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07KATHMANDU480	NEPAL: PARLIAMENTARY SPEAKER HAS HANDS FULL [...] (C) Speaker Subash Nemwang told the Ambassador March 1 that he expected the Interim Parliament to amend the Interim Constitution in two phases. The Government of Nepal (GON) was under pressure, he said, to act quickly to translate into action the promises in Prime Minister Koirala's February 7 [...]	2007-03-05 12:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NP

07KATHMANDU485	NEPAL: MINISTER FOR WOMEN AGREES ADOPTION REFORM [...] (C) On March 5, the Ambassador identified three areas in which Nepal's adoption process required reform to Urmila Aryal, Minister for Women and Children. Aryal stressed that she would continue to push policy makers for change in Nepal's adoption system. Aryal cited the Ministry's accomplishm [...]	2007-03-06 11:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CVIS CASC KFRD KOCI NP
07KATHMANDU486	NEPAL: INDIA DIGS IN ON ARMS MANAGEMENT [...] (C) Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee told the Ambassador on March 5 that the Government of India (GOI) was encouraging the Prime Minister to hold the line on weapons management before allowing Maoist entry into an interim government. Mukherjee also reported that he personally [...]	2007-03-06 14:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF BH IN NP
07KATHMANDU487	NEPAL: INDIA DIGS IN ON ARMS MANAGEMENT [...] (C) Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee told the Ambassador on March 5 that the Government of India (GOI) was encouraging the Prime Minister to hold the line on weapons management before allowing Maoist entry into an interim government. Mukherjee also reported that he personally [...]	2007-03-07 02:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF BH IN NP
07KATHMANDU493	SCENESETTER FOR YOUR VISIT TO NEPAL [...] Henrietta, I'm delighted that you are able to make it out to Nepal, at this crucial point in the country's history. You will find a fascinating country, great weather, and a talented country team that is getting the Mission fully ready for the 21st century. You will also find a country that i [...]	2007-03-07 11:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PGOV NP PREL
07KATHMANDU511	PM'S ADVISOR SAYS INTERIM GOVERNMENT LIKELY IN 5-6 [...] (C) Dr. Suresh Chalise, Prime Minister (PM) Koirala's Foreign Policy Advisor, told the DCM March 8 that Maoists were likely to join an interim government in the next five to six days. Chalise said the Prime Minister, leaders of the Nepali Congress (NC),and Maoist leaders had reached an under [...]	2007-03-09 10:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU512	NEPAL: FORMER PRIME MINISTER OFFERS DIRE [...] (C) Three-time former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa agreed with the Ambassador March 8 that the government was not acting quickly enough to resolve the Terai unrest or negotiate with other ethnic groups. Thapa worried that the Indian government would become involved if the situation wors [...]	2007-03-09 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU525	AMBASSADOR DEMANDS ACTION ON ALLEGED THREAT TO [...] (C) Nepal media widely reported March 8 that Maoist Supremo Prachanda had alleged during a public rally in western Nepal that royalists were planning to kill U.S. officials in Nepal. In a meeting March 10 with Under Secretary Fore and the Ambassador, Prime Minister Koirala SIPDIS emphasize [...]	2007-03-12 09:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU530	UNDER SECRETARY FORE DECRIES LAW AND ORDER VACUUM [...] (C) On March 10, Under Secretary of State Fore voiced her concern about the poor law and order situation in Nepal to Prime Minister Koirala. The Prime Minister acknowledged the problem. He told the Under Secretary and the Ambassador that one reason was the failure by the Maoists to meet their [...]	2007-03-12 12:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU537	NEPAL'S TOP LEGISLATOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE [...] (C) Speaker of the Interim Parliament Subash Nemwang told the Ambassador March 12 that an overwhelming majority of MPs voted March 9 to amend the Interim Constitution per the Prime Minister's speech to the nation in February. According to Nemwang, the package of amendments prioritizes the incl [...]	2007-03-13 12:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU542	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IRANIAN NON-COMPLIANCE WITH [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 11:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP UNSC AORC ETRD TRGY IR NP
07KATHMANDU543	DEMARCHE ON UN REFORM DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 11:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ACABQ AORC APER PREL UNGA NP
07KATHMANDU544	NEPAL AND BHUTAN MAY MEET ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) Joint Secretary for UN Affairs at the Foreign Ministry told RefCoord March 14 that Nepal and Bhutan would likely meet at the SAARC Summit in New Delhi to discuss the Bhutanese refugees. In a separate meeting, a well-respected Bhutanese refugee leader indicated that Bhutan's Home Minister [...]	2007-03-14 11:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREF PREL PGOV BH NP
07KATHMANDU55	UN SAYS ARMS MONITORS SOON TO BE OPERATIONAL [...] (C) UN Political Advisor John Norris informed Charge January 9 that fifteen UN arms monitors were currently on the ground, and another twenty would arrive by the end of the week. The team would be partially operational by January 15, and fully operational by January 20. A second phase of Pe [...]	2007-01-10 10:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU550	UNDER SECRETARY FORE CALLS FOR ROUNDTABLE TO [...] (C) On March 10, Under Secretary of State Fore urged Prime Minister Koirala to hold a national roundtable to begin to address the political concerns of Madhesis as well as ethnic minorities and other historically disadvantaged groups. The Prime Minister responded that he had asked Subash Nemwa [...]	2007-03-15 09:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG PREF PHUM BH IN NP
07KATHMANDU551	UNDER SECRETARY FORE CALLS FOR ROUNDTABLE TO [...] (U) THIS IS A CORRECTED COPY OF KATHMANDU 550. CORRECTION IN FINAL PARAGRAPH (COMMENT). Summary ------- 2. (C) On March 10, Under Secretary of State Fore urged Prime Minister Koirala to hold a national roundtable to begin to address the political concerns of Madhesis as well as ethnic [...]	2007-03-15 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG PREF PHUM BH IN NP
07KATHMANDU557	NEPAL: INDIAN AMBASSADOR WORRIED ABOUT MAOISTS [...] (C) Indian Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Mukherjee agreed with the Ambassador March 12 that Maoist leader Prachanda should provide evidence of his claim of a royalist plot to assassinate official Americans and that, if he failed to provide evidence, the Government of Nepal (GON) should issue a publ [...]	2007-03-16 08:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ASEC IN NP
07KATHMANDU560	FOREIGN MINISTER ON INTERIM GOVERNMENT, THREAT TO [...] (C) Foreign Minister K.P. Oli suggested to the Ambassador March 15 that the Interim Parliament might vote March 16 to endorse Prime Minister Koirala and accept his oath of office. Oli was not certain if the PM would then announce the formation of an interim government. The Ambassador expresse [...]	2007-03-16 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF ASEC PTER BH NP
07KATHMANDU561	NEPAL REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR KUL GAUTAM AS [...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Nepal's Finance Minister Ram Saran Mahat informed the Ambassador March 14 that Prime Minister G.P. Koirala had sent a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to nominate UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Deputy Executive Director Kul G [...]	2007-03-16 11:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SOCI ECON UN NP
07KATHMANDU562	AMBASSADOR TELLS PARTY LEADERS PRACHANDA'S REMARKS [...] (C) In separate meetings March 12 and March 14 with the leaders of the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) and the Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) the Ambassador expressed his concern about Maoist leader Prachanda's remarks regarding a royalist plot to kill American of [...]	2007-03-16 12:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV ASEC MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU568	NEPALI CONGRESS VICE PRESIDENT INSISTS ON [...] (C) Sushil Koirala, Vice President of Prime Minister G.P. Koirala's Nepali Congress Party (NC),told the Deputy Chief of Mission March 14 that the Government of Nepal (GON) had taken Maoist Supremo Prachanda's allegation of a royalist threat against U.S. officials very seriously. Koirala, who [...]	2007-03-19 07:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC NP
07KATHMANDU574	CARTER CENTER'S ELECTION OBSERVERS DEPLOYED [...] (C) The Carter Center's Advisor on Nepal, Peter Burleigh, told the Ambassador March 13 that 12 of 13 planned Carter Center long-term election observers had been deployed across Nepal's five development regions. Burleigh and Carter Center Kathmandu representatives described the potent Madhesi [...]	2007-03-19 11:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU580	DEMARCHE ON INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY IN [...] (C) EmbOff expressed serious U.S. concern March 20 over the recent barbaric events in Zimbabwe to Dinesh Bhattarai, Joint Secretary for UN Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, urging Nepal to issue a statement of public condemnation. Considering Nepal's own traumatic human rights expe [...]	2007-03-20 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ZI NP
07KATHMANDU581	HOME MINISTER WILL ASK PRACHANDA TO INSTRUCT CADRE [...] (C) On March 17, the Ambassador stressed to Home Minister Sitaula that, although he considered Maoist Supremo Prachanda's March 8 allegation of a royalist plot to kill U.S. officials (reftel) to be a hoax, the U.S. remained concerned. The Ambassador expressed appreciation for Prime Minister K [...]	2007-03-20 12:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC NP
07KATHMANDU582	HOME MINISTER SAYS TRUST IS BIGGEST HURDLE WITH [...] (C) Home Minister Sitaula told the Ambassador March 17 that the biggest difficulty the Government of Nepal (GON) faced in forming an interim government with the Maoists was "biswas" (trust). He noted that the Maoists had started to return some land they had seized but continued to violate man [...]	2007-03-20 12:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREF BH NP
07KATHMANDU583	NEPAL: THE ROYAL QUESTION [...] (C/NF) Royal family confidant Prabhakar Rana told the Ambassador March 19 that King Gyanendra had been discussing abdication but had yet to make a decision. Meanwhile, mixed messages from India had not clarified the King's thinking. Rana also relayed that former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur T [...]	2007-03-21 06:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU589	NORWEGIAN AMBASSADOR ACKNOWLEDGES PEACE PROCESS AT [...] (C) Ambassador Moriarty encouraged Norwegian Ambassador Tore Toreng March 19 to support fully Prime Minister Koirala's efforts to prevent Maoist entry into an interim government until Maoist behavior improved. Toreng worried, however, that the widening credibility gap between the Seven-Party [...]	2007-03-21 11:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR PREL PGOV PREF UN BH NP
07KATHMANDU60	NEPAL: GON HAS NO PLAN FOR DEALING WITH MAOISTS [...] (C) Dr. Suresh Chalise, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister, told Charge January 10 that the Government of Nepal (GON) had no plan on how to handle the Maoists once they joined the interim parliament. He insisted, however, that Prime Minister Koirala would stand firm and not allow th [...]	2007-01-11 08:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU61	NEPAL: INTERIM PARLIAMENTARY CHALLENGES ABOUND [...] (C) In a meeting on January 10, Subash Nemwang, Speaker of the House of Representatives, told Charge that he was optimistic about the peace process, but expected difficulties in the interim parliament. Nemwang told Charge about the logistics of the upcoming promulgation of the interim constit [...]	2007-01-11 08:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU612	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-22 09:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KNNP MCAP PINR PINS PARM PREL RS NP
07KATHMANDU613	NEPAL: MPRF LEADER FEARS MAOIST ACTION AGAINST [...] (C) At a meeting hosted by the Ambassador March 20, political party and Madhesi leaders hotly debated the government's response to ongoing tensions in the Terai, acknowledging the urgent need for dialogue. They feared that violence in the Terai could turn communal and threatened to destroy th [...]	2007-03-22 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU614	PRACHANDA ORDERS CADRE NOT TO HARM U.S. OFFICIALS [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala's nephew Dr. Shekhar Koirala told Emboff March 21 that, per the U.S. request, Maoist Supremo Prachanda had verbally conveyed to Maoist cadre that same day that they should not harm U.S. officials. According to Dr. Koirala, Prachanda finally issued the order after the [...]	2007-03-22 11:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC NP
07KATHMANDU615	UNMIN CHIEF MARTIN ASKS FOR U.S. HELP WITH HIS [...] (C) In a recent meeting with the Ambassador, UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Chief Ian Martin asked for U.S. assistance in restoring cuts the UN's Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budget Questions (ACABQ) had made in UNMIN's budget. The cuts would eliminate nearly half of UNMIN's planned c [...]	2007-03-22 11:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN NP
07KATHMANDU619	UN WORRIED ABOUT VIOLENCE; JUNE ELECTIONS NOT [...] (C) UN Secretary General's Personal Representative to Nepal Ian Martin briefed Kathmandu-based Chiefs of Mission on March 22, expressing appreciation for the outcome of the UNMIN budget exercise. Martin worried that ethnic and communal violence in Nepal was rising and doubted that the Governm [...]	2007-03-23 10:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MCAP NP
07KATHMANDU620	UPDATE ON BHUTANESE REFUGEES; MEETING WITH EU [...] (SBU) At the Kathmandu-based Core Group meeting March 22, the Ambassador detailed his earlier discussions with Prime Minister Koirala, Home Minister Sitaula and Foreign Minister Oli on resettlement of Bhutanese refugees. UNHCR Resident Representative Abraham expressed concern about the activit [...]	2007-03-23 11:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV BT EU SAARC NP
07KATHMANDU63	GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL SUPPORTIVE OF NEW U.S. IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-11 08:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS IZ NP
07KATHMANDU638	PARTIES AND MAOISTS JOCKEYING FOR MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Nepal's three major legitimate political parties and the Maoists have spent much of the past few days publicly squabbling over the division of ministries in a long-awaited interim government. The Interim Government's first decision will be to choose the date for Constituent Assembly elect [...]	2007-03-26 12:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU647	NEPAL: INDIANS WANT TIMELY ELECTIONS [...] (C) On March 28, Indian Charge d'Affaires Dr. Kheya Bhattacharya stressed to the Ambassador the importance of holding the Constituent Assembly election by June as specified in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Since only an interim government could declare the date for the election und [...]	2007-03-28 12:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER IN NP
07KATHMANDU653	NEPAL: PEACE NEGOTIATOR EXPECTS FORMATION OF [...] (C) Pradip Gyawali, the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) representative on the Government talks team with the Maoists, told the Ambassador March 28 that he expected the formation of an interim government would be delayed until after the South Asian Association for Region [...]	2007-03-29 09:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAIR ETRD SAARC NP
07KATHMANDU667	KEY ALLIANCE LEADERS DIVIDED OVER INTERIM [...] (C) In meetings March 29 and March 30 with Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) General Secretary MK Nepal and Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) President Sher Bahadur Deuba, the two senior Seven-Party Alliance leaders expressed divergent views on the formation of an interim [...]	2007-03-30 16:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL IN NP
07KATHMANDU668	PRIME MINISTER UNEASY ABOUT FORMING INTERIM [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala told the Ambassador March 30 that he faced tremendous pressure to form an interim government with the Maoists before he departed April 1 for New Delhi to attend the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Summit. Koirala said he was being pressed by [...]	2007-03-30 16:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER IN NP
07KATHMANDU669	NEPAL: INTERIM GOVERNMENT WITH MAOISTS SWORN IN, [...] (C) On April 1, after days of bickering between the parties, Prime Minister and Nepal Congress (NC) President G.P. Koirala administered the oath of office to an interim Nepali government. The 16 ministers and five state ministers include five Maoists. Koirala once again kept the defense mini [...]	2007-04-01 14:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU675	NEPAL: HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST DEMANDS LAW AND ORDER [...] (C) On March 29, Sushil Pyakurel, a Nepali human rights activist, told the Ambassador that if the Government of Nepal (GON) did not begin to effectively enforce law and order, the country was in danger of falling into chaos. In the name of bringing the Maoists into the mainstream, the GON and [...]	2007-04-02 10:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU676	REACTION ON FORMATION OF INTERIM GOVERNMENT AND [...] (SBU) Political leaders offered mixed reactions to the formation of the 22-member interim government headed by Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala (reftel). Although the leaders were largely supportive of the formation of an interim government, they were not pleased with the reappointment o [...]	2007-04-02 13:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR NP
07KATHMANDU678	INDIAN AMBASSADOR SUPPORTS JUNE ELECTIONS AND LAW [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Mukherjee told the Ambassador April 2 that he supported Prime Minister Koirala's decision to hold Constituent Assembly elections by June 20. He suggested, however, that the GON might have to stagger the elections. The Ambassador replied that the U.S. would do everything [...]	2007-04-03 11:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU689	NEW MAOIST MINISTER FOR LOCAL DEVELOPMENT AIMS TO [...] (C) Newly appointed Minister of Local Development Dev Gurung told AmCit Robert Bestani (please protect) April 3 that the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) recognized it was part of a coalition government and would have to accept the government consensus. Gurung stressed the need for e [...]	2007-04-04 11:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR ECON EFIN EINV NP
07KATHMANDU698	AMBASSADOR TO OHCHR, DIP CORPS: TOUGH MESSAGE TO [...] (C) On April 3, the Ambassador urged Lena Sundh, the Representative of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal (OHCHR),to send a stronger message to the Maoists. The Ambassador stressed that it was important for the Maoists to know that, if the Constituent Assembly elec [...]	2007-04-04 12:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU702	SPEAKER CONCEDES KEY ELECTION LAWS, MINORITY [...] (C) Interim Parliament Speaker Subash Nemwang informed the Ambassador April 4 that the Parliament needed to pass two more electoral laws before the June 20 Constituent Assembly (CA) elections: the CA Court bill, which would create a special court to hear electoral disputes, and the CA Member E [...]	2007-04-05 07:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU719	AMBASSADOR URGES BRITISH TO SEND MAOISTS MESSAGE [...] (C) On April 5 British Ambassador Hall, briefed the Ambassador on the April 2-5 visit to Nepal by Gareth Thomas, UK International Development Minister, and the additional British Pound (BP) 13 million (USD 25.6 million) in aid Thomas had promised to the Government of Nepal's (GON) Peace Trust [...]	2007-04-06 12:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID UK NP
07KATHMANDU720	NEPAL: COUNTDOWN TO THE ELECTION [...] (C) Nepal will need significant assistance if its planned June 20 Constituent Assembly election is to have a chance of success. Our work in the coming 75 days falls into four main categories: support for the Election Commission and the security forces, support for voter education, diplomatic [...]	2007-04-06 13:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM EAID NP
07KATHMANDU728	SECOND PHASE OF MAOIST COMBATANT REGISTRATION [...] (C) A Nepali journalist told the Ambassador April 5 that, on a recent tour of one of the Maoist cantonments, he had observed military training of new People's Liberation Army (PLA) recruits. He claimed that many of the PLA's most skilled combatants remained outside the UN-monitored camps; mos [...]	2007-04-09 12:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU732	THE KING AND THE MAOISTS: FROM FOE TO FRIEND TO FOE [...] (SBU) An article by a former senior Maoist turned dissident that appeared in mid-January 2007 in one of Nepal's leading newsweeklies casts light on the somewhat bewildering turns that have characterized the relationship between King Gyanendra and Maoist chief Prachanda. Maoist dissident Rabin [...]	2007-04-09 12:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PTER PINR IN NP
07KATHMANDU738	NEPAL: HEART DOCTOR EXAMINES MAOIST CHIEF [...] (C) Dr. Bharat Rawat, a prominent cardiologist who works at Norvic Escorts International Hospital in Kathmandu, told the Ambassador recently that he had received a request that he could not refuse from the Maoists not long ago. According to Dr. Rawat, a group of Maoists had shown up at his off [...]	2007-04-10 12:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR AMED NP
07KATHMANDU739	AFTER PUSHING FOR AN INTERIM GOVERNMENT, INDIANS [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee agreed with the Ambassador April 9 that the re-appointment of Krishna Prasad Sitaula as Home Minister would exacerbate existing tensions in the Terai and make it more difficult to impose law and order. They also agreed that problems remained with t [...]	2007-04-10 12:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PREF BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU740	FORMER PM TO INDIA TO ASCERTAIN FATE OF MONARCHY [...] (C) On April 9, Royal confidant Prabhakar SJB Rana told the Ambassador that Former Prime Minister Surya Bahadur Thapa would travel to New Delhi soon to confer with top Indian political leaders about the fate of Nepal's monarchy and the country's uncertain future. Rana requested that the Ambas [...]	2007-04-10 12:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN NP
07KATHMANDU741	NEPAL: DIFFICULT TO HOLD ELECTION ON TIME [...] (C) Peter Erben, Country Director for IFES Nepal, and Dominic Cardy, Country Director for the National Democratic Institute (NDI),told the Ambassador April 6 that holding the Constituent Assembly (CA) election by the proposed June 20 date would be difficult. Erben outlined the major technical [...]	2007-04-10 12:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU747	NEPAL: SENIOR MP CALLS FOR PEACE AND SECURITY [...] (C) Hirdayaram Thani, a Nepali Congress Member of the Interim Parliament and the former chairman of the State Affairs Committee, told Emboff recently that the Maoists had failed to abide by their peace commitments. Thani, whose committee has oversight over the police and the Election Commissi [...]	2007-04-11 10:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
07KATHMANDU748	NEPAL: NEPAL BAR ASSOCIATION WILL OBSERVE ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) On April 9, Bishwa Kanta Mainali, President of the Nepal Bar Association (NBA),told the Ambassador that the NBA planned to monitor the June 20 Constituent Assembly election. Mainali had recently been elected President of the NBA and planned to make the NBA an apolitical association. Th [...]	2007-04-11 10:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU751	TIBETAN REFUGEES: NANGPA-LA SURVIVOR TELLS HIS [...] (C) According to Lhopsang Penjore, a Tibetan refugee who was present at the time, recently provided more details regarding the September 2006 murder of a Tibetan nun by PRC border guards. Penjore told RefCoord on April 10 that the 76-person group was ten days from Lhasa when Chinese armed pol [...]	2007-04-12 09:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM PGOV CH NP
07KATHMANDU753	UNMIN CHIEF PREDICTS ELECTIONS WILL BE POSTPONED [...] (C) Ian Martin, the head of the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),told the Ambassador April 10 that he expected Chief Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokharel to state publicly soon that the Constituent Assembly election would have to be postponed until the fall. Martin said Communist P [...]	2007-04-12 10:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU759	MFA COMMENTS ON IRAN'S STATUS AS SAARC OBSERVER [...] (C) On April 12, Arjun Bahadur Thapa, the Joint Secretary for the Foreign Ministry's South Asia and South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Division, stated to Emboff that Iran had sent a note to the Prime Minister of India and the SAARC Secretary General expressing its interes [...]	2007-04-13 11:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SAARC IN IR NP
07KATHMANDU76	NEPAL: POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE WEST AGREE MAOISTS [...] (C) Leaders of the main political parties from 12 districts in western Nepal told Emboff during a driving tour from December 14-25 that the Maoists were effectively in control of their districts. The only difference between the Maoists before the April 2006 cease-fire and after the cease-fire [...]	2007-01-12 09:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU760	NEPAL: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOR APRIL [...] (SBU) A/DCM chaired post's avian influenza (AI) working group on April 11. Post Medical Officer reported that there have been no confirmed cases of AI in Nepal, in spite of recent confirmed cases in surrounding countries. In the past thirty days there have been confirmed reports of AI bird [...]	2007-04-13 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC KFLU SOCI WHO NP
07KATHMANDU761	PRIME MINISTER SAYS ELECTION DELAY LIKELY, [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala told the Ambassador April 13 that an election delay was likely. The Ambassador acknowledged that free and fair elections now would be difficult, noting that security in the country remained poor and marginalized ethnic groups continued to feel excluded from the poli [...]	2007-04-13 11:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM PREF MASS ETRD IN BT NP
07KATHMANDU762	ELECTION COMMISSION CALLS FOR ELECTION DELAY; [...] (C) IFES Country Representative Peter Erben told the Ambassador April 13 that Chief Election Commissioner Bhoj Raj Pokhrel had given a letter to Prime Minister Koirala stating that a Constituent Assembly election could not be held by June 20. Pokhrel and his fellow commissioners were asking f [...]	2007-04-13 12:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER UN NP
07KATHMANDU77	NEPAL: POLITICAL PARTIES IN THE WEST--WHAT'S NEXT? [...] (C) Leaders of the main political parties from 12 districts in western Nepal told Emboff during a driving tour from December 14-25 that they trusted the police as a legitimate force to restore security and lamented the fact that the police were not allowed to do their jobs. There was, for the [...]	2007-01-12 09:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID NP
07KATHMANDU771	NEPAL ELECTION: TO BE OR NOT TO BE? [...] (C) On April 13, the Election Commission publicized a letter it had sent to the Interim Cabinet one day earlier stating that it could not hold a Constituent Assembly election by June 20, the date the Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists had agreed upon when they formed the Interim Government o [...]	2007-04-16 12:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU773	NEPAL: MAOISTS, MPRF, AND GON ALL BLAMED FOR GAUR [...] (U) In an April 12 briefing for the diplomatic corps, Lena Sundh, Country Representative for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal, held the Maoists, the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF),and the Government of Nepal (GON) all culpable in the March 21 massacr [...]	2007-04-17 10:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PTER NP
07KATHMANDU774	NEPAL: NC-D PARTY CHIEF PLEASED THAT ELECTION [...] (C) President of the Nepali Congress-Democratic (NC-D) Sher Bahadur Deuba stated to the Ambassador April 16 that it was good that the Constituent Assembly election had been delayed from its planned June 20 date. The situation in the countryside was still bad, and a free and fair election would [...]	2007-04-17 10:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU78	BHUTANESE REFUGEES: LAYING THE GROUNDWORK [...] (C) In recent meetings with Acting Foreign Secretary Bhagirath Basnet, UNHCR Representative Abraham Abraham, and Core Group Chair and Australian Ambassador Graeme Lade, RefCoord promoted coordinated donor action to encourage the Government of Nepal (GON) to adopt a resettlement policy. Basnet [...]	2007-01-12 09:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BH NP AS
07KATHMANDU79	NEPAL: MAOISTS RELEASE LIST OF MEMBERS OF [...] (C) On January 11, the Maoists released a list of 73 individuals who will represent them in the interim parliament to be formed on January 15 (ref A). The list includes people from different castes and ethnic groups, women, the disabled, and dalits. Although the list is strikingly inclusive, [...]	2007-01-12 10:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PINR NP
07KATHMANDU808	2006 END-USE MONITORING REPORT FOR NEPAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-20 11:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN KCRM KWMN EFIN PGOV EAID NP
07KATHMANDU809	CORE GROUP MEETS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) In a meeting April 20 with Foreign Minister Sahana Pradhan, members of the Core Group representing the U.S., Australia, Canada, Denmark and Norway laid out the basis for technical discussions on third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees. FM Pradhan emphasized the need to repatriate [...]	2007-04-20 12:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT IN NP
07KATHMANDU81	NEPAL: VIEW OF TWO MAOIST CANTONMENTS [...] (C) During a driving tour of western Nepal from December 14-25, 2006, Emboff had the opportunity to get a glimpse of two Maoist People's Liberation Army cantonment sites. The first, on December 22, 2006, was a main cantonment site, situated on the north side of the Mahendra Highway, a few kil [...]	2007-01-12 10:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER MARR NP
07KATHMANDU82	NEPAL: STUDENT LEADERS TRY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE [...] (C) Student leaders from four districts in western Nepal told Emboff during a driving tour from December 14-25, 2006 that they were ready for change in Nepal's political system. Students lamented the fact that they had no option outside of the mainstream political parties for having their voice [...]	2007-01-12 10:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU824	MAOIST ABUSES/MADHESI UNREST CONTINUE IN [...] (C) Political party leaders, business community representatives, human rights monitors and minority rights activists in southeastern Nepal told the Ambassador during an April 17-19 visit that they were increasingly dissatisfied with the general lack of security. Threats, extortion and intimid [...]	2007-04-23 12:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM PREF KDEM ECON NP
07KATHMANDU825	NEPAL: ELECTION PROCESS FLAWED, MAOISTS BENEFIT [...] (C) In an April 20 meeting with the Ambassador, Dominic Cardy, Country Director for the National Democratic Institute (NDI),and Peter Erben, Country Director for IFES, told the Ambassador that the election process thus far had been flawed -- to the Maoists' advantage. The new constituencies t [...]	2007-04-23 13:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU826	NEPAL: TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE MODEL IS UNDER DEBATE [...] (C) Retief Olivier, a USAID-contracted peace facilitator, told the Ambassador April 20 about a 10-person official delegation headed by Deputy Speaker Chitra Lekha Yadav that he was taking to the United Nations in New York as well as Peru April 22 - May 1 to look at transitional justice issues. [...]	2007-04-23 13:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID PTER CVIS UN SF NP
07KATHMANDU830	CENTER-LEFT LEADER SAYS MAOISTS DIFFICULT TO [...] (C) MK Nepal, General Secretary of the center-left Communist Party of Nepal-United Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML),told the Ambassador April 21 that he believed there was an internal struggle within the Maoist ranks that made it difficult to predict their next move. MK Nepal reiterated his frust [...]	2007-04-24 11:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU831	NEW CIVIL AVIATION MINISTER PROMISES ACTION ON [...] (C) On April 19, the Ambassador met with recently appointed Minister of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Prithvi Gurung to reiterate his concern about the presence of Maoist porters at the cargo terminal at Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport. The Maoists were a designated terroris [...]	2007-04-24 11:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR EAIR ETRD NP
07KATHMANDU844	NEPAL: G/TIP INCLE AND ESF FUNDING PROPOSAL [...] Embassy Kathmandu is pleased to propose the following five projects, in rank order, for consideration for INCLE and ESF funding (reftel). Post emailed the full text of the proposals to G/TIP. Begin Projects -------------- Project 1 --------- Name of the Applicant: The Asia Foundatio [...]	2007-04-25 12:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG NP
07KATHMANDU848	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NPT PREPCOM [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-26 10:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT NP
07KATHMANDU855	NEW CHINESE AMBASSADOR WANTS COOPERATION ON NEPAL [...] (C) Newly appointed Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Zheng Xianglin told the Ambassador April 27 that he wanted to see more cooperation among China, India, and the U.S. to help Nepal's peace process succeed. The People's Republic of China (PRC) and the U.S. had a common interest in Nepal achieving [...]	2007-04-27 11:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PINR ELTN CH IN NP
07KATHMANDU856	BRITISH AND INDIAN AMBASSADORS AGREE: NEED TO NAG [...] (C) Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee, British Ambassador Dr. Andrew Hall, and the Ambassador April 26 agreed that the Government of Nepal (GON) should set a date for a Constituent Assembly election and enforce law and order. The Maoists needed to be made aware that serious abuses in t [...]	2007-04-27 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM PHUM UN IN NP
07KATHMANDU858	NEPAL: PM SAYS NOVEMBER ELECTION LIKELY; POLICE [...] (C) Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala told the Ambassador April 27 that the eight parties would set a date for the Constituent Assembly election "very soon," likely for late November 2007 following Nepal's autumn holidays. The Ambassador stressed that an election date announcement was ke [...]	2007-04-27 13:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS PREF KDEM BT NP
07KATHMANDU859	CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF SAYS MAOISTS CAN'T BE TRUSTED [...] (C) Chief of Army Staff General Katawal (COAS) told the Ambassador April 27 that the Maoists could not be trusted and stressed that the Nepal Army (NA) had to be kept intact. For law and order to be restored, a new Home Minister would have to be appointed. Katawal expressed his gratitude for [...]	2007-04-28 07:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU869	NEPAL: YCL CONTINUES TO INTIMIDATE IN RURAL NEPAL [...] (C) Nepal Police and Nepal Army sources told Emboff during a trip with Defense Attaches from the U.S., Great Britain, China, Pakistan, and India on April 25 to Dolpa and Dang Districts in rural western Nepal that the Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) continued to intimidate people [...]	2007-05-01 06:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU879	NEPAL ABLE BUT UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-01 11:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PREL PTER IZ NP
07KATHMANDU88	NEPAL: MAOISTS JOIN INTERIM PARLIAMENT [...] (U) Nepal's Parliament, which had been reinstated after the successful People's Movement of April 2006, promulgated the interim constitution and dissolved itself on January 15. Immediately upon dissolution, the Maoists joined a new, Interim Parliament. In a feel-good session welcoming the Mao [...]	2007-01-16 10:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
07KATHMANDU883	NEPAL: POLITICO PREDICTS BAD TIMES AHEAD [...] (C) Dr. Narayan Khadka, Central Committee Member of the Nepali Congress-Democratic Party (NC-D),told Emboff April 30 that Nepal was heading in a bad direction with the Maoists poised to take control. Prime Minister Koirala had been acting alone, and all the main parties in the coalition gove [...]	2007-05-03 11:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU884	MPRF EXPECTS TO DOMINATE THE VOTE IN THE TERAI [...] (C) Awadesh Kumar Singh, a Nepali lawyer and second-in-command of the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF),told Emboff May 1 that the MPRF had recently registered as a political party and had been gaining strength in the Terai (along Nepal's southern border with India),especially in the wes [...]	2007-05-03 11:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PTER NP
07KATHMANDU888	THE DEVELOPMENT AND EXERCISING OF AVIAN AND [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-04 09:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO KFLU KSTH WHO FAO OIE NP
07KATHMANDU895	NEPAL TAKES DELIVERY OF EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES [...] (C) On April 26, the Government of Nepal (GON) took delivery of an estimated USD 35 million of military equipment, including excess defense articles (EDA) and 500 night vision goggles, at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu. The EDA consisted of non-lethal equipment, such as body arm [...]	2007-05-04 12:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MASS NP
07KATHMANDU896	UNHCR PREPARES TO RESETTLE BHUTANESE REFUGEES [...] (C) On May 3, UNHCR International Protection Division Deputy Director and Head of the Resettlement Service Vincent Cochetel and UNHCR's Country Representative Abraham Abraham informed Charge d'Affaires that the United States needed to clarify its preferred methodology to identify and process th [...]	2007-05-04 12:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP
07KATHMANDU907	NEPAL: FORMER PM ENCOURAGES INDIANS TO SEND CLEAR [...] (C) On May 4, former Prime Minister and President of the Rastriya Janashakti Party (National People's Power Party) (RJP) Surya Bahadur Thapa expressed concern to the Charge that the Maoists would increase their efforts to destabilize the country in the coming months. During recent consultatio [...]	2007-05-07 11:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PTER IN NP
07KATHMANDU914	FAR-LEFT LEADER APPOINTED MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND [...] (SBU) On April 29, Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala appointed People's Front Nepal (PFN) leader Giriraj Mani Pokharel as Minister for Health and Population. Although the Seven-Party Alliance and the Maoists had agreed that the far-left party would have two representatives in the Interim C [...]	2007-05-08 11:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR EAID NP
07KATHMANDU915	MAOIST TAKES THE HELM AT MINISTRY OF WOMEN, [...] (C) In a recent meeting with Prem Shukla (please protect),an Indian national and the Country Director of Plan Nepal, the new Minister of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Khadga Bahadur Bishwokarma, explained that he wanted to restructure the ministry to ensure that the maximum amount of be [...]	2007-05-08 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR EAID KWMM KOCI CVIS NP
07KATHMANDU916	UNMIN: HURRY UP AND WAIT ON PHASE II OF ARMS [...] (C) UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Political Advisor John Norris told the Charge May 7 that UNMIN was in "hurry up and wait" mode regarding the start of Phase II of the arms management process. UNMIN Chief Ian Martin had declared publicly May 1 that UNMIN was ready to begin verification of Peo [...]	2007-05-09 08:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU919	SOLIDIFYING NEPAL'S SUPPORT FOR BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...] (SBU) During their visit to Nepal April 23 - 28, Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Deputy Director for Asia and the Near East Larry Bartlett and PRM Deputy Director for Admissions Jan Belz met with key Government of Nepal (GON) officials to solidify GON support for the Bhutanese refugee [...]	2007-05-09 11:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV BT NP

07KATHMANDU92	PM KOIRALA ASKS FOR U.S. ADVICE ON COMMUNISTS AND [...] (C/NF) Prime Minister GP Koirala told the Ambassador January 17 that he planned to tell Maoist Supremo Prachanda later the same day in plain terms that, with the Maoists in the interim parliament, the time had come for them to end their violence and extortion and dissolve their "people's gover [...]	2007-01-17 11:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER PREF MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU926	REQUEST FOR DRL FUNDING TO ATTEND JULY 18-20 [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-10 05:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM OTRA NP
07KATHMANDU937	NEPAL WILL OPPOSE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) I am confident that Nepal will oppose Belarus' candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (reftel). The Acting Deputy Chief of Mission discussed the issue May 10 with Prime Minister Koirala's Foreign Policy Advisor, Dr. Suresh Chalise. Dr. Chalise assured both the A/DCM and, later, in a [...]	2007-05-10 12:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC BO NP
07KATHMANDU956	NEPAL TO SUPPORT SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA FOR UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-15 09:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNHRC SI BK NP
07KATHMANDU96	NEPAL: JAPANESE TO ASSESS AREAS FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) On January 17, Ambassador Moriarty met with Japanese Ambassador to Nepal Tsutomu Hiraoka to discuss U.S. and Japanese assistance plans as a follow up to their December meeting (reftel). Now that the Security Council was close to a resolution on Nepal, Hiraoka reported, Japan's Director [...]	2007-01-18 07:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID JA NP
07KATHMANDU965	NEPAL: ROYAL CONFIDANT CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT [...] (C) On May 12, royal confidant Prabhakar Rana expressed optimism to the Ambassador that the Government of India might take a more positive role in Nepal's politics. According to Rana, who met with Indian Ambassador Shiv Shankar Mukherjee on May 11, Mukherjee planned to push Prime Minister Koir [...]	2007-05-15 15:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IN KDEM NP
07KATHMANDU967	NEPAL: AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; STATE-DOD [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 10:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KFLU MARR MASS NP
07KATHMANDU970	NEPAL: AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOR MAY [...] (SBU) A/DCM chaired post's avian influenza (AI) working group on May 9. Post Medical Officer reported that there have been no confirmed cases of AI in Nepal, in spite of recent confirmed cases in surrounding countries. Post is actively monitoring the situation and continuing awareness effor [...]	2007-05-16 10:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC KLFU KSTH FAO WHO OIE NP
07KATHMANDU972	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KEY U.S. OBJECTIVES AT THE [...] (C) Emboff delivered reftel talking points on May 10 to Mani Battarai, Section Officer for the United Nations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stressing the importance of Nepal's continued cooperation with the World Health Association (WHA) on the issues of pandemic influenza preparedness a [...]	2007-05-16 12:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	TBIO ARC PREL KFLU WHO NP
07KATHMANDU973	PEACE MINISTER'S DIALOGUE WITH MADHESIS STALLED [...] (C) Minister of Peace and Reconstruction Ram Chandra Poudel told the Ambassador May 15 that Madhesi insistence on the immediate formation of a high-level Commission of Inquiry into events in the Terai had delayed his scheduled dialogue with the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF). However, P [...]	2007-05-16 12:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU974	NEPAL'S HOME MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGES PROBLEMS, BUT [...] (C) Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula suggested to the Ambassador May 15 that the security situation had improved. Nepal Police had taken action against the Maoist Young Communist League (YCL) in three districts, but police were ill-equipped to effectively implement law and order. The Amba [...]	2007-05-16 12:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PTER PHUM MARR UN NP
07KATHMANDU975	INDIAN AMBASSADOR AGREES ON NEED FOR LAW AND ORDER [...] (C) In a meeting with the Ambassador May 15, Indian Ambassador Shiv Mukherjee was hopeful that problems with the Madhesi rights groups would be resolved soon, but pessimistic about the law and order situation in Nepal generally. Mukherjee noted that Peace and Reconstruction Minister Ram Chandr [...]	2007-05-16 12:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM NP
07KATHMANDU988	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA FEISTY, FRUSTRATED [...] (C) On May 17, Prime Minister Koirala expressed his frustration to the Ambassador with the Maoist failure to change their behavior since joining the Interim Government. Koirala said he was determined to enforce law and order and to crack down on the criminal activities of the Maoist Young Comm [...]	2007-05-17 11:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM MARR UN CH IN NP
07KATHMANDU989	AN OPPORTUNITY THAT SHOULD NOT BE LOST: U.S. [...] (SBU) Mr. Deputy Secretary, during our recent consultation in Washington, you requested that I send you my reflections on how the new foreign assistance reform process was working for Nepal. As we discussed, a historic window of opportunity has opened in Nepal to ensure its transition to a pea [...]	2007-05-17 13:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID UDEM NP
07KATHMANDU990	NEPAL: CARTER CENTER WORRIED ABOUT THE TERAI [...] (C) On May 7, Peter Burleigh, Carter Center consultant, described the situation in the Terai as one of fundamental insecurity. Burleigh told the Charge d'Affaires that the Government of Nepal (GON) needed to set a firm date for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election and expressed concern over [...]	2007-05-18 05:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
07KOLKATA292	TEA, TIGERS AND TRAFFICKING GO HAND IN HAND IN BENGAL'S [...] (U) Summary: Located in a narrow strip of land between Nepal and Bangladesh, the N. Bengal city of Siliguri is a regional economic crossroad. People and goods intersect there, and as India's GDP growth nears ten percent, smaller cities like Siliguri are experiencing rapid expansion. This e [...]	2007-09-20 05:58:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PHUM KWMN SENV IN NP BG ELAB
07KOLKATA297	TEA, TIGERS AND TRAFFICKING GO HAND IN HAND IN BENGAL'S [...] (U) Summary: Located in a narrow strip of land between Nepal and Bangladesh, the N. Bengal city of Siliguri is a regional economic crossroad. People and goods intersect there, and as India's GDP growth nears ten percent, smaller cities like Siliguri are experiencing rapid expansion. This e [...]	2007-09-21 11:43:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PHUM KWMN SENV IN NP BG ELAB
07MUSCAT38	SCENESETTER: VISIT OF DEPUTY SECRETARY OF COMMERCE [...] (U) Greetings and welcome to Oman. The Embassy staff and I look forward to your arrival on February 5 to promote the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement in the context of our overall bilateral relationship. In addition to your planned participation as the keynote speaker at an Oman Chamber of Com [...]	2007-01-14 14:25:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP ECON ETRD EAIR EIND PGOV PREL OTRA MU
07MUSCAT97	OMAN 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel request, Embassy submits the following Investment Climate Statement for 2007. 2. Begin text of Investment Climate Statement: Economic Overview Oman's economy is based primarily on petroleum and natural gas, which are expected to account for 79% of the government's revenue [...]	2007-01-30 13:25:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB ENRG KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
07NEWDELHI1424	BJP MEMBER CLAIMS THE RSS IS ACTIVE IN NEPAL - CORRECTED [...] (S) SUMMARY: Bharataya Janata Party (BJP) member and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist Seshadiri Chari (PROTECT),claimed March 19 that the RSS is involved with the Madhesi movement in Nepal's southern Terai region. This is the first RSS confirmation Post has had. Chari claimed the [...]	2007-03-23 10:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR MOPS KISL NP PK CH IN
07NEWDELHI1534	DEMARCHE: INDIA PREFERS ELECTIONS TO MOVE FORWARD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Secretary Menon told Ambassador Mulford that India would "stick by its agreements" with the U.S. on Nepal. In a separate meeting, the Ambassador expressed concern to National Security Advisor (NSA) M.K. Narayanan about a new GOI flexibility with regard to the Maoists' f [...]	2007-03-30 14:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NP IN
07NEWDELHI1622	PM KOIRALA UPDATES ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER ON [...] (S) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Boucher met Prime Minister Koirala of Nepal April 3 on the sidelines of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation summit, and assured him that the U.S. supported the Government of Nepal, despite misgivings regarding Maoist entry into the Interim Gov [...]	2007-04-04 14:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PREL PGOV NP BT IN
07NEWDELHI1640	PM WANGCHUK UPDATES ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and Ambassador David Mulford met Prime Minister Wangchuk of Bhutan April 4 on the margins of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Summit to discuss Bhutan's ongoing democratization [...]	2007-04-05 13:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM MOPS NP IN
07NEWDELHI1918	CALM OR CHAOS IN STORE FOR NEPAL? INDIAN EXPERTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian experts and politicians sounded off at a recent roundtable hosted by PolCouns, in which guests debated whether or not the likely delay of Nepal's Constituent Assembly elections would be harmful to the peace process. While some experts claimed chaos would ensue if electio [...]	2007-04-23 13:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR NP IN
07NEWDELHI2056	BIOGRAPHY: MEA JOINT SECRETARY GAITRI KUMAR [...] (C) Gaitri Kumar replaced Subrahmanyam Jaishankar as Ministry for External Affairs (MEA),Joint Secretary (Americas) in January. She joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1986. Prior to her current assignment, her career trajectory is as follows: --1987-1989 - Third Secretary/Second Secreta [...]	2007-04-30 11:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR IN
07NEWDELHI2126	HINDU RIGHT WINGER SAYS CLEAR-CUT NEPAL POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Commerce, Law and Justice Minister, Dr. Subramanian Swamy, President of the Janata Party, gave DepPolCouns May 1 a read-out of his April 26 visit to Nepal. Swamy said he met one-on-one with the following: -- King Gyanendra -- Gyanendra's son Crown Prince Paras -- Prime [...]	2007-05-03 13:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR NP IN
07NEWDELHI268	INDIA SEEKS U.S. HELP TO KEEP "UNNECESSARY" [...] (C) MEA Joint Secretary (North) Pankaj Saran called A/PolCouns on January 18 to convey the following demarche regarding the upcoming vote on Nepal in the UNSC: -- In the spirit of superb, close and on-going US-India coordination on Nepal, India wanted the U.S. to keep the "bigger picture" in [...]	2007-01-18 12:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AORC MOPS KDEM KISL PK IN
07NEWDELHI4473	INDIA AND NEPAL HOLD TALKS ON BORDER SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: India and Nepal held Home Secretary level talks on border security in Kathmandu September 26. The two sides agreed to set up a joint task force of security agencies for better cross border cooperation. Indian Home Secretary Madhukar Gupta stated that the Government of India [...]	2007-10-03 12:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS MARR NP IN
07NEWDELHI4493	NEPAL ELECTIONS - NOW OR NEVER ACCORDING TO THE MEA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Nepal and Bhutan Preeti Saran told PolCouns October 3 that it would be difficult for the Government of Nepal to switch to a proportional representation system now, as the Maoists are demanding, but that the Interim Parliament might [...]	2007-10-04 10:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS NP CH IN
07NEWDELHI4822	MEA SLAMS UNMIN, URGES ELECTIONS AT THE SOONEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (for Nepal and Bhutan) Preeti Saran conveyed in an SIPDIS October 30 meeting with Acting PolCouns her government's disappointment with the electoral delay in Nepal, emphasized the need for New Delhi and Washington to pressure [...]	2007-10-31 13:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PREF KDEM UN BT NP IN
07NEWDELHI5380	DELHI DIARY, DEC 17-21 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for Decemebr 17-21, 2007, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Court Orders Reopening Riots Case Against Congress Leader Jagdish Tytler -- Rajasthan Gujjars Threaten Warpath Again -- India-China [...]	2007-12-20 12:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF CVIS PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM SOCI NP VM CH
07NEWDELHI582	NEPALI MPS FIND INDIAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORTIVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepali Congress - Democratic (NC-D) Members of Parliament Prakash Mahat and Arjun Thapa told Poloff February 1 that PM Singh had said one day earlier the government of India was ready to support the government of Nepal in addressing the unrest in Nepal's Terai region. In a meet [...]	2007-02-06 11:48:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS SCUL ECON NP IN
07NEWDELHI863	INDIA CONCERNED ABOUT VIOLENCE POSSIBLY CROSSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Government of India (GOI) officials acknowledged February 7 that India is concerned about the possibility of violence in Nepal's Terai region spilling over into India. The government of Nepal (GON) should address the concerns of ethnic Indian Madhesis who have been violently pr [...]	2007-02-21 10:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR NP IN
07OSLO706	BOUCHER DOES BUSINESS IN OSLO ON MARGINS OF [...] (C) Summary. On the margins of the June 26 Sri Lanka Co-Chairs meetings, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Richard Boucher met with high-level Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Defense officials, covering a broad range of matters including Afghanistan, Pakistan, [...]	2007-07-02 07:29:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC PARM PREL IN PGOV PHUM PTER NP CE
07RANGOON1139	WORKING TO FEED BURMA,S HUNGRY [...] (SBU) Summary. According to international NGOs, malnutrition rates are increasing in Northern Rakhine State (NRS). In the past year, humanitarian organizations have seen a 380 percent increase in severely malnourished patients seeking treatment due to drought, flood, and inflation. Action C [...]	2007-11-26 07:13:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PGOV ECON BM
07RANGOON952	BURMA - HUMANITARIAN DISASTER DECLARATION [...] This is an action cable. Please see para 4. 2. Summary. The current political situation in Burma has exacerbated the ongoing humanitarian crisis, particularly among women and children in Burma. 2007 UNICEF figures estimate that more than 35 percent of children under five were malnourish [...]	2007-10-02 09:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TBIO EAID VM
07STATE138933	USAID/DCHA/OFDA RESPONSE TO DISASTER [...] IN ACCORDANCE WITH POST'S REF A DISASTER DECLARATION AND REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE, USAID/DCHA/OFDA IS ESTABLISHING A MISSION ALLOWANCE OF USDOLS 50,000 AS A CONTRIBUTION TOWARD IMMEDIATE HUMANITARIAN NEEDS OF AFFECTED POPULATIONS IN BURMA. USAID/DCHA/OFDA UNDERSTANDS THAT THESE FUNDS WILL BE A [...]	2007-10-02 20:58:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	BU NOTAG USAID
07STATE144711	SUMMARY OF RESPONSES TO CABLE ON INDOOR AIR [...] This is an action request. See Paragraph 3. SUMMARY 2. SUMMARY: Reftel asked posts in countries where greater than 20 percent of the population uses biomass and coal to meet basic energy needs to assess host countries, commitment to addressing the health concerns posed by indoor air po [...]	2007-10-16 17:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	BG CE IN NP PK SENV TBIO TI
07STATE170928	BHUTTO ASSASSINATION AND US POLICY FOR PAKISTAN'S [...] The tragic December 27 assassination of Benazir Bhutto has reinforced urgent goals vis-a-vis Pakistan , U.S. believes that Pakistan must continue on a path leading to a civilian-led democratic government. We continue to support Pakistan,s moderate majority in its struggle against a violent e [...]	2007-12-28 23:30:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SHUM PK
07THEHAGUE1402	RESULTS OF CITES STANDING COMMITTEE 55 AND COP14 [...] The United States achieved key objectives at the fourteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES COP14),which met June 3-15 in The Hague, Netherlands. The delegation of approximately 30 interage [...]	2007-07-25 06:29:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA ETRD EFIS NL
08BANGKOK3388	EAST ASIA ESTH HUB WORK PLAN FOR FY09 [...] Summary: This cable sets out the East Asian Regional Environmental Officer's ("Hub") work plan for FY09. In accordance with OES and EAP priorities the Hub will focus on three areas of science diplomacy: clean energy, public health and conservation of natural resources combined with law enforce [...]	2008-11-18 00:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID AMGT TH
08BEIJING3065	BEIJING 2008 SUMMER OLYMPICS: USG SITUATION REPORT 9, 08/09/2008 [...] (SBU) The following cable provides information on security, public diplomacy, political, and consular activities related to the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympic Games as of 08/09/2008. 2. (U) The interagency USG Joint Operations Center (JOC) can be contacted on a 24-hour basis at the following n [...]	2008-08-09 07:32:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CMGT ECON KOLY OVIP PREL PTER CASC CH
08BEIJING969	MFA: CHINA SUPPORTS CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTION; [...] (C) Summary: During his March 2-3 visit to Nepal, Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei affirmed China's support for a peaceful Constituent Assembly election in April, MFA India, Nepal, Sri Lanka Division Deputy Director Zhao Lijian told PolOff March 11. Zhao said the Chinese Government [...]	2008-03-14 09:46:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON CH IN NP
08COLOMBO1071	Internally Displaced Persons in Mannar Living in Detention [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Sri Lanka's push to regain military control over Mannar district met with success in early 2008. The government may soon approve return of displaced persons to their homes within the district. However, over 800 persons, most originating from Jaffna and Kilin [...]	2008-11-26 11:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV EAID PREL CE
08COLOMBO1082	Sri Lanka Northern Districts Floods Disaster [...] The week of November 24, 2008, heavy rains pelted northern and eastern districts of Sri Lanka affecting more than 240,000 people. These heavy rains, caused by a cyclonic weather system, further aggravated the already challenging humanitarian situation in these same districts into a crisis aff [...]	2008-12-01 03:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF CE
08COLOMBO113	AMBASSADOR IN SRI LANKA'S EAST: DISARM PARAMILITARY GROUPS [...] Ambassador and AID officer visited Batticaloa in Sri Lanka's volatile Eastern Province on January 22-24 to attend the opening of a vocational training center funded by private American donations; open two USAID funded facilities; and meet with local officials, donors, and INGO representatives. [...]	2008-01-30 11:20:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF EAID PINS CE
08COLOMBO177	NGOS IN LTTE-CONTROLLED AREA BRIEF ON GROWING [...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 19 briefing at the EU Commission for selected Heads of Mission, international NGOs operating in the northern area of the Vanni still controlled by the LTTE reported growing constraints on their operations, including increasing restrictions on access both to and w [...]	2008-02-20 10:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PTER CE
08COLOMBO721	SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S VISIT FOR THE 15TH [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: Your visit for the 15th SAARC Summit finds most SAARC member countries preoccupied with domestic issues. After surviving a no-confidence vote, the Indian government is looking ahead to national elections next year, and frustrated that last minute objections from [...]	2008-07-25 08:04:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS PINR ECON CE MV
08DHAKA189	SUBMISSION OF PROPOSAL FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2008 ESF AND [...] This message responds to the REFTEL action request. 2. Embassy Dhaka received three proposals in response to the solicitation for projects addressing the problem of trafficking-in-persons, for funding under G/TIP-managed FY 2008 ESF and INCLE funds. 3. After an interagency review of subm [...]	2008-02-11 11:34:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG IN BG
08DHAKA200	CYCLONE SIDR: THE TIME TO REBUILD IS NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The transition from emergency relief to reconstruction assistance is going poorly three months after Cyclone Sidr tore through southern Bangladesh. While the Caretaker Government and its local and international partners deserve strong marks for providing the food, clothing and pot [...]	2008-02-13 10:55:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PINR PREL BG
08DHAKA201	CYCLONE SIDR: THE TIME TO REBUILD IS NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The transition from emergency relief to reconstruction assistance is going poorly three months after Cyclone Sidr tore through southern Bangladesh. While the Caretaker Government and its local and international partners deserve strong marks for providing the food, clothing and pot [...]	2008-02-13 11:38:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PINR PREL BG
08DHAKA202	CYCLONE SIDR: THE TIME TO REBUILD IS NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The transition from emergency relief to reconstruction assistance is going poorly three months after Cyclone Sidr tore through southern Bangladesh. While the Caretaker Government and its local and international partners deserve strong marks for providing the food, clothing and pot [...]	2008-02-13 11:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PINR PREL BG
08DHAKA209	ISLAMIC NGOS, NATIONS MAJOR PLAYERS IN CYCLONE [...] (C) Summary: Three months after Cyclone Sidr barreled through southern Bangladesh, Islamic organizations and nations are thick on the ground offering assistance to the worst-hit areas. They are filling the gaps in government relief efforts, often focusing on sanitation, shelter and other recon [...]	2008-02-14 10:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PINR PREL SOCI BG
08DHAKA219	Interagency Assessment West Team Report - Cyclone Sidr [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the last three weeks, two U.S. Interagency Assessment Teams (IATs) surveyed five sub-districts (upazilas) in southern Bangladesh, which were severely hit by Cyclone Sidr. This report is from the team that surveyed the Morrelganj and Sarankhola sub-districts. Through meeti [...]	2008-02-18 11:08:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SOCI PINR PREL BG
08DHAKA801	LEAHY VETTING FOR PACIFIC REGIONAL APPROACHES TO COMBATING [...] This is an action request. See para three. 2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Pacific Regional Approaches to Combating Terrorism (PACRAT-CT) seminar in Kathmandu, Nepal August 4-8, 2008. Post vetting was completed on July 28, 2008. Post requests that vettin [...]	2008-07-29 11:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG
08KATHMANDU1008	NEPAL: FINANCIAL INFORMATION UNIT EAGER TO BECOME [...] (C) On August 27 and September 5, Hari Kumar Nepal, one of only two personnel assigned to Nepal's new Financial Information Unit (FIU),explained the progress the FIU has made in drafting guidelines and the challenges it would have to tackle to become a functional entity in anti-money launder [...]	2008-09-09 10:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR EFIN KTFN NP
08KATHMANDU1016	NEPAL: PM DAHAL AFFIRMS DESIRE TO WORK WITH U.S. [...] (C) On September 9, in her first meeting with Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal since he took office, the Ambassador reviewed a range of bilateral issues between the United States and Nepal and sought his support. These ran the spectrum from stopping human rights violations by the Maoists' Young Co [...]	2008-09-11 12:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF ECON EAID ENRG SNAR
08KATHMANDU1024	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: NEPAL DELEGATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 10:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA NP
08KATHMANDU1048	SCENESETTER AND TALKING POINTS FOR MEETING WITH [...] (C) During your meeting with Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal on the margins of the 63rd UN General Assembly, you should raise the following issues: (1) Government of Nepal (GON) plans; (2) progress in the peace process and UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) operations; (3) reining in the Maoist Young Com [...]	2008-09-19 09:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM ECON EINV MARR PREF KSEC
08KATHMANDU1049	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: UPDATE FOR NEPAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 09:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA NP
08KATHMANDU1063	NEPAL: PEACE AND RECONSTRUCTION MINISTER POSITIVE [...] (SBU) Newly appointed (Maoist) Minister for Peace and Reconstruction Janardan Sharma was positive towards continued cooperation with the United States regarding the peace process during Ambassador Powell's courtesy call on September 5. Sharma also supported campaigns and activities to keep t [...]	2008-09-22 09:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KSEC EAID NP
08KATHMANDU1068	NEPAL'S PRIORITIES FOR 63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) On September 19, Rudra Nepal, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboffs that the priorities for the Government of Nepal (GON) at the 63rd UN General Assembly included landlocked least-developed countries, food security, t [...]	2008-09-23 10:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER OVIP KSEP UNGA CH IN RS GG
08KATHMANDU1079	NEPAL: CONGRESS STILL AT LOOSE ENDS, UML FACING [...] (C) Former Prime Minister G.P. Koirala revealed to the Ambassador September 15 that the Nepali Congress (NC) might choose someone else to lead the party in the parliament. Subsequent meetings with senior NC leaders, including the party spokesman and the Prime Minister's daughter, gave Emboffs [...]	2008-09-26 10:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EINV KDEM IN NP
08KATHMANDU1081	SCENESETTER AND TALKING POINTS FOR MEETING WITH [...] (C) During your meeting with Foreign Minister Upendra Yadav on the margins of the 63rd UN General Assembly, in addition to the issues you raised with Prime Minister Dahal (reftel),you should urge Yadav to: (1) rein in Madhesi extremist groups; and (2) create a positive environment for foreign [...]	2008-09-26 11:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID EINV NP
08KATHMANDU111	NEPAL: CA ELECTION UPDATE: 73 DAYS TO GO [...] (C) Less than eleven weeks before the Constituent Assembly election scheduled for April 10, the Election Commission continues its preparations. Meanwhile, the Government of Nepal (GON) has given sitting Members of Parliament a distinct advantage. The Six-Party Alliance and the Maoists are pr [...]	2008-01-28 13:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID PTER IN NP
08KATHMANDU1110	NEPAL: NEW GOVERNMENT UNVEILS AMBITIOUS BUDGET [...] (U) On September 19, Nepal's new Finance Minister, Dr. Baburam Bhattarai, presented an ambitious budget of NRs 236 billion (USD 3.2 billion) -- 40 percent higher than last year's budget. Bhattarai stated that the policy priorities for the budget were completion of the peace process and immedi [...]	2008-10-03 09:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV KDEM PREL IN NP
08KATHMANDU1116	NEPALESE FORCES DEPLOYING TO UNAMID [...] (SBU) Due to the Government of Nepal's (GON's) closure October 6-10, and post's own closure October 6-9, post has been unable to contact any high-level host government counterparts to assess the GON's readiness to make good on its previous pledge to the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNA [...]	2008-10-10 10:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU NP
08KATHMANDU1129	NEPALESE DELEGATION TO SHARM EL-SHEIKH CONFERENCE [...] (U) The following Nepali officials will attend the Sharm El-Sheikh Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza: Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Jaya Prakash Gupta, Secretary Mr. Tek Bahadur Thapa Gharti, the Director General of Livestock and Animal Health, Dr. Purushottam Prasad Maina [...]	2008-10-15 09:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAGR EAID KFLU PREL TBIO
08KATHMANDU1149	NEPAL: NOMINATION FOR SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] Post is pleased to nominate Ramila Acharya for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Full Name: Ramila Acharya Job Title/Association: Clinic Assistant/Maiti Nepal Date of Birth: July 4, 1989 Country of Birth: Nepal Citizenship: Nepali Address: c/o Maiti Nepal, Kathmand [...]	2008-10-27 08:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM NP
08KATHMANDU1154	ODC SEMINAR DISCUSSES EX-COMBATANT INTEGRATION [...] (C) On 19 October, 2008, the Office of Defense Cooperation hosted a seminar involving a core group which has addressed security sector issues over the course of multiple, iterative events. Participants included representatives from a local think tank, the Nepal Army, Armed Police, Civil Police [...]	2008-10-27 10:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NP PGOV PHUM PREL
08KATHMANDU1162	NEPAL: TALKS WITH ARMED GROUPS IN TERAI UNLIKELY [...] (C) As of November 3, the Government of Nepal (GON) has made limited progress on peace negotiations between a three-member team of cabinet ministers and a collection of armed groups from the Terai. Prospects for a successful outcome are unpromising. The armed groups have struggled to form a [...]	2008-11-03 10:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU1175	NEPAL: GUIDANCE FOR UNSC DEBATE ON UNMIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-06 10:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNSC UNMIN PREL NP
08KATHMANDU1178	NEPAL: DRAFT 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of nor a major transit route for narcotic drugs, hashish, heroin and domestically produced cannabis are trafficked to and through Nepal every year. Nepal's Narcotics Drug Control Law Enforcement Unit (NDCLEU) reports that more Nepalese citizens [...]	2008-11-10 04:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR NP
08KATHMANDU1184	NEPAL MCC SCORECARD DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 09:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA MCC NP
08KATHMANDU1187	NEPAL TO ABSTAIN ON RESOLUTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN [...] (C) Rudra Nepal, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff on November 12 that his government most likely would abstain on a series of country-specific resolutions -- including one on human rights in Iran -- in the Third Committee of [...]	2008-11-12 10:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NP
08KATHMANDU1189	CLAD SCENESETTER [...] (C) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. In April, Nepalis elected a long awaited Constituent Assembly. In May the Assembly completed the country,s two-year-long evolution from a kingdom to a republic by abolishing the monarchy. Since August, the former Maoist insurgents have [...]	2008-11-12 10:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NP PGOV PHUM PREL
08KATHMANDU1200	NEPAL: DRAFT 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Nepal is not a regional financial center and there are no indications that the country is used as an international money laundering center. In January 2008, the Government of Nepal (GON) for the first time passed legislation on anti-money laundering. There were no prosecutions or even arres [...]	2008-11-14 16:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR NP
08KATHMANDU122	G/TIP INCLE AND ESF FUNDING PROPOSAL FOR NEPAL [...] Embassy Kathmandu is pleased to propose the following three projects, in rank order, for consideration for INCLE and ESF funding (Reftel). Post will forward via email the full proposals for the projects listed in the cable to GTIP Funding Opportunities@state.gov. END SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION [...]	2008-01-29 12:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM KWMN EAID IN NP
08KATHMANDU1223	NEPAL: NOMINATION FOR IQBQAL MASIH AWARD [...] Post is pleased to nominate the organization "CWISH" for the United States Department of Labor's Iqbqal Masih Award for Elimination of Child Labor. Full Name of the organization: CWISH - Children and Women in Social Service and Human Rights Address: P.O. Box 21433, Chabhil, Kathmandu, Nepal [...]	2008-11-20 09:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP NP
08KATHMANDU1224	NEPAL: NO URGENCY TO RESOLVE ARMY COMMITTEE OR [...] (C) Ambassador Powell, British Ambassador Hall and French Charge Romicanu's joint expressions of the international community's concerns about the stalemate regarding the Army Integration Special Committee and lack of discussion about a possible extension and revision of UNMIN's mandate were not [...]	2008-11-20 10:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU123	TIBETAN REFUGEES IN NEPAL: ANOTHER CASE OF NEAR [...] (SBU) Nineteen Tibetan refugees who were arrested by Nepali officials on January 15 and threatened with refoulement are now at the Tibetan Refugee Reception Center in Kathmandu. United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) officials agreed this was a serious near-abrogation of the gent [...]	2008-01-29 12:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL NP CH
08KATHMANDU1237	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO INCREASE SUPPORT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 08:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC PARM PREL UNGA NP
08KATHMANDU1238	NEPAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-26 08:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA LE SY NP
08KATHMANDU1243	NEPAL: LABOR WOES FOR COLGATE-PALMOLIVE [...] (C) After over a decade of operations in Nepal, Colgate-Palmolive announced at its Hetauda factory on November 21 that it had sold its entire interest in the Nepal operation to a private company. The agreement included the express understanding that all employees of the company would continue [...]	2008-11-28 09:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ELAB NP
08KATHMANDU1245	NEPAL: POLITICAL APPOINTMENTS A FAMILY AND FRIENDS [...] (SBU) Political appointments that the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and its coalition partners have made to offices in the Government of Nepal (GON) have frequently been based on party and family connections rather than the expertise of the candidates. This follows the standard set by ev [...]	2008-11-28 12:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PTER NP
08KATHMANDU1251	NEPAL'S WATER AGREEMENTS WITH INDIA [...] Nepal has bilateral water agreements with India that cover three of the four major trans-boundary rivers. The complex, politically charged agreements are a source of concern and resentment among Nepalis and the recent Koshi River floods have led to calls to renegotiate them. Although Nepal is [...]	2008-12-01 10:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID ENRG XD NP
08KATHMANDU1254	PM PLANS TO REQUEST UNMIN EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary. UN Special Representative Ian Martin briefed local P-5 representatives December 1 that PM Dahal intends to request soon an extension of the current UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) mandate, which expires on January 23. It was unclear whether or not the opposition Nepali Congress w [...]	2008-12-02 08:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UN NP
08KATHMANDU1257	NEPAL: MAOIST WOMAN ELECTED VICE CHAIR OF ASSEMBLY [...] (U) On November 28, a sizable majority of Nepal's Constituent Assembly (CA) elected a Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) woman Member of Parliament (MP),Purna Subedi, as Vice Chairman. In the fourth round of voting on single candidates, Subedi received the support of 346 MPs from four [...]	2008-12-03 09:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM KWMN NP
08KATHMANDU1264	AMBASSADOR'S DECEMBER 4 MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: In a brief meeting with Ambassador on December 4, Prime Minister Dahal confirmed that a request for a six-month UNMIN mandate extension would be lodged "tomorrow or the next day," despite the lack of consultation with opposition Nepali Congress leaders. Dahal also promised to [...]	2008-12-04 09:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV UN NP
08KATHMANDU1265	MAOIST-LED GOVERNMENT AFTER 100 DAYS: NEW NEPAL [...] (C) With few exceptions, Nepal's Maoist-led government has done little in the roughly 100 days since the coalition's formation in August to transform Nepal. From the cabinet, to foreign policy, the peace process, human rights and law and order, the Terai and the economy, the government's recor [...]	2008-12-05 08:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER EAID ECON ELAB IN CH NP
08KATHMANDU1273	MAOIST SPOKESMAN SAYS INFORMATION ON U.S. EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: Maoist leadership will soon disclose details and information regarding the 2001 and 2002 killings of two Nepali security employees of the U.S. Mission, according to former PLA Deputy Commander Barshaman Pun (aka "Ananta"). Pun has been given the responsibility to make the disc [...]	2008-12-11 07:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NP
08KATHMANDU128	NEPAL: BORDER ISSUES WITH EQUIPMENT FOR UNAMID [...] (C) Most of the Contingent-Owned Equipment (COE) to support the Nepal Police's deployment to the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) cleared Indian customs on January 17. The COE had been delayed at the Indo-Nepal border in Birgunj as described in reftel talking points. An Office of [...]	2008-01-30 10:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV UNSC SU IN NP
08KATHMANDU1281	NEPAL: SIXTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT REGARDING [...] (U) On December 11, Nepal's Constituent Assembly (CA) overwhelmingly approved the sixth set of amendments to the Interim Constitution from January 2007. The 6th Amendment made the following substantive changes: -- Authorized the President (vice the Prime Minister) to call the CA into sessio [...]	2008-12-15 10:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU1287	NEPAL REQUESTS SIX-MONTH EXTENSION FOR UNMIN [...] (C) According to the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),on December 12, 2008, the Permanent Representative of Nepal to the UN, Madhu Raman Acharya, formally requested an additional six-month extension of UNMIN's mandate when the current mandate expires on January 23, 2009. The operative [...]	2008-12-16 08:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN MARR NP
08KATHMANDU1288	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HARMONIZATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 08:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC APER PREL UNGA NP
08KATHMANDU1304	NEPAL: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] While Nepal experienced no significant acts of international terrorism in 2008, several incidents of politically-motivated violence occurred across the country. Nepalese voters elected the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) -- a designated group on the Terrorist Exclusion List (TEL) -- to lead [...]	2008-12-23 01:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PTER ASEC EFIN NP
08KATHMANDU1310	NEPAL: IMF/WORLD BANK CONTEMPLATING BUDGET [...] (C) The new Maoist-led Government of Nepal (GON) made a formal request to both the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank for budget support during the financial institutions' annual meetings in Washington in October. Neither organization will consider budget support until a new [...]	2008-12-24 07:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAID EFIN EINT EINV ELAB EIND NP
08KATHMANDU1320	NEPAL: CONSTITUTION-DRAFTING INCHING TOWARD [...] (U) On December 15, the Constituent Assembly (CA) established 14 committees to examine thematic and procedural aspects of drafting a new constitution. The committees were to appoint chairpersons and plan their agendas by December 30. On December 29, the CA amended its rules of procedure an [...]	2008-12-31 07:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU141	NEPAL: NO TECHNICAL EXPERTS FOR GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 11:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PTER PREL KGIC NP
08KATHMANDU142	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 11:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL IZ IR NP

08KATHMANDU143	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 11:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL UNSC KU NP
08KATHMANDU144	NEPAL STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT KOSOVO'S STATUS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 12:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU NP
08KATHMANDU145	NEPAL: MFA CONFIRMS NO CHANGE IN POLICY ON TIBETAN [...] (C) The Under Secretary for UN Affairs at the Foreign Ministry confirmed to the Political/Economic Chief February 1 that the Government of Nepal has not changed its policy on Tibetan refugees. The reported threat in mid-January by Nepali officials of refoulement to China for 19 refugees (reft [...]	2008-02-01 12:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL CH NP
08KATHMANDU146	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR ADDRESSES POLITICS, [...] (U) During a recent three-day visit to Pokhara and Kaski District in western Nepal, the Ambassador discussed politics with local politicians, government officials and human rights personnel. She visited USAID field sites for HIV/AIDS, natural resource and agricultural programs. The Ambassado [...]	2008-02-01 12:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID KWMN KHIV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU148	NEPAL: END USE MONITORING REPORT FOR CY2007 [...] Procedures Post inquired about the status of equipment INL-funded programs have provided to Nepal's law enforcement agencies in the past five years (since 2002). Emboffs visited Nepal Police headquarters, the Central Police Laboratory at the police academy, and the headquarters of the Nepa [...]	2008-02-04 10:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN NP
08KATHMANDU152	NEPAL CA ELECTION: 66 DAYS TO GO [...] (C) The seven Six-Party Alliance and Maoist joint election meetings concluded amidst violence on January 30. The Election Commission has approved the registration of 13 new political parties and is continuing apace with preparations for April 10 Constituent Assembly polls. While the Maoists [...]	2008-02-04 11:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER EAID KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU178	NEPAL: CHARGE STRESSES RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (C) On February 11, Charge conveyed reftel talking points to Nepalese Foreign Secretary Gyan Bahadur Acharya. Acharya was already aware of the looming declaration of independence, having spoken with EU diplomats earlier in the day. Acharya acknowledged USG views and some EU views, but indicat [...]	2008-02-11 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU NP
08KATHMANDU181	NEPAL: CA ELECTION UPDATE: 59 DAYS TO GO [...] (U) Constituent Assembly election preparations continued as the Election Commission, the police and the political parties worked to finalize the roles they would play. The Maoist Young Communist League (YCL) attacked a senior Nepali Congress leader, and Prime Minister Koirala responded by or [...]	2008-02-11 12:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER EAID KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU198	NEPAL'S CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTION: 51 DAYS [...] (C) On the eve of the first of two dates for filing candidate lists for Nepal's April 10 Constituent Assembly election, there is speculation in Kathmandu that the Interim Government will request that the Election Commission (EC) postpone the filing date. The EC is moving forward with election [...]	2008-02-19 11:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU200	NEPAL: WHAT DO THE MADHESIS WANT? [...] (C) According to the leaders of the United Democratic Madhesi Front, what Nepal's Madhesis want can be summed up in the Front's six demands from February 8. Those demands include a constitutional guarantee of a single Madhesi state with the right to self-determination. The reality is both mo [...]	2008-02-19 13:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU203	NEPAL UNDECIDED ABOUT RECOGNIZING KOSOVO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-20 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU KV NP
08KATHMANDU213	NEPAL: ELECTION FILING DEADLINE EXTENDED BUT NO [...] (C) The first deadline for filing proportional representation (PR) candidate lists for the Constituent Assembly (CA) election passed on February 20 with submissions by 37 political parties. The three agitating United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) parties decided not to file. At the request [...]	2008-02-22 13:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM IN NP
08KATHMANDU217	NEPAL ELECTION UPDATE: MADHESIS REJECT GOVERNMENT [...] (C) A deal between the Government of Nepal (GON) and the agitating United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) foundered in the early hours of February 25 over the Madhesi demand that the GON enshrine a Madhesi state in the Interim Constitution. UDMF leaders, including one who was flown in from th [...]	2008-02-25 13:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU223	NEPAL: POST INPUT FOR ENERGY REPORT TO CONGRESS [...] Nepal is neither a major producer nor consumer of energy. USAID's New Delhi-based regional program, South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy (SARI/E),administers the bulk of Post's energy initiatives via technical assistance to Nepal in electricity market development, cross border power tr [...]	2008-02-25 18:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD EAID NP
08KATHMANDU24	NEPAL LACKS FUNDS TO PARTICIPATE IN GLOBAL [...] On January 3, Emboff informed Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),of the postponement of the detection architecture model guidelines workshop (Ref A) and the entry of four additional partner nations into the Global I [...]	2008-01-08 06:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PARM PREL PTER KGIC AU IV EN KG NZ NP
08KATHMANDU243	NEPAL: MADHESIS STRIKE DEAL WITH GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) On February 28, Prime Minister Koirala ended two weeks of on and off negotiations with the three leaders of the United Democratic Madhesi Front by signing an 8-point deal intended to bring agitating Madhesis on board for the Constituent Assembly election. Celebrations ensued across the [...]	2008-02-29 12:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU25	TERRORISM FINANCE: DOMESTIC DESIGNATION OF FORMER [...] On January 3, Emboff delivered reftel information on the U.S. domestic designation of Iraqi Former Regime Elements (FRE) to Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Bhattarai reviewed the information and asked if the Uni [...]	2008-01-08 06:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PREL IZ NP
08KATHMANDU252	NEPAL: COUNTDOWN CONTINUES: 38 DAYS UNTIL CA [...] (C) The three United Democratic Madhesi Front parties filed proportional representation (PR) candidate lists on March 2 for the April 10 Constituent Assembly election. Thirteen other parties also submitted candidate lists. This brought the number of participating parties to 55 and the total [...]	2008-03-03 12:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU26	TERRORISM FINANCE: SYRIA/LEBANON DESIGNATIONS [...] On January 3 and 7, Emboff delivered reftel information regarding the U.S. domestic designation of Syrian and Lebanese individuals to Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Bhattarai reviewed the information and said t [...]	2008-01-08 06:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN KTFN PREL PTER SY LE NP
08KATHMANDU274	NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: MOMENTUM BUILDING WITH 31 [...] (C) Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) chief MK Nepal told the Ambassador March 10 that he expected the UML to win a plurality of the Constituent Assembly's 240 first-past-the-post (FPTP) seats. He thought the UML should get the Prime Minister position. Meanwhile, on M [...]	2008-03-10 12:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU29	NEPAL: FIFTH MAOIST MINISTER CREATES WAVES BEFORE [...] (U) Matrika Yadav, the newly reappointed Minister for Forests and Soil Conservation, was sworn in on January 2 after first refusing to take the oath of office in Nepali. Yadav -- who was out of Kathmandu when the other Maoist ministers were sworn in on December 31 (reftel) -- demanded the oat [...]	2008-01-08 08:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR NP
08KATHMANDU297	CONGRESSIONALLY-MANDATED REPORT ON FISCAL [...] As requested reftel, post is providing an updated fiscal transparency and accountability report. Nepal's Budget Is Public ------------------------ 2. (U) Nepalese law requires that the Government of Nepal (GON) publish its annual budget. The budget is first presented to the Parliament f [...]	2008-03-14 11:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL NP
08KATHMANDU298	POST'S NOMINEE FOR EAP AND SCA ECON OFFICERS CONF. [...] Embassy Kathmandu would like to nominate Political/Economic Officer Carla Bachechi to attend the EAP and SCA Regional Economic Conference to be held in Bangkok from April 28 through 30. Potential Topics ---------------- 2. Topics ranging from promoting economic growth and business advoc [...]	2008-03-14 11:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECIN ECPS ETRD KIPR OTRA NP
08KATHMANDU305	CRACKDOWN ON TIBETAN PROTESTERS IN NEPAL CONTINUES [...] (C) Approximately 100 Tibetan refugees gathered the morning of March 17 in front of United Nations (UN) House in Lalitpur, Kathmandu's twin city, to protest peacefully the recent reports of killings in Tibet. According to eyewitness accounts police baton-charged the protesters at 11 a.m. and [...]	2008-03-17 11:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF CH NP
08KATHMANDU308	NEPAL: WORLD BANK PLANS PAYMENTS TO MAOIST [...] (C) On March 12, the World Bank Country Director for Nepal, Susan Goldmark, briefed the Ambassador on the World Bank's proposal to provide approximately USD 40 million in International Development Association (IDA) funding to the Government of Nepal (GON) for payments to Maoist combatants and [...]	2008-03-18 12:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
08KATHMANDU309	CA ELECTION UPDATE: 23 DAYS TO GO [...] (U) With only 23 days to go until Nepal's April 10 Constituent Assembly election, the candidate list is not yet final, but the Election Commission has released what is likely to be very close to the authoritative list. Those who object to the published proportional representation candidate l [...]	2008-03-18 12:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU313	2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 12:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08KATHMANDU317	GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL TO FORM INTERAGENCY GROUP FOR [...] On March 5, Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that the MFA would oversee a five-agency group to coordinate activities for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The members would include re [...]	2008-03-19 08:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER KGIC PARM PREL BK SR NP
08KATHMANDU318	NEPAL: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON IRAN; MFA INQUIRES [...] (C) On March 5, Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal had very few dealings with Iran but duly noted the two non-papers and talking points Emboff had conveyed as per reftels. Emboff [...]	2008-03-19 08:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR NP
08KATHMANDU319	CORRECTED COPY - NEPAL: DEMARCHES DELIVERED ON [...] (C) On March 5, Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal had very few dealings with Iran but duly noted the two non-papers and talking points Emboff had conveyed as per reftels. Emboff [...]	2008-03-19 09:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR NP
08KATHMANDU321	NEPAL: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR CY2007 END-USE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-19 10:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR NP
08KATHMANDU324	FOREIGN SECRETARY ADMITS NEPAL UNDER PRESSURE FROM [...] (SBU) On March 19 Deputy Chief of Mission Randy Berry raised U.S. concerns with Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya regarding the Government of Nepal's recent crackdown on peaceful protests by Tibetans. While under pressure from China, the Government of Nepal (GON) confirmed minimal force [...]	2008-03-19 11:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF CH IN NP
08KATHMANDU341	NEPAL: 16 DAYS UNTIL CA ELECTION [...] (SBU) With 16 days until the April 10 Constituent Assembly election, there are widespread reports, including notably by the UN Mission in Nepal, of increasing electoral violence. In the past week, Madhesi militants allegedly killed a candidate from a minor, left party in the mid-western Tera [...]	2008-03-25 09:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU342	NEPAL: U.S. MISSION VISIT TO MORANG AND [...] (U) During a recent two-day visit to Biratnagar and neighboring Sunsari District in the eastern Terai region of Nepal, the Ambassador and USAID Mission Director discussed electoral preparations and the security context with local government officials and domestic election observers. They al [...]	2008-03-25 10:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID KWMN KHIV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU359	NEPAL TO CONSIDER SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-28 10:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNHCR NP
08KATHMANDU374	NEPAL: CAREENING TOWARD ELECTION IN NINE DAYS [...] (SBU) Nine days before the April 10 Constituent Assembly election, the Election Commission is on track with its preparations. Meanwhile, the legal system established for resolving electoral disputes does not inspire confidence, according to a key Embassy contact. Poll-related violence, pri [...]	2008-04-01 10:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM EAID NP
08KATHMANDU376	NEPAL RESPONSE TO PROPOSED PRE-DEPLOYMENT TRAINING [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST -- see paras. 4-5 2. (SBU) Post welcomes the reftel request by the International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Bureau (INL) to send INL/CIV Senior Advisor Dave Purdy, Program Officer Sarah Perrine and three additional trainers to Kathmandu to assist the Nepal P [...]	2008-04-02 01:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SU NP
08KATHMANDU383	NEPAL: PARTY MANIFESTOS POINT TO CONTENTIOUS [...] (U) According to post's review of the manifestos of twelve of the most important political parties contesting the April 10 Constituent Assembly election, all but one party want a President to become Nepal's head of state. Most parties acknowledge a role for a Prime Minister. Most parties also [...]	2008-04-03 13:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM NP PGOV PTER
08KATHMANDU388	NEPAL: REMOTE MID-WESTERN DISTRICT ACTIVELY [...] (C) During a three-day, mid-March visit to the remote hill district of Jumla in Nepal's mid-western region, Emboff found officials, parties, non-governmental organizations, and the general public actively engaged in efforts to prepare for the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election. Offic [...]	2008-04-07 04:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU389	NEPAL: CY2007 END-USE MONITORING REPORT COMPLETED [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-07 09:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR NP
08KATHMANDU391	NEPAL: INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS PREPARE FOR A WILD [...] (SBU) An estimated 745 international observers from 28 missions, including large delegations from the European Union, Carter Center, and the Asian Network for Free Elections, are taking position across Nepal to observe the April 10 Constituent Assembly election. Most of the international obs [...]	2008-04-07 11:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU395	NEPAL: CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTION TWO DAYS AWAY [...] (SBU) With Nepal's Constituent Assembly election only two days away, formal campaigning has ceased, but the parties are continuing to jockey for position, and isolated clashes continue. On April 4, the Election Commission released the final, slightly smaller, lists of proportional representat [...]	2008-04-08 11:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU396	EMBASSY KATHMANDU TO OPEN ELECTION OPERATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-09 08:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU398	NEPAL: PREDICTING THE ELECTION OUTCOME ISN'T EASY [...] (C) The center-left Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) is likely to the biggest winner of Nepal's April 10 Constituent Assembly election. However, not even the UML expects it will win a majority of the Assembly's 601 seats. Prime Minister G.P. Koirala's center-right Nepa [...]	2008-04-09 12:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU400	NEPAL: ELECTION SITREP ONE [...] POLLING BEGAN AS SCHEDULED WITH NO MAJOR INCIDENTS OF FRAUD OR VIOLENCE DURING INITIAL STAGES. ALL U.S. MISSION OBSERVER PERSONNEL ARE SAFE AND ACCOUNTED FOR. A Surprisingly Smooth Start --------------------------- 2. U.S. MISSION OBSERVERS AND MEDIA REPORTED THAT POLLING FOR NEPAL'S C [...]	2008-04-10 07:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU401	NEPAL: ELECTION SITREP TWO [...] (U) OVERALL, POLLING CONTINUED WITH SPORADIC (BUT NO MAJOR) INCIDENCES OF FRAUD OR VIOLENCE. SEVERAL OF OUR MISSION OBSERVERS HAVE REPORTED AS OF 1600 THAT 50-70% OF REGISTERED VOTERS HAD ALREADY TURNED OUT AT THE POLLING STATIONS THEY VISITED. NONETHELESS, CERTAIN ACTS OF VIOLENCE AND INTIMI [...]	2008-04-10 11:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU402	NEPAL: ELECTION SITREP THREE [...] (U) SINCE OUR LAST SITREP (B),TWO ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT VIOLENCE HAVE OCCURRED. THE ELECTION COMMISSION HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE AT 1830 AND ANNOUNCED THAT VOTER TURNOUT IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE BEEN 60% AND THE ELECTION WAS, OVERALL, SATISFACTORY, SUCCESSFUL, AND MOSTLY PEACEFUL. ALL [...]	2008-04-10 14:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU403	NEPAL NOT SENDING DELEGATE TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE EPG [...] The Government of Nepal (GON) is unlikely to send any delegates to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Exercise Planning Group (EPG) to be held in Paris, France on April 15. The Deputy Chief of Mission extended invitation as requested in Ref B to Foreign Secretary Acharya on Ap [...]	2008-04-11 09:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER FR NP
08KATHMANDU404	NEPAL: ELECTION SITREP FOUR [...] (U) SINCE OUR LAST SITREP (REF C),BALLOT COUNTING BEGAN THIS MORNING ACROSS NEPAL. FOUR ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT VIOLENCE HAVE OCCURRED. ALL U.S. MISSION OBSERVER PERSONNEL ARE SAFE AND ACCOUNTED FOR. BALLOT COUNTING BEGINS ---------------------- 2. (U) BALLOT COUNTING BEGAN T [...]	2008-04-11 09:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU407	NEPAL: ELECTION SITREP FIVE [...] (U) SINCE OUR LAST SITREP (REF D),BALLOT COUNTING CONTINUED ACROSS NEPAL THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT VIOLENCE HAVE OCCURRED. ALL U.S. MISSION OBSERVER PERSONNEL ARE SAFE AND ACCOUNTED FOR. BALLOT COUNTING CONTINUES ------------------------- 2. (U) BALLOT COUNTING C [...]	2008-04-11 13:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU408	NEPAL'S CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTION: MAOISTS [...] (SBU) Based on initial results from Nepal's April 10 Constituent Assembly election, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) is dominating the contest for the 601-member Assembly's 240 first-past-the-post seats. As of noon, April 13, the Maoists had won 37 of the 64 seats where winners have been [...]	2008-04-13 08:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU416	NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: MAOISTS PROJECTED TO WIN A [...] (C) Although the Maoists continue to dominate the contest for the Constituent Assembly's 240 first-past-the-post seats (FPTP),international election experts predicted to the Ambassador April 14 that the Maoist lead would not remain as large once the proportional representation (PR) seats were [...]	2008-04-14 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU417	NEPAL'S CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTION: MAOISTS [...] (SBU) The Maoists continue to build a strong lead in day four of counting results from the April 10 Constituent Assembly election. Ninety-eight locations in 21 constituencies will repoll, potentially affecting still unknown proportional representation results. At least one observer and clos [...]	2008-04-14 11:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU418	NEPAL: MAOISTS' INITIAL PRESS STATEMENTS MODERATE [...] (U) On April 12 and 13 as the extent of the Maoist victory in the Constituent Assembly election's 240 first-past-the-post races was becoming apparent, the two seniormost leaders of the Maoists spoke with the press. Maoist Chairman Pushpa Dahal (aka Prachanda) expressed support for maintaining [...]	2008-04-14 11:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PTER NP
08KATHMANDU422	NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: MAOISTS WINNING ROUGHLY HALF [...] (U) As of noon local time on April 15, Nepal's Election Commission has declared the results in 208 out of 240 first-past-the-post races (87 percent) from the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election: Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) - 113 seats, 54 percent of declared total Nepali Co [...]	2008-04-15 07:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU428	NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: MAOISTS PROJECTED TO WIN 40 [...] (U) As of noon local time on April 16, Nepal's Election Commission has announced the results from 216 out of 240 (90 percent) of the first-past-the-post (FPTP) races from the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election. The Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist has won three of the eight contests [...]	2008-04-16 09:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU432	NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: UML MINISTERS RESIGN [...] (U) As of noon local time on April 17, Nepal's Election Commission has announced the results of 220 out of 240 (92 percent) of the first-past-the-post (FPTP) races from the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election. The Nepali Congress (NC),Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Lenini [...]	2008-04-17 08:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU438	NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: DECLARED RESULTS INCLUDE [...] (SBU) In the 24 hours ending at noon local time on April 18, the Election Commission has declared the Nepali Congress the winner of one first-past-the-post (FPTP) contest, increasing the number of declared races from the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election to 221 out of 240. (Note: [...]	2008-04-18 07:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU448	CA ELECTION: WHAT IT MEANS FOR NEPAL [...] (C) In the wake of Nepal's April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election, the Maoists have become the strongest political force in the country. A large and diverse Assembly, in which the Maoists will have a plurality, will draft a new constitution. As its first act, the CA will abolish Nepal' [...]	2008-04-18 12:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU449	NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: POLLING COMPLETE [...] On April 19, the two final constituencies concluded voting for the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election. As of noon local time on April 21, the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist had secured a full half of the 240 total first-past-the-post seats contested in the CA election. The Electi [...]	2008-04-21 09:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU452	NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: COUNTING COMPLETE FOR [...] The Election Commission has announced the results for all 240 first-past-the-post (FPTP) contests from the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election. None of the so-called "royalist" parties has won an individual contest. Five constituencies in which the winning candidate also won in anot [...]	2008-04-22 08:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU454	NEPAL: MAOIST VIOLENCE DECREASING BUT STILL A [...] (SBU) Post's Regional Security Office and a domestic observer group reported numerous incidents of pre-election violence, at least half of which were instigated by the Maoists. Although election day was largely peaceful, four people were killed, eight abducted, and 112 injured on election da [...]	2008-04-22 09:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU463	NEPAL: MAOISTS PARTNER WITH BUSINESS COMMUNITY [...] (C) Over the last year, growing insecurity, labor problems and an uncertain political future led many investors in Nepal to hedge their bets. Over NRs 40 billion (USD 635 million) is thought to have been transferred out of the country over the last six months. With the news of the Maoist-le [...]	2008-04-25 08:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EINV ELAB EAID PGOV PTER SCUL IN NP
08KATHMANDU468	NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: FINAL RESULTS [...] The Election Commission of Nepal (EC) has released the final results from the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election. On the afternoon of April 25, the EC informed 25 parties how many proportional representation seats each is entitled to fill in the Assembly. The parties have seven day [...]	2008-04-25 11:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU479	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - [...] Nepal's population is particularly vulnerable to food insecurity and the rising cost of food equates to increased hunger in Nepal. Over the last few decades Nepal has become a food deficit country. Yields per hectare have not kept pace with the population growth. In fact, Nepal has the low [...]	2008-05-01 05:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON PGOV PREL PREF IN NP
08KATHMANDU484	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HCOC [...] (SBU) On April 24, Emboff delivered reftel talking points to Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, urging the Government of Nepal (GON) to subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct (HCOC) Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation. T [...]	2008-05-01 08:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MTCR MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA CH IN NP
08KATHMANDU485	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON NUCLEAR NPT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-01 08:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA NP
08KATHMANDU486	NEPAL: NO PLANS TO PARTICIPATE IN UPCOMING GLOBAL [...] (SBU) On April 24, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal (GON) would be unlikely to send any delegates to the Inaugural Global Initiative Information Portal Advisory Committee meeting in [...]	2008-05-01 08:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP BA NP
08KATHMANDU487	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING TRAVEL [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-01 08:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MNUC KNNP UNSC IR NP
08KATHMANDU489	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA TRYING TO BALANCE [...] (C) As instructed (reftel),the Ambassador used a May 1 meeting with Prime Minister Koirala to express official U.S. concern about the treatment of Tibetans by Nepali authorities. She urged the Prime Minister to ensure the right to peaceful protest was maintained. Foreign Secretary Acharya r [...]	2008-05-01 11:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM CH IN NP
08KATHMANDU492	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA UNSURE OF WAY AHEAD [...] (C) In a meeting on May 1 with Prime Minister G.P. Koirala, the Prime Minister said he expected some outcome within a few days to the ongoing discussions regarding a new coalition government. The PM was insistent that action needed to be taken about People's Liberation Army's weapons prior to [...]	2008-05-01 12:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MARR UN NP
08KATHMANDU500	NEPAL WOULD PARTICIPATE IN UNAMID-RELATED TRAINING [...] (SBU) The Government of Nepal (GON) is unlikely to accept the reftel invitation for trainers of formed police units (FPU) assigned to the United Nations - African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) to participate in a course sponsored by the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESP [...]	2008-05-02 10:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS KTIA IT NP
08KATHMANDU514	REPORT ON OUTREACH TO DISSIDENTS AND ACTIVISTS FOR [...] Since arriving at post in August 2007 Ambassador Powell has held at least ten meetings with Tibetans living in Nepal. Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration Ellen Sauerbrey also held two meetings with Tibetans during her visit to Nepal in November 2007. 2. The Ambassad [...]	2008-05-06 10:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PREF CH NP
08KATHMANDU526	NEPAL'S CA ELECTION: NAMES OF MEMBERS ELECTED ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 08:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU531	NEPAL'S OIL CRISIS DEEPENS [...] (SBU) Nearly a month after the Constituent Assembly Election, Nepal is again facing major fuel shortages and the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC),Nepal's sole source of petroleum products, is again seeking payment. On April 28, the Nepal Oil Corporation was only able to make a partial payment; [...]	2008-05-09 10:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ENRG ECON ETRD EFIN EPET NP
08KATHMANDU533	DEMARCHE ON NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 01:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PREL NPT IAEA NP
08KATHMANDU534	DEMARCHE ON INTEROPERABILITY CONCERNS IN OSLO [...] (U) On May 8, Emboff and Defense Liaison Officer presented reftel concerns about the potentially negative impact that the proposed Oslo process treaty language regarding a ban on cluster munitions would have. They noted the possible harm to cooperation between states that join the new conven [...]	2008-05-12 03:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PARM PREL NATO UN NP
08KATHMANDU535	DEMARCHE ON UNSCR 1803 (IRAN SANCTIONS) DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-12 03:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN AORC ETRD TRGY KNNP UNSC IR NP
08KATHMANDU557	NEPAL: KHANAL ELECTED UML GENERAL SECRETARY [...] (C) On May 15, the Central Committee of Nepal's third-largest party, the center-left Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),unanimously elected Foreign Department chief Jhalanath Khanal as General Secretary. Khanal, who had previously served in the party's top job from 1982- [...]	2008-05-19 03:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU560	DIPLOMATIC BREAKFAST WITH MAJOR PARTY [...] (C) Summary: Major political parties vowed continued commitment to consensus politics during a breakfast meeting with senior diplomats on May 19, and acknowledged some, but not enough, progress towards an agreement to form a new Nepali government. With the Constituent Assembly,s first sittin [...]	2008-05-19 11:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NP
08KATHMANDU563	NEPAL SCENESETTER FOR SCA DAS FEIGENBAUM [...] (C) You are arriving in Kathmandu during a historic transition. Nepal will likely complete its two-year long evolution from a kingdom to a republic within days of your arrival, but many other central issues remain unresolved. The Maoists won the largest share of the April 10 Constituent Assem [...]	2008-05-21 12:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID PREF KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU579	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PM KOIRALA [...] (C) Summary: In a presentation that seemed to defy political or logistical realities, Prime Minister Koirala assured Ambassador on May 23 that all outstanding issues relating to the imminent sitting of the Constituent Assembly and formation of a new Nepali government would be solved through [...]	2008-05-23 07:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NP
08KATHMANDU580	NEPAL SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POSITIONS FOR ICAO MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 09:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER XA XF XB XG XD XL
08KATHMANDU583	NEPAL: PM KOIRALA EXPECTS A POLITICAL DEAL BEFORE [...] (C) Prime Minister Koirala told visiting South and Central Asia Deputy Assistant Secretary Feigenbaum and the Ambassador May 25 that he expected the major political parties would reach a deal before the Constituent Assembly meets on May 28 which would lay the groundwork for formation of a new [...]	2008-05-27 10:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU585	NEPAL: OHCHR AND UNHCR SEE GRAVE PROBLEMS BENEATH [...] (C) On May 25, the Representative of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Nepal told South and Central Asia Deputy Assistant Secretary Feigenbaum that Nepal's recent election and its human rights stance in international circles had created a misleading picture of the country's human rights [...]	2008-05-27 11:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PTER KDEM BT CH NP
08KATHMANDU586	NEPAL: MAJOR PARTIES DENY INTENT TO BLOCK [...] (C) In separate meetings on May 25 and 26 with South and Central Asia Deputy Assistant Secretary Feigenbaum, senior leaders of the second, third and fourth-largest parties in the Constituent Assembly (CA) disavowed the intent to deny the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) (CPN-M) the right to f [...]	2008-05-27 11:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU593	NEPAL: CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY MEMBERS SWORN IN [...] (U) Beginning at 2:00 p.m. local time, on May 27, 567 persons elected in Nepal's historic April 10 election were sworn in as members of what will be a 601-member Constituent Assembly (CA). The ceremony, took place in Kathmandu's Birendra International Conference Center (BICC),which will be t [...]	2008-05-27 11:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU595	NEPAL: CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF APPEARS MORE PRAGMATIC [...] (C) South and Central Asia Deputy Assistant Secretary Feigenbaum and Ambassador Powell met with Nepal's Chief of Army Staff, General Rookmangud Katawal, on Monday, May 26. Discussion focused on the ongoing political process, security preparations for the 28 May Constituent Assembly meeting and [...]	2008-05-27 11:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU596	DAS FEIGENBAUM MEETING WITH CPN-M LEADER DAHAL [...] (C) Summary: Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPN-M) Chairman Pushpa Dahal vowed full commitment to Nepal's ongoing peace process, multiparty democracy, integration/rehabilitation of the People's Liberation Army (PLA),and transformation of the Young Communist League (YCL) into a mainstream [...]	2008-05-27 12:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM NP
08KATHMANDU602	NEPAL: STILL ON THE BRINK OF A REPUBLIC [...] (C) As of close of business on May 28, the first sitting of the Constituent Assembly (CA),which is supposed to declare Nepal a republic per the Interim Constitution, had not yet taken place. All 25 parliamentary parties reportedly reached agreement on May 27 on the creation of a presidency [...]	2008-05-28 11:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU607	CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY DECLARES NEPAL A REPUBLIC [...] (SBU) Close to midnight on May 28, Nepal's Constituent Assembly voted overwhelmingly to make the country a federal, democratic republic and abolish the 240-year-old monarchy. The Interim Government also tabled a bill to amend the Interim Constitution to establish a ceremonial president as the [...]	2008-05-29 11:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER ASEC NP
08KATHMANDU630	NEPAL: CONSTITUTION AMENDED TO CREATE PRESIDENCY [...] (C) In the early hours of May 29, after abolishing the monarchy, Nepal's Constituent Assembly adopted a set of amendments to the Interim Constitution to create a President as head of state. It also established a Vice President. The President will have a range of powers that are not merely ce [...]	2008-06-03 08:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU636	NEPAL: ORIGINAL COPY OF IAEA INSTRUMENT OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 09:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL IAEA NP
08KATHMANDU637	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IAEA REPORT ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 09:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR NP
08KATHMANDU659	NEPAL: MEDIA HIGHLIGHTS RELEASE OF 2008 TIP [...] (U) In meetings on June 4 with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare (MWCSW),Emboff delivered the full text of the Nepal chapter of the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, recognizing the new law that criminalizes all forms of traf [...]	2008-06-10 09:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG NP
08KATHMANDU669	NEPAL RESTRICTS WHEAT EXPORTS TO PROTECT CONSUMERS [...] (U) In June 4 meetings with the Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce and Supplies and the Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Emboffs urged the Government of Nepal (GON) to remove the existing export ban on wheat and rice. A representative from the World Bank joined in the meeting with [...]	2008-06-11 07:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR ECON EAID TBIO IN NP
08KATHMANDU679	NEPAL: STEEP HIKES IN PRICES OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS [...] (U) On June 9, the Government of Nepal (GON) directed the state-owned Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) to raise the price of petroleum products; including petrol, diesel, kerosene and cooking gas. (NOTE: The price of aviation fuel was already increased twice in the last two months, first on May 13 [...]	2008-06-13 10:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON ETRD PGOV KDEM IN NP
08KATHMANDU682	NEPAL TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR CODEX [...] (U) On June 2, per reftel Post sent a diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with copies to the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MoAC),requesting the Government of Nepal's (GON's) support for the U.S. nominee to chair the Codex Alimentarius Commission (Codex),Dr. Karen [...]	2008-06-16 10:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO NP
08KATHMANDU683	NEPAL SUPPORTS IOM DG CANDIDATE SWING [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 10:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PREF AORC SMIG NP
08KATHMANDU689	NEPAL: AGREEMENT ON NEW MAOIST-LED GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Two months after the April 10 Constituent Assembly election, the expected formation of a new Maoist-led government is still proving elusive. Although his Nepali Congress (NC) placed a distant second to the Maoists in the April 10 Constituent Assembly election (CA),Prime Minister G.P. Koi [...]	2008-06-18 12:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR KDEM NP

08KATHMANDU697	WHO WILL BE NEPAL'S FIRST PRESIDENT? [...] (C) As of June 19, major political parties of Nepal continued to bicker over the selection of the country's first president. Nepal's Constituent Assembly amended the Interim Constitution on May 28 to establish the largely ceremonial office, immediately after abolishing the monarchy. Competin [...]	2008-06-19 12:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU7	NEPAL: CONSTITUTION AMENDED: NEPAL TO BE A [...] (C) On December 28, Nepal's Interim Parliament amended the Interim Constitution to declare that Nepal will be a federal republic, with implementation at the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly (CA). The set of amendments, the third since the Interim Constitution was adopted in January 20 [...]	2008-01-02 12:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU70	NEPAL YET TO FORMULATE POSITION ON KOSOVO'S FUTURE [...] (C) On January 9, Ambassador delivered reftel talking points on resolving Kosovo's status to Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya, who offered no comment. On January 14, Emboffs received more questions than affirmations during a follow-up meeting with Hira Bahadur Thapa, Joint Secretary fo [...]	2008-01-16 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV UN UNMIK YI EU NP
08KATHMANDU704	NEPAL: 2008 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Post's submission of its 2008 "Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation Claims" follows: Begin Text. NEPAL The United States Government is aware of two (2) claims of United States citizens that may be outstanding against the Government of Nepal (GON). Â [...]	2008-06-20 10:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV NP
08KATHMANDU705	NEPAL: PARTIES MAKE PROGRESS, BUT NO NEW [...] (C) Senior political leaders told the Ambassador June 19 that the three major parties were close to a deal to break the deadlock over appointment of the President and vote in a new Maoist-led government. At close of business on June 20, however, Nepali Congress reservations to ending Prime Mi [...]	2008-06-20 10:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR UN NP
08KATHMANDU71	NEPAL TO SUPPORT PROSPER FOR UN COMMITTEE ON THE [...] On January 11, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated in a diplomatic note that the Government of Nepal has decided to support the candidacy of Pierre-Richard Prosper for re-election to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The MFA previously had said i [...]	2008-01-16 11:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA NP
08KATHMANDU728	NEPAL: MAOIST-LED GOVERNMENT COULD BE DAYS AWAY [...] (C) Maoist chairman Pushpa Dahal (aka Prachanda) told Carter Center senior adviser Peter Burleigh the morning of June 26 that he expected to be Prime Minister in "three or four days," and that Prime Minister Koirala (Nepali Congress) would announce his resignation within a matter of hours, whi [...]	2008-06-26 11:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
08KATHMANDU740	WOMEN MAKE IMPORTANT STRIDES IN NEPAL'S CA ELECTION [...] (U) Nepali women made important strides in April's Constituent Assembly (CA) election, capturing 33 percent of the seats in the 601-member Assembly. Much of the increase in female representation can be attributed to the quota which required parties to fill half of the seats they won through [...]	2008-06-30 07:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM KWMN NP
08KATHMANDU742	NEPAL: MADHESI ISSUES HOLDING UP CONSTITUENT [...] (C) Since June 26, protests by the main Madhesi parties inside the Constituent Assembly have prevented the Assembly from doing any business. The Madhesi parties, with the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) leading the charge, are insisting that the Interim Constitution must be amended to pr [...]	2008-06-30 11:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
08KATHMANDU743	NEPAL/TERRORISM FINANCE: NEW FINANCIAL INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On June 26, K. B. Manandhar, the Acting Governor of Nepal's central bank, the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB),told Emboffs that the NRB's Financial Information Unit (FIU) would be the focal point for engaging with post on terrorism finance issues. The Government of Nepal in April 2008 first s [...]	2008-07-01 02:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL EFIN KTFN NP
08KATHMANDU773	NEPAL: NO RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO AT THIS TIME [...] (C) On July 1, the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission (A/DCM) met with Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya to urge the Government of Nepal (GON) to recognize Kosovo's independence. Acharya responded that recognition was a "very difficult issue." He indicated that the process by which Kosovo ha [...]	2008-07-08 04:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EFIN KPKO UNMIK UN YI KV NP
08KATHMANDU78	NEPAL: REQUEST FOR CONCURRENCE FOR HONORARY [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent post a diplomatic note dated December 31, 2007 requesting that the United States concur with the Government of Nepal's appointment of Mr. Narayan Shrestha as an Honorary Consul of Nepal for the consular district of Colorado. Shrestha currently re [...]	2008-01-18 02:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NP
08KATHMANDU781	AMBASSADOR'S MEETINGS WITH SENIOR NEPALI POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Twelve weeks following Nepal's historic polls, political leaders remain locked in contentious negotiations to open the door to the formation of a new government. Ambassador urged senior Nepali leaders on July 2 & 3 to make the hard decisions and compromises necessary to move f [...]	2008-07-08 10:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NP
08KATHMANDU785	NEPAL: MOST OF THE CA'S APPOINTED MEMBERS SWORN IN [...] (U) On July 7, Acting Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman Kul Bahadur Gurung swore in 23 of the Assembly's 26 appointed members. The three remaining appointed members are expected to be sworn in within the next few days. The cabinet approved all 26 on July 4. Once the three are sworn in, the [...]	2008-07-09 09:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV NP
08KATHMANDU793	NEPAL: GLOBAL INITIATIVE UPDATES DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On July 3, Emboff and Igor Gavrichev, Minister Counsellor from the Embassy of the Russian Federation, informed Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for the UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that India and Jordan had become partner nations of the Global Initi [...]	2008-07-11 11:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC KNNP JO IN RS NP
08KATHMANDU796	NEPAL: FIFTH AMENDMENT PASSED; MADHESIS BOYCOTT [...] (C) On the evening of July 13, the Constituent Assembly (CA) passed the Fifth Amendment to the Interim Constitution, which decrees the election of a president, prime minister, and other officials by simple majority if the political parties fail to reach a consensus. The Madhesi parties, whic [...]	2008-07-14 10:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU797	MADHESI PARTIES WIN A MAJOR ROLE IN NEPAL'S [...] (U) For the first time in Nepal's democratic history, Madhesi parties won a significant percentage of seats in the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) election. When appointed seats are factored in, the three leading Madhesi parties, including the largest -- the Madhesi People's Rights Forum - [...]	2008-07-14 10:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINS KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU807	NEPAL: SPECIAL BUDGET BILL PASSED [...] (U) On July 15, the last day of the Nepali fiscal year, and in the absence of a new fiscal year budget, the Constituent Assembly (CA) passed a special Advance and Expenditure Bill (the Bill). The Bill authorizes new government expenditures of up to NRs 73.54 billion (USD 1.07 billion) and rev [...]	2008-07-17 08:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN ECON EAID PGOV KDEM PREL IN NP
08KATHMANDU808	NEPAL: MINOR MADHESI LEADER IS FAVORITE TO BECOME [...] (U) In keeping with regulations adopted by Nepal's Constituent Assembly (CA) on July 15, the parties nominated their candidates to become the country's first President and Vice President on July 17. By the 1 p.m. (local time) deadline, the nominees (all by the four largest parties) were: -- [...]	2008-07-17 10:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR NP
08KATHMANDU813	NEPAL: PRESIDENT EXPECTED TO BE SWORN IN ON JULY [...] (C) According to Manohar Bhattarai, the Acting Secretary General of the Constituent Assembly (CA),Nepal's first President is expected to be sworn in at the National Academy in Kathmandu on July 20. An official in the Chief Secretary's office told Emboff July 18 that the ceremony, which will [...]	2008-07-18 10:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER NP
08KATHMANDU815	INDIGENOUS CANDIDATES TO CONTROL ONE-THIRD OF [...] (U) Indigenous nationality ("janajati") candidates won just over a third of the seats in Nepal's Constituent Assembly (CA) election on April 10. They occupy nearly a third of the seats from first-past-the-post contests and slightly more than a third from the proportional representation (PR) [...]	2008-07-21 04:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU820	NEPAL'S CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY ELECTS RAM BARAN [...] (SBU) On July 21, the Constituent Assembly elected Dr. Ram Baran Yadav, the most senior Madhesi in the Nepali Congress party, to be Nepal's first president. Yadav defeated Ram Raja Prasad Singh, a fellow Madhesi and the candidate of the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist, by 26 votes in a sec [...]	2008-07-21 11:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU829	NEPAL SWEARS IN FIRST PRESIDENT [...] (U) Dr. Ram Baran Yadav was sworn in as Nepal's first President July 23, and then administered the oath of office to Vice-President Paramananda Jha. Prime Minister Koirala is expected to submit his resignation to the President after the inauguration, paving the way for the formation of a new [...]	2008-07-23 10:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU83	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER KOIRALA EXPANDS CABINET [...] (C) On January 10, Prime Minister G.P. Koirala expanded his cabinet by eight ministers drawn from the Nepali Congress Party (NC),the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),and the Maoists. Koirala appointed his controversial daughter Sujata as Minister Without Portfolio. [...]	2008-01-18 12:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR NP
08KATHMANDU845	IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MESA SEAT: NEPAL'S STANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 08:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL KNNP AORC IAEA KZ SY NP
08KATHMANDU846	IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MESA SEAT: NEPAL'S STANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 08:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL KNNP AORC IAEA KZ SY NP
08KATHMANDU848	IAEA BOARD OF GOVERNORS MESA SEAT: NEPAL UNLIKELY [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-28 10:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL KNNP AORC IAEA KZ SY NP
08KATHMANDU853	NEPAL: GOVERNMENT NEGOTIATIONS BEGIN [...] (C) Political parties, under Maoist leadership, have finally begun earnest talks on government formation. Nepali Congress leaders are concerned that the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist will split from Congress in favor of an alliance with the Maoists, while the United Marxi [...]	2008-07-29 10:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU861	NEPAL'S MAOISTS ASKED TO FORM GOVERNMENT [...] (C) On July 29 President Yadav issued a public call to the Maoists to form the next government on the basis of consensus within seven days. A meeting of the four largest parties July 30 agreed that Prime Minister Koirala could lead Nepal's delegation to SAARC. It is unclear whether the Maoist [...]	2008-07-30 08:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU862	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: NEPAL DELEGATION TO BE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-30 09:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA NP
08KATHMANDU87	NEPAL ELECTION: 79 DAYS TO GO [...] (C) With just over 11 weeks to go until Nepal's rescheduled Constituent Assembly election, the Election Commission has announced the electoral schedule and is moving ahead in reviving the election machinery. But the parties have yet to move into high gear. Many continue to doubt that the ele [...]	2008-01-22 12:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID NP
08KATHMANDU872	NEPAL PROVISIONALLY ACCEPTS INVITATION TO [...] (SBU) The Government of Nepal (GON) has accepted an invitation to participate in training at the Center of Excellence for Stability Police Units (COESPU) in Italy as soon as September 2008, provided that the United States or Italy covers travel and medical expenses. Sabina Shrestha, the Hono [...]	2008-08-01 09:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS IT NP
08KATHMANDU895	NEPAL: LITTLE PROGRESS IN NEGOTIATIONS TO FORM [...] (C) Maoist-led negotiations to form a new government have been unable to overcome the daunting set of problems - a complete lack of trust among the parties, splits within each of the major parties, and personality conflicts. Competing negotiations by Prime Minister Koirala to form a 'democrati [...]	2008-08-08 11:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU910	NEPAL: ELECTION OF PRIME MINISTER SCHEDULED [...] (C) Nominations for Nepal's new Prime Minister have to be filed August 14, with the election scheduled for August 15. Party leaders from the four largest parties have offered support in principle to a Maoist-led consensus government, but negotiations have been stuck on the allocation of the de [...]	2008-08-13 10:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU912	NEPAL: TWO NOMINEES FOR PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) According to Mukunda Sharma, spokesman of the Constituent Assembly Secretariat, two candidates had filed nomination papers by the August 14 5 pm deadline for the August 15 election of the Prime Minster - Sher Bahadur Deuba from Nepali Congress (NC) and Pushpa Kamal Dahal (aka Prachanda) fr [...]	2008-08-14 10:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU918	NEPAL: MAOIST CHAIRMAN PUSHPA DAHAL IS NEW PRIME [...] (SBU) The Constituent Assembly has elected Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal to be the new Prime Minister of Nepal by an overwhelming majority of 464 to 113. The major parties, with the exception of the Nepali Congress, have created an alliance but have yet to make firm decisions regarding [...]	2008-08-15 13:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU932	NEPAL: DAHAL SWORN IN AS PRIME MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-18 10:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU952	SCENESETTER FOR STAFFDEL ANAND WOOLFORK NEPAL VISIT [...] (SBU) Your visit to Nepal comes four months after the interim government held national elections. Election results confirmed the Maoists as the largest party, and also saw new Terai-based parties receive significant representation. The Constituent Assembly relatively quickly declared Nepal a [...]	2008-08-22 08:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU958	NEPAL: MAOISTS AND MADHESIS FORM A PARTIAL CABINET [...] (C) On August 22, eight out of a planned 24 cabinet ministers -- four Maoists and four from the Madhesi People's Rights Forum -- took their oaths of office. The Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) backed out of the oath-taking ceremony over differences with the Maoists r [...]	2008-08-25 10:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU972	NEPAL: MAOIST CADRES ALLEGEDLY TORTURE VICTIMS AT [...] (C) Cadres affiliated with the Maoists' youth wing over the past four or five months have allegedly tortured hundreds of current and recovering drug users in a "rehabilitation center" in Balaju on the northern outskirts of Kathmandu. Ekta Mahat (protect),a young former drug user and now an a [...]	2008-08-28 07:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR KHIV UN NP
08KATHMANDU982	NEPAL: PM EXPANDS CABINET, APPOINTS CONTROVERSIAL [...] (SBU) On August 31, Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal swore 15 ministers into his cabinet, bringing the total number to 24. The six Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) ministers agreed to take their oaths of office after the PM conceded on a protocol demand and allowed a contro [...]	2008-09-03 05:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM NP
08KATHMANDU993	GTIP PROGRAMMING IN NEPAL [...] In 2006, GTIP, through USAID, approved a grant to World Education. GTIP approved the grant based on the proposal submitted by World Education. As part of the monitoring of the activity, GTIP conducted a national assessment of activities in Nepal and visited the World Education program in Feb [...]	2008-09-05 08:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP USAID KOCI KWMN SOCI PHUM KCRM ELAB PGOV
08KOLKATA134	THE EFFECT OF NEPAL'S MAOIST VICTORY ON INDIA'S LEFT [...] (SBU) Summary: Eastern Indian security officials are concerned about the implications of the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPNM)'s victory in the April 10 Constituent Assembly (CA) elections for regional stability. Indian leaders have sought to put the best face on the CPNM's success, [...]	2008-04-28 04:10:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PREF PGOV PINR IN NP
08KOLKATA187	MIZORAM CONTINUES TO STRUGGLE WITH SEVERE FOOD CRISIS [...] (SBU) Summary: The eastern Indian state of Mizoram continues to experience serious food shortages and a senior state government official has admitted that although Mizoram received substantial aid from the GOI, the state government has been ineffective in its response to the food crisis. "Ma [...]	2008-06-26 08:34:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR SENV PREL SOCI IN
08KOLKATA66	GORKHAS PROTEST FOR A SEPARATE STATE IN WEST BENGAL'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Political tension have increased in West Bengal's Darjeeling area over revived local demands for a separate Gorkhaland state. Since February 19, local "godfather" and administrator of the Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) Subhas Ghising has been blocked by the opposition f [...]	2008-02-21 13:36:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV PHUM ASEC CASC NP IN
08MUMBAI367	R VISAS -- FRAUD IN THE NAME OF GOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Post Mumbai detects significant fraud among applicants for Religious Worker (R-1) visas. Mumbai refused nearly 52% of all applicants seeking R-1 religious worker visas in CY 2007. Following aggressive FPU investigations in Gujarat and Maharashtra States, CY2008 R-1 visa refu [...]	2008-07-29 14:53:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS SOCI KCRM KFRD IN
08NEWDELHI1172	A/S MCMURRAY URGES INDIA TO MOVE FORWARD ON SOUTH ASIAN [...] (U) OES Assistant Secretary Claudia McMurray met with Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) Secretary Meena Gupta on the sidelines of the Global Issues Forum on April 24, 2008 in order to engage the MoEF on the formation of a South Asia Wildlife Enforcement Network (SAWEN). Mr. M.B. Lal, [...]	2008-04-30 07:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV IN
08NEWDELHI1330	INDIAN COMMUNIST LEADER URGING CEREMONIAL ROLE FOR [...] (C) Summary. In a May 13 meeting with PolCouns, Communist Party of India - Marxist (CPI-M) leader Sitaram Yechury: -- said the Maoists won the Nepalese election because they turned out to be the most pragmatic, mature and best organized of any of the competing parties; -- reported that he h [...]	2008-05-14 12:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NP IN
08NEWDELHI1795	TIBETAN YOUTH SEE POTHOLES IN THE MIDDLE PATH - [...] (C) Summary. A May visit to six Tibetan settlements across north and northeastern India underscores concerns that frustrated and dissatisfied Tibetan youth and concurrent Indian separatist movements could pose serious problems for the future viability of Tibetan settlements. A widening generational [...]	2008-06-30 10:26:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM SOCI CH IN
08NEWDELHI2238	VULNERABLE TIBETANS BULLIED BY NEIGHBORS - PART 2 [...] (C) Summary. In discussions with Refcord and Poloff earlier this summer, Tibetan settlement leaders in Northeastern India discussed day-to-day intimidation by average Indians as well as by Indian separatist movements. In most settlements, bullying neighbors have taken advantage of Tibetans, t [...]	2008-08-18 08:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CH IN
08NEWDELHI2604	RAILROADS AND REFUGEES: GOI'S TAKE ON DAHAL'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI was favorably impressed by the new Nepalese PM Dahal, according to Joint Secretary Preeti Saran, who reviewed the highlights of Dahal's September 13-18 visit to New Delhi. Saran called him "a statesman with political dexterity" and said that he was reassuringly mindful of [...]	2008-09-29 15:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG PHUM IN
08NEWDELHI264	BOMB BLASTS SHAKE BHUTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 12:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR PTER IN BT
08NEWDELHI2670	TIBETANS' SITUATION SUFFERABLE, BUT NOT [...] (C) Summary. During a series of visits to Tibetan settlements in six Indian states in May, June, and September, EmbOffs and visiting Refcoord learned that, overall, Tibetans fare better than other refugee populations in India, especially in the areas of primary and secondary education. Unfort [...]	2008-10-07 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CH IN
08NEWDELHI2830	REGIONAL SECURITY INITIATIVE: DEVELOPING A SOUTH [...] (S/NF) Summary: U.S. Ambassadors to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka met in New Delhi on August 26 with key members of the Washington interagency community and the Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Dell Dailey for the second Annual Regional Security Initiative (RSI). [...]	2008-10-31 13:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PTER PGOV PREL KISL BG CE NP PK IN
08NEWDELHI2911	BHUTAN READY FOR PRAGMATIC, IF NOT FORMAL, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley, during his November 5-7 visit to Bhutan to attend the coronation of King Jigme Keshar Namgyal Wangchuck as Bhutan's new king. The former King expressed pessimism about the new government in Nep [...]	2008-11-13 07:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	BH IN KDEM MARR NP ODIP PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF
08NEWDELHI2912	BHUTAN READY FOR PRAGMATIC, IF NOT FORMAL, [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met former King Jigme Singye Wangchuck and Prime Minister Jigme Y. Thinley, during his November 5-7 visit to Bhutan to attend the coronation of King Jigme Keshar Namgyal Wangchuck as Bhutan's new king. The former King expressed pessimism about the new government in Nep [...]	2008-11-13 07:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	BH IN KDEM MARR NP ODIP PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF
08NEWDELHI442	NEPALI MAOIST RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF "PEOPLE'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Reacting to news reports that the Maoists in Nepal had decided to re-establish its parallel "People's Governments" under the direction of the United Revolutionary People's Council, Ministry of External Affairs Under Secretary for Nepal Manish Gupta told Poloff that India views [...]	2008-02-11 12:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR NP CH IN
08NEWDELHI483	SENIOR INDIAN POLICE OFFICER REVIEWS NEPAL BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Director General (DG) of the Indian Border Guard Force (Sashastra Seema Bal or "SSB") Gopal Sharma told DepPolCouns that many competing forces, including the Maoists, Young Communist League (YCL),Muslim extremists and competing Madhesi groups were stirring unrest along the Indo [...]	2008-02-14 10:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PBTS PTER PINR NP PK IN
08NEWDELHI906	DALAI LAMA FEARS INFLUX OF HAN CHINESE WILL WIPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 28 meeting with the Ambassador, His Holiness the Dalai Lama sketched out two scenarios for Tibet: a positive scenario, where the PRC agrees to dialogue and permits a degree of Tibetan autonomy; and a negative scenario, where the PRC continues to flood Tibet with eth [...]	2008-03-28 14:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL CVIS CH IN
08RANGOON315	BURMA: CYCLONE NARGIS DECLARATION OF DISASTER [...] This is an action cable. Please see paras 5 and 9. 2. As a result of Cyclone Nargis, which occurred on May 3, 2008 (Ref A),the Chief of Mission has determined that the disaster is beyond the capability of the host government to respond, is of sufficient magnitude to warrant U.S. Governme [...]	2008-05-05 12:04:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TBIO EAID VM
08RANGOON409	BURMA CYCLONE: USAID/DART SITUATION REPORT #14 [...] U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Rangoon on May 22 and met with the Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein, according to media reports. Members of the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (USAID/DART) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Joint Task Force airlifted five flights of [...]	2008-05-22 11:15:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV KSCA TBIO BM PREF
08RANGOON526	BURMA CYCLONE: USAID/OFDA SITUATION REPORT #33 [...] According to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA),initial analysis of the preliminary village tract assessment (VTA) data suggests that widespread destruction was caused by strong wind combined with storm surge and excessive rainfall, faulty early warning systems [...]	2008-07-01 06:53:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV KSCA TBIO VM EAGR PREF
08RANGOON528	BURMA CYCLONE: USAID/OFDA POST NARGIS JOINT ASSESSMENT [...] Following the May 25 International Pledging Conference, the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) coordinating body initiated the Post-Nargis Joint Assessment (PONJA) to produce a common assessment report that covers immediate humanitarian needs through the Village Tract Assessment (VTA) and reconstruc [...]	2008-07-02 04:21:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV KSCA TBIO VM EAGR PREF
08RANGOON534	BURMA CYCLONE: USAID/OFDA SITUATION REPORT #35 [...] On July 3, Post-Nargis Joint Assessment (PONJA) and Government of Burma (GOB) representatives attended a "sounding session" to consult on the Village Tract Assessment preliminary findings. As of June 30, the U.N. Development Program (UNDP) had completed phase I of the early recovery Basic Serv [...]	2008-07-07 08:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV KSCA TBIO VM EAGR PREF
08RANGOON540	BURMA: POST NARGIS BOGALE - DOWN BUT NOT OUT [...] (SBU) On a recent three-day trip to the delta, rural cyclone victims in Bogale township told us that they most needed cash to help re-establish their livelihoods. All three of the villages we visited suffered extensive damage as a result of Nargis, but had begun rebuilding on their own. The [...]	2008-07-09 08:27:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BM EAID SENV KSCA TBIO VM EAGR PREF
08RANGOON650	BURMA CYCLONE: USAID/OFDA ASSESSMENT CABLE #6 [...] On July 29 and 30, a USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) disaster specialist traveled to the Irrawaddy Delta on a U.N. Development Program (UNDP) sponsored assessment trip to highlight early recovery programs instituted by UNDP and the international non-governmental or [...]	2008-08-11 09:52:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV KSCA TBIO VM EAGR PREF
08STATE106544	SUDAN - DEPLOYMENT OF NEPALESE FORCES TO UNAMID [...] This is an action cable -see paragraph 4. 2. The Administration and the Department view the deployment of 4,000 additional peacekeeping troops from Egypt, Ethiopia, and Rwanda to Darfur as one of its highest priorities for the remainder of 2008 (ref A). The Ethiopians and Egyptians were or [...]	2008-10-06 14:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SU KPKO UNSC
08STATE110175	HOW A POST CAN REFER CASES TO THE U.S. REFUGEE [...] Summary. The U.S. operates a refugee resettlement program coordinated by the State Department through the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, Office of Admissions (PRM/A). Under this program, tens of thousands of refugees of many nationalities are identified, interviewed, and ultimat [...]	2008-10-15 17:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT APER CVIS PHUM PREF
08STATE117881	YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO ENSURE PASSAGE OF THE [...] (SBU) Department requests that posts encourage host governments to vote against no-action motions and for the resolutions on Iran, Burma, and DPRK. Votes on these resolutions and on any associated no-action motions are expected later this month in the Third Committee of the United Nations G [...]	2008-11-05 17:56:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL
08STATE117901	YOUR HELP IS NEEDED TO ENSURE PASSAGE OF THE [...] (SBU) Department requests that posts encourage host governments to vote against no-action motions and for the resolutions on Iran, Burma, and DPRK. Votes on these resolutions and on any associated no-action motions are expected later this month in the Third Committee of the United Nations G [...]	2008-11-05 18:10:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL
08STATE11870	SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATIONS TO ATTEND THE [...] Action Requests: Ambassadors or appropriate senior embassy officials at action addressee posts are requested to deliver the text in paragraph 11 as a letter over Post Official's signature to either the host government's Foreign minister or, if known, the host government's Designated Minister [...]	2008-02-06 15:20:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY AE
08STATE124035	TRAVEL WARNING - NEPAL [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Nepal and urges caution when traveling in country. The Department of State remains concerned about the security situation in Nepal and urges American citizens to obtain updated security information before they travel an [...]	2008-11-22 01:27:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC NP
08STATE127670	2008 ESTH CONFERENCE, CAIRO [...] From October 7-9, OES hosted a conference for Environment, Science and Technology, and Health (ESTH) officers and local hires from the Near East Affairs (NEA) and South and Central Asia (SCA) regions to discuss ways to advance U.S. foreign policy on such key issues as climate change, renewabl [...]	2008-12-04 13:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO KSCA XD XF ZK
08STATE132159	DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, December 17, 2008 2. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 7-17 3. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 18-29 4. (U) Trends and Analysis - Paragraphs 30-54 5. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 55-63 6. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents - Paragraphs 64-82 7 [...]	2008-12-17 19:01:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC
08STATE15502	SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATIONS TO ATTEND THE [...] Action Requests: OES apologizes for this short- fuse request. We have only just learned that the Maldives and Mauritania are interested in attending WIREC and given that the conference is now only two weeks away, and the delegates will need to make their travel arrangements urgently, we are [...]	2008-02-14 20:12:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY MR
08STATE48551	TRAVEL WARNING - NEPAL [...] This Travel Warning updates safety and security information for travelers to Nepal. The Department of State remains concerned about the security situation in Nepal and urges American citizens to obtain updated security information before they travel and to be prepared to change their plans o [...]	2008-05-07 20:11:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC NP
08TASHKENT1072	UZBEKISTAN: GULNORA KARIMOVA'S GENEVA U.N. \ [...] (C) Embassy contacts and press reporting have recently \ indicated that President Karimov's oldest daughter, Gulnora \ Karimova, has been appointed as Uzbekistan's permanent \ representative to the United Nations Mission in Geneva, \ though the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Desk had not \ co [...]	2008-09-18 08:53:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR UZ
08TASHKENT153	GULNORA KARIMOVA APPOINTED DEPUTY MINISTER OF \ [...] (C) On February 4, the independent Uzmetronom website \ reported that Gulnora Karimova, President Karimov's eldest \ daughter, was appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs \ for Cultural Issues. The article also reported that on \ February 1, President Karimov signed decree PP-787, creating \ [...]	2008-02-04 13:32:00	Embassy Tashkent	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SCUL UZ
08USUNNEWYORK1021	63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY EIGHT, NINE [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on disarmament machinery on October 23, 24, and 27. This summary comprises all three days of the debate. On the first day, representatives from the following states spoke: France on behal [...]	2008-11-05 14:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA
08USUNNEWYORK1023	63RD UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE (UNFC): DAY NINE OF [...] (U) Summary: The First Committee on Disarmament and International Security conducted its thematic debate on regional disarmament and security on October 24. Representatives from the following states spoke: Brazil on behalf of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) and Associated States, Angola [...]	2008-11-05 14:02:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA
08VIENTIANE458	DISASTER DECLARATION FOR FLOODING IN LAOS [...] This is an action request. In view of the mounting reports of damage caused by flooding in Vientiane and various provinces in Laos and in response to the August 18, 2008, appeal of the Government of Laos to the international community for assistance, the Charge d'Affaires has determined that a [...]	2008-08-19 10:16:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON SENV EWWT EAID CASC ASEC LA
09AMSTERDAM83	FRAUD SUMMARY - NETHERLANDS [...] Per the instructions in Ref A, Amsterdam submits the following post summary of fraud-related activity during the period from March 1, 2009 to August 31, 2009 updating Ref B. -------------------------- Country Conditions -------------------------- 2. The Netherlands is a highly develope [...]	2009-10-29 16:46:00	Consulate Amsterdam	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NL
09BANGKOK1685	Asia Clean Energy Forum 2009 Draws More Than 800 Experts to [...] SUMMARY: To help confront the urgent challenge of scaling up clean energy solutions for Asia while mitigating climate change, the US Agency for International Development's Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID/RDMA) partnered with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and other donors to orga [...]	2009-07-14 07:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV ENRG ASEAN APECO
09BANGKOK2046	Progress on Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate [...] SUMMARY. After a year of preparation, the USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia (RDMA) is ready to move forward with a feasibility assessment for the Asia Regional Center of Excellence on Climate Change and Development (ARC) in Bangkok. The ARC is intended to serve as a network of lead [...]	2009-08-18 10:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SENV ENRG ASEAN APECO TH
09BANGKOK2963	ASEAN WILDLIFE NETWORK SCORES WITH AFRICAN IVORY BUST [...] (U) Summary: In an important step forward against wildlife trafficking, the Royal Thai Police arrested two ivory traffickers on November 16 in Bangkok. The arrests came after a year-long joint investigation involving U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Royal Thai Police and the USG-supported A [...]	2009-11-20 10:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID TH
09BEIJING2535	SEPTEMBER 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: VISA POLICY, AMBASSADOR [...] Key points at the September 3 MFA press briefing: -- In regards to the denial of visas to the producers of a film regarding the earthquake in Sichuan, China stated the importance of an individual country's sovereign right to determine its own policy of visa issuance. -- U.S. Special Repres [...]	2009-09-03 12:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MNUC CH AS RS CO KN TU
09CHENGDU252	TIBET 15 YEARS LATER: CONGENOFF'S OBSERVATIONS OF CHANGING [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: ConGen Chengdu Officer visited Lhasa in mid-October for the first time since 1994, when he was a university student in religious studies (including Buddhism). This cable provides his informal vignettes of life in Lhasa. ConGenOff noted that Western tourists in Lhas [...]	2009-11-09 07:49:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI CH
09CHENGDU283	TIBET: NEPAL SEEKS INCREASED PRC TRADE/AID/TRANSPORT LINKS [...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal seeks to be a transit point between India and China and hopes to see increased development assistance and investment from the PRC, Nepalese Consul General in Lhasa told CG recently during a visit to the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR). Nepal seeks lower content requirement [...]	2009-12-02 07:46:00	Consulate Chengdu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EAID EINV ELTN SOCI NP CH
09CHENNAI157	Over Half of Tibetan Visitors from India Overstay Visas [...] (SBU) Summary. Mission India recently conducted a validation study of the 496 B1/B2 tourist visas granted in CY-2007 and CY-2008 to stateless individuals carrying Indian-issued identity papers. All butQ of those applicants was Tibetan. Over half of these travelers appear to be potential overs [...]	2009-05-26 23:17:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFRD CVIS ASEC PHUM PREL PREF IN
09CHENNAI317	SRI LANKAN REFUGEES IN INDIA UNLIKELY TO RETURN ANYTIME [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and cessation of hostilities in Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan refugees in Tamil Nadu are unlikely to return to their homeland anytime soon. Release of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from confinement in IDP camps is a [...]	2009-10-30 05:03:00	Consulate Chennai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PTER PHUM SOCI IN CE
09COLOMBO1059	SRI LANKA: ICRC ROLE INCREASINGLY UNCERTAIN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 12-16 visit to Sri Lanka on a range of post-conflict humanitarian issues, PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Sam Witten discussed the situation of LTTE ex-combatants (including rehabilitation programs) in separate meetings with Minister of Justice Milin [...]	2009-11-23 08:48:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM CE
09COLOMBO1069	EMBASSY COLOMBO P-1 REQUEST [...] (SBU) This is an action request for PRM,s Admissions Office. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Post requests access to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) for a Sri Lankan national well-known to the Embassy Public Affairs Section who is planning to flee the country within day [...]	2009-11-25 08:24:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PHUM PREF SCUL CE
09COLOMBO1117	Re-declaration of Disaster for the Complex Emergency in Sri [...] (U) Background: Continued civil strife in the North of Sri Lanka has displaced upwards of hundreds of thousand people from their homes creating a complex emergency for the region. A disaster was initially declared in August of 2006 when almost 50,000 people had been displaced. In 2007 and 200 [...]	2009-12-04 10:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO133	CO-CHAIR MEETING WITH UN SPECIAL ENVOY TO SRI LANKA [...] (C) Summary: Co-Chair Ambassadors briefed UN Special Envoy Tamrat Samuel on the short- and longer-term issues he should focus on during his February 5-8 visit. Short term issues include the need for both sides to do much more to protect civilians in the conflict zone, and provide them food [...]	2009-02-05 12:37:00	Embassy Colombo	SECRET	PREL AORC PGOV CE
09COLOMBO166	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 14: ICRC to Ship Food Aid into [...] (SBU) On Monday, the ICRC evacuated by sea 400 wounded persons, who are now receiving medical treatment in Trincomalee. This brings the total number of medical evacuations by sea to 1145. ICRC Country Director Paul Castella told Ambassador that an ICRC-flagged ship carrying 30 tons of food pl [...]	2009-02-17 12:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO173	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 15: Heavy Fighting Continues; UN [...] (SBU) Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa informed Ambassador and DATT on February 17 that the military has now occupied almost all the former safe zone and is now engaged in house to house combat with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Puthukkuduyiruppu (PTK) town. LTTE continue [...]	2009-02-18 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO174	Sri Lanka Humanitarian Update, 02/18/09 [...] The U.N. reports 30,000 internally displaced people from Sri Lanka's northern Vanni Region are receiving humanitarian assistance at 17 locations in the Vavuniya District. International organizations report they are responding to the food and non- food emergency needs of the displaced and that a [...]	2009-02-18 12:23:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF CE
09COLOMBO180	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 16 [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Under Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes began his visit to Sri Lanka, which will likely bring renewed international attention to the Sri Lankan conflict. Ambassador stressed to Holmes and Foreign Minister Bogollagama that Sri Lankan forces would likely con [...]	2009-02-19 13:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO186	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 17 [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 20, the Defense Secretary told the Ambassador that the army expects to push the remaining LTTE back to the safe zone within the next week (February 21-27). He assured the Ambassador that the Government would at that point enter "passive mode" to permit civilians to f [...]	2009-02-20 10:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO199	SRI LANKA: UN LAUNCHES 2009 COMMON HUMANITARIAN ACTION PLAN [...] Summary: On February 18, 2009, the United Nations launched its 2009 Common Humanitarian Action Plan (CHAP) for Sri Lanka. The 2009 CHAP requests US$ 155 million for 103 projects proposed by 42 organizations. Priority activities for immediate requirements are estimated at $75.7 million. The [...]	2009-02-23 11:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF CE

09COLOMBO201	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 18 [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 20, Sri Lankan Air Defenses shot down two light planes sent by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) on suicide missions to attack targets in the Colombo area. The planes narrowly missed their targets. The visit by UN U/SYG John Holmes made clear to both the [...]	2009-02-23 12:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO208	CORRECTED COPY (NEW SUBJECT) SRI LANKA: IDP ARRIVALS AT [...] SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has transported 1,611 people from the Mullaitivu conflict area to a reception center at the Trincomalee Hospital in northern Sri Lanka. USAID Office of Foreign Disaster regional advisor (OFDA R/A) was given access to the hospital, wh [...]	2009-02-24 13:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM PREF CE
09COLOMBO265	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 28 [...] (SBU) Summary: Both government and pro-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) sources reported heavy fighting and high casualties after counterattacks by the remaining LTTE forces in and near Puthukkudiyiruppu (PTK) and Chalai. One source said the LTTE pushed back the Sri Lankan army about [...]	2009-03-09 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO277	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 29 [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN reports heavy shelling within the safe zone on March 10, resulting in many civilian casualties. A medical team arrived from India to establish and run a field hospital in Pulmoddai that will treat medical evacuees from the safe zone. Despite Government pledges to cease u [...]	2009-03-11 12:14:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO283	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 30 [...] (SBU) Summary: In a March 12 meeting Ambassador pressed Defense Secretary to minimize civilian casualties. The U.N. reports 2,683 killed and 7,241 injured in fighting from January 20-March 7. UN Resident Representative Buhne informed Ambassador that 72 persons were killed and 91 injured as t [...]	2009-03-12 12:53:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO287	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 31 [...] (U) SUMMARY: WFP will complete delivery of 500 MT of food aid to the no-fire zone today. The ICRC is planning an evacuation of 400 wounded from the no-fire zone as soon as March 14. Indian DCM reported that the Indian-supplied field hospital will begin operating today in Pulmoddai. End Summ [...]	2009-03-13 07:55:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO294	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 32 [...] (U) Summary: The March 13 statement by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights attesting that 2,800 civilians have died in fighting in the north since January 20 and that the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) may have committed "war crimes" met with angry [...]	2009-03-16 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO299	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 33 [...] (U) Summary: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) reports basic medical supplies are still urgently needed in the safe zone; this plea is repeated by health administrators in the safe zone. The UN accuses the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) of forcibly recruiting a loc [...]	2009-03-17 11:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO304	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 34 [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador pressed Foreign Minister to allow in medical supplies and to stop shelling near civilian concentrations. ICRC reports that some medicine "may" be loaded onto a passenger ferry departing this evening (March 18) from Trincomalee for the safe zone. Unconfirmed reports we [...]	2009-03-18 12:24:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO308	A SUGGESTION FOR GETTING MANY OF SRI LANKA'S [...] (C) Summary: While the US and some others are engaged in intensive efforts to protect the estimated 120-150,000 civilians trapped in the "safe zone" of northern Sri Lanka from shelling, and assure they have adequate food and medicine, the international community needs a plan to evacuate as ma [...]	2009-03-19 11:18:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF EAID CE
09COLOMBO310	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 35 [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Resident Coordinator informed Ambassador of reports of planes dropping bombs in the Government-designated "safe zone" on March 18. Multiple accounts substantiate reports of civilian retaliation against the LTTE on March 18. Larger numbers of civilians are fleeing into G [...]	2009-03-19 11:43:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO316	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 36 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government claims sufficient medicine has been sent to civilians trapped in the conflict zone; however, ICRC reconfirms that there have been no recent medical shipments. According to UN local staff, LTTE fighters have become reluctant to challenge or fire on large groups of [...]	2009-03-20 10:08:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO320	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 37 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government provided a 2-ton shipment of medical supplies for civilians in the conflict area on March 22, the first in a month. Following on the death of a local CARE worker in the conflict area, the Government accused both CARE and the deceased of supporting the LTTE. The [...]	2009-03-23 12:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO321	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 38 [...] (SBU) Summary: Local contacts report LTTE abuses against civilians trapped in the conflict zone. World Food Programme plans next shipment to conflict zone will depart the weekend of March 28-29. The Government's delivery of medical supplies on March 22 lacked some supplies necessary to trea [...]	2009-03-24 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO329	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 39 [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sri Lankan Air Force confirms that the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fired shoulder-mounted missiles from the safe zone on March 25. The Government publicly assails humanitarian agencies, free media, and civil rights activists, among others. UNHCR reports access [...]	2009-03-25 12:00:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO342	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 40 [...] (U) Summary: The Foreign Minister summoned the UN Resident Coordinator to defend the UN's much publicized civilian casualty figures; the UN continues to stand by its estimate of 2,683 dead and over 7,000 injured from January 20-March 5. On March 30, the UN World Food Program (WFP) will load [...]	2009-03-26 11:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO351	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 41 [...] (SBU) Summary: Contrary to various reports that the LTTE retains control over just one square kilometer of land in addition to the "safe zone", the Sri Lankan army continues to face heavy fighting a few kilometers west of the "safe zone". The Ministry of Resettlement has instructed two inter [...]	2009-03-27 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PREF PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO357	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 42 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Foreign Minister announced the GSL would suspend attacks against the LTTE for a short period of time. He did not indicate when the suspension would begin. 1000MT of food and non-food items are set to be delivered to the safe zone on March 31. Basil Rajapaksa outlined steps [...]	2009-03-30 11:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO360	SRI LANKA: ASSESSMENT OF DISPLACED PERSONS CAMPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two USAID officials recently concluded separate trips to the Districts of Vavuniya and Mannar in Sri Lanka's Northern Province. Through meetings with local officials and implementing partners, visits to IDP sites ("camps"),and informal conversations with IDPs, they assessed t [...]	2009-03-30 12:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO368	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 43 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Walter Kaelin, UN Special Rapporteur for IDPs will visit Sri Lanka April 2-6. ICRC President Kellenberger has tentative plans to visit Sri Lanka starting April 9. India is sending additional equipment and personnel to support the GOI's field hospital in Pulmoddai. Last week's [...]	2009-03-31 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO374	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 44 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.N. now reports 3937 civilians killed and more than 9000 injured since January 20. 78% of those killed were in the safe zone. The U.N. has received reports that the Army has fired on escaping civilians. The planned food aid shipment to the safe zone has been delayed. UNH [...]	2009-04-01 12:37:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO384	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 45 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Army reports it has surrounded hundreds of LTTE cadres in the eastern sections of PTK. The military reports the LTTE is moving portions of the civilian population to the southern section of the safe zone. 1,030MT of food aid and non-food items have arrived off th [...]	2009-04-02 11:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO393	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 46 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: U.N. satellite imagery documented clear indications of damage from sustained shelling and air strikes in the safe zone. Ambassador hosted a briefing for Co-Chair Heads of Mission by U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs Walter Kaelin. Norwegian Minister for Intern [...]	2009-04-03 07:33:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO396	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 47 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Army Commander Fonseka reported to Ambassador that the LTTE controls only 3 square kilometers outside the safe zone. Fonseka also estimated that the LTTE only had 600-700 hard core cadres and 300 Sea Tigers left. Defense Secretary Rajapaksa told Reuters that the military was i [...]	2009-04-06 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO402	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 48 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the UN, 14,166 civilians have been killed or wounded in fighting between January 20 and April 6. The majority of those casualties have occurred in GSL-declared safe zones. The military announced the launch of an operation to free thousands of civilians. UNSR Kalin [...]	2009-04-07 11:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO411	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 49 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador intervened with Army Commander Fonseka to urge an end to heavy shelling of the GSL-designated safe zone on April 8. The Red Cross reported a disappointing result of ICRC President Kellenberger's visit to Sri Lanka, including the denial of access to IDP screening point [...]	2009-04-08 11:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO412	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 50 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GSL officials reported that military operations are ongoing to create corridors through which civilians could escape the safe zone. UNSYG Ban Ki Moon and President Rajapaksa discussed by phone a "humanitarian pause" in the fighting. Subsequently, UN Resident Representative Buh [...]	2009-04-10 08:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO413	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 51 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The government of Sri Lanka announced a 48-hour period of restraint, during which the armed forces would confine themselves to defensive operations. International observers noted that shelling of the "safe zone" had diminished on April 11 and 12, and that no firing was now bei [...]	2009-04-13 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO415	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 52 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Just a few hours before the government-declared period of restraint ends at midnight local time on April 14, the pause appeared generally to be holding. The UN, ICRC and Sri Lankan health and military authorities were all reporting relatively low numbers of wounded, mostly from [...]	2009-04-14 10:38:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO418	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 53 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador pressed Defense Secretary Rajapaksa to exercise restraint to ensure civilian casualties are minimized in the safe zone. Rajapaksa repeated the GSL offer of amnesty to all LTTE fighters, except LTTE leader Prabakharan and Intelligence Chief Pottu Amman. The governmen [...]	2009-04-15 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO425	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 54 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNSYG CoS Vijay Nambiar met Ambassador and noted that the UN should play a "continuous," rather than "one-off", role in promoting an end to hostilities. Ambassador met Minister for Resettlement Bathiudeen and urged progress on benchmarks for the treatment of the IDP population. [...]	2009-04-16 11:27:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO431	SRI LANKA: VISIT BY UNSYG CHIEF OF STAFF NAMBIAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The April 16-17 visit to Sri Lanka by UNSYG Chief of Staff Vijay Nambiar yielded mixed results. After a one-on-one breakfast meeting with President Rajapaksa on April 17, Nambiar reported that Rajapaksa had left only a slim opening for the UN to pursue the release of civilians b [...]	2009-04-17 11:29:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM MOPS EAID UNGA CE
09COLOMBO432	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 55 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The visit of the UN Secretary General's Chief of Staff Vijay Nambiar brought limited progress, with some prospect of a working-level UN mission to try to negotiate the release of greater numbers of civilians from the LTTE-controlled "safe zone." The UN resident coordinator in Col [...]	2009-04-17 11:42:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO435	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 56 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The situation in the "safe zone" has taken a dramatic turn today, with a strong push by the Sri Lankan military. Reports indicate that early this morning Sri Lankan troops attacked LTTE positions near and in Putumattalan. High numbers of civilians appear to have crossed over i [...]	2009-04-20 12:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO448	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 57 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Events continued to move rapidly on April 21 in and around the No-Fire Zone (NFZ). Government forces reported splitting the NFZ in two, reaching the beach near Putumattalan. Civilian evacuees on April 20 totaled 35,000-40,000 according to Government statements, with an additiona [...]	2009-04-21 11:19:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO454	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 58 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan military continued operations in the NFZ area on April 22. The northern half of the NFZ was reportedly under control of the military, and heavy shelling in the upper portion of the southern half of the NFZ was reported early in the morning of April 22. Sources in [...]	2009-04-22 11:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO456	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 59 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Conditions continue to worsen for civilians caught inside the NFZ, as the GSL presses on in its pursuit of remaining LTTE cadres and leadership. The UN estimates between 50,000 and 80,000 civilians may remain inside the NFZ, while between 100,000 and 110,000 appear to have escap [...]	2009-04-23 10:56:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO459	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 60 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge called the Foreign Minister to support the UN Secretary General's request to allow a working-level UN team access into the "no-fire zone" (NFZ) to negotiate an LTTE surrender. The Minister was non-committal. The Sri Lankan military pressed on in its pursuit of remaining [...]	2009-04-24 12:29:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO464	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 61 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 27, the Government continued to reject calls for a ceasefire, but declared an end to combat operations. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) promptly accused Government forces of continuing to bomb civilians. UN Undersecretary for Humanitarian Affairs John Holme [...]	2009-04-27 11:26:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO469	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 62 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 27, the Government announced it would end use of heavy weapons in the conflict zone given the threat to civilians. However, according to several still unconfirmed reports, shelling into the "safe zone" continued on April 28. The Government did not approve UN Undersecr [...]	2009-04-28 11:49:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO470	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 63 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite the Government's April 27 promise to end use of heavy weapons in the conflict, post continues to receive reports from multiple reliable Embassy sources with access to first-hand information of firing causing civilian deaths and injuries in the Government-designated "safe [...]	2009-04-29 11:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO473	SRI LANKA: STRUGGLE TO PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING ASSISTANCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From April 21 to 25, USAID Si Lanka Mission Director and USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID OFDA) actin regional advisor traveled to Northern Sri Lanka to assess the humanitarian situation of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who fled the so [...]	2009-04-30 05:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO474	SRI LANKA: STRUGGLE TO PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING ASSISTANCE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From April 21 to 25, USAID Sri Lanka Mission Director and USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID OFDA) acting regional advisor traveled to Northern Sri Lanka to assess the humanitarian situation of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who fled the [...]	2009-04-30 08:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO477	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 64 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband conducted a one-day visit to Sri Lanka on April 29. They urged the Government to end hostilities in the North; however President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapaksa rebu [...]	2009-04-30 12:10:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO484	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 65 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa has invited co-Chairs Ambassadors to a meeting on May 5; post requests guidance from Washington. The Government of Sri Lanka continued to refute reports of shelling in the civilian safe zone, and accused the UN of "spying" following the leak of a UNOSAT repor [...]	2009-05-04 10:39:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO492	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 66 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge attended a meeting of Co-Chair Ambassadors with President Mahinda Rajapaksa on May 5. The UN appealed for 50 million USD in urgent humanitarian needs. The Sri Lankan Army advanced further south within the Government-designated safe zone. ICRC reports delay in food shipment [...]	2009-05-05 12:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO501	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 67 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 5, President Mahinda Rajapaksa invited UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to visit the country. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) expects the "Green Ocean" ferry to depart Trincomalee on the evening of May 6 and offload food in the conflict zone on May 7. [...]	2009-05-06 12:02:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO507	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 68 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Mahinda Rajapaksa briefed the diplomatic corps on May 7 regarding the conclusion of the war with the LTTE and the Government's intentions of responding to humanitarian and development needs in the North. An ICRC ferry successfully reached the conflict zone on May 7 to [...]	2009-05-07 12:47:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO514	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 69 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Heavy shelling in the conflict zone on May 9 and 10 resulted in the deaths of at least several hundred civilians. Each side of the conflict blamed the other. Foreign Minister Bogollagama disputed accusations against Government forces in a May 11 meeting with Charge. The Govern [...]	2009-05-11 12:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO519	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 70 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Army is now advancing on LTTE positions from the south as well as the north of the conflict zone. Post received reports of continued shelling and heavy fire in the conflict zone through the morning of May 12. Senior Government officials continued to refute reports of any re [...]	2009-05-12 11:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO522	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 71 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite indications from within the safe zone that the trapped civilian population might attempt to escape on May 12-13, a large-scale exodus had not materialized as of 4 pm local time on May 13. Charge and Defense Attache liaised with Government officials and with contacts in [...]	2009-05-13 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO528	SRI LANKA: STATUS OF FIELD HOSPITAL REQUEST AND USG HEALTH [...] SUMMARY: Following several weeks of discussion with Ministry of Health (MOH) and other Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) officials, the US Government (USG) for a variety of reasons has decided not to provide a field hospital in the conflict-affected North. Key factors considered included rapidly [...]	2009-05-14 09:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO529	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 72 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge pressed Government officials to permit UN access to the conflict zone as soon as possible, and to facilitate a visit this month by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. At least 1,200 civilians escaped on May 14, and perhaps thousands of others are following, according to mi [...]	2009-05-14 11:21:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO533	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 73 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) headquarters in Geneva raised the alarm concerning an "unimaginable humanitarian disaster" unfolding in the conflict zone, and called on the Government and the LTTE to enable assistance to reach trapped civilians. Roughly 4,00 [...]	2009-05-15 10:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO535	NORTHERN SRI LANKA SITREP 74 [...] (C) SUMMARY: May 16-17 marked a watershed day in Sri Lanka's conflict with the LTTE, as an estimated 72,000 civilians escaped the safe zone. Remnants of the LTTE continued to mount resistance in an area of less than one square kilometer in the government's unilaterally declared "no fire zon [...]	2009-05-17 11:55:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO539	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 75 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Military has announced that the war with the LTTE is over. Numerous sources reported that LTTE leader Prabhakaran was dead, but there had been no official announcement as 1630 local. There were reports that LTTE leaders Pullidevan and Nadesan wanted to surrender [...]	2009-05-18 11:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON
09COLOMBO543	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 76 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa gave a victory speech to Parliament on the morning of May 19. While he discussed redevelopment of the North and political reform in broad terms, the speech was far from the olive branch to the Tamil people many had hoped it would be. It was defensively bell [...]	2009-05-19 10:41:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON
09COLOMBO549	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 77 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Rajapaksa declared May 20 a national holiday to celebrate the victory over the Tamil Tigers (LTTE). In Ambassador's farewell call on him, the President acknowledged the importance of reconciliation with Sri Lankan Tamils and with the Tamil Diaspora to ensure that Tami [...]	2009-05-20 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON
09COLOMBO557	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 78 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa told Ambassador late on May 20 that the GSL was firm in its decision to restrict access by UN agencies and others to IDP camps. He criticized the UN and ICRC and said that they had to decide whether to remain in Sri Lanka to help IDPs. He s [...]	2009-05-21 11:44:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON
09COLOMBO559	Northern Sri Lanka SitRep 79 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UN staff on the ground were preparing for Secretary General Ban Ki Moon's visit on May 23, but it was unclear if his schedule would allow a meeting with the Co-Chair Ambassadors. UN envoy Vijay Nambiar held a press conference where he described his flight over the desolation of [...]	2009-05-22 12:51:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON
09COLOMBO571	SRI LANKA: NEED FOR RAPID PROGRESS IN RESOLVING [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-28 14:07:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON
09COLOMBO572	DEMINNG SRI LANKA'S NORTH - IMPRESSIONS FROM THE FIELD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) recently decided to begin de-mining operations in the Manthai West Division of Mannar District, one of five districts in the Northern Province and the scene of heavy fighting last year, when Government forces pushed the LTTE northward into the V [...]	2009-05-29 08:50:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO573	SRI LANKA: NEED FOR RAPID PROGRESS IN RESOLVING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USAID/OFDA and PRM officers' monitoring of Vavuniya area sites for internally-displaced persons (IDPs) on May 18-22 revealed the post-May 15 outflow of civilians from the conflict severely stretched the Government's capacity to respond. While US-funded UN agencies and INGOs are [...]	2009-06-01 03:03:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE ECON
09COLOMBO577	USAID/OFDA Humanitarian Assistance to Sri Lanka in FY 2009 [...] (U) SUMMARY: USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) has provided more than USD 6 million to U.N. and non-governmental organization (NGO) partners in Sri Lanka for emergency relief assistance to date in Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 primarily in northern Sri Lanka. The funding [...]	2009-06-01 12:46:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO598	GAPS IN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AT IDP CAMPS IN SRI LANKA [...] Summary. On May 29, the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) briefed the media on needs, achievements, gaps, and challenges in camps for recently-displaced persons in Sri Lanka. Gaps remain in the shelter and settlements, protection, nutrition, agriculture, emergency edu [...]	2009-06-08 11:15:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF MOPS PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC CE
09COLOMBO621	The Way Forward in the North - A Serious Discussion about [...] SUMMARY: Charge met with Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa on June 15 to ask about Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) priorities for de-mining and to discuss how the U.S. Government (USG) could support those within a strategic framework. M.S. Jayasinghe, Chairman of the National Steering Commit [...]	2009-06-17 13:16:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO623	SRI LANKA: "COMPETENT AUTHORITY" STILL IN CHARGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) has indicated that responsibility for camp management in Manik Farms and in the transit sites in and around Vavuniya District was being transferred from Competent Authority (CA) Major General Chandrasiri to Vavuniya Government Authority [...]	2009-06-18 10:45:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO637	SRI LANKA: IMPROVEMENTS IN THE NORTH BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: From June 17 to 18, Charge, with the USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) regional advisor and information officer, traveled to Vavuniya District in northern Sri Lanka. They met with local Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) authorities and U.N. and non-gov [...]	2009-06-24 10:17:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO643	SRI LANKA: JUNE 22 BILATERAL DONOR MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, Charge attended a bilateral donor meeting hosted by Australian High Commissioner Kathy Klugman to discuss current relief assistance to Sri Lanka and aid beyond the emergency phase. Officials from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Can [...]	2009-06-25 09:18:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO651	SRI LANKA: THE VAVUNIYA GOVERNMENT AGENT [...] (SBU) On June 18, Charge, with USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) regional advisor and information officer met with Mrs. P.S.M. Charles, the Government Agent (GA) of Vavuniya District. When asked how the transition from military to civilian control of the IDP camp [...]	2009-06-26 09:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO652	CORRECTED VERSION: SRI LANKA: JUNE 22 BILATERAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, Charge attended a bilateral donor meeting hosted by Australian High Commissioner Kathy Klugman to discuss current relief assistance to Sri Lanka and aid beyond the emergency phase. Officials from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, C [...]	2009-06-26 09:52:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO653	SRI LANKA: ICRC UPDATE: REGISTRATION OF EX-COMBATANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge attended an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) briefing by Head of Delegation Paul Castella on June 25 to update heads of Mission on the status of ICRC's humanitarian activities, as well as on its efforts to register ex-combatants detained by the Government [...]	2009-06-26 11:25:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO704	Getting Set to De-Mine Sri Lanka's North - Stepping [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge and other U.S. Embassy officials met July 10 with Basil Rajapaksa, Special Advisor to the Sri Lankan president. Their discussion focused on de-mining in Sri Lanka's Northern Province - a prerequisite for the return of those displaced during the protracted conflict betwe [...]	2009-07-16 03:57:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREF PGOV PHUM CE
09COLOMBO726	SCENESETTER FOR JULY 25-28 VISIT BY PRM A/S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit comes at a critical time in US-Sri Lanka relations. During the October 2008 - May 2009 final military push to defeat the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE),the Government of Sri Lanka increasingly distanced itself from western nations who criticized its methods [...]	2009-07-22 15:04:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL CE
09COLOMBO753	Report Number One on Interagency Policy Committee (IPC) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is the first of three monthly reports on the Government of Sri Lanka's progress in meeting benchmarks for as outlined in Ref (b). CAMP MANAGEMENT AND ACCESS: Acute humanitarian needs are being met in internally displaced persons camps (IDP) camps, although all sectors ar [...]	2009-07-31 07:31:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
09COLOMBO768	A/S SCHWARTZ PRESSES FOR EARLY RETURN OF [...] (C) Summary: In his July 25-28 visit to Sri Lanka, PRM Assistant Secretary Eric P. Schwartz urged the government to undertake rapid returns of internally-displaced persons (IDPs) to their home villages and avoid prolonging the closed camp situation in the North. In meetings with President Mah [...]	2009-08-03 09:40:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM CE
09COLOMBO769	SRI LANKA: A/S SCHWARTZ VISITS IDP CAMPS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his July 25-28 visit to Sri Lanka, PRM Assistant Secretary Eric Schwartz directly observed the humanitarian situation in Manik Farm, an expansive, yet congested, camp complex in northern Sri Lanka for 220,000 of the 280,000-plus Sri Lankans displaced in the final months of [...]	2009-08-03 10:20:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM CE
09COLOMBO775	Addendum on Food: Report Number One on Interagency Policy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is an addendum to the July Interagency Policy Committee Benchmarks Report for Sri Lanka, adding information about humanitarian food supplies to the IDP camps. 2. (SBU) Benchmark: Acute humanitarian needs are met with dignity. Key areas are food, water/sanitation, healt [...]	2009-08-05 11:11:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
09COLOMBO79	SRI LANKAN MILITARY CREATES SAFE ZONE FOR CIVILIANS TRAPPED [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan military unilaterally declared a "safe zone" northwest of Puthukkudiyiruppu (PTK) on January 21. ICRC, informed of this decision by the Sri Lankan Government, relayed the message to the LTTE. However, according to the ICRC, nothing has been prepared for people in t [...]	2009-01-22 11:40:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF MARR EAID CE
09COLOMBO818	IMPACT OF RAINFALL ON SRI LANKA'S MANIK FARM IDP CAMPS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent rainfall in Sri Lanka's northern district of Vavuniya, the location of the Manik Farm IDP camps, was a wake-up call for the Government of Sri Lanka and international organizations conducting humanitarian operations. Major improvements appear necessary to avert disaster pr [...]	2009-08-19 11:28:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
09COLOMBO854	REPORT NUMBER TWO ON INTERAGENCY POLICY COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is the second of three monthly reports on the Government of Sri Lanka's progress in meeting benchmarks as outlined in Ref B. The start of pre-monsoonal rains this month has created a heightened urgency among all humanitarian actors, in terms of accelerating the release of p [...]	2009-08-31 10:54:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
09COLOMBO931	REPORT NUMBER THREE ON INTERAGENCY POLICY COMMITTEE (IPC) [...] (SBU) This is the third of three monthly reports on the Government of Sri Lanka's progress in meeting benchmarks, as outlined in Ref B. With a policy dialogue more focused on freedom of movement and issues associated with closed IDP camps, this report is shorter than its predecessors and focu [...]	2009-10-05 09:32:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PREF PGOV PHUM MOPS ASEC CE
09DHAKA350	BANGLADESH, A CLIMATE CHANGE FRONT LINE STATE [...] Already faced with numerous environmental challenges, Bangladesh is one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change. With an area the size of Wisconsin, Bangladesh supports a population of 150 million in a deltaic landscape at the confluence of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna River [...]	2009-04-07 08:50:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON EAGR SENV SMIG TPHY BG IN
09GENEVA901	60TH SESSION OF UNHCR EXCOM: FOCUS ON ASIA [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR's operations in the Asia Region received much attention during the 60th Session of the Executive Committee (EXCOM) from September 28 to October 2. High Commissioner Guterres described UNHCR's efforts to provide assistance to large numbers of refugees and internally displa [...]	2009-10-22 16:31:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL
09GENEVA905	60TH SESSION OF UNHCR EXCOM: FOCUS ON ASIA [...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR's operations in the Asia Region received much attention during the 60th Session of the Executive Committee (EXCOM) from September 28 to October 2. High Commissioner Guterres described UNHCR's efforts to provide assistance to large numbers of refugees and internally displa [...]	2009-10-23 15:32:00	Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL
09KATHMANDU1002	KATHMANDU MEETING AGREES ON PLANS TO HELP TIGERS [...] (U) Summary: More than 200 tiger experts, government representatives and non-governmental organizations met in Kathmandu October 27-30 to consider how to reverse the alarming reduction of tigers in the wild in the last hundred years from 100,000 to about 3,500. The World Bank and the governm [...]	2009-11-04 11:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO ETRD ETTC ASEAN SAARC XC XE XD NP
09KATHMANDU1005	NEPAL: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Post conveyed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reftel points regarding USG concerns about the Goldstone report released on September 15 and scheduled for discussion in the UN General Assembly starting November 4. MFA officials responsible for UN and International Organizations d [...]	2009-11-04 12:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS NP
09KATHMANDU1006	NEPAL: MAOISTS BACK DOWN ON AIRPORT THREAT [...] (SBU) Citing international pressure, the Maoists called off plans to blockade the international airport on November 10. In a statement several hours after a November 3 meeting with the diplomatic community (reftel),Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal, aka Prachanda, said, "In view of the inco [...]	2009-11-04 12:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1007	NEPAL: DRL VITITORS MONITOR HUMAN RIGHTS GRANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nepali Constituent Assembly members, politically active youth leaders, and technocrats told Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) bureau visitors that Nepal is unlikely to meet the May 28, 2010 deadline for drafting the constitution. The Maoists are by far the best organized p [...]	2009-11-05 03:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	DRL KDEM NP PGOV PHUM SOCI
09KATHMANDU1008	NEPAL: LASTING CHALLENGES TO PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary and Introduction: As political party leaders fight for short-term control of government, Nepal's peace process remains stalled. The consensus between the key political parties that existed 2005-2007 -- which led to the end of the conflict, the holding of multiparty elections, and [...]	2009-11-05 09:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1015	NEPAL: DISQUALIFIED COMBATANTS WON'T LEAVE SOON [...] (C) Summary: Despite repeated promises, the Maoists are unlikely to allow the discharge of 4,008 disqualified former combatants anytime soon. Maoist internal strategy is confused and focused on retaking government. Negotiations on integration and rehabilitation of the 19,602 verified Maoist [...]	2009-11-10 11:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1022	NEPAL: UN HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On November 11, Charge met with Foreign Secretary Madan Bhattarai and urged Nepal to support the U.S. position on the upcoming UN country specific human rights resolution votes. Charge expressed his appreciation Nepal's past record of abstaining on such resolutions. The Foreign Secreta [...]	2009-11-12 12:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU1023	NEPAL: INTERNATIONAL MARITIME DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) In a November 11 meeting with Foreign Secretary Madan Kumar Bhattarai (septel),Charge urged the Government of Nepal to support the U.S. candidacy for the International Maritime Organization Council. Post had previously delivered the diplomatic note and aide memoire as per Ref B request [...]	2009-11-12 12:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHSA AORC EWWT IMO UK NP
09KATHMANDU1030	MEDIA REACTION: 'ERA OF ENGAGEMENT' WITH JUNTA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-16 09:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU1037	NEPAL: MAOISTS THREATEN NEW PROTESTS AS TALKS [...] (C) Summary: Even as the Maoists threaten new protests, optimism is growing that Nepal's political parties may reach agreement on a deal that will bring the Maoists back into government. Maoist leader Prachanda's meeting in Singapore with senior (and ailing) Nepali politician G.P. Koirala fu [...]	2009-11-17 12:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1046	CONTROVERSY SWIRLS AS NEPAL AIRLINES INKS MOU [...] (U) The Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) and Airbus announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding under which the national flag carrier will purchase two aircraft from the European aircraft manufacturer. The announcement was made two days after a local newspaper reported that, due [...]	2009-11-19 11:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU1047	NEPAL: MIDWEST NEPAL CALM, MAOIST SUPPORT DECLINES [...] (SBU) Summary. Support for the Maoists in two districts in midwestern Nepal appears to have decreased since the April 2008 elections, as ethnic-based political movements gain strength. During a trip to Banke and Bardiya districts, EmbOffs found the security situation generally calm. Implemen [...]	2009-11-19 11:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1048	NEPAL: ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS UNGA RESOLUTIONS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-19 12:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA KPAL IS NP
09KATHMANDU105	SCENESETTER FOR A/S BOUCHER'S VISIT TO NEPAL [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. Your visit will be the highest-level visit by a U.S. official since the Maoists won a plurality in the Constituent Assembly (CA) election in April 2008 and formed a coalition government in August. Bilateral Relations ------------- [...]	2009-02-09 10:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER EAID PREF PHUM CH BT NP
09KATHMANDU1059	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-20 11:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP

09KATHMANDU1061	NEPAL: UML LEADER URGES HARDLINE AGAINST MAOISTS [...] (C) Summary: The political deal between Maoist Chairman Prachanda and Nepali Congress leader Koirala, reached in Singapore, will collapse, according to UML senior leader K.P. Oli. Neither the Nepali Congress nor the UML will support it. Oli claimed that the Maoists are not serious about the [...]	2009-11-20 11:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1077	NEPAL: PRM PDAS PRESSES GON ON REFUGEE PROTECTION [...] (C) Summary:During a November 11-12 visit to Kathmandu, PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Samuel Witten met with Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala and Home Minister Bhim Rawal to discuss the situations of Tibetans and Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. The Gove [...]	2009-11-24 11:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL NP BU
09KATHMANDU1078	NEPAL: PM STILL MULLING PROMOTION OF CONTROVERSIAL [...] (C) During a November 24 meeting at his request, Chief Secretary Madhav Ghimire told Charge that Prime Minister Nepal had not made a final decision to promote General Toran Jung Bahadur Singh to Lieutenant General, despite press reports to the contrary. Post had previously expressed concern a [...]	2009-11-25 07:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MARR NP
09KATHMANDU1079	NEPAL: MAOIST CHAIRMAN OPTIMISTIC ON PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary: The Maoists remain committed to the peace process and are "trying their best" to work with other parties, according to Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (aka Prachanda). In response to ref A demarche points, Prachanda told Charge that other parties, supported by India, are blo [...]	2009-11-25 07:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1085	NEPAL SUPPORTS U.S. FOR IMO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-27 11:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL NP
09KATHMANDU1089	MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS AND SOUTH ASIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 11:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU1090	NEPAL: FORMIN SAYS SOME PROGRESS ON PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. In response to ref A demarche, DeputyPM and FM Sujata Koirala was optimistic that the three major political parties, including the Maoists, would soon create a "high-level political mechanism," but was less confident that the mechanism would lead to progress on the peace process. [...]	2009-11-30 11:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1091	NEPAL: IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-30 16:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IR
09KATHMANDU1094	NEPAL: PRACHANDA MEETS KOIRALA, INDIANS, CHINESE [...] (S/NF) During his November 16-18 trip to Singapore, Maoist Chairman Pusha Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" met Nepali Congress leader G.P. Koirala, Indian diplomats, and Chinese officials. Maoist head of international affairs Krishna Bahadur Mahara and Nepali businessman Dinesh Manandhar accompanied P [...]	2009-12-01 12:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR IN NP SN CH
09KATHMANDU1101	NEPAL: PRESIDENT AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN STRATEGY [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 12:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF PK NP
09KATHMANDU1102	NEPAL: FM KOIRALA LASHES OUT AT RIVALS [...] (C) Summary: The Nepali Congress, the country's oldest political party, is deeply divided, according to DeputyPM/ForMin Sujata Koirala. Koirala frankly told Charge that her party rivals, led by Ram Chandra Poudel, are actively undermining her leadership and could destroy the party. Turning [...]	2009-12-02 12:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1104	NEPAL'S CABINET TO MEET ON EVEREST [...] (U) Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and 24 Cabinet ministers are scheduled to meet at the foot of Mount Everest on December 4 in an effort to draw the world's attention to the adverse impact of global warming on the Himalayas. The Government of Nepal (GON) is calling for urgent internation [...]	2009-12-03 11:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID TBIO PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU1105	NEPAL: POST RECOMMENDS NARROW UNMIN EXTENSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. During the upcoming discussions on UNMIN's future, Post recommends that the U.S. Government support another mandate extension, with a focus on its core mission: the management of arms and armed personnel. UNMIN's current, wide-ranging political activities, taken without Council [...]	2009-12-03 12:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PREL KPKO UN NP
09KATHMANDU1107	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 10:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU1109	NEPAL: INDICTED OFFICER DEPLOYED ON UNPKO; WILL BE [...] (U) The Nepal Army recently deployed Major Niranjan Basnet to the UN peacekeeping mission in Chad, a decision that is drawing fire from the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and human rights groups. Basnet is one of the four accused in the high-profile Maina Sunuwar c [...]	2009-12-04 11:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU1111	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH ON AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 11:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU1112	NEPAL: PM NEPAL'S NEGATIVE ASSESSMENT OF PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 4 meeting, Prime Minister M.K. Nepal took a hard-line on the Maoists, showing little flexibility on reenergizing the peace process. The "ultra-left" and "untrustworthy" Maoists will be allowed to come into government only after their combatants leave the canton [...]	2009-12-07 11:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1115	NEPAL: LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON DEFAMATION RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-08 12:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UNGA UN NP
09KATHMANDU1116	NEPAL: ILLEGAL CHILD LABOR IN BRICK KILNS PERSISTS [...] (U) Children compose as much as one-quarter of the labor force in brick kilns in Nepalgunj, a major brick-producing center, despite a ban on this practice, which the Government of Nepal labeled one of the "worst forms of child labor." A recent visit to the region by Emboffs also revealed that [...]	2009-12-09 07:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELBA EIND ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI NP
09KATHMANDU1120	MEDIA REACTION: MEDIA REACTION: SITUATION IN AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-09 12:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU1122	MEDIA REACTION: HOPE IN HOPENHAGEN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-10 11:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU1127	NEPAL: READOUT OF ACTING DCM'S BARDIYA HUMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Acting DCM Terry White accompanied the heads or deputy heads of missions from Australia, Denmark, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, the UK, and the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on a two-day trip to Bardiya (Dec. 8-9) to highlight t [...]	2009-12-11 06:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM NP PGOV PHUM
09KATHMANDU1128	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S TRANS-PACIFIC ENGAGEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-11 08:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU1130	NEPAL: MAOIST DEPUTY OUTLINES POSSIBLE DEAL; [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sitting under the portraits of Marx, Trotsky, Lenin, Stalin and Mao, United Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Vice Chairman Narayan Kaji Shrestha "Prakash" told Charge that the political parties were close to resolving the political impasse, a statement we have heard repeatedly (an [...]	2009-12-11 08:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1135	NEPAL: UNPKO OFFICER REPATRIATED AND DETAINED [...] (SBU) Nepal Army (NA) Major Niranjan Basnet, who had been deployed to Chad on a UN peacekeeping mission, has been repatriated to Nepal following intervention by the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO). Basnet is one o [...]	2009-12-14 11:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU1142	NEPAL TO TOE DEVELOPING NATION LINE IN COPENHAGEN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal departed for Copenhagen on December 14 to attend the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) summit, at which he is expected to join his counterpoints from other developing nations in demanding that developed nations do more address [...]	2009-12-15 11:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID TBIO PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU1143	NEPAL: DRAFT 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Nepal is not a regional financial center and there are no indications that the country is used as an international money laundering center. In January 2008, the Government of Nepal (GON) for the first time passed legislation on anti-money laundering. There were no prosecutions or arrests fo [...]	2009-12-16 06:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR NP
09KATHMANDU1147	NEPAL: MAOISTS AGREE TO RELEASE "CHILD SOLDIERS" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under pressure from the visiting UN Special Representative on Children and Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Maoists and the government of Nepal have reached an agreement on the discharge of the 4,008 disqualified combatants from Maoist cantonments. The discharge will beg [...]	2009-12-17 12:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1152	NEPAL: STRIKE CONTINUES, MAOISTS MAY BACK DOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Maoist-led strike continued for a second day, stopping virtually all vehicular traffic in the country. The December 21 demonstrations have been largely peaceful, although yesterday's protests turned violent in several areas, with one policeman seriously injured. A senior [...]	2009-12-21 09:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1153	NEPAL'S FINANCE CHIEF 'COMMITTED' TO JET DEAL [...] (SBU) Finance Minister Surendra Pandey says he is "completely committed" to making sure the Nepal Airlines Corporation's (NAC's) decision to purchase aircraft from Airbus, instead of Boeing, was fully transparent before determining whether the government should provide the loan guarantee the [...]	2009-12-22 08:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD PREL PTEP NP
09KATHMANDU1154	NEPAL: MAOIST YOUNG COMMUNIST LEAGUE ACTIVE, STRONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: With more than 700,000 members, the Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) is the country's largest, best-organized youth paramilitary organization. The Maoist leadership uses the YCL to enforce general strikes, intimidate voters, and raise funds, mostly through mafia-lik [...]	2009-12-22 12:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1162	NEPAL: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (U) While Nepal experienced no significant acts of international terrorism, several incidents of politically-motivated violence occurred across the country. Maoist-affiliated Young Communist League (YCL) criminal activity continued, including intimidation and extortion. In response to contin [...]	2009-12-24 07:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU1163	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER'S BRIEFING FOR P-5 [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister M.K. Nepal, flanked by his two Deputy Prime Ministers, told P-5 Ambassadors and Charges that the country was currently facing &new challenges8 to the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. On the heels of a three-day Maoist bandh,, or general stri [...]	2009-12-24 07:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1164	NEPAL: MAOISTS ALLOW PARLIAMENT TO REOPEN [...] (C) Summary: The United Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) ended its nationwide general strike on December 22, but said political negotiations are increasingly difficult because the other parties are "puppets" of India. As an act of "good faith" and to spur negotiations, the Maoists uni [...]	2009-12-24 08:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1169	MEDIA REACTION: CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-28 11:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU1172	NEPAL CABINET PROMOTES TORAN SINGH, DRAWS CRITICISM [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Brushing aside the concerns of the international community and Nepal's own human rights groups, the Cabinet approved the promotion of Toran Singh to Chief of the General Staff on December 24, making Singh the second highest r [...]	2009-12-29 11:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM MARR NP
09KATHMANDU1174	NEPAL: TERRORIST BENCHMARKS PASSED TO PRACHANDA [...] (C) Summary: In a December 29 meeting with Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda," Charge presented the Embassy's benchmarks for removing the Maoists from the two U.S. terrorist lists. Prachanda said the Maoists were considering moving from street protests to debate within Parliament. [...]	2009-12-29 11:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU1178	NEPAL: POLICE ILL-PREPARED IN WESTERN NEPAL [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Nepali Police Officers operate with obsolete equipment and are ill prepared to contribute during a national disaster or other emergency, EmbOffs found during a trip to Western Nepal. Police facilities are in a state of disrepair and officers are forced to share cramped quarter [...]	2009-12-31 09:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU1180	NEPAL: ARMY'S TRANSITION TO PEACETIME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morale and discipline remain high in the Nepal Army (NA) despite restrictions on training and the instability of the Government of Nepal (GON). EmbOffs found, during a trip to Western Nepal, the NA suffers from a severe shortage of supplies, and the soldiers do not receive pa [...]	2009-12-31 11:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU127	NEPAL: BOUCHER STRESSES NEED FOR CONSENSUS WITH [...] (C) In meetings February 11 and 12 with the head and the former head of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist, which is the second-largest party in the Government of Nepal, and with the leader of the opposition, Girija Koirala of the Nepali Congress, Assistant Secretary Boucher [...]	2009-02-19 07:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID ECON MARR PHUM UN NP
09KATHMANDU128	NEPAL: BOUCHER URGES PROGRESS ON MAOIST COMBATANTS [...] (C) In meetings on February 11 and February 12 with Defense Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Rookmangud Katawal, Assistant Secretary Boucher pushed for progress in completing the peace process, including the rehabilitation and integration of Maoist combatants. The Def [...]	2009-02-19 07:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID MARR UN
09KATHMANDU129	NEPAL: BOUCHER STRESSES U.S. INTEREST IN [...] (C) During his February 11-12 visit to Kathmandu, Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher emphasized to members of the Government of Nepal that the United States was interested in strengthening Nepal's democracy, in promoting the country's economic development and in seeing an end to violence. Pr [...]	2009-02-19 08:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID ENVR ENRG EINV ETRD MARR
09KATHMANDU134	NEPAL: STILL ABSTAINING FROM RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (SBU) In his meeting with Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher on February 11, Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya said that the Government of Nepal (GON) has yet to decide if it would recognize the independence of Kosovo. Acharya acknowledged that the GON understood the U.S. interest in Ko [...]	2009-02-20 08:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ICJ KV NP
09KATHMANDU137	OUTBRIEF ON FOREIGN SECRETARY MENON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador and DCM met with Indian Ambassador to Nepal Rakesh Sood February 19 to exchange briefings on the visits of Assistant Secretary Boucher and Indian Foreign Secretary Menon to Nepal. Sood indicated that Menon's only significant meeting was with PM Dahal where Menon str [...]	2009-02-20 09:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	UN IN KDEM MARR NP PGOV PREL PTER
09KATHMANDU138	NEPALI GOVERNMENT DECLARES AVIAN INFLUENZA [...] (U) On February 20, the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives announced that another case of H5N1 avian influenza has been detected. The announcement came 11 days after the Ministry declared that Nepal,s first outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza has been &contained and controlled8 and slight [...]	2009-02-20 09:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAGR EAID CASC SOCI AMEDI KFLU NP
09KATHMANDU14	A SNAPSHOT AT KATHMANDU'S TIBETAN RECEPTION CENTER [...] (C) For months following the virtual closure of the Tibet/Nepal border after the March 2008 protests in Lhasa, almost no new arrivals came from Tibet to Kathmandu's Tibetan Reception Center (TRC). By fall 2008 a small but steady number of Tibetans began to arrive at the TRC. To gain a pictu [...]	2009-01-06 08:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM NP CH IN
09KATHMANDU147	NEPAL: REVISED 2008 END-USE MONITORING REPORT [...] The following is Kathmandu's revised End-Use Monitoring Reporting for calendar year 2008, formatted as per Ref D. PROCEDURES ---------- A. Inventory Management EUM Program Coordinator: Senior Law Enforcement Advisor Denver Fleming, tel: 977 400 7200 x.4366, email: FlemingDH@state. [...]	2009-02-26 04:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN NP
09KATHMANDU154	NEPAL EXPECTED TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] (SBU) On February 27, Rudra Nepal, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressed interest in Judge Painter's candidacy for the UN Appeals Tribunal but did not commit the Nepalese delegation in New York to voting for him. Emboffs, as inst [...]	2009-02-27 08:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09KATHMANDU158	SEVERE POWER CRISIS IN NEPAL LIKELY TO BE LONG LASTING [...] (U) Dry winter weather has triggered extreme outages in hydropower-dependent Nepal, and a top official in the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) recently warned that the current 14-hour daily power cuts are likely to continue for the foreseeable future. The country?s large energy deficit ? peak [...]	2009-02-27 09:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECIN ECON EINV PGOV SENV AMGT ABLD ABUD AFIN
09KATHMANDU160	INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL GON MOVES ON [...] (C) Summary: Indian Ambassador Sood hosted a donor coordination discussion to review planning for discharge of 4000 non-combatants from the PLA cantonments. UNICEF and UNDP briefed comprehensive plans for a three-day out-processing to be followed by sixty options for vocational training. [...]	2009-03-02 08:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KOCI UN IN NP
09KATHMANDU161	NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of February 2009, including the following: -- Remittance Growth Through December, Expected To Fall In 2009 -- Government Revenues Increase -- Government Spending Down -- Inflation Remains High -- Trad [...]	2009-03-02 08:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU164	AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 27 MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with PM Dahal on February 27 to provide observations following Department consultations and the recent A/S Boucher visit to Nepal. PM Dahal appeared to understand that any USG terrorism de-listing action relied largely on future Maoist actions, including clear st [...]	2009-03-02 09:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR KOCI EAID PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU174	NEPAL: PLA RECRUITMENT DRIVE UPS THE ANTE [...] (C) The commander of the Maoist People's Liberation Army announced March 2 that he intended to recruit more than 11,000 new combatants, allegedly in reaction to the February 28 decision by the governing parties to sanction the recent recruitment by the Nepal Army of some 3,000 new recruits. Th [...]	2009-03-05 10:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU178	NEPAL: PLA RECRUITMENT ONGOING [...] (C) On March 5, UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Senior Political Advisor Kathy Jones confirmed to Emboff that UNMIN monitors were reporting People's Liberation Army's (PLA) recruitment underway at three of the seven main cantonments, with the greatest amount of activity at the "Fourth Division" c [...]	2009-03-06 08:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PTER UN NP
09KATHMANDU181	NEPAL'S NEW CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR WARNS OF [...] (C) The recently appointed governor of Nepal's central bank, Deependra Kshetry, expressed serious concerns about the impact of the current global economic crisis on Nepal's already weak economy during a wide-ranging meeting with Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Michael Owen on March [...]	2009-03-09 05:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PINR NP
09KATHMANDU185	JOINT BRITISH-FRENCH-U.S. MEETING WITH PRIME [...] (C) Summary: Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal pledged that unauthorized recruitment by the People,s Liberation Army (PLA) would be halted immediately following a March 8 meeting of the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC) in a meeting with British and French Ambassadors, and American [...]	2009-03-09 09:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU186	GOVERNMENT FOLLOWS THROUGH ON "PRE-EMPTIVE" ACTION [...] (C) In the early hours of March 9, the Nepali Government arrested and detained 12 apparently undocumented Tibetans. The only woman was released, the others have not yet been charged. Tibetan sources reported that others were threatened and their documents and cell phones confiscated. A Tibet [...]	2009-03-09 09:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM CH NP
09KATHMANDU2	NEPAL: COMPROMISE ON ARMY INTEGRATION SPECIAL [...] (U) On December 26, Nepal's four major political parties agreed to equal representation on the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC). The question now is whether the parties can finalize the AISC's leadership and terms of reference. If successful, this would end a stalemate that has pre [...]	2009-01-02 09:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU201	NEPAL'S REMITTANCES GROW AMIDST DETERIORATING [...] (SBU) Nepal's level of remittances grew 65.3 percent in the July 15-January 15 period, defying numerous local press reports that remittance growth would be severely affected by the deteriorating world economy. Excluding India, record numbers of Nepalis continue to leave the country and seek [...]	2009-03-13 02:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ETRD PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU202	PROSPECTIVE SALE OF BOEINGS TO NEPAL AIRLINES MAY [...] (SBU) According to a Washington, D.C.-based representative for Boeing Corporation, Maoist-led Government of Nepal representatives have indicated that the prospective purchase by state-owned Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) of Boeing aircraft is conditional on the lifting by the U.S. of the ter [...]	2009-03-13 08:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD EINV PREL PTER EAID NP
09KATHMANDU215	NEPAL: THARU STRIKE ENDS, QUESTIONS REMAIN [...] (SBU) On March 14, the Government of Nepal (GON) signed a six-point agreement with several Tharu organizations, ending a nearly two-weeklong general strike across the Terai. The strike had badly affected the entire country because transportation and supply links with India for all hill and m [...]	2009-03-17 09:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU235	MAOIST DEFENSE MINISTER REFUSES TO EXTEND SERVICE [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 9. Summary -------- 2. (C) The Nepalese Defense Minister refused to approve term extensions for eight brigadier generals of the Nepal Army and the officers were forced into mandatory retirement at midnight, March 16, 2009. Many opine that the D [...]	2009-03-20 09:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PTER IN NP
09KATHMANDU239	AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Recent conflicts over military recruitment and the refusal to extend the careers of eight Nepal Army Brigadier Generals will not have any negative impact on the fragile peace process, Prime Minister Dahal told Ambassador on March 23. Refuting Ambassador,s concern over lack of [...]	2009-03-23 10:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PTER NP
09KATHMANDU24	NEPALI GOVERNMENT BACKTRACKING, "STILL [...] Following the Government of Nepal's (GON) previous commitment to a registration and limited resettlement program for Tibetan refugees in Nepal in November 2008 (reftel),post learned in late December that the Government might be reconsidering its support. Ambassador Powell received confirmat [...]	2009-01-07 10:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU243	UNMIN/P-5 CONCERN OVER NEPALI LACK OF PROGRESS ON [...] (C) Summary. French, Chinese, and American Ambassadors along with the UK and Russian Deputy Chiefs of Mission met March 23 for a briefing by UNMIN chief Karin Landgren on her recent consultations and to discuss the lack of progress on key peace issues. UNMIN's mid-term report will be publis [...]	2009-03-24 07:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PTER UN NP
09KATHMANDU246	CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - NEPAL [...] (U//FOUO) Post judges that Nepal has no critical infrastructure or key resources, as defined by reftel, whose loss could critically impact the public health, economic security, or national and homeland security of the United States. POWELL [...]	2009-03-24 09:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP NP
09KATHMANDU249	NEPAL: NO POSITION ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) On March 24, Pradhumna B. Shah, Joint Secretary for Europe and the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that the Government of Nepal would not formulate a policy regarding Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states, or on Russia's in [...]	2009-03-25 06:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS KV NP
09KATHMANDU25	NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of December 2008, including the following: -- Inflation Up -- Trade Up, Revenue Up -- Electricity Crisis Deepens -- Tourism Figures Up -- Petroleum Products Fall -- Remittances Expected To Fall -- Head [...]	2009-01-08 04:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ELAB ENRG PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU250	NEPAL POSITIVE TOWARDS REVIEW OF U.S. POLICY IN [...] (SBU) On March 24, Pradhumna B. Shah, Joint Secretary for Europe and the Americas and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the U.S. intent to redefine its mission in Iraq in August 2010 would be a positive step toward bringing peace and normalcy to Iraq and its neighbors. Shah sa [...]	2009-03-25 07:59:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS IZ NP
09KATHMANDU251	NEPAL: COURT STAYS GENERALS RETIREMENT [...] (C) On March 24 the Supreme Court issued a stay order against the Defense Minister's decision to not extend the terms of eight Nepal Army brigadier generals. The stay order reinstates the generals until the Supreme Court issues a final verdict. Media reports depict the decision as a further [...]	2009-03-25 10:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU263	NEPAL: CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS TRANSPARENT BUDGET [...] The following is post's response to reftel regarding the FY09 prohibition on central governments whose budgets are not transparent. A. YES, the central government of Nepal (GON) is receiving U.S. foreign assistance using FY09 funds. B. YES, Nepal's budget is publicly available. C. [...]	2009-03-31 23:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON PREL NP
09KATHMANDU264	NEPAL EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL [...] (SBU) On March 24, Pradhumna B. Shah, Joint Secretary for Europe and the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that Nepal would be eager to participate in the South Asia regional workshop on UNSCR 1540 implementation in Colombo, Sri Lanka on June 23-25. Emboff delive [...]	2009-03-31 23:56:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAO AORC EUE EUN UNSC SAARC NP
09KATHMANDU265	NEPAL EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL [...] (SBU) On March 24, Pradhumna B. Shah, Joint Secretary for Europe and the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that Nepal would be eager to participate in the South Asia regional workshop on UNSCR 1540 implementation in Colombo, Sri Lanka on June 23-25. Emboff delive [...]	2009-03-31 23:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER KPAO AORC EUE EUN UNSC SAARC NP
09KATHMANDU296	NEPAL: ACCIDENT VICTIM SEEKING COMPENSATION FROM [...] (SBU) On the evening of March 9, 2009 Jennifer Kerr, the Political/Economic Section Office Management Specialist, was involved in a vehicular accident with a motorcyclist. Although initially media did not cover the accident, once they began to cover the story on March 24 they have presented ve [...]	2009-04-10 09:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC AMGT NP
09KATHMANDU298	NEPAL: MAOISTS WIN THREE OUT OF SIX SEATS IN [...] (SBU) The Unified Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M or Maoists) emerged as the winners of the Constituent Assembly by-elections on April 10, winning seats in three out of six constituencies. The Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),Nepali Congress (NC),and Madhes [...]	2009-04-13 09:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU304	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR RAISES HANDLING OF ACCIDENT [...] (SBU) On April 15, the Ambassador expressed concern to Acting Foreign Secretary Madan Bhattarai about how members of the police, the family and the press were handling an accident on March 9 in Kathmandu in which an out-of-control Nepali motorcyclist collided with an Embassy employee in a priv [...]	2009-04-15 10:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC AMGT NP
09KATHMANDU305	NEPAL LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN [...] (SBU) On April 9, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal would welcome the election of the United States to the United Nations Human Rights Council. Although the Under Secretary did not e [...]	2009-04-15 11:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU308	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 09:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU311	TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS FOR NEPAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-17 04:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KTFN EFIN ETTC PTER NP
09KATHMANDU320	NEPAL: MAOIST-LED GOVERNMENT THREATENING TO REMOVE [...] (C) Nepal's Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal asked Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal to step down on April 19. The PM cited three issues: Nepal Army (NA) recruitment, the brigadier generals' continued reporting to duty after their forced retirement and the NA's withdrawal from the Nation [...]	2009-04-20 09:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU325	NEPAL: ARMY CHIEF RESPONDS TO CHARGES, NO [...] (C) Early on April 21, Chief of Army Staff General Rookmangud Katawal provided a written response to the letter he received a day earlier from the cabinet requiring him to explain his alleged acts in violation of government directives and law on three issues. His response addressed the issues [...]	2009-04-21 10:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU327	REQUEST FOR AGREMENT FOR AMBASSADOR OF NEPAL TO [...] (U) The Government of Nepal (GON) has formally requested agrement for retired International Monetary Fund (IMF) economist and reported U.S. permanent resident Dr. Sukhdev Shah to be Nepal's Ambassador to the United States. Although the Parliamentary Special Hearing Committee was unable to rea [...]	2009-04-22 07:43:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NP
09KATHMANDU328	NEPAL ENCOURAGED TO VOTE FOR KOSOVO'S IMF AND [...] (C) At a meeting April 22 with Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya, the Ambassador urged the Government of Nepal (GON) to vote in favor of Kosovo's bid for International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank membership. The Foreign Secretary responded that the question of Kosovo's independenc [...]	2009-04-22 08:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KV NP
09KATHMANDU329	NEPAL: CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF NOT FIRED YET [...] (C) As of close of business on April 22, the Maoist-led Government of Nepal (GON) had not relieved embattled Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Rookmangud Katawal of his duties. The latest developments (since Ref B) include: -- At a brief cabinet meeting the morning of April 22, ministers we [...]	2009-04-22 09:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MARR NP
09KATHMANDU330	NEPAL STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. CANDIDACY TO UN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-22 09:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU334	MOMENTUM BUILDS FOR THE GLOBAL TIGER INITIATIVE [...] The World Bank-supported Global Tiger Initiative (GTI) significantly advanced diplomatic efforts to save the world's remaining endangered wild tigers at an April 10-12 workshop of the Association of Southeast Nations Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN) in Pattaya, Thailand. This workshop [...]	2009-04-23 09:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO ETTC ASEAN SAARC XC XD NP TH
09KATHMANDU335	NEPAL: PM DAHAL MAKES CASE TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON [...] (C) Early on April 23, Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal briefed selected members of the diplomatic corps, including Ambassador Powell, on why the Government of Nepal (GON) was considering removing Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Rookmangud Katawal. PM Dahal denied that his Maoist party had any [...]	2009-04-23 09:33:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU339	NEPAL: POLITICAL CONFRONTATION OVER ARMY CHIEF [...] (C) A little over a week since Prime Minister Dahal asked Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Katawal to resign, the ensuing political confrontation continues to churn. According to contacts and press reports from April 24-27, various unappealing scenarios, including a sacking of Katawal by the [...]	2009-04-27 10:23:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU343	NEPAL: IMF GOVERNOR NONCOMMITAL ON KOSOVO'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-29 09:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EFIN KV NP
09KATHMANDU344	NEPAL SUPPORTS ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GENERAL [...] (SBU) The Government of Nepal supports the proposed 200 percent general capital increase for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). On April 29, Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that he had consulted with the Min [...]	2009-04-29 09:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID ADB NP
09KATHMANDU345	NEPAL: PARTIES CONTINUE TALKS OVER ARMY CHIEF, [...] (C) As of close of business April 29, ongoing efforts by Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal to persuade the leaders of the opposition Nepali Congress (NC) and coalition partner Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) to agree to the removal of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General [...]	2009-04-29 09:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU353	NEPAL: RAYAMAJHEE SELECTED NEW CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (SBU) On April 29, the Constitutional Council recommended Min Bahadur Rayamajhee to be the new chief justice of Nepal, continuing the tradition of seniority at the expense of the Maoists' preferred candidate. Rayamajhee was the most senior of six Supreme Court justices eligible to replace Chi [...]	2009-04-30 08:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PTER NP
09KATHMANDU356	SCENESETTER AND POINTS FOR MAY 5 UNSC SESSION ON [...] (C) The May 5 session of the UN Security Council to review the UN Secretary General's mid-term report on the UN Mission in Nepal provides the United States with an excellent opportunity to push the peace process forward. For almost two weeks, Nepal's politics has been consumed with a struggle [...]	2009-05-01 10:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PTER KDEM UNSC NP
09KATHMANDU357	AIR POLLUTION IN KATHMANDU VALLEY [...] Air pollution in Kathmandu Valley is bad and getting worse, but no substantial effort is being conducted to address the problem. Its impact on the most vulnerable, the young, and the elderly is severe. Numerous studies have shown a strong linkage between the level of air pollution and the shar [...]	2009-05-01 10:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO EAID XD NP
09KATHMANDU364	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS AFTER DISSENT OVER [...] (C) On May 4 Prime Minister Dahal announced his resignation. The surprise announcement followed the May 3 cabinet vote supported only by the Prime Minister's Maoist party to immediately relieve General Katawal as Chief of Army Staff. UML and Sadbhavana Party ministers then resigned in protes [...]	2009-05-04 09:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU365	NEPAL: SCENARIOS, WINNERS AND LOSERS AFTER MAY 3-4 [...] (C) With Prime Minister Dahal's resignation (septels),the current Maoist-led coalition is finished. Replacements include a coalition of the Maoists and the Madhesi People's Rights Forum, a national coalition or a Nepali Congress or Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist-led coali [...]	2009-05-04 10:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU367	SAARC SECRETARIAT TO PARTICIPATE IN ISLAMABAD [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-05 04:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG ETRD EAGR EAID BEXP KPWR AF EUN NP
09KATHMANDU372	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 1 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-05 09:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU375	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 2 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-06 09:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU377	MEETINGS WITH PM DAHAL AND UML LEADER KHANAL: [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador joined like-minded heads of mission in separate meetings with Prime Minister Dahal and UML leader Jhalanath Khanal. Dahal was especially emphatic in his defense of civilian supremacy and the need to have the principle fully recognized in Nepal. He called the Presi [...]	2009-05-06 11:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL NP

09KATHMANDU379	HARD TIMES FOR SOUTH ASIA'S HONEY BEES [...] An eight-month drought in Nepal has reduced honey production by half and will contribute to rising prices of edible oil during the monsoon season. Although generally not affected by colony collapse disorder (CCD),honey bees in South Asia have to contend with an increasing population of parasi [...]	2009-05-07 03:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO EAGR XD NP
09KATHMANDU388	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 3 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-07 09:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU389	NEPAL: LEAKED VIDEO SPARKS "PRACHANDAGATE" [...] (C) On May 4, a Nepalese television station released a video of Maoist leader Pushpa Dahal addressing a group of Maoist combatants at a cantonment in Chitwan on January 2, 2008. On May 6, Dahal defended his actions in a press conference. In the 2008 video, Dahal claimed that: - The rea [...]	2009-05-07 09:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU398	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 4 [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-08 08:10:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU4	NEPAL: COMMERCE MINISTER STRESSES NEED TO HAVE [...] (C) On December 29, Minister of Commerce Rajendra Mahato of the small, Terai-based Sadbhavana Party told the Ambassador that it was essential for the Maoists to join hands with the Nepali Congress for the sake of Nepal's future. Mahato indicated that it was primarily up to Prime Minister Daha [...]	2009-01-02 09:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD EAID EAGR PHUM PTER KTEX NP
09KATHMANDU404	NEPAL'S MAOISTS RUN AMOK IN RAMECHHAP AND OTHER [...] (SBU) Following the resignation of Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal on May 4, the Maoist District Organization Committee in Ramechhap, a hilly district 75 km east of Kathmandu, issued an ultimatum to members of the Nepali Congress (NC) and Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) to [...]	2009-05-12 07:24:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU410	NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the months of March and April 2009, including the following: -- Foreign Direct Investment Plunges -- Government Revenue Grows Faster Than Expenditures -- Exports Rise, But Imports Rise Faster -- Electricity Crisis A [...]	2009-05-14 07:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU414	NEPAL: MPRF MAKES A PLAY TO HEAD THE NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) At close of business May 15, the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) was making a play to head a new Nepali government in coalition with the Maoists and several smaller parties. MPRF Member of Parliament Abishek Shah told Emboff May 15 that the Maoist leadership had agreed to permit the [...]	2009-05-15 08:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU420	NEPAL: MAJORITY SUPPORT FOR UML-LED GOVERNMENT [...] (C) On May 17 the Madhesi People's Rights Forum announced it would support Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist and Nepali Congress efforts to form a new government under the leadership of Madhav Kumar Nepal, bringing the coalition support over the majority threshold. Election of [...]	2009-05-18 08:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU431	BOEING COMPETING TO SELL TWO AIRCRAFT TO NEPAL [...] (SBU) Boeing is competing with Airbus and three other companies to sell two large aircraft to state-owned Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC). The five companies submitted bids by the May 21 deadline set by NAC, which is seeking to purchase one wide-body and one narrow-body aircraft. Three oth [...]	2009-05-22 07:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU435	NEPAL: ELECTION OF NEW PRIME MINISTER MAY OCCUR [...] (C) Caretaker Prime Minister Dahal's address to the Constituent Assembly on May 22 paves the way for holding an election of a new Prime Minister on May 23. Former Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist General Secretary Madhav Nepal is currently the only candidate. It may still t [...]	2009-05-22 09:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU437	NEPAL: NEW PRIME MINISTER SWORN IN [...] (C) On May 23, the Constituent Assembly elected veteran Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) leader Madhav Kumar Nepal unopposed as the country's new Prime Minister. MK Nepal and two additional UML ministers were sworn in May 25 as negotiations continued to fill the rest o [...]	2009-05-26 08:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU456	NEPAL: SCENESETTER FOR A/S BLAKE [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. Your visit follows A/S Boucher's visit in February 2009, and is the first since the Maoist-led government fell in early May and a new government was formed May 23. Political Situation ------------------- 2. (U) On May 23 member [...]	2009-06-02 08:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU459	RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IDENTIFYING AIR [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-03 08:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SMIG PARM PK NP
09KATHMANDU461	NEPAL: MAOIST LEADER AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) United Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M) chairman Pushpa Dahal told the Ambassador June 2 that the Maoists intended to continue to support the democratic process in Nepal. Dahal, who was accompanied by ex-Finance Minister Baburam Bhattarai, said that the Maoists would participate [...]	2009-06-03 09:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU464	NEPAL: SUJATA KOIRALA POSSIBLE NEW FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) On June 3 Sujata Koirala confirmed to Emboff press reports that her father, former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) party president Girija Prasad Koirala has proposed she head the NC team in the new UML-led coalition government. Sujata said she was designated to become the Foreign [...]	2009-06-04 05:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU468	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER EXPANDS HIS CABINET [...] (SBU) On June 4, in the presence of President Ram Baran Yadav, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal swore in eight additional ministers. Prime Minister Nepal (Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist or UML) named Bijay Gachchhadar, parliamentary leader of the Madhesi People's Rights F [...]	2009-06-05 05:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU471	NEPAL: MADHESI FORUM IN DISARRAY [...] (U) At a news conference June 5 Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) Chairman Upendra Yadav announced that his party had withdrawn its support to Prime Minister M. K. Nepal's Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML)-led government. Yadav further announced that the party central [...]	2009-06-05 09:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU473	NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of May 2009, including the following: -- Food Crisis Leaves Millions Hungry -- Electricity Supply Improves, But Not for All -- Bank Lending Growth Rate Slows -- Declining Number of Workers Going Overseas [...]	2009-06-08 00:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU48	NEPAL: RUBY INDUSTRY UNREGULATED [...] (SBU) Nepal does not have any ruby mines, nor does the country have a finishing and cutting industry. All rubies and other precious gems for jewelry are imported. Neither the Government of Nepal (GON) nor private entities in Nepal maintain controls on the typical chain of custody of rubies [...]	2009-01-15 06:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD BM NP
09KATHMANDU484	THE WORLD'S WETTEST PLACE [...] On location at the world's wettest place in Cherrapunjee, in the Indian state of Meghalaya, the South Asia Regional Environment Officer (REO) found a modest trend towards more erratic rainfall patterns since the 1960s. Over the past winter the area went without rain for five months and with li [...]	2009-06-10 01:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO XD NP
09KATHMANDU512	NEPAL: FORMER PM DAHAL TELLS A/S BLAKE MAOISTS ARE [...] (C) Maoist chairman and former Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal told visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake on June 12 that his party is committed to the peace process and to drafting the constitution on time. The former Prime Minister spelled out the Maoists' goals for the peace process, inclu [...]	2009-06-17 08:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU520	MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S TURMOIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 08:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU522	NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER EXPANDS CABINET TO 22 [...] (SBU) On the evening of June 17, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) inducted five ministers and six state ministers into his cabinet, bringing the total to 22. The PM also assigned portfolios to the six Nepali Congress (NC) minis [...]	2009-06-18 09:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU523	NEPAL LEADERS UPDATE A/S BLAKE ON OHCHR EXTENSION [...] (SBU) On June 12, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Representative Richard Bennett informed Assistant Secretary Robert Blake that his office has been focusing on impunity and discrimination in Nepal. Both problems are still rife and continue to undermine the transition [...]	2009-06-18 09:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM PK SL NP
09KATHMANDU528	A/S BLAKE RAISES TIBETAN, BHUTANESE REFUGEES IN [...] (SBU) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative in Kathmandu told visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake that registration and i.d. card issuance for the Tibetan refugee population remains politically sensitive, but that UNHCR remains optimistic progress can b [...]	2009-06-19 05:55:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PHUM BT CH NP
09KATHMANDU529	NEPAL: NEW PRIME MINISTER HOPEFUL HE CAN MAKE [...] (C) Newly elected Prime Minister M.K. Nepal told visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake June 12 that he hoped his government will take shape within "a few days." He admitted that he is facing problems with the Maoists in the Parliament and the street, but said he is trying to find a way to [...]	2009-06-19 06:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU530	NEPAL'S PRESIDENT STRESSES COMMITMENT TO PEACE [...] (C) In his June 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary Blake, President Ram Baran Yadav underscored his commitment to the peace process, a new constitution, and, most importantly, the rehabilitation and reintegration of former Maoist combatants. The President defended his decision to reinstate [...]	2009-06-19 06:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU535	NEPAL: A/S BLAKE URGES PROGRESS ON PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) In a June 12 lunch meeting with representatives from three of the four major parties and at an evening reception with a broad group of Nepali leaders, visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake encouraged parties and institutions to work together to complete the peace process, including dra [...]	2009-06-19 08:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER KDEM UN UK NP
09KATHMANDU538	INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL [...] (C) Summary. In a June 21 meeting with Ambassador, Indian Foreign Secretary Menon expressed growing concern about the potential for confrontation between the military and the Maoists and about the lack of political leadership from the other parties. Menon said that COAS Katawal,s confronta [...]	2009-06-22 08:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR UN IN NP
09KATHMANDU541	NEPAL SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On June 22, Madan Bhattarai, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal would have no problem supporting the U.S. candidate, Ms. Lucretia Myers, for the UN International Civil Service Commission in t [...]	2009-06-23 09:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU542	NEPAL VAGUE ON INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY [...] (SBU) On June 22, Madan Bhattarai, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal has a "tricky" decision to make regarding the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) going into the preparatory meeting [...]	2009-06-23 09:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KGHG SENV NP
09KATHMANDU549	FOREIGN MINISTER VALUES CONTINUED U.S. ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) On June 12, Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala (Nepali Congress) acknowledged to Assistant Secretary Robert Blake that the Maoists were unlikely to join the current government. However, she was optimistic that at least a few of the Maoists would participate in a High Level Peace Committee. [...]	2009-06-25 05:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER EAID ETRD KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU552	NEPAL: THIRD CABINET EXPANSION [...] (U) On June 24 Prime Minster Madhav Kumar Nepal expanded his cabinet for a third time, swearing in five ministers and one state minister. The expansion brings in two more ministers for Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF),two from the second largest Terai-based party, the Terai Madhes Democr [...]	2009-06-25 09:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU56	NEPAL: COLGATE NEGOTIATES LABOR SETTLEMENT [...] (C) On November 21, Colgate Palmolive announced it had sold its entire interest in its Nepal operation, Colgate-Palmolive Nepal),to a private Nepali concern (reftel). Although the purchase agreement included provisions ensuring continued employment under the new ownership, the former Colgate [...]	2009-01-20 06:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD ELAB NP
09KATHMANDU562	NEPAL: THIRD CABINET EXPANSION COMPLETED [...] (U) The two members of the Terai Madhes Democratic Party (TMDP) named to the cabinet in the third expansion who had not participated in the swearing-in ceremony on June 24 (Reftel) took the oath of office and secrecy from Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on June 25. 2. (U) The cabinet now [...]	2009-06-26 08:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU564	TIBETAN PROTESTERS DETAINED IN KATHMANDU [...] (SBU) In the first Tibetan political protest since March 2009, a group of 34 Tibetans took a bus from Kathmandu to the Nepal-Tibet border early on June 26, reportedly to turn themselves over to Chinese authorities and become martyrs for the cause of a free Tibet. The group was intercepted and [...]	2009-06-26 09:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM CH NP
09KATHMANDU569	NEPAL RELEASES TIBETAN PROTESTERS [...] (SBU) On June 28, following interventions by Tibetan community leaders and the Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),the Government of Nepal's Immigration Department released the 34 Tibetan protesters detained on June 26 (reftel). The Immigration authorities initia [...]	2009-06-29 08:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PREL CH NP
09KATHMANDU570	NEPAL: FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON PEACE PROCESS, [...] (C) During the Ambassador's farewell call on June 29, Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala confirmed that the cabinet had decided to extend the UN Mission in Nepal's mandate in Nepal. The cabinet also approved the extension of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for an additional [...]	2009-06-29 08:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM UN CH NP
09KATHMANDU590	NEPAL: COMMERCE AND LAW MINISTERS JOIN CABINET [...] (U) On July 3 Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal inducted two more ministers into his cabinet: Rajendra Mahato, chairman of the small, Madhesi-based Sadbhavana Party (SP),as Minister for Commerce and Supplies; and Prem Bahadur Singh, the sole Member of Parliament from the Social Democratic Peo [...]	2009-07-06 08:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU600	NEPAL PARLIAMENT PROCEEDINGS RESUME [...] (C) On July 6, with the mid-July budget deadline looming, the Maoists reached agreement with the Nepali Congress (NC) and the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) to end their two-month obstruction of the Parliament and allow the budget to be presented. Deal Struck ----- [...]	2009-07-07 09:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON MARR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU601	NEPAL: AMBASSADOR URGES PROGRESS IN PEACE PROCESS [...] (C) In a series of farewell calls since June 22 with senior Nepali officials and politicians, the Ambassador urged progress on the peace process, in the drafting of the constitution and in the political process generally. Nepali officials, including the Foreign, Defense, Home, Finance, and Pe [...]	2009-07-08 03:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID MARR UNSC NP
09KATHMANDU616	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INT'L TELECOM [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 02:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT PREL KTIA TSPA NP
09KATHMANDU617	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 03:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP KN NP
09KATHMANDU618	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UN [...] (U) On July 7, Emboff delivered the reftel demarche and talking points to Madan Bhattarai, Joint Secretary of the Foreign Ministry's UN and International Organizations Division, seeking the cooperation of the Government of Nepal (GON) in carrying out the inspection-related provisions of UN Sec [...]	2009-07-10 03:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN NP
09KATHMANDU619	AMBASSADOR RAISES ADOPTIONS WITH PRIME MINISTER IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 05:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC CVIS KOCI NP
09KATHMANDU625	NEPAL: EMBASSY ADVOCATES FOR BOEING [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Madhav Nepal and Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation Sarad Bhandari vowed in meetings the week of July 6 that the Nepal Airlines Corporation's decision to purchase new aircraft would be fair and transparent. PM Nepal expressed this commitment to transparency during the [...]	2009-07-13 06:00:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU638	NEPAL EXTENDS OHCHR, BUT FUNDS NEEDED [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-15 10:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU643	MEDIA REACTION: TOWARDS A NUCLEAR FREE WORLD [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 08:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU645	NEPAL'S TIBETAN REFUGEE POLICY UNDER STRAIN [...] (C) The Government of Nepal's policy of permitting Tibetan refugees to remain quietly in Nepal while accommodating Chinese demands to prevent "anti-China" activities is under increasing strain. Tibetan activists have recently conducted several public protests, Nepali authorities detained the [...]	2009-07-17 10:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU653	NEPAL DRAFTS FIRST BROADBAND POLICY [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-20 08:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS NP
09KATHMANDU674	NEPAL'S BUDGET: BROAD PROMISES, UNREALISTIC [...] (U) The Government of Nepal recently unveiled its policies and programs for fiscal 2009/10, and a USD 3.7 billion budget to support them, with the aim of, among other things, fostering faster economic growth, curbing inflation, boosting infrastructure development, and expanding social service [...]	2009-07-24 01:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD PTER KCRM NP
09KATHMANDU677	MEDIA REACTION: CLINTON'S DELHI VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-24 06:21:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU679	NEPAL: UNHCR ADVOCATES REGISTERING TIBETANS [...] (SBU) During a July 13 meeting of the U.S.-hosted Tibetan Discussion Group, Kathmandu's UNHCR Representative Daisy Dell advocated for registration of Tibetan refugees in Nepal. Based on experience with Nepal's Bhutanese refugee community, Dell sees registration as the necessary first step t [...]	2009-07-24 08:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PREL CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU68	NEPAL: MAOISTS MERGE WITH SMALL COMMUNIST PARTY; [...] (SBU) On January 12, the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPN-M),Nepal's largest party, merged with a minor communist party, the Communist Party of Nepal - Unity Center Masal (UC),to form the United Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M). A joint convention of the two parties' Central [...]	2009-01-26 10:32:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PINR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU692	NEPAL'S CABINET MINISTERS - BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION [...] (SBU) Following is biographic information about key ministers in the current Nepali cabinet. Biographic information about the Prime Minister was reported in Ref D. Bijay Gachhadar, Deputy Prime Minister and Physical Planning and Works --------------------------------------------- --------- [...]	2009-07-28 08:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU697	NEPAL: CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF KATAWAL ANNOUNCES [...] (SBU) On July 27, the Chief of the Army Staff, General Rookmangud Katawal, called on President Ram Baran Yadav to announce his retirement and introduce his successor, Lt. Gen. Chhatraman Gurung. Katawal said he would take the customary one-month leave beginning August 8 before his retirement [...]	2009-07-29 09:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS NP
09KATHMANDU70	NEPAL: CHAIRPERSONS SELECTED FOR CONSTITUENT [...] (SBU) On January 13, Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman Subash Nemwang swore in chairpersons from six parties for the 24 CA committees. Madhav Kumar Nepal, the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),was elected head of the Constitutional Com [...]	2009-01-27 06:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU705	NEPAL: POTENTIAL NEPALI AMBASSADOR TO U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has nominated Dr. Shankar Prasad Sharma as Ambassador to the United States. Sharma is a longtime economic advisor to the government and has been an adviser to the Koirala family. Political factors may derail the nomination, which must be approv [...]	2009-07-30 10:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM OFDP PGOV PHUM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU715	64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: NEPAL PARTICIPATION [...] (SBU) On July 20, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that the Government of Nepal had not decided who would attend the 64th UN General Assembly in New York beginning mid-September. He said that the Prime M [...]	2009-07-31 08:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU717	NEPAL: CONSTITUTION TIMETABLE REVISED AGAIN--AND [...] (SBU) Summary: The Constituent Assembly's (CA's) timetable for drafting Nepal's new constitution has been delayed five times. Only four of ten constitution drafting sub-committees have presented their concept papers to the full committee. In an attempt to resolve the impasse, both the interim [...]	2009-07-31 09:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU726	NEPAL: MAOIST DEMONSTRATIONS BEGINNING AUGUST 7 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) party announced they will begin demonstrations in the streets and in parliament August 7, unless the coalition government meets a series of demands. The Maoists are demanding a parliamentary debate on the issue of "civilian [...]	2009-08-04 09:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU728	NEPAL: INITIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE [...] (U) In response to reftel request for mechanisms in Nepal that aim to prevent torture and protect victims, post is aware of the following mechanisms: 2. (C) The Nepali government has several institutions that have responsibility for working to prevent torture: the Prime Minister's (PM's) Of [...]	2009-08-05 01:30:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	DRL NP PGOV PHUM UN
09KATHMANDU732	NEPAL: MAOIST THREATS SPARK ANGST, RUMORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Maoist Leader Dahal,s public and private statements that his party intends to topple the M.K. Nepal government have prompted speculation about the fallout from Maoist demonstrations scheduled to begin on August 7. Discussions between Maoists and Nepali Congress (NC) leaders have s [...]	2009-08-06 10:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU737	NEPAL: MAOIST PROTEST CAMPAIGN BEGINS QUIETLY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Maoists' month-long protest campaign began quietly on August 7 with small-scale, inconsequential protests, but sources confirm Maoist preparations to mobilize supporters in coming weeks for peaceful demonstrations. Meanwhile, the government coalition decided the previous ev [...]	2009-08-07 10:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC CASC NP
09KATHMANDU739	NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR JULY 2009 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of July 2009, including the following: -- FY 2009/10 Budget Nearly 34 Percent Larger -- Economic Survey Shows Declining Performance -- UN Says Hunger in Some Areas 'Extremely Alarming' -- Growth in Overs [...]	2009-08-10 04:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU74	DISLOCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL DEPRIVATION, AND CONFLICT IN [...] Mining concessions in India's eastern states of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh are causing the dislocation of tens of thousands of tribal people and threatening their traditional way of life, which is highly dependant on the natural environment. In the process, tribal people have become targets for [...]	2009-01-30 03:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EIND EMIN PREL XD IN
09KATHMANDU740	MEDIA REACTION: HUMANITARIAN ACTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-10 07:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU741	NEPAL: HOME MINISTER CONFRONTS SECURITY CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Home Minister Bhim Rawal has unveiled a new security plan intended to curb violence and end impunity. Key aspects of the plan have been developed in coordination with the U.S.-sponsored Security Sector Reform (SSR) project and include redoubling efforts to increase security per [...]	2009-08-10 07:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC IN NP
09KATHMANDU743	NEPAL'S CONCURRENCE ON UPDATED EXECUTIVE ORDER [...] (C) Embassy Kathmandu concurs with the Department of Labor's update of its Executive Order 13126 list, which identifies bricks, carpets, embroidered textiles (zari),and crushed stones as products produced in Nepal using forced or indentured child labor. MOON [...]	2009-08-10 08:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NP
09KATHMANDU744	NEPAL: INDIGENOUS GROUPS VIE FOR POWER, FEDERALISM [...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal's ethnic minority ("Janajati") groups have formed a political caucus in the Constituent Assembly (CA) to overcome their traditional marginalization in Nepali politics. The Janajati groups propose a federal system with distinct districts for different groups, but disagree o [...]	2009-08-10 09:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP SOCI
09KATHMANDU748	UNMIN PESSIMISTIC ON NEPAL PEACE PROCESS PROSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: The UN Secretary General's representative in Nepal, Karin Landgren, told P-5 missions on August 11 that prospects for Nepal's peace process over the next six to eight weeks are "slim." Obstacles include the failure of political leaders to develop a "high-level mechanism" for re [...]	2009-08-12 09:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDEM UNSC IN NP
09KATHMANDU756	NEPAL: MAOISTS ON CONSENSUS GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Maoist Central Committee,s top priority is to force a parliamentary debate on the "civilian supremacy" issue and then to establish a consensus government under Maoist leadership. The Maoists will not agree to a "high-level mechanism" for resolving inter-party disputes on c [...]	2009-08-14 08:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU769	NEPAL UNDECIDED ABOUT UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) On August 17, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that his government would wait until "closer to the election" on September 17 for the UNESCO Director General before deciding on a candidate. Emboff conveye [...]	2009-08-18 07:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU779	COOPERATION KEY TO SOUTH ASIAN WATER SECURITY [...] (U) Summary. The battle over water will drive geopolitical relations in South Asia in the 21st century as the flow of Himalayan rivers becomes increasingly unpredictable due to climate change, according to regional experts who attended a recent conference in Kathmandu. The only way to ensur [...]	2009-08-20 01:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID TBIO PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU782	NEPALI CONGRESS PARTY WEATHERS MAOIST STORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: A long-time confidant of Nepali Congress (NC) party leader G.P. Koirala believes the current government will survive Maoist challenges in the coming months and that the Maoists may join the governing coalition by the end of 2009. Two influential NC "Young Turks" take the opposite [...]	2009-08-21 05:03:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU787	NEPAL: FM SYMPATHETIC ON TIBET BUT CHANGE UNLIKELY [...] (C) In an August 24 meeting with Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala (septel),Charge expressed U.S. concern about recent, and highly inaccurate, reports in the Nepali media linking the Tibetan Reception Center to anti-Chinese activities. Noting the U.S.-funded Center is well-respected and plays an [...]	2009-08-25 08:39:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM NP CH
09KATHMANDU788	NEPAL: MUSLIMS SEEK RECOGNITION IN NEW CONSTITUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal's Muslim community is seeking official recognition in the new constitution as a way to guarantee their religious rights. Muslim leaders in Nepal see India as a model for structuring religious affairs in a democracy. Madrasas throughout the Terai operate through loose, in [...]	2009-08-25 08:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI NP
09KATHMANDU792	NEPAL: FM KOIRALA ON ROPES BUT LIKELY TO SURVIVE [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has come under fire over her last-minute decision not to accompany Prime Minister M.K. Nepal on his August 18-22 visit to India. She will survive the controversy, but her weak political base has eroded even further. Koirala will make a "goodwill t [...]	2009-08-26 08:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM CH NP
09KATHMANDU796	NEPAL: CONSTITUTION UNLIKELY TO BENEFIT [...] (U) Summary: Nepal's most disadvantaged group, the "untouchable" Dalit caste, has successfully organized political and advocacy NGOs over the past two decades, but Nepal,s political parties have traditionally limited their political influence. Nepali Dalits are seeking legal protections in th [...]	2009-08-27 09:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU804	NEPAL: UNMIN MONITORING OF PLA COMBATANTS IN DOUBT [...] (SBU) Summary: Maoist People's Liberation Army (PLA) combatants were detained outside of their cantonment on August 24 carrying weapons and dressed in military fatigues. UNMIN publicly expressed "serious concern" about the incident, which it said was a clear violation of peace agreements. Ot [...]	2009-08-31 02:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU808	NEPAL'S NEXT ENVOY TO U.S. IS COMPETENT TECHNOCRAT [...] (C) Summary: Shankar Prasad Sharma, Nepal's Ambassador-Designate to the United States of America, is a longtime economic adviser to the Government of Nepal (GON) who has also been a personal adviser to the family of Nepali Congress chairman G.P. Koirala. He received his Ph.D. in economics f [...]	2009-08-31 09:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU81	U.S. AND NEPAL SIGN AGREEMENT ON LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) On January 23, the Deputy Chief of Mission and Finance Secretary Rameshore Khanal signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA),in English (reftel),covering long-term law enforcement assistance worth over USD 2.5 million to the Home Ministry, Nepal Police (NP),and Armed Police Force (APF). This In [...]	2009-02-02 03:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL SNAR INL KCRS NP
09KATHMANDU813	NEPAL: VP OATH CRISIS SYMBOLIZES ETHNIC DIVISIONS [...] (C) Summary: Nepal's Vice President Parmananda Jha has refused to take his oath in the Nepali language after the Supreme Court invalidated his previous oath, taken in Hindi. The controversy has been brewing for months and has come to symbolize long-standing tensions over language and ethnicity [...]	2009-09-01 08:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU814	INDIA VISIT REINFORCED NEPAL'S RULING COALITION -- [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal's August 18-22 visit to New Delhi, widely viewed as more symbolic than substantive, somewhat cemented his position as the leader of the Nepalese government but does not guarantee he will be able to remain in power. The visit did, however, ill [...]	2009-09-01 09:02:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU82	NEPAL: 2008 END-USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Per the discontinued reporting requirements noted reftel, post has no end-use monitoring to report for Calendar Year 2008. All International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Bureau funds post utilized in 2008 were Program Development & Support funds. BERRY [...]	2009-02-02 05:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN NP
09KATHMANDU827	NEPAL: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S UNGA INVITATION DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Charge delivered President Obama's invitation to a meeting to be held on September 23, during the UN General Assembly (UNGA),for the leaders of the top UN peacekeeper-contributing countries (Ref A) to Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal. Rajan Bhattarai, the PM's foreign policy [...]	2009-09-04 12:48:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KPKO UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU828	NEPAL: RETIRING COAS KATAWAL PESSIMISTIC ON FUTURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Expressing appreciation for U.S. support over the years, Chief of Army Staff Katawal told Charge he remains deeply distrustful of Maoist intentions, stressing the importance of continued pressure on the Maoists. A strong and apolitical military is essential to protect Nepal's dem [...]	2009-09-04 13:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MASS NP
09KATHMANDU829	NEPAL: PM OUTLINES PEACE PROCESS STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal told Charge on September 4 his primary concerns are how to resolve whether former Maoist combatants can integrate into the Nepal Army, achieve unity among the political parties and the international community, and advance the peace process. The [...]	2009-09-04 13:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU834	NEPAL ARRESTS, RELEASES TIBETANS [...] (C) On September 6, the Nepal Police Chief District Officer ordered the release of nine Tibetans refugees who had been held for four and five days. The CDO told OHCHR that the nine were being released on his authority and could be detained again by the same means. Seven of the Tibetans, rang [...]	2009-09-09 11:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM CH NP
09KATHMANDU837	MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR ROW [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-10 04:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU840	NEPAL: ADVOCACY CONTINUES AS BOEING'S HOPES FADE [...] (SBU) The Charge d'Affaires continues to advocate at the highest levels of government for the state-run Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) to conduct its decision-making process on the purchase of new aircraft in a fair and transparent manner, even as Boeing officials report that the NAC Board o [...]	2009-09-11 10:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU841	NEPAL: MAOISTS' SHORT AND LONG-TERM STRATEGIES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal's Maoists continue to pursue short- and long-term strategies for returning to power in the Constituent Assembly. In the short term, they are working to persuade disaffected Madhesi parties to give them the 30 seats they need to gain a working majority. Over the long term [...]	2009-09-11 12:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU842	SCENESETTER: DASD SCHER VISIT TO NEPAL [...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. The last high-level visit to Nepal was A/S Blake's visit in June, and your visit will convey the message that the USG is committed to supporting Nepal's peace process and transition to a full-fledged democracy. Arriving only a week af [...]	2009-09-11 19:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM MARR NP
09KATHMANDU845	NEPAL: NEW ARMY CHIEF STRESSES HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) In his first address since being sworn in as Chief of the Army Staff, General Chhatra Man Singh Gurung stressed that the Nepal Army would have "zero tolerance" for human rights violations. Speaking before more than 1,000 generals, officers, and non-commissioned officers at Nepal Army Hea [...]	2009-09-14 12:12:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU851	NEPAL PM ACCEPTS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S UNGA INVITATION [...] (SBU) Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has accepted President Obama's invitation to a meeting to be held on September 23, during the UN General Assembly (UNGA),for the leaders of the top UN peacekeeper - contributing countries (Reftels). Rajan Bhattarai, the PM's foreign policy ad [...]	2009-09-15 10:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU852	NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE [...] (C) Nepalese Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala told Charge during a meeting on September 15 (septel) she would look into the Middle East issues related to the International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference currently in process in Vienna. Charge specifically requested that Nepal vote aga [...]	2009-09-15 11:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS NP
09KATHMANDU853	NEPAL ENDORSES GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 04:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID PREL NP
09KATHMANDU861	MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE PLANS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 11:57:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU863	NEPAL: FM OPEN TO KOSOVO MEETING [...] (C) During a September 15 meeting with Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala (ref A),Charge encouraged the Government of Nepal to respond favorably to meeting requests from the Government of Kosovo during the upcoming UNGA session (ref B). Koirala was unaware of any request for a meeting, but appe [...]	2009-09-18 08:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KV NP

09KATHMANDU864	NEPAL: JUDICIAL POLITICS, POLITICIZED JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary: Key judicial leaders in Nepal are deeply concerned about Maoist-supported constitutional proposals on the judiciary, which would empower parliament to appoint and remove judges, and interpret the constitution. The Supreme Court Chief Justice and others are actively lobbying the C [...]	2009-09-18 08:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU866	NEPAL: UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT INVITATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 09:40:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EAGR UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU869	MEDIA REACTION: INVOLVEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-21 11:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU870	(C) NEPAL FM: IF NOT INDIA, HOW ABOUT CHINA? [...] (C) Summary: During Foreign Minister Koirala's recent trip to China, Chinese officials expressed continuing "concern" about the activities of Tibetan refugees in Nepal. China promised Koirala only a handful of small-sum infrastructure projects. The Indians are "not happy" with Nepal's cooper [...]	2009-09-21 12:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF CH NP
09KATHMANDU871	NEPAL: HOME MINISTER LISTS PRIORITIES TO DASD SCHER [...] (C) Summary: Home Minister Bhim Rawal highlighted to Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Scher his commitment to improving national and regional security, curbing political violence, resolving the most contentious peace process issues with the Maoists, and upholding human rights. I [...]	2009-09-21 13:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU872	NEPAL: NGOS BRIEF DAS SCHER ON GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives of democracy and peace-building organizations working in Nepal told visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Scher that the Nepali population is increasingly frustrated with the ongoing political stalemate. "Backbench" Constituent Assembly (CA) members ar [...]	2009-09-21 13:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU877	NEPAL: UNMIN HEAD SHARES DOUBTS ABOUT PEACE [...] (C) Summary: Unless the Maoists are "drawn into the political process," progress on constitution drafting and military integration and rehabilitation will be very difficult, according to UNMIN head Karin Landgren. Landgren told visiting Defense DAS Scher that solutions to the technical aspec [...]	2009-09-22 12:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU880	NEPAL: BOEING'S BID GETS A BOOST [...] (U) Boeing's bid to supply a narrow-body aircraft to the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has been given a boost by the parliament's Public Accounts Committee, which at a September 18 hearing issued a directive to the state-run airline that should bring some balance to a decision-making proce [...]	2009-09-23 08:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU881	NEPAL: TERRORIST THREATENING CHRISTIANS ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary: The leader of the Nepal Defense Army (NDA),Ram Prasad Mainali, was arrested on September 5 in the eastern Terai district of Morang. The NDA is a Hindu extremist organization that gained prominence over the past couple of years for attacks against Christians as well as Muslims [...]	2009-09-23 11:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KIRF ASEC CASC IN NP
09KATHMANDU883	NEPAL: DEFENSE MINISTER ON PEACE PROCESS, U.S. [...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Bidya Bhandari told visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Robert Scher that Nepal was "at a very important juncture in the peace process." She supports limited integration of Maoist combatants into the Nepal Army based on the peace agreements so long as t [...]	2009-09-23 12:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU884	NEPAL: DASD SCHER, COAS ON PEACE PROCESS ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Chief of Army Staff Chhatraman Singh Gurung asked Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Scher for the United States to resume the supply of lethal assistance to the Nepal Army (NA). Gurung supports the peace process and civilian supremacy but is willing to step in should the Gov [...]	2009-09-24 03:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM MARR MASS MCAP IN NP
09KATHMANDU887	NEPAL: COURT ORDERS MILITARY ACTION IN SURUWAL CASE [...] (U) In a surprising and positive development, the District Court in Kavre ordered the military to take action in one of Nepal's highest-profile human rights cases, the 2005 murder of 15-year-old Maina Suruwal. The Court ordered the Nepal Army Adjutant General to suspend Major Niranjan Basnet, [...]	2009-09-24 10:35:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU898	NEPAL: LET'S ENGAGE THE KEY PLAYERS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras. 5 and 9. 2. (C) Summary. Post proposes a new approach to remove two conflict-era impediments to effective U.S. engagement in Nepal: (1) restrictions on U.S. military assistance to the Nepal Army, and (2) ongoing inclusion of the Communist Party of [...]	2009-10-01 03:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER MARR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU906	NEPAL: CONTROVERSIAL ARMY GENERAL COULD BE PROMOTED [...] (C) Summary: Based on media reports that Nepal Army (NA) Major General Toran Singh, who is alleged to be complicit in human rights abuses, was soon to be promoted to Lieutenant General, the Defense Attache met with two cabinet ministers and the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) to voice U.S. conc [...]	2009-10-02 12:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MARR PREL PINR NP
09KATHMANDU910	FRAUD SUMMARY - KATHMANDU, NEPAL [...] Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a per capita income of less than USD400. A precarious peace following ten years of armed civil conflict, the Maoist party intimating a potential return to violence, weak government institutions under the current government - the second [...]	2009-10-05 12:44:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NP
09KATHMANDU916	NEPAL-CHINA BORDER: FACT AND FICTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Media reports indicate the Government of Nepal (GON) is deploying armed police along its 884 mile northern border with China in response to pressure from the Chinese government to prevent Tibetan activism. These reports are overstated; the GON does not have the resources to f [...]	2009-10-07 11:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU917	MEDIA REACTION: NEPAL-U.S. RELATIONS; U.S.- MAOIST RELATIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 11:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU918	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. CONSTITUTION & NEPAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 11:49:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU922	NEPAL: IRAN DEMARCHES DELIVERED [...] (C) On October 8, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that nonproliferation and nuclear disarmament are very important issues to the Government of Nepal (GON),and Iran should comply with its international obligat [...]	2009-10-09 11:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR NP
09KATHMANDU928	MEDIA REACTION: U.S, INDIAN PERCEPTION OF CHINA [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-09 11:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU929	NEPAL: CONTROVERSIAL GENERAL'S PROMOTION ON HOLD [...] (SBU) Nepal's Cabinet deferred on October 8 a decision on the promotion of Army Major General Toran Singh. Singh, who is alleged to be complicit in human rights abuses, was under consideration for promotion to Lieutenant General (reftel). The Cabinet reportedly discussed Singh's appointment b [...]	2009-10-09 11:54:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MARR PINR NP
09KATHMANDU930	NEPAL: MAOIST COMBATANTS TO BE DISCHARGED - MAYBE [...] (SBU) Summary: Under a new agreement between the Ministry for Peace and Reconstruction and the Maoists, the discharge process for disqualified Maoist combatants is scheduled to restart with a high-level joint visit to a cantonment on October 11. The Ministry hopes to transfer all disqualified [...]	2009-10-09 12:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU945	MEDIA REACTION: RESPONSE OF NEPALI PRESS TO OBAMA'S NOBEL PRIZE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-14 11:50:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU946	BHUTAN REFUGEE FOOD SUPPLIES INTERRUPTED [...] (U) Summary. World Food Program (WFP) food supplies for Bhutanese refugees living in camps in Nepal are insufficient, so WFP will soon provide half rations for about one month. Meanwhile, UNHCR reports that security in Bhutanese refugee camps is good and fraud is relatively low in refugee res [...]	2009-10-14 12:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF EAID NP
09KATHMANDU950	NEPAL: UN SUPPORTS JOINT HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and Post agreed to develop a joint human rights framework, identifying emblematic human rights cases and pressing both the Nepal Army and the Maoists to take specific actions to punish the perpetrators. While this s [...]	2009-10-16 06:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU958	NEPAL: DISQUALIFIED MAOISTS TOLD TIME TO GO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Peace and Reconstruction Minister, Maoist military commanders and UN representatives visited a Maoist cantonment on October 11-15 to restart the process for "discharging" former Maoist combatants. Maoist leaders told former combatants to prepare for reintegration into Nepali [...]	2009-10-20 09:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU966	MEDIA REACTION: AFGHAN RUNOFF [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 11:05:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU972	NEPAL: P-5 AMBASSADORS VISIT MAOIST CANTONMENTS [...] (C) Summary. During an October 23 visit to a Maoist cantonment in eastern Nepal, the P-5 plus Japan chiefs of mission underscored UNSC support for the Nepali peace process and called for the rapid discharge, integration, and rehabilitation of Maoist combatants. The Maoist Division Commander [...]	2009-10-26 12:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR UN NP
09KATHMANDU974	NEPAL: INDIA BIASED AGAINST MAOISTS, FAVORS STATUS [...] (C) Summary. Two senior Nepali civil society leaders, who just completed extensive political discussions with Indian leaders, concluded that India's policy toward Nepal is "simplistic" and biased against the Maoists. India supports the current M.K. Nepal-led government and wants to keep the [...]	2009-10-26 12:45:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU977	MESSAGE TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF NEPAL FROM [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 10:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU980	NEPAL: MAOISTS DEMAND LEADERSHIP OF GOVERNMENT, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist plans to intensify protests and "paralyze" government operations starting in mid-November unless the ruling coalition agrees to create a new Maoist-led consensus government. The Maoists seek increased dialogue with the United States and want t [...]	2009-10-27 12:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU982	NEPAL: PM ADVISOR HINTS AT ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. Rajan Bhattarai, the Prime Minister's foreign policy advisor, told Charge that PM Madhav Kumar Nepal is committed to investigating and prosecuting human rights abuses the Nepal Army and the Maoists perpetrated during the insurgency. Bhattarai said the PM has delayed the promotio [...]	2009-10-28 08:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU984	NEPAL: MAOIST CHAIRMAN SEEKS TERRORIST DE-LISTING [...] (C) Summary: Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (aka Prachanda) told Charge he would like to build confidence and relations between the Maoist party and the United States. Dahal also expressed interest in taking steps to remove his party from the U.S. terrorist exclusion lists. He insisted [...]	2009-10-29 08:04:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU991	NEPAL: DRAFT 2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Summary: Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of nor a major transit route for narcotic drugs, some hashish, heroin and domestically produced cannabis and opium are trafficked to and through Nepal every year. Nepal's Narcotics Drug Control Law Enforcement Unit (NDCLEU) reports th [...]	2009-11-02 10:36:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SNAR NP
09KATHMANDU998	NEPAL: UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE MULLS FUTURE [...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) plays an useful and unique role in protecting human rights in Nepal. OHCHR has established long-term and ambitious benchmarks its future program, but it is not clear the Government of Nepal will extend its current [...]	2009-11-03 13:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU999	NEPAL: ESCALATING MAOIST PROTESTS THREATEN AIRPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 1, the Maoists launched a protest program against the coalition government that is to build up to a blockade of the Kathmandu Valley and international airport on November 10. Meanwhile, Maoist leader Prachanda invited foreign ambassadors and representatives of int [...]	2009-11-03 13:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KOLKATA134	CYCLONE HITS WEST BENGAL - NO AMCIT CASUALTIES, NO REQUEST [...] (SBU) On May 25, a Category 2 tropical cyclone named "Aila" hit the Eastern India state of West Bengal. Damage was concentrated in South and North 24 Paraganas, especially the low lying delta region of the Sunderbans. West Bengal government officials told post that approximately 40 people die [...]	2009-05-26 12:16:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID SENV IN
09KOLKATA35	BIHAR CHIEF MINISTER KUMAR: KOSI RELIEF, STATE DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: According to a wide range of contacts, Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is effectively mobilizing the state government machinery to respond to the August 2008 flooding of the river Kosi and improve development in the state. Since forming a government in November 2005, Kumar h [...]	2009-02-10 10:50:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID IN NP
09KOLKATA55	NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN WEST BENGAL - A CROSS BORDER [...] (U) On February 24, the GOI reported a second outbreak of the avian influenza (AI) virus H5N1 in backyard poultry in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, this time in the forest village of Punding (See Reftel). The village is about 630 km north of Kolkata and the district physically borders the [...]	2009-03-05 09:15:00	Consulate Kolkata	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BG
09MANILA2046	DECLARATION OF DISASTER: TROPICAL STORM ONDOY [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. AS A RESULT OF THE TROPICAL STORM ONDOY DISASTER WHICH STRUCK THE PHILIPPINES ON SEPTEMBER 26, 2009, THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE PHILIPPINES HAS DETERMINED THAT THE DISASTER IS OF SUFFICIENT MAGNITUDE THAT IT IS BEYOND THE CAPACITY OF THE [...]	2009-09-28 07:18:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI PREL KPAO SENV EAGR RP
09MANILA2638	DECLARATION OF DISASTER: ASSISTANCE FOR MOUNT MAYON [...] THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 4. 2. AS A RESULT OF THE DISPLACEMENT OF RESIDENTS AROUND MOUNT MAYON VOLCANO IN ALBAY, PHILIPPINES FROM NEARLY 4,000 INDIVIDUALS ON NOVEMBER 11 TO 47,000 INDIVIDUALS TODAY, THE CHIEF OF MISSION HAS DETERMINED THAT THE DISASTER IS BEYOND THE CAPABI [...]	2009-12-29 09:10:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI PREL KPAO SENV EAGR RP
09NDJAMENA588	CHAD: MINURCAT MAKING BIG PUSH ON SECURITY IN EAST [...] (SBU) MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo met December 7 with representatives of UN member states resident in N'Djamena to describe the PKO's "big push" over the past month to enhance security in Eastern Chad, in the wake of recent kidnappings and a general increase in criminal activity directed agai [...]	2009-12-08 11:59:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL EAID PREF EU FR UNSC CA CD
09NEWDELHI2280	New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of [...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 9-13, 2009, including the following: -- Buzz Misleads on WTO Government Procurement Agreement -- RBI Audits Could Lead to Further Opening of the Banking Sector -- Corporate Profits Up, Sales Not [...]	2009-11-13 09:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI2461	PDAS WITTEN DISCUSSES REFUGEE ISSUES IN INDIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a two-day visit to New Delhi, PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Samuel Witten discussed Bhutanese refugees, Tibetans in India, and the status of UNHCR in India. Key members of the Bhutanese Core Group agreed that we should submit test humanitarian return cases [...]	2009-12-09 11:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL IN SL
09NEWDELHI815	INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY SEES TACTICAL RETREAT BY [...] (C) Charge met April 23 with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon for talks which included the current standoff in Nepal between Prime Minister Dahal and Army chief Gen. Katawal. Menon said he believed the situation had been quite close to a disaster for Nepal as it would have taken [...]	2009-04-23 14:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NP IN
09NEWDELHI913	INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY URGES SPEEDY POLITICAL [...] (C) In a May 6 meeting with Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, Charge sought the GOI's views on recent events in Nepal and suggestions for ways the U.S. and India could coordinate on responding to the political crisis. Menon explained that Prime Minister Dahal had been backed into a corn [...]	2009-05-06 13:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS PTER NP IN
09OSLO692	NORWEGIANS RECEPTIVE ON BHUTAN REFUGEES AND CORE [...] (C) Poloff met on November 6 with Lasse Bjorn Johannessen, Senior Advisor in the Asia Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),to deliver reftel points. Johannessen recently returned from a tour as the Deputy Chief of Mission for the Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi. Johannessen said th [...]	2009-11-06 15:31:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	BT IN NP PGOV PREF PREL NO
09PHNOMPENH743	MGEAP1: CAMBODIA COPING WITH KETSANA, SO FAR [...] (U) Summary: Ketsana's high winds and heavy rains continue to impact people in eight of Cambodia's 24 provinces. NGOs, the Cambodia Red Cross (CRC) and provincial governments appear to be meeting immediate needs of the displaced without requesting additional donor assistance. The Royal Gover [...]	2009-10-07 10:33:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR ASEC CASC MARR PREL PINR AMGT EAID CB
09STATE119717	TRAVEL WARNING - NEPAL [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Nepal, and urges caution when traveling in that country. The Department of State remains concerned about the security situation in Nepal, and urges American citizens to obtain updated security information before they tr [...]	2009-11-19 21:08:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC NP
09STATE119813	ENDING THE STALEMATE IN THE PEACE PROCESS [...] (U) Action Request: For Embassy Kathmandu, please see paragraphs 6 and 7. For Embassy New Delhi, please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's peace process continues to drift, due to political stalemate among the major political parties. Although the Maoists have postponed their pr [...]	2009-11-20 00:48:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	IN NP PGOV PREL
09STATE45504	DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY [...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, May 5, 2009 2. (U) Iraq - Paragraphs 8-13 3. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 14-20 4. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 21-32 5. (U) Threats & Analysis - Paragraphs 33-36 6. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 37-45 7. (U) Suspicious Activity Incide [...]	2009-05-05 16:44:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC
09STATE55442	TRAVEL WARNING - NEPAL [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Nepal and urges caution when traveling in country. The Department of State remains concerned about the security situation in Nepal and urges American citizens to obtain updated security information before they travel an [...]	2009-05-29 22:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC NP
09STATE55542	TRAVEL WARNING - NEPAL [...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Nepal and urges caution when traveling in country. The Department of State remains concerned about the security situation in Nepal and urges American citizens to obtain updated security information before they travel an [...]	2009-05-29 22:34:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PTER ASEC NP
09STATE61340	NEPAL -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-15 00:01:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG NP
09STATE74887	Allowance and Post Differential [...] Effective July 19, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-712. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire m [...]	2009-07-17 19:37:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	ALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09THEHAGUE686	NETHERLANDS: SUPPORTING U.S. BHUTANESE REFUGEE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-12 08:46:00	Embassy The Hague	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREF PREL BT NL
09USUNNEWYORK1037	64TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE: [...] (U) The UN First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) conducted its thematic debate on regional disarmament and security on October 21 and 22. Thirteen countries spoke about issues of regional disputes over territory, military build-ups and regional disarmament plans. 2. Malt [...]	2009-11-16 16:44:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CD CDG PARM PREL UNGA
09YEREVAN328	EXBS: ARMENIA ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] ITEMS OF BROAD INTEREST TO ADVISORS AND AGENCY MANAGERS NONE 2. SITE ASSESSMENTS AND MEETINGS DURING REPORTING PERIOD April 1 - 10 - EXBS Advisor on leave. April 27 - EXBS Advisor and program assistant attended the "Day of the Border Guard" ceremony. During his address to the troops, [...]	2009-05-15 13:30:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	EXBS INL ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP
10BANGKOK456	Asian Ministerial Continues Efforts to Prevent Extinction [...] (U) Summary: In a ministerial meeting hosted by Thailand and the World Bank's Global Tiger Initiative (GTI) last month, thirteen tiger range states issued a joint declaration to stem the alarming decline of tigers in the wild, through regional law enforcement and country action plans. They a [...]	2010-02-24 10:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ETRD ETTC ASEAN SAARC XC XE NP TH
10BEIJING123	PRC: PRIME MINISTER NEPAL ENJOYS SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepalese and PRC official sources stated that Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal's December 26-31 visit to China achieved tangible outcomes, including the signing of two official agreements, commercial contracts and broad agreement to strengthen the bilateral relationship. P [...]	2010-01-15 10:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EAID ECON PHUM CH NP IN
10KATHMANDU104	NEPAL ASSOCIATES WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORDS [...] (SBU) Following a "lively" internal debate, on February 1 the Government of Nepal (GON) announced that it had sent notification to the Secretariat of the Convention on Climate Change confirming Nepal's association with the Copenhagen Accord (copy of letter sent to SCA/INS). According to the M [...]	2010-02-04 08:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG KSCA NP
10KATHMANDU114	NEPAL DISCUSSING U.S. CITES PROPOSALS [...] Post delivered reftel talking points to the CITES Authority of Nepal, Mr. Gopal Prasad Upadyaya, Director General of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation. Upadyaya said he will convey Nepal's position after discussions in the Ministry. 2. On corals, Upadyay said it i [...]	2010-02-08 02:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP XD NP
10KATHMANDU118	NEPAL: 2009 END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] Per the reporting requirements noted reftel, Post has an end-use monitoring to report for Calendar Year 2009. 2. BACKGROUND A. EUM Program coordinator: Denver H Fleming III, 977-400-7200, flemingdh@state.gov B. Inventory System: Standard INL-LOA handover forms and state departme [...]	2010-02-08 10:07:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AFIN NP
10KATHMANDU12	G.P KOIRALA STATURE IN NEPALI CONGRESS DECLINING [...] (C) Senior Nepali Congress leaders no longer trust party President G.P. Koirala, believing he would "sell out" the party to promote his daughter, Deputy PM and ForMin Sujata Koirala. Nepali Congress Joint General Secretary and Spokesman Arjun Narsingh K.C. told P/E Chief January 4 that the pa [...]	2010-01-06 11:16:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU121	NEPAL: ARMED POLICE FORCE LOOKING FOR ROLE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Nepal Armed Police Force (APF) is a paramilitary force originally created to combat the Maoist insurgency. Still struggling to define its role in post-conflict Nepal, the APF's duties range from border control to combating terrorist activities. The APF has 25,650 members [...]	2010-02-10 05:51:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM NP PGOV PHUM
10KATHMANDU128	NEPAL'S CONSTITUTION DRAFTING MOVES AHEAD [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's 601-person Constituent Assembly (CA) is making steady progress drafting a new constitution. The CA's eleven thematic committees have submitted reports, and drafting has begun. While the committees reached agreement on many key constitutional provisions, there are at leas [...]	2010-02-11 12:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU129	NEPAL: DISCHARGE OF DISQUALIFIED COMBATANTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Maoist army discharged 268 combatants from the last of seven cantonments on February 8, marking a major political step forward in the peace process. The ceremony was attended by members of the diplomatic community, including U.S. Charge Camp, and Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal [...]	2010-02-11 12:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU13	NEPAL: OHCHR HEAD BENNETT TRANSFERRED TO GENEVA [...] (C) Richard Bennett, the high-profile, outspoken head of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal, is being transfered to Geneva in February. In a lateral career move, Bennett will become the Director of OHCHR's Field Operations Division, responsible for the Midd [...]	2010-01-06 11:22:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU131	NEPAL: DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points to Nepal Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Ramesh P. Khanal on February 11. Khanal thanked the Embassy for the information. He did not provide any substantive response, at this time. CAMP [...]	2010-02-11 13:34:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ACTION ECON EU SOCI UNDP UNGA NP
10KATHMANDU132	NEPAL: IAEA TANZANIA CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Post delivered reftel points and letter to Nepal Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary of the UN, International Organizations, and International Law Division Ramesh P. Khanal on February 11. Khanal thanked the Embassy for the information, but did not provide any substantive response. [...]	2010-02-11 13:37:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	IAEA PARM PREL KNNP KTIA NP
10KATHMANDU142	EMBASSY KATHMANDU'S S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Reconciliation: Voices and Experiences of Conflict-Affected Women (Himalayan Human Rights Monitors - HimRights) ---------- Background ---------- The signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord in November 2006 brought a formal end to the decade-long armed conflict between Maoist rebels and [...]	2010-02-18 11:28:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM NP
10KATHMANDU144	NEPAL: CHINA PRESSURE BUT NEPALIS SAY REFUGEE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Nepal's commitment to protecting Tibetan refugees remains firm, despite Chinese pressure to increase security on the China-Nepal border. During the Home Minister's recent visit to China, Chinese officials pressed the Minister to improve border communication and create a new bila [...]	2010-02-18 12:42:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF CH NP
10KATHMANDU145	NEPAL POISED FOR MAJOR FOOD SECURITY [...] (SBU) Nepal is poised for major investments that could significantly reduce food insecurity and poverty. As a small country which has successfully piloted several global initiatives, Nepal is ready for investments to reduce poverty on a national scale. The Government of Nepal (GON) has begun t [...]	2010-02-18 12:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AID EAID EAGR ECON NP
10KATHMANDU147	NEPAL: ADVOCATING EXTENSION OF OFFICE OF THE HIGH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Heads of mission from Denmark, Germany, Britain, France, Finland, and the United States met Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Koirala February 18, 2010, to advocate for extension of the mandate of OHCHR beyond its current expiry in June 2010. Koirala suggested that t [...]	2010-02-19 06:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NO NP
10KATHMANDU16	NEPAL: MAOISTS START DISCHARGING MINORS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a positive step in Nepal's long-stalled peace process, the Maoist party officially discharged 209 "disqualified" combatants from one of the seven main Maoist cantonment sites. Following their discharge by the People's Liberation Army Deputy Commander, UNDP and UNICEF teams [...]	2010-01-07 11:58:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU163	NEPAL: AIRBUS DEAL IN TROUBLE, EU LOBBIES HARD [...] (C) Summary. The Government of Nepal is unlikely to guarantee the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) loan to purchase two Airbus aircraft, according to Finance Secretary Khanal, essentially killing the deal and reviving Boeing's hopes to sell its aircraft to the NAC. The European Union continu [...]	2010-02-24 12:46:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAIR PREL NP
10KATHMANDU166	NEPAL: COMMITTED TO SUPPORT MINUSTAH [...] (SBU) Per demarche request (reftel),Embassy contacted Armed Police Force (APF) IG Sanet Basnet and Home Ministry Secretary Dr. Govind Kusum regarding Nepal's current offer to provide one Foreign Police Unit (FPU) for 12 months. Both Basnet and Kusum confirmed that Nepal is still willing to [...]	2010-02-25 12:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC
10KATHMANDU2	MEDIA REACTION: EXIT FROM AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-04 11:20:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU24	MEDIA REACTION: NOBEL PEACE PRIZE [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-12 03:52:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU29	NEPAL: GON STICKS TO FOUR-MONTH UNMIN EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Nepal (GON) is unlikely to agree to a six-month mandate extension for UNMIN and may hold firm on its recommended May 15 date, which is linked to the deadlines for completing the integration and rehabilitation of Maoist combatants (April 30) and the new constituti [...]	2010-01-13 09:13:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU38	NEPAL: SCENESETTER FOR PDAS MOON VISIT [...] (SBU) PDAS Moon, Embassy Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. You are arriving at a particularly critical juncture in the peace process, with "indefinite" Maoist protests still threatened for January 24, despite some welcome progress on unblocking the political process. Pressure building a [...]	2010-01-14 13:01:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM MARR NP
10KATHMANDU45	NEPAL NON-COMMITAL ON COPEHAGEN ACCORD [...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal is still considering whether to associate itself with the Copenhagen Accord. As one of the countries most affected by climate change, Government of Nepal (GON) officials were annoyed they were not "adequately consulted" in the negotiations. End Summary. Frustration a [...]	2010-01-20 11:47:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KGKG SENV ENRG XD NP
10KATHMANDU46	NEPAL: TWO NEPAL ARMY BATTALIONS ASSISTING IN [...] (U) SCA PDAS Patrick Moon discussed the earthquake in Haiti with Chief of the Army Staff Gurung on January 19. General Gurung reported that Nepal had two battalions serving in the UN Peace Keeping operation, MINUSTAH, in Haiti when the earthquake struck. One soldier was injured and two Nepal [...]	2010-01-20 12:38:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON HA KDEM MARR NP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
10KATHMANDU57	MEDIA REACTION: PDAS MOON'S VISIT AND DEALING WITH THE MAOISTS [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-22 09:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU58	NEPAL'S FORESTS MINISTER CONFIRMS BAN ON RHESUS [...] (U) Minister of Forests and Soil Conservation Deepak Bohara has confirmed he ruled current Nepali law prohibits the export of rhesus monkeys, both wild and captive-born. The decision, made public in late August 2009, prevents the National Biomedical Research Center (NBRC) from fulfilling its [...]	2010-01-22 10:27:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD SENV TBIO PGOV NP
10KATHMANDU60	MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S FIRST YEAR [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-22 12:06:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU62	NEPAL PM: "CANTONMENTS AND CONSTITUTION LINKED" [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting with SCA PDAS Patrick Moon, Prime Minister M.K. Nepal said the peace process and the constitution drafting process were inextricably linked. He asked the international community to support the government's new integration and rehabilitation plan and pres [...]	2010-01-24 15:09:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU63	NEPAL: MAOIST RESPONSE TO BENCHMARKS PROMISED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Maoist party wants to deepen its engagement with the United States, and is preparing to address the benchmarks for removal from the U.S. terrorism lists, according to United Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda". Prachanda told PDAS Moon th [...]	2010-01-24 15:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU65	NEPAL FORMIN OPTIMISTIC ON HIGH-LEVEL MECHANISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recently-announced High-Level Political Mechanism will help solve Nepal's political impasse, according to DeputyPM and FM Sujata Koirala. Koirala told visiting PDAS Moon that the Mechanism, led by her father G.P. Koirala, would focus first on the integration and rehabilitati [...]	2010-01-25 06:15:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU66	NEPAL: PDAS RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS WITH DEFMIN, CHIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: During meetings with Defense Minister Bhandari and Chief of the Army Staff Gurung, PDAS Moon encouraged the Nepal Army to deal with conflict-era human rights abuses openly and transparently. Until that time, U.S.-Nepal military cooperation will remain "limited." The DefMin shar [...]	2010-01-25 11:11:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU69	NEPAL: G.P. KOIRALA TOUTS HIGH LEVEL MECHANISM [...] (C) SUMMARY: G.P. Koirala, Nepali Congress party President, acknowledged his health was not good, but committed to wrapping up the peace process and the drafting of the constitution. He asserted the High Level Political Mechanism is "the only way" to accomplish these goals. According to Koi [...]	2010-01-25 11:17:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU72	SAARC: REGIONAL POLITICS LIMIT POTENTIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) lacks clout among its member states, preventing it from reaching its full potential. SAARC has facilitated some regional economic and social cooperation, but has little influence over regional geopolitical issues. Th [...]	2010-01-26 11:29:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECIN SAARC IN PK NP
10KATHMANDU74	CLIMATE CHANGE COULD SEVERELY IMPACT NEPAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Due to its geographic location in the Himalayas, Nepal is likely to be substantially impacted by climate change. During a meeting with leading environmental non-governmental organizations, private citizens, and the Minister of Forests and Soil Conservation, PDAS Moon urged Nep [...]	2010-01-27 10:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KGHG NP
10KATHMANDU77	NEPAL: NORWAY APPOINTS SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (SBU) The Government of Norway appointed Ambassador Tore Toreng to serve as Special Envoy to the Peace Process in Nepal. During a January 12 meeting and January 13 dinner, Ambassador Toreng explained to Charge that Norway wants to "invigorate" its support for the Nepal peace process. Toreng [...]	2010-01-27 10:25:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NO NP
10KATHMANDU79	NEPAL: OHCHR LOBBYING FOR EXTENSION [...] (C) Summary: The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)-Nepal hopes to extend its current mandate, which ends June 9, for another two years. The National Human Rights Commission, Nepal Army, and some political leaders are unhappy with OHCHR's activist approach and will l [...]	2010-01-28 10:41:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NO NP
10KATHMANDU80	MEDIA REACTION: LESSONS FROM HAITI [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-28 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU81	MEDIA REACTION: GATES VISIT TO INDIA, PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-28 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU82	MEDIA REACTION: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND INTERNET DIPLOMACY [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-28 11:31:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU84	NEPAL'S ECONOMY FACES MAJOR CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal's economy, already damaged by a decade of civil conflict, faces balance of payments and liquidity problems, a real estate price bubble, slowing remittance growth, and a shaky (and partially unregulated) banking sector. The IMF, central bank and leading bankers do not war [...]	2010-01-29 08:18:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON NP
10KATHMANDU85	MEDIA REACTION: WATERING CLIMATE DOWN [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-29 09:26:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP

10KATHMANDU93	NEPAL: PRACHANDA CITES PROGRESS, CHALLENGES AHEAD [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with P-5 representatives, Maoist leader Prachanda claimed credit for recent movement on the peace process, but said that hardliners in other parties are trying to stop progress. Prachanda continues to press for the formation of a national unity government, led by the [...]	2010-02-01 03:53:00	Embassy Kathmandu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU94	NEPAL BACKS U.S. POSITION ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (SBU) During a February 1 meeting with Acting Foreign Secretary Durga Bhattarai, Charge highlighted U.S. efforts to engage Iran on its nuclear program and Iran's continued unresponsiveness. He urged Nepal to support efforts to increase pressure on Iran (reftel). Charge noted that all countri [...]	2010-02-01 12:08:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IR SP NP PARM
10NEWDELHI321	DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 30 - FEBRUARY 19, 2010 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 30 - February 19, 2010, that did not feature in our other reporting. My Name Is Rahul ---- 2. (SBU) Rahul Gandhi's Mumbai visit and his skirmishing with the Maharashtra chauvinist Shiv Sena party shows he is bec [...]	2010-02-22 08:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR
10STATE12081	A/S BLAKE'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN SPECIAL ENVOY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Norway's Special Envoy to the Nepal peace process, Ambassador Tore Toreng, met with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) Robert Blake on February 3 to discuss his mission and prospects for coordination among members of the international community. Toreng [...]	2010-02-05 17:24:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	CN IN NP PGOV PREL
10STATE1990	NEPAL AMBASSADOR SHARMA DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 7 courtesy call with Nepal's Ambassador to the United States, Shankar P. Sharma, SCA Assistant Secretary Robert Blake voiced U.S. concern regarding the lagging pace of the peace process in Nepal and emphasized the need for the Government of Nepal to reach out [...]	2010-01-08 20:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IN NP PGOV PREL
95ZAGREB1796	CROATIA UPDATE NO. 28: AMRASSADOR'S TRIP TO FORMER SECTOR WEST, MAY 8 [...] CONFIDENTIAL ENTIRE TEXT ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. ON MAY 8 AMBASSADOR GALBRAITH LED A GROUP THROUGH FORMER SECTOR WEST TO NOVSKA, JASENOVAC, OKUCANI, NOVA GRADISKA, AND PAKRAC. AT THE MONUMENT IN JASENOVAC COMMEMORATING THOSE WHO DIED IN THE INFAMOUS CONCENTRATION CAMP THERE, THE AM [...]	1995-05-09 18:45:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	HR NOTAG
95ZAGREB1824	CROATIA UPDATE NO. 36: U.S., UN, EXPLORING CROAT TREATMENT OF SERBS IN WESTERN SLAVONIA [...] (C) VARIOUS UN ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY CIVPOL, ARE STRENGTHENING THEIR EFFORTS TO MONITOR AND INVESTIGATE CONDITIONS FOR SERBS IN "SECTOR WEST." MANY UN OFFICIALS SAY THEY STILL SUSPECT THERE WERE AT LEAST SOME HUMAN RIGHTS TRANSGRESSIONS BY CROATIAN FORCES DURING AND AFTER THE MAY 1 OFFEN [...]	1995-05-11 19:25:00	Embassy Zagreb	CONFIDENTIAL	HR NOTAG
97COLOMBO3477	LTTE ATTACKS SHIP CHARTERED BY US [...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: MICHAEL OWEN, ECONOMIC COUNSELOR. REASON 1.5 (D) 2. (C) INITIAL REPORTS INDICATE THAT AT APPROXIMATELY 0100 LOCAL TIME SEPTEMBER 9, THE LIBERATION TIGERS OF TAMIL EELAM (LTTE) ATTACKED THE MERCHANT VESSEL "CORDIALITY" WHICH WAS ANCHORED OFF THE NORTHEAST COAST OF S [...]	1997-09-09 10:25:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PREF PGOV EWWT CE
97NEWDELHI6957	JAMMU AND KASHMIR ISLAMIC FRONT (C-NA7-00565) [...] (U) CLASSIFIED SECRET BY NEW DELHI ACTING POLITICAL COUNSELOR GORDON HELLWIG. REASON 1.5 (C). 2. (S) EMBASSY WILL CONTINUE TO PURSUE MORE INFORMATION ON THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR ISLAMIC FRONT (JKIF) AS REQUESTED IN REFTEL. POST PROVIDES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION, OBTAINED BY THE REGIONAL SECU [...]	1997-07-08 05:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	KPRP PINR PTER IN PK

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