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08BEIRUT350	LEBANON: UNIIIC COMMISSIONER VOWS TO LEAVE NO [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraphs 13-14. 2. (C) UNIIIC Commissioner and Prosecutor-Designate Daniel Bellemare is as determined as ever to succeed in his mission, but warns that it will take more time and resources before he will be able to issue indictments. Bellemare, who is [...]	2008-03-07 14:14:00	Embassy Beirut	SECRET	PGOV PREL PTER PARM PINR PREF MASS SY IS LE

08BEIRUT541	LEBANON: BERRI, OTHER POLITICIANS STUCK IN PAST [...] (C) According to Greek Orthodox Archbishop Elias Audi, the current political stalemate will be difficult to resolve because the roots of the discourse go back to the 1975-1990 civil war and can not easily be forgotten. He put the blame on the "politicians" thinking of their fiefdoms first, rat [...]	2008-04-21 15:20:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR IS LE
08BEIRUT577	LEBANON: ORGANIZATION OF THE MARONITE CHURCH [...] (U) This report is a general overview of the Maronite community in Lebanon, to provide a brief understanding on who the Maronites are, how the Maronite clergy is structured, and what the responsibilities are of the clergy in Lebanon. A subsequent report will cover the succession to the Patriar [...]	2008-04-29 14:34:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI SCUL KIRF LE
08BEIRUT693	LEBANON: FACEBOOK - YOUTH GO ONLINE TO OPPOSE [...] Summary: Facebook, a social networking site, is one online medium Lebanese youth have used to react to the political instability and violence plaguing the country since May 7. Many have made their opinions public by posting comments on their profiles, changing their profile pictures to patrioti [...]	2008-05-15 12:19:00	Embassy Beirut	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR OEXC SCUL AINT KPAO LE
08BEIRUT695	LEBANON: NEED FOR REALISTIC POST-PILOT PHASE [...] (C) The strategic implications of Lebanese border security came into sharp focus recently. On May 5, the Charge visited the Northern Border Pilot Project (NBPP) Command Center in Tripoli and the Aarida border crossing station. On May 6, she attended a lunch organized by the UN to discuss the [...]	2008-05-15 13:16:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KPAL SY IS LE
08BEIRUT871	LEBANON: DUTCH MAY END THEIR ASSISTANCE TO THE LAF [...] (C) International donor country representatives working with Lebanon's security sector met on June 9 to review donor contributions to Lebanon's security agencies. Early in the meeting, the Dutch Charge d'Affaires noted her embassy's disappointment in the performance of GOL security agencies d [...]	2008-06-10 16:19:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PINR PREL UNSC LE NE
08BEIRUT952	LEBANON: SENIOR COORDINATOR FOLEY HEARS OF [...] (C) In a June 26 visit to Beirut, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues James Foley learned from the head of the agency responsible for immigration control, Surete Generale Director Wafiq Jezzini, that the Surete Generale has suspended its practice of detaining Iraqi refugees living in L [...]	2008-07-01 09:56:00	Embassy Beirut	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PTER IQ LE
08BELGRADE1268	SERBIA: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES NEW AMBASSADORS SANS AGREMENT [...] (SBU) At its weekly session on November 20, the Serbian government (GOS) endorsed the appointment of seven new ambassadors, even though we later learned from MFA contacts that the government had not yet requested agrement for the ambassadors-designate. This lapse of diplomatic protocol may com [...]	2008-12-10 14:35:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR PREL CA FR GM MO PL RO SZ SR
08BELGRADE462	SERBIA STREAMLINES ANTI-DRUG EFFORTS BUT GAPS REMAIN [...] (U) Serbian law enforcement officials reported that Serbia remains a major transit country for drugs between Asia and Europe and that key government offices appear to be making serious efforts to combat the problem. Police and anti-drug representatives expressed thanks for the "high-quality" [...]	2008-05-09 16:18:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR PREL PGOV PINR XG SR
08BELGRADE757	SERBIA TO RETURN AMBASSADORS TO EU COUNTRIES [...] (SBU) Despite our multiple warnings that such a move would be ill-advised and counterproductive, the Serbian Government voted "unanimously" on July 24 to send their ambassadors back only to European Union countries that had recognized Kosovo. Some ministers reportedly opposed the partial retu [...]	2008-07-28 10:31:00	Embassy Belgrade	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SR
08BELMOPAN101	BIO -- BELIZE ADVISOR/CONSULTANT, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, DR. [...] Dr. Carla Barnett was appointed by Prime Minister Dean Barrow on Monday, February 11, 2008. Following is her biography. Address as: Dr. Barnett DPOB: February 16, 1958; Belize City, Belize 2. Education: 1990 University of the West Indies, Ph.D. in Economics 1984-1985 University of [...]	2008-02-20 21:37:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR BH
08BELMOPAN103	BIO -- BELIZE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF [...] Gaspar Vega was appointed by Prime Minister Dean Barrow to cabinet on Monday, February 11, 2008. Following is his biography. Address as: Minister Vega, Mr. Minister Full Title: The Honorable Gaspar Vega POB: San Estevan Village, Orange Walk District 2. Education: Vega graduated f [...]	2008-02-20 21:37:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	PINR BH
08BELMOPAN111	BELIZE: INITIAL MEETING WITH NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's initial meeting with National Security Minister Perdomo and his deputy was encouraging. Perdomo recognizes that there are serious problems to be addressed in law enforcement and is interested in cooperating more closely with us on improving the effectiveness [...]	2008-02-25 16:55:00	Embassy Belmopan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR MASS SOCI PINR BH
08BELMOPAN49	BELIZE RESPONSE TO UPDATE FOR DUBLIN GROUP MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-24 22:34:00	Embassy Belmopan	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR BH
08BERLIN1526	GERMANY EXPECTS RESUMPTION OF EU PCA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) POLOFF delivered reftel points to MFA Head of the Russia and Ukraine Division Ernst Reichel. Reichel expected the resumption of PCA negotiations to be approved at a ministers' lunch today during the GAERC, and did not share the concern that Russian President Medvedev's security proposal [...]	2008-11-10 15:25:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV GG RS
08BERLIN1608	GERMANY OFFERES STRONG SUPPORT FOR AMENDING NSG [...] (SBU) Germany, current Chair of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG),confirmed their full support for the U.S.-proposal to amend NSG guidelines regarding transfer of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) equipment/technology and expect little resistance from members with the possible exception of S [...]	2008-12-02 16:42:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY SF GM
08BERLIN345	MARCH 14 QUINT MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN [...] SUMMARY. At a March 14 deputy director-level Quint meeting on Afghanistan in Berlin, all welcomed the appointment of Kai Eide as the new UN Special Representative for Afghanistan and agreed it was important to provide him as much support as possible. There was also agreement that the upcomin [...]	2008-03-18 12:37:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EAID NATO GM AF
08BERLIN408	GERMANY ALSO QUESTIONS CANADIAN PROPOSAL, SHARES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany shares U.S. concerns that the Canadian proposal on interoperability for the Oslo Process text on cluster munitions will not provide a long-term solution to the problem. Germany has put forth its own proposal for how to address the interoperability issue, which it plans to [...]	2008-04-01 13:00:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PARM PREL NATO GM
08BERLIN493	GERMAN CONFERENCE PROMOTES INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE [...] (SBU) Summary: German officials say they plan to work with "like-minded" countries to establish the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) this fall, regardless of whether major developed nations support the endeavor. According to the German proposal, IRENA would offer policy advice, f [...]	2008-04-18 17:16:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG ENRG PGOV EUN GM
08BERLIN558	BERLIN: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUCLEAR FUEL [...] (SBU) Originally intended as a venue for formally rolling out German Foreign Minister Steinmeier's proposal to establish a new IAEA-run uranium enrichment facility, the scaled-back "International Conference on Nuclear Fuel Supply: Challenges and Opportunities," hosted by Germany, the Netherlan [...]	2008-04-30 13:51:00	Embassy Berlin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM AORC IAEA KNPP ENRG GM
08BERLIN605	GERMANY DISCUSSES POSITION(S) ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS [...] (C) Summary: POL MC pressed German Deputy Arms Control Commissioner Ruediger Luedeking on the interoperability implications of the Dublin meeting on cluster munitions, urging the "like-minded" group to remove paragraphs 1 (b) and (c) of the draft text and stressed the importance of a strong an [...]	2008-05-09 12:04:00	Embassy Berlin	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PARM PREL NATO GM
08BERN467	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE: SWISS RESPONSE TO USG'S [...] (C) Summary: Switzerland agrees with the USG's view on no-action motions, and is likely to support country-specific resolutions on Iran, Burma, and the DPRK. Swiss Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) contacts expressed some surprise at the USG's approach on Belarus, and said they would seek i [...]	2008-09-16 11:22:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN SZ
08BERN525	AFGHANISTAN: SWITZERLAND FOCUSED ON CIVIL SECTOR; [...] (C) Poloff delivered the message and request in reftel A on September 19 to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Acting Senior Coordinator for South Asia Agnes Christelet. While undertaking to review the request, Christelet informally expressed doubt that the GOS would find the necessary do [...]	2008-10-10 13:54:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV MASS AF SZ
08BERN94	SWISS EXPRESS SIMILAR VIEWS ON CUBA [...] (C) We delivered the message in reftel A to Urs Hammer, Deputy Director of the MFA Americas Division, and to Werner Thut, MFA Regional Coordinator for Canada, Mexico, and the Northern Caribbean. Hammer said that Switzerland's policy was "similar to, if not the same as" that of the USG, in ass [...]	2008-02-25 16:38:00	Embassy Bern	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EU CU SZ
08BISHKEK1023	KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY MARCH - AUGUST 2008 [...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic of five million people, is a country in transition, struggling with the aftereffects of years of communist misrule and its recent autocratic regime. Corruption pervades almost all aspects of life and business in the Kyrgyz Republic. E [...]	2008-10-07 01:51:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG
08BISHKEK1026	KYRGYZSTAN FRAUD SUMMARY MARCH - AUGUST 2008 [...] Country Conditions: Kyrgyzstan, a former Soviet republic of five million people, is a country in transition, struggling with the aftereffects of years of communist misrule and its recent autocratic regime. Corruption pervades almost all aspects of life and business in the Kyrgyz Republic. E [...]	2008-10-07 05:21:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KG
08BISHKEK104	2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR KYRGYZSTAN [...] This cable contains Post's Investment Climate Statement for 2008. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Kyrgyz Republic has a liberal investment regime with a broad base of commercial laws. Unfortunately, these laws are not implemented consistently. Fo [...]	2008-01-31 02:17:00	Embassy Bishkek	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR KG
08BOGOTA1092	BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON LICENSES [...] In response to reftel Econoff initiated efforts with MilGroup Army Officer to confirm the purchase by the Colombian Military (COLMIL) of 111 compressor-turbine stators with the part number 3056531CL07 ("stators") from two U.S. vendors. Per reftel, the stators are parts for the PT6A-68C engin [...]	2008-03-19 21:27:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC NL CO
08BOGOTA1205	SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 4-6 VISIT OF USTR SCHWAB AND [...] (U) Fostered by targeted U.S. assistance, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Rates of murder, kidnapping, and violence nationwide, particularly against union members, have fallen dramatically. Increased secur [...]	2008-04-01 20:53:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL ECON EFIN PGOV EAID CO
08BOGOTA146	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF ADMIRAL MULLEN, CJCS [...] (U) Post welcomes the January 16-18 visit of Admiral Michael G. Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to Bogota. Your delegation will visit Colombia in the midst of a dramatic transformation, one in which U.S. assistance is playing a powerful role. The Colombia of 2008 is far safer, [...]	2008-01-11 18:52:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER CO
08BOGOTA1555	SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 30- MAY 2 VISIT OF CHIEF OF [...] (U) Fostered by targeted U.S. assistance, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Rates of murder, kidnapping, and violence nationwide, particularly against union members, have fallen dramatically. Increased secur [...]	2008-04-25 22:02:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR CO
08BOGOTA169	COLOMBIAN CARMAKERS SMARTING FROM NEW VENEZUELA [...] SUMMARY: Venezuela's recently imposed vehicle import quota will hit Colombian assemblers particularly hard. Colombia's big three, who have been gearing up for increases in the Venezuelan market, will have their exports cut to less than one third of what they were in 2007. Citibank estimates [...]	2008-01-11 22:43:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ETRD PREL ECON CO
08BOGOTA1714	GOC CLARIFIES PLAN TO USE RAUL REYES COMPUTER [...] (C) Defense Minister Santos told the Ambassador on May 5 that the GOC appreciated U.S. efforts to safeguard information in the Raul Reyes computers. He said V/MOD Jaramillio is managing the GOC strategy to release the Reyes data, and is privately briefing select governments on the files. Onc [...]	2008-05-09 18:23:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA177	SCENESETTER FOR ONDCP DIRECTOR AND CONGRESSIONAL [...] (U) Post welcomes the January 18-20 visit of Office of National Drug Control Policy Director John P. Walters and accompanying CODEL. Your delegation will visit a Colombia in the midst of a dramatic transformation, one in which U.S. assistance is playing a powerful role. The Colombia of 2008 [...]	2008-01-14 19:07:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SNAR MARR KCRM PTER EAID ETRD ECON
08BOGOTA1926	COLOMBIA'S TRADE AGENDA - MOVING AHEAD WITHOUT US [...] (U) Summary. As theQ Washington continues over the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA),Colombian trade negotiators are working non-stop to wrap up on-going negotiations with other partners and seek new market opening opportunities. Colombia expects to finish free trade negotiation [...]	2008-05-22 20:40:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD CO
08BOGOTA1927	GOC CONSIDERS ESTABLISHING SPECIAL COURTS FOR SUBSTANCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Colombia is looking at new strategies in the war on drugs, including the creation of "drug courts" that would treat drug users as addicts in need of treatment rather than as criminals. There is no indication that this project has gone beyond the concept state at this point. END [...]	2008-05-22 20:57:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR SENV KCRM PTER CO
08BOGOTA2120	OY CANADA - COLOMBIA CLOSES FTA WITH CANADA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Colombia closed free trade negotiations with Canada on Saturday, June 7. Implementation before the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) could place some U.S. producers at a competitive disadvantage, most notably agricultural products, certain manufactured products, ser [...]	2008-06-11 20:47:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN ECON CO CA
08BOGOTA260	SCENESETTER FOR THE JANUARY 24-25 VISIT OF [...] (U) Your visit is well timed. Colombia is in the midst of a dramatic transformation, one in which U.S. assistance is playing a powerful role. The Colombia of 2008 is safer, economically stronger, better governed and more democratic than it has been in decades. Murder rates have declined over [...]	2008-01-22 13:54:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER SNAR ETRD PHUM VZ CO
08BOGOTA2798	SCENESETTER FOR AUGUST 7-9 VISIT OF ACTING DEPUTY [...] (SBU) Summary: Amid strong economic growth, pro-investment policies, improved security, and targeted U.S. assistance, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Foreign direct investment and trade, led by the energy [...]	2008-08-01 12:08:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PGOV PREL CO
08BOGOTA2855	U.S.-COLOMBIA LAUNCHES STRATEGIC POLICY DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: On July 23, Dr. David F. Gordon, the State Department's Director of the Office of Policy Planning (S/P),led the first Policy Planning talks with the GOC. The talks were carried out under the March 2007 U.S.-Colombian strategic framework agreement. The meetings in Bogota with FM [...]	2008-08-04 18:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO PINS SOCI SNAR PTER ETRD
08BOGOTA3093	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SENATOR HAGEL AND [...] (SBU) Summary: With U.S. support, Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed, and more democratic than it has been in decades. Murders, kidnapping, and violence are down nationwide. Increased security has led to an economic boom that has reduced poverty by 20 percent [...]	2008-08-25 18:59:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO
08BOGOTA310	ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS AND U.S. REPRESENTATIVES' [...] (SBU) President Uribe told ONDCP Director Walters and five U.S. Congressmen in a 19 January meeting that his Democratic Security policy enjoyed bipartisan support, noting that its economic and social goals had predated the campaign for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Uribe said the GOC had increa [...]	2008-01-24 23:20:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL PTER VZ VT FR SP SZ CO
08BOGOTA337	CJCS ADMIRAL MULLEN'S JANUARY 17 MEETING WITH [...] (S) President Uribe's overwhelming concern during a January 17 meeting with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Admiral Michael Mullen, was Hugo Chavez' aggressive remarks and proposal to grant belligerent status to the FARC. Uribe insisted the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia [...]	2008-01-28 17:05:00	Embassy Bogota	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MARR MOPS VZ AR BH BR CI CS
08BOGOTA3473	HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CONCERNED ABOUT ALLEGED MILITARY INTELLIGENCE REPORTS LINKING IT TO THE FARC AND ELN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-16 22:18:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	CO KJUS PHUM PREL PTER
08BOGOTA3705	EU TO INITIATE TRADE TALKS WITH COLOMBIA AND PERU: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The EU has responded favorably to Colombia's and Peru's requests to move forward with trade negotiations outside of the framework of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN),with the goal of sealing a deal by the first semester of 2009. While the CAN provides a basis for greater [...]	2008-10-08 21:49:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN ECON ETRD PREL EU CO
08BOGOTA3794	INDIGENOUS PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT [...] (U) Two days of protests by indigenous groups in Valle de Cauca and Cauca led to violent clashes between security forces and protesters, leaving at least 150 injured and one dead. The protests, organized by the National Organization of Indigenous in Colombia (ONIC),were prompted by indigenou [...]	2008-10-17 14:28:00	Embassy Bogota	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4088	COLOMBIA AUCTIONS OFF 22 NEW OIL BLOCS TO EXTEND [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-12 20:38:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EINV ECON PGOV CO
08BOGOTA4178	COLOMBIA TO SIGN TRADE/INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Colombia plans to sign its Free Trade Agreement with Canada as well as a Bilateral Investment Treaty with China on the margins of the APEC Summit in Lima, Peru, November 22-23. Colombia will also use the occasion to formally accept an invitation from the P4 to begin accession [...]	2008-11-19 20:24:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD ECIN PREL APEC CO
08BOGOTA4234	COLOMBIA SIGNS FTA WITH EFTA [...] (U) SUMMARY On November 25, Colombia signed a Free Trade Agreement with the four member countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) -- Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein. With total trade between EFTA countries and Colombia at just over one billion dollars, the agreem [...]	2008-11-25 19:48:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PREL CO
08BOGOTA501	UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR: COLOMBIA, [...] Embassy Bogota's update of worst forms of child labor information request follows. 2. LAWS AND REGULATIONS PROSCRIBING THE WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INDICATORS: -What laws have been promulgated on child labor, such as minimum age(s) for employment or hazardous forms of work? Are there [...]	2008-02-08 00:46:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ETRD PHUM CA CO
08BOGOTA736	SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 29-MARCH 2 VISIT OF [...] (U) Your visit comes as Colombia experiences a dramatic transformation, fostered by targeted U.S. assistance. Colombia finds itself safer, economically stronger, better governed and more democratic than it has been in decades. Rates of murder, kidnapping, and violence nationwide, including aga [...]	2008-02-28 00:16:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EFIN PGOV EAID CO
08BOGOTA737	SCENESETTER FOR FEBRUARY 29-MARCH 3 VISIT OF LABOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 00:56:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB ETRD CO
08BOGOTA901	WEATHERING THE VENEZUELA/ECUADOR CRISIS - GOC AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Following meetings with business leaders, the GOC has announced a four-point contingency plan to stimulate the Colombian economy in the event Venezuela cuts all trade with Colombia for the killing of FARC senior leader Raul Reyes in Ecuador (ref A). While presented as a worst-c [...]	2008-03-06 19:49:00	Embassy Bogota	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV BEXP CO
08BRASILIA1000	USDA UNDER SECRETARY KEENUM CO-CHAIRS 3RD U.S.-BRAZIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Dr. Mark Keenum, USDA Under Secretary Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services co-chaired the 3rd U.S.-Brazil Consultative Committee on Agriculture in Brasilia May 19-20, 2008 which was successful in expanding bilateral dialogue and in nudging the agricultural trade agenda with Br [...]	2008-07-24 10:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD BR
08BRASILIA1122	EXPANDING THE ENERGY REALTIONSHIP WITH BRAZIL: KUPFER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting Deputy Secretary of Energy Jeffery Kupfer and his delegation visited Brazil August 4 - 7. They met with a wide variety of private sector and government officials to discuss a broad range of energy issues. In Rio on August 4, Kupfer discussed primarily oil issues, in Bras [...]	2008-08-21 15:23:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG EINV SENV KSCA BR IN
08BRASILIA1252	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: BRAZILIAN PRIORITIES [...] Poloff discussed this year's UNGA with Ministry of External Relations (MRE) UN Division Director Gilda Neves. Brazil will be represented by President Lula and Foreign Mininster Amorim. Both will have extensive schedules of bilateral meetings. Lula is spending more time than planned in New Y [...]	2008-09-19 20:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA BR
08BRASILIA1301	BRAZIL'S LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN SUMMIT: [...] (C) Summary. Brazilian officials are describing the first-ever Latin America/Caribbean Summit, to be held in Salvador, Bahia December 16-17, as an opportunity for the region to discuss its own agenda. With no more than an indicative focus on integration and development as the stated theme of [...]	2008-10-01 13:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KSUM BR
08BRASILIA1354	BRAZIL: UPDATE ON BRAZIL'S AMBITIOUS CIVIL NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Brazil (GOB) has ambitious plans for Brazil's nuclear renaissance. It intends to complete construction of its third nuclear power plant (Angra 3) located near Rio de Janei [...]	2008-10-10 19:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA BR
08BRASILIA1356	BRAZIL: SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER 16-17 VISIT OF [...] (C) Summary: The relationship between the United States and Brazil is as productive and broad-based as it as ever been, the result of the excellent relationship between President Bush and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, new cooperation mechanisms on biofuels, the CEO Forum, racial integr [...]	2008-10-10 20:47:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
08BRASILIA1377	BRAZIL-DEFORESTATION: GREAT CONCERN BUT LITTLE ASSISTANCE, [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. At a September 8 meeting, representatives of key European and Asia-Pacific countries outlined their current and planned financial and technical assistance to Brazil to help combat deforestati [...]	2008-10-20 09:37:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EAID KGHG EFIN NO BR
08BRASILIA1398	Ambassador Schulte Visit to Brasilia - Nuclear Issues [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 13 visit to Brasilia, Ambassador Gregory Schulte discussed Iran, Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) issues and Brazil's nuclear program. Brazil wants to play a constructive role with the UN on nuclear issues, particularly with Iran. Completing an Additional Pro [...]	2008-10-24 16:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ENRG MNUC PARM UN BR
08BRASILIA1405	BRAZILIANS HIGHLIGHT POSITIVE BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) During his October 17 visit to Brazil, Under Secretary Bill Burns was told repeatedly by GOB officials and others that relations between the United States and Brazil are excellent and that they hope a new U.S. administration will make an early effort to build on them. GOB officials focused [...]	2008-10-24 20:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD ENRG BR
08BRASILIA1472	BRAZIL: CLIMATE CHANGE ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) REFTEL A asked how the Brazilian government may have changed organizationally with respect to climate change over the past 12-18 months. Post's answers are keyed to questions. 3. (SBU) HAS YOUR [...]	2008-11-13 09:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KGHG BR
08BRASILIA1529	NNSA ADMINISTRATOR SEEKS BRAZIL SUPPORT FOR NSG PROPOSAL ON [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 5, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator D'Agostino met with senior officials of the Government of Brazil (GOB) - Ministry of Exterior Relations (MRE) Und [...]	2008-11-25 17:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA BR
08BRASILIA1636	BAHIA SUMMITS, PART 1: BRAZIL HOSTS FOUR REGIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over a two-day period, December 16-17, Brazil hosted a series of four summit meetings at the seaside resort of Costa do Sauipe, Bahia, involving the heads of state or high-level government officials of 33 Latin American and Caribbean countries: The Common Market of the South [...]	2008-12-20 17:58:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KSUM ECON OAS XL XM BR
08BRASILIA1637	BAHIA SUMMITS, PART 2: BRINGING LATIN AMERICA AND [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Sobel met with ministerial level contacts on December 18 and 19 who commented with varying degrees of detail on the series of summits (Mercosul, UNASUL, Rio Group, and Latin America/Caribbean--CALC) hosted by Brazil in Costa do Sauipe, Bahia December 16-17 (Ref A). Seni [...]	2008-12-20 18:12:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECIN KSUM MARR XM XL BR MX CU
08BRASILIA1660	BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO CIVIL NUCLEAR WORKING GROUP REQUEST FOR [...] THIS IS A RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: Please see para 3. 2. SUMMARY. Due to its overwhelming dependence on hydro power and growing electricity demand, Brazil is looking to diversify its energy matrix and increase capacity with plans that include expansion of its civil nuclear program. Th [...]	2008-12-24 09:50:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO
08BRASILIA210	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MARKEY [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's democratic institutions are generally strong and stable, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains popular because of his orthodox economic policies and expanded social programs. Export-led economic growth has been the norm in the recent past, while Brazil has [...]	2008-02-13 15:08:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL BR
08BRASILIA226	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SMITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Brazil's democratic institutions are generally strong and stable, and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva remains popular because of his orthodox economic policies and expanded social programs. Export-led economic growth has been the norm in the recent past, while Brazil has s [...]	2008-02-19 10:39:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP PREL BR
08BRASILIA228	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 106 [...] The following is the 106th in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views expressed do [...]	2008-02-19 16:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA323	BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA COOPERATION ON URANIUM ENRICHMENT [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Brazilian President Lula and Argentine President Kirchner met on February 22 and announced a joint effort regarding uranium enrichment. This new initiative is part of Brazil's overall polic [...]	2008-03-07 13:26:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG IAEA PREL ECON AR BR
08BRASILIA641	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - BRAZIL [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary. Below is Post's response to STATE 39410 regarding the impact of rising food and commodity prices on Brazil. As Brazil is a significant net agricultural exporter, high international commodity p [...]	2008-05-12 18:05:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR BR
08BRASILIA656	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - BRAZIL [...] (U) THIS CABLE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED AND NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary. Below is Post's response to STATE 39410 regarding the impact of rising food and commodity prices on Brazil. As Brazil is a significant net agricultural exporter, high international commodity p [...]	2008-05-15 12:53:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR BR
08BRASILIA672	SOURCES OF GENERATION - ELECTRICITY SERIES #2 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 12:09:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON EINV BR
08BRASILIA756	S/P DIRECTOR GORDON HOLDS FIRST STRATEGIC TALKS [...] (C) Summary. S/P Director Dr. David Gordon held four hours of talks April 9 in Brasilia with Ministry of External Relations (MRE, or Itamaraty) Under Secretary for Political Affairs Ambassador Everton Vieira Vargas. The wide-ranging talks focused generally on the trends that are likely to ch [...]	2008-06-04 19:19:00	Embassy Brasilia	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL BR
08BRASILIA824	Brazil: Tax Treaty Roundtable with Receita Federal [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 13:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV BR
08BRASILIA847	U.S. AIRCRAFT IN CONTENTION TO BE BRAZIL'S NEXT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On June 10, MLO Brasilia obtained an unofficial copy of a Request for Information (RFI - passed electronically to Washington agencies) from the Brazilian Air Force (BRAF) concerning the upcoming competition for Brazil,s next fighter aircraft. One U.S. origin fighter, the F- [...]	2008-06-20 18:02:00	Embassy Brasilia	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR ETTC BR PREL ETRD EAIR EIND
08BRASILIA877	SOUTH AMERICA ESTH NEWS, NUMBER 110 [...] The following is the one-hundred-tenth in a series of newsletters, published by the Brasilia Regional Environmental Hub, covering environment, science and technology, and health news in South America. The information below was gathered from news sources from across the region, and the views e [...]	2008-06-27 14:59:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR EAID TBIO ECON SOCI XR BR
08BRASILIA89	BRAZIL: LAUNCH OF ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: WHA Assistant Secretary Tom Shannon and EB Assistant Secretary Dan Sullivan, joined by Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary for Latin America Brian O'Neill, led the US delegation to the successful December 13 Economic Partnership Dialogue (EPD) with Brazil's Ministry of External A [...]	2008-01-15 15:55:00	Embassy Brasilia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EINV EFIN BR
08BRATISLAVA115	AFGHANISTAN AND THE BUCHAREST SUMMIT [...] (C) Summary. In the run up to the Bucharest Summit, Slovakia is discussing with Canada the possibility of providing an OMLT in Kandahar. Meanwhile, the GOS continues to flesh out with the Dutch plans for additional deployments in Uruzgan Province. Based on increases already approved by the [...]	2008-03-13 17:55:00	Embassy Bratislava	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR LO
08BRAZZAVILLE305	CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE - AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-18 22:40:00	Embassy Brazzaville	UNCLASSIFIED	ODIP PREL CF
08BRIDGETOWN116	INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2008 [...] (U) Barbados is open for business. The Government of Barbados, through the Barbados Investment and Development Corporation (BIDC, a.k.a. "Invest Barbados"),strongly encourages foreign direct investment in Barbados, particularly in industries that create jobs and earn foreign currency. 2. [...]	2008-02-25 14:32:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV XL
08BRIDGETOWN125	SNAPSHOT: ISLAM IN NEVIS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following-up on contacts made at the Embassy's inaugural Iftar, PolOff met with the leader of the Nevis Muslim Association, as well as with leaders from the local university's Muslim Association. While both groups are small, they are well-integrated into the tiny island comm [...]	2008-02-28 18:25:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL SOCI PREL PHUM XL SC
08BRIDGETOWN332	CHINA'S POLITICAL INVESTMENT IN EC PAYS DIVIDENDS [...] (C) PM David Thompson's May 7-9 visit to Beijing highlights China's increasing engagement in the Eastern Caribbean to improve economic and business ties and increase aid. The visit, which generated new economic and business ties and increased aid, was seen as successful by commentators, who [...]	2008-05-22 18:50:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CPAS CVIS EINV OFDP PINR SNAR CH XL
08BRIDGETOWN584	RAPE VICTIM DROPS CASE; GONSALVES SET FOR [...] (C) Alleged rape victim and police constable Michelle Andrews, who filed rape charges against Prime Minister Gonsalves in January, replaced her lawyers and discontinued all legal proceedings against the Prime Minister in a snap decision that caught her previous legal counsel completely by surp [...]	2008-09-25 14:29:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL XL
08BRIDGETOWN588	REGIONAL SECURITY AND EXPROPRIATION CASE HEADLINE [...] (U) Prime Minister Denzil Douglas of St. Kitts and Nevis provided lukewarm assurances of his country's support on key upcoming human rights issues at the UNGA during a September 18 meeting with the Ambassador. The Ambassador also urged the PM to bring closure to the long-standing Angelus prope [...]	2008-09-26 20:00:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	EINV PREL MASS XL
08BRIDGETOWN591	USS FARRAGUT ANCHORS OUTREACH EVENTS IN ST. LUCIA [...] (C) A three-day port call by the USS Farragut formed an ideal platform for community outreach events by the Ambassador and the Farragut's crew, and afforded an opportunity to engage with regional prime ministers who were in town for an OECS heads of government meeting. While a promised Artic [...]	2008-10-01 17:54:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL MARR XL
08BRIDGETOWN641	ST. VINCENT NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) I am pleased to nominate Nicole O.M. Sylvester, lawyer and human rights activist from St. Vincent, for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage for 2009 (biodata at end of cable). Nicole is an accomplished lawyer and president of the St. Vincent Human Rights Association. I [...]	2008-10-24 16:44:00	Embassy Bridgetown	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM XL
08BRIDGETOWN726	ANTIGUAN AUTHORITIES BRACING FOR RECESSION [...] (C) Summary: Despite the current global economic crisis, the Antiguan government remains bullish on tourism, and several large tourism real estate development projects continue to move forward. The effect of the global crisis has yet to affect the real estate market, largely due to the ongoi [...]	2008-12-12 19:48:00	Embassy Bridgetown	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN CVIS EINV OFDP PINR XL
08BRUSSELS108	EUROPEAN UNION VIEWS ON DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 13:00:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR EAID PREL EUN KDEM MARR NATO GR NL TU
08BRUSSELS1465	EU ENERGY SECURITY GOALS FOR THE SENIOR LEADERSHIP [...] (SBU) Econ Officer spoke with Ulrich Eckle, Principal Administrator for Relations with the United States and Canada at DG-RELEX, on September 19 about the EU position on energy security going into the U.S./EU Senior Leadership Group (SLG) meeting. 2. (SBU) According to Eckle, the EU,s numbe [...]	2008-09-22 16:24:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EPET EU
08BRUSSELS1500	EUROJUST'S EVOLVING ROLE IN INVESTIGATING AND [...] (U) The President of the European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit (EUROJUST),Jose Luis Lopes da Mota, and the Chairperson of EUROJUST's External Relations Committee, Malci Gabrijelcic, explained their organization's increasing role in investigating and prosecuting serious organized crime wi [...]	2008-09-26 13:29:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS1600	JHA HAPPENINGS [...] (U) This is the inaugural edition of "JHA Happenings," a periodical on United States - European Union cooperation on transnational crimes and terrorism, which comprise the Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) portfolio in European Union (EU) circles. We intend for these updates to complement the Mi [...]	2008-10-17 12:47:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS1679	NEW EUPOL HOM WOULD LIKE TO DEPLOY THROUGHOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 24 the new EUPOL Head of Mission, Police Commissioner Kai Vittrup, met with USEU Ambassador to discuss his mission, now that the PSC has approved the doubling of personnel and reassessed the mandate. Vittrup said that EUPOL would like to deploy to the Czech PRT in [...]	2008-10-30 15:50:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	AF BO EUN GG MARR MOPS PARM PGOV PREL RS
08BRUSSELS1715	IRAN: EU SEEKS TO BOLSTER PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent conversations with European Commission, Council, and Member State representatives indicate that while the will exists to expand their current Iran-related public diplomacy programming, a number of factors are slowing the EU's ability to implement such programs. The absenc [...]	2008-11-10 06:13:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV SCUL IR KDEM KPAO OEXC OIIP
08BRUSSELS1732	BELGIUM NON-COMMITTAL ON CRITERIA-BASED CONTROL OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-13 16:04:00	Embassy Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA BE
08BRUSSELS1741	EU WILL RESUME TALKS WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Per reftel instructions, USEU spoke to French presidency, Council Secretariat, and Commission contacts about how the EU will deal with Russia at the November 10 GAERC and at the November 13-14 EU-Russia summit. All contacts told us that the EU would resume talks with Russia on [...]	2008-11-14 13:56:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD RU GG EUN
08BRUSSELS1804	EU MILITARY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN ON ESDP AND EU-NATO [...] (C/NF) BEGIN SUMMARY: French General Henri Bentegeat met with us on 20 Nov 08, saying there may have been sufficient progress on ESDP during the French EU Presidency to enable President Sarkozy to move France more fully into NATO. Bentegeat highlighted plans to reorganize the EU Council Se [...]	2008-11-28 19:01:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS1824	U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON DISARMAMENT AND [...] (C) Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney of the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation (ISN) led the U.S. delegation to the semi-annual U.S.-EU Troika consultations on disarmament and nonproliferation (CODUN/CONOP). The discussions covered a wide range of subjects in th [...]	2008-12-02 18:36:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM KNNP EUN IR KN SY RS CH MY

08BRUSSELS1876	EU AND CANADA REACH AIR TRANSPORT AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) On December 9, the EU and Canada announced they had concluded negotiations and initialed a comprehensive air transport agreement. It will replace the existing network of bilateral aviation arrangements, liberalize direct air services between Canada and EU member states, allow cargo car [...]	2008-12-12 14:39:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EUN CA
08BRUSSELS1937	EU LAUNCHES ANTI-PIRACY OPERATION DESPITE [...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU has launched its counter-piracy operation ATALANTA and has begun escorts off the coast of Somalia. USEU contacts suggest the force will comprise four to five ships on station throughout the year, plus three maritime patrol aircraft and supply ship support. While ten [...]	2008-12-22 06:20:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PBTS PHSA PTER XA XW SO EUN
08BRUSSELS378	U.S.-EU TROIKA MEETING ON LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) SUMMARY. WHA PDAS Craig Kelly participated in the March 5 U.S.-EU troika meeting on Latin America in Brussels. PDAS Kelly updated participants on the Colombia/Ecuador situation and the EU delegation noted that Colombian VP Santos would be meeting with EU HiRep Solana the evening of March [...]	2008-03-11 14:05:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XK XL XM UEU
08BRUSSELS701	EU MIGRATION POLICY ELUSIVE [...] France, which will assume the rotating EU presidency on July 1, has made migration one of its top presidency priorities, with President Sarkozy saying the EU should speak with one voice on migration policy. But moves toward a common migration policy reveal tensions over Commission versus memb [...]	2008-05-09 14:32:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL EUN
08BRUSSELS770	TRANSATLANTIC REGULATORY DIALOGUE ADDRESSES [...] Summary: At the 25 April High Level Regulatory Cooperation Forum (HLRCF),senior U.S. and EU regulators discussed strengthening EU-US cooperation on import product safety, enhancing information sharing, collaborating on risk analysis, and the final joint OMB/Secretariat General report on the [...]	2008-05-22 14:19:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD EIND SENV SOCI EUN
08BRUSSELS868	EU MINISTERS AGREE ON "RETURN DIRECTIVE" [...] EU Interior Ministers in the June 5 JHA Council recorded their agreement on common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegally staying non-EU nationals (the "Return Directive"). The Council encouraged Member States to "voluntarily" take on refugees from Iraq, focusing on [...]	2008-06-09 12:17:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS PREL PREF SMIG KCRM EUN
08BRUSSELS881	LUNCH SESSION OF TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL [...] (C) Summary: At the May 13 U.S.-EU Transatlantic Economic Council meeting in Brussels, principals held a private lunch where they discussed how to combat protectionism, responses to food crises, biotechnology and biofuels, and our respective approaches to Russia. On combating protectionism, p [...]	2008-06-11 13:10:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN EAGR EIND EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD EUN RU
08BRUSSELS962	DIRECTOR WALTERS DISCUSSES DRUG FLOWS AND [...] (C) During his recent visit to Brussels, the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP),John Walters, discussed a wide range of drug issues with European Union (EU) counterparts and media. He briefed EU officials and journalists on U.S. domestic counter-drug e [...]	2008-06-25 12:58:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP KCRM PREL SNAR PTER EUM BE CO MX
08BUCHAREST435	ROMANIA: U.S.-EU SUMMIT DECLARATION'S FOCUS ON [...] (C) POLOFF delivered Reftel points on May 30 to MFA Director General for European Affairs Stefan Tinca and Director for U.S. and Canada Eugen Mihut. Tinca said that the next MFA coordination meeting would be held June 3, and he did not see any problems with supporting the U.S. on its Latin Am [...]	2008-06-02 14:25:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PHUM CU RO
08BUCHAREST725	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: APPROACHING THE EU IN ADVANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 12:43:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV
08BUCHAREST726	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 12:44:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL
08BUCHAREST727	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: GAERC TALKING POINTS AND [...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel talking points and non-paper on September 10 to Daniel Ionita, Director for Security Policy, and Cosmin Onisii, Director of the U.S. and Canada Division, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Romania. 2. (C) Commenting on the September 5-6 Foreign Ministers' Mee [...]	2008-09-12 13:42:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV
08BUCHAREST900	MOD STATE SECRETARY: IGNORE THE CAMPAIGN RHETORIC, [...] (U) This is an action message, see Para 4. 2. (C) MOD State Secretary Dobritoiu invited the DCM (accompanied by DATT, ODC and Polcouns) for a meeting November 18. His message was simple: "We're all grownups here, please don't get too excited about some of the electoral rhetoric (and media [...]	2008-11-18 15:45:00	Embassy Bucharest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR IZ RO
08BUCHAREST997	ROMANIA: NUCLEAR POWER SECTOR ON THE RISE [...] Nuclear power accounts for an increasing share of Romania's electricity production. The country's two operating reactors at the Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant currently provide 18 percent of Romania's domestic electricity production, with this number scheduled to double after two additional re [...]	2008-12-19 16:00:00	Embassy Bucharest	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON TRGY BEXP BTIO SENV EPET KSEI RO
08BUDAPEST1058	SPECIAL ENVOY GRAY TALKS PIPELINES, CLIMATE POLICY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his two-day trip to Budapest to take part in an energy conference, Special Envoy Gray held a series of meetings with regional energy officials and experts. These conversations revealed that despite recent Russian diplomatic and financial setbacks, Gazprom and its partner [...]	2008-11-06 12:49:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON EPET PGOV SENV KGHG HU
08BUDAPEST1157	HUNGARIAN FOCUS AT THE HELSINKI OSCE MINISTERIAL [...] (C) MFA Deputy Director of the International Organizations and Human Rights Department, Zoltan Pecze, discussed reftel with PolOff on December 2. Pecze stated that Foreign Minister Goncz will directly address the Medvedev Security Treaty proposal during her speech at the December 4-5 Ministe [...]	2008-12-03 13:49:00	Embassy Budapest	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL OSCE RU HU
08BUENOSAIRES1055	U.S.-Argentine Bilateral Consultations Promote S&T, [...] (SBU) USG-GOA bilateral consultations took place on July 10-11 and covered a range of topics including bilateral relations, human rights, science and technology, education and culture, cooperation on global issues, regional economic issues, and issues of hemispheric interest. Four non-binding [...]	2008-07-31 15:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SENV MARR TSPA SCUL ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES1116	Argentina's Growing Trade Deficit with Brazil Spotlights [...] (SBU) President Lula's August 3-4 visit to Argentina has focused attention on Argentina's 62-month-long string of bilateral trade deficits with Brazil. Brazil is Argentina's number one trading partner and this bilateral merchandise trade deficit, up 47% y-o-y to US$ 3 billion in just the first [...]	2008-08-09 16:01:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EINV EAGR AR BR
08BUENOSAIRES1205	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL PETERSON [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your September 3-6 visit to Argentina. The agricultural and political situation in Argentina has chang [...]	2008-08-28 15:28:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP CODEL EAGR ECON PREL BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES1249	ARGENTINA WELCOMES DIALOGUE ON PRIORITIES FOR UNGA [...] (SBU) Poloff raised ref A points with Minister Silvia Fernandez, Director for the Argentine MFA's Office of Human Rights on September 5. No-action motions ----------------- Poloff thanked the GOA for voting against all no-action motions and voting for country-specific resolutions against [...]	2008-09-05 21:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1302	Argentina's Customs Agency: A Bright Spot on IPR and [...] (SBU) Argentina's Customs Director Silvina Tiribassi spoke on September 12 with Ambassador about her agency's efforts to protect intellectual property and encouraged additional information-sharing initiatives with the USG on the model of the successful Trade Transparency Unit and Container Secu [...]	2008-09-17 21:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ECON PREL ETRD AR
08BUENOSAIRES1305	ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR, DEFENSE MINISTER WORK THE DETAILS OF MIL-MIL COOPERATION DESPITE RISING BILATERAL TENSIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-17 21:22:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1426	Argentina's Buenos Aires Province Taxman: Public Profile, [...] (SBU) Santiago Montoya, tax chief of Buenos Aries province, Argentina's largest, is riding a wave of popularity following high-profile tax compliance sweeps of wealthy neighborhoods. This popular support, he told Ambassador, demolishes the Argentine political truism that zealous tax enforcement [...]	2008-10-17 12:30:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EINV PREL PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES1552	ARGENTINA SHARES CONCERNS OVER PROPOSED NSG RESTRICTIONS OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti told visiting DOE NNSA Administrator Thomas D'Agostino November 7 that the GOA was ready to work for an agreement under paragraph 6 of the draft criteria-based guidelines for the transfer of enrichment and reprocessing technology (ENR),but [...]	2008-11-13 14:07:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY AORC AR
08BUENOSAIRES1635	ARGENTINA 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) Per reftel, Post provides following draft of 2008-2009 INCSR II report on money laundering and financial crimes for Argentina. 2. (SBU) Begin Text: Argentina: Argentina is neither an important regional financial center nor an offshore financial center. Money laundering related to na [...]	2008-12-02 09:05:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM KTFN SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1676	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MEEKS [...] (SBU) Introduction: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina December 16-18. With the administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, we are looking to build on a strong and positive bilateral relationship. We are working together in significant [...]	2008-12-10 17:14:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP CODEL ECON PREL BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES1745	ARGENTINA: OVERVIEW OF CIVIL NUCLEAR PROGRAM [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: Argentina has had a nuclear program for nearly sixty years and currently draws on two power reactors to supply approximately nine percent of its total electricity generation. The country i [...]	2008-12-24 12:00:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO AR
08BUENOSAIRES176	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL [...] (SBU) Introduction: On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your visit to Argentina February 20-23. The Government of Argentina is billing your visit as a major indicator of U.S. goodwill, firming up the recent "rapprochement" that ended seven weeks of discord. With the new admin [...]	2008-02-14 16:27:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES1764	ARGENTINE FM TAIANA MEETS CODEL MEEKS [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: Argentine FM Jorge Taiana received in his office Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY),Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX),and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) December 18. The codel conveyed a strong U.S. desire for dialogue and strengthened bilateral relations with Argentina. Taiana expr [...]	2008-12-30 17:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP ECON AR
08BUENOSAIRES318	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY [...] (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your March 23-26 visit to Argentina. We are looking to build on an already strong and positive bilateral relationship with the three-month-old administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Current significant areas of mut [...]	2008-03-13 11:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES441	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S APRIL 10-11 VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-08 23:10:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	AR ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR
08BUENOSAIRES466	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR THE U.S. DELEGATION TO [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) Embassy Buenos Aires warmly welcomes the U.S. delegation to the Joint Standing Committee on Nuclear Energy Cooperation (JSCNEC),hosted this year by the G [...]	2008-04-10 19:20:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES48	ARGENTINA 2007-2008 INCSR PART II: FINANCIAL [...] The following is Embassy Buenos Aires' input for the 2007-2008 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) part II -- Financial Crimes and Money Laundering. Marked-up text sent separately via email. Post POC is EconOff Chris Landberg (LandbergCA@State.Gov). Begin Text: Argent [...]	2008-01-14 14:43:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES533	NGO FAIR AT AMBASSADOR WAYNE4S RESIDENCE [...] SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR WAYNE HOSTED A VERY SUCCESSFUL NGO FAIR AT HIS RESIDENCE ON APRIL 8. MORE THAN 60 NGOS FROM ACROSS ARGENTINA GATHERED AT THE AMBASSADOR'S HOME IN BUENOS AIRES, WHERE THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM EMBASSIES, INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC COMPANIES, F [...]	2008-04-23 20:42:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO KSUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES58	Argentina: 2008 Investment Climate Statement [...] Argentina remains open to foreign investment. Five consecutive years of real GDP growth over 8 percent have attracted considerable U.S. and other international investor interest in exploring opportunities in the Argentine market. The government of Argentina, in turn, has signaled its desire [...]	2008-01-16 11:35:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV ETRD OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV AR
08BUENOSAIRES599	ARGENTINA CONSIDERING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR OAS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-06 21:52:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OAS AR
08BUENOSAIRES708	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL DODD (BUENOS [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 28-30 visit to Argentina. We are looking to build on an already positive bilateral relationsh [...]	2008-05-23 20:06:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08BUENOSAIRES793	OAS REGIONAL SEMINAR ON IMPLEMENTING UNSCR 1540, [...] A regional workshop on the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540, which concerns non-proliferation and export control obligations, was co-hosted by the U.S. and Argentina and held in Buenos Aires, Argentina from May 13-14, 2008. All members of the Organization of American Sta [...]	2008-06-10 17:51:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC KNNP AR
08BUENOSAIRES976	Argentina: Economy Minister Fernandez on Economic Impact of [...] (SBU) GoA Economy Minister Fernandez, in a meeting with WHA Assistant Secretary Shannon, Treasury DAS O'Neill, and Ambassador, emphasized the "legitimate right" of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to unilaterally impose variable export tariffs on agricultural commodities, but argued tha [...]	2008-07-17 15:09:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PREL EINV AR
08BUENOSAIRES984	ARGENTINE CENTRAL BANK PRESIDENT TO TREASURY DAS [...] (C) Argentine Central Bank (BCRA) President Martin Redrado told Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Brian O'Neill July 11 that he was greatly concerned about the direction of the U.S. and world economies, and the impact on Argentina and Latin America, and called for stronger G-3 statements of [...]	2008-07-18 14:46:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN ECON ETRD AR
08CAIRO102	EGYPTIAN COPTIC ACTIVISTS EXPLAIN PROBLEMS WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 16:06:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM EG
08CAIRO1138	NEXT STEPS ON D&G AND FUNDING FOR CIVIL COMPANIES [...] (S) SUMMARY: In a May 29 letter, MIC Minister Aboulnaga has complained a second time about USAID direct funding for civil companies under its D&G program (see para 7 for full text). In response, we propose canceling the 2004 agreement governing the D&G Direct Grants program on the grounds th [...]	2008-06-05 09:46:00	Embassy Cairo	SECRET	EAID PHUM KDEM EG
08CAIRO1258	EGYPT'S APPROACH ON ERITREAN ASYLUM-SEEKERS [...] (U) This is an action cable. For action requested, see paragraph 11. 2. (C) Summary: On June 18, the Ambassador raised with Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit USG concern over continuing reports that Egypt is deporting Eritreans likely eligible for refugee protections to Eritrea. Aboul Gh [...]	2008-06-18 15:25:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM EG ER
08CAIRO1307	SPECIAL ENVOY WOLCOTT DELEGATION, GOE OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary and comment: Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, led an interagency delegation to Cairo June 8-9 to discuss civilian nuclear energy cooperation with current and former Electricity Ministry and Atomic Energy Authority officials, the MFA, and PGESC [...]	2008-06-24 04:10:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ECON KNNP BEXP EG
08CAIRO1352	AGRIUM INVESTMENT DISPUTE COULD UNDERMINE EGYPT'S IMPROVED [...] (U) A campaign against construction of a urea fertilizer plant in the Port of Damietta industrial zone threatens to derail much of the GOE's success in improving Egypt's image as a safe, secure destination for foreign investment. EAgrium, a consortium of Canada's Agrium (60%),various GOE min [...]	2008-06-29 14:31:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV SENV PGOV EG
08CAIRO2293	SHARM EL-SHEIKH CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON PANDEMIC THREAT, [...] SUMMARY: The October 25-26 Sixth International Ministerial Conference on Avian and Pandemic Influenza, Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in cooperation with the International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza (IPAPI),succeeded in maintaining global focus on the spread of avian influenza and t [...]	2008-11-02 12:43:00	Embassy Cairo	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL TBIO KFLU EAID EAGR EG
08CAIRO2583	EMBASSY TRYING TQLT EGYPTIAN REFOULEMENT OF [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Cairo is engaging with the Egyptian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),Egyptian State Security (SSIS),and UNHCR to halt the Government of Egypt's (GOE) forced repatriation of Eritrean migrants. On December 23, the Ambassador asked the MFA to give UNHCR access to the Eritr [...]	2008-12-30 15:36:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL ER EG
08CAIRO52	CODEL PRICE MEETS WITH ABOUL GHEIT [...] (C) Summary. FM Aboul Gheit told visiting Codel Price January 6 that the GOE recognizes that the Administration is trying to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, but warned that continuing Israeli settlement activity would scuttle progress. He urged that USG security measures not d [...]	2008-01-13 14:20:00	Embassy Cairo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IS IZ EG
08CANBERRA1012	AUSTRALIA SEEKS PARTNERS ON KOSOVO ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (C/NF) DCM delivered reftel points to Annabelle Anderson, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Europe Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT). Anderson replied that the GOA will vote "no" on the Kosovo ICJ UNGA resolution, [...]	2008-10-07 07:21:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL UNGA AS
08CANBERRA102	GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM - [...] (U) Australia's plan to participate in the March GI Model Guidelines Document Workshop in Washington was confirmed to Poloffs by Mohan Mathews, Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Section, International Security Division, DFAT, during a Februar [...]	2008-02-07 01:55:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP PTER EAIR ETRD EWWT PREL AS
08CANBERRA1102	AUSTRALIA 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-31 06:31:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR AS
08CANBERRA1265	AUSTRALIA FEELING HEAT AT POZNAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A year after being widely praised for signing the Kyoto Protocol at the Bali Climate Change Conference, PM Kevin Rudd's government is now coming under fire to an unexpected degree for appearing to take a more conservative approach at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change [...]	2008-12-12 03:34:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	SENV KGHG PREL AS
08CANBERRA1277	TELSTRA OUT OF BROADBAND BIDDING [...] (SBU) Summary. The GOA confirmed December 15 that Telstra has been excluded from the National Broadband Network bidding process because its bid failed to conform to bid guidelines on SMEs. Telstra's chairman criticized the decision over a "trivial" point. Minister Conroy was caught in a diff [...]	2008-12-15 07:06:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS ECON AS
08CANBERRA258	AUSTRALIAN POLICE AID TO AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ [...] (C/NF) Ahead of the NATO Summit in Bucharest, Australia is considering deploying a small force of Australian Federal Police to southern Afghanistan to focus on counternarcotics. To assist Iraq enhance its policing capability, Australia is reviewing options for training outside Iraq, including i [...]	2008-03-18 05:45:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS SNAR PTER PREL AS
08CANBERRA262	CORRECTED COPY - AUSTRALIAN POLICE AID TO [...] (C/NF) Ahead of the NATO Summit in Bucharest, Australia is considering deploying a small force of Australian Federal Police to southern Afghanistan to focus on counternarcotics. To assist Iraq enhance its policing capability, Australia is reviewing options for training outside Iraq, including i [...]	2008-03-19 04:30:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MARR MOPS SNAR PTER PREL AS
08CANBERRA30	KOSOVO: AUSTRALIA RECOGNITION TO FOLLOW US, EU [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see para 5 below. 2. (C) Summary: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) will recommend recognition of Kosovo in the early stages, but only "in good company", that is, after the US, most of the EU and Canada. The issue will be put f [...]	2008-01-14 06:12:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNAUS UNMIK PGOV YI EU
08CANBERRA459	READOUT OF PRIME MINISTER RUDD'S U.S., EUROPE AND [...] (C) The GOA assesses Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's first major international trip, conducted during March 27 to April 13 to the United States, Europe and China, to have been extremely successful, marred only by the controversy over his failure to visit Japan, according to a readout from a senior [...]	2008-05-06 08:11:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL OTRA AS
08CANBERRA671	ISN ACTING A/S MCNERNEY'S NONPROLIFERATION [...] (S/NF) During ISN Acting Assistant Secretary Patricia McNerney's June 30 consultations on nonproliferation in Canberra, senior Australian officials said Prime Minister Rudd wanted his proposed International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament to have a strong disarmament foc [...]	2008-07-02 22:14:00	Embassy Canberra	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM PREL AS
08CANBERRA683	AUSTRALIA ACTIVE SUPPORTER OF CCW CLUSTER [...] (C/NF) Australia's commitment to the CCW negotiations on cluster munitions was reaffirmed in a July 7 meeting with Dr. Ada Cheung, Director, Arms Control and Counter-Proliferation Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Dr. Cheung indicated that GOA officials met recently with repre [...]	2008-07-07 07:16:00	Embassy Canberra	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL PHUM MOPS AS
08CANBERRA792	EXPERTS DISCUSS AUSTRALIA-CHINA ECONOMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: The consensus among several of the leading Australian economic thinkers in Canberra is that the commodities boom will begin to cool off, but that Chinese and other developing market economic growth will continue to prop up Australian export strength over the long run. Australi [...]	2008-08-08 01:16:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PREL AS
08CARACAS108	PDVSA WAKES UP TO ITS PRODUCTION PROBLEM [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA's volume committee, which normally works on production planning, is aggressively pressuring joint venture partners and service companies to increase crude oil production. In order to facilitate production increases, the BRV is attempting to streamline administrative proced [...]	2008-01-28 21:44:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS1114	INELIGIBLE LIST AND ENABLING LAW FALLOUT INCREASING [...] (C) Summary. The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Comptroller's ineligible list and President Chavez's July 31 issuance of 26 far-reaching decree-laws are generating growing international and domestic opposition. In an August 8 briefing, Chacao Mayor Leopoldo Lopez urged local diplomats [...]	2008-08-08 22:49:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM VE
08CARACAS378	PDVSA CHANGES THE RULES YET AGAIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: PDVSA is demanding payment in euros for at least some oil sales. It is not clear what is the extent of the new policy. PDVSA is also considering asking purchasers to pre-pay for purchases. To the surprise of industry insiders, PDVSA will comply with President Chavez' order bann [...]	2008-03-17 20:45:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET ENRG EINV ECON VE
08CARACAS528	CHAVEZ SEEKS REVOLUTIONARY LOYALTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (BRV) sponsored a week of activities to commemorate the sixth anniversary of the failed 2002 coup attempt. In a series of nationally televised speeches Chavez attacked the United States and the "Venezuelan oligarchy" while stressing the them [...]	2008-04-16 14:27:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MCAP PHUM PREL VE
08CARACAS69	BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE [...] Per request in reftel, this cable transmits the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. Begin text ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Given economic and political uncertainties, a recent history o [...]	2008-01-17 20:38:00	Embassy Caracas	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC VE
08CARACAS892	LAW ENFORCEMENT ATTACHES OUTLINE LACK OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. European and international police attaches told Legal Attache (Legat) that efforts to work with their Venezuelan counterparts to combat corruption and stem the flow of drugs through Venezuela have been largely unsuccessful. The law enforcement attaches and liaison officers cited [...]	2008-06-26 16:52:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SNAR VE
08CARACAS987	RESPONDING TO CHAVEZ' EFFORT TO RENEW COUNTER-DRUG [...] (C) On the margins of the July 5 Venezuelan Independence Day parade, President Chavez told the Ambassador, in front of the diplomatic corps and state media, that he wanted to renew counternarcotics cooperation with the USG (Reftel). Chavez' overture, reiterated in a Ministry of Communications [...]	2008-07-17 18:15:00	Embassy Caracas	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL VE
08CASABLANCA200	THE JEWS OF CASABLANCA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Morocco is the only Arab country that promotes and protects its indigenous Jewish minority while fostering ties with the state of Israel and with Israeli citizens of Moroccan descent. Notwithstanding the unwavering support of King Mohammed VI, the Jewish community of Morocco con [...]	2008-10-23 17:15:00	Consulate Casablanca	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF MO PHUM PGOV PREL
08CHENGDU188	LHASA: CONVERSATIONS WITH TAR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary: In a week of meetings with Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) foreign affairs, religion, health, education, and tourism officials, ConGenOffs' interlocutors generally responded readily to questions but at times showed considerable unease. TAR officials apparently believe that the March [...]	2008-09-10 07:09:00	Consulate Chengdu	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KHIV SOCI CH
08CHIANGMAI161	TV NEWS PROGRAM FOR BURMESE YOUTH LAUNCHED [...] (SBU) The exile media group Democratic Voice of Burma marked the official launch of its news program by and for Burmese youth on October 3 in Chiang Mai. Youth Voice is the result of a collaborative effort between several NGOs and governments, and is a first for Burma, giving youth a chance to [...]	2008-10-17 07:12:00	Consulate Chiang Mai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL SOCI ECPS PROP TSPA BM TH NL NO
08COLOMBO287	SRI LANKA: COORDINATING HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 18, Ambassador hosted a meeting of representatives of missions that have contributed to the International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) to discuss how to maintain a strategy of continued engagement with the GSL on human rights following IIGEP's decision to [...]	2008-03-19 12:57:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO409	SRI LANKA: IIGEP COMES TO END; HOPE REMAINS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Independent Group of Eminent Persons (IIGEP) has ended its work in country and released its final public statement on April 15. The statement concluded that the Commission of Inquiry's (COI) work has not met international standards, detailed the reasons for th [...]	2008-04-25 06:31:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO465	SRI LANKA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PROSPECTS FOR [...] (C) On May 12 Ambassador met with V. Anandasangaree, President of the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) to discuss devolution of power and prospects for peace. Anandasangaree stressed that the LTTE is not the sole representative of the Tamil people, and that the government should talk with [...]	2008-05-13 12:16:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO473	MALDIVES: CONSTITUTION DRAFTING COMPLETE; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Maldives is now in the midst of final frenetic preparations to ratify its new constitution and then hold the first truly free presidential elections in the country's history in August of this year. The final chapter of Maldives' new constitution passed in the Special Majlis [...]	2008-05-15 11:58:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
08COLOMBO493	SRI LANKA: COMMISSION REQUESTS ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 6, Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry Udalagama formally requested assistance in continuing video conference testimony from abroad. Embassy and USAID have agreed that support of this effort would be the most appropriate use of unused U.S. funds which had been designat [...]	2008-05-22 04:19:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM MOPS CE
08COLOMBO504	ICAO'S NINETEENTH AVIATION SECURITY PANEL MEETING - SRI [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-27 05:01:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR ECON ETRD PREL PTER CE
08COLOMBO516	SRI LANKA OFFERS TO PROVIDE ONE HELICOPTER FOR [...] (C) In response to Ambassador's May 12 meeting with Secretary of Defense Gotabaya Rajapaksa (ref B) and follow-up conversations May 16 (ref A) and May 23, post today received written confimation, dated May 27, that the Government of Sri Lanka is prepared to make available one Bell 212 helicop [...]	2008-05-29 12:51:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	KPKO MARR PREL
08COLOMBO62	OPPOSITION LEADER PROVIDES GLOOMY ASSESSMENT TO [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Co-Chair and other key Ambassadors on January 11, Opposition and UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe criticized the GSL for abrogating the cease-fire agreement, failing to come forward with a devolution package, and continued human rights abuses. He predicted the [...]	2008-01-14 11:30:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV CE
08COLOMBO632	MALDIVES: INTERNATIONAL DONORS MEET TO PLAN [...] (U) Summary. Representatives from interested donor countries met in Colombo on June 20 to review the status of preparation for Maldives' presidential election in Fall 2008, discuss the assistance plans of the UN, Commonwealth Secretariat (CS) and European Union, and identify individual dono [...]	2008-06-30 11:34:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM MV
08COLOMBO648	SRI LANKA OIL EXPLORATION: CAIRN INDIA GETS FIRST BLOCK [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Sri Lanka, in its first ever offshore oil exploration licensing round, will award a block to Cairn India Ltd. The round attracted six bids from three companies (none American),for the three blocks on offer. Against the advice of the Petroleum Resources Development [...]	2008-07-07 08:43:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ECON EINV CE
08COLOMBO882	CIVIL SOCIETY GROUP EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: A Sri Lankan Civil Society Group that traveled to Vavuniya September 11 and 12 to assess conditions for establishing a humanitarian hub for internally displaced persons (IDPs) from the north, reported to Colombo-based diplomats that an increasing number of abductions, disappeara [...]	2008-09-18 05:35:00	Embassy Colombo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV EAID CE
08CONAKRY713	GOG SAYS IT IS ON TRACK TO HOLD ELECTIONS IN MARCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The new secretary general of the Ministry of Territorial Administration says that the voter registration process will be completed by the end of December, and that the government is on track to hold its legislative elections in March. Despite contact's optimism, the process o [...]	2008-11-20 16:11:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL ASEC GV
08CONAKRY768	GOG PUSHES ELECTIONS TO END OF MAY, 2009 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a hastily convened meeting with the donor community, Prime Minister Souare seemed eager to convince the international community of the GoG?s commitment to hold legislative elections as soon as possible. At the same time, the GoG distributed a draft elections planning t [...]	2008-12-17 16:12:00	Embassy Conakry	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM ASEC GV
08COPENHAGEN321	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S PARTICIPATION AT ARCTIC OCEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte led the U.S. delegation to the Arctic Ocean Conference hosted by the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland Home Rule Government in Ilulissat, Greenland May 27-29. In closed discussions during the conference and at a concluding press conference, all part [...]	2008-06-06 10:53:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV OVIP PBTS PHSA KGHG ENRG ETRD
08COPENHAGEN322	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH DANISH FM MOELLER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 27 meeting before the opening of the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Danish FM Per Stig Moeller exchanged perspectives on cooperation in the Arctic; underlined shared goals for a climate change agreement and resolution of t [...]	2008-06-06 10:55:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL SENV ETRD PBTS MARR KGHG AORC DA
08COPENHAGEN323	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN FM [...] (C) Summary: In a May 28 meeting before the start of the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Norwegian FM Jonas Gahr Stoere and Deputy Secretary Negroponte discussed Arctic issues, Afghanistan, Pakistan, cluster munitions, and, briefly, the Doha Round of trade negotiations. Stoer [...]	2008-06-06 10:57:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV PBTS MARR KGHG ETRD NO
08COPENHAGEN324	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH CANADIAN RESOURCE [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Gary Lunn on May 28 following the Arctic Ocean Conference at Ilulissat, Greenland. They discussed the recent U.S. listing of the polar bear as a threatened species, energy resource exploitation in the C [...]	2008-06-06 11:05:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV KGHG ENRG EPET CA
08COPENHAGEN335	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S PARTICIPATION AT ARCTIC OCEAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte led the U.S. delegation to the Arctic Ocean Conference hosted by the Kingdom of Denmark and Greenland Home Rule Government in Ilulissat, Greenland May 27-29. In closed discussions during the conference and at a concluding press conference, all part [...]	2008-06-11 11:13:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV OVIP PBTS PHSA KGHG ENRG ETRD
08COPENHAGEN336	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH DANISH FM MOELLER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 27 meeting before the opening of the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Danish FM Per Stig Moeller exchanged perspectives on cooperation in the Arctic; underlined shared goals for a climate change agreement and resolution of t [...]	2008-06-11 11:17:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV ETRD PBTS MARR KGHG AORC DA
08COPENHAGEN337	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NORWEGIAN FM [...] (C) Summary: In a May 28 meeting before the start of the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Norwegian FM Jonas Gahr Stoere and Deputy Secretary Negroponte discussed Arctic issues, Afghanistan, Pakistan, cluster munitions, and, briefly, the Doha Round of trade negotiations. Stoer [...]	2008-06-11 11:19:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV PBTS MARR KGHG ETRD NO
08COPENHAGEN338	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH CANADIAN RESOURCE [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte met with Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Gary Lunn on May 28 following the Arctic Ocean Conference at Ilulissat, Greenland. They discussed the recent U.S. listing of the polar bear as a threatened species, energy resource exploitation in the C [...]	2008-06-11 11:28:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV KGHG ENRG EPET CA
08COPENHAGEN339	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH GREENLANDIC [...] (C) Summary: In a respectful but serious bilateral meeting following the Arctic Ocean Conference in Ilulissat, Greenland, Greenland Home Rule (GHR) Premier Hans Enoksen expressed concern to Deputy Secretary Negroponte about the U.S. listing of the polar bear as a threatened species. The Gre [...]	2008-06-11 11:28:00	Embassy Copenhagen	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV KGHG DA
08COPENHAGEN499	Nordic Council Open to Renewable Energy R&D Partnership [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 18 courtesy call on the Secretary General of the Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM),the DCM expressed U.S. interest in dialogue and collaboration in the Arctic and the field of renewable energy. SecGen Halldor Asgrimsson reciprocated that interest, expressing ge [...]	2008-09-19 14:05:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KGHG PREL DA
08COPENHAGEN614	GREENLAND VOTES ON GREATER AUTONOMY [...] (SBU) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified and proprietary business information. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a November 25 referendum, Greenlanders are expected to approve "self rule," another step toward eventual independence from Denmark. Under the Self Rule Act agreed upon last summ [...]	2008-11-21 15:45:00	Embassy Copenhagen	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL DA
08DAKAR1140	INVESTIGATING SENEGAL'S BUDGET BLACKHOLE [...] (C) Summary: A special investigative IMF team came to Senegal to look into a budget crisis caused by revelations of massive extra-budgetary commitments. To bring back even a semblance of balance, the government must cut USD 240 million in expenditures and raise USD 360 million. The IMF does [...]	2008-10-03 11:15:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR PGOV PREL EAID ECON SG
08DAKAR1190	WESTERN DONORS EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Charge accompanied a delegation of Ambassadors and international organization representatives to the Prime Minister,s office on October 10 to seek an update and clarification of the GOS,s payment arrears, off-budget expenditures and plans for the Government to bring accounts in [...]	2008-10-17 12:07:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SG
08DAKAR126	RESULTS OF FINANCIAL SYSTEMS ASSESSMENT TEAM VISIT TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-04 09:26:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER KCRM PREL SNAR PGOV SG
08DAKAR1319	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS, PRESSES FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings surrounding the presentation of her credentials to Bissau-Guinean President Joao Bernardo Vieira on November 6, 2008, Ambassador Bernicat pressed for continued vigilance in the fight against narco-trafficking and pledged U.S. engagement in the anti-drug ef [...]	2008-11-14 07:35:00	Embassy Dakar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PU SNAR XY
08DAKAR1357	PAIGC SET TO PREVAIL IN PEACEFUL AND ORDERLY GUINEA BISSAU [...] On November 14, 2008, POLCOUNS and two PolOffs traveled to Guinea Bissau to observe the nation's first legislative election since 2004. As observed by EmbOffs, the November 16 poll was calm and relatively well-organized and executed. An estimated 72 percent of registered voters turned out fo [...]	2008-11-25 13:16:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL XY PU
08DAKAR1365	GUINEA-BISSAU: DISSIDENT SOLDIERS ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the early morning hours of November 23, at least nine dissident soldiers fired on the private residence of Bissau-Guinean President Joao Bernardo Vieira. Forces loyal to Vieira returned fire, prompting a three-hour gun battle. The President and his family were unharmed. Initi [...]	2008-11-26 16:43:00	Embassy Dakar	SECRET	KOCI PGOV PREL PU XY

08DAKAR442	IMF MISSION SHARES POSITIVE BRIEF WITH SKEPTICAL DONORS [...] (SBU) On April 9, an IMF mission shared with donors its mostly positive assessment of Senegal's economy and the first review of Senegal's Policy Support Instrument (PSI). Mission head Johannes Mueller claimed that Senegal's GDP growth increased from 2.3 percent in 2006 to 4.8 percent in 2007, [...]	2008-04-16 15:20:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON EAID SG
08DAKAR637	SENEGAL: OPPOSITION LAUNCHES NATIONAL DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) Summary: Despite tremendous government pressure and intimidation against it, Senegal's main opposition has successfully kicked off a three- to six-month long National Dialogue (Assises National) to diagnose and propose solutions to the country's political, economic and social problems. [...]	2008-06-03 15:36:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM ECON SG
08DAKAR852	SENEGAL ASKS DONORS TO SPEED BUDGET SUPPORT AND TAXES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Senegal (GOS) appears increasingly desperate to find the means to cover its current accounts deficit. At the request of the Minister of Finance, on July 10 the IMF Resrep sent an email to a number of donors imploring them to accelerate their disbursements of d [...]	2008-07-22 17:03:00	Embassy Dakar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID EAIR ECON PGOV SG
08DAMASCUS328	SARG SAYS IT WILL ALLOW AMCITS TO ENTER FROM [...] (SBU) Summary: Confirming a May 10 phone conversation (reported REF A),MFA Chief of Protocol told CDA in person May 11 that the SARG would, for humanitarian reasons, allow entry of U.S. citizens (both non-official and official) without the usual visa entry requirement (REF B). Dabbagh stat [...]	2008-05-12 11:57:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	LE PREF PREL SY CASC
08DAMASCUS438	THE IMPACT OF U.S. SANCTIONS ON CIVIL AVIATION IN [...] (C) Syrian Arab Airlines' ability to sustain operations has degraded in recent years and is estimated to be currently operating just six of at least 15 aircraft in its fleet. The SARG amended its aviation laws in 2005 to allow private airlines to enter the market, but as is often the case in [...]	2008-06-18 15:04:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	EAIR ETRD PGOV PTER SY
08DAMASCUS539	SARG BEGINS TRIAL OF 12 DAMASCUS DECLARATION [...] (U) This is an action request. See para 15-16. 2. (C) Summary: The trial of twelve members of the Damascus Declaration National Council (DDNC) Secretariat began July 30 in front of courtroom packed with diplomats, press, family members, and civil society activists. The presiding judge [...]	2008-08-02 08:37:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SY
08DAMASCUS559	SUPPORTING SYRIA'S EMERGING PRIVATE SECTOR [...] (C) After 45 years of Baathist socialism, private enterprise is gaining momentum in Syria. Over the past 18 months, the SARG has enacted six major economic reforms that were long advocated by international consultants but bitterly resisted by Baath Party apparatchiks. Encouraged by the refor [...]	2008-08-07 16:16:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD ETTC KCOR PGOV SY
08DAMASCUS59	SYRIAN GOVERNMENT PREVENTS U.S. CITIZEN FROM [...] (C) Summary. The SARG has placed a travel ban on naturalized U.S. citizen and political reformer Bassam Ishak. Ishak, a long-time Embassy contact, is currently weighing his options but may ask the Embassy to intervene on his behalf with the MFA. End Summary. 2. (C) The Syrian government [...]	2008-01-28 15:09:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SY
08DAMASCUS742	PART III OF A SERIES: IRANIAN ECONOMIC ACTIVITY IN [...] (C) This is the third and final cable in a three-part series examining Iranian economic activity in Syria. The greatest interaction between the Syrian and Iranian private sectors results from Syria's historical importance in Shi'ism. Iranian religious pilgrims represent the largest single bl [...]	2008-10-27 11:19:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET//NOFORN	ECON EFIN EPET ETRD PGOV IR SY
08DAMASCUS756	UPDATE FROM DAMASCUS: SARG BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC [...] (C) Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Miqdad briefed local diplomatic missions October 29 on the SARG's decision to order the closure of the American Cultural Center (ACC) and American School (DCS). He received push-back from a number of missions, especially regarding closure of the latte [...]	2008-10-29 14:16:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS SY IZ
08DAMASCUS773	CORRECTED COPY: ANYTHING BUT CONCILIATORY: SARG [...] (S) Summary: Several Embassy sources suggest Iran and Hizballah are pressuring the SARG not only to lobby PM Maliki's government to alter the U.S.-Iraqi bilateral security framework and SOFA, but also to participate in joint attacks against U.S. military targets in Iraq and elsewhere. As rep [...]	2008-11-03 09:19:00	Embassy Damascus	SECRET	PREL PTER PINS ASEC IZ IR SY
08DAMASCUS792	SARG PREVENTING DISTRIBUTION OF WFP RICE; [...] (C) SUMMARY: SARG officials at the Syrian port of Lattakiya are holding a portion of a World Food Program (WFP) shipment of Indian rice, purchased with PRM funds and intended for distribution to Iraqi refugees in Syria. The Syrian government claims the rice is contaminated with small rocks a [...]	2008-11-10 15:16:00	Embassy Damascus	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV IZ SY
08DARESSALAAM484	TANZANIA: MINI-DUBLIN GROUP DISCUSSES CURRENT [...] (U) The Assistant Regional Security Officer (ARSO) attended the "Mini-Dublin Group," an informal gathering of like-minded countries initiated by the President of Ireland focused on counter narcotics issues. Embassy representatives from the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Germany, Finland, the [...]	2008-08-02 16:32:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR TZ
08DARESSALAAM635	HOTLY CONTESTED BY-ELECTION IN MAINLAND TANZANIA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Remote northern Tarime district (bordering Kenya's Nyanza Province and Lake Victoria) will elect a new Member of Parliament October 12. The by-election has attracted national interest, with the contending parties devoting substantial resources to the race. Even two weeks in adva [...]	2008-10-01 03:51:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM TZ
08DARESSALAAM722	CLEAR OPPOSITION VICTORY IN MAINLAND BY-ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary. Opposition party Chadema held on to its Tarime parliamentary seat in a hard fought by-election October 12. Despite low turnout and an aggressive campaign by the ruling CCM, the Chadema candidate won with a comfortable margin. An observer mission of diplomatic staff from the U. [...]	2008-10-22 11:24:00	Embassy Dar Es Salaam	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM TZ
08DHAKA1121	BANGLADESH AWAMI LEAGUE: COMMITTED TO ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina appears in firm control of the Awami League as she prepares to return to Bangladesh to lead the party into Parliamentary elections. Efforts by the military-backed Caretaker Government and her Awami League rivals to topple her have failed, and for now the [...]	2008-10-27 10:47:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PINS PHUM KDEM BG
08DHAKA1127	THE PROFOUND CHALLENGES OF SECURING BANGLADESH'S [...] (C) International terrorists seeking a safe haven find Bangladesh's porous land, sea and air borders inviting. Just how far Bangladesh must go to secure those borders has come into clear focus after several recent USG and United Kingdom assessments. The reviews indicate nothing short of a fund [...]	2008-10-28 11:09:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PTER PGOV PINR PBTS MCAP MARR EAIR ASEC BM
08DHAKA213	SCA PDAS CAMP HIGHLIGHTS ROADMAP DURING BANGLADESH [...] (C) Summary: During a February 3 - 4 visit to Dhaka, SCA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Don Camp emphasized the enduring nature of the U.S.-Bangladesh relationship and reiterated the importance of the Caretaker Government's adherence to the Electoral Roadmap. In meetings with the Ch [...]	2008-02-14 12:20:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ECON ELAB EFIN BG
08DHAKA604	GENERAL MOEEN CONSOLIDATES POSITION; CARETAKERS [...] (S) Bangladesh Army Chief of Staff General Moeen Uddin Ahmed remains committed to holding elections by the end of 2008. That said, he has directed personnel changes that could further consolidate his position within the Army and sideline his principal rival, Lieutenant General Masud Uddin C [...]	2008-06-05 08:58:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PINS MARR KDEM BG
08DHAKA609	(S) LET SHEIKH HASINA TRAVEL TO THE UNITED STATES [...] (S) I feel strongly that it is in the U.S. national interest to allow former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in to the United States for a short period of time. I understand there are serious allegations of corruption against her and her family; I believe those charges need to be inves [...]	2008-06-06 10:59:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR PINS KDEM ASEC BG
08DHAKA622	READY, SET, WAIT. SHEIKH HASINA DEPARTURE FOR U.S. [...] (S) Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina did not leave Bangladesh for the U.S. the morning of June 9 as planned, but her Awami League confidantes and a senior government official told the Embassy that morning they expected her to depart within days. The delay appeared due in part to tying up bu [...]	2008-06-09 10:49:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM BG
08DHAKA628	SHEIKH HASINA SET TO DEPART BANGLADESH JUNE 12 [...] (S) Former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is now set to depart Bangladesh the morning of June 12 local time, according to her personal staff. She is scheduled to arrive in Boston the evening of June 12 local time. Her staff said they expected she would stay in the States for a couple weeks, m [...]	2008-06-10 11:52:00	Embassy Dhaka	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PINR PINS KDEM KCOR OVIP ASEC BG
08DHAKA643	AMBASSADOR MEETS AGRICULTURE ADVISER [...] (SBU) On May 29, 2008, Ambassador Moriarty and Dr. C.S. Karim, Adviser for the Bangladesh Ministry of Agriculture discussed priorities for the reconstruction of the cyclone-affected area and the problem of child labor at commercial processing facilities. Advisor Karim also expressed an interest [...]	2008-06-15 10:37:00	Embassy Dhaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID ETRD ECON EFIN PGOV PREL BG
08DHAKA719	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES KOSOVO, ELECTIONS AND CYCLONE [...] (C) Ambassador Moriarty urged Bangladesh to recognize the independence of Kosovo in a July 1 meeting with Foreign Affairs Adviser Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury. Chowdhury expressed support for recognition but cited regional concerns preventing Bangladesh from taking a bold stance on its own, sugges [...]	2008-07-02 10:04:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV KPKO KV EU BG
08DHAKA916	COURT CLEARS WAY FOR TARIQUE RAHMAN'S RELEASE; GOB [...] (C) The Caretaker Government's lengthy negotiations with former BNP Prime Minister Khaleda Zia regarding her and her son Tarique's release from prison have been overtaken by an activist High Court Bench which has removed all the legal obstacles standing between the two and freedom. In a per [...]	2008-08-29 07:51:00	Embassy Dhaka	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PINS KDEM PREL ASEC BG
08DJIBOUTI553	DJIBOUTI'S GROWING FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Djibouti has long served as a regional financial services center for the Horn of Africa. As Djibouti increasingly seeks to position itself as a world-class shipping and services platform, it has looked to cement its status as a financial services hub. Three new banks have recent [...]	2008-06-26 11:35:00	Embassy Djibouti	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PREL DJ
08DJIBOUTI937	SCENESETTER: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN DJIBOUTI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Post warmly welcomes the visit of General Ward. Since your last visit in September 2008, Djibouti continues efforts in international fora to condemn Eritrea for its June 2008 border incursion. At the same time, Djibouti continues to play a significant role hosting and supportin [...]	2008-11-20 16:02:00	Embassy Djibouti	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS DJ SO ER
08DOHA151	FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION CHAIRMAN'S [...] (U) During a February 4-8 visit to Qatar focused on broadening knowledge about the liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry and sources of supply for the U.S. market, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Joseph Kelliher, Director of Energy Projects Mark Robinson, and Director of Ex [...]	2008-02-21 09:17:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET QA
08DOHA172	QATAR: INPUT FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Paragraph 29. PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS: A. (SBU) Does the government assist foreign trafficking victims, for example, by providing temporary to permanent residency status, or other relief from deportation? If so, please explain. - In 2005, the government opened a shelte [...]	2008-02-28 13:17:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ELAB QA
08DOHA664	THE NEXT 3 YEARS--AN INTERAGENCY FIELD ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Expected trends in Qatar's internal political situation and foreign policy over the next 36 months include: -- (S) A continuation of a tight grip on power by the Al Thani family, which has controlled pre- and post-independent Qatar for 140 years. -- (S/NF) Within the ruling family, a c [...]	2008-09-16 13:09:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL AMGT KSPR ECON QA
08DOHA760	FRENCH GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC ON QATARI INITIATIVE [...] (C) France's Special Envoy for the Peace Negotiations on Darfur, Isaa Maraut, who has been temporarily posted to the French Embassy in Doha until at least December to interface with the Government of Qatar on its Darfur initiative, told P/E Chief October 27 that Qatar's approach to Darfur was [...]	2008-10-28 04:46:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM QA SU
08DOHA791	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR MARK LAGON'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested meetings with Minister of State for Interior Affairs Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Al Thani, Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Dr. Sultan Bin Hassan al-Dhabit al-Dousari, Minister of State for International Cooperation and Confer [...]	2008-11-06 14:25:00	Embassy Doha	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KTIP ELAB QA
08DOHA817	SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY WILLIAMSON'S VISIT [...] (C) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. We have requested host-country meetings for you with the Amir, the Prime Minister (also officially the Foreign Minister),and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs (and de facto Foreign Minister) Ahmed Al-Mahmoud. It is Al-Mahmoud who by all appe [...]	2008-11-20 10:12:00	Embassy Doha	SECRET	PREL PHUM QA SU
08DOHA827	NUCLEAR POWER: MODELS AND ANTI-MODELS ABOUND AT [...] (U) On November 10-11, Ambassador Wolcott participated in the MENA Nuclear Energy Forum in Doha, Qatar, during which she delivered a special address. Additional speakers included representatives of regional governments (the UAE, Egypt, Qatar, Oman, and Yemen); multilateral organizations (Gulf [...]	2008-11-25 07:27:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP PARM PREL QA EG MU KU AE FR BE CA
08DOHA869	QATAR'S PLANS TO PURSUE NUCLEAR ENERGY [...] The GOQ is currently considering development of a nuclear power generation capacity. Meanwhile, the quasi-governmental Qatar Foundation wants to build on its existing partnership with Texas A&M University to create an educational base for training Qataris in nuclear fields. Qatar signaled its [...]	2008-12-17 07:19:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO QA
08DUBAI101	WHO'S GOT THE JUICE? -- ELECTRICITY AND WATER LIMITATIONS [...] (C) Summary. Dubai's aggressive 11% per annum planned real GDP growth targets through 2015 are based on the assumption that sufficient power and water will be available for the massive development now underway. The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is currently operating at close t [...]	2008-03-18 08:00:00	Consulate Dubai	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG EPET KNNP ECON EINV SENV ETRD PGOV AE IR
08DUBAI108	DUBAI'S PORT RASHID CLOSING TO MAKE WAY FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a move aimed at maximizing financial returns on prime central Dubai real estate, Dubai government-controlled port operator DPWorld announced that Dubai's historic Port Rashid will be closed to cargo, commercial and military sea traffic in stages over the next few months, with [...]	2008-03-23 07:52:00	Consulate Dubai	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV SENV PGOV AE
08DUBLIN106	IRELAND - EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) [...] (SBU) Summary: On the verge of passing new comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation, Ireland made great strides during the reporting period to shore up protections against trafficking in persons (TIP) in the country. In addition to the new Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Bill 2007, which [...]	2008-03-03 10:21:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB EI
08DUBLIN51	IRELAND -- INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] Per reftel, the following is Embassy Dublin's 2008 Investment Climate Statement submission. 2. The text of the submission follows. BEGIN TEXT ---------- IRISH GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS FOREIGN INVESTMENT The Irish Government actively promotes foreign direct investment (FDI),[...]	2008-01-28 13:41:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR EI
08DUBLIN671	Dioxins in Irish Meat Sparks Recall [...] Summary. The Irish agriculture industry has been thrown into a pre-Christmas crisis with the discovery of dioxins in pork, followed by the discovery of dioxins, albeit at significantly lower levels, in beef. Feedstuffs from a single feed-mill were the source of the dioxin and the Irish author [...]	2008-12-10 13:50:00	Embassy Dublin	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD EU EI
08DUSHANBE887	DEMOLITION OF TAJIKISTAN'S SYNAGOGUE: WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT'S [...] (U) Summary: In late June 2008, the Tajik authorities leveled what remained of the Dushanbe synagogue. The Jewish Community had fought plans to tear the synagogue down since 2003, sporadically garnering attention from the international media. The case demonstrates the Tajik Government's lack [...]	2008-07-03 11:18:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF TI
08DUSHANBE980	TAJIKISTAN: ARREST OF SEVEN FILIPINO AND SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (SBU) Since May 26, 2008, the Tajik Customs Service, Tajik Drug Control Agency (TDCA) and the Tajik State Committee on National Security (TSCNS) have arrested seven individuals (4 Filipino couriers, 2 Filipino facilitators and 1 South African facilitator) and seized approximately 13.5 kilograms [...]	2008-07-25 06:00:00	Embassy Dushanbe	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR TI
08DUSSELDORF32	COUNCIL OF EX-MUSLIMS CHALLENGES GERMAN GOVERNMENT'S ISLAM [...] (SBU) Summary: At its first conference May 31-June 1, the German "Council of Ex-Muslims" challenged the annual Islam Conference hosted by Federal Interior Minister Schaeuble, criticizing him for approaching the question of integration of immigrants in terms of religion and attempting to streng [...]	2008-06-27 11:54:00	Consulate Dusseldorf	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KISL IR GM
08EFTOBUENOSAIRES648	ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. ------------ Introduction ------------ 2. (SBU) On behalf of Embassy Buenos Aires, I warmly welcome your May 21-22 visit to Argentina. We are looking to build on an already positive bilateral relationsh [...]	2008-05-15 18:29:00	Embassy Buenos Aires	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER SNAR ECON EFIN BEXP AR
08EFTOPHNOMPENH416	UN CT BODY ASSESSES STRONG INTEREST BUT WEAKER [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Counter Terrorism Committee's Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) visited May 5-9 to assess Cambodia's compliance with UNSCR 1373. The CTC/CTED delegation was composed of representatives of ADB, INTERPOL, IOM, UNODC, as well as the UN Secretariat, and was led [...]	2008-05-20 11:24:00	Embassy Phnom Penh	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL CB
08GABORONE514	DIAMONDS ARE BOTSWANA'S BEST FRIEND [...] Summary. With the opening of the Diamond Trading Center (DTC),Botswana has successfully moved up the value chain in the diamond industry. No longer just a raw producer of diamonds, Botswana is now host to all steps in the diamond industry - from mining and producing to sorting, cutting, and [...]	2008-06-26 05:37:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EMIN BC
08GABORONE883	BOTSWANA HOSTS INTERNATIONAL S&T CONFERENCE [...] Summary. The University of Botswana (UB) hosted September 8-10 in Gaborone the second International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) Conference (IASTED TWO). The UB is placing increasing emphasis on Science and Technology (S&T) and its participation in IASTED Two [...]	2008-10-07 07:46:00	Embassy Gaborone	UNCLASSIFIED	TPHY ENRG SENV SOCI EAID BC
08GENEVA1043	Organic Agriculture: International Task Force Facilitating [...] SUMMARY: The International Task Force on Harmonization and Equivalence in Organic Agriculture (ITF),which was a successful public-private partnership, held its final meeting on October 7, 2008, having completed its five-year project to develop a method for comparing different organic standard [...]	2008-11-26 16:38:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	UNCTAD ECON ETRD USDA USAID
08GENEVA1051	OCTOBER 8-9, 2008, WTO SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY (SPS) [...] Summary: The Forty-Second Meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures was held October 8-9, 2008. The U.S. delegation was headed by Jane Doherty, (USTR),and included Christine Brown (Commerce),Mary Lisa Madell (APHIS),Daniella Taveau [...]	2008-12-03 15:52:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ETRD USTR WTRO
08GENEVA1078	December 2008 meeting of the Working Party for the WTO [...] (U) Summary. The sixth Working Party Meeting on Azerbaijan's Accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO),held on December 11 in Geneva, was widely attended by other WTO Members and highlighted the renewed energy shown by Azerbaijan in a number of areas. Prior to the meeting, Azerbaijan [...]	2008-12-15 16:21:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON WTRO USTR AZE
08GENEVA1094	KENYA: KEY DONORS STRATEGIZE ABOUT SOMALI REFUGEE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a December 18 meeting hosted at the U.S. Mission, key donor government representatives discussed the current challenges facing Somali refugees in Kenya. They agreed to seek a briefing from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Deputy High Commissioner after [...]	2008-12-18 14:31:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL SO KE PGOV EAID
08GENEVA1105	December 17 Meeting of TNC [...] Summary. At a meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) on December 17, 2008 WTO Director General Lamy recognized with disappointment that it is not possible to conclude the Agriculture and NAMA modalities before the end of the year, but stressed the need to continue work in early 2009 [...]	2008-12-19 16:05:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
08GENEVA1112	WHO: DECEMBER 8-13 2008 WHO MEETING ON INFLUENZA [...] (SBU) Summary: During December 8-13 negotiations at the Intergovernmental Meeting (IGM) on Pandemic Influenza Preparedness in Geneva, delegates made substantial progress on complex issues -- including concrete steps to enhance the World Health Organization (WHO) system to assess and respond [...]	2008-12-22 15:35:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KFLU TBIO WHO
08GENEVA153	LOOKING TOWARD SELECTING THE NEXT UN HIGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Louise Arbour, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, tendered her resignation to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon several months ago, according to a well-informed Mission contact at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). SYG Ban asked Arbour to exte [...]	2008-02-28 13:49:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA256	OIC POWER PLAY DOMINATES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL \ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The seventh session of the Human Rights \ Council, which ran March 3-28 with an April 1 extension, \ highlighted the power of the Organization of the Islamic \ Conference (OIC) in that still evolving body. The session's \ defining moment came in the closing minutes of its last \ sche [...]	2008-04-04 15:26:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC
08GENEVA319	ICRC DONOR SUPPORT GROUP VISIT TO SRI LANKA [...] (C) Summary: Geneva-based Refugee Officer (RefOff) Nick Hilgert traveled to Sri Lanka from March 31 to April 5 with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Donor Support Group (DSG) to visit ICRC project sites. The DSG is made up of donors who contribute more than $10 million an [...]	2008-04-29 14:20:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV EAID CE
08GENEVA392	HRC SPECIAL SESSION ON FOOD [...] SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council (HRC) special session on the right to food, called by more than 30 countries, took place on May 23. Per reftel, USDel attended as notetaker only. The session featured interventions from many countries, as well as from international organizations and other U [...]	2008-05-29 17:01:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM UNHRC EAGR EAID FAO
08GENEVA424	OHCHR'S CONTINUED EFFORTS ON ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) sees its principal challenge as being to press Zimbabwe in public as hard as it can on human rights without jeopardizing its ability to continue its works on the ground there. Despite expressing reservations to the DCM [...]	2008-06-06 10:35:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC ZI
08GENEVA446	RESPONSES IN GENEVA TO HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL \ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Mission officers deployed \ reftel language in discussions with numerous delegations \ concerning the new USG posture toward the Human Rights \ Council. Most delegations with whom we spoke agreed that the \ Council was seriously flawed. While a few, notably Poland [...]	2008-06-13 15:39:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC PINR
08GENEVA455	ADDRESSING THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the elimination in March of the mandate of the Independent Expert on the Democratic Republic of Congo, Geneva-based human rights bodies are seeking new ways to address the situation in that country. There is little prospect for significant action in the Human Rights Cou [...]	2008-06-16 14:34:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNHRC
08GENEVA495	EFFECTS OF U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISENGAGEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Human Rights Council's Eighth Session, which ran from June 3-18, featured renewed efforts by the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) and the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to weaken human rights instruments, although with less drama than in previous sessions. In cases w [...]	2008-06-30 16:30:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC
08GENEVA504	EGYPT'S AMBASSADOR SHOUKRY AND HIS AGGRESSIVE \ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Led by Ambassador Sameh Shoukry, Egypt's \ delegation in Geneva has stood out for its activist and at \ times aggressive approach to Geneva multilateral diplomacy, \ in pursuit of goals the U.S. does not support. This has been \ most noticeable in the Human Rights Council, where Egyp [...]	2008-07-02 17:12:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINR UNHRC EG
08GENEVA515	NGOS CONTINUE TO USE UPR PROCESS TO PRESS SRI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Both the government of Sri Lanka and its critics implemented the same strategy in the plenary session of Sri Lanka's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) as they had in the working group phase of that newly-created mechanism. Defending itself against criticism leveled at it in both [...]	2008-07-07 11:35:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV UNHRC CE
08GENEVA566	ANNUAL TRIPARTITE CONSULTATIONS ON REFUGEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: PRM/A,s Director and Deputy Director, along with USCIS, HHS and NGO representatives, attended the June 30 ) July 2 Annual Tripartite Consultations on Refugee Resettlement hosted by UNHCR in Geneva. Some 170 participants representing 29 governments (both those currently resettling [...]	2008-07-22 15:28:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF
08GENEVA600	JCIC-XXXII: U.S.-HOSTED RECEPTION, JULY 23, 2008 [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXXII-015. 2. (U) Meeting Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2008 Time: 6:00 - 8:20 P.M.. Place: 41 Quai Wilson, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (S) The U.S. JCIC Delegation hosted a reception on July 23, 2008, and engaged members of the [...]	2008-07-25 13:51:00	US Mission Geneva	SECRET	KACT PARM START JCIC US RS UP BO KZ ZR ZP
08GENEVA636	STRATEGIES TO RENEW THE HAITI SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The "Group of Friends" of the Haiti mandate of the Human Rights Council met to address their concerns that some countries might seek to scale back or eliminate that mandate when it comes up for renewal in the Council. The Group members focused on gaining the support of the GoH [...]	2008-07-31 09:52:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM UNHRC PINR HA
08GENEVA661	US EXPERTS DISCUSS FMCT AT CONFERENCE ON [...] (U) Summary: The U.S. Delegation to the Conference on Disarmament (CD) hosted two U.S experts July 29-31 to participate in CD informal discussions and reach out to key delegations on the proposed Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT). The goal of the visit was to reinforce the argument tha [...]	2008-08-06 12:59:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM CDG
08GENEVA751	PART TWO OF TWO -- BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-04 15:35:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PARM PREL BWC CWC CBW TBIO
08GENEVA752	PART ONE OF TWO -- BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and should be protected accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary. The second annual meeting of BWC Experts for the 2007-2010 Work Program, focusing on biosafety, biosecurity, and professional responsibility in the life sciences, marked progress, register [...]	2008-09-04 15:35:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PARM PREL BWC CWC CBW TBIO
08GENEVA758	IFRC: STRUGGLING WITH NEW APPROACH TO MIGRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) recently appointed Thomas Linde to the newly created position of Special Representative on Migration. Charged with the task of developing a policy document for the IFRC and the national Red Cross a [...]	2008-09-08 12:23:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF EAID IFRC
08GENEVA766	SRI LANKA TRIES TO FOSTER GOOD TIES WITH NEW HIGH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sri Lankan Government, which had a rocky relationship with former High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour, hopes quickly to forge better ties with Arbour's successor, Navanathem Pillay. Days after Pillay became High Commissioner, Sri Lankan Human Rights Minister Ma [...]	2008-09-10 13:41:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PINR CE
08GENEVA803	GEORGIA IN THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: AFTER A [...] (C) SUMMARY: After an initial burst of activity regarding the Georgia crisis in the early days of the UN Human Rights Council's current session, the Council took up the issue again on September 16-17. The plenary discussions featured harsh words from the Russian delegation and a more measured [...]	2008-09-23 15:02:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC GG RU
08GENEVA816	HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL VOTE ON BEIT HANOUN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a departure from their past practice, all seven of the EU's Council members voted "no" on the latest resolution on Israeli actions in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) during the recently completed session of the HRC. Several EU ambassadors told Ambassador Tichenor t [...]	2008-09-30 09:16:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHRC
08GENEVA825	UNTAI: ITU STEPS FORWARD ON ACCESS TO INTERNAL AUDIT [...] The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Council Working Group on Financial Regulations (FINREGS) met on October 1 and approved the U.S. proposal to modify ITU financial regulations to permit ITU Member states access to internal audit reports. The proposal will be considered and most l [...]	2008-10-06 06:50:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT AORC KUNR ITU
08GENEVA921	WHO: SECOND SESSION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL [...] Summary. INB2 met October 20-25, 2008, in Geneva to develop a protocol under the FCTC to combat illicit trade in tobacco products. It was attended by representatives of 133 Parties to the FCTC, as well as 16 State non-Parties (including the United States),two intergovernmental organization [...]	2008-11-04 15:52:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC PREL PGOV SOCI WHO
08GENEVA932	MEETING OF THE WTO COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT, [...] SUMMARY: WTO Members held a meeting of the Committee on Trade and Development (CTD) on October 16, 2008, followed immediately by a Dedicated Session of the CTD on Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs). During the regular CTD meeting, the EC and Norway were again questioned on the implementation of [...]	2008-11-06 16:35:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR
08GENEVA936	AMB. FOLEY DISCUSSES IRAQ REFUGEE ISSUES WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador James B. Foley, Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues, visited Geneva from October 28-30 to meet with Geneva humanitarian organizations and donor missions. He was accompanied by Shirley Woodward from PRM/ANE. Foley held meetings with officials from UNHCR, IC [...]	2008-11-07 14:18:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM
08GENEVA981	Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) Meetings and [...] (U) Summary. A U.S. delegation participated in the fifth round of negotiations on the issue of cluster munitions within the framework of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons ("CCW"),held November 3-7 in Geneva. The delegation also participated in the meetings of States Parties to [...]	2008-11-18 15:49:00	US Mission Geneva	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP MOPS PARM PGOV PREL UN
08GENEVA982	International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Working Group [...] SUMMARY: USG maintained its positions at the Working Groups of ITU Council, which consisted of two meetings on terminology use at the ITU, two meetings on the World Summit on the Information Society (Geneva, 2003 and Tunis, 2005) (WSIS),and a meeting on financial issues. The working groups wi [...]	2008-11-18 15:51:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ITU AORC KUNR AMGT
08GENEVA985	November 2008 Trade Policy Review of Jordan [...] SUMMARY: WTO Members conducted the Trade Policy Review of Jordan on November 10 and 12, 2008. Jordan's Minister of Industry and Trade Al-Hadidi stressed the importance the country attaches for its first TPR and stated its top priority is to improve its business climate in order to unleash it [...]	2008-11-19 12:22:00	US Mission Geneva	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO USTR JO
08GEORGETOWN551	OFFSHORE OIL EXPLORATION IN FULL SWING ONE YEAR AFTER [...] (U) Summary: Offshore oil exploration is in full swing one year after the September 2007 resolution of the Guyana-Suriname maritime border dispute. Concession-holders Exxon and Canada-based CGX are commencing seismic surveys, and may begin exploratory drilling as early as late 2009. The GoG w [...]	2008-09-18 20:11:00	Embassy Georgetown	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV ENRG EPET
08GRENADA55	GRENADA WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT: MARCH 30 - APRIL 5, 2008 [...] (U) Embassy Grenada's weekly activity report (GWAR) provides a little detail about events of interest that do not merit longer reporting at this time. 2. (U) Begin GWAR text: A. ISPS Training Officers of the Grenada Port Authority (GPA),Sol Gas, and Chevron participated in a two-day se [...]	2008-04-09 21:26:00	Embassy Grenada	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EWWT KCRM SOCI GJ
08GUADALAJARA49	DHS/STATE HOSTS REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON SMUGGLING AND [...] Summary: In January, DHS and State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) hosted a seminar within the framework of the Regional Conference on Migration (RCM) in Manzanillo, Mexico. The workshop focused on best practices in the prosecution of human smugglers and traffickers in C [...]	2008-02-08 17:03:00	Consulate Guadalajara	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM MX XM XS
08GUANGZHOU437	A Lighter Coat of Varnish: PRD Furniture Manufacturers [...] (SBU) Summary: Hard times are here - and likely here to stay - for the Pearl River Delta's (PRD's) furniture makers. The industry has been among the most affected by a local business environment that has become less friendly to labor-intensive, export-oriented firms. As with other similarly o [...]	2008-07-23 05:52:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EIND ELAB ECON PGOV CH
08GUANGZHOU625	South China IPR: Visiting US Federal Judge and Prosecutor [...] (U) Summary: Conventional wisdom says that judges can talk with judges, police can talk with police. During a PTO-sponsored two-day program in south China, a Senior U.S. District Judge and a Department of Justice (DOJ) Prosecutor talked with both, and students too, sharing ideas on how to prot [...]	2008-10-29 08:51:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON PGOV CH
08GUANGZHOU724	Shantou - Eastern Guangdong Economy Has Advantages to [...] (U) Summary: Maybe our industry and government contacts in Shantou are dreaming but they are starting to think that perhaps after thirty years their time has come and the global financial storm won't have the same damaging impact in eastern Guangdong Province that it's wreaking on the export-p [...]	2008-12-17 06:15:00	Consulate Guangzhou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB EFIN ETRD EIND PGOV
08GUATEMALA1031	GUATEMALAN DELEGATION TO DMA VIII CONFERENCE [...] (C) On August 11, Embassy officer met with Colonel Manuel ALVAREZ Carranza with the MOD's Political Military Affairs Office to discuss the GOG's travel party and agenda for the September 2-6 DMA VIII conference in Alberta, Canada. According to Alvarez, the GOG's delegation will include the fol [...]	2008-08-12 22:28:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MARR MOPS PGOV PREL GT
08GUATEMALA1230	PRESIDENT REPLACES SENIOR POLICE LEADERS [...] (U) On September 21, President Colom and Minister of Government Jimenez announced changes in the senior leadership of the National Civilian Police (PNC). Marlene Raquel Blanco Lapola, the first woman to ever lead the PNC, replaced Isabel Mendoza as the Director of the National Civilian Police [...]	2008-10-01 16:18:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR SNAR PGOV KCRM GT
08GUATEMALA1339	BI-WEEKLY REPORTING CABLE FOR PERIOD ENDING [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-28 20:28:00	Embassy Guatemala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL GT
08GUATEMALA33	COLOM ANNOUNCES HIS CABINET [...] (C) President-Elect Alvaro Colom, who will assume office January 14, announced his new cabinet January 8. Many of the nominees are well and favorably known to the Embassy, and we believe we can work well with them. Colom told the Ambassador that, in choosing his cabinet officers, he tried t [...]	2008-01-11 17:15:00	Embassy Guatemala	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR GT
08HALIFAX13	NEW BRUNSWICK PREMIER PUSHING TO MAKE HIS PROVINCE THE "NEXT [...] (SBU) New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham and Energy Minister Jack Keir are working hard to make energy the catalyst for moving their province to economic self-sufficiency. Their agenda calls for their province to be a reliable and long-term electricity supplier to the northeastern United Stat [...]	2008-03-14 20:06:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PINR SENV CA
08HALIFAX25	SEAL HUNT PROTESTS: THE ANNUAL CONTROVERSY AND ARRESTS [...] Summary: Animal rights activist Paul Watson has seen Canadian authorities tow his vessel the "Farley Mowat" into Sydney, Nova Scotia and his two key officers arrested in connection with his traditional battle to stop Canada's seal hunt. End Summary. 2. The annual seal hunt off Canada's e [...]	2008-04-14 20:01:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHSA EFIS SENV CASC
08HALIFAX28	VIEW FROM THE BORDER: MAINE-NEW BRUNSWICK CROSSINGS [...] SUMMARY: Building on the border reporting in ref (a),conoff and assistant visited the Calais/St. Stephen and Houlton/Woodstock ports of entry on the Maine/New Brunswick border the week of March 31. Meetings with border officials, community representatives and businesspeople confirmed that th [...]	2008-04-21 12:44:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	CPAS PGOV PREL WHTI ASEC ECON CA
08HALIFAX36	URANIUM MINING IN ATLANTIC CANADA: PROTESTS VERSUS PROFIT [...] Considering there is a vociferous and devoted anti-uranium lobby in Canada's Atlantic Provinces, it appears unlikely that the region will be joining the world uranium club any time soon. There are identified commercial quantities of uranium in three of the four provinces that could be develop [...]	2008-05-28 11:59:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EMIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PHUM CA
08HALIFAX45	ENERGY PROJECTS IN ATLANTIC CANADA - FACTS AND FIGURES [...] This cable is a "primer" on the status of significant operating and future energy projects in Atlantic Canada. The Atlantic Provinces Economic Council (APEC),a regional think tank, reported in March 2008 that actual and proposed new investment in these projects had reached the level of $42 [...]	2008-06-13 19:06:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG PGOV CA
08HALIFAX50	TRIAL DATE SET FOR SEA SHEPHERD SEAL HUNT PROTESTORS [...] SUMMARY: Two officers of a Dutch-registered vessel, owned and operated by the U.S.-based Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, will be back in Canada in April 2009 to face trial over their involvement in a marine protest against Canada's east coast seal hunt. END SUMMARY. 2. Court officials [...]	2008-07-10 19:26:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS PHSA PREL CASC CA
08HALIFAX58	NEWS FROM ATLANTIC CANADA'S ENERGY SECTOR [...] With annual energy exports from Atlantic Canada to the United States now exceeding $14 billion, the region is poised to become an even more important energy supplier in the future. This cable reports on the latest developments across the region. Overall, it has been a busy summer with good an [...]	2008-08-11 19:46:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG PGOV CA
08HALIFAX60	NEWFOUNDLAND-LABRADOR'S OFFSHORE HEBRON PROJECT GOING [...] SUMMARY: Premier Danny Williams of Newfoundland-Labrador has signed a lucrative deal with a Chevron-led consortium of oil companies to develop the Hebron oil field. Daily production will be 150,000 to 170,000 barrels of oil with the majority available for export to the U.S. market. The first [...]	2008-08-20 19:08:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG PGOV HEBRON CA
08HALIFAX73	NOVA SCOTIA AWAITING NEW USG POLICY ON GEORGES BANK [...] High-level officials in the Nova Scotia Department of Energy told CG and visiting Canada Desk Director at a November 18 meeting that they are waiting to see how the new U.S. administration defines its policy on oil and gas exploration and drilling on Georges Bank as this could affect how the pr [...]	2008-11-20 19:16:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG EFIS SENV PGOV US CA
08HALIFAX78	ATLANTIC CANADIAN PERSPECTIVES ON THE FEDERAL POLITICAL [...] Atlantic Canadians are divided on how they see the political situation in Ottawa unfolding. Some are embracing the idea of an opposition coalition. Others are more worried that the political instability is diverting attention away from the bigger issue of how to deal with the current economic [...]	2008-12-03 19:29:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CA

08HALIFAX79	ATLANTIC CANADIAN PERSPECTIVES ON THE FEDERAL POLITICAL [...] Atlantic Canadians are divided on how they see the political situation in Ottawa unfolding. Some are embracing the idea of an opposition coalition. Others are more worried that the political instability is diverting attention away from the bigger issue of how to deal with the current economic [...]	2008-12-03 19:29:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CA
08HALIFAX84	MOST NEW ENERGY PROJECTS IN ATLANTIC CANADA MOVING AHEAD [...] INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY ======================= Despite the downturn in the global economy, for the most part, investment in Atlantic Canada's energy sector is still strong (REFTELS). Large energy companies and industry stakeholders are taking a long-term approach, predicting that by the time l [...]	2008-12-16 19:51:00	Consulate Halifax	UNCLASSIFIED	EPET ENRG ECON PGOV CA
08HANOI1048	AMBASSADOR WOLCOTT DISCUSSES CIVIL NUCLEAR COOPERATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Jackie Wolcott, the Secretary of State's Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation, led an interagency delegation to meet with several high-ranking Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials to advocate for U.S. nuclear energy cooperation and nonproliferation initiatives. [...]	2008-09-15 00:08:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON TRGY BEXP PARM KNNP VM
08HANOI1139	REVIEWING THE TRADE AGENDA: TRANSPAC, BIT, IMPORT [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Hanoi discussed a number of trade and investment agenda items with Government of Vietnam (GVN) officials from the ministries [...]	2008-10-03 09:28:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECIN ECON PGOV VM
08HANOI1251	ADDRESSING THE ECONOMIC AGENDA DURING U.S. VISIT BY [...] (SBU) Summary: The November 8-20 visit to the United States by Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Hoang Trung Hai, offers a significant opportunity to engage on some of the most important issues in our bilateral agenda with Vietnam's top economic official. DPM Hai has jurisdiction over key portfolio [...]	2008-11-07 10:33:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EAGR PINR VM
08HANOI296	GVN'S ANTI-CORRUPTION CZAR SAYS HANOI WANTS INCREASED [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 6, the Ambassador met the head of Vietnam's Government Inspectorate (GI) Tran Van Truyen, a key player in the Government of Vietnam's (GVN) fight against corruption and an ally of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. Truyen said he welcomed cooperation with the USG, and adde [...]	2008-03-13 07:46:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ECON PGOV KCOR KPAO SOCI PREL VM
08HANOI358	TIFA MEETINGS FOCUS ON TRADING RIGHTS, IPR AND MARKET [...] (SBU) Summary: The United States and Vietnam conducted Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks in Hanoi from March 19 - 21, during which the sides followed up on a full range of WTO implementation and other issues including IPR, market access for pharmaceuticals and cultural prod [...]	2008-03-28 09:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR EFIN KIPR EIND EPET KTDB VM
08HANOI46	ECONOMIC GROWTH TRUMPS PUBLIC HEALTH: VIETNAMESE ROOFING [...] (U) Summary. Vietnam increasingly relies on asbestos in its construction sector, despite the internationally recognized harmful health impacts from asbestos exposure. In the absence of effective worker safety provisions, many workers in Vietnam's growing number of asbestos-cement processing fa [...]	2008-01-16 01:06:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV TBIO ECON SOCI VM
08HANOI581	VIETNAM'S BIGGEST EVER SEIZURE OF MARIJUANA [...] Summary. The May 13 seizure of eight tons of marijuana resin by GVN authorities was the biggest such seizure ever in Vietnam. The drugs were found in two shipping containers transiting Mong Cai border gate in the Northeastern province of Quang Ninh into China. The shipment originated in Paki [...]	2008-05-16 09:27:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR KCRM SOCI CH PK VM
08HANOI871	VIETNAM NOT RUSHING TRADE DEALS [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. For official use only, not for dissemination outside USG channels or posting on the internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: Vietnam has ongoing trade and investment multilateral and bilateral negotiations with Australia and New Zealand, the EU, Chile, Japa [...]	2008-07-28 08:15:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EINV ECON KTDB VM
08HANOI934	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SHELBY, AUG. 21 to 24, 2008 [...] (SBU) Embassy Hanoi looks forward to welcoming you to Vietnam. Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung's June visit to Washington exemplifies a U.S.-Vietnam relationship that continues to broaden and mature, in the process spurring economic, social and technological development that has eased the path [...]	2008-08-11 04:37:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP EFIN EAID ECPS ECON ETRD VM
08HANOI982	CHIEFS OF MISSION DISCUSS PRISONER LISTS, RELIGIOUS/MEDIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Participants at the Ambassador's August 21 luncheon of "like-minded" chiefs of mission agreed that the MFA has lately been more responsive in providing information about prisoners. Guests also concurred with the Ambassador's assessment of religious freedom in the Northwest, not [...]	2008-08-25 02:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PREL PGOV CASC OTRA VM
08HARARE1076	Proposed Zimbabwe Travel Alert - Cholera [...] Post recommends a Travel Alert be issued for Zimbabwe, warning American citizens of cholera, inadequate potable water, and a collapsed medical infrastructure. The latest outbreak of cholera, which started in August 2008, has overwhelmed medical resources in country, exposed a critical potable [...]	2008-12-05 07:00:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC AMED ZI
08HARARE163	Zim Notes 02-29-2008 [...] The Embassy Harare Political/Economic Section began producing Zim Notes in July, 2007 to present a perspective on current events in Zimbabwe. Suggestions are always welcome. If you would like to receive Zim Notes by email, as well, please contact Frances Chisholm at chisholmfm@state.gov. Dist [...]	2008-03-03 04:59:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE186	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT (TIP) - ZIMBABWE [...] (U) The following is Embassy Harare's response to questions posed to Post in reftel. -------- OVERVIEW -------- -- 27 A. (SBU) Zimbabwe is a country of origin, transit, and destination for internationally trafficked men, women and children. Women and children are trafficked for labor and [...]	2008-03-10 15:29:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ZI ASEC
08HARARE832	ZIM NOTES 9-12-08 [...] SUMMARY ----------- Topics of the week: - Mugabe and Tsvangirai Reach Deal... - Last Two MDC MPs Released on Bail... - USG-Funded NGOs Resuming Field Operations... - Canada Imposes Sanctions on Zimbabwe... - Cholera Outbreak in Crowded Township... - Reserve Bank Allows Some Formal Doll [...]	2008-09-15 14:18:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ECON ZI
08HARARE899	FOOD SECURITY SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE [...] National assessments show that maize yield from the 2008 harvest is the lowest on record; sorghum yield was only 60 percent of last year's harvest. The Government of Zimbabwe (GOZ) must overcome severe forex shortages and generate political will to mobilize resources to meet the county's cere [...]	2008-10-03 11:07:00	Embassy Harare	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EAGR PREL PHUM ZI
08HARARE916	MFA BUNGLES CREDENTIALS CEREMONY, THREATENS ENVOYS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese, French, German and Canadian Ambassador-designates were invited to present letters of credence to President Mugabe on October 9. Unfortunately, only the Japanese Ambassador had his letters ready; the other three explained to the Foreign Ministry that they could not get t [...]	2008-10-10 09:45:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM ZI
08HARARE985	ZIM'S HEARTLAND: DOLLARIZATION AND DESPERATION [...] (SBU) Poloff and public affairs officer traveled to Gweru and Masvingo on October 23 and 24 to speak on U.S. elections (septel) and gather information on the situation in the Zimbabwean heartland. Historically, this region has been home to Zimbabwe's legendary cattle and dairy ranches and fe [...]	2008-10-30 11:35:00	Embassy Harare	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PHUM SCUL KDEM ECON ZI
08HAVANA279	CUBA: TOURISM APARTHEID DEALT A BLOW, MAYBE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOC has lifted its ban on Cubans staying in hotels on the island. The measure will be economically and politically beneficial for the GOC and to a small number of Cubans. However, an economic barrier remains between the average Cuban and a hotel stay. End Summary. 2. [...]	2008-04-02 20:42:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PINR PREL CU
08HAVANA335	IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. OF POSSIBLE REFORM IN CUBAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Significant reform of Cuba's restrictive travel policies for Cuban citizens, reported to be imminent, could result in increased illegal migration towards the United States, certainly in the short-to-medium term. Migrant flows would probably be directed through Mexico and Central A [...]	2008-04-22 20:27:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG PGOV CMGT CU
08HAVANA362	REMARKS BY CUBAN OPPOSITION LEADER TO POTUS [...] Following is an unofficial translation of remarks made by prominent opposition leader Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello during a video teleconference with President Bush on May 6. Original Spanish version will follow septel. 2. (Begin unofficial translation). First I'd like to thank you on beh [...]	2008-05-07 13:14:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV KDEM PREL CU
08HAVANA369	TEXT OF REMARKS BY OPPOSITION LEADER TO POTUS [...] Following is the Spanish language text of the remarks made by prominent opposition leader Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello during a video teleconference with President Bush on May 6. 2. Begin text: Primero que todo quiero darle las gracias, en nombre de los tres (1),por una sola vez, por p [...]	2008-05-08 21:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV KDEM PREL CU
08HAVANA483	VISIT TO USINT BY ISRAELI EMBASSY OFFICIAL FROM [...] (C) Modi Ephraim, Political Counselor from the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires called on P/E Counselor June 23. Ephraim is in Havana for three days looking at a variety issues of interest to the GOI. Since Canada acts as protecting power for Israel in Cuba, Ephraim had arranged the visit wit [...]	2008-06-23 21:19:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU IS PREL
08HAVANA88	DIPS CORPS COMMENTS ON CUBA [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM and other USINT officers have been making the rounds of the Dip Corps in Havana to gauge third country views and experiences on the situation in Cuba. The following reports meetings with officials in the Russian, Chinese, Romanian, Italian and Indonesian embassies. Meetin [...]	2008-01-25 16:59:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	CU PINR PREL
08HAVANA956	RAUL VENTURES OFF THE ISLAND, COMMENTS ATTEMPT TO [...] (C) Summary: From December 13 to December 18, Raul Castro traveled off the island for the first time since taking over for brother Fidel in July of 2006. The first part of the trip was an awkward stop in Caracas. The second part was to attend regional summits in Costa do Sauipe Brazil and [...]	2008-12-24 16:11:00	US Interests Section Havana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PHUM CU
08HELSINKI517	FINLAND'S PARTICIPATION IN GLOBAL MARITIME [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Helsinki's Global Maritime Partnership (GMP) (composed of DAO, POL, RSO and chaired by ECON) has concluded that Finland is already engaged in a number of voluntary multinational initiatives that fall under the broad GMP umbrella. Current GOF collaborations range from sea surv [...]	2008-11-13 11:00:00	Embassy Helsinki	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT EAID ECIN ECON EFIS MARR MASS MCAP MOPS
08HOCHIMINHCITY1035	MENNONITES HOLD FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN HCMC [...] Summary (SBU) On November 15, the Vietnam Mennonite Church (VMC) became the latest Protestant denomination to celebrate their first General Assembly since achieving national-level registration in September 2007. Mennonite leaders from around the world, including the United States, attended the [...]	2008-11-25 06:38:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY1096	VIETNAMESE FISH INDUSTRY COURTS CODEL BOSWELL [...] (SBU) Summary: During CODEL Boswell's visit to the Mekong Delta on December 18, GVN officials and business executives appealed for greater U.S.-Vietnamese cooperation on trade issues and emphasized the concerted efforts Vietnam has made toward improving food safety standards for its aquaculture [...]	2008-12-29 10:40:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR ETRD EFIN SOCI PGOV PREL OTRA OVIP VM
08HOCHIMINHCITY958	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS BEHIND UNREST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Central Highlands region of Vietnam is in the midst of an economic transformation. While only twenty years ago much of the Central Highlands was forested and cultivated by ethnic minorities using swidden (roving slash-and-burn) agricultural techniques, today the jungle is c [...]	2008-10-23 09:45:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI ECON VM
08HONGKONG1044	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 01:42:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP ETRD ETTC HK
08HONGKONG1775	HONG KONG SEEKS TO MODERNIZE COPYRIGHT ORDINANCE [...] (C) Summary: The HKG recently closed its written public comment period on several proposals to modernize and strengthen Hong Kong's Copyright Ordinance (CO). The proposed amendments largely concern the digital transmission of copyrighted materials, especially via the Internet. Many Internet [...]	2008-09-24 09:04:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG179	HONG KONG'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is the 2008 Investment Climate Statement for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. ----------------------------------- A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- 2. Hong Kong pursues a free market philosophy with minimal government interfe [...]	2008-01-28 06:34:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MO
08HONGKONG1875	Hang Seng Recovers, but HIBOR remains High [...] Summary: The Hang Seng bounced back by 3.3 percent in response to the coordinated action by major central banks. Hong Kong Financial Secretary John Tseng warned, however, that the financial crisis had yet to hit Hong Kong. Despite central bank easing, interbank liquidity in Hong Kong remaine [...]	2008-10-09 11:15:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD HK CH
08HONGKONG2060	MEDIA REACTION: U.S. PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA AND CHINA; [...] U.S. president-elect Obama and China 2. Financial tsunami 3. U.S. presidential election HEADLINES AND EXCERPTS: Â [...]	2008-11-10 09:02:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	OPRC KMDR
08HONGKONG2145	EXTRANCHECK: POST SHIPMENT VERIFICATION: JSD BROAD [...] Unauthorized disclosure of the information provided below is prohibited by Section 12C of the Export Administration Act. 2. As per reftel A request and at the direction of the Office of Enforcement Analysis (OEA) of the USDOC Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS),Export Control Officer Phil [...]	2008-11-26 05:45:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	BMGT BEXP HK ETRD ETTC
08HONGKONG2223	CONSUL GENERAL'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH HONG KONG [...] (U) Summary: Secretary for Food and Health York Chow discussed with the Consul General restrictions on U.S. beef, the threat to U.S. exports of packaged foods posed by Hong Kong's new nutritional labeling law, and shared food safety concerns regarding imports from the Mainland, during an intro [...]	2008-12-11 00:15:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAGR HK CH
08HONGKONG408	2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: MACAU [...] (SBU) Per ref A, the following are post's contributions to the eighth annual Trafficking in Persons report for the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) of the People's Republic of China. (Note: Per instructions, subheadings, questions, and paragraph letters correspond to those in paragr [...]	2008-03-05 08:13:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM SMIG CH HK MC
08HONGKONG510	MACAU: BEIJING'S STEPPING STONE TO LUSOPHONES, [...] (C) Summary: Professor Ivo Carneiro, Vice-Rector for Research and International Relations at Macau's Inter-University Institute, recently told us that Beijing's goals for Macau include: (1) closer integration with the Pearl River Delta, especially Zhuhai; (2) expanding trade links with overse [...]	2008-03-18 08:24:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG CH MC HK
08HONGKONG894	MFA COMMISSIONER IN MACAU RESPONDS ON U.S. [...] (C) PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commissioner to Macau Wan Yongxiang told Consul General Cunningham in a meeting in Macau on May 15 that the notion of a "consular agent" was still new to China, and would require further deliberation and study by Beijing. China was not yet ready to agree to [...]	2008-05-16 10:16:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	CMGT CVIS AMGT AFIN APER PREL HK MC CH
08ISLAMABAD1825	LIFE AT NDU: TRAINING PAKISTAN'S NEXT GENERATION OF MILITARY LEADERS [...] (C) Summary: Pakistan's National Defense University's curriculum is designed to foster national pride, but many of its students and instructors have an anti-American bias. Their attitudes demonstrate why we should continue our efforts to increase IMET opportunities, especially those aimed at the ge [...]	2008-05-12 12:36:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD2798	HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN BAJAUR [...] (U) This is an action cable. See para 2. (C) Summary: One of our goals with the Pakistani government and military has been to improve their ability to execute all the elements of a successful counter-insurgency (COIN) strategy simultaneously. The current fighting in Bajaur, and the floo [...]	2008-08-22 14:50:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PK PREL EAID PREF PTER MOPS
08ISLAMABAD2862	THE 2008 U.S.-PAKISTAN ECONOMIC DIALOGUE [...] (C) Summary: The U.S.-Pakistan Economic Dialogue was held in Islamabad on August 11, co-chaired by Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan and Pakistani Minister of Finance Syed Naveed Qamar. A topic of particular concern was the current state of th [...]	2008-08-29 09:41:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EAGR ENRG PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD2970	HHS SECRETARY LEAVITT'S MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF HEALTH [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 19, Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt and the Minister of Health Sherry Rehman met at the Ministry of Health (MOH). The Minister and the MOH Director General identified the lack of health services and state presence in parts of Pakistan as contributing [...]	2008-09-09 11:22:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID PGOV PK SOCI KOCI
08ISLAMABAD3010	CORRECTED COPY: THE 2008 U.S.-PAKISTAN ECONOMIC [...] (U) This is a corrected copy of reftel. 2. (C) Summary: The U.S.-Pakistan Economic Dialogue was held in Islamabad on August 11, co-chaired by Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Dan Sullivan and Pakistani Minister of Finance Syed Naveed Qamar. A topic of partic [...]	2008-09-12 12:09:00	Embassy Islamabad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV EAGR ENRG PGOV PREL PK
08ISLAMABAD3492	ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION IN WHEAT SALES ARE FALSE [...] (S//NF) Summary. Post is concerned over a recent RAO report (Reftel A) regarding the misuse by the Government of Pakistan (GOP) of USG funds earmarked to purchase wheat. Post takes any claim regarding the misuse of U.S funds seriously. In response, EconOff has attempted to confirm some of the [...]	2008-11-05 13:45:00	Embassy Islamabad	SECRET	EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETRD PK PREL
08ISLAMABAD3699	PAKISTAN FINALLY REQUESTS IMF PROGRAM, POST GETS SUMMARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At a meeting for G7 countries, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Resident Representative to Pakistan, Paul Ross, presented an overview of the Stand-By Agreement (SBA) Board members will consider on November 24. Ross emphasized that the program fits well with Pakistan's ow [...]	2008-11-25 08:00:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAID EFIN ENGY PK
08ISLAMABAD3712	JANG GROUP'S BEHAVIOR MAKES WORKING WITH GEO TV UNTENABLE [...] This is an action request see paragraph 15. 2. Summary: Post believes the time has come to end the contract the BBG holds with "GEO TV Network" and move it to a responsible organization. GEO is owned by the "Jang Group," a multimedia corporation owning Urdu and English language newspape [...]	2008-11-26 14:10:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD921	PAKISTAN OIL RESOURCES: ENERGY CORRIDOR WANTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Pakistan's oil reserves of 353.4 million barrels are inadequate to meet the country's growing energy requirements. Pakistan depends on expensive imports of crude oil, furnace oil and diesel to meet its energy needs, costing the country over 30 percent of its export earnings. A p [...]	2008-03-03 10:54:00	Embassy Islamabad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENGY EFIN ECON EINV PREL PK
08ISTANBUL320	IRAN/ENERGY: THE IRANIAN DEPUTY OIL MINISTER'S [...] (C) Summary and comment: Iran's Deputy Oil Minister responsible for natural gas, Seyed Reza Kasaezadeh Mahabadi, gave a detailed overview of Iran's current and future natural gas capacities, plans, and needs at the May 30 "8th International Energy Arena" hosted by a consortium of Turkish pub [...]	2008-06-16 13:20:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV ECON IR TU
08ISTANBUL387	JEWISH COMMUNITY DISCUSSES ARMENIA, ANTI-SEMITISM [...] (C) Summary. The leadership of the Jewish Community of Turkey (JCT) at the Chief Rabbinate of Istanbul shared with us on July 14 their positive perceptions of a visit earlier this month by representatives of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to address the ADL's position on the Armenian Genocid [...]	2008-07-21 11:11:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL OSCE TU
08ISTANBUL466	IRAN'S "BRAIN DRAIN": A SNAPSHOT FROM SHARIF [...] (C) Summary and comment: We spoke recently with several students from Iran's prestigious Sharif University of Technology who are headed to the U.S. for graduate/PhD studies. The students shared their views on Sharif's academic competitiveness and student body; described their reliance on th [...]	2008-08-27 13:45:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM IR TU
08ISTANBUL540	IRANIAN AND AFGHAN REFUGEES IN TURKEY: A SNAPSHOT [...] (C) Summary: We met October 8-10 with UNHCR, provincial, municipal, and police officials, an NGO, and Iranian Baha'i families in Van province in southeast Turkey, to look at conditions facing Iranian refugees. Van hosts between 1700 and 2100 registered refugees, mostly Iranian and Afghan. So [...]	2008-10-23 05:17:00	Consulate Istanbul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV PINS PREL IT TU
08ISTANBUL601	IRAN/ETHNIC GROUPS: AN ETHNIC RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] (S) Summary: An Iranian-Azeri journalist told us November 29 that the June 2006 ethnic Azeri demonstrations against authorities in northwest Iran were "an awakening" for the Azeri ethnic movement and led the regime to conclude it was a threat to stability. He described a diffuse ethnic move [...]	2008-12-02 14:02:00	Consulate Istanbul	SECRET	PREF PHUM PINS IR TU AZ
08JAKARTA1044	LIFTING THE TRAVEL WARNING FOR INDONESIA: MAKING [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the Embassy would like to propose new language to Country Specific Information (CSI) and the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Crime and Safety Report. The suggested language is designed to ensure that the security language in all our public documents is consistent. [...]	2008-05-28 12:44:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC AEMR ASEC PREL AMGT ID
08JAKARTA1079	COUNTERTERRORISM -- ACTION GROUP DISCUSSES JIHADI [...] (C) SUMMARY: The local G-8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG) met in Jakarta on June 2. A visiting Japanese counterterrorism (CT) expert reviewed the role of CTAG in the international CT effort. A Russian Embassy proposal for a joint local CTAG demarche to the GOI concerning "jihadi" pub [...]	2008-06-03 09:04:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ID
08JAKARTA1095	BURMA -- UPDATE ON INDONESIA AND CYCLONE RELIEF [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On June 3-4, Mission reviewed Ref A points regarding access and forced relocations with Indonesian officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Presidential Secretariat. GOI contacts agreed that the Burme [...]	2008-06-04 09:39:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID ID BM
08JAKARTA1182	FIRST TRACK I DISCUSSION ON ASEAN HUMAN RIGHTS BODY [...] (SBU) The May 15-17 ASEAN Workshop on Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (reftel) in Bali, Indonesia, was the first Track I discussion of human rights by ASEAN member country officials. According to various participants, it was a success in discussing ideas and generating recommendations [...]	2008-06-17 09:54:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEAN PHUM EAID PREL PGOV ID BM
08JAKARTA1389	COP9 BASEL CONVENTION ON HAZARDOUS WASTES, JUNE 23-27, 2008 [...] (U) SUMMARY. The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP9) to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal was held June 23-27, 2008, in Bali, Indonesia. A major U.S. objective was achieved in the creation of a partnership t [...]	2008-07-21 05:25:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG SENV KSCA KTIA PGOV ID
08JAKARTA1396	SE Asian Hot Topics at Regional AML-CFT Meetings [...] (SBU) The annual meetings of the regional Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG),held in Bali July 7 to 11, helped highlight the challenges facing Southeast Asian countries and clarify many acute training needs. The APG discussed and adopted three joint Mutual Evaluation Reports (MERs) [...]	2008-07-21 09:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON ETRD EINV PGOV PREL KCRM KTFN KCOR ID MY
08JAKARTA175	TIFA DIALOGUE HIGHLIGHTS TRADE AND INVESTMENT CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 22, Assistant United States Trade Representative Barbara Weisel met with Government of Indonesia (GOI) officials to discuss investment and intellectual property (IP) issues under the U.S.-Indonesia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA). Weisel expressed con [...]	2008-01-29 06:00:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BEXP EINV ECON ID
08JAKARTA1937	HUMAN RIGHTS -- ENCOURAGING INDONESIA TO IMPLEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with DepPol/C, an AmCit adviser to the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia/Timor-Leste (CTF) outlined ways to speed up implementation of the CTF recommendations for security sector reform in Indonesia via human rights training. He recommended that NGOs pav [...]	2008-10-20 05:42:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ID TT
08JAKARTA1970	ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE -- SENIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia confirmed on October 24 that a senior diplomat will attend the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership initiative (APDP) meeting in Seoul on October 31. Ms. Artauli Tobing, Director General for Policy Planning and Development at the Department of Foreign Affairs (Deplu) wil [...]	2008-10-24 11:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID MG
08JAKARTA2053	BINTAN ROUNDTABLE AND MANADO OCEAN DECLARATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Indonesia (GOI) hosted a roundtable meeting last week in Bintan, Indonesia, to prepare for the World Ocean Conference (WOC). At the Roundtable, the GOI presented a draft Manado Ocean Declaration (MOD) that was substantially different from an earlier draft (ref [...]	2008-11-06 08:30:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG EAID AORC EFIS PREL ID
08JAKARTA2170	BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM: MORE DETAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Indonesia's Bali Democracy Forum will be attended by approximately 28 participants from Asia and the Middle East, including four heads of state, plus several observers from Europe and the Americas. Burma is sending a deputy minister. Iran and North Korea are not attending. Inv [...]	2008-11-25 11:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID MG
08JAKARTA2181	INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 2008 [...] The Deputy Minister for Research Science and Technology Development officially inaugurated two biodiesel plants in South Sumatra and South Kalimantan on October 27. The combined production capacity of the two plants is 12,000 liters per day. The State Ministry for Research and Technology has [...]	2008-12-01 04:23:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
08JAKARTA2182	INDONESIA ESTH HIGHLIGHTS: OCTOBER 2008 [...] The Deputy Minister for Research Science and Technology Development officially inaugurated two biodiesel plants in South Sumatra and South Kalimantan on October 27. The combined production capacity of the two plants is 12,000 liters per day. The State Ministry for Research and Technology has [...]	2008-12-01 04:24:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TPHY TBIO TRGY ENRG ID
08JAKARTA221	INDONESIA - NABARRO's VIEWS ON AI CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary. UN System Senior Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza David Nabarro told the Ambassador on February 1 that he believes the avian influenza problem in Indonesia has grown more serious and that leading members of the Indonesian scientific community are increasingly alarmed abo [...]	2008-02-04 10:27:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED CASC EAGR AMGT PGOV ID
08JAKARTA286	SOARING FOOD PRICES PROMPT LARGE STABILIZATION PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Upward pressure on food prices in Indonesia is unlikely to subside in their near term, presenting considerable hardship for poor households. In an effort to combat food price inflation, the Government of Indonesia (GOI) announced a large-scale food price stabilization program. [...]	2008-02-12 08:47:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAGR ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA427	COUNTERTERRORISM -- MULTILATERAL CTAG MEETING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Japanese Embassy hosted a regular Counterterrorism Assistance Group (CTAG) meeting in Jakarta on February 26. Participants reviewed their assistance to the GOI in the CT area, focusing on the programs of some of the smaller countries, which also provide meaningful assistanc [...]	2008-03-03 04:37:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER ID
08JAKARTA545	COUNTERTERRORISM -- EXPLORING DERADICALIZATION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly.. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: CT experts from Indonesia led a recent training workshop which focused on strategies for deradicalizing terrorists in prison. Mission was one of four co-sponsors of the workshop, which includ [...]	2008-03-17 10:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER ID
08JAKARTA60	FM WIRAJUDA OUTLINES BILATERAL AND REGIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Wirajuda discussed regional developments and outlined bilateral priorities. Wirajuda looked forward to increased security cooperation with the United States as Indonesia made progress on human rights. He worried [...]	2008-01-11 03:59:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS MASS ID
08JAKARTA783	GOI STILL REVIEWING ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia is not yet ready to commit to the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) initiative, but is not entirely ruling out the possibility. Indonesia is focused for now more on its own Bali Democracy Forum (BDF) initiative. The BDF idea remains embryonic, but important to [...]	2008-04-18 09:05:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID AS CA KS
08JAKARTA853	SCENESETTER FOR USTR AMBASSADOR SCHWAB VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: Your trip to Indonesia comes at a time when we are having difficulty finding traction in our bilateral trade and investment relationship. The dual forces of democratization and decentralization that have made Indonesia a political success story have been accompanied by a desegr [...]	2008-04-29 07:01:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD EINV ECON PGOV ID
08JAKARTA877	INFLUENZA PANDEMIC SIMULATION EXERCISE [...] (SBU) Summary. The Indonesian Ministry of Health (MOH) hosted a three-day pandemic avian influenza simulation exercise in Jembrana Regency, Bali during 25-27 April 2008. The exercise focused on early detection and rapid containment of an epicenter outbreak of Avian Influenza virus with capacit [...]	2008-05-02 08:29:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAGR KFLU AMGT PGOV ID
08JAKARTA995	LIFTING THE TRAVEL WARNING FOR INDONESIA: MAKING [...] (SBU) Per reftel, the Embassy would like to propose new language to Country Specific Information (CSI) and the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Crime and Safety Report. The suggested language is designed to ensure that the security language in all our public documents is consistent. [...]	2008-05-19 09:16:00	Embassy Jakarta	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CASC AEMR ASEC PREL AMGT ID
08JERUSALEM1050	UNRWA'S JUNE 2008 ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING [...] (SBU) UNRWA's Advisory Commission held its biannual meeting June 10-11 in Damascus to discuss current developments affecting Palestinian refugees, UNRWA's financial situation, ongoing management reforms, and the development of UNRWA's 6-year, Medium-Term Strategic Plan. End Summary. UNRWA D [...]	2008-06-20 11:47:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KPAL
08JERUSALEM1342	PA NEEDS ARAB SUPPORT TO MAKE JULY SALARY PAYMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Palestinian Authority (PA) Ministers have publicly stated that the PA will not be able to pay July's salaries without receipt of additional "Arab and foreign" assistance. So far in July, the PA has received only the European Commission's monthly contribution of USD 23 million (w [...]	2008-07-24 14:37:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN ECON PGOV KWBG SA KU QA AE
08JERUSALEM1482	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (8/11): Mourning over the death [...] Independent Al-Ayyam runs its daily editorial by Hamada Fara'neh entitled, "Advice for the Palestinian President" (08/11): "More than ever before, President Mahmoud Abbas needs the solidarity of the Fatah movement. The movement, as a political struggle organization, is the mother that delivere [...]	2008-08-11 08:27:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM1824	PA JUSTICE SECTOR EFFORTS PROGRESSING IN [...] (SBU) Summary. Since the May 29 signing of its Justice Sector Strategy (JSS),the PA has progressed in implementing several areas of the plan: infrastructure, staffing, and case backlog reduction. PM Fayyad highlighted this progress in recent press statements (ref A). End Summary. Infras [...]	2008-09-29 14:59:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID KWBG KPAL CA IS
08JERUSALEM1950	JERUSALEM MEDIA REACTION (10/27): POLITICAL AND SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-27 08:56:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KMDR KPAL KWBG KPAO IS
08JERUSALEM299	WEST BANK/GAZA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 14:53:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KPAL KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC
08JERUSALEM650	35 STRUCTURES IN THE VILLAGE OF KHIRBET AL-AQABAH [...] (C) Summary: PolOffs visited the northern Jordan Valley, Area C village of Khirbet al-Aqabah for which there are impending demolition orders. Mayor Haj Sami Sadeq said the village of 300 has repeatedly sought construction permits, all of which have been denied. He said there are standing d [...]	2008-04-15 13:01:00	Consulate Jerusalem	CONFIDENTIAL	KWBG PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KPAL IS
08JERUSALEM979	PREPARATORY MEETING FOR BERLIN CONFERENCE ON [...] SUMMARY. Palestinian Authority (PA) representatives briefed proposals for police/justice sector donor funding for the June 24 Berlin conference at a German-chaired, June 5 meeting in Jericho. The representatives said the proposals are consistent with the Palestinian Reconstruction and Develo [...]	2008-06-06 14:24:00	Consulate Jerusalem	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWBG IS PGOV PREL EAID
08JOHANNESBURG41	SOUTH AFRICA: FEBRUARY LABOR NOTES [...] Summary: Finance Minister Trevor Manuel announced in his February 20 budget speech that the amount of the child support grant would be increased to R220 per month and that eligibility would be extended up to age 15. The Treasury also plans to combine all social insurance into one mega-fund. [...]	2008-03-03 15:07:00	Consulate Johannesburg	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PHUM SF
08KABUL1067	APRIL 27TH ATTACK ON VICTORY DAY CEREMONY [...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: Afghan authorities believe that at least three and possibly as many as seven individuals carried out the April 27 attack against the Victory Day ceremony presided over by President Karzai and attended by IRoA senior officials, politicians and other Afghan VIPs from acro [...]	2008-04-30 03:41:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AF
08KABUL1100	Afghan Strategic Communications: Better Results by Design [...] (SBU) The recent wave of positive and balanced U.S. and European media coverage of Afghanistan is the result of intense collaborative efforts by U.S. civilian and military personnel inside Afghanistan, at USNATO, and in Washington. Specifically, we have developed an effective strategy to ident [...]	2008-05-04 13:13:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PAO AF
08KABUL1279	CANADIAN ACTIVITIES IN AFGHANISTAN [...] Canadian contributions to rebuiling Afghanistan have been substantial both in miliatry and in development terms. The Canadian military presence in Afghanistan constitutes its largest deployment since the Korean War. In terms of aid, Canada is one of the world's top donors to Afghanistan, maki [...]	2008-05-26 11:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL1449	BUILDING AFGHANISTAN'S AIR CORPS [...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY and COMMENT: Since September 2007, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan,s (CSTC-A) Combined Air Power Transition Force (CAPTF) has made significant progress in developing an appropriately sized, sustainable, and effects-capable Afghan National Army Air Corps (A [...]	2008-06-12 13:06:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SNAR PGOV AF
08KABUL1492	CANADIAN CONTRIBUTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN [...] Canadian security and development efforts in Afghanistan are substantial and noteworthy. Canada is a leading troop contributor. Its troops are placed in one of Afghanistan's most dangerous provinces, where they suffer frequent casualties. Canada is also a major donor, with Afghanistan represe [...]	2008-06-19 04:48:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS MARR PGOV PHUM AF CA
08KABUL1603	Refugee Admissions Referral: Azizi, Mehria [...] (SBU) Embassy Kabul refers Azizi, Mehria Farzhad, one of Afghanistan's first female camerawomen and filmmakers, and her family to the U.S. refugee admissions program (USRAP). Below is biographic information for the principal applicant and her dependents, a description of her persecution claim, [...]	2008-06-29 12:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS PHUM AF
08KABUL1970	AFGHAN VOTER REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) The Afghan voter registration process is moving forward. The Independent Election Commission (IEC) presented its operational plan and budget to donors, who responded positively; commitments received cover the total proposed budget of $101.5 million (led by the USG's $65 million and with [...]	2008-07-30 14:44:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KDEM EAID UNDP
08KABUL2066	Afghan President's Incoming Senior Economic Advisor [...] [U] Not for Internet distribution. 2. [SBU] Summary. Officers of the Economic Section met July 28 with Omar Zakhilwal, currently CEO of the Afghanistan Investment Support Agency, who is slated to become Afghan President Hamid Karzai's senior economic advisor, to replace Ishaq Nadiri. L [...]	2008-08-05 12:55:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ECON PREL PHUM ENRG EAIR AF
08KABUL241	FRENCH ROLE IN AFGHANISTAN: WINDOW FOR HIGH LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French Charge has suggested that, if FM Kouchner returns to Afghanistan before the March NATO Foreign Ministerial, he should meet with high-level Americans and travel to Kandahar to see how other Allies are managing in the South. Paris is thinking about an expanded French rol [...]	2008-01-29 12:58:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PREL FR AF
08KABUL2744	Khost Governor Highlights Challenges to Governance and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Khost Governor Arsala Jamal cited corruption and limited human capital as the primary obstacles to good governance in Khost and Afghanistan. While donor projects positively impact private investment, lack of electricity hamper investors. Jamal feared growing Taliban intimidati [...]	2008-10-12 09:58:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP MOPS PREL PGOV PTER PHUM AF
08KABUL2833	IC REVIEWS INTERIM APPROACH TO KAMBAKHSH CASE [...] (C) Afghan and international media widely reported that the Kabul appellate court on October 21 sentenced Sayad Parwez Kambakhsh to 20 years of imprisonment, vice an earlier sentence of death, for distributing literature found by a local court to be offensive to Islam (REF A.) On the margin [...]	2008-10-23 04:17:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM AF
08KABUL3089	ATMAR LEADS DONORS TO FUNDING DECISIONS ON ANP [...] (SBU) Summary. On November 18, in Minister Atmar's first LOTFA Steering Committee meeting, he steered the group to decisions to fund an increase to ANP salaries, initiate a pilot project to test incentive pay in targeted medium- and high-threat ANP districts, reach a settlement on how to handl [...]	2008-12-01 05:41:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINS AFIN AF
08KABUL3334	AFGHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION TRUST FUND (ARTF) [...] At the December 17 Quarterly Donors meeting, the Afghan government met with donors to discuss the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund (ARTF). The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) and the ARTF donors approved a proposal to reform the Recurrent Cost Window of the ART [...]	2008-12-30 07:25:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ENRG ETRD ECON AF FAS
08KABUL530	AF: UPDATE ON AYNAK COPPER MINE NEGOTIATIONS, PLANS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: AFTER SEVERAL WEEKS THE AFGHAN MINISTRY OF MINES (MOM),CHINA METALLURGICAL GROUP (CMG) AND WORLD BANK-HIRED CONTRACT ADVISOR GUSTAFSON AND CO. FROM COLORADO, HAVE ARRIVED AT THE FINAL STAGE OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE USD 2.4 BILLION DEVELOPMENT OF THE AYNAK COPPER DEPOSIT. ALTHOUG [...]	2008-03-03 12:52:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EPET EFIN ETRD ENRG KPWR EAID AF CH
08KABUL601	KARZAI CONVENES HIGH-LEVEL NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: On March 4, President Karzai convened a three-hour meeting of key national and international players to try to sort out the issue of simultaneous elections. His goal was to lay out positions, allow the internationals to make their case directly to Afghan leaders, and, presumably, [...]	2008-03-09 14:24:00	Embassy Kabul	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR AF

08KABUL770	AFGHANISTAN'S 2008 TIP QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSE [...] (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or destination for internationally trafficked men, women, or children? Provide, where possible, numbers or estimates for each group; how they were trafficked, to where, and for what purpose. Does the trafficking occur within the country's [...]	2008-03-26 13:18:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF AF
08KABUL829	AFGHAN SOCIAL OUTREACH PROGRAM GAINS MOMENTUM AS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SUPPORT FOR THE AFGHANISTAN SOCIAL OUTREACH PROGRAM (ASOP),UNVEILED BY THE INDEPENDENT DIRECTORATE FOR LOCAL GOVERNANCE (IDLG) ON FEBRUARY 14 (REFTEL),IS GAINING MOMENTUM. IDLG ACKNOWLEDGES THE PROGRAM IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND HAS WELCOMED COMMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM T [...]	2008-04-03 05:48:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV AF
08KABUL877	POLITICAL AGREEMENT REACHED ON SEPARATE ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary. The prolonged political debate between Parliament and the Palace ended this week with an agreement to hold separate Presidential (in 2009) and Parliamentary (in 2010) elections using a Single Non- Transferable Voting (SNTV) system for the parliamentary elections. President Kar [...]	2008-04-10 13:38:00	Embassy Kabul	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV AF
08KAMPALA1163	NORTHERN UGANDA: LRA DELEGATION MEETING DATE SLIPS [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Envoy Joachim Chissano remains optimistic, despite the uncertainties, that Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony will show up for a meeting with his own LRA delegation on August 24. Chissano requested a date change from August 20/21 so that he could attend. [...]	2008-08-20 08:25:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL MOPS CG UG SU
08KAMPALA351	UGANDA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2008 [...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking In Persons (TIP) issues is Political/Economic Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon, Tel: 256-41-306-214, Mobile: 256-772-220-030, Fax: 256-41-345-144. To prepare this report, P/E Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon (FS-02) spent 30 hours and political assistant Gracie Jaasi spent 1 [...]	2008-03-04 11:03:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UG
08KAMPALA412	LRA-GOU PEACE AGREEMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR NORTHERN [...] (U) Summary: The Final Peace Agreement (FPA) between the Government of Uganda and Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) awaits signature, possibly by March 28. The parties will return to Juba during the week of March 24 to determine the signature date. Whether or not the document is signed, the peace [...]	2008-03-18 14:42:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CG EAID PHUM PREF SU UG
08KAMPALA424	UGANDA'S CHIEF LRA NEGOTIATOR ON PEACE AGREEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Uganda's Internal Affairs Minister and lead negotiator with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),Ruhakana Rugunda, believes that the Final Peace Agreement (FPA) will be signed, but has serious reservations about the LRA's willingness to implement it. Rugunda believes that some LRA [...]	2008-03-19 13:52:00	Embassy Kampala	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV UG SU CG
08KAMPALA59	NORTHERN UGANDA: PEACE PROCESS UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Members of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) delegation plan to meet leader Joseph Kony from January 15-17 to present the outcome of the consultations held in Uganda. The logistical and financial preparations for the planned larger meeting of 300 Ugandans with Kony have been st [...]	2008-01-15 12:46:00	Embassy Kampala	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREF PREL MOPS UG SU CG
08KARACHI520	KARACHI - SECRETARY LEAVITT MEETS WITH AGA KHAN OFFICIALS [...] (U) Summary: Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael Leavitt met with senior Aga Khan University (AKU) faculty and administration members during his August 20 visit to Karachi. AKU officials discussed nursing programs and Pakistan's ongoing efforts to train health care professionals. [...]	2008-09-10 06:18:00	Consulate Karachi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO EAID PGOV PK SOCI KOCI
08KARACHI586	RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN SINDH AND BALOCHISTAN PROVINCES [...] (C) Summary: With the exception of the Ahmadi sect, most religious minorities in Sindh and Balochistan find the provincial governments supportive - to varying degrees - and do not report official discrimination. Urban communities tend to be more tolerant of religious minorities than rural [...]	2008-10-28 10:26:00	Consulate Karachi	CONFIDENTIAL	SOCI PGOV PK
08KATHMANDU1178	NEPAL: DRAFT 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Although Nepal is neither a significant producer of nor a major transit route for narcotic drugs, hashish, heroin and domestically produced cannabis are trafficked to and through Nepal every year. Nepal's Narcotics Drug Control Law Enforcement Unit (NDCLEU) reports that more Nepalese citizens [...]	2008-11-10 04:19:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR NP
08KATHMANDU313	2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-18 12:14:00	Embassy Kathmandu	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC EAID ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08KHARTOUM12	AIR OPERATIONS UNDER UNAMID SUFFER TRANSITION PAINS [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN has agreed to allow Canadian-financed helicopter contractor Skylink to provide air support to UNAMID until March 31, 2008. However, in a change from AMIS operations, the UN prohibits UN personnel to use Skylink aircraft resulting in large numbers of UN personnel waiting f [...]	2008-01-04 10:59:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1272	BEJA CONGRESS DISSIDENTS SLAM BEJA LEADERSHIP, [...] (C) Summary: On August 18 poloff met with two individuals claiming to be part of a Port Sudan-based dissident faction of the Beja Congress that had opposed the signing of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA). They characterized the ESPA as a sham agreement that served only to improve relat [...]	2008-08-20 08:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
08KHARTOUM1416	LEADING BUSINESSMAN ON SUDAN'S AGRICULTURE SECTOR, [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging conversation, Sudanese business magnate Osama Daoud outlined a project to gradually develop as much as 1.26 million acres in northern Sudan for agricultural production. Daoud sees Sudan,s agricultural potential as immense, but says that it currently has far to [...]	2008-09-18 06:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAGR EINV EAID PGOV PREL SU
08KHARTOUM1438	WHERE ARE DARFUR'S HIJACKED CARS AND TRUCKS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Darfur's hijacking is a complex phenomenon, according to UNAMID, INGOs, and local contacts based in El-Fasher and Nyala. Most sources placed the majority of the blame on many different rebel movements, with one contact describing a transportation chain through SLM/MM and SLA/Un [...]	2008-09-23 05:31:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1451	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID officials still believe that sixty-percent deployment is possible by the end of 2008, and eighty-percent is achievable by the end of March 2009. However, for this to happen, all former AMIS battalions must rotate at full strength and several new battalions have to be will [...]	2008-09-26 14:25:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1468	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 28 meeting with poloff, UNAMID officials reiterated the belief that 60% deployment is possible by the end of 2008. Road and rail transport of COE remains ongoing, but the lack of an air bridge and adequate air assets remain a significant obstacles to accelerated de [...]	2008-10-03 09:39:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM1726	UNAMID DEPLOYMENT IN GREATER DETAIL [...] (SBU) Summary: UNAMID climbed to 50.3 percent of its authorized total force strength last week and expects to reach its goal of 60 percent by end of the year, as reported in Ref A. Most troop-contributing countries (TCCs) anticipated to arrive in the coming months have not provided load lists [...]	2008-12-01 15:26:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM300	SE WILLIAMSON TO PRESIDENT AL-BASHIR: WE DON'T [...] (C) Summary: In a positive, hour-long meeting with the Sudanese President, SE Richard Williamson clearly and concisely outlined American concerns on Darfur, CPA, Sudanese adventurism in Chad, and other bilateral issues while describing a possible way forward in improving relations based on spe [...]	2008-03-02 11:20:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AU UN SU
08KHARTOUM318	"DARFUR PARTNERS GROUP" DISCUSS SUDAN CONSORTIUM, [...] (C) At a recent meeting of the Darfur Partners Group in Khartoum, Western Ambassadors discussed the possibility of adding sessions on Darfur and the Sudan-Chad conflict to the agenda for the Sudan Consortium tentatively scheduled for April in Paris. The UN/AU mediation team provided an update [...]	2008-03-04 05:24:00	Embassy Khartoum	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID KPKO UN AU SU CD FR
08KHARTOUM354	SUDAN CONSORTIUM PLANNING [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraphs 3 and 4. 2. (SBU) Deputy SRSG Amira Haq and World Bank Country Manager Asif Faiz asked CDA Fernandez March 9 for U.S. assistance with the agenda and venue of the Sudan Consortium, due to take place in Paris May 6-8. According to Haq these [...]	2008-03-10 15:29:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
08KHARTOUM393	AEC CHAIRMAN REQUESTS U.S. ASSISTANCE WITH STAFFING FOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Steering Committee of the Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) met March 16 to review a draft outline for the Mid-Term Evaluation (MTE) of the CPA. The MTE is due to be delivered to the Sudanese Presidency by July 9, requiring a robust series of meetings by the AEC's fo [...]	2008-03-17 05:12:00	Embassy Khartoum	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KSCA OTRA EAID CDC SU
08KIGALI246	PRESIDENT KAGAME COMDEMNS SPANISH INDICTMENTS, [...] (U) At a press conference on April 1, President Paul Kagame dismissed the indictment of 40 senior Rwandan military officers by a Spanish judge in angry tones, calling the judge arrogant, an example of Western critics who presume to tell third world countries how to run their affairs, and pol [...]	2008-04-03 16:19:00	Embassy Kigali	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MASS RW
08KIGALI348	ICAO'S NINETEENTH AVIATION SECURITY PANEL MEETING [...] (U) Econoff presented reftel talking points to Dr. Richard Masozera, Director General of Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority. Dr. Masozera was just appointed to his current position six weeks ago and was not aware of ICOA's Aviation Security Panel of Experts (AVSECP) meeting scheduled to meet in [...]	2008-05-18 08:36:00	Embassy Kigali	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON ETRD EGOV PTER PREL RW
08KINGSTON1039	JAMAICA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009 [...] Response to reftel request for the investment climate statement. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. The Government of Jamaica (GOJ) seeks to attract foreign direct investment and markets itself to companies in Europe, North America and the Caribbean region. [...]	2008-12-10 13:02:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV EAGR ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC
08KINGSTON152	JAMAICA: CTED FACT-FINDING MISSION PRESENTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-15 21:06:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL ASEC SNAR EWWT EIND MASS DHS JA
08KINGSTON280	JAMAICA: MARCH POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] (SBU) The current Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) led government continues to press forward, albeit at a snail's pace. When the JLP released their manifesto, during the campaign for the national elections last summer, it was full of promises for innovations and reform proposals (Ref A). Now, with no re [...]	2008-04-03 13:25:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON EAIR JM XL
08KINGSTON351	(C) IN ITS FIRST THREE MONTHS THE NEW [...] (SBU) Summary: In its first three months, the new Anti-Corruption Branch of the Jamaica Constabulary Force has arrested 27 officers and two civilians for corruption, a 100% increase over last year,s moribund performance by the Branch,s predecessor organization. The new Branch Chief, Justin F [...]	2008-04-24 15:33:00	Embassy Kingston	SECRET	SNAR PREL JM
08KINGSTON354	JAMAICA: PM GOLDING GAMBLES ON CASINOS AS PART [...] (SBU) Despite strong opposition from the powerful church lobby, Jamaica's Prime Minister Bruce Golding has announced his government's decision to issue two casino licenses. The conditional licenses will be issued to real estate projects by Celebration Jamaica (Palmyra Resort) and Tavistock Gro [...]	2008-04-24 20:32:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EINV EIND SENV ECON ETRD IBRD IADB JM XL
08KINGSTON366	JAMAICA RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD AND COMMODITY [...] (SBU) Jamaica does not currently face a chronic shortage in aggregate food supplies, but soaring prices over the last two years have led to a growing nutritional deficit among the most vulnerable citizens. Food substitution has also been on the rise as consumers search for cheaper alternatives [...]	2008-04-30 12:43:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV ECON ETRD SOCI PREL AGR EAID ENRG
08KINGSTON402	JAMAICA:: IMPLOSION AT FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: In early April, when the NAS Director was absent from Post, the Government of Jamaica removed the Director, Deputy Director, and key investigative staff from the Financial Investigative Division (FID). The reason given for the decision was that the &international community had [...]	2008-05-07 20:32:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL JM
08KINGSTON422	JAMAICA'S CENTRAL BANK WARNS OF PRICE INSTABILITY [...] (SBU) Spiraling inflation is complicating planning for Jamaican policy makers. Inflation for the first three months of 2008 is running at 5.2 percent and the central bank is warning that prices could jump by a further six percent in the next three months. This would bring prices for the first [...]	2008-05-13 18:08:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ENRG PREL EAGR EINV ETRD JM XL
08KINGSTON450	JAMAICA: AGRICULTURE MINISTER ADDRESSES FOOD SECURITY AND [...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Minister of Agriculture Dr. Christopher Tufton on May 19 to discuss Jamaica's continuing priorities in light of the current food security issues and to advocate measures to liberalize pork trade with the United States. Tufton said he would consider sending two veterin [...]	2008-05-20 14:52:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR SENV ECON ETRD SOCI PREL EAID ENRG JM
08KINGSTON470	JAMAICA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: May 19, Ambassador Johnson met Jamaica's new Minister of National Security, Col. Trevor MacMillan. MacMillan, who is usually quite talkative, was surprisingly taciturn. In addition to providing MacMillan with brief snapshots of our current law enforcement, military and counter [...]	2008-05-22 19:08:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL JM PGOV
08KINGSTON490	JAMAICA: MAY ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] SUMMARY: -- Air Jamaica may face more labor problems, as the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) says airline workers will not receive a pay increase this year and workers threaten to strike. -- The Energy Minister looks to roll out ethanol-based fuel to consumers and the Finance Minister lowers t [...]	2008-05-29 19:07:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAIR EINV SENV ECON ETRD KIPR IBRD IMF TRSY
08KINGSTON538	JAMAICA: HEADS OF KEY DONOR COUNTRY MISSIONS DISCUSS [...] (SBU): Summary: At a June 10 breakfast hosted by UNDP representative Minh Pham to discuss the deteriorating crime and violence situation in Jamaica, heads of key donor country missions and UN agencies agreed that the international community in Jamaica should support Jamaica Constabulary Force [...]	2008-06-11 16:58:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC JM KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR SOCI UNDP XL
08KINGSTON570	JAMAICA: JUNE ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] SUMMARY: -- Senator Don Wehby is being criticized by the Tourism and Hotel sector for its management of Air Jamaica in the face of reduced flights to the Caribbean by other airlines. The government also has asked the airline's board to resign; a new board will be named soon. -- Jamaica's [...]	2008-06-25 14:48:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAIR EINV ECON ETRD EIND IADB IBRD IMF TRSY
08KINGSTON617	JAMAICA: FORMER MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a recent conversation with the NAS Director, Jamaica's former Minister of National Security and opposition People's National Party (PNP) leader, Peter Phillips, agreed that there is danger that Jamaica could go the way of Haiti if the current government were to fail in its refo [...]	2008-07-11 14:35:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PINR PGOV SOCI ASEC KCOR JM XL
08KINGSTON621	JAMAICA: FORMER MINISTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a recent conversation with the NAS Director, Jamaica's former Minister of National Security and opposition People's National Party (PNP) leader, Peter Phillips, agreed that there is danger that Jamaica could go the way of Haiti if the current government were to fail in its refo [...]	2008-07-11 20:13:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR PREL PINR PGOV SOCI ASEC KCOR JM XL
08KINGSTON726	JAMAICA: OLINT AND CASH PLUS, PARTY IS OVER, BUT [...] (C) The Jamaican Financial Services Commission (FSC) has identified up to 30 unregulated investment schemes, with the three biggest being Cash Plus, Olint, and World Wise (reftels). Acting FSC Director George Roper met privately with Econoffs on August 13 to discuss the latest developments i [...]	2008-08-19 18:26:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PREL KCOR PINR SOCI XL JM
08KINGSTON753	JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER ACEEDS TO U.S. DEMAND TO [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Johnson on August 21, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade acceded to the joint U.S./UK/CAN request to conduct an additional layer of internationally sanctioned vetting, to include a polygraph, of the current Director of [...]	2008-08-26 18:32:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR EFIN JM
08KINGSTON867	JAMAICA: SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- The GOJ's USD 4.5 million deal with American Airlines to guarantee airlift to the island has faced criticism in the press; others see it as an important hedge against the failing national carrier Air Jamaica. -- Air Jamaica appears to have found a new CEO after the one s [...]	2008-10-03 14:59:00	Embassy Kingston	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EAIR EINV ECON ETRD IADB IBRD IMF TRSY XL JM
08KINGSTON95	(S) JAMAICAN-VENEZUELAN RELATIONS: AN INSIDE VIEW [...] (S) The text below is taken directly from an internal briefing document drafted by the Jamaican Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT)'s Bilateral Relations Department. The document was dated October 1 2007 and prepared for the then-newly elected Prime Minister Bruce Golding. [...]	2008-01-30 17:50:00	Embassy Kingston	SECRET	PREL PINR SOCI ETRD ENRG ECON EINV XL JM
08KINGSTON989	CARIBBEAN AFFAIRS DIRECTOR DISCUSSES CRIME AND [...] (SBU) Summary: WHA Director for Caribbean Affairs Velia De Pirro visited Kingston October 29-31. Crime and corruption colored every discussion between Jamaican interlocutors and De Pirro. In meetings with Jamaican officials and Canadian and British diplomats, she affirmed the U.S. commitm [...]	2008-11-21 19:06:00	Embassy Kingston	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR JM XL
08KINSHASA1012	Update on the UN Justice Mapping Project [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Justice Mapping Project for the DRC began its six month deployment phase on October 17. The project has field teams in North Kivu, South Kivu, Katanga, and Orientale provinces as of October 24. The three main objectives of the Mapping Project are to conduct an inventor [...]	2008-11-17 06:13:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS CG
08KINSHASA1059	FIRST OFFICIAL DONOR MEETING WITH NEW DRC PRIME MINISTER [...] (U) Summary: A group of heads of development and cooperation agencies from key donor countries met with new Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito on November 22, 2008. The discussion lasted for approximately 90 minutes and touched upon the Prime Minister's new p [...]	2008-12-01 07:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EFIN EINV PGOV PREL CH CG
08KINSHASA120	Goma Round-Up February 3, 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: Kabila's envoy met South Kivu armed groups (minus Banyamulenge dissidents) February 2 in Goma and will meet with them again in Bukavu February 4. Rumors of a split in CNDP appear to be false. End Summary. 2. (SBU) The principal disturbance in the Kivus February 3 was an ea [...]	2008-02-04 16:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI CG
08KINSHASA224	SSR roundtable long on particulars, short on priorities [...] (SBU) Summary: The Congolese government presented its priorities for reform of the military, justice and police sectors at the long-awaited but hastily-organized security sector reform (SSR) roundtable February 25-26 in Kinshasa. Officials offered a series of detailed presentations which gave [...]	2008-03-05 18:30:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MASS CG
08KINSHASA316	IMPROVING LAKE ALBERT SECURITY AND INVESTMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Tullow Oil continues to face difficulties with the GDRC with regard to Blocks I and II in the Albertine Basin, but has not expressed specific concern about security on the DRC side of the border. Other commercial interests, including U.S.-based Terralliance, are also working to [...]	2008-04-02 07:57:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG EPET MARR PGOV CG
08KINSHASA326	DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 15:37:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	CG EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB EMIN PGOV
08KINSHASA327	DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 16:12:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	CG EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB EMIN PGOV
08KINSHASA329	DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary Aviation -------- - MONUC Owes Government of Uganda USD 10 Million in Aviation Fees - Royal Air Maroc Service to Casablanca and Europe - Air Zimbabwe Offers Flights from Kinshasa to Dubai and Brussels Banking Sector -------------- - Low Rate of Bank Account Ownership in DR [...]	2008-04-04 15:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
08KINSHASA332	DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary Aviation -------- - MONUC Owes Government of Uganda USD 10 Million in Aviation Fees - Royal Air Maroc Service to Casablanca and Europe - Air Zimbabwe Offers Flights from Kinshasa to Dubai and Brussels Banking Sector -------------- - Low Rate of Bank Account Ownership in DR [...]	2008-04-07 06:49:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
08KINSHASA333	DRC FEBRUARY/MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW [...] (U) Summary Aviation -------- - MONUC Owes Government of Uganda USD 10 Million in Aviation Fees - Royal Air Maroc Service to Casablanca and Europe - Air Zimbabwe Offers Flights from Kinshasa to Dubai and Brussels Banking Sector -------------- - Low Rate of Bank Account Ownership in DRC [...]	2008-04-08 06:47:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
08KINSHASA383	AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON GAINS CONGOLESE SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with senior officials from the Congolese Government (GDRC),MONUC, NGOs and the diplomatic community during his April 9-12 visit to Kinshasa. He emphasized that his meetings were part of a broader Great Lakes visit [...]	2008-04-29 06:25:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KPKO KJUS SOCI PINR CG RW UN
08KINSHASA448	NKUNDA PUSHES FOR ACTION ON AMANI, NAIROBI [...] (SBU) Summary: At a meeting in Kitchanga (Masisi Territory) on May 17, Laurent Nkunda told U.S. Goma Rep and Facilitation members that he wants to be fully involved in the success of the Amani Program, that the Kinshasa government is moving too slowly on amnesty legislation and financial supp [...]	2008-05-19 18:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG BE
08KINSHASA463	KISANGANI MEETING: POSITIVE MOVEMENT ON THE PART OF FDLR [...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff attended the May 26 Kisangani meeting at which the GDRC and elements from FDLR-RUD and the RPR (Rassemblement du Peuple Rwandais) made public a document related to these armed groups' disarmament and repatriation or resettlement. The conference was principally ceremonial [...]	2008-05-27 13:19:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW
08KINSHASA5	THE DRC'S KIVUS CONFERENCE -- HARBINGER OF PEACE, [...] (C) Summary: The "Conference on Peace, Stability and Development in North and South Kivu" opens January 6 in Goma amid great fanfare. President Kabila made the decision to convene the Conference, which ruling coalition hardliners had attempted to stall indefinitely in hopes of ending the in [...]	2008-01-04 13:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC KDEM MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL KPKO
08KINSHASA54	Goma Report for January 19 - Kabila [...] (SBU) Summary: With forty-eight hours left in the Kivus Conference, President Kabila summoned diplomats present in Goma January 19 to outline the peace process that would be established by the conference. The government and all internal armed forces and ethnic communities in the Kivus would [...]	2008-01-21 09:00:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM MOPS PREL CG
08KINSHASA663	DRC/ZAMBIA - COBALT MINES AND PRICES BOOM [...] (U) This cable represents the fifth in a series of reports stemming from an innovative resource-reporting and commercial advocacy collaboration between Embassies Pretoria, Kinshasa, and Lusaka (reftels). The sixth report will summarize DRC copper/cobalt mines. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Internat [...]	2008-08-13 10:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ELAB CG ZA SF
08KINSHASA791	DRC COPPER BELT: DREAMS, OPPORTUNITIES, AND CHALLENGES [...] (U) This cable represents the sixth and final in an innovative collaboration in resource reporting and commercial advocacy between Embassies Pretoria, Kinshasa, and Lusaka (reftels). Embassy Pretoria Minerals/Energy Officer and Specialist visited six of the largest mines in the DRC (and four [...]	2008-09-23 12:16:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ELAB CG ZA SF
08KINSHASA87	Post-Conference in Goma: Struggling with Implementation [...] (SBU) Summary: The structure and timing for implementing the Acte d'Engagement and recommendations of the Kivus Conference -- particularly establishment of the technical committee on security -- remain unclear, as the conference leaders and FARDC have different approaches. Most of the heavy-h [...]	2008-01-28 16:34:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MOPS CG
08KINSHASA89	USG inaugurates military training program on investigation [...] Acting DCM Craig Cloud officially opened the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) training program for Congolese military investigators and prosecutors January 28. The four-day course is designed to train Congolese military prosecutors and investigators in gathering eviden [...]	2008-01-29 11:45:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MASS PHUM KPKO CG
08KINSHASA909	ARRIVAL OF SECOND MONUC DEPUTY SPECIAL [...] (SBU) Algeria native Leila Zerrougui has recently assumed the position of MONUC Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (DSRSG). She will join DSRSG Ross Mountain as one of two deputies to MONUC SRSG Alan Doss. DRSG Mountain serves as the development and humanitarian coordinat [...]	2008-10-21 15:02:00	Embassy Kinshasa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC PGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
08KUALALUMPUR1087	EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES [...] (U) Advisor and Program Managers Moody and Owen held meetings with US Embassy Staff in Singapore November 10, 2008 followed by meeting with Singapore Customs to include the Head of Strategic Goods Control; Head of International Relations; Head of Competency Development; and Company Compliance [...]	2008-12-16 07:55:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
08KUALALUMPUR1099	CUBA: MALAYSIA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III [...] (C) Summary: Based on the information available to post, it appears no Malaysian entities would be subject to Title III sanctions against persons trafficking in confiscated properties in Cuba. Per Ref A request, this message provides post's analysis of Malaysian policies and actions with re [...]	2008-12-18 08:51:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU MY
08KUALALUMPUR1111	MALAYSIA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Following is the draft text of the 2008 Country Report on Terrorism for Malaysia. Until the report is finalized for submission to Congress, please treat as Sensitive. Begin Text: The police forces in Malaysia continued to conduct all counterterrorist investigations and operations. M [...]	2008-12-22 09:07:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL PGOV MARR KCRM ASEC MY
08KUALALUMPUR417	CUBA: TITLE III OF THE LIBERTAD ACT, SUSPENSION [...] (C) Summary: Based on the information available to post, it appears no Malaysian entities would be subject to Title III sanctions against persons trafficking in confiscated properties in Cuba. Per Ref A request, this message provides post's analysis of Malaysian policies and actions with re [...]	2008-05-23 04:10:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC ETRD PREL CU MY
08KUALALUMPUR645	ANWAR TELLS DIPLOMATS HIS FUTURE IS PRIME MINISTER [...] (C) An energetic and seemingly confident Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim told 40 assembled diplomats on July 22 that in the face of government attempts to use sodomy charges to derail his political challenge, he would either become Prime Minister or end up in jail, "and this time I'm not goin [...]	2008-07-22 12:24:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR83	EXBS: SE ASIA REGIONAL ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING [...] On January 02 the Advisor met with James Paver, Political Officer from the British High Commission, to discuss coordination of export control and counter-terrorism (CT) training activities for the upcoming year and to see if he had an update on the status of the Malaysian draft export control [...]	2008-02-11 03:48:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC MNUC PARM PREL KSTC KNNP MY
08KUALALUMPUR856	Malaysia initiating newsprint anti-dumping review [...] (U) GOM notified Post of GOM's decision to initiate an administrative review of anti-dumping duties on imports of newsprint in rolls originating in or exported from Canada, Indonesia, Korea, the Philippines, and the United States. 2. (SBU) The text of the diplomatic note follows: "KLN 47/08 [...]	2008-09-26 08:26:00	Embassy Kuala Lumpur	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD MY
08KUWAIT665	CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM ABOUT KUWAIT'S HYDROCARBON [...] (C) Kuwait's new Oil Minister and the new CEO of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) have led a number of positive developments in Kuwait's oil sector in the past year and have announced plans to make USD 55 billion of investments in new projects over the next five years. After several years [...]	2008-06-11 14:00:00	Embassy Kuwait	SECRET	EPET ENRG EINV KU OIL SECTOR
08KYIV101	UKRAINE: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, PART [...] Ref A contained part one of the 2008 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Ukraine. Part two of the ICS continues below. Begin Text of Part II: A.7. Protection of Property Rights MORTGAGES During the last few years, Ukraine's policymakers have launched several initiatives to develo [...]	2008-01-17 07:20:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR UP
08KYIV1202	UKRAINE: PRESIDENT VETOES FLAWED CUSTOMS TARIFF [...] On June 20, President Viktor Yushchenko vetoed a bill amending the Law "On the Customs Tariff of Ukraine," which Ukraine's Rada (parliament) had adopted on June 3. While the original draft law was meant to lower Ukraine's tariff rates in line with commitments made during WTO accession negotia [...]	2008-06-20 15:52:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO PGOV UP
08KYIV2460	UKRAINE: USG-FUNDED IPR ENFORCEMENT TRAINING [...] Summary: Post on December 5 held a workshop on combating internet piracy primarily for Ukrainian police, the fourth in a series of events that are part of a STATE/INL-funded, IPR training initiative. Some thirty police officials, from the Kyiv central office and the regions, and one prosecuto [...]	2008-12-17 14:50:00	Embassy Kyiv	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KIPR ECON UP
08LAPAZ1044	BOLIVIA: AFTER SANTA CRUZ AUTONOMY VOTE, WHAT NEXT? [...] (U) Despite sporadic violence between pro- and anti-autonomy groups, the "Yes" vote in the May 4 Santa Cruz autonomy referendum won by a landslide -- 85 percent to the "No" vote's 15 percent. The abstention rate, between 25-35 percent, was quite low considering the efforts (including the bu [...]	2008-05-05 21:55:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC BL
08LAPAZ1840	EVO'S UNGA DELEGATION DESPERATELY SEEKING OBAMA [...] (C) An MFA insider and senior staffer of the Bolivian MFA's Policy Planning Section provided PolOff with information about the Bolivia's UNGA delegation August 29 that contradicts some publicly released information and discounts the possibility of a substantive bilateral meeting on the margins [...]	2008-08-29 20:34:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OTRA OVIP KESP UNGA BL
08LAPAZ1851	MIL-MIL RELATIONS: MOD OPTIMISTIC, DESPITE SIGNS [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Defense Walker San Miguel told EmbOffs August 22 that mil-mil relations are "good" and poised to improve following President Evo Morales' lead to improve relations generally. San Miguel said "misunderstandings" are at the root of mutual suspicions of USG and Bolivian [...]	2008-08-29 21:51:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ASEC BL
08LILONGWE109	MALAWI - INDIFFERENCE AND JEALOUSY COLOR ATTITUDES TOWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: Malawi's relationship with South Africa is colored largely by indifference, due to South Africa's lack of an aid program and jealousy of South Africa's economic and political position in the region. While Malawi once enjoyed close relations with -- and derived many economic bene [...]	2008-02-25 05:32:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SF MI
08LILONGWE158	MALAWI: ELECTION PREPARATIONS MAKING PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since gaining a quorum of commissioners in mid-January, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has made progress both on preparations for the May 2009 general elections, and in overcoming opposition criticism of their impartiality. On March 6, the MEC announced its electoral ca [...]	2008-03-14 10:06:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM EAID MI
08LILONGWE480	MALAWI - ELECTION PREPARATIONS MOVING FORWARD [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 8 and 9. 2. (SBU) Summary: After a period of uncertainty due to budget disputes and slow-moving donor contributions, the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) is now on track to hold successful elections in May 2009. The U.S. Mission has pl [...]	2008-08-13 13:17:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
08LILONGWE701	MALAWI: ELECTION PREPARATION UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: With just over five months until Malawi's May elections, the registration period is limping toward the finish line with delays, material shortages and poor expenditure tracking, but with what appears to be a high-quality voter roll. Voter registration will now likely conclude i [...]	2008-12-09 10:20:00	Embassy Lilongwe	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM MI
08LIMA103	PERU'S ECONOMIC BOOM CONTINUES IN 2007 [...] 2007 was a banner economic year for Peru, despite a devastating 8.0 earthquake in August just south of Lima. The stellar numbers for 2007 continue an upward trend, as Peru reaps the fruits of earlier economic reforms and liberalization, as well as the current Garcia Administration's prudent e [...]	2008-01-18 12:04:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LIMA1130	SFRC STAFFDEL examines transparency [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Staff Members Carl Meacham and Brooke Daley visited Lima May 25-31 to discuss the state of transparency in Peru's extractive industries. Meetings with government officials, non-government organizations (NGO),and private sector executives all e [...]	2008-07-02 21:54:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP ENRG AMGT EMIN ASEC AFIN BR
08LIMA1314	LIMA NAS MONTHLY REPORT - JULY [...] (U) Summary: -- New NAS Director Arrives -- Rumors of major changes in GOP ministries and PNP amount to nothing -- FAP Joins Eradication Efforts -- Deputy Director visits Counter Narcotics Base and FAP Radar site in Puerto Maldonado -- Aviation Safety Day Conducted -- Joint Peru [...]	2008-08-07 21:35:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR KCRM ASEC PREL PE
08LIMA150	PERU SIGNS FTA WITH CANADA AND MOVES FORWARD ON OTHER FREE [...] (SBU) With the U.S.- Peru Free Trade Agreement, approved by the U.S. Congress last month, in its implementation phase, the Government of Peru (GOP) has closed its agreement with Canada, and is actively negotiating a tariff-only deal with China. The GOP is also looking to conclude agreements w [...]	2008-01-28 19:50:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EFIN USTR CA CH CI EU PE
08LIMA1714	PERU'S ECONOMY: MORE PROTECTED THAN MOST FROM THE [...] (C) Peru's economy will slow as a result of the global financial crisis, but its relatively low exposure to risky external debt and high liquidity should soften the potential blow. Like its counterparts around the world, the Lima Stock Exchange has dropped significantly, sharply reducing the [...]	2008-10-27 16:28:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL PE
08LIMA1716	PERU'S ECONOMY: MORE PROTECTED THAN MOST FROM THE [...] (C) Peru's economy will slow as a result of the global financial crisis, but its relatively low exposure to risky external debt and high liquidity should soften the potential blow. Like its counterparts around the world, the Lima Stock Exchange has dropped significantly, sharply reducing the [...]	2008-10-27 20:16:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ECIN PGOV PREL PE
08LIMA1742	OCTOBER TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS [...] (U) This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: Trade -- Update on Peru-China Free Trade Agreement Negotiations -- Peru-EFTA FTA Negotiations Concluded -- Export Growth in September - The Lowest Growth in Six Years -- Exports of Fruits and Vegetables Mostly Unaffec [...]	2008-11-03 20:28:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LIMA564	"ARC OF THE PACIFIC" INITIATIVE QUIETLY PROGRESSES [...] (C) Summary: Eleven Latin American governments led by Peru's President Alan Garcia launched the "Arc of the Pacific" initiative in Cali, Colombia in January 2007 as a new forum to promote Latin American economic and political integration. The Arc initiative so far has held two ministerial-lev [...]	2008-04-02 18:57:00	Embassy Lima	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ECON PINR PE
08LIMA956	PERU TRADE AND INVESTMENT BRIEFS - MAY 2008 [...] (U) This is an update on the following trade and investment news from Peru: TRADE -- Peru signs FTAs with Canada and Singapore -- Peru-China FTA May Be Completed in Two More Rounds -- Peru and Chile Moving Closer to Finalizing FTA -- Imports Registered a 47% Growth in April -- Overall Incr [...]	2008-06-02 19:00:00	Embassy Lima	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON EFIN USTR PE
08LISBON1291	ISAF ALLIES WEIGHING IN WITH PORTUGAL [...] (C/NF) Summary. Resident Ambassadors from NATO nations with uncaveated and militarily significant contributions to ISAF gave the ambassador a readout June 2 of their views regarding Portugal's contributions to that mission. While none of them have lobbied the GOP regarding the withdrawal of [...]	2008-06-02 17:40:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS MARR PREL PGOV AF PO
08LISBON2388	PORTUGAL FOCUSES ON TRANS-ATLANTIC AGENDA AT [...] (SBU) Summary: Portugal is expected to remain in the background on most of the Gymnich discussions this week including Russia and Georgia, the Middle East, and EU Security Strategy, but will take the lead on the Trans-Atlantic presentation. Portuguese FM Amado will prompt the EU ministers [...]	2008-09-05 08:54:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	GG PREL PGOV PHUM
08LISBON2515	PORTUGAL SUPPORTS EU LINE ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (U) Portugal's MFA Director for Human Rights Sara Martins said Portugal plans to coordinate its human rights agenda with other EU member states and vote on Third Committee measures as a bloc. The GOP approved draft text for Third Committee resolutions, but Martins said Portugal was still wait [...]	2008-09-12 17:29:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	UN PHUM PREL EUN PO
08LISBON624	PORTUGAL SUPPORTS IPCC LANGUAGE TO REDUCE GHG [...] (C) EU member states, including Portugal, strongly support Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) language suggesting Annex 1 countries collectively reduce their emissions by 25-40% by 2020, according to a high-ranking Environment Ministry official who characterized the proposal as [...]	2008-03-12 17:14:00	Embassy Lisbon	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG SENV KGHG EUN PO
08LJUBLJANA101	SLOVENIA: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2008 [...] (U) This message transmits post's contribution to the Department of State's eighth annual report on Trafficking in Persons. Responses below are keyed to questions in paras 27-30 of reftel A. Embassy POC is Political Officer Albert Kraaimoore; tel. 386-1-200-5676, fax 386-1-200-5650. Based o [...]	2008-03-03 11:21:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMJN PHUM PREF SMIG SI
08LJUBLJANA115	SCENESETTER FOR A/G MUKASEY AND DHS CHERTOFF VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: We are looking forward to your visit. You will be the first USG Cabinet level visitors to Slovenia since it assumed the EU Presidency at the beginning of this year, and your meetings and events during your stay should bolster our already close ties with this country. From the o [...]	2008-03-06 16:09:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL CVIS PGOV EUN ASEC OVIP SI
08LJUBLJANA161	SLOVENIA AND U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AGREE ON IMPORTANCE OF THE TEC [...] (C/NF) In April 3 meetings with Dan Christman, Senior Vice President of International Relations at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, senior officials from the Ministry of Economy (MoE) and MFA stressed that the Transatlantic Economic Council (TEC) was very important for Slovenia and that it was im [...]	2008-04-09 14:09:00	Embassy Ljubljana	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ETRD EUN SI PGOV
08LJUBLJANA41	U.S.-EU JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS INFORMAL HIGH LEVEL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior U.S. and European Union (EU) officials met in Ljubljana, Slovenia January 9-10 for the U.S.-EU informal Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Senior Level Meeting to discuss cooperation and coordination across a broad range of transatlantic law enforcement and internal security [...]	2008-02-01 05:41:00	Embassy Ljubljana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PTER SNAR PREL EUN KHLS SI

08LONDON1506	HM TREASURY OFFICIALS ON TEC AND DOHA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: HM Treasury officials worry the French may use their EU Presidency to slow Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform and may even try to use labor clauses in free trade agreements to impose some of their own labor market rigidities. They are also concerned by signs of protecti [...]	2008-05-30 16:25:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EAGR UK
08LONDON1746	MALAYSIA'S HINDRAF LEADER SEEKS POLITICAL ASYLUM [...] (C/NF) Summary: Waytha Moorthy, director of the Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF),told us on June 25 that he is NOT seeking asylum in the U.S., but is seeking asylum in the UK. He said that his application process is currently stalled, however, and he speculated that HMG may not grant him [...]	2008-07-01 13:17:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM MY UK
08LONDON1888	BAE JUDICIAL REVIEW: HOUSE OF LORDS HEARS HMG [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 7-8 the Law Lords of the House of Lords heard HMG's appeal of the High Court ruling that Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Director Wardle acted unlawfully when he abandoned the anti-corruption investigation into BAE Systems' dealings in Saudi Arabia. HMG argued that Wardle ha [...]	2008-07-18 16:26:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCOR EFIN OECD UK
08LONDON1919	SUDAN/CPA: AEC CHAIR ON ABYEI, MID-TERM REPORT, [...] (C/NF) Summary. Assessment and Evaluation Commission (AEC) Chair Sir Derek Plumbly is cautiously optimistic about the Abyei Roadmap and reiterated the need for the international community's support for pushing the NCP and SPLM ahead with arbitration. He said Sudanese President Bashir was pleased [...]	2008-07-23 12:42:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PINR SU UK
08LONDON2833	CTF-150/SOMALIA: OUTBRIEF FROM CANADIAN SHIP [...] (C/NF) Summary. The Canadian vessel HMCS Ville de Quebec escorted five WFP vessels in and out of Mogadishu between August and October 2008, and the vessel's commanding officer noted that there is clear evidence of collusion between Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and pirates in Som [...]	2008-11-10 14:56:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS NATO PTER SO CA UK
08LONDON2858	AFRICA/CHINA: MORE ENGAGEMENT IS A TWO-SIDED COIN [...] (C//REL TO FIVE EYES) China's increasing engagement with African governments is a two-sided coin. China more readily works on its Africa partners' behalf in the United Nations (sometimes in unhelpful ways for the West),and it also provides significant direct investment and infrastructure cr [...]	2008-11-13 16:39:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINR EAID XA CA NZ AS CH TW UK
08LONDON3181	IMO: LONDON CONVENTION REPORT ON MARINE [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization's (IMO) annual meetings for both the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the "London Convention") and the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention (the "London Protocol") made progre [...]	2008-12-19 16:22:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PHSA SENV KGHG KRAD UK
08LONDON3199	POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR UK NUCLEAR ENERGY EXPANSION [...] (SBU) Summary. HMG announced a long-term nuclear energy strategy in January 2008, setting it on a path for tremendous growth over the next ten years. This strategy addresses the UK's energy security concerns and EU commitments for clean/renewable energy. The UK hopes to increase the propor [...]	2008-12-22 17:54:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO UK
08LONDON425	DOL ADVISOR BRUMFIELD DISCUSSES LABOR PRIORITIES WITH HMG, [...] (SBU) Summary: William Brumfield, European Area Advisor and Foreign Service Coordinator at the Department of Labor (DOL),visited the UK to discuss labor priorities with HMG, Unions and Employers. At HMG he was told that James Purnell, the new Work and Pensions Secretary, will prioritize welf [...]	2008-02-12 09:40:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB SOCI UK
08LONDON512	INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO): [...] SUMMARY: The ad hoc LRIT group met from 29 January to 1 February under the chairmanship of Dr. Sam Ryan (Canada),who at the opening session was elected as Chairman for the present and subsequent sessions. The group was convened by MSC 83, under MSC circular letter 2835, to consider necessary [...]	2008-02-20 10:54:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	IMO AORC ASEC UK
08LONDON981	IMO: LONDON CONVENTION REPORT - 29TH [...] SUMMARY: The International Maritime Organization (IMO) combined annual meetings for both the 1972 London Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the 'London Convention') and the 1996 Protocol to the London Convention (the 'London Protocol') took [...]	2008-04-04 13:54:00	Embassy London	UNCLASSIFIED	PHSA SENV AORC ASEC UK
08LONDON991	UK ENERGY MINISTER WICKS TELLS U/S JEFFERY THAT [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: UK Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks, Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR) told Under Secretary for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery that the UK was taking an assertive public and private position on climate change, but that energy [...]	2008-04-07 15:12:00	Embassy London	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	ECON ENRG SENV KGHG UK
08LUSAKA1030	EMBASSY LUSAKA ELECTION OBSERVATION PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. A recent poll indicates the October 30 presidential race could produce extremely tight results between Acting President Rupiah Banda and Patriotic Front leader Michael Sata. Had the Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) fulfilled its legal requirement to conduct cont [...]	2008-10-23 08:27:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM ZA
08LUSAKA744	ZAMBIAN COPPER BELT BLOOMS, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN [...] (U) This cable represents the fourth in a series of reports stemming from an innovative resource-reporting and commercial advocacy collaboration between Embassies Pretoria, Kinshasa, and Lusaka (reftels A and C and septel pending from Kinshasa). This cable summarizes mines visited in Zambia. [...]	2008-07-18 06:03:00	Embassy Lusaka	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG EINV EIND ETRD ELAB CG ZA SF
08MADRID1339	MADRID ECONOMIC WEEKLY, DEC 13-19 [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-19 15:15:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EIND EINV ELAB SP
08MADRID236	MADRID WEEKLY ECON/COMMERCIAL UPDATE - FEBRUARY [...] (U) More evidence of the slowdown in housing came with the announcement that 32 percent fewer mortgages were issued in December 2007 than in December 2006. The average value of mortgages issued in the month also declined, by 2 percent to 144,000 euros, but it is not clear whether that represen [...]	2008-03-03 12:44:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD EWWT PTER SP
08MADRID52	FIRST FORUM OF THE UN ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Aguirre represented Secretary Rice at the opening ceremonies of the First Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations (AoC) in Madrid January 15-16. UNSYG Ban Ki-Moon, President Zapatero, President Erdogan of Turkey, and AoC High Representative Jorge Sampaio inaugurated th [...]	2008-01-18 17:09:00	Embassy Madrid	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ODIP UN SOCI SCUL KISL KIRF KPAL
08MADRID552	SPANISH CABINET MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES - ZAPATERO'S [...] (U) SUMMARY. President Zapatero's center-left Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) was the victor in the March 9 general election. This cable gives brief biographies for the cabinet members in Zapatero's second administration. Overall, the cabinet reflects Zapatero's campaign promises to [...]	2008-05-19 16:13:00	Embassy Madrid	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR SP
08MANAGUA1057	NICARAGUA: IOM TIP CONFERENCE UNDERSCORES NEED TO [...] (SBU) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) convened a regional workshop with funding from the Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) July 22 to 23 focusing on strengthening regional cooperation for the recovery and reintegration of victims of hu [...]	2008-08-19 17:22:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG PREF NU
08MANAGUA1220	NICARAGUAN ELECTIONS -- SO TRANSPARENT YOU CAN SEE [...] (C) Summary. On September 25, German Ambassador Betina Kern convened a meeting of the Elections Group (an informal group to monitor election-related issues chaired by the German Ambassador and comprising EU member states plus Japan, Canada and the U.S.) with Roberto Rivas, President of the S [...]	2008-10-03 15:16:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM NU
08MANAGUA1331	NICARAGUA: TOURISM OFFICIAL PAINTS A ROSY PICTURE [...] (SBU) Mario Salinas, President of the Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR),predicted that the tourism industry will grow 11% in 2008, which would be higher than the 6% growth rate in 2007. To ensure this growth, INTUR, the GON's tourism promotion agency, is participating in more international [...]	2008-10-31 21:52:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND EINV ECON NU
08MANAGUA304	NICARAGUA: EIGTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) During the April 2007 to March 2008 reporting period, the Government of Nicaragua (GON) maintained efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in the areas of prevention, raising awareness, and detection, but made little progress in terms of victim assistance and the prosecution and c [...]	2008-03-12 18:45:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG NU
08MANAGUA803	NICARAGUA: GOVERNMENT GOES AFTER FLAGSHIP BEACH RESORT [...] (SBU) Barcelo Hotels and Resorts, the Spanish company that owns the Montelimar Beach and Resort, Nicaragua's flagship tourist destination, is under pressure from the Government of Nicaragua (GON) to pay a "fee" worth $1.5 million for allegedly not honoring a contractual agreement pertaining to [...]	2008-06-24 14:26:00	Embassy Managua	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV NU
08MANAGUA885	NICARAGUAN DONORS GROW DISENCHANTED WITH ORTEGA [...] (C) Summary: Over the last six months, bilateral foreign donors in Nicaragua have grown increasingly disillusioned with the Ortega administration. This disappointment has coincided with an unrelated shift in European assistance agencies' priorities away from Central America towards Africa and [...]	2008-07-11 23:34:00	Embassy Managua	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV ECON NU PREL
08MANAMA635	BAHRAIN: UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES [...] (C) A/DCM met with MFA Undersecretary for International Cooperation Ahmed Al-Haddad on September 16 to discuss reftel points in preparation for the UNGA Third Committee meetings. Al-Haddad noted that Bahrain had voted "no", supporting Iran, in years past, and would likely do so again when Canad [...]	2008-09-17 13:25:00	Embassy Manama	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN BA
08MANILA2115	Philippine Civil Aviation Safety Developments [...] Summary: Newly appointed Director General (DG) of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) Ruben Ciron led a delegation of Philippine civil aviation officials in mid-August to Washington D.C. to finalize an agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on a plan to re [...]	2008-09-11 05:25:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR ECON EINV ETRD RP
08MANILA2230	PHILIPPINE VIEWS ON UN THIRD COMMITTEE HUMAN [...] (SBU) Poloffs on September 26 delivered reftel points regarding U.S. priorities for the 2008 UN Third Committee to Director Josephine Reynante of the Office of UN and International Organizations (UNIO) at the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Director Reynante thanked us for pr [...]	2008-09-26 09:05:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL RP UN
08MANILA2423	Philippines to Host Fourth Environmental Technology [...] Summary: The Philippines will host the 4th Environmental Technology Verification International Forum November 11-13, 2009. Organizers expect approximately 50 international and 100 Filipino attendees from government, NGOs, academia, and industry. End Summary. 2. On October 15, 2008, the Phi [...]	2008-10-28 04:59:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KSCA TSPL RP
08MANILA2425	DCM REAFFIRMS U.S.-PHILIPPINE TIES AT ANNIVERSARY OF WWII [...] (U) SUMMARY. During an October 20 visit to the provincial capital city of Tacloban, Leyte Province, in the Eastern Visayas, the Deputy Chief of Mission recognized past U.S.-Philippine partnerships and sacrifices as the foundation for present cooperation and projects. The DCM and Naval Attache [...]	2008-10-28 09:02:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KISL KPAO EAID RP
08MANILA2744	Philippines Responds to Lacey Act Implementation [...] Summary: Directors of three Philippine bureaus involved in forestry issues expressed appreciation for our bringing to their attention the Lacey Act amendments and the commitment of the government of the Philippines to impede illegal logging. They also enumerated the challenges Philippine ind [...]	2008-12-19 06:02:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAID EAGR ETRD EINV BTIO RP
08MANILA539	PHILIPPINES: INPUT FOR THE 2008 TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) This cable includes the Mission's input for the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The information and statistics cover the period from April 2007 to March 2008, unless otherwise noted. The Mission's TIP point of contact is Political Officer Barry Fullerton, FullertonTB@state.gov, [...]	2008-03-03 11:22:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG RP
08MANILA654	EAP DAS STRESSES NEED TO MAINTAIN PRESSURE ON BURMA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings with senior Philippine government officials at the Presidential Palace and Department of Foreign Affairs, as well as foreign diplomats and the Embassy community, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel underscored the USG's continuing efforts to produce concrete [...]	2008-03-14 01:33:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL RP BM
08MANILA721	EAP DAS HIGHLIGHTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-24 08:28:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV RP
08MANILA743	DEMARCHE ON UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-26 08:05:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL RP UNHRC
08MAPUTO1074	REVIEWING INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT OF GRM PKO CAPACITY [...] (SBU) On November 7, the Charge led an informal discussion in his residence with Ambassadors from Great Britain, Canada, Italy, France and Portugal, along with the defense attachE from Brazil and poloff from the South African mission to review the various military support programs each countr [...]	2008-11-13 09:31:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO MARR MASS MZ
08MAPUTO1086	MOZAMBIQUE 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 13:11:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MZ
08MAPUTO1098	MOZAMBIQUE 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 07:57:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PREL MZ
08MAPUTO233	DAS THOMPSON SEES MOZAMBIQUE'S CHALLENGES AND USG [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 2-3 visit to Maputo, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Carol Thompson met with the Prime Minister and Minister of the Presidency to urge the GRM to strengthen the business environment, participate in peacekeeping operations, and recognize Kosovo's independ [...]	2008-03-18 11:04:00	Embassy Maputo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID MZ
08MAPUTO511	ENERGY, EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES INVESTMENT INCREASING [...] (U) Summary: The GRM recently hosted its first international conference on extractive industries and the energy sector, with representatives of more than 100 multinational companies in attendance. Mozambican ministers highlighted opportunities in energy generation and transmission, petroleum, [...]	2008-06-02 15:04:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG EPET ETRD EINV KNNP MZ
08MAPUTO60	MOZAMBIQUE'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] The following is Mozambique's 2008 Investment Climate Statement. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Mozambique encourages foreign direct investment. CPI, the government's Investment Promotion Center, seeks to bring investor [...]	2008-01-18 06:38:00	Embassy Maputo	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV EFIN ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR MZ
08MASERU35	LESOTHO TO HOST FEB. 27-29 LDC TRADE MINISTERS MEETING [...] According to local government and diplomatic sources, the Government of Lesotho, through its Ministry of Trade and Industry, will host a meeting February 27-29 for Ministers of Trade from WTO-member Least Developed Countries (LDC). Lesotho, currently the chair of the WTO LDC Grouping, has obt [...]	2008-02-08 15:11:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD WTRO USTR LT
08MASERU384	LESOTHO LIFTS SUSPENSION ON INTER-COUNTRY ADOPTION [...] On December 10, 2008, Consular Chief met with Ms. Limakatso Chisepo, Director of the Department of Social Welfare in the Ministry of Health, in regards to the suspension of the international adoption of children in Lesotho. Ms. Chisepo stated that after the investigation of the issue by the [...]	2008-12-22 10:33:00	Embassy Maseru	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KOCI LT
08MEXICO1097	VISITING FINCEN DIRECTOR DISCUSSES ANTI-MONEY [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassy Mexico City and FinCEN. 2. (SBU) Summary: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director James H. Freis, Jr. visited Mexico City 19-23 February to meet with senior Mexican officials and address a joint FinCEN-FIU strategic analysis training [...]	2008-04-11 17:18:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETRD KTFN PTER MX
08MEXICO126	MEXICAN FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORITIES MOVE [...] SUMMARY: On January 11, several hundred federal and state policemen in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora stormed the approximately 1300 striking workers at the Cananea copper mine. The strike at the Cananea mine began in July 2007. GOM federal labor authorities have previously used min [...]	2008-01-17 16:38:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PHUM PGOV PINR MX
08MEXICO146	CAN AGRICULTURE SECRETARY WEATHER POLITICAL [...] (U) This message is based on Embassy FAS reporting. 2. (SBU) Summary: Agriculture Secretary Cardenas has become the favorite whipping boy of the entire ag community. There was no surprise that the rhetorical heat from NAFTA opponents has risen since the January 1 implementation of the fina [...]	2008-01-18 20:41:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD PGOV MX
08MEXICO152	MEXICO'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- PART 2 OF 2 [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 16:19:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR EINV MX
08MEXICO1523	MEXICO PUBLICLY PUSHES FOR PROGRESS ON [...] (U) In a May 14 briefing to the Trade and Investment Committe of the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico, Mexican Under Secretary of International Trade Negotiations for the Ministry of Economy Beatriz Leycegui urged the business community to support GOM efforts to improve the competitivene [...]	2008-05-20 12:27:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PBTS KTEX EAGR MX
08MEXICO1671	CALDERON ANNOUNCES PLAN TO ADDRESS RISING FOOD [...] (U) The Embassy Foreign Agricultural Service Section contributed to this report, which responds to questions posed in REF A. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The rising cost of food in Mexico is provoking concerns of another possible outbreak of the sort of political unrest caused by last year' [...]	2008-05-30 20:57:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ETRD ECON ENRG PGOV MX
08MEXICO1800	PUEBLA ONCE AGAIN THE SITE OF INTENSE DISPUTE [...] Summary: The central Mexican state of Puebla is once again the site of a bitter dispute between two labor groups competing for control of a collective bargaining contract at &Mexmode8, a sport clothing manufacturer. In this latest instance of conflict between workers, groups the competing pa [...]	2008-06-12 16:58:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV PINR MX
08MEXICO1907	MEXICO LAUDS CAFTA-DR TEXTILE CUMULATION AS FIRST [...] (U) Mexico's Economy Secretary and the head of the national textiles chamber praised the impending entry into force of the textiles cumulation provisions in the Dominican Republic-Central America-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) as key to raising Mexican and regional competitiveness (parti [...]	2008-06-24 20:37:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD KTEX PREL ELAB MX CH
08MEXICO1947	MEXICO: MERCURY DEMARCHE [...] On June 23 U.S. Embassy Mexico City ESTH counselor and science specialist met with Teresa Bandala, Director General of International Affairs, and Ives Gomez, Director of the Grey Agenda (Toxic Substance Office),in the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT). They noted th [...]	2008-06-26 20:18:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV TBIO CA MX
08MEXICO2037	SCENESETTER FOR UNDERSECRETARY JEFFERY'S VISIT TO [...] (U) My staff and I warmly welcome you to Mexico City. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. He has demonstrated resolve in implementing his key policy objectives: improving security and [...]	2008-07-03 21:05:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON MX
08MEXICO2497	TWO ERRANT LABOR FEDERATIONS RETURN TO THE FOLD [...] SUMMARY: In 2006 the CROC (Revolutionary Confederation of Workers and Campesinos) and the CROM (the Regional Confederation of Mexican Workers),respectively the third and fourth largest labor federations in Mexico, led a group of unions that withdrew from the Congress of Labor. The Congress o [...]	2008-08-14 17:17:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON PGOV SOCI PINR MX
08MEXICO2673	SCENESETTER FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY SULLIVAN'S VISIT TO [...] (U) My staff and I warmly welcome you and your colleagues to Mexico City. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. He has demonstrated resolve in implementing his key policy objectives: imp [...]	2008-09-02 22:20:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON MX
08MEXICO2753	PRESIDENT CALDERON DELIVERS HIS "STATE OF THE [...] Summary. President Calderon presented the written version of an annual report on the &state of the union8 to Congress on September 1. Over prior decades, Mexico's president would deliver this report orally to Congress. Over the summer recess, however, Congress passed legislation that amen [...]	2008-09-09 21:27:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR ECON EFIN ETRD EINV ELAB
08MEXICO2815	MEXICO ON NICARAGUAN RECOGNITION OF SOUTH OSSETIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-18 21:43:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PREL GG NU RU MX
08MEXICO2890	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF USOAS AMBASSADOR AND SUMMIT COORDINATOR HECTOR MORALES TO MEXICO, SEPTEMBER 29- OCTOBER 1, 2008 [...] (U) My staff and I warmly welcome you and your colleague to Mexico City and Monterrey. President Calderon recognizes the broad-ranging challenges his country faces and has the vision and political will to address them strategically. He has demonstrated resolve in implementing his key policy o [...]	2008-09-26 21:32:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON MX PGOV PREL OVIP
08MEXICO324	CONTESTED ELECTION BETWEEN TEXTILE UNIONS WILL [...] SUMMARY: In late 2007 the labor authorities in the central Mexican state of Puebla organized an election to determine which of three competing textile unions would represent the workers at the Vaqueros Navarra blue jeans factory. The election followed months of negotiations, intense competi [...]	2008-02-05 18:06:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ECON ETRD KTEX PGOV PHUM PINR MX
08MEXICO3282	QUERETARO BOASTS PROSPERITY, COMBATS INTOLERANCE [...] Summary. The state of Queretaro located some 160 km northwest of Mexico City boasts a pleasant climate, a rich historical tradition, and a growing economy. The state's governor proudly told visiting Deputy PolCouns that Queretaro typically grew several points above the Mexican national aver [...]	2008-11-05 22:49:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON SMIG KCRM PHUM MX
08MEXICO3752	AGREEMENT ON TARIFF REDUCTION SCHEME [...] (U) Summary: After a protracted negotiation, the Calderon Administration has reached an agreement with Mexico's private sector to reduce or eliminate tariffs on imports from non-FTA partner countries. The agreement also includes a promise to simplify and expedite Mexican customs procedures. [...]	2008-12-19 19:48:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON
08MEXICO512	MISSION INPUT ON 2008 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: MEXICO [...] (U) Summary: Mission recommends that Mexico remain on the Special 301 Watch List for 2008. In the first year of the Calderon administration, there have been significant advances in a number of areas of concern highlighted in last year's report, with little or no progress on others. The advanc [...]	2008-02-22 12:11:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	KIPR ETRD ECON
08MEXICO721	EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (SBU) The mission's point of contact on the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is Poloff Janelle Guest. She may be reached by telephone at (52) (55) 5080-2000, ext. 4806, or by fax at (52) (55) 5080-2247 or GuestJR@state.gov). Post requests that the names of the non-governmental organization [...]	2008-03-11 22:19:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN MX PHUM PREF SMIG
08MEXICO96	MEXICO'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- PART [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-14 17:47:00	Embassy Mexico	UNCLASSIFIED	OPIC KTDB USTR EINV MX
08MINSK151	EMBASSY MINSK SUBMISSION FOR THE EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING [...] (U) This is Embassy Minsk's submission for the eighth annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. 2. (SBU) This report identifies anti-TIP NGOs and international organizations by name. However, for security reasons, post requests that the Department protect their identity and not p [...]	2008-02-29 14:22:00	Embassy Minsk	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG BO
08MONROVIA116	LIBERIA: ARCELORMITTAL INITIATES INFRASTRUCTURE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The world's largest steel company, ArcelorMittal, announced in December 2007 that it is increasing its investment in Liberia by US$500 million to a total of $1.5 billion. ArcelorMittal's Liberian subsidiary, Mittal Steel Liberia (MSL),has initiated preparatory activities at it [...]	2008-02-08 10:25:00	Embassy Monrovia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EMIN EINV LI PGOV
08MONTERREY101	MONTERREY CONGLOMERATES FACE GLOBALIZATION WITH MIXED [...] (SBU) Summary. Monterrey's 'Group of 10' is composed of family owned industrial conglomerates that built Monterrey into an industrial powerhouse starting in the 19th century. The Group of 10 had tremendous economic influence and was reputed to have sizable political clout as well. Since th [...]	2008-02-29 00:42:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV EINV MX
08MONTERREY506	MEXICAN BUSINESS SUMMIT TOUTS LIMITED ENERGY REFORM; [...] Summary. Approximately 200 business leaders and government officials attended the sixth annual Mexican Business Summit in Monterrey, and they discussed energy reform, the impact of the U.S. financial crisis on Mexico, whether Mexican can increase its economic development, President Calde [...]	2008-11-21 05:52:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON ENRG ETRD EINV SNAR MX
08MONTERREY96	NAFTA DEPUTIES MEETING REVIEWS SMOOTH NAFTA IMPLEMENTATION, [...] (SBU) Summary. At their annual meeting NAFTA deputy trade ministers discussed the proposed agenda for a NAFTA ministerial to be held later in 2008. Agreed items include a trilateral workplan to enhance North American economic competitiveness, analysis to compare the NAFTA with more recent f [...]	2008-02-22 20:47:00	Consulate Monterrey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELTN ECON EAGR PGOV MX CA
08MONTEVIDEO422	PRESS ALLEGES "CIA" TIES WITH URUGUAYAN-AMERICAN [...] (SBU) On July 24, the leftist weekly Brecha published an investigative article asserting that former Uruguayan police photographer, Nelson Bardesio Marzoa, was now living in Argentina and had entered the country in June 2006 with a U.S. passport. The article asserts that Bardesio was abducted [...]	2008-07-24 22:22:00	Embassy Montevideo	SECRET	PREL CASC AR UY
08MONTEVIDEO454	URUGUAY AT THE VIII DEFENSE MINISTERIAL OF THE [...] (C) Reftel asked WHA posts to report on host country attendees, objectives, and relevant issues for the VIII Defense Ministerial of the Americas (DMA),scheduled for September 2-6 in Alberta, Canada. The following information was obtained by Embassy's DAO, which is forwarding a more detailed [...]	2008-08-12 13:30:00	Embassy Montevideo	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON MARR MOPS PGOV PREL UY
08MONTEVIDEO587	SCENESETTER FOR TRIP TO URUGUAY OF DASD STEPHEN JOHNSON AND [...] (U) This telegram is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. SUMMARY - - - - 2. (SBU) Your visit comes at a time of strong and growing engagement between the U.S. and Uruguay's left-leaning Frente Amplio (FA) coalition government. Our areas of focus include trade, [...]	2008-10-23 09:28:00	Embassy Montevideo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP PREL ECON UY
08MONTREAL28	ICAO ACKNOWLEDGES U.S. OFFER CONTINUING GPS SERVICES [...] The President of the governing Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization(ICAO),Roberto Kobeh, sent a reply to the FAA Administrator, copied to USICAO, affirming ICAO's acceptance of the September 10, 2007 United States' offer to continue worldwide access to the U.S. Global Posi [...]	2008-02-07 21:11:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ECPS ICAO CA
08MONTREAL48	QUEBEC LIBERALS: THE PQ AND KOSOVO AND FEDERAL [...] (C) Canada is weighing the effect recognizing Kosovo independence will have on Party Quebecois's (PQ) dormant separatist agenda, Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) Regional Coordinator Patrick Gilles informed Econ-Poloff February 20 in Montreal. He added that the government's concern was based on pre [...]	2008-02-22 19:52:00	Consulate Montreal	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KVIR YI EU CA
08MONTREAL58	ICAO Registry of U.S. BILATERAL AERONAUTICAL AGREEMENTS [...] U.S. Mission ICAO has received a February 20, 2008 letter confirming registration by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) of various United States' bilateral agreements. The registrations include the following Air Services Agreements(ASAs),amendments, and extensions. --1989 [...]	2008-03-04 15:14:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ICAO EAIR KTIA XX
08MONTREAL59	ICAO: SECOND MEETING OF THE SPECIAL LEGAL SUB-COMMITTEE ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Special Legal Sub-Committee on New and Emerging Threats met a second time (February 19-21, 2008) to consider the issue of unlawful transport by air of particularly dangerous goods and related items and fugitives, as directed by [...]	2008-03-05 19:54:00	Consulate Montreal	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC EAIR ICAO KNNP OTRA KTIA PARM XX
08MONTREAL67	ANALYSIS: CHAREST GAINS FROM OPPOSITIONSQ STRUGGLES [...] (SBU) Summary: Quebec Premier Jean Charest received unprecedented support from his party last weekend, giving cause to predict his budget will pass without inciting a provincial election. Coupling the relative disarray of both opposition parties with the election apathy of a public literally [...]	2008-03-11 21:19:00	Consulate Montreal	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CA
08MOSCOW141	RUSSIAN SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND INVESTMENT RULES, PART I [...] (U) On January 9, Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov signed a government resolution that sets the investment parameters for part of the country's sovereign wealth fund. On February 1, the GOR will divide the current Oil Stabilization Fund into two parts: the Reserve Fund and the National Prosperity [...]	2008-01-18 13:22:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON RS
08MOSCOW142	SENATOR HAGEL'S MEETING WITH FM LAVROV [...] (SBU) Summary: In his January 16 meeting with Senator Hagel, FM Lavrov stressed Russian interest in strengthening bilateral relations, but said U.S. efforts to "contain" Russia could undermine constructive engagement and underscored unhappiness over congressional failure to lift Jackson-Vanik [...]	2008-01-18 14:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNDP ECON OVIP RS
08MOSCOW1599	PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV'S VISIT TO CHINA [...] (SBU) Summary. President Medvedev's visit to China on May 23-24 is seen as confirmation of Russia's desire to project a new foreign policy focus towards other major partners, such as China. At the same time, Putin's visit to Paris (septel) and Medvedev's upcoming trip to Berlin ensure that Russ [...]	2008-06-05 11:19:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MCAP PGOV PINS PREL PROP
08MOSCOW1624	ANNUAL OECD/NEA MULTILATERAL NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM [...] (SBU) The annual OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Multilateral Nuclear Environment Program in Russia (MNEPR) Committee Meeting took place May 13 in Moscow. Russian officials reviewed the status of the new Rosatom State Corporation. Participants also reviewed the Strategic Master Plan for Nort [...]	2008-06-06 12:46:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG OTRA TRGY TECH FR RS
08MOSCOW1631	Transformation of the International Science and Technology [...] (SBU) On June 6, we discussed the need to begin bilateral discussions about the transformation of the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) with Senior Counselor Sergey Shestakov and Counselor Galina Kramarenko from the MFA's Department of Security and Disarmament Affairs. We note [...]	2008-06-08 09:03:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP TBIO TSPL RS
08MOSCOW1640	MEDVEDEV'S EASY TRIP TO KAZAKHSTAN [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA officials and experts termed Dmitriy Medvedev's May 22-23 visit to Kazakhstan--his first foreign trip as President--a success and his meeting with Kazakh President Nazarbayev "easy." Russian experts told us Medvedev's trip served to strengthen Russia's ties with Cent [...]	2008-06-09 14:47:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG EPET EWWT MARR PGOV PTER TSPA TSPL
08MOSCOW1649	HR OMBUDSMAN LUKIN ON HR DIALOGUE, POWER TANDEM, [...] (C) Summary: In a recent meeting with EUR DAS Merkel, Russia's HR Ombudsman Lukin expressed satisfaction with the informal human rights dialogue with Carnegie, with the next meeting scheduled for September 23, but conceded that the dialogue should raise its profile. Lukin argued strongly for [...]	2008-06-10 13:39:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV RS
08MOSCOW1904	RUSSIAN PROPOSAL FOR EUROPEAN SECURITY TREATY AND [...] (C) Summary. Medvedev's proposal for a new European Security Treaty is not intended to create a new institution to replace NATO or other existing Euroatlantic organzations, but to eliminate remaining dividing lines in Europe and provide a mechanism for dealing with new threats and challenges [...]	2008-07-03 11:56:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO MARR EUN RS
08MOSCOW1964	BP PURSUING NEGOTIATIONS, INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE, AND LEGAL ACTION IN TNK-BP BATTLE [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-09 14:02:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG ECON PREL RS
08MOSCOW2055	AMBASSADOR'S JULY 17 MEETING WITH DFM KISLYAK: [...] (S) Summary. During a 1 1/2 hour meeting July 17, the Ambassador and DFM Sergey Kislyak reviewed key issues in the relationship and agreed on the need to emphasize the positive areas of cooperation, as the Sochi Strategic Declaration had done. The Ambassador told Kislyak we expected a decisio [...]	2008-07-18 14:48:00	Embassy Moscow	SECRET	PREL PGOV PARM NATO GG IR RS
08MOSCOW2546	RUSSIAN UNIVERSITIES FAILING TO MEET LABOR MARKET DEMAND [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and not for internet distribution. It is the first in a series examining Russia's university reform process. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) Russia's universities are failing to keep pace with today's labor market demands. Instead, they [...]	2008-08-26 05:16:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SCUL RS
08MOSCOW2789	RUSSIA SENDS BOMBERS TO VENEZUELA [...] (C) Summary: On September 11 MFA officials announced that two Russian Blackjack bombers had landed in Venezuela. While the MFA focused its remarks on the regularity of long-range aviation (LRA) flights, MOD officials were more upbeat, arguing that these bomber flights proved the Russian Air [...]	2008-09-16 14:55:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP ENRG RS VE
08MOSCOW2822	GOR PROPOSES RECORD DEFENSE BUDGET AND CSTO'S [...] (C) Summary. Criticism of the Russian military's performance in the South Ossetian crisis factored into the GOR's decision to propose a record defense budget for 2009-2011 (reftel). After the conflict in South Ossetia, President Medvedev admitted that the Russian military was not yet an effe [...]	2008-09-19 10:45:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV RS MCAP ECON EFIN MARR
08MOSCOW2868	RUSSIAN INDUSTRIAL OUTPUT: TEETERING, NOT FALLING [...] (C) Summary. On the heels of the Russian stock markets' precipitous free fall, the publication of August's industrial output figures, marginally lower than analysts had predicted, contributed to calls for government intervention, mainly in the form of increasing liquidity and tax breaks. A m [...]	2008-09-26 06:28:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN EINV RS
08MOSCOW3059	HFAC CHAIRMAN BERMAN MEETS FM LAVROV: U.S., IRAN, [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 14 meeting with HFAC Chairman Berman and the Ambassador, FM Lavrov argued against holding U.S.-Russian relations hostage to ideology and politics, reaffirming the Sochi Declaration commitments. He pushed hard for continued diplomacy with Iran, criticizing unila [...]	2008-10-16 07:53:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KNDP PTER OREP RS GG IZ IR
08MOSCOW3064	RUSSIAN ANALYSTS URGE U.S. NOT TO LET GEORGIA [...] (SBU) Summary: During an October 13 roundtable attended by HFAC Chairman Howard Berman and HFAC staff, analysts argued that Russians perceived NATO expansion as more of a threat than a nuclear Iran, which was not viewed by the political leadership as a "vital issue" for Russia. They warned a [...]	2008-10-16 10:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OREP IR IS RS
08MOSCOW3222	FIRST DEPUTY PM SHUVALOV ON G-20 SUMMIT, CRISIS [...] (C) In an October 30 meeting with the Ambassador, First Deputy Prime Minister Shuvalov outlined Russia's general positions on the G-20 Summit: coordination of currency policy; opposition in principle to protectionism; and improving the quality of existing government regulatory mechanisms with [...]	2008-11-03 11:24:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN RS
08MOSCOW3244	RUSSIA PROMISES CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR U.S. GOALS [...] (SBU) ESTOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Security and Disarmament Affairs Second Secretary Alexander Bolichiov on November 5. Bolichiov was clear that the GOR continues to support the revised U.S. criteria-based proposal for Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) c [...]	2008-11-05 14:51:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM TRGY IAEA RS
08MOSCOW325	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN [...] (C) Summary: On February 7, Ambassador Burns met with Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin to discuss a range of human rights issues, including the continued detention of former Yukos VP Vasiliy Aleksanyan, new reports of the use of psychological hospitalization of outspoken political activis [...]	2008-02-08 08:35:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINR RS
08MOSCOW340	Russian Companies: Emerging Global Players [...] (SBU) Russian companies are increasingly going "global" -- expanding rapidly overseas through acquisitions and investments. Russian companies, flush with cash, are joining their Indian and Chinese counterparts as a new breed of multinationals. Oil and gas companies are the most active but met [...]	2008-02-08 13:45:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ETRD RS
08MOSCOW3564	SPOT REPORT: FUNERAL SERVICES FOR PATRIARCH [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 9, numerous religious leaders, government officials, and Orthodox faithful gathered at Christ the Savior cathedral in central Moscow for the funeral of Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Aleksey II who died on December 5. Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I, [...]	2008-12-09 15:05:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS SOCI
08MOSCOW3641	ISTC GOVERNING BOARD IN MOSCOW APPROVES STATEMENT ON [...] SUMMARY: At the International Science and Technology Center (ISTC) Coordinating Committee (CC),Roundtable, and Governing Board (GB) meetings held December 9-11, 2008, the GB agreed on a Statement of Principles on Transformation and called for Russia to confirm the ISTC's tax-exempt status. Th [...]	2008-12-16 06:28:00	Embassy Moscow	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP PARM TSPL RS
08MUMBAI559	INDIAN NUCLEAR ENERGY SUPPLIERS ARE EAGER TO GLOBALIZE, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In series of recent meetings in Mumbai, including with the delegation led by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Dale Klein, Indian private-sector nuclear energy equipment and service suppliers expressed enthusiasm about the opportunities awaiting them now that the U.S.- [...]	2008-12-01 13:46:00	Consulate Mumbai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP EINV EFIN ECON IN PREL
08MUSCAT100	2008 OMAN INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: PART II [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-05 13:30:00	Embassy Muscat	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MU

08MUSCAT169	OMANI WOMEN SPEAK OUT ON U.S. POLICIES AND OTHER [...] (C) A group of Omani women in a small-group discussion with the Ambassador shared their concern over the U.S. visa issuance process and misperceptions among Americans about the Middle East. While disagreeing with some U.S. policies, the women stressed their positive views about the American p [...]	2008-02-27 11:04:00	Embassy Muscat	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM KMPI KPAO KWMN CVIS MU
08NAIROBI1354	JOINT DEMARCHE ON GOK COOPERATION WITH ICTR ON [...] (C) On May 23, Acting PolCouns joined other Friends of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in delivering a demarche to the Foreign Minister. The message was clear: Kenya's recent steps on freezing war crimes suspect Felicien Kabuga's assets were much appreciated; however, th [...]	2008-05-30 09:20:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KAWC EFIN PHUM KE RW NO
08NAIROBI1365	SECOND FRIENDS OF EASBRIG MEETING SHOWS CONTINUED [...] This is an action message. Action request at para 11. ------- Summary ------- 2. The Eastern African Standby Brigade (EASBRIG) hosted its second "Friends of EASBRIG" meeting on May 22 (ref B described the first). The meeting was notable for its increased participation and the level of [...]	2008-06-03 15:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PREL KEAI XW
08NAIROBI1453	TEXT OF HEADS OF MISSIONS STATEMENT ON KENYAN [...] As reported in reftel, the Ambassador joined with other Nairobi-based Heads of Missions in issuing a statement on the June 11 parliamentary by-elections. To follow is a text of the statement. 2. Begin text: Heads of Missions: Statement on 11 June by-elections We, the undersigned Heads o [...]	2008-06-13 11:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2182	Somalia - International Contact Group Meeting [...] On September 16, the International Contact Group on Somalia (ICG) met in Djibouti. Formerly co-chaired by the United States and Norway, the ICG is now chaired by United Nations Secretary General's Special Representative (SRSG) for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah. This was the first ICG meeting [...]	2008-09-17 10:11:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL PREF SO
08NAIROBI2232	Somalia - Internationals and Somalis Meet on Humanitarian, [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 14:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINS KDEM EWWT SO
08NAIROBI2375	JOINT HEADS OF MISSION STATEMENT ON COMMISSION OF [...] As per reftel, Post has signed the following joint Heads of Missions statement on the Commission of Inquiry on the Post-Election Violence, which was released to local media on October 16. Begin text: We, the undersigned Heads of diplomatic missions based in Nairobi, welcome the publicatio [...]	2008-10-16 12:12:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KE
08NAIROBI2618	SOMALIA - Diaspora Business Thrives in Dubai [...] (U) SUMMARY. This cable is the first of two on Somalia's Dubai-based Diaspora. Though Somalia remains mired in conflict, the country's private sector boasts successful operations in a variety of sectors including livestock, telecommunications, shipping, transportation, import and exports of [...]	2008-11-20 07:33:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON ETRD EAID KWMN SO AE
08NAIROBI2671	DRUG TRAFFICKING ON THE RISE IN KENYA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 21, the British High Commission convened a mini-Dublin Group meeting in Nairobi to discuss the state of the drug problem in Kenya. The meeting was attended by representatives of one of Kenya's three police services, the director of the Kenyan government's anti-drug [...]	2008-11-26 12:16:00	Embassy Nairobi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS SNAR UK UG KE
08NAPLES36	ORGANIZED CRIME IN ITALY I: THE POLITICAL DIMENSION [...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: This is the first of a three-part series; this message offers some background on organized crime in Southern Italy and examines its political dimensions. Organized crime is one of Southern Italy's greatest challenges to economic growth and political stability, [...]	2008-06-04 15:34:00	Consulate Naples	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCRM ECON SNAR KCOR IT
08NASSAU206	PM INGRAHAM OUTLINES ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PRIORITIES [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Ingraham recently delivered an upbeat assessment of his government's accomplishments in 2007 against the background of negative economic conditions in the wider world and worries over crime and economic uncertainty at home. Ingraham put a brave face on "a difficult year" [...]	2008-03-10 17:54:00	Embassy Nassau	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON SMIG BF
08NASSAU863	TOP IMMIGRATION STAFF OUT AFTER SHAKE-UP [...] (C) Six top administrators, including the deputy director, in the Department of Immigration were unexpectedly offered retirement packages in apparent response to long-standing allegations of inefficiency and corruption by the Minister of Immigration appointed after the cabinet reshuffle in Ju [...]	2008-12-09 21:04:00	Embassy Nassau	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ELAB BF
08NDJAMENA381	CHAD CHRONICLE: AUGUST 2008 [...] INVESTIGATION INTO THE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2008 EVENTS: PRESIDENT DEBY SAYS HE WILL "FOLLOW UP" RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REPORT. THE COMMISSION INVESTIGATING THE EVENTS OF JANUARY AND FEBRUARY 2008 SUBMITTED ITS REPORT TO PRESIDENT DEBY ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 5. IN RECEIVING THE REPORT, PRESIDENT D [...]	2008-09-02 17:42:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF ECON EFIN IBRD PHUM UN LY CD
08NDJAMENA413	ASMARA CONTACT GROUP MTG ON CHAD/SUDAN: READ OUT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-15 14:58:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SU CD LY KPKO ER SG UN
08NDJAMENA481	CHAD CHRONICLE: Oct 13-17 [...] MR. ALAIN LE ROY, UN DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL FOR PEACKEEPING OPRTATIONS, MET WITH PRESIDENT DEBY ON OCTOBER 14. SPEAKING TO THE PRESS AFTER THE MEETING, MR. LE ROY DECLARED THAT THE AIM OF HIS VISIT WAS TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF THE MINURCAT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO TAKE OVER FROM EUFOR ON MARCH [...]	2008-10-17 10:30:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PREF ECON PHUM UN LY CT CD
08NDJAMENA532	CONTACT GROUP MTG IN NDJAMENA MAINTAINS DAKAR [...] (C) The November 15 Meeting of the Contact Group for implementation of the Dakar Accord achieved its core objectives of furthering confidence-building between Chad and Sudan, and maintaining the CG's deliberate progress toward a border monitoring and observation mission. On the ground there wa [...]	2008-11-17 14:15:00	Embassy Ndjamena	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PKO UNAUS AU SU LY CD
08NEWDELHI1035	DALAI LAMA PLEADS FOR U.S. TO PERSUADE CHINESE TO [...] Action request in para. 7. 2. (C/REL UK, CANADA, AUSTRALIA) Summary: Hours before his April 9 departure for the U.S., the Dalai Lama summoned PolCouns to convey a message: please use all effective means to persuade the PRC to engage in dialogue with him. He said recent events had left him increasi [...]	2008-04-10 11:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IN CH
08NEWDELHI1257	NEW DELHI ESTH REPORT: MAY 2008 FIRST WEEK [...] (U) Summary: This cable is the continuation of the Biweekly Reporting Cables from Mission India ESTH Office to be sent out the first and third week of every month. Inputs in this biweekly include the Indian Space Research Organization's launch of 10 satellites, the GOI's initiative to develop [...]	2008-05-08 08:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI1406	INDIA MAINTAINS MODEST RELATIONS WITH CUBA [...] (SBU) In response to the request for information on India's relations with Cuba set out in reftel A, Embassy New Delhi provides the following assessment based on the most recent and readily available information. Bilateral Visits Increase, but Relations Mostly Symbolic Legacy of NAM ------- [...]	2008-05-23 11:45:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL CU IN
08NEWDELHI1599	NEW DELHI ESTH REPORT: JUNE 2008 FIRST WEEK [...] Summary: This edition of the New Delhi ESTH biweekly includes details about increased U.S. investment in India in High-tech ventures, demand for setting up 20 new Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT) and a successful trial of indigenously developed Tejas Light Combat Aircraft. T [...]	2008-06-11 10:21:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI1669	CEQ CHAIRMAN CONNAUGHTON TALKS CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY [...] (U) Summary: On June 16, Chairman James Connaughton of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) met with Dr. Kirit Parikh, Member, Planning Commission of India, and Ministry of Commerce Secretary G. K. Pillai to discuss key climate-change and energy-security issues ahead of the M [...]	2008-06-18 05:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN ECON ENRG EPET ETRD PGOV PREL SENV IN
08NEWDELHI1712	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of June 16 to June 20, 2008, including the following items: -- INFLATION CROSSES DOUBLE-DIGIT MARK -- UPDATE ON THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR -- NEW FISCAL YEAR STARTS OFF WITH ROBUST TAX REVENUES -- [...]	2008-06-20 12:43:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN ECPS BEXP
08NEWDELHI1875	PM DEPARTS FOR G-8 WITH GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Prime Minister Singh departed on July 7 for the G-8 Summit in Japan where he plans to ask world leaders to support the Indian government following its decision on July 4 to advance the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative to the IAEA and Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). [...]	2008-07-07 14:29:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1895	CONFIDENCE VOTE FOLLOWS LEFT WITHDRAWAL AS [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Left Front stated on July 8 its intention to withdraw from the Congress Party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and to seek a confidence vote, tentatively scheduled for July 21. The Samajwadi Party reiterated its support for the UPA government and the nuclear [...]	2008-07-08 14:36:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI1922	SARAN AND MENON OUTLINE MODEST INDIAN ACTION PLAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador discussed on July 10 next steps in the U.S.-India Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Initiative separately with Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the Nuclear Deal Shyam Saran and then Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon. Saran and Menon previewed planned travel by Ind [...]	2008-07-10 15:11:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2019	INDIA DISPATCHES ENVOYS TO 54 CAPITALS, EMBASSY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Embassy hosted 41 local representatives of Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) member countries to an information-sharing lunch on the next steps in the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative on July 23. Comments focused on the difficulties imposed by the compressed tim [...]	2008-07-23 13:20:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2166	NEW DELHI BI-WEEKLY ESTH REPORT [...] (U) SUMMARY: This edition of the New Delhi ESTH biweekly includes an S&T section update on the new Indian Institutes of Technology and a new Indian public-private partnership to assist small and medium scale entrepreneurs and the postponement of the launch of the Indian lunar mission "Chandra [...]	2008-08-08 08:24:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI223	MENON SAYS HE REALIZES THAT THE NUCLEAR CLOCK IS [...] (C) Summary: Foreign Secretary Menon told the Ambassador January 23 that India and the IAEA have settled all technical issues but must still decide how to reflect the terms of the 123 Agreement in the safeguards agreement. Although he hesitated to predict that the January 29-30 round would wra [...]	2008-01-23 12:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2295	NEW DELHI BI-WEEKLY ESTH REPORT: AUGUST 2008 THIRD WEEK [...] (U) SUMMARY: This edition of the New Delhi ESTH biweekly includes an S&T section update on the new Indo-US collaboration in Engineering Education, exploring opportunities for US-India collaboration in space and solar energy, India's plans to set up its largest solar telescope and a report on [...]	2008-08-26 12:13:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI2297	SPECIAL ENVOY SARAN SAYS NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS [...] (U) Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher cleared this report. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The Prime Minister's Special Envoy for the Civil Nuclear Initiative Shyam Saran reviewed with visiting Assistant Secretary Richard Boucher and Ambassador Mulford progress toward an India-specific exception in th [...]	2008-08-26 12:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2367	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MONTEK SINGH AHLUWALIA [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on September 2 to discuss upcoming high level bilateral meetings, including the President-Prime Minister meeting on September 25 and the CEO Forum scheduled for October 14. In addition, the Ambassador [...]	2008-09-04 00:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EAGR ECON EDU EINV ENRG ETRD ETTC IN KNNP
08NEWDELHI2399	ASSISTANT SECRETARY BOUCHER TELLS INDIAN MEA: WE [...] (C) Summary: In a September 1 meeting with Indian External Affairs State Minister Sharma, Assistant Secretary Boucher stressed the importance of political engagement in Nuclear Supplier Group members' capitals to make clear what was at stake at the upcoming NSG plenary in Vienna. Boucher a [...]	2008-09-05 12:46:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2558	REES DELIVERS UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE 2008 HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 5, visiting Special Representative for Social Issues Grover Joseph Rees delivered reftel points to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Joint Secretary (UN - Economic and Social) Manjeev Singh Puri. Puri took all points on board; periodically rejoined by undersc [...]	2008-09-22 14:19:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN IN
08NEWDELHI2641	WITH THE UPCOMING LAUNCH OF "CHANDRAYAAN I" MOON MISSION, [...] (U) Summary. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is poised to take on many ambitious projects with the aim of establishing broader international collaborations, developing novel technologies to meet social and economic development needs, and attracting and harnessing India's young ta [...]	2008-10-03 10:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY SENV KGHG TSPL TNGD EIND KSCA ECON
08NEWDELHI277	INDIA TRIES TO OUTFLANK COMMUNISTS WITH GLOBAL [...] (C) Summary: The wintertime flurry of diplomatic engagement between India and China, the UK, Australia, Canada and France has provided the opportunity for the Indian government to demonstrate to its Communist coalition partners the full international dimension of civil nuclear cooperation and [...]	2008-01-28 13:40:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI2936	NEW DELHI BI-WEEKLY ESTH REPORT: NOVEMBER 2008 FIRST WEEK [...] (U) SUMMARY: This edition of the New Delhi ESTH biweekly includes updates on the upcoming visit of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission delegation visit to India, the management of professional education in India and the opening of the UK Research Council's office in India and poaching incidents [...]	2008-11-18 08:25:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO SENV AMED CASC KSCA ECON ETRD BEXP EINV PGOV
08NEWDELHI2954	GOI SEEMS OPEN TO DEVELOPING RECONSTRUCTION AND [...] (C) Summary: Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization Ambassador John Herbst met MEA officials November 6 to explore potential areas of cooperation between the United States and India in civilian reconstruction and stabilizatioN efforts. United Nations-Political Division Joint Secreta [...]	2008-11-19 11:07:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	IN KCOR KCRS KDEM KPKO PGOV PHUM PINR PREL
08NEWDELHI3002	ENDORSEMENT FOR MIDDLE WAY LEAVES TIBETANS IN [...] (C) Summary. On November 17-22, over 560 Tibetans gathered in the north Indian hill station of Dharamsala - capital of the "government-in-exile" - to consider fundamental questions on the future strategy of the Tibetan movement. The conclave, called by the Dalai Lama, required Tibetan exiles [...]	2008-11-26 11:58:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM IN CH
08NEWDELHI3015	NAGPUR'S SEX TRADE AND CHILD LABOR: CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Gayatri Patel and poloffs met NGO workers, government officials, and trafficking victims in Nagpur, and found there is no consensus on the prevalence of trafficking in persons. Law enforcement remains weak sinc [...]	2008-11-28 11:50:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB IN KCOR KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM SOCI
08NEWDELHI3128	CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN [...] (U) Summary: Technical education in India is expected to expand rapidly from its current level of 600,000 engineering graduates per year to about 800,000 in three years. It is also projected that India will experience shortage of skilled human resources to meet its developmental needs. Hence [...]	2008-12-12 05:04:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG TRGY SENV KGHG TSPL TNGD EIND KSCA ECON ETRD
08NEWDELHI3136	DRDO CONVENES INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANAGING [...] SUMMARY: (C) The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) sponsored their first ever international conference on managing defense research and development December 3-5, in honor of their 50th anniversary. The conference was organized jointly by DRDO and the Federation of Indian Ch [...]	2008-12-12 08:34:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	BEXP MCAP MASS TSPL PTER TPHY TNGD IN
08NEWDELHI3215	RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: CUBA: COUNTRY BY [...] (U) In response to the reftel request for information on India's relations with Cuba, Embassy New Delhi provides the following assessment based on the most recent and readily available information. Overall Friendly and Symbolic Relations ---------------------------------------- 2. (C) As [...]	2008-12-22 12:10:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	CU ETRD ETTC PREL
08NEWDELHI431	DELHI DIARY, JAN 31 - FEB 8 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for January 31- February 8, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- India to host Summit of India-Africa Forum in April -- Leaders Continue to Beat a Path to India's Door -- Three UP MPs Disqualified, Tel [...]	2008-02-08 13:03:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER TBIO KDEM SOCI IN CH BT DA
08NEWDELHI474	KARAT AND KAKODKAR SPAR IN PRESS WHILE INDIA [...] (C) Summary: After several weeks of near-silence, Communist leader Prakash Karat denounced the civil nuclear initiative February 11, and demanded that the UPA government wait to finalize the IAEA safeguards agreement until the next U.S. administration comes to power. Department of Atomic Ener [...]	2008-02-13 11:51:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM TSPL KNNP ETTC ENRG TRGY IN
08NEWDELHI8	SCENESETTER PART II: THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN [...] (SBU) Summary: (SBU) Mr. Secretary, this is the second scenesetter cable, which provides information and analysis on U.S.-India collaborations in life sciences, health sciences, and public health. The third companion cable will provide information on the regulatory environment for drugs, vacc [...]	2008-01-02 12:59:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO SENV AMED KSCA IN
08NEWDELHI906	DALAI LAMA FEARS INFLUX OF HAN CHINESE WILL WIPE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 28 meeting with the Ambassador, His Holiness the Dalai Lama sketched out two scenarios for Tibet: a positive scenario, where the PRC agrees to dialogue and permits a degree of Tibetan autonomy; and a negative scenario, where the PRC continues to flood Tibet with eth [...]	2008-03-28 14:09:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL CVIS CH IN
08NEWDELHI932	DELHI DIARY, MARCH 17-28 [...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for March 17-28, 2008 that did not feature in our other reporting: -- Terrorists Strike Again in Jammu and Kashmir After a 5 Month Lull -- Congress Strikes Out -- Yet Another Joint Indo-Russian Defense Project Hits t [...]	2008-03-31 13:22:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER PREF SCUL SOCI TBIO MASS
08NEWDELHI971	WELCOME TO THE WORLD'S NEWEST DEMOCRACY: BHUTAN [...] (SBU) Demonstrating a strong commitment to a transition to democracy, Bhutan went to the polls on March 24 to provide a lop-sided victory for the Druk Pheuensum Tshogpa (DPT),one of the two parties in contention. DPT president Jigme Y. Thinley is expected to be sworn in as Prime Minister sho [...]	2008-04-02 13:31:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PREF PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IN BT
08NEWDELHI982	NEW DELHI WEEKLY ECON OFFICE HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK OF [...] (U) Below is a compilation of Economic highlights from Embassy New Delhi for the week of March 31-April 3, 2008, including the following items: --MCDONALD'S OPENS ITS FIRST OUTLET IN CHENNAI --WIPRO RAMPS UP CHENNAI OPERATIONS --GOA TO HAVE LARGEST OFFSHORE CASINO --PLANNING COMMISSION'S FOC [...]	2008-04-03 11:05:00	Embassy New Delhi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EFIN EINV EPET ETRD SENV IN
08NIAMEY1166	NIGER: DETAILS AND UPDATE ON MISSING UNITED [...] (S/NF) Summary. The unexplained disappearances of United Nations Special Envoy (SE) Robert Fowler, Special Assistant Louis Guay and their unidentified driver remains a mystery. The Government of Niger (GON) initial reaction generally has been one of anger, placing blame on the SE for allegedl [...]	2008-12-16 15:20:00	Embassy Niamey	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC CASC PGOV PREL UN NG
08NIAMEY1183	(SBU) NIGER: GOVERNMENT OF CANADA SENDS SPECIAL [...] (S) Summary. The Government of Canada (GOC) dispatched its Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) for La Francophonie Jacques Bilodeau to the Republic of Niger (RON) for two days of consultations with Government of Niger (GON) officials on the disappearances of United Nations Special Envoy (SE) Robert Fowle [...]	2008-12-30 13:58:00	Embassy Niamey	SECRET	ASEC CASC PGOV PREL NG CA XY
08NIAMEY198	NIGER: COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE [...] (U) A U.N. Counter-terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED) team led by Mike Smith on February 13 briefed diplomats on their visit to Niger. The meeting was under the auspices of the Counter-Terrorism Action Group (CTAG) and was hosted by the French Embassy on behalf of G-8 president [...]	2008-02-15 07:52:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL NG
08NICOSIA32	CYPRUS: 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] EU nationals permanently residing in the Republic of Cyprus, and EU registered legal entities with jurisdiction, central management or primary place of business in the Republic of Cyprus may acquire real estate (of any type or size) without prior approval by the District Administration Office [...]	2008-01-14 10:19:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
08NICOSIA682	NEW ARRIVALS CHANGING CYPRUS'S BI-COMMUNAL [...] (SBU) Summary: An island long accustomed to exporting human capital, Cyprus has witnessed an unprecedented wave of immigration in the last ten years, altering the historically bi-communal (Turkish- and Greek-Cypriot) demographic balance and potentially affecting the Republic's political landsc [...]	2008-08-22 08:50:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ECON CY
08NICOSIA940	CYPRUS: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] Per Reftel request, Post submits in para 2 below Part I (Drugs and Chemical Control) of the 2008-2009 INCSR. The report is based on an update of last year's published version. 2. BEGIN TEXT INCSR PART I Cyprus I. Summary Cyprus has been divided since the Turkish military inte [...]	2008-12-02 14:18:00	Embassy Nicosia	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR CY
08NOUAKCHOTT252	MAURITANIAN GOVERNMENT CABINET RESHUFFLE -- RETURN [...] (C) One year into his administration, President Abdallahi is changing his team. The change was long anticipated -- a change from a government that reflected the necessary political compromises of the immediate post-election to a government that takes greater account of political, ethnic and [...]	2008-05-28 13:57:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KMCA MR
08NOUAKCHOTT718	MEDIA FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION TAKES A STEP BACKWARD [...] (SBU) Summary: After a "honeymoon" period of press freedom during the democratic transition of 2005-2007 and President Abdallahi's time in office, a marked decline has occurred since the August 6 coup led by General Aziz. State-run media is as tightly controlled as ever, and online web sites [...]	2008-12-04 14:22:00	Embassy Nouakchott	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO KDEM PROP MR
08OSLO126	NORWAY'S ENERGY PART I: ROUGH WATERS AHEAD FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 13:11:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO
08OSLO140	NORWAY'S ENERGY PART I: ROUGH WATERS AHEAD FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 07:44:00	Embassy Oslo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ENRG EPET PGOV SENV NO
08OSLO489	NERVOUS ABOUT RUSSIA, NORWAY STRESSING HIGH NORTH [...] (C) Summary. Russian experts in Norway have a realistic and well informed view of negative trends in Russia but public statements by the GON will continue to stress Norway's positive bilateral relationship with Russia. After Georgia the GON will stress the potential for conflict in the High No [...]	2008-09-02 13:51:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL RS NO
08OSLO594	NORDIC DEFENSE COOPERATION: A RORSCHACH TEST [...] (C) Summary: The old idea of Nordic Defense cooperation (NDC) has had new life breathed into it, bringing with it uncertain implications for NATO and the region's transatlantic ties. The momentum for this stems from a 2007 joint report on potential areas of defense cooperation issued by Norwa [...]	2008-11-03 15:11:00	Embassy Oslo	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL MARR MCAP MOPS DA IC FI SW NO
08OTTAWA1	CANADA'S POLICY PRIORITIES FOR 2008 [...] (C) Summary: The government of Prime Minister Harper intends to maintain a steady course in implementing the policy priorities of the October 2007 ""Speech from the Throne"" (reftels),while the Conservative Party's minority status in both Houses of Parliament makes demonstrable progress prob [...]	2008-01-02 17:04:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SENV AF CA
08OTTAWA10	CANADA AGREES TO JOINT DEMARCHE RE UN SENIOR [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche on January 4, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force (FTAG) Deputy Director Richard Arbeiter confirmed that DFAIT would instruct the Canadian Permanent Representative to the UN in New York to participate in the [...]	2008-01-04 21:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS IO AF CA
08OTTAWA101	DFAIT APOLOGIZES OVER TORTURE ALLEGATION [...] (C) Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs David Mulroney called Ambassador on January 18 to offer DFAIT's "real apology" that a Canadian consular training module on "Torture and Abuse Awareness" had included the U.S. on a list with Afghanistan, China, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Mexico, Saudi [...]	2008-01-18 17:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CA
08OTTAWA1018	CANADA AND POSSIBLE AMERICAS TRADE SUMMIT [...] (sbu) Canada strongly supports the U.S. idea of broadening free trade agreements and cooperation in the western hemisphere, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor in the Americas Strategy Secretariat Rouben Khatchadourian told Econcouns on July 30. Respond [...]	2008-07-30 20:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD XM XS CA
08OTTAWA1024	CANADIAN AIR FORCE EMBRACES, RUSHES TRANSFORMATION [...] (C//NF) Summary: The International Security Assistance Force's (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan is a "transformation driver" that has obliged the Canadian Air Force (CAF) to develop a new Air Expeditionary Wing. The current deployment of about 350 airmen to the Afghan theater will grow to about [...]	2008-07-31 17:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR NATO CA
08OTTAWA1027	CONSERVATIVES SETTING THE STAGE FOR THIS FALL [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past two months, the Conservative Party has fine-tuned the Cabinet, shaken up its managerial team, and revamped communications strategy to re-group ahead of the return of Parliament in mid-September. The new look was on display at the Conservative caucus summer policy [...]	2008-07-31 21:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1028	EXCHANGING VIEWS ON THE OAS AND THE SUMMIT OF THE [...] (C) Summary. In meetings at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) on July 18, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States Hector E. Morales, Jr. emphasized his hopes of maintaining strong coordination and collaboration with Canada on hemi [...]	2008-08-01 11:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL XL XM CA
08OTTAWA1032	CANADIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS STIR DEBATE [...] (SBU) Summary. Federal and provincial Canadian Human Rights Commissions and Tribunals have over recent years come under intensified criticism, largely due to high-profile hate speech complaints, including about a controversial article on Muslims in Maclean's, a prominent Canadian magazine. An [...]	2008-08-01 18:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV CA
08OTTAWA105	CANADA COORDINATING WITH DOS ON UN DRIP [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-22 19:22:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OAS PREL PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1054	CANADIANS TO ORGANIZE RC-S MINISTERIAL ON MARGINS [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Director Richard Arbeiter said on August 8 that Canada plans to propose a meeting of ISAF Regional Command Sounth (RC-S) country ministers on the margins of UNGA. The Canadians envision limiting the meeti [...]	2008-08-08 17:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MOPS NATO UNGA AF CA
08OTTAWA1059	THE ROLE OF THE PROVINCIAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONS [...] (U) Summary: Canadian provincial human rights commissions and tribunals administer provincial human rights law, with varying provisions, procedures, and jurisdictions. While the public has traditionally viewed these commissions and tribunals as defenders of human rights, they are coming under [...]	2008-08-08 20:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV CA
08OTTAWA106	CANADA ENCOURAGING COUNTRIES TO BAN BURMESE IMPORTS [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for the Southeast Asia and Pacific Division Evelyne Coulombe told PolOff that Canada is taking every opportunity to encourage other governments to impose import bans on Burma. Coulombe said that the DFAIT Sout [...]	2008-01-22 21:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PHUM BM CA
08OTTAWA1064	CANADA SUPPORTS STRONG NAC STATEMENT CONDEMNING [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-11 16:21:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS RU GG CA
08OTTAWA1068	CDMA 2008: CANADA TO HIGHLIGHT NEW FOCUS ON THE [...] (C) Summary: Canada will highlight its renewed focus on the Americas at the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas (CDMA) 2008 in Banff, September 2-6. Canadian officials look forward to a robust U.S. presence at the CDMA and want to collaborate with the U.S. to ensure that the Dec [...]	2008-08-12 11:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV OAS CA
08OTTAWA1070	CANADA SUPPORTS CYBERCRIME CONVENTION, DESPITE [...] (C) Government of Canada counterparts told acting political counselor on August 13 that Canada strongly supports the Council of Europe Cybercrime convention. They described the GOC's position as almost identical to that of the U.S., especially with respect to Russian resistance and gamesmansh [...]	2008-08-12 19:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	EINT KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL CA
08OTTAWA1072	CANADA DEDICATES FUNDING TO LAUNCH TIP HOTLINE [...] (U) Per ref B, Public Safety Canada and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police are working with the Canadian Crime Stoppers Association, a non-profit organization, to establish a national hotline for reports of possible Trafficking in Persons (TIP) cases. In January 2008, the Canadian government d [...]	2008-08-12 20:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN KCRM CA
08OTTAWA1075	NSG: CANADA SUPPORTS EXCEPTION FOR INDIA, SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Canadian officials responded to ref A demarche by noting that Canada and the U.S. share similar views on how to secure an exception for India from the Nuclear Suppliers Group. Senior Canadian Embassy officials in Washington will seek a meeting with Acting Under Secretary John Ro [...]	2008-08-13 13:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC IN CA
08OTTAWA1090	CANADA STRONGLY SUPPORTS U.S. POSITION ON GORI [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-14 18:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL NATO OSCE GG RS CA
08OTTAWA1091	YOUNG VOTERS HAVE POTENTIAL TO INFLUENCE ELECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Conventional wisdom in Canada suggests that young voters are apathetic. Indeed, official data show youth participation rates in federal elections have declined since 1993. However, mission conversations with politically-active young Canadians suggest that many of them are polit [...]	2008-08-14 20:06:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1092	CANADA REITERATES BACKING U.S. POSITION ON GEORGIA [...] (C) Colleen Swords, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security Affairs (and Canada's G-8 Political Director),called DCM August 15 to follow up on the Ambassador's demarche to Deputy Foreign Minister Edwards (refs b and c). Swords said the Ambassador's points had been "well receiv [...]	2008-08-15 15:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PREL NATO OSCE GG RS CA
08OTTAWA1093	CANADA WILL SUPPORT AFGHANISTAN OVER SYRIA FOR [...] (C) Colleen Swords, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security Affairs (and Canada's G-8 Political Director),told DCM August 15 that she was sure Canada would support Afghanistan over Syria if the race for the IAEA Board [...]	2008-08-15 19:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PARM IAEA KNNP MNUN IR SY AF CA
08OTTAWA1099	MANITOBA: A CANADIAN ELECTION BELLWEATHER? [...] (SBU) Summary: Manitoba voters appear relatively satisfied with the federal and provincial political status quo, including a federal minority government, although the city of Winnipeg will see some hard-fought races in a federal election that could come as early as this fall. Public reaction [...]	2008-08-15 20:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON CA
08OTTAWA1106	IAEA BOG: CANADIANS OPPOSE SYRIAN BID, OPEN TO [...] (C//Rel Can) At an August 19 follow-up to ref a demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation Craig Weichel confirmed DFAIT Assistant Deputy Minister Colleen Swords' assertion (ref b) that Canada would support Afghanistan over Syr [...]	2008-08-19 15:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL IAEA KNNP MNUN SY AF CA
08OTTAWA1113	NEW MOMENTUM TOWARD A FALL ELECTION [...] (C) Summary. Chances for a fall federal election in Canada are suddenly improving, with both the Conservatives and the Liberals now seemingly campaign-ready as well as already upping up the rhetoric while gauging the best possible timing in terms of economic news and the U.S. Presidential r [...]	2008-08-20 19:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1115	RESPONSES TO CANADA'S COMPETITION POLICY REVIEW [...] (U) Summary: On June 26, the government-appointed Competition Policy Review Panel released its final report entitled &Compete to Win.8 The Panel was created in July of 2007 and tasked with reviewing Canada's competition and foreign investment policies in order to issue recommendations to the [...]	2008-08-20 20:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN EINV ETRD CA
08OTTAWA1122	CANADA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN-PAKISTAN [...] (C//Rel Can) Summary: Canada has shared with Embassy a draft of the Dubai Process's yet-to-be approved Pakistan-Afghanistan Cooperation Action Plan (PACAP) to improve security and efficiency along the two countries' shared borders and legal crossing points. After the final Dubai Process meet [...]	2008-08-21 15:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO EAID AF PK CA
08OTTAWA1123	CANADA'S PROMOTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS GLOBALLY [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada remains a strong partner in promoting and defending human rights globally. Thanks to its "principle-based" approach, the Conservative Party believes that "Canada's voice is being heard" once again. Canada has awarded honorary citizenship to the Dalai Lama and Aung San [...]	2008-08-22 13:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM CH IS BM CA
08OTTAWA1124	BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK ON [...] A Locally Engaged Staff (LES) member from mission Canada's American Presence Post in Winnipeg, Manitoba visited Wolverine Supplies in Virden, Manitoba on July 25. Wolverine Supplies is named in subject license application as the foreign end-user of "fixed stock" models of the XCR rifle. Based [...]	2008-08-22 20:22:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC CA
08OTTAWA1130	CDMA 2008: CANADA TO PROMOTE SECRETARIAT [...] (C//NF) Summary: At their September 4 meeting in Banff, Minister of Defence MacKay will urge Secretary of Defense Gates to support the creation of a secretariat for the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas (CDMA). Canada believes a secretariat is required to bolster the CDMA's abi [...]	2008-08-26 12:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MARR PGOV OAS CA
08OTTAWA1137	CANADIANS CALL IN RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR RE: GEORGIA [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Minister Len Edwards called in Russian Ambassador to Canada Georgiy Mamedov on August 26 to encourage Russia to reconsider its actions and cooperate fully with the international community [...]	2008-08-27 12:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS NATO GG RS CA
08OTTAWA1140	CANADA WANTS TO COORDINATE SUPPORT FOR GEORGIA [...] (C) Summary: Canada wants to deepen bilateral coordination on support to Georgia. Canadian officials have asked for specific advice regarding the potential deployment of OSCE monitors and separate explosives abatement capability to Georgia. They would also like to coordinate U.S. and Canad [...]	2008-08-27 16:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM MOPS NATO GG RS CA
08OTTAWA1142	CANADIAN ELECTION SPECULATION HITS FEVER PITCH [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Harper decided on August 26 to keep Governor General Michaelle Jean in Ottawa through early September. Local media and commentators interpret the move as the clearest sign yet that Harper may soon call an autumn snap election. If Harper does make the announcemen [...]	2008-08-28 15:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CA
08OTTAWA1144	CANADA UNLIKELY TO ATTEND DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS [...] (U) On August 22, Econoff delivered reftel points to Jean-Yves Bourque, Program Officer, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Bourque stated that Canada does not have an aid program with Liberia and therefore is unlikely to attend the September Development Ministers meeting in Mo [...]	2008-08-28 17:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL CA LI
08OTTAWA1148	CANADIAN RESPONSE TO KOSOVO ICJ DEMARCHE [...] (C) On August 28, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for East Europe and Balkans Jeremy Wallace expressed appreciation for ref A demarche, and said that his office had not yet decided its stance on the Kosovo ICJ resolution at UNGA. Wallace remarked [...]	2008-08-29 13:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA UN KV CA
08OTTAWA1149	CANADA: MISSION DISASTER RELIEF OFFICER (MDRO) [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 15:06:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA EAID SOCI
08OTTAWA1151	CANADA IN RECEIPT OF DEMARCHE ON MED DIALOGUE SOFA [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-29 16:22:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR NATO CA
08OTTAWA1152	CANADA SEEKS U.S. HELP TO PRESS ISI ON BORDER [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director for South Asia Jim Nickel told pol/miloff on August 28 that Pakistani ISI Director General Lieutenant General Nadeem Taj had just canceled his September 4-5 meetings with senior Canadian officials in Ottawa. Nickel sa [...]	2008-08-29 20:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR NATO PK AF CA
08OTTAWA1162	GREEN PARTY MAKES HISTORY WITH FIRST MP [...] The Green Party landed its first Member of Parliament on August 30. Sitting Independent MP Blair Wilson formally joined the party and said he will run under the Green banner in a Canadian federal election that local analysts expect to be called within days. Wilson's recruitment marks a first [...]	2008-09-03 15:06:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SENV PINR CA
08OTTAWA1165	TORIES POISED FOR MODEST GAINS IN QUEBEC [...] (SBU) Summary: With a fall federal election all but certain, our English and French-speaking contacts in Montreal told us that the Conservatives are well-positioned to add to their eleven seats in Quebec. They downplayed the possibility of a major breakthrough, however, and said that seat chan [...]	2008-09-04 11:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SENV CA

08OTTAWA1171	CANADA TO CALL FEDERAL ELECTION ON SEPTEMBER 7 [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Stephen Harper will trigger a Canadian federal election on September 7 with voting day on October 14. The Conservatives are well-positioned to win a second minority government and late August polls suggested they will gain seats in key provinces. However, tight [...]	2008-09-05 21:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON SENV CA
08OTTAWA1172	CANADA WILL DISCUSS BRAZIL'S PARTICIPATION IN PDG [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Policy Planning officer Helen Fytche told poloff September 4 that Canada would be pleased to discuss Brazil's participation in the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG) at the October 17 Steering Group meeting. Canada felt [...]	2008-09-05 21:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID ECON KDEM BR CA
08OTTAWA1177	ELECTION KICK-OFF HIGHLIGHTS TORY PREPARATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Harper called a federal election on September 7 for voting on October 14 (Ref A). Harper emphasized continuity and stability in his first message to voters. Dion branded Harper an extremist. Although Harper signaled the date at least a week in advance -- and mo [...]	2008-09-08 21:27:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CA
08OTTAWA1198	NSPD/HSPD ON ARCTIC POLICY - REQUEST CONSIDERATION [...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy strongly believes release of the new Arctic Policy National Security Presidential Directive/Homeland Security Presidential Directive during Canada's federal election campaign has the potential to insert the United States as an issue in the campaign and negatively impact [...]	2008-09-12 19:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EWWT PBTS TPHY TSPL CA
08OTTAWA1199	CANADA SUPPORTS US GOALS FOR UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (C) Canada supports broadly U.S. goals for the UNGA Third Committee, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade human rights desk officer Cyndy Nelson. Nelson said however she could only offer a preliminary assessment, as Canada is in the middle of an election campaign. [...]	2008-09-12 19:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV UN CA
08OTTAWA1200	ISAF AMENDMENT OPLAN TO EXPAND CN AUTHORITIES [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-12 20:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR AF CA
08OTTAWA1202	CANADIAN APPROVAL BRINGS CANUS ILOC INTO FORCE [...] (U) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Continental Defense Relations Victor Rakmil told pol/miloff on September 12 that the Government of Canada had received approval from Parliament to bring into force the Agreement on Integrated Lines of Commun [...]	2008-09-15 19:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR CA
08OTTAWA1203	AVIAN FLU CONFERENCE IN EGYPT: CANADA WILL ATTEND, BUT [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-15 19:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AORC TBIO EAGR EAID PREL CA
08OTTAWA1216	CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR THE [...] (C) Summary. The most likely outcome of the October 14 Canadian federal election is another Conservative victory, with the real question being whether Prime Minister Harper's party wins only a stronger minority or an actual majority. Neither result would likely cause any significant shift of [...]	2008-09-16 20:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CA
08OTTAWA123	CANADA WILL NOT ATTEND UN WORLD CONFERENCE ON [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada took a firm stance against the UN World Conference Against Racism on January 23 when it announced it would not attend the 2009 Durban Review Conference (Durban II). Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier stated that the 2001 UN World Conference Against Racism "degenera [...]	2008-01-24 20:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL CA
08OTTAWA1231	VANCOUVER OLYMPIC SECURITY UPDATE - COORDINATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The February 12-28 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver will present Canada, and the United States, with complex multi-jurisdictional security challenges. The RCMP has the security lead, but is planning for the Canadian Forces (CF) to render military support of civilian security a [...]	2008-09-17 20:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ASEC PTER KOLY CA
08OTTAWA1232	CANADA: NO NEW PLEDGES AT AD HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE [...] (sbu) Canada plans no new pledges at the September 22 Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting in New York, according to Louise Corbin, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Israel, West Bank, and Gaza. Corbin told Econcouns that Canada had pledged C [...]	2008-09-17 20:21:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA EAID IS KPAL PGOV PREL WBG
08OTTAWA1234	U.S. AND CANADA DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: An inter-agency USG delegation met recently in Ottawa with Canadian counterparts to discuss civilian and military cooperation in South Afghanistan. Canadian interlocutors described the strategic coordination and outreach efforts embodied in their Kandahar Action Plan. Canada seek [...]	2008-09-17 21:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO EAID AF PK CA
08OTTAWA1236	CANADIAN RESPONSE TO IRAQ COALITION DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Adviser for NATO Amy Galigan confirmed that no Canadian Forces (CF) troops are participating in NTM-I, or are otherwise engaged in Iraq and that the Government of Canada is not pla [...]	2008-09-18 17:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS IZ CA
08OTTAWA1237	CANADIANS WORKING ON INTER-AGENCY RESPONSE TO RC-S [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Senior (DFAIT) Adviser for Afghanistan Policy and Advocacy David Fairchild expressed appreciation for reftel demarche of September 17, noting that the current version appeared to have taken into consideration earlier Canadian concern [...]	2008-09-18 17:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA
08OTTAWA1238	CANADIAN ELECTION WILL DELAY DECISION ON FUNDS FOR [...] (C) Summary: The Canadian government will not consider reftel request that it provide $100 million per year in additional funding for the sustainment of the Afghan National Army (ANA) until a new government takes office after the October 14 federal election. End summary. 2. (C) On Septe [...]	2008-09-18 17:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA
08OTTAWA124	OPPOSITION REACTION TO MANLEY REPORT PREDICTABLE [...] (U) Summary: The New Democratic Party (NDP) and the Bloc Quebecois moved quickly, and predictably, on January 22 to reject the central recommendation of the Manley panel to extend Canada's combat mission in Afghanistan. Their decision puts the onus on the official opposition Liberals to clarify [...]	2008-01-24 21:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL MOPS AF CA
08OTTAWA1242	MEETING BETWEEN U.S. NRC CHAIRMAN DALE KLEIN AND [...] (U) Summary: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Chairman Dale E. Klein traveled to Ottawa from July 17-19, 2008. On July 18 Klein discussed reactor licensing and medical isotope production issues recently appointed Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) President Michael Binder; an [...]	2008-09-18 21:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP ENRG TRGY SENV CA
08OTTAWA1243	CANADA EYEING C$10 MILLION ASSISTANCE TO GEORGIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-19 16:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GG RS KMCA EAID EFIN PREL
08OTTAWA1244	CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT SEPTEMBER 24 HAITI KEY [...] (U) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Assistant Deputy Minister (International Security Branch) and Political Director Colleen Swords and Assistant Deputy Minister (Americas Strategy) Alexandra Bugailiski will participate in the September 24 meeting of Haiti Key Play [...]	2008-09-19 17:51:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPKO UNSC UNGA HA CA
08OTTAWA1245	CANADIANS CONSIDERING U.S. IDEAS, INITIATIVES ON [...] (S/Rel CAN) Summary: Canadian officials are studying ref a demarche on engaging China on proliferation-related trade with Iran, but warn that Canadian action could be slowed by the government's current pre-election caretaker status. Officials expressed appreciation for ref b ideas for blockin [...]	2008-09-19 17:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PREL EFIN KNNP PARM PINR IR XS CH CA
08OTTAWA1246	CANADIAN ATTENDANCE AT U/S BURNS' MEETING ON [...] (U) The Canadian representative to the September 24 meeting on Colombia hosted by U/S Burns in New York will be Assistant Deputy Minister (Americas Strategy) Alexandra Bugailiskis of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at [...]	2008-09-19 18:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC PTER PHUM UNGA CO CA
08OTTAWA1247	CANADA IN STEP WITH U.S. ON MESA CANDIDATE FOR [...] (S) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Nuclear Disarmament Craig Weichel assured pol/miloff on September 19 that Canada and the U.S. are fully "in step" with respect to Afghanistan's bid for the Middle East South Asia (MESA) seat on the IAEA Board [...]	2008-09-19 18:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PARM MNUC IAEA AF SY IR CA
08OTTAWA1250	CANADA CONCERNED ABOUT EFFORT TO DERAIL [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation Shawn Caza, at the upcoming IAEA General Conference Canada will seek to kill a resolution on "Israeli nuclear capability" with a no-action motion. The way that support for the [...]	2008-09-19 20:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC IAEA IS CA
08OTTAWA1251	CANADA SUPPORTS RESOLUTION ON COMPLIANCE WITH [...] (SBU) Following up on reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Director for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Craig Weichel told pol/mil officer on September 19 that Canada would vote for the U.S.-sponsored UNGA First Committee Resolution on Compliance with Non-Pr [...]	2008-09-19 20:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL UNGA CA
08OTTAWA1253	CANADA CONSIDERING FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO [...] (C) Canada is leaning toward extending financial support to the Community of Democracies (CD) Secretariat, and will likely announce that it is exploring ways to provide a modest contribution at the September 26 CD meeting, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs' (DFAIT) Senior Policy An [...]	2008-09-19 20:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM UNGA CA
08OTTAWA1254	CANADIANS WORKING ON RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche on September 19, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Advisor for Defense and Security Sarah Robertson said that Canadian officials were now consulting internally on whether they could extend the HMCS Ville de Quebec's current depl [...]	2008-09-19 20:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS MCAP XW CA
08OTTAWA1257	CANADA-EU TRADE PROPOSAL MAY RIVAL SCOPE OF NAFTA...OR NOT. [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 12:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON EAGR EIND EFIN ELAB CA EU
08OTTAWA1258	THE U.S. IN THE CANADIAN FEDERAL ELECTION -- NOT! [...] (C) Summary. Despite the overwhelming importance of the U.S. to Canada for its economy and security, bilateral relations remain the proverbial 900 pound gorilla that no one wants to talk about in the 2008 Canadian federal election campaigns. This likely reflects an almost inherent inferiority c [...]	2008-09-22 18:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1259	NATO: CANADA SHARES U.S. VIEW OF NO BUSINESS AS [...] (C) Summary: Canada agrees with the U.S. position that there should be no business as usual at the NATO Russia Council (NRC),and at the NRC Prep Com, and Canada is making this point to its NATO allies. End summary. 2. (C) On September 22, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAIT) [...]	2008-09-22 20:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL NATO PARM KCFE RS GG CA
08OTTAWA1263	UNGA: CANADIAN THOUGHTS ON FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN [...] (C) Summary: At the September 26 Friends of Pakistan Group (FoPG) meeting on the margins of UNGA, Canadian Deputy Foreign Minister Len Edwards will articulate Canada's desire to collaborate with like-minded countries in support of political and economic development and stability in Pakistan. [...]	2008-09-23 16:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PK CA
08OTTAWA1264	CANADA EXTENDS WFP ESCORTS OFF SOMALIA [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Defense and Security Michael Kaduck on September 23 confirmed that the Canadian government had decided to extend its World Food Program (WFP) escort duty from September 27 to a "hard deadline" of October 2 [...]	2008-09-23 19:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR MCAP UNSC XW CA SO
08OTTAWA1265	CANADA SUPPORTS MAJORITY OF U.S. GOALS AT UNGA [...] (C) Canada supports the majority of U.S. goals for the upcoming UN General Assembly (UNGA) general debate and regular session, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Director for UN and Commonwealth Affairs Shannon-Marie Soni. Deputy Foreign Minister Len Edw [...]	2008-09-23 19:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNGA CA
08OTTAWA1271	CANADIAN CO-SPONSORSHIP OF COMPLIANCE RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Craig Weichel has verified that Canada had co-sponsored the U.S. Compliance Resolution at the UN First Committee in 2005 (ref a) and that DFAIT was therefore "in a good position" t [...]	2008-09-26 18:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL UNGA CA
08OTTAWA1274	CANADA WILLING TO DEMARCHE INDIA ON WFP ESCORTS [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Defence and Security Michael Kaduck confirmed to pol/mil officer after COB on September 26 that he had instructed the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi to respond positively to a U.S. Embassy request that [...]	2008-09-29 13:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR MCAP UNSC XW SO CA
08OTTAWA1275	BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-SHIPMENT END-USE CHECK [...] (SBU) Summary: Per reftel, Consulates General Vancouver and Montreal investigated Astro Global Trading (AGT) and DSP Electronics, respectively, regarding the disposition of two cylinder assembly components for the Pilatus aircraft exported under application 050096269. The owner of AGT -- Sal [...]	2008-09-29 16:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA ETTC KOMC
08OTTAWA1293	ELECTION 2008: VISITS TO THE "WAR ROOMS" [...] (C) Summary. The contrast between the state-of-the-art Conservative Party campaign "war room" and its rather ramshackle Liberal Party equivalent helps to explain why Conservatives are at least 11 percentage points in the polls about whom electors would vote for if the federal election were [...]	2008-10-02 14:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CA
08OTTAWA1297	CANADIAN ABSTENTION LIKELY ON KOSOVO ICJ REFERRAL [...] (C) In response to reftels, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Europe and Central Asia Relations Jeremy Wallace told pol/mil officer that Canada seems to be "moving toward an abstention" if there is a vote. DFAIT officials have not yet made a de [...]	2008-10-03 18:21:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNGA KV CA
08OTTAWA1300	CONSERVATIVES STILL AHEAD FOLLOWING DEBATES [...] (C) Summary. The Conservatives emerged from the federal election campaign's two national debates having preserved their comfortable lead in the polls. Despite facing a constant barrage of criticism from the four main opposition parties, PM Harper seems to have come through relatively unscath [...]	2008-10-03 21:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL CA
08OTTAWA1302	CANADIANS APPRECIATE MTCR PAPERS, WANT MORE [...] (SBU) On October 3, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation Phillip J. Baines expressed appreciation for reftel paper. Baines said he looks forward to receiving even more of the "very useful" U.S. papers in advance of the Information [...]	2008-10-06 21:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM MTCRE ETTC MNUC TSPA CA
08OTTAWA1303	(S) CANADA CONSIDERING SPACE LAUNCH ALTERNATIVES [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (S/RelCan) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation Phillip Baines raised U.S.-India safeguards on October 3, asking whether the United States intends to broaden its bilateral safegua [...]	2008-10-06 21:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC CA
08OTTAWA1308	ELECTION 2008: RACE NARROWS WITH ONE WEEK TO GO [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's major political parties have launched their final push to Election Day on October 14. Although the Conservative government appears certain to be re-elected, whether it will win a majority or another minority mandate is less clear. The apparent slowing of Conservative [...]	2008-10-07 21:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CA
08OTTAWA1313	CANADA WILL DONATE TO UNRWA'S RECONSTRUCTION AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-09 19:09:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM PREL LE CA
08OTTAWA1314	ELECTION 2008: WHAT IF... [...] (C) Summary. A Liberal victory in the federal election, while still not likely, has suddenly become a possibility in the wake of widespread concerns about the world financial situation. Improved prospects for the Liberals in Ontario and for the Bloc Quebecois in Quebec have substantially ea [...]	2008-10-09 21:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CA
08OTTAWA1315	NO CHANGE IN CANADIAN VIEWS OF CHINA FOLLOWING [...] (SBU) Many Canadians viewed the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics through the prism of Canadian preparations for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, and were deeply impressed by the smooth success of the sporting events in China, as well as by the dramatic new sporting venues. The Beijing Olympic [...]	2008-10-10 15:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO CH CA
08OTTAWA1316	ELECTION 2008: WHAT'S ON THEIR MINDS [...] (SBU) Summary: The global economic crisis has made the economy the defining issue in the 2008 election campaign, with the environment, healthcare, and crime tacking a distinct backseat. Afghanistan and foreign policy are not under real discussion. Polls continue to fluctuate, but the Conserva [...]	2008-10-10 20:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1317	CANADIAN CHALLENGES RELATED TO ACCESSION OF [...] (U) Action request -- see para 4. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Policy Adviser for Defence and Security Robert Bissett told pol/mil officer that Canada would move as quickly as possible to complete the ratification of the pro [...]	2008-10-10 20:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM NATO MARR PREL KTIA AL CA HR
08OTTAWA1318	CANADIAN REACTION TO DEMARCHE ON ISSUES OF [...] (C) Summary: Canada at the 2008 UNGA First Committee will most likely abstain on the resolutions related to "de-alerting" and depleted uranium munitions. Canada likely will vote for the resolution on telecommunications in the context of international security, but will not repeat its co-spo [...]	2008-10-14 20:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MNUC UNGA NATO CA
08OTTAWA1324	CONSERVATIVES TO FORM SECOND MINORITY GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's Conservative party won an enhanced minority in the October 14 federal election, increasing its representation in every region and province except Quebec and Newfoundland. Party leaders of the four major parties all won re-election (although Green leader May failed to w [...]	2008-10-15 17:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1325	ELECTION 2008: WHAT IT MEANS [...] (C) The next Canadian federal election campaign effectively began on October 15, in the wake of the October 14 election results that gave the Conservative Party of Prime Minister Stephen Harper a stronger "mandate" but yet another minority position in the 308-seat House of Commons (reftel). [...]	2008-10-15 18:27:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL CA
08OTTAWA1329	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3 REQUEST: [...] SUMMARY: Per reftel A, Consulate General Vancouver investigated Paul Reibin, dba Range Sports Unlimited (RSU),regarding his bona fides to export munitions as identified under application 050113948. Mr. Reibin is in possession of a Business Firearms License issued by the Canadian Firearms C [...]	2008-10-16 16:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	CA ETTC KOMC
08OTTAWA1331	CANADA TO ANNOUNCE SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Policy Advisor Jennifer Kleniewski confirmed to pol/miloff on October 15 that the just re-elected Conservative government "soon" would announce Canada's "substantial" donation to support the 2009 and 2010 [...]	2008-10-16 20:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV KDEM AF CA
08OTTAWA1341	LIBERAL PARTY WOES [...] (C) Summary. The predicted resignation of Liberal leader Stephane Dion, perhaps very soon, will not solve the party's problems, which are financial, geographic, substantive, and perhaps generational. The likely continued disarray within the party -- even with possible a new leader -- must [...]	2008-10-17 20:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1343	CANADA TO PLEDGE C$3 MILLION AT GEORGIA DONORS' [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 17:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GG RS KMCA EAID EFIN PREL
08OTTAWA1345	CANADA WILL CONTRIBUTE $35 MILLION TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Policy Advisor Jennifer Kleniewski told pol/miloff on October 20 that Canada has budgeted $35 million to support the 2009 and 2010 elections in Afghanistan. In her follow-up to ref a, she also specifie [...]	2008-10-20 18:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KDEM PGOV AF CA
08OTTAWA1348	DION TO STEP DOWN AS LIBERAL LEADER -- NEXT YEAR [...] (U) Stephane Dion announced on October 20 that he would step down as Liberal Party leader, but only after the next leadership convention had selected a replacement; he clarified that he will not be a leadership candidate again. He will remain as Official Opposition leader in the meantime. H [...]	2008-10-20 19:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA135	ELECTRIC POWER FROM CANADA: TRADE DWINDLES AS CONTINENT'S NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE REMAINS UNBUILT [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-25 21:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG SENV PGOV CA
08OTTAWA136	PRIMETIME IMAGES OF US-CANADA BORDER PAINT U.S. IN [...] (SBU) Summary: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has long gone to great pains to highlight the distinction between Americans and Canadians in its programming, generally at our expense. However, the level of anti-American melodrama has been given a huge boost in the current television [...]	2008-01-25 23:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO CA
08OTTAWA1362	CANADA SUPPORTS INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL SUMMIT [...] (sbu) Summary: Canada fully supports the November 15 Financial Markets and World Economy Summit, and is committed to market-based financial systems and liberalized trading markets, according to senior Canadian financial officials. Canada will work closely with the United States and the G-7 co [...]	2008-10-23 15:04:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	CA ECON EFIN PREL
08OTTAWA1368	CANADA KEEN TO ADVOCATE NON-PARTICIPATION IN [...] This is an action request -- please see para 4. 2. (C) Canada is willing to join the U.S. effort to persuade governments to steer clear of Iran's November 30 conference on nuclear energy. Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Advisor for Non-Proliferat [...]	2008-10-24 21:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC AORC ENRG TRGY IR CA
08OTTAWA1372	PSYCHOLOGY, REALITY AND INTEGRATION: CANADA'S [...] (SBU) Summary: How Canada fares in the global economic crisis will be measured as much by its integration with the U.S. economy as by Canada's own domestic economic policies. The bottom line is: Canada's solid economic policy management will only serve to mitigate the impact of the global fi [...]	2008-10-28 14:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA ECON EFIN ENRG EPET ETRD
08OTTAWA1392	(S) CANADIAN RESPONSE TO U.S. REPLY ON UAE REMOTE [...] (S/Rel Can) On October 29, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Non-proliferation and Disarmament Thomas Gillon expressed appreciation for reftel response regarding the transfer of RADARSAT-2 capabilities to the United Arab Emirates. Gillon remarked [...]	2008-10-30 17:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PREL PARM ETTC CA
08OTTAWA1393	CANADA WELCOMES U.S. - CARIBBEAN SECURITY [...] (U) Action request - please see para 4. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Defence and Security Relations Michael Kaduck told pol/miloff on October 29 that Canada is keen to participate in the U.S. - C [...]	2008-10-30 19:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER SNAR KJUS EAID MASS XL CA
08OTTAWA1394	NEW CANADIAN CABINET: "CERTAINTY, STABILITY, AND [...] (C) Summary. The Cabinet of the second government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper took office on October 29. Its expanded size includes more women and rewarded some new MPs from key geographic areas. As expected, former Minister of Transport Lawrence Cannon succeeded David Emerson as Mini [...]	2008-10-30 19:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR CA
08OTTAWA1395	CANADA: INFORMATION FOR SUMMIT ON FINANCIAL [...] (sbu) Ref a requests information regarding Canada's perspectives and concerns regarding the November 15 Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy -- and also regarding the financial crisis' impact on Canada and government actions to address the crisis. Also per ref a, Econcouns John C [...]	2008-10-31 13:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA ECON EFIN
08OTTAWA1396	CANADA WILLING TO SIGN CHEMICAL WEAPONS CHALLENGE [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Louis-Phillipe Sylvestre confirmed to pol/miloff on October 30 that Canada wants to avoid the "complications" that would accompany a formal b [...]	2008-10-31 17:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KTIA CWC CA
08OTTAWA1407	EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL IN CANADA [...] (U) Summary: Canada's emergency telecom systems consist of a priority access for dialing (also known as priority access to dial tone or PAD) system for landline phones and a wireless priority system (WPS) similar to the U.S. model. The dated PAD system offers little benefit to the Embassy. How [...]	2008-11-03 22:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECPS ACAO AMGT ANET CA
08OTTAWA1408	CANADA CONSIDERING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) According to Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Division for Inter-American Relations Leonard Beaulne, Canada will give "strong consideration" to the U.S. candidate for the Inter-American Commission of Women's (CIM) Executive Committee. [...]	2008-11-03 22:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KWMN OAS CA
08OTTAWA141	PM HARPER SEEKS AFGHAN EXTENSION, WITH CAVEATS [...] (SBU) Summary: PM Harper publicly voiced his agreement with the Manley panel's call for an extension of Canada's mission in Kandahar after February 2009 - as long as NATO provides additional troops and equipment to help out (ref a). He pledged personally to take the lead to press Canada's alli [...]	2008-01-28 21:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS AF CA
08OTTAWA1411	CANADA WANTS TO COORDINATE ON IRAN [...] (U) This is an action request - please see para 5. 2. (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Advisor for Non-Proliferation Che van Haastrecht on November 4 asked to coordinate CANUS outreach to discourage the sale of uranium to Iran by Kazakhstan (ref b). [...]	2008-11-04 20:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC ENRG AORC TRGY IR CA
08OTTAWA1414	PM HARPER CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT-ELECT OBAMA [...] (U) In a statement on November 4, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered congratulations to President-elect Barack Obama and all incoming Members of Congress and Governors. He pledged to continue to cooperate to "strengthen the special bond" between our two nations. (Full text in pa [...]	2008-11-05 17:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1417	NSDD 38 - Department of Homeland Security (DHS),United [...] The Embassy has received the NSDD-38 request from the Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard (USCG) to establish an 0-4 Coast Guard Liaison Officer billet at the Royal Canadian Mounted political (RCMP) Headquarters in Ottawa. The Chief of Mission approves the establishment [...]	2008-11-06 16:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	AODE AMGT KMRS CA
08OTTAWA1421	CANADA FULLY SUPPORTS AND HAS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED [...] (S) Summary. Robert Sample, Senior Project Leader, Financial Crimes, Finance Canada, said that Canada's current regulations regarding financial institutions' (FI's) transactions with Iranian entities are in line with USG and FATF recommendations and are quite onerous on Canadian institutions. [...]	2008-11-06 21:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	KNNP PARM PREL EFIN CA
08OTTAWA1424	OTTAWA HOSTS LIKE-MINDED COUNTRIES INFORMAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada hosted an informal meeting of like-minded countries on Zimbabwe in Ottawa on October 30. Delegates agreed that MDC and ZANU-PF are in the midst of a power struggle to which there is no easy solution in sight. Several countries expressed concern at the Like-Minded Group,s [...]	2008-11-07 16:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM EAID ZI CA
08OTTAWA1426	NEW FOREIGN MINISTER LAWRENCE CANNON [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 30, Lawrence Cannon became Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs in Prime Minister Stephen Harper's second Conservative government (reftel). Cannon is an experienced and competent administrator who is likely to provide stability to a department that has had four minist [...]	2008-11-07 17:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PINR CA
08OTTAWA1427	CANADIAN INTERIM RESPONSE ON AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (SBU) On November 7, Deputy Pol/C conveyed reftel demarche points to James Gilmour, regional policy officer of the Afghan Task Force at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT). Gilmour promised to canvas colleagu [...]	2008-11-07 18:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM IR PK AF CA
08OTTAWA1430	FINAL RESULTS of THE 2008 CANADIAN ELECTION [...] (U) Elections Canada has now validated all results of the 2008 federal election on October 14 (reftel and previous). The results are not technically official until the Chief Electoral Officer publishes them in a formal report on or before January 14, 2009 (within 90 days of the return of the w [...]	2008-11-07 20:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1431	CANADA AWARE OF U.S. COMPROMISE PROPOSAL ON ITU-R [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-10 15:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS CA
08OTTAWA1433	CANADA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR EXECUTIVE [...] (SBU) Canada will support the U.S. candidate for the Inter-American Commission of Women's (CIM) Executive Committee at the CIM Assembly election in Santiago (November 10-12),according to Deputy Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's (DFAIT) Division of Inter-A [...]	2008-11-10 21:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KWMN OAS CA
08OTTAWA1437	CANADA - ORGANIZING FOR CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY WORK [...] (U) This message responds to ref a's request for information on how the government of Canada has organized itself to prepare for negotiations for a post-2012 climate framework and to develop and implement domestic climate programs. Organizing for Domestic Climate Work ---------------------- [...]	2008-11-13 16:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG KCHG CA
08OTTAWA1441	CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN MEETING [...] (C) In response to November 12 ref a demarche, Deputy Director for South Asia Peter Fawcett at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) voiced Canada's full support, while expressing concern that the meeting now appears to be turning into more of a donors' meeting, des [...]	2008-11-13 22:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON EAID PK CA
08OTTAWA1443	FRIENDS OF PAKISTAN: CANADA SEEKS BROAD SECURITY [...] (C) On November 13, Deputy Director for South Asia Peter Fawcett at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) elaborated on Canadian views of the upcoming Friends of Pakistan meeting (reftels). According to Fawcett, Canada seeks a "robust and broad" security discussion, [...]	2008-11-14 19:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER ECON EAID PK CA
08OTTAWA1444	CANADA BROADLY SUPPORTIVE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (SBU) According to Ryan Hewer, the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's policy advisor for Iranian non-proliferation issues, Canada broadly supports the ideas outlined in reftel, about which State officials apparently briefed Canadian emboffs in Washington on Novem [...]	2008-11-14 21:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MNUC PARM ETTC ENRG IR CA
08OTTAWA1446	CANADA REITERATES DESIRE FOR G7 COORDINATION ON [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-17 16:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PARM PREL KNNP CA
08OTTAWA1452	BLEAK WINTER AHEAD FOR THE LIBERAL PARTY [...] (C) Summary. The opposition Liberal Party faces at least six months of virtual support for the second minority government of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, given the necessity of ensuring Parliament deals constructively with the ongoing world financial crisis and domestic economic and emplo [...]	2008-11-17 22:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CA
08OTTAWA1453	CANADA DECIDES AGAINST DEMARCHES ON IRAN NUCLEAR [...] (C) In an unexpected and unwelcome shift from ref a position, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Advisor for Non-Proliferation Ryan Hewer informed poloff on November 17 that DFAIT had now decided Canada was already overextended in its demarches on the [...]	2008-11-18 15:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MNUC AORC ENRG TRGY IR CA
08OTTAWA1455	CONSERVATIVES TO PURSUE NARROW AGENDA IN 40TH [...] (C) Summary. The Conservative agenda that the government will lay out in detail on November 19 in the "Throne Speech" will almost exclusively focus on domestic remedies for the international economic crisis, according to senior Conservative staffers. It will -- of political necessity -- a [...]	2008-11-18 18:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON CA
08OTTAWA146	CANADA'S REPSONSE TO 1377 TELECOM TRADE AGREEMENTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-29 21:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND ETRD ECPS CA
08OTTAWA1460	CANADA CRITICAL OF NICARAGUAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche on November 18, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Nicaragua desk officer Sandy Ewart confirmed that Canada fully shares U.S. concerns regarding the November 9 Nicaraguan municipal elections. He noted that the Canadian Embassy in Costa Ri [...]	2008-11-18 22:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV NU CA
08OTTAWA1468	TWO NEW CONVICTIONS UNDER CANADA'S SEX TOURISM LAW [...] (U) Summary. Canada secured two new sex tourism convictions in November under Criminal Code amendments that now permit police to charge Canadians for sex crimes against children overseas. At least one other case in is the works for alleged abuses in Cambodia, Colombia, and the Philippines. E [...]	2008-11-19 18:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV HA CA
08OTTAWA147	CANADA KEEN TO COOPERATE ON COUNTERNARCOTICS AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-29 22:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR MOPS MARR AF CA
08OTTAWA1470	2008 THRONE SPEECH FOCUSES ON ECONOMY, NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary and comment. The second Harper government's Throne Speech on November 19 lived down to expectations of a fairly modest agenda, primarily focused on dealing with the domestic impact of the global economic crisis. The government did not indicate any plans for a major economic sti [...]	2008-11-19 22:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM MARR AF CA
08OTTAWA1474	CANADA SEEKS GREATER COHERENCE IN GLOBAL [...] (SBU) After receiving reftel demarche points and non-paper, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Advisor for Non-proliferation David MacDuff said on November 20 that Canada believes the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) is struggling [...]	2008-11-20 21:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PTER PREL KGIC CA
08OTTAWA1476	CANADA REMAINS STEADFAST AGAINST ANTI-ISRAEL [...] (SBU) Canada remains steadfast in its opposition to the plethora of anti-Israel UNGA resolutions outlined in reftel, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Middle East Division Director Michael Grant. Grant noted that Canada has voted this year exactly as it did i [...]	2008-11-20 21:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA IS PA CA
08OTTAWA1480	CANADA CONCERNED BY IRANIAN AND SYRIAN NUCLEAR [...] (C/NF) Canada found the November 19 IAEA report on the status of Iranian nuclear program to be "very bleak," according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) non-proliferation senior policy advisor Ryan Hewer. Hewer commented that the report clearly suggests a "consi [...]	2008-11-21 21:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MNUC KNNP PARM IAEA TRGY IR SY CA
08OTTAWA1481	CANADA OFFERS AMENDED LANGUAGE ON CWC CHALLENGE [...] (C) As promised in ref a demarche response, on November 21 Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Louis-Phillipe Sylvestre provided suggested amendments to the draft language for an exchange of notes on procedures go [...]	2008-11-21 21:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL KTIA CWC CA
08OTTAWA149	CANADA SEEKS CLOSE COORDINATION IN RUN UP TO [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Policy Advisor for the Asia Pacific region Philip Cordier, Canada is generally in agreement with our concept paper on the ASEAN Regional Forum Workplan for Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime (reftel). The Division [...]	2008-01-30 18:51:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ARF PTER CA
08OTTAWA1491	63RD UNGA: CANADIAN CO-SPONSORSHIP OF FIRST [...] (SBU) Canada was pleased to support and co-sponsor the First Committee resolution on compliance this year, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament senior policy advisor Sarah Houghton. Houghton expressed appreciation for U [...]	2008-11-25 19:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM MNUC UNGA CA
08OTTAWA1493	CANADA SUPPORTS BROADENING ANA TRUST FUND MANDATE, [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (C) In the absence of the Ambassador, DCM spoke to David Mulroney, Deputy Minister and Afghanistan Coordinator in the Privy Council Office, regarding the U.S.-led initiative to broaden the mandate of NATO,s ANA Trust Fund (ref a). Mulron [...]	2008-11-26 18:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MARR MOPS AF CA
08OTTAWA1494	CCM: CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR INTEROPERABILITY [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (C) Director of the Mine Action and Small Arms Team Earl Turcotte of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) confirmed to PolMinCouns on November 28 that Canada will make a "helpful" statement during the December [...]	2008-11-28 15:24:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL NATO MOPS CA

08OTTAWA1495	NEW POLITICAL BRINKMANSHIP BY THE CONSERVATIVES [...] (C) Summary. Unexpectedly early in the 40th Parliament, the Conservatives have called the bluff of the opposition parties by announcing an end to the federal funding for political parties, which basically keeps the opposition parties functioning. (The Conservatives' own successful fundrais [...]	2008-11-28 16:27:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1496	CANADA IN KANDAHAR; MODEST PROGRESS, LITTLE PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary and comment. The government's second quarterly report on progress toward Canada's benchmarks through 2011 in Afghanistan's Kandahar province claimed slight gains on the capabilities of Afghan army battalions in Kandahar, infrastructure projects, education and literary training, [...]	2008-11-28 19:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV AF CA
08OTTAWA1498	MGIN01: CANADA ON MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS [...] (U) Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon on November 28 confirmed that one Canadian had died and two others had been injured (one of whom remains in intensive care but is in stable condition) as a result of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, while Canadian consular officials had been able [...]	2008-11-28 19:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AEMR PTER IN CA
08OTTAWA1501	CANADA SEEKING TO KEEP EXCHANGE OFFICERS IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Canada is seeking ways to keep its 13 military exchange officers in Iraq embedded in American and British military units after December 31, 2008, when the UN mandate for Iraq expires. In a December 1 meeting, Canadian interlocu [...]	2008-12-01 21:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO IR CA
08OTTAWA1502	Harper Government Gives Snapshot of Canada's Economic [...] (SBU) Summary: The Conservative government's November 27 Economic and Fiscal Statement stated that Canada is well positioned to weather the uncertainty and risks arising from the global financial crisis. Finance Minister Flaherty said the health of Canadian banks and the financial positions o [...]	2008-12-01 21:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV EIND CA
08OTTAWA1503	CANADA STILL MULLING ARF DISASTER RELIEF EXERCISE [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Asia Pacific security policy advisor Jean-Francois Lacasse, Canada is still consulting internally on how it can best match its interest in participating in the May 2009 Asean Regional Forum disaster relief exercis [...]	2008-12-01 21:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS EAID ARF CA
08OTTAWA1504	MISSION CANADA ASSESS CURRENT POLITICAL TURMOIL [...] (C) Summary. Mission Canada reporting officers agreed on December 1 that Prime Minister Harper appears to have badly miscalculated by introducing a divisive political issue (the elimination of public financing for political parties) in the fall economic statement (reftel),when the public expe [...]	2008-12-01 22:06:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1507	OTTAWA'S UNEXPECTED POLITICAL TURMOIL; NEW [...] (C) Summary and comment. Prime Minister Stephen Harper faces a new and rather unexpected political challenge in the wake of the Conservatives' miscalculations in the Economic and Fiscal Statement (reftels). The Liberals and New Democratic Party on December 1 formalized an agreement to try [...]	2008-12-02 20:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF CA
08OTTAWA1508	US-CANADA PERMANENT JOINT BOARD ON DEFENSE (PJBD) [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada hosted the 222nd bi-national Permanent Joint Board on Defense (PJBD) meeting in Quebec City, November 12-14, 2008, with U.S. Chairman George Nethercutt and Canadian Chairman Rick Casson leading the discussions. The PJBD's Record of Decision (ROD) recognized the merit of [...]	2008-12-02 22:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS CA
08OTTAWA151	CANADIAN MONETARY POLICY: [...] (U) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: Mark Carney begins a seven-year term as Governor of the Bank of Canada on Friday, February 1 (ref B). Carney, who gained his first degree at Harvard, is not a career central banker. He worked for merchant bank Goldman Sachs in various assignments for thirteen years p [...]	2008-01-30 21:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN CA
08OTTAWA1510	BANK OF CANADA GOVERNOR ON G20 SUMMIT AND [...] (c) Summary: Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney and Deputy Governor John Murray told DCM and EMIN in a November 28 meeting that Bank officials were pleased with the G-20 Summit statement of principles. Carney stated that the Summit had acknowledged the global financial system's failures, an [...]	2008-12-03 16:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN CA ETRD PREL
08OTTAWA1511	"UNCHARTERED WATERS" FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The usual ceremonial role of a Governor General may slip into a grey constitutional zone as she faces an imminent decision on a possible new federal election, prorogation of Parliament, or even formation of a new coalition government. While Governors General in Canada have almos [...]	2008-12-03 19:19:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1512	PM TO ADDRESS THE NATION TONIGHT [...] (U) Prime Minister Stephen Harper will address the nation at 7 p.m. EST on December 3, with speculation including a possible announcement of a new federal election in late January, prorogation of Parliament until it returns o/a January 26 to deal with the 2009 budget bill, or a conciliatory [...]	2008-12-03 21:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1514	RESPONSE TO BLUE LANTERN PRE-LICENSE END USE CHECK [...] Econoff was unable to verify the validity of a battery shipment order placed by Canada Department of National Defense (DND) identified in reftel. 2. Alaine Girard, Manager of the government of Canada,s Public Works office responsible for DND battery procurement, said he was not able to id [...]	2008-12-04 12:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA ETTC IS KOMC
08OTTAWA1516	CANADA SUSPENDING PARLIAMENT, AGAIN [...] (U) Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced on December 4 that Governor General Michaelle Jean had agreed to "prorogue" Parliament (a technical suspension) until January 26. (At the PM's request, the Governor General had similarly prorogued Parliament in September 2007, for one month.) The [...]	2008-12-04 17:22:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1518	OPPOSITION OUTRAGE IN OTTAWA [...] (SBU) Opposition party leaders reacted in outrage to Prime Minister Stephen Harper's announcement on December 4 that the Governor General had agreed to prorogue (suspend) Parliament until January 26, sidestepping a scheduled December 8 vote of confidence in the House of Commons (reftel). Le [...]	2008-12-04 18:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1519	NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP: CANADA WILL JOIN [...] (SBU) Canada will join consensus on the U.S. proposal for strengthening Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) control of transfers of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) equipment and technology, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) non-proliferation senior policy [...]	2008-12-04 20:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PARM ENRG ETTC KNNP CA
08OTTAWA152	CANADA SEEKS CLOSE COORDINATION IN RUN UP TO [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Policy Advisor for the Asia Pacific region Philip Cordier, Canada is generally in agreement with our concept paper on the ASEAN Regional Forum Workplan for Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime (reftel). The Division [...]	2008-01-31 15:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ARF PTER CA
08OTTAWA1522	CANADA TO ATTEND ROME MEETING ON NATIONAL MEASURES [...] (U) Canada will send Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Acting Division Director for Gulf and Mahgreb Relations Jeffrey McLaren and DFAIT non-proliferation senior advisor Ryan Hewer to the Rome meeting on implementation of national measures on Iran, according to DFAI [...]	2008-12-04 21:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP MNUC ETTC IR CA
08OTTAWA1523	SECRETARY RICE-FOREIGN MINISTER CANNON LETTER [...] (SBU) Post delivered text of reftel letter to the office of Foreign Minister Cannon on December 5. 2. (SBU) Charge followed up with a phone call the same day to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Assistant Deputy Minister for Asia and Africa Ken Sundquist (U/S equ [...]	2008-12-05 21:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OPDC KN CA
08OTTAWA1524	ANTI-PIRACY EFFORTS HIGH ON CANADIAN AGENDA [...] (SBU) Anti-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden are "high on the agenda" of the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),according to DFAIT counterterrorism senior policy advisor Neil Brennan. Brennan added that DFAIT has been engaged in extensive internal consult [...]	2008-12-05 21:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PTER PBTS CA
08OTTAWA1529	DUMPING DION (PART II) [...] (C) Summary. Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion on December 8 indicated his intention to resign as leader of the Official Opposition. Michael Ignatieff remains the front runner to replace him, but it appears that the selection process is still not a slam dunk. Technically, the 77-member L [...]	2008-12-08 20:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1532	FM CANNON LOOKING FOR WAYS TO HELP ON DPRK FUEL OIL [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. . (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Assistant Deputy Minister for Asia and Africa Ken Sundquist confirmed to DCM on December 8 that he had briefed Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon on a possible Canadian contribu [...]	2008-12-08 22:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KN CA
08OTTAWA1535	CANADA CRAFTING PIRACY POLICY RESPONSES [...] (C) Summary. Canada is still deliberating about its policy on piracy in the Horn of Africa, but is somewhat stymied by its domestic legal framework, which makes no provision for prosecuting international piracy. DFAIT legal and policy officers continue to search for answers on how best to co [...]	2008-12-09 17:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PTER PBTS CA
08OTTAWA1536	LIBERALS BEGIN THE HEALING PROCESS [...] (C) Summary. Michael Ignatieff is the only remaining candidate to replace Stephane Dion as the interim leader of the Official Opposition Liberal Party. A new party mechanism should confirm him in this role o/a December 17. Liberals hope that the members will now be able to concentrate on t [...]	2008-12-09 21:09:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1538	PM HARPER HOPES FOR COOPERATION WITH NEW LIBERAL [...] (SBU) In an exclusive CBC interview on December 9, Prime Minister Stephen Harper welcomed the Liberal Party to "come to the table" and put forward specific suggestions for the 2009 budget and a likely stimulus package. He differentiated sharply the Liberals, with their decades of governing [...]	2008-12-09 21:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1543	LIBERALS RALLYING BEHIND MICHAEL IGNATIEFF AS [...] (C) Summary. With unexpected speed, the Liberal Party has crowned Michael Ignatieff as its new interim leader. This will position the Liberals better to face the next session of Parliament beginning January 26, including debates over the 2009 budget as well as even a possible election soone [...]	2008-12-10 21:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1546	MISSION CANADA PROMOTES AWARENESS OF GENDER-BASED [...] (U) Summary: Mission Canada marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women with a November 25 digital video conference (DVC) that included an exchange of best practices among leading American, Canadian, and Portuguese governmental, NGO, and law enforcement experts. [...]	2008-12-11 21:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM CA
08OTTAWA1550	CANADA PLANS TO ATTEND PAKISTAN DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-12 21:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PK EAID ECON EFIN IBRD CA
08OTTAWA1552	US-EU-CANADA TRILATERAL MEETINGS ON IRAN AND US-EU [...] (C) Summary: On December 8, the United States, European Union, and Canada held their regularly scheduled trilateral discussion on Iran at the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) in Ottawa. Later in the day, U.S. and EU representatives met at the French Emba [...]	2008-12-12 21:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN UN XG XF IR CA
08OTTAWA1556	CANADA SUPPORTIVE ON UN HARMONIZATION OF [...] (SBU) Canada is "broadly" supportive of the U.S. position outlined in reftel, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade international organization policy advisor Bronwyn May. May promised a more detailed response on December 19. May emphasized that Canada does attach [...]	2008-12-16 15:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AMGT AORC APER UNGA CA
08OTTAWA1558	CANADA STUDYING SUPPORT FOR AFGHAN ELECTION [...] (C) Canada is well aware of the currently circulating SHAPE estimate of force contributions required for Election Support Forces (ESF) in Afghanistan, and is now actively studying the "realm of the possible" to enhance security in the run up to the 2009 Afghan elections, according to Departmen [...]	2008-12-16 20:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MOPS MARR AF CA
08OTTAWA156	CANADA'S NUCLEAR SECTOR: REACTOR SHUTDOWN [...] (SBU) Summary. Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn removed Linda Keen from the Presidency of the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) late on January 15. (While no longer CNSC President, she remains a member of the Commission.) Undoubtedly the government hoped this would wrap up the tw [...]	2008-01-31 18:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TRGY TBIO PGOV BTIO ENRG CA
08OTTAWA1560	CANADA STRIVING TO COMBAT TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada has an active inter-agency working group to combat trafficking in persons, as well as a variety of NGO efforts. More comprehensive research and statistics, a national action plan, greater co-ordination among national and provincial government agencies and NGOs, and great [...]	2008-12-16 22:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN CA
08OTTAWA1566	CANADIAN POLICY ON CUBA [...] (SBU) Based on Embassy's ongoing dialogue with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's (DFAIT) Latin America and Caribbean officials, Embassy's assessment is that Canada has consistently worked to promote the advancement of democracy, good governance, and human rights in Cu [...]	2008-12-17 21:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM ETRD ETTC CU CA
08OTTAWA1567	CANADA'S UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Director for Human Rights Victoria Berry and Policy Officer for Human Rights Daniel Ulmer, the Canadian government will soon submit a 20 page report for the Human Rights Council's February 3rd Universal Periodic Re [...]	2008-12-18 19:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNHRC CA
08OTTAWA1569	CANADA SEEKS INFORMATION ON INDIAN SEA SPARROW SALE [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 6. 2. (S/NF) Summary: Canada requests releasable intelligence assessments and policy analysis by U.S. agencies on the proposed sale of Sea Sparrow missiles by the U.S. to India. Canadian naval forces rely exclusively on this missile, and are seeking [...]	2008-12-18 19:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PREL MASS MOPS ETTC MCAP IN CA
08OTTAWA1570	CANADA OFFERS ALTERNATE SERVICE CONDITIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada supports UN personnel management reform, but does not agree with U.S. stance on temporary contracts. Canada also recognizes the urgent need for human resources management reform in light of the new challenges to UN operations in Afghanistan and Darfur. Canada remains a [...]	2008-12-18 19:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AMGT AORC APER UNGA CA
08OTTAWA1574	CANADA'S SHRINKING POLICY PRIORITIES FOR 2009 [...] 1. (C) Summary. For the Canadian government, only three true policy priorities remain for 2009: rescuing the economy (or, more accurately, creating a public perception that it is earnestly trying to do so); remaining in power in face of new threats from the opposition parties; and, buildi [...]	2008-12-19 21:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PREL CA
08OTTAWA1576	CANADA TO HALVE IRAQ EXCHANGE OFFICER CONTINGENT [...] (C/NF) Summary: Canada has run out of time to secure an agreement with Iraq that would allow Canadian exchange officers to receive immunities consistent with the U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). Canada will halve its contingent of military exchange officers embedded with American units [...]	2008-12-22 21:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS NATO IZ CA
08OTTAWA1577	ABOUT FACE: PM HARPER STACKS SENATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-22 21:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR CA
08OTTAWA1578	CANADA: 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) During 2008 Canada secured its first convictions under the 2001 Anti-Terrorism Act. In September, a Toronto court convicted a 20-year-old man, whose identity is protected by the Criminal Youth Justice Act, for conspiring in a group plot to bomb several Canadian targets, including Parliamen [...]	2008-12-22 21:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL ASEC CA
08OTTAWA1579	CANADA EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN PSI MEETINGS IN [...] (SBU) Canada is eager to participate in the Proliferation Security Initiative Operational Experts Group and outreach meetings in May in Miami, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade non-proliferation senior policy advisor David MacDuff. MacDuff added that Canada is [...]	2008-12-22 21:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KNNP MNUC PARM CA
08OTTAWA1583	CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for the Middle East and Maghreb Kerry Buck on December 23 reiterated to PolMinCouns Canada's strong support for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. She confirmed that Canada had already made a contribution in FY07-08 o [...]	2008-12-23 16:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER LE SY UNSC EUN CA
08OTTAWA1585	STEPHEN HARPER'S CHRISTMAS WISHLIST [...] (SBU) As Santa Claus prepares to leave his North Pole (Canada) base to deliver presents around the world (with NORAD dutifully tracking his progress),Prime Minister Stephen Harper may be offering up his own wistful wish list for Christmas 2008, perhaps as follows: -- President Obama's fi [...]	2008-12-23 18:12:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON CA
08OTTAWA1586	NO TIME TO WASTE: PM HARPER BYPASSES PARLIAMENT ON SUPREME [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 22, Prime Minister Stephen Harper nominated Thomas Cromwell as a Supreme Court Justice, bypassing the parliamentary scrutiny for Supreme Court appointments he had earlier championed. Together with his near-simultaneous flip-flop over appointing new senators against [...]	2008-12-23 18:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA1590	DELIVERY OF NICARAGUA MUNICIPAL ELECTION DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff on December 24 delivered reftel demarche to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Latin America Division Deputy Director Patric Picard. There was no substantive response. Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at http://www.intelink.gov/communities/s [...]	2008-12-24 18:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID NU CA
08OTTAWA1591	CANADA STRONGLY SUPPORTS GLOBAL INITIATIVE MEETING [...] (SBU) On December 24, Dutch Deputy Head of Mission Erik Boer, Russian Deputy Chief of Mission Dimitri Trasimov, and Deputy Pol/C Kurt van der Walde jointly delivered reftel announcement about the upcoming fifth Global Initiative meeting in The Hague to Department of Foreign Affairs and Inter [...]	2008-12-24 18:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PINR PINS PREL PTER KGIC RU NL CA
08OTTAWA1594	CANADA WITHDRAWS ENTIRE IRAQI EXCHANGE CONTINGENT [...] (C/NF) Canada decided on December 26 to withdraw all nine of its exchange officers embedded with U.S. forces in Iraq, following a high-level decision by Department of National Defence (DND) policy makers in response to a DND risk assessment, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and Inter [...]	2008-12-29 21:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS IZ CA
08OTTAWA1595	CANADA SEEKS ORTEGA MEETING TO DELIVER STRONG [...] (C) Canada shares U.S. concerns over the flawed November municipal elections (reftels),but will not contemplate cutting its annual aid worth about C$11 million or canceling official visits, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Nicaragua desk officer Sand [...]	2008-12-29 22:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID NU CA
08OTTAWA167	MANITOBA HYDRO ANNOUNCES MAJOR ELECTRICITY DEAL WITH MINNESOTA [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 20:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV PGOV CA
08OTTAWA172	CANADA ON SYRIAN POLITICAL DISSIDENTS [...] (SBU) According to Director of the Middle East Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs Michael Grant, Canada decided to make a public statement in Damascus (text in para 2) in lieu of a demarche to the Syrian government in response to reftel demarche. Its embassy issued the statement o [...]	2008-02-04 16:26:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SY CA
08OTTAWA173	MANITOBA HYDRO ANNOUNCES MAJOR ELECTRICITY DEAL WITH MINNESOTA [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-04 17:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV PGOV CA
08OTTAWA174	SEEKING SEPARATE FUNDING FOR OAS CONVENTION [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Human Rights Deputy Director Robert Sinclair, Canada requests U.S. support for its position that the OAS should not/not fund the proposed Inter-American Convention against Racism through the existing OAS budget. S [...]	2008-02-04 17:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CA
08OTTAWA175	BRITISH MINISTER OF STATE PRAISES CANADIAN ROLE IN [...] (C) According to British High Commission Head of Political Section Colin Smith, Minister of State (Foreign and Commonwealth Office) Dr. Kim Howells used his February 2 visit to Ottawa to reinforce the multi-national nature of NATO's involvement in Afghanistan -- already including in Kandahar [...]	2008-02-04 22:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS AF UK CA
08OTTAWA187	TERRORIST FINANCE: PRE-NOTIFICATION OF DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-06 19:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	IZ KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CA
08OTTAWA188	POLISH FM OFFERS HELICOPTERS FOR KANDAHAR [...] (C) During a February 3-4 visit to Ottawa, Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Radoslaw Sikorski informed Canada that Poland was prepared to offer two Russian-made helicopters to support Canadian Forces in Kandahar. According to Polish Embassy DCM Artur Michalski Sikorski -- during a private [...]	2008-02-06 19:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PL CA AF
08OTTAWA189	CANADIAN CONCERN OVER CHAD AND SUDAN [...] (SBU) FM Bernier issued a statement February 4 in response to recent developments in Chad, which said: "Canada strongly condemns the attacks by rebel groups in Chad and, in particular, in N'Djamena. We join newly elected African Union President Jakaya Kikwete in expressing our deep concern w [...]	2008-02-06 19:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF CH SU CA
08OTTAWA191	JANUARY 31 END OF ORAL DECLARATION CREATES FEW [...] (U) Summary: The situation along the U.S.-Canada border following the January 31 implementation of the requirement that U.S. and Canadian citizens show proof of citizenship (rather than simply making an oral declaration) was similar to that reported in reftel concerning the southern border. [...]	2008-02-06 20:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC CASC KHLS CA
08OTTAWA192	CANADA TO CONTINUE FUNDING FOR JUBA PROCESS, WITH [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director for Eastern and Southern Africa Lisa Stadelbauer, following up on reftel demarches on the Juba process, confirmed that Canada will -- after extensive internal reviews -- go ahead and make its programmed disbursements. She no [...]	2008-02-06 20:36:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM UG CA
08OTTAWA199	CANADA'S DELEGATION TO THE VIENNA FORUM ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Policy Advisor on International Crime Kim Cowan, Canada shares the U.S. view that the Vienna Forum to Fight Human Trafficking is an expert/technical conference and should not result in a political declaration. [...]	2008-02-07 21:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF SMIG KCRM KWNM CA
08OTTAWA210	CANADIAN VIEWS ON DRAFT POLICY EXCEPTION FOR [...] (SBU) Per reftel, ESTH Counselor advised officials in the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) that the U.S. would not circulate a draft NSG policy statement regarding India until the Government of India and the IAEA ha [...]	2008-02-08 22:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG KNNP PARM TRGY IN CA
08OTTAWA211	INCHING TOWARD A SPRING ELECTION? [...] (C) Summary. Chances of a spring election are on the upswing, with upcoming confidence votes on Afghanistan, the crime bill, and the budget. Polling numbers do not look like either major party would have any realistic hope of forming a majority government any time soon, however, and the res [...]	2008-02-08 22:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF CA
08OTTAWA216	CONSERVATIVE PARTY EAGER FOR ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. The Conservatives appear ready and eager for spring elections, although even they do not hope for more than a strengthened minority. They see the Liberals as deeply divided and heavily in debt, under a weak leader whose image will not appeal to voters. The Conservatives, while [...]	2008-02-11 21:51:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF CA
08OTTAWA217	SENATE MOVING TOWARD ON TERRORISM LEGISLATION [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on February 12, Senator David Smith, chairman of the Special Senate Committee on Anti-Terrorism, and committee member Senator Joyce Fairbairn (one-time leader of the Government in the Senate under the Liberals) expressed optimism on the future of two key pie [...]	2008-02-12 17:47:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CA
08OTTAWA218	LIBERAL WARINESS OF A SPRING ELECTION [...] (C) According to Liberal Party National Campaign Co-chair Senator David P. Smith, spring 2008 likely is not the ideal time to face elections, at least from the Liberal perspective. In a meeting with PolMinCouns on February 12, he noted a general lack of public interest in an election so far [...]	2008-02-12 19:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA219	CANADIAN QUESTIONS ON KOSOVO [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 3. 2. (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs Director General for Central, East, and South Europe Robert Hage, the Cabinet Committee during the week of February 4 had agreed that Canada could not be in the first wave of countries to reco [...]	2008-02-12 20:06:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU CA
08OTTAWA221	GOVERNMENT, OPPOSITION NEGOTIATING A WAY AHEAD IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE GOVERNING CONSERVATIVES AND THE OPPOSITION PARTIES APPEAR CLOSER THAN EVER ON A WAY FORWARD FOR THE AFGHAN MISSION OF THE CANADIAN FORCES, WITH A NEW LIBERAL AMENDMENT TO THE GOVERNMENT'S MOTION. THERE REMAIN SOME IMPORTANT DIFFERENCES OVER WHETHER THE TARGET DATE FOR THE E [...]	2008-02-12 23:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR AF CA
08OTTAWA222	SYRIA REBUKES CANADA ON HUMAN RIGHTS STATEMENT [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Middle East and North Africa Gordon Venner on February 13 shared with PolMinCouns a read-out from the Canadian Head of Mission in Damascus following the Canadian Embassy's January 31 statement of concern over Riad [...]	2008-02-13 19:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SY CA
08OTTAWA228	CANADA ON ABKHAZIA [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Central, East, and South Europe Robert Hage on February 13 expressed appreciation for reftel views on possible Russian recognition of Abkhazia. He expressed mild surprise, however, explaining Canada's own reading [...]	2008-02-13 21:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RU YI CA
08OTTAWA23	WIREC INVITATION DELIVERED TO FOREIGN MINISTER [...] On January 7 Embassy delivered the Secretary's letter of invitiation to the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference to the office of Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier. We will share copies of the letter with other interested ministries as well. 2. Embassy Ottawa POC for WIREC 2 [...]	2008-01-07 21:18:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV KGHG CA
08OTTAWA2327	CANADA OPEN TO SHORT DELAY IN PAKISTANI ELECTIONS, [...] (U) During a December 31 news conference, Prime Minister Stephen Harper commented regarding Pakistan that "we understand there may be some delay in holding elections. I think that's justifiable as long as it's a delay to ensure a fairer process. As long as it is not a delay leading to suspen [...]	2008-01-02 12:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PRFL PTER SHUM PK CA
08OTTAWA233	CANADA SEES "SOME ENCOURAGING SIGNS" IN UN HRC [...] (C) Summary: According to Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) officials, the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) remains a "work in progress," but Canada has seen encouraging signs that it is maturing and shifting its focus from institutional questions to specific [...]	2008-02-14 19:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KUNR PREL CA
08OTTAWA24	PROBABLE CANADIAN DEMARCHE TO SYRIA [...] (SBU) PolMinCouns on December 31 delivered reftel demarche on Syria and the White House statement on the National Council of the Damascus Declaration to Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon Venner of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Venner in [...]	2008-01-07 21:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SY CA
08OTTAWA241	ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE WORK AT MISSION CANADA: [...] Befitting U.S. representation in Canada, with which we have the globe's largest bilateral energy relationship, every post in Mission Canada devotes significant resources to energy matters. The Ambassador regularly speaks to Canadian audiences about climate change and the importance of our ene [...]	2008-02-19 13:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV APER ABUD CA
08OTTAWA246	CANADA STILL NOT READY TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO -- YET [...] (C) Ambassador has a call in to Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier, who is on an official visit to Colombia (followed by Haiti and South Korea) so Ambassador can convey ref a demarche. DCM discussed recognition of Kosovo with Deputy Foreign Minister Len Edwards on February 15, and Edwards reit [...]	2008-02-19 19:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK YI EU KV CA
08OTTAWA250	CANADA SEEKS MORE INFORMATION ON IMPENDING [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Continental Defence Victor Rakmil on February 19 told Poloff that DFAIT had instructed the Canadian Embassy in Washington to contact the Departments of State and Defense for additional information about USG [...]	2008-02-19 22:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PNAT PARM KITA TSPA TPHY CA
08OTTAWA251	FOREIGN MINISTER BERNIER ON KOSOVO [...] (C) The Ambassador reached Canadian Foreign Minister Bernier by phone in Colombia (the FM is on a Latin America visit). Saying he had been asked by the Secretary to call, Ambassador strongly urged Canada to join the U.S. and its other allies in recognizing Kosovo's independence. Minister B [...]	2008-02-19 22:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV YI EU CA
08OTTAWA252	CANADA WITH U.S. ON COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON [...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Deputy Director for Counterterrorism Yves Beaulieu confirmed on February 19 that Canada had also received the text of the Greek proposal that tries to bridge the OIC position with that of the U.S. and li [...]	2008-02-19 22:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CA
08OTTAWA257	MOMENTUM TOWARD SPRING ELECTION DECLINES FURTHER [...] (C) Summary. The government will face four or possibly five confidence motions in the House of Commons in the coming weeks, beginning as early as February 28. However, it now appears increasingly likely that the Liberals will not swallow the bait of bringing down the government over Afghani [...]	2008-02-20 18:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CA KV
08OTTAWA26	S/CRS COORDINATOR HERBST'S MEETINGS IN CANADA [...] (SBU) Summary: In meetings with Canadian officials to discuss areas for collaboration in improving post-conflict stabilization and reconstruction, Ambassador John Herbst of the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) heard that there is an emerging consensus in C [...]	2008-01-07 21:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS CA HA
08OTTAWA260	CANADA: INTERNATIONAL HEALTH REGULATIONS AND APEC [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-20 22:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC TBIO KFLU EAIR EWWT WHO APECO CA
08OTTAWA262	CANADA SUPPORTS PD INITIATIVE IN OAS ON [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Human Rights, Gender Equality, Health and Population Division Officer Cyndy Nelson on February 20 expressed appreciation for reftel points and Canada's support for a joint U.S.-Canada public diplomacy initiative, such as a disc [...]	2008-02-21 12:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OAS
08OTTAWA268	STRONG CANADIAN DEMARCHE ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN SYRIA [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Middle East Division Director Michael Grant, DFAIT on February 20 summoned Syrian Ambassador to Canada Jamil Sakr to receive a strongly worded aide memoire expressing "deep concerns" over the human rights situatio [...]	2008-02-21 18:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SY CA
08OTTAWA269	NOTIFICATION TO CANADA OF U.S. SATELLITE ENGAGEMENT [...] (C) Ambassador orally briefed Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Susan Cartwright about the U.S. interception of the NRO satellite on February 20. Cartwright expressed concern about the possibility of debris landing in populated Canadian areas, and Ambassador reassured [...]	2008-02-21 19:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PNAT KTIA PINS TSPA TPHY CA
08OTTAWA270	COMPROMISE AFGHAN MOTION SETS END DATE IN 2011 [...] (SBU) Summary: In a new compromise motion, PM Harper acceded to the Liberals' call for a firm end date to the Afghan mission of Canadian Forces in Kandahar, with pull-outs beginning in July 2011 and ending by December 2011. The new language apparently draws heavily from the Liberals' amendmen [...]	2008-02-21 20:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MOPS AF CA
08OTTAWA271	MORE CANADIAN AID FOR HAITI ANNOUNCED [...] (U) Summary: Shortly before Foreign Minister Bernier's ongoing visit, the Canadian Government announced nearly C$125 million in support to Haiti, much of which will be used to construct and rehabilitate roads. The rest will be targeted to improve reproductive health; provide technical assista [...]	2008-02-21 21:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI CA HA
08OTTAWA272	CANADA AND JORDAN AGREE TO NEGOTIATE A FREE TRADE [...] (U) Summary: Canada has announced it is launching negotiations with Jordan on a free trade agreement (FTA). Negotiations are to begin in April in Amman. If concluded, the agreement would be Canada,s first FTA with an Arab country. Canada hopes the FTA would serve as a gateway to other Middl [...]	2008-02-21 22:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD ECON CA JO
08OTTAWA274	CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT: CANADA'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE (CI) AND KEY RESOURCES (KR) [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-22 20:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC CA EAGR EAID ECON EFIN ETTC KHLS PGOV PREL PTER
08OTTAWA279	CANADA TO MEET IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION PLEDGE [...] (SBU) According to the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada is well on track to provide the CAD 300 million (approximately USD 295.39 million, at the current exchange rate) it pledged in 2003 to provide for Iraq reconstruction through 2010. As of September 2007, Canada [...]	2008-02-22 22:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID IZ CA
08OTTAWA280	LIBERALS CLARIFY AFGHANISTAN NO TRIGGER FOR [...] (U) In remarks to reporters in Winnipeg on February 22, Liberal Party leader Stephane Dion explicitly stated that his party "prefers" that the future mission of Canadian Forces in Afghanistan not be the trigger for a federal election. He indicated that the Liberals welcome the debate on the [...]	2008-02-22 22:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS PGOV AF CA
08OTTAWA283	CI/KR RESPONSE FOR S/CT - CANADA - CORRECTED VERSION - FORMAT CORRECTED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 15:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ECON PTER PREL PGOV ETTC EFIN KHLS CA
08OTTAWA287	CANADIAN VIEWS ON IEA MEMBERSHIP FOR CHINA AND [...] (SBU) Using reftel points, ESTH Counselor demarched both the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) and Natural Resources Canada, urging Canada to support eventual International Energy Agency membership for China and India. The growing role and impact of China and India [...]	2008-02-25 22:05:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG IEA CA
08OTTAWA288	CANADA SUPPORTS FORMING CLUSTER GROUPS IN ICG ON [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: Canada supports the establishment of cluster groups within the International Contact Group (ICG) on Somalia, although it is also open to other ideas to improve the ICG's effectiveness. Canada would be interested in joining one [...]	2008-02-25 22:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV SO CA
08OTTAWA289	CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS UNIVERSITY ASSISTANCE [...] Summary: Over the last week, the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) announced C$8 million under its University Partnership in Cooperation and Development program to support Canadian educational institutions to help three developing countries increase their ability to meet local [...]	2008-02-25 22:20:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI ECON CA ET MI VM
08OTTAWA290	NEW BILATERAL CIVIL ASSISTANCE SPARKS SOME [...] (SBU) Summary: A new U.S. - Canada Civil Assistance Plan (CAP) is one in a series of post-9/11 bilateral defense and security measures designed to serve both countries when natural or manmade disasters occur. Lack of public information here about this bilateral military accord has begun to [...]	2008-02-25 22:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS PTER CA
08OTTAWA291	NEW BILATERAL CIVIL ASSISTANCE SPARKS SOME [...] (SBU) Summary: A new U.S. - Canada Civil Assistance Plan (CAP) is one in a series of post-9/11 bilateral defense and security measures designed to serve both countries when natural or manmade disasters occur. Lack of public information here about this bilateral military accord has begun to [...]	2008-02-25 22:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MOPS PTER CA
08OTTAWA294	CANADA ON CUBA [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on February 26, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James M. Lambert expressed appreciation for reftel views on seeking meaningful political change in Cuba leading toward a democratic end [...]	2008-02-26 21:14:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID CU CA
08OTTAWA298	CANADA SEES LIMITED OPTIONS ON NEVSUN MINING [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Eastern and Southern Africa Division Director Lisa Stadelbauer, DFAIT will further consider the Nevsun mining venture in Eritrea, but the Canadian government is very limited in what action it could take. Stadelbaue [...]	2008-02-27 20:35:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ER CA
08OTTAWA301	CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR UNSC PIRACY RESOLUTION LIKELY [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Eastern and Southern Africa Division Director Lisa Stadelbauer, Canada would likely support a UNSC resolution on piracy off the Somali coast as long as it conformed with international law. She said, however, that C [...]	2008-02-27 22:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KCRM PBTS UNAUS UNSC IMO SO CA

08OTTAWA303	CANADA'S PARLIAMENT DEBATES AFGHANISTAN MISSION [...] (C) Summary. Parliamentary debate on the future of the Afghan mission has reflected a new consensus between the Conservatives and Liberals to extend the mission until 2011, as long as there are additional troops and support. The government has voiced optimism about finding 1,000 more troop [...]	2008-02-28 16:51:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV AF CA
08OTTAWA305	ELECTIONS IN CANADA: A "HOW TO" PRIMER [...] (U) Summary: In Canada's parliamentary system, governments must retain the "confidence" of the House of Commons to govern. The Governor General may dissolve the House of Commons -- on the advice of the prime minister - if a sitting government fails to win a "confidence" measure. Minority g [...]	2008-02-28 20:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM CA
08OTTAWA309	WTO DEMARCHE ON U.S./EC TAFT PROPOSAL - CANADA'S [...] On February 29, EMIN presented reftel demarche to Balsharan Rakhra, Trade Policy Officer, Technical Barriers and Regulations Division, DFAIT. He had arranged to make the presentation jointly with his EU Mission counterpart, but she was absent due to illness. At the end of his oral presentati [...]	2008-02-29 17:04:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD WTRO ECON CA EUN
08OTTAWA310	CANADIAN FORCES RESUME DETAINEE TRANSFERS IN [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force Senior Adviser Cory Anderson confirmed to pol/miloff on February 29 that Canadian Forces (CF) operating under ISAF in Kandahar had decided to resume the transfer of Canadian-captured detainees to Afghan A [...]	2008-02-29 17:51:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM NATO AF CA
08OTTAWA311	CANADA: EMBASSY OTTAWA 2008 SPECIAL 301 [...] (sbu) Summary and Recommendation: Embassy Ottawa remains frustrated by the Government of Canada,s continuing failure to introduce - let alone pass - major copyright reform legislation that would, inter alia, implement and ratify the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Internet tre [...]	2008-02-29 18:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA ECON ETRD KIPR
08OTTAWA312	CANADIAN AID TO KOSOVO (AND BALKANS) TO END BY 2010 [...] (C) Acting Director General for Europe of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Sean Boyd confirmed to PolMinCouns on February 29 that Canada was in the processing of "wrapping up" all of its assistance programs in the Balkans, including Kosovo, with an end date of 2010. He n [...]	2008-02-29 19:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID EU KV CA
08OTTAWA315	CANADA AND G8 CASH COURIER INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 20:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA KCRM KJUS OTRA PTER SNAR
08OTTAWA317	CANADA COULD SUPPORT MALDIVES' RESOLUTION WITH KEY [...] (C) ACCORDING TO DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ROBERT SINCLAIR AND BILATERAL/INSTITUTIONAL ENGAGEMENT AND CARBON MARKETS POLICY ANALYST BRIANNA PETERSON, CANADA MAY SUPPORT THE MALDIVES' HRC RESOLUTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS, [...]	2008-03-03 12:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KGHG MV CA
08OTTAWA319	CANADA PASSES KEY NEW CRIME BILL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Conservatives' comprehensive crime legislation became law on February 28 after the Liberal-dominated Senate met a government-set March 1 deadline and passed the omnibus bill without amendment from the House of Commons' version. The new Act fulfills a 2006 election promise [...]	2008-03-03 22:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM CA
08OTTAWA325	CANADA: SUCCESS AT BUCHAREST CRITICAL FOR NATO, [...] (C) SUMMARY: CANADA WILL DEFINE SUCCESS AT THE NATO SUMMIT IN BUCHAREST AS (1) AGREEMENT TO A STRONG POLITICAL MILITARY PLAN REAFFIRMING THE ISAF MISSION AS THE ALLIANCE'S TOP OPERATIONAL PRIORITY, AND (2) THE PROVISION BY AN ISAF PARTNER OF A BATTLE GROUP TO PARTNER WITH THE CANADIANS IN KA [...]	2008-03-03 22:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS NATO AF CA
08OTTAWA331	CANADA'S VIEWS ON COMMISSION ON NARCOTIC DRUGS [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 7. 2. (C) Summary: Canada generally supports the aims of the resolution on Screening and Briefing intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) that the U.S. will present at the March 10-14 Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) meeting. However, as tr [...]	2008-03-04 20:29:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC SNAR UN CA
08OTTAWA333	INTERNATIONAL OCEANS POLICYMAKING IN CANADA: AMBITIOUS VISION, PAROCHIAL POLITICS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-04 22:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIS EWWT PHSA SENV CA
08OTTAWA334	CANADA TO FLAG ITS CONCERNS ON IRAN AT IAEA BOG [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Senior Advisor for Non-proliferation Che van Haastrecht, Canada agreed with ref a points on Iran and the IAEA, and is particularly concerned about alleged Iranian studies that could point to weaponization. He added that I [...]	2008-03-04 22:34:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM KNNP MNUC IAEA IR CA
08OTTAWA336	CONSERVATIVES EASILY SURVIVE FEDERAL BUDGET VOTES [...] (SBU) Summary: The Conservatives' third budget marks another legislative accomplishment for the minority government, as it easily survived three confidence votes, concluding on March 4. The budget is a lean, low-key document, constrained by prior commitments of C$60 billion in tax cuts and o [...]	2008-03-05 17:57:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SENV KCRM EAID AF CA
08OTTAWA339	CANADA FOLLOW-UP RESPONSE TO G8 CASH COURIER [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 21:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA KCRM KJUS OTRA PTER SNAR
08OTTAWA346	CANADA'S TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) OVERVIEW OF CANADA'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Canada is principally a transit and destination country for trafficking in persons (TIP). NGOs estimate that approximately 2,000 people are subject to trafficking into Canada each year. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) has [...]	2008-03-07 19:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD CA
08OTTAWA347	TERRORISM FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF FOUR [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 19:48:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA EFIN ETTC IZ KTFN PREL PTER SY UNSC
08OTTAWA351	CANADIAN VIEWS ON UPCOMING AFGHANISTAN-RELATED [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force (FTAG) Deputy Director for Policy and Advocacy Christopher Gibbins, Canada was "keen" see strong U.S. participation and close coordination with U.S. officials at two upcoming meetings on Afgh [...]	2008-03-10 17:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO AF CA
08OTTAWA358	CANADA KEEN TO WELCOME EUPOL TO KANDAHAR [...] (C) In a discussion with pol/miloff about the positioning agreement required for EUPOL to deploy to PRT Kandahar (reftel),Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Afghanistan Task Force (FTAG) Deputy Director for Policy and Advocacy Christopher Gibbins and Senior Adviser [...]	2008-03-11 17:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA
08OTTAWA36	TERRORISM FINANCE: LET OPERATIVES MESSAGE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-08 21:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	KTFN EFIN PTER PREL CA
08OTTAWA360	CANADA'S SECURITY CERTIFICATE SYSTEM [...] (U) Summary: Revised legislation to improve the balance between national security and civil rights has enabled Canada to meet a Supreme Court deadline and to seek updated immigration "security certificates" against five alleged members of the al-Qaeda network. The legislation permits the co [...]	2008-03-11 21:43:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER PHUM PINS CA
08OTTAWA361	CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR UNSG'S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE [...] (U) Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier on March 11 expressed Canada's support for Kai Eide as the UN Secretary General's new Special Representative for Afghanistan, and will brief the media on March 12. (Full text in para 2.) The House of Commons again debated the future of the Canadian mission [...]	2008-03-12 13:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AF CA
08OTTAWA365	CANADIAN CHARTER RIGHTS: NOT FOR AFGHAN DETAINEES [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-13 12:02:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM MOPS AF CA
08OTTAWA372	CANADA: DISCORD OVER OSLO PROCESS AND NATO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Embassy discussions with Canadian officials March 11-12 regarding cluster munitions (CM) inter-operability revealed a worrisome lack of interagency coordination. It appears that the delegation head may be attempting more to burnish his own credentials with anti-landmine and [...]	2008-03-14 14:23:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL NATO MOPS CA
08OTTAWA373	CANADA EXTENDS TROOP MANDATE IN AFGHANISTAN [...] (U) Canada's House of Commons on March 13 adopted by a vote of 198 to 77 a government motion to extend the mandate of the Canadian Forces (CF) in NATO's International Security Assistance Force in Kandahar through 2011, contingent upon NATO's provision of 1,000 more troops as well as adequate [...]	2008-03-14 14:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS NATO AF CA
08OTTAWA377	Canada's Treaty-making Process [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada in January 2008 revised its treaty-making process to include review of all international treaties by the House of Commons before entry into force. The government, however, will maintain the legal authority to decide whether to ratify the treaty; no vote in Parliament is n [...]	2008-03-14 15:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON KIPR KTIA CA
08OTTAWA378	CANADIAN PERSPECTIVES ON NAFTA: KEEP, KILL OR FIX? [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-14 15:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EIND EINV PREL CA
08OTTAWA379	CANADA ON 3/17 OAS MINISTERIAL [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James Lambert confirmed to PolMinCouns on March 14 that Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier planned to attend the March 17 OAS Ministerial meeting in Washington. Lambert noted Canada's [...]	2008-03-14 17:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER CO EC CA
08OTTAWA380	CANADA ON IRAN'S ELECTIONS [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on March 14, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon E. Venner (a former Ambassador to Iran) expressed appreciation for the draft U.S. statement on Iran's parliamentary elect [...]	2008-03-14 17:15:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM IR CA
08OTTAWA381	CANADIANS IMPRESSED BY DOD REPORT ON CHINA, WANT [...] This is an action request -- see para three. 2.. (C) Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Defense and Security Relations Deputy Director Elizabeth Baldwin-Jones on March 11 expressed appreciation for the 2008 Department of Defense (DOD) Report on China (ref [...]	2008-03-14 18:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MARR MCAP TSPA CH CA
08OTTAWA389	MP PRAISES U.S. VIRTUAL PRESENCE POST [...] (SBU) Member of Parliament for the Yukon Larry Bagnell, in a meeting in Ottawa with poloffs on March 13, praised the U.S. Virtual Presence Post in the Yukon, and said that he and his constituents had found it "extremely useful." He commented that public awareness of the website in the Yukon w [...]	2008-03-18 13:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPAO CA
08OTTAWA39	CANADIAN SUPPORT ON ANTI-SATELLITE TEST DEMARCHE [...] (S) In response to reftel demarche by PolMinCouns on January 8, Director General for East Asia Gordon Houlden of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade confirmed that Canada had raised the January 2007 anti-satellite test numerous times with the Chinese, both in Beijing an [...]	2008-01-09 13:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	PREL PARM MNUC MARR CH CA
08OTTAWA392	CANADA TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO ON MARCH 18 [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Director General for Central, East, and South Europe Robert Hage, Canada will formally announce its official recognition of Kosovo's independence later on March 18, following in the wake of Japan's March 17 announcement as [...]	2008-03-18 15:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EU KV CA
08OTTAWA394	LIBERAL ""BOUNCE"" FROM BY-ELECTIONS, BUT NOT ENOUGH? [...] (C) Summary: The Liberal Party won three of the four federal by-elections on March 17, which will bring high profile politicians Bob Rae and Martha Hall Findlay to Parliament to bolster the Liberal ""team."" The Conservatives picked up a former Liberal seat in Saskatchewan, however. Low voter [...]	2008-03-18 18:47:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA395	CANADIAN RECOGNITION OF KOSOVO [...] (U) In a statement on March 18, Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier announced Canada's recognition that Kosovo's independence was now an "international reality," without being a precedent (reftel). Full statement in para 3. 2. (U) The Serbian Ambassador to Ottawa told the media on March 18 [...]	2008-03-18 19:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EU KV CA
08OTTAWA396	CANADA ON DESIGNATION OF AL-SHABAAB AS FTO [...] (C) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Counter-Terrorism Section Deputy Director Yves Beaulieu and Somalia Desk Officer George Jacoby on March 18 expressed appreciation for reftel information and promised that Canada would examine closely and take under consideratio [...]	2008-03-18 20:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV ASEC KCRM SO BG CA
08OTTAWA404	CANADA AGREES WITH U.S. CALL FOR COMMON APPROACH [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para three. 2. (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Adviser for Non-proliferation and Disarmament Michael Blackmore confirmed on March 20 that Canada is in "full agreement" with reftel points. In particular [...]	2008-03-20 16:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC EU CA
08OTTAWA407	CANADA CARES ABOUT TIBET, TOO [...] (U) Several hundred protesters -- apparently including large numbers of ethnic Tibetans -- staged a peaceful protest march on March 20 from Parliament Hill to the Chinese Embassy, passing en route in front of the U.S. Embassy. They variously chanted "China out" or "Free Tibet," among other s [...]	2008-03-20 19:56:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM CH CA
08OTTAWA418	DELIVERY OF NATO HIGH LEVEL GROUP CHAIRMAN'S LETTER [...] On March 25, the Charge delivered reftel letter to Colleen Swords, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Swords expressed her thanks. Visit Canada,s Economy and Environment Forum at http://w [...]	2008-03-26 14:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL NATO KCFE MARR RS GG MD CA
08OTTAWA419	CANADA ALSO ENCOURAGING PSI ENDORSEMENTS [...] (C) According to Colleen Swords, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Director of the Department of International Trade, Canada fully shares the U.S. goal of encouraging more states to participate in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) (reftel). Swords c [...]	2008-03-26 14:31:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC PARM KNNP PHSA PREL XL XM CA
08OTTAWA420	CANADA ON PROPOSED NATO CFE STATEMENT [...] (C) In a meeting with Charge on March 25, Assistant Deputy Minister for International Security and Political Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Colleen Swords expressed appreciation for reftel points on the CFE statement, explaining that she had not yet rece [...]	2008-03-26 14:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO KCFE MARR RS GG MD CA
08OTTAWA423	CANADA EXPECTS TO UP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR IRAQI [...] (C) In response to ref a demarche, Director of the Gulf and Maghreb Division Dennis Horak confirmed to PolMinCouns on March 25 that the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade was working hard to convince the Canadian International Development Agency to increase Canada's contri [...]	2008-03-26 19:46:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM CA IZ
08OTTAWA428	MONEY FOR CANADIAN HEALTH PROJECTS IN HONDURAS [...] During her recent visit to Honduras, International Development Minister Bev Oda announced that the Canadian government is providing C$18 million to help youth and other marginalized groups in Honduras through new school-feeding, health, and water and sanitation initiatives. "These projects w [...]	2008-03-27 15:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI CA HO
08OTTAWA429	CANADA EXPRESSES CONCERNS, ANNOUNCES AID TO SUDAN AND CHAD [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-27 17:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PREF EAID CA CD SU
08OTTAWA435	CANADIANS EXPECT FRANCE, OR U.S., TO DEPLOY TROOPS [...] (C) Summary: Canada has redoubled its efforts to convince France to deploy a reinforced battle group to the Kandahar region of Afghanistan by February 2009. The Canadians are especially working to allay French concerns about improvised explosive devices (IEDs),which have emerged from milit [...]	2008-03-31 11:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF FR CA
08OTTAWA436	SHIPRIDER NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA - ROUND ONE [...] (U) Summary. On March 20, U.S. and Canadian delegations met in Quebec City and completed a productive and successful first round of negotiations on a framework agreement on integrated cross-border maritime law enforcement operations (ICBMLEO). The delegations reached agreement on much of the [...]	2008-03-31 13:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PBTS EWWT PINS SNAR KTIA KCRM CA
08OTTAWA440	CANADA: AG MUKASEY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day reviewed for Attorney General Mukasey on the margins of the Cross Border Crime Forum, Canada's program for border security and law enforcement. In addition to hiring 400 new border guards and arming the border service, Canada has put new res [...]	2008-03-31 19:58:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PTER CA
08OTTAWA443	CANADA UNLIKELY TO WEIGH IN WITH GREECE [...] (C) In Ambassador's absence, DCM delivered reftel demarche to the Prime Minister's Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor, Susan Cartwright, and urged that PM Stephen Harper raise the issue of Macedonia's NATO membership directly with Greece's president at the Bucharest Summit. Ms. Cartwright, [...]	2008-03-31 21:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL NATO MK GR CA
08OTTAWA444	CANADA: AG MUKASEY'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with Attorney General Mukasey on the margins of the Cross Border Crime Forum March 18 (septel),Canadian Justice Minister Nicholson said that with its initial law and order agenda of strengthened gun laws, changes to the special advocate system for non-citizen terro [...]	2008-03-31 21:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KCRM PTER SNAR CA
08OTTAWA446	CANADA ANNOUNCES GREATER DETAIL ON CLIMATE POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 10 Canada's federal government provided significant additional detail on its "Turning the Corner" climate change plan released last year. This latest iteration announced the government's intent to establish a clear price signal for carbon and greater detail on plans to [...]	2008-04-01 21:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG CA
08OTTAWA451	CANADA IMPLEMENTING DUAL USE ITEM PROVISION OF [...] (U) This is an action request - see para four. 2. (SBU) Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Senior Policy Adviser for Nuclear Non-proliferation Che van Haastrecht confirmed on April 1 that Canada will implement all the requirements of UNSCR 1803, and that the gov [...]	2008-04-02 15:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM KNNP NSG IR CA
08OTTAWA452	UNLIKELY SPRING FEDERAL ELECTION IN CANADA [...] (C) Summary. The Liberal Party is disinclined to pursue a federal election in the spring, and possibly not even in fall 2008. Organization and finances remain problems, as does the weak popularity of its leader, Stephane Dion. Three new Liberal Members of Parliament from the March 17 by-e [...]	2008-04-02 20:54:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER CA
08OTTAWA459	ASIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION (APEC): EMBASSY [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-04 16:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG ETRD APEC PGOV CA
08OTTAWA467	HAITI: THE CENTERPIECE OF CANADA'S LATIN AMERICA [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 13. 2. (C) Summary: Following the roll-out in 2007 of a higher priority to Latin America in its foreign policy, Haiti has emerged as the key component of Canada's Latin America strategy. During a mid-February 2008 visit, Foreign Minister Bernier [...]	2008-04-07 17:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM EAID ECON CA HA
08OTTAWA470	CANADA-U.S. BILATERAL CONSULTATIVE GROUP FOLLOW UP [...] (U) Action request: This is an action request, see para four items 3, 9, and 10, and para 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: One of the commitments at the January 2008 U.S.-Canada Bilateral Consultative Group meeting on counter-terrorism (BCG) was to develop a mechanism for tracking the action items that [...]	2008-04-07 21:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PREL CA
08OTTAWA473	CANADA TO SUPPORT AMBASSADOR SWING FOR IOM [...] (C) Ross O'Connor, Chief of Staff to Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier, confirmed to PolMinCouns on April 8 that Canada would support the U.S. candidate for the next Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM),Ambassador William Swing. He admitted that there had be [...]	2008-04-08 15:49:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM CA
08OTTAWA491	CANADA'S RENEWED FOCUS ON LATIN AMERICA [...] (C) Summary: PM Harper has made Latin America one of a very few focal points for Canada's foreign policy, alongside Afghanistan, improving relations with the U.S., and developing stronger ties with the rising economic powers of Asia. Of the three pillars of the Latin America strategy -- secu [...]	2008-04-10 14:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID KDEM XM CA
08OTTAWA496	CANADA: IMPLEMENTING THE TRAVEL BAN AND TRAVEL [...] This is an action request - see para 4. 2. (C) According to Shawn Caza, Deputy Director of the Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (Nuclear) Division of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada has fully followed the UN guidance for the implementation of UNSCRs 1737, [...]	2008-04-10 21:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	MNUC KNNP IR UNSC CA
08OTTAWA497	RISE IN ANTI-SEMITIC INCIDENTS IN CANADA [...] (U) Summary. On April 9, the League for Human Rights of B'nai Brith Canada released its 2007 "Audit of Antisemitic Incidents." According to the audit, 1,042 incidents of anti-Semitism took place in Canada in 2007, the highest figure since B'nai Brith released its first audit 26 years ago, an [...]	2008-04-10 21:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV CA
08OTTAWA498	CANADA BLOCKS SALE OF ICONIC SPACE ASSETS TO U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. The Canadian government has decided to block the acquisition by an American company of the space business assets from MDA Corporation, including its space-based imaging satellite, Radarsat 2. The decision follows broad public concern over the sale, particularly over the potent [...]	2008-04-10 22:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV EFIN ETRD ECON CA
08OTTAWA504	CANADA WELCOMES BAHRAIN TO GLOBAL INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-11 15:41:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM DTRA PREL PTER KGIC KNNP BA CA
08OTTAWA505	CANADA DEVELOPMENT AID FOR PAKISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-11 18:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF CA EAID PGOV PK PREL
08OTTAWA521	CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF'S DEPARTURE; ANOTHER [...] (C) Summary. General Hillier will step down as Canada's Chief of Defence Staff in July 2008. Despite long-time media speculation about bad blood between Hillier and the government (or at least about Conservative frustration related to his recurrent outspokenness),Hillier has been an unusu [...]	2008-04-16 16:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR AF CA
08OTTAWA529	TORY "BRAND" SUFFERS ETHICAL BLOW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers executed a search warrant at federal Conservative Party headquarters in Ottawa on April 15, apparently related to an ongoing legal case involving possible Conservative election spending violations in the 2006 federal election. The in [...]	2008-04-16 19:03:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA53	CANADA UNABLE TO HELP JOINT INTEGRATED UNITS BUT [...] (SBU) According to Sudan Desk Officer Suehila Elkateb at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, legal prohibitions on providing military assistance to Sudan, in place since the 1990s, make it impossible for Canada to assist with the JIU program. Even given the exemptions in [...]	2008-01-11 14:08:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SU CA
08OTTAWA536	DESPITE CONTROVERSY, USEFUL FM VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN [...] (C/NF) Summary. Apart from unfortunate remarks to the media by FM Bernier suggesting replacement of Kandahar's governor -- which Bernier quickly retracted -- his visit to Afghanistan along with his French counterpart was useful, with a special focus on policing and health. Canada's next st [...]	2008-04-17 21:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EAID MOPS AF CA
08OTTAWA538	Canada Likely to Label Plastic Ingredient 'Toxic' [...] (SBU) Summary - As early as April 18 Canada may declare the chemical bisphenol A (BPA),widely used in plastics, toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. This is likely to precipitate additional widespread public concern in both Canada and the United States. We understand that [...]	2008-04-18 14:50:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD TBIO SENV EAGR EIND CA
08OTTAWA545	SUPPORT FOR LONGER AFGHAN MANDATE IN CANADIAN [...] (C) In a meeting with PolMinCouns on April 18, Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence Chairman Colin Kenny described a strong bipartisan consensus within his committee for a much longer-term commitment to Afghanistan than authorized by the March 13 Commons motion extendin [...]	2008-04-18 20:04:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID MOPS PGOV AF CA
08OTTAWA546	Canada Takes Precautionary Action against BPA [...] Summary: Canada announced it will take precautionary actions against bisphenol A (BPA),including a ban on the importation, sale and advertising of polycarbonate baby bottles. The details will be published on April 19 in the Canada Gazette, and will be available for public comment until June 1 [...]	2008-04-18 20:27:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD TBIO SENV EAGR EIND CA
08OTTAWA549	MANITOBA HYDRO ANNOUNCES MAJOR ELECTRICITY DEAL WITH MINNESOTA [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-21 11:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV PGOV CA
08OTTAWA553	MANITOBA HYDRO ANNOUNCES ELECTRICITY DEAL WITH [...] This message originates from U.S. Consulate Winnipeg. 2. Summary. Following hard on the heels of a February 2008 deal to sell 250 megawatts of electricity to Minnesota Power, Manitoba Hydro announced on April 17 that it had reached agreement with Wisconsin to sell up to 500 megawatts of p [...]	2008-04-21 15:25:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV CA
08OTTAWA563	CANADIAN REPRESENTATION AT CSD-16 [...] (SBU) Embassy made demarche requested reftel and discussed U.S. views on Zimbabwe chairing the 16th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16) with Pamela O'Donnell, director of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Sustainable Development Division. [...]	2008-04-22 19:28:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV AORC PREL EAGR EUN EAID ECON CA
08OTTAWA565	LIKELY CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR PRISONERS OF [...] (C) According to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Human Rights, Gender Equality, Health, and Population Division official Chantale Walker, Canada is "sympathetic to the goals" of the US-EU Prisoners of Conscience Declaration, and has no specific concerns with it. [...]	2008-04-23 19:39:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL EU CA
08OTTAWA572	CANADA ATTENDANCE AT PARIS INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT [...] (sbu) Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier will likely lead Canada's delegation to the June International Support Conference on Afghanistan in Paris, according to Richard Arbiter, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Acting Director for Policy and Advocacy on the Afghanistan [...]	2008-04-24 17:38:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF CA EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL
08OTTAWA581	CANADA AND AD HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 20:44:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA EAID EU IS KPAL PGOV PREL WBG
08OTTAWA586	CANADA AND SPECIAL 301 [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-25 13:55:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	CA ECON ETRD KIPR
08OTTAWA590	CANADIAN REACTION TO SYRIA'S CLANDESTINE NUCLEAR [...] (C) The Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director General for the Middle East and North Africa Gordon Venner on April 25 expressed appreciation to PolMinCouns for reftel points, as well as for an April 24 briefing (septel). (Poloff separately provided reftel points to [...]	2008-04-25 15:45:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM KNNP KN SY CA
08OTTAWA593	CANADIAN EFFORTS TO PROMOTE DEMOCRATIZATION ABROAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The government of Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has taken a middle course between the large expansion of democratization capacity that a Parliamentary committee recommended in July 2007 and the ad hoc approach it had been following before then. Canada is justifiabl [...]	2008-04-25 18:30:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM PREL CA
08OTTAWA594	CANADA UNLIKELY TO RAISE ABKHAZIA AND SOUTH [...] (C) In response to ref a demarche by PolMinCouns, Director General for Central, East, and South Europe Robert Hage of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) confirmed on April 25 that Canada remained unlikely -- for the time being, at least -- directly to raise Rus [...]	2008-04-25 21:10:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL GG RS CA
08OTTAWA595	EMBASSY OTTAWA PROPOSALS FOR AMBASSADOR'S CT FUND [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada is a close partner on counterterrorism and border security; there is little we do in the counterterrorism arena that does not touch our partnership with Canada. Still, there are areas where we see things differently than our Canadian neighbors, and there are areas where [...]	2008-04-28 14:51:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL CA
08OTTAWA6	NDP PLANS TO RUN "LARGEST CAMPAIGN" EVER [...] (SBU) Summary: New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jack Layton has announced that the NDP "will run the largest campaign that our party has ever run in its history" in the next federal elections, which many observers believe will take place in 2008. Although it holds the fewest seats of the fo [...]	2008-01-04 14:04:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA603	PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE ON AFGHANISTAN BEGINS WORK [...] (SBU) PolMinCouns on April 29 met with chairman Pierre Lemieux (Conservative, Ontario) of the House of Commons' new "Special Committee on the Canadian Mission in Afghanistan," established under the terms of the March 13 bipartisan motion extending the mandate of the Canadian Forces in Kandaha [...]	2008-04-30 19:52:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV CA AF
08OTTAWA619	CANADA RESPONDS TO WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EMERGENCY [...] Summary: In response to an urgent appeal from the United Nations' World Food Program (WFP),Canada announced that it is allocating C$230 million in food aid programming, C$50 million more than last year. The package includes C$10 million in food aid for Haiti. Canada is also fully untying re [...]	2008-05-02 21:00:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI WFP CA HA
08OTTAWA621	CANADA CONTINUES PRESSURE ON BURMA; SENDS CYCLONE [...] (C) Summary: Canada shares U.S. concern about the imposition on the Burmese people of a non-representative constitution, and has been publicly pressuring Burma to bring an end to the country's environment of fear and repression. On May 5, Foreign Minister Bernier conferred honorary Canadian c [...]	2008-05-06 19:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM CA
08OTTAWA626	REGIONAL COMMAND - SOUTH MEETING, APRIL 28, OTTAWA [...] (U) Summary: On April 28 in Ottawa, Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) hosted a DAS-level officials' meeting for countries contributing to NATO-ISAF Regional Command - South (RC-S). NATO and United Nations Peace Keeping Operations (UNPKO) representatives als [...]	2008-05-07 15:59:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA
08OTTAWA627	U.S.-AUSTRALIA BILATERAL ON MARGINS OF RC-SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: At their April 27 meeting in Ottawa, the U.S. and Australian delegations agreed the RC-South Plan should emphasize a counterinsurgency approach and retain its counternarcotics elements. The U.S. delegation agreed to include language in the Plan on a long-term approach and period [...]	2008-05-07 16:01:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF AS CA
08OTTAWA628	CANADA TO CONSIDER "DAY OF SOLIDARY WITH CUBA" [...] (C) In separate conversations with PolMinCouns, senior policy advisor to the Foreign Minister Ross O'Connor and Director General for Latin America and the Caribbean James Lambert of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) expressed Canada's willingness to consider o [...]	2008-05-07 17:40:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM CU CA
08OTTAWA632	PREPARING FOR AN ELECTION THAT JUST WON'T COME [...] (C) Summary. While the chances for a spring or summer election remain almost zero, the Conservatives seem fully prepared to start their next campaign at a moment's notice. The Liberals admit to more dire funding problems, and have launched a new fundraising drive. A fall 2008 election rema [...]	2008-05-07 20:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CA
08OTTAWA633	CANADA AND UPCOMING UNSCR 1267 LISTING REQUEST OF [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-07 20:17:00	Embassy Ottawa	SECRET	CA EFIN KTFN KU PINR PREL PTER
08OTTAWA634	CANADA CONCERNED ABOUT REDUNDANCY OF G8 INITIATIVE [...] (U) On May 5 Econoff delivered reftel points to Yves Beaulieu, Deputy Director, International Crime and Terrorism, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Beaulieu confirmed that Canada had received the proposal on April 10 and stated that Canada share the USG's concern regardin [...]	2008-05-07 21:13:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL PTER KTFN CA
08OTTAWA635	THEMES FROM THE 10TH CROSS-BORDER CRIME FORUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the 10th Cross-Border Crime Forum, 120 participants led by the U.S. Attorney General and the Canadian Ministers of Public Safety and Justice reviewed progress in eight areas, received a threat assessment, and discussed lessons learned from three case studies. From Mission Ca [...]	2008-05-08 11:53:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM CA
08OTTAWA636	SCENESETTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TRILATERALS, MAY 15-16 [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada remains a key partner of the United States in the protection and promotion of human rights worldwide, in addition to being the home of one of the world's most successful democratic systems and strongest rule of law. Prime Minister Stephen Harper leads one of the most st [...]	2008-05-08 13:42:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM CA
08OTTAWA637	CANADA EQUALLY CONCERNED ABOUT WIPO DIRECTOR [...] (U) On May 6 Econoff delivered reftel points to Doug George, Director, Intellectual Property, Information and Technology Trade Policy Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. George (protect) said Canada shares the USG's concern regarding the upcoming WIPO DG election. [...]	2008-05-08 16:11:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD AORC WIPO PREL KIPR CA
08OTTAWA638	CANADA AND PARIS SUPPORT CONFERENCE FOR AGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 17:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF CA EAID ECON EFIN KDEM PGOV PREL
08OTTAWA639	CANADA AND PARTICIPATION IN INT'L COMPACT WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-08 19:37:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CA EAID ECON EFIN IZ PGOV PREL EINV
08OTTAWA640	MISSION CANADA OUTREACH TO DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Mission Canada personnel regularly engage democracy activists, notably from Burma, Somalia, Sudan, and Belarus,. Our outreach has helped to empower groups whose links to their home country can make a difference on the margins in the development of democracy and stability. On [...]	2008-05-08 21:32:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM PREL CA
08OTTAWA645	CANADIAN IMMIGRANTS ON THE RISE, BUT SO ARE "LOST" [...] (U) Summary: In addition to accepting an increasing number of immigrants (especially high-skilled workers),Canada is also a growing destination for asylum seekers and refugees. Canada has successfully managed its immigration policies to maintain a reputation as a successful model of diversity [...]	2008-05-09 18:51:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PTER PGOV CA
08OTTAWA646	CANADA'S RESPONSE TO CYCLONE NARGIS [...] (sbu) Canada is committed to providing emergency aid to Burma, but remains stymied by the Burmese regime's actions blocking humanitarian relief, Foreign Affairs and International Trade's Director of Humanitarian Affairs and Disasters Response Group Leslie Hope told Econcouns on May 9. Joined [...]	2008-05-09 20:16:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL BM CA
08OTTAWA647	CLUSTER MUNITIONS: CANADA CONCERNED ABOUT NATO [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (C) In response to ref a and b demarches, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAIT) Oslo Process and CCW Head of Delegation Earl Turcotte observed that there was at best a "50-50 chance" that the Oslo Process (OP) on Cluster Munitions [...]	2008-05-12 16:33:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL MOPS NATO GM CA
08OTTAWA649	CANADA'S NEW DEFENSE STRATEGY [...] (U) In a widely televised public address in Halifax, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Defence Minister Peter MacKay outlined a new "Canada First Defence Strategy," building upon themes from the 2006 Conservative election platform and the October 2007 "Throne Speech" at the opening of the fa [...]	2008-05-12 19:06:00	Embassy Ottawa	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MARR CA

08OTTAWA651	U.S.- CANADA BILATERAL AT REGIONAL COMMAND - SOUTH [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the Regional Command-South meeting (reftel),Canadian representatives provided an overview of their security, reconstruction, and rule of law efforts in Kandahar Province. The Canadians emphasized the need for close U.S.-Canada cooperation in the transition to a [...]	2008-05-13 15:07:00	Embassy Ottawa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR NATO AF CA

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