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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
07TOKYO643	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-14 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA

07TOKYO650	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/14/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-15 01:07:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO661	JAPAN CONCERNED ABOUT PASSAGE OF "COMFORT WOMEN" [...] (C) The Abe government is moving ahead on several fronts to counter the proposed sense of Congress resolution condemning Japan for its treatment of World War II "comfort women." MOFA Asian Bureau Regional Policy Division Director Aikawa told us February 13, he had been asked to relay that the [...]	2007-02-15 10:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KS CH JA
07TOKYO692	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/16/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-16 08:24:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO697	VFM YACHI ATTENDS FIRST JAPAN-RUSSIA STRATEGIC [...] (C) Summary. Russian officials told VFM Yachi during his January 23-25 Moscow visit that Russia has no intention of "controlling" or "monopolizing" Central Asia, but said that Moscow should be "an important interlocutor" on issues affecting the region, according to MOFA Russia Division Direct [...]	2007-02-17 03:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EPET JA RU
07TOKYO7	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01/04/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-04 05:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO701	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/20/07-1 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-20 01:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO702	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/20/07-2 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-20 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO708	AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 16 MEETING WITH KOMEITO [...] (SBU) Summary. During a February 16 courtesy call with the Ambassador, Komeito Chief Representative Ota: -- stated his firm belief in the U.S.-Japan alliance; -- expressed appreciation for U.S. efforts to keep abductions on the front burner in dealings with the DPRK; -- said he strongly supp [...]	2007-02-20 04:15:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV JA
07TOKYO722	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/21/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-21 00:28:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO739	CHINESE FM LI ZHAOXING VISITS JAPAN [...] (C) Summary: China will "cooperate to the fullest extent possible" to help Japan resolve the abduction issue with the DPRK, Chinese FM Li Zhaoxing told the Japanese during a February 15-16 visit. According to MOFA China Division contacts, the two sides hope to reach general agreement on th [...]	2007-02-22 05:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ENRG PGOV CH KS JA
07TOKYO752	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/22/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 05:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO762	DIET ECONOMIC AGENDA [...] (SBU) Summary. The 2007 Diet convened on January 25 and will run 150 days to June 23 during which it will consider a number of economic bills with potential impact on this summer's Upper House election, particularly those designed to bolster PM Abe's "Second Chance" initiative to close a perce [...]	2007-02-22 23:01:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EFIN EAGR ELAB EINV ETRD JA
07TOKYO763	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-22 23:55:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO774	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 01//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 01:37:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO784	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 08:18:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO785	BOSNIA: JAPAN TO JOIN CONSENSUS ON OHR ISSUE, [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-23 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL BK JA
07TOKYO807	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02/26/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-26 08:06:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO827	GOVERNMENT COUNCIL RECOMMENDS NEW NATIONAL [...] (SBU) During a February 27 meeting with Deputy National Security Advisor J.D. Crouch, Japan's National Security Advisor Yuriko Koike provided Dr. Crouch with an advanced copy in Japanese of the "Report (draft) by the Council to Strengthen the National Security Function of the Prime Minister's [...]	2007-02-27 13:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR ASEC PINS JA
07TOKYO832	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 02/28/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-28 01:30:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO856	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 02//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-28 22:59:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO859	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/01/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO876	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03//07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-01 08:21:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO879	JAPAN MOVES TO WEAKEN 1993 KONO APOLOGY ON [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe is directing efforts to pursue World War II historical issues, including "comfort women," LDP Diet member Yasuhide Nakayama told Embassy Political Minister Counselor Meserve on February 28. The Japanese government actions are in response to the U.S. congressi [...]	2007-03-01 09:23:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO896	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/02/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-04 22:52:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO903	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/05/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-05 01:32:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO956	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 02:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO967	PM ABE TAKES BACK FIRST OF "FAILED" POSTAL REBELS [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Abe's abrupt decision to allow postal rebel Seiichi Eto to rejoin the LDP for the purpose of running in the July Upper House election has the potential to further weaken his public support, reopen divisions within the party, and strain relations with ruling coalit [...]	2007-03-07 07:19:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV JA
07TOKYO971	DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/07/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-07 08:16:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TOKYO974	COMFORT WOMEN: JAPAN BACKS AWAY FROM HARD LINE [...] (S) Summary. Prime Minister Abe has backed off on earlier instructions to a group of conservative LDP lawmakers to submit a proposal for a revised Kono Statement, according to one of the group's members. Instead, he has instructed the group to produce a statement criticizing the Honda resol [...]	2007-03-07 10:45:00	Embassy Tokyo	SECRET	PGOV JA
07TOKYO985	JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 03/08/07 [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-08 01:26:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
07TORONTO118	HOUSE ARREST FOR SECURITY CERTIFICATE DETAINEES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As a result of Canada's Supreme Court having struck down Canada's security certificate program on February 23, two men who are currently alleged to be security threats have been or will be released from custody and join other released detainees on house arrest. These men will b [...]	2007-03-16 20:02:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PTER CA
07TORONTO120	ONTARIO AG SUPPORTS IPR, PROMISES TO PROSECUTE IF POLICE [...] (SBU) On March 15 Consul General and Pol/Econ officer met with Ontario Attorney General Michael Bryant to urge a strengthening of intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement. Bryant said that he fully supports prosecuting those who pirate DVDs and CDs and confirmed he concurs that profits f [...]	2007-03-16 20:47:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KIPR PREL PGOV CA
07TORONTO125	2007 Ontario Budget Focuses Social Deficit in Election [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ontario's 2007 budget, unveiled on March 22, focuses on reducing poverty, increasing services for modest-income families, and reducing property tax increases. It contains little additional funding for infrastructure investments and continues funding programs previously announce [...]	2007-03-23 20:26:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV CA
07TORONTO139	UPDATE ON TORONTO TERRORISM SUSPECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since June 2, 2006, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has arrested 18 men with suspected connections to a Toronto-based terrorist group. The terrorist group is most notorious for its plot to behead the Canadian Prime Minister, Stephen Harper. Currently, 14 adults and 3 youths [...]	2007-04-02 20:48:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PTER CVIS CA
07TORONTO430	Unraveling Canada's Asset-Backed Commercial Credit Crunch [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: By agreement among the players, the Canadian non-bank asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market, which was valued at C$40 billion in August, is frozen until December 14. Canada's market for ABCP sold by non-bank dealers ground to a halt in mid-August after Toronto-based Covent [...]	2007-10-25 18:44:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV CA
07TORONTO439	FORMER CANADIAN KANDAHAR COMMANDER MAKES CASE FOR AFGHAN [...] (SBU) Speaking before the Toronto-based Canadian Institute for International Affairs on November 2, Major General Tim Grant, recently returned from a stint as commander of Canadian Forces troops in Afghanistan, encouraged patience and highlighted progress in Canada's mission in Afghanistan. Gr [...]	2007-11-02 18:57:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MOPS PGOV PREL PTER CA AF
07TORONTO44	NDP PICKS UP LIBERAL SEAT IN ONTARIO BY-ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ontario's major political parties split three Toronto-area by-elections on February 8. The ruling Liberal Party, held onto one seat, but lost one to the New Democratic Party (NDP). The Conservatives held onto their seat. Though the Liberals have a large majority in the Ontario [...]	2007-02-09 16:54:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR CA
07TORONTO440	TORONTO TERROR PLOT BAIL HEARINGS RESUME, NEW CHARGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an unusual move, Canadian prosecutors terminated preliminary hearings in September and decided to move the defendants in the 2006 Ottawa and Toronto terrorism plots directly to trial. Ontario courts will now revisit the confinement conditions of each of the suspected terrori [...]	2007-11-02 19:43:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER CA
07TORONTO441	Federal Government Promotes Canada as a Low Tax Country [...] Summary: Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty made no new announcements in a November 5 Toronto speech, instead apparently previewing Conservative economic themes for the next campaign by focusing mostly on Canada's strong economy and Conservative tax-cutting, including the next promised one [...]	2007-11-05 19:35:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN PGOV PINR PREL SENV CA
07TORONTO448	Narcotics Smugglers Still Working the U.S.-Canada Border [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Drug smuggling continues to be a major challenge for Ontario law enforcement. Organized criminal groups smuggle ecstasy, cocaine, and marijuana in and out of Canada on a regular basis, trying to exploit seams along the lengthy shared border with the United States, and Pearson I [...]	2007-11-13 15:28:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV SNAR KCRM CA
07TORONTO450	Changing Face of Canadian Auto Sector [...] (SBU) Summary: An ascending Canadian dollar, briefly topping US$1.10 for the first time in modern history on November 7 and still at US$1.04 as of November 14, continues to put pressure on the Canadian auto manufacturing sector, and to erode its global competitiveness. Canadian Auto Workers ( [...]	2007-11-14 18:21:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELAB PGOV SENV CA
07TORONTO457	Strong Loonie - Cross-border Shopping Hurts Canadian Auto [...] (SBU) Summary: The strong Canadian dollar and weaker U.S. consumer demand are challenging Canadian-based auto assemblers' efforts to remain globally competitive. Sales to Canadians of new and used autos from the U.S. are up by 21% to 136,666, setting a new record for the first 10 months of th [...]	2007-11-29 19:39:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ELAB PGOV SENV CA
07TORONTO466	Fight Against Counterfeit Goods Boosted in Ontario [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 1, Toronto police seized C$10 million in designer knock-offs on Toronto's black market. On December 4, a significant four-day anti-counterfeiting conference in the Toronto area included 120-150 law enforcement personnel, government officials, and industry representa [...]	2007-12-05 20:23:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD KCRM KIPR PGOV CA
07TORONTO470	WHIT: ONTARIO UNVEILS NEW SECURE DRIVERS LICENSE, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The new Ontario Drivers License, while incorporating new, badly needed security features, is unlikely to meet the threshold for use as a WHTI-approved passport alternative. Recently appointed Minster of Transportation Jim Bradley, has announced that he will begin discussions [...]	2007-12-10 19:39:00	Consulate Toronto	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PBTS PREL CPAS CA
07TORONTO81	ONTARIO PURSUES DRIVERS' LICENSES AS PASSPORT ALTERNATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ontario plans to issue a secure drivers' license by the end of 2007 that provincial officials hope can be used to document identity and citizenship in lieu of passports for travel across the U.S. border. The initial, informal plan for use of the card to cross into the U.S. woul [...]	2007-03-07 09:54:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CPAS PBTS PGOV PINR PREL CA
07TORONTO90	ILLICIT DRUG PRODUCTION AND TRAFFICKING IN ONTARIO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Police seizures and arrests during the past year show that illegal drug activity, including cross-border smuggling, continues to be a big problem in Ontario. Police have seized large quantities of ecstasy, cocaine, and marijuana. They have discovered and shut down nearly 300 in [...]	2007-03-08 08:59:00	Consulate Toronto	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR SOCI PGOV KCRM CA
07TRIPOLI1026	ABDALLAH YEHIA IS "UNQUESTIONED LEADER" OF SLA/UNITY [...] (SBU) Summary. Three SLA/Unity representatives visiting Tripoli said December 9 that Abdallah Yehia is the unquestioned leader of the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA)/Unity branch and that SLA/Unity is open to an agreement with the newly-formed United Revolutionary Front (URF),though serious [...]	2007-12-10 14:47:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
07TRIPOLI1030	SUDANESE DIPLOMAT ALLEGES LIBYAN OFFICIALS' COMPLICITY IN [...] (C) The long-serving Sudanese DCM in Tripoli, Isaac Kenti, told CDA in a recent meeting that Sudanese criminal networks freely operate migration smuggling rings from Libya to Europe with the complicity of some Libyan officials. According to Kenti, while the GOL provides border guards and pol [...]	2007-12-12 07:46:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KTIP SOCI PGOV LY
07TRIPOLI1032	LIBYA CLOSES BORDER WITH EGYPT TO NON-EGYPTIAN IMPORTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-12 07:56:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PREL PGOV LY EG JO SY TU
07TRIPOLI1033	QADHAFI'S TRAVEL TO SPAIN [...] (C) Summary: Planning for Leader Muammar al-Qadhafi's upcoming visit to Spain has been complicated by contradictory GOL requests for meetings and content. After initially saying the Leader did not want to sign bilateral agreements during his visit, the GOL has reversed course and the two sides are [...]	2007-12-12 14:07:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LY SP
07TRIPOLI1053	U.S. COMPANIES WIN $2 BILLION WORTH OF INFRASTRUCTURE CONTRACTS AS REWARD FOR POLITICAL RELATIONSHIP REF: TRIPOLI 1023 TRIPOLI 00001053 001.2 OF 003 CLASSIFIED BY: Chris Stevens, CDA, Embassy Tripoli, State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d) [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-18 08:55:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	BTIO ECON EIND EINV PREL PGOV LY
07TRIPOLI1056	LIBYA'S NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL: EXPERIENCING GROWING [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-23 09:56:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	PGOV PREL KBIO PINR LY
07TRIPOLI1063	CORRECTED COPY - LIBYA'S NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL: [...] (S/NF) Summary: Libya's newly-constituted National Security Council continues to experience growing pains. A shortage of skilled staff, questions about its mandate, and friction between National Security Adviser Mutassim al-Qadhafi and some senior GOL officials have limited the NSC's organizat [...]	2007-12-27 15:50:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KBIO PINR LY
07TRIPOLI1066	QADHAFI DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION DIRECTOR SOUNDS WARNING ON [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-31 11:53:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER PINR SOCI KPAO SCUL OEXC KISL LY
07TRIPOLI170	LIBYA: AISHA GADHAFI IN THE BLACK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Despite claiming to be a charitable NGO that provides disaster assistance in sub-Saharan Africa and support to Libyan women while promoting traditional Islamic values, Dr. Aisha Muammar Al-Gadhafi's Wa'atassemo Charity Society is primarily an outlet for Gadhafi's oldest daughter [...]	2007-02-19 16:47:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON LY
07TRIPOLI421	QADHAFI'S CALLS FOR AFRICAN AND MUSLIM UNITY RESONATE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In two recent public appearances -- a March 27 Al Jazeera interview and a March 31 speech to Tuareg tribal leaders in Agadez, Niger -- Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi continued his long drift away from the Arab world and worked to portray himself as a distinctly African leader. Sp [...]	2007-05-02 09:16:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM LY
07TRIPOLI422	LIBYA ENACTS, THEN RETRACTS, BAN ON WOMEN TRAVELING ABROAD [...] SUMMARY. (C) In late February 2007, Libyans started talking about a new law that prohibited women under the age of 40 traveling abroad unless escorted by their husband, father or brother, although there was conflicting information about the source of the "law" or the scope of implementation. [...]	2007-05-02 09:16:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KSOCI KWMN KISL LY
07TRIPOLI426	DRAMATIC STATEMENTS ABOUT HIV INFECTIONS AND MEDICS TRIAL [...] SUMMARY. Libya's newspapers, all government controlled, continue to run dramatic statements about the source of HIV infections in Libya. The press articles consistently blame the Palestinian doctor and Bulgarian nurses, along with foreign intelligence services including the CIA and Mossad, f [...]	2007-05-03 11:12:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV BU LY
07TRIPOLI436	LIBYA: DARFUR CONFERENCE ATMOSPHERICS [...] (C) SUMMARY. A Libyan-organized conference on Darfur April 28-29 was a substantive success (Reftel),but the scheduling challenges posed by a last minute decision by the Leader to fly all delegates to Sirte to meet with him exemplify the capricious environment in which even Libya's most seni [...]	2007-05-04 12:02:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO LY
07TRIPOLI474	LIBYA: MEDICS DEFAMATION CASE DECISION DUE MAY 27, SUPREME [...] (C) SUMMARY. All signs indicate the six foreign health workers accused of intentionally infecting over 400 Benghazi children with HIV/AIDS in 1999 will be convicted on May 27 of defaming two Libyan police officers they accused of torture (a separate case from the main criminal case). The Bu [...]	2007-05-18 14:34:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BU LY
07TRIPOLI487	LIBYA: INFECTIOUS DISEASES WORKSHOP ATTEMPTS TO INJECT [...] SUMMARY. On May 4-7 the Libyan National Center for Infectious Diseases Protection and Control (NCIDCP) held the first-ever Infectious and Endemic Diseases Scientific Conference in Tripoli, which included two sessions on HIV/AIDS in Libya. Most conference discussions were not highly technical, b [...]	2007-05-24 15:33:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO PGOV PHUM LY
07TRIPOLI664	LIBYA, FRANCE CONCLUDE "VERY GENERAL" CIVILIAN NUCLEAR DEAL [...] (S) Summary: According to French diplomats, a civilian nuclear deal concluded between Libya and France during President Sarkozy's visit to Tripoli constitutes only a "very general" framework for future cooperation, with no clear financial commitment from the French side and little expectatio [...]	2007-08-03 12:38:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	PREL PGOV KNNP ENRG MNUC ECIN EINV ETRD KPWR FR
07TRIPOLI909	ARAB DONORS' CONFERENCE ON DARFUR [...] (U) The Charge conveyed reftel points to MFA Secretary for Americas Affairs Dr. Ahmed Fituri October 25, urging the GOL to make contributions in a manner supportive of UN and Transitional Darfur Regional Authority efforts in Darfur. Fituri said Ambassador to Khartoum Omar al-Hamdi would repres [...]	2007-10-25 12:26:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KPKO SU AL LY
07TRIPOLI918	QADDAFI HOSTS SIGNING OF CHADIAN PEACE ACCORDS [...] (SBU) On the eve of the Darfur peace conference, Libyan leader Mu'ammar Qaddafi presided over the signing of a separate peace agreement October 25 in Sirte between the Chadian government and four Chadian rebel groups. The agreement was signed by chief Chadian negotiator (and Infrastructure Mi [...]	2007-10-29 15:06:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL LY CD
07TRIPOLI929	DARFUR TALKS STRUGGLE WITH POOR REBEL ATTENDANCE [...] (C) Summary: UN/AU-led Darfur mediation talks began as announced on October 27 in Sirte, Libya, even in the absence of major political and military leaders from the Darfur rebel movements. The UN/AU leadership is slowly proceeding with a plan to dispatch teams to Juba and Darfur to encourag [...]	2007-11-04 12:33:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU LY
07TRIPOLI930	(C) LIBYA EXTRACTS SUDANESE, ERITREAN PROMISES TO SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an October 30 meeting with S/E Andrew Natsios, Secretary-General of the Community of Sahal-Saharan States, Mohammad al-Madani, briefed S/E Natsios on Libyan efforts in support of the UN/AU Darfur political process, including extracting an agreement from Sudanese President Ad [...]	2007-11-04 12:33:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU LY
07TRIPOLI945	LIBYAN REACTION TO AQ-LIFG MERGER [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-07 16:15:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET//NOFORN	KISL PTER PREL PGOV LY
07TRIPOLI949	SLOW PROGRESS ON ITALY-LIBYA COLONIAL COMPENSATION TREATY A [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-07 16:31:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON EINV ETRD LY IT
07TRIPOLI972	ANTI-ISRAEL BOYCOTT INCIDENT WITH LIBYAN NATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-18 16:11:00	Embassy Tripoli	CONFIDENTIAL	KBCT ECON ELTN PREL PGOV EINV LY
07TRIPOLI989	LIBYA ESTABLISHES SPECIAL STATE SECURITY COURT TO TRY REGIME [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOL quietly established a state security court of appeals on/about August 13, apparently for the short-term purpose of hearing the case of twelve self-described regime dissidents detained since February 16 for planning a peaceful demonstration in Tripoli calling for multiparty el [...]	2007-11-26 10:51:00	Embassy Tripoli	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL LY
07TRIPOLI999	LIBYAN ORGANIZATION ISSUES STATEMENT OPPOSING AFRICOM [...] On November 21, the Community of Sahel and Saharan States (Cen-Sad) issued a statement at its Tripoli headquarters "categorically rejecting" Africom and any foreign military presence in any Cen-Sad member country. The statement noted that Cen-Sad represents roughly half of Africa's territory [...]	2007-11-27 15:20:00	Embassy Tripoli	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PMIL PGOV LY
07TUNIS1004	HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE OPTIMISTIC AMID SOME SIGNS OF [...] (C) During a July 23 meeting, Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH) President Mokhtar Trifi told the Ambassador that the LTDH was open to any solution the GOT could offer to the League's crisis. The LTDH's only conditions would be the continued (political) independence of the League and its abi [...]	2007-07-26 14:30:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS101	BEN ALI TAKES THREE DAYS "REST" ON DOCTOR'S ORDERS [...] (U) ON JANUARY 23, THE TUNISIA AFRICA PRESS AGENCY (TAP) ANNOUNCED THAT PRESIDENT ZINE EL ABIDINE BEN ALI IS TAKING THREE DAYS REST ON THE ADVICE OF HIS DOCTOR. THE TAP OFFICIAL STATEMENT FOLLOWS (INFORMAL EMBASSY TRANSLATION). BEGIN TEXT: THE OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN FOR THE PRESIDENCY OF THE [...]	2007-01-23 14:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL TS
07TUNIS102	DAS CARPENTER'S ROUNDTABLE WITH TUNISIAN CIVIL [...] (C) During his January 10-12 visit to Tunis, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary J. Scott Carpenter met with six leaders of Tunisian civil society. In a wide-ranging two-hour discussion, several common themes emerged: -- critiques that the United States, rhetoric was falling behind it actions in [...]	2007-01-23 15:53:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KMPI TS
07TUNIS1025	ROBERT SMOLIK SPEAKS ON GOOD GOVERNANCE AND [...] (U) During his three day visit (July 9-11) to Tunisia, FSO and Diplomat-in-Residence Robert Smolik addressed a wide range of audiences, including businesspeople, academics, students, media, GOT officials, and members of civil society groups on the topic of "Good Governance and Economic Growth." [...]	2007-07-31 15:24:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAO ECON KCOR TS
07TUNIS1040	FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION MAIN ISSUE FOR OPPOSITION [...] (C) On July 26, the Ambassador met with Mohamed Harmel the outgoing Secretary General of the Renewal Movement (Et-Tajdid) party. Harmel spoke at length about the need for greater freedom of expression in Tunisia, including media access and public debate. Referring to President Bush's June [...]	2007-08-02 07:46:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1044	MOHAMED ABBOU TO CONTINUE ACTIVISM FOR FREEDOM IN [...] (C) On July 31, EmbOffs met with Mohamed Abbou, a political prisoner released on July 24 after serving over two years of a three-and-a-half year sentence. He and his wife Samia expressed their appreciation for USG support of them and their family during Abbou's incarceration. Abbou discuss [...]	2007-08-03 08:28:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER KPAO KDEM TS
07TUNIS1058	OCTOBER 18TH MOVEMENT: FOCUS ON 2009 ELECTION [...] (C) On July 26, the Ambassador met with five civil society activists involved in the October 18th movement (an alliance of disparate human rights and political activists that includes moderate Islamists). The October 18 group expressed deep concern about the lack of freedom of expression an [...]	2007-08-03 15:44:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1068	THE TUNISIAN SECULAR STATE: A MODEL FOR THE MUSLIM [...] (C) Following independence in 1956, Tunisia has witnessed the development of a largely secular system of government that maintains a strict separation of mosque and state. Former President Bourguiba implemented policies that, building on Tunisia's secular leanings, established Tunisia as one o [...]	2007-08-07 14:59:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI KISL PTER KDEM TS
07TUNIS1069	MIXED TUNISIAN REACTION TO FREEDOM AGENDA [...] (C) Summary. As requested in Ref C and reported in Ref A, Post undertook a number of activities in June and July to promote the Freedom Agenda and draw attention to President Bush's Prague speech. While many in civil society expressed their appreciation for the USG's ongoing support for polit [...]	2007-08-07 15:57:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV KDEM PREL KPAO TS
07TUNIS107	SPECIAL ENVOY RICKMAN HEARS FROM GOT THAT TUNISIA [...] (C) During a December visit to Tunisia by Special Envoy to Combat and Monitor Anti-Semitism Gregg Rickman, GOT interlocutors claimed that there was "absolutely no problem" of anti-Semitism in Tunisia, and that Tunisia's small Jewish community lived in "perfect harmony" with Tunisian Muslims. H [...]	2007-01-25 08:20:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KMPI TS
07TUNIS1075	OPPOSITION PARTY REACHES OUT TO EMBASSY [...] (C) Requests for more American assistance and cooperation are not something we normally hear from Tunisian opposition parties, but it was exactly what the Social Democratic Movement (MDS) wanted to talk about during the Ambassador's August 8 meeting. MDS Secretary General Ismail Boulahia ha [...]	2007-08-09 15:05:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1076	PRO-GOT HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE FACTION OPEN TO A [...] (C) On August 1, the Ambassador met with the pro-GOT faction of the Tunisian Human Rights League (LTDH),which sued the Executive Committee of the LTDH to protest the consolidation of LTDH branches. The ensuing legal battle has virtually suspended all LTDH activities since 2005 (Ref B). The [...]	2007-08-09 16:00:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1095	FRENCH AMBASSADOR,S VIEWS ON TUNISIAN POLITICAL [...] (C) French Ambassador Serge Degallaix told Ambassador Godec August 8 that the French Government believes the GOT is making progress on democracy and human rights, albeit slowly. Degallaix also said: -- President Sarkozy's visit to Tunisia was excellent, but major changes in French policy vis--v [...]	2007-08-14 15:33:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PTER FR TS
07TUNIS111	POLITICAL FSN SENTENCED UNDER QUESTIONABLE [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARA 6. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (S/NF) ON JANUARY 24, POST'S SENIOR POLITICAL FSN JAMIL HALFAOUI WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON ON A 2001 CHARGE OF DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, FOR WHICH HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY. HALFAOUI [...]	2007-01-25 18:01:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KMPI ASEC TS
07TUNIS112	TIMELINE ON EVENTS LEADING TO SENTENCING OF SENIOR [...] (C) ON JANUARY 24, POST'S SENIOR POLITICAL FSN JAMIL HALFAOUI WAS SENTENCED TO FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON ON A 2001 CHARGE OF DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY, FOR WHICH HE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN FOUND NOT GUILTY. POST IS CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER AND IT APPEARS THE CASE MAY BE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED [...]	2007-01-25 18:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KMPI ASEC TS
07TUNIS1133	TUNISIAN JOURNALIST SAYS DEFAMATION TRIAL [...] (C) On August 16, Tunisian journalist Omar Mestiri made his second court appearance in his ongoing trial for defamation. During an August 14 meeting, Mestiri opined that irregularities in the proceedings suggest that his trial is politically motivated. Mestiri was charged soon after he wro [...]	2007-08-21 15:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1159	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL JACKSON LEE [...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Representative Sheila Jackson Lee and Representative Steve Chabot to Tunis from August 29 - August 30, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natural resources, [...]	2007-08-22 15:36:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV PHUM PTER TS
07TUNIS1171	TUNISIA: GUBERNATORIAL AND RCD CHANGES; CABINET [...] (C) The last several days in Tunisia have seen a reshuffle of governors, as well as the appointment of six new secretaries-general of the ruling Constitutional Democratic SIPDIS Rally (RCD) party. Most observers here expect a cabinet reshuffle will soon follow. One informed contact specula [...]	2007-08-24 15:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS121	BEN DHIA: POLFSN SHOULD APPEAL [...] (S/NF) ON JANUARY 26, MINISTER OF STATE, SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT AND OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN FOR THE PRESIDENCY ABDELAZIZ BEN DHIA INVITED AMBASSADOR TO THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE TO FOLLOW UP ON AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 25 INQUIRY ABOUT THE LEGAL CASE OF POLFSN JAMIL HALFAOUI (REFTELS). AMBASSAD [...]	2007-01-26 15:28:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KMPI ASEC TS
07TUNIS1224	CABINET RESHUFFLE HIGHLIGHTS BEN ALI FOCUS ON [...] (C) Following recent reshuffles of officials in the ruling party and regional governors (Ref A),President Ben Ali made a minor reshuffle to his cabinet on September 3. Five new ministers were appointed (for Public Health; Tourism; Trade and Handicrafts; Communications Technologies; and Women, [...]	2007-09-05 14:31:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETTC SOCI TS
07TUNIS1225	PLAINTIFF DROPS DEFAMATION CASE AGAINST TUNISIAN [...] (C) After Tunisian journalist Omar Mestiri made his third court appearance in his defamation trial on August 28, the plaintiff suddenly dropped his complaint and the case was dismissed. However, Tunisian prosecutors have the power to appeal the case months or years after the fact, even in su [...]	2007-09-05 15:16:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1248	TUNISIAN ACTIVIST CLAIMS OFFICE FIRE IS ARSON [...] (C) During a September 6 meeting, attorney and political activist Ayachi Hammami told PolOff he believes the fire that ravaged his office on August 31 was deliberately set by representatives of the government. Hammami speculated that the attack was prompted by his drafting a report on the T [...]	2007-09-13 18:44:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1263	MEPI LESSONS LEARNED 2: ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) Learning from early experience (reftel),MEPI has adopted a two-track approach to promoting reform in the Arab World: timely and flexible response to short-term reform opportunities are wedded to longer-term efforts at building and strengthening the next generation of democratic reformer [...]	2007-09-18 09:20:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMPI KDEM PGOV PREL XF EAID
07TUNIS1273	MEPI LESSONS LEARNED 3: PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] (SBU) Summary: Since MEPI's launch in 2002, we have learned a great deal about public-diplomacy efforts towards reformers in the Arab world. Building trust and name recognition has required on-the-ground engagement by posts and the MEPI Regional Office. The primary challenges have been iden [...]	2007-09-19 09:45:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMPI KDEM XF PREL PGOV EAID
07TUNIS1280	MEPI LESSONS LEARNED 4: SMALL GRANTS - THE SECRET [...] (SBU) The MEPI Small Grants program is a highly effective tool for promoting democratic reform from the ground up in the Arab world. Small Grants allow us to respond quickly to opportunities as they emerge, have an immediate impact at the grassroots level, and link up with groups the USG often [...]	2007-09-20 09:05:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KMPI KDEM XF PREL PGOV EAID
07TUNIS1283	101 WAYS TO DENY AN NGO'S EXISTANCE [...] (C) What defines an NGO? Naturally, the answer to this question varies by country. But in Tunisia the essential question is not about affiliation, size, or whether an NGO is domestic or international; rather, the defining question is, "Are they registered?" Registration status determines t [...]	2007-09-20 16:52:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1293	TUNISIA - DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY [...] (C) Even non-French-speaking observers of Tunisian politics use the phrase, "Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose" to describe the country in recent years. As we review our democratic reform strategy, despite some minor achievements, our two main objectives remain promoting increased free [...]	2007-09-21 14:30:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS

07TUNIS1294	OPPOSITION PARTY TURNS TO HUNGER STRIKE TO PROTEST [...] (C) The opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) announced that as of September 20 PDP leaders began a hunger strike to protest what they deem a politically motivated eviction from their Tunis headquarters. During a September 18 meeting with the Ambassador, PDP Secretary General Maya J [...]	2007-09-21 15:39:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS132	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH MINISTER OF [...] (C) During a December 15 courtesy call on Minister of Justice and Human Rights Bechir Tekkari, Ambassador focused on Tunisia's record on political freedom and human rights, noting that these issues would be a key component of a broader strategic dialogue between the United States and Tunisia. [...]	2007-01-30 07:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV KMPI PREL TS
07TUNIS1328	TUNISIA CHARGES 29 WITH PLOTTING TO COMMIT [...] (C) Twenty-nine Tunisians have been charged by the GOT for involvement in the disrupted December 2006/January 2007 terrorist plot, according to a lawyer for the accused. Among the charges filed against the suspects were: attempting to unseat the government, attempting to commit terrorist acts [...]	2007-09-28 14:32:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PTER PGOV TS
07TUNIS1329	AMBASSADOR VISITS OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKERS [...] (C) As they entered day nine of their hunger strike, opposition PDP Secretary General Maya Jribi and former PDP Secretary General Nejib Chebbi both appeared wan but in good SIPDIS spirits. Jribi and Chebbi started a hunger strike on September 20 to protest their landlord,s effort, almost [...]	2007-09-28 16:19:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS133	THE TEN GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON NGOS: TUNISIA'S [...] (SBU) In response to the recently released "Ten Guiding Principles on NGOs" (ref A),Post offers below an annotated version, with examples of the GOT's track record on each principle. We suggest that USG officials draw from these examples when discussing human rights issues with GOT interlocu [...]	2007-01-30 09:03:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KMPI PREL TS
07TUNIS1340	COURT ORDERS OPPOSITION PARTY EVICTED FROM [...] (SBU) On October 1, a Tunisian court handed down a decision evicting the opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) from its party headquarters. The PDP's landlord began eviction proceedings in April (Ref A),saying the lease agreement had been violated. The eviction proceedings prompte [...]	2007-10-02 16:26:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1353	DRL DEPUTY DIRECTOR PROMOTES HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (C) On October 3, visiting DRL/NESCA Deputy Director Kari Johnstone met with opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) hunger strikers Maya Jribi and Nejib Chebbi, the President of the governmental Higher Commission for Human Rights and Fundamental Liberties Moncer Rouissi, and members o [...]	2007-10-05 14:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1355	BEN ALI REPORTEDLY APPROVES DISCUSSIONS ON GOOD [...] (C) According to the Dutch Ambassador in Tunis, President Ben Ali has approved quiet discussions with the UNDP and Dutch Embassy on possible steps to increase political freedom and improve governance in Tunisia. The Dutch Ambassador, Rita Dulci Rahman, briefed Ambassador Godec and French Amba [...]	2007-10-05 17:52:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM NL UN TS
07TUNIS1371	TUNISIAN HUNGER STRIKE GATHERS SUPPORT AND [...] (C) During PolOff,s October 9 visit, opposition Progressive Democratic Party Secretary General Maya Jribi and former Secretary General Nejib Chebbi indicated that their hunger strike (which began on September 20) will continue at least until November 7, the 20th anniversary of Zine El Abidin [...]	2007-10-10 16:12:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1378	RECENT GOT PRESSURE ON TUNISIAN CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Pressure on civil society activists seems to have increased in the weeks leading up to the 20th anniversary of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's November 7, 1987, assumption of the Presidency. Though generally targeted in one way or another, in recent weeks the President of the Tunisian Journal [...]	2007-10-11 15:56:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS138	AU CHARTER ON DEMOCRACY, ELECTIONS AND GOVERNANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-30 15:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KDEM PGOV TS
07TUNIS1399	OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKE: POSSIBLE SOLUTION IN [...] (C) The opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) held a press conference on October 19 to mark their hunger strike's first month. Though the conference had been planned for days, the topic du jour was two articles that appeared in the October 19 editions of the private (but GOT influenc [...]	2007-10-19 15:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1404	OPPOSITION HUNGER STRIKE ENDS FOLLOWING COMPROMISE [...] (C) Opposition Progressive Democratic Party (PDP) Secretary General Maya Jribi and former Secretary General SIPDIS Nejib Chebbi on October 20 ended their month-long hunger strike, which had been undertaken to protest their party,s near simultaneous eviction from nine regional offices and i [...]	2007-10-22 15:00:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1425	FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS [...] (C) Former Tunisian Guantanamo detainee Lotfi Lagha appeared before the Tunis Court of First Instance on October 24 and was sentenced to three years in prison. Lagha,s attorney plans to file an appeal. During Lagha's trial, the judge questioned Lagha and then allowed Lagha's attorneys to p [...]	2007-10-26 13:08:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PGOV PINR TS
07TUNIS1443	UNEMPLOYMENT IN TUNISIA: FOR WANT OF A JOB... [...] (C) Tunisia's official unemployment rate has hovered around 15 percent for almost forty years despite sustained GDP growth and continued GOT efforts to diversify the economy and promote investment that should spur new employment. Low domestic and international investment, as well as strict la [...]	2007-10-30 13:04:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB ECON SMIG PTER KDEM PGOV TS
07TUNIS1448	TUNISIAN TRIAL FOR FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (C) Former Guantanamo detainee Abdallah Ben Omar (al-Hajji) appeared briefly before Military Tribunal in Tunis on October 31. Due to his attorneys' request for access to additional information regarding Ben Omar's previous in absentia conviction, the judge agreed to postpone the case until [...]	2007-10-31 17:29:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER KAWC PGOV PINR TS
07TUNIS1452	TRANSLATION OF INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-02 08:13:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1454	CIVIL SOCIETY EMBARKS ON ANOTHER HUNGER STRIKE [...] (C) On November 1, Poloffs spoke with journalist Slim Boukhdhir who announced that he and attorney Mohamed Nouri had begun an open-ended hunger strike to protest GOT travel restrictions. Among their examples: a judge recently upheld a decision that bars Nouri from traveling, Boukhdhir has be [...]	2007-11-02 14:19:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1463	EU SEEKS GREATER COOPERATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador, acting head of the European Commission and key members of the two mission teams met in advance of the November 12 EU-Tunisian sub-committee meeting on human rights. The US and EU missions shared the view that Tunisia has made too little progress in recent years [...]	2007-11-06 13:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1470	20 YEARS OF BEN ALI RULE: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING? [...] (C) After much preparation and speculation, President Ben Ali celebrated the twentieth anniversary of his November 7, 1987 palace coup with a major public speech that announced several political, judicial, economic and cultural initiatives, including supporting opposition political parties. I [...]	2007-11-09 14:10:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS1478	TRANSLATION OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-15 07:27:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1486	HUNGER STRIKE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED [...] (C) Mohamed Nouri and Slim Boukhdhir announced during a November 14 press conference that they would temporarily suspend their strike while negotiations with ruling party representatives took place. They also told PolOff that their families have been harassed as a result of their campaign. [...]	2007-11-15 17:17:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1488	RESOURCE NATIONALISM IN TUNISIA [...] (C) Although the Government of Tunisia retains strong control over natural resources, the energy sector remains one of the largest sources of foreign investment in the country and the GOT actively encourages foreign investment in the sector. In 2006, foreign direct investment (FDI) in the ene [...]	2007-11-16 15:34:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET ENRG EINV PGOV TS
07TUNIS1489	THE PNG'ING OF SUHA ARAFAT: MANY RUMORS, FEW FACTS [...] (C/NF) Summary: The GOT's decision last summer to revoke Suha Arafat's Tunisian citizenship, which had only been granted less than a year earlier, made international headlines. Since the appearance of the official register notice on August 7, the chattering class in Tunisia has not ceased to specul [...]	2007-11-16 17:13:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV SOCI PINR TS
07TUNIS1496	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL INOUYE [...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Senators Daniel Inouye and Theodore Stevens and accompanying members of CODEL Inouye to Tunis from November 25 - 26, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natura [...]	2007-11-21 06:25:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
07TUNIS1497	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL INOUYE [...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Senators Daniel Inouye and Theodore Stevens and accompanying members of CODEL Inouye to Tunis from November 25 - 26, 2007. Tunisia proudly -- and justifiably -- calls itself a "country that works." Despite Tunisia's relatively small economy and lack of natura [...]	2007-11-21 06:26:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
07TUNIS1501	OPPOSITION PSL PARTY TOES THE (RULING) PARTY LINE [...] (C) The Ambassador discussed Tunisia's political scene with opposition Social Liberal Party (PSL) Secretary General Mondher Thabet on November 5. Thabet expressed his support for President Ben Ali,s policies, called for increased bilateral economic cooperation and denounced the recent PDP h [...]	2007-11-21 15:08:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1503	EU PUTS TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ON THE TABLE [...] (C) EU Charge de Mission Bernard Philippe told the Ambassador on November 15 that he was encouraged that the November 12 EU-Tunisian Sub-Committee on Human Rights had taken up several serious issues, including torture and the 2009 elections. Philippe noted, however, there were a few missed [...]	2007-11-21 16:03:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1525	HUNGER STRIKER ARRESTED [...] (C) Journalist Slim Boukhdhir, who recently engaged in a hunger strike to protest GOT travel restrictions (Ref A),was arrested on November 26 while traveling to Tunis from Sfax. According to local contacts, Boukhdhir is facing charges of verbally insulting a police officer, not presenting hi [...]	2007-11-27 16:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS153	POLFSN'S SENTENCE SUSPENDED UNTIL SUPREME COURT [...] (SBU) On January 31, the GOT Attorney General approved the request for suspended implementation of the four-month prison sentence of PolFSN Jamil Halfaoui (reftels). This suspension means Halfaoui cannot be subject to arrest prior to the completion of the Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) revi [...]	2007-01-31 15:22:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KMPI ASEC TS
07TUNIS1531	JOURNALISTS OF TUNISIA (TRY TO) UNITE [...] (C) The unrecognized Tunisian Journalists Syndicate (SJT, reftel) claims that its efforts to join the umbrella General Union of Tunisian Workers (UGTT) are being blocked by the GOT. In addition to discouraging the UGTT from working with the SJT, the GOT is purported to have manufactured the [...]	2007-11-29 15:33:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1532	CODEL INOUYE PROMOTES US-TUNISIAN TIES [...] (C) During their November 25-26 visit to Tunisia, Senators Daniel Inouye and Ted Stevens were warmly welcomed by Minister of National Defense Kamel Morjane and MFA Secretary of State Saida Chtioui. The GOT officials, who apologized President Ben Ali was unavailable to meet the Senators on a S [...]	2007-11-29 15:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OREP ECON PTER MASS TS
07TUNIS154	THE GOT AND THE TERRORIST THREAT: SHAKEN, NOT [...] (S/NF) In the weeks following its reported disruption of a terrorist plot to attack US and UK embassies and diplomats, the GOT remains unresponsive to repeated USG -- and Tunisian public -- requests for further details on the incident. While there are reports of "hundreds" arrested and security [...]	2007-01-31 15:23:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL ASEC CASC TS
07TUNIS1544	FINDING PARALLELS BETWEEN BEN ALI AND CEAUSESCU [...] (S/NF) In a recent meeting with Ambassador, Romanian Ambassador to Tunisia Sorin-Mihail Tanasescu offered a starkly negative assessment of President Ben Ali, the GOT and Tunisia. Tanasescu suggested there are strong parallels between Tunisia today and Romania just before the fall of former P [...]	2007-11-30 15:58:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECON KISL TS
07TUNIS1545	ABBAS STOPS IN TUNIS TO SEEK PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stopped in Tunis on November 29 and 30 to brief the GOT, Palestinian leaders and the diplomatic corps on the Annapolis conference and next steps for the peace process. According to Palestinian Ambassador Salman al-Harthy, Abbas came to Tunisia in order [...]	2007-11-30 16:11:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAL PGOV IS TS
07TUNIS1548	TUNISIAN ISLAMISTS CONCERNED BY EXTREMISM, SEEK [...] (C) During a November 19 meeting with PolOffs, former an-Nahdha leader Ziad Daoulatli said that the GOT has created a climate of fear that discourages Tunisians from political participation. The lack of freedom of expression and association, said Daoulatli, is increasingly driving Tunisians t [...]	2007-12-03 14:24:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS1552	GOT INFORMED OF IRAN NIE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-04 16:07:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV KNNP MNUC PARM IR TS
07TUNIS1555	GOOD NEWS/BAD NEWS: ATTORNEY GAINS RIGHT TO [...] (C) On December 4, a Tunisian court sentenced ex-hunger striker Slim Boukhdhir to a year in prison. Boukhdhir was initially arrested November 26 on charges of insulting a police officer, using foul language, and not presenting his national ID card to security officials (Ref B). Meanwhile, [...]	2007-12-05 16:16:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1556	EU OPTIMISTIC ABOUT FUTURE GOT COOPERATION [...] (S/NF) EU Charge de Mission Bernard Philippe told the Ambassador on December 4 that the November 19 Association Council meeting with Tunisia, which was preceded by the November 12 Sub-Committee Meeting on Human Rights, had given a "boost" to EU-Tunisian relations. Philippe said the two meetin [...]	2007-12-05 16:24:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM KDEM PGOV PTER ECON PREL TS
07TUNIS1566	JOURNALISTS: TUNISIA'S MOST WANTED? [...] (C) From its actions, one might think Tunisia's governing regime regards independent journalists as threats to stability. In the past six months alone, journalists have been followed, harassed, assaulted, prosecuted, and jailed; all apparently for the "crime" of writing articles for online [...]	2007-12-07 16:35:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1567	TUNISIAN INTELLECTUALS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) To mark International Human Rights Day on December 10, the Ambassador discussed global and local human rights issues with a group of independent Tunisian intellectuals on December 6. Though the discussion began with local concerns about the rights of Guantanamo detainees and the situatio [...]	2007-12-07 16:36:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1575	TELLING IT LIKE IT IS: TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS [...] (C) On December 10, Matt Shelley, Director of the MEPI-funded International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Middle East North Africa (MENA) Media Project, held a roundtable discussion with Tunisian journalists on the local media environment and IREX activities in the region. Several jou [...]	2007-12-13 12:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1576	FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-13 16:02:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AMGT KWBG KPAL IS
07TUNIS1598	NEW MINISTER OF COMMERCE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT [...] (SBU) During the Ambassador's December 18 courtesy call, newly appointed Minister of Commerce Ridha Touiti said that Tunisia is well prepared for the full implementation of the European Union (EU) Association Agreement on January 1, 2008. Touiti was very enthusiastic about both the upcoming [...]	2007-12-21 14:38:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ECON PGOV TS
07TUNIS1599	IT'S NOT EASY BEING GREEN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH [...] (C) On December 18, the Ambassador met with Mongi Khamassi, Secretary General of the Green Party for Progress (PVP) to discuss the Tunisian political landscape and US foreign policy. The smallest of the "loyal" opposition parties, the PVP emphasized the need for gradual political progress a [...]	2007-12-21 14:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS1616	MGPKO2: TUNISIA "FIRMLY CONDEMNS" BHUTTO [...] (SBU) Summary. Official and private Tunisians were quick to denounce the December 27 assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. On December 27, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs "firmly condemned" the assassination and reasserted Tunisia's rejection of all forms of terrori [...]	2007-12-28 12:16:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PTER PK TS
07TUNIS1620	30 CONVICTED OF INVOLVEMENT IN DEC 2006/JAN 2007 [...] (C) On December 30, the Tunis Court of First Instance sentenced 30 Tunisians to punishments from death to five years in prison for their involvement in the December 2006/January 2007 terrorist incidents. Many of the defendants, known as the "Soliman Group," denied their involvement and allege [...]	2007-12-31 16:09:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL PINR TS
07TUNIS169	TUNISIA TO PROVIDE TRAINING FOR IRAQI OFFICIALS [...] (C) On January 30, during a meeting with MFA Secretary of State Saida Chtioui, Ambassador stressed USG hope that Tunisia would find ways to contribute to efforts in Iraq, Afghanistan and Sudan. Chtioui told Ambassador that Iraqi officials would be coming to Tunisia for two training programs i [...]	2007-02-02 16:25:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV AF IZ JA TS
07TUNIS17	TUNISIAN REACTION TO SADDAM EXECUTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOT Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued an official statement on December 30 expressing its "deep regret" that Saddam Hussein was executed on the first day of Eid al-Idha. This sentiment was echoed in private conversations; Tunisian contacts who passed the Eid holiday watch [...]	2007-01-03 18:57:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IR TS
07TUNIS180	ARAB INTERIOR MINISTERS DISCUSS CT COOPERATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The January 30-31 Arab League Interior Ministers meeting in Tunis was focused on counter-terrorism cooperation. Voicing support for Lebanon and Iraq, the Council of Arab Interior Ministers also discussed narcotics trafficking, civil protection and road safety. President Ben Ali' [...]	2007-02-05 15:26:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV IZ SY SU TS
07TUNIS196	FOREIGN MISSIONS CONCERNED OVER GOT SILENCE ON [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY. Following January's report by the GOT that it had disrupted a terrorist plot to attack US and UK embassies and diplomats (reftels),security and consular representatives from several Tunis-based embassies and international organizations met on February 7 to discuss the security [...]	2007-02-08 14:56:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PTER PREL ASEC CASC TS
07TUNIS203	IRAQI AMBASSADOR REQUESTS US ASSISTANCE WITH MFA [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: During a February 8 meeting with Ambassador, Iraqi Ambassador Ghazi Tahar Khaled expressed his frustration with Tunisian bureaucracy and the GOT's (and other Arab governments') refusal to follow through on their statements of [...]	2007-02-09 10:01:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TS
07TUNIS205	MFA STATEMENT ON AL AQSA EXCAVATIONS [...] (SBU) In keeping with Tunisia's moderate position on Israeli-Palestinian issues, on February 8 the MFA issued a statement, announced by the Tunisia Africa Press Agency (TAP),expressing its "concern" about Israeli excavations around the al-Aqsa Mosque. 2. (U) STATEMENT TEXT (OFFICIAL TAP T [...]	2007-02-09 13:50:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KPAL TS
07TUNIS230	FOREIGN MINISTER CONCERNED BY HUGHES CANCELLATION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On February 13, Foreign Minister Abdallah convoked Ambassador to express his concern about the cancellation of a planned visit to Tunisia by Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Karen Hughes. Abdallah referred to an internal "report" prepared by MFA Secretary of State Chtioui t [...]	2007-02-14 16:14:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS233	MFA SUPPORTS VISIT OF IRAQI FM ZEBARI [...] (C) During a February 13 meeting with MFA Chief of Staff Hatem Atallah, Ambassador encouraged the GOT to welcome a visit by Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari (Reftels). Atallah said that although the timing of Zebari's proposed visit in December had not worked, the GOT welcomed a visit fro [...]	2007-02-15 13:53:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ TS
07TUNIS257	ICRC DIRECTOR SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT GOT TREATMENT [...] (S/NF) During a February 22 meeting, ICRC Regional Director Bernard Pfefferle (strictly protect) told Ambassador that the GOT has not granted ICRC access to Ministry of Interior detention facilities in Tunisia, in contravention of the 2005 GOT-ICRC agreement. Pfefferle characterized MOI treat [...]	2007-02-23 15:04:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PREL KAWC PGOV TS
07TUNIS272	CONGRESSIONAL STAFF VISIT: GOT HONES ITS MESSAGE [...] (C) Increasingly focused on its public face, the GOT has begun to advertise its success story for US policy- and opinion-makers through familiarization visits. The GOT is also targeting its message to attract foreign assistance dollars. During a February 19-25 visit of a group of ten Congres [...]	2007-02-27 14:50:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MASS ECON ETRD TS
07TUNIS28	BEN ALI'S MEDICAL AILMENTS REQUIRE BI-WEEKLY [...] (S/NF) According to the German Ambassador Peter Schmidt, Tunisian President Ben Ali is suffering from multiple medical ailments, for which he is treated by a German doctor every two weeks. Amb. Schmidt said that Ben Ali's medical conditions include arthritis, insomnia, and psychological issue [...]	2007-01-04 16:51:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PGOV PINR TS
07TUNIS29	AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Ambassador's December 15 courtesy call on Minister of National Defense Kamel Morjane, Morjane highlighted the strong bilateral relations between Tunisia and the United States. Morjane noted the impact of the Arab-Israeli conflict on US goals in the region, but stressed tha [...]	2007-01-04 16:55:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	MARR PGOV PREL PINR KPAL TS
07TUNIS291	NEW LABOR UNION STYMIED [...] (C) SUMMARY. A YEAR-LONG EFFORT TO CREATE A NEW LABOR CONFEDERATION APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN BLOCKED BY THE GOT AND HAS GARNERED LITTLE SUPPORT FROM TUNISIAN CIVIL SOCIETY. IN MID-2006, FORMER GENERAL UNION OF TUNISIAN WORKERS (UGTT) ACTIVIST HABIB GUIZA BEGAN WORK TO ESTABLISH THE GENERAL TUNISI [...]	2007-03-05 11:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KDEM PGOV TS
07TUNIS324	G-8 AMBASSADORS TO SEEK JOINT MEETING WITH GOT [...] (C) Summary: The G-8 Ambassadors in Tunis have agreed to seek meetings with the GOT Ministers of Foreign Affairs and the Interior to raise Tunisia's continuing lack of cooperation on counter-terrorism. Other subjects for discussion will include energy security and African development. A fin [...]	2007-03-09 10:17:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PGOV ENRG EAID XF TS
07TUNIS330	TUNISIAN COURT BANS TUNISIAN HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE [...] (C) On February 17, a Tunis court delivered a long-pending verdict in a case against the Tunisian Human Rights League, barring the organization from holding its national congress. While pro-GOT plaintiffs in the case hope that the ruling will force LTDH leadership to concede and allow pro-GOT [...]	2007-03-12 07:43:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TS
07TUNIS357	TUNISIAN JOURNALIST GIVEN PRISON SENTENCE [...] (C) Summary: Opposition journalist Mohamed Fourati was sentenced on March 9 to one year and two months in prison on charges of membership in an unauthorized organization. Fourati is currently working in Qatar, and had complained that his wife and child were denied passports to join him. Howev [...]	2007-03-16 15:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KMPI TS
07TUNIS389	TUNISIA AND FREEDOM: I HAVE A DREAM -- DEFERRED [...] (S) Fifty years after independence, Tunisia's freedom deficit is impeding its political, economic and social modernization. For years, Tunisia was a model for Arab and African countries. Tunisians took pride in having established many of the political institutions of a modern democracy and s [...]	2007-03-28 14:40:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS404	NO POLITICAL PRISONER RELEASE ON INDEPENDENCE DAY [...] (C) Traditionally, President Ben Ali has announced the release of prisoners around two holidays: March 20, Tunisian Independence Day; and November 7, the holiday commemorating the palace coup that brought Ben Ali to power in 1987. These releases have in past years included members of the Isla [...]	2007-03-30 13:54:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM TS
07TUNIS409	TUNISIA AND FREEDOM: EYES ON THE PRIZE (PART II) [...] (S/NF) Tunisia is ready for freedom. But Tunisia today is also a country at risk, near a key crossroads. As reftel described in detail, Tunisia could go either way -- further down the road of repression, lack of freedom, and greater instability and extremism; or it could begin to embrace -- [...]	2007-04-02 16:01:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS44	FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS AMBASSADOR SALAFISTS WERE [...] (S) SUMMARY: On January 5, Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah briefed Ambassador on the recent security situation in Tunisia (reftels). Abdallah said the group of very well trained "Salafists" involved in recent incidents with GOT security officials were targeting US and UK (and possibly Fr [...]	2007-01-05 17:23:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PTER ASEC PGOV PREL CASC TS
07TUNIS45	AMBASSADOR BRIEFS UK/FRENCH AMBASSADORS ON THREAT [...] (S) On January 5, Ambassador briefed British Ambassador Alan Goulty on the information Foreign Minister Abdallah had shared regarding the threat to US and UK interests in Tunisia (septel). Goulty said that his mission had been seeking further details on the recent security incidents from GOT [...]	2007-01-05 17:23:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PTER ASEC CASC PGOV TS
07TUNIS47	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DAS CARPENTER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Embassy Tunis is very pleased to welcome your visit on January 10-12, 2007. The Tunisian security services' December 23 and January 3 operations against a reported group of armed Salafists form the immediate backdrop to your visit. Although much about the gr [...]	2007-01-05 18:06:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PGOV OVIP KDEM TS
07TUNIS493	OPPOSITION PARTY LEADERS THREATEN HUNGER STRIKE [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING AN APRIL 17 PRESS CONFERENCE, PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) LEADERS ACCUSED THE GOT OF ATTEMPTING TO FORCE THE PARTY OUT OF ITS TUNIS HEADQUARTERS. DAYS EARLIER, PDP RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM THE BUILDING'S LANDLORD TELLING THEM THAT USING THE BUILDING FOR POLITICAL PARTY [...]	2007-04-19 15:08:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KMPI TS
07TUNIS522	TWO BOLD POLITICAL ARTICLES IN MAINSTREAM PRESS: [...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A RECENT ONE-WEEK PERIOD, TWO ARTICLES FEATURING BOLD POLITICAL COMMENTARY APPEARED IN MAINSTREAM TUNISIAN FRENCH-LANGUAGE PRESS. THE ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS WITH OPPOSITION POLITICIANS, CONSTITUTED SOME OF THE MOST FRANK, OPEN DISCUSSION OF POLITICALLY SENSITIVE THEMES IN RECENT [...]	2007-04-25 15:23:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM TS
07TUNIS545	OPPOSITION PDP PARTY LEADERS: TUNISIANS DESERVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: LEADERS OF THE INDEPENDENT OPPOSITION PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATIC PARTY (PDP) LAMENTED THE COMPLETE POLITICAL "BLOCKAGE" IN TUNISIA IN A MEETING WITH THE AMBASSADOR ON APRIL 26. PDP LEADERS, SAID THAT A MOVE TO ATTRACT NEW MEMBERS AND RAISE ITS PROFILE DOMESTICALLY HAS BEEN MET WITH [...]	2007-05-02 14:56:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM TS
07TUNIS573	VCJCS MAY 5 MEETING WITH FM ABDALLAH [...] (C) SUMMARY. DURING HIS MAY 4-6 VISIT TO TUNISIA, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL EDMUND GIAMBASTIANI MET WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ABDELWAHEB ABDALLAH ON MAY 5 TO DISCUSS BILATERAL MILITARY AND COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION. ABDALLAH SAID THAT, THANKS TO WISE POLITICAL, ECONOMI [...]	2007-05-09 10:40:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV TS
07TUNIS574	VCJCS MAY 5 MEETING WITH DEFMIN MORJANE [...] (C) SUMMARY. DURING HIS MAY 4-6 VISIT TO TUNISIA, VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF ADMIRAL EDMUND GIAMBASTIANI MET WITH MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEFENSE KAMEL MORJANE ON MAY 5 TO DISCUSS BILATERAL MILITARY COOPERATION. WHILE NOTING THE POSITIVE BILATERAL MILITARY RELATIONSHIP, MORJANE SA [...]	2007-05-09 10:41:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV TS
07TUNIS59	MAKING SENSE OF THE RECENT THREAT IN TUNISIA [...] (S) SUMMARY: In the absence of credible, publicly available information, the rumor mills will continue to crank out speculative blather about the true nature of recent security threats. While person-on-the-street reactions will be reported septel, this cable will summarize what we have learn [...]	2007-01-10 15:11:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV TS
07TUNIS619	FMF IS KEY TO TUNISIA'S COUNTERTERRORISM SUCCESS [...] (SBU) I noted with disappointment that the State Department,s Fiscal Year 2008 budget proposal to Congress included only $2.064 million in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) for Tunisia. This figure is significantly lower than the Embassy Tunis Country Team request of $30 million in FMF for FY- [...]	2007-05-18 12:54:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS PTER MARR PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS648	SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CODEL TANNER [...] (U) Embassy Tunis warmly welcomes Representative John Tanner and accompanying members of CODEL Tanner to Tunis from May 30 - June 1, 2007. Tunisian government officials may wish to discuss the latest political, economic and security issues relevant to the US-Tunisian bilateral relationship, as [...]	2007-05-24 12:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PGOV PREL ECON PTER TS
07TUNIS698	CODEL TANNER MEETINGS FOCUS ON COUNTERTERRORISM, [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-05 12:07:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP TS
07TUNIS699	BEN ALI TOUR D'HORIZON WITH CODEL TANNER [...] (C) In a meeting May 31 with Congressman John Tanner (D-TN) and nine other Representatives, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali emphasized his commitment to close ties with the United States. He also: -- asked for more US economic engagement; -- insisted the ruling political party is too str [...]	2007-06-05 12:11:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS710	CODEL TANNER MEETINGS FOCUS ON COUNTERTERRORISM, [...] (C) During their May 30 to June 1 visit to Tunisia, the ten members of CODEL Tanner were warmly welcomed by GOT officials who stressed the history of positive bilateral relations between the United States and Tunisia. Highlighting that Tunisia is a loyal friend, FM Abdallah and Defense Ministe [...]	2007-06-06 12:37:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER MASS OREP TS
07TUNIS722	SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER ABDALLAH'S VISIT [...] (C) FOREIGN MINISTER ABDELWAHEB ABDALLAH'S UPCOMING JUNE 11-15 VISIT TO WASHINGTON PRESENTS A RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE USG TO ENGAGE THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF THE GOT, AS OFFICIAL VISITS TO WASHINGTON ARE INFREQUENT. WHILE ABDALLAH WILL LIKELY TRY TO EMPHASIZE GENERALITIES ABOUT THE US-TUNISIAN L [...]	2007-06-07 14:36:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PTER MASS KDEM TS
07TUNIS753	TUNISIA: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH CHAMBER OF ADVISORS [...] (C) In a June 8 courtesy call with the Ambassador, Chamber of Advisors President (and ruling RCD party Treasurer) Kallel focused on the necessity of taking an offensive posture in combating Islamic extremism. He noted that Tunisia had made great strides in promoting economic development, unive [...]	2007-06-13 15:39:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PTER ELAB SOCI TS
07TUNIS774	TWO TUNISIAN DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM GUANTANAMO [...] (S/NF) On June 18 at approximately 1300 local time, the Government of Tunisia accepted custody of two Tunisian nationals (Lufti Bin Swei Lagha (Partial ISN 660) and Abdullah Bin Omar (Partial ISN 721) formerly detained at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 2. (S/NF) COMMENT. During [...]	2007-06-18 13:01:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER KAWC PGOV PINR TS
07TUNIS787	22ND JMC FOCUSES ON COUNTERTERRORISM NEEDS, AFRICOM [...] (S) During the May 22-23 US-Tunisia Joint Military Commission meetings in Tunis, participants reiterated the importance of the two countries' strategic partnership and strong bilateral mil-to-mil relationship and sought ways to advance cooperation. The Tunisian co-chair, Minister of National [...]	2007-06-19 13:55:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	MARR PGOV PREL MASS TS
07TUNIS839	BEN ALI GIVES INDEPENDENT NGO CASH GIFT [...] (C) In early June, the Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD),an authorized and independent NGO active in debating and publicizing women's issues, received a TD 50,000 (approximately US $40,000) gift from President Ben Ali. While focused primarily on social issues, ATFD leaders have [...]	2007-06-26 14:01:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM SOCI TS
07TUNIS84	DAS CARPENTER'S MEETING WITH FM ABDALLAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his January 10-12 visit to Tunis, NEA Deputy Assistant Secretary J. Scott Carpenter met with Foreign Minister Abdelwaheb Abdallah on January 11. DAS Carpenter briefed Abdallah on the President's January 10 speech on Iraq. Abdallah stressed the importance of rooting out te [...]	2007-01-17 15:32:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI PREL TS
07TUNIS841	RCD VP LAUDS PARTY INFLUENCE, BEMOANS OPPOSITION [...] (C) In a June 25 courtesy call with the Ambassador, ruling Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) party Vice President Hamed Karoui argued that the party was behind much of Tunisia's political, social and economic progress. The Ambassador noted that while social and economic achievements are n [...]	2007-06-26 14:15:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PREL SOCI ECON EINV TS
07TUNIS86	DAS CARPENTER'S MEETING WITH ATCE DIRECTOR ROMDHANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: DURING HIS JANUARY 10-12 VISIT TO TUNIS, NEA DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY J. SCOTT CARPENTER MET WITH OUSSAMA ROMDHANI, DIRECTOR OF THE TUNISIAN EXTERNAL PRESS AGENCY (ATCE),ON JANUARY 11. DAS CARPENTER BRIEFED ROMDHANI ON THE PRESIDENT'S JANUARY 10 SPEECH ON IRAQ. ROMDHANI SAID [...]	2007-01-17 16:18:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KMPI PREL TS
07TUNIS869	REGIME INSIDER OUTLINES TUNISIA'S CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's June 29 courtesy call, President of the Economic and Social Council and Democratic Constitutional Rally (RCD) party stalwart, Sadok Chaabane presented his views on trade, extremism, and democracy. Chabaane stressed the importance of reducing economic depen [...]	2007-07-02 13:51:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV ETRD KDEM TS
07TUNIS889	TUNISIAN MILITARY'S URGENT NEED FOR US SUPPORT [...] (S) In May, I conveyed the disappointment of the Tunis Country Team with the proposed cuts in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) funding for Tunisia in Fiscal Year 2008 (Ref C). Tunisia is facing an unprecedented regional terrorist threat, particularly from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM [...]	2007-07-05 15:06:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	MASS PTER MARR PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS904	AN OPPOSITION LEADER'S TAKE ON DEMOCRACY IN TUNISIA [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met with Mustapha Ben Jaafar, Secretary General of the Democratic Forum for Labor and SIPDIS Liberty (FDTL),to discuss Tunisia's political situation, the link between opposition parties and human rights, and President Bush's Freedom Agenda on July 3. Although the FDT [...]	2007-07-09 10:07:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS936	WOMEN'S NGO URGES US ACTION ON FREEDOM DEFICIT, [...] (C) Summary: During the Ambassador's July 11 courtesy call on the independent Tunisian Association of Democratic Women (ATFD),Executive Board members outlined challenges for independent civil society and urged the USG to take greater steps to promote freedom of expression and association. The [...]	2007-07-16 07:59:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL TS
07TUNIS938	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH THE LOYAL OPPOSITION [...] (C) On July 10 the Ambassador met with three opposition party leaders: Mohamed Bouchiha (Secretary General of the Popular Unity Party or PUP),Mongi Khamassi (Secretary General of the Green Party for Progress or PVP),and Mondher Thabet (Secretary General of the Liberal Social Party or PSL). [...]	2007-07-16 09:48:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS939	TUNISIAN JOURNALISTS ARE THE NEWS FOR JUNE [...] (C) Rather than just reporting the news, a series of incidents involving Tunisian journalists became news during late May and June. In brief: -- On May 18, plainclothes policemen barricaded the entrance to an online newspaper and reportedly assaulted several journalists. -- On June 22, pl [...]	2007-07-16 09:51:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO TS
07TUNIS94	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-18 13:52:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV TS
07TUNIS949	TUNISIA: SARKOZY HIGHLIGHTS MEDITERRANEAN UNION, [...] (C) Summary: French President Sarkozy's July 10-11 working visit to Tunisia, a preview to a State Visit that is planned to take place in early 2008, was focused largely on Sarkozy's proposed Euro-Mediterranean Union. The visit gave the GOT a taste of post-Chirac French foreign policy, which [...]	2007-07-16 16:27:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PGOV TS
07TUNIS958	GOT INSIDER SAYS TUNISIA READY FOR FASTER [...] (S) During a ninety-minute courtesy call with the Ambassador on July 12, Arab League Deputy Secretary General and GOT insider Chedli Neffati told the Ambassador that, while security concerns had slowed reform in the 1990s, Tunisia today is ready for more political liberalization. However, "we [...]	2007-07-17 13:24:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV KDEM PREL TS
07TUNIS984	FM ON IRAN'S NUCLEAR AMBITIONS, REGIONAL VIEWS [...] (C) The July 12-14 visit of Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki capped months of active GOT-GOI engagement. However, Foreign Minister Abdallah told Ambassador on July 24 that there is no change in Tunisia's position on Iran's nuclear ambitions. Abdallah said Mottaki made clear Iran th [...]	2007-07-24 15:56:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PTER KNNP IR IZ TS
07TUNIS985	TUNISIAN FM ADMITS MORE FREEDOM NEEDED [...] (S) Foreign Minister Abdallah used a July 24 meeting with the Ambassador on other topics to express his concern about Post's engagement of independent opposition figures. Ambassador reminded Abdallah of the USG's commitment to the Freedom Agenda and encouraged greater political reform. In a f [...]	2007-07-24 16:00:00	Embassy Tunis	SECRET	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS
07TUNIS986	MOHAMMED ABBOU RELEASED [...] (C) Summary: Lawyer and civil society activist Mohamed Abbou was released on July 24 and, for the first time in over two years, returned home to his family. Abbou told Pol/EconCouns he was extremely grateful to the United States for keeping his case alive and for looking after his family. Th [...]	2007-07-25 10:15:00	Embassy Tunis	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV PREL TS

07TUNIS991	TUNISIAN UNGA PARTICIPATION NOT DECIDED [...] (SBU) On July 23, Post sent a diplomatic note requesting reftel information on the Tunisian delegation to the 62nd UNGA meetings. On July 25, Ambassador followed up with MFA Chief of Staff Hatem Atallah. Atallah said that he had seen Post's diplomatic note, but that the GOT had not yet decide [...]	2007-07-26 12:33:00	Embassy Tunis	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL TS
07ULAANBAATAR143	Constitutional Court Strikes Down New Minerals and [...] (U) On March 2, the Constitutional Court struck down the new Minerals Law and Anticorruption Law passed by Parliament last July. The laws took weeks to emerge from the Parliament Secretariat last summer, in the interim undergoing extensive changes by both the Secretariat staff and Speaker Nyam [...]	2007-03-05 09:36:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR157	Mongolia and GSP: An undiscovered Country [...] SUMMARY: Less than half a percent of Mongolia's exports to the U.S. came in under GSP in 2006, partially because over 90% of Mongolian exports to the U.S. are textiles. However, in other cases, Mongolian goods eligible for GSP treatment simply don't take advantage of it. The Ministry of Indu [...]	2007-03-08 03:53:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EIND PGOV KPRV EFIN PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR158	Tax Reform Creates Better Business Environment, But There's [...] (U) SUMMARY: As background for the upcoming Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks, this report notes that major legislative changes in 2006 made a good start at reforming Mongolia's tax system, an area which has been one of the bigger problems for investors. The old corporate i [...]	2007-03-08 04:00:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ECON PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR159	USG Trade-Related Assistance to the GOM [...] SUMMARY: In the upcoming bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks, Mongolia continues to ask for trade-related technical assistance. USAID is already providing extensive help in a number of areas, including trade policy and negotiations, creation of a single window for [...]	2007-03-08 05:24:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID PREL EMIN ECON PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR164	Mongolia Customs [...] Summary: While there is a bilateral Customs agreement with the U.S., cooperation has waned since the end of the Multifiber Arrangement in 2005. Mongolia has a relatively liberal trade regime, with low tariffs and no quotas or onerous licensing requirements. Customs is widely viewed as corru [...]	2007-03-10 03:55:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EIND PGOV KPRV EFIN PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR165	Scenesetter for TIFA Talks [...] (SBU) The Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks have become an important part of our overall bilateral relationship since 2004. During the third annual round of talks on March 12, the U.S. delegation will need to fend off Mongolia's efforts to get the U.S. to agree by the end [...]	2007-03-10 06:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EINV PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR19	Governing Party Flexes Muscles, Sacks Health Minister [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP)'s victory in a by-election last September gave them an absolute parliamentary majority. Pundits said it was only a matter of time before less cooperative, non-MPRP members of the coalition government, in place since January 2006, [...]	2007-01-10 08:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR22	Ambassador, Mongolian FM Discuss Bilateral Issues. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Foreign Minister Enkhbold exchanged views on a wide range of bilateral and regional issues over lunch on January 4. Topics included the North Korean refugee situation in Mongolia, U.S efforts to help Mongolia develop its military peace-keeping capacity, the pr [...]	2007-01-16 08:35:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON MG EAID PGOV
07ULAANBAATAR245	Mongolia's Newest Domestic Private Airline: EZnis [...] Summary: Mongolia's second domestic private airline, EZnis Airways, was launched in December 2006, taking advantage of the vacuum created when the country's flag carrier MIAT sharply reduced domestic routes (reftel a). Mongolian telecom/IT company Newcom has funneled substantial amounts of mon [...]	2007-04-25 06:33:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR257	Mongolia's Newest Domestic Private Airline: EZnis [...] Summary: Mongolia's second domestic private airline, EZnis Airways, was launched in December 2006, taking advantage of the vacuum created when the country's flag carrier MIAT sharply reduced domestic routes (reftel a). Mongolian telecom/IT company Newcom has funneled substantial amounts of mon [...]	2007-04-30 08:30:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR265	Is Mongolia's New Minister of Industry and Trade His Own [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: New Minister of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Ts. Davaadorj's low-key, if sometimes eccentric demeanor is a welcome relief compared to the sometimes disastrous tenure of the frenetic, flamboyant and feckless B. Jargalsaikhan, who reportedly spared no opportunity to exploit his positio [...]	2007-05-07 22:13:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV EAID ECON EFIN PREL PINR MG
07ULAANBAATAR267	New Minister of Industry and Trade Seeks U.S. Help on [...] (U) This an action cable for USTR. See action requested in para 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Minister of Industry and Trade Ts. Davaadorj invited Charge over to press for a favorable reply to Mongolia's request for a five-year extension of its export tariffs on cashmere. He also [...]	2007-05-08 05:55:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EMIN KNNP EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR268	Western Snapshots Part 2 of 3: Bayan Ulgii - Home to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge visited Bayan Ulgii (BU) aimag (province) in Mongolia's far west April 24/25. BU is home to Mongolia's largest ethnic minority group: Moslem Kazakhs make up 92% of the aimag's 100,000 citizens. Several BU interlocutors stressed that they are "calm, moderate, secula [...]	2007-05-08 05:59:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD SENV PREL EMIN SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR275	PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR SAYS NEW IRAQ [...] (C) During a May 7 meeting on other matters, Charge asked Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Tsogtbaatar about the status of Mongolia's decision on sending an 8th rotation of troops to provide force protection for Polish troops at Camp Echo. Tsogtbaatar replied that he knew that the deadline [...]	2007-05-10 07:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR276	Third US-Mongolia TIFA Joint Council, March 12, 2007, Part [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the third annual round of TIFA talks held in Ulaanbaatar on March 12, Mongolian trade representatives continued to lobby for a roadmap towards an FTA with the U.S. and requested USG support on joining APEC. Rather than a roadmap, AUSTR Stratford instead recommended focusing o [...]	2007-05-11 05:59:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR279	Mongolian Court Convicts Boy Band Drug Smugglers [...] (U) A Mongolian court convicted 13 persons accused of trafficking drugs smuggled in from China, sentencing three of the defendants to ten or more years in prison. The defendants included several Mongolian hip hop boy band stars, the son of a wealthy businessman, and several students. This is [...]	2007-05-14 03:57:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ASEC PGOV SOCI MG CH
07ULAANBAATAR281	Snapshots of Mongolia's West Part 3 of 3: Uvs' Future [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge visited Ulaan Gom (UG),the capital of Uvs aimag (province) April 27/28. Uvs Governor Togoo said the best business prospects are sea buckthorn production, cashmere, agribusiness, tourism, and mining, but unemployment is high and nearly 30% of the population lives belo [...]	2007-05-15 02:50:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SENV PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR286	Mongolia Mulling Iraq's Community of Democracies [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 06:04:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM EAID PGOV MG IZ
07ULAANBAATAR297	Turbulence Ahead for Mongolia's Airline Sector? [...] (U) This is an action cable. See action requested in of the FAA in para 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The General Director of Mongolia's Civil Aviation Authority (MCAA) dismissed reports that Aero Mongolia is suffering serious financial difficulties, despite a series of safety related incidents an [...]	2007-05-23 05:37:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR300	Third US-Mongolia TIFA Joint Council, March 12, 2007, Part [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable reports the March 12 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks between the U.S. and Mongolia which concentrated on specific U.S. concerns about Mongolia's trade and investment climate. Speaking first with an advance outline of the U.S. presentation, the Mo [...]	2007-05-24 07:10:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR316	Third US-Mongolia TIFA Joint Council, March 12, 2007, Part [...] (U) SUMMARY: Immediately following the March 12 Third US-Mongolia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Joint Council meeting, Marideth Sandler, Executive Director of USTR's Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, spearheaded a GSP education and outreach drive March 13-15 in [...]	2007-06-02 22:30:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR355	DECISION ON 8TH ROTATION TO IRAQ DELAYED BY [...] (C) During a June 19 meeting, Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Tsogtbaatar told E/P Chief that the GOM's decision on sending an 8th rotation of troops to Iraq has been delayed because of the June 14 parliamentary vote to dismiss Ts. Nyamdorj as Speaker. He noted that, because of the dismi [...]	2007-06-19 08:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV PINR MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR375	NSC RECOMMENDS 8TH ROTATION TO IRAQ; SOLDIERS [...] (C) On June 25, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Davaasuren confirmed to DCM that on the evening of June 22 the National Security Council (President, Speaker and Prime Minister) had agreed to recommend to the Cabinet that Mongolia send an 8th rotation of soldiers to Iraq. Ahead of [...]	2007-06-25 08:50:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR382	Cabinet Approves 8th Rotation to Iraq [...] (SBU) On June 26, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas, Middle East and Africa Director General Jambaldorj confirmed to the Ambassador that the Cabinet had earlier that day approved an 8th rotation of troops to Iraq. Foreign Policy Advisor to the President Tsogtbaatar and Foreign Policy Adviso [...]	2007-06-27 08:54:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV EFIN MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR388	USTR TRANSPARENCY AGREEMENT PROPOSAL CONVEYED, MORE [...] On June 28, DCM passed to Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Trade Director a copy of AUSTR Stratford's letter to Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Vice Minister Sodhbaatar (ref) proposing preliminary consideration of a bilateral agreement on transparency, including as an example the dra [...]	2007-07-03 00:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL EFIN PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR394	Homes For Mongolia's Masses -- a Housing Shortage Amidst a [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Mongolia (GOM) has launched a two-year campaign to build 40,000 affordable apartment units throughout the country (with 80 to 90% in Ulaanbaatar (UB),the capital) to address a critical housing shortage caused by increasing numbers of rural migrants moving to th [...]	2007-07-06 00:28:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV SOCI BTIO MG
07ULAANBAATAR400	FOREIGN MINING COMPANY, ENVIRONMENTAL NGO REPS DISCUSS [...] (U) SUMMARY: A June 22 Embassy-organized lunch brought together environmental and social NGO and mining company representatives active in Mongolia to discuss issues of transparency and stakeholder engagement. Participants agreed that responsible mining and transparency should be encouraged in [...]	2007-07-09 08:31:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN EINV MG
07ULAANBAATAR418	TRAGIC CRASH FOCUSES ATTENTION ON HELICOPTER SAFETY. [...] (U) This is an action cable. See action requested in of the FAA in para 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The crash of a Mongolia Border Forces Russian-built MI-8 helicopter that claimed the lives of 15 firefighters has led to renewed focus on the safety of the country's dwindling helicopter fleet, [...]	2007-07-18 06:07:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR424	VISIT OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER YANG TO MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his first trip abroad since his appointment, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with Mongolian officials June 30 to July 2 to forge closer political, economic, and commercial ties between the two northeast Asian neighbors. Both sides viewed this visit as a favorable [...]	2007-07-20 05:25:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EMIN EINV MG CH
07ULAANBAATAR425	OPPOSITION GROWS AS PARLIAMENT DEBATES CONTROVERSIAL OYU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Mongolia (GOM) has begun its public roll- out of the tentative investment agreement for the development of the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine struck between the GOM and Ivanhoe/Rio Tinto in April (ref A). If copper's price remains at today's high of US$7,600 per ton, M [...]	2007-07-23 00:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN PGOV ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR428	MONGOLIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON CD MINISTERIAL AND [...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a demarche by the DCM to the Mongolian MFA on the upcoming Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial, the MFA expressed no objection to the U.S. positions on Venezuela and Nigeria. However, Mongolia will not support Taiw [...]	2007-07-24 05:36:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA MG
07ULAANBAATAR429	CODEL PAYNE'S VISIT TO MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ) led a delegation of members from the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) through three days of highly productive meetings with representatives of the Mongolian legislative and executive branches, July 1-4, 2007. Delegation members included Rep. [...]	2007-07-24 08:41:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN EINV MG
07ULAANBAATAR434	Mongolian Government Survives Confidence Vote, Opposition [...] (U) Mongolia's coalition government easily survived a no confidence vote on July 24, winning the vote 46-27. The following day, the Democratic Party (DP),the major opposition party, announced that it intended to boycott the Parliament indefinitely. DP Council Chairman L. Gansukh asserted that [...]	2007-07-26 08:06:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EMIN MG
07ULAANBAATAR436	No Investment Disputes or Expropriation Claims in Mongolia [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 02:42:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC PGOV KIDE OPIC MG
07ULAANBAATAR438	164-Foot Genghis Khan with Laser Eyes to Tower Over Niagara [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: If Mongolian promoters have their way, a 164-foot tall statue of Genghis Khan with laser eyes may soon tower over the base of Niagara Falls. Per the promoters, supporting the project, there will be cheap, direct flights between Ulaanbaatar and Niagara Falls, both t [...]	2007-07-27 08:32:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CVIS SCUL EINV AMGT PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR444	POST'S RESPONSE RE INVESTMENT GUARANTY TO CALVERT SOCIAL [...] (SBU) Post has the following response to OPIC's request for background information regarding the two possible Mongolian microfinance institutions (MFI) Khan bank and Khas (hereafter using local spelling "Xac", but pronounced "khas") bank. First, to post's knowledge neither Khan Bank nor Xac ba [...]	2007-08-01 03:49:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON OPIC PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR454	ON A FALCON'S WING: THE EMIR OF KUWAIT VISITS MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Emir of Kuwait met with senior Mongolian officials regarding trade, cultural, and security affairs, before taking a vacation in the Mongolian countryside. Although the Mongolian-Kuwait bilateral trade relationship remains minuscule, mostly trade in falcons, Kuwait has provid [...]	2007-08-07 00:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EINV ECON PGOV MG KU
07ULAANBAATAR459	MONGOLIAN GOVT SEEKS UPDATES ON PENDING BILATERAL [...] (U) This is an action cable. See actionS requested in para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolian Foreign Ministry Americas Deputy Director General Mounkhou invited the DCM to the Ministry on August 8 to requestupdates on several pending bilateral agreements ahead of President Enkhbayar's anticipa [...]	2007-08-09 08:36:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PGOV MARR MG
07ULAANBAATAR466	MONGOLIA OFFERS DEAL FOR SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (U) This is an action cable. See action requested in para 3. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's Foreign Ministry is offering a quid pro quo for its support of the candidacy of Ms. Felice Gaer to the Committee Against Torture in Geneva on October 8. In a letter addressed to Embassy Ulaanbaatar a [...]	2007-08-15 03:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM MG
07ULAANBAATAR472	DIVISIONS WIDENING WITHIN RULING MONGOLIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven weeks after Mongolia's coalition government easily survived a no-confidence vote, divisions appear to be widening within the coalition-leading Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP). Many MPRP Parliamentarians acknowledge that their party's popularity is waning, and [...]	2007-08-20 05:55:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR475	Mongolia's Railroad Woes: Construction, Other Materials [...] (SBU) Chairman of the Railway Authority of Mongolia Davaadorjiin Ganbold (protect) told the DCM August 17 that greatly increased traffic plus a shortage of locomotives and rail cars (wagons) had resulted, over the past few months, in an ominous peak backlog of some 800 rail cars at the border [...]	2007-08-22 06:23:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ETRD PREL PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR478	MONGOLIAN GOVERNMENT'S REVOCATION OF MINING RIGHTS ROILS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Late last week the Government of Mongolia (GOM) revoked the exploration licenses of 18 firms on 34 sites without prior warning, consultation, or any internal review of the action. The GOM claims that revocation is allowed under the newly amended minerals law. Chargi [...]	2007-08-23 00:08:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ETRD PREL PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR479	MONGOLIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER DESCRIBES TIES WITH NORTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tsogtbaatar Damdin (protect),Foreign Policy Advisor (FPA) to Mongolia's President, shed light August 21 on his country's relationship with North Korea. Joined by officials from the MFA, Tsogtbaatar told USG officials that Mongolia is trying to reduce North Korea's sense of isol [...]	2007-08-24 06:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON MG KN KS
07ULAANBAATAR480	REGIONAL STRATEGIES TO COUNTER THE TERRORIST [...] (C) As requested in ref A, post would like to suggest that Washington consider how it can best retain and strengthen support by counter-terrorism allies and coalition partners such as Mongolia. Mongolia,s General Intelligence Agency's (GIA) has repeatedly pressed the USG for CT assistance and [...]	2007-08-24 08:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET	PTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL KPAO ASEC MG
07ULAANBAATAR483	MONGOLIAN GOVERNMENT WALKS BACK ITS REVOCATION OF MINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Post met with Ministry of Industry and Trade Vice Minister (VM) Sodbaatar to discuss several issues, among them the recent virtual "expropriatory" revocation of 34 exploration licenses owned by owned by 18 firms by the Government of Mongolia (GOM). The VM denied that licenses had [...]	2007-08-24 23:17:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ETRD PREL PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR489	Mongolia's Muslim Minority Reaches Out [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite dismal economic conditions, leaders of Mongolia's Muslim/Kazakh minority in the western province of Bayan Ulgii dismiss fears of Islamic radicalism taking root within their ranks, and say they feel no undue pressure from far-off Ulaanbaatar, even though they are under con [...]	2007-08-28 05:56:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD PGOV ECON PHUM PINR MG
07ULAANBAATAR494	Mongolia's President Visits Kazakhstan, Bolsters Ties [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolian President Enkhbayar's August 13-15 visit to Kazakhstan produced several cooperative agreements, firmed up already solid bilateral relations, and convinced at least some of the visiting Mongolians that development through authoritarianism is undesirable. One agreement, [...]	2007-08-29 08:33:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI MG KZ
07ULAANBAATAR499	Meeting with Mongolian Deputy Minister of Trade and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mongolia's Vice Minister for Industry and Trade, Sodbaatar, met with DCM on August 24 to discuss a number of issues, including cooperation on the U.S.-Mongolia trade relationship through the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) process, which the GOM hopes will lead qu [...]	2007-08-31 08:35:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ETRD PREL PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR507	Mongolian Mining Exec: Promise, Peril Surround Sector [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador discussed Mongolia's promising but politically-charged mining sector on September 4 with Dashdorj Zorigt, CEO of Erdenes MGL, a new mining-asset holding company that is state-owned. Over an informal dinner, discussion flowed on the status and future of Erdenes (EM [...]	2007-09-07 08:06:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV PREL PGOV ELTN MG
07ULAANBAATAR508	Mongolian Mining Exec: Promise, Peril Surround Sector [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador discussed Mongolia's promising but politically-charged mining sector on September 4 with Dashdorj Zorigt, CEO of Erdenes MGL, a new mining-asset holding company that is state-owned. Over an informal dinner, discussion flowed on the status and future of Erdenes (EM [...]	2007-09-07 08:34:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV PREL PGOV ELTN MG
07ULAANBAATAR51	Indoor Air Pollution in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia [...] SUMMARY: While indoor air pollution (IAP) is certainly a problem in Mongolia, there are no major donor or government initiatives underway at this time to address it as a separate issue. Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar, suffers from extreme air pollution from coal smoke emitted from combined [...]	2007-01-30 08:38:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG EAID PGOV AMGT AMED MG
07ULAANBAATAR512	MONGOLIAN GOVT SUMMONS AMBASSADOR, SEEKS CLARITY [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Mongolian Government summoned the Ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a September 10 meeting and asked for a formal USG response to the GOM's request for a specific date for the proposed October summit between Presidents Bush and Enkhbayar. M [...]	2007-09-10 07:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR551	GOM REQUESTS EXPANDED MILAIR SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY and ACTION REQUEST: Foreign Minister Enkhbold summoned the Ambassador to a meeting at Government House on September 27 to discuss further details of President Enkhbayar's upcoming travel to the United States, October 22 through 29, 2007. The President's preliminary itinerary now re [...]	2007-09-27 13:25:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR56	MONGOLIA NONCOMMITTAL ON 8TH ROTATION IN IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: In meetings this week, visiting EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen urged that Mongolia send a full 8th rotation of soldiers to provide force protection to Polish troops in Iraq. In response, Foreign Minister Enkhbold noted the government's earlier decision to red [...]	2007-02-01 06:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET	MARR PREL PGOV MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR570	JAPANESE AMBASSADOR ON MONGOLIAN POLITICS, DPRK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Japanese Ambassador Ichihashi said Mongolia's ruling party, the MPRP, is "looking desperate" and could well lose next year's general election. The Japanese envoy also shared details of the recent Japan-DPRK talks in Ulaanbaatar, and a [...]	2007-10-05 08:57:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR598	AS MONGOLIAN PRESIDENT HEADS TO WASHINGTON, [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Mongolian President Enkhbayar prepares to depart for an October 22 summit with President Bush, a fierce power struggle continues to rage within his ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP),the former communist party. With the party's approval rating at less than 3 [...]	2007-10-18 09:31:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR599	WE'RE TALKIN' TRASH: MONGOLIA TACKLES A MOUNTING SOLID [...] SUMMARY. As Mongolia evolves into a consumerist, disposable society, its cities are increasingly becoming overrun by mounting piles of trash and other solid waste. Garbage sometimes goes uncollected for months, especially in impoverished ger (yurt) districts, and Ulaanbaatar's single landfill [...]	2007-10-19 06:37:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV PGOV SOCI EAID BTIO MG
07ULAANBAATAR603	WASTING WASTE: MONGOLIA SLOWLY LEARNS TO LOVE RECYCLING. [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-22 08:35:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON SENV PGOV SOCI BTIO MG
07ULAANBAATAR615	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post informed the Government of Mongolia in an October 26 demarche of the USG's designation of several Iranian entities, individuals and banks for their support of terrorism and on proliferation grounds. Post urged the GOM to take parallel steps, to prevent the facilitation o [...]	2007-10-26 06:13:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR619	BAYAR UPSETS PM ENKHBOLD TO LEAD MONGOLIA'S RULING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 24th Congress of the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) unexpectedly produced a new party leader on October 27: Bayar, who defeated incumbent MPRP Chairman and Prime Minister Enkhbold in a secret-ballot vote. Bayar, an English-speaking, Russian-educated MPRP [...]	2007-10-29 08:56:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR620	MONGOLIA'S MEGA-FISH IN FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In Mongolia the taimen, a giant member of the salmon family and a prized catch for sport fishermen, is becoming increasingly rare and facing a number of threats. This was underlined October 17 at a taimen conservation conference in Ulaanbaatar. Hucho Taimen (aka Siberian taimen [...]	2007-10-30 07:03:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG PGOV ECON EAID MG
07ULAANBAATAR622	PRESIDENT ENKHBAYAR VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS OF [...] (SBU) President Enkhbayar told the Charge' he was very pleased with the results of his October 22-30 visit to the U.S. and particularly his meetings with President Bush and other senior USG officials as well as the historic signing of Mongolia's Millennium Challenge Account Compact. Enkhbayar [...]	2007-11-01 00:33:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR630	WILL MONGOLIA EXPROPRIATE URANIUM MINING RIGHTS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An internal report by Mongolia's Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) (protect) on the future of uranium mining and processing in the country suggests that the Government of Mongolia (GOM) intends to revoke uranium exploration and mining rights from current holders. The report [...]	2007-11-06 00:34:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG PREL KNNP TRGY PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR637	MONGOLIA'S INCOMING PM OUTLINES NEW GOVERNMENT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mongolia's ruling party chief Bayar, who is almost certain to become Prime Minister this month, indicated in a November 6 meeting with the Ambassador that he is "fully committed" to continuing Mongolian participation in the Iraq Coalition. Bayar, elected Chairman of the ruling Mon [...]	2007-11-07 07:37:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR642	Snapshot of Mongolia's North Central Selenge Province [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's central northern Selenge aimag (province) hopes to develop mining, agricultural production and tourism. Selenge has generally good relations with its Russian neighbor, but the Russians remain bureaucratic and uncooperative in facilitating border crossing. During the [...]	2007-11-13 08:28:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN ETRD PREL SOCI MG RU CM
07ULAANBAATAR654	MONGOLIAN MEDIA FOCUSES ON PRESIDENTIAL VISIT, SUMMIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The October 22-29 U.S. visit by President Enkhbayar and the Presidential Summit meeting resulted in extensive local press coverage. The $188 million rail component of the $285 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact gained considerable coverage, and the broader [...]	2007-11-21 02:46:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ECON EINV MARR CVIS OEXC OIIP OPRC
07ULAANBAATAR658	BAYAR VOTED IN AS MONGOLIAN MP, TAKES AIM AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: As expected, Mongolia's Parliament elected S.Bayar as Prime Minister on November 22, with 67 of 69 MPs present voting in support. Bayar, an English-speaking former diplomat who leads the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP),accepted the Seal of Government and sai [...]	2007-11-23 09:21:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR666	DEATH OF MONGOLIAN PEACEKEEPER IN SIERRA LEONE [...] (SBU) A Mongolian peacekeeper, 21-year old Private B. Mungonshagai, died November 20 in Sierra Leone, reportedly of tuberculosis. He was one of 250 Mongolian peacekeepers guarding the war crimes tribunal. (Note: Mongolia also has forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.) Mungonshagai's remains arriv [...]	2007-11-29 09:08:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PGOV EAID MG SL
07ULAANBAATAR670	HIV/AIDS in Mongolia: Crisis in the Making? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia retains its reputation as a country with a low rate of HIV infection, but testing among at-risk populations remains at a low level, and experts fear that official figures do not tell the whole story. To date 41 HIV/AIDS cases have been officially recorded (involving 35 M [...]	2007-11-30 09:05:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID SOCI PGOV PINR PREL MG KHIV
07ULAANBAATAR681	SURVEY OF MONGOLIA'S IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, Post has assessed requirements that the Mongolian Government (GOM) would have to meet in order to deploy troops to Iraq, in various scenarios. Mongolia could not legally participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) under any of the four scenarios set forth in reftel. [...]	2007-12-07 09:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IR MG
07ULAANBAATAR686	Mongolia Experiences Highest Inflation in over a Decade [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia is experiencing its highest inflation rate in over a decade as consumer prices have so far risen 14% in 2007 largely due to skyrocketing fuel, wheat and meat costs. Prices for gasoline, taxi fares, flour and even the national dish huushuur (fried meat dumplings) have do [...]	2007-12-12 04:42:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV MG
07ULAANBAATAR692	MONGOLIA URGED TO GET SERIOUS ON DEFORESTATION [...] SUMMARY: Mongolia has lost more than 10% of its forests since 1990, according to Government of Mongolia (GOM) reports, and the problem is getting worse. Fires, illegal logging, forest mismanagement and other factors are threatening important ecosystems and wildlife. Past efforts by the GOM to [...]	2007-12-14 07:29:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR ENRG PGOV ECON PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR693	IOM'S ENGAGEMENT WITH MONGOLIA INCREASING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charles Harns, Regional Representative for the International Organization for Migration (IOM),called on the DCM and E/P Chief on December 13, described IOM's increasing activity in Mongolia and said the country had informed the IOM of its intention to join the organization in Jun [...]	2007-12-14 09:01:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM ECON MG KN
07ULAANBAATAR694	MONGOLIAN PRESIDENT "SUPPORTIVE" OF REQUEST FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on Mongolian President N.Enkhbayar on December 14 and conveyed formal POTUS and SecState requests (reftels) that Mongolia deploy a ninth rotation of troops to Iraq. President Enkhbayar replied in a positive manner, noting that he would take the request to the [...]	2007-12-14 10:06:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR696	Asbestos-Coated Heating Pipes, Construction Materials A [...] Asbestos and cement covered pipes that make up Ulaanbaatar's aged and decaying centralized heating system may constitute a significant unidentified health risk. Of the 286 kilometers of heating pipes that snake through the city, estimates indicate 91% are coated with asbestos-cement insulatio [...]	2007-12-17 08:18:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG SENV EFIN SOCI PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR698	MONGOLIAN PM BAYAR INTRODUCES NEW CABINET TO RESIDENT [...] (SBU) Prime Minister S.Bayar invited the resident diplomatic corps and international-organization representatives to meet his newly installed Cabinet December 17 at Government House. The Czech Ambassador, as dean of the diplomatic corps, began the hour-long event by offering congratulations to [...]	2007-12-18 00:24:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EAID SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR703	MONGOLIA'S NEW CABINET: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY [...] (S) This cable provides analysis of the new 16-member Cabinet of Mongolian Prime Minister S.Bayar and identifies the Ministers' strengths, weaknesses, likely objectives and challenges. A separate cable will follow on the balance of power in Parliament and political parties' prospects for succ [...]	2007-12-20 06:12:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET	PREL MARR ECON SENV KCOR SOCI PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR704	COUGH, COUGH: DONORS ENERGIZED AS ULAANBAATAR'S AIR [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: World Bank Mongolia Director Arshad asked a gathering of diplomatic corps and other partners December 18 to review proposals to address Ulaanbaatar's growing air pollution problem. The pollution topic was added to the agenda of a preparatory discussion for the January [...]	2007-12-21 00:21:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL EAID PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR712	Ambassador Meets New Minister of Industry and Trade [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Minister of Industry and Trade Kh. Narankhuu told the Ambassador, during an initial courtesy call December 21, that the Government of Mongolia (GOM) hopes to conclude one or both of the two major mining projects under consideration (Oyu Tolgoi and Tavan Tolgoi) ov [...]	2007-12-27 00:32:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON SENV MARR PGOV KMCA MG
07ULAANBAATAR83	COALITION GOVERNMENT GETS A BIT WOBBLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Parliament's February 6 vote to sack Minister for Industry and Trade Jargalsaikhan (septel) was the latest sign of turmoil for the year-old "Government of National Unity," which has begun to wobble considerably since the start of 2007. Public and private criticism of the govern [...]	2007-02-07 09:11:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MARR EMIN MG
07ULAANBAATAR86	Mongolia Privatizes 16 Industries in 2006 [...] SUMMARY: Of the 22 state-owned enterprises (SOE) put up for sale by the GOM last year, 16 were successfully privatized, while 6 failed to find qualified buyers. Sales brought in an estimated US$26 million. Th% tdjtdr"xocess paN02enitivnyQqmoth\|9 i&QmgSt cc3Ea.Q Af\|er`4`l`Bcmth` c4ih(p;Q:s;QkDQ [...]	2007-02-07 22:39:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EIND PGOV KPRV EFIN PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR89	MCC Official Briefs on Hope for Late 2007 Compact [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Europe, Asia, and Pacific Managing Director Frances Reid visited Ulaanbaatar January 31 to February 3. During her meetings with Prime Minister Enkhbold, Finance Minister Bayarsaikhan, and MCC Mongolia's National Council (NC) and [...]	2007-02-08 23:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EINV ECON PGOV MG
07USEUBRUSSELS1276	U.S.-EU MEETINGS ON LATIN AMERICA [...] (U) SUMMARY. US-EU Committee on Latin America (COLAT) troika consultations, held February 12 in Brussels, included discussion of Nicaragua, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba and Central American gangs. The U.S. delegation consisted of WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro, USEU Deputy Pol [...]	2007-04-16 17:17:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID EUN MX DR GT CO VZ NI BO ES
07USEUBRUSSELS1502	EU TELLS PRESIDENT ISAIAS HE IS KEY TO STABILITY [...] (C/NF) Summary: European Commissioner Louis Michel met May 4 with Eritrean President Isaias to stress Eritrea's role in promoting regional peace and stability. Michel delivered a harder message during a separate one-on-one meeting in which he expressed EU displeasure with Eritrean violations o [...]	2007-05-07 05:08:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EUN EAID BE FR IT NL UK
07USEUBRUSSELS2708	EU SUPPORTS NEW OBSERVERS FOR SOMALIA CONTACT [...] (C) A European Commission official said the EC supports the bids of Canada and Yemen for Permanent Observer status in the International Contact Group on Somalia, though it would like Canada to clarify its potential financial contributions to AMISOM and the reconstruction of Somalia. Jeremy Les [...]	2007-08-28 14:11:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV SO EUN
07USEUBRUSSELS283	(U) READOUT ON EU HIREP SOLANA'S JAN 19-21 MIDDLE [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to EU Council Middle East Director Christian Jouret, Solana's Middle East visit resulted in good, in-depth discussion with both Israeli and Palestinian leaders, though there were clear differences on both the pace and scope of possible negotiations. Solana met with Isra [...]	2007-01-26 17:08:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL XF LE SY IS EUN
07USEUBRUSSELS2984	DAS KRAMER'S QUAD CONSULTATIONS ON RUSSIA, [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-24 13:28:00	USEU Brussels	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD EUN MARR OSCE PARM PGOV PHUM PREL
07USEUBRUSSELS3080	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON KURDISTAN WORKERS PARTY [...] (S) Mission International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) Counselor, accompanied by Justice Department Senior Counsel and Department of Homland Security Attache, delivered the demarche on combating terrorism by the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) to newly-appointed Counter-Terrorism [...]	2007-10-04 14:43:00	USEU Brussels	SECRET	PTER KCRM PGOV PREL SNAR EU
07USEUBRUSSELS3488	EU TREATY OF LISBON - THE ROAD AHEAD [...] (SBU) When EU leaders clink champagne glasses over the Treaty of Lisbon on December 13, the mood will be celebratory. Do not be deceived, however: in many ways, the real work and political maneuvering will be just beginning. Over the next year, the member states and institutions will have the [...]	2007-12-12 11:31:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EUN PGOV PHUM ECIN PBTS
07USEUBRUSSELS756	IWD: WOMEN DRIVING EU JOB GROWTH BUT STILL [...] SUMMARY. In a paper submitted to EU leaders on March 8 (International Women's Day),the EU Commission said three out of four new jobs created in the EU were now being taken by women. However, the report also showed women in the EU continue to be employed less Q and paid less Q than men. EN [...]	2007-03-08 08:28:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB ESOC KWMN PGOV EUN
07USEUBRUSSELS827	REFUGEE RETURNS IN EASTERN CONGO: A JOINT US-EU [...] Summary: A joint USG-European Union assessment team composed of US representatives from PRM and OFDA traveled throughout Katanga and South Kivu provinces in January, finding a basic level of peace and stability, but continued sporadic human rights abuses perpetrated primarily by security force [...]	2007-03-13 09:55:00	USEU Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL EAID EU BE
07USNATO101	NATO/MACEDONIA: PM GRUEVSKI HEARS ALLIES' CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Macedonian PM Gruevski told NATO's North Atlantic Council on February 14 that he was committed to implementing the reforms necessary to secure a membership invitation from NATO at its 2008 Summit. Allies offered solid support for Macedonia's Euro-Atlantic course, but expressed [...]	2007-02-15 16:47:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PREL PGOV MK
07USNATO109	NSA HADLEY TALKS TO NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY/COMMENT: National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley discussed a wide range of strategic issues with NATO Allies on February 21, including Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, new U.S. efforts to revive the Middle East peace process, and relations with Russia. Mr. Hadley's visit comes as Europe [...]	2007-02-22 13:59:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL WEU RU
07USNATO110	NSA HADLEY'S 21 FEBRUARY DISCUSSION WITH NATO SYG [...] (C) SUMMARY: De Hoop Scheffer described European weakness as playing out in Allies, approaches to Afghanistan (lack of unity of purpose),Russia (desire not to rock the boat),and missile defense (ditto). Mr. Hadley pressed the SYG to have ISAF do more on counternarcotics, and an augmented [...]	2007-02-22 15:05:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL RU NATO
07USNATO111	AHTISAARI COMES TO NATO AND OUTLINES WAY FORWARD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 16, UN Special Envoy for Kosovo, (UNSEK) Martti Ahtisaari updated the NAC and non-NATO KFOR troop contributors on the Kosovo status process and his vision for the way forward. Ahtisaari said that prospects for a negotiated settlement by both sides were exhausted. Th [...]	2007-02-23 08:38:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM NATO PGOV PHUM PREL SR
07USNATO117	QATAR REQUESTS NATO PERSONNEL DEPART BY 4 MARCH [...] (U) This is a request for guidance. see para. 3. 2.(C) Summary: Qatari Ambassador to Belgium al-Dosari met with NATO D/SYG Ambassador Minuto Rizzo February 22 and hand delivered a Note Verbale (see para. 6) reporting that the presence of NATO personnel at al-Udeid Airbase would be illegal a [...]	2007-02-23 19:24:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PGOV PTER QA XF
07USNATO138	NAC-PSC DISCUSSES EU-NATO COORDINATION IN KOSOVO [...] (C) Summary: Immediately following the February 26 NAC-PSC on Bosnia, NAC and PSC Ambassadors (with Cypriot and Maltese representatives present) met "informally" to discuss NATO/EU coordination in Kosovo. Both NATO SYG De Hoop Scheffer and EU High Representative/SYG Solana called for close co [...]	2007-03-02 17:35:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM NATO PGOV PHUM PREL SR
07USNATO161	USNATO SUPPORTS CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT WITH GERMAN [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-12 14:33:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO MARR MASS NATO PGOV PREL EU GM PL CZ RS
07USNATO191	NATO/GEORGIA: ALLIES PRAISE GEORGIAN RESPONSE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. NATO Allies unanimously praised Georgia's restrained response to the March 11 attacks in the Kodori Gorge (ref A) during a March 21 Political Committee meeting at NATO Headquarters. Allies commended Georgia for turning to the UN-led Joint Fact Finding Group, which [...]	2007-03-23 16:54:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL GG RS NATO

07USNATO192	APPROACHING NATO ON KOSOVO EU RULE OF LAW MISSION [...] Per Reftel, USNATO distributed to delegations and the Secretary General on March 22 the points provided on possible SIPDIS U.S. participation in the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo. The points were distributed as a non-paper, in order to provide them to PermReps as soon as possible prior to [...]	2007-03-23 16:55:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM NATO PGOV PHUM PREL SR
07USNATO229	U.S., UK BRIEF ISAF CONTRIBUTORS ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a joint briefing to the North Atlantic Council and ISAF troop contributors, INL/PDAS and Coordinator for Counternarcotics and Justice Reform in Afghanistan, Ambassador Thomas Schweich, and Head of the FCO's Afghan Drugs Interdepartmental Unit Peter Holland described the narco [...]	2007-04-04 15:02:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS NATO PGOV PREL SNAR AF
07USNATO304	ALLIES URGE MACEDONIA TO STEP UP PACE OF REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 9 meeting with the North Atlantic Council, the Macedonian Foreign and Defense Ministers expressed confidence that Macedonia would continue to make progress on reforms and be ready to join NATO when the Alliance makes decisions on enlargement at its 2008 Summit. Perm Re [...]	2007-05-14 16:44:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MK
07USNATO305	ALLIES URGE MACEDONIA TO STEP UP PACE OF REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 9 meeting with the North Atlantic Council, the Macedonian Foreign and Defense Ministers expressed confidence that Macedonia would continue to make progress on reforms and be ready to join NATO when the Alliance makes decisions on enlargement at its 2008 Summit. Perm Re [...]	2007-05-15 06:44:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MK
07USNATO306	ALLIES URGE MACEDONIA TO STEP UP PACE OF REFORMS [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a May 9 meeting with the North Atlantic Council, the Macedonian Foreign and Defense Ministers expressed confidence that Macedonia would continue to make progress on reforms and be ready to join NATO when the Alliance makes decisions on enlargement at its 2008 Summit. Perm Re [...]	2007-05-15 08:39:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS NATO MK
07USNATO316	ALLIES POSITIVELY ASSESS GEORGIA'S PROGRESS, PUSH [...] (C) SUMMARY. During a May 16 meeting to review Georgia's progress in implementing reforms over the last year, Georgian Foreign Minister Bezhuashvili told the North Atlantic Council that Georgia's democratic reforms were moving ahead swiftly and that Georgia would like to move into NATO's Me [...]	2007-05-18 15:31:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO GG
07USNATO338	PM BERISHA MAKES ALBANIA'S CASE FOR NATO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Albanian Prime Minister Berisha told a May 24 meeting of the North Atlantic Council that Albania had made tangible progress in meeting NATO's membership standards and he was confident Albania would be ready to receive an invitation to join the Alliance in 2008. Allies sent a c [...]	2007-05-25 15:35:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO AL
07USNATO360	CROATIAN PM SANADER RECEIVES POSITIVE SIGNALS FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Allies indicated strong support for Croatia's NATO candidacy during a June 6 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) with Croatian PM Sanader, but warned that Croatia should not lose momentum in its reform efforts. Allies focused on the need for Croatia to continue to make [...]	2007-06-11 06:03:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO HR
07USNATO362	U.S. UPDATES NATO ALLIES ON MISSILE DEFENSE PLANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Eric Edelman and Missile Defense Agency (MDA) Director LTG Obering met with Secretary General de Hoop Scheffer on June 5, and then informally with NATO PermReps, to update them on the status of U.S. Missile Defense (MD) plans in Europe, negotiations with Poland and [...]	2007-06-11 10:25:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL
07USNATO410	NATO-UKRAINE COUNCIL MARKS TENTH ANNIVERSARY JULY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 9, the 27 members of the NATO-Ukraine Commission (NUC) met in Ambassadorial session at NATO headquarters to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Charter on a Distinctive Partnership which established the NUC. Allies commended Ukraine's contributions to [...]	2007-07-11 16:02:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL NATO UP
07USNATO451	MEETING OF NATO SPS [...] (U) Summary. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Committee met on March 23, 2007, at NATO Headquarters. The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) met at NATO Headquarters on March 22, 2007. The U.S Representative was Dr. Vigdor L. Teplitz [...]	2007-08-13 15:13:00	Mission USNATO	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT MARR NATO PGOV PREL TSPL
07USNATO479	BUILDING SUPPORT FOR A NAC VISIT TO GEORGIA [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: At a September 4 informal discussion among NATO Perm Reps, there was significant movement towards consensus in favor of the proposed October 3-4 visit of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) t [...]	2007-09-05 16:50:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NATO GG
07USNATO486	UNODC CHIEF COSTA BRIEFS THE NAC ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Antonio Costa, Head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),briefed NATO on September 5 on UNODC's 2007 report on Afghanistan poppy production. In addition to NATO PermReps, 24 other interested nations and organizations were on hand as Costa reviewed the key findings and r [...]	2007-09-06 15:11:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SNAR MARR ECON PGOV UN AF NATO
07USNATO528	ALBANIA'S ANNUAL NATIONAL PROGRAM WINS OVER SOME [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's Senior Political Committee (Reinforced) (SPC/R) met with an Albanian delegation on September 25 to discuss their latest Annual National Program (ANP) for the final Membership Action Plan cycle before the April 2008 summit in Bucharest. The delegation outlined its successe [...]	2007-09-27 12:38:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO AL
07USNATO529	RFG: KOSOVO TROIKA'S OCTOBER 15 BRIEFING TO THE [...] (U) This is a request for guidance by COB Thursday, October 11. 2. (C) On Monday, October 15 the representatives of the Kosovo Troika (U.S. Ambassador Frank Wisner, EU Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger, and Russian representative Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko) will come to NATO to update and b [...]	2007-09-27 14:52:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PGOV PREL KV
07USNATO537	MACEDONIA'S ANNUAL NATIONAL PROGRAM ENGENDERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's Senior Political Committee (Reinforced) (SPC/R) met with a Macedonian delegation on September 20 to discuss their latest Annual National Program (ANP) for this year's abbreviated Membership Action Plan cycle before the April 2008 summit in Bucharest. Many Allies commended [...]	2007-10-02 12:19:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL MK
07USNATO539	GEORGIAN MINISTER BAKRADZE REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO [...] (C) Georgian Conflict Resolution Minister Bakradze led an interagency delegation to meet with Allies in a Georgian-initiated discussion of its disputed territories. Bakradze's presentation, his forthright responses to tough questions, and Georgia's associated non-paper hit all the right notes [...]	2007-10-03 13:13:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NATO GG
07USNATO545	CROATIA'S ANNUAL NATIONAL PROGRAM RECEIVES GOOD [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO's Senior Political Committee (Reinforced) (SPC/R) met with a Croatian delegation on September 18 to review their latest Annual National Program (ANP) for this year's abbreviated Membership Action Plan (MAP) cycle before the April 2008 summit in Bucharest. Allies were general [...]	2007-10-05 10:13:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL CR
07USNATO566	KOSOVO TROIKA UPDATES NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL AND [...] SUMMARY: The representatives of the Kosovo Troika (U.S. representative Frank Wisner, EU representative Wolfgang Ischinger, and Russian representative Alexander Botsan-Kharchenko) briefed a special meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) on Monday, October 15, providing a general update on w [...]	2007-10-19 07:52:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PGOV PREL KV
07USNATO584	BOSNIA: NATO SYG TO ISSUE STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF [...] (S) Ambassador Nuland, at an informal meeting of NATO Permanent Representatives on Tuesday, October 30, informed colleagues that the U.S. would demarche Peace Implementation Council Steering Board Capitals leading up to the October 30-31 meeting seeking their support for High Representative La [...]	2007-10-30 16:13:00	Mission USNATO	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL NATO BK
07USNATO586	RFG: HIGH REPRESENTATIVE LAJCAK TO COME TO THE [...] (U) This is a request for guidance by COB Tuesday, November 6. 2. (C) On Wednesday November 7, Ambassador Miroslav Lajcak, High Representative and EU Special Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, will come to NATO to update and brief a meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and [...]	2007-11-02 15:52:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	NATO PGOV PREL BK
07USNATO599	HIGH REPRESENTATIVE LAJCAK BRIEFS THE NAC ON [...] (C) Summary: In a calm yet forceful address to the North Atlantic Council on November 7, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Miroslav Lajcak called on NATO and the international community to recognize that the Bosnian Serbs are working with the support of Belgrade and Moscow to und [...]	2007-11-07 17:08:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV PREL BK
07USNATO608	ARMENIAN AMBASSADOR REQUESTS U.S. PREFERENCES FOR [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) On November 14 Armenian Ambassador to NATO Samvel Mkrtchian called on Ambassador Nuland to discuss possible Armenian contributions to ISAF. Mkrtchian said Armenian PM Serzh Sargsyan had been strongly encouraged by SECDEF Gates and other [...]	2007-11-16 16:20:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PGOV MARR PREL AM PINR AF
07USNATO621	NAC-PSC MEETING ON THE POLITICAL AND MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO HQ Sarajevo Commander Major General Richard Wightman (US) and EUFOR Operation Althea Commander Rear Admiral Hans-Jochen Witthauer (Germany) briefed a joint meeting of the North Atlantic Council and EU Political and Security Committee (NAC-PSC) on the situation in Bosnia and [...]	2007-11-28 16:42:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR NATO PGOV PINR PREL BK EU
07USOSCE346	DAS DICARLO DISCUSSES KOSOVO ISSUES WITH OSCE [...] (C) Summary: In an August 29 meeting in Vienna, EUR/SCE DAS Rosemary diCarlo and OSCE Secretary General Marc Perrin de Brichambaut agreed that it would be difficult to deter Kosovo from making a unilateral declaration of independence if the Troika-led negotiations do not bear fruit. In the [...]	2007-09-05 14:44:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV YI PGOV SR OSCE UNMIK
07USOSCE353	OSCE COMMITTED TO MAKING KOSOVO ELECTIONS HAPPEN [...] (SBU) The OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK) says it is fully committed to doing its part to ensure that the November 17 local and central elections come off successfully and on schedule. Nonetheless, key OMiK officials are worried that they may not be able to overcome a number of logistical hurdl [...]	2007-09-13 14:13:00	Mission USOSCE	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OSCE PGOV PREL KV
07USOSCE382	IF KOSOVO DECLARES INDEPENDENCE UNILATERALLY, WHAT [...] (C) The likelihood that the OSCE will have to close its mission to Kosovo is increasing. In the event of a unilateral declaration of independence (UDI),Russia and Serbia have threatened to force closure of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo (OMiK),and they could easily do so. Under such circumsta [...]	2007-10-15 08:19:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL PGOV UNMIK KV UNSC SR YI RU
07USOSCE9	OSCE BRUSSELS MINISTERIAL: U/S BURNS' MEETING WITH [...] (C) During a cordial meeting on the margins of the OSCE Ministerial, Romanian FM Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu and Under Secretary Burns affirmed the importance of increasing the SIPDIS pool of European countries contributing troops to NATO combat operations in Afghanistan. Romanian FM noted that [...]	2007-01-13 18:57:00	Mission USOSCE	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS OSCE PBTS PGOV PREL RO AF
07USUNNEWYORK1001	DPKO REQUESTS U.S. INTERVENTION WITH THE AU ON [...] (U) Please see action request in paragraph 11. 2. (C) SUMMARY: DPKO U/SYG Guehenno complained that the Government of the Sudan (GOS) still has not made a "strategic decision" to cooperate with UNAMID deployment, as demonstrated by the ongoing delays and continuous stream of "anti-UNAMID pro [...]	2007-11-09 23:17:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1004	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: QATAR CALLS FOR SANCTIONS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an informal meeting of the Sudan Sanctions Committee on November 7, Qatar expressed a strong interest in imposing targeted sanctions on JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim and SLM faction leader Abdelwahid el-Nur for their failure to attend the UN/AU-led Darfur mediation in Tripoli. [...]	2007-11-12 19:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK1025	AMIS COMMANDER AGWAI: UNAMID NEEDS ACCOMMODATIONS, [...] (C) SUMMARY: AU Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) Force Commander General Martin Luther Agwai told USUN MSC and POL staff November 15 that UNAMID needs additional accommodations and equipment to deploy its forces effectively. Agwai reported that the Government of the Sudan (GOS) continues to insis [...]	2007-11-15 21:22:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1026	P-3 FINDS DPKO CONCERNED ABOUT KOSOVO END-GAME [...] (C) SUMMARY. UN U/SYG for Peacekeeping Guehenno and Europe Division Chief Harland shared with P-3 Deputy PermReps on November 9 their concerns about how Kosovo-related events will play out after the presumed failure of Troika talks. Guehenno and Harland have identified key issues -- whether a [...]	2007-11-15 21:47:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KV
07USUNNEWYORK1027	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT NOVEMBER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Key Points: --US DPKO Under Secretary General Guehenno met with Sudanese Major General Maghzoub on November 11th in Addis Ababa in an effort to find a way forward with UNAMID deployments. Guehenno briefed the Security Council on November 14 on the details of his meetings. -- [...]	2007-11-15 21:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PREL SU UNC UN KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK1035	NEPAL HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ASKS FOR EXPANDED [...] (SBU) On November 21, Sushil Pyakurel, a Nepalese human rights activist and former Commissioner in the National Human Rights Commission of Nepal, urged a group of European diplomats to press the Nepalese government on human rights and to support an expansion of the United Nations Mission in Ne [...]	2007-11-16 20:43:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM NP
07USUNNEWYORK1036	LATEST ON UN PRESENCE IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) Summary: During a bi-weekly discussion with the UN and UK on Iraq-related matters, the UN confirmed that newly appointed Special Representative Staffan de Mistura has arrived in Baghdad, and had an introductory call on Foreign Minister Zebari, in which Zebari focused on the UN,s role in [...]	2007-11-16 20:46:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1041	FURTHER ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 22:18:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	SO PGOV IMO KCRM UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1043	HOSTAGE TAKING CONVENTION: U.S. RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-19 20:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OPDC PREL PTER KTIA IR
07USUNNEWYORK1048	HIGH REPRESENTATIVE LAJCAK WARNS UNSC BOSNIA IS AT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a November 15 Security Council meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH),High Representative Miroslav Lajcak told members that reform progress in the country had been stalled and this was holding back a European and Euro-Atlantic future. Lajcak defended his use of Bonn Powers [...]	2007-11-20 18:51:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BK UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK105	UNDP'S ROLE IN UZBEKISTAN [...] Begin Summary. As previously reported (Ref A),UNDP in New York has confirmed that, at the request of the Government of Uzbekistan, the UNDP Resident Coordinator (RC) provided $20,000 USD for the flight of five GOU officials to New York. There was no programmatic content to the trip. Also, [...]	2007-02-07 21:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EAID PHUM PINR PREL UNGA UZ
07USUNNEWYORK1055	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: LONDON CONSIDERING [...] (C) This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (C) Prompted by Qatar's stated interest in pursuing Security Council sanctions on JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim and SLM faction leader Abdelwahid el-Nur for their failure to attend the UN/AU-led Darfur mediation talks in Sirte, Libya, as [...]	2007-11-21 20:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK1057	SECURITY COUNCIL LOOKING TO BE USEFUL ON SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UN A/SYG Menkerios described for Security Council members the bleak realities of Somalia that together dampen his enthusiasm for the recent peaceful change in government -- Mogadishu still lacks basic security; the humanitarian situation is deteriorating further; opposition grou [...]	2007-11-21 20:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SO
07USUNNEWYORK1058	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: CHINA, RUSSIA, INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudan Sanctions Committee met on October 9, October 30, and November 7 to discuss the recommendations on improving the sanctions regime contained in the Panel of Experts' September report, which included an embargo on the sale of aircraft to the GOS and targeted sanctions on [...]	2007-11-21 20:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK1061	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 21 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Key Points: --Deployment Update: Chinese officials informed UN Under Secretary General Guehenno that the first elements of 135 SIPDIS engineers would deploy on or about 24 November as part of the Heavy Support Package (HSP). DPKO Force Generation Services (FGS) expects that w [...]	2007-11-21 21:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PREL SU UNC UNAUS KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK1067	NEXT STEPS ON PIRACY OFF SOMALIA [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 2-3. 2. (C) Per reftels, at the request of Ambassador Khalilzad, Secretary General Ban transmitted to the Security Council SIPDIS letters from the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requesting the Council's further engagement to help combat [...]	2007-11-26 20:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	SO PGOV IMO KCRM UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK107	SYG BAN DOES LITTLE TO EASE COUNCIL FRUSTRATION ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In his first appearance at a closed Security Council (SC) consultation, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon on February 6 said little SIPDIS to assuage Members' frustration with the slow pace of progress on Darfur. He reported that African Union (AU) Comm [...]	2007-02-08 15:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK1085	GEORGIAN DFM MAJGALADZE AFFIRMS PARTICIPATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a meeting with the New York Friends of Georgia on November 28, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Majgaladze said Georgia could accept a full Geneva meeting of the Friends of Georgia that includes Russia and said the best timing would probably be in the new year. He explained [...]	2007-11-28 23:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV GG UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1092	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 29 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Key Points: --Deployment Update: China has deployed the 135 engineers first elements of its engineer company that is part of the Heavy Support Package (HSP). DPKO Force Generation Services (FGS) expects that with the exception of the Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (FPU),this wi [...]	2007-11-29 22:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PREL SU UNC UN KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK111	TABLING OF GUAM RESOLUTION DELAYED UNTIL FEBRUARY [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 4. 2. (SBU) On February 5, the Georgian Mission contacted USUN informing us Ukraine would table in the General Assembly February 10, on behalf of GUAM members, a resolution on protracted conflicts agreed on in GUAM capitals (text para 2). The Geo [...]	2007-02-08 23:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
07USUNNEWYORK1119	SE NATSIOS URGES ENHANCED PRC ENGAGEMENT ON CPA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 26 meeting with Chinese PermRep Guangya Wang, U.S. Special Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios urged the Chinese to be more proactive in encouraging Sudan's Government of National Unity to demonstrate flexibility on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreem [...]	2007-12-05 15:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1120	UN SPECIAL ENVOY OUTLINES NEXT STEPS ON DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY: U.S. Special Envoy for the Sudan Andrew Natsios told UN Special Envoy Jan Eliasson November 26 that the UN-AU, rather than the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS),must take the lead in promoting a convergence of the Darfur rebel positions. Natsios warned that hard-line SPLM elem [...]	2007-12-05 15:19:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1128	SYG BAN ON AFGHANISTAN, LEBANON, SUDAN, BURMA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a one-on-one meeting with AMB Khalilzad on December 5, SYG Ban said he is ready to accommodate the U.S. on Paddy Ashdown's candidacy as SRSG for Afghanistan, but could not accept a dual UN-NATO appointment. Ban agreed to issue a statement urging the Lebanese to move forward wit [...]	2007-12-05 21:18:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1132	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 6 [...] (C) SUMMARY: --Deployment Update: China Engineers and Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (FPU),remain the only HSP units arriving in calendar year 2007. --TCC Update: Still no firm pledge of helicopters or transport units. --Contracting Issues: UN plans to assume Operations and Maintenanc [...]	2007-12-06 22:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1143	SRSG MOLLER EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION OVER NO PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) on December 7, SRSG Michael Moller expressed strong disappointment with the failure of the two parties to implement the July 8 Agreement of 2006. Moller also addressed the need for ag [...]	2007-12-10 14:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CY
07USUNNEWYORK1152	SERBIAN FM STICKS TO CALLING FOR MORE NEGOTIATIONS [...] (C) Summary: On December 7, Serbian FM Vuk Jeremic told Ambassador Wolff that Belgrade is happy with the work of the Troika, but criticized what he said were unhelpful U.S. statements during the process about independence for Kosovo. Jeremic said Belgrade wants to continue negotiations with [...]	2007-12-11 21:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK KV YI UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1154	UN REPORTS PROGRESS WITH GOS ON UNAMID DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: SYG Deputy Chief of Staff Kim Won Soo and DPKO Darfur Planning Director Mike Gaoutte told AMB Wolcott on December 10 that the UN and the Government of the Sudan (GOS) made progress on resolving outstanding UNAMID deployment issues during a December 8 meeting in Lisbon. According t [...]	2007-12-11 22:10:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1158	FM MILOSOSKI STRESSES MACEDONIAN POSITION ON NAME [...] (SBU) On December 11, Macedonian FM Antonio Milososki stressed to Ambassador Khalilzad that he hoped Macedonia would be accepted into NATO at the April summit in Bucharest. He said Macedonia had doubled its troop level in Iraq and is making other important contributions to global security. O [...]	2007-12-12 23:54:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC MK
07USUNNEWYORK1166	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 13 [...] (C) SUMMARY: -- HSP Deployment update: Equipment for the Chinese engineering unit is still in transit. Bangladesh and Nigeria have not yet provided a load list from which the UN can contract air movement. The UN is conducting a PDV with Pakistan this week. Egypt has submitted a load list and [...]	2007-12-13 22:48:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK117	UNSC/SUDAN: SOUTH NEEDS AS MUCH ATTENTION AS WEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General (SYG) Guehenno told the UN Security Council (SC) at February 8 consultations that the international community had a crucial role to play in ensuring full implementation of the Comprehensive [...]	2007-02-09 22:57:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK1171	UNSC: SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UNDOF MANDATE FOR [...] (U) The Security Council December 14 adopted by a 15-0 vote a resolution (UNSCR 1788) to extend the mandate of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force for six months to June 30, 2008. The extension was recommended by the Secretary-General in his December 3 "Report of the SIPDIS Sec [...]	2007-12-14 19:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK1176	UN: UNAMID WILL BE AMIS IN BLUE BERETS IN FIRST [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN A/SYG Edmond Mulet told the Security Council on December 13 that UN-GOS meetings in Lisbon and Khartoum had resulted in the release of UNAMID communications equipment impounded at al-Fasher airport, an agreement from the GOS to accept helicopters from any country approved by th [...]	2007-12-14 23:17:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1187	SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MNF-I, DFI AND IAMB [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, the UN Security Council unanimously approved the extension of the mandate for 2008 of the Multinational Force in Iraq (MNF-I) and the arrangements for the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the International Advisory and Monitoring Board (IAMB). The U.S., UK and [...]	2007-12-19 21:52:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK1190	UN/LIBERIA SANCTIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL REVIEWS [...] (C) Per resolution 1731 (2006),the UN Security Council reviewed Liberia sanctions during a closed meeting on December 14. Qatari PermRep and Chairman of the Liberia Sanctions Committee Nassir al-Nasser delivered a summary of Committee discussions and the views of the Liberia Panel of Experts [...]	2007-12-20 16:09:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETTC UNSC PGOV LI
07USUNNEWYORK1191	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS [...] (C) On December 7 Italian PermRep and Chairman of the Sudan Sanctions Committee Marcello Spatafora reported to the Security Council on the Committee's discussion of the Sudan Panel of Experts, October report, which examined the implementation of the sanctions regime over the past year. The Cha [...]	2007-12-20 16:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK1192	UN/LIBERIA SANCTIONS: SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY [...] On December 19 the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1792 (2007) renewing the arms embargo and travel ban in Liberia until December 20, 2008 and the mandate of the Liberia Panel of Experts until June 20, 2008. Please see paragraph 2 for the text of the resolution. 2. Text [...]	2007-12-20 16:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI
07USUNNEWYORK1200	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 20 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) SUMMARY: -- HSP Deployment Update: Equipment for the Chinese engineering unit is still in transit; Bangladesh and Nigeria have not yet provided a load list from which the UN can contract air movement. The UN concluded a pre-d [...]	2007-12-20 21:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK1211	DPKO U/SYG GUEHENNO CONCERNED ABOUT UNAMID WEAKNESS [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: At a December 17 working lunch at UN Headquarters, Deputy Secretary Negroponte and U/SYG for Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Jean Marie Guehenno reviewed problems with the deployment of peacekeepers to Darfur (UNAMID). Guehenno said that he continued to be concerned about TCC s [...]	2007-12-26 18:00:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS KV AF
07USUNNEWYORK122	SE AHTISAARI AND AMBASSADOR WOLFF STRATEGIZE ON [...] (C) Summary: In a February 8 meeting Special Envoy Ahtisaari and Acting Permrep Wolff discussed the way ahead on the Kosovo status process including taking Ahtisaari's package to the Security Council and work that will follow. Wolff explained that the Russians were continuing to play for ti [...]	2007-02-12 17:20:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK1221	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT FOR 27 [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 3, 6 and 7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: --Deployment Update: Chinese Engineers and Bangladeshi Formed Police Unit (FPU) are the only Heavy Support Package units arriving in calendar year 2007. UN DPKO expects the remainder of the HSP units [...]	2007-12-28 13:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV UNSC AF SU
07USUNNEWYORK1222	UNSC: SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) The Security Council December 27 adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) condemning the December 27 terrorist attack by extremists that caused the death of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and others. The statement also paid tribute to former Prime Minister Bhutto, called on [...]	2007-12-28 17:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC PTER
07USUNNEWYORK131	DEMARCHE: TURNING OFF THE CEIRPP UN-SPONSORED [...] On February 14 Polmincouns delivered reftel demarche on a conference of the Committee for the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP) to be held in Rome on March 22-23 co-hosted by the Italian government. USUN explained to Assistant Secretary-General for Politica [...]	2007-02-14 19:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK133	UNSC: MECCA AGREEMENT AND TEMPLE MOUNT [...] Summary: In the monthly Security Council briefing on the Middle East held February 13, UNSCO Alvaro de Soto said that the Mecca agreement and recent international initiatives to re-energize the peace process, especially the commitment of the Quartet partners, showed "potential" for progress. C [...]	2007-02-15 18:20:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK134	DPKO U/SYG GUEHENNO BLAMES SLOW DARFUR PROGRESS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY. Assistant-Secretary Silverberg met with United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General (SYG) Guehenno on February 8 to discuss Department concerns on Darfur progress, including candidates for Special Representative and Force Commander for the h [...]	2007-02-15 21:04:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK136	(S) SYG BAN KI-MOON CONSIDERING IRAQ VISIT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a February 8 meeting with IO A/S Silverberg, UN DPA Middle East Advisor Michael Williams said SYG Ban Ki-Moon is considering a stopover in Iraq in connection with his participation in the March 28 Arab League meeting in Riyadh. SYG Ban is also considering visits to Egy [...]	2007-02-15 22:29:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK138	SYG BAN EXPRESSES FULL SUPPORT FOR AHTISAARI TO [...] (SBU) At a February 15 lunch with Security Council Permreps, SYG Ban said he fully supported Special Envoy Ahtisaari's status proposal and the "intended way forward." Ban described the situation as being at a crucial crossroads, for which there could be no undue delay or derailment. He said [...]	2007-02-20 16:16:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK149	A/S SILVERBERG'S MEETING WITH SLOVAK FM KUBIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a February 20 meeting with Slovak FM Jan Kubis, IO A/S Silverberg and Acting Permrep Wolff advised FM Jan Kubis that the U.S. would not look favorably on any Slovak action that undermined UN Special Envoy Martti Ahtisaari's proposals on Kosovo in the Security Council. Kubi [...]	2007-02-22 23:33:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK15	SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH JAN ELIASSON [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 5 meeting with Presidential Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, UN Special Envoy Jan Eliasson said his immediate priorities for addressing the Darfur crisis were reducing the ongoing violence and finding a way to restart the political process. Natsios listed actions by [...]	2007-01-11 22:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK155	USUN DISCUSSES PROTRACTED CONFLICTS RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) On February 23, Acting Permrep Wolff met with representatives of the GUAM (Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Moldova) at their request to discuss their initiative of a General Assembly (GA) resolution on protracted conflicts. Speaking for the GUAM, Moldovan Permrep Grigore explained the [...]	2007-02-27 19:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG MD AJ
07USUNNEWYORK156	DARFUR: USG AND UN GET READY TO TEST BASHIR [...] (C) SUMMARY. A/S Silverberg expressed on February 20 to UN Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Guehenno U.S. support for UN candidates for leadership positions in the Darfur hybrid operation. The A/S also pushed for deployment of advance elements of the Heavy Support Package (HSP) in ord [...]	2007-02-27 23:45:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK161	UNSC MOVING CAUTIOUSLY ON UN PEACEKEEPING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At February 27 consultations, a majority of United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members advocated a go-slow approach toward UN peacekeeping in Chad and the Central African Republic (CAR),mindful of Chadian President Deby's attitude toward deployment, which so far has been eq [...]	2007-03-01 14:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD ET PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK168	AU PEACE AND SECURITY COMMISSIONER DJINNIT CALLS [...] (C) SUMMARY. African Union (AU) Commissioner for Peace and Security Said Djinnit told the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in an informal meeting on February 28 that he was in New York to finalize modalities with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) on all three phases of Darf [...]	2007-03-02 22:31:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	CD ET PGOV PREL SO SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK173	MAKING TALIBAN SANCTIONS RELEVANT [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: This cable provides a status report on implementation of UNSCR 1735, a resolution drafted by the USG which calls for updating the Taliban sanctions list to enhance its utility as a relevant and potent tool to combat the [...]	2007-03-02 23:18:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV KTFN PTER AF
07USUNNEWYORK18	DPKO SAYS NO PEACEKEEPING OPERATION IN CHAD/CAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After unusually testy exchanges with some Security Council Members at January 10 consultations over accusations that the United Nations was dragging its feet on deployment of forces to eastern Chad and northeastern Central African Republic (CAR),the UN Department of Peacekeeping [...]	2007-01-12 15:08:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK193	DARFUR DEPLOYMENT: THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK [...] (C) SUMMARY. Most every element of Darfur deployment is frustrated by political and physical realities: supporting infrastructure for light support package (LSP) military and civilian officials is inadequate, and AMIS has refused to integrate even the relative few who have arrived; constructio [...]	2007-03-12 10:59:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK195	RUSSIANS RENEW PRESSURE FOR U.S. APPEARANCE BY DE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is an action request -- action requested para 5. 3. (SBU) On March 12 Russian PR Churkin, in reaction to negative signals from Washington, renewed his request of last week for U.S. approval of a visa for de fac [...]	2007-03-12 19:17:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG
07USUNNEWYORK21	UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] This is a guidance request - see para 7. 2. SUMMARY: In the coming weeks, the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee will convene a series of meetings, including a day-long discussion to be hosted by the UK Mission on January 17, to consider a series of issues that will impact th [...]	2007-01-12 22:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK215	SLOVAKIA WILL NOT DISCUSS STATUS ISSUES DURING [...] (C) On March 14, USUN Political Minister-Counselor William Brencick met with Slovak Political Coordinator Michal Mlynar to deliver reftel points regarding the scheduled March 21 UNSC meeting on UNMIK. Brencick emphasized that we hoped for a strong statement of support for Ahtisaari and his p [...]	2007-03-17 00:56:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK216	RUSSIAN PERMREP LINKS KOSOVO AND ABKHAZIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) On March 14, at the end of P5 meeting on Iran, Russian Permrep Churkin protested a UK proposed Arria-style meeting for Kosovo President Sejdiu that he said he had been informed of earlier in the day. Churkin produced [...]	2007-03-17 01:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK217	IRAQ BRIEFING TO SECURITY COUNCIL [...] SUMMARY: Iraqi Vice President Abd al-Mahdi told the Security Council that 2007 will be the year of civil peace and unity in Iraq. The UN Security Council held March 15 its quarterly open briefing (REFTEL) on the activities of the UN Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) and the Multinational For [...]	2007-03-19 14:34:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PARM PREL PGOV UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK227	UNSC/DARFUR: MEMBERS DISAPPOINTED WITH BASHIR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At March 19 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) for Peacekeeping Operations Guehenno stressed that the three-phase package of Darfur peacekeeping operations was "indivisible," with its proposals "interlinked and interdependent." [...]	2007-03-21 00:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK239	KOSOVO COMING ATTRACTIONS: ROUTINE UNMIK BRIEFING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the March 19 Security Council quarterly session on UNMIK, SRSG Rucker reported that steady progress continues on Standards and stressed that Kosovo needs clarity about its future. Speaking for Serbia, Coordination Center for Kosovo and Metohija President Raskovic-Ivic focused [...]	2007-03-24 01:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK25	SECURITY COUNCIL PUSHES AU TO TAKE LEAD IN SOMALIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Under Secretary-General Gambari told Security Council members on January 10 that conditions on the ground in Somalia provide a narrow window for consolidating the authority of the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) and establishing an inclusive political process. He said Et [...]	2007-01-13 01:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SO UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK259	UN FORCE IN CHAD: THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a private meeting with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),Minister of External Affairs of Chad Ahmad Allam-mi stressed the GOC was still in the "exploratory phase" of its deliberations on possible UN peacekeeping in eastern Chad and was open to discussion on the mili [...]	2007-03-30 23:50:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK268	UNSC/DARFUR: SE NATSIOS MEETINGS ON APRIL 2 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy of the President for Sudan Andrew Natsios met on April 2 with United Nations leadership to discuss the state of play in New York on Darfur in the wake of the Arab League Summit in Riyadh. Despite a sense of frustration at Sudanese President Bashir's continued stall [...]	2007-04-05 16:11:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK269	UNSC: HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SUDAN, CHAD AND CAR [...] (U) SUMMARY. On April 4 Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes briefed the Security Council on his recent mission to Sudan, Chad, and the Central African Republic (CAR). Despite the wide agenda topic, "Situation in Africa," Holmes' presentation focused on the three coun [...]	2007-04-06 12:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU CD CT UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK27	AMBASSADOR WALLACE MEETS WITH UN A/SYG LUTE ON [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Wallace met January 9 with Assistant-Secretary General for the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Jane Holl Lute on recent allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) by peacekeepers in Sudan and on the general strategy to address SEA going forward. Lute a [...]	2007-01-16 20:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ASIG KTIA KUNR PGOV PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK270	UNSC: SYG BAN KI-MOON'S AFRICA/MIDDLE EAST TRIP [...] In the April 4 briefing of his recent trip to Africa and the Middle East, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon focused on five issues: the Middle East Peace Process, Lebanon, Iraq, Darfur and Somalia. This cable will review only his comments on the Middle East Peace Process. His comments on other s [...]	2007-04-06 13:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK272	UN/DARFUR: POTENTIAL SYG-DPKO DIVIDE ON DARFUR [...] (C) SUMMARY. There seems to be a crack of daylight between the thinking of United Nations (UN) Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon and Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) leadership regarding next steps on dealing with the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) on Darfur. Despite [...]	2007-04-09 19:53:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK273	RUSSIA OBSTRUCTIVE AS UNSC CONSIDERS PROPOSAL FOR [...] (C) Special Envoy Ahtisaari briefed the Security Council on April 4 on the Kosovo status process and detailed his reasoning for recommending that Kosovo become an independent state. The format of the meeting was decided only 90 minutes before Ahtisaari began his presentation, largely because [...]	2007-04-09 21:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNMIK UNSC YI
07USUNNEWYORK277	MICHEL SHARES THOUGHTS ON ESTABLISHING HARIRI [...] (U) Ambassador Wolff, accompanied by Ambassador Chris Ross (USUN/POL) and USUN LegalOff, met with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel and two members of his staff April 9 to explore the UN's understanding of the state of play on establishment of the tribunal envisaged in UN Security Council Resol [...]	2007-04-11 08:26:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV PTER KCRM SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK28	SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES ADVANCE MISSION TO [...] (U) On January 16 the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a Presidential Statement (PRST) requesting the Secretary-General to deploy an advance mission to Chad and the Central African Republic to lay the political groundwork for an eventual multidimensional UN presence in those [...]	2007-01-16 23:35:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KPKO CD SU

07USUNNEWYORK282	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE MEETS WITH EXPERTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Sudan Panel of Experts briefed the Sudan Sanctions Committee on April 10 on its interim report, which highlighted ongoing violations of the arms embargo by the rebels and the GOS, and GOS offensive overflights in Darfur and use of white aircraft bearing the UN logo, all of whic [...]	2007-04-11 21:47:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK283	WOLFF-FASSI FIHRI MEETING AND SUBSEQUENT CONTACTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: April 11 was a day of intense activity on the Moroccan Western Sahara initiative. In a meeting with Ambassador Wolff, MFA Minister Delegate Fassi Fihri requested US assistance in helping solidify Moroccan public and political party opinion in support of this initiative by convinc [...]	2007-04-11 22:14:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WS
07USUNNEWYORK295	UNSC/DARFUR: CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM AFTER APRIL 9 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At April 12 consultations, United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Members welcomed news of the apparent "success" enjoyed by Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Division Director Dmitry Titov at the April 9 UN/African Union (AU)/Sudanese Government of National Uni [...]	2007-04-16 16:30:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK3	USUN SURVEYS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON KOSOVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN has surveyed the UN missions of Security Council members for views on the way forward on the Kosovo status process. We found Belgium, Slovakia, and France expecting and supporting eventual Kosovo independence but concerned about how the Security Council could facilitate th [...]	2007-01-05 00:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNMIK YI PGOV PREL
07USUNNEWYORK30	DARFUR: P-3 AND DPKO FOCUS ON AU SUMMIT [...] (C) SUMMARY. P-3 principals and DPKO chief Guehenno agreed on January 15 that the January 29-30 African Union Summit presents an important opportunity for achieving clarity on the way forward in Darfur. USUN and UKUN principals pushed Guehenno to use scheduled high-level UN-AU meetings on Jan [...]	2007-01-17 22:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF KPKO CD SU
07USUNNEWYORK305	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: FRENCH SEEK US REACTION ON [...] (C) Action Request: On March 15 the French shared with USUN Sanctions Unit a list of individuals that Paris would support for additional targeted sanctions in Sudan (Ref email). During the April 17 P3 meeting on the joint US-UK draft Sudan sanctions resolution, French PolOff Clement LeClerc r [...]	2007-04-19 18:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK311	ALGERIAN PERMREP CONFIRMS POLISARIO ACCEPTANCE OF [...] (C) Summary: In an April 19 meeting with Ambassador Sanders, Algerian PermRep Yousfi confirmed that the Polisario has agreed to enter into direct negotiations with Morocco provided the invitation to negotiations is couched in the language of paragraph 47 of the Secretary-General's April 13 Rep [...]	2007-04-20 19:39:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC AG WI MO
07USUNNEWYORK312	UNSC: CONSULTATIONS ON THE WESTERN SAHARA [...] Summary: In an April 20 briefing on the situation in Western Sahara that he shared with Special Representative (SRSG) Julian Harston, Personal Envoy Peter van Walsum reiterated the Secretary-General's call on Morocco and the Polisario Front to engage in "direct negotiations without preconditio [...]	2007-04-23 15:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI
07USUNNEWYORK317	UNSC/SUDAN: NO CLEAR SUPPORT FOR 3-MONTH UNMIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Taye Brook-Zerihoun briefed the SIPDIS United Nations Security Council (UNSC) at April 23 consultations on the status of the UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) and on implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreemen [...]	2007-04-24 23:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK318	UNSC/DARFUR: STILL NO HYBRID CLARITY AFTER AU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. High-level United Nations (UN),African Union (AU) and Member State officials participated in an April 16 informal meeting on Darfur intended to allow an exchange of views on next steps on the political, peacekeeping and humanitarian tracks. UN and AU leadership concurred that [...]	2007-04-24 23:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK320	UNSC/DARFUR: DPKO DISCUSSES HYBRID COMMAND AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 16 meeting with United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General (U/SYG) Jean-Marie Guehenno, the USG pushed for clarity on issues of command and control of the third stage of the three-phase Darfur peacekeeping plan outlined in [...]	2007-04-25 00:28:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK326	UNSC: APRIL MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the monthly briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, U/SYG Lynn Pascoe welcomed recent diplomatic developments and expressed concern over the recent escalation of violence in the West Bank and Gaza. Pascoe also announced the resignation of UNSCO Al [...]	2007-04-27 13:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK330	KOSOVO: DPKO BRIEFING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR [...] (C) Summary. In a briefing to the Security Council on the eve of its trip to Kosovo, U/SYG Guehenno delivered a briefing on implementation of UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1244. Guehenno cited progress across the board and stated that by any objective evaluation Kosovo was now a much [...]	2007-04-27 22:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK339	WESTERN SAHARA: SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MINURSO [...] The Security Council April 30 adopted a resolution extending the MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) mandate for a further six months to October 31, 2007. In addition, the resolution takes note of both Moroccan and Polisario proposals for ending the political [...]	2007-05-01 13:42:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WI
07USUNNEWYORK340	UNSC/SUDAN: UNMIS MANDATE EXTENDED UNTIL OCTOBER 31 [...] (SBU) Following last-minute negotiations with the Qatari Mission on the draft resolution to renew the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS),the UN Security Council unanimously adopted the text on April 30 as UNSC resolution 1755 (2007); text in Paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) In [...]	2007-05-01 15:15:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK344	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following his formal presentation of credentials, AMB Khalilzad met with SYG Ban Ki-Moon and his top deputies to discuss U.S. policy objectives at the UN. SYG Ban emphasized the need for strong U.S. support to move forward on UN capacity building and listed Iraq, Kosovo, Darfur and Leb [...]	2007-05-02 18:07:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PGOV UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK348	SECURITY COUNCIL ENDS LIBERIA DIAMOND SANCTIONS [...] On April 27, the Security Council unanimously adopted UNSCR 1753 (text in para 4),which terminated diamond sanctions in Liberia. The Security Council concluded that Liberia had met the criteria set out in resolution 1521 (2003) to create a transparent and internationally verifiable certifica [...]	2007-05-03 13:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC UNSC PREL PGOV LI
07USUNNEWYORK352	KOSOVO AT UNSC: RUSSIANS ARGUE FOR DELAY LEADING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Khalilzad suggested to Russian PermRep Churkin on May 4 that the just-concluded Security Council trip to Kosovo seems to have established a solid Council majority in favor of the Ahtisaari package leading to independence for Kosovo. The ambassador framed the Kosovo iss [...]	2007-05-07 13:02:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK359	UNSC/ETHIOPIA-ERITREA: THE DEVIL IS IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. United Nations (UN) Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Division Director Titov told the UN Security Council (UNSC) at May 8 consultations that a renewed appeal from the UNSC was needed to defuse the tense and volatile military situation on the ground in Ethiopia [...]	2007-05-09 16:28:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ER ET PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK36	DPA REQUESTS USG HELP ENGAGING CHADIAN ARMED [...] (SBU) At a January 19 meeting with USUN Ambassador Sanders, United Nations Department of Political Affairs (DPA) Assistant Secretary-General Kalomoh requested U.S. assistance in engaging with the Chadian armed opposition when the UN's advance mission deploys to N'Djamena. He said that the Dep [...]	2007-01-22 15:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KPKO CD SU UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK368	P5 AGREE TO COOPERATE ON SUDAN AND OTHER ISSUES [...] (SBU) On May 10, Ambassador Khalilzad convened his first meeting of the Permanent Five United Nations Security Council Members (UNSC). Members welcomed Ambassador Khalilzad's commitment to begin regular P5 consultations and to make use of this forum to advance shared goals and harmonize posit [...]	2007-05-12 00:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK370	SUDAN: BENCHMARKS FOR DARFUR - P3 AMBASSADORS MEET [...] U.S., U.K. and French ambassadors met with Under Secretary General Guehenno on Friday, May 4, to discuss benchmarks for Darfur. The three ambassadors conveyed the need to see quick progress on the political, security, and humanitarian fronts. They encouraged Guehenno to show results soon beca [...]	2007-05-14 19:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK374	IN MEETING WITH P3 SYG BAN STILL CAUTIOUS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a May 11 meeting with Permanent Three Security Council Members, United Nations Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon seemed defensive about his emphasis on the political process as the appropriate way to proceed on Darfur. While SYG Ban agreed joint and/or individual pressure [...]	2007-05-14 22:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK378	MOUSSA DISCUSSES IRAQ WITH AMB KHALILZAD [...] (C) Summary: In a May 11 meeting with Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa that focused exclusively on SIPDIS Iraq, Ambassador Khalilzad urged Arab League involvement that would reassure the Iraqi Shia and comfort the Iraqi Sunni and help create an Iraqi identity based not on sectarianis [...]	2007-05-15 00:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK385	UN/SUDAN SANCTIONS: COMMITTEE DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the May 9 and 15 meetings of the Sudan Sanctions Committee China, Russia, Indonesia, Qatar, and Congo insisted that progress in the peace process made further sanctions inappropriate, while USUN, the UK, France, Belgium, and Slovakia expressed support for broader sanctions. [...]	2007-05-17 23:22:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC ETTC SU PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK391	UNSC MISSION TO AFRICA WILL INCLUDE SUDAN [...] (SBU) The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) met on May 16 and 17 to discuss the draft itinerary and terms of reference (TOR) for its Mission to Africa in June. In the May 16 discussion Members agreed in principle that the UK and South Africa would co-chair the visits to Addis Ababa and A [...]	2007-05-19 00:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ET PGOV PREL SU UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK395	FIRST SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSION OF KOSOVO DRAFT [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 17, the first Security Council meeting on our draft Kosovo UNSCR was held at the expert-level. The Russian expert stated at the beginning of the meeting that he had no instructions and then did not speak again. Italy offered several substantive amendments to the text th [...]	2007-05-21 15:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK397	UN/DRC SANCTIONS: DRC, BURUNDI, RWANDA, UGANDA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The DRC Sanctions Committee met on May 11 with representatives from the DRC, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda to seek their further cooperation with the Group of Experts (the panel responsible for identifying violations of the arms embargo and other measures). DRC, Rwanda, and Uganda [...]	2007-05-21 20:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	CG ETTC PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK400	UNSC/DARFUR: SPECIAL ENVOY ELIASSON TELLS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In back-to-back meetings with Ambassador Khalilzad and with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Permanent Five Members on May 17, UN Special Envoy (SE) for Sudan Jan Eliasson recommended the Council set high markers for all parties to the Darfur peace process to help move [...]	2007-05-21 23:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK407	SYG ASKS USG TO HOLD OFF ON SUDAN SANCTIONS [...] (C) This cable contains a recommendation; please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) In a May 23 meeting, United Nations Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon gave Ambassador Khalilzad the "good news" that he and African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare had agreed earlier in the day on the draft [...]	2007-05-24 00:13:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK41	QUINT STRATEGIZES IN NEW YORK ON UN PROCESS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. Representatives of Quint countries (U.S., UK, France, Germany, Italy) met in New York on January 18 to consider tactics for getting the Kosovo final status process to and through the Security Council. Participants considered: whether and how Special Envoy Ahtisaari's initial pro [...]	2007-01-23 00:27:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK412	PALESTINIANS SEEK SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION ON A [...] (C) In a May 23 meeting he requested on an urgent basis, Palestinian Permanent Observer Riyad Mansour said that a delegation representing the Arab League, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC),and the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) would shortly request a meeting with Ambassador Khalil [...]	2007-05-25 00:38:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK417	ARAB LEAGUE, OIC, NAM DELEGATION SEEKS SECURITY [...] (C) As anticipated reftel, a joint Arab League/OIC/NAM delegation met May 25 meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad in his capacity as President of the Security Council to request Security Council action to bring an end to the violence in Gaza. The delegation, headed by Egyptian PR Maged Abdelaziz [...]	2007-05-29 18:52:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK431	DPKO WARNS OF RISING TENSIONS ALONG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At May 29 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Annabi described rising tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea and dangerous restrictions on the movement of the UN Mission there (UNMEE). Annabi warn [...]	2007-06-01 15:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ER ET PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK433	UNSC/CHAD: NO AGREEMENT YET ON UN PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At May 31 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Africa Director Titov updated on the security situation in eastern Chad and on prospects for UN peacekeeping in the region. Titov reported on conversations that the UN t [...]	2007-06-01 19:13:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK438	BAN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON BERLIN QUARTET [...] Summary: In a private meeting with the Security Council held June 1, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon briefed on the May 30 meeting of the Quartet Principals in Berlin, tracking closely issues covered in the May 30 Quartet Statement. He also mentioned the situation in Lebanon, expressing concern [...]	2007-06-01 21:47:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK441	HAITI: COUNCIL ENDORSES MULET'S LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary. During closed UNSC consultations on Haiti on May 30, Special Representative of the Secretary-General Edmund Mulet hailed recent GOH/MINUSTAH success in combating gangs and securing Cite Soleil, but warned that the international community must "stay the course" and avoid a "premat [...]	2007-06-04 20:53:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO HA
07USUNNEWYORK447	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO ALGERIA ON PRESSING [...] (C) Ambassador Sanders delivered reftel demarche June 4 to Algerian PermRep Youcef Yousfi, stressing the importance of maintaining the momentum established by UNSCR 1754, underscoring the expectation that the parties will engage seriously and show flexibility as they work through their differe [...]	2007-06-05 21:32:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO AF
07USUNNEWYORK448	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MAURITANIA ON PRESSING [...] (C) During a June 4 courtesy by Mauritanian PermRep Mohamed Ould Tolba, Ambassador Khalilzad delivered reftel points, stressing the importance of the Security Council's Western Sahara initiative and inviting Mauritania to encourage the Polisario to participate positively in the June 18-19 talk [...]	2007-06-05 22:35:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO AF
07USUNNEWYORK449	DPKO BRIEFING ON DRC, JUNE 4 [...] Confidential - entire text. 2. (C) Summary: DPKO USG Guehenno briefed the P3 plus 2 concerning the situation in the DRC. He was particularly concerned by the lack of progress towards a stable solution to the political difficulties of the Kivus (especially the role of Rwanda and the need fo [...]	2007-06-05 22:44:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	BE CG FR PGOV PHUM PREL RW UK UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK455	UNSC/SUDAN: PREVIEW OF JUNE 7 ICC BRIEFING [...] (SBU) Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division Director Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen previewed for Poloff International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's June 7 briefing on June 6. Le Frapeur said Ocampo's main message would be t [...]	2007-06-07 14:26:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KJUS
07USUNNEWYORK459	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO POLISARIO TO COME TO TALKS [...] (C) Ambassador Sanders delivered reftel demarche June 6 to Polisario New York Rep Ahmed Boukhari, stressing the importance of maintaining the momentum established by UNSCR 1754 and underscoring the expectation that the parties will engage seriously and show flexibility as they work through the [...]	2007-06-08 15:57:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO AF
07USUNNEWYORK469	ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BORDER IMPASSE: DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Per reftel instructions, PolMinCouns and Poloff discussed the Eritrea-Ethiopia border impasse with Norwegian Deputy Permanent Representative Juul in the run-up to the November 27 deadline for demarcation by coordinates as imposed by the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission (EEBC). [...]	2007-06-11 22:23:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF AU ER EU PGOV PREL UNSC KPKO ET
07USUNNEWYORK49	UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USUN M/R joined other Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee members (UK, Canada, Netherlands, Sierra Leone, Nigeria) for a day-long meeting convened January 17 at the UK Mission to assess the more than fifty recommendations to improve efficiency of the Special Court [...]	2007-01-24 15:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK490	UNSC/DARFUR: GNU ACCEPTANCE OF HYBRID DEEPENS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During his June 13 briefing to the Security Council, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Under-Secretary-General Guehenno confirmed Sudanese acceptance of the hybrid operation for Darfur after "comprehensive clarifications" on the June 5 UN-African Union (AU) report. The Suda [...]	2007-06-15 20:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK497	CHURKIN CONTINUES TO SAY NO ON AUTOMATICITY [...] (C) Summary: During a June 18 meeting at the Russian Mission, Ambassador Churkin yielded no ground on Russia's objection to Kosovo independence unless agreed by Serbia. Churkin stressed that the recent Quint meeting in Paris had "left a bad taste" in Russia's mouth as it gave the impression th [...]	2007-06-20 00:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK503	CHURKIN ON KOSOVO UNSCR: STEPS FORWARD SOMETIMES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: During Security Council consultations on June 20, France, on behalf of the co-sponsors, tabled a revised draft resolution on Kosovo. Ambassador Wolff and the UK Deputy Permrep delivered comments supporting the [...]	2007-06-20 23:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK509	UN/COTE D'IVOIRE SANCTIONS: COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY [...] (U) On June 20 the UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1761 (2007)--full text in para 2--renewing the mandate of the Cote d,Ivoire Group of Experts until October 31, 2007. The UN sanctions related to Cote d,Ivoire--an arms embargo, a ban on the import of Ivorian diamonds, and a [...]	2007-06-22 22:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CI PREL UNSC ETTC PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK522	CHURKIN: A LAPSE OF 1244 WOULD MEAN KOSOVO REVERTS [...] (SBU) In the course of a June 25 discussion with Ambassador Khalilzad, Russian Permrep Churkin said he would veto the draft resolution tabled by cosponsors June 20 if it was brought to a vote today. Churkin expressed interest in a formula that would have a first resolution calling for negoti [...]	2007-06-25 23:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK539	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S LUNCH WITH SYG BAN KI-MOON [...] (C) During a June 26 lunch, Ambassador Khalilzad and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon discussed: the UN Reform Group, SIPDIS UNDP and DPRK, the Capital Master Plan, personnel issues, Ban's Washington trip, and the Terms of Reference for the Blair appointment. 2. (C) On the Reform Group: [...]	2007-07-02 14:07:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK544	PORTUGAL'S PERMREP ON KOSOVO: SIX MONTHS OF TALKS, [...] (C) Summary: In a lunch meeting on June 27, Portuguese Permrep Joao Salgueiro and Ambassador Wolff discussed strategies for achieving supervised independence for Kosovo. Salgueiro expressed reservations about scenarios involving unilateral recognition, was opposed to putting a Security Counci [...]	2007-07-03 12:19:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK554	PROPOSED APPOINTMENTS OF PROSECUTORS FOR THE [...] This is an action request. Please see Para 5. 2. (C) UN Under-Secretary General for Legal Affairs, Nicolas Michel, informed USUN on July 6, that the Secretary General plans to take action to extend the terms of the current Prosecutors for the ICTR and ICTY. The Statutes of the Tribunal [...]	2007-07-06 20:50:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	ICTY KAWC KJUS PGOV PREL
07USUNNEWYORK563	AU/UN HYBRID IN DARFUR: NARROWING DIFFERENCES [...] (C) This message updates on the current state of play in pre-negotiations on the draft Security Council resolution likely to be tabled July 11 by the UK and Ghana mandating the African Union (AU) - United Nations (UN) hybrid peacekeeping operation in Darfur. This message contains a recommendat [...]	2007-07-11 00:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK564	SRSG RUCKER AND COMKFOR KATHER WARN SECURITY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 9 "informal dialogue" with the Security Council, COMKFOR General Roland Kather said that the security situation in Kosovo was under control and could be kept that way so long as the international community maintained momentum and there was a prospect for some kind of [...]	2007-07-11 11:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC UNMIK YI
07USUNNEWYORK568	UNSC: BRIEFING ON WESTERN SAHARA NEGOTIATIONS; [...] Summary: In a July 11 closed briefing to the Security Council, the Secretary General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter van Walsum explained that he had included recommendations in his report that were eventually deleted in order to suggest a way for the parties to move beyond "atmosph [...]	2007-07-12 20:41:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WI
07USUNNEWYORK579	KHARTOUM TIGHTENS GRIP ON AU AND UNSC OVER HYBRID [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The extent of the influence of Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) over the hybrid draft resolution was apparent during July 13 meetings at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in which African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Konare participated. In a private mee [...]	2007-07-16 22:17:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK580	UNSC/DARFUR: HYBRID JOINT SPECIAL REP SEEMS SHAKY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a July 16 discussion with Ambassador Khalilzad, Joint Special Representative (JSR) Rodolphe Adada offered no assurance that he would be able to reconcile competing strategic directives from the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) over administration of the hybrid o [...]	2007-07-16 22:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ET PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK583	UN/COTE D'IVOIRE: COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1765 [...] The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1765 (2007) on July 16, renewing the mandate of the UN Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI) until January 15, 2008. The resolution requests UNOCI to support the implementation of the Ouagadougou Political Agreement and encourages the Facilit [...]	2007-07-17 16:17:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CI PREL UNSC KPKO PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK596	STILL NO CLEAR UN PLAN FOR CHAD/CAR PEACEKEEPING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At July 13 United Nations Security Council (UNSC) consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General Guehenno revealed a revised proposal for deployment of UN civilian police and Chadian gendarmes in eastern Chad/northeastern CAR, based around a [...]	2007-07-20 23:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK598	RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON U.S. SUPPORT FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 19, USUN delivered ref A demarche and Note Verbale to United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Office of Mission Support Assistant-Secretary-General Jane Holl Lute. Holl Lute shared USG impatience over stalled deployment of the two AMIS infantry batta [...]	2007-07-20 23:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK6	SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH UN DPKO GUEHENNO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 5 meeting with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, UN DPKO U/SYG Jean Marie Guehenno said the UN is making progress in implementing phases one and two of the Addis/Abuja framework. Full implementation, however, will require greater clarity on the UN/AU hybrid command ph [...]	2007-01-09 22:41:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK601	SECRETARIAT DELIVERS TOUGH UNSCR 1701/LIBAT [...] (C) Summary. During closed consultations on the SYG,s latest UNSCR 1701 report as well as the report of the Lebanon Independent Border Assessment Team (LIBAT) on July 18, UNSCO Michael Williams spoke at length about the need for greater progress on the issue of prisoners, compliance with the a [...]	2007-07-24 20:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER UNSC KPKO IS SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK607	UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] USUN has received a letter dated July 10, 2007 (full text - para 2) from Canadian Ambassador John McNee, current Chairman of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee, addressed to Ambassador Khalilzad seeking additional U.S. financial support for the Special Court. The Special Cou [...]	2007-07-25 16:21:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK617	FRANCE PROPOSES SECURITY COUNCIL SUMMIT FOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 00:48:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV UNSC FR
07USUNNEWYORK618	UNSC: JULY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING/CONSULTATIONS [...] Summary: In his July Middle East Security Council briefing, UN Special Coordinator (UNSCO) Michael Williams highlighted both the positive and negative developments in the region over the past month. Positive developments include the release of BBC journalist Alan Johnston, renewed contact b [...]	2007-07-27 15:29:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK619	UN/DRC SANCTIONS: UNANIMOUS COUNCIL SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Peruvian PermRep Jorge Voto-Bernales, who is the chairman of the DRC Sanctions Committee ("the Committee"),briefed the Security Council on June 23 on the occasion of the Committee's annual sanctions review. There was Council consensus that the sanctions regime--which consists [...]	2007-07-27 23:18:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	DRC PREL UNSC PGOV ETTC
07USUNNEWYORK62	UNSC: JANUARY MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-25 23:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK622	US STRONGLY DEFENDS GEORGIAN RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Security Council consultations on July 25, Georgia's request to speak in the July 26 meeting on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was the subject of intense debate. Russia insisted that Georgia should not participate in the UNOMIG meeting unless Abkhaz de facto [...]	2007-07-28 00:56:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK623	DARFUR RESOLUTION: DPKO COOL TO PROPOSED TIMELINE [...] (C) SUMMARY. USUN presented Department's proposed edits to the Darfur hybrid draft resolution to UN Peacekeeping Undersecretary Guehenno and asked that he consider carefully our proposed phasing-in of UN ownership of the hybrid as a reasonable reflection of the realities of the AMIS-UNAMID tra [...]	2007-07-28 01:10:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK626	US STRONGLY DEFENDS GEORGIAN RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Security Council consultations on July 25, Georgia's request to speak in the July 26 meeting on the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was the subject of intense debate. Russia insisted that Georgia should not participate in the UNOMIG meeting unless Abkhaz de facto [...]	2007-07-30 20:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK629	UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] USUN has received a letter dated July 10, 2007 (full text - para 2) from Canadian Ambassador John McNee, current Chairman of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee, addressed to Ambassador Khalilzad seeking additional U.S. financial support for the Special Court. The Special Cou [...]	2007-07-31 21:25:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK632	UNSC UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS HYBRID RESOLUTION [...] (U) At a July 31 public meeting, the United Nations Security Council adopted the draft resolution authorizing the hybrid UN-African Union (AU) peacekeeping operation for Darfur. The resolution was co-sponsored by Belgium, Congo, France, Italy, Peru, Slovakia and the UK, and was adopted unanim [...]	2007-08-02 00:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK636	DPKO SEEKS P5 HELP AGAINST SUDAN'S OBSTACLES TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an August 1 meeting of P5 Ambassadors, Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Under-Secretary-General Guehenno solicited P5 bilateral engagement with the Sudanese Government of National Unity (GNU) on the issue of GNU restrictions on movement of goods and flight clearan [...]	2007-08-03 00:07:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK646	UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: COURT PRESIDENT [...] SUMMARY: Sierra Leone Special Court President Judge George Galaga King told members of the Special Court Management Committee via telephone on August 2 that motions from the defense teams in both the Charles Taylor case and the AFRC appeal seeking additional time to prepare, if approved by th [...]	2007-08-07 19:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK656	UNSC WELCOMES ARUSHA PROGRESS AND LOOKS FORWARD TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At August 9 United Nations Security Council consultations, Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Hedi Annabi heralded the positive atmosphere at August 3-6 Arusha consultations, which represented the first meeting of all key leaders in the Darfur conf [...]	2007-08-09 23:19:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK659	SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS GEORGIAN REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In UNSC consultations on August 9, the Congolese Presidency raised Georgia's request for a Security Council meeting on the August 6 rocket attack on its territory. Russian PermRep Churkin announced that Russia preferred a "careful, joint investigation" with Georgia, and regret [...]	2007-08-10 00:09:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC GG
07USUNNEWYORK662	UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY WORKING GROUP TO CONSIDER [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. Summary: On Friday, August 3, 2007, Ambassador Wallace delivered a strong statement at the meeting of the GA Ad Hoc Working Group on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (SEA) (by UN staff or related pers [...]	2007-08-10 22:32:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC ASIG KTIA KUNR PGOV PREL UNSC UN
07USUNNEWYORK67	ARNAULT RAISES POSSIBLE REQUEST FOR INCREASE IN [...] Sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a private meeting of the Security Council on October 6, United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Jean Arnault briefed Council members SIPDIS [...]	2007-01-26 22:10:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL GG UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK670	VAN WALSUM'S READOUT OF SECOND ROUND OF WESTERN [...] (C) Summary: In an August 13 meeting with Ambassador Sanders, UN/SYG Personal Envoy Peter Van Walsum said that the second round of Western Sahara negotiations had shown some engagement by the parties on peripheral substantive issues including natural resources and local administration, but t [...]	2007-08-15 14:24:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC MO AG WI
07USUNNEWYORK671	ALGERIAN READOUT ON AUGUST 10-11 WESTERN SAHARA [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Sanders, members of the Algerian delegation to the second round of the Manhasset talks between Morocco and the Polisario on Western Sahara expressed lower expectations of the progress of the talks than they had after the initial round. The Algerians s [...]	2007-08-15 14:33:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO
07USUNNEWYORK672	POST CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR TRAVEL TO USUN [...] (U) Post clearance is granted per reftel request for travel to USUN on Thursday, August 16, for consultations on UNSCR 1769 and related issues. 2. (U) The tentative schedule for reftel delegation includes 0900-1200 DPKO meetings, a 1400-1530 UN Force Generation Service meeting, a 15:45-16:4 [...]	2007-08-15 16:22:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK676	READ-OUT OF MEETINGS WITH SYG BAN ON DARFUR [...] (SBU) In an August 14 meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad, Secretary-General (SYG) Ban Ki-moon discussed his upcoming SIPDIS September 2-4 visit to Sudan, which would also include stops in Chad and Libya. The SYG hoped by the time of his trip, United Nations (UN) Special Envoy Eliasson and A [...]	2007-08-15 22:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK680	UN SYG BAN ON NEW AFGHANISTAN ENVOY [...] (C) Returning to New York August 13, UN SYG Ban met with Amb Khalilzad to discuss a number of issues, including the proposed new UN envoy for Afghanistan. Ban said there is as yet no consensus on whether to appoint an additional envoy. He noted that the Europeans are in disagreement about the [...]	2007-08-16 15:39:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AF
07USUNNEWYORK689	RUSSIA STIFLES UNSC STATEMENT ON GEORGIAN MISSILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Russia blocked Security Council consensus on two U.S.-led efforts to have the Council issue a statement of concern over the August 6 crash without detonation of an air-launched missile in Georgia. When the U.S. recrafted the initial Presidential Statement (PRST) criticizing "the [...]	2007-08-17 23:27:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GG PGOV PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK695	CHAD/CAR: UN URGES COUNCIL TO "TRUST BUT VERIFY" [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At August 21 consultations, United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations Assistant-Secretary-General Annabi advised the Security Council to "trust but verify" plans for peacekeeping in eastern Chad and northeastern Central African Republic (CAR),given Chadian President [...]	2007-08-21 22:55:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU UNSC KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK696	SOMALIA: SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS AMISOM, PREVIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On August 20, the Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing the African Union to maintain its AMISOM mission in Somalia for an additional six months and setting the stage for a possible follow-on UN Peacekeeping Operation. Discussion in consultations prior [...]	2007-08-22 18:39:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GG PGOV PREL PHUM SO
07USUNNEWYORK711	GAMBARI SEEKS INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ON BURMA [...] (C) UN Envoy to Burma Ibrahim Gambari conducted three trips in July and August to build international support for pressure on the Burmese regime. Gambari sought to create consensus in support of his good offices mandate that he can exploit to obtain results on his next trip to Burma, tentat [...]	2007-08-28 14:37:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM
07USUNNEWYORK713	UN ANNOUNCEMENT OF IRAQ AND SUDAN SRSGS [...] (C) UN SYG Ban phoned Amb Khalilzad August 28 to report that he had received agrement from GOS President Bashir to appoint Ashraf Qazi as SRSG for the UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). This decision frees Ban to announce the appointment of Staffan di Mistura as SRSG for the UN Assistance Mission [...]	2007-08-28 23:16:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNAUS IZ
07USUNNEWYORK719	ETHIOPIAN MINISTER TEKEDA ALEMU: EEBC TERMINATION [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Ethiopian Minister of State Tekeda Alemu Wolde Mariam told AMB Wolff during an August 30 meeting that Eritrea must withdraw its forces from the temporary security zone (TSZ) and allow UNMEE to begin monitoring the area again before Ethiopia will allow the Ethiopia Eritrea Border [...]	2007-08-31 22:56:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL UNSC ET ER
07USUNNEWYORK731	LIBERIA: SECURITY COUNCIL FOCUSES ON UNMIL DRAWDOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIL SRSG Doss briefed the UN Security Council on progress on political and security fronts in Liberia, focusing most of his presentation on explaining the recommendations of the Secretary-General's August 8 report (S/2007/479) for a drawdown in UNMIL operations and personnel. [...]	2007-09-07 01:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	LI PGOV PREL
07USUNNEWYORK733	UN A/S MULET BRIEFS ON UNMIS, EXPRESSES CONCERN ON [...] (U) SUMMARY. New Assistant Secretary for Peacekeeping Operations Edmond Mulet delivered two separate briefings to the UNSC on September 7 regarding recent developments with the UN Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) and Mission of the United Nations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC). Follow [...]	2007-09-08 00:14:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNSC CG SU
07USUNNEWYORK745	GEORGIA PROPOSES NEW IDEAS FOR NEW YORK ACTION ON [...] (C) Summary: On June 7, Ambassador Wolff and Georgian Permrep Alasania discussed next steps in reaction to the August 6 attack on Georgia. Alasania proposed holding some type of panel discussion in which the two Independent Expert Group (IEG) teams and Russian experts could participate inste [...]	2007-09-12 22:07:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC GG
07USUNNEWYORK747	SYG BAN BRIEFS THE COUNCIL ON UN/AU POL PROCESS, [...] (U) SUMMARY: SYG Ban Ki-Moon briefed the UNSC September 12 on his recent travels to Sudan, Chad and Libya and provided an update on UNAMID deployment. SYG Ban asked for UNSC members to support the planned meeting between the Government of National Unity (GNU) and the Darfur rebel groups to be [...]	2007-09-13 14:24:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL UNSC SU
07USUNNEWYORK748	HAITIAN PERMREP PLEDGES HAITI WILL NOT PROVOKE [...] (C) During a meeting on September 10, Haitian PermRep Leo Merores told Poloff he did not expect China to object to a one-year extension of the mandate of the UN Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) when it expires on October 15, 2007. (Note: China threatened to veto MINUSTAH's mandate in [...]	2007-09-13 14:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC KPKO CH TW HA
07USUNNEWYORK750	UNAMID IMPLEMENTATION UPDATE AND TIMELINE [...] (C) SUMMARY: DPKO Military Planning Division Acting Director Major General (MG) Five briefed UNSC Military Advisors September 10 on UNAMID implementation. Topics included current status of deployments of the AMIS battalions, the Light Support Package (LSP),the Heavy Support Package (HSP) an [...]	2007-09-13 19:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PREL SU UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK768	DARFUR: UN-P3 SHARE UNAMID DEPLOYMENT CONCERNS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. P3 representatives pushed UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations Under Secretary-General Guehenno for rapid deployment of UNAMID forces to Darfur and strategized about support for African troop contributing countries [...]	2007-09-19 22:31:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK781	SEPTEMBER MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING: COUNCIL FOCUSES ON [...] Summary: In delivering the UN's monthly briefing on the situation in the Middle East on September 20, U/SYG Lynn Pascoe characterized the continuing Olmert/Abbas dialogue, Secretary Rice's current trip to the Middle East and Quartet SIPDIS Representative Tony Blair's work as elements of a g [...]	2007-09-21 17:23:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK797	SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR RESTRAINT BY BURMESE [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: After an extensive, two-hour debate called to consider the events in Burma during closed consultations September 26, the Security Council authorized French PermRep Ripert, in his capacity as Council president, to deliver an oral staQment to the press highlighting the fol [...]	2007-09-27 01:53:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK799	NEW UN ENVOY TO IRAQ OUTLINES FIRST STEPS [...] (C) Summary: On September 26, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Staffan de Mistura, the UN's newly-appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Iraq and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI). The Ambassador underscored strong U.S. support for de M [...]	2007-09-27 21:54:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ
07USUNNEWYORK802	SYG BAN ON BURMA AND ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) Ambassador Khalilzad met with Secretary General Ban briefly on September 27. Topics included Burma, Zimbabwe and the prospects for a U.S. candidate for controller of the UN (septel). BURMA ----- 2. (C) Secretary General Ban told Ambassador Khalilzad on September 27 that Special A [...]	2007-09-28 16:46:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNSC BM ZI

07USUNNEWYORK805	RUSSIA BLASTS GEORGIA ON SEPTEMBER 20 INCIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a rambling screed before the Security Council on September 26, Russia's PermRep Churkin accused the Government of Georgia of everything from warmongering to attempted murder. Finally focusing on the September 20 violence in Georgia that was the item he was ostensibly addres [...]	2007-09-28 19:12:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC GG
07USUNNEWYORK807	OSCE SIDESTEPS GEORGIA IN SECURITY COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: In the OSCE Chairman-in-Office's annual briefing before the Security Council on September 28, Spanish Foreign Minister Moratinos gave a generalized presentation that barely touched on Georgia. Prompted by Slovakia, Belgium, the UK and the US, Moratinos claimed that the OSCE had [...]	2007-10-01 14:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OSCE
07USUNNEWYORK814	UNSC ADOPTS PRST CONDEMNING DARFUR ATTACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Security Council adopted a presidential statement condemning the September 29 killing of 10 AMIS peacekeepers at a camp near Haskanita, South Darfur (please see paragraph 6 for PRST text). The PRST adoption followed two days of heated Security Council debate on October 1 and 2 [...]	2007-10-03 21:13:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK815	U/SYG PASCOE SAYS UN CYPRUS PLANS DEPEND ON [...] (C) Summary: In a September 27 meeting with visiting EUR DAS Matt Bryza, UN U/SYG Lynn Pascoe said that if President Papadopoulos of Cyprus loses the election in February then he will push to appoint a new special envoy for the Cyprus conflict and work on brokering a new settlement plan. Pas [...]	2007-10-04 13:33:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL UNSC CY GG
07USUNNEWYORK816	UNSC HEARS THAT GUINEA-BISSAU PROGRESS IS FRAGILE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Secretary-General's representative, Shola Omoregie, told the Security Council on October 3 that the evident calm in Guinea-Bissau is deceptive. Political, security, and social tensions are rising beneath the surface and will likely rise further in the run-up to elections. O [...]	2007-10-04 23:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL GB
07USUNNEWYORK821	UN PROGRESSES ON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: UN Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) officers told USUN October 3 and October 4 that the UN wants to move quickly this month to appoint the next Commissioner of the UN International Investigation Commission (UNIIIC),who would also serve as the Prosecutor for [...]	2007-10-05 21:17:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PGOV PTER KCRM SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK830	FM LAM AKOL: U.S. SHOULD WORK WITH GNU TO IMPROVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sudanese Foreign Minister Lam Akol told AMB Khalilzad in an October 2 tte--tte that the U.S. should work with the Government of National Unity on a set of specific steps to improve U.S.-Sudan bilateral relations. FM Akol argued that Khartoum's ability to implement the Comprehensi [...]	2007-10-08 20:10:00	USUN New York	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL
07USUNNEWYORK831	GAMBARI DISCUSSES NEXT STEPS ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: In a one-on-one meeting October 8, Special Adviser Gambari told Ambassador Khalilzad that he needed staff to follow up on his recent mission to Burma and that he planned to form a core group comprised of the U.S., China, Japan, India, the Russian Federation, Singapore (as ASEAN ch [...]	2007-10-09 13:29:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK832	GAMBARI RAISES ISSUES FOR A TRANSITION IN BURMA [...] (S) This is an action request. See para 6. 2. (S) On October 8, Ambassador Khalilzad met with Special Adviser Ibrahim Gambari to discuss next steps following the latter's return from Burma. Several issues emerged in the discussion, which could benefit from an NSC-led interagency review, w [...]	2007-10-09 13:37:00	USUN New York	SECRET	PREL PGOV UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK840	UNGA 62 GENERAL DEBATE: SECURITY COUNCIL REFORM, [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives from 191 member states spoke during the General Debate of the 62nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from September 25 through October 3, 2007 and covered many themes in common. On Security Council Reform, many countries called for a more representative Co [...]	2007-10-09 23:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECIN PGOV PHUM PREL UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK854	SOMALI D/PERMREP'S ASSESSMENT OF TFG POLITICS [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Somali D/PermRep Idd Beddel Mohamed predicted that the expected parliamentary confidence vote would produce a new government led by Transitional Federal Government (TFG) Minister of Commerce, Abdullahi Ahmed Afrah, or Minister of Interior, Mohamed Mohamud Guled Gamadhere. END S [...]	2007-10-11 21:33:00	USUN New York	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PREL SO
07USUNNEWYORK859	SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON [...] (SBU) An additional two hours of negotiations between China and the U.S., followed by China and the P-3, then joined by Indonesia, South Africa and the Russian Federation, produced a consensus presidential statement on the situation in Burma on October 11. While initially again rejecting refer [...]	2007-10-12 00:31:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM BM
07USUNNEWYORK861	UNGA 62: USUAL SUSPECTS CRITICAL OF U.S. IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During the United Nations General Debate, several member states praised the United States on a variety of issues, including peacebuilding, reconstruction, debt relief, and democracy. Several heads of state were outspoken in their harsh criticism of the United States, primar [...]	2007-10-12 22:36:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK862	SRSG RUCKER: UNMIK CAN DO LITTLE ELSE WITHOUT [...] (SBU) Summary: In Security Council consultations on the United Nations Interim Administration in Kosovo (UNMIK) on October 9, SRSG Rucker said that cumulative progress on standards implementation has been such that UNMIK can achieve little else without status clarity. Russian PR Churkin compla [...]	2007-10-12 23:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KV PGOV PREL UNMIK YI SR UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK865	UNGA: MOROCCO AND ALGERIA AGREE ON CONSENSUS [...] Summary. The UNGA Fourth Committee adopted its resolution on the Western Sahara by consensus October 15 following Moroccan-Algerian agreement on its text, which showcases support for the negotiating process launched in April, features constructive ambiguity on self-determination, and eschews a [...]	2007-10-15 20:00:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNGA WI MO
07USUNNEWYORK868	RUCKER WANTS LEGAL SCRIPT [...] (C) In a meeting with Ambassador Wolff on October 11, UNMIK SRSG Rucker said he had been holding meetings with the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) and the Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) to discuss concerns regarding Kosovo future status. He said that in these meetings he had emphasized [...]	2007-10-15 22:15:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	KV PGOV PREL UNSC YI SR
07USUNNEWYORK873	UNOMIG CONSULTATIONS: SPARKS BUT NO FIRE [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 10 UNOMIG SRSG Jean Arnault held a private meeting with the New York Friends (Friends plus Slovakia) to discuss the situation in Abkhazia. He reported that a recent study showed that deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the Kodori Valley was feasible, but [...]	2007-10-16 22:40:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL UNSC GG
07USUNNEWYORK881	P5 DISCUSSES SUDAN AND BURMA [...] (C) Summary. During a P-5 meeting on October 16, Ambassador Khalilzad, supported by his British and French counterparts, pressed Russian PR Churkin and Chinese DPR Liu for coordinated pressure on Sudan to cooperate with UNAMID deployment, and to work together to get UN Special Adviser Gambari [...]	2007-10-18 15:42:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC BM
07USUNNEWYORK883	DARFUR: LSP HANDOVER CONCLUDED, AMIS SUPPORT [...] (C) SUMMARY: USUN carried out reftel instructions on October 17, executing a Light Support Package (LSP) handover document and delivering a note verbale detailing extended U.S. assistance to AMIS during the transition to UNAMID. UN officials were fully cooperative regarding the handover docume [...]	2007-10-18 22:10:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU
07USUNNEWYORK886	SYG BAN PRESSES SUDAN TO ACCEPT HYBRID FORCE IN [...] (C) During a meeting with Ambassador Khalilzad on October 18, SYG Ban Ki-Moon said he had urged AU Chair Konare, as well as Nigerian, Egyptian, Senegalese, and Rwandan officials, to press Sudanese President Bashir to accept the hybrid troops on offer. He also said he plans to urge South Afric [...]	2007-10-19 14:27:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU
07USUNNEWYORK888	UN LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTS CONTINUING PROGRESS ON [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: UN Legal Counsel and Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs (OLA) Nicolas Michel updated Ambassador Wolff on October 17 on the UN's work to make the Special Tribunal for Lebanon operational soon. Michel reported that the selections panel for the judges and prosecutor w [...]	2007-10-19 16:06:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SY LE
07USUNNEWYORK895	DARFUR: RWANDANS DRIVING HARD APC BARGAIN WITH UN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. With United States Air Force C-17's standing by on October 19 in Kigali to facilitate transport to Darfur, a Rwandan infantry battalion balked at boarding. The Rwandans wanted an assurance that any damage in Darfur to the 18 armored personnel carriers they were bringing with th [...]	2007-10-20 00:25:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF PGOV PHUM PREL SU
07USUNNEWYORK899	UNAMI, MNF-I BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL ON IRAQ [...] (U) Summary: At the October 19 debate on Iraq in the Security Council, Undersecretary for Political Affairs Lynn Pascoe told Council members that the UN was focused on implementing its expanded role as authorized in Security Council Resolution 1770. Pascoe emphasized that the UN "must be give [...]	2007-10-22 21:18:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UNSC IZ
07USUNNEWYORK923	UN BRIEFS U.S., UK ON UNAMI/IRAQ ISSUES [...] (SBU) Summary: During a trilateral with the UK Mission and the UN on Iraq October 24, the UN announced that Staffan de Mistura, incoming SRSG and head of the United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI),would formally assume his position on October 30. The UN also said deputy SRSG Michae [...]	2007-10-26 17:33:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ
07USUNNEWYORK924	IAN MARTIN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON NEPAL [...] (C) Summary: During an October 25 update for the Security Council, Ian Martin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the UN Mission in Nepal SIPDIS (UNMIN),told Council members that the recent postponement of Constitutional Assembly elections had thrust Nepal into "the [...]	2007-10-26 22:01:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC NP
07USUNNEWYORK927	SYG BAN: UN NEEDS HELP WITH BASHIR, UNAMID [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: SYG Ban Ki-Moon told AMB Khalilzad in a October 25 meeting that the UN needs assistance in convincing Sudanese President Bashir to cooperate with UNAMID deployment and to convince troop contributing countries to provide additional aviation and transport capabili [...]	2007-10-29 14:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07USUNNEWYORK930	SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION [...] The UN Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 1782 on October 29, renewing the sanctions regime in Cote d'Ivoire and the mandate of the Group of Experts--the Cote d'Ivoire Sanctions Committee's investigative body--until October 31, 2008. The sanctions consist of an arms embargo, a ba [...]	2007-10-29 21:01:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	CDI ETTC PGOV PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK931	BAN WANTS U.S. HELP TO ENGAGE SAUDIS WITH BASHIR [...] (C) Over lunch on October 29, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and Ambassador Khalilzad discussed Sudan, Burma and UN reform (septel). ----- SUDAN ----- 2. (C) SYG Ban said he was losing patience with President Bashir. Ban has asked a wide range of member states including South Africa [...]	2007-10-29 22:44:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC BM SU
07USUNNEWYORK932	SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT PROSECUTOR MEETS WITH [...] Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee met, October 25, with Court Prosecutor Stephen Rapp. Rapp, in the U.S. on home leave, had just come from meetings in Ottawa after addressing the Canadian Bar Association. He had also given a speech at UCLA. Rapp reviewed progress on ongoing c [...]	2007-10-30 21:11:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	KAWC NL PGOV PREL SL
07USUNNEWYORK941	UNGA PRESIDENCY 2008: THWARTING GRULAC CONSENUS [...] (U) This is an action request. See paras 2 & 7. 2. (C) Summary. Many GRULAC permreps remain uneasy about the prospects of Nicaragua emerging as the GRULAC candidate for (and likely occupant of) the 2008 UNGA Presidency (PGA),but are reluctant to take action to identify an alternative. Ba [...]	2007-10-31 22:40:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNGA
07USUNNEWYORK946	WESTERN SAHARA: SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS MINURSO [...] The Security Council October 31 adopted a resolution extending the MINURSO (United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) mandate for a further six months to April 30, 2008. The resolution takes note of the two rounds of negotiations held under the auspices of the Secretary-Ge [...]	2007-11-01 17:58:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV UNSC WI AG MO
07USUNNEWYORK949	SYG BAN VENTS DARFUR FRUSTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told the Security Council's Perm 5 that he has become "personally angry" with Sudanese President Bashir for lack of cooperation on UNAMID force generation and for lack of implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement. Urging the [...]	2007-11-01 21:49:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK951	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT NOVEMBER [...] (C) Summary: Darfur deployment update: --AMIS Force Commander has yet to request in writing that contracted US military advisors continue in their current positions; --The first of the High Ranking Operational & Technical Advisory Team (HROTAT) visits began this week with UN personnel trav [...]	2007-11-01 23:12:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AF SU UNC KPKO UN
07USUNNEWYORK957	LIBERIA SEEKS U.S. GUIDANCE ON MEETINGS WITH PA [...] (U) See action request in paragraph 4. 2. (C) Liberian Permanent Representative Milton Barnes met with AMB Khalilzad on November 11 to discuss President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's mid-November state visit to Israel. AMB Barnes said that the Liberian Ministry of Foreign Affairs had instructed [...]	2007-11-05 21:19:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL IS LI
07USUNNEWYORK963	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: URGING UNSC ACTION AGAINST [...] (C/NF) AMB Khalilzad delivered reftel points on November 6. SYG Ban agreed to distribute the July 5 letter from International Maritime Organization (IMO) Secretary General Mitropoulos to the Security Council. Ban said he supported Security Council action to address the worsening piracy situ [...]	2007-11-06 21:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	SO PGOV IMO KCRM UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK964	DPKO U/SYG GUEHENNO TRAVELING TO ADDIS FOR MEETING [...] (C) UN SYG Ban informed Amb Khalilzad Nov 6 that U/SYG for Peacekeeping Guehenno is traveling shortly to Addis Ababa to meet with Sudanese Major General Maghzoub to discuss technical issues related to the implementation of UNAMID. Ban and Guehenno are cautiously optimistic that this meeting c [...]	2007-11-06 22:17:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU
07USUNNEWYORK967	UN: ICJ PRESIDENT HIGGINS LOBBIES FOR EQUAL PAY [...] SUMMARY: Justice Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ),met on November 2 with Ambassador Wallace to request USG assistance in redressing the "invidious situation" created by the General Assembly's decision in Resolution 61/262 to establish a different pay sca [...]	2007-11-07 18:06:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL UNSC UNGA KJUS PGOV
07USUNNEWYORK97	KOSOVO: USUN RUNS INTERFERENCE AT UN FOR AHTISAARI [...] (C) SUMMARY. USUN has delivered strong messages at several UN levels making clear our conviction that Special Envoy Ahtisaari should have the last word on the composition of his own settlement proposal and report. UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) Europe Director Harland reassur [...]	2007-02-02 23:03:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL YI UNMIK
07USUNNEWYORK980	UPDATE ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING DEPLOYMENT NOVEMBER 8 [...] (C) SUMMARY: AMB Wolcott met with DPKO U/SYG Guehenno November 8 to discuss UNAMID deployment. Guehenno reported that Sudanese Major General had backpedaled on his promise to meet in Addis Ababa after the UN communicated that the meeting would be primarily technical and not an opportunity to [...]	2007-11-08 23:25:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	AF PGOV PREL SU UNC UN KPKO
07USUNNEWYORK985	AMBASSADOR KHALILZAD'S MEETING WITH SYG'S PERSONAL [...] (C) Ambassador Khalilzad met November 2 with the Secretary-General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara Peter SIPDIS van Walsum, who, following the October 31 renewal of the MINURSO (Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara) mandate, was consulting the "parties" (Morocco and the Polisar [...]	2007-11-09 16:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNSC AG MO WI
07USUNNEWYORK995	UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES DISCUSSES IRAQ, [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 7, Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),discussed the subject of Iraq's internally displaced persons and refugees with Ambassador Khalilzad. Later in the day, Guterres met with members of the UN,s Humanitarian Liaison Working Group (HLWG),w [...]	2007-11-09 19:37:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IZ PHUM KREF
07USUNNEWYORK997	BUILDING THE UN'S LONG-TERM COMPOUND IN BAGHDAD [...] (C) Summary: USUN and UK poloffs met November 8 with representatives from the UN,s Departments of Political Affairs, Safety and Security, and Management to discuss the development of the UN,s proposal to build an integrated compound in Baghdad. The compound is intended to serve as the headqu [...]	2007-11-09 20:05:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV IZ UNSC
07USUNNEWYORK999	DPKO: SUDAN QUIETLY SLOWING COMPONENTS OF UNAMID [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Department of Peacekeeping Officials have reported to USUN that the Government of Sudan (GOS) is hindering UNAMID deployment in a variety of ways. Per DPKO, Sudanese officials have delayed agreement on force composition, failed to facilitate land and water rights in many areas [...]	2007-11-09 22:50:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL SU MOPS
07VATICAN104	IRAQ: CHALDEAN PATRIARCH SUPPORTS CHRISTIAN AREAS [...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Philip Najim, Representative of the Chaldean Catholic Church to the Holy See and the Chaldeans' European representative, told us June 25 that the Patriarch supports the idea of a revitalization plan for tradition Christian areas in northern Iraq. The Chaldeans, who rem [...]	2007-07-03 13:21:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV KIRF PHUM IZ VT
07VATICAN111	VATICAN EXPECTS STRONG REACTION TO POPE'S LETTER TO CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for PRC Rota Graziosi, the Pope's China Letter has undercut the standing of the Government of China in "administering" the Catholic Church in China and as a result, the Holy See expects a strong, but perhaps, moderated reaction sometime [...]	2007-07-12 16:10:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF SOCI PREL PGOV CH VT
07VATICAN157	VATICAN EXPECTS REACTION TO POPE'S LETTER TO CHINESE [...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for PRC Rota Graziosi, the Holy See still anticipates a reaction to the Pope's June 2007 letter to the Chinese faithful and will watch upcoming bishop ordinations for a sign of the GOC's mind-set. The Holy See does not expect the undergr [...]	2007-11-06 10:46:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI CH VT
07VATICAN175	NUNS UNITE TO CREATE ANTI-TRAFFICKING NETWORK [...] Summary. More than 30 nuns from 26 countries came together in Rome for a week-long Training Seminar organized by the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See that culminated in the creation of the first-ever international religious network to combat trafficking in persons. The network - "International Ne [...]	2007-11-23 12:09:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN PGOV SMIG OPRC ELAB KOCI
07VATICAN177	VENEZUELA DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HOLY SEE SHARES USG CONCERNS [...] (C) Summary: The Holy See shares USG concerns about the proposed constitutional reforms in Venezuela and supports statements made by the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference and by the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM). As CELAM speaks for all of Latin America bishops' conferences, the Hol [...]	2007-11-28 08:55:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF VE VT
07VATICAN178	CORRECTED COPY: VENEZUELA DEMARCHE DELIVERED: HOLY SEE [...] (C) Summary: The Holy See shares USG concerns about the proposed constitutional reforms in Venezuela and supports statements made by the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference and by the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM). As CELAM speaks for all of Latin America bishops' conferences, the Hol [...]	2007-11-28 09:19:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF VE VT
07VATICAN180	HOLY SEE PLEASED ABOUT SAUDI KING MEETING WITH POPE, [...] (C) Summary: a Vatican official with first-hand knowledge of the recent meeting between the Pope and King Abdallah characterized the Saudi monarch's visit as an important step in the development of Saudi-Holy See relations. The Holy See continues to press for greater religious freedom in Sau [...]	2007-11-30 09:17:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SA VT
07VATICAN181	HOLY SEE REPLIES TO LETTER FROM MUSLIM SCHOLARS [...] (U) The Holy See has replied to the "A Common Word" letter from 138 Muslim scholars (reftel A) inviting Pope Benedict XVI and other Christian leaders to interreligious dialogue. Released by the Vatican's Press Office November 29, the response is signed by the Holy See's Secretary of State, Car [...]	2007-11-30 16:22:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF VT
07VATICAN183	HOLY SEE FRUSTRATED OVER NEGOTIATIONS WITH ISRAEL [...] (C) Summary: The Holy See is frustrated over lack of progress in reaching agreements with Israel regarding property and other rights of the Church in Jerusalem and the Holy Land. The Holy See blames the Government of Israel for the negotiations' impasse, and is now allowing Vatican officials [...]	2007-12-03 17:33:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF IS VT
07VATICAN193	CHINA - HOLY SEE: NO AGREEMENT ON CATHOLIC BISHOP [...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for China Rota-Graziosi, the Holy See and the Government of China did not reach an agreement on episcopal ordinations, nor on the normalization of relations, during their November 2007 talks in Beijing. Rota-Graziosi is pessimistic about [...]	2007-12-21 15:41:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KIRF SOCI CH VT
07VATICAN20	VATICAN: VIETNAM AND CHINA CHURCH ISSUES FRONT AND CENTER [...] (C) Summary: The Holy See intends to hold meetings on January 19 and 20 with key Catholic officials to formulate a common policy toward China in response to the recent illicit ordinations by the GoC. In related news, unofficial Vatican sources have confirmed that Pope Benedict will receive V [...]	2007-01-18 16:56:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV CM VM VT
07VATICAN30	PRC - HOLY SEE RELATIONS IN FLUX; VATICAN CONVENES CHINA [...] (C) Summary: The Vatican convened a two-day meeting on January 19 and 20 to address its China policy. The meeting, presided over by Cardinal Secretary of State Bertone, sought to formulate a unified policy toward China to address the continuing challenges presented by the GoC including a spa [...]	2007-01-29 16:39:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PREL PGOV CH VT
07VATICAN33	HOLY SEE COMMENTS ON MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT [...] (SBU) Per reftel, in October of last year post delivered points on the Military Commissions Act to various officials in the Holy See. On January 9 a reply was received from Cardinal Renato Martino, an influential and outspoken figure who heads the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace. Mar [...]	2007-02-01 12:34:00	Embassy Vatican	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL KPAO PGOV PREL MOPS PTER KAWK PHUM VT
07VATICAN37	HOLY SEE: THREATS TO PRESS FREEDOM IN VENEZUELA [...] (C) DCM spoke February 6 with Monsignor Marcel Smejkal, the Holy See official responsible for Andean countries, about Venezuela. DCM emphasized reftel points on recent GOV actions to curtail the freedom of the press. DCM reminded Smejkal (who is relatively new to his position) of Embassy's fr [...]	2007-02-07 15:12:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM VT VE
07VATICAN46	HOLY SEE - VIETNAM: DELEGATION'S VISIT ANOTHER STEP FORWARD [...] (S) Holy See Deputy FM Parolin told us February 26 that a Vatican delegation's trip to Vietnam next week would offer a good opportunity for progress in relations between the two sides following January's historic visit by PM Dzung to Pope Benedict. Officials told us the recent detention of d [...]	2007-02-28 15:07:00	Embassy Vatican	SECRET	PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL VM VT
07VATICAN5	DRL A/S LOWENKRON CONSULTS WITH HOLY SEE ON RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: DRL A/S Lowenkron's December 21 meeting with deputy FM Parolin focused largely on religious freedom matters in Vietnam, Lebanon, Turkey, Venezuela, and Cuba. Parolin explained the Holy See's strategy for increasing religious freedom in problem countries and provided details of th [...]	2007-01-05 12:26:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI CH CU LE TU VM VT
07VATICAN54	CARITAS IN CHINA: QUIETLY GROWING [...] (C) Summary: A March 6-7 Vatican-hosted Caritas Internationalis meeting on China revealed that Caritas is making small but significant strides in providing support to the Chinese poor with the tacit approval of some local Chinese officials. While there will be no immediate move to establish a [...]	2007-03-12 18:48:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF SOCI PREL PGOV CH VT
07VATICAN61	CHINA: POPE'S EASTER LETTER ON HOLD? [...] (C) Summary: According to Holy See MFA Country Director for PRC Rota-Graziosi, the Vatican will not release its much-anticipated Papal letter to Chinese Catholics at Easter time, as was expected. Rota-Graziosi could not say when it would be released. The letter will purportedly address the [...]	2007-03-21 18:18:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF SOCI PREL PGOV CH VT
07VATICAN64	ZIMBABWE: HOLY SEE WAITING FOR OK FROM BISHOPS [...] (C) In response to ref (b) points, Holy See deputy foreign minister equivalent Pietro Parolin told the Charge March 23 that the Holy See was considering speaking out further on Zimbabwe, but felt compelled to wait until it got the "green light" from the Zimbabwe bishops to do so. He noted t [...]	2007-03-23 15:41:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI KIRF PGOV PREL ZI VT
07VATICAN8	VATICAN: IRAQ AMBASSADOR ON IRAQ INTERNAL AFFAIRS [...] (C) Summary: Iraqi Ambassador to the Holy See Albert Yelda met with Embassy Officers along with a visiting Embassy Baghdad Officer December 29 to discuss a range of internal Iraqi matters. Yelda commented on the Saddam Hussein trial and execution, USG engagement with Syria, former PM Allawi, [...]	2007-01-08 14:50:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER SY IZ VT
07VATICAN85	PAPAL VISIT TO BRAZIL: A PREVIEW [...] (SBU) Pope Benedict XVI travels to Brazil May 9-13 to open a plenary session of the council of Latin American and Caribbean bishops conferences (CELAM). The three most recent continental meetings (Colombia 1968, Mexico 1979, and Dominican Republic 1992) provided direction for the Catholic Chur [...]	2007-05-06 13:05:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF ECON SCUL SOCI BR VT XM
07VATICAN89	DAS MADISON ENGAGES VATICAN ON CUBA [...] (C) WHA DAS Kirsten Madison described the worsening human rights situation in Cuba to the new XXXXXXXXXXXX, and appealed to the Vatican on the issue of the Catholic magazine Vitral. XXXXXXXXXXXX repeated general Vatican support for Vitral and promised to look into the matter further. Monsig [...]	2007-05-14 10:42:00	Embassy Vatican	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF CU VT
07VATICAN99	IRAQ: CHRISTIANS FLEEING FORCED CONVERSIONS [...] (C) Summary: Monsignor Philip Najim, Representative of the Chaldean Catholic Church to the Holy See and the Chaldeans' European representative, told us in a May meeting that Christians were continuing to flee Iraq in large numbers due to an active campaign of forced conversions to Islam and t [...]	2007-06-21 19:21:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS PGOV KIRF PHUM IZ SW VT
07VIENNA1016	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH CHANCELLOR GUSENBAUER [...] (C) In a cordial one-hour meeting with Ambassador McCaw on April 16, Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer said that the Balkans would remain Austria's top foreign policy priority. In particular, his government was committed to a robust participation in a prospective EU ESDP mission in Kosovo to implem [...]	2007-04-18 14:27:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU PTER IZ AF YI
07VIENNA1036	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA: APRIL 23-24 GAERC AND EU [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered ref (a) points on the GAERC agenda and ref (b) points on EU Cuba policy to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on April 20. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- Central Asia: There will be no decisions on Central Asia [...]	2007-04-20 12:21:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EUN ETRD PGOV PHUM CU AU
07VIENNA1097	Politicians Slam Austrian BAWAG Bank for Closing Cuban [...] Summary: BAWAG P.S.K. bank, which the U.S. investment fund Cerberus Capital Management bought in early 2007, has come under harsh criticism for terminating the accounts of some 100 Cuban customers. Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik announced in parliament on April 26 that she had int [...]	2007-04-27 14:39:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV AU
07VIENNA111	AUSTRIA ON THE NEW WAY FORWARD ON IRAQ [...] (SBU) DCM and EconPolCouns discussed the President's Iraq policy address with Austrian MFA Middle East and Africa Director Ralph Scheide on January 16. The DCM stressed the importance of ensuring the independence, integrity and democratic development of Iraq. He said America would help Iraq [...]	2007-01-18 12:42:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MOPS PGOV PREL IZ AU
07VIENNA117	U.S. Investment Fund Cerberus Buys Austria's Fourth [...] The U.S. investment fund Cerberus Capital Management has purchased the BAWAG P.S.K. (BAWAG) bank, Austria's fourth largest banking group, for Euro 3.2 billion ($4.0 billion). Scandal-ridden BAWAG was up for sale after a government guarantee stabilized a run on the bank in May 2006. The probl [...]	2007-01-19 08:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EFIN PGOV AU
07VIENNA123	AUSTRIA ON THE JANUARY 22-23 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarches on general GAERC topics and on the external energy policy on January 19 to Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken. 2. (SBU) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- Western Balkans/Kosovo: Riecken said Austria agrees [...]	2007-01-19 13:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ENRG EAID MARR EUN AU
07VIENNA1231	SCENE SETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S VISIT TO VIENNA, [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-11 13:06:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU
07VIENNA1276	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON KOSOVO UNSC ACTION [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on May 15 to Hannes Porias, the Austrian MFA's assistant secretary-level Director for Central and Eastern Europe. 2. (C) Porias said Austria supports the Ahtisaari package completely, and would like to see as clear a resolution as possible emer [...]	2007-05-15 09:48:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV YI AU
07VIENNA1282	AUSTRIA ON EU CUBA POLICY -- DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) During a May 14 meeting, EconPolCouns discussed the state of EU discussions of its policy toward Cuba with Austrian MFA Americas Director Rudolf Lennkh and Latin America chief Andreas Melan. With ref (b) in mind, we reviewed ref (a) points, stressing that this is not the time to soften t [...]	2007-05-15 12:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EUN CU AU
07VIENNA1312	JUNE 5 U.S.-AUSTRIA MARSHALL PLAN CEREMONY -- [...] This message contains an urgent action request in para 4. 2. Per refs, the Austrian government has proposed a memorandum of understanding to serve as the vehicle for recording consensus on the use of European Recovery Program (ERP) funds under a 1961 bilateral U.S.-Austrian agreement. It i [...]	2007-05-18 14:00:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SCUL AU
07VIENNA1419	SCENESETTER FOR U/S HUGHES' VISIT TO VIENNA, JUNE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-29 14:11:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	OTRA KPAO PREL PGOV AU
07VIENNA144	Who's Who in the Gusenbauer Cabinet [...] No summary [...]	2007-01-23 10:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
07VIENNA1466	AUSTRIA OPPOSES PROPOSED RUSSIAN DRAFT OF OSCE [...] (C) On June 1, EconUnit Chief met with Margit Waestfelt, Austria's Head of the Permanent Mission to the OSCE, to present USG points in reftel regarding the Russian proposal for an OSCE "charter." Waestfelt said Austria agreed with the USG position that the experts group had a limited mandate [...]	2007-06-01 14:22:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PREL KTIA PGOV AU
07VIENNA147	Who's Who in the Gusenbauer Cabinet [...] (SBU) President Heinz Fischer swore in the new Austrian Cabinet on January 11. The Social Democrats (SPO) and People's Party (OVP) each 7 ministers and three state secretaries, reflecting the closeness of the October 2006 election results (SPO with 35.3% and OVP with 34.3%). On the SPO side, [...]	2007-01-23 10:32:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
07VIENNA1604	IRANIAN MINISTER VISITS AUSTRIA [...] (SBU) During a June 12-13 visit to Austria, the Iranian Minister for Economics and Finance, Davoud Danesh Jafari, met with Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein, President of the Economic Chamber Christoph Leitl, and Head of the Kontrollbank (Austria's export credit agency) Rudolph Scholten [...]	2007-06-15 13:45:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD EINV PREL IR AU
07VIENNA1605	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: JUNE 18-19 GAERC [...] (U) Acting EconPol Counselor delivered reftel points on June 14 to Andreas Riecken, the MFA's European Correspondent. Riecken offered the following observations: 2. (C) Cuba: Riecken does not expect much discussion, as Council Conclusions have already been drafted at the working level. [...]	2007-06-15 14:48:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PARM PGOV PREL SOCI AU
07VIENNA1648	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO AUSTRIA: MISSING/DETAINED [...] (C) Acting EconPol Counselor met on June 13 with Ralph Scheide, the Head of the MFA's Middle East and Africa Division (A/S-level) to convey USG concerns (reftel) about the recent pattern of harassment of AmCits in Iran. Scheide expressed support for the USG position, adding that he had recen [...]	2007-06-20 15:38:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM IR AU
07VIENNA167	KOSOVO STATUS PROCESS TIMELINE -- AUSTRIA IN [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche on January 24 to Austrian MFA Political Director Thomas Mayr-Harting. Embassy had previewed the message to the MFA's EU affairs office on January 19. 2. (C) Charge stressed that it was crucial that the EU and U.S. maintain unity in backing UN Specia [...]	2007-01-24 16:07:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV YI EU AU
07VIENNA1708	CONCILIATORY CLIMATE AT WALDHEIM FUNERAL [...] (U) On June 25, former President Kurt Waldheim was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery following a State Funeral and requiem at St.Stephen's Cathedral. There were also ceremonies at the Vienna International Center (UN City) and in front of the Federal Chancellery honoring Waldheim. Waldhei [...]	2007-06-26 09:38:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AU
07VIENNA1715	GOA'S 2007 AND 2008 BUDGETS - ANALYSIS AND OUTLOOK [...] The coalition government's 2007 and 2008 budgets foresee federal deficits of 1.3% and 1.2% of GDP, respectively. The budgets represent small steps towards a balanced budget, a goal that the GoA still maintains. However, the GoA now expects to achieve a balanced budget only by 2010. Finance [...]	2007-06-26 15:54:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ECON EFIN AU
07VIENNA1828	AUSTRIA UNCERTAIN ABOUT TRANSFERRING SURPLUS [...] (C) Acting Econ-Pol Counselor met on July 6 with Ralph Scheide, Head of the MFA's Africa and Middle East Division (A/S-equivalent) to request that Austria consider providing reftel ammunition to the Lebanese Armed Forces. Acting Econ-Pol Counselor pointed out that the latest inventory availa [...]	2007-07-10 12:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL AU LE
07VIENNA187	THE GUSENBAUER GOVERNMENT'S COALITION PROGRAM [...] (SBU) On January 16, Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer presented the government program of the Grand Coalition between the Social Democratic (SPO) and the People,s Party (OVP) to parliament. Stressing his vision of a &more social Austria,8 Gusenbauer outlined a program that primarily represents a [...]	2007-01-25 16:31:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EFIN AU
07VIENNA1926	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: JULY 23 GAERC [...] (U) PolUnit Chief delivered reftel points on July 19 to Christine Moser, the MFA's Deputy European Correspondent, who offered the following observations: 2. (C) Kosovo: Kosovo will top the agenda. Member states should emphasize that the EU is united in its support for the Ahtisaari plan. [...]	2007-07-20 15:10:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PGOV PREL SOCI AU
07VIENNA1927	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: A COORDINATED APPROACH ON [...] (SBU) On July 19, Acting EconPol Counselor and PolUnit Chief delivered reftel talking points to Georg Heindl from the MFA's Human Rights Department. Heindl agreed that the USG and EU should speak with one voice to the GOAJ on reftel concerns. Heindl pointed to the strong human rights and de [...]	2007-07-20 15:35:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EUN KDEM OSCE PHUM PREL AU AJ
07VIENNA1928	AUSTRIA OFFERS LAME EXCUSES FOR RELEASE OF RIZA [...] (S) Following an initial run-around with GoA bureaucrats, the Minister of Justice's Chief of Staff, Albin Dearing, briefed the Charge and Acting EconPol Counselor July 19 on the Riza Altun case. Dearing acknowledged that there had been an internal GoA communication breakdown, as Austrian pol [...]	2007-07-20 16:24:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV KTFN AU TU
07VIENNA2378	SCENE-SETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO [...] Summary: The Ambassador and the rest of Embassy Vienna's team are looking forward to your visit. The Embassy's Legal Attache Office (Legat) has an excellent working relationship with its Austrian counterparts and routinely nominates and facilitates training for Austrian officials at the FBI [...]	2007-09-11 14:29:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER KHLS AU
07VIENNA2438	IDENTIFYING "CREDIBLE VOICES" IN AUSTRIA'S MUSLIM [...] (S/NF) The following is a list of "credible voices" in Austria who are influential within the Muslim community and who may be amenable to working with the Embassy in terms of programming and outreach. While numerous other credible voices exist in Austria, who speak out against extremism and v [...]	2007-09-18 15:06:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	PGOV AU
07VIENNA2446	LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST MUSLIM EXTREMIST SUSPECTS [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-19 15:53:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV AU
07VIENNA2493	OMV UPS ANTE IN HOSTILE BID FOR MOL [...] (U) Austria's leading energy company, OMV, has made public an offer to buy at least 50% of the voting shares of Hungary's MOL at a price 18.7% above MOL's current market price. OMV has conditioned its offer on MOL removing limitations on minority shareholders voting rights and canceling MOL's [...]	2007-09-26 11:54:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV EPET AU
07VIENNA2536	NOMINATION OF PARTICIPANT FOR WORKSHOP ON [...] Embassy Vienna nominates the following officer to participate in the Workshop on Radicalization and Muslim Engagement scheduled for October 30-31, 2007 in Washington, DC. 2. Michael Spring, Economic-Political Officer, Human Rights, Religious Freedom, and Muslim Outreach. Top Secret secur [...]	2007-10-01 06:10:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KISL KPAO PREL PTER SCUL SOCI XG AU
07VIENNA2539	AUSTRIA TO PARTICIPATE IN UN CHAD MISSION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-01 12:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV UN CD AU
07VIENNA2602	AUSTRIAN VIEWS ON IRAN AT 10/15 GAERC [...] (C) Austrian MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken reported to Econ/Pol Couns Oct. 11 that Austria will reluctantly support the draft conclusions on Iran drawn up by the French, British and Germans and endorsed by HighRep Solana. He also reported that he expects the entire Council to end [...]	2007-10-12 08:20:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP IR EUN AU
07VIENNA2603	AUSTRIAN POSITIONS AT AND EXPECTATIONS OF 10/15 [...] (C) Summary. According to the Austrian MFA European Correspondent (EC),the WTO/DDA negotiations have been dropped from the agenda of the 10/15 GAERC. He expects only perfunctory discussion of Libya and Russia. The MEPP discussion will focus on a German proposal to develop an EU action plan [...]	2007-10-12 08:26:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL EUN AU
07VIENNA2669	MFA HUMAN TRAFFICKING CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-23 10:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AU

07VIENNA2687	MUSLIM INTEGRATION IN AUSTRIA [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-25 13:21:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER SMIG AU
07VIENNA269	2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR [...] Following is the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ With the European Union's (EU) enlargements in May 2004 and January 2007, [...]	2007-02-06 12:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC
07VIENNA2715	(S/NF) AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT UNLIKELY TO SUPPLY [...] (S) Senior civil servants in the Ministry of Economy (MoE) have reiterated to the Embassy that, if obliged to make a decision, the MoE would deny an export license to ship 13,000 Glock pistols to Iraqi police and military units. Although the MoE approved similar shipments over the last two ye [...]	2007-10-30 15:48:00	Embassy Vienna	SECRET	MARR MASS PREL PGOV ETRD AU IZ
07VIENNA2718	Friction in Austrian Coalition [...] The coalition Social Democratic (SPO) and People's (OVP) parties appear to be in a deadlock over major reform projects. This, coupled with incessant sniping between Minsiters, has triggered substantial criticism by the media and the opposition parties of the coalition government's ability to c [...]	2007-10-31 08:01:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AU
07VIENNA2722	AUSTRIAN MFA ON BURMA AT EU-ASEAN SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 09:44:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV BM AU
07VIENNA2764	SERB AND KOSOVAR WOMEN LEADERS MEET IN VIENNA [...] (U) Demonstrating her continuing interest in international women's diplomacy, Austrian foreign minister Ursula Plassnik hosted a meeting of prominent women from Serbia and Kosovo in Vienna November 5-6. The choice of dates was deliberate - to coincide and contrast with another round of troika- [...]	2007-11-08 08:41:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV AU
07VIENNA2787	AUSTRIA'S FREEDOM PARTY: SUCCEEDING WITH NEGATIVE [...] (C) The Austrian political climate appears to be tilting o the advantage of the far-right Freedom Party, whse blend of nationalism, social conservatism, an economic populism appeals to that segment of the population unnerved by immigration, loss of soveeignty to the EU, and globalization-driv [...]	2007-11-14 11:06:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AU
07VIENNA2841	MINORITY RIGHTS AND DIVISIVE POLITICS IN CARINTHIA [...] (C) EconPolOff met November 17 with Dr. Marjam Sturm, head of the "Central Association for Slovenes", in Klagenfurt to discuss the situation of the Slovene minority in Carinthia province. Sturm averred that Slovenes are reasonably content in Carinthia, except for the rhetoric of certain local [...]	2007-11-21 16:06:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG AU
07VIENNA2851	OMV'S IRAN DEAL: CRACKS IN THE ARMOR? [...] (U) According to Austrian press, Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein told the November 22 European Competition Council that Iranian gas was a "no-go" for the Nabucco pipeline. Bartenstein reportedly noted that USG support for Nabucco depended on excluding Iranian gas from the Euro 5 bil [...]	2007-11-27 08:01:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	ENRG PREL PGOV EPET EINV AU IR
07VIENNA2853	AUSTRIA'S BAUMGARTEN GAS HUB AND GAZPROM INTERESTS IN [...] (SBU) OMV Gas executives recently confirmed to Emboffs that Gazprom will become a 50% operator in OMV's Central European Gas Hub (CEGH),which is actually a web-based trading platform in operation since 2005 offering commercial, logistical, and auctioneering services to gas traders. OMV maint [...]	2007-11-27 10:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PGOV EPET AU
07VIENNA2914	BALI CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE: AUSTRIAN VIEWS [...] (SBU) Environment Minister Josef Proell told the Charge on December 6 that Austria was supportive of U.S. efforts to develop a Bali roadmap. Proell recognized that any post-Kyoto agreement needed to include flexibility for national plans, but he stressed that Austria supported the EU goal of [...]	2007-12-07 16:12:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG PREL PGOV ENRG AU
07VIENNA2922	PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE: AUSTRIA CONSIDERING [...] (SBU) During a December 7 conversation with Charge, Ralph Scheide, Head (A/S-equivalent) of the MFA's Middle East and Africa Division, said that Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik would lead the Austrian delegation to the December 17 donors conference in Paris to support Palestinian reform and [...]	2007-12-11 08:46:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID KWBG KPAL AU
07VIENNA2945	AUSTRIAN PRESIDENT FISCHER TO MEET ASSAD DECEMBER 17 IN [...] (SBU) Austrian President Heinz Fischer's Chief of Cabinet, Susanne Gaugl, informed Embassy Charge December 12 that Fischer will meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad December 17 in Damascus, following a visit to Austrian peacekeeping troops in the Golan Heights "this coming weekend." Gaug [...]	2007-12-13 15:37:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PGOV AU SL
07VIENNA2947	VISIT OF IRANIAN PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-14 14:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV IR AU
07VIENNA2948	AUSTRIAN TRADE DELEGATE VIEWS ON IRANIAN POLITICAL AND [...] (SBU) A former Austrian trade delegate to Iran recently told Emboff that financial sanctions are effective in the banking sector, but less successful in deterring Austrian companies from trading with Iranian counterparts. In the view of the trade official, U.S. sanctions were counterproductiv [...]	2007-12-14 14:47:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV ETRD EINV PREL IR AU
07VIENNA2960	AUSTRAIN EDUCATION MINISTER RECOMMENDS BILINGUAL [...] Following a December 13 summit of more than 100 education officials and experts to discuss planned reforms of the Austrian school system, Education Minister Claudia Schmied (Social Democrat Party) proposed that the integration of immigrant children could be enhanced by teaching certain subjects [...]	2007-12-17 15:16:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM AU
07VIENNA2976	BALI RESULTS: SPLIT REACTIONS IN AUSTRIA [...] Austrian reactions to the results of the UNFCCC Bali conference were not uniform, even not within the Austrian government. Overall, government representatives and NGOs were relieved that the "roadmap" is on track, but criticized the lack of progress on numerical reduction goals. Thus, univer [...]	2007-12-18 15:17:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KGHG ENRG PREL PGOV AU
07VIENNA2980	BACKGROUND AND PROSPECTS FOR RECENT OMV-GAZPROM DEALS [...] (U) In September 2006, Austria's OMV negotiated an extension of its gas supply agreement with Gazprom that will guarantee that Russian gas is routed through OMV's Baumgarten gas distribution center until 2027. As part of that deal, Gazprom obtained the right to market gas in three of the nine [...]	2007-12-18 15:19:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON PGOV EPET AU
07VIENNA343	DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA IN ADVANCE OF FEBRUARY 12-13 [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on February 8 to Christine Moser, the Austrian MFA's deputy European Correspondent. 2. (SBU) Moser expressed appreciation for our substantive points, and undertook to brief FM Ursula Plassnik on U.S. views. She particularly stressed agreement [...]	2007-02-09 14:40:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EUN PREL PGOV WTRO ECON ETRD AU
07VIENNA370	TOUR D'HORIZON WITH NEW AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR'S [...] (C) 1. SUMMARY: Bernhard Wrabetz, the Diplomatic Advisor to new Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer, told DCM and visiting EUR/AGS Director Moon that the Chancellor's foreign policy will feature marked continuity with his predecessor's. Austria will continue to work through the EU and mu [...]	2007-02-13 10:10:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU
07VIENNA380	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES NABUCCO, EXPORT CONTROLS, [...] (C) During a February 8 meeting with Minister of Economics Martin Bartenstein, the Ambassador thanked the GoA for its cooperation on export controls, but asked the GoA to remain vigilant about Iranian proliferation activities. Bartenstein told the Ambassador that Turkey remained the most diff [...]	2007-02-13 17:13:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETTC ENRG ETRD WTRO AU
07VIENNA45	Austria's New Government a Grand Coalition [...] (SBU) Following the January 8 announcement that the Social Democratic (SPO) Chairman Alfred Gusenbauer would lead a Grand Coalition with the People's Party (OVP),the OVP presented its ministerial team on January 9. Wilhelm Molterer, the OVP's Parliamentary Leader, will become Vice-Chancellor [...]	2007-01-09 14:11:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
07VIENNA52	SPO ANNOUNCES MINISTERS FOR GRAND COALITION [...] (SBU) The SPO has presented its six ministers for the Grand Coalition, which President Fischer will swear in on January 11. The SPO ministers, none of whom have previous cabinet experience, reflect a balance between key Gusenbauer advisors and powerful state bases. There remains considerabl [...]	2007-01-10 16:00:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
07VIENNA522	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE: DEMARCHING THE EU IN ADVANCE OF [...] (C) On February 28, Acting EconPol Counselor delivered reftel paper to Andreas Riecken, the MFA's European Correspondent. Riecken commented on the following issues: 2. (C) WESTERN BALKANS: Riecken welcomed the recent decision to extend the mandate of the Office of the High Representative [...]	2007-03-01 12:55:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN AU IR
07VIENNA55	SPO ANNOUNCES MINISTERS FOR GRAND COALITION [...] (SBU) The SPO has presented its six ministers for the Grand Coalition, which President Fischer will swear in on January 11. The SPO ministers, none of whom have previous cabinet experience, reflect a balance between key Gusenbauer advisors and powerful state bases. There remains considerabl [...]	2007-01-10 21:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
07VIENNA56	SPO ANNOUNCES MINISTERS FOR GRAND COALITION [...] (SBU) The SPO has presented its six ministers for the Grand Coalition, which President Fischer will swear in on January 11. The SPO ministers, none of whom have previous cabinet experience, reflect a balance between key Gusenbauer advisors and powerful state bases. There remains considerabl [...]	2007-01-10 21:26:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AU
07VIENNA568	CLIMATE CHANGE: AUSTRIA TALKING TOUGH, BUT ACTING SOFTLY [...] Austria, with one of the most ambitious Kyoto Protocol targets, has thus far failed to achieve its emissions reduction goals. According to Austria's 1997 Kyoto Protocol commitment, it should reduce emissions to no more than 69 million tons of CO2 equivalent by 2012. In 2005 Austria emitted 93 [...]	2007-03-05 16:05:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG EIND ECON PGOV AU
07VIENNA720	FORMATION OF A PALESTINIAN NATIONAL UNITY [...] (SBU) EconPolCouns presented reftel points on March 21 to Franz Josef Kuglitsch, the Austrian MFA's acting Middle East Director, and Wolfgang Lapuh, the MFA's DAS-level Near East Director. 2. (C) Kuglitsch and Lapuh confirmed press reports that Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik ha [...]	2007-03-21 15:45:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	KISL KPAL PGOV KWBG PREL IS AU
07VIENNA85	AUSTRIAN RESPONSE ON IRAN CIVIL SOCIETY AND [...] (C) On January 11, Acting Econ/Pol Counselor met with Helfried Carl, the MFA's Deputy Director in the Middle East and Africa Division, to outline USG democratization programs for Iran and to inquire about similar Austrian efforts. Carl welcomed the information, adding that it would be importa [...]	2007-01-17 09:53:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO AU IR
07VIENNA857	AUSTRIA FULLY SUPPORTS UN KOSOVO PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Charge delivered ref (a) demarche on March 28 to Johannes Kyrle, the Austrian MFA's Secretary General. EconPolCouns also discussed the issue with MFA European Correspondent Andreas Riecken on March 29. 2. (C) Kyrle agreed that EU unity in support of Martti Ahtisaari's report is esse [...]	2007-03-30 14:03:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU AU
07VIENNA919	UKRAINIAN PM YANUKOVYCH ASKS AUSTRIAN CHANCELLOR [...] (U) Austrian media has prominently reported on Ukrainian Prime Minister Yanukovych's April 5 news conference, in which he announced that he had asked Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer to mediate the political crisis in Ukraine. Austrian press reports quoted Yanukovych as pointing to Austr [...]	2007-04-06 11:11:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AU UP
07VIENNA979	AUSTRIA'S ECONOMY: STRONGER GROWTH IN 2007/2008 [...] Austria's two leading economic institutes recently revised GDP growth forecasts upward for 2007 and 2008. Following 3.2% growth in 2006, latest estimates are for growth of 3.0% in 2007 and 2.4-2.6% in 2008. Strong exports, a robust investment cycle and improving private consumption are prope [...]	2007-04-16 07:06:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV AU
07VIENNA988	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FORMER CHANCELLOR [...] (C). Summary. Amb. McCaw, accompanied by DCM, recently called on OVP Parliamentary Leader (and former Chancellor) Wolfgang Schuessel to discuss a range of bilateral issues. Schuessel defended FM Plassnik's recent GAERC and Gymnich statements on missile defense, and described the SPO as "boxe [...]	2007-04-16 12:47:00	Embassy Vienna	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AU
07VIENTIANE110	DIPLOMATIC TOUR OF RESETTLED HMONG; WHERE ARE ALL [...] (C) Summary: An MFA-led February 8 tour of one Hmong area near Vientiane proved little about the situation of resettled Hmong in Laos -- especially former insurgents. Only one family of five from the group of 52 economic migrants had been returned to the well-to-do area visited. However the [...]	2007-02-12 10:33:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM KWMN LA PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH
07VIENTIANE12	REPRESENTATIVE MCCOLLUM MEETS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: During her first visit to Laos, Representative Betty McCollum met with a series of senior Lao National Assembly (NA) officials, including Madame Pany Yathotu, NA Vice President as well as member of the ruling party's Politburo, members of the NA,s Foreign Affairs Committee, and th [...]	2007-01-08 10:31:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	LA OREP PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG SOCI TH
07VIENTIANE139	CORRUPTION IN LAOS: THE CLOSER YOU LOOK, THE [...] (C) Summary. Corruption in Laos is endemic. At a recent governance and anti-corruption workshop in Vientiane, sponsored by the World Bank, donor and non-governmental organization (NGO) representatives met to discuss the current situation. While there are some positive trends, such as the w [...]	2007-02-20 10:34:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM PGOV KFRD CASC SNAR LA
07VIENTIANE144	UNHCR AND ICRC REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Bangkok-based representatives of both UNHCR and ICRC to review the recent spurt of issues relating to the problems the Government of Laos (GOL) has with its Hmong minority. Both UNHCR and ICRC help hold keys to resolving Hmong issues, from the decades-old [...]	2007-02-22 09:29:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	LA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
07VIENTIANE154	GOVERNANCE, WOMEN'S ISSUES, AND IRI'S EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Ms. Johanna Kao of the International Republican Institute (IRI) and embassy officers met with government officials, women's groups, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Laos from February 4 - 7. NGO representatives informed Ms. Kao of the difficult operating environmen [...]	2007-02-23 10:07:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KWMN PREL PHUM SCUL SOCI EAID LA
07VIENTIANE205	LAO GOVERNMENT AGREES TO LET 21 HMONG GIRLS RETURN [...] (C) Summary: During bilateral talks in Luang Prabang on March 8, the Lao Foreign Minister told his Thai counterpart that twenty-one girls from the Petchabun settlement in Thailand had been &found8 living with relatives in Laos and would be allowed to return to their families if they wished. T [...]	2007-03-13 11:07:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PGOV PREL LA TH
07VIENTIANE219	EAP/MLS DIRECTOR,S MEETING WITH MFA DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EAP/MLS director Robert Rapson met with Europe and Americas Director General Southam at the foreign ministry. Both Rapson and Southam expressed general satisfaction about improving U.S.-Lao ties, despite what Southam characterized as ups and downs over the years. Raps [...]	2007-03-19 09:20:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF CASC PHUM PGOV LA
07VIENTIANE220	WORLD BANK OFFICIAL EXPRESSES CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM TO [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 2 meeting, World Bank country manager Patchamuthu Illangovan told visiting EAP/MLS office director Rapson that he is more optimistic than he used to be about prospects for progress in Laos. The World Bank's major hydropower project, Nam Theun 2, has brought dyn [...]	2007-03-19 09:47:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EAID EAIR ECON EFIN ELAB EMIN ENRG ETRD
07VIENTIANE288	VIENTIANE DIPLOMATS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Representatives of "like-minded" countries and international organizations in Vientiane, including the United States, EU, France, Australia, UNICEF, UNDP, and others, met to review recent events on the human rights front, including the recent visit by EU Parliamentarians to Laos. [...]	2007-04-06 06:32:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS LA PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL TH
07VIENTIANE296	MISDIRECTED MAIL COMPLICATES NORTH KOREAN [...] (C) Summary: South Korean Counsellor Miyon Lee told DCM April 9 that she was hopeful that three North Korean asylum seekers who have been detained in Laos since November 2006 would be released in the next day or two. The situation took a "tricky" turn, she said, when the Lao police misdirec [...]	2007-04-09 11:04:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM LA KN KS
07VIENTIANE323	LAO GOVERNMENT MEETING ON NORTH KOREAN CHILDREN [...] (C) Summary: South Korean Embassy Counsellor Miyon Lee told us on April 19 that senior Lao government officials would soon meet to decide on the fate of three North Korean children who have been detained in Laos since November 2006. She said that the Lao have made it a condition of the chi [...]	2007-04-19 10:15:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM PGOV LA KN KS JA
07VIENTIANE329	NORTH KOREAN CHILDREN: INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION [...] (S) Summary: The South Korean Embassy continues to press the Lao government for the release of the three North Korean children detained in November. They are seeking a meeting with the Director General for Consular Affairs at the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who has expressed hope for a [...]	2007-04-23 10:28:00	Embassy Vientiane	SECRET	CASC PREF PGOV PHUM KN KS KPAO LA
07VIENTIANE337	NORTH KOREAN CHILDREN IN SOUTH KOREAN EMBASSY [...] (S) Summary: The South Korean Embassy confirmed that the three North Korean children who have been detained since November 2006 are in their custody and will leave Laos on the evening of April 25. It was the South Koreans, quiet efforts, rather than the NGO-generated flurry of publicity, t [...]	2007-04-25 09:46:00	Embassy Vientiane	SECRET	PREF PHUM PGOV KN KS LA
07VIENTIANE366	NEW GROUP OF NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES ARRESTED IN [...] (S) Summary: Activists from the Human Rights Without Frontiers organization confirmed the presence to EmbOff of a new group of nine North Koreans in detention in Vientiane. The activists were able to deliver food and medicine to the detainees. The South Korean Embassy says resolving the case [...]	2007-05-07 07:43:00	Embassy Vientiane	SECRET	PREF PHUM PGOV KN KS LA
07VIENTIANE397	WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY: DCM DISCUSSES U.S. JOURNALISM AT [...] (U) SUMMARY: To mark World Press Freedom Day, the DCM spoke with a group of roughly 15 college students at the Lao-American Center on May 2 about the history of press freedom in the United States and the ethical dilemmas faced by media organizations. This was a timely subject, since the Lao N [...]	2007-05-15 06:45:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB KDEM PGOV PREL KPAO LA
07VIENTIANE409	Timber, Roads, and Rubber in Sayaboury Province [...] (SBU) Summary: While Sayaboury Province is isolated from the rest of Laos due to a lack of transportation infrastructure, some significant road projects are currently underway, and others are expected to commence within the next two years. Logging activity in the province has increased signi [...]	2007-05-16 10:23:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV EIND EAGR ELTN ETRD ENRG SENV SOCI SMIG
07VIENTIANE442	AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS WITH SENIOR LAO [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador's farewell calls with senior Lao officials were marked by appreciation for her role in moving the bilateral relationship forward on traditional areas of cooperation (MIA accounting, opium eradication, and unexploded ordnance removal) while breaking ground on new are [...]	2007-05-26 09:06:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ETRD LA MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR
07VIENTIANE449	UNODC REPORTS SECURITY SITUATION IN NORTHERN LAOS [...] (C) Summary: The United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Representative in Vientiane, Mr. Leik Boonwaat, told NAS that, during his travel over the past few weeks, he had observed indications that the overall security situation in northern Laos was decaying. He said that a higher [...]	2007-05-29 10:35:00	Embassy Vientiane	SECRET	PGOV PTER SNAR ASEC LA
07VIENTIANE453	LIKE-MINDED GROUP FAVORS INDIVIDUAL DEMARCHES ON [...] (C) Summary: At a May 30 meeting of representatives of like-minded countries, the Charge proposed a joint demarche requesting international access to recent Hmong returnees from Thailand per Ref A. The other embassy representatives agreed that these concerns should be raised with the Lao g [...]	2007-05-30 10:23:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	LA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL TH GE
07VIENTIANE476	AUTHORITIES IN NORTHERN LAOS WORRIED ABOUT HMONG [...] (C) Summary: Vietnamese Hmong immigrants are resettling in northeastern Laos from Vietnam and are becoming a growing concern among local authorities trying to control one of Laos' most remote borders. The Government of Laos (GOL) has repatriated some recent arrivals but appears to lack the [...]	2007-06-06 09:51:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	SMIG PGOV SNAR LA VM XC
07VIENTIANE477	GOL WORRIED ABOUT MARIJUANA TRAFFICKERS IN [...] (C) Summary: Provincial officials in Bolikhamxai Province are worried that they are losing control of eastern border districts to drug traffickers producing marijuana for commercial export. These districts are populated by upland minorities including Hmong and Khamu. The officials stated t [...]	2007-06-06 09:59:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	LA PGOV SNAR VM
07VIENTIANE487	HMONG-AMERICAN LEADER PROVIDES INSIGHTS INTO COUP [...] (S) Summary: The politics of the Hmong communtiies in both Laos and the United States are extremely complex. As a result, a conversation with even a well educated Hmong (or Hmong-American) leader involves exaggeration and guess work and often raises more questions than it provides answers. Neverthe [...]	2007-06-11 10:55:00	Embassy Vientiane	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC LA PGOV PREL PTER
07VIENTIANE490	2007 Report on Investment Disputes and Expropriation [...] The Embassy is unaware of any changes to the below noted disputes since submission of the 2006 report. Please note the Embassy no longer has contact information for the Claimants. 2. a. Claimant A b. 1991 c. According to Claimant's attorney, Claimant asserts that he entere [...]	2007-06-13 07:33:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ECON EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV PREL LA
07VIENTIANE508	READOUT FROM JAPANESE DCM ON LAO PRIME MINISTER'S [...] (C) Summary: Japanese DCM Kazuhiro Fujimura provided the Charge with an overview of the mid-May summit in Tokyo between the Lao and Japanese prime ministers. He said that the Japanese had pressed the Lao unsuccessfully at a meeting before the summit to support the UNGA human rights resolutio [...]	2007-06-18 09:39:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LA JA KN
07VIENTIANE524	NEW TRANSPORTATION ARTERIES AND TRADE INITIATIVES [...] (SBU) Summary. New highways and trade initiatives may boost Laos' growth but will provide greater opportunities for illicit trafficking as well. With the opening of a Savannakhet, Laos-Mukdahan, Thailand bridge, the East-West Economic Corridor (EWEC) that transects southern Laos is now comp [...]	2007-06-25 08:51:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECIN ELTN ETRD KCRM KHIV LA PGOV SNAR
07VIENTIANE525	LAO GOVERNMENT CAUTIOUSLY WELCOMES U.S. ARRESTS [...] (C) Summary: Lao government officials appear to have been pleased and surprised by the June 4 arrests of Hmong-American General Vang Pao and others on suspicion of plotting violent action aimed at overthrowing the Lao government. However, the Philippines Ambassador, who talked to Lao gover [...]	2007-06-25 09:23:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINS ASEC CASC SCUL SNAR CH LA US
07VIENTIANE53	REPRESENTATIVE MCCOLLUM'S DISCUSSIONS ON UNEXPLODED [...] (SBU) Summary: During her visit to Laos, Representative McCollum got a first-hand look at the problems related to unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Xieng Khouang province. She visited a hospital where UXO victims were being treated, a mine clearance site, and a school where children demonstrated mi [...]	2007-01-22 08:13:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP MOPS PREL PHUM PGOV SCUL KFLU KHDP ECON LA
07VIENTIANE558	CABINET RESHUFFLE INCLUDES NEW FACE AT FINANCE [...] (C) Summary: In a cabinet reshuffle announced by the Prime Minister at the closing of the National Assembly, Finance Minister Chansy Phosikham was named to replace Somphet Thipmala as governor of Vientiane Province. Chansy's former deputy, Somdy Douangdy, became finance minister. Somphet b [...]	2007-07-11 09:45:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR ECON EFIN ENRG LA
07VIENTIANE639	LAO MFA SPOKESMAN CONTINUES HARD LINE TOWARD HMONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Spokesman Yong Chanthalangsy showed no flexibility in Lao Government positions regarding the Lao Hmong in Thailand in a lengthy conversation with Pol/Econ Chief. Yong said the "humiliation" of the Lao officials involved in the failure to repatriate 150 Hmong from Nong Khai i [...]	2007-08-10 10:51:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	LA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
07VIENTIANE640	"LIKE-MINDED" DIPLOMATIC GROUP DISCUSSES HMONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent meeting of the "like-minded" diplomatic group revealed a strong consensus in support of coordinated pressure on the Lao to improve conditions for the Hmong ethnic minority and to provide greater access to returnees and Hmong areas. The situations of the 5 boys from the g [...]	2007-08-10 11:22:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	LA PGOV PHUM PREF PREL TH
07VIENTIANE668	VISIT TO LAOS OF STAFFDEL GUDES [...] (SBU) Visiting professional congressional staff members Scott Gudes and Dan Brandt visited Vientiane August 16-19. While in Vientiane they met with Vice Foreign Minister Phongsavath Boupha, who raised restrictions against Eximbank working in Laos, discussed financial reform in Laos with the [...]	2007-08-21 10:02:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON ETRD EINV KHDP PGOV OTRA LA
07VIENTIANE767	MFA ASEAN OFFICIAL DESCRIBES ACTIVE LAO ROLE ON [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with the Charge on Burma, Deputy Director General for ASEAN Songkane Luangmuninthone said that Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Thongloun Sisoulith had intervened with the Burmese Foreign Minister at UN Special Envoy Gambari's request to urge the Burmese to a [...]	2007-10-12 09:48:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV LA BM ASEAN
07VIENTIANE780	PRIME MINISTER RAISES CONCERNS ON HMONG WAIVER [...] (C) During the Ambassador's introductory call on Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh, both the Ambassador and the Prime Minister expressed satisfaction with recent improvements in bilateral cooperation. The Prime Minister pressed for the lifting of restrictions on U.S. Export-Import Bank ope [...]	2007-10-18 11:06:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EFIN CVIS LA US BM ASEAN
07VIENTIANE788	DEMARCHE TO LAO GOVERNMENT: U.S. SANCTIONS AGAINST [...] (SBU) The Ambassador delivered Ref A demarche on Burma during an October 22 meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Alounkeo Kittikhoun primarily devoted to the Hmong waiver issue (Ref B). He provided the Assistant Minister with the White House fact sheet, the text of the executive order, an [...]	2007-10-24 08:45:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EFIN BM LA ASEAN
07VIENTIANE816	LAO FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lao Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Thongloun told the Ambassador on November 2 that had pushed Burmese Foreign Minister Win on the need for rapid movement forward on the "roadmap" process. According to Thongloun, Win said completion of the constitutional referendum, the f [...]	2007-11-05 09:59:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	BM LA PGOV PREL
07VIENTIANE820	BURMA IN THE LAO NEWS, BUT NOT EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO SEE [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-06 23:46:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR PREL PGOV KPAO LA BM
07VIENTIANE829	SOUTH KOREAN DCM DISCUSSES NORTH KOREAN PREMIER'S [...] (C) Summary: The South Korean DCM told the DCM on November 9 that Lao officials had described the November 4-7 visit of North Korean Premier Kim Yong Il as very successful. The Lao Prime Minister praised North Korea's handling of Korean peninsula issues. Lao officials described Premier Kim [...]	2007-11-09 11:10:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EINV LA KN KS
07VIENTIANE85	CONSIDERING "MATERIAL SUPPORT" FOR THE HMONG; LIST [...] (C) The issue of determining who provided "material support" in the case of the Lao Hmong is very complicated. Below (para 5),we provide the Embassy's list of bombings and other attacks in Laos during the past several years. In virtually all cases, the identities of the perpetrators are diff [...]	2007-02-02 08:04:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC LA MOPS PGOV PREF PREL PTER
07VIENTIANE857	LAOS: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] Summary: While the GOL has made great strides in getting its legal house in order to combat human trafficking, and has also make progress in protecting returning trafficking victims, it needs to do more to address the growing problem of internal human trafficking. Post does not have updated inf [...]	2007-11-26 10:28:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL LA
07VIENTIANE897	SCENE SETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ADMIRAL KEATING [...] (C) I and the Vientiane Country Team are delighted to welcome you and your team to Laos. The Lao agreed to a far broader range of meetings with senior officials than they did for Admiral Fallon who visited in July 2006. I believe that they have made a strategic decision to begin a step-by-ste [...]	2007-12-12 10:35:00	Embassy Vientiane	CONFIDENTIAL	KPOW LA MARR MOPS OVIP PGOV PREL
07VIENTIANE928	LAO DEFENSE MINISTER SPEAKS OUT AGAINST CHILD TRAFFICKING [...] Summary: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense Lieutenant General Douangchay Phichit spoke to a crowd of 1000 government officials and members of the public at an all-day event marking the International Day Against Child Trafficking on December 7. The Minister described Lao [...]	2007-12-28 06:03:00	Embassy Vientiane	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM KWMN ELAB PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG LA
07VILNIUS13	LITHUANIA STRUGGLING TO MEET SCHENGEN REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania is in a race to meet Schengen requirements by early 2008, the anticipated date of Schengen expansion. Despite a contracting and spending spree in December 2006, Lithuania will struggle to meet the early 2008 deadline for implementation of Schengen requirements at its [...]	2007-01-08 10:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EUN LH
07VILNIUS191	STATE SECURITY CHIEF'S RESIGNATION: IT AIN'T OVER [...] (C) Summary: A March 15 parliamentary vote rejected the resignation of State Security chief Arvydas Pocius, despite a previous decision by the same body that he was not capable of doing the job. Pocius remains in the job, but his position is weak and probably untenable. End Summary. 2. ( [...]	2007-03-16 15:50:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
07VILNIUS243	PROTECTING THE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS OF SOVIET [...] Summary: A dispute over the right of Soviet-era artists to profit from their work has generated an intriguing dispute that threatens to damage a satirical amusement park cheekily referred to as "Stalin World." The case raises several interesting legal and moral questions and has helped raise [...]	2007-04-06 09:22:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON KIPR ETRD PGOV LH
07VILNIUS25	LITHUANIA ON IRAN: SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY WITHOUT [...] (C) We delivered ref A points to Jurate Ramoskiene, First Secretary in the MFA's Africa and Middle East Division, on SIPDIS January 11. She said that the GOL is "absolutely" supportive of a "two-dimensional approach" to Iran, including both sanctions and pro-democracy efforts. She said t [...]	2007-01-11 17:07:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KPAO PREL IR LH PL
07VILNIUS275	LITHUANIA ON ICI: GOL'S AMB TO EGYPT WILL [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-18 14:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PGOV PREL UN IZ LH
07VILNIUS281	LITHUANIA: READY FOR NATO HLG MAY 3 MEETING [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-23 14:17:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NATO MNUC NPG LH
07VILNIUS284	LITHUANIA ON ICI: UPDATED ATTENDANCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-24 14:29:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PGOV PREL UN IZ LH
07VILNIUS290	PAKSAS'S PARTY WINS VILNIUS MAYORSHIP [...] (C) SUMMARY. The new mayor of Vilnius is Juozas Imbrasas, a strong supporter of impeached ex-president Rolandas Paksas and member of the Paksas-led Liberal Democratic Party. His election is a first step toward re-establishing Paksas and his party as significant political players. End Summary. [...]	2007-04-26 15:36:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR LH
07VILNIUS340	DAS DAVID KRAMER'S MAY 11 VISIT TO VILNIUS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 11, EUR DAS David Kramer provided the GOL an account of his recent visit to Belarus and delivered the message that the USG and its allies must keep pressure on Belarusian President Lukashenko until he takes concrete steps toward reform. His GOL interlocutors were skeptical [...]	2007-05-16 07:02:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV LT BO UP
07VILNIUS393	LITHUANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER REQUESTS HELP IN [...] (C) On May 28, Ambassador Cloud and Defense Attache met with Lithuanian Minister of Defense Juozas Olekas (other issues discussed to be provided septel). Olekas requested U.S. help in getting Lithuanian Joint Tactical Air Controllers (JTAC) certified by NATO. He said that some of Lithuania's [...]	2007-06-01 11:36:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV EAID LH AF
07VILNIUS401	(C) LITHUANIAN DEFENSE MINISTER CONFIRMS DRAW-DOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Cloud reiterated the U.S. preference that the GOL leave a platoon of troops in Iraq to Lithuanian Defense Minister Juozas Olekas on May 28. Olekas said that, after deliberations with President Adamkus and FM Vaitiekunas, the GOL has decided to keep some staff officers [...]	2007-06-04 15:00:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV EAID LH
07VILNIUS438	(C) LITHUANIA TO INTERVENE ON NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Lithuania plans to intervene on neighborhood policy at the June 18-19 GAERC. The GOL is happy with the German Presidency's handling of this issue, but still has some points to add to the conclusions. Lithuania expects a shortened period of discussion for all agenda items to save [...]	2007-06-13 11:06:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PARM PGOV PREL LH
07VILNIUS467	NEW HEAD OF LITHUANIA'S STATE SECURITY DEPARTMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY. President Adamkus signelQXbVQw77u candidacy on June 5. END SUMMARY. Bio Note -------- 2. (C) Malakauskas has been a close embassy contact for several years. Since 2004, he has been head of Lithuania,s Special Investigations Service (Lithuanian acronym STT). He is intell [...]	2007-06-27 10:08:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
07VILNIUS47	LITHUANIA'S PLANS FOR GAERC: ENERGY AND [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's Foreign Minister plans to intervene at the January 22-23 GAERC on European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) and external energy policy. The GOL supports the UN envoy in Kosovo and agrees that strengthening sanctions and promoting democracy are both needed in Iran. End Summa [...]	2007-01-19 15:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG EAID EUN LH
07VILNIUS511	LITHUANIA DECIDES TO KEEP PLATOON IN IRAQ, WILL [...] (C) Summary: On July 9, President Adamkus told the Ambassador that Lithuania will meet its commitments in Iraq. He explained that decisions by the Danes and the British to reduce their presence in MNF-southeast forced the Lithuanians to do some restructuring of their presence. President Adamku [...]	2007-07-12 07:27:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ LH
07VILNIUS519	LITHUANIAN FM TO SPEAK ABOUT WTO AND KOSOVO AT [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Vyta Naujokaityte of the MFA's Common Foreign and Security Policy Division. Naujokaityte told us that FM Petras Vaitiekunas's briefing book is still being prepared for the July 23 GAERC. He plans to make a short statement about Kosovo and the WTO. 2. (C) N [...]	2007-07-17 12:24:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN ENRG ETRD ETTC KPAL PGOV PREL SOCI LH
07VILNIUS531	LITHUANIA AGREES HUMAN RIGHTS IN AZERBAIJIN [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-26 09:00:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM OSCE AJ LH
07VILNIUS542	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THE LITHUANIAN [...] (C) As part of President Adamkus's decision to maintain a combat platoon on Iraq, he tasked Foreign Minister Vaitiekunas and Defense Minister Olekas to travel to Washington to discuss Lithuania's role in Iraq. MNF-Iraq has given the Lithuanian military a variety of options and promised needed [...]	2007-08-01 08:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP PREL PGOV MOPS MARR IZ LH
07VILNIUS545	LITHUANIA: WELCOMES INFO ON U.S.-INDIA PEACEFUL [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-01 11:32:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ENRG KNNP KTIA LH IN
07VILNIUS573	LITHUANIA PREPARES TO RECOGNIZE KOSOVO WITHOUT [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Giedre Gelezeviciene of the MFA's European Union Enlargement Division. Gelezeviciene said that Lithuanian FM Petras Vaitiekunas had said that one country could not hold the process hostage as Kosovo moves towards independence. She said that the GOL would foll [...]	2007-08-10 10:30:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KV YI UN PGOV EU LH
07VILNIUS618	CAP IMPROVES LIVES OF LITHUANIAN FARMERS BUT NOT [...] Begin summary: Statistics about the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) are readily available; however it is difficult to determine its direct impact on Lithuanian farmers with numbers alone. We recently visited several farms to get an understanding of the CAP,s effects in Lithuania. CAP funds [...]	2007-08-31 08:52:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV LH
07VILNIUS626	LITHUANIA WILL FOCUS ON RUSSIA ISSUES AT GYMNICH [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania plans to focus on Russia for the September 7 GYMNICH meeting. FM Vaitiekunas will argue that problems of individual EU member states with Russia should be approached as collective EU problems. He will also seek to take the agenda focus off of a Partnership and Cooperat [...]	2007-09-05 10:59:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PGOV PREL YI RS CH IN LH
07VILNIUS648	LITHUANIA'S CORRUPT MEDIA HURTS EVERYONE, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Some media outlets in Lithuania, newspapers especially, extort politicians and businessmen using rewards of positive coverage and the threat of negative coverage. Media corruption damages media credibility, undermines Lithuania's democratic institutions, and intimidates politicia [...]	2007-09-13 13:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON KCOR LH
07VILNIUS713	LITHUANIA CONCERNED ABOUT BURMA, WILL SUPPORT EU [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-04 12:22:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BM LH
07VILNIUS729	LITHUANIA ON THE OCTOBER 15-16 FOREIGN MINISTERS [...] (C) Begin Summary. Lithuania's priority at the October 15-16 GAERC will be to express concerns about Russia prior to the EU-Russia summit in Portugal later this month. The FM also may intervene to discuss concerns about the EU's new treaty reform, to express support for strong pressure on Bu [...]	2007-10-12 14:23:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL LH RS IR
07VILNIUS733	LITHUANIA PROVIDES NO DIRECT AID TO BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-16 06:25:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BM LH

07VILNIUS742	USPASKICH RETURNED FROM RUSSIA, RUNNING FOR [...] (C) Summary. On September 26, Viktor Uspaskich -- businessman turned politician, former Economy Minister, and fugitive for his alleged fraudulent use of campaign funds -- returned from Moscow to Lithuania. He was immediately detained and is currently under pre-trial house arrest for six mont [...]	2007-10-18 08:12:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR LH RS
07VILNIUS781	LITHUANIA REPORTS NO PKK PRESENCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-31 09:01:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PGOV KTFN TU IZ EUN LH
07VILNIUS783	SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL [...] (C) Lithuania will send a representative to the INTERPOL General Assembly meeting in Morocco on November 5. Argentina's diplomatic representation for Lithuania is provided by its mission in Finland. We contacted Embassy Helsinki for help determining if our assistance would be beneficial. [...]	2007-10-31 12:48:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV LH IR
07VILNIUS789	AMBASSADOR CLOUD MEETS WITH NEW CHIEF OF SPECIAL [...] (U) Summary. On October 24 Ambassador met with newly commissioned Director of Special Investigations Service (STT) Zymantas Pacevicius (pat-SEV-i-chuss) to discuss the challenge of fighting corruption in Lithuania and his desire for further training opportunities. End Summary. 2. (U) Pa [...]	2007-11-02 09:06:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PGOV PREL PINR LH
07VILNIUS814	TRIP TO REGIONS HIGHLIGHTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT [...] Ambassador Cloud visited Panevezys and Birzai on November 7 and 8, meeting with city political leaders, linen and glass companies, and a group of NGO leaders. The Ambassador delivered remarks at a high school, encouraging the students to consider study opportunities in the U.S., toured a local [...]	2007-11-13 12:47:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV LH
07VILNIUS826	LITHUANIA CONCERNED ABOUT VENEZUELA, BUT UNLIKELY [...] (C) We delivered reftel points to Darius Staniulis, Head of the MFA's Human Rights and NGOs Division, on November 15. He agreed that some of the proposed constitutional changes were troubling and some were "totalitarian." He said, however, that the GOL is not very active in Latin America and [...]	2007-11-16 15:43:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM LH VE
07VILNIUS829	LITHUANIA WILL FOCUS ON GEORGIA FOR NOVEMBER 19 [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania's focus for the November 19 GAERC will be Georgia. FM Vaitiekunas plans to try to convince other EU members that Georgia needs more support now, not less. He will push for a statement urging other countries not to intervene in Georgia's domestic political affairs. On [...]	2007-11-16 16:12:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV GG IR PK BM LH
07VILNIUS848	LITHUANIAN WILL FOLLOW THE EU FLOW ON BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 15:29:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ETRD EFIN LH
07VILNIUS877	LITHUANIAN PRIORITIES FOR THE DECEMBER 10 GAERC [...] (C) Summary. Lithuania will seek to include a statement on energy security in the summit conclusions at the GAERC meeting on December 10. FM Vaitiekunas will also emphasize the importance of helping Moldova and the inadequacy of the Black Sea Energy group for the countries in the European Nei [...]	2007-12-10 13:26:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM LE SY LH
07VILNIUS878	LITHUANIA'S GOVERNMENT UNDER STRESS [...] (C) Summary. The opposition Conservative party has begun calling for early elections in Lithuania. The Social Democrats, who lead the minority governing coalition and who also used to have the support of the Conservatives, have been hurt by increasing inflation and allegations of poor planning [...]	2007-12-10 15:19:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV LH
07VILNIUS879	LITHUANIA WILL SUPPORT COUNTRY-SPECIFIC [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-10 15:50:00	Embassy Vilnius	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV LH
07VILNIUS88	FEBRUARY GAERC: LITHUANIA FOCUSED ON KOSOVO, [...] (C) Lithuania's FM does not plan any interventions for the February GAERC, but is supportive of U.S. positions. In the lead-up to the GAERC, Lithuania focused on Kosovo, Afghanistan, and setting the stage for a March European Council that focuses on the Lisbon strategy and the energy sector. [...]	2007-02-07 11:35:00	Embassy Vilnius	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD LH EUN AF
07VLADIVOSTOK113	REVERSING VLADIVOSTOK'S WATER QUALITY DECLINE [...] (U) Summary. A recent conference in Vladivostok highlighted the seriousness of pollution in the waters off the city's picturesque coastline. Untreated sewage, a lack of pollution controls, and unchecked dumping not only threaten the region's unique wildlife but also its human inhabitants. Th [...]	2007-10-09 03:51:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ECON PGOV RU
07VLADIVOSTOK127	GOVERNMENT TO VLADIVOSTOK: HAVE WE GOT A BRIDGE FOR YOU... [...] (SBU) Summary. A major component of the federal government's program to prepare Vladivostok to host the 2012 APEC summit is construction of a bridge to Russkiy Island, the probable location of the APEC Summit. At a recent public hearing, government officials and bridge designers reviewed te [...]	2007-11-21 07:57:00	Consulate Vladivostok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON RU
07WARSAW1097	FM FOTYGA OUTLINES POLISH FOREIGN POLICY PRIORITIES [...] Summary: FM Anna Fotyga outlined the government's foreign policy priorities in a two hour report to the Polish Parliament on May 11. Fotyga repeatedly stressed the need for greater energy security, referring to it as the "flagship issue" of Poland's foreign policy. She did little to amelio [...]	2007-05-11 15:30:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PL
07WARSAW1098	YOUR JUNE 8 VISIT TO POLAND AND MEETING WITH [...] (C) Mr. President. The Polish people and government, as well as I and my entire staff, are looking forward to your June 8 visit as a sign of the importance you attach to our close partnership with Poland, and for the boost it will give the relationship as we embark on negotiations to place a [...]	2007-05-11 16:28:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW1162	POLAND-KOSOVO: GOP STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF PROMPT [...] (C) Pol External Chief on May 15 delivered reftel demarche on Kosovo UNSC action to Piotr Siebeneichen, Balkans Unit Chief in the MFA European Department. Siebeneichen reiterated his government's strong support for the Ahtisaari Report and an expeditious resolution of the Kowovo status questi [...]	2007-05-17 13:18:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL YI
07WARSAW1163	POLAND-IRAQ: INFORMING THE GOP OF LEADERSHIP [...] (C) DCM delivered reftel demarche during the week of May 14 in separate meetings with MFA U/S Witold Waszczykowski, PM's foreign policy adviser Amb. Andrzej Sados and Presidential Chief of Staff Elzbieta Jakubiak. The Polish side expressed appreciation for the political message on transfer of [...]	2007-05-17 13:48:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PL IQ GG
07WARSAW1221	POLAND-IRAQ: FOREIGN MINISTER EXPRESSES CONCERN [...] (C) Polish Foreign Minister Anna Fotyga called Ambassador in on Friday, May 25, to discuss the changes in the leadership structure of the Multi-National Division Center South (MND-CS) in Iraq, in particular the decision to create a new command (MND-C) that would assume command of MND-CS elemen [...]	2007-05-25 15:35:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PL IQ GG
07WARSAW1237	TIP ISSUES GRAB POLISH HEADLINES [...] (U) Summary. Polish media has recently highlighted a number of instances where law enforcement mishandled and deported TIP victims. Interior Minster Kaczmarek seized on the bad press to highlight the seriousness of the problem to the public and launched an internal investigation, and the Huma [...]	2007-05-30 09:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF KCRM KJUS PL
07WARSAW1265	POLES ADVISED AGAINST MANPADS TO GEORGIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Polcouns delivered reftel demarche, advising that Poland not sell MANPADS to Georgia, to Ambassador Tadeusz Chomicki on May 29. Chomicki appreciated hearing the U.S. position, but politely cautioned that, "This decision rests with the highest authorities in Poland." As if to pre [...]	2007-05-31 14:31:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL
07WARSAW1338	WILL POLAND USE ITS VETO ON THE EU CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Warsaw has had a slew of EU leaders pay a visit on the eve of the June 21 EU Summit in Berlin on a constitutional convention. Last week Italian PM Prodi had brutally frank talks with the Polish President and PM. According to a senior Italian diplomat, Prodi called his meeting with PM Kac [...]	2007-06-08 11:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW1383	MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN: POLAND UNDERTAKES [...] (U) This is an action message. Please see para 4. 2. (C) After Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Juliusz Gojlo, MFA Head of the Iraqi Task Group, PolCouns was asked to meet June 15 with Gojlo and Iran Deskoff Andrzej Lysiak to discuss a related demarche made by the Iranian Embassy. Ly [...]	2007-06-15 14:14:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN PL
07WARSAW1398	GIERTYCH ATTACKS ON SOCIAL ISSUES, BUT KACZYNSKIS [...] (U) Summary. The far-right Catholic nationalist League of Polish Families (LPR) party has been using controversial wedge issues such as abortion and gay rights in an attempt to re-capture the support of voters who largely chose Law and Justice (PiS) in the 2005 election. But LPR head Roman [...]	2007-06-18 13:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PL
07WARSAW1428	IRANIANS TELL POLES THAT SITUATION OF DETAINED [...] (C) MFA Iraq Task Force Chief Juliusz Gojlo informed PolCouns June 21 that he had met the previous day with a counselor from the Iranian Embassy to inquire about the status of American citizens detained in Iran (Ref A) and to provide Iran our views on the "Irbil Five"--the Iranians detained i [...]	2007-06-21 10:02:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM IR PHUM EUN PL
07WARSAW1438	POLAND: ANNUAL INVESTMENT DISPUTE REPORT [...] (SBU) Post is unaware of any ongoing expropriation disputes involving Poland and U.S. companies or citizens. However, on April 29, 2004, Cargill filed a request for arbitration with the Polish Government relating to its investment in an isoglucose plant in Wroclaw. In 1995, Cargill invested [...]	2007-06-22 12:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV CASC KIDE OPIC PGOV PL
07WARSAW1521	POLAND PROBABLY NOT IN A POSITION TO PROVIDE AMMO [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 11:42:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS MARR MOPS PGOV PREL LE NZ AS NATO EU PL
07WARSAW163	KOSOVO STATUS TIMELINE: POLAND FULLY ON BOARD [...] (C) Pol External Chief delivered reftel demarche on the Kosovo status timeline on January 18 to Piotr Siebeneichen, Chief of the Balkans Division in the MFA Europe Department. Siebeneichen said the Polish and U.S. positions were nearly identical; Poland strongly supported Un Special Envy Ahtis [...]	2007-01-26 10:26:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UN UNMIK PGOV EU PL
07WARSAW1664	WITH COALITION IN TATTERS AFTER ONE YEAR OF PM [...] (C) Summary: With his coalition in tatters Prime Minister Jarek Kaczynski on July 27 pulled back -- at least for the moment -- from calling early elections. Many PiS leaders discount opinion polls and believe they could once again come out ahead in elections. More importantly, Kaczynski ma [...]	2007-07-27 15:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL
07WARSAW1731	INTERIOR MINISTER LOBS ACCUSATIONS AFTER BEING [...] (U) Summary: The firing of Interior Minister Janusz Kaczmarek August 8 caught the political world by surprise and revealed perhaps greater internal disarray in the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party than was suspected even when insider Ludwig Dorn resigned as Interior Minister six months [...]	2007-08-09 14:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL
07WARSAW1745	PIS INSIDER SAYS ELECTIONS "PROBABLE" AFTER [...] (C) In the wake of the August 8 firing of Interior Minister Janusz Kaczmarek, part of the fallout of the July firing of Deputy Prime Minister Andrzej Lepper, there is once again serious talk of early elections, but there has yet to be any concrete action to set the process in motion. As expe [...]	2007-08-10 14:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL
07WARSAW1748	POTENTIAL POLISH MANPADS SALE TO GEORGIA [...] (S) Summary: In three separate meetings August 10, Charge and Polcouns conveyed reftel demarche to Robert Draba, the President's acting Chief of Staff, who oversees the presidential-level Polish-Georgian commission; Adam Lipinski, Chief of the Prime Minister's Political Cabinet and advisor on [...]	2007-08-13 09:41:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL
07WARSAW1755	KACZYNSKIS END TURBULENT COALITION AND PREDICT [...] (SBU) President Lech Kaczynski and his brother Prime Minister Jarek Kaczynski put an end August 13 to a turbulent 15-month coalition government, saying early elections were inevitable and would take place toward the end of October. Prime Minister Kaczynski fired all ministers from the League [...]	2007-08-13 15:40:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL
07WARSAW1759	GETTING READY FOR SEPTEMBER 6-7 TALKS ON MISSILE [...] (C) In an August 14 meeting with DCM and Pol Intern, Robert Kupiecki -- principal advisor to Poland,s lead Missile Defense (MD) negotiator Witold Waszczykowski -- promised a Polish draft text on an MD basing agreement in a few days. Kupiecki assured us that the Polish draft text on security c [...]	2007-08-14 15:23:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL
07WARSAW1760	POSSIBLE ELECTIONS: INITIAL OUTLOOK AND PROGNOSIS [...] (C) Summary: Early elections now seem more likely than at any other time since Law and Justice (PiS) won the parliamentary and presidential elections in 2005, but are still not completely certain. No action will be taken in moving forward on a resolution to dissolve the Sejm until Septembe [...]	2007-08-14 15:24:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW1764	DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON KOSOVO'S NEXT STEPS [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-16 12:49:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	KV YI UN PGOV EU PREL PL
07WARSAW1786	SCENE-SETTER FOR CONGRESSIONAL VISITS TO POLAND [...] Your visits to Warsaw come at a somewhat turbulent political time in Poland, with the governing Law and Justice (PiS) party leadership having just dissolved a fractious coalition with two extremist junior partners and declared they will seek elections in the fall. The elections could be stave [...]	2007-08-17 14:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PINR ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW181	POLAND-EU: POLISH FM FOTYGA'S VIEWS ON JANUARY [...] (C) PolExt Chief delivered Ref B and C pre-GAERC demarches January 17 to Pawel Herczynski, Deputy Director of the MFA EU Department. Herczynski was unable to coordinate a response within the MFA before the January 22 GAERC. However, Post provides below post-GAERC comments by FM Fotyga at a Ja [...]	2007-01-26 16:10:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG EUN PL
07WARSAW1821	MANPADS SOLD TO GEORGIA BY POLAND ACCORDING TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-24 10:49:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL
07WARSAW1826	RUMORS FLY AS CALENDAR IS SET FOR DISSOLVING [...] (C) Summary. Political turmoil continues in Poland as three separate motions for dissolving parliament are under consideration. Sejm Marshall Ludwik Dorn set the vote on dissolution for September 7. With a razor thin majority, the motion may pass, setting the stage for October elections; al [...]	2007-08-27 05:18:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MASS PL
07WARSAW1916	PARLIAMENT DISSOLVED, MINISTERS FIRED, ELECTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The Polish Parliament voted to dissolve itself by a wide majority on September 7, setting the stage for early elections. President Kaczynski as expected set the election date for October 21. The political fur is already flying in what is expected to be a brutal campaign. Civic [...]	2007-09-10 15:04:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PL
07WARSAW1944	POLES THINK IT'S TOO EARLY FOR AN EU BORDER [...] No summary [...]	2007-09-13 14:33:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SY IS LE EUN
07WARSAW2033	RACE TIGHTENS IN CLOSING WEEKS [...] (C) Summary. With elections in three weeks, the Kaczynski political machine is humming, effectively sidelining its main opposition and counting on its strength in rural areas to deliver what would be an electoral first in post-communist Poland: re-election. The Kaczynskis have managed to s [...]	2007-10-01 15:21:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL
07WARSAW2043	KEEPING PRESSURE ON THE BURMESE REGIME [...] (SBU) Poloff met October 2 with Beata Stoczynska, Acting Director, and Krzysztof Ciebien, Minister Counsellor from the Asia-Pacific Department of the MFA to deliver reftel points on Burma. Stoczynska confirmed that Poland is pushing within the framework of the EU to keep pressure on the Burmes [...]	2007-10-02 15:47:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM BM PL
07WARSAW2082	KRAKOW,S PO LEADER PREDICTS PO LOSS [...] (U) This cable was drafted by ConGen Krakow. 2. (C) Summary: Krakow,s PO leader (and lead candidate on the PO list),Senator Jaroslaw Gowin, told Poloff on October 5 that his party will probably lose the coming parliamentary elections, both in Krakow and the nation. In Gowin,s view, the [...]	2007-10-10 13:42:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL
07WARSAW2091	POLAND: MFA OFFICIAL REVIEWS GAERC AGENDA; [...] (C) Summary: PolCouns met October 11 with Pawel Herczynski, MFA Deputy Director for EU Affairs, to review reftel issues in advance of the October 15-16 EU Foreign Ministers meeting. While most of his comments were predictable, Herczynski added a new twist on Poland's approach to EU-Russia [...]	2007-10-11 14:19:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV ETRD ETTC KPAL WTO PL
07WARSAW2101	TUSK COMING ON STRONG, BUT IS IT TOO LITTLE TOO [...] (U) Summary: With polls flip flopping between the ruling Law and Order (PiS) and main opposition Civic Platform (PO),the October 12 debate between PM Kaczynski and PO's Donald Tusk may prove decisive in a tight race. After weeks of running an anemic and lackluster campaign, Tusk came out s [...]	2007-10-15 14:11:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW2128	MUD-SLINGING CAMPAIGN DRAWS TO A CLOSE WITH [...] (C) Summary: Poles will go to vote this Sunday with increasingly stark campaign ad messages of "disaster" in the health sector, a fresh corruption scandal carefully timed for maximum political impact, and a dash of anti-Semitism to add to the campaign. The final week has seen spirited mud-s [...]	2007-10-19 10:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR PL
07WARSAW2129	GET OUT THE VOTE EFFORTS TARGET PRO-PO YOUNG [...] (U) With youth vote possibly delivering the election to the opposition Civic Platform (PO),turn out of students in this weekend's parliamentary elections will be a crucial factor. Students are more energized this year than in previous rounds, particularly in 2005 when many opted to sit out. [...]	2007-10-19 12:38:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW2131	POLISH SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT IN BURMA [...] (SBU) On October 18, PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Krzysztof Ciebien, Minister Counselor for MFA,s Asia department. Ciebien stated that in addition to Poland,s statement expressing concerns over the developments in Burma, the Government of Poland has raised the issue with va [...]	2007-10-19 12:48:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BM PGOV PHUM RREL PL
07WARSAW2136	URBAN VOTERS DELIVER LANDSLIDE VICTORY TO CIVIC [...] (C) Summary: The opposition Civic Platform (PO) won a decisive victory over ruling Law and Justice (PiS),as urban and youth voters, motivated apparently by PO leader Donald Tusk's decisive debate with PM Jarek Kaczynski, and by PiS's over-the-top campaign tactics, turned out in high numbers. [...]	2007-10-22 14:06:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN MARR PL
07WARSAW2142	CIVIC PLATFORM GOVERNMENT LIKELY TO LEAVE IRAQ, [...] (C) Summary: With their victory clear, Civic Platform (PO) leaders are making public statements on a wide range of foreign policy objectives, including their party's position on Polish deployment in Iraq. Reflecting widespread popular dissatisfaction with the Iraq war, PO consistently has ca [...]	2007-10-23 14:44:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EFIN ECON MARR PL
07WARSAW2154	ACTION REQUEST: LETTER FROM MFA PROPOSES [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Post requests that the Department respond positively to the Polish government's invitation to participate in a Polish-U.S. seminar on export controls in Tbilisi, Georgia as outlined in the letter text quoted below. END ACTION REQUEST. 2. (C) Background: Ambassador re [...]	2007-10-26 09:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM MASS ETTC PGOV PREL GG PL
07WARSAW2155	POLAND'S RESPONSE ON BURMA SANCTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-26 11:58:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PL BM
07WARSAW2185	FROM BIALE MIASTECZKO TO THE BALLOT BOX, HEALTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While leaders of the Doctors and Nurses Unions claim to have avoided the politicization of health care in the latest elections, the presiding Law and Justice (PiS) party used the threat of privatization of hospitals in a last minute bid to influence swing voters in the campaign [...]	2007-11-02 15:48:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ELAB PGOV PL PREL TBIO
07WARSAW2224	TUSK DESIGNATED AS NEW POLISH PM [...] (U) Summary. President Lech Kaczynski designated Donald Tusk as Poland's next prime minister on November 9, as expected. Tusk promised to unveil his recommended cabinet tomorrow, November 10. Presidential advisor Michal Kaminski confirmed that the cabinet should be sworn into office on Fri [...]	2007-11-09 17:12:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW2230	POLISH PEOPLEQS PARTY (PSL) IN GOVERNING COALITION RAISES [...] (U) Civic Platform (PO) led by Prime Minister-designate Donald Tusk will establish a coalition with the Polish PeopleQs Party (PSL) in order to form a new government. PO won PolandQs October Parliamentary election with 41.5 percent of the vote, with PSL garnering 9 percent. In November PSL wi [...]	2007-11-14 06:52:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD PGOV PL
07WARSAW2246	NEW POLISH FM SIKORSKI AND MOD KLICH LIKELY TO [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel non-paper on November 15 to Pawel Herczynski in the MFA's EU Department, in anticipation of the November 19-20 GAERC in Brussels. Herczynski said he was "99% sure" that Poland would be represented by new FM Radek Sikorski, who would be accompanied by new Minister o [...]	2007-11-16 11:38:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	EUN PREL PGOV PL
07WARSAW2266	POLES FORMULATING PLAN FOR JOINT EXPORT CONTROL [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-23 11:31:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM PREL ETTC MASS PGOV GG PL
07WARSAW2273	POLAND'S MINORITY ROMA FACE UPHILL BATTLES DESPITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. While Poland's Roma population is not as large or significant as those in nearby countries, it remains a community which faces significant challenges. The GOP has recognized the distressing situation of the Roma minority in Poland. In 2001 it created the Pilot Program for the [...]	2007-11-27 16:12:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL PL
07WARSAW2274	PM TUSK WINS VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN PARLIAMENT [...] (C) Summary: As expected, PM Donald Tusk won a vote of confidence in the Polish Sejm on November 24, winning 238 votes (230 are necessary). Tusk presented his governmental expose to the Sejm on November 23, outlining an ambitious agenda that includes health sector reform, infrastructure imp [...]	2007-11-27 16:31:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW2289	MFA OFFICIAL PESSIMISTIC ON CHANGE IN CUBA [...] (C) Emboffs met with Daniel Gromann, Deputy Director of the MFA's Americas Division, and until August 2007, Poland's Charge d'Affaires in Havana. Gromann spent six years in Havana, and was Charge for his final two years. He played an instrumental role with respect to setting up the video co [...]	2007-11-29 14:32:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PREL CU PL
07WARSAW2313	AMBASSADOR MEETS POLAND'S NEW AG. [...] (SBU) Summary. Dec. 3, Ambassador Ashe called on new AgMinister Marek Sawicki, accompanied by AgCounselor. As reported reftel, Sawicki is a member of Poland's minority party, PSL, in the new governing coalition with PO that came to office after parliamentary elections Oct. 21. Minister Saw [...]	2007-12-04 14:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO PGOV PL
07WARSAW2338	POLAND TO SUPPORT UNGA PLENARY VOTES ON [...] (U) On December 7, PolOff delivered reftel points regarding the votes on country specific resolutions in the upcoming UNGA Plenary to Mariusz Lewicki, Head of the Human Rights Section in the MFA,s UN Department. Mr. Lewicki assured us that Poland will attend the Plenary and reiterated Poland, [...]	2007-12-07 14:10:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL UNGA PL
07WARSAW2341	POLES TO FOCUS ON KOSOVO, EASTERN DIMENSION AT [...] (C) POLOFF passed reftel talking points to Pawel Herczynski, in the MFA's EU Department. Herczynski said the December 9-10 GAERC will focus primarily on Kosovo and EU Neighbors policy. Herczynski said that the GOP will be very disappointed if the EU fails to speak in one voice with respect [...]	2007-12-07 15:14:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW2347	POLAND TO ATTEND PARIS DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) PolCouns met December 10 with Wieslaw Kucel, Counselor in the MFA's Middle East and Africa Department to deliver reftel demarche. Kucel, who accompanied Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski to the Annapolis conference, said that Poland would be represented by at least Deputy Foreign Minist [...]	2007-12-10 14:26:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KWBG KPAL IS PL
07WARSAW2361	AMBASSADOR THOMAS SCHWEICH'S DECEMBER 3 MEETINGS [...] (SBU) On 3 December, Ambassador Thomas Schweich, United States Coordinator for Afghan Counternarcotics and Justice Reform and Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, briefed a roundtable of Polish government officials on the new U.S. five pillar st [...]	2007-12-12 12:33:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AF KNAR PGOV PL PREL
07WARSAW2388	POLAND BIO: MACIEJ NOWICKI, MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) Maciej Nowicki was named Poland's Minister of Environment on November 16, 2007. He is widely considered one of Poland's most respected environmentalists. Since 1992, he has been the president of Ekofundusz, an organization he founded to provide financial support for environmental prote [...]	2007-12-18 12:12:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINR SENV ECON PGOV PL
07WARSAW2395	POLAND'S PRACTICAL APPROACH TO RECONCILIATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: For practical reasons, the new Polish government is committed to improving relations with Russia (ref A) without abandoning core principles on democracy and energy security. Prime Minister Donald Tusk's decision to stop opposing Russian OECD membership was the first in a series o [...]	2007-12-19 10:36:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD KDEM PL RS
07WARSAW2399	POLAND'S ENTRY INTO THE SCHENGEN ZONE [...] On December 21, 2007, Poland will join the European Union's Schengen area along with seven other Central European nations and Malta. After months of preparation and coordination with other EU members, Poland is ready to enter the Schengen zone and, with its 1185 km eastern frontier, defend the [...]	2007-12-19 16:22:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PBTS PREL PREF SMIG PGOV EU PL
07WARSAW246	DEMARCHE TO GOP ON DEPUTY PM LEPPER'S VISIT TO [...] (C) Charge delivered the points from reftel to MFA Americas Director Andrzej Jarosinski, saying that the United States did not intend to interfere in the GOP's internal politics, but that we were concerned and saddened that Deputy PM and Minister of Agriculture Andrzej Lepper would receive an [...]	2007-02-05 15:53:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PL
07WARSAW247	DEPARTURE OF DEFMIN RADEK SIKORSKI: RESIGNATION OR [...] (C) SUMMARY. PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski accepted February 5 the resignation of DefMin Radek Sikorski, only hours after the MOD spokesman announced that Sikorski had submitted it. Although it will not be clear how Sikorski's departure might affect U.S. interests until a successor is named, the chang [...]	2007-02-05 16:05:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR PL
07WARSAW258	NEW DEFMIN ALEKSANDER SZCZYGLO, A LOYAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: 44-year-old Aleksander Szczyglo, Head of the Presidential Chancellery and a loyal protege and confidante of President Lech Kaczynski (Ref A),will succeed Radek Sikorski (Ref B) February 7 as Poland's Minister of Defense. By acknowledging Sikorski's concerns over the control of mi [...]	2007-02-06 15:54:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL PL
07WARSAW308	"THIRD TWIN" RESIGNS FROM INTERIOR; REPLACED BY [...] (U) The uproar over Ludwik Dorn's unexpected departure from government continued as his replacement, Janusz Kaczmarek, was sworn in February 8 as the new Minister of Interior (MSWiA). As reported reftel, Dorn's departure from MSWiA may signal a crack in the PiS inner circle, a group long dist [...]	2007-02-08 15:51:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PL
07WARSAW31	Poland: GOP Unconcerned about Druzba Oil Cut [...] (U) Polish Deputy Minister of Economy Piotr Naimski confirmed that oil supply to Poland through the Druzba oil pipeline from Belarus was cut on January 7 at approximately 2200, reinstated at 0300, then cut it again at approximately 0600 on January 8. One hundred percent of Polish oil supply [...]	2007-01-08 13:32:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV PL RS BO UP GM
07WARSAW316	POLAND-EU: FM FOTYGA REQUESTS THAT U.S. MONTHLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to MFA officials, FM Anna Fotyga has requested that her briefing book for every GAERC include the text of the monthly U.S. pre-GAERC demarches. Fotyga has become fully engaged in Poland's relations with the EU and clearly values U.S. views, and our cooperation with MFA [...]	2007-02-09 14:02:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EUN PL
07WARSAW317	POLAND: DELIVERY OF LETTER TO ENCOURAGE V-10 [...] (C) Political External Chief delivered Ref B letter from PDAS Volker and DAS DiCarlo February 9 to MFA European Department Director for forwarding to MFA U/S Krzysztof Szczerski, who is both the current Political Director and the U/S supervising EU and European issues. Chmielewski indicated t [...]	2007-02-09 14:50:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EUN YI PL
07WARSAW321	POLAND: SURVEYING EU MEMBERS ON THEIR IRAN CIVIL [...] (C) Post apologizes for the delay in responding to Reftel demarche on Iran Civil Society and Democracy programming. Due to internal reorganization and a near 100 percent turnover in staff, The Polish MFA Department for Africa & Middle East was unable to meet with us over the past several weeks [...]	2007-02-09 15:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO EUN PL
07WARSAW33	Poland: GOP Unconcerned about Druzba Oil Cut [...] (U) Polish Deputy Minister of Economy Piotr Naimski confirmed that oil supply to Poland through the Druzba oil pipeline from Belarus was cut on January 7 at approximately 2200, reinstated at 0300, then cut it again at approximately 0600 on January 8. One hundred percent of Polish oil supply [...]	2007-01-08 14:15:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG ECON PREL PGOV PL RS BO UP GM
07WARSAW355	KACZYNSKIS SEEK TO SOLDIER ON DESPITE CRACKS IN [...] (C) Summary. There is a crisis atmosphere within the government as President and Prime Minister Kaczynskis' most loyal political lieutenants are squabbling publicly. Even for the Kaczynskis, who have overseen a government buffeted by crisis (much of their own making),the resignations last [...]	2007-02-14 16:11:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW498	PM KACZYNSKI AIMS TO PASS RESTITUTION LAW IN 2007 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (the Conference) held its annual meeting in Warsaw from February 26-28, in part to press the GOP for passage of a law for restitution or compensation for property taken by the Nazi and Communist regimes. In meetings with t [...]	2007-03-01 14:42:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL PL
07WARSAW500	POLAND-EU: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE IN ADVANCE OF THE [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to MFA EU Department Deputy Director Pawel Herczynski, the March 5-6 GAERC will be heavily focused on energy and climate issues, in advance of the March 8-9 European Council (EC) meeting. Emissions standards will be the most difficult part of the discussion. Herczynski [...]	2007-03-01 15:56:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD EUN ENRG PL IR
07WARSAW583	YUSHCHENKO AND KACZYNSKI DISCUSS ENERGY, EU: TALK [...] (C) Summary: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and Polish President Lech Kaczynski focused on the Odessa-Brody pipeline project as well as Ukrainian aspirations for greater engagement with the EU during their March 7 meetings in Plock, Poland. Yushchenko's subsequent call for dialogue wi [...]	2007-03-09 15:45:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SENV EINV ETRD EAGR PL
07WARSAW593	POLAND: POC FOR MISSILE DEFENSE PUBLIC DIPLOMACY [...] Embassy Warsaw POC for overall Missile Defense issues is Political External Chief David Morris, (48)(22)504-2657 or IVG 8-628-2657, e-mail MorrisDT@state.gov. POC for Public Diplomacy efforts is Information Officer Andrew Schilling, (48)(22)504-2331 or IVG 8-628-2331, e-mail SchillingAJ@state [...]	2007-03-12 16:08:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MARR PL EZ RU
07WARSAW648	POLAND-OSCE: GOP REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR HCNM [...] (C) MFA Security Policy Director Robert Kupiecki informed DCM on March 14 that Poland had formally nominated former Polish Foreign (Adam) Daniel Rotfeld to the position of OSCE High Commissioner for National Minorities (HCNM). Noting Rotfeld's close association and cooperation with the U.S. f [...]	2007-03-15 16:09:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE PINR PL
07WARSAW691	POLAND-GERMANY: (C-RE7-00514) MERKEL'S SPRING [...] (U) German Chancellor Angela Merkel's March 16-17 visit to Poland was deemed a great success by both sides, and could prove an important step in warming previously frosty bilateral relations (reftel). By declaring opposition to the claims of German WWII expellees on Polish land Merkel earned [...]	2007-03-20 15:46:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PINR ENRG PL GM
07WARSAW748	POLAND SUPPORTS AHTISAARI'S PLAN, BUT EXPRESSES [...] (C) DCM met March 27 with Krzysztof Szczerski, Under Secretary of State for Europe at Polish MFA, to deliver SIPDIS reftel Demarche on Kosovo. (Note: Neither Minister nor Deputy Minister were available.) Szczerski stated "Poland is for the Ahtisaari plan," but then went on to outline "a f [...]	2007-03-27 14:33:00	Embassy Warsaw	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV UNMIK UN YI EU PL
07WARSAW937	POLAND-IRAQ: GOP REAFFIRMS MND-CS COMMITMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 30, an interagency delegation met with GOP officials to press for a GOP commitment to maintain Polish troops and bases in Iraq through the end of 2007 (del list in para 2). The common Polish position was a commitment to keep Polish troops in Iraq throughout 2007 with a p [...]	2007-04-23 13:30:00	Embassy Warsaw	SECRET	MARR PGOV PREL PL
07WARSAW958	POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER TO ATTEND MAY 3 ICI MEETING [...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Fotyga informed visiting Secretary of Defense Gates April 25 that she will attend the SIPDIS May 3 ICI meeting. She also said that she was endeavoring to do what she could on Iraq debt, but repeated several times that debt forgiveness would be very difficult given P [...]	2007-04-25 15:08:00	Embassy Warsaw	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EFIN PGOV PL
07WELLINGTON141	NZ PONDERS FUTURE FIJI, SOLOMONS POLICIES [...] (C) Summary. PM Clark strongly supports the timeline and processes recently discussed by Australian, New Zealand, and US officials to encourage Fiji's return to democracy. The GNZ believes that the upcoming Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Eminent Person's Group report on Fiji will be key to deter [...]	2007-02-14 01:54:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV XB XV FJ NZ
07WELLINGTON146	NEXT STEPS WITH ALLIES ON AFGHANISTAN [...] (C) Summary: The GNZ understands the pressures for more resources in Afghanistan and will review carefully our request for additional NATO/ISAF commitments. Current NZ Defence Force (NZDF) deployments to Afghanistan will likely be extended through September 2009, but GNZ will probably not i [...]	2007-02-15 21:00:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINS PREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON181	THE NISSHIN MARU: AN EXAMPLE OF U.S.-NEW ZEALAND [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 15, a factory floor fire disabled the Japanese whaling vessel Nisshin Maru in the environmentally fragile Southern Ocean off the Antarctic coast. For eleven days, the stricken vessel remained in the vicinity of the U.S. McMurdo Station and New Zealand Scott Base in [...]	2007-02-27 20:28:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EFIS SENV IWC AY NZ
07WELLINGTON194	PM CLARK GOES TO WASHINGTON [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Clark has announced to New Zealanders that she will use her March 20-21 visit to Washington to discuss key regional and world events with the President and other Senior Officials. In reality, she has a broader agenda as well: to improve the tone of her dialogue w [...]	2007-03-02 04:55:00	Embassy Wellington	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON198	(C) MR. NICE GUY - NEW ZEALAND'S NEW OPPOSITION [...] (C) Summary. New Zealand opposition leader John Key's persona in private meetings with USG officials has differed little from the face he has presented to the New Zealand public since taking charge of the National Party last November. Key comes across as modest and moderate, determined not [...]	2007-03-05 03:41:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR NZ
07WELLINGTON219	NEW ZEALAND RESPONSE TO UNSCR 1737 SANCTIONS ON IRAN [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is on track to implement UNSCR 1737 measures against entities and individuals linked to Iran's nuclear program. Phil Goff, Minister of Defense and Disarmament, recently delivered a strong message to the government of Iran stressing that it must comply with UNSCR 1737 an [...]	2007-03-09 21:21:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	KNNP UNSC ETRD EFIN PGOV PREL AORC TRGY IR NZ
07WELLINGTON221	NEW ZEALAND EXTENDS AFGHAN DEPLOYMENTS FOR ONE YEAR [...] (C) Summary: The New Zealand Cabinet today approved the extension of current NZDF deployments to Afghanistan for one year, through September 2008, vice the two years that MoD requested (reftel). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) told post that the Cabinet wanted the chance to [...]	2007-03-12 05:07:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PINS PREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON227	PM Clark Says Visit to Washington is about Cooperation, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Parliamentary Question time on Wednesday, March 14, New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark was bombarded with questions (from Parliamentary friends and foes) regarding her upcoming visit to Washington. Clark was asked about Climate Change, the US Human Rights record at Gu [...]	2007-03-14 05:39:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON229	GNZ PREPS FOR PACIFIC ISLAND FORUM [...] (C) Summary: The March 15 PIF Foreign Ministers meeting will have a limited role for Fiji, in part to ensure that interim PM Bainimarama cannot complain that members acted behind Fiji's back. The GNZ believes the outlook is good for PIF ministers to agree that Fiji should abide by the EPG [...]	2007-03-15 18:42:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ XV FJ
07WELLINGTON237	NEW ZEALAND PLEASED WITH PIF MEETING OUTCOMES [...] (C) Summary: The GNZ believes the March 16 Pacific Island Forum (PIF) Foreign Ministers meeting offered Fiji's interim government clear carrots and sticks for a return to democratic elections within 18-24 months, as recommended by the PIF Eminent Persons Group (EPG). New Zealand was very ple [...]	2007-03-20 05:33:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV NZ FJ
07WELLINGTON250	MEDIA REACTION TO NEW ZEALAND'S AVIATION SECURITY [...] (U) This message contains an action request at paras 2 and 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: In compliance with International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) requirements, the GNZ recently introduced Aviation Security Legislation which will enhance the powers of airport security officials and strength [...]	2007-03-25 19:37:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV PTER KTIA PREL NZ

07WELLINGTON272	NZ AMBASSADOR HEADS TO PYONGYANG [...] (C) Summary: During her April 3-7 trip to Pyongyang, NZ's Ambassador to North Korea, Jane Coombs, will carry a letter from Foreign Minister Peters urging the DPRK to comply with the Six Party Talks. She will also note the GNZ's willingness to contribute to the second tranche of energy assis [...]	2007-04-02 05:00:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KNNP KNAR NZ
07WELLINGTON284	CONTENTIOUS LEGISLATION AND POLICE ABUSE BRING TRYING TIMES [...] (SBU) These are trying times for PM Clark, despite near universal kudos for her performance during her March trip to the U.S. Her Government is fending off widespread public dissent over legislation to ban the use of physical force to discipline children. Growing evidence of sexual abuse and co [...]	2007-04-10 02:43:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON290	NEW ZEALAND ON IRAQ COMPACT SIGNING [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, Embassy conveyed information about the May Iraq Compact signing to New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Officials Darryl Dunn, Director of the Middle East and Africa Division, and Carl Worker, Director of the Americas Division. 2. (C) Dunn to [...]	2007-04-11 19:24:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID EFIN PREL PGOV UN NZ
07WELLINGTON302	GNZ WORRIES BAINIMARAMA IS IN A HOLE AND STILL [...] (C) The GNZ worries that interim PM Bainimarama is increasingly fragile and his actions risk throwing the country into armed conflict. Heather Riddell, Director of the Pacific Division, calls Bainimarama's measures restricting the Great Council of Chiefs (GCC) "loopy." Bainimarama has now cu [...]	2007-04-13 06:00:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL FJ NZ
07WELLINGTON305	POTENTIAL FOR NZ FOREIGN MINISTER-GOVT SPLIT OVER NZ-CHINA [...] (C) A source close to Foreign Minister Winston Peters, whose New Zealand First Party seriously lags in the polls, says Peters may openly voice his opposition to New Zealand's free trade deal with China in an effort to secure the loyalty of his voter base. Although the dispute could strain the [...]	2007-04-15 19:19:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON308	DEMARCHE TO GNZ ON TOKELAU AND SWAINS ISLAND [...] (C) Summary: As instructed Reftel, PE Couns met with Tokelau Administrator David Payton to request that the GNZ publicly reaffirm that Tokelau does not/not have claim over any American Samoan island presently administered by the United States, including Olohega, or Swains Island. Payton con [...]	2007-04-17 20:03:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON316	COOPERATING WITH GNZ TO SHORE UP WEAK COOKS VESSEL [...] (U) This contains action recommendations at paras 12-13. 2. (C) Summary: Embassy is concerned that recent Coast Guard seizures of Cook Island vessels in the Caribbean indicate that weaknesses in the Cooks' vessel registry are being exploited by organized crime. The GNZ is worried, too, hav [...]	2007-04-19 05:13:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PREL PGOV CW NZ
07WELLINGTON342	NZ UPDATES ON IRAQ COMPACT SIGNING AND REFUGEE [...] (U) Ref A reported that Embassy Wellington had asked NZ officials whether New Zealand would participate in the signing of the Iraq Compact. On May 1, Darryl Dunn, Director of the Mideast Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told Pol-Econ Couns that PM Clark has approved New [...]	2007-05-01 05:23:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL PGOV UN IZ NZ
07WELLINGTON351	NEW ZEALAND'S MONETARY POLICY AT ODDS WITH FISCAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-04 06:52:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON36	Scenesetter for A/S McMurray's visit to New Zealand: [...] (SBU) Summary: The upcoming commemoration of the 50th anniversary of U.S. - New Zealand cooperation in Antarctic provides a terrific opportunity to strengthen NZ public understanding of the depth and significance of US-NZ scientific cooperation, an often unrecognized strength in our bilateral [...]	2007-01-10 18:22:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TSPL SENV PREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON361	DEFENSE AND TRADE MINISTER PHIL GOFF'S TRIP TO [...] (C) Summary: New Zealand's Minister for Defense and Trade Phil Goff sees his May 9-11 visit to Washington as a chance to build on the positive momentum created by PM Helen Clark's March visit (Ref A). On the Defense side, Goff will express hope that both countries can continue to identify j [...]	2007-05-08 03:57:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ETRD MARR NZ
07WELLINGTON365	NEW ZEALAND'S MONETARY POLICY AT ODDS WITH FISCAL [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-09 05:48:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON367	NZ UPDATES ON IRAQ COMPACT SIGNING AND REFUGEE [...] (U) Ref A reported that Embassy Wellington had asked NZ officials whether New Zealand would participate in the signing of the Iraq Compact. On May 1, Darryl Dunn, Director of the Mideast Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, told Pol-Econ Couns that PM Clark has approved New [...]	2007-05-09 05:49:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL PGOV UN IZ NZ
07WELLINGTON386	NEW ZEALAND'S 2007 BUDGET NOT LIKELY TO PRODUCE [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-22 06:49:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON400	EAP/ANP DIRECTOR MCGANN'S MAY 21 VISIT TO [...] (C) Summary: During his May 21 visit to Wellington, EAP/ANP Office Director C. Steven McGann and GNZ counterparts agreed to work towards firm messages on Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Pacific Island Forum (PIF) reform, and other regional issues at October's PIF meetings in Tonga. They also exch [...]	2007-05-29 22:35:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD MARR EAGR OVIP KCMR EWWT KTIA
07WELLINGTON413	POLLING AS LABOUR GOVT SUPPORT PLUNGES FURTHER, THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Support for the Labour Government continues to slide. Three major New Zealand political polls have shown that it now trails the opposition National Party by an average of 20 points. They also show that National's new leader John Key has cemented his position as New Zealand's pref [...]	2007-06-01 06:00:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON435	DEMARCHE: MISSING/DETAINED AMCITS IN IRAN [...] (C) ADCM and A/P-E Counselor delivered demarche points in Ref A and B on June 13 to Darryl Dunn, Director of Middle East and African Division at New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Mr. Dunn expressed appreciation for the background and indicated he understood the import [...]	2007-06-13 23:51:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO NZ IR
07WELLINGTON436	DEMARCHE REGARDING SHANGHAI COOPERATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-13 23:55:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS NZ
07WELLINGTON438	NEW ZEALAND - NEW THIRD PARTY RETRANSFER REQUEST [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-14 05:16:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON441	NEW ZEALAND - NEW THIRD PARTY RETRANSFER [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-15 00:23:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR MASS PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON444	2007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES - NEW ZEALAND [...] SUMMARY: Pursuant to reftel, Post has reviewed all cases in the past year involving investment disputes and found that there were no/no cases of expropriations (or other takings) without compensation on the part of the New Zealand government. In regards to disputes between a U.S. person/corpor [...]	2007-06-15 06:14:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC EINV KIDE PGOV OPIC NZ
07WELLINGTON448	GOVT TALKS UP US-NZ RELATIONS DURING ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) In observing the 20th anniversary of New Zealand's iconic anti-nuclear legislation, the Government chose not to dwell on past tensions with the U.S. In a testimony to how far the bilateral relationship has come in recent years and how the anti-nuclear issue has lost much of its political [...]	2007-06-18 06:33:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON449	GOVT TALKS UP US-NZ RELATIONS DURING ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) In observing the 20th anniversary of New Zealand's iconic anti-nuclear legislation, the Government chose not to dwell on past tensions with the U.S. In a testimony to how far the bilateral relationship has come in recent years and how the anti-nuclear issue has lost much of its political [...]	2007-06-18 22:44:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON450	GOVT TALKS UP US-NZ RELATIONS DURING ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) In observing the 20th anniversary of New Zealand's iconic anti-nuclear legislation, the Government chose not to dwell on past tensions with the U.S. In a testimony to how far the bilateral relationship has come in recent years and how the anti-nuclear issue has lost much of its political [...]	2007-06-18 23:28:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON451	GOVT TALKS UP US-NZ RELATIONS DURING ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) In observing the 20th anniversary of New Zealand's iconic anti-nuclear legislation, the Government chose not to dwell on past tensions with the U.S. In a testimony to how far the bilateral relationship has come in recent years and how the anti-nuclear issue has lost much of its political [...]	2007-06-18 23:48:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON452	NEW ZEALAND'S RESERVE BANK BALANCING ACT - TRYING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 11, in what was initially seen as a surprising move, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) begun to intervene for the first time in 20 years in the international currency markets in an attempt to stem the rapid appreciation of the Kiwi dollar. Many critics say the move [...]	2007-06-19 06:49:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL NZ
07WELLINGTON453	GOVT TALKS UP US-NZ RELATIONS DURING ANNIVERSARY [...] (SBU) In observing the 20th anniversary of New Zealand's iconic anti-nuclear legislation, the Government chose not to dwell on past tensions with the U.S. In a testimony to how far the bilateral relationship has come in recent years and how the anti-nuclear issue has lost much of its political [...]	2007-06-19 21:45:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON461	NEW ZEALAND - MINISTER ON POLITICS, ISLAM AND [...] (C) Summary. Up-and-coming Labour Party Minister David Cunliffe is confident about his party's reelection chances despite poor recent poll numbers. He is also confident about successfully dismantling New Zealand's telecommunications monopoly despite the challenges. Cunliffe is concerned abo [...]	2007-06-20 04:42:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL ECPS PINR KISL NZ AS
07WELLINGTON464	NZ OPPOSITION LEADER JOHN KEY'S JUNE 26-9 TRIP TO [...] (C/NF) Summary: A disciplined and effective performer in Parliament, National Party Leader John Key has moved quickly since taking command late last year to signal that his party is a government-in-waiting. He has managed to unseat PM Helen Clark as preferred Prime Minister in NZ opinion pol [...]	2007-06-20 06:45:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON496	DEMARCHE FOR LEBANESE ARMED FORCES: TRANSFERRING [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-06 05:49:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL
07WELLINGTON526	LABOUR GOVERNMENT ABANDONS TRANS-TASMAN DRUG BILL [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-19 07:33:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON ECPS ETRD KIPR PREL NZ AS
07WELLINGTON529	FINANCE MINISTER THREATENS TO OVERRULE RESERVE [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-22 19:32:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN ETRD PGOV PREL AS NZ
07WELLINGTON537	NZ OPPOSITION LEADER PLEASED WITH WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: National Party leader John Key and other senior opposition party officials regarded their June visit to Washington as a big success. Members of Key's entourage told post that the high points of the trip were their meetings with Deputy Secretary of State Negroponte and Assistant S [...]	2007-07-25 23:46:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON538	POLLS INDICATE PUBLIC DISAFFECTION WITH LABOUR BECOMING [...] (SBU) Recent political polling indicates the emergence of an embedded trend against the ruling Labour Party as it struggles to close the sizeable gap in popularity with the rival opposition National Party. Buttressing this trend is Labour Party leader and Prime Minster Helen Clark's diminished [...]	2007-07-25 23:47:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON566	AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL SECURITY REMARKS GET NO REACTION FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The July 5 Australian White Paper on and expressions of willingness by both Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Australia's Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd to deploy the military to help stabilize the Pacific region has not yet received an official reaction from the New Zeala [...]	2007-08-06 21:00:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON567	AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL SECURITY REMARKS GET NO REACTION FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The July 5 Australian White Paper on and expressions of willingness by both Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Australia's Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd to deploy the military to help stabilize the Pacific region has not yet received an official reaction from the New Zeala [...]	2007-08-07 04:07:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON568	AUSTRALIAN REGIONAL SECURITY REMARKS GET NO REACTION FROM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The July 5 Australian White Paper on and expressions of willingness by both Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Australia's Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd to deploy the military to help stabilize the Pacific region has not yet received an official reaction from the New Zeala [...]	2007-08-07 19:41:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON604	OPPOSITION NATIONAL PARTY CONFERENCE RALLIES TROOPS, OFFERS [...] Summary (SBU) The opposition National Party, riding high in the polls, recently held its annual conference in Auckland from August 3 - 5. The party used the conference to portray itself as a government-in-waiting and to make its case against Labour. National spokesman made it clear National [...]	2007-08-19 19:55:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ETRD NZ
07WELLINGTON653	ASIA DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP PITCHED TO NEW ZEALAND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 23 and 24, National Security Council Senior Director William Inboden and Senior Advisor Paul Lettow from the State Department's Global Affairs Bureau briefed the U.S. proposal for an "Asia Democracy Partnership" (ADP) (reftel) to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ),the Ministry [...]	2007-08-30 19:47:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM NZ KDEM
07WELLINGTON68	EAP DAS DAVIES JANUARY 16-7 MEETINGS WITH GNZ [...] (C/NF) Summary: Senior Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade officials told visiting EAP DAS Glyn Davies that they hope that the possible visit of PM Helen Clark and other GNZ officials to Washington will further enhance the recently improved US-NZ relationship. Davies agreed but cautioned [...]	2007-01-23 03:52:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV NZ ASEAN FJ BM
07WELLINGTON686	NEW ZEALAND: ASSISTANT SECRETARY HILL'S MEETINGS [...] (U) Assistant Secretary Hill has cleared this message, which was drafted by ConGen Auckland and approved by Embassy Wellington. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Assistant Secretary Hill's New Zealand interlocutors emphasized the need to ensure that, as New Zealand approaches national e [...]	2007-09-19 04:04:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD PARM KNNP NZ XV AF KN FJ TT
07WELLINGTON69	EAP DAS DAVIES MEETING WITH NZ FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C/NF) Summary: NZ Foreign Minister Peters met January 17 with EAP DAS Davies. Peters stressed that it is in New Zealand's interest to have a strong relationship with the United States. He also expressed appreciation for his meetings with the Secretary. Peters said he understands that New [...]	2007-01-23 04:02:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PGOV ASEAN NZ FJ BM
07WELLINGTON704	EAP/ANP DIRECTOR MCGANN'S SEPTEMBER 12-13 MEETINGS [...] (C) Summary. Following the successful US-NZ Partnership Forum (reftel),ANP Director McGann visited Wellington on September 12-13 for discussions with MFAT and MOD officials covering a range of bilateral issues with an emphasis on the Pacific Islands. On Guam, McGann urged MFAT officials to [...]	2007-09-26 04:51:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NZ US
07WELLINGTON757	NATIONAL'S FOREIGN POLICY STRATEGY: NO [...] (SBU) Summary. The opposition National Party released its foreign policy discussion paper on October 2. National announced that the policy disputes (read: nuclear issues) of the last two decades are over, and that New Zealand needs a bipartisan approach to foreign affairs; the only differe [...]	2007-10-14 18:49:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ETRD MARR NZ
07WELLINGTON763	NATIONAL PARTY DEFENSE POLICY CONTINUES LABOUR [...] (SBU) Summary. National's recent "discussion paper" on foreign policy, trade, and defense, committed the party to continue the rebuilding of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) initiated by Labour PM Clark. National MP Wayne Mapp argued that it was Labour who began its term in 1999 by acce [...]	2007-10-16 18:46:00	Embassy Wellington	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PGOV PREL NZ US
07WELLINGTON765	NATIONAL MAINTAINS POLLING LEAD OVER LABOUR [...] (SBU) Summary. Some recent polls show the gap closing between the ruling Labour Party and the opposition National Party, but the double digit National lead continues, despite several recent highly publicized political fumbles by National Party officials. National Party officials privately adm [...]	2007-10-17 18:43:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON771	NZ VOTES IN LOCAL ELECTIONS AMID LACK OF EXCITEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. Characterized by voter apathy and predictable results, local government elections were held across New Zealand over the weekend of October 13-14. The most noteworthy result was in New Zealand's biggest and most politically important metropolitan area, Auckland, where the one te [...]	2007-10-23 03:20:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON773	CHINESE GROWING INVESTMENTS IN SAMOA [...] (SBU) Wellington based Econoff recently had a chance to serve as acting Charge' in Apia, Samoa, affording the opportunity to represent the U.S. and meet with representatives of the Samoan Government, the local business community and members of the Diplomatic Corps at a reception hosted by the [...]	2007-10-25 19:04:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL NZ XV
07WELLINGTON786	CLARK SHAKES UP CABINET, HOPES TO REFRESH PARTY FACE [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Helen Clark announced a reshuffle of her Cabinet on October 31. While the foreign, defence and trade portfolios remain unchanged, Clark has elevated several newcomers to important ministerial portfolios. Many observers see this reshuffle as Clark's last chance [...]	2007-10-31 05:47:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NZ
07WELLINGTON797	WHO SPEAKS FOR MAORI IN NEW ZEALAND? [...] (SBU) Summary. Race relations in politically correct New Zealand remain a sensitive issue. Two different viewpoints on the rights of the indigenous Maori were on display over the weekend of October 27-28 as two minor parties, the Maori Party and the New Zealand First Party held their respecti [...]	2007-11-05 19:03:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM NZ
07WELLINGTON809	PM CLARK PROMISES TAX CUTS, CLIMATE CHANGE LEADERSHIP, AND [...] (SBU) Summary. During the November 2-4 ruling Labour Party annual conference, PM Helen Clark's keynote speech emphasized sustainability and Clark's determination that New Zealand will be a leader, not a follower, in the climate change arena. She promised tax cuts at the next budget ahead of t [...]	2007-11-09 04:53:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM NZ
07WELLINGTON824	NEW ZEALAND VIEWS ON DEMOCRACY IN VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) On November 20, Pol/Econ Counselor met with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Deputy Director of the Americas Division, Paul Willis, to discuss the issues regarding Venezuela and upcoming developments related to the country's constitution. While recognizing that Venezuel [...]	2007-11-20 05:41:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM NZ VE
07WELLINGTON830	NZ'S TOP LAWYER THROWS OUT TERROR CHARGES [...] (U) Summary. In a landmark decision, New Zealand's Solicitor-General ruled on November 8 that the 17 people (Maori and other activists) arrested on terrorism charges during nationwide police raids on October 15 cannot be charged under the Terrorism Suppression Act (TSA),the country's 2002 a [...]	2007-11-27 23:38:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PTER PHUM NZ
07WELLINGTON832	NEW ZEALAND'S CONTROVERSIAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE BILL [...] (SBU) Summary. The Electoral Finance Bill, a highly-controversial Government bill to reform New Zealand's campaign finance rules, aims to place restrictions and spending limits on non-party political advertising. The legislation has survived two readings and is likely to pass before the parl [...]	2007-11-28 19:07:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM NZ
07WELLINGTON839	Ambassador Herbst Discusses Stabilization/Reconstruction [...] (U) Summary. During a November 27 visit to New Zealand, S/CRS Ambassador Herbst met with a range of GNZ officials in the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs, as well as police and NZAID representatives to discuss his office's approach to coordinating USG resources in post-conflict stat [...]	2007-12-02 22:29:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAID KDEM NZ
07WELLINGTON88	PM CLARK REBUKES MINISTER FOR BROADSIDE AT US IRAQ POLICY [...] (SBU) On January 12th, Jim Anderton, the New Zealand Government's Duty Minister at the time, launched a blistering attack on President Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq. PM Helen Clark and Foreign Minister Winston Peters quickly disavowed Anderton's comments, and the PM removed him as Dut [...]	2007-01-26 03:42:00	Embassy Wellington	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV NZ
07YAOUNDE1036	CAMEROON: "BIYA WILL SOON MAKE DECISIVE CHANGES TO [...] (C) Summary. Flush with an overwhelming parliamentary majority, President Biya will move quickly and decisively to prove he is serious about rooting out corruption and improving governance, predicted Gregoire Owona in an August 13 lunch with Charge and Poloff. Owona, a senior official at t [...]	2007-08-17 07:18:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR KCOR EAID CM
07YAOUNDE1044	TRADITIONAL LEADERS SEEK EMBASSY PROTECTION WHEN [...] (U) Summary. Nineteen men from the community of Sabga in Cameroon's Northwest Province gathered outside of the Embassy compound at the opening of business on August 21 claiming fear of arrest, violence, and deadly force in retaliation for their opposition to an effort to install a governmen [...]	2007-08-21 12:33:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL CM
07YAOUNDE1049	CAMEROON: POST DEMARCHES GOVERNMENT, TRADITIONAL [...] (U) Summary. Leaders and community members from Sabga (reftel) spent the night August 21 outside the Embassy gates, claiming fear of harassment and arrest if they left. In an August 22 demarche to the Political Director at the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization (MIN [...]	2007-08-22 12:09:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PREF PGOV CM
07YAOUNDE1061	CAMEROON: POST CONTINUES TO LOBBY GRC, SABGA MEN [...] (U) Summary. Charge and Mission staff have continued to raise the Sabga issue (reftels) with contacts in the GRC, but there has been no formal response. The group of men is still camped in front of the Embassy compound. The President of the leading national Mbororo organization called Polo [...]	2007-08-24 14:00:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PREF PGOV CM
07YAOUNDE1071	CAMEROON'S INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS TELL FOREST [...] (SBU) Summary. Cameroon's Forestry Minister (MINFOF) was caught off-guard when EU representatives responded to his August 22 appeal for donor assistance by suggesting that the Government of Cameroon's problem is "not money, but will." The ambassadors encouraged Ngolle to continue MINFOF's fi [...]	2007-08-29 13:35:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KCOR SNAR PHUM PARM EAID PGOV CM
07YAOUNDE1080	CAMEROON: SABGA MEN STILL CAMPED AT EMBASSY, HOPE [...] (U) The delegation of men from Sabga have maintained their presence outside the Embassy since August 20. Although their numbers fluctuate as they receive visitors and members of the community bring them food and water, a core group of around 12 is always present and their total number fluctu [...]	2007-08-30 12:50:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PREF PGOV CM
07YAOUNDE1088	CAMEROON: SABGA MEN LEAVE EMBASSY WITH PM'S [...] (SBU) Sabga community members camped outside the Embassy for eleven days departed without incident in the early evening on August 31. Earlier in the day, Cameroonian Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni called Charge to advise that he had met with representatives of the group and that they would be r [...]	2007-09-01 12:55:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PREF PGOV PINR CM
07YAOUNDE1090	CAMEROON PRIME MINISTER SEEKS USG INPUT FOR [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni asked Charge on September 4 to share the list of personnel suggestions that then-Ambassador Marquardt provided during his July 6 farewell call on President Biya (ref B). Inoni said Biya wanted to consult the list before making final decisions for u [...]	2007-09-04 13:04:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR CM
07YAOUNDE1097	UNPRECEDENTED PUBLIC DISSENT IN CAMEROON'S RULING [...] (SBU) Summary. The longstanding image of President Paul Biya's ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) as a disciplined monolith was shaken when veteran CPDM official and National Assembly representative Adama Modi publicly opposed the CPDM's candidate during August 31 elections [...]	2007-09-05 12:36:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR PINR CM
07YAOUNDE1109	CAMEROON: BOLD STROKE FOR COMPETENCE, [...] (C) Summary. President Biya on September 7 ordered a major cabinet reshuffle, dismissing 14 ministers -- including a number of the most notoriously corrupt and inept -- and refashioning two ministries to create a Ministry of Finance and a Ministry of Economy, Planning and Rural Development. [...]	2007-09-10 13:47:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR PREL PINR CM
07YAOUNDE1140	BIYA LAYS OUT VISION FOR CAMEROON'S DEVELOPMENT [...] (SBU) Summary. In a rare publicized meeting with his cabinet, President Paul Biya on September 12 ordered his new government to focus on achieving more robust economic growth, progress on social issues like health and education, and better governance, including increased efforts against ant [...]	2007-09-18 10:48:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KMCC PREL PINR ECON ETRD EINV CM
07YAOUNDE1143	CAMEROON: PM SALUTES "SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP" WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Garvey, in her initial call on Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni on September 18, told the PM that the U.S. would continue to be "open, honest and supportive" of Cameroon and would maintain its focus on strengthening democratic processes, fostering economic growth, and [...]	2007-09-18 16:22:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KMCA PHUM PINR CM
07YAOUNDE1159	CAMEROON TO ANNOUNCE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF [...] (U) The Government of Cameroon (GRC) has informed post that it will announce at the upcoming UNGA its plan to create an International School of Security Forces in Cameroon (with French support),focused on training police and gendarmes for peacekeeping operations in Africa. Cameroon is seeki [...]	2007-09-21 09:44:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC CM MASS PGOV PREL
07YAOUNDE1160	CAMEROON JUSTICE MINISTER WELCOMES AMBASSADOR, [...] (U) Summary. Cameroonian Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Justice Amadou Ali welcomed Ambassador Garvey in a September 20 courtesy call and said that continued cooperation on anti-corruption was the most important way for the USG to help Cameroon's development efforts. Ali also invited [...]	2007-09-21 10:11:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCOR PHUM PINR CM
07YAOUNDE1178	CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SENIOR [...] (SBU) Summary: In a September 25 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Secretary General to the President (and close Biya confidant) Laurent Esso described Cameroon's "sincere and deep" friendship with the United States and highlighted some of the country's historical challenges. While conceding [...]	2007-09-27 06:50:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM PGOV PREL KMCC
07YAOUNDE1198	CAMEROON CONTINUES TO RANK POORLY ON GOVERNANCE [...] (U) Summary: The week of September 24 brought three new studies reinforcing Cameroon's reputation for poor performance on corruption and governance. Cameroon scored 138 out of 179 on Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index, 154 out of 178 in the World Bank's Doing Busines [...]	2007-10-04 06:25:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCOR PGOV ECON ETRD CM
07YAOUNDE1208	CAMEROON'S RE-RUN ELECTIONS: PREP IMPROVES, MAJOR [...] (C) Summary: On September 30, Cameroon held re-run elections for 17 parliamentary seats following a Supreme Court ruling that invalidated the July 22 election results for these seats because of gross irregularities. The ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) did predictably we [...]	2007-10-05 08:39:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KMCA EAID CM
07YAOUNDE1211	CAMEROON: TOURS D'HORIZON WITH PM AND INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 courtesy call by the Ambassador, Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization Hamidou Yaya Marafa acknowledged failings in Cameroon's electoral process (but thought ELECAM was not a good fix),described serious security concerns on the border with [...]	2007-10-05 15:18:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PGOV PREL ASEC ECON KMCC
07YAOUNDE1234	CAMEROON CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS: RECENT [...] (C) Summary and action request. The Ambassador's recent meetings with Cameroon Vice PM/Minister of Justice Amadou Ali and Canadian High Commissioner Jean Pierre LaVoie provided new information relevant to USG participation in Government of Cameroon (GRC) anti-corruption investigations (ref [...]	2007-10-15 13:06:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PREL PGOV CM
07YAOUNDE1235	CAMEROON CORRUPTION INVESTIGATIONS: WHO IS DOOH [...] (C) Summary. Francis Dooh Collins is Justice Minister Ali's chosen interlocutor with foreign governments regarding the anti-corruption investigation Ali is spearheading (reftels). Although some of Dooh Collins' outlandish claims have given us reason to doubt his credibility, he has succeed [...]	2007-10-15 13:08:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PREL PGOV CM
07YAOUNDE1236	CORRUPTION: CAMEROON SUBMITS MUTUAL LEGAL [...] (C) Summary. Cameroon's Minister for Justice has signed a mutual legal assistance (MLA) request asking the USG to provide information from USG records and American institutions relevant to corrupt acts committed by Cameroonian officials. We anticipate that USG officials will identify a num [...]	2007-10-15 13:10:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PREL PGOV CM
07YAOUNDE124	CAMEROON: 2005 CENSUS RESULTS DELAYED [...] (U) Results from Cameroon's third General Population and Housing census, launched November 11, 2005, will be delayed until at least August 2007. The Government claims it lacks the funds to publish the report, whose results were promised by July 2006. The late publication of the results, whet [...]	2007-01-30 09:35:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SOCI PGOV CM NI
07YAOUNDE1271	SARKOZY-BIYA SUMMIT: A FRENCH VIEW FROM CAMEROON [...] (C) Summary. Less than one week after returning from UNGA and a protracted stay in Geneva, President Paul Biya left October 22 for Paris, where he will attend UNESCO's general conference and meet on October 26 with French President Sarkozy for the first bilateral meeting between the two pre [...]	2007-10-24 15:13:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV KCRO KPKO CM FR
07YAOUNDE1306	ARGENTINA'S REQUEST RELATED TO AMIA BOMBING: [...] (S) Poloff met with Cameroon's head of Interpol, Marie Ndombol, on November 1 to deliver reftel demarche on Argentina's request to have the November 5 Interpol General Assembly uphold the executive committee's decision to issue red flag notices against Iranian officials charged in the 1994 A [...]	2007-11-02 08:39:00	Embassy Yaounde	SECRET	KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR CM
07YAOUNDE1308	CAMEROON: BIYA STILL AN ENIGMA AFTER 25 YEARS [...] (C) Summary: Nationwide events on November 6 will fete the anniversary of Cameroonian President Paul Biya's 25 years in office. Biya survived over two decades filled with political turmoil and economic crisis. While preserving unity and a measure of stability, he has performed poorly in g [...]	2007-11-02 13:41:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PREL PINR ECON KCOR PGOV PHUM TBIO
07YAOUNDE1315	CAMEROON: COUP JITTERS [...] (C) Summary. In an October 30 meeting with the Ambassador, the Dutch and British Chiefs of Mission said they would report to their capitals the allegations of a coup attempt or staged coup attempt in Cameroon. The source of this information is of questionable reliability and coup rumors ar [...]	2007-11-06 06:21:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM KCOR MOPS PGOV PINR PREL
07YAOUNDE1355	CAMEROON REACTS TO ATTACK ALONG NIGERIAN BORDER [...] (U) The Government of Cameroon (GRC) issued a November 13 statement in response to the November 12 attack that, at last count, killed 21 and injured 10 Cameroonian soldiers at a military post on the Bakassi Peninsula in the riverine border with Nigeria. The statement (full text below) deplor [...]	2007-11-14 15:58:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL CM
07YAOUNDE1391	CAMEROON: GOVT PRACTICES ON INFO COLLECTION, SCREENING AND [...] (C) Below are responses to reftel information request on the Government of the Republic of Cameroon (GRC) information collecting, screening and sharing. A. Immigration Data Base ------------------------- 2. (C) The GRC does not have a computerized database system that tracks entry and [...]	2007-11-26 06:24:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KVPR PTER PREL PGOV PINR CVIS ASEC KHLS SNAR CM
07YAOUNDE1417	CAMEROON'S NORTH: POOR AND FEELING NEGLECTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador's recent orientation trip to Cameroon's North and Far North provinces revealed a region of poverty, insecurity and perceived political neglect. Local officials, traditional leaders, NGO representatives, businessmen and others stressed the impact of desertificati [...]	2007-12-04 13:12:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CM EAGR ECON PGOV SENV PINR KISL KPAO
07YAOUNDE1428	HYDROMINE: AMERICAN DEAL-MAKER FOR CAMEROON'S [...] (SBU) Summary: Hydromine, an American project developer partnered with mining companies from the UAE and India, has been working since 2004 to develop Cameroon's multi-billion dollar bauxite resources and related infrastructure, including a railroad and deep water port. While the Prime Min [...]	2007-12-06 12:22:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM ECON EMIN ETRD EINV ECOM PGOV PINR
07YAOUNDE1441	CAMEROON: VIEWS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary. In a November 27 courtesy call by the Ambassador, President of the Cameroon National Assembly Cavaye Yeguie Djibril offered little vision for parliament and revealed suspicions regarding the benefits of free trade. As the President of the National Assembly, Djibril is first in li [...]	2007-12-07 09:12:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR CM
07YAOUNDE1447	CAMEROON: VIEWS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary. In a November 27 courtesy call by the Ambassador, President of the Cameroon National Assembly Cavaye Yeguie Djibril offered little vision for parliament and revealed suspicions regarding the benefits of free trade. As the President of the National Assembly, Djibril is first in lin [...]	2007-12-11 10:53:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON PINR CM
07YAOUNDE1449	TRANSPARENCY BAROMETER: CAMEROONIANS ARE CHAMPION [...] (U) More Cameroonians bribed public officials in the last year than any other nationality surveyed, according to Transparency International's (TI) just-released 2007 Global Corruption Barometer, a survey of corruption in 60 countries, including five in sub-Saharan Africa. Seventy-nine percen [...]	2007-12-12 08:47:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON KCOR ETRD EAID PGOV CM
07YAOUNDE1478	CAMEROON: IS BIYA PREPARING TO CHANGE THE [...] (U) This is an action message (see para 9). 2. (C) Summary. Almost immediately after President Paul Biya returned from his October 26 meeting with French President Nicholas Sarkozy, officials at all levels of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) began calling for a con [...]	2007-12-19 08:58:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI
07YAOUNDE1479	CAMEROON: IS BIYA PREPARING TO CHANGE THE [...] (U) This is an action message (see para 9). 2. (C) Summary. Almost immediately after President Paul Biya returned from his October 26 meeting with French President Nicholas Sarkozy, officials at all levels of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) began calling for a con [...]	2007-12-19 08:58:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PGOV PINR PREL SOCI
07YAOUNDE1496	UN OFFICIAL SEEKS USG SUPPORT TO PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: The Director of the Africa Division, UN Department of Political Affairs, Sammy Kum Buo (of Cameroonian origin),recently encouraged Ambassador to help convince A/S Jendayi Frazer and former UNSG Kofi Annan to engage President Biya about the need to plan for succession when his [...]	2007-12-27 12:29:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PGOV PREL
07YAOUNDE1497	CAMEROON'S JUSTICE MINISTER ON CORRUPTION LEGAL [...] (C) Ambassador joined the Canadian and Dutch COMs on December 18 for a joint meeting with Cameroonian Vice Prime Minister/Minister for Justice Amadou Ali focused on the GRC's request for legal assistance (ref b) in pursuing overseas bank accounts of Cameroonians tied to corruption. Explainin [...]	2007-12-27 12:29:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV PREL CM
07YAOUNDE227	CAMEROON: POSSIBLE SUCCESSORS TO PRESIDENT BIYA [...] (SBU) President Biya's 74th birthday (February 13, 2007) revived speculation about who might succeed him, especially if were not to complete his term in office (which ends in 2011). The latest round of succession talk began last year following his spring 2006 illness (Ref. A),and his final [...]	2007-02-22 13:05:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV CM KCOR
07YAOUNDE32	CAMEROON: PRESIDENT BIYA'S NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE [...] (U) President Biya delivered his New Year's message to the diplomatic corps January 4, which largely echoed his New Year's address to the nation (septel). In his 20 minute remarks he named the June 12 Greentree Agreement on Bakassi and reaching the HIPC Completion Point in April as Cameroon' [...]	2007-01-08 15:23:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PBTS ECON CM NI TBIO SENV
07YAOUNDE418	CAMEROON: JULY ELECTIONS APPROACH, UNCERTAINLY [...] (U) Legislative and municipal elections in Cameroon most likely will be held July 22. Under that scenario, voter registration, in accordance with the law, would end on April 23, when President Biya would call the elections. Some here hope to register some 8 million voters, a feat that would [...]	2007-04-02 15:29:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR CM
07YAOUNDE442	CAMEROON GETS CORRUPTION WATCHDOG, BUT WILL IT [...] (C) Summary. One year after establishing the National Anti-Corruption Commission (CONAC),President Biya on March 15 nominated a slate largely consisting of ruling CPDM party apparatchiks to CONAC's Coordination Committee. It will be headed by Paul Tessa, a longtime Presidency confidante. [...]	2007-04-09 13:28:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV ECON PREL CM
07YAOUNDE445	CAMEROON: BIYA ON ELECTIONS AND WAR AGAINST [...] (C) Summary: President Biya claims he is still hard at work against corruption, and that he will fire and arrest some of his most corrupt ministers (and his incompetent transport minister) before election day. Finding lieutenants who are both clean and competent seems to be a huge challeng [...]	2007-04-09 16:25:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	CM PREL PGOV KCOR PINR
07YAOUNDE446	CAMEROON'S RULING PARTY SHUFFLED; DIFFERENT SUITS, [...] (C) President Paul Biya's April 4 shuffle of CPDM Party leadership amounted to internal housekeeping triggered by the need to replace an ailing senior leader and to shore up CPDM support among some constituencies in the run-up to legislative and municipal elections later this year. Changes [...]	2007-04-10 06:32:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KCOR CM PINR
07YAOUNDE492	CAMEROON: INDEPENDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSION ONE [...] (U) Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni issued a decision April 16 creating an inter-ministerial ad hoc committee to facilitate the implementation of ELECAM (Elections Cameroon),the independent electoral commission announced in December. The ad hoc committee has 45 days (maximum) to complete its ta [...]	2007-04-17 16:25:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV CM

07YAOUNDE493	CAMEROON OPPOSITION LEADER ON ELECTIONS, [...] (SBU) Bernard "Ben" Muna, head of the newly formed opposition coalition Alliance of Progressive Forces told Charge April 16 that he feared "generalized violence" if the July legislative and municipal elections are fraught with fraud. Pointing to violence that has broken out recently among ru [...]	2007-04-17 16:26:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV CM KCOR PINR
07YAOUNDE504	CAMEROON: ELECTIONS CALLED FOR JULY 22 [...] (U) As was widely expected, President Biya issued a decree April 20 calling legislative and municipal elections for Sunday, July 22. In accordance with Cameroonian law, voter registration closed with this announcement. According to news reports, some 4 million people are registered to vote, [...]	2007-04-23 08:25:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CM
07YAOUNDE539	POACHERS BEWARE: CAMEROON'S LAST GREAT APE IS ON [...] (U) Summary. Cameroon's Last Great Ape (LAGA) organization deploys passionate staff and proven law enforcement techniques to achieve spectacular results in prosecuting wildlife traffickers in Cameroon and, increasingly, the Central African region. In their unorthodox pursuit of wildlife tr [...]	2007-04-27 10:49:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV KCOR SNAR PHUM PARM EAID PGOV CM
07YAOUNDE61	CAMEROON: AMBASSADOR AND FINANCE MINISTER DISCUSS [...] (U) Summary: On January 17, the Ambassador and Finance Minister Abah Abah discussed Cameroon's revised, updated action plan to qualify for the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) and the ongoing anti-corruption and good governance efforts of the government of Cameroon (GRC). The Minister sa [...]	2007-01-17 16:14:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KMCA CM
07YAOUNDE62	CAMEROON: SIGNATURE OF BILATERAL DEBT FORGIVENESS [...] (U) On January 17, the Ambassador and Minister of Economy and Finance Polycarpe Abah Abah signed an agreement forgiving Cameroon's official bilateral debt to the United States. The debt forgiveness stems from Cameroon's attainment of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative Com [...]	2007-01-17 16:20:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL PGOV ETRD ECON CM
07YAOUNDE731	CAMEROON: HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS IN DEBT RELIEF HAVE [...] (C) Summary. Seven years after the beginning of the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) debt relief process, the hundreds of millions of dollars specifically allocated for pro-poor development projects have had "no impact" according to the Cameroonian official charged with piloting the p [...]	2007-06-07 08:24:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN KCOR PREL PGOV EAID CM
07YAOUNDE741	WHILE NOT PRETTY, CAMEROON'S ELECTION PREP IS [...] (C) With less than fifty days before voters go to the polls on July 22, the Government of Cameroon's handling of critical elements of the pre-election period has been marred with procedural irregularities. Some observers are questioning the government's commitment to democratic reform, poin [...]	2007-06-08 10:39:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR PHUM CM
07YAOUNDE766	2007 TIP REPORT: CAMEROON DEMARCHE [...] (U) Embassy delivered the advance copy of the Country Narrative for Cameroon to Joe Nzume, Head of the Americas Division at the foreign ministry (MINREX) on June 12 by fax. 2. (U) In addition, DCM addressed government leaders at an event jointly sponsored by the government of Cameroon and [...]	2007-06-15 07:45:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	CM ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL
07YAOUNDE894	CAMEROON ELECTIONS: CAMPAIGN KICKS INTO HIGH GEAR [...] (C) Summary. With the July 22 polls just five days away, campaigning across Cameroon has intensified to a fever pitch as political elites drum up support for their candidates in the Parliamentary and municipal elections. The ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM),largely indi [...]	2007-07-18 14:01:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PINR KMCC EAID PHUM CM
07YAOUNDE902	CAMEROON ELECTIONS ON JULY 22; NUTS, BOLTS, AND [...] (U) Summary. Cameroonians will go to the polls on Sunday, July 22 to elect their representatives to the National Assembly (Parliament) and to municipal councils nationwide (reftels). Post will field 11 observer teams across all ten provinces, many working in coordination with other diploma [...]	2007-07-19 13:22:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PINR KMCC PREL CM
07YAOUNDE904	CAMEROON ELECTIONS: THE NEXUS BETWEEN CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary. High-level corruption is intrinsic to democratic politics in Cameroon. With Cameroonians going to the polls on July 22, critical USG interests in improving governance and democratic processes are affected by the nexus between grand corruption and the financing of political part [...]	2007-07-20 16:51:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	KCOR PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EAID CM
07YAOUNDE910	CAMEROON ELECTIONS: DISAPPOINTING AT FIRST BLUSH [...] (C) Summary. Cameroon on July 22 held dual legislative and municipal elections; initial, anecdotal reports indicate that President Biya's ruling party will hold onto its strong majority in the National Assembly and in municipal councils throughout much of the country. Though it is too early [...]	2007-07-23 13:39:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR PINR EAID CM
07YAOUNDE929	CAMEROON: ELECTION "TRENDS" SHOW A MASSIVE RULING [...] (U) Cameroon's Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization (MINATD),Hamidou Yaya Marafa, announced unofficial "trends" for the July 22 legislative and municipal elections the day after the voting. Marafa shared the Government of Cameroon's (GRC) official assessment that the [...]	2007-07-26 16:39:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR PINR EAID CM
07YAOUNDE951	CAMEROON ELECTIONS: SHINE COMES OFF RULING PARTY [...] (C) Summary. Less than two weeks after the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) party claimed crushing victories in July 22 parliamentary and legislative elections, a strengthening chorus of complaints from opposition and civil society groups and even discord within the CPDM [...]	2007-08-02 06:55:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR PINR EAID CM
07YAOUNDE960	CAMEROON: M'BORORO REFUGEE TRAIL OF TEARS POURS [...] (U) Summary. Refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) are crossing Cameroon's eastern border in increasingly large numbers. They are the victims of escalating violence, and their situation has worsened despite continued aid from NGOs. Aid operations are impeded by the tenuous secur [...]	2007-08-02 14:40:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PGOV CM CT
07YAOUNDE974	CAMEROON: M'BORORO REFUGEE TRAIL OF TEARS POURS [...] (U) Summary. Refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) are crossing Cameroon's eastern border in increasingly large numbers. They are the victims of escalating violence, and their situation has worsened despite continued aid from NGOs. Aid operations are impeded by the tenuous secur [...]	2007-08-06 12:19:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PGOV CM CT
07YAOUNDE993	CAMEROON ELECTIONS AREN'T OVER UNTIL THE SUPREME [...] (SBU) Summary. More than two weeks after the July 22 parliamentary and municipal polls, the official ballot count is complete. The results will not be released, however, until the Supreme Court has rendered decisions on 103 complaints filed by various political parties. Many observers spe [...]	2007-08-07 11:56:00	Embassy Yaounde	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR EAID CM
07YAOUNDE994	CAMEROON'S UN REP: BIYA WANTS POSITIVE RELATIONS [...] (SBU) President Biya has instructed his diplomats to make Cameroon's positive relations with the U.S. more "visible," according to Cameroon's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Martin Belinga Eboutou. Belinga called on Charge d'Affaires on August 6 to ask how Cameroon's UN dele [...]	2007-08-07 13:06:00	Embassy Yaounde	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IO PREL PGOV CM
07YEREVAN1000	EUR DAS BRYZA'S VISIT YIELDS UPDATES ON NK, [...] (C) SUMMARY: DAS Bryza's intense day of meetings in Yerevan July 30 touched important bases with top GOAM and opposition leaders. The visit was aimed at bilateral business, but Nagorno-Karabakh deliberations nonetheless dominated meetings with the President and Foreign Minister. On Turkey, [...]	2007-08-07 10:58:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO AM TU IR
07YEREVAN102	ARMENIA LOOKS FOR MOVEMENT TOWARD RE-OPENING [...] (C) During a January 30 meeting with CDA, DFM Arman Kirakossian indicated that the GOAM would consider a signal from Turkey that opening the border was not contingent on a Nagorno-Karabakh settlement as "encouragement" to negotiate seriously normalization of relations between the two countries [...]	2007-01-30 13:41:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV TU AM
07YEREVAN1032	TOUCHING ALL THE BASES: DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Bryza's opposition party meetings pointed up the sharp contrast between the two, with Heritage on the upswing, and Orinats Yerkir seeming like a spent force. The parliament speaker, typically, delivered a windy oration of questionable relevance on Armenia's constitution. Bryza [...]	2007-08-16 03:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM TU
07YEREVAN104	"AND THEY'RE OFF!" -- OUR OVERVIEW FOR THE ELECTION SEASON [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Kocharian's January 29 decree announcing the May 12 parliamentary election is the first step in the election process, and comes two days ahead of the 100-day advance notice prescribed by Armenian law. Following is an overview and projected timeline of key dates for the [...]	2007-01-31 05:05:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1048	SPECIAL ELECTION WILL TEST GOAM'S DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) The August 26 race to fill the District 15 parliamentary seat may be a small harbinger of Armenian authorities' commitment to election integrity, looking ahead to the 2008 presidential election. The race will also either strengthen or deal a setback to Heritage Party leader Raffi Hova [...]	2007-08-24 12:13:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1049	SPECIAL ELECTION WILL TEST GOAM'S DEMOCRATIC [...] (SBU) The August 26 race to fill the District 15 parliamentary seat may be a small harbinger of Armenian authorities' commitment to election integrity, looking ahead to the 2008 presidential election. The race will also either strengthen or deal a setback to Heritage Party leader Raffi Hova [...]	2007-08-24 12:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1050	EX-PRESIDENT TER-PETROSSIAN TESTING THE COME-BACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA's courtesy call on Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) found the former president candid, in high spirits, and eagerly exploring his chances to unify Armenia's opposition under his own banner for the 2008 presidential election. LTP evaluated his chances as slender, but worth trying, gi [...]	2007-08-24 13:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1055	RULING PARTY CANDIDATE WINS COMMANDING PLURALITY [...] (C) Polling and vote tabulation proceeded fairly smoothly during the August 26 special election for the district 15 parliamentary seat. The Republican candidate was declared the winner with about 46 percent. His formerly-Prosperous Armenia rival came in second with almost 29 percent. The Da [...]	2007-08-28 02:48:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1058	ANTI-DEFAMATION LEAGUE POSITION ON ARMENIAN GENOCIDE DRAWS [...] (U) Armenian media outlets have not played up the recent decision by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) to recognize the Armenian "genocide." Virtually all television stations reported the news in a brief, straightforward manner. The newspapers HAYASTANI HANRAPETUTIUN and AZG carried the news i [...]	2007-08-28 13:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM AM
07YEREVAN106	GOAM ACTIVE ON TIP NATIONAL ACTION PLAN, RAISING [...] (C) Charge d'affaires presented the interim TIP report to Armenian DFM Arman Kirakossian January 30, a week later than first planned, because Kirakossian had had to travel abroad. CDA emphasized the progress Armenia had made, and pointed out that its relatively positive interim assessment was l [...]	2007-01-31 11:52:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	HSTC PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KWMN SMIG AM
07YEREVAN1069	OPPOSITION PARTY INTRODUCES BILL TO RECOGNIZE [...] (U) Fresh from his stinging defeat in the TEC 15 parliamentary election, on August 28 Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovannisian introduced a bill into parliament which would extend Armenian recognition to the self-declared "Republic of Nagorno Karabagh." To date, no country, including Armenia, [...]	2007-08-30 05:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PBTS KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1073	ARMENIA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS [...] This is the inaugural issue of a new, periodic digest of news events which we hope will inform, educate, and perhaps occasionally amuse our readership. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS (U) POLITICAL NEWS: -- Chief Prosecutor Killed in Vanadzor -- Police stop opposition leafleting -- Iranian Vice-P [...]	2007-08-30 10:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EINV KCRM AM IR
07YEREVAN1105	ARZUMANIAN DETENTION EXTENDED TO TWO MORE MONTHS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former FM Aleksander Arzumanian's AmCit wife, called on CDA August 31 to brief him on the status of the case. Arzumanian remains in the National Security Service (NSS) lock-up, under investigation for money-laundering. Coincidentally, on the same day, the courts approved an add [...]	2007-09-05 10:15:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1135	ARMENIA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS: SEPTEMBER 1-12, 2007 [...] TABLE OF CONTENTS POLITICAL NEWS: -- FM: Armenia ready for an "effective political dialogue" with NATO, will double Kosovo contingent by year's end -- "Inauguration" Day in "NKR" -- Air Tax to take flight? -- Be careful with that!: GOAM reaction to more Turkish "reconstructions" [...]	2007-09-12 07:26:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EINV AM TU
07YEREVAN114	DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES ELECTIONS WITH NGOS, [...] (C) Visiting EUR DAS Bryza received two previews of the upcoming parliamentary elections on January 26. Opposition leaders predicted that the May elections would be the worst yet in Armenia's post-Soviet history, and complained that U.S. and European leaders had done too little to push for de [...]	2007-02-01 13:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1148	READING THE TEA LEAVES -- AN INSIDER'S TAKE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Halfway out the door, a government insider offered a behind the scenes peek into the jockeying now underway among ruling elites to secure their places in the presumed Serzh Sargsian presidency. The leading candidates for prime minister: current DPM Hovannes Abrahamian, former P [...]	2007-09-14 06:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PGOV PINR AM
07YEREVAN118	NEW REFORMS SEEK TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC LAW COMPLIANCE, LESSEN [...] (U) SUMMARY. Armenia's traffic police division implemented reforms in late 2006 aimed at modernizing their operations with an eye toward reducing corruption. The traffic police adopted new procedures for citing driving infractions which include plans for the purchase of more modern equipment [...]	2007-02-02 11:56:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR PGOV KCRM AM
07YEREVAN1241	SCENESETTER FOR PM SERZH SARGSIAN'S WASHINGTON [...] (C) Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian's visit to Washington October 17-23 is his chance to see and be seen with Washington leaders in the run-up to his February 2008 presidential election bid. With his extensive defense and security background, Sargsian now needs to show himself as a world leade [...]	2007-10-16 02:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV OVIP SERZH SARGSIAN KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1255	ARMENIA NEWS HIGHLIGHTS [...] This is the latest in our periodic series of cables highlighting news of U.S. policy interest. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS: (U) POLITICAL NEWS: -- Ex-President Blasts Government In Quasi-Campaign Speech -- ...And Reaches Out To Old Enemies -- PM Sargsian Talks Iran and Turkey in Moscow -- Pro [...]	2007-10-17 12:04:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD KCRM AM
07YEREVAN126	SURVEY FINDS ARMENIANS LESS TOLERANT OF CORRUPTION [...] Armenians are becoming less tolerant of corruption, according to a Transparency International Armenia (TIA) survey released January 31. The most striking symbol of their mounting dissatisfaction was respondents' answers to a question regarding the most visible and common manifestation of Arme [...]	2007-02-06 06:19:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KCOR SOCI AM
07YEREVAN1278	DISMISSED ARMENIAN JUDGE CRIES FOUL [...] (C) Fired judge Pargev Ohanian told us his October 16 dismissal by President Kocharian was politically motivated, and a clear indication that judicial independence is nonexistent in Armenia. Ohanian had garnered public fame for dismissing prosecution charges against Armenian businessmen, who [...]	2007-10-24 11:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL AM
07YEREVAN1279	APPARENT CRACKDOWN ON TER-PETROSSIAN SUPPORTERS [...] (SBU) Armenian police on October 23 detained 12 opposition activists as they publicly called for an opposition rally in support of the candidacy of Armenia's first president, Levon Ter-petrossian in the approaching presidential election. Police scuffled with, and then detained the activists, af [...]	2007-10-24 12:23:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1282	JUDGE OHANIAN BROUGHT DOWN BY CORRUPTION [...] (C) The case of fired judge Ohanian (reftel) came up during a conversation with David Harutyunian (protect). Harutyunian currently chairs the parliamentary committee on State and Legal Affairs, but was justice minister prior to the May 2007 elections. Harutyunian confirmed that top law enfo [...]	2007-10-25 11:03:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1300	ONE AND THE SAME? THE COMPLEX ETHNIC PICTURE OF YEZIDIS [...] (SBU) Self-identification as either Yezidi or Kurd largely depends on individual self-perceptions. While closely related, many Yezidis and Kurds in Armenia insist on being either/or. Almost all Yezidis and Kurds here observe the pagan, sun-worshipping Yezidi faith, and speak the same Kurdish [...]	2007-10-30 13:47:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC PTER SOCI AM
07YEREVAN1302	MEDIA REACTION: COVERAGE OF FORMER PRESIDENT'S RALLY [...] (SBU) Almost all Armenian broadcast media and much of the printed press failed to report fully and accurately the most significant event so far in the presidential campaign. On October 26, 2007, several opposition parties organized a rally in Liberty Square at which former president Levon Ter- [...]	2007-10-30 14:10:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KPAO KMDR KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1303	POLICE FILE CHARGES AGAINST TER-PETROSSIAN SUPPORTERS [...] (U) On October 30, Armenian police filed criminal charges against five supporters of former president Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) who were detained October 23 (reftel). The charges include "hooliganism committed by a group," and "violence against a representative of the authorities." If proven [...]	2007-10-31 04:26:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1307	TER-PETROSSIAN DECLARES CANDIDACY AT LARGE RALLY, [...] (SBU) Former Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) announced his candidacy for president at an October 26 outdoor rally of some 20,000 supporters who gathered despite light rain in Yerevan's Freedom Square. Blasting the authorities for over 90 minutes, LTP called the ruling regime a [...]	2007-10-31 10:11:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AM
07YEREVAN1317	COUNCIL OF EUROPE'S HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER [...] (U) The Human Rights Commissioner of the Council of Europe (COE) visited Armenia October 7-11 to assess the human rights situation. During his trip, Thomas Hammarberg visited police stations, prisons, refugee centers, and the Gyumri earthquake zone. He also met with Armenian leaders and NGOs. [...]	2007-11-02 13:53:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM AM
07YEREVAN133	NATO REVIEW PLEASED WITH ARMENIA IPAP PROGRESS, [...] (C) NATO international staffers gave Armenia high marks on implementation of their Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP) during a February 2 briefing to Chiefs of NATO Missions in Yerevan. Frank Boland, NATO's Staff Director of Force Planning, said that the review was "very positive" and [...]	2007-02-07 08:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR NATO AM
07YEREVAN1346	ARMENIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ANNOUNCED FOR FEBRUARY 19, [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-09 13:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1347	DELIVERING MCC SCORECARD TO PM, WITH A SIDE ORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA called on Prime Minister Sargsian to present the MCC FY08 scorecard, and discuss its implications. He acknowledged the message that Sargsian had heard in Washington from MCC CEO Danilovich, that Armenia should not be "punished" for having graduated to a higher national income [...]	2007-11-12 14:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1359	PM STAFF GIVE AND TAKE ON TURKEY, ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: A/DCM had a long and fruitful conversation with two of PM Sargsian's close advisers. The two men affirmed the PM's desire to start a process to reconcile with Turkey, even before he become president. They agreed that a string of recent events against pro-opposition figures damag [...]	2007-11-19 04:12:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TU IR AM
07YEREVAN1362	AUTHORITIES DOG ARMENIAN TV STATION FOR COVERAGE [...] (C) On November 7, Emboffs visited GALA TV in Gyumri to learn more about its ongoing run-in with authorities, widely attributed to GALA's October 14 airing of a critical speech by former president Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP). According to GALA's owner, the authorities' threats before airing the [...]	2007-11-19 10:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1364	TER-PETROSYAN READY TO RESIGN IN THREE YEARS IF ELECTED [...] (SBU) Former President Levon Ter-Petrosyan (LTP),who is emerging as PM Serzh Sargsyan's primary rival for the February 2008 presidential polls, drew thousands of supporters to downtown Yerevan November 16 for a second rally. LTP apologized to the people for past mistakes of his former adminis [...]	2007-11-19 14:22:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL AM
07YEREVAN1365	PRO-OPPOSITION YOUTH ACTIVIST SEVERELY BEATEN [...] (SBU) On Thursday November 15 Narek Galstian, a student activist, was attacked by three men and severely beaten. The attack came two days after police reportedly detained him for posting leaflets advertising the upcoming Levon Ter-Petrosian rally on Friday, November 16. Galstian and oppositio [...]	2007-11-19 14:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1383	THE TER-PETROSSIAN SCENARIO: A LONG SHOT, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ex-president Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) has become the leading opposition candidate for president. His chances of success -- whether at the ballot box or with a street protest strategy after the fact -- remain small, but he should not be dismissed prematurely. LTP enjoys unique [...]	2007-11-27 16:08:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM ASEC KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1384	MIXED, LARGELY SANGUINE REACTIONS TO ARMENIA'S ELECTORAL [...] (SBU) With the presidential election set for February, parliament swiftly enacted electoral code changes that took effect November 20. Over the course of two day-long readings, the parliament amended almost one third of the articles of Armenia's electoral code. IFES and other election monitor [...]	2007-11-28 04:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM
07YEREVAN1394	ANOTHER BROADSIDE FROM THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE ON [...] (C) Presidential Chief of Staff Armen Gevorkian called in CDA November 27 to renew Kocharian's visceral objections to Radio Liberty (RL) programming which, according to Gevorgian, has been "turned into a mouthpiece for (former President) Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) by the director of the RL Arme [...]	2007-11-30 09:35:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KPAO KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1413	ARMENIA'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SLATE NOW SET [...] (SBU) December 6 was the nomination deadline for Armenian presidential candidates. Nine persons have been nominated to participate in the February 19, 2008 election. In addition to Prime Minister Serzh Sargsian and ex-president Levon Ter-Petrossian, the widely acknowledged front-runners, the [...]	2007-12-11 06:17:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1423	BOMB ROCKS OUTSPOKEN OPPOSITION PAPER IN YEREVAN [...] (C) An outspoken opposition newspaper was bombed in the early hours on December 13. Nobody was in the offices of the stridently pro-Ter-Petrossian &Chorrord Ishkhanutyun8 (Fourth Estate) newspaper when the bomb went off, and no injuries were reported. The editor-in-chief suggested the author [...]	2007-12-14 11:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AM
07YEREVAN1431	TER-PETROSSIAN APPEALS TO OLIGARCHS FOR SUPPORT WHILE [...] (SBU) Addressing approximately 15,000-20,000 citizens gathered at his third public rally in Yerevan on December 8, ex-President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) urged oligarchs and businessmen to throw off "the yoke" of the Kocharian regime and support his candidacy. LTP also responded to Kocharian' [...]	2007-12-17 11:44:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL AM
07YEREVAN1437	ARMENIA ADOPTS NEW ANTI-TRAFFICKING NATIONAL ACTION PLAN [...] On December 6, Armenia's government approved the new 2007-2008 National Plan of Action (NPA) on Combating Trafficking in Persons (TIP). Armen Baiburtyan, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, presented the NPA on behalf of the government, and said the new NPA will focus more on the implement [...]	2007-12-18 03:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KTIP KCRM HSTC AM
07YEREVAN1438	CEC CHAIRMAN BRUSHES OFF KEY PARTS OF U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA, accompanied by AIDoff and Polchief, called on Central Election Commission Chairman Garegin Azaryan in a bid to persuade Azaryan not to refuse key elements of USAID implementer IFES' election assistance program. Azaryan was stubborn, smug, and unmoved. He suggested, speciou [...]	2007-12-18 03:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAID PREL PHUM KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1439	BRIEFING THE PRESIDENCY ON EXIT POLLS, IFES/CEC [...] (C) SUMMARY: USAID briefed presidential aide Vigen Sargsian, at government request, about plans for a USAID/IRI-sponsored exit poll for the upcoming presidential election. Sargsian pressed for more details about the methods and partners involved, and expressed great skepticism both personall [...]	2007-12-18 03:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO OSCE AM
07YEREVAN1445	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-18 11:34:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS CASC PGOV PHUM PREL IR AM
07YEREVAN1446	ARMENIA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP (NOVEMBER-DECEMBER) [...] (U) Headlines in this round-up: -- MONITORING OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION COVERAGE -- CIVIL PROTEST OVER INFORMATION POLICY OF PUBLIC TV -- CONTINUING REPORTS OF MEDIA CLAMPDOWN -- THE ONGOING TRAVAILS OF GALA TV -- TER-PETROSSIAN'S PRE-ELECTION MONITORING REPORTS -- HOUSING CERTIFICATES FOR 1 [...]	2007-12-18 12:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI ELAB KDEM KJUS KWMN HSTC
07YEREVAN1448	CDA RAISES DEMOCRACY PROGRAM CONCERNS WITH PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA and polchief called on the PM December 4 to discuss our ongoing election assistance programs (highlighting IRI plans to conduct an exit poll),raise concern about residence permits for USAID anti-corruption program staff, and to review the Radio Liberty (RL) issue with the PM [...]	2007-12-18 12:24:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV EAID KDEM KPAO AM
07YEREVAN1467	ARMENIA: PRESIDENCY STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT IRI [...] (C) Although less hostile to the idea of an exit poll during the upcoming presidential election than he was a week ago, Presidential aide Vigen Sargsian still expressed significant concerns about the poll's format and possible fall-out. After being briefed by IRI staff on the poll's technical [...]	2007-12-21 13:42:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PGOV PHUM KDEM KPAO OSCE AM
07YEREVAN1482	OPPOSITION LEADER DECRIES BIASED OPINION POLL, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential candidate Artur Bagdasaryan invited the Charge to lunch to voice his deepening concerns about the upcoming presidential election. He complained that overwhelmingly biased media coverage, the combination of expensive air time and campaign spending limits, and "black [...]	2007-12-28 13:18:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM AM
07YEREVAN162	MAJOR TRAFFICKING RECRUITER SENT TO PRISON [...] (SBU) Four TIP defendants were convicted January 31, after a four-month hearing. The defendants had been accused in connection with a case involving the three witnesses (reftels) who complained of misconduct by an investigator in the prosecutor general's office the previous summer. This case [...]	2007-02-15 12:09:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN HSTC AM
07YEREVAN164	GOAM DISPATCHES INVITATION TO ODIHR ELECTION [...] (C) DFM Armen Baibourtian phoned CDA on February 15 to confirm that the invitation for OSCE's ODIHR to monitor elections had been signed and was being sent over immediately to the OSCE Office in Yerevan. Baibourtian said that the letter was signed on February 14 by FM Oskanian and would be se [...]	2007-02-15 12:46:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
07YEREVAN165	ANALYSTS WORRIED, GOVERNMENT UNCONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) GOAM officials' mild public statements about the finalizing of the Kars-Akhalkalki-Baku railway agreement (ref A) belie the significant resentment and frustration they feel about it. Newspapers have been abuzz with analysts' gloomy predictions of further Armenian isolation, and harsh crit [...]	2007-02-15 13:25:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV GG TU AM
07YEREVAN182	ARMENIA: COMMENTS FOR 2007 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: Post recommends that Armenia remain off the Special 301 Watch List for 2007. Music and video piracy does exist and there are look-alike products and store fronts, but industry losses in the Armenian market are probably small. The IPR Enforcement Unit within the Organized Crime [...]	2007-02-21 14:26:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV PREL KIPR USTR AM
07YEREVAN186	DASD MACDOUGALL'S MEETING WITH DEFMIN SARGSIAN, [...] (C) During a February 16 meeting with Armenian Defense Minister Sargsian, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Jim MacDougall praised Armenia's progress in defense reform, thanked Armenia for its contribution to coalition operations in Iraq, and encouraged Sargsian to consider sending a conti [...]	2007-02-22 10:27:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV AM
07YEREVAN192	PROSPEROUS ARMENIA PARTY CONGRESS A SUCCESS, REAL [...] (C) Prosperous Armenia (PA),the new oligarch-founded party that has taken Armenia's political scene by storm (but whose agenda is still unclear),held its long-awaited pre-election congress on February 15. The congress hall was packed, and also drew a number of sour-faced senior government o [...]	2007-02-23 11:37:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM AM
07YEREVAN194	STAFFDEL TILLEMANN FOCUSES ON DEMOCRATIZATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SFRC Majority Staffmember Tomicah Tillemann visited Yerevan February 18-20, with an eye on Armenia's May elections and MCC eligibility under the "Ruling Justly" category. In a range of meetings with GOAM officials, he made clear that, despite Armenia's many friends on the Hill, [...]	2007-02-23 14:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OTRA AM
07YEREVAN209	JOURNALIST WINS COURT CASE ON FREEDOM OF [...] The head of Armenia's independent Asparez Press Club won a freedom of information case against several village mayors in the Shirak region on February 23. The mayors had denied press club director Levon Barseghyan's requests for copies of the village budgets. The court ruled that the mayors h [...]	2007-02-27 13:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM AM
07YEREVAN21	PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN'S NEW YEAR'S EVE REMARKS [...] SUMMARY: President Kocharian's New Year's Eve remarks reiterated his call for free and fair parliamentary elections in 2007, and for deepening Armenia's political and economic reforms, especially for competitive markets, judicial reform, and anti-corruption. He said that government-paid salari [...]	2007-01-08 11:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KDEM AM
07YEREVAN242	OPPOSITION CALLS COURT RULING ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO [...] (SBU) In response to an application submitted by President Robert Kocharian, the Armenian Constitutional Court has ruled as unconstitutional a law requiring Public TV and Radio to broadcast parts of National Assembly sessions. The opposition claims that, after recent announcements of what the [...]	2007-03-02 13:45:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV OPRC AM KPAO
07YEREVAN250	EMBASSY YEREVAN'S 2007 TIP REPORT INPUT [...] (U) This cable represents Embassy Yerevan's submission for the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Please see paragraph 5 for responses keyed to reftel request. 2. (SBU) The government of Armenia has made progress in its efforts to combat trafficking since the release of the 2006 TIP Repo [...]	2007-03-05 06:26:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF ASEC ELAB KFRD KCRM KWMN
07YEREVAN256	ELECTIONS LIKELY TO BRING A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE [...] (SBU) One relative bright spot on the political stage when party lists were released March 1: the potential for a 100-percent increase in the number of parliamentary seats held by women. A National Democratic Institute (NDI) analysis of the lists shows that women make up an average of 22 per [...]	2007-03-06 11:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM AM
07YEREVAN260	CONCERNS RAISED OVER POLITICAL ADVERTISING AS ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Candidate access to broadcast media and the rising cost of airing political advertisements have emerged as issues of concern as the pre-election period gets underway in Armenia. Opposition leaders complain that the rise in prices since the 2003 election is a government plot to limit thei [...]	2007-03-07 06:43:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO AM
07YEREVAN266	KOCHARIAN'S CHIEF OF STAFF SEEKS TO EJECT NDI FROM [...] (C) Armen Gevorgian, President Kocharian's Chief of Staff, told NDI Country co-Directors on March 6 that NDI should shut down their operations until after the May 12 elections. Gevorgian, assuming that NDI Armenia had arranged for a senior oppositionist to visit Washington in February, said [...]	2007-03-07 14:55:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID AM
07YEREVAN272	CONCERN OVER PROPOSED IFC LOAN TO ARMAVIA [...] (C) Econoff recently met with local International Finance Corporation (IFC) head Nerses Karamanukian to raise post's concern about a proposed USD 11 million loan to Armenian national air carrier Armavia. Over the past year, Armavia has been plagued by financial problems and the company is ow [...]	2007-03-09 13:47:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EAIR PGOV AM
07YEREVAN274	KURDS' PRO-OCALAN PROTEST LUKEWARM [...] (C) About a dozen dilapidated buses bearing posters of Kurdish militant Abdullah Ocalan pulled into the capital March 9 to protest Ocalan's imprisonment. The passengers were Yezidis from villages not far from Yerevan. The National Security Service (NSS) was aware of the protest, but was unab [...]	2007-03-09 14:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ASEC PTER AM
07YEREVAN305	PROMISE OF PROSPERITY RESONATES WITH VILLAGERS IN [...] (SBU) The crocuses are blooming in Yerevan, but it is still winter in the remote villages of Armenia's Shirak province. Though construction dust has displaced the February slush in the relatively well-heeled capital city, Shirak villagers are still burning dried bars of cow dung for heat and [...]	2007-03-15 08:01:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AM
07YEREVAN307	MCC VP HEWKO DRIVES HOME COST OF BAD ELECTIONS [...] (C) During his March 8-9 visit to Yerevan, MCC Vice President for Operations John Hewko praised Armenia's implementation of the MCC Compact while sending a clear message that in order to remain eligible for funding, elections in May must be a "significant improvement towards full compliance wi [...]	2007-03-15 09:29:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KMCA AM
07YEREVAN332	ARMENIA CELEBRATES NATO WEEK (WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM ITS [...] (SBU) Embassy Yerevan provided key support to ensure that Armenia's first "NATO Week," held March 12-16, was a success. The Week was launched with the NATO - Armenia Youth Educational Rally, featuring the departure of a NATO bus that traveled from one end of Armenia to the other giving present [...]	2007-03-19 14:36:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO NATO AM
07YEREVAN349	ARMENIA GRANTS LEGAL STANDING TO THE ARMENIAN CHURCH [...] The Armenian Church, which counts among its fold the vast majority of Armenians both in the homeland and in the diaspora, until earlier this month had no legal standing in Armenia. A law signed March 14 by the president granted legal standing, but did not grant the Church status as the only st [...]	2007-03-23 07:57:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM AM
07YEREVAN351	NEW STAFF OF THE ANTI-TIP UNIT A WELCOME CHANGE [...] (SBU) Four months into the staff changes that took effect in the Anti-Trafficking Unit of the Prosecutor General's Office in December, 2006 (reftel),Armenia's premier anti-TIP NGO, Hope and Help, reports a great new spirit of mutual cooperation with the unit's new staff. The unit's new lead i [...]	2007-03-23 13:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KTIP KWMN KCRM HSTC AM
07YEREVAN356	CABINET DISSOLVED WITH PM MARGARIAN'S DEATH, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The prime minister's sudden death March 25 automatically dissolved the cabinet. Sources tell us that President Kocharian will appoint an acting PM--possibly Serzh Sargsian--to lead a caretaker government. The constitutional timeframe for replacing a deceased prime minister in th [...]	2007-03-26 13:02:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV AM
07YEREVAN385	PRESIDENT KOCHARIAN DISCUSSES IRAN, TURKEY, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenian President Kocharian met for over an hour with EUR DAS Bryza following the funeral of PM Margarian on March 28. On Iran, Kocharian explained that Armenia, in its precarious geopolitical situation, must carefully think through the consequences of every step it takes with it [...]	2007-03-30 13:22:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IR AJ AM
07YEREVAN386	ARMENIAN MEDIA, PUBLIC CRITICAL OF CEREMONY MARKING THE [...] (SBU) Armenian media outlets varied from semi-critical to extremely critical in their coverage of the March 29 Holy Cross (Aktamar Island) Church re-opening ceremony. Most claimed that the opening was a propaganda move and berated Turkey for placing Turkish flags and a portrait of Ataturk on th [...]	2007-03-30 13:22:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OPRC AM KMDR KPAO
07YEREVAN397	THREE KILLED IN AMBUSH OF GYUMRI MAYOR [...] No summary [...]	2007-04-04 03:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCRM AM
07YEREVAN398	THREE KILLED IN AMBUSH OF GYUMRI MAYOR [...] (SBU) Unknown gunmen wounded the Gyumri mayor, Vartan Ghukasian, and deputy mayor, Gagik Manukian, in a bold highway attack that killed three in the two-car convoy, including Ghukasian's driver. Gyumri is Armenia's second largest city. The mayor and his entourage were attacked from two ca [...]	2007-04-04 05:40:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM KCRM AM
07YEREVAN406	ARMENIA REQUESTS UZBEK HELP TO LOCATE ESCAPED [...] (C) The Armenian Police has renewed its request for assistance from Uzbek law enforcement in locating a convicted trafficker who escaped from an Armenian prison in early 2006. The trafficker, Anush Zakharyants, is an ethnic Armenian citizen of Uzbekistan, who is believed to be hiding in Samar [...]	2007-04-04 13:06:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	HSTC PHUM PREL PGOV KCRM KWMN SMIG AM
07YEREVAN409	HOLY CROSS OPENING - ARMENIA MORE POSITIVE AS THINGS COOL [...] (SBU) Following local media criticism of Turkey's decision to reopen the ancient Armenian Holy Cross Church as a museum (refs),the GOAM delegation that took part in the ceremony tried to focus on the positive aspects of the renovation. During a press conference, Deputy Culture Minister Gagik [...]	2007-04-05 11:16:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OPRC KMDR KPAO AM
07YEREVAN412	NO SURPRISES HERE - DEFMIN SARGSIAN NAMED PRIME [...] (U) In a widely anticipated move, President Kocharian announced April 5 that Defense Minister Serzh Sargsian would replace Prime Minister Andranik Margarian, who died suddenly on March 25 (ref A). Sargsian stepped down from his position as defense minister, where he has served for approximatel [...]	2007-04-05 12:39:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL AM
07YEREVAN417	ARMENIA: ELECTION UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Armenia's 35-day long "official" campaign period for the May 12 parliamentary election kicks off on April 8, and so far, the government has kept its commitments to hold better elections. ODIHR observers are in place and report that the legal preconditions for fair elections have [...]	2007-04-06 12:49:00	Embassy Yerevan	SECRET	PGOV PHUM AM
07YEREVAN44	ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2007 [...] (U) Following is our submission per reftel for the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Armenia. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- Foreign investment in Armenia has steadily increased from USD 70 million in 2001 to USD 297 million as of September 2006, according to data from the National [...]	2007-01-12 12:47:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR AM
07YEREVAN442	ARMENIA JOINS INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON PROTECTION AND [...] Armenia joined the International Convention on Protection and Promotion of Rights and Dignity of Disabled Persons March 30, the first day of its signing. (NOTE: The convention was adopted by the UN General Assembly in December. END NOTE.) Armenia also signed the Optional Protocol. The conv [...]	2007-04-12 11:26:00	Embassy Yerevan	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM AM
07YEREVAN443	BOOM! EXPLOSIONS MARK THE FIRST WEEK OF ARMENIA'S [...] (C) Early in the morning on April 12, two bombs exploded in close succession at Prosperous Armenia offices in Yerevan's Avan and Kanaker neighborhoods. President Kocharian's office quickly condemned the bombings, which caused physical damage but no injuries, and Yerevan police are investigati [...]	2007-04-12 11:33:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV AM

07YEREVAN45	ARMENIA BACKS OUR IRAQ POLICY, AND WILLING TO DO A [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenia's Foreign and Defense Ministers each expressed solid support for our Iraq policy, and for the President's announced changes in Iraq strategy. Both agreed that our Iraq strategy cannot be allowed to fail, and reaffirmed Armenia's commitment to sustain its troop deployment [...]	2007-01-12 13:56:00	Embassy Yerevan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MASS KPAO AM IR IZ AF GR YI

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