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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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IdentifierSubjectDateOfficeClassificationTags
09TOKYO986JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 04/29/09
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2009-04-29 01:07:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
09TRIPOLI100UN SEEKS USG ASSISTANCE FOR LIBYAN DE-MINING PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Summary: UN experts, based on consultations with GOL officials and preliminary review of Libyan minefield maps, estimate that there are 16 million landmines in the Ouzou Strip along the Chadian border and along the Libyan-Egyptian border to the east. In addition, unexploded ordinance from Wo [...]
2009-02-04 10:16:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KHDP LY CD EG
09TRIPOLI131LIBYA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Libya has taken a number of steps to encourage foreign direct investment and its current initiative dates back to the mid-1990s. Since that time, Libya has enacted numerous laws and regulations intended to improve the Libyan business climate and increase its attractiveness to foreign investment [...]
2009-02-10 19:28:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN ETRD KTDB LY EPET OPIC PREL USTR ECIN
09TRIPOLI151LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR DECEMBER 2008 AND JANUARY
[...] (U) State-Owned Zwara Oil Refinery Company Has Appointed HSBC as Financial Adviser: Zwara Oil Refinery Company (Zorco) plans to develop a 200,000 barrels-a-day crude oil refinery. The development of the refinery will be tender on a build-own-operate basis. The refinery is the first major gover [...]
2009-02-16 16:52:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD EINV EIND EPET ENRG PGOV LY
09TRIPOLI154LIBYA 2009 TIP REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] (SBU) Below is Embassy Tripoli's submission for the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. Responses are keyed to reftel questions: LIBYA'S TIP SITUATION --23A. International Organizations, such as the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN High Commission for Refu [...]
2009-02-17 13:44:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM KWMN KFRD ASEC PREF PHUM PGOV SMIG
09TRIPOLI155THE FROGMAN WHO COULDN'T SWIM: A COOPERATION CAUTIONARY
[...] (C) Summary: At a recent meeting in Tripoli, the Italian ambassador said his government was alarmed by the sharp increase in the number of illegal migrants transiting Libya to Italy, and expressed frustration with difficulties Italy had encountered in trying to cooperate with the GOL on combatting [...]
2009-02-17 14:31:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALMASS PTER KCOR PREL PGOV PREF LY IT
09TRIPOLI198BLACK SHEEP MADE GOOD? SAADI AL-QADHAFI'S EXPORT FREE ZONE IN WESTERN LIBYA
[...] (C) Summary: Saadi al-Qadhafi, son of Muammar al-Qadhafi, has recently turned his attention to transforming an area near the western Libyan town of Zuwara into an Export Free Trade Zone. The project would include an airport, immigration and customs operations, a high tech industrial park, banks, me [...]
2009-03-03 14:42:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EIND EINV ETRD EAIR LY
09TRIPOLI201SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM WARD TO LIBYA,
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2009-03-05 12:01:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNOVIP WWARD PREL PGOV MARR MASS KPKO LY
09TRIPOLI202SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM WARD TO LIBYA,
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2009-03-05 12:01:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNOVIP WWARD PREL PGOV MARR MASS KPKO LY
09TRIPOLI212GENERAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS SHUFFLES CABINET, POSTPONES WEALTH
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2009-03-11 15:34:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL LY
09TRIPOLI221LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR FEBRUARY 2009
[...] (U) NOC Calls on Engineering Firms to Establish Libyan Presence: The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) invited foreign petroleum engineering companies to a meeting February 25 to discuss how they could establish a permanent local presence. [en.noc.com.ly, 2/8/2009] 2. (U) Total Accepts [...]
2009-03-14 14:38:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EINV EPET ENRG ETRD PGOV EFIN LY
09TRIPOLI222WILL SMALL BUSINESSES HATCH IN LIBYA? PM AL-MAHMOUDI OPENS FIRST SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATOR
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2009-03-15 13:17:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECON ECIN LY ELAB EPET PGOV BBSR PTER
09TRIPOLI223WILL SMALL BUSINESSES HATCH IN LIBYA? PM AL-MAHMOUDI OPENS FIRST SMALL BUSINESS INCUBATOR
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2009-03-15 13:18:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECON ECIN LY ELAB EPET PGOV BBSR PTER
09TRIPOLI273NEARLY 400 RESCUED BUT 200 MISSING AT SEA IN MIGRANT SMUGGLING TRAGEDY REF: A. ROME 205 B. TRIPOLI 212 C. VALLETTA 143 TRIPOLI 00000273 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene Cretz, Ambassador. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
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2009-04-02 16:36:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF MARR SMIG KTIP EWWT LY
09TRIPOLI310MUATASSIM'S WASHINGTON DEBUT: BURNISHING HIS IMAGE AND TESTING U.S. WATERS
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2009-04-17 12:23:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNOVIP MQADHAFI PREL PGOV MARR MASS PARM PHUM
09TRIPOLI362MUSA KUSA SEEKS COOPERATION ON AFRICA, AL-QAEDA -- AND POTUS
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2009-05-03 06:43:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PTER LY SU CD
09TRIPOLI365LIBYA COMMERCIAL ROUND-UP FOR APRIL 2009
[...] (U) ExxonMobil Set to Prequalify Firms for Libyan Seismic Work: ExxonMobil Libya will prequalify contractors for a 2D seismic data acquisition and onboard processing services program offshore Libya. The data acquisition will begin in the fourth quarter of 2009. [MEED, 4/1/2009] 2. (U) IPS S [...]
2009-05-04 14:02:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EIND EINV EPET ENRG ETRD PGOV LY
09TRIPOLI391LIBYA TAKES BACK 500 ITALY-BOUND MIGRANTS
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2009-05-14 16:38:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALSMIG PHUM PREL MARR PREF KTIP IT LY
09TRIPOLI40LIBYA POSTPONES GENERAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS, WALKS BACK FROM WEALTH DISTRIBUTION AND PRIVATIZATION PLANS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A SESSION OF THE GENERAL PEOPLE'S CONGRESS (GPC),LIBYA'S SUPREME LEGISLATIVE BODY, THAT WAS TO HAVE CONVENED IN EARLY JANUARY TO REVEAL PLANS FOR PRIVATIZATION AND GOVERNMENT RESTRUCTURING, HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FEBRUARY/MARCH, OSTENSIBLY BECAUSE OF THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS AND [...]
2009-01-22 12:41:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN SCUL EPET PHUM KDEM LY
09TRIPOLI401SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL WILLIAM WARD TO LIBYA, MAY 21 REF: TRIPOLI 202 TRIPOLI 00000401 001.2 OF 003 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy - Tripoli, U.S. Dept of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
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2009-05-18 15:49:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNOVIP WWARD PREL PGOV MARR MASS MCAP KPKO PINR
09TRIPOLI417AL-QADHAFI: NO LONGER RELUCTANT TO ENGAGE WITH AFRICOM \
[...] (S) Summary. Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi told visiting \ Commander of U.S. Africa Command General William Ward that Libya \ supported the establishment of common African institutions, such \ as an African Ministry of Defense, and expressed hope that the \ Obama administration would not pursue [...]
2009-05-26 14:54:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPREL PTER MOPS LY
09TRIPOLI438FRENCH TOTAL-LED CONSORTIUMS ACCEPT LOWER PRODUCTION SHARES IN LIBYA
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2009-06-04 13:07:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON EPET ENRG EFIN EINV LY
09TRIPOLI487THE KNIVES COME OUT? NATIONALIZATION OF SAIF AL-ISLAM'S MEDIA GROUP A BLOW TO WOULD-BE REFORMERS REF: A) TRIPOLI 359, B) 08 TRIPOLI 494, C) TRIPOLI 374, D) TRIPOLI 414 (NOTAL) CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy - Tripoli, U.S. Dept of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
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2009-06-18 06:22:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO PHUM KDEM LY
09TRIPOLI490ITALY SAYS GOL DELIBERATELY STALLING ON SIGNING CHEMICAL
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2009-06-18 10:40:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPARM PREL PGOV CWC OPCW LY
09TRIPOLI492QADHAFI IN ROME: THE 'MAN OF HISTORY' VISITS THE ETERNAL
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2009-06-18 14:01:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL SMIG KTIA IT LY
09TRIPOLI543POWER PLAY ON LIBYA'S HEU TRANSFER COMMITMENTS
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2009-07-09 08:55:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNKNNP ENRG TRGY LY RS
09TRIPOLI555AU SUMMIT: A/S CARSON'S MEETING WITH LIBYAN FOREIGN MINISTER
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2009-07-12 15:04:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ER ET SO AU LY
09TRIPOLI579EU FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT HANGS ON ICC, TRADE, MIGRATION
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2009-07-19 15:43:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM ETRD EFIS EUN LY
09TRIPOLI590THE CAST OF THE JAMAHIRIYA: BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR NEA AA/S FELTMAN'S VISIT TO TRIPOLI REF: A) 08 TRIPOLI 960; B) O8 TRIPOLI 993 TRIPOLI 00000590 001.2 OF 003 CLASSIFIED BY: Joan Polaschik, Charge d'Affaires, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
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2009-07-21 17:26:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM PINR UNGA MARR LY ABLD
09TRIPOLI637UN OFFICIAL SAYS LIBYA, ITALY SHIRKING HUMAN RIGHTS RESPONSIBILITIES REF: A. TRIPOLI 579 B. 08 STATE 112873 C. TRIPOLI 273 TRIPOLI 00000637 001.2 OF 002 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, US Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
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2009-08-05 13:50:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREF PHUM PREL IT LY
09TRIPOLI64AL-QADHAFI: THE PHILOSOPHER-KING KEEPS HIS HAND IN
[...] (C) Summary: Despite a carefully cultivated image as a philosopher-king with no formal title and persistent rumors that he is passing day-to-day decisionmaking as part of an orchestrated succession by one of his sons, Muammar al-Qadhafi remains intimately involved in the regime's most sensitive and [...]
2009-01-28 14:20:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR LY
09TRIPOLI648SCENESETTER FOR CODEL MCCAIN'S TRIP TO LIBYA
[...] (SBU/NF) Summary: Embassy Tripoli warmly welcomes your visit and believes it will be an important occasion to advance the bilateral relationship in several key areas. Following the signature of the U.S.-Libya Comprehensive Claims Settlement Agreement in October 2008, the United States and Lib [...]
2009-08-10 17:39:00Embassy TripoliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV OREP PHUM LY
09TRIPOLI68AL-QADHAFI: THE PHILOSOPHER-KING KEEPS HIS HAND IN
[...] (C) Summary: Despite a carefully cultivated image as a philosopher-king with no formal title and persistent rumors that he is relinquishing day-to-day decisionmaking as part of an orchestrated succession by one of his sons, Muammar al-Qadhafi remains intimately involved in the regime's most sen [...]
2009-01-29 09:00:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON EFIN KCOR PINR LY
09TRIPOLI699FRENZIED PREPARATIONS FOR SEPTEMBER 1 ANNIVERSARY REVEAL FEW HINTS OF MEGRAHI'S POSSIBLE PARTICIPATION REF: A) Tripoli 692; B) Tripoli 689 TRIPOLI 00000699 001.2 OF 002
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-27 16:58:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO KSUM AU LY
09TRIPOLI71AL-QADHAFI'S FEINT: LIBYAN OIL NATIONALIZATION UNLIKELY REF: A) 08 TRIPOLI 474, B) 08 TRIPOLI 498, C) 08 TRIPOLI 563, D) 08 TRIPOLI 597, E) TRIPOLI 40 TRIPOLI 00000071 001.2 OF 003
[...] (C) Summary. During a recent video conference with Georgetown University students, Muammar al-Qadhafi suggested that Libya and other oil exporting states could nationalize their oil production in view of sharply plummeting petroleum prices. Several days later, however, a sensior MFA official assu [...]
2009-01-30 17:16:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON EINV PREL EFIN PGOV LY
09TRIPOLI72AL-QADHAFI'S FEINT: LIBYAN OIL NATIONALIZATION UNLIKELY
[...] (C) Summary. During a recent video conference with Georgetown University students, Muammar al-Qadhafi suggested that Libya and other oil exporting states could nationalize their oil production in view of sharply plummeting petroleum prices. Several days later, however, a sensior MFA official [...]
2009-01-30 17:16:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALENRG EPET ECON EINV PREL EFIN PGOV LY
09TRIPOLI775PETROCANADA FORCED TO CUT PRODUCTION BY FIFTY-PERCENT
[...] (S/NF) Summary: A day after reportedly "settling" its dispute with Canada (ref),the Libyan Government issued an order September 30 forcing PetroCanada and its operator, Libya's Hrouj company, to cut production by fifty percent. The move may be a "cheap" way for the Libyans to punish PetroCa [...]
2009-09-30 16:59:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL ECON EPET EMIN ENRG LY
09TRIPOLI869PRIVATIZATION LIBYAN STYLE: AN INSIDER'S VIEW OF THE
[...] (C) Summary: The head of the Benghazi Tannery Company, one of Libya's state-owned firms set to be privatized, alleged that the Libyan authorities in charge of privatizing his firm (and others) are using the process to sell off state-owned assets at below market rates, earning kick-backs in th [...]
2009-10-28 14:43:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV EFIN LY EPET
09TRIPOLI883MUATASSEM AL-QADHAFI ASSERTS ANTI-LIBYA BIAS REF: A) TRIPOLI 876; B) TRIPOLI 722 TRIPOLI 00000883 001.2 OF 003 CLASSIFIED BY: Gene A. Cretz, Ambassador, U.S. Embassy Tripoli, Department of State. REASON: 1.4 (b),(d)
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-02 15:08:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR MASS LY
09TRIPOLI886ISN/CTR VISIT: LIBYA MOVES FORWARD ON SCIENTIST ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS REF: A) TRIPOLI 437, B) TRIPOLI 212, C) TRIPOLI 436, D) TRIPOLI 482, E) TRIPOLI 476, F) TRIPOLI 490, G) TRIPOLI 795 TRIPOLI 00000886 001.2 OF 004
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Libyan government warmly greeted the Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation's Office of Cooperative Threat Reduction (ISN/CTR),team leader Kathryn Insley and program manager D.A. Brown, on ISN/CTR's first official trip to Libya since November 2008. This visit was [...]
2009-11-03 14:38:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNKNNP AORC IAEA PGOV LY IT
09TRIPOLI924LIBYAN SUCCESSION: QADHAFI ORCHESTRATING THE BOYS' HIGH WIRE ACT? REF: A) TRIPOLI 883; B) TRIPOLI 685; C) TRIPOLI 212; D) 08 TRIPOLI 699; E) TRIP OLI 487; F) 08 TRIPOLI 870; G) STATE 43049; H) TRIPOLI 661; I) TRIPOLI 208; J) TRIPOLI 899
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-19 15:52:00Embassy TripoliSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR LY
09TUNIS129TUNIS SECURITY ENVIRONMENT PROFILE QUESTIONNAIRE
[...] (SBU) DEMONSTRATIONS ----------------------- A. (SBU) ARE THERE ANY ETHNIC OR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN COUNTRY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT SIGNIFICANT ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS? The Government of Tunisia (GOT) prohibits demonstrations that are not pre-approved and is capable of controlling [...]
2009-03-06 12:05:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNASEC PTER TS
09TUNIS237AMERICAN SCHOOL CRISIS ABATES, TIME FOR
[...] (C) Under mounting US and international pressure, the Tunisian authorities have offered public and private assurances of their commitment to keep the American Cooperative School of Tunis (ACST) open and their willingness to negotiate a settlement to the current tax crisis. These gestures inc [...]
2009-04-17 14:25:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALASCH AFDB PGOV PREL TS
09TUNIS276TFFLU01: TUNISIA'S READINESS FOR AN H1N1 OUTBREAK
[...] (SBU) H1N1 influenza has not yet arrived in Tunisia. According to the WHO, Tunisia is reasonably prepared for a pandemic, with 100,000 doses of Tamiflu already stockpiled and heightened screening measures in place at the Tunis-Carthage International Airport. Although the GOT's testing capabi [...]
2009-05-06 16:37:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALKFLU AEMR ASEC CASC TBIO KSAF PREL AMGT TF
09TUNIS407GOT SEEKS RETURN OF TUNISIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (S) Summary: Saying he was acting at the request of President Ben Ali, Foreign Minister Abdallah told the Ambassador late June 18 that the GOT would like the United States to return all Tunisian Guantanamo detainees to Tunisia. Sending Tunisians to third countries (Italy, Germany and most r [...]
2009-06-19 17:18:00Embassy TunisSECRETPHUM PREL KDRG PTER TS
09TUNIS415GOT ASKS EUROPEANS NOT TO TAKE TUNISIAN GUANTANAMO
[...] (S/NF) A senior MFA official convoked the German, Italian and Spanish Chiefs of Mission June 19 to inform them the GOT wants the Tunisian detainees in Guantanamo Camp returned home. According to the European COMs, the implicit message was that their governments should not accept the US request [...]
2009-06-23 15:49:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPHUM PREL KDRG PTER TS
09TUNIS44TUNISIA'S PILLARS OF ECONOMIC GROWTH SHOWING WEAR
[...] (C) The GOT is struggling to manage the growing impact of the international economic crisis. The GOT recently ratcheted down 2009 GDP growth projections from five to four percent. Exporters, suffering from the downturn in Europe, are directing their focus to managing fixed costs in an effort [...]
2009-01-20 10:04:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD FAO TS
09TUNIS450GOT LAYS OUT INVESTMENT STRATEGY IN 11TH ANNUAL
[...] (SBU) The 11th Annual Carthage Investment Forum, held in Hammamet June 24-25, was the GOT's chance to showcase Tunisia as an investment destination. The Forum, which brought out high-level GOT representation, highlighted some non-traditional sectors of the economy, such as aviation, tech offsh [...]
2009-07-08 17:22:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON EFIN ETRD FAO TS
09TUNIS461PM GHANNOUCHI ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE, ACST, AND THE
[...] (C) During a farewell call by the Ambassador on July 10, Tunisian Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi: -- dismissed the reported plot against US military personnel as &banal8; -- welcomed the new policies of President Obama and offered Tunisian support on efforts for Middle East peace; -- press [...]
2009-07-13 14:58:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL ASCH TS
09TUNIS472ICRC SAYS A FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE NEEDS
[...] (S/NF) The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Tunisian Coordinator for Regional Protection Francesco Bruscoli (strictly protect) informed acting P/E Counselor July 14 on the margins of a reception that the ICRC had recently visited the two former Guantanamo detainees imprisoned i [...]
2009-07-15 16:20:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PHUM PTER KDRG TS
09TUNIS492TROUBLED TUNISIA: WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
[...] (S/NF) By many measures, Tunisia should be a close US ally. But it is not. While we share some key values and the country has a strong record on development, Tunisia has big problems. President Ben Ali is aging, his regime is sclerotic and there is no clear successor. Many Tunisians are frustrated [...]
2009-07-17 16:19:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV ECON KPAO MASS PHUM TS
09TUNIS525CANADA DELIVERS AIDE-MEMOIRE ON 2009 TUNISIAN
[...] (C) In a conversation with the DCM July 24, Canadian Ambassador Bruno Picard said that the Government of Canada (GOC) presented Tunisian Ambassador to Canada Mouldi Sakri July 23 with an Aide-Memoire detailing GOC concerns about "acts of violence, intimidation, harassment of people identified [...]
2009-07-28 16:53:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM TS
09TUNIS640BERLUSCONI'S VISIT TO TUNISIA: OLD FRIENDS, NEW
[...] (C) Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali and Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi deepened their ties of friendship August 18 with a day-long personal visit. Berlusconi arrived mid-morning and stayed until late in the afternoon. The visit was so private in nature that neither the It [...]
2009-09-01 08:19:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV PREL TS IT
09TUNIS722AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON TUNISIAN DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) During the Ambassador's 29 September introductory call with Tunisian Defense Minister Kamel Morjane, the Minister assured the Ambassador that the close cooperation between the U.S. and Tunisian militaries, and broader cooperation between the two governments, would make the Ambassador's j [...]
2009-10-01 13:06:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS MOPS TS
09TUNIS727PROSPECTS FOR THE OPIC-SUPPORTED RENEWABLE ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Although Tunisia's current energy picture hardly includes renewables, growing unmet domestic demand and an agreement signed with Italy to provide power via an undersea cable present opportunities in this sector. A handful of Tunisian government agencies deal with renewables, among them [...]
2009-10-02 09:36:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV ETRD TS
09TUNIS757ESTH ENGAGEMENT IN TUNISIA - OPPORTUNITIES AND
[...] (SBU) We believe the positive Tunisian rhetorical response to President Obama's June 4 Cairo speech could provide an opening to activate the 2004 Science and Technology Agreement and partner with Tunisia on strategic efforts such as technology development, science diplomacy, new and renewable [...]
2009-10-13 06:51:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SENV TS
09TUNIS890TUNISIA TO UNVEIL ENFIDHA BEN ALI AIRPORT
[...] (SBU) On December 4, Enfidha Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali Airport is set to receive its inaugural flight. Constructed in only 24 months, the airport is located 100 kms south of Tunis and is significantly larger than Tunis-Carthage International Airport. The first of four terminals has a capacity [...]
2009-12-03 15:51:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON EINV ETRD TS
09TUNIS901EUROPEAN ENVOYS VENT FRUSTRATION WITH TUNISIAN
[...] (C) During a December 9 lunch, 18 European ambassadors expressed frustration with the Tunisian government's tendency to view cooperation as a one-way street. "When we send them a check, they cash it right away, but when we request something via note verbale, it languishes for months," one Amb [...]
2009-12-11 15:54:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER EAID EU TS
09TUNIS942TUNISIA: 2009 TERRORISM REPORT
[...] The Government of Tunisia continued to place a high priority on combating extremism and terrorism in 2009. In addition to using security and law enforcement measures, the Tunisian government also used social and economic programs including health care and public education to ameliorate facto [...]
2009-12-30 11:20:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM KHLS PINS PREL AMER TS
09UNESCOPARISFR1587183RD UNESCO EXECUTIVE BOARD ELECTION RESULTS
[...] Summary: UNESCO's newly reconstituted Executive Board for the 2009-2011 term met for a one-day meeting on November 23, where the principal business on the agenda was the election of a new Chairman and members of the Board's subsidiary committees and commissions. End summary. 2. UNESCO's [...]
2009-11-25 15:28:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIEDSCUL PREL UNESCO
09UNESCOPARISFR1666 U.S. OPPORTUNITIES AT UNESCO
[...] (SBU) Summary: A window of opportunity has opened for the United States at UNESCO. With the election of Irina Bokova, the U.S. has a favorably disposed Director-General who is looking for new ideas. Rather than being on the defensive, the U.S. should be making programmatic proposals to help [...]
2009-12-09 11:10:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SCUL SOCI TPHY UNESCO
09UNROME22FAO 125TH FINANCE COMMITTEE HIGHLIGHTS: FUNDING FOR REFORM
[...] (SBU) Member representatives of the Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Finance Committee (FC) met in Rome on March 9-10 to discuss funding for FAO's ambitious new reform program and to review the agency's human resource management strategy. Noting a shortfall in voluntary financial contr [...]
2009-03-27 11:44:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIEDFAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN
09UNROME27NEW PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. ------- Summary ------- 2. (U) On April 2, newly-elected President Kanayo Nwanze of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) briefed Executive Board members on his "vision" for this small, bu [...]
2009-04-09 14:04:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIEDUN EFIN EAGR EAID ECON IFAD
09UNROME38FAO 126TH FINANCE COMMITTEE OUTCOMES: FUNDING FOR FOOD
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified and for official use only; not for transmission outside USG channels. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) The Finance Committee (FC) of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) held its 126th session from May 11-15 in Rome, concurrent with FAO' [...]
2009-05-21 16:15:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIEDFAO UN EFIN EAID
09UNROME42THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LAW ORGANIZATION TURNS 25
[...] Summary: The International Development Law Organization (IDLO) hosted a 25th anniversary celebration at their Rome headquarters on June 4, 2009, entitled "IDLO at 25 - Embracing Change." The celebration noted the growth and past accomplishments of IDLO and focused on the Organization's need [...]
2009-06-25 12:15:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID ECON EFIN AF
09UNROME47SE GRATION MEETS WITH ROME-BASED FOOD AGENCIES
[...] On June 30, U.S. Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan J. Scott Gration and his deputy, Tim Shortley, held introductory meetings with FAO Deputy Director General Jim Butler and WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran as well as their respective Sudan Operations teams. Gration expressed optimism for durab [...]
2009-08-06 11:09:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIEDWFP AORC EAID PREF EAGR EFIN UN
09UNROME54RECOMMENDED STRATEGY ON FAO DRAFT BUDGET
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The FAO Director General distributed on September 1 a revised draft Program of Work and Budget (PWB) for the 2010-11 biennium that proposes a significant 7.1 percent increase over the cur [...]
2009-09-03 16:36:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYFAO EFIN AORC EAGR EAID KUNR UN
09UNROME55COMMITTEE ON WORLD FOOD SECURITY REFORM PROCESS GENERALLY
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified for USG only. Please handle accordingly. -------- Summary -------- 2. (SBU) The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Bureau convened on September 4 the final negotiating session of its "Contact Group" - a group comprising F [...]
2009-09-09 10:13:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR PHUM EAID PREL FAO UN
09UNROME63DEMARCHE REQUEST - ELECTION FOR DIRECTOR GENERAL OF
[...] (SBU) Mission believes that a U.S. citizen candidate is by far the most qualified of the six candidates competing for the November 25 election for the next Director General (DG) of the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) and recommends that the American candidate, Thomas McInerney [...]
2009-10-29 09:03:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID ECON
09UNROME70WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD 2009 SECOND REGULAR
[...] The 2009 Second Regular Session of the World Food Program (WFP) Executive Board was held in Rome from November 9-12. Improved collaboration among the Rome-based UN food and agriculture agencies as well as other partners was a prominent theme. UNDP Administrator Helen Clark was invited as a sp [...]
2009-12-01 01:58:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIEDWFP AORC EAID PREF EAGR EFIN UN
09UNROME74WORLD FOOD PROGRAM BRIEFING ON SOMALIA COMMODITY DIVERSIONS
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. --------------- Summary --------------- 2. (SBU) On December 4, WFP Deputy Executive Director (DED) Amir Abdulla and Inspector General (IG) Suresh Sharma briefed Executive Board members on the just completed i [...]
2009-12-10 14:14:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIEDWFP SO AORC EAID PREF UN
09UNROME77WORLD FOOD PROGRAM BRIEFING ON SOMALIA COMMODITY DIVERSIONS
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. --------------- Summary --------------- 2. (SBU) On December 4, WFP Deputy Executive Director (DED) Amir Abdulla and Inspector General (IG) Suresh Sharma briefed Executive Board members on the just completed i [...]
2009-12-11 09:46:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYWFP SO AORC EAID PREF UN
09UNROME78ROME FOLLOW-UP MEETING TO L'AQUILA FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 3 and 4, the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome co-hosted the third follow-up to the G8 `plus' meeting on global food security held i [...]
2009-12-11 16:51:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAGR EAID FAO WFP IT
09UNVIEVIENNA103COPOUS: WRAP-UP OF THE 46TH SESSION OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND
[...] (U) The U.S. accomplished its objectives for the 46th session of the STSC in Vienna February 9-20, 2009, including STSC approval of the voluntary safety framework for the use of nuclear power sources in outer space and adoption of a new agenda item on space weather research. The U.S. delega [...]
2009-03-13 15:34:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA UNGA UNPUOS
09UNVIEVIENNA105UNODC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COSTA REITERATED CRIME
[...] (u) This cable contains an action request in paragraph 13. 2. (c) Summary. INL Assistant Secretary (A/S) David Johnson, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Acting Director (AD) Ed Jurith, and Ambassador Schulte met with Executive Director (ED) Antonio Costa March 13 on the m [...]
2009-03-16 11:57:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPGOV UNAUS KCRM SNAR AF UNODC
09UNVIEVIENNA110Vienna Adopts International Roadmap for Fighting Drugs
[...] (U) The high-level segment of United Nations Commission on Narcotics Drugs (CND) met March 11 and 12 in Vienna to conclude the review of the commitments emanating from the 1998 UNGA Special Session (UNGASS) on international drug control. The Commission adopted a Political Declaration and Actio [...]
2009-03-17 15:22:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM UNODC EAID SNAR UN AF RU
09UNVIEVIENNA12IAEA: COMPLETION OF THIRD GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP
[...] This cable is for information only. 2. Summary: The GNEP Infrastructure Development Working Group (IDWG) held its third meeting on December 8, 2008, in Vienna, Austria in conjunction with a workshop on Radioactive Waste Management and a Resources and Gaps Workshop on December 9. The U.S. [...]
2009-01-14 07:25:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA127 UN Commission Adopts Fourteen Drug Control Resolutions
[...] (U) Following on the High-Level Segment (Ref A),the regular session of the 52nd UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND),held March 16-20, adopted 14 drug control-related resolutions to guide the work of Member States and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in the coming year. The Secreta [...]
2009-03-25 15:16:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV UN KCRM AF UNCND CU IR
09UNVIEVIENNA152UNODC AND COUNTERNARCOTICS IN THE AF-PAK POLICY
[...] This is action request. Please, see para 5. 2. (SBU) Ambassador met UNODC Executive Director Antonio Costa on April 2, and discussed with him the Administration's new Af-Pak strategy and deployed the points in Ref A, highlighting our new regional emphasis and our interest in incorporati [...]
2009-04-08 12:18:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALKCRM PREL PTER SNAR AF AS CA IR IT JA PK UN
09UNVIEVIENNA201U.S. STIRS UP IAEA BUDGET TALKS, LEAVES THE WAY
[...] (SBU) Summary: (This is a guidance request. Please see paragraphs 15 - 17.) The U.S. delegation achieved its primary goal during budget negotiations at the IAEA this week to leave the door open to a "meaningful, real increase." While the U.S. was alone in its strong appeal for a budget incr [...]
2009-05-04 15:29:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA206COPOUS: WRAP-UP OF THE 46TH SESSION OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND
[...] (U) The 48th session of the Legal Subcommittee (LSC) of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) yielded positive results for the United States and set the stage for the further advancement of USG interests in the LSC next year. The second year consideration of national l [...]
2009-05-07 08:49:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA TSPL UNGA UNPUOS
09UNVIEVIENNA215WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: (PART II OF II) EXPERTS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 13:37:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA225CORRECTED COPY OF UNVIE VIENNA 206: COPOUS: WRAP-UP OF THE
[...] (U) The 48th session of the Legal Subcommittee (LSC) of the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) yielded positive results for the United States and set the stage for the further advancement of USG interests in the LSC next year. The second year consideration of national l [...]
2009-05-13 14:14:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA TSPL UNGA UNPUOS
09UNVIEVIENNA227DEEPENING IMPASSE IN IAEA BUDGET TALKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA Member States met on May 13 to "get down to business" on the budget. European hardliners have not relinquished their calls for a "revised" budget proposal based on zero growth. Nor has the G-77 progressed beyond general support for increases in technical cooperation and [...]
2009-05-13 15:43:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA242ITALIAN COUNTERNARCOTICS COOPERATION WITH IRAN
[...] (C) Summary. On May 20, Msnoff met with an Italian counterpart, Marco Prencipe, who recently left a four-year post in Tehran to discuss the effectiveness of Iranian cooperation with the Italians on counternarcotics efforts. For the most part, cooperation has been successful, and Italy and [...]
2009-05-27 12:52:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR AF PAK IR IT
09UNVIEVIENNA253 IAEA: JUNE BOARD PREVIEW AND ANALYSIS
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (SBU) The June 15-19 IAEA Board of Governors meeting will take place amid continuing uncertainty over the Director General election and budget negotiations (ref a.) Nevertheless, Mission will endeavor to take advantage of favorable attitudes toward the Pre [...]
2009-05-29 19:27:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA267LATEST IAEA PROPOSAL FRUSTRATES BUDGET HAWKS
[...] (SBU) Summary: IAEA budget hawks (UK, Germany, France, et. al.) are frustrated and annoyed that the IAEA Secretariat has not submitted a revised budget based on Zero Real Growth (ZRG). To their dismay, Board Vice Chair Feruta circulated a third budget proposal June 5 featuring a 12.7 percent [...]
2009-06-09 12:33:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA284 KEY PARIS PACT MEMBERS URGE RESULTS RATHER THAN MEETINGS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an informal June 9 meeting, key Paris Pact members agreed to continue their support for the Pact. They also agreed to use 2010 to review the implementation of recommendations from three past roundtables -- precursors, financial flows, and cross-border management. In addition [...]
2009-06-18 09:11:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL PTER SNAR UN AF PK CA RU IT UK SW AS
09UNVIEVIENNA285NUCLEAR SAFETY: REPORT OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE JOINT
[...] The Third Review Meeting of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management was broadly successful for U.S. interests. The meeting was more widely attended than last time, and the quality of the national reports and the discussions [...]
2009-06-18 13:13:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KNNP AORC
09UNVIEVIENNA287NUCLEAR SAFETY: REPORT OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE JOINT
[...] The Third Review Meeting of the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management was broadly successful for U.S. interests. The meeting was more widely attended than last time, and the quality of the national reports and the discussions [...]
2009-06-19 07:32:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KNNP AORC
09UNVIEVIENNA29IAEA: NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS GROUP DISCUSSES TEXT BUT NO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 15, interested NSG Participating Governments (PGs) discussed the current "clean text" to revise paragraphs 6 and 7 of the Part 1 NSG Guidelines regarding conditions for approval of transfers of enrichment and reprocessing (ENR) equipment and technology. [...]
2009-01-27 16:18:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ETTC KNNP MNUC PARM PREL ENR
09UNVIEVIENNA296ASSESSING UNODC'S ANTONIO COSTA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Antonio Costa, Executive Director of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC),is scheduled to roll out UNODC's annual World Drug Report with the Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, Gil Kerlikowske on June 24. Costa is an ambitious and energetic [...]
2009-06-23 11:26:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR KCRM UN AF PK
09UNVIEVIENNA304 UNODC PLANS BIG FOR PAKISTAN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a June 15 meeting, UNODC Deputy Director for Operations Bernard Frahi shared with us the terms of reference for his recent mission to Pakistan and UNODC's plans for its program there. (Mission report and terms of reference were emailed to the Department - IO/T, INL/PC, and SC [...]
2009-06-25 14:20:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL PTER SNAR EAID UN AF PK CA RU IR UK
09UNVIEVIENNA31 Breaking the UNGASS Impasse on "Harm Reduction"
[...] (U) This is an action message for INL/PC and IO/T. Please see paragraph 7. ------- Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Negotiations for the UNGA special session have hit an impasse, created by EU insistence on adding the controversial term "harm reduction" to various parts of the draft UNGASS actio [...]
2009-01-27 16:21:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM UN PGOV AORC UK CO RS JA CA FR SW GM
09UNVIEVIENNA320ACTION REQUEST: IAEA BUDGET TALKS HIT WALL,
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. (SBU) Summary: Mission is concerned that a months-long effort to achieve an increase in the IAEA budget is increasingly likely to end in failure. Hewing to a policy of zero growth, France and Germany have blocked Mission's effor [...]
2009-07-06 16:12:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA324BRIEFING TO COPUOS AND SIDE MEETING ON THE
[...] (SBU) On June 9, 2009, Brigadier General Susan Helms, Director of Plans and Policy, J-5, United States Strategic Command, briefed the 52nd Session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) on the February 2009 collision of the Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251 satellites. Prior t [...]
2009-07-08 15:30:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PREL PARM TSPA RS NASA CPUOS CDG
09UNVIEVIENNA328IAEA BUDGET TALKS DISINTEGRATE AS EURO "HAWKS"
[...] (SBU) Summary: The European position on the IAEA budget increase has hardened. They no longer describe funding for Safeguards and Security as "priorities," but merely "desirable." The G8 process has had no affect on their zero growth position. If anything, the "budget hawks" have gained mo [...]
2009-07-09 16:01:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA337WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: EXPERTS GROUP TECHNICAL
[...] (SBU) At the intersessional meetings June 15 - 25, the U.S. Delegation to the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) Experts Group (EG) made considerable progress in advancing a number of U.S. proposals and in shaping the proposals of others. Thirteen participating states attended some part of the interse [...]
2009-07-16 09:00:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA349UNCOPUOS: Wrap-up of the 52nd Session, June 3-12, 2009
[...] (U) Summary: The UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses Outer Space concluded a highly productive session on June 12th with the adoption of its report that included the addition of a new item on the agenda of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee on the Long-Term Sustainability of Outer Space Ac [...]
2009-07-22 15:16:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA UNGA UNPUOS PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA402IAEA/GC/MIDDLE EAST: ARAB GROUP REJECTS GC PRESIDENT'S GOOD OFFICES
[...] (C) The Arab Group (Lebanon and Syria) flatly rejected General Conference President Macmillan's efforts toward a consensus single resolution on the Middle East, standing by the Arab League Ministerial directive for a separate resolution naming Israel. Although both Egypt and Israel were more [...]
2009-08-26 15:57:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA KNNP PARM PREL XF
09UNVIEVIENNA410 IAEA/General Conference: Train wreck or New Dawn ?
[...] (SBU) Traditionally, the September 14-18 53rd IAEA General Conference (GC) serves as a platform for promoting U.S. priorities on core IAEA issues, nuclear safety and security, strengthened safeguards and peaceful use of nuclear energy. While we will continue to promote these priorities, we fea [...]
2009-08-28 13:51:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA415COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY (CTBT): On-Site
[...] This cable reports discussions of On-Site Inspection (OSI) issues that took place during the first half of the thirty-third session of Working Group B (WGB-33),August 17 - 25. International Monitoring System (IMS) and International Data Centre (IDC) and OSI discussions taking place during th [...]
2009-09-03 06:48:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM AORC KTBT IR
09UNVIEVIENNA450 IAEA/General Conference: Resolutions Wrap-Up
[...] (SBU) Once again, and despite best efforts by USDEL, Middle East issues (ref a) overshadowed much of the substantive agenda of the September 14-18 IAEA General Conference. Among the five core technical resolutions referred to the Committee of the Whole, or COW, -- omnibus safety, nuclear appli [...]
2009-09-30 15:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY
09UNVIEVIENNA4532009 IAEA/GC: GENERAL DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Director General ElBaradei opened the IAEA General Conference on September 14 with a valedictory address looking back on his 12-year tenure. He observed that the IAEA has made considerable progress in many areas, from improving access to energy, food and water for people in need, to helpin [...]
2009-10-02 14:31:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY LY IN
09UNVIEVIENNA4562009 IAEA/GC: GENERAL DEBATE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) Director General ElBaradei opened the IAEA General Conference on September 14 with a valedictory address looking back on his 12-year tenure. He observed that the IAEA has made considerable progress in many areas, from improving access to energy, food and water for people in need, to helpin [...]
2009-10-02 14:33:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KNNP IAEA ENRG TRGY IR KN SY LY IN
09UNVIEVIENNA482WASSENAAR ARRANGEMENT: SUCCESSFUL 2009 FALL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The U.S. Delegation to the Wassenaar Arrangement's (WA) Fall Experts Group (EG) successfully negotiated agreement on 20 of the 23 proposals tabled by the U.S. this year and withdrew the other three. Overall, the EG agreed to 26 national proposals at the Fall meeting, bringing t [...]
2009-10-21 14:22:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALETTC KSTC PARM
09UNVIEVIENNA491OPPONENTS TO IAEA 2011 BUDGET GROWTH MOBILIZING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a speech October 21 at the U.S. Institute for Peace, Secretary Clinton implied USG support for a further increase in the IAEA's budget and authorities. Formal negotiations among Member States to determine the 2011 level will not begin until later this winter, but the UK and [...]
2009-10-29 15:24:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC PREL KNNP IAEA UN
09UNVIEVIENNA530IAEA/IRAN: TECHNICAL BRIEFING LARGELY FOCUSES ON
[...] (C) On November 18, Ops B Director Herman Nackaerts provided Member States a technical briefing on the Director General's (DG)November 16 report on Iran. The briefing largely repeated the points covered in the report, but also offered more details on the IAEA's inspection of the Fordow Fue [...]
2009-11-20 16:23:00UNVIECONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKNNP AORC IAEA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA545IO A/S BRIMMER,S FIRST CALL ON DG AMANO AND
[...] (C) IO A/S Esther Brimmer, accompanied by IO DAS Nerissa Cook, was among the first to welcome newly instated IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano on his first day in office December 1. She assured Amano of full U.S. support to make his tenure a success, for which Amano was grateful. Amano outl [...]
2009-12-04 08:00:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC IAEA KNNP PREL UN JA IR
09UNVIEVIENNA550Major Donors to UNODC Agree to More Systematic
[...] SUMMARY: At a November 30 meeting convened by the UK Mission to international organizations in Vienna the "Major Donor" countries to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) agreed to increase systematic coordination with one another. The U.S. delegation, led by IO Assistant Secretary Esther [...]
2009-12-04 12:46:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCOR KCRM PGOV UNCND
09UNVIEVIENNA575GNEP INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT WORKING GROUP DRAWS BROAD
[...] Summary: The Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) Infrastructure Development Working Group (IDWG) held its fifth meeting December 9-10, 2009, in Vienna, under U.S. chairmanship. Approximately 85 representatives from GNEP partner and observer countries, the International Atomic Energy Agency [...]
2009-12-18 09:35:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIEDENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
09UNVIEVIENNA578INL A/S JOHNSON MEETINGS ON AFGHANISTAN AND
[...] (C) During a brief stopover in Vienna, INL Assistant Secretary David Johnson met on December 9 with UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa and with UNODC officials involved in regional and bilateral counternarcotics (CN) work with Iran. Ambassador Davies a [...]
2009-12-18 11:44:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPGOV UN KCRM UNODC IR
09UNVIEVIENNA64ADVOCATING NEEDLE EXCHANGE AND MEDICATION-ASSISTED
[...] (SBU) Per Ref A instructions, Charge approached CND chair Ambassador Ashipala on Friday, Feb 6 to explain change in the USG position regarding the ongoing UNGASS review negotiations (Ref B). On the same day Missionoffs shared with Russia and Japan highlights of the new USG position: support fo [...]
2009-02-13 15:49:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALAORC KCRM PREL SNAR AU UN
09UNVIEVIENNA7 FRIENDS OF AFGHANISTAN TO MEET AGAIN JANUARY 22
[...] (U) This is an action request for IO, INL and SCA. Please see Para 8. 2. (U) The French Mission will host the next meeting of the Vienna Friends of Afghanistan Group (Ref A) on January 22. The draft agenda includes corruption, precursors, UNODC Independence Evaluation Unit report on Afgha [...]
2009-01-12 14:06:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PREL NATO EUN FR AF RU PL UN
09UNVIEVIENNA72UNODC Financial Crisis: Tough Choices But Silver Lining?
[...] (SBU) Unexpected declines in UNODC's General Purpose Fund (GPF) contributions have created a financial crisis within the UNODC. Compounding that assessment are interest losses stemming from the world financial crisis and the inherent difficulties associated with managing an exploding Special P [...]
2009-02-20 14:08:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR KCRM EAID UN
09USEUBRUSSELS117EU Commission Forecasts Significant Worsening in EU
[...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission released on January 19 its interim economic forecasts, advancing their release date by a full month due to the exceptionally difficult economic circumstances. The forecasts recognize that the impact on the real economy became more pronounced after the eve [...]
2009-01-28 11:47:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS1338JOSCHKA FISCHER DISCUSS NABUCCO WITH AMB.
[...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: On September 17, Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Richard Morningstar, DoE PDAS for Policy and International Affairs Jonathan Elkind, and Charge d,Affaires a.i. Christopher Murray met with former German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, now a special advisor to [...]
2009-10-02 09:36:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALECON EPET EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS1404 ANALYSIS OF COMPOSITION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
[...] (SBU) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY: The European Parliament (EP) has become increasingly influential in EU legislation and policy making; the new Lisbon Treaty, when ratified, will significantly accelerate this trend, in particular in the areas of justice and home affairs, agricultural budgets and [...]
2009-10-21 05:30:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PGOV OVIP OEXC PINR EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS141 EU UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 7.4 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE UP TO
[...] SUMMARY. The latest EU unemployment data as released by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) provide another confirmation of the deterioration of the EU labor market situation. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 reached 7.4 percent in December 2008 (up from 7.3 percent [...]
2009-01-30 16:55:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS1420SCENESETTER FOR TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMIC COUNCIL MEETING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The fourth meeting of the U.S.-EU Transatlantic Economic Council on October 27 will cover a solid agenda with our largest economic partner. The meeting will feature discussions on G20 commitments and our cooperation in financial reform, closer U.S.-EU regulatory cooperation in [...]
2009-10-22 13:22:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL ETRD ENRG ECPS SENV EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS1421EU STANCE ON NABUCCO WORRIES ITGI
[...] (SBU) Summary: A representative of the Italy-Turkey-Greece Interconnector (ITGI) pipeline project believes the Commission,s public bias towards Nabucco is prejudicing ITGI,s ability to secure a gas deal. Commission officials told him that their support for Nabucco is driven by USG pressure. [...]
2009-10-22 14:13:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG IT ZJ RU EU
09USEUBRUSSELS552ENGAGING THE EU ON DEFENSE ISSUES
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: As we prepare for the upcoming visit to Washington by the EU's High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and Director General of the EU Military Staff Lieutenant General David Leakey, it might be useful to take stock of the EU's steady advance [...]
2009-04-09 15:36:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEAID EIND EU MARR MOPS PREL
09USEUBRUSSELS681APRIL 28 U.S.-EU JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS
[...] (C) U.S. and European Union (EU) Cabinet Ministers engaged in a wide-ranging discussion of counter-terrorism, law enforcement, and border security issues at the April 28 U.S.-EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Ministerial Troika meeting in Prague. The EU side welcomed the Attorney General's de [...]
2009-05-13 15:12:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KCRM PTER EUM
09USEUBRUSSELS725EU FOREIGN AND DEFENSE MINISTERS FOCUS ON RUSSIA,
[...] (C//NF) Summary: The EU's General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meetings May 18-19 brought together foreign, defense, and development ministers in a complex choreography of meetings in Brussels. During the meetings, foreign ministers laid plans for the June European Council [...]
2009-05-26 14:48:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL MARR RS BM IR BK XW XF CE EUN
09USEUBRUSSELS814EU/BURMA SANCTIONS: HOW U.S. CAN HELP
[...] (U) Action Request: Please see paragraphs 6 and 12. 2. (C//NF) SUMMARY: EU ministers will discuss options for the EU Burma sanctions policy at the June 15 GAERC. No final decision is expected before a verdict is issued in the current Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) trial. Bank designations are [...]
2009-06-12 11:26:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC EFIN PGOV ETRD EMIN PHUM KDEM BM EUN FR
09USEUBRUSSELS915 EU UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 8.9 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE UP TO
[...] SUMMARY. The latest EU unemployment data as released by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on July 2 confirmed a broad pattern of deterioration on the EU labor markets. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-27 soared to 8.9 percent in May 2009 (up from 8.7 in April). Une [...]
2009-07-02 13:05:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EUN
09USNATO100NATO'S CIVIL BUDGET: AN EVEN HOLLOWER ALLIANCE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The NATO International Staff is projecting a shortfall of Euros 70 million in the NATO Civil Budget over the next five years. This shortfall is the result of the Alliance taking on an ever increasing number of activities--often at the urging of the U.S.--while also trying to [...]
2009-03-16 09:27:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL AFIN ABUD AMGT
09USNATO115MARCH 12 HLTF: NATO ALLIES PRESS U.S. TO LEAD ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At the March 12 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting, three main themes emerged from Allies' comments on next steps regarding CFE: 1) Allied support for U.S. leadership in engaging Russia on CFE; 2) support for the Parallel Actions Package as the basis for engagement; and 3) [...]
2009-03-23 17:06:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO121USNATO/USEU: NAC-PSC MEETING HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (U) This is a joint USNATO-USEU cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. NATO HQ Sarajevo Commander Brigadier General Errico and Deputy SACEUR and EUFOR Operational Commander General McColl briefed a joint meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) and EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) on March [...]
2009-03-25 13:08:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PGOV MOPS EUN BK
09USNATO122READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING MARCH 25,
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: The U.S. said it was looking for Allies to take decisions this week on paramilitary policing and on melding the U.S. review and Alliance approach in order to show unity and progress at the Summit. Canada encouraged Allies to agree to sta [...]
2009-03-25 15:56:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAF PREL NATO
09USNATO131THE VICE PRESIDENT'S MARCH 10 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) March 10, 2009; 9:30AM-12:15PM Central European Time; Brussels, Belgium. 2. (U) Participants: U.S.: The Vice President Ambassador Kurt Volker National Security Advisor to the Vice President Anthony Blinken Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy Lieutenant Genera [...]
2009-04-02 16:29:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNOVIP MOPS NATO PGOV PREL KV AF PK
09USNATO145READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING APRIL 8,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-09 10:25:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHSA PARM MOPS AF XA RS KN
09USNATO148SCIENCE AT NATO: UPDATE ON CURRENT PROGRAMS,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The NATO Committee on Science for Peace and Security (SPS) will meet in Allied-only format April 23 and in NATO-Russia Council format on April 24. USNATO provides the following update on SPS projects and current U.S. actions and policy to focus and guide the interagency group in [...]
2009-04-15 16:58:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYNATO OSCI TSPL AF
09USNATO15NATO/IRAQ: NTM-I CORE COUNTRIES SHARE CONCERNS OF
[...] (C) The backbone countries in the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) share similar concerns about the legal status of the NTM-I as Denmark and Portugal (Ref A),both of which are withdrawing from the mission (Denmark until the legal status can be clarified, but Portugal permanently.). Polan [...]
2009-01-16 13:34:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR IZ
09USNATO165ROGOZIN RAMBLES SOVIET-STYLE IN RESTART OF THE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On April 29, the first formal NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Ambassadorial meeting was held since the August 2008 Russia-Georgia war. Russian Ambassador Rogozin used the meeting to dissect and criticize the communiqu from NATO's recent 60th Anniversary Summit. Paying particular att [...]
2009-05-04 17:45:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL MOPS GG RS
09USNATO166AZERBAIJAN PRESIDENT ALIYEV BRIEFS ENERGY,
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Appearing before the North Atlantic Council (NAC) for the first time in two and a half years, Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev (joined by Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov) briefed the Allies on Azerbaijan's role as a regional energy supplier, his commitment to resolve the Na [...]
2009-05-05 08:25:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PGOV PREL AJ AM GG TU RS
09USNATO169READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING APRIL
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: Estonia increased its election support contribution from a platoon to a company for Helmand. SHAPE continues to report Elections Support Force shortfalls, despite the U.S. and OEF partners, recent commitments. Canada expressed its hope t [...]
2009-05-05 12:23:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAF PREL NATO
09USNATO173SUBJECT: APRIL 28 HLTF: NATO ALLIES KEEN TO STAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At the April 28 High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting and on the margins Allies welcomed the U.S. read out of Assistant Secretary Gottemoeller's April 24 luncheon discussion of CFE in Rome with Russian Security and Disarmament Director Antonov, including indications that Russia is [...]
2009-05-05 15:58:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM KCFE NATO RS OSCE
09USNATO174CFE/VCC: APRIL 23 VCC AND EXPERTS--STATUS OF
[...] (C) Summary. The U.S. non-paper on Status of VCC Experts (Ref A) was discussed in both the group of experts meeting and VCC. No one rejected the principle that experts receive their tasking from the VCC. Although they had only a brief opportunity to review the paper, preliminary comments from [...]
2009-05-05 17:05:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO177READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING MAY 6, 2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-05-08 10:02:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHSA PARM MOPS AF XA RS KN
09USNATO19JANUARY 8 MEETING OF VCC EXPERTS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Experts deconflicted the CFE inspection schedule for the upcoming Treaty year (RY 14) and refined the deconflicted Vienna Document 1999 (VD 99) verification activities for 2009. Experts are close to agreement on the International Staff (IS) working paper outlining VD 99 coordin [...]
2009-01-22 16:13:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO216NATO-RUSSIA: CONSENSUS EMERGING FOR NRC
[...] (C/NF) In the May 27 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting, Russian Ambassador Rogozin chided Allies for playing political games with the proposed date of the NRC Foreign Ministerial meeting. Rogozin groused that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov agreed to NATO's proposed May 19 date for the Minis [...]
2009-05-28 18:44:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL MOPS GG RS UP
09USNATO217NATO-RUSSIA: CONSENSUS EMERGING FOR NRC
[...] (C/NF) In the May 27 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting, Russian Ambassador Rogozin chided Allies for playing political games with the proposed date of the NRC Foreign Ministerial meeting. Rogozin groused that Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov agreed to NATO's proposed May 19 date for the Minis [...]
2009-05-28 18:44:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PREL MOPS GG RS UP
09USNATO224NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, MAY 27,2009
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the May 27 meeting of NATO North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: The Czech Charge reported that Afghan security forces had demanded to open the cargo on a Czech-charted flight at Kabul International Airport, leading to an 11-hour standoff. Allies discussed the possibil [...]
2009-06-02 18:16:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS
09USNATO232KUWAIT FORCES NATO TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a June 3 meeting with the North Atlantic Council (NAC),representatives from the four Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) countries pledged to work both in and out of the ICI structure with NATO on issues of common concern, such as piracy. The Kuwaiti Ambassador argued that [...]
2009-06-05 15:12:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDNATO PGOV PREL BA KU QA AE MU SA
09USNATO237NATO ALLIES REACT POSITIVELY TO U.S. INITIATIVE ON
[...] (C) On June 5, Ambassador Daalder briefed NATO PermReps on the U.S. initiative to use the OSCE's informal Corfu Ministerial to launch a constructive dialogue on ways to enhance European security (reftel). While noting they were speaking on an uninstructed basis, Allies expressed strong initia [...]
2009-06-05 18:32:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL XG RS
09USNATO247RFG: NOMINATION OF U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE
[...] (C/NF) This is a request for guidance. See paragraph 3. ----------------------- The Call for Nomination ----------------------- 2. (C/NF) The Danish Representative to NATO, in his capacity as dean of the Council, passed a letter from Secretary General-designate Rasmussen to the Allies o [...]
2009-06-09 17:07:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PGOV PREL
09USNATO254NATO-KOSOVO: EUSR FEITH STRESSES NEED FOR U.S. AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EU Special Representative Feith told NATO Permanent Representatives on June 9 that, while he thought conditions were appropriate for a KFOR drawdown, a continued U.S. and NATO presence in Kosovo and the region would remain critical. He advised that KFOR should retain the ability t [...]
2009-06-12 14:54:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PGOV MOPS EUN BK KV
09USNATO256NATO COMES TOGETHER IN SUPPORT OF THE U.S.
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: NATO's Political Committee met June 10 to discuss the U.S. initiative to use the OSCE Ministerial in Corfu to launch a positive, wide-ranging dialogue on European security. France and Germany used the meeting to present and solicit Allied input on previously existing n [...]
2009-06-12 18:11:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL AORC XG RS
09USNATO267NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JUNE 17,2009
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-21 18:57:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS
09USNATO268NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JUNE 17,2009
[...] (C/NF) Summary of the June 17 meeting of NATO's North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: AWACS deployment to Konya, Turkey, was proceeding. The first operational flight in support of NATO's ISAF mission was scheduled for June 23. After UK PermRep Eldon pressed for regular status reports on [...]
2009-06-22 10:57:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS
09USNATO27RUSSIA SEEKS TO RENEW ENGAGEMENT IN THE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Allies met with Russian Ambassador Dmitri Rogozin on January 26 for the first time since the Georgia crisis in August 2008. Welcoming the Ministerial decision to re-engage Russia in a phased approach, Allies emphasized that the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) is a tool for fair as w [...]
2009-01-28 16:11:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL MOPS GG RS
09USNATO288NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JULY 1,2009
[...] (C/NF) Summary of the July 1 meeting of the North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: The NATO Senior Civilian Representative briefed the North Atlantic Council on the status of preparations for Afghanistan's upcoming elections, stressing that it was important that the international community [...]
2009-07-02 19:41:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS
09USNATO289ASD NACHT-LED TEAM CONSULTS WITH NATO ALLIES ON
[...] (C/NF) Summary: An interagency delegation led by ASD Michael Nacht met with NATO Allies on June 29 to discuss and consult regarding the ongoing USG Ballistic Missile Defense Review (BMDR),potential MD cooperation with Russia, and the synergy of NATO and U.S. plans for MD in Europe. Allies [...]
2009-07-03 11:12:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR NATO RS
09USNATO299NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING, JULY 8,2009
[...] (S/NF) Summary of the July 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council: -- AFGHANISTAN: Allies were briefed on ISAF's revised tactical directive which emphasized the importance of population security. The Deputy Secretary General and Allies expressed frustration at not being notified by militar [...]
2009-07-13 18:05:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNPREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS
09USNATO30READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 28,
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-29 16:35:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNAF NATO PREL
09USNATO303NATO-RUSSIA: ALLIES DIFFER ON RE-ENGAGEMENT, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: NATO Allies are united that PermReps should use the July 22 meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC)to indicate to Russia that NATO is willing to engage across the entire spectrum of issues, but that Russia must also specify in what areas it would like to cooperate. Regardless of [...]
2009-07-15 17:18:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL RS GG UP
09USNATO309JULY 9 MEETING REAFFIRMS NATO CONSENSUS ON CFE
[...] (C) Summary: Keying off of U.S. briefings on CFE discussion at the U.S.-Russia Summit in Moscow and shared experiences at the June 9 Berlin CFE meeting and the Corfu Ministerials, Allies used a brief HLTF meeting to reaffirm a general consensus on next steps with regard to CFE. Allies reaff [...]
2009-07-17 13:50:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO310AZERBAIJAN: MEMBER OF THE NATO COMMUNITY, BUT NOT
[...] (C) Summary: In an upbeat assessment of Azerbaijan's progress on its path to reform, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Mammadyarov reported to PermReps at the July 15 North Atlantic Council that its relationship with NATO was "close and improving." Mammadyarov proudly reported that Azerbaijan had [...]
2009-07-17 15:19:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PGOV PINR PREL AJ
09USNATO315NATO AWACS IN THE UAE TO SUPPORT ISAF - LEGAL
[...] (C) Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Operations Lawrence Rossin on July 20 briefed Allies in the Political Committee about difficulties and potential opportunities in his negotiations with the UAE regarding the potential of basing NATO AWACS at al-Ain airbase in support of the ISAF opera [...]
2009-07-20 18:38:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS AE AF
09USNATO317NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL MEETING SHOWS COOPERATION WILL
[...] (C) Summary: The first NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting since the June 27 Corfu Foreign Ministerial descended into a bitter exchange on issues across the board including Afghanistan, NATO enlargement, Georgia and Kosovo. The three-hour meeting began constructively, with Russia answering th [...]
2009-07-23 17:15:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL RS GG UP
09USNATO323USNATO: SWEDISH FM BILDT STRESSES NEED FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 22, Swedish Foreign Minister Bildt briefed the NAC on Sweden's goals for its EU Presidency. FM Bildt, with U.S. backing, emphasized the need for a true NATO-EU strategic partnership to confront common challenges. Ambassador Daalder called on the EU to do more in Afghanist [...]
2009-07-28 15:36:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PGOV MOPS BK KV EUN
09USNATO334RASMUSSEN TAKES CHARGE; ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY On August 3--his first day of official business at NATO Headquarters--new NATO Secretary General (SYG) Anders Fogh Rasmussen released his roadmap for completing NATO's new Strategic Concept in time for a NATO Summit in the fall of 2010. He also named the 12 individuals he has chos [...]
2009-08-03 16:05:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDNATO PGOV PREF PTER MOPS MAR IC
09USNATO336NEW SECRETARY GENERAL'S PRIORITIES
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: New NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen used the August 4 North Atlantic Council meeting--his first as the Secretary General--to set out the priorities for his term, including: Afghanistan, NATO-Russia, the Mediterranean Dialogue and Istanbul Cooperation Initiative par [...]
2009-08-05 06:46:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS TZ XW
09USNATO338ITALY PLANS COORDINATED REDUCTION IN KFOR
[...] (C) In a letter addressed to new NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Italian PermRep Stefanini on August 4 said that Rome intends to decrease its participation in KFOR in line with KFOR's overall scale of reductions as it moves through the first gate on the path to a deterrent presenc [...]
2009-08-05 16:12:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI
09USNATO342AFGHANISTAN: THE FOCUS OF THE AUGUST 4 NAC
[...] (C/REL NATO) SUMMARY: In his first North Atlantic Council meeting as the Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen chaired a discussion of the situation in Afghanistan. Supreme Allied Commander Europe Admiral Stavridis termed the situation "hard, but not hopeless" and outlined four priorities [...]
2009-08-07 20:37:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO EWWT MARR MOPS AF PK RS TZ XW
09USNATO378PDUSDP MILLER CONSULTS WITH ALLIES ON NUCLEAR
[...] (SBU) This message has been cleared by PDUSDP Miller. 2. (S) Summary: On July 16, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Dr. James Miller met with Allies to consult on the U.S. Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) and related topics. Permanent Representatives (PermReps) expressed appreciat [...]
2009-09-04 15:34:00Mission USNATOSECRETPREL MNUC KACT NATO RS
09USNATO384STRATEGIC CONCEPT: GROUP OF EXPERTS MET WITH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the September 7 first meeting of the Group of Experts (GoE) with the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on the NATO new Strategic Concept (SC) review, both the Secretary General (SYG) and former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the GoE's chairperson, stressed the importance o [...]
2009-09-10 17:06:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDNATO PREL MARR MOPS PK UK XG RS
09USNATO388SEPTEMBER 8 NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING:
[...] (C/REL ISAF) Summary from the September 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council: Afghanistan: At the September 8 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC),Secretary General Rasmussen told Allies that he expected to get the Commander of ISAF's strategic assessment of the situation in Afgh [...]
2009-09-11 18:16:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO MARR MOPS UN AF PK UK XG RS
09USNATO392RFG: COMMANDER OF ISAF BRIEFS NAC ON ASSESSMENT;
[...] (SBU) This is a request for guidance. See paragraph 10. 2. (S/NOFORN) SUMMARY: At the September 16 meeting of the North Atlantic Council, the commander of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (COMISAF),U.S. General Stanley McChrystal, briefed NATO PermReps f [...]
2009-09-16 18:27:00Mission USNATOSECRETPREL NATO MARR MOPS UN AF PK
09USNATO395ALLIES WELCOME INTER-AGENCY BRIEFING ON U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: NATO Allies received a September 17 briefing on the President's decision on the U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Review positively, especially its linkage with NATO's missile defense plans. A number of Allies asked questions regarding possible missile defense cooperation with Rus [...]
2009-09-17 21:28:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR PREL NATO
09USNATO397THE 2009 AFGHANISTAN OPIUM SURVEY: UNODC COSTA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 16:51:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALSNAR MOPS NATO PREL AF
09USNATO4DECEMBER 17-18 MEETING OF VCC EXPERTS
[...] (C/REL NATO) Summary: During meetings of Experts on 17 and 18 December, Allies de-conflicted the 2009 Vienna Document 99 Verification Schedule. In addition, the U.S. secured CFE quota inspections to Armenia and Ukraine, a Flank inspection to Ukraine and two Additional Paid inspections to Ukr [...]
2009-01-06 15:45:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE PARM PREL NATO
09USNATO405U/S TAUSCHER'S NATO VISIT SEPTEMBER 1
[...] (C) Summary: U/S Tauscher met with Acting Secretary General Claudio Bisogniero and WMD Center head Jacek Bylica September 1 to discuss arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation issues. She reassured both NATO officials that the U.S. would continue to consult extensively with Allies -- [...]
2009-09-24 11:20:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPARM KNNP PREL NATO
09USNATO409NAC STRESSES THAT KFOR DRAWDOWN MUST REMAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a September 23 Council meeting in KFOR contributing nations format, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee Admiral Di Paola highlighted the lack of national pledges to fill key intelligence and reserve requirements during the KFOR Force Shaping Conference on September 8. He [...]
2009-09-25 14:30:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI
09USNATO411SEPTEMBER 17 HLTF REAFFIRMS NATO SUPPORT FOR U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: During the September 17 HLTF meeting and related consultations the previous day, Allies welcomed the U.S.'s detailed readout of A/S Rose Gottemoeller's September 3 discussion of CFE with Russian Disarmament Director Antonov and expressed interest in the new ideas that were inform [...]
2009-09-25 16:46:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO414NAC DISCUSSES COUNTER-PIRACY COORDINATION ROLE FOR
[...] (C) Summary: At the September 23 NAC, PermReps discussed counter-piracy, specifically a September 22 letter from SACEUR to the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (CMC - see para 8). Allies discussed what NATO's best value-adding role might be off the Horn of Africa. Several Allies who [...]
2009-09-28 17:44:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPARM KCRM NATO
09USNATO421ALLIES RECEIVE FURTHER DETAILS ON BALLISTIC
[...] (C) Summary: An inter-agency team consulted with Allies at a special October 1 NAC on the evolving nature of the ballistic missile threat, and on additional details of the Phased Adaptive Approach (PAA) to European missile defense (MD) first briefed to them September 17 (reftel). Allies wer [...]
2009-10-01 16:02:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPARM MARR PREL NATO
09USNATO424NATO-RUSSIA: AFGHANISTAN, ARMS SALES AND THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin used the September 30 meeting of the NATO-Russia Council to press Moscow's agenda on Afghanistan and plug potential Russian military sales to NATO, while attempting to avoid comment on the mystery surrounding the MV Arctic Sea hijacking. [...]
2009-10-02 16:06:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS NATO AF RS
09USNATO425NATO-RUSSIA: AFGHANISTAN, ARMS SALES AND THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin used the September 30 meeting of the NATO-Russia Council to press Moscow's agenda on Afghanistan and plug potential Russian military sales to NATO, while attempting to avoid comment on the mystery surrounding the MV Arctic Sea hijacking. [...]
2009-10-02 16:14:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS MOPS NATO AF RS
09USNATO433KFOR DRAWDOWN: CONDITIONS MUST BE RIGHT TO MOVE
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. See para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. NATO International Military Staff Assistant Director for Operations Major General Li Gobbi and KFOR Military Civil Advisory Division Deputy Chief of Staff Brigadier General Polimeno on October 2 briefed the KFOR Policy Coordina [...]
2009-10-07 08:05:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI
09USNATO457NAC UPDATED ON THE NATO TRAINING MISSION-IRAQ
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: NATO Assistant Secretary General for Operations Martin Howard briefed Allies at the October 14 meeting of the North Atlantic Council on the results of his October 10-11 visit to Baghdad. He said that he was struck by how positively NATO was viewed by Iraqi officials. He repor [...]
2009-10-19 09:29:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MCAP MOPS NATO IZ
09USNATO463BRIEFING ALLIES ON "NATO-IZING" MISSILE DEFENSE
[...] (S) Summary: Ambassador Daalder and RADM Macy consulted with Allies October 20 on the U.S. Phased, Adaptive Approach (PAA) to missile defense, offering additional details to previous briefings and how PAA might fit into a NATO territorial missile defense mission. Allied reaction was uniform [...]
2009-10-20 16:46:00Mission USNATOSECRETPARM MARR PREL NATO
09USNATO465MARCHING TOWARDS DECEMBER: NATO DISCUSSES THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: NATO Secretary General (SYG) Anders Fogh Rasmussen presided over an informal session of the North Atlantic Council (NAC) on October 20 to discuss views on the Western Balkans in preparation for decisions to be taken at the December Foreign Ministerial, a discussion informed by a n [...]
2009-10-21 17:26:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNNATO PGOV PREL MW BK YI GG UP
09USNATO490NATO SPECIAL COMMITTEE ISSUES: WORK PLAN,
[...] (S/REL NATO) SUMMARY: At the October 28 meeting of the North Atlantic Council (NAC),Allies were briefed on the draft 2010 Work Plan for the NATO Special Committee. The Special Committee serves as an advisory body on espionage and terrorist-related matters. The incoming Chair of the Committ [...]
2009-10-30 13:00:00Mission USNATOSECRETPINR PINS PREL PTER PROP MOPS NATO RS CH AF
09USNATO497NATO SYG PROPOSES REGULAR CONSULTATIONS WITH
[...] (C) Summary. NATO Secretary General Rasmussen hosted Ambassador Daalder for breakfast November 3 to discuss Alliance issues and improving coordination with the PermReps. Rasmussen was particularly interested in coordinating closely with the US and suggested regular one-on-one meetings with t [...]
2009-11-03 17:22:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO MOPS MARR PREL PARM RU AF
09USNATO505U.S. TEAM CONSULTS WITH ISAF PARTNERS ON
[...] (S/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: On November 5, a senior level USG interagency team consulted with NATO Allies and non-NATO ISAF troop contributing countries on the way ahead in Afghanistan, including how to respond to GEN McChrystal's assessment and resource request. The U.S. team stressed that the Pres [...]
2009-11-06 18:53:00Mission USNATOSECRETMOPS MCAP MARR PREL PTER NATO PGOV AF PK
09USNATO507SECURING ADDITIONAL ALLIED/PARTNER CONTRIBUTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: When President Obama announces his decision on possible U.S. troop increases for Afghanistan, the impact could be far greater if other Allied and Partner leaders would announce increases of their own either simultaneously or in close succession. Several Allies and Partners have [...]
2009-11-09 15:44:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS NATO MCAP MARR AF
09USNATO51NATO/IRAQ: ONE-TWO PUNCH MAY KO THE NATO TRAINING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Legal status and force protection challenges could strike severe -- if not fatal blows -- to the NATO Training Mission in Iraq (NTM-I) at a time when the political will exists with our European Allies to expand their support for Iraqi Security Forces. First and most dangerous, [...]
2009-02-04 17:28:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALNATO PREL MOPS MARR IZ
09USNATO511CORRECTED COPY: U.S. TEAM CONSULTS WITH ISAF
[...] (S/REL ISAF) This cable is a corrected copy including additional comments by the Deputy Assistant to the President and the Vice President's National Security Advisor, Tony Blinken. 2. (S/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: On November 5, a senior level USG interagency team consulted with NATO Allies and no [...]
2009-11-10 16:37:00Mission USNATOSECRETMOPS MCAP MARR PREL PTER NATO PGOV AF PK
09USNATO513COUNTER-PIRACY: EXCHANGE OF MARITIME COMMAND FOR
[...] (U) On November 9, Standing NATO Maritime Group 1 (SNMG1) took over responsibility for NATO's counter-piracy mission, Operation Ocean Shield, from Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2). SMNG1 is commanded by Portuguese Rear Admiral Jose Domingos Pereira de Cunha. 2. (U) The four ships cur [...]
2009-11-11 14:48:00Mission USNATOUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS EWWT PBTS PHSA MCAP MARR PREL SO XA XO
09USNATO519PAKISTAN: DISCUSSION OF A STRATEGIC ROLE FOR NATO
[...] (C/NF) Summary. On November 4, the North Atlantic Council discussed progress in implementing the Strasbourg-Kehl Summit decision to build a broader political and practical relationship between NATO and Pakistan. NATO SYG Rasmussen said NATO would enhance the political dialogue, expand militar [...]
2009-11-13 08:32:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS NATO PREL AF PK
09USNATO52JANUARY 29 HLTF: ALLIES WILLING TO WAIT FOR U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY. At the January 29 NATO High Level Task Force (HLTF) meeting, two clear messages - pointedly directed at the U.S. - emerged. First, Allies continue to place high importance on a unified NATO strategy for retaining the CFE regime and getting it back on track. Many specifically not [...]
2009-02-04 17:44:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO520HIGHREP INZKO PRESSES NATO ON MAP FOR BIH
[...] (C) Summary: High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Inzko briefed the NAC on November 11. Inzko, supported by Ambassador Daalder and many other PermReps, provided a negative assessment of the situation in BiH and stressed the need to support the U.S.-EU "Butmir process." Inzko [...]
2009-11-13 17:23:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV NATO MARR MASS BK
09USNATO522NOVEMBER 5 HLTF MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: At the November 5 HLTF, Allies welcomed the U.S. proposal to revise NATO's NAC Communique message on CFE to reflect the Alliance's growing concern about Russia's continuing suspension of implementation of CFE. Most Allies also agreed in principle to the U.S.'s specific suggestion [...]
2009-11-16 15:52:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO523NATO-RUSSIA: NATO ALLIES AGREE NRC MUST FOCUS ON
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 11 informal NATO-Russia Council (NRC) meeting on a Ministerial tasking to launch a Joint Review of 21st Century Security Challenges, NATO Allies argued that this initiative should proceed only if agreement was also reached on the "Taking the NRC Forward" paper and t [...]
2009-11-16 16:39:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PARM PTER SENV NATO RS
09USNATO530NATO ALLIES TELL BOSNIAN FM THAT REFORMS ARE
[...] (C) Summary: Bosnia-Herzegovina's Foreign Minister failed in a November 17 informal meeting with NATO PermReps to push Allies towards consensus that Ministers should grant Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) the Membership Action Plan (MAP) in December. Most PermReps rejected the FM's assertion that pro [...]
2009-11-18 17:28:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO BK TU IT NO
09USNATO542SHAPE BRIEFS NAC ON NATO TRAINING MISSION -
[...] (C/REL ISAF) SUMMARY: At a November 18 NATO Training Mission - Afghanistan (NTM-A) briefing, Brigadier Simon Porter, Allied Command Operations Chief of Plans, told Allies and non-NATO ISAF troop contributors "real progress" has been made in standing up the mission. LTG William B. Caldwell wil [...]
2009-11-20 18:55:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMOPS MCAP MARR PREL PTER NATO PGOV AF
09USNATO546NATO-RUSSIA: NAC DISCUSSES RUSSIAN MILITARY EXERCISES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-23 13:23:00Mission USNATOSECRETPGOV PREL PINR MOPS NATO RS
09USNATO551NATO/VCC: NOVEMBER 16-17 VCC AND EXPERTS
[...] (S/REL NATO) Summary: At the Verification Coordination Committee (VCC) and VCC meeting of Experts on 16-17 November, the U.S. secured Allied agreement to conduct one Vienna Document 1999 (VD99) evaluation in the Russian Federation and VD99 inspections in Belarus, Kazakhstan, Finland and Switze [...]
2009-11-27 11:21:00Mission USNATOSECRETKCFE NATO PARM PREL MCAP MASS MARR XG ZK
09USNATO557NATO-RUSSIA: DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 25 NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Ambassadorial meeting, NATO Allies and the Secretary General expressed their frustration with the Russian decision to end work on the reform document "Taking the NRC Forward," and reminded Russian Ambassador Rogozin that this was part [...]
2009-11-30 11:17:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO RS
09USNATO57NATO SENIOR DEFENCE GROUP ON PROLIFERATION (DGP)
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The NATO Senior Defence Group on Proliferation (DGP) held a Plenary meeting at NATO HQ on 14 Jan 09. The meeting was co-chaired by Mr. Joe Benkert of the U.S. (Assistant Secretary of Defense for Global Security Affairs) and Mr. John Laugerud of the Norwegian MOD. Major items dis [...]
2009-02-06 16:02:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MNUC NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO571DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 3, 2009
[...] (U) December 3, 2009; 1500; Brussels, Belgium. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary James Steinberg Amb. Ivo Daalder EUR A/S Phil Gordon EUR Deputy A/S Robert Wood Special Assistant Amy Scanlon USNATO PolAd Kelly Degnan (notetaker) NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen [...]
2009-12-04 18:52:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALOVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL NATO MARR MOPS BK
09USNATO573(U) DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 3, 2009,
[...] (U) Classified by: Amy Scanlon, D(S) Special Assistant, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) December 4, 2009; 3:30 p.m.; Brussels, Belgium. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg Ambassador Ivo Daalder A/S Phil Gordon, EUR Amy Scanlon, D(S) Special Assista [...]
2009-12-08 12:27:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNOVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL NATO UP RS
09USNATO575(U) DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 3, 2009,
[...] (U) Classified by: Paul Wohlers, Deputy Executive Secretary, S/ES, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) December 4, 2009; 5:00 p.m.; Brussels, Belgium. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg Ambassador Ivo Daalder Brian Greaney (Notetaker) Georgia Foreig [...]
2009-12-08 13:50:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNOVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL NATO GG RS
09USNATO579NATO-RUSSIA: RESPONDING TO RUSSIA'S LATEST DRAFT TREATY LIMITING THE DEPLOYMENT OF TROOPS ABROAD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-12-09 08:22:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR MOPS NATO RS
09USNATO580(U) DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S DECEMBER 3, 2009,
[...] (U) Classified by: Amy Scanlon, D(S) Special Assistant, Department of State. Reason 1.4.(d) 2. (U) December 3, 2009; 8:00 p.m.; Brussels, Belgium. 3. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary James Steinberg Ambassador Ivo Daalder A/S Phil Gordon, EUR Amy Scanlon, D(S) Special As [...]
2009-12-10 09:04:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALOVIP STEINBERG JAMES PREL NATO PGOV MOPS
09USNATO593NATO-RUSSIA: NUCLEAR EXPERTS CAUTIOUS ABOUT
[...] (C) On December 17, the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) Nuclear Experts considered a proposed table top exercise (TTX) involving a response to an improvised nuclear device (IND) in 2010. The Chair proposed that the TTX could be a stand alone event or serve as an initial planning conference for a f [...]
2009-12-18 13:06:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MNUC MOPS NATO RS
09USNATO6NATO/IRAQ: ALLIES SEEK LEGAL PROTECTIONS SIMILAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: NATO Allies at the January 7 North Atlantic Council meeting expressed strong political support for the continuation of the NATO Training Mission ) Iraq (NTM-I),but grave concern about the ambiguities of the current legal status for the mission. Allies sought clarification as to [...]
2009-01-08 17:43:00Mission USNATOSECRETNATO PREL MOPS MARR IZ
09USNATO61NATO-GEORGIA COMMISSION EXAMINES NEXT STEPS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During the February 4 NATO-Georgia Commission Meeting, Allies were united in support of Georgia's territorial integrity. Allies also stressed their desire to see Tbilisi advance its domestic reforms and to make maximum use of the recently agreed Annual National Program process. G [...]
2009-02-13 10:06:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNMARR MOPS NATO PARM PINR PREL GG RS
09USNATO625 FEB 2009 VVC AND EXPERTS: TURKEY NEARLY SCUTTLES 2009 VD 99 VERIFICATION COORDINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-13 14:34:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL
09USNATO63READOUT NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: Discussion focused on scheduling strategic instructed dialogues prior to the Krakow Defense Ministers, meeting on the Afghan National Army Trust Fund, crafting an interim response to the Afghan-proposed military technical agreement, and Pa [...]
2009-02-13 15:56:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAF NATO PREL
09USNATO72READOUT: NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL MEETING FEBRUARY
[...] (C/NF) Summary from the NAC Meeting: -- AFGHANISTAN: ISAF Senior Civilian Representative Fernando Gentilini said the Afghan constitution gives no clear guidance on who should govern during the period between the expiration of President Karzai,s mandate on May 22 and the elections on August [...]
2009-02-19 16:01:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNAF PREL NATO
09USOSCE10CFE/JCG: 20 JANUARY PLENARY--RESTATING POSITIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Consultative Group convened its opening plenary of 2009 on 20 January. In response to the U.S. opening statement, Russia objected strenuously to any wrong-doing on its part and tried to place all responsibility for a way forward on CFE at our doorstep. Russia indign [...]
2009-01-23 17:34:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE105OPEN SKIES APRIL 27: BIH CHAIRMANSHIP BEGINS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Bosnia and Herzegovina began its chairmanship of the Opens Skies Consultative Commission with the first plenary meeting of the spring 2009 session on April 27. The chair of the Informal Working Group on Sensors reported progress on technical revisions to Decision 14. Russia re [...]
2009-04-28 10:22:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE
09USOSCE118CFE/JCG: MAY 5 PLENARY - RUSSIA TRIES TO TURN
[...] (SBU) Summary. During the U.S.-chaired May 5 JCG Plenary, Russia repeated MFA criticisms of the CFE text of the NATO Summit declaration and presented its Aide-Memoire to all CFE States Parties as Russia's official position on how to restore the viability of the CFE regime on the basis of the [...]
2009-05-06 14:58:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE134FSC MAY 27: U.S.-MOROCCO SEMINAR ON CONVENTIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Security Dialogue included an account of the U.S.-Morocco hosted seminar on conventional arms and regional security in Rabat, April 14-15. The U.S., Morocco, Spain, and France described the seminar, which sought coordinated regional responses to the proliferation of weapon [...]
2009-05-28 12:48:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE MO RS XG
09USOSCE137CFE/JCG: JUNE 2: RUSSIA ACCUSES WESTERN STATES
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 2 JCG plenary, Russia inquired whether delegations wished to comment on the Russian Aide-Memoire, "Restoring the Viability of the CFE Treaty: A Way Forward," distributed to the JCG on May 5. The U.S. noted that the Aide-Memoire was not up for negotiation in the [...]
2009-06-03 14:54:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE138FSC JUNE 3: ALLIES COOL TO RUSSIAN NAVAL CSBMS
[...] (SBU) Summary: France, Germany, the UK, and the U.S. reacted skeptically to Russia's renewed call for naval CSBMs in the OSCE "maritime area." The U.S. said the measures were unnecessary given Russia's ready access to naval exercises in international waters and the high level of routine coop [...]
2009-06-04 15:44:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE144CFE/JCG: JUNE 16: RUSSIA ACCUSES NATO OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the June 16 JCG plenary, Russia accused most of its CFE partners of demonstrating a distorted sense of the Russian position regarding CFE and the parallel actions package during the June 9-10 conventional arms control meetings in Berlin. Russia singled out Canada and the [...]
2009-06-18 10:05:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE145FSC-PC JUNE 17: GENEVA TALKS ON GEORGIA; OSCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE, EU, and UN co-chairs of the Geneva talks on Georgia lauded the ongoing discussions, but called for concrete results and limited institutionalizing of the process with detailed agendas and regular meetings, particularly in light of the closing of UNOMIG and the OSCE Mi [...]
2009-06-19 14:54:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE153CFE/JCG:JUNE 30:RUSSIA REPEATS ACCUSATIONS OF NATO
[...] (SBU) Summary. In a relatively lengthy JCG meeting, Canada refuted Russia's 16 June claim that Canada did not understand Russia's views on actions versus words. Russia commented on its Aide-Memoire, stating that the Parallel Actions Package requires considerable work to flesh out necessary d [...]
2009-07-02 10:50:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE156CFE/JCG--JULY 7: RUSSIA INSISTS FLANK LIMITS MUST
[...] (SBU) Summary. At the July 7 Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Belgium delivered a joint statement on behalf of 22 NATO states, criticizing Russia for not providing its supplementary flank data as of 1 July as required by the Flank Agreement. Using this segue, Russia (Ulyanov) referred to the [...]
2009-07-08 16:03:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE166CFE/JCG: 14 JULY PLENARY - RUSSIA RE-SETS OLD
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the occasion of the 700th JCG Plenary, the Belarus Chair made some remarks highlighting the importance the JCG itself has played in the history of the Treaty. Russia said there were no grounds to be proud of the JCG during the last 10 years, and hopes the situation will imp [...]
2009-07-16 14:32:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE167OSCE/FSC: 15 JULY PLENARY--1540 BEST PRACTICE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-16 17:56:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE169DAYTON ARTICLE IV: CONTACT GROUP SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) Summary: The Dayton Article IV Contact Group (CG) met July 8 with the OSCE Personal Representative for Dayton Article IV (PR),Italian Brigadier General Costanzo Periotto and his staff, to discuss the PR's proposal for the ownership plan. This envisions a multi-year gradual transfer of t [...]
2009-07-20 13:18:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALBK HR KCFE MW OSCE PARM PREL SR XG
09USOSCE171CFE/JCG: JANUARY-JULY 2009, END OF ROUND: RUSSIA
[...] (C) Summary: The 2009 winter/spring round of the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) was dominated by Allied criticism of Russia's failure to fulfill its obligations under CFE, juxtaposed with Russia's counter allegations of "gross NATO violations" and, after the Spring recess, a new focus on pres [...]
2009-07-23 13:16:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE188DAYTON ARTICLE IV: U.S. CHANGES TO LETTER FOR
[...] (C) The Dayton Article IV Contact Group (CG) countries of Russia, Italy, Britain, France, Germany, and the U.S. have confirmed full support for the U.S.-recommended changes (ref a) to the Contact Group letter to be sent to the OSCE Personal Representative (PR) for Dayton Article IV. Inter ali [...]
2009-08-21 12:54:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALBK HR OSCE PARM PREL SR
09USOSCE195CFE/JCG: 2009 FALL OPENING OF ROUND--RUSSIA MORE
[...] (SBU) Summary. During the opening session of the Fall round of the Joint Consultative Commission (JCG) on September 8, USDel underscored the U.S. commitment to CFE, noted that Russia's "suspension" left an ominous gap in CFE's unique transparency and predictability, observed that Russia had a [...]
2009-09-09 12:15:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE203CFE/JCG:15 SEPTEMBER: 12 ALLIES CRITICIZE RUSSIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary. In the JCG on 15 September, Russia claimed to welcome elements of the U.S. opening of round statement last week and said it was open to U.S. overtures to work in the JCG on matters other than those simply technical in nature. Bulgaria noted Russia's refusal of an inspection and [...]
2009-09-15 15:33:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE212FSC/SMALL ARMS REVIEW MEETING: FEW SURPRISES, BUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The OSCE Meeting to Review the OSCE Document on Small Arms and Light Weapons broke no new ground and vacillated between those delegations looking to add more instrumentalities and mechanisms to the OSCE's work on SA/LW and those, such as the U.S., which advocated more effective [...]
2009-09-29 11:23:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL KOMC
09USOSCE213CFE/JCG: 29 SEPTEMBER - SHORT MEETING REGISTERS
[...] (SBU) The Bulgarian Chairman (Iliev) adjourned the September 29 JCG meeting in near record time. During the short meeting, the U.S. (Neighbour) reported on Russia's latest CFE inspection rejection noting that all other CFE states continue to participate faithfully in inspections and informat [...]
2009-09-29 14:34:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE220CFE/JCG OCT 13: RUSSIA RAISES MORE POINTS FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the October 13 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Russia offered familiar comments on paragraphs 10, 11, and 12 of its aide-memoire of 5 May 2009, &Restoring the Viability of the CFE Treaty: A Way Forward.8 The U.S. replied that discussions on the Parallel Actions Packag [...]
2009-10-14 16:08:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE226OPEN SKIES: OCTOBER 19 PLENARY - 2ND REVIEW
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 6 and 19, the Open Skies Consultative Commission (OSCC) held an extended plenary meeting. The October 19 session included two Review Conference preparation briefings on OSCE second dimension environmental issues. The OSCC also adopted the Annual Quota Distribution [...]
2009-10-20 10:41:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE235OSCE/FSC: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL TO REVIEW VIENNA
[...] (SBU) In an informal meeting with a small group of delegations on the margins of the October 20 Joint Consultative Group (JCG),Russian Head of Arms Control Delegation Ambassador Mikhail Ulyanov shared a draft proposal that would task the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) to conduct a revi [...]
2009-10-22 14:14:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE244CFE/JCG: OCTOBER 27: RUSSIA MOCKS ALLIED
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the October 27 JCG plenary, Romania supported by 13 other delegations including the U.S., criticized the Russian Federation for refusing a recent CFE inspection request. Delegations discussed a draft JCG political contribution to the Ministerial declaration proposed by De [...]
2009-10-29 15:39:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE245FSC: TRYING TO MOVE RUSSIA ON VD99; GEARING FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In a "sidebar" with the Russians ) and in a subsequent follow-up discussion ) Ulyanov was receptive to the idea of working with the U.S. to "explore ways to strengthen current arms control and CSBM instruments, but not in exchange for specific language "to conduct a review of the [...]
2009-10-30 13:26:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE248CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 3: RUSSIAN PROPOSAL TAKES
[...] (SBU) The November 3 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary was brief even by recent JCG standards. The Spanish Chair (Sabadell) observed the draft decision on the duration of the present session had been circulated (JCG.DD/2/09). It would be approved at the next JCG unless any delegation [...]
2009-11-03 17:18:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE249CORFU PROCESS SESSION VI: HUMAN DIMENSION
[...] The sixth session of the Corfu Process dialogue October 27 was dedicated to the common challenges in the Human Dimension (HD),with a focus on human rights, democratic institutions, the rule of law, and the freedom of the media. Delegations catalogued ways in which HD commitments had fallen [...]
2009-11-04 10:54:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL OSCE
09USOSCE251FSC OF NOVEMBER 4: U.S. APPEARS ISOLATED FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Reactions to Russia's draft decision for Ministers to task a review of Vienna Document 1999 dominated the FSC plenary discussion. Most comments were favorable "in principle." Inter alia, Russia proposed presenting the results from a VD99 review to the next OSCE Ministerial m [...]
2009-11-10 16:17:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE252CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 10: NO CHAIRMAN'S LETTER;
[...] (SBU) Summary. At the November 10 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Italy and France supported by 13 other delegations, including the U.S., raised the Russian Federation's refusals to their recent requests for CFE inspections. Russia again accused NATO allies of violating group limita [...]
2009-11-12 09:09:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE253CFE/JCG: NOVEMBER 10: NO CHAIRMAN'S LETTER;
[...] (SBU) Summary. At the November 10 Joint Consultative Group (JCG) plenary, Italy and France supported by 13 other delegations, including the U.S., raised the Russian Federation's refusals to their recent requests for CFE inspections. Russia again accused NATO allies of violating group limita [...]
2009-11-12 09:55:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE255DAYTON ARTICLE IV - 43RD SRCC: PARTIES AGREE TO
[...] (U) Summary: The 43rd Dayton Article IV Sub-Regional Consultative Commission (SRCC),representing the four parties to the Dayton Agreement (Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, Montenegro, and the Republic of Serbia),met November 3-4, 2009 in Novi Sad, Serbia. Five SRCC Decisions [...]
2009-11-16 15:33:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALBK HR KCFE MW OSCE PARM PREL SR XG
09USOSCE256FSC OF NOVEMBER 11: BOAT TO ATHENS BETWEEN SCYLLA
[...] (C) Summary: The November 11 FSC's Working Group B (WGB) has displaced the Plenary for length of time and most attention in the run up to the OSCE Athens Ministerial. The Draft Ministerial Council Decision on Small Arms and Light Weapons will move forward, but the politically-charged paper [...]
2009-11-16 16:44:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE257FSC OF NOVEMBER 11: BOAT TO ATHENS BETWEEN SCYLLA
[...] (C) Summary: The November 11 FSC's Working Group B (WGB) has displaced the Plenary for length of time and most attention in the run up to the OSCE Athens Ministerial. The Draft Ministerial Council Decision on Small Arms and Light Weapons will move forward, but the politically-charged paper [...]
2009-11-17 07:14:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE260FSC NOVEMBER 18: MUCH REMAINS IN PLAY BEFORE
[...] (SBU) Summary: With barely a week to go before the OSCE Ministerial, many FSC issues under consideration for the OSCE Athens Ministerial Council December 1-2 remain open. Inter alia, there were animated exchanges in the FSC's Working Group B on the draft "Issues Relevant to the FSC" and the [...]
2009-11-20 10:48:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS XG
09USOSCE272OSCE AND INCOMING CHAIR KAZAKHSTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Kazakhstanis reiterate on every occasion their commitment to the principles of the OSCE "acquis" and swear to protect the third dimension during their 2010 chairmanship of the OSCE, their negotiating style at the OSCE Ministerial Conference in Athens December 1-2 [...]
2009-12-08 11:19:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKZ OSCE PREL
09USOSCE293DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG MEETS KAZAKHSTANI
[...] Summary: (C) In a December 1 meeting with Deputy Secretary James Steinberg at the OSCE Ministerial Council in Athens, Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev repeatedly pressed for the U.S. to drop its opposition to Kazakhstani desires for an OSCE Summit in 2010. The Deputy Secretary ex [...]
2009-12-30 07:12:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL
09USOSCE30CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 11, 2009 PLENARY (CONF)
[...] (SBU) Summary. Allies isolated Russia again with a series of interventions contrasting its rejection of inspection notices from Germany and Turkey with the continued implementation of the inspection regime by the 29 other States Parties. Russia in turn blamed the lack of progress in resolvin [...]
2009-02-11 15:54:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE34FEBRUARY 11 JOINT FSC-PC: EU AND OSCE MISSIONS TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: EU Monitoring Mission head Haber told the joint Forum for Security Cooperation-Permanent Council that the EU was make reasonable progress on its goals of stabilization, normalization, and confidence building in the conflict zones of Georgia. Both Haber and OSCE Conflict Prevent [...]
2009-02-12 11:39:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG
09USOSCE35EURO SECURITY ARCHITECTURE: ALLIES AT OSCE STAND
[...] (C/REL NATO) Summary. The NATO Caucus of the OSCCE on February 10 agreed that Allies attending Russian Chief of Arms Control Mikhail Ulyanov's meeting would attend in listening mode only, maintain a united front, and report back to all Allies. Allies also agreed to consolidate questions refle [...]
2009-02-12 18:59:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE36CORRECTED COPY FSC-PC FEBRUARY 11: EU AND OSCE
[...] (SBU) This corrected copy changes only the format. SUMMARY: EU Monitoring Mission head Haber told the joint Forum for Security Cooperation-Permanent Council that the EU was make reasonable progress on its goals of stabilization, normalization, and confidence building in the conflict zones of [...]
2009-02-13 10:17:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS GG XG
09USOSCE38FSC-PC FEBRUARY 18: DFM GRUSHKO SHEDS LITTLE LIGHT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Offering what he said was more a "vision" than a proposal, Russian DFM Grushko told the February 18 joint meeting of the Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) and the Permanent Council that "new realities" and mounting evidence of the weakness of existing institutions necessitate [...]
2009-02-19 07:01:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE39CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 17, 2009 PLENARY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. informed the JCG that, on February 13, Russia had rejected a request by the United States to conduct a CFE inspection. Calling the Russian Federation's continuing rejection of inspections a clear act of non-compliance, the U.S. urged Russia to work cooperatively with [...]
2009-02-19 07:01:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIEDKCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS
09USOSCE40CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 17, 2009 PLENARY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The U.S. informed the JCG that, on February 13, Russia had rejected a request by the United States to conduct a CFE inspection. Calling the Russian Federation's continuing rejection of inspections a clear act of non-compliance, the U.S. urged Russia to work cooperatively with [...]
2009-02-19 07:01:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIEDKCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS
09USOSCE45OPEN SKIES: FEBRUARY 23 PLENARY AND IWGRP -
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Open Skies Consultative Commission adopted the "Chairperson's Statement on Specifications for Allowed Video Sensors," and the "Prolonging the Work of the Informal Working Group on Sensors into the Year 2009" decision. The U.S., the UK, Germany, Sweden, Turkey, and Belgium [...]
2009-02-24 14:34:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE
09USOSCE49AIAM MARCH 3-4: LIVELIER IF NOT UNFAMILIAR: RUSSIA
[...] (U) Note: This is the first of two cables reporting the March 3-4 OSCE Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting. End note. 2. (SBU) Summary: While the 2009 Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting (AIAM) was livelier than 2008, national positions remained largely unchanged. Russia conti [...]
2009-03-06 10:22:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE50AIAM MARCH 3-4: LIVELIER IF NOT UNFAMILIAR: RUSSIA
[...] (SBU) Note: This is the second part of a two-part cable reporting the March 3-4 OSCE Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting. See reftel A for the first part. End note. ---------------------------------- Working Session 2: Other Documents ---------------------------------- Conventional [...]
2009-03-06 11:02:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE51CFE/JCG: DELEGATIONS SUPPORT U.S. WITH RUSSIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 10 JCG plenary, eight delegations supported the U.S. statement, which cited two recent examples of continued implementation of the CFE Treaty in contrast to Russia's continued refusal of inspection requests. Heavy Vienna morning traffic kept the Russian reps fro [...]
2009-03-10 13:44:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL RS
09USOSCE55FSC MARCH 11: UNSCR 1540 ROUNDTABLE HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The March 11 Forum for Security Cooperation roundtable on UNSCR 1540 endorsed further work at the OSCE to implement the mandatory measures to prevent the proliferation of WMD to non-state actors. The speakers, including the director of counter-proliferation policy from the UK [...]
2009-03-12 14:43:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL KCFE OSCE RS XG
09USOSCE64OSCE/FSC: DAY ONE--OSCE WORKSHOP ON A
[...] (U) NOTE: This is the first of two cables reporting the March 17-18 OSCE Workshop on a Comprehensive OSCE Approach to Enhancing Cybersecurity. END NOTE. 2. (SBU) Summary: More than 200 civil and military representatives gathered in Vienna, March 17 ) 18, in the first wide-scale FSC ef [...]
2009-03-25 16:06:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINT FR KCFE KHLS OSCE PARM PREL RS KCIP
09USOSCE73DAYTON ARTICLE IV - 42ND SRCC: PARTIES WANT OSCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The 42nd Dayton Article IV Sub-Regional Consultative Commission (SRCC),representing the four Parties to the Dayton Agreement (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia),met March 16-19 in Split, Croatia. The SRCC was held in a cooperative and friendly atmosphere, res [...]
2009-03-27 09:12:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KCFE OSCE BK HR MW SR
09USOSCE80CFE/JCG: MARCH 31: MORE PILING ON CRITICAL OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the March 31 JCG plenary Germany (supported by 9 delegations, including the U.S.) criticized Russia's latest act of noncompliance with the CFE Treaty. There was agreement to cancel the April 28 JCG plenary due to the HLTF that day. Germany's Colonel Wolfgang Richter, whose [...]
2009-04-01 05:49:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USOSCE89U.S.-EU SPRING CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE: DETERMINING
[...] (U) The EU hosted on March 6 a U.S. delegation, headed by USOSCE Charge Kyle Scott and EUR/RPM Office Director Bruce Turner, for the semi-annual U.S.-EU "COSCE" consultations on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). The discussions ranged over a variety of topics con [...]
2009-04-08 13:27:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM OSCE EUN
09USOSCE9CFE/JCG: 20 JANUARY PLENARY--RESTATING POSITIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Consultative Group convened its opening plenary of 2009 on 20 January. In response to the U.S. opening statement, Russia objected strenuously to any wrong-doing on its part and tried to place all responsibility for a way forward on CFE at our doorstep. Russia indign [...]
2009-01-23 16:34:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK1003U.S. RE-ELECTED TO UN'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL
[...] The United Nations General Assembly held elections on October 16 to fill 18 vacancies on the UN's Economic and Social Council for the three-year term beginning January 1, 2010. All candidates have been endorsed previously by their respective regional groups and were uncontested. Elected were [...]
2009-11-06 21:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC UNGA ECOSOC PREL GH CN ZA RW EG BG MG
09USUNNEWYORK1008UNGA PASSES CONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION SUPPORTING
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Assembly met in plenary on November 4th and 5th to discuss the Report of the Human Rights Council (HRC) on the report on the UN fact-finding mission on the Gaza Conflict (the Goldstone Report). A draft resolution endorsing the report passed with 118 for, 18 against [...]
2009-11-09 21:45:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM UN UNGA IS
09USUNNEWYORK1024ELECTIONS IN UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: U.S. ELECTED TO
[...] SUMMARY: The United Nations General Assembly held elections on November 3, 2009 to fill vacancies in subsidiary organs of the Assembly and other UN administrative and budgetary bodies: the Committee for Program and Coordination, the UN Commission on International Trade Law (U.S. was re-elected [...]
2009-11-13 00:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1027UN INVITES INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE AS
[...] On October 19, the UN General Assembly invited the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to participate as a Permanent Observer in the sessions and the work of the Assembly. The United States was one of over 100 co-sponsors of this initiative that had begun in 2008. Prince Albert II of Monaco [...]
2009-11-13 00:51:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA KOLY SCUL SOCI AORC
09USUNNEWYORK1034UNGA/C-5 SUBSIDIARY BODY ELECTIONS: LUCRETIA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Fifth Committee held elections on November 6 for appointments to several subsidiary bodies. Lucretia Myers of the United States won re-election to the International Civil Service Commission for a four year term (2010-2013). Along with Myers, candidates from Italy and Germany d [...]
2009-11-13 22:43:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK1038PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS: SECURITY COUNCIL THEMATIC
[...] SUMMARY. The Security Council adopted a thematic resolution on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict at a high-level open debate on November 11, with the participation of 60 member states, the Secretary-General, U/SYG Holmes and Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kang. The debat [...]
2009-11-16 20:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KPKO UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK1050UNGA: U.S. CO-SPONSORED RESOLUTION ON AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The General Assembly met in plenary to discuss the Report of the United Nations Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security. A draft resolution, co-sponsored by the United States and over 90 countries, passed by con [...]
2009-11-17 23:17:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF PGOV KPKO UNGA AF
09USUNNEWYORK1055UNGA: UNSURPRISING PLENARY DEBATE ON UNSC REFORM
[...] (SBU) Summary: The General Assembly held its annual plenary debate on November 12-13 to discuss Security Council reform, as well as the annual report of the Security Council (reported reftel). Seventy-five delegations spoke and largely reiterated positions expressed during intergovernmental [...]
2009-11-19 00:23:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK1068SOMALIA: FRIENDS GROUP TOLD CREDIBILITY OF UNSC AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah met with the Friends of Somalia on November 20 at the Norwegian Mission. (NOTE: The Friends group includes Belgium, China, Croatia, Denmark, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Finland, Germany, Iceland, I [...]
2009-11-24 15:22:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR UNSC SO ER ET AU XA XW
09USUNNEWYORK1120UNGA: NO SURPRISES IN FOURTH ROUND OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on December 7 and 8 for the first meeting of the fourth round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform. 52 delegations spoke on "all the positions and proposals by Member States." Most of the discussio [...]
2009-12-14 19:41:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK1141 UNGA64: EU AND EFTA MEMBER STATES WELCOME AND
[...] (U) The EU-27 responded to new U.S. flexibility at UNGA64 by collaborating pragmatically on our top priorities, and by providing essential voting support. Ably led by Sweden's EU presidency, EU member states shared the burden on lobbying the G-77 regarding human rights resolutions. They stood firm [...]
2009-12-21 11:24:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA US XG XT
09USUNNEWYORK1157SECURITY COUNCIL DISCUSSES DRUG TRAFFICKING AS A
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Security Council held an open debate on December 8 to discuss, for the first time, international drug trafficking as a threat to international peace and security with a focus on West Africa. UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa highl [...]
2009-12-23 21:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC UNCND UNIDCP KTIA KCOR KCRM SNAR XA
09USUNNEWYORK1160UN HOLDS ANNUAL HIGH LEVEL CONFERENCE ON CENTRAL
[...] At the December 8-9, 2009 high-level United Nations (U.N.) conference convened in support of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF),57 donors and private sector companies pledged contributions totaling $424 million for 2010. This amount marks an increase of more than 10 percent from th [...]
2009-12-24 18:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PHUM PREF UN
09USUNNEWYORK142AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 12 introductory meeting with Afghanistan PermRep Zahir Tanin, Ambassador Rice emphasized U.S. commitment to Afghanistan and its desire to work in the mutual interests of both countries. She noted that the Administration,s top-to-bottom review of its Afghanistan poli [...]
2009-02-17 14:01:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC AF
09USUNNEWYORK158AMBASSADOR RICE'S INTRODUCTORY MEETING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In an introductory meeting on February 17, Ambassador Rice and Italian Ambassador Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata discussed Security Council Reform, Italy's 2009 G-8 chairmanship, climate change and human rights. On Security Council Reform, Ambassador Terzi hoped that the upcoming inf [...]
2009-02-19 22:41:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV UNSC IT
09USUNNEWYORK180SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
[...] (C) Summary: At its February 20 meeting, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Management Committee discussed the future STL Prosecutor's request for a change in the terms of his employment, to the equivalent compensation of a judge, to compensate for a decrease in his net earnings when he mo [...]
2009-02-27 01:42:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PTER LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK1851267 COMMITTEE LAUNCHES WORK ON MAJOR NEW TASKS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Security Council's 1267 Committee (al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions) has recently begun two workload-intensive tasks mandated in resolution 1822 (2008) to address deficiencies in the fairness and clarity of the Committee's procedures. The first task directed the Committee to compl [...]
2009-02-27 10:35:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK230UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 4 and 5 to begin the substantive phase of intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion. 80 delegations spoke during the day and a half discussion on "categories of membership." A core group of states suppo [...]
2009-03-10 00:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK254DRC SANCTIONS COMMITTEE HEARS CONCERNS OF NEW
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 11, the newly-appointed Group of Experts (GOE) briefed the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Sanctions Committee on its plan for monitoring implementation of the DRC sanctions measures. The GOE highlighted its concern over regional non-cooperation with the sancti [...]
2009-03-13 13:38:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL UNSC AF ETTC KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK270ITALY'S CHIEF OF COUNTER-TERRORISM, DIEGO
[...] SUMMARY: Italy, as President of the G8, convened its first meeting of counter-terrorism (CT) experts from the G8 UN delegations on March 11. Diego Brasioli, Chief of the Counter-Terrorism Branch in the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, presided over the meeting and discussed the stand-a [...]
2009-03-17 14:20:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREF PREL
09USUNNEWYORK285SUBJECT: UN - FINANCING AMISOM - RECENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 9-11. 2. (U) Summary: This cable reviews recent developments, previews upcoming action in the Fifth Committee (C5),and requests the Department's guidance on steps to be taken on a number of issues arising out of adoption of SCR 186 [...]
2009-03-19 18:40:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC PREL UNGA KPKO SO
09USUNNEWYORK292SRSG OULD ABDALLAH BRIEFS AMB. RICE ON SOMALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) for Somalia, told Amb. Rice on March 18 that the Council should adopt a "new paradigm" for Somalia, discussed "disappearances" of ethnic Somali youths from the U.S. and UK, and urged tangible support to [...]
2009-03-20 20:35:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KPKO UNSC SO
09USUNNEWYORK298SRSG EIDE BRIEFS THE SECURITY COUNCIL ON
[...] (U) Summary: On March 20, SRSG Kai Eide updated the Security Council on latest developments in Afghanistan and implementation of UNAMA,s mandate. In contrast to the uniformly somber report on Afghanistan issued by the Secretary-General a week earlier, Eide began by detailing recent improvemen [...]
2009-03-23 18:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV AF UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK317UN HOLDS SECOND SYPOSIUM ON "VICTIMS OF TERRORISM'
[...] Summary. Robert Orr, Chair of the UN Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force and the UN Secretariat, chaired on March 18 on behalf of the Secretary General the second symposium on supporting victims of terrorism. Orr opened the symposium by stating that its objective was to launch the U [...]
2009-03-26 16:38:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPTER UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK325UNSC REFORM: CHINA NOT READY FOR P-5 MINISTERIAL
[...] (C) UK Deputy Perm Rep Pierce hosted a P-5 meeting to discuss whether a statement could be released following the planned P-5 Foreign Ministers' discussion in London on Security Council expansion. She asked if other P-5 members could agree with the idea of issuing a statement on the subject [...]
2009-03-27 21:47:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC CH FR UK RS IT
09USUNNEWYORK345UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met March 24 and March 31 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on regional representation. 68 delegations spoke during the day-and-a-half discussion with most focusing on Article 23(1) of the UN [...]
2009-04-02 00:52:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK409UNSC REFORM: P-3 DISCUSS FRENCH-UK INTERMEDIATE
[...] (C) Summary: The UK and France formally raised with the United States their "intermediate option" initiative for Security Council expansion in an April 16 meeting of P-3 Perm Reps and IO Assistant Secretary-equivalents. Ambassador Rice emphasized the Administration's preference to articulate [...]
2009-04-21 23:35:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK414HIGH LEVEL MEETING OF DONORS ON THE HUMANITARIAN
[...] (C) Summary - Meeting in New York April 16 to address the increasingly complex operating environment for aid agencies in Sudan, 17 donors from North America, Europe and Asia gave their general support to the UN Track III approach outlined in the document "Towards a more predictable, accountable [...]
2009-04-22 22:50:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALECON EAID PHUM PREL UN SU
09USUNNEWYORK432UNGA: UNSC REFORM: INTERGOVERNMENTAL NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on April 20 for intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion focusing on the relationship between the Security Council (SC) and the General Assembly (GA). This meeting, during which 52 delegations spoke, marked t [...]
2009-04-24 20:44:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK440AMB. RICE MEETS WITH ITALIAN MFA'S SECRETARY
[...] (SBU) Summary - In an April 28 meeting between Ambassador Rice and the Italian MFA's Secretary General Ambassador Giampiero Massolo, Ambassador Rice expressed her condolences for the recent earthquake devastation in Abruzzo, and agreed with Ambassador Massolo's request for continued and close [...]
2009-04-29 19:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KUNR US IT UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK4741267: ITALY REQUESTS U.S. INFO ON TERRORISM
[...] (SBU) This is an action request -- please see para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Italian UN mission has requested updated information from the United States about five individuals whom Italy proposed for designation in the 1267 al-Qaeda/Taliban Sanctions Committee. The 1267 Committee recently sol [...]
2009-05-08 17:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL EFIN KTFN PTER UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK518EU INITIATIVE TO ENLIST US SUPPORT REGARDING
[...] (U) As a follow up to the scale of assessment discussion that occurred in Geneva in April 2009 among the Directors of the International Organization Bureaus from the capitals of the G7 Members (US, Japan, UK, France, Germany, Italy and Canada),the Japanese Mission hosted a meeting on May 1 [...]
2009-05-19 13:39:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AMGT AORC UN
09USUNNEWYORK544ECOSOC ELECTIONS TO 21 UN BODIES
[...] SUMMARY: ECOSOC elected membership to 21 of its subsidiary bodies on May 18. The United States was elected to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Balloting was necessary for only the International Narcotics Control Board; elected were experts from India, France, Thailand [...]
2009-06-01 14:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDECOSOC UN AORC INCB
09USUNNEWYORK553UNGA: UNSC REFORM: START OF SECOND ROUND OF
[...] (SBU) Summary and comment: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on May 22 and 26 for the start of the second round of intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council expansion. The two sessions, during which 51 delegations spoke, focused on the Chair's agenda for the second ro [...]
2009-06-02 21:52:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK562FOLLOW UP ON G-7 INITIATIVE ON REGULAR AND
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 28, 2009, the Canadian Mission hosted a follow up meeting of the G7 at the level of Fifth Committee experts to the scale of assessment discussion that occurred in Geneva in April 2009 among the Directors of the International Organization Bureaus from the capitals of the G7 [...]
2009-06-04 14:44:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AMGT AORC UN
09USUNNEWYORK57AMBASSADOR RICE'S MEETING WITH FRENCH PREMREP
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Rice paid an initial call on French PermRep Ripert on January 26. Ambassador Rice reviewed her priorities and sought Ripert's views. Ripert offered his views on the state of the UN, the importance of progress on Security Council reform, engaging the Secretary General [...]
2009-01-29 02:30:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC PGOV FR
09USUNNEWYORK597LIBYA'S TREKI ELECTED UNGA PRESIDENT; QADDAFI TO
[...] Summary: The UN General Assembly elected Libyan diplomat Ali Treki to serve as its president in the forthcoming session. Also elected by acclamation were 21 vice presidents. The bureaus of the Assembly,s six Main Committees were elected with a few remaining vacancies to be filled soon. In [...]
2009-06-16 14:50:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC LI PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK609UNGA: UNSC REFORM: SECOND ROUND OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on June 11 and 12 for the second meeting of the second round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform, focusing on the three clustered issues of composition: size, categories of membership and regional r [...]
2009-06-20 02:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK630UGANDA SHOPPING FOR HELP ON SOMALIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ugandan Defense Minister Kiyonga told Ambassador DiCarlo on June 24 that Uganda still strongly favors a UNPKO for Somalia and that, in the meantime, AMISOM needs to push the envelope on services provided by a U.S. contractor in Mogadishu to allow more troops, better communication [...]
2009-06-26 22:38:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS PTER ASEC KPKO UNSC ER SO
09USUNNEWYORK638ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS
[...] (U) USUN PolCouns attended a June 22 meeting of the Friends of the Alliance of Civilizations (AOC) as an Observer. The meeting, co-chaired by the Permanent Representatives of Turkey and Spain, provided a briefing on the Second Forum of the AOC, held in Istanbul on April 6-7, 2009, and focused [...]
2009-06-29 16:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KIRF KISL SP TU
09USUNNEWYORK644SECURITY COUNCIL WEIGHS FUTURE OF PEACEKEEPING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Security Council members, senior Secretariat officials, and major troop contributing countries debated the future of United Nations peacekeeping operations (UNPKO) in a full-day session on June 29. UN Under Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Le Roy said in his open [...]
2009-07-01 23:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PHUM PREL
09USUNNEWYORK647SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES UNAMA/AFGHANISTAN
[...] (U) Summary: On June 30, the Security Council held a quarterly debate on UNAMA/Afghanistan. SRSG Kai Eide briefed on behalf of UNAMA, Ambassador Zahir Tanin briefed for Afghanistan. In addition to interventions by Council members, eleven other countries (ISAF members and Afghanistan,s neighb [...]
2009-07-02 00:09:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV UNSC AF
09USUNNEWYORK651UN: FIFTH COMMITTEE ADOPTS PEACEKEEPING MISSION
[...] Summary: Following weeks of sometimes contentious negotiations, the Fifth Committee, on June 23rd, reached agreement on the 14 peacekeeping operation (PKO) budgets financed under the peacekeeping scale of assessments and on other peacekeeping-related requirements for the UN peacekeeping fina [...]
2009-07-03 00:00:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC IS LE PREL UNGA YI
09USUNNEWYORK655G7 FOLLOW-UP MEETING ON UN REGULAR BUDGET SCALES
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-07 17:01:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AMGT AORC UN
09USUNNEWYORK660UN: COMMITTEE ON PROGRAMMING AND COORDINATION
[...] SUMMARY. The Committee for Program and Coordination (CPC) concluded its 49th session on July 2 and adopted its report containing recommendations for ECOSOC and the General Assembly. See A/64/16 (Pending publication see E/AC.51/2009/L.4/Add.1-10). The CPC Report will be considered by ECOSOC dur [...]
2009-07-08 21:48:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA CPC
09USUNNEWYORK663G-7 FOLLOW-UP MEETING ON UN PEACEKEEPING BUDGET
[...] (C) On 2 July 2009, the Japanese Mission hosted a meeting of the Fifth Committee delegates of the G-7 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and the U.S.) to exchange views regarding negotiation of the peacekeeping scale of assessment during the upcoming fall session of the [...]
2009-07-09 15:38:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AMGT AORC UN
09USUNNEWYORK68UN - GA LAUNCHES NEW ICT SYSTEM AND STRATEGY AND
[...] Summary: The General Assembly, on December 24, 2008, took action on the proposals contained in several reports from the Secretary-General on the Secretariat,s information and communications technology (ICT) systems. The reform of the Organization's ICT systems was one of the reforms identif [...]
2009-01-30 16:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR PREL UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK69UNGA: UNSC REFORM: PGA BRIEFS INFORMAL PLENARY OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The President of the General Assembly (PGA) presented the results of the Open-ended Working Group's consultations on framework and modalities of Security Council expansion negotiations in an informal session of the General Assembly on January 29, in line with General Assembly D [...]
2009-01-30 18:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK716DEMARCHE DELIVERED: 1540 COMMITTEE COMPREHENSIVE
[...] (C) Ambassador Wolff on July 21 delivered demarche points (reftel) to Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Deputy Permanent Representative. Dolgov said the position of the Russian mission in New York remained unchanged, i.e. Russia could not accept the addition of the G8 Global Partnership, Austral [...]
2009-07-23 14:36:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL AORC KPAO PTER UNSC RU
09USUNNEWYORK736UNSC: OPEN DEBATE ON THE MIDDLE EAST CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Assistant-Secretary-General for Political Affairs (A/SG) Oscar Fernandez-Taranco briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on July 27. He focused his briefing on continuing Israeli settlement activity, the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and th [...]
2009-07-31 00:14:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KWBG KPAL KPO UNSC IS LE SY
09USUNNEWYORK746G-7 PLUS EU MEETING ON THE UN BUDGET SCALES OF
[...] On 30 July 2009, the UK mission hosted a meeting of the G-7 working group on the scales of assessment, which consists of the Fifth Committee delegates of the G-7 and, for the first time, Sweden, the incumbent EU president. Attendees included Chris Plunkett for Canada, Gregory Cazalet for Fra [...]
2009-08-04 22:53:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AMGT AORC UN
09USUNNEWYORK752UNGA 64: TANZANIA INVITES PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PARTICIPATION
[...] (SBU) Tanzanian PermRep Augustine Mahiga requested a meeting with Ambassador Rice following up on the May 21 meeting between Tanzanian President Kikwete and President Obama, and conveyed Kikwete's hopes that President Obama would participate in two high-level events contemplated on the margins [...]
2009-08-06 19:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDSOCI PHUM ECON EAID KWMN UNGA TZ
09USUNNEWYORK765SC DEBATES WOMEN, PEACE AND SECURITY: SEXUAL VIOLENCE
[...] Summary: The members of the Security Council, plus over two dozen other delegations, discussed the Secretary-General's report on sexual violence in armed conflict (SCR 1820) August 7, condemning such crimes and urging continued international attention to this issue. Ambassador Rice began the [...]
2009-08-12 21:39:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KWMN UNSC CG KPKO SOCI
09USUNNEWYORK768UNIFIL TCC MEETING: DPKO AGAIN HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: On August 13, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Mulet briefed Security Council members and troop contributing countries (TCCs) in a private meeting on the July 14 explosion of an arms cache in southern Lebanon and obstruction of UNIFIL's movement and initi [...]
2009-08-14 20:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UN IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK775DPRK: UAE REPORTS SANCTIONS VIOLATION TO 1718
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reported to the Security Council's DPRK Sanctions Committee ("1718 Committee") a possible violation of UN sanctions imposed on North Korea. The UAE reports having stopped a vessel loaded with containers of arms being shipped from North Korea to [...]
2009-08-17 21:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ETTC MCAP KN UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK797UNSC ADOPTS RESOLUTION EXTENDING UNFIL'S MANDATE
[...] (U) The Council adopted unanimously UNSCR 1884 on August 27, thereby renewing UNIFIL's mandate until August 31, 2010. Belgium, Croatia, France, Italy, Spain, the UK, and the US co-sponsored the resolution. There were no explanations of vote by Council members. (Note: Text of UNSCR 1884 will [...]
2009-08-27 23:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UN IS LE
09USUNNEWYORK827UNGA: UNSC REFORM: THIRD ROUND OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on September 1 and 2 for the first two of three meetings in the third round of intergovernmental negotiations (IGN) on Security Council reform. 38 delegations spoke on September 1 during the discussion on all of the five key iss [...]
2009-09-09 22:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
09USUNNEWYORK83SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
[...] (U) Summary. On January 30, the Management Committee of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) met to discuss the run-up to the STL's March 1 commencement date, including how the opening ceremony should be conducted. Afterwards, France pulled aside the UK, US and Lebanon to discuss future re [...]
2009-02-03 15:32:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER LE SY UNSC
09USUNNEWYORK843G7 AND EU MEETING ON THE SCALES OF ASSESSMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 4, 2009 the Canadian Mission, hosted a meeting to discuss the next steps in the joint strategy for the scales debate this fall. The attendees were: Wasim Mir for the UK, Gregory Cazelet for France, Masatoshi Sugiura and Akihiro Okochi for Japan, Thomas Mangartz for Ge [...]
2009-09-17 21:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AMGT AORC UN
09USUNNEWYORK84664TH UNGA GENERAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN General Committee (GC) met September 16 to inscribe items on the agenda of the 64th UNGA, which opened September 15, and to allocate them to the Main Committees or Plenary. The meeting went smoothly. Taiwan was not an issue this year, and there were no other major issues. [...]
2009-09-18 20:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA PHUM CN
09USUNNEWYORK866PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SEPTEMBER 23 MEETING WITH TOP UN
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Immediately following his address to the Open Debate of the UN General Assembly on September 23, President Obama convened an unprecedented meeting with the Heads of State and Foreign Ministers of the top contributors of troops and police to UN peacekeeping operations. President [...]
2009-10-01 09:29:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL UNGA UNSC KPKO
09USUNNEWYORK888UN GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES (SEPTEMBER 23 PM):
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The September 23rd afternoon session of the General debate saw the U.S. delegation walk out of Iranian President Ahmedinejad's fiery diatribe against the U.S. and Israel. The Iranian President derided capitalist economic systems, defended recent election results, and condemned bo [...]
2009-10-09 21:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PREL PGOV ECON AORC KPKO SW UK IT AR
09USUNNEWYORK892SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS AND DEBATES WOMEN, PEACE,
[...] (SBU) Summary: On October 5, Vietnamese Foreign Minister Khiem chaired the Security Council open debate on the Secretary-General's report on Women, Peace, and Security. At the top of the meeting, the Council adopted follow-on resolution 1889, which focuses on women's empowerment in post-confl [...]
2009-10-12 15:49:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM SOCI KPKO KWMN UNSC CG
09USUNNEWYORK893SECRETARY CLINTON CHAIRS UNANIMOUS ADOPTION OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Secretary of State Clinton chaired the unanimous adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 1888 on conflict-related sexual violence which was co-sponsored by 68 UN member states including 10 members of the Security Council. Russia, China, Libya, Uganda and Vietnam did not co- [...]
2009-10-13 20:08:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SOCI KPKO KWMN UNSC CG
09USUNNEWYORK917G77 OPPOSES CHANGES TO THE REGULAR BUDGET SCALES
[...] This is an action request. See para 16. 2. (U) SUMMARY. Beginning with the last meeting of the G7 plus EU Group (G7 Group) on scales at the margins of the Fall meeting of the Geneva Group CLM (GG),the subject of scales has begun in earnest in the 64th General Assembly (GA). At the GG [...]
2009-10-15 21:32:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL AMGT AORC UN UNGA
09USUNNEWYORK924UN CLIMATE CHANGE SUMMIT: SEEKING MOMENTUM FOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Secretary-General's September 22 high-level event on climate change drew leaders from nearly one hundred countries just a day before the start of the UN General Assembly and three months before the anticipated Climate Change Convention ministerial in Copenhagen. Leaders from a [...]
2009-10-19 15:15:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDECON KGHG SENV UN
09USUNNEWYORK985SYG BAN BRIEFS UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON OCTOBER 28
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a briefing to the UN General Assembly on October 30, Secretary-General Ban addressed the October 28 attack in Kabul which killed five and injured nine UN staff, and discussed the broader implications of the incident on the near-term safety and security of UN staff in Afgha [...]
2009-11-03 21:26:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV KPKO OVIP
09VALLETTA113MALTA PROPOSES TO HOST EU ASYLUM AGENCY
[...] (U) Malta has formally offered to host the European Union,s Asylum Agency, which will be established within the next year to coordinate the EU asylum policy, increase cooperation between member states, lend assistance to states facing the greatest pressure and harmonize national practices. Ma [...]
2009-03-06 13:29:00Embassy VallettaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF MT
09VALLETTA160MALTA'S ASSISTED VOLUNTARY RETURNS PROGRAM SENDS
[...] (U) On April 2 Charge' met Ives De Barro, a former Maltese Ambassador to Cairo who is now heading Malta's Assited Voluntary Returns (AVR) program for irregular migrants. Under the AVR program, immigrants who willingly leave Malta are flow at GoM expense back to their home countries and given 5 [...]
2009-04-08 07:06:00Embassy VallettaCONFIDENTIALKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF MT
09VALLETTA169MALTA: IMMIGRATION DEBATE ROILS POLITICAL SCENE
[...] (SBU) Summary: With 2008 and early 2009 bringing a record influx of African migrants to Malta from Libya, the issue of migration has risen to the top of the political agenda locally. The GOM has been criticized by NGOs, UNHCR, and even the Catholic Church for its detention policy, and Medecin [...]
2009-04-09 19:10:00Embassy VallettaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF MT
09VALLETTA256MALTA: FOREIGN MINISTER HOPEFUL THAT COOPERATION
[...] (C) In a June 8 meeting, Maltese Foreign Minister Tonio Borg told Charge he was leaving later in the day to meet with his Libyan and Italian counterparts in Rome, with "illegal immigration" on the agenda. Borg said he was feeling cautiously optimistic, particularly because of the sharp reducti [...]
2009-06-08 15:36:00Embassy VallettaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF MT
09VATICAN27POPE MEETS SPEAKER PELOSI
[...] (U) The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, held a brief private meeting with the Pope on February 18. Speaker Pelosi was in Rome leading a Congressional Delegation visiting Italy and Vatican City State. Only the Speaker and Mr. Pelosi participated in the meeting, while t [...]
2009-02-18 15:33:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF OREP VT
09VATICAN29CORRECTED COPY: POPE MEETS SPEAKER PELOSI
[...] (U) The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, held a brief private meeting with the Pope on February 18. Speaker Pelosi was in Rome leading a Congressional Delegation visiting Italy and Vatican City State. Only the Speaker and Mr. Pelosi participated in the meeting, while t [...]
2009-02-25 13:26:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF OREP VT
09VATICAN33VATICAN CITY STATE: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Post point of contact for 2009 TIP Report is Political Specialist Mark Bakermans (bakermansm@state.gov ); 011.39.06.4674.3432; 011.39.06.5730.0682(fax). 2. (U) Hours spent in preparation of information: 4 3. (SBU) Reporting questions, following requesting cable numbering: --2 [...]
2009-03-02 17:13:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09VATICAN54HOLY SEE TURNS OUT THE LIGHTS
[...] Summary: The dome of Saint Peter's Basilica plunged into darkness March 28 signaling Vatican City's participation in Earth Hour 2009. Environmental issues have moved more to the front burner since Pope Benedict XVI assumed office in 2005 and the Vatican has initiated several highly publicize [...]
2009-04-14 14:36:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KIRF ENRG SENV SOCI TNGD TRGY TSPL KTIA VT
09VATICAN82POPE DISMISSES STAFFERS INVOLVED IN HOLOCAUST DENIER
[...] (SBU) On July 8, the Pope quietly let go the Vatican personnel who had this spring recommended the restoration of communion with a break-away Catholic movement that included a Holocaust-denying bishop. Although the Pope clarified that he was not aware of Bishop Williamson's views at the time [...]
2009-07-09 08:51:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KIRF VT
09VATICAN9NEW MEDIA, ETERNAL MESSAGE: THE HOLY SEE AND THE WEB
[...] (U) Summary: Pope Benedict XVI is now on YouTube. This new channel, the result of collaboration between the Vatican and Google, is the Holy See's latest foray into the world of new media. Concerns persist at the Holy See over the digital divide and web content, but the Vatican's commitment [...]
2009-01-26 17:43:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECPS PHUM VT PGOV KPAO
09VATICAN94TONY BLAIR AND OTHERS SPEAK ON FAITH TO HUGE INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) More than one hundred thousand Catholics attended the thirtieth annual meeting of the "Communion and Liberation" (CL) Catholic lay movement from August 23-28 in Rimini (northern Italy),and heard messages from a wide range of international figures. Indeed, according to organizers, the comb [...]
2009-09-04 15:37:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KIRF VT
09VATICAN95INTERFAITH DIATRIBES TURN TO DIALOGUE IN KRAKOW AT ANNUAL
[...] (U) Summary: At the 22nd edition of an annual interfaith dialogue to promote peace, held this year in Krakow with thousands of observers, hundreds of senior religious and political leaders expressed great agreement on themes like food security. They also engaged in some interfaith sniping, un [...]
2009-09-14 14:10:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SOCI PGOV KIRF VT PL
09VIENNA1012009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA
[...] Following is the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA -------------------------------------------- Introduction ------------ Major structural conditions and the decisive parameters for foreign investo [...]
2009-01-27 10:15:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR
09VIENNA1076Austrian Banks Remain Stable, CESEE Crisis Manageable
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: in meetings August 7-10 with Treasury Representative for Europe Mathew Haarsager, Austrian banks and regulators painted the country's financial sector situation as difficult but manageable. Three of Austria's six major banks (Bank Austria, Erste, & Raiffeisen Zentralbank) are mo [...]
2009-08-24 13:11:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN AU
09VIENNA108Austrians Push EU to Help Banks on Eastern
[...] SUMMARY: The Austrian government announced January 27 it will press the EU to help the financial sectors in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) in the wake of the global credit crisis and global downturn. Last week, the GOA assembled key regional players (including the IMF) for c [...]
2009-01-28 15:28:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN AU EU
09VIENNA1389Austria Halfhearted on H1N1 Vaccination
[...] Austria begins vaccinating its healthcare personnel (around 280,000 persons) this week on a voluntary basis. Vaccine developer Baxter has delivered 500,000 doses of "Celvapan" to the health authorities for a 2-shot immunization. According to a Health Ministry (MOH) survey, 30-35% of register [...]
2009-10-28 13:24:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU CASC KFLO PREL AU
09VIENNA1492AUSTRIA TO STAY THE COURSE ON EUFOR, OHR
[...] (U) Polchief met November 20 with Thomas Schnoell, MFA Unit Chief for Southeast Europe, and Karl Prummer, MFA Unit Chief for European Security Policy, to discuss reftel points on EUFOR and seek GOA views on the transition from the Office of the High Representative (OHR) to the EU Special Repre [...]
2009-11-23 15:17:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV EU BK AU
09VIENNA1554Hydropower, Austria's Mixed Blessing
[...] SUMMARY: Austria is blessed with extensive hydropower resources which provide the bulk of its electricity supply -- but come with environmental and political costs. Austria's hydropower potential is (TWh) 56 terawatt hours annually -- of which 38 TWh are already installed -- but further expan [...]
2009-12-09 15:03:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDENRG SENV ECON KGHG AU
09VIENNA157AUSTRIA: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) Entire cable is sensitive but unclassified; please treat accordingly. 2. (U) Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the ninth annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: 23. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- A [...]
2009-02-13 12:03:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB AU
09VIENNA1583Austrian Government Takes Over Hypo Alpe Adria Banking
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 14, the GoA nationalized Hypo Alpe Adria (HAA) -- Austria's sixth largest bank -- in concurrence with the bank's private shareholders. HAA's troubles were increasingly evident (reftel) and the GoA took the step (in consultation with the ECB and the provincial governm [...]
2009-12-16 09:57:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN AU GM
09VIENNA1589AUSTRIA: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] Per reftel, Post is submitting the 2009 Country Report on Terrorism for Austria. Embassy POC for this report is Political Unit Chief Phil Kaplan, office phone: 43-1-31339-2114; email: kaplanpw@state.gov. Introduction and General Assessment ----------------------------------- 2. Accordin [...]
2009-12-18 12:25:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KCRM KHLS EFIN KPAO AU
09VIENNA354US-Austrian Trade Down Sharply as Industry Struggles
[...] The economic crisis has badly hit trade between the U.S. and Austria, according to preliminary 2008 statistics issued this month by the Austrian Federal Statistics Office (Statistik Austria) and the Economic Chamber (WKO). U.S. and Austrian exports fell by similar proportions in 2008 (about [...]
2009-03-25 15:18:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EIND BEXP ECON AU
09VIENNA484 Austrian Banks Take GoA Equity, But More
[...] SUMMARY. Four of the six largest Austrian banks (Erste Bank, Raiffeisen Zentralbank, Volksbanken AG and Hypo Alpe Adria/HAA bank) have now taken equity injections. So far the Austrian government has committed only about one third of the EUR 15 billion reserved for equity participation. Ita [...]
2009-04-23 10:23:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN AU
09VIENNA537Austria's Declining ODA: Catching Up with
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since 2005, Austria's debt forgiveness programs have artificially inflated its official development assistance (ODA) figures and masked recent streamlining of its aid policies. Because 2009 marks the end of debt forgiveness for Iraq, Austrian ODA is expected to fall by a third [...]
2009-05-05 11:53:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN EAGR AU
09VIENNA807Austria Supportive on DPRK/1874 Implementation
[...] (SBU) Post delivered ref A demarche (on implementing DPRK sanctions contained in UNSCR 1874) to Sabine Staffelmayr, coordinator for North Korea policy at the Austrian MFA (Ministry for European and International Affairs). We delivered ref B demarche (on financial safeguards / sanctions) to Eli [...]
2009-07-02 07:40:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM ECON EFIN PREL KNNP MNUC MTCR KN AU
09VIENNA828Austrian Bank Exposure to Central/Eastern/ Southeastern
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Alarm over Austrian bank exposure to Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (CESEE) has given way to a more realistic view of the situation as difficult but manageable. Top Austrian banks will suffer losses in the region -- but they continue to make profits, have ramped up lo [...]
2009-07-07 13:03:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN AU
09VIENNA941Nabucco Gas Pipeline: Next Steps
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austrian government and industry contacts are optimistic that the Nabucco consortium can build on positive momentum from the July 13 Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) signing. The GoA has reaffirmed its support for Nabucco at the highest levels, while continuing to negotiate ove [...]
2009-07-28 08:39:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG PGOV AU
09VIENTIANE672009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR LAOS
[...] The Lao government is open to foreign investment as a matter of policy. It allows 100% foreign ownership of investments. The overall investment climate is poor but improving. Laos rates very low in international indices of transparency and ease of doing business. 2. The economic reform [...]
2009-02-10 07:56:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV OPIC USTR KTDB LA
09VILNIUS635RC-WEST CONFERENCE IN VILNIUS
[...] (U) Action request -- see paragraph 3. 2. (U) The GOL will hold a Regional Command-West Conference in Vilnius December 8-9 to discuss strategy for PRTs in Western Afghanistan. We are working closely with U.S. delegation members and with MFA colleagues to ensure that the event will be a s [...]
2009-11-27 10:41:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDAF LH MAPP MOPS NATO PREL EAID
09VILNIUS68(S) LITHUANIA POISED TO ACCEPT GTMO DETAINEES
[...] (S) Summary: Lithuania is ready to move expeditiously to approve resettlement of two detainees from Guantanamo Bay and has asked that we put our request into a formal letter from the Secretary. The Foreign Minister also asked that a team from Washington be prepared to come and brief senior GO [...]
2009-01-30 12:40:00Embassy VilniusSECRETPTER PREL LH
09VILNIUS698AFGHANISTAN: SPAIN, ITALY BILATERAL MEETINGS AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 8-9, Director of Office of Afghanistan Affairs Henry Ensher led a U.S. delegation comprised of U.S. officers posted to Herat and Ghor provinces, the Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs, USAID, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD),the Joint Staff, CENTCOM [...]
2009-12-21 14:59:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALMAPP MOPS NATO PREL EAID AF LH
09VILNIUS716AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In her first meeting with Zygimantis Pavilionis, the MFA's Coordinator for Lithuania's Presidency of the Community of Democracies (CD),Ambassador Derse heard that the current recalibration of Lithuania's foreign policy provided an opportunity for the United States, and that Li [...]
2009-12-29 14:15:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL LH
09WARSAW18Poland/TIP - Continued Forward Progress, But ...
[...] (SBU) Summary. Poland has continued to make strides in its efforts to combat trafficking in persons. Poland ratified the 2005 Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings on November 17. It will enter into force on March 1, 2009. The Polish government and Interna [...]
2009-01-08 12:22:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PL
09WARSAW217POLAND - 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Poland is a country of origin, transit, and destination for victims of trafficking in persons (TIP). The majority of victims were trafficked to work in the sex industry, but Poland is increasingly becoming a destination country for forced labor. Government officials at the hig [...]
2009-02-27 15:22:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF
09WARSAW260POLISH VIEWS ON MARCH 16-17 GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Poland believes the EU will reach a general consensus on extending -- for another six months -- suspension of the EU's travel ban on Belarusian officials. Poland views as a positive initiative the Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister's March 6 visit to Warsaw to address Polish conc [...]
2009-03-10 16:24:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN AF TU PL
09WARSAW389POLES FACE EC DELAY, DIVISION ON EASTERN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. We reviewed developments in Poland's Eastern neighborhood in separate meetings with Witold Sobkow, MFA Acting Political Director, and Jacek Cichocki, Secretary of State in the Polish Prime Minister's Chancellery. They noted that: -- The EU is still divided on the issue of invit [...]
2009-04-10 14:48:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PL GG AJ AM UP BO
09WARSAW490DAVID LIPTON IN WARSAW: EUROPEAN FINANCIAL
[...] (C) Summary: NSC Senior Director David Lipton and Treasury,s Eric Meyer were in Warsaw April 28-29. They met with government and private sector finance officials to discuss the crisis, as well as with Finance Minister Rostowski and Foreign Minister Sikorski regarding the situation in Ukrain [...]
2009-05-12 07:55:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PL
09WARSAW552JERZY BUZEK: POLAND'S KINDER, GENTLER FACE IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Soft-spoken and respected in Strasbourg and Brussels, former Polish PM Jerzy Buzek is a leading candidate to become European Parliament president after the June 7 elections. Buzek's conciliatory, intellectual approach -- widely considered his greatest liability during four years [...]
2009-06-02 16:04:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EUN PL
09WARSAW584POLAND'S GROWING INFLUENCE IN THE EU
[...] (C) SUMMARY. After five years in the European Union, Poland is increasingly skilled at "navigating" the EU, but still far from guru status. While Poland is tactically more effective, a lack of strategic vision, internal coordination, and active engagement in European capitals has hindered Po [...]
2009-06-09 11:00:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON SENV PHUM EUN PL
09WARSAW59POLAND: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2009
[...] The 1923 Geneva Protocol on Arbitration Clauses 2. The 1958 New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of International Arbitration Awards 3. The 1961 Geneva European Convention on International Trade Arbitration 4. The 1972 Moscow Convention on Arbitration Resolution of Civ [...]
2009-01-20 07:59:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIEDEIQ EFIN ETRD OPIC USTR KTDB PL
09WARSAW875SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO POLAND
[...] (SBU) Mission Poland warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Poland to commemorate the outbreak of World War II 70 years ago. Your trip comes at a key moment as Poland, Germany, Russia, and their neighbors work to put behind them controversial historical memories that have mired their relations [...]
2009-08-28 11:37:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RS UP GM PL
09WARSAW930POLES INTENT ON SHAPING NATO'S REVISED STRATEGIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poland has high expectations for the upcoming revision of NATO's Strategic Concept (SC). Since joining NATO ten years ago, Poles believe they have paid their expeditionary dues in the Balkans and Afghanistan, and will insist that the Alliance now focus more attention on its tra [...]
2009-09-10 13:14:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP MARR NATO PL
09WINDHOEK105WELCOME TO NAMIBIA
[...] On behalf of all of us at the U.S. Mission in Namibia, congratulations on your assignment to Windhoek! We look forward to welcoming you to our community and to making your stay here as productive and pleasant as possible. Namibia is a beautiful country with its vast and varied landscapes full [...]
2009-03-26 16:05:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDAPER AMGT WA
09WINDHOEK20NAMIBIA: 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Summary. Post is pleased to submit its 2009 Investment Climate for Namibia. Per reftel paragraph 13, Post sent the ICS in Microsoft Word format to J. Nathaniel Hatcher and his backup Gregory N. Hicks on January 16. End Summary. BEGIN TEXT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Openness to [...]
2009-01-22 15:01:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR WA
09YAOUNDE152CAMEROON: 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] Summary: The Government of the Republic of Cameroon (GRC) acknowledges that Cameroon is a country of origin, transit and destination for trafficked women and children. In 2005, the National Assembly passed Anti-Child Trafficking legislation. A number of sections of the penal code apply to tra [...]
2009-02-16 09:50:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CM
09YAOUNDE28CAMEROON'S ELECAM: VIEWS FROM THE EU,
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 8, Ambassador hosted a meeting of the "8 6", an informal group of resident Chiefs of Mission which meets periodically. The group discussed the implications and possible responses to President Biya's recent creation of a new Electoral Commission (ELECAM) packed with [...]
2009-01-13 16:34:00Embassy YaoundeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCM PGOV PHUM PREL
09YAOUNDE792CAMEROON'S ELECTORAL COMMISSION FLOUNDERING
[...] (C) Summary: In post's first-ever meeting with an official from Cameroon's Electoral Commission (Elections Cameroon, or ELECAM),Director General Mohaman Sani Tanimou told Pol/Econ Chief he is in the process of hiring staff and believes he has adequate legal authority. However, he lacks th [...]
2009-09-18 13:41:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM PGOV PHUM
09YAOUNDE793CAMEROON'S ELECTORAL COMMISSION FLOUNDERING
[...] (C) Summary: In post's first-ever meeting with an official from Cameroon's Electoral Commission (Elections Cameroon, or ELECAM),Director General Mohaman Sani Tanimou told Pol/Econ Chief he is in the process of hiring staff and believes he has adequate legal authority. However, he lacks th [...]
2009-09-18 13:41:00Embassy YaoundeCONFIDENTIALCM PGOV PHUM
09YEREVAN235BSEC ENERGY MINISTERS SEEK COOPERATION WITH EU,
[...] (C) A meeting of Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) organization energy ministers in Yerevan March 20 underscored the desire for stronger energy cooperation with the EU, but also showed that Russia remains intent on impeding such an initiative. In working group meetings Russia successfully [...]
2009-04-02 09:49:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALECON ENRG ETRD EAID ZS ZJ ZL RU MD UP AM
09YEREVAN66ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2008
[...] Following is Embassy Yerevan's submission per reftel request for the 2009 Investment Climate Statement for Armenia. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2. While Armenia's government officially welcomes foreign investment and the country has received respectable rankings on some global indi [...]
2009-02-04 04:16:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR AM
09ZAGREB132POSITIVE ATMOSPHERE AT INFORMAL SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN
[...] (C) Summary: On March 5 and 6 Croatian Defense Minister Branko Vukelic hosted an informal meeting of Southeastern European Defense Ministers that focused on advancing peace and stability through Euro-Atlantic integration. Defense Ministers from Albania, Bosnia, Macedonia, Hungary, Greece, an [...]
2009-03-10 14:59:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO HR
09ZAGREB20GAS SUPPLIES FROM ITALY AND GERMANY TO HELP
[...] Two agreements over the weekend may ease pressure on Croatia's gas situation (reftels). First, Italian ENI agreed to split gas production from its northern Adriatic fields with Croatia, beginning delivery over the weekend of 30,000 cubic meters per hour. Croatia also began receiving gas shi [...]
2009-01-13 12:18:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG HR
09ZAGREB26CROATIA 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Summary: Croatia has enjoyed steady growth in foreign investment over the last several years, buoyed by a growing economy, low inflation, a stable exchange rate and developed infrastructure. With progress towards membership in NATO and the European Union well advanced, Croatia has taken a lead [...]
2009-01-16 07:31:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
09ZAGREB3OFFICIAL DATA SHOW RISE IN CROATIAN TOURISM FOR
[...] (U) Summary: According to official statistics, Croatia saw a 1.9 percent rise in the number of visitors for the 2008 season, but anecdotal evidence from businesses suggests the statistics may not be entirely accurate and there may already be a significant downturn in this critical industry. Re [...]
2009-01-07 15:19:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON HR
09ZAGREB304GOC BOND ISSUANCE PROVES EASY MONEY
[...] (U) Seemingly unaffected by recent credit-rating downgrades, the GOC successfully completed its largest ever bond issuance on May 27. Media report that investor interest was "beyond expectations"; the full EUR 750 million was registered in just one day and the issuance was oversubscribed by 6 [...]
2009-05-29 10:34:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EINV ECON PGOV HR
09ZAGREB387ZAGREB WEEKLY ACTIVITY REPORT- JUNE 26
[...] (U) BOSNIAN COURT REJECTS EXTRADITION REQUEST FOR GLAVAS: A Bosnian Court on June 23 rejected a request from the Croatian Ministry of Justice for the extradition of convicted war criminal Branimir Glavas due to his possession of Bosnian citizenship. The court found that the BiH Criminal Proced [...]
2009-06-26 12:04:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL HR
09ZAGREB40CROATIA'S VIEWS ON THE NATO RATIFICATION PROCESS
[...] (C) On January 21 Croatia held a State Council meeting on NATO, which focused on progress toward ratification of Croatia's Accession Protocol among NATO allies and domestically. Following the State Council's meeting, PM Sanader expressed cautious optimism that the process will be complete b [...]
2009-01-23 13:59:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO HR
09ZAGREB497RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON CROATIA'S
[...] (SBU) Summary. Progress on Croatia's LNG terminal is excruciatingly slow, with LNG project staff at INA, Croatia's largest shareholder in the project, sitting idle waiting for the final investment decision to be made. As Croatia's domestic gas production slowly declines, its need for new so [...]
2009-08-12 08:44:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV HR
09ZAGREB666RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. In response to ref A request, Croatia enjoys a variety of security dialogues with the United States -- bilaterally, regionally, and multinationally. The security dialogues the United States has with Croatia are through NATO, the Adriatic Charter, the Southeastern Europe Defense [...]
2009-11-13 13:43:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MASS HR
09ZAGREB718CROATIA UNPREPARED FOR ANOTHER GAS CRISIS
[...] (SBU) Stevo Kolundzic, senior advisor to the board of directors of INA, Croatia's largest energy company, told econoff on December 7 that owing to existing Croatian gas supplies and market conditions, Croatia is ill-equipped to deal with another gas cutoff from Russia, or even a cold snap that [...]
2009-12-09 14:54:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON HR
09ZAGREB81ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Post is pleased to submit the Annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons Report for 2008. Croatia has previously been ranked as a Tier 1 country. Post believes that Croatia has maintained its efforts to meet Tier 1 status, and post strongly recommends retaining the Tier 1 ranking for 2008. The [...]
2009-02-13 12:39:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PGOV KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09ZAGREB85CROATIAN NATURAL GAS PROJECTS: LOOKING FOR NEW
[...] Summary: The recent gas crisis has fueled discussion and interest in the subject of Croatian energy security and energy diversification. The most significant project addressing these issues is the long-delayed construction of an LNG terminal on the Adriatic. Senior government leaders have e [...]
2009-02-17 16:10:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EINV HR
09ZAGREB9UPDATE ON IMPACT OF NATURAL GAS CUTOFF ON CROATIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-01-08 15:09:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON PGOV PREL HR
10ABUDHABI89PROGRESS MADE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY
[...] (SBU) Summary: At the third Preparatory Commission (Prep Com) of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Abu Dhabi, critical progress was achieved on a number of programmatic, administrative and legal fronts related to establishing a transparent, progressive and efficient internati [...]
2010-02-21 11:52:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSENV KGHG ENRG PGOV AE
10ABUJA64NIGERIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation with an estimated population of over 150 million. It offers investors a low-cost labor pool, abundant natural resources, and potentially the largest domestic market in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite these advantages, much of that market potential is unre [...]
2010-01-21 12:08:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC NI
10ACCRA149GHANA-SUMMARY OF REGIONAL CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP ON
[...] USAID/West Africa hosted a Whole of Government workshop in Accra, Ghana over February 8-12, 2010, on the implementation in West Africa of the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI),as well as on the planning of investments related to global climate change (GCC). Over 60 people ac [...]
2010-02-24 12:15:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EAID ETRD KGHG SENV ENRG PREL GH
10ACCRA542010 Investment Climate Statement - Ghana
[...] Attracting foreign direct investment continues to be a priority for the government of Ghana. The Mills Government, which came to power in January 2009, has maintained the encouragement of foreign investment in Ghana as an integral part of Ghana's economic policy. 2. The Government of Ghan [...]
2010-01-19 15:54:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ETRD KPTD OPIC USTR GH
10ACCRA562010 Investment Climate Statement - Ghana
[...] Attracting foreign direct investment continues to be a priority for the government of Ghana. The Mills Government, which came to power in January 2009, has maintained the encouragement of foreign investment in Ghana as an integral part of Ghana's economic policy. 2. The Government of Ghan [...]
2010-01-19 15:54:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDEPET ETRD KPTD OPIC USTR GH
10ADANA4TURKEY: BIMONTHLY SOUTHEAST ECONOMIC NEWSLETTER
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 16:08:00Consulate AdanaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ENRG TU SY
10ADDISABABA73ETHIOPIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] (U) This cable is a reftel response that includes Ethiopia's Investment Climate Statement 2010. As requested, the response is divided into the following categories: Openness to Foreign Investment; Conversion and Transfer Policies; Expropriation and Compensation; Dispute Settlement; Performanc [...]
2010-01-15 12:40:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV AF ET
10ALGIERS782010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ALGERIA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 09:56:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC
10AMMAN299THIRD RED-DEAD DONOR COMMITTEE MEETING IN THE HAGUE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The third donor committee meeting of the Red Sea - Dead Sea Water Conveyance Study Program (RDS) convened in The Hague on January 28. The World Bank, along with the beneficiary parties, chaired the meeting attended by almost all of the donors with the exception of Japan and Gr [...]
2010-02-02 08:24:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PGOV PREL JO
10AMMAN456JORDAN: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 11:27:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB PHUM KWMN SMIG JO
10ANKARA126SECRETARY GATES' TURKEY BILATERAL VISIT:
[...] (S) PM Erdogan welcomed President Obama's reiteration of support to the fight against the PKK during the December 7 meeting in the Oval Office, but the Secretary should expect questions about how we will operationalize that commitment as plans to withdraw from Iraq move forward. A key issue wi [...]
2010-01-26 11:23:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPREL PGOV MASS MARR TU AF PK IR IZ IS AM
10ANKARA222TURKISH MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-10 14:28:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU PREL KPAO
10ASHGABAT211SCENESETTER FOR SRAP HOLBROOKE'S VISIT TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Ashgabat warmly welcomes your visit to Turkmenistan as an opportunity to strengthen our bilateral diplomatic dialogue and highlight our desire for greater cooperation involving Afghanistan. Key issue [...]
2010-02-12 13:18:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV TX
10ASMARA9 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] The following is keyed to reftel, para 15. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. Eritrea remains a strict command economy, with government activities crowding out most private investment. Investors in Eritrea face significant risks, including: lack of transparen [...]
2010-01-13 15:33:00Embassy AsmaraUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR PGOV ER
10ASTANA119 KAZAKHSTAN: U.S. OIL EXECUTIVES DISCUSS CORRUPTION,
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 26, the outgoing and incoming CEOs of U.S. oil services company J. Ray McDermott conveyed to the Ambassador their optimism about the investment climate in Kazakhstan, and asserted that strong, fundament [...]
2010-01-29 08:04:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI KZ
10ASTANA158 KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AND AN NGO JOIN FORCES TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but Unclassified. Not for public internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Prior to a February 3 press conference to discuss joint Kazakshtan-U.S. efforts to combat trafficking-in-persons (TIP),Charge and INL Officer visited the newly-opened, government-funded TIP shelter operated by lo [...]
2010-02-05 10:14:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ELAB SMIG SOCI KCRM KTIP UZ KZ
10ASTANA275 KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTER OF JUSTICE PRAISES COOPERATION WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25, the Ambassador met with Minister of Justice Rashid Tusupbekov to discuss ongoing legal reforms and the possibility of a general amnesty that could include jailed prominent Kazakhstani human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis. Tusupbekov praised cooperation with the [...]
2010-02-26 10:00:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI SNAR KDEM KTIP KZ
10ASTANA44KAZAKHSTAN: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 01:00:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ELAB EPET ETRD KTDB KZ OPIC PGOV USTR
10ASTANA60 KAZAKHSTAN: BEHIND THE SCENES OF KARACHAGANAK AND
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: For more than 90 minutes on January 20, Maksat Idenov, First Vice President of national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG),briefed the Ambassador on the ongoing dispute between shareholders in the Karachaganak Petrole [...]
2010-01-22 09:31:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI RS KZ
10ASTANA61 KAZAKHSTAN: BEHIND THE SCENES OF KARACHAGANAK AND
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: For more than 90 minutes on January 20, Maksat Idenov, First Vice President of national oil company KazMunaiGas (KMG),briefed the Ambassador on the ongoing dispute between shareholders in the Karachaganak Petrole [...]
2010-01-22 09:32:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON EINV EPET SOCI RS KZ
10ASTANA69 KAZAKHSTAN: HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nurlan Kapparov, one of the leading entrepreneurs in Kazakhstan, is the founder and CEO of Lancaster Holding. Coming from a traditional Kazakh political family, he commissioned a biography of his forbearers, one of whom was the vizier for the Khan of Khokhand. His grandfather [...]
2010-01-25 06:49:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPINR SOCI KZ
10ASTANA72KAZAKHSTAN: MONEY AND POWER
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 08:14:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPGOV PINR EPET EINV KCOR RS CH KZ
10ASUNCION138PARAGUAY'S 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REVIEW
[...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel A questions regarding anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts in Paraguay. 2. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION 2A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on human trafficking? What plans are in place (if any) to undertake f [...]
2010-02-17 15:02:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PGOV ELAB PREL KPAO KCRM KFRD ASEC KWMN
10ATHENS141Greek Intelligence Dir. Bikas on Proposed Reorganization
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: During a one-hour meeting on February 8, EYP Director General Bikas told Ambassador Speckhard that he accepted the ambassador's proposal for regular dialogue between the embassy and the leadership of EYP and the HNP on counterterrorism. Bikas commented briefly on the challe [...]
2010-02-25 14:32:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER GR
10ATHENS33Greek Views on January 2010 FAC
[...] (C) On January 21, Poloff discussed ref points on U.S. positions on the January 25 FAC (Foreign Affairs Council) with Alexandros Ioannidis, European Correspondent in the MFA A11 Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) Division. Ioannidis said the FAC's agenda would focus on Iran, Bosnia, Somalia, [...]
2010-01-22 15:16:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN GR
10ATHENS51Hellenic Police Chief on Security Service Reorganization,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting on 21 January Hellenic National Police (HNP) Chief Ikonomou told the Ambassador that the reorganization of the Ministry of Citizen Protection was far from complete, but that the overall goal was to foster interagency cooperation across Greece's non-military [...]
2010-01-29 13:02:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER GR SMIG PBTS SNAR
10ATHENS59Hellenic Police Chief on Security Service Reorganization,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a meeting on 21 January Hellenic National Police (HNP) Chief Ikonomou told the Ambassador that the reorganization of the Ministry of Citizen Protection was far from complete, but that the overall goal was to foster interagency cooperation across Greece's non-military [...]
2010-02-01 20:41:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PTER GR SMIG PBTS SNAR
10ATHENS91GREECE: Renewable Energy a Top Priority for New Environment
[...] In a January 19 courtesy call ambassador paid on new Minister for Environment, Energy, and Climate Change Tina Birbili, Birbili underscored Greece's desire to increase renewable energy (solar and wind) production in the country's energy mix. She spoke passionately of her efforts to introduce [...]
2010-02-11 15:53:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON KGHG PGOV PREL SENV GR
10BAKU51AZERBAIJAN - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] This cable contains Post's Investment Climate Statement for 2010 and includes the following sections: Introduction A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment A.2. Conversion and Transfer Policies A.3. Expropriation and Compensation A.4. Dispute Settlement A.5. Performance Requirements and Incent [...]
2010-01-25 13:12:00Embassy BakuUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC AJ
10BAKU86BAKU SCENESETTER FOR U/S BURNS' FEBRUARY 19 VISIT
[...] (C) Summary: Your visit to Baku will be a welcome demonstration of high-level attention to Azerbaijan as the Turkey-Armenia normalization process moves toward a conclusion. Baku is plainly seeking assurances that the United States will continue to engage on Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) after the Tur [...]
2010-02-09 14:32:00Embassy BakuSECRETPREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU
10BAMAKO66MALI RESPONSE TO INFORMATION REQUEST: 2009 REPORT
[...] This cable responds to Reftel A requests for information on child labor and forced labor for DOL congressional reporting requirements. Tasking 1 / TVPRA 2. The following answers, keyed toquestions in paragraph 15 of 2009 State 131995, are provided below: 1A) GOOD: As per paragraph 14 o [...]
2010-02-03 08:18:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND KTIP PHUM SOCI SIPDIS USAID ML
10BANGKOK206THAILAND: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Per reftel request, below is Post's draft of the 2010 Investment Climate Statement (ICS) for Thailand. We also e-mailed a Microsoft Word version to EB/IFD/OIA (David J. Ahn and Thomas J. Walsh),per reftel instructions. 2. (U) Begin text: Chapter 6: Investment Climate --------------- [...]
2010-01-26 01:52:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KIPR OPIC KTDB USTR TH
10BANGKOK468THAILAND: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 06:09:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH
10BASRAH1BASRAH: FOREIGN SECURITY FIRMS ADAPT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-23 06:22:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALECON EINV EPET KCRM PGOV ASEC IZ
10BEIJING303 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - CHINA
[...] The following is Post's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for China, keyed to the categories listed in reftel. 2. 2010 Investment Climate Statement - China -------------------------------------- Overview of China's Investment Climate --------------------------------- [...]
2010-02-05 07:39:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC CH
10BEIRUT107 INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR FOR DOL
[...] (SBU) The MOL, via its Child Labor Unit, and the Ministry of Interior (MOI),via the Internal Security Forces (ISF),were responsible for the enforcement of laws related to hazardous child labor and forced labor. 2. (SBU) In 2009, there were minimal mechanisms for exchanging information bet [...]
2010-02-03 05:34:00Embassy BeirutUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB EIND ETRD KTIP PHUM SOCI USAID ECON PGOV LE
10BELGRADE108SERBIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] The following is Post's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement: Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ Serbia is open to foreign direct investment (FDI),and attracting FDI is increasingly a priority for the government of Serbia (GoS). Serbi [...]
2010-01-21 15:12:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON EINT OPIC KTDB EFIN PGOV SR
10BELGRADE23SERBIA: AMBASSADOR'S FIRST MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) In a February 2 conversation with the Ambassador, Defense Minister Sutanovac welcomed the opportunity for increased bilateral engagement and identified his top goals for 2010 as professionalization of the military, sending troops to peacekeeping operations in Lebanon and Cyprus, and increa [...]
2010-02-05 14:07:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR SR KV
10BELGRADE3Post ICJ Opinion: Serbia to Continue Obstructing Kosovo
[...] (C) We expect Serbia will continue to obstruct and undermine Kosovo's sovereignty in the lead up to and following the International Court of Justice's advisory opinion, which most believe will be ambiguous. Regardless of the position taken by the ICJ, Kosovo's independence and sovereignty are irref [...]
2010-01-12 13:30:00Embassy BelgradeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KV SR
10BELGRADE72Serbia: Prime Minister Protests Bogdanovic Removal from
[...] (SBU) On January 13 the Prime Minister convoked Quint Ambassadors and Charges to formally protest Kosovo Minister Bogdanovic's expulsion from Kosovo earlier that day (reftel). The government released a statement about the meeting to highlight their protest of the action. The incident recei [...]
2010-01-14 16:53:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO SR KV
10BELGRADE82SERBIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] The following is Post's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement: ------------------------------------- A. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------------- Serbia is open to foreign direct investment (FDI),and attracting FDI is increasingly [...]
2010-01-16 21:59:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR SR
10BERLIN161BND LOBBYING MERKEL AND USG ON SATELLITE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: The German External Intelligence Service (BND) is soliciting support and funding from the Chancellery for transatlantic cooperation on a High Resolution Optical System (HiROS) reconnaissance satellite constellation. Senior BND officers will brief Chancellor Merkel on February [...]
2010-02-05 13:26:00Embassy BerlinSECRET//NOFORNETTC PGOV PINR MCAP PREL TSPA FR GM
10BERLIN168MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, UKRAINE, EU, NATO, IRAQ, US.;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Enrichment 3. (Ukraine) Outcome of Elections 4. (EU) Deficit Worries 5. (NATO) Istanbul Defense Ministers Meeting 6. (Iraq) Parliamentary Elections 7. (U.S.) Budget Deficit  [...]
2010-02-08 13:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IR UP EMS UK NATO IQ US
10BERLIN173MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, EURO, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, UKRAINE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Protests 3. (EU) Euro Financial Crisis 4. (EU) New European Commission 5. (Ukraine) Aftermath of Elections 6. (Sri Lanka) Rising Tensions 7. (Germany-U.S.) GM-Opel  [...]
2010-02-10 13:00:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IR EMS EU UP CE GM
10BERLIN177MEDIA REACTION: IRAN, GREECE-EU, GREECE-EURO, UKRAINE,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (Iran) Nuclear Program, Opposition 3. (Greece Financial Crisis) Germany, France Rescue Efforts 4. (Greece Financial Crisis) Long-term Prognosis for Euro 5. (Ukraine) Aftermath of Elections 6. (U.S.-Russia) START Talks 7. (U.S.-EU) SWIFT [...]
2010-02-11 15:38:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IR EMS UP START PTER SF ECON
10BERLIN198GERMAN VIEWS ON THE EU ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST CHINA
[...] (U) Post delivered points from both reftels to deputy MFA European Correspondent Hans-Peter Jugel on February 19. EU ARMS EMBARGO AGAINST CHINA 2. (C) In response to our reaffirmation of U.S. opposition to a lifting of the EU arms embargo against China, Jugel distanced Germany from Spanis [...]
2010-02-19 17:14:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PARM NATO EUN GM CH IR HA UP
10BERLIN28MEDIA REACTION: AVIATION SECURITY, IRAN, EU-TURKEY,
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. Aviation Security 3. Iranian regime 4. U.S.-Chinese Relations 5. Turkish EU Membership Bid 6. Killings of Christians in Egypt  [...]
2010-01-08 13:17:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR KGHG IR PK RS NATO
10BERLIN33MEDIA REACTION: U.S., MEPP, U.S., ITALY, ECONOMIC;BERLIN
[...] Lead Stories Summary 2. (U.S.) President Obama's Remarks on Improving Security 3. (MEPP) U.S. Pressure on Israel 4. (U.S.) Harry Reid Comments 5. (Italy) Violence Against Africans 6. (Economic) Google Tax  [...]
2010-01-11 13:24:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIEDUS XF IT ECON
10BERLIN76ISRAEL USES GERMANY FOR INTERNATIONAL ENTREE,
[...] (C) MFA NEA Assistant-Secretary equivalent Andreas Michaelis told Pol M-C January 20 that the January 18 German-Israeli consultations in Berlin were primarily oriented toward the bilateral relationship rather than the peace process or regional issues, outside of Iran. He described Israeli FM [...]
2010-01-20 15:59:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KPAL KWBG IS IR GM
10BOGOTA96CIVILIAN DEMINING EXPECTED IN COLOMBIA FOR 2010
[...] (SBU) During the Second Review Conference of the Ottawa Convention Banning Anti-Personnel Landmines in Cartagena in December, the Government of Colombia (GOC) told Poloff they expect civilian demining to begin in 2010. The GOC also confirmed they would initially limit civilian demining to the [...]
2010-01-08 16:37:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PARM PREL KHDP CO
10BRATISLAVA18SLOVAKIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Following is Embassy Bratislava's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement, in response to tasking reftel: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT OVERVIEW Following 6.4 percent GDP growth in 2008, Slovakia's economy has not been spared by the global recession and is expected to [...]
2010-01-15 16:23:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC LO
10BRATISLAVA21SLOVAKIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT (UPDATED)
[...] Following is Embassy Bratislava's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement, in response to tasking reftel. This is an updated version; please disregard previous cable, Bratislava 18. 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT OVERVIEW Following 6.4 percent GDP growth in 2008, Slova [...]
2010-01-20 10:14:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC LO
10BRATISLAVA71SLOVAKIA 2010 ANNUAL REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] SLOVAKIA'S TIP SITUATION A. SOURCES OF INFORMATION The Ministry of the Interior (MOI),police, the International Organization for Migration (IOM),and NGOs are reliable sources of information regarding the number and kinds of TIP victims. In March 2010, the government will open an Inter [...]
2010-02-18 15:39:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA
10BRAZZAVILLE17REFUGEE UPDATE-NEARLY 107,000 DRC REFUGEES IN THE LIKOUALA
[...] (U) According to UNHCR Brazzaville, the number of displaced in Congo-Brazzaville now totals 106,674. There are approximately 15,000 additional displaced persons in the Central African Republic. Although the displaced population has grown by nearly 20,000 since the last report (REF A),anecdotal [...]
2010-01-15 08:33:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PGOV UNHCR WFP CT CF CG
10BRIDGETOWN702010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR BARBADOS
[...] (U) Barbados is open for business. The Government of Barbados, through Invest Barbados, strongly encourages foreign direct investment in Barbados, particularly in industries that create jobs and earn foreign currency. 2. (U) The Government offers special incentive packages for foreign [...]
2010-02-01 12:57:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR XL
10BRUSSELS122 EU UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 9.6 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE AT 10.0
[...] SUMMARY. The latest unemployment data released by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on January 29 brought no reason for complacency to the Employment and Social Affairs Ministers of the EU-27 holding informal talks in Barcelona on the same day. The aggregate unemployment rate [...]
2010-02-01 12:10:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EUN
10BRUSSELS174S/GC SPECIAL ENVOY FRIED SEEKS WAY FORWARD ON
[...] (C) Summary: Daniel Fried, U.S. Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure, met on January 27 with Stefaan De Clerck, Minister of Justice of Belgium and (separately) with Dirk Wouters, Chief of Staff to Minister of Foreign Affairs Steven Vanackere. S/E Fried was joined by Matt Olsen, the Director o [...]
2010-02-12 13:16:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PTER BE
10BRUSSELS176EU INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010
[...] Per reftel, this is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for the European Union. Post will email Word versions as instructed in reftel. The statement covers the following categories: --Openness to Foreign Investment --Conversion and Transfer Policies --Expropriation and Compensation --D [...]
2010-02-12 14:48:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR EUN
10BRUSSELS183SUBJECT: DEPUTY NSA MICHAEL FROMAN VISIT TO
[...] (C) Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs Michael Froman held wide-ranging discussions with over 25 senior EU officials in Brussels January 27. Froman and the Ambassador met with Commission President Barroso, the incoming European Commissioners for Climate (Hedegaard),[...]
2010-02-17 13:31:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON ECPS EFIN ENRG EINV ETRD EUN KGHG
10BRUSSELS192GUANTANAMO CLOSURE: SE FRIED DISCUSSES EUROPEAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Special Envoy for Closure of the Guantanamo Detention Facility Daniel Fried, along with Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Michael Posner and Guantanamo Detainee Review Task Force Director Matthew Olsen discussed the detention facility's curr [...]
2010-02-18 05:45:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDRG EUN PTER
10BRUSSELS44 EU UNEMPLOYMENT UP TO 9.5 PERCENT; EURO ZONE RATE REACHES
[...] SUMMARY. The latest unemployment data released by the EU Commission's Statistical Office (EUROSTAT) on January 8 brought more bad news concerning the situation of the EU labor markets with no sign that the widespread pattern of increases in jobless figures might be coming to a halt. The aggr [...]
2010-01-15 11:34:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EUN
10BRUSSELS66EU SUPPORT FOR G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP AGAINST WMD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During her January 11 meeting with EU officials, Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs, sought EU support for extending and expanding the mandate of the G-8 Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction and ensu [...]
2010-01-21 04:47:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALEMIN ENRG ETTC AORC EUN MNNC PARM TBIO KGIC
10BRUSSELS76EU SUPPORT FOR G-8 GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP AGAINST WMD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During her January 11 meeting with EU officials, Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs, sought EU support for extending and expanding the mandate of the G-8 Global Partnership against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction and ensu [...]
2010-01-22 04:46:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALEMIN ENRG ETTC AORC EUN MNNC PARM TBIO KGIC
10BRUSSELS85BALKAN POLITICAL DIRECTORS DISCUSS KOSOVO AND
[...] (C) Summary: Meeting in Brussels on January 11, Quint Balkans political directors - representing the U.S., Germany, France, Italy, the UK and EU Council Secretariat - met to discuss the situation in Kosovo and Bosnia. On Kosovo, the EU Council Secretariat noted Serb hardening and suggested [...]
2010-01-26 09:07:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL BK KK SR
10BRUSSELS96EULEX MAKING PROGRESS, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: On January 18, the EU convened the EULEX Kosovo Committee of Contributors, which comprises EU and non-EU contributing countries for a political and operational discussion. The Committee heard an operational briefing from the EU and conveyed U.S. policy points to all contribut [...]
2010-01-27 09:02:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PREL PGOV KV XG EUN
10BUCHAREST22ROMANIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010
[...] Following is Embassy Bucharest's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement, in response to tasking reftel. A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ENCOURAGING INVESTMENT Romania actively seeks direct foreign investment. Romania's marketplace offers 21.5 million consumers, a well- [...]
2010-01-13 12:27:00Embassy BucharestUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR RO
10BUDAPEST112ACTION REQUEST: HUNGARY'S POSITION ON THE
[...] (C) On February 24, PolOff delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations Division Human Rights officer Agnes Hevesi. Hevesi noted that Hungary had voted against on the November 5, 2009 UN General Assembly resolution on the Goldstone Report, but would likel [...]
2010-02-25 14:58:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPHUM UNGA EU HU
10BUDAPEST39AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WESTERN BALKANS/SLOVAK
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Hungary continues to favor an early NATO Membership Action Plan for Bosnia, believing it could help stabilize the Western Balkans. State Secretary Szabo told the Ambassador that he fears bilateral tensions over the new Slovak language law might be exploited by extremist elements [...]
2010-01-25 16:52:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALENRG PHUM PREL OSCE HR YI LO RU HU
10BUDAPEST432010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR HUNGARY
[...] The following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Hungary: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - HUNGARY OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT 2. Hungary maintains an open economy and attracting foreign investment remains a priority for the Hungarian government. According to the Hungaria [...]
2010-01-27 13:39:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN OPIC KTDB PGOV HU
10BUDAPEST98HUNGARY: 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT
[...] We believe the Government of Hungary (GOH) fully complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The GOH has improved its efforts to combat trafficking and followed through on its proposals to address the problem. Notably, the government improved its support for victims [...]
2010-02-18 17:11:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN ELAB PGOV MCA PHUM PREF
10BUENOSAIRES11(C) WHA A/S VALENZUELA MEETS WITH ARGENTINE OFFICIALS,
[...] (C) Summary: WHA A/S Arturo Valenzuela met with Argentine Cabinet Chief Anibal Fernandez and Acting Foreign Minister Victorio Taccetti during his December 15-17 visit to Buenos Aires. Valenzuela explained the U.S. position on Honduras, exchanged views on other regional developments, and praise [...]
2010-01-08 21:46:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON PHUM AR
10BUENOSAIRES111Argentina: Finance Secretary Says Debt Swap Moving Ahead
[...] (C) Argentine Finance Secretary Hernan Lorenzino expects the GoA's proposed debt swap agreement to be fully approved by international regulatory authorities and ready for launch by mid-March. Noting the recent negative market environment, he said that the exchange might have to go forward without t [...]
2010-02-25 15:32:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL AR
10BUENOSAIRES118Argentina: Finance Secretary Says Full Speed Ahead on
[...] (SBU) Argentine Finance Secretary Hernan Lorenzino stressed in a February 1 meeting that the debt exchange is moving ahead at full speed. He repeatedly emphasized that there are no political obstacles to moving it forward and that the Central Bank and Redrado affair is not affecting the trans [...]
2010-02-02 22:19:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV PGOV PREL AR
10BUENOSAIRES48Argentina Economic and Financial Review, January 18-21, 2010
[...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 18-21, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be inclu [...]
2010-01-21 20:16:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
10BUENOSAIRES55Argentina: Economy Minister Says Debt Swap On Track
[...] (C) In a January 26 meeting with the Ambassador and DCM, Economy Minister Amado Boudou emphasized the positive despite the many challenges he faces. Confident and composed despite the late hour of the meeting and the severe political pressure he has faced in the past month, Boudou insiste [...]
2010-01-28 20:26:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV AR
10BUENOSAIRES96Argentina Economic and Financial Review, Jan 22-28, 2010
[...] (U) Provided below is Embassy Buenos Aires' Economic and Financial Review covering the period January 22-28, 2010. The unclassified email version of this report includes tables and charts tracking Argentine economic developments. Contact Econ OMS Megan Walton at WaltonM@state.gov to be inclu [...]
2010-01-29 14:17:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EINV ETRD ELAB EAIR AR
10CAIRO171Arab League Pursuing Solutions on Somalia and Sudan REF: 10 CAIRO 137 CLASSIFIED BY: Donal A. Blome, Minister Counselor, DoS, ECPO; REASON: 1.4(B),(D)
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-08 14:39:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL SU SO EG
10CAIRO195FOREIGN WORKER AND LABOR PROBLEMS IN QIZ FACTORY
[...] (C) Key Points: -The manager of a ready-made garments factory participating in the Qualifying Industrial Zones (QIZ) program told EconOff that his company has been holding the passports of foreign workers and that it fired an Egyptian employee for organizing a strike. -This is firs [...]
2010-02-11 16:06:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALECON ELAB ETRD EG PGOV
10CAIRO384Despite Potential, Leading Wind Developer Not Bullish on
[...] (SBU) Key Points: --A leading Middle East wind energy company envisions tremendous potential for renewable energy in Egypt but blames government inaction and unwillingness to support business initiatives as the main problem hindering development. --The company's vice president believes sol [...]
2010-02-28 15:00:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINT ENRG SENV TSPL EG
10CARACAS163Venezuela: Italian Ambassador Briefs on Eni Oil Deals
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Italy's Eni stands to become possibly the second largest international oil company operating in Venezuela as a result of deals signed at the end of January, according to Italian Ambassador Luigi Maccotta. It has agreed to develop the extra heavy crude Junin 5 block, to build an upgrade [...]
2010-02-10 22:10:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV ENRG ECON IT VE
10CARACAS193Chevron "Wins" A Carabobo Project
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Chevron and Repsol-led consortia won the rights to negotiate mixed company deals with the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum (MENPET) in the Carabobo bid round. In its first major heavy oil bid round since President Chavez assumed power in 1999, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela [...]
2010-02-12 21:14:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALEPET EINV ENRG ECON VE
10CARACAS632010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) In response to reftel, please find following the submission of the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Venezuela. 2. (U) Openness to Foreign Investment Economic and political uncertainties, a recent history of actual and threatened nationalizations, and increasing state inter [...]
2010-01-21 22:06:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDECON PGOV EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB USTR OPIC KTDB VE
10CARACAS87TFHA01: GBRV Continues Disinformation Regarding U.S. Aid To
[...] (SBU) Summary: During his January 24 television and radio broadcast, President Hugo Chavez claimed the "Yankees" aboard the hospital ship, USNS Comfort, were not treating patients because, "they will not work in the rubble, they will not go into the poor neighborhoods." Chavez also pr [...]
2010-01-26 17:28:00Embassy CaracasUNCLASSIFIEDEAID MOPS PREL PREF KPKO OAS HA VE
10CASABLANCA20MOROCCO: 2010 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) This cable responds to action request (Ref A) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from April 2009 to February 2010. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Morocco (GOM) has taken a number of steps in 2009 that indicat [...]
2010-02-16 09:01:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KFRD
10CASABLANCA25MOROCCO: 2010 ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) This cable responds to action request (Ref A) for updated information on the Moroccan government's efforts to combat trafficking in persons from April 2009 to February 2010. OVERVIEW -------- 2. (SBU) The Government of Morocco (GOM) has taken a number of steps in 2009 that indicat [...]
2010-02-22 17:35:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KTIP PREF ELAB SMIG KCRM KFRD
10CASABLANCA8MOROCCO - 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-14 09:25:00Consulate CasablancaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ETRD EFIN ELAB OPIC KTDB PGOV MO
10CDGENEVA22010 Conference on Disarmament: Pakistan Demurs on Fissile
[...] (SBU) Summary: Pakistan, having delayed adoption of the agenda of the Conference on Disarmament (CD) by one week to January 26, is now publicly temporizing on action to adopt a Program of Work while privately telling the CD President it cannot accept CD/1864 (the 2009 Program of Work) as a basi [...]
2010-02-05 15:20:00US Mission CD GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC CDG PK
10CDGENEVA62010 CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT - CD PRESIDENT CONSIDERING
[...] (SBU) Summary: CD President Ambassador Khvostov (Belarus) announced his two-track approach during the February 22 Regional Coordinators/P6 meeting, which involves tabling a draft Program of Work that combines the Program of Work adopted in 2009 (CD/1864 with elements of CD/1870) together with a [...]
2010-02-26 12:24:00US Mission CD GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM CDG MNUC
10CHENGDU17CHANG'AN HOPES TO BUILD ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY CAR WITH
[...] (U) This message contains company proprietary information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Ford's principal partner in China, Chongqing Chang'an, recently became the PRC's third-largest automaker after purchasing the auto assets of another state-owned enterprise. Some [...]
2010-01-26 08:57:00Consulate ChengduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ELTN ETRD PGOV SENV CH
10CHISINAU21MOLDOVA'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE
[...] Embassy Chisinau submits the 2010 Investment Climate Statement in response to reftel: A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment ----------------------------------- 2. Moldova continues to take steps toward developing a stronger economy, reforming a cumbersome regulatory framework, combating [...]
2010-01-15 10:29:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR MD
10CHISINAU83MOLDOVA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-16 13:37:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN MD PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10COLOMBO143COLOMBO CHIEFS OF MISSION RECOMMEND WAYS FORWARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting called by Ambassador to discuss reftel demarche to capitals, chiefs of missions (COMs) in Colombo agreed with the U.S. assessment that the political situation in Sri Lanka had deteriorated after the presidential elections in terms of the Fonseka arrest, intimidation o [...]
2010-02-26 08:16:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PHUM PTER EAID MOPS CE
10COLOMBO72INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010 - SRI LANKA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-01 08:41:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIEDCE ECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV USTR
10COPENHAGEN95(C) FAC AND CHINA ARMS EMBARGO DEMARCHES DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 11:18:00Embassy CopenhagenCONFIDENTIALPREL PARM PHUM KNUC ETTC EAID CH IR UP HA
10DOHA22QATAR INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-20 07:10:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC QA
10DUBLIN65IRELAND - TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-24 10:47:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EI ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
10FLORENCE1AMBASSADOR SEEKS UPDATE ON STATUS OF BILATERAL TAX
[...] See Action Request in paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary. During a bilateral discussion following his presentation of credentials, Ambassador David Thorne pledged his best efforts to meet the Republic of San Marino's request to conclude a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) with the [...]
2010-01-04 11:55:00Consulate FlorenceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN PGOV SM IT
10GENEVA110Guidance Request for Draft Declaration on Human Rights
[...] This is an action request. See para 4. 2. The 13th Session of the Human Rights Council (HRC),beginning March 1st, will hold a High Level (Ministerial) discussion on the Right to Human Rights Education and Training and subsequently almost certainly pass a resolution establishing a mec [...]
2010-02-05 09:55:00Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL
10GENEVA132PAKISTAN TELLS CD, "1864 IS DEAD"
[...] (U) Summary. The early part of the week of February 8 saw no progress toward a CD Program of Work as Bangladesh closed out its portion of the rotating presidency. The only issue was whether or not the Bangladeshi President would table a nonpaper to initiate discussions on a Program of Wo [...]
2010-02-12 15:37:00Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC CDG PK
10GENEVA28ENVSEC seeks donor assistance
[...] SUMMARY: ENVSEC, the Environment & Security initiative of several UN agencies, OSCE, NATO's Science for Peace and Security Program and Regional Environment Center (REC) met December 4 with donor countries to review progress in ongoing projects and discuss how best in the future to address env [...]
2010-01-15 11:26:00Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDSENV
10HAVANA109USINT HAVANA'S ANSWER TO TIP REPORT QUESTIONS THIS
[...] (SBU)Per Reftel, USINT Havana submits the following information for inclusion in the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report, Cuba section. ------------------- REPORTING QUESTIONS ------------------- 25. (U) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of [...]
2010-02-25 20:27:00US Interests Section HavanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10HAVANA84KEY TRADING PARTNERS SEE NO BIG ECONOMIC REFORMS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There is little prospect of economic reform in 2010 despite an economic crisis that is expected to get even worse for Cuba in the next few years, according to key commercial specialists, economic officers and Cuba-watchers in Havana. Promised structural reforms remain on hold while the [...]
2010-02-09 18:49:00US Interests Section HavanaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL PGOV CU
10HONGKONG279SUBMISSION FOR 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT:
[...] (U) Per reftel A, the following are post's contributions to the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. Subheadings and answers correspond to questions posed in paragraphs 25-30 of reftel A. Para 25: T [...]
2010-02-17 07:57:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10HONGKONG304SUBMISSION FOR 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT:
[...] (U) Per reftel A, the following are post's contributions to the tenth annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People's Republic of China. Subheadings and answers correspond to questions posed in paragraphs 25-30 of reftel A. [...]
2010-02-22 09:52:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10HONGKONG802010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR HONG KONG
[...] The Hong Kong Government welcomes foreign investment, neither offering special incentives nor imposing disincentives for foreign investors. Hong Kong's well-established rule of law is applied consistently and without discrimination. There is no distinction in law or practice between investment [...]
2010-01-14 09:42:00Consulate Hong KongUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR HK CH
10JAKARTA140INDONESIA REQUESTS SUPPORT IN ADVANCE OF FATF
[...] (C) In a meeting January 29, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Rezlan Jenie told the DCM that Indonesia fully understands the need to improve its anti-money laundering/countering terrorist financing (AML/CFT) efforts. MFA staff reported that the [...]
2010-02-02 05:08:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KTFN KCRM KJUS PTER EFIN SNAR PHUM
10KABUL213 U.S. - ITALIAN COOPERATION IN AFGHANISTAN'S HERAT PROVINCE
[...] SUMMARY Italian Ambassador to Afghanistan Claudio Glaentzer told Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs (CDDEA) Ambassador Wayne January 19 that Italy was prepared to support funding of the 330 km "east-west" road, specifically the Chesti Sharif to Chagcharan portion. Gla [...]
2010-01-21 13:39:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ECON ECIN EMIN ETRD EAID IT AF
10KABUL216FEBRUARY 16 CIV-MIL ROC DRILL IN DOHA: PURPOSE AND
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 10. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In preparation for the February 16 CENTCOM/SRAP/ISAF/Embassy Rehearsal of Concept (ROC) civ-mil planning exercise in Doha, post has consulted extensively with ISAF over format, content, participation, and logistics. Post [...]
2010-01-22 18:26:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID ECON NATO AF
10KABUL437 Engaging Allies to Conclude MOUs on Life Support
[...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraphs 5 and 6. Background: ----------- 2. (SBU) Embassy Kabul is in the process of significantly increasing the number of USG civilians at Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) and other field locations, particularly District Support Teams (DST [...]
2010-02-03 15:36:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS MARR PREL EAID PHUM SNAR PINR PTER AF
10KABUL46KEY AMBASSADORS IN KABUL DISCUSS REVIEW OF COMMAND
[...] (C/Rel US, ISAF, NATO) Begin Summary. In a New Year's Day briefing by Generals McChrystal and Rodriguez for the embassies most active in the South and Southwest of Afghanistan ) Australia, Canada, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States ) the Generals outlined the co [...]
2010-01-05 12:56:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM MOPS UK CAN IT NL AS AF
10KABUL468The Places In Between: Afghanistan Dreams of an East-West
[...] (U) Summary: Afghanistan's Ministry of Public Works (MPW) recently presented donors a formal proposal for an east-west highway, one of the most ambitious and expensive infrastructure projects proposed in the post-Taliban era. The road would create a trade and development corridor stretching fr [...]
2010-02-07 12:55:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIEDELTN EMIN EAID EFIN PGOV PREL AF
10KAMPALA19UGANDA: SECURITY REPORT DETAILS OIL SECTOR CORRUPTION
[...] (C) Summary: A December 17 report by the External Security Organization (ESO),which XXXXXXXXXXXX allegedly forwarded to President Museveni, says Security Minister Amama Mbabazi is "eyeing" a $200 million commission for securing a deal between Heritage Oil and the Italian firm ENI. On January 7, a [...]
2010-01-13 10:47:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EPET KCOR UG
10KINGSTON118Jamaica: 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 20:34:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINT EINV ENRG PGOV KTDB KCOR OPIC USTR XL JM
10KINSHASA92DRC: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Per reftel, the following is the text of the Investment Climate Statement for the DRC for 2010. Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. (U) The DRC's rich endowment of natural resources, large population size (approximately 68 million) and generally [...]
2010-01-26 15:03:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ELAB ETRD ECON KTDB OPIC USTR CG
10KOLONIA12ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR THE FEDERATED
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-17 03:17:00Embassy KoloniaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10KYIV300UKRAINE: BOIKO DISCUSSES YANUKOVYCH'S ENERGY
[...] (C) Summary. In an introductory call with the Ambassador on February 23, Yuriy Boiko, a leading energy player in the Party of Regions, said that Yanukovych would be focused on reducing Ukrainian dependence on Russian gas imports, securing a better gas contract with Gazprom, and establishing a [...]
2010-02-26 14:52:00Embassy KyivCONFIDENTIALENRG ENRL UP RU
10LAPAZ72BOLIVIA - 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy La Paz submits the following 2010 Investment Climate Statement. 2. The Bolivian investment climate is undergoing a transformation. In February 2009, the Movimiento al Socialismo (MAS)-led government obtained passage of a new constitution which aggressively [...]
2010-01-13 19:51:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC BL
10LILONGWE33 MALAWI: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The government encourages both domestic and foreign investment in most sectors of the economy without restrictions on ownership, size of investment, source of funds, and destination of final product. There is no government screening of foreign investment in Malawi. Apart from the privatization [...]
2010-01-14 13:30:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDKTDB EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV MI
10LIMA172Peru - Investment Climate Statement 2010
[...] In response to reftel, Embassy Lima submits the following 2010 Investment Climate Statement. Openness to Foreign Investment 2. The Peruvian government seeks to attract investment -- both foreign and domestic -- in nearly all sectors of the economy. The U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agr [...]
2010-01-26 21:44:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC PE
10LIMA272CIVAIR: PERU RESPONSE TO IATA'S "AGENDA FOR FREEDOM"
[...] Summary. The Peruvian aviation authority indicated that Peru will not be interested in endorsing reftel policy statement. The policy of the Peruvian government is to enter into bilateral aviation agreements instead of general agreements. Peru has bilateral aviation agreements with thirty coun [...]
2010-02-10 20:24:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR ETRD ECON PGOV PE
10LISBON22PORTUGAL'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] The following is Portugal's submission for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement: A. Openness to Foreign Investment Portugal offers a favorable investment climate for foreign capital, both in the near and long term. Its economy has become increasingly diversified and service-based since [...]
2010-01-14 14:40:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR PO
10LISBON53U.S.-PORTUGAL SECURITY DIALOGUE
[...] (U) This message responds to reftel. Answers are keyed to para 3 of reftel. 2. (U) Question A: Does the U.S. currently have an established security dialogue with your country? Answer: The U.S. and Portugal engage in formal discussions that cover the entire bilateral relationship, includi [...]
2010-02-05 13:09:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR PO
10LISBON71PORTUGAL: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-22 15:12:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10LJUBLJANA28SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL MARK FITZGERALD 10
[...] (SBU) Admiral Fitzgerald: Welcome to Slovenia. Your trip provides an excellent opportunity to reinforce the message of strong U.S. government support for Slovenia and its commitment to participating in NATO and other international missions. The Government of Slovenia (GoS) recently approved [...]
2010-02-01 12:58:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR NATO SI
10LONDON443PDAS NANCY MCELDOWNEY'S MEETING WITH E-6 POLITICAL
[...] (C/NF) Summary. EUR PDAS Nancy McEldowney's February 18 consultations in London with E-6 counterparts on European security underscored the need to engage Russia in a way that advanced Allied interests; to renew discussions of the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty regime to strengthen predi [...]
2010-02-25 17:04:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PARM NATO RS UK
10LONDON65KENYA: KINNOCK'S JANUARY VISIT TO NAIROBI AND
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-12 17:18:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KDEM KE UK
10LONDON84UK VIEWS ON IRAN SANCTIONS: UN, EU AND U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 12:34:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNETTC ECON KTFN EFIN IR US
10MADRID140SPAIN PROVIDES EU RESPONSE TO CITES PROPOSALS
[...] Econoff delivered reftel demarche talking points to Manuel Calderon, Head of the Scientific Evaluation Section for CITES of Spain's Office of Biodiversity in the Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine Affairs on January 25. On February 3, Calderon responded to the US proposals, explaini [...]
2010-02-05 09:15:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDSENV KSCA CITES AORC UNEP SP
10MADRID25AMBASSADOR SOLOMONT'S JANUARY 12, 2010, MEETING
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met with Spanish SYG of the Presidency (NSA-equivalent) Bernardino Leon January 12. He wanted to meet with Leon as soon as possible to begin to establish a good working relationship and to share his observations regarding the U.S.-Spain bilateral relationship. He emphasi [...]
2010-01-13 14:29:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL SP
10MADRID72SPAIN'S RESPONSE TO KIDNAPPINGS IN MAGHREB
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Concerned for the well-being of three Spanish citizens kidnapped by Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in Mauritania in November, the Zapatero Administration is acutely aware of the risks to Westerners in the Maghreb and Sahel regions and has taken a variety of steps to bring a [...]
2010-01-25 10:45:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC XI XG SP
10MADRID78SPAIN: PROSECUTOR DISAVOWS AL-QAIDA TIES TO
[...] (S//NF) Contrary to self-incriminating court testimony by the government's star witness in the recently concluded trial regarding the plot to attack the Barcelona metro system, National Court Prosecutor Vicente Gonzalez Mota on January 13 privately confirmed to POLOFF that there were no Al-Qaid [...]
2010-01-25 15:30:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP KCRM PINR
10MADRID81SPAIN: PROBLEMS USING USG-PROVIDED EVIDENCE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: National Court Prosecutor Dolores "Lola" Delgado on January 13 vented to US DOJ officials on problems she is encountering in trying to introduce evidence provided by the USG - primarily from the US intelligence community - in her prosecution of radical Islamist terrorists. She d [...]
2010-01-25 16:58:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP KCRM PINR
10MANILA1492010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - PHILIPPINES
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 07:59:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC PGOV RP USTR
10MAPUTO104MOZAMBIQUE 2010 INVESTOR CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Mozambique encourages foreign direct investment. CPI, the government's Investment Promotion Center, seeks to bring investors to Mozambique and should be an investor's primary contact with the government. CPI is particularly interested in increasing investment in the central and northern regi [...]
2010-02-04 12:32:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD OPIC KTDB ECON MZ
10MAPUTO159DONOR COORDINATION MECHANISMS--INCREASING USG
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past two years post has conscientiously developed stronger relationships and coordination with other donors at various levels in order to influence an ongoing multi-donor dialogue on key issues, specifically in the G-19, a collection of like-minded donors providing dire [...]
2010-02-19 16:15:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREL KDEM MZ
10MILAN13U.S. INVESTORS SPEAK OUT ON DOING BUSINESS IN ITALY
[...] (SBU) Summary: American companies in northern Italy (which hosts nearly 80 percent of the country's foreign investment) have given us a frank view of the investment climate. The major areas of concern are structural: inflexible labor markets, a convoluted legal framework and slow legal process [...]
2010-02-01 12:43:00Consulate MilanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON PGOV IT
10MILAN16INTERIOR MINISTER MARONI'S PLANS FOR INTEGRATION
[...] (C) Summary: Interior Minister Roberto Maroni, a member of the Northern League (LN) party, recently announced a new draft law that would offer immigrants a residence permit, known as a "permesso di soggiorno," in return for a promise to integrate into Italian society. The Maroni plan--which [...]
2010-02-10 09:01:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALIT KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM PINR SMIG
10MILAN2DIVERGENT PATHS OF INTEGRATION IN NORTHERN ITALY
[...] (C) Summary: The integration of the growing immigrant population in Northern Italy is a challenge for communities throughout the region. Constructively, the city of Turin is taking advantage of a national government program to welcome so-called "second-generation immigrants" into the civil [...]
2010-01-05 14:49:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR SMIG KISL IT
10MILAN21PRE-ELECTION LANDSCAPE: DOMINANT CENTER-RIGHT AND
[...] SUMMARY: (SBU) Heading into the March 28-29 regional elections, the political landscape in the Veneto, one of Italy's most politically and economically important regions, displays a dominant center-right coalition headed by a Northern League (LN) candidate and a weak and disorganized center-l [...]
2010-02-17 07:15:00Consulate MilanCONFIDENTIALIT PGOV PREL
10MONTEVIDEO108Uruguay: President-Elect Mujica Courts Business Community
[...] (U) On February 10, President-elect Jose Mujica made a dynamic and much-applauded presentation on why to invest in Uruguay to a large crowd of businesspersons. Speaking to an international crowd in the resort city of Punta del Este, Mujica emphasized that his administration would work hard to [...]
2010-02-12 20:35:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV PREL PGOV UY
10MONTEVIDEO112Uruguay 2010 Trafficking in Persons Report
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-18 12:44:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KTIP KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UY
10MONTEVIDEO26URUGUAY - INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010
[...] The Government of Uruguay recognizes the important role foreign investment plays in economic development and works to maintain a favorable investment climate. Aside from a few sectors in which foreign investment is not permitted, there is neither de jure nor de facto discrimination toward inv [...]
2010-01-15 17:13:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR UY
10MOSCOW266(C/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX ON ENERGY INTERESTS,
[...] (C/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX told us during a February 4 lunch that his Embassy and his Foreign Ministry often only learn of conversations between PM Berlusconi and PM Putin after the fact, and with little detail or background. He expressed frustration about the PMs' "direct line," which sometimes leaves th [...]
2010-02-05 10:39:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEPET ENRG ECON PREL PINR RS IT
10NAIROBI328KENYA: SUMMARY OF REGIONAL CONSULTATIVE WORKSHOP ON GHFSI
[...] USAID/East Africa hosted a Whole of Government workshop in Nairobi, Kenya February 1-5, 2010 on the implementation in eastern and southern Africa of the Global Hunger and Food Security Initiative (GHFSI),as well as on the planning of investments related to global climate change (GCC). Over 12 [...]
2010-02-10 09:33:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAGR EAID ETRD KGHG SENV ENRG PREL KE
10NAIROBI65Somalia - President Sharif Alleges TFG Ready to Build on
[...] (C) Summary: In a January 14 meeting a confident TFG President Sheikh Sharif told Somalia Unit that the TFG had laid the foundation for a successful second year. Sharif cited changes to the security sector leadership, improvements in public messaging, and more successful regional outr [...]
2010-01-14 15:30:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV SO PINR MARR
10NDJAMENA105CHAD: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 2010 REPORT
[...] (U) This is Post's submission for the 2010 Trafficking in Persons report. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. --------------------------- THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION --------------------------- 2. (SBU) Paragraph 25: A. Government entities, international organizations, and i [...]
2010-02-18 15:28:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP ELAB KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG KMCA CD
10NIAMEY164NIGER: POL/ECON UPDATE FOR FEBRUARY 2010
[...] The following is an Embassy Niger compilation of political and economic highlights for February 2010 not otherwise covered in mission reporting. This report covers the following issues: -- Opposition Members Take to the Streets; -- Japanese Donates Food Aid to Niger; -- Chinese Pre- [...]
2010-02-18 07:45:00Embassy NiameyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM NG JA CH IT EAGR EAID KCRM EAIR SOCI
10NICOSIA104CYPRUS: FEBRUARY FOREIGN AFFAIRS COUNCIL POINTS
[...] (U) On February 19, PolOff delivered ref points to MFA European Correspondent Helena Mina, Department of Common Foreign and Security Policy. Mina welcomed the points, which she noted would be helpful as Cyprus finalized its FAC position papers. 2. (C) On Iran, Mina noted that Cyprus was "m [...]
2010-02-22 14:52:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EUN CY
10NICOSIA55CYPRUS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-28 14:21:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
10NICOSIA56CYPRUS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 07:35:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ECON ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR CY
10NOUAKCHOTT59 MAURITANIA'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Historically, Mauritania has been relatively open to foreign direct investment, due in large part to its wealth of attractive natural resources in the fishing, mining and hydrocarbon industries. Despite attractive resources for foreign investors, political instability, corruption, the la [...]
2010-01-25 17:39:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MR
10NOUAKCHOTT61 MAURITANIA'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] (U) Historically, Mauritania has been relatively open to foreign direct investment, due in large part to its wealth of attractive natural resources in the fishing, mining and hydrocarbon industries. Despite attractive resources for foreign investors, political instability, corruption, the la [...]
2010-01-26 08:25:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC MR
10OSLO100NORWAY 2010 TIP REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Oslo's points of contact for TIP issues are Scott Sommers, Political Officer ( 47) 21 30 88 69, fax ( 47) 22 55 43 13 and Tord Bergesen, Political Specialist, LES ( 47) 21 30 85 02. Poloff spent approximately 35 hours researching and preparing this report. End Summary. [...]
2010-02-22 13:06:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG KMCA NI
10OUAGADOUGOU126BURKINA FASO:WOMAN INDICTED FOR SELLING 19 BABIES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: A Burkinabe woman was arrested and charged in an international human trafficking ring that took poor pregnant women from Burkina Faso to Chad, through Libya and finally to Italy. Once the babies were born they were sold to Italians couples and the mother sent home with a meager [...]
2010-02-24 17:23:00Embassy OuagadougouCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KTIP PGOV UV
10PARIS111REPORT OF THE 119TH NUCLEAR ENERGY AGENCY STEERING
[...] SUMMARY: The OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) Steering Committee met October 29-30, 2009 at OECD headquarters in Paris. Chairman Richard Stratford (U.S.) was reelected as Chair of the Steering Committee. The meeting took place against a backdrop of developments which indicate heightened inter [...]
2010-02-02 14:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ENRG KNNP TRGY ISCA IEA OECD
10PARIS196FRANCE: INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the reporting period, France continued to show a strong commitment to combating trafficking in persons by maintaining and improving upon active political, legal, and social mechanisms to eliminate human trafficking. As demonstrated by the work of its inter-ministerial [...]
2010-02-19 15:16:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10PARIS227French Electricity Leader en route to the U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Henri Proglio is making his first trip to the U.S. as CEO of Electricite de France (EDF). His goal is to gauge potential American partners and review the firm's U.S. investments. EDF plans to expand as a "diversified service company" that can operate different nuclear reactor t [...]
2010-02-24 16:57:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYENRG ECON ETRD EINV PREL FR CH
10PORTAUPRINCE152MINUSTAH Police Contingent Update and Action Request
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NAS is working to rebuild contact with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) following the loss of much of the organization's civilian, military, and police leadership in the January 12 earthquake. Coordination will remain a challenge as personnel ar [...]
2010-02-09 21:29:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC EFIN PGOV SNAR SOCI KJUS XL HA
10PORTAUPRINCE176PORT-AU-PRINCE: FEBRUARY 12 CODEL PELOSI VISIT TO HAITI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 12 Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, along with the 11 Senators and members of Congress, arrived in Port-au-Prince to observe U.S. relief efforts and to discuss the status of those efforts with US and GOH officials. President Preval told th [...]
2010-02-22 20:36:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR HA PGOV AID EAID
10PORTLOUIS35CORRECTED MAURITIUS: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Per reftel request, Post submits the following 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Mauritius. Please note that the exchange rate used throughout the report is (i) 2007: USD 1 = MRs 32, (ii) 2008: USD 1 = MRs 29, and (iii) 2009: USD 1 = MRs 32.50. (Mauritius Rupees = MRs). --------------- [...]
2010-02-04 12:30:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ECON ELAB KTDB KIDE PGOV OPIC USTR
10PRAGUE90DISCUSSIONS AMONGST OFFICIALS PRIOR TO PRAGUE'S
[...] (SBU) More than 250 participants from 46 countries met in Prague over three days in our pre-London conference. The participants included journalists, civilian and military government officials, and NGO leaders. They discussed ways in which Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) could enhance [...]
2010-02-18 13:04:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EZ
10PRAIA22CAPE VERDE'S 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT
[...] SUMMARY: In response to reftel request, post provides the following information on Cape Verde's Investment Climate Report. The full text will also be sent separately by e-mail. END SUMMARY -------------- INTRODUCTION -------------- 2. The government of Cape Verde ( [...]
2010-01-19 14:22:00Embassy PraiaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EIND EINV ETRD ECIN ECON EAID KTDB TRSY
10QUITO102Ecuador Economic News, December 2009 - January 2010
[...] (U) The following is a periodic economic update for Ecuador that reports notable developments that were not reported by individual cables during the December 2009-January 2010 timeframe. This document is sensitive but unclassified. It should not be disseminated outside of USG channels and sho [...]
2010-01-27 20:17:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ENRG EFIN EINV USTR EC
10RIGA11LATVIA NOT SURPRISED BY SPANISH POSITION ON CUBA
[...] (C) Latvia is not surprised by Spain's attempts to scrap the EU Common Position on Cuba, but believes this is unlikely given opposition from the majority of EU member states. Latvia supports engagement with civil society groups and the promotion of human rights in Cuba, but has had no bilateral [...]
2010-01-08 09:17:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SOCI CU LG
10RIYADH188INTERNATIONAL ENERGY FORUM DISCUSSIONS CAUTIOUSLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Forty three of 53 countries that attended the International Energy Forum's February 6-7 meeting of the Expanded High Level Steering Group broadly endorsed a recommended set of next steps to make the IEF a more effective venue for a producer-consumer dialogue on international oil [...]
2010-02-14 07:38:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG PREL SA
10ROME1VISITING WITH A RECUPERATING BERLUSCONI
[...] C) Summary: The Ambassador visited recuperating Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi at his Lombardy estate for a private luncheon December 30. The Ambassador had suggested he visit Berlusconi after the Prime Minister was assaulted at a Milan rally in mid-December. Accompanied by Gianni Letta, the Unde [...]
2010-01-01 15:02:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR IT
10ROME112SANCTIONS SUCCESS: ITALIAN SHIPPER TO BREAK WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In response to the pressure that resulted from a sanctions designation by the U.S. Treasury Department, the Fratelli Cosulich shipping company of Genoa plans to end the company's joint venture with the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL). Action on this long-pending iss [...]
2010-01-29 15:58:00Embassy RomeSECRETECON EFIN ETRD EWWT GM IR IT KNNP PARM PREL
10ROME114ITALY ON THE IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNIVERSAL
[...] (C) Poloffs delivered reftel points to MFA Human Rights Office Director Laura Carpini and to Gulf Desk Officer Silvia Santangelo to seek support for U.S. views and solicit recommendations to affect Iranian behavior on the occasion of the upcoming U.N. Human Rights Council's (HRC) Universal Per [...]
2010-01-29 17:30:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT PHUM PREL
10ROME117ITALY'S PUBLIC DEBT - NO PIIGS HERE
[...] Summary -- The 2008 financial crisis and ensuing recession have strained many Western European governments' finances, including Italy's. While the Italian debt picture is troubling, it is Post's view that the problem is manageable in the foreseeable future, and unlikely to deteriorate in the m [...]
2010-02-02 11:02:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV IT
10ROME125OPPONENTS OF ITALIAN INTERNET BILL SAY IT STIFLES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Opponents of a new bill before Italian parliament that would further regulate the Internet say it endangers free speech and is a threat to Italian democracy. The bill also appears to favor PM Berlusconi's Mediaset television service while disadvantaging Sky, one of its major competitor [...]
2010-02-03 16:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALECPS ETTC KIPR EINT IT
10ROME139ITALY-IRAN: AMB. THORNE'S CONVERSATION WITH FM
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister Frattini assured the Ambassador that Italy was ready to back new stronger sanctions against Iran and that Prime Minister Berlusconi was "now convinced" of the need for Italy to be part of a strong unified position in concert with the U.S. Frattini stressed that [...]
2010-02-04 17:06:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IT IR IS
10ROME142CITES: ITALY STILL FIGHTING ON CORAL, SAYS EU LIKELY TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Italy is still fighting a losing battle within the European Union (EU) on corals. The GOI has asked the EU Council to reconsider its decision to co-sponsor the U.S. proposal listing Corallium under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Appendix II, [...]
2010-02-05 16:10:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV CITES EFIS AORC KSCA UNEP IT
10ROME149ITALY ON BOARD WITH U.S. SAFE DRIVING EFFORTS:
[...] (U) EconOff delivered the Safe Driving demarche on January 19 to Ambassador Gabriele Sardo, diplomatic advisor to Minister of Transportation Altero Matteoli. Sardo was very enthusiastic in his response. He said that safe driving initiatives are a pet project of Minister Matteoli and that Ita [...]
2010-02-08 15:38:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDECON SOCI UNDP UNGA EU IT
10ROME150ENI RUSHES TO FINISH ITS WORK FOR IRAN
[...] (C/NF) Summary: In the latest of a series of letters to senior USG officials, the Italian energy company Eni claims that it will conclude its expansion work in Iran, including in the Darquain field, by the end of March. Eni officials told us that their work will end not as a result of USG pres [...]
2010-02-09 07:11:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ENRG EPET ETTC IR IT PREL
10ROME151ITALY TO BUILD REHABILITATION FACILITY IN HAITI
[...] (U) Summary. In a response to U.S. reftel, the GOI has informed post that it will build a Physical Rehabilitation Facility in Haiti. End summary. 2. (U) On January 26 ECONOFF met with Agostino Miozzo, General Director of the International Relations Office of the Italian Civil Protection Dep [...]
2010-02-09 07:28:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON HA IT PREF PREL
10ROME152TOUR D'HORIZON WITH CENTER-LEFT FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (C/NF) On February 4, Democratic Party foreign policy chief Piero Fassino met with the Ambassador to discuss foreign and domestic policy issues, particularly focusing on Burma and Middle East, on which he has special envoy roles for the European Union and the Council of Europe respectively. Fa [...]
2010-02-09 08:38:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL IT
10ROME156ITALIAN ECONOMIC PRESSURE ON IRAN: HEADING IN THE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Recent statements from senior Italian officials describe Italy as significantly scaling back important commercial ties with Iran as part of efforts to increase international pressure. Those senior Italian officials have noted that the GOI has used moral suasion on Italian compa [...]
2010-02-10 15:54:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ETRD IR IT
10ROME172SECDEF MEETING WITH ITALIAN MINISTER OF DEFESNE
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (SecDef) met with Italian Minister of Defense Ignacio La Russa during an official visit to Rome on February 6-7, 2010. La Russa expressed deep appreciation for SecDef's visit and for the chance to focus on bilateral defense relations rather tha [...]
2010-02-12 13:17:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS NATO IT AF IR KV
10ROME173SECDEF MEETING WITH ITALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (SecDef) met with Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Franco Frattini during an official visit to Rome on February 8. On Afghanistan, Frattini was eager to move beyond the London Conference and work to produce practical results for the Afghan [...]
2010-02-12 13:18:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL MARR MOPS NATO IT AF IR
10ROME174SECDEF MEETING WITH ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER SILVIO
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (SecDef) met with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi during an official visit to Rome on February 6, 2010. SecDef thanked Berlusconi for Italy's pledge of more Italian troops for operations in Afghanistan and assured him that the creation [...]
2010-02-12 13:27:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS MARR NATO IT AF IR
10ROME181ITALIAN BANK (UBAE) CLAIMS IT WILL HALT BUSINESS
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The Managing Director of Banca UBAE, the Italian bank that finances much of Italy's trade with Iran, told Post on February 11 that the bank will halt its business with Iran starting on February 15. The Italian Finance Ministry encouraged the bank to take this step. Banca UBAE [...]
2010-02-12 16:54:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNEFIN PARM IR IT
10ROME182DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S.-EU SECOND STAGE AIR
[...] (U) EconOff delivered the demarche on U.S.-EU Second Stage Air Transport Negotiations. Post first spoke with Aldo Sansone, director general for airports an air nagivation at the Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. Sansone suggested that the demarche be delivered to M. Cristina Fra [...]
2010-02-12 17:02:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR EUN NO IT IC KTIA
10ROME186HAITI: ITALIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO EXPANDED MINUSTAH
[...] (U) Poloff raised reftel points with MFA Political-Military Officer Andrea Romussi on February 11. Romussi said that the Ministry of Defense is ready to deploy a self-sustaining Formed Police Unit (FPU) of 125 Carabinieri to Haiti under the MINUSTAH mandate. Approval from the Prime Minister' [...]
2010-02-16 15:59:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF
10ROME195AFGHANISTAN: ITALY PLEDGES 75 NEW TRAINERS FOR ANSF
[...] (C) Summary: MOD La Russa called the Ambassador on February 18 to inform him that Italy would provide 75 additional trainers in response to appeals from Secretary Gates and NATO SYG Rasmussen. 35 of these will be military and 40 will be Carabinieri police trainers. This will entail a redist [...]
2010-02-18 18:41:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF
10ROME2082009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR ITALY PART 2
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 12:17:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF
10ROME2092009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT FOR ITALY PART 1
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 12:17:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF
10ROME212ITALY: GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP ACTION
[...] (C) On February 25, Poloff discussed reftel points with Middle East Office Director Davide La Cecilia regarding the impending vote on the Palestinian-drafted UNGA resolution related to the Goldstone Report. While the Italian position is the same as before (Italy voted "no" on the October 16 HR [...]
2010-02-26 07:16:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IO PHUM UNGA IT
10ROME25THREAT OF KIDNAPPING IN MAGHREB
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel points to Massimiliano D'Antuono, Deputy Director of the Italian MFA's Unita di crisi, Italy's "ops center" or situation room equivalent. 2. (U) With regard to travel warnings, D'Antuono said that Italy has issued alerts via the MFA website recommending agains [...]
2010-01-11 16:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL ASEC XI XG IT
10ROME35GETTING ENI TO HALT ITS EXPANSION IN IRAN
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: While Eni claims to cooperate with us on Iran, the Italian energy parastatal company continues to expand its operations in there. One-third owned by the Italian government, Eni is the largest foreign energy company in Iran. With significant assets in the United States, Eni is [...]
2010-01-12 14:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNECON ENRG EPET ETTC IR IT PREL
10ROME49SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER FRATTINI'S VISIT
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Frattini's visit to Washington is an opportunity to reinforce Italy's commitment to Afghanistan, and stress the need for close coordination on Iran: you will want to thank Italy for its early announcement of additional troop contributions for Afghanistan, and deliver a fir [...]
2010-01-13 14:42:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IT
10ROME56ITALY ON EU ENGAGEMENT WITH CIVIL SOCIETY IN CUBA
[...] (C) On January 8, Poloff delivered reftel points to Michele Pala, MFA Office Director for Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean to brief the GOI on the USG approach on Cuba and to ascertain GOI perspective on the current state of their bilateral relations with Cuba, Italy's stance on the EU [...]
2010-01-14 13:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV SOCI CU IT
10ROME61GOI OPPOSES DELISTING NINE UNSCR 1267 TRANCHE 4
[...] (SBU) Summary. After reviewing the fourteen UNSCR 1276 Tranche 4 names of interest to Italy (reftel),the GOI has no objection to delisting five of the names but, based on investigations carried out by the Special Operational Group Carabinieri (ROS),opposes delisting the remaining nine indivi [...]
2010-01-15 12:11:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEFIN IT KTFN PREL PTER
10ROME62ITALY 2010 ECONOMIC OUTLOOK - FRAGILE RECOVERY
[...] (C) Summary -- Forecasters expect the Italian economy to grow modestly in 2010, with inflation remaining in check. Bank lending is still slow and some bank ratings have been downgraded slightly. Having managed the worst of the 2009 crisis creditably, the GOI will remain primarily preoccupied [...]
2010-01-15 12:13:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON IT
10ROME64BREAKTHROUGH ON NUCLEAR SECURITY IN ITALY
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 14:43:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV ENRG KNNP PARM OTRA PTER ETRD PBTS IT
10ROME75ITALY AGREES TO CO-SPONSOR UPCOMING UNSCR 1267
[...] (C) Summary. After a careful review, the GOI has agreed to co-sponsor the UNSCR 1267 listing request of Al-Qa'ida in the Arabian Peninsula and of its leaders, Nasir Al-Wahishi and Said Al-Shihri (reftel). End summary. 2. (C) An official in the counter terrorism section of the Italian Minist [...]
2010-01-20 15:39:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT KTFN PINR PREL PTER SA YM
10ROME82INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT 2010 - ITALY
[...] SUMMARY: Following is Post's submission for 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Italy. End Summary. OVERVIEW AND UPDATE ------------------- 2. The Government of Italy (GOI) maintains a welcoming posture to foreign investment and has made modest progress in addressing the structural e [...]
2010-01-21 14:06:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB OPIC KTDB USTR PGOV IT
10ROME83SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY GATES TO ROME
[...] (C) Mr. Secretary, Mission Italy and I look forward to hosting you in February, as does Minister La Russa and the Government of Italy. In anticipation, I met with La Russa on January 19. He is delighted that you have accepted his invitation and is working hard to ensure that your meetings in [...]
2010-01-22 12:28:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF
10ROME87STAFFDEL KESSLER DISCUSSES IRAN WITH MFA, ENI, PD
[...] (C) Staff Director of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HCFA) Dr. Richard Kessler and HCFA staff members probed senior MFA and energy and gas parastatal Eni officials on Italy's intentions concerning Iran sanctions and prospects for effective multilateral action to curb Iran's nuclear pro [...]
2010-01-22 15:31:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG KNNP PARM IR PGOV
10ROME89ITALY-YEMEN: SENIOR MFA OFFICIALS OUTLINE APPROACH
[...] (C) FM Frattini's Chief of Staff Alain Economides and Acting Director General of the MFA Middle East Bureau Luigi Marras told us the international community needed to take an inclusive and regional approach to stabilizing Yemen in the aftermath of the attempted bombing of NWA Flight 253. Marr [...]
2010-01-22 16:34:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KISL IT YE
10ROME90FAC POINTS FOR JANUARY 25TH MEETING DELIVERED
[...] (U) Poloff spoke with Ministry officials about the Foreign Affairs Committee points in advance of the January 25th Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) meeting. Iran ----- 2. (C) On Iran, poloff learned from both Gulf Office Director Stefano Queirolo Palmas and the European Correspondent Gio [...]
2010-01-22 18:02:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL IT EU
10ROME94Italy Supports Copenhagen Accord; Waiting for BASIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Italian FonMin Frattini confirmed to the Ambassador that Italy supports the Copenhagen Accord on climate change. Through the EU, Italy will associate itself with and inscribe a target in the accord. Frattini dismissed the idea that Tunisia would listen to Italian urging to sig [...]
2010-01-26 12:41:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV KGHG ENRG TRGY KSCA UN IT
10ROME97AFGHANISTAN: ITALY AGREES ON THE NEED TO AVOID
[...] (C) The Ambassador raised Ref A points with Italian MOD La Russa at a lunch on January 19, asking him to help underscore in public that NATO's planning process for ISAF transition to Afghan lead at the provincial level is not an exit strategy. La Russa agreed and said that Italian commander [...]
2010-01-27 11:23:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV MARR MOPS NATO IT AF
10SANAA4GENERAL PETRAEUS' MEETING WITH SALEH ON SECURITY
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Commander of the U.S. Central Command General David Petraeus congratulated President Saleh on recent successful operations against AQAP, and informed him that U.S. security assistance to the ROYG would increase to USD 150 million in 2010, including USD 45 million to equip and train [...]
2010-01-04 13:33:00Embassy SanaaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER PINR PINS MOPS MASS MCAP SA
10SANTIAGO25Meet Chile's President-Elect, Sebastian Pinera
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chile's president-elect, Sebastian Pinera, is a savvy, Harvard-educated billionaire and former senator known to work seven days a week. Although described by some international press as "right wing" and sometimes compared to Italy's scandal-prone Silvio Berlusconi, neither is accurat [...]
2010-01-22 20:29:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON CI
10SANTODOMINGO124DR: 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] While the Dominican government welcomes foreign investment, significant systemic problems can make investing in the country a risky undertaking. Foreign investors cite a lack of clear, standardized rules by which to compete and a lack of enforcement of existing rules. Complaints have included [...]
2010-01-20 12:00:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ECON EFIN ELAB PGOV OPIC KTDB USTR DR
10SARAJEVO196BOSNIA: MOSTAR BUSINESSPEOPLE WELCOME EU ACCESSION
[...] (C) In a series of discussions in Mostar, businesspeople from both large and small enterprises expressed positive attitudes about the benefits of Bosnia's eventual EU accession, particularly access to new markets and capital. All of the Mostar interlocutors noted a drop in consumer demand in [...]
2010-02-26 14:45:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ECIN BEXP PGOV EUN BK
10SARAJEVO198BOSNIA - SUBMISSION FOR THE 2010 TIP REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: This cable constitutes Post's submission for the 2010 TIP report for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). Post's point of contact for trafficking issues is Poloff Patrick Hanish, tel: 387-33-445-700 x2312, fax: 387-33-659-722, e-mail: HanishPN@state.gov. Time spent preparing the repo [...]
2010-02-26 15:41:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
10SARAJEVO73BOSNIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT SUBMISSION
[...] In the past several years, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) has made considerable efforts to open its economy to more foreign investment. However, the global economic crisis, coupled with increasing internal political struggles, has led to a significant slowdown in necessary reforms since 2008. [...]
2010-01-25 13:42:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDEINV OPIC KTDB USTR BK
10SEOUL137CHANGING KOREA'S CONSTITUTION: AN OVERVIEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first in a series of cables examining the debate about revising the Republic of Korea's constitution. The current constitution, proclaimed in 1948, has been revised nine times, most recently in 1987. The 1987 revision, which is regarded as having established Korean [...]
2010-01-29 08:34:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KPAO KS
10SEOUL219SEOUL - MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-11 06:16:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KMDR KS US
10SEOUL83SEOUL - PRESS BULLETIN; JANUARY 21, 2010
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-21 08:44:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV MARR ECON KPAO KS US
10SEOUL95NORTH KOREA ECONOMIC BRIEFING - JANUARY 2010
[...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified and not/not intended for Internet distribution. ------------- In This Issue ------------- -- New Year's Editorial Focuses on the Economy -- DPRK Bans Foreign Currency Use -- DPRK Continues Closing Wholesale Markets -- Number of DPRK Cell Phon [...]
2010-01-26 07:01:00Embassy SeoulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD KN
10SOFIA123BULGARIA: 2010 ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria is primarily a point of origin and transit, and to a lesser degree destination for human trafficking. The government continued its energetic anti-trafficking prevention campaign and stepped up efforts in the area of victim protection. It also passed legislation to incre [...]
2010-02-22 15:26:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BU
10SOFIA13BLUE LANTERN: NO DEROGATORY INFORMATION ON STAR
[...] (SBU) Per reftel instructions (Blue Lantern Case Number 050202164) on January 5, Post contacted foreign intermediate consignee, Star Force, in connection with subject case. After performing due diligence, nothing derogatory was found regarding company. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Regarding the bon [...]
2010-01-08 14:47:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALETTC KOMC NO BU
10SOFIA38BULGARIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-19 07:32:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
10SOFIA39BULGARIA: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Bulgaria - 2010 Investment Climate Statement. A. OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT Bulgaria has put in place a liberal foreign investment regime, including low, flat corporate and income taxes and competitive incentives to attract high levels of foreign investment. Promising sectors for fo [...]
2010-01-19 07:32:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD KTDB OPIC USTR BU
10STATE11453(U) SECRETARY CLINTON'S JANUARY 21, 2010, MEETING
[...] (U) January 21, 2010, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm, Washington. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. The Secretary Deputy Secretary Steinberg EUR Assistant Secretary Gordon PA Assistant Secretary Crowley Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Morningstar Director for Policy and Planning Slaughter NSC Director ( [...]
2010-02-04 17:36:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALOVIP CLINTON HILLARY PREL EAID PGOV KNNP XG HA XD
10STATE12558FORCE GENERATION ISSUES TO
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs seven and eight. Action Posts are requested to report back to Washington by February 16, 2010. 2. (SBU) Background: In response to the massive January 12 earthquake in Haiti, the UN Security Council (UNSC) authorized the UN Depart [...]
2010-02-11 05:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR
10STATE12996Allowance and Post Differential
[...] Effective February 14, 2010, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-727. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entir [...]
2010-02-12 23:11:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER AFIN
10STATE13489January 2010 Paris Club Meeting
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the January 2010 Paris Club Tour d'Horizon, creditors discussed Afghanistan, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, Cte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Djibouti, Dubai/UAE, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea -Bissau, Haiti, Liberia, Mauritania, Seychelles a [...]
2010-02-16 17:37:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB SF FR
10STATE14503BLUE LANTERN POST-SHIPMENT END USE CHECK ON
[...] This is an action message. See paragraphs 2-10. 2. The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests post assistance in conducting a post-shipment check on the export of satellite components to Italy. Post is requested to complete this Blue Lantern check wi [...]
2010-02-18 15:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDETTC IT KOMC
10STATE15537UN 1267 SANCTIONS: RESULTS OF USG REVIEW OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN is requested to inform the UN 1267 (Al-Qaida/Taliban Sanctions) Committee of the results of the USG review of names distributed in Tranche 3 pursuant to the Committee,s review per para 25 of UNSCR 1822. USUN should inform the Committee that the USG has no [...]
2010-02-19 22:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KTFN PREL PTER UNSC
10STATE15722GOLDSTONE FOLLOW-UP ACTION
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. Embassy Suva for Fiji, Tonga, Nauru, Kiribati and Tuvalu. Embassy Libreville for Gabon and Sao Tome. Embassy Port Moresby for Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. Embassy Port Louis for Seychelles only. Embassy Koror for Palau only. Embas [...]
2010-02-22 00:27:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIO PHUM UNGA
10STATE16555HCOC - ENCOURAGING SINGAPORE TO SUBSCRIBE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 3. OBJECTIVE AND ACTION REQUEST ---------------------------- 2. (U) Objective: We want Singapore to subscribe to the Hague Code of Conduct Against Ballistic Missile Proliferation (HCOC). 3. (SBU) Action Request: Drawing on the ta [...]
2010-02-23 19:26:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALMTCRE PREL MNUC KSCA ETTC TSPA SN
10STATE18410Allowance and Post Differential
[...] Effective February 28, 2010, unless otherwise noted, allowances and/or post differential rates are revised as shown. These changes are issued under TL:SR-728. 2. Please inform local offices of all U.S. government agencies at the posts listed in this cable. 3. Important: Read this entir [...]
2010-02-26 21:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDALOW AMGT APER AFIN
10STATE2094PREPARING THE TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (U) This is an action message for all posts. See paras 14-35. This cable describes the annual reporting requirement for Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and provides instructions for posts' contributions. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000, as amended, requires the Department [...]
2010-01-09 04:19:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF
10STATE2448LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (KYIV 2020)
[...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the HIGH-LEVEL TRAINING: HL-19:3 AND MID-LEVEL TRAINING: MM-19:6, BOTH AT THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR STABILITY POLICE UNITS (COESPU) IN VICENZA, ITALY, BEGINNING ON [...]
2010-01-11 19:23:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM UP
10STATE2464LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (KYIV 2082)
[...] (SBU) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidate nominated to attend the MM-19 TRAINING AT THE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE FOR STABILITY POLICE UNITS (COESPU) IN VICENZA, ITALY, BEGINNING ON JANUARY 18, 2010. 2. (SBU) The Department of Sta [...]
2010-01-11 19:43:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PGOV PHUM SNAR UP
10STATE2586EGYPT LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE 99366 THRU 99397
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Egyptian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informa [...]
2010-01-11 22:35:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMASS PHUM PREL SNAR EG PM
10STATE4600JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR COESPU TRAINING
[...] (SBU) In response to reftel Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian official listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of inform [...]
2010-01-15 20:39:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ASEC MASS JO
10STATE5259BLUE LANTERN LEVEL 3: POST-LICENSE/PRE-SHIPMENT
[...] (U) This is an Action Request. See paragraphs 4 - 5. 2. (U) The Department's Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance (PM/DTCC) requests Post's assistance in conducting a post-license/pre-shipment check on license 050209404 for the export of detonators to India. Post is requested to com [...]
2010-01-19 23:00:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC KOMC IT IN
10STATE5725IMO: LONDON CONVENTION REPORT ON MARINE
[...] (U) The annual meetings of Contracting Parties to the London Convention (LC) and the London Protocol (LP) on ocean dumping were held concurrently 26-30 October at the International Maritime Organization in London (LC31/LP4). The U.S. delegation consisted of representatives from seven USG agenc [...]
2010-01-20 21:13:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT IMO PHSA SENV UK KRAD KGHG
10STATE6928DEMARCHE REQUEST: USG POLICY TOWARD YEMEN AND
[...] (U) This is an action request. For Ankara, Beijing, Berlin, Brussels (USEU),the Hague, Madrid, Moscow, Ottawa, Paris, Rome, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 10. For Bahrain, Doha, Kuwait, and Muscat, please see paragraph 11. For Abu Dhabi and Riyadh, please see paragraph 12. For Amman and Ca [...]
2010-01-22 23:53:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID YM
10STATE6940CORRECTED COPY: DEMARCHE REQUEST: USG POLICY
[...] (U) This is an action request. For Ankara, Beijing, Berlin, Brussels (USEU),the Hague, Madrid, Moscow, Ottawa, Paris, Rome, and Tokyo, please see paragraph 10. For Bahrain, Doha, Kuwait, and Muscat, please see paragraph 11. For Abu Dhabi and Riyadh, please see paragraph 12. For Amman and Ca [...]
2010-01-23 01:37:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID YM
10STATE7242OUTREACH FOR IRAN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-25 17:03:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYIR PHUM PREL
10STATE7506TFHA01: HAITI EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE SITUATION REPORT
[...] (SBU) While Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) continues to plan to travel to Haiti, her staff cannot confirm flight information, itinerary, or her current location. (TF1/House staff e-mail) 2. (SBU) Panamanian President Martinelli's planned arrival in Port-au-Prince January 25 has been [...]
2010-01-26 03:57:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT HA
10STATE7686Guidance: Middle East Consultations, January 27
[...] (U) This is an action request. USUN may draw from para two elements in making its intervention during Middle East consultations in the Security Council on January 27, 2010 and in answering subsequent press inquiries. 2. (SBU) Begin elements: I thank Assistant Secretary General Fernand [...]
2010-01-26 16:25:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC IS KPAL
10STATE8676(C) REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON ITALY-RUSSIA
[...] (C) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS GREATLY APPRECIATE THE EXCELLENT REFS ON ITALIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS TOPIC, AS POST'S TIME AND RESOURCES PERMIT. BECAUSE ITALY IS ONE OF RUSSIA'S STRATEGIC PARTNERS IN EUROPE, THERE IS SIGNIFICANT POLICYMAKER INTERES [...]
2010-01-28 14:27:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPINR EINV ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL IT RS
10STATE9661DEMARCHE: SERBIA'S PLANS FOR A NEW DRAFT UNGA
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: Media and Embassy Belgrade reporting (ref A) indicate the Serbian government is considering a draft UN General Assembly (UNGA) resolution calling for reopening Kosovo status talks between Pristina and Belgrade when the UNGA considers the International Court of [...]
2010-01-30 01:10:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KV SR
10STOCKHOLM36Swedish Views on Climate Change Post-Copenhagen
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sweden has been encouraging the BASIC countries to inscribe their commitments to the Copenhagen Accord by January 31. Although he is concerned about Chinese back-tracking on verification, Sweden's Climate Ambassador welcomes news he heard that the BASIC countries agreed to sub [...]
2010-01-26 06:05:00Embassy StockholmUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKGHG SENV PREL PGOV ENRG SW
10TALLINN302010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - ESTONIA
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-15 14:59:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN BEXP ETRD EINV ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR PGOV EN
10TALLINN72Estonia: Submission for Tenth Annual Trafficking in Persons
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Tallinn's Anti-Trafficking Report for Estonia. Responses are keyed to the checklist in REF A. Post's points of contact on Trafficking in Persons (TIP) are Political Officer Johnathan Hilton (Email: HiltonJA@state.gov; Tel: +372-668-8291) and Political Assistant Rii [...]
2010-02-12 11:45:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KTIP KMCA PGOV PHUM EN
10TASHKENT59Uzbekistan: Response to DOL Request for Information on Child
[...] (U) Per Ref A request, post provides the following update on child labor and forced labor in Uzbekistan. TASKING 1/TVPRA ------------------------- 2. (U) Per instructions that post should only report on the use of child labor and forced labor during the production of [...]
2010-02-02 11:35:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ELAB PGOV UZ
10TASHKENT97Uzbekistan: Submission for 10th Annual Trafficking in
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-25 09:11:00Embassy TashkentUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ELAB PGOV KTIP KMCA UZ
10TBILISI198GEORGIA: INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR 2010
[...] Per reftel, below is Embassy TbilisiQs Investment Climate Statement for submission for 2009. Introduction Since 2004,, the Georgian Government has undertaken an ambitious program to modernize and liberalize its economy. Institutional reforms include restructuring and downsizing governmen [...]
2010-02-17 07:25:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV
10TEGUCIGALPA1502010 HONDURAS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] The following is the Trafficking in Persons Country Assessment for Honduras for April 2009 to mid-February 2010. Point of Contact on trafficking is Political Officer Nathan Macklin (MacklinNL@state.gov, phone: 504-236-9320 x4141, fax: 504-238-4446, IVG: 8-539-4141). As requested in reftel [...]
2010-02-18 22:29:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG
10TELAVIV210ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-29 11:38:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV225ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. U.S.-PRC Tension ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- The Jerusalem Post reported that PM Benjamin Netanyahu and DM Ehud Barak are at odds over whether to form a committee to probe Operation Cast Lead: Barak has spoken out against [...]
2010-02-01 11:18:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR IS
10TELAVIV281NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR ARAD ARTICULATES ISRAELI
[...] (C) Summary: In a February 5 article in the Israeli newspaper Yisrael Ha-yom, National Security Advisor Uzi Arad articulated the Netanyahu Government's foreign policy successes over the past year, including helping prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and promoting negotiations to res [...]
2010-02-05 15:46:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KWBG IS
10TELAVIV417IDF MAG MANDELBLIT ON IDF INVESTIGATIONS INTO
[...] (S) Summary: IDF Military Advocate General Mandelblit updated the Ambassador on February 17 on the progress of investigations into allegations of misconduct during Operation Cast Lead, including providing a preview of additional findings to be published before the March 24 Human Rights Counci [...]
2010-02-23 07:09:00Embassy Tel AvivSECRETPREL PGOV KWBG PTER IS
10THEHAGUE107CWC: WRAP-UP FOR THE WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 19, 2010
[...] (SBU) As preparations advanced for the Executive Council meeting (EC-59) February 22-26 (reftel),facilitators held informal consultations on Article XI and the Report on the Status of Implementation of the External Auditor's Recommendations. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) held [...]
2010-02-19 17:25:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL AORC OPCW CWC
10THEHAGUE29CWC: WRAP-UP FOR WEEK ENDING JANUARY 15, 2010
[...] (U) This includes an action request: see para 12. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) As delegations return to The Hague from the long holidays, work at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is picking up speed. The Western European and Others Group (WEOG) hel [...]
2010-01-15 16:19:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL OPCW CWC
10THEHAGUE54NETHERLANDS: SUPPORT FOR COPENHAGEN ACCORD
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Netherlands will join the EU in inscribing a conditional emissions reduction target of 30 percent if others commit to comparable efforts. The Dutch had pushed to make the 30 percent offer unconditionally. Dutch climate officials are recalibrating their negotiating strategy after [...]
2010-01-28 15:10:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALSENV KGHG ENRG NL
10THEHAGUE65CWC: WRAP-UP FOR THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 29, 2010
[...] (SBU) After the positive opening meeting of the destruction deadline consultation (Ref A),delegations at the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) turned their attention to the next potentially difficult consultation on "situations not foreseen" by the Chemical Weapons [...]
2010-02-01 17:32:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL KTIA OPCW CWC
10THEHAGUE75NETHERLANDS: TREASURY DAS GLASER PREPARES DUTCH
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Treasury DAS Glaser engaged key Dutch decision makers on Iran policy across three ministries January 26. The Dutch expressed support for increasing pressure on the Tehran regime. They assured Glaser the Netherlands would support tougher sanctions within the EU, although offic [...]
2010-02-05 12:53:00Embassy The HagueSECRET//NOFORNEFIN PREL KTFN IR NL
10THEHAGUE89SCENE SETTER FOR EC-59 AND WRAP-UP FOR THE WEEK
[...] (SBU) The attention of the Technical Secretariat (TS) of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and delegations turned this week to preparations for the Executive Council (EC-59) session of February 22-26. EC Chairman Lomonaco (Mexico) convened the advance consultation [...]
2010-02-12 16:15:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
10THEHAGUE98NETHERLANDS/IRAN: VIEWS ON FEBRUARY 11 EVENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Several EU diplomats did not attend Iranian President Ahmadinejad's February 11 national day speech. The Dutch see the speech and surrounding events as a "small win for the regime" but with a "major cost" to the government in the long-term. The Dutch welcome thoughts for follow-u [...]
2010-02-17 13:29:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM IR NL
10TIRANA27ALBANIA - FLOODING UPDATE JANUARY 13
[...] (SBU) Over the last 24 hours flooding from both the Drin and Buna rivers in northern Albania receded slightly. Water levels in the three dams in the region improved. The level at Fierze, the largest dam, has receded to 290.2 meters (the maximum allowable level is 296m); at Koman it has recede [...]
2010-01-13 15:56:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID SENV SOCI PHUM AL
10TIRANA44RFG: ALBANIA REQUESTS U.S. CO-SPONSOR DISARMAMENT
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 2. 2. (SBU) Action request. Foreign Minister/Deputy Prime Minister Ilir Meta met with Ambassador on January 21 to formally request U.S. assistance in organizing and hosting a two-day regional minister-level conference in Tirana on disarmament and demi [...]
2010-01-22 08:05:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PARM AL
10TIRANA54INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT: PART TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2010-01-26 15:43:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC
10TIRANA6WIDESPREAD FLOODING IN NORTHERN ALBANIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Albania continues to experience heavy flooding around the northern cities of Shkoder and Lezhe and the Drini River Delta. Media has reported that approximately 10,000 acres in the coastal floodplain are flooded. Initial reports from the GOA are that 870 houses have been destro [...]
2010-01-07 15:48:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID SENV SOCI PHUM AL
10TIRANA8UPDATE ON FLOODING IN NORTHERN ALBANIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Over the weekend, flood waters in northern Albania receded slightly, although they remain at critical levels. Rain is forecast for the foreseeable future. To date, approximately 5,000 out of 11,000 affected people have been evacuated from affected areas in the flood plain aroun [...]
2010-01-11 16:11:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EAID SENV SOCI PHUM AL
10TUNIS57TUNISIA PROPOSAL FOR BFIF FUNDS
[...] (U) Tunisia's economy is largely focused on trade with Europe, with U.S. exports at only $502 million in 2008 (8th after France, Italy, and Libya). Tunisian businesspeople, trade organizations, and chambers of commerce often cite lack of information about how to invest and trade with the Unite [...]
2010-01-25 13:07:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDBEXP ECON EINV ETRD BTIO
10UNESCOPARISFR231 ELECTORAL GROUP ONE MEETING RAISES THORNY ISSUES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The first Electoral Group I meeting of the year raised several issues that have the potential to complicate Director-General Bokova's agenda at UNESCO. Another unexpected problem for the U.S. also popped up with Turkey announcing its intention to run for the Executive Board. T [...]
2010-02-25 12:58:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNESCO IS
10UNROME17MISSION STRATEGY TO INCREASE U.S. EMPLOYMENT AND PROMOTE
[...] In our ongoing effort to increase U.S. employment and promote gender parity at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),Mission requested a meeting with the FAO Human Resource (HR) Director, Tony Alonzi. Alonzi briefed Mission officers on efforts to increase U.S. geographic representat [...]
2010-02-12 08:39:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER FAO
10UNROME19USUN ROME CO-HOSTS HIGH LEVEL FOOD SECURITY EVENT ON HAITI
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for dissemination outside the U.S. Government. Summary ------- 2. (U) The U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies in Rome, joined by the Haitian and Brazilian Missions, co-hosted a high-level meeting `Supporting a Haitian-Led Food Security P [...]
2010-02-17 11:25:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYFAO IFAD WFP UN EAID EAGR PREL HA
10UNROME25WORLD FOOD PROGRAM EXECUTIVE BOARD 2010 FIRST REGULAR
[...] The 2010 First Regular Session of the WFP Executive Board was held in Rome from February 8-11. Highlights from the session included: the election of a new Executive Board Bureau, an update on Haiti, guest speakers OCHA Under Secretary General Sir John Holmes and economist Jeffrey Sachs, and a [...]
2010-02-23 15:15:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIEDWFP AORC EAID PREF EAGR EFIN UN
10UNROME5REFORMING THE FAO: THE ROLE FOR THE ROME CHAPTER OF THE
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for distribution outside U.S. Government channels. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) On January 14, the Mission co-hosted with UK counterparts a well-attended meeting of the Rome Chapter of the Geneva Group, and discussed ways to st [...]
2010-01-19 18:15:00UN RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYFAO UN EAID EAGR PREL
10UNVIEVIENNA26IAEA's Budget Working Group Fulfills a Promise - But Little
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Budget Working Group (BWG) January 13-15 allowed a refreshingly non-polemical discussion on IAEA programs, but fell short of Geneva Group hopes to identify programs for emphasis or de-emphasis in the IAEA's 2011 budget. In contrast to Geneva Group readiness, the G-77 did no [...]
2010-02-01 14:45:00UNVIEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KNNP PREL IAEA UN
10UNVIEVIENNA42COSTA ANGST RISES IN VIENNA-TIME FOR PLAN B?
[...] (U) Action Request for IO/GS. See paragraph 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Executive Director Antonio Costa (Italy) is scheduled to complete his second-and last- term in May 2010. Given conflicting reports as to whether UN Secretary General Ban ki Mo [...]
2010-02-08 14:54:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR KCRM UN AF PK
10UNVIEVIENNA58G-77 OVERREACH KEEPS NUCLEAR FUEL BANK IN SPOTLIGHT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Vienna advocates of assurance of nuclear fuel supply are vexed over the Director General's acquiescence to a G-77 request to postpone a technical briefing on the issue. We understand Egypt and Algeria, in part fronting for Iran, failed to get G-77 consensus to adopt a confronta [...]
2010-02-19 08:02:00UNVIECONFIDENTIALPREL ENRG TRGY KNNP IAEA
10USNATO17JANUARY 11 NAC DISCUSSION ON NATO REPONSE FORCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 11 North Atlantic Council discussion on the implementation of the new NATO Response Force (NRF) structure authorized by Defense Ministers in June 2009, the following points were underscored: the need for remaining nations to come forward with their national volunt [...]
2010-01-13 16:02:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALMARR MCAP MOPS PREL PINS NATO
10USNATO29NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL KICKS OFF JOINT REVIEW OF
[...] (C) Summary: The NATO-Russia Council (NRC) began its Joint Review of Common Security Challenges with a January 15 discussion on Afghanistan. NRC members agreed to include in the review efforts to stem the insurgency and narcotic trafficking, and support Afghan National Security Forces. Alli [...]
2010-01-20 13:25:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO AF RS
10USNATO63USNATO REINFORCES MESSAGE ON ALBANIAN DRAFT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Albanian Permanent Representative to NATO, Ambassador Artur Kuko on February 8, Ambassador Daalder expressed the U.S.'s deep concern that implementation of the draft Albanian intelligence law would undermine democracy in Albania. Amb. Kuko said he would pass [...]
2010-02-10 12:00:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI
10USNATO64JAN 28, 2010 HLTF: ALLIES CONSIDER BROAD EURO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Allies used the January 28 HLTF and related meetings to touch base on CFE in the wake of the December 2009 NATO and OSCE Ministerials, as well as SYG Rasmussen's mid-December trip to Moscow. Allies welcomed and evinced considerable interest in the information that senior U.S. o [...]
2010-02-10 13:42:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALKCFE NATO PARM PREL
10USNATO7ALLIES STRESS CAUTION AND SOLIDARITY ON KFOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 6,the North Atlantic Council (NAC) agreed on the need to ensure KFOR maintains adequate troop levels and force mobility during the drawdown. The U.S. and a large number of Allies stressed that the KFOR move to deterrent presence must be a conditions-based process with [...]
2010-01-08 14:40:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL NATO PGOV MOPS MARR KV YI AFDB
10USNATO77NATO-RUSSIA COUNCIL DISCUSSES TERRORISM, RUSSIAN
[...] (C) Summary: The NATO-Russia Council (NRC) continued its Joint Review of security challenges with a February 12 discussion on terrorism. NRC members proposed examining a wide range of topics, leading some to caution against casting too wide a net for this initiative. The U.S. proposed focus [...]
2010-02-19 09:23:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL NATO RS
10USNATO8ALLIED RESPONSE TO STRENGTHENING CIVILIAN
[...] (U) In response to reftel request for Allied positions on strengthening civilian coordination in Afghanistan, the following reflects recent feedback from Allies. Post will provide updates, if needed, after Afghanistan-related NATO meetings in advance of the January 28 London conference on Afg [...]
2010-01-11 06:07:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS AF MCAP NATO
10USNATO9ALLIED RESPONSE TO STRENGTHENING CIVILIAN
[...] (U) In response to reftel request for Allied positions on strengthening civilian coordination in Afghanistan, the following reflects recent feedback from Allies. Post will provide updates, if needed, after Afghanistan-related NATO meetings in advance of the January 28 London conference on Afg [...]
2010-01-11 06:07:00Mission USNATOCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS AF MCAP NATO
10USOSCE32CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 2 - CONCERN OVER SLOW RUSSIAN
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Consultative Group met briefly on February 2. In discussions with Allies, Italy noted with concern the delayed Russian response to a recent Italy CFE inspection request. Several States Parties noted that they looked forward to working with recently-appointed Special [...]
2010-02-05 07:01:00Mission USOSCECONFIDENTIALKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
10USOSCE33OSCE: 2/3 FSC HOLDS ROBUST DISCUSSION ON VIENNA
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Forum for Security Cooperation (FSC) received a presentation on one potential way ahead for the Vienna Document from alumnus Col Wolfgang Richter, currently with the German Institute for International and Security Affairs. Richter's presentation supported the currently tab [...]
2010-02-05 16:07:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG
10USOSCE35MEDIA FREEDOM AT THE OSCE: EAST V. WEST CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) The state of Media Freedom in the OSCE region continues to be a hotly debated topic, particularly between the Russian Federation and the Central Asian States on one side and the U.S., EU and several like-minded delegations on the other. As the process to select the OSCE's next represent [...]
2010-02-09 14:04:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV OSCE PHUM PREL KHLS RS
10USOSCE38CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 9 - A FRUSTRATED RUSSIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. At the Joint Consultative Group (JCG) meeting on February 9, Italy and the UK notified two new Russian CFE inspection rejections followed by statements of support by 13 Allies. A piqued Russia reiterated its stance. Allies held their ground against Russia's claims, rejected R [...]
2010-02-12 10:08:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL
10USOSCE39SUBJECT: OSCE: FEB. 10 FSC FOCUS ON SALW AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: This and next week's Forum on Security Cooperation focus on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in accordance with Ministerial Decision 15/09, which tasks the FSC to develop a Plan of Action by May 2010. Working Group "A" reviewed the Danish and UK proposals on improving the V [...]
2010-02-12 16:43:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOSCE PARM PREL KCFE RS XG
10USOSCE51CFE/JCG: FEBRUARY 16: GROUND HOG DAY AS A DOZEN
[...] (SBU) During the 16 February JCG, we saw our shadow, again. i.e., Statements were made regarding the refusal of CFE inspections by the Russian Federation, and multiple countries supported the complaints. In this case, the United States (Neighbour) and Turkey (Begec) made statements reporting [...]
2010-02-18 10:51:00Mission USOSCEUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCFE OSCE PARM PREL RO
10USUNNEWYORK11SRSG KAI EIDE BRIEFING AND UNAMA OPEN DEBATE
[...] (U) Summary: On January 6, the Security Council held a quarterly debate on the UN Assistance Mission for Afghanistan (UNAMA). SYG Ban, SRSG Eide and Afghan PermRep Tanin addressed the Council. Ban called Afghanistan an on-going "main priority" for the UN in 2010, and focused on the need to [...]
2010-01-12 13:41:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV NATO AF PK
10USUNNEWYORK25AMBASSADOR RICE'S JANUARY 12 MEETING WITH OUTGOING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Rice met on January 12 with outgoing UNIFIL Force Commander General Graziano to thank him for his leadership and seek his candid assessment of the current situation. General Graziano emphasized that an opportunity exists to press for a permanent cease-fire given that [...]
2010-01-19 23:37:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
10USUNNEWYORK5UNGA FIFTH COMMITTEE: US ACHIEVES OBJECTIVES IN
[...] (U) Summary: Shortly before midnight on 23 December 2009, Permanent Representatives from approximately two dozen UN Member States concluded nine hours of negotiations to resolve the impasse over the scales of assessments in the Fifth (Administrative and Budgetary) Committee. The meeting, which [...]
2010-01-07 15:01:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAORC PREL UN UNGA KUNR
10USUNNEWYORK61UNGA: SC REFORM: FOURTH ROUND ENDS; CHAIR TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The informal plenary of the General Assembly met on January 19 and 20 for its second and final meeting of the fourth round of intergovernmental negotiations to discuss "areas of convergence." While the 52 delegations and one observer who spoke covered the subject of the meetin [...]
2010-02-03 15:12:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR UNGA UNSC GE JA BR IN
10USUNNEWYORK76UNSC: DPKO BRIEFS ON RECOMMENDATIONS/CONCLUSIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) and UNIFIL's Strategic Military Cell (SMC) briefed Security Council members at an informal meeting on February 5 on the key conclusions and recommendations of the Joint UNIFIL-DPKO Technical Review. The review envisions no radic [...]
2010-02-11 19:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO UNSC IS LE
10USUNNEWYORK9THE 2010 SECURITY COUNCIL: SOME INITIAL THOUGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The votes and actions of incoming Security Council members Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria will be more challenging than their predecessors and will require close management on some issues. On the key priority of non-proliferation, Brazil's efforts to d [...]
2010-01-08 17:56:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UNSC
10VALLETTA97MALTA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP)
[...] (SBU) Responses are keyed to numbered/lettered reporting questions paragraphs of reftel: 25. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: -- A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on human trafficking? What plans are in place (if any) to undertake further documentation of human [...]
2010-02-22 15:25:00Embassy VallettaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAP
10VIENNA176AUSTRIA: TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
[...] (U) Below please find Embassy Vienna's submission for the tenth annual TIP report. Responses are keyed to reftel. BEGIN TEXT: 25. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION ------------------------------------- A. The available information on trafficking in persons comes from a wide range of [...]
2010-02-17 12:14:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKTIP PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KMCA
10VIENNA54Austrian Rail Industry Targets U.S. High-Speed Rail
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Austria's railway industry is exploring potential investment and sales in the United States connected to the U.S. stimulus funding for high-speed rail. Austrian companies (some of which are already major investors in the U.S. rail sector) recognize the political imperative to cr [...]
2010-01-13 13:21:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELTN EIND BTIO TSPL AU
10VIENNA63Hypo Alpe Adria Group's Future Unclear Amid Allegations of
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Investigations into the nationalized Hypo Alpe Adria banking group (HAA) are likely to have significant legal and political implications in Austria and beyond. Following the December 14 GoA takeover of HAA (Austria's sixth largest banking group with pre-crisis assets of about EU [...]
2010-01-15 14:49:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN GM AU
10VIENNA872010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT FOR AUSTRIA
[...] Following is the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Austria, keyed to reftel instructions: 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT -- AUSTRIA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Introduction - - - - - - Major structural conditions and the decisive parameters for foreign investors r [...]
2010-01-26 07:50:00Embassy ViennaUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ELAB ETRD PGOV KTDB OPIC USTR AU
10VILNIUS118AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ON WOMEN'S ISSUES IN UTENA
[...] Summary: A cross section of municipal, business, and civil society leaders in Visaginas and Utena told the Ambassador on February 10-11 that the recession continues to hit the region hard, with negative impacts on families and communities and prompting increased immigration. The closure of the [...]
2010-02-25 11:52:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KWMN XH LH BE
10WARSAW48FORMER PM BIELECKI ON U.S.-POLAND ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Former PM Jan Bielecki met with Ambassador Feinstein to discuss Poland's economy, its progression through the financial crisis, and its transition over the past twenty years. At the Ambassador's urging, Bielecki also assessed the U.S. role in Poland's economic transformation, and the p [...]
2010-01-21 11:20:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALEINV ECON EFIN PL
10WINDHOEK42Namibia: 2010 Investment Climate Statement
[...] (U) The Government of the Republic of Namibia (GRN) is committed to stimulating economic growth and employment through attracting foreign investment. The Foreign Investment Act of 1990 is the primary legislation that governs foreign direct investment in Namibia. The Ministry of Trade and In [...]
2010-01-15 07:03:00Embassy WindhoekUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC WA
10YEREVAN105ARMENIA 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT SUBMISSION
[...] No summary [...]
2010-02-26 14:05:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAM ELAB KCRM KFRD KMCA KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG
10YEREVAN38ARMENIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT, 2010
[...] Following is Embassy Yerevan's submission per ref A request for the 2010 Investment Climate Statement for Armenia. ---------- BEGIN TEXT ---------- 2. While the Armenian government (GOAM) officially welcomes foreign investment and the country has received respectable rankings on some gl [...]
2010-01-26 06:53:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR AM
10ZAGREB30ZAGREB DAILY ACTIVITY REPORT: JANUARY 13, 2010
[...] (U) PM KOSOR MEETING WITH SLOVENE PM PAHOR TODAY: Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor is traveling to Kranjska Gora in Slovenia today for a working lunch with Slovenian PM Borut Pahor. Topics for discussion will include the status of the Slovenia-Croatia Arbitration Agreement for the border dispute [...]
2010-01-14 08:08:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON HR
10ZAGREB34CROATIA 2010 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT
[...] Summary: For more than a decade after the end of the war in 1995, Croatia enjoyed steady growth in foreign investment, buoyed by a growing economy, low inflation, a stable exchange rate and developed infrastructure. Investment activity slowed substantially in 2009, due partly to the global fi [...]
2010-01-15 11:30:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDEINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV OPIC USTR HR
85MOGADISHU1175ECONOMIC POLICY PROFILE: SOMALIA
[...] No summary [...]
1985-01-31 05:31:00Embassy MogadishuUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EAID SO
85STATE196513 IRANIAN SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM
[...] SECRET ENTIRE TEXT. 2. THE FOLLOWING SIRO ANALYSIS OF IRANIAN SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM IS BEING SENT AS A PART OF A PACKAGE OF INTELLIGENCE TO REINFORCE THE VICE PRESIDENT'S PRESENTATION ON TERRORISM DURING HIS TALKS WITH HOST COUNTRIES. OTHER ANALYSES DEAL WITH LIBYA AND BEIRUT AND WIL [...]
1985-06-27 02:06:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER
85STATE371963 ABU NIDAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
[...] SECRET -ENTIRE TEXT 2. FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF AN ANALYSIS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ABU NIDAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATION PREPARED BY THE US INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY: ABU NIDAL TERRORIST ORGANIZATION BACKGROUND: THE ABU NIDAL GROUP IS AMONG THE MOST DANGEROUS AND RUTHLESS OF THE MIDDLE [...]
1985-12-06 01:40:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER
86DAMASCUS3266TALKING ABOUT ABU NIDAL
[...] No summary [...]
1986-05-27 11:35:00Embassy DamascusCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL SY LE IS
86STATE391887 DOCUMENTS ON SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM
[...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A FACT PAPER ON SYRIAN SUPPORT FOR TERRORISM AND A CHRONOLOGY OF SELECTED TERRORIST INCIDENTS BY SYRIAN-SUPPORTED GROUPS. EARLIER VERSIONS OF BOTH DOCUMENTS WERE RELEASED TO THE PRESS ON NOVEMBER 14 AND APPEARED IN THE USIA WIRELESS FILE ON THAT DATE. BOTH DOCUMENTS [...]
1986-12-19 05:50:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SY
88ATHENS19586 GREECE: 1988 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] FOLLOWING IS THE EMBASSY'S SUBMISSION FOR THE DEPARTMENT'S UNCLASSIFIED ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CONGRESS ON TERRORISM IN 1988. 2. 1988 WAS A VERY BAD YEAR FOR COMBATTING TERRORISM IN GREECE. DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS INCREASED THEIR ACTIVITIES IN GREECE DURING THE YEAR, [...]
1988-12-15 11:57:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIEDPTER GR
88CARACAS1552CUBA AFTER CASTRO -- ARE WE READY?
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: THIS CABLE ASKS THE QUESTION: "IS THE UNITED STATES PREPARED FOR A SUDDEN CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT IN CUBA?" IT DOES NOT ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, NOR DOES IT SPECULATE ON THE PROBABILITY OF SUCH AN EVENT. IT ALSO DOES NOT PR [...]
1988-02-17 16:02:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPREL CU VE
88TUNIS12749 (U) SPR 0002, TUNISIA'S RELATIONS WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ALMOST ALL COMMUNIST COUNTRIES MAINTAIN AN ACTIVE DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE IN TUNISIA. THE SOVIET AND CHINESE REPRESENTATIONS ARE, CHARACTERISTICALLY, THE LARGEST. OVERALL, TUNISIA'S RELATIONS WITH THESE COUNTRIES ARE GOOD BUT NOT OVERLY WARM. 1988, TUNISIAN PRESIDENT ZINE EL ABID [...]
1988-12-14 14:51:00Embassy TunisSECRETKSPR AINF KPRP PINR TS
89MOSCOW31607CAN WARSAW PACT MEMBERS QUIT?
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ------------------- SUMMARY AND COMMENT ------------------- 2. AT THE END OF OCTOBER A STIR WAS CREATED AS THREE SOVIET SPOKESMEN STATED THAT EAST EUROPEAN STATES WERE FREE TO QUIT THE WARSAW PACT IF THEY SO DESIRED. THE SOVIETS REGARD THIS AS A LOGICAL OUT [...]
1989-11-13 11:37:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PARM KPRP WPO ZC UR GC HU PL
90KHARTOUM7632 DIPLOMATS AGREE--BASHIR IS HERE TO STAY, IF NOT
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. 2. AT LUNCH HOSTED BY CHARGE JULY 24 SIX SENIOR DIPLOMATS ASSIGNED TO KHARTOUM EXPRESSED THEIR CONVICTION THAT THE BASHIR GOVERNMENT WILL REMAIN IN POWER FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE--AT LEAST SIX MONTHS, POSSIBLY A YEAR. UNLIKE EARLIER MEETINGS WHICH WITNESSED [...]
1990-07-26 09:29:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PGOV SU EG NL GE IT UR MO
90MOGADISHU10239NEW OPPOSITION GROUP APPEARS
[...] CONDFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT. 2. SUMMARY. A NOMALI OPPOSITION GROUP, THE SOMALI DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT, HAS BEEN FORMED. ACCORDING TO USC LEADERS, THE SDM GREW OUT OF THE SO-CALLED "MESOPOTAMIAN MANIFESTO," WHICH WAS DRAFTED BY RAHANWEYNE FARMERS TO PROTEST GSDR POLICIES, AND ESPECIALLY THE [...]
1990-11-26 12:50:00Embassy MogadishuCONFIDENTIALPINS PGOV EAGR SO
90MOGADISHU11003 DISCUSSION WITH MANIFESTO SIGNERS
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. - 2. ON DECEMBER 17, DCM HOSTED A LUNCHEON FOR SEVERAL SIGNERS OF THE MAY MANIFESTO. THEY ARE: GENERAL ABDULAHI MOHAMED HASSAN, FORMER COMMANDER OF THE SOMALI POLICE AND A MAJERTAIN (BIO DETAILS FOLLOW SEPTEL); MOHAMOUD SALAH NOOR, ADOLBAHANTE AND FORMER LAB [...]
1990-12-18 15:06:00Embassy MogadishuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PHUM MOPS SO
90MOGADISHU9970BIOGRAPHIC REPORTING: ABDIRAHMAN ABDULLE OSMAN
[...] No summary [...]
1990-11-15 10:19:00Embassy MogadishuCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PGOV SO
91MADRID12971SPAIN: 1991 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS EMBASSY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOR SPAIN FOR 1991. RESPONSES ARE KEYED TO THE QUESTIONS POSED IN REFTEL. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A. GOS PROSECUTIONS INVOLVING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM AND SIGNIFICANT ACTS OF DOM [...]
1991-11-12 18:01:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV KPRP SP
91STATE374256 LIBYAN OFFICIALS INDICTED FOR BOMBING PAN 103
[...] S - ENTIRE TEXT. THE PAPER IS EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE AND IS CLASSIFIED SECRET UNTIL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14 AT 1530 (GMT). AFTER THAT POINT THE WHITE PAPER IS DECLASSIFIED AND SHOULD BE SHARED WIDELY WITH HOST GOVERNMENT. 2. AS DISCUSSED IN SEPTEL (MESSAGE REFERENCE NUMBER NOT YET AVAILABLE [...]
1991-11-14 18:04:00Secretary of StateSECRETPTER LY
92STATE109428 WHITE PAPERS ON LIBYA POUCHED TO POST
[...] CONFIDENTIAL, ENTIRE TEXT. 2. DEPARTMENT POUCHED TO POST APRIL 7 COPIES OF TWO UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT WHITE PAPERS WHICH OFFER FURTHER INFORMATION ON LIBYAN COMPLICITY IN 1985 ROME AND VIENNA AIRPORT ATTACKS AND 1986 LABELLE BOMBING. 3. ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE IMPLICATING LIBYA IN THE LA [...]
1992-04-08 00:16:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPTER PROP OPRC LY EI
92ZAGREB2829 CGYOOL -- ZAGREB UPDATE DEC 28, 1992
[...] NOISEMAKERS RESOUND THROUGHOUT ZAGREB OVER THE HOLIDAY. 130,000 DEAD IN WAR BY BOSNIAN COUNT. B-H BATTLES RAGE ON OVER WEEKEND. LASIC IS NEW CROAT REP ON B-H PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL. CANADIANS RETREAT FROM B-H. GERMAN AF CHIEF FLIES IN TO REVIEW SOLDIERS. RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO SECT [...]
1992-12-28 14:36:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM HR BK CA RS GM
92ZAGREB395 ZAGREB UPDATE: MARCH 3, 1992
[...] THE CROATIAN PRESS CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON THE PROPOSED LAW ON THE PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA, NOTING THAT PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF TV AND RADIO STATIONS WOULD BE PERMITTED IF THE LAW AS DRAFTED IS PASSED BY THE CROATIAN ASSEMBLY. SLOVENE DEFENSE MINISTER JANEZ JANSA HAS PRAISED THE DEPLOYMENT OF [...]
1992-03-13 14:55:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPINR ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM MOPS
92ZAGREB527 CROATIA, SLOVENIA AND THE U.S.: THE FUTURE
[...] CONFIDENTIAL--ENTIRE TEXT SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION ------------------------ 2. ON THE DAY AFTER U.S. RECOGNITION OF THE REPUBLICS OF CROATIA AND SLOVENIA, WE BELIEVE IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO CATCH OUR BREATH AND TAKE AN ACCOUNTING OF WHERE WE ARE, HOW WE GOT TO THIS POINT AND SOME EARLY [...]
1992-04-09 12:46:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON
94KADUNA365THE LAST GASP FROM KADUNA: WHO'S WHO
[...] CONFIDENTIAL -- ENTIRE TEXT 2. THE FOLLOWING CABLE PROVIDES BIOGRAPHIC DATA REFLECTING THE CONSUL GENERAL'S CONTACTS THROUGHOUT THE NORTH OVER THE PAST THREE YEARS. THE SKETCHES DO NOT AIM TO REPRODUCE MATERIAL MOST LIKELY ALREADY AVAILABLE IN AF AND INR FILES, BUT RATHER TO GIVE IMPRESS [...]
1994-03-29 14:45:00Consulate KadunaCONFIDENTIALKPRP PINR PGOV ECON NI
94ZAGREB1634TFSROL: DART FIELD OFFICER'S VISIT WITH
[...] ON APRIL 5, DART/ZAGREB FIELD OFFICER HAD AN INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE MEETING WITH MR. FUAD DIDIC, MINISTER OF COORDINATION AND FIELD AFFAIRS IN ZENICA FOR THE BOSNIAN GOVERNMENT. HE IS THE SENIOR GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE REGION. FORMERLY A PROFESSOR OF MARXIST PHILOSOPHY AT THE [...]
1994-04-25 11:26:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPREF AORC EAID PHUM HR BK
94ZAGREB2605POST REPORTING PLAN - CROATIA
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. ---------------------------- 2. SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION ---------------------------- CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 02605 01 OF 02 081701Z WE ARE SUBMITTING HEREWITH A FORESHORTENED PO [...]
1994-07-08 16:54:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR NOTAG
95TELAVIV17503 RABIN ASSASSINATION: SITREP NO. 1
[...] PRIME MINISTER YITZHAK RABIN WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN TEL AVIV YESTERDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 4, AS HE LEFT A LARGE DOWNTOWN PEACE RALLY. HE WAS ATTACKED BY A LONE GUNMAN, AN ISRAELI STUDENT, ALTHOUGH A GROUP CALLING ITSELF THE "JEWISH VENGEANCE ORGANIZATION" HAS CLAIMED CREDIT. 2. THE PRIME [...]
1995-11-05 09:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER IS
95ZAGREB2326 CROATIA'S CARDINAL UNABLE TO ESCAPE HISTORY
[...] CONFIDENTIAL - ENTIRE TEXT. CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 02326 01 OF 03 161531Z ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. IN AN APRIL 12 MEETING, CROATIA'S CARDINAL KUHARIC APPEALED TO THE AMBASSADOR FOR HELP FOR P [...]
1995-06-16 16:09:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR HR
95ZAGREB817POLITICAL PARTY KALEIDOSCOPE: SOME OPPOSITION PARTIES' SUPPORT Z-4, AUTONOMY
[...] No summary [...]
1995-02-23 16:46:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALNOTAG HR
97MADRID11809 SPAIN: 1997 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE ONLY TERRORIST GROUP OPERATING IN SPAIN IS THE BASQUE TERRORIST GROUP ETA (FATHERLAND AND LIBERTY),WHICH CONTINUED IN 1997 ITS CAMPAIGN OF MURDER, BOMBINGS, KIDNAPPINGS, AND STREET VIOLENCE. THE GOVERNMENT HAD SOME SUCCESS AGAINST ETA DURING THE YEAR, WITH KEY ARRESTS IN SPAIN AND FRANCE [...]
1997-12-02 08:32:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SP
97ROME5198ITALY: A MORE ACTIVIST POLICY TOWARD ROGUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: RECENT GOI ACTIVITY SUGGESTS ITALY IS PURSUING MORE ACTIVIST POLICIES TOWARD THE SO-CALLED "ROGUE" STATES: IRAN, IRAQ, AND LIBYA. ACCORDING TO THE MFA, ITALY HAS, IN FACT, A SINGLE, BROAD POLICY FOR THESE COUNTRIES, CENTERED UPON THE BELIEF THAT ENGAGEMENT, NOT ISOLATION, IS TH [...]
1997-06-11 16:09:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALETTC PREL UNSC PTER KPRP IR IZ LY IT
97ROME9630LIBYA: QADHAFI HOPES IN ITALY'S LEFTISTS
[...] THE ITALIAN PRESS CONTINUES TO REPORT ON LIBYA, CITING QADHAFI AS SAYING OCTOBER 29 HE BELIEVES ITALY'S LEFTIST GOVERNMENT SHOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH APPROVING INDEMNITY PAYMENTS TO LIBYA AS COMPENSATION FOR ITALIAN COLONIAL DAMAGES. THREE PROMINENT FIGURES, FORMERLY MEMBERS OF THE THEN-IT [...]
1997-11-07 09:54:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL XI XF LY IT
97TIRANA1976 BIOGRAPHY OF NEW ALBANIAN PRIME MINISTER
[...] (U) PERSONAL DATA: FATOS NANO WAS BORN IN TIRANA ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1952. HE IS MARRIED TO HIS HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, AND THEY HAVE TWO ALMOST-GROWN CHILDREN, A BOY AND A GIRL. THE BOY, 17 OR 18, IS STUDYING AT AN AMERICAN COLLEGE IN THESSELONNKI, GREECE. THE GIRL, 16 OR 17, IS STUDYING [...]
1997-08-08 15:24:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR AL
97TUNIS5237 TUNISIAN GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION OF
[...] SUMMARY. THIS CABLE CONTAINS BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON NINE INDIVIDUALS TUNISIAN PRESIDENT ZINE EL ABIDINE BEN ALI APPOINTED TO GOVERNMENT POSITIONS ON OCTOBER 9, 1997 (REFTEL). THEY ARE FOREIGN MINISTER SAID BEN MUSTAPHA, INTERIOR MINISTER ALI CHAOUCH, AGRICULTURE MINISTER SADOK RABEH, EDU [...]
1997-10-14 15:16:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIEDPINR PGOV TS
98ADDISABABA6302 MELES ON NEXT STEPS: LET THINGS EVOLVE NATURALLY
[...] (C) PRIME MINISTER MELES TOLD CHARGE AUGUST 8 THAT THE U.S. STATEMENT AGAINST EXPULSIONS OF ERITREANS, COMBINED WITH REPORTS THAT THE U.S. TOLD ISAIAS THAT ETHIOPIA IS TOO FRAGILE TO COMPROMISE, REFLECT ANTI- ETHIOPIA BIAS WITHIN INFLUENTIAL USG CIRCLES. ACCORDINGLY, WE SHOULD PERHAPS BACK OF [...]
1998-08-10 16:35:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PINS PHUM ET ER
98MADRID12132 SPAIN: 1998 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] THE BASQUE TERRORIST GROUP ETA ANNOUNCED A UNILATERAL AND UNCONDITIONAL CEASE-FIRE ON SEPTEMBER 16. THE CEASE-FIRE HAS HELD. PRIOR TO THE CEASE-FIRE, ETA KILLED SIX PERSONS IN 1998. PRESIDENT AZNAR CALLED NOVEMBER 3 FOR DIRECT TALKS WITH ETA ON WAYS TO MAKE THE CEASE FIRE PERMANENT. THOSE [...]
1998-12-02 10:11:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDPTER SP
99BEIRUT4484 JEZZINE: LOOKING FOR NORMALITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EMBASSY STAFF VISITED THE SOUTHERN CITY OF JEZZINE RECENTLY, FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE SOUTH LEBANON ARMY (SLA). INITIAL FEAR AMONG RESIDENTS ABOUT SAFETY HAVE ABATED. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL ACTIVITY IS INCREASING MODESTLY, BUT HAS NOT REPLACED THE ECONOMIC LOSS FROM [...]
1999-10-13 08:55:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID SY IS LE
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