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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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09KATHMANDU147NEPAL: REVISED 2008 END-USE MONITORING REPORT
[...] The following is Kathmandu's revised End-Use Monitoring Reporting for calendar year 2008, formatted as per Ref D. PROCEDURES ---------- A. Inventory Management EUM Program Coordinator: Senior Law Enforcement Advisor Denver Fleming, tel: 977 400 7200 x.4366, email: FlemingDH@state. [...]
2009-02-26 04:11:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR AFIN NP
09KATHMANDU154NEPAL EXPECTED TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] (SBU) On February 27, Rudra Nepal, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressed interest in Judge Painter's candidacy for the UN Appeals Tribunal but did not commit the Nepalese delegation in New York to voting for him. Emboffs, as inst [...]
2009-02-27 08:47:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09KATHMANDU161NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of February 2009, including the following: -- Remittance Growth Through December, Expected To Fall In 2009 -- Government Revenues Increase -- Government Spending Down -- Inflation Remains High -- Trad [...]
2009-03-02 08:35:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU164AMBASSADOR'S FEBRUARY 27 MEETING WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with PM Dahal on February 27 to provide observations following Department consultations and the recent A/S Boucher visit to Nepal. PM Dahal appeared to understand that any USG terrorism de-listing action relied largely on future Maoist actions, including clear st [...]
2009-03-02 09:01:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KOCI EAID PHUM NP
09KATHMANDU185JOINT BRITISH-FRENCH-U.S. MEETING WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: Nepali Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal pledged that unauthorized recruitment by the People,s Liberation Army (PLA) would be halted immediately following a March 8 meeting of the Army Integration Special Committee (AISC) in a meeting with British and French Ambassadors, and American [...]
2009-03-09 09:00:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL NP
09KATHMANDU201NEPAL'S REMITTANCES GROW AMIDST DETERIORATING
[...] (SBU) Nepal's level of remittances grew 65.3 percent in the July 15-January 15 period, defying numerous local press reports that remittance growth would be severely affected by the deteriorating world economy. Excluding India, record numbers of Nepalis continue to leave the country and seek [...]
2009-03-13 02:10:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB ETRD PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU235 MAOIST DEFENSE MINISTER REFUSES TO EXTEND SERVICE
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 9. Summary -------- 2. (C) The Nepalese Defense Minister refused to approve term extensions for eight brigadier generals of the Nepal Army and the officers were forced into mandatory retirement at midnight, March 16, 2009. Many opine that the D [...]
2009-03-20 09:55:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PTER IN NP
09KATHMANDU25NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of December 2008, including the following: -- Inflation Up -- Trade Up, Revenue Up -- Electricity Crisis Deepens -- Tourism Figures Up -- Petroleum Products Fall -- Remittances Expected To Fall -- Head [...]
2009-01-08 04:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD ELAB ENRG PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU250NEPAL POSITIVE TOWARDS REVIEW OF U.S. POLICY IN
[...] (SBU) On March 24, Pradhumna B. Shah, Joint Secretary for Europe and the Americas and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the U.S. intent to redefine its mission in Iraq in August 2010 would be a positive step toward bringing peace and normalcy to Iraq and its neighbors. Shah sa [...]
2009-03-25 07:59:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS IZ NP
09KATHMANDU296NEPAL: ACCIDENT VICTIM SEEKING COMPENSATION FROM
[...] (SBU) On the evening of March 9, 2009 Jennifer Kerr, the Political/Economic Section Office Management Specialist, was involved in a vehicular accident with a motorcyclist. Although initially media did not cover the accident, once they began to cover the story on March 24 they have presented ve [...]
2009-04-10 09:08:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ASEC AMGT NP
09KATHMANDU298NEPAL: MAOISTS WIN THREE OUT OF SIX SEATS IN
[...] (SBU) The Unified Communist Party of Nepal - Maoist (UCPN-M or Maoists) emerged as the winners of the Constituent Assembly by-elections on April 10, winning seats in three out of six constituencies. The Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML),Nepali Congress (NC),and Madhes [...]
2009-04-13 09:25:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU304NEPAL: AMBASSADOR RAISES HANDLING OF ACCIDENT
[...] (SBU) On April 15, the Ambassador expressed concern to Acting Foreign Secretary Madan Bhattarai about how members of the police, the family and the press were handling an accident on March 9 in Kathmandu in which an out-of-control Nepali motorcyclist collided with an Embassy employee in a priv [...]
2009-04-15 10:29:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ASEC AMGT NP
09KATHMANDU327REQUEST FOR AGREMENT FOR AMBASSADOR OF NEPAL TO
[...] (U) The Government of Nepal (GON) has formally requested agrement for retired International Monetary Fund (IMF) economist and reported U.S. permanent resident Dr. Sukhdev Shah to be Nepal's Ambassador to the United States. Although the Parliamentary Special Hearing Committee was unable to rea [...]
2009-04-22 07:43:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL NP
09KATHMANDU339NEPAL: POLITICAL CONFRONTATION OVER ARMY CHIEF
[...] (C) A little over a week since Prime Minister Dahal asked Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Katawal to resign, the ensuing political confrontation continues to churn. According to contacts and press reports from April 24-27, various unappealing scenarios, including a sacking of Katawal by the [...]
2009-04-27 10:23:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU357 AIR POLLUTION IN KATHMANDU VALLEY
[...] Air pollution in Kathmandu Valley is bad and getting worse, but no substantial effort is being conducted to address the problem. Its impact on the most vulnerable, the young, and the elderly is severe. Numerous studies have shown a strong linkage between the level of air pollution and the shar [...]
2009-05-01 10:44:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDSENV TBIO EAID XD NP
09KATHMANDU372NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 1
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-05 09:34:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU375NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER RESIGNS SITREP 2
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 09:06:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU4NEPAL: COMMERCE MINISTER STRESSES NEED TO HAVE
[...] (C) On December 29, Minister of Commerce Rajendra Mahato of the small, Terai-based Sadbhavana Party told the Ambassador that it was essential for the Maoists to join hands with the Nepali Congress for the sake of Nepal's future. Mahato indicated that it was primarily up to Prime Minister Daha [...]
2009-01-02 09:38:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV ETRD EAID EAGR PHUM PTER KTEX NP
09KATHMANDU404NEPAL'S MAOISTS RUN AMOK IN RAMECHHAP AND OTHER
[...] (SBU) Following the resignation of Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal on May 4, the Maoist District Organization Committee in Ramechhap, a hilly district 75 km east of Kathmandu, issued an ultimatum to members of the Nepali Congress (NC) and Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) to [...]
2009-05-12 07:24:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU410NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the months of March and April 2009, including the following: -- Foreign Direct Investment Plunges -- Government Revenue Grows Faster Than Expenditures -- Exports Rise, But Imports Rise Faster -- Electricity Crisis A [...]
2009-05-14 07:17:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU420NEPAL: MAJORITY SUPPORT FOR UML-LED GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) On May 17 the Madhesi People's Rights Forum announced it would support Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist and Nepali Congress efforts to form a new government under the leadership of Madhav Kumar Nepal, bringing the coalition support over the majority threshold. Election of [...]
2009-05-18 08:57:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU437NEPAL: NEW PRIME MINISTER SWORN IN
[...] (C) On May 23, the Constituent Assembly elected veteran Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) leader Madhav Kumar Nepal unopposed as the country's new Prime Minister. MK Nepal and two additional UML ministers were sworn in May 25 as negotiations continued to fill the rest o [...]
2009-05-26 08:14:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU473NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of May 2009, including the following: -- Food Crisis Leaves Millions Hungry -- Electricity Supply Improves, But Not for All -- Bank Lending Growth Rate Slows -- Declining Number of Workers Going Overseas [...]
2009-06-08 00:44:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU512NEPAL: FORMER PM DAHAL TELLS A/S BLAKE MAOISTS ARE
[...] (C) Maoist chairman and former Prime Minister Pushpa Dahal told visiting Assistant Secretary Robert Blake on June 12 that his party is committed to the peace process and to drafting the constitution on time. The former Prime Minister spelled out the Maoists' goals for the peace process, inclu [...]
2009-06-17 08:41:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU522NEPAL: PRIME MINISTER EXPANDS CABINET TO 22
[...] (SBU) On the evening of June 17, Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal of the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) inducted five ministers and six state ministers into his cabinet, bringing the total to 22. The PM also assigned portfolios to the six Nepali Congress (NC) minis [...]
2009-06-18 09:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU549FOREIGN MINISTER VALUES CONTINUED U.S. ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) On June 12, Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala (Nepali Congress) acknowledged to Assistant Secretary Robert Blake that the Maoists were unlikely to join the current government. However, she was optimistic that at least a few of the Maoists would participate in a High Level Peace Committee. [...]
2009-06-25 05:28:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID ETRD KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU562NEPAL: THIRD CABINET EXPANSION COMPLETED
[...] (U) The two members of the Terai Madhes Democratic Party (TMDP) named to the cabinet in the third expansion who had not participated in the swearing-in ceremony on June 24 (Reftel) took the oath of office and secrecy from Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal on June 25. 2. (U) The cabinet now [...]
2009-06-26 08:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU600NEPAL PARLIAMENT PROCEEDINGS RESUME
[...] (C) On July 6, with the mid-July budget deadline looming, the Maoists reached agreement with the Nepali Congress (NC) and the Communist Party of Nepal - United Marxist Leninist (UML) to end their two-month obstruction of the Parliament and allow the budget to be presented. Deal Struck ----- [...]
2009-07-07 09:28:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON MARR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU618NEPAL: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON IMPLEMENTING UN
[...] (U) On July 7, Emboff delivered the reftel demarche and talking points to Madan Bhattarai, Joint Secretary of the Foreign Ministry's UN and International Organizations Division, seeking the cooperation of the Government of Nepal (GON) in carrying out the inspection-related provisions of UN Sec [...]
2009-07-10 03:07:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL MNUC MTCRE KN NP
09KATHMANDU625NEPAL: EMBASSY ADVOCATES FOR BOEING
[...] (SBU) Prime Minister Madhav Nepal and Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation Sarad Bhandari vowed in meetings the week of July 6 that the Nepal Airlines Corporation's decision to purchase new aircraft would be fair and transparent. PM Nepal expressed this commitment to transparency during the [...]
2009-07-13 06:00:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALEAIR ETRD PREL PTER NP
09KATHMANDU645NEPAL'S TIBETAN REFUGEE POLICY UNDER STRAIN
[...] (C) The Government of Nepal's policy of permitting Tibetan refugees to remain quietly in Nepal while accommodating Chinese demands to prevent "anti-China" activities is under increasing strain. Tibetan activists have recently conducted several public protests, Nepali authorities detained the [...]
2009-07-17 10:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREF PREL PHUM CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU679NEPAL: UNHCR ADVOCATES REGISTERING TIBETANS
[...] (SBU) During a July 13 meeting of the U.S.-hosted Tibetan Discussion Group, Kathmandu's UNHCR Representative Daisy Dell advocated for registration of Tibetan refugees in Nepal. Based on experience with Nepal's Bhutanese refugee community, Dell sees registration as the necessary first step t [...]
2009-07-24 08:45:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PREL CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU692NEPAL'S CABINET MINISTERS - BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
[...] (SBU) Following is biographic information about key ministers in the current Nepali cabinet. Biographic information about the Prime Minister was reported in Ref D. Bijay Gachhadar, Deputy Prime Minister and Physical Planning and Works --------------------------------------------- --------- [...]
2009-07-28 08:42:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU71564TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: NEPAL PARTICIPATION
[...] (SBU) On July 20, Rudra Nepal, Under Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),told Emboff that the Government of Nepal had not decided who would attend the 64th UN General Assembly in New York beginning mid-September. He said that the Prime M [...]
2009-07-31 08:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU739NEPAL: ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS FOR JULY 2009
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of economic highlights from Embassy Kathmandu for the month of July 2009, including the following: -- FY 2009/10 Budget Nearly 34 Percent Larger -- Economic Survey Shows Declining Performance -- UN Says Hunger in Some Areas 'Extremely Alarming' -- Growth in Overs [...]
2009-08-10 04:53:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB ENRG ETRD PGOV NP
09KATHMANDU741NEPAL: HOME MINISTER CONFRONTS SECURITY CHALLENGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Home Minister Bhim Rawal has unveiled a new security plan intended to curb violence and end impunity. Key aspects of the plan have been developed in coordination with the U.S.-sponsored Security Sector Reform (SSR) project and include redoubling efforts to increase security per [...]
2009-08-10 07:34:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM ASEC IN NP
09KATHMANDU743NEPAL'S CONCURRENCE ON UPDATED EXECUTIVE ORDER
[...] (C) Embassy Kathmandu concurs with the Department of Labor's update of its Executive Order 13126 list, which identifies bricks, carpets, embroidered textiles (zari),and crushed stones as products produced in Nepal using forced or indentured child labor. MOON [...]
2009-08-10 08:20:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI NP
09KATHMANDU796NEPAL: CONSTITUTION UNLIKELY TO BENEFIT
[...] (U) Summary: Nepal's most disadvantaged group, the "untouchable" Dalit caste, has successfully organized political and advocacy NGOs over the past two decades, but Nepal,s political parties have traditionally limited their political influence. Nepali Dalits are seeking legal protections in th [...]
2009-08-27 09:20:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU81U.S. AND NEPAL SIGN AGREEMENT ON LAW ENFORCEMENT
[...] (U) On January 23, the Deputy Chief of Mission and Finance Secretary Rameshore Khanal signed a Letter of Agreement (LOA),in English (reftel),covering long-term law enforcement assistance worth over USD 2.5 million to the Home Ministry, Nepal Police (NP),and Armed Police Force (APF). This In [...]
2009-02-02 03:51:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL SNAR INL KCRS NP
09KATHMANDU813NEPAL: VP OATH CRISIS SYMBOLIZES ETHNIC DIVISIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Nepal's Vice President Parmananda Jha has refused to take his oath in the Nepali language after the Supreme Court invalidated his previous oath, taken in Hindi. The controversy has been brewing for months and has come to symbolize long-standing tensions over language and ethnicity [...]
2009-09-01 08:35:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU814INDIA VISIT REINFORCED NEPAL'S RULING COALITION --
[...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal's August 18-22 visit to New Delhi, widely viewed as more symbolic than substantive, somewhat cemented his position as the leader of the Nepalese government but does not guarantee he will be able to remain in power. The visit did, however, ill [...]
2009-09-01 09:02:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KDEM CH IN NP
09KATHMANDU829NEPAL: PM OUTLINES PEACE PROCESS STRATEGY
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal told Charge on September 4 his primary concerns are how to resolve whether former Maoist combatants can integrate into the Nepal Army, achieve unity among the political parties and the international community, and advance the peace process. The [...]
2009-09-04 13:27:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU841NEPAL: MAOISTS' SHORT AND LONG-TERM STRATEGIES IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Nepal's Maoists continue to pursue short- and long-term strategies for returning to power in the Constituent Assembly. In the short term, they are working to persuade disaffected Madhesi parties to give them the 30 seats they need to gain a working majority. Over the long term [...]
2009-09-11 12:49:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU881NEPAL: TERRORIST THREATENING CHRISTIANS ARRESTED
[...] (C) Summary: The leader of the Nepal Defense Army (NDA),Ram Prasad Mainali, was arrested on September 5 in the eastern Terai district of Morang. The NDA is a Hindu extremist organization that gained prominence over the past couple of years for attacks against Christians as well as Muslims [...]
2009-09-23 11:52:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KIRF ASEC CASC IN NP
09KATHMANDU898NEPAL: LET'S ENGAGE THE KEY PLAYERS
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paras. 5 and 9. 2. (C) Summary. Post proposes a new approach to remove two conflict-era impediments to effective U.S. engagement in Nepal: (1) restrictions on U.S. military assistance to the Nepal Army, and (2) ongoing inclusion of the Communist Party of [...]
2009-10-01 03:29:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PTER MARR KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU906NEPAL: CONTROVERSIAL ARMY GENERAL COULD BE PROMOTED
[...] (C) Summary: Based on media reports that Nepal Army (NA) Major General Toran Singh, who is alleged to be complicit in human rights abuses, was soon to be promoted to Lieutenant General, the Defense Attache met with two cabinet ministers and the Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) to voice U.S. conc [...]
2009-10-02 12:37:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM MARR PREL PINR NP
09KATHMANDU910FRAUD SUMMARY - KATHMANDU, NEPAL
[...] Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world, with a per capita income of less than USD400. A precarious peace following ten years of armed civil conflict, the Maoist party intimating a potential return to violence, weak government institutions under the current government - the second [...]
2009-10-05 12:44:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC NP
09KATHMANDU918MEDIA REACTION: U.S. CONSTITUTION & NEPAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 11:49:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU928MEDIA REACTION: U.S, INDIAN PERCEPTION OF CHINA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-09 11:50:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO PGOV OPRC NP
09KATHMANDU958NEPAL: DISQUALIFIED MAOISTS TOLD TIME TO GO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Peace and Reconstruction Minister, Maoist military commanders and UN representatives visited a Maoist cantonment on October 11-15 to restart the process for "discharging" former Maoist combatants. Maoist leaders told former combatants to prepare for reintegration into Nepali [...]
2009-10-20 09:36:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU977MESSAGE TO THE PRIME MINISTER OF NEPAL FROM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 10:34:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO UNGA NP
09KATHMANDU982NEPAL: PM ADVISOR HINTS AT ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) Summary. Rajan Bhattarai, the Prime Minister's foreign policy advisor, told Charge that PM Madhav Kumar Nepal is committed to investigating and prosecuting human rights abuses the Nepal Army and the Maoists perpetrated during the insurgency. Bhattarai said the PM has delayed the promotio [...]
2009-10-28 08:15:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM NP
09KATHMANDU999NEPAL: ESCALATING MAOIST PROTESTS THREATEN AIRPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 1, the Maoists launched a protest program against the coalition government that is to build up to a blockade of the Kathmandu Valley and international airport on November 10. Meanwhile, Maoist leader Prachanda invited foreign ambassadors and representatives of int [...]
2009-11-03 13:28:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KDEM NP
09KHARTOUM1002 APPEALS COURT DECISION OF GRANVILLE/ABBAS MURDER TRIAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 22, 2009, the Khartoum Court of Appeals issued its decision regarding the defendants' appeal of the Granville/Abbas murder trial. The Court affirmed the verdicts of the four men convicted of murder by the trial court. The Court overturned the weapons-related convictions o [...]
2009-09-01 13:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDASEC PTER PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM1040IRISH AMBASSADOR PROVIDES UPDATE ON HOSTAGES' SITUATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Irish Ambassador Gerard Corr (resident in Cairo) met with DCM Asquino on September 8 to update him on the status of the two aid workers, Irish national Sharon Cummins and Ugandan citizen Hilda Kawuki, who were kidnapped in North Darfur on July 3. Ambassador Corr confirmed that I [...]
2009-09-10 09:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV CASC SU
09KHARTOUM1041DAFURI HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ARRESTED
[...] (SBU) On September 2, poloff talked with Hamid Nur, a former U.S. Embassy locally-employed staff member in the political section, to discuss the detainment of a human rights activist. Nur said the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) arrested Abdel Majeed Saleh Abakr Haroun in Kha [...]
2009-09-10 13:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI SU
09KHARTOUM1046GOSS Enters Diplomatic Compounds in Juba Sweep for Arms
[...] (U) Summary: Police and soldiers blocked roads and searched homes for illegal weapons in a disarmament operation ordered by the Government of Southern Sudan's (GOSS) Ministry of Internal Affairs conducted at dawn, September 9 in Juba. Residents of Juba, including United Nations staff, were ord [...]
2009-09-11 10:01:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1048NO FINAL VOTER REGISTRATION PLAN OR BUDGET, NO SPECIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 6, U.S. Agency for International Development Director and Pol Chief attended a National Elections Commission (NEC) Policy Committee meeting. NEC officials were unable to provide a budget covering activities through the post election period, operational plan or voter [...]
2009-09-14 09:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI SU
09KHARTOUM1049NCP INVITES U.S. POLITIAL PARTIES TO CONVENTION,
[...] (U) This is an action message; see paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: During a September 7 meeting with Charge, Presidential Advisor Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismael asked Charge's help in identifying U.S. Congressmen or other representatives of the two major U.S. parties to be invited to the National [...]
2009-09-14 10:35:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1067Abyei Border Demarcation Committee Facing Hurdles; Will Not
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with members of the Abyei Border Demarcation Committee on September 7 and again on September 12 to introduce a U.S. demarcation expert tasked with providing technical assistance to the Committee, and to discuss the Committee's needs and readiness. Committee members i [...]
2009-09-23 05:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PBTS KDEM KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM1070UK Expert Shares Views on Foreign Exchange Reserves, Oil
[...] (SBU) Summary: Laura James, Senior Economic Advisor for the UK's Department for International Development (DFID) said that implementation of the wealth-sharing provisions of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) have been "fairly smooth", but problems remain. In 2008, the North stopped payi [...]
2009-09-23 11:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EPET PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM1087Donors, UN, Reject Funding Request for DDR
[...] (SBU) Summary. At a September 10 meeting, donors rejected a written request for operations funding from the Chairperson of the Southern Sudan Demobilization, Disarmament and Reintegration Commission (SSDDRC),William Deng Deng. The meeting was chaired by Adriaan Verheul, Chief of the Integrat [...]
2009-09-24 14:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1090SOUTHERN SUDANESE VICE PRESIDENT ON CONFISCATED
[...] (C) Summary. Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) Vice President Riek Machar Teny spoke with Charge the evening of September 25 about the release of USD seven million in cash confiscated from a bank courier (reftel) and four remaining sticking point in talks between the Sudan Peoples' Liberati [...]
2009-09-26 09:09:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEFIN KDEM PGOV PREL UN
09KHARTOUM1095UNAMID TO BE GRANTED ACCESS TO KORMA IN WAKE OF ATTACKS ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) continues to be denied access to the town of Korma following clashes between the Government of Sudan (GOS) and Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW) faction there on September 17-18. UNAMID's most recent attempt t [...]
2009-09-28 17:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PREF KPKO AU SU
09KHARTOUM1128NCP Sounds Campaign Themes at Party Congress
[...] (SBU) Summary: The National Congress Party (NCP) held its third party congress in Khartoum October 1-3. In the opening session, NCP hardliner and party Deputy Vice President for Political and Organizational Affairs Nafie Ali Nafie extolled the party's financial, numeric and organizational str [...]
2009-10-06 14:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SU
09KHARTOUM1140COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR TRAVEL OF POLITICAL OFFICER TO
[...] (SBU) The Office of the U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan (S/USSES) has requested that Embassy Khartoum Political Officer Alexander Tatsis travel to Tripoli on October 15. 2. (SBU) The purpose of Mr. Tatsis' travel is to support preparations for a joint initiative of the U.S. Special Envoy to Sud [...]
2009-10-12 14:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOTRA PREL SU LY
09KHARTOUM115KENANA, WHITE NILE PROJECT LEAD PLANS TO DEVELOP SUGAR AS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 25-26, econoff visited Kenana Sugar Company (KSC) and the nascent White Nile Sugar Project, the center of government plans to turn sugar into a strategic industry and propel economic growth in White Nile State. Built in the 1970s, Kenana stumbled upon opening but hit i [...]
2009-01-30 12:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1158CITIBANK RECOVERS ITS USD 7 MILLION TRANSACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-15 07:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM117CHADIAN REBELS - ERDIMI PLEDGES POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 29, the newly-selected Chadian rebel leader Timane Erdimi (reftel) told polchief and poloff that his movement, the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR),will focus first on political and diplomatic engagement, and only later consider an attack on the Chadian Government. E [...]
2009-01-31 07:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1173IRISH NGO AID WORKERS FREED IN DARFUR; TWO UN HOSTAGES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sudanese authorities confirmed that two female aid workers who work for GOAL, an Irish non-governmental organization (NGO),were released early Sunday morning, October 18, after being held captive for 108 days. The two hostages, Irish national Sharon Cummins and Ugandan citizen [...]
2009-10-18 14:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV CASC SU
09KHARTOUM118CHADIAN REBELS - ERDIMI PLEDGES POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 29, the newly-selected Chadian rebel leader Timane Erdimi (reftel) told polchief and poloff that his movement, the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR),will focus first on political and diplomatic engagement, and only later consider an attack on the Chadian Government. E [...]
2009-01-31 07:28:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1188INITIAL REACTION TO SUDAN STRATEGY ROLL OUT MUTED
[...] (SBU) Summary. Our initial soundings about Sudanese reaction to the New Sudan Strategy roll out indicates that most informed observers are adopting a muted and cautious posture as they digest how the strategy will impact the bilateral relationship. Media reaction today largely echoed the mi [...]
2009-10-22 07:07:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU
09KHARTOUM1235 USAID Acting Administrator Meeting with Donors in
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 24, USAID Acting Administrator Alonzo Fulgham and Acting Assistant Administrator for USAID's Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) Susan Reichle met with donors and UN representatives in Khartoum as part of an October 24 - 27 delega [...]
2009-11-03 14:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG UN SU
09KHARTOUM125UNAMID STAYS IN MUHAJARRIYA AS BOMBING AND FIGHTING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 1, UNAMID's Deputy Joint Special Representative General Henry Anyidoho informed Embassy Khartoum that UNAMID will remain in Muhajarriya "at the determination of the Secretary General," despite GOS bombing of JEM rebel positions around the area the same day and in spi [...]
2009-02-02 09:27:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM1271PARTY TALKS CONTINUE WITH SHORT DEADLINE SET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 9 meeting with Poloff, Remy Oller, Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Deputy Speaker of the Council of States, said the National Congress Party (NCP) and SPLM were still engaged in talks initiated by the US. Special Envoy on outstanding Comprehensive Pea [...]
2009-11-10 09:21:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM129GNU STATE MINISTER OF FINANCE BLAMES HIS SPLM COMRADES FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: SPLM-appointed State Minister of Finance in the Government of National Unity (GNU) Lual Deng laid the blame for the festering dispute over the control of foreign exchange reserves squarely on the Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS),by having turned a technical issue into a high- [...]
2009-02-02 13:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EFIN EAID SU
09KHARTOUM1357SLA/AW UP IN ARMS AFTER LONG RESPITE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The central region of Darfur known as Jebel Marra remains unstable following internal conflict among rebels commanders aligned with Sudanese Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid (SLA/AW). SLA/AW rebels in far northeast North Darfur staged two successful attacks in November on Government [...]
2009-12-06 10:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PREF KPKO AU SU
09KHARTOUM1361SUDAN: LUBNA HUSSEIN, NOMINATION FOR 2010 INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) U.S. Embassy Khartoum nominates Lubna Hussein for the 2010 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. 2. (U) The Public Order Police of the Government of Sudan (GOS) arrested Hussein in July, charging her with violating the Sudanese law for "public appearance in indecent dress [...]
2009-12-07 13:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM KTIP PINR NI
09KHARTOUM138SPLM SG AMUM PAINTS A BLEAK PICTURE OF THE NCP'S
[...] (C) Summary. Secretary General of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) told CDA Fernandez that NCP will likely behave normally after the announcement of an ICC indictment of Government of National Unity (GNU) President Al-Bashir. But he expects the National Congress Party (NCP) to q [...]
2009-02-03 15:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM ASEC KPKO AU SU
09KHARTOUM139SEEKING TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENT IN DARFUR IN 2009 AND
[...] (C) There is an opening for tangible improvement in Darfur over the next year and beyond. However, progress will require heavy and sustained engagement by the US, because no other country can deliver what the Sudanese regime wants: better relations with the international community in general, [...]
2009-02-03 16:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM1390GNU FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS WITH U.S. COMMISSION ON
[...] (C) Summary: The Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister of Foreign Affairs Deng Alor commented on the National Congress Party's (NCP) relationship with the United States during a December 9 meeting with the visiting U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Alor, who is [...]
2009-12-13 11:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR SU
09KHARTOUM1421SUDAN 2009 Country Report on Terrorism
[...] (SBU) Sudan remains a cooperative partner in the Global War on Terror (GWOT),and the outlook for continued cooperation is positive. During the past year, the Sudanese government continued to pursue terrorist operations directly involving threats to U.S. interests and personnel in Sudan. Suda [...]
2009-12-17 06:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EFIN KCRM KPAO PTER KHLS AEMR SU
09KHARTOUM1447NCP APPROVES SOUTHERN SUDAN REFERENDUM LAW WITHOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 22, the National Congress Party (NCP) introduced controversial amendments to the Southern Sudan Referendum Law and unilaterally passed it despite the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) walking out of the session. Dr. Ghazi Sallahuddin, an NCP Presidential Adviso [...]
2009-12-23 13:37:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO SU
09KHARTOUM1476NEC PROCEDURES CONCERN ELECTIONS ADVISORS AND
[...] (C) Summary. Following the end of voter registration on December 7, the voter roll exhibition and challenge period were "check-the-box" exercises in which few voters were aware of the process, according to election advisors here. In the view of the latter, the National Election Commission (NEC) [...]
2009-12-31 10:33:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SU
09KHARTOUM15NCP PLANS FOR BUSINESS AS USUAL AFTER ICC
[...] (C) Summary: Following the anticipated ICC indictment of President Bashir, the Ruling National Congress Party (NCP) regime will respond pragmatically and continue to meet its obligations, party officials told CDA Fernandez during meetings in Khartoum January 5 and 6. However, they warned that [...]
2009-01-06 15:02:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM150SEEKING TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENT IN DARFUR IN 2009 AND
[...] (C) There is an opening for tangible improvement in Darfur over the next year and beyond. However, progress will require heavy and sustained engagement by the US, because no other country can deliver what the Sudanese regime wants: better relations with the international community in general, [...]
2009-02-04 15:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM151NCP WOULD LIKE TO SEE DEEPER ENGAGEMENT WITH NEW
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-04 15:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPKO SOCI AU SU
09KHARTOUM152MUHAJARRIYA UPDATE - FEBRUARY 4
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNAMID reported that the GOS had "moved in and taken control" of Muhajarriya as of 15:40 on February 4. Sudan National Radio made a similar announcement late the same day. Although the GOS appears to have reduced the number of aerial bombings compared to February 3, Sudanese Ar [...]
2009-02-04 15:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM153SHURA COUNCIL MEMBERS PROMISE TO ISSUE PUBLIC DECLARATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a February 4 meeting with Senior Representative for Sudan Tim Shortley, Shura Council representatives from the Fur, Tunjur, Dajo and Birgit tribes expressed a willingness to issue a public declaration of the intent of the Darfurian people to pursue peace negotiations with the [...]
2009-02-04 15:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM162SUDANESE MFA FORMALLY COMPLAINS ABOUT PURPORTED
[...] (C) CDA Fernandez was summoned to the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs the afternoon of February 3 to receive a formal complaint from Sudan about an alleged non-aggression pact between the JEM (Justice and Equality Movement) rebel group and SLM-MM (Sudan Liberation Movement, led by Minni M [...]
2009-02-05 13:05:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM17MFA U/S MUTRIFF SIDDIQ DISCUSSES USG AIRLIFTS,
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 6 meeting with CDA Fernandez and DLO, MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq stated that the GOS has given its initial approval for a USG military airlift of UNAMID equipment, but requires the USG to provide the final flight details and liaise with UNAMID. Coordination with [...]
2009-01-06 15:12:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM177INFORMING SUDAN OF U.S. CONCERNS REGARDING MISSILE
[...] (S) Charge d'Affaires Fernandez delivered talking points and non-paper (reftel) on February 8 to MFA Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq. Siddiq had no specific response to the demarche except to note that he would pass the information on to the appropriate channels, and that Sudan has no aggressiv [...]
2009-02-08 12:21:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL KN SU
09KHARTOUM189AVOIDING MYOPIA ON DARFUR
[...] (C) The solutions to Darfur are well known and the UN and international community need look no further than the many initiatives and proposals that Sudanese themselves have produced over the last five years, Umma Reform and Renewal party leader and former regime insider Mubarak al Fadil al Mah [...]
2009-02-10 13:43:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM203KHARTOUM EAC CONVENES AFTER MEDIA REPORTS ICC WILL ISSUE
[...] (SBU) The CDA convened Embassy Khartoum's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on February 12 to review the Mission's security posture after the New York Times and several other major media outlets reported the International Criminal Court (ICC) will issue an arrest warrant for Sudanese President [...]
2009-02-12 14:37:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AEMR AMGT PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM204MESSAGE OF CONGRATULATIONS FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA FROM THE
[...] (U) Post has received a letter of congratulations (text in para. 2) for President Obama from the President of the Republic of the Sudan, H.E. Omer Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir. A copy of the original letter is being transmitted to the Department via pouch. 2. (U) Begin Text: February 11, 2009 [...]
2009-02-13 09:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM210USAID PARTNER STAFF EXPELLED FROM SUDAN
[...] (SBU) Last week the Country Director for USAID implementing partner PADCO-AECOM was given 48 hours to leave Sudan by the Government of Sudan's Humanitarian Affairs Commission (HAC). The order was in direct response to a discussion between the Charg d'Affaires and the HAC Commissioner at the Hi [...]
2009-02-17 05:09:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM212CHADIAN REBELS COMMITTED TO DIALOGUE, BUT TIME IS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: From February 12-16, four Chadian rebels from the United Resistance Front (UFR) separately told poloffs that they are currently committed to political dialogue, but cautioned that time is running out as they wait for deeper diplomatic engagement from the European Union and Unit [...]
2009-02-17 10:41:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM213NCP OFFICIAL SYMPATHETIC BUT NONCOMMITTAL ON
[...] (C) Summary: On February 12, CDA Fernandez met with senior NCP official Qutbi al Mahdi, who maintains a keen interest in humanitarian affairs. CDA expressed his concern that on the very same day he received a conciliatory letter from President Bashir to President Obama (reftel a),the GOS Huma [...]
2009-02-17 10:48:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM225USAID PARTNER ASSETS SEIZED IN SUDAN
[...] (SBU) The Government of Sudan's Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) proceeded on February 18 with a summary seizure of assets used by USAID implementing partners PADCO-AECOM and International Rescue Committee (IRC). These seizures are the latest in a continuing pattern of intimidation and disrup [...]
2009-02-20 09:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM236GOS REFUSES TO ISSUE VISAS FOR U.S. MILITARY
[...] (C) Following almost a year of agonizing lack of clarity during which the GOS first delayed, then verbally approved, and then once again delayed the issuance of visas for the U.S. military staff officers assigned to UNAMID, just days before the arrival of two of the officers, MFA U/S Mutriff S [...]
2009-02-22 13:24:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM245DARFUR ROUNDUP: JEM CLASHES WITH SLA/MM AND SAF; SKEPTICISM
[...] (SBU) Summary: MFA U/S Mutriff Siddiq told CDA Fernandez on February 22 that despite its public statements, the NCP recognizes that little was achieved at the recent talks in Doha, and that no agreement to which JEM is the only party will bring peace to Darfur. Siddiq also accused JEM of desta [...]
2009-02-23 14:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM247AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY PROGRAMS SPUR IDENTITY DISCUSSION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Public Affairs Section (PAS) in Khartoum and the U.S. Consulate General in Juba cast a wide net within civil society for this year's African-American History Month programming. Participants sought to learn from America's experience in combating racism, addressing cultural di [...]
2009-02-24 06:16:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI AU MCAP KPAO OIIP OPRC SU
09KHARTOUM249SUDAN COMPLAINS OF “PROBABLY AMERICAN” BOMBING
[...] (S) CDA Fernandez was summoned to the Foreign Ministry on the morning of February 24 by Americas Department head Ambassador Nasreddin Wali. Wali said that he had sensitive and worrisome information to relate to the Charge. Reading from hand-written notes in Arabic and referring to a large dog-eared [...]
2009-02-24 10:54:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNETTC MASS PARM PGOV PREL SU
09KHARTOUM257KHARTOUM EAC CONVENES
[...] (SBU) The CDA convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on Tuesday, February 24, to review the general security situation in light of yesterday's notice that the International Criminal Court (ICC) will announce its indictment decision on March 4. The DCM, PAO, USAID A/MD, USAID EXO, POL, [...]
2009-02-25 04:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AEMR AMGT PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM263FORMER REBELS (TURNED GOVERNMENT AGENTS?) PROMOTE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 23, members of the Sudan Liberation Movement/Free Will (SLM/FW,) a rebel movement which entered the Darfur Peace Agreement after Minni Minnawi, told CDA Fernandez that they are working to unite the Fur tribe. According to these contacts, their work is needed as the [...]
2009-02-25 12:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM264SPLM LEADERSHIP IN THE NUBA MOUNTAINS IN FLUX
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a decisive and long-overdue move, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) Council of Southern Kordofan voted to oust Deputy Governor Daniel Kodi from his position of SPLM State Chairman. The vote of no-confidence in Kodi as the SPLM's lead-man in the Nuba Mountains is [...]
2009-02-25 13:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM288NEGOTIATING FOR ITS OWN SURVIVAL: HOW THE NCP USES
[...] (C) As the new U.S. Administration considers options on how best to engage with the Sudanese regime and considers the possibility of discussing with the regime on our key foreign policy objectives in Sudan, it is important to keep in mind that the National Congress Party (NCP) regime never saw [...]
2009-03-02 12:46:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV PREL KPKO UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM290MFA ASSURES EMBASSY OF PROTECTION DURING ICC CRISIS
[...] (SBU) MFA Director of Protocol Ali Yusuf called in CDA Fernandez on March 2 to outline GOS precautions taken to protect foreign missions in general and the US Embassy in particular in the light of possible unrest after an International Criminal Court (ICC) announcement on President Omar al-Ba [...]
2009-03-02 14:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL PTER SU
09KHARTOUM299IN ADVANCE OF ICC DECISION, GOS KEEPS PRESSURE ON DARFUR
[...] (SBU) On March 1, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) in Khartoum told representatives of CHF International,EedeCans S`ns FrontIeres%Net`erlands (MSF/H),Solidarites, CARE International, MSF/France (MSF/F),and OXFAM International that, for security reasons [...]
2009-03-04 07:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM306SUDAN RESPONDS TO ICC WARRANT BY EJECTING NGOs
[...] (SBU) Summary: Immediately following the ICC's announcement of the arrest warrant for President Bashir on March 4, the Government of National Unity (GNU) Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) ordered 10 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to depart Sudan within 24 hours. At least three addition [...]
2009-03-05 12:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM308MFA AND UN BRIEF DONORS ON NGO EXPULSIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 5 MFA U/S Mutriff Siddiq briefed diplomatic Chiefs of Mission on the expulsions of NGOs, claiming that the organizations had exceeded their mandates and therefore had been asked to leave Sudan. Siddiq acknowledged that "we are also concerned about gaps left by these org [...]
2009-03-06 13:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM311ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF THE NGO EXPULSION AMIDST CONTINUED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The impact of the expulsion of more than 13 NGOs from Sudan(ten international expelled and three domestic NGOs dissolved) is only beginning to be felt, and the NGO staff report considerable harassment from the GOS Humanitarian Affairs Commision (HAC) as they attempt to organize [...]
2009-03-07 11:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM323EXPELLED NGOS MEET WITH USAID AND EMBASSY STAFF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 8, the expatriate staff from several non-governmental organizations (NGOs) met with CDA Fernandez, Emboffs, and USAID staff in Khartoum. NGOs provided a summary of GOS harassment, program close-out and ongoing bureaucratic issues to date following the GOS order for the [...]
2009-03-09 13:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM325GOS HARASSMENT OF EXPELLED NGO STAFF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In meetings at the UN and at USAID, NGO officials outlined a systematic campaign by the Government of Sudan to seize assets and harass staff of the NGOs expelled in the wake of the ICC announcement on March 4. Post will continue to protest the harassment of NGOs and Amcits to G [...]
2009-03-09 15:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM326THE EXPULSION OF NGOS WAS THE "MINIMUM WE COULD
[...] (C) Summary: NCP political chief Mandour al-Mahdi said that Western fears of a worsening humanitarian crisis in Darfur following the expulsion of NGOs are greatly exaggerated as Sudanese organizations are ready, willing and able to step in. The NGOs in question had been preventing the voluntar [...]
2009-03-10 14:40:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV PPKO SOCI AU SU
09KHARTOUM327TURABI: FREE AT LAST - BUT WHY, AND WHAT'S GOING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 10, CDA Fernandez met with Popular Congress Party leader Dr. Hassan al-Turabi at his house in Khartoum. Turabi, who was released from Port Sudan prison on March 9, appeared in good health and talked about his treatment in prison, the strange nature of his release, and th [...]
2009-03-10 14:45:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PGOV PPKO SOCI AU SU
09KHARTOUM32941ST AEC PLENARY DISCUSSES MALAKAL INCIDENT, ELECTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: At its 41st Plenary meeting on March 2, the Assessment and Evaluation Committee's (AEC) discussion of the February 24-26 fighting in Malakal that killed 57 and wounded 68 focused primarily on the continuing inadequacies of the Joint Integrated Units. The Parties reported some pro [...]
2009-03-11 02:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM KPKO UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM330TWO REPORTS ANALYZE SOUTH SUDAN'S BUDGET CRISIS
[...] This is an action request - see para. 13. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: According to two independent analyses, the GoSS can expect to receive no more than 3/4, and possibly as little as 1/2, of the Sudanese Pounds (SDG) 3.658 billion revenues anticipated in its 2009 budget. Transfers from the Govern [...]
2009-03-11 11:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ENRG EAID PREL PGOV SOCI SU
09KHARTOUM334SUGGESTED DONOR RESPONSE TO THE NGO EXPULSIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The US Embassy and other donor missions in Khartoum continue to work closely with the UN Mission in Khartoum to assess the impact of the NGO expulsions and examine possible responses. Today the UN began a one-week joint fi [...]
2009-03-11 14:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM344UPDATE FROM DARFUR - KIDNAPPINGS, ATTEMPTED UNAMID
[...] Summary: The GOS has "lit a slow-burning fuse" in denying key international NGOs access, and IDPs remain convinced that GOS authorities purposefully intend to reduce humanitarian coverage in Darfur, sources in UNAMID and among IDPs indicate. IDPs queued and drained water reserves in camps this [...]
2009-03-12 14:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM348KHARTOUM EAC CONVENES ON MARCH 12
[...] (SBU) CDA Fernandez convened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on Thursday, March 12, to review the current security situation in Sudan after Authorized Departure was announced on March 10. The DCM, POL, MGT, DLO, RAO, USAID, IMO, RMO, PAO, OBO SSM, CONS, and RSO were in attendance. 2 [...]
2009-03-13 13:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AEMR AMGT PGOV PTER SU
09KHARTOUM365BASHIR CONTINUES TIRADE AGAINST THE WEST AND PROMISES TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a fiery speech March 16, President Bashir announced that all international aid organizations would be forced to leave Sudan within a year. For now, moderate NCP officials appear to be backing the President, and we have heard a surprising number of moderate NCP official say th [...]
2009-03-16 15:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM367GOS STAGE MANAGES RESOLUTION OF ITS MANUFACTURED HOSTAGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The MSF employees kidnapped by unknown abductors are free in Khartoum after a stage-managed hostage release. The identity and whereabouts of the hostage-takers are unknown, but all signs point to some level of coordination of the kidnapping by GoS officials. The Canadian Embassy [...]
2009-03-16 17:37:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM371GOS STAGE MANAGES RESOLUTION OF ITS MANUFACTURED HOSTAGE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The MSF employees kidnapped by unknown abductors are free in Khartoum after a stage-managed hostage release. The identity and whereabouts of the hostage-takers are unknown, but all signs point to some level of coordination of the kidnapping by GoS officials. The Canadian Embassy [...]
2009-03-17 07:45:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM377UN, DONORS, NGOS SCRAMBLE TO KEEP UP WITH SLOWLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General (D/SRSG) Ameerah Haq and members of the INGO Steering Committee (INGO-SC) briefed donors over the past two days on the status of INGO expulsions and efforts to address the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. This wa [...]
2009-03-18 06:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM383TWIN CRISES IN DARFUR'S ZAM ZAM IDP CAMP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over 36,000 new arrivals in Zam Zam IDP camp are living in extremely precarious conditions, with little or no access to water, food, health care, shelter, or education, according to what IDPs told CDA Fernandez and Embassy staff on a March 16 visit to Zam Zam. Several persons who [...]
2009-03-18 15:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM384EMBASSY RAISES WITH MFA AMCIT HARASSMENT AND CHILDREN'S
[...] (SBU) On March 18, DCM Asquino and conoff met with Ambassador Ahmed El Tijani, Director General of the Aliens and Borders Department and members of his staff. The Mission requested the meeting, which took the MFA eight days to arrange, to discuss the harassment by Government of Sudan (GOS) off [...]
2009-03-18 16:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM390EMBASSY TRIP TO EL FASHER MARCH 15-17
[...] (SBU) Summary: The expulsion of 13 INGOs has led to a deterioration of services in IDP camps that local NGOs have neither the capacity nor inclination to fill, representatives of Al Salaam, Abu Shouk and Zam Zam (reftel) IDP Camps told CDA Fernandez on a March 15-17 trip to El Fasher. They also [...]
2009-03-19 14:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM400SPLM INSIDER ON SNAP ELECTIONS, CPA IMPLEMENTATION, AND
[...] (U) This is an action request - see para. 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with ConGen Juba on March 19, GOSS Minister for Presidential Affairs Luka Biong Deng indicated that the SPLM would boycott any snap national Presidential elections intended to legitimize GNU President Omar al Bashir [...]
2009-03-22 11:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SOCI ASEC KDEM UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM410SUSPICIOUS SOUTH DARFUR IDPS CONVINCED OF GOS PLAN TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The most contentious political issue in South Darfur remains the presence of 90,000 plus residents in Kalma camp. Suspicious tribal leaders and IDP representatives speaking with poloff in Nyala expressed fear that the GOS intends to evacuate the camp to force its residents back [...]
2009-03-23 09:13:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM420SUDANESE CIVIL SOCIETY DETERMINED TO STAY IN THE FIGHT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Key independent civil society actors, who have been implementing USG-supported civic and voter education and human rights activities in northern Sudan, affirmed that they are committed to stay in the fight to maintain space for civic participation. They intend to do so despite [...]
2009-03-25 13:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM424GOS CAUTIOUSLY HESITANT ABOUT POSSIBLE SE GRATION
[...] (C) On March 25, a vaguely positive, but guarded Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary (U/S) Mutriff Siddiq told CDA Fernandez that he would have to consult with Foreign Minister Deng Alor and GNU President Al-Bashir upon their return from Cairo about t [...]
2009-03-25 16:05:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO SOCI AU SU
09KHARTOUM432KHARTOUM EAC CONVENES ON MARCH 27
[...] (SBU) CDA Fernandez convened a core Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on Friday, March 27, to review the current security situation in Sudan after international and local media reported that the Israeli Air Force conducted airstrikes in January and February against suspected arms smugglers [...]
2009-03-27 13:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AEMR AMGT PGOV PTER SU
09KHARTOUM433ESTABLISHMENT OF SUDANESE-AMERICAN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION IN
[...] SUMMARY: For a number of years, Sudanese alumni of USG grant programs tried, but never quite succeeded, in forming an alumni association. This has now changed. In late February, the semi-governmental Council for International People's Friendship approved the 27-member Sudanese American Alumni [...]
2009-03-29 05:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPAO SCUL SOCI OEXC KMDR KPKO ASEC SU
09KHARTOUM436 THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN NORTH DARFUR
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY. On March 23-24, U.S. Embassy and USAID staff met with staff from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in El Fasher and attended the state-level Interagency Management Group (IAMG) meeting in North Darfur chaired by OCHA to discuss the current s [...]
2009-03-30 08:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PGOV PREL PREF KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM439ABYEI ADMINISTRATOR TRAVELS TO KHARTOUM TO RESOLVE FUNDING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Abyei Administrator Arop Mayok is in Khartoum to try to secure the release of GNU revenues for his Administration. The annual Misseriya cattle migration has gone fairly smoothly, but both the Dinka and Misseriya continue to be worried about security as they remain respectively [...]
2009-03-30 14:22:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF EAID SOCI ASEC KPKO UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM446UNMIS FEARS FOR THE STABILITY OF SOUTH SUDAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting on March 27 with ConGen Juba, Lise Grande, UNMIS Deputy Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, expressed the view that the recent tribal fighting in Pibor County in Jonglei State and the "Wounded Soldiers" protests over back pay that shut down major trade corridors t [...]
2009-03-31 12:10:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID EFIN SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM447UNAMID REPORTS 2008 DARFUR CASUALTY FIGURES, PROPOSES NEXT
[...] (SBU) There were 1,540 total violence-related deaths in Darfur in 2008, including those related to banditry, and 640 of these deaths were the result of Arab-Arab inter-tribal violence, according to UNAMID polchief Abdul Mohammed. Mohammed told polchief on March 31 that UNAMID will soon release [...]
2009-03-31 12:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM458SUDAN SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] (U) Keyed to ref a are the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) responses below for northern Sudan, including Darfur. The SEPQ for ConGen Juba's Consular district will be sent via septel. ------------------ POLITICAL VIOLENCE ------------------ 2. (SBU) Demonstrations [...]
2009-04-01 15:54:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER AMGT SU
09KHARTOUM459SOUTHERN SUDAN SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE
[...] (U) Keyed to ref a are the Security Environment Profile Questionnaire (SEPQ) responses below for Southern Sudan. ------------------ POLITICAL VIOLENCE ------------------ 2. (SBU) Demonstrations A. Are there ethnic or religious communities in country that are capable of carrying out [...]
2009-04-01 15:54:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER AMGT SU
09KHARTOUM473REQUEST FOR TERMINATION OF AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE STATUS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per reftel A (Para 1 B,) I have re-evaluated the conditions at Embassy Khartoum that led on March 9 to your approval of Authorized Departure (AD) status. Based on this re-evaluation, I ask that Khartoum now be taken off of AD on April 9, at the end of the 30 day AD period. I bel [...]
2009-04-04 13:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AEMR CASC KFLO ASEC SU
09KHARTOUM474Mbeki Meets with Khartoum Dip Corps to Solicit Suggestions
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a Khartoum meeting on April 2, Former President of South Africa Thabo Mbeki surprised an unprepared Khartoum diplomatic corps by soliciting suggestions from them on how the African Union might best help resolve the Darfur crisis. The diplomats thought Mbeki had called the ga [...]
2009-04-05 06:45:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM476ANOTHER MURKY HOSTAGE "CRISIS" UNFOLDS IN DARFUR
[...] (SBU) On the evening of April 4, 2009, 10-20 Arabic- speaking men in pick-up trucks invaded the Southwest Darfur compound of a small French NGO, Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI),and abducted two female AMI employees: a French nurse and a Canadian Administrator, and two Sudanese employees who [...]
2009-04-06 12:18:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL CASC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM479KHARTOUM EAC CONVENED TO DISCUSS REVERSE TRIPWIRES AND AD
[...] (SBU) DCM Mark Asquino convened an Emergency Action Committee (EAC) meeting on Sunday, April 5, to review reverse tripwires for the Mission's (reftel B) lifting of authorized departure (AD) status. The DCM, POL, MGT, DLO, RAO, USAID, RMO, PAO, CONS, and RSO were in attendance. 2. (SBU) Th [...]
2009-04-07 09:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AEMR CASC PGOV PREL PTER SU
09KHARTOUM484BASSOLE SEEKS ASSISTANCE IN KEEPING THE DOHA TALKS ALIVE
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN/AU Joint Chief Mediator Djibril Bassole noted that the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) refused further dialogue with the Government of Sudan (GoS) because of the INGO expulsion, and proposed that JEM might participate in the Doha talks if the opportunity to discuss humanit [...]
2009-04-09 07:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM497SUDAN COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR U.S. OFFICE OF MILITARY
[...] (SBU) Embassy Khartoum welcomes the visit of the U.S. Office of Military Commissions Defense Counsel to Sudan for approximately eight days, beginning on April 22, 2009. Post understands the purpose of the trip is to investigate the possibilities and requirements for the successful repatriation [...]
2009-04-09 15:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER AMGT PGOV OTRA SU
09KHARTOUM507SE GRATION IN EL FASHER: A PESSIMISTIC MINNAWI, A MYOPIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential Special Envoy Scott Gration and delegation traveled to El Fasher on Saturday, April 4, meeting with the Wali of North Darfur, who strongly denied serious humanitarian gaps but still desires bilateral cooperation, telling the delegation "We put our hand in your hand t [...]
2009-04-14 05:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM524EXECUTION OF FORMER EMBASSY GUARD AND MEMBER OF THE FUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 13, 2009, former Embassy guard Adam Ibrahim El-Haj was executed by hanging for conspiracy to commit murder along with eight other members of Khartoum's Fur community. The accused were charged with the September 6 2006 beheading of prominent Sudanese journalist Mohamed Ta [...]
2009-04-15 14:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC APER AMGT PGOV PREL AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM532KHARTOUM AUTHORIZED DEPARTURE AFTER ACTION REOPRT AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: When Authorized Departure was announced on March 10, 2009,the post had previously prepared for personnel and logistical issues associated with a large-scale evacuation of Mission personnel. However, the Embassy had less than one day's notice that the Department had decided to [...]
2009-04-21 03:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC AEMR KFLO CASC SU
09KHARTOUM537SENATOR KERRY MEETS WITH NGOs
[...] (SBU) During an April 16 meeting with Senator John Kerry, representatives from six major non-governmental organizations (NGOs) conveyed concern regarding continuing gaps in assistance following the NGO expulsions, shrinking humanitarian space, and bureaucratic impediments to program implementa [...]
2009-04-21 08:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM54KHARTOUM REGIME PLANS FOR ICC COUNTER-STRATEGY
[...] (C) Sudanese FM Deng Alor briefed CDA Fernandez on January 16 on the latest thinking within the National Congress Party (NCP) of President Al-Bashir on how the NCP hopes to weather and counteract the destabilizing effects of an ICC arrest warrant of President Al-Bashir. Alor had met with VP Ali [...]
2009-01-16 12:17:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL SU
09KHARTOUM553SENATOR KERRY VISIT TO DARFUR, APRIL 17, 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: On April 17, Senator John F. Kerry and delegation traveled to El Fasher, Darfur for several hours amid much fanfare from local officials. Following an overly ceremonious greeting with dancers representing many of Darfur's tribes, North Darfur's Wali (Governor) Osman Kibir played [...]
2009-04-23 06:03:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM555UNMIS PRINCIPAL DONOR MEETING - DARFUR HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 22, 2009, CDA Fernandez and Embassy staff attended the Donor Principals Meeting at UNMIS to review the humanitarian situation in Darfur following the expulsion of INGOs in March. According to the UN's assessment, gaps in humanitarian service delivery continue but are na [...]
2009-04-23 13:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM557MARCH 23 SESSION OF GRANVILLE/ABBAS MURDER TRIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 23, 2009, five U.S. Embassy Foreign Service National (FSN) employees from the Regional Security Office, Political/Economic and Public Affairs sections attended the trial of five Sudanese men accused in the January 1, 2008 murders of USAID Officer John Granville and FSN [...]
2009-04-24 09:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM571MALIK AGAR PRESSES HARD FOR TRUTH TO BE TOLD IN THREE AREAS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Governor of Blue Nile State Malik Agar is fighting for the truth to be reflected in an INGO expulsion report for the Three Areas. According to Malik, the Three Areas joint UN-GOS assessment after the National Congress Party's (NCP's) INGO expulsions on March 4 revealed that ING [...]
2009-04-28 11:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI KPKO ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM579APRIL 12 SESSION OF GRANVILLE/ABBAS MURDER TRIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 12, 2009, five U.S. Embassy Foreign Service National (FSN) employees from the Regional Security Office, Political/Economic and Public Affairs sections attended the trial of five Sudanese men accused in the January 1, 2008 murders of USAID Officer John Granville and FSN [...]
2009-04-30 08:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM580APRIL 14 SESSION OF GRANVILLE/ABBAS MURDER TRIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 14, 2009, five U.S. Embassy Foreign Service National (FSN) employees from the Regional Security Office, Political/Economic and Public Affairs sections attended the trial of five Sudanese men accused in the January 1, 2008 murders of USAID Officer John Granville and FSN [...]
2009-04-30 09:00:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM587COUNTRY CLEARANCE ISSUES FOR SUDAN
[...] The Embassy recently eceived a country clearance request from a USAID institutional contractor whose contract stipulated that the person would be provided USG lodging, transportation, security, and other Mission services. As such, the contractor would be under COM authority and require a count [...]
2009-05-04 04:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC AMGT EAID SU
09KHARTOUM589SUDANESE GOVERNMENT BREAKS FROM HOSTILE STANCE TOWARDS NGOS
[...] (SBU) On April 30, Sudanese Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salahudin convened a rare meeting between international and national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and senior Government of National Unity (GNU) officials to raise mutual concerns and identify ways to strengthen coordination be [...]
2009-05-04 07:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM594IDPS COMPLAIN OF WATER SHORTAGES, DETERIORATING HEALTH AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The effects of the March 4 expulsion of thirteen INGOs continues to be felt in Abu Shouk camp, which is facing a water shortage and poor health and sanitation conditions, camp umdas (community leaders) reported to poloff on April 28 in El Fasher. In the health and sanitation rea [...]
2009-05-05 14:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM597DARFUR REBEL UPDATE, SPRING 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although holding no territory in Darfur, JEM continues to pick up detritus from other Darfur rebel movements. Its incursion into the SLA/Minnawi stronghold of Dar Zaghawa on May 4-5 in far north Darfur indicates that it will continue to flex its muscles as it seeks to position it [...]
2009-05-06 14:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM599APRIL 22 SESSION OF GRANVILLE/ABBAS MURDER TRIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 22, 2009, five U.S. Embassy Foreign Service National (FSN) employees from the Regional Security Office, Political/Economic and Public Affairs sections attended the trial of five Sudanese men accused in the January 1, 2008 murders of USAID Officer John Granville and FSN [...]
2009-05-07 14:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM604HOSTAGES RELEASED, MANY FRENCH NGO WORKERS LEAVE DARFUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After being held for 26 days in western Darfur, two Aide Medicale Internationale (AMI) aid workers (one Canadian, one French) were released by their abductors on April 29. As the French Embassy believes that its nationals and NGOs may be targeted for kidnapping, they have asked a [...]
2009-05-10 06:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL CASC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM605A/S BOSWELL VISIT TO EL FASHER, APRIL 29
[...] (SBU) Summary: The security situation in Darfur is relatively calm, but remains fluid and unpredictable, with ambushes, abductions, armed robbery and carjackings posing the most danger to Westerners according to what UN and international non-government organization (INGO) representatives told [...]
2009-05-10 09:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM612MAY 5 SESSION OF GRANVILLE/ABBAS MURDER TRIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 5, 2009, five U.S. Embassy Foreign Service National (FSN) employees from the Regional Security Office, Political/Economic and Public Affairs sections attended the trial of five Sudanese men accused in the January 1, 2008 murders of USAID Officer John Granville and FSN dr [...]
2009-05-11 09:44:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM613UN AND GNU CONVENE THE FIRST EXPANDED HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) On May 7, the newly reconstituted High-Level Committee (HLC) met in Khartoum to discuss humanitarian operations and the current situation in Darfur. The Government of National Unity (GNU) Minister for Humanitarian Affairs Haroun Lual Ruun and UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian [...]
2009-05-11 10:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM631SUDAN - DONORS MEET WITH UN UNDER-SECRETARY-GERNERAL
[...] (SBU) On May 10, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator John Holmes met with international donors, including U.S. Embassy and USAID/Sudan staff, to discuss the humanitarian situation in northern Sudan following the early March expulsion of non-gove [...]
2009-05-13 11:38:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PREF EAID KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM641 EMBASSSY RECEIVES APPARENT FALSE REPORT OF PLANE CRASH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Khartoum, in cooperation with CA/OCS/ACS/AF, received an apparently false report of a plane crash initially made to the office of Representative Jay Inslee (D-Wash). Post believes that the report could be part of a larger fraud scheme or hoax. The Department may wish to i [...]
2009-05-14 09:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL CASC KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM653 MAY 13 SESSION OF GRANVILLE/ABBAS MURDER TRIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 13, 2009, four U.S. Embassy Foreign Service National (FSN) employees from the Regional Security Office, Political/Economic and Public Affairs sections attended the trial of five Sudanese men accused in the January 1, 2008 murders of USAID Officer John Granville and FSN d [...]
2009-05-17 15:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM661JEM TAKES KARNOI FROM GOS, SLA/MM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) has taken Karnoi, North Darfur, from the Government of Sudan (GOS),and unconfirmed reports from SLA/Minni Minnawi cite fifty dead in the fighting over the last week near the Chadian border. Two years to the month after the signing of the [...]
2009-05-18 14:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM669BEJA CONGRESS, FREE LIONS ACKNOWLEDGE COLLAPSE OF THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Eastern Front has fallen apart, representatives of the Free Lions and Beja Congress conceded to poloffs separately on May 18-19. Implementation of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement (ESPA) was the only hope for keeping it together, they said, but the peace dividend promised u [...]
2009-05-20 14:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC AU UNSC SU ER CM
09KHARTOUM670 MAY 17 SESSION OF GRANVILLE/ABBAS MURDER TRIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 17, 2009, four U.S. Embassy Foreign Service National (FSN) employees from the Regional Security Office, Political/Economic and Public Affairs sections attended the trial of five Sudanese men accused in the January 1, 2008 murders of USAID Officer John Granville and FSN d [...]
2009-05-20 15:25:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM695SUDAN - NGOS AND GOS DELIVER OPPOSING MESSAGES IN
[...] (SBU) On May 25, Senators Johnny Isakson (R-Georgia) and Bob Corker (R-Tennessee) met with representatives from four non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and Government of National Unity (GNU) Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs (MHA) officials to discuss the humanitarian situation in Sudan. N [...]
2009-05-28 12:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM697CODEL ISAKSON VISIT TO EL FASHER, DARFUR, MAY 24, 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Johnny Isakson, Senator Bob Corker, Mrs. Dianne Isakson, CDA a.i. Mark Asquino and accompanying emboffs traveled to El Fasher, Darfur on May 24 to meet with internally-displaced persons (IDPs),humanitarian representatives and officials at UNAMID. Osman Kibir, the Wali ( [...]
2009-05-28 14:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM703DONORS, UN DISCUSS HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) On May 26, donors and UN officials met to discuss the May 7 High-Level Committee (HLC) meeting and UN proposals for a new HLC terms of reference (TOR) and monitoring mechanism. During the meeting, UN Deputy Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for northern Sudan Toby Lanzer [...]
2009-05-31 09:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM710 MAY 25 SESSION OF GRANVILLE/ABBAS MURDER TRIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 25, 2009, U.S. Embassy Foreign Service National (FSN) employees from the Regional Security Office, Political/Economic, and Public Affairs sections attended the trial of five Sudanese men accused in the January 1, 2008 murders of USAID Officer John Granville and FSN driv [...]
2009-05-31 15:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PTER PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM730NGO AFFILIATES UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Since mid-May, European affiliates of three expelled U.S. non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have begun official procedures to commence (or expand, in the case of one of the affiliates) humanitarian operations in Sudan in line with agreements reached with the USG. On June 4, U.S. Emb [...]
2009-06-08 07:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM736DARFUR HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: AS GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Rape and gender-based violence (GBV) have increased in Darfur according to UN agencies and NGOs. Following the March 4-5 expulsion of 13 international NGOs, no mechanism exists to monitor such crimes in internally displaced persons (IDP) camps and rural areas. The increase in th [...]
2009-06-10 11:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM749DEMARCHE TO SUDAN ON RENEWING THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
[...] (SBU) Acting Political/Economic Chief delivered reftel talking points to MFA American Affairs Director, Ambassador Nasreldin Wali, on July 13. During a July 14 courtesy call, CDA Whitehead also left a non-paper based on talking points with MFA Under Secretary Mutrif Siddiq. 2. (SBU) Wali s [...]
2009-06-14 15:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL AU UN SU
09KHARTOUM768THREE AREAS UPDATE - NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND OLD CHALLENGES
[...] (U) On June 16, the Three Areas Donor Steering Group discussed developments in the operating environment in Southern Kordofan and Abyei. The group also discussed Steering Group participation in the June 22-23 Forum for Supporters of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) hosted by Special En [...]
2009-06-21 13:34:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID SOCI ASEC KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM782KHARTOUM EAC RECONVENES ON JUNE 23
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A/CDA Asquino reconvened the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on Wednesday, June 23, to evaluate the most recent threat information regarding the anticipated June 24 announcement of verdicts in the Granville/Abbas terrorist murder case. The EAC also discussed a commitment from [...]
2009-06-24 09:28:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC AEMR AMGT PGOV PTER SU
09KHARTOUM796MEDIA REACTION: COVERAGE OF VERDICTS AND SENTENCING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The state-influenced Khartoum press corps provided detailed, factual coverage of the June 24 courtroom verdicts and sentencing of the five men accused of the January 1, 2008 murders of two U.S. Embassy employees. Notable by their absence was the dearth of editorials and op-eds on [...]
2009-06-29 13:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI ASEC KPAO OIIP AU SU
09KHARTOUM816CHARGE DISCUSSES TRIALERAL TALKS, ABYEI, AND TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary. CDA Whitehead met with MFA Under Secretary Mutriff Sadiq on July 5 to discuss, inter alia, the upcoming visit of Special Envoy Gration. Mutriff spoke at some length on efforts to assure a peaceful reaction to the anticipated July 22 arbitration decision on Abyei by The Internat [...]
2009-07-07 15:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ETRD KPKO AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM820IRISH AMBASSADOR BRIEFS CDA ON NGO KIDNAPPING
[...] (C) Gerard Corr, Ireland's Ambassador to Cairo, met with CDA Whitehead on July 8 to discuss the kidnapping of two female staff of the Irish NGO GOAL that occurred on July 3 in Kutum. Corr is in Khartoum accompanied by a military officer, as well as a small police and military team currently in [...]
2009-07-08 15:47:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ASEC EAID KPKO UNSC AU SU EI
09KHARTOUM838REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON PARTICIPATION IN EVENTS
[...] (U) This is an action request ) see para. 4. 2. (C) During the coming months Post anticipates protocol/religious events that likely will entail contact between Embassy personnel, including the Chief of Mission, and President Bashir. The Muslim holy month of Ramadan traditionally features a [...]
2009-07-14 12:35:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SU
09KHARTOUM844SUDAN - INITIAL RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INCREASED
[...] (SBU) Protection concerns--particularly incidents of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)--persist throughout conflict-affected areas of Sudan. Nearly six years after conflict erupted in Sudan's Darfur region, SGBV continues to negatively affect Darfuri communities; however, reliable statis [...]
2009-07-15 12:12:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL EAID SOCI KWMN KOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM849SPECIAL ENVOY MEETING WITH NISS DIRECTOR GENERAL
[...] (u) This is an action request. 2. (c) I met with NISS DG Salah Ghosh and Government of Sudan (GOS) Presidential Advisor on Darfur Ghazi Salah Eddin for an hour on July 16. A full report will follow in other channels, but I wanted to convey the following messages and ask Embassy Chad's fo [...]
2009-07-17 07:11:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC KPKO MARR MOPS PINS PREL UN SU
09KHARTOUM85UNAMID DISCUSSES CEASEFIRE PLANS AND SOUTH DARFUR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 22, Rodolphe Adada, the Joint Special Representative (JSR) of the United Nations and African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID,) told CDA Fernandez that UNAMID continues to draft its ceasefire plans. Adada stated that UNAMID's plan will be flexible and applicable in bot [...]
2009-01-23 09:43:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC KPKO PGOV PHUM PREL UN AU SU
09KHARTOUM851DARFUR - LIMITED STAFFING UNDECUTS UNDSS EFFECTIVENESS TO
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 12. 2. (SBU) Nearly three years after the U.S. Government funded Saving Lives Together Initiative began in Darfur, the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) program continues to be insufficiently staffed to achieve its intended objec [...]
2009-07-19 14:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM86DARFUR PLATFORM: A 90-DAY PLAN
[...] This is an Action Request. See Paragraph 11. 2. Summary: The purpose of this cable is to outline Post's 90-day plan for enhancing the USG's ability to pursue essential policy and program objectives in Darfur (See also reftel A). Creating a secure platform for USG operations in Darfur is i [...]
2009-01-23 11:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDASEC AMGT ABLD UN SU
09KHARTOUM874UGANDAN AMBASSADOR REQUESTS US ASSISTANCE WITH
[...] (C) Summary. Ugandan Ambassador Betty Akech Okullou called on Charge July 28 to discuss the fate of a Ugandan national abducted a month ago in Darfur (reftel). Okullou said she had been consulting closely with the Irish, who are also working to free an Irish national abducted at the same ti [...]
2009-07-28 11:00:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PREL PINR EAID UN AU SU UG IR
09KHARTOUM881GOK/GOSS AGREE ON TIMETABLE FOR SECOND TANK
[...] (C) GOSS xxxxxxxxxxxx has admitted that, on the margins of the Washington "Forum for CPA Partners," he pressed Kenyan Foreign Minister Moses Wetangula on the need to expedite delivery to South Sudan of tanks off-loaded from the MV Faina. Three months had passed since Nairobi initially agreed -- alb [...]
2009-07-29 14:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS PREL PINR EFIN KE MARR SU UNSC UG
09KHARTOUM888SUDANESE DIPLOMATIC POTPOURRI: CHADIAN REBELS,
[...] (C) Summary. Charge d'affaires (CDA) met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Under Secretary Dr. Mutriff Sidiq on July 30 to review a range of issues. CDA requested information on the current location of Chadian rebel leaders in Sudan as well as the disposition of their forces, to which Mutriff [...]
2009-08-02 10:42:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALMOPS ODIP PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI UN AU CD SU
09KHARTOUM89UNAMID DEPLOYMENT UPDATE, JANUARY 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary: The big news in UNAMID deployment for January 2009 was the successful movement, with strong Embassy support especially from the Defense Liaison Office (DLO),of Rwandan troops and equipment by the U.S. Air Force. The movements went flawlessly with full cooperation by the GoS and [...]
2009-01-25 13:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM8932009 ELECTIONS BUDGET PROPOSAL RELEASED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The National Elections Commission (NEC) announced its 2009 budget of approximately $153 million USD on July 27, 2009, down from an earlier request of more than one billion USD. The GNU would commit approximately $72 million to 2009 elections preparations and seek over $79 millio [...]
2009-08-04 05:55:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM SOCI EAID AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM908HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE ASSESSMENT MISSION TO SOUTH DARFUR AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On July 28 and 29, the High Level Committee (HLC) made a joint assessment mission to Shattaia, Gereida, Donkey Abai, and Donkey Dereisa, South Darfur. The 40-person delegation included representatives from the Office of the Deputy Humanitarian Coordinator (HC),Arab League, UK De [...]
2009-08-05 15:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM924GNU REIMBURSES GOSS $52 MILLION FOR UNAUTHORIZED DEDUCTIONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of National Unity (GNU) has reimbursed the Government of Southern Sudan (GOSS) the equivalent of USD 52 million for unauthorized deductions from its share of oil revenues, as agreed to at the July 21 Trilateral talks in Washington. GOSS Petroleum Commission Direct [...]
2009-08-11 07:30:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EPET EFIN ECON UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM95GOS/JEM CLASHES, AERIAL BOMBING SOUTH OF EL FASHER
[...] (SBU) Apparently in an effort to r%pel JEM vEhicles, GOS airplanes conducted aerial bombings January 26 in areas south of El Fasher, capital of North Darfur state. The bombing occurred in close proximity to Zam Zam IDP camp, approximately 20 km from the North Darfur capital. UN and NGO source [...]
2009-01-26 14:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM967SUDAN: STATE MINISTER OF FINANCE SHALLABI DENIES
[...] (C) Summary: State Minister of Finance, Dr. Tarig Shallabi, denies that the Government of Sudan (GOS) owes any arrears to the Government of South Sudan (GOSS) in contrast to GOSS and media reporting to the contrary. During a meeting with poloff on August 17, Shallabi said that the GOSS lacks [...]
2009-08-23 08:31:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALEFIN EPET PGOV PREL UNSC SU
09KHARTOUM994UNAMID Workers Kidnapped in Darfur; No Americans Involved
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Saturday August 29, armed men seized two expatriates working in a civilian capacity for the joint U.N.-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID),the peacekeeping force in Darfur. One kidnapping victim is a Nigerian citizen who may have family in the United States, and the sec [...]
2009-08-30 13:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KDEM SU
09KIGALI124RWANDA WITHDRAWS FROM DRC IN COLORFUL JOINT
[...] (U) On February 25, 1300 Rwanda combat troops joined several hundred Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) soldiers in a colorful departure ceremony in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),witnessed by the two nations respective Foreign Ministers, Defense Ministers, Chiefs of Defense Staff [...]
2009-02-26 16:20:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PINS MOPS RW
09KIGALI142RWANDAN-CONGOLESE COOPERATION IN THE WAKE OF
[...] (C) Summary. The conclusion of Operation Umoja ("Our Unity) and the withdrawal of Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) troops from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have set the stage for further concerted bilateral Rwanda-Congo cooperation in the Kivus and beyond. Operations in South [...]
2009-03-04 09:19:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL RW CG
09KIGALI149RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Annual Government of Rwanda (GOR) Retreat - Bringing Gacaca to a Close - End to Canadian Aid for Rwanda - Journalists Expelled From Police Event - Japan to Open Embassy in Rwanda ------------------------ GOR Holds Annual Retreat ------------------------ [...]
2009-03-06 12:30:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI172RWANDA DEFENCE FORCES TOP LEADERSHIP ON EASTERN
[...] (C) Summary. Charge d,Affaires and Defense Attache met Rwanda Defence Forces, (RDF) Chief of Defence Staff General James Kabarebe, Army Chief of Staff General Charles Kayonga and Air Force Chief of Staff General Charles Muhire on March 18. Kabarebe expressed satisfaction with the recently c [...]
2009-03-20 12:50:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS RW
09KIGALI174TREASURY DAS MCDONALD VISITS RWANDA
[...] (U) Summary and Introduction: U.S. Department of Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for International Affairs and Technical Assistance Policy visited Kigali March 15-16. He heard mixed reviews on Rwanda's economy and business climate from government officials, commercial bankers, inter [...]
2009-03-21 09:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEFIN ETRD ECON PGOV EINV RW
09KIGALI237SUPPORTING DARFUR CANDIDACY OF RWANDAN GENERAL
[...] (C) Summary/Introduction: The Rwandan government (GOR) has nominated Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba to be the Commander of the United Nations peacekeeping force (UNAMID) in Darfur, replacing current Commander, Nigerian General Martin Agwai. Nyamvumba is currently the J4 (Logistics Ch [...]
2009-04-24 09:07:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR MOPS KPKO RW
09KIGALI279SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE: RWANDA UN ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: I am delighted you will participate in the UN Security Council's May 17-18 visit to Rwanda. The Mission staff and I look forward to assisting you during your visit. Your participation underscores the importance of our relationship with Rwanda and our support [...]
2009-05-08 06:15:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC MOPS PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI31GERMANY, RWANDA AGREE TO RESTORE NORMAL RELATIONS
[...] (C) On January 19 the Rwandan and German governments jointly announced they would appoint new ambassadors: the two governments agreed to "post to each other's capitals new heads of their respective missions in the near future." Rwanda had withdrawn its ambassador and requested the departure [...]
2009-01-21 09:29:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
09KIGALI325RWANDAN AMBASSADORS NAMED FOR DRC AND OTHER POSTS
[...] (SBU) On May 6, the Rwandan cabinet announced the nomination of several new ambassadors, including most prominently Amandin Rugira as Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Following are biographic notes and Mission comments on the various nominations. 2. (SBU) Amandin [...]
2009-05-27 09:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW
09KIGALI383BBC RESUMES LOCAL KINYARWANDA BROADCASTS
[...] (U) On June 24, the Government of Rwanda (GOR) rescinded its April ban on the BBC's local FM Kinyarwanda broadcasts (which use GOR transmission facilities). The Rwandan cabinet had formally agreed on June 19 to allow resumption of broadcasts, following Information Minister Louise Mushikiwabo [...]
2009-06-25 10:53:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR RW
09KIGALI470GRENADE ATTACK NEAR GENOCIDE MEMORIAL
[...] (C) On the evening of July 22, an unknown person tossed a grenade approximately 500 meters from the Kigali Memorial Center, the principal genocide memorial in Rwanda, which has the mass graves of some 300,000 genocide victims and a museum complex. The explosion injured two bystanders. Polic [...]
2009-07-30 13:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM RW
09KIGALI514RWANDA ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) This issue of the Rwanda Economic Review covers: Investment: - Sorwathe Tea Factory Innovation - Starbucks Macroeconomic Issues: - Central Bank Addresses Rwandan liquidity shortfall - Fitch Ratings optimistic about Rwanda,s creditworthiness - Remittances to Rwand [...]
2009-08-21 06:47:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ENGR RW
09KIGALI55ANNUAL COUNTERINTELLIGENCE WORKING GROUP
[...] (S/NF) Post's Counterintelligence Working Group (CIWG) met and discussed current CIWG issues at post. Post is currently rated at "low" for human intelligence and technical threats. 2. (S/NF) In March and September 2008, CIWG reviewed the human intelligence (HUMINT) threat and the techni [...]
2009-01-30 08:27:00Embassy KigaliSECRET//NOFORNASEC
09KIGALI56TELEPHONE NUMBER CHANGES - U.S. EMBASSY KIGALI AND RWANDA
[...] Changes to Rwandan telephone numbers will be implemented beginning February 1, 2009. Currently there are three types of phone numbers in Rwanda: ten-digit Rwandatel Cellular; eight-digit MTN Cellular; and six-digit Rwandatel land line numbers. 2. All phone numbers will be migrated to ten-di [...]
2009-01-30 09:20:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDACOA AMGT ADPM ASEC AMED KRIM RW
09KIGALI634RWANDAN PM DESCRIBES IMPROVING RWANDA-DRC TIES,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 30, Rwanda's prime minister confirmed plans for Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to exchange ambassadors in the very near future and said Rwanda sought to strengthen its economic partnership with both the DRC and with countries belonging to the Ea [...]
2009-10-07 07:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO PHUM ECON EAID CG RW
09KIGALI644IRAN DEMARCHE AND BRIEFING DELIVERED
[...] (C) On October 7, polcouns briefed Mr. Ben Rutsinga, MFA's Director of Europe, Americas, UN and International Organizations on the outcome of the P5 1 talks and solicited Rwandan GOR support for the dual-track approach, as requested reftel. Rutsinga was generally supportive, noting that it wa [...]
2009-10-07 16:22:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM PREL IR RW
09KIGALI672KAGAME LOOKS SET TO WIN 2010 VOTE; NEW PARTIES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rwanda is set to hold presidential elections in August 2010. President Paul Kagame is likely to run and win a second seven-year term, and his party dominates the national political landscape. Despite this, several small new political parties and figures have emerged in recent [...]
2009-10-15 16:49:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS EAID KJUS RW
09KIGALI716SIERRA LEONE CONVICTS ARRIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 17:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM RW
09KIGALI720EAC MEETING - KIGALI NOV 09
[...] (SBU) The Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met on November 3, 2009 to discuss several incidents that occurred in the past month. 2. (SBU) On October 07, 2009 during an Marine Security Guard (MSG) function, a man approached a local guard and asked several specific questions in regards to t [...]
2009-11-04 06:23:00Embassy KigaliSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC KMSG
09KIGALI722POSSIBLE SURVEILLANCE ACTIVITY ON EMBASSY KIGALI
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Clusters of incidents sometimes have a more profound effect and come into focus after the group has formed. Four recent incidents in Rwanda show a possible relationship and are reported in this cable. 1) On October 7, at a Marine function a Local Guard was approached and asked s [...]
2009-11-04 12:55:00Embassy KigaliSECRET//NOFORNASEC KMSG
09KIGALI736DASD HUDDLESTON AND RWANDAN DEFENSE REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Huddleston met October 26 with Rwandan Minister of Defense Gatsinzi and senior Rwandan Defense Force officers, including Chief of Defense (CHOD) Kabarebe. The Rwandans thanked DASD for USG cooperation on peacekeeping and highlighted the Rwan [...]
2009-11-06 11:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS MASS PINR CG RW
09KIGALI74WORLD BANK SEEKS DONOR SUPPORT FOR NEW
[...] (U) This is an action message. See para 6. 2. (SBU) World Bank (Bank) Country Representative Victoria Kwakwa convened a meeting January 30 seeking donor support for a proposed new Emergency demobilization and Reintegration Project with the Government of Rwanda (GOR). A team of Bank offi [...]
2009-02-02 16:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID PINS MOPS RW
09KIGALI749REFUGEE ISSUES IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Rwanda hosts 53,000 Congolese refugees in three refugee camps and 2,000 urban refugees from various nearby countries. Standards of living in the camps are high, although land and sanitation issues are sometimes problematic. Although relations between Rwanda and the DRC have impr [...]
2009-11-13 12:13:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PGOV CG RW
09KIGALI78RWANDA - MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] (U) In this edition: - Efforts to Form New Political Party Continue - Ombudsman on Corruption - EU Final Election Report Issued - Intel Chiefs Meet in Rwanda New Party Holds Assembly and Press Conference --------------------------------------------- 2. (C) Supporters of the n [...]
2009-02-05 13:37:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
09KIGALI785CHINESE DELEGATION TO ATTEND RWANDA AGRICULTURE
[...] (SBU) During a November 24 meeting with USAID econoff, Chinese Embassy economic counselor Wang Qin said a delegation consisting of agriculture experts and Chinese Export-Import Bank representatives would attend the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) conference schedule [...]
2009-11-24 16:57:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EAGR RW
09KIGALI788CHINESE DELEGATION PLANS TO ATTEND DEC. 7-8
[...] (SBU) During a November 24 meeting with USAID econoff, Chinese Embassy economic counselor Wang Qin said a delegation consisting of agriculture experts and Chinese Export-Import Bank representatives would attend the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Program (CAADP) conference schedule [...]
2009-11-25 06:28:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR EAID RW
09KIGALI792UNAMID COMMANDER ON DARFUR CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Summary: United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Commander, Rwandan Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba, told Ambassador in an impromptu airport meeting November 10 that the UNAMID mission in Darfur was "a complicated challenge" and that the GOR was absolutely committed to sustaining t [...]
2009-11-27 11:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL PINR RW SU
09KIGALI809UNAMID COMMANDER DETAILS DARFUR CHALLENGES
[...] (C) Summary: United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Commander, Rwandan Lieutenant General Patrick Nyamvumba, told Ambassador in an impromptu airport meeting November 10 that the UNAMID mission in Darfur was "a complicated challenge" and that the GOR was absolutely committed to sustaining t [...]
2009-12-01 15:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL PINR RW SU
09KIGALI822RWANDAN CABINET SHUFFLE, NEW FOREIGN AND FINANCE
[...] (C) Summary. In the third cabinet shuffle of the year, President Kagame replaced his Foreign and Finance ministers and rearranged cabinet responsibilities for other ministers. The new Foreign Minister, Louise Mushikwabo, had been Minister of Information. She came back to Rwanda and became In [...]
2009-12-03 13:34:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR RW
09KIGALI86FOREIGN MINISTER ON JOINT OPERATIONS AND FOUR PLUS
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Rosemary Museminali briefed the diplomatic corps on February 9 on the continuing joint military operations in the eastern Congo and the 4 Plus 4 talks held February 5-6 in Gisenyi between Rwanda and the DRC. Drawing from the 4 Plus 4 Joint Communique distributed at the b [...]
2009-02-10 16:29:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS RW
09KIGALI862GETTING TO KNOW SOCIALIST PARTY LEADER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The president of the Rwandan Socialist Party, an intellectual and Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) veteran whose family was killed during Rwanda's political violence of the late 1950s, is strongly pro-American and critical of China. He leads a small party which is aligned with the [...]
2009-12-17 12:52:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
09KINGSTON1024JAMAICA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Per reftel, the following is suggested narrative input for Jamaica: (begin text) Jamaica's proximity to the United States, well developed sea lanes and air links, and the transit of over two million travelers annually between the United States and Jamaica make the country a poten [...]
2009-11-27 17:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN PINS PREL AEMR KCRM KHLS JM XL
09KINGSTON1118JAMAICA: SENIOR POLICE SUPERINTENDENT SENTECED TO 18 MONTHS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-16 21:15:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM SOCI ASEC SNAR AID KCRM KCOR JM XL
09KINGSTON113JAMAICA: SCENE-SETTER FOR CODEL ENGEL
[...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of CODEL Engel at a time when Jamaica is at a crucial "tipping point." Jamaica faces challenges to its resource-strapped public services sector, crumbling infrastructure, environmental degradation, the spread of HIV/AIDS, an exorbitant debt burden, and high violen [...]
2009-02-12 19:35:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ASEC JM XL
09KINGSTON1142Jamaica: J1 Validation Study Shows Good Usage and Returns
[...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S. Embassy Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit conducted a validation study on Jamaican J1 applicants who received J1 visas between May and August 2009. In our study, we concentrated on summer work and travel students, who make up the majority of J1 applicants seen at Embassy Kings [...]
2009-12-21 16:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS SMIG KFRD OEXC JM
09KINGSTON115JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON LIABILITY AND REDRESS
[...] Per reftel, EmbOffs delivered demarche regarding liability and redress under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety in the course of a meeting on February 11 with Ministry of Agriculture International Trade Specialist Karl Hyatt and Special Advisor Dr. Wayne Henry. 2. Hyatt reconfirmed that Jam [...]
2009-02-13 15:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO JM XL
09KINGSTON1176JAMAICA: FR RESULTS FORCE APPLICANTS TO FACE THEIR DUAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) continues its work in detecting and combatting fraud by using existing technologies, building partnerships, and documenting trends. In this regard, we are pleased to report that thus far in FY 2010, we have intercepted several applica [...]
2009-12-28 15:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS SMIG KFRD JM
09KINGSTON1190JAMAICA: SCENE-SETTER FOR DAS REYNOSO'S VISIT, JANUARY 11-13
[...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of DAS Reynoso at a time when Jamaica faces serious challenges on multiple fronts: -- a crushing debt burden, negative growth, high unemployment, and the prospect of painful new taxes and budget cuts needed to conclude an indispensable standby arrangement wi [...]
2009-12-30 14:25:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON SNAR PHUM ASEC CJAN IBRD IMF
09KINGSTON144JAMAICA ANNOUNCES CANDIDATURE FOR RE-ELECTION TO
[...] Post has received the following diplomatic note, dated 4 February 2009, from the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT): (begin text of diplomatic note 50/140/19) "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade presents its compliments to the/ [...]
2009-02-24 17:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHSA PBTS EFIS AORC IMO JM XL
09KINGSTON157JAMAICA: 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW REPORT
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kingston recommends that Jamaica remain on the Special 301 Watch list until it passes a World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS-compliant patent law. The country's trademark and copyright regime meet international standards, and enforcement efforts remain commendable. Significant p [...]
2009-03-02 13:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KCOR KIPR TRYS IADB IBRD IMF XL JM
09KINGSTON184JAMAICA: CODEL ENGEL DISCUSSES ECONOMY, ENERGY, AND
[...] (U) From February 20-22, a CODEL led by WHA sub-committee Chair Eliot Engel was in Kingston, Jamaica, meeting with government officials and civil society representatives to discuss energy, environmental, and law enforcement cooperation issues. In addition to Chair Engel, the CODEL included R [...]
2009-03-11 17:59:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ETRD ECON ENRG ASEC JM XL
09KINGSTON223JAMAICA: BUSINESS LEADERS DISCUSS WEAKENED STATE OF
[...] (SBU) On March 18, Charge James Heg hosted a group of Jamaican business leaders at a lunch to discuss the state of the local economy. The discussions also covered the political dynamics following the decision by the Jamaican Supreme Court on the dual citizenship case. The business leaders wer [...]
2009-03-23 20:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD TRYS ENRG SOCI EFIN EINV EAIR IADB IBRD
09KINGSTON224REQUEST FOR LEAHY HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BASIC
[...] Post request Department's assistance in screening the following candidate(s) of the Jamaican Constabulary Force (JCF) to participate in Basic and Advance I2 Training Courses, being offered April 1-6 and April 7-9, respectively, held here at the U.S. Embassy Kingston, pursuant to the Leahy Act [...]
2009-03-24 19:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM JM
09KINGSTON245JAMAICA: TWIN DEFICITS AND A USD 1 BILLION
[...] (C) Jamaica is facing a classic twin deficit problem, with both fiscal and balance of payments deficits rising quickly. The 2008-09 National budget will face a deficit of six percent of GDP, according to Finance Minister Audley Shaw. World Bank Country Representative Badrul Haque estimates that [...]
2009-03-27 14:14:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG SOCI EFIN EINV ETRD IADB IBRD TRYS
09KINGSTON253FRAUD SUMMARY - KINGSTON (OCT 08-MAR 09)
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In the first half of FY 2009, Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) focused on IV relationship fraud and enhancing cooperation with our partners at the British and Canadian High Commissions and the law enforcement community within the Embassy. During the past two quarters, FPU at [...]
2009-04-02 11:32:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC JM
09KINGSTON269JAMAICA: MARCH ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: -- Representatives from the U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank conducted a site visit with Emboffs to a USD 225 million wharf redevelopment project to bring Genesis-class cruise ships to the city of Falmouth; -- U.S. Treasury provided technical assistance to help the Governmen [...]
2009-04-07 14:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG SENV ETRD TRSY OPIC OAS IBRD XL JM
09KINGSTON27JAMAICA ON TRACK TO RATIFY MONTREAL CONVENTION
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Janice Miller, Assistant Director of Economic Affairs at Jamaica's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),on January 8. 2. Miller indicated that the Jamaican Parliament must vote to ratify the Montreal Convention. The Minister of Transpo [...]
2009-01-12 18:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON ICAO JM XL
09KINGSTON270JAMAICA: SCENE SETTER FOR RADM JOSEPH KERNAN
[...] (SBU) Post welcomes the visit of Rear Admiral Joseph Kernan at a time when Jamaica is at a crucial "tipping point." Jamaica faces challenges to its resource-strapped public services sector, crumbling infrastructure, environmental degradation, the spread of HIV/AIDS, an exorbitant debt burden, [...]
2009-04-07 14:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PREL PGOV ECON ETRD ASEC XL JM
09KINGSTON278LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT FROM PRIME MINISTER BRUCE
[...] (SBU) Under cover of the following Government of Jamaica Diplomatic Note No. 5/504/1 of April 6, post has received the below letter from Prime Minister Bruce Golding addressed to the President: (Begin Text of Diplomatic Note) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade presents its [...]
2009-04-08 20:55:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC PREL SNAR ASEC KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON294JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER GOLDING SHUFFLES CABINET
[...] (SBU) At the Prime Minister's request, Trevor MacMillan, Derrick Smith and Clive Mullings all resigned their cabinet positions Security, Telecommunications, and Energy respectively, on April 6. MacMillan, Smith and Mullings were replaced by three Ministers without portfolio already within the [...]
2009-04-15 16:33:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG EPET KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON297JAMAICA: UPDATE OF INFORMATION FOR TERRORISM
[...] Information for Embassy Kingston's TFCO and Deputy TFCO is unchanged: TFCO: Lloyd Moss, Political-Economic Counselor, tel. 876-702-6083 (IVG 929-6083),e-mail MossLW@state.gov, class e-mail MossLW@state.sgov.gov Deputy TFCO: Nathan Carter, Economic Officer, tel. 876-702-6028 (IVG 929-6 [...]
2009-04-17 18:42:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN ETTC PTER JM XL
09KINGSTON320JAMAICA: 2009 HERBERT SALZMAN AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-27 20:05:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER ECON BEXP ETRD AMGT EAIR SOCI IBRD IMF CDB IBD
09KINGSTON324KINGSTON EAC REACTS TO DEMONSTRATIONS AND
[...] (U) This cable contains information that is sensitive, but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) A number of sporadic roadblocks and demonstrations occurred today in Kingston, possibly in response to recent increases in gasoline taxes announced by the Government of Jamaica (GO [...]
2009-04-29 11:35:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CASC JM
09KINGSTON355JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON NARCOTICS BENCHMARKS;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-06 19:26:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PINR PREL EWWT EAIR PTER ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON387JAMAICA: PUBLIC OUTREACH BY ENERGY SECURITY EXPERT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Jerome Ringo, research scholar at Yale University and president of the Apollo Alliance, a broad coalition of major U.S. environmental organizations, visited Jamaica from May 13 to 15. The visit was organized by the U.S. Mission and included several speaking engagements, radio inte [...]
2009-05-18 20:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG SENV EMIN ASEC KPAO SOCI ETRD TRSY OPIC
09KINGSTON388JAMAICA: PUBLIC OUTREACH BY ENERGY SECURITY EXPERT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Jerome Ringo, research scholar at Yale University and president of the Apollo Alliance, a broad coalition of major U.S. environmental organizations, visited Jamaica from May 13 to 15. The visit was organized by the U.S. Mission and included several speaking engagements, radio inte [...]
2009-05-18 20:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG SENV EMIN ASEC KPAO SOCI ETRD TRSY OPIC
09KINGSTON394CHINAQS PERM MISSION INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY DIPNOTE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 18, Post received the following dipnote from the Permanent Mission of the PeopleQs Republic of China to the International Seabed Authority. BEGIN TEXT: The Permanent Mission of the People's Republic of China to the International Seabed Authority presents its complimen [...]
2009-05-20 15:33:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHSA EWWT PBTS SENV EMIN ASEC SOCI CH XE XL JM
09KINGSTON408JAMAICA: ENDING THE VISA EXEMPTION FOR JAMAICAN H2A
[...] (SBU) Summary: For over 65 years, Jamaican farm laborers have entered the U.S. to work on the H2A program without visas. Post believes that this practice fosters an environment conducive to corruption, political favoritism, fraud and potential threats to U.S. national security. Post recommend [...]
2009-05-22 15:03:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS ELAB PTER ASEC PBTS KCRM PHUM KFRD SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON409JAMAICA: ENDING THE VISA EXEMPTION FOR JAMAICAN H2A
[...] (SBU) Summary: For over 65 years, Jamaican farm laborers have entered the U.S. to work on the H2A program without visas. Post believes that this practice fosters an environment conducive to corruption, political favoritism, fraud and potential threats to U.S. national security. Post recommend [...]
2009-05-22 15:03:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS ELAB PTER ASEC PBTS KCRM PHUM KFRD SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON418JAMAICA: JCLO APPEARS TO CHARGE JAMAICAN GUEST WORKERS IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post believes that the mandatory payroll deductions imposed on Jamaican H2A and H2B guest workers to fund the activities of the Jamaican Central Labour Organization (JCLO) are duplicative of services provided by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Jamaican Embassy a [...]
2009-05-22 19:35:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS PHUM SOCI PREL ELAB JM XL
09KINGSTON436JAMAICA: PARTIES NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR JUNE 16
[...] (U) Summary: On May 29, Jamaica's two major political parties announced their candidates to contest the June 16 by-election in the North East St. Catherine constituency. The ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) selected its incumbent Member of Parliament (MP),Desmond Gregory Mair, who earlier th [...]
2009-05-29 20:36:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI JM XL
09KINGSTON438Jamaica: ICE launches of Operation JOLT to target lottery
[...] (U) Jamaica -- May 27-28, the Charg d'Affairs and ICE Attach opened the first JOLT Task Force joint training session and operation - that's the Jamaica Operations Linked to Telemarketing. In 2008, it is estimated that more than USD 30 million was transferred to Jamaica by victims of the lottery [...]
2009-06-01 13:39:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR ASEC ELAB PGOV ECON JM XL
09KINGSTON440JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES CUBA MUST
[...] (SBU) On May 29, 2009, Charge visited the Government of Jamaica,s (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) for final meeting with Minister Dr. Kenneth Baugh. Charge and the Minister discussed a number of topics, including: the upcoming Organization of American States (OAS) [...]
2009-06-01 18:27:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ECON EFIN EAID SNAR ASEC SOCI ELAB
09KINGSTON478JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON 2009 TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche advising Jamaica of its tier ranking and the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report's imminent release to Mr. Samuel Blake, Director of the Office of Organized Crime and Defence in the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of National Security and Chair [...]
2009-06-16 11:54:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG JM
09KINGSTON495JAMAICA: WORKING HAND IN GLOVE LEADS TO CUFFS
[...] (C) Thanks to a long-standing partnership with the U.S. Marshals Service (USMS),Kingston Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) has assisted in the location and arrest of several fugitives in Jamaica. In accordance with Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) section 222f to further the administration and [...]
2009-06-19 19:17:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCVIS CPAS CMGT SOCI PREL KFRD KCRM ASEC JM XL
09KINGSTON502JAMAICA: PM GOLDING G20 LETTER TO PRESIDENT OBAMA
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 23 Post received a dipnote from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade with a copy of a letter from Prime Minister Bruce Golding addressed to President Barack Obama relating to the G20 Summit in September. The original was sent to the White House through the [...]
2009-06-25 14:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOPDC PREL PGOV ECIN EFIN SOCI TRSY OAS IBRD XL
09KINGSTON503 OAS-CARICOM UNSCR 1540 WORKSHOP
[...] Washington interagency representatives participated in the Domestic Export Controls and Maritime Security Workshop in Support of the Implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (UNSCR 1540) in Kingston June 15-17. This workshop was the result of regional response to UNSC resolutions [...]
2009-06-25 18:15:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL PTER UNSC XL JM
09KINGSTON504JAMAICA: FSN WAGES STAGNATE AMIDST HIGH INFLATION; ACTION
[...] (SBU) Jamaica has a long history of price instability influenced largely by currency depreciation. Prices rose on average by 13.4 percent annually during the past six years. Although inflation has moderated to below 2 percent for the first four months of 2009, it is expected to increase for t [...]
2009-06-26 12:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN AMGT APER XL JM
09KINGSTON528JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION OF
[...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated June 30, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 50/101/41) "Ref. No: 50/101/41 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of J [...]
2009-07-08 15:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDACABQ AORC PHUM PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON560JAMAICA: HONDURAN EMBASSY DIPNOTE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-22 19:10:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OPDC OAS UN JM HO XL XK
09KINGSTON58JAMAICA: AMBASSADOR JOHNSON'S FAREWELL CALLS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-21 15:31:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EAID ECON SNAR MARR MOPS PHUM KCRM
09KINGSTON609JAMAICA: RESPONSE TO CARIBBEAN MARINE ENVIRONMENT LBS
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche request on Land-Based Sources (LBS) Protocol, Emboff met with Pat Sinclair McCalla, Permanent Secretary in the Office of The Prime Minister on August 11. McCalla said the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) is in strong support of the LBS protocol and will look to [...]
2009-08-14 20:01:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIS SENV PHSA EIND JM XL
09KINGSTON611JAMAICA: SUPREME COURT ORDERS THIRD BY-ELECTION IN CONTINUING
[...] (U) On August 12, Supreme Court Justice Lloyd Hibbert: -- ruled that Michael Stern of the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP),the Member of Parliament (MP) representing North West Clarendon parish, had been improperly nominated for the September 2007 general election because he had then held dual [...]
2009-08-17 13:49:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON SOCI PREL CASC CPAS JM XL
09KINGSTON638JAMAICA: FINANCE MINISTER INTERESTED IN BILATERAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-26 19:15:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON EFIN ETRD EAID IMF IBRD IDB TRSY
09KINGSTON66JAMAICA: REACTION TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION
[...] The intense interest and excitement surrounding the inauguration of Barack H. Obama as 44th President of the United States grew steadily in the run-up to January 20. Prior to inauguration day, the volume of newspaper columns, radio and television reports and commentary had steadily grown. Wit [...]
2009-01-22 13:11:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PREL ECON SOCI KPAO JM XL OIIP
09KINGSTON666JAMAICA: U.S. REQUEST TO EXTRADITE POWERFUL "DON"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-02 19:35:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR
09KINGSTON667JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. CONSENT OF NOMINATED
[...] Post received the following Diplomatict Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated July 24, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 324/801/65) Ref. No.: 324/801/65 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaic [...]
2009-09-02 19:44:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDOFDP PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON668JAMAICA RATIFIES CONVENTION FOR THE UNIFICATION OF
[...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated July 20, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 8/807/530) "Ref. No.:8/807/530 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Tr [...]
2009-09-02 19:57:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON669JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION OF
[...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) dated July 27, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 50/141/3) "Ref. No. 50/141/3 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica p [...]
2009-09-02 19:58:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDUNESCO SOCI PREL JM XL
09KINGSTON676JAMAICA: KEY OPPOSITION FIGURE DESCRIBES PRIME
[...] (C) Peter Bunting, Member of Parliament and the opposition People's National Party (PNP) Spokesperson on National Security, praised the USG's August 30 request that Christopher "Dudus" Coke be extradited to stand trial on federal drug charges. Describing Prime Minister (PM) Golding's position [...]
2009-09-04 19:11:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN CVIS PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR
09KINGSTON680JAMAICA: PROSPECTIVE AMBASSADOR TO U.S. SAYS GOJ
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 20:54:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN CVIS PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI OFDP
09KINGSTON682JAMAICA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT OF NOMINATED
[...] Post has received the following Diplomatic Note from the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT),dated August 31, 2009: (BEGIN TEXT OF MFAFT DIPNOTE 50/140/81) "Ref. No. 50/140/81: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign T [...]
2009-09-09 20:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDEIND PHUM PGOV PREL WTO JM XL
09KINGSTON689LACK OF INDEPENDENCE CONSTRAINS JAMAICAN JUDICIARY,
[...] (SBU) Jamaican Chief Justice Zaila McCalla expressed frustration with the state of the Jamaican judicial system during ChargQ Parnell's September 11th introductory meeting. Since the 1960s, crime rates in Jamaica have increased dramatically, yet the court system has not responded with adequate [...]
2009-09-15 13:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR CJAN SOCI EAID KCRM KCOR JM XL
09KINGSTON695JAMAICA: FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER AND KEY
[...] (C) The myriad political and social crises facing Jamaica - rampant crime, economic malaise, a deteriorating balance of payments, poor education, and the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s delay in honoring a high-profile extradition request - are a "low level explosion," and a potential breakdown o [...]
2009-09-17 20:59:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN CVIS PREL PGOV ASEC PINR SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON697JAMAICA: GOJ WILL REFUSE COKE EXTRADITION REQUEST; PM FAVORS
[...] (C) Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding advised CDA that the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) would not comply with the USG's extradition request for Christopher "Dudus" Coke on "technical grounds" and that a dipnote to that effect is being prepared (Reftel A). During a later telephone conversation w [...]
2009-09-18 15:04:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR EIND ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR
09KINGSTON699JAMAICA: FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER AND KEY
[...] (C) The myriad political and social crises facing Jamaica - rampant crime, economic malaise, a deteriorating balance of payments, poor education, and the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s delay in honoring a high-profile extradition request - are a "low level explosion," and a potential breakdown o [...]
2009-09-18 18:26:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON701JAMAICA: FOREIGN MINISTER'S VIEWS re HIGH-PROFILE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 22:29:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON704JAMAICA: DIP NOTE RECEIVED ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2009
[...] (SBU) In a meeting with Foreign Minister (FM) Kenneth Baugh on September 18, CDA received the following diplomatic note, dated September 18, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT): (Begin text of MFAFT DIP NOTE) "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of [...]
2009-09-18 19:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN CVIS PREL PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON705British High Commissioner Discusses COKE Extradition Request
[...] (C) British High Commissioner (HC) Jeremy Cresswell requested a meeting with CDA Parnell to discuss the High Commissioner's recent discussion with Prime Minister Golding. The High Commissioner noted that he took the opportunity to tell the Prime Minister of his government's high intere [...]
2009-09-25 21:53:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALCJAN PREL PGOV SNAR SOCI ECON ASEC KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON717Request for TDY OMS Support
[...] In accordance with ref telephone conversations, Embassy Kingston requests TDY OMS support in the Front Office. The TDY support should begin on November 2 and last until a permanent OMS is identified and arrives at Post. Parnell [...]
2009-10-08 20:28:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDAMGT APER OTRA
09KINGSTON732JAMAICA: DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT
[...] The following information is keyed to reftel, paragraph 15: A) The Jamaican Diaspora is a readily identifiable community in both North America and the U.K. The Friends of Jamaica, University of the West Indies (UWI) Alumni Association, the Government of Jamaica (GoJ)'s annual Diaspora Co [...]
2009-09-24 19:07:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SMIG
09KINGSTON733JAMAICA: POLICE COMMISSIONER HARDLEY LEWIN RESIGNS
[...] (U) Police Commissioner Hardley Lewin announced his resignation as head of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) on November 1, putting to an end weeks of speculation and bringing to a close a tumultuous two-year tenure in which Lewin was unsuccessful in either reversing the island's spiraling c [...]
2009-11-04 18:43:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL ASEC SNAR KCOR KCRM JM XL
09KINGSTON749EXTRADITION JAMAICA: CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL COKE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 12:32:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CVIS SNAR PINR ASEC SOCI CJAN KCOR KCRM JM
09KINGSTON761JAMAICA: PRIME MINISTER'S WIFE SEES "NEFARIOUS INFLUENCES"
[...] (C) Lorna Golding, the wife of Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding, told Post's Public Affairs Officer (PAO) Patricia Attkisson that she believes Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is under the "pernicious influence" of U.S. Representative Charles Rangel regarding the contentious U.S. extradition [...]
2009-12-14 20:19:00Embassy KingstonCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EFIN SOCI CVIS SNAR PINR ASEC CJAN
09KINGSTON770JAMAICA: OPERATION OF THE CARIBBEAN BASIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY
[...] Jamaica is a signatory to the WTO Agreement and has generally demonstrated a commitment to undertaking its obligations. While the Golding administration, reeling under the effects of the global economic crisis, has championed the need for the country to replace particularly agricultural import [...]
2009-09-30 14:12:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV PREL IADB IBRD IMF TRGY
09KINGSTON790Fraud Summary - Kingston March 2009 - August 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the second half of FY 2009, Kingston's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) focused on IV relationship fraud and enhancing cooperation with our partners at the British and Canadian High Commissions and the law enforcement community within the Embassy. During the past two quarters, FP [...]
2009-10-06 16:50:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC JM
09KINGSTON798JAMAICA: COUNTRY CLEARANCES AND BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-08 18:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT ASEC APER CMGT PBTS EFIN BEXP PREL KCOM JM CJ
09KINGSTON892JAMAICA: SUCCESSFUL CARIBBEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY FORUM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Jamaica hosted a successful Caribbean Renewable Energy Forum (CREF) which included a U.S. Government (USG) delegation, consisting of officials from the Departments of State and Energy and the Overseas Private Investment Cooperation (OPIC). The forum, held in Montego Bay from Octobe [...]
2009-10-23 19:06:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG SENV EMIN SOCI ETRD TRSY DOE OPIC OAS IBRD
09KINGSTON900JAMAICA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON HAITI'S WAIVER OF TOURIST
[...] (U) Per reftel, Emboff delivered demarche expressing USG concerns that the Government of Haiti (GOH)'s recent removal of tourist visa requirements for nationals of the People's Republic of China (PRC) would lead to increases in alien smuggling and human trafficking networks and encourage intend [...]
2009-10-27 19:51:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CVIS KFRD KTIP KCRM HA CH JM XL
09KINGSTON962JAMAICA: PNP GENERAL SECRETARY DISCUSSES COKE EXTRADITION
[...] (SBU) On November 12, Emboffs organized a largely informational meeting at Post between representatives of the Mission's law enforcement community and Member of Parliament (MP) Peter Bunting, General Secretary and Opposition Spokesman for National Security for the opposition People's National P [...]
2009-11-17 19:09:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CJAN CVIS PGOV PINR ASEC SNAR SOCI EAID KCOR
09KINGSTON97JAMAICA: ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPMENTS;
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-06 13:53:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON SENV EFIN EINV ETRD TRYS IADB IBRD PGOV
09KINGSTON974NOMINATION OF ICE SPECIAL AGENT KEVIN PANGANIBAN AS ICE CSI
[...] Embassy Kingston concurs with proposed assignment of ICE representative Kevin Panganiban. 2. Please coordinate an acceptable arrival date with ICE/Kingston and our Embassy's Management Officer. Parnell [...]
2009-11-19 20:40:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAPER JM
09KINSHASA1004DRC EAGER TO PARTICIPATE IN WORKSHOP ON BIOSAFETY
[...] Post conveyed reftel invitation and non-paper on October 6 to Banza Ngoy Katumwe, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate. Post followed up to meet Ngoy on November 3 following his return from the UNGA. Ngoy said the DRC was very interested in participating in the workshop. [...]
2009-11-10 18:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KPAO PREL PTER UNSC CG
09KINSHASA1033CLAN FIGHTING: EQUATEUR PROVINCE REMAINS TENSE
[...] Summary: Dongo, the sleepy Ubangui river town that was the scene of recent fighting between the rival Enyele and Manzaya clans, is calm, but completely deserted. A small detachment of MONUC's Ghanaian force is in Dongo, along with 300 Congolese Rapid Intervention Police (PIR) elements. The [...]
2009-11-24 17:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV CG
09KINSHASA1044 EU, SWITZERLAND AND U.S. TELL COMMUNICATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassadors of Sweden, Spain, plus local EU Commission head and U.S. DCM, met November 27 with Communications/Media Minister Lambert Mende to press for a halt to Congolese government's (GDRC) harassment of foreign journalists. Led by Swedish ambassador as current EU president, [...]
2009-11-30 16:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA1050 U.S. MILITARY TRAINING: WHAT
[...] (SBU) Summary: While local audiences in Kisangani are supportive of U.S. military training of the FARDC battalion, they have expressed concerns about the motivations of the U.S. effort, manner in which candidates are being vetted, and the nature of follow-on activities to sustain the battalio [...]
2009-12-02 06:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1066DRC ACCREDITS RWANDAN AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary: Rwandan Ambassador Amandin Rugira submitted his credentials to DRC President Joseph Kabila on December 2 in a brief ceremony at the presidential offices, Palais de la Nation. Prior to formally assuming his duties, Rugira met with USG officials to discuss the new Rwandan diplomati [...]
2009-12-08 14:48:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA1072 U.S. MILITARY TRAINING: WHAT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-10 07:44:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1073U.S. MILITARY TRAINING: WHAT THE PUBLIC IN KISANGANI
[...] (SBU) Summary: While local audiences in Kisangani are supportive of U.S. military training of the FARDC battalion, they have expressed concerns about the motivations of the U.S. effort, manner in which candidates are being vetted, and the nature of follow-on activities to sustain the battali [...]
2009-12-10 08:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO MASS PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA1083DONGO, KATUMBA'S RESIGNATION, AND ANGOLA -- ANY
[...] (S) Summary: The situation in Dongo remains very fluid, with over 74,000 DRC refugees having crossed over the Ubangi River into the Republic of Congo and up to 38,000 IDPs in the area within the DRC. The region remains too unsafe for humanitarian workers to enter. MONUC has publicly announc [...]
2009-12-15 10:05:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETPGOV PREL PINS PHUM PREF MOPS EAID CG
09KINSHASA1084DONGO, KATUMBA'S RESIGNATION, AND ANGOLA -- ANY
[...] (S) Summary: The situation in Dongo remains very fluid, with over 74,000 DRC refugees having crossed over the Ubangi River into the Republic of Congo and up to 38,000 IDPs in the area within the DRC. The region remains too unsafe for humanitarian workers to enter. MONUC has publicly announce [...]
2009-12-15 10:06:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETPGOV PREL PINS PHUM PREF MOPS EAID CG
09KINSHASA1086 EMBASSY'S MARK TWAIN LITERARY PRIZE HELPS
[...] (SBU) Summary: PAS Kinshasa conceived, organized and sponsored the monthly Mark Twain Literary Prize from June to December 2009. Due to the event's enormous popular success, Ambassador has announced that the contest will be extended for another six-month period. More than 150 short works o [...]
2009-12-15 14:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOEXC OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL PHUM PINR SCUL SOCI CG
09KINSHASA1096EMBASSY KINSHASA TEAM VISITS BAS CONGO TO DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) Summary: An Embassy Kinshasa team comprised of two political officers, a representative of the office of the defense attache, and a USAID/OFDA representative visited the province of Bas-Congo on November 3-4 to look at the humanitarian situation. Angola has expelled approximately 140,00 [...]
2009-12-16 13:28:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM EAID PREF PGOV KWMN PREL AG CG
09KINSHASA1105AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwamba on December 17 to discuss MONUC's mandate renewal, fighting in the Dongo area of Equateur Province, and DRC-Angolan relations. Septel reports on discussions regarding finding a site to build a new embassy, as well as GD [...]
2009-12-17 16:05:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC MOPS PHUM PREF CG AG
09KINSHASA1112THE DRC AND THE PRGF: HOW WE GOT HERE AND HOW WE
[...] (C) Summary: This is the first in a two-part series on the GDRC's long road towards HIPC completion point, with a look at some of the many bumps and turns along the way since early 2006 and the IMF Board's December 11 approval of the DRC's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF). The PG [...]
2009-12-21 10:36:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EAID PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA1116 LIGHT INFANTRY BATTALION (LIB) TRAINING IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: United States training of a Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) is scheduled to commence Wednesday, February 17, 2010. Major efforts to identify forces to conduct and support training are underway, as are efforts to contract for construction su [...]
2009-12-21 14:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MASS PHUM PREL KWMN SOCI CG
09KINSHASA1125 SURVEY FINDS PRESIDENT OBAMA IS MOST
[...] (SBU) Summary: A recent public-opinion survey found President Barack Obama is the most popular political figure in Kinshasa, but obtained just two votes more than his nearest rival, President Joseph Kabila. Other findings in the survey attest to the pervasive impact of television, especially [...]
2009-12-22 15:39:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PREL SCUL CG
09KINSHASA1144KENGO SAYS GOVERNMENT IS NEGOTIATING WITH EQUATEUR
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met December 21 with Senate President Kengo wa Dondo. Kengo said the GDRC is negotiating with Dongo rebels, discussed his legislative agenda for the upcoming session of parliament, and gave his view on security sector reform (SSR). His priorities for the legislative [...]
2009-12-24 11:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS EFIN MCAP MASS PREL CG
09KINSHASA1160 AMBASSADOR LAUNCHES "ESPOIR" PROGRAM TO
[...] Summary: On December 10 Ambassador Garvelink, together with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Gender Issues, launched USAID's "ESPOIR" project as the main event of the UN's 16 Days of Activism to Combat Violence Against Women. Linked to Secretary Clintn's announcement to provide $17 mil [...]
2009-12-29 14:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA1165 MENINGITIS OUTBREAK REPORTED IN KISANGANI,
[...] This report was prepared by the Office of Centers for Disease Control (CDC) of Amembassy Kinshasa and has been cleared by the Embassy's Front Office. 2. In late November Kisangani, the capital city of the Oriental Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),was hit by a mening [...]
2009-12-31 11:19:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID SENV SOCI TBIO MASS CG
09KINSHASA12EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 6
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Nkunda Ousted? -------------- 2. (SBU) Goma PolOff reported that CNDP Spokespe [...]
2009-01-06 12:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA120DRC: A Look Back on 2008 and a Preview of 2009
[...] (SBU) The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (GDRC) faced substantial challenges in 2008 but made tangible progress in dialogue with armed groups, judicial, decentralization, and economic reforms and development cooperation. In 2009, the DRC faces many of the same challenges that [...]
2009-02-05 18:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF EAID KDEM KPKO CG
09KINSHASA140 FOREIGN MINISTER'S FEBRUARY 11 BRIEFING TO AMBASSADORS ON
[...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs contacted embassy late February 9 to request ambassador's attendance at briefing next day by Minister Alexis Thambwe Mwanke at MFA headquarters. Present at the briefing were ambassadors of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, South Af [...]
2009-02-11 14:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG UN EUN
09KINSHASA143DRC RESPONSE: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT)
[...] (SBU) Post sent reftel questions in advance to Alice Kimpembe Bamba, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate. PolCouns followed up with Kimpembe on February 10. Kimpembe confided that the GDRC, while supporting the overarching goals of the NPT, did not actively participate [...]
2009-02-12 08:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC PARM PGOV PREL UNGA
09KINSHASA144NO GDRC REQUEST FOR U.S. MILITARY OBSERVERS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-12 08:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINS PGOV CG
09KINSHASA148 POST WELCOMES AVA ROGERS INCLUSION ON
[...] Post welcomes the addition of Ava Rogers, House Foreign Affairs Committee, to Staffdel Sumilas (reftels) traveling to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from February 17 to February 21, 2009. Hotel reservations are confirmed at the Grand Hotel in KiQhasa for the nights of February 17-18, 2 [...]
2009-02-13 10:54:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CG
09KINSHASA150 POST WELCOMES CODEL CHRIS SMITH
[...] Post welcomes CODEL Chris Smith to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) from February 18 to February 21, 2009. Hotel reservations are confirmed at the Grand Hotel in Kinshasa for the nights of February 18-19 for Congressman Smith and Staff Member Mark Milosch. Rooms are $250 per night, inc [...]
2009-02-13 14:02:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CG
09KINSHASA161 DRC: RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FOR THE NINTH ANNUAL
[...] (U) This message contains Embassy Kinshasa's responses to questions in reftel, paragraphs 23-27, on trafficking in persons. 2. (SBU) Begin responses to paragraph 23: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on trafficking in persons? What plans are in place (if any) t [...]
2009-02-18 15:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF KTIP KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG ASEC ELAB CG
09KINSHASA163DRC: ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: The key challenges facing the GDRC's non-military security apparatus is the corruption, limited capacity, and lack of resources prevalent in all Congolese security and governmental services, rendering them ineffective at best and predatory on the population at worst. They are, [...]
2009-02-19 11:59:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SOCI KCRM ASEC CG
09KINSHASA20EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 7
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (SBU) Goma PolOff reported that C [...]
2009-01-07 12:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA227ICC'S DECISION TO POSTPONE CONFIRMING CHARGES AGAINST
[...] (SBU) Summary: The International Criminal Court's (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber III decided March 4 to postpone its decision on whether to confirm charges against Jean-Pierre Bemba, stating that the facts of the case point to the criminal liability of Bemba as a military commander but not as an ind [...]
2009-03-12 06:20:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KJUS ASEC CG CT NL
09KINSHASA23EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 8
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (C) A senior MONUC political offi [...]
2009-01-08 15:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA231 ANGOLAN EMBASSY IN KINSHASA REGARDING ALLEGATIONS OF
[...](SBU) Further to reftel on alleged Angolan army incursions into DRC territory, a letter from Afonso Lufuaquenda, the Charge d'Affaires of the Angolan embassy in Kinshasa, appeared in the March 10 edition of the local newspaper "Le Potentiel." Lufuaquenda emphasizes in the letter that it was [...]
2009-03-12 12:57:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PBTS MOPS AO CG
09KINSHASA25EBOLA CASES CONFIRMED IN DRC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-09 12:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON SENV TBIO PGOV CG
09KINSHASA254DRC, INDIA LOCKED IN A HIGH-STAKES BATTLE OVER
[...] (C) India's decision to withdraw its contingent from MONUC (reftels) has exposed a bitter row between the country that hosts the UN's largest peace-keeping operation and the country that is MONUC's largest troop contributor. A close look at the DRC-India feud reveals a complex mosaic of real [...]
2009-03-19 13:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPKO UNSC IN CG
09KINSHASA255ANNUAL CIWG MEETING - KINSHASA
[...] (S/NF) The Counter Intelligence Working Group (CIWG) met on 03/13/09. The A/DCM, ORA, DAO, POL, and RSO attended the meeting. 2. (S/NF) All CIWG members concurred that the technical and humint capabilities of host country intelligence services are extremely limited. 3. (S/NF) Financial [...]
2009-03-19 13:34:00Embassy KinshasaSECRET//NOFORNASEC
09KINSHASA259NO CONFIDENCE VOTE AGAINST KAMERHE SCHEDULED
[...] (C) We spoke March 19 with Lydie Omanga, Communications Director for National Assembly President Vital Kamerhe. She explained the "Conference of Chairmen" of the National Assembly met March 19 to set the "ordre du jour" or legislative agenda for the first plenary session to take place March 2 [...]
2009-03-20 16:33:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA273 TEXT OF GDRC-CNDP AGREEMENT
[...] (SBU) Reftel reported that the GDRC and CNDP signed a final agreement March 24 in Goma, culminating the peace process overseen by UN Special Envoy Olsegun Obasanjo and AU Special Envoy Benjamin Mkapa. Unofficial embassy translation follows at para. 2; original French is at para. 3. 2. (S [...]
2009-03-24 14:28:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA281U.S. COAST GUARD EXPECTED TO FIND DRC PORTS ISPS COMPLIANT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) International Port Security Program conducted an Official Country Visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) March 16-20 and found significant improvements in security at all port facilities. The USCG delegation evaluated the security measure [...]
2009-03-26 13:51:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT ETRD KHLS PTER ASEC MARR ECON CG
09KINSHASA285POSSIBLE U.S.-EU ENGAGEMENT ON SECURITY SECTOR
[...] (SBU) On March 18 EU Great Lakes Envoy Roeland van der Geer met with Ambassador, DCM and USAID director to discuss possible U.S.-EU cooperation in the area of Security Sector Reform. Van der Geer came with a large retinue including General Jean-Paul Michel, head of European Security Cooperat [...]
2009-03-27 11:45:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV BE CG
09KINSHASA291SARKOZY'S KINSHASA VISIT GOES OFF WELL; WILL IT
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 26 speech to the DRC Parliament, French President Sarkozy acknowledged that outside interference had hindered the DRC's development, but he also pointed to domestic factors contributing to political instability and lack of economic prosperity: mismanagement (corr [...]
2009-03-27 15:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA293 KINSHASA NEWSPAPERS GIVE AMPLE COVERAGE
[...] Summary: On March 17 USAID Mission Director Stephen Haykin and Economic Counselor Elizabeth Jaffee appeared at a press roundtable on the global economic situation. They explained the causes and the domestic and international consequences of the crisis to a dozen local Congolese print and broa [...]
2009-03-30 06:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPAO CG
09KINSHASA294SSR DISCUSSION WITH HEAD OF DRC DESK AT BELGIAN MFA
[...] (SBU) PolOff met March 26 with the visiting Head of the Belgian MFA's DRC desk, Koen Adam, to discuss security sector reform (SSR) in the DRC. Adam emphasized that Belgium remains keenly interested in coordinating SSR efforts with the USG and other partners. PolOff gave Adam an overview of [...]
2009-03-30 08:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MASS PHUM CG BE
09KINSHASA30EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 12
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (SBU) MONUC military officials re [...]
2009-01-12 10:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA306 DRC-RWANDAN "4+4" COMMUNIQUE
[...] (SBU) The DRC and Rwandan Foreign Ministers met in the "4+4" format in Kinshasa March 27-28. Embassy Kigali has obtained a copy of the joint communiqu from the meeting; the original English version is at paragraph 2. Most notably, the document reaffirms agreement between the ministers for an [...]
2009-04-01 13:03:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS CG RW
09KINSHASA312(C) PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORS CONFIRM COMMITMENT TO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) The Ambassador queried influential presidential advisor Augustin Katumba March 26 and presidential staff member (and former Foreign Minister) Antoine Ghonda March 30 on the government of the DRC (GRDC)'s commitment to renegotiat [...]
2009-04-01 16:04:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV CH CG
09KINSHASA314A CONVERSATION WITH GENERAL JOHN NUMBI
[...] (C) Summary: On the evening of March 31, Ambassador Garvelink met with General John Numbi and discussed a range of issues. Topics included the GDRC-GOR joint operations in North Kivu, the demise of the CNDP, MONUC, the resignation of Vital Kamerhe as President of the National Assembly, and [...]
2009-04-02 06:12:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MARR MOPS IN CG
09KINSHASA316 SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL INHOFE TO THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]
2009-04-02 11:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA334 SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL ADAM SMITH TO THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]
2009-04-07 14:01:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA336 SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM WARD TO THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to grapple with fundamental security challenges, particularly in the eastern part of the country, making it one of the most fragile and volatile states in the world. Armed groups, including the infamous Lord's Resistance Arm [...]
2009-04-07 16:47:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CG
09KINSHASA37DRC 2009 BFIF PROPOSALS
[...] (U) Post proposes two projects for funding under the Business Facilitation Incentive Fund (BFIF) for 2009: An East and Central Africa Economic Officers Conference to be hosted by Embassy Kinshasa, and a series of U.S-DRC commercial seminars in key selected cities in the DRC. 2. Project 1: E [...]
2009-01-13 16:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDABUD AMGT BEXP BTIO ECON ETRD EINV CG
09KINSHASA374INTERIM RESPONSE: DEMARCHE TO AVERT INDIAN TROOP
[...] (C) Ambassador has requested a meeting with President Kabila to discuss reftel objectives. The Presidency informed post that a meeting on April 16 or 17 was likely. Post has also contacted counterparts at the UK, French, Chinese, Belgian, and South African Embassies to inquire about possibl [...]
2009-04-15 16:04:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UNSC CG IN
09KINSHASA378AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH EUGENE SERUFULI:
[...] (C) During an April 14 meeting with Ambassador, Eugene Serufuli, former RCD Governor of North Kivu, clearly advocated for a decoupage of North Kivu into a Rwandophone-dominated Petit Nord and a Nande-dominated Grand Nord. He cautioned against viewing ethnic relations in Eastern DRC through [...]
2009-04-16 11:15:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF MOPS CG
09KINSHASA39EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 14
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. CNDP Internal Discord --------------------- 2. (SBU) A senior MONUC official tol [...]
2009-01-14 11:18:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA4CNDP STIPULATES VERIFICATION OF ALLEGED FARDC TROOP
[...] (SBU) A January 1 CNDP statement mass emailed by spokesman Bertrand Bisimwa stipulated the "verification" of CNDP claims of FARDC troop movements into disengagement zones in areas north of Goma. CNDP states that verification is a prerequisite to the resumption of bilateral talks between CNDP [...]
2009-01-02 11:38:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA425 MINISTER THREATENS TO CLOSE FRENCH RADIO SERVICE; SIMILAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Communications and Media Affairs Minister Norbert Mende Omalanga threatened last week to close Radio France International (RFI) for allegedly attempting to destabilize the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (GDRC). According to a French embassy source, a number [...]
2009-04-30 10:53:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA426 MINISTER THREATENS TO CLOSE FRENCH RADIO SERVICE; SIMILAR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Communications and Media Affairs Minister Lambert Mende Omalanga threatened last week to close Radio France International (RFI) for allegedly attempting to destabilize the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (GDRC). According to a French embassy source, a number [...]
2009-04-30 13:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA432DRC AIRPLANE CRASH
[...] A Boeing 737 aircraft crashed 135 miles southwest of Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo the morning of April 29. Seven persons on the flight were killed; there were no American fatalities. The plane left Brazzaville at 9:42 a.m. local time and crashed while attempting to land i [...]
2009-05-02 08:44:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PGOV CG
09KINSHASA436EMBASSY KINSHASA: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER
[...] (U) Post names Economic Counselor Elizabeth Jaffee to be Embassy Kinshasa's Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TCFO). Requested contact information is as follows: Name: Elizabeth Jaffee Title: Economic Counselor Phone Number: +243 (0)81-556-0166 (office); +934 X2203 (IVG) Classified [...]
2009-05-05 06:08:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN ETTC PTER CG
09KINSHASA45DRC: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Per reftel, following is the text of the Investment Climate Statement for the DRC for 2009. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------- 2. (U) The DRC's rich endowment of natural resources, large population size (approximately 65 million) and generally open trading [...]
2009-01-15 12:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR CG
09KINSHASA453KABILA'S FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF LAMENTS PRESIDENT'S
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met on April 30 with Kikaya Bin Karubi, former Private Secretary to President Kabila and current ambassador-designate to the United Kingdom, for a wide-ranging and candid discussion. Topics discussed included Freeport McMoRan's status, the background and aftermath of [...]
2009-05-08 09:18:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EINV CG
09KINSHASA454SSR IN THE DRC: EMBASSY CONVENES GREAT LAKES
[...] (SBU) Summary: We convened a meeting of the DCMs and DATTs from the Great Lakes Contact Group countries and organizations on May 4 to hold a discussion on the way forward on SSR (defined as military reform issues for the purposes of this meeting) and to generate field input for the upcoming C [...]
2009-05-08 10:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR CG
09KINSHASA455SCENESETTER FOR MAY 18-19 VISIT OF U.S. PERMANENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),with the assistance of Great Lakes neighbors and the international community, achieved tangible progress in efforts to resolve persistent conflict and insecurity in its eastern provinces in late 2008 and early 2009. However, despite DRC [...]
2009-05-08 10:57:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC MOPS PHUM PREF CG
09KINSHASA461RECOMMENDATION: PRM FY 2009 JULIA TAFT REFUGEE FUND FOR
[...] Embassy Kinshasa requests $20,000 from the Julia Taft Refugee Fund for the construction of safety walls around open gas holes in the North Kivu IDP camps of Buhimba and Bulengo. Due to the volcanic activity in the region, there are certain holes in the ground where extremely high, and often l [...]
2009-05-11 15:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL CG
09KINSHASA509AMBASSADOR RICE, UNSC PERMREPS MEET WITH MONUC AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 18 Ambassador Susan Rice and the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Permanent Representatives (permreps) met with North Kivu provincial officials, MONUC leadership, and victims of sexual violence in Goma and visited Kiwanja, a village in North Kivu, where rebel groups [...]
2009-06-01 14:50:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALUNSC MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL CG
09KINSHASA530EMBASSY KINSHASA MAKES THE MOST OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO
[...] Summary: Embassy Kinshasa hosted three viewings of President Obama's Cairo speech on June 4 and 5, reaching a direct audience of 80 journalists, opinion leaders (Muslim and non-Muslim),and Muslim women, as well as promoting the speech through local contacts, the Embassy website, Facebook pages [...]
2009-06-08 08:13:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA531PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH IMPRESSED THE CONGOLESE
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Obama's speech received wide media coverage in Kinshasa. Major print and broadcast media reported on the presidential address, providing, in some cases, opinion and commentary generally welcoming President Obama's effort to forge a new relationship with the Muslim world [...]
2009-06-08 08:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG
09KINSHASA535GDRC CABINET RESHUFFLE IMMINENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Diplomatic and host government sources in Kinshasa and Goma indicate that a cabinet reshuffle by President Joseph Kabila is imminent. A major reason behind the reshuffle is the integration of former CNDP and armed group members into mainstream political and administrative posit [...]
2009-06-08 13:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG
09KINSHASA575RWANDA VISIT ADDS PERSPECTIVE FOR JMG-TF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Government of Rwanda (GoR) sponsored a visit of the Joint Monitoring Group Task Force (JMG-TF) to Rwanda June 4-6 to enhance understanding of the repatriation process for FDLR rebels remaining in the DRC. The 18-member group of DRC-based diplomats (Note: Goma Liaison Offic [...]
2009-06-18 12:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA600NKUNDA STATUS -- MONUC'S ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM?
[...] (C) During a June 18 briefing to Kinshasa based diplomats, MONUC's Political Affairs Division Officer in Charge (PAD-OIC) Christian Manahl (please protect) voiced concern that progress on improving DRC-Rwanda bilateral relations had "cooled", noting that the "4X4" bilateral commission (reftel [...]
2009-06-24 13:15:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS RW CG
09KINSHASA615 REQUEST FOR INCREASED ENGAGEMENT ON EFFORTS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although a strategy to combat sexual violence in the DRC has been created, the GDRC has yet to implement it due to its extremely low level of capacity. The USG helps fund activities to fight sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) in North Kivu, South Kivu, Orientale, Maniema, [...]
2009-06-29 13:50:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KJUS KWMN KOCI AF CG
09KINSHASA618 POSITIVE TREND: CONGOLESE REFUGEES IN
[...] (SBU) Summary: PRM desk officer and poloff visited the Congolese refugee camps in northeast Zambia, escorted a return convoy of 511 refugees to Katanga, and visited refugee return and reintegration projects June 11-17. The government of Zambia (GRZ) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner [...]
2009-06-29 15:53:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PREL PGOV KTIP ZA CG
09KINSHASA624 SUMMARY OF ARTICLES RESULTING FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Media reaction to June 25 PD section's monthly press roundtable (reftel) on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) was widespread and largely positive. Highlights follow. End summary. 2. (SBU) Mission's public diplomacy section organizes a monthly Press Roundtable at th [...]
2009-07-01 11:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO KWMN OEXC SCUL PREL PGOV
09KINSHASA628 CHARGE D'AFFAIRES AND DEFENSE COOPERATION CHIEF
[...] (SBU): Summary: Charge d'affaires and director of office of security cooperation (OSC) held separate meetings June 25 with foreign minister's chief of staff and acting director of military operations respectively to urge the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to take quick an [...]
2009-07-01 15:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO KWMN OEXC SCUL PREL PGOV
09KINSHASA636DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel points on July 2 to Banza Ngoy Katumwe, Head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate. Ngoy said that North Korean efforts to acquire a nuclear capability pose a threat to international peace, noting that a country with a "sick" leader could be unpredic [...]
2009-07-06 11:26:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETPARM PREL MNUC MTCRE UNSC CG
09KINSHASA639 SRSG MEETS WITH SENIOR DIPLOMATS ON EVE OF TRIP
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following are notes on July 5 meeting between Alan Doss with representatives (ambassadors or DCM's) of Belgium, France and the U.S. just prior to his departure for New York to attend the Security Council's July 10 on MONUC. UK rep was unable to attend. Ambassador will meet th [...]
2009-07-06 12:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC MARR RW CG
09KINSHASA690DRC: INSIGHT INTO MARCH 23 AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: Manya Moupondo, GDRC member of the March 23 Agreements Monitoring Committee, briefed diplomatic corps members July 7 on GDRC negotiations with the CNDP and North and South Kivu armed groups. Moupondo reported ongoing discord in the presidential majority coalition over the entry o [...]
2009-07-15 15:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA71EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 22
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Rwandan Soldiers in the DRC --------------------------- 2. (SBU) A MONUC spokesp [...]
2009-01-22 13:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA715DRC SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY CLINTON'S AUGUST
[...] (C) Madam Secretary: Your August 10/11 visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) comes at a critical juncture. Effective leadership by President Joseph Kabila will determine whether the DRC,s government (GDRC) can successfully address the country's enormous development and security chal [...]
2009-07-28 06:29:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PHUM CG
09KINSHASA719 KABILA SHAKES UP MAGISTRACY
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila, in a series of official decrees dated July 15, dismissed and retired over 100 magistrates and judicial officers, including the President of the Supreme Court and the Prosecutor General of the Republic, for corruption and other abuses of office. The dis [...]
2009-07-30 09:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
09KINSHASA723CONGOLESE GOVERNMENT SILENCES RFI
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-30 14:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KPAO CF CG
09KINSHASA764VITAL KAMERHE DISCUSSES KABILA, HIS RESIGNATION,
[...] (C) Summary: Vital Kamerhe, the former President of the National Assembly, recently provided Special Envoy Wolpe and polcouns a comprehensive review of the DRC's recent political history, offering his perspective on the DRC's political evolution. He views President Kabila as a changed man -- [...]
2009-08-19 08:39:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN KDEM KJUS CG
09KINSHASA78EASTERN DRC NOTES - JANUARY 23: NKUNDA CAPTURED
[...] (U) The items contained in this report consist principally of spot information from various sources. This report is not exhaustive, nor can all the information contained therein be confirmed at this time. Nkunda Captured --------------- 2. (SBU) Multiple press sources reported that Nk [...]
2009-01-26 07:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM PREF KPKO CG
09KINSHASA814 APPOINTMENT OF POC FOR SGBV
[...] Embassy Kinshasa is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Sara Rasmussen-Tall as the Point of Contact for Sexual and Gender Based-Based Violence (SGBV) programs within the USAID Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo. 2. The USG maintains active programs to respond to severe a [...]
2009-09-03 14:06:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF KWMN KJUS EAID CG
09KINSHASA822 Developing a matrix for follow-up actions to
[...] Background: A number of possible areas for U.S.-DRC cooperation were discussed during Secretary Clinton's meetings with President Kabila and Prime Minister Muzito (reftels). Embassy has developed a matrix below, at para. 2., as the basis for implementing actions discussed during the Secretar [...]
2009-09-09 08:52:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCOR PGOV PREF ECON EAGR EAID KJUS EINV
09KINSHASA842 Scopes of work for follow-up actions to the
[...] See guidance request at para. 3. 2. Ref A provides a matrix for follow-up actions to the Secretary's August 10-11 visit to Kinshasa and Goma. Additional information on the overall themes and strategy for each action item can be found in Refs B and C. This cable (para. 4) provides, as ind [...]
2009-09-18 09:39:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCOR PGOV PREF ECON EAGR EAID KJUS EINV
09KINSHASA898FRAUD SUMMARY - KINSHASA
[...] Per reftel A, post is updating its country fraud summary, covering March 1, 2009 to August 31, 2009. A. COUNTRY CONDITIONS 2. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is slowly recovering from a war begun in 1998 that led to the deaths of more than five million persons. Conflict [...]
2009-09-30 16:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CG
09KINSHASA907 DEATH OF ECONOMY AND TRADE MINISTER FUTA
[...] (U) Minister of Economy and Trade Andre Philippe Futa died in Paris October 1, 2009 from an apparent heart attack. Futa had stopped in Paris on route back to Kinshasa after representing President Kabila at the Africa-South America Summit hosted by Venezuela. No foul play has been reported, t [...]
2009-10-02 11:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA908S/P'S ROSS, COHEN AND PATEL MEET WITH CONGOLESE
[...] (U) Introductory note: S/P staffers Alec Ross, Jared Cohen and Mira Patel visited Kinshasa and Goma September 9-12. Reftel is an account of the Kinshasa portion of their trip. This message refers their meetings in Goma. End introductory note. Courtesy Call with Vice Governor of North Kiv [...]
2009-10-05 12:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM PREL PGOV CG
09KINSHASA922DRC BRIGADIR GENERAL ADDRESSES CORRUPTION AND
[...] (U) Summary: In a September 15 meeting with the Ambassador and Transparency International Co-founder Michael Hershman, DRC Brigadier General Celestin Mbala Musense discussed issues concerning corruption, salary payment, and personnel management in the FARDC. Reftels are reports on Hershman' [...]
2009-10-08 15:46:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMASS MARR PGOV PREL CG
09KINSHASA924 RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN THE DRC C-CI9-01825
[...] (U) This cable responds to reftel questions 1.A-F. Information was obtained through public sources. A. There is no specific Russian trade representation in the DRC. B. The Russians and Ukrainians are well-known for operating the second-hand aircraft brand "Antonov." Some ninety percent of [...]
2009-10-09 06:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPINR BBSR ECON EINV CG
09KINSHASA969WORRIES THAT PRESS FREEDOM MAY BE ERODING CONTINUE
[...] (C) Summary: Freedom of the press is increasingly threatened in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the Ministry of Information and Media now requires domestic and international journalists to submit to a military code of justice. A Congolese military officer,s reported death threats [...]
2009-10-27 10:33:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALCG PGOV PREL
09KINSHASA977 DRL OFFICER?S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS GRAVITY OF CHILD
[...] (U) Summary: During an October 12-19 visit to the DRC, DRL Foreign Affairs Officer Tu Dang met with a wide range of stakeholders, including government officials, NGOs, labor unions and other civil society organizations to discuss labor and corporate social responsibility issues. She also to [...]
2009-10-29 11:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI CG
09KINSHASA980 MEDIA MINISTER MEETS WITH RFI REPS TO DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following the July 26 shutdown of Radio France International's (RFI) signal throughout the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as a result of controversial reports by an RFI journalist (see refs a and b),French diplomats and representatives of RFI have met with GDRC officia [...]
2009-11-02 06:53:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPAO PREL PHUM CG
09KOLKATA291U.S. RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY LIGHTS INDIA'S VILLAGE OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: Since 2007 Husk Power Systems (HPS) has lit remote, un-electrified villages in Bihar, one of the poorest states in India. HPS uses widely-available rice husk to generate and sell electricity to rural villagers, who would otherwise be without power. A privately-held U.S. renewab [...]
2009-10-30 04:15:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV EAGR EINV KGHG IN
09KOLKATA334INDIA-BANGLADESH COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION HITS NORTHEAST
[...] (SBU) Summary: India's recent arrests of United Liberation Front of Assam's (ULFA) chairman and senior leadership is a setback for the northeastern state's most prominent insurgent group. While Bangladesh has officially denied facilitating the arrests, its cooperation with India appears to b [...]
2009-12-22 11:03:00Consulate KolkataUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINS PGOV CASC IN BG
09KOLONIA102SURVEY OF MARITIME SURVEILLANCE AND FISHERIES ENFORCEMENT
[...] (U) Summary. The upcoming sub-committee meetings of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC),scheduled for September and October, will address unresolved issues of maritime surveillance and enforcement of the Convention area. However, the FSM suffers from ineffective ma [...]
2009-07-17 04:15:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIS ECON EAID PREL AORC FM
09KOLONIA108US COAST GUARD COMMANDANT VISITS POHNPEI, STRESSES FISHERIES
[...] (SBU) Summary. U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen visited the island of Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),from July 19 to July 21. Admiral Allen met with FSM President Emanuel Mori and members of his cabinet, members of the FSM Congress, and Australian and Micronesian personn [...]
2009-07-25 01:27:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIS PGOV PREL FM
09KOLONIA113ADDITIONAL EMBASSY KOLONIA REQUEST FOR FY09 JIATF WEST
[...] (SBU) PURSUANT TO REF E-MAIL, THIS MESSAGE RESPONDS TO A REQUEST TO ASK FOR U.S. DOD OPERATIONAL SUPPORT UNDER SECTION 1004, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1991 AS AMENDED, FOR FY 2009 JIATF WEST TRAINING SUPPORT TO THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA (FSM) POLICE AND THE MICRONESIA TRANS [...]
2009-08-06 11:08:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID SNAR MASS PGOV PREL FM
09KOLONIA114EMBASSY KOLONIA REQUEST FOR FY09 JIATF WEST SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) PURSUANT TO REF E-MAIL, THIS IS A REQUEST FOR U.S. DOD OPERATIONAL SUPPORT UNDER SECTION 1004, NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT OF 1991 AS AMENDED, FOR FY 2009 JIATF WEST SUPPORT TO THE FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA (FSM) POLICE. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND IN APRIL 2009, JIATF WEST CONDUC [...]
2009-08-06 11:09:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID MASS PGOV PREL FM
09KOLONIA116EMBASSY CONTRACT GUARD MURDERED WHILE OFF-DUTY
[...] (U) At about two in the morning on August 8, a member of Embassy Kolonia's local guard force was killed. Initial reports remain unconfirmed, but it appears that Embassy Guard Isel Phillip, from Chuuk, was departing a bar when he was attacked by a group of men, believed to be Pohnpeian. Secur [...]
2009-08-10 06:58:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC SOCI PGOV FM
09KOLONIA118AUSTRALIA SEEKING COORDINATION IN THE FSM ON ITS PACIFIC
[...] (U) This message contains an Action Request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) On August 7, Australian Ambassador Susan Cox met with Ambassador Hughes to discuss a planned visit by senior Australian assistance officials to the FSM. Cox stated the visit's focus would be on Australia's Paci [...]
2009-08-19 00:50:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID FM AS
09KOLONIA123FAREWELL REFLECTIONS: A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP REQUIRES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-13 23:51:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID FM CH
09KOLONIA128BURIAL AND MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR SGT YOUVERT LONEY
[...] (U) On September 5, FSM citizen and U.S. Army Sergeant (Sgt) Youvert Loney , a 28-year-old soldier assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, died of wounds suffered after an attack by enemy forces in Abad, Afghanistan. Sgt Loney's sp [...]
2009-09-22 06:30:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PGOV FM
09KOLONIA142IPR ISSUES IGNORED BY FSM GOVERNMENT; POPULATION DOESN'T
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The only movie theater in the FSM may close its doors because it cannot compete against readily available pirated DVDs. Pohnpei State and the National Attorney General Offices concede that pirated DVDs are easy to obtain, but neither plans to take any action to limit their dis [...]
2009-11-13 08:46:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON PGOV FM
09KOLONIA18GOVERNOR SEEKING TO SIPHON FUNDING AWAY FROM SELF FUNDED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pohnpei Port Authority (PPA) General Manager Iehsi complained to Ambassador Hughes on January 23 that Pohnpei Governor Ehsa is seeking to divert needed funds away from the PPA. Iehsi alleges that proposed funding changes will undermine the Port Authority's ability to meet intern [...]
2009-02-10 05:47:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON FM
09KOLONIA19ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR THE FEDERATED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-11 06:13:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB FM
09KOLONIA29REPRESENTATIVE FALEOMAVAEGA'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS COMPACT
[...] (U) Summary. Congressman Eni Faleomavaega came to Pohnpei March 3 to lead the election observation mission during national and state elections. Congressman Faleomavaega remained on the island an additional six days and met with a number of national, state and traditional leaders. During one [...]
2009-03-11 00:47:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOREP PGOV PREL EAID FM
09KOLONIA30BURIAL AND MEMORIAL SERVICE OF SOLDIER DEMONSTRATES FSM AND
[...] (U) On February 19, FSM citizen and Specialist (SPC) Cwislyn K. Walter, a 19 year old member of the Hawaii U.S. Army National Guard, died in a vehicle accident in Kuwait City, Kuwait. SPC Walter's parents reside in Hawaii, but they asked the U.S. Army Casualty Office in Honolulu to bring thei [...]
2009-03-12 06:38:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PGOV FM
09KOLONIA31COMPACT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS START IN THE FSM
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-12 09:20:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON EAID FM
09KOLONIA35POHNPEI STATE SEEKS TO OPEN TRADE OFFICE IN TAIWAN - CHINA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. People's Republic of China (PRC) Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Liu Fei recently complained to Amembassy officers that Pohnpei State Governor John Ehsa planned to establish a Pohnpei trade office in Taiwan. Liu said China had raised strong objections and [...]
2009-03-18 03:22:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CH TW FM
09KOLONIA39CHINESE AMBASSADOR CRITICAL OF FSM GOVERNMENT CAPACITY AND
[...] (C) In a wide ranging discussion with U.S. Embassy officers on March 21, People's Republic of China Ambassador Liu Fei was critical of the FSM's capacity at both the state and national levels. She then complained about the lack of an industrious attitude at the individual level. Although Chi [...]
2009-03-30 04:36:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID PINR FM CH
09KOLONIA42AMCIT INVESTMENT DISPUTE SPARKS HOUSE ARREST, POSSIBLE SUIT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 27, the FSM Supreme Court ordered house arrest, which commenced April 1, for Patricia and Robert Arthur for Contempt of Court. This is the latest and most disturbing development in a commercial dispute that is well over a decade old. The court also continues to impound [...]
2009-04-03 06:16:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID CPAS FM
09KOLONIA46ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY IN THE FSM UNDERSCORES NEED FOR U.S.
[...] (U) In the early morning hours of March 26, two young males armed with a .22 caliber rifle and a shotgun entered the Chuuk State branch of the Bank of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM),demanding entry into the bank's vault. The bank still had not opened for business. The sole bank emp [...]
2009-04-09 04:21:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALASEC PINS FM
09KOLONIA51MOBIL ACCOMPLISHES OBJECTIVES IN MICRONESIA, SHARES TIPS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Where two previous Mobil executives failed, Guam Mobil President Kamal Singh succeeded in piloting a smooth withdrawal of Mobil from an unprofitable market in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). In a farewell breakfast with the Ambassador, he shared valuable tips that enab [...]
2009-04-16 02:01:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID FM CH
09KOLONIA53FSM PRESIDENT SEEKS U.S. HELP TO REFORM COMPACT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-19 23:30:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALPGOV EAID FM
09KOLONIA66KOLONIA CONVENES EAC REGARDING H1N1
[...] (SBU) Per reftel and in response to the H1N1 outbreak in many countries, Embassy Kolonia's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on April 29. Members present were DCM, ECON/CONS and MGT. 2. (SBU) EAC members unanimously agreed that the first tripwire had not been met in the Federated S [...]
2009-05-01 03:00:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMED AMGT ASEC CASC KSAF KFLU TBIO FM
09KOLONIA73FSM COMPACT INFRASTRUCTURE STARTS TO ROLL AND TO REQUIRE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-07 22:43:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PGOV FM
09KOLONIA74FORMER FSM AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED STATES SENTENCED TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Former Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Ambassador to the United States Jesse Marehalau was convicted of theft and over-obligation of government funds, charges arising from his long stint as the FSM Ambassador in Washington. The FSM Supreme Court sentenced Marehalau to 36 m [...]
2009-05-09 03:48:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL FM
09KOLONIA8CHINESE ACTVITIES ARE ATTRACTIVE TO CASH STRAPPED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. China's competition for resources and influence in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) shows no sign of diminution. In the absence of substantial indigenous enterprise, Micronesians are favorably inclined to accept offers of assistance. Recent developments include propos [...]
2009-01-15 01:36:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID FM CH
09KOLONIA91GOVERNOR EHSA'S PRESS CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS POHNPEI STATE'S
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 06:12:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID FM
09KOLONIA97HOUSE ARREST FOR AMCITS IN INVESTMENT DISPUTE ENDS, CASE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Robert and Patricia Arthur's (Reftels) house arrest ended on June 30. The case by the FSM Development Bank, which resulted in the house arrest, is still active. Despite concerns that the FSM courts may impose additional penalties, the Arthurs continue to appeal the initial de [...]
2009-07-06 03:02:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCASC ECON EAID CPAS FM
09KOLONIA99TRADITIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM LIMITS EFFECTIVENESS OF CRIMINAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: From April to June American citizens in Pohnpei have reported multiple burglaries, assaults, and a murder. When asked about preventing such crimes, Pohnpei Police Chief Joe Roby comments that Pohnpei's traditional legal systems have limited his ability to enforce the law. Attor [...]
2009-07-07 05:03:00Embassy KoloniaCONFIDENTIALCASC PGOV FM
09KOROR30PALAU: SPECIAL PROSECUTOR REQUESTS ASSISTANCE IN
[...] On February 26, Palau's Special Prosecutor Michael P. Copeland hand-delivered a request to Charge Bezner seeking assistance from the Government of the United States to investigate allegations of corruption of high level government officials within Palau. The request is made pursuant to Ar [...]
2009-02-27 00:05:00Embassy KororUNCLASSIFIEDPS EFIN KCOR PREL
09KUALALUMPUR1012PERSPECTIVE FROM MALAYSIA ON PM NAJIB'S VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) In mid-December, Malaysian and Thai contacts in Kuala Lumpur briefed Poloffs on Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak's visit to Thailand from December 7-9. All contacts emphasized that both Prime Ministers see the insurgency in Thailand's southern three provinces as an internal Thai problem t [...]
2009-12-23 08:51:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM TH MY
09KUALALUMPUR1013MALAYSIAN F-5 ENGINES CASE AND ACTION REQUEST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-23 09:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPM PREL PGOV MARR MY
09KUALALUMPUR1014FARAH PANDITH'S VISIT SHOWS MANY FACES OF ISLAM IN MALAYSIA
[...] (SBU) Special Representative to Muslim Communities (SRMC) Farah Pandith visited Malaysia to begin engagement with civil society and establish contacts with government officials, politicians, teachers, students, and NGOs on December 13-14. SRMC Pandith explained her recent appointment as the Spe [...]
2009-12-24 02:03:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM KDEM MY KPAO
09KUALALUMPUR102MALAYSIA'S NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia made some progress in addressing the challenges associated with trafficking in persons during this reporting period, building incrementally on the advances it made last year. Malaysia began implementing and enforcing its comprehensive anti-trafficking law, which went [...]
2009-02-13 09:30:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KWMN KFRD KTIP
09KUALALUMPUR1025SUCCESSFUL ANTI-TIP TRAINING OF MALAYSIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: From December 8-16, a four-member United States Department of Justice Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance, and Training (USDOJ-OPDAT) team, funded by the Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),conducted two succ [...]
2009-12-30 08:08:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR12GAZA REACTION: MALAYSIAN PM TAKES CREDIT FOR
[...] (SBU) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi and Foreign Minister Rais Yatim are touting Malaysia's role in persuading UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to call the UN General Assembly (UNGA) into an emergency session. Motivated by Malaysia's perception that United Nations Security Council ( [...]
2009-01-08 23:48:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UN IS MY
09KUALALUMPUR122MALAYSIA DPM NAJIB SEEKS STRONGER BILATERAL
[...] (S) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Najib reiterated Malaysia's desire to strengthen ties with the U.S. during a review of key issues in our bilateral relationship with the Ambassador on February 19. Najib extended an invitation for President Obama to visit Malaysia and encouraged other inc [...]
2009-02-20 09:26:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETECON ECIN ETRD PREL PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR140PRM TEAM DISCUSSES ROHINGYA REFUGEE ISSUE WITH
[...] (C) MFA officials told a visiting PRM team and our Regional Refugee Coordinator February 11 that while Malaysia does not recognize refugee status, it is willing to participate in regional talks on the issue. The representative noted that there is not currently the political will in Malaysia [...]
2009-02-26 08:45:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL SMIG KTIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR147MALAYSIAN COAST GUARD SEEKS USG SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) has taken the first steps to establish a maritime criminal investigation division (MCID) and has requested access to USG expertise as it does so. Embassy Kuala Lumpur and its Law Enforcement Working Group support a coordinated, i [...]
2009-02-27 06:29:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER MCAP MARR MY
09KUALALUMPUR150 MALAYSIA FRAUD SUMMARY (SEPT 2008 - FEB 2009)
[...] SUMMARY: Malaysia is not a country associated with a high level of fraud in immigration and travel matters involving the United States. However Malaysia is a destination and transit point for many forms of illegal travel and human trafficking. The country, as a whole, enjoys a relatively hi [...]
2009-03-02 08:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC EAP MY
09KUALALUMPUR16GAZA: PM ABDULLAH CONVOKES UNSC AMBASSADORS, CALLS
[...] (C) Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi convoked Ambassador Keith and other chiefs of mission from UNSC member countries on January 12 and personally conveyed his written message on the Gaza crisis, which is addressed to respective heads of state. PM Abdullah, flanked by Foreign Minister [...]
2009-01-12 08:20:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL UNSC UNGA IS MY
09KUALALUMPUR160NAJIB ON TRACK TO BECOME PM AS POLITICAL
[...] (C) Malaysia's Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak appears on track to take over as Prime Minister by early April against a backdrop of continued political turbulence. With ruling UMNO party elections less than four weeks away, both the King and outgoing PM Abdullah himself publicly reconfir [...]
2009-03-04 11:07:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR171EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES
[...] (U) On February 6, 2009 advisor received a response to the January 6, 2009 outreach letter from the Director of Import and Export Control Division, Ministry of International Trade and Industry. Muhammad Razman Abu Samah advised that the government of Malaysia is "in the midst of finalizing the [...]
2009-03-06 03:58:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR177SPECIAL 301 REVIEW: MALAYSIA
[...] In 2008 Malaysian IPR enforcement authorities continued to make progress in fighting IPR piracy. The most promising development of the year was the continued progress and expansion of the specialized intellectual property courts. The United States and Malaysia continued to cooperate closely, i [...]
2009-03-10 01:07:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR MY
09KUALALUMPUR193MALAYSIA TO HOST INTERNATIONAL PIRACY CONFERENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Malaysia has officially invited United States participation in a May 18-19 "International Conference on Piracy and Crimes at Sea" hosted by the Foreign Ministry. The conference aims to share experiences in the Straits of Malacca and Southeast Asia in support of th [...]
2009-03-16 07:16:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHSA MARR EWWT MY
09KUALALUMPUR194ONE YEAR LATER, ANWAR IN DOLDRUMS, SODOMY TRIAL
[...] (C) Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on March 8 presided over a very modest event marking the one-year anniversary of the March 2008 election that ushered in significant opposition gains. Anwar's national address failed to stir the crowd or attract senior leaders from other parties in his Peop [...]
2009-03-16 09:58:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR195MALAYSIA UNVEILS USD 16 BILLION ECONOMIC STIMULUS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Facing rapidly slowing growth and a probable recession in 2009, Malaysia announced its second fiscal stimulus package on March 10. The larger than expected stimulus package includes additional spending, guarantees, equity investments and tax incentives amounting to a [...]
2009-03-16 23:16:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV ECON ETRD PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR203PM'S ALLY BARRED FROM CONTESTING IN RULING PARTY
[...] (SBU) In a highly controversial decision, the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party on March 17 found Ali Rustam, an ally of Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, guilty of "money politics" and barred Rustam from contesting for Deputy President in the party's late March election. [...]
2009-03-19 10:24:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR212DCM RAPSON CALLS ON NEW MFA AMERICAS OFFICIAL,
[...] (C) DCM Rapson and polcouns on March 20 paid an initial courtesy call on the Malaysian Foreign Ministry's new Senior Under Secretary for Americas, EU and Russia, Ms. Wan Napsiah. (Note: Napsiah is the fourth Under Secretary handling U.S. affairs in the past three years. End Note.) DCM conve [...]
2009-03-24 08:05:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR22MALAYSIA NOTIFIED OF A.Q. KHAN-RELATED SANCTIONS
[...] (S) Polcouns delivered pre-notification of nonproliferation sanctions against two Malaysian citizens and one Sri Lankan resident in Malaysia, related to the A.Q. Khan network, to Malaysian Foreign Ministry Under Secretary (Americas, EU) Mahinder Singh on January 12 at 1600 local time. Polcou [...]
2009-01-13 10:30:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PARM EFIN MNUC KNNP MY
09KUALALUMPUR229NAJIB CLOSING MALAYSIA'S DEMOCRATIC SPACE?
[...] (C) Malaysia's Home Ministry on March 23 banned two opposition party newspapers for a period of three months, a decision that came one day before the general assembly and elections for the ruling United Malays National Organization (UMNO) party. The GOM suspended the newspapers for violating [...]
2009-03-27 10:47:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR23GAZA: PARLIAMENT VOTES TO CONDEMN ISRAEL, SEEKS
[...] (SBU) In a special session of the Malaysian Parliament convened on January 12, Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi delivered a blistering condemnation of Israel, while also lambasting the United States for supporting Tel Aviv. After seven hours of speeches, Parliament unanimously endorsed a resolu [...]
2009-01-13 10:40:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL KISL KPAL UNSC UNGA IS MY
09KUALALUMPUR230MALAYSIA'S WOMEN'S MINISTRY PROVIDES TIP UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Director General (DG) Noorul Ainur from the Women's Ministry briefed the Embassy on March 20 about recent Ministry efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). The DG described progress in working with local NGOs and initiating a nascent TIP awareness program, and also prov [...]
2009-03-27 10:47:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV SOCI KTIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR231RULING PARTY CONFIRMS NAJIB, ELECTS NEW LEADERS
[...] (C) Malaysia's Najib era has begun. The country's ruling party, the United Malays National Organization (UMNO),confirmed Najib Razak as party president on March 26 and elected new senior officials during its party elections and general assembly, which conclude March 28. Key Najib ally Muhy [...]
2009-03-27 12:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR243EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES
[...] (U) Advisor met with the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) as well as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MFA)on export control issues. Training was conducted in General Santos, Philippines and dates for a site survey in the Philippines were confirmed. SITE ASSESSMENTS/MEETING [...]
2009-04-02 04:12:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR253NAJIB RAZAK SWORN IN AS MALAYSIA'S SIXTH PM
[...] (U) Najib Razak was sworn in as Malaysia's sixth Prime Minister on April 3, the week after he took over leadership of the ruling party from outgoing PM Abdullah Badawi. During his short first address, Najib focused on unifying themes of reaching out to all Malaysians and moving the country fo [...]
2009-04-06 11:40:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PINR KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR258MALAYSIA: NO OFFICIAL RESPONSE YET TO NORTH KOREAN
[...] (C) The Ambassador conveyed the President's statement and additional reftel points on North Korea's April 5 missile launch to Malaysian Foreign Ministry Secretary General Rastam Mohd Isa on April 6. Rastam has yet to respond and in follow-up with MFA contacts in the East Asia, Americas and Mu [...]
2009-04-08 08:43:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPARM PGOV PREL KNNP KN MY
09KUALALUMPUR268NAJIB'S NETWORK - A PRELIMINARY LOOK
[...] (C) This cable provides a preliminary review of Prime Minister Najib Razak's close aides and political associates, known associated companies, and business contacts, as well as summary information on Najib's four brothers. The review is based on information available prior to Najib's confirma [...]
2009-04-10 07:21:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PINS ECON MY
09KUALALUMPUR293UNHRC DEMARCHE: MALAYSIA WELCOMES U.S. ENGAGEMENT,
[...] (C) The Embassy conveyed reftel diplomatic note on April 15 formally announcing the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and seeking Malaysia's support. Polcouns spoke with Foreign Ministry Under Secretary (Multilateral Political Affairs) Ganeson Sivagurunathan on April 15. [...]
2009-04-20 08:15:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UN MY
09KUALALUMPUR296UNHRC CANDIDACY: MALAYSIA PROPOSES RECIPROCAL
[...] (SBU) The Embassy received on April 21 a diplomatic note from the Malaysian Foreign Ministry dated April 20, no. CU 213/09, in response to our previous request for Malaysia's support for the U.S candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (reftels). The operative text of the note follows: "Th [...]
2009-04-21 09:25:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UN MY
09KUALALUMPUR299MALAYSIA: IPR ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS DOWN BUT COURT CASES AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to High Court of Kuala Lumpur statistics recently released to the Embassy by the Intellectual Property Court, the number of IP cases registered has significantly gone up during the four month period from November 2008 to February 2009. Ministry of Domestic Trade and Co [...]
2009-04-22 09:32:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KIPR MY
09KUALALUMPUR317Embassy Kuala Lumpur?s EAC Convenes
[...] (SBU) In response to the H1N1 outbreak in Mexico and reported cases in the U.S. and other countries and Department guidance (reftel),Embassy's Emergency Action Committee (EAC) convened on April 27 to review Post?s contingency plans and tripwires and the government of Malaysia?s (GOM) pandemi [...]
2009-04-28 09:07:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF
09KUALALUMPUR319MGSF01: Malaysia's Response to Global Swine Flu
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Malaysian government on April 27 placed the country on "high alert" to fully monitor the flu's spread in country. The Malaysian Ministry of Health has been working closely with World Health Organization (WHO) to ensure that proactive measures are being taken to protect the [...]
2009-04-28 12:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09KUALALUMPUR320MGSF01: Malaysia Response to H1N1-- End-of-Day Report #2
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Influenza Pandemic Planning Committee (NIPPC) affirmed that no suspected H1N1 cases have been reported in Malaysia. The Ministry of Health (MOH) reiterated its travel advisory for Malaysians to postpone unnecessary international travel, especially to affected count [...]
2009-04-29 10:51:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL PINR
09KUALALUMPUR324MGSF01: Malaysia Response to H1N1!Update
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia still has no reported human H1N1 cases. The screening procedures used by the Ministry of Health (MOH) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) continue to become clearer. Malaysia!/s preparedness infrastructure, including stocks of antiviral treatments and hospi [...]
2009-05-02 05:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF
09KUALALUMPUR34BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON PRE-SHIPMENT END-USE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-20 05:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MY
09KUALALUMPUR345EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES
[...] (U) Advisor attended training at the University of Georgia in Athens, GA and conducted consultations with INS/ECC staff in Washington,DC. Advisor initiated contact with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a follow up to a meeting held in March concerning a Department of Justice workshop schedu [...]
2009-05-08 06:00:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR351FOREIGN MINISTER ANIFAH AND AMBASSADOR ENDORSE
[...] (C) Malaysia's new Foreign Minister Anifah Aman endorsed strengthened relations with the U.S. during the Ambassador's May 11 introductory call, which precedes Anifah's travel to Washington and May 14 meeting with Secretary Clinton. The Minister called for increased and institutionalized offic [...]
2009-05-11 10:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR ECON SENV KNNP IR PK AF MY
09KUALALUMPUR392NEXT STEPS FOR U.S. - MALAYSIA RELATIONS
[...] (S) We have come a long way in the first months of the new Administration's relationship with Malaysia. Secretary Clinton's congratulatory call to Foreign Minister Anifah and her early meeting with him in Washington as well as Prime Minister Najib's well publicized receipt of a letter of con [...]
2009-05-20 09:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV ECON KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR395TFFLU01: MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - MAY 21, 2009
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Malaysia's only two confirmed H1N1 cases will be released from quarantine on May 21 after the Ministry of Health (MOH) pronounced them both healthy. One AmCit who had traveled with these individuals was released from quarantine on May 20 after experiencing no symptoms. However, [...]
2009-05-21 08:53:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR4UPCOMING PARLIAMENTARY BY-ELECTION A LITMUS TEST
[...] (SBU) In a local political contest that will be closely watched in the capital, the Malaysian constituency of Kuala Terengganu will hold a by-election on January 17 to determine the successor for the late Member of Parliament (MP) Razali Ismail. The ruling United Malays National Organization [...]
2009-01-06 05:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR404MALAYSIAN PARTICIPATION IN THE CONTACT GROUP ON
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Post conveyed reftel points on the Somali piracy Contact Group to Malaysia's Foreign Ministry on May 20. The MFA official proposed no changes to the draft CGPCS agenda and offered that Malaysia will be represented at the CGPCS by its PermRep and staff from its Perm [...]
2009-05-26 09:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PBTS PHSA KCRM MARR ECON EWWT MY
09KUALALUMPUR434AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) Malaysia's new Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, during the Ambassador's June 1 introductory call, endorsed enhanced economic ties with the U.S. and offered an opening to discuss government procurement in our pending bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) talks. The Ambassador urged [...]
2009-06-04 01:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM ECON ETRD ETTC IR MY
09KUALALUMPUR446TFFLU01: MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - June 5, 2009
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed three new cases of H1N1 in Malaysia on June 4. One case is a Malaysian student who returned from the U.S. where he was studying. The other two cases are German tourists who arrived together from Singapore. Malaysia's two previous H1N1 case [...]
2009-06-05 09:11:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR463DAS KASOFF REVIEWS TRADE ISSUES WITH MALAYSIAN
[...] (C) Summary: In meetings with Department of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary Kasoff June 4-5, senior officials at Malaysia,s Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Domestic Trade June signaled that Malaysia was ready to demonstrate more flexibility on key FTA negotiating issues. [...]
2009-06-09 09:30:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD PGOV MY
09KUALALUMPUR47MALAYSIA: COMMENTS ON DRAFT LIST OF CHILD/FORCED
[...] (C) Post appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Department of Labor's (DOL) draft Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) report (ref A),containing a list of goods associated with forced or child labor. DOL's procedural guidelines for evaluating information for the [...]
2009-01-23 09:21:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI MY
09KUALALUMPUR470EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES
[...] (U) The Ambassador, the Deputy Chief of Mission and visiting Commerce DAS Kasoff drew on points drafted by Advisor to press senior Malaysian officials to move quickly on the export control law and to work constructively with the Embassy on export control training programs. Advisor attended a [...]
2009-06-11 05:57:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR476MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - June 12, 2009
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed a total of 11 H1N1 cases in Malaysia. Of these 11 cases, seven cases have been previously treated and released with no reported deaths. The remaining four cases are currently receiving treatment in quarantine including one U.S. Lawful P [...]
2009-06-12 08:04:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR478MALAYSIANS LAUD PRESIDENT'S CAIRO SPEECH, QUESTION WHETHER
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Najib Razak, speaking to the press on June 11, welcomed President Obama's Cairo address and efforts to "mend the rift between the Muslim world and the West" while noting the importance of concrete measures, and offered Malaysia's cooperation with US. efforts. Opp [...]
2009-06-14 23:35:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL KPAO SOCI MY
09KUALALUMPUR483MALAYSIANS DOWNPLAY MARITIME TENSIONS WITH
[...] (S) Malaysia continues to downplay tensions with Indonesia stemming from naval incidents in late May in the disputed Ambalat maritime area off of Borneo. After an initial period of silence from Malaysian officials and minimal coverage in the Malaysian press, Defense Minister Zahid went on the [...]
2009-06-15 09:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV MARR MOPS ID MY
09KUALALUMPUR486IRANIANS IN MALAYSIA PROTEST ELECTION RESULTS
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: Some 500 Iranians gathered in front of the UN offices in Kuala Lumpur on June 15 and demonstrated against the election results in Iran. Police fired tear gas to disperse the demonstrators, who consisted primarily of students. We have no reports of further protest [...]
2009-06-16 09:12:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM IR MY
09KUALALUMPUR490SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL BIRD'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA
[...] (C) The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Malaysia. Your visit comes during a transitional period for U.S.-Malaysia relations offering both new opportunities and challenges. After almost three months in office, new Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is proving to be a more pragmatic and action-orien [...]
2009-06-17 11:05:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER OVIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR491MALAYSIA'S INITIAL REACTION TO TIP REPORT, TIER 3
[...] (C) Post provided advance notification on June 16 to senior Malaysian officials regarding the 2009 U.S. TIP report's narrative on Malaysia and Malaysia's designation as a Tier 3 country. Initial Malaysian media reaction on June 17 consisted primarily of on-line news sources posting internati [...]
2009-06-17 11:45:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ELAB KTIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR495MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - June 18, 2009
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Health (MOH) confirmed the first case of local transmission of H1N1 in Malaysia, a 17 year old girl who had not traveled abroad but did have contact with Malaysia's 12th confirmed case who was infected outside of Malaysia. Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin ch [...]
2009-06-18 08:47:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR513MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - June 25, 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Malaysia is currently committed to containing local transmission of H1N1, although pressures to shift to a mitigation strategy appear to be mounting. The Ministry of Health (MOH) and Ministry of Education (MOE) have jointly asked all students returning from the U.S., London, Me [...]
2009-06-25 09:27:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR521DCM PRESENTS TIP ACTION PLAN TO HOME MINISTRY
[...] (C) The DCM presented the trafficking in persons (TIP) action plan for Malaysia in a June 29 meeting initiated by the Home Ministry, which had sought an understanding of the steps Malaysia needs to take to upgrade itself from the current Tier 3 ranking in the U.S. TIP report. Deputy Home Min [...]
2009-06-29 09:52:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ELAB KTIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR529ANWAR IBRAHIM'S SODOMY TRIAL II - A PRIMER
[...] (C) Malaysian Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will go on trial beginning July 8 on charges of sodomy -- a criminal offense in Malaysia -- with a former aide. Anwar was previously tried and convicted of sodomy in 2000 in a heavily manipulated trial that the U.S. concluded "was marred by deep [...]
2009-07-01 05:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS MY
09KUALALUMPUR583ATTORNEY GENERAL STRESSES INCREASED GOM ENGAGEMENT
[...] (C) In A July 13 meeting with the Ambassador undertake at our initiative, Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail affirmed the GOM was committed to achieving progress on TIP enforcement issues. He welcomed embassy assistance and involvement in the process, exemplified by an invitation for embo [...]
2009-07-15 10:28:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKTIP KCRM KWMN MY PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09KUALALUMPUR589AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH AG GANI: LAW ENFORCEMENT
[...] (SBU) In a July 13 meeting with Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail (also reported reftels),the Ambassador expressed concern about diminished enforcement of international property rights (IPR) laws in Malaysia over the past year. Gani sought U.S. universities, interest in establishing train [...]
2009-07-16 09:35:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ETRD KCRM MY PREL
09KUALALUMPUR59FOREIGN MINISTRY RELEASES STRATEGIC PLAN, SEEKS
[...] (U) Malaysia's Foreign Ministry summoned representatives from all foreign missions on January 29 in order to formally announce its Strategic Plan for 2009-2015, the first time the Ministry has made public such a document. The strategic plan, which was required of all ministries by the Prime M [...]
2009-01-30 09:17:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM ETRD MY
09KUALALUMPUR596INCREASED GOM RESPONSIVENESS ON TIP
[...] (C) In recent weeks the GOM has shown notably increased responsiveness on TIP issues. At a meeting with the Ambassador on July 13 (reftel) , Attorney General Gani reached out to us for assistance and active involvement, extending an invitation for emboffs to sit in at an unprecedented [...]
2009-07-17 10:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKTIP KCRM KWMN MY PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
09KUALALUMPUR597AUSTRALIA RAMPING UP EFFORTS ON PEOPLE
[...] (C) Overlapping July 6-7 visits to Kuala Lumpur by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Foreign Minister Stephen Smith strongly focused on people smuggling/trafficking in persons (TIP) issues. The Australians found the Malaysian side extremely receptive and describe the meetings as excep [...]
2009-07-17 10:38:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALAU MY PREL KTIP PARM KCRM
09KUALALUMPUR608 FOLLOW UP TO THE CAIRO SPEECH: CONSULTATIVE PROCESS FOR
[...] Malaysia is almost unique in the world today. It is not of the Middle East but it seeks to be a leader in the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC). It is not the largest nation in Southeast Asia by any stretch, but it is a recent past chair of the OIC, it is a leader in Islamic Financ [...]
2009-07-24 08:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON OEXC OSCI PREL SCUL SENV SOCI TNGD TSPL
09KUALALUMPUR621MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - July 29, 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Malaysian Ministry of Health reported the third and fourth Influenza A (H1N1) related deaths on July 29. These deaths both involve local transmission of H1N1. The total number of locally transmitted cases now exceeds the number of imported cases. In the first three cases, t [...]
2009-07-30 01:09:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR64NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) CONTACTS
[...] Post is pleased to provide the following points of contact in Malaysia related to NPT issues (reftel). The Malaysian Foreign Ministry's Disarmament and Nonproliferation Division, which is part of the MFA's Multilateral Department, has the leading role for NPT issues. The MFA's key points of [...]
2009-02-03 09:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL PGOV AORC CDG ENRG KNNP MNUC UNGA
09KUALALUMPUR652MALAYSIA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS UPDATE, AUGUST 7,
[...] (C) Summary. In recent weeks, the GOM has continued to pay substantive attention to trafficking in persons (TIP) issues: the GOM invited local embassies to participate in a GOM training seminar designed to train prosecutors and court officials on how to handle TIP cases; GOM Immigration Dete [...]
2009-08-07 09:12:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR654EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES
[...] (U) Advisor visited Singapore July 29-31, 2009 to attend ASCOT (Analysis of Strategic Commodity Transfer) training provided to Singapore Customs and meet with US. Embassy representatives concerning the way forward on EXBS matters. Advisor attended a meeting in Malaysia with Department of Energ [...]
2009-08-10 05:30:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR659WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL LERNER-KAGUYUTAN
[...] (U) Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes the August 12-16 visit to Malaysia by Ms. Robin Lerner and Ms. Janice Kaguyutan. The purpose of the trip is to gain insight into the refugee and trafficking in persons (TIP) situation in Malaysia. Post is concurrently generating a schedule for staffdel [...]
2009-08-10 09:31:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR663MALAYSIA H1N1 UPDATE - August 11, 2009
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported 14 H1N1-related deaths in the last 48 hours bringing the total to 32 deaths. The Embassy community has experienced its first suspected cases, both involving non-school age children of employees who have been treated and are now recoverin [...]
2009-08-11 12:53:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO PREL
09KUALALUMPUR7EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES
[...] (U) December 16, 2008 scheduled meeting between Advisor and representative of High Commission of New Zealand was postponed and will be rescheduled for third week in January. December 18, 2008 tour of Port Klang provided by ICE CSI Program Manager was rescheduled for mid January with Deputy Chi [...]
2009-01-07 08:32:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR704TIP: MALAYSIA TIER 3 REASSESSMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY/INTRODUCTION: During June-August 2009, the Government of Malaysia (GOM) made significant efforts toward implementing the June 26 Action Plan on human trafficking (ref A). Prime Minister Najib, who took office in April 2009, has established a National Council for Trafficking in Per [...]
2009-08-19 09:31:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KTIP ELAB SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR719SCENESETTER FOR CODEL REYES'S VISIT TO MALAYSIA
[...] (C) Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes Chairman Reyes, visit to Malaysia. The visit comes in the midst of a transitional period in U.S.-Malaysia relations which offers both new opportunities and challenges for the relationship. After five months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is [...]
2009-08-27 09:49:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV PTER KDEM MY
09KUALALUMPUR733MALAYSIA SET TO ANNOUNCE ANTI-TRAFFICKING PLAN
[...] (SBU) On September 2, Prime Minister's Department Special Officer Mohammad Kamal Yan Yahaya told the Ambassador that the Government of Malaysia was planning to announce its anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) action plan within one week. Kamal recommended that the Ambassador follow up directly [...]
2009-09-02 08:30:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PGOV PHUM MY
09KUALALUMPUR74EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES
[...] (U) Advisor continued outreach via letters on January 6, 2009 to the Government of Malaysia Ministry of International Trade and Industry; Royal Malaysian Customs; Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and Attorney General's Chambers advising that EXBS was still willing to provide a legal and regulatory [...]
2009-02-06 03:23:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR746EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES
[...] (U) Advisor met with Human Resources staff and prepared documents for initiating the hiring process for an EXBS Program Management Assistant position and completed transition documentation in preparation for new EXBS Advisor. Advisor conducted telephone meeting with Political/Economic Counsel [...]
2009-09-09 02:44:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR752BANK MELLAT/FEEB DEMARCH DELIVERED TO BANK NEGARA
[...] (S) Econcouns delivered ref A demarche on FEEB xxxxxxxxxxxx emphasized that BN and LOFSA took their supervisory role seriously, and that Malaysia approved the FEEB license and would allow it to operate as long as there was no evidence that FEEB was in contravention of any relevant law and was not s [...]
2009-09-11 09:45:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETEFIN ETTC KNNP IR PINR PTER MY
09KUALALUMPUR753MALAYSIA: DELIVERY OF DOL DEMARCHE ANNOUNCING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This is a response to an action request outlined in REFTEL. POLOFF delivered the Department of Labor (DOL) Demarche announcing the release of the Trafficking Victim Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) List on September 10 to Principal Assistant Secretary Muhammad Radzi Jama [...]
2009-09-11 10:16:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALEIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI MY
09KUALALUMPUR771SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S VISIT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-17 10:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETMY PGOV ECON PREL PMIL
09KUALALUMPUR772AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER ANWAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting at the Embassy on September 14, opposition coalition Peoples Alliance (PR) leader Anwar Ibrahim told the Ambassador that, in line with reports in the blogosphere, he had met with Prime Minister Najib Razak alone for about two hours in early August. Najib had said tha [...]
2009-09-18 04:32:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALMY PGOV PREL
09KUALALUMPUR781 Post Speaker Program - Nan Aron
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. As part of Embassy Kuala Lumpur's public diplomacy efforts to promote rule of law, Post hosted U.S. Speaker Nan Aron for a non-governmental organization (NGO) outreach program in early September. During her visit to Kuala Lumpur, Aron shared her expertise with a wide [...]
2009-09-28 00:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO MY
09KUALALUMPUR79MALAYSIA: ROHINGYA SITUATION STATUS QUO
[...] (C) Summary: The UNHCR has not detected any change in the status quo or increase in the number of Rohingya refugees entering Malaysia so far this year. A Foreign Ministry official said Malaysia would have "no problem" in joining a contact group with Thailand on the Rohingya situation, but g [...]
2009-02-06 10:14:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM PREL SMIG BM ID TH MY
09KUALALUMPUR794 ENGAGING MALAYSIAN MUSLIMS DURING RAMADAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Ambassador and Embassy officers actively engaged Malaysians during the fasting month of Ramadan, using those opportunities to amplify on President Obama's Cairo speech which was well received in Malaysia. The Ambassador hosted a series of four well-attended iftars for Missi [...]
2009-10-01 08:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO MY
09KUALALUMPUR80MALAYSIA SCENESETTER FOR VISITS OF SENIOR U.S.
[...] (C) The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Malaysia at a juncture that offers new prospects in the bilateral relationship. Malaysia has cautiously welcomed the new U.S. Administration as it approaches its own leadership transition in late March. Malaysia is an economically successful, relatively [...]
2009-02-06 10:37:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PTER ECON OVIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR81EMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR POC FOR ASEAN RELATED AFFAIRS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-06 10:42:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ECIN ASEAN MY
09KUALALUMPUR813BLUE LANTERN RESPONSE ON POST-SHIPMENT CHECK ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-07 08:50:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC MY
09KUALALUMPUR818EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES ADVISOR
[...] SUMMARY: (U) This cable covers the period 9-30 Sep 09. Pamela Zaresk departed Kuala Lumpur September 3 and her replacement, Michael McNamara reported on board September 23 and is in the process of completing check-in formalities. SITE ASSESSMENTS/MEETINGS 2. (U) Accomplishments for [...]
2009-10-08 23:31:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR832MALAYSIA: HEAD PROSECUTOR ON TIP CASELOAD AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: PolOff's October 15 meeting with Tun Abd Majid Tun Hamzah, Head of the Prosecution Division, Attorney General's Chambers led to a frank discussion of GOM's current anti-TIP efforts as well as the scheduling of several upcoming TIP training opportunities. Tun Majid explained th [...]
2009-10-21 09:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR835DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
[...] (SBU) September 28, 2009; 12:30 p.m.; The Ambassador's residence; Kuala Lumpur. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Keith Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, Directorate of National Intelligence Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Ma [...]
2009-10-22 05:11:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL PGOV MY CH
09KUALALUMPUR836DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
[...] (SBU) September 28, 2009; 10:00 a.m.; The Ministry of Defense; Kuala Lumpur. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Keith Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, Directorate of National Intelligence Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot Marci [...]
2009-10-22 05:20:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALOVIP STEINBERG JAMES PGOV PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR839AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER:
[...] (C) Home Affairs Minister Hishamuddin Hussein told the Ambassador during a wide-ranging 90-minute meeting on October 21 that the GOM would publish its Trafficking in Persons (TIP) action plan soon and that it was a priority for him and Prime Minister Najib to make significant progress on the i [...]
2009-10-22 09:36:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETCT MY PGOV KTIP
09KUALALUMPUR84BANGLADESH ENVOY DECLINES TO RETURN TO DHAKA
[...] (C) Bangladesh High Commissioner M. Khairuzzaman, together with spouse Rieta Rahman, called on the Ambassador January 30 and explained that he did not intend to return to Dhaka to face what he termed politically motivated and renewed charges related to the 1975 assassination of Bangladesh fou [...]
2009-02-09 05:54:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PREF BD MY
09KUALALUMPUR841MALAYSIA SEEKS UNHRC MEMBERSHIP; REQUESTS USG
[...] (U) The Government of Malaysia has announced its candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council for the 2010-2013 term (see text of diplomatic note and GOM paper below) and is seeking USG support. Department guidance requested. 2. (U) Begin Text of October 20 GOM Diplomatic note: The Ministry [...]
2009-10-23 07:44:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MY
09KUALALUMPUR859DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 28,2009
[...] (SBU) September 28, 2009, 09:00 a.m.; Prime Minister's Office, Putrajaya, Malaysia. 2. (SBU) Participants: United States ------------- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador James Keith DNI Ambassador Joseph DeTrani Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Joseph Donovan Deputy Assistant Secre [...]
2009-10-27 06:44:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETOVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL PGOV ECON MY
09KUALALUMPUR863DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
[...] (SBU) September 28, 2009; 10:00 a.m.; The Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Putrajaya. 2. (SBU) Participants: U.S. ---- The Deputy Secretary Ambassador Keith Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, Directorate of National Intelligence Joseph Donovan, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Scot [...]
2009-10-27 08:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALOVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL PGOV PHUM MY
09KUALALUMPUR888MEETING WITH HOME AFFAIRS SECGEN AND TEAM ON TIP
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 26, Pol Counselor, poloff and ICE representatives met with Secretary General Mahmood Bin Adam, Senior Deputy Secretary General Raja Azahar, as well as several other senior officials within the Ministry of Home Affairs to discuss recent GOM efforts to combat trafficking [...]
2009-11-03 02:09:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR896MALAYSIA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S CHAMBERS CONDUCTS TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: Between October 19 and November 3, the Malaysia Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) conducted five successive two-day trafficking in persons (TIP) training seminars for law enforcement officers. At the request of the AGC's Head of Prosecution, Tun Majid, Embassy KL pro [...]
2009-11-06 07:50:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR904EXBS: MALAYSIA/SINGAPORE/INDONESIA/PHILIPPINES ADVISOR
[...] SUMMARY: (U) This cable covers the period 1-31 Oct 09. EXBS Advisor and Rachel Owen began courtesy calls in region, including visits to US Embassy staff in Singapore and Indonesia. Advisor attended DoE sponsored "Dual Use Export Control" conference in Bangkok. Advisor completed one week basi [...]
2009-11-09 08:12:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR908DEATH OF INDONESIAN MAID HIGHLIGHTS CONTINUING
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: On October 26, Muntik Hani, an Indonesian woman working as a maid in a Selangor, Malaysia suburb, died of injuries sustained allegedly at the hands of her Malaysian employers, an extreme case of the abusive treatment that Indonesian maids sometimes receive here. Her [...]
2009-11-10 08:49:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MY
09KUALALUMPUR909AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER:
[...] (C) Home Affairs Minister Hishamuddin Hussein told the Ambassador during a wide-ranging 90-minute meeting on October 21 that the GOM would publish its Trafficking in Persons (TIP) action plan soon and that it was a priority for him and Prime Minister Najib to make significant progress on the i [...]
2009-11-12 05:24:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETCT MY PGOV KTIP
09KUALALUMPUR911AFGHANISTAN: MALAYSIA WILL NOT SEND DELEGATION TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 06:56:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PREL AF MY
09KUALALUMPUR917MALAYSIA: SPECIAL ADVISOR ON NONPROLIFERATION AND
[...] (C) Summary: In November 3-4 meetings with senior Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB),Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI),and Bank Negara officials, Special Advisor for Nonproliferation and Arms Control Robert Einhorn discussed the importance of Malaysia adopting an export c [...]
2009-11-13 08:10:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPTER PREL EFIN ETRD ETTC PARM PGOV IR MY KNNP
09KUALALUMPUR929MALAYSIA ON U.S. INTERNATIONAL MARITIME
[...] (U) Post delivered reftel demarche via dipnote to Malaysia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) with info copy to Ministry of Transportation (MOT) on November 18. 2. (U) Ministry of Transportation Deputy Under Secretary Mohd Saiful Ridwan told EconOff that Malaysia would carefully consider t [...]
2009-11-18 07:13:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHSA ECON IMO AORC UK MY
09KUALALUMPUR93U.S. MISSION ASSESSMENT FOR AN/AVS-9 GENERATION
[...] (C) EMBASSY KUALA LUMPUR, FOLLOWING AN INTER-AGENCY REVIEW, SUPPORTS THE USG APPROVAL AND RELEASE OF GEN III NIGHT VISION GOGGLES (NVGS)/IMAGE INTENSIFIER AN/AVS-9 (12 EACH) TO THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA (GOM) FOR USE WITH THE MALAYSIAN ARMY (MA) AVIATION 881 SQUADRON, AGUSTA A 109, LIGHT OBS [...]
2009-02-12 02:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALMASS MCAP MOPS ETTC PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR934MALAYSIA: TIP WORKSHOP FOR JOURNALISTS - A FIRST.
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: A November 10-11 U.S. Embassy sponsored "Workshop on Reporting on Trafficking in Persons" in Kuala Lumpur allowed an audience of 40 Malaysian journalists and editors to exchange views about trafficking in persons (TIP) issues in an off-the-record setting. It also fe [...]
2009-11-19 04:24:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KCRM KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR937NON-PRO/EXPORT CONTROL MEETING WITH MALAYSIAN MFA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-20 02:54:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KNNP KSTC EXBS ECON PARM PTER PGOV PREL MY
09KUALALUMPUR942MALAYSIA: MFA SHARES VIEWS ON ITS UN POSITIONS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. Poloff met with Principal Assistant Secretary Jamal Sharifuddin Johan, Assistant Secretary Mohd Adlyn Mughni Shamsudin, and Assistant Secretary Nik Ady of the MFA's Multilateral Political Division on November 18 to discuss Malaysia's general voting practices in the UN, [...]
2009-11-20 08:53:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KPAL IR IS MY
09KUALALUMPUR943CUBA: MALAYSIA REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III
[...] (C) Summary: Per Ref A request, this message provides post's analysis of Malaysian policies and actions with respect to Cuba, for use in assessing whether to waive Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. There has been no substantive change since Ref B. Malaysia does not have significant economic or [...]
2009-11-20 08:55:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALCU ETRD ETTC MY PREL
09KUALALUMPUR949MALAYSIA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL MARITIME
[...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) informed post via dipnote (Ref A) regarding Malaysia's intention to seek re-election to the Council of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) under category "C" for the 2010 to 2011 term. The election will be held during the 26th Regular Session [...]
2009-11-25 03:06:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHSA ECON IMO AORC UK MY
09KUALALUMPUR956SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY ADMIRAL
[...] (C) Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia. You will be participating in the Airpower and Maritime Conferences and meeting high ranking defense officials not only from Malaysia, but from other countries around the world who are participating in this year's Langkawi Intern [...]
2009-11-25 09:40:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRET//NOFORNMCAP MARR MASS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER OVIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR958SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Madam Ambassador, Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia. U.S.-Malaysia relations are changing across a wide range of bilateral and multilateral settings. In his first seven months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has demonstrated a more pragmatic and action-o [...]
2009-11-30 09:47:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKWMN PREL PGOV GTIP MY
09KUALALUMPUR980AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women,s Issues Verveer met with a wide range of public and private sector representatives during a December 3-4 visit to Kuala Lumpur. Accompanied by Ambassador Keith, Special Advisor Wenchi Yu, and Embassy officers, Ambassador Verveer discussed Mal [...]
2009-12-09 23:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALKPAO KTIP PGOV PHUM MY
09KUALALUMPUR981SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO MALAYSIA BY SPECIAL
[...] (C) Embassy Kuala Lumpur warmly welcomes your visit to Malaysia. U.S.-Malaysia relations are changing across a wide range of bilateral and multilateral settings. In his first eight months in office, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak has demonstrated a more pragmatic and action-oriented approach [...]
2009-12-09 23:41:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MY
09KUWAIT10FURTHER KUWAITI RESPONSE TO GAZA CRISIS
[...] (LOU) Summary: Kuwait's Council of Ministers (COM) on January 4 called on the international community and the UNSC to take steps to halt Israeli "aggression" in Gaza; the COM also reiterated a GOK offer to open up hospitals to injured Palestinians. Several convoys of official and non-official [...]
2009-01-05 15:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ASEC KU
09KUWAIT1002NEW PUBLICLY-OWNED BANK "WARBA" WILL GIVE CITIZENS
[...] (C) On Sept. 15, the Kuwaiti cabinet announced the creation of Warba Bank as a public shareholding company and the fourth Sharia-compliant bank in the country. Warba Bank is being established by Amiri Decree and will have a share capital of KD 100 million (USD 350 million). Kuwaiti citizens [...]
2009-10-19 12:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON EINV KU
09KUWAIT1003KUWAIT CHARGING FULL PRICE FOR JET FUEL
[...] (C) As part of our review of potential outstanding issues for the -- now postponed -- Joint Military Commission, post wants to follow-up on reftels (particularly Ref A request for guidance to which a response was never received) and provide an update on the status of Kuwaiti fuel allocations fo [...]
2009-10-20 03:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALMARR EPET PREL KU
09KUWAIT1009WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL CASEY (OCTOBER 25-58, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Casey to travel to post from Oct 25-58, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9985-1697 Fa [...]
2009-10-22 10:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IR
09KUWAIT101KUWAITI BILL OFFERS HOPE TO PRIVATE SECTOR FOREIGN
[...] (U) In a rare show of parliamentary progress and a possible first step to updating the 1964 labor law, on January 29, Kuwait's National Assembly voted 43-0 to approve the first draft of a labor bill for foreign workers in the private sector. On February 10-11, the National Assembly will take [...]
2009-02-04 09:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KTIP ELAB PREL KU
09KUWAIT1011BLUE LANTERN: VERIFYING BONA FIDES OF REGISTERED
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Econoff visited Gulf Technology Electronic & Systems Co. October 1 and met with its director, Nallepilly K. Balasubramanian, to substantiate the company's bona fides as a broker of USML items. Econoff confirmed that the company is in business at the listed location. [...]
2009-10-22 12:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ETTC EIND EINT KOMC KU
09KUWAIT1012UNIVERSITY ELECTIONS: THE FUTURE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 13:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV SOCI PHUM KWMN PREL KISL KU
09KUWAIT1013KUWAITI FEMALE MP FIGHTS FOR RETURN TO COEDUCATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 13:13:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KWMN KISL KU
09KUWAIT1014COURT WEIGHS REMOVING FEMALE MPS FOR NOT WEARING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 13:17:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KWMN PINR PHUM KU
09KUWAIT1015CONSTITUTIONAL COURT: WOMEN CAN OBTAIN PASSPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-22 13:22:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KWMN PINR PHUM KU
09KUWAIT1016KUWAIT: MFA HAS NOT YET SELECTED BMENA DELEGATION
[...] Poloff on October 22 conveyed reftel information concerning the Secretary's plans to attend the November 2-3 BMENA forum in Morocco to Khalifa Al-Khorafi, secretary to Foreign Minister Deputy Prime Minster and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah, noting USG hope that the FM will be a [...]
2009-10-22 13:34:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OPDC KPAO KDEM KU
09KUWAIT1017KUWAIT: MEASURED BUT REAL PROGRESS ON
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Based upon concerns expressed during Washington consultations, upon arrival at post in April 2008, Ambassador used her introductory calls on the senior Kuwaiti leadership to assess ways to improve Kuwait's CT performance. In May 2008, Post laid out a strategy for promoting gr [...]
2009-10-22 13:41:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV PINR KTFN KU
09KUWAIT1018KUWAITI PSYCHIATRIST: OUTLOOK POSITIVE FOR GTMO
[...] (S/NF) Kuwaiti Psychiatrist and Al-Salam Rehabilitation Center board member Dr. Abdullah Al-Ghuloum related to poloff on October 21 his positive prognosis for the likelihood of the eventual settling into Kuwaiti life of (newly) former GTMO detainee Khaled Al-Mutayri -- repatriated to Kuwait o [...]
2009-10-22 14:21:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG KU
09KUWAIT1019KUWAIT PLEDGES VOTE FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Embassy on October 21 via dipnote 12/29540 that, "based on the close relations binding our two friendly countries," it would vote for U.S. nominee Lucretia Myers in the upcoming election for the UN International Civil Service Commission (Ref A). [...]
2009-10-26 09:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA KU
09KUWAIT102COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL BOEHNER (FEBRUARY 5-7,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Boehner to travel to post February 5-7, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor [...]
2009-02-04 09:55:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ AF KU PK TU EI COUNTRY
09KUWAIT1020MINISTRY OF INTERIOR PLANS USD TEN MILLION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 11:19:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER PHUM ELAB KU
09KUWAIT1021MOVING KUWAIT TERROR FINANCE COOPERATION FORWARD
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 13. 2. (S/NF) Summary: (S/NF) Post believes we have an opportunity to change the terms of the engagement with the GoK by widening the scope of the terror finance conversation to include all financial crimes. A constituency exists among t [...]
2009-10-26 12:31:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINR KTFN KU
09KUWAIT1030GOK AGAIN OFFERS TREATMENT TO WOUNDED IRAQIS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 13:50:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT1031DEMARCHING GOK ON THIRD COMMITTEE PRIORITIES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-28 14:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UNGA KU
09KUWAIT1032AMIR RECONVENES KUWAITI NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: NO
[...] (C) Ending the summer hiatus, Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah reconvened the Kuwaiti National Assembly on October 27, with Ambassador and other COMs and Kuwaiti dignitaries present. In an unremarkable address to Parliament, the Amir pressed for national unity and cooper [...]
2009-10-29 08:34:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT1033IRAN LIKELY AGAIN JAMMING VOA BROADCASTS
[...] (C) Kuwait-based Interational Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) staff on October 28 noted that, beginning at 0255 UTC on that date, a powerful CW jamming spike disrupted the Voice of America Persian News Network Television feed on TurkSat 2A. The VOA feed is the newest of the five VOA PNN TV satellite [...]
2009-10-29 08:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL OIIP BBG KPAO KU IR
09KUWAIT1034UNCLOGGING KUWAIT'S DRAINS
[...] (C) Summary: On August 24, some 180,000 cubic meters of wastewater leaked into the streets and storm sewers of the affluent Kuwaiti neighborhood of Mishref before making its way into the Gulf, where it created an ongoing pollution problem that fouled miles of Kuwait's shoreline and persists t [...]
2009-10-29 08:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SENV PINR KU
09KUWAIT1035COURT RULES FEMALE MPS DO NOT HAVE TO WEAR HIJAB
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 10:40:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KWMN PINR PHUM KU
09KUWAIT1036A BIG FOOTPRINT IN THE SAND: THE U.S. PRESENCE IN
[...] (S) Summary and Comment: During the nearly two decades since U.S. and Coalition forces liberated Kuwait, a robust USG presence -- military and civilian -- has become virtually a fixture here. This posture has been encouraged by a welcoming host government that has seen its own long-term secu [...]
2009-10-29 14:33:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL UNGA KU
09KUWAIT1037ODD BEDFELLOWS: OIL RICH KUWAIT SEEKS ENERGY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: GCC nations have the highest per capita energy consumption rates in the world, leaving some Kuwaitis in search of more efficient energy sources or renewable ones to decrease its reliance on domestic crude oil. Although Kuwait has the fifth largest proven oil reserves in the wo [...]
2009-10-29 14:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET SENV KU
09KUWAIT1038WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL CAMMACK (NOVEMBER 2-7, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Cammack to travel to post Nov 2-7, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985-1697 [...]
2009-10-30 14:25:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
09KUWAIT1039WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL CAMMACK (NOVEMBER 2-7, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Cammack to travel to post Nov 2-7, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985-1697 [...]
2009-10-30 14:27:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
09KUWAIT1042BIO DATA ON 2009 KUWAITI PARLIAMENT (UPDATED)
[...] After tallying the results of a recount, the Kuwaiti Constitutional Court on October 28 replaced MP Dr. Badi Al-Dosari with former MP Khaled Al-Adwa. (Note: The Constitutional Court reviewed several cases against sitting MPs ranging from charges against two of the new female MPs for not co [...]
2009-11-02 07:52:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR KDEM PREL KU
09KUWAIT1048ICRC-LED TEAM FINDS POSSIBLE IRAQI REMAINS FROM
[...] An ICRC-led team that included representatives from the U.S., UK, and Iraqi Embassies in Kuwait, the GOK's Ministries of Interior and Justice, and the GOK's National Committee for Missing and POW Affairs (NCMPA),on November 3 discovered bones in a desert site outside of the capital that may be [...]
2009-11-03 14:53:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MARR IZ SA KU
09KUWAIT105MFA U/S DEFENDS KUWAITI ARAB ECONOMIC SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: On February 2, MFA U/S Khaled Al Jarallah met with Ambassador to offer the GoK,s perspective on the results of Kuwait's January 19-20 Arab Economic Summit, and the sharp differences that were evident between the "Doha" and "moderate" camps with regard to Gaza. The Amir contribut [...]
2009-02-04 13:58:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETECON PREL KPAL EAID KU
09KUWAIT1051WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL PRICE (NOVEMBER 7-9, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Price to travel to post Nov 7-9, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985-1697 Fa [...]
2009-11-04 12:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IZ EI KU JO BA NO LE
09KUWAIT1052SR PANDITH REACHES OUT TO NEXT GENERATION OF KUWAITI
[...] (U) Summary: Special Representative for Muslim Communities Farah Pandith's October 26-28 visit to Kuwait concentrated on outreach to students and young leaders active in civil society in a wide variety of ways. Throughout her visit, SR Pandith emphasized her strong interest in helping Kuwait's [...]
2009-11-04 13:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL KPAO ZR
09KUWAIT1053KUWAITI NOTABLES PRESS AMIR ON RATIONAL USE OF
[...] (U) Summary: Worried by a continued sense of drift in Kuwaiti political and economic life, a group of twenty-six prominent Kuwaiti "notables" -- known locally as the Group of 26, "G-26" -- took their concerns directly to the Amir on October 12 and, in a subsequent October 20 meeting, met with [...]
2009-11-04 13:56:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON KU
09KUWAIT1054AMIR URGES IRAN TO COOPERATE WITH INTERNATIONAL
[...] (C) Ambassador, during a November 5 meeting with Parliament Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi, queried him about a brief, November 3 meeting between the Amir and Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, that had not been previously announced and was the subject of only a brief mention by Kuwait's [...]
2009-11-05 14:02:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR IR KU
09KUWAIT1055ISLAMIST MP CHECKS PM IN ATTEMPT TO BRING DOWN THE
[...] (C) Islamist MP Faisal Al-Mislim announced November 4 his intention to interpellate Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al Sabah over the PM's office expenditures, alleging payoffs by the latter to various MPs. Al-Mislim has long targeted the PM's office for financial irregularitie [...]
2009-11-05 14:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT1059RESPONSE, BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY CASE NO.
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Econoff visited Trade Vision International Trading Company on October 25 and met with its general director, Abdullah Khoursheed, to substantiate the company's bona fides as a broker of USML items. Econoff confirmed that the company is in business at the listed locati [...]
2009-11-09 12:03:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ETTC EIND EINT KU
09KUWAIT1060GOK AND CORPORATIONS HOST FIRST-EVER TRAINING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 26 and 27, Kuwait's General Administration for Customs held its first-ever training sessions for customs inspectors designed to combat trade in counterfeit goods in collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce, the Brand Owners Protection Group, and American-based comp [...]
2009-11-09 12:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKIPR EIND EINT ETRD KU
09KUWAIT1061KUWAIT RESPONSE TO CSG TASKING
[...] (C/NF) Summary. In response to reftel a, Kuwait's resources and capabilities currently devoted to terrorist financing are outlined below to include staffing resources, evaluation of host country institutions, and recommendations for addressing gaps and enhancing capabilities. End Summary. [...]
2009-11-10 04:50:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER EFIN KCRM ECON KTFN KU
09KUWAIT1063REACHING OUT TO THE JAHRA "FRONTIER": BRIDGING
[...] (C) Summary. On October 22, as part of post's initiative to expand Embassy outreach beyond the traditional "walls" of Kuwait (ref a),Ambassador Jones visited Jahra, Kuwait's second largest city (after Kuwait City) and met with its Governor Shaykh Mubarak Al-Humoud Al Sabah. Jahra, around 50 [...]
2009-11-10 09:33:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT1066RESPONSE, BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY CASE NO.
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Econoff visited Al-Emdad General Trade & Contracting Establishment on October 28 and met with its general manager, Tariq Jassim Al-Sane to substantiate the company's bona fides as a broker of USML items. Econoff confirmed that the company had been in business at the l [...]
2009-11-10 12:48:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ETTC EIND EINT KU
09KUWAIT1069RESPONSE, BLUE LANTERN BONA FIDES CASE NO. K-2682
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Econoff visited Al-Qatami Global General Trading & Contracting Company on November 8 and met with its director and partner, Ali Abdul-Aziz Al-Qatami, to substantiate the company's bona fides as a broker of USML items. Econoff confirmed that the company is in business [...]
2009-11-10 12:51:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ETTC EIND EINT KU
09KUWAIT1070FORMER GTMO DETAINEE MOVED TO REHAB CENTER
[...] (C) Kuwaiti Psychiatrist and Al-Salam Rehabilitation Center board member Dr. Abdullah Al-Ghuloum confirmed to poloff November 10 that former GTMO detainee Khalid Al-Mutayri was recently transferred from a military hospital to the Salam rehabilitation center within the Central Prison and is [...]
2009-11-10 13:00:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG KU
09KUWAIT1077UPDATE: BLUE LANTERN CASE NUMBER 050126494
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 10:53:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KOMC KU
09KUWAIT1078PARLIAMENT TO CONSIDER LABOR AND TIP BILLS AMID
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-12 13:07:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KMPI KTIP ELAB KU
09KUWAIT109GOK FINESSING OF KUWAIT AIRWAYS CASE SETTLEMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Parliamentary inquiries debate about the terms of a possible settlement between Kuwait Airways Corporation(KAC) and Iraq have highlighted a major disconnect between the GOK and KAC. GOK MFA Undersecretary Jarallah affirmed that the Amir had intended to resolve the issue during si [...]
2009-02-05 11:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EAIR ECON IZ KU
09KUWAIT1090WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MERKLEY (NOVEMBER 22-25, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL MERKLEY to travel to post from NOV 22-25, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy point of contact is: Larry Carson ISU Management Officer Office: +965-2259-1545 Cell: +965-9983-5 [...]
2009-11-18 12:31:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN
09KUWAIT1091KUWAIT STOCK EXCHANGE STUMBLES OVER AGILITY
[...] (U) A bearish Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) dropped almost three percent November 17 on the news that the U.S. Department of Justice had indicted Agility, a publicly-traded Kuwaiti company with major logistics and support contracts with the U.S. military. The KSE briefly halted trading in Agili [...]
2009-11-18 13:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON KCRM KU
09KUWAIT1092ANGRY WORDS AND CRITICISM OF RULING FAMILY MARK
[...] (C) Summary: Partisan differences characterized parliament's November 17 session, which swirled around ongoing plans to interpellate the PM and several other Cabinet ministers. Important legislative items were deferred while MPs wrangled over attempts by public prosecutors to lift immunity o [...]
2009-11-18 14:13:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KU
09KUWAIT1094WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MURTHA (NOVEMBER 22-23, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Murtha to travel to post Nov 22-23, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Senior Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 998 [...]
2009-11-18 15:59:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU EI TC IT
09KUWAIT1099RAISING KUWAIT CONTRIBUTIONS ON PEACEKEEPING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 13:13:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA AORC KU
09KUWAIT11KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- UPDATE ON KUWAITI MEDIA COVERAGE
[...] (U) Summary and Comment. As of Monday, January 5, all Kuwaiti Arabic and English language print dailies continued to publish headlines and pictures related to the ongoing situation in Gaza. In addition to the continued front page news updates, a number of Editors-in-Chief offered editorials [...]
2009-01-06 07:56:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINO EPET OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
09KUWAIT110THE INTERIOR MINISTER'S REMEDY FOR TERRORISTS:
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: During a February 3 meeting in their ongoing dialog on US-Kuwait CT cooperation, Kuwaiti Minister of Interior Shaykh Jaber al-Khalid Al Sabah discussed with Ambassador US and Kuwaiti efforts to locate and apprehend terror financiers (including Mohammed Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Al-Ali, [...]
2009-02-05 16:36:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PINR KU IR
09KUWAIT1100KUWAIT: RAISING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 13:36:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA IS KU
09KUWAIT1101TRIPARTITE CELEBRATES IRAQI EFFORTS, REMAINS
[...] This is an Action Request. See Para 6. 2. Summary. Ambassador led the U.S. delegation to the 32nd Tripartite Commission (TC) meeting on November 18, which though it closed only one official remains file, registered a spirit of optimism that was in stark contrast to last year's negative [...]
2009-11-19 13:37:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ KU
09KUWAIT1106WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL BARRASSO (NOVEMBER 24-27)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL BARRASSO to travel to post from NOV 24-27, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy Point of Contact is: Control Officer: Garth Hall Political Officer Office: (965) 2259-1690 M [...]
2009-11-23 14:01:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN
09KUWAIT1107PM MAKES SURPRISE TRIP TO IRAN; AMIR MAY FOLLOW
[...] (C) Summary: Kuwait's Prime Minister led a high-level delegation to Tehran on November 21-22 for a short-notice visit that served multiple purposes. While the visit was hyped in glowing terms in the Iranian press, the Kuwaiti reaction has been more muted, and post,s interlocutors point to mi [...]
2009-11-23 14:18:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINS KNNP IR KU
09KUWAIT111KUWAIT'S CABINET PASSES RESCUE PACKAGE
[...] (C) Summary: Kuwait's cabinet approved draft legislation to support Kuwait's banking sector by guaranteeing or purchasing distressed assets for up to 15 years. The draft legislation also encourages new lending to "the real economy" and has provisions to address liquidity and solvency problems [...]
2009-02-08 08:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV ECON KU
09KUWAIT1111GOK NOT EAGER TO CLAIM "KUWAITI" BOMBER KILLED IN
[...] (U) Virtually all Kuwaiti news media on November 24 ran a story -- drawn largely from international wire service sources -- stating that a Kuwaiti (or stateless person -- Bidoon -- emanating from Kuwait) was killed by Iraqi State Security on November 23 while attempting to crash a truck bomb i [...]
2009-11-24 13:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KU IZ
09KUWAIT1112KUWAIT PM RAISED NUCLEAR CONCERNS DURING TRIP TO
[...] (C) Summary: The GOK maintains a consistent position regarding Iran's nuclear program and that is that Iran has the right of any state to pursue a peaceful, transparent civilian energy program, but does not have the right to develop a program with military applications, according to MFA's Ira [...]
2009-11-24 14:01:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP IR KU
09KUWAIT1113CASE DISMISSED, HOLIDAY FURLOUGH FOR GTMO RETURNEE
[...] (U) MFA's Follow-Up and Coordination's desk officer Abdullah Al-Shirrah confirmed to poloff November 24 that Kuwait's Public Prosecutor had dismissed all charges the previous day against former GTMO detainee Khaled Al-Mutayri, who returned to Kuwait October 9. The story has also appeared in [...]
2009-11-24 14:52:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG KU
09KUWAIT1117SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF DOE DEPUTY SECRETARY
[...] (U) Ambassador and Mission Kuwait warmly welcome the December 5-6 visit of Deputy Secretary of Energy Poneman to Kuwait. The Bilateral Relationship -------------------------- 2. (SBU) Kuwait remains a key bilateral ally for the U.S. and has been critical in supporting OIF and OEF, both w [...]
2009-11-25 11:40:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG SENV KU
09KUWAIT1118LETTER FROM SECRETARY CLINTON DELIVERED TO KUWAITI
[...] (SBU) Post delivered a copy of Secretary Clinton's letter to the office of Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammed Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah on November 25. Dr. Mohammed is out of the country, as is MFA Under Secretary Khaled Al-Jarallah. 2. (SBU) Econcouns h [...]
2009-11-25 12:27:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAL EAID PGOV
09KUWAIT1119KUWAITI MINDEF GREENLIGHTS KC130J SALES
[...] (C) Kuwaiti MinDef Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al Sabah conveyed to Ambassador on November 23 his support for the long-delayed Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) for the purchase of the KC130J aircraft. He attributed the delays in signing the LOA to bureaucratic and budgetary processe [...]
2009-11-25 13:30:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MASS MARR KU
09KUWAIT112STARBUCKS AND THE GAZA EFFECT
[...] (C) Summary: Starbucks' business in parts of the Middle East is suffering as a result of the recent Gaza clashes and rumors regarding the company's founder's purported support for the Israeli Government, according to executives at Al Shaya Co., which owns all Starbucks stores in the Middle Eas [...]
2009-02-08 11:32:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPROP EINV XF KU
09KUWAIT1125WHEN WILL KUWAIT HAVE ITS FIRST FEMALE JUDGE?
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-01 10:56:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWMN KMPI PHUM KU
09KUWAIT1127KUWAIT SUPPORTS PRESIDENTS GOALS IN AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) Charge delivered reftel points December 1 to MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah. Jarallah welcomed the preview ofthe President's speech, saying Kuwait supports and appreciates the U.S. effort in Afghanistan. He in particular applauded increased civilian assistance for Afghanistan and Pakistan. [...]
2009-12-01 12:09:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL AF PK AU
09KUWAIT1130KUWAITI SECURITY DIALOGUE PARTICIPATION
[...] (U) The responses below are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (U) The United States and Kuwait participate bilaterally in two established dialogues: The Gulf Security Dialogue (GSD) and the Joint Military Commission (JMC). Details on these dialogues are provided below. Gulf Security Dial [...]
2009-12-02 11:36:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR KU
09KUWAIT1131KUWAITI JOURNALIST ARRESTED FOR SLANDERING RULING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-02 13:15:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KMPI KU
09KUWAIT1133WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL RICHARDSON (DECEMBER 4-7, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Richardson to travel to post from Dec 4-7, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Senior Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9985-1 [...]
2009-12-03 07:31:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU AF
09KUWAIT1134CDEBACA TO GOK AND KUWAITI NGOS: NEW BILL IS KEY
[...] (U) Summary: Highlights of the November 16 visit to Kuwait by Ambassador at Large for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Luis CdeBaca: --Meeting with the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),Ambassador CdeBaca emphasi [...]
2009-12-03 09:16:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KMPI KTIP ELAB KU
09KUWAIT1135WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL Kostiw (December 5-8, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Kostiw to travel to post from Dec 5-8, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy point of contact is: Robyn AbouZeid, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1203 Cell- (965)9961-4586 Fax [...]
2009-12-03 09:50:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IR AF AE
09KUWAIT1136LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para 2. 2. The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: BUQAMAZ, AHMAD (DOB: 9-28-1984, Kuwaiti Passport # 002849913) ALMUTAIRI, MESHAL (DO [...]
2009-12-03 10:07:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR MASS KU
09KUWAIT1138RAISING ISRAEL'S SETTLEMENT MORATORIUM WITH GOK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-03 13:34:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL IS KU
09KUWAIT1139KUWAIT'S RESPONSE TO DRAFT CEIP MOU
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (C) Econcouns met with Kuwait National Security Bureau Director of International Relations Sheikh Fawaz Al-Sabah on December 3 to discuss the draft CEIP MOU. Sheikh Fawaz handed Econcouns English and Arabic draft copies of the MOU with [...]
2009-12-03 13:52:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET PTER KCIP ECON KU
09KUWAIT114KUWAIT ESTH UPDATE
[...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION REQUEST. PLEASE SEE PARAGRAPH 16. 2. (SBU) Summary: Kuwait's science and technology establishment is dominated by the government-funded Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) and the non-governmental Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Science (KFAS). Wh [...]
2009-02-08 12:24:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV ETRD EAID PGOV KU
09KUWAIT1144ARRESTED KUWAITI JOURNALIST OUT ON BAIL PENDING
[...] (U) On December 2, a local misdemeanor court released on a bail of 1,000 dinar (3,500 USD) Kuwaiti journalist and media mogul Mohammad Abdulqader Al-Jasim. Jasim, who was arrested November 22 on charges of slandering the Prime Minister (reftel),earlier refused to pay bail and continued critic [...]
2009-12-07 14:48:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KMPI KPAO KU
09KUWAIT1146KUWAIT'S PARLIAMENT PASSES GCC MONETARY UNION
[...] (SBU) On December 8, prior to moving to "grill" the Prime Minister and three other members of the cabinet (septel),Kuwait's National Assembly unanimously approved the GCC monetary union agreement and its charter. Discussion was remarkably limited and debate almost non-existent, although libe [...]
2009-12-08 13:27:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PREL ECON KU
09KUWAIT1147MP GRILLS PM IN CLOSED SESSION
[...] (C) In a historical first that settles months of doubts about whether he would face his detractors, Kuwaiti PM Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al Sabah submitted on December 8 to an interpellation posed by Dr. Faisal Al-Mislim, an opposition tribalist MP. Also included in the grilling by [...]
2009-12-08 13:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT115COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL LANKLER(February
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to Staffdel Lankler to travel to post on February 22-26, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ex [...]
2009-02-09 09:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN IQ KU COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT1151KUWAITIS TALK IRAN, IRAN, AND ENERGY WITH DEPUTY
[...] (C) Summary: On December 6, Kuwait's Prime Minister made a strong plea to visiting DoE DepSec Poneman to avoid any military option against Iran, noting that Kuwait would be one of the first countries affected by any attack. The FM meanwhile noted that only a unified front by the P-5 and other [...]
2009-12-10 08:18:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ENRG SENV IR IZ KU
09KUWAIT1153EMBASSY ENDORSES ARCENT DU CONTAINERIZATION PLAN
[...] (S/NF) Incoming Kuwaiti Armed Forces Chief of Staff LTG Shaykh Ahmad Al-Khalid Al Sabah has made resolution of the long-running depleted uranium (DU) round reside issue a top priority. In several conversations with OMC-K, most recently on December 9, he has indicated his desire to see the USG [...]
2009-12-10 11:42:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL MARR MOPPS KU
09KUWAIT1154INTERPELLATION RESPONSE: HISTORIC DAY FOR ARAB
[...] (C) Updating ref A's interpellation account, though tribalist and Islamist MPs secured late on December 8 the requisite 10 votes to call for a December 16 vote of non-cooperation against the PM, the initial public reaction to the marathon grilling of PM Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al [...]
2009-12-10 11:42:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT1155WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL TAYLOR (DECEMBER 12-15, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL TAYLOR to travel to post from Dec 12-15, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Senior Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9985-169 [...]
2009-12-10 12:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ
09KUWAIT1156RESPONSE TO ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT REPORTING
[...] (U) Kuwait still applies a primary boycott of goods and services produced in Israel and there is no direct trade between Kuwait and Israel, but Kuwait does not require U.S. firms to participate in or cooperate with either the secondary or tertiary Arab League boycott. In September 1994, Kuwai [...]
2009-12-10 13:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKBCT ECON KIPR EIND EINT ETRD XF KU
09KUWAIT1158U.S. SPEAKER, DR. REZA ASLAN SPEAKS TO KUWAITI AUDIENCES ON
[...] (U) Summary: Dr. Reza Aslan, a well known Iranian-American scholar and author of several books on Islam, spoke to a diversified group of scholars, intellectuals, Islamic thinkers, officials and students from a wide range of political, economic and social backgrounds during his November 22-25 vi [...]
2009-12-13 13:54:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO ZR
09KUWAIT1159BIDOON KEPT AWAY FROM CANCELED PARLIAMENT SESSION
[...] (U) On December 10, the Kuwaiti parliament failed to hold a planned session on a bill to extend education and healthcare benefits to the country's 100,000 Bidoon (stateless residents who assert rights to Kuwaiti citizenship). Parliament Speaker Jassem Al-Khorafi canceled the session at exactly [...]
2009-12-14 06:08:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL KU
09KUWAIT1161MAIDS R US: PLAN FOR GOK-RUN DOMESTIC WORKER
[...] (C) Summary. On December 9, the General Director of Kuwait's Ministry of Interior's Immigration Department, Kamel Al-Awadhi, laid out his plans for a government-run domestic worker recruitment agency, telling a crowd of labor attaches, NGOs, and GOK officials gathered at an International Orga [...]
2009-12-14 11:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV KTIP ELAB PREL KU
09KUWAIT1169KUWAITI COURT CONVICTS/SENTENCES IMAM AND OTHERS
[...] (S/NF) Kuwait State Security (KSS) officers confirmed to GRPO officers that a Kuwaiti Criminal Court convicted on December 6 Kuwaiti national and local imam, Nasser Al-Otaibi (AKA Nasir Ali Sunaytan Khadran Ajab Al-Utaybi, AKA Shaykh Nasir, AKA Abu Ali) of "facilitating a hostile act against [...]
2009-12-15 10:41:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV PINR KTFN KU
09KUWAIT1170KUWAITI FOOD SECURITY: LESS THAN MEETS THE EYE...
[...] (SBU) Key Points -- Despite high profile press reports, the GoK has not invested in buying farm land in developing countries. -- The Kuwait Fund and the Arab fund have both provided loans and grants to support agricultural sectors in developing countries. -- There is some interest in ag [...]
2009-12-15 10:55:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR EINV ETRD EAID KU
09KUWAIT1171RESPONSE, BLUE LANTERN BONA FIDES CASE NO. K-0721
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Econoff visited the Fouad M.T. Al-Ghanim Establishment on December 10 and met with its operations manager, Steven Mathews, to substantiate the company's bona fides as a broker of USML items. Mathews is doing business out of Continental Hotel, one of Fouad Al-Ghanim's [...]
2009-12-15 11:33:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ETTC EIND EINT KU
09KUWAIT1173AMIR'S ADDRESS TO GCC ACCENTUATES POLITICAL
[...] (C) While the Kuwait-hosted December 14-15 GCC Summit has a decidedly economic and infrastructural focus, with discussion of projects to link participant countries' electrical grids, develop a common railway authority and form a monetary union high on the agenda, Amir Shaykh Sabah Al Sabah's D [...]
2009-12-16 05:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL IR IZ IS KU
09KUWAIT1175RESPONSE, BLUE LANTERN BROKER INQUIRY CASE NO.
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Econoff visited the Gulf Group Holding Company on December 14 and met with its CEO Mahmoud Al-Haj to substantiate the company's bona fides as a broker of USML items. Econoff confirmed that the company was in business at the listed location. Al-Haj stated that his co [...]
2009-12-16 10:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ETTC EIND EINT KU
09KUWAIT1177KUWAIT PROVIDES MEDICAL CARE FOR WOUNDED YEMENIS
[...] (U) Kuwaiti news media widely reported on December 12 the arrival in Kuwait for medical treatment of 20 Yemeni civilians allegedly injured by rebel fighting in Yemen's Saada province. Press accounts noted that the victims were transported from Yemen on a Kuwaiti medical evacuation aircraft. A [...]
2009-12-16 12:22:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KU YM
09KUWAIT1178SUCCESSFUL AML CONFERENCE OPENS DOOR TO GREATER
[...] (C) Summary. As part of post's on-going engagement with the GoK on anti-money laundering and terror finance issues (Ref a),Embassy Kuwait and an interagency USG team from State, Treasury and Justice supported the National Anti Money Laundering (AML) Committee's third annual AML conference ( [...]
2009-12-16 12:48:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON
09KUWAIT1180KUWAIT AIRPORT TURNS AWAY "APOSTATE" EGYPTIAN
[...] (U) GOK authorities at Kuwait's International Airport refused entry to Egyptian literary scholar Dr. Nasir Hamid Abu Zayid on December 15, a decision that has angered local Kuwaiti liberal groups. Abu Zayid -- who was declared an apostate by an Egyptian court in 1995 for his analysis of the Qu [...]
2009-12-16 13:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KMPI PREL KU
09KUWAIT1181KUWAITI PM HANDILY SURVIVES IMPEACHMENT
[...] (C) As widely predicted, Kuwaiti Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al Sabah -- in a closed door session -- survived on December 16 a 35-13 (one abstention) parliamentary vote of non-cooperation (reftel). The lopsided victory, which only required a simple majority vote, reinfo [...]
2009-12-16 14:02:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT1182GCC CLOSING COMMUNIQUE STAKES OUT LITTLE NEW GROUND
[...] (C) GCC leaders quietly filed out of town December 16 at the conclusion of a two-day GCC Summit that made no major breakthroughs. In the absence of consensus on pressing political issues -- policy towards Iran, Palestinian reconciliation, etc., -- the communiqu hewed closely to tried and tru [...]
2009-12-16 14:18:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER ECON IR IZ IS KU
09KUWAIT1192STIFF JAIL PENALTY FOR MAID-ABUSING KUWAITI
[...] (U) In a landmark December 10 ruling, a criminal court sentenced a Kuwaiti employer in absentia to 16 years in jail for sexually and physically abusing a Filipina maid in his employ and issued a warrant for his arrest; the employer absconded and as of December 12 had not been apprehended, acco [...]
2009-12-17 12:16:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KTIP ELAB SOCI KU
09KUWAIT1195KUWAIT'S INTERIOR MINISTER: CONFIDENCE RENEWED,
[...] (C) Coasting on PM Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Ahmed Al Sabah's December 16 triumph in a vote of non cooperation (ref A),Interior Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Khaled Al-Jaber Al Sabah survived a December 17 vote of no confidence launched by tribalist and Islamist MPs, with 26 MPS supporting the [...]
2009-12-17 13:30:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT1196THE STATE OF EDUCATION IN KUWAIT: AN UPDATE
[...] (U) Summary: Prepared by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and published in Al-Qabas Arabic daily newspaper on September 27, 2009, a recently completed report revealed that Kuwait's public school students ranked near the bottom on international standardized tests, despite the country's u [...]
2009-12-17 15:06:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO ZR
09KUWAIT1202OPEN TERRORISM TRIAL FOR TERROR PLOTTERS BEGINS WITH CONSPIRACY DISMISSAL, BUT SUBSTANTIAL CHARGES REMAIN
[...] (C) The Kuwaiti Court of First Instance began on December 21 open proceedings against six defendants believed to have plotted attacks against US military base Camp Arifjan and Kuwait State Security (KSS) headquarters, among other targets (ref A). All six defendants, who entered the courtroom [...]
2009-12-22 13:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT1204SATELLITE TV ATTACK ON KUWAIT,S TRIBALS PROMPTS BACKLASH
[...] (C) In an apparent attempt to exploit the GoK's recent spate of widely-perceived victories over parliamentary Islamists and tribalists (refs A, B),former parliamentary candidate and liberal urbanite Mohammed Al-Juwaihel launched on December 18 a scathing media attack against Kuwaitis of tri [...]
2009-12-22 14:52:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR PGOV KU
09KUWAIT1208PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF AMENDED AML LAW IN PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. GoK officials formally announced at the December Anti-Money Laundering Conference (ref. b) that in accordance with decree No. 328, an amended version of law number 35/2002 has been passed to parliament for review and ratification. Embassy Kuwait received an Arabic copy of the d [...]
2009-12-23 08:45:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KU PGOV PINR PTER KTFN
09KUWAIT1212WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL McConnell (January 7-8, 2010)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL McConnell to travel to post from Jan 7-8, 2010. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and an expeditor will meet and assist you upon arrival. Embassy point of contact is: Robyn Abouzeid, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1203 Cell- (965)9961-4586 Fax [...]
2009-12-28 05:43:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN PK AF KU UK
09KUWAIT1214KUWAITI PARLIAMENT PASSES PRIVATE SECTOR LABOR LAW
[...] (U) Updating an antiquated 1964 law, the Kuwaiti National Assembly unanimously approved on December 23 the second -- and final reading -- of its Private Sector Labor Law. The law will come into effect by Amiri decree either by his signature or on the lapsing of a 30-day deadline for his sig [...]
2009-12-28 11:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR KTIP KU
09KUWAIT1216SATELLITE STATION OWNER DETAINED FOR SLANDERING
[...] (U) A media brouhaha over remarks that former National Assembly candidate and owner of the Al-Sour statellite channel Mohammed Al-Juwaihel delivered on the air on December 18 (reported refs A and B) which were viewed as disparaging to Kuwaiti tribesmen -- and certain prominent tribalist MPs -- [...]
2009-12-29 09:04:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT1217AMIR MEETING WITH EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT MUBARAK
[...] (U) Local media briefly noted a December 23 visit to Kuwait by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, the highlight of which was a meeting with Amir Shaykh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al Sabah, Crown Prince Shaykh Nawaf Al Sabah, and First Deputy PM and Minister of Defense Shaykh Jaber Al Sabah. Mubarak was ac [...]
2009-12-29 13:22:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAL KU EG
09KUWAIT1219AMIR WARNS NATION ON THREATS TO NATIONAL UNITY
[...] (U) In a rare televised address to the nation the evening of December 29, Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al Sabah reflected on the "charged and gloomy atmosphere" that has afflicted Kuwait in recent months and condemned those who engage in "threatens, skepticism, sensation and chaos," while unders [...]
2009-12-30 13:34:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KU
09KUWAIT1220LEAHY VETTING REQUEST
[...] This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see para 2. 2. The Embassy requests the Department's assistance in performing human rights vetting for: ALKHADHER, Mohammad KH M DOB: 4 Oct 1955 Kuwaiti Passport # 001684954 who intend [...]
2009-12-31 07:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL MARR MASS KU
09KUWAIT123COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL ROS-LEHTINEN (February
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Ros-Lehtinen to travel to post on February 17-20, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/ [...]
2009-02-10 09:43:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT125SEQUENTIAL IRAQI VISITS TACKLE BILATERAL ISSUES,
[...] (C) Summary: Recent visits by several senior Iraqi officials have sparked optimism in the Kuwaiti press and among some Kuwaiti officials that a new and more cooperative era in the bilateral relationship is beginning. Public comments by these officials have fueled expectations that the two cou [...]
2009-02-10 12:05:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR EPET EAIR ECIN KU IZ
09KUWAIT129COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL PINGREE(February 14-15,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Pingree to travel to post on February14-15, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedi [...]
2009-02-11 12:12:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT130KUWAIT PLANS 10 PERCENT BUDGET CUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GoK is proposing a FY 2010 budget of USD 40.8 billion, off 10.4 percent (on a recurring basis) compared to the prior fiscal year. The Government proposes cutting spending in almost all major sectors, except for public sector salaries, which will increase by 7.8 percent. Exp [...]
2009-02-11 13:03:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ECON EFIN KU
09KUWAIT131GOK INQUIRY INTO STATUS OF MLAT NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) On February 3, 2009 Embassy Kuwait received an official inquiry from Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Department regarding the status of it's draft Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty agreement between the US and Kuwait. The [...]
2009-02-11 14:17:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CASC CPAS CVIS SNAR KCRM IS KU
09KUWAIT132KIA PORTFOLIO DOWN $34 BILLION IN 2008
[...] (C) Summary: The Kuwait Investment Authority's holdings dropped by $34 billion during calendar year 2008, according to press reports. As of December 31, KIA's total holdings were about $210 billion. A senior KIA official told us that KIA had been moving aggressively into cash and fixed income [...]
2009-02-12 13:23:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV ECON KU
09KUWAIT134KUWAIT SUPPORTIVE OF KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE, BUT
[...] (U) This is an action request (para 5). 2. (C) POLCOUNS on February 12 delivered reftel points encouraging Kuwait to support Kosovo recognition to MFA Europe Department desk officer for Kosovo, Bosnia and Serbia, Zaid Al-Harb, in the absence of a more senior MFA interlocutor. In response, [...]
2009-02-12 15:09:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KU KV
09KUWAIT135WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA (February 14-18,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Faleomavaega to travel to post on February 14-18, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Agnel Berry, ISU Coordinator Office- (965) 2259-1416 Cell- (9 [...]
2009-02-16 04:14:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM IT KU
09KUWAIT14COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL KILDEE (JANUARY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Kildee to travel to post January 8-12, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]
2009-01-06 10:20:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM EG CY KU IS CENTCOM EUCOM
09KUWAIT143SARKOZY'S VISIT TO KUWAIT: FRENCH REACH EXCEEDS
[...] (S) Summary: French President Sarkozy capped a four and a half hour visit to Kuwait February 11 with wildly optimistic statements to the press that France would provide Kuwait with modern fighter aircraft (i.e. the thus-far poorly selling Rafales),marine frigates and unspecified defense sys [...]
2009-02-18 16:04:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV MASS KU IR IZ
09KUWAIT147ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION CONTRACT FOR WAR DAMAGED
[...] (C) Summary: Hill International, winner of a Project Planning and Supervision Consultant tender for a UN Compensation Commission(UNCC)-funded environmental remediation program for oil-damaged Kuwaiti lands, appears to have been stymied in its effort to gain final GOK approval for the finalized [...]
2009-02-19 15:10:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALSENV EPET PREL UN IZ KU
09KUWAIT148KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION
[...] (C) Summary: Kuwait's Ambassador to Baghdad has expressed strong frustration over his inability to get the Iraqis to treat him or the range of bilateral issues with the seriousness that a normal state-to-state relationship should warrant. Iraqi insistence on treating all issues as part of a [...]
2009-02-19 15:58:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KU
09KUWAIT149REGIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVE CT KUWAITI PROPOSALS
[...] Per reftel request for Post-driven recommendations for multilateral counterterrorism initiatives, Post submits the below proposals for consideration for funding. Counterterrorism Visitor Program (CTVP) -------------------------------------- 2. CTVP proposal: -- Counterterrorism Seminar [...]
2009-02-22 03:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PREL ASEC KU
09KUWAIT153AMBASSADOR REVIEWS S-300'S, GAZA, AFGHANISTAN ET
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador on February 19 reviewed with Deputy PM/FM Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah a range of issues including the March 2 donors conference in Sharm Al-Sheikh, which the FM will attend (ref A),Russia's possible S-300 air defense missile sale to Iran (ref B),and the USG's ongoing Afghan [...]
2009-02-23 10:44:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PTER MOPS SY IR KU
09KUWAIT155UNCC VISITS KUWAIT; OIL LAKES LINGER 18 YEARS
[...] (C) KEY POINTS: -- A UN Compensation Commission Governing Council (GC) delegation including USG representatives visited Kuwait February 16-20 undertook its first visit to Kuwait, focusing on environmental remediation projects relating to Iraq's destruction of oil infrastructure in 1991. - [...]
2009-02-23 11:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALSENV EPET PREL EINV PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT156SEEKING KUWAITI SUPPORT FOR JUDGE PAINTER IN UN
[...] POLCOUNS on February 23 delivered reftel demarche and biographic materials encouraging Kuwait to support U.S. nominee Mark Painter for UN Appeals Tribunal to Dr. Jehad Mohammad Al-Hai, Counselor in the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In response, Al-Hai said he would imme [...]
2009-02-23 15:30:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA KU
09KUWAIT157KUWAIT'S 2009 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) Executive Summary: Physical abuse of domestic workers and withholding of payment remained the most common trafficking problems for Kuwait,s two million foreign workers. Although the GOK made little real progress in combating these problems over the past year, there were some bright spo [...]
2009-02-24 03:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09KUWAIT159COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL LYNCH(February 27-28,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance to CODEL Lynch to travel to post on February 27-28, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedit [...]
2009-02-24 10:12:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT161OPPOSITION MPS SUSTAIN CALLS TO "GRILL" PRIME
[...] (C) Though the Kuwaiti Parliament is on recess for the February 24-25 national and liberation holidays, this respite only delays until its March 3 reconvening the targeting of PM Shaykh Nasser for opposition grilling. The beleaguered PM, who has been out of the country for the past two weeks, [...]
2009-02-24 12:07:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT177KUWAIT'S FM MAKES HISTORIC, ALBEIT HASTY, VISIT TO
[...] U) Summary: Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah -- in what amounted to the most senior visit by a Kuwaiti official since Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion -- traveled to Baghdad February 26 where he met with Prime Minister Maliki and Foreign Minister [...]
2009-03-01 15:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KU IZ
09KUWAIT180DEPLETED URANIUM DETECTION AT RANGE PROMPTS
[...] (C) Kuwaiti MinDef Shaykh Jaber Al Sabah convoked Ambassador on March 1 to express his concern over a February 21 radiological survey that detected uranium oxide at a firing range shared by USG and GOK military forces. While clearly uncomfortable raising the issue, the MinDef acknowledged hi [...]
2009-03-02 14:12:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KU
09KUWAIT183KUWAIT PLEDGES VOTE FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Embassy on March 2 that it would vote for U.S. nominee Mark Painter in the March 2 election for the UN Appeals Tribunal (Ref A). 2. MFA's decision was made in response to Ref B demarche, delivered by POLCOUNS on February 23. ****************** [...]
2009-03-03 10:37:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL APER KJUS UNGA KU
09KUWAIT185KUWAIT: COMMENTS FOR 2009 SPECIAL 301 REVIEW
[...] (U) Kuwaiti government agencies significantly improved the level of IPR enforcement activity in 2008 compared to activities in 2007. Sharp executive legislative tensions, in several areas, will complicate GOK efforts to amend Kuwait's copyright law and bring it into full TRIPS compliance. Whil [...]
2009-03-03 11:42:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKIPR ECON ETRD KU
09KUWAIT186DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT WELCOMES U.S. RETURN
[...] (C) POLCOUNS on March 2 delivered reftel demarche points informing Kuwait of a U.S. decision to resume participation as an active observer at the UN Human Rights Council and to discontinue participation in negotiations on the present draft outcome document for the Durban Review Conference. Dr. [...]
2009-03-03 11:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL UNHRC PHUM KU
09KUWAIT187MFA COMMENTS ON U.S. REVIEW OF IRAQ POLICY
[...] (C) POLCOUNS on March 2 discussed ref A points concerning the ongoing review of U.S. policy in Iraq with Dr. Hamad Bu Rahamah, Counselor in MFA's International Organizations Department. Rahamah, who received the demarche as the senior-most MFA official available after Kuwait's long National [...]
2009-03-03 12:07:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS IZ KU
09KUWAIT190AMBASSADOR TARASOV: UNAMI TO FUND EXPANDED SEARCH
[...] (C) During a March 1 call on the Ambassador, Gennady Tarasov, the UN High-level Coordinator for the repatriation or return of all Kuwaiti and third-country nationals or their remains and the return of all Kuwaiti property, including archives, seized by Iraq during the 1990 invasion, said that [...]
2009-03-03 14:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM UN KU
09KUWAIT195GOK, FOREIGN LABOR ATTACHES EXCHANGE HARSH WORDS
[...] (C) Summary: Kuwait's domestic worker regulations director, Kamel Al-Awadhi, upbraided the Filipino Embassy's labor attache on February 18 for not supporting Kuwait's plan for a domestic worker orientation center. The exchange marked the climax of an International Organization for Migration [...]
2009-03-05 11:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV KTIP ELAB PREL KU
09KUWAIT199KUWAIT'S MINISTER OF COMMERCE ON IPR, DOW, FREE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On March 5, Ambassador (accompanied by EconCouns) called on Ahmad Baqir, Minister of Commerce and Industry. Ambassador commended the GoK's efforts to improve IPR enforcement, but stressed the need to improve legislation to international standards, while acknowledging the diffi [...]
2009-03-05 14:56:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PGOV CVIS KU
09KUWAIT20Amended COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL KILDEE
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for STAFFDEL Kildee (to include LTG Eric Schoomaker and LTC James Pulliam, as per email received from CDR Glen Diehl) to travel to post January 8-12, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq c [...]
2009-01-08 11:38:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM EG CY KU IS CENTCOM EUCOM
09KUWAIT202KUWAIT POLITICAL CRISIS STYMIES BAILOUT LEGISLATION
[...] (SBU) Key Points: -- Latest political crisis could prevent passage of "rescue package" for months. -- Major investment companies could collapse, including London-traded Global Investment House. -- Leading Kuwait banks in relatively sound shape. -- No GOK proposals for stimulus spendi [...]
2009-03-08 05:40:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV KU
09KUWAIT210KUWAIT'S PARLIAMENTARY CRISIS MAY STALL LABOR BILL
[...] (U) During the March 3-5 session, Kuwait's National Assembly discussed the new labor bill (Ref A) but was unable to vote it into law due to a lack of quorum. The Assembly postponed the vote until March 17, the next scheduled session. However, supporters of the bill are now concerned that the [...]
2009-03-10 09:30:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KTIP ELAB PREL KU
09KUWAIT212GOK RENEWS REQUEST FOR LOGISTICS SUPPORT FOR ITS
[...] (U) There is an action request in para 6. 2. (C) Refs A and B reported the GOK's request to the USG in October and November 2008 for limited time-frame logistics and security support to assist Kuwait's then newly confirmed Ambassador to Iraq, Ali Al-Mou'min, to travel from Kuwait to Baghdad [...]
2009-03-10 14:45:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT213DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RESPONDING TO PAKISTAN'S IDP
[...] (U) EconCouns delivered reftel demarche to Dr. Hamad Bu Rahmah, Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Department Counselor on March 10. Rahmah was not aware of the UN and ICRC requests but said he would coordinate with the MFA Economic Department on the GoK response. He sai [...]
2009-03-10 14:57:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF PK KU
09KUWAIT214KUWAITI MPS STILL PLUCKING THE DISSOLUTION TRIPWIRE
[...] (C) With three motions now filed to grill the PM, the Amir finds himself increasingly pushed either to act in defense of his beleaguered nephew, PM Shaykh Nasser Mohammed, and the government he leads, or to yield to the will of the disruptive, agenda-driven MPs. A cloud of uncertainty looms [...]
2009-03-10 15:00:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT215KUWAIT MFA DOWNBEAT ON P.A. CORRUPTION, UPBEAT ON
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 3 meeting with the Ambassador, MFA Undersecretary Khalid Al-Jarallah expressed satisfaction with the outcome of a Riyadh-hosted GCC donors meeting on Gaza and optimism about the progress of a separate donors meeting on Gaza in Sharm Al-Sheikh, while noting concern [...]
2009-03-10 15:05:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT22KUWAIT CONFIRMS CONTINUED AID TO GAZA AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a January 7 meeting with Econcouns, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of International Organizations Mansour Al-Otaibi noted Kuwait's annual $1.5 million contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and its $300 million commitment from the 2006 Paris Donors C [...]
2009-01-11 08:48:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEAID ECIN ECON EFIN EG IS KU
09KUWAIT23CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR ON RESPONSE TO ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: On January 9 Kuwait Central Bank Governor Sheikh Salem Abdulaziz Al Sabah told Ambassador that his priority was to ensure the stability of Kuwait's banking system. Although he acknowledged the challenges facing Kuwait's 95 investment companies, he dismissed any systemic impact from the [...]
2009-01-12 07:12:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV ECON KU
09KUWAIT230MARCH 2 CONFERENCE IN SHARM AL-SHEIKH: READ OUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senior officials at the Kuwait Fund and the Foreign Ministry told EconCouns that the March 2 Sharm Al-Sheikh donors' conference for Gaza had been a great success financially and also politically as it strengthened the roles of the Palestinian Authority(PA) and moderate Arab stat [...]
2009-03-11 14:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN PGOV PHUM PTER KPAL KBWG KU
09KUWAIT233MFA ARAB AFFAIRS DIRECTOR ON IRAN, SYRIA, PEACE
[...] (C) Summary: On March 10, the director of the MFA's Arab World Department, Ambassador Jassim Al-Mubaraki told EconCouns and Econoff that he was impressed with the foreign policy steps of the Obama administration, particularly its willingness to start dialogue with Syria. It was critical to co [...]
2009-03-11 15:25:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PTER ECON KU
09KUWAIT24KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION - JANUARY 11 UPDATE ON KUWAITI MEDIA
[...] (U) Summary and Comment. As of Sunday, January 11, all Kuwaiti Arabic and English language print dailies continued to publish headlines and pictures related to the ongoing situation in Gaza. In addition to the continued front page news updates, a number of columnists criticized the Bush Admi [...]
2009-01-12 08:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINO EPET OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
09KUWAIT244TRIBALISM AS A MOBILIZING FACTOR IN KUWAITI
[...] (C) While impossible to appreciate fully within the narrow boundaries of a single Gulf state, tribalism -- a phenomenon that links many contemporary Kuwaitis to an age-old tradition of honor and mutual support in the face of external challenge -- is a central factor in Kuwait's socio-political [...]
2009-03-15 14:13:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL SCUL SOCI KU
09KUWAIT245RECIPROCAL AVIATION TAX EXEMPTION AGREEMENT
[...] This is an action request. 2. (U) EconCouns and Econoff met with Ministry of Finance Undersecretary Khalifa Hamada and Omar Welayti, Head of the Ministry's tax treaties section to discuss reengaging on a reciprocal aviation tax exemption agreement. They verbally confirmed that Ministerial [...]
2009-03-15 14:34:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EFIN KTIA KU
09KUWAIT25CODEL GRAHAM SHARES VIEWS WITH GOK ON IRANIAN
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 8 meeting, Senator Joe Biden, accompanied by Senator Lindsey Graham, briefed Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Al-Mohammed Al-Jaber Al Sabah and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah on the U.S. political transition and cabinet formation process. In [...]
2009-01-12 09:10:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT253NOTIFICATION OF GCC CUSTOMS UNION TO THE WTO;
[...] (SBU) EconCouns and LES Econspecialist met with Abdulaziz Al-Khaldi, Assistant Under Secretary for Foreign Trade Affairs to discuss the GCC's notification of its customs union to the World Trade Organization. Khaldi was accompanied by Khaled Al-Azemi, Controller for Foreign Relations and call [...]
2009-03-17 10:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD USTR WTO ECON EAGR KU
09KUWAIT255MARCH MADNESS: KUWAITI CABINET RESIGNS AGAIN
[...] (C) As widely expected (ref A),on March 16, just prior to the March 17 scheduled session of parliament, Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah accepted the resignation of Kuwait's Cabinet, which had been tendered earlier in the day. PM Shaykh Nasser chose to lead his Cabinet in resigning rather than face [...]
2009-03-17 14:51:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT258DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GCC ASSISTANCE FOR THE
[...] (SBU) Econoff delivered reftel points to Marwan Al-Ghanim, Regional Manager for Arab Countries at the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development on March 17. Ghanim confirmed the Kuwait Fund had been designated by Amiri decree as the lead agency for distribution of GoK aid to Gaza. He said t [...]
2009-03-18 14:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV EAID PTER PHUM KPAL KWBG KU
09KUWAIT259MS. ILENE EVANS, AFRICAN-AMERICAN STORYTELLER, PERFORMING
[...] (U) Summary: Ms. Ilene Evans' Program in Kuwait from February 9 - 13, 2009 directly supported the MSP goals of explaining American culture and values, as well as encouraging democratic practices and empowering women, to a wide range of Kuwaiti audiences from different high schools and universi [...]
2009-03-19 03:32:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL ZR
09KUWAIT26OVERVIEW WITH MFA U/S ON JCSE, GAZA, ARAB ECONOMIC
[...] (C) Summary: On January 9, Ambassador briefed MFA U/S Khaled Al Jarallah on the Embassy,s upcoming Joint Combined Security Exercise. She also discussed the ongoing crisis in Gaza and urged GoK support for both UNRWA and the PA. Jarallah raised his concern that if the Gaza "disaster" continued [...]
2009-01-12 12:04:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PTER EAID ECON PHUM KU
09KUWAIT261NOTE VERBALE FROM KUWAIT MINISTER OF JUSTICE H.E.
[...] Embassy Kuwait received on March 11 a letter dated March 9 from H.E. Minister of Justice and Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Counselor Hussain Nasser Al-Huraiti addressed to the Honorable Eric Holder, Attorney General of the United States. The text of the letter is contained in paragraph [...]
2009-03-19 06:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV OPDC KU
09KUWAIT266KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- AMIR CONSITUTIONALLY DISSOLVES
[...] (U) Summary and Comment. On Thursday, March 19, 2009 all Kuwaiti English and Arabic newspapers ran the news about the dissolution of the National Assembly as their lead story on the front page. Since the Amir Decree came at approximately 2100 hours on March 18, only one English newspaper, Th [...]
2009-03-19 13:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO EINO EPET OPRC KMDR XF KU MEDIA REACTION
09KUWAIT270AMIR CONSTITUTIONALLY DISSOLVES PARLIAMENT; PM
[...] (C) On the heels of a March 16 Cabinet resignation (reftel),Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah on March 18, citing the need to "safeguard the security and stability of the nation," ordered the dissolution of the National Assembly. The Amir also confirmed that the dissolution would be conducted in a [...]
2009-03-19 15:05:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT287COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL TSONGAS (APRIL 5-8,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Tsongas to travel to post April 5-8, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor w [...]
2009-03-23 10:34:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ AF AE COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT288WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL TSONGAS (APRIL 5-8, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Tsongas to travel to post April 5-8, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9721-5933 [...]
2009-03-23 10:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ AF AE COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT289WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL TSONGAS (APRIL 5-8, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Tsongas for travel to post April 5-8, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9721-5933 [...]
2009-03-23 10:51:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ AF AE COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT292DEMARCHE DELIVERED: RAISING PAKISTAN DONORS
[...] (C) Consistent with reftel instructions, A/DCM coordinated with the Japanese and Pakistani embassies to deliver points encouraging the GOK to participate in the April 17 Pakistan Donors Conference in Tokyo at the ministerial level and to make a generous contribution to this effort. A/DCM, join [...]
2009-03-24 08:31:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IMF PK KU
09KUWAIT293DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SEEKING SUPPORT FOR
[...] A/DCM on March 22 delivered reftel points urging the GOK to participate in a March 31 Dutch-hosted International Conference on Afghanistan to Ambassador Khaled Muqames, Director of MFA's Follow-up and Coordination Department. 2. Muqames thanked A/DCM for the information and promised to conv [...]
2009-03-24 08:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AF PK IR UN KU
09KUWAIT302KUWAITI OIL MINISTER ON KDOW, FOURTH REFINERY, AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Caretaker Oil Minister Shaykh Ahmed Al-Sabah told Ambassador that Kuwait's oil sector development plans (including the Al-Zour (fourth) refinery) would go ahead. He welcomed Dow's interest in continuing a partnership, though he cautioned that the K-Dow Joint Venture was "dead. [...]
2009-03-25 14:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG EINV KU
09KUWAIT308SYNERGY CONFERENCE LAUNCHES KUWAITI ELECTION SEASON
[...] (C) A March 23-25 National Synergy Conference, hosted by Tanami, Kuwait's first women's political association, effectively launched Kuwait's two month electoral season, which will culminate with a May 16 vote for a new Parliament. The conference provided the venue for an open and free-rangi [...]
2009-03-26 16:43:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KWMN KU
09KUWAIT310GOK BUDGET TRANSPARENCY
[...] (U) This cable contains information on GOK budget transparency, per reftel. 2. (SBU) The GOK is not expected to receive U.S. foreign assistance using FY 2009 funds. The DOS annually applies for IMET assistance for Kuwait. The assistance is barred every year due to a longstanding dispute b [...]
2009-03-30 14:49:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL KU
09KUWAIT311DEMARCHES DELIVERED: DOHA SUMMIT/PALESTINIAN
[...] (C) Ambassador on March 27 raised with MFA Undersecretary Khalid Jarallah points contained refs A and B in advance of the March 30-31 Arab League Summit in Doha. Jarallah, in response, told Ambassador that he anticipated the Summit's final communique would "definitely be supportive of the Arab [...]
2009-03-31 03:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL PHUM AL SU KU
09KUWAIT312GOK PASSES $5 BILLION LENDING PACKAGE VIA AMIRI
[...] (U) Via Amiri decree the GOK has passed a $5.2 billion economic package designed to spur lending by Kuwait's banks (refs A and B). With the National Assembly dissolved pending May elections (ref C),the Government passed its so-called stimulus package as an emergency measure. The law is large [...]
2009-03-31 11:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN KU
09KUWAIT313DEMARCHE DELIVERED - RUSSIAN BASES IN ABKHAZIA AND
[...] (C) PolOff on March 29 delivered reftel demarche informing Kuwait of the U.S.'s continuing rejection of Russia's recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia and unease over its plans to construct bases there. PolOff's interlocutor, Fadel Al-Hasan, First Secretary in MFA's European department, i [...]
2009-03-31 12:53:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL RS GG IR KU
09KUWAIT314KUWAIT'S EMERGING AVIATION SECTOR
[...] (SBU) Key Points: -- Civil Aviation President Fawaz Al-Farah discusses growth in air and passenger traffic, KCIA expansion project and views on privatization of Kuwait Airways. -- Despite the economic slowdown, Kuwait's two new independent airlines appear to be thriving. -- Wataniya [...]
2009-03-31 13:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EFIN
09KUWAIT315EMBASSY KUWAIT PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS
[...] (SBU) In meetings on March 16 and 23, Post's Pandemic Influenza (PI) Working Group approved PI Tripwires and undertook contingency planning for a PI outbreak in Kuwait (ref A). Personnel from Post's health, economic, political, management, consular and RSO sections, together with medical/heal [...]
2009-03-31 14:07:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAMGT AMED CASC TBIO ASEC KFLU KSAF KSEO KPAO
09KUWAIT316SCENESETTER FOR AF CHIEF OF STAFF GENERAL SCHWARTZ
[...] (C) General Schwartz, my staff and I look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Your visit will provide an excellent opportunity to engage with senior Kuwait military leaders as the bilateral relationship adapts to our changing profile in Iraq and new challenges in Afghanistan/Pakistan. Your in [...]
2009-04-01 04:03:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER MOPS KU
09KUWAIT317ENSURING THE CLASS ENTRY SYSTEM IS ACCURATE AND UP
[...] This is an action request. Please see para 6. Summary: -------- 2. The recent border crossing experience of a key Embassy contact who alleges excessive and invasive scrutiny during his recent trip to meet with RAND officials in California leads post to question what process or procedu [...]
2009-04-01 08:55:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV CONS PREL KU
09KUWAIT32KUWAIT NSB RESPONDS FAVORABLY TO ENERGY
[...] (C) Kuwait National Security Bureau(NSB) Vice President Shaykh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah told Econoffs on January 12 that Kuwait remained very interested in signing an MOU establishing a joint working group to improve protection of Kuwait's energy infrastructure. Thamer said the agree [...]
2009-01-13 11:16:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER ENRG ASEC PGOV PINS PREL ECON KCIP KU
09KUWAIT323COMMS/ELECTRICITY/WATER MINISTER ON POWER
[...] (C) Summary: Minister for Communications, Electricity and Water, Nabil Khalaf Saeed Bin Salama, provided frank insight to Ambassador March 31 in a wide-ranging discussion. Topics covered include: --The Amir mandated the Minister with ensuring 24/7 power in Kuwait this summer, yet within day [...]
2009-04-02 14:15:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALENRG EINV SENV ECON PGOV IZ KU
09KUWAIT324ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH: WOMEN VIE IN KUWAIT'S
[...] (C) Summary. Kuwaiti women stand a fair chance of winning their first seat in parliament during the upcoming May 16 election. A female candidate fell only 886 votes short of winning a seat in 2008, an outcome that showed a marked improvement over women's results in 2006. Coordination, traini [...]
2009-04-02 14:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA KU
09KUWAIT326DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT TO SUPPORT U.S. FOR UN
[...] POLCOUNS on April 5 raised reftel points urging the GOK to support the U.S. for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council with Dr. Hamad Bu Rahamah, Counselor in MFA's International Organization's Department, stressing the USG's commitment to addressing global human rights and to rendering the HRC [...]
2009-04-05 15:08:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KU
09KUWAIT338KUWAITI OIL MARKET UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Kuwait Petroleum Corporation has announced plans to invest USD 82 billion over the next five years, split roughly evenly between the upstream and downstream sector in support of its long range development plans to increase crude oil production capacity to 4 million barrels per da [...]
2009-04-07 15:27:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV KU
09KUWAIT34OUTLOOK BLEAK FOR NEW KUWAITI CABINET
[...] (C) Kuwait's Amir swore in the latest iteration of his Cabinet on January 12 in a move that did little to reconcile the rift between his government and the obstreperous National Assembly. The new cabinet includes only two new names. FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah will serve as acting Oil M [...]
2009-01-14 03:35:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KWMN KU
09KUWAIT343EMBASSY KUWAIT WELCOMES CODEL REED (APRIL 14-16, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Reed to travel to post, April 14-16, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Agnel Berry, ISU Coordinator Office- (965) 2259-1416 Cell- (965)9973-9854 H [...]
2009-04-08 07:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ PK AF AE
09KUWAIT345DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT SHARES USG CONCERNS
[...] (C) POLCOUNS on April 9 raised reftel points concerning North Korea's April 5 launch of a Taepo-Dong missile over Japan with Meshal Al-Dabbous of MFA's Asia Department and also provided him with a copy of the President's April 5 statement condemning the launch. Dabbous responded that the GOK [...]
2009-04-08 14:36:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP KN KU
09KUWAIT349DIFFERING ACCOUNTS OF AMIR'S MEETING WITH PM MALIKI
[...] (C) Embassy read with interest reftel account of Iraqi FM Zebari's April 4 meeting with Kuwaiti Amir Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah on the margins of the Doha Summit. As noted reftel, Zebari recounted a tense exchange in which Maliki refused to commit to current borders and the Amir responded that, u [...]
2009-04-09 13:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV IZ KU
09KUWAIT35DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PROPOSED GCC FOOD IMPORT
[...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche and nonpaper on Jan. 8 to Musaed Al-Sheredah, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Legal Department official. Sheredah offered no substantive response, stating he would forward the nonpaper and demarche message to the Ministry of Finance. Econoffs will follow-up [...]
2009-01-14 07:46:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD PREL SA BA KU
09KUWAIT352WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MICHAUD (APRIL 14-15, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Michaud to travel to post April 14-15, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9721-593 [...]
2009-04-12 08:37:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI GM KU
09KUWAIT354EMBASSY INITIATIVE TO LOCATE IRAQI KIA
[...] An Embassy-prompted multilateral effort to locate potential burial sites in Kuwait of Iraqi Gulf War killed in action (KIA) sparked hopes of excavation activity and produced the sole deliverable from the March 31 Technical Subcommittee (TSC) meeting of the Tripartite Commission. The TSC was [...]
2009-04-12 14:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MARR IZ SA KU
09KUWAIT36DEMARCHE DELIVERED: NONPROLIFERATION SANCTIONS FOR
[...] (S/NF) On January 13, Econoff delivered reftel demarche regarding the USG sanctions against A.Q. Khan and associates which were announced on January 12 to Khaled Al-Maqamis, Director of the Department of Follow-up and Coordination at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Maqamis underscored Kuwait [...]
2009-01-14 14:40:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDMNUC PREL PARM EFIN KNNP KU
09KUWAIT362DEMARCHE DELIVERED: REQUESTING SPECIFIC
[...] (U) There is an action request in para 5. 2. (C) Ambassador, accompanied by Afghanistan's Ambassador to Kuwait Abdul Rahem Karemy, delivered ref A demarche on April 14 to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah describing outcomes of the Afghanista [...]
2009-04-15 14:13:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS AF KU
09KUWAIT367SCENESETTER FOR SPECIAL ENVOY MITCHELL VISIT TO
[...] (C) Special Envoy Mitchell, my staff and I look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Your visit represents the first official high-level engagement of Kuwait's leadership by the Obama Administration. We have requested meetings with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber Al Sabah and Fore [...]
2009-04-15 14:28:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KU JO
09KUWAIT368DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK REPRESENTATION AT APRIL 17
[...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by the Japanese and Pakistani Charges, delivered ref A demarche on April 15 to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah, emphasizing the need for the international community to support Pakistan's economy on an urgent basis as [...]
2009-04-15 14:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID IBRD IMF PK PU
09KUWAIT37DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. RATIFICATION OF THE IAEA
[...] (U) Econoff delivered reftel demarche on Jan. 13 to Khaled Al-Maqamis, Director of the Department of Follow-up and Coordination at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Maqamis noted Kuwait had the Additional Protocol in force but had no other substantive response. ****************************** [...]
2009-01-14 14:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDIAEA ENRG PREL AORC TRGY KNNP KTIA KU
09KUWAIT372AMIR LAYS DOWN THE LAW AS CAMPAIGN BEGINS
[...] (C) Campaigning is officially underway for Kuwait's National Assembly election, scheduled for May 16. The country's relatively open democratic environment continues to allow for lively political events, but this campaign season the Amir and his interim government have signaled that they int [...]
2009-04-16 07:54:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KU
09KUWAIT376KUWAITI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF
[...] (SBU) On April 15, Ambassador took advantage of a previously scheduled multilateral meeting with GoK Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah to urge that Kuwait vote in favor of Kosovo's membership in the IMF and World Bank. Dr. Mohammed acknowledged the benefits that IMF/WB membershi [...]
2009-04-16 15:49:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL KU
09KUWAIT377SPEAKER AL-KHORAFI BLEAK ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Former Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly Jassem Al-Khorafi informed Ambassador privately (and later announced publicly) his intention to run in the May 16 parliamentary elections. He predicted that the ongoing strife between the legislative and executive branches would continue an [...]
2009-04-16 16:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINR IZ KU
09KUWAIT381KUWAIT TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICERS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-19 13:14:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKTFN EFIN PTER KU
09KUWAIT383DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK SUPPORTS DIALOGUE AND
[...] (C) POLCOUNS on April 19 raised reftel points with Rashed Al-Hajiri, Acting Deputy Director of MFA's Asia and Africa Department. In delivering the demarche, POLCOUNS urged the GOK to press Iran to show flexibility and seize the opportunity for a discussion with the E3 3 Political Directors an [...]
2009-04-20 06:52:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KNNP MNUC IR KU
09KUWAIT385KUWAITI WOMEN VIE FOR PARLIAMENTARY SEATS: MOST
[...] (C) Summary. On May 16, some thirty Kuwaiti women will vie to become the first female elected to parliament (ref A). While Kuwait's female candidates come from varied professional, social and religious backgrounds, almost all of them are politically liberal and support close relations with t [...]
2009-04-20 08:54:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ELAB KWMN KU
09KUWAIT400SECURITY, BILATERAL ISSUES HINDER KUWAITI
[...] (SBU) Summary. Kuwait has been a historical gateway to Iraq, but thus far only a few Kuwaiti business people have taken advantage of the country's location to pursue opportunities in post-Saddam Iraq. The largest deal to date was telecommunications company Zain,s USD 1.2 billion purchase of I [...]
2009-04-26 06:01:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON ECIN EINV ENRG IZ KU
09KUWAIT401NON-PAPER DELIVERED: RESPONDING TO ALLEGATIONS OF
[...] On April 22, Econoff delivered reftel nonpaper on financial accountability and transparency measures by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to Ahmed Baqer of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Arab World Department and stressed the PA's need for budget assistance. Baqer said that improvement on these [...]
2009-04-26 08:46:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PGOV KWBG IS KW
09KUWAIT404AMIRI ECONOMIC ADVISOR ON ECONOMIC REFORM
[...] (U) Summary: Dr. Yousef Al-Ebraheem told a mixed Kuwaiti-expatriate audience on April 22 that the global economic crisis had hit the GCC's oil exports and foreign assets hard, but that he was confident the countries were well placed to recover relatively quickly. He praised the GoK's financi [...]
2009-04-27 13:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV KU
09KUWAIT41JANUARY 19-20 ARAB ECONOMIC SUMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: On January 13, Ambassador emphasized to Kuwaiti Foreign Minster USG concern that any summit discussion on Gaza be supportive of the Egyptian-Israeli dialogue, consistent with UNSCR 1860, and that any assistance be designed to strengthen the Palestinian Authority and not Hamas. Th [...]
2009-01-14 15:36:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON PREL KPAL KU
09KUWAIT414KUWAIT WILL SUPPORT IMF/WB MEMBERSHIP FOR KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) On April 26, Ambassador followed-up on her April 15 conversation with GoK Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah to encourage Kosovo recognition. Dr. Mohammed stated definitively that Kuwait would support IMF/WB membership for Kosovo. He noted, however, that Kuwait was not yet re [...]
2009-04-28 12:56:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EFIN KV KU
09KUWAIT418RHYTHM ROAD 2009: AMERICAN JAZZ FINDS EAGER AUDIENCE IN
[...] SUMMARY: New York City-based Chris Byars Jazz Quartet brought the Rhythm Road American Music Abroad Tour to Kuwait April 18-19. With three public concerts -- one impromptu jam session, a musical workshop for students at a local school, and two media interviews, the four American musicians won [...]
2009-04-29 06:45:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL ZR
09KUWAIT426KUWAITI STUDENTS' TERRORISM TRIAL ANYTHING BUT "MOOT"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: "The experience of a lifetime" is how one Kuwaiti student characterized her participation in a course titled "Rhetorics of Cultural Dissonance" offered at the American University of Kuwait (AUK). This course was developed with USG-funding and aimed at countering the influence o [...]
2009-04-30 02:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL SOCI PTER KU ZR
09KUWAIT431TERROR FINANCE: KUWAIT'S APPELLATE COURT SUSPENDS
[...] (U) On April 28, Kuwait's Court of Appeals upheld the guilty verdict, but reduced the sentence handed down by a Kuwaiti criminal court in the case of UNSCR 1267 Designee and terrorist facilitator Mubarak Al-Bathali. The criminal court had found Bathali guilty of "inciting youth to jihad (com [...]
2009-04-30 13:38:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON KU PGOV PREL PTER KTFN
09KUWAIT432KUWAIT TELLS QUINT IT SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S IMF AND
[...] (C) On April 28, the DCM joined the UK Ambassador, French Ambassador, Italian Ambassador and German CDA for a Quint joint demarche to MFA U/S Khaled Jarallah urging GOK participation in the May 5 WB/IMF membership meeting in support of senior representatives of the UK. UK Ambassador Michael A [...]
2009-04-30 13:45:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT433EU-GCC MEETING IN MUSCAT: FOCUS ON IRAN
[...] (C) In the course of an April 28 meeting on Kosovo (reftel),MFA U/S Khaled Jarallah took advantage of the presence of senior Kuwait-based French, German, Italian and UK representatives to broach the 19th EU-GCC Joint Council and Ministerial meeting scheduled in Muscat for April 29. UK Ambass [...]
2009-04-30 13:49:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET PBTS PINR KU
09KUWAIT434TERROR FINANCE: GOK PROGRESS IN CHARITY OVERSIGHT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Members of Kuwait's charity oversight committee from the Ministries of Awqaf, Foreign Affairs and Social Affairs met with Econcouns and Econoff to discuss GOK efforts to strengthen oversight of Kuwaiti charity organizations over the last four years. These included ending dire [...]
2009-04-30 14:01:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON KU PGOV PREL PTER KTFN
09KUWAIT435CANDIDATES' ARRESTS RECEIVE MIXED REVIEWS IN MEDIA
[...] (U) Key Points: -- The GOK makes multiple arrests of parliamentary candidates evoking debates on freedom of expression. -- Arrested MPs exploit their arrests to garner public support. -- Media reports reflect split opinions: some chastise the perceived overbearing hand of the governmen [...]
2009-04-30 14:03:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO KU
09KUWAIT436KUWAIT'S H1N1 FLU PREPARATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Drawing on pre-existing avian influenza preparatory work, the GOK is proactively implementing measures to prepare Kuwait for a possible pandemic outbreak related to H1N1 influenza. Current measures include: passenger screening (for high temperature) at airports and seaports; pro [...]
2009-04-30 14:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYTBIO KFLU KSTH PGOV ECON KSCA KU
09KUWAIT437KUWAIT-IRAN: NEXT STEPS ON BORDER ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary. In the course of an April 28 meeting to discuss Kosovo with French, German, Italian, UK and U.S. representatives (reftel),MFA U/S Khaled Jarallah turned to the subject of Kuwait's evolving relationship with Iraq. Acknowledging that the border remained an acutely sore point in th [...]
2009-04-30 14:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET PBTS PINR KU
09KUWAIT438KUWAIT'S PETROCHEMICAL EXPANSION PLANS AND DOW
[...] (U) Contains business proprietary information. 2. (C) Summary: Senior Kuwaiti officials have stressed that they view Dow as a strategic partner, but also that reviving the K-Dow joint venture is not possible in the current economic and political climate. The Petrochemical Industries Corpo [...]
2009-04-30 14:17:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV KU
09KUWAIT442CORRECTED COPY - KUWAIT-IRAQ: NEXT STEPS ON BORDER
[...] Please note this is a corrected copy of Kuwait 437. Subject line has been changed. 2. (C) Summary. In the course of an April 28 meeting to discuss Kosovo with French, German, Italian, UK and U.S. representatives (reftel),MFA U/S Khaled Jarallah turned to the subject of Kuwait's evolving r [...]
2009-05-03 11:35:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET PBTS PINR KU
09KUWAIT445KUWAITI NSB DEPUTY WARY OF AL-MALIKI AND IRAN
[...] (C) Key points: -- Kuwait highly appreciates recent high-level engagement with Secretary Clinton and other consultations on regional issues. -- Kuwait is keen to maintain the GSD, but recommends a review of its parameters. -- The GOK is wary of GOI's Al-Maliki and his perceived callou [...]
2009-05-04 12:57:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PARM MARR IZ KU
09KUWAIT446KUWAIT OIL LAKES LIKELY TO LINGER MUCH LONGER
[...] (C) Summary: Officials from the Public Authority for Assessment of Compensation confirmed that 2009 is likely to pass without any action to remediate the 18-year old oil lakes affecting large areas of Kuwait,s desert. A cancelled tender process and political paralysis are largely to blame. A [...]
2009-05-04 13:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALSENV EPET PREL EINV PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT449TFFLU01: CONFUSION SURROUNDS GOK'S STRINGENT H1N1
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Post's daily interactions with Ministry of Health (MOH) officials since April 30 have yielded conflicting and inconsistent statements and policies regarding the GOK's H1N1 measures, particularly as they relate to the obligations of passengers arriving from affected cou [...]
2009-05-05 08:05:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT451AFGHAN AMBASSADOR OFFERS INFORMATION ON POSSIBLE
[...] (S/NF) During a May 4 call on the Ambassador, Afghanistan's ambassador to Kuwait, Abdul Rahim Karimi, stated that his embassy has evidence that a series of Afghan ambassadors serving in Kuwait during the administration of Burhanuddin Rabbani (1992-1996) fraudulently delivered Afghan passports [...]
2009-05-05 13:14:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PINR CPAS KU AF
09KUWAIT455TFFLU01: KUWAIT: ACTING MINISTER OF HEALTH AGREES
[...] (C) Summary: Post continues to tussle with the vagaries of GoK requirements for all travelers to visit public clinics within three days and again within seven days of their arrival in Kuwait. On May 6, the acting Minister of Health agreed with Ambassador's proposal that the U.S. military scre [...]
2009-05-06 10:43:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT462KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO IRAQ DESCRIBES SLOW
[...] (C) During a May 4 call by POLCOUNS and Econoff on Ambassador Ali Al-Mou'min, Kuwait's Ambassador to Iraq, Al-Mou'min said that he has made progress in getting his mission up and running, but remains frustrated at the difficulty in getting his Iraqi counterparts to come to grips with the main [...]
2009-05-07 14:43:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KU IZ
09KUWAIT463ISLAMISTS SEEK TO UNDERMINE FEMALE PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATES
[...] (C) As the May 16 parliamentary elections loom, conservative elements in Kuwait have begun taking "potshots" against front running female candidates. These tactics include issuing fatwas against voting for women and using interpretations of Islam to demonize those candidates who choose not [...]
2009-05-07 15:19:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPAO PHUM PREL KU KWMN
09KUWAIT465PROTOCOLS ASSIST IRAQI AND KUWAITI NAVIES IN
[...] On an encouraging note in an otherwise strained bilateral relationship, eight Iraqi and ten Kuwaiti junior naval officers participated in a military-military exchange and training opportunity April 15 on Ticonderoga class cruiser USS Lake Champlain in the northern Arabian Gulf. The event, sp [...]
2009-05-08 00:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHSA MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT477KUWAIT MULLING END TO OIF JET FUEL SUBSIDIES
[...] (C) Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Managing Director Abdullatif Al-Houti said that there was a reasonable likelihood that Kuwait would discontinue its discount pricing for Jet A-1 fuel used by U.S. forces in their operations in Iraq. Houti said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Minist [...]
2009-05-12 12:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL EPET KU
09KUWAIT478AMIR'S CHINA VISIT - BUILDING THE NEW SILK ROAD
[...] (U) This report contains business proprietary information. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: On May 12, Kuwait's Amir completed his state visit to China. Kuwaiti investors and oil executives are cautiously optimistic that his visit helped Kuwaiti investment opportunities in [...]
2009-05-13 06:59:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD CH KU
09KUWAIT485DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT AGREES "IN PRINCIPLE"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-14 14:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA KU
09KUWAIT486KUWAIT: KEEPING A WARY EYE ON IRAN
[...] (C) Summary: Kuwaiti government officials and foreign policy analysts remain deeply suspicious of Iran's hegemonic ambitions, which they view as a serious threat to the Gulf region and the wider Middle East, and regularly raise the issue at senior meetings with USG officials, most recently wi [...]
2009-05-14 14:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PGOV KU
09KUWAIT490KUWAITI ELECTION ISSUES ENTER THE BLOG-O-SPHERE - FINAL
[...] Summary and Comment. This report is the third and last cable addressing the vibrant participation from the Kuwaiti blog-o-sphere in the hubbub surrounding parliamentary elections, scheduled for Saturday, May 16, 2009. Additional meetings with bloggers and regular monitoring of their blogs re [...]
2009-05-15 15:06:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM SOCI KU
09KUWAIT493COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR AMBASSADOR
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Ambassador Christopher Hill and Senior Advisor Mr. Gordon Gray to travel to post on Monday, May 18, 2009 for a meeting with Ambassador Deborah K. Jones. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply f [...]
2009-05-17 13:22:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC KU IZ
09KUWAIT496KUWAIT REVIEW OF TITLE III SUSPENSION OF LIBERTAD
[...] (U) The following is post's response to reftel on implementation of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act. 2. (SBU) Cuba has a diplomatic presence in Kuwait, but the GOK does not maintain a mission in Cuba. Relations between the two countries have been somewhat strained since the 1990-91 Gulf War [...]
2009-05-17 14:34:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ETTC PREL CU KU
09KUWAIT497KUWAIT ANGLE ON REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR
[...] (C) Embassy read with interest ref A discussion of a new diplomatic strategy aimed at securing Iraq's future political stability through an enhanced process of regional integration, including stronger bilateral ties between Iraq and key states. Kuwait's decision to send an Ambassador to Baghd [...]
2009-05-17 14:40:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT498TFFLU01: KUWAIT: EIGHT CASES CONFIRMED AMONG
[...] (C) Summary: Subsequent to close coordination between Post and U.S. miloffs in Kuwait and an exchange of letters between Ambassador and the acting Health Minister pertaining to screening of U.S. military personnel arriving in Kuwait (ref A),miloffs informed Emboffs May 15 that eight cases of H [...]
2009-05-17 15:16:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT499KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS -- PLUS FOUR
[...] Summary and Comment. Initial results of Kuwait's May 16 parliamentary elections were announced in the early hours of Sunday, May 17. Due to the timing, Kuwait's print media on May 17 contained limited to no reporting on the vote tallies. Local dailies, however, distributed the latest news v [...]
2009-05-18 02:59:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM SOCI KU
09KUWAIT500CORRECTED COPY: KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: PARLIAMENTARY
[...] Summary and Comment. Initial results of Kuwait's May 16 parliamentary elections were announced in the early hours of Sunday, May 17. Due to the timing, Kuwait's print media on May 17 contained limited to no reporting on the vote tallies. Local dailies, however, distributed the latest news v [...]
2009-05-18 05:04:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM SOCI KU
09KUWAIT502KUWAIT CLAIMS TO BUILD TERRORIST REHAB CENTER,
[...] (C) Summary. GOK interlocutors have advised us a long promised rehabilitation center for Islamic extremists -- mentioned by Kuwait's Prime Minister during his September 2008 meeting with Secretary Rice -- has been completed and could soon begin operations. The GOK, under significant domestic [...]
2009-05-18 12:38:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER PREL PGOV PINR IR KDRG PHUM KU
09KUWAIT504KUWAITI WOMEN SHATTER PARLIAMENTARY GLASS CEILING
[...] (C) Frustrated by three years of political gridlock largely attributable to rancorous Sunni Islamists and perhaps hoping to avoid another parliamentary dissolution, Kuwait voters on May 16 elected a new National Assembly they hope will have better chances than the last two of working coopera [...]
2009-05-18 14:14:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KWMN PINR PHUM KU
09KUWAIT505BIO DATA ON 2009 KUWAITI PARLIAMENT
[...] The following is a list of MPs elected on May 16 to the Kuwaiti National Assembly. Information on each MP includes: sect, political leanings and/or associations, tribal affiliation, number of votes received, previous parliament participation, date of birth, and education as applicable. Fi [...]
2009-05-18 14:15:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR KDEM KWMN KU
09KUWAIT506KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: VOTERS CALLED FOR CHANGE, PARLIAMENT
[...] (U) Summary and Comment. In Kuwait's May 16 elections, the Parliament gained four women and Islamists registered significant losses. Moreover, liberals and Shias increased their representation. One day after the results were announced, several Kuwaiti Arabic dailies editorialized about Kuwa [...]
2009-05-19 02:59:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KDEM SOCI KU
09KUWAIT51COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR STAFFDEL ARCANGELI (JANUARY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for StaffDel Arcangeli to travel to post January 28-31, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/exp [...]
2009-01-21 10:27:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU QA BA COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT511WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL LEAHY(MAY 23-24, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Leahy to travel to post on May 23-24, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the base. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9721-5933 Ho [...]
2009-05-21 07:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI FR IZ PK KU
09KUWAIT512CORRECTED COPY: KUWAIT OIL LAKES LIKELY TO LINGER
[...] (U) NOTE: This cable supercedes 09 KUWAIT 446, which was sent in error. Post apologizes for the confusion. END NOTE. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Officials from the Public Authority for Assessment of Compensation confirmed that 2009 is likely to pass without any action to remediate the 18-year old oil [...]
2009-05-21 09:43:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALSENV EPET PREL EINV PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT514KUWAIT SEEKS USG SUPPORT TO KEEP IRAQ UNDER
[...] (C) Amiri Advisor Muhammad Abulhassan told Ambassador Hill, during a May 18 stopover in Kuwait, that the GOK is deeply worried about Iraq's campaign to disencumber itself from the UN Chapter VII mandate and is therefore seeking P-5 support. The GOK views continued UN leverage as essential in [...]
2009-05-21 15:21:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT515TFFLU01: UPDATE ON KUWAIT H1N1 CASES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Army Central Command (ARCENT) officers report that 18 cases of novel type A H1N1 influenza have been confirmed among U.S. military personnel transiting through, or assigned to, U.S. military installations in Kuwait. All these cases were mild and the affected personnel have recove [...]
2009-05-21 15:22:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT516SHAYKH NASSER REAPPOINTED PM, DIFFICULT ROAD AHEAD
[...] (C) In a widely expected move, Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah issued a May 20 decree reappointing his nephew, Shaykh Nasser al-Muhammed al-Ahmad Al Sabah, as PM and tasking him to form and introduce a new cabinet to the National Assembly when it convenes on May 31. The n [...]
2009-05-21 15:51:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT518U.S. PROGRAMS PROPEL KUWAITI WOMEN TO GREEN CHAIRS
[...] (C) Summary. In Kuwait's May 16 election, four U.S. educated women -- Dr. Ma'asouma Al-Mubarak, Dr. Aseel Al-Awadhi, Dr. Rola Dashti, and Dr. Salwa Al-Jassar -- became the first women to win seats in Kuwait's fifty-member parliament. Embassy believes their electoral chances were significantly [...]
2009-05-21 15:51:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR ELAB KWMN KMPI KPAO OEXC OIIP
09KUWAIT523WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL LANGEVIN (MAY 25-26, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Langevin to travel to post May 25-26, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9721-5933 [...]
2009-05-25 10:04:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ BA AF TC GM
09KUWAIT524KUWAIT SUPPORTS KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP
[...] (SBU) On May 25, EconCouns followed-up with Kuwait Investment Authority Executive Director Ahmad Bastaki about Kuwaiti support for Kosovo's World Bank membership. (Note: During an earlier conversation with Bastaki, he had said that Kuwait had supported World Bank Membership for Kosovo, but d [...]
2009-05-25 13:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN PREL KVIR KU
09KUWAIT527KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION: U.S. SOLDIERS INFECTED WITH H1N1
[...] (U) Summary and Comment. On the evening of Saturday, May 23, news of confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza among U.S. military personnel transiting Kuwait to Iraq broke in the local and international media. The story ran on the front page of all local papers, and on local, regional, and pan-Arab [...]
2009-05-26 03:31:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KU
09KUWAIT53POLITICAL FOOTBALL: PM'S RIVAL EXPLOITS FIFA
[...] (C) Kuwaiti international soccer participation, recently (and temporarily) reprieved from FIFA suspension, has become the arena for proxy struggle between rivals PM Shaykh Nasser Mohammed and would-be usurper Shaykh Ahmad Al-Fahd, both nephews of the Amir. These two ruling family heavyweights [...]
2009-01-21 15:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT530KUWAIT: 18 U.S. MILITARY H1N1 CASES MADE PUBLIC;
[...] (C) Summary: News of 18 confirmed H1N1 cases among U.S. military personnel in Kuwait dominated newspaper headlines and TV news shows on May 24 and 25 (ref A). The Ministry of Health moved promptly to stymie panic, including holding a well-received press conference on May 24. Separately, Kuwai [...]
2009-05-26 14:10:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT539DEMARCHE DELIVERED: PAKISTAN'S IDP CRISIS
[...] On May 26, econoff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Asian Department Counselor Rashid Al-Hajeri. In response to a query about the USD 49 million commitment made by Kuwait at the Pakistan Donor's conference in Tokyo in April, Hajeri confirmed that this contribution ref [...]
2009-05-28 13:23:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF PK KU
09KUWAIT54ARAB ECONOMIC SUMMIT: ARAB DISUNITY AND GAZA
[...] (C) Summary: The Arab Economic Summit concluded January 20 in Kuwait with a "Declaration" in lieu of a "final communiqu" after leaders failed to agree on language regarding the recent hostilities in Gaza. Despite heroic efforts to paper over differences and Saudi King Abdullah's open calls fo [...]
2009-01-21 15:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON PREL KPAL KU
09KUWAIT540GOK CONCERNED ABOUT NORTH KOREA TESTS
[...] (C) During a May 28 call on MFA's International Organization's department (and pending receipt of formal demarche instructions),PolCouns queried acting department chief Rashed Al-Saleh about GOK reaction to North Korea's May 24 nuclear test and its May 25-26 reported missile tests. Saleh conf [...]
2009-05-28 13:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KU KN
09KUWAIT541KUWAIT DELIVERS ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE MOU
[...] (C) On May 28, Ministry of Foreign Affairs delivered to Post Kuwait's response to the proposed Memorandum of Understanding regarding establishment of a joint working group to improve protection of Kuwait's energy infrastructure, which it had received from the USG in early January. The MOU con [...]
2009-05-28 14:12:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER ENRG ASEC PGOV PINS PREL ECON KCIP KU
09KUWAIT545AIR ASSETS FOR PAKISTAN - KUWAIT DOES NOT OPERATE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-31 13:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SMIG PARM PK KU
09KUWAIT550AMIR PLEADS FOR NATIONAL UNITY AS HE INTRODUCES
[...] (C) Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad al-Jaber Al Sabah on May 30 swore in sixteen new and returning ministers, introducing them to recently elected parliamentarians at the National Assembly's convening on May 31. This latest iteration of the government represents the 27th cabinet since Kuwai [...]
2009-06-01 15:16:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KWMN KU
09KUWAIT555KUWAIT HAS NOT YET CONSIDERED NEW AID FOR PAKISTAN
[...] (U) Econoff followed up on the possibility of Kuwait aid for Pakistan's IDPs with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Counselor Rashid Al-Hajri on June 1. Al-Hajri said the GoK's new Cabinet, which met first on May 31, had not yet considered the issue of relief for Pakistani IDPs. Officials from the [...]
2009-06-02 13:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREF EAID PHUM PK KU
09KUWAIT558KUWAIT'S STATELESS BIDOON: BACKGROUND AND RECENT
[...] (SBU) Summary. For the past twenty years, Kuwait's 100,000 stateless Bidoon residents have been denied access to the free healthcare, education, and other welfare-state benefits enjoyed by Kuwaiti citizens. Demonstrating a growing social awareness of the plight of the Bidoon and a sensitivity [...]
2009-06-03 11:34:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KISL KU
09KUWAIT560MOOT COURT VERDICT . . . A HUNG JURY, A VICTORY FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The terrorism trial simulation conducted at the American University of Kuwait (AUK),detailed in reftel, came to a conclusion on May 19 with closing arguments by the defense and prosecution and two and a half hours of jury deliberation, which ended with a (partially manufactured [...]
2009-06-04 09:44:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO OEXC OIIP SCUL SOCI PTER KU ZR
09KUWAIT561WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL HOLDEN(JUNE 6-7, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Holden to travel to post on June 6-7, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)99721-5933 [...]
2009-06-04 11:10:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC KU AFIN IZ
09KUWAIT562GOK DOWNPLAYS MP POSTURING, REITERATES SUPPORT FOR
[...] (U) Kuwait issued a calculated response on Wednesday to Kuwaiti and Iraqi parliamentarians' inflammatory press statements concerning settlement of disputes stemming from Iraq's 1990 invasion of its southern neighbor. The Amir called for MPs to be patient, and the Kuwaiti Ambassador to Iraq, [...]
2009-06-04 12:07:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT564KUWAITI PARTICIPATION IN AD-HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) Econcouns briefed Kuwait MFA Arab World Department Director Ambassador Jassim Al-Mubaraki on U.S. objectives for the June 8 Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting and emphasized the need for donors to provide immediate budgetary support for the Palestinian Authority (PA). Mubaraki state [...]
2009-06-04 12:39:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAL EAID PREL ECON KU
09KUWAIT565ACTION REQUEST: RECOMMENDED ENGAGEMENT ON
[...] This is an action request. See paragraph 10. Key Points ---------- 2. (C) -- Currently the Council of Ministers is seriously considering ending discount pricing for Jet A-1 fuel supplied to the U.S. military for use in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). The Council is awaiting recommenda [...]
2009-06-04 12:53:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL EPET KU
09KUWAIT566RENEWED IRAQI EFFORT ON KUWAITI MISSING A POSITIVE
[...] (U) In a tone more upbeat than in recent Tripartite Commission (TC) and Technical Subcommittee (TSC) meetings (Refs A, B),the ICRC on June 1 praised delegates from Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, France, UK and the US for their increased efforts -- since the March 31 TSC -- to locate the remains [...]
2009-06-04 14:45:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ KU
09KUWAIT57K-DOW AFTERMATH: LITIGATION LOOMS; HINTS OF HOPE
[...] (C) Summary: In the two weeks since the demise of the K-Dow joint venture between Dow Chemical and Kuwait's Petroleum Industries Company(PIC),the project remains a lead item in local news reports including those covering recent intense parliamentary debate on the issue. Although PIC official [...]
2009-01-22 11:46:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEINV EIND EPET ENRG PREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT570HARD-LINE POSITIONS FURTHER JEOPARDIZE UNCC
[...] (C) Summary: Iraqi, Jordanian and Kuwaiti environmental officials spent five days in talks in Kuwait from May 31 to June 4. The meetings -- convened under the auspices of the UN Compensation Commission (UNCC) -- focused on regional efforts to bolster Iraq's capacity to identify and plan for e [...]
2009-06-07 11:49:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT574UPDATE ON H1N1 CASES AMONG U.S. MILITARY IN KUWAIT
[...] (C) During an introductory meeting with the new Minister of Health, Dr. Hilal Musaed Al-Sayer, Ambassador provided an update on the status of H1N1 influenza cases among U.S. military transiting through Kuwait and informed the Minister that the USG would likely notify the WHO of additional cases [...]
2009-06-08 11:34:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT575SEEKING KUWAITI SUPPORT FOR MYERS IN UN CIVIL
[...] PolOff on June 8 delivered reftel demarche and biographic materials encouraging Kuwait to support U.S. nominee Lucretia Myers for UN International Civil Service Commission to Abdulmohsen Al-Refai, diplomatic attach in the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affair [...]
2009-06-08 11:42:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KU
09KUWAIT578KUWAIT'S NUCLEAR ENERGY PLANS STILL PRELIMINARY
[...] (SBU) On June 4, Econcouns used the fact sheet on the U.S.-UAE Nuclear Cooperation Agreement (123 Agreement) to discuss Kuwait's plans for peaceful nuclear energy with Dr. Nader Al-Awadhi, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR) Deputy Director General for Information and Kuwait's Nat [...]
2009-06-09 09:31:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG KNNP SENV PREL KU
09KUWAIT58GAZA REMAINS RALLYING CALL FOR GOK
[...] (SBU) In an attempt to deflect criticism of Arab leadership divisiveness as witnessed in the January 19-20 Arab Economic Summit (reported reftel),and to appear cohesive prior to next week's (scheduled) encounter with parliament, the Kuwaiti Council of Ministers united in a statement condemn [...]
2009-01-22 12:12:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON PINR KU
09KUWAIT587ICRC'S BRAINSTORMING SESSION ON MISSING PROVIDES
[...] Capitalizing on the positive atmospherics of the June 1 Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee meeting (ref A),ICRC assembled a panel of forensics experts for a June 7 "brainstorming session" on ways to accelerate the search for the missing -- on both sides of the border -- from the [...]
2009-06-11 10:06:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ KU
09KUWAIT589FAILURE TO LAUNCH: INFIGHTING BOGS DOWN THE
[...] (C) Infighting and attacks on ministers dominated the newly elected National Assembly's first working session, suggesting that the gridlock that has characterized Kuwait since 2006 likely will continue. Major issues such as the Amiri-decreed economic stimulus bill were not substantively addres [...]
2009-06-11 14:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT59KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION -- JANUARY 20 INAUGURATION
[...] (U) Summary and Comment. As of Thursday, January 22, all the Arabic and English dailies continued to publish headlines and pictures about the January 20 Inauguration Day ceremony. In addition to the front-page coverage, many columnists commented positively on the event from different perspec [...]
2009-01-22 13:46:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINO EPET OPRC KMDR KPAO XF KU MEDIA REACTION
09KUWAIT593TIP REPORT DEMARCHE: GOK WELCOMES CRITICISM, SAYS
[...] POLCOUNS on June 15 delivered reftel demarche notifying Kuwait of its Tier 3 ranking in the 2009 TIP report both to Mr. Hamad Sulaiman Al-Mishaan, First Secretary of the Americas Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),and to Mr. Hamad Al-Medhadi, Undersecretary for Co-operative A [...]
2009-06-15 14:00:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09KUWAIT594KUWAIT H1N1 UPDATE: 1 YES STUDENT CONFIRMED; NO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -There have been no new confirmed cases of H1N1 influenza among U.S. military personnel in Kuwait since June 4. The total number of confirmations remains at 69, though the WHO and GOK continue to state 18. -One Kuwaiti high school student who participated in the USG-funded A [...]
2009-06-16 14:35:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO KSAF KPAO
09KUWAIT599KUWAIT'S GLOBAL INVESTMENT HOUSE RECAPITALIZES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kuwait's largest investment firm, Global Investment House -- which faces almost $3 billion in short- and mid-term liabilities -- announced plans June 15 to raise approximately $523 million in a capital subscription. Additionally, the company hopes to raise a further $730 million [...]
2009-06-18 13:14:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ECON KU
09KUWAIT6KUWAITIS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST GAZA ATTACKS
[...] (LOU) Summary: Some 2,000 to 5,000 Kuwaitis demonstrated in front of the National Assembly building on January 3 to protest Israeli attacks on Gaza. A Member of Parliament burned an Israeli flag, while some demonstrators chanted "death to Israel" and "death to America." Speakers called on E [...]
2009-01-05 03:05:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SEC KU
09KUWAIT601GOK TO STUDY OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN GLOBAL
[...] A/DCM on June 18 discussed reftel demarche points scoping GOK interest in seeking membership in the G-8 Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (GP) with Salem Al-Shibli of MFA's Legal Department. Shibli, while not able to respond definitively, agree [...]
2009-06-18 13:53:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETTC PARM KU
09KUWAIT602GOK OPTIMISTIC ABOUT POSITIVE OUTCOMES FROM AL
[...] (C) A/DCM on June 18 raised reftel points concerning the need for moderate Arab states like Kuwait to exercise leadership during the upcoming June 24 Arab League ministerial with Ahmad Al-Baker, lead official on AL issues in MFA's Arab World Department. 2. (C) In response, Al-Baker assured A/ [...]
2009-06-18 13:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT604ASSEMBLY AGAIN FOCUSES ON RULING FAMILY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-21 12:25:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT608AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIP WITH NEW MINISTER OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-21 15:12:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR GTIP KTFN KHUM KU
09KUWAIT613KUWAIT'S NEW REHAB CENTER FOR FORMER GTMO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 13:18:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER PREL PGOV PINR IR KDRG PHUM KU
09KUWAIT614KUWAIT'S MERCHANTS FRET ABOUT THE FUTURE, FAIL TO
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-22 13:19:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT615KUWAIT WELCOMES US POSITION ON THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) EconCouns discussed U.S. views on the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) separately with Kuwait Institute Deputy Director General Dr. Mohammed Salman and with Rashid Al-Saleh of the MFA's International Organizations Department. Both welcomed the news that the USG was seriousl [...]
2009-06-22 14:31:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV KU
09KUWAIT619KUWAIT ECONOMIC UPDATE - JUNE 2009
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: -Despite high profile defaults, Kuwait continues to be spared most of the ravages of the global financial crisis. S&P recently reaffirmed its "AA-/A-1 " ratings, citing Kuwait's "robust external balances." -Current oil prices will likely produce a budget surplus [...]
2009-06-24 09:59:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV EPET KU
09KUWAIT623INTERIOR MINISTER PRESENTS HIMSELF WELL IN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-24 13:18:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT624KUWAITI VIEWS ON CRITICAL ENERGY MOU
[...] (C) Summary and Key Points -- The NSB is happy with USG-GoK cooperation thus far and believes that it is in both countries' best interest to continue it. -- The NSB would be happy to sign the amended MOU. -- Kuwait is willing to cover expenses for USG personnel visiting Kuwait under the [...]
2009-06-24 13:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER ENRG PREL PINS KCIP ECON KU
09KUWAIT631SCENESETTER FOR AA/S FELTMAN VISIT TO KUWAIT
[...] (C) Dear AA/S Feltman, my staff and I look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. Your arrival comes at an interesting moment, with a newly elected National Assembly already testing the government's resolve through the "grilling" of a senior Al Sabah minister. Your visit will provide an excellent [...]
2009-06-25 13:14:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV IZ IR KU
09KUWAIT632KUWAIT IMPLEMENTING UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION
[...] (SBU) Econcouns met with MFA Asia Department Counselor (number 2) Rashed Al-Hajri on June 25 to seek GoK cooperation in enforcing the terms of UNSCR 1874. Al-Hajri stated, unequivocally, that Kuwait understood its responsibility under UNSCRs and would abide by them fully, adding that "UNSCRs [...]
2009-06-25 13:30:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL MNUC KN KU
09KUWAIT633KUWAIT H1N1 LESSONS LEARNED -- WALKING THE LINE
[...] (C) Summary: Reports of multiple H1N1 influenza cases among U.S. military personnel in Kuwait in mid-May strained U.S.-Kuwait relations and threatened the seamless monthly flow of 50,000 OIF troops. Emboffs and senior Army officers worked diligently to maintain GOK trust in the USG's ability [...]
2009-06-28 03:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKFLU MARR MOPS AEMR ASEC AMED CASC KFLO TBIO
09KUWAIT639KUWAIT'S AID TO PAKISTAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary and Key Points ---------------------------- -- The Kuwait Red Crescent (KRC) has made preparations to provide Pakistani Internally Displaced Persons with 20,000 tents and 10,000 packages of foodstuffs, cooking ut [...]
2009-06-28 13:20:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID PHUM PREL PK KU
09KUWAIT643KUWAIT-FRANCE NUCLEAR COOPERATION
[...] (C) Summary: French Economy Minister Christine Lagarde visited Kuwait June 20-21 for the twelfth meeting of the Kuwait-France Joint Economic Committee. Local media and wires played up French-Kuwaiti nuclear cooperation both from her talks with the Amir and from the concurrent visit by represe [...]
2009-06-29 06:13:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL EINV ETRD ECON ECIP ENRG KU FR
09KUWAIT644SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY NAPOLITANO'S VISIT TO
[...] (C) Madame Secretary: My staff and I look forward to welcoming you to Kuwait. While we understand that your schedule has been centered around a U.S. Coast Guard event, we have also requested a meeting for you with the Amir, Shaykh Sabah Ahmed Al Sabah, or his designated representative. When [...]
2009-06-29 10:09:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KU
09KUWAIT645WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL HUTCHISON(JUNE 30-JULY 1, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Hutchison to travel to post on June 30-July 1, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9 [...]
2009-06-29 12:59:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC KU
09KUWAIT646KUWAIT ENERGY CEO ON IRAQI AND KUWAITI HYDROCARBON
[...] (C) Summary: On June 25, Kuwait Energy CEO Sara Akbar briefed Ambassador on the difficulties her company faced in its efforts to develop the Siba field in Iraq. She implied that Iraqi interest in renegotiating its maritime boundary with Kuwait stemmed in part from the Iraqi discovery of an of [...]
2009-06-29 13:12:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG PREL IZ UP KU
09KUWAIT647KUWAIT MOVING FORWARD -- SLOWLY -- WITH NUCLEAR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (SBU) On June 24, Dr. Adnan Shihab-Eldin, the head of the secretariat for Kuwait's National Committee for Using Nuclear Energy for Peaceful Purposes -- "informally" -- briefed Econcouns on progress in Kuwait's efforts to assess and imple [...]
2009-06-29 14:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALENRG KNNP SENV PREL KU
09KUWAIT659INTERIOR MINISTER SURVIVES VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE
[...] (C) In what amounts to a stinging rebuke to tribalist opposition members of parliament, Interior Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Khaled Al Sabah survived a vote of no confidence July 1 by a convincing 30 to 16 votes, with two abstentions and one absence. The vote came in response to a motion filed b [...]
2009-07-01 14:08:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT66COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL TIERNEY (JANUARY 29-30,
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Tierney to travel to post January 29-30, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expedito [...]
2009-01-26 03:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI HU KU PK QA COUNTRY
09KUWAIT67COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CODEL SMITH (JANUARY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and grants country clearance for CODEL Smith to travel to post January 31- February 1, 2009. 2. This clearance is not/not valid for entry into Iraq; you must apply for Iraq clearance through Embassy Baghdad. 3. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/e [...]
2009-01-26 03:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN COUNTRY CLEARANCE
09KUWAIT673DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT DOESN'T KNOW WHO WILL
[...] (U) PolOff on July 6 delivered reftel demarche inquiring about Kuwait's plans for its UNGA delegation. Dr. Rashid Al-Saleh, Second Secretary of MFA's International Organizations Department, responded that the GOK has not yet determined the composition of its delegation, but will inform Embassy [...]
2009-07-07 11:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV UNGA KU
09KUWAIT675AA/S FELTMAN MEETING WITH AMIRI ADVISOR REVIEWS
[...] (C) Summary: AA/S Feltman reviewed with Amiri Advisor Ambassador Mohammed Abulhassan on June 30 the state of play on the Kuwait - Iraq bilateral relationship and GOK expectations for an August 3 Amir - POTUS meeting in Washington. Abulhassan made clear that the Amir's (and the GOK's) highest [...]
2009-07-08 05:46:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT676AA/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES IRAN, IRAQ WITH PRIME
[...] (C) Summary: During a June 30 meeting between the Prime Minister and AA/S Feltman, the PM: -- urged ongoing dialogue with Iran, despite recent events, and the avoidance of any military option, notwithstanding his pessimistic outlook on Iran's nuclear program and the prospects for any opening [...]
2009-07-08 05:53:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KUNC IR IZ PK KU
09KUWAIT680MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS LAUDS U.S.-KUWAIT TIES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador discussed Kuwait Airways privatization, Kuwait-Iraq relations and Kuwait-U.S. ties during an introductory meeting with the new Minister of Communications, Dr. Mohammed Mohsen Al-Busairi, who also holds the title of Minister of State for National Assembly Affairs. The [...]
2009-07-09 10:03:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAIR PGOV IZ KU
09KUWAIT682DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK TO REVIEW REQUEST TO
[...] Following a July 9 meeting on another subject, A/DCM delivered points contained reftel to Salah Al-Mutairi, Counselor in MFA's Arab World Department, noting the urgent need for generous humanitarian assistance to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Al-Mutairi, wh [...]
2009-07-09 10:37:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ER ET KE SO KU
09KUWAIT686AMBASSADOR PRESSES NEW JUSTICE MINISTER ON TIP
[...] (C) Summary: During a cordial July 8 introductory meeting, Ambassador raised Kuwait's Tier III Trafficking in Persons (TIP) status with newly-appointed Minister of Justice Rashed Al-Hammad and outlined steps the GOK should take to address outstanding TIP concerns. Ambassador also queried the [...]
2009-07-09 11:04:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PINR GTIP KTFN KHUM KU
09KUWAIT687KUWAIT AIMS FOR ENERGY SELF-SUFFICIENCY BY 2012
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GOK seeks to end perennial electricity shortfalls by summer 2012 through the construction of two (long-planned) power plants, the 2,000 MW Subiya power plant and the 4,800 MW As-Zour North power plant. U.S. firm General Electric is involved in two of three consortia being c [...]
2009-07-09 11:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EINV KU
09KUWAIT689IRAQI PARLIAMENT SPEAKER'S VISIT CALMS TENSIONS
[...] (U) Summary: Iraq's Parliament Speaker, Iyad Al-Samaraie, visited Kuwait at the invitation of his Kuwaiti counterpart Speaker Jassem Al-Kharafi July 5-8 and met with Kuwait's Amir and other leading GOK officials, as well as with members of the Kuwaiti parliament's Foreign Affairs committee. [...]
2009-07-09 13:52:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT690WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL GROVE (JULY 12-15, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Grove to travel to post July 12-15, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Larry Carson, ISU Management Officer Office- (965) 2259-1545 Cell- (965) [...]
2009-07-10 11:27:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI GM KU
09KUWAIT691WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL GROVE (JULY 12-15, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Grove to travel to post July 12-15, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Larry Carson, ISU Management Officer Office- (965) 2259-1545 Cell- (965) [...]
2009-07-10 11:34:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN AF EI GM KU
09KUWAIT699DEMARCHE DELIVERED: OPPOSITION TO THE ITSO
[...] (U) Econoff on April 5 delivered reftel points to the Ministry of Communications and underscoring USG opposition to the ITSO Director General's demand for arbitration. The Ministry informed Econoff that Kuwait would be sending Dr. Saleh Khalaf, Director-Financial Sector at the Ministry of Com [...]
2009-07-13 09:56:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA TSPA
09KUWAIT700AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FTA; IPR; KUWAIT'S INVESTMENT
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met on July 9 with newly appointed Minister of Commerce & Industry Ahmad Rashed Al-Haroun. Ambassador applauded the GOK's efforts to implement IPR enforcement but stressed the need to implement legislation. The Minister was optimistic that with a more "approachable" [...]
2009-07-13 10:37:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER PINR GTIP KTFN KHUM KU
09KUWAIT702U.S. MILITARY O/CONUS AND PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTING
[...] (SBU) Embassy understands that discussions are ongoing among DOD, HHS and DOS regarding primary responsibility for reporting PHEIC (public health emergencies of international concern, e.g., H1N1 influenza outbreaks) among U.S. military personnel serving outside CONUS. Embassy Kuwait -- where t [...]
2009-07-14 09:25:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKFLU MOPS MARR PREL AMED KU
09KUWAIT707GOK COUNTER-TERRORISM FINANCING PROGRESS
[...] (C) The GOK continues to demonstrate that it is taking meaningful steps to prevent charitable donations from becoming sources of financing for extremist groups. Despite deficient legislation, improved GOK interagency coordination and significant regulatory enhancements have produced appreciab [...]
2009-07-15 13:04:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKTFN PTER ECON PGOV PREL KU
09KUWAIT708MFA U/S REVIEW IRAQ, MEPP AND GTMO IN ADVANCE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-15 16:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS MASS PTER KPAL KU IR IZ
09KUWAIT71TERRORISM FINANCE: KUWAITI JUDICIAL COURT RULES
[...] (SBU) Kuwaiti press reported on January 26 that Kuwait's Court of First Instance had ruled in favor of releasing the assets of UN 1267 Designee Hamed Al-Ali. Al-Ali's assets were frozen by the Government of Kuwait (GOK) in July 2008, following the January 16, 2008 UN 1267 designation of Al-A [...]
2009-01-27 12:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER
09KUWAIT714INTERIOR MINISTER ON GTMO, RESHAPING HIS MINISTRY
[...] S) SUMMARY A buoyant Minister of Interior, still basking in his recent victory over parliamentarian "grillers," told Ambassador July 7 that he had been given a mandate to reorganize, "discipline and focus" his ministry to deal with what "all now recognized" was a serious global terrorism thre [...]
2009-07-18 09:15:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PTER PGOV PINR KU IZ
09KUWAIT721DEMARCHE DELIVERED: KUWAIT UNDECIDED ON
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-20 14:20:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER KU JO
09KUWAIT722NEW UTILITIES MINISTER PLEDGES TO END ELECTRICITY
[...] (SBU) During an introductory meeting with Ambassador, Kuwait's new Minister for Electricity and Water, Dr. Bader Shebib Al-Shuraiaan, stated that he intended to move forward with several long stalled, critical power projects, declaring: "My priority is to get everything going." He asserted th [...]
2009-07-20 14:26:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON EINV KU
09KUWAIT723SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO KUWAIT
[...] Key Points: -- (C) Our bilateral mil-mil relationship with Kuwait is strong; active FMS cases amount to USD 8.1 billion and Kuwaiti AIK for OIF exceeds USD one billion annually; -- (C) While concerned about the security implications of a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, the GoK will likely need con [...]
2009-07-20 15:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT724SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL PETRAEUS' VISIT TO KUWAIT
[...] Key Points: -- (C) Our bilateral mil-mil relationship with Kuwait is strong; active FMS cases amount to USD 8.1 billion and Kuwaiti AIK for OIF exceeds USD one billion annually; -- (C) While concerned about the security implications of a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, the GoK will likely need con [...]
2009-07-21 05:46:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT728WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL BARRASO(July 24-27, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Barrasso to travel to post from July 24-27, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9985 [...]
2009-07-21 10:52:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
09KUWAIT73GOK SEEKS RELEASE OF MNF-I DETAINEE ABDELRAHMAN
[...] (C) The GOK requested via January 25 dipnote the release from MNF-I detention in Baghdad of Kuwaiti citizen Abdelrahman Al-Bathali. Al-Bathali (ISN: US9IZ-157245CI),captured in Iraq by MNF-I on January 30, 2004, is the son of UNSCR 1267 designee Mubarak Mishkhas Al-Bathali. On January 27, [...]
2009-01-27 13:34:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL PINR KU
09KUWAIT731WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL LYNCH(July 25-26, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Lynch to travel to post from July 25-26, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9985-16 [...]
2009-07-22 08:08:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IS IZ
09KUWAIT735KUWAIT FUND SUPPORT TO AFGHANISTAN STALLED DUE TO
[...] (U) Poloff and Econoff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Follow-up Department Counselor Abdulla Mehdi July 20. Mehdi agreed to review the points with Ambassador Khalid Maqamis, Head of Follow-up and Coordination Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and provide a respon [...]
2009-07-22 12:24:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL AF KU
09KUWAIT736KUWAITI FM REMAINS RELUCTANT ON KOSOVO
[...] (C) In a follow-up to ref A, Ambassador used the opportunity of a July 20 airport meeting with FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah prior to his departure for London, en route to Washington for the Amir's August 3 visit, to engage him on the issue of GOK recognition of Kosovo. The FM pointedly as [...]
2009-07-22 14:11:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU KV
09KUWAIT738SCENESETTER FOR THE AMIR OF KUWAIT'S AUGUST 3
[...] (C) The President's August 3 meeting with Kuwaiti Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al Sabah offers an opportunity to reaffirm the importance we attach to our bilateral relationship at a time when the U.S. drawdown from Iraq, efforts to move Iraq out from under Chapter VII sanctions, and concern abou [...]
2009-07-22 15:17:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER CVIS ECON IR IZ KU
09KUWAIT753S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN APPLAUDS RECENT KUWAITI
[...] (C) Summary. S/CT Ambassador-at-large Daniel Benjamin was warmly received by Kuwaiti officials July 26. Key points: - (C) S/CT Benjamin applauded the GOK's intensified efforts on CT over the past six to nine months, as well as continued GOK focus on ensuring force protection for the lar [...]
2009-07-30 10:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKTFN KU PTER PGOV
09KUWAIT754EMBASSY KUWAIT'S PROMOTION OF DIALOGUE WITH MUSLIM
[...] (U) Summary. Regarding Ref A's tasking on the Consultative Process for Muslim Engagement, future events planned by Embassy Kuwait include the following five programs: -- Arab-American Science Partnership -- Alternative Energy Applications Conference -- American Diwaniya -- Food for Thought A [...]
2009-07-30 14:09:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KISL SCUL SOCI KU
09KUWAIT755INTERAGENCY GTMO TEAM HAS SUCCESSFUL VISIT TO
[...] (S/NF) An interagency team representing DoD, State, DoJ, and GRPO visited Kuwait July 26-27 to discuss GOK preparations in the event that any or all of Kuwait's remaining four GTMO detainees should be transferred, and to tour the purpose-built "Al-Salam Center" rehabilitation facility and rev [...]
2009-07-30 14:47:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG PHUM KU
09KUWAIT756A WALTZ WITH SHAYKH AHMED: OIL/INFO MINISTER LETS
[...] (C) Summary: The dual-hatted Kuwaiti Oil/Information Minister Shaykh Ahmed Abdullah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah told the Ambassador July 27 that Kuwait wants to obtain international expertise in developing its oil projects, mentioning that ExxonMobil is likely to oversee production in the Burgan oil fie [...]
2009-07-30 15:42:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ENRG EINV KWIR EPET KU IZ
09KUWAIT759WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL BISHOP(AUG 4-6, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Bishop to travel to post on August 4-6, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9986-169 [...]
2009-08-02 05:38:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ AE GM
09KUWAIT760GEN PETRAEUS AND KUWAITI DCOS ON IRAN, IRAQ, CT,
[...] (S) CENTCOM Commander GEN David Petraeus, accompanied by Ambassador, engaged in a wide-ranging exchange on the evening of July 22 with Kuwaiti Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS) LTG Ahmed Khalid Al Sabah. Key Points: -- (C) On Iraq, General Petraeus said the USG appreciates Kuwait's [...]
2009-08-02 06:56:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT761GOK ON TIP ACTION PLAN: ANTI-TIP LAW LIKELY TO
[...] (SBU) Key points: -- The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) expressed confidence that an anti-TIP draft law will be approved by the National Assembly in the Fall. -- The Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) now expects lengthy delays before construction can begin on a 700-bed shelter for d [...]
2009-08-02 11:00:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN SMIG ELAB KCRM KU
09KUWAIT762WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MURPHY-MCKEON(AUGUST 7-9, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Murphy-McKeon to travel to post from August 7-9, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965 [...]
2009-08-02 11:42:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN GM AF QA KU TU IZ
09KUWAIT765KUWAIT H1N1 CASES ACCELERATE
[...] (C) Summary: The GOK's Ministry of Health (MOH) has reported significant increases in H1N1 influenza cases in recent days, with 265 cases confirmed as of August 2. Separately, U.S. Army Central Command (ARCENT) in Kuwait has reported a spike in suspected H1N1 transmissions among personnel serv [...]
2009-08-03 12:01:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKFLU MARR PREL TBIO KPAO KU
09KUWAIT774INTERNAL REVIEW OF MLAT WILL DELAY NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (U) On August 3, Econoff followed-up with the Kuwaiti Ministry of Justice to discuss a diplomatic note inviting representatives of the GOK to Washington DC for negotiations of a new Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty and including a proposed treaty text (REF A). 2. (U) Zakaria Al Ansari, Direct [...]
2009-08-05 12:27:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS CJAN SNAR KTIA KCRM PTER KU
09KUWAIT779IRAQ STEPS UP EFFORTS TO LOCATE MISSING KUWAITIS
[...] (U) Key points: -- The ICRC-brokered Technical Subcomittee meetings (TSC) continue to serve as a constructive venue for Iraq-Kuwait bilateral engagement. -- In recent months, the GOI has shown a "new determination" in following-up on leads in the search for those still missing from the [...]
2009-08-06 15:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ
09KUWAIT78KUWAIT OIL SPILL: SEVEN KILOMETERS OF COASTLINE
[...] (SBU) Summary: An oil spill, caused by a leak January 13-15 at or near the Doha power station near Kuwait City, has affected seven kilometers of coastline on the city's western outskirts. Wildlife, including birds and mangroves, has been affected by the spill. The GOK's response has been ad h [...]
2009-01-29 10:34:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALSENV EPET KU
09KUWAIT788GOK ENACTS POSITIVE CHANGE TO FLAWED WORKER
[...] (C) Summary. The GOK has made several recent moves towards reforming its flawed foreign worker sponsorship system: -- On August 9, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) issued a Ministerial resolution ) not subject to Parliamentary approval ) to immediately permit most foreign w [...]
2009-08-10 13:47:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN KTIP SMIG KU
09KUWAIT789WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL MCCAIN (AUGUST 14-16, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL McCain to travel to post August 14-16, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985-169 [...]
2009-08-11 11:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN EI AF KU IZ LY MU AE YM
09KUWAIT79KUWAIT'S WITHERING BOURSE, POPULIST POLITICS
[...] (C) Summary: Investor confidence in Kuwait has gone from bad to worse in recent weeks. Many Kuwaiti investors had expected a new year rally in stock prices -- instead, the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) is down almost 20% since January  [...]
2009-01-29 10:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN KU
09KUWAIT790GOK ADDS AL-BATHALY TO THE REHAB CENTER MIX
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (C) Post received a diplomatic note August 10 from the Kuwaiti MFA reiterating the GOK's long-standing request for the return of the four Kuwaiti nationals held at Guantanamo Bay, and outlining the procedures to be followed by the GOK in the [...]
2009-08-11 14:24:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PINR KDRG PHUM KU
09KUWAIT793KSS ARRESTS SIX FOR PLOTTING TERROR ATTACK
[...] (S/NF) Acting on shared intelligence as well as on its own suspicions, Kuwait State Security (KSS) forces have arrested six Kuwaiti men -- in whose possession were home-made explosives and guns -- for planning attacks on Camp Arifjan -- a vital logistics hub that is home to thousands of U.S. [...]
2009-08-12 15:34:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV PREL KU
09KUWAIT796DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK UNSURE OF PLANS FOR BMENA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-13 08:52:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON PREL KMPI KPAO KDEM KU
09KUWAIT797DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK TO SUPPORT HOSNI FOR
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel points on the September 17 UNESCO Director-General elections, Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Counselor Jasem Al-Najem told PolOff on August 11 that Kuwait plans to vote for Egyptian candidate Farouk Hosni. 2. (C) Al-Najem added that the A [...]
2009-08-13 08:52:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL UNESCO KU
09KUWAIT798KUWAIT FUND COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) Summary and key points. On August 12, Waleed Al Bahar, Regional Manager for Central Asian and European Country Affairs, Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development(KFAED) met with EconCouns to discuss funding to Pakistan. - Al Bahar was unaware of allegations of any GoK withdrawal [...]
2009-08-13 09:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EFIN PREF PREL KU PK
09KUWAIT8GLOBAL INVESTMENT HOUSE SEEKS TO RESTRUCTURE DEBT
[...] (U) This contains business proprietary information. 2. (C) Summary: Global Investment House defaulted on a $200 million payment for a syndicated loan on December 15 and sought a 90 day standstill on payments to approximately 30 international and Kuwaiti banks to develop a restructuring plan [...]
2009-01-05 08:25:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN EINV ECON KU
09KUWAIT805C-SA9-01527: MOST PAKISTANI AND AFGHAN WORKERS IN
[...] (U) The below responses are keyed to reftel questions. 2. (C) "How much money do expatriates send back to their home country in annual remittances?" According to Pakistani Embassy Labor Attach Rabnawaz Khan, unskilled laborers (who make up the vast majority of Pakistani workers in Kuwait) [...]
2009-08-16 14:24:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNECON KU PGOV PREL PTER KTFN
09KUWAIT811KUWAIT'S TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT
[...] (U) Summary. As requested (ref A),Post provides below additional information for the Department's reassessment of Kuwait's Tier 3 ranking in the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Though significant efforts to counter widespread abuse are ongoing, the GOK has not progressed substantia [...]
2009-08-17 13:04:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPHUM ELAB PGOV KTIP KU
09KUWAIT812KUWAIT WEDDING FIRE KILLS 43; AMIR CONDOLES,
[...] (U) At 9:20pm on August 15, a fire broke out at a Kuwaiti wedding tent which killed 43 women and children and injured 90 others. According to local press reports, the ex-wife of the groom confessed to setting the fire, which consumed the entire structure -- which had only one exit for just und [...]
2009-08-17 13:30:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI KU
09KUWAIT815DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COORDINATING AFGHAN ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-18 14:49:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KU PREL KPAO
09KUWAIT822MFA U/S: TERRORIST THREAT HITS HOME; KUWAIT HOLDS
[...] (C) Summary: MFA U/S Khaled Al-Jarallah told CDA August 18 that Kuwait desired closer CT cooperation with the USG, "particularly now that it is clear Al-Qaeda has begun to target Kuwait." CDA expressed appreciation for Kuwaiti action in thwarting the terrorist plot against US military personn [...]
2009-08-19 14:18:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PREL IZ KU
09KUWAIT823KUWAIT AVOIDS MAJOR BLACK OUTS BUT SEES EVER
[...] (SBU) Summary: While Kuwait has avoided electricity shortages so far this summer, marginal excess capacity is very limited and increasing demand makes launching two long-planned power projects imperative. Movement forward towards awarding one of these, the two gigawatt (GW) Subiya power plant [...]
2009-08-19 14:35:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG EPET SENV KU
09KUWAIT827FM CONVOKES P3 TO LAY OUT KUWAITI POSITION ON
[...] (S) FM Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al Sabah convoked French Ambassador and US and UK CDA's August 20 to make the following points: -- Kuwait appreciates the strong affirmation of UNSCR 833 by P3 states. -- Kuwait is seeking to be flexible in its approach towards Iraq, as called for by UNSYG Ban K [...]
2009-08-20 16:14:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT831KUWAIT OIL PRODUCTION UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: In separate meetings with CDA and Econcouns, two senior Kuwaiti oil officials asserted that Kuwait could sustainably produce 3 million barrels per day of crude oil, but acknowledged that exceeding that level without international assistance would be difficult. The Amir's oil advi [...]
2009-08-23 07:33:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEPET ENRG EINV KU
09KUWAIT832GOK MOVES FORWARD ON NEW LABOR LAW & ON RELIEF FOR
[...] (SBU) At an unprecedented 19 August emergency session of Kuwait's National Assembly, MPs gave the first of two approval votes needed to pass the new private sector labor bill. The bill would increase foreign workers' annual leave from fourteen days to thirty and increase the amount of time re [...]
2009-08-23 12:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN KTIP ELAB KU
09KUWAIT833MLAT NEGOTIATION DATE STILL TBD
[...] (U) On August 20, Kuwait's MFA formally informed post, via Diplomatic Note, that "the concerned Kuwaiti authorities are currently studying the draft MLAT agreement submitted by the American side. Regarding the visit invitation, we shall provide you with the proposed date at a later time." Thi [...]
2009-08-23 12:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINS CJAN SNAR KTIA KCRM PTER KU
09KUWAIT834TSA REVIEWS KUWAITI AIRWAYS
[...] (U) Summary and Key Issues. On August 17, Ian Ross, International Industry Representative, Transportation Security Agency (TSA),briefed Econcouns and RSO on his meetings with Kamil Al-Awadhi, Head of Safety, Security & Emergency Response, Kuwaiti Airways (KA) and Fareed Al-Qattan, Deputy He [...]
2009-08-24 05:58:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON PTER PGOV PREL KU
09KUWAIT836WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL BORDALLO(AUGUST 24-25, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Bordallo to travel to post from August 24-25, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)99 [...]
2009-08-24 07:16:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU IZ BA AF QA
09KUWAIT839QUERYING MFA ON RELEASE OF POSSIBLE TERRORISM
[...] (S) Polcouns met August 23 with Ambassador Khaled Mugames, MFA's Director of Coordination and Follow-up, to discuss the recent arrests of terrorists plotting attacks on U.S. and Kuwaiti facilities (reftel). Polcouns specifically pressed Mugames for more timely sharing of information regarding [...]
2009-08-24 09:21:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER PREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT844GOK TWEAKS GROUNDBREAKING SPONSORSHIP REFORM
[...] (U) Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL) Minister Mohammad Al-Afasi issued a groundbreaking resolution on August 9 allowing foreign workers in Kuwait's private sector for the first time to quit their jobs and change to a new employer provided they had remained with their current employ [...]
2009-08-25 14:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM SOCI KWMN KTIP ELAB KU
09KUWAIT847THIRD TIME THE CHARM? GE ONE STEP CLOSER TO 2
[...] (SBU) After intensive high-level Embassy advocacy, led by Ambassador and including the FCS and Economic sections, it appears as if General Electric's efforts to win the approximately $2.4 billion Subiya power plant project will be successful. On August 17, Kuwait's Central Tender Committee se [...]
2009-08-26 14:32:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV EPET KU
09KUWAIT849AMIR OFFERS MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR WOUNDED IRAQIS
[...] (U) The Kuwaiti media reported August 27 that Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah has instructed his government to assist in transporting to Kuwait for medical assistance a number of Iraqis injured in August 19 truck bomb blasts in Baghdad. This message was conveyed in a statement by Minister [...]
2009-08-27 15:15:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT850RAISING PSI EXERCISE LEADING EDGE WITH GOK
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 15:21:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MNUC PARM PGOV KU IZ
09KUWAIT853CENTRAL BANK DEPUTY GOVERNOR ON MENA/FATF,
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 9. 2. (C) Summary and Key Points: On August 24, CDA and Econoffs met with Mohammed Al Hashel, Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Kuwait (CBK). Key topics discussed: Economic status from CBK's perspective: robust oil prices balance the [...]
2009-08-30 10:40:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EPET EINV KU
09KUWAIT854GOK VIEWS ON 2010 NPT REVCON
[...] (C) Polcounselor on August 27 raised reftel points concerning the May 2010 NPT review conference (Revcon),with Jassem Al-Najem, MFA lead on NPT issues. In delivering points, Polcounselor noted Embassy interest in initiating a sustained dialogue on NPT and related non-proliferation issues and [...]
2009-08-30 11:39:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KNNP NPT KU
09KUWAIT860GOK TO FULFILL PALESTINE AID PLEDGES BUT HESITANT
[...] (SBU) On August 27 Embassy forwarded to FM Mohammad Al-Sabah the Secretary's letter requesting PA aid (ref A). On August 31, DCM brought a copy of the letter to Arab World Department Director Ambassador Jassem Al-Mubaraki, who said the GOK will fulfill its Palestinian aid funding pledges but n [...]
2009-09-01 12:13:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPAL EAID ECIN ECON EFIN EG IS KU
09KUWAIT87KUWAITI MPS SIFT THROUGH GAZA RUBBLE
[...] (U) Amid ongoing calls to grill the PM, wrangling over KDOW, and rumors of pending constitutional or unconstitutional dissolution by the Amir, the Kuwaiti parliament, keeping Gaza at the forefront, managed to limp through another session January 27-28. Per ref A, Gaza continues to be the sol [...]
2009-01-29 14:38:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PINR PREL KU
09KUWAIT876WASTEWATER GATHERINIG FACILITY FAILS: KUWAITIS
[...] (C) Summary: In what has become yet another domestic political football, accusations of governmental incompetence and corruption are flying over a malfunction at a major wastewater pumping station in the tony residential district of Mishref. The ongoing sewage spill, which began on or about A [...]
2009-09-02 11:19:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALECON SENV KU
09KUWAIT877INTERIOR MINISTER ON REHAB CENTER, RECENT TERROR
[...] (S) Summary: A focused Interior Minister told the Ambassador September 2 that he supported further cooperation on CT. Accepting the Ambassador,s congratulations on rolling up a Kuwaiti group planning attacks against Camp Arifjan and Kuwaiti targets, Shaykh Jaber clearly heard the Ambassador, [...]
2009-09-02 15:09:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PTER PGOV SNAR PINR KU IR
09KUWAIT882GOK REQUESTS PARTICIPATION AT AML CONFERENCE
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (U) Summary and Key Points. On August 31, Econ Couns met with Shaykh Nimer Al Sabah, Director, Anti-Money Laundering Office, Ministry of Commerce (MoC). Key topics discussed: - MoC's anti-money laundering campaign, including proc [...]
2009-09-03 10:05:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KTFN PREL SNAR ECON KU
09KUWAIT883DESIGNATION OF MISSION DISASTER RELIEF OFFICER AND
[...] (U) Per reftel, Chief of Mission (COM) Embassy Kuwait has designated a Mission Disaster Relief Officer (MDRO) and Mission Disaster Relief Alternate (MDRA) to serve as the focal point for disaster-related information, planning, and activities affecting Kuwait. The contact details for MDRO and [...]
2009-09-03 10:14:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI EAID PREF KU
09KUWAIT884WELCOME CABLE FOR CODEL LEVIN (SEPT 3-4, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes CODEL Levin to travel to post September 3-4, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985-169 [...]
2009-09-03 10:17:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
09KUWAIT885WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL GARVEY (SEPT 4-6, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Garvey to travel to post September 4-6, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965) 9985 [...]
2009-09-03 10:41:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC AFIN KU
09KUWAIT888DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK GOALS FOR ARAB LEAGUE
[...] (C) POLCOUNS on September 07 raised reftel points concerning the upcoming (September 09-10) Arab League Ministerial with MFA Arab World Department Counselor Salah Al-Mutairi. Al-Mutairi, while noting that he had not received much information about the ministerial agenda from his chain of comm [...]
2009-09-07 14:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL AL KU
09KUWAIT889RAISING UNGA GOALS WITH KUWAIT
[...] (C) Polcouns on September 07 raised USG UNGA goals (reftel) with Jassem Al-Najem, Counselor in MFA's International Organizations Department, stressing USG interest in transending the North-South divide, bolstering non-proliferation regimes, encouraging support for peacekeeping, Middle East pea [...]
2009-09-07 14:41:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KU
09KUWAIT89KUWAIT MEDIA REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S JANUARY 26 Al-ARABIYA
[...] (U) Summary and Comment. As of Thursday, January 29, no Kuwaiti dailies offered commentaries on President Obama's January 26 television interview with Al-Arabiya. The interview was covered in an extremely positive light by the State-run Kuwaiti News Agency (KUNA) on January 27, and picked up [...]
2009-02-01 06:01:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO EINO OPRC KMDR XF KU MEDIA REACTION
09KUWAIT890KUWAIT UNLIKELY CANDIDATE FOR HRC
[...] (C) Political Counselor on September 7 raised reftel points with Jassem Al-Najem, Counselor in MFA's International Organizations Department, noting the importance to our common interests of having an effective Human Rights Council and the unfortunate signal that Iran's presence on the HRC woul [...]
2009-09-07 14:54:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV KU
09KUWAIT894DELAYED MEGA PROJECT NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION:
[...] (SBU) Summary and Key Points. On September 3, Econoff met with Engineer Adel Abdullah Al-Torke, Chief of Mega Projects Sector, Ministry of Public Works (MoPW)to discuss the status of the Bubiyan port project. Key points discussed: - Status of the Bubiyan port project: project delayed by on [...]
2009-09-08 12:15:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ENGR EWWT ELTN ECON KU
09KUWAIT896KUWAIT FOLLOWS THROUGH ON PROMISE TO HELP INJURED
[...] (U) Kuwaiti news media widely reported on September 04 the arrival in Kuwait for medical treatment of some 25 Iraqis injured in August 19 truck bomb blasts in Baghdad. The gesture fulfills an instruction issued by Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al Sabah (reported reftel) to his goveQent to assist [...]
2009-09-09 09:51:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT897DRAFT COPYRIGHT LAW IN REVIEW, MAY CLEAR BY
[...] (SBU) On Sept. 7, Econcouns met with Shaker al Saleh, Assistant Undersecretary, Commercial Registration and Trademarks and Sheikha Rasha al Sabah, Director for IPR, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, to discuss the status of the revised copyright law. Econcouns pressed both for a timeline on [...]
2009-09-09 11:18:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND EINT ETRD KU
09KUWAIT898MFA USEC ON IRAQ, IRAN, PEACE PROCESS AND SECURITY
[...] (C) MFA Undersecretary Khalid Al-Jarallah told the Ambassador September 7 that Kuwait had heard via UN sources that Iraq is now willing to cooperate on the issue of maintenance of land border markers. Jarallah added that Kuwait would shortly welcome an Iraqi delegation here to work on the iss [...]
2009-09-09 11:57:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PTER PGOV KU IZ IR
09KUWAIT903GOK ESTIMATES H1N1 CASES EXCEED 16,000
[...] (C) Summary: While publicly reporting over 1,600 confirmed H1N1 influenza cases, the GOK's Ministry of Health (MOH) privately estimates that over 16,000 citizens and residents have been, or are, infected with the virus. There have been five fatalities, all relating to individuals with pre-ex [...]
2009-09-10 12:38:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALKFLU MARR PREL TBIO KPAO KU
09KUWAIT905RESPONSE, BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST SHIPMENT
[...] (SBU) This is an initial response to reftel action request. Jasem Y. al Zayed, Project Development Manager, Al Sada General Trading & Contracting (SGTC) told Econoff on Sept. 9 that the serial number of the Smith & Wesson firearm mentioned in reftel is not on the manifest provided to SGTC by [...]
2009-09-13 07:03:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEIND EINT ETRD ETTC KU
09KUWAIT911GE WINS 2 GIGAWATT POWER DEAL
[...] (U) On September 14, Kuwait's Minister for Electricity and Water, Dr. Bader Shebib Al-Shuraiaan called Ambassador to say that Kuwait had signed with a GE-led consortium to build the $2.4 billion Subiya power plant project. Separately, GE's Dubai based representative contacted the mission to pa [...]
2009-09-14 14:04:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG SENV EPET KU
09KUWAIT912(U) (C-NE9-01257) KUWAITI PERCEPTIONS ON IRANIAN
[...] (S/NF) Post assesses that Ref A's questions on Iranian perceptions of Yemen and details regarding bilateral ties between Tehran and Sana'a are beyond the scope of the GOK to comment upon. Post notes that there is clear suspicion within Kuwaiti military circles, as highlighted in a July 22 me [...]
2009-09-15 07:28:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR PGOV KU IR
09KUWAIT915KUWAIT CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD ON CRITICAL
[...] (C) Summary and Key Points: -- Kuwait continues to take action to improve oil facility security with the assistance of European and U.S. consultants. -- The Oil Sector Services Company (OSSC) has approximately 1,300 security personnel, almost all Kuwaitis and is putting together an 80-team [...]
2009-09-15 13:59:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER ENRG PREL PINS KCIP ECON KU
09KUWAIT916U.S. SPEAKER IMAM DR. TALAL EID PROMOTES INTERFAITH
[...] (U) Summary: U.S. Speaker and native Arabic speaker Imam Dr. Talal Eid's September 7-9 visit to Kuwait during the month of Ramadan broke new ground and cultivated goodwill amongst ultra-conservative female audiences, Kuwait Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs officials, and students from a wi [...]
2009-09-16 09:42:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC OIIP SCUL KPAO ZR
09KUWAIT917IRANIAN JAMMING OF IBB SERVICES INTENSIFIES
[...] (C) Summary: This cable provides additional information on Iranian jamming of USG International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) transmissions (ref B). Recent months have seen a significant increase in Iranian efforts to jam satellite transmissions of Voice of America (VOA) Persian News Network (PN [...]
2009-09-16 09:45:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALOIIP BBG KPAO PREL KU IR
09KUWAIT918DOG DAYS OF SUMMER? BRIEF TEMPEST OVER
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: A brief media tempest over misinterpreted remarks the Ambassador delivered August 27 to the Middle East Institute in Washington highlights the enduring divide here between the monied/cultured merchant elite and increasingly populous and powerful tribal conservatives. [...]
2009-09-16 11:48:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KU
09KUWAIT921SENTENCE ON CONVICTED TERRORIST SUPPORTER LTC
[...] (C) Summary. Press reports, subsequently confirmed by Kuwaiti judicial officials, indicate that retired LTC Khalil Al-Ghaith, a Kuwaiti citizen, was convicted August 25 of supporting and funding terrorist activities and sentenced to three years imprisonment. As is not unusual here, the imm [...]
2009-09-17 05:45:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN KU PREL PTER PGOV
09KUWAIT924NEW EPA HEAD MEETING WORLD BANK, ATTENDING UNGA,
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) On Sept. 15, Econcouns met with Dr. Salah M.F. Al-Mudhi, the new Director General (DG) of the Environment Public Authority (KEPA),to discuss his visit to Washington D.C. and New York. After two years with an acting DG, Dr. M [...]
2009-09-17 11:07:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON SENV KU
09KUWAIT925GROWING SOCIAL AND SECTARIAN DIVISIONS SPARK
[...] (S) As Kuwait emerges from the Ramadan quiet season and prepares for the October re-convening of the National Assembly (Parliament),Kuwaitis are expressing widespread dissatisfaction over the quality of the country's leadership, malaise over social tensions and frustration with a perceived d [...]
2009-09-17 11:34:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PINR PGOV KU
09KUWAIT927KUWAITI RESPONSE TO AD-HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) On September 16, Econcouns talked by phone with MFA Arab Affairs Counselor Saleh Al-Mutairi to discuss the September 22, Ad-Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) meeting and U.S. goals. Econcouns explained that we believed the AHLC meeting would be best held at the "expert level" and stressed th [...]
2009-09-17 11:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN KPAL KWBG PGOV PHUM PTER KU
09KUWAIT941KUWAIT CONTINUES TO TREAT IRAQI VICTIMS OF AUGUST
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-28 11:15:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KU IZ
09KUWAIT942DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK ALSO DESIRES STABLE IRAQ,
[...] (C) Polcouns on September 28 raised reftel points urging regional governments to support Iraq in the run-up to January 2010 elections with Salah Al-Mutairi, Counselor in MFA's Arab World Department. Mutairi fully acknowledged the importance for Iraq and for the region in obtaining a good, "de [...]
2009-09-28 14:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KU
09KUWAIT943GOK CONFIRMS ITS REHABILITATION CENTER READY TO
[...] (S) Khaled Al-Mugames, MFA's Director of Coordination and Follow-Up, told Polcounselor on September 28 that the GOK's Al-Salam Rehabilitation Center (described reftel) is 100 percent completed and ready to begin receiving the four remaining Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainees immediately. Mugames s [...]
2009-09-28 14:52:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL PTER KJUS PGOV KU
09KUWAIT944DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GOK SHARES USG CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (C) Polcounselor raised reftel points concerning revelations that Iran is building a covert uranium enrichment facility on September 28 with Khaled Mugames, Director of MFA's Coordination and Follow-Up Department and, separately, with Rashed Al-Hajiri, officer responsible for Iran in MFA's Asi [...]
2009-09-28 14:54:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KU
09KUWAIT948PROMINENT MP DRAFTS NATIONAL UNITY LAW, CALLS FOR
[...] (U) This is an action message - see para. 9. Summary: --------- 2. (C) In a rare, but cogent unification strategy to counter the increasingly disruptive influence of tribalists in parliament, prominent moderate MP and Foreign Relations Chair Marzouq Al-Ghanem is re-forming the def [...]
2009-09-30 08:51:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV PINR KU
09KUWAIT949REGIONAL DOJ ATTACHE DISCUSSES FUGITIVE/BRIBERY
[...] (C) Summary: During a September 29 meeting, Cairo-based Department of Justice Attach Jeffrey Cole, accompanied by RSO and Poloff, turned over to Ministry of Justice Counselor Najeeb Mulla Mohammed files pertaining to the case of Munirah Al-Tarrah, a fugitive Kuwaiti/U.S. dual citizen sought in [...]
2009-09-30 11:10:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN KTIA KCRM KU
09KUWAIT95KUWAITI COURT ISSUES VERDICT IN AL-BATHALI CASE
[...] (C) On January 27, after months of postponements, a Kuwaiti Criminal Court found UNSCR 1267 designee and terrorist facilitator Mubarak Al-Bathali guilty of "inciting youth to jihad (combat) activities against foreign forces in Iraq." The court sentenced him to three years in prison and offere [...]
2009-02-02 11:55:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN KU KTFN PGOV PREL PTER PINR
09KUWAIT951MOSAL CONTINUES TO MONITOR RAMADAN CHARITABLE
[...] (C) Summary. Econ Couns met with Nasser Al Ammar, Director of Charity and Donation Organizations, Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MoSAL),on September 28, 2009 to discuss the outcome of this year's Ramadan collections audit as recent Kuwaiti news leaks cited violations in charitable col [...]
2009-09-30 14:00:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALEFIN KTFN KU PREL PTER PGOV
09KUWAIT952KIA CALLS ON UNCTAD TO CORRECT ITS ASSESSMENT OF
[...] (SBU) Kuwait's press played up details in UNCTAD's 2009 World Investment Report claiming that the Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) lost $94 billion in 2008 and that the GoK injected $59 billion over the year for net losses of $35 billion. This drew an almost immediate KIA response, which den [...]
2009-09-30 14:02:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON KU
09KUWAIT953KUWAITI SOCCER CLUB BRAVES MATCH IN IRAQ
[...] (U) In an overture aimed at warming the bilateral relationship, Kuwait's "Al Kuwait Kaifan" soccer club traveled to Erbil, Iraq, for a September 30 tournament game, the first time a Kuwaiti team has traveled to Iraq in two decades. Accompanying the team were prominent Kuwaiti MPs Marzouq Al-G [...]
2009-10-01 12:46:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI IZ KU
09KUWAIT957(S/NF) IBB/SPACEFOR COLLABORATE ON IRANIAN JAMMING
[...] (S/NF) Kuwait-based International Broadcasting Bureau (IBB) and Office of Military Cooperation-Kuwait (OMC-K) staff traveled to Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar on September 27 to meet with Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) counterparts to establish protocols for reporting suspected Iranian jamm [...]
2009-10-04 13:28:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPREL OIIP BBG KPAO KU IR
09KUWAIT958TRIBAL/URBAN DIVIDE UNDERLIES DEBATE OVER RAMADAN
[...] (C) Summary: Government attempts to censor programs parodying senior government figures and Kuwait's parliament during the recent Ramadan season (which traditionally functions as something of a "Sweeps Season" for Kuwait's public and private TV channels) aroused extensive criticism from media [...]
2009-10-04 13:38:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KU
09KUWAIT959WRITING ON WALL FOR TARASOV MANDATE
[...] (C) Ambassador Gennady Tarasov, UN High-Level Coordinator for the repatriation of Kuwait's missing persons and archives, expressed to Ambassador on October 5 his concern that an end to his mandate in June 2010 would be perceived by Kuwait as a mass surrender by UN officials to political exped [...]
2009-10-06 11:07:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PGOV MARR KU IZ
09KUWAIT960KUWAIT NATIONAL SECURITY BUREAU HAPPY WITH REVISED
[...] (C) DCM and Econcouns met with Kuwait National Security Bureau Vice President Sheikh Thamer Ali Sabah Al-Salem Al Sabah and his team on October 5, to discuss a USG revised draft Critical Energy Infrastructure Protection MOU (ref a). DCM emphasized the joint interest in cooperation ) and in loo [...]
2009-10-06 13:29:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALENGR EPET PTER KCIP ECON KU
09KUWAIT967KUWAIT NEEDS THE IOCS
[...] (SBU) Kuwaiti Minister of Oil Sheikh Ahmad Al-Sabah briefed Ambassador on Kuwait's oil expansion plans during the opening of the 3rd International Energy and Petrochemical Exhibition. He told the Ambassador -- and the press -- that Kuwait needed to bring in International Oil Companies (IOCs) [...]
2009-10-08 13:28:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG KU
09KUWAIT97AMBASSADOR STRESSES NEED FOR IMMEDIATE BUDGET
[...] (SBU) On February 2, Ambassador used a meeting called by MFA U/S Khaled Al Jarallah to brief on the outcomes of the Arab Economic Summit and on the central role that Gaza played in the summit (septel) to urge the GoK to provide immediate budget support for the Palestinian Authority (PA). Ambas [...]
2009-02-02 13:20:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPAL EAID ECON KU
09KUWAIT972TSC APPLAUDS RECENT IRAQI EFFORTS TO RECOVER
[...] (U) The ICRC opened the 62nd session of the Tripartite Commission's Technical Subcommittee (TSC) October 6 with praise for recent efforts by Iraq's Ministry of Human Rights (MOHR) to advance the search for missing Kuwaitis from the 1990 Iraqi invasion. Echoing these plaudits, the Kuwaiti del [...]
2009-10-09 09:17:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ
09KUWAIT975KUWAIT HAS ONE SUGGESTED CHANGE TO RECIPROCAL
[...] This is an action request. Please see Para 5. 2. (U) On October 5, Post received a formal diplomatic note stating that Kuwait's Ministry of Finance accepted all USG proposed amendments to a 2007 GoK draft Memorandum of Understanding on Reciprocal Tax Exemption for the Aviation Sector. The [...]
2009-10-12 10:37:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ECON EFIN KTIA KU
09KUWAIT980LAUNCH OF GCC ECONOMIC FORUM WEBSITE
[...] (U) Post is pleased to report the launch of a "GCC Economic Forum" website, designed to enhance information sharing and collaboration among Econoffs and other USG economic officers focused on Arabian Peninsular affairs. The URL for the unclassified website is: http://www.intelink.com/communit [...]
2009-10-14 03:49:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV EPET ETRD GCC BA QA SA MU AE
09KUWAIT985WELCOME CABLE FOR STAFFDEL NOBLET (OCTOBER 16-18, 2009)
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes StaffDel Noblet to travel to post from Oct 16-18, 2009. 2. Visit Officer: An Embassy visit officer and a driver/expeditor will meet and assist you at the airport. Embassy point of contact is: Kristina Weiss, ISU Liaison Office- (965) 2259-1170 Cell- (965)9985 [...]
2009-10-15 06:36:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AMGT ASEC AFIN KU JO IR GE
09KUWAIT991RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENTS IN KUWAIT DIFFICULT
[...] (SBU) Per ref A, post is providing information on the limited alternative energy investment opportunities in Kuwait. Kuwait holds 9-10 percent of the world's proven oil reserves, and the nation's economy overwhelmingly revolves around upstream petroleum activities and certain downstream activ [...]
2009-10-15 10:52:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EPET ECON KU
09KUWAIT992KUWAIT PROVIDES EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN RELIEF TO
[...] (U) On October 13 the Amir, with the approval of the Cabinet Council, instructed the Kuwaiti Red Crescent Society (KRCS) to send immediate emergency humanitarian assistance to Yemen. The Yemeni Red Crescent Society made the appeal for urgent support to the KRSC due to the deteriorating situat [...]
2009-10-15 14:13:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PREF PREL YM KU
09KYIV1020UKRAINE: INVITING IRANIAN OFFICIALS TO JULY 4TH
[...] (C) Embassy confirms the invitation of Iranian Ambassador to Ukraine (Seyed Mousa KAZEMI) to the official July 4 reception in Kyiv (to be held July 2). As our invitations requested "regrets only" responses from invited guests, we may only be able to confirm Iranian attendance after the fact. [...]
2009-06-12 09:12:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALODIP PREL UP IR
09KYIV1031UKRAINE'S POSITION ON RENEWING THE SUDAN SPECIAL
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche on June 2 to Ms. Dina Martina, Deputy Head of the Department for UN and Other International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who had no immediate comment. In following up with Ms. Martina, we were informed that the Government of Ukraine suppor [...]
2009-06-15 13:23:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PHUM PREL UP
09KYIV1040UKRAINIAN MFA VIEWS ON CORFU -- AND CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (C) The Ukrainian MFA agrees with U.S. views on the benefits of a "constructive dialogue" on European Security at the OSCE Corfu informal Ministerial. However, the MFA Security Department Director took the opportunity of our discussion about Corfu to reiterate concerns about Ukraine being shu [...]
2009-06-18 16:10:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALOSCE PREL NATO PGOV ECON ETTC UP
09KYIV1071RADA COMMITTEE WELCOMES ANTI-CORRUPTION LEGISLATION
[...] (U) ON JUNE 3, DRAFT BILLS ON PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE BY PUBLIC SERVANTS DEVELOPED THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE'S MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION (MCC) THRESHOLD COUNTRY PROGRAM (TCP) FOR UKRAINE MET WITH AN OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE RESPONSE IN A HEARING BEFORE THE RA [...]
2009-06-22 13:24:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV UP
09KYIV108COOPERATION BETWEEN UKRAINIAN FIRM ARSENAL DESIGN
[...] (S) In response to reftel demarche, MFA provided Embassy with the following response in both Ukrainian and English. Begin text of non-paper (Official MFA translation; grammar/usage errors in original not corrected): -- In the spirit of our nonproliferation partnership and in response to the [...]
2009-01-20 14:59:00Embassy KyivSECRETPARM MTCRE PREL ETTC UP CH
09KYIV1091GERMAN, POLISH FOREIGN MINISTERS' ROCKY VISIT
[...] (C) The German and Polish Foreign Ministers visited Kyiv on June 17 to push political cooperation in dealing with the economic crisis and the need for stability in gas transit to Europe. President Yushchenko unexpectedly put off the meeting with the FMs, sending them (unwillingly) sightseeing [...]
2009-06-29 17:18:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP GM PL
09KYIV115EMBASSY KYIV PROPOSED BIOTECH OUTREACH STRATEGY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Embassy Kyiv requests $10,711.00 for public outreach to support USG trade and development policy positions on biotechnology. Ukraine has been listed as a "key" country for biotechnology engagement in FY 2009. Given Ukraine's robust agricultural sector and proximity to EU mark [...]
2009-01-21 14:41:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR TBIO ETRD EAID UP
09KYIV1153UKRAINE MUM ON IRAN ELECTIONS
[...] (SBU) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Iran Desk Officer Yuliya Yushchenko told Emboff on July 2 that while Ukraine is concerned about events surrounding the election in Iran, it has taken a position of non-interference. Ukraine has not issued any statements regarding the election or its aftermath [...]
2009-07-07 15:57:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL UP IR
09KYIV119EMBASSY KYIV COMMENTS ON DOL DRAFT LIST OF GOODS
[...] As requested by ref A, Post would like to comment on the draft list of foreign-produced goods that the Department of Labor has reason to believe are produced by forced labor or child labor. Ref B contained Post's latest information on child labor in Ukraine, and ref C specifically addressed t [...]
2009-01-22 06:48:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD EIND PHUM SOCI KTIP UP
09KYIV1301UKRAINE TOO STRAPPED TO ENHANCE CONTRIBUTION TO
[...] (SBU) On August 4, we followed up on our earlier delivery of reftel demarche encouraging enhanced contributions to the effort in Afghanistan. Olga Timysh, Deputy Director for Afghanistan and Central Asia in MFA's Asia, Africa, Middle East Directorate, made it clear that Ukraine's economic cri [...]
2009-08-06 18:21:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO PREL MOPS MARR AF UP
09KYIV1310ELECTION LAW AMENDMENTS STIR CONTROVERSY
[...] (C) Election law amendments passed in late July at a special Rada session have drawn criticism from both the President's office and the NGO community. Changes to the law limit the scope and timing of court appeals, make it easier to exclude NGO election observers and increase the financial r [...]
2009-08-07 17:25:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP
09KYIV1434IMF MAY EXPAND IN UKRAINE, DESPITE LACK OF REFORMS
[...] (C) Summary. With Ukraine's sovereign debt reaching 30 percent of GDP, primarily in short- to medium-term instruments, and doubts increasing about Ukraine's intentions to implement macroeconomic reforms, many in Kyiv are predicting the need for continued IMF lending beyond the current program [...]
2009-08-21 15:10:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1470JCIC-DIP-09-007: U.S. RESPONSE TO UKRAINIAN
[...] (S) Embassy delivered reftel demarche to MFA Directorate for Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Counselor Olesander Bondarenko on August 28. Bondarenko welcomed the opportunity to discuss the response and replied that the U.S. response was predictable and consistent with previous [...]
2009-08-28 14:38:00Embassy KyivSECRETKACT PARM UP
09KYIV1519IMF SIGNALS UKRAINE PROGRAM OFF TRACK
[...] (C) Summary. The IMF mission team concluded its visit in Kyiv on September 4 without a major public announcement, but close observers have acknowledged to us that the Fund's program may have gone off track. The visit was originally envisioned as a visit to provide technical assistance and o [...]
2009-09-04 15:17:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PREL UP XH
09KYIV1558UKRAINE: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 12TH SESSION
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche on U.S. priorities for the Human Rights Council 12th Session on September 11. The recipient was the MFA desk officer responsible for the UN Human Rights Council, Sviatlana Tereverten. She thanked us for providing this information to the GOU in advance of [...]
2009-09-11 17:06:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UP UN
09KYIV1597GICNT: INFORMING PARTNERS THAT UNODC IS OBSERVER
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche welcoming the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as an official observer to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) jointly with Russian Embassy counterpart Dmitry Gurin on September 11. Delivery took place shortly after the Russian [...]
2009-09-16 15:46:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGIC PARM PREL PTER UP
09KYIV1615JCIC-DIP-09-010: U.S. RESPONSE TO RUSSIA'S START
[...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel non-paper to MFA Proliferation Head Oleksander Bondarenko on September 14. Bondarenko thanked the U.S. for following up with Ukraine, and asked whether we had shared the same information with other Treaty signatories. He took the opportunity to raise now-familiar [...]
2009-09-21 16:10:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALKACT PARM START UP
09KYIV1687 FRAUD SUMMARY-KYIV, UKRAINE
[...] (SBU) The following is post's semi-annual fraud summary for the period March 1, 2009, through August 30, 2009. 2. (SBU) Country Conditions: As reported in the previous fraud summary cable (ref B),Ukraine is experiencing a severe recession, with a 14 percent expected decline in annual GDP fo [...]
2009-10-01 05:05:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC UP
09KYIV1714DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING UKRAINIAN LINK OUTAGE
[...] (U) Embassy delivered reftel diplomatic note formally to MFA on September 17. Embassy also delivered substance of the note a demarche/talking points, along with an advance copy of the note itself to MFA,s Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation Directorate on Monday, September 14. Emb [...]
2009-10-02 15:29:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM UP
09KYIV1715DEMARCHE REQUEST: INAUGURAL FLIGHT OF U.S.-RUSSIA
[...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel talking points to Head of MFA's Military Technical Cooperation Unit Viktor Matsko on October 2. After confirming that the flight would carry materiel to Afghanistan and the proposed flight route, Matsko noted that he would not expect there to be any issues with [...]
2009-10-03 14:29:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL UP PL KZ RU
09KYIV1716DEMARCHE REQUEST: INAUGURAL FLIGHT OF U.S.-RUSSIA
[...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel talking points to Head of MFA's Military Technical Cooperation Unit Viktor Matsko on October 2. After confirming that the flight would carry materiel to Afghanistan and the proposed flight route, Matsko noted that he would not expect there to be any issues with [...]
2009-10-05 03:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL UP PL KZ KG RU
09KYIV1726UKRAINE'S LEGISLATIVE PROGRESS SINCE WTO ACCESSION
[...] (U) Summary. Ukraine's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on May 16, 2008 was seen as a major step forward in the country's ongoing integration with the international economic system. With a few noted exceptions, Ukraine is living up to the terms of its WTO accession. One of ce [...]
2009-10-05 14:52:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD EAGR UNGA
09KYIV1728ASD VERSHBOW IN KYIV: UKRAINIANS CONCERNED ABOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Ambassador Alexander Vershbow, led the U.S. delegation to the U.S.-Ukraine Bilateral Defense Consultations (BDC) in Kyiv September 28-29. In a series of bilateral meetings and engagements with media and academic [...]
2009-10-05 16:14:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR UP
09KYIV1740UKRAINE-RUSSIA: IS MILITARY CONFLICT NO LONGER
[...] (C) Recent Russian actions have spurred a public discussion within the Ukrainian elite about Russian intentions toward Ukraine. The most systematic contribution to the debate has been made by former National Security Advisor Volodymyr Horbulin, who believes that internal Russian considerati [...]
2009-10-08 12:10:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV PNAT UP RS
09KYIV1749BRIEFING ON OUTCOME OF P5+1 TALKS WITH IRAN IN
[...] (C) Drawing on background and points provided, Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Maryna Stroga Yermakova of the MFA Department for Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation on October 6. Yermakova took notes during the discussion and paid close attention to the information provided, [...]
2009-10-09 14:21:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALKNNP MNUC PARM UP
09KYIV1750GICNT: UPDATE FOR PARTNERS ON EFFORTS TO ENHANCE
[...] (SBU) Embassy delivered reftel demarche jointly with Russian Embassy Counselor Dmitry Gurin on October 8 to MFA Political Department Counselor Oleg Klynchenko. Klynchenko thanked both Embassies for the information, and expressed again the GoU's satisfaction with the spirit of collaboration em [...]
2009-10-09 15:26:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGIC PARM PREL PTER UP
09KYIV1751FORMAL REQUEST FOR A BRIEFING FROM THE GOU ON
[...] (C) Embassy delivered reftel demarche and talking points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of Arms Control and Military Technical Cooperation officer Oleksander Osadchiy on September 28. Following up in a meeting with Maryna Yermakova of the Proliferation Security division of the sam [...]
2009-10-09 15:27:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALETTC PARM PREL MNUC UP
09KYIV1767 KYIV: B1B2 VALIDATION STUDY RESULTS-OVERSTAYS UP
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Kyiv concluded a validation study of B1/B2 visas issued between June 1, 2007 and May 31, 2008. During this time period, Post issued 21,331 B1/B2 visas. The validation study showed a total overstay rate of 4 percent, with a 3.8 percent margin of error. The study was intended [...]
2009-10-14 11:23:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC UP
09KYIV1772UKRAINE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE GOLDSTONE REPORT
[...] (SBU) We delivered reftel demarche to Ukrainian MFA desk officer responsible for the UNHRC, Svitlana Pereverten. Prior to our receipt of the cleared demarche, Pereverten had contacted the embassy to ask for the USG position on this matter. She promised to keep our position in mind as she draf [...]
2009-10-14 15:07:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PTER UP
09KYIV1822 MINSK: OPEN TO ROAD MAP DISCUSSION WITH THE USG,
[...] (C) Summary: The President's Chief of Staff, Vladimir Makey, reaffirmed to Charge on October 14 the desire of Belarus to craft a Road Map with the USG on improving US-Belarus bilateral relations. He said they welcomed a fluid discussion with the PA in the lead on the Belarusian side. Makey [...]
2009-10-20 12:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL BR
09KYIV1827 KYIV: REFERRAL VALIDATION STUDY RESULTS
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Kyiv recently concluded a validation study of visas issued in fiscal year 2008 based on A and B referrals. During this time period, Post issued 112 visas based on A referrals and 707 based on B referrals. The validation study showed no overstays within the statistical sampl [...]
2009-10-20 13:12:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC UP
09KYIV1842STILL WORKING ON OPIC'S RETURN TO UKRAINE
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The final details of the agreement that would allow the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) to return to Ukraine are still being hammered out, despite high hopes during President Biden's visit to Kyiv in July that a final solution had been found and OPIC wo [...]
2009-10-23 13:35:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN OPIC EINV PREL UP
09KYIV1893UKRAINE: AUTHORITIES CONFIRM H1N1 OUTBREAK, ANNOUNCE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ukrainian Minister of Health Vasiliy Knyazevich confirmed this morning that Ukraine is experiencing an A-H1N1 epidemic. In response, Prime Minister Tymoshenko announced that all schools in Ukraine will be closed for three weeks, large public meetings will be cancelled, nine reg [...]
2009-10-30 13:49:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCDC SOCI PREL AMED CASC XH UP
09KYIV1906UKRAINE CONSIDERING PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER
[...] Post delivered reftel demarche to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Agricultural Policy on October 20, 2009. On November 3, the Ministry of Agricultural Policy replied that they were interested in assisting the effort, but requested more information about the specifics of the [...]
2009-11-04 06:28:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ETRD UP
09KYIV1909UKRAINE:GOLDSTONE DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to the Ukrainian MFA desk officer responsible for the UNHRC, Svitlana Pereverten. Pereverten explained that she was not able to give a definite indication of Ukraine,s likely response because they are still developing their position. She said Ukrain [...]
2009-11-04 13:35:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA UP
09KYIV1942U.S.-UKRAINE NONPROLIFERATION MEETINGS SEPTEMBER
[...] (S) Summary: Highlights of this semi-annual U.S.-Ukraine nonproliferation dialogue include: --Ukraine gave an inconsistent answer on the question of transferring HEU spent fuel to Russia. --Ukraine asked for additional security assurances beyond those provided in Budapest in 1994, and was intereste [...]
2009-11-09 12:05:00Embassy KyivSECRETPARM PREL KNUC UP
09KYIV2018BIOTECH ATTITUDES IN CRIMEA AND SOUTHERN UKRAINE
[...] (SBU) Summary. A biotechnology roadshow sparked both controversy and enthusiasm in Kyiv and three of Ukraine's leading agricultural centers. U.S.-based biotechnology expert Michael Phillips held media workshops, speeches at leading agricultural universities, and a lengthy presentation at the C [...]
2009-11-18 14:14:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON ETRD SENV UP
09KYIV204UKRAINE'S CASE THAT IT DID NOT IMPEDE GAS SUPPLIES
[...] (C) Summary and comment. A week after gas supplies have resumed to Ukraine and countries westward, the question of whether Ukraine or Russia is responsible for stopping supplies is still being raised. A close look at developments in the first week of January, however, shows that Russia was t [...]
2009-01-30 08:41:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN ENRG EPET PGOV PINR PREL UP
09KYIV2054A YANUKOVYCH FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C) If Regions Party leader, and Orange Revolution foil, Viktor Yanukovych wins the January/February 2010 Presidential election, main elements of his foreign policy would include: --A reset in relations with Russia, generally deferring to Russia's red lines; --Non-bloc status and an end to [...]
2009-11-25 09:54:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UP RS
09KYIV2056UKRAINE: YUSHCHENKO AND YANUKOVYCH FIND COMMON
[...] (C) During an hour-long speech November 23 to kick off his re-election campaign, President Viktor Yushchenko outlined his vision of a Ukraine that would be "free, fair and strong" with him at the helm for another five years. He appealed to western-minded Ukrainians by promising EU membership, [...]
2009-11-25 12:27:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UP
09KYIV2057MORE UKRAINE BUDGET DRAMA
[...] (SBU) Summary. After weeks of dithering, Ukraine's parliamentary budget committee approved hundreds of proposed amendments, only to see the draft 2010 budget get voted down in the Rada (Ukraine's parliament) on a floor vote. This orchestrated maneuver, designed to further delay the review pr [...]
2009-11-25 13:26:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EREL ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PREL XH UP
09KYIV2102TYMOSHENKO'S IMF SALVAGE OPERATION
[...] (C) Summary. Ukrainian Prime Minister Tymoshenko dispatched Deputy Prime Minister Nemyria and Acting Finance Minister Umanskiy to Washington for meetings with IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and high-level USG officials. Bearing a Letter of Intent (LOI) with three signatures -- [...]
2009-12-07 14:03:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2124YANUKOVYCH ACOLYTES PREACH ECONOMIC ORTHODOXY
[...] (C) Summary. Viktor Yanukovych's top economic advisors are counseling liberal market reforms, despite the Party of Regions' pre-election populist appeals. Shadow Minister of Finance Mykola Azarov and shadow Minister of Economy Iryna Akimova separately told embassy officers that Yanukovych as [...]
2009-12-10 14:08:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV ENGR PREL EFIN UP
09KYIV2130"URGENT" WORRIES FROM UKRAINE FINANCE MINISTRY
[...] (C) Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Finance Andriy Kravets notified the embassy on December 11 that Foreign Minister Poroshenko was planning today to ask IMF first deputy managing director John Lipsky to consider including Ukraine on the agenda of the next IMF board meeting. Poroshenko had rece [...]
2009-12-11 10:52:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2140DPM NEMYRIA'S CASE FOR UKRAINE IMF TRANCHE
[...] (C) Summary. Deputy Prime Minister Nemyria made a strong pitch to the Ambassador for the disbursement of a fourth IMF loan tranche to Ukraine. He talked of unreasonable IMF demands for the passage of a 2010 budget, explained why the central bank could not monetize for budget and gas payments [...]
2009-12-16 13:24:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2146UKRAINE: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) Per reftel request, this is Embassy Kyiv's submission on Ukraine for the 2009 Country Reports on Terrorism. The point of contact on the report is Political Officer David Mellor, email address mellordb@state.gov and Embassy telephone number 380-44-490-4317. UKRAINE ------- 2. (SB [...]
2009-12-17 12:09:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PREL PTER UP
09KYIV2147UKRAINIAN FINANCE MINISTRY GRIM ON BUDGET
[...] (C) Summary. In preparation for DPM Nemyria's talks with IMF officials on December 17 and 18 (ref A),the GOU's top budget experts met with Kyiv-based IMF resident representative Max Alier to reconcile revenue and expenditure figures for 2009 and the first quarter of 2010. Talking separatel [...]
2009-12-17 13:15:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALEFIN EREL ETRD PGOV PINR UP XH
09KYIV2169 UKRAINE: 2009 SUMMER WORK AND TRAVEL VALIDATION STUDY
[...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. NOT FOR INTERNET DISTRIBUTION. 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kyiv concluded a validation study of J1 summer work and travel/camp counselor ("SWT") visas issued for the 2009 program. During this time period, Post issued 7011 SWT visas. The validation study showed [...]
2009-12-18 12:42:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASEC UP
09KYIV2172UKRAINE: NO END IN SIGHT TO LAND SALE MORATORIUM
[...] (U) Summary. Agricultural land in Ukraine cannot be traded legally for farming or development due to a moratorium on agricultural land sales. However, major market investors have used loopholes to bypass the moratorium and convert usable arable land for housing and commercial development. W [...]
2009-12-21 07:32:00Embassy KyivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAGR UP
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