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ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
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AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
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AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
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AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
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AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
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APER PERSONNEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
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ASEC SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
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BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
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BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
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CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
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Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
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CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
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Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
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CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
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CVIS VISAS
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Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
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EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
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EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
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EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
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ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
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Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
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EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
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EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
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EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
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EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
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Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
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EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
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ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
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ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
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EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

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ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
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EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
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ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
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ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
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Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
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EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
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KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
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Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
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KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
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Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
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KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
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Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
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KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
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Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

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KCRM: Criminal Activity
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Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
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KDEM: Democratization
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Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
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Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
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KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
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Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
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KGHG: Global Climate Change
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Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
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KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
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Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
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KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
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Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
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KHLS: Homeland Security
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Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

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KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
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Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
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KIRF: International Religious Freedom
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Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
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KISL: Islamic Issues
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Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
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KJUS: Administration of Justice
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Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
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KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
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Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
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KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
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Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
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KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
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Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
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Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
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Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
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KPAO: Public Affairs Office
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Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
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KPIN: Political Internationals
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Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
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KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
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Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KPWR: Power Support Program
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Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
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KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
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Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
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KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
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Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
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KSUM: Summit Meetings
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Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
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KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
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Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
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KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
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Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
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KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
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Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
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KUNR: UN Reform
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Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
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KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
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Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
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KWMN: Women Issues
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Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
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MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
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MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
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MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
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Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
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MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
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MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
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ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
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Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
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OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
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EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
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OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
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Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
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OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
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Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
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OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
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OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
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Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
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OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
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OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
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OTRA TRAVEL
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
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OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
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PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
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PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
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Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
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PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
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PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
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Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
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PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
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Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
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PINR INTELLIGENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
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PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
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PREF REFUGEES
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Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
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PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
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Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
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PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
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Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
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PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
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Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
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SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
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SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
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SMIG MIGRATION
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Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
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SNAR NARCOTICS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
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SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
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TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
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TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
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TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
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Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
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TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
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Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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09KATHMANDU154NEPAL EXPECTED TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] (SBU) On February 27, Rudra Nepal, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressed interest in Judge Painter's candidacy for the UN Appeals Tribunal but did not commit the Nepalese delegation in New York to voting for him. Emboffs, as inst [...]
2009-02-27 08:47:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09KATHMANDU158 SEVERE POWER CRISIS IN NEPAL LIKELY TO BE LONG LASTING
[...] (U) Dry winter weather has triggered extreme outages in hydropower-dependent Nepal, and a top official in the Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) recently warned that the current 14-hour daily power cuts are likely to continue for the foreseeable future. The country?s large energy deficit ? peak [...]
2009-02-27 09:32:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECIN ECON EINV PGOV SENV AMGT ABLD ABUD AFIN
09KATHMANDU160INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL GON MOVES ON
[...] (C) Summary: Indian Ambassador Sood hosted a donor coordination discussion to review planning for discharge of 4000 non-combatants from the PLA cantonments. UNICEF and UNDP briefed comprehensive plans for a three-day out-processing to be followed by sixty options for vocational training. [...]
2009-03-02 08:20:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KOCI UN IN NP
09KATHMANDU161NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of February 2009, including the following: -- Remittance Growth Through December, Expected To Fall In 2009 -- Government Revenues Increase -- Government Spending Down -- Inflation Remains High -- Trad [...]
2009-03-02 08:35:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU164AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 27 MEETING WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with PM Dahal on February 27 to provide observations following Department consultations and the recent A/S Boucher visit to Nepal. PM Dahal appeared to understand that any USG terrorism de-listing action relied largely on future Maoist actions, including clear st [...]
2009-03-02 09:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KOCI EAID PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU174NEPAL: PLA RECRUITMENT DRIVE UPS THE ANTE
[...] (C) The commander of the Maoist People's Liberation Army announced March 2 that he intended to recruit more than 11,000 new combatants, allegedly in reaction to the February 28 decision by the governing parties to sanction the recent recruitment by the Nepal Army of some 3,000 new recruits. Th [...]
2009-03-05 10:11:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU178NEPAL: PLA RECRUITMENT ONGOING
[...] (C) On March 5, UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) Senior Political Advisor Kathy Jones confirmed to Emboff that UNMIN monitors were reporting People's Liberation Army's (PLA) recruitment underway at three of the seven main cantonments, with the greatest amount of activity at the "Fourth Division" c [...]
2009-03-06 08:48:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR PTER UN NP
09KATHMANDU181 NEPAL'S NEW CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR WARNS OF
[...] (C) The recently appointed governor of Nepal's central bank, Deependra Kshetry, expressed serious concerns about the impact of the current global economic crisis on Nepal's already weak economy during a wide-ranging meeting with Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Michael Owen on March [...]
2009-03-09 05:55:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PINR NP
09KATHMANDU185JOINT BRITISH-FRENCH-U.S. MEETING WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal pledged that unauthorized recruitment by the People,s Liberation Army (PLA) would be halted immediately following a March 8 meeting of the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC) in a meeting with British and French Ambassadors, and American [...]
2009-03-09 09:00:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU186GOVERNMENT FOLLOWS THROUGH ON "PRE-EMPTIVE" ACTION
[...] (C) In the early hours of March 9, the Nepali Government arrested and detained 12 apparently undocumented Tibetans. The only woman was released, the others have not yet been charged. Tibetan sources reported that others were threatened and their documents and cell phones confiscated. A Tibet [...]
2009-03-09 09:55:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM CH NP
09KATHMANDU2NEPAL: COMPROMISE ON ARMY INTEGRATION SPECIAL
[...] (U) On December 26, Nepal's four major political parties agreed to equal representation on the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC). The question now is whether the parties can finalize the AISC's leadership and terms of reference. If successful, this would end a stalemate that has pre [...]
2009-01-02 09:12:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER MARR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU201NEPAL'S REMITTANCES GROW AMIDST DETERIORATING
[...] (SBU) Nepal's level of remittances grew 65.3 percent in the July 15-January 15 period, defying numerous local press reports that remittance growth would be severely affected by the deteriorating world economy. Excluding India, record numbers of Nepalis continue to leave the country and seek [...]
2009-03-13 02:10:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB ETRD PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU202PROSPECTIVE SALE OF BOEINGS TO NEPAL AIRLINES MAY
[...] (SBU) According to a Washington, D.C.-based representative for Boeing Corporation, Maoist-led Government of Nepal representatives have indicated that the prospective purchase by state-owned Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) of Boeing aircraft is conditional on the lifting by the U.S. of the ter [...]
2009-03-13 08:25:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD EINV PREL PTER EAID NP
09KATHMANDU215NEPAL: THARU STRIKE ENDS, QUESTIONS REMAIN
[...] (SBU) On March 14, the Government of Nepal (GON) signed a six-point agreement with several Tharu organizations, ending a nearly two-weeklong general strike across the Terai. The strike had badly affected the entire country because transportation and supply links with India for all hill and m [...]
2009-03-17 09:26:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU235 MAOIST DEFENSE MINISTER REFUSES TO EXTEND SERVICE
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 9. Summary -------- 2. (C) The Nepalese Defense Minister refused to approve term extensions for eight brigadier generals of the Nepal Army and the officers were forced into mandatory retirement at midnight, March 16, 2009. Many opine that the D [...]
2009-03-20 09:55:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PTER IN NP
09KATHMANDU239AMBASSADOR'S MARCH 23 MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Recent conflicts over military recruitment and the refusal to extend the careers of eight Nepal Army Brigadier Generals will not have any negative impact on the fragile peace process, Prime Minister Dahal told Ambassador on March 23. Refuting Ambassador,s concern over lack of [...]
2009-03-23 10:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PTER NP
09KATHMANDU24NEPALI GOVERNMENT BACKTRACKING, "STILL
[...] Following the Government of Nepal's (GON) previous commitment to a registration and limited resettlement program for Tibetan refugees in Nepal in November 2008 (reftel),post learned in late December that the Government might be reconsidering its support. Ambassador Powell received confirmat [...]
2009-01-07 10:11:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU243UNMIN/P-5 CONCERN OVER NEPALI LACK OF PROGRESS ON
[...] (C) Summary. French, Chinese, and American Ambassadors along with the UK and Russian Deputy Chiefs of Mission met March 23 for a briefing by UNMIN chief Karin Landgren on her recent consultations and to discuss the lack of progress on key peace issues. UNMIN's mid-term report will be publis [...]
2009-03-24 07:20:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PTER UN NP
09KATHMANDU246CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - NEPAL
[...] (U//FOUO) Post judges that Nepal has no critical infrastructure or key resources, as defined by reftel, whose loss could critically impact the public health, economic security, or national and homeland security of the United States. POWELL [...]
2009-03-24 09:51:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP NP
09KATHMANDU249NEPAL: NO POSITION ON RUSSIAN RECOGNITION OF
[...] (C) On March 24, Pradhumna B. Shah, Joint Secretary for Europe and the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that the Government of Nepal would not formulate a policy regarding Russia's recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states, or on Russia's in [...]
2009-03-25 06:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PBTS GG RS KV NP
09KATHMANDU25NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of December 2008, including the following: -- Inflation Up -- Trade Up, Revenue Up -- Electricity Crisis Deepens -- Tourism Figures Up -- Petroleum Products Fall -- Remittances Expected To Fall -- Head [...]
2009-01-08 04:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ELAB ENRG PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU250NEPAL POSITIVE TOWARDS REVIEW OF U.S. POLICY IN
[...] (SBU) On March 24, Pradhumna B. Shah, Joint Secretary for Europe and the Americas and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the U.S. intent to redefine its mission in Iraq in August 2010 would be a positive step toward bringing peace and normalcy to Iraq and its neighbors. Shah sa [...]
2009-03-25 07:59:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS IZ NP
09KATHMANDU251NEPAL: COURT STAYS GENERALS RETIREMENT
[...] (C) On March 24 the Supreme Court issued a stay order against the Defense Minister's decision to not extend the terms of eight Nepal Army brigadier generals. The stay order reinstates the generals until the Supreme Court issues a final verdict. Media reports depict the decision as a further [...]
2009-03-25 10:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU263NEPAL: CENTRAL GOVERNMENT HAS TRANSPARENT BUDGET
[...] The following is post's response to reftel regarding the FY09 prohibition on central governments whose budgets are not transparent. A. YES, the central government of Nepal (GON) is receiving U.S. foreign assistance using FY09 funds. B. YES, Nepal's budget is publicly available. C. [...]
2009-03-31 23:56:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL NP
09KATHMANDU264NEPAL EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) On March 24, Pradhumna B. Shah, Joint Secretary for Europe and the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that Nepal would be eager to participate in the South Asia regional workshop on UNSCR 1540 implementation in Colombo, Sri Lanka on June 23-25. Emboff delive [...]
2009-03-31 23:56:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPAO AORC EUE EUN UNSC SAARC NP
09KATHMANDU265NEPAL EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) On March 24, Pradhumna B. Shah, Joint Secretary for Europe and the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that Nepal would be eager to participate in the South Asia regional workshop on UNSCR 1540 implementation in Colombo, Sri Lanka on June 23-25. Emboff delive [...]
2009-03-31 23:57:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER KPAO AORC EUE EUN UNSC SAARC NP
09KATHMANDU296NEPAL: ACCIDENT VICTIM SEEKING COMPENSATION FROM
[...] (SBU) On the evening of March 9, 2009 Jennifer Kerr, the Political/Economic Section Office Management Specialist, was involved in a vehicular accident with a motorcyclist. Although initially media did not cover the accident, once they began to cover the story on March 24 they have presented ve [...]
2009-04-10 09:08:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC AMGT NP
09KATHMANDU298NEPAL: MAOISTS WIN THREE OUT OF SIX SEATS IN
[...] (SBU) The Unified Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M or Maoists) emerged as the winners of the Constituent Assembly by-elections on April 10, winning seats in three out of six constituencies. The Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),Nepali Congress (NC),and Madhes [...]
2009-04-13 09:25:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU304NEPAL: AMBASSADOR RAISES HANDLING OF ACCIDENT
[...] (SBU) On April 15, the Ambassador expressed concern to Acting Foreign Secretary Madan Bhattarai about how members of the police, the family and the press were handling an accident on March 9 in Kathmandu in which an out-of-control Nepali motorcyclist collided with an Embassy employee in a priv [...]
2009-04-15 10:29:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC AMGT NP
09KATHMANDU305NEPAL LIKELY TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN
[...] (SBU) On April 9, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal would welcome the election of the United States to the United Nations Human Rights Council. Although the Under Secretary did not e [...]
2009-04-15 11:15:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU308MEDIA REACTION: U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-16 09:18:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU311TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS FOR NEPAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-17 04:21:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN ETTC PTER NP
09KATHMANDU320NEPAL: MAOIST-LED GOVERNMENT THREATENING TO REMOVE
[...] (C) Nepal's Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal asked Chief of Army Staff Rookmangud Katawal to step down on April 19. The PM cited three issues: Nepal Army (NA) recruitment, the brigadier generals' continued reporting to duty after their forced retirement and the NA's withdrawal from the Nation [...]
2009-04-20 09:51:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU325NEPAL: ARMY CHIEF RESPONDS TO CHARGES, NO
[...] (C) Early on April 21, Chief of Army Staff General Rookmangud Katawal provided a written response to the letter he received a day earlier from the cabinet requiring him to explain his alleged acts in violation of government directives and law on three issues. His response addressed the issues [...]
2009-04-21 10:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU327REQUEST FOR AGREMENT FOR AMBASSADOR OF NEPAL TO
[...] (U) The Government of Nepal (GON) has formally requested agrement for retired International Monetary Fund (IMF) economist and reported U.S. permanent resident Dr. Sukhdev Shah to be Nepal's Ambassador to the United States. Although the Parliamentary Special Hearing Committee was unable to rea [...]
2009-04-22 07:43:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL NP
09KATHMANDU328NEPAL ENCOURAGED TO VOTE FOR KOSOVO'S IMF AND
[...] (C) At a meeting April 22 with Foreign Secretary Gyan Chandra Acharya, the Ambassador urged the Government of Nepal (GON) to vote in favor of Kosovo's bid for International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank membership. The Foreign Secretary responded that the question of Kosovo's independenc [...]
2009-04-22 08:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KV NP
09KATHMANDU329NEPAL: CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF NOT FIRED YET
[...] (C) As of close of business on April 22, the Maoist-led Government of Nepal (GON) had not relieved embattled Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Rookmangud Katawal of his duties. The latest developments (since Ref B) include: -- At a brief cabinet meeting the morning of April 22, ministers we [...]
2009-04-22 09:35:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MARR NP
09KATHMANDU330NEPAL STRONGLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. CANDIDACY TO UN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-22 09:37:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU334MOMENTUM BUILDS FOR THE GLOBAL TIGER INITIATIVE
[...] The World Bank-supported Global Tiger Initiative (GTI) significantly advanced diplomatic efforts to save the world's remaining endangered wild tigers at an April 10-12 workshop of the Association of Southeast Nations Wildlife Enforcement Network (ASEAN-WEN) in Pattaya, Thailand. This workshop [...]
2009-04-23 09:30:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO ETTC ASEAN SAARC XC XD NP TH
09KATHMANDU335NEPAL: PM DAHAL MAKES CASE TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON
[...] (C) Early on April 23, Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal briefed selected members of the diplomatic corps, including Ambassador Powell, on why the Government of Nepal (GON) was considering removing Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Rookmangud Katawal. PM Dahal denied that his Maoist party had any [...]
2009-04-23 09:33:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU339NEPAL: POLITICAL CONFRONTATION OVER ARMY CHIEF
[...] (C) A little over a week since Prime Minister Dahal asked Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Katawal to resign, the ensuing political confrontation continues to churn. According to contacts and press reports from April 24-27, various unappealing scenarios, including a sacking of Katawal by the [...]
2009-04-27 10:23:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU343NEPAL: IMF GOVERNOR NONCOMMITAL ON KOSOVO'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-29 09:10:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON EFIN KV NP
09KATHMANDU344NEPAL SUPPORTS ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK GENERAL
[...] (SBU) The Government of Nepal supports the proposed 200 percent general capital increase for the Asian Development Bank (ADB). On April 29, Mani Bhattarai, Section Officer for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that he had consulted with the Min [...]
2009-04-29 09:11:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID ADB NP
09KATHMANDU345NEPAL: PARTIES CONTINUE TALKS OVER ARMY CHIEF,
[...] (C) As of close of business April 29, ongoing efforts by Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal to persuade the leaders of the opposition Nepali Congress (NC) and coalition partner Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) to agree to the removal of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General [...]
2009-04-29 09:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU353NEPAL: RAYAMAJHEE SELECTED NEW CHIEF JUSTICE
[...] (SBU) On April 29, the Constitutional Council recommended Min Bahadur Rayamajhee to be the new chief justice of Nepal, continuing the tradition of seniority at the expense of the Maoists' preferred candidate. Rayamajhee was the most senior of six Supreme Court justices eligible to replace Chi [...]
2009-04-30 08:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PTER NP
09KATHMANDU356SCENESETTER AND POINTS FOR MAY 5 UNSC SESSION ON
[...] (C) The May 5 session of the UN Security Council to review the UN Secretary General's mid-term report on the UN Mission in Nepal provides the United States with an excellent opportunity to push the peace process forward. For almost two weeks, Nepal's politics has been consumed with a struggle [...]
2009-05-01 10:37:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PTER KDEM UNSC NP
09KATHMANDU357 AIR POLLUTION IN KATHMANDU VALLEY
[...] Air pollution in Kathmandu Valley is bad and getting worse, but no substantial effort is being conducted to address the problem. Its impact on the most vulnerable, the young, and the elderly is severe. Numerous studies have shown a strong linkage between the level of air pollution and the shar [...]
2009-05-01 10:44:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO EAID XD NP
09KATHMANDU364NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS AFTER DISSENT OVER
[...] (C) On May 4 Prime Minister Dahal announced his resignation. The surprise announcement followed the May 3 cabinet vote supported only by the Prime Minister's Maoist party to immediately relieve General Katawal as Chief of Army Staff. UML and Sadbhavana Party ministers then resigned in protes [...]
2009-05-04 09:53:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU365NEPAL: SCENARIOS, WINNERS AND LOSERS AFTER MAY 3-4
[...] (C) With Prime Minister Dahal's resignation (septels),the current Maoist-led coalition is finished. Replacements include a coalition of the Maoists and the Madhesi People's Rights Forum, a national coalition or a Nepali Congress or Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist-led coali [...]
2009-05-04 10:26:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU372NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 1
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-05 09:34:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU375NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 2
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 09:06:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU377MEETINGS WITH PM DAHAL AND UML LEADER KHANAL:
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador joined like-minded heads of mission in separate meetings with Prime Minister Dahal and UML leader Jhalanath Khanal. Dahal was especially emphatic in his defense of civilian supremacy and the need to have the principle fully recognized in Nepal. He called the Presi [...]
2009-05-06 11:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU379HARD TIMES FOR SOUTH ASIA'S HONEY BEES
[...] An eight-month drought in Nepal has reduced honey production by half and will contribute to rising prices of edible oil during the monsoon season. Although generally not affected by colony collapse disorder (CCD),honey bees in South Asia have to contend with an increasing population of parasi [...]
2009-05-07 03:46:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO EAGR XD NP
09KATHMANDU388NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 3
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 09:01:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU389NEPAL: LEAKED VIDEO SPARKS "PRACHANDAGATE"
[...] (C) On May 4, a Nepalese television station released a video of Maoist leader Pushpa Dahal addressing a group of Maoist combatants at a cantonment in Chitwan on January 2, 2008. On May 6, Dahal defended his actions in a press conference. In the 2008 video, Dahal claimed that: - The rea [...]
2009-05-07 09:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU398NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 4
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 08:10:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU4NEPAL: COMMERCE MINISTER STRESSES NEED TO HAVE
[...] (C) On December 29, Minister of Commerce Rajendra Mahato of the small, Terai-based Sadbhavana Party told the Ambassador that it was essential for the Maoists to join hands with the Nepali Congress for the sake of Nepal's future. Mahato indicated that it was primarily up to Prime Minister Daha [...]
2009-01-02 09:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD EAID EAGR PHUM PTER KTEX NP
09KATHMANDU404NEPAL'S MAOISTS RUN AMOK IN RAMECHHAP AND OTHER
[...] (SBU) Following the resignation of Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal on May 4, the Maoist District Organization Committee in Ramechhap, a hilly district 75 km east of Kathmandu, issued an ultimatum to members of the Nepali Congress (NC) and Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) to [...]
2009-05-12 07:24:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU410NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the months of March and April 2009, including the following: -- Foreign Direct Investment Plunges -- Government Revenue Grows Faster Than Expenditures -- Exports Rise, But Imports Rise Faster -- Electricity Crisis A [...]
2009-05-14 07:17:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU414NEPAL: MPRF MAKES A PLAY TO HEAD THE NEW GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) At close of business May 15, the Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) was making a play to head a new Nepali government in coalition with the Maoists and several smaller parties. MPRF Member of Parliament Abishek Shah told Emboff May 15 that the Maoist leadership had agreed to permit the [...]
2009-05-15 08:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU420NEPAL: MAJORITY SUPPORT FOR UML-LED GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) On May 17 the Madhesi People's Rights Forum announced it would support Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist and Nepali Congress efforts to form a new government under the leadership of Madhav Kumar Nepal, bringing the coalition support over the majority threshold. Election of [...]
2009-05-18 08:57:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU431BOEING COMPETING TO SELL TWO AIRCRAFT TO NEPAL
[...] (SBU) Boeing is competing with Airbus and three other companies to sell two large aircraft to state-owned Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC). The five companies submitted bids by the May 21 deadline set by NAC, which is seeking to purchase one wide-body and one narrow-body aircraft. Three oth [...]
2009-05-22 07:07:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU435NEPAL: ELECTION OF NEW PRIME MINISTER MAY OCCUR
[...] (C) Caretaker Prime Minister Dahal's address to the Constituent Assembly on May 22 paves the way for holding an election of a new Prime Minister on May 23. Former Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist General Secretary Madhav Nepal is currently the only candidate. It may still t [...]
2009-05-22 09:13:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU437NEPAL: NEW PRIME MINISTER SWORN IN
[...] (C) On May 23, the Constituent Assembly elected veteran Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) leader Madhav Kumar Nepal unopposed as the country's new Prime Minister. MK Nepal and two additional UML ministers were sworn in May 25 as negotiations continued to fill the rest o [...]
2009-05-26 08:14:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU456NEPAL: SCENESETTER FOR A/S BLAKE
[...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. Your visit follows A/S Boucher's visit in February 2009, and is the first since the Maoist-led government fell in early May and a new government was formed May 23. Political Situation ------------------- 2. (U) On May 23 member [...]
2009-06-02 08:48:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM PTER EAID KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU459RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE IDENTIFYING AIR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 08:00:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SMIG PARM PK NP
09KATHMANDU461NEPAL: MAOIST LEADER AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) United Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M) chairman Pushpa Dahal told the Ambassador June 2 that the Maoists intended to continue to support the democratic process in Nepal. Dahal, who was accompanied by ex-Finance Minister Baburam Bhattarai, said that the Maoists would participate [...]
2009-06-03 09:08:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU464NEPAL: SUJATA KOIRALA POSSIBLE NEW FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) On June 3 Sujata Koirala confirmed to Emboff press reports that her father, former Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) party president Girija Prasad Koirala has proposed she head the NC team in the new UML-led coalition government. Sujata said she was designated to become the Foreign [...]
2009-06-04 05:22:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU468NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER EXPANDS HIS CABINET
[...] (SBU) On June 4, in the presence of President Ram Baran Yadav, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal swore in eight additional ministers. Prime Minister Nepal (Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist or UML) named Bijay Gachchhadar, parliamentary leader of the Madhesi People's Rights F [...]
2009-06-05 05:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU471NEPAL: MADHESI FORUM IN DISARRAY
[...] (U) At a news conference June 5 Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) Chairman Upendra Yadav announced that his party had withdrawn its support to Prime Minister M. K. Nepal's Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML)-led government. Yadav further announced that the party central [...]
2009-06-05 09:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU473NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of May 2009, including the following: -- Food Crisis Leaves Millions Hungry -- Electricity Supply Improves, But Not for All -- Bank Lending Growth Rate Slows -- Declining Number of Workers Going Overseas [...]
2009-06-08 00:44:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU48NEPAL: RUBY INDUSTRY UNREGULATED
[...] (SBU) Nepal does not have any ruby mines, nor does the country have a finishing and cutting industry. All rubies and other precious gems for jewelry are imported. Neither the Government of Nepal (GON) nor private entities in Nepal maintain controls on the typical chain of custody of rubies [...]
2009-01-15 06:48:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EFIN ECON ETRD BM NP
09KATHMANDU512NEPAL: FORMER PM DAHAL TELLS A/S BLAKE MAOISTS ARE
[...] (C) Maoist chairman and former Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal told visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake on June 12 that his party is committed to the peace process and to drafting the constitution on time. The former Prime Minister spelled out the Maoists' goals for the peace process, inclu [...]
2009-06-17 08:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU520MEDIA REACTION: IRAN'S TURMOIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-18 08:38:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU522NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER EXPANDS CABINET TO 22
[...] (SBU) On the evening of June 17, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) inducted five ministers and six state ministers into his cabinet, bringing the total to 22. The PM also assigned portfolios to the six Nepali Congress (NC) minis [...]
2009-06-18 09:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU523NEPAL LEADERS UPDATE A/S BLAKE ON OHCHR EXTENSION
[...] (SBU) On June 12, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Representative Richard Bennett informed Assistant Secretary Robert Blake that his office has been focusing on impunity and discrimination in Nepal. Both problems are still rife and continue to undermine the transition [...]
2009-06-18 09:42:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM PK SL NP
09KATHMANDU528A/S BLAKE RAISES TIBETAN, BHUTANESE REFUGEES IN
[...] (SBU) The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) representative in Kathmandu told visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake that registration and i.d. card issuance for the Tibetan refugee population remains politically sensitive, but that UNHCR remains optimistic progress can b [...]
2009-06-19 05:55:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM BT CH NP
09KATHMANDU529NEPAL: NEW PRIME MINISTER HOPEFUL HE CAN MAKE
[...] (C) Newly elected Prime Minister M.K. Nepal told visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake June 12 that he hoped his government will take shape within "a few days." He admitted that he is facing problems with the Maoists in the Parliament and the street, but said he is trying to find a way to [...]
2009-06-19 06:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU530NEPAL'S PRESIDENT STRESSES COMMITMENT TO PEACE
[...] (C) In his June 12 meeting with Assistant Secretary Blake, President Ram Baran Yadav underscored his commitment to the peace process, a new constitution, and, most importantly, the rehabilitation and reintegration of former Maoist combatants. The President defended his decision to reinstate [...]
2009-06-19 06:06:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU535NEPAL: A/S BLAKE URGES PROGRESS ON PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) In a June 12 lunch meeting with representatives from three of the four major parties and at an evening reception with a broad group of Nepali leaders, visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake encouraged parties and institutions to work together to complete the peace process, including dra [...]
2009-06-19 08:08:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KDEM UN UK NP
09KATHMANDU538INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL
[...] (C) Summary. In a June 21 meeting with Ambassador, Indian Foreign Secretary Menon expressed growing concern about the potential for confrontation between the military and the Maoists and about the lack of political leadership from the other parties. Menon said that COAS Katawal,s confronta [...]
2009-06-22 08:40:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR UN IN NP
09KATHMANDU541NEPAL SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) On June 22, Madan Bhattarai, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal would have no problem supporting the U.S. candidate, Ms. Lucretia Myers, for the UN International Civil Service Commission in t [...]
2009-06-23 09:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU542NEPAL VAGUE ON INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY
[...] (SBU) On June 22, Madan Bhattarai, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal has a "tricky" decision to make regarding the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) going into the preparatory meeting [...]
2009-06-23 09:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGHG SENV NP
09KATHMANDU549FOREIGN MINISTER VALUES CONTINUED U.S. ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) On June 12, Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala (Nepali Congress) acknowledged to Assistant Secretary Robert Blake that the Maoists were unlikely to join the current government. However, she was optimistic that at least a few of the Maoists would participate in a High Level Peace Committee. [...]
2009-06-25 05:28:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID ETRD KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU552NEPAL: THIRD CABINET EXPANSION
[...] (U) On June 24 Prime Minster Madhav Kumar Nepal expanded his cabinet for a third time, swearing in five ministers and one state minister. The expansion brings in two more ministers for Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF),two from the second largest Terai-based party, the Terai Madhes Democr [...]
2009-06-25 09:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU56NEPAL: COLGATE NEGOTIATES LABOR SETTLEMENT
[...] (C) On November 21, Colgate Palmolive announced it had sold its entire interest in its Nepal operation, Colgate-Palmolive Nepal),to a private Nepali concern (reftel). Although the purchase agreement included provisions ensuring continued employment under the new ownership, the former Colgate [...]
2009-01-20 06:25:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ELAB NP
09KATHMANDU562NEPAL: THIRD CABINET EXPANSION COMPLETED
[...] (U) The two members of the Terai Madhes Democratic Party (TMDP) named to the cabinet in the third expansion who had not participated in the swearing-in ceremony on June 24 (Reftel) took the oath of office and secrecy from Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on June 25. 2. (U) The cabinet now [...]
2009-06-26 08:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU564TIBETAN PROTESTERS DETAINED IN KATHMANDU
[...] (SBU) In the first Tibetan political protest since March 2009, a group of 34 Tibetans took a bus from Kathmandu to the Nepal-Tibet border early on June 26, reportedly to turn themselves over to Chinese authorities and become martyrs for the cause of a free Tibet. The group was intercepted and [...]
2009-06-26 09:30:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM CH NP
09KATHMANDU569NEPAL RELEASES TIBETAN PROTESTERS
[...] (SBU) On June 28, following interventions by Tibetan community leaders and the Representative of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),the Government of Nepal's Immigration Department released the 34 Tibetan protesters detained on June 26 (reftel). The Immigration authorities initia [...]
2009-06-29 08:19:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL CH NP
09KATHMANDU570NEPAL: FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON PEACE PROCESS,
[...] (C) During the Ambassador's farewell call on June 29, Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala confirmed that the cabinet had decided to extend the UN Mission in Nepal's mandate in Nepal. The cabinet also approved the extension of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights for an additional [...]
2009-06-29 08:20:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM UN CH NP
09KATHMANDU590NEPAL: COMMERCE AND LAW MINISTERS JOIN CABINET
[...] (U) On July 3 Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal inducted two more ministers into his cabinet: Rajendra Mahato, chairman of the small, Madhesi-based Sadbhavana Party (SP),as Minister for Commerce and Supplies; and Prem Bahadur Singh, the sole Member of Parliament from the Social Democratic Peo [...]
2009-07-06 08:27:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV NP
09KATHMANDU600NEPAL PARLIAMENT PROCEEDINGS RESUME
[...] (C) On July 6, with the mid-July budget deadline looming, the Maoists reached agreement with the Nepali Congress (NC) and the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) to end their two-month obstruction of the Parliament and allow the budget to be presented. Deal Struck ----- [...]
2009-07-07 09:28:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MARR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU601NEPAL: AMBASSADOR URGES PROGRESS IN PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) In a series of farewell calls since June 22 with senior Nepali officials and politicians, the Ambassador urged progress on the peace process, in the drafting of the constitution and in the political process generally. Nepali officials, including the Foreign, Defense, Home, Finance, and Pe [...]
2009-07-08 03:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID MARR UNSC NP
09KATHMANDU616NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON INT'L TELECOM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 02:58:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT PREL KTIA TSPA NP
09KATHMANDU617NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 03:04:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PARM PREL KNNP KN NP
09KATHMANDU618NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UN
[...] (U) On July 7, Emboff delivered the reftel demarche and talking points to Madan Bhattarai, Joint Secretary of the Foreign Ministry's UN and International Organizations Division, seeking the cooperation of the Government of Nepal (GON) in carrying out the inspection-related provisions of UN Sec [...]
2009-07-10 03:07:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN NP
09KATHMANDU619AMBASSADOR RAISES ADOPTIONS WITH PRIME MINISTER IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-10 05:14:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CVIS KOCI NP
09KATHMANDU625NEPAL: EMBASSY ADVOCATES FOR BOEING
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Madhav Nepal and Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation Sarad Bhandari vowed in meetings the week of July 6 that the Nepal Airlines Corporation's decision to purchase new aircraft would be fair and transparent. PM Nepal expressed this commitment to transparency during the [...]
2009-07-13 06:00:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALEAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU638NEPAL EXTENDS OHCHR, BUT FUNDS NEEDED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 10:07:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU643MEDIA REACTION: TOWARDS A NUCLEAR FREE WORLD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-17 08:36:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU645NEPAL'S TIBETAN REFUGEE POLICY UNDER STRAIN
[...] (C) The Government of Nepal's policy of permitting Tibetan refugees to remain quietly in Nepal while accommodating Chinese demands to prevent "anti-China" activities is under increasing strain. Tibetan activists have recently conducted several public protests, Nepali authorities detained the [...]
2009-07-17 10:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU653NEPAL DRAFTS FIRST BROADBAND POLICY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-20 08:39:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDECPS NP
09KATHMANDU674NEPAL'S BUDGET: BROAD PROMISES, UNREALISTIC
[...] (U) The Government of Nepal recently unveiled its policies and programs for fiscal 2009/10, and a USD 3.7 billion budget to support them, with the aim of, among other things, fostering faster economic growth, curbing inflation, boosting infrastructure development, and expanding social service [...]
2009-07-24 01:14:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD PTER KCRM NP
09KATHMANDU677MEDIA REACTION: CLINTON'S DELHI VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-24 06:21:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU679NEPAL: UNHCR ADVOCATES REGISTERING TIBETANS
[...] (SBU) During a July 13 meeting of the U.S.-hosted Tibetan Discussion Group, Kathmandu's UNHCR Representative Daisy Dell advocated for registration of Tibetan refugees in Nepal. Based on experience with Nepal's Bhutanese refugee community, Dell sees registration as the necessary first step t [...]
2009-07-24 08:45:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU68NEPAL: MAOISTS MERGE WITH SMALL COMMUNIST PARTY;
[...] (SBU) On January 12, the Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (CPN-M),Nepal's largest party, merged with a minor communist party, the Communist Party of Nepal - Unity Center Masal (UC),to form the United Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M). A joint convention of the two parties' Central [...]
2009-01-26 10:32:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU692NEPAL'S CABINET MINISTERS - BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) Following is biographic information about key ministers in the current Nepali cabinet. Biographic information about the Prime Minister was reported in Ref D. Bijay Gachhadar, Deputy Prime Minister and Physical Planning and Works --------------------------------------------- --------- [...]
2009-07-28 08:42:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU697NEPAL: CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF KATAWAL ANNOUNCES
[...] (SBU) On July 27, the Chief of the Army Staff, General Rookmangud Katawal, called on President Ram Baran Yadav to announce his retirement and introduce his successor, Lt. Gen. Chhatraman Gurung. Katawal said he would take the customary one-month leave beginning August 8 before his retirement [...]
2009-07-29 09:17:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS NP
09KATHMANDU70NEPAL: CHAIRPERSONS SELECTED FOR CONSTITUENT
[...] (SBU) On January 13, Constituent Assembly (CA) Chairman Subash Nemwang swore in chairpersons from six parties for the 24 CA committees. Madhav Kumar Nepal, the former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),was elected head of the Constitutional Com [...]
2009-01-27 06:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU705NEPAL: POTENTIAL NEPALI AMBASSADOR TO U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has nominated Dr. Shankar Prasad Sharma as Ambassador to the United States. Sharma is a longtime economic advisor to the government and has been an adviser to the Koirala family. Political factors may derail the nomination, which must be approv [...]
2009-07-30 10:57:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM OFDP PGOV PHUM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU71564TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: NEPAL PARTICIPATION
[...] (SBU) On July 20, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that the Government of Nepal had not decided who would attend the 64th UN General Assembly in New York beginning mid-September. He said that the Prime M [...]
2009-07-31 08:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU717NEPAL: CONSTITUTION TIMETABLE REVISED AGAIN--AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Constituent Assembly's (CA's) timetable for drafting Nepal's new constitution has been delayed five times. Only four of ten constitution drafting sub-committees have presented their concept papers to the full committee. In an attempt to resolve the impasse, both the interim [...]
2009-07-31 09:11:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU726NEPAL: MAOIST DEMONSTRATIONS BEGINNING AUGUST 7
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Unified Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist (UCPN-M) party announced they will begin demonstrations in the streets and in parliament August 7, unless the coalition government meets a series of demands. The Maoists are demanding a parliamentary debate on the issue of "civilian [...]
2009-08-04 09:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU728NEPAL: INITIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE
[...] (U) In response to reftel request for mechanisms in Nepal that aim to prevent torture and protect victims, post is aware of the following mechanisms: 2. (C) The Nepali government has several institutions that have responsibility for working to prevent torture: the Prime Minister's (PM's) Of [...]
2009-08-05 01:30:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALDRL NP PGOV PHUM UN
09KATHMANDU732NEPAL: MAOIST THREATS SPARK ANGST, RUMORS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Maoist Leader Dahal,s public and private statements that his party intends to topple the M.K. Nepal government have prompted speculation about the fallout from Maoist demonstrations scheduled to begin on August 7. Discussions between Maoists and Nepali Congress (NC) leaders have s [...]
2009-08-06 10:25:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU737NEPAL: MAOIST PROTEST CAMPAIGN BEGINS QUIETLY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Maoists' month-long protest campaign began quietly on August 7 with small-scale, inconsequential protests, but sources confirm Maoist preparations to mobilize supporters in coming weeks for peaceful demonstrations. Meanwhile, the government coalition decided the previous ev [...]
2009-08-07 10:11:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PTER ASEC CASC NP
09KATHMANDU739NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR JULY 2009
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of July 2009, including the following: -- FY 2009/10 Budget Nearly 34 Percent Larger -- Economic Survey Shows Declining Performance -- UN Says Hunger in Some Areas 'Extremely Alarming' -- Growth in Overs [...]
2009-08-10 04:53:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU740MEDIA REACTION: HUMANITARIAN ACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-10 07:28:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU741NEPAL: HOME MINISTER CONFRONTS SECURITY CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Home Minister Bhim Rawal has unveiled a new security plan intended to curb violence and end impunity. Key aspects of the plan have been developed in coordination with the U.S.-sponsored Security Sector Reform (SSR) project and include redoubling efforts to increase security per [...]
2009-08-10 07:34:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC IN NP
09KATHMANDU743NEPAL'S CONCURRENCE ON UPDATED EXECUTIVE ORDER
[...] (C) Embassy Kathmandu concurs with the Department of Labor's update of its Executive Order 13126 list, which identifies bricks, carpets, embroidered textiles (zari),and crushed stones as products produced in Nepal using forced or indentured child labor. MOON [...]
2009-08-10 08:20:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NP
09KATHMANDU744NEPAL: INDIGENOUS GROUPS VIE FOR POWER, FEDERALISM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal's ethnic minority ("Janajati") groups have formed a political caucus in the Constituent Assembly (CA) to overcome their traditional marginalization in Nepali politics. The Janajati groups propose a federal system with distinct districts for different groups, but disagree o [...]
2009-08-10 09:11:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP SOCI
09KATHMANDU748UNMIN PESSIMISTIC ON NEPAL PEACE PROCESS PROSPECTS
[...] (C) Summary: The UN Secretary General's representative in Nepal, Karin Landgren, told P-5 missions on August 11 that prospects for Nepal's peace process over the next six to eight weeks are "slim." Obstacles include the failure of political leaders to develop a "high-level mechanism" for re [...]
2009-08-12 09:06:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PTER KDEM UNSC IN NP
09KATHMANDU756NEPAL: MAOISTS ON CONSENSUS GOVERNMENT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Maoist Central Committee,s top priority is to force a parliamentary debate on the "civilian supremacy" issue and then to establish a consensus government under Maoist leadership. The Maoists will not agree to a "high-level mechanism" for resolving inter-party disputes on c [...]
2009-08-14 08:29:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU769NEPAL UNDECIDED ABOUT UNESCO DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] (SBU) On August 17, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that his government would wait until "closer to the election" on September 17 for the UNESCO Director General before deciding on a candidate. Emboff conveye [...]
2009-08-18 07:39:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU779COOPERATION KEY TO SOUTH ASIAN WATER SECURITY
[...] (U) Summary. The battle over water will drive geopolitical relations in South Asia in the 21st century as the flow of Himalayan rivers becomes increasingly unpredictable due to climate change, according to regional experts who attended a recent conference in Kathmandu. The only way to ensur [...]
2009-08-20 01:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSENV EAID TBIO PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU782NEPALI CONGRESS PARTY WEATHERS MAOIST STORM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A long-time confidant of Nepali Congress (NC) party leader G.P. Koirala believes the current government will survive Maoist challenges in the coming months and that the Maoists may join the governing coalition by the end of 2009. Two influential NC "Young Turks" take the opposite [...]
2009-08-21 05:03:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU787NEPAL: FM SYMPATHETIC ON TIBET BUT CHANGE UNLIKELY
[...] (C) In an August 24 meeting with Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala (septel),Charge expressed U.S. concern about recent, and highly inaccurate, reports in the Nepali media linking the Tibetan Reception Center to anti-Chinese activities. Noting the U.S.-funded Center is well-respected and plays an [...]
2009-08-25 08:39:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM NP CH
09KATHMANDU788NEPAL: MUSLIMS SEEK RECOGNITION IN NEW CONSTITUTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal's Muslim community is seeking official recognition in the new constitution as a way to guarantee their religious rights. Muslim leaders in Nepal see India as a model for structuring religious affairs in a democracy. Madrasas throughout the Terai operate through loose, in [...]
2009-08-25 08:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI NP
09KATHMANDU792NEPAL: FM KOIRALA ON ROPES BUT LIKELY TO SURVIVE
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala has come under fire over her last-minute decision not to accompany Prime Minister M.K. Nepal on his August 18-22 visit to India. She will survive the controversy, but her weak political base has eroded even further. Koirala will make a "goodwill t [...]
2009-08-26 08:40:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM CH NP
09KATHMANDU796NEPAL: CONSTITUTION UNLIKELY TO BENEFIT
[...] (U) Summary: Nepal's most disadvantaged group, the "untouchable" Dalit caste, has successfully organized political and advocacy NGOs over the past two decades, but Nepal,s political parties have traditionally limited their political influence. Nepali Dalits are seeking legal protections in th [...]
2009-08-27 09:20:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU804NEPAL: UNMIN MONITORING OF PLA COMBATANTS IN DOUBT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Maoist People's Liberation Army (PLA) combatants were detained outside of their cantonment on August 24 carrying weapons and dressed in military fatigues. UNMIN publicly expressed "serious concern" about the incident, which it said was a clear violation of peace agreements. Ot [...]
2009-08-31 02:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU808NEPAL'S NEXT ENVOY TO U.S. IS COMPETENT TECHNOCRAT
[...] (C) Summary: Shankar Prasad Sharma, Nepal's Ambassador-Designate to the United States of America, is a longtime economic adviser to the Government of Nepal (GON) who has also been a personal adviser to the family of Nepali Congress chairman G.P. Koirala. He received his Ph.D. in economics f [...]
2009-08-31 09:19:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU81U.S. AND NEPAL SIGN AGREEMENT ON LAW ENFORCEMENT
[...] (U) On January 23, the Deputy Chief of Mission and Finance Secretary Rameshore Khanal signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA),in English (reftel),covering long-term law enforcement assistance worth over USD 2.5 million to the Home Ministry, Nepal Police (NP),and Armed Police Force (APF). This In [...]
2009-02-02 03:51:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL SNAR INL KCRS NP
09KATHMANDU813NEPAL: VP OATH CRISIS SYMBOLIZES ETHNIC DIVISIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Nepal's Vice President Parmananda Jha has refused to take his oath in the Nepali language after the Supreme Court invalidated his previous oath, taken in Hindi. The controversy has been brewing for months and has come to symbolize long-standing tensions over language and ethnicity [...]
2009-09-01 08:35:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU814INDIA VISIT REINFORCED NEPAL'S RULING COALITION --
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal's August 18-22 visit to New Delhi, widely viewed as more symbolic than substantive, somewhat cemented his position as the leader of the Nepalese government but does not guarantee he will be able to remain in power. The visit did, however, ill [...]
2009-09-01 09:02:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU82NEPAL: 2008 END-USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] Per the discontinued reporting requirements noted reftel, post has no end-use monitoring to report for Calendar Year 2008. All International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Bureau funds post utilized in 2008 were Program Development & Support funds. BERRY [...]
2009-02-02 05:26:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN NP
09KATHMANDU827NEPAL: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S UNGA INVITATION DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered President Obama's invitation to a meeting to be held on September 23, during the UN General Assembly (UNGA),for the leaders of the top UN peacekeeper-contributing countries (Ref A) to Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal. Rajan Bhattarai, the PM's foreign policy [...]
2009-09-04 12:48:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP KPKO UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU828NEPAL: RETIRING COAS KATAWAL PESSIMISTIC ON FUTURE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Expressing appreciation for U.S. support over the years, Chief of Army Staff Katawal told Charge he remains deeply distrustful of Maoist intentions, stressing the importance of continued pressure on the Maoists. A strong and apolitical military is essential to protect Nepal's dem [...]
2009-09-04 13:17:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL MASS NP
09KATHMANDU829NEPAL: PM OUTLINES PEACE PROCESS STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal told Charge on September 4 his primary concerns are how to resolve whether former Maoist combatants can integrate into the Nepal Army, achieve unity among the political parties and the international community, and advance the peace process. The [...]
2009-09-04 13:27:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU834NEPAL ARRESTS, RELEASES TIBETANS
[...] (C) On September 6, the Nepal Police Chief District Officer ordered the release of nine Tibetans refugees who had been held for four and five days. The CDO told OHCHR that the nine were being released on his authority and could be detained again by the same means. Seven of the Tibetans, rang [...]
2009-09-09 11:16:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM CH NP
09KATHMANDU840NEPAL: ADVOCACY CONTINUES AS BOEING'S HOPES FADE
[...] (SBU) The Charge d'Affaires continues to advocate at the highest levels of government for the state-run Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) to conduct its decision-making process on the purchase of new aircraft in a fair and transparent manner, even as Boeing officials report that the NAC Board o [...]
2009-09-11 10:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALEAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU841NEPAL: MAOISTS' SHORT AND LONG-TERM STRATEGIES IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal's Maoists continue to pursue short- and long-term strategies for returning to power in the Constituent Assembly. In the short term, they are working to persuade disaffected Madhesi parties to give them the 30 seats they need to gain a working majority. Over the long term [...]
2009-09-11 12:49:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU842SCENESETTER: DASD SCHER VISIT TO NEPAL
[...] (SBU) U.S. Mission Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. The last high-level visit to Nepal was A/S Blake's visit in June, and your visit will convey the message that the USG is committed to supporting Nepal's peace process and transition to a full-fledged democracy. Arriving only a week af [...]
2009-09-11 19:22:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MARR NP
09KATHMANDU845NEPAL: NEW ARMY CHIEF STRESSES HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (U) In his first address since being sworn in as Chief of the Army Staff, General Chhatra Man Singh Gurung stressed that the Nepal Army would have "zero tolerance" for human rights violations. Speaking before more than 1,000 generals, officers, and non-commissioned officers at Nepal Army Hea [...]
2009-09-14 12:12:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU851NEPAL PM ACCEPTS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S UNGA INVITATION
[...] (SBU) Nepalese Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal has accepted President Obama's invitation to a meeting to be held on September 23, during the UN General Assembly (UNGA),for the leaders of the top UN peacekeeper - contributing countries (Reftels). Rajan Bhattarai, the PM's foreign policy ad [...]
2009-09-15 10:49:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU852NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IAEA GENERAL CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Nepalese Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala told Charge during a meeting on September 15 (septel) she would look into the Middle East issues related to the International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference currently in process in Vienna. Charge specifically requested that Nepal vote aga [...]
2009-09-15 11:44:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALAORC PARM PREL KNNP IAEA EG IS NP
09KATHMANDU853NEPAL ENDORSES GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-16 04:18:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID PREL NP
09KATHMANDU861MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT OBAMA'S HEALTH CARE PLANS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 11:57:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU863NEPAL: FM OPEN TO KOSOVO MEETING
[...] (C) During a September 15 meeting with Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala (ref A),Charge encouraged the Government of Nepal to respond favorably to meeting requests from the Government of Kosovo during the upcoming UNGA session (ref B). Koirala was unaware of any request for a meeting, but appe [...]
2009-09-18 08:42:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KV NP
09KATHMANDU864NEPAL: JUDICIAL POLITICS, POLITICIZED JUDICIARY
[...] (C) Summary: Key judicial leaders in Nepal are deeply concerned about Maoist-supported constitutional proposals on the judiciary, which would empower parliament to appoint and remove judges, and interpret the constitution. The Supreme Court Chief Justice and others are actively lobbying the C [...]
2009-09-18 08:51:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM EAID KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU866NEPAL: UNGA FOOD SECURITY EVENT INVITATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 09:40:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EAGR UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU869MEDIA REACTION: INVOLVEMENT IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-21 11:44:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU870(C) NEPAL FM: IF NOT INDIA, HOW ABOUT CHINA?
[...] (C) Summary: During Foreign Minister Koirala's recent trip to China, Chinese officials expressed continuing "concern" about the activities of Tibetan refugees in Nepal. China promised Koirala only a handful of small-sum infrastructure projects. The Indians are "not happy" with Nepal's cooper [...]
2009-09-21 12:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF CH NP
09KATHMANDU871NEPAL: HOME MINISTER LISTS PRIORITIES TO DASD SCHER
[...] (C) Summary: Home Minister Bhim Rawal highlighted to Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (DASD) Scher his commitment to improving national and regional security, curbing political violence, resolving the most contentious peace process issues with the Maoists, and upholding human rights. I [...]
2009-09-21 13:04:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU872NEPAL: NGOS BRIEF DAS SCHER ON GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Representatives of democracy and peace-building organizations working in Nepal told visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Scher that the Nepali population is increasingly frustrated with the ongoing political stalemate. "Backbench" Constituent Assembly (CA) members ar [...]
2009-09-21 13:05:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU877NEPAL: UNMIN HEAD SHARES DOUBTS ABOUT PEACE
[...] (C) Summary: Unless the Maoists are "drawn into the political process," progress on constitution drafting and military integration and rehabilitation will be very difficult, according to UNMIN head Karin Landgren. Landgren told visiting Defense DAS Scher that solutions to the technical aspec [...]
2009-09-22 12:53:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IN NP
09KATHMANDU880NEPAL: BOEING'S BID GETS A BOOST
[...] (U) Boeing's bid to supply a narrow-body aircraft to the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) has been given a boost by the parliament's Public Accounts Committee, which at a September 18 hearing issued a directive to the state-run airline that should bring some balance to a decision-making proce [...]
2009-09-23 08:54:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU881NEPAL: TERRORIST THREATENING CHRISTIANS ARRESTED
[...] (C) Summary: The leader of the Nepal Defense Army (NDA),Ram Prasad Mainali, was arrested on September 5 in the eastern Terai district of Morang. The NDA is a Hindu extremist organization that gained prominence over the past couple of years for attacks against Christians as well as Muslims [...]
2009-09-23 11:52:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KIRF ASEC CASC IN NP
09KATHMANDU883NEPAL: DEFENSE MINISTER ON PEACE PROCESS, U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: Defense Minister Bidya Bhandari told visiting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Robert Scher that Nepal was "at a very important juncture in the peace process." She supports limited integration of Maoist combatants into the Nepal Army based on the peace agreements so long as t [...]
2009-09-23 12:34:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU884NEPAL: DASD SCHER, COAS ON PEACE PROCESS ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Chief of Army Staff Chhatraman Singh Gurung asked Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Scher for the United States to resume the supply of lethal assistance to the Nepal Army (NA). Gurung supports the peace process and civilian supremacy but is willing to step in should the Gov [...]
2009-09-24 03:45:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MARR MASS MCAP IN NP
09KATHMANDU887NEPAL: COURT ORDERS MILITARY ACTION IN SURUWAL CASE
[...] (U) In a surprising and positive development, the District Court in Kavre ordered the military to take action in one of Nepal's highest-profile human rights cases, the 2005 murder of 15-year-old Maina Suruwal. The Court ordered the Nepal Army Adjutant General to suspend Major Niranjan Basnet, [...]
2009-09-24 10:35:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU898NEPAL: LET'S ENGAGE THE KEY PLAYERS
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paras. 5 and 9. 2. (C) Summary. Post proposes a new approach to remove two conflict-era impediments to effective U.S. engagement in Nepal: (1) restrictions on U.S. military assistance to the Nepal Army, and (2) ongoing inclusion of the Communist Party of [...]
2009-10-01 03:29:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER MARR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU906NEPAL: CONTROVERSIAL ARMY GENERAL COULD BE PROMOTED
[...] (C) Summary: Based on media reports that Nepal Army (NA) Major General Toran Singh, who is alleged to be complicit in human rights abuses, was soon to be promoted to Lieutenant General, the Defense Attache met with two cabinet ministers and the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) to voice U.S. conc [...]
2009-10-02 12:37:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR PREL PINR NP
09KATHMANDU910FRAUD SUMMARY - KATHMANDU, NEPAL
[...] Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a per capita income of less than USD400. A precarious peace following ten years of armed civil conflict, the Maoist party intimating a potential return to violence, weak government institutions under the current government - the second [...]
2009-10-05 12:44:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NP
09KATHMANDU916NEPAL-CHINA BORDER: FACT AND FICTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Media reports indicate the Government of Nepal (GON) is deploying armed police along its 884 mile northern border with China in response to pressure from the Chinese government to prevent Tibetan activism. These reports are overstated; the GON does not have the resources to f [...]
2009-10-07 11:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU917MEDIA REACTION: NEPAL-U.S. RELATIONS; U.S.- MAOIST RELATIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 11:41:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU918MEDIA REACTION: U.S. CONSTITUTION & NEPAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 11:49:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU922NEPAL: IRAN DEMARCHES DELIVERED
[...] (C) On October 8, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that nonproliferation and nuclear disarmament are very important issues to the Government of Nepal (GON),and Iran should comply with its international obligat [...]
2009-10-09 11:16:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM IR NP
09KATHMANDU928MEDIA REACTION: U.S, INDIAN PERCEPTION OF CHINA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 11:50:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU929NEPAL: CONTROVERSIAL GENERAL'S PROMOTION ON HOLD
[...] (SBU) Nepal's Cabinet deferred on October 8 a decision on the promotion of Army Major General Toran Singh. Singh, who is alleged to be complicit in human rights abuses, was under consideration for promotion to Lieutenant General (reftel). The Cabinet reportedly discussed Singh's appointment b [...]
2009-10-09 11:54:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MARR PINR NP
09KATHMANDU930NEPAL: MAOIST COMBATANTS TO BE DISCHARGED - MAYBE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Under a new agreement between the Ministry for Peace and Reconstruction and the Maoists, the discharge process for disqualified Maoist combatants is scheduled to restart with a high-level joint visit to a cantonment on October 11. The Ministry hopes to transfer all disqualified [...]
2009-10-09 12:19:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU945MEDIA REACTION: RESPONSE OF NEPALI PRESS TO OBAMA'S NOBEL PRIZE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-14 11:50:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU946BHUTAN REFUGEE FOOD SUPPLIES INTERRUPTED
[...] (U) Summary. World Food Program (WFP) food supplies for Bhutanese refugees living in camps in Nepal are insufficient, so WFP will soon provide half rations for about one month. Meanwhile, UNHCR reports that security in Bhutanese refugee camps is good and fraud is relatively low in refugee res [...]
2009-10-14 12:18:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PREF EAID NP
09KATHMANDU950NEPAL: UN SUPPORTS JOINT HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and Post agreed to develop a joint human rights framework, identifying emblematic human rights cases and pressing both the Nepal Army and the Maoists to take specific actions to punish the perpetrators. While this s [...]
2009-10-16 06:19:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU958NEPAL: DISQUALIFIED MAOISTS TOLD TIME TO GO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Peace and Reconstruction Minister, Maoist military commanders and UN representatives visited a Maoist cantonment on October 11-15 to restart the process for "discharging" former Maoist combatants. Maoist leaders told former combatants to prepare for reintegration into Nepali [...]
2009-10-20 09:36:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU966MEDIA REACTION: AFGHAN RUNOFF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 11:05:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU972NEPAL: P-5 AMBASSADORS VISIT MAOIST CANTONMENTS
[...] (C) Summary. During an October 23 visit to a Maoist cantonment in eastern Nepal, the P-5 plus Japan chiefs of mission underscored UNSC support for the Nepali peace process and called for the rapid discharge, integration, and rehabilitation of Maoist combatants. The Maoist Division Commander [...]
2009-10-26 12:37:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR UN NP
09KATHMANDU974NEPAL: INDIA BIASED AGAINST MAOISTS, FAVORS STATUS
[...] (C) Summary. Two senior Nepali civil society leaders, who just completed extensive political discussions with Indian leaders, concluded that India's policy toward Nepal is "simplistic" and biased against the Maoists. India supports the current M.K. Nepal-led government and wants to keep the [...]
2009-10-26 12:45:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU977MESSAGE TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF NEPAL FROM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 10:34:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU980NEPAL: MAOISTS DEMAND LEADERSHIP OF GOVERNMENT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist plans to intensify protests and "paralyze" government operations starting in mid-November unless the ruling coalition agrees to create a new Maoist-led consensus government. The Maoists seek increased dialogue with the United States and want t [...]
2009-10-27 12:08:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU982NEPAL: PM ADVISOR HINTS AT ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary. Rajan Bhattarai, the Prime Minister's foreign policy advisor, told Charge that PM Madhav Kumar Nepal is committed to investigating and prosecuting human rights abuses the Nepal Army and the Maoists perpetrated during the insurgency. Bhattarai said the PM has delayed the promotio [...]
2009-10-28 08:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU984NEPAL: MAOIST CHAIRMAN SEEKS TERRORIST DE-LISTING
[...] (C) Summary: Maoist chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (aka Prachanda) told Charge he would like to build confidence and relations between the Maoist party and the United States. Dahal also expressed interest in taking steps to remove his party from the U.S. terrorist exclusion lists. He insisted [...]
2009-10-29 08:04:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU991NEPAL: DRAFT 2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] Summary: Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of nor a major transit route for narcotic drugs, some hashish, heroin and domestically produced cannabis and opium are trafficked to and through Nepal every year. Nepal's Narcotics Drug Control Law Enforcement Unit (NDCLEU) reports th [...]
2009-11-02 10:36:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR NP
09KATHMANDU998NEPAL: UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE MULLS FUTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) plays an useful and unique role in protecting human rights in Nepal. OHCHR has established long-term and ambitious benchmarks its future program, but it is not clear the Government of Nepal will extend its current [...]
2009-11-03 13:06:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU999NEPAL: ESCALATING MAOIST PROTESTS THREATEN AIRPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 1, the Maoists launched a protest program against the coalition government that is to build up to a blockade of the Kathmandu Valley and international airport on November 10. Meanwhile, Maoist leader Prachanda invited foreign ambassadors and representatives of int [...]
2009-11-03 13:28:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KHARTOUM1102UNAMID CLOSER TO FULL DEPLOYMENT, BUT STILL FACING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a September 13 visit to the El Fasher headquarters of the United Nations - African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID),UNAMID leadership told Special Envoy (SE) Gration that they are working vigorously to shift the mission's focus from deployment to employment. The force is now [...]
2009-09-29 09:31:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM PREF KPKO AU SU
09KHARTOUM142UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of January 29 the total number of UNAMID military personnel was 12,540, or just over 64 percent of the total authorized force strength. UNAMID senior staff agree that the deployment goal is impossible to secure by Mabch 31. In fact, UNAMID's shipping pipeline may be empty wi [...]
2009-02-04 06:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM191UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE, FEBRUARY 10
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of February 5 the total number of UNAMID military personnel was 12,547, or just over 64 percent of the total authorized force strength. DPKO is pressing UNAMID to facilitate the deployment of an Ethiopian attack helicopter company a soon as possible, but construction of adeq [...]
2009-02-10 15:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM227UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of February 17 the total number of UNAMID military personnel was 12,611, or 64 percent of the total authorized force strength. UNAMID is preparing for the arrival of the Ethiopian attack helicopter unit and believes it has sufficient authorization from the GOS to begin contr [...]
2009-02-21 11:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM310UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE, MARCH 4, 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: As of March 3, 2009, the total number of UNAMID military personnel was 12,939, or 66.16 percent of the total authorized force strength. UNAMID continues to prepare for the arrival of the Ethiopian attack helicopter unit, welcoming an Ethiopian officer assigned to facilitate the [...]
2009-03-07 10:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM347UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE, MARCH 12, 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: Construction is slated to begin shortly on the facilities necessary for the May arrival of the Ethiopian attack helicopters, but the GOS has yet to convey its approval of their arrival to UNAMID. Nepalese authorities have scheduled an official UNAMID pre-deployment visit in May, [...]
2009-03-13 13:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM449UNAMID UPDATE, MARCH 31
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID is preparing for Nepalese contingent-owned equipment (COE) to arrive in Sudan. The COE will get here before the contingent of Nepalese troops, which UNAMID is pushing to be on the ground by July 2009. In April and May, an Egyptian battalion will deploy to two camps in t [...]
2009-03-31 13:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM89UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE, JANUARY 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: The big news in UNAMID deployment for January 2009 was the successful movement, with strong Embassy support especially from the Defense Liaison Office (DLO),of Rwandan troops and equipment by the U.S. Air Force. The movements went flawlessly with full cooperation by the GoS and [...]
2009-01-25 13:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KINSHASA161 DRC: RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL
[...] (U) This message contains Embassy Kinshasa's responses to questions in reftel, paragraphs 23-27, on trafficking in persons. 2. (SBU) Begin responses to paragraph 23: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on trafficking in persons? What plans are in place (if any) t [...]
2009-02-18 15:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF KTIP KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CG
09KOLKATA127BHARAT BALLOT 09: SIKKIM DEMOCRATIC FRONT LIKELY TO RETURN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) appears likely to continue its 15 year rule of the small mountainous Northeast Indian state strategically wedged in between Nepal, China (Tibet) and Bhutan. While it may not match the 2004 absolute sweep, it appears that it will retain its one L [...]
2009-05-15 11:02:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ENRG ELTN EFIN EAIR IN NP BT CH
09KOLKATA130GORKHAS SUPPORT BJP TO FURTHER GORKHALAND STATEHOOD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Voters in the West Bengal Darjeeling constituency elected the state's only Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) successful candidate to parliament as part of their ongoing movement for the creation of a new "Gorkhaland" state within the Indian Union. The political organization Gorkha [...]
2009-05-19 11:35:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC IN
09KOLKATA18FIRST CONFIRMED AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN SIKKIM
[...] (U) On January 19, the Indian Ministry of Agriculture confirmed the presence of the H5N1 virus in poultry in Ravongla Municipality in South Sikkim district in the northeastern state of Sikkim. The epicenter is located approximately 40 km north of the last reported AI outbreak in India in Darje [...]
2009-01-23 10:59:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN NP CH
09KOLKATA215GORKHAS PURSUE POLITICAL STRATEGY TO FURTHER STATEHOOD
[...] (SBU) Summary: For the past two years, the new political party Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) has increased its efforts to carve out a new Indian state - Gorkhaland - from the existing state of West Bengal. Like other political parties in West Bengal, GJMM uses force and intimidation but it i [...]
2009-08-03 11:20:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC CASC IN
09KOLKATA35BIHAR CHIEF MINISTER KUMAR: KOSI RELIEF, STATE DEVELOPMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to a wide range of contacts, Bihar's Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is effectively mobilizing the state government machinery to respond to the August 2008 flooding of the river Kosi and improve development in the state. Since forming a government in November 2005, Kumar h [...]
2009-02-10 10:50:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID IN NP
09KOLKATA55NEW AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK IN WEST BENGAL - A CROSS BORDER
[...] (U) On February 24, the GOI reported a second outbreak of the avian influenza (AI) virus H5N1 in backyard poultry in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, this time in the forest village of Punding (See Reftel). The village is about 630 km north of Kolkata and the district physically borders the [...]
2009-03-05 09:15:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR SENV CASC PGOV AMED KFLU IN BG
09KUALALUMPUR102MALAYSIA'S NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia made some progress in addressing the challenges associated with trafficking in persons during this reporting period, building incrementally on the advances it made last year. Malaysia began implementing and enforcing its comprehensive anti-trafficking law, which went [...]
2009-02-13 09:30:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD KTIP
09KUALALUMPUR652MALAYSIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS UPDATE, AUGUST 7,
[...] (C) Summary. In recent weeks, the GOM has continued to pay substantive attention to trafficking in persons (TIP) issues: the GOM invited local embassies to participate in a GOM training seminar designed to train prosecutors and court officials on how to handle TIP cases; GOM Immigration Dete [...]
2009-08-07 09:12:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR775TIP AMBASSADOR CDEBACA'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA, AUGUST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 05:56:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKTIP KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG MY PGOV
09KUALALUMPUR78NAJIB LEADS TAKEOVER OF OPPOSITION-HELD STATE
[...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Najib and his ruling UMNO party have succeeded in retaking the state government of Perak, one of five under opposition People's Alliance (Pakatan) control after the March 2008 election. The Najib-led takeover followed the defection of three Pakatan state assembly me [...]
2009-02-06 09:04:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR830EAP-MTS OFFICE DIRECTOR YUN'S MEETINGS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In October 1 meetings with visiting EAP/MTS Director Yun, Malaysian Foreign and Home Affairs officials stressed their desires for improved U.S.-Malaysian relations on bilateral and regional issues. Malaysian MFA officials assessed that the highest levels of GOM wanted better ties [...]
2009-10-20 06:54:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MY
09LISBON101PORTUGAL: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] The Monitoring Center for Trafficking in Persons; 2. The Foreigners and Borders Service (SEF); 3. The High Commission for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue (ACIDI); 4. The Portuguese Association for Victim Support (APAV); 5. The International Organization for Migration (IOM); 6. The [...]
2009-02-17 16:22:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD KTIP ASEC PREF ELAB
09LISBON88PORTUGUESE PM FACES CORRUPTION CHARGES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates should be enjoying life: his Socialist Party holds an eleven-point lead over the opposition heading into the election season. But a scandal is sweeping Portugal with allegations that Socrates, while serving as Environment Minister in 2002, [...]
2009-02-09 12:08:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPGOV KFRD KCRM PO
09LONDON1092009 UK INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for the United Kingdom. The information is updated as of January 1, 2009. 2. Much of the data supplied in this report is from 2007, since end-of-year 2008 figures are not yet available. Given the economic down [...]
2009-01-15 13:20:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB UK
09LONDON1777HMG'S VIEWS ON INDIA'S RELATIONSHIP WITH PAKISTAN
[...] (C/NF) Summary. HMG is "cautiously optimistic" about the progress of India's relationship, with Pakistan and the U.S. and HMG should "compare notes" this fall to determine "how serious the Indians actually are in relaxing their rhetoric toward Pakistan," Neil Kernohan, Head of the India, Nepal [...]
2009-08-03 15:35:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR AF IN NP PK UK PTER
09LONDON2520UK INITIATIVES HARNESS DIASPORA CAPACITY
[...] (U) Summary. The UK has initiated a number of programs to help engage UK-based Diaspora groups and harness their expertise in international development. Under the direction of the Department for International Development (DFID),and the Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO),these programs are ty [...]
2009-11-06 17:18:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PHUM OIIP SCUL SMIG ECON SO PK NI
09LONDON2557INDIAN ENVOY DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
[...] (C/NF) Summary. During a meeting with Poloff to discuss the October 27-29 state visit of President Pratibha Patil to India, Neil Kernohan (Protect),Head of the India, Nepal, and Bhutan Team at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO),told Poloff that HMG would appreciate it if the U.S. would [...]
2009-11-13 12:35:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER SOCI AF UK PK
09LONDON848UK PRESERVES CONFLICT PREVENTION FUNDING BY
[...] (SBU) Summary. To maintain levels of conflict prevention spending, the UK Government will make up short-falls created because of ballooning UN assessed costs and exchange rate losses by cutting Foreign Office (FCO),Department for International Development (DFID),and Ministry of Defense (MOD [...]
2009-04-08 14:12:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID MASS UNSC KPKO UK
09LUXEMBOURG11 LUXEMBOURG INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009
[...] The following is Luxembourg's submission for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement: A. Openness to Foreign Investment ---------------------------------- The Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg offers a very favorable and welcoming attitude toward Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). FDI reflects how [...]
2009-01-13 12:27:00Embassy LuxembourgUNCLASSIFIEDOPIC KTDB USTR LU
09MANAGUA314VISIT NICARAGUA! DECREE TEXT AND REVISED COUNTRY
[...] (U) Late on March 18, 2009, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) released the official text of Decree 07-2009 that changed Nicaragua's visa policy. Our unofficial English translation appears below. The decree's fundamental change to Nicaragua's visa regime is that citizens from countries in "C [...]
2009-03-24 18:03:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS ASEC PGOV SMIG PREL NU
09MANAMA107EMBASSY MANAMA'S INPUT FOR BAHRAIN TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bahrain's government demonstrated a commitment to actively combating Bahrain's human trafficking problem. At the same time, senior Bahraini officials recognize that they need to continue their efforts to change society's attitude toward TIP issues, and to educate officials on h [...]
2009-02-22 13:51:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09MUMBAI291NAXALITES KILL OVER THIRTY POLICEMEN IN WESTERN
[...] (U) Summary: On July 12, at least thirty state security personnel were killed by suspected Maoist rebels in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The attacks, amongst the worst to hit the insurgent-ridden state in years, occurred in three stages over the course of the day in the rural [...]
2009-07-13 13:20:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS PTER ASEC IN PINR
09MUMBAI293MUMBAI P3 GROUPS USE VISAS FOR UNINTENDED PURPOSES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In June 2009, Mumbai conducted a P3 visa validity study for CY2008. Although Mumbai had a very low overstay rate of 0.2%, recent incidents reveal that P3 visas were sometimes used for unintended purposes in the United States. As a result, Mumbai adjudicates P3 visas more careful [...]
2009-07-14 05:23:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IN KFRD
09MUMBAI311MUMBAI BUSINESSES FINDING NEW MECHANISMS FOR TRADE WITH
[...] (C) Summary: While large Indian conglomerates are wary of investing in Iran, Mumbai's small and medium size trade companies continue to do business with their Iranian counterparts, explaining the 42 percent increase in India's non-petroleum and non-crude oil trade with Iran in the last year. [...]
2009-07-28 08:32:00Consulate MumbaiSECRETEINV ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD ETTC EIND KCRM IR KS
09NDJAMENA234MINURCAT CHIEF DESCRIBES POST-EUFOR TROOP
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, UN Special Representative Victor Angelo da Silva chaired a meeting of diplomatic reps in N'Djamena to address concerns about MINURCAT's peacekeeping activities, including the inability of some contributing states to deploy fully-equipped peacekeeping contingents i [...]
2009-06-16 16:26:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PREF PHUM SU CT CD
09NDJAMENA267MINURCAT CAN HELP REDUCE CHAD-SUDAN TENSIONS, SRSG
[...] (SBU) During the June 29 meeting with Special Envoy for Sudan Scott Gration, MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo made the following key points: -- MINURCAT (and likely UNAMID) could assist Dakar Contact group border monitoring mission, with amended mandates(s) and several hundred more troops, espe [...]
2009-06-30 14:13:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PREF MOPS PHUM SU LY QA CT CD
09NDJAMENA511EASTERN CHAD: SECURITY FAMILIARIZATION VISIT TO ABECHE --
[...] (SBU) Post's current security practices for travelers to Abeche and eastern Chad under Chief of Mission authority are largely adequate within the security context. These practices are based on the operating rule that travelers will be under the protection of, and will abide by, the practices a [...]
2009-11-03 13:24:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PREF PREL PHUM SU CD
09NDJAMENA588CHAD: MINURCAT MAKING BIG PUSH ON SECURITY IN EAST
[...] (SBU) MINURCAT SRSG Victor Angelo met December 7 with representatives of UN member states resident in N'Djamena to describe the PKO's "big push" over the past month to enhance security in Eastern Chad, in the wake of recent kidnappings and a general increase in criminal activity directed agai [...]
2009-12-08 11:59:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL EAID PREF EU FR UNSC CA CD
09NDJAMENA592MINURCAT SRSG SEEKS USG HELP ON TROOP COMMITMENTS,
[...] (U) This is an Action Request -- See paras 6 and 7. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) SRSG Angelo, the head of the UN peacekeeping operation in Chad and CAR (MINURCAT),has asked for the USG's assistance on two issues of importance: -- Angelo seeks USG help in encouraging the governm [...]
2009-12-10 10:57:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PREF KPKO UN GH NP CD
09NDJAMENA97MINURCAT RISING: REINFORCED UN PKO REPLACES EUFOR
[...] (SBU) The EU PKO EUFOR, one of two PKOs authorized by UNSC 1778, stood down March 15, transferring its authority to provide security to civilians in Eastern Chad and Northeastern CAR to the UN's MINURCAT, whose mandate was enhanced to include such a role by UNSC 1861. Many of EUFOR's EU-membe [...]
2009-03-23 08:07:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PREF MASS MARR UN PKO SU LY
09NEWDELHI1049JOINT US TREASURY AND DOD SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) and the U.S. Department of the Treasury hosted a successful regional conference on Countering Terrorist Financing in the Charitable Sector from April 14-16 in New Delhi, India, with assistance from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) as well. Interagency [...]
2009-05-22 11:11:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER KCRM EFIN PK IN
09NEWDELHI1059MEDIA REACTION: TERRORORISM, U.S. AID TO
[...] "MUMBAI TERROR ATTACK: SIX MONTHS LATER," editorial in May 26 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL. "It has been six months since Mumbai was shaken by the terror blasts. Undoubtedly, the purpose was to paralyze the financial capital of India. In the final analysis, peace won over terrorism. The neigh [...]
2009-05-26 10:53:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1069MEDIA REACTION: NEPAL, NORTH KOREA MISSILE
[...] "NEW GOVERNMENT IN NEPAL," editorial in the May 26 nationalist Hindi daily RASHTRIYA SAHARA. "Nepal's former Prime Minister Prachanda may accuse his successor Madhav Kumar Nepal of hatching a conspiracy to oust his government, just as he accused India. Instead of a confrontation, Madhav should [...]
2009-05-27 10:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1098NEW DELHI EST OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF MAY 25 TO
[...] Below is a compilation of Environment and Science & Technology highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of May 25-29, 2009, including the following: -- Cyclone Aila Impacts Sundarbans Tiger Reserve -- Delhi Government Plans Climate Change Fund -- ISRO to Launch Second Space Capsule Rec [...]
2009-05-29 13:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TSPL TBIO ECON SOCI KSCA KGHG IN
09NEWDELHI1113MEDIA REACTION: NORTH KOREA, AFGHANISTAN-
[...] "NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION IN DANGER," op-ed in May 31 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Being completely irresponsible and in violation of international laws, North Korea's obtaining nuclear weapons is a grave concern for international security. It will put extra pressure on the ma [...]
2009-06-01 10:56:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1138SCENESETTER FOR INDIA VISIT OF UNDER SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary Burns: In many respects, your visit represents the moment so many of us who manage the India account have waited years for: a time when U.S. officials can engage with a new, strong Indian government freed from the constraints of anti-American coalition partners or [...]
2009-06-03 13:59:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI1210FS MENON AND U/S BURNS DISCUSS REGIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Foreign Secretary Menon and visiting Under Secretary for Political Affairs Bill Burns discussed regional security June 10, with a focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Menon referred to Prime Minister Singh's June 9 comments in Parliament that the Composite Dialogue could not resume [...]
2009-06-11 17:51:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
09NEWDELHI1213HOME MINISTER MEETS U/S BURNS
[...] (S) Summary: In a productive and serious June 10 exchange with Under Secretary Bill Burns, Home Minister P. Chidambaram offered his sober assessment of India's internal and external security challenges: from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka to ongoing insurgencies in "the hinterlands" of I [...]
2009-06-11 18:04:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV BG ECON NP PHUM PK PREL PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1224ADVANI PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR U.S.-INDIA RELATIONSHIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 11 meeting with Under Secretary Burns, India's Leader of the Opposition L.K. Advani pledged common cause with the new Congress-led government, particularly on the principal foreign policy issues of Afghanistan and Pakistan and on a strengthened relationship with the Un [...]
2009-06-12 14:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ENRG PAK IN
09NEWDELHI1225FOREIGN MINISTER S.M. KRISHNA: A SAFE BET AT MEA
[...] (C) Summary: Congress Party veteran S.M. Krishna assumed office as the new External Affairs Minister on May 23. Krishna, a Rajya Sabha backbencher, stands in contrast to his predecessor, Pranab Mukherjee, the ultimate Congress Party fixer and operator whose ambitions for the Prime Minister's p [...]
2009-06-12 15:12:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1272MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, PALESTINE,
[...] "CLEAR WARNING," editorial in June 17 right-of- center Hindi daily DAINIK JAGRAN: "PM Manmohan Singh clearly and publicly told President Zardari in Yekaterinburg that Pakistan's territory should not be used for terrorist attacks against India. Such a firm attitude is absolutely right when deal [...]
2009-06-18 11:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1277SCENESETTER FOR INDIA VISIT OF NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (SBU) General Jones: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes you to India. Your visit comes on the heels of Under Secretary Burns' successful trip to India and in the run-up to a July visit by Secretary Clinton. You will be coming at a time when U.S. officials can engage with a new, strong Indian [...]
2009-06-18 14:48:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV IN
09NEWDELHI1337NSA JONES DISCUSSES U.S.-INDIA SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. Meeting National Security Advisor James Jones on June 26, Defense Minister A.K. Antony stressed his support for moving beyond minor irritants and to a broad and expanded security relationship between India and the United States. Both Jones and Antony affirmed their commitment to buildi [...]
2009-06-29 05:53:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PK AG IN
09NEWDELHI1339NSA NARAYANAN PULLS OUT ALL THE STOPS TO WELCOME
[...] (SBU) Summary: National Security Advisor Narayanan, the Foreign Secretary, and Defense Secretary, as well as a number of other senior officials, reiterated India's desire to strengthen the bilateral relationship during a series of meetings with National Security Advisor General James Jones an [...]
2009-06-29 10:01:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ECON PK IN
09NEWDELHI1349NAXALITES: AN EMERGING NATIONAL THREAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent violence in West Bengal has focused attention on India's Maoist insurgency, which has become one of the most violent of its domestic conflicts. The broad network of Maoist cells, known as the Naxalite movement, is present in at least eleven of India's twenty-eight states [...]
2009-06-29 13:29:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI1372MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN, IRAQ, SINO-INDIA
[...] "FAILED STATE," editorial in July 1 independent Kolkata Bengali ANANDABAZAR PATRIKA: "Pakistan will face more danger if the current turmoil is not controlled and the uprooted people are not returned to their homes, no matter what the President or the Prime Minister says. Instability in Pakista [...]
2009-07-02 11:15:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1464SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE CLINTON'S VISIT
[...] (SBU) Madame Secretary: Mission India warmly welcomes you to India. This is an opportune moment in the relationship between the world's largest democracies. The Congress Party's strong showing in the April elections allowed formation of a new and strong Indian government--freed from the constrain [...]
2009-07-15 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNEAGR EAID ECIN EFIN EINT EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC
09NEWDELHI1717MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "USED TO BEING CHEATED," commentary in August 14 right-of-center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "The Pakistanis must be laughing at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's borrowed formulation that we must adopt a "trust but verify" approach to our relations with their country. Our politicians only trust [...]
2009-08-17 11:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1768HOME MINISTER CHIDAMBARAM TO AMBASSADOR: LOOKING
[...] (S) Summary: Home Minister Chidambaram spoke positively of U.S.-India cooperation on security issues in Ambassador Roemer's August 20 introductory meeting. The Ambassador shared several areas in which the U.S. hopes to advance cooperation, and assured the Minister of support at the highest [...]
2009-08-21 13:56:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ASEC PK IN
09NEWDELHI1774MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN, INDIA-NEPAL
[...] "WARNING OF DANGER," op-ed in August 23 right-of- center Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "Prime Minister Singh recently warned that there was credible information of possible terror attacks from Pakistan- based terror groups. If Pakistan is really sincere about cooperating with India on terrorism [...]
2009-08-24 13:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1782MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-CHINA, INDIA-NEPAL
[...] "BEWARE OF CHINA," editorial page article in August 24, centrist Hindi daily, NAI DUNIYA: "China has never been a friend of India. The Indian parliament once swore it will be get back every inch of land captured by China, but that intent was sacrificed at the altar of maintaining cordial relat [...]
2009-08-25 11:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1783HOME MINISTER CHIDAMBARAM'S WASHINGTON D.C. VISIT, SEPT. 7-10
[...] (S) Summary and Background: India's Minister of Home Affairs P. Chidambaram will visit New York and Washington D.C from September 7 - 10. On August 19, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) officials shared the ""agenda points"" for the Home Minister's visit. The GOI sees the visit as an opportunit [...]
2009-08-25 13:11:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI1788MEDIA REACTION: INDIA/PAKISTAN, U.S.-INDIA
[...] "TALKS WITH PAKISTAN," editorial in August 25 Hindi daily, DAINIK JAGRAN: "There are indications that Pakistan is pressuring India to start the composite bilateral dialogue. Our strategists should get alert, and no softness should be shown toward Pakistan. Any dialogue under the present circum [...]
2009-08-26 11:44:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1801INDIA BOOSTS TIES WITH NEPAL, KEEPS AN EYE ON CHINA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Nepali Prime Minister Nepal's visit to New Delhi allowed India to hit the reset button in its ties with Nepal. PM Nepal met with all the right people and, despite Maoist pressure from home, came away with promises of substantial aid in infrastructure, trade, police training, and [...]
2009-08-28 05:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER IN
09NEWDELHI1812SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi. This is an opportune moment as we seek a truly global partnership with India and build upon the Secretary's highly successful July visit (Ref). Secretary Clinton and her counterpart, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna, formally launche [...]
2009-08-31 14:53:00Embassy New DelhiSECRET//NOFORNOVIP LEW PREL EAGR EAID IN
09NEWDELHI1872MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-PAKISTAN RELATIONS,
[...] "FIRE ON BOTH SIDES...," editorial in September 7 right-of-center Urdu daily HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "U.S lawmaker Edward Markey, founder of the House Bipartisan Task Force on Nonproliferation has written a letter to the Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton that both India and Pakistan are trying to [...]
2009-09-08 13:37:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1897INDIA: READY TO HELP NEPAL, SKEPTICAL OF MAOISTS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MEA Joint Secretary (North) Satish Mehta told us September 3 that India's priority in Nepal is to support a stable, democratic government. Prime Minister Nepal's August visit was a positive step and left a strong impression of Nepal's confidence and commitment to democracy. India [...]
2009-09-11 11:42:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI1935BHUTANESE CHARGE HUMS AN OLD REFRAIN ON BHUTANESE
[...] (SBU) PRM DAS David Robinson met Bhutan's Charge d'Affaires Kinga Singye on September 4 to discuss Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. Robinson reported on the excellent progress of third-country resettlement of Bhutanese refugees from Nepal and his own recent visit to Bhutanese refugees successful [...]
2009-09-16 12:55:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM CH SL IN
09NEWDELHI1955PRM DAS ROBINSON DISCUSSES STATUS OF TIBETAN, SRI
[...] (SBU) PRM DAS David Robinson held meetings with representatives from the Dalai Lama's Office, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA),Catholic Relief Services' (CRS),and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) during his September 4th visit to New Delhi. During these meeting [...]
2009-09-22 02:49:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PHUM CH SL IN
09NEWDELHI1983MEDIA REACTION: NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION IN SOUTH
[...] "YOUR ATOM BOMB AND MINE," editorial in September 23 right-of-center Urdu daily, HINDUSTAN EXPRESS: "When Pakistan was producing nuclear weapons of mass destruction, America not only turned its back on Pakistan, it often extended its full cooperation. No doubt, it was a part of its gameplan in [...]
2009-09-24 11:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2142U/S BURNS REVIEWS REGIONAL ISSUES WITH INDIAN FS
[...] (C) Summary: During a wide-ranging review of regional issues with Under Secretary Burns on October 16, Indian Foreign Secretary Rao reviewed recent Indo-Pak discussions in New York and criticized Pakistani inaction on Hafiz Saeed and terrorist infiltrations. Rao described India as unable to c [...]
2009-10-21 14:59:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER IN PK AF CH RU CE NP BM JA
09NEWDELHI2179MEDIA REACTION: U.S.-INDIA RELATIONS, AF-PAK,
[...] "PART OF THE FAMILY," editorial in October 27 right- of-center Gujarati daily, GUJARAT SAMACHAR: "U.S. President Barack Obama's saying that he considers the Indian Prime minister a part of his family is a great honor. This shows how strong the bilateral relations between the two nations are. [...]
2009-10-27 10:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2196PM SINGH TO MILITARY CHIEFS: BE READY BECAUSE "OUR
[...] (C) Summary: In a much-publicized October 20 speech to the senior commanders of India's armed forces, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged the military to "be prepared to face onslaughts" in light of "regular intelligence reports of imminent attacks" in India. Pointing out that India is threat [...]
2009-10-29 11:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINS MAPP IN
09NEWDELHI2207SCENESETTER FOR U/S OTERO'S VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary Otero: Mission India warmly welcomes you to New Delhi to relaunch the Global Issues Forum (GIF) in the run-up to Prime Minister Singh's November 22-26 state visit to Washington. The Embassy has worked hard to make progress across all five pillars and 18 sub-dialogues o [...]
2009-10-30 12:35:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EAID ECON IN KDEM KGHG KWMN PREL SENV
09NEWDELHI2265India Reporting Workshop Puts Strategic Dialogue in
[...] (SBU) The Ambassador enthusiastically welcomed more than 80 participants from throughout India and neighboring Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and China to an October 5-6 India Reporting Workshop in New Delhi. SCA Assistant Secretary (A/S) Blake, addressing the group via DVC, underscored the valu [...]
2009-11-09 12:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON POL AMGT IN
09NEWDELHI2269MEDIA REACTION: CHINA-INDIA, SOUTH ASIA
[...] "RIGHT MESSAGE TO CHINA," editorial in November 9 nationalist Hindi daily, VIR ARJUN: "By allowing the Dalai Lama to visit Arunachal Pradesh despite Beijing's objections, India has given a clear message to China that Tawang belongs to us. If China's spies report honestly, their bosses will rea [...]
2009-11-10 11:25:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2280New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 9-13, 2009, including the following: -- Buzz Misleads on WTO Government Procurement Agreement -- RBI Audits Could Lead to Further Opening of the Banking Sector -- Corporate Profits Up, Sales Not [...]
2009-11-13 09:18:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP TRGY IN
09NEWDELHI2350New Delhi Weekly Econ Office Highlights for the Week of
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of November 16-20, 2009, including the following: -- India Ready for FATF Evaluation -- Disinvestment Gets a Push -- Commerce Minister Plans to Double India's Share in Global Trade Within the Next Five Yea [...]
2009-11-20 11:26:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD ECPS BEXP TRGY TINT BG NP
09NEWDELHI2461PDAS WITTEN DISCUSSES REFUGEE ISSUES IN INDIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. During a two-day visit to New Delhi, PRM Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary (PDAS) Samuel Witten discussed Bhutanese refugees, Tibetans in India, and the status of UNHCR in India. Key members of the Bhutanese Core Group agreed that we should submit test humanitarian return cases [...]
2009-12-09 11:17:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV PREL IN SL
09NEWDELHI2492INDIA: 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 12:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SOCI KTIP IN
09NEWDELHI2521BREAKING THE STALEMATE IN NEPAL: INDIA DOESN'T
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to reftel demarche Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MEA) Director (North) Sanjiv Ranjan told us on December 16 that India has conveyed to all concerned parties the need to build consensus, but has not bought into the "flexibility argument" which the GOI perceives as [...]
2009-12-18 08:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI2529SCENESETTER FOR CODEL GREGG
[...] (SBU) Senator Gregg and Delegation: Mission India warmly welcomes you. Following soon after Prime Minister Singh's historic official state visit to Washington, your visit coincides with a rapid expansion in the U.S.-India partnership, encompassing everything from agriculture to defense coop [...]
2009-12-18 15:16:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER OVIP AF PK IN
09NEWDELHI268INDIA SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
[...] (C) We welcome your visit to New Delhi as India begins to gear up for parliamentary elections likely to be held in April-May. While popular anger over the November Mumbai attacks has cooled slightly, Indian officials continue to demand that Pakistan respond to Delhi's demands for action against the [...]
2009-02-12 12:48:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ECON AF PK IN
09NEWDELHI269INDIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LEWIS AND BACHUS
[...] (SBU) We welcome your upcoming visit as part of the 50th anniversary celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr's historic journey to India in February-March 1959. The inspiration which Dr. King and other leaders of the American civil rights movement drew from Mahatma Gandhi is well known in [...]
2009-02-12 12:51:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI317MEERA SHANKAR SLATED AS NEXT INDIAN ENVOY TO
[...] (SBU) Media reported on February 19 that the GOI has selected the Indian Ambassador to Germany Meera Shankar as the next Indian Ambassador to Washington. The same stories also reported that MEA Special Secretary Sharat Sabharwal will go to Islamabad to replace Satyabrata Pal, who is due to [...]
2009-02-19 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR IN
09NEWDELHI319BOUCHER IN BHUTAN: VISIT EXPLORES WAYS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. The February 9-11 visit to Bhutan of Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher demonstrated continuing U.S. support for the tiny Himalayan kingdom. In meetings with the Prime Minister, the Minister of Economic Affairs, and the Fourth King, Boucher addressed Bhutan's peaceful transit [...]
2009-02-20 05:46:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM PREF PREL IN BH
09NEWDELHI378MEDIA REACTION: BANGLADESH, US
[...] "DISTURBED NEIGHBORHOOD," editorial in February 28 right-of-center DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily: "It is easy for India to explain away the disturbed situation in neighboring Bangladesh as that country's own problem. But is it right for India to shirk its responsibility? Being the biggest country [...]
2009-03-02 11:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI40DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 2-9, 2009
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 2-9, 2009, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- J&K: Omar Abdullah Sworn-In as Chief Minister -- PDP Pulls out of UPA Coalition -- Shootout in Poonch -- UAE Naval Commander Vis [...]
2009-01-09 07:27:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN
09NEWDELHI420FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER MEETS WITH DIRECTORS OF
[...] (C) In a March 3 meeting, FBI Director Robert Mueller met with the Director of India's Intelligence Bureau (IB) Rajiv Mathu and National Investigation Agency (NIA) Director Radha Vinod Raju. Director Mueller thanked the government of India (GOI) for its cooperation and access in the investigat [...]
2009-03-05 13:16:00Embassy New DelhiSECRETPTER KJUS PGOV KCRM PINR POREL IN
09NEWDELHI436MEDIA REACTION: PAKISTAN-TERRORISM; NEW DELHI.
[...] "TROUBLED SOUTH ASIA", op-ed in March 5 DAINIK JAGRAN Hindi daily by foreign affairs columnist Vinay Kaura: "When Hasina won the elections, India celebrated. Today with the army crisis in Bangladesh, India grieves. Barely a year has passed and Pakistan democracy is already being questioned, pa [...]
2009-03-06 10:34:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI578INDIA WAITING TO SEE WHICH BANGLADESH WILL EMERGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: India - Bangladesh relations are healthy and close in the wake of the December election of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League government. The violent Bangladeshi Rifles mutiny in early February did not shake the Government of India's confidence in Hasina, who is percieved to have handled th [...]
2009-03-26 11:23:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IN BG
09NEWDELHI699INDIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BERMAN
[...] (SBU) Dear Chairman Berman and Delegation: Embassy New Delhi warmly welcomes you to India. Your visit coincides with a historically unprecedented level of U.S.-India collaboration encompassing everything from defense cooperation to agriculture and reflecting widespread support in both countr [...]
2009-04-09 11:17:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09NEWDELHI749HOLBROOKE-MULLEN VISIT TO INDIA: RECENT
[...] (C) In each of the three important substantive meetings with Indian officials on April 8 (Foreign Secretary Menon, Ambassador S.K. Lambah, and National Security Advisor Narayanan),Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff A [...]
2009-04-16 05:28:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PK IN
09NEWDELHI815INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY SEES TACTICAL RETREAT BY
[...] (C) Charge met April 23 with Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon for talks which included the current standoff in Nepal between Prime Minister Dahal and Army chief Gen. Katawal. Menon said he believed the situation had been quite close to a disaster for Nepal as it would have taken [...]
2009-04-23 14:58:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS NP IN
09NEWDELHI891MEDIA REACTION: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S 100
[...] "OBAMA'S CONFIDENT BEGINNING," op-ed article by columnist Rashmi Bhure in May 5 centrist Marathi daily SAKAAL: "It is commendable that despite being surrounded by multiple domestic challenges, President Obama has given precedence to foreign policy issues. He wants to regain America's lost supr [...]
2009-05-05 13:19:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI904MEDIA REACTION: NEPAL, PAKISTAN; NEW DELHI.
[...] "THE NEPAL PROBLEM," editorial in May 5 NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "The army and the Maoists have been at loggerheads since the Maoist government of Prachanda came into power in Nepal. Prachanda was forced to fire the Army chief Katuwal because of the latter's insubordination. There is clear [...]
2009-05-06 11:36:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI913INDIAN FOREIGN SECRETARY URGES SPEEDY POLITICAL
[...] (C) In a May 6 meeting with Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon, Charge sought the GOI's views on recent events in Nepal and suggestions for ways the U.S. and India could coordinate on responding to the political crisis. Menon explained that Prime Minister Dahal had been backed into a corn [...]
2009-05-06 13:25:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS PTER NP IN
09NEWDELHI922MEDIA REACTION: NEPAL, H-1B VISA RESTRICTIONS,
[...] "NEPAL RATTLED AGAIN" op-ed article in May 6 centrist NAVBHARAT TIMES Hindi daily: "China is quietly playing its anti-India games in Nepal. Beijing has for long been working on Nepal's leaders to shake off their leanings toward India. China's slow convincing seems to have worked, and it is evi [...]
2009-05-07 09:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI947MEDIA REACTION: INDO-PAK RELATIONS, TALIBAN /
[...] "FRESH DIALOGUE WITH INDIA," editorial in the May 8 right-of-center Urdu daily SIASAT: "Pakistan today is in the grip of grave dangers both within and from outside. It is imperative for Pakistan to improve its ties with India. Who is behind enervating and destabilizing Pakistan? The needle of [...]
2009-05-11 11:52:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
09NEWDELHI968CHARGE'S CALL ON LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION L.K.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Looking relaxed and confident, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani told Charge that there would be continuity and strength in U.S.-India relations should a BJP-led government emerge after the national parliamentary elections currently underway. H [...]
2009-05-13 14:18:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG KGHG SENV IN
09NEWDELHI981BHARAT BALLOT 09: NO MAJOR CHANGES ANTICIPATED IN
[...] (U) Summary: India's foreign policy is unlikely to change significantly, regardless of the outcome of the parliamentary elections. The political parties, with few exceptions, differ little in their approach to India's foreign policy. Such issues have not played a substantial role in the camp [...]
2009-05-14 14:30:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PK IN
09NEWDELHI987BHARAT 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 11:14:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PREL PINR KDEM IN
09OSLO692NORWEGIANS 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 15:31:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALBT IN NP PGOV PREF PREL NO
09OTTAWA468CANADA'S DEMOCRACY PROMOTION COMMUNITY ACTIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment. Several government-funded Canadian organizations are active around the world in promoting human rights and good governance, whose work the government's proposed creation of a new Canadian democracy promotion agency focused on political party development would comp [...]
2009-06-16 12:04:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KWMN AORC EAID CA
09PARIS1592CHAD/C.A.R.: FRENCH BELIEVE INSECURITY RISING IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Chad/C.A.R. desk officer Vincent Alexandre, just returned from a week in Chad, told us on November 25 that insecurity seemed to be rising in eastern Chad and eastern C.A.R. He said that MINURCAT was much less effective than it could be and was operating with serious manpow [...]
2009-11-27 11:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PINR KDEM CD CT FR
09PHNOMPENH1142009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR CAMBODIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-19 06:06:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CB ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
09PHNOMPENH426CHIEFS OF MISSION MEET NEW UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The new UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia, Professor Surya Subedi, made his first visit to Cambodia June 15-26, and met with the heads of several foreign missions on June 19, including Ambassador Rodley. Subedi has billed this first visit as a "listening tour, [...]
2009-06-29 10:54:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CB
09PHNOMPENH829HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR INDIVIDUAL TO ATTEND THE
[...] This is an action cable. See Paragraph Six. 2. Reftel is guidance for screening nominees for U.S. sponsored training programs. 3. To comply with the Leahy amendment relative to U.S. sponsored security assistance training, the U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh has conducted local human rights vetti [...]
2009-11-06 00:23:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS PHUM MARR MASS CB
09PRETORIA2507AMBASSADOR GIPS MEETS WITH DIRCO DEPMIN EBRAHIM
[...] (C) On December 3, Ambassador Gips met with Ebrahim Ebrahim, Deputy Minister of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO). Ebrahim cordially listed points on which the SAG was content with its relations with the U.S., he cited areas for collaboration in resolving Afri [...]
2009-12-07 15:08:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KGHG AF WI ZI IR SF
09RABAT195MOROCCO'S TALLY OF COUNTRIES REJECTING/SUPPORTING
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Morocco continues to work to persuade countries around the globe to de-recognize the Polisario Front's declared Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, or at least freeze relations, beyond which they want countries to recognize Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Saha [...]
2009-03-06 18:58:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPBTS PGOV WI UNSC MO
09RANGOON207BURMA: GLOBAL FUND PRINCIPAL RECIPIENTS SELECTED
[...] (SBU) The Minister of Health chaired the fourth Country Coordinating Mechanism (CCM) meeting March 31 in preparation for the GOB's planned Round 9 Global Fund application. During the meeting, CCM members selected Save the Children (US) and the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) as the du [...]
2009-04-06 22:59:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALSOCI EAID PHUM KHIV PGOV SENV BM
09RANGOON295BURMA: AUNG SAN SUU KYI ADDRESSES DIPLOMATS AT
[...] (SBU) When the regime allowed foreign diplomats to attend the afternoon session of Aung San Suu Kyi's trial on May 20, ASSK briefly addressed the group from across the court room. She expressed appreciation for international support and a hope to meet later under better circumstances. Inter [...]
2009-05-20 07:34:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV PHUM PREL PINR BM
09RANGOON53A VIP VISIT TO BURMA'S KACHIN STATE: JADE, BUSTLE,
[...] (C) The Burmese Foreign Minister invited Chiefs of Mission for a Jan. 16-18 visit to Kachin State in the country's far north. Myitkyina, the capital, and Pha Kant, a jade mining center, are busy, seemingly prosperous cities. China's Yunnan Province, only two hours away from Myitkyina by road [...]
2009-01-28 02:22:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPREL EMIN PGOV PHUM ECON PINR BM
09SANAA1576YEMEN: ROYG ASKS FOR MORE U.S. FLEXIBILITY ON WTO
[...] SUMMARY: The ROYG continues to balk at what it claims are unfair U.S. demands regarding WTO accession, even as it insists it is still willing to make a good faith effort in ongoing negotiations. The WTO accession team at the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) recognizes that Yemen needs to [...]
2009-08-23 12:44:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD EAID ECIN PREL PGOV KMCA KMPI YM
09SANTODOMINGO1235 FRAUD SUMMARY - SANTO DOMINGO
[...] (U) Santo Domingo submits its semi-annual fraud report for the period March 2009 - August 2009 following format in ref A. ---------------------- A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS ---------------------- 2. (SBU) Country conditions generally remain as reported in previous Fraud Summaries, refs B [...]
2009-10-21 20:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC DR
09SEOUL1374DPRK ECONOMY - 2008 FOREIGN TRADE FIGURES
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not rpt not intended for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to data compiled by the (South) Korea Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) and the ROK Ministry of Unification (MOU),DPRK foreign trade amounted to USD 5.64 [...]
2009-08-27 01:02:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ENRG KS KN
09SEOUL315NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - FEBRUARY 2009
[...] (U) Slow Growth in Inter-Korean Trade Masks Big Changes in Composition: The Ministry of Unification (MOU) announced that inter-Korean trade in 2008 grew just 1.2 percent to USD 1.82 billion (following growth rates of 27.8 percent in 2006 and 33.2 percent in 2007). South Korea's exports to the [...]
2009-03-01 22:35:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
09SEOUL88ROK UN PEACEKEEPING: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE
[...] (U) Sensitive, but unclassifed. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. The ROK has participated in seven UN-sanctioned peacekeeping operations (UN PKO) in the past. The ROK currently participates in eight UN PKOs, with its 367 troop contingent in Lebanon being the most signi [...]
2009-01-16 08:38:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MOPS PGOV PREL KS
09SEOUL951SEOUL ESTH UPDATE - MAY 2009
[...] The third biennial summit of the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, held in Seoul from May 18-21, reviewed progress that cities have made in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and assessed future challenges. At the summit, mayors and officials from the world's 40 biggest cities plus 17 affil [...]
2009-06-16 06:46:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDSENV ENRG PREL TBIO TPHY TRGY TSPA KGHG KFLU KS
09SHANGHAI329SHANGHAI SCHOLARS COMMENT ON JUNE SHANGHAI COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary. Shanghai scholars regard the June 15-16 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Yekaterinburg as an important step in the development of the SCO as an influential regional organization and one that is broadening its engagement with the international community. Russia' [...]
2009-07-22 05:16:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ENRG MARR CH XD ZK RS IR
09STATE100692SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 24,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-28 14:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALNP PGOV PREF PREL
09STATE101142SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 25,
[...] (SBU) Participants: U.S. Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr. Don Camp, UNGA Senior Area Advisor Matthew Lowe, SCA Special Assistant Elena Soderblom, Bureau Notetaker Bhutan Foreign Minister Ugyen Tshering Counsellor Tshewang Dorji Bhutanese Mission Notetaker Tobgay 2. (C) SU [...]
2009-09-29 13:00:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALIN PGOV PREF PREL
09STATE102030SRI LANKA/NEPAL: SCA A/S BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 29,
[...] (U) September 29, 2009; 12:00 p.m.; New York. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. SCA A/S Blake Donald Camp, Senior Area Adviser, USUN Douglas Mercado, Adviser, Humanitarian Affairs, USUN Anthony Renzulli (SCA Notetaker) UN U/SYG for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe U/SYG for Humanitarian Af [...]
2009-09-30 23:58:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF PTER EAID ICRC UN IN CE NP
09STATE102073MULTILATERAL "COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM
[...] Action Request - See Para 9. 2. (SBU) The Secretary's Ambassador-at-Large for Counterterrorism is pleased to announce a three-day "Multinational Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Planners Workshop" from Wednesday, November 4-Friday, November 6, 2009 in Washington, D.C. This workshop wil [...]
2009-10-01 01:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV KHLS UK SP GM FR IT AS
09STATE103560(U) ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE'S SEPTEMBER 28,
[...] (U) Participants: U.S. Robert O. Blake, SCA Assistant Secretary Matthew Lowe, Special Assistant Elena Soderblom, Bureau Notetaker BANGLADESH Dipu Moni, Foreign Minister Mohamed Mijarul Quayes, Foreign Secretary 2. (U) SUMMARY. In a meeting on the margins of UNGA with South and Ce [...]
2009-10-05 18:47:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALBG PGOV PHUM PREL
09STATE10843EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM 2009
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE WITH A DEADLINE OF MARCH 6, 2009. SEE PARAGRAPHS 16-19 FOR INSTRUCTIONS. AGENCY DESCRIPTIONS ARE AT PARAGRAPHS 20-30. SUMMARY: -------- 2. (U) OVERVIEW: THE EMBASSY SCIENCE FELLOWS PROGRAM (ESFP) OFFERS POSTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REQUEST AND HOST A SCIENTIST [...]
2009-02-05 23:14:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TSPL TBIO EAGR ENRG ECON AMGT APER
09STATE110904WORLDWIDE PROCESSING PRIORITY SYSTEM FOR FY 2010
[...] REFTEL PROVIDED THE TEXT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION (PD) (2009-32) AUTHORIZING THE FY 2010 U.S. REFUGEE ADMISSIONS PROGRAM (USRAP). THE PD AUTHORIZED THE ADMISSIONS OF UP TO 80,000 REFUGEES, OF WHICH 75,000 ARE ALLOCATED AMONG REGIONS AS FOLLOWS: AFRICA: 15,500 EAST ASIA: 17,000 EUROP [...]
2009-10-27 20:02:00Department of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PREF
09STATE113591GUIDANCE: NOVEMBER 6 UNMIN CONSULTATIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN is instructed to draw from the points in paragraph 2 below during consultations following the UN Security Council briefing on the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) scheduled for November 6, 2009. 2. (U) Begin points: I would like to thank Representative Land [...]
2009-11-03 21:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC NP
09STATE118799OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS
[...] (SBU) Posts are requested to approach the highest appropriate officials in host governments in pursuit of the following objectives: -- a reduction in the overall number of one-sided UN General Assembly resolutions on the Middle East; -- the defeat of three resolutions reaffirming the "Com [...]
2009-11-17 23:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KPAL IS SY LE
09STATE119717TRAVEL WARNING - NEPAL
[...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Nepal, and urges caution when traveling in that country. The Department of State remains concerned about the security situation in Nepal, and urges American citizens to obtain updated security information before they tr [...]
2009-11-19 21:08:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER ASEC NP
09STATE119813ENDING THE STALEMATE IN THE PEACE PROCESS
[...] (U) Action Request: For Embassy Kathmandu, please see paragraphs 6 and 7. For Embassy New Delhi, please see paragraph 8. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's peace process continues to drift, due to political stalemate among the major political parties. Although the Maoists have postponed their pr [...]
2009-11-20 00:48:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALIN NP PGOV PREL
09STATE121328IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CHILD SOLDIERS PREVENTION ACT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-24 22:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KWMN KMCA PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09STATE122629A-BR ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION
[...] (SBU) During the week of 7-12 December, the deeply problematic "combating defamation of religions" resolution, which seeks to undermine established human rights of freedom of religion and expression, will come to the plenary session at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for a final vote. This r [...]
2009-11-30 20:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUN PHUM UNGA
09STATE122637B-K ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION
[...] (SBU) During the week of 7-12 December, the deeply problematic "combating defamation of religions" resolution, which seeks to undermine established human rights of freedom of religion and expression, will come to the plenary session at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for a final vote. This r [...]
2009-11-30 20:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUN PHUM UNGA
09STATE122638K-P ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION
[...] (SBU) During the week of 7-12 December, the deeply problematic "combating defamation of religions" resolution, which seeks to undermine established human rights of freedom of religion and expression, will come to the plenary session at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for a final vote. This r [...]
2009-11-30 20:26:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUN PHUM UNGA
09STATE122639PH-UL ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON
[...] (SBU) During the week of 7-12 December, the deeply problematic "combating defamation of religions" resolution, which seeks to undermine established human rights of freedom of religion and expression, will come to the plenary session at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) for a final vote. This r [...]
2009-11-30 20:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUN PHUM UNGA
09STATE122641V-Y ACTION REQUEST: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-30 20:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA PHUM UN
09STATE13976SOUTH ASIA WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. SUMMARY: Washington is interested in obtaining Sri Lanka,s agreement to host a regional workshop on implementation of UNSCR 1540 in June 2009. This workshop is consistent with implementation of UNSCRs 1540 and 1810. This cable provide [...]
2009-02-13 22:05:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL CE UNSC KPAO PTER
09STATE15625ENGAGING FOREIGN AUDIENCES ON "BUY AMERICAN" AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Efforts to confront the global economic crisis have prompted governments around the world to take protectionist trade measures. President Obama has spoken clearly about the need to avoid protectionism even as the United States confronts its own crisis. Secretary Clinton has said [...]
2009-02-19 23:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD PREL WTRO
09STATE1730REQUEST FOR COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see summary paragraph (para. 2) and paras. 6 through 10 for specific information requested. 2. (SBU) Summary: This is a request for comment on the Department of Labor,s (DOL) draft list of goods from countries that the Bureau of International Labor [...]
2009-01-08 15:32:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP
09STATE26631INVITATION TO SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON
[...] This is an action request for all Posts with host governments who are current members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC),as well as UNVIE, The Hague (OPCW),Geneva (BWC),EU, and USNATO -- see relevant paras 2 and 3, additional for USEU (see para 4),additional U [...]
2009-03-19 19:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KPAO EUE PREL PTER UNSC EUN SAARC
09STATE322ANNOUNCING RATIFICATION OF THE U.S.-IAEA
[...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 15-17. ------- Summary ------- 2. Summary: On December 30, 2008, the President signed the instrument of ratification for the Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the United States of America and the International Atomic Energy [...]
2009-01-03 03:47:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IAEA ENRG NPT PREL KNNP TRGY KTIA
09STATE33629DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF KOSOVO'S IMF AND WORLD
[...] (SBU) This is a time-sensitive action request for addressee posts. Given the importance of these IMF and World Bank votes, Department asks that the demarche be delivered at the highest appropriate level, preferably by Chief of Mission or DCM (please see paragraphs 2-5),with reports by April [...]
2009-04-07 11:44:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KV
09STATE37333(U) NEPAL: LEADERSHIP, PARTY COHESION AND
[...] (S/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS ARE INTERESTED IN SEVERAL DEVELOPMENTS IN NEPAL. IN THE PAST, ANALYSTS ASSESSED THAT PRACHANDA SERVED AS THE GUIDING FORCE AND POWER BROKER OF THE MAOISTS AND WAS UNLIKELY TO FACE SERIOUS CHALLENGES TO HIS AUTHORITY, AND THAT MAOIST INVOLVEMENT IN THE GOVERNMENT W [...]
2009-04-15 20:50:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR EFIN PGOV PREL NP
09STATE3916NEPAL: INSTRUCTIONS FOR UNMIN MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] The Department instructs USUN to draw on the following points for use during the discussion of the Secretary General's report on the UN Mission to Nepal (UNMIN) scheduled to take place on Friday, January 16. 2. Begin points: -- I would like to welcome SRSG Martin back to the Council a [...]
2009-01-14 21:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC UNMIN PGOV NP
09STATE44662GUIDANCE FOR UNSC DEBATE ON UNMIN
[...] The Department requests USUN to draw on the following points for use during the UN Security Council's debate on the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),scheduled to take place on May 5. 2. Begin points: -- We are pleased to welcome SRSG Landgrin to the Council for the first time and thank her fo [...]
2009-05-01 20:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC UNMIN PREL NP
09STATE44671COUNTRY SPECIFIC INFORMATION - NEPAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-01 20:17:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC ASEC PTER NP
09STATE44996HCOC - ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Background: Per reftels, the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC; also known as the International Code of Conduct, or ICOC; text at para 5) was formally brought into effect on November 25, 2002 at [...]
2009-05-04 15:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA
09STATE45504DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY
[...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, May 5, 2009 2. (U) Iraq - Paragraphs 8-13 3. (U) Significant Events - Paragraphs 14-20 4. (U) Key Concerns - Paragraphs 21-32 5. (U) Threats & Analysis - Paragraphs 33-36 6. (U) Cyber Threats - Paragraphs 37-45 7. (U) Suspicious Activity Incide [...]
2009-05-05 16:44:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC
09STATE47360KUDOS AND ACTION REQUEST: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S
[...] (SBU) On May 6, Kosovo,s membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was accepted overwhelmingly with 96 countries voting in favor of membership and another 32 casting abstentions. Kosovo,s membership received significant support throughout the world, but especially in the Arab world [...]
2009-05-08 21:42:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL KV
09STATE47369KUDOS AND ACTION REQUEST: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S
[...] (SBU) On May 6, Kosovo,s membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was accepted overwhelmingly with 96 countries voting in favor of membership and another 32 casting abstentions. Kosovo,s membership received significant support throughout the world, but especially in the Arab world [...]
2009-05-08 22:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL KV
09STATE47372KUDOS AND ACTION REQUEST: VOTING FOR KOSOVO'S
[...] (SBU) On May 6, Kosovo,s membership in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) was accepted overwhelmingly with 96 countries voting in favor of membership and another 32 casting abstentions. Kosovo,s membership received significant support throughout the world, but especially in the Arab world [...]
2009-05-08 22:24:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL KV
09STATE494772009 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND
[...] This is an action request. -------------------------- SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. Action Request: Pursuant to the requirements of Section 527 of the FY 94-95 Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FRAA),the Department must prepare an annual, non-public rep [...]
2009-05-14 18:20:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV
09STATE52978OSCE/FSC: 2009 U.S. SUBMISSION ON ANTI-PERSONNEL
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) In 2004 the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) agreed on FSC.DEC/7/04 on "Updating the OSCE Questionnaire on Anti-Personnel Mines and Explosive Remnants of War," which requested all participating States to submit their questionnaire responses to o [...]
2009-05-22 19:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDOSCE PARM PREL
09STATE5506GUIDANCE FOR UNMIN RENEWAL VOTE
[...] The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the resolution to extend the mandate of the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) by six months, scheduled for consideration by the UN Security Council on Friday, January 23. Please refer to the Department for guidance regarding further substantive chang [...]
2009-01-21 21:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PGOV PREL UNMIN NP
09STATE55442TRAVEL WARNING - NEPAL
[...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Nepal and urges caution when traveling in country. The Department of State remains concerned about the security situation in Nepal and urges American citizens to obtain updated security information before they travel an [...]
2009-05-29 22:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER ASEC NP
09STATE55542TRAVEL WARNING - NEPAL
[...] The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to Nepal and urges caution when traveling in country. The Department of State remains concerned about the security situation in Nepal and urges American citizens to obtain updated security information before they travel an [...]
2009-05-29 22:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDCASC PTER ASEC NP
09STATE59969U.S. MOVING TO JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request. In a change to our prior position, the USG is carefully considering joining the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in time for the June 28-30 IRENA preparatory meeting in Egypt. Membership in IRENA could advance the Administration,s object [...]
2009-06-10 22:51:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGHG SENV
09STATE59971U.S. MOVING TO JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request. In a change to our prior position, the USG is carefully considering joining the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in time for the June 28-30 IRENA preparatory meeting in Egypt. Membership in IRENA could advance the Administration,s object [...]
2009-06-10 22:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGHG SENV
09STATE60413SAUDI ARABIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 19:48:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG SA
09STATE60423QATAR -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 19:54:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG QA
09STATE60492BELIZE -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 20:56:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG BH
09STATE60495BHARAIN -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 20:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG BA
09STATE60559PAKISTAN -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 22:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG PK
09STATE60566ISRAEL -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-11 23:09:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG IS
09STATE60957IRAQ -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-12 16:21:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG IZ
09STATE61158MALAYSIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-12 20:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09STATE61286U.S. VIEWS ON THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is an action request. The USG is considering signing the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA),the international agreement establishing the organization, in time for the June 28-30 IRENA preparatory meeting in Egypt. Per reftels A and B, the D [...]
2009-06-13 17:58:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KGHG SENV
09STATE61338UNITED ARAB EMIRATES -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-14 23:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG AE
09STATE61340NEPAL -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-15 00:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG NP
09STATE61415INDIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND
[...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]
2009-06-15 13:02:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG IN
09STATE63860DIPLOMATIC SECURITY DAILY
[...] (U) Diplomatic Security Daily, June 19, 2009 2. (U) Significant Events ) Paragraphs 6-10 3. (U) Key Concerns ) Paragraphs 11-19 4. (U) Cyber Threats ) Paragraphs 20-27 5. (U) Suspicious Activity Incidents ) Paragraphs 28-31 6. (U) Significant Events 7. (S) EUR - Bosnia-Herzegovina - Eme [...]
2009-06-19 17:17:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNASEC
09STATE74380GUIDANCE FOR 7/22 UNSC DEBATE ON NEPAL
[...] The Department Requests that USUN draw on the following points for use during the July 22 UN Security Council discussion of Nepal.. 2. Begin points: Mr. President, I welcome Representative Landgren back to the Council and thank her for her briefing. I would also like to thank her and [...]
2009-07-17 00:10:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PGOV PREL MARR KDEM NP
09STATE74887Allowance and Post Differential
[...] Effective July 19, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-712. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire m [...]
2009-07-17 19:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE76730GUIDANCE FOR UNMIN MANDATE RENEWAL
[...] The Department authorizes USUN to join consensus in adopting the resolution to renew the mandate of the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN),provided in para 2, scheduled for consideration in the UN Security Council on July 23. 2. Begin text: Recalling its resolutions 1864 (2009),1825 (2008),17 [...]
2009-07-22 23:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC UNMIN PREL NP
09STATE80163(S) REPORTING AND COLLECTION NEEDS: THE UNITED
[...] (S/NF) This cable provides the full text of the new National HUMINT Collection Directive (NHCD) on the United Nations (paragraph 3-end) as well as a request for continued DOS reporting of biographic information relating to the United Nations (paragraph 2). A. (S/NF) The NHCD below supercedes the [...]
2009-07-31 20:24:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR KSPR ECON KPKO KUNR
09STATE84648GOI USG COORDINATED MESSAGE ON NEPAL
[...] (U) Action Request: Please see paragraph 5. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) The Government of Nepal (GON) faces a daunting set of challenges ) including poor security, a weak economy, and unresolved elements of the peace process, including how to proceed with rehabilitation of Maoist [...]
2009-08-13 22:18:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALIN NP PGOV PREL
09STATE85140Allowance and Post Differential
[...] Effective August 16, 2009, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-714. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entire [...]
2009-08-14 22:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER AFIN
09STATE91632DEMARCHE REQUEST: INVITATION TO MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) This is an urgent action request. Ambassadors are requested to deliver President Obama's invitation (paragraph 4) to Heads of State or Heads of Government of action addressee posts, representing the top contributors of troops and police contingents to UN peacekeeping operations. USUN is [...]
2009-09-02 20:01:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA KPKO
09STATE92560DEPARTMENT OF LABOR LIST OF GOODS PRODUCED BY
[...] (SBU) This is an action request; see paras.8-11. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 10, 2009, the Department of Labor (DOL) will release 3 items related to child labor and/or forced labor in numerous countries. (1) DOL will release a report containing its initial "list of goods from countries [...]
2009-09-04 19:36:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI
09STATE96468DEMARCHE REQUEST: INVITATION TO MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) This is an urgent action request. Ambassadors are requested to deliver President Obama's invitation (paragraph 4) to Heads of State or Heads of Government of action addressee posts to join an event that will honor the top contributors of troops and police contingents to UN peacekeeping [...]
2009-09-16 23:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA KPKO
09STATE97949DEMARCHE REQUEST: INVITATION TO MEETING WITH
[...] (SBU) This is an urgent action request. Embassy is requested to deliver President Obama's invitation to President Hu (paragraph 2) to join an event that will honor the top contributors of troops and police contingents to UN peacekeeping operation. Given the short turnaround, USUN has passed [...]
2009-09-21 21:18:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA KPKO
09TAIPEI10TIBETANS END SIT-IN, TAIWAN TO ISSUE TEMPORARY
[...] (C) Summary: A group of 107 ethnic Tibetans, who ended their 24-day outdoor sit-in on January 1, are now waiting for temporary residence permits that the government has promised to issue on January 9. The Tibetans arrived in Taiwan at different times since 2002, generally bearing travel docum [...]
2009-01-06 11:51:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL TW
09TBILISI1602GEORGIA SEEKS U.S. HELP IN PROMOTING UNGA IDP
[...] (SBU) Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Sergi Kapanadze told emboffs on August 25 that the EU has decided to support the draft UN General Assembly resolution entitled "Status of Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia a [...]
2009-08-25 14:29:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF UNGA RS GG
09TELAVIV2222SEPTEMBER 2009 FRAUD SUMMARY, TEL AVIV
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-08 15:36:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDCMGT CASC KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS IS
09TELAVIV466EMBASSY TEL AVIV'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 12:48:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDASEC CE CH EG EI ELAB IN IS KCRM KFRD KPAL KTIP KWMN MD NP PHUM PREF RO RP RS SMIG TH TU UK UP UZ
09TOKYO2456OVERVIEW OF JAPANESE EXPORTS OF CLEAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The export of clean energy technology to Asia is a growing market at the nexus of Japan's industrial policy, overseas development goals, and energy security posture. To date four strategies have driven development and marketing of such technology, including: (1) ongoing economic [...]
2009-10-25 21:16:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETRD SENV EAID PREL JA
09TOKYO487JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/05/09
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-04 00:48:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TOKYO493JAPAN: REQUEST INFORMATION IN PREPARATION FOR G-20
[...] (C) Summary. Domestic political gridlock continues to stymie Japan's ability to implement the economic and financial policies needed to help lead the country out of its worst recession in over half a century. The government's economic stimulus measures have large headline figures, but the Ca [...]
2009-03-04 08:28:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN ETRD JA
09ULAANBAATAR208MONGOLIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER
[...] (SBU) Post has prepared the following scenesetter for the Congressional Delegation, led by Rep. John Boehner of Ohio and scheduled to visit Mongolia from August 9 to 10. 2. (SBU) Below is a breakdown by paragraph of the organization of this scenesetter: 3-5: Context of the Visit 6-8: Pol [...]
2009-07-30 00:44:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MG
09UNROME69FAO BIENNIAL CONFERENCE: U.S. ACHIEVES KEY OBJECTIVES,
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The 36th Conference of the Food and Agriculture Organization was held in Rome November 18-23, beginning a mere three hours after the closing of the World Food Summit. The Un [...]
2009-11-27 16:18:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAGR EAID FAO UN
09UNROME86FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION BRIEFING ON 2010
[...] On December 10, the Food Agriculture Organization (FAO) Emergency Operations and Rehabilitation Division (TCE) briefed donors on FAO's component of the 2010 Humanitarian Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP). At $7.1 billion, the 2010 CAP addresses 12 major crises, covering the needs of 48 mi [...]
2009-12-23 11:28:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIEDFAO AORC EAID PREF EAGR UN WFP
09UNVIEVIENNA208PAKISTAN - IAEA AND UNODC EFFORTS TO HELP GOP COUNTER
[...] (SBU) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has several ongoing activities with Pakistan that deal with nuclear and radiological security, training, regulatory development, safety, and equipment certification. Another Vienna-based International Organization, UNODC, is engaged with Paki [...]
2009-05-07 15:30:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PTER KNNP ENRG TRGY IAEA KCRM SNAR PK
09USUNNEWYORK1032UNMIN BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-13 20:33:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM NP
09USUNNEWYORK103764TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE THEMATIC DEBATE:
[...] (U) The UN First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) conducted its thematic debate on regional disarmament and security on October 21 and 22. Thirteen countries spoke about issues of regional disputes over territory, military build-ups and regional disarmament plans. 2. Malt [...]
2009-11-16 16:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCD CDG PARM PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1045THIRD COMMITTEE HEARS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] SUMMARY: High Commissioner for Human Rights, Pillay, told the UN Third Committee of her priorities for the upcoming year and justified the controversial Goldstone Report on human rights violations in the Gaza Strip. END SUMMARY. 2. Following are summary points of the High Commissioner for Hu [...]
2009-11-17 18:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI UNGA MY
09USUNNEWYORK1070SUMMARY OF UNGA FIRST COMMITTEE RESOLUTIONS:
[...] (U) Summary: During the October 5 - November 2 session of the UNGA First Committee (Disarmament and International Security),the U.S. policy of active engagement on multilateral disarmament and nonproliferation issues paid off. The United States sought to build on the vision President Obama [...]
2009-11-25 00:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1090UN THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATIONS
[...] SUMMARY: On November 19 and 20 the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly took action on 20 resolutions, adopting 14 by consensus and 6 by vote. Two resolutions, the Right to Food and the Rights of the Child, as the U.S. joined consensus for the first time, drew applause from the Third Com [...]
2009-12-03 15:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV KWMN UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK114SYG BAN BRIEFS ON AU SUMMIT, IRAQ, GAZA,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Secretary-General Ban briefed the Security Council on his recent travels in February 9 consultations. Ban recounted his personal intervention on the Muhajeria crisis in Darfur, described a long list of challenges in Afghanistan and relayed a new sense of optimism in Iraq in the [...]
2009-02-11 01:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM UNSC SO SU ZI MA AF IS IZ PK
09USUNNEWYORK182AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH U/SYG
[...] (C) SUMMARY. U/SYG for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe told Ambassador Rice during a February 23 introductory meeting, that he was trying to change the culture of the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) from one of "writing talking points for internal meetings" to solving problems through goo [...]
2009-02-27 02:07:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UNSC IO
09USUNNEWYORK196AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH U/SYG
[...] (C) SUMMARY. U/SYG for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe told Ambassador Rice during a February 23 introductory meeting, that he was trying to change the culture of the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) from one of "writing talking points for internal meetings" to solving problems through goo [...]
2009-02-27 23:42:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL UNSC IO
09USUNNEWYORK284UN BRIEFING NOTE ON FIELD OPERATIONS
[...] On March 16, 2009, Security Council President Dabbashi (Libya) transmitted the following Briefing Note to the Security Council on UN field operations covering the period of March 4-10, 2009. Africa --Burundi (BINUB): Despite continued efforts within the framework of the Joint Verification [...]
2009-03-19 15:50:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC MOPS KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK360CONCLUSION OF THE FIRST RESUMED SESSION OF THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The first resumed session of the 63rd General Assembly for the Fifth Committee (March 2-27) concluded late evening on March 27th. The Fifth Committee took action on a number of proposals and approved an additional $17.97 million to the 2008-2009 regular budget which brings the r [...]
2009-04-07 18:54:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK465SECURITY COUNCIL RECEIVES BRIEFING ON NEPAL/UNMIN,
[...] (U) Summary: On May 5, the Security Council received a briefing on Nepal/UNMIN from Karin Landgren, the Secretary-General,s Representative in Nepal and head of the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN). Landgren emphasized that the recent political crisis that led to the resignation of the Prime Minist [...]
2009-05-07 00:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV NP PHUM KDEM
09USUNNEWYORK517UN BRIEFING NOTE ON FIELD OPERATIONS
[...] On May 11, 2009, Security Council President Churkin (Russia) transmitted the following Briefing Note to the Security Council on UN field operations covering the period of April 29-MAY 5, 2009. 2. Begin text of Briefing Note: Africa --Burundi (BINUB): On 29 April, the African Union Spec [...]
2009-05-18 19:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC MOPS KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK597LIBYA'S TREKI ELECTED UNGA PRESIDENT; QADDAFI TO
[...] Summary: The UN General Assembly elected Libyan diplomat Ali Treki to serve as its president in the forthcoming session. Also elected by acclamation were 21 vice presidents. The bureaus of the Assembly,s six Main Committees were elected with a few remaining vacancies to be filled soon. In [...]
2009-06-16 14:50:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC LI PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK644SECURITY COUNCIL WEIGHS FUTURE OF PEACEKEEPING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Security Council members, senior Secretariat officials, and major troop contributing countries debated the future of United Nations peacekeeping operations (UNPKO) in a full-day session on June 29. UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Le Roy said in his open [...]
2009-07-01 23:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK653INDIAN PR PURI'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) India,s newly appointed Permanent Representative to the UN, Hardeep Singh Puri, met on June 29 with Ambassador Rice. Puri said the U.S.-India bilateral reQtionship had benefited from a ""paradigm shift,"" and he said his clear instructions from New Delhi regarding his posting in New York were [...]
2009-07-07 02:12:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IN CE AF
09USUNNEWYORK676UN SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON SYG'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: In July 8 Security Council consultations on the UNSCR 1701 report, UN Special Coordinator for Lebanon Williams told the Council that the successful Lebanese parliamentary elections and the calm during the reporting period offers a real opportunity for full implementation of UNS [...]
2009-07-11 00:31:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL KPKO UN IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK712SECURITY COUNCIL CONSULTATIONS ON UNMIN/NEPAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Karin Lundgren, Representative of the Secretary-General to Nepal and head of UNMIN, briefed the Council July 20 on latest developments. As noted in the Secretary-General,s recent report on Nepal/UNMIN, Lundgren reiterated disappointment with the slow pace of the peace process [...]
2009-07-22 00:02:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC NE
09USUNNEWYORK752UNGA 64: TANZANIA INVITES PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PARTICIPATION
[...] (SBU) Tanzanian PermRep Augustine Mahiga requested a meeting with Ambassador Rice following up on the May 21 meeting between Tanzanian President Kikwete and President Obama, and conveyed Kikwete's hopes that President Obama would participate in two high-level events contemplated on the margins [...]
2009-08-06 19:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI PHUM ECON EAID KWMN UNGA TZ
09USUNNEWYORK768UNIFIL TCC MEETING: DPKO AGAIN HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 13, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed Security Council members and troop contributing countries (TCCs) in a private meeting on the July 14 explosion of an arms cache in southern Lebanon and obstruction of UNIFIL's movement and initi [...]
2009-08-14 20:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UN IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK788UNSC: COUNCIL CALLS FOR UNIFIL RENEWAL; MAJORITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 20, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed the Security Council in consultations on UNIFIL. He highlighted the Hizballah arms cache explosion at Khirbet Selim, as he and other DPKO officials have to the Council on previous occasions (r [...]
2009-08-24 23:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK817AMBASSADOR RICE AND INDIAN PR PURI DISCUSS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rice and a team from USUN met on August 26 with Indian Mission counterparts as the first step to deepen understanding and cooperation across a broad range of UN issues. The new Indian ambassador arrived with instructions to strengthen the U.S.-India relationship at th [...]
2009-09-04 12:14:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PTER
09USUNNEWYORK866PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SEPTEMBER 23 MEETING WITH TOP UN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Immediately following his address to the Open Debate of the UN General Assembly on September 23, President Obama convened an unprecedented meeting with the Heads of State and Foreign Ministers of the top contributors of troops and police to UN peacekeeping operations. President [...]
2009-10-01 09:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNGA UNSC KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK888UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPTEMBER 23 PM):
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The September 23rd afternoon session of the General debate saw the U.S. delegation walk out of Iranian President Ahmedinejad's fiery diatribe against the U.S. and Israel. The Iranian President derided capitalist economic systems, defended recent election results, and condemned bo [...]
2009-10-09 21:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PREL PGOV ECON AORC KPKO SW UK IT AR
09USUNNEWYORK889UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES: NETHERLANDS, EGYPT
[...] SUMMARY: The ninth plenary meeting of the 64th UN general assembly was held on the morning of September 26. The themes of the economic crisis, climate change and UN reform, specifically the expansion of permanent members of the Security Council continued. Iran's nuclear program was addressed [...]
2009-10-10 01:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON KPKO UNGA BY TH NL KG TV TD
09USUNNEWYORK94964TH UNGA/FIRST COMMITTEE BEGINS GENERAL DEBATE:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 22:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCD CDG KN PARM PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK99PALESTINIANS PRESSING SYG TO BROADEN SCOPE OF
[...] (C) Palestinian Permanent Observer Ambassador Mansour told Ambassador Wolff February 6 that he was exploring ways for the UN to investigate the conduct of the Gaza conflict. He cited as precedent UNSCR 1405 (2002) which "welcomed the initiative of the Secretary-General to develop accurate inf [...]
2009-02-10 01:47:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC KPAL KWBG IS
09VIENNA537Austria's Declining ODA: Catching Up with
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since 2005, Austria's debt forgiveness programs have artificially inflated its official development assistance (ODA) figures and masked recent streamlining of its aid policies. Because 2009 marks the end of debt forgiveness for Iraq, Austrian ODA is expected to fall by a third [...]
2009-05-05 11:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN EAGR AU
09VIENTIANE672009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR LAOS
[...] The Lao government is open to foreign investment as a matter of policy. It allows 100% foreign ownership of investments. The overall investment climate is poor but improving. Laos rates very low in international indices of transparency and ease of doing business. 2. The economic reform [...]
2009-02-10 07:56:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB LA
10ABUDHABI284UAE'S 2010 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (U) Mission UAE's submission for the 2010 trafficking in persons report follows. Responses are keyed to reftel paragraphs 25 to 30. THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Please find below responses to questions in paragraph 25 of reftel: [...]
2010-02-25 14:02:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KTIP PGOV PREL PREF ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN SMIG
10ABUDHABI89PROGRESS MADE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the third Preparatory Commission (Prep Com) of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi, critical progress was achieved on a number of programmatic, administrative and legal fronts related to establishing a transparent, progressive and efficient internati [...]
2010-02-21 11:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV KGHG ENRG PGOV AE
10ASUNCION138PARAGUAY'S 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REVIEW
[...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel A questions regarding anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts in Paraguay. 2. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION 2A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on human trafficking? What plans are in place (if any) to undertake f [...]
2010-02-17 15:02:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PGOV ELAB PREL KPAO KCRM KFRD ASEC KWMN
10BANGKOK413ADMIRAL WILLARD'S VISIT TO THAILAND: RTG FOCUSED
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Thai leaders provided their view of the strategic goals for Thailand and the nations' goals for the future for PACOM Commander Admiral Willard during his February 2-7 visit. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva encouraged increased U.S. engagement in the region, particularly [...]
2010-02-18 06:48:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF TH
10BANGKOK456 Asian Ministerial Continues Efforts to Prevent Extinction
[...] (U) Summary: In a ministerial meeting hosted by Thailand and the World Bank's Global Tiger Initiative (GTI) last month, thirteen tiger range states issued a joint declaration to stem the alarming decline of tigers in the wild, through regional law enforcement and country action plans. They a [...]
2010-02-24 10:29:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ETRD ETTC ASEAN SAARC XC XE NP TH
10BANGUI2FURTHER ATTACKS TARGETING NGOS IN NE CAR MARK TROUBLING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The December 22 and 23 targeted attacks on International Medical Corp (IMC) facilities, in northeastern Central African Republic (CAR) continue a disturbing pattern in this lawless and unstable part of central Africa (Ref A). The recent discovery of the three IMC vehicles for sa [...]
2010-01-05 17:09:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR PREF CT
10BEIJING123PRC: PRIME MINISTER NEPAL ENJOYS SUCCESSFUL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepalese and PRC official sources stated that Nepal Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal's December 26-31 visit to China achieved tangible outcomes, including the signing of two official agreements, commercial contracts and broad agreement to strengthen the bilateral relationship. P [...]
2010-01-15 10:39:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EAID ECON PHUM CH NP IN
10BERLIN166 Germany - REVISED Investment Climate Statement
[...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Germany. This is the revised version of the statement. A previous version was sent on January 15, 2010. 2. Begin Text: GERMANY: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT ---------------------------------------- [...]
2010-02-05 16:41:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC GM
10CHENGDU15"LHOKA" AKA "SHANNAN": SINIFICATION OF THE CRADLE OF TIBETAN
[...] (C) Introduction and Summary. Although considered the cradle of Tibetan culture, the historical city and prefecture of Lhoka, in southeastern Tibet, is in the midst of a silent cultural and population invasion by Han Chinese, Consul General's November 22-25 visit there suggests. Lhoka's rapid [...]
2010-01-15 10:08:00Consulate ChengduCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PGOV ECON EAID MCAP MOPS SOCI CH IN
10CHENGDU31NEPAL'S LHASA CG ON PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO CHINA
[...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. The unspoken quid pro quo during the December 26-31 visit of Nepal's Prime Minister to Lhasa and Beijing appears to have been a public statement by Nepal that it would no [...]
2010-02-04 11:20:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EINV ENRG SENV CH NP IN
10CHENGDU32TIBET: LHASA MUSLIMS' RESURGING IDENTITY, WARY RELATIONS
[...] (SBU) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Lhasa's small but energetic community of Muslims, both ethnic Tibetan and from other regions of China, is closely monitored by the government of the Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR),CG's rec [...]
2010-02-04 12:11:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV CH IN NP
10COLOMBO66COLOMBO PLAN JANUARY SESSION READOUT
[...] SUMMARY: The U.S. Ambassador (and current Colombo Plan Council President) led a discussion about the Eminent Persons' Report at the 267th session of the Colombo Plan Council held January 20. Despite its impressive work plan, the Colombo Plan has languished in recent years with little funding [...]
2010-01-29 03:59:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AORC ECON KUNR UN CE
10COLOMBO72INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010 - SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 08:41:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
10DHAKA27BANGLADESH'S PRIME MINISTER PREPARES FOR ""TRANSFORMATIONAL"" VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (C) Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed will arrive in New Delhi January 10 to begin her most important foreign visit since assuming office in early 2009. Recognizing the inertia within Bangladesh's bureaucracy, the Prime Minister entrusted her own office with preparations for the visit [...]
2010-01-10 09:16:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR ETRD PTER KDEM BG IN
10DHAKA61GOVERNMENT TRUMPETS ACHIEVEMENTS OF PRIME
[...] (C) Since her return from a state visit to India on January 13, 2010, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Government have trumpeted the trip as an unbridled success which will produce tangible benefits for both Bangladesh and the region. For her part, opposition leader Khaleda Zia has charac [...]
2010-01-19 09:41:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM IN BG
10HAVANA109USINT HAVANA'S ANSWER TO TIP REPORT QUESTIONS THIS
[...] (SBU)Per Reftel, USINT Havana submits the following information for inclusion in the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, Cuba section. ------------------- REPORTING QUESTIONS ------------------- 25. (U) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of [...]
2010-02-25 20:27:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10HONGKONG279SUBMISSION FOR 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT:
[...] (U) Per reftel A, the following are post's contributions to the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Subheadings and answers correspond to questions posed in paragraphs 25-30 of reftel A. Para 25: T [...]
2010-02-17 07:57:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10HONGKONG304SUBMISSION FOR 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT:
[...] (U) Per reftel A, the following are post's contributions to the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China. Subheadings and answers correspond to questions posed in paragraphs 25-30 of reftel A. [...]
2010-02-22 09:52:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10ISLAMABAD316PAKISTAN APPEARS LIKELY TO ACCEPT INDIA'S OFFER OF
[...] (C) Summary: MFA Director General for South Asia Afrasiab Mehdi Hashim told Deputy PolCouns on February 9 that Pakistan has not yet accepted India's offer of a bilateral foreign secretary-level meeting, but expected it would do so. Though the Indians have said they are open to discussion of a [...]
2010-02-10 13:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER IN PK
10ISLAMABAD39ENVIRONMENT, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH MONTHLY - DEC
[...] (U) Summary: Environment, Science, Technology and Health Monthly Update for December 2009, prepared by the U.S. Embassy Islamabad, Pakistan. Topics covered: -- Low HPV Prevalence among Karachi Women -- AIDS Therapy Centers in Pakistan -- Pakistan to Formally Enter Antar [...]
2010-01-11 04:18:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIEDSENV SOCI ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL PK
10KATHMANDU104NEPAL ASSOCIATES WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORDS
[...] (SBU) Following a "lively" internal debate, on February 1 the Government of Nepal (GON) announced that it had sent notification to the Secretariat of the Convention on Climate Change confirming Nepal's association with the Copenhagen Accord (copy of letter sent to SCA/INS). According to the M [...]
2010-02-04 08:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG KSCA NP
10KATHMANDU114NEPAL DISCUSSING U.S. CITES PROPOSALS
[...] Post delivered reftel talking points to the CITES Authority of Nepal, Mr. Gopal Prasad Upadyaya, Director General of the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation. Upadyaya said he will convey Nepal's position after discussions in the Ministry. 2. On corals, Upadyay said it i [...]
2010-02-08 02:46:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP XD NP
10KATHMANDU118NEPAL: 2009 END USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] Per the reporting requirements noted reftel, Post has an end-use monitoring to report for Calendar Year 2009. 2. BACKGROUND A. EUM Program coordinator: Denver H Fleming III, 977-400-7200, flemingdh@state.gov B. Inventory System: Standard INL-LOA handover forms and state departme [...]
2010-02-08 10:07:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN NP
10KATHMANDU12G.P KOIRALA STATURE IN NEPALI CONGRESS DECLINING
[...] (C) Senior Nepali Congress leaders no longer trust party President G.P. Koirala, believing he would "sell out" the party to promote his daughter, Deputy PM and ForMin Sujata Koirala. Nepali Congress Joint General Secretary and Spokesman Arjun Narsingh K.C. told P/E Chief January 4 that the pa [...]
2010-01-06 11:16:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU121NEPAL: ARMED POLICE FORCE LOOKING FOR ROLE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Nepal Armed Police Force (APF) is a paramilitary force originally created to combat the Maoist insurgency. Still struggling to define its role in post-conflict Nepal, the APF's duties range from border control to combating terrorist activities. The APF has 25,650 members [...]
2010-02-10 05:51:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM NP PGOV PHUM
10KATHMANDU128NEPAL'S CONSTITUTION DRAFTING MOVES AHEAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nepal's 601-person Constituent Assembly (CA) is making steady progress drafting a new constitution. The CA's eleven thematic committees have submitted reports, and drafting has begun. While the committees reached agreement on many key constitutional provisions, there are at leas [...]
2010-02-11 12:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU129NEPAL: DISCHARGE OF DISQUALIFIED COMBATANTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Maoist army discharged 268 combatants from the last of seven cantonments on February 8, marking a major political step forward in the peace process. The ceremony was attended by members of the diplomatic community, including U.S. Charge Camp, and Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal [...]
2010-02-11 12:27:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU13NEPAL: OHCHR HEAD BENNETT TRANSFERRED TO GENEVA
[...] (C) Richard Bennett, the high-profile, outspoken head of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Nepal, is being transfered to Geneva in February. In a lateral career move, Bennett will become the Director of OHCHR's Field Operations Division, responsible for the Midd [...]
2010-01-06 11:22:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU131NEPAL: DISTRACTED DRIVING DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel points to Nepal Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Ramesh P. Khanal on February 11. Khanal thanked the Embassy for the information. He did not provide any substantive response, at this time. CAMP [...]
2010-02-11 13:34:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDACTION ECON EU SOCI UNDP UNGA NP
10KATHMANDU132NEPAL: IAEA TANZANIA CONFERENCE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel points and letter to Nepal Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary of the UN, International Organizations, and International Law Division Ramesh P. Khanal on February 11. Khanal thanked the Embassy for the information, but did not provide any substantive response. [...]
2010-02-11 13:37:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDIAEA PARM PREL KNNP KTIA NP
10KATHMANDU142EMBASSY KATHMANDU'S S/GWI PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] Reconciliation: Voices and Experiences of Conflict-Affected Women (Himalayan Human Rights Monitors - HimRights) ---------- Background ---------- The signing of the Comprehensive Peace Accord in November 2006 brought a formal end to the decade-long armed conflict between Maoist rebels and [...]
2010-02-18 11:28:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM NP
10KATHMANDU144NEPAL: CHINA PRESSURE BUT NEPALIS SAY REFUGEE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Nepal's commitment to protecting Tibetan refugees remains firm, despite Chinese pressure to increase security on the China-Nepal border. During the Home Minister's recent visit to China, Chinese officials pressed the Minister to improve border communication and create a new bila [...]
2010-02-18 12:42:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF CH NP
10KATHMANDU145NEPAL POISED FOR MAJOR FOOD SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Nepal is poised for major investments that could significantly reduce food insecurity and poverty. As a small country which has successfully piloted several global initiatives, Nepal is ready for investments to reduce poverty on a national scale. The Government of Nepal (GON) has begun t [...]
2010-02-18 12:58:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAID EAID EAGR ECON NP
10KATHMANDU147NEPAL: ADVOCATING EXTENSION OF OFFICE OF THE HIGH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Heads of mission from Denmark, Germany, Britain, France, Finland, and the United States met Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Koirala February 18, 2010, to advocate for extension of the mandate of OHCHR beyond its current expiry in June 2010. Koirala suggested that t [...]
2010-02-19 06:15:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL NO NP
10KATHMANDU16NEPAL: MAOISTS START DISCHARGING MINORS
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a positive step in Nepal's long-stalled peace process, the Maoist party officially discharged 209 "disqualified" combatants from one of the seven main Maoist cantonment sites. Following their discharge by the People's Liberation Army Deputy Commander, UNDP and UNICEF teams [...]
2010-01-07 11:58:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU163NEPAL: AIRBUS DEAL IN TROUBLE, EU LOBBIES HARD
[...] (C) Summary. The Government of Nepal is unlikely to guarantee the Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) loan to purchase two Airbus aircraft, according to Finance Secretary Khanal, essentially killing the deal and reviving Boeing's hopes to sell its aircraft to the NAC. The European Union continu [...]
2010-02-24 12:46:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EAIR PREL NP
10KATHMANDU166NEPAL: COMMITTED TO SUPPORT MINUSTAH
[...] (SBU) Per demarche request (reftel),Embassy contacted Armed Police Force (APF) IG Sanet Basnet and Home Ministry Secretary Dr. Govind Kusum regarding Nepal's current offer to provide one Foreign Police Unit (FPU) for 12 months. Both Basnet and Kusum confirmed that Nepal is still willing to [...]
2010-02-25 12:18:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC
10KATHMANDU2MEDIA REACTION: EXIT FROM AFGHANISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-04 11:20:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU24MEDIA REACTION: NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 03:52:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU29NEPAL: GON STICKS TO FOUR-MONTH UNMIN EXTENSION
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of Nepal (GON) is unlikely to agree to a six-month mandate extension for UNMIN and may hold firm on its recommended May 15 date, which is linked to the deadlines for completing the integration and rehabilitation of Maoist combatants (April 30) and the new constituti [...]
2010-01-13 09:13:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU38NEPAL: SCENESETTER FOR PDAS MOON VISIT
[...] (SBU) PDAS Moon, Embassy Kathmandu warmly welcomes you to Nepal. You are arriving at a particularly critical juncture in the peace process, with "indefinite" Maoist protests still threatened for January 24, despite some welcome progress on unblocking the political process. Pressure building a [...]
2010-01-14 13:01:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM MARR NP
10KATHMANDU45NEPAL NON-COMMITAL ON COPEHAGEN ACCORD
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal is still considering whether to associate itself with the Copenhagen Accord. As one of the countries most affected by climate change, Government of Nepal (GON) officials were annoyed they were not "adequately consulted" in the negotiations. End Summary. Frustration a [...]
2010-01-20 11:47:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKGKG SENV ENRG XD NP
10KATHMANDU46NEPAL: TWO NEPAL ARMY BATTALIONS ASSISTING IN
[...] (U) SCA PDAS Patrick Moon discussed the earthquake in Haiti with Chief of the Army Staff Gurung on January 19. General Gurung reported that Nepal had two battalions serving in the UN Peace Keeping operation, MINUSTAH, in Haiti when the earthquake struck. One soldier was injured and two Nepal [...]
2010-01-20 12:38:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON HA KDEM MARR NP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
10KATHMANDU57MEDIA REACTION: PDAS MOON'S VISIT AND DEALING WITH THE MAOISTS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 09:15:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU58NEPAL'S FORESTS MINISTER CONFIRMS BAN ON RHESUS
[...] (U) Minister of Forests and Soil Conservation Deepak Bohara has confirmed he ruled current Nepali law prohibits the export of rhesus monkeys, both wild and captive-born. The decision, made public in late August 2009, prevents the National Biomedical Research Center (NBRC) from fulfilling its [...]
2010-01-22 10:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD SENV TBIO PGOV NP
10KATHMANDU60MEDIA REACTION: OBAMA'S FIRST YEAR
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-22 12:06:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU62NEPAL PM: "CANTONMENTS AND CONSTITUTION LINKED"
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 18 meeting with SCA PDAS Patrick Moon, Prime Minister M.K. Nepal said the peace process and the constitution drafting process were inextricably linked. He asked the international community to support the government's new integration and rehabilitation plan and pres [...]
2010-01-24 15:09:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU63NEPAL: MAOIST RESPONSE TO BENCHMARKS PROMISED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Maoist party wants to deepen its engagement with the United States, and is preparing to address the benchmarks for removal from the U.S. terrorism lists, according to United Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda". Prachanda told PDAS Moon th [...]
2010-01-24 15:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU65NEPAL FORMIN OPTIMISTIC ON HIGH-LEVEL MECHANISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The recently-announced High-Level Political Mechanism will help solve Nepal's political impasse, according to DeputyPM and FM Sujata Koirala. Koirala told visiting PDAS Moon that the Mechanism, led by her father G.P. Koirala, would focus first on the integration and rehabilitati [...]
2010-01-25 06:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU66NEPAL: PDAS RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS WITH DEFMIN, CHIEF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During meetings with Defense Minister Bhandari and Chief of the Army Staff Gurung, PDAS Moon encouraged the Nepal Army to deal with conflict-era human rights abuses openly and transparently. Until that time, U.S.-Nepal military cooperation will remain "limited." The DefMin shar [...]
2010-01-25 11:11:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU69NEPAL: G.P. KOIRALA TOUTS HIGH LEVEL MECHANISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: G.P. Koirala, Nepali Congress party President, acknowledged his health was not good, but committed to wrapping up the peace process and the drafting of the constitution. He asserted the High Level Political Mechanism is "the only way" to accomplish these goals. According to Koi [...]
2010-01-25 11:17:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU72SAARC: REGIONAL POLITICS LIMIT POTENTIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) lacks clout among its member states, preventing it from reaching its full potential. SAARC has facilitated some regional economic and social cooperation, but has little influence over regional geopolitical issues. Th [...]
2010-01-26 11:29:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECIN SAARC IN PK NP
10KATHMANDU74CLIMATE CHANGE COULD SEVERELY IMPACT NEPAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Due to its geographic location in the Himalayas, Nepal is likely to be substantially impacted by climate change. During a meeting with leading environmental non-governmental organizations, private citizens, and the Minister of Forests and Soil Conservation, PDAS Moon urged Nep [...]
2010-01-27 10:08:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM KGHG NP
10KATHMANDU77NEPAL: NORWAY APPOINTS SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] (SBU) The Government of Norway appointed Ambassador Tore Toreng to serve as Special Envoy to the Peace Process in Nepal. During a January 12 meeting and January 13 dinner, Ambassador Toreng explained to Charge that Norway wants to "invigorate" its support for the Nepal peace process. Toreng [...]
2010-01-27 10:25:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NO NP
10KATHMANDU79NEPAL: OHCHR LOBBYING FOR EXTENSION
[...] (C) Summary: The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)-Nepal hopes to extend its current mandate, which ends June 9, for another two years. The National Human Rights Commission, Nepal Army, and some political leaders are unhappy with OHCHR's activist approach and will l [...]
2010-01-28 10:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NO NP
10KATHMANDU80MEDIA REACTION: LESSONS FROM HAITI
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 11:31:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU81MEDIA REACTION: GATES VISIT TO INDIA, PAKISTAN
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 11:31:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU82MEDIA REACTION: FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND INTERNET DIPLOMACY
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 11:31:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
10KATHMANDU84NEPAL'S ECONOMY FACES MAJOR CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal's economy, already damaged by a decade of civil conflict, faces balance of payments and liquidity problems, a real estate price bubble, slowing remittance growth, and a shaky (and partially unregulated) banking sector. The IMF, central bank and leading bankers do not war [...]
2010-01-29 08:18:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON NP
10KATHMANDU93NEPAL: PRACHANDA CITES PROGRESS, CHALLENGES AHEAD
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with P-5 representatives, Maoist leader Prachanda claimed credit for recent movement on the peace process, but said that hardliners in other parties are trying to stop progress. Prachanda continues to press for the formation of a national unity government, led by the [...]
2010-02-01 03:53:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NP
10KATHMANDU94NEPAL BACKS U.S. POSITION ON IRAN NUCLEAR PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) During a February 1 meeting with Acting Foreign Secretary Durga Bhattarai, Charge highlighted U.S. efforts to engage Iran on its nuclear program and Iran's continued unresponsiveness. He urged Nepal to support efforts to increase pressure on Iran (reftel). Charge noted that all countri [...]
2010-02-01 12:08:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL IR SP NP PARM
10KOLONIA12ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR THE FEDERATED
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-17 03:17:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10LONDON92United Kingdom: Investment Climate Statement 2010
[...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for the United Kingdom. The information is updated as of January 1, 2010. UNITED KINGDOM: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT --------------------------------------------- ---- A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment [...]
2010-01-15 17:27:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINV OPIC KTDB USTR UK
10MASERU22LESOTHO CONFIDENT OF ASSOCIATION WITH COPENHAGEN ACCORD BY
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 10:54:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV ENRG LT
10MEXICO69Chiapas: Mexico's Vulnerable Underbelly
[...] (SBU) Summary. Both critics and supporters of Chiapan developmental policies agree that the Mexican government (GOM) and the USG should dedicate more attention and resources to the southern border. The poorest state in Mexico, Chiapas is plagued with economic problems that are further com [...]
2010-01-22 20:11:00Embassy MexicoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSMIG PHUM EINV ECON GT MX
10MONTEVIDEO112Uruguay 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 12:44:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UY
10MUMBAI44MUMBAI'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING COURT REPORTS IMPRESSIVE FIGURE OF
[...] (U) Summary. In just over a year of operation, the anti-human trafficking court in Mumbai has disposed of a large backlog of trafficking cases, and improved the conviction rate for traffickers. In 2009, the court adjudicated 438 cases, and recorded convictions in 81 cases, with more than one [...]
2010-02-08 13:08:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI SMIG KTIP IN PHUM
10MUMBAI57MUMBAI'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING COURT REPORTS IMPRESSIVE FIGURE OF
[...] (U) Summary. In just over a year of operation, the anti-human trafficking court in Mumbai has disposed of a large backlog of trafficking cases, and improved the conviction rate for traffickers. In 2009, the court adjudicated 438 cases, and recorded convictions in 81 cases, with more than one [...]
2010-02-17 11:18:00Consulate MumbaiUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SOCI SMIG KTIP IN PHUM
10NEWDELHI109HASINA'S DELHI VISIT: PROGRESS TOWARD REGIONAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina's January 10-13 visit to India boosted prospects for regional integration. Following recent Bangladeshi action against Indian insurgents, Hasina again pledged Bangladeshi territory would not be used for anti-Indian activities. Bangladesh granted India [...]
2010-01-22 13:11:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER BG IN
10NEWDELHI151SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY MCHALE VISIT TO INDIA
[...] (SBU) Under Secretary McHale: Mission India warmly welcomes you. Following Prime Minister Singh's historic official state visit to Washington and Minister of Human Resource Development Sibal's US tour, your visit coincides with a rapid expansion in the U.S.-India partnership, encompassing e [...]
2010-01-27 13:45:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER OVIP AF PK IN
10NEWDELHI163SRAP HOLBROOKE DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 18 meeting with Special Representative Richard Holbrooke, Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao described the Indian effort in Afghanistan as focused on strengthening governance by building Afghan capacities. She said Indian engagement is transparent and should not be threatening [...]
2010-01-28 13:20:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PK AF IN
10NEWDELHI290TIBET: GROWING FRUSTRATION AFTER LATEST ROUND OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Dharamsala February 3-7 to meet a cross section of the Tibetan community upon the conclusion of the ninth round of dialogue in Beijing between the Tibetan government-in-exile, known as the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA),and Chinese officials. During meetings with [...]
2010-02-11 15:57:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREF PHUM CH IN PINR PREL
10NEWDELHI321DELHI DIARY, JANUARY 30 - FEBRUARY 19, 2010
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 30 - February 19, 2010, that did not feature in our other reporting. My Name Is Rahul ---- 2. (SBU) Rahul Gandhi's Mumbai visit and his skirmishing with the Maharashtra chauvinist Shiv Sena party shows he is bec [...]
2010-02-22 08:52:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PTER IN EAGR
10NEWDELHI347AMBASSADOR ROEMER VISITS HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the afternoon of February 18, 2010, I visited the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) factory in Bengaluru, along with staff from Embassy New Delhi and Consulate General Chennai. The level of access afforded to us on the factory floor during our visit was highly unusual and [...]
2010-02-24 12:03:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALPINS PREL EIND ETTC EAIR MCAP
10NEWDELHI356RSI PROPOSALS: SOUTH ASIA
[...] (SBU) The following are 2010 Regional Security Initiative (RSI) program proposals for South Asia. Compiled by the RSI Coordinator at Embassy New Delhi, they include proposals covering Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and India. 2. (SBU) Regional Technical Confe [...]
2010-02-25 13:57:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL IN PK NP BG CE MV BT
10NEWDELHI59MEDIA REACTION: INDIA-BANGLADESH RELATIONS,
[...] "BANGLADESH COMES CLOSER," editorial in January 13 right-of-center Hindi daily, AMAR UJALA: "Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's India visit this week was remarkable for the manner in which contentious issues were set aside and points of agreement worked on. Sheikh Hasina has had a close relationshi [...]
2010-01-14 10:46:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV PREL IN
10OSLO100NORWAY 2010 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Oslo's points of contact for TIP issues are Scott Sommers, Political Officer ( 47) 21 30 88 69, fax ( 47) 22 55 43 13 and Tord Bergesen, Political Specialist, LES ( 47) 21 30 85 02. Poloff spent approximately 35 hours researching and preparing this report. End Summary. [...]
2010-02-22 13:06:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG KMCA NI
10PORTLOUIS35CORRECTED MAURITIUS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Per reftel request, Post submits the following 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Mauritius. Please note that the exchange rate used throughout the report is (i) 2007: USD 1 = MRs 32, (ii) 2008: USD 1 = MRs 29, and (iii) 2009: USD 1 = MRs 32.50. (Mauritius Rupees = MRs). --------------- [...]
2010-02-04 12:30:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB KIDE PGOV OPIC USTR
10ROME186HAITI: ITALIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO EXPANDED MINUSTAH
[...] (U) Poloff raised reftel points with MFA Political-Military Officer Andrea Romussi on February 11. Romussi said that the Ministry of Defense is ready to deploy a self-sustaining Formed Police Unit (FPU) of 125 Carabinieri to Haiti under the MINUSTAH mandate. Approval from the Prime Minister' [...]
2010-02-16 15:59:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF
10STATE12081A/S BLAKE'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN SPECIAL ENVOY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Norway's Special Envoy to the Nepal peace process, Ambassador Tore Toreng, met with Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs (SCA) Robert Blake on February 3 to discuss his mission and prospects for coordination among members of the international community. Toreng [...]
2010-02-05 17:24:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALCN IN NP PGOV PREL
10STATE12464ADDRESSING RESOURCE REQUESTS FROM THE UN
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for USUN New York to share the information in paragraphs four through six with the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO). In addition to sharing the U.S. Government responses to DPKO requests for assistance, USUN is asked to confirm with DPKO that t [...]
2010-02-10 00:59:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO
10STATE12558FORCE GENERATION ISSUES TO
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs seven and eight. Action Posts are requested to report back to Washington by February 16, 2010. 2. (SBU) Background: In response to the massive January 12 earthquake in Haiti, the UN Security Council (UNSC) authorized the UN Depart [...]
2010-02-11 05:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR
10STATE18175ACTION REQUEST: ASIA-PACIFIC AVIATION SECURITY
[...] (U) This message contains an action request. See paragraph 3. It has been sent in collaboration with the Department of Homeland Security. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano will travel to Tokyo March 12-14, 2010 to attend a confer [...]
2010-02-26 16:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EAIR IN PGOV PK PTER XB
10STATE1990NEPAL AMBASSADOR SHARMA DISCUSSES PEACE PROCESS,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 7 courtesy call with Nepal's Ambassador to the United States, Shankar P. Sharma, SCA Assistant Secretary Robert Blake voiced U.S. concern regarding the lagging pace of the peace process in Nepal and emphasized the need for the Government of Nepal to reach out [...]
2010-01-08 20:41:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIN NP PGOV PREL
10STATE2094PREPARING THE TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) This is an action message for all posts. See paras 14-35. This cable describes the annual reporting requirement for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and provides instructions for posts' contributions. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended, requires the Department [...]
2010-01-09 04:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF
10STATE2997TALKING POINTS FOR JANUARY 15 CONSULTATIONS ON
[...] (U) USUN is instructed to pursue the objectives in paragraph 2 and draw from the points in paragraph 3 during the January 15 Security Council consultations on the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN). 2. (U) Objectives: -- Convey support for UNMIN -- Recognize recent discharge of some disqualifie [...]
2010-01-12 20:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC NP
10STATE5792VOTING INSTRUCTION: UNMIN RENEWAL
[...] (U) This is an action request. The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the UN Security Council resolution in paragraph 2 renewing the mandate of the UN Mission in Nepal, scheduled for adoption January 21. USUN should seek additional guidance from the Department if there are any sub [...]
2010-01-21 00:34:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL NP
10TOKYO374 JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/25/10
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 01:33:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
10USTRGENEVA127th Working Party meeting on Yemen's Accession to the WTO
[...] The WTO Working Party on Yemen's accession met for its 7th session on January 26, 2010, chaired by Mr. Hartmut Roeben. Yemen's Minister of Industry and Trade, Dr. Yahya Y. Al-Mutwakel provided an opening statement on Yemen's efforts to accede to the WTO. He urged negotiating partners to show [...]
2010-02-05 16:39:00USMISSION USTR GENEVAUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON WTRO YM
10USUNNEWYORK32UNMIN BRIEFING TO THE SECURITY COUNCIL - JANUARY
[...] SUMMARY: The Representative of the Secretary-General to Nepal and head of UNMIN, Karin Lundgren, briefed the Security Council on the activities of UNMIN and the latest developments in Nepal on January 15. Lundgren highlighted a number of new, positive developments which have recently occurre [...]
2010-01-21 14:31:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM NP
10USUNNEWYORK76UNSC: DPKO BRIEFS ON RECOMMENDATIONS/CONCLUSIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and UNIFIL's Strategic Military Cell (SMC) briefed Security Council members at an informal meeting on February 5 on the key conclusions and recommendations of the Joint UNIFIL-DPKO Technical Review. The review envisions no radic [...]
2010-02-11 19:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
10YEREVAN105ARMENIA 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 14:05:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAM ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
87DHAKA2354 BANGLADESH-INDIA RELATIONS
[...] (CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT). -- 2. SUMMARY: BANGLADESH HOPES THAT RAJIV GANDHI WOULD BE A POWERFUL FORCE IN IMPROVING BILATERAL RELATIONS HAVE FADED OVER THE PAST YEAR. BANGLADESH AND INDIA HAVE MADE LITTLE SUBSTANTIVE PROGRESS ON LONG-STANDING PROBLEMS UNDER RAJIV; MANY AGAIN APPEAR [...]
1987-04-02 09:37:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPRP IN BG
88COLOMBO8559 LEGISLATIVELY MANDATED TERRORISM REPORTS:
[...] DECONTROL UPON RECEIPT. --------------- 2. SRI LANKA ----------------- A. RESULTS OF ANY 1988 COURT PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM: EMBASSY KNOWS OF NO/NO 1988 COURT PROSECUTIONS IN SRI LANKA WHICH INVOLVED INTERNATIONAL T [...]
1988-12-09 06:05:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CE MV
95ZAGREB1824CROATIA UPDATE NO. 36: U.S., UN, EXPLORING CROAT TREATMENT OF SERBS IN WESTERN SLAVONIA
[...] (C) VARIOUS UN ORGANIZATIONS, ESPECIALLY CIVPOL, ARE STRENGTHENING THEIR EFFORTS TO MONITOR AND INVESTIGATE CONDITIONS FOR SERBS IN "SECTOR WEST." MANY UN OFFICIALS SAY THEY STILL SUSPECT THERE WERE AT LEAST SOME HUMAN RIGHTS TRANSGRESSIONS BY CROATIAN FORCES DURING AND AFTER THE MAY 1 OFFEN [...]
1995-05-11 19:25:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
95ZAGREB5178HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT FOR CROATIA
[...] No summary [...]
1995-12-18 13:34:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDNOTAG HR PHUM
97ISLAMABAD5640JAMMU AND KASHMIR ISLAMIC FRONT (C-NA7-00565)
[...] No summary [...]
1997-07-03 11:19:00Embassy IslamabadSECRETKPRP PINR PTER PK
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