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09MONTERREY109	SLOW PROGRESS ON ANTI-CORRUPTION INITIATIVES IN NUEVO LEON [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been a number of allegations of public corruption in Nuevo Leon - including bribes for transit police and building inspectors and misuse of funds - but these cases have resulted in few negatives consequences for those named. The only exception occurred when pr [...]	2009-03-17 15:21:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	KCOR ECON PGOV MX

09MONTERREY110	PAN AND PRI RESORT TO OLD TACTICS IN NUEVO LEON GOVERNOR'S [...] (U) Summary. Despite earlier promises to hold primaries, the Nuevo Leon PAN and PRI parties both chose their candidates by direct designation, reflecting the parties' desire to control the process. The PAN selected Fernando Elizondo Barragan to be their candidate for governor and the PRI chos [...]	2009-03-17 15:25:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KCRM KCOR MX
09MONTERREY14	ATTACK ON TELEVISA TV STATION INCREASES PRESS INTIMIDATION [...] (C ) Summary. On January 6 the Televisa TV station in Monterrey was attacked by unknown assailants, who shot eight .40 caliber rounds into the station wall and threw a grenade over a fence into the parking lot, which exploded but did not injure anyone. The attack occurred while Televisa was br [...]	2009-01-12 19:54:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR ASEC PGOV KCRM PHUM MX
09MONTERREY141	HUMAN RIGHTS IN NUEVO LEON: POLICE IMPUNITY BUT FEW [...] (SBU) Summary. The militarization of the drug war in northern Mexico has not resulted in a significant increase in alleged human rights violations against the Mexican military in Nuevo Leon. Numerous human rights violations do occur in the state, but the alleged culprits usually are state a [...]	2009-04-15 19:26:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SNAR KCRM PGOV ASEC CASC MX
09MONTERREY223	CARTELS WRESTLE FOR CONTROL OF DURANGO [...] (SBU) Summary. Drug trafficking organizations have transformed the state of Durango into one of the most violent battlegrounds in Mexico. Key institutions such as the church and the press have been terrorized as local civil society finds itself under siege. The number of violent deaths in [...]	2009-06-16 21:36:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR CASC ASEC KCRM PGOV EAID MX
09MONTERREY289	MONTERREY'S GROWING PROSTITUTION PROBLEM [...] (SBU) Summary: A researcher at the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon states that there is a growing prostitution industry in Monterrey, which has transformed the city into a major sex tourism destination in Mexico. Traffickers lure women by promising legitimate employment and then violentl [...]	2009-07-29 19:58:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI MX
09MONTERREY307	LOCAL LEADERS STRUGGLE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; CULTURE OF [...] (C) Summary: A joint military/Nuevo Leon state operation to detain 21 San Pedro police officers (including a commander in the city's command and control center) on corruption charges has shocked many in the affluent Monterrey suburb and further contributed to eroding public confidence in loca [...]	2009-08-07 14:35:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCRM PHUM SNAR SOCI MX
09MONTERREY373	INCOMING NUEVO LEON GOVERNOR FACES SERIOUS SECURITY [...] (U) This is the first in a two part series covering the challenges Nuevo Leon's new Governor faces upon assuming office. This first cable will focus on the security and political situation in Nuevo Leon. The second will overview the economic conditions in the state. 2. (C) Summary: Nuev [...]	2009-10-09 15:47:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM ASEC SNAR CASC PHUM PGOV ECON MX
09MONTERREY411	OUTGOING MAYORS SPEAK ON THREATS FROM ORGANIZED CRIME; [...] (C) Summary: During separate conversations with Consul General, two outgoing Mayors briefed us on threats they had received from narcotraffickers during their tenure. The worst instance involved armed sicarios who stormed into one mayor's city hall office and demanded that he stop resisting [...]	2009-10-30 18:29:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KCOR ASEC SNAR PHUM PGOV MX
09MONTERREY64	PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, February 9 and February 10. Our contacts report that the narco [...]	2009-02-12 18:25:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY65	PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, February 9 and February 10. Our contacts report that the narco [...]	2009-02-12 18:25:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY66	PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, February 9 and February 10. Our contacts report that the narco [...]	2009-02-12 18:25:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY67	PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, February 9 and February 10. Our contacts report that the narco [...]	2009-02-12 18:25:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY73	PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, February 9 and February 10. Our contacts report that the narco [...]	2009-02-12 22:35:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTERREY74	PUBLIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN MILITARY LIKELY ORGANIZED BY [...] (C) Summary. Drug traffickers in northern Mexico appear to be using a new tactic to combat the Mexican military by mounting demonstrations demanding that the military leave. There were demonstrations in Monterrey on January 19, and February 9 and February 12. Our contacts report that the n [...]	2009-02-13 14:35:00	Consulate Monterrey	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PHUM ASEC PGOV KCRM CASC ECON MX
09MONTEVIDEO236	URUGUAY: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON DINAH SHELTON [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-28 11:08:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UY
09MONTEVIDEO526	URUGUAY SUPPORTS U.S. PRIORITIES FOR THE UN HUMAN [...] (U) The contents are sensitive but unclassified. 2. (SBU) On September 14, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the UN Human Rights Commission priorities to the MFA's Co-Director of the Office of Human Rights, Silvia Izquierdo. Izquierdo reported that the GOU agrees with U.S. efforts to reac [...]	2009-09-15 13:34:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN UNHCR UY
09MONTEVIDEO606	URUGUAY: UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION [...] (C) On October 26, poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Uruguayan MFA Multilateral Department's Officer for International Candidates, Amelia Tedesco. Ms. Tedesco accepted International Civil Service Commission candidate Myers' curriculum vitae. Although she could not confirm support from [...]	2009-10-26 15:35:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA UY
09MONTEVIDEO607	URUGUAY: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE 2009 PRIORITIES [...] (U) On October 26, poloff delivered reftel demarche to Uruguayan MFA Multilateral Department's UN specialist, Gabriela Ortigosa. Ms. Ortigosa accepted all of the points and agreed to share them with the MFA's Human Rights office, as well as with the UN representative from Uruguay. Although s [...]	2009-10-26 17:36:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN UY
09MONTEVIDEO660	Uruguay TIP Training: Standing Room Only [...] Summary: Post cohosted a two-day training on trafficking in persons on November 9- 10 with Partners for the Americas. The event was standing room only, and received excellent feedback from participants and positive press coverage. Due to interest and space limitations, post will plan t [...]	2009-11-18 19:41:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KTIP UY
09MOSCOW182	INGUSHETIYA AT THE CROSSROADS [...] (C) Summary: In his first three months as president of Ingushetiya, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov has made all the right moves to tackle what he believes are the three root causes of extremism and crime in the northern Caucasus republic -- corruption, unemployment and a lack of credibility in the gover [...]	2009-01-27 15:36:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR PREF ECON RS
09MOSCOW2312	RUSSIAN BAPTISTS SEEKING MAINSTREAM RECOGNITION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Russian Union of Gospel Christian Baptists (RUGCB) focuses on interfaith cooperation and targeted outreach to Russian elite to overcome mainstream biases toward non-traditional religions. The main venue for their outreach is an annual National Prayer Breakfast, modeled on W [...]	2009-09-08 13:13:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SOCI RS
09MOSCOW2494	RUSSIAN RESPONSE ON DPRK'S KOMID PROCURING [...] (S) On September 29, MFA DVBR Second Secretary Alexey Chumichev handed Poloff a non-paper response to Ref A. The non-paper said that Russian firm "Ctroymashintorg" did not and does not have any contacts with the DPRK's KOMID, and asked for any further information we could provide to the GOR [...]	2009-10-01 11:29:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PARM PREL MNUC ETTC RS KN YM
09MOSCOW2496	RUSSIA RESPONDS POSITIVELY TO BURMA POLICY REVIEW [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points and non-paper to MFA Asia-Pacific Region Division Chief Anatoly Borovik on September 30. Borovik said that Russia appreciated the conclusions of the Burma policy review and that USG plans for engagement were a "positive step." Inquiring about the nature of [...]	2009-10-01 12:49:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BM RS
09MOSCOW2504	BELARUSIAN EMBASSY: NO GOR PRESSURE TO RECOGNIZE [...] (C) In a September 25 meeting, Counselor for Political Affairs of the Embassy of Belarus in Moscow Olga Dolgopolova told Poloff that Russia was not pressuring Belarus to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. She insisted that a decision either way on the issue would not a [...]	2009-10-02 10:31:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BO RS GG
09MOSCOW2530	POLLSTERS EXPLAIN MEDVEDEV AND "TEFLON VLAD'S" [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of Moscow polling firms told PolOff that Prime Minister Putin and President Medvedev are almost certain to maintain high public opinion ratings--barring a calamity--due largely in part to Putin's almost mythical status, reinforcing the consensus that Putin remain [...]	2009-10-06 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON ETRD KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2643	SAKHAROV PRIZE "BITTERSWEET" FOR ORLOV, MEMORIAL [...] (SBU) On October 22, the European Parliament awarded its annual Sakharov Prize to the rights group Memorial, specifically activists Oleg Orlov, Lyudmila Alekseyeva, and Sergey Kovalev. This is the first time since the fall of the Soviet Union that the prize, which includes a cash award of 50, [...]	2009-10-23 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2686	IRF REACTIONS: MFA GETS NASTY, ROC NICE [...] (C) Reactions to the 2009 International Religious Freedom Report (IRF) varied among official entities, indicating that not all of Russian officialdom had compared talking points before hitting the airwaves. In a scathing communique, the MFA sneered that "it seems that the authors decided not [...]	2009-10-29 14:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM RS
09MOSCOW2710	MFA OFFICIAL SAYS NORTH KOREA WILLING TO RETURN TO [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA Koreas Division Director Alexander Minaev said that recent Chinese and Russian overtures and the political heat of UN sanctions have made North Korea more willing to return to multiparty talks, although the regime may require a face-saving measure to do so. Eager to [...]	2009-11-02 14:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KN RS
09MOSCOW2714	RUSSIAN MFA ON TRANSNISTRIA [...] (C) Summary. Transnistria Conflict Negotiator Nesterushkin told us that the November 6 talks on Transnistria would be an important first contact between the conflict parties, but expressed concerns about the October 6 "3 plus 2" meeting in Vienna. He said U.S. suggestions at that meeting to [...]	2009-11-02 15:01:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS MD
09MOSCOW2721	UKRAINIAN FM URGES MOSCOW TO TALK TO YUSHCHENKO [...] (C) Summary. The MFA told us that visiting Ukrainian Foreign Minister Poroshenko urged Russia to resume contact with Ukraine at the presidential level, although both sides agreed there was no need for a "reset" in relations. Economic cooperation dominated the brief meeting, while pundits dis [...]	2009-11-03 12:38:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ENRG RS UP
09MOSCOW2738	A POSSIBLE BREAKTHROUGH ON SCHNEERSON COLLECTION [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA Special Culture Representative Mikhail Shvydkoy told us that the GOR might be willing to consider a compromise solution to the bilateral impasse over the Schneerson Collection. According to the compromise, the Library of Congress would write a letter requesting Schnee [...]	2009-11-06 11:18:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL KIRF KJUS RS
09MOSCOW2772	SMOOTH RUNNING VERTICAL OF POWER IN KRASNODAR [...] (C) Summary: Longtime Governor Aleksandr Tkachev's efficient, heavy-handed control of Krasnodar Krai has helped the conservative region achieve and preserve political and economic stability, partially by undermining competitors during his first few years in office and preventing potential ch [...]	2009-11-10 15:32:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAGR PINR PHUM ETRD KDEM RS
09MOSCOW282	MOSCOW CHABAD NOT INTERESTED IN SCHNEERSOHN [...] (SBU) Summary. In a February 2 visit to the Russian State Library to view the Schneersohn Collection of sacred religious texts of the Chabad Lubavitch branch of Judaism, Director of the Library's Oriental Center Sergey Kukushkin told us that Moscow Chabad leaders had not visited the Collecti [...]	2009-02-05 16:12:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI
09MOSCOW2843	GEORGIA: RUSSIAN MFA ON GENEVA TALKS [...] (C) Summary. MFA 4th CIS Department Deputy Director Dvinyanin said there would be no more progress in the Geneva Talks on Georgia until Georgia agreed to sign non-use of force agreements with its breakaway regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In variance with DFM Karasin's public characteriza [...]	2009-11-23 07:51:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS GG
09MOSCOW3003	NATO-RUSSIA DRAFT TREATY: MFA SAYS IT SHOULDN'T BE [...] (C) Summary: MFA European Cooperation Department Deputy Yuriy Gorlach said FM Lavrov's proposal at the NATO-Russia Council ministerial December 4 was not a radical measure, but only made legally-binding the commitments already undertaken in the NRC Founding Act of 1997. The proposed agreement [...]	2009-12-11 16:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MASS NATO RS
09MOSCOW3008	AFGHANS WANT MORE THAN EMPTY PROMISES FROM MOSCOW [...] (C) Embassy Moscow DAO representatives and Poloff met with General-Lieutenant Mohammad Sharif Akram, Military and Air Attache, and Colonel Abdullah Andar, Deputy Military and Air Attache, of the Embassy of Afghanistan to the Russian Federation to discuss the GOR's support for stabilizing Afgha [...]	2009-12-14 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS AF
09MOSCOW303	MFA ON SCO CONFERENCE ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary. The MFA official in charge of organizing the Russian-hosted March 25-27 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Conference on Afghanistan told us on February 3 that the GOR would welcome U.S., G8, NATO, and EU participation. The conference will focus on combating narco-traffick [...]	2009-02-09 14:12:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS AF
09MOSCOW3049	MFA SAYS RUSSIA-TURKMENISTAN RELATIONS STRONG; GAS [...] (C) Summary. The MFA continues to emphasize Russia's stable political relations and growing economic and cultural ties with Turkmenistan, despite the recent impasse over gas shipments. Eager to maintain influence in the region despite Gazprom's gas glut, President Medvedev has agreed with T [...]	2009-12-18 15:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG TX RS
09MOSCOW3081	RUSSIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Per reftel, post submits the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Russia. Embassy POC for this report is poloff Jules Silberberg, office phone: 7-495-728-5042; email: silberbergjd@state.gov. General Assessment ------------------ 2. Terrorist attacks resumed in European Russia with the No [...]	2009-12-22 14:52:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER ASEC PREL RS
09MOSCOW333	RUSSIA MOVING INTO HIGH GEAR ON NANOTECHNOLOGY; ACTIVELY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since Russia's preeminent manager Anatoliy Chubays became Director General of Russia's Corporation of Nanotechnologies (Rusnano) on September 22, 2008 Rusnano has both bolstered its international reputation and begun investing in nanotechnology in Russia. To showcase Russia's c [...]	2009-02-11 15:15:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TNGD TPHY ETRD BTIO TSPL PREL KIPR KTIA RS
09MOSCOW890	RUSSIAN APPROACH ON NORTH KOREA MISSILE LAUNCH [...] (C) Poloff met with MFA First Asia Department Senior Counselor Igor Sagitov and North Americas Department Counselor Aleksandr Shilin on April 7 to deliver the reftel points on the need for a strong, unified UN Security Council response to the April 5 DPRK launch of the Taepo-Dong 2 long-rang [...]	2009-04-07 14:20:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN RS
09MOSCOW986	NORTH KOREA SANCTIONS: RUSSIAN MFA PLEDGES TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered the reftel demarche to MFA's International Organizations Department. Second Secretary Anna Ignatieva, after consulting with her superiors, responded that the sanctions issue was currently under interagency consideration, but the Russian UN mission will have a response t [...]	2009-04-17 13:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PARM KN RU
09MUMBAI367	ATTORNEY FOR MUMBAI TERRORIST KASAB EXPECTS CONVICTION, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 3, Poloff met with S.G. Abbas Kazmi, attorney for the lone surviving assailant from the November 2008 terrorist attack on Mumbai, Mohamed Ajmal Kasab. Kazmi discussed his efforts to mount a defense for Kasab, the lack of resources provided to court-appointed attorn [...]	2009-09-08 12:14:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINS PK PREL PTER IN
09MUMBAI89	WOMEN IN INDIA: UZBEK SEX WORKERS IN MUMBAI [...] (U) Summary: In February, Congenoffs met with two Russian-speaking women from Uzbekistan who had been detained by the police for prostitution and brought to a local shelter. The two women said they came to India to make money to pay for family medical expenses in Uzbekistan. One admitted to [...]	2009-03-03 07:48:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN UZ SMIG
09MUNICH119	GAME ON - OR GAME OVER? - FOR THE CSU IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Days before the June 7 European Parliament elections in Germany, the Christian Social Union (CSU) is at a deciding moment in its history as a powerful regional party in Germany and in Europe, and the German political establishment is on tenterhooks. Voters do not seem to be as [...]	2009-06-03 15:56:00	Consulate Munich	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GM
09MUNICH257	BAVARIA/IRAN: ABORTED BUSINESS TRIP EMBARRASSES [...] (C) Summary: A German business delegation cancelled an October 1 trip to Iran after interventions from the U.S. Consulate in Munich and the German government. The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK) in Bavaria planned to send the delegation to Teheran on October 1 but cancelled on Septembe [...]	2009-10-08 13:46:00	Consulate Munich	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR GM
09MUSCAT1009	REMBRANDT IN OMAN [...] (U) During the month of Ramadan, Oman hosted an exhibit of Rembrandt etchings, the first time his works have been publicly exhibited in the Middle East. Dr. Abdulrahman al-Salimi, editor for "Tolerance" magazine and nephew to H.E. Sheikh Abdullah bin Muhammed al-Salimi, Minister of Awqaf and R [...]	2009-11-09 05:42:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MU
09MUSCAT1019	OMAN TIGHTENS LABOR LAW [...] (U) Oman has published amendments to its labor law that further restricts the ability of expatriate laborers to work for anyone other than his/her sponsor and provides legal penalties, including fines and jail time, for laborers, sponsors, and employers who violate this law. Omani press report [...]	2009-11-18 08:06:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KTIP MU
09MUSCAT1021	OMAN: JEWISH ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Several recent events have highlighted Oman's continuing openness to interfaith dialogue and, more specifically, its willingness to engage with Jewish, as opposed to "Zionist," interlocutors. October 21 press reported that Sultan Qaboos, the Ministry of Endowments and Religious Affairs (ME [...]	2009-11-18 08:10:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IS MU
09MUSCAT1035	OMAN TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) This message is in response to Ref A. Answers are keyed to section G of Ref A. 2. (SBU) Please summarize the progress the Government of Oman has made in the following areas: (a) increasing investigations and prosecutions of trafficking crimes and convictions and punishment of traffic [...]	2009-11-18 14:51:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIP MU
09MUSCAT1073	OMAN ON SFI/MEGAPORTS PILOT IN SALALAH [...] (C) On December 8, officials from the Government of Oman, the Port of Salalah and the USG met and discussed a six-month plan of operational testing for Megaports equipment in Salalah. In a meeting with H.E. Said Hamdoon al-Harthy, Undersecretary for Ports at the Ministry of Transportation and [...]	2009-12-09 14:02:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EWWT PREL KNNP MU
09MUSCAT1089	TAWASUL CONDUCTS TRAINING FOR WOMEN MAJLIS CANDIDATES [...] (C) Prior to a government-sponsored symposium (Ref A) recommending training for women electoral candidates, local think tank Tawasul conducted a training session focused on women candidates for the 2011 Majlis al-Shura election. Held on November 8-10, this was the first of three training sessi [...]	2009-12-19 07:54:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN MU
09MUSCAT1117	OMAN: WOMEN'S SEMINAR - ILLEGAL AND EXCITING [...] (C) Summary: In an unprecedentedly frank and often contentious dialogue spanning two evenings, Omani civil society leaders discussed women's rights and discrimination in a seminar for which official permission was revoked the day of the event. Funded in part by a grant from Embassy's Public A [...]	2009-12-30 21:10:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KWMN SOCI MU
09MUSCAT147	OMAN CONTINUES BIG PORT PLANS [...] (C) Summary: Said bin Hamdoon Al-Harthy, the Undersecretary for Ports and Maritime Affairs at the Ministry of Transport and Communication (MOTC),met with DCM, poloff and commercial officer on February 17 to discuss port development and access in Oman. According to al-Harthy, the Government is [...]	2009-02-28 08:31:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ECON ETRD MOPS PREL PHSA MU
09MUSCAT391	Oman: Port Access and Utilization [...] (C) Summary: In an April 24 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff, Said bin Hamdoon Al-Harthy, Undersecretary for Ports and Maritime Affairs at the Ministry of Transport and Communication (MOTC) said he was willing to raise the issue of US military use of the Port of Sohar again with the Oman [...]	2009-05-03 12:09:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT ETRD MOPS PREL PHSA MU
09MUSCAT477	OMANI ATTORNEY GENERAL REVIEWS OMAN'S ACTIONS ON TIP; EAGER [...] (C) Summary: The Omani Attorney General (AG) told the Ambassador that he expects a judgment will be issued in the current Trafficking in Persons (TIP) case (ref A) soon and gave Embassy further details of the case and the temporary accommodations for the initial alleged victims. He outlined [...]	2009-05-26 09:01:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIP MU
09MUSCAT603	IRANIAN COMMUNICATIONS WITH OMAN ON ANTI-PIRACY (C-NE9-01111 [...] (S/NF) This is in response to reftel request for additional information. Mohammed al-Hassan, Political Affairs Director for Minister Responsible for Foreign Affairs Yusef bin Alawi (YBA),told the DCM and poloff in a May 31 conversation that the Iranians had not approached Oman with any infor [...]	2009-06-09 13:17:00	Embassy Muscat	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR MARR PHSA DJ IR SO YM MU
09MUSCAT607	OMAN RETURNS CONVICTIONS IN FIRST TIP CASE [...] (C) Summary. Oman successfully prosecuted 11 men in its first TIP case under the new anti-TIP law and gave the 13 victims a choice to return home or remain in Oman. Poloff met on June 2 with Nasser al-Riyami, the Assistant Attorney General, and Ali Saif Al-Ma'mari, the public prosecution chi [...]	2009-06-10 11:10:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIP MU
09MUSCAT845	OMAN ESTABLISHES PROCESS TO TRANSIT WEAPONS TO EMBARKED [...] (C) Summary: Driven by private industry interest, Embassy civilian and military engagement with the public and private sector, and the encroachment of the piracy threat into Omani waters (ref A, B, C),Oman has established a process to transport both lethal and non-lethal equipment through the [...]	2009-08-05 12:41:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PHSA KHLS PREL MU
09MUSCAT857	Blue Lantern License 05008885 Interim End-Use Check [...] (SBU) In response to reftel request, Embassy began a post shipment check on DSP-5 license 050088885 but was informed by the foreign consignee that the shipment is in U.S. Customs and Border Control (CBP) custody at JFK International Airport. When the 184 carbines were shipped in October 2008, [...]	2009-08-25 09:51:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC KOMC MU
09MUSCAT873	ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS TO OMAN - VOYAGE, INTERDICTION AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Smuggling routes from South Asia through Iran and by water into Oman is the primary northern route of introducing illegal immigrants into Oman. Pakistan has allocated a full time federal law enforcement official at its embassy in Muscat to investigate and address this issue. He [...]	2009-08-30 14:06:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KTIP IR PK MU
09MUSCAT955	OMAN ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT PARTNERING WITH USG ON TIP [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador encouraged the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)'s number two, Sayyid Badr, to continue working to increase efforts to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in Oman. Both agreed that the goal was for Oman to be a Tier 1 country and a leader in the region on this and [...]	2009-10-11 15:22:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KTIP MU
09MUSCAT997	OMAN MINISTER OF MANPOWER COMMITTED TO REFORM [...] (C) Summary: The Omani Minister of Manpower remains committed to combating labor abuses in the Sultanate and is encouraging the further development of trade unions. His ministry has a deep understanding of labor and trafficking issues, due in large part to its ongoing engagement with the Inte [...]	2009-11-03 09:34:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIP PHUM ELAB MU
09NAHA63	POST-ELECTION MANEUVERING IN OKINAWA OVER FRF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Okinawa's newly elected Diet delegation, encouraged by the local media, is seeking to present a united front in calling for the new government to revise the 2006 agreement to relocate MCAS Futenma to Camp Schwab. While the local chapters of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) [...]	2009-09-09 02:05:00	Consulate Naha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS JA
09NAIROBI1168	KEY PARLIAMENTARIAN PESSIMISTIC ON REFORMS, SEEKS [...] (C) Poloff met on June 2 with Dr. Boni Khalwale, the Chair of the Kenyan Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC),a key watchdog committee. Khalwale has used his position as a bully pulpit, asking tough questions of the Grand Coalition government and gaining a measure of popularity in t [...]	2009-06-11 11:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KE
09NAIROBI1171	A PORTRAIT OF AL-SHABAAB RECRUITMENT IN KENYA [...] (C//REL TO USA, KEN, GBR//) There are a number of factors that make Kenya a fruitful source for recruiting young men to join such extremist groups as the Somalia-based al-Shabaab militia. While we have been focused on Nairobi's Eastleigh suburb and the North East Province as particular areas o [...]	2009-06-11 14:31:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL SOCI PGOV KE SO
09NAIROBI1183	KENYA POLICE OVERVIEW, PART THREE: THE WAY FORWARD [...] (U) Summary: This cable is the third in a three-part series on the police in Kenya. Part one provided an overview of police structure and leadership, and assessed the strengths and weaknesses of the main police agencies. Part two summarized our current assistance to Kenyan law enforcement agen [...]	2009-06-12 10:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM KE
09NAIROBI1259	ISIOLO'S SECURITY PROBLEM, PART 3 [...] (SBU) Cycles of violence centered on livestock raiding are a sad reality in Isiolo District, which lies in Kenya's geographic center. Population, social, and environmental pressures as well as ineffective (sometimes damaging) government efforts to address them tend to intensify conflict. 2 [...]	2009-06-23 14:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EAGR PHUM PGOV SENV SOCI KCRM KE
09NAIROBI1273	INTERNATIONALIZING CAPACITY BUILDING FOR EAST [...] (SBU) On June 23, the British High Commissioner convened a meeting with Canada, Australia, and the United States to garner support for their efforts to internationalize Kenya's peacekeeping training centers. The British see this step as necessary to maintain the momentum to turn the East Afric [...]	2009-06-25 09:21:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL XA CA UK AS
09NAIROBI1427	6TH CONFERENCE OF THE EAST AFRICA REGIONAL [...] (S/REL UK) Summary: Ambassadors from missions of the East Africa Regional Strategic Initiative (EARSI),along with interagency U.S. and UK government representatives, reviewed the status of counterterrorism (CT) efforts in the East Africa region and recommended specific measures to improve t [...]	2009-07-07 13:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PREL PTER XW
09NAIROBI1471	KOFI ANNAN TURNS OVER NAMES OF POST-ELECTION [...] (U) On July 9 Kofi Annan, Chair of the AU Panel of Eminent Personalities, handed over to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) the names of high-level organizers and financiers of Kenya's 2007/8 post-election violence and the evidence against them found by the Waki Commissio [...]	2009-07-10 09:56:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
09NAIROBI1552	SOMALIA - MANEUVERING TOWARD JUBALAND [...] (C) Summary. In early-mid July momentum for the formation of a Jubaland State appeared to be increasing as political, clan, and military players in the region began to shift alliances and maneuver for political positions. Our contacts tell us multiple Juba factions, to include would-be Ras Kam [...]	2009-07-21 08:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PINR PTER SOCI SO ET
09NAIROBI1567	COAST POLICE SHOOTING HIGHLIGHTS TENSIONS [...] (C) Summary: The bold daytime shooting of two senior Administration Police (AP) inspectors by two Kenya Police Service (KPS) officers in Mombasa has escalated tensions between the two police services and their commanders, and has also highlighted the extent to which drug trafficking and drug a [...]	2009-07-22 07:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM SNAR KE
09NAIROBI1604	SOMALIA - PUNTLAND PRESIDENT DETERMINED TO PUSH [...] (SBU) Summary: Puntland President "Faroole," during a July 23 meeting with Somalia Unit Poloff, remained noncommittal about a possible meeting with Transitional Federal Government (TFG) President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and repeatedly signaled his intention to work toward greater Puntlan [...]	2009-07-27 16:10:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MARR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1641	SOMALIA - TFG TROOPS UNDERGO BASIC TRAINING IN [...] (C) Summary. On July 24, Somalia Unit Poloff visited Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) soldiers in training at an army camp in Djibouti. The Djiboutians had adequately housed, fed and uniformed the troops, who were engaging in well-organized close-order drill after four weeks at [...]	2009-07-29 10:27:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PGOV PTER SOCI EAID SO
09NAIROBI1648	SOMALIA - LOWER JUBA FORCES STEPPING UP [...] (C) Summary. In late July anti-Shabaab forces in Lower Juba were preparing for stepped up attacks against al-Shabaab militia, most likely encouraged by support from regional business leaders and an evolving Ogaden-clan led Jubaland administration. These developments follow reports from numerou [...]	2009-07-29 15:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PGOV PTER MOPS MARR PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1652	POLICE REFORM TASK FORCE FACES CHALLENGING MANDATE [...] Summary: The Police Reform Task Force (PRTF),chaired by retired Justice Philip Ransley, has been working since early June to develop a comprehesive set of recommendations on much-needed police reforms. The Task Force held public hearings in Nairobi on July 22 and 23, after first interviewing [...]	2009-07-30 08:13:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC KJUS PGOV PHUM KE
09NAIROBI1653	GTIP HOTLINE DATA FOR KENYA [...] (U) In response to reftel, below please find the requested information regarding Kenya's Trafficking In Persons hotlines: Country: Kenya Local Number: 116 Alternate Numbers: 020 203 4498 / 0732 263 554 / 0724 555 251 Organization Operating the Hotline: Child Line Kenya (Non-Governmental Org [...]	2009-07-30 09:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP PHUM PGOV KE
09NAIROBI1685	SOMALIA - SOMALILAND OPPOSITION RECOMMENDS [...] (C) Summary. Somaliland opposition leaders are outraged at President Dahir Riyale's recent rejection of a voter registration list in advance of previously postponed elections now scheduled for September 27 (refs a and b). They suggested the president was out of touch with public opinion, and [...]	2009-08-07 12:24:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM SO DJ ET XG
09NAIROBI1691	SOMALIA - GALCAIO ASSASSINATION LIKELY RESULT OF [...] Summary. (C//NF) Despite a government statement to the contrary, our contacts tell us the August 5 assassination of the Information Minister of the semi-autonomous region of Puntland was most likely an act of clan retribution. Long-standing intra-Majerteen tensions escalated in recent days wi [...]	2009-08-10 14:05:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI1732	SOMALIA - JUBA OFFENSIVE MOVING FORWARD; POWERFUL [...] (C) Summary A TFG-backed Juba offensive, aimed at pushing al-Shabaab out of Kismayo, appears to be moving forward, but competing Ethiopian and/or Marehan clan interests could complicate matters. TFG Minister of Defense "Gandi" reports that the TFG is in contact with local players in Juba, incl [...]	2009-08-18 05:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV MOPS PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI1794	SOMALIA - MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT DISCUSS PROGRESS, [...] (SBU) Summary: From August 18 - 20, the National Democratic Institute (NDI) hosted a three day parliamentary training seminar in Nairobi, Kenya for over 30 Somali Members of Parliament (MPs). On the margins of this seminar, we were able to conduct a number of insightful conversations with a cr [...]	2009-08-24 14:39:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM PTER SO
09NAIROBI1846	CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW CHAIR CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador recently met with Nzamba Kitonga, Chairman of the Committee of Experts on the Constitution, to discuss the current status of the constitutional review process. Acutely aware that his committee is working under intense political and public scrutiny, Kitonga is never [...]	2009-09-02 14:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS KE
09NAIROBI1851	SOMALIA - HIRAN COMMANDER HIGHLIGHTS REGIONALISM [...] (C) Summary: During a conversation with PolOffs on August 27, TFG Police General Mukhtar Hussein Afrah expressed optimism about TFG prospects in Beledweyne citing recent TFG successes in encouraging al-Shabaab defections, and signaled federalism as the key to security in Hiran region. Mukhtar [...]	2009-09-03 13:49:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MOPS PTER EAID SO
09NAIROBI1909	SOMALIA - INACTION COSTING THE TFG SUPPORT IN KEY [...] (C) Summary: TFG inaction is robbing the Somali central government of support in key regions, making it less likely the TFG will be able to capitalize on regional victories over al-Shabaab. Our contacts tell us the late-August loss of western Beledweyne to al-Shabaab was due, in part, to TFG t [...]	2009-09-10 13:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI2032	SOMALIA - HIRAAN AND ASWJ LEADERS MEET TO DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: Hiraan and ASWJ/Galgaduud leaders appear to be forming an alliance to confront al-Shabaab against the backdrop of recent defeats in Beledweyne and frustration at lack of TFG support to the regions. Former Hiraan Governor Ma,ow, who recently resigned from the TFG, reportedly [...]	2009-09-28 11:32:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI2042	SOMALIA - MADOBE DISPLACES AL-SHABAAB IN KISMAYO; [...] (C) Summary: Forces loyal to Ahmed Madobe and Ibrahim Shukri, aligned with Darod/Kabalah/Absame/Ogaden and Darod/Kabalah/Harti clan militia on September 25 moved into Kismayo town, displacing al-Shabaab militia from all but a few checkpoint locations. (Note: Madobe and Shukri in recent [...]	2009-09-28 13:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2069	SOMALIA-TFG-ALIGNED FORCES STRUGGLING TO HOLD [...] (C) Summary: On September 27, TFG-aligned forces again moved into eastern Beledweyne but may not be able to hold the strategic town due to risk aversion and lack of ammunition and reinforcements. TFG General Mukhtar on September 28 told Somalia Unit Poloff that al-Shabaab forces retreated fr [...]	2009-09-30 12:15:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PTER PINR SOCI SO ET
09NAIROBI2103	SOMALIA - KISMAYO ACCORDING TO MADOBE [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 telecon from Kismayo, Ahmed Madobe told Somalia Unit Poloff that his alliance, after having been largely expelled from Kismayo on October 1 (ref a),remained determined to fight al-Shabaab and would accept help from any forces offering to support his regional alli [...]	2009-10-06 08:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PTER PGOV PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI2141	SOMALIS IN KENYA BEING RECRUITED TO FIGHT IN [...] (C) Summary: Reports from the Garissa Member of Parliament (MP) and UNHCR officials that Government of Kenya (GOK) officials and Somalis aligned with the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) are supporting the recruitment of Kenyan-Somalis in North East Province and Somali refugees from the [...]	2009-10-09 06:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	KE MARR MOPS PINR PREF PREL PTER SO
09NAIROBI2163	SOMALIA - SOMALILAND UCID CHAIRMAN ATTEMPTING TO [...] (C) Summary: Somaliland UCID Party Chairman Warabe on October 14 updated Somaila Unit Poloff on the Somaliand political situation. (Note: In advance of the conversation, Somaliland President Riyale, in a likely attempt to delay naming his own nominees, rejected two opposition party nominatio [...]	2009-10-14 13:46:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PGOV PINR SOCI SO
09NAIROBI2169	UPDATE ON RECRUITMENT OF KENYAN SOMALIS TO FIGHT [...] (C) On October 9, Garissa town's Member of Parliament Aden Duale told PolOff that during a second conversation with Kenyan Minister of Defense and fellow Kenyan Somali Mohamed Yusuf Haji, Haji not only told him that Somalis were recruiting young men in Kenya to fight in support of the Transiti [...]	2009-10-15 10:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	MARR MOPS PINR PREF PREL PTER KE SO
09NAIROBI2198	SOMALIA -SOMALILAND PRESIDENT STRONG-ARMS [...] (C) Summary: Somaliland President Riyale on October 19 forwarded the seven National Electoral Commission nominees to the Guurti, signaling both forward momentum toward elections and Riyale's ability to manipulate the process. Riyale submitted the names of his nominees only after the Kulmiye, U [...]	2009-10-19 15:29:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI2214	SOMALIA-LOCAL INITIATIVES OFFER TFG OPPORTUNITIES [...] (C) Summary: Increasing momentum behind local and regional governance initiatives in south-central Somalia offers the TFG an opportunity to broaden its support base and further marginalize al-Shabaab. Multiple contacts tell us efforts are underway in the regions to confront al-Shabaab and bol [...]	2009-10-23 05:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2252	MINISTER MAPS OUT POLICE REFORM AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: Following the removal of former Police Commissioner Ali and a major reshuffle in the senior ranks of the Kenya Police Service (see ref A),Ambassador Ranneberger, accompanied by a mission team, called on Minister of State for Internal Security and Provincial Administration George [...]	2009-10-29 11:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS KE
09NAIROBI2284	SOMALIA - SOMALILAND PASSES FIRST WATERSHED MOMENT [...] (C) Summary: Partly as a result of U.S. engagement and pressure (ref A and previous),the Somaliland Parliament on October 28 swore in all seven National Electoral Commission (NEC) nominees (ref B),the first step in implementing the September 29 Six Point Agreement to hold presidential electi [...]	2009-11-02 14:50:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2319	SOMALIA-TFG'S HIRAAN FORCE COMMANDER AND LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: TFG General Mukhtar's forces as of November 4 lost a strategic location five miles outside of the Hiraan capital Beledweyne to Hisbul Islam (HI) militia. TFG and TFG-aligned forces reportedly took the location 3 days before, fueled by local support but frustrated by lack of politi [...]	2009-11-06 12:01:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER MOPS SO
09NAIROBI2383	EAST AFRICA REGIONAL COUNTER TERRORISM OFFICERS [...] (U) Counterterrorism action offices from nine East African posts plus the Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa (CJTF-HOA) the USAID and the Office of the State Department's Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT) met in Nairobi, Kenya on September 29 for in depth discussion [...]	2009-11-20 09:44:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET	PREL PGOV ER ET KE SU TZ UG YM PTER DJ

09NAIROBI2397	SOMALIA - RAS KAMBONI LEADERS DENOUNCE AWEYS; [...] (C) Summary: During a November 18 meeting with Somalia Unit Poloff, key Ras Kamboni leaders denounced Hisbul Islam leader Sheikh Dahir Aweys, discussed recent fighting between the Darod/Kabalah alliance and al-Shabaab in Lower Juba and recounted recent events. Ras Kamboni leaders said that they [...]	2009-11-23 16:55:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PGOV MOPS PTER PINR SOCI KDEM SO
09NAIROBI2421	SOMALIA - MULTI-FACTIONAL ASWJ APPEARS [...] (C) Summary: The multi-factional Ahlu Sunnah Wal Jama'a (ASWJ) in late November appeared increasingly cohesive, as ASWJ leaders from several regions began to more actively collaborate. ASWJ leaders from the regions of Galgaduud, Hiraan, Middle Juba, Somaliland as well as the diaspora told Soma [...]	2009-11-30 11:06:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM EAID PTER SO
09NAIROBI2434	DOING MORE WITH LESS; UK AFRICA REGIONAL [...] (U) Summary: The State Department coordinator for the East Africa Regional Strategic Initiative (EARSI) met with UK officers from several North and East Africa missions as well as London based Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) specialists in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia October 13-14 for discussions o [...]	2009-12-02 07:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ER ET KE SO UK YM
09NAIROBI2443	KENYAN RECRUITMENT FOR SOMALIA CONTINUES, [...] (S/NF) As the fight for control over Somalia's Kismayo and Lower Juba region drags on, the Government of Kenya appears determined to send 2,000-4,000 newly trained recruits into Somalia, reportedly in December. Recent discussions indicate that many if not most of these recruits are in fact Ken [...]	2009-12-03 09:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS PINR PREL PTER KE SO
09NAIROBI2503	SOMALIA - POLITICAL DISCONTENT A KEY FACTOR IN INCREASED [...] (C) Summary: The recent up tic in violence in Puntland appears to be due, in part, to al-Shabaab's ability to exploit political grievances against Puntland President Abdirahman Mohamed Mohamud "Faroole". On December 13 the Puntland Vice-President survived an IED attack on his convoy and [...]	2009-12-17 14:37:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SO
09NAIROBI2517	Somalia - TFG Tentatively Moves Forward with Galgaduud ASWJ [...] (C) Summary: The TFG appears to be tentatively moving forward on its relationship with the well-armed north Galgaduud faction of ASWJ following stepped up pressure from the international community and political opinion makers inside Somalia. The TFG in mid-December reportedly reached an agreeme [...]	2009-12-21 15:18:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO
09NAIROBI2519	Somalia - TFG Tentatively Moves Forward with Galgaduud ASWJ [...] (C) Summary: The TFG appears to be tentatively moving forward on its relationship with the well-armed north Galgaduud faction of ASWJ following stepped up pressure from the international community and political opinion makers inside Somalia. The TFG in mid-December reportedly reached an agreeme [...]	2009-12-21 15:19:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO
09NAIROBI2537	Somalia - VOA Arrest Highlights "Faroole's" Increasingly [...] (C) Summary: Puntland President "Faroole's" movement over recent months toward increasingly autocratic behavior (ref a) was on display once again when on December 21 Puntland security forces arrested Voice of America (VOA) reporter Mohamed Yasin Isaq in the town of Galcaio. President "Far [...]	2009-12-22 17:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO PHUM KDEM SOCI
09NAIROBI2642	Judges Protest Proposed Constitutional Changes, Call for [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. 2. Summary: Kenyan judges, long unpopular with citizens due to their status as the public face of the country's backlogged and inefficient justice system, are finding few sympathizers with their concern that provisions in the draft constit [...]	2009-12-21 11:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KCOR KE KJUS
09NAIROBI2666	Constitutional Debate 1: A Primer on the Contentious Issues [...] (U) Summary: This cable is part one of a five part series on the contentious issues and political landscape surrounding the debate on Kenya's Harmonized Draft Constitution. This cable provides a snapshot of the outstanding contentious issues in the draft constitution: executive authority, devo [...]	2009-12-22 14:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KJUS PREL KE
09NAIROBI2706	Civil Society Activists Spend Christmas in Jail [...] (SBU) Police arrested twenty-two members of Bunge la Mwananchi (The "People's Parliament" in Swahili) on December 24, 2009. The Bunge members were holding a peaceful demonstration to call for the resignation of Minister of Education Sam Ongeri, who has been implicated in a recent scandal invo [...]	2009-12-31 10:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM KE
09NAIROBI354	OVERCROWDING BIGGEST PROBLEM IN KENYAN PRISONS [...] Summary: In late January, poloff joined a delegation from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to visit three Nairobi-area prisons. UNODC is considering allocating some funding to assist the Kenya Prisons Service (KPS) in improving prison conditions. KPS officials seemed quite open in show [...]	2009-02-25 06:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS KE
09NAIROBI356	OVERCROWDING BIGGEST PROBLEM IN KENYAN PRISONS [...] Summary: In late January, poloff joined a delegation from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to visit three Nairobi-area prisons. UNODC is considering allocating some funding to assist the Kenya Prisons Service (KPS) in improving prison conditions. KPS officials seemed quite open in show [...]	2009-02-25 08:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS KE
09NAIROBI413	UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR CRITICIZES GOK ON [...] (C) On February 25, the UN Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial Killings (the Special Rapporteur),Philip Alston, issued a preliminary report of his ten-day visit to Kenya where he noted that extrajudicial killings by police were "systematic, widespread, and carefully planned". During his vi [...]	2009-02-27 10:28:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KE
09NAIROBI43	EASBRIG UPDATES ITS FRIENDS [...] (U) On November 25, the East African Standby Brigade (EASBRIG) used the occasion of its first-ever Command Post Exercise (CPX) to bring donors together for an update on EASBRIG's progress and to request further support. While the meeting's agenda focused on capacity building for the still-nas [...]	2009-01-08 11:25:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL KE XW
09NAIROBI458	TWO HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS MURDERED IN APPARENT [...] (C) On March 5 the Executive Director and Communications Director of the Oscar Foundation, a well-known human rights organization, were murdered in an apparent assassination. The Oscar Foundation had criticized police for killing youth suspected of being members of the outlawed Mungiki sect. I [...]	2009-03-06 16:59:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM KE
09NAIROBI525	THREATS TO HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS INCREASING [...] (C) Following the March 5 murder of two human rights activists from the Oscar Foundation NGO in Nairobi (Reftel A),an increasing number of human rights activists have been subjected to threats, mainly through text messages. Several leading human rights activists have temporarily fled Kenya in [...]	2009-03-16 05:54:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KE
09NAIROBI551	GOVERNMENT RAIDS SAMBURU CATTLE, STAGE SET FOR [...] In response to complaints of the theft of 560 head of livestock by Samburu raiders, Kenyan security forces staged a major livestock roundup operation in and around Samburu District at the end of February that netted a total of approximately 4,000 animals, none of which reportedly belonged to t [...]	2009-03-18 12:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KCRM KCOR KE
09NAIROBI633	SOMALIA - PUNTLAND PRESIDENT SEEKS GREATER [...] (C) Summary: In a March 21 Djibouti meeting with Ambassador Swan and visiting Somalia Unit Poloff, Puntland President Abdirahman Mohamed "Farole" expressed support for the Somalia federal system but criticized many aspects of the Djibouti peace process, especially a perceived lack of consult [...]	2009-03-31 04:38:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR SO
09NAIROBI773	SOMALIA - Shortcut to Sharia [...] (SBU) Summary. Somalis generally accept Sharia law, but most favor a form of Sharia that allows them to exercise their unique cultural traditions. Prime Minister Sharmarke told the Ambassador that establishing Sharia is a political decision to diffuse criticism by certain communities and an [...]	2009-04-17 15:43:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SO
09NAIROBI806	CENTRAL PROVINCE: SIGNS OF POLITICAL FRAGMENTATION [...] (C) During a recent visit to the Kikuyu homeland of Central Province by the Ambassador and Pol FSN, residents expressed growing frustration with their Members of Parliament (MPs) and the lack of financial and development benefits from the government despite their steadfast support of President [...]	2009-04-24 11:00:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KE
09NAIROBI808	FRAGILE PEACE IN RIFT VALLEY: THE KALENJIN [...] Summary: On a recent trip to Rift Valley province, poloffs accompanied Ambassador Ranneberger to an important peace event at Ndeffo and Egerton University near Nakuru and then met with a range of contacts to discuss the situation on the ground and possible approaches to achieving the desired en [...]	2009-04-24 11:08:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ASEC KE
09NAIROBI864	SOMALIA - Meeting with the TFG Minister of Humanitarian [...] (U) On April 23, we met for the first time Mohamoud Abdi Ibrahim, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Resettlement for Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Ibrahim was appointed in February and was an active member of the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia and participated [...]	2009-05-04 04:22:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID PHUM SO
09NAIROBI90	POLITICAL PARTIES ACT: NUMBER OF PARTIES SLASHED [...] (C) The Political Parties Registrar, Lucy N'dungu, told poloff on January 8 that her office had issued certificates of registration to 38 Kenyan political parties which had complied with the requirements of Political Parties Act of 2007 (Reftel B). The 38 parties are now entitled to particip [...]	2009-01-14 12:48:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KE
09NASSAU349	UK DIRECT RULE COMING SOON TO TURKS AND CAICOS [...] (SBU/NF) SUMMARY: The UK is set to introduce direct rule in the British Overseas Territory of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) to address evidence of official corruption and financial mismanagement as the protests of the embattled ex-Premier and his successor fall on deaf ears. Domestic op [...]	2009-06-03 15:09:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SMIG PHUM ECON ETRD EFIN BF TK UK
09NASSAU533	NASSAU MONTHLY - AUGUST 2009 [...] (U) This is a monthly report on a variety of topics of interest which do not merit full reporting cables. -- Cabinet Minister Shuffle Imminent -- Weak Tourist Industry Results in Wave of Hotel and Resort Closings -- Unemployment Rates Skyrocket -- Customs Department Rife With Corruption - [...]	2009-09-09 18:22:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON POL PGOV BF
09NASSAU606	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HAITI'S WAIVER OF TOURIST VISA [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to GCOB MFA Deputy Permanent Secretary Donna Lowe on October 2. Lowe said the GCOB shared our concerns and was not aware of the GOH decision. She requested more information as well as the date the decision was made. PolOff requested an unclassified white pap [...]	2009-10-02 19:19:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BF
09NASSAU644	MAJOR SHAKEUP POSSIBLE AT OPPOSITION PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) leadership and deputy positions will be challenged at next week,s convention. If Perry Christie retains the leadership position it will likely cost the PLP the next election. Candidates for both leader and deputy also have backgrounds that are [...]	2009-10-16 16:06:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BF PINR
09NASSAU65	LECTURE AFFORDS SNAPSHOT OF BAHAMAS MUSLIM [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a recent lecture at the historical society, a prominent local Muslim leader presented a largely autobiographical and documentary overview of the origins and development of Islam in The Bahamas. He provided an eyewitness perspective on a growing minority religion whose ad [...]	2009-02-02 20:04:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BF
09NASSAU98	BAHAMAS DEFERS TO CARICOM ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche points to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Patricia Rodgers February 12. PS Rodgers said the issue had been discussed in CARICOM and might be raised at an upcoming meeting, though she was unsure whether it was on the agenda. COMMENT: T [...]	2009-02-13 19:41:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC BF
09NASSAU99	THE BAHAMAS -- NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (U) As requested in ref A, please find Post's responses to questions for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. -------------------------------------- Para 23 -- THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) A. What are the sources of available informatio [...]	2009-02-13 20:54:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG BF
09NDJAMENA100	USG SHOULD PUSH BRITISH TO ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC [...] (U) This is an action message: See para 11 below. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The British are considering establishing a small diplomatic presence in Chad, but Canada is planning no mission in the near term, according to visiting British and Canadian diplomats here last week. Th [...]	2009-03-24 09:39:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU CD
09NDJAMENA137	CHAD: EMBASSY NDJAMENA'S TIP COMPLIANCE ACTION [...] (SBU) In order to help the Chad Government to avoid sanctions because of TIP provisions, we are engaged in executing an action plan, which we first informed Department in REF A. 2. (SBU) Background: GOC Actions to Date: The most recent in the GOC's efforts to address trafficking in pers [...]	2009-04-20 17:27:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SU CD
09NDJAMENA197	JEM-SLA/AW ALLIANCE OFFER ON THE TABLE, BUT IN THE [...] (SBU) JEM and SLA/AW leaders met north of N'Djamena May 22 to discuss forming a political alliance, according to a JEM member who spoke with poloff May 25. SLA/AW leaders told us that that the difference between the secular SLA and the Islamist JEM would likely prevent an alliance, although t [...]	2009-05-26 15:32:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY QA CD
09NDJAMENA304	UNSYG CONDEMNATION OF CHAD "ATTACK" ON SUDAN [...] (C) The Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General issued a statement July 20 alleging and condemning a Chadian "aerial attack" of Sudanese territory. The facts of the UN statement contradict Embassy reporting and other sources that indicate the July 16 Chadian air action against suspected Ch [...]	2009-07-27 11:13:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY UN CD
09NDJAMENA305	USG SHOULD SUPPORT MINURCAT'S REQUEST FOR [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- See para 8. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) MINURCAT and DOD officials concur on the need for additional USG military staff officers to deploy to MINURCAT. DOD has recommended that a total of eight USG military officers serve in the peacekeeping miss [...]	2009-07-27 11:20:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS MARR KPKO SA CD
09NDJAMENA348	TIP: CHAD'S POSITIVE EFFORTS ON IMPLEMENTING USG [...] (SBU) The Secretary General of the Ministry of Human Rights reported August 17 on the GOC's progress against the USG's TIP action plan for Chad. The SG highlighted the inter-ministerial team that visited southern towns to investigate suspected cases of child herders, providing recommendatio [...]	2009-08-19 13:36:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF KTIP PHUM CD
09NDJAMENA350	NEW SUDAN DCM ON CHAD-SUDAN RELATIONS: "DIPLOMACY [...] (C) Sudanese DCM gave POLOFF August 18 an overview of Chad-Sudan issues, stressing that the GOS sought international pressure on JEM to return to Doha, and that the GOS itself was pressuring Chadian rebels to return to Chad. DCM expressed his desire to have Chad-Sudan relations "normalize" a [...]	2009-08-21 11:57:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF MOPS SU LY QA PINR CD
09NDJAMENA361	GOC [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-28 11:40:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF KTIP PHUM CD
09NDJAMENA362	GOC DENOUNCES USE OF CHILD SOLDIERS TO MILITARY COMMANDERS, [...] (SBU) The MFA invited embassies and international organizations to accompany a cadre of GOC officials visiting Chadan military barracks to address the issue of child soldiers. The brigadier general heading the delegation proclaimed a forceful message of intolerance for the practice of child s [...]	2009-08-28 11:53:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF KTIP PHUM CD
09NDJAMENA507	CHAD: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH RECENTLY HARASSED [...] (U) Ambassador and POLOFF met October 30 with two human rights activists whose harassment by unknown men last week made the local press. The two men, Massalabaye Tenebaye, President of the Chadian Human Rights League, and Michel Barka, President of the main labor confederation, the Chadian La [...]	2009-11-03 10:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL PREF CD
09NDJAMENA55	URF LEADER ABU GARDA TO PRESENT HIS CASE BEFORE [...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese rebel Bahr Abu Garda, leader of the URF coalition, will travel to the Netherlands to present his case to the International Criminal Court (ICC),his spokesman told Embassy Ndjamena. If this information is correct, URF may be trying to recapture international attention [...]	2009-02-23 17:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF UN AU SU CD
09NDJAMENA60	JEM-KHALIL OUTLINES STATEGY MOVING FORWARD [...] (C) JEM chairman Khalil Ibrahim told the Ambassador February 25 that he was satisfied with the Doha Agreement and that he would return to Darfur to recruit other potential stakeholders from rebel groups, civil society, refugees, and IDPs, to form a broader JEM-led delegation for the next sessi [...]	2009-02-25 17:39:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF UN AU SU CD
09NDJAMENA84	URF LEADER ABU GARDA IN TRANSIT TO ICC [...] (C) Sudanese rebel leader Bahr Abu Garda is reported to have departed N'Djamena on March 8, ostensibly in transit to present himself before the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands. Separately, Tadjadine Niam, spokeman for Abu Garda's Sudanese rebel coalition United Resistance Force [...]	2009-03-10 15:08:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU CD
09NEWDELHI118	FIERCE INDIAN REACTION TO MILIBAND'S KASHMIR [...] (C) Summary: British Foreign Secretary Miliband's visit to India January 14-16 was a public relations disaster after his comments linking the Mumbai attacks to the Kashmir conflict made headlines. Miliband was widely criticized by the media and was the victim of pointed remarks by Indian offic [...]	2009-01-20 12:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK UK IN
09NEWDELHI1251	AVIATION FEE IMPASSE FORCES EMBASSY TO CANCEL SUPPORT FLIGHT, SEEK INTERIM SOLUTION [...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 6 and 7. 2. (SBU) Post appreciates the Department's guidance to date (ref A and previous) on the issue of aviation-related fees for official U.S. Government aircraft and understands that an interagency process is currently underway to pr [...]	2009-06-16 13:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR KMGT OTRA EAIR IN
09NEWDELHI1278	BJP IMPLOSION OR REINVENTION? [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government's (UPA) unexpectedly decisive victory in India's general election has left the country's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in disarray. The fallout of this drubbing has shattered the image of the BJP a [...]	2009-06-18 14:53:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1319	CONGRESS PARTY LEVERAGES ELECTORAL WIN TO EMPOWER [...] (SBU) Summary. Following an impressive win in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government demonstrated the value it places on female constituents by introducing a cachet of women's empowerment initiatives. President Patil's outline of her gover [...]	2009-06-25 12:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1321	HUMAN RESOURCE, LABOR, AND WOMEN/CHILD DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) The Congress Party appointed three party loyalists to positions in the Human Resource Development, Labor, and Women/Child Development Ministries. Sibal: Experienced Lawyer and Politician Takes Helm at Human Resource Development ----- 2. (U) Kapil Sibal was sworn into the cabinet on M [...]	2009-06-26 06:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IN KDEM KOCI KWMN KTIP ELAB
09NEWDELHI1356	RIGHTS FOR SEXUAL MINORITIES IN INDIA MAY GROW [...] (U) Summary. India's lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transvestite (LGBT) community is becoming increasingly active, while Indian society appears to be slowly accepting equal rights for the community. The global LGBT Month saw marches in major Indian cities, including New Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore, [...]	2009-06-30 08:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1367	MINISTER KRISHNA'S EXTERNAL AFFAIRS TEAM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Rounding out the new Minister of External Affairs team headed by S.M. Krishna (Ref A),Prime Minister Manmohan Singh appointed Preneet Kaur and Shashi Tharoor as Ministers of State. Tharoor's extensive foreign policy background and savvy media image are expected to lend clout to [...]	2009-07-02 10:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1485	INDO-PAK TALKS: ON THE ROAD AGAIN? [...] (C) Summary: Indian Prime Minister Singh's July 16 meeting in Sharm el Sheikh with Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani has drawn a heated reaction from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Left. The political fallout threatens to overshadow the potential positive developments stemming from t [...]	2009-07-17 12:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1486	MEIRA KUMAR: INDIA'S FIRST FEMALE PARLIAMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The 15th Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament) elected Meira Kumar the first female Parliament Speaker on June 3, 2009. The former Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment is largely viewed as a safe, consensus choice. As a woman and a Dalit (former untouchable),Kumar's sel [...]	2009-07-19 13:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1487	POWER STRUGGLE IN LITTLE LHASA: TIBETAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The battle for control over the Tibetan Government-in-Exile (TGIE) has begun in Dharamsala, India. As the Dalai Lama turned 74 years old on July 7, Tibet watchers reiterated that the most volatile times in Tibetan politics usually occur around the time of a Dalai Lama's death. T [...]	2009-07-19 14:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM PINR KDEM CH IN
09NEWDELHI151	INDIA TO INVESTIGATE DETONATOR SALES TO SYRIA, [...] (S) Ministry of External Affairs Under Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Mr. Vipul told Poloff January 23 that India took very seriously ref A information about the sale by two Indian firms of Wassenaar-controlled detonators to Syria, and said India would inv [...]	2009-01-23 12:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	ETTC MARR MCAP MOPS PARM PINR PREL PTER IN SY
09NEWDELHI1546	RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT: [...] (C) In a July 24 meeting Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Secretary (Russia) Rahul Shrivastava. He welcomed the information and said it was useful to get a more detailed readout. Shrivastava noted that he did not believe that Russia's main irritant [...]	2009-07-27 09:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1641	NEW MEA COUNTERTERRISM DIRECTOR SOUMEN BAGCHI [...] (SBU) Soumen Bagchi, the new director of counterterrorism (CT) at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),expressed interest in expanding U.S. - India CT cooperation in an Aug. 3 courtesy call in New Delhi. S/CT and Poloff brought the new CT Director up to date on pending activities, in [...]	2009-08-04 13:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PINR PK IN
09NEWDELHI1667	DALAI LAMA SEEKS U.S. ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINA ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a August 8 introductory meeting, the Ambassador sought the Dalai Lama's views on his upcoming October visit to the U.S. and his strategy for engaging China. The Dalai Lama suggested the U.S. engage China on climate change in Tibet, recognizing that Tibetans could wait five to ten ye [...]	2009-08-10 13:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	SENV PHUM PREL PGOV PREF KDEM CH IN
09NEWDELHI173	FRANCE NEEDS CIVIL NUCLEAR LIABILITY CONVENTION, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The French public multinational civil nuclear firm Areva shares many of the same requirements for doing business in India as U.S. private sector firms, including a civil nuclear liability regime consistent with the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage and [...]	2009-01-28 14:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY PREL PARM TSPL KNNP EINV BEXP KIPR
09NEWDELHI1749	UPA 2.0: SLOW AND STEADY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The newly constituted Indian parliament concluded its first post-election session on August 7 after approving the annual national budget and passing important legislation on education while shelving several other pressing matters. The budget session was a mild disappointment f [...]	2009-08-20 02:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1789	BJP MELTDOWN, HARYANA RAMIFICATIONS [...] (U) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has parted ways with its occasional ally, the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) in Haryana, electing to fight the upcoming state assembly elections on its own. INLD leader and former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala termed the decision "unilaterali [...]	2009-08-26 14:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR ASEC IN
09NEWDELHI1797	INDIA TO INVESTIGATE RDX SALE TO SYRIA, UPDATE ON PENDING CASES [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-27 13:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PARM KNNP ETTC IN IR SY
09NEWDELHI1813	BJP: ENTER HINDUTVA HAWKS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With party revolts, expulsions, leadership intrigue, and name-calling dominating the headlines, the Bharatiya Janta Party(BJP) is in serious trouble and appears rudderless. The conclusion of the three-day long "introspection" meeting by the top party brass exacerbated the pub [...]	2009-08-31 15:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1858	INDIA POSITIVE ON STRATEGIC SECURITY DIALOGUE, DUG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indian MEA Acting Joint Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Gill agreed in principle to holding the senior-level Strategic Security Dialogue in Washington in early October. He gave an informal, positive response to the proposed agenda and will provide further fee [...]	2009-09-04 14:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP ENRG IN
09NEWDELHI1859	BHUTAN DECLINES INVITATION TO RUN FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A demarche to Political Counsellor Tenxin Rondel Wangchuk on September 2, urging the Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) to consider sponsoring a candidate for a seat on the 2010 UN Human Rights Council (HRC). During a September 4 meeting, Wangchuk informed PolOff th [...]	2009-09-04 15:01:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL IR IN
09NEWDELHI1896	INDIA SHARES CONCERNS, WILLING TO COOPERATE ON SRI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indian MEA shares USG concern over the situation of Sri Lankan Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs),and remains focused on getting them resettled. India is providing significant aid and is working to de-mine affected areas. There are plans to augment the GOI-funded de-mining [...]	2009-09-11 11:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1898	INDIA SHARES VIEWS ON NONPROLIFERATION SUMMIT [...] (C) Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (MEA/DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra summoned the DCM September 11 to share a nonpaper (paragraph 3) articulating India's views on the UN Security Council summit on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmam [...]	2009-09-11 12:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PARM KNNP IN
09NEWDELHI190	REPUBLIC DAY GUEST OF HONOR: KAZAKHSTAN PRESIDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev's visit to India as chief guest at the 2009 Republic Day celebration resulted in the signature of five substantive agreements, including an MoU on civilian nuclear cooperation. Nazarbayev did not create the media splash other Republic Day [...]	2009-01-30 10:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET ENRG TRGY PHUM PINR KDEM KZ IN
09NEWDELHI1927	INDIA ON THE MIDDLE EAST AT IAEA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MEA Deputy Secretary (Disarmament and International Security Affairs) Vipul on September 14. Vipul took note of the U.S. stance, but informed us that the GOI, as yet, has no official position to share regarding the Israeli Nuclear Capabilities Resolutio [...]	2009-09-16 11:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1946	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: INDIAN GOVERNMENT ON [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran Division (PAI) Siddhartha Nath on September 15. Nath acknowledged our request that India urge the Iranian Government to resolve the cases of the six American citizens who a [...]	2009-09-18 06:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PROP CASC IN
09NEWDELHI1947	INDIAN VIEWS ON HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH SESSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indian Government shares some of our concerns for the 12th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) and is likely to support a freedom of expression resolution. India will probably vote on other resolutions introduced during the session according to consensus. END SUMMARY. [...]	2009-09-18 07:02:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNHCR IN
09NEWDELHI1997	INDIAN GOVERNMENT NONCOMMITTAL ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for United Nations Economic and Social (UNES) Division Abhishek Verma on September 24. Verma explained this issue was being examined at senior levels within the Ministry and declined to offer a substant [...]	2009-09-25 12:30:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHCR IS IN
09NEWDELHI1998	INDIAN GOVERNMENT NONCOMMITTAL ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Under Secretary for United Nations Economic and Social (UNES) Division Abhishek Verma on September 24. Verma explained this issue was being examined at senior levels within the Ministry and declined to offer a substantive r [...]	2009-09-25 12:44:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHCR IS IN
09NEWDELHI2085	INDIA ON TEXT OF COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON [...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed reftel points on October 9 to Ministry of External Affairs Director for United Nations Political Division (MEA/UNP) Sanjay Rana, Joint Secretary Bhattacharjee's deputy on these issues. Rana said the UNP Division knew the USG had not supported or accepted the 2007 comprom [...]	2009-10-09 12:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA PREL UN IN
09NEWDELHI2135	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: INDIA MOVES AHEAD, OPENS [...] (C) Summary: Not waiting for the Delhi-Islamabad composite dialogue to resume, India has moved forward unilaterally on the Delhi-Srinagar dialogue and its efforts for reconciliation in Kashmir. Home Minister Chidambaram announced on October 14 that the GOI will talk directly "with all shades" [...]	2009-10-21 11:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2155	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: INDIA MOVES AHEAD WITH CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURES [...] (C) Summary: In yet another signal that it is not waiting for the Delhi-Islamabad composite dialogue process to resume, the GOI unveiled further steps to strengthen its reconciliation efforts in Kashmir. Besides announcing a dialogue with separatists (Ref A),Home Minister P.C. Chidambaram on Octob [...]	2009-10-22 14:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2176	INDIA'S STANCE ON 64TH UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE ISSUES [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Ministry of External Affairs UN Economic and Social Division Under Secretary Abhishek Verma on October 23. Verma emphasized that despite India,s longstanding opposition to Country Specific Resolutions (CSR) as they lead to &finger pointing and intens [...]	2009-10-26 11:52:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN IN
09NEWDELHI2225	INDIA SEEKS RECIPROCITY FOR SUPPORTING US [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 10:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA IN
09NEWDELHI2227	INDIA WILL NOT SUPPORT USG POSITION ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche on November 4 to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretaries for UN Political (UNP) and UN Economic and Social (UNES) Divisions and emphasized the significance the USG would place on India's support for opposing a resolution based on the biased conclu [...]	2009-11-04 13:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHCR IS IN
09NEWDELHI2248	SINO-INDIAN BORDER DISPUTE TURNS INTO WAR OF WORDS [...] (U) SUMMARY: India and China have launched a "war of words" over disputed territory in Arunachal Pradesh (AP). The GOI has been uncharacteristically bold in responding to Chinese moves, spurred on no doubt by unrestrained hyperventilation in the Indian media over Beijing's intentions. It seem [...]	2009-11-06 12:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CH IN
09NEWDELHI2285	INDIA UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN, [...] (U) PolCouns conveyed Ref A demarche on November 12 and 13 to Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretaries for Pakistan-Afghanistan-Iran (PAI) Division, Y.K. Sinha, and UN Economic and for Social (UNES) Division, Rajiv Misra, respectively. Emphasizing the importance we place on the Indian G [...]	2009-11-13 13:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN IR BM KN
09NEWDELHI2330	MAYAWATI STRONG IN U.P. BY-ELECTIONS, BUT CONGRESS [...] (U) Summary. In Uttar Pradesh (U.P.),Chief Minister Kumari Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) swept the November 7 by-elections, winning nine out of eleven Assembly seats and consolidating further its hold of the state legislature. The by-elections were equally dramatic for the Samajwadi [...]	2009-11-18 14:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2342	INDIA WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO SUPPORT UNGA [...] (C) The Indian Mission to the UN in New York will vote in favor of resolutions that reaffirm support for the three UN institutions devoted exclusively to Palestinian issues as New Delhi remains unwilling to review its policy on Israeli-Palestinian issues. On November 18, PolCouns conveyed Ref A po [...]	2009-11-19 12:57:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL IS IN
09NEWDELHI2355	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: GOVERNMENT TALKS TO SEPARATISTS [...] (C) Summary: Following up announcements by the Prime Minister and the Home Minister last month (ref a-c),the GOI and the Mirwaiz Omar Farooq-led separatists have publicly acknowledged that they are engaged in closed door talks. The separatists have indicated to Embassy that they intend to en [...]	2009-11-20 13:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI2356	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: PAKISTAN-BASED TERRORISM THREAT [...] (C) The improving security situation and the return to relative peace and prosperity in the state has encouraged the Indian government to be forward leaning on seeking a solution to the Kashmir issue through confidence building measures and the start of a dialogue with separatists (refs a-d). [...]	2009-11-20 14:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI2373	RENEWED GOI EFFORTS TO COMBAT TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),which plays a significant role in the GOI's trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts, seems to be taking renewed steps to overcome India's TIP challenge. In September, the MHA issued two advisories, one on violence against women and another on hu [...]	2009-11-24 12:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KCOR ELAB KWMN KOCI PHUM KTIP SOCI IN
09NEWDELHI2376	RENEWED GOI EFFORTS TO COMBAT TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA),which plays a significant role in the GOI's trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts, seems to be taking renewed steps to overcome India's TIP challenge. In September, the MHA issued two advisories, one on violence against women and another on hu [...]	2009-11-24 12:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM KCOR ELAB KWMN KOCI PHUM KTIP SOCI
09NEWDELHI2391	LIBERHAN LEAK STEALS REPORT'S THUNDER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The list of political scandals awaiting Prime Minister Singh upon his return from Washington has grown with the release of the Liberhan Commission report. Bowing to immense pressure from the Opposition, Home Minister F.M. Chidambaram presented the report in the lower and upper [...]	2009-11-25 13:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2435	INDIAN AF-PAK PUNDITS VOICE "CRITICAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The overall reaction of selected Political Section interlocutors - a diverse group of journalists, commentators, academics, think-tank analysts, and parliamentarians from different religious communities and political orientations - to President Obama's December 1 speech on Afgh [...]	2009-12-03 13:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER IN AF PK
09NEWDELHI2455	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: CHIDAMBARAM PLEDGES MILITARY [...] (C) Summary: In a follow up to assurances by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Home Minister P. Chidambaram in October (ref c-e),the Home Minister declared in Parliament on December 2 that the GOI would withdraw "significant" military and paramilitary forces from Jammu and Kashmir, but he [...]	2009-12-08 14:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI2492	INDIA: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. India has made continuing progress since April 2009 in combating human trafficking. The Ministry of Home Affairs has designated trafficking in persons a top priority and demonstrated renewed efforts in tackling the problem. India enhanced efforts to expand law enforcement capac [...]	2009-12-14 12:17:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KTIP IN
09NEWDELHI2493	JAMMU AND KASHMIR: ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON [...] Summary: (C) In a reminder that there are many Kashmir-focused terrorist groups who do not want any negotiation or accommodation with India, unidentified gunmen on December 4 shot Fazal-ul-Haq Qureshi, a prominent moderate separatist leader who was part of the recently announced GOI-Srinagar [...]	2009-12-14 12:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI2494	INDIAN POLITICAL THEATER: THE LIBERHAN REPORT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliamentary debate on the Liberhan Commission,s report (Ref B) on the destruction of a mosque 17 years ago caused disruption and drama. Both houses of Parliament engaged in hearty mud slinging across party lines, while ignoring more pressing issues, such as the rising price o [...]	2009-12-14 13:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC IN PGOV PREL KDEM PINR
09NEWDELHI2516	NSA NARAYANAN ON CIVIL NUCLEAR IMPLEMENTATION AND [...] (S) SUMMARY. Ambassador Roemer pressed National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan in a telephone call December 16 for progress on civil nuclear implementation, assurances about the protection of sensitive information, and a commitment not to seek extradition in the Headley case. Narayanan remai [...]	2009-12-17 13:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM KNNP ENRG PK IN
09NEWDELHI2543	WINTER SESSION OF PARLIAMENT ENDS WITHOUT CIVIL [...] (C) Summary: The lack-luster winter session of Parliament came to an end without passage of the Civil Nuclear Liabilities legislation. Despite assurances from the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government that it intended to push the legislation through, we did not see any signs of Congr [...]	2009-12-21 13:33:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI2548	ENGAGING INDIA ON UN DEBATE: FIGHTING [...] (C) Summary: Post is pleased to offer our recommendations for a strategy to engage India on the "defamation of religions" proposal and to back the U.S. "Action Plan" at the upcoming March session of the UN Human Rights Council on countering racial and religious discrimination. While India may [...]	2009-12-22 12:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC UNGA IN
09NEWDELHI2588	BHUTANESE KING'S SUCCESSFUL FIRST STATE VISIT TO [...] (U) The King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, visited India from December 21-26 on his first state visit to a foreign country following his coronation in November 2008. In addition to holding meetings with political figures that included the President and Vice President of India, Pri [...]	2009-12-31 02:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PHUM CH BH IN
09NEWDELHI26	SHIELD SO4B-08: INDIA AWARE OF SYRIAN ATTEMPT TO [...] (S) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Director for Disarmament and International Security Affairs(DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra told Poloff January 6 in response to reftel demarche that the appropriate Indian agencies were aware of reports that Syria was attempting to acquire dual-use chemical weap [...]	2009-01-07 12:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	SECRET	PARM ETTC SY IN PREL
09NEWDELHI28	INDIAN GROUPS PROTEST ISRAELI OFFENSIVE IN THE [...] (C) Summary: The Gaza strikes are emerging as a significant issue for some Muslim groups in India, who are raking up traditional anti-Israel rhetoric. Urdu media has been portraying the U.S. and Israel as enemies of Islam, stoking Muslim anger further and radical Islamic groups are gearing u [...]	2009-01-07 13:56:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PTER PREL IS IN
09NEWDELHI291	ENGAGING STATES IN KOSOVO RECOGNITION: INDIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-17 12:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC ICJ KV IN

09NEWDELHI33	INDIAN READOUT ON CHINESE VICE FM HE YAFEI'S NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Chinese Vice Foreign Minister He Yafei visited New Delhi on January 5, where he met with FM Menon, FS Mukherjee, and NSA Narayanan as well as Deputy Chair of the Planning Commission Ahluwalia. Press coverage of the visit focused almost exclusively on discussion of the India-Paki [...]	2009-01-08 09:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK CH IN
09NEWDELHI332	INDIA TO PARTICIPATE IN SHARM AL-SHEIK CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Poloff on February 18 conveyed reftel points to MEA Deputy Secretary of West Asia and North Africa Division, Suhil Khan, informing the GOI of U.S. intention to make a pledge of humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian Authority at the Sharm al-Sheikh March 2 conference and encouraging [...]	2009-02-23 09:06:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG IN
09NEWDELHI354	CICA SENIORS MEETING CALLS FOR MORE ACTION; TURKEY [...] (C) Summary. The February 18-20 Senior Officials Committee/Special Working Group meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) included the usual litany of decisions taken on past agenda items and recommendations for future discussions, but was not [...]	2009-02-25 12:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KZ TU IN
09NEWDELHI369	DALAI LAMA SUCCESSION SPECULATION: MARCH 10 [...] (C) Summary. The February 25 Tibetan New Year (Losar) marks the beginning of a tense three-week prelude to March 10, the 50th anniversary of the failed 1959 uprising that led the Dalai Lama to flee China. Tibetan exiles in India have followed the lead of their compatriots in China and shunned [...]	2009-02-27 12:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF IN CH
09NEWDELHI370	INDIA-IAEA: SHARED CONCERN ON IRAN-SYRIA REPORT, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ministry of External Affairs Director for Disarmament and International Security Affairs Gaddam Dharmendra shared February 28 India's perspective on Iran-Syria and India's Additional Protocal, two items on the agenda of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Govern [...]	2009-02-27 14:47:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY IN PINS ENRG
09NEWDELHI41	INDIA CONSIDERING U.S. VIEWS ON POSSIBLE IRAN [...] (SBU) Poloff on January 8 conveyed to MEA United Nations Economic and Social Division Director Dinesh Patnaik reftel points, informing the GOI of U.S. concerns about a possible Iranian presidency of the United Nations Development Program's Executive Board. On January 9, Patnaik told Poloff th [...]	2009-01-09 09:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID IN IR PREF UNDP
09NEWDELHI438	THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON TAKING: GORSHKOV TROUBLES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Russia plans to charge India an additional $700 million dollars for the aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, the most recent chapter in a saga of price hikes and scheduling delays that brings the price of the refurbished Soviet-era carrier to a whopping $2.9 billion, nearly three [...]	2009-03-06 11:54:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR RU IN
09NEWDELHI440	WOMEN IN INDIA: GOVERNMENT'S PROGRESS GOOD, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. During its five-year tenure, the Congress Party-led ruling coalition, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA),has made uneven progress on women's issues. Activists credit the current government with creating an independent Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) and initia [...]	2009-03-06 12:35:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI451	INDIAN VIEWS ON ENGAGING IRAN [...] (C) Summary: Indian experts on the Indo-Iranian relationship describe it as stable but somewhat shallow. It is nurtured by both sides simply to maintain a friendly partner in the region. Our contacts encouraged the U.S. to engage Iran bilaterally rather than use India or any other third party as [...]	2009-03-09 12:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER EPET IR IS PK IN
09NEWDELHI470	BHARAT BALLOT 09: CONGRESS PARTY POISED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Political observers expect the Congress Party to pick up 6-10 seats from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Rajasthan in the May 7 parliamentary elections. They see the Congress Party riding on momentum from its December 2008 win over the BJP in the state assembly elections, [...]	2009-03-13 11:55:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI473	INDIA REQUIRES U.S. PAY LANDING AND NAVIGATION [...] (SBU) This is an action request; please see paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) After 18 months, the Indian Ministry of External Affairs replied to reftel demarche with a diplomatic note (No.WII/113/7/2007, 6 March 2009) received March 11 stating that the Indian government only agreed to waive landing, p [...]	2009-03-13 12:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS KSEP PREL EAIR IN
09NEWDELHI484	BHARAT BALLOT 09: MAYAWATI HOPES TO DOMINATE UTTAR [...] (SBU) Summary: Caste combinations and identity politics, rather than development or governance are the key drivers as Uttar Pradesh (UP) heads into parliamentary elections in April-May. National issues appear to play little or no role in voting decisions. This poor, largely rural state of 185 [...]	2009-03-17 07:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL IN
09NEWDELHI507	PUNJAB, AN EXAMPLE OF STATE OPPOSITION TO INDIA'S [...] (SBU) After the Mumbai attacks in November 2008, the Indian government moved quickly to establish a National Investigation Agency (NIA) to investigate and prosecute terrorism cases. The move stirred resistance from many states which view ceding power to a national agency as an infringement of [...]	2009-03-18 11:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI508	INDIA PLANNING TO ATTEND GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered by fax ref A demarche March 3 and ref B demarche March 13 to Gaddam Dharmendra, formerly director and newly appointed Joint Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Second Secretary at the Embassy of [...]	2009-03-18 13:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAPN PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC IN
09NEWDELHI522	BILLION INDIAN VOICES: CONGRESS SET FOR GAINS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congress Party appears poised for a comeback in Punjab with political observers projecting the party will pick up five to nine seats in the two phase parliamentary elections on May 7 and May 13. Just two years into the current state government's tenure, the inherently di [...]	2009-03-19 10:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI541	RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH OSSETIA [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Director Negma Malik of the Eurasia division of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on March 17. Director Malik relayed to Poloff that she had delivered the nonpaper to the concerned individuals within MEA and that they are fully aware of the United St [...]	2009-03-23 10:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PBTS GG RS IN
09NEWDELHI559	BHARAT BALLOT 2009: THE "OTHER" GANDHI FACES HATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Varun Gandhi, until now the lesser-known grandson of Indira Gandhi and a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lok Sabha aspirant, burst onto the national scene when an election campaign video caught him delivering anti-Muslim remarks. The video footage, played in a continuous loop on [...]	2009-03-24 13:37:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI587	INDIA: GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING "DEFAMATION OF [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (UN-Economic and Social) Dinesh Patnaik on March 23. Poloff spoke with Patnaik on March 24 who said the GOI has not made a formal decision on the resolution at this time but will seriously consider the issues [...]	2009-03-27 06:42:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRF PHUM IN
09NEWDELHI604	BHARAT BALLOT 09: THE PERILS OF POLLING [...] (SBU) Summary: As India heads into the 2009 Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) elections in April/May, Indian media outlets will release a torrent of election polls and public opinion surveys. In examining these polls, we will keep in mind that election polling in India is a notoriously un [...]	2009-03-30 12:27:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI676	BHARAT BALLOT 09: Tytler Ruling Angers Sikhs, Congress [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 2, the GOI's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) cleared senior Congress leader Jagdish Tytler of his alleged role in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi, in which at least 3,000 Sikhs died. The ruling comes as Tytler begins his campaign as the Congress Party's candida [...]	2009-04-07 09:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI730	BHARAT BALLOT 09: HIMACHAL POLITICS SPLIT THE [...] (U) Summary. Himachal Pradesh accounts for only four seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha, but given the neck-and-neck national race between the Congress Party and the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP),every seat counts. Himachal voters, on average more educated and prosperous than other Indians, cas [...]	2009-04-14 14:08:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI742	INDIA'S INDEPENDENT POLICY AND THE EMERGING ASIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: India is struggling to find its way among the disjointed, multi-layered regional architecture which exists in Asia today. India's policy toward Asia remains largely ad-hoc, and India's primary goals in Asia appear to be to increase economic engagement and integration and to max [...]	2009-04-15 15:38:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD IN
09NEWDELHI780	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION: INDIA WILL [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 11:49:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL IN
09NEWDELHI79	KARZAI VISIT TO INDIA "SYMBOLIC" OF AFGHAN [...] (C) Summary: Afghan President Karzai met January 12-13 with Indian Prime Minister Singh to express solidarity with India in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks and to discuss counterterrorism cooperation. The two leaders also lauded India's contributions to Afghan reconstruction, pledged to f [...]	2009-01-14 12:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EAGR PGOV PREL AF PK IN
09NEWDELHI800	BHARAT BALLOT 09: BULANDSHAHR TAKE TWO [...] (U) Summary: This is the second in a series of cables on Bulandshahr, a rural market-town of 175,000 two hours southeast of Delhi in the state of Uttar Pradesh (reftel). A series of one-day visits have given us an opportunity to observe the election campaign from the ground up, and to gauge t [...]	2009-04-22 13:18:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI PINR KISL KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI805	INDIA'S VIEWS ON NONPROLIFERATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. Indian officials and media have welcomed the new U.S. administration,s positions on non-proliferation issues, reciprocating by signaling a willingness to join with us in several areas to reduce the threat of weapons of mass destruction. The Prime Minister,s Special Envoy Shyam Sa [...]	2009-04-22 14:23:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI813	AVIATION FEES ISSUE IN INDIA: SEEK GUIDANCE FOR APRIL 30 DEADLINE FROM GOI [...] This is an action request for the Department. Please see paragraph 3. 2. Post appreciates the Department's guidance to date on the issue of aviation-related fees for official USG aircraft and understands an interagency process is currently underway to provide further guidance on a global p [...]	2009-04-23 13:28:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR KMGT OTRA IN
09NEWDELHI816	BHARAT BALLOT 09: BJP ABOUT FACE ON NUCLEAR DEAL? [...] (C) Summary: In an interview with the Hindustan Times newspaper, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani appears to have walked back some of his party's opposition to the U.S.-India civil nuclear deal. Instead of finding knee-jerk fault with the deal, he carefully pointed out the di [...]	2009-04-23 15:16:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI863	DEMOCRACY-IN-EXILE - TIBETANS DEBATE REFORM AMIDST [...] (C) Summary. Following the 50th anniversary of the Dalai Lama's escape to India, Tibetans now look toward their future and the implementation of further democratic reforms for the government-in-exile, the Central Tibetan Authority (CTA). While the exile community has the instruments of democra [...]	2009-04-30 13:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PREF CH IN
09NEWDELHI880	BHARAT BALLOT 09: THE CONGRESS LOSES GROUND IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Congress Party appears poised to win five to seven seats in Haryana parliamentary elections on May 7. Currently, they hold nine of Haryana's ten seats. Congress's strong development record and high economic growth rate -- together with the opposition Bharatiya Janata Part [...]	2009-05-01 13:41:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN EAGR
09NEWDELHI89	INDIA TO ATTEND FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETING AT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-15 11:39:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC IN
09NEWDELHI924	INDIA-IAEA: NEXT DIRECTOR GENERAL, SAFEGUARDS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. India will wait until the last moment to decide which candidate to support as the new IAEA Director General, according to Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary for Disarmament and International Security Affairs (DISA) Gaddam Dharmendra. Dharmendra believed that Sout [...]	2009-05-07 12:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP AORC ETTC IAEA ENRG TRGY
09NEWDELHI933	BHARAT BALLOT 09: BATTLEFIELD BULANDSHAHR -- TAKE [...] (SBU) Summary: This is the third in a series of cables on Bulandshahr, a rural market town of 175,000 two hours southeast of Delhi in the state of Uttar Pradesh. On May 5th, two days before its parliamentary district went to the polls, PolOff and PolFSN ventured back to Bulandshahr to see how [...]	2009-05-08 10:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI944	BHARAT BALLOT 2009: DELHI POLLS PEACEFUL, VOTER [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 7, the fourth phase of the election, PolOff and PolFSN visited several polling sites in three of the seven parliamentary districts in the Delhi Capital Territory (DCT). The voting process for the average voter seems to be orderly and well-established. Election day passed [...]	2009-05-08 14:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI95	INDIAN SKEPTICISM OF PAKISTAN PREVALENT DESPITE [...] (U) Corrected copy - new text. 2. (C) Summary: India's initial reaction to Interior Minister of Pakistan Rehman Malik's January 15 statements on investigating the Mumbai attacks has been skeptical. Foreign Minister Mukherjee explicitly criticized the Pakistani government for bypassing dip [...]	2009-01-16 11:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI967	UK READOUT OF DES BROWNE (SPECIAL ENVOY FOR SRI [...] (C) Summary. UK Special Envoy for Sri Lanka Des Browne visited New Delhi May 6-7 to consult with Indian officials on possible collaboration on the humanitarian and political situation in Sri Lanka. Browne briefed diplomats on his view of the situation in Sri Lanka, and a UK High Commission coll [...]	2009-05-13 13:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS CE UK IN
09NEWDELHI969	BHARAT BALLOT 09: INDIA'S MARATHON ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: Indian voters cast the final ballots in the country's marathon elections on May 13. In this fifth and final phase, polling took place in 86 constituencies across seven states and two territories. Voting was relatively peaceful with the exception of small skirmishes in West Beng [...]	2009-05-13 15:00:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI982	BHARAT BALLOT 09: INDIAN EXIT POLLS: NO CLEAR [...] (U) Polling in India's month-long election to choose a new parliament and form a new government ended at 5:00 pm on May 13. Immediately afterward, the hyperactive Indian electronic media began to furiously air exit polls that compiled results from all five phases of voting. TV coverage cont [...]	2009-05-14 14:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI987	BHARAT BALLOT 2009: UTTARAKHAND SUFFERING FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff and PolFSN traveled north to Uttarakhand on May 11 to assess the political landscape of this small state with five parliamentary seats up for grabs. In discussions with a mix of local journalists, academics, business leaders, and state civil servants, the themes that we h [...]	2009-05-15 11:14:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI988	BHARAT BALLOT 2009: MUSLIM VOTE DIVIDED IN [...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff and PolFSN traveled to western UP to visit five parliamentary districts where Muslims make up a large minority, and in some cases, the majority, of voters. These five districts voted on May 13, the final phase of the election for the Lok Sabha (the lower house of Parliamen [...]	2009-05-15 11:15:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI997	BHARAT BALLOT 09: TIGHT BATTLE IN RAJASTHAN [...] (SBU) Summary: While the race is close and tight in Rajasthan, the Congress Party is expected to pick up between 5-10 seats from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in parliamentary election. Polling was on May 7 and results will be declared on May 16. The Congress strategy was to pick strong [...]	2009-05-15 14:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NIAMEY382	Update on Hadizatou Mani, Woman of Courage Award Recipient [...] (SBU) On May 10, PolOff and LES Pol Specialist traveled to Birni N'Konni to deliver the State Department's Woman of Courage prize to Mani Hadizatou (Ref A). Timidria, the local NGO that helped Mani file her successful lawsuit against the Government of Niger for failing to assist her under cond [...]	2009-05-28 12:29:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN SCUL NG
09NIAMEY462	NIGER: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 2009 TIP Report [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 14:04:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KWMN PGOV PREL SMIG NG
09NIAMEY690	Pan-African Parliamentary Delegation Calls on Ambassador [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 18, four members of an African Union (AU) Pan-African Parliamentary delegation called on Ambassador Allen, and stated that Niger's political opposition should accept the status quo and negotiate with President Tandja for a way forward that reflects their objectives. [...]	2009-09-21 21:16:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM SOCI AU NG
09NIAMEY845	Niger: Demarches Delivered on UN ICCS Candidate, UNGA [...] (U) On October 27, PolOff delivered ref A and B talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Deputy Director for the Americas Aboubacar Dan Barma. 2. (SBU) Dan Barma assured PolOff that the GON has already given its full support to the candidacy of Lucretia Meyers to the UN [...]	2009-10-29 10:12:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL PHUM UNGA NG
09NIAMEY854	NIGER: PRIME MINISTER GAMATIE MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: On November 2, Government of Niger (GON) Prime Minister (PM) Ali Badjo Gamatie held a meeting with Ambassador Allen (Embassy PolOff was note taker) that broached a wide scope of topics, ranging from the ongoing peace process in the North, the current political situation and discus [...]	2009-11-03 18:25:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM NG
09NIAMEY864	NIGER: PM GAMATIE MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR ALLEN [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 15:54:00	Embassy Niamey	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PREL PGOV MARR MOPS PINR NG
09NIAMEY882	NIGER: NEW PRIME MINISTER'S VIEWS ON THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary: On November 2, Ambassador Allen (Embassy PolOff note taker) met Government of Niger (GON) Prime Minister (PM) Ali Badjo Gamatie at the PM's office. Over the past few months, the GON has made concerted efforts to silence its critics and to marginalize the opposition. Some GON mem [...]	2009-11-12 12:15:00	Embassy Niamey	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM NG
09NICOSIA130	CYPRUS WILL SUPPORT USG, AU STANCE ON MAURITANIA [...] (C). On February 18, Poloffs delivered reftel demarche concerning USG views on the military junta in Mauritania and the African Union's (AU) recent decision to impose targeted sanctions to Andreas Kouzoupis, in the Cypriot MFA's Department of Middle East and African Affairs. Kouzoupis said th [...]	2009-02-19 12:50:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL XA MR CY
09NICOSIA141	CYPRIOT POSITIONS FOR FEBRUARY GAERC [...] (C) On February 19, Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Turning first to Afghanistan, Panayiotou stated that the GOC is in broad agreement with the USG points raised and appreciates the need for a regional approach, particularly one that takes in [...]	2009-02-20 14:58:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ZL AF SU GZ YI BK KO HR MK CY
09NICOSIA142	CYPRIOT PLANS FOR SHARM AL-SHEIKH DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 15:10:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM GZ CY
09NICOSIA17	CYPRUS: TURKISH CYPRIOTS CALL EARLY ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-15 07:40:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TR CY
09NICOSIA181	CYPRIOT STANCE AT MARCH GAERC/GYMNICH [...] (C) On March 12, Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Starting with the upcoming GAERC, and in particular with its Western Balkans discussion component, Panayiotou assured that the GOC position on Bosnia remains the same, and that the GOC believe [...]	2009-03-13 14:45:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SU GZ HR MW IR IS BO SY CY
09NICOSIA196	CYPRUS FIRM ON NON-RECOGNITION OF ABKHAZIA AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 11:07:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS RS GG CY
09NICOSIA200	CYPRUS: DIKO BATTLE COULD AFFECT COALITION, TALKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Democratic Party (DIKO) leader Marios Karoyian suffered a major defeat in March 15 internal party elections that puts his political future in doubt, threatens the fragile coalition with President Demetris Christofias's AKEL party, and conceivably could hinder Cyprus settlement [...]	2009-03-20 14:25:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CY
09NICOSIA270	CYPRUS: EU'S BURMA POLICY FOCUSED, CONSISTENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 12:24:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ASEAN BM CY
09NICOSIA273	CYPRUS TO SUPPORT US CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-22 13:09:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CY
09NICOSIA325	CYPRIOT STANCE FOR MAY GAERC [...] (C) On May 14, Poloff delivered reftel points to MFA European Union/CFSP desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. First taking up Iran, Panayiotou stated that the GOC welcomes the new USG direction and agrees that the U.S. and EU must remain united in message. The GOC strongly supports the "E3 3" appr [...]	2009-05-15 08:24:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR SO IS RS MD CG CY
09NICOSIA383	CYPRIOT POSITIONS FOR JUNE GAERC [...] (C) On June 11, Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA European Union/CFSP desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Taking up the Israel-Palestine points first, Panayiotou stated that the GOC welcomes recent USG overtures but remains concerned over the stance of the Netanyahu government, particularly o [...]	2009-06-17 05:05:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS SY LE CU AF PK BK YI KO HR
09NICOSIA395	UN MISSION IN CYPRUS WORKING TO COMBAT TIP/SEA, [...] (U) Per Reftel instructions, on June 16 and 18, Poloff contacted UN Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) Civil Affairs Officer Maria Wilkins. Wilkins serves as UNFICYP's appointed "gender focal point," and is charged with educating UN civilian, police and military personnel about sexual harassment, sexua [...]	2009-06-18 16:04:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KPKO PREL KCRM CY
09NICOSIA402	CYPRUS:UNSG SPECIAL ADVISER DOWNER UPBEAT ON [...] (C) "There has a been a (positive) sea change in attitude in the negotiations," UNSG Special Adviser Alexander Downer confided to the Ambassador in a June 19 meeting. Downer said that both Greek Cypriot Leader Demetris Christofias and Turkish Cypriot Leader Mehmet Ali Talat were "feeling their [...]	2009-06-22 15:08:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TR UNFICYP CY
09NICOSIA415	CYPRUS ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND CORFU MINISTERIAL [...] (C) On June 22, Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy Acting Head, Charis Christodoulidou. Christodoulidou stated that the GOC supports USG positions and existing security institutions. She added, however, that increased dialogue with Russia [...]	2009-06-25 13:35:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL EU NATO PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON RS CY
09NICOSIA432	CYPRIOT RESPONSE TO 2009 TIP REPORT BALANCED, [...] (C) Summary: Reactions to the 2009 State Department Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report were generally positive. GOC officials welcomed this year's report as long-overdue recogNi4ign of subsdaltial GGC progresc to co-bat TIP.Q BeActigns drom NGOs ald lo#al acti6ists in the GPeek Cypriot commUn [...]	2009-07-01 11:53:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KPAO KWMN ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL CY
09NICOSIA44	CYPRUS: GAZA, GUANTANAMO AND GAS LIKELY TO [...] (C) Poloffs on January 21 delivered Reftel points on the January 26-27 meeting of the EU,s General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Panayiotou said that the agenda would likely be truncated, focusing mostly on Gaza, Guantanamo [...]	2009-01-23 13:58:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV ZL ZJ CY IS GZ RS UP BO YI
09NICOSIA444	CYPRUS SUPPORTS UNSCR MEASURES ON NORTH KOREA [...] (C) Per reftels, on June 29 Poloffs delivered ref points on UNSCR 1718 and 1874 to MFA North Korea Desk Officer, Sevag Avedissian. Avedissian stated that the GOC shares the international community's concerns over North Korea and plans to implement the financial and inspection-related measures [...]	2009-07-07 08:06:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC ECON EFIN KNNP KN CY
09NICOSIA458	CYPRUS EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN AUSTRALIA GROUP [...] (S) On July 10, Poloff delivered reftel points to Counselor Panayiotis Papadopoulos in the MFA's Department of Multilateral Affairs. Papadopoulos stated that the GOC is eager to participate in the Australia Group Plenary and agreed that the most likely role for the GOC would be during the En [...]	2009-07-13 13:49:00	Embassy Nicosia	SECRET	PARM PREL ETTC CBW CY
09NICOSIA469	CYPRUS NON-COMMITTAL ON POSSIBLE U.S. ROLE IN EUMM [...] (C) On July 17, Poloffs delivered reftel points to Cyprus MFA Georgia Desk Officer, Salina Shambos. Shambos stated that both the GOC and EU strongly support the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia and would almost certainly vote to renew its mandate in September. Shambos avoided comment o [...]	2009-07-17 14:05:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG RS EU CY
09NICOSIA470	CYPRUS POSITIVE ON RESULTS OF U.S.-RUSSIA [...] (C) On July 15, Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA Russia Desk Officer Selina Shambos. Shambos stated that the GOC believed "things had gone quite well" during President Obama's visit to Moscow and that "a lot of ground was covered." In fact, she noted, a similarly positive report had be [...]	2009-07-17 14:55:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RS CY
09NICOSIA479	CYPRIOT POSITIONS FOR JULY GAERC [...] (C) On July 22, Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA European Union desk officer Nikos Panayiotou. Starting with Iran, Panayioutou said that the EU is presenting a unified stance concerning the detention of UK Embassy employees and one French citizen during the post-election turmoil. While [...]	2009-07-24 08:37:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IR SO GG EUN CY
09NICOSIA532	CYPRUS: SOLUTION TALKS' FIRST-READING CONCLUDES, [...] (C) Summary: "I am still cautiously optimistic" UNSYG Special Adviser Alexander Downer told the Charg on August 6, hours after the end of the first reading of UN-brokered negotiations between Greek Cypriots (G/C) and Turkish Cypriots (T/C) that commenced in September 2008. Downer previewed hi [...]	2009-08-13 14:28:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY
09NICOSIA533	CYPRUS: SOLUTION TALKS' FIRST-READING CONCLUDES, [...] (C) Summary: "I am still cautiously optimistic" UNSYG Special Adviser Alexander Downer told the Charg on August 6, hours after the end of the first reading of UN-brokered negotiations between Greek Cypriots (G/C) and Turkish Cypriots (T/C) that commenced in September 2008. Downer previewed hi [...]	2009-08-13 14:28:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNFICYP TR CY
09NICOSIA538	CYPRUS SHARES USG CONCERN OVER AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S [...] (U) On August 18, Poloff delivered reftel points on the GOB's recent conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) to Cyprus MFA Burma Desk Officer Sevak Avedissian. Avedissian said that the GOC and the EU share the USG's strong concern over the verdict and continuing detention of ASSK. Avedissian [...]	2009-08-19 04:25:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BM CY
09NICOSIA541	CYPRUS: SHARES US CONCERNS ON IAEA GENERAL [...] (C) On August 20, Poloff shared reftel points on Middle East issues at the upcoming International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference (GC) with Acting Head of Cyprus MFA Multilateral Affairs Department Andreas Nicolaides. Nicolaides stated that the GOC and the EU share the same con [...]	2009-08-20 14:15:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC PREL PARM CY
09NICOSIA548	CYPRUS: RUSSIAN AND US EMBASSIES INFORM MFA OF [...] On August 24, POLOFF and Russian DCM Alexander Scherbakov delivered reftel points to Marios Kountourides, Deputy Director of the MFA's Multilateral Affairs Division. Kountourides welcomed the announcement, adding that Cyprus supported efforts to combat terrorism and the work of UNODC and the [...]	2009-08-25 13:37:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC
09NICOSIA563	CYPRIOT STANCE FOR SEPTEMBER GYMNICH [...] (C) On September 1, Poloff delivered reftel points to Cyprus MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina. First taking up Iran, Mina stated that the GOC backs applying pressure on Iran while stressing engagement. Cyprus would consider further measures, including sanctions, but only if such measur [...]	2009-09-04 05:12:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS IR AF PK CY
09NICOSIA574	AUSTRALIA GROUP: CYPRUS LOOKING FORWARD TO [...] (SBU) On August 31, Poloff delivered reftel non-papers to Counselor Panayiotis Papadopoulos in the Cyprus MFA's Department of Multilateral Affairs. Papadopoulos stated that he would share reftel non-papers with the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, which will be participating on beh [...]	2009-09-11 09:10:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM ETTC PREL CY
09NICOSIA575	CYPRUS RECEPTIVE TO U.S. CLARIFICATIONS ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-11 13:04:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL CO CY
09NICOSIA578	CYPRUS IN ADVANCE OF SEPTEMBER GAERC [...] (C) On September 10, Poloff delivered reftel points to Cyprus MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina. Mina welcomed the USG positions on the Eastern Partnership and Georgia, but stated that the GOC had no feedback to share on these issues at present. On the situation of IDPs in Sri Lanka, Min [...]	2009-09-11 13:34:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CE CY
09NICOSIA580	CYPRUS SHARES USG CONCERNS OVER SRI LANKAN IDPS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 13:49:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID CE CY
09NICOSIA581	CYPRUS WELCOMES U.S. UNGA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-14 13:55:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNGA CY
09NICOSIA590	CYPRUS STILL CONSIDERING ATTENDANCE AT UNGA FOOD [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 08:47:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD EAGR UNGA CY
09NICOSIA591	CYPRUS WILL FOLLOW EU ON CONSENSUS AGREEMENT AT [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-16 08:48:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP AORC PARM PREL CY
09NICOSIA592	CYPRUS AGREES WITH U.S. MESSAGE ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-17 06:00:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AORC IR CY
09NICOSIA645	CYPRUS: "RIGHT DIRECTION" ON IRAN, NOT SAYING SO [...] (C) On October 6, Poloff shared reftel A message on Iran with Counselor Panayiotis Papadopoulos in the Cyprus MFA's Multilateral Affairs Department. Papadopoulos stated that the GOC supports a diplomatic solution to the issue of Iran's nuclear program. He saw the October 1 meeting as a positi [...]	2009-10-07 11:04:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IR CY
09NICOSIA649	CYPRUS: CLIMATE CHANGE DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF EU [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-07 13:28:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG SENV ENRG TRGY EUN CY
09NICOSIA670	CYPRUS: OCTOBER GAERC POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On October 21, poloff delivered ref points to Cyprus MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina in the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy. She had no feedback at present, but welcomed the points, noting it would helpful to have the U.S. position in mind as ROC position papers [...]	2009-10-23 11:13:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CY
09NICOSIA672	CYPRUS: OCTOBER GAERC POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On October 21, poloff delivered ref points to Cyprus MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina in the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy. She had no feedback at present, but welcomed the points, noting it would helpful to have the U.S. position in mind as ROC position papers [...]	2009-10-26 03:58:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CY
09NICOSIA680	CYPRUS RESPONSE TO UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On October 29, Poloff delivered reftel points to Nicos Nicolaou, Counselor in the MFA's Political Affairs Division, Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations. Regarding no-action motions and country-specific resolutions on Iran, Burma and DPRK, Nicolaou said tha [...]	2009-10-29 13:49:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA CY
09NICOSIA683	CYPRUS SUPPORTIVE BUT NONCOMMITTAL ON U.S. [...] (SBU) On October 30, Poloff delivered Ref A points and a detailed curriculum vitae of the U.S. candidate to the International Civil Service Commission to Penelope Erotokritou, Counselor in the MFA's Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations. 2. (SBU) Erotokritou sai [...]	2009-10-30 13:18:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL CY
09NICOSIA694	(C) CYPRUS LIKELY TO STAY "NEUTRAL" ON THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 15:01:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL
09NICOSIA712	CYPRUS: FORESHADOWING END OF EU SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) On November 4, Poloff delivered Reftel points to the MFA's Acting Head of Department for European Common Foreign and Security Policy, Helena Mina. Mina, who previously served as the Uzbekistan/Turkmenistan desk officer during secondment to the European Commission, said that increased enga [...]	2009-11-06 11:48:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CY
09NICOSIA713	CYPRUS PLANS 50,000 EURO DONATION TO FIGHT SOMALI [...] (C) Cyprus MFA Acting Head of the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy Helena Mina informed Poloff November 5 that Cyprus is prepared to donate 50,000 Euros to a trust fund for combating Somali piracy and asked if we had information about contribution mechanisms. (Note: MFA Polit [...]	2009-11-06 13:28:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MAPS MARR TU CY
09NICOSIA725	CYPRUS: NOVEMBER GAERC POINTS DELIVERED [...] (SBU) On November 12, Poloff delivered ref points to Cyprus MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina in the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy. She noted that the Ministry is in the process of preparing position papers for the upcoming GAERC and welcomed the U.S. points, though sh [...]	2009-11-13 06:25:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CY
09NICOSIA726	CYPRUS: WILL CONSULT WITH EU STATES ON ADDING [...] (SBU) On November 13, Poloff delivered ref points and accompanying non-paper to Alkis Ieromonachou, Counselor in the MFA's Political Affairs Division, Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations. Ieromonachou said Cyprus would review the information and consult with othe [...]	2009-11-13 10:58:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EFIN PARM ETTC EUN UNSC CY
09NICOSIA752	CYPRUS NOMINEE FOR 2010 SECRETARY OF STATE'S AWARD FOR [...] Embassy Nicosia is pleased to nominate Ms. Androulla Christofidou, a human rights activist working to combat trafficking in women in Cyprus, for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). Following is the information requested in Reftel. 2. Personal and biograp [...]	2009-11-30 15:31:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KTIP PHUM PREL KAPO CY
09NICOSIA766	CYPRUS: DPRK UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW SESSION [...] (C) On December 3 Poloff delivered reftel points to Cyprus MFA Head of Department for Asia and Oceania Marios Kountourides. Kountourides thanked the USG for sharing its views and said that the GOC holds the positions set forth in relevant EU documents concerning the DPRK. He is traveling to [...]	2009-12-04 09:55:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM AORC SOCI CY
09NICOSIA774	CYPRUS: DECEMBER FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL POINTS [...] (C) On December 7, Poloff delivered ref points to Cyprus MFA Deputy European Correspondent Nectarios Soteriou in the Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy and Attache Dionysis Dionysiou in the Department of Middle East and Africa. They shared the following views on behalf of the Go [...]	2009-12-08 15:20:00	Embassy Nicosia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN CY
09NOUAKCHOTT108	TARGETED SANCTIONS: THE MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON [...] (C) National Front for the Defense of Democracy director, Mohammed Ould Maouloud, tells us the very thought of targeted sanctions is taking a toll on the Junta. Anxiety is growing among businessmen and Junta financiers. As the February 5 AU/PSC and the February 20 EU/AU consultative meetings [...]	2009-02-05 11:56:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL MR
09NOUAKCHOTT124	ROSSO MAYOR: "I AM THE MOST SANCTIONED PERSON IN [...] (C) Summary: Six months after the coup, the southwestern city of Rosso (Trarza region) is feeling the pressure. The World Bank has suspended two key projects -- a marketplace reconstruction and an advanced rain water canal. The canal, 70 percent complete, has filled with stagnant water and [...]	2009-02-11 09:01:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MR PGOV PREL
09NOUAKCHOTT126	IN LEMDEN, ABDALLAHI SEES THE TIDE TURNING [...] Summary: President Abdallahi is more determined than ever to oppose the coup and sees political and economic trends going in his favor. He has been approached by Aziz' own Ouled Bisbaa tribe business leaders about resigning but rejects any negotiations with the military and hopes to return [...]	2009-02-11 19:26:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR

09NOUAKCHOTT155	SLIPPERY AS EVER, OULD DAHDAH STILL IN TOUCH WITH [...] (C) Summary: RFD President Ahmed Ould Daddah informed Poloff he asked the National Assembly to postpone a February 19 vote to February 22 on key election-related issues and threatened an RFD boycott if he were denied. For the regime sponsored June 6 elections, Ould Dahdah demanded suffrage [...]	2009-02-20 15:29:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT156	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of February 15-19, a Libyan delegation visited Mauritania, with little tangible results. The junta sent a letter to the AU proposing a way out of the crisis, a move widely regarded as a bid to avoid further EU condemnation. A proxy of Colonel Vall put forth a new [...]	2009-02-21 09:49:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT161	MEDIA AND POLITICAL PARTY REACTIONS TO PARIS [...] (SBU) Reactions among the Mauritanian media and political class to the results of the February 20 OIF-led Consultative Committee Meeting in Paris were mixed, though most saw a small victory for the High State Council. The following is a sample of the reactions. 2. (U) Junta response: No [...]	2009-02-23 12:19:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT172	IN ARAFAT, POVERTY AND HOPELESSNESS BREED [...] (SBU) Summary: Arafat is the largest and poorest district in the capital Nouakchott. Rapid urbanization, a large disenfranchised youth population, grinding poverty, and imported Islamist extremist ideas are a potentially volatile combination. EmbOffs met with a variety of people living and [...]	2009-03-03 13:54:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PTER KDEM EAID MR
09NOUAKCHOTT182	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (C) Summary: For the week of March 1-5, the Israelis were asked to leave Mauritania by the MFA. Muammar Qadhafi's planned visit to Mauritania continues to generate excitement in the press, but more tempered reactions among the political class. The government continues planning for June 6 p [...]	2009-03-05 14:45:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO PROP MR
09NOUAKCHOTT188	HEDGING THEIR BETS: PRO-COUP PARLIAMENTARIANS TAKE [...] (C) Summary: Consensus is not the word of the day among pro-coup parliamentarians. General Aziz's decision to rally his supporters under one party has found detractors. While stating their support to the High State Council (HSC),independent parliamentarians are distancing themselves from [...]	2009-03-08 14:05:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT191	FNDD READOUT ON QADHAFI'S MEDIATION [...] (C) Summary: On the day of President Abdallahi's return from Libya and the eve of Qadhafi's visit to Mauritania, rotating FNDD President Abdel Koudouss Abeidna remains skeptical about the success of a Libyan mediation and believes only targeted sanctions will precipitate a solution to the c [...]	2009-03-09 12:18:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM USAU LY MR
09NOUAKCHOTT226	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (C) Summary: For the week of March 22-26, Charge visited President Abdallahi in Lemden, and met with FNDD Tawassoul members in Nouakchott. The AU reaffirmed sanctions against Mauritania in the wake of Qadhafi's "mediation" visit. The Iranian Foreign Minister visited Mauritania, while the RF [...]	2009-03-30 07:58:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT237	MAURITANIANS DIVIDED OVER SETTLEMENT OF "PASSIF [...] (C) Summary: Almost twenty years after the "passif humanitaire" -- the state orchestrated persecution of Afro-Mauritanians that resulted in summary executions, arbitrary detentions, torture, layoffs, expropriations and deportations -- the Mauritanian government, led by junta leader General [...]	2009-04-02 12:29:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT238	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK MARCH [...] (C) Summary: For the week of March 29-April 2, General Aziz went to Doha to attend the Arab League Summit, while other members of the ruling High State Council traveled around the country to "educate" the population about the "rectification movement" (coup d'etat). The election calendar was [...]	2009-04-02 12:52:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC KPAO KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT250	ANTI-COUP PROTESTS IN NOUAKCHOTT VIOLENTLY [...] (C) Summary: Two anti-coup protests in Nouakchott were violently dispersed by police on April 2 and April 3. In both cases, police used tear gas and batons to break up the protests, injuring several people in the process. EmbOffs obtained first-hand accounts from some prominent figures who [...]	2009-04-07 16:42:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KPAO KDEM ASEC MR
09NOUAKCHOTT251	JUNTA UNILATERALLY APPOINTS ELECTORAL COMMISSION [...] (C) The junta took another step towards elections with the April 6 designation of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) president and members. Professor Cheikh Saad Bouh Camara, reputed Afro-Mauritanian sociologist, was appointed president while Hamdy Ould Mahjoub, former depu [...]	2009-04-07 17:18:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT255	FROM CHILD BRIDE TO SEX SLAVE: HOW MAURITANIAN [...] (C) Summary: Reports of trafficking of Mauritanian child brides to Saudi Arabia are on the rise. The girls, usually between 5 and 12 years of age, are married off to wealthy Saudi men in exchange for hefty bride prices. Once they arrive in Saudi Arabia, they become sex slaves to their hus [...]	2009-04-08 15:11:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM MR PGOV PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT261	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 5-9, anti-coup sentiment was visible in several venues. The EU suspended cooperation with Mauritania for two years, while an unfortunate translation of a NATO statement sowed confusion. The national electoral commission was finally appointed, while forme [...]	2009-04-12 09:31:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT266	CONSTITUTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS IN AZIZ' [...] (C) Summary: Efforts to mediate a solution to the Mauritanian crisis continue. AU Commissioner for Security and Peace Ramdane Lamamra and Libyan Secretary of African Affairs Abdessalam Triky arrived in Nouakchott April 11 to discreetly continue the negotiations started by Senegalese Foreig [...]	2009-04-13 12:26:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT271	THE CONTRADICTIONS OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary: The first person to officially announce his candidacy in the upcoming June 6 elections, Ibrahima Sarr is a study in contradictions. A long-time advocate for Afro-Mauritanians, many of his own supporters and peers now accuse him of selling out by working with the military. Recog [...]	2009-04-15 13:21:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT277	THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM: ETHNIC RELATIONS AFTER [...] (C) Summary: Mauritania's political crisis keeps stirring longstanding ethnic rivalries. The media talks about a "war" between junta leader General Abdel Aziz and anti-coup Haratine political leaders. Some of the leaders themselves describe it as the regime's "permanent" war with anyone re [...]	2009-04-16 13:12:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM
09NOUAKCHOTT278	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 12-16, the RFD party was on the verge of collapse, and Ahmed Ould Daddah had his strongest words yet for General Aziz. Ibrahima Sarr announced his candidacy for president, and renewed AU-Libyan and Senegalese mediation efforts failed to generate enthusia [...]	2009-04-16 13:47:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT284	CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL DODGES JUDICIAL [...] Summary: In a speedy and little published decision, Mauritania's Constitutional Council declared April 15 -- the same day General Aziz resigned -- a "de facto" presidential vacancy which, in keeping with the constitution, opened the way for a transitional period led by President of the Senate [...]	2009-04-21 11:13:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV
09NOUAKCHOTT287	ELECTORAL COMMISSION MEMBER RESIGNS FROM "MAFIA [...] (C) Summary: Sid'Ahmed Ould Habott, a prestigious member of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI),resigned April 20 as he believes the CENI's objective is not to organize free and fair elections but to certify Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's electoral victory. For Ould Habott, or [...]	2009-04-22 17:31:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR
09NOUAKCHOTT288	ACCORDING TO VALL, PRO AND ANTI-COUP PARTIES WANT [...] (C) Summary: According to Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, political actors are ready for a consensual solution but Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz remains the main obstacle to an agreement. Vall believes the time before the election is crucial to finding a solution. Once the election takes place, [...]	2009-04-23 12:50:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT289	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: For the week of April 19-23, women protesting against the junta were dispersed by the police. Election planning continued apace, while the number of declared presidential candidates grew to six. Anti-coup parliamentarians staged a sit-in at the National Assembly, while the n [...]	2009-04-23 14:05:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO
09NOUAKCHOTT306	FNDD LOSES FAITH IN SENEGALESE MEDIATION AS IT [...] (C) Summary: The FNDD sees less and less utility in a Senegalese mediation. Despite initial positive signs from Senegalese Foreign Minister Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, the FNDD thinks President Wade was steered away by Aziz. The FNDD was upset that Wade accepted the regime Ambassador's credentia [...]	2009-04-29 15:38:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT312	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (SBU) Summary: This week in Nouakchott, anti-coup protests multiplied and the FNDD, labor unions, and civil society joined forces through the signature of NDI's CFD Charter, which earned them criticism from Ould Daddah for accepting foreign money and interference. Deputy Sid'Ahmed Ould Ahme [...]	2009-04-30 14:26:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT321	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (C) Summary: This week in Nouakchott the authorities surprised everybody by authorizing protests. Demonstrations were overall peaceful except for two incidents of violence by FNDD and RFD supporters against the journalist who published the Ould Daddah interview and an Aziz supporter. Mauri [...]	2009-05-10 07:52:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM
09NOUAKCHOTT328	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ABDALLAHI IN LEMDEN [...] (C) Summary: President Abdallahi, still determined to fight the coup and very much active in the opposition, declared himself open to concessions as long as proposed solutions respected the constitution. The president thinks the Senegalese, rather than coming to the negotiation table with [...]	2009-05-13 17:01:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT330	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (C) Summary: For the week of May 10-14, there were rumors of possible arms from Iran. An embassy travel notification to the MFA was rejected, and Taqadoumy touched off another sensation in the media. There was a sit-in at the National Assembly, and the Ambassador traveled to Lemden to visi [...]	2009-05-14 12:23:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KDEM PHUM CVIS ASEC PTER MR
09NOUAKCHOTT332	MEETINGS WITH NEW PRO-COUP POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (C) Summary: PolOff and PolAsst met with two different breeds of new pro-coup political parties. Union Pour la Republique (UPR),intimately connected with coup leader and now presidential candidate Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, sees the June 6 election as an opportunity to return to constitution [...]	2009-05-17 08:26:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT344	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (C) Summary: Senegalese mediation efforts dominated the political scene for the week of May 17-21. The anti-US media campaign continued, while the FNDD and RFD held a large march to protest General Aziz's election plans. Despite rumors of the imminent release of the "FNDD four" (arrested fo [...]	2009-05-21 17:09:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MR PHUM KPAO
09NOUAKCHOTT356	ROSSO'S TOWN HALL: AGREEING TO DISAGREE [...] (C) Summary: During a meeting at the town hall in Rosso, EmbOffs witnessed spirited but respectful political debates between the Secretary General, who expressed support for General Aziz, and a Deputy Mayor, who advocated constitutional order. Such free debate indicates a willingness to coe [...]	2009-05-28 09:42:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT357	THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION: AN EMPTY SHELL [...] (C) Summary: PolOff and PolAsst visited Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) representatives in the Trarza, Mauritania's second largest administrative and electoral region after Nouakchott. The visit took EmbOffs to two contrasting places: the regional capital of Rosso and the [...]	2009-05-28 13:33:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MR KDEM PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT361	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF MAY [...] (C) Summary: The electoral campaign has started without much participation or enthusiasm. General Aziz's campaigning has taken over Nouakchott, giving the not-so-mistaken impression that there is only one candidate in this presidential race. Nevertheless, the campaign's empty tents make it [...]	2009-05-28 16:57:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KPAO KDEM MR PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT363	ELECTORAL COMMISSION PRESIDENT: CARTE BLANCHE AND [...] (C) Summary: Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) President Cheikh Saad Bouh Camara believes that the June 6 elections are the only way out of the crisis. Camara, not a friend of the FNDD or President Abdallahi's, is convinced that moving forward with the June 6 election has ma [...]	2009-05-31 12:19:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MR KDEM PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT368	NOUADHIBOU CENI: FINGERS CROSSED FOR CONSENSUS BUT [...] (C) Summary: In a visit to Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) headquarters in Nouadhibou, EmbOffs saw comparable conditions to those found in the Trarza CENI (Ref A). Like their Trarza colleagues, Nouadhibou CENI representatives wished there would be a consensus but keep prep [...]	2009-06-03 09:30:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT370	ON THE EVE OF AN AGREEMENT, NOUADHIBOU "MOROSE AND [...] (C) Summary: A day before a tentative agreement to the ongoing political crisis was reached in Dakar (Ref A),EmbOffs traveled to the economic capital of Nouadhibou to assess the mood and political situation ahead of elections. In meetings with both anti-coup and pro-coup political actors, t [...]	2009-06-03 17:22:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT379	LONG DETENTION PERIODS AND POOR CONDITIONS AT THE [...] (C) Summary: Much has been said about the Nouadhibou illegal migrant detention center, also known popularly as "little Guantanamo" or "Guantanamito." The detention center -- or "welcome center" as Mauritanian authorities refer to it -- houses illegal migrants intercepted at sea on their way [...]	2009-06-08 16:41:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MR PHUM SMIG
09NOUAKCHOTT385	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE [...] (C) Summary: In Nouakchott for the week of June 7-11, the horse trading for ministerial posts according to the Dakar agreement took center stage. As of June 11, though, a national unity government had not yet been finalized. Prime Minister Waghef and other detainees deemed political prison [...]	2009-06-11 11:55:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KPAO MR
09NOUAKCHOTT386	MAURITANIA: A NEW DRUG-TRAFFICKING HUB IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Drug-trafficking in Mauritania is on the rise and becoming a concern not only for the country but also the region. Mauritania is a transit country for hashish resin and cocaine, two highly profitable drugs. Hashish resin is trafficked from Morocco to the Gulf States through t [...]	2009-06-11 12:20:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MR SNAR PTER
09NOUAKCHOTT411	FNDD REMAINS IN SOLIDARITY WITH ABDALLAHI [...] (C) Summary: FNDD co-President Mohamed Ould Maouloud denied Senegalese and European statements that the Front National pour la Defense de la Democratie (FNDD) and the Rassemblement des Forces Democratiques (RFD) were ready to accept implementation of the Dakar Accord without President Abdal [...]	2009-06-24 18:21:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT414	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE [...] (C) Summary: This week, the parties to the crisis traveled to Dakar to negotiate the future of the High State Council (HSC),an issue that has been blocking the implementation of the Accord for the past two weeks. The parties were unable to reach a consensus, obliging President Wade to rus [...]	2009-06-25 10:51:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT420	MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JUNE 28 -- A [...] (C) One day into the new and internationally recognized transitional Government of National Unity, the inherent distrust of all the parties are already threatening collapse. The International Contact Group, that has agreed to meet twice daily into the foreseeable future, has its own division [...]	2009-06-28 23:34:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT428	MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JUNE 30: [...] (C) The Contact Group met the afternoon of June 29. AU Ambassador Annadif said that, despite previous confidence expressed by Prime Minister Laghdaf, the three parties had not yet been able to reach agreement concerning the civil society members of the National Independent Electoral Commiss [...]	2009-07-01 09:56:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT436	MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 5 -- THE [...] (SBU) Minister of the Interior satisfied: The International Contact Group (ICG) met with the Transitional Government of National Unity's Minister of the Interior Mohamed Ould Rzeizime (from the anti-coup FNDD political alliance) on July 2. Rzeizime stated election planning was on track and [...]	2009-07-06 16:52:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT440	MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 6-7 -- [...] (C) Electoral campaign kicks off (again): Almost overnight, Nouakchott has become a tent city with hundreds of "khaimas" erected one next to the other in honor of the main presidential candidates. Compared to the dull, one-man campaign leading to the canceled June 6 elections, this preside [...]	2009-07-07 17:25:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT446	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Campaign against forced-feeding and over-eating: The Mauritanian government will launch a program in 2010 in conjunction with the United Nations Population Fund to fight cultural practices and perceptions that adversely affect women, including forced-feeding and over-eating. The program [...]	2009-07-09 15:52:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT451	MAURITANIA ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 12 -- [...] (SBU) Aziz organizes massive political rally: As promised last week on the campaign trail, presidential candidate Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz held a political rally in the Nouakchott neighborhood of Arafat on July 11. The event was widely publicized and Mattel cell phone users received an unso [...]	2009-07-12 17:21:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT453	ARAB MAGHREB DIRECTOR TIGHT LIPPED ABOUT WESTERN [...] (C) PolOff paid a courtesy visit on July 12 to Arab Maghreb Director Mohamed Ould Mekhale to inquire after UN SRSG for Western Sahara Chris Ross's visit to Mauritania on June 27. PolOff wanted to ask if the Secretary of State in charge of the Arab Maghreb had met with Ross, how the Mauritan [...]	2009-07-13 15:30:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV WI MR
09NOUAKCHOTT455	MAURITANIAN ELECTION CHRONICLES FOR JULY 13 -- THE [...] (C) AU pressures Prime Minister to address complaints: The Ambassador attended an International Contact Group (ICG) meeting July 12 which discussed persistent complaints by the main three opposition candidates about Aziz's disregard for main Dakar Accord points (Ref A and B),African Union r [...]	2009-07-13 16:42:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT462	MAURITANIA: DEFINING -- BUT UNPREDICTABLE -- [...] (C) Summary: As we approach the July 18 Presidential elections in Mauritania, there are too many unknowns to make any credible prediction about the outcome. Although Mauritania's elites have been enmeshed by over ten months of intense political struggle since the August 6, 2008, coup, the [...]	2009-07-16 16:41:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT486	MINISTRY OF JUSTICE WOULD WELCOME USG HELP IN [...] Summary: The Ministry of Justice has been informed of Mauritania's reclassification to Tier 3 in the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report and has been briefed about the process and potential consequences for future USG- Government of Mauritania engagement. Dr. Haimoud Ould Ramadhane, [...]	2009-07-22 13:53:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR ELAB KTIP PHUM
09NOUAKCHOTT504	ON IRAN, ISRAEL AND US-MAURITANIA RELATIONS: HEADS [...] (C) Summary: According to Mohamed Aly Cherif, Parliamentarian Majority President and leader of President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's party Union Pour la Republique (UPR),the new government is willing to work with the opposition but the ball is now on the opposition's court. Cherif doe [...]	2009-08-03 09:10:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT505	MODERATE ISLAMIST JEMIL MANSOUR ON THE ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: Tawassoul president and presidential candidate Jemil Ould Mansour -- who was among the first to accept President-elect Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's victory -- believes the election was fair despite a number of irregularities. For Mansour, Tawassoul comes out of the crisis in a wi [...]	2009-08-03 17:11:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT506	OPPOSITION LEADERS ON THE FUTURE OF THE FNDD [...] (C) Summary: The Front National pour la Defense de la Democratie (FNDD) is still active despite its electoral defeat and the defection of founding party Tawassoul. Leaders Mohamed Ould Maouloud and Abdel Koudouss Abeidna believe the FNDD has a future as an umbrella organization for oppositi [...]	2009-08-04 15:04:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT512	MAURITANIA: TIER 3 REASSESSMENT [...] (C) Summary: In response to Ref A, please note that due to a prolonged political crisis, Mauritania has made limited progress in addressing the recommendations outlined in the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP). The Transitional Government of National Unity stemming from the Dakar Acc [...]	2009-08-12 16:28:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP PGOV PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT549	JOURNALIST SENTENCED TO SIX MONTHS' IMPRISONMENT [...] (C) Summary: Journalist and Taqadoumy Website Director Hanevy Ould Deha, detained on June 18 on charges of defamation against presidential candidate Ibrahima Moktar Sarr, was sentenced on August 19 to six months in prison, a 30,000 UM ($111 USD) fine and 230,000 UM ($851 USD) in legal fees [...]	2009-08-26 16:09:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT580	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL ROUNDUP FOR AUGUST 2009 [...] (U) Summary: The month of August saw Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, author of the August 6, 2008 coup d'etat, become the legitimately elected President of Mauritania. Aziz also received a visit from the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs and traveled to Libya on his first official visit. Taqado [...]	2009-09-14 13:39:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MR SNAR
09NOUAKCHOTT635	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROUNDUP FOR [...] (C) Summary: In the month of September, the International Contact Group visited Mauritania to take stock of the post-election political situation. Delegations from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank also visited and renewed programs with Mauritania. President Aziz travel [...]	2009-10-01 12:22:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER MR KDEM
09NOUAKCHOTT640	MAURITANIA: UNCERTAIN SUPPORT TO US INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, post delivered demarche on October 5 to the Ministry of Fishing and Maritime Economy's Director of Shipping Mohamed Lemine Ould Sidi Brahim who stated in principle the US could count on Mauritanian support for its candidacy. Nevertheless, he stressed the Ministry [...]	2009-10-06 13:58:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC IMO EWWT PHSA MR UK
09NOUAKCHOTT655	OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL MAURITANIAN VIEWS ON GUINEA [...] (C) Summary: On October 8, African Affairs Director for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ambassador Mohamed Habib Ball shared with PolOff Mauritania's official position on the Guinean crisis as well as his personal insights. According to Ball, Mauritanians, who have not yet issued an officia [...]	2009-10-12 14:56:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MR GV
09NOUAKCHOTT663	GUINEA: MAURITANIA SUPPORTS A UN INVESTIGATION [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-19 08:08:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MR GV
09NOUAKCHOTT698	TAWASSOUL: PUSH TO STRENGTHEN POLITICAL PRESENCE [...] (C) Moderate Islamist party Tawassoul has been one of the few winners in the past year of political crisis -- successfully establishing itself as a credible political movement and poised to expand its influence. This political party, affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, which Taya's gove [...]	2009-10-29 13:54:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT705	MAURITANIA: POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC ROUNDUP FOR THE [...] (U) Summary: This month in Mauritania, President Aziz's government took important first steps towards fighting corruption while a poll financed by the World Bank found that 82.9 percent of Mauritanians think the government is corrupt. The Spanish and the French sent high level emissaries to [...]	2009-11-02 07:45:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF EMIN EAIR EAID MR
09NOUAKCHOTT707	MAURITANIA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY TO [...] In response to reftel please note that on November 3, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed PolOff that Mauritania will instruct its delegation to support Lucretia Myers' candidacy to the International Service Commission. BOULWARE [...]	2009-11-03 09:22:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA PREL MR KAWC KUNR
09NOUAKCHOTT711	SLAVERY IN MAURITANIA: AN OVERVIEW AND ACTION PLAN [...] (C) Summary: A deeply entrenched social, cultural and economic phenomenon, slavery is present in both the Moor and Afro-Mauritanian communities and is linked to a caste system rather than exclusively racial considerations. Slavery practices still exist in many forms -- from the most tradit [...]	2009-11-03 16:10:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM TIP PGOV KDEM MR
09NOUAKCHOTT713	MAURITANIA: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE [...] (SBU) Regarding reftel, PolOff delivered demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Multilateral Affairs Mohameden Ould Daddah on November 4. Ould Daddah had no substantive response. BOULWARE [...]	2009-11-04 11:00:00	Embassy Nouakchott	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL MR
09NOUAKCHOTT718	SOMEBODY'S PROPERTY: SLAVE VICTIMS TALK ABOUT [...] (C) On November 5, PolOff had the rare opportunity to meet with nine "runaway slaves" from the Eastern city of Bassikounou in the Hodh Echargui region. These slavery victims traveled to Nouakchott at SOS Esclaves' invitation to tell their stories to UN Special Rapporteur for Contemporary Fo [...]	2009-11-05 15:37:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MR KDEM TIP
09NOUAKCHOTT728	OPPOSITION DENOUNCES CORRUPT ELECTORAL SYSTEM [...] (C) Summary: For opposition leaders Ahmed Ould Daddah and Mohamed Ould Maouloud, the outcome of the November 8 senatorial elections is the living proof that Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz intends to squash all dissenting voices through widespread electoral fraud and intimidation. According to the [...]	2009-11-13 03:57:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR MR
09NOUAKCHOTT94	SENATORS PRESS FOR CLEAR EUROPEAN STANCE AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: In separate discussions with two senators representing different factions, both underlined concerns that European ambiguity and concessions to the Junta allow General Aziz to consolidate power. This is, they intimated, an economic, human rights and political disaster. Senator Mo [...]	2009-01-30 03:42:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MR
09OSLO113	NORWEGIANS UNHELPFUL ON CARTAGENA PROTOCOL [...] (C) Poloff had a friendly discussion with the GON official, Birthe Ivars, who will represent Norway in Mexico City on 23-27 February to negotiate the text of proposed rules on liability and redress for damage resulting from cross-border movement of living modified organisms. The Norwegian pos [...]	2009-02-13 14:46:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO
09OSLO133	NORWEGIANS SAY SECURITY AID TO SOMALIA CRUCIAL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: While agreeing with all our views of the security situation in Somalia, the GON feels its hands are tied when it comes to direct support of security forces in Somalia. Despite being the third largest humanitarian aid donor in the country, Norway will have to seek to contribute to [...]	2009-02-27 13:16:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO SO NO
09OSLO139	NORWEGIAN NGOS WANT ANSWERS ON GUANTANAMO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Amnesty International and the Norwegian Helsinki Committee want to meet with US embassy officers to clarify when they can expect the USG to ask Norway for help in resettling Guantanamo detainees who cannot be sent back to their home countries. Post requests guidance for what to [...]	2009-03-04 06:48:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PTER PHUM
09OSLO140	FAMILY OF TURKMEN POLITICAL PRISONER REQUESTS USG [...] (C) SUMMARY: The family of jailed Turkmen civil rights activist Gulgeldy Annaniyazov, living in Norway, has contacted the Norwegian Helsinki Committee and requested that the US Embassy in Turkmenistan do what it can to determine his welfare and lobby for his release. Actions by the Norwegian M [...]	2009-03-04 07:55:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF TX NO
09OSLO143	NORWAY COMMITTED TO DURBAN II ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Despite discussion of the issue in the Norwegian press, the GON refuses to disclose its "red lines"--what would be completely unacceptable for Norway--in the context of the Durban II conference in Geneva. While Norway can be counted on to support freedom of expression, its prefer [...]	2009-03-05 13:12:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC
09OSLO169	NORWAY GIVES $2.3M FOR PAKISTAN IDPS, HAPPY TO [...] (C) Summary: Last week Norway announced $2.3 million of aid that will go to UNICEF and the ICRC to help the northwest frontier provinces. While thrilled to be included in the Friends of Pakistan (FOP) group, as well as being asked to join the upcoming Tokyo Donor's conference, the GON sees it [...]	2009-03-16 14:51:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREF EFIN IBRD IMF PK NO
09OSLO179	NORWEGIANS HAPPY WITH SHARM EL-SHEIK INROADS, [...] (C) Summary: The GON found the conference in Sharm el-Sheik both constructive and surprisingly positive in tone, and hopes it will help bring Arab and Gulf donors deeper into the AHLC framework. Norway continues to emphasize the structural importance of the Palestinian Authority (PA) in Gaza, [...]	2009-03-19 10:48:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN EUN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER NO
09OSLO217	(S) NORWEGIANS WILL RAISE SABERI ISSUE WITH [...] (S) Poloff discussed reftel points at length with the acting director of the Mid-East Section of the MFA, Ingrid Schoyen. Schoyen said that Norway finds it nearly impossible to obtain meetings with officials in Tehran, and furthermore that the workings of Iranian goverment are extremely opaque [...]	2009-03-31 15:14:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET	PGOV PHUM EUN PREL IR NO
09OSLO225	DINNER WITH MUGABE--THE NORWEGIAN REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following Minister Solheim's visit to Harare, the Norwegians believe that President Mugabe is looking for a graceful exit, and that ZANU-PF forces are plotting to derail the unity government. The Norwegians believe, however, that the March 30 SADC meeting's strong stand on Madagas [...]	2009-04-02 13:37:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREF PGOV PREL ZI NO
09OSLO230	NORWEGIANS HAPPY WITH OBAMA'S DISARMAMENT SPEECH, [...] (C) GON Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs, Knut Langeland, told poloff that the contents of Obama's Prague speech were "in line what Norway has argued for," including a follow up to START, and helpful reinforcing language on the CTBT, the NPT, and a verifiable FMCT. He noted that Norway has [...]	2009-04-06 11:33:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM NO
09OSLO3	NORWEGIANS PLEDGE AID FOR GAZA, BUT STRESS ACCESS [...] (C) Poloff met with Ingrid Schoyen, Assistant Director General of the Middle East Section of the MFA to deliver reftel demarche on aid to Gaza. Norway pledged 30 million kroner (approx $4.3 million) of aid to Gaza on December 30, actually taking the decision prior to the flash appeal by the U [...]	2009-01-05 14:27:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE UNRWA NO
09OSLO341	NORWEGIANS LIKELY TO FOLLOW EU ON SUU KYI ISSUE [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Senior Advisor Vegard Wennesland in the MFA East Asia section and discussed reftel points. Wennesland, after consulting within the MFA, said that no final decision had been taken on how to react to the May 30 milestone in Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest. Wennesland said [...]	2009-05-11 14:09:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BM NO
09OSLO352	NORWAY'S LIBERTAD ACT REVIEW, MAY 2009 [...] (C) The paragraphs in this cable are keyed to questions in reftel (A),paragraph 5. Poloff met with Kjersti Rodsmoen, MFA Latin America section director, to discuss Cuba policy. Norway continues to pursue a strategy of limited engagement toward Cuba in order to advance human rights, and, indi [...]	2009-05-18 16:01:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU NO
09OSLO381	NORWAY'S INPUT ON INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-08 12:42:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	KSCA EFIS PREL SENV NO
09OSLO387	NORWEGIANS HAVE NO POSITION YET ON ICSC CANDIDATE [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Assistant Director General Lars Henie of the MFA UN section regarding reftel demarche, and provided Henie with the included biographical information. Henie said that he had forwarded the information to the Norwegian UN mission in New York, and received a response that th [...]	2009-06-10 14:19:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA NO
09OSLO388	NORWEGIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO COUNTER-PIRACY [...] (C) Poloff met with Deputy Director General Anita Nergard of the Global Security section of the MFA to discuss reftel demarche. Nergard said that current Norwegian military contributions to counter-piracy operations in the horn of Africa consist of a single frigate that will be deployed start [...]	2009-06-10 14:20:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PGOV PREL NO
09OSLO389	NORWAY AGREES PIRACY COURT A BAD IDEA [...] (C) Poloff discussed reftel demarche with Deputy Director Anita Nergard of the MFA Section for Global Security on June 10. Nergard said that Norway agreed with the US that the idea of an international tribunal to prosecute piracy suspects was a bad idea for the reasons we listed in reftel no [...]	2009-06-10 14:21:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL
09OSLO391	NORWAY WILLING TO CONSIDER EXPORT LICENSING [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Kristine Hansen, senior advisor in the MFA WTO section on June 10. Hansen said that Norway was well aware of the proposal, and does not have a problem with its content, but must engage in a consultative process with ministries and industry, and is not fully aware of the [...]	2009-06-11 14:34:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD
09OSLO416	NORWEGIANS WILL IMPLEMENT NORTH KOREA RESOLUTIONS [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarches to Jo Hovik, Senior Advisor in the MFA Legal Section. Hovik said that UNSCR 1718 was already fully implemented into Norwegian law, and UNSCR 1874 is being worked on by the MFA in concert with other ministries. Norway has a law which automatically incorpo [...]	2009-06-26 14:06:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN ECON EFIN KNNP
09OSLO433	NORWAY WILL SUPPORT US NGOS AT ECOSOC, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a surprisingly frank interview, the Assistant Director General of UN Affairs at the Norwegian MFA stated his support for our NGO initiatives at the ECOSOC meeting, and mused on perceptions of the Obama administration's operations at the UN, and our differing definitions of "UN [...]	2009-07-07 06:17:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KUNR NO
09OSLO438	NORWAY TEMPORARILY SUSPENDS WHALE HUNT [...] (U) SUMMARY: Norway's fishing and whaling industry announced that the 2009 whale hunt would be temporarily suspended due to cash flow concerns and the summer holiday. The hunt will be resumed after a short break. Norwegian whalers and the Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs also criti [...]	2009-07-13 07:09:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD NO
09OSLO444	NORWEGIAN TERRORISM FINANCE PREVENTION PROCEDURES [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Anniken Enersen, Senior Advisor in the MFA legal section. Enersen explained that while 1267 sanctions committee names are quasi-automatically incorporated into Norwegian law (after administrative entry done by the MFA),our independent naming of E.O. [...]	2009-07-14 14:54:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID NO
09OSLO459	NORWAY'S RESPONSE: ASSISTING AFGHANISTAN BEYOND [...] (C) Summary: In meetings with A/DCM and PolOff July 21, MOD and MFA Officials described on-going military and civilian contributions and outlined previously announced 2010 pledges to the UN's Law and Order Trust Fund and the expanded NATO ANA Trust Fund. The MFA is reviewing an option to co- [...]	2009-07-24 06:08:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR
09OSLO465	HISTORIC MEETING BETWEEN CHECHEN ADVERSARIES IN [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 23 and 24, the London-based "Chechnya Peace Forum" convened a meeting in Oslo between Dukhvakha Abdurakhmanov (Chairman of the Chechen parliament and representative of the Kadyrov government) and Akhmed Zakaev (representative of the Maskhadov continuation government). [...]	2009-07-29 11:51:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PGOV PREL PTER NO RU
09OSLO486	(C) NORWAY FRUSTRATED WITH OTHER SOMALIA DONORS' [...] (C) In response to reftel, poloff discussed Somalia with the Chief of the East Africa section of the Norwegian MFA, Hans Jacob Frydenlund. Frydenlund excused his reticence to fully evaluate the situation on the ground in Somalia because his deputy, Kjell Harald Dalen, who manages the Somalia [...]	2009-08-05 15:20:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER SO EAID KPKO NO
09OSLO503	(S) NORWEGIANS INFORMED OF MEANING OF CLINTON TRIP [...] (S) Poloff formally delivered reftel points on August 13 to Erling Rimestad, Head of the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Asia section, and Bjorn Midthun, MFA Assistant Director General working in the Disarmament and Nonproliferation Section. All of reftel points were also made pr [...]	2009-08-13 11:36:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET	PREL KNNP CASC ASEAN KN NO
09OSLO504	NORWEGIAN OPINIONS ON THE SUU KYI VERDICT AND BURMA [...] (C) Summary: The GON shares our reaction to the Suu Kyi verdict, and Foreign Minister Stoere has made forceful statements condemning the trial as "political" and "a farce," while also stating that an international boycott of Burma is of limited effectiveness without India and China on board. T [...]	2009-08-14 07:01:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM NO EAID
09OSLO507	KEY NORWEGIAN NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT DECISIONMAKERS [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Poloff had extensive discussions August 14 with Knut Langeland, Norwegian Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs in the Foreign Ministry, results of which will be reported in full in a classified septel. This cable reports only on the "key government personne [...]	2009-08-14 15:21:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09OSLO511	NORWAY'S NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION NARRATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to reftel A, poloff held extensive discussions on August 14 with Knut Langeland, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs. Langeland spelled out Norway's position on nonproliferation and disarmament issues in response to our pro [...]	2009-08-17 16:01:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09OSLO513	NORWAY COUNSELS THE NEED TO PROMOTE THE IAEA [...] (C) Summary: In discussions about the Nuclear Fuel Bank with Norway's Ambassador for Disarmament Affairs, the official emphasized the hesitance of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries and offered his counsel that Fuel Bank supporters such as the U.S. and Norway must present the proposal "attra [...]	2009-08-18 14:30:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG UEU KNNP IAEA KU NO AE SW
09OSLO534	NORWEGIANS WON'T COMMIT NOW TO INCREASED FOOD [...] (C) Summary: In line with expectations based on reftel conversations with the Norwegian Embassy in Washington, Norway is at this time unwilling to commit to an increase in its aid budget devoted to agricultural development and food security, due to the upcoming Norwegian election. The Minist [...]	2009-09-01 12:57:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ETRD NO
09OSLO536	NORWEGIANS COMBATIVE ON ISRAEL UNRWA SPEAKING ROLE [...] (C) Summary: The Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Middle-East Section, Jorn Gjelstad, was surprisingly engaged, sensitized, and generally combative upon presentation of reftel demarche concerning a speaking role for Israel at the upcoming "UNRWA at 60" event (UNRWA is the UN Relie [...]	2009-09-01 15:32:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL UNGA IS KPAL NO

09OSLO537	NORWAY WILL NOT OPPOSE ISRAEL JUSCANZ MEMBERSHIP [...] (C) On September 2, Poloff delivered reftel points to Vebjorn Heines, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Coordinator for Human Rights Council (HRC) issues in the MFA Humanitarian Issues section. Heines was the person referred to in reftel paragraph 10 as the former "Norwegian PolCouns in Geneva [...]	2009-09-03 12:11:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IS PHUM NO
09OSLO538	NORWAY'S RESPONSE: SEEKING ORAL STATEMENTS FOR [...] (C) Norwegian MFA Legal Advisor Rolf Fife told PolOff September 2 that Norway submitted its request on July 13 to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to make an oral statement on Kosovo in December 2009. He added that representatives from the legal offices of the UK, Germany, France, an [...]	2009-09-03 12:38:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC ICJ KV PREL NO
09OSLO540	NORWEGIAN MFA AF/PAK DIRECTOR VIEW'S ON [...] Summary: (C) CDA James Heg, PolCouns, and PolOff held wide-ranging discussions August 31 with Ambassador Bjorn Janis Kanavin, the MFA's Af/Pak Director and previously Ambassador to Pakistan and Afghanistan. Kanavin said the GON's contribution to Afghanistan would likely be strengthened after [...]	2009-09-04 07:10:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF NO
09OSLO543	NORWAY'S RESPONSE ON CFE: GON WILL ADVOCATE FOR [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points September 9 to Norwegian MFA Director for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Affairs Inga Nyhamar and Senior Advisor Lars Loken. Nyhamar said that Norway would like to join what she referred to as the Supporting Group of NATO Allies, the proposed small group [...]	2009-09-09 12:07:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	KCFE PARM PREL NATO
09OSLO552	NORWAY AGREES WITH USG APPROACH ON SRI LANKA IDP [...] (C) Norway's response to reftel demarche was uniformly positive. Poloff met with Tone Allers, Sri Lanka Desk officer at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Allers, after having two days to digest the information in the demarche and share it with the Norwegian embassy in Colombo, [...]	2009-09-11 12:33:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER MASS SOCI EAID EUN
09OSLO566	NORWEGIAN PM STOLTENBERG TO ATTEND FRIENDS OF [...] (U) Norway's MFA Af/Pak Director Ambassador Janis Kanavin told PolOff September 16 that newly re-elected Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg will attend the September 24 Friends of Democratic Pakistan (FoDP) summit. Kanavin said that PM Stoltenberg would like to make remarks at the summit and tha [...]	2009-09-16 12:54:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PK NO
09OSLO568	NORWAY'S MESSAGE FOR THE AHLC SEPT 22 MEETING: [...] (C) Poloff met with Signe Gilen Guro, Senior Advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Middle East Section September 17 on receipt of reftel to deliver reftel points and solicit Norway's intentions for the September 22 AHLC meeting. Guro said that Norway's priority for the AHLC meeting [...]	2009-09-17 11:53:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID KPAL PGOV WBG IS NO
09OSLO569	DEMARCHES TO NORWAY ON MISSING/DETAINED AMCIT [...] (C) Summary: In a September 16 meeting, Deputy Polecon Counselor delivered demarches on missing/detained Amcit cases (Ref A) and Iran's nuclear program (Ref B) to Deputy Director Torunn Viste and Iran Desk Officer Mai Tonheim in the Norwegian MFA's Middle East section. Tonheim outlined Norwa [...]	2009-09-17 12:42:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA IR PREL AORC PGOV PHUM
09OSLO571	NORWAY AND MD: PHASED, ADAPTIVE APPROACH WELCOMED [...] (C) CDA Heg, A/DATT, and PolOff briefed reftel points September 17 to Norwegian MFA Deputy Director General for Security Policy Rune Resaland, MFA Assistant Director General for Disarmament and Non-proliferation Bjorn Midthun, MOD Director for Security Policy Svein Efjestad, and MOD Senior Ad [...]	2009-09-17 16:08:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET	EZ MARR PREL NO
09OSLO576	FRANK NORWEGIAN OPINIONS ON OUR UNGA PRIORITIES [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met on September 18 with Lars Petter Henie, Deputy Chief of the UN Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss reftel A on our UNGA priorities and reftel B on FAO zero nominal growth. Henie was very frank in the discussion. He found the food security confe [...]	2009-09-18 14:00:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA FAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR KPKO
09OSLO577	UPDATE: NORWEGIAN PM STOLTENBERG WILL NOT/NOT [...] (U) Due to unforeseen circumstances, Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg must return to Oslo on Wednesday, September 23, and therefore will be not/not represent Norway at the Friends of Democratic Pakistan Summit as originally reported Ref A. Norway will be represented instead by Forei [...]	2009-09-21 10:25:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON NO
09OSLO579	NORWAY'S RESPONSE: WILL PARTICIPATE IN SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) Norwegian MFA Disarmament Advisor Knut Langeland and Senior Advisor for Disarmament and Non-proliferation Erling Skjoensberg told PolOff September 21 that Norway would participate in the informal group discussions on the side-lines of the Article XIV Conference in New York. Langeland sa [...]	2009-09-21 15:07:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KTBT NO
09OSLO593	NORWEGIAN HORN OF AFRICA EMERGENCY AID: HOLDING [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA officials on September 24. After the Government of Norway (GON)'s announcement September 9 that it would dedicate about $8.7 million to emergency food aid for the Horn of Africa region, the MFA emphasized that Norway has only about that amo [...]	2009-09-25 12:08:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREF EAGR ET KE SO EUN
09OSLO594	NORWAY'S RESPONSE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL END-USE [...] (C) Norwegian MFA Section for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Executive Officer Christoffer Aas Pedersen provided PolOff September 28 a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stating that they have no information on Mr. Ostby regarding any brokering, export, sales or import of firearm [...]	2009-09-29 08:21:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BU ETTC GM KOMC NO
09OSLO595	NORWAY'S RESPONSE: BLUE LANTERN LEVEL END-USE [...] (C) Norwegian MFA Section for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Executive Officer Christoffer Aas Pedersen provided PolOff September 28 a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stating that they have no information on Mr. Ostby regarding any brokering, export, sales or import of firearm [...]	2009-09-29 08:22:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	BU ETTC GM KOMC NO
09OSLO598	NORWEGIAN REACTION TO IRAN ENRICHMENT FACILITY NEWS [...] (C) Poloff delivered points in reftel demarche to Mai Tonheim, Iran Desk Officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),on the afternoon of September 25 upon receipt of reftel. Tonheim said that the MFA would have to "digest" the information contained in the demarche, but said that the No [...]	2009-09-29 13:14:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	IR KNNP MNUC PARM
09OSLO635	NORWAY'S 2010 DEFENSE BUDGET: HIGH NORTH AND [...] (S/NF) Summary: Deputy Defense Minister Espen Barth-Eide outlined October 13 his talking points for the NATO new Strategic Concept discussion in Luxembourg October 16. He emphasized that striking a balance between in-area and out-of-area operations is key to ensuring that NATO remains relevan [...]	2009-10-15 15:26:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MOPS MARR NATO AF NO
09OSLO646	NORWAY: FOOD SECURITY MOVED UP AGENDA DUE TO U.S. [...] (C) Summary: The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) responded positively to our initiative on food security, while being wary about potentially developing new institutions or trust funds to address the issue, and expressing curiosity about how we would address challenges of "country-l [...]	2009-10-22 13:08:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR EAID ETRD PREL NO
09OSLO647	NORWAY'S VIEWS ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed reftel priorities with Anne Merchant, the coordinator of Norway's UNGA Third Committee matters in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). While the meeting contained no surprises, Merchant shared her views on how to diminish bloc-voting in the Third Committee. In [...]	2009-10-26 10:26:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PREF NO UN
09OSLO65	NORWAY REFUSES TO OPPOSE IRANIAN PRESIDENCY OF [...] (C) Poloff spoke re reftel with Lars Henie, Deputy Section Head of the UN section of the MFA. Henie had been "expecting" poloff's call on this, and had been "coordinating and clarifying" a response to our expected request for cooperation. Henie had the following to say: --The GON "does not [...]	2009-01-08 15:19:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF IR UN EAID NO
09OSLO654	NORWAY WILL SUPPORT MYERS FOR UN ICSC BOARD [...] (C) Poloff met October 28 with Per Selvaag, acting head of the the UN section at Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Selvaag had checked with Norway's UN delegation and they reported that Norway had promised to support one of the three other candidates, but supporting Ms. Myers candidacy for [...]	2009-10-29 11:57:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA NO
09OSLO658	NORWAY WELCOMES SUDAN STRATEGY, GIVES PROGNOSIS [...] (C) Summary: Norway welcomes our Sudan strategy rollout, and, given Norway's already close cooperation with us within the U.S.-U.K.-Norway Troika, the MFA was not surprised at all by its content. Commenting on the situation in Sudan, GON officials said that although there seems to be forward [...]	2009-10-30 13:27:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU NO
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
09OSLO722	NORWAY STILL DECIDING HOW TO VOTE ON ISRAEL - [...] (C) Summary: As of the morning of November 19, the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) was still undecided as to how to vote on the three UNGA resolutions into which Goldstone report language has been inserted; the Middle East section was consulting with the MFA legal department to con [...]	2009-11-19 10:30:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE NO
09OSLO725	NORWAY'S MFA ON POTUS VISIT, IRAN, HIGH NORTH [...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings November 12, MFA Political Director Vegard Ellefsen and MFA Security Policy Director Rune Resaland and senior members of his staff outlined their views on topics of current interest, including their thoughts on deliverables during the upcoming POTUS visit, to [...]	2009-11-20 15:49:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL NATO PARM NO
09OSLO732	NORWEGIAN VIEWS ON IRAN NEXT STEPS [...] (C) Summary: In response to reftel demarche points, the senior Norwegian MFA official we spoke to said Norway is distressed at Iran's recent spurning of the P5 1 proposal. The Norwegian government recommends that new sanctions be fine tuned so as not to exhaust the political option all at once [...]	2009-11-25 08:06:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	IAEA IR NO PREL
09OSLO733	NORWEGIANS REPORT ON AID TO PA, RESPOND TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche November 24, along with S's letter for Foreign Minister Stoere, to Signe Guro, Senior Advisor in the Middle East Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The letter was received appreciatively, and Guro discussed Norway's efforts to secure additional fun [...]	2009-11-25 08:12:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	OPDC PREL EAID PGOV WBG EU IS NO
09OSLO734	NORWAY: COMMITTED TO NATO EFFORT IN AFGHANISTAN, [...] (S) In response to points in reftel, Acting Norwegian Foreign Minister Gry Larsen told Ambassador White November 25 that Norway remains solidly committed to the NATO mission in Afghanistan. (Larsen is the senior ranking MFA official in country, since FM Stoere is traveling in South Africa and [...]	2009-11-25 15:04:00	Embassy Oslo	SECRET	NATO PREL MOPS MARR
09OSLO769	NORWEGIANS POSITIVE TO 1540 VOLUNTARY FUND [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Erling Skjonsberg, Senior Advisor in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Nonproliferation and Disarmament Section about our proposal for a UN Security Council Resolution 1540 voluntary fund. Skjonsberg said that although the GON did not yet have an official position on [...]	2009-12-11 14:20:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC EUN NO
09OSLO773	NORWAY ON MULLAH KREKAR EXTRADITION: IRAQ ON HOLD, [...] (C) Summary: In discussions on December 7, our interlocutor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) legal section stated that Norway is not/not actively pursuing obtaining a guarantee of humane treatment for Ansar al-Islam figure Mullah Krekar (aka Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad) from the Government o [...]	2009-12-15 09:37:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM IQ NO
09OSLO776	NORWAY FULLY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON DJIBOUTI [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-16 14:37:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO NO
09OSLO782	NORWAY WANTS TO WORK WITH U.S. ON DEFEATING [...] (C) In response to Ref A, which was primarily directed to posts in countries which support the "Defamation of Religion" resolutions problematic to the USG, poloff contacted Colleen Neville in IO/HR to determine next steps specific to the Government of Norway. Neville informed poloff (Ref B) t [...]	2009-12-21 14:14:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KISL KDEM PGOV OPDC
09OSLO784	NORWAY ON AFGHAN PRT MOU: SMALLCHANGES, DECISION [...] (SBU) Norway's MFA Legal Department Advisor Anita Bjorseth told PolOff December 22 that her department sent "small" suggested edits to the draft Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Life, Security and Mobility Support to the MFA's Af/Pak section on December 18. She said most of comments she [...]	2009-12-22 14:40:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID AF NO
09OSLO787	NORWAY CONSERVATIVE PARTY LEADER ERNA SOLBERG DISCUSSES NOBEL, ARCTIC, AFGHANISTAN WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Erna Solberg, leader of the Conservative ("Hoyre") Party (the second largest opposition party in Norway after the right-wing Progress Party) told Ambassador White on December 15 that many Norwegians were favorably impressed by President Obama's direct message in his Nobel speech [...]	2009-12-23 12:29:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	NO OXEC PGOV PREL
09OSLO8	NORWAY PROMISES BUDGET SUPPORT FOR PA WITHIN THE [...] (C) Ingrid Schoyen, Assistant Director General of the Mid-East Section of the MFA told poloff, in response to reftel demarche, that Norway would, within this week, release the 228 million kroner (approx $33 million) Norway pledged to the Palestinian Authority at the Paris donors' conference. S [...]	2009-01-06 14:46:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV PTER PHUM NO
09OTTAWA151	CANADA?S TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW OF CANADA'S TIP SITUATION A. The Government of Canada collects trafficking in persons (TIP) information through a number of sources, including police and court-reported data and reported case law. The 2008 Annual Criminal Intelligence Service Canada Report on Organized Cri [...]	2009-02-27 21:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN
09OTTAWA167	CANADA UPHOLDS NEED FOR TOUGH ZIMBABWE BENCHMARKS [...] (C) Ahead of the March 20 informal meeting in Washington of like-minded countries on Zimbabwe, Canada believes the previously agreed benchmarks on political reconciliation and reform remain valid. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director for Eastern and Southern [...]	2009-03-05 20:19:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM EAID ZI CA
09OTTAWA168	CANADA URGES SUDAN'S COOPERATION WITH ICC [...] (U) In a public statement on March 4, Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon offered Canada's appreciation of the International Criminal Court for its indictment of Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, noting that "Canada strongly supports the work of the ICC, including its work in Sudan." He called on S [...]	2009-03-05 21:47:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM KICC SU CA
09OTTAWA180	CANADA SUPPORTS GAZA ACTION PROGRAM [...] (C) Canada supports the program of action (ref a) to combat Gaza arms smuggling and is identifying resources and confirming legal authority to assist the effort, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Israel/Gaza/West Bank Deputy Director Gregory Lemermeyer. [...]	2009-03-09 18:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO EUN CA
09OTTAWA231	LITTLE LOVE LEFT - THE CONSERVATIVES AND QUEBEC [...] (C) Summary: The 2008 federal election damaged Prime Minister Harper's political standing in Quebec. Rather than heal campaign rifts over Conservative juvenile crime proposals and cuts to arts funding, PM Harper's subsequent attacks in December against the "separatist" Bloc Quebec's support [...]	2009-03-23 17:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CA
09OTTAWA249	TOWARD A CANADIAN DEMOCRACY PROMOTION AGENCY [...] (C) Summary. The Conservative Party and the Harper government have championed the creation of a non-partisan Canadian democracy promotion agency. Details are still few and may not emerge with any clarity until fall 2009. So far, the government appears not to have included any new funding i [...]	2009-03-27 21:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM CA
09OTTAWA260	CANADA MAINTAINING 2009 IMMIGRATION TARGETS [...] (SBU) Summary. In light of the current economic conditions, Canada is reviewing its 2009 immigration targets but may end up maintaining Canada's 2009 target of about a quarter million new permanent residents. In 2008, Canada accepted a record high of 247,202 permanent residents. Canada is [...]	2009-04-01 18:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF SMIG ELAB CA
09OTTAWA262	CANADA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Human Rights Policy Director Gwyn Kutz confirmed to poloff on April 1 that Canada will support the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Separately, DFAIT Deputy Director for Hu [...]	2009-04-02 17:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL CA
09OTTAWA272	CANADA STRONGLY CONDEMNS DPRK MISSILE TEST [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) North Asia Deputy Director Karine Asselin told poloff on April 6 that Canada agrees with the U.S. on the seriousness of the situation after the weekend DPRK missile test launch. Despite the apparent failure of the test, Assel [...]	2009-04-06 20:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM KNNP KN CA
09OTTAWA281	SEARCHING A MODEL FOR A NEW CANADIAN DEMOCRACY [...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of State for Democratic Reform Steven Fletcher is examining other models for a new Canadian democracy promotion agency (reftel),with an intended focus on aiding like-minded political parties worldwide to help fill a gap in Canadian International Development Agency ( [...]	2009-04-08 12:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM CA
09OTTAWA285	CANADA FIGHTING TRAFFICKING OF ABORIGINAL WOMEN [...] (U) Summary: Canada's federal government will provide C$100,000 to the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) to develop education and awareness programs to protect First Nations women and youth from trafficking and sexual exploitation. The grant supplements the federal government's partnership w [...]	2009-04-09 16:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KTIP KWMN CA
09OTTAWA291	CANADA AND THE AMERICAS [...] (C) Summary: Under Prime Minister Harper, Canada has devoted more of its diplomatic and aid attention to the Americas, notably a 2007 high-profile Latin America trip by the PM, as well as other high level visits. The government has apparently abandoned an initial effort to develop a strategic [...]	2009-04-15 20:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD EAID XM BR CA
09OTTAWA304	OTTAWA WOMAN SENTENCED TO SEVEN YEARS FOR HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A Quebec court sentenced a Canadian woman to seven years in prison on April 9 for human trafficking and sexual exploitation offenses. Her accomplice is scheduled to face charges in December. This conviction further demonstrates Canada's progress and commitment in fighting hu [...]	2009-04-20 13:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KTIP KWMN CA
09OTTAWA311	TOUJOURS EN PLACE: THE BLOC QUEBECOIS [...] (C) Summary. The Bloc Quebecois, a federal political party exclusively devoted to promoting Quebec's interests in Parliament, emphasizes that Quebec's values -- including the primacy of French, the "crucial" role of culture, and Quebec's immigration policy -- differ from the rest of Canada. [...]	2009-04-22 21:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CA
09OTTAWA384	CANADA TO ATTEND MAY 29 SOMALIA PIRACY CONTACT [...] (C) Canada will attend the May 29 meeting of the Somali Piracy Contact Group (reftel),according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) senior policy advisor Sarah Robertson, who expressed Canada's appreciation to USG for its efforts to include Canada in the contact g [...]	2009-05-22 20:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM MARR CA
09OTTAWA44	RAISING TIP AWARENESS IN CANADIAN HIGH SCHOOLS [...] (U) Summary: A Catholic religious group has produced an educational packet to raise awareness of trafficking in persons among high school students in advance of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games. While the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has downplayed the possibility of increased traffi [...]	2009-01-16 21:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KTIP SMIG KCRM KWMN CA
09OTTAWA487	TIP REPORT MAKES HEADLINES AROUND CANADA [...] (SBU) Summary. The 2009 Trafficking In Persons (TIP) report received widespread media coverage in Canada, thanks largely to the selection of Canada's first ever TIP hero, Benjamin Perrin. ConGen Vancouver took maximum advantage of this opportunity by organizing a press conference and bookin [...]	2009-06-23 21:21:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KTIP KPAO KMDR SMIG KCRM KWMN ELAB
09OTTAWA492	CANADA REACTS OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE TO [...] (U) Summary: Across Canada the reaction to President Obama,s June 4 speech in Cairo was overwhelmingly positive. Canadian Muslim leaders, national and local politicians and journalists described the speech as inspirational, respectful, and empowering. Many remarked it was a turning point in U [...]	2009-06-25 14:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PINR PTER SCUL KPAO CA
09OTTAWA543	CANADIAN PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT TORTURE VICTIMS [...] (U) Summary. Canada avoids deporting individuals to any country where they would be at risk of persecution, torture, or cruel and unusual punishment. With a few exceptions, anyone ordered removed from Canada may apply for a pre-removal risk assessment. "Security certificate" legislation s [...]	2009-07-16 18:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF PGOV PREL UN CA
09OTTAWA597	NATIVE BORDER DISPUTE RAISES COMPLEX ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: An ongoing dispute between Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) and the Mohawk aboriginal reserve of Akwesasne over the arming of border guards on the reserve straddling the Canada-U.S. border raises cross-cutting political, jurisdictional, and law enforcement issues. CBSA reta [...]	2009-07-30 21:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PBTS CA
09OTTAWA610	CANADA IN THE UNHRC: A CHAMPION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. Canada closed its three year term on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) with an enhanced reputation as a strong advocate for human rights protection and democracy promotion worldwide. During its term, Canada was a spirited advocate -- condemning human rights abuses, standing alon [...]	2009-08-06 20:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM UNHCR CA
09OTTAWA651	CANADA APPRECIATIVE OF INFORMATION ON THE BMENA [...] (U) Canadian interlocutors expressed thanks for the information on the upcoming BMENA Forum for the Future, which they also received from the Italians and Moroccans, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Algeria, Libya, and Morocco Desk Officer Denys Laliberte. He [...]	2009-08-25 20:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ECON KMPI KDEM KPAO CA
09OTTAWA695	TIP: BC PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS A SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) Summary: Increased collaboration among the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP),British Colombia (BC) government officials, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has strengthened the province's capacity to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Advocacy groups and police continue to d [...]	2009-09-08 19:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KTIP KCRM CA
09OTTAWA696	HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS: A LOW PROFILE, AT LEAST [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's federal and provincial human rights commissions (HRCs) have maintained a lower public profile this year than in 2008. They could, however, face a sharp increase in complaints in 2010 due to new Vancouver city bylaws enacted for the upcoming Winter Olympic Games. The ex [...]	2009-09-08 20:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CA
09OTTAWA698	SLOWER, LOWER, WEAKER: NGOS PROTEST FREE SPEECH [...] (SBU) Summary: The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) is protesting new Vancouver city bylaws that allow "draconian curtailment of free expression" during the 2010 Winter Olympics. BCCLA argues the new laws are "ripe for constitutional challenge." Local media has given wide [...]	2009-09-09 17:09:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KOLY CA
09OTTAWA789	CANADA: FREE SPEECH V. HATE SPEECH HEADED TO [...] (SBU) Summary: The Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) has appealed to the Federal Court to clarify Canada's hate speech laws after a controversial ruling by the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal. The Tribunal's finding related to the constitutionality of a law and penalty targeting the dis [...]	2009-10-13 20:47:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CA
09OTTAWA790	CANADA: GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Upon receipt of reftel demarche on October 14, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade DFAIT) Deputy Director for Israel/West Bank and Gaza Greg Lemermeyer promised to deliver the U.S. talking points to Canada's permanent mission to the UN immediately and to report back to [...]	2009-10-14 16:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL CA
09OTTAWA817	Canada: A defensive response to UN report on minority issues [...] (SBU) Summary: A United Nations Independent Expert on minority issues has highlighted Canada's Muslim communities' fears of "unsubstantiated use" of security certificates, racial profiling, and harassment as well as "uneven and unclear" human rights protections for all minorities in Canada. T [...]	2009-10-27 18:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV CA
09OTTAWA821	Canada to vote against UNGA Goldstone Report motion [...] (C) Canada "will vote against" the Goldstone Report resolution during the November 4 UN General Assembly discussion and shares U.S. concerns against transmitting the matter to the Security Council or to the International Criminal Court, according to Greg Lemermeyer, Deputy Director of the Isr [...]	2009-11-03 21:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL UN IS CA
09OTTAWA822	CANADA: MPs PASS CENSURE MOTION ON IRAN [...] (U) Summary: Canada's House of Commons has unanimously passed a strongly-worded, non-binding motion supporting the democratic aspirations and human rights of the people of Iran, condemning Iran's disregard of UN Security Council Resolutions 1696, 1737, 1747 and 1803 and International Atomic En [...]	2009-10-28 18:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV IR CA
09OTTAWA835	Canadian Response to UK Decision to Ban the Provision of [...] (C) ECONOFF demarched Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) Iran Deputy Director Gallit Dobner regarding referenced cable. She expressed surprise that the UK was moving forward with this action given that it is one of a suite of actions the Like-Minded Countries have considere [...]	2009-11-13 22:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ETTC KNNP XF ZP ZR IR UK CA
09OTTAWA854	QUEBEC SCHOOL LANGUAGE LAW FAILS CONSTITUTIONALITY TEST [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Supreme Court unanimously struck down a Quebec law that closed a loophole in allowing English-language education in the francophone province, finding that it was "excessive" and violated constitutional minority language rights. Signaling that it found the procedures -- [...]	2009-11-05 14:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM CA
09OTTAWA861	Canada's Prime Minister Ventures to China for First Time [...] (C/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will make his first visit to China as Canadian leader December 3-6. He will most importantly meet with President Hu Jintao, National People's Congress chairman Wu Bangguo, and Premier Wen Jiabao. According to Canadian officials, his main empha [...]	2009-12-01 22:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL ETRD EMIN PHUM CH CA HK KS
09OTTAWA867	Canada working "behind the scenes" on democratic reform in [...] (C/NF) Canada is working "behind the scenes" on new ideas for advancing democratic reform in Burma and welcomes U.S. high level engagement with the Burmese government (reftel),according to Erin Koenig, deskoff for Burma, Thailand, and Regional Human Rights in the Southeast Asia and Oceania Rel [...]	2009-12-03 19:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM BM CA
09OTTAWA904	Canada not "TIP"ping the scales in data collection [...] (U) PolMinCouns on November 23 chaired the monthly Reporting Officers' DVC, with a particular focus on trafficking in persons. He underscored the continued commitment of the new Administration to combating TIP, and highlighted the need to maintain a substantive reporting and outreach focus on [...]	2009-11-24 18:19:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KTIP KWMN CA
09OTTAWA96	CANADIAN HOTLINE SUPPORTS FIGHT AGAINST TIP [...] (U) The Department of Public Safety, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP),and Canadian Crime Stoppers Association have formed a new partnership to raise awareness about human trafficking and to explain how to identify and report suspected cases. In this national campaign, the NGO Canadian Cr [...]	2009-02-06 13:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP KWMN KCRM SMIG CA
09OUAGADOUGOU187	DEMOCRATIC PROGRESS IN BURKINA FASO IN 2010 AND BEYOND [...] (C) Summary: In the next three to five years, Burkina Faso's fledgling democracy has the potential to make significant progress. Priority areas include: merging and strengthening the numerous weak and fragmented opposition parties; increasing the capacity of political parties to conduct campaig [...]	2009-03-18 17:03:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM UV
09OUAGADOUGOU227	POVERTY AMONG BURKINABE TUAREGS COULD LEAD TO INSECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Minority Tuareg communities in northern Burkina Faso are racked by extreme poverty, which is exacerbated by often refusing to send their children to school, a lack of consistent access to water, and decreasing reserves of livestock, which are their main source of income. Burkina [...]	2009-03-24 16:27:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL PHUM ML NG UV
09OUAGADOUGOU45	BURKINA FASO: RESPONSE TO U.S. PRIORITIES AT THE AU SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-30 12:21:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AF UV
09OUAGADOUGOU548	BURKINA FASO: overcrowded and dilapidated city jail. [...] (SBU) PolOfficer visited the Ouagadougou city jail on June 25th at the invitation of a local human rights NGO. The visit, which lasted about two hours, included a meeting with the jail administrator as well as site visits to the main jail block, VIP quarters, women's quarters and juvenile dete [...]	2009-07-13 15:03:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM ELAB SOCI PGOV UV
09OUAGADOUGOU549	BURKINA FASO: overcrowded and dilapidated city jail. [...] (SBU) PolOfficer visited the Ouagadougou city jail on June 25th at the invitation of a local human rights NGO. The visit, which lasted about two hours, included a meeting with the jail administrator as well as site visits to the main jail block, VIP quarters, women's quarters and juvenile dete [...]	2009-07-13 15:03:00	Embassy Ouagadougou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM ELAB SOCI PGOV UV
09PANAMA114	PANAMA: IMPROVED COOPERATION WITH COLOMBIA AS THE [...] (C) Colombia's implementation of a new security doctrine that emphasized improved governance on its border with Panama had facilitated cross-border cooperation, Panama's National Security Advisor Marcel Salamin told POLOFF on January 20. In a January 27 conversation, he told POLOFF that he ha [...]	2009-02-06 20:16:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA149	PANAMA: GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOLLOW-ON WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 21:48:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA153	PANAMA: NEW THINK TANK AIMING HIGH [...] (C) Panama's newest think tank, the Foundation for the Economic and Social Development of Panama (FUDESPA) on January 15 presented its brain-child, a document entitled "Public Policy Proposals: Popular Elections, May 2009" that is designed to influence the government plans of candidates runnin [...]	2009-02-23 15:31:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA176	PANAMA: HOW MERIDA FITS INTO THE EMERGING SECURITY [...] (C) The threat from home grown gangs and international criminal organizations in Panama is growing and worrisome. As Panamanians feel increasingly threatened in their homes and on their streets, some are arguing that Panama must choose between protecting itself and stopping the flow of drugs [...]	2009-03-03 20:16:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA182	PANAMA: NEW THINK TANK AIMING HIGH [...] (C) Panama's newest think tank, the Foundation for the Economic and Social Development of Panama (FUDESPA) on January 15 presented its brain-child, a document entitled "Public Policy Proposals: Popular Elections, May 2009" that is designed to influence the government plans of candidates runnin [...]	2009-03-04 21:46:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA196	PANAMA: PLANS FOR NORMALIZATION FOR COLOMBIANS [...] (C) The GOP planned to offer legal immigrant status to individuals living in the Darien region under Temporary Humanitarian Protection (THP) status, said MFA DG of Exterior Policy Javier Bonagas told POLOFF on February 20. The official census of THP persons taken in 2004 counted 542 Colombia [...]	2009-03-10 15:52:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTBS SOCI PM
09PANAMA228	PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-19 15:25:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MOPS PBTS
09PANAMA290	PANAMA: AMP SUB-ADMINISTRATOR RESIGNS, CRITICIZES [...] (C) The Maritime Authority of Panama (AMP) is in the headlines following the resignation of sub-administrator Carlos Raul Moreno, who, as he headed out the door, denounced "questionable" practices designed to generate extra revenue from maritime flagging procedures at some Panamanian consulate [...]	2009-04-06 21:21:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PM PREL EWWT
09PANAMA298	(U) PANAMA AND THE 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] (C/NF) Panama's main priority for the 17-19 April 2009 Summit of the Americas (SOA) was addressing the global economic crisis, and Delia Villamonte, Panamanian MFA DG for International Organizations and Conferences, was optimistic that President Obama would be a positive broker for consensus. [...]	2009-04-09 20:31:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET	PINR PGOV PREL ECON
09PANAMA330	PANAMA: POLITICAL ANALYST WARNS OF ROUGH [...] (S//NF) Ruling Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD) leaders expect Alliance for Change presidential candidate Ricardo Martinelli to win the May 3 presidential election, pro-PRD political commentator Jose Blandon, Sr. told POLOFFs on April 20. --The Torrijos administration's own internal PRD [...]	2009-04-23 22:23:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA339	PANAMA: TORRIJOS SOCIAL PROGRAMS TO CONTINUE UNDER [...] (C) Both leading presidential candidates have acknowledged the success of some social programs initiated during President Martin Torrijos' term, and have agreed to continue certain programs after the next administration is sworn in on July 1. Programs earmarked for continuity by ruling Revolu [...]	2009-04-27 20:32:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV SOCI PM
09PANAMA347	PANAMA: POLITICAL COMMENTATOR PROVIDES INSIGHT ON [...] (C) Ricardo Martinelli's Alliance for Change movement will perform well in next weekend's elections, and the PRD will be weakened but will regain strength and prepare for 2014, political commentator Alfredo Castillero told POLOFFS during lunch on April 23. Castillero noted that a Martinelli [...]	2009-04-29 21:51:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA349	PANAMA: POLITICAL COMMENTATOR PROVIDES INSIGHT ON [...] (C) Ricardo Martinelli's Alliance for Change movement will perform well in next weekend's elections, and the PRD will be weakened but will regain strength and prepare for 2014, political commentator Alfredo Castillero told POLOFFS during lunch on April 23. Castillero noted that a Martinelli [...]	2009-04-30 15:10:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM PREL
09PANAMA384	PANAMA TO PARTICIPATE IN MAY MEETING OF CONTACT [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-12 22:35:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA523	PANAMA: EARLY INDICATIONS ON SECURITY POLICY OF [...] (C) The incoming government of Panama will not/not dismantle the National Frontier Service (SENAFRONT) or the National Aero-Naval Service (SENAN),two of the key security services created by the reforms of the outgoing government of Martin Torrijos (see reftel). This is one of Post's key con [...]	2009-06-30 21:12:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SNAR PM
09PANAMA545	PANAMA: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-09 16:23:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN PM
09PANAMA549	PANAMA: FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF A FRACTIOUS GOVERNMENT [...] (S//NF) After one week of the new Martinelli government, Post has some initial impressions. The government is a fractious combination of strong personalities with widely differing agendas. There are signs that some newly appointed officials have questionable backgrounds that indicate that cor [...]	2009-07-09 21:35:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA58	PANAMA: LEFT WING DON QUIJOTE TILTS AT CLOSED [...] (C) A "symbolic" effort to open the Panamanian Political system is how Juan Jovane described his independent campaign for president. Jovane told POLOFF on November 25 that while he did not expect to be allowed to run, he wanted to open the system up to independent candidates who could mount p [...]	2009-01-21 14:02:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA61	PANAMA POST: THE SHAKE-UP EDITION [...] (SBU) Welcome to the third edition of the Panama Post, a collaborative effort between Embassy Panama's Political Section and the Open Source Center (OSC). Having last left our readers before the holiday season lull, the Panama Post is happy to report that the politicians and those who care [...]	2009-01-21 15:39:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PM
09PANAMA625	THE GANG THREAT ON PANAMA'S COSTA RICAN BORDER [...] (S//NF) The border between Panama and Costa Rica has been described as a "no mans' land", where drugs flow across into Costa Rica and guns and money flow back into Panama. With parallel roads along either side of the border, over 200 possible crossing points, a free trade zone town sitting on [...]	2009-08-17 19:09:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SNAR PM
09PANAMA626	MARTINELLI'S SECURITY LEADERSHIP AND STRATEGY [...] (S//NF) Six weeks into the Martinelli Administration, the make up of the GOP security leadership is complicated and unclear. The Minister of Government and Justice Jose Raul Mulino is exerting control over formal communications between the Embassy and the various security services, but there [...]	2009-08-17 19:10:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ASEC PM
09PANAMA692	MARTINELLI PRESSURES THE JUSTICE SYSTEM TO SUPPORT [...] (S//NF) Panamanian Supreme Court Justice Adan Arjona told poloffs August 26 that President Martinelli personally called each of the nine justices of the Court to pressure them to vote in favor of reopening a corruption case in which over 30 members of the Revolutonary Democratic Party (PRD) ar [...]	2009-09-16 19:38:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA756	MOUNTING OPPOSITION TO MARTINELLI'S LIKELY SUPREME [...] (C) Rumors that President Martinelli intends to nominate Electoral Tribunal Magistrate Gerardo Solis and former drug prosecutor Jose Almengor to the Supreme Court this fall have been poorly received by Panamanian opinion makers. Several leading newspaper editors told the Ambassador and DCM th [...]	2009-10-07 17:31:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA795	Panama's National Assembly Debating Property Law [...] (SBU) American citizens in Panama reacted strongly to proposed legislation that would change the rules for recognizing rights of possession. As currently worded and depending upon possible implementation, domestic and foreign holders of rights of possession may have to pay the government for t [...]	2009-10-23 17:45:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV PM PGOV USTR

09PANAMA8	PANAMA: EMBERA INDIANS REPORT FARC TAKE OVER OF [...] (S//NF) The FARC had taken over the village of Pavarando, leading to the flight of 200 Embera, who are still displaced from their homes, Edilberto Dogirama, the President of the Council of the Embera Comarca, told EMBOFFs on December 19. He said it took over two weeks for the GOP to send for [...]	2009-01-05 21:39:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA837	Demarche Delivered, Panama Thanked for UNGA Votes on No [...] (C) Poloff delivered a message of thanks to the Office Director of International Organization and Conferences in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ms. Delia Villamonte, for Panama's recent vote against no action motions and "yes" vote on country-specific human rights motions in the UN Gene [...]	2009-11-16 16:58:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN PM
09PANAMA839	PANAMA RELUCTANT TO PROSECUTE PIRATES [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to MFA Director General for Treaty and Legal Affairs Vladimir Franco October 29, following up on an informal approach on September 22, which in turn followed up on a discussion between USCG lawyers and MFA officials in September 2008. Franco said that he u [...]	2009-11-16 19:06:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PM KPIR EWWT
09PANAMA84	PANAMA: INSIDE SCOOP ON THE QUADRILATERAL SECURITY [...] (C) The aim of the recent quadrilateral meeting of the presidents of Panama, Colombia, Mexico and Guatemala was to establish the means to quickly extradite Colombian and Mexican drug traffickers from Panama to their native countries, Panamanian National Security Advisor Marcel Salamin told P [...]	2009-01-29 12:41:00	Embassy Panama	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA856	Observers for Honduran Elections [...] (SBU) The Panamanian Electoral Tribunal is still evaluating whether it will send representatives to Honduras to provide technical assistance or serve as observers for the November 29 elections. They expect to have a final decision by November 20. 2. (SBU) A representative from t [...]	2009-11-16 22:26:00	Embassy Panama	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV HO PM ETRD
09PANAMA859	PANAMA CONSIDERING HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 21:10:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA PGOV PREL
09PANAMA861	THANKS DELIVERED TO PANAMA FOR UNGA VOTE ON DEFAMATION OF [...] (C) Per reftel, on November 30, POLOFF delivered a message of thanks to Jonattan Del Rosario, Assistant Director General of Foreign Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Relations. POLOFF expressed gratitude for Panama's vote at the UN General Assembly against the resolution on defamation of reli [...]	2009-12-07 21:11:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	UNGA PGOV PREL PM
09PANAMA873	ILLEGAL AFRICAN MIGRATION POSES CHALLENGE TO PANAMA [...] (U) The number of illegal African migrants smuggled through Panama has grown six-fold in 2009. Somali and other Horn of Africa migrants are a particular concern for Panama, which has shown no inclination to accept them as refugees, yet is struggling to find a humane response to the increase. [...]	2009-12-10 20:17:00	Embassy Panama	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PM SO SMIG PREF
09PARAMARIBO102	Stay tuned: is a Bouterse replacement in Parliament [...] (U) Desi Bouterse - Head of Suriname's largest opposition party (the National Democratic Party, NDP),Parliamentarian, and main suspect in the trial of the 1982 murder of fifteen political opponents - has been absent from Parliament for the past thirteen months. According to Surinamese law, Na [...]	2009-04-06 20:08:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NS
09PARAMARIBO170	SURINAME: THE ROAD AHEAD FOR THE INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) As requested in Reftel, on June 8 Poloff met with Suriname's International Whaling Commission (IWC) Commissioner, Mr. Jaswant Sahtoe, a public servant at the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Fisheries. Mr. Sahtoe indicated that although he was not in a position to state his [...]	2009-06-08 19:29:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIS KSCA PREL SENV IWC NS
09PARAMARIBO271	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: TRAVEL DOCUMENTS FOR DEPORTEES [...] (SBU) Mrs. Nell Stadwijk-Kappel, Policy Advisor to the Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)of the Government of the Republic of Suriname (GOS) met with Poloff on September 11 to discuss issuing travel documents for deportees. Poloff delivered the points in Reftel, to which Stadwij [...]	2009-09-11 17:15:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER PREL XL NS
09PARAMARIBO296	SURINAME: NPS TRIES TO SHOW ITS RELEVANCE TO YOUTH VOTERS [...] (SBU) Summary. The National Party of Suriname (NPS),chaired by Ronald Venetiaan, celebrated a combined 63rd anniversary/kick-off election campaign event on September 29, 2009. The large number of youth speakers and youth supporters among the approximately 3,000 people attending the event dre [...]	2009-10-02 12:53:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NS
09PARAMARIBO352	Suriname: Demarche Response Goldstone Report [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the demarche to Chantal Elsenhout, Acting Head of the International Organizations Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of the Republic of Suriname. Elsenhout told Poloff, after checking with Suriname's Mission to the United Nations to ascertain Suriname's posi [...]	2009-11-05 18:32:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL NS
09PARAMARIBO394	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (SBU) On November 24, Poloff shared the points in Reftel with Chantal Elsenhout, Acting Head of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Elsenhout responded that the overarching principle for Suriname's foreign policy on the Palestinian issue is to "support the legitima [...]	2009-11-24 16:28:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA KPAL SY LE NS
09PARAMARIBO408	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: DECEMBER VOTE ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS [...] (SBU) On December 2, Poloff shared the points in Reftel with Bianca Doelahasori, a Desk Officer in International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Poloff also discussed the human rights concerns related to the resolution and provided Doelahasori with a copy of the nonpape [...]	2009-12-03 21:16:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM UN UNGA NS
09PARAMARIBO410	SURINAME'S INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK PROGRMAMING -- [...] (U) SUMMARY. Three International Education Week (IEW) programs showcased to Surinamers the value of studying foreign languages and studying abroad. Post organized two American Corner "English Language Story Hours," one for elementary school and one for junior high/high school students. Post [...]	2009-12-03 21:50:00	Embassy Paramaribo	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL NS KPAO
09PARIS10	FRENCH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES INFORMATION FOR TRADE [...] In post's assessment, France continued to meet its international commitments in 2008 to eliminate the worst forms of child labor in its overseas territories. The following update is in response to reftel's request for information to determine if countries eligible for trade benefits under th [...]	2009-01-06 10:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI FR
09PARIS1046	IRAN: EU DIPLOMATS TO ATTEND AHMADINEJAD [...] (C/NF) European Union members will send low-ranking diplomats to the first of two inauguration ceremonies for Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but they will not inform the Iranians of their plans, according to French MFA Acting Middle East Director (Assistant-Secretary equivalent) Jean-Christophe Paucell [...]	2009-07-31 15:51:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL FR
09PARIS1052	FRANCE - COUNTER TORTURE INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: France actively supports efforts to prevent torture and protect victims through membership in international conventions and participation in regional initiatives, according to MFA assistant director for human rights and humanitarian affairs Cecile Vigneau and deputy assistant d [...]	2009-08-03 16:36:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UN FR
09PARIS1102	GULF COUNTRIES A GROWING PRIORITY FOR FRANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Taking a cue from President Sarkozy's personal interest in the region, the French MFA has devoted increasing attention and staff to their bilateral relations with Gulf countries since 2007, according to the MFA's three Gulf Country Desk Officers. Qatar still maintains a privilege [...]	2009-08-13 13:33:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL FR
09PARIS1125	MIDDLE EAST PEACE: FRENCH MFA ON SARKOZY-MUBARAK [...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA Middle East Director Patrice Paoli told Political Minister Counselor August 11 that the French await a response to the letter sent August 6 by Presidents Sarkozy and Mubarak to President Obama, calling for a Middle East peace summit this autumn. "We don't necessarily [...]	2009-08-14 15:18:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PGOV PREL KPAL IS FR
09PARIS1155	BMENA: FRANCE UNDECIDED ON LEVEL OF PARTICATION [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche August 18 to MFA North Africa DAS Cyrille Rogeau, Special Assistant to the MFA Middle East Director Michel Roche, and MFA Morocco Desk Officer Marie Buscail. Rogeau said the MFA strongly supports the aims and ideals of the November BMENA Forum for the Fu [...]	2009-08-21 16:10:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL FR
09PARIS119	FRANCE SEEKING COORDINATED EU POSITION AS [...] (C/NF) Summary: In response to President Obama's January 22 Executive Order to close detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (ref a),the French have publicly given their support to at least review the idea of accepting detainees deemed not to be a security risk. Foreign Minister Ber [...]	2009-01-27 18:14:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL KAWK KISL KPAO MOPS PGOV PHUM PTER FR
09PARIS1195	UNRWA AT 60 DEMARCHE [...] (C) On August 31, poloff delivered talking points to MFA Deputy Middle East DAS Frederic Bereyziat, per reftel. Bereyziat was confident France would approve the Government of Israel's (GOI) request to speak at the UNRWA meeting on September 24. He was adamant that Israel needed to re-engage [...]	2009-09-01 13:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL UNGA KPAL FR
09PARIS1206	AMBASSADOR PRESSES FM KOUCHNER ON UNESCO DG RACE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Embassy Paris continued its on-going engagement with France on the UNESCO Director General race. The Ambassador raised it forcefully in a September 2 meeting with FM Kouchner, in which he urged the French to actively engage on preventing the election of Hosni and to help build [...]	2009-09-03 15:31:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KUNR AORC APER KAWC UNGA FR
09PARIS1213	NEW CONCERNS ABOUT COTE D'IVOIRE ELECTIONS FROM [...] (C) Summary: Africa Advisor at the Elysee, Romain Serman, told Poloffs he believed Cote d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo was taking new steps to further delay elections, including asking France to help in making "disarmament of rebels" a precondition. Serman asserted he told Gbagbo's repre [...]	2009-09-04 08:58:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR PGOV IV FR
09PARIS1219	MIDDLE EAST: PEACE SUMMIT POLITICS IN PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The August 6 joint Sarkozy-Mubarak letter to President Obama proposing a summit (reftel) remains a subject of keen interest to the French. According to our sources in Paris, however, the two key players in the Middle East peace equation -- Israel and the Palestinian Authority -- [...]	2009-09-04 16:27:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL FR
09PARIS1223	FRANCE NOT READY TO COMMIT TO MYERS FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-08 15:14:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR AORC APER KAWC KJUS UNGA FR
09PARIS1227	UNGA 65: FRANCE'S PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy's August 26 speech to French ambassadors provides clear insight into France's priorities for UNGA and the Pittsburgh G20 summit. These include, greater "global governance," including economic regulation and broader efforts to address climate change; UN refor [...]	2009-09-09 10:27:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KUNR AORC KNPR APER UNGA FR
09PARIS1236	FRANCE WILL PRESENT ORAL ARGUMENT FOR KOSOVO ICJ [...] (SBU) French MFA Balkans DAS Thierry Guichoux told poloff September 9 that the French have already registered with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) their intent to present an oral statement before the ICJ in the Kosovo advisory opinion case (reftel). He responded positively to the ide [...]	2009-09-09 16:30:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KV FR
09PARIS1250	FRANCE: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: France concurs with a large part of U.S. key goals for the 12th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC) and solicits United States support for initiatives that they are sponsoring, according to MFA Assistant Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Cecile Vigneau, wh [...]	2009-09-15 10:46:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC EU FR
09PARIS1266	AMBASSADOR URGES FRANCE TO SUPPORT CONSENSUS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: As negotiations on the draft resolution for the UN Security Council Summit on Nonproliferation and Disarmament continue in New York, Post is strongly emphasizing to the French the importance of reaching P5 consensus. So far, the GOF message remains one of concern that a resolutio [...]	2009-09-16 15:43:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL FR
09PARIS1277	URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE MISSING/DETAINED AMCIT CASES [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-18 14:56:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC IR FR
09PARIS1290	DEMARCHE: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-22 15:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL IAEA IR FR
09PARIS1291	ENGAGING FRANCE ON MEK REFUSAL TO COMPROMISE WITH [...] (C/NF) On September 17, poloff met with French MFA Middle East DAS Jean-Baptiste Faivre to discuss possible French outreach to the People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI) per reftel. Faivre, who is newly arrived, was familiar with the PMOI's presence in Paris and the Mujahedin-e-Khalq's (MEK) viole [...]	2009-09-22 15:14:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	CASC PREL PTER IR IZ FR
09PARIS1300	CONSTRUCTIVE OUTCOME FROM THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (C) On September 23, poloff met with French MFA Deputy Middle East DAS Frederick Bereyziat to deliver talking points per reftel. Bereyziat said the Government of France (GOF) had been debating the findings of the Goldstone Report for the past three days to finalize its position. Although a [...]	2009-09-23 17:01:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAL PHUM PREL PTER IS FR
09PARIS1309	FRANCE SUPPORTS UNSC CONFLICT-RELATED SEXUAL VIOLENCE RESOLUTION [...] (C) On September 16, poloff delivered reftel talking points on the Security Council resolution on conflict-related sexual violence to MFA Assistant Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Cecile Vigneau. The French requested additional time to review the demarche and responded on Se [...]	2009-09-24 16:32:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO PHUM PREL CG FR KWMN
09PARIS1341	FRENCH CLAIM FRANCE-ALGERIA RELATIONS "NOT [...] (C) French-Algerian relations are "not strained," despite recent press reports to the contrary and despite repeated delays of the state visit of Algerian President Bouteflika, insisted MFA Algeria Desk Officer Anne-Claire Legendre on September 29. Legendre told poloff that internal political [...]	2009-09-30 11:04:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AG FR
09PARIS1342	OCTOBER 7 MEETING OF LIKE-MINDED STATES ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-30 15:13:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL UNSC IR FR
09PARIS1394	FRENCH RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (C) Poloffs discussed Ref A demarche on October 14 with MFA UN/IO officers Jean-Luc Delvert (human rights) and Frederic Jung (UNSC Middle East issues) who confirmed that France shares most of the U.S. perspective on the handling of the Goldstone report. Jung confirmed that France would likel [...]	2009-10-14 16:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS FR
09PARIS1401	FRENCH MFA ON EU, RUSSIA, IRAN, AND THE MIDDLE EAST [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: At an October 5 lunch with visiting EUR DAS for Western Europe and Press and Public Diplomacy Spencer Boyer, key MFA officials provided an update of French thinking on a number of issues: the GOF hopes that the Czechs will ratify the Lisbon Treaty soon and that the U.S. will en [...]	2009-10-16 14:05:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINS EUN NATO KMPI RS IR FR
09PARIS1405	SYRIAN AMBASSADOR TOUTS BETTER RELATIONS WITH U.S, [...] (C) Summary. The Syrian Ambassador to France Lamia Chakkour discussed a wide variety of topics with PolMinCouns and poloffs October 13. The Ambassador praised France's rapprochement with Syria and said her country had been helpful in educating the Government of France (GOF) about regional is [...]	2009-10-16 16:02:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY FR
09PARIS1419	BMENA: FRENCH FM KOUCHNER LIKELY TO ATTEND, BUT [...] (SBU) French Foreign Minister Kouchner plans to attend the BMENA Forum for the Future on November 2 - 3 in Marrakech but will require the French Parliament to change the date of hearings he is scheduled to attend on November 3 before he can offer a final confirmation, according to Michel Roche [...]	2009-10-22 09:32:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL FR
09PARIS1425	FRENCH JIU AND FAO CANDIDATES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: France believes their candidate to the United Nations' Joint Inspection Unit (JIU),Gerard Biraud, is well qualified; he is the JIU's current President. France also hopes the United States will support its candidate for the Independent President of the FAO Council, Luc Guyau e [...]	2009-10-22 15:41:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL PGOV EAGR UNGA FR
09PARIS1437	FRENCH AID TO PAKISTAN [...] (SBU) Econ Counselor and Poloff delivered the demarche in ref A to Annie Evrard, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) desk officer for Pakistan, and Guillaume Cruse, an official from the Agence France de Development. Both are members of the interagency Afghanistan-Pakistan "cell" and familiar w [...]	2009-10-26 16:44:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL FR PK
09PARIS1438	FRENCH ACTIVITIES IN THE GULF [...] (C) The French Presidency's Counselor for North Africa and the Middle East, Nicolas Galey, discussed French activities in the Arabian Gulf with PolMinCouns and poloff on October 22. Galey said President Sarkozy will visit Saudi Arabia November 17 to 19 to highlight the importance of this bil [...]	2009-10-26 17:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PGOV PINS PREL SA KU AEC FR
09PARIS1442	MUSLIM-JEWISH RELATIONS IN FRANCE FOLLOWING GAZA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During a series of recent meetings, French officials responsible for developing and implementing GOF policy toward organized religion told poloff that the January 2009 conflict in Gaza continues to strain institutional and communal relations between France's two large [...]	2009-10-28 09:23:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL FR
09PARIS1443	FRENCH PRIORITIES FOR THE 64TH UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: France is on the same page as the United States with respect to country-specific and thematic resolutions for the UNGA Third Committee and seeks USG support for French sponsored initiatives, stated MFA desk officer for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Cecile Vigneau, who s [...]	2009-10-28 10:52:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN FR
09PARIS1459	AMBASSADOR KNIGHT'S DISCUSSIONS WITH FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: New U.S. Ambassador to Benin, James Knight, on October 23 received from French officials a mixed assessment of the current social, political, and economic situation in the country. France hopes that President Yayi can display a more results-oriented leadership style but are con [...]	2009-10-29 15:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KCOR PINR BN FR
09PARIS1461	FRANCE-ISRAEL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE COVERS TURKEY, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: French participants in the second annual Franco-Israeli Strategic Dialogue on October 28 noted profound disquiet among the Israelis about Turkey, according to Frederic Bereyziat, Senior MFA Desk Officer for Israel and the Peace Process. Bereyziat told poloff Oct [...]	2009-10-29 17:57:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL IS TU SY FR
09PARIS1479	FRANCE/GOLDSTONE: FRANCE SHARES MANY U.S. REDLINES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed Ref. A demarche on November 3 with MFA UN/IO officer Frederic Jung, who covers UNSC Middle East issues, and who found nothing unexpected in the U.S. position. France is working with other EU members to secure agreement on significant changes to the current draf [...]	2009-11-04 16:07:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL EUN IS FR
09PARIS1495	FRENCH RESPONSE TO THE 2009 IRF REPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Press and public reaction to the 2009 International Religious Freedom (IRF) report in France has been largely muted since its public release on October 26. However, in a follow up meeting, the MFA offered a more critical response to the report, characterizing the Scientology case [...]	2009-11-06 15:03:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KDEM PGOV KIRF KISL FR
09PARIS1526	FRANCE AND BRAZIL: THE START OF A LOVE AFFAIR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Considered "a love fest" by the MFA, the growing Franco-Brazilian relationship under Presidents Sarkozy and Lula is likely to result in more political, diplomatic, economic, and military engagement in the next three years and throughout Sarkozy's time in office. Committed to exp [...]	2009-11-17 15:21:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS BR FR
09PARIS1529	FRENCH MAY SELL MISTRAL CLASS SHIPS TO RUSSIA [...] (C/NF) Summary: During a series of meetings November 9-12, French MFA officials described the possible sale of a French Mistral-class helicopter carrier ship to Russia, and the licensing of the production of several other such ships in Russia, as a pragmatic economic deal--far from sealed--that [...]	2009-11-17 17:36:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MASS RU GG PL FR
09PARIS1540	FRANCE'S APPROACH TO UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] (C) Poloff discussed Reftel demarche on November 19 with MFA UN/IO officer Frederic Jung, who covers UNSC and UNGA Middle East issues. Jung noted that France's approach on these types of country-specific resolutions follows EU policy in that the 27 members consult internally for a consensus [...]	2009-11-19 15:34:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL EUN IS FR
09PARIS1548	FRANCO-CUBAN RELATIONS: RESPONSE TO REVIEW FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: France advocates democratic advancement and the protection of fundamental human rights in conjunction with the joint EU position on Cuba. Although diplomatic ties have been frayed since 2003, the GOF supports continued dialogue with Havana on democratization and the release of p [...]	2009-11-23 12:47:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC EFIN EINV PREL PHUM FR CU
09PARIS1563	FRANCE GROWS CLOSER TO RUSSIA: OPPORTUNITIES FOR [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Franco-Russian relations are growing closer and more stable, driven by France's increasingly pragmatic approach toward Moscow and desire to take the lead in shaping European relations with Russia. Bilateral exchanges have grown more intense, "dense," and frequent, [...]	2009-11-24 15:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MASS GG PL RU FR
09PARIS1642	GUIDANCE ON ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 17:35:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL KWBG PREL IS FR
09PARIS1704	ALGERIA'S SA'ID BOUTEFLIKA -- A FRENCH MFA [...] (S/NF) The French have limited information about the private life, personal opinions, and political ambitions of Sa'id Bouteflika (reftel),according to French MFA Algeria Desk Officer Anne-Claire Legendre. Nonetheless, Legendre told poloff December 14 that, based on French sources and analy [...]	2009-12-16 11:01:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL AG FR
09PARIS1714	FRENCH MINORITIES AND NATIONAL IDENTITY -- AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In early November 2009, President Sarkozy launched a national debate on what it means to be French -- that is, the French "national identity." Confronting an increasingly globalized world and struggling with self-identity issues, including whether Muslim "burqas" should be bann [...]	2009-12-17 12:46:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF FR
09PARIS1749	NPT REVCON: FRENCH MFA ON MANAGING THE NAM AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 23 meeting, MFA Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) officer Celine Jurgensen presented the latest French thinking on managing challenges from Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries in the run up to the 2010 NPT Review Conference (RevCon). She also expressed concern abo [...]	2009-12-23 16:06:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PARM MNUC KNNP FR
09PARIS1750	DEMARCHE: URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE AMCIT CASES [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-23 16:26:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER IR FR
09PARIS264	S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES GUANTANAMO [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Williamson met with French MFA officials on February 16 to discuss detainee issues, France's role in the EU process and possible resettlement of Guantanamo Bay detainees in France. Williamson noted that France has a unique role to play in formulating a process [...]	2009-02-20 16:53:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL MOPS PTER PHUM KAWK KISL KPAO FR
09PARIS268	FRANCE: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In 2008 France took significant steps to combat trafficking in persons, ratifying the EU convention on Action Against Trafficking in Persons and changing the French anti-trafficking law to better prosecute forced labor violations. The French government used its anti-trafficking [...]	2009-02-20 18:11:00	Embassy Paris	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF
09PARIS403	FRANCE PLEDGES CAUTION ON CUBA, LAMENTS MISFIRE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Sarkozy appointed former Socialist Minister Jack Lang to be Special Envoy on Cuba in order to drive forward French and EU dialogue with Cuba but also, on the domestic front, as outreach to a prominent French opposition party member, according to French Presidential Advis [...]	2009-03-19 13:30:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM CU MX BR FR
09PARIS490	FRANCE SUPPORTS USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) France supports the U.S. candidacy for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council (HRC),as announced in Ref A, French MFA IO DAS-equivalent for Human Rights Jacques Pellet told Poloff on April 2. The GOF is "very pleased" by the USG candidacy and pledges its support "without conditions." Pel [...]	2009-04-02 16:35:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL FR
09PARIS512	FRANCE FOCUSED ON BURMA PRISONER RELEASE, [...] (C) France remains focused on prisoner release and launching a legitimate political dialogue in Burma and sees no reason to ease sanctions against the Junta at this time, Burma desk officer Jeremie Petit told us April 8. Responding to ref A points, Petit said the EU decided to keep the Commo [...]	2009-04-08 14:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD FR BM
09PARIS722	INPUT ON PROPOSED IRAN RELATED NSG PRESENTATIONS [...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel demarche May 28 to Arnaud Mentre, action officer for Iran in the MFA's Directorate of Strategic Affairs, and his replacement, Florent Aydalot. (Mentre is transitioning this summer to a new assignment at the French embassy in Moscow.) Mentre noted that the E3 woul [...]	2009-05-29 14:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL FR
09PARIS762	EUR A/S GORDONâ€™S JUNE 3 MEETING WITH FRENCH NSA [...] (S/NF) Summary: In a June 3 meeting with A/S Gordon, French NSA-equivalent Jean-David Levitte previewed the agenda for the POTUS-President Sarkozy bilat at Normandy. He noted that Sarkozy hoped to use the occasion to announce the appointments of two French general officers to high-level NATO positi [...]	2009-06-08 16:42:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL FR
09PARIS832	FRANCE-UAE DEFENSE AGREEMENT: NOT A NUCLEAR [...] (S) SUMMARY: France's defense agreement with the UAE, signed during President Sarkozy's May 25-26 visit, is one of the first major efforts to operationalize a strategy set out in the Defense White Paper of 2008. This strategy called for a focus on the Gulf region and for defense agreements de [...]	2009-06-22 15:49:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	MARR MCAP MNUC PINS PREL FR AE
09PARIS849	IRANIAN NGO LEADER CLAIMS OPPOSITION CANNOT BACK [...] (S) SUMMARY: Iranian NGO Leader Amir Hossein Barmaki (please protect) told poloff June 22 in Paris that if the Iranian opposition leaders back down now they will be "destroyed" by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Khamene'i. "They are not going to stop fighting," he insisted, "or they w [...]	2009-06-23 16:13:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET	PGOV PREL FR
09PARIS876	SARKOZY, NETANYAHU DISCUSS FREEZE, JEWISH STATE, [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: According to President Sarkozy's Middle East Advisor Boris Boillon, Sarkozy told Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu June 24 in Paris that the GOF supports the creation of a Palestinian state; seeks a "total freeze" on Israeli settlement activity; stands with Israel against the t [...]	2009-06-29 16:26:00	Embassy Paris	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL FR
09PARIS911	PRE G8 MEETING: FRANCE HARDENS POSITION ON IRAN [...] (C) President Sarkozy's Middle East Advisor Boris Boillon told Political Minister Counselor July 3 that the French believe there is "no longer any possibility of dialogue" with the government of Iran. "Sanctions are the only weapon now," Boillon insisted. He said that the current sanctions r [...]	2009-07-06 14:41:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL FR
09PARIS969	FRENCH MFA EXPECTS EU-SYRIA ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: MFA Middle East Director (Assistant Secretary equivalent) Patrice Paoli confidently predicted to WE Office Director Maureen Cormack July 16 that the EU will approve an Association Agreement with Syria at the September 14-15 meeting of EU foreign ministers (GAERC). Whil [...]	2009-07-17 13:53:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL FR
09PESHAWAR55	SWAT UPDATE: SUFI MUHAMMAD'S PRESS CONFERENCE - QAZI JUDGES [...] (C) Tehrik Nifaz-i-Shariat Mohammadi (TNSM) chief, Sufi Mohammad announced in a press conference March 16, the (previous) judges should stop going to their offices as their continued presence would be considered a violation of the peace accord. Provincial authorities have stated the new Qazis [...]	2009-03-18 14:24:00	Consulate Peshawar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS PK
09PHNOMPENH170	CAMBODIA'S HIGHEST MUSLIM LEADER DISCUSSES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a March 12 meeting, Cambodia's Mufti, who is appointed by the King for life as the Supreme Leader of all Muslims in the country, described to Poloff some of the challenges facing his community. Although many of the difficulties faced by Muslims in Cambodia are also experienc [...]	2009-03-18 01:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER CB
09PHNOMPENH189	CAMBODIA ANTI-TIP NATIONAL TASK FORCE RESTRUCTURING [...] (SBU) Summary: The RGC is seeking NGO comment on a simplified anti-trafficking-in-persons National Task Force structure that will be enacted through a Ministry of Interior subdecree. The subdecree, as drafted, states that the new structure will have its own budget -- a signal of greater RGC [...]	2009-03-24 00:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP CB
09PHNOMPENH191	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GICNT WORKSHOP AND EPG INVITATIONS [...] (SBU) Per reftels, Post delivered an invitation March 23 to the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to participate in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Workshop and Exercise Planning Group (EPG) Meeting April 14-16 in Seoul. Poloff jointly delivered the demarche with a r [...]	2009-03-24 09:59:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC MNUC KS CB
09PHNOMPENH246	CAMBODIA BORDER CROSSING VISITS HIGHLIGHT TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Cambodian National Police officials from the Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection Department (AHTJP) recently joined Emboffs at the Poipet border crossing area of Banteay Meanchey province to highlight the Cambodia-Thailand cross-border trafficking in persons (TIP) s [...]	2009-04-13 10:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KWMN EAID TH VN CB
09PHNOMPENH270	ENGAGING CAMBODIA'S MUSLIM MINORITY THROUGH DIALOG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Although numbers vary, it is estimated that there are approximately 400,000 Muslims in Cambodia. This makes them the largest minority group, accounting for over 2.5 percent of the total population. Over the past year, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has been able to focus attentio [...]	2009-04-29 08:50:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV CB
09PHNOMPENH273	CAMBODIA PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN AND MP MU SOCHUA [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Hun Sen for defamation of character. The Prime Minister immediately filed countersuit against Mu and co-conspirators, also for defamation, which is a civil infractio [...]	2009-04-30 10:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH285	LAND IN CAMBODIA, PART II: LAND CONCESSIONS AND URBAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Land concessions, or government-approved leases of state land, are among the primary tools the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) uses to encourage economic development. The 2001 Land Law includes size, time, and use limits on Economic Land Concessions (ELCs) designated for ind [...]	2009-05-05 06:52:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAGR SENV KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH292	UNIONS SUBMIT MAY DAY DEMANDS IN CAMBODIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Over 2,500 workers took to the streets in an approved march in Phnom Penh to celebrate International Labor Day on May 1. The parade was organized by the few independent trade unions in Cambodia, who used the occasion to demand better conditions for workers. The demonstrators, la [...]	2009-05-06 04:20:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH295	MAY 7: PROSECUTORS WILL HEAR PLAINTIFF ARGUMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the eve of deposition-taking in politically charged defamation cases involving Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition parliamentarian Mu Sochua (refs),Charge May 6 called on Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana to urge restraint in how the Cambodian justice system handles t [...]	2009-05-06 11:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH297	DEFAMATION SUITS CONTINUE; GOVERNMENT ADHERES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government and Hun Sen's lawyer are taking a low-key approach to the case against opposition parliamentarian Mu Sochua. Deputy Prime Minister Sok An told Charge May 6 that the case against Mu would be carried out within Cambodia's legal framework and according to the rule of [...]	2009-05-07 11:34:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH327	ROYALIST PARTIES PLAN TO MERGE FOR 2013 NATIONAL ELECTION [...] (U) National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Cambodia (FUNCINPEC) and Norodom Ranariddh Party (NRP) officials announced May 15 that the two royalist parties had set aside their differences and planned to formally merge under the FUNCINPEC name and brand. FUN [...]	2009-05-20 08:01:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH336	CAMBODIA CONTINUES TO BATTLE PHYSICAL REMINDERS OF [...] Summary: Nearly three decades of war and civil unrest have left Cambodia as one of the most heavily mined and explosive remnants of war (ERW) contaminated countries in the world. In addition to landmines, contamination includes cluster submunitions as well as abandoned explosive ordnance droppe [...]	2009-05-26 09:35:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID MOPS CB
09PHNOMPENH363	BURMA DOMINATES ASEAN-EU MINISTERIAL DISCUSSIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Cambodia hosted the 17th ASEAN-EU Ministerial meeting held in Phnom Penh May 27 ) 28, in which a strong statement was issued calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK). Although a wide range of issues were discussed, to include climate change, infectious diseases, terro [...]	2009-06-02 10:46:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH368	CASE AGAINST MU SOCHUA'S LAWYER COULD SET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the public political struggles over defamation have played out between Prime Minister (PM) Hun Sen and Sam Rainsy Party Parliamentarian Mu Sochua, the PM's high-profile lawyer has pursued an ethics complaint at the Cambodian Bar Association in a parallel course of action aga [...]	2009-06-04 08:28:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH379	LAND IN CAMBODIA, PART III: EVICTIONS, RESETTLEMENT, LAND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The lax land titling system (Ref A) and the Royal Government of Cambodia's (RGC's) push to develop land through concessions (Ref B) has led to widespread land disputes and more forced evictions. The issue of forced evictions ranks high on civil society, opposition party, and do [...]	2009-06-09 01:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAGR SENV KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH387	COURT OFFICIALS QUESTION PRIME MINISTER, DISMISS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prosecutors from the Phnom Penh Municipal Court dismissed the defamation complaint filed by Sam Rainsy Party Parliamentarian Mu Sochua against Prime Minister Hun Sen on June 10, after questioning the Prime Minister on June 8. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Mu Sochua's lawyer, Kang [...]	2009-06-10 09:39:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH391	MINI-DUBLIN GROUP DISCUSSES CAMBODIA'S DRUG [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from the embassies of Australia, U.S., France, EU, Japan, and Denmark met with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officials June 4 to discuss the current situation, policies and donor coordination in relation t [...]	2009-06-11 07:38:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV ASEC PREL EAID CB
09PHNOMPENH409	CAMBODIA QUESTIONS VALUE OF HIGH LABOR STANDARDS [...] SUMMARY: As the global economic crisis takes a firm hold in Cambodia, garment manufacturers, service providers and government officials have started to question the value of Cambodia's high labor standards. Unions and employers are further at odds regarding what constitutes a fair wage during [...]	2009-06-19 07:36:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH413	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SUSPENDS MU SOCHUA'S IMMUNITY; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Cambodian National Assembly voted on June 22 to suspend the parliamentary immunity of Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) MP Mu Sochua, clearing the way for her to be questioned and possibly prosecuted for defamation under the complaint by Prime Minister Hun Sen. Security guards blocked [...]	2009-06-22 09:42:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH419	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER RECEIVES 2009 TIP REPORT; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rodley delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report for Cambodia to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, during a meeting the afternoon of June 16. The DPM accepted the news of Cambodia's tier reduction, noting that Cambodia "has been there [...]	2009-06-26 08:08:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KWMN KTIP SOCI CB
09PHNOMPENH514	MU SOCHUA DEFENDS HERSELF; NO VERDICT UNTIL AUGUST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mu Sochua appeared July 24 before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to defend herself against the Prime Minister's defamation allegations. Over 100 observers packed the small court room, including the Ambassador and representatives of several Embassies, Cambodian human rights NG [...]	2009-07-24 11:16:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KWMN CB
09PHNOMPENH549	MU SOCHUA LIABLE FOR DEFAMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Phnom Penh Municipal Court pronounced Mu Sochua liable for defaming Prime Minister Hun Sen on August 4, closing this chapter of the long-running drama. International observers attended the session to hear the verdict, though police denied entry to NGO representatives and jo [...]	2009-08-04 13:13:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH557	RGC LAND POLICY MAKES HEADLINES AGAIN IN CASE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Cambodia's land and eviction policies earned more worldwide attention July 27 when international news outlets highlighted the resettlement of a group of HIV/AIDS-affected families from a central Phnom Penh neighborhood to a site on the outskirts of the city. The Phnom Penh Muni [...]	2009-08-06 03:22:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH58	KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: RESULTS OF PUBLIC PERCEPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A September 2008 survey of 1,000 adult Cambodians indicates that there is a general lack of knowledge about the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) among the Cambodian population, with 39 percent of surveyed respondents stating they had no knowledge of the KRT, and 46 percent stating t [...]	2009-01-23 09:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS ABUD EAID PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH60	LAND IN CAMBODIA, PART I: POSSESSION AND OWNERSHIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Cambodia's 2001 Land Law removed temporary possession as a means of acquiring land and introduced regulations by which the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) could: 1) systematically register state and private land in a national cadastre; and 2) sporadically register private land [...]	2009-01-26 01:56:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM CB

09PHNOMPENH608	LAW ON STRATA TITLING PAVES THE WAY FOR FOREIGN PROPERTY [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Council of Ministers passed a new sub-decree July 31 which allows Cambodian citizens to apply for titles to individual apartment or condominium units in a larger building. The new law is the precursor to a widely anticipated draft law which would allow foreigners to own prope [...]	2009-08-20 09:48:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV CB
09PHNOMPENH62	HIGH-PROFILE PHNOM PENH LAND DISPUTE ENDS IN EVICTION [...] (SBU) On January 24, police, municipal authorities, and employees of Cambodian construction firm 7NG evicted the remaining residents of Dey Krahorm, ending one of the city's most high-profile land disputes. Eighteen residents were reportedly injured, two seriously by bulldozers that were clear [...]	2009-01-26 07:00:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM CB
09PHNOMPENH709	CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES NEW CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officials announced the creation of a working group focusing on cooperation and consistency between the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Ministry of Justice (MOJ) in the criminal justice process. The announcement by Prime Minister Hun Sen refl [...]	2009-09-21 05:39:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB
09PHNOMPENH813	RGC GEARS UP FOR COPENHAGEN WITH NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE [...] (U) Over the course of a two-day conference, technical and policy experts educated Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officials on the threat of climate change and began formulating the country's official position for the December UN Framework Convention on Climate Change's (UNFCC) 15th Confere [...]	2009-10-30 08:27:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAGR ENRG EAID EIND CB
09PHNOMPENH831	CAMBODIA RECALLS AMBASSADOR TO THAILAND BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) recalled its Ambassador to Thailand You Ay on November 5, emphasizing reciprocity in response to Thailand's earlier removal of the Thai Ambassador to Cambodia -- noting specifically that Cambodia was willing to restore full relations as soo [...]	2009-11-06 10:57:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KTIA MOPS ELAB CB
09PHNOMPENH925	(C) UPDATE ON UIGHUR ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN CAMBODIA [...] (C) Representatives of the United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) and the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) are close to finding a new location for the Uighur asylum-seekers in Phnom Penh that would offer improved protection. According to UNHCR, the goal is to house the Uighurs [...]	2009-12-16 09:18:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM CB
09PHNOMPENH962	DRAFT RESETTLEMENT REGULATIONS RAISE NGO AND DONOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 4, the Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning, and Construction (MLMUPC) released a draft circular on the process for resettlement of urban poor communities, which it referred to as "illegal, temporary settlements." German development agency GTZ, which has foun [...]	2009-12-28 08:54:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAGR SENV KDEM ECON CB
09PORTAUPRINCE104	HAITI: ARISTIDE'S PARTY, STILL IN DISARRAY, [...] (C) Summary: Hard line and moderate factions of the Fanmi Lavalas (FL) political party have registered competing lists of candidates for the partial senatorial elections scheduled for April 19. The hard liners' list included a number of close associates of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, some probabl [...]	2009-01-30 19:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE115	HAITI MONTHLY: JANUARY 2009 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various political topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (SBU) ARISTIDE FOUNDATION'S UNIVERSITY TO REOPEN WITH CUBAN FACULTY [...]	2009-02-04 15:56:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	HA KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL
09PORTAUPRINCE117	HAITI'S ELECTORAL AUTHORITY TO EXCLUDE LAVALAS [...] (C) Summary: Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has decided to exclude all Fanmis Lavalas candidates from the upcoming Senate elections, based on a what Embassy and others believe is a strained reading of the electoral law, and the fact that two FL factions submitted competing candida [...]	2009-02-04 20:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE157	HAITI: PRESSURE MOUNTS ON ELECTORAL COUNCIL TO RECONSIDER LAVALAS EXCLUSION [...] (C) Summary: The U.S., Canadians, French, the European Commission and the OAS have issued statements in the last few days regarding the exclusion of Fanmi Lavalas from the upcoming Senate elections (reftel),stating that credible elections must be inclusive. A milder statement by MINUSTAH un [...]	2009-02-11 13:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE159	HAITIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION URGES CEP TO [...] (C) Summary: Haiti's leading human rights organization criticized the electoral authority's decision to exclude Fanmi Lavalas from competing in partial Senate elections planned for April as politically motivated. The National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) fears the decision, if not re [...]	2009-02-11 19:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID HA
09PORTAUPRINCE198	HAITI RESPONSE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 16:24:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KV HA
09PORTAUPRINCE20	HAITI ON IRAN'S CANDIDACY FOR PRESIDENT OF UNDP'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-08 18:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID IR UN HA
09PORTAUPRINCE202	REJECTED HAITIAN SENATE CANDIDATES PROTEST THEIR [...] (C) Summary: Supporters of Fanmi Lavalas continue to protest their exclusion from the upcoming Senate elections. Several dozen people gathered in Les Cayes February 18 to demand the return of party leader Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and two of the party's lawmakers called for ''peaceful resistance [...]	2009-02-20 19:04:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE203	HAITI: DEMARCHE ON DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-20 19:25:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNHRC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE22	HAITI: DEMARCHE ON RATIFICATION OF U.S.-IAEA [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-08 19:51:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PARM IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA
09PORTAUPRINCE221	HAITI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 14:45:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	UNGA AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE23	HAITI: PSI OUTREACH MEETING DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-08 19:54:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL MNUC KNNP HA
09PORTAUPRINCE24	HAITI: DEMARCHE ON USG DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-08 19:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM EFIN KNNP IR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE250	HAITI CARNIVAL 2009 [...] Summary: Haiti's 2009 Carnival celebrations were marginally more violent than last year's but still within acceptable limits by the improved security standards of today's Haiti. An increased presence of the Haitian National Police (HNP) helped keep the inevitable violence down. For the fir [...]	2009-03-06 14:08:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL HA SCUL KCRM
09PORTAUPRINCE270	HAITI: ELECTORAL COUNCIL MAY DISREGARD COURT [...] (C) Summary: The Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) has rejected a March 9 court ruling enjoining electoral authorities to include representatives of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas party in the upcoming senatorial elections. The CEP and its supporters say that the co [...]	2009-03-11 19:42:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE304	HAITI WILL SUBMIT "NIL FORM" ON BALLISTIC MISSILE [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-20 11:58:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA HA
09PORTAUPRINCE312	AND THEY'RE OFF! HAITI OPENS SENATE CAMPAIGN [...] (SBU) Summary: Haiti's electoral authority on March 16 declared the campaign for partial Senate elections officially open. The authority also installed on March 13 communal electoral bureau personnel, who will oversee the elections process in Haiti's 140 communes. Public response to the cam [...]	2009-03-20 15:50:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE318	LEAKING LIKE A SIEVE: HAITI'S NORTHERN COASTLINE [...] Summary (C) A UN Police technical advisor working in Cap Haitien believes that clandestine boat migration is a highly-organized business and that intercepted passengers almost always try to shield captains and trip organizers from detection and capture by maritime authorities. He also repor [...]	2009-03-20 19:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SNAR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE346	HAITIAN CRIMINAL DEPORTEES (PART ONE): THE NUTS [...] (C) Summary: Embassy inquiries about criminals the U.S. deports to Haiti reveal that: 1.) Haitian officials and media periodically blame criminal deportees for increases in crime, 2.) deportees face a degree of social discrimination and prejudice, and 3.) deportees who resume a life of crime i [...]	2009-03-31 16:12:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM HA ORA INL IOM PRM
09PORTAUPRINCE347	HAITIAN CRIMINAL DEPORTEES (PART THREE): AN [...] (SBU) Summary: Haitian criminal deportees interviewed by Embassy human rights officer report problems with integration into Haitian society and describe their self-help efforts to organize and improve their public image. Two deportee associations assert that corrupt Haitian officials attempt t [...]	2009-03-31 16:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE348	HAITIAN CRIMINAL DEPORTEES (PART TWO): [...] (SBU) Summary. The International Office for Migration (IOM) administers the only reintegration program for deportees in Haiti, a program partially funded by the USG. Current funding levels cover only one-quarter of the total number of annual Haitian deportees. Criminal deportees claim that I [...]	2009-03-31 16:13:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE375	HAITI/HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: GOH WILL SUPPORT USG [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-06 13:35:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA HA
09PORTAUPRINCE376	HAITI WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR OAS HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-06 13:36:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM OAS IAHRC PREL PGOV HA
09PORTAUPRINCE378	SENATE ELECTIONS: MOVING ALONG [...] (SBU) Summary. Preparations for the April 19 partial Senate elections appear to be largely on schedule. Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) and MINUSTAH remain firm that they will take place April 19. The CEP has assured the public that all preparations are on track and denies that [...]	2009-04-06 18:40:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE401	HAITIAN DELEGATION TO THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-14 11:47:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KSUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE421	HAITI/HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: DIPLOMATIC NOTE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 19:17:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA HA
09PORTAUPRINCE431	HAITI ELECTIONS: CANDIDATES POSTURE AS RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Haiti's April 19 partial senate elections were generally well-organized. Isolated incidents of violence, intimidation and theft of voting materials, which led to cancellation of the vote in one department and demands to annul the vote in parts of another were reported. Voter [...]	2009-04-24 19:06:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE447	HAITI ELECTIONS: FIRST ROUND RESULTS SUGGEST BIG [...] (SBU) Summary: Results for the first round of Haiti's partial Senate elections released April 27 show candidates of the pro-government Lespwa coalition running first or second in nine of the eleven races. No candidate gained an absolute majority in the first round of voting. All eleven seats [...]	2009-04-29 11:30:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE47	HAITIAN PRESIDENT ADDRESSES OPENING SESSION OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Haitian President Rene Preval addressed Parliament January 12 in the opening ceremony of the first National Assembly session of the new year. Preval reiterated his administration's central theme of reinforcing domestic peace and security as the precondition of sustained develop [...]	2009-01-14 17:19:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE506	EMBASSY OBTAINS RESUMPTION OF CRIMINAL DEPORTEE [...] (C) Summary: Following determined Embassy intervention, the Government of Haiti has resumed accepting criminal deportee flights from the U.S. that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had suspended for several months. Once DHS decided to resume the flights, the GOH resisted accepting them, [...]	2009-05-27 17:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV HA PREL PHUM
09PORTAUPRINCE512	HAITI: FISSURES IN ARISTIDE'S LAVALAS PARTY LIKELY [...] (C) Summary: Two dueling factions of Jean-Bertrand Aristide's Fanmi Lavalas party are pushing competing plans to reform the FL charter as they jockey for a claim to leadership of the party in advance of the late 2010 presidential elections. Neither group looks likely to win over the other sid [...]	2009-05-29 17:39:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE53	HAITI: MAJORITY COALITION OUSTS CHAMBER OF [...] (U) Summary: The informal grouping called the "Coalition of Progressive Parliamentarians" (CPP) swept all five positions in the annual Chamber of Deputies leadership elections January 14, dealing a decisive defeat to former Chamber President Eric Jean-Jacques and his allies. Levaillant Louis- [...]	2009-01-16 20:03:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE538	STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE IN PORT-AU-PRINCE [...] (U) This message covers incidents reported on June 4 to 1300 local time on June 5. 2. (C) An unconfirmed number of students from several State University faculties violently protested in downtown Port-au-Prince reportedly to pressure President Preval to sign the minimum wage law. Students assaul [...]	2009-06-05 19:27:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE553	HAITI ANXIOUSLY AWAITS DECISION ON MINIMUM WAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Parliament's decision to raise daily minimum wages in the commercial and industrial sectors continues to strain relations between President Preval and members of Parliament. Since mid-May, President Preval has encouraged dialogue between members of Parliament and the private sector [...]	2009-06-10 20:15:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD EINV HA
09PORTAUPRINCE555	HAITI WILL SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A points on the candidacy of Lucretia Myers for re-election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) to Azad Belfort, Director of International Organization Affairs at the Haitian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, June 10. Belfort said that Haiti's delegat [...]	2009-06-12 19:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA HA
09PORTAUPRINCE583	HAITIAN PRESIDENT'S DECISION ON MINIMUM WAGE LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Haitian President Rene Preval, after intensive discussion with private sector and parliamentary representatives, plans to return the minimum wage law to Parliament with a proposal to modify the bill with a phased-in wage increase for the assembly sector. A 200 Haitian gourde (HTG) [...]	2009-06-17 19:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID ETRD EINV HA
09PORTAUPRINCE589	HAITI SENATE ELECTIONS: TEPID CAMPAIGNING, SOME [...] (SBU) Campaigning in the lead-up to the June 21 second round of voting in Haiti's partial Senate elections has been lukewarm, as candidates lack money and voters remain apathetic. Four days before the vote, the government announced state campaign financing for candidates -- too late to revive [...]	2009-06-19 18:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE591	HAITI PLEASED WITH PETROCARIBE AND SUMMIT [...] (SBU) Summary: The Sixth PetroCaribe Summit in St. Kitts on June 12 congratulated Haiti as the ''best payer'' out of 13 countries, having paid approximately USD 220 million to Venezuela. GOH sources confirm that Venezuela announced plans to finance and construct an oil refinery in Haiti proje [...]	2009-06-19 19:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ENRG EPET ECON POL EAID HA
09PORTAUPRINCE623	HAITI: PREVAL'S ALLIES FARE WELL IN SENATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Candidates of the pro-government Lespwa coalition and other allies of President Rene Preval won seven of the eleven vacant Senate seats in play during the June 21 second round of elections, according to preliminary results. Only eleven percent of eligible voters participated in t [...]	2009-07-01 18:26:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE65	HAITI: ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN BEARS LITTLE FRUIT [...] (SBU) Government of Haiti investigation and prosecution of corruption under President Preval is haphazard and has failed to bring a single major case to trial. President Preval announced in mid 2007 a major effort against corruption. Suspects in several cases, in the public and private sector, [...]	2009-01-21 17:21:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE659	LAVALAS MARCH FOR ARISTIDE'S BIRTHDAY DRAWS MODEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A July 15 Fanmi Lavalas Demonstration to mark Jean Bertrand Aristide's birthday was peaceful and attended by at most a few thousand supporters. Fanmi Lavalas ability to bring people into the streets is declining. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Fanmi Lavalas (FL) supporters marched p [...]	2009-07-21 11:59:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA SA
09PORTAUPRINCE667	HAITI: PARTIAL SENATE ELECTIONS NOW OVER, LESPWA [...] (SBU) Summary: With the results of Haiti's partial Senate elections now final, the pro-government party Lespwa won six of the eleven seats being contested, which will give them 13 out of 29 Senate seats. A controversial appeals decision to reverse the initial result in the South Department in [...]	2009-07-24 14:01:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC EAID HA
09PORTAUPRINCE678	HAITIAN DELEGATION AT 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) PolOff requested details on the Haitian delegation at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York from Director General (International Affairs) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Azad Belfort, on July 24, 2009. Belfort conveyed that the MFA could not confirm any travel [...]	2009-07-30 17:05:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA HA
09PORTAUPRINCE679	KOSOVO DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Poloff delivered demarche urging the recognition of Kosovo by the Republic of Haiti on July 29, 2009, to Director of Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Patrick Izidore. 2. (SBU) Isidore assured Poloff that the Government of Haiti (GoH) has been considering the m [...]	2009-07-30 18:43:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE ECON EFIN KNNP NK KVIR
09PORTAUPRINCE728	VALIDATION OF SENATORS: POLITICAL CRISIS OR SAME [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Haitian Constitution of 1987 requires the seated Senate to validate the 11 newly elected Senators before they take office. Given alleged issues of credibility regarding the provisional electoral council (CEP) and the senatorial elections (reftel),it is unlikely that the Senat [...]	2009-08-13 14:29:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE768	HAITI: VALIDATION OF NEWLY-ELECTED SENATORS STILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senate President Kely Bastien publicly announced that the validation of 11 newly-elected Senators will happen on Friday September 4. There is still confusion as to whether a quorum of the Senate will be needed for the validation session. Bastien has claimed that a quorum of the Se [...]	2009-09-01 19:00:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE788	HAITI: ELECTED SENATORS TAKE OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senate leadership validated the 11 newly-elected Senators on September 4 through a coup de force. Senate President Kely Bastien resigned to allow the Bureau d'Age to validate the Senators, and he was re-elected unanimously on September 9. New officers at the Senate were also el [...]	2009-09-11 17:32:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA KBIO
09PORTAUPRINCE822	CONSTITUTIONAL CONFUSION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 14, the last day of the ordinary session, the Parliament voted with over a two thirds majority for amending the Haitian Constitution of 1987. The approved text makes substantial changes to Parliamentary mandates, effectively consolidating the electoral calendar into o [...]	2009-09-21 15:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE827	DEMARCHE ON CARIBBEAN LEADERS MEETING AND HAITI [...] (U) Post extended invitations for the Caribbean Leaders meeting and the Haiti Key Players meeting to the appropriate members of the Haitian Delegation who plan to attend the UNGA. President Preval will be attending both meetings, according to the Secretary General at the National Palace, Frit [...]	2009-09-22 16:11:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA UNAUS SNAR XL KPKO UNSC HA
09PORTAUPRINCE837	HAITIAN CRIMINAL ALIEN BACKLOG ELIMINATED: RESULTS [...] (SBU) Summary: The arrival of twenty-eight Haitian criminal aliens via flight(JPAT) to Port-au-Prince on September signaled the successful elimination of the ''backlog'' of individuals with criminal convictions awaiting deportation to Haiti. Inadequate technological capacity, unreliable acce [...]	2009-09-28 12:44:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE841	HAITI APPROVES NEW PARLIAMENTARY POLICE UNIT [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 11, the Haitian Legislature approved a law which proposes to establish an additional security unit within the Haitian National Police (PNH). This initiative was not consulted with PNH leadership or MINUSTAH. At best, this is an effort to formalize existing police [...]	2009-09-28 15:28:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PHUM HA
09PORTAUPRINCE941	PREVAL SETS DATE FOR PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (U) On November 11, President Preval issued an executive order setting the date for the first round of the next parliamentary elections. This announcement officially launches the election campaign and allows the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) to begin registering parties and candidates. [...]	2009-11-12 14:49:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KAID PINR HA
09PORTAUPRINCE964	Haiti Response to Action Request: Demarche on [...] (SBU) In response to reftel action request, on Tuesday November 17, Ambassador Merten and poloff met with Marie-Michele Rey, Haiti's Minister of Foreign Affairs to convey the reftel talking points and request Haiti's support as outlined in the reftel. Rey acknowledged that the Iran sit [...]	2009-11-19 18:14:00	Embassy Port Au Prince	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNGA HA
09PORTLOUIS144	WILL SEYCHELLES SWAP PIRATES FOR HOSTAGES? [...] (C) Pressure is mounting on the President of Seychelles to take measures to secure the release of the ten Seychellois being held hostage in Somalia by pirates. The leader of the opposition in the Seychelles claims to be in direct contact with both of the two Somali groups holding the Seychelloi [...]	2009-05-12 12:11:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MASS MOPPS SE
09PORTLOUIS147	TIFA DELEGATION MEETS MAURITIAN PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Africa Florizelle Liser, accompanied by CDA and other USG officials, called on Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam April 20. Ramgoolam claimed some credit for efforts to diversify Mauritius exports and the resulting resiliency of his country in [...]	2009-05-13 07:43:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV USTR MP
09PORTLOUIS163	LACK OF COMMUNICATION MAY DELAY MAURITIAN VOTE ON KOSOVO [...] (SBU) On May 29, Post delivered demarche points (ref A) to Minister Counselor Deepak Gokulsing, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). Likewise, on June 1, Post spoke with Second Secretary and U.S. Desk Officer for the Mauritius MFA, Mrs. Brinda Trilok, on the issue. The MFA officials insisted tha [...]	2009-06-02 13:17:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL MP
09PORTLOUIS174	MAURITIUS TO ATTEND FIFTH GLOBAL INITIATIVE PLENARY [...] On June 12 Post received a faxed copy of a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade (MFA) informing Post that Mauritius will be attending the 5th plenary meeting of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) in The Hague. [...]	2009-06-15 13:46:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC MP
09PORTLOUIS181	MAURITIUS' EMERGENCY PIRACY MEETING: A TENTATIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A public outcry from the fisheries and shipping sector, coupled with fishing ships fleeing the Indian Ocean for safer waters and a 20 percent drop in fish suppliers for Mauritius since January, prompted Foreign Minister (FORMIN) Arvin Boolell and Attorney General (AG) Rama Valayde [...]	2009-06-17 08:30:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHSA PBTS EWWT MARR MOPS MP
09PORTLOUIS183	MAURITIUS CONSIDERS NEW EU PROPOSED INDEPENDENT [...] (C) On June 17, CDA, accompanied by POLOFF as notetaker, used reftel demarche to push the GOM for a decision on the UN Special Rapporteur mandate renewal. The MFA delegation, which included First Secretary Nivedita Sohawon and First Secretary Martine Young Kim Fat, confirmed that despite rece [...]	2009-06-17 12:55:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SU MP
09PORTLOUIS185	MAURITIUS TO VOTE FOR 'INDEPENDENT EXPERT' IN LIEU OF [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 14:40:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL SU MP
09PORTLOUIS186	SADC DEMARCHE ON MADAGASCAR: MAURIITUS AGREES WITH USG [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 09:11:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AORC MA MP
09PORTLOUIS187	SEYCHELLES MAY NOT ATTEND JUNE 20 SADC MEETING BUT SUPPORTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 09:11:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL AORC MA SE
09PORTLOUIS243	SEYCHELLES ASSEMBLY RATIFIES SOFA UNANIMOUSLY ON FIRST [...] (SBU) On July 29, the Principal Secretary to the President of the Seychelles, Jean-Paul Adam, informed Charge d'Affaires Virginia Blaser that on the previous day, the Seychelles Legislative Assembly had unanimously ratified the proposed Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). 2. (U) Also on July [...]	2009-08-03 12:23:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL MASS MOPS SE
09PORTLOUIS292	SEYCHELLES: OCEAN LOOK TOPS AGENDA DURING [...] (SBU) This is an action message for Department and Africa Command. Please see paras 3d(i),3h, and 3j below. 2. (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY: On September 18, Charge d'Affaires (CDA) met with President James Michel to deliver ref A points on the issue of piracy and the role of the Ocean Look operat [...]	2009-09-22 13:34:00	Embassy Port Louis	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR MOPS SE
09PORTLOUIS324	MAURITIUS: LUKEWARM ON U.S. POINTS RE GOLDSTONE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-20 06:43:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL MP
09PORTLOUIS351	MAURITIUS LARGELY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. UN THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 06:55:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN MP
09PORTLOUIS359	MAURITIUS STILL COOL ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 04:14:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL MP
09PORTLOUIS360	SEYCHELLES: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 12:19:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL SE
09PORTLOUIS384	MAURITIUS UNAWARE OF IAEA REPORT ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 12:17:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM IAEA KKNP SYR MP
09PORTLOUIS385	MAURITIUS HOPES FOR AN IAEA SOLUTION ON IRAN'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 12:19:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL IR IAEA MP
09PORTLOUIS395	MAURITIUS STAYS THE PATH FOR DECEMBER VOTE ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 09:41:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UN PHUM UNGA MP
09PORTLOUIS396	SEYCHELLES: NO SUBSTANTIVE RESPONSE FOR THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 09:42:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UN PHUM UNGA SE
09PORTLOUIS399	MAURITIUS HOPEFUL REGARDING THE PRESIDENT'S WAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GOM reacted positively to the President's speech on the way forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan (reftels) while Mauritius media coverage of the policy speech was mostly factual. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) On December 1, the DCM delivered reftel points to Ambassador Gokulsing, Bi [...]	2009-12-07 12:28:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AF PK MP
09PORTLOUIS403	SEYCHELLES OPPOSITION BOYCOTTS OPENING OF [...] (SBU) On December 4, The Seychelles National Party (SNP),the main opposition party in the Seychelles, boycotted the inauguration of the new Chinese-built Seychelles National Assembly building. The official inauguration ceremony was attended by President Michel, former President James Mancham [...]	2009-12-09 10:50:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID CH SE
09PORTLOUIS404	PRIME MINISTER BRIEFED ON PIRATE TRANSFER AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNODC representative Alan Cole briefed Mauritian Prime Minister Ramgoolam December 8 on the UN program to assist the transfer and prosecution of suspected pirates captured in the Indian Ocean region. Ramgoolam was receptive to the programs and ideas but raised concerns regarding [...]	2009-12-10 12:18:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	KPIR PREL MARR PHSA EWWT PBTS MP
09PORTLOUIS44	MAURITIUS AIRPORT UPGRADE: MADE IN CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A planned overhaul of the passenger terminal of Mauritius' international airport is moving ahead, with French design assistance and Chinese funding. When work is completed, the airport should be able to handle four million passengers annually. The Chinese funding is part of a [...]	2009-02-03 09:15:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAIR ICAO MP
09PORTLOUIS55	MAURITIUS NO ON KOSOVO REMAINS LINKED TO CHAGOS [...] (U) On February 12, POLOFF made ref A points to Brinda Trilok, U.S. Desk Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Interestingly enough, Ms. Trilok was just rotated back into the position after working on Eastern European issues, including Kosovo, for several months. While acknowledging the [...]	2009-02-17 04:30:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ICJ UNGA MP
09PORTLOUIS64	CHINESE PRESIDENT SPREADS LARGESSE AND BRUISES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although diplomatic relations between China and Mauritius date back to 1972, the first visit to Mauritius of a Chinese President took place this week from February 16- 17. President Hu Jintao visited Mauritius as part of a four- leg African tour that also included Senegal, Mali, [...]	2009-02-20 08:51:00	Embassy Port Louis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY CH MP
09PORTLOUIS69	DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE FOLLOW-UP: MAURITIUS PARTICIPATION [...] In a follow-up to CDA's meeting and discussion with Prime Minister Ramgoolam (ref A),on February 24, acting Poloff met with First Secretary Martine S.C. Young Kim Fat to discuss the upcoming Review Conference to evaluate progress made in achieving the goals set by the 2001 World Conference Ag [...]	2009-02-24 10:48:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MP
09PORTLOUIS73	DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE: POINTS DELIVERED TO SEYCHELLES [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-25 12:21:00	Embassy Port Louis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SY
09PORTMORESBY30	SOLOMON ISLANDS FEELING THE ECONOMIC CRISIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Solomon Islands (SI) is beginning to feel the effects of the current global economic crisis. Donors view the situation as serious. SI leaders are looking for options to replace logging revenues that are quickly disappearing due to a drop in demand caused by the current economic c [...]	2009-03-06 08:06:00	Embassy Port Moresby	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BP
09PORTOFSPAIN121	RESPONSE FOR INFORMATION ON ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) Summary: Trinidad and Tobago's lack of compliance with the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) anti-money laundering and counter terrorism finance (AML/CTF) recommendations jeopardizes its role as a regional financial leader. CFATF's executive director is calling on the GOTT to [...]	2009-03-17 17:09:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PINR KTFN TD
09PORTOFSPAIN210	U.S.-CARIBBEAN TECHNICAL DISCUSSION TO ADVANCE CBSI [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon told the Charge May 5 that the GOTT viewed the CBSI initiative, and upcoming technical meeting, very positively. She promised to follow up on the initiative inside the GOTT. 2. (SBU) National Security Ministry International Affairs Director Antoinet [...]	2009-05-05 22:28:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	XL MARR MASS MOPS PREL TD
09PORTOFSPAIN334	WHA/CAR DIRECTOR MEETS WITH NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA Caribbean Office Director Velia De Pirro discussed the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative on August 3 with National Security Minister Martin Joseph, who expressed pleasure over the nascent program. Joseph urged a regional approach and was pleased that his thinking was consis [...]	2009-08-08 14:22:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS EAID ECON KCRM TD
09PORTOFSPAIN54	SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: MEETINGS OF AMBASSADORS MORALES AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USOAS Ambassador and National Summit Coordinator Hector Morales, Jr. and WHA/DAS Ambassador David Robinson visited Trinidad February 3-4 to discuss Summit of the Americas preparations. In addition to a session with Prime Minister Manning (septel),the Ambassadors met with the Na [...]	2009-02-10 17:56:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KSUM MASS TD
09PORTOFSPAIN70	SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS: SIDE FORUMS AND PEOPLE'S SUMMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Private Sector Forum and the Youth Forum of the Summit of the Americas (SOA) will take place April 15-16 on the cruise ship Caribbean Princess, and the Civil Society Forum will be held the same days on the Carnival Victory. Both ships, to be docked near the SOA site at the [...]	2009-02-20 14:43:00	Embassy Port Of Spain	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KSUM MASS TD
09PRAGUE523	SURPRISE CZECH COURT RULING CASTS DOUBT ON EARLY [...] (C) Summary: In a surprise ruling, the Czech Republic's Constitutional Court announced September 1 it will consider a challenge to a law passed in May and signed by President Klaus in June shortening the current term of the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament's lower house. The court ruling ind [...]	2009-09-02 14:01:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EZ
09PRAGUE555	CZECHS SUPPORT AN IAEA CONSENSUS APPROACH ON [...] (SBU) Embassy Poloffs met on September 15, 2009, with Mr. David Masek of the Czech MFA's UN Department to deliver the points outlined in reftel. Masek assured us that, while both the Czech Republic and the EU seek to achieve a workable consensus during the IAEA General Conference -- particular [...]	2009-09-16 08:34:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP AORC PARM PREL EZ IS IAEA
09PRAGUE598	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON GICNT PARTNERS' EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) On 7 October 2009, POLOFF delivered reftel demarche to David Masek of the United Nations Department at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Masek commented that the Czech Republic understood the reasons for the postponement of the Exercise Planning Group meeting and added that members [...]	2009-10-08 11:26:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC
09PRAGUE609	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, POLOFF conducted multiple interviews regarding the Czech firm Glomex MS to establish the bona fides of the firm in relation to its participation in the export of aviation equipment to the Czech Republic. In addition to an interview with the President of Glomex MS, [...]	2009-10-16 08:42:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC EZ GM KOMC
09PRAGUE654	CZECHS SUPPORT A COORDINATED APPROACH TO ENGAGING [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-05 10:56:00	Embassy Prague	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO AF EZ
09PRAGUE657	HOW TO SUCCEED IN LAW SCHOOL WITHOUT REALLY TRYING [...] (SBU) Summary: A scandal at the Plzen-based University of West Bohemia law school, where a number of graduates allegedly received degrees on a fast-track basis, has several elements of a classic corruption story: potentially undue influence on state tenders, lack of transparency in school pro [...]	2009-11-06 17:27:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EZ
09PRAGUE662	(S) FOLLOWING UP WITH THE CZECH REPUBLIC ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-10 12:15:00	Embassy Prague	SECRET	IR MTCR PARM PREL TU

09PRAGUE676	20 YEARS AFTER THE VELVET REVOLUTION: POLITICS NOT [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of November 17, 1989, an officially sanctioned student commemoration on the fiftieth anniversary of Jan Opletal's burial (he was killed by the Nazis during a student demonstration in 1939),sparked a violent confrontation with the Czechoslovak state security serv [...]	2009-11-19 13:02:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
09PRAGUE677	20 YEARS AFTER THE VELVET REVOLUTION: POLITICS NOT [...] (C) Summary: On the evening of November 17, 1989, an officially sanctioned student commemoration on the fiftieth anniversary of Jan Opletal's burial (he was killed by the Nazis during a student demonstration in 1939),sparked a violent confrontation with the Czechoslovak state security serv [...]	2009-11-19 13:02:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
09PRAGUE681	CZECH INTERIM GOVERNMENT EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The interim, technocratic government of Jan Fischer was appointed on May 8, 2009 by President Klaus, after Mirek Topolanek's ODS-led coalition government lost a vote of confidence on March 24. Topolanek and CSSD leader Jiri Paroubek agreed on Fischer, a previous unknown who he [...]	2009-11-20 13:43:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
09PRAGUE687	TOPOLANEK SURVIVES ODS CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary. Despite calls from some party leaders for the center-right Civic Democrat Party (ODS) platform congress to also include a vote on Mirek Topolanek's (age 53) leadership of the party, Topolanek was able to vanquish his detractors (for now) and retain the party chairmanship. There [...]	2009-11-23 16:05:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
09PRAGUE711	NO SURPRISES AS TWO SMALLER PARTIES ELECT LEADERS [...] (C) There were no surprises during the recent TOP 09 and the Green Party congresses. TOP 09 delegates unanimously chose Karel Schwarzenberg as their party chairman, and the Green Party elected Ondrej Liska as its leader. Polls have consistently shown TOP 09 gaining votes (at the expense of [...]	2009-12-07 14:55:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EZ
09PRAGUE722	CZECH VIEWS ON THE VISEGRAD FOUR (C-RE9-02125) [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, Poloff met on December 14 with Jiri Cistecky, Director of the Czech MFA's Central European Department, and Petr Maryska, a member of the Central European Department's Visegrad 4 (V-4) working group, to discuss Czech perceptions of the current state of V-4 cooperat [...]	2009-12-15 12:58:00	Embassy Prague	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL EZ PL HU LO
09PRAIA23	INFIGHTING DISPLEASES PARTY LEADERSHIP [...] (U) Summary. Internal party disagreements are affecting all three Cape Verdean political parties. The African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) is divided over who will be presidential candidate in the 2011 elections, while factions are fighting over the party presidencies of b [...]	2009-02-17 16:44:00	Embassy Praia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KJUS PGOV CV
09PRAIA239	FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE ON GOLDSTONE REPORT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-24 17:11:00	Embassy Praia	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM XA UNGA CV
09PRETORIA1004	GOSS REPRESENTATIVES TALK POLITICS AND SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) Southern Africa Liaison Office representatives delivered a message to Poloff intended to "counteract Khartoum's propaganda." They discussed the political situation in Sudan and South Africa's role. They are optimistic about South Africa's engag [...]	2009-05-18 15:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF SU
09PRETORIA1007	PART 2 OF 3: A LOOK AT JACOB ZUMA'S CABINET [...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma finalized his Cabinet appointments on May 10, modifying several existing ministries and creating a few new ones. Below are short biographies for each of the newly appointed ministers and deputies. This is the second of three cables looking at each of the Cabinet a [...]	2009-05-19 12:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM ASEC SF PGOV
09PRETORIA1031	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGENT NEED TO PROMOTE SOMALIA [...] (C) Summary: Poloff delivered reftel points on Somalia and Eritrea to Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRC) Deputy Director Phindile Xaba on May 20, 2009. Xaba acknowledged that Eritrea's public actions, including not recognizing Somalia's Transitional Federal Governme [...]	2009-05-20 15:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL PTER EAID ER SO SF
09PRETORIA1103	FREEDOM FRONT PLUS YOUTH LEADER BARELY HANGING ON [...] (SBU) Freedom Front Plus Youth League leader Cornelius van Rensburg offered his version of why he was suspended after criticizing party leader Pieter Mulder's decision to join President Jacob Zuma's Cabinet on May 10. Van Rensburg sees little hope for resuming his position -- he has retained [...]	2009-06-02 14:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM ASEC SF PGOV
09PRETORIA1246	SOUTH AFRICA'S RESPONSE TO 2009 TIP REPORT [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns and Poloffs met with the Department of International Cooperation's (DICO) Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Chief Director Pitso Montwedi and Deputy Director Raymond Sithole on June 15 to deliver the final text of the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report on South [...]	2009-06-19 14:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09PRETORIA1450	A DIASPORA PERSPECTIVE ON ZIMBABWE POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Poloff on July 15, 2009, George Sibotshiwe, former spokesman for Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) President Morgan Tsvangirai and a Zimbabwean national residing in South Africa, provided his analysis of changing political dynamics in Zimbabwe. He said Tsvang [...]	2009-07-17 15:36:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZM
09PRETORIA1560	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER JULY 26-AUGUST 1 [...] (SBU) This cable is our first weekly South Africa Political newsletter. It is written in partnership with Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, [...]	2009-07-31 15:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ELAB
09PRETORIA1613	ZUMA HANDLING SOME ISSUES BETTER THAN OTHERS AFTER [...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma, barely in office 90 days, has faced a multitude of challenges so far in his tenure. He so far has been confronted with making tricky Cabinet and diplomatic appointments, dealing with striking doctors and municipal workers, and settling protests across the country [...]	2009-08-07 13:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
09PRETORIA1614	CAUTIOUS HOPES FOR ZUMA AMONG SOME SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (SBU) South African civil society groups are cautiously optimistic about President Jacob Zuma, believing his promises of openness and meaningful dialogue will improve their working environment. Under former President Thabo Mbeki, many groups felt isolated from leadership and shut out from me [...]	2009-08-07 13:22:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SA KJUS KDEM SF
09PRETORIA1752	SOUTH AFRICA POLITICAL NEWSLETTER AUGUST 23-AUGUST 29 [...] (SBU) This was written in partnership with the Open Source Center's Pretoria Bureau. The newsletter is open to contributions from officers in the Embassy or in the Consulates who wish to highlight political trends. Contact Madeline Seidenstricker or Jonathan Smallridge for more information, o [...]	2009-08-31 06:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV ASEC SF POL PAS ECON
09PRETORIA176	ANC YOUTH LEAGUE DOWNPLAYS CHALLENGES [...] (S) African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) leaders discussed their defense of President Kgalema Motlanthe against allegations of infidelity, the party's list process, and the prospects for the Congress of the People (COPE) in a lengthy discussion with Poloffs on January 26. ANCYL spok [...]	2009-01-30 06:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	SECRET	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
09PRETORIA1760	THREE YEARS UNTIL PARTY CONGRESS, BUT ANC [...] (C) Barely five months into the Jacob Zuma administration, the race to replace him -- or retain him -- at the 2012 African National Congress (ANC) party congress is heating up. With so much time to go, and so much work to accomplish even before the 2011 municipal elections, it seems prematur [...]	2009-09-01 08:56:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM ASEC SF PGOV
09PRETORIA1782	LEKOTA PERSONAL ASSISTANT WARNS "WATCH OUT FOR [...] (SBU) The Congress of the People (COPE) has been in the news recently not for the party's stance on key issues or for its plans for tackling problems at the national and provincial levels. Rather, COPE has been in the news for the continued political infighting that has plagued the party sin [...]	2009-09-02 08:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM ASEC SF PGOV
09PRETORIA1809	THE ROYAL BAFOKENG: TRIBE, COMMUNITY, AND [...] When Kgosi Leruo Molotlegi was crowned king of the Royal Bafokeng Nation (RBN) cloaked in African leopardskin over a Western business suit, his attire reflected his dual role as both tribal chief and modern executive. The RBN he leads is a traditional community, defined by cultural heritage a [...]	2009-09-04 14:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SF EMIN EFIN SOCI
09PRETORIA182	UDM WELL-ORGANIZED, BUT LACKS SUPPORT NEEDED TO [...] (SBU) The United Democratic Movement (UDM) ran a well-organized, nationally televised manifesto launch in Johannesburg on January 24 that on the face of it suggests Bantu Holomisa's party is ready to make inroads in the upcoming election. The party drew roughly 5,000 supporters, almost all f [...]	2009-01-30 11:37:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KJUS PGOV SF
09PRETORIA1860	SOUTH AFRICA DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNHRC 12TH SESSION [...] (SBU) On September 10 poloffs met with Pitso Montwedi, Chief Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DICO),to deliver message (ref A) on USG priorities for the next session of the U.N. Human Rights Council (HRC). On the [...]	2009-09-11 12:32:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SF
09PRETORIA1950	SOUTH AFRICA: FORMER GENERAL TROUBLED BY THE STATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Brigadier General (Ret) George Kruys, now a lecturer at University of Pretoria, shared with Poloffs his perspective on the current state of the South African National Defense Force (SANDF). Kruys discussed lack of discipline as a function of pressure on the institution from ex [...]	2009-09-25 10:21:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP PGOV MASS SF
09PRETORIA1959	RESETTLEMENT SET TO GROW (CAUTIOUSLY) FROM S.AFRICA [...] (SBU) On a September 7-10 visit, U.S. Regional Refugee Coordinator met with key counterparts in an ongoing effort to expand the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) in Southern Africa. The program vets African applicants (of diverse nationalities, but from South Africa likely mainly Somal [...]	2009-09-28 10:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF SF
09PRETORIA1977	SOUTH AFRICA - EU SUMMIT AIMS TO STRENGTHEN [...] (C) Summary: On September 11, President Jacob Zuma met with European Union (EU) head of delegation Swedish Prime Minister Frederick Reinfeldt, EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and other EU leaders at the second South Africa - EU Summit in Kleinmond [...]	2009-09-30 16:14:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SF EU
09PRETORIA1983	SOUTH AFRICA REAFFIRMS PROGRESSIVE STANCE ON [...] (SBU) In a September 21 keynote speech to a regional intergovernmental workshop on migration, Department of Home Affairs (DHA) Deputy Minister Malusi Gigaba forcefully reiterated the SAG's commitment to freedom of movement. Nations must shift their paradigms on migration, he said, to see it a [...]	2009-10-01 14:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SF
09PRETORIA2	SOUTH AFRICA: AMENDING NSG GUIDELINES [...] (C) Summary: Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation confirmed that Pretoria will respond mid-January to the U.S. criteria-based proposal for enhancing control over transfers of enrichment and reprocessing equipment and technology. DFA [...]	2009-01-02 09:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGV
09PRETORIA2018	SOUTH AFRICA: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON IRAN; [...] (C) Summary: Embassy delivered REF A message on Iran's covert uranium enrichment facility at Qom jointly with the UK High Commission and the Embassy of France to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO). In light of the September 27 - October 1 visit of South African [...]	2009-10-06 12:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP MNUC PARM IAEA PREL AORC IR SF
09PRETORIA2019	BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED [...] Please see guidance request at Paragraph Five. 2. Deputy Political Counselor visited the entity discussed in reftel, Dynamic Instrumentation Company, and met with owner Clive Dignon on October 2. Post confirms that the company is in business at the location listed in reftel, 8 Methwold Ro [...]	2009-10-06 12:40:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC SF
09PRETORIA203	IFP MANIFESTO LAUNCH FEATURES NO VIOLENCE, SAME [...] (SBU) The Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) launched its party manifesto before a small, heavily guarded crowd in Soweto on January 25. IFP leaders spoke briefly about the party's agenda -- economic growth, job creation, law and order, education, health, land reform, and morality -- before turning [...]	2009-02-03 10:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KJU PGOV SF
09PRETORIA21	MONTHS SINCE PIETERMARITZBURG COURT DECISION TEST [...] (C) The months since Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge Chris Nicholson handed down his verdict declaring the state's case against African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma invalid have been among the toughest times in the ruling party's history. The split between rival ANC factions [...]	2009-01-07 15:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
09PRETORIA2141	COURT SELECTIONS SHOW HOW CONCERNS ABOUT JUDICIAL [...] (C) President Jacob Zuma finalized his appointment of five new justices to the Constitutional Court, the nation's highest legal body, on October 11. For most of the past year, and particularly during the election campaign period ahead of the national election in April, opposition leaders and [...]	2009-10-21 16:25:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR SF
09PRETORIA2155	SOUTH AFRICA: NGO'S CONSIDER CYCLE OF CRIME AND [...] The cycle of crime plaguing South Africa has been documented by two recent surveys of young people -- showing they are victimized at even higher rates than adults (reftel),and this can lead to their own violent behavior. Looking for ways to break the cycle, the surveys identified factors rel [...]	2009-10-22 16:24:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA2197	ANC OFFICIAL RAISES CONCERNS ABOUT STATE OF THE [...] (SBU) Dumisani Ntuli, the spokesperson for the African National Congress (ANC) in Gauteng Province, told Poloffs on September 30 that the party remains torn between supporters of President Jacob Zuma and former President Thabo Mbeki. Ntuli, who clearly falls into the latter camp, projected tha [...]	2009-10-29 07:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AU GV
09PRETORIA2207	POSSIBLE UN CONVENTION ENDANGERING FREEDOM OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. On October 29 Poloffs met with Pitso Montwedi, Chief Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO),to deliver the demarche (ref A) urging support for a U.S. "draft action plan" of proposals ( [...]	2009-10-29 16:57:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SF
09PRETORIA223	U.N.'S OHCHR SPREAD THINLY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA [...] (U) On January 20, poloff met with the Office of the United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (OHCHR) Resident Representative for Southern Africa David Johnson, in response to Department tasker (reftel) to assess the nature and scope of OHCHR's activities. Covering 14 countries with t [...]	2009-02-05 12:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SA
09PRETORIA2257	DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] On November 3, poloff made phone contact with Pitso Montwedi, Chief Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs at the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO),to advise of the U.S. message (reftel). Mr. Montwedi was engaged in meetings in New York, [...]	2009-11-04 13:09:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM SF
09PRETORIA2263	CONTROVERSIAL YOUTH LEAGUE PRESIDENT RETAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) President Julius Malema probably has received more publicity from the news media in recent months than any other ruling party figure. (Note: "Mail and Guardian" political writer Mandy Rossouw has even recently published a book about Male [...]	2009-11-05 15:18:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SF
09PRETORIA2266	ANC GOES FAR, PERHAPS TOO FAR, IN ASSISTING [...] (SBU) The African National Congress (ANC) made special arrangements for Mozambican citizens living in the South African provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga provinces to vote in Mozambique's elections on October 28. ANC members -- unaffiliated with South Africa's Independent Electoral Commiss [...]	2009-11-05 16:45:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM SF
09PRETORIA2312	SOUTH AFRICA FEARS ZIMBABWE MAY BE SLIDING BACK [...] (U) Summary: During a press conference on November 10, Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Director General Dr. Ayanda Ntsaluba said regional leaders feared Zimbabwe could be sliding back from progress on the political and humanitarian fronts since the inception of the [...]	2009-11-13 14:35:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZI
09PRETORIA2406	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH [...] Embassy Pretoria has received no feedback from the South African government regarding reftel points. On November 19 the text of the talking points was formatted as a non-paper, scanned, and emailed to Megan Govender, Deputy Director of the UNGA desk within the multilateral unit of the Departm [...]	2009-11-24 13:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2470	SOUTH AFRICA: OBSERVATION OF MARITIME RESPONSE SQUADRON [...] (SBU) Naval Attache and Deputy Political Counselor visited Saldanha Naval Base on November 24 to observe a State Department Africa Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) course in progress for members of new South Africa's Maritime Response Squadron. The visit was coordinate [...]	2009-12-02 12:39:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MARR ASEC SF
09PRETORIA2493	DEMARCHE RESPONSE:"DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 13:20:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SF
09PRETORIA2567	SOUTH AFRICA CONFIDENT OF TIP LAW PASSAGE IN 2010 [...] (C) South African officials are more optimistic than ever that the long-awaited Bill providing comprehensive provisions for preventing and combating Trafficking in Persons (TIP) is nearing passage by Parliament. Extended consultations with the public and civil society groups caused delays in [...]	2009-12-11 14:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KTIP SF
09PRETORIA2578	G/TIP FY07 GRANT UPDATE - WORLD HOPE INTERNATIONAL [...] Per Department request (reftel),Pretoria's officer for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) met on December 10 with G/TIP grantee World Hope International (WHI) to monitor progress in the first six months of an 18-month $200,000 FY'07 grant. The funds will be used to support anti-trafficking awarenes [...]	2009-12-14 13:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KTIP SF
09PRETORIA2581	COMMUNIST PARTY ANNUAL CONGRESS MORE ABOUT [...] (C) The South African Communist Party (SACP) held its second annual special congress on December 10 at the University of Limpopo-Turfloop campus in Polokwane. Lengthy speeches, predictable displays of solidarity with traditional allies such as China and Cuba, and pointed questions (without a [...]	2009-12-15 10:28:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	SF PGOV
09PRETORIA2594	ZUMA SEEKS UNITY AS HIS COALITION COMES UNDER [...] (C) African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) President Julius Malema, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA),and the South African Communist Party (SACP) have been trading public barbs during the past week, a clear sign that the loose coalition of forces which broug [...]	2009-12-17 15:26:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SF
09PRETORIA2671	CHAMPIONS FOR CHILDREN CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED IN [...] (U) On December 8-9, the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund (NMCF),in cooperation with the Department of Social Development (DSD) and numerous civil society organizations, launched the Champions for Children Campaign to ensure the protection and safety of children during the FIFA World Cup 2010 a [...]	2009-12-29 12:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KTIP SF
09PRETORIA2679	ANC TREASURER GENERAL MATHEWS PHOSA SATISFIED WITH [...] (C) African National Congress (ANC) Treasurer General Mathews Phosa hosted Ambassador Donald Gips and Deputy Chief of Mission Helen La Lime for a meeting that covered current domestic political dynamics, President Jacob Zuma's policies, and the relationship between the United States and South [...]	2009-12-30 15:47:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN EINV ECPS ETRD MARR MASS SF
09PRETORIA2686	SOUTH AFRICA: KUDOS FOR U.S. COOPERATION ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-31 13:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM EAID TBIO IAEA NPT AORC ENRG KNNP MNUC
09PRETORIA355	SUPPORTERS, DETRACTORS VIEW SPRINGBOK SYMBOL OF [...] (SBU) Few symbols in South Africa are as recognizable, or as controversial, as the Springbok logo worn by the 2007 World Cup champion South African rugby team. Worn by the rugby team since 1906, many saw the logo as a symbol of strength during the years the national team was banned from play [...]	2009-02-24 17:31:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV SF
09PRETORIA356	NIEHAUS SCANDAL RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER ANC [...] (SBU) Carl Niehaus, former spokesperson for the African National Congress (ANC),resigned this week after newspapers reported that he grossly mismanaged his personal finances and abused his office and authority in recent years. His longstanding financial difficulties and his abrupt resignati [...]	2009-02-24 18:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV SF
09PRETORIA43	MDC WILL STAY THE COURSE [...] (C) Summary: The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Standing Committee, consisting of 19 leaders, met near Johannesburg, South Africa for a strategy meeting from January 6-8, 2009. In a January 9 meeting with Ambassador Bost, MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai said the party leaders resolved t [...]	2009-01-12 14:52:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL ZANU SF ZM
09PRETORIA451	COPE STRUGGLING WITH DIVISIONS, PESSIMISM [...] (C) The Congress of the People (COPE) is struggling with divisions and pessimism throughout the organization, underscoring the difficulties the newly formed party faces as the national election approaches on April 22. Personal assistant to COPE President Mosiuoa Lekota, Tseliso Phomane, met [...]	2009-03-09 14:46:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
09PRETORIA453	VISIT TO SANDF 46TH BRIGADE ACOTA TRAINING [...] On February 26, Deputy Political Counselor visited the greater Johannesburg headquarters of the South Africa National Defense Force (SANDF) 46th Brigade to witness in progress a two-week computer-aided command post exercise conducted under the auspices for State Department's African Contingenc [...]	2009-03-10 06:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	MCAP MARR SF
09PRETORIA488	SOUTH AFRICA SEEKS TO CLEAR THE AIR ON DURBAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In informal meetings with the DFA's Pitso Montwedi, Poloffs have explored USG-SAG differences on the upcoming Durban Review Conference (DRC) on racism and xenophobia. Montwedi was amenable to the notion of a pared-down DRC document, emphasizing broad principles in a modern conte [...]	2009-03-13 09:41:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM SF
09PRETORIA539	PART 2 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) This cable is part 2 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- ------------ (C) WHO IN THE ANC DO THE OTHER PARTY MEMBERS SUSPECT OF SYMPATHIZING WITH COPE? --------------------------------------------- [...]	2009-03-23 06:10:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA543	PART 1 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) This cable is part 1 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425 received on March 9. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. The structure below follows a question and answer format and includes Reftels where applicable. Post has sent in nearly 100 cables since September 2008 covering many of the questio [...]	2009-03-23 07:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA544	PART 2 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) This cable is part 2 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. End Summary. --------------------------------------------- ------------ (C) WHO IN THE ANC DO THE OTHER PARTY MEMBERS SUSPECT OF SYMPATHIZING WITH COPE? --------------------------------------------- [...]	2009-03-23 07:16:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA561	SOUTH AFRICA TO VOTE YES ON 'DEFAMATION OF [...] South Africa will vote in favor of the "Combating defamation of religions" resolution, if the latter is put to vote in the U.N. Human Rights Council. The DFA's Pitso Montwedi, Chief Director for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, said that South Africa has supported the resolution in the [...]	2009-03-24 16:22:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SA
09PRETORIA581	SAG'S DALAI LAMA VISA REFUSAL SPARKS OUTCRY [...] (U) The South African Government's (SAG) refusal to issue a visa for the Dalai Lama has caused outrage among the country's opposition parties, human rights NGOs, and some political leaders. The Dalai Lama was invited to appear at a peace conference on March 27 in Johannesburg hosted by South [...]	2009-03-26 15:49:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA66	TO ANC WAR VETS ZUMA REMAINS "SPEAR OF THE NATION" [...] (C) Summary: Former fighters in Umkhonto we Sizwe, some of African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma,s strongest supporters, have high expectations for the ANC leader and are expecting him to address their interests. Umkhonto we Sizwe, translated to &Spear of the Nation8 and ofte [...]	2009-01-13 14:33:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS SF
09PRETORIA661	PART 2 OF 3: SCENESETTER FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S APRIL [...] (C) This cable is part 2 of 3 on the South African election. End Summary. --------------------------------- The Issues That Will Drive Voters --------------------------------- 2. (C) In the 2006 local elections around the country, the delivery of services such as water, sanitation, an [...]	2009-04-03 14:38:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA664	PART 1 OF 3: SCENESETTER FOR SOUTH AFRICA'S APRIL [...] (C) South Africa on April 22 will hold its fourth national election since the end of apartheid in 1994. From all indications, the government and its institutions are ready for this poll, and turnout is expected to be the highest since former President Nelson Mandela's victory 15 years ago. [...]	2009-04-03 14:51:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA665	LOCAL PERSPECTIVES ON POLITICAL PARTY LISTS AHEAD [...] (C) Poloff worked with Political Section officers to gain their perspectives and insights into South Africa's main political parties ahead of the April 22 national election. Officers provided thoughts about the parties' candidate lists and how they may help or hinder their electoral chances. [...]	2009-04-03 15:03:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA666	ZUMA CONTINUES HARD PRESS FOR AFRIKANER SUPPORT [...] (SBU) One of the more interesting trends to emerge during this election season is the intense focus by Jacob Zuma and the African National Congress (ANC) in lobbying the Afrikaner vote ahead of the election. Many pundits and political analysts have speculated that the Afrikaner vote would go [...]	2009-04-03 15:06:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA67	ANC LOYALIST THRONG TO EAST LONDON FOR ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma launched the party,s election manifesto in front of a packed stadium in East London on January 10. Zuma said the ANC intends to focus on job creation, education, health, rural development, crime, and corruption during the nex [...]	2009-01-13 14:47:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV KDEM SF
09PRETORIA684	STATE DROPS CHARGES AGAINST ZUMA [...] (U) The legal saga surrounding African National Congress (ANC) leader, and future South African President, Jacob Zuma continued on April 6 as the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) dropped its case against the former Deputy President. Acting NPA Director of Public Prosecution Mokotedi Mpshe [...]	2009-04-06 15:43:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA745	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING THE AU'S EFFORTS TO [...] (C) Summary: Poloff discussed objectives for supporting the African Union's (AU) efforts to ensure an early return to constitutional rule in Madagascar with Department of Foreign Affairs Horn of Africa and Indian Ocean Islands Deputy Director Wolf Rothkegel on April 14. He said the South Afri [...]	2009-04-16 13:02:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC EAID MA SF
09PRETORIA770	SOUTH AFRICA ANNOUNCES PERMIT FOR ZIMBABWEANS [...] The SAG's April 3 announcement of a temporary permit for Zimbabweans to remain in South Africa is a potentially groundbreaking step in assistance to the continuing mass influx of Zimbabwean migrants. Compared to the asylum channel, the permit is much better suited to Zimbabweans' mainly econ [...]	2009-04-17 15:07:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PREF PGOV SA
09PRETORIA779	South African Political Parties Have Embraced Social Media, [...] SUMMARY: (U) Reportedly inspired by the dynamic e-campaign of President Obama, South African political parties have launched multifaceted digital platforms to reach voters in advance of the April 22 elections. Most parties now have targeted websites, voter activism forums, interactive media opp [...]	2009-04-20 15:05:00	Embassy Pretoria	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SA KDEM SF
09PRETORIA802	PART 1 OF 2: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AHEAD OF THE [...] (C) This cable is part 1 of 2 in response to C-AL9-00425 received on March 9. Reftels refer to parts 1 and 2. The structure below follows a question and answer format and includes Reftels where applicable. Post has sent in nearly 100 cables since September 2008 covering many of the questio [...]	2009-04-21 12:11:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PREL SF
09PRETORIA818	SOUTH AFRICA VOTES: SITUATION REPORT #4 [...] (U) Summary: South Africa's National and Provincial elections of April 22 were well organized and peaceful. Charge d'Affaires and Poloff on April 23 visited the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) Results Centre to see how political parties were faring and to gain a better understanding of [...]	2009-04-23 17:15:00	Embassy Pretoria	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM ASEC PGOV SF
09PRISTINA114	KOSOVO: DS PARTY SHOWING NEW ASSERTIVENESS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In recent weeks, Serbian government officials responsible for the southern part of Kosovo (south of the Ibar river) have sounded a seemingly more moderate political line and have even contacted Serbs working in the Kosovo government. These officials, all from Serbian President [...]	2009-03-17 15:04:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL EAID KV SR
09PRISTINA131	KOSOVO: MOMENTUM BUILDING ON DECENTRALIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of recent meetings, Minister for Local Government Administration Sadri Ferati shared his evolving thinking about decentralization and how he sees his role in the process. His fear that the differential pace of decentralization in Kosovo's north and south will lead to [...]	2009-03-26 09:35:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV
09PRISTINA20	KOSOVO GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO SHELTERS FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: In 2008, the Government of Kosovo's (GOK) Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (MLSW) took effective measures to ensure the continued operation of victims of trafficking (VOT) shelters in Kosovo. In 2007, two of the three VOT shelters in Kosovo -- Hope and Homes (HAH) and the Ce [...]	2009-01-15 10:49:00	Embassy Pristina	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09PRISTINA22	KOSOVO: KOSOVO SECURITY FORCE POISED TO START [...] (C) SUMMARY: At 2400 on January 20 Kosovo will deactivate the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) and will activate the Kosovo Security Force (KSF) at one minute past midnight on January 21. At the same time, approximately 2900 current KPC members will receive notification whether or not they will [...]	2009-01-16 17:01:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PREL KV
09PRISTINA257	KOSOVO'S DIVIDED OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Summary: Kosovo's three opposition parties lack the unity and parliamentary strength to challenge the PDK-led coalition. Ramush Haradinaj has failed to unify the opposition behind him and the remaining opposition parties do not embrace his party's leadership against the government. The [...]	2009-07-04 10:37:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KV
09PRISTINA323	KOSOVO: KEEPING DECENTRALIZATION AND THE NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Quint ambassadors here still lack consensus on whether Kosovo should conduct November 15 municipal elections in any of the new, as yet unformed Serb-majority municipalities mandated in the Ahtisaari Plan. The UK Embassy, once in favor of conducting elections only in the 33 exist [...]	2009-08-04 15:32:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV
09PRISTINA57	KOSOVO: AAK'S ELECTORAL AMBITIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK),Kosovo's leading opposition party, is restructuring itself in a bid to return to power in future elections. Founded by former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj, AAK is attempting to expand from its core base of support in western Kosovo [...]	2009-02-12 10:06:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR KV
09PRISTINA58	KOSOVO: CONTINUED PROGRESS, CHALLENGES AT KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) continues to operate successfully despite lack of cooperation from the Serbian government. As of November 2008, 18,839 out of the near 40,000 claims filed with KPA had been adjudicated. (Note: KPA's caseload consists mainly of commercial and a [...]	2009-02-12 10:59:00	Embassy Pristina	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KV UNMIK
09QUITO1005	PRM DAS Robinson Visit to Quito and Ecuador's Northern [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) DAS David Robinson visited Ecuador on November 5-6 to discuss refugee programs and conditions. During meetings with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Government and Police, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, R [...]	2009-11-30 18:00:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREF PGOV PTER KCRM SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO
09QUITO1023	ECUADOR ON DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS DEMARCHE [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points on December 2 to the MFA's Acting Director General for Multilateral Affairs, Leon Avila. Avila said he would not be able to respond substantively until he spoke with Director General Lourdes Puma, who was out of the country until December 6, and who had already [...]	2009-12-03 22:47:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PHUM EC
09QUITO138	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S. PROGRAMS ON [...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel non-paper to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on January 30 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on February 13. Puma reiterated that the GOE fully supports efforts to combat illicit arms trafficking. PolOff noted that t [...]	2009-02-21 00:44:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MASS MCAP EAIR ETTC OAS PE EC
09QUITO139	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - DURBAN REVIEW [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered Ref A and B points to the MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on February 18 and followed up with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on February 20. Puma thanked PolOff for the information, noted that the topic was important to the GOE, and that the MFA [...]	2009-02-21 00:46:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNHRC EC
09QUITO206	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Bilateral Affairs Director General for Europe Pablo Villagomez on March 23, 2009. Villagomez reiterated the position previously expressed by the MFA's Director General of Multilateral Affairs (Ref B),that the GOE was sensitive to issues of sovereignt [...]	2009-03-24 22:04:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR PBTS KPKO GG RS EC
09QUITO207	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - HCOC ANNUAL [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on March 19. Puma said that the GOE had submitted its Annual Declaration during the week of March 2. She noted that the GOE submitted a simplified "nil form" as Ecuador does not have a space launch [...]	2009-03-25 12:19:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA EC
09QUITO208	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON KOSOVO RECOGNITION [...] (C) In light of recent bilateral tensions over the expulsion of two U.S. diplomats (Ref B),Post did not deliver the demarche on Kosovo until March 23, when PolOff conveyed Ref A points to MFA Bilateral Affairs Director General for Europe Pablo Villagomez. Villagomez reiterated the GOE's pos [...]	2009-03-25 12:19:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC ICJ UN KV EC
09QUITO244	ECUADOR'S GOALS AT THE 2009 SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The GOE's focus for the April 17-19 Summit of the Americas has included seeking a one-on-one meeting between the presidents. One issue that Ecuador would want to stress during the Summit is the financial crisis. Other issues are currently being defined by the Foreign Minister's [...]	2009-04-06 23:57:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL KSUM EC CU
09QUITO253	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: USG CANDIDACY FOR UN [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on April 6. Puma said that the GOE had received the USG's diplomatic note, and views the USG's change in policy toward the Human Rights Council as a positive move. However, she noted that the GOE wa [...]	2009-04-13 17:07:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EC
09QUITO254	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: NORTH KOREAN TAEPO-DONG [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points and presidential statement to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on April 6 on the North Korean Taepo-Dong 2 launch. Puma said that the GOE would follow UNSC guidance on this issue and was aware of the split decision in the UNSC. She sai [...]	2009-04-13 17:34:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP EC KN JA
09QUITO255	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE: ECUADOR ON U.S. [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on April 6. Puma said that the GOE had its own candidate, Ambassador Luis Moreno, for another OAS body, the Juridical Committee and that the GOE was seeking an exchange of votes. There are four candi [...]	2009-04-14 15:18:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EC PHUM AORC OAS IAHRC
09QUITO261	ECUADOR'S PARTICIPATION IN MULTILATERAL MEETINGS [...] (SBU) MFA Multilateral Affairs' Alternate Coordinator of Summits Marjorie Ulloa confirmed on April 15 that Foreign Minister Fander Falconi will attend the April 18 UNASUR meeting as the "Plus One" with President Rafael Correa (Ref A). 2. (SBU) Ulloa also noted that Coordinating Minister of [...]	2009-04-16 16:51:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC PGOV ECON EFIN ENRG AMGT APER KSUM
09QUITO347	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - IAEA DIRECTOR GENERAL [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on May 12. Puma said that the GOE would continue to support Ambassador Yukiya Amano and had already confirmed its intention to vote for Amano to the Japanese government. HODGES [...]	2009-05-12 23:46:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KNNP IAEA EC
09QUITO460	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - INTERNATIONAL PIRACY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 18:48:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL EC
09QUITO461	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on June 12. Puma said that the GOE has not yet made a decision who it would vote for in the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election. She did acknowledge, however, that the EU holds too [...]	2009-06-16 18:48:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA EC
09QUITO462	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S CANDIDATE FOR UN'S [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on June 12. Puma said that the GOE has not yet made a decision who it would vote for in the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election. She did acknowledge, however, that the EU holds to [...]	2009-06-16 18:48:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA EC
09QUITO482	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - IAEA REPORTS ON IRAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 13:27:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP PARM IAEA MNUC IR SYR TRGY EC

09QUITO543	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 17:16:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MNUS MTCRE KN EC
09QUITO559	ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - IMPLEMENTING UNSCR [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points and Treasury Advisory to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Leon Aviles on June 30. Aviles said that the GOE agreed with the UN resolutions and will work to implement them. He did have concerns about possible DPRK attempts at counterfeiting USG curr [...]	2009-07-07 19:57:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP EC
09QUITO703	ECUADOR'S UNASUR AGENDA: AN ANTI-AMERICAN TONE? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On the 200th anniversary of its so-called "First Call for Independence" on August 10, Ecuador will assume the rotating presidency of UNASUR on the same day that President Correa is inaugurated. The MFA announced the GOE's objectives and planned projects for UNASUR on August 3, w [...]	2009-08-07 15:21:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL ECIN MARR EC CO XM XR
09QUITO735	ECUADOR ATTENDANCE AT 64TH UNGA [...] (SBU) PolOff spoke with MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on August 14 to determine which GOE officials would attend UNGA (reftel). Puma said that President Rafael Correa would not be traveling to the U.S., that Foreign Minister Fander Falconi would represent Ecuador at [...]	2009-08-17 15:31:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA EC
09QUITO736	ECUADOR SECURITY MINISTER EXPLAINS "PERCEPTIONS" [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his visit to attend President Correa's August 10 inauguration ceremony, DAS Christopher McMullen met with Security Minister Miguel Carvajal and MFA Under Secretary Jorge Orbe regarding the ongoing negotiation of a U.S.-Colombia Defense Cooperation Agreement. McMullen prov [...]	2009-08-17 16:15:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MCAP MOPS EC CO XM XR
09QUITO831	Ecuador Positive on USG Priorities for UNGA [...] (C) PolOff communicated USG goals and priorities per Ref A to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on September 11. Puma said that the GOE agreed with many of the USG's priorities at this year's UNGA. She added that the USG's tone of re-engagement and multilateral coopera [...]	2009-09-21 14:40:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA EC
09QUITO835	Ecuador Positive on USG Priorities for UNGA [...] (C) PolOff communicated USG goals and priorities per Ref A to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on September 11. Puma said that the GOE agreed with many of the USG's priorities at this year's UNGA. She added that the USG's tone of re-engagement and multilateral coopera [...]	2009-09-21 22:13:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA EC
09QUITO849	INDIGENOUS PROTESTS FIZZLE IN ECUADOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Confederation of Indigenous People of Ecuador (CONAIE) called for a strike and road closures beginning September 27 in protest of the Government of Ecuador's proposed Law on Water and other laws, old and new, dealing with natural resources. The protests were supposed to beg [...]	2009-09-28 22:06:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EC
09QUITO869	Ecuador on P5+1 and Iran [...] (C) Embassy called MFA Multilateral Affairs Directorate on October 5 to schedule a meeting with Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma to deliver Ref A points. Ambassador Puma reiterated Ecuador's position on Iran and nuclear proliferation: Ecuador respected UNSC resolutions, suppo [...]	2009-10-07 20:36:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM IAEA KNNP EC IR
09QUITO913	Demarche Delivered: U.S. Candidate for the Civil Service [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director General for Multilateral Policy and International Organizations Lourdes Puma on October 29th. DG Puma said that while all four proposed candidates were excellent, and Ecuador generally agreed with U.S. policy in [...]	2009-10-29 22:08:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KUNR EC
09QUITO915	Demarche Delivered: UN Third Committee Priorities [...] (C) SUMMARY. Poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Director General for Multilateral Policy and International Organizations Lourdes Puma on 29 October. DG Puma said Ecuador agreed with the U.S. position that no action motions were not helpful and said the Ecuad [...]	2009-10-29 22:39:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA EC PHUM
09QUITO951	CORREA AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS: ATTACKS FROM THE LEFT? [...] (... id: 234456 date: 11/13/2009 0:05 refid: 09QUITO951 origin: Embassy Quito classification: CONFIDENTIAL destination: 09QUITO877 header: INFO LOG-00 AF-00 AID-00 AMAD-00 CIAE-00 INL-00 DODE-00 ANHR-00 DS-00 EAP-00 DHSE-00 OIGO-00 VCI-00 H-00 TEDE-00 IN [...]	2009-11-13 00:05:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ELAB EC
09QUITO963	GOE Defensive on Benefits of Correa's Trip to UK and Russia [...] (SBU) Summary: President Rafael Correa's visits to the UK and Russia on October 26-30 have elicited media carping on the large delegation, Correa's statement about considering recognition of Ossetia and Abkhazia, and what were seen as meager outcomes. Correa's backers and the MFA defended the [...]	2009-11-17 21:36:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN MARR KPKO KHDP EC RS GG UK
09QUITO967	ECUADOR ON U.S. CANDIDACY FOR IMO COUNCIL [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 16, following a previous Embassy demarche (Ref B). Puma said that Ecuador was aware that 11 countries were competing for the ten positions on the International Maritime Organization Council [...]	2009-11-17 22:05:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL IMO EWWT PHSA UK EC
09QUITO969	Ecuador on U.S. Candidacy for IDLO [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 16. Puma said that Ecuador was not heavily involved in the International Development Law Organization (IDLO),and was still reviewing possible candidacies for the Director General positi [...]	2009-11-17 22:06:00	Embassy Quito	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO EC
09QUITO971	Ecuador on U.S. Candidacy for WHO Executive Board [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on November 16. Puma said that Ecuador understood the importance of the USG's leadership and contributions to the World Health Organization (WHO) and Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Puma sai [...]	2009-11-17 22:16:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL TBIO EAID WHO EC
09QUITO985	Ecuador Demarche Response - Opposing Anti-Israel UNGA [...] (C) PolOff delivered Ref A points on November 19, but has not been able to obtain a substantive response. However, based on previous demarches (Refs B and C),and with Ecuador's deepening relations with Iran, Post believes that the GOE is not likely to change its previous practice of voting in [...]	2009-11-23 22:42:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL EC IS LE SY
09QUITO999	PRM DAS Robinson Visit to Quito and Ecuador's Northern [...] (C) SUMMARY. Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) DAS David Robinson visited Ecuador on November 5-6 to discuss refugee programs and conditions. During meetings with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Government and Police, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, R [...]	2009-11-25 23:44:00	Embassy Quito	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREF PGOV PTER KCRM SMIG SNAR SOCI EC CO
09RABAT1004	MUSTAPHA RAMID: MOROCCO NEEDS REAL REFORM; U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a December 10 meeting with PolOff, leading Islamist politician Mustapha Ramid stressed that he is pro-monarchy, but openly and frankly criticized the Government; suggested that Morocco was moving in the wrong direction; and called for a devolution of the king's powers. Engagin [...]	2009-12-24 09:41:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KISL IS MO
09RABAT1018	GUINEA LATEST: DADIS AND BEYOND? [...] (S/NF) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX told PolOffs on December 30 that despite Dadis Camara's apparent desire to depart Morocco (Ref A),he is in no condition to travel and will not be able to resume control of the country. Minister of National Defense Sekouba Konate and an assistant, Mr. Bah, along wi [...]	2009-12-31 14:55:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PINS PGOV PREL PINR GV MO
09RABAT115	MOROCCO TO PARTICIPATE IN GICNT WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel message inviting Morocco to participate in the April Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Workshop in Garmisch, Germany to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane on February 3. Farhane confirmed on February 6 [...]	2009-02-06 16:04:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC MO
09RABAT124	FLOODS RAVAGE MOROCCO'S NORTH, BUT AGRICULTURE [...] (U) Summary. Early and sustained rains have recharged reservoirs and raised hopes of good 2009 harvests. The rosy agricultural output projections are one of the few bright spots in Morocco's 2009 GDP growth outlook. The unusually high level of precipitation has caused flood damage in parts o [...]	2009-02-09 14:17:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SOCI MO
09RABAT132	TAOUNATE TOUGH ON CANNABIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following success in western Morocco, Morocco's anti-cannabis efforts now focus on Taounate, a province in the Rif mountains on the eastern side of the major growing areas. Provincial authorities are making strong efforts to educate local residents about the negative aspects [...]	2009-02-10 17:50:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCOR KCRM SP MO
09RABAT151	MOROCCO'S SCHOOL FOR FUTURE GOVERNORS SEEKS U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: A military academy that is a combination of A-100, ROTC, and an MPA program, the newly revamped Institute for Territorial Administrators in Kenitra, trains the future cadre that will run Morocco's local governance system. The new curriculum aims to instill democratic values i [...]	2009-02-18 08:04:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM MASS KDEM KWMN MO
09RABAT160	MOROCCO AGREES TO HOST "GLOBAL INITIATIVE" [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Morocco agrees to host a Global Initiative Conference in Rabat on June 3-5 on the topic, "preventing illicit trafficking in nuclear and radioactive materials." End Summary. 2. (SBU) Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azz [...]	2009-02-23 10:34:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINS PREL PTER KGIC KNNP MO
09RABAT161	ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW [...] (SBU) The Mission has identified three key priorities for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) judicial sector and law enforcement support to Morocco: anti-corruption, counterterrorism (CT) and general technical support. These priorities reflect Government of Morocco (GOM) requ [...]	2009-02-23 10:58:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID SNAR ASEC PTER SOCI KJUS KCRM MO
09RABAT170	GAZA, GUANTANAMO, AND A LEFTIST THAW: MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) A leftist human rights activist broke a long-standing boycott to meet with us on February 17, after he was barred from entering Tunis for a human rights conference in late January. The fact of the meeting was a sign of a nascent but broad thaw beginning to take place due to the change [...]	2009-02-25 18:37:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS MO
09RABAT175	GOM RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON RELIABLE ACCESS TO [...] (SBU) EconOff conveyed reftel points on February 26 to Abdellaziz Hannaji, the IAEA Technical Liaison of the Ministry of Energy, Mines, Water and the Environment (MEMEE). Hannaji appreciated hearing the USG perspective, but noted that MEMEE would provide its opinion on the feasibility of nucl [...]	2009-02-27 15:44:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY AORC KNNP IAEA MO
09RABAT177	GOM SUPPORTIVE OF USG PARTICIPATION IN THE UN [...] (SBU) On February 27, PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Humanitarian and Social Affairs Director Abdelmounaim El Farouq (Note: The MFA's human rights point person. End Note.). 2. (C) El Farouq welcomed the Human Rights Council statement, adding that he had made just such a recommendat [...]	2009-02-27 17:10:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IO MO
09RABAT200	MOROCCO: DETAILS OF MOROCCO'S DIPLOMATIC BREAK [...] (C) Summary: The senior Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) official in charge of Middle East and Islamic affairs told us that Morocco broke relations with Iran due to Iran's negative reaction to GOM support for Bahrain's sovereignty, Shia proselytizing activities in Morocco and Iran, [...]	2009-03-12 19:36:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR SCUL KISL IR MO
09RABAT201	MOROCCO: 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT SPARKS [...] (SBU) The Moroccan and Western Sahara chapters of the 2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices sparked high interest and comments ranging from favorable to deeply critical. The embassy rollout included multiple television and radio interviews by the Charge d'Affaires (CDA) and Embassy [...]	2009-03-12 22:28:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO WI MO
09RABAT215	MOROCCO OUTLINES GLOBAL INITIATIVE CONFERENCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Moroccan MFA passed to Embassy Rabat a concept paper of its planned Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism conference in Rabat (June 3-5),which will focus on the topic of preventing illicit trafficking in nuclear/radioactive materials. The Moroccan MFA wants to know [...]	2009-03-18 16:38:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER MNUC KGIC MO
09RABAT221	MIXED REVIEWS ON MOROCCO'S LEVEL OF RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: A range of government, religious, and education leaders told EmbOffs and visiting DRL/IRF officer that while tolerance is broadly observed in practice, some problem remain. Government forbearance for perhaps 150 foreign Christian missionaries was being stretched, they said, as p [...]	2009-03-19 18:54:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KIRF PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KPAO MO
09RABAT223	MOROCCO WILL PARTICIPATE IN REGIONAL PROLIFERATION [...] (SBU) Poloff and Legatt met with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Security and Disarmament Affairs Section Chief Bouchaib Eloumni on March 13 and encouraged Morocco to send up to six participants to the Regional Proliferation Security Initiative Counter-proliferation Workshop in Bu [...]	2009-03-20 10:18:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KNNP ZR MO
09RABAT230	MOROCCO: FIRST QUARTER 2009 HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: The first quarter of 2009 has seen several incidents of concern in the Moroccan human rights arena. The most significant of these is a late March pressure campaign against Morocco's Shi,a minority, linked to the Government of Morocco's (GOM,s) angry severing of diplomatic relati [...]	2009-03-24 17:43:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KISL IR MO
09RABAT234	THE OTHER MOROCCO PART 1, POLITICS: THE TRUST GAP [...] (C) Summary: During a winter visit to the Middle Atlas Mountains, PolOff encountered poverty, accusations of local governmental inefficiency, and anger over slow response to weather-related crises. Citizens have an ingrained and almost reflexive distrust of government and worry about endemic [...]	2009-03-26 09:18:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM ECON MO
09RABAT237	THE OTHER MOROCCO PART 2, ECONOMICS: MISERY IN THE [...] (C) In February, Berbers in the snow-bound region of the Middle Atlas Mountains felt disconnected from Morocco's broader economic boom. They expressed anger at the urban-centered influence networks that they said treated their villages and raw materials like chattel, preventing communities f [...]	2009-03-26 15:47:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR KDEM ECON MO
09RABAT246	MOROCCO: ENHANCING WOMEN,S RIGHTS AND MOBILIZING [...] (C) Following up on the March 21 launch of the Middle East Partnership Initiative- (MEPI-) financed training for women candidates in the June municipal elections, Minister of Social Development, the Family and Solidarity Nouzha Skalli reminded Charge and PolOff that although 12 percent of seat [...]	2009-03-27 17:49:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ELAB EAID PGOV KWMN MO
09RABAT252	SCENESETTER FOR DAS SPIRNAK'S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: DAS Spirnak, we are looking forward to your visit to Morocco. The Kingdom is a country "on the move", in the throes, albeit unevenly, of change and reform as detailed in reftel. Morocco is one of our strongest allies in the Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) region [...]	2009-03-30 15:11:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OTRA PHUM PGOV PREL KMPI KDEM WI MO
09RABAT265	CHRISTIAN MISSIONARIES EXPELLED FROM MOROCCO; [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan authorities expelled five expatriate female Christian missionaries from the country Sunday morning for proselytizing and their involvement leading a regular women's Bible study group in Casablanca, according to press and church sources. The Moroccan women in the study [...]	2009-04-01 15:30:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KPAO KIRF MO
09RABAT281	MOROCCO'S ANTI-SHI'A CAMPAIGN: IRAQIS TARGETED, [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Morocco's campaign against Moroccan Shi'a appears to have abated after delivering a strong message to Islamic activists. The campaign included confiscation of Shi'a books and interrogation of some Shi'a leaders. Civil society is beginning to publicly criticize [...]	2009-04-03 19:07:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS PREL SCUL KIRF KISL IR MO
09RABAT282	MOROCCO SAYS IT IS IN FINAL REVIEW OF SOFA AND [...] (C) Summary: Senior Moroccan government and military officials assured visiting Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs Bruce Lemkin and Charge that the Government of Morocco (GOM) was in the final stages of review for both the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and t [...]	2009-04-06 07:52:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PINS MCAP MO
09RABAT286	PJD LEADERS DISCUSS ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary: Leaders of the "moderate faction" of the Islamist-inspired Party of Justice and Development (PJD) have acknowledged the party has been under some pressure from authorities, but emphasized that they have not been intimidated into trimming their sails. They said the PJD decision [...]	2009-04-06 16:02:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KISL MO
09RABAT289	CORRECTED COPY: XXXXXXXXXXXX LINKS MOROCCAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Morocco broke diplomatic relations with Iran and began a campaign against its domestic Shi'a minority at Saudi Arabian instigation, according to XXXXXXXXXXXX. According to XXXXXXXXXXXX, Tehran had been using Morocco and its Embassy in Rabat for activities in Mali and Senegal. Dome [...]	2009-04-06 16:46:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PINR SCUL KISL IR SA EG MO
09RABAT313	MOROCCO: SHI'A THOUGHTS ON RECENT GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: Representatives from the Iraqi Shi'a Muslim community met with PolOff to recount recent GOM activities targeting Shi,ites following last month's break in diplomatic relations between Morocco and Iran. While the situation is ameliorating, there remain unresolved issues such as th [...]	2009-04-13 09:03:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS PREL SCUL KIRF KISL IR MO
09RABAT336	MOROCCO: INSIGHTS INTO RECENT MISSIONARY EXPULSION [...] (C) Summary: Morocco's expulsion of five Christian women last month accused of proselytizing has created a flurry of concern among the approximate 4,000 local Christians who meet regularly throughout Morocco. Three local Christian leaders from Casablanca (one of whom legally imports and sells [...]	2009-04-20 14:00:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SCUL SOCI KPAO KIRF SP MO
09RABAT342	MOROCCO COMMITS TO GICNT PLENARY MEETING AT THE [...] (SBU) Summary: Morocco plans to participate in the upcoming GICNT plenary session at The Hague June 16-17 and will give a presentation during the conference. Morocco seeks U.S. high level participation in the GICNT seminar it plans to host in Rabat June 3-5 and requests information on the ma [...]	2009-04-21 19:35:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER MNUC KGIC KNNP RS NL MO
09RABAT353	RABAT SEES AMU MAINTAINING ITS COURSE ON [...] (C) Summary: The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) decision to send observers to Mauritania was confirmed by the recent ministerial in Tripoli, in which the junta's Foreign Minister had a full role, according to the Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (MFA) lead on the AMU. MFA AMU [...]	2009-04-24 16:16:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM MR TS LY AG MO
09RABAT36	MOROCCO: EFFECTIVENESS OF UN EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (U) This cable responds to Ref A request for information on UN efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) involving UN peacekeeping mission personnel in the Western Sahara and Moroccan peacekeepers in Cote d'Ivoire. This message was cleared with CO [...]	2009-01-14 09:16:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KPKO CG IV WI MO
09RABAT364	REQUEST FOR MORE U.S. PARTICIPATION IN UPCOMING [...] (U) This is an action request (see paragraph 3-5). 2. (SBU) Summary: The Government of Morocco (GOM) appreciates United States Government (USG) support for the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Conference to be hosted in Rabat June 3-5. The GOM requests additional U [...]	2009-04-29 18:04:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC FR NL PK RU MO
09RABAT374	GENDER AND RELIGIOUS REFORM: WOMEN "IMAMS" IN [...] (C) Summary: Morocco has successfully made gender a central component of religious reform in its efforts to both counter religious extremism and promote women's participation in all areas of civic life. Beginning with the ground-breaking 2004 reform of the Family Code (Moudawana),and exten [...]	2009-05-03 18:32:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV SOCI KISL KWMN MO
09RABAT384	MOROCCO NOT YET READY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO [...] (C) "For the moment, Morocco does not intend to recognize Kosovo," newly-appointed Director of Bilateral Affairs responsible for Europe, Abdellah Zagour, told PolCouns and Poloff on May 5 (his earliest available meeting). He described the GOM's position as moderate, explaining that Morocco i [...]	2009-05-05 17:15:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EFIN KV MO
09RABAT4	MOROCCO READY TO SIGN SEISMIC AGREEMENT, AGREES ON [...] (SBU) The Government of Morocco (GOM) accepted and incorporated all of the Department's conformity suggestions (Ref A) into the Arabic language version of the Agreement Between The Government Of The United States Of America And The Government Of The Kingdom Of Morocco Regarding The Developme [...]	2009-01-02 15:19:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL TPHY KTBT KSCI KTIA MO
09RABAT408	OPENING UP AGAIN? MOROCCAN PRISON ADMINISTRATION [...] (S/NF) Summary: This cable responds to Ref A request for information and provides a broader general update on Morocco's prison situation and the now year-old Prison Administration. Overcrowded and underfunded, Morocco's prisons are in a difficult, but changing situation. They have won increasing in [...]	2009-05-15 12:35:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PHUM SOCI EAID SNAR PTER KCRM MO
09RABAT416	MOROCCO GEARING UP FOR GICNT CONFERENCE IN RABAT [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel message regarding U.S. participation in the upcoming June 3-5 Global Initiative To Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) conference in Rabat to Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Section of Disarmament and Security Affairs Bouchaib Eloumni on May 18. Eloumn [...]	2009-05-18 16:17:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC MO
09RABAT485	20,000 MUSLIM WOMEN RUNNING FOR ELECTION IN MOROCCO [...] (SBU) Summary: The June 12th municipal elections will be a landmark in women's participation in Moroccan political life, and the effects of the government's decision to reserve seats for female candidates are already being felt in society. An astounding 20,000 women are poised to run in the [...]	2009-06-09 18:10:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN KISL KDEM SOCI MO
09RABAT486	GOM COUNTER-DRUG EFFORTS IN CHEFCHAOUAN HAVE [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan efforts to eradicate cannabis cultivation in the northern part of the country have been successful enough to prompt some voters to boycott the coming local elections. In the northern province of Chefchouan, heart of Morocco's cannabis producing region, various party ca [...]	2009-06-10 11:29:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR SOCI PGOV MO
09RABAT495	MOROCCO SEEKS SUPPORT FOR GICNT 1ST COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) Morocco Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of the United Nations and International Organizations Directorate Azzedine Farhane met with Poloff today and said that Morocco would like to jointly sponsor, with the United States and Russia, a United Nations (UN) 1st Committee resolution to pro [...]	2009-06-11 17:51:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER MNUC KGIC KNNP RU NL MO
09RABAT497	PRE-ELECTION MANEUVERS OF PAM AND PM HIGHLIGHT THE [...] (SBU) Summary: The kickoff of the campaign for local elections in Morocco on May 29 was enlivened when the Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) announced that it was withdrawing support from Prime Minister (PM) Abbas El Fassi's government, threatening a parliamentary crisis. The PAM, wh [...]	2009-06-12 12:37:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR KDEM MO
09RABAT516	SECRETARY GENERAL LEADS MOROCCAN DELEGATION TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-16 17:41:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC MO
09RABAT517	MOROCCO: PARTY OF AUTHENTICITY AND MODERNITY [...] (C) Summary: Seven million Moroccans, or 52.4 percent of eligible voters, participated in nationwide local/communal elections in Morocco on Friday, June 12, according to the Moroccan Ministry of Interior. Garnering over 20 percent of the vote, the Palace-favored Party of Authenticity and Mo [...]	2009-06-17 12:48:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM MO
09RABAT520	MOROCCO CONSIDERING LEVEL OF INTEREST IN POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) Poloff met with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Head of Section of Security and Disarmament Affairs Bouchaib Eloumni on June 17 to discuss reftel and Morocco's level of interest in membership of the G-8 Global [...]	2009-06-17 17:59:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETTC PARM PREL TRGY KNNP MO
09RABAT521	MOROCCO REVIEWING GICNT MODEL GUIDELINES DOCUMENT [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Moroccan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of Section of Security and Disarmament Affairs Bouchaib Eloumni on June 17 to discuss reftel seeking Morocco's comments on the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) Model Guidelines Document. Eloumni reminded Pol [...]	2009-06-17 18:02:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC MO
09RABAT542	MOROCCO GIVES CLEAR SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1874 [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-26 13:59:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN MO
09RABAT543	CHARGE RAISES CASES WITH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: Ahmed Herzenni, Chairman of Morocco's Consultative Council on Human Rights (CCDH),told Charge that the Council would look into the case of human rights activist Chakib al Khyari, President of the Association for Human Rights in the Rif (ARDH). Post will follow up in light of al [...]	2009-06-26 21:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO MO
09RABAT544	EMBASSY DELIVERS TIP REPORT TO KEY MOROCCANS [...] (C) On June 15, PolOffs delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report to Ambassador Nasser Bourita, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Chief of Staff and Director General for Multilateral Relations and Global Cooperation. On June 17, Charge delivered it to Minister of S [...]	2009-06-26 21:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM EAID KCRM KTIP MO
09RABAT545	PRIORITY AREAS FOR INL SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Mission-wide meetings and encounters with the top Moroccan law enforcement and justice officials with INL and NEA/MAG confirm there is excellent prospect for expanded collaboration across the range of law and justice assistance programs. USG support for Moroccan judicial refo [...]	2009-06-26 22:25:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PHUM EAID EXBS KJUS ASEC KCRM MO
09RABAT65	MOROCCO HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: ATMOSPHERICALY [...] (C) Surprisingly positive atmospherics and a less combative tone than in the past characterized the annual Human Rights Dialogue with the Government of Morocco (GOM) in early January. GOM officials described themselves as "satisfied" with the way the dialogue has evolved since its inception [...]	2009-01-22 18:22:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL WI MO
09RABAT67	MOROCCO CLOSES EMBASSY IN CARACAS, BUT CHAVEZ GAZA [...] (C) Venezuela's decision to appoint an Ambassador to the POLISARIO's self-declared government-in-exile in Tindouf prompted Rabat to close its Embassy in Caracas, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Americas Director Fouad Yazorh confirmed to PolCouns on January 15. An MFA press release that da [...]	2009-01-23 08:38:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPAL KWBG VE WI MO
09RABAT679	LANDMARK TERRORISM CASE RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: On July 28, a Sale court sentenced Moroccan-Belgian Abdelkader Belleraj to life in prison (instead of the death penalty requested by prosecutors) for running an international terrorist network. The 34 other defendants on trial with Belleraj received sentences ranging from one t [...]	2009-08-06 19:14:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PTER KISL MO
09RABAT719	PHONE CALL JUSTICE: MEDDLING IN MOROCCO'S JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary: The Moroccan judicial system suffers from both a lack of independence and a lack of public confidence, and it remains an impediment to the country's development and reform efforts. Recognizing these problems, King Mohammed VI has called for a comprehensive reform of the judicial sys [...]	2009-08-24 18:11:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM CJAN EAID PGOV KJUS KCRM MO
09RABAT785	MOROCCO: STAFFDEL HOGREFE DIALOGUES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Staffdel Hogrefe, the head of the Government of Morocco's (GOM) Consultative Counsel for Human Rights (CCDH) said that work in accounting for and compensating the families of government human rights abuses during the reign of the late King Hassan II is almost [...]	2009-09-18 09:18:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV OREP MO
09RABAT793	MOROCCO ACCEPTS U.S. INVITATION FOR INFORMAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-23 19:15:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KTBT MO
09RABAT833	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GICNT EPG POSTPONED AND TERMS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-08 17:46:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL PTER KGIC MO
09RABAT849	MOROCCO: SEVEN SAHRAWI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven Sahrawi activists who had participated in a heavily publicized visit to Algiers and to the Polisario camps in Tindouf, Algeria, were arrested in Casablanca upon their return on October 8. The activists were charged with "intelligence cooperation with a foreign entity" after [...]	2009-10-16 16:26:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MO AG WI
09RABAT857	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PREPARATIONS FOR THE NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-20 17:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG IAEA PREL PTER MO
09RABAT870	FOLLOW UP WITH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE ON MOROCCAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 22:07:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET	PHUM PTER PREL KJUS MO
09RABAT874	MOROCCO'S RESPONSE: 64TH UNGA, THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered subject demarche to Abdelmounaim El Farouq, Chief of the MFA's Division on Humanitarian and Social Questions, Oct. 26. El Farouq said the GOM would support the country-specific resolutions concerning Burma and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. El Farouq also [...]	2009-10-28 09:15:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL MO
09RABAT875	MARRAKESH'S FIRST FEMALE MAYOR SETS AN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Marrakesh Mayor Fatima Zohra El Mansouri, the first female mayor of a major Moroccan city, discussed with PolOffs her goals of providing good governance and bringing real improvements to the lives of Marakesh's residents. She also described the challenges of managing a city h [...]	2009-10-28 14:08:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SOCI MO
09RABAT877	PALACE PARTY SEEKS TO DOMINATE THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: In the short span of two years the Party of Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) has gone from being a loosely defined political association to a political powerhouse that dominated the June 2009 municipal elections. The PAM now controls the upper house of Parli [...]	2009-10-28 19:14:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM MO
09RABAT880	MOROCCO SEEKS BROADER LEGAL COOPERATION WITH U.S. [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-29 14:08:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM CJAN EAID PGOV KJUS KCRM MO
09RABAT90	MOROCCAN AUTHORITIES THWART MAJOR INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: In one of the nation's largest anti-drug operations to date, on January 13 Government of Morocco (GOM) officials arrested 81 individuals, including officers from the Royal Navy, Gendarmerie, and Auxiliary Forces, allegedly involved in an international drug trafficking ring in the [...]	2009-01-30 18:42:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SNAR PINS KCOR KCRM SP MO
09RABAT912	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AFGHAN PRESIDENTIAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-16 11:11:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL XD AF MO
09RABAT920	MOROCCO: DEMARCHE ON OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered subject demarche to Redouane Houssaini, Head of the MFA's United Nations Division, on November 20th. Houssaini stated that Morocco's voting record on these issues was well established, and that it would continue to be heavily influenced by the GOM's affiliation with th [...]	2009-11-20 16:59:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE MO
09RABAT931	TZIPI LIVNI,S VISIT TO MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: Moroccan Foreign Minister Fassi Fihri met with Israel's Tzipi Livni Nov. 20 in Tangier and emphasized three points: (1) Livni's Kadima Party ought continue to push the Netanyahu government toward peace negotiations even though it faces an uphill battle as an opposition party; (2 [...]	2009-11-25 13:58:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PNAT KPAL XF IS MO
09RABAT934	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA REPORT ON SYRIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-25 16:21:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM IAEA KNNP SYR MO
09RABAT945	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: LEADING EDGE 2010 UPDATE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 09:25:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	MNUC PARM PREL KNNP MO
09RABAT947	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: AMPLIFYING THE PRESIDENT'S [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-02 16:59:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV XD AF MO
09RABAT97	MOROCCO POCS FOR NONPROLIFERATION ISSUES [...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Head of United Nations Division Azzedine Farhane is the primary Government of Morocco (GOM) point of contact (POC) for Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) related issues. Poloff Jimmy Mauldin will remain Post's primary POC on NPT issues until June 2009. 2. (SB [...]	2009-02-02 17:41:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ENRG MNUC PARM PGOV PREL KNNP MO
09RABAT971	FOURTH HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH THE GOVERNMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Mission held its fourth annual Human Rights Dialogue with the Government of Morocco (GOM) on December 1. On the Moroccan side, this year's Dialogue was chaired by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and included representatives from the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and the Ministry [...]	2009-12-11 14:16:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV MO
09RABAT977	WESTERN SAHARA: SAHRAWI ACTIVISTS CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of King Mohammed VI's stern November 6 speech, Sahrawi pro-independence and human rights activists report a tangible uptick in police harassment and decreased tolerance for freedom of expression in Western Sahara. They have refrained from organizing demonstrations or [...]	2009-12-15 16:47:00	Embassy Rabat	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREF PREL UN MO WI
09RABAT98	Special Media Reaction: President Obama's initial days spark [...] The Moroccan press has widely and enthusiastically covered the major events of President Obama's first few weeks in office, highlighting the messages directed to the Muslim world in his inaugural address, the initial decisions to close Gitmo and CIA secret prisons and restrict interrogation te [...]	2009-02-03 10:58:00	Embassy Rabat	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO EAID KMPI MO
09RABAT988	GUINEA: UPDATE ON DADIS CAMARA'S HEALTH [...] (S) Summary: In separate meetings on December 16 with the Moroccan Foreign Minister Taieb Fassi Fihri and XXXXXXXXXXXX the Mission learned that the health of wounded Guinean junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara has improved and that his release from the hospital may be imminent. Fassi Fihr [...]	2009-12-17 18:40:00	Embassy Rabat	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PGOV PREL XA MO
09RANGOON120	BURMA: NLD SOUL SEARCHING ON SANCTIONS, BAN VISIT [...] (C) The National League for Democracy (NLD) has issued a correction to its February 17 "Special Statement" to clarify that the NLD has not changed its stance on sanctions. The original statement contained language interpreted by some media as criticizing economic sanctions. Party leaders no [...]	2009-02-24 07:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON164	BURMA: HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES VISITS BURMA [...] (C) UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Antonio Guterres' March 7-12 visit to Burma was strictly controlled by the GOB, according to local UN staff. Guterres visited Nay Pyi Taw, Sittwe (Rakhine State),and Myeik (Thanintharyi Division). Guterres met with the Ministers for Home Affair [...]	2009-03-13 07:40:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF BM
09RANGOON204	BURMA: KEY KACHIN GROUPS WORKING TO FORM A [...] (C) Summary. In an April 1 meeting with P/E Chief and Poloffs, Kachin peace negotiator Dr. Saboi Jum told us that a coalition of Kachin cease-fire groups is actively working to form a political party to participate in the 2010 elections. The new party, tentatively named the Kachin State Progr [...]	2009-04-02 06:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR BM
09RANGOON215	BURMA: RUMORED MILITARY RESHUFFLING [...] (S/NF) Summary. State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) Secretary One Tin Aung Myint Oo was promoted to full General in late March and may also have been named "Military Advisor to the Senior General," according to a P/E contact. While state media began to refer to him as "General" on Marc [...]	2009-04-08 07:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON222	BURMA: KACHIN NLD DISCUSSES U.S. POLICY; ELECTIONS [...] (C) Charge Dinger and poloff traveled to Kachin State in Burma's far north April 3-7 to take the political temperature and observe an embassy small-grant environmental project. Police Special Branch (SB) attention made political discussions difficult, though brave National League for Democrac [...]	2009-04-10 04:09:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON226	BURMA'S WATER FESTIVAL: OPPOSITION LAYS LOW; THUGS [...] (C) Burma's political opposition laid low during the April 13-17 Thingyan water festival and Burmese New Year, with no overt political activities reported during the five-day long national celebration. However, thugs, presumably on orders from the regime, beat up five National League for Dem [...]	2009-04-20 07:34:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON230	BURMA: TWO NLD OFFICIALS ARRESTED AFTER LEADING [...] (C) NLD spokesman Nyan Win told us that on April 22, authorities arrested two Rangoon-based NLD officials after they led a Buddhist prayer meeting at a local pagoda to call for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and all political prisoners. Security officials arrested Twuntay Township NLD vice p [...]	2009-04-22 07:18:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM

09RANGOON233	BURMA: REGIME CHARGES NLD MEMBERS WITH RELIGIOUS [...] (C) NLD spokesman Nyan Win informed us that two Rangoon-based NLD officials arrested on April 22 have been charged with defaming the Buddhist religion. Authorities charged U Chit Phay and U Maung Soe Wai under section 295 A of the penal code at a Twuntay township court the afternoon of their [...]	2009-04-24 06:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON264	BURMA: POLICE SEARCH ASSK'S COMPOUND; RUMORS [...] (C) As of COB May 11, Embassy Rangoon has not received consular access to AmCit John Yettaw, whom Burmese authorities detained May 6 for allegedly swimming to Aung San Suu Kyi's home and remaining there for two days (Reftel). Charge and other Embassy officers continue to press the Ministries [...]	2009-05-11 07:05:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM
09RANGOON273	BURMA: REGIME GRANTS ACCESS TO AMCIT; NO NEWS ON [...] (C) The GOB granted consular access late in the day on May 13 to John Yettaw (septel),who has confirmed he swam to the home of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and stayed for 44 hours. Yettaw told us Burmese authorities have treated him "wonderfully;" he is fine (see proposed press guidance at para 8 [...]	2009-05-13 08:12:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM
09RANGOON281	BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI'S LAWYER ON NEXT STEPS IN [...] (C) Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) personal attorney, Kyi Win (aka Neville),told us May 15 he expects to meet with his client again within the next two days to prepare for the May 18 court hearing. Neville said that ASSK was "disgusted" by Amcit John Yettaw's intrusion to her home and told him to [...]	2009-05-15 07:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM CASC PINR BM
09RANGOON288	BURMA: FIRST WITNESSES IN ASSK/YETTAW TRIAL; AMCIT [...] (SBU) On May 18, Consul attended the opening session of the trial against Amcit John William Yettaw, Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),and ASSK's two live-in aides at a special court in Insein prison. Consul was permitted to observe the proceedings, but was told he could not speak with Mr. Yettaw unt [...]	2009-05-18 09:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM
09RANGOON301	BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI/YETTAW TRIAL, DAY FOUR [...] (C) The May 21 session of the trial against Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and John Yettaw focused on the examination of Yettaw's personal belongings, including photos and videos he took inside ASSK's residence. With the exception of Embassy Consul, no diplomats or journalists attended, which was [...]	2009-05-21 07:30:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BM
09RANGOON320	BURMA: NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY: PROTESTS [...] (C) On May 28, police near Insein Prison arrested a solo protestor who unfurled a sign calling for Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) release. Authorities have increased the security presence in Rangoon to guard against mass protests. National League for Democracy (NLD) leaders told us the party has [...]	2009-05-29 06:38:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON328	BURMA: FAMILY DETAINED AFTER SEEKING EMBASSY [...] (SBU) On June 4 a family of five, plus a friend, approached the Embassy front gate holding Burmese-language signs appealing for Embassy assistance with the case of a detained family member. They did not claim any political affiliation and did not raise any political issues. They voluntarily [...]	2009-06-04 05:48:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC CASC BM PGOV
09RANGOON342	BURMA: MIXED NLD MESSAGES ON DIALOGUE [...] (C) On June 8, Charge met with National League for Democracy (NLD) Central Executive Committee (CEC) members Khin Maung Swe, U Nyunt Wai, and U Than Tun to discuss questions posed by Labor Minister (also Relations with Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) Minister) Major General Aung Kyi in response to an [...]	2009-06-09 06:49:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON411	BURMA - ASSK TRIAL DELAYED; DEFENSE CONSIDERS MORE [...] (SBU) In a brief session on July 3, judges in the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and Amcit John Yettaw announced a further delay in the proceedings until July 10. Defense witness Daw Khin Mot Mot attended the hearing, but was unable to testify. Presumably, she will testify once the trial [...]	2009-07-03 03:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM
09RANGOON418	BURMA: BAN DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGES; GENERALS DON'T REPLY [...] (C) During UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's July 3-4 visit to Burma, he met with Than Shwe, PM Thein Sein, several opposition and ethnic leaders, and his UN Country Team. Ban reportedly conveyed a strong message on the need for political and economic reform to the generals. He also visited [...]	2009-07-07 10:22:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON443	BURMA: SHAN NATIONALITIES LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY [...] (C) The Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD) does not plan to participate in Burma's 2010 parliamentary elections unless its demands calling for the release of all political prisoners and a tripartite dialogue are met. SNLD leaders outlined for us the party's pre- and post-election [...]	2009-07-15 05:33:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR BM
09RANGOON447	BURMA: CEASEFIRE GROUPS COUNTER JUNTA BORDER GUARD [...] (C) Many key ethnic ceasefire groups from Kachin and Shan States have rejected GOB proposals to transform their armed wings into an integrated armed force led by the Burma Army (BA). In late June, four ceasefire groups signed a Memorandum of Understanding among themselves as they separately r [...]	2009-07-17 05:43:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON457	BURMA'S JUDICIARY: TRAPPINGS OF FAIRNESS WITH A [...] (C) Discussions with leading Burmese opposition lawyers paint a picture of a criminal justice system that often has the trappings of independence, but is in effect under the direction of the regime. The outcomes of politically-sensitive cases are predetermined, with civilian prosecutors and [...]	2009-07-21 09:26:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON470	BURMA: CLOSING ARGUMENTS CONTINUE IN ASSK/YETTAW [...] (SBU) Closing arguments in the trial of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),her two live-in assistants, and John Yettaw continued July 27. Defense lawyers focused on the invalidity of the 1974 constitution and the lack of culpable conduct by the defendants. The prosecutor reiterated the rules pertaining [...]	2009-07-27 11:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM
09RANGOON475	BURMA: ASSK TRIAL: WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) Aung San Suu Kyi's attorneys expect judges could postpone announcement of a verdict in her case for up to two weeks from July 31. They plan to appeal a guilty verdict, a process composed of three potential stages that could extend for 3-4 months. ASSK, in a personal statement provided b [...]	2009-07-29 10:20:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	CASC PGOV PHUM PREL BM
09RANGOON480	BURMA: GOB REJECTS KACHIN GROUP BORDER GUARD FORCE [...] (C) Burmese regime officials have rejected the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) "Independence Guard Force" counterproposal to the GOB's "Border Guard Force" (BGF) proposal and seem intent to push ahead with the original BGF. The regime is anxious to complete negotiations with armed cea [...]	2009-07-31 07:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON481	BURMA: GOB REJECTS KACHIN GROUP BORDER GUARD FORCE [...] (C) Burmese regime officials have rejected the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO) "Independence Guard Force" counterproposal to the GOB's "Border Guard Force" (BGF) proposal and seem intent to push ahead with the original BGF. The regime is anxious to complete negotiations with armed cea [...]	2009-07-31 07:14:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON524	ASSK VERDICT AFTERMATH: STREETS CALM; LAWYERS TO [...] (C) According to various NLD sources, Aung Sang Suu Kyi (ASSK) and her two assistants will appeal their August 11 conviction. ASSK's legal team also were scheduled to meet August 12 with ASSK and police Special Branch to discuss the mechanism for ASSK to receive visitors with the GOB's permi [...]	2009-08-12 15:31:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON527	NLD UNCLES SEE POSSIBLE OPENING IN THAN SHWE'S [...] (C) The NLD is taking a two-track approach in responding publicly to the Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) verdict: strongly condemning the trial itself, but also acknowledging the easing of restrictions of her house arrest. Privately, Central Executive Committee (CEC) members welcomed Than Shwe's re [...]	2009-08-13 11:10:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON544	NATIONAL LEAGUE FOR DEMOCRACY CAUTIOUSLY [...] (C) We provided a readout August 18 to the National League for Democracy on Senator Webb's meetings with Than Shwe and Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),while also seeking the party's views on the visit and next steps. Although party elders do not agree with some of Senator Webb's views, particularl [...]	2009-08-19 10:35:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON561	BURMA: RUMORS OF POSSIBLE MONK-LED DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) 88 Generation Students leader Toe Kyaw Hlaing told P/E chief and Poloff August 25 that, according to his monastery contacts, monks may be planning peaceful demonstrations and symbolic refusal of alms on October 3, the Full Moon day of Thadingyut (end of Buddhist lent). (Note: During the [...]	2009-08-26 10:28:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON608	SUBJECT: BURMA: NLD'S WIN TIN QUESTIONED; ASSK [...] (C) In a September 14 meeting with P/E Chief and Poloff, National League for Democracy (NLD) Central Executive Committee (CEC) member Win Tin confirmed media reports that he was detained and released by Burmese police September 12. Special Branch officers questioned Win Tin for one and a half [...]	2009-09-14 10:02:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON628	88 GENERATION ACTIVISTS DETAIL PRISON CONDITIONS; [...] (C) In a September 17 meeting with P/E chief and Poloff, 88 Generation Students (88GS) activist Soe Htun and human rights activist Myat Ko Ko expressed growing concern over the poor conditions of Burma's prisons and political prisoners' lack of basic necessities. Soe Htun, who continues his w [...]	2009-09-18 11:03:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON63	GAMBARI WITH UN COUNTRY TEAM; SHAN ETHNIC PARTY [...] (SBU) Embassy Rangoon received reports of Gambari's January 31 and February 3 sessions with the UN Country Team, and his February 2 meeting with the Shan Nationalities League for Democracy (SNLD). (See septel for Gambari's end-of-visit read-out to the Charge.) Gambari told the UN Country T [...]	2009-02-03 08:32:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON PINR BM
09RANGOON640	BURMA: RISING NUMBERS OF POLITICAL PRISONERS [...] (C) As of September 22, Burmese authorities have so far released at least 127 political prisoners, but virtually no high-profile detainees are among them. According to Embassy sources, newly freed prisoners were not required to support the SPDC as a condition of their release, but they had t [...]	2009-09-22 11:17:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON651	ARAKANESE STUDENT ACTIVISTS, INCLUDING FORMER [...] (C) On September 23, Embassy Rangoon sources confirmed a media report that Special Branch police arrested six politically active Arakanese university students on September 1. According to a September 9 Narinjara (exile-based) online news article, authorities arrested the students -- Tun Lin, [...]	2009-09-24 11:59:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON661	BURMA: NLD ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION EMPHASIZES [...] (SBU) This year's National League for Democracy (NLD) anniversary celebration, which Charge and Poloff attended September 27, was notable for its unusually upbeat atmosphere. Fresh faces dotted the packed house that included Western diplomats and approximately 20 recently released political [...]	2009-09-28 09:24:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON747	BURMA: CHARGE MEETS WITH NATIONAL UNITY PARTY [...] (C) The Charge met November 9 with leaders of the pro-regime National Unity Party (NUP) to discuss EAP A/S Campbell's November 3-4 visit and to give assurance that Campbell would have been happy to meet with the NUP in Nay Pyi Taw, had the GOB arranged that. The NUP complained that the U.S. [...]	2009-11-13 08:11:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON8	BURMA: NLD VICE-CHAIR U TIN OO'S SPOUSE DISCUSSES [...] (C) Poloff met December 24 with Dr. Tin Moe Wai, the wife of detained National League for Democracy (NLD) Vice-chairman U Tin Oo. She said her husband is generally in good health but requires daily medications. She asked for USG assistance to help the couple's son, living in Japan, to send [...]	2009-01-06 07:01:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON811	TWO FARMERS WHO COMPLAINED TO ILO SENTENCED; ILO [...] (C) Rangoon-based International Labor Organization (ILO) representative Steve Marshall told Poloff December 14 the Burma government is "embarrassed" by the recent sentencing of two farmers to seven years each in prison for cutting down eucalyptus trees on their property, but has not yet addre [...]	2009-12-18 10:07:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09RANGOON93	BURMA: DOCTOR SAYS ASSK IS WELL; OPEN TO DIALOGUE [...] (C) In a February 13 meeting with Poloff, Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) personal physician Dr. Tin Myo Win (aka Douglas) confirmed he visited with his patient at her home on January 1 and February 5. Since October, the regime has honored its agreement to grant him access to ASSK on the first Thur [...]	2009-02-13 05:00:00	Embassy Rangoon	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM BM
09REYKJAVIK155	ICELAND: UNGA PRIORITIES AND FOREIGN MINISTER'S ATTENDANCE [...] (SBU) Poloff discussed U.S. goals and objectives for the upcoming UN General Assembly (Ref A) with Emil Hreggvidsson, Deputy Director for International and Security Affairs at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Hreggvidsson expressed particular interest in the U.S. initiatives relati [...]	2009-09-15 13:39:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OTRA KSEP CVIS UNGA EZ EUN IC
09REYKJAVIK192	ICELAND: RESPONSE TO THIRD COMMITTEE DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points on October 26 to Emil Hreggvidsson, Deputy Director for International and Security Affairs at the Icelandic Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Hreggvidsson said that Iceland's objectives for the upcoming session of the UN General Assembly Third Committee closely [...]	2009-10-28 17:01:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNGA IC
09REYKJAVIK20	ICELAND: GOVERNMENT FALLS, UNITY COALITION IN THE OFFING? [...] (U) Summary: Despite a weekend of frantic efforts by the leaders of Iceland's governing coalition to bring their parties to heel, Prime Minister Haarde announced January 26 that the governing coalition has fallen apart less than two years into its term. The immediate cause was the demand of t [...]	2009-01-26 18:15:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON IC
09REYKJAVIK221	ICELANDIC DEFENSE AGENCY TO BE INTEGRATED INTO NEW [...] (C) Summary. On December 4, the Government of Iceland announced plans to dissolve the Icelandic Defense Agency (IDA) and to integrate its duties into a new Ministry of the Interior. The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Permanent Secretary at the MFA later offered assurances that the merger w [...]	2009-12-18 16:58:00	Embassy Reykjavik	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL PGOV IC
09REYKJAVIK53	ICELAND: FORMER FM GISLADOTTIR PULLS OUT OF ELECTIONS; [...] (U) Social Democratic Alliance (SDA) Chair and former Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir announced late on Sunday, 8 March that she will not be running for reelection as party chair nor as a member of the Althingi in the elections on April 25. Gisladottir, who was diagnosed with a be [...]	2009-03-09 16:47:00	Embassy Reykjavik	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR IC
09RIGA136	LATVIA TO PROVIDE REHABILITATION TO 19 GAZAN CHILDREN [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-11 12:47:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER EUN LG
09RIGA202	LATVIA: NO POSITION ON BURMA POLICY REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-09 12:37:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD BM LG
09RIGA209	LATVIA: NO POSITION ON MADAGASCAR [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-15 11:45:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC EAID PGOV MA LG
09RIGA22	IRANIAN ENTITY DESIGNATION INFORMATION DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-09 15:49:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP MNUC IR GM PARM EFIN LG
09RIGA221	LATVIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UNHRC [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 14:42:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL LG
09RIGA325	ICSC CANDIDATE: LATVIA NON-COMMITAL [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Sarmite Danne, head of the Latvian MFA International Organizations Division. Danne said she had not thought this would be a contested election, and had no further substantive reply. ROGERS [...]	2009-06-10 14:08:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA LG
09RIGA340	LATVIA: NO POSITION ON IRENA HEADQUARTERS, BUT [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-18 13:53:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV KGHG LG
09RIGA38	LATVIA WILL SUPPORT EU CONCENSUS ON US-ISRAEL MOU [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 14:02:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PARM PREL KWBG PBTS PHUM IS LG
09RIGA491	LATVIA GENERALLY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON IRAN [...] (SBU) Latvia would support new sanctions against Iran if it fails to meet its international obligations and will consider making a public statement to this effect following the October 1 meeting at the IAEA. Reftel points were delivered by PolOff in tandem with British and French counterparts [...]	2009-10-01 14:53:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IR PGOV PREL MNUC PARM KNNP LG
09RIGA540	LATVIA LIKELY TO ABSTAIN ON GOLDSTONE VOTE [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-04 13:44:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL LG
09RIGA545	LATVIAN BUDGET CRISIS ERODES CAPACITY ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Human rights institutions are bracing for severe cuts as a result of belt-tightening in Latvia. Institutions intended to increase integration and ensure basic human rights face either steep cuts or sweeping reorganization. Under the proposed budget, the Naturalization Board, re [...]	2009-11-12 09:25:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL ECON EFIN LG
09RIGA579	LATVIA PLANS HRC RUN - BUT NOT UNTIL 2014 [...] (C) Though post considers Latvia a suitable candidate, the GOL will not seek a seat on the UN Human Rights Council in the upcoming elections. They have already mapped out a strategy to run for a seat in 2014 and wish to remain with that plan. Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Maris Klisans [...]	2009-12-04 11:43:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL LG
09RIGA606	LATVIA: ETHNIC-RUSSIAN HARMONY CENTER PARTY'S [...] (C) Summary: The influence of the left-wing, predominately ethnic-Russian Harmony Center (Saskanas Centrs - SC) party is rising. Since its assumption of the capital city's mayoralty in June 2009, SC has consistently outpolled the fractious array of predominately ethnic-Latvian parties in publi [...]	2009-12-21 11:16:00	Embassy Riga	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LG
09RIGA97	LATVIA: NO PARTICIPATION AT GICNT APRIL WORKSHOP [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-18 15:44:00	Embassy Riga	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PTER KGIC LG
09RIODEJANEIRO335	SEMINAR REVEALS WIDE SKEPTISM OVER PRE-SALT REGULATORY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a conference entitled "Pre-salt Oil Risks and Opportunities," sponsored by Rio de Janeiro Federation of Industries (FIRJAN) on September 21, sitting and retired politicians, petroleum executives, and energy analysts debated the merits and deficiencies of the regulatory framew [...]	2009-10-08 18:21:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET EINV PREL BR
09RIODEJANEIRO440	DOES RIO'S FAVELA PACIFICATION PROGRAM RESPECT HUMAN RIGHTS? [...] (SBU) Human rights and favela community representatives generally support Rio de Janeiro's Favela Pacification Program and report no killings related to the 450 Pacification Police Unit (UPP) officers that patrol the four favela shanty towns now under "pacification." While acknowledging there [...]	2009-12-11 17:22:00	Consulate Rio De Janeiro	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ASEC BR
09RIYADH1058	SAUDI VOICES OF FEMINISM: RUNNING THE GAMUT FROM [...] (C) The Saudi male guardianship system is the major impediment to advancing the status of women in Saudi Arabia. Although various women's groups have challenged the system, it has deep roots in Saudi culture and tradition, but very little basis in law, as opposed to regulations or policies. Li [...]	2009-08-16 04:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KWMN PGOV PHUM SA SOCI
09RIYADH1086	MOJ DISCUSSES JUDICIAL REFORM, WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND [...] (SBU) Charge, accompanied by Poloff and Commercial Attache, met Minister of Justice Muhammad al-Issa August 19 to discuss issues including a Commercial Law Development Program (CLDP) proposal; judicial reform; women's rights; and child marriages. Al-Issa stressed the importance of judicial r [...]	2009-08-23 06:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH1101	SAUDI VOICES OF FEMINISM: RUNNING THE GAMUT FROM [...] (C) The Saudi male guardianship system is the major impediment to advancing the status of women in Saudi Arabia. Although various women's groups have challenged the system, it has deep roots in Saudi culture and tradition, but very little basis in law, as opposed to regulations or policies. Li [...]	2009-08-26 06:28:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KWMN PGOV PHUM SA SOCI
09RIYADH1106	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SAUDIS UNDECIDED ON ICSC [...] (U) Poloff discussed the candidacy of Ms. Lucretia Myers for election to the UN International Civil Service Commission per reftels with MFA UN Department Director General Ambassador Adnan Baghdadi on August 26. Baghdadi said he was not currently aware of the Saudi position with respect to Ms. [...]	2009-08-26 14:59:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA SA
09RIYADH1107	EDUCATION REFORM AND THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE: [...] (C) King Abdullah's national dialogue campaign addressing the Saudi population's reluctance to embrace reforms is taking on new forms. Recent episodes of the popular television program "Tash ma Tash" underscore national dialogue is not just an empty slogan but a vehicle that can give courage, [...]	2009-08-26 16:55:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	KISL KWMN PGOV PREL PHUM SA SOCI
09RIYADH1127	SAUDI ARABIA: NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR ASSISTANCE [...] (C) In an August 15 meeting with EmbOffs, Director of Naif Arab University for Security Sciences' (NAUSS) International Cooperation Department, Dr. Saker Al-Mokayyad, requested U.S. government assistance in organizing a cyber security workshop and a Voluntary Visitor (VOLVIS) program for a 15 [...]	2009-08-31 15:16:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PGOV PREL PTER SA
09RIYADH1170	INDIAN CHARGE IN RIYADH ON SAUDI-INDIAN RELATIONS [...] (C) According to Indian Charge d'Affaires Rajeev Shahare, the Saudi-Indian relationship has blossomed since King Abdullah's visit to India in 2006. The economic relationship has made great strides, and India hopes the political relationship will eventually follow suit. Bilateral sticking points [...]	2009-09-09 07:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	ECON ELAB KTFN PREL PGOV IN PK SA
09RIYADH1173	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SAUDI ARABIA PLANS TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Poloff spoke with MFA Director of Western Affairs Dr. Raed Krimly on September 9 regarding Saudi Arabia's plans to participate in the ICJ's oral hearings on Kosovo (reftel). Krimly said that the Saudis would be "pleased to participate." He added that their Ambassador in The Hague was [...]	2009-09-09 10:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PREL ICJ SA KV
09RIYADH1196	UNHCR REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE TO RELEASE AID TO [...] (S) UNHCR (strictly protect) sources told PolOff on September 12 that UNHCR believes the Government of Saudi Arabia (SAG) is involved in military activity in the conflict between Shia Al-Houthi rebels and the Yemeni government (ROYG) in the area of Khamees Mushayt, and report that airports on [...]	2009-09-14 04:45:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SA AM AEC YM
09RIYADH1209	RIYADH DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EXPANDING THE CHORUS ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 10:08:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AORC
09RIYADH1210	RIYADH DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 10:08:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP AORC PARM PREL
09RIYADH1217	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNHRC PRIORITIES [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 14:31:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN UNHRC SA
09RIYADH129	INFLUENTIAL SAUDI PRINCE SPEAKS CANDIDLY ABOUT GAZA [...] (C) HRH Prince Mishari bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, deputy commander of the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) in the Eastern Province (EP),met with Consul General (CG) Kenny at the Consulate in Dhahran on Sunday, January 18. PolOff and RSO were also present. The Prince is the second ran [...]	2009-01-19 15:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PTER
09RIYADH1303	ASAD'S VISIT: SAUDI-SYRIAN RAPPROCHEMENT BACK ON TRACK? [...] (C) Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad's unexpected attendance at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) opening, and his lengthy meeting with King Abdullah on the margins, has encouraged speculation about further Saudi-Syrian rapprochement and its potential regional impl [...]	2009-10-01 16:13:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SA SY LE TU
09RIYADH1304	ROWDY SAUDI NATIONAL DAY CELEBRANTS TURN TO [...] (C) The third Saudi National Day celebrations on September 23 fell victim to acts of vandalism and looting of restaurants, cafes, and shops (some of which were U.S. franchised establishments) that caused over a million dollars in damage and resulted in at least several dozen arrests. (NOTE: RS [...]	2009-10-01 16:20:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ASEC SA
09RIYADH1305	ROWDY SAUDI NATIONAL DAY CELEBRANTS TURN TO [...] (C) The third Saudi National Day celebrations on September 23 fell victim to acts of vandalism and looting of restaurants, cafes, and shops (some of which were U.S. franchised establishments) that caused over a million dollars in damage and resulted in at least several dozen arrests. (NOTE: RS [...]	2009-10-02 10:08:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ASEC SA
09RIYADH1339	MFA ON SYRIA, IRAQ, YEMEN, UAE AND PALESTINE [...] (C) In an Oct 3 meeting, MFA Arab League Department Director, Ambassador Talal Maliki, confirmed that King Abdullah's upcoming trip to Damascus would occur after a Lebanese cabinet was agreed upon, and also confirmed that Information Minister Abdulaziz Khoja recently visited Beirut. (NOTE: Ki [...]	2009-10-07 17:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SA YE
09RIYADH1348	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: EXISTENCE OF COVERT URANIUM [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-12 04:24:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	POL ECON PAO AMB DCM
09RIYADH1351	UNHCR RELIEF CONVOY FINALLY ALLOWED INTO YEMEN [...] (C) A UNHCR official confirmed that a cross border humanitarian operation finally occurred at the Alp border crossing on October 11 after being halted earlier due to logistical problems. Saudi and Yemeni relief trucks met in "No-Man's Land" where relief items for approximately 4,000 IDPs wer [...]	2009-10-12 13:06:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL SA YM
09RIYADH1361	DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDACY TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-13 08:43:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	SA ECON IO PREL
09RIYADH1394	SAUDI RELATIONS WITH PAKISTAN: AN INDIAN [...] (C) Political officers at the Indian and Pakistani Embassies in Riyadh provided each country's perspective of Saudi goals and relations with Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Indian officer suggested the Saudis remained wary of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari; noted Pakistan,s desire to see [...]	2009-10-21 10:35:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	SA PK AF IN PREL PGOV
09RIYADH1413	UNHRC GOLDSTONE ENDORSEMENT WELCOMED IN SAUDI [...] (C) The U.N. Human Rights Council's endorsement of the Goldstone Report was hailed as a major victory in Saudi Arabia while the USG's decision to vote against the resolution has left many Saudis questioning the USG's commitment to the Middle East peace process and ability to remain unbiased. [...]	2009-10-26 08:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH1435	WHAT DOES "SAUDI SUPPORT FOR IRAQ" REALLY MEAN? [...] (C) Saudi Second Deputy PM Prince Nayif's recent call for Iraq's Arab neighbors to "stand together with Iraq" was a rare public statement expressing firm Saudi support. However, Nayif's statement notably failed to acknowledge any improvements in Iraq's security situation, which Foreign Minist [...]	2009-10-28 14:48:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGOV SA IZ SY
09RIYADH1474	SAUDI ARABIA VS. UAE: KUWAIT THE REFEREE? [...] (C) Saudi officials have continually downplayed reports of Saudi-UAE friction (ref C) during the last several months, characterizing it as a "light problem" (ref B) that will be "fixed in the near future" (ref A). While post's GCC contacts remain generally tight-lipped, the Kuwaitis have tol [...]	2009-11-04 13:54:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SA KU AE
09RIYADH1494	UNHCR SAUDI-YEMEN BORDER RELIEF HALTED BY FIGHTING [...] (C) Acting UNHCR Regional Representative Dr. Hamdi Bukhari reported that UNHCR will conduct two separate missions to assess the prevailing security and humanitarian situations along the Yemen-Saudi border. Although ready to proceed with a much needed relief convoy at the Alp border crossing, [...]	2009-11-09 13:11:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF SA YM
09RIYADH1521	FOLLOW UP DEMARCHE FOR INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-15 13:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SA IO
09RIYADH1534	DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN SUPPORT UNGA COUNTRY [...] (C) On November 16 Poloff delivered reftel demarche in support of the U.S. government objective to prevent the passage of "no action" motions in the UN on human rights resolutions on Iran, Burma and the DPRK to the Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs NGOs and Human Rights Directorate, [...]	2009-11-18 03:09:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	SA PHUM PREL UNGA
09RIYADH1538	UNHCR CONFIRMS SAG'S FIVE-STAR HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS [...] (C) Acting UNHCR Regional Representative Dr. Hamdi Bukhari confirmed on November 17 that Saudi Civil Defense was effectively managing the humanitarian situation along the southern Saudi Arabian border. Returning from a two day trip to Yemen, Bukhari reported that UNHCR Camp Muzruk had reached [...]	2009-11-18 13:05:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF SA YM
09RIYADH1558	SAUDIS CONTINUE TO ROOT OUT HOUTHI "INFILTRATORS" [...] (C) While the SAG is loudly proclaiming "mission accomplished" and publicly focusing its attention on the Hajj and providing for IDPs (septel),military operations are continuing along both sides of the Yemeni border. In recent days, air and artillery attacks targeted Houthi positions while [...]	2009-11-23 15:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV MOPS SA YM
09RIYADH1561	SAG ATTEMPTING TO TACKLE HUMAN TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) In meetings on October 20 and November 16, President of the Human Rights Commission Dr. Bandar al-Aiban, who chairs the Permanent Committee created to oversee the SAG's anti-human trafficking efforts, confirmed that a formal action plan would be launched in January, including a campaign [...]	2009-11-24 12:36:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH1662	UNHCR ASKS SAG TO HELP RATHER THAN DEPORT IDPS [...] (C) UNHCR Deputy Regional Representative Dr. Hamdi Bukhari informed Poloff that a third UNHCR cross-border relief convoy was temporarily halted until a joint "gap" assessment was completed by the International Red Crescent (IRCRC) and UNHCR. The IRCRC expressed concern over insufficient coop [...]	2009-12-22 14:42:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF SA
09RIYADH1671	IO/DRL (KESHAP) VISIT BEGINS DIALOGUE ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 19 meeting Deputy FM for Multilateral Affairs, HH Dr. Torki told IO/HR Director Keshap and Senior Human Rights Policy Advisor Ostermeier that the SAG was prepared to consider working with the U.S. on a new approach to the defamation issue in the UN context. Pri [...]	2009-12-27 10:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KISL PGOV KDEM OPDC SA
09RIYADH173	THE THIRTEEN DAYS OF ASHURA IN QATIF [...] (SBU) This year's Ashura was overshadowed by the war in Gaza and Saudi security forces were in full force for fear of any impromptu political demonstrations. In late December, EP authorities arrested close to 30 Shi'a who had demonstrated against the Israeli offensive in Gaza, making for an e [...]	2009-01-27 14:27:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL SA
09RIYADH270	THE YOUNG AND RESTLESS SHIA [...] (C) Key Points: ----------------- -- The Saudi Shia youth are frustrated by their leaders' perceived lack of progress in attaining more rights, representation, and opportunities for their community. -- Mainstream Shia leaders desire increased Shia membership on the Shura Council, a minist [...]	2009-02-10 15:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SA
09RIYADH271	SAUDIS PAY MIT $50 MILLION TO CONDUCT JOINT [...] (SBU) Key Points: ------------------- -- The premier Saudi university, KFUPM, will provide MIT with U.S. $50 million over seven years to conduct joint research on clean water and clean energy. -- This is the largest ever Saudi-funded research collaboration with a foreign academic institut [...]	2009-02-10 16:18:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	CVIS ECON ENRG KPAO PGOV SA TPHY
09RIYADH296	TURKISH PRESIDENT PUSHES TRADE & MEDIATION DURING [...] (C) SUMMARY & COMMENT: Turkish President Abdullah Gul emphasized trade and Middle East mediation attempts during a four day state visit to Saudi Arabia February 3-6, according to Turkish Embassy Counselor Cihad Erginay (protect). Gul responded to King Abdullah's request for help with Syria by [...]	2009-02-11 15:26:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ELTN SA TU
09RIYADH346	SAUDI SHIA CLASH WITH POLICE IN MEDINA [...] KEY POINTS -- (U) Saudi security forces clashed February 20 with between 500 and 2000 Saudi Shi'a pilgrims in Medina after Saudi police denied the pilgrims access to Baqi'a cemetery opposite the Prophet's Mosque. -- (U) Shi'a unhappiness escalated into a confrontation resulting in severa [...]	2009-02-24 07:14:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SA
09RIYADH824	SAUDI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST DECRIES STATUS OF [...] (C) Saudi human rights activist Ibrahim Mugaiteeb told Poloff that the Kingdom's most pressing human rights issues were the status of women and the deteriorating situation of the Shi'a. Founder of Human Rights First Society, Mugaiteeb urged the USG to press the SAG to recognize non-government [...]	2009-06-21 16:08:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SA SOCI KWMN
09RIYADH875	SAUDI WOMEN'S MOVEMENT TAKING PRAGMATIC NEW [...] (U) Saudi activists have recently launched a campaign calling for substantial improvements in women's rights in 27 areas including gaining independent legal identities equal to those of men and improved educational and economic opportunities. Activists are currently canvassing support throug [...]	2009-07-02 17:25:00	Embassy Riyadh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SA KWMN
09RIYADH963	COUNTDOWN TO FATAH 6TH PARTY CONGRESS [...] (S) Reftel instructed Post to seek Saudi government perspectives on the upcoming Fatah 6th Party Congress. 2. (S) Charge raised the issue in a July 20 meeting with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nizar Madani (ref B),and Poloffs discussed the matter separately with MFA Head of Pa [...]	2009-07-26 04:53:00	Embassy Riyadh	SECRET	PREL PGPV KPAL PTER IS SA
09RIYADH984	SAUDI ARABIA MOVING TO IMPLEMENT NEW HUMAN [...] (U) This is an Action Request, see paragraphs 7.B.1 and 7.G.1. SUMMARY -------- 2. (SBU) Responding to demarche on the TIP Action Plan for Saudi Arabia, an MFA official described recently enacted comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation. Further, the Saudi Council of Ministers al [...]	2009-07-30 11:07:00	Embassy Riyadh	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SA
09ROME1058	ITALY'S RESPONSES TO 2010 NPT REVCON REPORTING [...] (C) On August 27, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to MFA director for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Giovanni Pugliese, who subsequently provided the following responses to the reftel NPT-related questions: --Italy is very supportive of the CTBT, FMCT, NPT and U.S.-Russia arms control [...]	2009-09-15 07:41:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC CDG ENRG IAEA KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL
09ROME1084	DEMARCHE REQUEST: URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE [...] (C) DCM Dibble conveyed reftel points to Director General for the Middle East Cesare Ragaglini, who promised to discuss them with the Iranian Ambassador to Rome at the earliest opportunity. 2. (C) Separately, Poloff also delivered points to Iran desk Silvia Santangelo and to Office Directo [...]	2009-09-22 13:45:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PROP PTER CASC
09ROME1108	ITALY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON THE GOLDSTONE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Italian MFA supports the U.S. position on the Goldstone report. The MFA emphasized the importance of the report "staying in Geneva" as part of the debate in the Human Rights Council (HRC). The MFA also hopes the report does not have a negative impact on the peace process. EN [...]	2009-09-28 14:55:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KISL PHUM PTER KPAL IT
09ROME1122	PAKISTANI PRESIDENT ZARDARI RECEIVES WARM WELCOME [...]3. (SBU) Bellato said that FM Frattini reaffirmed to Zardari that Italy was pleased with the positive steps Pakistan had taken in terms of democratic reform and counterterror efforts in FATA and Waziristan -- all of which had been recognized at the New York meeting of the Friends of Democra [...]	2009-10-01 16:39:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EPET IT PK IR
09ROME1131	ITALY SUPPORTS THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE BURMA POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points on October 1 to Fabio Schina, MFA Acting Office Director for Asia, Oceania and Antarctica. Schina conveyed Italy's support for the U.S. approach to Burma outlined by Massimo Iannucci, MFA Director General for Asia, Oceania and Antarctica. The GOI's [...]	2009-10-05 11:40:00	Embassy Rome	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IT BM
09ROME1137	BRIEFING ON OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN IN [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points on the outcome of the October 1 P5 1 talks to Gulf States Office Director Stefano Queirolo Palmas and Non Proliferation Office Director Giovanni Pugliese. 2. (S) Both officials had received readouts from NY and elsewhere, but were grateful for the inform [...]	2009-10-08 10:23:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	IT KNNP PARM MNUC

09ROME1138	BRIEFING ON OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN IN [...] (SBU) Post delivered reftel points on the outcome of the October 1 P5 1 talks to Gulf States Office Director Stefano Queirolo Palmas and Non Proliferation Office Director Giovanni Pugliese. 2. (S) Both officials had received readouts from NY and elsewhere, but were grateful for the inform [...]	2009-10-08 10:23:00	Embassy Rome	SECRET	IT KNNP PARM MNUC

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