREL UNESCO VC
08TEGUCIGALPA1149	HONDURAN CONGRESS ACCEPTS VP SANTOS RESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary: The Honduran National Congress accepted the resignation of Vice President Elvin Santos, reversing their previous stance and paving the way for approval of his presidential candidacy, in an extraordinary session on December 18. Congress also instructed the Supreme Electoral Tribun [...]	2008-12-19 23:02:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA1152	HONDURAN CONGRESS ACCEPTS VP SANTOS RESIGNATION [...] (C) Summary: The Honduran National Congress accepted the resignation of Vice President Elvin Santos, reversing their previous stance and paving the way for approval of his presidential candidacy, in an extraordinary session on December 18. Congress also instructed the Supreme Electoral Tribun [...]	2008-12-22 12:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA123	ARRESTS IN CASE OF MURDERED HONDURAN LAWYER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Honduran police arrested two suspects on January 31, 2008, for the killing of human rights lawyer Dionisio Diaz Garcia on December 4, 2006. The two are accused of shooting the lawyer from a motorcycle while the victim was driving a vehicle on his way to prepare a case against th [...]	2008-02-08 17:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA143	HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE [...] (C) On February 14, 2008, PolOff delivered the demarche on Kosovo Independence (reftel) to Amb. Eduardo Rosales, the Foreign Ministry's Director of Exterior Affairs. He said that he would check with Vice Foreign Minister Enrique Reina based on the Ambassador's demarche with Reina on January 8 [...]	2008-02-15 19:26:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNMIK PGOV YI EU HO
08TEGUCIGALPA204	UN SECURITY COUNCIL'S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 1803 [...] On March 5, PolOff delivered non-papers from both reftels to Jose Laranzana Reyes, Multilateral Affairs officer in the MFA's Director General of External Affairs. The GOH is considering our points. Post will forward any subsequent response. FORD FORD [...]	2008-03-05 20:37:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA211	ANOTHER JOINT POLICE-MILITARY OPERATION IN [...] (C) Summary. Police and military authorities were summoned to a late meeting at Casa Presidencial by President Manuel Zelaya on March 4 to discuss measures to combat the current wave of violent crime in Honduras. On March 5, they announced the joint police-military "Operation Hunter," consist [...]	2008-03-07 17:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KJUS PGOV SNAR ASEC HO
08TEGUCIGALPA223	NATIONAL PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE MARIO [...] (C) Summary: National Party (NP) Presidential candidate Mario Canahuati is quickly losing supporters and growing increasingly desperate. In private meetings with the Ambassador, he has made serious but unsubstantiated accusations against his main rival, Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo and some of his a [...]	2008-03-10 22:49:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA229	PARTY BUSINESS TAKES A BACKSEAT AT HONDURAS, [...] (C) Summary. On Saturday March 8, 2008, the Honduran National Party held a party convention in the capital city of Tegucigalpa. Though party business was alleged to be on the agenda, the event more closely resembled a political rally for party boss Pepe Lobo, while his competitors for the pa [...]	2008-03-11 22:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA297	HONDURAS CONSIDERING OUR POINTS ON RETAINING THE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-31 22:19:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM
08TEGUCIGALPA390	HONDURAS CONSIDERING ITS POSITION ON RECOGNITION [...] (U) POLOFF delivered reftel points on April 23, 2008, to Jose Lorenzana Reyes, Multilateral Affairs Officer in the MFA's External Affairs Directorate, reminding Lorenzana of Post's earlier demarches on this issue to the Foreign Minister (reftels B and C). Lorenzana reported the GOH has not ye [...]	2008-04-23 21:12:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	YI PREL PGOV
08TEGUCIGALPA391	HONDURAS CONSIDERING OUR DEMARCHE ON THE US-EU [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-23 21:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
08TEGUCIGALPA425	TWO MAJOR PRISON RIOTS IN HONDURAS IN LESS THAN A [...] Summary: On April 27 a riot broke out in San Pedro Sula penitentiary and 9 inmates were killed. The fight was between "paisas" (non-gang members) and "pesetas" (ex-gang members). Less than a week later, prison authorities began transferring inmates to other prisons throughout Honduras to pr [...]	2008-05-06 15:56:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KCOR KJUS PGOV SNAR ASEC CASC HO
08TEGUCIGALPA477	TEGUCIGALPA RESPONSE TO UN DRIP FOLLOW-UP AND OAS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Government of Honduras voted in favor of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (DRIP) but does not appear to be doing anything to implement the provisions of the declaration. Post is unaware of any indigenous groups taking any action under the declaration, [...]	2008-05-20 18:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	OAS PGOV PREL
08TEGUCIGALPA581	HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON PRESS STATEMENT ON US-EU [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-17 21:57:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA607	HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON 2007 UN VOTING REPORT [...] (C) On June 23, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Jose Lorenzana, the Foreign Ministry's Acting Director of Multilateral Affairs. Lorenzana assured PolOff that the MFA wants to support us at UNGA and the UNSC. He added that every request that has come in from us since he began in his curre [...]	2008-06-27 14:59:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC UNSC UNGA HO
08TEGUCIGALPA638	HONDURAS STILL UNDECIDED OVER KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 11:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	YI PREL PGOV HO
08TEGUCIGALPA639	HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON PSI MEETING RESULTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 11:29:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM HO PREL
08TEGUCIGALPA646	HONDURAS CONSIDERING SUPPORT FOR PRISONERS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 19:31:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	EUN PHUM PREL KDEM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA681	HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 15:46:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EFIN PARM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA682	POSSIBLE UNDERGROUND TORTURE CELL DISCOVERED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local media reported on July 12 that an underground cell had been discovered in the police station of Villa Vieja, outside of Tegucigalpa. The Public Ministry continues to investigate a claim that torture was committed here on at least one occasion; however, little progress has [...]	2008-07-23 17:51:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PINS SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA684	POSSIBLE UNDERGROUND TORTURE CELL DISCOVERED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Local media reported on July 12 that an underground cell had been discovered in the police station of Villa Vieja, outside of Tegucigalpa. The Public Ministry continues to investigate a claim that torture was committed here on at least one occasion; however, little progress has [...]	2008-07-23 21:17:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS SOCI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA685	HONDURAS SOLICITED FOR INFORMATION ON UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 22:41:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA HO
08TEGUCIGALPA686	HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 12:14:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM HO
08TEGUCIGALPA687	HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON PRESSURING THE FARC [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-24 12:24:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER SNAR PGOV PREL HO
08TEGUCIGALPA790	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-26 15:08:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN
08TEGUCIGALPA926	HONDURAS APPRECIATES INFORMATION ON CUBAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 15:34:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL CU HO EAID
08TEGUCIGALPA927	HONDURAS STILL UNDECIDED ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 15:44:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNGA UN YI HO
08TEGUCIGALPA978	HONDURAS DEMARCHED ON ELECTION OF US CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-30 15:47:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KWMN HO
08TEGUCIGALPA998	HONDURAN HUMAN RIGHTS GAINS ABETTED-BY STRONG [...] Over 20 non-governmental organizations (NGO) met with the Ambassador on October 28 to discuss the challenges and opportunities they currently face in Honduras. The meeting offered a chance for the most well known organizations that deal with issues related to Human Rights to meet the new Amba [...]	2008-11-05 21:05:00	Embassy Tegucigalpa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KDEM KJUS SOCI PGOV HO
08TELAVIV1013	HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER SAYS E-1 POLICE STATION DEAL [...] (C) Human Rights Lawyer Danny Seidemann met with PolOffs on April 29 to discuss the new police station in E-1 and the planned creation of a new Jewish neighborhood on the site of the old police station in Ras al-Amud, East Jerusalem. Seidemann said that Israeli officials did not follow the pro [...]	2008-05-07 14:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
08TELAVIV1105	ISRAELI COMMENTS ON SYRIAN PEACE TALKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 21, PM Olmert's office announced that Israel is holding serious indirect talks with Syria over a comprehensive peace agreement. Embassy Tel Aviv has reported the existence of this channel since the summer of 2007, but PM Olmert first announced indirect contacts with Syria [...]	2008-05-23 14:24:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL TU SY IS
08TELAVIV1147	BIBLE BURNING HIGHLIGHTS GROWING ANTI-MISSIONARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The May 15 mass public burning of New Testaments in the Tel Aviv suburb of Or Yehuda highlights a growing trend toward anti-missionary incitement in Jewish neighborhoods throughout Israel. Other notable incidents include the October firebombing of a Jerusalem church shared by [...]	2008-05-30 10:43:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV IS
08TELAVIV1177	GAZAN FULBRIGHTERS: MG MISHLEV PLEDGES TO HELP [...] (C) DCM Moreno, accompanied by Poloff and Econoff, met June 3 with Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) MG Mishlev to discuss the issue of Palestinian Fulbright students needing permits to exit Gaza for visa interviews at the Consulate General in Jerusalem. The DCM [...]	2008-06-03 12:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS
08TELAVIV1284	FM LIVNI TO LEAD ISRAELI DELEGATION TO BERLIN [...] (C) Responding to reftel points, MFA Director for Palestinian Economic Affairs Irit Ben-Abba told PolOff June 16 that FM Livni had decided to lead the Israeli delegation to the June 24 Berlin Conference in support of Palestinian Civil Police and Rule of Law. Ben-Abba said Livni would be join [...]	2008-06-16 15:17:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG GM IS
08TELAVIV1285	ISRAEL EXPECTS TO RELEASE EQUIPMENT FOR WAQF [...] (SBU) Responding to reftel points, MFA Acting Director for International Organizations Eli Ben-Tura told PolOff June 16 that the GOI expects to release "in the very near future" the shipment of technical equipment destined for use by the Jerusalem Waqf to preserve Islamic-era manuscripts. Ben- [...]	2008-06-16 15:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO SCUL KWBG JO IS
08TELAVIV1363	BOTH SIDES BLINKED: BARAK-OLMERT DEAL KEEPS [...] (C) Summary: PM Olmert and MOD Barak reached political agreement on a way forward that resolves the coalition crisis sparked by the opposition's plan (now abandoned) to vote on a bill to dissolve the Knesset (reftel). In essence, Olmert agreed to Barak's demand that he spell out a time-frame [...]	2008-06-25 16:10:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV1489	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KOSOVO RECOGNITION AND DONORS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Zvi Rav-Ner, Director of the MFA Central Europe Department on July 3. Rav-Ner said that Israel is still not ready to recognize Kosovo, but wants to show its support for the people of Kosovo, with whom, he explained, Israel has long had good relationships [...]	2008-07-10 12:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KPKO KV EAID IS
08TELAVIV1546	EVICTION DELAYED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-17 12:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KPAL IS
08TELAVIV1575	ISRAEL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NEW U.S. POLICY ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 11:30:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MOPS KPOA NATO IS
08TELAVIV1599	MOD CONFIRMS BARAK APPROVED NEW MASKIYYOT [...] (C) On July 24, Oded Herman, Senior Advisor to Ministry of Defense (MOD) Pol-Mil Director Amos Gilad, confirmed to econoff press reports indicating that Defense Minister Barak approved the construction of 20 new homes in the Maskiyyot settlement, located in the Jordan Valley. In response to [...]	2008-07-24 13:44:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV1689	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-04 07:38:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PARM PREL IS
08TELAVIV1704	Peace programs in the Ministry of Education [...] SUMMARY: On July 29, Poloff met with Anat Zohar, Director of Pedagogic Affairs in the Ministry of Education, to discuss efforts to build a culture of peace in Israeli schools. Zohar described peace education initiatives as ad hoc and inconsistent, driven by principals and NGOs at individual sc [...]	2008-08-07 09:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI IS
08TELAVIV171	MUGHRABI GATE: NEW PLANS CALL FOR EXPANSION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Revised plans for construction of a new access ramp for the Mughrabi Gate of the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif were deposited with the Interior Ministry for public review on December 27. A review of the plans indicates that in addition to constructing a new ramp, planners also in [...]	2008-01-18 17:07:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KISL KIRF KPAL JO IS
08TELAVIV1713	GOI PUBLISHES TENDERS FOR 416 HOUSING UNITS IN HAR [...] (C) Summary: On August 7, Ministry of Construction and Housing (MOCH) Director General Chaim Fialkoff called econoff to inform Embassy Tel Aviv that the MOCH had published tenders to build 416 new housing units in the settlements of Har Homa and Betar Illit. The MOCH's publication of tender [...]	2008-08-07 14:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS KPAL KWBG
08TELAVIV1810	ISRAEL WANTS TO BUILD ON PAST SUCCESSES AT 63RD [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with Rony Adam, Director of the Department for UN Political Affairs at the MFA to discuss both UN voting practices (ref A) and Israeli participation at UNGA (ref B) on July 23, with a follow-up on August 5. Adam said that plans for UNGA are still tentative, but PM Olme [...]	2008-08-15 14:45:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA OTRA OVIP KSEP UN IS
08TELAVIV1826	ISRAEL: MFA DISCUSSES RESPONSE TO CRISIS IN GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 14, PolOff and Pol-MilOff met with several MFA officials to discuss the crisis in Georgia and Israel's response. In separate meetings, EmbOffs met Hillel Newman, FM Livni's chief policy advisor on Europe and Eurasia; Gary Koren, Director of the Eurasia Department; and [...]	2008-08-18 14:59:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS RS GG AJ IS
08TELAVIV1872	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 63RD UNFC DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 11:12:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	CDG PARM PREL UNGA IS
08TELAVIV2043	ISRAELI AND JORDANIAN VIEWS ON DETERIORATING [...] (C) Summary: PolOff met with Jordanian PolOff Asem Ababneh (please protect) September 2 to discuss the rising tensions between Jordan and Israel. Ababneh complained that Israel is taking Jordan for granted and is no longer acting in good faith on a range of issues, including the peace proces [...]	2008-09-08 12:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWBG KPAL KISL JO IS
08TELAVIV2166	LIVNI BEGINS WORK TOWARD BUILDING A NEW COALITION [...] (SBU) Summary: President Shimon Peres gave FM Tzipi Livni the nod to try to form a new coalition from the existing Knesset on the evening of September 22. She must do so no later than November 4 or early elections must be held within 90 days. Negative media coverage of a meeting between Lab [...]	2008-09-23 16:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV2167	LIVNI BEGINS WORK TOWARD BUILDING A NEW COALITION [...] (SBU) Summary: President Shimon Peres gave FM Tzipi Livni the nod to try to form a new coalition from the existing Knesset on the evening of September 22. She must do so no later than November 4 or early elections must be held within 90 days. Negative media coverage of a meeting between Labo [...]	2008-09-24 04:13:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV2169	NON-PAPER ON CHINA TRANSMITTED TO GOI [...] On September 22, Econoff passed non-paper transmitted reftel to a representative of Udi Levi, Director of the National Security Council's (NSC) Bureau of Counterterrorism Finance. On the same day, Poloff transmitted the non-paper to Haim Waxman, Director of the MFA's Department of Non-Prolife [...]	2008-09-24 05:14:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN KNNP PTER PARM IS
08TELAVIV2218	EXTREME RIGHT WING VIOLENCE REEMERGES AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late in the night of September 24, Israel Prize winner Ze'ev Sternhell was wounded in the leg by a pipe-bomb that exploded next to the gate of his Jerusalem residence. Sternhell, a political science professor known for his opposition to the settlers and the nationalist right-win [...]	2008-09-26 11:02:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV2339	KADIMA AND LABOR PLEDGE COALITION PARTNERSHIP: [...] (C) Summary: Kadima and Labor negotiators reached a draft agreement October 13 that would allow Tzipi Livni to form a new coalition with Ehud Barak. After marathon negotiations, Labor obtained several commitments from Kadima: 1) full partnership in the Syrian and Palestinian negotiations; [...]	2008-10-16 16:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV2370	LIVNI HAS LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TO FORM A [...] (C) Summary: Tzipi Livni's target of producing a coalition by the date the Knesset reopens for its winter session on October 27 lost momentum when Shaul Mofaz (Kadima) and Rafi Eitan (Pensioners) decried the idea of a "narrow coalition" comprising just 59-60 MK's of Kadima, Labor, Meretz and [...]	2008-10-22 17:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV238	RAMIFICATIONS OF WINOGRAD FINAL REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Anticipation of the January 30 rollout of the final report of the Winograd Committee has generated renewed calls for Olmert's resignation from predictable quarters (the opposition, the extreme left and the extreme right),and from some bereaved families and reservists. PM Ehud O [...]	2008-01-30 05:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MOPS LE IS
08TELAVIV239	RAMIFICATIONS OF WINOGRAD FINAL REPORT [...] (C) Summary: Anticipation of the January 30 rollout of the final report of the Winograd Committee has generated renewed calls for Olmert's resignation from predictable quarters (the opposition, the extreme left and the extreme right),and from some bereaved families and reservists. PM Ehud O [...]	2008-01-30 05:03:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MOPS LE IS
08TELAVIV2391	KADIMA AND SHAS BRINKMANSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Late on October 23, Kadima Party leader Tzipi Livni issued an ultimatum to the Shas Party. Kadima reportedly offered Shas some 650 million NIS (approximately 170 million USD) for family allowances, and Livni told party activists that it was now time for Shas to decide. She also [...]	2008-10-24 15:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV2505	ISRAELI MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS ON NOVEMBER 11 PREVIEW [...] SUMMARY Israeli voters go to the polls on November 11 to choose their mayors and local councils in municipal elections across the country, with Kadima -- in its first municipal elections -- making the biggest push of any major party in advance of the February 2009 national elections. Women ar [...]	2008-11-05 18:04:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM
08TELAVIV2521	MEETING WITH SETTLER REPRESENTATIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In coordination with Knesset Deputy Speaker Otniel Schneller, Pol Couns, EconOff and PolOff met with representatives of the settler community on November 5 to discuss the settlers' role in internal Israeli politics and the rise in settler violence. Pol Couns led off by reviewing [...]	2008-11-13 11:41:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KWBG IS
08TELAVIV2534	MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS: WHERE THE CANDIDATE IS KING [...] Summary: Israeli voters went to the polls November 11 to choose their mayors and municipal councils. Incumbent Ron Huldai won re-election in Tel Aviv, while secular candidate Nir Barkat (formerly affiliated with Kadima) defeated ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) candidate Meir Porush (UTJ) in Jerusale [...]	2008-11-13 17:15:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PINR IS
08TELAVIV2581	UNESCO: GOI REQUESTS URGENT CONSULTATIONS TO [...] (C) MFA Director for International Organizations Tibor Shalev-Schlosser approached poloff on the margins of an unrelated meeting to convey what he called an urgent message about the candidacy of Egyptian Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni to be the next Director-General of UNESCO. According to [...]	2008-11-20 16:20:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNESCO EG IS
08TELAVIV2589	ISRAEL AND JORDAN DISCUSS MUGHRABI GATE, REMAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Poloff met November 20 with MFA Jordan Desk Director Tuvia Israeli and MFA IO Desk Director Tibor Shalev-Schlosser to discuss the ongoing dispute between Jordan and Israel over the Mughrabi Gate. The pair provided a readout of MFA DG Abramovich's November 12 meeting wi [...]	2008-11-21 15:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL EG IS
08TELAVIV2630	MFA DISCUSSES NEGOTIATIONS WITH VATICAN, POSSIBLE [...] (C) Summary and comment: MFA Director for Inter-Religious Affairs Bahij Mansour told Poloff that negotiations with the Vatican over outstanding issues related to the Fundamental Agreement were going well, and that Israel expected a "breakthrough" at the December 18 plenary session in Rome. Acc [...]	2008-11-25 15:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF VT IS
08TELAVIV2632	JORDANIAN AMBASSADOR PROMOTES ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Jordanian Ambassador Ali Al-Ayed told the Ambassador November 19 that in response to the growing expression of interest by some Israeli leaders -- including President Peres and Defense Minister Barak -- in the 2002 Beirut Arab Summit peace initiative, he has undertaken to publicize the in [...]	2008-11-25 16:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG JO IS
08TELAVIV2721	UPDATE ON ISRAELI-JORDANIAN TALKS ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Poloff spoke with MFA Jordan Desk Director Tuvia Israeli December 5 to get an update on MFA DG Abramovich's dialogue with Jordanian Ambassador to Israel Al-Ayed over resolving the dispute between Israel and Jordan over the Mughrabi Gate. Israeli said there have been no new developments si [...]	2008-12-05 12:16:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL JO IS
08TELAVIV2728	BROAD POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR BARAK'S FIRM HAND [...] (C) Summary: The Israeli Defense Forces and Border Police evacuated more than 100 right-wing settlers and their supporters from the disputed "House of Contention" in Hebron on December 4 in a lightning operation that took just 36 minutes to complete (reftel). Although PM Olmert and Public S [...]	2008-12-05 17:23:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KWBG PINS IS
08TELAVIV2757	SHAS: YES WE CAN? [...] (C) Summary: The Sephardi ultra-orthodox Shas party, which officially launched its election campaign at a rally on December 3, has adopted President-elect Obama's campaign slogan, "Yes We Can," in attempt to capitalize on a political moment when minorities feel empowered by Obama,s victory in [...]	2008-12-09 14:52:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS
08TELAVIV2788	MFA OFFICIAL DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO ARRANGE LIVNI [...] (C) SUMMARY: Eynat Schlein-Michael, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of Maghreb, Syria, and Lebanon Affairs met with Poloff on December 10. She confirmed recent Israeli press reports of a possible upcoming visit to Morocco by Foreign Minister Livni, but was pessimistic the [...]	2008-12-12 14:08:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MO TS IS
08TELAVIV2793	LABOR PRIMARIES BENEFIT BARAK WHILE LIKUD PARTY [...] (C) Summary: The Labor and Likud primaries are over, and the results provide some insight into what the two historic, mainstream Israeli parties may look like, as those on the rank-ordered slate will become members of the Knesset depending on the percentage of the popular vote that the party [...]	2008-12-12 18:06:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR IS
08TELAVIV2794	LIVNI PUSHES EU RELATIONS UPGRADE AS SIGNIFICANT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8th, the European Union Council of Ministers announced an upgrade in its diplomatic relationship with Israel. The announcement received prominent coverage in both the Jerusalem Post and Ha'aretz, with Foreign Minister Livni calling it a "significant achievement." Dir [...]	2008-12-12 18:11:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AORC UN EU IS KPAL PHUM
08TELAVIV2796	ISRAEL: GAZA CROSSINGS UNDER FIRE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 11, MFA Director for UN Political Affairs David Siegel updated PolOff on several issues Israel is pursuing at the UN, especially on humanitarian support to Gaza. Siegel showed PolOff the draft of a presentation the GOI is preparing for New York that demonstrates the [...]	2008-12-15 11:35:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO UN LE IS

08TELAVIV2839	ISRAELI ISLAMIC MOVEMENT GAINING INFLUENCE [...] (SBU) Summary: The official goal of the Islamic Movement in Israel is to bring Muslims living in "Palestine of 1948" back to Islam. The Movement has focused its efforts on three primary fronts -- the social, the religious, and the political. While efforts on the political front have been limi [...]	2008-12-18 13:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KISL KIRF SOCI IS
08TELAVIV381	ISRAEL WILL TAKE A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH WITH [...] (SBU) On February 14, PolOff delivered demarche (ref C) to Zvi Rav-Ner, Director of the MFA Central Europe Department. Rav-Ner explained that the GOI had decided not to be in the first wave of recognition, but would instead follow the situation closely and decide what actions to take as approp [...]	2008-02-14 14:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU IS
08TELAVIV382	ISRAEL WILL TAKE A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH WITH [...] (SBU) On February 14, PolOff delivered demarche (ref C) to Zvi Rav-Ner, Director of the MFA Central Europe Department. Rav-Ner explained that the GOI had decided not to be in the first wave of recognition, but would instead follow the situation closely and decide what actions to take as approp [...]	2008-02-14 14:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	REL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU
08TELAVIV384	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ISRAEL'S RELATIONS WITH [...] (C) On February 7, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Yaacov (Jacques) Revah, Deputy Director General for the Africa Division (A/S AF equivalent). Revah said that Israel's non-resident Ambassador to Zimbabwe, based in South Africa, had also heard rumors of Israeli security support for the Mu [...]	2008-02-14 15:37:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS ZI
08TELAVIV440	ISRAEL POLICY ON KOSOVO UNCHANGED: STUDYING [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 14:18:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV IL
08TELAVIV441	AFRICAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS LIVING IN DEPLORABLE [...] (SBU) Summary. UNHCR reported February 7 that African asylum-seekers in Israel now number nearly 7,000 and continue arriving at a rate of roughly 200 per week. Without asylum laws or regulations, the GOI's capacity to respond to the growing number is severely limited. Meanwhile, African mi [...]	2008-02-25 11:55:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG SU ER IV NI GH
08TELAVIV462	ISRAELI NGOS WELCOME OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel points with a range of Israeli human rights NGOs. Several indicated that they would supply information to the UNHRC for Israel's review, and thanked the Department for its support of the process. NGOs expected to supply reports -- either directly or jointly with [...]	2008-02-28 12:40:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV IS
08TELAVIV479	Antiquities Authority Archeologist Criticizes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with emboffs February 20, Israeli archeologist Gideon Suleimani, a staff archeologist with the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and former head of the Authority's Jerusalem district, explained what he described as the ongoing "co-optation" of archeological digs by [...]	2008-02-29 14:29:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPAL KIRF IS
08TELAVIV533	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ISRAEL MAY CONSIDER DONOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 14:28:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL EINV EUN EU KV IS
08TELAVIV55	ISRAEL'S NEW DEFENSE EXPORT CONTROL ACT ENTERS [...] (SBU) On December 31, Israeli MFA Export Control Department Director Haim Waxman informed poloff that that the Knesset had just passed the implementing regulations for Israel's new Defense Export Control Act (DECA),a law enhancing Israel's export control system that was passed on July 17. Wa [...]	2008-01-08 09:05:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETTC KNNP KOMC IS
08TELAVIV611	ISRAELI MFA OFFERS MIXED REACTION TO UNSCR 1803, [...] (C) On March 13, Polcouns and Poloff met with MFA Deputy Director General for Strategic Affairs Miriam Ziv and aide Jonathan Miller to discuss reftel points regarding UNSCR 1803 and the preceding IAEA briefing on Iran non-compliance, which we had passed to her last week. Ziv welcomed the passag [...]	2008-03-14 14:31:00	Embassy Tel Aviv	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA
08THEHAGUE1037	NETHERLANDS/NICARAGUA: SUSPENDING BUDGET ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 11:06:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PREL NL NU
08THEHAGUE122	NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH SUPPORT FOR LEBANON [...] (C) On February 6, poloff shared reftel points with Gert Kampman, deputy director of Middle East Affairs at the Dutch MFA. Poloff expressed appreciation for the Netherlands' role as host for the Lebanon Tribunal and outlined USG efforts to secure sufficient funding for the Tribunal. 2. (C) [...]	2008-02-08 15:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM NL LE
08THEHAGUE123	NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: DUTCH FM PUSHES SYRIA TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 8, 2008, poloff discussed Dutch FM Verhagen's January 23-24 trip to Syria with Gert Kampman, MFA Deputy Director for the Middle East. Kampman, who accompanied Verhagen during the trip, said that the FM reviewed the Middle East peace process, Lebanon, Iran, and human r [...]	2008-02-11 13:02:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NL SY IS TU LE
08THEHAGUE126	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: DUTCH CONSIDERING KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 8, 2008 Charge delivered reftel A points to Dutch MFA acting DG Wim Geerts, following up on the conversation with DG de Gooijer the day before (reftel B). Charge and poloff also shared the information in ref email C. EU Correspondent Desiree Kopmels participated in the [...]	2008-02-11 14:12:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NL KV
08THEHAGUE197	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: MICHEL VISIT FOLLOWS EU POLICY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 29, 2008 poloff delivered reftel points to Laurent Stokvis, Director of Western Hemisphere Affairs, Senior Policy Adviser Jan Jaap Groenemeijer, and Policy Officer Sergei Boeke. The Dutch continue to support EU policy of engagement toward Cuba, and the Michel visit co [...]	2008-02-29 11:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CU NL
08THEHAGUE199	NETHERLANDS/SOMALIA: DUTCH FRIGATE TO ESCORT UN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points to Huub Buise, director of the Horn of Africa Division, on February 26, 2008. Buise later confirmed that the Dutch expect to deploy a frigate to replace the Danes in late March. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) In a discussion February 28, Buise said that th [...]	2008-02-29 12:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PBTS UNSC SO NL
08THEHAGUE207	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: "K DAY" ON MARCH 4 OR 5 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 15:50:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL KV
08THEHAGUE228	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: DUTCH RECOGNIZE KOSOVAR [...] (U) SUMMARY: At a press conference with Sweden,s FM Carl Bildt on March 4, FM Maxime Verhagen announced that the Netherlands recognizes Kosovar independence. Poloff reviewed Dutch thinking with Mr. Cees Roels, Head of the Western Balkans Division at the Dutch MFA, on March 4, and also attende [...]	2008-03-06 13:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NL KV
08THEHAGUE243	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: DUTCH WONDER ABOUT BEST TIME FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 17:49:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM NL IR
08THEHAGUE250	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: ELECTIONS ASSESSMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 12, 2008, POLOFF raised reftel A questions with Loek ten Hagen, MFA Senior Policy Officer in the North Africa and Middle East Department of the Dutch MFA. Ten Hagen commented on factional infighting and the mechanics of the upcoming Iranian election. Responses below fo [...]	2008-03-13 17:02:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM PINR NL IR
08THEHAGUE251	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: DUTCH PLAN TO JOIN ISG [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-14 07:10:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KV NL
08THEHAGUE254	NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: NO PARTICIPATION IN 3/14 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-14 14:28:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PDEM NL LE
08THEHAGUE255	NETHERLANDS: DUTCH SUPPORT NEW UN SPECIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-14 14:38:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AF NL
08THEHAGUE268	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: IRAN DEPUTY FM SAFARI VISITS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 11:39:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR NL IR
08THEHAGUE292	NETHERLANDS/CFE: QUIET DUTCH SUPPORT U.S.-GERMAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 07:42:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO KCFE MARR NL
08THEHAGUE296	NETHERLANDS/GAERC: DUTCH FIRM ON SERBIA ICTY [...] (C) On March 26 and 27, 2008 POLOFF delivered reftel points to Dutch MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Rochus Pronk as well MFA contacts on the Balkans, Middle East, Russia, and China. FM Verhagen gave Dutch views on the GAERC agenda in a letter to parliament (ref B). In a conversation on March 27 [...]	2008-03-28 07:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NL SR
08THEHAGUE301	NETHERLANDS/BELARUS: DUTCH SUPPORT EU STATEMENT, [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 14:39:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NL BO
08THEHAGUE307	NETHERLANDS/BURMA: DUTCH PREDICT EU TO EXTEND [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-02 12:55:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NL BM
08THEHAGUE308	NETHERLANDS/OSLO PROCESS: DUTCH SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 28, 2008, POLOFF delivered reftel points to Wouter Wormgoor at the Dutch MFA, and in a follow up conversation, Wormgoor said that resolving the interoperability issue was a redline for the Netherlands. At the same time, Wormgoor expressed concern about prospects for reso [...]	2008-04-02 14:01:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV PARM NL
08THEHAGUE355	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: IMPLEMENTING IRAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 22, Charge D'Affaires discussed Iran sanctions with MFA Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Baroness van Lynden-Leijten, who confirmed continuing Dutch support for robust implementation of UNSC resolution 1803. At the same time, the Netherlands wants to keep t [...]	2008-04-23 12:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KNNP IR UNSC NL
08THEHAGUE367	NETHERLANDS/ZIMBABWE: AG MINISTER LIKELY REP TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 16:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC EAGR EAID UN NL
08THEHAGUE372	NETHERLANDS/GAERC: FLEXIBILITY ON SERBIA SAA/ICTY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 22, Charge d'Affaires reviewed ref B points on the Middle East with Baroness van Lynden-Leijten, Dutch MFA Director for Middle East and North Africa Affairs, and her deputy, Gert Heijkoop. Also on April 22, 2008 POLOFF delivered ref B points to Dutch MFA EU Corresponde [...]	2008-04-28 14:30:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU XF ZL NL
08THEHAGUE380	NETHERLANDS/SERBIA: FM PLEASED WITH SAA AGREEMENT [...] (C) On April 29, Ard van der Vorst, Dutch MFA Western Balkans Coordinator for Political Affairs, told POLOFF that FM Verhagen was pleased to sign the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with Serbia. The GAERC language provides that the SAA will not be implemented until Serbia fully [...]	2008-05-05 07:18:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU SE NL
08THEHAGUE385	NETHERLANDS/BURMA: SUPPORT FOR VICTIMS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 14:16:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PHUM BM NL
08THEHAGUE388	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: EMBASSY & GOVERNMENT PLANS FOR [...] (SBU) Concerning reftel A request, Embassy The Hague plans to host a meeting with Charge d'Affaires and local NGOs that are active in promoting human rights in Cuba. Post will approach Washington officials with a proposed DVC or telephone interview with a leading Dutch paper ahead of May 21. [...]	2008-05-08 15:44:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM PHUM NL CU
08THEHAGUE394	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: NO NEW PLEDGES, PARTICIPATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-09 15:17:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON EFIN EINV PGOV IZ NL
08THEHAGUE41	NETHERLANDS/SUDAN: DUTCH SUPPORT JOINT INTEGRATED [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 10, 2008 Poloff delivered reftel points to Mr. Huub Buise, Head of the Dutch MFA's Sudan Task Force and Horn of Africa section. Buise was accompanied by Lisette den Breems, senior policy officer for Sudan, Erwin van Veen, policy advisor in the Unit for Peacebuilding and [...]	2008-01-15 12:09:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL NL SU
08THEHAGUE42	NETHERLANDS/ESDP: DUTCH SUPPORT DEPLOYMENT TO CHAD [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points to Huub Buise, Head of the Dutch MFA's Sudan Task Force and Horn of Africa section, and Jaime de Bourbon Parme, policy officer for Peacekeeping Operations and the lead officer for the Chad/Central African Republic deployment (EUFOR TCHAD/CAR). In a discussion [...]	2008-01-15 12:10:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NL CD
08THEHAGUE450	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: SOLIDARITY DAY OUTREACH [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following up on reftels A and B, post placed an op-ed piece with a major Dutch paper (para 2) and hosted a coffee with a Dutch NGO (para 3) to draw attention to the human rights situation in Cuba. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) PLACEMENT OF OP-ED: On May 21, the Dutch dailQDe Volkskrant, [...]	2008-05-28 11:08:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM KPAO PHUM NL CU
08THEHAGUE458	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: LIBERTAD REVIEW & EU POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following up on reftel A, poloff met with Jan Jaap Groenemeijer, Senior Policy Advisor on Cuban Affairs at the Dutch MFA. For the purposes of the Libertad review, Dutch political and economic relations are reviewed in paragraphs 2 and 3. Groenemeijer noted that he did not expec [...]	2008-05-29 16:02:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC CU NL
08THEHAGUE492	NETHERLANDS/BURMA: CONTINUING SUPPORT FOR [...] Summary: On June 3, PolOff shared reftel A points to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. As reported in ref B, on May 22, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Maxime Verhagen strongly spoke against the actions of the Burmese regime and the continued delay of aid in the wake of Cyclone Nargis. [...]	2008-06-09 07:50:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID PHUM NL BM
08THEHAGUE507	NETHERLANDS/UNESCO: UNABLE TO PRODUCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-11 16:19:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	NL UNESCO
08THEHAGUE508	NETHERLANDS/UN: SUPPORT FOR USG ON UN SYSTEM OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: POLOFF shared reftel points with Peter van der Vliet, the Dutch MFA office director for UN political issues, and Vincent Roza, who covers Fifth and Sixth Committee issues at the UN. In a follow-up conversation on June 11, Roza expressed general support for the U.S. positions wh [...]	2008-06-12 12:13:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC APER UNGA NL
08THEHAGUE510	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: AIMING TO BOOST DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: On June 4, Poloff discussed Venezuelan affairs with Dutch MFA Director for the Western Hemisphere Department Laurent Stokvis and Venezuela desk officer Wendy Engelberts. Stokvis discussed the May 27 meeting between Dutch DG for Political Affairs Pieter De Gooijer and Alberto Muel [...]	2008-06-12 16:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	NL PHUM PREL VE
08THEHAGUE511	NETHERLANDS/LEBANON: DUTCH VIEWS SUPPORT ARAB [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 16:07:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EU LE NL PREL
08THEHAGUE514	NETHERLANDS: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL (HRC) DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 11:54:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM NL
08THEHAGUE516	NETHERLANDS/CUBA: DUTCH EXPECT EU TO DROP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch MFA officials expect the EU to drop (the currently suspended) sanctions against Cuba. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On June 13, Charge spoke with MFA Deputy Director for the Western Hemisphere Department, Jos Schellaars, who indicated that the EU is likely to lift the Cuba sancti [...]	2008-06-13 15:58:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM CU NL
08THEHAGUE518	NETHERLANDS/LIBERIA: DUTCH OFFER DEBT RELIEF [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 16:18:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ECON EFIN NL
08THEHAGUE531	NETHERLANDS: PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel on June 16 to the Dutch MFA. Renko Elema, in the human rights department, responded that the Dutch do not expect to issue a separate press release, but they do expect a press statement from the EU. Gallagher [...]	2008-06-17 15:43:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EU NL PHUM PREL
08THEHAGUE532	NETHERLANDS/PALESTINE: DUTCH PLANS FOR BERLIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 17, Poloff met with Michael Thijssen, Dutch MFA policy officer for Palestine, to discuss Dutch plans for participation at the June 24 Berlin Conference, as well as Dutch contributions to rule of law development. At the invitation of Germany, the Dutch will likely host the [...]	2008-06-17 16:26:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EU NL PAL
08THEHAGUE550	NETHERLANDS: IRAQI CHRISTIANS ASK FOR SECURITY, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 24, poloff met with six Iraqi Christians, who lobbied for U.S. support to improve the security and legal situation in Iraq. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Background: Dutch NGO IKV Pax Christi sponsored a visit to the Netherlands by six Iraqi Christians, from June 20 to July 6. [...]	2008-06-26 16:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ NL
08THEHAGUE552	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: SUPPORT FOR "ROBUST" RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 24, poloff reviewed developments in Iran policy with Dutch MFA officials Loek ten Hagen, Iran desk officer, Huib Mijnarends, Senior Policy Officer in the Terrorism and New Threats Unit, and Ceta Noland, Senior Advisor for Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation. The Dutch [...]	2008-06-26 16:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR NL
08THEHAGUE553	NETHERLANDS/IRAN: SUPORT FOR ROBUST RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 24, poloff reviewed develpments in Iran policy with Dutch MFA officials Lek ten Hagen, Iran desk officer, Huib Mijnarends,Senior Policy Officer in the Terrorism and New Treats Unit, and Ceta Noland, Senior Advisor for uclear Affairs and Nonproliferation. The Dutch continue to s [...]	2008-06-26 16:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM IR NL
08THEHAGUE559	NETHERLANDS/ZIMBABWE: DUTCH PM, FM CALLS TO MBEKI, [...] (C) Summary: On June 26, Dutch MFA Zimbabwe desk officer Melle Leemstra gave poloff a summary of June 25 calls between FM Verhagen and Mr. Tsvangirai, and between PM Balkenende and President Thabo Mbeki. Tsvangirai wants greater AU engagement in resolving the situation and proposes a ceremoni [...]	2008-06-30 07:53:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EU AU ZI NL
08THEHAGUE584	NETHERLANDS/BURMA: DUTCH SUPPORT U.S. VIEW ON AID [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 09:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID BM NL
08THEHAGUE585	NETHERLANDS/IAEA: DUTCH ANNOYED BY PROPOSED INDIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 09:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IAEA NL
08THEHAGUE586	NETHERLANDS: EU WANTS GENEVA VENUE FOR PRISONERS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-11 09:55:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL NL EU
08THEHAGUE587	NETHERLANDS/ZIMBABWE: DUTCH VIEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 1 letter to parliament, FM Verhagen described Dutch efforts to promote democracy in Zimbabwe. In a July 8 telcon with poloff, Dutch MFA Zimbabwe desk officer Melle Leemstra expressed support for further sanctions and U.S. action at the UN, and critiqued the French appro [...]	2008-07-11 09:56:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID EU NL ZI
08THEHAGUE588	NETHERLANDS/TRITIUM: SHIPMENT DETAILS / IAEA [...] (S) SUMMARY: On July 9, Dutch MFA Senior Advisor for Nonproliferation and Nuclear Affairs Ceta Noland provided poloff with further details on the tritium gas shipment reviewed in reftels, including background on the Dutch company involved and the likely location of the tritium, and the Dutch b [...]	2008-07-11 09:56:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PARM PREL IR NL
08THEHAGUE59	NETHERLANDS/EU: OPPOSING SAO FOR SERBIA, PLANNING [...] (C) On January 17, MFA Deputy EU Correspondent Rochus Pronk gave Poloff a read-out of the January 16 Dutch-Slovene bilateral on an SAO for Serbia. FM Verhagen reportedly told FM Rupel that "conditionality stands" (i.e. requiring Serbia to cooperate with the ICTY) and that the "arguments agains [...]	2008-01-17 15:19:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU NL KV YI
08THEHAGUE60	NETHERLANDS/DARFUR: "50/50 CHANCE" FOR HOSPITAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-17 16:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR UN SU NL
08THEHAGUE604	NETHERLANDS: CAUTIOUS ABOUT NUCLEAR FUEL BANK [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 26, poloff delivered reftel points to Henk Cor van der Kwast, Director of the Nuclear Affairs and Nonproliferation Division at the Dutch MFA. In a July 17 discussion, Van der Kwast and Ralf van de Beck, Senior Policy Officer, said the Dutch were not ready to contribute to [...]	2008-07-18 12:44:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP IAEA ENRG EU NL
08THEHAGUE605	NETHERLANDS/ECOSOC: DUTCH SUPPORT U.S. ON HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 12:45:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN AORC PHUM NL
08THEHAGUE606	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DUTCH EXTEND NATO TRAINING [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 12:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR IZ NL
08THEHAGUE607	NETHERLANDS/SOMALIA: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1816 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 15, Poloffs discussed reftel points with Bob Aal, Dutch MFA Security Policy Department contact for Africa. At the request of the UN, the Dutch protected humanitarian aid convoys to Somalia this spring, but for the moment the Dutch are following the EU lead on responding [...]	2008-07-18 13:05:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL NL SO XA XW
08THEHAGUE625	NETHERLANDS/AFRICA: DUTCH VIEWS ON SUDAN, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Wepke Kingma, MFA Director of the Sub-Sahara Africa Department recently discussed the Dutch position on Sudan, Zimbabwe, and the Horn of Africa. END SUMMARY. Sudan ----- 2. (C) Regarding the recent ICC indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, the Dutch have expressed public [...]	2008-07-24 08:56:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID NL SO SU XW ZI
08THEHAGUE631	NETHERLANDS/COLOMBIA: DUTCH SUPPORT PRESSURE ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 12:32:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER SNAR EU NL CO
08THEHAGUE632	NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: FURTHER CONCESSIONS MUST BE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 12:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NL SY
08THEHAGUE634	NETHERLANDS/SERBIA: NO SAA WITHOUT FULL ICTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch MFA staff indicate FM Verhagen intends to hold firm on requiring from Serbia "full cooperation" with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) before moving ahead with a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA). The Dutch are not happy with EU [...]	2008-07-25 13:20:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NL EU SR
08THEHAGUE643	NETHERLANDS/TURKEY: CALM EU REACTION TO AKP CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect a "calm" EU reaction to the controversial court case in Turkey against the ruling AKP party. The Dutch are "gloomy," however, on prospects for Turkey's accession to the EU. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) CALM EU REACTION: On July 25, Poloffs discussed reftel points to M [...]	2008-07-29 09:25:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NL EU TU
08THEHAGUE672	NETHERLANDS/IAEA: DUTCH WANT MORE DELIBERATION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch do not expect to be able to approve a proposal on India during the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) meeting in late August -- the Dutch need a proposal to review, and more time to review it. At the August 1 meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors (BoG),the Dutch supported [...]	2008-08-07 11:58:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IAEA NL IN
08THEHAGUE676	NETHERLANDS: EU LIFTING TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-07 16:05:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC ICTY KAWC NL
08THEHAGUE683	NETHERLANDS/BURMA: OPEN TO NEW STRATEGIES [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-12 15:31:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD BM NL
08THEHAGUE684	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: SUPPORTING CONDEMNATION OF [...] (C) For the August 13 GAERC, the Dutch want a "strong, unified condemnation" of Russia's excessive use of force. Poloff shared ref A points on August 12 with Rochus Pronk, Deputy EU Correspondent, Carin Lobbezoo, deputy chief for East Europe and Central Asian Affairs, and Johanneke de Hoogh, Senior [...]	2008-08-12 15:54:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EU NL GG
08THEHAGUE686	NETHERLANDS: DUTCH OPPOSE DRAFT NSG EXCEPTION FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch oppose the draft Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) exception for India because it does not include Hyde Act provisions. Further political-level U.S.-Dutch contacts may be needed, but the Dutch are not ready. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On August 12, poloff delivered ref B point [...]	2008-08-14 08:46:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC AORC NL
08THEHAGUE687	NETHERLANDS: EU'S MEK DECISION (C-RE8-01539) [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 08:46:00	Embassy The Hague	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PINR NL
08THEHAGUE69	NETHERLANDS/BURMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 07:27:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD PHUM NL BM
08THEHAGUE72	NETHERLANDS/UN: HRC GAZA RESOLUTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 13:47:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL NL
08THEHAGUE740	NETHERLANDS/AFGHANISTAN: CAUTIOUS SUPPORT OF ARMY [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-08 06:53:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MACP AF AR NL
08THEHAGUE743	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: UNDECIDED ON UNGA RESOLUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch MFA staff are undecided on Serbia's proposal for an UNGA resolution to ask the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for an advisory opinion on Kosovo's independence. They are leaning toward opposing the resolution, or more likely abstaining, and they will submit the issue t [...]	2008-09-09 13:39:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA NL
08THEHAGUE748	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: EU DEMARCHE TO NICARAGUA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect the EU demarche to Latin American governments to express opposition to recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and the Dutch are considering withholding aid to Nicaragua based on that country's Georgia policy and restrictions on domestic political parties. 2. ( [...]	2008-09-11 15:27:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS EAID NL GG
08THEHAGUE789	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: STEP ONE, DEPLOY OBSERVERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch want to keep the deployment of observers to Georgia on track. S/WCI Ambassador Williamson urged the Dutch to press within the EU for access to affected areas and an open investigation into war crimes, but the Dutch responded cautiously. Post assesses that the Dutch are [...]	2008-09-23 09:57:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV NL GG EU
08THEHAGUE810	NETHERLANDS/BOLIVIA: DUTCH EXPRESS CONCERN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dutch DG for Political Affairs De Gooijer told visiting Bolivian Vice Minister for Foreign Relations Fernandez on September 12 that the Netherlands feels "uncomfortable about the declaration of persona non grata of Ambassador Goldberg." Fernandez responded that the U.S. is interv [...]	2008-09-26 14:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ASEC PINR NL BL
08THEHAGUE811	NETHERLANDS/UN: DUTCH COULD "LIVE WITH" USG CHOICE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-29 10:53:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV UNGA EAID NL
08THEHAGUE828	NETHERLANDS/KOSOVO: UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE TO DEBT [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 13:32:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN EINV PREL NL
08THEHAGUE829	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: DUTCH ASSISTANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 13:33:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL GG NL
08THEHAGUE851	NETHERLANDS/GEORGIA: GAERC UNLIKELY TO ACT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect no decisive action on Georgia/Russia at the upcoming GAERC October 13-14. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) On October 3, Poloff delivered Department's GAERC non-paper to Hugo Klijn, MFA Chief of the Eastern Europe and Central Asia Division. Klijn responded October 7 that [...]	2008-10-08 16:10:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU GG NL
08THEHAGUE855	NETHERLANDS/GAERC: PUSHING HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch will push human rights during the October 13-14 GAERC discussions on Uzbekistan, Belarus, and Zimbabwe, and a deliberate approach to reviewing Moldova's relations with the EU. The Dutch are blocking consensus on Uzbekistan. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Poloff shared reft [...]	2008-10-10 12:24:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV NL UZ MD ZI BO
08THEHAGUE868	NETHERLANDS/VENEZUELA: RESTRICTIONS ON ARMS EXPORTS [...] (SBU) The Dutch are looking "very critically" at new requests for arms from Venezuela. 2. (C) On October 15, MFA Western Hemisphere Affairs Director Stokvis, Venezuela Desk Officer Engelberts, and Security Affairs policy officer Wolters briefed poloff on current Dutch policy toward arms shi [...]	2008-10-16 16:06:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM ETTC NL VE
08THEHAGUE903	NETHERLANDS/BOSNIA: CONSIDERING NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-29 10:04:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK NL
08THEHAGUE904	NETHERLANDS/UN: DUTCH VIEWS ON REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch want to see the UNSC reformed, even if only for a limited trial period. More generally, they believe UN reforms are progressing but are concerned greater pay flexibility may be needed to boost staffing for UNAMA (the Afghanistan aid mission). On the budget, the Dutch s [...]	2008-10-29 11:23:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN NL
08THEHAGUE920	NETHERLANDS/GUANTANAMO: UNLIKELY TO ACCEPT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch are not likely to accept a Guantanamo detainee without an overall solution to close the prison, but they are considering ways to assist the United States when that time comes. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Asked about accepting reftel A detainee, Peter Potman, MFA Deputy Direc [...]	2008-10-31 16:16:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO NL
08THEHAGUE927	NETHERLANDS/SYRIA: "REAL CHANGE" BEFORE EU [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch state they want "real change" in Syria's behavior before expanding relations. At the same time, the Dutch have exchanged high-level visits with Syria, including an October 22 meeting between FM Verhagen and D/PM Dardari. The Dutch requested more information on the repo [...]	2008-11-04 15:31:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SY EU NL
08THEHAGUE932	NETHERLANDS/UN: HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN, [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 16:11:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM EU UN NL IR
08THEHAGUE95	NETHERLANDS/IRAQ: DPM SALIH MAKES GOOD IMPRESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Iraq desk officer Dirk Jan Wierenga told poloff that Deputy PM Salih made a "good impression" during his visit to the Netherlands January 21-22. Dutch agreement to a trade mission to northern Iraq later this year was a highlight of the visit. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Salih [...]	2008-02-01 11:39:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PINR NL IZ
08THEHAGUE974	NETHERLANDS/NICARAGUA: EU DIVIDED ON NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel points with Dutch MFA Deputy Chief for Central American Affairs Laetitia van Asch Pieters. She reported the EU agrees the Nicaraguan elections were flawed, as noted in the EU presidency statement of November 12, but the EU representatives in Managua are divided on [...]	2008-11-21 08:51:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL
08THEHAGUE983	NETHERLANDS/UNGA: LIKELY ABSTENTION ON ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Dutch will likely follow the EU position and abstain on the anti-Israel resolutions at the UN General Assembly. The Dutch noted their strong relations with Israel, and urged active U.S. engagement on the Middle East Peace Process. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On November 21, po [...]	2008-11-25 15:26:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA EU IS NL
08THEHAGUE988	NETHERLANDS/PAKISTAN: EXPECTING AID DECISION SOON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dutch expect to offer 112 million euros in Pakistan development aid over the next three years, in support of education, environment and governance initiatives. Funding is limited primarily by Dutch capacity to oversee the aid programs. The Dutch will work quickly to determine [...]	2008-11-28 10:08:00	Embassy The Hague	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID ECON EFIN NL PK
08TIJUANA1153	SHAKEUPS IN THE LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-20 00:28:00	Consulate Tijuana	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM MX PGOV

08TIJUANA1203	THE PRD IN PARADISE: BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-10 23:28:00	Consulate Tijuana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EINV
08TIJUANA698	HUDDLED MASSES ON THE BORDER: TIJUANA'S MIGRANT COMMUNITY [...] SUMMARY: Tijuana is a magnet for migrants and is dotted with shelters serving those who have either tried, and failed, to cross illegally into the United States or, more commonly, those that have been recently deported or repatriated. NGOs that work with migrants report an increase in deportati [...]	2008-06-27 18:16:00	Consulate Tijuana	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MX
08TIRANA152	ALBANIA: 2007 TRFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 11:10:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM AL KCRM KWMN SMIG KRD ASEC PREF
08TIRANA193	ALBANIANS WILL WELCOME NATO MEMBERSHIP ... ALTHOUGH [...] (U) NATO membership is strongly supported by the Albanian public and officialdom -- over ninety percent favor membership, according to the media and GOA officials. There are numerous reasons for this. Emerging from years of isolation, Albanians want to feel and be recognized as the Europeans [...]	2008-03-14 10:48:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PGOV PREL AL
08TIRANA27	ALBANIA PERPLEXED BY MACEDONIA'S PROPOSED VISA [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Albanian press reports, starting on March 1 Macedonia will require most Albanian citizens to get visas from the Macedonian Embassy in Tirana instead of, as is currently possible, at the border crossing. Macedonia, an EU candidate country, claims the move is the re [...]	2008-01-11 17:44:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO AL
08TIRANA334	ALBANIAN REACTION TO US PROPOSED PAPERS FOR THE NPT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 11:44:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC IAEA ENRG PREL AL
08TIRANA335	ALBANIAN ACKNOWLEDGES U.S. POSITION ON TURKEY'S EBRD [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 12:44:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL TU AL
08TIRANA411	UIGHURS (AND OTHERS) IN ALBANIA [...] (SBU) The Government of Albania accepted eight former Guantanamo detainees as refugees -- five Uighurs, and one each Algerian, Egyptian, and Uzbek. All the refugees now live outside Albania's Babrru Refugee Center in apartments rented for them by the GOA. The GOA is providing language and [...]	2008-06-02 08:59:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL AL
08TIRANA469	GOA REACTION TO 2008 TIP REPORT [...] (C) Ambassador Withers demarched Foreign Minister Basha on the 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report findings (Ref A) and DCM and Poloff delivered the same to Minister of Interior Nishani, Deputy Minister Zajmi, and Director of Police Prenci on June 3. Foreign Minister Basha was the first to rec [...]	2008-06-20 13:50:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG AL
08TIRANA556	ALBANIA'S HAZARDOUS WASTE STRATEGY [...] Albania is effectively reaching out for donor support to deal with the country's hazardous waste (HW) problem. The Ministry of Environment (MOE) has identified nine "hot zones" contaminated with several kinds of dangerous chemicals left over from the communist era. MOE has been working with [...]	2008-07-25 06:09:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV AL
08TIRANA561	ALBANIA SUPPORTS IAEA INDIA SAFEGUARD AGREEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-25 15:06:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC IAEA ENRG PREL AL
08TIRANA564	GOA STILL UNDECIDED ON NAM PARTICIPATION [...] (U) DCM and PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA International Organizations Director Islam Lauka on July 25. 2. (SBU) Lauka said that the GOA had not yet decided officially on whether or not to attend the NAM conference, but said that a decision would be made by the end of the day on Ju [...]	2008-07-25 15:40:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL PHUM PTER IR AL
08TIRANA617	VLORE ANTI-TRAFFICKING NGO TO STAY OPEN AFTER FUNDING PULLS [...] SUMMARY: On July 11 PolOff and the USAID Anti-Trafficking Advisor met with staff from the Vatra Shelter, one of the oldest anti-trafficking NGOs in Albania. Vatra is one of four non-governmental reintegration shelters which provides a package of social services to repatriated victims of traff [...]	2008-08-11 14:29:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM AL
08TIRANA752	BERISHA LAUNCHES RENEWED ASSAULT ON PROSECUTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beginning on October 10 and continuing over the weekend, Prime Minister Berisha and the Ministry of Justice began a new campaign to intimidate and obstruct the work of the Office of the Prosecutor General. Alleging that the PG's Office had broken the law while trying last week to [...]	2008-10-14 15:15:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM KCOR KCRM PREL AL
08TIRANA758	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF THE ISLAMIC [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-16 14:45:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PARM KNNP EUN EWWT PREL AL
08TIRANA787	SOFT BORDERS: KUKES AND PRIZREN [...] Summary. On October 28-29, Poloff visited the northern border town of Kukes to deliver a presentation at the local American Corner. In conversations and activities, it seemed that the city of Kukes, 15 minutes from the border with Kosovo, faces north more than south, with its interests large [...]	2008-10-31 15:51:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AL SMIG
08TIRANA789	DESIGNATION OF ADDITIONAL IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-03 15:05:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN
08TIRANA806	GOA: WE UNDERSTAND THE CHAMS' COMPLAINTS, BUT. . . [...] (SBU) Summary: The Chams, ethnic Albanians expelled from Greece after World War II, are preparing to file a legal case in an undecided venue seeking Greek citizenship and/or compensation from the Greek government for the mistreatment they received during their forced expulsion. Little has been [...]	2008-11-10 15:48:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL GR AL
08TIRANA814	ALBANIA: CORRUPTION CONTINUES IN STAFFING AAF [...] (C) Summary. The Albanian Ministry of Defense was disappointed to learn that its mission to Iraq will terminate at the end of December since Albania was not included in the list of Coalition countries the GOI will ask to stay. One reason may be the continuing practice of demanding bribes when [...]	2008-11-14 15:23:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV MOPS AL
08TIRANA825	GOA STRUGGLING TO CONTROL SOUTHERN BORDER [...] (C) Summary: On a November 14 visit to Gjirokaster and the Kakavije border point, GOA officials, while generally positive, bemoaned a lack of resources to effectively patrol the border for traffickers of humans, arms, narcotics and contraband. Working level cooperation with the Greek police s [...]	2008-11-20 11:45:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG PREL KWMN KTIP PHUM SNAR PGOV AL GR
08TIRANA827	DEMOCRATIC PARTY LOOKING (CAUTIOUSLY) TOWARDS LIFE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven months before the 2009 parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Sali Berisha maintains a tight grip on his Democratic Party (DP). With nearly complete control over who gets on the party lists for the upcoming elections and no credible rivals within the party, Berisha is like [...]	2008-11-20 15:23:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
08TIRANA835	OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] On November 24, Poloff delivered reftel talking points and information to Saimir Repishti, Chief of the UN Division at the MFA. Repishti offered no substantive comment but promised to pass the information to his superiors for their consideration. WITHERS [...]	2008-11-24 16:28:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA AL
08TIRANA837	OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] (SBU) On November 25, Saimir Repishti, Chief of the UN Division at the MFA, told Poloff that Albania will abstain from voting on the three UNGA resolutions with anti-Israeli bias. WITHERS [...]	2008-11-25 13:13:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA AL
08TIRANA842	GOA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT FIRST COMMITTEE [...] On November 24, Poloff thanked Saimir Repishti, Chief of the UN Division at the MFA, for the GOA's support and co-sponsorship of the First Committee Resolution on Compliance. Repishti said the GOA will continue to support this resolution. WITHERS [...]	2008-11-26 09:59:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA AL
08TIRANA873	FM BASHA BATTLING PROSECUTORS, POLITICAL RIVALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a long and contentious investigation, prosecutors have forwarded the indictment of Foreign Minister Lulzim Basha to the Supreme Court, which will rule on Basha's guilt or innocence (ref a). To make matters worse for Basha, newspapers today printed lengthy excerpts from the [...]	2008-12-12 07:45:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
08TIRANA875	ALBANIAN FOREIGN POLICY IN ASIA, AFRICA AND LATIN [...] (C) Summary: In a December 9 meeting with Nuri Domi, the Director of the Department for Asia, Africa, and Latin America, Domi told Poloff that the Chinese continually pester the GOA to not accept any more Uighurs from Guantanamo Bay, and said that the GOA will formally open an Embassy in India [...]	2008-12-12 08:07:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AL
08TIRANA877	DEMARCHE ON UNITED NATIONS HARMONIZATION OF [...] On December 12, Poloff delivered reftel talking points and information to Saimir Repishti, Head of the UN Division at the MFA. Repishti agreed that recruiting and retaining qualified staff for the UN is a priority for the GOA, but did not say what the GOA position was on the U.S. or other prop [...]	2008-12-12 13:36:00	Embassy Tirana	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA AL
08TIRANA878	RFG: ADDRESSING ALBANIAN DEFMIN CONCERNS OVER [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary: During Defense Minister Oketa's Dec 5 visit to Washington, he expressed concern at the lack of progress at the demilitarization site of Polican and laid part of the blame on the US contractor. This concern was based on Oketa' [...]	2008-12-12 13:45:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS PARM AL
08TIRANA899	LUSTRATION LAW PASSES, BUT WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 22 Parliament passed the controversial Lustration Law by a vote of 74-2, with one abstention. Sixty four opposition MPs boycotted the session. The Lustration Law now moves to the President, who has 20 days to either sign the bill into law, send it back to Parliament [...]	2008-12-23 14:48:00	Embassy Tirana	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS KDEM PREL PGOV AL
08TOKYO1207	BMENA FORUM FOR THE FUTURE PLANNING MEETING IN [...] SUMMARY. At the Forum for the Future planning meeting in Tokyo on April 24-25, participants discussed political reform and sustainable development as the two thematic pillars for the 2008 Forum. The Forum subministerial will be held on June 9 in Dubai, followed by a senior officials planning [...]	2008-05-02 05:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM KMPI PHUM XF JA
08TOKYO1285	G8 INITIATIVE ON TERRORIST ABUSE OF CHARITIES [...] (C) EconOff contacted Ministry of Foreign Affairs Koichiro Matsumoto May 6, who noted the Government of Japan had already received the message contained in reftel through G-8 channels. PolOff and Deputy Financial Attache also conveyed demarche May 7 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International [...]	2008-05-12 08:09:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KTFN EFIN PREL PTER JA
08TOKYO1494	LIBERTAD ACT: JAPAN RESPONSE [...] (C) In response to request contained in Ref A, Embassy Poloff met May 29 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mexico and Central America Division Cuba Desk Officer Fusae Tsunoda to discuss Japan-Cuba relations. Below are answers to specific questions raised in reftel. Q. Are there any exchange [...]	2008-05-30 08:20:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ETTC CU JA
08TOKYO1712	JAPAN-CHINA AGREE ON EAST CHINA SEA GAS FIELDS [...] (C) Summary. While not relinquishing long-standing territorial claims, Japan and China agreed to joint development of the Shirakaba and Asunara gas fields in the disputed East China Sea. Japanese officials are hailing the agreement as a "victory," perhaps one that will change the tenor of re [...]	2008-06-22 22:58:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET PREL CH JA
08TOKYO2554	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRANIAN UAV PROGRAM SEEKING [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Second Middle East Division Principal Deputy Director Motosada Matano September 16 and left a copy of the Iran UAV non-paper (reftel). Matano accepted it without comment. Poloff explained that the Embassy would also b [...]	2008-09-17 08:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PARM MTCRE PREL MNUC ETTC KSCA JA IR TW
08TOKYO3229	JAPANESE RESPONSE REGARDING REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (C) Per instructions in ref A, EST Chief demarched Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Non-proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division Director Tomiko Ichikawa November 25. Econoff and poloff previously had delivered points contained in ref B to MOFA counterparts in the Non-proliferat [...]	2008-11-25 07:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA JA
08TOKYO667	STALEMATE ON BANK OF JAPAN GOVERNOR? [...] (C) Summary. The opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) voted down the GOJ nominations of Toshiro Muto for Governor of the Bank of Japan, and Takatoshi Ito as Deputy Governor in the Upper House of the Diet on March 12, while approving the nomination of Masaaki Shirakawa for the other Depu [...]	2008-03-12 09:44:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN JA MARR PGOV
08TOKYO879	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING THE DUAL USE [...] ESToff delivered the points in ref, regarding the dual use item provision contained in UNSCR 1803, to Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Non-Proliferation, Science, and Nuclear Energy Division officer Isami Takada on March 25. The MOFA official appreciated receiving the non-paper and agreed [...]	2008-04-01 07:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM NSG IR MNUC JA
08TORONTO154	Test Run for an Election? Dion Stumps for Greener, More [...] (U) In a May 15 Toronto speech Stephane Dion, Liberal Party chief and leader of the Official Opposition in Canada's federal House of Commons, argued Canada's tax system should be restructured to reduce pollution and poverty in Canada. While he did not reveal when he would move to bring down th [...]	2008-05-15 20:05:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CA
08TORONTO177	BLUE LANTERN CASE 05-050113333 [...] (SBU) On June 3, Poloff visited the offices of Junsdom Solutions in North York, Ontario as instructed by reftel to meet with Peter Hou, sales representative. The North York office of Junsdom systems is located in a rental house in a quiet suburban neighborhood north of downtown Toronto. Accor [...]	2008-06-06 20:05:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC CA TW
08TORONTO44	Toronto's Iranian Diaspora [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At over 60,000 residents, Toronto's Iranian Community is a small but visible group in a city where over half of its 4 million people are foreign-born. Concentrated in the northern neighborhoods and suburbs of Canada's largest city, Toronto's Iranian community is constantly grow [...]	2008-02-15 13:08:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR CVIS CA IR
08TORONTO53	TORY WAFFLES AS ONTARIO'S CONSERVATIVES REGROUP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Four months after their disastrous provincial election defeat, the Ontario Progressive Conservatives (PC) rewarded leader John Tory with a tepid endorsement at their 2008 Annual General Meeting (AGM). Slightly over two-thirds of the 1,300 delegates voted against initiating a sea [...]	2008-02-25 17:59:00	Consulate Toronto	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV
08TRIPOLI14	QADHAFI TELLS MUBARAK HE "MAY" SEEK TO ATTEND UNSC IN NEW YORK TRIPOLI 00000014 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: John T. Godfrey, A/DCM, Embassy Tripoli, Dept of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-10 14:06:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP UN PHUM AU SU EG LY
08TRIPOLI248	SECURITY PROCEDURES AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE AT TRIPOLI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TRIPOLI 00000248 001.2 OF 003 [...] (S) Summary. Authority at Tripoli International Airport is clearly divided between security services and civilian authorities, General Youssef al-Jeribi, the airport's director, told a visiting Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) team and Emboffs on March 3. Together with top security and intelligence [...]	2008-03-21 09:11:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	PINS PTER PGOV EAIR PREL LY
08TRIPOLI275	MFA WEIGHS IN ON EL-JAHMI CASE REF: TRIPOLI 266 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-01 13:37:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR LY
08TRIPOLI297	PUTIN VISIT TO LIBYA EXPECTED BY END OF APRIL TRIPOLI 00000297 001.2 OF 002 [...] (C) Summary. Although the Russian Embassy has received "nothing official" from Moscow, it expects Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit Libya by the end of April. Putin's projected travel to Libya is the "primary issue" in Libyan-Russian relations; in a recent meeting with Emboffs, the Russian [...]	2008-04-08 13:57:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KNNP ETTC ENRG PINR ELTN RS LY
08TRIPOLI319	DEBT, ARMS, AND ENERGY ON AGENDA FOR QADHAFI-PUTIN MEETING [...] (C) Summary: With Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled to arrive on April 16 for an overnight visit, hundreds of Russian security and support staff have descended on Tripoli, filling the capital's major hotels, old city and shopping districts. Confirming media reports, Russian Embassy of [...]	2008-04-15 15:54:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KNNP ETTC ENRG PINR ELTN RS LY
08TRIPOLI321	DEBT, ARMS AND ENERGY ON AGENDA FOR QADHAFI-PUTIN MEETING [...] (SBU) Copy corrected to reflect correct overall classification of the cable. 2. (C) Summary: With Russian President Vladimir Putin scheduled to arrive on April 16 for an overnight visit, hundreds of Russian security and support staff have descended on Tripoli, filling the capital's major hote [...]	2008-04-16 09:27:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP ETTC ENRG PINR ELTN RS LY
08TRIPOLI340	DEBT, NUCLEAR ENERGY, AND GOLF CARTS: PUTIN VISITS LIBYA REF: (A) MOSCOW 1133, (B) TRIPOLI 321, (C) TRIPOLI 297 [...] (C) Summary. After years of preparation, Russian President Vladimir Putin, accompanied by 400 assistants, journalists and business executives in six planes, visited Libya on April 16-17 primarily to secure an agreement on Libya's sizeable Soviet-era debt. Libya and Russia agreed to swap the $4.5 bi [...]	2008-04-24 16:47:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP PHUM LY RU
08TRIPOLI467	DEVELOPMENTS IN CASE OF IDRISS BOUFAYED AND FELLOW REGIME [...] (C) Summary: Eleven members of a group of self-described dissidents were convicted on June 10 of planning to foment a rebellion against the "people's authority system" and of meeting with an official from a foreign government; sentences ranged from 6 to 25 years imprisonment. They were not/not [...]	2008-06-16 08:08:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM LY
08TRIPOLI472	DEVELOPMENTS IN CASE OF IDRISS BOUFAYED AND FELLOW REGIME [...] (C) Summary: Eleven members of a group of self-described dissidents were convicted on June 10 of planning to foment a rebellion against the "people's authority system" and of meeting with an official from a foreign government; sentences ranged from 6 to 25 years imprisonment. They were not/not [...]	2008-06-16 16:20:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM LY
08TRIPOLI526	LIBYA SEEKS TO BLACKMAIL EUROPEAN MISSIONS FOR VISAS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 13:13:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR CVIS CMGT LY
08TRIPOLI530	LIBYA'S BERBER MINORITY STILL OUT IN THE COLD [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-03 13:54:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ODIP LY
08TRIPOLI538	LIBYA FAVORS MORE TIME FOR AFRICAN MEDIATION IN ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Summary. The GOL is "bound by the AU decision" to support a South Africa-led national reconciliation process in Zimbabwe and will not support a draft UNSC resolution calling for targeted sanctions on key Mugabe regime figures. Libya's top officials responsible for African affairs urged [...]	2008-07-07 15:29:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ZI SU CD UN LY
08TRIPOLI541	EUROPEANS ENGAGE GOL ON BOUFAYED HUMAN RIGHTS CASE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-08 16:05:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL FR LY SZ DA
08TRIPOLI566	LIBYA SIGNS CIVILIAN NUCLEAR DEAL WITH FRANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-14 06:34:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNNP ETTC ENRG FR LY
08TRIPOLI567	THE EU-LIBYA FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT: VENI, VISAS, VETO [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-14 07:39:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EU ECIN ECON PBTS LY
08TRIPOLI577	QADHAFI FOUNDATION CONTINUES DIALOGUE ON RELEASE OF FORMER [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-15 15:49:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV KISL PINR LY
08TRIPOLI588	LIBYA ENFORCES TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AGAINST U.S. OFFICIALS REF: A) TRIPOLI 530, B) TRIPOLI 412, C) STATE 55839, D) TRIPOLI 478 (NOTAL),E) 07 TRIPOLI 165, F) TRIPOLI 515 [...] (C) Summary: Four years after re-establishing diplomatic relations, the Government of Libya (GOL) remains deeply concerned about efforts to cover internal political issues and actively seeks to prevent Emboffs from traveling in-country and engaging with Libyans. The GOL has actively enforced new s [...]	2008-07-21 16:35:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ODIP OFDP LY
08TRIPOLI614	EXBS AIRPORT TRAINING PROCEEDS DESPITE SECURITY SERVICE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 12:50:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KNNP EAID LY
08TRIPOLI650	LIBYA SEEKS TO PURCHASE 130,000 KALASHNIKOVS FOR UNKNOWN END-USERS [...] (C) UK Embassy PolOff told P/E Chief on August 10 that HMG's Embassy in Tripoli had recently received a request from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to vet a request for a license to export to Libya a sizeable quantity of automatic rifles. UK company York Guns, acting as the intermediary betwe [...]	2008-08-18 16:15:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PARM KNNP LY UK UP CD SU
08TRIPOLI829	AL-QADHAFI: TO RUSSIA, WITH LOVE? [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-17 14:46:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS LY BO RS UP VZ
08TRIPOLI868	U.K. DENIES LICENSE FOR EXPORT OF KALASHNIKOVS TO LIBYA; GOL POTENTIALLY SEEKING ALTERNATIVE SELLERS [...] (C) U.K. Embassy PolOff told P/E Chief on October 30 that HMG had decided not/not to approve a license for U.K. company York Guns to export to Libya 130,000 Kashnikov automatic rifles. Per ref A, York Guns was to have acted as intermediary between an unidentified Ukrainian party and procurement of [...]	2008-11-06 08:08:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PARM PREL PGOV MARR UK LY UP SU RO
08TRIPOLI870	AL-QADHAFI'S RUSSIA TRIP SIGNALS DESIRE FOR FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 17:17:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS MARR TRGY EPET RS BO UP LY
08TRIPOLI871	LIBYA'S TRI-LATERAL DIPLOMACY AND A PERSPECTIVE ON [...] (C) Summary. Both the GOL and Darfur rebel groups resident in Tripoli are busy crafting agreements with their respective interlocutors regarding efforts in Darfur. In late October, Libya chaired a "Tripartite Committee" meeting, brokering an agreement between Chad and Sudan that called for an [...]	2008-11-07 11:22:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CD AU SU LY
08TRIPOLI88	TFCD01: LIBYAN LEADER TO CONTINUE PERSONAL EFFORTS TO [...] (C) Summary. Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi, backed by an informal mandate from AU leaders, plans to continue a round of personal diplomacy with both the Chadian government and rebel groups, possibly including an emergency meeting in the coming days. Libya is in contact with France to evacua [...]	2008-02-03 11:11:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO CD LY
08TRIPOLI882	UPDATE ON RELEASED REGIME CRITIC DR. IDRISS BOUFAYED AND PLANNED MEDICAL TRAVEL REF: A) NARDI-GODFREY EMAIL 10/27/2008, B) TRIPOLI 472, C) TRIPOLI 819, D) TRIPOLI 851 [...] (C) Summary: The Qadhafi Development Foundation (QDF) has reportedly obtained a passport and is finalizing travel permission for self-described regime critic Dr. Idriss Boufayed, who was recently released on humanitarian grounds from a 25 year prison term in light of his advanced lung cancer. The [...]	2008-11-13 12:06:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV LY
08TRIPOLI889	TRIBAL VIOLENCE IN KUFRA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-16 16:16:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER CASC ASEC PHUM PREF SOCI LY SU
08TRIPOLI987	THINGS FALL APART: LIBYA TELLS SWISS COMPANIES TO CEASE [...] (C) Summary: The diplomatic row between Switzerland and Libya prompted by the mid-July arrest of Hannibal al-Qadhafi has worsened again. The GOL recently notified Swiss companies active in Libya that they must cease their operations and liquidate their locally-held assets by January 31. Employees [...]	2008-12-30 15:34:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR ECON SZ LY
08TRIPOLI994	THINGS FALL APART: LIBYA TELLS SWISS COMPANIES TO CEASE [...] (C) Summary: The diplomatic row between Switzerland and Libya prompted by the mid-July arrest of Hannibal al-Qadhafi has worsened again. The GOL recently notified Swiss companies active in Libya that they must cease their operations and liquidate their locally-held assets by January 31. Employees [...]	2008-12-31 14:26:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAIR ECON SZ LY
08TUNIS1007	DETAINEE LUFTI BIN SWEI LAGHA HAS NOT COMPLAINED [...] (C) Summary: Mabruk Lagha, the older brother of former Guantanamo detainee Lufti Ben Swei reported that he sees his brother about 3-4 times per month and gives him food and clothing. He did not report any mistreatment. Lutfi says his health is fine but Mabruk personally worries about his br [...]	2008-09-09 11:13:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PTER PHUM KDRG TS
08TUNIS1030	GOT SUPPORT FOR TUNISIAN TOURISM: ALL TALK NO [...] (SBU) Summary: Tunisia's tourism sector, which accounts for 11 percent of GDP, grew 8.6 percent in the first quarter of 2008 and in 2007 generated more than 3.05 billion TD (roughly $2.5 billion) in revenue. Though overall figures look strong, they are consistent with the package-deal low-end [...]	2008-09-15 16:31:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV TS
08TUNIS1076	TUNISIA:NEW REPORTS OF HARRASSMENT OF JOURNALISTS [...] (C) Despite GOT claims that it permits freedom of expression, the Embassy has received three new reports of harassment and mistreatment of journalists and activists. The reports are from: -- journalist Slim Boukhdhir, who reports he was forcibly driven to an isolated area and threatened by th [...]	2008-10-05 18:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1145	JOURNALIST, LAWYER POSSIBLE TARGETS OF GOT [...] (C) Journalist Neziha Rejiba, better known by her pen name Om Zied, and her husband attorney Mokhtar Jallali have both had recent legal difficulties, giving rise to speculation that they are the targets of GOT harassment. As is common in Tunisia, Jallali remains in prison following a car ac [...]	2008-11-06 17:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1175	INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SEEK HELP IN [...] (C) PolOffs met with representatives of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) on November 17 and 18. Both organizations echoed a common complaint in the diplomatic community: the GOT does not share information, restri [...]	2008-11-21 13:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UN TS
08TUNIS1192	INDEPENDENT OPPOSITION PARTY'S PROBLEMS WORSEN [...] (C) On November 12 the opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) learned that a legal decision could result in all of the furniture and equipment in its national headquarters being auctioned off without warning. In addition, lawsuits brought by five vegetable-oil companies against PDP l [...]	2008-12-02 17:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1196	EUROPEAN DELEGATION VISITS TUNISIA, FOCUSES ON [...] (C) The trials stemming from the January to June unemployment protests in Gafsa and Redeyef have begun to attract high level international attention. A European delegation visited Tunisia November 26-28. While in-country, they met with civil society representatives to discuss human rights, [...]	2008-12-03 17:57:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1238	STORM CLOUDS GATHER: GAFSA TRIAL EMBODIES [...] (C) Thirty-eight protestors, arrested in coQunction with the January to June unemployment protests in the southwestern mining towns of Redeyef and Gafsa, were given sentences ranging from six to ten years on December 11. According to one defense attorney, the verdict was not unanimous. The [...]	2008-12-22 11:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS1256	SITUATION IN GAZA: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS ARAB LEAGUE [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel Arab League demarche in a December 30 meeting with MFA Chief of Staff Mahmoud Khemiri. In doing so, he acknowledged the MFA statement of December 27, underscoring, however, that Hamas is responsible for the current situation. Meanwhile, Gaza has dominated local [...]	2008-12-30 17:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL TS
08TUNIS139	PROTAGONIST WHO BLOCKED PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) As his legal dispute with the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) stretches into its eighth year, Chedli Ben Younes seems both disillusioned with the GOT, on whose behest he is purported to have filed the suit, and regretful that his former colleagues on the left see him as a "sellout" fo [...]	2008-02-13 12:40:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS168	APPEALS COURT REDUCES SENTENCES OF SOME "SOLIMAN" [...] (C) Summary. On February 21, a Tunis Court of Appeals reduced the December 2007 sentences of eight individuals convicted of involvement in the December 2006/January 2007 terrorist incidents. One of those sentenced to death received a life sentence, two sentenced to life were reduced to 20 an [...]	2008-02-22 15:39:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR TS
08TUNIS169	ACTIVISTS SAY TWO PEOPLE SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR [...] (C) Tunisian activists and international NGOs are denouncing the recent convictions of a journalist and a comedian, saying that they are being prosecuted for criticizing the government. On January 18, a Sfax court of appeal upheld journalist Slim Boukhdhir's sentence of one year in prison f [...]	2008-02-22 15:55:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS210	HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ASSAULTED BY SECURITY FORCES [...] (C) On March 3, human rights activist Sihem Bensedrine was assaulted by security forces upon her arrival in Tunisia at the port of La Goulette. Bensedrine, a longstanding critic of Tunisia's human rights situation, had just returned from Denmark where she received the 2008 Danish Peace Foun [...]	2008-03-06 15:59:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS257	THE MFA'S CONTROL ISSUES [...] (S/NF) Although the Tunisian MFA is titularly responsible for coordinating bilateral cooperation, under the leadership of FM Abdallah, the Ministry has become controlling to the point of being obstructionist. Almost every demarche, program, travel or other diplomatic activity must be requeste [...]	2008-03-13 15:51:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS273	TUNISIA/DEMOCRATIC REFORM II: VOTER APATHY [...] (C) Despite official voter registration and presidential election participation rates of almost 90 percent, most Tunisians say they prefer not to vote. Lack of transparency, allegations of fraud, and the sense that election results are a foregone conclusion are all major causes of voter apat [...]	2008-03-17 10:49:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS298	BEN ALI EASES PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY RESTRICTIONS [...] (C) Summary. In a March 21 speech, President Ben Ali announced a constitutional amendment that will allow more opposition party candidates to run in the 2009 presidential elections. Ben Ali proposed that the head of each political party can run for president provided he/she had been elected [...]	2008-03-24 14:10:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM TS
08TUNIS347	ENGAGING THE AMU: TUNISIAN ATTENDANCE AT TECHNICAL [...] (SBU) On April 5, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note confirming that Mokhtar Chaouachi, MFA Director General for International Organizations and Conferences, and Tahar Refai, Ministry of Interior Director General for International Cooperation, will attend the April 9 AMU me [...]	2008-04-07 13:47:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PINR PINS TS
08TUNIS381	19 CONVICTED OF SUPPORT FOR "SOLIMAN" TERRORISTS, [...] (SBU) On April 11, the Tunis Court of First Instance convicted 18 individuals of being members of a terrorist cell from the central Tunisian town of Sidi Bou Zid, which allegedly supported those involved in the December 2006/January 2007 terrorist incidents (reftel). The defendants, who are m [...]	2008-04-17 15:04:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM PGOV TS
08TUNIS39	SO CLOSE, YET SO FAR AWAY: TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) President Mokhtar Trifi on January 8 told PolOffs that while discussions with GOT officials had initially left him optimistic about prospects for resolving the almost eight year-long standoff between the GOT and the LTDH, the GOT has failed to deliver [...]	2008-01-11 16:45:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS408	PART II: BAD NEWS FOR TUNISIAN PRESS: OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Since March, the distribution of five editions of al-Mowqif has been blocked, putting the paper in a financially precarious situation. Opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) leaders held a press conference on April 16 to announce that the editors of its Arabic-weekly al-Mowqif [...]	2008-04-24 08:47:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS42	TRANSFERRING TUNISIAN DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO: [...] (S/NF) As Washington agencies consider the disposition of the ten remaining Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo, we offer the following thoughts on how to move forward with their transfer to GOT custody. Following allegations that the two Tunisian detainees transferred in June 2007 were torture [...]	2008-01-14 10:11:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KDRG PGOV PINR TS
08TUNIS440	HIGHER COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS: INDEPENDENT, [...] (C) During a May 2 meeting with the Ambassador, Higher Commission for Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties (HCHR) President Moncer Rouissi outlined the progress of new legislation giving the HCHR greater independence. The changes, however, look good on paper but may end up being mostly co [...]	2008-05-02 16:08:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS514	PRESS FREEDOM CASE DRAGS ON, BUT HUNGER STRIKE ENDS [...] (C) At a May 10 hearing, libel cases filed by five Tunisian companies against Rachid Khachana and Mongi Ellouz, editor-in-chief and staff-writer for the opposition Arabic-weekly al-Mowqif respectively, were postponed for May 31. Tunisian civil society has deemed the cases politically motiva [...]	2008-05-12 16:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS516	OUTREACH TO DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Promoting democratic reform and respect for human rights is our first Mission Strategic Plan goal. Our approach to promoting human rights involves a broad range of mission offices using a variety of means and methods to promote the Freedom Agenda. Over the last year, Embassy officials [...]	2008-05-13 15:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM TS
08TUNIS569	ANNUAL JEWISH PILGRIMAGE PROCEEDS PEACEFULLY [...] (C) Summary: From May 22-23, between five and six thousand Jewish pilgrims visited the island of Djerba as part of an annual pilgrimage. The center of the pilgrimage is the El-Ghriba synagogue, the oldest synagogue in North Africa. The event was characterized by a visible police presence a [...]	2008-05-28 15:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM KPAO IS TS
08TUNIS580	TUNISIA CONTINUES TO EXPAND INTERNET CENSORSHIP [...] (C) While publicly promoting the internet as an economic tool, the Government of Tunisia is privately blocking an increasing portion of the web. Officially, only sites that promote violence or pornography are blocked in Tunisia, but in practice, sites with content critical of the GOT, such a [...]	2008-05-30 14:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS595	PRESS FREEDOM TRIAL DRAGS ON, OPPOSITION CANDIDATE [...] (C) In the ongoing libel cases against the editors of opposition newspaper al-Mowqif, the defense presented its argument at a May 31 hearing; no trial date has been set for the plaintiffs to present their rebuttal. In a separate court case, al-Mowqif Editor-in-Chief Nejib Chebbi is also bei [...]	2008-06-03 16:09:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS78	EXTREMISM IN TUNISIA: FERTILE GROUND? [...] (S) This is the first cable of a two part series on extremism in Tunisia; it addresses the forces behind increasing popular support for violent ideologies. Tunisia's general trend toward increased religious identification and conservatism has been marked over the past year by a relative incre [...]	2008-01-25 11:05:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PTER PGOV KISL SOCI PREL KPAO TS
08TUNIS827	STEADY STREAM OF CASES UNDER 2003 ANTI-TERROR [...] (C) Five Tunisians were convicted on July 12 of various terrorism-related charges, with sentences ranging from four to nine years in prison. This case represents the latest in a series of terrorism cases, of which there have been approximately 1,000 since Tunisia adopted comprehensive anti-te [...]	2008-07-23 09:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PTER PGOV PHUM TS
08TUNIS864	PLAUSIBLE DENIABILITY: GOT SEEKS COVER WHEN [...] (C) The Government of Tunisia has a deserved reputation for silencing its perceived opponents. At the same time, the GOT has perfected the art of plausible deniability, allowing it to deflect allegations of harassment. Often, the GOT works through intermediaries, using a broad range of tool [...]	2008-07-31 16:12:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
08TUNIS992	TUNIS: BEN OMAR'S FAMILY REPORTS PSYCHOLOGICAL [...] (S) Summary: Family members of transferred Guantanamo detainee Abdallah Ben Omar report he is physically fine, but weak. He faces threats, however, about his family from Ministry of Interior officials who have shown him doctored photos in which security personnel appear to be beating his so [...]	2008-09-04 15:48:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PTER PHUM KDRG TS

08ULAANBAATAR202	JAPANESE EMBOFFS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON RECENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese DCM Kobayashi met with the Charge on May 1 for an exchange of views across the full array of Mongolian domestic and bilateral issues. On Mongolia,s June 29 Parliamentary elections, Japan believes that the post-election Parliament will look a lot like it does at present. [...]	2008-05-01 09:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG KCOR ECON MG JP KN KS
08ULAANBAATAR285	OUT OF STEPPE: DISABLED MONGOLIANS STRUGGLE TO INTEGRATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Disabled Mongolians face serious obstacles to full participation in society, despite advances in special education and societal awareness. Many of these obstacles are infrastructure-related. The elation that many disabled Mongolians felt in August 2007, when Parliament passed n [...]	2008-06-13 01:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID SOCI PGOV KOCI KGLB AMED SCUL ECON MG
08ULAANBAATAR381	DISAGREEMENT CRESTS BETWEEN MONGOLIAN PARTIES OVER [...] (SBU) Over five weeks have passed since violent protests left five dead and hundreds injured, landed nearly 200 protesters in detention without being charged, and burned the HQ of the Mongolian People,s Revolutionary Party (MPRP). The political situation has not moved far beyond allegations st [...]	2008-08-07 10:20:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR EMIN SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR418	MONGOLIA ENGAGED ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES [...] (C) On September 11, PolOff delivered to MFA Department of Multilateral Cooperation Deputy Director Gunaajav BATJARGAL reftel points urging Mongolia not to support "no-action" motions on country-specific resolutions in the UN General Assembly's Third Committee; to support anticipated resolutio [...]	2008-09-11 09:00:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN MN UNGA
08ULAANBAATAR499	MONGOLIA RESPONDS TO DEMARCHE ON UN RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (C) On November 6, the Charge d'Affairs and PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Multilateral Cooperation Department Acting Director Batjargal at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The Charge requested that Mongolia continue to oppose no-action motions in the Third Committee of the UN [...]	2008-11-07 07:43:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MG
08UNVIEVIENNA243	READ-OUT OF APRIL 23 HCOC INFORMAL MEETING [...] (C) Summary. Per reftel guidance, poloff attended the April 23, 2008, Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC) informal meeting in Vienna. Around forty representatives of subscribing states attended this meeting, with several countries represented by officials f [...]	2008-04-25 14:16:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KSCA TSPA ETTC AORC
08USEUBRUSSELS1650	BURMA: EU URGES U.S. PATIENCE ON GLOBAL FUND [...] (C) Summary: Per REFTEL instructions,Poloff shared the U.S. position on the Global Fund in Burma with European Commission External Relations and Development officials. They agreed with our principles, but felt that it was too early in the process for many of the details. They said Global Fu [...]	2008-10-24 17:01:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KHIV PREL BM EUN
08USEUBRUSSELS1881	COULD THE EU LOSE MACEDONIA IN 2009? [...] (S/NF) Summary: Well-placed EU Council Secretariat sources tell us that there is great concern within the Secretariat that the EU is losing credibility in the eyes of Macedonians based on recent signals the EU has sent concerning Macedonia's EU membership aspirations. These sources are also [...]	2008-12-12 15:38:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MK
08USEUBRUSSELS1944	EU LIKELY TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE PLENARY [...] (U) On December 19, Poloff delivered reftel demarche, inviting EU participation in the June 16-17, 2009 Global Initiative plenary meeting in The Hague, to Bruno Dupre, Security Policy Desk Officer DG RELEX, European Commission, and the Stephan Klement, Advisor to the Office of the Personal R [...]	2008-12-22 16:01:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC EUN
08USEUBRUSSELS224	DEPLOYMENT OF EU FORCE TO CHAD HANGS IN BALANCE [...] (C) Summary: France is fully committed to deploying the EU military force to Chad/CAR (EUFOR) and appears to have the backing of HiRep Solana, the Slovenian Presidency, and others, according to contacts at the EU and various member state PermReps. But Austria and Sweden are in creasingly hes [...]	2008-02-08 18:16:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF ESDP CD EUN
08USEUBRUSSELS299	EU SUPPORTS RESTRUCTURING ICG ON SOMALIA [...] (SBU) The European Union is largely in favor of the U.S. proposal to strengthen the effectiveness of the International Contact Group on Somalia, with the caveat that it would like to convene plenary sessions approximately four times a year. Poloff delivered reftel points to Jean-Christophe Bell [...]	2008-02-25 16:58:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PGOV SO EUN
08USEUBRUSSELS845	READOUT OF EU LATIN AMERICAN WORKING GROUP FROM [...] Deputy Pol Minister Counselor and PolOff met with Veronika Bajgarova, Deputy Director of American States at the Czech MFA, Jarmila Povejsilova, desk officer in the Department of the Americas, and Katerina Beckova from the Czech Perm Rep this afternoon following today's meeting of the Latin Am [...]	2008-06-03 17:12:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CU EUN
08USEUBRUSSELS960	THE UNION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN: BOLD INITIATIVE, [...] (U) Summary: The EU's Union for the Mediterranean, originally proposed by French President Sarkozy, will launch on July 13 with an official summit in Paris. The project has been diluted to address other EU Member States' concerns, and many details about the endeavor remain unclear. It also fa [...]	2008-06-25 05:09:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL
08USNATO251	JULY EAPC: OSCE BRIEF, UNSCR 1325, DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary: During their July 9 meeting, EuroAtlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Ambassadors exchanged views with OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, covering issues such as Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Georgia. The EAPC also received a briefing on defense education and training fr [...]	2008-07-17 10:03:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR NATO AORC AM AJ RU GG SW FI AF
08USNATO314	RUSSIA THROWS ITS WEIGHT AROUND IN THE EAPC [...] (C) Summary: The EAPCs first meeting after the summer break featured Georgian protests about Russian action and a Russian response made memorable by a claim that, if the Russian response had been proportionate, "Tbilisi would now lie in ruins." Russia announced it has withdrawn from the PfP SOFA. T [...]	2008-09-02 17:12:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO MOPS PREF GG RU UP SP BO SR
08USNATO341	NATO: FRIED-ANTONOV DISCUSSION ON FUTURE OF CFE [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel briefing to International Staff Arms Control and Coordination Section Head Mike Miggins on 22 September. Miggins mused that the Russians consistently claim to want the limits and "discipline" that the CFE treaty imposes, yet there have been no concrete moves toward [...]	2008-09-23 12:05:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE NATO OSCE PARM PREL RS
08USNATO79	SUPPORTING USG PROPOSALS FOR CIVIL AVIATION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. USNATO delivered reftel points on civil aviation in Afghanistan to NATO Assistant Secretary for Operations Martin Howard on February 26. Howard gave assurances NATO shares U.S. objectives for civil aviation in Afghanistan and said he would instruct NATO representatives who wil [...]	2008-02-27 15:14:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR NATO PREL AF
08USUNNEWYORK1008	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD AND JAPANESE PERM REP DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Japanese Perm Rep Takasu told Ambassador Khalilzad October 31 that Japan would like to take the lead on Timor Leste and Afghanistan in the new Security Council term beginning in January, as well as chair the Peacekeeping Working Group. Japan is reluctant to chair the 1737 (Iran) [...]	2008-11-04 00:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA UNSC KUNR AF TT JA IR BM PK
08USUNNEWYORK1095	UNSC REFORM: PGA GIVES OEWG "TIME AND SPACE IT [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 17, the President of the General Assembly (PGA) announced the cancellation of the November 21 launch of intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion in an informal plenary of the General Assembly, reversing his October 10 decision. He agreed that bot [...]	2008-11-20 18:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC UNGA KUNR
08USUNNEWYORK11	TERRORIST FINANCE: CONSULTATION ON PROPOSED UN [...] (S/NF) Per reftel instruction, USUN PolOff informed UK PolOff that the USG would be submitting the names of Badran Turki Hishan Al Mazidih and four members of his network for sanctions in the 1267 (Taliban/Al-Qaeda) Committee, and sought the UK's co-sponsorship of the designation. UK PolOff a [...]	2008-01-07 11:24:00	USUN New York	SECRET	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK1104	UN BRIEFS ON BHUTTO COMMISSION OF INQUIRY [...] (C) SUMMMARY: Pakistan is pushing the UN to announce a Commission of Inquiry into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, said UN officials on November 19. Although they remain opposed to any Security Council action, they have accepted the principle of an exchange of letters between the Secretar [...]	2008-11-21 23:17:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC PK
08USUNNEWYORK1130	ICCâ€™S OCAMPO: BASHIR ARREST WARRANT IN JANUARY OR [...] (C) SUMMARY: ICC Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo on December 2 spoke with Ambassador Wolff at the UN on the situation in Sudan. Ocampo said the arrest warrant for Sudanese President Bashir would be issued in January or February. He said Arab leaders were frustrated with Bashir, and French President Sarkoz [...]	2008-12-03 21:13:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO SU AX CG UG
08USUNNEWYORK1142	UNSC: COUNCIL MEETS AT LIBYAN REQUEST TO DISCUSS [...] (SBU) The Security Council met December 3 at Libya's request to discuss the Israeli Navy's action to deny entry of a Libyan vessel carrying humanitarian assistance to the port of Gaza. The Council invited both Israeli and Palestinian representatives to participate in the meeting. The Libyan [...]	2008-12-05 21:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KWBG KPAL IS LY EG
08USUNNEWYORK1158	UNSC: COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON UNDOF (GOLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on December 10, the Secretariat briefed on the activities of the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF),which supervises the cease-fire between Israel and Syria in the Golan Heights. He referred to the Secretary-General's November 26 report t [...]	2008-12-10 21:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UNSC IS SY
08USUNNEWYORK1167	GUINEA-BISSAU AT THE UN-DEBATE EXPECTED ON 6 VS. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) Head Omoregie briefed the Security Council on December 11. He asked for a panel of experts to identify those involved in drug trafficking, since the rise of trafficking and attendant corruption were major destabilizing [...]	2008-12-12 14:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PU XY
08USUNNEWYORK1181	GEORGIA SRSG VERBEKE CONSIDERS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Georgia SRSG Johan Verbeke told Ambassador DiCarlo on December 16 he would likely propose a more robust UN mandate for the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) when drafting the next periodic report on the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia. The report will be complet [...]	2008-12-17 19:57:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC RS GG
08USUNNEWYORK120	TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] (S) USUN delivered reftel points to all Security Council members regarding the upcoming USG designation of Badran Turki Hishan al-Mazidih and three members of his network in the UN 1267 (Taliban/al-Qaeda) Sanctions Committee. The UK and France will both co-sponsor the request. Russia request [...]	2008-02-08 23:59:00	USUN New York	SECRET	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK1203	CHISSANO TO UN: KONY WON'T GO TO ICC; TO U.S.: TRY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UN Security Council issued a Presidential Statement on December 22 condemning the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) attacks and LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony's failure to sign the Final Peace Agreement. Special Envoy Chissano told the Council on December 17 that Kony would "rathe [...]	2008-12-23 21:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KPKO CG UG SU XA
08USUNNEWYORK148	KUWAIT DELEGATION REINFORCES IRAQ COMPENSATION [...] (SBU) A Kuwaiti delegation headed by Khalid al-Mudhaf, the Chairman of the Public Authority for Assessment of Compensation related to Iraq,s 1990 invasion (PAAC),visited New York February 6-8 and met with key Security Council delegations, as well as the UN Comptroller. The Kuwaiti message in [...]	2008-02-15 16:42:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EFIN KU IZ
08USUNNEWYORK164	UN HOSTS NEW YORK MEETING OF JCMB COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Secretariat hosted a meeting in New York for representatives from Joint Coordination and Monitoring Group (JCMB) countries February 19 to deliver a readout of the recent meeting in Tokyo, and to discuss the upcoming Security Council renewal of the mandate for the United N [...]	2008-02-21 17:04:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV AF UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK167	ERITREAN PERMREP: WHAT FUEL PROBLEM? [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN D/POL Counselor met with Eritrean PermRep Desta February 21 in advance of Security Council session consultations on UNMEE to discuss Eritrea's rationale for blocking UNMEE's access to fuel (UNSC session reported septel). Desta described the fuel crisis as a technical issue a [...]	2008-02-22 13:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNSC KPAL ET ER MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK17	P3 AGREE TO PRESSURE CHINA ON UNAMID COOPERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMB Wolcott and USUN poloffs convened a P3 meeting on January 4 to discuss next steps on Darfur. AMB Wolcott delivered the U.S. message on the need to persuade China to intervene with Khartoum regarding cooperation with UNAMID deployment. UKUN AMB John Sawers said that the P3 s [...]	2008-01-07 23:38:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK190	DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON UNAMID SUPPORT FOR U.S. FIELD [...] (SBU) USUN Poloff delivered reftel demarche on February 20 to UN DPKO officials, Max Kerley and Fouzia Abass, requesting UNAMID formalize arrangements for medical assistance and emergency evacuation assistance to the American field officers deployed to Darfur. 2. (SBU) On February 28, USUN [...]	2008-02-29 00:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK242	UNSC QUALIFIED ANGER AT ERITREA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On March 13 U/SYG Guehenno told the Security Council that UNMEE has completed the relocation of personnel and equipment from the Temporary Security Zone (TSZ) to Asmara. Guehenno listed several incidents that he described as Eritrean attempts to "humiliate" UNMEE during the ev [...]	2008-03-17 19:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC KPAL ET ER MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK243	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 21 [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN and the Canadian Permanent Mission co-chaired the first working-level meeting of the "Friends of UNAMID" on March 13. Discussion focused on how members of the group can work in partnership with the UN to help identify and remove impediments to UNAMID deployment. On the marg [...]	2008-03-18 15:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PREL SU NSC UNSC KPKO MOPS
08USUNNEWYORK258	UNSC REFORM: GERMAN-LED GROUP TABLES PROPOSAL IN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a March 18 meeting of the German-led Over-Arching Process on UNSC reform, Cyprus presented a proposal on behalf of a small drafting group that it hoped could serve as a basis for the inter-governmental negotiations on Council expansion set to take place in 2008. The prop [...]	2008-03-20 23:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KUNR UNSC GM JA IT BR IN PK
08USUNNEWYORK271	P-3 AMBASSADORS DISCUSS SUDAN, KOSOVO, BURMA AND [...] (C) Summary. P-3 PermReps met on March 20 to discuss Sudan, Kosovo, Burma, and Tibet. On Sudan, the three agreed that specific benchmarks are essential to UNAMID deployment progress and tasked mission experts with drafting them. On Kosovo, AMB Khalilzad suggested a P-3 strategy review. The [...]	2008-03-26 18:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNMIK KV YI BM SU
08USUNNEWYORK298	GUEHENNO SAYS DPKO WILL LIMIT SAMARDZIC TRAVEL TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Quint mission representatives delivered to UN U/SYG Guehenno demarche points (ref) on Kosovo transition issues. Guehenno said any dialogue UNMIK conducts needs to include key stakeholders and that DPKO takes preventing violence seriously, but called for practical engagement in [...]	2008-04-03 16:45:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNMIK YI UNSC KV
08USUNNEWYORK301	UPDATE ON UN ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ; UN REQUESTS U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: USUN and UKUN met April 3 with the UN,s Iraq team to discuss substantive and logistical issues involving the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI). The UN pressed for USG approval to assign a U.S. military advisor to the UNAMI team; the UN is actively looking to expand its pres [...]	2008-04-04 16:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ
08USUNNEWYORK311	UN/LIBERIA SANCTIONS: LIBERIA SEEKS END TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: USUN PolOff met with Liberian PermRep Milton Barnes on March 12 at his request to discuss Liberia's view of the way forward on the Liberia sanctions regime. Barnes said Liberia is seeking to remove individuals from the sanctions list and to terminate the mandate [...]	2008-04-07 22:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI
08USUNNEWYORK365	FRANCE TO PROPOSE SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Benoit Guidee, the expert on Afghanistan issues for the French Mission to the UN, told Poloff April 16 that France would like to adopt a Security Council resolution on the trafficking of chemical precursors in Afghanistan. France will push to adopt such a resolution before the June 12 conf [...]	2008-04-18 17:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC AF
08USUNNEWYORK366	COSTA RICA PLACES HOLD ON OIL FOR FOOD LETTER [...] (SBU) On March 28, the Russian Presidency of the Security Council circulated a draft response to the Secretary-General on closing down the Oil for Food program (OFF). The draft was derived from a Department-drafted nonpaper, and enjoyed the support of the P5. On April 1, Costa Rica placed a h [...]	2008-04-18 21:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ CS
08USUNNEWYORK367	SYG BAN LEANING TOWARD UNMIK SURGE FOR LACK OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Responding to Ref A letter from the Secretary, UN Secretary-General Ban assured Ambassador Wolff SIPDIS and German PermRep Matussek on April 18 that the UN is confining its dialogue with Belgrade to operational aspects of the UN's role in Kosovo. Ban repeatedly called for all [...]	2008-04-21 19:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNMIK UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK385	(SBU) DPKO PROPOSES NEW KOSOVO GAME PLAN [...] (U) This telegram contains an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Europe and America's Director David Harland told USUN on April 28 that DPKO is about to table a Kosovo game plan under which the UN will unilaterally withdraw partially [...]	2008-04-30 15:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
08USUNNEWYORK39	TERRORIST FINANCE: CONSULTATION ON PROPOSED UN [...] (S) Per ref A instructions, USUN PolOff informed Russian and Iraqi counterparts separately that the USG will submit the names of Badran Turki Hishan Al Mazidih and four members of his network for sanctions in the 1267 (Taliban/Al-Qaeda) Committee. USUN PolOff also requested that Iraq co-sponso [...]	2008-01-15 23:42:00	USUN New York	SECRET	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK393	ETHIOPIA PM WANTS HELP GETTING OUT OF SOMALIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles told A/S Frazer on April 17 that a lack of qualified TFG and AMISOM troops was putting in jeopardy his hopes of redeploying Ethiopian troops this summer. He downplayed reports that Somalia President Yusef was intent on removing Prime Minister Nur Ad [...]	2008-05-02 18:09:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL MOPS PREL UNSC SO ET ER
08USUNNEWYORK416	UN/IRAQ SANCTIONS: SEEKING DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE ON [...] (C) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) USUN PolOff was approached on May 6 by Iraqi Counselor Jwan Tawfiq for an update on the status of Iraq's request, first relayed in June 2007, to remove three individuals--Nabil Victor Karam, Tarek Nasser al-Obaidi, and Hikmat Jar [...]	2008-05-10 00:47:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC IZ
08USUNNEWYORK419	HELPING ZIMBABWE NO EASY TASK [...] (C) SUMMARY. USUN's soundings of the UN Secretariat and UKUN show a common frustration about how best to assist Zimbabwe. The UN's elections division is prepared to immediately deploy eminent persons to help calm fears and to deploy a full team of elections observers within weeks on Zimbabwe [...]	2008-05-12 16:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ZM
08USUNNEWYORK42	TERRORIST FINANCE: LET OPERATIVES [...] (S) USUN PolOff met with counterparts from France, UK, Canada, and Pakistan to deliver reftel demarche and seek co-sponsorship on the upcoming USG designation for sanctions of four Lashkar e-Tayyiba senior operatives in the UN 1267 (Taliban/Al-Qaeda) Sanctions Committee. Both France and Canad [...]	2008-01-17 00:04:00	USUN New York	SECRET	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK450	DPKO HOPES CLARIFICATION OF KOSOVO PLAN WILL EARN [...] (C) SUMMARY. DPKO's European Chief Harland told DepPolCouns and Poloff on May 16 that Secretary-General Ban has asked him to clarify his proposed way forward on Kosovo in the aftermath of what Under Secretary-General Guehenno reported as a very difficult May 9 conference call with Quint politi [...]	2008-05-20 16:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK YI
08USUNNEWYORK451	UN/1267 SANCTIONS: SEEKING GUIDANCE ON ALGERIAN [...] (C) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Algerian PolOff El Hadj Lamine informed USUN on May 14 of Algeria's intention to request the designation four individuals associated with al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) for sanctions in the 1267 (al-Qaida/Taliban) Committ [...]	2008-05-20 21:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC AG
08USUNNEWYORK465	UN WANTS USG GREEN LIGHT ON ITS KOSOVO PLAN [...] (C) Summary: In the past two days, DPKO's David Harland has indicated to USUN that DPKO is recommending to SYG Ban Ki-Moon that he reconfigure UNMIK to allow deployment of EULEX even if this must be done in the face of strong Russian and Serbian opposition. Harland and UNMIK's Belgrade Office [...]	2008-05-23 22:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNMIK UNSC KV YI PREL
08USUNNEWYORK486	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: FRENCH REACTION TO [...] (C) USUN met with UK and French counterparts on June 1 to discuss their positions on reftel US proposal to seek sanctions in the Sudan Sanctions Committee on Khalil Ibrahim, Daoussa Deby Itno, Ahmad Muhammed Harun, and Awad Ibn Auf. According to UK PolOff David Whineray, London will support ou [...]	2008-06-03 01:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU EFIN KTFN PTER
08USUNNEWYORK500	DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON REQUEST TO FACILITATE GOS AND [...] (C) USUN Poloffs delivered reftel points to Spanish First Secretary Ana Maria Mora and Rwandan First Secretary Alfred Ndabarasa on June 3. 2. (C) The Spanish Permanent Mission indicated that they were willing to do the meeting and promised to follow up with the Rwandan Mission independently [...]	2008-06-06 00:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC
08USUNNEWYORK511	LEBANON: IDF GENERALS BRIEF UNSC MEMBERS ON [...] (SBU) IDF Generals Yossi Baidatz and Yossi Heymann briefed UNSC delegations June 5 on Israel's assessment of the situation in south Lebanon and the performance of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeepers. They said Hizballah had fully re-armed in south Lebanon since summe [...]	2008-06-10 22:03:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPKO UNSC SY LE IS
08USUNNEWYORK536	BURKINABE PRESIDENT COMPAORE ON CURRENT UNSC ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMB Khalilzed met Burkinabe President Blaise Compaore June 10 to discuss current issues facing the UN Security Council. Khalilzad asked Burkina Faso to support the U.S. initiative on sexual violence in situations of armed conflict. Khalilzad told Compaore that Burkina Faso could [...]	2008-06-18 00:02:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ZI SU KDEM UNSC IV
08USUNNEWYORK590	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS TO CONSIDER BROADENING [...] (SBU) Libya convened a second UNSC experts meeting on July 2 to discuss its draft resolution condemning Israeli settlement expansion. (Note: During the first experts meeting on June 30, several delegations expressed support for the draft text, but others including USUN and UKUN said they had [...]	2008-07-02 23:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL KWBG UNSC PA IS
08USUNNEWYORK614	SETTLEMENTS UNSCR: ARABS NOW UNSURE IF THEY HAVE [...] (SBU) Libya convened a UNSC experts meeting on July 9 to solicit comments on its draft resolution condemning Israeli settlements. France spoke first, emphasizing that the Council has a unique opportunity to adopt a comprehensive resolution on the Middle East peace process, and that experts sh [...]	2008-07-10 02:17:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER KWBG KPAL UNSC IS PA
08USUNNEWYORK689	SOMALIS PUSH STABILIZATION FORCE, UN RESISTS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) Summary: In meetings during the week of July 21-25, Somali representatives and UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) officials offered sharply different perspectives on prospects for a UN peacekeeping operation (PKO) [...]	2008-07-31 21:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPKO UNSC SO
08USUNNEWYORK701	UN OFFICIAL SUGGESTS U.S. ENGAGE ANGOLA, [...] (C) Joao Honwana, Director of the Africa Division in the UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) told poloffs on August 4 that Zimbabwe talks had restarted on August 3 but lamented that resident DPA representative Vladimir Zhagora was not being allowed to interact closely with the meetings' S [...]	2008-08-05 16:30:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC ZI
08USUNNEWYORK753	UN DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AFFAIRS SAYS SAUDIS [...] (SBU) UN Department of Political Affairs Asia and Pacific Division Director Lisa Buttenheim told Poloff August 18 that Saudi Arabia has not formally requested an UNGA Special Session on the political and religious components of interfaith dialogue. Poloff delivered the points contained in r [...]	2008-08-20 18:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA USUN KIRF KISL SP SA
08USUNNEWYORK755	DESPITE SOME SUPPORT, UNSC MEMBERS MOSTLY IN [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche, France showed an enthusiastic commitment for the Secretary General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter Van Walsum and a fifth round of negotiations--as did non-UNSC member Spain, which proactively told Poloff of Spain's support. Most UNSC memb [...]	2008-08-21 00:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL UNSC WI MO
08USUNNEWYORK766	UNSC: FRENCH RESIST ADDING PREAMBULAR LANGUAGE TO [...] (U) Action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) Ambassador Wolff spoke August 22 with French Charge Jean-Pierre Lacroix to emphasize the U.S. request (contained in ref) to add a preambular paragraph to the current draft French text that would reiterate the 12th preambular paragraph in UNSCR 177 [...]	2008-08-25 20:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UNSC IS LE FR
08USUNNEWYORK777	DPKO RESPONDS ON UNIFIL SALUTE OF HIZBALLAH [...] (SBU) PolOff and SMCOff met August 21 with UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Asia and Middle East Division Officer-in-Charge Mary Eliza Kimball and Middle East Team Leader Susan Allee to raise the points from ref A on the UNIFIL contingent's July 17 salute of Hizballah and Palest [...]	2008-08-27 14:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER ASEC KPKO UNSC LE SY IS
08USUNNEWYORK780	MOROCCAN PERM REP EMPHASIZES WESTERN SAHARA RED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Moroccan Permanent Representative Ambassador Mostafa Sahel met with Poloff on August 26 to discuss regional issues and the future of negotiations on Western Sahara. Sahel emphasized Rabat's persistence in trying to broaden diplomatic and economic ties with Algiers, which according [...]	2008-08-28 01:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS PGOV PREL UNSC WI MO
08USUNNEWYORK781	UN ON KALMA VIOLENCE: "WE COULD HAVE DONE BETTER" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN Assistant Secretary-General Mulet told the Security Council on August 26 that early reports from Kalma IDP camp in Darfur confirm that dozens of civilians were killed or wounded in a cross-fire on August 25 between Sudanese security forces and some well-armed camp elements. [...]	2008-08-28 16:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC SU
08USUNNEWYORK819	GEORGIA: SRSG DESIGNATE VERBEKE ALARMED AT NEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 16:21:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS GG
08USUNNEWYORK82	UN PROPOSALS TO SHUT DOWN OFF [...] (SBU) On January 23, Security Council members received a letter from Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon following up on Ban's December 7 letter detailing "arrangements for terminating the operations relating to the letters of credit raised against the United Nations Iraq Account under Security Coun [...]	2008-01-28 15:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON UNSC IZ
08USUNNEWYORK860	SECRETARY GENERAL ON SAUDI SESSION ON INTER-FAITH [...] (C) The Secretary General told Ambassador Khalilzad September 15 that the Saudi government continues to seek a UN session on interfaith dialogue. He said that he had sent Terje Larsen with the Saudi Foreign Minister to a meeting at the Vatican to discuss next steps, given Vatican concerns ab [...]	2008-09-24 15:17:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA USUN KIRF KISL SA
08USUNNEWYORK902	KOREAN VIEWS ON 63RD UNGA PRIORITY ISSUES [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Khalilzad and Korean Permanent Representative Ambassador Park In-kook led first-time bilateral consultations between the U.S. and Korean missions on October 1. The consultations, which focused on priority issues in the 63rd UNGA, are a part of a Mission initiative to [...]	2008-10-03 16:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC UNGA ECON BM KN
08USUNNEWYORK926	SHEBA'A POINTS PASSED TO UN DEPARTMENT OF [...] (C) PolOff delivered October 10 points contained in ref e-mail on Sheba'a to UN Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Senior Political Affairs Officer Lee O'Brien. O'Brien agreed that delineation could be done on paper through a tabletop exercise, while demarcation could only be done on the g [...]	2008-10-10 23:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS UNSC USUN LE IS SY
08USUNNEWYORK960	UNGA: PRESIDENT AGREES NOT TO ACCELERATE TIMELINE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Khalilzad told the President of the UN General Assembly (PGA) October 20 that the PGA's decision to accelerate intergovernmental negotiations on UN Security Council expansion had alienated a number of significant countries including the U.S., which had helped facilitat [...]	2008-10-22 17:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KUNR UNSC UNGA IN BR PK IT JP GM
08USUNNEWYORK966	SAUDI KING ABDULLAH TO ATTEND UN INTERFAITH [...] (C) Summary: Saudi ambassador Al-Jubeir told Ambassador Khalilzad that King Abdullah will attend the Saudi-backed UNGA high-level meeting scheduled for November 12 and 13 in New York, and requested US support for the interfaith meeting. Al-Jubeir noted that misunderstandings in the "draft" [...]	2008-10-22 22:31:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA KISL KIRF SA VT
08VALLETTA101	MALTA'S RESHUFFLED CABINET INCLUDES NEW FM [...] (C) Summary: On March 12, newly re-elected Prime Minister Gonzi announced his new cabinet. The new cabinet consolidates twelve ministries into eight, with the aim being a leaner and more efficient government. Of particular interest to the US is the fact that the new Foreign Minister is Tonio [...]	2008-03-14 15:14:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MT
08VALLETTA167	MALTA: TURKEY CHANGE OF STATUS AT THE EBRD [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 14:49:00	Embassy Valletta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL
08VALLETTA228	MALTA'S REACTION TO GLOBAL MARITIME PARTNERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador briefed key Maltese military and civilian officials about GMP. The Maltese expressed enthusiasm about the concept. Several GMP-related areas of cooperation already exist, and the Maltese were eager to explore further areas. Malta,s Foreign Minister said that at an [...]	2008-06-02 14:31:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC EAID ECIN ECON EFIS EWWT MARR MAS MCAP
08VALLETTA236	MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-06 14:42:00	Embassy Valletta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM MT
08VALLETTA244	MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DOMESTIC DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 14:11:00	Embassy Valletta	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PTER ETTC PREL PINR MT
08VALLETTA245	MALTA: REGRETS USG WITHDRAWAL FROM UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 14:14:00	Embassy Valletta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM MT
08VALLETTA247	MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PRE-NOTIFICATION FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 14:29:00	Embassy Valletta	SECRET	EFIN PTER PINR PREL MT
08VALLETTA254	MALTA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO REQUEST FOR [...] On May 23, Embassy Valletta delivered reftel demarche requesting that Malta pledge financial aid during the UN-ASEAN Burma Donors Conference. Malta responded favorably, pledging 45,000 euros in financial aid for the relief effort. 2. On June 19, MFA Desk Officer for Asian Affairs Paul Sant [...]	2008-06-20 13:35:00	Embassy Valletta	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PGOV MT
08VALLETTA303	MALTA INVESTIGATES TRAFFICKING CLAIMS AMONG [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 25, DCM and PolOff met with a GOM interagency group on trafficking to discuss reports from representatives of NGOs based in Malta that four Nigerian women being trafficked to Italy had ended up in a Maltese detention centers after being rescued at sea. After an animated [...]	2008-07-21 13:19:00	Embassy Valletta	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF MT
08VALLETTA347	MALTA: DEMARCHE ON BURMA SANCTIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 07:54:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD MT
08VALLETTA44	MALTA TO HOLD GENERAL ELECTIONS MARCH 8 [...] (C) Summary. Maltese Prime Minister Gonzi today (February 4) dissolved Parliament, and President Fenech-Adami called for national elections to be held on March 8. With elections required by August and expected by Easter, the two dominant parties -- the ruling Nationalist Party (NP) and opposi [...]	2008-02-04 16:13:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL	MT NATO PGOV PREL PSI
08VALLETTA479	Malta: 2008 INCSR Submission: Part II - Money [...] (U) Embassy Valletta submits this Part II of the 2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) for Malta. The response is generally keyed to questions posed in reftel A related to "Money Laundering and Financial Crimes" and should be read in conjunction with Part I, reftel B. N [...]	2008-11-17 14:18:00	Embassy Valletta	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR EFIN KCRM KTFN ASEC MT
08VALLETTA523	MALTA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNITED NATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 14:27:00	Embassy Valletta	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER PREL MT
08VALLETTA95	MALTA: SANCTIONS MONITORING BOARD ACTS ON US [...] (U) On March 7, 2008, PolOff communicated details of US Treasury Department domestic designations of four Syrian individuals per reftel to Charles Inguanez, MFA Director-General for Economic Affairs and Chairman of Malta's Sanctions Monitoring Board (SMB). 2. (C) Inguanez got back to us lat [...]	2008-03-07 14:49:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC UNSC MT PREL
08VALLETTA97	MALTA: RULING NATIONALIST PARTY WINS A NARROW [...] (U) The ruling Nationalist Party (NP),led by Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, won the March 8 general elections with a slim margin of 1,200 votes, which amounted to just 0.4 percent of the votes cast, over the Malta Labor Party (MLP). Though it,s clear that the Nationalists will remain in power [...]	2008-03-10 13:19:00	Embassy Valletta	CONFIDENTIAL	MT NATO PGOV PREL PSI
08VANCOUVER198	ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON INDEPENDENT SHIA CLERIC [...] (C) Summary: Gunmen rumored to be connected to a Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) Special Group attempted to assassinate independent Shia cleric Sayid Aqiel Fadil Abbass Jamal al-Deen on July 16. The attack is one of a series of recent assassination attempts that underscore the fragile nature of Basrah [...]	2008-07-27 07:07:00	Consulate Vancouver	SECRET	PGOV PINR PBTS PINS PREL PTER IR IZ
08VANCOUVER64	LIBERALS BARELY WIN VANCOUVER-QUADRA BYELECTION [...] The byelection in Vancouver-Quadra proved to be closer than any had predicted, with Liberal Joyce Murray edging out her Conservative opponent, Deborah Meredith, by a mere .6 percentage points, or 151 votes. Voter turnout was light with about 34 percent of registered voters actually showing up [...]	2008-03-18 20:38:00	Consulate Vancouver	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CA
08VATICAN1	HOLY SEE-ISRAEL: NO PROGRESS ON FUNDAMENTAL AGREEMENT AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Holy See officials report that the December 12-13 talks with Israel did not result in any further progress towards the conclusion of agreements on taxation of Church property in Israel and other outstanding bilateral issues. Some Church officials characterized the meeting as a [...]	2008-01-04 10:59:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KIRF IS VT
08VATICAN14	POST ANALYSIS OF PAPAL ADDRESS ON CURRENT AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary: In his annual address on January 7 to the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See, Pope Benedict XVI provided an overview of the Vatican's concerns on a broad range of issues and hot spots. As revealing as his actual words are the Pope's omissions and nuances. Among the cou [...]	2008-01-14 16:41:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM CU CH VE LE IS IR IZ VT
08VATICAN15	HOLY SEE: DEPUTY FM DISCUSSES MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: During a recent meeting with a visiting White House official, Holy See Deputy FM Parolin called for dialogue to resolve the Lebanese political impasse and address concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions. Parolin confirmed that negotiations with Israel on taxation of Church proper [...]	2008-01-18 19:11:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF LE IS SY IR VT
08VATICAN19	HOLY SEE/CUBA: FREEING OSCAR BISCET [...] (C) Charge d'affaires called on Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's Undersecretary for Relations With States (i.e., deputy foreign minister) January 31 to urge (per reftel) that Elsa Morejon be granted an audience with Pope Benedict XVI regarding her appeal for her husband, Dr. Oscar Elias [...]	2008-01-31 13:17:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CU VT
08VATICAN2	HOLY SEE AND ANNAPOLIS: VATICAN HOPES TO PARTICIPATE IN [...] (C) During a December 21 meeting with DCM and poloff, Monsignor Franco Coppola, Holy See director for the Middle East, expressed the Holy See's appreciation at being invited to participate in the post-Annapolis December 17 donors' meeting in Paris. The Holy See was represented by its Nuncio i [...]	2008-01-04 11:11:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL IS VT
08VATICAN23	HOLY SEE OFFICIAL DISCUSSES ORIENTAL CHURCHES, [...] (SBU) Summary: The institutional arrangements that the Holy See has with "Oriental Churches" can serve as a model for further rapprochement between the Catholic and Orthodox Churches. In communion with the Pope, Oriental Churches conduct masses following the Byzantine rite and administer the [...]	2008-02-14 16:26:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KIRF IS UP VT
08VATICAN26	UNDERSTANDING THE HOLY SEE: ECCLESIAL (LAY) MOVEMENTS, PART [...] (U) This is the second in a series intended to facilitate cooperation with Holy See and Catholic Church entities to promote U.S. goals through a greater understanding of the Holy See's institutions, agencies and structures (reftel A). In this cable, we provide an overview of ecclesial movemen [...]	2008-02-21 17:31:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT
08VATICAN3	MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE: ITALIAN IMAM COMMENTS ON [...] (C) Summary: A meeting with Imam Yahya Pallavicini offered fresh perspectives on the nascent dialogue between 138 Muslim scholars and Christian leaders, including the Pope (reftels). The Pope, according to Pallavicini, was a key "target" of "A Common Word." The Holy See's recent response (ref [...]	2008-01-04 11:45:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PREL PHUM VT
08VATICAN31	HOLY SEE SECRETARY OF STATE TALKS ABOUT CUBA [...] (C) Summary: Cardinal Bertone told the Ambassador that Raul Castro is a practical man, and asked the US to consider dropping sanctions against Cuba to encourage change at this crucial political time on the island. The Ambassador underlined the need for the Cuban government to free political [...]	2008-03-07 13:30:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI KIRF CU VT
08VATICAN32	HUMAN RIGHTS AT CENTER OF HOLY SEE DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) Summary: The belief that all people are created by God with equal dignity and worth is at the core of the Holy See's promotion of human rights. The Holy See's human rights foreign policy aims to assure that the inherent dignity of the human person is guaranteed by law. The UN and other [...]	2008-03-26 10:07:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF VT

08VATICAN57	SANT'EGIDIO ON ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) The Community of Sant'Egidio point person on mediation and international relations, Dr. Claudio Betti, confirmed that --if asked-- Sant'Egidio is available to promote peaceful change in Zimbabwe. End summary. 2. (SBU) During a meeting with poloff on July 25, Betti reiterated an offer [...]	2008-07-30 14:32:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF ZI VT
08VIENNA1216	RUSSIA-GEORGIA CONFLICT: AUSTRIA SHARPLY CRITICAL [...] (C) Summary. Austrian FonMin Plassnik has delivered a sharply worded statement on Russia's invasion of Georgia, concluding that "business as usual" was not an option. The MFA official responsible for the Caucasus, however, was unsure of what that meant in practice and indicated that the MFA [...]	2008-08-22 08:36:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR RU GG EUN AU
08VIENNA1361	AUSTRIAN POSITION ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 07:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UN AU
08VIENNA1743	AUSTRIAN POSITION ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 16:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY AT
08VIENNA1783	OPEC LEADERSHIP PROPOSES CLOSER U.S. TIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Codel Bennett (including Senators Bennett, Cochran, and Voinovich) met November 14 with OPEC Secretary General El-Badri, who expressed a strong desire for closer ties with the U.S. along the lines of OPEC's regular contact with Russia and the EU. El-Badri complained that OPEC [...]	2008-12-03 15:04:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET AU
08VIENNA1849	DEMARCHE ON UN HARMONIZATION OF CONDITIONS OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-17 07:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA
08VIENNA83	SENATOR SPECTER CHALLENGES AUSTRIA ON IRAN [...] (C)Summary: In a sometimes confrontational meeting with Senator Arlen Specter, senior Austrian MFA officials emphasized that the UN must remain the focal point of diplomacy vis-a-vis Iran and that an international consensus involving both Russia and China was imperative. Maintaining ties with [...]	2008-01-18 11:40:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KNNP PARM ETRD OREP AU IR
08VIENTIANE228	MFA'S YONG DISCUSSES GOL EFFORTS TO END HMONG [...] (C) Summary: In an April 2 conversation with Poloff, MFA spokesman Yong Chanthalangsy, who oversees Hmong returnee issues within the GOL, discussed the remaining Hmong insurgent groups within Laos. He predicted that situation of the final two groups would be resolved within months, noting [...]	2008-04-11 07:00:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV LA TH
08VIENTIANE230	HCOC - ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-17 04:51:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KSCA LA MNUC PREL TSPA
08VIENTIANE244	NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) PREPARATORY [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 09:05:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP LA MNUC PARM PREL
08VIENTIANE255	U.S. DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 09:27:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP LA MNUC PARM PREL
08VIENTIANE267	ACTION REQUEST ON U.S. 60-DAY REPORT TO UN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 09:05:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EFIN ETRD KNNP LA TRGY
08VIENTIANE297	BURMA DONORS CONFERENCE: LAO FOREIGN MINISTER TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) officials view the Burmese government as having changed its attitude toward outside assistance as a result of the recent ASEAN meeting in Singapore. They expressed high hopes the May 25 Pledging Meeting in Rangoon will be effective in [...]	2008-05-23 07:23:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM BM LA
08VIENTIANE320	UPDATE ON HMONG RETURNEES AND PHA LAK RESETTLEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: MFA Spokesman Yong told Emboffs June 4 the 56 recent Hmong voluntary returnees from Thailand should finish processing and be sent to their home provinces soon. He said his video showing earlier returnees living peacefully in Laos was helping convince Huay Nam Khao camp residents [...]	2008-06-05 09:02:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	LA PHUM PREF PREL TH
08VIENTIANE658	FIRST DIPLOMATIC ACCESS TO HMONG RECENTLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Pressure from the U.S. and like-minded members of the international community on the GOL to allow independent access to Hmong repatriated from Thailand has finally resulted in a significant step forward. On December 10, the MFA arranged for the Ambassador and other diplomats and [...]	2008-12-18 10:36:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	LA PHUM PREF PREL SOCI TH
08VILNIUS309	1,200 MARCH TO MARK CHERNOBYL DISASTER [...] (SBU) About twelve hundred peaceful demonstrators attended the opposition's annual Chernobyl March April 28, which followed a state-approved route from the Academy of Sciences past Minsk's Bangalore Square to a small church dedicated to victims of the Chernobyl tragedy 22 years ago. In spite [...]	2008-04-30 08:00:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR BO
08VILNIUS365	BELARUS: POLL POINTS OPPOSITION TOWARD BREAD AND [...] (C) An April 2008 poll commissioned by the USAID-funded International Republican Institute (IRI) demonstrated that the Belarusian public remains concerned about socio-economic issues like cuts in state benefits. Following a presentation on these data, the Presidium of the United Democratic [...]	2008-05-16 07:48:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM BO
08VLADIVOSTOK111	ECONOMIC FORUM: RFE'S PROBLEM? DEMOGRAPHICS, TRANSPORTATION, [...] Summary. Participants gathered at the third annual Far Eastern International Economic Forum in Khabarovsk to discuss economic development in the Russian Far East. The most widely discussed topics were the region's ever-decreasing population and the high cost and inefficiency of transportatio [...]	2008-10-09 07:57:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV RS
08VLADIVOSTOK127	TIGHTER CREDIT, CURRENCY SHORTFALL MAY SLOW ECONOMY IN [...] Although Russian politicians generally refuse to acknowledge the possibility of financial crisis in here, signs of financial distress have emerged in the Russian Far East. Banks have significantly tightened credit terms, many areas are experiencing a shortage of hard currencies, and companies [...]	2008-11-10 06:49:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON RS
08WARSAW101	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DRAFT RESOLUTION ON GAZA [...] POLOFF delivered reftel talking points on the proposed Human Rights Council draft resolution on Gaza to Ambassador Maciej Kozlowski at the MFA's Africa and Middle East Division on January 24. He had no immediate reaction. ASHE [...]	2008-01-24 16:10:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PL
08WARSAW1018	POLISH MFA OFFERS NO RESPONSE TO MED-D SOFA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 12:08:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL EUN PL
08WARSAW102	POLAND: SECOND SURVEY OF IRAQ DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) In accordance with ref A, poloff engaged Polish diplomats, Juliusz Gojlo, Iraq Desk, and Piotr Erenfeicht, NATO Operations Action Officer, on the future of Polish engagement in Iraq, its legal basis and the possibility of a Defense Cooperation Agreement. The Polish government has declared [...]	2008-01-24 16:11:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS IZ PL
08WARSAW1037	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: POLAND STILL SUPPORTIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 14:52:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA PL
08WARSAW1053	BELARUS/POLAND - FM SIKORSKI TO ANNOUNCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA officials told AmEmbassy Minsk Charge Moore that Belarusian authorities are "terrified" about the implications that Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia has for Belarus. FM Sikorski reportedly sees recent developments in Belarus, including the release of politic [...]	2008-09-09 16:22:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV BO PL
08WARSAW1055	POLISH VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER 15-16 GAERC AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA EU Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski told us the GoP has avoided responding "emotionally" on Georgia, notwithstanding the severity of the crisis. The GoP will not press for strong EU measures against Russia, preferring to give Russia time to reflect on developments. Although i [...]	2008-09-11 09:17:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV EUN ZL ZI SO YI TU GG RS PL
08WARSAW1069	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE: SUPPORTING AMENDMENT OF THE [...] (C) Summary. GOP will consider guarded support for amendment of the ISAF oplan to expand CN authorities, provided actions resulting from amendment do not have a negative impact on safety of Polish troops. However, the Poles believe that the priority should be training Afghans to take on thei [...]	2008-09-15 14:52:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF PL
08WARSAW1073	GEORGIA - POLAND TO TAKE "BALANCED APPROACH" TO [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche September 15 to MFA Georgia Desk Officer Tomasz Orlowski. Orlowski said Poland agrees with U.S. views that Russia appears to be pushing harder in international fora on allegations that Georgia committed acts of genocide in South Ossetia during the conflic [...]	2008-09-16 11:08:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CG RS XG XH PL
08WARSAW108	POLISH MFA'S RUSSIA EXPERT SEES CHANGE IN RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA's newly-appointed Eastern Policy Director, Jaroslaw Bratkiewicz, described the atmosphere during FM Radek Sikorski's recent visit to Russia as warm, but doubted it reflected any fundamental change in Russian outlooks. He said the Russians now say publicly that they acknow [...]	2008-01-25 14:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD KDEM PL RS
08WARSAW1099	POLES CONSIDERING REQUEST FOR INCREASED [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 05:53:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO IZ PL
08WARSAW1104	POLAND/DPRK - GROWING INTEREST IN PROMOTING HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Polish Government is very interested in the humanitarian and human rights situation in North Korea (DPRK). MFA officials told Deputy Special Envoy for Human Rights in North Korea Christian Whiton that they are exploring ways to take effective action. The Poles expressed inte [...]	2008-09-23 05:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PHUM PREL KN PL
08WARSAW1112	POLES AGREE THERE SHOULD BE NO BUSINESS AS USUAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-24 05:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL GG RS PL
08WARSAW1128	POLAND ON COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES AND ESC VOTE [...] (C) Embassy Warsaw delivered ref A points to the Polish MFA. Miroslaw Luczka, Deputy Director of the MFA's Department of UN and Human Rights, informed us on September 24 that Poland would most likely abstain if the ESC were brought to vote because of external political factors. Luczka expla [...]	2008-09-25 16:17:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA PL
08WARSAW1140	POLAND WRESTLING WITH CIVILIAN CONTRIBUTIONS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland begins its fourth Afghanistan rotation November 1 with the consolidation of 1,450 soldiers in Ghazni province. The GoP agreed to take sole responsibility for operations in Ghazni in March 2008, and began detailed military planning at that time -- particularly to secure t [...]	2008-09-29 14:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MAPP AF PL
08WARSAW1188	GAERC - POLISH VIEWS ON OCTOBER 13 EU FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA European Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski told us October 9 that while Belarusian elections were flawed and there has been no significant improvement in terms of democracy and human rights, Poland will support a temporary suspension of the travel ban. The ban should be lifted, [...]	2008-10-10 06:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN BO GC RS UZ ZI PL
08WARSAW1259	COMBATTING NUCLEAR TERRORISM: POLISH MFA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) indicated that it might host Exercise Planning Group (EPG) activities of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism in 2010, but could not do so in 2009 due to internal staffing concerns. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Poloff delive [...]	2008-10-29 17:27:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER PL
08WARSAW1271	POLAND INTENSIFIES EMISSIONS DIPLOMACY [...] (U) Summary: Recent robust Polish diplomacy on climate change issues has raised the country's profile in the EU's internal energy and climate debate and spotlighted its role as host of the 14th Annual Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP-14) in December. In visits to Madrid, Paris, Be [...]	2008-11-03 16:56:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	ECIN EMIN ENRG SENV PL
08WARSAW1285	POLISH VIEWS ON NOVEMBER 3 GYMNICH AND NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to MFA European Correspondent Cyryl Kozaczewski, Poland will oppose the unconditional resumption of negotiations on a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) with Russia, but will take a "careful" approach at the November 10-11 EU Foreign Ministers Meeting (GAERC). B [...]	2008-11-07 06:55:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN GA RS BK AF SY IZ PL
08WARSAW1295	POLAND SUPPORTS RESTARTING OF EU-RUSSIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. An MFA official told us November 12 that the GoP had shifted policy and now supported the November 10 EU decision to re-initiate negotiations with Russia on a new partnership agreement, despite Russia's failure to meet its commitments in Georgia. The official denied press reports [...]	2008-11-12 15:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV GG RS PL
08WARSAW1382	POLISH ISAF STRATEGY UNCLEAR ON CIVILIAN ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GOP has engaged in a continuing interagency review to determine its long-term strategy in Afghanistan. The strategic planning process has gained little traction, stalling on the question of how long to plan for a Polish presence. On the other hand, the GOP has taken near-t [...]	2008-12-05 13:37:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF PL MAPP
08WARSAW1419	POLAND - UN HARMONIZATION OF SERVICES DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) While not familiar with the U.S. proposal for the harmonization of conditions of service at the UN, MFA UN Department Counselor Dariusz Manczyk told poloff December 15 he is familiar with the current system's problems. Manczyk was pessimistic about the prospects for a quick solution. De [...]	2008-12-15 14:42:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT AORC APER PL PREL UNGA
08WARSAW160	POLAND TO ATTEND UN.GIFT CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-06 14:37:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG PL
08WARSAW285	POLAND: EIGHTH ANNUAL (2008) TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) Following are responses keyed to questions in paragraphs 27-31 of REFTEL. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Andrea Gorog (telephone: 48-22-504-2621, fax 48-22-504-2613, e-mail GorogA@state.gov). POLOFF (FO-04) spent 45 hours collecting data and compiling report; one political [...]	2008-03-04 15:01:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PL
08WARSAW370	POLAND'S RESPONSE TO BURMA REFERENDUM DEMARCHE [...] (C) On March 19, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA,s Burma desk officer Sebastian Domzalski. Domzalski stated that the GOP shares the U.S. concerns regarding the planned May referendum on the Burmese constitution. He noted that although Poland is unlikely to make a bilateral statement [...]	2008-03-21 15:16:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PL BM
08WARSAW519	ACTION REQUEST: APPROVAL OF WITNESS PROTECTION [...] This is an action request for INL/AE. Please see para 3-5. ----------- Background ----------- 2. In November 2002, the U.S. signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA) with the GOP on "Financing the Activities Aimed at Preventing and Combating Crime in Poland." There were five projects outlined p [...]	2008-04-24 09:22:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	AFIN ABUD PL
08WARSAW631	FRENCH PRESIDENT SIGNS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP ON [...] (C) French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited Poland on May 28, signing a "strategic partnership" agreement with Poland that is more symbol than substance. The French DCM admitted to Poloffs on May 29 that they were relieved that the trip, cancelled three times since the first proposed date i [...]	2008-05-30 14:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
08WARSAW81	A/S FRIED MEETINGS WITH NEW POLISH GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: A/S for European and Eurasian Affairs Dan Fried during his January 16-17 visit discussed Missile Defense (MD),Iraq, and Afghanistan during his meetings with President Lech Kaczynski, Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski, Deputy Defense Minister Stanislaw [...]	2008-01-18 16:21:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MASS PL
08WELLINGTON15	CODEL HOYER MEETS WITH GNZ LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Summary. On January 9, a 13-member Congressional delegation led by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R-MO) met with Deputy and Acting Prime Minister Michael Cullen and Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Chief Executive Simon Murdoch to discu [...]	2008-01-18 03:37:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KGHG MOPS MARR AF NK NZ
08WELLINGTON292	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: UN GENERAL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel action request, on September 9 poloff met with Michael McBryde, deputy director of the United Nations and Human Rights Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Poloff and McBryde discussed each of the U.S. priorities contained with [...]	2008-09-10 04:59:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA NZ
08WELLINGTON391	SANDIA EXPLORES RENEWABLE ENERGY TRANSPORTATION [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 31 - November 1, Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) representatives Bruce Balfour and Dr. Blake Simmons visited New Zealand to solicit support for a Sandia proposal to create a global network of public-private partnerships for the development and deployment of lo [...]	2008-11-18 20:19:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KRGY ELTN KGHG PREL NZ
08WELLINGTON418	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON AMENDING NSG [...] (SBU) In response to reftel action request, on December 3 Poloff shared talking points with Jillian Dempster, deputy director of the International Security and Disarmament Division of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Dempster contacted Poloff on December 15 and s [...]	2008-12-20 04:47:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC MNUC PARM TRGY KNNP NZ
08WELLINGTON48	DOE A/S KARSNER MEETS WITH NEW ZEALAND ENERGY LEADERS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 14, US Department of Energy (DOE) Assistant Secretary Alexander Karsner met in Wellington with key NZ energy officials and experts in roundtable discussions hosted by the NZ Ministry of Research, Science and Technology (MoRST). The productive dialogue covered many e [...]	2008-02-15 03:11:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TRGY KGHG AY NZ
08WINDHOEK106	(C) IMAM SHAFI SHUNS MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND IRANIAN MOSQUE [...] (C) Namibia's most senior Imam and head of the Windhoek Islamic Center, Kenyan-born Sheikh Shafi Aziz, told PolOff recently that representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood visited his offices in 2006 and 2007 seeking Shafi's support to obtain work permits and open a mosque in Namibia. Shafi po [...]	2008-04-15 16:14:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM WA
08WINDHOEK107	CABINET SHUFFLE, MINISTERIAL MERRY-GO-ROUND [...] (C) On April 8, President Pohamba announced a much anticipated cabinet reshuffle -- then fired no one. The few portfolio changes that Pohamba adopted appear to be those that did not challenge the traditional power base loyal to Founding President Sam Nujoma. Working around that big constraint [...]	2008-04-15 16:14:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM WA
08WINDHOEK115	ZIM PANEL SHEDS LIGHT ON MUGABE'S MESS [...] (SBU) A panel of five Zimbabwean activists, sponsored by PAS Harare and Freedom House to travel the region, impressed their Namibian listeners with revelations about the situation in Zimbabwe. Their cogent arguments prompted a public discussion that turned upside-down many of the liberation t [...]	2008-04-22 05:41:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MASS MARR WA
08WINDHOEK126	HCOC AND NAMIBIA [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche, encouraging Namibia to join the Hague Code of Conduct, to MFA Multilateral Affairs Officer Nada Kreuger on May 7, 2008. Kreuger had no substantive reply, but promised to forward the information to the relevant MFA legal officials who review all possible Namib [...]	2008-05-08 14:38:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PREL MNUC PARM NPT IAEA WA
08WINDHOEK127	NAMIBIA AND UNSCR TRAVEL BANS ON IRANIANS [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed the issue of UNSCR-imposed travel bans on designated Iranian officials (reftels) with MFA Multilateral Affairs Officer Nada Kreuger on May 7, 2008. Kreuger explained that Namibia had hosted a team from the UN Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee (1267 Committee) in [...]	2008-05-08 14:38:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PREL MNUC PARM NPT IAEA WA
08WINDHOEK235	NAMIBIAN OPPOSITION FEARS ZIMBABWE-STYLE POLITICAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) senior officials and Council of Democrats (COD) President Ben Ulenga, in recent meetings with Embassy officials, voiced their concern that the Namibian government is sliding toward autocracy under the continued influence of Founding President [...]	2008-07-31 17:20:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL WA
08WINDHOEK266	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION POLITICIAN [...] (C) Ambassador Mathieu and Poloff met on August 27 with Congress of Democrats (COD) Member of Parliament Nora Schimming-Chase. Schimming-Chase predicted that the current leadership impasse between factions of the COD would be resolved by November and the party would be united going into the 2 [...]	2008-08-28 16:41:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR WA
08WINDHOEK370	NAMIBIA ON U.S. UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON [...] (U) On November 24, Poloff delivered Reftel demarche to Absalom Nghifitikeko, social and humanitarian desk officer of the multilateral affairs department of the MFA. Nghifitikeko said he would convey the USG position to the MFA's senior leadership, but he had no substantive comments on the dem [...]	2008-11-24 15:37:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA WA
08WINDHOEK371	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (U) On November 24, Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Absalom Nghifitikeko, social and humanitarian desk officer of the multilateral affairs department of the MFA. Nghifitikeko had no substantive comments and did not indicate whether the GRN would support the USG position. Poloff urged the G [...]	2008-11-24 15:49:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY WA
08WINDHOEK394	POLITICAL VIOLENCE IN NORTHERN NAMIBIA FORESHADOWS [...] (C) Namibia's general elections are approximately one year away, but the campaign season is in full swing. After a series of minor political confrontations during the Tobias Hainyeko by-election (reftel),a violent attack on a Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) rally by supporters of the [...]	2008-12-09 13:43:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM WA
08WINDHOEK407	SIZING UP THE RDP [...] (C) Summary: The Rally for Democracy and Progress (RDP) celebrated its first birthday in November. The party may be new to Namibian politics, but its players are not. Led by former SWAPO stalwarts and well-known personalities elected at the party's December 5 congress, the RDP seems poised to [...]	2008-12-15 13:21:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV WA
08WINDHOEK95	NAMIBIA "CONCERNED" ABOUT ZIMBABWE, NOT READY TO MAKE PUBLIC [...] (C) Foreign Minister Hausiku told the Ambassador on March 7 that Namibia was "concerned" by the situation in Zimbabwe, but would not issue a public statement in the absence of declared results by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC). The Ambassador urged the GRN to encourage all parties in [...]	2008-04-07 16:13:00	Embassy Windhoek	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ZI WA
08WINDHOEK97	NAMIBIA TO REVIEW U.S. SOFA PROPOSAL [...] (U) During a March 7 meeting, the Ambassador told Foreign Minister Marco Hausiku that the USG would be pleased to enter into negotiations to discuss the draft Status of Forces Agreement that the Embassy provided to MFA officials in November 2007 (ref A) and the Ambassador again delivered on Ap [...]	2008-04-08 16:01:00	Embassy Windhoek	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MASS MARR WA
08YAOUNDE10	CAMEROON FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSSES THE ECONOMY [...] (C) Summary: Cameroon Finance Minister Essimi Menye told the Ambassador during her December 21 courtesy call that "the future of Cameroon is cocoa" and that long-running plans to privatize national airline CAMAIR and national telecom CAMTEL are being revisited. Economic growth will remain l [...]	2008-01-03 16:28:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EAIR ECON PREL EINV CM
08YAOUNDE103	CAMEROONIAN PRESIDENT BIYA TELLS AMBASSADOR HE [...] (C) On January 31, Ambassador met for one-and-a-half hours with President Paul Biya, at our request. Biya outlined his plans to change the constitution in March to eliminate term limits. He hoped this would reduce internal friction within his government. He plans to create a Vice Presiden [...]	2008-01-31 18:04:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC ECON ENIV MAS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08YAOUNDE1033	CAMEROON: EXPECTATIONS FROM MINING INVESTMENTS FUEL [...] (SBU) Summary: Facing sluggish economic growth, declining oil reserves and under- and unemployment that have rendered the population volatile, the Government of Cameroon (GRC) has hitched its economic development to a series of ambitious mining projects. Recent visits to the East, Adamaoua, [...]	2008-10-21 06:41:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EMIN ECON ELAB CM
08YAOUNDE1042	CAMEROON POLICE SUSPENDED FOR KIDNAPPING OF EQUATO-GUINEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Cameroon has reacted with shock to reports that Cameroonian police officials collaborated with security officials from the Government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (GREG) to kidnap a Equatoguinean convicted in absentia and seeking refugee status in Cameroon. The two po [...]	2008-10-22 13:42:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL CM
08YAOUNDE119	CAMEROON'S FINANCIAL WATCHDOG SAYS CABINET [...] (S) Summary. In a recent meeting with Poloff, the head of Cameroon's financial crimes watchdog, Hubert Nde Sambone, said that all but a few members of Cameroon's 57-person cabinet have accumulated ill-gotten gains, naming Essimi Menye (Finance),Muna (Culture),Fuh Gentry (Mines),and Ephri [...]	2008-02-07 16:11:00	Embassy Yaounde	SECRET	KCOR EFIN PREL KTFN CM
08YAOUNDE121	CAMEROON: OPPOSITION TO CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE [...] (C) Summary: Civil society representatives and opposition parties in Cameroon continue to speak out against President Biya's proposal to change the constitution. (Biya announced in his New Year's address that he would "reconsider" a constitutional amendment that would remove presidential term [...]	2008-02-08 10:42:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CM
08YAOUNDE1227	ACOTA SCORES WIN-WIN WITH CAMEROON TRAINING [...] (U) This cable is supplemented by photographs and other records of the event available on Yaounde's unclassified website at http://yaounde.usembassy.gov/ln_121209.html 2. (U) Summary: A Cameroonian battalion of 600 soldiers has completed ACOTA training in preparation for an eventual pea [...]	2008-12-18 16:29:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PHUM KPKO KWMN KTIP AORC PREL CM
08YAOUNDE1257	BIYA TAPS PARTY FAITHFUL TO RUN NEW ELECTION AGENCY [...] (SBU) Summary. President Paul Biya appointed the membership of the newly created elections agency ELECAM in a Presidential Decree issued on December 30, one day after the legislative deadline. The process of devolving management of the elections from the central government to an independent [...]	2008-12-31 14:52:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID PREL PHUM PINR CM
08YAOUNDE126	Cameroon-based UN Assessment of the Refugee Situation in [...] (U) Summary: On February 8, Poloff attended a UNDP-organized meeting of UN agencies, the ICRC, and diplomats to discuss ongoing humanitarian assistance efforts to refugees from Chad currently in Kousseri. According to those at the meeting, the 30,000 refugees in the area lack adequate sh [...]	2008-02-08 15:11:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF CM CD
08YAOUNDE193	CAMEROON: BIYA'S SPEECH OUT OF TOUCH AND UNHELPFUL [...] (SBU) President Paul Biya addressed the Cameroonian people February 27 on the recent violence in Cameroon. He minced no words, blaming opposition politicians (whom he labeled "demons") for manipulating the country's youth to "obtain through violence what they were unable to obtain through the [...]	2008-02-28 11:56:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ELAB PINR PGOV KPAO ASEC CM
08YAOUNDE236	CAMEROON: FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS IN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. Cameroon's Foreign Minister on March 5 told Ambassador that comments about domestic politics, such as the ruling party's plan to amend the constitution and eliminate presidential term limits, violate "diplomatic law." He nonetheless reaffirmed our mutual ties, leaving us wonderin [...]	2008-03-11 12:04:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CM KJUS PGOV PHUM
08YAOUNDE237	THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY: TRACING CAMEROON'S [...] (S) Summary. President Biya has reason to believe that powerful political barons worked to manipulate the population's genuine political-economic frustrations in order to cultivate instability in more than 30 Cameroonian cities during the week of February 25 (ref a). Amid the conflicting a [...]	2008-03-11 13:37:00	Embassy Yaounde	SECRET	PGOV PREL KCOR CM
08YAOUNDE247	CAMEROON: KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) On March 5, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Henri Eyebe Ayissi, and encouraged Cameroon to recognize Kosovo's independence and support the Organization of Islamic Conference's (OIC) statement. The Minister took notes but offered no response. GARVEY [...]	2008-03-13 08:48:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC UNMIK PGOV KISL CM
08YAOUNDE262	CAMEROON INPUT FOR CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ON FISCAL [...] (SBU) The following information is keyed to questions in reftel: --Is Cameroon's Budget Made Public? At the beginning of the fiscal year, the Government of Cameroon (GRC) publishes an overview of projected expenditures, indicating how the GRC intends to spends money at the Ministry-level [...]	2008-03-17 14:39:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN ECON KCOR PREL CM
08YAOUNDE280	CAMEROON: RIOT TRIALS BEGIN, SIGNS OF INJUSTICE [...] (C) Summary. Cameroon's Ministry of Justice is conducting trials to prosecute those suspected of participating in the February 25-29 riots in five of the country's ten provinces. Most of the accused are poor young men. Minister of Justice Amadou Ali told reporters at a March 6 press conferenc [...]	2008-03-24 11:01:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CM
08YAOUNDE300	CAMEROON LURCHING TOWARDS GLOBAL AIDS FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Seeking to address the governance flaws that doomed Cameroon's Round 7 application to the Global Fund for AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria (GFATM),Cameroon's Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) met on March 27 to reform the size and composition of its membership. Although th [...]	2008-03-28 12:55:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KHIV EAID PREL KCOR CM
08YAOUNDE313	CAMEROON CORRUPTION: FORMER MINISTERS OF FINANCE, [...] (U) Former Minister of Finance Polycarpe Abah Abah and former Minister of Health Urbain Awono Olanguena and as many as four lower level officials from their ministries were arrested and detained by Cameroon's judiciary police during the night of March 30 to March 31, according to state-owned [...]	2008-03-31 16:34:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM CVIS KCOR PGOV PREL
08YAOUNDE329	CAMEROON: CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT IN PARLIAMENT, [...] (C) The Deputy Secretary General of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) and head of parliamentary affairs at the Presidency, Gregoire Owona, told Pol/Econ Chief on April 4 that the text of a proposed constitutional revision was submitted to parliament late April 3 and that [...]	2008-04-04 13:23:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PINR CM
08YAOUNDE33	CAMEROON: CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUE HEATS UP [...] (C) Summary: President Paul Biya's New Year's speech, in which he announced his intention to "reconsider" changing the constitution, particularly presidential term limits (ref A),has sent shock waves throughout Cameroon. The private media, many civil society activists, and some opposition fi [...]	2008-01-11 11:26:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PGOV PHUM PREL
08YAOUNDE330	CAMEROON RIOTS SPUR GOVERMENT ACTION, BUT TO WHAT [...] (C) Summary. In the month since violent social unrest rattled Cameroon's highly touted stability, the Government has responded with uncharacteristic celerity and a flurry of highly publicized economic decisions. President Paul Biya on March 7 called a rare Cabinet meeting, issuing firm ins [...]	2008-04-04 13:26:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR ECON EFIN PINR CM
08YAOUNDE358	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES CONTROVERSIAL [...] (C) Summary: On April 10, the National Assembly overwhelmingly passed a controversial constitutional amendment which, among other things, removes presidential term limits and gives the president immunity from prosecution for acts committed while in office. Opposition parties suggested changes [...]	2008-04-11 12:25:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CM
08YAOUNDE366	CAMEROON'S ANIF DIRECTOR DISCUSSES TERRORIST [...] (S) Summary: In an April 11 meeting with Poloff, Hubert Nde Sambone, Director of Cameroon's National Agency for Financial Investigations (ANIF),welcomed Washington's response (ref a) to ANIF's request for more information regarding financial transfers from the Revival of Islamic Heritage S [...]	2008-04-15 14:28:00	Embassy Yaounde	SECRET	CM EFIN ETTC PGOV PREL PTER KTFN
08YAOUNDE43	CAMEROON: MINISTER OF MINES PROVIDES OVERVIEW OF [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 9, Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Badel Ndanga Ndinga, Minister of Industry, Mines and Technological Development, and his mining team. They noted Cameroon's large (though largely untapped) mining potential, including its active artisinal mining sector. The U.S [...]	2008-01-15 16:18:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM ECON EIND EMIN
08YAOUNDE449	CAMEROON: 212F HELPS GRC DETAIN CORRUPT OFFICIAL [...] (U) Paragraph 6 of this message contains an Action Request for INL/C. 2. (U) Cameroonian police detained Zachaeus Mungwe Forjindam on May 7, the same day he was replaced as General Manager of the parastatal Cameroon Shipyard. Forjindam's arrest has been greeted by Cameroonian press rep [...]	2008-05-09 11:10:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR CVIS PREL ECON CM
08YAOUNDE518	CAMEROON HIKES PUBLIC SECTOR SALARIES: WHAT IMPACT FOR [...] (U) Summary: The pay raise that President Biya promised Cameroonian civil servants in the wake of February riots took effect on April 25, when an estimated 170,000 officials saw their salaries rise by 15 percent and their lodging benefits rise to 20 percent of their base salaries. The Unite [...]	2008-05-30 11:27:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN AMGT APER CM
08YAOUNDE546	CAMEROON CORRUPTION: ALBATROSS AFFAIR EMBROILS PM, [...] (C) Cameroonian media and gossip circuits have been abuzz in recent weeks with speculation that dozens of high-level officials and prominent Cameroonians, including Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni, will be arrested for their role in what looks to become the biggest corruption scandal in Cameroo [...]	2008-06-04 15:02:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM EAIR ECON EFIN KCOR PGOV EINV
08YAOUNDE587	ASTOUNDING CORRUPTION AT CAMEROON'S AIRPORT AGENCY [...] (U) This message contains an action request for INL/C. 2. (C) Summary: Roger Ntongo Onguene, the General Manager of Aeroports du Cameroun (ADC),the Cameroonian government agency charged with management of the nation's airports, has embezzled millions of dollars from the ADC's coffers, [...]	2008-06-11 09:08:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR EAIR CVIS CM
08YAOUNDE622	CAMEROON: EMBASSY ENGAGES ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) Summary. On June 4, the Embassy hosted the opening ceremony for a USG-funded American Bar Association (ABA) seminar titled "Promoting a Multi-Disciplinary Strategy to Combating Trafficking in Persons". The Ambassador addressed the opening session by calling for stronger implementation of [...]	2008-06-17 13:05:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN CM
08YAOUNDE687	CAMEROON TAKES OVER BAKASSI IN SIX WEEKS [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Nigeria (GoN) is expected to hand over the remaining area of the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula (known as "the zone") to Cameroon on August 14 2008, in accordance with the 2006 Greentree Agreement. Insecurity and criminal activity in "the zone" has risen in the two y [...]	2008-07-03 12:23:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM EAID MOPS NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08YAOUNDE713	CAMEROON: CEMAC CONFERENCE - LOTS OF PROTOCOL, [...] (SBU) Summary: From June 19-24, Cameroon hosted the Ninth Ordinary Session of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) in Yaounde. The Conference focused on the free movement of people within CEMAC, the creation of a CEMAC passport and airline and a proposal to rotate the [...]	2008-07-11 12:43:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AORC ECON ECIN CM
08YAOUNDE73	TALKING FINANCE IN CAMEROON'S COMMERCIAL CAPITAL [...] (U) Summary. Despite billions of dollars in excess liquidity in central African banks, much-needed investment in Cameroon is hindered by a lack of long-term capital, underdeveloped capital markets, and a challenging business climate, according to Douala-based bankers and businesspeople. Pri [...]	2008-01-28 13:40:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD ECON EINV EMIN CM
08YAOUNDE772	CAMEROONIAN MINISTER: "SHUFFLE COMING, BIYA WANTS [...] (C) Summary. President Biya had wanted to step down in 2011, but when he learned "young" officials were robbing the treasury to finance their 2011 succession campaign, he was forced to remove presidential term limits in order to squelch internal jockeying for succession, according to Victor [...]	2008-08-04 11:07:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR TBIO CM
08YAOUNDE822	CAMEROON: G/TIP FY06 MONITORING REPORT [...] Below are Embassy Yaounde's responses keyed to reftel request. A. Poloff spoke with Yolande Fouda, resident staff member of the G/TIP sponsored American Bar Association (ABA),Rule of Law Initiative. Additional information is based on observation. B. An ABA staff member from Washington ha [...]	2008-08-20 16:26:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PHUM CM
08YAOUNDE825	CAMEROON: BIYA ADDRESSES THE NATION ABOUT BAKASSI [...] (U) On August 21, Cameroonian President Paul Biya gave a televised speech to the nation that dealt exclusively with Nigeria's August 14 final handover of the Bakassi Peninsula to Cameroon (reftel). Biya congratulated the people of Cameroon for their "moderation and patience" in pursuing a p [...]	2008-08-22 12:30:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PBTS PHSA MOPS MARR CM NI
08YAOUNDE855	VISAS DONKEY: CELESTIN NDONGA CORRUPTION 212(F) [...] (U) This cable contains an action request for the Department. See paragraph 14. 2. (C) Summary. Celestin Ndonga is a public servant whose influence--exclusively negative--far exceeds his official positions and whose corrupt acts have damaged an American company and dealt setbacks to U [...]	2008-09-08 15:57:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR KCVM EMIN CVIS CM
08YAOUNDE879	GEORGIA: REJECTING RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH [...] (C) Poloff met September 11 with Sebastien Foumane, the Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche. Foumane, who had just returned from an official visit to Moscow, said the Government of Russia had not yet approached the Government of Cameroon (GRC) re [...]	2008-09-12 15:23:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM GG PGOV PREL RU

08YAOUNDE881	CAMEROON: UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Poloff met September 11 with Sebastien Foumane, the Secretary General at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche. Foumane appreciated the USG's solicitation of the Government of Cameroon's (GRC) priorities for UNGA and promised to share any information as it became a [...]	2008-09-12 15:23:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CM PHUM PREL UNGA UN
08YAOUNDE913	AMEMBASSY YAOUNDE: ALL HANDS ENGAGED IN [...] (C) Summary: All elements of the U.S. Mission to Cameroon are engaged in aggressively fighting corruption and promoting good governance in Cameroon, a paramount USG objective inextricably linked to strengthening democratic institutions and furthering economic development. With no corruptio [...]	2008-09-22 11:34:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	AMGT CM KCOR PGOV PINR PREL
08YEREVAN106	ELECTION SEASON HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP (JANUARY-FEBRUARY) [...] (SBU) In light of the current presidential election in Armenia, scheduled for Tuesday, February 19, this issue of Yerevan's Human Rights Round-up is exclusively dedicated to reported and alleged election-related violations. Reports are organized chronologically. This issue's headlines: [...]	2008-02-11 12:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KDEM KPAO KJUS KWMN AM
08YEREVAN108	ARMENIA ON POST-2008 PLANS IN IRAQ (C-DI7-02264) [...] (S) In response to reftels, the Defense Attache (DATT) and two PolOffs met February 5 with Armen Yedigarian, Head of the Department of Arms Control and International Security at the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to inquire about GOAM intentions in Iraq after the eventual expiration of th [...]	2008-02-11 12:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL MARR MOPS IZ AM
08YEREVAN109	DASHNAKS DRAW 10,000 IN FIRST MAJOR YEREVAN RALLY [...] (SBU) On February 8, presidential candidate Vahan Hovannisian of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun) held his first major rally in Yerevan, drawing approximately 8,000-10,000 supporters whom the party bussed in from around the country . Under a heavy police presence, consid [...]	2008-02-11 13:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN118	ARMENIA: PRE-ELECTION TOUR OF ARARAT MARZ [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 6, Embassy Officers traveled to Ararat Marz (region) to meet with local political leaders and opposition party representatives to discuss the Presidential election campaign scheduled for February 19. Emboffs visited key population centers of the region including Arta [...]	2008-02-13 16:28:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN140	BITTER LEMONS: ELECTION TENSION TURNS FUNERAL [...] (C) During a pre-election regional reporting trip to the northwestern city of Stepanavan, PolOff uncomfortably watched a funeral gathering degenerate into a tense shouting match between friends and family when discussion turned to Armenia's approaching February 19 presidential election. Forget [...]	2008-02-15 14:30:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PROG PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN186	ARMENIA SITREP: ARMY CALLED IN TO RESTORE ORDER; [...] (C) Calm prevailed in Yerevan March 3, after pitched battles between opposition protesters and security forces ended in the early hours of March 2. Official GOAM reports state that eight people died in the armed clashes, 33 police were injured, and 100-200 injured overall, although a higher d [...]	2008-03-03 14:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC PREL PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN200	ARMENIAN GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN INTENSIFIES [...] (C) Rejecting dialogue with the opposition it used lethal force to subdue on March 1-2 following Armenia's disputed February 19 presidential election, the Armenian government in the last five days has taken extraordinary measures to clamp down on any would-be dissent and isolate opposition lead [...]	2008-03-07 14:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN226	ARMENIA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS [...] (SBU) In a March 8 decision, Armenia's Constitutional Court found that while there were irregularities in the conduct of the February 19 presidential election, they were not sufficient to alter the outcome of the vote won by Prime Minister Serzh Serzh Sargsian. The plaintiffs in the court cas [...]	2008-03-14 14:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM AM
08YEREVAN248	DETAILS ON LTP'S DE FACTO HOUSE ARREST [...] (C) Poloff has been able -- through weekly weekend hikes in the adjacent park -- to keep an eye on the de facto house arrest of former President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP). To our knowledge, LTP has only once been allowed out since March 1, and this was to address the Constitutional Court Marc [...]	2008-03-20 13:32:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
08YEREVAN258	ARMENIA: PSI FIFTH ANNIVERSARY INVITATION DELIVERED [...] Poloff delivered reftel invitation regarding the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Fifth Anniversary Events to Armen Yedigarian, Director of the Department for Arms Control and International Security on March 20. Yedigarian stated that the Armenian MFA would try to participate at the Dep [...]	2008-03-25 13:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL KNNP KSTC AM
08YEREVAN26	ARMENIA: UPDATE ON THE SPREAD OF AFRICAN SWINE [...] (SBU) As of Mid-December 2007, approximately 14,000 swine had died or been culled in Armenia due to ASF, according to government estimates. Post confirmed reports of outbreak in four regions in addition to Nagorno-Karabakh. The Government has been slow to react to the spreading virus despite [...]	2008-01-14 03:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AM EAGR
08YEREVAN297	ARMENIAN CUSTOMS SERVICE JOINS CRACKDOWN ON [...] (C) In what appears to be the GOAM's latest retaliatory measure against a pro-opposition (and currently fugitive) oligarch, Khachatur "Grzo" Sukiasian, a Sukiasian aide tells us the customs agency has for several weeks been holding up release of cigarettes imported by a Sukiasian-affiliated co [...]	2008-04-07 13:23:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC CASC PREL PHUM KDEM AM
08YEREVAN302	SARGSIAN BLOGS WITH ARMENIAN PUBLIC, DENIES JOB [...] (SBU) Although the events described herein are some four weeks old, we believe there is still value in sharing them on the eve of President-elect Sargsian,s inauguration. They reflect an interesting attempt on his part to reach out to the Armenian public, using some of the same tools heretofor [...]	2008-04-08 14:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM ASEC AM
08YEREVAN368	SIMMERING POST-ELECTION DISCONTENT IN ARMENIA'S [...] (C) Returning to the city where he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in the early 1990s, Poloff got an earful from disenchanted citizens in the northwestern Armenian town of Stepanavan who fret over their bleak economic future. People there bitterly complained of the imminent hike in gas price [...]	2008-04-30 12:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON AM
08YEREVAN425	PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ATTACKED [...] (C) On May 21 the leader of a marginal right-wing political party with reputed connections to Armenia's National Security Service, assaulted Mikhail Danielian, one of Armenia's most prominent human rights activists, shooting him with an air pistol. While multiple people witnessed the attack, [...]	2008-05-23 13:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN55	ARMENIA: DEMARCHE ON IRAN'S ATTEMPTS TO EXPAND [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-24 12:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PREL KNNP IR GM AM
08YEREVAN599	ROAD RAGE ATTACK ON DUTCH BUSINESSMEN EMBLEMATIC [...] (SBU) BUSINESSMEN ASSAULTED: On Saturday, July 12, two pedestrians, Hans Boon and Jurgen Dolstra -- Dutch nationals who are senior executives of the semi-privatized postal corporation Haypost -- were attacked and beaten by two motorists in a road rage incident. The incident occured at about [...]	2008-07-28 14:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CASC PGOV EINV KJUS AM
08YEREVAN635	PRIME MINISTER AWARDS JEWISH COMMUNITY HEAD [...] (SBU) On July 21, Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian in a surprise move awarded Rimma Varzhapetian, the Chairwomen of the Armenian Jewish Community NGO, a memorial medal in recognition of her contribution to the strengthening and promotion of Armenian-Jewish relations. According to press reports, [...]	2008-08-08 08:39:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SCUL KIRF AM
08YEREVAN638	SERIES OF VIOLENT INCIDENTS SPOTLIGHTS STRAINS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Separate incidents of serious violence -- one fatal -- July 14 and 16 related to property disputes over Yerevan apartments which had been sold. In both cases, the former owners of the properties sought to intimidate the new owners into giving back apartments they had rightfully p [...]	2008-08-08 12:59:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ASEC EINV CASC PGOV KCRM KDEM KJUS AM
08YEREVAN665	RFE/RL BUREAU CHIEF ASSAULT LATEST IN A SERIES OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The acting Yerevan bureau chief of RFE/RL was lightly injured in an assault August 18 by a man who proclaimed anti-RFE/RL sentiments during the attack. CDA met with RFE/RL officials August 20 to discuss the incident, and the general situation of RFE/RL in Armenia, which had see [...]	2008-08-25 05:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO BBG AM
08YEREVAN668	POLICE RAID OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS IN YEREVAN CENTER [...] (SBU) Around 1100 on August 25, about 50 policemen raided the space that opposition activists have occupied for months on Yerevan's central Northern Avenue, tearing down and confiscating their posters and all other paper materials. Promptly arriving at the scene, Poloffs witnessed about 40 pro [...]	2008-08-25 12:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL AM
08YEREVAN672	PRO-KOCHARIAN PARTY BOSS MOVES TO PARLIAMENT, AS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Outgoing presidential chief of staff Hovik Abrahamian won an uncontested special election for the conveniently vacated parliament seat in his home district. Most observers believe Abrahamian will shortly be elected speaker of the National Assembly, despite the incumbent speaker' [...]	2008-08-25 15:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM AM
08YEREVAN694	DASHNAKS RALLY AGAINST CLOSER TURKISH TIES AND TO SHOW [...] (SBU) During its September 2 rally for "Artsakh Freedom Day," (Artsakh is the Armenian term for Nagorno-Karabakh) Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnaktsutyun),the ultranationalist junior partner in the ruling coalition, previewed its plans to protest the upcoming historic visit of Turkis [...]	2008-09-05 03:01:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AM
08YEREVAN704	ARMENIA: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-08 14:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN AM
08YEREVAN770	OPPOSITION/MEDIA CRY FOUL OVER CHANGE IN MEDIA [...] (C) A midnight amendment to Armenia's Law on TV and Radio imposes a two-year moratorium on new TV broadcasting licenses, and has sparked criticism by domestic and international observers. Armenia's opposition and independent media experts say the moratorium constitutes another attempt to muzz [...]	2008-09-26 12:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KMDR KPAO AM
08YEREVAN780	DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR GC VOTE ON MESA GROUP SEAT [...] (S) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA's Acting Head of UN Department Nouneh Zastoukhova requesting staunch GOAM opposition to Iran and Syria's candidacy to the IAEA Board of Governors, support for Afghanistan's nomination to the Board of Governors, and support for Kazakhstan's bid to join [...]	2008-09-30 03:54:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PARM MUNC IAEA AM
08YEREVAN794	TAINTED ELECTION FOR CENTRAL YEREVAN'S PREFECT [...] (C) On September 28, the controversial incumbent prefect of Yerevan's central district beat his opposition challenger, in a vote marred by numerous reports and eyewitness accounts of fraud that were confirmed by Embassy election observers. The incumbent scored landslide margins in polling stati [...]	2008-10-02 03:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AM
08YEREVAN8	PARLIAMENTARY HEARINGS ON TURKISH-ARMENIAN [...] (SBU) On December 19-20, the Foreign Relations Committee of Armenia's parliament held public hearings on Turkish-Armenian Relations titled "Issues and Perspectives." Viewed as a positive step to discuss the delicate issue of improving Turkish-Armenian ties, the hearings quickly morphed into a [...]	2008-01-04 14:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TU AM
08YEREVAN86	OPPOSITION CANDIDATES CHALLENGE PM IN REPUBLICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The major opposition representatives in Gyumri allege that biased media coverage, vote-buying, and use of administrative resources by the ruling regime puts them at an inherent disadvantage. All three party chairs consulted say they stand by the embattled independent GALA TV cha [...]	2008-02-05 17:00:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AM
08YEREVAN873	CRIME SPREE PROMPTS CHARGES OF "CRIMINAL STATE" BY OPPOSITION [...] (C) A recent string of unconnected violent attacks around Armenia has prompted the opposition to decry the emergence of a "criminal state." Over the October 24-26 weekend, one person was killed in Yerevan, four were killed in the northern city of Spitak, and the recently re-elected mayor of the nor [...]	2008-11-03 14:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL ASEC AM
08YEREVAN892	ARMENIA SAYS NO TO PALESTINIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (S) Poloff met with Dziunik Aghajanian October 17 to deliver reftel demarche and solicit Armenia's interest in resettling to Armenia the Palestinian Guantanamo detainee Asim M. Al-Aasmi. Aghajanian said Armenia is unable to resettle such cases. 2. (S) Aghajanian said Armenia's refusal in s [...]	2008-11-10 14:07:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO AM
08YEREVAN939	EMBATTLED REGIONAL TV STATION SCORES LEGAL VICTORY [...] (SBU) The regional GALA TV company scored a legal victory on October 31 when Armenia's Cassation Court overruled a lower court's verdict ordering the removal of GALA's antenna from a Soviet-era broadcast tower. While welcoming the victory on the antenna, GALA was less pleased that the Cassation [...]	2008-11-20 10:47:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS KPAO AM
08YEREVAN999	AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO DENY VENUES FOR MEETINGS [...] (C) On December 3, 13 NGOs issued a public statement condemning the repeated refusal of meeting space to civil society organizations on the grounds that the meetings carried a political nature. Since the end of the State of Emergency in late March, there have been at least twenty reported ins [...]	2008-12-12 10:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM
08ZAGREB172	GOC RESPONSE TO LATE FEBRUARY IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN [...] Embassy PolOff delivered points outlined in reftels to Mario Horvatic, GOC's representative on the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) Board of Governors. Horvatic expected a more positive response from the EU to the reports from Director General ElBaradei and Deputy Director General [...]	2008-02-29 11:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR IAEA
08ZAGREB181	SERBIA'S CIVIL SOCIETY FEARS VIOLENCE, UNCERTAIN POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Serbia's NGO and civil society leaders are concerned about potential aggression against them in the aftermath of Kosovo's declaration of independence and following the February 21 attacks against diplomatic missions in Belgrade. Prominent NGO leaders are concerned that the campaign in t [...]	2008-03-03 09:17:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC SR
08ZAGREB182	ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) Post is pleased to submit the Annual Anti- Trafficking in Persons Report for 2007. Croatia has previously been ranked as a Tier Two country. As detailed below, Post believes Croatia has made successful efforts to meet Tier One requirements under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, [...]	2008-03-03 10:15:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB HR
08ZAGREB184	Gasoline on a Fire: Serb Leaders' Rhetoric Inflaming [...] (SBU) In the wake of Kosovo's declaration of independence, Serbian leaders within the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and New Serbia (NS) coalition have publicly incited and enflamed the delicate political situation through continued statements condoning violence as a legitimate response to K [...]	2008-03-03 14:02:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC SR
08ZAGREB19	WAR CRIMES INDICTEE AND MP GLAVAS RELEASED FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: War crimes indictee and re-elected MP Branimir Glavas was released from custody on 11 JAN after the opening session of Parliament, following the Zagreb County Court determination that only Parliament can decide the status of his immunity from prosecution and detention after the s [...]	2008-01-11 16:23:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	HR CROATIA KAWC PGOV WAR CRIMES
08ZAGREB198	SERBIA: EU-KOSOVO DIVIDE GROWS [...] (SBU) On the eve of the first parliamentary session of 2008, a resolution proposed by the Radicals that would allow Serbia to join the EU "only with Kosovo" has deepened the rift between Serbia's ruling parties. Officials from Prime Minister Kostunica's party have said they will support the res [...]	2008-03-05 05:57:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08ZAGREB203	WHO'S RUNNING SERBIA [...] (SBU) By keeping Serbians fixated on Kosovo, Prime Minister Kostunica has retained control of Serbian politics despite President Tadic's reelection last month. Kostunica's hard-line nationalist response to Kosovo is obstructing Serbia's path to EU integration by paralyzing the government and e [...]	2008-03-05 09:05:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08ZAGREB222	SERBIA: KOSOVO RESOLUTION DIVIDES GOVERNMENT, RADICALS MAY [...] (SBU) A parliamentary majority of Prime Minister Kostunica's party and ultranationalist Radicals supported consideration of a resolution stating that Serbia should only join the European Union with Kosovo as its territory. Parliament's Speaker, from President Tadic's party, suspended session [...]	2008-03-06 06:44:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KBTS KPAO SR MW KV
08ZAGREB23	WAR CRIMES PROSECUTION OF MP GLAVAS CONTINUES, BUT [...] (SBU) Subsequent to the Zagreb County Court's decision last week (REF A) that Branimir Glavas had re-gained parliamentary immunity due to his re-election to the Croatian Sabor, the Sabor's Mandates and Immunities Committee met on January 12 and overwhelmingly voted to again lift Glavas' immun [...]	2008-01-14 15:37:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	KAWC PGOV HR WAR CRIMES
08ZAGREB25	CROATIA TO SUPPORT CERD CANDIDACY OF PIERRE PROSPER [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-15 15:41:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA HR
08ZAGREB29	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - JANUARY 16, 2008 [...] (SBU) US CONTINUES ENGAGEMENT ON ICTY LEGACY, WAR CRIMES ISSUES: S/WCI and SCE visitors traveled to Croatia on January 13-14 to examine ICTY legacy issues in the region and regional cooperation on war crimes. Along with Poloff, the visitors met in Osijek and Vukovar with county court judges [...]	2008-01-17 08:12:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV ICTY EUC HR
08ZAGREB301	UNSC - GOC SUPPORT FOR STRENGTHENED RENEWAL OF THE [...] POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on 08 April 2008 to Andrej Dogan, Department for the United Nations in the Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Integration (MFA). The GOC had no issue with strengthening the mandate of the 1540 Committee as outlined. Dogan did not go so far as to say the [...]	2008-04-11 11:20:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP HR
08ZAGREB302	UNSC - GOC SUPPORT FOR STRENGTHENED RENEWAL OF THE [...] POLOFF delivered reftel demarche on 08 April 2008 to Andrej Dogan, Department for the United Nations in the Croatian Ministry of Foreign and European Integration (MFA). The GOC had no issue with strengthening the mandate of the 1540 Committee as outlined. Dogan did not go so far as to say the [...]	2008-04-11 11:21:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP HR
08ZAGREB334	PM/WRA VISIT REINFORCES CROATIAN COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: PolOff and PM/WRA Senior Advisor Mark Adams on April 15-16 visited key Croatian Army logistics facilities to discuss possible assistance for destruction of the military's excess Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS). During meetings and site visits at Velika Buna [...]	2008-04-24 10:11:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MASS PREL PGOV PTER MARR PARM HR DEFENSE REFORM
08ZAGREB358	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - MAY 6, 2008 [...] (SBU) CROATIA COMPLETES ACCESSION TALKS WITH NATO: Croatia completed its accession talks with NATO on May 7. This second and final round of membership negotiations focused on the security, legal and financial requirements of the alliance. As Assistant Foreign Minister Pjer Simunovic, who was [...]	2008-05-08 13:15:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MARR HR
08ZAGREB411	CONVALIDATION OF PENSIONS IN FORMER OCCUPIED SERB [...] (U) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Slobodan Uzelac, the highest ranking Croatian Serb in the government, appears to be making some progress toward solving problems related to the return of Serbs who fled Croatia at the end of the war. On May 17th, 2008, the Croatian Government published a Rul [...]	2008-06-03 12:44:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PREL HR EUC SR
08ZAGREB413	LARGE CROATIAN SERB GATHERING GOES SMOOTHLY, UNTIL [...] (U) On May 30, the Serbian National Council (SNV) of Croatia convened the largest political gathering of Serbs in Croatia since independence, assembling some 1800 delegates from Serb minority councils across Croatia in Zagreb's main concert hall. The objective of the assembly, according to co [...]	2008-06-03 13:15:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR SR BK
08ZAGREB421	GOC RECEIVES TIER ONE TIP SCORE ENTHUSIASTICALLY [...] On July 3rd, per REFTEL, POLOFF delivered news of Croatia's upgraded TIER 1 rating to TIP National Coordinator Luka Maderic, who also serves as the Head of the Government Office of Human Rights. The GoC enthusiastically received the news of Croatia's full compliance with the minimum standards [...]	2008-06-05 15:19:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN PREL HR TRAFFICKING
08ZAGREB53	DELIVERED: PREVENTING IRANIAN PROLIFERATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-24 15:05:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP MNUC IR HR
08ZAGREB554	CROATIA REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FOR MANPADS DESTRUCTION [...] (C) After an April visit to Croatian Army logistics facilities to discuss the destruction of the military's excess Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) (ref A),the Croatian Ministry of Defense (MOD) sent a formal letter on June 11 requesting USG assistance in destroying 929 of the app [...]	2008-07-24 12:11:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL PGOV PTER MARR PARM HR DEFENSE REFORM
08ZAGREB563	POLICE CHIEF BENKO CRITICAL OF INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a July 25 courtesy call with incoming Poloff, Director of Police Marijan Benko expressed deep frustration with his boss, Interior Minister Roncevic, over moves that weaken Benko's position within the Ministry. Benko said he was irritated by Roncevic's requirement for him to rea [...]	2008-07-30 07:54:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KCRM HR
08ZAGREB576	CROATIA SIGNS IMPLEMENTING ARRANGMENT FOR MANPADS [...] (U) On July 30 the Croatian Ministry of Defense (MOD) and post signed an Implementing Arrangement (IA) for the destruction of the military's excess Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) (refs B-E). In the IA the MOD agreed to destroy 929 of their approximately 2,900 SA 7 Strela missiles [...]	2008-08-01 11:41:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL PGOV PTER MARR PARM HR DEFENSE REFORM
08ZAGREB595	TFGG01: DEMARCHE TO CROATIA ON GEORGIA UNSC [...] (C) Acting Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche to Ambassador Vladimir Matek, the Foreign Minister's advisor for UNSC, on the morning of August 12. Matek noted that he had received the French draft resolution and confirmed that the text was in line with the Croatian position. Matek d [...]	2008-08-12 12:45:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC GE PREL PBTS HR
08ZAGREB602	TTGG01: CROATIA'S RESPONSE TO REQUEST TO ENGAGE [...] (C) Acting Political Counselor delivered points from reftel to Ambassador Vladimir Matek, the Foreign Minister's advisor for UNSC, on August 14. Matek stated that the points about engaging Russia would be communicated immediately to the appropriate officials in the GOC. He explained that hol [...]	2008-08-18 05:54:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE NATO UN GG RS
08ZAGREB639	CROATIA SUPPORTIVE OF US PRIORITIES IN UNGA THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 14:15:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN HR
08ZAGREB640	CROATIA SUPPORTIVE OF EFFORTS TO PREVENT IRAN'S [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Sanja Bujas-Juraga and Ivana Djerek of the Department for International Security at the Croatian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration. While neither provided a specific response to the non-paper, they did express the GOC's continued suppo [...]	2008-09-09 14:16:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP IR MNUC PARM TRGY ENRG EMIN ETTC HR PREL
08ZAGREB662	CROATIA UNDECIDED ON UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR [...] (U) On September 17, Poloff delivered reftel requesting support for UNAIDS Executive Director candidate Michel Sidibe to Vesna Vukovic, head of the MFA's UN office. Vukovic thanked us for the information on the candidate, indicated the MFA would take note of the US position, and said that his [...]	2008-09-18 13:22:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNGA EAID KHIV HR
08ZAGREB668	CROATIAN RESPONSE TO NO BUSINESS AS USUAL IN THE [...] (SBU) PolOff on September 22 discussed reftel points on the potential Preparatory Committee (Prep Com) meeting with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department at the Croatian Foreign Ministry. Rozic said she would pass on to the Croatian Mission to NATO before September 23 our request that c [...]	2008-09-22 13:45:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NATO PREL GG RS HR
08ZAGREB673	CROATIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT AFGHANISTAN, OPPOSE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref points to Mario Horvatic, Croatia's representative to the IAEA Board of Governors. Horvatic indicated the GOC has not conveyed to him its official position regarding the candidacies of Syria, Iran, and Afghanistan. He noted his personal preference that neither Syria [...]	2008-09-24 05:10:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IAEA PARM MNUC HR PREL
08ZAGREB674	CROATIA SUPPORTIVE OF THE EXPANSION OF ADRIATIC [...] (SBU) PolOff on September 23 discussed ref A points on the expansion of the Adriatic Charter with Marina Rozic, Head of the NATO Department at the Croatian Foreign Ministry. Rozic said that Croatia wanted to continue with the Adriatic Charter with Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as [...]	2008-09-24 13:45:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR NATO PREL MK HR AL SR MW BK
08ZAGREB689	NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE: UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-02 11:46:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL CDG UNGA HR
08ZAGREB700	CROATIAN VIEWS ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION AT UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-06 11:59:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA KV HR
08ZAGREB766	CROATIA PURSUING MAJOR LAW ENFORCEMENT REFORMS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Croatian law enforcement system is undergoing a massive shake-up in reaction to several high-profile, mafia-style killings in Zagreb in October (Ref A and B) and long-stalled initiatives to fight organized crime are now quickly being implemented. These initiatives include [...]	2008-11-03 07:18:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCRM ASEC HR
08ZAGREB797	ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT - NOVEMBER 20, 2008 [...] (C) POSSIBLE DELAY OF GoC PURCHASE OF ADVANCED FIGHTER AIRCRAFT: On November 17 the local press, citing unnamed government sources, reported that the GoC would delay the tender for the purchase of new fighter jets until 2010 at the earliest for both political and economic reasons. Contacts i [...]	2008-11-20 12:40:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB850	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE HARMONIZATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 14:08:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA HR
08ZAGREB851	CROATIA TO CONTRIBUTE TO SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 14:10:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PTER LE SY UNSC EUN HR
08ZAGREB852	SOMALI PIRACY: CROATIA STILL REVIEWING PROPOSED [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 14:15:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PHSA UNSC MARR EWWT KCRM SO XA XW
08ZAGREB853	CROATIA: UPDATE ON MISSING GOTOVINA DOCUMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Croatian officials stress that the political will exists to resolve the issue of missing documents in the Gotovina case before The Hague, but are uncertain whether ICTY Prosecutor Brammertz can be persuaded that the GoC has done all that it can. Croatia's Chief State Prosecutor al [...]	2008-12-12 14:38:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KAWC ICTY HR
08ZAGREB856	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNSCR ON ANNAPOLIS PROCESS [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-15 10:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC HR
08ZAGREB869	BORDER DISPUTE WITH SLOVENIA DERAILING CROATIA'S [...] (C/NF) The optimism that existed in Croatia two months ago that the new government in Slovenia would enable Zagreb and Ljubljana to move forward on the ongoing border dispute has disappeared. On the eve of a Dec. 19 EU-Croatia accession conference meeting, where it is widely expected that Slov [...]	2008-12-19 15:05:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUC HR SI
08ZAGREB883	CROATIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Croatia has no indigenous terrorist threat and there have been no recorded terrorist threats to the US Embassy or US personnel. Croatia has a small Muslim community that is very secular in their orientation and, in comparison with their overall numbers, are well represented within the professi [...]	2008-12-22 14:35:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL HR
08ZAGREB892	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON US DRAFT SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-29 14:21:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KPKO SO ET HR
08ZAGREB893	CROATIA WILL ATTEND INAUGURAL MEETING OF CONTACT [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-31 10:29:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT KCRM MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER HR
08ZAGREB97	CROATIA AGREES TO CO-HOST EXPORT CONTROL CONFERENCE [...] The GoC has accepted the USG invitation to co-host the ninth International Export Control Conference (reftels). MFA officials plan to propose dates in September 2008 for this event. Full text of GoC diplomatic note No. 586/08 dated 04 February 2008 follows in para 3. 2. The GoC POC for con [...]	2008-02-12 06:30:00	Embassy Zagreb	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ETTC KSTC PARM HR
09ABIDJAN166	COTE D'IVOIRE: GOVERNMENT POSTPONES HANDOVER OF [...] (C) Summary: Just hours before it was to take place, Minister of Interior Desire Tagro forced the postponement of a March 4 ceremony marking the handover of administrative powers by the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) in Bouake to civilian government authorities. He said that without mixed brigades (j [...]	2009-03-10 16:10:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MARR SOCI EAID IV
09ABIDJAN186	MALNUTRITION IN NORTHERN COTE D'IVOIRE UNDERSCORES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The absence of a functioning government in the north of Cote d'Ivoire and ongoing insecurity in the west are having increasingly negative effects on the resident populations. A SMART survey conducted in July 2008 revealed that the global acute malnutrition (GAM) rate in northern [...]	2009-03-20 15:43:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PGOV PREL EAGR SOCI IV
09ABIDJAN194	BETTING ON DUST: A VISIT TO AN ARTISANAL GOLD MINE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Rural villages carry out artisanal gold mining in northwestern Cote d'Ivoire. Yields are minuscule, and mining operations are done by hand. Mines in the north are still primarily under the control of the Forces Nouvelles. Poloff visited the artisanal mining village of Zievas [...]	2009-03-24 07:32:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ECON IV
09ABIDJAN197	OPPOSITION PARTY PRESIDENT DETAINED FOR REMARKS ON [...] (U) Summary. The national security agency (DST),at the request of the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, detained Kobena Anaky, president of a small opposition political party, March 20-21. Anaky's detention was the result of remarks he made regarding recent events in Madagascar on a March [...]	2009-03-25 08:20:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM IV
09ABIDJAN214	THE "PEACE AND ZEN" MAN: AN INSIDER'S TAKE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Gbagbo's legal advisor (and goddaughter) reveals a different side of Cote d'Ivoire's most senior statesman and political figure, painting him as a man of "peace and zen" who prefers to focus on the intellectual, theoretical side of politics and leave the everyday matte [...]	2009-03-31 14:25:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON IV
09ABIDJAN220	FATE OF THE COMZONES MAY BE STALLING OUAGA IV [...] (C) Summary. Implementation of the fourth supplementary agreement (Ouaga IV) to the Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA) is proving challenging, particularly with regard to the fate of the comzones. The Office of the OPA Facilitator's Special Representative told Poloff that, according to Oua [...]	2009-04-02 13:43:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KDEM IV
09ABIDJAN226	FPI BLOCKING OUAGA IV TO DELAY ELECTIONS? [...] (C) Summary. Alain Lobognon, the Prime Minister's Communications Advisor, told Ambassador he believes President Gbagbo's camp is blocking implementation of the fourth supplementary agreement (Ouaga IV) to the Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA) in order to delay elections because they fear [...]	2009-04-06 15:35:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KDEM IV
09ABIDJAN309	MODEL ANTI-TIP EFFORTS IN SOUTHEASTERN COTE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Cote d'Ivoire (GoCI)has implemented a robust and comprehensive program to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in the southeastern part of the country, with technical and financial assistance from the German development agency GTZ. The southeast is a major tra [...]	2009-05-13 08:22:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP PHUM SOCI PGOV IV
09ABIDJAN366	PRESIDENT GBAGBO FINALLY VISITS WESTERN COTE [...] (SBU) Summary. On June 7, President Gbagbo amid tight security embarked on a ten day trip to the west and northwest of the country. His visit to the west is a political and personal triumph as he has not been able to travel to the west since the country was divided in 2002. The visit, which [...]	2009-06-10 15:34:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV IV
09ABIDJAN391	IVOIRIAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO TIER 2 WATCH LIST [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy has informed the Ministry of Family that Cote d'Ivoire will face sanctions in 2011 if the country continues to remain on Tier 2 Watch List status. Representatives of both the Ministry of Family and the National Committee to Fight Trafficking told Poloff that they are ham [...]	2009-06-26 13:02:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI IV
09ABIDJAN430	UNOCI SAYS DDR UNLIKELY BEFORE ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. Ouaga IV (the fourth supplementary agreement to the Ouagadougou Political Agreement (OPA)) calls for disarmament of the Forces Nouvelles (FAFN) and dismantlement of the militias to be completed two months before the presidential election, currently scheduled to be held on Novembe [...]	2009-07-16 14:51:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KDEM KPKO UN IV
09ABIDJAN523	PRESIDENTIAL DECREES BUY ELECTORAL COMMISSION MORE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 25, President Gbagbo signed three presidential decrees that give the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) more time to produce and post the provisional electoral list. Although the provisional electoral list was originally scheduled to be published on August 29, th [...]	2009-09-08 07:47:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IV
09ABIDJAN576	PURPORTED PROVISIONAL ELECTORAL LIST DELIVERED TO [...] (C) On the evening of October 1, SAGEM and the National Institute for Statistics (INS) presented Prime Minister Soro with an electronic copy (on USB thumb drives) of what they claimed was a provisional electoral list. Because President Laurent Gbagbo was traveling in the west on October 1, a [...]	2009-10-05 15:38:00	Embassy Abidjan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM IV
09ABIDJAN581	COTE D'IVOIRE: CONTINGENCY PLANNING FOR GUINEAN REFUGEES [...] (SBU) On October 6, Poloff spoke to representatives from the Ivoirian government agency for refugees (SAARA),the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),and the UN Office for the Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) about possible repercussions of the crisis in Guinea. All three o [...]	2009-10-06 12:42:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV GV IV
09ABIDJAN675	ELECTIONS OFFICIALLY POSTPONED, NO NEW DATE SET [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 11, the Independent Electoral Commission (CEI) announced that presidential elections will not take place on November 29. The provisional voters' list has been printed, however, and the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) has begun distributing it. Acco [...]	2009-11-13 13:47:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM SOCI IV
09ABIDJAN70	UN FIELD COVERAGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN COTE D'IVOIRE [...] (U) SUMMARY: As requested in reftel, Poloff met with members of the National Human Rights Commission, civil society actors, and political party human rights representatives to assess the work of the Human Rights (HR) Division of the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI). In gene [...]	2009-02-02 15:17:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL IV
09ABIDJAN83	UPDATE ON THE IVOIRIAN NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) On January 22, Poloff met with President Victorine Wodie and Executive Secretary Dr. Gervais Boga of the National Human Rights Commission (CNDHCI) to discuss the commission's activities since it officially began work in July 2008. Wodie explained that the real work of the commission wil [...]	2009-02-04 07:14:00	Embassy Abidjan	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV IV
09ABUDHABI1029	UAE Censors Capping Their Black Pens [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the past several years the UAE has noticeably relaxed its censorship of print media images. Perhaps reflecting a generational change in leadership, nowhere is this change more tangible than in advertisements depicting female models. Changes in coverage of political issues ar [...]	2009-11-03 06:17:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS KPAO SCUL AE
09ABUDHABI1032	UAE Censors Capping Their Black Pens [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the past several years the UAE has noticeably relaxed its censorship of print media images. Perhaps reflecting a generational change in leadership, nowhere is this change more tangible than in advertisements depicting female models. Changes in coverage of political issues ar [...]	2009-11-03 11:33:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS KPAO SCUL AE
09ABUDHABI1077	UAE SUPPORTS U.S. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION [...] (SBU) On November 15, PolOff delivered Ref A demarche to the Director General of the National Transport Authority Dr. Nasser Saif Al Mansoori, who said the UAE would "definitely" support the U.S. candidacy for a seat on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Council in Category A, as it [...]	2009-11-15 11:38:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA KTIA PREL PGOV AE
09ABUDHABI111	EMIRATES HUMAN RIGHTS ASSOCIATION IN DISARRAY [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-29 09:00:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KTIP KMPI AE

09ABUDHABI1145	UAE Response: Somalia Demarche on Djibouti Peace Process [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 12:16:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO AE
09ABUDHABI20	UAE REMINDED OF PALESTINIAN HUMANITARIAN NEEDS [...] (SBU) Post relayed ref B appeal for donations to UN-related relief agencies in separate conversations with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Anwar Gargash and MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Political Affairs Tariq al Haidan. Dr. Gargash acknowledged the need and told the Ambassador [...]	2009-01-07 13:06:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF EAID KWBG UN IS AE
09ABUDHABI225	MUSLIM BUT MODERN -- THE UAE'S VERY CONTROLLED ISLAMIC [...] (C) Summary: The UAE's identity is deeply Islamic, but also fundamentally modern. In contrast to some Islamic societies, most Emiratis see no contradiction between Islamic rectitude and modern convenience. Nonetheless, the UAEG seeks to reign in Islamic discourse to prevent radical views fr [...]	2009-03-05 13:42:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL SCUL AE
09ABUDHABI243	UAE TIP SHELTER OPTIONS INADEQUATE BUT THERE IS HOPE [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: UAE shelter options for victims of domestic abuse and trafficking (sexual or otherwise) remain limited. In Dubai, there is only one officially recognized facility of whose existence the wider Dubai co [...]	2009-03-13 17:25:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB KMPI KTIP AE
09ABUDHABI244	UNOFFICIAL TIP SHELTER OPTIONS IN UAE [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Abu Dhabi - Consulate General Dubai cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: In both Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the UAE's main urban hubs, unofficial shelters have been established over time to accommodate the immediate needs of vulnerable groups (one of the more active being run by [...]	2009-03-13 17:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KCRM ELAB KMPI KTIP AE
09ABUDHABI437	UAE WOMEN PREFER NOT TO DEFINE SUCCESS BY GENDER [...] (SBU) Summary: Much has been written about the (relatively) progressive UAE attitude towards women and the great successes of Emirati women academically and professionally. Female Emirati contacts report they are pleased with the development of women in the UAE but still feel constrained by [...]	2009-05-05 12:22:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV SOCI AE
09ABUDHABI513	UAE AND UNICEF CONTINUE TO ASSIST REPATRIATED [...] (U) Summary: The effort to repatriate young foreign camel jockeys was the headline focus of the UAE's anti-TIP efforts just a few years ago; the follow-up continues unabated, with significant UAE effort and resource applied to the rehabilitation of prior jockeys. End summary. 2. (SBU) U [...]	2009-05-21 08:26:00	Embassy Abu Dhabi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KTIP EAID MR SU BG PK UN AE
09ABUJA1036	NIGERIA: MEGA-PARTY DELAYS DECISIONS ABOUT ITS [...] (SBU) On June 3 PolOff met with Mr. Osita Okechukwu, National Publicity Secretary of the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties. Okechukwu said the parties within the "Mega Summit Movement" (until now known as the opposition "mega-party") have not yet decided whether they will form a new pol [...]	2009-06-10 15:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA1064	NIGERIA: 2009 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel country narrative of the ninth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). NAPTIP's Director of Investigations and Monitoring, Muhammed Babandede, and Executive Secretary, Simon Egede, [...]	2009-06-15 15:15:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KMWN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09ABUJA1098	NIGERIA: PIRACY COURT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper "An International Piracy Court -- Not the Right Direction" to Ms. Maria Laose, the Director of the First UN Division at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on June 17. Ms. Laose pledged to pass copies of the non-paper along to the [...]	2009-06-17 16:21:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL NI
09ABUJA1099	NIGERIA: AKWA-IBOM GOV APPLAUDS JTF ACTION IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 10 courtesy call on the DCM, Akwa-Ibom Governor Godswill Akpabio expressed his full support for the offensive of the Joint Task Force (JTF) against "militants" in the Niger Delta, discussed the resettlement of persons from the Bakassi Peninsula, his recent instituti [...]	2009-06-18 09:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA1116	NIGERIA: WEAPONS LADEN PLANE IMPOUNDED IN KANO; [...] (SBU) A Ukrainian aircraft said to be "fully loaded" with 18 crates of weapons was impounded by a Nigerian military intelligence unit at Kano's Aminu Kano International Airport shortly after 4:00 AM on June 17. The plane, an Antonov 12 with registration number MEM 4-060 and tail number UR-CAK, [...]	2009-06-19 13:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PINR PGOV MASS NI EK HR
09ABUJA1132	NIGERIA: SPECULATION ABOUT NIGER DELTA AMNESTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Government of Nigeria's Council of State (an official advisory body including, inter alia, serving Governors, the President, VP, former Heads of State and other senior officials) will meet on June 25 to discuss terms for a possible amnesty offer to Niger Delta "militants," inc [...]	2009-06-24 06:14:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA1270	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR LEADS FURTHER OUTREACH ON [...] (U) Summary: In conjunction with the Mission's outreach to the Nigerian Muslim community, Ambassador took President Obama's Cairo speech on the road, traveling (with PolOff notetaker and other Mission members) to Northeastern Nigeria on June 29 - July 2, and in the Southwest July 3-6 (with Con [...]	2009-07-10 14:26:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA1271	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MUSLIM GOVERNORS ON [...] (C) Summary: On June 29 - July 2, Ambassador traveled (with Poloff notetaker and other Mission members) to Northeastern Nigeria, visiting Borno, Gombe, and Yobe. In addition to her pinnacle meetings with prominent Muslim leaders and a policy speech in Maiduguri (reftel),Ambassador met with t [...]	2009-07-10 14:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA1278	NIGERIA: MEND "LEADER" HENRY OKAH ACCEPTS AMNESTY [...] (C) Summary: Henry Okah, sometimes described as "leader" of the Niger Delta "militant" umbrella organization, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND),who was on trial for treason and weapons trafficking, accepted President Yar'Adua's offer of amnesty, and was released from [...]	2009-07-14 16:24:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA1296	NIGERIA: KANO GOVERNOR SPONSORS FIRST ISLAMIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau of the All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP),sponsored two days of meetings he termed the First Islamic Summit on June 29-30. The summit appeared to be first and foremost a platform for the Governor to promote his political agenda, providin [...]	2009-07-16 16:16:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF KISL NI
09ABUJA1333	NIGERIA: POST'S FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH AND [...] Summary: Following President Obama's June 4 speech in Cairo, Mission Nigeria has engaged audiences throughout Nigeria with various outreach activities, including meetings with journalists, government officials, civil society organizations, and traditional religious leaders. Post has also com [...]	2009-07-22 15:32:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCHUL ESENV SOCI
09ABUJA135	NIGERIA: CHIEF OF DEFENSE STAFF DIKE ON AMISOM, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 21, Poloff, DATT, and OSC Chief met with Nigerian Chief of Defense Staff Paul Dike and his staff to discuss the current status of various programs pending between the U.S. and Nigeria. Of greatest interest, Dike clarified the Nigerian Military's AMISOM deployment timet [...]	2009-01-22 11:37:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS MARR SO NI
09ABUJA1353	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON RESULTS OF US-RUSSIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-23 15:25:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV NI
09ABUJA1402	NIGERIA: EXTREMIST LEADER KILLED [...] (C) Mission Nigeria sources have confirmed that Boko Haram leader Mohammed Yusuf died late July 30. Boko Haram is the Islamist extremist group that staged a four-day coordinated assault against police and government installations in four northeastern Nigerian states starting last weekend (reft [...]	2009-08-03 10:16:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI
09ABUJA1403	NIGERIA: EXTREMIST LEADER KILLED [...] (C) Mission Nigeria sources have confirmed that Boko Haram leader Mohammed Yusuf died late July 30. Boko Haram is the Islamist extremist group that staged a four-day coordinated assault against police and government installations in four northeastern Nigerian states starting last weekend (reft [...]	2009-08-03 10:16:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI
09ABUJA1404	NIGERIA: EXTREMIST LEADER KILLED [...] (C) Mission Nigeria sources have confirmed that Boko Haram leader Mohammed Yusuf died late July 30. Boko Haram is the Islamist extremist group that staged a four-day coordinated assault against police and government installations in four northeastern Nigerian states starting last weekend (reft [...]	2009-08-03 10:16:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI
09ABUJA1405	NIGERIA: EXTREMIST LEADER KILLED [...] (C) Mission Nigeria sources have confirmed that Boko Haram leader Mohammed Yusuf died late July 30. Boko Haram is the Islamist extremist group that staged a four-day coordinated assault against police and government installations in four northeastern Nigerian states starting last weekend (reft [...]	2009-08-03 10:31:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV SOCI SENV EAGR PREL NI
09ABUJA1410	NIGERIA: SHEKARAU DICUSSES ATTACKS, NATIONAL [...] (C) On July 29, Kano State Governor Ibrahim Shekarau informed Ambassador and DCM (with PolOff notetaker) that apart from the Boko Haram attack on a police station on the outskirts of Kano, the state remains calm. He attributed the peace to the state's "Societal Reorientation Program" which he [...]	2009-08-03 11:57:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA1422	NIGERIA: MUSLIM AND CHRISTIAN LEADERS CRITICIZE [...] (SBU) Summary: Amidst violent attacks by Boko Haram in Northern Nigeria, religious leaders called on Nigerians to remain calm and united while condemning the actions and philosophy of Boko Haram. Muslim scholars and community leaders blamed the government for laxity and ineptitude and questio [...]	2009-08-04 17:50:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL PHUM PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA1435	NIGERIA: YAKUBU GOWON DISCUSSES BOKO HARAM, [...] (C) Ambassador, DCM and Poloff met with former Head of State (1966-75) Yakubu Gowon July 31 to discuss Boko Haram violence, pharmaceutical testing and electoral reform. Ambassador thanked General Gowon for his role in settling the case between Pfizer pharmaceutical company and Kano State over [...]	2009-08-05 16:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA1485	NIGERIA: BAUCHI STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY REMOVES [...] (SBU) In an expected but controversial act, the Bauchi State House of Assembly removed Deputy Governor Alhaji Mohammed Garba Gadi from office August 13, with 25 of 31 members voting against him. A panel set up in May to investigate offenses against Gadi returned charges of "gross misconduct," [...]	2009-08-14 13:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR NI
09ABUJA1515	NIGERIA: NIGER STATE POLICE ARREST THOUSANDS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Niger State security forces raided the Darul Islam compound on August 15. Press reports indicate police arrested approximately 4,000 people and detained them for questioning. Although the operation was peaceful, religious leaders and human rights activists allege that the GON [...]	2009-08-20 06:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL NI
09ABUJA1516	NIGERIA: NIGER STATE POLICE ARREST THOUSANDS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Niger State security forces raided the Darul Islam compound on August 15. Press reports indicate police arrested approximately 4,000 people and detained them for questioning. Although the operation was peaceful, religious leaders and human rights activists allege that the GON [...]	2009-08-20 06:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL NI
09ABUJA1517	NIGERIA: NIGER STATE POLICE ARREST THOUSANDS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Niger State security forces raided the Darul Islam compound on August 15. Press reports indicate police arrested approximately 4,000 people and detained them for questioning. Although the operation was peaceful, religious leaders and human rights activists allege that the GON [...]	2009-08-20 06:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL NI
09ABUJA1518	NIGERIA: NIGER STATE POLICE ARREST THOUSANDS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Niger State security forces raided the Darul Islam compound on August 15. Press reports indicate police arrested approximately 4,000 people and detained them for questioning. Although the operation was peaceful, religious leaders and human rights activists allege that the GON [...]	2009-08-20 06:45:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL NI
09ABUJA1577	NIGERIA: SECT MEMBERS DEPORTED, PREACHING [...] (SBU) Summary: Authorities evicted over 1,250 Darul Islam members from Niger state to their home states and deported others to Niger Republic for lack of documentation. The mass eviction, exacerbated by unhygienic conditions at GON-provided temporary housing, evoked criticism from human righ [...]	2009-08-26 15:49:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF KISL NI
09ABUJA1603	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ICSC CANDIDATE MYERS [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel, POLOFF delivered requested demarche on the candidacy of Lucretia F. Myers for re-election to the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) to Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of the Second United Nations Division Ambassador M. K. Ibrahim on A [...]	2009-08-31 16:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA1613	NIGERIA: ECOWAS PRESIDENT "EXTREMELY CONCERNED" BY [...] (U) POLCOUNS, accompanied by POLOFFS, delivered demarche on Guinean elections (REFTEL) to Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) President Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas during an introductory call on August 28. POLCOUNS urged ECOWAS support for free, fair, and transparent elections with [...]	2009-09-01 08:09:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AU GV NI
09ABUJA1615	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL RACE [...] (U) POLOFF delivered demarche with U.S. views on the race for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Director-General to Nigerian Foreign Ministry Second United Nations Division Director Ambassador M. K. Ibrahim on August 27. 2. (C) Without prompti [...]	2009-09-01 12:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNESCO UNSC NI EG BN TZ
09ABUJA1632	NIGERIA: ANAMBRA GOVERNOR DISCUSSES ELECTORAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Anambra State Governor Peter Obi of the opposition All Progressives Grand Alliance discussed electoral reform, the Niger Delta amnesty program, and state priorities during an August 26 meeting with Charge, PolCouns, and PolOff at the Embassy. Obi expressed pessimism about prospe [...]	2009-09-02 16:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR NI
09ABUJA1669	NIGER DELTA MILITANTS' CASH OUT NO HARBINGER OF [...] (C) With the announcement by President Yar,Adua that the Nigerian government (GON) would not extend the amnesty deadline beyond October 4, the two-month program has reached its half-way point with at best mixed results. Militants of varying importance have signed up for amnesty and surrendered [...]	2009-09-10 15:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI MX
09ABUJA1673	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Staff from the Bureaus of International Organizations (IO) and Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) met in Abuja on September 8 with Nigeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss resolutions, especially on Freedom of Expression (FOE),to be presented at the upcoming 12th sess [...]	2009-09-11 12:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL NI PHUM UN UNHRC
09ABUJA1683	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Staff from the Bureaus of International Organizations (IO) and Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) met in Abuja on September 8 with Nigeria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss resolutions, especially on Freedom of Expression (FOE),to be presented at the upcoming 12th sessio [...]	2009-09-11 15:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI PHUM UN UNHRC
09ABUJA1684	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments, not mentioned elsewhere in formal reporting. --------------------------------------------- -- ARREST WARRANT FOR YAR'ADUA'S PRIVATE SECRETARY --------------------------------------- [...]	2009-09-11 15:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EPET ETRD ELAB NI
09ABUJA1740	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not reported previously. --------------------------------------------- ------- ANAMBRA STATE VOTER REGISTRATION ENCOUNTERS PROBLEMS --------------------------------------------- ---- [...]	2009-09-18 13:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA1743	NIGERIA: BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR 2010 NPT [...] (C) In response to Reftel, Poloff discussed Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and disarmament issues with Foreign Ministry (MFA) First United Nations (UN) Division Director Maria Laose. The GON strongly supports the NPT, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT),Fissile Material Cuto [...]	2009-09-18 16:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM AORG UNGA IAEA NPT NI
09ABUJA1760	NIGERIAN PRESIDENT TRAVELS TO SAUDI ARABIA -- AGAIN [...] (C) Nigerian President Yar'Adua traveled again to Saudi Arabia September 22, apparently for medical reasons. This trip, the second to Saudi Arabia within three months (ref A),replaces his scheduled visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). 2. (C) Presidential Speci [...]	2009-09-23 17:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OVIP ELAB PINR UNGA UNSC NI
09ABUJA1761	INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY STRUGGLING TO FIND PROPER [...] (C) International community representatives continue to struggle to identify an appropriate way to support the Niger Delta amnesty program. At recent donor meetings, diplomats expressed skepticism about various proposals, including those formulated by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) [...]	2009-09-23 18:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID UNDP NI
09ABUJA1767	NIGERIA: FOREIGN INVESTIGATIONS MAY BE EXACTING [...] (C) A U.S. businessman and self-described lobbyist for the Nigerian Government (GON) recently informed Embassy of an alleged "deal" that controversial former Delta State Governor James Ibori would like to make in return for pledges by foreign governments not to prosecute him. While we doubt an [...]	2009-09-24 16:03:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KCOR NI
09ABUJA1800	NIGERIA: ECOWAS CONDEMNS GUINEA VIOLENCE, WILL [...] (C) Economic Community of Western African States (ECOWAS) President Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas told Ambassador, while in transit at Frankfurt Airport, that ECOWAS had issued a declaration September 29 condemning the junta's violent repression of a peaceful rally the day before at Conakry stadium. [...]	2009-09-29 17:57:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AU GV NI
09ABUJA1802	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON JUSTICE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (SBU) PolCouns and PolOff met with Foreign Ministry (MFA) North and Central America Division Director Toyin Solaja September 28 to deliver the requested demarche on the Justice Goldstone report (Reftel). We arranged this meeting with Solaja in lieu of MFA colleagues responsible for UN issues, [...]	2009-09-30 06:34:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS NI
09ABUJA1822	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- OCTOBER 2, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not reported previously. ------------------------------------------- NIGERIA STRIVES FOR FAA CATEGORY ONE RATING ------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Nigeria cont [...]	2009-10-02 17:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN EMIN PHUM PINR KTIP NI
09ABUJA1847	NIGERIA PROFESSES LITTLE TO NO INFLUENCE WITH IRAN [...] (C) PolOffs briefed Foreign Ministry (MFA) First United Nations Director Maria Laose October 6 on the outcome of Geneva talks with Iran (Ref A) and delivered a non-paper on Iran's covert uranium enrichment facility (Ref B). In response, Laose professed that her government had "no influence" w [...]	2009-10-08 07:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP MNUC IR NI
09ABUJA1850	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA TO MEET WITH NIGER [...] (C) Nigerian President Umara Yar'Adua has invited all former militant leaders to an October 9 post-amnesty dialogue in Abuja. All militant leaders and South-South governors reportedly plan to attend. Separately, the British Foreign Secretary and Economic Community of West African States (ECO [...]	2009-10-08 17:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM NI
09ABUJA1854	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- OCTOBER 9, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. ----------------- MINING TEAM VISIT ----------------- 2. (U) The Mission sponsored a visit by a five-person mining team to Jos and Abuja to better under [...]	2009-10-09 12:37:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA1855	BIOSECURITY WORKSHOP INVITATION DELIVERED TO [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche, nonpaper and pre-invitation for the Africa Regional Workshop on Biosafety and Biosecurity to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director of the First UN Division Maria Laose October 6. Laose ( 234 8059006063) is the POC at the MFA in Abuja. She was not sure w [...]	2009-10-09 12:55:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC NI
09ABUJA1884	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- OCTOBER 16, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. --------------------------------------------- GUINEAN PROTESTERS IN LAGOS DEMAND CIVIL RULE --------------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Member [...]	2009-10-16 12:15:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN PHUM SNAR GV NI
09ABUJA1891	NIGER DELTA CEASE FIRE ENDS; POST-AMNESTY [...] (SBU) A relative but precarious calm prevails in most of the Delta, and major donors are ready to support GON rehabilitation programs if given a reasonable role to play. However, with "MEND" proclaiming an end to its cease-fire, the persistence of political infighting among key Delta figures [...]	2009-10-16 17:39:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM NI
09ABUJA1916	PRESIDENT'S OFFICE DENIES RUMORS OF IMMINENT [...] (C) The GON has again denied recurring rumors of Cabinet changes, but when and if a reshuffle does come, those apparently most at risk are the controversial and widely derided Ministers of Justice, Education, and Labor. END SUMMARY. ----------------------------------------- ATTORNEY GENERA [...]	2009-10-23 08:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM ELAB PINR NI
09ABUJA1948	FORMER GOVERNOR IBORI SAID TO BACK SARAKI [...] (C) A U.S. businessman with close ties to former Delta State Governor James Ibori and Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki told PolOff October 20 that Ibori has agreed to back financially a presidential bid by Saraki in 2011, should President Yar'Adua become unable or unwilling to run for re-ele [...]	2009-10-23 16:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM NI
09ABUJA1949	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- OCTOBER 23, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. ------------------------- ELECTORAL REFORM HEARINGS ------------------------- 2. (C) The Senate Constitutional Review Subcommittee held public hearings [...]	2009-10-23 18:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB PINR SCUL NI
09ABUJA1950	NIGERIA PREPARES FOR NON-PERMANENT SEAT ON UN [...] (SBU) On October 21, Charge, PolCouns, and PolOff met Nigerian Foreign Ministry (MFA) International Organizations Director Ambassador M. K. Ibrahim to congratulate Nigeria on its election to the UN Security Council (UNSC) and discuss coordination on upcoming UNSC issues. Ibrahim replied that [...]	2009-10-25 15:25:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR UNSC GV NG NI
09ABUJA196	NIGERIA: FORMER NFIU DIRECTOR OKAURU HIRED AS [...] (C) Nigerian media reported on January 28 that former Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) Director, Ashishana Bayo Okauru (Amcit),has just accepted an appointment as of Director General of the influential Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF),chaired by Kwara State Governor, Bukola Saraki. [...]	2009-02-03 13:21:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KCOR CASC KCRM NI
09ABUJA1993	DEMARCHE TO AFRICA UNION PEACE AND SECURITY [...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered demarche on Niger to Africa Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) Chairperson Dr. Jean Ping October 29 on the margins of the PSC Summit in Abuja, encouraging the AU to follow up the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in suspending Niger. Ping s [...]	2009-10-30 14:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GB NG NI
09ABUJA2000	NIGERIA OIL POLITICS PUBLIC DIPLOMACY A HUGE SUCCESS [...] Summary: Mission Nigeria's Political and Public Affairs Sections hosted artist, playwright, and former Fulbright Scholar Dan Hoyle to perform his critically acclaimed "Tings Dey Happen" one-man play on oil politics, militancy, and corruption in the Niger Delta. Hoyle performed in five Nigeria [...]	2009-10-31 11:17:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KPAO EPET KDEM NI
09ABUJA2006	NIGERIAN LABOR PROTESTS AGAINST DEREGULATION [...] (SBU) Some 15,000 members of national and state unions, civil society organizations, and political parties marched on October 29 to the National Assembly to protest the GON's proposed deregulation of fuel prices and the lack of action on minimum wage and electoral reform issues. The Nigerian [...]	2009-11-02 18:35:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ELAB EAID ENRG PREL NI
09ABUJA2013	POLITICS OF NIGERIA'S NORTHERN BORNO STATE [...] (C) Religious leaders, government officials, politicians, and journalists discussed the Borno political climate with PolOffs October 20 to 23 in Maiduguri. Most observers noted Governor Ali Modu Sheriff has a tight grip on state politics. Some observers credit Sheriff, who is nearing the end [...]	2009-11-03 17:29:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR NI
09ABUJA2014	NIGERIA: BORNO STATE RESIDENTS NOT YET RECOVERED [...] (C) The Boko Haram attacks clearly left a deep impression on Maiduguri residents, who still appeared shocked by the magnitude of the violence which ultimately killed some 700 individuals. Most interlocutors asserted that the state and federal government responded appropriately and, apart from [...]	2009-11-04 08:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM ELAB KISL KCRM NI
09ABUJA2020	NIGERIA HEEDS USG SUGGESTIONS ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 06:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA NI
09ABUJA2027	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- NOVEMBER 6, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. --------------------------- NIGERIA'S ECOWAS PRIORITIES --------------------------- 2. (SBU) Nigerian Foreign Ministry (MFA) Director Felix Pwol, who o [...]	2009-11-06 16:50:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EFIN EAIR EPET NI
09ABUJA2030	DELAY IN JUDICIAL DECISION AFFECTING ANAMBRA [...] (C) The five-member Enugu Division Court of Appeal in the south-eastern state of Anambra reportedly delayed publishing a decision on whether the ruling party's candidate from the 2007 gubernatorial race, Andy Uba, could take office in March 2010 and obviate the need for the February 6, 2010, g [...]	2009-11-09 13:35:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM NI
09ABUJA2042	NIGERIAN EX-MILITANTS LOSE PATIENCE, DEMAND JOBS [...] (U) Niger Delta ex-militants demonstrated in front of Chevron Nigeria Limited facilities in Warri, Delta State, to protest the lack of jobs post-amnesty. Demonstrators reportedly carried placards claiming: "We want peace but provide us employment," "ex-militants want employment, skills acquis [...]	2009-11-12 06:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS KCRM EPET ECON NI
09ABUJA2043	NIGER DELTA EX-MILITANTS LOSE PATIENCE, DEMAND JOBS [...] (U) Niger Delta ex-militants demonstrated in front of Chevron Nigeria Limited facilities in Warri, Delta State, to protest the lack of jobs post-amnesty. Demonstrators reportedly carried placards claiming: "We want peace but provide us employment," "ex-militants want employment, skills acqui [...]	2009-11-12 06:28:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS KCRM EPET ECON NI
09ABUJA2061	NIGERIA LIKELY TO REPEAT LAST YEAR'S VOTES ON UNGA [...] (C) PolOff delivered demarche (Reftel) to Nigerian Foreign Ministry (MFA) North and Central American Affairs Acting Director Rabia Shehu November 16. PolOff encouraged the Nigerian Government (GON) to vote against no-action motions on country specific human rights resolutions at the upcoming [...]	2009-11-16 17:04:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA NI
09ABUJA2110	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- NOVEMBER 20, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. ----------------------- CORRUPT FORMER GOVERNOR ----------------------- 2. (C) Human rights lawyer and Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) p [...]	2009-11-23 15:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON KTIP PHUM PINR NI
09ABUJA2111	ECOWAS PRESIDENT STEPPING DOWN FOR POSTING IN [...] (U) Nigerian Foreign Minister Chief Ojo Maduekwe opened the Sixty-Third Ordinary Session of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Council of Ministers Meeting in Abuja November 20 by announcing that the Council of Ministers of the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States [...]	2009-11-23 15:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR NI
09ABUJA2132	PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA FLIES YET AGAIN TO SAUDI ARABIA [...] (C) Summary. President Yar'Adua has flown again to Saudi Arabia for reported medical attention, which will fuel already robust speculation about his apparently deteriorating health and his intentions for the 2011 election. End Summary. -------------------------------------------- HEAD OF S [...]	2009-11-24 18:55:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OVIP NI
09ABUJA2148	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- NOVEMBER 25, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. --------------------------------------------- --- NEARLY 1,000 NIGERIANS SEEK REFUGE FROM CAMEROON --------------------------------------------- --- 2. ( [...]	2009-11-25 18:58:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM PINR NI
09ABUJA2151	NIGERIAN SENATE DEBATES ELECTORAL REFORMS [...] (C) At a legislative retreat November 9 to 12 in Enugu, Nigerian senators debated electoral reform issues and challenges. Senate President Mark insisted that the current system needs only "fine-tuning," but there was general agreement that INEC should become financially independent and electo [...]	2009-11-30 18:24:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA2152	PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA REMAINS IN SERIOUS CONDITION IN [...] (U) This is an action request for Embassy Riyadh; please see para 12. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) President Yar'Adua left the intensive care unit last night and was "sitting up slightly" in bed this morning, Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki told the Ambassador in a phone call from [...]	2009-11-30 19:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR NI
09ABUJA2162	ISLAMIC OUTREACH IN NIGERIA [...] (U) Recognizing the importance of improving our relationships with and understanding of Muslims in Nigeria, the U.S. Mission in Nigeria incorporates engagement with Muslim communities as part of our daily work. As roughly half of Nigeria's population is Muslim, many of the interlocutors of Em [...]	2009-12-01 16:04:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KISL NI
09ABUJA2163	HOPES DIM ON PRESIDENT YAR'ADUA'S HEALTH [...] (S) Nigerian President Yar'Adua remains gravely ill, according to multiple sources. One confidant at Yar'Adua's bedside insisted to Ambassador on December 1 that Yar'Adua is still unwell but does not yet appear to be at death's door; however, a doctor treating Yar'Adua told CG Jeddah at about [...]	2009-12-01 17:51:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR OVIP NI
09ABUJA220	(C) NIGERIA: LEDUM MITEE ON THE NIGER DELTA [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 13 and 29, Ogoni activist and head of the Niger Delta Technical Committee Ledum Mitee (protect throughout) met with Consulate and Embassy Poloffs, respectively, to present copies of the Technical Committee's 152-page report, delivered to President Yar'Adua in early Dece [...]	2009-02-06 11:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PBTS EPET ECON NI
09ABUJA2216	NIGERIA NOT LIKELY TO BE HELPFUL ON DEFAMATION OF [...] (C) On December 4, PolOff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Organizations Ambassador M. K. Ibrahim via telephone December 4 due to his impending travel. As follow up, Embassy also forwarded a white paper via e-mail to him. 2. (C) Ambassador Ibrahim [...]	2009-12-07 17:35:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNGA PHUM NI
09ABUJA2225	SPECULATION CONTINUES ON PRESIDENT'S HEALTH AND [...] (C) A long-time Yar'Adua associate of the President, told us December 8 that Yar'Adua confided to him a week before his November 23 departure for Saudi Arabia that he was "very, very ill." Zaria Emirate Council Member Basari Aminu claimed that if Yar'Adua died, Northern political leaders would [...]	2009-12-09 15:14:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR OVIP NI
09ABUJA2246	CIVIL SOCIETY AND OPPOSITION GROUPS IN NIGERIA'S [...] (SBU) Representatives of civil society organizations and the opposition All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) expressed little hope for credible national elections in 2011 during a mid-November visit by PolOffs to Benue State in Nigeria's Middle Belt. Only officials from the ruling People's Democ [...]	2009-12-10 18:00:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR NI
09ABUJA2252	AMBASSADOR MEETS NIGERIAN VICE PRESIDENT TO [...] (C) On December 10, Ambassador met with Vice President Goodluck Jonathan to note USG messages on following constitutional processes and rule of law in Nigeria's uncertain political environment. She also expressed good wishes for President Yar'Adua's speedy recovery. A relaxed Jonathan assert [...]	2009-12-11 11:14:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OVIP NI
09ABUJA2259	NEW SPOTLIGHT ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS BY [...] (C) The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) has come under intense international scrutiny and criticism in recent days over alleged abuses, particularly extrajudicial killings. In some cases, numbers may be exaggerated, but Amnesty International, BBC, and past Embassy human rights reporting have docum [...]	2009-12-12 09:08:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR NI
09ABUJA2260	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- DECEMBER 11, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. ----------------------------------------- PDP POLITICIANS NABBED IN EDO BY-ELECTION ----------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Edo State politici [...]	2009-12-12 09:08:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EFIN ECON NI
09ABUJA2329	DEADLINES LOOM FOR NIGERIAN PRESIDENTIAL ACTION [...] (C) At least two deadlines requiring Presidential action loom for Nigeria's executive branch on activities affecting the interests of the country's legislative and judicial branches. One involves the signing of a budget supplemental bill to provide funding for major, Niger Delta post-amnesty [...]	2009-12-23 16:54:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR NI
09ABUJA2331	NIGERIAN NUGGETS -- DECEMBER 23, 2009 [...] (U) Mission Nigeria provides the following compilation of recent political, economic, and social developments not previously reported. ----------------------------------- NEW NIGERIAN COUNTER-TERRORISM UNIT ----------------------------------- 2. (C) Nigerian Army School of Infantry (NASI) [...]	2009-12-23 19:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MCAP NI
09ABUJA2332	NIGERIA'S KATSINA STATE HAS POSITIVE VENEER THAT [...] (C) Katsina, the home state of President Umara Yar'Adua in Northern Nigeria, provides a positive, initial impression to visitors -- with the state's emphasis on infrastructure development, particularly in the education and health sectors. Interlocutors from the government, ruling People's Dem [...]	2009-12-24 12:50:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI KDEM NI
09ABUJA2334	NIGER DELTA EX-MILITANTS GROW IMPATIENT, BUT [...] (C) Ex-militants reportedly have grown increasingly impatient over perceived Nigerian Government (GON) inaction on post-amnesty rehabilitation and reintegration, but have refrained thus far from engaging in renewed attacks. A Movement for the Emancipation of the Delta (MEND) spokesperson atte [...]	2009-12-24 15:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR EPET NI
09ABUJA2340	PROMINENT KATSINA POLITICIAN DISCUSSES PROSPECTS [...] (C) Prominent Katsina resident, former Governor, and ex-founding member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) Alhaji Lawal Kaita recently expressed confidence to Political Officer regarding prospects for formation of an opposition "mega-party" before the next national elections. He des [...]	2009-12-29 06:46:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR NI
09ABUJA248	NIGERIA: KWARA STATE MOVING IN RIGHT DIRECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kwara State Governor Bukola Saraki appears to be a popular governor who is trying to diversify his state's economy and foster religious tolerance, although his domination of state politics at every level is leaving little room for a viable political opposition. The Governor's c [...]	2009-02-10 13:09:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON EPET NI
09ABUJA265	NIGERIA: LABOR UNIONS AND ANTI-CORRUPTION NGOS [...] (C) Summary: PolOffs from U.S. Mission Nigeria met with labor union representatives and anti-corruption NGOs in the Lagos area January 14-15. The NGOs were unanimously critical of the GON's leadership and warned that, if the GON continues to ignore their issues, they foresee a dramatic negati [...]	2009-02-11 08:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI
09ABUJA284	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to A.A. Adepoju, Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Europe Division, on February 12. Adepoju said Nigeria would continue to remain neutral on the issue of Kosovo recognition, noting that there is no unified African position. He explained that the [...]	2009-02-13 12:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ICJ NI KV
09ABUJA286	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SOKOTO STATE [...] (C) Summary: On February 11, Ambassador (accompanied by Poloffs) met with Governor Aliyu Wamakko of Sokoto State. The Governor denied that Sokoto has any religious conflict problems, and said the greatest challenge the state faces is poverty - with youth unemployment, low school enrollment, and [...]	2009-02-17 15:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NI
09ABUJA290	NIGERIA: 9TH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following is Mission Nigeria's submission for the 9th Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Paragraphs respond to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. The main sources of available information are the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffi [...]	2009-02-17 15:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09ABUJA313	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR AND BENUE GOVERNOR DISCUSS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on Benue Governor Gabriel Suswam (People's Democratic Party - PDP) at Government House in Makurdi on February 12 (PolOff notetaker). The discussion focused primarily on agricultural collaboration and partnerships, but also touched upon the pote [...]	2009-02-20 14:41:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAGR ETRD EINV NI
09ABUJA314	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON DURBAN DECLARATION REVIEW [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the Intersessional Intergovernmental Working Group of the Review Conference on the Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action to Mr. A.A. Adepoju, Director of the Europe Division at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Febr [...]	2009-02-20 15:26:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC NI
09ABUJA317	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH KADUNA STATE [...] (C) Summary: On February 17, Ambassador (accompanied by Poloff notetaker) met with Governor Mohammed Namadi Sambo of Kaduna State (Peoples Democratic Party - PDP). Sambo shared with Ambassador the prevention and mediation programs Kaduna has in place to address ethno-religious conflicts, which [...]	2009-02-23 10:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON TBIO PGOV NI
09ABUJA326	(C) NIGERIA: NAPTIP'S NEW LEADER CAUSES CONCERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Carol Ndaguba, Executive Secretary of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP),was "officially retired" on February 19 and replaced by Simon Egede, a close confidante to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Michael [...]	2009-02-23 16:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KTIP NI

09ABUJA351	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON USG PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) On February 27 Poloff delivered reftel demarche on USG participation in the UN Human Rights Council, and the USG's posture toward the Durban Review Conference, to Ambassador M.K. Ibrahim, Director of the Second United Nations Division at the Nigerian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. [...]	2009-02-27 12:49:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL NI
09ABUJA386	NIGERIA: POSSIBLE SHI'ITE PERSECUTION IN SOKOTO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloffs traveled to Sokoto State on February 24-26 and met with members of the state government, non-governmental organizations, academics, and opposition parties. In many of these meetings, the issue of Sunni-Shi'a conflict in the state emerged as a theme. Though there was a f [...]	2009-03-04 14:07:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF NI
09ABUJA480	NIGERIA: OIL UNIONS TO STRIKE MARCH 25-27 [...] (U) According to our recent conversations the week of March 16-20, the strike reported in reftel para 3 by members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG),will take place on March 25-2 [...]	2009-03-19 17:05:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ELAB ENRG NI
09ABUJA481	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS FORMER HEAD OF STATE [...] (C) Summary: On March 16, the Ambassador (Poloff notetaker) met with former Nigerian military Head of State from 1998 to 1999, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, at his residence, to discuss his views on Nigeria's democratic performance, particularly as in regard to the recent Electoral Reform Com [...]	2009-03-19 17:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA482	NIGERIA: GODFATHER PROBLEMS IN THE NORTHWEST [...] (C) SUMMARY. Kebbi State Governor Saidu Usman Nasamu Dakingari and Zamfara State Governor Mahmud Aliyu Shinkafi are locked in a battle with their political "godfathers" for control of their respective states. These standoffs, which are similar to ones which have played out in other states (an [...]	2009-03-19 17:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA483	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR FEBRUARY 14-28, [...] (U) HOUSE OF REPS COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL DONORS AND CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS INAUGURATED: On February 10 Poloff, EconOff, and Econ Specialist attended the Inauguration of the House of Representatives Committee on International Donors and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs). In her addre [...]	2009-03-20 06:19:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
09ABUJA494	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on Russian recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to Adedotun Adepoju, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Europe Division on March 19. Adepoju had no substantive comments at this time. Any further information on GON position will be sent septel. [...]	2009-03-23 06:31:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS NI
09ABUJA514	NIGERIA: PDP BACKING PRESIDENT FOR SECOND TERM [...] (SBU) Ruling Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) Deputy National Chairman Haliru Bello Mohammed told press on March 24 in Abuja that the party leadership will reserve the 2011 presidential ticket for current President Yar'Adua. Bello Mohammed explained that the President's seven point agenda (the [...]	2009-03-25 16:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
09ABUJA526	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MARCH 1-14, 2009 [...] (U) The Following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of March 1-14, 2009 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Economic News --Health --Northern Nigeria --Southern Nigeria --Delta Incidents Economic News -------------- [...]	2009-03-26 15:21:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
09ABUJA529	19 OF NIGERIA'S OPPOSITION PARTIES TRYING TO UNITE [...] (C) On March 24, nineteen Nigerian opposition parties agreed to form what they described as a mega-party to challenge the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2011 elections. While most were very small, the largest (Buhari) faction of the All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) and the lea [...]	2009-03-26 15:35:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
09ABUJA532	NIGERIA: AONDOAKAA CONTINUES TO REPLACE EFFECTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Kehinde Ajoni, Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC),was "recalled to the Ministry of Justice" by Attorney General (AG) and Minister of Justice Michael Aondoakaa on March 18 and replaced by Roland Ewubare, an associate of Aondoakaa's. (FYI: Accordin [...]	2009-03-27 16:19:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL NI
09ABUJA590	ECOWAS' RESPONSE TO EVENTS IN GUINEA-BISSAU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 2, Poloff met with ECOWAS Director of Political Affairs Dr. Abdel Fatah-Musa to discuss ECOWAS' next steps in Guinea-Bissau. Fatah-Musa, who has long followed Guinea-Bissau politics, related background information about what he said had led to the double assassinations o [...]	2009-04-06 16:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ECOWAS KPKO PGOV PREL MASS SNAR PU GV CU PO
09ABUJA598	NIGERIA: BUHARI DISCUSSES LACK OF GON SINCERITY ON [...] (C) Summary: On April 1, Political Counselor (accompanied by Poloff notetaker and Political Specialist) met with General Muhammadu Buhari and his associate, Abubakar Buba Galadima. Buhari expressed dismay regarding the state of electoral reform in Nigeria and pointed out that he has said all [...]	2009-04-07 15:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA601	NIGERIA: PRESIDENT BROACHES AMNESTY FOR MILITANTS; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nigerian President Yar'Adua broached the subject of amnesty for those who have been fighting in the Niger Delta and "are prepared to lay down their arms" at the last National Executive Committee meeting of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja on April 2. During the [...]	2009-04-07 17:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MCAP MASS NI
09ABUJA627	NIGERIA: A FULLER PICTURE OF THE FEBRUARY 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Poloff, PolAssist and a delegation from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) traveled to Bauchi March 30 to April 1 to gain a better understanding of the February 21-22 sectarian violence in the state. The team met with State government officials, re [...]	2009-04-15 16:58:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF NI
09ABUJA628	NIGERIA: EASTER MONDAY SECTARIAN VIOLENCE IN NIGER [...] (C) Summary: On April 13, sectarian violence broke out in the town of Gwada, Niger State before spreading to the capital of Minna, resulting in over 20 injured, three churches burned, and additional property destroyed. Press reports claimed that over 110 people were arrested in relation to t [...]	2009-04-15 17:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF ASEC NI
09ABUJA634	SHARI'A LAW IN NIGERIA: NOT EXPANDING, BUT [...] (C) Summary: With politics, religion and regionalism likely playing roles in Nigeria's 2011 elections, post will be preparing a number of analytical pieces to look at issues ranging from the influence of selected governors, to ethnicity and religion, with the latter particularly exploring the [...]	2009-04-16 15:48:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL PGOV NI
09ABUJA640	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NORTH KOREAN TD-2 [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on U.S. response to the North Korean launch of a TD-2 missile to Maria Laose, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs First U.N. Division on April 17. Any substantive comments will be reported septel. SANDERS [...]	2009-04-17 10:56:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP KN NI
09ABUJA642	NIGERIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN [...] (C) On April 17, Poloff delivered reftel demarches and a copy of the United States Human Rights Commitments and Pledges to Ambassador M.K. Ibrahim, Deputy Director of the International Organizations Department in the Second United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ibrahim e [...]	2009-04-17 13:02:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN UNHRC NI
09ABUJA643	NIGERIA: PDP CONVENTION - NO DEBATE EXPECTED [...] (C) SUMMARY. As the Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) approaches its April 20 Special National Convention, behind the scenes negotiations appear to have forestalled any real debate taking place on the convention floor. PDP National Executive Committee member Aminu Bello Masari told Poloff on Ap [...]	2009-04-17 13:22:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA670	NIGERIA: ATIKU - BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE [...] (C) Summary: Over the past few weeks former Vice President and 2007 Action Congress (AC) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar's attempts at political maneuvering may have left him without a place in any party. Although Atiku reportedly hoped to rejoin the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),the [...]	2009-04-20 15:49:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA678	NIGERIA: BETWEEN THE LINES OF PRESS REPORTS ON KBR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beginning in late March, Nigeria's Attorney General (AG) Michael Aondoakaa, has been manipulating the media coverage of the Department of Justice's February 11 press release related to former Kellogg, Brown, and Root (KBR) Director Albert "Jack" Stanley's guilty plea of conspirin [...]	2009-04-21 15:03:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KCRM CVIS KCOR NI
09ABUJA710	ECOWAS: AMBASSADOR YATES MEETS WITH ECOWAS' CHAMBAS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 21, visiting Africom Deputy Commander Ambassador Mary Carlin Yates met with ECOWAS President Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas to discuss regional affairs and the next steps in cooperation between Africom and ECOWAS. Ambassador Sanders, ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, [...]	2009-04-24 11:57:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PU TO NI
09ABUJA711	CORRECTED COPY: ECOWAS: AMBASSADOR YATES MEETS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 21, visiting Africom Deputy Commander Ambassador Mary Carlin Yates met with ECOWAS President Dr. Mohamed Ibn Chambas to discuss regional affairs and the next steps in cooperation between Africom and ECOWAS. Ambassador Sanders, ECOWAS Commissioner for Political Affairs, [...]	2009-04-24 11:59:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR PU TO NI
09ABUJA712	NIGERIA: PDP HOLDS LESS "FLAMBOYANT" IF NOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The People's Democratic Party (PDP) held its 2009 Special National Convention on Monday April 20 at Eagle Square in Abuja. Almost 4000 delegates voted overwhelmingly to approve amendments to the party's constitution regarding the composition of party congresses and the national c [...]	2009-04-24 12:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NI
09ABUJA714	NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR APRIL 1-17, 2009 [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of April 1-17 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: --Politics --2011 Elections --Human Rights and TIP --Labor --Environment and Health --Corruption and Crime --Oil, Gas, [...]	2009-04-24 13:44:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ELAB EPET EFIN EAGR KDEM NI
09ABUJA74	THE DEFENSE LEVIES BILL -- A NEW WAY TO FUND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 13, Poloff met with Chairman of the House of Representatives Defense Committee, Oluwole Oke, to discuss the Nigerian military budget and other defense-related matters. Oke reiterated Nigeria's commitment to the African Mission in Somalia (AMISOM),but called the USG $ [...]	2009-01-14 16:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR MASS NI
09ABUJA743	NIGERIA FUEL TANKER STRIKE INDICATIVE OF LARGER [...] (U) Summary: On April 21, the Petrol Tanker Drivers Union (PTDU),an arm of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG),ended its three-day strike over the seizure of members' trucks and alleged harassment, intimidation, and extortion of tanker drivers by the Lagos State [...]	2009-04-29 11:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI
09ABUJA745	NIGERIA: USCIRF DELEGATION DISCUSSES JOS [...] (C) Summary: A delegation from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) visited Nigeria March 19-April 3 to analyze the situation of religious tolerance in Nigeria, with particular emphasis on recent incidents of religious tension and violence. Accompanied by Poloffs, [...]	2009-04-29 17:34:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF KISL NI
09ABUJA75	NIGERIA, ECOWAS TO STAND FIRM ON GUINEA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 13, Poloff met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' ECOWAS Desk Officer, B.A. Nurudeen to discuss Nigeria's and ECOWAS' stance toward the coup in Guinea after the January 10 summit of regional Heads of State. Nurudeen emphasized Nigeria's commitment to working withi [...]	2009-01-14 16:35:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECOWAS PREL KDEM GV NI
09ABUJA791	NIGERIA: USCIRF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DELEGATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A delegation from the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF),accompanied by PolOff, met with Muslim and Christian religious and political leaders, including Kano State Governor Shekarau, on a March 24-27 trip to Kaduna and Kano. Christian Association of Nige [...]	2009-05-06 15:09:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL NI
09ABUJA792	NIGERIA: EKITI ELECTION UPDATE: MASS PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: On May 5, concluding the disputed gubernatorial by-election between Segun Oni (PDP - Peoples' Democratic Party) and Kayode Fayemi (AC - Action Congress),the state representative for the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the PDP winner. This followed polling in th [...]	2009-05-06 17:01:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA795	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH FORMER PRESIDENT [...] (C) Summary: On May 4, Ambassador (accompanied by Poloff notetaker) met with former Nigerian President General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, commonly referred to as IBB. IBB spoke frankly about his disappointment with the electoral reform process, the unlikely possibility of a military coup, the [...]	2009-05-06 18:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KIRF NI
09ABUJA807	NIGERIA: PLATEAU STATE POLITICS, AS SEEN BY FAILED [...] (C) Summary: On April 29, PolOff, PolSpec, and PolAsst met with Prince Chuwang Rwang Pam, son of the second "Gbong Gwom Jos" (the title of the senior Traditional Ruler in the state); Pam was a candidate to be selected as Gbong Gwom Jos last March when the seat fell vacant with the death of the [...]	2009-05-07 09:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA809	NIGERIA'S FIRST NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SUMMIT: A [...] (C) Summary: On April 23, the Ambassador participated in Nigeria's First National Employment Summit, which focused on the theme, "Meeting the Employment Challenges of the Global Economic and Financial Crisis." According to the Minister of Labor Prince Adetokunbo Kayode, the Summit's purpose w [...]	2009-05-07 12:47:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PREL PHUM ENRG ASEC NI
09ABUJA816	NIGERIA: STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN OF EKITI ELECTIONS [...] (C) Moshuud Erubami (strictly protect),Chairman of the Transition Monitoring Group (TMG),provided Lagos Poloff with numbers of registered voters for each of the LGAs in Ekiti state where the April 25 and May 5 rerun elections occurred. TMG is part of a consortium of local non-governmental or [...]	2009-05-08 06:45:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NI
09ABUJA819	NIGERIA: ACTION CONGRESS (AC) POLITICAL PARTY [...] (C) Summary: On April 29, Poloffs visited Dr. Usman Bugaje, National Secretary of the Action Congress (AC) political party, to discuss the future of the AC and his views about the fledgling opposition "mega party." Bugaje confirmed that former Vice President and 2007 AC presidential candidat [...]	2009-05-08 13:18:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA820	NIGERIA: PLATEAU STATE DEPORTS FULANI NOMADS [...] (C) Embassy began receiving reports on May 7 that Fulani nomads were being forcefully evicted from Wase local government area (LGA) in southeastern Plateau state. Salisu Mohammed Lawal (protect),a program manager at a USAID-funded organization, told Poloffs that, starting in late April, Fula [...]	2009-05-08 13:33:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF NI
09ABUJA826	NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR VISITS KOGI STATE [...] (C) Summary: On April 30, Ambassador (accompanied by Poloff as notetaker) traveled to Kogi State where she paid a courtesy call on Governor Ibrahim Idris (Peoples Democratic Party - PDP) in Lokoja. Ambassador inquired about press reports alleging youth had stormed the government house in Loko [...]	2009-05-12 12:17:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA844	NIGERIA: DEMARCH DELIVERED - CONTACT GROUP ON [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on May 13 to M. Tahir, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Director for North and Horn of Africa. Tahir had no substantive comments at the time demarche was delivered. Any further discussion of demarche points will be reported septel. SANDERS [...]	2009-05-13 14:09:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON MARR NI
09ABUJA849	NIGERIA: THE VIEWS OF THREE SOUTH-SOUTH CONGRESSMEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 4, Poloff and Pol Assistant met with West-Idahosa Ehiogie, Emmanuel Deeyah Nwiika, and Olaka Johnson Nwogu, all Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) national House of Representatives members from Nigeria's South-South zone (six states in and near the Niger Delta). In a wide-ran [...]	2009-05-15 10:12:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA850	CORRECTED COPY: NIGERIA: THE VIEWS OF THREE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 4, Poloff and Pol Assistant met with West-Idahosa Ehiogie, Emmanuel Deeyah Nwiika, and Olaka Johnson Nwogu, all Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) national House of Representatives members from Nigeria's South-South zone (six states in and near the Niger Delta). In a wide-ran [...]	2009-05-15 10:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA879	NIGERIA: DEFENSE HQ'S PRESS CONFERENCE ON THE [...] (SBU) On May 18, Colonel C.A. Jemitola, Defense Headquarters' Director of Information, gave a press conference to provide an update on the upsurge of fighting in Delta State between the Joint Task Force (JTF) and criminal/militant groups. The conference was attended by Poloff, other Mission [...]	2009-05-19 14:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA887	NIGERIA: IRANIAN URANIUM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Polcouns and Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Maria Laose, Director of the Second United Nations (UN) Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 21. Laose formerly worked for the Nigerian mission to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna and is their point perso [...]	2009-05-21 17:43:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA888	NIGERIA: TWO NORTHERNERS REFLECT THE DISENCHANTED [...] (C) Visiting State Department Nigeria Desk Officer traveled with PolOff and PolSpecialist to Kano, Zaria, and Kaduna on May 10-13, and met with a broad spectrum of Northern academics, politicians, and civil society leaders. Although several of these contacts touted "free and fair elections" as [...]	2009-05-21 17:56:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA890	NIGERIA: TWO NORTHERN MUSLIM VIEWS ON SHARI'A'S [...] (C) Summary: Visiting State Department Nigeria Desk Officer traveled with PolOff and PolSpecialist to Kano, Zaria, and Kaduna on May 10-13. During several meetings with academics, politicians, and civil society leaders, they discussed the impact of Shari'a law in Nigeria. Barrister Muzzamil [...]	2009-05-22 10:20:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF KWMN SOCI PINR PHUM PREL KISL NI
09ABUJA891	NIGERIA UPDATE: GOVT. PRACTICES: INFO COLLECTION, [...] (C) The following are updates to Mission Nigeria's assessment of current host government practices with respect to information collection, screening and sharing per reftel A. Posts original November 2007 responses are contained in reftel B. Government of Nigeria (GON) capabilities remain [...]	2009-05-22 11:05:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV CVIS ASEC KHLS NI
09ABUJA896	NIGERIA: THE FOREIGN MINISTER'S BRIEFING ON THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 22, Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe summoned the members of Abuja's diplomatic corps on short notice for a briefing on the latest concerning the violence in the Niger Delta. FonMin opened his briefing with a history of the Delta's troubles, giving statistics for various c [...]	2009-05-22 16:11:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA897	NIGERIA: EFCC AMENDMENT BILL REFERRED TO [...] (C) Summary: A bill to amend the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Act, privately sponsored by Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Henry Dickson, passed its "second reading" (meaning that it has been referred to the appropriate committee for detailed review) at the House of [...]	2009-05-22 16:27:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS KCRM PGOV KCOR NI
09ABUJA899	NIGERIA: KATSINA GOVERNOR TALKS PDP POLITICS AND [...] (C) On May 15, in a private meeting prior to the Ambassador's Pilot Engagement with States (PES) meeting (Septel) with Katsina Governor Ibrahim Shehu Shema, the Ambassador raised PDP politics and the 2011 Elections with the governor who had up until April, 2009, been considered one of Presiden [...]	2009-05-26 11:38:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KDEM NI
09ABUJA9	NIGERIA: EFCC DONORS FATIGUED, BUT DONOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the week of December 15-19, representatives from the British High Commission as well as the Netherlands and German embassies--all Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) major donors--shared with PolOff their increased skepticism of Nigeria's anti-corruption effort [...]	2009-01-05 10:06:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR KCRM NI
09ABUJA919	NIGERIA: THREE NORTHERN VIEWS ON YAR'ADUA, [...] (S/NF) Summary: Visiting State Department Nigeria Desk Officer traveled with PolOff and PolSpecialist to Kano, Zaria, and Kaduna on May 10-13 and met separately with three longtime Northern political observers. Our first meeting was with Dr. Usman Ahmed Jalingo, Secretary General of Arewa Con [...]	2009-05-27 15:28:00	Embassy Abuja	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NI
09ABUJA945	NIGERIA: ICRC SAYS MEDIA IS EXAGGERATING CIVILIAN [...] (C) On May 28, DATT, Marine Attache, and Poloff met with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) head of delegation in Nigeria Jacques Villettaz and Communications Director Anahita Kar to discuss their view of the humanitarian situation in the Niger Delta as a result of the Joint Task [...]	2009-06-01 15:13:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ICRC NI
09ABUJA951	NIGERIA: UPDATED ASSESSMENT OF ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (C) Summary: In response to a request from G/TIP (ref A),Poloff met with a number of Abuja-based contacts involved in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) to get an updated assessment of the GON's progress, discuss the possibility of government complicity in human trafficking, and [...]	2009-06-02 09:42:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KTIP NI
09ABUJA982	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) As suggested reftel, delivery of this demarche was coordinated with the British High Commission. On June 8 PolOff contacted John Gana, Deputy Director of the Second United Nations Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressing that the USG urges that there be a strong mandate re [...]	2009-06-08 15:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PHUM PREL PGOV NI
09ABUJA99	NIGERIA: SENATOR SARAKI ON CABINET RESHUFFLE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloffs met with Kwara State Senator Gbemisola Saraki-Fowora (sister of Kwara State Governor Saraki) of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) at her Abuja residence on 13 January to discuss the cabinet reshuffle, constitutional reform, and President Yar'Adua's health. While Saraki [...]	2009-01-16 13:30:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON EPET NI
09ACCRA1070	COUNTER NARCOTICS HEAD DENIES POLITICS AT BOARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Narcotics Control Board (NACOB) Executive Secretary Yaw Akrasi Sarpong told Poloffs October 5 that while he is a staunch supporter of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC),party politics has no place at the NACOB. Sarpong complained about the lack of effective narcotics enforc [...]	2009-10-08 15:25:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PGOV CVIS XA GH
09ACCRA1077	GHANA: BRIEFING ON OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche October 8 to Mrs Beatrice Brobbey, Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA, briefing Brobbey on the October 1 P5 1 talks, and asking Ghana to press Iran to fulfill the commitments it made in Geneva. We also urged Ghan [...]	2009-10-09 11:35:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR GH
09ACCRA1113	FIRE DESTROYS GHANA MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS [...] (U) At about 17:00 local time on October 23, a fire gutted the ten story Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) building in central Accra. The structure and its contents, including historical documents dating back to Ghana's independence in 1957, were completely destroyed. The only reported injury [...]	2009-10-22 15:47:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GH
09ACCRA112	GHANA RESPONSE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche February 12 to Dr. Kojo Assan, Director for International Organizations at Ghana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and NEPAD. Dr. Assan responded that the issue of Kosovo's recognition would be brought to the attention of Ghana's new Fore [...]	2009-02-13 12:58:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC ICJ KV GH
09ACCRA1122	GHANA CONVICTS TRAFFICKER AND ARRESTS OTHERS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: In two recent cases, Ghanaian law enforcement used undercover operations to arrest human traffickers. A man from the Western Region was sentenced to four years in prison for attempting to sell his eight year old brother, and a woman from the Ashanti Region is being prosecuted for [...]	2009-10-23 13:12:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP PHUM PGOV XA GH
09ACCRA1139	FOREIGN MINISTER UPDATE ON MFA FIRE AND REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) On October 27, Foreign Minister Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni told the diplomatic corps that the October 14 MFA fire (reftel) resulted in no injuries or deaths, but that there was significant loss of equipment, furniture, fixtures, and [...]	2009-10-28 14:51:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GH
09ACCRA1153	DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS AD HOC COMMITTEE PROTOCOL [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche on October 30 to Beatrice Brobbey, Director, International Organizations (IO) and Multilateral Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Brobbey did not indicate how Ghana would vote on the resolution but questioned why the U.S. would oppose any reso [...]	2009-11-02 14:25:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GH
09ACCRA1179	GHANAIAN CONCERN OVER DRUG SMUGGLING BY VIP [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 4, the head of the UK's "Operation Westbridge," the British government's anti-narcotics operation at Accra International Airport, told Poloff that President John Atta Mills wants itemizers for the Presidential suite at the airport to screen his entourage for drugs when leav [...]	2009-11-10 09:04:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR KCOR GH
09ACCRA1327	CHILD TRAFFICKING ON LAKE VOLTA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Poloff and Democracy and Human Rights Program Coordinator (DHRC) spent December 1-3 in fishing villages on Lake Volta with the West Africa Regional Director for the NGO Free the Slaves and the Director of the Ghanaian NGO Challenging Heights following children believed to have be [...]	2009-12-15 16:53:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KTIP XY GH
09ACCRA18	ACCRA RESPONSE TO GUINEA DEMARCHE REQUEST [...] (C) POLOFF delivered subject demarche January 8 to Mr. Kingsley Karium, Director, Africa and Regional Cooperation Department, of the Ghana Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and NEPAD. Mr. Karium was leaving later in the day to attend the ECOWAS meeting scheduled in Abuja. Kari [...]	2009-01-09 11:42:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC GV KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL GH
09ACCRA182	ACCRA 2009 ANNUAL TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Ghana (GoG) continued to make progress during the reporting year toward combating trafficking in persons. The Ghana Police Service (GPS) was involved in several rescues, particularly of children; during July and August of 2008, nearly 200 children were rescu [...]	2009-03-04 16:23:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG ELAB KTIP KCRM KFRD GH
09ACCRA26	GHANA'S MUSLIM LEADERSHIP REMAINS NEUTRAL ON GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY. A trio of socialist organizations, backed by the Palestinian Embassy, is planning a demonstration on January 15 during which they will present a petition to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs urging the GOG to take firm action against Israel. Ghana's National Chief Imam was approach [...]	2009-01-14 14:30:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09ACCRA264	ACCRA RESPONSE TO UNHRC" DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-27 12:03:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF GH
09ACCRA29	NDC HOPES TO BRING MINOR PARTIES INTO THE TENT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Poloff met on January 13 with Hannah Tetteh, the new ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) party's head of communications for the transition. She discussed the state of the handover, parliamentary issues, party appointments and changes, Kufuor's final actions as President, ND [...]	2009-01-16 11:23:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09ACCRA294	GHANA CONVICTS HUMAN TRAFFICKER--AND U.S. JUSTICE [...] (U) Summary. A Ghanaian court has convicted a Nigerian woman for her role in the trafficking of a fourteen year old Togolese female. The conviction is the second under Ghana's 2005 Human Trafficking Act, with at least one other high profile case pending. The head of the Ghana Police Service's [...]	2009-04-02 15:29:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	GH PHUM PREL KTIP SNAR JUS PGOV
09ACCRA31	NDC HOPES TO BRING MINOR PARTIES INTO THE TENT [...] (U) SUMMARY. Poloff met on January 13 with Hannah Tetteh, the new ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) party's head of communications for the transition. She discussed the state of the handover, parliamentary issues, party appointments and changes, Kufuor's final actions as President, ND [...]	2009-01-16 11:25:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09ACCRA311	POST ELECTION, GHANA'S POLITICAL PARTIES REGROUP [...] (SBU) Summary. Ghana's political parties are regrouping following the December election. Members of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) have voiced frustration over their belief that President Mills has shut out sections of the party from decision making. The NDC is also in the ear [...]	2009-04-07 16:06:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV GH
09ACCRA423	GHANA RESPONSE TO IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ghana offers strong support for Japanese candidate Yukiya Amano to be IAEA DG but does not give a definitive "yes". END SUMMARY 2. (U) Per reftel, PolOff Raymond Stephens delivered demarche to Dr. Kojo Assan, Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau, Ghan [...]	2009-05-08 12:17:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC IAEA KNNP PREL
09ACCRA477	UNSC 1718 COMMITTEE DESIGNATION OF DPRK ENTITIES [...] (C) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche to Dr. Kojo Assan, Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Assan said that to his knowledge no financial institutions related to the DPRK have a presence in Ghana. Poloff identified the three new DPRK entities [...]	2009-05-21 16:24:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC GH KN KNNP PARM PREL XE ZO
09ACCRA478	DEMARCHE: URGENT NEED TO PROMOTE SOMALIA CEASEFIRE [...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche to Dr. Kojo Assan, Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Assan said that he would raise the issue of a public statement calling for an immediate ceasefire in Mogadishu with the Deputy Foreign Minister but t [...]	2009-05-21 16:25:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL PTER EAID ER SO GH
09ACCRA479	DEMARCHE ON UN CONFERENCE ON DEVELOPMENT IMPACT OF [...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche to Dr. Kojo Assan, Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Assan reacted positively to the demarche and said that he is aware of the outcome document prepared by the President of the General Assembly (PGA) be [...]	2009-05-21 16:27:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EFIN UNGA GH
09ACCRA524	DEMARCHE ON UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 10:36:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09ACCRA529	RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR MANDATE AT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-05 14:22:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PHUM PREL
09ACCRA54	PARDON ME, BUT I (DIS)RESPECTFULLY DECLINE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On his final day in office, former president John Kufuor, in an act of exculpation that still has some scratching their heads, granted more than 500 pardons to a variety of Ghanaians ranging from political opponents to imprisoned nursing mothers. Several prominent political figu [...]	2009-01-26 13:10:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09ACCRA55	AKUFO-ADDO SHARES POST-ELECTION THOUGHTS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-26 17:05:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM GH
09ACCRA574	CHILDREN WORKING ON COCOA FARMS IS DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Removing children as workers on Ghanaian cocoa farms encompasses a number of social and economic issues more far ranging than simply that of child labor. While few would disagree with the premise of improving access to basic education, encouraging children to attend school rather [...]	2009-06-19 07:21:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EAGR PHUM SOCI XA XY IV GH
09ACCRA580	GHANAIAN PRESIDENT ADDRESSES ETHICS BUT CAUSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: President John Evans Atta Mills has made restoring trust in the public sector a priority of his new administration. Mills, a former law professor, is thought to be a decent man who "does the right thing". He has consistently said that he will not engage in a political "witch hunt [...]	2009-06-19 11:52:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS KCOR XA XY GH
09ACCRA584	IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN AND SYRIA DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 09:33:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY XA XY GH
09ACCRA585	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-22 09:33:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP XA XY GH
09ACCRA6	GHANA ELECTIONS: AT LONG LAST, A WINNER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ghana's marathon presidential elections, which had begun on December 7, finally drew to a close on January 3 when the director of the Electoral Commission (EC) pronounced the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) party's John Evans Atta-Mills President-elect of the Republi [...]	2009-01-05 17:20:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	GH KDEM PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09ACCRA60	MILLS FIRES HEAD OF POLICE IN SHAKEUP OF SECURITY [...] (C) Summary. President Mills has made changes in key security service leadership positions, retiring the Inspector General of Police, Patrick Acheampong and the Chief of Defense Staff as of January 28. The President has also named a new director for the country's Narcotics Control Board. The [...]	2009-01-29 08:24:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM SNAR GH
09ACCRA612	PARTY POLITICS IN GHANA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ghana is a stable democracy after having completed five presidential elections in the past 17 years, two of which involved a transition of power between parties. Although Ghana has the best record of inter-party transfers in Africa, the peaceful transitions mask an underlying ani [...]	2009-06-29 16:32:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV XA XY GH
09ACCRA619	GHANA PRESIDENT LEADS FIGHT AGAINST NARCOTICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: President John Evans Atta Mills has made private statements backed with public actions about his intention to reduce Ghana's growing role in the drugs trade. GOG agencies are following his lead and have also made a discernible effort to eliminate drugs in the country. END SUMMARY 2. [...]	2009-06-29 16:57:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SNAR XA XY GH
09ACCRA676	DEMARCHE ON IMPLEMENTING UNSC RES 1874 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-14 14:11:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL ISN IO USUN XA XY GH
09ACCRA964	DEMARCHE ON CHILD LABOR GOODS [...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche September 15 to Mrs. Perpetual Dufu, Deputy Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Dufu stated that she will pass the information to the Minister of Women and Children's Affairs and the Minister of Employment [...]	2009-09-16 16:10:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI
09ACCRA965	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche September 15 to Mrs. Perpetual Dufu, Deputy Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Dufu stated that Ghana will cooperate with USG to promote universal human rights. Dufu referred to the visit last week of a [...]	2009-09-16 16:10:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNAUS UNHRC
09ACCRA966	DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche September 15 to Mrs. Perpetual Dufu, Deputy Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Dufu stated that she will pass the information to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who will attend UNGA, for his consideratio [...]	2009-09-16 16:10:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL KV
09ACCRA967	DEMARCHE ON UN FOOD SECURITY EVENT [...] (U) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche September 15 to Mrs. Perpetual Dufu, Deputy Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Dufu stated that she will pass the invitation from Secretary Clinton to the Minister of Foreign Affairs immediately to make [...]	2009-09-16 16:10:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA
09ACCRA968	DEMARCHE ON IRAN CHORUS [...] (C) Per reftel, PolOff delivered the demarche September 15 to Mrs. Perpetual Dufu, Deputy Director, International Organizations and Multilateral Bureau at the Ghana MFA. Dufu stated that Ghana supports the peaceful use of nuclear technology and will work with the IAEA to ensure that nuclear te [...]	2009-09-16 16:10:00	Embassy Accra	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC
09ADDISABABA1138	SOMALIA: TFG AND ASWJ EXPLORING ALLIANCE [...] (S/NF) Summary. Al Sunnah wal Jama'a (ASWJ) leadership committee member Mahdi Dahir Sheikh Nur (Darood) told PolOff on May 12 that the ASWJ leadership committee would be arriving in Addis Ababa during the week of May 17 to hold discussions with Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Deputy P [...]	2009-05-14 13:52:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA1238	SOMALIA: NEGOTIATIONS STALLED BETWEEN THE TFG AND [...] (C/NF) Summary. As of May 26, negotiations in Addis Ababa between the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and Alhu Sunnah Wal Jammah (ASWJ) were stalled because ASWJ was demanding the prime ministership and senior cabinet positions in a potential coalition government, demands that the TFG [...]	2009-05-26 14:09:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA1331	SOMALIA: TFG-ASWJ RELATIONS DETERIORATING [...] (C/NF) Summary. Five members of the Alhu Sunnah Wal Jammah (ASWJ) leadership committee told PolOff on June 6 that they believed the Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) was turning against them as evidenced by recent events. They blamed their June 5 defeat at Wahbo in part on TFG [...]	2009-06-08 14:50:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA1442	SOMALIA: ASWJ SAYS REACHED BREAKTHROUGH WITH TFG [...] (C) Summary. Alhu Sunnah Wal Jammah (ASWJ) leadership council member Mahdi Dahir Sheikh Nur told PolOff on June 18 that ASWJ and Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Prime Minister Sharmarke had reached an agreement "in principle" to form a military alliance against al-Shabaab and Hisb Islam [...]	2009-06-19 05:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA1553	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1874 ON [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Minelik Alemu, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Acting Director General for International Law and Consular Affairs, on July 1. Minelik was aware of the provisions of UNSCR 1874, and stated that the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) was prepared to comply with t [...]	2009-07-02 12:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ECON EFIN PARM PREL KN ET

09ADDISABABA1612	WILL VOTE FOR FOOD- REPORTED POLITICIZATION OF [...] (C) A four day trip to the Southern Nations and Nationalities (SNNPR) and Oromiya regions shed light on the possible politicization of donor cash and food resources delivered through the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP),coercive recruitment tactics by the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolut [...]	2009-07-08 13:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PHUM KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1613	PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS FLEE ETHIOPIA [...] (C) The leaders of the two most prominent human rights organizations in Ethiopia have fled the country within weeks of each other due to fear of persecution. Chairman of the independent Ethiopian Human Rights Council (EHRCO) and former Supreme Court Justice Abebe Worke and Director of Ethiopia [...]	2009-07-08 14:14:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1753	ETHIOPIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION REPORTS ON [...] (C) The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) released its first-ever thematic report on prison conditions in Ethiopia in December 2008. The report sheds light on inadequate prison conditions - including overcrowding, unhygienic conditions, insufficient medical care, food, water, and educa [...]	2009-07-23 13:00:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS PREL ET
09ADDISABABA1797	INCREASED ONLF ACTIVITY, POLICE PRESENCE REPORTED [...] (C) Reliable sources in Ethiopia's Somali Region report ONLF attacks on Ethiopian Government (GoE) road construction workers, increased scrutiny of passenger vehicles, and looting of commercial goods in the Somali region. Increasingly violent ONLF attacks on police and military elements lead N [...]	2009-07-28 08:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC EAID SO ET
09ADDISABABA1955	ETHIOPIA UNDECIDED ON UNESCO ELECTION [...] (U) PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Mesfin Midekssa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Specialized International Agencies, on August 11. Mesfin stated that the Government of Ethiopia (GoE) had not yet decided which candidate to support in the UNESCO Director-General race, but that [...]	2009-08-12 06:35:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	UNESCO ET
09ADDISABABA202	SOMALIA: ASWJ SEEKING US HELP TO DEFEAT AL-SHABAAB [...] (S/NF) Summary. Somali Ahlu Sunna wal Jama'a (ASWJ) coordinator, and Dubai based businessman from the Darood clan, Mahdi Dahir Sheikh Nur told PolOff on January 24 that ASWJ would fight until al-Shabaab was "defeated and dead," and he said ASWJ was mobilizing to expand its operations. Mahdi [...]	2009-01-26 14:12:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA2126	RELIGIOUS CONFLICT FUELED BY GOVERNMENT [...] (C) A recent visit by PolOff to Dessie sheds light on a violent clash that erupted between Orthodox Christians and local police in Dessie town in late June. The local government granted the Orthodox Church a plot of land to build a church in 2006, but later prevented Christians from building [...]	2009-09-02 04:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA2155	POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DYNAMICS OF THE AFAR REGION [...] (C) A visit by PolOff to eastern Amhara and southwest Afar regions in late August sheds light on the political and economic dynamics of this geographically important region bordering Djibouti. Opposition political parties reported multiple cases of harassment and intimidation, and are cynical [...]	2009-09-03 14:03:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL EAGR ET
09ADDISABABA2168	SOMALILAND AMBASSDOR TO ETHIOPIA LOOKS FOR U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY . Somaliland Ambassador to Ethiopia Hassan told Charge on September 4 that he believes the UK/Ethiopian mediation on the Somaliland elections dispute has potential, when more fully developed, to produce a government-opposition agreement that would allow the staging of elections. [...]	2009-09-08 16:23:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SO ET
09ADDISABABA2208	DO NOT INTERVENT IN OUR AFFAIRS: GOE LAYS DOWN A MARKER [...] (SBU) Acting Deputy Chief of Mission Mike Gonzales and Public Affairs Officer Alyson Grunder met with the Director of the Office of Government Communications Affairs, Minister Bereket Simon, on September 4 to discuss two opinion pieces published in the state-owned Amharic language Addis Zemen n [...]	2009-09-14 08:34:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA2273	POLITICAL INDOCTRINATION IN ETHIOPIA [...] (C) Political opposition leaders and Chairman of the National Teacher's Association allege that the government has held several political indoctrination "trainings" in recent months. They told PolOffs that students, teachers, farmers, and civil servants are being targeted for "political re-ed [...]	2009-09-21 12:24:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2314	MONITORING REPORT ON ETHIOPIA G/TIP PROGRAM [...] (U) This cable provides monitoring information, requested ref A, to the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) to evaluate the effectiveness of G/TIP's USD 324,000 grant to Project Concern International (PCI). PCI's used the funds to support the Government of Ethiopia (GoE [...]	2009-09-28 05:21:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP SMIG PHUM ASEC ELAB KWMN PREL EAID ET
09ADDISABABA2342	ETHIOPIA: OPPOSITION WANTS INTERNATIONAL HELP, BUT [...] (C) On September 22, CDA hosted a lunch for 9 opposition political leaders at the CMR to discuss the domestic political environment, current talks regarding an electoral Code of Conduct, and 2010 elections. The two-hour event provided an opportunity the CDA and new country team members to me [...]	2009-09-30 12:01:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA239	UPDATE ON THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AUTHORITY ON [...] (SBU) Program Head (Ambassador) Hiruy Amanuel briefed PolOff on the Intergovernmental Authority on Development's (IGAD) Capacity Building Program Against Terrorism (ICPAT),which is wholly funded by foreign assistance (Denmark, Netherlands, Canada, Sweden, Spain, Norway and Italy participate). [...]	2009-01-29 13:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV PINR ET
09ADDISABABA2423	USAU: AFRICAN LABOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS LEADERS [...] (U) On October 1, U.S. Mission to the African Union (USAU) Ambassador Michael Battle, A/DCM, and PolOff attended the Seventh Ordinary Session of the African Union Labor and Social Affairs Commission held at AU headquarters in Addis Ababa. The conference theme was "Impact of the Global Crisis [...]	2009-10-09 07:15:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ELAB ECON AU
09ADDISABABA2498	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ETHIOPIA ON P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-21 05:36:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM ET
09ADDISABABA2499	DRUG TRAFFICKING IN ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ethiopia has become increasingly popular as a transit point along narco-trafficking routes as a result of convenient air service, limited law enforcement, and minimal criminal penalties. Heroin is the most commonly trafficked substance, followed by cannabis and cocaine. Most i [...]	2009-10-21 05:37:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ASEC ET
09ADDISABABA2536	ETHIOPIA INVITES EUROPEAN UNION TO OBSERVE 2010 [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 04:10:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2554	OPPOSITION GROUP LOOKING MORE LIKE A PARTY, STILL [...] (C) Summary: The Forum for Democratic Dialogue (Forum) continues to try to transform itself from a collection of eight separate parties into a coherent whole. In a series of recent meetings with USG officials and the broader international diplomatic community, however, Forum representatives [...]	2009-10-28 15:49:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2615	OGADENI TRIBAL CHIEF HELD TWO YEARS WITHOUT [...] (C) PolOff recently met with Hassan Ahmed Makhtal (strictly protect),a former Ogadeni (Somali region) tribal chief, who claimed that he was imprisoned without trial for two years and denied medical treatment despite severe health problems. Hassan was released in June after having spent two y [...]	2009-11-04 11:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2616	HIGH RISK OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS FOR RURAL [...] (SBU) Rural Ethiopian girls are more at risk of having their rights violated compared to the general Ethiopian population due to harmful traditional practices and cultural attitudes towards females. While there are laws in place to protect girls from some rights violations, the laws are not e [...]	2009-11-04 11:38:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV ET
09ADDISABABA2648	G/TIP VISIT REVEALS PROGRESS, CHALLENGES IN ETHIOPIA [...] (SBU) The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) continues to take steps to curb the international trafficking of Ethiopian citizens, but is challenged by economic realities, limited law enforcement capacity, and ever-changing trafficking patterns. To combat international trafficking, the GoE passed a [...]	2009-11-09 13:42:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP PHUM PGOV SMIG ELAB KWMN PREL EAID DJ SU ET
09ADDISABABA2693	ELECTORAL PROCESS:ETHIOPIAN OPPOSITION SKEPTICAL [...] (C) At the request of the four political parties who drafted an electoral Code of Conduct (CoC),the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) hosted a series of discussions in order to solicit input from other Ethiopian political parties before submitting the companion legislative package t [...]	2009-11-16 04:06:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2809	PARTY PATRONAGE AND FOREIGN ASSISTANCE IN ETHIOPIA [...] (C) Recent allegations of the politicization of foreign assistance in Ethiopia, including humanitarian food aid, are consistent with reports by non-governmental organizations, opposition political parties, the media, and members of the international donor community. The manipulation of humani [...]	2009-11-25 14:33:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA2856	SOMALI REGIONAL PRESIDENT'S VISA DELAY PERCEIVED [...] (C) An ongoing delay in the issuance of a visa to Somali Regional State President Dawed Mohammed has been interpreted in the region as U.S. condemnation of his alleged participation in human rights abuses. Ethiopia's ethnic Somali population has largely welcomed this action, viewing it as a c [...]	2009-12-07 05:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CVIS ET
09ADDISABABA2877	ETHIOPIA: OPPOSITION WEIGHS ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES [...] (C) Visiting DAS Wycoff discussed in separate November 19 meetings with prominent Ethiopian opposition leaders their strategies for engagement in the 2010 national elections. Bulcha Demeksa of the "Forum" opposition coalition expressed deep resentment towards the ruling EPRDF for what he called [...]	2009-12-09 04:39:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2880	ETHIOPIA: GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION AFFAIRS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 19 meeting with visiting AF Deputy Assistant Secretary Wycoff, Ethiopian Minister for Government Communication Bereket Simon promised equal air time for opposition parties in the run-up to Ethiopia's parliamentary elections in 2010. The government will offer l [...]	2009-12-09 07:41:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2905	ETHIOPIAN FM ON TFG AND ERITREA DURING WYCOFF VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs Seyoum Mesfin highlighted to visiting AF/DAS Wycoff the severe financial crisis facing the TFG, reiterating comments made by PM Meles. He also noted that Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheik Sharif had said during a [...]	2009-12-10 11:48:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ET
09ADDISABABA2935	PM MELES URGES ACTION ON SUDAN, NON-COMMITTAL ON [...] (C) Prime Minister Meles told visiting DASD Ambassador Huddleston that there is a "complete coincidence of vital security interests" between the U.S. and Ethiopia. He agreed to discuss the issue of Leahy vetting with military commanders, but did not agree to any specific action. Meles descri [...]	2009-12-15 09:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PTER YE SO SU ET
09ADDISABABA2937	ETHIOPIAN FM DISCUSSES REGIONAL SECURITY WITH DASD [...] (C) Foreign Minister Seyoum Mesfin told visiting DASD Ambassador Huddleston the GoE is confident that U.S.-Ethiopia relations are as strong as ever, and agreed to work with the Ministry of Defense to resolve issues surrounding Leahy Vetting requirements for the Ethiopian military. He urged th [...]	2009-12-15 09:28:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS YE SO SU ET
09ADDISABABA2977	SUSPICIONS REMAIN HIGH AS CONFLICT, ABUSES [...] (C) Contacts in Ethiopia's Somali Regional State report that although humanitarian access has improved, the humanitarian situation has declined since 2007, as a result of continued conflict, restricted humanitarian access, trade blockage, and repeated seasons of poor rain. Government of Ethio [...]	2009-12-22 09:10:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM ASEC MOPS PREL SO ET
09ADDISABABA3068	ERITREAN OPPOSITION IN ETHIOPIA ASKS FOR INCREASED [...] (C) Summary: The new Head of Foreign Relations for the Eritrean National Salvation Front (ENSF),Dr. Yusuf Berhanu Ahmeddin, told Poloffs the party seeks to replace Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, and is broadening contacts with the diplomatic community to keep diplomats informed of the o [...]	2009-12-31 13:13:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA314	ETHIOPIAN COUNTRYSIDE: SUPPRESSING DISSENT, [...] (C) A four-day visit to Western Oromiya by PolOff revealed a political environment that suppressed dissent, created fear, and clearly focused on eliminating any opportunity for political dialogue with the opposition. Landlords refused to rent out office space to opposition parties, and oppositi [...]	2009-02-05 13:27:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA500	SOMALIA: ANECDOTES FROM A TFG INSIDER [...] (C/NF) Summary. Former Somalia Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Ambassador to Ethiopia Abdul Karin Farah told PolOff on February 26 that TFG President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed intended to reinstate Farah as the TFG's ambassador to Ethiopia as soon as possible. (Note: Farah was the TFG Ambas [...]	2009-03-03 04:51:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA567	AMBASSADOR DELIVERS MESSAGE OF CONCERN TO TIGRAY [...] (C) In a February 26-27 visit to Mekele, the Ambassador met with Central Committee members from the Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF, the core party within the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) Coalition) to highlight U.S. concerns about Ethiopia's narrow [...]	2009-03-05 05:17:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA605	ETHIOPIAN MFA OFFICIAL: TFG PRESIDENT SHARIF IN A [...] (C/NF) Summary. Ethiopian MFA Official, and former special envoy to Somalia, Abdetta Dribssa told PolOff on March 12 that, in his view, Unity Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif would have no choice but to ask the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) peacekeep [...]	2009-03-13 10:44:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA606	ETHIOPIA: SOMALI REGIONAL PRESIDENT DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) Newly-appointed Somali Regional President Dawood Mohammed told the Ambassador and delegation that Ethiopia's Somali region wants U.S. and international support for long-term development, especially in exploiting water resources. Security is still a major issue in the Somali region, Dawo [...]	2009-03-13 11:01:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV EAID ET
09ADDISABABA653	SOMALIA: TFG SECURITY OFFICIALS VISIT ADDIS ABABA [...] (S/NF) Summary. Somalia unity Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Internal Security Affairs Omar Hashi Aden, National Police Chief Abdi Qeybdiid, and General Mohamed Sheikh Hassan, likely to be the next TFG National Intelligence Chief, told the Ambassador on March 6 that the T [...]	2009-03-18 08:45:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL MOPS KPKO SO ET
09ADDISABABA725	AMHARA REGION TRIP REVEALS POLITICAL TENSIONS [...] (C) A two-day visit to the Amhara region by Poloff revealed a tense political environment. Despite harassment and intimidation by the local administration, opposition party members and officials were numerous in attendance in meetings with Poloff, indicating a certain amount of freedom of ass [...]	2009-03-26 14:20:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA737	INSIDE ETHIOPIA'S JAILS [...] (C) Recent interviews with individuals who have been held in non-traditional detention facilities have shed anecdotal light on beatings and abuse by Ethiopian security officials against civilians in country. While we cannot confirm the scope or persistence of such mistreatment, these first-han [...]	2009-03-30 10:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PGOV KDEM PREL ET
09ADDISABABA738	PARTY-STATAL DASHEN BREWERY SHOWS PROFITS AND THE [...] (C) In a recent visit to Gonder, PolOff and Political Specialist visited ruling party owned Dashen Brewery to explore a mid-2008 labor dispute, the media coverage of which showed the long arm of the ruling party in protecting its commercial interests. We found a company both profitable and ex [...]	2009-03-30 11:01:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV ETRD ET
09ADDISABABA745	LUCY CLAIMS ASYLUM [...] (SBU) In a move that shocked the paleo-human rights community, Lucy -- the 3.2 million year old hominid fossil discovered in rural Ethiopia in 1974 -- claimed asylum in Seattle during the second leg of her North American tour. The move has illuminated socio-political dynamics among our ancesto [...]	2009-04-01 04:59:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CASC PREL ET
09ADDISABABA953	RELIGIOUS TENSIONS RISE IN GONDER [...] (C) The spate of religious conflict that erupted briefly in Gonder earlier this year is a manifestation of a long, tense history between Muslims and Christians in the region. From the mid-17th century until 1974, Muslims were not allowed to live or pray in the city. The Muslim community is at [...]	2009-04-24 06:22:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM KDEM ET
09ADDISABABA980	RELIGIOUS DYNAMICS IN ETHIOPIA; POSSIBLE CAUSES OF [...] (C) Ethiopia has enjoyed a long history of religious tolerance. In the past year, however, tensions have risen somewhat among Muslims and Orthodox Christians, the two largest religious groups in Ethiopia. Although it is likely that the recent conflicts are isolated incidents and are not caus [...]	2009-04-28 11:29:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM KDEM ET
09AITTAIPEI1082	DALAI LAMA VISIT ROILS CROSS-STRAIT TIES, TAIWAN'S [...] (C) Summary: While the initial fall-out from the Dalai Lama's visit to Taiwan should be manageable, the trip could damage Beijing's confidence in President Ma Ying-jeou in the longer term, according to the KMT official responsible for China affairs. The visit has been a major topic in Taiwan [...]	2009-09-03 10:18:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR AEMR PGOV PHUM XE CH TW
09AITTAIPEI1292	TAIWAN CONSIDERS LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENT TO RESTRICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of yesterday's official promulgation of enhanced import measures under the U.S.-Taiwan beef protocol (reftel),KMT and DPP legislators agreed in principle to amend the Food Sanitation Act in a way that could restrict some U.S. beef imports. Although details are still [...]	2009-11-03 10:58:00	American Institute Taiwan, Taipei	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR ETRD PGOV PREL TW
09ALGIERS1041	POLISARIO AMBASSADOR SAYS RECENT MOROCCAN RHETORIC [...] (C) Polisario Front "Ambassador" in Algiers on November 17 portrayed the Moroccan government's tougher position on Western Sahara and its mistreatment of Sahrawi rights activists as a provocation designed to undermine UN Special Envoy Christopher Ross' efforts to restart talks, and he stated [...]	2009-11-22 17:50:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN
09ALGIERS1063	POLISARIO ASKS U.S. TO RESPOND TO MOROCCAN [...] (C) Summary: DCM and Poloff travelled on November 21 to Tindouf, Algeria, to meet with senior Polisario Front leaders to discuss the future of UN-led mediation efforts on the Western Sahara conflict and to observe the conditions of life in the Sahrawi refugee camps. Polisario officials reitera [...]	2009-12-01 08:36:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN
09ALGIERS1077	BOUTEFLIKA TO WARD: WE WANT A STRATEGIC [...] (C) U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Commander General William Ward met Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika November 25, during Ward's first visit to Algeria since assuming command of AFRICOM. Ward said AFRICOM's strategy was to assist African nations in providing for their own security needs [...]	2009-12-06 07:57:00	Embassy Algiers	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER PBTS KPAL KWBG US IR IZ IS
09ALGIERS1082	NGOS IN TINDOUF ON HUMANITARIAN AND POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: DCM on November 21 met with several UN officials working with the Sahrawi refugees near Tindouf, Algeria, to discuss the status of assistance and development programs. The groups included the UN peacekeeping force MINURSO, the World Food Program, and the UN High Commission for [...]	2009-12-07 12:50:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN
09ALGIERS1117	POLISARIO RESTRICTS ACTIVITIES SEEN TO THREATEN [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts with UNHCR and American NGOs working in the Polisario camps near Tindouf say that individual Sahrawis have been involved in smuggling activities, but the Polisario "government" severely punishes anyone caught trafficking persons or weapons that could aid terrorist [...]	2009-12-16 09:21:00	Embassy Algiers	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM PBTS MARR PTER AG MO UN
09AMEMBASSYHANOI903	Vietnam on Anti-Israel UNGA Resolutions [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 09:54:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE VM
09AMEMBASSYHANOI917	Vietnam Says it is Pressing Burma for ASSK's Release [...] (SBU) Acting DCM and Poloff met with the MFA's Deputy DG for ASEAN Affairs, Vu Hung, December 2 to discuss EAP A/S Campbell and DAS Marciel's November 3-4 visit to Burma and to urge Vietnam to use its influence with Burma to press for genuine dialogue with Burma's democratic opposition and eth [...]	2009-12-02 05:41:00	Embassy Hanoi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN BM VM
09AMMAN1022	CHANGES AFOOT IN JORDAN'S PERSONAL STATUS LAW [...] (C) Summary: The head of Jordan's Islamic courts is working on a package of amendments to the personal status law, which governs marriage, divorce, the status of women, and inheritance issues. The initial read on the amendments is that they would represent a step forward in the promotion of women's [...]	2009-05-04 10:15:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KWMN KISL KDEM JO
09AMMAN1054	ASSOCIATIONS LAW AMENDMENTS INTRODUCED PUBLICLY, [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's Minister of Social Development convened donors and international organizations on April 29 to discuss forward-looking amendments to a 2008 law that increased regulatory burdens and government oversight over civil society. She has been lobbying tribal conservatives and [...]	2009-05-07 05:57:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN1113	KING ABDULLAH HAS MOMENT IN THE SUN, BUT WILL IT [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian contacts saw King Abdullah's visit to Washington as a success, focusing on how it enhanced his standing among his Arab peers more than on the substantive outcome of his conversations with President Obama. Most thought the King returned from the United States newly empo [...]	2009-05-13 10:11:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS EG SA SY JO
09AMMAN1117	KING ABRUPTLY ENDS DRIVE FOR DECENTRALIZATION [...] (C) Summary: King Abdullah's long-standing drive for decentralization of government services came to an abrupt halt on May 3, when he announced that the plan to create three new regional authorities would be dropped in favor of a vague plan to empower existing provincial governors. Little w [...]	2009-05-13 13:16:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN1176	UNRWA WORKERS IN JORDAN STAGE ANOTHER STRIKE OVER [...] (C) UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) employees in Jordan went on strike from May 12 to May 15 to demand pay increases to compensate for the decline in the value of UNRWA's pension funds. UNRWA Jordan's already tight operational budget will be trimmed further in the coming year and may forc [...]	2009-05-21 10:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF ELAB KPAL JO
09AMMAN1182	MANY JORDANIANS REMAIN PESSIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: Reaction from our contacts and the Jordanian press on Israeli PM Netanyahu's recent visit to Washington has been typically pessimistic. While President Obama's engagement on the issue is praised, many believe that Netanyahu is not committed to peace and can rely upon pro-Israel [...]	2009-05-21 13:12:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL IS IR JO
09AMMAN1204	JORDANIAN TRIBAL GOVERNANCE 101, PART 3: TRIBAL [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the third of a three part series on internal governance structures in Jordan's tribal system. Tribal law acts as an alternative to Jordan's formal legal system. It deals with cases that range from social mediation to first-degree murder. Sheikhs work closely with [...]	2009-05-27 06:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN1246	Child Abuse Fatalities Spark Outrage and Prompt Royal Push [...] (U) The recent deaths of two Jordanian children due to child abuse has sparked a media firestorm regarding domestic violence and generated widespread community outrage, including strong public statements from the King and Queen. Queen Rania expressed concern that Jordan has "failed" to adequat [...]	2009-06-03 07:12:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF JO
09AMMAN1262	GICNT: JORDAN WILL ATTEND AND PRESENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 14:47:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM PGOV PINR PREL
09AMMAN1265	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. OBJECTIVES FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 15:18:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KPAL PGOV PREL WBG EU IS JO
09AMMAN1266	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-04 15:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA JO
09AMMAN128	JORDAN HASHEMITE CHARITY ORGANIZATION HEAD [...] (SBU) The Jordan Hashemite Charitable Organization (JHCO),which has become the semi-official conduit from Jordan to Gaza, is now sending 15 truckloads five days a week containing a variety of aid. The organization's spokesman offered a brief history of the JHCO's role in past humanitarian e [...]	2009-01-14 14:10:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID PHUM KWBG IS JO
09AMMAN1287	JORDAN: PRESIDENT'S SPEECH PROMPTS CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the President's Cairo speech, Jordanian contacts continue to focus primarily on language pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The President's citation of Islamic scriptures and respect for Islam's cultural contribution throughout history was seen as a [...]	2009-06-08 10:30:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL KWBG JO
09AMMAN129	GAZA PROTESTS CONTINUE IN JORDAN, CALLS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Protests over events in Gaza continue, with the Israeli and Egyptian Embassies as the primary target of demonstrators. Calls for a boycott of Israeli and American goods are mounting, but there is little evidence that they will have any real impact. The call for a vote of no-co [...]	2009-01-14 14:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KWBG KPAL KDEM IS EG VE JO
09AMMAN1318	JORDAN: TEN HONOR KILLINGS TO DATE IN 2009; [...] (S) Summary: Recent honor killings continue to spark efforts to end the practice and adequately prosecute perpetrators. Outraged by the recent killings, the King has stated he will push for legislative changes to strengthen judicial sentencing. A new book on honor crimes raises awareness on [...]	2009-06-11 14:00:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV PREL KWMN SOCI JO
09AMMAN1349	JORDAN: IRANIAN ELECTION RESULTS VIEWED AS [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian contacts believe the large electoral gap between President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and Mir Hossein Moussavi may be a legitimate reflection of Iranian popular sentiment. Many blamed Moussavi's loss on his alleged connections to corrupt previous officials and a poor elector [...]	2009-06-15 13:45:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR JO
09AMMAN1391	JORDAN: DELEGATION FOR GINCT PLENARY AND RESPONSE [...] (C) POLOff delivered reftel demarches on June 16 to Samer Naber, Deputy Chief of Staff at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. (C) Per reftel B, Ambassador Mousa Breisat, head of the International Organizations section at the MFA, led the Jordanian delegation to the 2009 Plenary Me [...]	2009-06-21 13:20:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL PTER KGIC JO
09AMMAN1423	ANXIETY OVER PEACE PROSPECTS PROMPTS ONLINE [...] (C) Summary: An online column that criticized Palestinians in Jordan for failing to protest an Israeli proposal to turn Jordan into an alternative Palestinian homeland continues to reverberate locally. A June 10 column in Ammonnews touched a nerve in the country where Palestinians are the m [...]	2009-06-25 13:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAL PREF JO
09AMMAN1424	JORDAN: LABOR LAW AMENDMENTS NOT INCLUDED ON [...] (C) Summary: Amendments to Jordan's labor law to give foreign workers the ability to more freely join unions and bring the law in line with international standards were unexpectedly left off of parliament's extraordinary session agenda. The cabinet had already approved the amendment package a [...]	2009-06-25 13:02:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV ELAB KTIP JO
09AMMAN147	JORDAN GAZA ROUNDUP, JANUARY 15 [...] (C) Summary: Marches and protests continue across Jordan, with further demonstrations planned for after Friday prayers on January 16. Islamists announced that they are pondering a "million man march" to the Israeli border and a separate event to burn American and Israeli goods. Following t [...]	2009-01-15 14:52:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON KWBG KPAL KISL IS JO
09AMMAN1521	PALESTINIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL SPEAKER DETAILS FATAH [...] (C) Summary: Palestinian National Council (PNC) Speaker Salim Zanoun, whose main office is in Jordan, told Poloff on July 6 that preparations for the upcoming Fatah 6th Congress on August 4 were moving forward. Palestinian and Israeli leaders are coordinating access for members living abroad [...]	2009-07-07 11:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
09AMMAN1529	JORDAN: POET'S PRISON SENTENCE FOR "SLANDERING [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian poet Islam Samhan was sentenced on June 22 to one year in prison and fined 14,000 USD for using Koranic verses in his published book of poetry. He was charged with "slandering Islam" and "insulting religious sentiment," although he says many of the prosecution's witness [...]	2009-07-08 10:50:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM KJUS JO
09AMMAN1619	JORDAN'S GOVERNMENT ON TRANSIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-20 09:07:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG JO IS PTER
09AMMAN1620	JORDAN'S SENATE APPROVES ASSOCIATIONS LAW [...] (U) Jordan's royally appointed Senate approved the amendments to the controversial Law on Associations on July 19. The amendments came from the lower house, which last week changed them in order to require cabinet approval of foreign funding for civil society organizations (reftel). Upon th [...]	2009-07-20 09:14:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM JO
09AMMAN1661	JORDAN'S GOVERNMENT DISTANCES ITSELF FROM FATAH [...] (C) Summary: Jordan's government is attempting to distance itself from the controversy surrounding inflammatory statements issued in Amman by Fatah Central Committee Member Faruq Qaddumi about the circumstances of Yasser Arafat's death. Qaddumi was reportedly asked by Jordan's government no [...]	2009-07-26 07:31:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PGOV KPAL KWBG IS JO
09AMMAN1746	JORDAN: GOVERNMENT TAKING ACTION TO COMBAT TORTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jordanian government, with assistance from several European donors, has embarked on an extensive reform program designed to root out torture in the prison system. The reform plans are impressive and include a wide range of initiatives including placement of the prison system [...]	2009-08-03 14:27:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM CACS KJUS SOCI JO
09AMMAN1758	JORDAN: DINNER PARTY RESULTS IN UNEXPECTED MEETING [...] (S/NF) PolChief and PolOff were invited to the home of a Jordanian newspaper columnist on August 3. Unbeknownst to us, the host, a regular political section interlocutor, had also invited two active members of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) and its political wing, the Islamic Action [...]	2009-08-04 12:49:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KISL JO
09AMMAN1866	JORDANIAN ISLAMISTS TALK ABOUT CAIRO SPEECH, [...] (S/NF) Summary: During a dinner on August 3, which unexpectedly included Islamist politicians, conversation focused on the President's Cairo speech, Jordanian electoral politics, and Embassy engagement with Islamist groups (Ref A). The Islamists welcomed the Cairo speech and spoke about a p [...]	2009-08-19 03:54:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KISL JO
09AMMAN1885	JORDAN: POTENTIAL HONOR CRIME VICTIMS JAILED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Jordan's Juwedeh women's prison on July 23, PolChief, Consul, RSO, and Emboffs met with the prison warden and prisoners to discuss Jordan's practice of administratively detaining women at risk of becoming victims of honor crimes. Jordan uses its Crime Preventi [...]	2009-08-20 14:21:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS KMPI JO CASC
09AMMAN189	2008 CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR JORDAN [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Jordan (GOJ) has taken some positive steps recently to combat child labor, including the development of a national strategy to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. A number of existing laws seek to prevent child labor and provide punishments for those who ex [...]	2009-01-22 09:29:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID JO
09AMMAN190	JORDAN: MTCR PLENARY READOUT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 12:13:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MTCRE JO
09AMMAN1968	JORDAN CONSIDERING ORAL STATEMENT FOR ICJ ADVISORY [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-31 05:59:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL ICJ KV JO
09AMMAN1979	UNRWA AT 60 EVENT: JORDAN DEBATING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Samer Naber, Deputy Director of the Foreign Minister's Private Office, on August 31. Naber said that no final decision had yet been made about Jordan's stance on the UNRWA at 60 event, but indicated that interagency discussions on the issue had been he [...]	2009-09-01 13:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL UNGA JO
09AMMAN1988	MUGHRABI GATE: JORDAN HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY [...] (S/NF) Summary: Jordan has not received any Israeli offer that would allow a survey team to measure the site of the Mughrabi Gate ascent to the Haram Al-Sharif/Temple Mount. The King raised Mughrabi Gate directly with Israeli PM Netanyahu during a July visit, and Jordan's FM raised it durin [...]	2009-09-01 14:31:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET	PREL KPAL KWBG IS JO
09AMMAN2012	FORMER AMBASSADOR OUTLINES JORDAN'S RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) Summary: Former Ambassador to Iran Bassem Al-Umush described the contours of the official relationship between Jordan and Iran during a September 1 meeting with PolOff. Jordan maintains a minimal diplomatic presence in Tehran to reflect the lack of substantive relations. Iran's efforts t [...]	2009-09-03 05:28:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ECON KINR IR JO
09AMMAN2018	JORDAN: POST FIGHTS FOR BAHA'I BIRTH CERTIFICATE, [...] (SBU) Summary: The approximately 1,000 Baha'i in Jordan face several forms of official discrimination, including the non-recognition of their faith and assembly, inability to register schools and places of worship, and difficulties in obtaining official documentation. One of the Baha'is immed [...]	2009-09-03 14:07:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI JO
09AMMAN2032	ZARQA: URBAN BLIGHT AND TENTATIVE REFORM IN [...] (C) Summary: Zarqa, Jordan's second largest city, is a symbol of urban decline. The city's unplanned growth, largely the result of migrant and refugee flows, strains the city's insufficient infrastructure and has created an acute housing crunch. A new housing development on the eastern fla [...]	2009-09-07 13:49:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON KPAL KISL PINR JO
09AMMAN2039	JORDANIAN MFA ON ARAB LEAGUE MINISTERIAL, SOMALI [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on September 8 to Samer Naber, Director of the Americas Department at the MFA. On the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Naber said that Jordan's goal at the Arab League Ministerial was to "keep momentum going, avert negativity, and be as positive as possible." [...]	2009-09-08 13:36:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AL IS SA SO JO
09AMMAN2072	JORDAN NONCOMMITAL ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 13:08:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN UNHRC
09AMMAN2074	JORDAN: RANGE OF OPINIONS EXPRESSED DURING [...] (U) In an effort to engage students on the issues of domestic worker abuse and human trafficking, the Embassy recently hosted three viewings of the documentary "Maid in Lebanon II." The documentary, produced by a Lebanese filmmaker, depicts the lives of domestic workers in Lebanon, details th [...]	2009-09-10 13:38:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KTIP KWMN ELAB JO
09AMMAN2105	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 12:30:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA
09AMMAN2113	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MEETING WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on September 15 to Samer Naber, Chief of the Americas Bureau at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Naber appreciated the invitation, and noted that Jordan was currently celebrating its twentieth anniversary of participation in UN peacekeeping operations. (N [...]	2009-09-15 13:05:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA KPKO JO
09AMMAN2114	JORDAN: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN, IAEA MIDDLE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 13:06:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC JO
09AMMAN2126	MUGHRABI GATE: JORDAN SET TO REMAIN OBSTRUCTIVE [...] (C) Summary: With the standoff over Mughrabi Gate as intractable as ever, Jordan is again opting for a strategy of obstructionism. Prior to his departure for the UNESCO meetings in Paris, MFA Americas Bureau Chief Samer Naber again indicated that Jordan would not respond to Israeli overture [...]	2009-09-16 12:43:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	IS JO KWBG PREL UNESCO
09AMMAN2155	DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR ZERO NOMINAL GROWTH IN FAO [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 14:20:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID EFIN FAO KUNR JO
09AMMAN2156	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: JORDAN NONCOMITTAL ON U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 14:32:00	Embassy Amman	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KPAL PGOV WBG EU IS JO
09AMMAN2201	JORDAN: CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME FROM THE GOLDSTONE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-30 05:18:00	Embassy Amman	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KISL KPAL IS JO

09AMMAN2216	THE BATTLE OVER JORDAN'S ISLAMIC CENTER SOCIETY [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Islamic Center Society (ICS) was the charitable wing of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) until it was seized by the government in 2006. Legally questionable corruption allegations against members of the ICS board allowed the government to appoint a "temporary" boar [...]	2009-10-01 13:25:00	Embassy Amman	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KISL KDEM KJUS JO

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