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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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02ROME1230GOI SUPPORT FOR USG FRY PRIORITIES
[...] (C) ON MARCH 7, POLOFF DELIVERED POINTS REF A TO MFA FRY DESK OFFICER ANDREA POMPERMAIER. AFTER CONSULTING WITH HIS SUPERIORS, POMPERMAIER TOLD POLOFF ON MARCH 8 THAT THE GOI APPRECIATED USG EFFORTS TO PUSH THE FRY ON THE VARIOUS ISSUES OUTLINED REFTEL. THE ITALIAN EMBASSY IN BELGRADE HAD [...]
2002-03-08 15:35:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIT PREL SR KAWC UN
02ROME3119APPREHENDING GENOCIDAIRES IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE
[...] (U) AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER AND SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND NSC SR. DIRECTOR FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS DR. JENDAYI FRAZER MET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (ROC),DENIS SASSOU-NGUESSO, ON JUNE 13 IN ROME, WHERE HE WAS ATTENDING A [...]
2002-06-25 15:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS KAWC CG CF RW IT ICTR
02ROME4963CROATIA/ICTY: GOI SUPPORTS STRONG PRIVATE, NUANCED
[...] (C) DRAWING ON POINTS REFTEL, POL MC ON OCTOBER 4 UNDERLINED TO DIRECTOR OF MFA BALKANS OFFICE MAURIZIO MASSARI USG'S VIEW THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF CROATIA SHOULD COMPLY IMMEDIATELY AND IN FULL WITH THE INDICTMENT BY THE ICTY OF GENERAL BOBETKO. HE UNDERSCORED THE SERIOUS RAMIFICATIONS OF NON [...]
2002-10-11 07:51:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALKAWC KJUS PREL PGOV HR IT UN EUN
03ABUJA1654NIGERIA: CONCERNED ABOUT TAYLOR, WANTS MISBEHAVIOR
[...] (C) President Obasanjo is still out of the country and FM Adeniji will not return to Nigeria from the U.S. until after October 1, so CDA used a courtesy call on MFA MinState Samaila to reiterate our concerns about Charles Taylor (Ref A). The discussion also covered Guinea-Bissau (septel). CDA [...]
2003-09-24 15:04:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC KJUS LI NI
03ANKARA2135IRAQI WAR CRIMES: DEMARCHE TO GOT
[...] No summary [...]
2003-04-01 13:06:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC IZ TU
03ROME1387TFIZ01: ITALY ECHOING OUR MESSAGE ON IRAQI WAR
[...] (SBU) ON MARCH 31, POL MC DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO CLAUDIO BISOGNERO, THE MFA'S DEPUTY POLITICAL DIRECTOR. ON APRIL 1, ECON MC DELIVERED REFTEL POINTS TO ANTONIO BADINI AND LUIGI MACCOTTA, THE MFA'S DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR MIDDLE EASTERN AFFAIRS AND THE MFA'S OFFICE DIRECTOR FOR IRAQ, RESP [...]
2003-04-01 14:44:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KJUS KAWC IZ IT IRAQI FREEDOM
03TEGUCIGALPA824TFIZ01: AMBASSADOR URGES HONDURAN FM PEREZ-CADALSO
[...] (S) Summary. Ambassador met April 1 with Honduran Minister of Foreign Affairs Guillermo Perez-Cadalso to discuss a wide range of issues, with a focus on Iraq and combating terrorism. Ambassador urged the GOH to make stronger public statements on Iraq, including on Iraqi war crimes, and criti [...]
2003-04-02 21:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PHUM AORC KTIA KAWC IZ HO KICC
03TEGUCIGALPA862TFIZ01: HONDURAN FM PEREZ-CADALSO GIVES AMB LETTER
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met April 7 with Honduran Minister of Foreign Affairs Guillermo Perez-Cadalso at the FM's request. Perez-Cadalso gave Ambassador a letter offering to provide Honduran troops for post-war humanitarian needs in Iraq, contingent on congressional approval of such a deploy [...]
2003-04-08 23:11:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS PHUM AORC KTIA KAWC IZ HO
03THEHAGUE1806ICC: A CAUTIOUS BEGINNING WITH MIXED SIGNALS FROM
[...] (C) Summary: Public documents of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and conversations with diplomats from friendly states parties to the Rome Statute and other members of The Hague international law community have given Embassy legal officers an early glimpse into the formative activities [...]
2003-07-15 12:31:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC KJUS ICTY KICC
03THEHAGUE1827ICTY: PRESIDENT MERON URGES USG TO OPPOSE DEL
[...] Classified by Charge d'Affaires, a.i., Daniel R. Russel for reason 1.5 (d). 2. (C) Summary. President Theodor Meron of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) met with the Ambassador on July 16 to convey his serious concerns about the performance of Chief Pro [...]
2003-07-17 14:18:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALHR KAWC KJUS NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE1837ICC: PROSECUTOR FOCUSES ON CONGO, DISCLAIMS ANY
[...] (U) Summary: On July 16, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC),Luis Moreno-Ocampo, held a press conference in The Hague to discuss information his office has received from around the world about possible areas for ICC inquiry. During the ICC's first year, the Office [...]
2003-07-18 13:37:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KAWC KJUS ICTY KICC
03THEHAGUE1858ICTY: DEL PONTE PUSHES BACK;SEEKS MEETING WITH SG
[...] Classified by Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor, Reason 1.5(d) and 1.6. 2. (C) Summary. Carla Del Ponte, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),is seeking an urgent meeting with UN Secretary General Annan, perhaps as early as tomorrow, [...]
2003-07-23 05:21:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY ICTR
03THEHAGUE2107ICTY: CHIEF PROSECUTOR AND PRESIDENT PUSHING IN
[...] (U) Classified by Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor, for reasons 1.5(D) and 1.6. 2. (C) Summary. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte and President Meron are pressing for competing changes in the draft ICTY/ICTR Security Council [...]
2003-08-21 11:09:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2563ICTY: PREVIEW OF CHIEF PROSECUTOR'S AND
[...] (C) Summary. Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and President Theodor Meron of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will present the Security Council with a difficult dilemma during their reports to the Council on October 9. Del Ponte will report that she intends to seek [...]
2003-10-07 05:11:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2597DUTCH PUSH FOR TAYLOR TO FACE SPECIAL COURT FOR
[...] (C) Dutch Prime Minister Jan Balkenende approached Nigerian President Obasanjo on the margins of the UNGA in New York. The GoNL strongly maintains that former Liberian President Charles Taylor must face his indictment at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and Balkenende encouraged Obasanjo to [...]
2003-10-10 08:10:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC LI NL
03THEHAGUE2769ICTY: KEY WITNESSES TESTIFY TO MILOSEVIC'S CONTROL
[...] (C) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard testimony from political insiders the week of October 20 as the Prosecution continued to present its case against Slobodan Milosevic. Two key witnesses offered their versions of the [...]
2003-11-04 11:42:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE2779ICC: CHIEF PROSECUTOR ON COOPERATION; CONGO/ITURI
[...] (C) Summary: In a presentation to a regular monthly gathering of diplomats resident in The Hague on October 27, International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo outlined his main objectives, largely repeating statements he has made since taking the job last spring. Ocamp [...]
2003-11-05 09:43:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KAWC CG
03THEHAGUE2867ICTY: LORD OWEN'S TESTIMONY A MIXED BAG FOR PROSECUTION'S CASE AGAINST MILOSEVIC
[...] (C) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard testimony from Lord David Owen the first week of November. As an international negotiator, Lord Owen insisted that the Trial Chamber call him as a neutral witness rather than being cal [...]
2003-11-14 16:03:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03THEHAGUE3043ICTY: THREE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES OFFERED FROM
[...] (SBU) Summary: Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) heard from three key witnesses in November offering unique perspectives on the role Milosevic played. During the week of November 10, historian Robert Donia resumed his testimony concer [...]
2003-12-11 05:15:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03ZAGREB1037ICTY/CROATIA: IMPROVING GOC COOPERATION, RAJIC CASE MOVING AHEAD
[...] (C) ICTY ZAGREB RESREP THOMAS OSORIO TOLD US MAY 5 THAT THE GOC HAS IMPROVED COOPERATION IN THE MONTH FOLLOWING THE VISIT OF OTP CHIEF PROSECUTOR DEL PONTE TO ZAGREB. THE GOC LARGELY HAS FULFILLED OUTSTANDING DOCUMENT REQUESTS AND APPEARED SOMEWHAT MORE PROACTIVE IN THE GOTOVINA CASE -- IT IS [...]
2003-05-09 15:26:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC KJUS PREL UNSC ICTY HR
03ZAGREB1296CROATIA'S DETERIORATING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE U.S.
[...] (C) So far, 2003 has not been a good year for our bilateral relationship with Croatia. On issue after issue, whether Iraq, intellectual property rights, unblocking of assets of the Former Yugoslavia, or now our proposed Article 98 agreement, the GOC not only has failed to deliver, but has ant [...]
2003-06-06 16:23:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON PREF KAWC HR EVN NATO
03ZAGREB1297ICTY/CROATIA: GOC AGAIN BACKSLIDING ON COOPERATION?
[...] (C) ICTY Zagreb ResRep Thomas Osorio told us June 5 that the GOC is failing to deliver on a number of commitments PM Racan gave Chief Prosecutor del Ponte during her mid-April visit to Zagreb. Census information was incomplete, assistance to gain access to bank records on GOC financial suppor [...]
2003-06-06 16:50:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KAWC HR ICTY UN
03ZAGREB1342CROATIA/ICTY: PIFWC ANTE GOTOVINA GOES PUBLIC
[...] (U) In an undated interview published June 10, ICTY fugitive PIFWC Ante Gotovina reportedly told Ivo Pukanic, editor of Croatian newsmagazine "Nacional," that he acknowledged the authority of the Hague Tribunal. Gotovina said that he was willing to surrender to the ICTY on the condition that [...]
2003-06-11 16:13:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL BH HR UN UNSC
03ZAGREB14MEDIA REACTION - ANNOUNCEMENT OF S/WCI AMB.
[...] THE JANUARY 2 ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE CROATIAN PRESS OF THE UPCOMING VISIT OF S/WCI AMBASSADOR PIERRE PROSPER SPARKED A USEFUL RENEWAL OF THE PUBLIC DEBATE ON CROATIA'S STANDING WITH ICTY. PRESS COMMENTARIES WERE MIXED. AT ONE END OF THE SPECTRUM WAS CRITICISM OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR PUTTING INTE [...]
2003-01-03 14:49:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR HR
03ZAGREB1402ICTY/CROATIA: GOTOVINA DISCUSSION CONTINUES
[...] (C) POLITICAL OBSERVERS IN ZAGREB BELIEVE THAT CONDITIONS MAY SOON BE CREATED WHEREBY ICTY PIFWC ANTE GOTOVINA COULD SURRENDER TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR FURTHER TRANSFER TO THE HAGUE. THE LOCAL ICTY REPRESENTATIVE TOLD US JUNE 18 THAT RECENT MOVES TAKEN BY GOTOVINA HIMSELF AND PRESIDENT MESIC [...]
2003-06-18 16:01:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL BH HR USUN
03ZAGREB1722CROATIA USING "UNCOMFORTABLE" BACK-CHANNEL TO
[...] (C) The Croatian government is using an unusual back-channel in an attempt to create conditions in which PIFWC Ante Gotovina would surrender for transfer to ICTY. The GoC's urgency and unorthodox approach is derived from the UK's refusal to ratify Croatia's Stabilization and Association Agree [...]
2003-08-01 10:58:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC PGOV UK HR ICTY
03ZAGREB1887AMBASSADOR ENGAGES ON KEY BILATERAL ISSUES WITH
[...] (C): With the political class returning from the Dalmatian coast, the Ambassador had separate tour d'horizon meetings this week with Foreign Minister Picula, Deputy Foreign Minister Simonovic, and Croatian Ambassador to the U.S. Grdesic to re-energize work on some key issues that have lain lar [...]
2003-08-29 15:26:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC HR NATO
03ZAGREB1898ICTY PUSHES CROATIAN COOPERATION IN NON-PAPER
[...] (SBU) ICTY representative Thomas Osorio provided us on September 1 a copy of the non-paper (text para 3) which he had just delivered to the GoC. Osorio told us that this paper was part of the Prosecutor's strategy of providing maximum transparency to Croatia on outstanding issues in advance o [...]
2003-09-02 10:48:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL HR
03ZAGREB2041FOREIGN MINISTER PICULA SEEKS USG COMMMENT ON
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: THE AMBASSADOR MET ONE-ON-ONE WITH FOREIGN MINISTER PICULA ON SEPTEMBER 17 TO DISCUSS KEY BILATERAL ISSUES IN ADVANCE OF HIS AND PRESIDENT MESIC'S TRIP TO NEW YORK FOR THE UNGA (IRAQ TROOP CONTRIBUTION COVERED SEPTEL). ASKED BY THE AMBASSADOR ABOUT THE STATUS O [...]
2003-09-19 05:09:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC HR NATO
03ZAGREB2170DEL PONTE BRIEFS DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON CROATIA'S
[...] (C) ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte briefed the diplomatic corps in Zagreb following her October 6 meetings with PM Racan and President Mesic. Del Ponte was pleased with the GoC's new-found capacity to fulfill requests for assistance from the OTP. As expected, she was harshly critical [...]
2003-10-07 11:47:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL PHUM HR ICTY
03ZAGREB2642CROATIA WILL SOON BE READY FOR AMBASSADOR PROSPER
[...] (C) Prime Minister-Designate Ivo Sanader and his new-look HDZ will take office in late December following their strong showing in the November 23 parliamentary elections. Although the HDZ's voter base still includes many hard-line nationalists, Sanader's pro-European / pro-U.S. campaign inclu [...]
2003-12-17 15:49:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL HR
03ZAGREB305DOES THE OTP HAVE A STRATEGY FOR CROATIA?
[...] (C) THOMAS OSORIO, HEAD OF ICTY'S ZAGREB OFFICE, TOLD US THAT OTP SPOKESPERSON FLORENCE HARTMANN'S FEBRUARY 5 STATEMENT CRITICIZING THE GOC FOR FAILING TO APPREHEND ICTY INDICTEE ANTE GOTOVINA AND FOR FAILING TO MEET ICTY INFORMATION REQUESTS REPRESENTS THE OPENING SALVO OF A NEW OTP BID TO PR [...]
2003-02-11 17:35:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PGOV PREL HR ICTY RV
03ZAGREB470OTP BOMBAST ON GOTOVINA / CROATIAN NON-COOPERATION
[...] (S) THOMAS OSORIO (STRICTLY PROTECT),HEAD OF ICTY'S ZAGREB OFFICE, TOLD US MARCH 4 THAT RECENT STATEMENTS BY OTP SPOKESPERSON HARTMANN AND OTP POLITICAL ADVISOR JORIS LAMBASTING THE GOC FOR ITS FAILURE TO CAPTURE ICTY INDICTEE ANTE GOTOVINA WERE "UNPROFESSIONAL." OSORIO TOLD US THAT HE HAS S [...]
2003-03-04 18:25:00Embassy ZagrebSECRETKAWC PGOV PREL HR ICTY
03ZAGREB48CROATIAN MEDIA INTERVIEWS WITH S/WCI AMBASSADOR
[...] PER REFTEL, ZAGREB REPORTED ON REACTIONS IN THE UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00048 091550Z CROATIAN PRESS ON THE JANUARY 2 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE UPCOMING VISIT OF S/WCI AMBASSADOR PIERRE RICHARD PROSPER'S VISIT TO THE REGION. TWO MAJOR CROATIAN DAILIES ON JANU [...]
2003-01-09 15:38:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDHR KPAO KAWC PREL PGOV KMDR
03ZAGREB617PATTEN IN CROATIA: DOUBTS OVER ICTY PRESSUE; WAY AHEAD ON CROATIA'S APPLICATION
[...] (C) LOCAL EUROPEAN COMMISSION HOM WUNENBURGER TOLD AMBASSADOR THAT COMMISSIONER PATTEN, DURING A MARCH 13 VISIT TO ZAGREB, EMPHASIZED THE GOC'S NEED TO MAKE REAL PROGRESS ON ICTY COOPERATION, REFUGEE RETURNS, JUDICIAL REFORM AND MEDIA LEGISLATION. MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT MESIC, PM RACAN AND KE [...]
2003-03-18 15:46:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC ECIN PREF HR SR EUN
03ZAGREB669TFIZ01: CROATIA'S PM DISCUSSES GOC IRAQ POLICY
[...] (C) PRIME MINISTER RACAN "INVITED THE AMBASSADOR FOR CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00669 01 OF 03 251246Z COFFEE" MARCH 24 TO CLARIFY THE GOC'S REASONS FOR ADOPTING A POSITION NOT ALIGNED WITH OURS ON IRAQ. (THIS GOC POSITION HAS BEEN PLAYED OUT UNHELPFULLY [...]
2003-03-25 12:46:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC PGOV MARR HR IZ
03ZAGREB680CROATIA WAR CRIMES: GOSPIC CASE ENDS IN CONVICTION
[...] (C) ON MARCH 24, THE RIJEKA COUNTY COURT FOUND FORMER CROATIAN ARMY GENERAL MIRKO NORAC AND TWO CO-CONSPIRATORS GUILTY OF INDIVIDUAL AND COMMAND RESPONSIBILITY IN THE MURDER OF OVER 50 ETHNIC SERBS AND CROAT CIVILIANS IN THE TOWN OF GOSPIC IN 1991. THE LANDMARK VERDICT, WHICH THE SUPREME COUR [...]
2003-03-26 07:00:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC KJUS PREL HR HRICTY UNSC
03ZAGREB790ASSISTING CROATIA TO STRENGTHEN DOMESTIC WAR
[...] (C) MINISTER OF JUSTICE ANTICEVIC-MARINOVIC TOLD US ON APRIL 2 THAT THE GOC IS COMMITTED TO PASSING QUICKLY LEGISLATION THAT WOULD IMPROVE THE ABILITY OF CROATIAN COURTS TO PROCESS WAR CRIMES. NOTWITHSTANDING THE MINISTER'S ASSURANCES, OTHER KEY PLAYERS -- INCLUDING THE DRAFTER OF THE MOST CU [...]
2003-04-09 16:01:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC KJUS PREL EAID HR UNSC ICTY
03ZAGREB925WHO SHIELDED ICTY PIFWC IVICA RAJIC?
[...] (C/NF) CROATIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TELL US THAT THEY HAVE UNCOVERED EVIDENCE OF A SYSTEMATIC, CLANDESTINE EFFORT OF THE FORMER HDZ GOVERNMENT TO SHIELD ETHNIC CROAT PIFWCS -- INCLUDING IVICA RAJIC -- FROM JUSTICE. THEY HAVE LAUNCHED AN INVESTIGATION TO UPROOT THAT SUPPORT NETWORK AND I [...]
2003-04-28 05:50:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKAWC KJUS PREL HR UNSC ICTY
03ZAGREB927 CROATIA/ICTY: DPM GRANIC SHOOTS GOC IN FOOT AS
[...] SUMMARY: DEPUTY PM GRANIC'S RASH CRITICISM THIS WEEK OF THE ZAGREB DIPLOMATIC CORPS -- INCLUDING THE U.S. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 ZAGREB 00927 01 OF 02 280635Z AMBASSADOR -- EMBARRASSED THE GOC AND OVERSHADOWED AN OTHERWISE SOLID ATTEMPT TO SENSITIZE THE CROATI [...]
2003-04-28 06:25:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC PREL PGOV PHUM HR UNSC ICTY
04ABUDHABI1878UAE - ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-07 13:10:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KAWC PINR PREL TC
04ABUDHABI2329COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-12 12:53:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL TC
04ABUDHABI3617DEMARCHE TO UAE: US NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-13 05:08:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM UNGA TC
04ABUDHABI4182COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-22 12:33:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PREL KAWC AF TC
04ABUDHABI4297NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-30 08:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER KAWC TC
04ABUJA1158NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS RHETORIC KNOCKS GON ON
[...] (U) June 30, local print media reported that during a June 29 address to union leaders in Calabar, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) President Adams Oshiomole threatened that union members would hold a "mass rally" in Calabar to protest the GON's failure to extradite former Liberian President Cha [...]
2004-06-30 11:45:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KAWC ELAB LI NI
04AMMAN4693REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR ENEMY COMBATANTS AT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-09 13:33:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KAWC PINR PREL JO
04AMMAN8073MEDICAL TREATMENT FOR GUANTANAMO DETAINEE
[...] (C) A/DCM called on Manar Dabbas, of FM Muasher,s personal staff, September 20 to deliver points provided reftel requesting treatment in Jordan of an ailing Afghani being released from Guantanamo. Dabbas replied that, while he recognized the humanitarian dimensions of the case, the GOJ woul [...]
2004-09-28 11:21:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALMOPS PTER KAWC AF PK JO
04AMMAN8591US NOMINATION OF JUDGE THEODOR MERON: JORDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-18 13:10:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM JO UNGA
04AMMAN9092JORDAN WILL SUPPORT U.S. NOMINATION OF JUDGE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-09 14:28:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM JO UNGA
04AMMAN9915NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-15 14:52:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KAWC JO
04ANKARA3162ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR ENEMY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-08 15:49:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KAWC PINR PREL TU
04ANKARA6133GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: TURKS INFORMED OF FINAL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-28 14:17:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETPTER KAWC PINR PREL TU
04ANKARA6237INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER
[...] (U) The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs forwarded to Embassy Ankara a diplomatic note confirming that Turkey plans to support Mr. Theodor Meron for re-election as a permanent judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia at the November 18, 2004, elections in New Y [...]
2004-11-03 16:19:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM XH TU
04ANKARA6370GUANTANAMO: TURKS CLAIM TURKISH CITIZENSHIP FOR
[...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 3. 2. (C) On November 10, Togan Oral of MFA's Directorate for Intelligence handed PolMilOff a copy of a Turkish national registration document for Mesut Sen. According to the Turks, this is the same Mesut Sen (US9BE-00296DP) who is currently [...]
2004-11-10 15:53:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL TU IZ
04ANKARA794OPERATION BALKAN VICE III -- TURKEY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-02-10 14:46:00Embassy AnkaraSECRETBK CY EFIN ETTC GM HR HU MK MOPS PREL SL SZ TU KAWC YI
04BRATISLAVA1076SLOVAKIA SEEKS "BALANCED" EU POSITION ON CROATIA
[...] (C) POLEC Chief delivered reftel demarche to the MFA European Correspondent Lubomir Rehak on November 30. Rehak said the MFA had sent its delegation in Brussels "a different instruction" on November 29. Slovakia thinks the draft language being circulated on ICTY conditionality is "too strong [...]
2004-11-30 14:15:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KAWC EU HR LO ICTY
04BRUSSELS1783COMMISSION'S POSITIVE "AVIS" ON CROATIA'S EU
[...] (C) In issuing its positive recommendation April 20 for opening of accession negotiations with Croatia, the Commission has tried to stress that Croatian cooperation with ICTY "must continue" and the Croatia must "take all necessary steps to ensure the remaining indictee is located and transfe [...]
2004-04-23 13:19:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPREL PGOV EAID NL KAWC HR ICTY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS4874EU COUNCIL RESPONSE ON QUINT ICTY DEMARCHE
[...] (S/NF) We delivered reftel points to Stefan Lehne of High Rep Solana's office on November 15. Lehne noted that, since this was a Quint initiative and there was no agreed position from the EU at 25, the Council Secretariat could not participate in an external representation of this sort. This [...]
2004-11-15 17:13:00Embassy BrusselsSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM KAWC SR YI ICTY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04COLOMBO2023MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT'S QUESTIONS ON TRANSFER OF DETAINEE
[...] (C) The Government of the Republic of Maldives (GORM) has responded by diplomatic note, dated December 20, to the Embassy's diplomatic note advising that the U.S. is prepared to transfer Maldivian detainee Ibrahim Fouzee to GORM control upon agreement to the transfer terms conveyed reftel. T [...]
2004-12-21 08:11:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PHUM PINR MV
04DUBLIN1605IRISH TO SUPPORT MERON IN ICTY ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-22 13:16:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM UNGA
04DUBLIN1735IRISH RESPONSE TO CROATIA/ICTY DEMARCHE
[...] (C) On November 30, Post delivered reftel talking points to Martina Feeney, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Political Division First Secretary for European Affairs. Feeney said Ireland expected that the December 17 EU Council decision on Croatia would be consistent with the conclusion rea [...]
2004-12-01 11:19:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KAWC ICTY
04DUBLIN1854OPERATION BALKAN VICE V: IRELAND
[...] No summary [...]
2004-12-30 14:41:00Embassy DublinSECRETPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC ICTY
04GUATEMALA2637GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON U.S. NOMINEE FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-18 18:10:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS KAWC PHUM GT UNGA
04GUATEMALA2869GUATEMALA OFFERS EXCHANGE OF SUPPORT FOR U.S.
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) On November 12, the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry informed us that Guatemala is willing to support the candidacy of Judge Theodor Meron for reelection to the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia provided that the USG support [...]
2004-11-12 19:07:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS KAWC PHUM GT UNGA
04HELSINKI1444SUPPORT FOR THE IRAQI SPECIAL TRIBUNAL: FINLAND
[...] (C) Embassy delivered Ref A demarche November 10 to Anu Laamanen-Ryter, Director of the Finnish MFA's Unit for Civilian Crisis Management. Laamanen-Ryter said that Finland would like to find a way to assist the Iraqi Special Tribunal (IST) if it can. The GoF would hope to find some area in w [...]
2004-11-12 15:10:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC PTER PREF IZ FI
04KINSHASA1972DEMARCHE TO GDRC ON JUDGE THEODOR MERON
[...] (U) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to Djoli Eseng Ekeli, Deputy Cabinet Director to FonMin Ramazani, on October 22, 2004. Ekeli replied that Judge Meron had impressive credentials and had done an excellent job at the ICTJ. He said that he would recommend GDRC support for his candidacy. MEEC [...]
2004-10-22 13:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM CG UNGA
04KUWAIT1334(C) GUANTANAMO: PROPOSED KUWAITI DELEGATION TO
[...] (U) Action request - please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Post has received diplomatic note number 20040895 dated April 21, 2004 from MFA, formally proposing May 3 (vice April 26 in reftel) as the date for a GOK delegation to visit Washington, DC/Ft. Belvoir to discuss the Kuwaiti nationals det [...]
2004-04-22 06:01:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC KJUS PREL PHUM PINR KU
04KUWAIT1904(S) PROPOSED RELEASE OF KUWAITI GUANTANAMO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-19 13:17:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER KAWC KJUS PREL PHUM PINR KU
04KUWAIT198(C) S/WCI AMB. PROSPER DISCUSSES IRAQI SPECIAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOK pressed for special attention to be given to prosecuting crimes of the Saddam Hussein regime committed against Kuwaitis. At S/WCI Amb. Prosper's suggestion, the GOK agreed to work on putting together a team of investigators to assist the Iraqi Special Tribunal in its in [...]
2004-01-19 14:56:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS IZ KU KAWC
04KUWAIT2152(C) GUANTANAMO: GOK SEEKS CLEARANCE FOR LAWYER,
[...] (U) THIS IS REVISED VERSION OF REFTEL, WHICH WAS INADVERTENTLY SENT INCOMPLETE. Action Request - please see paragraph 4. 2. (C) Embassy has received two diplomatic notes in Arabic from MFA Coordination and Follow-Up Department, both marked "secret." According to the first (number 2004145 [...]
2004-07-12 14:30:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC KJUS PREL PHUM PINR KU
04KUWAIT2771KUWAITI RESPONSE TO PROPOSED TRANSFER OF
[...] (S) The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry responded to reftel requests regarding the transfer of one Kuwaiti national from Guantanamo to Kuwait and has agreed to all prisoner transfer conditions. The following is an unofficial Embassy translation of the text of the MFA diplomatic note received on Augu [...]
2004-08-24 14:20:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPTER KAWC PHUM PINR KU
04KUWAIT2900(SBU) AMB PROSPER DISCUSSES GTMO, SADDAM'S TRIAL
[...] SUMMARY. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre-Richard Prosper met with a Government of Kuwait (GOK) delegation on August 26 to discuss Kuwaiti detainees being held at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) and the trial of Saddam Hussein. The delegation acknowledged receipt of post's notificatio [...]
2004-09-01 09:37:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PHUM PINR KAWC KJUS KU
04KUWAIT3371IRAQI HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER PROMISES INCREASED
[...] SUMMARY. The recently appointed Iraqi Minister of Human Rights, Bakhtyar Amin, attended the 46th meeting of the Tripartite Technical Sub-committee held in Kuwait on 7 September under International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) auspices. This marks the first time that a member of the IIG [...]
2004-09-27 04:08:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KAWC KPOW IO IZ KU
04KUWAIT3511DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-10 11:02:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC PINR KU
04KUWAIT3892DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FOLLOW-UP ON ICTY NOMINEE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-10 14:08:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PREL KAWC PHUM KU UNGA
04KUWAIT765(C) IRAQI WAR CRIMES: GOK STRESSES INTEREST IN
[...] (C) Ambassador met March 6 with Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed al-Sabah (other topics septels). During the meeting, the Minister asked about Saddam Hussein and Ali Hassan al-Majid ("Chemical Ali"). The Ambassador explained that Saddam is in solitary confinement and being interviewed; [...]
2004-03-07 12:51:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC KJUS IZ KU
04LJUBLJANA1080SLOVENIA FIRM ON MAINTAINING ICTY CONDITIONALITY
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel points to the Head of the Western Balkans Department at the MFA, Peter Reberc. Reberc is recently returned from eight years in Rome first at the Slovene Mission to the Holy See and then the bilateral Mission. He explained that the Government of Slovenia is [...]
2004-11-30 11:46:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL PGOV ICTY
04LJUBLJANA1121OPERATION BALKAN VICE V: SLOVENIA
[...] (S) Pol-Miloff delivered reftel talking points and list to MFA International Security Department staffers Bostjan Jerman and Maja Zuzek on 17 December. Jerman and Zuzek received the information gratefully and said they would pass it on directly to representatives at the Bank of Slovenia, Off [...]
2004-12-17 09:57:00Embassy LjubljanaSECRETKAWC PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC SI ICTY
04MADRID1201SPANISH RESPONSE: PRESS STATEMENT ON UNSCR 1534
[...] No summary [...]
2004-04-14 06:54:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL SP UNSC UN
04MADRID2484OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: SPAIN
[...] (C) We delivered reftel demarche to Alvaro Rodriguez, MFA Director for Central and Southern Europe on June 30. Rodriguez stated that he would pass along our information to his MFA colleagues in Brussels, as he believed that there would be a meeting of the EU's Western Balkan Working Group on M [...]
2004-07-01 09:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC SP ICTY
04MADRID4382INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT FOR YUGOSLAVIA:
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-16 11:38:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM SP UNGA
04MADRID583GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: SPANISH POLICE SEEK ACCESS
[...] (C) The Spanish National Police (SNP) have officially requested via the Embassy that the USG authorize Spanish police access to interview two Guantanamo detainees. SNP seeks to develop information regarding the two detainees' training, recruitment and deployment into Afghanistan. The two detainees [...]
2004-02-20 05:57:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PHUM PINR SP
04MANAMA1476BAHRAIN: COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST
[...] (C) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (C) Ambassador delivered Ref A combatant status review tribunal request for assistance September 22 to Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar. Abdul Ghaffar said that he would initiate action to try to locate the [...]
2004-09-26 13:56:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL BA
04MANAMA1528BAHRAIN: COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief October 4 delivered Refs A and B information regarding Guantanamo detainee Shaikh Salman Ebrahim Mohammed Al Khalifa's request for witness testimony to MFA Under Secretary Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al Khalifa. He listened carefully to the points and reconfirmed that the United Sta [...]
2004-10-05 10:38:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL BA
04MANAMA1571BAHRAIN: NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF
[...] (C) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Ambassador October 16 delivered reftel demarche concerning the final determination of the Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) for four Bahraini detainees to Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa, noting tha [...]
2004-10-17 14:42:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL BA
04MANAMA1594BAHRAIN: U.S. NOMINEE FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
[...] (U) Pol/Econ chief delivered reftel demarche October 12 concerning Judge Theodor Meron's nomination for reelection as permanent judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to MFA Director for International Organizations Ghassan Shaikho. Shaikho responded tha [...]
2004-10-19 13:00:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM PREL BA UNGA
04MANAMA1611BAHRAINI WITNESSES PREPARED TO DELIVER WRITTEN
[...] (C) This is an action request; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Per Ref B, Pol/Econ chief discussed with MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow-Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa October 18 possible options for Bahraini witnesses to deliver testimony on behalf o [...]
2004-10-23 14:45:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC PTER PHUM PINR BA
04MANAMA1612BAHRAINI SECURITY TEAM DATA FOR GUANTANAMO VISIT
[...] (C) This is an action message; please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Per reftels, the GOB requested approval for a security team to visit Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo. State agreed to process the request pending receipt of bio data for the members of the proposed team. Post received an offi [...]
2004-10-23 14:45:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL BA
04MANAMA1664BAHRAIN: NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE
[...] (S) Pol/Econ chief October 31 passed reftel information concerning upcoming Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings for detainees Adil Kamil Al Wadi and Salah Al Balushi to MFA First Secretary Shaikh Turki Al Khalifa. (Note: Shaikh Turki is responsible for the detainees issue in the ab [...]
2004-11-02 15:16:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL KAWC BA PETER
04NEWDELHI7063DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO INDIA ON JUDGE MERON'S ICTY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-05 10:02:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM IN UNGA GOI
04NEWDELHI7084DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO BHUTAN ON JUDGE MERON'S ICTY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-05 12:08:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM BT UNGA
04NEWDELHI7152FOLLOW-UP DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO INDIA ON ICTY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-09 10:44:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM IN UNGA GOI
04ROME2555OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV - ITALIANS SUPPORT GOALS,
[...] (S) MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR ANDREA ORIZIO TOLD POLOFF ON JUNE 30 THAT ITALY FULLY AGREED THAT TARGETING WAR CRIMINALS AND THEIR SUPPORTERS WITH SPECIFIC ACTIONS, SUCH AS TRAVEL/VISA BANS AND FREEZING ASSETS WAS AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO STRENGTHEN MEASURES TAKEN BY THE OHR, AND FOR ACHIEVING OUR [...]
2004-07-01 15:15:00Embassy RomeSECRETPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC IT ICTY EUN
04ROME4793OPERATION BALKAN VICE V - ITALY ON BOARD WITH VISA
[...] (S) MFA Balkans Office Director Andrea Orizio told Poloff on December 17 that Italy was "on board" with USG view that imposing travel entry/travel bans and freezing assets of PIFWC's and their material supporters are important tools for achieving our shared objective to stabilize the region. I [...]
2004-12-17 16:06:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK IT ICTY EUN
04ROME549OPERATION BALKAN VICE III - ITALY ON BOARD WITH
[...] (S) MFA BALKANS OFFICE DIRECTOR FERNANDO GENTILINI TOLD POLOFF ON FEBRUARY 12 THAT ITALY WAS "ON BOARD" WITH USG VIEW THAT IMPOSING TRAVEL ENTRY/TRAVEL BANS AND FREEZING ASSETS OF PIFWC'S AND THEIR MATERIAL SUPPORTERS ARE IMPORTANT TOOLS FOR ACHIEVING OUR SHARED OBJECTIVE TO STABILIZE THE REGIO [...]
2004-02-13 14:38:00Embassy RomeSECRET//NOFORNPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC ZL IT ICTY EUN
04SANAA2003YEMEN: ROYG NOTIFIED OF FINAL DISPOSITION OF
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief notified Deputy Director of the Yemeni National Security Bureau Ammar Saleh of the enemy combatant determination of Yemeni national Mahdi, Fawaz Na'aman Homoud Abdullah. Saleh expressed concern should the detainees nationality become a press item, saying, "Obviously we do no [...]
2004-08-18 13:52:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PINR PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2047AMBASSADOR NOTIFIES MFA OF YEMENI ENEMY COMBATANT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-23 13:58:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PINR PREL PTER YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2388NOTICE OF TWO YEMENIS COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-08 05:19:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2486NOTIFICATION OF ENEMY COMBATANT REVIEW - TWO
[...] No summary [...]
2004-09-22 08:43:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2542ROYG NOTIFIED OF TRANSFER TO GITMO OF YEMENI
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-04 06:47:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPTER PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2696DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US NOMINEE TO INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-17 12:53:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM YM UNGA DEMARCHE
04SANAA2698CSRT AND ARB NOTIFICATIONS DELIVERED, ROYG REQUEST
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief delivered Notifications of Combatant Status review Tribunal (refs A-C),and Final Determination of Combatant Status Review Tribunal Notifications (refs D and E) to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on October 16. 2. (C) As in the past, Noman accepted notification o [...]
2004-10-17 13:06:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KAWC PINR YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2771NOTICE OF GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-31 11:31:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2837CSRT REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE ON ENEMY COMBATANT
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-08 12:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2936COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST FOR ROYG
[...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered request for ROYG assistance in contacting witnesses on behalf of Yemeni GTMO detainees coming before the Combatant Status Review Tribunal (ref A) to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on November 23. Noman said he would pass the request to the appropriate ROYG [...]
2004-11-24 10:44:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANAA2938COMBATANT STATUS REVIEW TRIBUNAL REQUEST FOR ROYG
[...] (U) Pol/Econ Chief delivered request for ROYG assistance in contacting witnesses on behalf of Yemeni GTMO detainees coming before the Combatant Status Review Tribunal (ref A) to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman on November 23. Noman said he would pass the request to the appropriate ROYG [...]
2004-11-24 10:45:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PREL KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
04SANTODOMINGO5672U.S. NOMINEE FOR ICTY - DEMARCHE TO DOMINICAN
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-15 18:22:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM DR
04SANTODOMINGO6238U.S. NOMINEE MERON FOR ICTY - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
[...] The MFA deputy director for UN affairs, Rhadys Abreu de Polanco, informed us November 15 that the Dominican Republic will support Judge Theodor Meron's candidacy for reelection as a permanent judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). HERTELL [...]
2004-11-17 12:41:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM DR
04STATE265884THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S DECEMBER 7, 2004 MEETING
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY DEPUTY SECRETARY ARMITAGE FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D). 2. (U) DECEMBER 7, 2004, 4:40 P.M., IN THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S OUTER OFFICE. 3. (U) PARTICIPANTS: U.S. - THE DEPUTY SECRETARY - EAP A/S JAMES A. KELLY - EAP DAS MARIE T.HUHTALA - AMBASSADOR GROVER JOSEPH REES [...]
2004-12-13 23:32:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKAWC KJUST PHUM PREL USUN TT ID JA NZ PO
04TEGUCIGALPA2524HONDURAS WANTS TO TRADE VOTES FOR ICTY CANDIDACIES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para. 4. 2. (SBU) Post received a diplomatic note from the Honduran Foreign Ministry in response to Post's diplomatic note regarding the candidacy of Theodor Meron for re-election to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (IC [...]
2004-11-08 18:47:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS KAWC AORC HO UNGA
04THEHAGUE1016ICC: OTP, STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS, LOOKING AT
[...] (C) Summary: The International Criminal Court (ICC) remains very much in a nascent stage even as the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) considers whether to open formal investigations of situations in northern Uganda and the Congo, based on referrals from Kampala and Kinshasa (refs). The lack of [...]
2004-04-22 13:06:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KAWC
04THEHAGUE1033ICTY: KRSTIC JUDGMENT SETS ASIDE GENOCIDE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) set aside a trial chamber's 2001 judgment that Radislav Krstic, commander of the Drina Corp immediately under Ratko Mladic during the Srebrenica massacres of July 1995, perpetrated genoci [...]
2004-04-23 16:27:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1163ICTY: SAM MINISTER OF JUSTICE SEES PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Serbian Minister of Justice, Zoran Stojkovic, visited the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Judge Theodor Meron, following his appearance at the provisional release hearing for indictees Frenki Simatovic and Jovica Stanisic. Earl [...]
2004-05-11 16:02:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1565ICTY: COURT REJECTS ONE THIRD OF ALLEGATIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The case against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) crossed two key mileposts last week. On June 16, the Trial Chamber issued its decision on the amici curiae,s (friends of the court) motion seeking the dismissal of num [...]
2004-06-23 13:27:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1592ICTY: PREVIEW OF DEL PONTE JUNE 29 ADDRESS TO UN
[...] (C) Summary: In her June 29 oral report to the UN Security Council, Carla del Ponte, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),will highlight several issues from her written report submitted to the Security Council in May. In addition to the e [...]
2004-06-25 11:35:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1599ICTY: PREVIEW OF JUNE 29 MERON PRESENTATION TO
[...] (C) Summary. In his June 29, 2004 address to the Security Council, the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Judge Theodor Meron, will focus on the two competing sides of the completion strategy: on the one, the Tribunal,s heavy workload and his in [...]
2004-06-25 16:20:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1657OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: THE NETHERLANDS
[...] (S) PolOffs and Deputy Legal Counselor made ref A demarche to MFA Western Balkans Director Klaas van der Tempel on June 30. Van der Tempel said the GONL supported OHR's work against such individuals. Concerning freezing the assets of the individuals named in ref A, van der Tempel said that [...]
2004-07-01 08:56:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK
04THEHAGUE1715ICTY: MILOSEVIC'S POOR HEALTH TRIGGER'S "RADICAL"
[...] (C) Summary: The trial chamber hearing the case against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) postponed the July 5 commencement of the defense case due to the Accused,s poor health. During the hearing, Milosevic accused the Tribunal of [...]
2004-07-08 16:00:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE176ICTY: MILOSEVIC PROSECUTION HEADING TOWARDS
[...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) resumed on January 13 after a three-week winter break, which had begun just after the high note of General Wesley Clark's testimony. Prosecution witnesses included a Serb [...]
2004-01-26 14:05:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE1885ICC: GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS?
[...] (SBU) Summary: The next few months will see the International Criminal Court (ICC) begin formal investigations into serious charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Africa. The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) recently opened its first investigation in the Democratic Republic of t [...]
2004-07-27 10:38:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KAWC
04THEHAGUE1918ICTY: A PUNISHING WEEK FOR OTP
[...] (SBU) Summary: It was a punishing week for the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). On July 28, a trial chamber ordered the provisional release of two of the highest-ranking members of Slobodan Milosevic's inner circle, Jovica [...]
2004-07-30 14:34:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2201ICTY: COUNSEL IMPOSED ON MILOSEVIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: As anticipated, Trial Chamber Three of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) decided on September 2 to assign counsel to assist in the defense of Slobodan Milosevic. The court decided that the counsel should be the amici curiae (friends of the Cou [...]
2004-09-02 15:01:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2382UNGA 59/EAST TIMOR ACCOUNTABILITY - DUTCH SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) The Dutch "fully support" the idea of the UN Secretariat forming a Commission of Experts (COE) to evaluate SIPDIS the work of the Ad Hoc Tribunal and Serious Crimes Unit and report on next steps regarding accountability for the 1999 atrocities on East Timor. However, Indonesian relu [...]
2004-09-20 09:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS KAWC PHUM NL
04THEHAGUE2494ICTY - MILOSEVIC TRIAL ADJOURNS IN DISARRAY
[...] (C) Summary. The defense phase of Slobodan Milosevic,s trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) stumbled into a new set of obstacles during the week of September 13. The trial chamber abruptly transformed the defense from one led exclusively by Milosevi [...]
2004-09-30 12:08:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2678ICTY: MILOSEVIC TRIAL PICKS UP WHERE IT LEFT OFF
[...] (SBU) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) resumed on October 12 after a one-month hiatus, the bulk of its time devoted to a status conference in which assigned defense counsel Steven Kay updated the court on his o [...]
2004-10-15 14:56:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE271ICTY: NEW STRESSES IN THE MILOSEVIC TRIAL
[...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) careens towards an interesting, difficult and potentially explosive final few weeks of the prosecution's case. In terms of testimony, the biggest grenade could come in the [...]
2004-02-03 16:50:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2711ICTY: DEMARCHE ON BEHALF OF MERON CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-20 11:32:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2736ICTY: "WHO'S RUNNING THIS COURT?"
[...] (C) Summary: A rare appeals chamber hearing in the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) case against Slobodan Milosevic heard sharp and well-presented arguments this week on the imposition of counsel on the accused. Defense counsel Steven Kay pleaded with the appea [...]
2004-10-22 15:41:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2792ICTY - MILOSEVIC REGAINS SOME CONTROL OVER DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary. The trial of Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was recessed again because of a lack of witnesses during the week of October 24, but that did not stop the case from making news. In particular, Steven Kay, imposed defense [...]
2004-11-01 13:09:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2793ICTY - TRIBUNAL OFFICIALS HIGHLIGHT CONCERNS ABOUT
[...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings on September 28 at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),President Meron, Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte, and Registrar Holthuis struck consistent themes with Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre Prosper and EUR DAS f [...]
2004-11-01 17:55:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2869ICTY - APPEALS CHAMBER RETURNS LEAD IN DEFENSE
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 1, the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) upheld the Milosevic trial chamber,s decision to impose counsel on the accused but reversed the trial chamber,s decision to give assigned counsel a lead role in the case. [...]
2004-11-05 15:08:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2932ICTY: MILOSEVIC TRIAL CHAMBER FOCUSES ON APPOINTED
[...] (SBU) Summary: The trial chamber in the case against Slobodan Milosevic before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) continued to deal with defense counsel issues during the week of November 8. Its three days of hearings -- a full schedule for this case -- were [...]
2004-11-12 17:06:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE2989DUTCH STUDYING REQUEST TO SUPPORT IST
[...] (SBU) Embassy political counselor passed reftel demarche to MFA Director for Gulf Affairs Adri van Loopik on November 10. Van Loopik was noncommittal and suggested that he and his colleagues in the MFA Legal Division would need to study the request. In a follow-up conversation with Olivia S [...]
2004-11-17 15:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KAWC PTER PREF IZ NL
04THEHAGUE3133NETHERLANDS/CROATIA: EU ATTITUDE TOWARDS ICTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There is "no daylight" between the USG and Dutch national position on Croatia and its obligation to cooperate with the ICTY, Alle Dorhout (MFA European Integration Department Croatia officer) confirmed to Poloff and Legaloff when discussing reftel points November 30. The Dutc [...]
2004-12-01 11:16:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL PGOV NL TU HR ICTY EUN
04THEHAGUE3210ICTY - PROSPER WARNS THAT TRIBUNAL MAY CONTINUE
[...] (C) Summary. On December 6, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Pierre Prosper met with officials from the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). During the meeting, and later with the press, Prosper emphasized that a l [...]
2004-12-08 16:44:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC PHUM ICTY PREL SR
04THEHAGUE3255ICTY - MILOSEVIC WITNESSES ADVANCE POLITICAL CASE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Having regained control of his defense case before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Slobodan Milosevic questioned a string of Russian witnesses and a former Yugoslav official over the past two weeks, focusing much of their testimony on corrob [...]
2004-12-14 16:39:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE3301OPERATION BALKAN VICE V: DUTCH RESPONSE
[...] (S) Poloff and Deputy Legal Counselor made ref A demarche to Klaas van der Tempel, Dutch MFA Western Balkans Chief and Pauline Diepenbroek, MFA Bosnia Desk Officer on December 17. Van der Tempel said the GONL was pleased with High Rep Ashdown's actions, and viewed U.S. actions as supporting th [...]
2004-12-20 15:49:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC NL ICTY
04THEHAGUE3323ICTY: TRIBUNAL RESISTS UN/GC EFFORT THAT WOULD
[...] (C) Summary: President Theodor Meron of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) told Embassy legal officers on December 21 that the UN Secretariat is resisting his efforts to appoint two ad litem judges to trials in dire need of immediate appointments. Meron shared [...]
2004-12-22 14:28:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE347ICTY: KRAJISNIK TRIAL OPENS SMOOTHLY
[...] (SBU) Summary. The trial of Momcilo Krajisnik before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) opened smoothly for the prosecution on Feb. 3. Krajisnik, who is being tried on eight counts including charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, held many prominen [...]
2004-02-10 16:38:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE382OPERATION BALKAN VICE III: THE NETHERLANDS
[...] (S) EmbOffs delivered reftel demarche to Dutch Ministries of Finance and Foreign Affairs respectively on February 9 and 10. Dutch MFA Western Balkans Chief Klaas van der Tempel expressed support for the action, noting the GONL had been active last year in arguing for EU visa restrictions on [...]
2004-02-13 15:24:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK MK HR GM CY HU SL SZ YI NL ICTY NK
04THEHAGUE498ICTY: MILOSEVIC PROSECUTION LIMPS TO CLOSE ITS CASE
[...] (C) Summary. The Milosevic Prosecution team of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) closed its case in the anti-climactic form of a motion to Trial Chamber III on February 25. The recent melodrama of the Milosevic prosecution -- the rancorous internal debates [...]
2004-02-26 17:16:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE783ICTY: MILOSEVIC REFUSES TO GIVE CONSENT TO
[...] (SBU) Summary: The President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),Judge Theodor Meron, convened a special hearing on March 25 in order to determine whether Slobodan Milosevic would consent to the continuation of the trial with a new judge, an as-yet appointe [...]
2004-03-25 15:27:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE813ICTY: OTP PAPER SAYS BELGRADE FAILING TO COOPERATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a paper circulated among key diplomatic representatives in The Hague and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) late on March 26, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) asserts that Belgrade's cooperation with [...]
2004-03-30 10:52:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE825ICJ - PRESERVATION OF NUREMBURG TRIAL ARCHIVES
[...] (U) Summary. The Archives of the Nuremburg International Military Tribunal (NIMT) in the custody of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) are facing two preservation threats. First, the obsolete nature of the equipment on which the proceedings were recorded risks this material becoming ina [...]
2004-03-31 12:14:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC PREL AORC ICJ USUN
04THEHAGUE975ICTY: DEL PONTE DEFENDS POSITIVE ASSESSMENT OF
[...] (C) Summary. Carla Del Ponte, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),vigorously defended her positive assessment to EU officials of Croatia,s cooperation with the Tribunal. She based her decision on Croatia,s cooperation in recent weeks wit [...]
2004-04-19 15:47:00Embassy The HagueSECRETBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04THEHAGUE985ICTY: SENIOR FORMER USG OFFICIALS ON MILOSEVIC
[...] (C) Summary: Slobodan Milosevic -- in one of his first filings before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) -- submitted to the trial chamber on April 13 a confidential document describing the witnesses he may call during his upcoming defense case. While the list [...]
2004-04-20 15:11:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
04WELLINGTON876NEW ZEALAND: ICTY CANDIDATE MERON
[...] No summary [...]
2004-10-18 03:38:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PHUM NZ UNGA
04YEREVAN2458 ARMENIA WILL SUPPORT MERON FOR ICTY JUDGE
[...] No summary [...]
2004-11-09 07:37:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS KAWC PHUM AM UNGA
04ZAGREB1025DEL PONTE SAYS CROATIA FULLY COOPERATING WITH ICTY
[...] (C) ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte briefed the diplomatic community on June 4 on her day and a half visit to Zagreb. Del Ponte said that although Croatia's cooperation with the tribunal was the best of any country, she had warned the GoC leadership that she could change her assessment a [...]
2004-06-04 17:30:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC KJUS PREL HR
04ZAGREB1033URGENT NEED FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING EQUIPMENT FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2004-06-07 16:55:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC KJUS EAID PREL PGOV HR
04ZAGREB1228OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: CROATIAN RESPONSE
[...] (C) ON JUNE 30, WE PRESENTED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO ANDREA BEKIC, HEAD OF THE AMERICA'S DEPARTMENT AT THE FOREIGN MINISTRY. BEKIC WELCOMED THE NEWS OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE HIGH REPRESENTATIVE, AND USG ACTION TO TARGET THE SUPPORT NETWORK OF PIFWCS. BEKIC SAID SHE WOULD IMMEDIATELY FORWARD THE [...]
2004-07-01 17:10:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS EFIN ETTC KAWC BK HR
04ZAGREB1277DAS STEPHENS REVIEWS RELATIONSHIP, URGES CROATIA'S
[...] (C) During her June 28-30 visit to Zagreb, EUR DAS Kathleen Stephens reviewed developments in our bilateral relationship. Satisfaction with the NATO Istanbul Summit was an important theme. Government interlocutors agreed that progress on refugee returns and the search for Gotovina must cont [...]
2004-07-13 05:49:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EFIN MASS KAWC HR NATO
04ZAGREB1483COURT REJECTS NOTORIOUS LORA PRISON ACQUITTAL,
[...] Overturning a 2002 acquittal, the Croatian Supreme Court has called for a retrial of eight Croatian military police accused of the torture and murder of ethnic Serb civilians and soldiers at Lora Prison. The international community praised the ruling as Croatian recognition of the original t [...]
2004-08-20 14:59:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC PREL KJUS HR
04ZAGREB149CROATIAN JUSTICE MINISTER AFFIRMS JUDICIAL
[...] (C) In an introductory call on new Minister of Justice Vesna Skare-Ozbolt, Ambassador Frank welcomed the Minister's positive statements on cooperation with the ICTY and urged quick resolution of the Gotovina case. The Ambassador praised achievements in reforming the State Prosecutor's office [...]
2004-01-26 15:54:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREF PREL KAWC HR
04ZAGREB1576BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO PRESS CROATIAN GOVERNMENT ON
[...] (U) Classified by Ambassador Ralph Frank per reasons 1.5 (b) and (d). 2. (S) The British government will send a senior diplomat to Zagreb in the near future with four key requests for the Croatian government related to fugitive PIFWC Ante Gotovina and other intelligence and police matt [...]
2004-09-07 12:32:00Embassy ZagrebSECRETPINR KAWC PREL UK HR
04ZAGREB1595PROSECUTOR,S COOPERATION PLAN DRAWS ICTY SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Patrick Lopez-Terres, Chief of Investigations in the ICTY Office of the Prosecutor, has expressed enthusiastic support for Croatian Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic,s initiative to pursue bilateral cooperation agreements between the state prosecutors of the countrie [...]
2004-09-09 15:17:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL KJUS PHUM HR
04ZAGREB1661ARMY TO DROP ICTY FUGITIVE'S WIFE FROM PAYROLL
[...] (C) Clearly surprised and embarrassed by press revelations that fugitive war crimes indictee Ante Gotovina's wife had been granted a new position within the Croatian Armed Forces Joint Staff, Foreign Minister Miomir Zuzul told the Ambassador on September 16 that the Ministry of Defense will "s [...]
2004-09-17 13:09:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL KJUS PHUM HR
04ZAGREB1675ICTY: SURPRISE OVER CERMAK/MARKAC, NO FANFARE FOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Croatian government officials and political leaders expressed surprise and disappointment at the ICTY trial chamber's September 14 decision against provisional release of Generals Mladen Markac and Ivan Cermak, particularly in the wake of their voluntary surrender to t [...]
2004-09-20 16:00:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL KJUS PHUM HR
04ZAGREB1678CROATIAN POLITICAL SPECTRUM UNITED AGAINST TROOPS
[...] (SBU) President Bush's widely publicized written reply to Ambassador Neven Jurica on Jurica's presentation of credentials has united and solidified Croatia's diverse political parties in opposition to sending troops to Iraq or signing an Article 98 agreement with us. Although some commentator [...]
2004-09-21 11:47:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KAWC HR NATO
04ZAGREB1717CROATIA,S INTEL SERVICE SHAKE UP EXPECTED TO
[...] (S) With the confirmation of Veselko Grubisic as new Director of the Croatian Intelligence Agency (OA),the GoC is asserting positive control over the intel services. Along with new chief of Counterintelligence Agency (POA) Josko Podbevsek, (named earlier this year),Grubisic should be more w [...]
2004-09-28 21:55:00Embassy ZagrebSECRETPINR PREL KAWC HR
04ZAGREB1749GOTOVINA SEARCH SEPTEMBER UPDATE
[...] (U) The ongoing GoC search for ICTY fugitive Ante Gotovina hit the Croatian news last week with the arrest of four persons suspected of being part of Gotovina's support network and the retirement of Gotovina's wife, Dunja Gotovina, from the Croatian Armed Forces. Minister of Justice Vesna Ska [...]
2004-10-05 10:34:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL HR
04ZAGREB181FM ZUZUL COMMITS TO FULL ICTY COOPERATION,
[...] (C) FULL COOPERATION WITH ICTY: ON JANUARY 28, FOREIGN MINISTER ZUZUL GAVE AMBASSADOR FRANK A READ OUT OF HIS CONVERSATION IN STOCKHOLM EARLIER IN THE WEEK WITH AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES PIERRE PROSPER. ZUZUL SAID THAT HE HAD COMMITTED THAT THE GOC WOULD "COMPLETELY COOPERATE O [...]
2004-01-30 10:27:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL KJUS HR
04ZAGREB1842CROATIA SUPPORTS MERON RE-ELECTION TO ICTY
[...] (U) The GOC has announced that it will support the re-election of Theodor Meron to the post of permanent judge of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). When Poloff delivered reftel points October 14, MFA's director of UN affairs Ranko Vilovic highlighted the GO [...]
2004-10-22 07:33:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS KAWC PHUM HR
04ZAGREB2001A/S JONES WELCOMES CROATIAN CONSTRUCTIVENESS IN
[...] (SBU) During their November 11 meeting, A/S Beth Jones and Prime Minister Sanader discussed steps to improve regional relations, current and possibly additional Croatian contributions to resolve international crises, and the possibility of signing an Article 98 Agreement. PM Sanader stressed [...]
2004-11-17 15:27:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KAWC HR NATO
04ZAGREB2060(S) PM SANADER ASKS AMBASSADOR TO INTERVENE WITH
[...] (S) Summary: PM Sanader and FM Zuzul asked Ambassador Frank and UK Ambassador Ramsden December 1 for assistance in persuading President Mesic to suspend seeking the dismissal of head of the Croatian Counter-Intelligence Agency Podbevsek, stating that his work was critical to the hunt for PIF [...]
2004-12-01 17:08:00Embassy ZagrebSECRETPREL PGOV PINR KAWC HR
04ZAGREB2140NEW CROATIAN INTEL CHIEF WANTS GOOD COOPERATION
[...] (C) The scandal (reftels) surrounding the Counter Intelligence Agency (POA) has peaked with President Mesic and Prime Minister Sanader agreeing to fire POA Chief Josko Podbevsek and nominate Tomislav Karamarko as his replacement. Prior to his successful confirmation hearings and official ins [...]
2004-12-16 09:23:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KAWC HR
04ZAGREB300CROATIA TRYING TO CONVINCE UK IT IS COOPERATING
[...] (C) THE UK MAY BE EASING THE CRITERIA BY WHICH IT WILL MEASURE CROATIA'S COOPERATION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (ICTY). IN ADVANCE OF A FEBRUARY 11 VISIT BY FM ZUZUL TO LONDON, A BRITISH EMBASSY OFFICER INFORMED US THAT IF PM SANADER MAKES A CLEAR PUBLI [...]
2004-02-20 13:41:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KAWC HR UK
04ZAGREB380CROATIAN PRESS REPORTS NEW ICTY INDICTMENTS
[...] (SBU) THE CROATIAN PRESS IS WIDELY REPORTING THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF CROATIA HAS RECEIVED NEW SEALED ICTY INDICTMENTS FROM THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL. THE GOVERNMENT IS REFUSING TO COMMENT, BUT THE PRESS CITES THAT SANADER AND OTHER HDZ LEADERS ARE WORKING HARD TO MANAGE POLITICAL FALLOUT BEFORE [...]
2004-03-05 12:23:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC
04ZAGREB425CROATIA'S NEW ICTY PIFWCS DEPART VOLUNTARILY FOR
[...] (SBU) ON MARCH 11, AS EXPECTED, RETIRED CROATIAN GENERALS MLADEN MARKAC AND IVAN CERMAK DEPARTED VOLUNTARILY FOR THE HAGUE TO FACE WAR CRIMES INDICTMENTS. PRESS REPORTS INDICATE THAT MARKAC AND CERMAK WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY UPON ARRIVAL IN AMSTERDAM. ICTY ISSUED A STATEMENT WELCOMING CROATI [...]
2004-03-12 05:12:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KAWC HR
04ZAGREB456ZAGREB AWAITS NEW ICTY INDICTMENTS FOR BOSNIAN
[...] (C) Croatia is expecting the imminent arrival of new indictments from ICTY against a series of Bosnian Croats for their actions in BiH in 1993-94. According to the press, Justice Minister Vesna Skare Ozbolt met with likely indictees Milivoj Petkovic and Slobodan Praljak during the evening of [...]
2004-03-17 15:47:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC HR BK
04ZAGREB488ICTY INDICTMENTS OF BOSNIAN CROATS
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Zuzul told the Ambassador on March 22 that the GoC would do everything it could to ensure Croatian citizens indicted by ICTY for crimes in Bosnia were transferred to The Hague, but could not guarantee that the process would go as smoothly as in the cases of Cermak and Mar [...]
2004-03-22 14:29:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL PGOV BK HR
04ZAGREB598CROATIA SENDS SIX TO ICTY
[...] (C) On April 5, the Government of Croatia put six new Bosnian-Croat ICTY indictees onto a regularly scheduled commercial flight to Amsterdam. Notwithstanding a minor misunderstanding regarding the late notice given the GoC regarding one of the six, ICTY Head of Office Thomas Osorio describes [...]
2004-04-07 04:34:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL KJUS HR
04ZAGREB71CROATIAN PRESIDENT MESIC: OK ON IRAQ TROOP
[...] (S) In the Ambassador's January 13 call on President Mesic to seek movement on key bilateral issues, Mesic offered to go slow for the time being on any contract to refit a Libyan naval vessel while restating his desire to develop commercial relations with Libya. Mesic committed not to get in t [...]
2004-01-14 11:35:00Embassy ZagrebSECRETPREL MARR KAWC ETTC IZ SY HR NATO
04ZAGREB781CROATIAN FM DOWNPLAYS SECRETARY'S MESSAGE ON
[...] (U) THE SECRETARY'S BRIEF MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ZUZUL ON THE MARGINS OF THE BERLIN CONFERENCE ON ANTI-SEMITISM RECEIVED VERY LITTLE COVERAGE IN THE CROATIAN PRESS. ACCORDING TO VECERNJI LIST, CROATIA'S TOP-CIRCULATION MASS-MARKET DAILY, SECRETARY POWELL TOLD THE FOREIGN MINISTER THAT [...]
2004-04-30 13:37:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC KPAO HR NATO
04ZAGREB817FM ZUZUL SEEKS UNDERSTANDING ON GOTOVINA
[...] (C) FOREIGN MINISTER MIOMIR ZUZUL SOUGHT A MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR FRANK TO EXPRESS HIS DISAPPOINTMENT AT THE U.S. POSITION CONDITIONING SUPPORT FOR CROATIA'S NATO ENTRY ON THE ARREST OF ICTY FUGITIVE ANTE GOTOVINA (REFTELS). AMBASSADOR FRANK RESPONDED THAT THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SURP [...]
2004-05-07 14:25:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC HR
04ZAGREB964ICTY INDICTS NORAC: CROATIA PREPARING FOR CASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY and COMMENT: On May 25, the ICTY announced the issuance of an indictment against Croatian retired General Mirko Norac for his role in the Medak Pocket case. ICTY Head of Office Thomas Osorio (protect) told us that the Tribunal intends to transfer this case to Croatia for prosecutio [...]
2004-05-25 15:38:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL KJUS HR
05ABUDHABI2179GUANTANAMO ISSUES - ARB AND KORAN DESECRATION
[...] (C) Ambassador met with MFA Under Secretary Abdullah Rashid Al Noaimi on May 14 and discussed ref A information regarding the Administrative Review Board's (ARB) assessment of UAE detainee Abdullah Al Hamiri, and the allegation that the Koran had been desecrated at the U.S. Naval Station at Gu [...]
2005-05-16 09:12:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL KISK TC
05ABUJA1178DARFUR PEACE TALKS UPDATE: OBASANJO MEETS WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Olusegun Obasanjo met with the leaders of the Darfur rebel movements on June 30 and urged them to be flexible over the remaining points of contention on the Declaration of Principles. He also encouraged them to continue the negotiations, and above all, be patient. A [...]
2005-07-01 12:38:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KAWC KCRS SU NI DARFUR
05ABUJA1986SLM CONFERENCE: CHADIAN/FRENCH PROPOSAL FOR
[...] (U) On the margins of the Ninth Session of the Joint Commission (for the Cease-fire in Darfur) held in Ndjamena October 13-14, both SLM Chairman Abdelwahid Nur and France's Special Representative Ambassador Henri de Coignac had private meetings with Chadian President Deby touching on the Darf [...]
2005-10-17 13:38:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KAWC KCRS SU NI DARFUR
05ABUJA2008ABUJA: ROUND SIX
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Sixth Round of the Darfur talks at Abuja, held from September 15 - October 20, were hindered by controversy within the SLM/A, poor planning, and a perceived lack of serious approach by the GOS and the JEM/SLM. The African Union did not provide the stern leadership needed [...]
2005-10-19 13:14:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KAWC KCRS SU NI DARFUR
05ABUJA59OBASANJO ON SUDAN TRIBUNAL CONCEPT
[...] (C) Ambassador presented the Sudan Tribunal Concept demarche to the Foreign Ministry and National Security Advisor, and then to President Obasanjo, on January 14. After explaining where he was going on the Darfur talks (below),Obasanjo asked how it would be decided who would be prosecuted by [...]
2005-01-14 15:08:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC SU NI DARFUR
05ALGIERS1867UPDATE ON ALGERIANS SCHEDULED FOR RELEASE FROM
[...] (C) In an August 31 meeting on other issues, Ambassador pressed FM Bedjaoui for an early, favorable response conveying Algeria's readiness to accept the return of Algerian nationals scheduled for release from Guantanamo. Ambassador explained that the Embassy had raised this issue with the Mini [...]
2005-09-04 13:53:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KAWC AG
05ALGIERS2057AMBASSADOR RAISES GUANTANAMO DETAINEES WITH MFA
[...] (C) During an October 3 meeting on other issues, Ambassador and Pol/Econ chief raised with MFA Secretary General Lamamra the U.S. desire to repatriate some Algerian detainees at Guantanamo. Ambassador, noting an earlier conversation with FM Bedjaoui on the same subject (Ref A) and expressing [...]
2005-10-05 14:39:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KAWC AG
05ALGIERS2155MEETINGS IN ALGIERS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (S) Ron Miller, Senior Adviser to the Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, held meetings with officials from the MFA, Ministry of Justice, and Presidency officials October 18 on issues related to the detention and repatriation of detainees held at Guantanamo who claim to be Algerian. Mi [...]
2005-10-23 05:33:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPTER KAWC PINR PREL AG
05ALGIERS2162INFORMATION PASSED TO GOA ON TRANSFER AND RELEASE
[...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by PolEc Chief, delivered reftel talking points October 24 to MFA Director General for the Americas Fatiha Selmane. Ambassador also passed the proposed diplomatic notes that would be required in advance of the transfer of Algerian detainees from U.S. to Algerian co [...]
2005-10-25 15:30:00Embassy AlgiersCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC AG
05AMMAN2687NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF COMBATANT STATUS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-31 13:55:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KAWC PINR PREL JO
05AMMAN316NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF COMBATANT STATUS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-13 13:32:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL JO
05AMMAN3957DECISION ON RETURN OF NON-ENEMY COMBATANTS: JORDAN
[...] (C) Charge raised reftel points on May 17 with Foreign Minister Qasrawi and pressed for a quick resolution of the issue. Qasrawi replied that he would discuss this as soon as possible with the Minister of Interior to provide a complete response to our requests. The one outstanding issue, he [...]
2005-05-19 12:29:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO
05AMMAN4521NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-07 05:33:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KAWC JO
05AMMAN4620REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT DETAINEE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-09 11:39:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL JO
05AMMAN4630JORDAN: NOTIFICATION OF DETERMINATION BY
[...] (C) On June 8, PolOff delivered reftel information to Walid Obeidat in the Foreign Minister's private office regarding the Administrative Review Board's decision that here is a need for continued detention of Jordanian Zaid Muhammad Sa'ad Al-Husayn. He agreed to share the information with th [...]
2005-06-09 12:39:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL JO
05AMMAN4897UPDATE ON JORDANIAN DETAINEE AT GUANTANAMO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-19 08:03:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPINR PREL PTER KAWC JO
05AMMAN5555GREEN LIGHT FOR THE RETURN OF JORDANIAN DETAINEE
[...] (C) Charge met with Foreign Minister, Justice Minister and de facto head of the security services Mohammad Dhahabi in separate meetings over the past week concerning the return of Guantanamo detainee Khalid Mahmoud Abdul Wahab (refs). In the final meeting on July 12, Dhahabi offered authoritat [...]
2005-07-12 13:37:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO
05AMMAN5674ARRANGEMENTS FOR RETURN TO JORDAN OF GUANTANAMO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-17 13:54:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR JO
05AMMAN5839GUANTANAMO NLEC ABDUL WAHAB RETURNED TO JORDAN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-21 13:00:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALMOPS PTER KAWC PINR JO
05AMMAN623NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-25 07:18:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KAWC JO
05AMMAN7212NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-08 13:07:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KAWC JO
05AMMAN7955REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-05 12:41:00Embassy AmmanCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR
05AMMAN9580NGOS FOR VICTIMS OF TERRORISM
[...] Post has identified five NGOs that are providing assistance to the victims of the November 9 hotel bombings in Amman (Ref B.) None of these groups were established to specifically provide support or services to victims of terrorism and their families. Instead, they are private charitable and [...]
2005-12-12 12:08:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KAWC KPAO JO
05ANKARA1169USG ICTY POLICY
[...] We delivered reftel talking points concerning the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to GOT MFA Balkans officials Kasim Cavusoglu and Gizem Sucuoglu. Both said that Turkey had been following this issue for a long time and agreed with the U.S. position, saying that peop [...]
2005-03-04 16:13:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KAWC SR YI TU
05ANKARA1210GUANTANAMO: TURKS INFORMED OF FINAL DETERMINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-07 15:46:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL TU
05ANKARA1485INTERAGENCY BRIEFING TEAM ON GUANTANAMO ISSUES
[...] (U) This is an action request--please see para. 3. 2. (C) Embassy appreciates DoD's offer to lead an interagency team to Ankara to discuss Guantanamo issues with Turkish officials. However, Turkey has only two detainees at Guantanamo, and per refs b and c we understand one of these will be [...]
2005-03-15 15:50:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL TU
05ANKARA1671ENCOURAGING EU CONDITIONALITY ON GOTOVINA
[...] (C) On March 17 we presented reftel Gotovina demarche to MFA EU Political Affairs Officer Ege Turemen, who agreed that Croatia should cooperate with the ICTY. Turemen expressed concern over press articles that suggested the criticisms against Croatia could spill over and affect Turkish EU ac [...]
2005-03-23 09:04:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KAWC HR TU
05ANKARA5319TURKS WILL NOT ACCEPT UIGHURS FROM GITMO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-13 13:39:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR TU CH
05ASUNCION1294PARAGUAY ON REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF
[...] (U) On 10/14, PolOff delivered reftel talking points to MFA North America Desk Officer Luis Sosa. Sosa advised that he would forward the points to MFA Americas Director Cynthia Filartiga and MFA Bilateral Affairs Director Ambassador Ceferino Valdez. 2. (C) According to Sosa, there is no kn [...]
2005-10-14 15:16:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR PA
05CAIRO3687RELEASE OF EGYPTIAN NATIONALS FROM GUANTANAMO
[...] (C) As instructed ref A, Embassy has gone back through liaison channels to reiterate to the GOE the Department's points on the cases of Sami Abd El Aziz Salem Allaithy and Allah Muhammad Saleem, Egyptian detainees at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. We have asked that the GOE expedite their response. [...]
2005-05-15 14:52:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KAWC EG
05CAIRO9086WHITE HOUSE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-07 05:13:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KAWC KPAO
05CANBERRA1218AUSTRALIA DOES NOT SUPPORT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) On July 11, Poloff delivered ref A demarche to Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) ASEAN, Burma, and Cambodia Director Lynette Wood and Executive Officer Gillian Walker seeking to gauge Australian interest in establishing a Management Committee for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. [...]
2005-07-18 06:55:00Embassy CanberraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KAWC CB AS
05COLOMBO1353FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE REQUESTS LOST DOCUMENTS
[...] (U) Maldivian national Ibrahim Fauzee, detained in Pakistan in May 2002, was returned to Maldives from Guantanamo on March 12, 2005 after it was determined that he had no connection to terrorism and posed no threat to the US. Maldivian Government passed a request from Mr. Fauzee for return o [...]
2005-08-03 09:24:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PREL MV
05COLOMBO1522REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN
[...] (C) Charge' raised reftel situation of Uighur Guantanamo detainees with Foreign Ministry Secretary H.G.M.S. Palihakkara August 31 and asked SIPDIS for Sri Lankan assistance. Palihakkara replied that "we'd like to do it," but that accepting the Uighurs would "create problems with our Chine [...]
2005-08-31 05:32:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR CE
05COLOMBO1870REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-31 06:34:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR MV
05COLOMBO291MALDIVIAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSE ON THE RETURN OF
[...] (S) In late January, the Embassy received the following diplomatic note from the Government of the Republic of Maldives (GoRM),building on their preliminary response contained in Ref A, in response to our diplomatic note, drawing from Ref B, which laid out the USG view regarding the return [...]
2005-02-07 05:17:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPTER KAWC PREL PINS MV
05COLOMBO358MALDIVES CLARIFIES POSITION ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEE
[...] (S) Maldivian Foreign Ministry Permanent Secretary Zakariyyah called DCM February 15 to SIPDIS advise that, after the DCM's February 3 conversation with the Maldivian Attorney General, the GoRM had further considered its position on the return of Maldivian Guantanamo detainee Ibrahim Fo [...]
2005-02-15 11:44:00Embassy ColomboSECRETPTER KAWC PREL PINS MV
05COLOMBO445NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF COMBATANT STATUS
[...] (C) The Embassy on March 1 forwarded to the Maldivian government a diplomatic note, drawing from the relevant portions of reftel, advising that Maldivian Guantanamo detainee Ibrahim Fauzee has been determined to no longer be an enemy combatant and thus approved for release. DCM also called [...]
2005-03-01 10:37:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL MV
05COLOMBO463MALDIVES: GOVERNMENT POINT OF CONTACT FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-03 11:28:00Embassy ColomboCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PREL MV
05COLOMBO849MALDIVIAN GUANTANAMO DETAINEE IBRAHIM FAUZEE
[...] (SBU) The Maldivan government has advised the Embassy that, according to Maldivian national Ibrahim Fauzee who was returned to Maldives from Guantanamo March 12, when Mr. Fauzee was detained in Pakistan his Maldivian passport and several "educational certificates" were seized. They were not [...]
2005-05-09 02:14:00Embassy ColomboUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC PTER PREL MV
05DARESSALAAM149Interim Response: Sudan Tribunal Concept
[...] (C) Senior Foreign Ministry officials are accompanying a visiting British Minister, and are unavailable for meetings on January 25. We do not believe that we can most effectively present the Sudan Tribunal demarche to the relatively junior officer who is available for meetings on January 25. [...]
2005-01-25 13:53:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC SU TZ
05DARESSALAAM155Tanzania to study Sudan Tribunal Concept
[...] (C) Charge d'Affaires Christopher Stillman, accompanied by Poloff, met January 26 with the Foreign Ministry's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Ambassador Liberata Mulamula. Ambassador Mulamula listened carefully to the concept for a Sudan Tribunal outlined in Reftel. Ambassador Mulamula said [...]
2005-01-26 12:15:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC SU TZ
05DARESSALAAM253British and French Sound Out Tanzanians on
[...] (C) The French Deputy Chief of Mission in Tanzania raised the alternative proposals for a Sudan Tribunal during a February 3 courtesy call at the US Embassy. Apparently acting on instructions, French DCM Terence Wills asked Poloff what position we thought Tanzania was likely to take in the Sec [...]
2005-02-07 13:36:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC SU TZ
05DARESSALAAM374 TANZANIAN VIEWS ON SUDAN TRIBUNAL, AU COURT
[...] (U) Charge met on February 18 with Ambassador Pastor Ngaiza, Acting Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry, to deliver ref A demarche on the Sudan tribunal. Both the Foreign Minister and Deputy Minister were traveling outside of Dar es Salaam and unavailable. Charge left a copy of ref [...]
2005-02-18 12:58:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC PHUM SU TZ
05DARESSALAAM381 TANZANIAN VIEWS ON SUDAN TRIBUNAL, AU COURT
[...] (U) Charge met on February 18 with Ambassador Pastor Ngaiza, Acting Permanent Secretary of the Foreign Ministry, to deliver ref A demarche on the Sudan tribunal. Both the Foreign Minister and Deputy Minister were traveling outside of Dar es Salaam and unavailable. Charge left a copy of ref [...]
2005-02-22 08:41:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC PHUM SU TZ
05DARESSALAAM439 TANZANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER CAUTIOUSLY SUPPORTIVE
[...] (C) Charge met on February 25 with Foreign Minister Jakaya Kikwete to reiterate ref C demarche on Darfur, and to underline our support for an AU/UN Darfur tribunal that could utilize the existing ICTR infrastructure in Arusha. Kikwete, who had just returned from two weeks of travel, appeared [...]
2005-03-01 07:12:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC PHUM SU TZ
05DUBLIN1255IRELAND UNLIKELY TO ACCEPT GITMO UIGHURS
[...] (S) In a private meeting October 7, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to Dermot Gallagher, Secretary General of the DFA. Gallagher frankly told the ambassador that Ireland would not accept GITMO Uighurs because of their bad experience with the Church of the Nativity occupier they had ac [...]
2005-10-12 15:04:00Embassy DublinSECRETMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR
05DUBLIN321IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON MARCH 16 GAERC
[...] (U) On March 11, post delivered ref A demarche to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. On March 14, post followed up with Keown on points in refs B, C, and D on China, Croatia, and Iran. China: Increased U.S-EU Dialogue Useful --------------------------------- [...]
2005-03-15 17:41:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KAWC KPAO ETTC PTER KPAL EUN ICTY
05HELSINKI947DEMARCHE RESPONSE: FINLAND DISINCLINED TO RESETTLE
[...] (C) DCM delivered subject demarche to MFA Undersecretary for Political Affairs Markus Lyra. Lyra said that the GOF would be disinclined to consider resettlement of any of the Uighurs from Guantanamo to Finland. Finland grants third-country resettlement only to cases referred through the UN H [...]
2005-09-02 11:02:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREF PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PINR FI
05KABUL5042EMERGING AFGHAN INTERAGENCY PROCESS TO MANAGE
[...] (SBU) Summary. USDOJ and CFC-A representatives briefed a delegation of Afghan officials on the fundamentals of an interagency process. The GOA officials are to become the working group that will decide the form of the process Afghanistan will use to receive detainees transferred by the USG. [...]
2005-12-14 08:10:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KAWC AF
05KINSHASA123APPREHENDING FUGITIVE ICTR INDICTEES
[...] (U) Information requested reftel follows. Status of Rewards for Justice Program ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Rewards for three informants involved in the May 2004 arrest of indictee Yusuf John Munyakazi are still pending Department action. (Comment: In 2004 local press [...]
2005-01-24 15:12:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC KJUS CG RW ICTR
05KINSHASA221CONGO/B: APPREHENDING FUGITIVE ICTR INDICTEES
[...] (U) Post continues to follow the Awards for Justice programs very closely and the Ambassador engages President Sassou on the issue at every opportunity. Although, the ROC government turned over two genocidaires in 2003, there continue to be reports that Protuis Mpinaya travels regularly betw [...]
2005-02-08 18:02:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC KJUS ICTR
05KINSHASA646THE WAY FORWARD ON FDLR REPATRIATION
[...] (C) Embassy Kinshasa shares view expressed ref a that it would be a tragedy to miss the opportunity provided by the Sant' Egidio process to energize the voluntary return of a large number of non-genocidaire FDLR elements and their dependents. This initiative offers the best chance in over te [...]
2005-04-15 11:46:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO KAWC CG
05KUWAIT1075UPDATE ON FORMER GTMO DETAINEE NASSER AL-MUTAIRI
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 13:11:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KAWC PHUM PINR PREL PGOV KU
05KUWAIT1078INTERAGENCY BRIEFING TEAM ON GUANTANAMO ISSUES
[...] (C) Embassy Kuwait would welcome the visit of a senior-level interagency team provided that team is empowered to answer direct questions on the 11 Kuwaitis currently detained at Guantanamo. The Kuwaitis have an active legal team in Washington and are familiar with U.S. policies. They would [...]
2005-03-15 13:44:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL PGOV PHUM KU
05KUWAIT215KUWAIT MFA ON DETAINEES: IF WE CAN'T HAVE THEM
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para 4. 2. (S/NF) Pol Chief delivered January 8 background on the 12 Kuwaitis detained at Guantanamo (ref a) to Ambassador Khalid Al-Maqamis, MFA Director of Coordination and Follow Up. Al-Maqamis welcomed the information and confirmed that preparati [...]
2005-01-12 13:48:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL KAWC PGOV KU IZ
05KUWAIT3394TRANSFER OF KUWAITI DETAINEES: GOK PROMISES
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (S/NF) PolChief delivered ref A demarche July 31 to Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of Coordination and Follow Up. Al-Maqamis said he was aware that several Kuwaitis were under considerat [...]
2005-07-31 13:39:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PHUM PREL KAWC KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT362PROPOSED DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON DETAINEE ABDELRAHAM
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) Post continues to receive requests from the Government of Kuwait for information on the status of Kuwaiti nationals detained in Iraq. Post seeks approval to deliver the below diplomatic note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on S [...]
2005-01-26 14:04:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER KAWC PHUM PREL KU
05KUWAIT4142DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON KUWAITI DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-21 14:53:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PHUM PINR KU TERRORISM
05KUWAIT4426DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TRANSFERRING KUWAITI DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-15 15:13:00Embassy KuwaitSECRETPREL KAWC OPDC PTER KU
05KUWAIT926DEMARCHE DELIVERED: GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE
[...] (C) Political Chief delivered 6 March ref A demarche on the proposed Administrate Review Board (ARB) Proceedings for the ten Kuwaiti nationals currently detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to Ambassador Khalid Al-Maqamis, MFA Director of Co-ordination and Follow-Up. Al-Maqamis said he was aware [...]
2005-03-06 13:30:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KAWC KU
05MADRID1881DEMARCHE ON TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEE TO
[...] (C) Poloff advised MFA Deputy Director General for North America Manuel de la Camara on May 16 regarding the USG's readiness to transfer Moroccan national Lahcen Ikassrien to the Spanish authorities, contingent upon Spain's agreement to the conditions established in reftel. De la Camara had no [...]
2005-05-17 16:37:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PHUM PINR SP
05MADRID2132GUANTANAMO DETAINEE IKASSRIEN: SPAIN AGREES TO
[...] (C) On June 3, post received note verbale number 67112-Ext-04 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicating the Government of Spain's acceptance of USG terms for the transfer to Spain of Guantanamo detainee Lahcen Ikassrien (ref A). Attached to the note verbale was a notification from the C [...]
2005-06-06 14:26:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PHUM PINR SP
05MANAMA1165BAHRAIN: SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO AND DETAINEES
[...] (C) The Charge delivered reftel talking points concerning detainee operations at Guantanamo to Deputy Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa August 10. In presenting the points, the Charge emphasized that capturing and detaining enemy combatants is a national [...]
2005-08-10 13:29:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC KISL PGOV PREL BA
05MANAMA1280BAHRAIN: CHANGES TO PROCEDURES OF MILITARY
[...] No summary [...]
2005-09-05 14:06:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PTER PREL BA
05MANAMA1446GOB SEEKS INFORMATION ON GUANTANAMO HUNGER STRIKE,
[...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 5. 2. (SBU) The Embassy received a diplomatic noted dated October 2 regarding the hunger strike of detainees at Guantanamo. The note requests, in light of information received from the Embassy (reftel) and other sources about the hunger strike, tha [...]
2005-10-05 14:45:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC OPDC PREL PTER BA
05MANAMA1447TRANSFERRING BAHRAINI DETAINEE AL WADI
[...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 4. 2. (S) Ambassador, in separate conversations October 5, advised Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid Al-Khalifa and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar that the United States, after evaluating the written assurances receive [...]
2005-10-05 15:01:00Embassy ManamaSECRETKAWC OPDC PREL PTER BA
05MANAMA1462TRANSFER OF SECOND BAHRAINI DETAINEE
[...] (C) The Ambassador contacted Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar on October 8 to advise him that the United States was prepared to transfer from USG control to Bahrain custody and control Bahrain national Abdullah Al Noaimi. Ambassador reviewed ref a talking points [...]
2005-10-10 12:35:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PHUM PINR BA
05MANAMA1468BAHRAIN: REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-11 09:07:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPTER MOPS PREL KAWC BA
05MANAMA1503TRANSFER OF BAHRAINI DETAINEE AL NOAIMI
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-17 14:13:00Embassy ManamaSECRETKAWC OPDC PTER BA
05MANAMA1547HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP PROTESTS GTMO, REQUESTS
[...] (U) This is an action message; please see para 7. 2. (C) Five members of the Bahrain Human Rights Watch Society (BHRWS) called on the Ambassador October 16 to protest the detention of six Bahrainis in Guantanamo and to request the Embassy's assistance in arranging meetings for a BHRWS del [...]
2005-10-22 12:18:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PTER PHUM PREL BA
05MANAMA1553ARTICLES ALLEGE SEXUAL HUMILIATION, HUNGER STRIKE,
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 7. 2. (U) Sister newspapers Arabic daily Akhbar Al Khaleej and English daily Gulf Daily News October 19 and 20 published two articles alleging the sexual humiliation of Juma Al Dossary and the advanced hunger strike of Issa Al Murbati, both B [...]
2005-10-23 11:59:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC PTER ASEC PREL KPAO BA
05MANAMA1563NOTICE OF ARB FINAL DETERMINATION - BAHRAIN
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-24 14:21:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL BA
05MANAMA1578TRANSFER OF THIRD BAHRAINI DETAINEE
[...] (C) Ambassador advised Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar on October 29 that the USG is prepared to transfer a third Bahraini national, Shaikh Salman Ebrahim Mohamed Ali Al Khalifa, from Guantanamo to the exclusive custody of the Government of Bahrain on the basis [...]
2005-10-29 13:55:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PHUM PINR BA
05MANAMA1594MFA GOES PUBLIC ON IMPENDING TRANSFER OF BAHRAINI
[...] (U) Unidentified "sources" at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told the Bahraini press on October 30 that some of the six Bahrainis detained at Guantanamo would return to Bahrain shortly, possibly over the upcoming Eid holidays. This story became a lead front-page news in both the English and A [...]
2005-10-31 13:20:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PHUM PINR BA
05MANAMA1620BAHRAINI GTMO DETAINEE SUICIDE REPORT GETS
[...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 5. 2. (U) All Bahraini newspapers gave prominent front-page coverage November 2 to the November 1 Washington Post story describing the reported October 15 suicide attempt by Bahraini Guantanamo detainee Juma Al-Dossary. The reporting in the Bahrain [...]
2005-11-02 13:31:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PHUM PTER PREL BA
05MANAMA1627THREE BAHRAINI DETAINEES ARRIVE, RELEASED AFTER
[...] (C) Three Bahraini Guantanamo detainees, approved for transfer back to Bahrain, arrived in Bahrain at 9:15 AM November 5 via USG transportation. Upon arrival at the airport, the three -- Shaikh Salman Ebrahim Mohammed Ali Al Khalifa, Adil Kamil Abdullah Al Wadi, and Abdullah Al Noaimi -- wer [...]
2005-11-05 10:20:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PREL PHUM PINR BA
05MANAMA1635MFA REQUESTS INFORMATION ON REPORTED GTMO SUICIDE
[...] (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a diplomatic note to the Embassy, dated November 2, noting newspaper reports of the attempted suicide by Bahraini detainee at Guantanamo Juma Al-Dossary (reftel),and requesting that the Embassy inquire into the veracity of this report and advise the Min [...]
2005-11-07 11:44:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PHUM PTER PREL BA
05MANAMA1686MFA REPORT ON THREE RETURNED GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] After the Bahraini citizens Adel Kamel Abdulla Al Awadhi, Abdulla Majid Al Noaimi, and Shaikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa were returned, they were presented to the Public Prosecutor for the necessary legal procedures. 2. After the procedures completed, the detainees were rele [...]
2005-11-15 12:27:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PHUM PINR BA
05MANAMA1704REPLY TO BAHRAINI DIPNOTE ON DETAINEE SUICIDE
[...] (S) Embassy delivered reftel diplomatic note on Bahraini detainee Juma Al-Dossary to the Foreign Ministry on November 20. In discussing the note with the Ambassador, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar commented on the recent Washington Post article quoting American l [...]
2005-11-21 13:11:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL KAWC OPDC PTER BA
05MANAMA229GULF DAILY NEWS ARTICLE CLAIMS TORTURE OF BAHRAINI
[...] (C) While there have been previous press reports on the six Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo, their "imminent" release, and complaints about conditions there, a February 10 article in the English-language Gulf Daily News is perhaps one of the more detailed and widely disseminated "expose" pie [...]
2005-02-16 14:51:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL PTER MARR BA
05MANAMA390RECEIPT OF DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON BAHRAINI DETAINEES
[...] (U) Embassy received diplomatic note number 11/231/2-39138 concerning Bahraini detainees at GTMO from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs March 16. Begin Text of Diplomatic Note: 11/231/2-39138 March 14, 2005 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the [...]
2005-03-16 12:53:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC OPDC BA
05MANAMA392BAHRAIN: INTERAGENCY BRIEFING TEAM ON GUANTANAMO
[...] (C) Post welcomes DOD's offer to lead an interagency team to discuss the status of the six Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo (reftel). Senior government officials regularly raise the detainees in meetings with the Ambassador and EmbOffs, most recently today, March 16, and the press covers the [...]
2005-03-16 13:33:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL BA
05MANAMA505BAHRAIN: NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE
[...] (C) The Ambassador informally raised the issue of the upcoming Guantanamo Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings with Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Abdul Ghaffar on the sidelines of an event last week. PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs As [...]
2005-04-06 12:05:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KAWC BA
05MANAMA558STATUS OF BAHRAINI DETAINEES AT GTMO
[...] (S) Post delivered Ref A message on the status of Bahraini detainees at GTMO to the MFA via diplomatic note number 098 on April 11. Pol/Econ chief met with MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa April 13 to discuss the note and t [...]
2005-04-16 14:02:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL KAWC OPDC BA
05MANAMA621DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARDS
[...] This is an action message; please see para 2. 2. The Embassy received Diplomatic Note number 19/1/5-41677 of April 19, 2005 from the MFA covering information to be included in the GTMO Administrative Review Boards for Bahraini detainees Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa, Issa Al Murbati, Juma [...]
2005-04-26 11:17:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC PTER ASEC PREL OPDC BA
05MANAMA790REPLY TO BAHRAINI SUGGESTION OF DETAINEE WORKING
[...] (S) Embassy delivered reftel reply to the Bahraini suggestion to form a detainee working group to the MFA via diplomatic note number 152 on May 31. 2. (S) Pol/Econ chief delivered a copy of the diplomatic note to MFA Assistant Under Secretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Az [...]
2005-06-01 12:55:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL KAWC OPDC BA
05MANAMA84NOTICE OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF COMBATANT STATUS:
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-18 09:21:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL BA
05MANAMA880VISIT OF AMERICAN LAWYERS STIRS UP GTMO ISSUE
[...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: Two Amcit attorneys from law firm Dorsey and Whitney, which represents on a pro bono basis the six Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo, visited Bahrain June 13-15 to meet with family members, MPs, activists, and government officia [...]
2005-06-20 09:43:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PTER PREL BA
05MANAMA921DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON GTMO DETAINEES
[...] (U) The Embassy received the following diplomatic note number 19/1/5-46123 dated June 26, 2005 from the MFA. Begin Text of Diplomatic Note: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain presents it complements the Embassy of the United States of America and has the honor to re [...]
2005-06-29 09:22:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL PTER BA
05MAPUTO128MOZAMBIQUE: FM SIMAO ON A SUDAN TRIBUNAL AND IRAQ
[...] (C) The Ambassador delivered the demarche on the Sudan tribunal concept (ref A) in the early afternoon of January 26, in a meeting with Foreign Minister Simao. The Foreign Minister responded to the demarche by pointing out that work toward any tribunal "would be difficult" at this juncture bec [...]
2005-01-26 15:21:00Embassy MaputoCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC MZ ICC
05NDJAMENA1377SALIM ON THE NEXT ROUND OF DARFUR PEACE TALKS, SLM
[...] (C) Summary: During his visit to Chad for consultations over September 8-9, the African Union's Special Envoy for Darfur, Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim, shared his views on the upcoming round of peace talks. Salim is committed to starting the talks on September 15, but acknowledges that members of [...]
2005-09-10 17:52:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1378EIGHTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: JUMP-STARTING THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire met September 8-9, taking advantage of a visit by the African Union's Special Envoy for Darfur, Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim. The agenda was devoid of any overtly controversial issues and focused on a report by the Cease-fi [...]
2005-09-10 17:52:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1412WEIGHING IN WITH THE DARFUR REBELS: SLM CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wall met with members of Mini Minawi's camp of the Sudan Liberation Movement on September 12 to discuss their views on the recently held Joint Commission, their conference plans, and the Abuja talks. The high-level group explained the importance the field commanders [...]
2005-09-16 08:31:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1487CHAD PROTESTS CROSS-BORDER ATTACK FROM SUDAN
[...] (U) This is an action request for AF/SPG, AF/PD. See paragraph 7. 2. (C) Summary: Chad has told the Government of Sudan to close its consulate in Abeche and announced the withdrawal of its consulate from El Geneina, Sudan after a cross-border jandjaweed attack killed over 36 civilians o [...]
2005-10-04 07:04:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1547NINTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: WIDESPREAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Commission (JC) on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire met October 13-14 in N'Djamena. The key agenda item, strengthening the cease-fire, was never completely covered, but participants vowed to rejuvenate the JC and reaffirmed their commitments to participate regularl [...]
2005-10-17 11:32:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA260PRESIDENT DEBY DOUBTS AFRICAN UNION'S CAPACITY ON
[...] (C) Summary. The African Union (AU) is not up to the task of establishing a tribunal on Darfur, but the decision on how to proceed should reflect whatever AU consensus is reached, President Deby told the Ambassador February 18. In the meeting held to convey the Secretary's letter to him on [...]
2005-02-18 17:17:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPKO PHUM PREL KAWC SU CD
05NDJAMENA261DEBY HOSTS HEADS OF STATE MEETING ON DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary. Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir agreed to stop aerial activity over Darfur and implement a unilateral ceasefire during the N'Djamena Summit on Darfur held on February 16. Bashir also told the heads of state of Chad, Gabon, Congo, representatives of Egypt, Libya, Nigeria, the [...]
2005-02-19 11:47:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA262SEVENTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: PROCESS INCHING
[...] (C) Summary: President Idriss Deby and African Union Commission President Alpha Konare opened the well-attended seventh Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Ceasefire (JC) on February 16. Despite an announced "boycott" of the meeting by leaders of the rebel movements, the Sudan Liber [...]
2005-02-20 12:00:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA263RUMORS OF REFUGEES RETURNING TO SUDAN
[...] (C) Summary: Per Ref A, P/E officer met with UNHCR officials, representatives of the National Movement for Reform and Democracy (NMRD),members of the Chad mediation team on Darfur, African Union (AU) officials responsible for Darfur, and members of the African Union Ceasefire Commission to [...]
2005-02-20 12:14:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA281ICRC OPERATIONS IN CHAD
[...] Summary. In addition to ICRC's traditional activities in Chad (e.g. detention visits and international humanitarian law dissemination),ICRC is playing a key role in eastern Chad in assisting refugee populations and local communities. ICRC's work with refugees specifically focuses on family [...]
2005-02-23 10:05:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA282REFUGEES IN CHAD: PRM/USAID VISIT TO TREGUINE,
[...] Summary. PRM/AFR Mary Lange and USAID/FFP (DART) Suzanne Poland traveled to the Adre region of Eastern Chad from February 16-18 to visit the refugee camps of Treguine, Bredjing, and Farchana and to meet with staff from UNHCR, WFP, IFRC, Chadian Red Cross, MSF, Secadev, CORD, and CARE. Camp po [...]
2005-02-23 10:21:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU USAID
05NDJAMENA283REFUGEES IN CHAD: PRM VISIT TO BAHAI
[...] Summary. PRM/AFR officer reviewed protection issues, provision of basic services, vacant staff positions, and the relocation of Oure Cassoni refugee camp during a visit from February 11-13. As the result of Oure Cassoni's close proximity to the Sudanese border, large numbers of young men mo [...]
2005-02-23 10:34:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA542SUDANESE REFUGEES IN CHAD REPORT ONGOING VIOLENCE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Sudanese refugees crossing the border into eastern Chad say violence continues to rage in Darfur, a claim backed by workers from international and non-governmental organizations and African Union monitors based in Chad and Sudan. Refugees described combined attacks involving S [...]
2005-04-05 10:33:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA543RIFTS IN REBEL RANKS PLAY OUT IN CHAD
[...] (C) Summary. Over the past month, several important developments that could affect cohesion and direction of the Darfur rebel movements have played out in Chad. As previously reported, Chadian officials invited members of the Sudan Liberation Movement SLM to N'Djamena to hold organizationa [...]
2005-04-05 10:33:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA555DARFUR REBEL DEMARCHE: HARIR AND SHOGAR ON SLM'S
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador delivered points in ref A to Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) members Dr. Sharif Harir and Adam Shogar on April 4. Both SLM leaders praised USG efforts on behalf of the three recently passed U.N. Security Council resolutions. They also reaffirmed their commitment [...]
2005-04-06 15:32:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA791SLM PLANS FOR DARFUR CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary: The Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM) appears to be moving ahead with its plans to hold a meeting of its members in Darfur to make leadership changes. The long-awaited meeting may take place in three weeks time. SLM members from Asmara and Nairobi began arriving in N'Djamena to [...]
2005-05-16 10:31:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA814REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: MALNUTRITION RATES AND
[...] Summary: PRM Office Director for Assistance to Africa Margaret McKelvey and Program Officer Hazel Reitz visited Chad from May 4 to 18 to monitor the operations on behalf of the Sudanese refugees in the east of Chad. This cable, one of three reporting on the visit, focuses on efforts to unders [...]
2005-05-20 10:46:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA834REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: A LOOK AHEAD (PART I)
[...] Summary: Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration officers Margaret McKelvey (Director of the Africa Office) and Hazel Reitz (Chad Program Officer and UNHCR liaison officer) visited Chad from May 4 to 18 to conduct a periodic review of progress of protection and assistance efforts for Da [...]
2005-05-23 14:48:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA835REFUGEES IN EASTERN CHAD: A LOOK AHEAD (PART II)
[...] (C) Summary: Bureau for Population, Migration, and Refugees Officers Margaret McKelvey and Hazel Reitz traveled to Chad from May 4 to 18 to conduct a periodic review of protection and assistance efforts in eastern Chad. This is the third of three cables from the visit. (Refs A and B). Some [...]
2005-05-24 06:53:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA884SENATOR BIDEN MEETS REFUGEES AND REBELS, URGES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senator Joseph Biden delivered a strong message of U.S. support for the resolution of the crisis in Darfur, tempered by a frank discourse on the USG limitations, during his visit to Chad from May 31 to June 1. Biden traveled to Oure Cassoni Refugee Camp near Bahai, where he m [...]
2005-06-02 16:02:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU VIP
05NDJAMENA933CHADIAN MEDIATION TEAM VIEWS ON ABUJA TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: Chad's non-attendance for the opening days of the peace talks in Abuja stems from the mediation team's misgivings over the preparedness of the rebel movement delegations to negotiate and suspicions of Libyan maneuvering to close a deal outside the Abuja process. Ambassador Wall [...]
2005-06-14 16:39:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NEWDELHI8188UIGHUR RESETTLEMENT: GOI UNLIKELY TO RESPOND
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, MEA Joint Secretary (Americas) S Jaishankar told the Charge on October 15 that the GOI would consider the US request for assistance in resettling Uighur detainees, but suggested that the answer would be no. "You know why," he added. Comment ------- [...]
2005-10-21 13:00:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR IN
05OTTAWA3065REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN
[...] (S) On October 12, 2005 POL M/C raised the Uighur resettlement issue with Michael Small, Acting ADM (Assistant Deputy Minister) for Global Affairs at Foreign Affairs Canada. Small, who is also Director General for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs, had been briefed by FAC,s Senior Adviso [...]
2005-10-13 14:46:00Embassy OttawaSECRETKAWC MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR
05OTTAWA3638FOLLOW-UP TO REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT
[...] (U) This is an action message. See para 6. 2. (S) Polmiloff met with Senior Advisor for Migration and Refugees Kathy Porter on December 9 to discuss Uighur resettlement. Other meeting participants were China and Mongolia Senior Political Officer Walter Bernyck, and U.S. Relations Politica [...]
2005-12-09 22:08:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR CA
05OTTAWA3656CANADA: RESETTLEMENT OF CERTAIN REFUGEES
[...] (U) This is an action message. See para 5. 2. (S) On December 13, Political Minister Counselor and polmiloff raised the matter of Uighur resettlement with Tony Burger, Assistant Secretary of the Global Affairs Secretariat at the Privy Council Office (Burger reports to Jonathan Fried, Senio [...]
2005-12-13 22:20:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR CA
05OTTAWA3695CANADIAN IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS NEGATIVE ON
[...] (S) Pol Minister Counselor and polmiloff met with two Assistant Deputy Ministers (Operations and Policy) at Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) on December 15, to follow up on USG's request that Canada consider resettlement of Uighurs from Guantanamo. In a cordial but candid exchange, A/D [...]
2005-12-16 20:28:00Embassy OttawaSECRET//NOFORNMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PINR CA
05OTTAWA944LETTER FROM SECRETARY RICE TO FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Secretary Rice's letter to Foreign Minister Pettigrew regarding Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr was delivered by polmiloff on March 30 through the Foreign Intelligence Division (ISI) at Foreign Affairs Canada. ISI staff subsequently confirmed hand-delivery of the letter to the Foreign Mini [...]
2005-03-31 18:25:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALOPDC PTER KAWC PHUM PINR CA
05PARIS1039DARFUR ACCOUNTABILITY: AMB. PROSPER'S DISCUSSION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France remains committed to referring those responsible for violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in Darfur to the International Criminal Court (ICC). The USG proposal for a hybrid UN/AU tribunal raises French concerns over universal standards of justice, [...]
2005-02-17 18:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS KAWC SU FR
05PARIS1304FRENCH INFORMED OF FINAL DETERMINATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-01 17:08:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL FR
05PARIS1527FRANCE WILL ISSUE PRESS STATEMENT REACTING TO ICTY
[...] (C) On March 8, POL M/C delivered reftel demarche encouraging press statements on the ICTY indictment of Ramush Haradinaj to Jean-Francois Terral, A/S-equivalent for Russia, the former Soviet space, and the Balkans. Terral agreed with the necessity of issuing a press statement, and shared a co [...]
2005-03-08 17:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KAWC SR YI FR ICTY
05PARIS1711FRANCE: UPDATE ON TRANSFERRED GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-15 12:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER KTIA KAWC PHUM PINR OPDC PREL FR
05PARIS1797FRANCE: INTERAGENCY BRIEFING TEAM ON GUANTANAMO
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-17 16:04:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL FR
05PARIS2034EX-GTMO DETAINEES UPDATE: 6 IN PRETRIAL DETENTION
[...] (C) The Paris Court of Appeal on March 25 ordered ex-GTMO detainee Ridouane Khalid imprisoned pending investigation of charges of "criminal association with a terrorist enterprise." Returned to France on March 7, Khalid had been released on March 11, though he remained under judicial watch. [...]
2005-03-25 16:12:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL FR PTER KJUS KAWC
05PARIS2110FRENCH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON OSLO DONORS'
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA AF Assistant Secretary Joubert on March 29 said that Xavier Darcos (Minister-Delegate for Cooperation, Development, and Francophonie) would likely lead the GOF delegation to the April 11-12 Oslo Donors' Conference on Sudan (reftel),although no final decision had been made. [...]
2005-03-30 14:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID ECON KJUS KAWC SU FR
05PARIS433FRENCH NOTIFIED OF LATEST ENEMY COMBATANT STATUS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-01-25 08:59:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL FR
05PARIS4879DEMARCHE DELIVERED - MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR
[...] (U) We provided reftel points July 8 to MFA IO Asia action officer Didier Gonzalez. Gonzalez told us July 9 that the GoF had no position on the establishment of a Management Committee. The idea, he said, would require some reflection. 2. (U) We also provided the points to MFA Cambodia d [...]
2005-07-13 10:07:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KAWC CB FR
05PARIS6333RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO UIGHURS - FRANCE
[...] (C) DCM discussed reftel request with MFA Director of Cabinet Pierre Vimont, September 16. Vimont said the GOF would "study" the request and promised a rapid response. Vimont said that, if France were in principle able to accept some/all of the Uighurs, it would be helpful to have more deta [...]
2005-09-16 15:43:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR FR
05PARIS6887FRENCH ILL AT EASE ON DARFUR, CHAD, AND THE
[...] (SBU) DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal and Sudan Desk Officer Jeremie Robert singled out recent violence in Darfur, cross-border attacks into Chad by militia with possible government backing, African Union representative Kingibe's strong criticism of Khartoum, and Chad's rebuke to Sudanese author [...]
2005-10-06 11:44:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALEAID PGOV PREF PREL PHUM KAWC PINR SU CD FR
05PARIS8386WHITE HOUSE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON HOST
[...] France's leading NGO dedicated to the support of terrorist victims and their families is S.O.S Attentats - S.O.S. Terrorisme. It was founded in 1986 by Franoise Rudetzki, herself a victim of terrorist attack. Its aim is to seek monetary compensation, psychological and medical care and judic [...]
2005-12-09 17:39:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KAWC SOCI FR
05PARIS8426FRENCH APPEAR DISINCLINED TO RESETTLE UIGHERS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-13 14:01:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF FR
05PARIS8683GOF RESPONDS NEGATIVELY TO UIGHER RESETTLEMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-12-29 14:47:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER FR KAWC PHUM PREF
05SANAA1331NOTIFICATION OF RETURN OF NON-ENEMY COMBATANT
[...] (C) On May 18 Ambassador delivered Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT) notification to Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi regarding the release of a Yemeni detainee from GTMO (ref A). Ambassador asked Qirbi to confirm the ROYG's willingness to accept this individual, as well as other Yemen [...]
2005-05-18 11:06:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PHUM PREF PINR KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA1346FM DISCUSSES KORAN DESECRATION, PRESS LAW, SALEH
[...] (C) Summary. On May 18 Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Abubakr al-Qirbi. Discussions centered on the release of a Yemeni detainee from GTMO (ref A),ROYG response to Koran desecration allegations, Ambassador's canceled meeting with Yemeni journalists, and Saleh's proposed visit to Washi [...]
2005-05-23 11:10:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC PHUM KMPI ECON
05SANAA2123ROYG UNWILLING TO ACCEPT RETURN OF GTMO DETAINEES
[...] (C) DCM delivered ref A and B notifications of Yemeni GTMO detainees scheduled to come before the Administrative Review Board (ARB) on August 2 to Deputy Foreign Minister Mustafa Noman, along with ref C demarche points "speaking out about GTMO and detainees." ---------------------------- NE [...]
2005-08-02 14:29:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER KAWC YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2365DFM ADMITS ROYG VIOLATED SOMALI ARMS EMBARGO
[...] (S/NF) Summary: On August 10, DFM Noman briefed Ambassador on a UNSC investigation into allegations of ROYG infractions against the Somali arms embargo. MOI Alimi followed up on August 14, underlining ROYG concerns that Somalia will be over-run by Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups unless Yus [...]
2005-08-15 12:27:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PARM PTER KAWC PINR SO YM
05SANAA2377DFM DISCUSSES SALEH VISIT WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (C) Summary. On August 14, Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen Al-Dhabi and Ambassador discussed cooperation ahead of President Saleh's scheduled visit to Washington in November and current ROYG efforts to combat corruption. End Summary. ------------------------------ Saleh's Visit: What Ca [...]
2005-08-16 08:50:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER ECON KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM COM
05SANAA2425PUSHING FOR TRANSFER OF GTMO DETAINEES, DEMARCHE
[...] (C) GTMO detainees continue to be an important issue for ROYG officials and the Yemeni public in general. Securing ROYG approval for the transfer of GTMO detainees is a post priority. Ambassador has recently engaged the ROYG on several specific issues including the upcoming transfer of one no [...]
2005-08-22 12:57:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER KAWC YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2530ARAB LEAGUE, IRAQI CONSTITUTION, AND TERRORISM
[...] Poloff delivered reftels on the Arab League meeting, support for the Iraqi Constitution, the Convention Against Terrorism, changes to military commissions, and amendments to the Safety of Maritime Navigation Convention (SUA) to DFM Mustafa Noman on September 5. Post will report any substanti [...]
2005-09-07 13:01:00Embassy SanaaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PTER KAWC PARM YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2791FM QIRBI DISCUSSES IRAN, SALEH VISIT, CT ISSUES
[...] (S) Summary: In a September 18 meeting with Ambassador, Foreign Minister Abubakr Qirbi discussed potential IAEA action against Iran and Saleh's November visit to Washington. Discussions also focused on several counter-terrorism issues, including support for the extradition of an Iraqi form [...]
2005-09-20 12:15:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER KNNP KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA2880YEMENIS REMAIN RELUCTANT TO ACCEPT GTMO DETAINEES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Saleh and his Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Interior have made clear in recent meetings that the ROYG will not accept repatriation of detainees from Guantanamo Bay who are designated as "enemy combatants." Yemeni officials have stated that the ROYG has enough probl [...]
2005-10-03 10:42:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3093GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) On October 23, Poloff delivered reftel notification to Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen Al-Dhabi on the continued detention of eleven Yemenis. Al-Dhabi accepted the names without comment. Krajeski [...]
2005-10-24 14:00:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3232CDA DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON TRANSFER OF YEMENI
[...] (C) On November 14, CDA delivered ref A points to Deputy Foreign Minister Mohiedeen Al-Dhabi on seeking an exchange of diplomatic notes between the USG and the ROYG to ensure that Yemeni detainees eligible for transfer will not pose a continuing threat to the interests of either government. C [...]
2005-11-14 13:19:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA3442DCM PRESSES MFA ON GTMO DETAINEE TRANSFER AND
[...] (C) DCM called on Deputy FonMin Mohy al-Din al-Dhabi on December 10 to press for an answer to Embassy's November 21 diplomatic note proposing the transfer of 13 Yemenis from Guantanamo Bay to Yemen (ref A). Al-Dhabi reiterated FonMin Qirbi's assurance to DAS Gordon Gray on December 3 that the [...]
2005-12-12 04:18:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA421GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD PROCEEDINGS
[...] No summary [...]
2005-03-01 04:02:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANAA926NOTICE OF GTMO ARB PROCEEDING DELIVERED TO ROYG.
[...] No summary [...]
2005-04-13 11:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KAWC YM DEMARCHE COUNTER TERRORISM
05SANSALVADOR2661EL SALVADOR DECLINES REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN DETAINEES FROM GUANTANAMO
[...] (C) After repeated Embassy attempts at various MFA levels, El Salvador replied on September 23 regarding the resettlement of the Uighur detainees from Guantanamo. The MFA officially replied that "at this time, it will not be possible to help with the referenced request". Butler [...]
2005-09-23 22:46:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDMOPS PREL PHUM PREF PTER KAWC PINR
05STATE183800REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 5 - 6. 2. (C) Background. There are 22 Chinese nationals of Uighur ethnicity under USG control at Guantanamo. DoD has determined that 15 of the 22 are no longer of intelligence/law enforcement value, and have been approved for release. [...]
2005-10-04 00:12:00Secretary of StateSECRETMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR
05TAIPEI4092TAIWAN MOFA AGREES TO CONSIDER RESETTLEMENT
[...] (S) AIT Deputy Director met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for North American Affairs Victor Chin October 5 to request assistance in resettling the Chinese Uighurs who have been approved for release. Using the talking points provided reftel, DDIR summarized the situation; he [...]
2005-10-05 10:18:00American Institute Taiwan, TaipeiSECRETMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR TW
05THEHAGUE2023NETHERLANDS/CAMBODIA: MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2005-07-20 09:31:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC PREL CB NL
05THEHAGUE2444NETHERLANDS/UIGHURS: DUTCH WANT UNHCR INVOLVEMENT
[...] (C) On September 2, POLCOUNS delivered reftel demarche regarding the possible resettlement of 15 Uighur detainees from Guantanamo to Anneke Adema, Head of the Dutch MFA's Office of Human Rights Affairs. Adema said that she would circulate the request to the relevant Dutch ministries and provi [...]
2005-09-08 13:09:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR MOPS KAWC NL
05TRIPOLI285GUANTANOMO DETAINEES: LIBYANS PROVIDE DIPNOTE RESPONSE
[...] (S) We received a draft MOU in response to reftel dip note regarding the proposed transfer of Libyan national, Abdul Rauf Omar Mohammed Abu Al Qusin,also known as Abu Abdul Rauf Zalita to the exclusive custody and control of the Government of Libya, under circumstances satisfactorily confirmed [...]
2005-11-30 07:38:00Embassy TripoliSECRETPREL PTER KAWC LY
05VIENNA2893DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2005-08-29 14:38:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR AU
05WELLINGTON666REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE OF CERTAIN
[...] (C) Summary: New Zealand is willing to consider taking in Uigher refugees from Guantanamo, but would at a minimum need a request from the UNHCR to start the process. Both Minister of Foreign Affairs Goff and Immigration Minister Swain will make the final decision of whether to admit the Uighe [...]
2005-08-31 04:52:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALKAWC MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR NZ
05ZAGREB1254OSIJEK WAR CRIMES - DELAYED JUSTICE, PRIMITIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A preliminary investigation into killings of dozens of ethnic Serb civilians in Osijek in 1991-92 is serving as a test of the capacity of the criminal justice system and the GoC's political will to prosecute war crimes perpetrated by Croatians. Chief suspect in the in [...]
2005-07-29 12:50:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PGOV PREL HR
05ZAGREB1441PETRAC ARREST SEEN AS PROGRESS TOWARD GOTOVINA
[...] (SBU) The August 31 arrest in Greece of fugitive Croatian businessman and organized crime figure Hrvoye Petrac is widely perceived in Croatia as another step in the GoC's plan to put pressure on war crimes indictee Ante Gotovina. As a close Gotovina associate, Petrac is thought to have fina [...]
2005-09-01 11:30:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC PREL HR
05ZAGREB1553WAR CRIMES: CROATIA PROSECUTING ITS OWN
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The GoC welcomed the September 14 decision by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (IChY) to refer the war crimes case against Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac to the Croatia, saying it shows the credibility of the country's judiciary. Recent domest [...]
2005-09-22 15:45:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PGOV PREL HR
05ZAGREB173 REHN STRIKES A NERVE IN ZAGREB
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn's January 31 statement casting doubt on a March 17 start for Croatia's EU accession talks due to lack of full cooperation with The Hague elicited several statements from the political leadership designed to show a united front and [...]
2005-02-03 07:47:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KAWC PREL PHUM HR
05ZAGREB1930ICTY FUGITIVE GOTOVINA ARRESTED
[...] (SBU) According to media reports December 8, Spanish Authorities on the Canary Islands arrested ICTY Fugitive Ante Gotovina on December 7. ICTY Head of Office in Croatia Thomas Osorio confirmed for us that Gotovina had been arrested. The Croatian State Prosecutor's Office told us that they e [...]
2005-12-08 14:24:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC PREL HR
05ZAGREB418GOTOVINA HUNT BRINGS FAR RIGHT OUT OF THE WOODWORK
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: As March 17 looms and pressure to apprehend Gotovina builds, Croatia's small but vocal far right-wing has again found its voice, loudly protesting what it sees as foreign interference in domestic issues. The several recent poster campaigns supporting the fugitive gene [...]
2005-03-16 10:29:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC HR
05ZAGREB429ICTY PREDICTS NO PROBLEMS IN BOSKOSKI TRANSFER
[...] (C) Thomas Osorio, head of the ICTY Liaison Office in Zagreb, told PolOff March 16 the court expects no problems with the transfer of Ljube Boskoski, former Macedonian Minister of Interior, from detention in Croatia to The Hague. The GoC's Office for ICTY Cooperation confirmed for Post that t [...]
2005-03-17 16:03:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC MK HR
05ZAGREB475BOSKOSKI TRANSFERRED TO THE HAGUE
[...] (U) Croatian authorities today transferred Former Macedonian Interior Minister Ljubo Boskoski to the custody of the ICTY in The Hague. Croatian authorities had been holding Boskoski in a Pula prison since August of 2004 on charges stemming from the murder of seven Pakistanis in Macedonia in [...]
2005-03-24 14:34:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC PREL MK HR
05ZAGREB76CROATIAN POLITICIANS DERIDE LATEST GOTOVINA LEGAL
[...] (U) Croatian political leaders from President Mesic to HDZ presidential candidate Jadranka Kosor and Minister of Justice Skare-Ozbolt roundly condemned a January 5 letter sent by ICTY Fugitive Ante Gotovina's lawyer, Luka Misetic, to the Luxemburg EU Chair and recently leaked to the press. In [...]
2005-01-14 15:04:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KAWC PREL HR
05ZAGREB926ICTY'S DEL PONTE ON CROATIA: COMMITMENT BUT NOT
[...] (C) At the close of her short visit to Croatia, ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte briefed that she was convinced that GoC efforts to arrest fugitive Ante Gotovina are sincere but that commitment does not equal full cooperation with the Tribunal. She indicated that by September she would [...]
2005-06-03 14:53:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL HR
06ABUDHABI948NOTICE OF SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO
[...] (C) On March 11, DCM delivered to MFA Asst U/S Tariq Al Haidan reftel message that OARDEC is in process of scheduling a UAE national, currently under USG control at GTMO, for ARB proceedings. Asst U/S maintained that person named, Abd Al Sattar, Muieen A Deen Jamal A Deen Abd Al Fusal, ISN [...]
2006-03-13 07:56:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL AE
06ADDISABABA3418RESPONSE FROM ADDIS ABABA REGARDING SADDAM HUSSEIN VERDICT.
[...] (SBU) On December 26, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review the general security situation in Ethiopia as well as post's general security posture. The following offices were represented at the EAC: Charge, A/DCM, PE, DATT, USAID, USAU, CONS, RMO, ORA, CDC, MGT, GSO, A/PAO, MSG an [...]
2006-12-29 10:16:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ET SO PTER PGOV PHUM CASC KAWC KJUS IZ
06ADDISABABA3419RESPONSE FROM ADDIS ABABA REGARDING SADDAM HUSSEIN VERDICT.
[...] (SBU) On December 26, the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) met to review the general security situation in Ethiopia as well as post's general security posture. The following offices were represented at the EAC: Charge, A/DCM, PE, DATT, USAID, USAU, CONS, RMO, ORA, CDC, MGT, GSO, A/PAO, MSG an [...]
2006-12-29 11:04:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ET SO PTER PGOV PHUM CASC KAWC KJUS IZ
06ALMATY1703KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSION OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan insists on a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty with the U.S. in order to accept the return of Guantanamo detainees. The MFA is willing to meet with U.S. experts in Astana to discuss the issue. See request for guidance, para. 4. End summary. 2. (SBU) On May 2, Poloff [...]
2006-05-15 02:25:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ALMATY1946KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES;
[...] (SBU) Summary: Poloff met with Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Officer Ualikhan S. Sanginkhanov to stress that it is not appropriate to link the return of the Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo to the conclusion of a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT),as the two matters are not [...]
2006-06-01 16:58:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ALMATY2399KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSIONS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 29 meeting regarding the possible transfer of Kazakhstani citizens detained at Guantanamo, an MFA Consular Services representative stated that the GOK could give no guarantees that the transferred detainees would never again engage in terrorism, asked for the backgrou [...]
2006-07-07 01:07:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ALMATY2549KAZAKHSTAN: FURTHER DISCUSSIONS ON GUANTANAMO
[...] (S) Summary: In a July 12 meeting with MFA consular officials, Poloff followed up on Ref A discussion of the transfer of Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo. Poloff passed requested information about the background of the three Kazakhstani detainees approved for transfer (Ref B),explained t [...]
2006-07-13 15:21:00US Office AlmatySECRETPTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ALMATY2872KAZAKHSTAN: MFA UNWILLING TO RECEIVE TRANSFER OF
[...] (S) Summary: In an August 2 meeting with MFA consular officials, Poloff again discussed the issue of transferring the Kazakhstani detainees held at Guantanamo to Kazakhstan. Poloff informed his counterparts that only intelligence and law enforcement personnel were allowed to visit the detaine [...]
2006-08-10 00:49:00US Office AlmatySECRETPTER KAWC PHUM PREL KZ
06ALMATY2889KAZAKHSTAN: POSSIBLE TRANSFER OF KAZAKHSTANI
[...] (S) Post appreciates receipt of ref B information on Kazakhstani citizen Ilkham Turdbyavich Batayev, ISN US9UZ-000084DP, and will pass it to the GOK soonest. Additionally, in response to reftel A approval for the transfer of Batayev from DoD custody to Kazakhstan, post notes that the Kazakhst [...]
2006-08-12 03:09:00US Office AlmatySECRETPTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ
06ALMATY3086KAZAKHSTAN: MFA EAGER TO RESOLVE DETAINEE ISSUE
[...] (SBU) Following up on his discussion of the issue with Foreign Minister Tokayev (reftel),the Ambassador on August 28 pressed Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov on the need for Kazakhstan to accept the return of its citizens detained at Guantanamo. The Ambassador stressed that there [...]
2006-08-31 11:11:00US Office AlmatySECRETPTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ
06ALMATY3245KAZAKHSTAN: GOK AGREES TO THE TRANSFER OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request. The Government of Kazakhstan has agreed to receive the transfer of the Kazakhstani detainees at Guantanamo Bay, according to Kazakhstani Ministry of Foreign Affairs Officer Ualikhan S. Sanginkhanov. Post requests Department guidance on the mechanism [...]
2006-09-15 01:15:00US Office AlmatyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ALMATY335KAZAKHSTAN: SECOND ROUND OF ARB REVIEWS
[...] (C) EBO Astana principal officer delivered Ref A demarche on January 26 to Valikhan Konurbayev, Head of the MFA Consular Department. The demarche concerned the upcoming ARB review of GTMO detainee Abdulrahim Kerimbakiev. Konurbayev noted that when Kerimbakiev first came up for ARB review (Re [...]
2006-01-30 12:12:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ALMATY336KAZAKHSTAN CONSIDERING TRANSFER OF DETAINEES
[...] (SBU) This cable contains a request for guidance, para. 5. 2. (C) EBO principal officer delivered Ref A demarche to Valikhan Konurbayev, Head of the MFA Consular Department on January 26 (re: proposed transfer of GTMO detainee Abdullah Tohtasinovich Makrubov). Konurbayev confirmed that his [...]
2006-01-30 12:14:00US Office AlmatyCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PHUM PINR KZ
06ANKARA1570PM ERDOGAN TO ATTEND ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT, DELIVER
[...] (SBU) MFA Under Secretary Uzumcu told Ambassador that PM Erdogan will be visiting Khartoum March 28-29 for the Arab League summit. PM Advisor Ali Yakital, (who just returned 3 months ago as Turkish ambassador in Khartoum),confirmed Erdogan was invited as a guest of the Arab League in his ca [...]
2006-03-24 14:07:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KAWC PHUM PREF SU TU
06ANKARA2805TURKEY NOTIFIED OF SECOND ROUND OF GTMO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-17 13:03:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL TU GE
06ANKARA3434GTMO: TURKEY PROVIDES PAPER ON DETAINEE
[...] (C) On June 9, MFA Head of Section for Security Affairs Huseyin Ozdemir passed us the GOT's submission regarding Turkey's lone detainee at GTMO: Murat KARNAZ. Per ref a, Ozdemir requested the document be passed to the Administrative Review Board (ARB) for its consideration of Karnaz's case. [...]
2006-06-09 14:49:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL TU GM
06ASTANA502KAZAKHSTAN: ASSURANCES FOR RETURN OF KAZAKHSTANI
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kazakhstan has agreed to the return of three citizens held at Guantanamo, and has provided written assurances regarding human rights and security issues. End summary. 2. (SBU) On November 7, Poloff met with Ualikhan S. Sanginkhanov, Head of the MFA's Division of Europe and A [...]
2006-11-08 02:21:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KAWC PINR PREL KZ
06ASTANA795KAZAKHSTAN: DISCUSSION ON RETURN OF DETAINEES
[...] (S) On December 5, Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the proposed return of three Kazakhstani detainees to Ualikhan Saginkhanov of the MFA's Consular Department. Saginkhanov appeared surprised at the proposed mid-December time frame. Saginkhanov said that he would send the information up t [...]
2006-12-08 01:44:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ
06ASTANA924KAZAKHSTAN: TRANSFER OF THREE DETAINEES
[...] (S) On December 16, three Kazakhstani detainees were transfered to the custody of Kazakhstan. Poloff and Embassy Astana DAO officer met with Ualikhan Saginkhanov of the MFA's Consular Department at the Almaty international airport to facilitate the transfer. Five individuals who declined to [...]
2006-12-26 01:37:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ
06BAGHDAD1025COR MEMBERS ALLEGE DISPLACEMENT CONTINUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Shia Council of Representatives (CoR) members report more displacements of Shia families under threat of violence. Shia Coalition member Hassan Radi al- Sari (Missan Governorate) and Iraqiyya List member Shaykh Jamal Abd al-Mehdi al-Shemari (Wasit Governorate) told PolOffs March [...]
2006-03-29 10:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PTER KDEM KISL KAWC IZ
06BANJUL778THE GAMBIA: EXECUTION OF SADDAM HUSSEIN
[...] (C) In response to reftel, Ambassador convened EAC meeting December 29 to review the security posture of the Embassy and the private Amcit community in light of the anticipated execution of Saddam Hussein. EAC members agreed that Hussein's execution was not/not likely to generate much interes [...]
2006-12-29 10:21:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALASEC PTER PGOV PHUM CASC KAWC KJUS IZ GA
06BELGRADE1509MONTENEGRO ASSURES COOPERATION ON WAR CRIMES
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Williamson, Special Envoy for War Crimes Issues, met on September 14 with PM Djukanovic, President Vujanovic, the Chief State Prosecutor, the head of the security service, and a private lawyer handling claims for compensation of war crimes. The meetings went well, with [...]
2006-09-19 08:29:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF KAWC PGOV MW
06BERLIN1376GERMANY NOTIFIED: SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO
[...] (C) EMIN delivered ref demarche and information concerning MURAT KARNAZ (aka KURNAZ) to Lothar Freischlader, Diplomatic Advisor to the Federal Interior Minister, May 19. Freischlader had no immediate reaction, but noted he was familiar with detailed discussions that had taken place in Washingt [...]
2006-05-19 13:27:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKAWC PTER PINR PREL GM IZ
06BUENOSAIRES411TRANSFER OF ITCY WAR CRIMES INDICTEE MILAN LUKIC
[...] Bosnian Serb war crimes indictee Milan Lukic was transferred to the ICTY from Argentina on February 20. Lukic had been detained in Buenos Aires on August 8, 2005, by Argentine authorities after meeting with his wife and youngest child in a local restaurant (reftels). Argentine Federal Judge [...]
2006-02-21 21:10:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC ICTY KJUS PHUM PGOV PREL BK SR AR
06CAIRO5619DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO ARB
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-10 13:04:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL EG
06DHAKA4743BANGLADESH: DIPLOMATIC NOTE DELIVERED ON FRAMEWORK
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-31 09:46:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PHUM PINR BG
06DHAKA5653BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON TRANSFER OF
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered demarche (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Morshed Khan. Khan said that the MFA met with the Home Ministry, confirmed the identity and nationality of detainee Mubaruk Hasheem, and plans to have interministerial meetings on the procedures to hand over the i [...]
2006-09-05 10:36:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINS KAWC BG
06DHAKA6190STATUS OF FRAMEWORK FOR RELEASE OF BANGLADESHI
[...] (C) We continue to engage with Foreign and Home Ministry officials to create an acceptable framework for the repatriation from Guantanamo of Bangladeshi national Mubarrak Hussain bin Abul Hashem. 2. (C) On September 25, MFA Americas Director Mahbub Saleh affirmed to poloff that Hashem is in [...]
2006-10-09 09:42:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINS KAWC BG
06DHAKA6390BANGLADESH GUANTANAMO DETAINEE
[...] (C) PolOff spoke with MFA Director of the America and Pacific Wing Mahbub Saleh on October 22 to discuss the BDG's October 16 diplomatic note (ref a) regarding the Bangladesh detainee. Saleh acknowledged the note did not expressly respond to the conditions in the Embassy's July 31 diplomatic [...]
2006-10-23 12:07:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINS KAWC BG
06DILI112TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP COMMISSIONERS PUSH FOR ACCESS TO SCU
[...] (C) The bilateral Indonesia-East Timor Truth and Friendship Commission (TFC) has made a surprise request for full access, with necessary redaction to assure witness confidentiality, to the files of the Serious Crimes Unit (SCU). After Prosecutor-General Longuinhos Monteiro refused the request, [...]
2006-03-11 11:05:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKJUS KAWC PHUM KPKO TT
06DILI18EX-MILITIA MEMBERS KILLED IN CLASH WITH EAST TIMOR BORDER
[...] (U) Summary: Three alleged members of 1999-era anti-independence militias were shot dead by officers of East Timor's Border Patrol Unit (BPU) on Friday, January 6. One of the three, Jose Mausorte, was a prominent member of the Halilintar militia and had been accused of involvement in several [...]
2006-01-09 15:18:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PBTS PHUM ASEC KAWC TT ID
06DILI203DAS JOHN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT GUSMAO
[...] (C) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, along with Ambassador Rees and Emboffs, met with President Xanana Gusmao May 2 to discuss U.S. priorities and concerns in East Timor. The major focus of the discussion was the riots on Friday, April 28 and the subsequent intervention of th [...]
2006-05-03 11:06:00Embassy DiliSECRETPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR PREL KJUS KCRM KAWC ID TT
06DILI210DAS JOHN MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ALKATIRI
[...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, along with Ambassador Rees and Emboff, met with Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri on May 3. DAS John congratulated Alkatiri on the many things that the Government of East Timor (GOET) is getting right, such as their work with the Millennium C [...]
2006-05-04 15:15:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ASEC MARR PREL KJUS KCRM KAWC ID TT
06DILI84INDONESIAN TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP COMMISSIONERS ARRIVE IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. The five Indonesian members of the bilateral Truth and Friendship Commission (TFC) arrived in Dili on Sunday to commence a weeklong program. The program is to include meetings with high-level Government officials, site visits, meetings with victims of violence in 1999, and a fo [...]
2006-02-21 14:21:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL JKUS KCRM KAWC ID TT
06DUSHANBE669TAJIKISTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER AGREES TO TRY TO HELP RESOLVE
[...] (S) Foreign Minister Talbak Nazarov agreed to designate a government point of contact to help resolve the issue of transferring Tajik citizens from Guantanamo to Tajikistan (reftel). In a 40-minute meeting April 6, Nazarov listened carefully as the Ambassador explained the assurances necessar [...]
2006-04-12 09:03:00Embassy DushanbeSECRETPREL PGOV PHUM PROP PTER ECON KAWC RS TI
06DUSHANBE903TAJIKISTAN: MFA SUBMITS GUANTANAMO DIP NOTE
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 2. 2. (C) Post received a diplomatic note from Tajikistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs agreeing to accept four Tajik Guantanamo detainees. The dip note is likely the result of the meeting of LTC Ron Miller, Military Advisor to the [...]
2006-05-18 03:27:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC TI
06FREETOWN409RE-ARRESTED: AMCIT ACCUSED OF TREASON
[...] (C) On May 16, one day after a magistrate judge released American Citizen Michael Chemidlin and three Sierra Leoneans held on charges of conspiracy and treason for taking photographs of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, police re-arrested Chemidlin and two of the three Sierra Leoneans. The m [...]
2006-05-24 10:07:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALCASC PINS KCRM PREL PHUM KDEM KAWC SL
06FREETOWN460NEW SPECIAL COURT PRESIDENT FAVORS TAYLOR
[...] (C) On June 5, Ambassador and PolOff met with the new presiding judge of the Special Court for Sierra Leone Appeals Chamber (and President of the Special Court),Justice George Gelaga King, who just took up a one-year term of office. King thanked the Ambassador for the U.S. financial contribut [...]
2006-06-05 17:46:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC SL NL
06FREETOWN484SPECIAL COURT WANTS MORE MONEY, SUPPORT
[...] (C) On June 9, visiting AF/W Director Phillip Carter and PolOff met separately with three principal officials at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL): Registrar Lovemore Munlo, Acting Chief Prosecutor Christopher Staker, and Principal Defender Vincent Nmehielle. There appeared to be cons [...]
2006-06-13 12:56:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC SL NL
06FREETOWN500CHARLES TAYLOR DEPARTS FREETOWN FOR THE HAGUE
[...] (C) At 0941 on June 20, a UN-chartered Airbus departed Lungi International Airport in Freetown with former Liberian President Charles Taylor onboard. 2. (C) Taylor departed the Special Court compound via helicoptor at 0900 enroute to Lungi under heavy security. Armored vehicles and UNMIL Ir [...]
2006-06-20 10:11:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL ASEC KAWC SL NL
06FREETOWN617SPECIAL COURT REGISTRAR DISCUSSES COMPLETION OF
[...] (U) Special Court for Sierra Leone Registrar Lovemore Munlo met with Ambassador and PolOff on July 26 to discuss a number of issues the Court faces, including its completion strategy (discussed in reftel). Munlo stood by the draft completion calendar forwarded to the Management Committee that [...]
2006-07-31 14:40:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC SL SG
06ISLAMABAD14910REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON UPCOMING GOP VISIT TO
[...] (U) This is an action request; see paragraph 3. 2. (C) On July 31, Poloff met with MOI LtCol Imran Yaqoob, who said that only two GOP officials plan to travel to Guantanamo to visit detainees of Pakistani nationality -- himself and MOI Operations Officer, Major Khalid Mahmood Khan. Yaq [...]
2006-08-02 02:32:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALKAWC PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD15302CONFIRMATION OF GOP VISIT TO GTMO
[...] (S) On August 4, poloff delivered Ref A points in separate meetings with National Crisis Management Center (NCMC) Operations Director LTC Imran Yaqoob and MFA (Americas) Hameed Abdul. 2. (S) LTC Imran said that poloff's points track with the Government of Pakistan's (GOP) understanding [...]
2006-08-04 11:50:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNPK PREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC
06ISLAMABAD17261GOP RESPONSE ON DETAINEE REPATRIATION AND READ-OUT
[...] (C/NF) On August 25, PolCouns met LTC Imran Farooq, MoI/National Crisis Management Cell Operations, to solicit his assessment of his visit to the detention facilities at Guantanamo (GTMO). LTC Imran said that interviews with the Pakistani detainees went well. The Pakistani delegation left [...]
2006-08-30 13:10:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKAWC PHUM PINR PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD18012DEMARCHES DELIVERED: SPEECH ON GWOT DETAINEES,
[...] (C) On September 7, 2006, PolCouns presented Ref A points to MFA (Americas) Director Mansood Khan. Khan appreciated the briefing and requested additional information on draft to establish military commission and the timeline for Congressional action. DCM also presented the same points to Fo [...]
2006-09-12 03:41:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNAF KAWC PHUM PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD22026GOP REQUESTS REPATRIATION OF GTMO AND BAGRAM
[...] (U) This cable contains action requests; please see paragraphs 4 and 5. 2. (C) In early November, POL received a copy of an MFA note verbale dated 12 October 2006 requsting the repatriation of six (6) Paksitani nationals currently in custody in the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay [...]
2006-11-16 12:01:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNKAWC PK PREL PTER
06ISLAMABAD3195GOP WILLING TO ACCEPT RETURN OF PAK GITMO DETAINEE
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-24 06:33:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALKAWC PK PREL PTER
06JAKARTA2112INDONESIA-ET TRUTH/FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION FACES
[...] (C) Indonesia's senior bureaucrat responsible for human rights in a February 8 meeting described the Indonesia-East Timor Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF) as "stagnant," due to East Timor's presentation of its human rights report to the UN, the shooting of three Indonesians on the East [...]
2006-02-16 11:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KAWC TT ID
06JAKARTA2532SENATOR FEINGOLD'S FEBRUARY 23 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Introduction and Summary. In a February 23 meeting with Senator Russell Feingold, Indonesian Foreign Minister Wirajuda expressed optimism that Indonesia's historic experience with Islamic fundamentalism would eventually lead to success in stemming the current threat posed by Muslim extrem [...]
2006-02-24 11:06:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL OREP PTER PGOV KAWC KNNP IR TT ID
06JAKARTA3298SUPREME COURT ORDERS EX-MILITIA LEADER TO JAIL FOR
[...] (SBU) Indonesia's Supreme Court on March 13 upheld the conviction of former East Timor militia leader Eurico Guterres and reinstated his ten-year prison sentence. Prosecutors said they would immediately jail Guterres, who has remained free pending his appeal. The politically well-connected G [...]
2006-03-15 03:23:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KAWC TT ID
06JAKARTA5789ASD RODMAN'S MEETING WITH INDONESIAN FOREIGN
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Peter Rodman met Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Imron Cotan on April 12. Both expressed strong interest in expanding military ties. Imron pressed for USG training for Indonesian Special Forces (Kopassus); [...]
2006-05-09 06:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS MARR PHUM KDEM KAWC TT BM TW
06KABUL1667GOA DETAINEES LEGAL WORKING GROUP MOVING AHEAD
[...] (SBU) The Afghan Inter-Ministerial Legal Working Group met on April 5 to discuss the development of a legal framework that would form the basis for transfer of detainees from U.S. custody as well as for the disposition of individuals taken off the battlefield in future. Due to a confusion on [...]
2006-04-12 12:34:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS KAWC PGOV AF
06KABUL4066GOA NOTIFIED OF SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered the notifications in reftels A and B on September 10 to National Security Council staff member Jamil Bahramy. Mr. Bahramy had no comment upon receiving the notifications. NEUMANN [...]
2006-09-11 09:40:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PINR PREL KAWC AF
06KABUL418AFGHAN DETAINEE TRANSFER TEAM READY TO TRAVEL TO
[...] (U) THIS CABLE CONTAINS ACTION REQUESTS: SEE PARAGRAPHS 4 AND 5 BELOW. 2. (C) THE INFORMAL KABUL DETAINEE AFFAIRS WORKING GROUP MET ON JANUARY 26, ATTENDED BY CFC-A, OSC-A, DOS (INCLUDING VISITING WASHINGTON DESK OFFICER),AND DOJ (ARG) REPRESENTATIVES. IT WAS AGREED THAT THE TOP PRIO [...]
2006-01-30 14:35:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKAWC MOPS PREL AF
06KABUL429DEMARCHES DELIVERED: GUANTANAMO BAY JAN
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see action request in paragraph 2. 2. (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarches regarding Guantanamo Bay-held detainees to Jamil Bahramy, an NSC official, on 31 January. Poloff also reviewed talking points in refs A and D and left them behind as a nonpa [...]
2006-01-31 13:02:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PREL AF
06KABUL4965SECOND TRANSFER OF AFGHAN DETAINEES INTO THE
[...] (S) Polmiloff delivered reftel message on October 8 to Jamil Bahramy, an official of the Afghan National Security Council. Bahramy was aware of the impending transfer, thanked polmiloff for the confirmation, and acknowledged GOA responsibilities under the August 2005 exchange of diplomatic no [...]
2006-10-11 03:24:00Embassy KabulSECRETPTER KAWC PINR PREL AF
06KABUL5082NOTIFICATION OF SIX AFGHAN DETAINEES CLEARED BY
[...] (S) On October 6, Afghan PTS point-of-contact Khadigal Hamdard, Chief of Inquiry, Intelligence Directorate, Ministry of Interior, informed CSTC-A Director of Detainee Affairs Colonel William Hart that the GOA approves the transfer of the individuals listed in paragraph 2 to Afghanistan and the [...]
2006-10-19 06:52:00Embassy KabulSECRETPINS PTER KAWC AF PHUM
06KABUL5777NOTIFICATION TO GOA OF TRANSFER OF 7 DETAINEES
[...] (S/REL GOA) Polmiloff delivered reftel A message on December 10 to Wakil Shakir and Mohammad Zia Salehi, who are now handling detainee affairs at the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) related to the Takhim e-Solh (Peace Through Strength) PTS reconciliation program. In a discussio [...]
2006-12-11 04:22:00Embassy KabulSECRETPTER KAWC PINR PREL MARR AF
06KABUL5958DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Charge, A/Polmilcouns, and Polmiloff met on 26 December with Deputy National Security Adviser (DSNA) Engineer Ibrahim Speenzada to follow up on his agreement (reftel A) to convene GOA representatives to identify which Afghan laws could provide the legal basis for detention and prosecuti [...]
2006-12-27 08:48:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM AF
06KHARTOUM1015DARFUR: WHO WILL APOLOGIZE?
[...] (C) Introduction by Cameron R. Hume, CDA Embassy Khartoum. Everyone with an interest in Darfur should read this message. It is written by Ron Capps, the Foreign Service Officer who has the most comprehensive knowledge of Darfur. He is now completing with great distinction a tour as the deput [...]
2006-04-28 11:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO KAWC UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1025SUDAN - AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK, SITREP 3, MAY 1
[...] (SBU) As previously reported, analysis of a human tissue sample conducted by U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit Number 3 (NAMRU-3) in Khartoum on April 22 found no evidence of the H5N1 strain of avian influenza. Despite NAMRU-3's sustained efforts to support the Government of National Unity's ( [...]
2006-05-01 10:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1026Sudan's GNU Extends GMO Waiver for Six Months
[...] Background: Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) requires certification that U.S. food assistance to Sudan does not contain genetically modified organisms (GMO). The primary food commodities affected by this requirement are U.S. donations of wheat and corn-soy blend (CSB). Though U.S [...]
2006-05-01 10:35:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1060 Sudan: Kosti Wharf Update
[...] On April 17, 2006, a USAID IDP advisor visited Kosti, White Nile State, to monitor progress of IDP returns through the Kosti wharf with USAID implementing-partner Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA). At the time of the visit, ADRA estimated that the Kosti wharf was operating at ha [...]
2006-05-04 14:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1061Sudan - Humanitarian Assessment of the Eastern
[...] A USAID team visited the eastern part of the Nuba Mountains from April 11 to 17, 2006, to monitor USAID- funded projects and assess local conditions for IDP returns. The eastern Jebels host approximately 60 percent of the population of the Nuba Mountains. Save the Children-U.S. (SC/US) is U [...]
2006-05-04 14:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1062Sudan's Strategic Commodity Reserve Authority
[...] On April 19, 2006, a USAID food security representative met with Badawi El Khair, Director General of Sudan's Strategic Commodity Reserve Authority (SCRA),and Ahmed Mardas, head of the SCRA marketing section, to discuss the agency's ongoing efforts to maintain food security in Sudan. The SC [...]
2006-05-04 14:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1072Sudan - Humanitarian Challenges in the East
[...] A USAID team visited Kassala from April 20 to 23, 2006, to assess the humanitarian situation in eastern Sudan. A disagreement between the U.N. Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) and Sudan's Government of National Unity (GNU) concerning implementation of the U.N. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) is pr [...]
2006-05-05 14:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1088Eastern Sudan Poverty Alleviation and Peace
[...] From April 30 to May 1, 2006, the U.N. Development Program (UNDP) convened an eastern Sudan poverty alleviation and peace-building conference in Port Sudan, Red Sea State. The conference was attended by donors, U.N. agencies, non-government organizations (NGOs),community based organizations [...]
2006-05-08 13:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1089Sudan - Avian Flu Sitrep No. 4, May 8, 2006
[...] (SBU) On May 4, 2006, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) office in Khartoum received positive test results from the World Organization of Animal Health (OIE) in Italy which confirm that the recent outbreak of avian influenza (AI) in Sudan is indeed the highly pathogenic H5N1 str [...]
2006-05-08 14:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1110 West Darfur - Assaults Targeting Aid Agencies
[...] (U) Over the past several weeks, a spate of attacks targeting aid agencies in West Darfur has left a number of non-government organizations (NGOs) searching for options to counter the region's mounting security threats. Even before these recent attacks, humanitarian emergency relief programs [...]
2006-05-11 10:29:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1126Darfur Livelihoods Assessment
[...] From April 12 - 27, 2006, USAID/OFDA Livelihoods Advisor Courtney Brown visited North and South Darfur to monitor and evaluate USAID-funded livelihood activities. The USAID livelihoods advisor met with partners and visited project sites near El Fasher, North Darfur, and Nyala, South Darfur, t [...]
2006-05-14 13:21:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1127 Sudan - Darfur Water and Sanitation Assessment
[...] From April 29 to May 2, 2006, OFDA Water and Sanitation Specialist Peter Wallis traveled to North and South Darfur to evaluate the effectiveness of ongoing USAID-funded programs and make recommendations concerning future support of water and sanitation humanitarian interventions in Darfur. I [...]
2006-05-14 13:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1133SUDAN - AVIAN FLU UPDATE #5
[...] (SBU) On May 10, 2006, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) informed donors attending the weekly meeting on Avian influenza (AI) that the results received from the laboratories in Rome confirmed an outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of avian influenza in Sudan. [...]
2006-05-15 03:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1134Sudan - Cattle Rustling, Emerging Government,
[...] From May 3 to 8, 2006, a USAID/DCHA program officer visited Eastern Equatoria State (EE) to assess humanitarian conditions in Southern Sudan. The greatest driver of conflict in EE is cattle rustling and retaliatory violence between tribes. Though all EE counties are absorbing returning inte [...]
2006-05-15 05:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1149 Sudan - Operational Constraints Related to
[...] (SBU) Summary: Any U.S. government (USG) initiatives linked to the support of the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA) must take into account the operational realities of the region. The experience of USAID's humanitarian operation provides insight into the challenges that will face any new USG ope [...]
2006-05-15 13:54:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ASEC PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1181Darfur Health Assessment
[...] Since the escalation of the conflict in Darfur in 2004, coordinated efforts within the humanitarian community have resulted in substantial improvement in the overall health and nutrition situation of conflict- affected communities. These advances are evidenced by a declining trend in crude m [...]
2006-05-18 07:37:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1228Sudan - Avian Flu Sitrep No. 6, May 24, 2006
[...] On May 21, 2006, the U. N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) office in Khartoum convened the second Technical Task Force meeting on avian influenza (AI) in Sudan. Though the Government of National Unity (GNU) has acknowledged the presence of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of AI in S [...]
2006-05-24 08:26:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1262 Sudan/Darfur - Minni returns to Darfur; meets
[...] In a meeting with Roger Winter, Kate Almquist, and Brian D'Silva on Friday, May 26, First Vice President Salva Kiir reported that he had invited Abdul Wahid to meet with him somewhere in southern Sudan before May 31 to reiterate and urge Wahid to sign the DPA. Kiir also extended a meeting in [...]
2006-05-30 07:37:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1344 DARFUR - NRC RETURNS TO KALMA CAMP, SOUTH
[...] On May 31, 2006, the South Darfur State Security Committee approved an agreement to permit the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) to resume camp coordination responsibilities at Kalma internally displaced persons (IDP) camp and food security programs in South Darfur for one year. NRC staff imme [...]
2006-06-06 15:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1361 DARFUR - SLA HUMANITARIAN COORDINATOR'S ARREST
[...] On May 20, the Minni Minawi faction of the Sudanese Liberation Army (SLA) faction allegedly arrested former SLA humanitarian coordinator Sulayman Jamus for the second time since February 2006. Initial conflicting reports on his arrest and speculation on his current situation are a main topic [...]
2006-06-08 10:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1369 SUDAN - USAID VISIT TO BLUE NILE STATE
[...] USAID/Sudan representatives from the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA),Office of Food for Peace (FFP),and Office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) visited Damazin, Kurmuk, and Bukori in Blue Nile State from April 19 to 24, 2006. Factors affecting stability in Blue Nile State [...]
2006-06-11 09:56:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1395SUDAN - AVIAN FLU UPDATE 7 - June 12
[...] On May 29, 2006, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) convened the third Technical Task Force meeting on avian influenza (AI) in Khartoum, but with poor attendance by key members. More than one week had passed with no new cases of AI reported in Sudan. Khartoum State has taken me [...]
2006-06-12 15:58:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV TBIO PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1422 DARFUR - POLICE OFFICIAL CONVICTED FOR RAPE
[...] (SBU) On May 3, 2006, West Darfur's El Geneina General Court convicted a Central Reserve Police Officer for the rape of a 10-year-old girl. The judge sentenced the felon to three years imprisonment and 100 lashes. While the verdict and proceedings illustrate the ability of West Darfur's cou [...]
2006-06-15 12:14:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREF SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1481 WEST DARFUR - INTERAGENCY COOPERATION TO
[...] Strict enforcement of a new policy designed to curtail the illegal production, sale, and consumption of alcohol in Riyad camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs),near El Geneina, West Darfur, resulted in an 80 percent reduction in alcohol production and a decline in the number of protect [...]
2006-06-25 09:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1561SUDAN,S RESPONSE ON NOTICE OF GUANTANAMO ARB
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel talking points on July 3 to Magdy al-Mufaddal, Acting Deputy Director for the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) Magdy replied that he would forward the information to the MFA'S Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs, as well as the national intell [...]
2006-07-03 12:55:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PINR KAWC US SU
06KHARTOUM1755 SUDAN - ROGER WINTER'S VISIT TO UPPER NILE AND
[...] (SBU) Roger P. Winter, Special Representative of the Deputy Se Xcretary of State for Sudan, traveled to Upper Nile and Southern Blue Nile from June 26 to 30 to assess progress in implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA). Winter met the governors of Upper Nile and Unity states; the [...]
2006-07-23 09:16:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1791SUDAN RESPONSE TO NOTICE OF SECOND ROUND OF
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, post received on July 23 a response from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) The text of the document is as follows: (Begin text) Sudan Preparedness to Receive the Sudanese Citizen Sami Mohy Eldin Muhammed Al hajj 1) The family of the Sudanese [...]
2006-07-25 16:37:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PINR PREL US SU
06KHARTOUM1814 SUDAN Q USAID MONITORING TRIP TO SOUTHERN
[...] From July 5 to 9, three USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) officials traveled to the Nuba Mountains in Southern Kordofan, El Obeid in Northern Kordofan, and Kosti in White Nile to monitor four projects funded by USAID/OFDA. In Southern Kordofan, the team visited Lagawa a [...]
2006-07-30 12:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1900 SUDAN - STATUS OF THE BORDER COMMITTEE
[...] (SBU) The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) Implementation Modalities call for the establishment of a Technical ad hoc Border Committee to demarcate the January 1, 1956 North-South Sudan border. This committee, which was established in November 2005, has met three times to deal with primaril [...]
2006-08-10 15:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM1980 SOUTHERN SUDAN - IDP RETURNS UPDATE
[...] The returns season, which has witnessed a fairly active spontaneous return movement to Southern Sudan and the Three Areas - Abyei, Southern Kordofan, and Blue Nile - has come to an end with the onset of the rainy season and will restart in October or November 2006. According to the Federal Mi [...]
2006-08-20 06:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM2120 SUDAN - UPDATE ON THE NORTH-SOUTH TECHNICAL AD HOC BORDER
[...] (U) In a meeting on August 16, the Assessment and Evaluation Commission's (AEC) Power Sharing Working Group Coordinator reported to the group that, according to the National Congress Party (NCP) Chair of the Technical Ad hoc Border Committee, the committee has made significant progress on the b [...]
2006-09-05 08:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPBTS EAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM2590 DARFUR - EMERGENCY FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION ASSESSMENT
[...] Preliminary results of the third Darfur Emergency Food Security and Nutrition Assessment (EFSNA) conducted in September 2006 show child malnutrition rates holding steady and mortality rates decreasing for three consecutive years. Stability and improvement were attributed to a combined effort o [...]
2006-10-31 14:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM2696SUDAN - AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE 12
[...] On November 5, 2006, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) convened a Technical Task Force (TTF) meeting on Avian Influenza (AI). FAO and the Government of National Unity's (GNU) Federal Ministry of Animal Resources and Fisheries (FMARF) are to finalize, in coordination with all stak [...]
2006-11-19 10:27:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU KFLU
06KHARTOUM2709Darfur - UN USYG Egeland Warns of Worsening Situation
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite the strong efforts of the non-governmental organization (NGO) community and the commitment of the donor community, the humanitarian situation in Darfur is poised to deteriorate, according to Jan Egeland, UN Under Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Re [...]
2006-11-20 14:41:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID PHUM PREF SOCI PGOV KAWC UN SU
06KHARTOUM272 Darfur: 2005 Protection Year in Review -
[...] In analyzing protection trends in 2005, it is striking to note how many issues remained similar when compared with 2004 (reftel A). The large-scale humanitarian needs in Darfur have been the result of widespread human rights violations, including the attacking and killing of civilians, rape [...]
2006-02-06 11:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM288 DARFUR SITUATION UPDATE AND RECENT TRENDS
[...] From April 2004 to November 2005, the number of people affected by the Darfur crisis has risen from 1.1 million to more than 3.5 million. While the response of the international humanitarian community has been successful in meeting critical humanitarian needs and saving lives in Darfur, the [...]
2006-02-07 14:19:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM290 SUDAN - World Bank Holds Preparatory Meeting for
[...] On February 7, The World Bank convened a meeting to brief donors on the progress toward preparing the Sudan Consortium meeting in Paris on March 8 and 9, 2006. Charge and USAID rep attended. The meeting was co-chaired by the Norwegian Ambassador, the Joint National Transition Team (JNTT),a [...]
2006-02-07 14:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM291 Sudan: Government-Imposed Impediments to
[...] Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) working in Darfur are becoming increasingly frustrated by Sudanese government Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) procedures on reporting, hiring, permits, and visas. The Technical Coordination Committee, which was formed to monitor the implementation of t [...]
2006-02-07 14:59:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM2920SUDAN: GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD
[...] (C) On December 27, Pol/Econ Counselor delivered subject demarche regarding Guantanamo detainees to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Americas Badawi al-Sanosi. 2. (C) Al-Sanosi understood the issue, and promised to relay the information to those responsible in the Government of Natio [...]
2006-12-28 15:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM308 Darfur: Overview of Protection Trends in 2005 -
[...] This cable represents the second in a series of three to review the protection situation and humanitarian response in 2005. Over the course of the year, it became increasingly evident that the problems in Darfur could be characterized as a complex political and human rights crisis. The sit [...]
2006-02-09 09:00:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM424 Darfur: Overview of Protection Trends in 2005
[...] This cable represents the third and final in a series to review the issue of protection and the related humanitarian response in 2005. In the Darfur crisis, humanitarian protection - defined as efforts to mitigate the risks of violence, abuse, harassment, or exploitation of vulnerable groups [...]
2006-02-18 11:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM454 NRC EVACUATES FROM SOUTH DARFUR
[...] On February 21, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) evacuated international staff members working in South Darfur. NRC international headquarters made the determination to remove staff in response to weeks of Sudanese government warnings that the safety of NRC staff could not be guaranteed. [...]
2006-02-22 10:48:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM474 DISPLACEMENT TRENDS IN DARFUR
[...] After a relative lull in fighting and displacements for most of 2005, November and December marked an increase in the size and frequency of population movements within Darfur that has yet to subside. Many movements have resulted, in large part, from struggles for territory and influence betw [...]
2006-02-23 14:02:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM491 Sudan/Unity State: Sources of Fragility
[...] USAID staff visited Rubkona/Bentiu from February 19- 22, 2006. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) has significantly improved security as the militia groups that dominated the area during the war have integrated into the SPLA. However, a number of factors threaten the uneasy peace: a di [...]
2006-02-27 06:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM583SUDAN: NOTIFICATION OF 2ND ROUND GTMO ARB
[...] (SBU) This is an action request ) see para 4. 2. (SBU) Poloff met with MFA Americas desk officer Magdi el-Mofadi on March 1 to discuss the case of Yakub Mohammed per reftel. Poloff asked that the Sudanese Government, within 30 days, confirm the nationality of Yakub Mohammed, notify any kno [...]
2006-03-07 08:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KAWC PINR PREL US SU
06KHARTOUM607SUDAN - IRC CEASES HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS IN
[...] (SBU) The IRC has decided to end cross-border operations from Eritrea serving the eastern enclave of Hamesh Koreib following government and UN-OCHA pressure. Samaritan's Purse, however, continues to work in the area. The SPLM is scheduled to depart Hamesh Koreib over the next three months, po [...]
2006-03-08 17:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM619 WEST DARFUR - ZALINGEI UPDATE
[...] In mid-February, a USAID Darfur Field Office (DFO) protection officer visited Zalingei in West Darfur. Zalingei town has generally been calm throughout the Darfur crisis, although the Zalingei "corridor," which includes Garsila and Mukjar (septel),was the site of brutal janjaweed attacks in [...]
2006-03-09 06:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM620WESTERN BAHR EL GHAZAL - SOURCES OF FRAGILITY
[...] A team of USAID staff and key USAID partners visited Wau town in Western Bahr el Ghazal State and Aweil town in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State from February 22 to 26. The trip was part of a series of visits to areas of USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DC [...]
2006-03-09 06:23:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM637NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL - SOURCES OF FRAGILITY
[...] A team of USAID staff and key USAID partners visited Wau town in Western Bahr el Ghazal State (Ref a) and Aweil town in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State from February 22 to 26. The trip was part of a series of visits to areas of USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance [...]
2006-03-11 06:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM639RETURNEES ARRIVING IN HUGE NUMBERS TO WESTERN
[...] The USAID/Khartoum Senior Humanitarian Advisor and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Specialist visited Unity State from February 19 to 23 to review the IDP returns situation and examine sources of fragility. As reported reftels, the USAID Khartoum IDP Specialist also traveled with a USAID [...]
2006-03-11 10:07:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM687 SUDAN AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE - STILL NO CASES
[...] Despite the spread of the avian influenza virus to some African countries, including neighboring Egypt, no cases of avian influenza have been reported in birds or humans in Sudan. The Government of National Unity's (GNU) preparations to date have mainly consisted of the formation of committe [...]
2006-03-18 06:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM688 KOSTI WHARF - BURSTING AT THE SEAMS
[...] On March 9, the USAID/Khartoum Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Officer conducted a one-day visit to Kosti to investigate reports of huge crowds of returnees to Southern Sudan stranded at Kosti wharf for weeks. The 1,400 returnees at the wharf exceed its capacity of 750. USAID partner Adve [...]
2006-03-18 06:47:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM694 WEST DARFUR - GARSILA AND MUKJAR UPDATE
[...] This is the second in a series of three USAID cables giving an overview of the humanitarian situation in West Darfur State. In early March, two USAID Field Officers visited Beja, Deleig, Garsila, and Mukjar in the Zalingei - Mukjar corridor of West Darfur. The purpose of the trip was threef [...]
2006-03-19 03:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM697 Nuba Mountains - Where are the Peace Dividends?
[...] This is the first of two cables prepared by a USAID team that visited South Kordofan State and Abyei from February 26 to March 8, 2006. The purpose of the mission was to a) monitor USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) programs, b) assess the returns [...]
2006-03-19 08:50:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM700 ACUTE WATERY DIARREHA AND OTHER POTENTIAL
[...] From February 18 to March 3, 2006, a USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID/OFDA) Public Health Advisor traveled to Juba, Southern Sudan, to meet with USAID/OFDA health partners and assess the response to the Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) outbreak in Juba and surrounding areas. [...]
2006-03-20 07:32:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM701 IDPs in Central and Eastern Equatoria: USAID
[...] In February, two officials from the USAID Sudan Field Office (USAID/SFO) in Nairobi traveled to Juba, Kajo- Keji, Nimule, and Lobone in Central and Eastern Equatoria States of Southern Sudan. The USAID team met with government officials and internally displaced persons (IDPs) to discuss plan [...]
2006-03-20 07:37:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM720KHARTOUM IDPS - CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE
[...] On March 14, the Consultative Committee on Khartoum internally displaced persons (IDPs) met with Khartoum State authorities to discuss the status of IDP relocations in Khartoum. The committee wished to gain assurances from Khartoum State authorities that agreed- upon procedures for relocatin [...]
2006-03-22 10:39:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM728ABYEI REVISITED - POWER VACUUM REMAINS
[...] This is the second of two cables prepared by a USAID team that visited South Kordofan State and Abyei from February 17 to March 8, 2006. The purpose of the mission was to a) monitor USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) programs, b) assess the returns [...]
2006-03-23 07:20:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM741 ACUTE WATERY DIARRHEA OUTBREAK - EARLY RAINS
[...] The outbreak of acute watery diarrhea (AWD) continues in Southern Sudan. The U.N. World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that the AWD outbreak derived from a single strain of cholera. WHO reported that between January 28 and March 22, 8,684 cases of AWD including 231 deaths had been [...]
2006-03-23 14:24:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM751RETURNEES ARRIVING IN HUGE NUMBERS TO WESTERN
[...] The USAID/Khartoum Senior Humanitarian Advisor and Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Specialist visited Unity State from February 19 to 23 to review the IDP returns situation and examine sources of fragility. As reported reftels, the USAID Khartoum IDP Specialist also traveled with a USAID [...]
2006-03-26 05:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM775 USAID MEETING WITH FOOD SECURITY AND
[...] On March 9 and 10, USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/DCHA) and USAID Sudan Field Office (USAID SFO) staff met with USAID/DCHA food security and agriculture partners and USAID SFO livelihoods partners in Rumbek to discuss the current status of the sectors [...]
2006-03-28 06:15:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM797 KALMA CAMP - UPCOMING EXPIRATION OF NRC
[...] On March 30, Charge, an Embassy Political Officer, and two USAID Darfur Field Office representatives met with the Sudan country director of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). NRC serves as coordinator for Kalma camp in South Darfur. NRC sought a meeting with Embassy and USAID officials to [...]
2006-03-30 14:49:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM935SUDAN - SUSPECTED AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK, Sitrep 1
[...] (SBU) WHO contacted USAID on April 18 to alert us to possible outbreak of avian flu in Sudan. Today a rapid test by the Government of Sudan on nasal secretions and serum from affected birds revealed Strain A flu. 2. (SBU) A WHO outbreak investigation team is scheduled to arrive in Khartoum [...]
2006-04-18 15:06:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM937Sudan - Visit to Port Sudan
[...] Humanitarian conditions in Red Sea State have not changed much since 2005, when USAID last made an extensive visit to this northern state to visit programs in Mohammed Qol and areas north of Port Sudan. The GNU continues to limit humanitarian staff visits to the area, and now requires all hu [...]
2006-04-18 15:36:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM PINS EAID KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM939DARFUR: GEREIDA - AN UNEASY PEACE
[...] On April 12, a USAID representative and colleagues from the European Commission Humanitarian Office (ECHO) and U.K. Department for International Development (DFID) Emergency Office visited Gereida, South Darfur, to determine what additional resources and partners are required to assist the Ge [...]
2006-04-19 05:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM945SUDAN - AVIAN FLU OUTBREAK, Sitrep 2, April 19
[...] (SBU) Sudanese and international press were full of articles in the last day regarding the possibility of H5N1 Avian flu virus in Sudan. Some press articles claimed that the virus had been confirmed. As of today, however, only the existence of H5 had been confirmed by special test kits brought [...]
2006-04-20 09:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM949 SUDAN/Humanitarian obstruction: Charge's call
[...] (SBU) In a heated meeting with Humanitarian Affairs Commissioner Hassibo, Charge and USAID Farnsworth raised the new NGO law, Egeland, NRC, fuel and the SOFA. Charge noted the contrast between the constructive work being accomplished in Abuja (with the energetic help of the USG),and Sudan's [...]
2006-04-20 11:43:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV EAID PREF PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM951DARFUR FOOD ASSISTANCE UPDATE
[...] From April 11 to 13, 2006, a USAID team visited Nyala, Gereida, and El Fasher to evaluate food assistance programming in South and North Darfur. Ref A provides details on the humanitarian situation in Gereida, including updated information on food assistance activities. 2. Inadequate i [...]
2006-04-20 12:57:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM954SUDAN: IDP RETURNS IN NORTHERN BAHR EL GHAZAL
[...] From April 10 to 12, a USAID representative visited Aweil town and Malualkon, located in Aweil East County in Northern Bahr el Ghazal State, to assess the status of IDP returns. Overall, the U.N. is doing a good job coordinating the humanitarian response, monitoring sector coverage, and iden [...]
2006-04-20 14:33:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KHARTOUM959UPDATE ON SUDANESE DETAINEE AT GUANTANAMO AND
[...] (C) On April 19, MFA Deputy Director for the Americas Abd Elghani Elnaim Elkarim met at his request with Pol/Econ Chief at the MFA to provide undated documents about Ref A demarche on Guantanamo detainees. 2. (C) The first document provides information about an Administrative Review Board f [...]
2006-04-20 15:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KAWC US SU
06KIGALI1125RWANDAN RESPONSE TO FRENCH JUDGE'S ARREST WARRANTS
[...] (U) In response to press reports that a French judge had requested arrest warrants for nine senior GOR officials allegedly involved in the downing of the Juvenal Habyarimana presidential jet on April 6, 1994, the GOR on November 21 formally denied its officials' involvement. "There is no ba [...]
2006-11-22 16:11:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KAWC RW
06KIGALI1130RWANDA CONTEMPLATES BREAKING RELATIONS WITH FRANCE
[...] (C) Ambassador Richard Sezibera (protect),Great Lakes Special Envoy for the Rwandan Government, called Ambassador early on the morning of November 24 to report that the GOR was "moving toward breaking relations with France," as a result of the French issuance of international arrest warrant [...]
2006-11-24 11:11:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC RW
06KIGALI1133FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEF DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON RUPTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 25, Foreign Minister Charles Murigande briefed the diplomatic corps on the GOR decision to break relations with France and expel French diplomats from Rwanda. The decision by a French judge to issue international arrest warrants for nine senior Rwanda officials (re [...]
2006-11-27 12:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC RW
06KIGALI1142THE FRENCH LEAVE RWANDA
[...] (U) Twenty-five French Embassy and other official personnel left Kigali on 27 November at 19:00 local time via a Rwandair Express flight to Entebbe. The atmosphere was somber in the airport VIP lounge, the French said final good-byes, took photos and shared chocolate. There was no press and [...]
2006-11-28 16:01:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KAWC PREL FR RW
06KIGALI716MILITARY PROSECUTOR DISCUSSES HIGH PROFILE CASES
[...] (U) Summary. On 19 July poloff met with Major Christophe Bizimungu, Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) Chief Prosecutor, to discuss the status of three high profile cases currently being handled by his office. Bizimungu presented a detailed case against Colonel Patrick Karegeya, former head of the [...]
2006-07-21 10:47:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC KJUS PGOV RW
06KINSHASA516DRC: DEMARCHE ON CHARLES TAYLOR DELIVERED
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered March 25 reftel a demarche and talking points to Jacques Djoli, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs just prior to news of Taylor's capture being announced March 29. Djoli said that the DRC has enough problems with armed groups without Charles Taylor being [...]
2006-03-31 11:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC LI NI KAWC XA XY CG
06KUWAIT2020MFA OFFICIAL REQUESTS MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON
[...] (S/NF) On May 29 PolOff delivered to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Coordination and Follow-Up, Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis, ref A information on two Kuwaiti detainees currently being held in Iraq: Abdelrahman Mobarak Meshakhas Al-Bathali and Ali Awad Faraj Al-Harbi. Al-Maqamis re [...]
2006-05-31 16:34:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PHUM KAWC PINR KU IQ
06KUWAIT2558SECRETARY'S LETTER ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (C) The Charge delivered June 27 ref A letter from the Secretary to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary SIPDIS Khaled Al-Jarallah on the five Kuwaiti nationals detained at Guantanamo. (Senior MFA officials returned to work June 26 after accompanying the Amir on a 10-day trip to Asi [...]
2006-06-27 10:08:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PTER KAWC OPDC KU
06KUWAIT3293GOK INFORMED OF ARB DETERMINATION; FM DISAPPOINTED
[...] (C/NF) During an August 14 meeting, the Ambassador informed Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah of the recent Administrative Review Board (ARB) determination that detainee Fouzi Al-Awda continues to pose a threat to the interests o [...]
2006-08-14 13:50:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV KAWC KU
06KUWAIT3484GOK ASKS AGAIN FOR DETAILS ON KUWAITI DETAINEES IN
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (S/NF) In a 23 August meeting with the Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Coordination and Follow-up Ambassador Khaled Al-Maqamis expressed GOK frustration at the perceived continued lack of full disclosure by the USG re [...]
2006-08-29 06:14:00Embassy KuwaitSECRET//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV PHUM KAWC KU IQ
06LONDON4221(C/NF) LIBERIA/SIERRA LEONE: UK CONSIDERING
[...] (C/NF) FCO West Africa Section Head Jason Moore told Poloff under questioning June 12 that HMG is considering UN Secretary General Annan's request that it agree to SIPDIS incarcerate former Liberian president Charles Taylor if he is convicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). M [...]
2006-06-13 15:39:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM KAWC LI SL UK
06MANAGUA755NICARAGUA WILL CONSIDER RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-05 20:37:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR NU
06MANAGUA882NICARAGUA STILL CONSIDERING RESETTLEMENT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-21 23:34:00Embassy ManaguaSECRETMOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR NU
06MANAMA1163FOREIGN MINISTER FLAGS HARM DONE BY GTMO ISSUE
[...] (S) The Ambassador June 25 delivered Ref A diplomatic note concerning the proposed visit of Bahraini security officials to GTMO to Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa. The Minister thanked the Ambassador for the response and said he would get back to us on proposed travel det [...]
2006-06-28 11:59:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL KAWC PTER OPDC BA BILAT CTR OFFICIALS
06MANAMA1193BAHRAIN: NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD
[...] (C) Pol/Econ Chief July 2 delivered reftel notification of the second round of Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings to MFA Director for Bilateral Affairs Dhafer Al Umran. Al Umran said that he would pass the request for information about Bahraini detainee Isa Al Murbati to MFA Direc [...]
2006-07-03 12:58:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PREL BA BILAT CTR
06MANAMA1205FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS PUBLICLY THAT GTMO OBSTACLE
[...] (U) All newspapers July 5 covered statements by Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa at a press conference in which he called for the release of the three remaining Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo and characterized the detention facility as an "obstacle" in bilateral relations [...]
2006-07-05 09:57:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PTER PREL BA BILAT CTR
06MANAMA1326DIPLOMATIC NOTE CONTAINING REQUESTED INFORMATION
[...] (C) Post received the following diplomatic note on July 17, 2006, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs providing the information requested reftel A. Attachments referenced in diplomatic note are being sent via classified email. 2. (C) Post's informal translation follows: Begin Text: 1 [...]
2006-07-22 12:14:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PREL BA BILAT CTR
06MANAMA1327DIPLOMATIC NOTE REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF BAHRAINI
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-22 13:42:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPTER KAWC PREL BA BILAT CTR
06MANAMA1363GOB PROPOSED DATE FOR SECURITY DELEGATION TO GTMO
[...] (U) This is an action request; see para 3. 2. (S) Post received the following diplomatic note July 25, 2006, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Begin Text: Ref: 19/1/5-72857 Date: July 25, 2006 Secret SIPDIS The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain pres [...]
2006-07-26 14:13:00Embassy ManamaSECRETPREL KAWC PTER OPDC CTR BILAT BA
06MANAMA268PRESS, DIP NOTE PROTEST CONTINUED GTMO DETENTION
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 7. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) Bahraini newspapers February 22 reported that Bahraini detainee Juma Al Dossary would remain at Guantanamo for at least one more year following an Administrative Review Board (ARB) decision that he contin [...]
2006-02-22 13:54:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PTER PREL BA APDC BILAT CTR
06MANAMA541DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON STATUS OF RETURNED GTMO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-02 14:32:00Embassy ManamaSECRETKAWC PTER ASEC BA CTR BILAT
06MANAMA63DIPLOMATIC NOTE ON BAHRAINI DETAINEES AT GTMO
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-18 10:17:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC PTER ASEC PREL BA CTR BILAT
06MANAMA694DIPLOMATIC NOTE REQUESTING INFORMATION ON
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see para 3. 2. (C) Post received the following diplomatic note from the MFA on April 17. Begin Text: Ref: 19/1/5-65437 Date: April 15, 2006 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain presents it compliments to the Embassy of the [...]
2006-04-23 08:05:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL PTER BA BILAT CTR
06MANAMA89DELIVERY OF DIPNOTE ON BAHRAINI DETAINEES AT GTMO
[...] (S) The Ambassador January 21 delivered Ref A diplomatic note concerning the health, treatment, and status of the three remaining Bahraini detainees at Guantanamo to Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa in a meeting covering several issues (septels). Shaikh Khalid asked about [...]
2006-01-23 11:51:00Embassy ManamaSECRETKAWC PREL PTER ASEC OPDC BA OFFICIALS CTR BILAT
06MAPUTO377MOZAMBIQUE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHARLES TAYLOR
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-27 14:33:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC UNSC LI MZ NI SL
06MASERU156FORMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT CHARLES TAYLOR
[...] (SBU) Ambassador delivered reftel points on former Liberian President Charles Taylor March 28 to Acting Foreign Minister Mrs. Mpeo Mahase (Employment/Labor Minister). We emphasized the United States' and international community's desire for Charles Taylor to face the Special Court on Sierra L [...]
2006-03-28 09:02:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV UNSC KAWC LI LT
06MOSCOW6464RUSSIAN MFA ON ICTY PIFWC LIKELY IN RUSSIA
[...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 19 to Andrey Kalinin of the MFA Legal Department. Kalinin and his superior, Department Section Chief Igor Panin (who was traveling at the time),are the only officials in the MFA with a thorough knowledge of the ICTY and the status of PIFWCs. Russia [...]
2006-06-19 11:49:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALKJUS KCRM PREL ICTY KAWC PHUM BK SR RS
06NDJAMENA460CHAD: DEMARCHE ON CHARLES TAYLOR
[...] (SBU) Emboff met acting MFA Europe-America officer Kama Dounia March 28 to make delivery (orally in French, written in English) of ref demarche urging Chad not to accept Charles Taylor if he attempted to flee to Chad, to cooperate fully with the UN and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and t [...]
2006-03-28 16:00:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM UNSC CD LI NI KAWC XA XY
06NDJAMENA700CHAD: SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO REVIEW PROCEEDINGS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-05-17 17:40:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KAWC PINR PREL CD
06PRISTINA762 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FSN DUBRAVKO BOLSEC
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to S/WCI staff member Dubravko Bolsec to visit Pristina September 15 - September 17, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to accompany Ambassador-at-Large Clint Williamson on consultations with mission, host government and international of [...]
2006-09-12 14:53:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA KJUS KAWC SR MW AL AU HR
06PRISTINA764 COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR AT LARGE CLING
[...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and Special Assistant Matthew Lavine to visit Pristina September 15 - September 17, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with mission, host government and inte [...]
2006-09-12 14:54:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA KJUS KAWC SR MW AL AU NL HR
06RABAT1697MOROCCO: NOTICE OF SECOND ROUND OF GUANTANAMO
[...] (C) Poloffs met September 11 with MFA Bilateral Affairs and Counterterrorism Officer Karim Halim to notify the GOM of the start of the second round of Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings (reftel),which will include consideration of the cases of Moroccan nationals Ahmad Abdullah Al-W [...]
2006-09-12 11:42:00Embassy RabatCONFIDENTIALPTER PINR PREL KAWC MO
06RABAT85 MOROCCO: TERRORIST VICTIM NGOS
[...] (SBU) As requested reftel, Post offers the following information on Moroccan non-governmental organizations that provide support or services to the victims and families of the Casablanca terrorist attacks on May 16, 2003, or are engaged in activities designed to blunt the appeal of Islamic ex [...]
2006-01-19 15:30:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER KAWC KPAO MO
06RIGA719LATVIA FIRM ON NEED FOR FULL SERBIAN COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-11 05:10:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC SR LG
06RIYADH4919REMAINS RETURNED, FAMILIES OF GTMO DETAINEES CALL
[...] (U) Following the deaths of the three GTMO detainees, Abdulaziz Suleiman al-Rubaish, whose brother is currently detained at GTMO, contacted the Embassy and asked to meet with the Ambassador. PolMilOff met al-Rubaish at the Embassy front gate and accepted a letter addressed to President Bush f [...]
2006-06-19 14:34:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAO PGOV PREL MOPS PTER KAWC SA XF
06RIYADH522014 GUANTANAMO DETAINEES TRANSFERED TO SAUDI
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: On June 25, 14 Guantanamo detainees were transferred to Saudi authority, including a non-Saudi citizen, Ahmad Sadik Turkestani. The Ministry of Interior (MOI) has told EmbOffs that all of the detainees will be further incarcerated in the Kingdom until the SAG rules [...]
2006-07-02 13:28:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALKISL KPAO PGOV PREL KAWC MOPS PTER SA XF
06RIYADH5274MOI REQUESTS GTMO SUICIDE NOTES TO QUELL MURDER
[...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (S) The Saudi Ministry of Interior (MOI) has asked the USG for the suicide notes written by the two deceased Saudi Guantanamo detainees, Yasser al-Zahrani and Manie al-Otaibi. The MOI wishes to provide copies of these letters to the family members of the [...]
2006-07-03 11:42:00Embassy RiyadhSECRETPTER PREL KAWC SA
06SANAA137YEMEN'S NATIONAL SECURITY BOARD "REVIEWING" GTMO
[...] (C) Ambassador met briefly with National Security Board (NSB) Deputy Director Amaar Saleh and FonMin Abubakr al-Qirbi on the margins of a social event on January 24 and urged both to expedite the ROYG's immediate written response to post's November 2005 diplomatic note proposing the transfer o [...]
2006-01-25 12:02:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA1668GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) June 5, Poloff delivered ref A notification of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notifications without comment. 2. (C) Akwa did provide a response to ref B notificati [...]
2006-06-06 04:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA1765GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) On June 13, Poloff delivered reftel notifications of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notifications without comment. Krajeski [...]
2006-06-14 09:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA1950GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) On July 5, Poloff delivered reftel notification of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notification without comment. Khoury [...]
2006-07-08 10:41:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA2230GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) On August 2, Poloff delivered reftel notification of a Guantanamo Administrative Review Board decision to continue detaining eleven Yemenis to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notification without comment. Krajeski [...]
2006-08-05 06:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA226GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-01 12:59:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA2519GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) On August 23, Poloff delivered reftel notification of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Assistant Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Khaled al-Akwa. He accepted the notification without comment. Krajeski [...]
2006-08-26 15:02:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA2570GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] (C) On September 4, Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel notification of Yemenis scheduled to go before the Guantanamo Administrative Review Board to Marwan Noman, Diplomatic Attach, Foreign Minister's Office. He accepted the notification without comment. Krajeski [...]
2006-09-04 13:10:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA419GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-21 07:05:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA440ROYG ACCEPTS THE RETURN OF GTMO DETAINEES
[...] (C) On February 21, Assistant Deputy Foreign Minister Khalid Al-Akwa presented DCM with the ROYG's long-awaited response to the proposed transfer of 13 Yemenis from Guantanamo Bay (ref A). In the diplomatic note, the ROYG agrees to accept 12 of the detainees proposed for transfer (ref B). [...]
2006-02-22 09:56:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA455GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-25 13:32:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM COUNTER TERRORISM
06SANAA578GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD NOTIFICATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-07 09:34:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SANAA907RESPONSE TO STATUS OF TRANSFERS FROM GTMO
[...] Summary. (S) This cable is post's response to reftel request for a Country Team assessment of the ROYG's ability and willingness to provide security and humane treatment for the 13 Yemeni GTMO detainees cleared for transfer. Regarding humane treatment, the ROYG provided adequate written as [...]
2006-04-02 13:06:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER KAWC YM
06SARAJEVO1279BOSNIA: STATE COURT BALANCES 2007 BUDGET, BUT
[...] (C) Summary: On May 24 the BiH State Court Registry presented international donors with a realistic plan to balance the 2007 budget and keep the War Crimes Chamber going. This presentation came as a result of collective donor pressure on the Registry to face the fiscal reality that pledges at [...]
2006-06-05 16:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKAWC EAID PHUM PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1773CORRECTED COPY: RS OFFICIALS PLEDGE ICTY
[...] (U) This cable replaces Sarajevo 1751 (ref. A). This cable has been cleared by S/WCI Ambassador Williamson's office. 2. (U) Summary and Comment: On July 28 and from August 1-2 Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with GBiH and Republika Serpska (RS) officials in Sa [...]
2006-08-07 08:03:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALICTY KAWC PHUM PGOV PREL BK
06SARAJEVO1774CROAT COMMANDER SURRENDERS SELF TO FACE WAR CRIMES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-07 08:26:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDICTY KAWC PHUM PREL PGOV BG
06SARAJEVO1776RS PREMIER DODIK MUSES ON SERBIAN AND BIH
[...] (C) Summary: On the margins of July 28 discussions with RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik on ICTY cooperation (REFTEL),Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and CDA Cefkin also raised Kosovo and asked about the upcoming Bosnian elections. According to Dodik, the Serbian pu [...]
2006-08-07 08:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALUNMIK ICTY KAWC PGOV PREL AL YI BK
06SARAJEVO1852BOSNIA - OPERATION STORM STIRS UP A TEMPEST
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The airing of two videos allegedly documenting war crimes committed against Serbs during Operation Storm in 1995 has set off a political firestorm in Bosnia. The intensity of the political firestorm has been fueled in part by Serb accusations against a prominent Bosniak war he [...]
2006-08-14 09:54:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKAWC KJUS PGOV PINR PREL
06SARAJEVO3069STATE COURT UPDATES PART ONE: WAR CRIMES CHAMBER
[...] INTRODUCTION: This is the first of two cables summarizing cases currently before the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This cable summarizes war crimes cases. Cases underway in the State Court Special Section for Organized Crime, Financial Crime and Corruption will be discussed septel. [...]
2006-12-04 13:44:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDICTY KAWC PHUM PINR BK
06SARAJEVO3070STATE COURT UPDATES PART ONE: WAR CRIMES CHAMBER
[...] INTRODUCTION: This is the first of two cables summarizing cases currently bfore the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina. his cable summarizes war crimes cases. Cases unerway in the State Court Special Section for Organzed Crime, Financial Crime and Corruption will b discussed septel. The [...]
2006-12-04 13:51:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDICTY KAWC PHUM PINR BK
06SARAJEVO3187BOSNIA - DELPONTE GIVES RS MINISTER CADJO 30 DAYS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: The HighRep on December 15 told the Ambassador that ICTY Chief Prosecutor had delivered an ultimatum to RS Minister of Interior Cadjo demanding action within 30 days against ICTY indictee Stojan Zupljanan. The HighRep indicated that he would be prepared to use his Bonn Powers to [...]
2006-12-18 14:02:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETICTY KAWC PHUM PINR BK
06SARAJEVO3203BOSNIA - HIGH REP PRESSES FOR "REAL ASSESSMENT" ON
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Prior to the December 6-7 meeting of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) in Brussels, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Rosemary DiCarlo meeting with High Representative (HighRep) Christian Schwarz-Schilling. Schwarz-Schilling urged the U.S. to support a "real review" about O [...]
2006-12-20 06:46:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETPGOV PREL PINR KAWC BK
06STATE16185THE SECRETARY'S JANUARY 24 MEETING WITH EAST
[...] (U) Classified by EAP A/S Christopher R. Hill, Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). 2. (U) January 24, 2006, 4:30-5:00 PM, Secretary's Outer Office. 3. (U) Participants: United States: -------------- The Secretary A/S Christopher R. Hill, EAP Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees III Executive Assist [...]
2006-01-31 23:08:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALASEAN PHUM PREL ID KEM KDEM UNSC KAWC PGOV
06THEHAGUE1628OUTREACH ON DETAINEE POLICY MAKES INROADS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-27 13:20:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KAWC KJUS KPAO PHUM NL
06TRIPOLI478CHARGE REVIEWS IRAN-NAM, LEBANON-SCR 1701, AND DETAINEE
[...] (C) During a September 10 meeting with General People's Committee for Foreign Liaison and International Cooperation (MFA) Under Secretary for the Americas Ahmed Al-Fitouri, Charge discussed Ref A points urging Libyan support for the full implementation of UNSCR 1701, and Ref B points urging tha [...]
2006-09-11 11:27:00Embassy TripoliCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC LE IR LY
06TUNIS2814GOT OUTLINES LEGAL ASSURANCES FOR S/WCI AMB.
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. During his November 15-17 visit to Tunisia, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met on November 16 with Tunisian Minister of Interior Rafik Bel Haj Kacem and on November 17 with Minister of Justice and Human Rights Bechir Tekkari to discuss the repatriat [...]
2006-11-28 08:05:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPTER KAWC PHUM PINR PGOV TS
06USUNNEWYORK1979ICTR RESOLUTION AND USUN VOTING IN NEW YORK
[...] Per instructions (reftel) U.S. joined other SC members in supporting the draft resolution (reftel para 1),adopted (15-0-0) as Security Council resolution 1717 (2006). The resolution was requested by the Tribunal in order to extend the term of office of the Ad Litem judges until the end of [...]
2006-10-16 14:36:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC PREL RW TZ UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK2177SELECTION OF PROSECUTOR FOR SPECIAL COURT SIERRA
[...] USUN Legal Adviser contacted UN Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs Johnson on November 20 to raise the issues (reftel) pertaining to the selection of a new Prosecutor for the SCSL. Johnson confirmed that the UN has recommended a candidate to fill this position to the Government o [...]
2006-11-22 00:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC KJUS SL USUN
06USUNNEWYORK2253RESOLUTION CONDEMNING STATE SPONSORED EFFORTS TO
[...] ACTION REQUEST:(C) USUN seeks concurrence from Department to submit a resolution (drafted in para. 9) directly to the General Assembly Plenary condemning state sponsored (Iran) efforts to deny the existence of the Holocaust as an historical event. USUN seeks to submit a resolution to the Gene [...]
2006-12-14 18:45:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALAORC KAWC KUNR UNGA
06VIENNA573DEMARCHE ON MULTILATERAL APPROACH TO CHARLES
[...] (C) Post conveyed reftel talking points to Ralph Scheide, the Austrian MFA's Assistant Secretary-level Director for the Middle East and Africa; to Caroline Gudenus, Head of the MFA's Sub-Saharan Africa Division; and to Klaus Famira-Parcsetich, the MFA's Acting European Political Correspondent [...]
2006-02-24 15:39:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC XY AU
06WELLINGTON398NEW ZEALAND ATTENDANCE AT CONFERENCE ON GENOCIDE
[...] (U) This is an action message -- see para 4. 2. (C) On May 15, Poloff delivered reftel invitation to Valerie Meyer; Deputy Director; United Nations, Human Rights, and Commonwealth Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Meyer responded that representatives from her division [...]
2006-05-24 22:38:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPINR KAWC NZ
06WELLINGTON698NEW ZEALAND: NO ONE FROM CAPITAL TO ATTEND
[...] (U) On August 24, Poloff delivered to Gerard van Bohemen, International Legal Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) the Department's responses to Ref A questions. 2. (SBU) van Bohemen responded on August 31 that due to "pressure on travel budgets and other commitments, Wellin [...]
2006-09-05 05:13:00Embassy WellingtonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPINR KAWC NZ
06ZAGREB1TWO YEARS IN POWER: RESILIENCE AND STABILITY OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During his second year in office, PM Ivo Sanader led his Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) through domestic difficulties and over critical Euro-Atlantic integration hurdles. At the same time, he sustained a government coalition whose unquestionable stability defies th [...]
2006-01-01 15:17:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC KCRM PHUM PREF HR
06ZAGREB1251CROATIA AND SERBIA TO EXCHANGE WAR CRIMES EVIDENCE
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic and Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic signed a bilateral agreement in Zagreb October 13 on cooperation in war crimes prosecutions. Like the document Bajic signed with his Montenegrin counterpart in July (reftel),the a [...]
2006-10-16 13:48:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC PGOV SR HR WAR CRIMES
06ZAGREB1285JUDGE ORDERS GLAVAS DETAINED
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Zagreb County Court today ordered the detention of MP Branimir Glavas to prevent him from intimidating witnesses in an ongoing war crimes investigation that implicates him in the torture and murder of Serb civilians in Osijek in 1991 (reftels). Parliament, which e [...]
2006-10-23 13:05:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES
06ZAGREB1352INTERNATIONALS SEE GLAVAS AS JUDICIAL TEST CASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Observers in the international community are calling the war crimes investigation against MP Branimir Glavas (reftels) a test case of the maturity of the Croatian judiciary that will serve as an indicator of readiness for Euro-Atlantic integration. Glavas, now the sub [...]
2006-11-08 14:52:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES
06ZAGREB1380DEBATE ON GLAVAS DETENTION DIVIDES PARLIAMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Speaker of Parliament Vladimir Seks postponed a vote today that may have led to the release of MP Branimir Glavas from detention (reftels). The planned vote did not have PM Ivo Sanader's support and had sparked widespread public criticism. Glavas has been in detention [...]
2006-11-17 16:29:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES
06ZAGREB1390CROATIAN PM SANADER ASSURES AMBASSADOR ABOUT GLAVAS
[...] (C) Ambassador told PM Ivo Sanader November 20 that the USG was watching carefully the progress of the Glavas case (reftel) and how the parliament dealt with it. He encouraged Sanader to promote a solution that preserved the principles of rule of law and equality of all Croatians before the la [...]
2006-11-20 16:17:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES
06ZAGREB1405PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS GLAVAS DETENTION
[...] Parliament voted November 22 to confirm a committee decision to strip MP Branimir Glavas of his immunity from detention, allowing the court to keep him in detention based both on the gravity of the alleged crimes and the protection of witnesses (reftels). Glavas could face up to a year of inv [...]
2006-11-22 14:24:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES
06ZAGREB1436SETBACK IN GLAVAS INVESTIGATION
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Zagreb County Court investigative judge Zdenko Posavec decided December 2 to release MP Branimir Glavas from detention and suspend further investigative hearings into his suspected involvement in war crimes against Serb civilians in 1991 due to his deteriorated health afte [...]
2006-12-04 13:40:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES
06ZAGREB1466DECISION TO RELEASE GLAVAS OVERTURNED
[...] A Zagreb County Court panel of judges on December 11 quashed the December 2 decision of investigative judge Zdenko Posavec to release MP Branimir Glavas from detention and suspend further investigative hearings into his suspected involvement in war crimes against Serb civilians in 1991 in the [...]
2006-12-12 13:40:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES
06ZAGREB183NEW JUSTICE MINISTER INHERITS SOLID JUDICIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-02-10 16:08:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KAWC PGOV PREL HR
06ZAGREB233GLAVAS: WINGS CLIPPED, BUT WATCH THE CLAWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Branimir Glavas, the Slavonian strongman who broke ranks with PM Ivo Sanader and the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) last year (ref C),has been politically isolated and his power limited to Osijek and the surrounding county. While Glavas currently serves as th [...]
2006-02-22 13:03:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC HR
06ZAGREB294LORA RE-TRIAL VERDICT: CROATIAN JUDGES FIND
[...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Split County Court on March 2 found eight Croatian soldiers guilty of the torture and murder of ethnic Serb civilians at Lora Prison in 1992. Sentences ranged from six to eight years in prison. This decision reverses a notoriously biased 2002 acquittal thrown out by [...]
2006-03-03 15:19:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC PREL PGOV HR
06ZAGREB366ICJ CASES WEAVE DANGEROUS WEB
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In light of recent local media reports on Bosnia and Herzegovina's case against Serbia and Montenegro before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and speculation regarding a possible future BiH case against Croatia, PolOff met March 15 with Professor Ivan Simonovi [...]
2006-03-17 15:27:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC PREL PGOV BK SR HR
06ZAGREB461VPOTUS SCENESETTER: PUSHING CROATIA'S INTEGRATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Vice President Cheney will visit Croatia at a time of political optimism following the opening of accession negotiations with the European Union in October 2005, the arrest of war crimes suspect Ante Gotovina in December 2005, and the prospect of NATO membership growing [...]
2006-04-11 12:59:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC SIPDIS HR
06ZAGREB560GLAVAS: PROSECUTOR ASKS PARLIAMENT TO STRIP
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic asked Parliament on April 25 to strip Osijek strongman Branimir Glavas of his immunity as an MP in order to indict him on charges of war crimes against ethnic Serb civilians in 1991 (reftels). Speaker of Parliament Vladimir Seks, wh [...]
2006-05-03 11:58:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES
06ZAGREB588GLAVAS: PARLIAMENT LIFTS IMMUNITY
[...] (U) Parliament voted on May 10 by an overwhelming majority to strip Osijek strongman Branimir Glavas of his immunity from criminal prosecution as a member of parliament. This opens the door for Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic to pursue an indictment against him on charges of war crimes ag [...]
2006-05-11 09:52:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES
06ZAGREB823CROATIA SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRIED
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During your July 9-10 stop in Dubrovnik for the conference "Completing Europe's Southern Dimension: The Values that Bind Us," you will witness firsthand the GoC's unshakable enthusiasm for promoting Euro-Atlantic integration. Still paddling on the wave of political op [...]
2006-07-07 11:49:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC SIPDIS HR
06ZAGREB871A/S FRIED MEETING WITH CROATIAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: Assistant Secretary Dan Fried and FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic exchanged views on the failure of Serbian PM Kostunica to acknowledge that independence was Kosovo's ultimate destiny. Grabar-Kitarovic suggested slowing down the Kosovo status process to avoid destabilizing the Kostun [...]
2006-07-21 08:30:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC NATO HR SR YI
06ZAGREB884GLAVAS: PROSECUTION SEEKS DETENTION OVER WITNESS
[...] (U) Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic requested on July 20 that the Zagreb County Court order the detention of MP Branimir Glavas to prevent him from intimidating witnesses in an ongoing war crimes investigation that implicates him in the torture and murder of Serb civilians in 1991 (reftels) [...]
2006-07-21 14:32:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC HR WAR CRIMES
06ZAGREB898NEW PAGE IN RELATIONS WITH SERBIA?
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: PM Ivo Sanader capped a recent surge in bilateral contact between Serbia and Croatia by opening the new Bajakovo-Batrovci border crossing with Serbian PM Kostunica on July 21 and traveling to Belgrade for meetings with both Kostunica and Serbian President Tadic. While [...]
2006-07-27 09:35:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC SR HR REGIONAL ISSUES
06ZAGREB907GOC LEADERS CONDEMN ETHNIC ATTACK
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The GOC swiftly responded to an ethnic attack in Biljane Donje in the Zadar region on 25 July in which four men stoned and set alight ethnic Serb returnee homes. The President and Deputy PM, along with ethnic Serb MPs, visited the families following the incident and [...]
2006-07-28 10:08:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KAWC PREL HR
06ZAGREB92GOTOVINA - SHIFTING FROM MANHUNT TO DEFENSE FUND
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: With the manhunt over, GoC attention has shifted to managing public expectations regarding the defense of ICTY indictee Ante Gotovina. While still unofficial, the GoC clearly intends to fund at least a portion of Gotovina's defense team, as he was acting in his capaci [...]
2006-01-25 07:18:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL RGOV HR
06ZAGREB941AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON: CROATIA MODEL FOR REGION IN
[...] (C) Summary: During a July 31 visit to Zagreb, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson welcomed Croatia's assistance on Serbia's Action Plan on ICTY cooperation and called on officials to continue their efforts to promote regional cooperation in addressing domestic war crim [...]
2006-08-08 11:58:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC ICTY SR HR WAR CRIMES
06ZAGREB943MARGETIC - CROATIANS ARREST JOURNALIST AT ICTY
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Croatian authorities arrested journalist Domagoj Margetic on August 4 for contempt of court at the request of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) after he published on his U.S.-based website a list of 102 protected witnesses from the tri [...]
2006-08-08 13:01:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC KHJUS HR WAR CRIMES
06ZAGREB948OPERATION STORM VIDEO - PROSECUTOR LAUNCHES
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Chief State Prosecutor Mladen Bajic has forwarded the war-time video recently aired on Belgrade's B-92 television to the Ministry of Interior and requested a full investigation of the crimes shown. After watching the video and reviewing an extensive analysis done by C [...]
2006-08-10 08:37:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL PGOV HR WAR CRIMES
07ADDISABABA1130AMIR MESHAL: STATUS OF DECISION
[...] (S/NF) Per reftel, Ambassador delivered reftel points to Ethiopian Foreign Minister Seyoum on April 13. FM Seyoum responded that the GOE would work in close consultation with the USG on this case in the coming days. MFA acting Director General for Europe and America Almaz Ameha said she would [...]
2007-04-13 15:33:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNCASC EAIR KHLS KAWC PTER ET
07ADDISABABA1131SOMALI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DETAINED FOREIGN
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In an April 11 press conference in Addis Ababa, Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) Ambassador to Ethiopia Abdikarin Farah acknowledged that 41 suspected foreign terrorists had been captured in Somalia and were in Ethiopian custody, and that another 200 were being de [...]
2007-04-13 15:46:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PHUM KISL KAWC KJUS SO ET
07ADDISABABA170ETHIOPIA SENTENCES DERGUE LEADERS TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
[...] SUMMARY: Ethiopia's 12-year trial of former Dergue officials concluded on December 12, 2006, with the conviction of dictator Mengistu Hailemariam and 56 other members of his Communist regime on charges of genocide and murder. A single defendant was acquitted. During their 17-year reign, the De [...]
2007-01-23 05:34:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PINR KAWC KJUS ET
07ALGIERS652ALGERIANS OFFER NEARLY ALL ASSURANCES NEEDED FOR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In April 21-22 discussions led on the Algerian side by Counselor to the President for Counterterrorism Issues Kamel Rezag Bara, the government of Algeria gave oral assurances to S/WCI Ambassador Williamson and an interagency delegation to establish the terms for the transfer of Al [...]
2007-05-13 09:41:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPREL PTER PINR KAWC PHUM AG
07ALGIERS877GUANTANAMO DETAINEE RETURN STATE OF PLAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY AMD COMMENT: On June 19, Algeria's major newspaper El Watan ran a story about the April 2007 discussions between the U.S. and Algeria that cited alleged American conditions for the release of Guantanamo detainees. The El Watan story also bitterly criticized the U.S. conditions as [...]
2007-06-20 11:19:00Embassy AlgiersSECRETPHUM PINR PTER ICRC KAWC AG
07AMMAN4463JORDANIAN NATIONALS FROM GTMO TRANSFERRED TO GOJ
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-04 14:47:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL PHUM PTER KAWC JO
07ANKARA709REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 14:08:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC TU
07ARAJEVO753BOSNIA - BOSNIAK POLITICAL LEADERS WARY OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 29 and April 2, we met separately with Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic, President of the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) Sulejman Tihic, and President of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Zlatko Lagumdzija to discuss the situation in Srebrenica and [...]
2007-04-06 07:52:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK
07ASTANA1644KAZAKHSTAN: TREATMENT OF RETURNED GUANTANAMO
[...] (S) Post has no reason to believe that the three Kazakhstanis returned from Guantanamo Bay have been mistreated by Kazakhstani authorities. Based on the GOK's overall record of excellent counterterrorism cooperation, we judge that the GOK is capable of receiving the final detainee if he is a [...]
2007-06-15 09:02:00Embassy AstanaSECRETPTER KAWC PHUM PREL PINR KZ
07ATHENS616REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel request for Greek assistance in detainee resettlement to Foreign Minister Bakoyannis March 26. Bakoyannis, who had just returned from a visit to the U.S., responded that she would discuss our request with PM Karamanlis. She promised a more comprehensive resp [...]
2007-03-26 08:37:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC GR
07ATHENS638REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES:
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: In a March 27 meeting with the Ambassador, MFA Secretary General Rocanas stated that FM Bakoyannis wanted to respond helpfully to the U.S. request for Guantanamo detainee resettlement. However, there were a number of questions the GOG needed to have answered [...]
2007-03-28 11:33:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC GR
07BAGHDAD3062CDA AND HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER DISCUSS SULTAN
[...] (S) Human Rights Minister Wijdan Salim told CDA Butenis and PolCouns September 8 that there would be significant public outrage if Sultan Hashim, formerly Saddam Hussein's Minister of Defense, were executed -- especially without the approval of the Presidency Council. The Iraqi people, she no [...]
2007-09-11 17:32:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPHUM PINS PREL PGOV KJUS KAWC IZ
07BANGKOK6012THAILAND COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR S/WCI AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES CLINT WILLIAMSON AND S/WCI DEPUTY MILBERT SHIN
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes and grants country clearance to S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson and Deputy Milbert Shin from December 6-7, 2007. 2. (SBU) Hotel reservations (confirmation numbers: 65621 and 656022) have been made at: -- Intercontinental Hotel Tel: 66-2-656-0444 Fax: 6 [...]
2007-11-30 11:41:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIEDPREL OTRA OVIP KAWC TH JA CB NL BE KJUST
07BRATISLAVA195SLOVAKIA UNLIKELY TO RESETTLE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (C) Pol-Econ Chief delivered reftel demarches March 23 to MFA Acting Political Director Anna Turenicova, MFA Director for the Department of Asia, Africa and the Middle East Marion Tomasik, and Deputy Director for the Security Policy Department Ivan Vano. All were interested in the information [...]
2007-03-30 14:10:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC LO
07BRATISLAVA262AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES ICTY/R AND
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson visited Bratislava on April 23-24, 2007 for meetings with MFA interlocutors to discuss the close out of the International Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda, the upcoming election of a new ICTY Prosecutor, and th [...]
2007-05-03 13:07:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC LO
07BRUSSELS1048ASKING BELGIUM TO TAKE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (C/NF) CDA IMBRIE DISCUSSED REF REQUEST FOR BELGIUM TO ACCEPT NON-BELGIAN DETAINEES AND TO ENCOURAGE OTHER COUNTRIES TO ACCEPT THEM WITH FM KAREL DE GUCHT ON 3/28/2007. HE OFFERED A FULLER BRIEFING (TO BE DRAWN FROM REFTELS AND DETAINEE INFORMATION FROM THE DEPARTMENT) AS DESIRED. 2. (C/NF [...]
2007-03-28 11:50:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PINR KAWC BE
07BRUSSELS1164REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF TWO ADDITIONAL
[...] (C/NF) CHARGE DISCUSSED ISSUE OF BELGIUM ACCEPTING GUANTANAMO DETAINEES WITH MFA DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF WALTER STEVENS ON 4/3/2007. 2. (C/NF) STEVENS ADVISED THAT THE INTERMINISTERIAL COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY (MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, JUSTICE, INTERIOR, AND DEFENSE) DI [...]
2007-04-05 09:25:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER KAWC BE
07BUCHAREST388ROMANIA’S RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (C) Deputy Polcons delivered per instructions reftel demarches (B-D) on April 4, to MFA Director for OSCE, Council of Europe and Human Rights Brandusa Predescu. In response to Predescu's inquiry, Deputy Polcons confirmed that this demarche was separate from earlier ones (ref a). Predescu said she u [...]
2007-04-05 12:05:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KAWC PHUM RO
07BUDAPEST517HUNGARY: RESETTLEMENT OF TWO ADDITIONAL GUANTANAMO
[...] (C) Embassy Budapest assesses the likelihood of a favorable response to reftel request to be highly remote. 2. (C) The GoH has discussed the resettlement of several dozen Cuban refugees from Guantanamo at the highest levels and is reportedly giving the proposal favorable consideration. M [...]
2007-04-04 14:29:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALKAWC PTER PREL PHUM
07DAKAR1966International Donor's Conference for the Habre trial
[...] (SBU) The Government of Senegal had initially planned to hold a donor's conference for a future trial of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre on September 17 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Gadio and Minister of Justice Sy chairing it. That plan was abandoned and no new dates have been dete [...]
2007-10-02 11:31:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS KAWC SG CD
07DHAKA167FORMER GUANTANANAMO BAY DETAINEE RE-ARRESTED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-30 09:51:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PTER PREL PHUM BG
07DHAKA365FORMER GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE RELEASED ON BAIL
[...] (C) Police told embassy contacts that on February 28 former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mubarak Hussain was released on bail from Dhaka Central Jail. The charge of violating Bangladeshi immigrations laws for entering the country without a passport is still pending. No trial date has been set. [...]
2007-03-05 09:28:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PTER PREL PHUM BG
07DHAKA367FORMER GUANTANAMO BAY DETAINEE RELEASED ON BAIL
[...] (C) Police told embassy contacts that on February 28 former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mubarak Hussain was released on bail from Dhaka Central Jail. The charge of violating Bangladeshi immigrations laws for entering the country without a passport is still pending. No trial date has been set. [...]
2007-03-05 23:58:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PTER PREL PHUM BG
07DILI338COMMISSION ON TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP HOLDS HEARINGS IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-05 06:51:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KAWC TT ID
07FREETOWN439SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE HANDS DOWN SENTENCES IN THE
[...] (U) On June 20, the three judges of Trial Chambers II at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) found Alex Tamba Brima, Brima Bazzy Kamara, and Santigie Kanu, three former Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) leaders, guilty of 11 of 14 counts of crimes against humanity (reftel). On Jul [...]
2007-07-23 17:20:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KAWC SL
07FREETOWN464SPECIAL COURT DELIVERS GUILTY VERDICT IN CDF TRIAL
[...] (U) On August 2, Moinina Fofana and Allieu Kondewa of the Civil Defence Force (CDF) were found guilty of war crimes committed during Sierra Leone's decade long civil war by a majority of the three judges of Trial Chamber I in the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). Fofana was convicted on f [...]
2007-08-02 20:13:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KAWC SL
07FREETOWN611SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE SENTENCES FOFANAH
[...] (U) Summary: On October 9, the Special Court for Sierra Leone sentenced Moinina Fofanah and Allielu Kondewa, former leaders of the Civil Defense Force, to 6 and 8 years in prison, respectively. Time already served in detention was counted toward the sentences, meaning that Fofanah will comple [...]
2007-10-10 18:32:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM PINR KAWC SL
07FREETOWN615 SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT SEEKING MORE MONEY AND
[...] (C) Summary and action request: In a meeting with Ambassador and emboffs on October 10, Prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Stephen Rapp, reviewed the budget and timeline for the Special Court. Rapp expects that the court will require at least an additional $49 million to contin [...]
2007-10-11 16:19:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALKAWC KDEM PHUM PINR PREL SL
07HELSINKI250FINLAND: RESPONSE TO GUANTANAMO RESETTLEMENT
[...] (U) This is an Action Request; please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Poloff spoke with Finnish officials in the MFA's Political Secretariat and Office for Human Rights about the possibility of resettling Guantanamo detainees in Finland. Finland has previously rejected several US requests to [...]
2007-04-05 09:42:00Embassy HelsinkiCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL PTER PHUM PINR FI
07ISLAMABAD333SIX PAKISTANI DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM BAGRAM
[...] (S/NF) On January 8, 2007, CJTF-76 and Bagram's Task Force Guardian repatriated six (6) Pakistani nationals previously held at Bagram (Ref A). PolCouns and an ODRP officer were present for the detainees arrival at Chakala Air Base, Rawalpindi. Ministry of Interior/National Crisis Managemen [...]
2007-01-19 11:26:00Embassy IslamabadSECRET//NOFORNAF KAWC PHUM PK PREL PTER
07ISLAMABAD872GOP INQUIRY INTO GTMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request -- please see para. 5. 2. (C//NF) During a January 26 lunch with visiting SCA DAS John Gastright, MFA officials queried emboffs regarding the prospects for the release of Pakistani detainees currently in custody at the Guantanamo Bay detention ce [...]
2007-02-24 06:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKAWC PK PREL PTER
07JAKARTA1227COMMISSION ON TRUTH AND FRIEDNSHIP SESSION II
[...] (C) Summary: The last two days of Session II (March 26-30) of the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia-Timore Leste was a continued study in contrasts. Prominent Indonesian Generals, active and retired, postulated a description of events that at times almost seemed to mock the intent [...]
2007-05-01 09:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINS KAWC TT ID
07JAKARTA908COMMISSION ON TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP HEARINGS
[...] (C) Summary: Following up on two days of hearings in Bali in February, the Commission of Truth and Friendship Indonesia-Timor Leste (CTF) began a weeklong series of hearings March 26-30. Featuring both prominent (Nobel Peace Prize winner Bishop Belo and former Indonesian President Habibie) [...]
2007-03-29 12:15:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINS KAWC TT ID
07KABUL1074GOA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
[...] (C/REL GOA) At a meeting on detainee transfer issues on April 1, deputy polmilcouns and polmiloff informed Malik Quraishi (Director of Policy and Oversight),Mohammad Zia Salehi (Situation Room Director),and Abdullah Popal (Director of Internal Policy) in Afghanistan's Office of the National [...]
2007-04-03 11:04:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF
07KABUL1078AFGHAN NATIONAL DETENTION FACILITY OPENS MARCH 25;
[...] (SBU) This is an Action request. Please see paragraph 9. --------------------------------------- ANDF March 25 Opening, Press Reaction --------------------------------------- 2. (S/NF) The Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) in the Pol-e-Charkhi prison compound was opened formally [...]
2007-04-03 12:59:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL1091FIRST 12 DETAINEES TRANSFERRED TO AFGHAN NATIONAL
[...] (S/REL GOA) CSTC-A Detainee Operations has confirmed that the first 12 Afghan detainees were transferred on April 2 from Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) to Afghan Government custody at the Afghan National Detention Facility. Reuters carried a report today on the transfer citing the [...]
2007-04-03 13:33:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL1093INTERVIEW WITH BAGRAM DETAINEE AHEAD OF POTENTIAL
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph seven. 2. (S/NF) Post scheduled our Refugee Coordinator to interview Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) detainee Abdul Aziz Rashid Al Muteri (US9SA-001816DP) on March 24. As requested in reftel, Refugee Coordinator consulted bef [...]
2007-04-03 14:30:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNMARR KAWC PINS PREL PTER AF SA
07KABUL1220DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: PALACE CONVENES DETAINEE
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Post continues to encourage the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) to exert both executive and administrative leadership regarding detainee issues as we press for the remaining pieces of a legal framework. Post continues to explore ONSC and parliamentary views on in [...]
2007-04-12 03:21:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL1456BAGRAM THEATER INTERNMENT FACILITY--PAKISTANI, YEMENI DETAINEE ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-29 14:05:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNAF KAWC MARR PINS PK PREL PTER
07KABUL1558DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA OFFICIALS OUTLINE
[...] (S/NF) Summary and Action Request: Please advise regarding Post's paragraph 9-13 suggestions on possible legal vehicles and next steps. Building on reftel efforts, Post has continued, ahead of and during the 1-3 May advance team visit of L/PM Attorney Adviser Eric Pelofsky and OSD Global Secu [...]
2007-05-08 13:15:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL1577DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: REVIEW BOARD ON PLANNED
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Afghan Detainee Review Board (DRB) convened for its third regular session on May 8. The GOA advised that they plan to file charges next week against 10 of the first 12 detainees who were transferred from Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) to the Afghan National Deten [...]
2007-05-10 14:07:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL1755DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: CHARGES OUTLINED AGAINST
[...] (S/NF) Summary: The Afghan National Directorate of Security (NDS) legal adviser has now outlined charges to be brought against 10 of the first group of 12 detainees transferred to the Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF). NDS is waiting for information from provinces in the remaining two [...]
2007-05-27 07:21:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL1779DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: NON-PAPER ON SECURITY
[...] (S) On May 25, the Ambassador delivered the ref C non-paper on security detention to President Karzai in a one-on-one meeting. Karzai undertook to review the matter. On May 26, Afghan Deputy National Security Advisor Engineer Ibrahim told A/DCM that President Karzai had held an internal meeti [...]
2007-05-29 09:30:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNKAWC MARR NATO PTER PHUM AF
07KABUL2136DETAINEES: UPDATE ON TRANSFER-RELATED ISSUES
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Transfers to the Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) resumed on June 3, and the ANDF now contains 56 detainees. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) has relayed charges for the first 12 detainees transferred in April to the Attorney General's prosecutors, who have a [...]
2007-07-05 14:40:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL231GOA APPROVES RELEASE OF TWO GUANTANAMO BAY
[...] (S/REL GOA) CSTCA-A has advised Government of Afghanistan (GOA) approval for February release via PTS of two Afghan detainees in Guantanamo Bay: US9AF-000987DP Haji GHALIB and US9AF-001037DP Nazar GUL. 2. (S/REL GOA) CSTCA-A advises that the GOA does not concur with release of two other de [...]
2007-01-23 11:59:00Embassy KabulSECRETPTER KAWC PINR PREL MARR AF
07KABUL2370IROA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
[...] (C/REL to Afghanistan) On July 18 polmiloff notified Mohammad Zia Salehi, Situation Room Director in the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) that the three Afghan detainees listed in reftel A will be scheduled for Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO [...]
2007-07-24 11:20:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF
07KABUL2571IROA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
[...] (C/REL to Afghanistan) On August 4 polmiloff notified Malik Quraishi, Director of Policy and Oversight in the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) that the four Afghan detainees listed in reftel A will be scheduled for Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings at Guantanamo Bay ( [...]
2007-08-06 07:01:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF
07KABUL2647FIRST TRANSFER OF AFGHANS FROM GUANTANAMO TO
[...] (S/REL TO IRoA) On August 9, the first transfer of Afghans from Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) to ANDF occurred. Without specifying where detainees would be transferred from, polmiloff alerted Zia Mohammed Salehi, Situation Room Director at IRoA's Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) beforeha [...]
2007-08-09 12:56:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL2689DETAINEES: IROA PREPARES FOR FIRST TRIALS AT ANDF
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Following July and August transfers from the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) and Guantanamo Bay (GTMO),more Afghans are in IRoA custody in the Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) than remain at GTMO. Afghanistan's court system was reorganized in July, and the S [...]
2007-08-13 06:40:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL3191IROA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
[...] (C/REL to IRoA) On September 18 PolMilOff notified Zia Salehi, Situation Room Director in the Office of the National Security Council (ONSC),that the seven Afghan detainees listed in ref A will be scheduled for Administrative Review Board (ARB) proceedings at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) in approxim [...]
2007-09-20 14:17:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF
07KABUL3277SECOND TRANSFER OF AFGHANS FROM GUANTANAMO TO
[...] (S/REL TO IRoA) On September 29, the second transfer of Afghans from Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) to the Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) occurred. PolMilOff alerted Malik Quraishi, Director of Policy and Oversight at IRoA's Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) beforehand that a t [...]
2007-09-29 11:29:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL3495MORE INFORMATION NEEDED FOR NOTIFICATION OF
[...] (C) At a meeting on detainee transfer issues on October 7, PolMilOffs informed Mohammad Zia Salehi (Situation Room Director) in Afghanistan's Office of the National Security Council (ONSC) that the two Afghan detainees listed in reftel will be scheduled for Administrative Review Board (ARB) pr [...]
2007-10-14 10:43:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNPREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF
07KABUL3604DETAINEES: RELEASE OF BTIF DETAINEE KHALED SAMI
[...] (S/NF) This is an action cable--see paragraph two. This has been coordinated with Task-Force Guardian. 2. (S/NF) Action: Based on the Canadian assurances detailed in paragraphs three and four, we recommend the Deputy Secretary of Defense approve the release to Canada of Khaled SIPDIS [...]
2007-10-23 13:05:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL3656DETAINEES: RUNUP TO FIRST TRIALS AT AFGHAN
[...] (S/NF) Summary/Comment: On October 3, the first 12 detainees transferred to the Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) from Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) in April were arraigned before Afghan judges at the ANDF with defense counsel and the Attorney General's (AG) prosecutor pres [...]
2007-10-26 12:48:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL369DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA REPRESENTATIVES
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Afghan interagency national security, military, and legal experts have not arrived at a final position on how the GOA will deal with "security detainees" -- i.e., those individuals that the GOA is unlikely or unable to prosecute in the Afghan national security or criminal just [...]
2007-02-05 15:18:00Embassy KabulSECRET//NOFORNKAWC MARR MOPS PGOV PREL PHUM AF
07KABUL3768THIRD TRANSFER OF AFGHANS FROM GUANTANAMO TO
[...] (S/REL IROA) On November 4, eight Afghans were transferred from Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) to the Afghanistan National Detention Facility (ANDF); IRoA officials were notified verbally on October 29 of the (then pending) transfer. On November 5, Emboffs met with Zia Mohammed Salehi, Director of the [...]
2007-11-06 11:59:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL3960IROA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-29 20:53:00Embassy KabulSECRETPREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF
07KABUL4112TRANSFER OF 13 AFGHANS FROM GUANTANAMO TO AFGHAN
[...] (S) On 13 December, 13 Afghans were transferred from Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) to the Afghanistan National Detention Facility (ANDF); IRoA officials were notified verbally on November 14 of the (then pending) transfer. On December 10, Emboff met with Zia Mohammed Salehi, Director of the Situation [...]
2007-12-16 14:15:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR PGOV PINS PREL PTER AF
07KABUL558DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: READOUT FROM FEBRUARY
[...] (S) Summary: Afghan legal experts are still preparing the GoA's response to our request for a written description of the legal framework that the GoA would apply to detainees transferred from the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) and Guantanomo (GTMO) to GoA custody at the Afghan Nati [...]
2007-02-19 14:14:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL652DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA PROVIDES PART ONE
[...] (S) As promised (reftel A),on February 19 the GOA provided a written description of the legal framework that will apply to detainees transferred from the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) and later possibly from Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) to GOA custody at the Afghan National Detention Fac [...]
2007-02-27 13:43:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL68DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA REPRESENTATIVES
[...] (S) Summary: Deputy National Security Adviser Engineer Ibrahim Speenzada convened GOA representatives from the Ministries of Defense, Interior, Justice, and the National Directorate of Security on January 2 to discuss the legal basis for detention and prosecution of any detainees transferred [...]
2007-01-07 11:40:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR MOPS PREL PGOV PHUM AF
07KABUL696EXPEDITING MEDICAL RELEASE/TRANSFER OF
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) Per ref A, Canadian officials paid a first consular visit to detainee Khaled Samy Abdalla ISMAIL in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) on January 11 and advised that Mr. Ismail, who is a dual Canadian/Egyptian national, [...]
2007-03-04 06:51:00Embassy KabulSECRETCASC KAWC MARR PTER CONS CA EG AF
07KABUL722GERMAN MP REQUESTS TOUR OF BAGRAM THEATER
[...] (U) This is an action request: See paragraph four. 2. (SBU) In mid-February, German Ambassador to Kabul Dr.Hans-Ulrich Seidt wrote letters to Ambassador Neumann, COMISAF GEN McNeill, and CJTF-76 Commander MG Rodriguez on behalf of German parliamentarian Mrs. Elke Hoff of the Free Democra [...]
2007-03-04 13:37:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR PTER CONS GM AF
07KABUL758GERMAN MP REQUESTS TOUR OF BAGRAM THEATER
[...] (U) This is an action request: See paragraph four. 2. (SBU) In mid-February, German Ambassador to Kabul Dr.Hans-Ulrich Seidt wrote letters to Ambassador Neumann, COMISAF GEN McNeill, and CJTF-76 Commander MG Rodriguez on behalf of German parliamentarian Mrs. Elke Hoff of the Free Democra [...]
2007-03-05 15:25:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR PTER CONS GM AF
07KABUL791NOTIFICATION: TWO AFGHAN DETAINEES IN GUANTANAMO
[...] (SBU) This is an action request: Please pass paragraph two information to appropriate Department of Defense colleagues to begin the transfer process: 2. (S) COL Humdard of the Afghan Ministry of Interior advised CSTC-A Detainee Operations on March 5 that he approves release of the following [...]
2007-03-07 13:48:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC PTER MARR AF
07KABUL806DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: GOA PART TWO RESPONSE
[...] (S) This is an action request. See paragraph 5. 2. (S) Expecting to receive the remainder of the GOA response on the detainee legal framework that will apply to detainees transferred from the Bagram Theater Internment Facility (BTIF) to Afghan custody at the Afghan National Detention Facil [...]
2007-03-09 12:36:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KABUL956DETAINEE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: REVIEW BOARD MEETS
[...] (S) Summary: The GOA has been informed that the first transfer of 13 detainees to the Afghan National Detention Facility (ANDF) is scheduled for March 25, when the facility will be formally opened; the actual transfer will occur on April 2. Post passed evidentiary files for the first transfer [...]
2007-03-25 03:47:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR PTER PGOV PINS PREL AF
07KHARTOUM73MFA RAISES GUANTANAMO ISSUES
[...] (C) On January 17, MFA Director of Americas Badawi al-Sanosi raised the matter of Sudanese detainees at Guantanamo with the DCM and Pol/Econ Counselor during a meeting to which they were summoned (other aspects covered septel). Al-Sanosi specifically requested an update on the status of Sani [...]
2007-01-17 16:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PHUM KAWC US SU
07KHARTOUM97DEMONSTRATION AGAINST GUANTANAMO DETENTIONS
[...] On January 23, the Government of Sudan sanctioned a peaceful demonstration to protest the continuing detention of Sudanese nationals at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (GTMO). Approximately 100 protesters took part in the march, which included a riot police escort. A smaller grou [...]
2007-01-23 13:42:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PTER PINR PHUM KAWC KPAO SOCI ASEC SU
07KIGALI1069RWANDA PRISON BEAT: PRISON POPULATION DOWN, ICTR
[...] (C) Rwanda's prison population fell to 64,000 inmates, as the government continued its releases of persons convicted by gacaca courts, relieving the severe overcrowding that previously characterized the prison system. A well-constructed Kigali transit facility, built to receive International [...]
2007-11-19 11:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKAWC PHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI954ICTR PROSECUTOR ASKS FOR HELP IN POTENTIAL CASES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow met with Charge and pol/econ chief on October 17 to discuss potential cases against Rwandan officials and the importance of witness protection. [...]
2007-10-18 13:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKAWC PHUM PREL RW
07KUWAIT1120KUWAIT WAR CRIMES CASE IN HOLDING PATTERN AT IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Summary: Robert Monk of the United States Regime Crimes Liaison Office at the Iraq High Tribunal (IHT) told GOK officials on July 10 and 11 that the Kuwait war crimes case before the IHT would likely not be the next case heard by the tribunal despite being the case most ready to go to t [...]
2007-07-16 06:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KJUS KAWC IZ KU
07KUWAIT412COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR INTERAGENCY
[...] Embassy Kuwait welcomes and hereby grants country clearance for Chris Camponovo (NSC),Alan Liotta (DoD),Marisa Porges (DoD),and Andrew Morrison, (DoS) to travel to post o/a March 23-25, 2007. The purpose of the interagency delegation's visit is to consult with Kuwait government officials o [...]
2007-03-22 17:27:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT AFIN ABUD ASEC KAWC KU
07LJUBLJANA186SLOVENIA CONCERNED ABOUT ITS ABILITY TO INTEGRATE
[...] (C) DCM presented reftel demarche points March 26 to Ambassador Roman Kirn, Director of the Division for the Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Kirn listened carefully to our request for Slovenia to accept detainees ready for release, and remarked that this is an important developmen [...]
2007-03-28 05:15:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC
07LJUBLJANA230SLOVENIA DEMURS ON GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-13 14:37:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PTER PHUM PREL
07LUXEMBOURG127RESPONSE TO REFTEL REQUESTING RESETTLEMENT OF TWO
[...] (SBU) Acting Pol/Econ chief delivered demarche points contained reftel A and B to the MFA Transatlantic Affairs Officer. There was no immediate response. 2. (C) COMMENT: We assess that we will not receive any response from the GOL until 17 April at the earliest because of the ongoing dis [...]
2007-04-06 12:32:00Embassy LuxembourgCONFIDENTIALKAWC PTER PREL PHUM LU
07MADRID596SPAIN ON TAKING GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 15:16:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG SP
07NAIROBI944COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO S/WCI AMBASSADOR
[...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson and Foreign Affairs Officer Brendan Doherty. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the [...]
2007-02-27 16:45:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA AMGT ASEC APER KAWC KE
07NDJAMENA623UNDER-AGE RECRUITMENT IN CHAD
[...] SUMMARY: International media attention to under-age recruitment in Chad, stimulated by reports from Human Rights Watch and UN, has brought an indignant rebuke from the government spokesman, but, at the working level, it appears to have resulted in enhanced cooperation from the Ministry of De [...]
2007-07-26 13:08:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MCAP KAWC PREL CD
07NOUAKCHOTT88MAURITANIAN DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO
[...] The issue of the Mauritanians currently detained at Guantanamo receives a relatively low key, but fairly steady, drumbeat of attention in this country. The three, all claimed to be of Mauritanian nationality, are listed in the press as Mohamedou Ould Salahi, described as having been turned ov [...]
2007-01-29 13:48:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC KISL KJUS PREL MR
07OSLO289NORWAY WILL CONSIDER REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-23 15:27:00Embassy OsloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC PREL PTER PHUM PINR NO
07PARAMARIBO323INACTION AS POLICY: ARTICLE 98 IN SURINAME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Under pressure from the Ministry of Defense (MOD) and the uniformed military, the Government of Suriname (GOS) appears to stick to its position that if it joins the International Criminal Court (ICC) it will also sign an Article 98 agreement. However, it will not be likely to [...]
2007-06-26 13:50:00Embassy ParamariboCONFIDENTIALNS PREL PGOV KAWC
07PARIS1424FRANCE NOT INITIALLY ENCOURAGING ON RECEIVING GTMO
[...] (C) POL Deputy delivered reftel demarches March 22 to MFA DAS-equivalent for Security Pierre Thenard and, following the meeting, provided ref B points March 23 as an aide memoire. Recalling the MFA's reaction to a U.S. approach several months ago to accept Uighers as "completely negative," Th [...]
2007-04-10 15:39:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL FR PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG EUN
07PODGORICA215MONTENEGRO ARRESTS PIFWC VLASTIMIR DJORDJEVIC
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Montenegrin police arrested Hague indictee Vlastimir Djordjevic on June 17 in Budva. The arrest was executed in cooperation with Serbian police and the ICTY. Djordjevic was flown directly to The Hague on the afternoon of June 17. Local media reported he was working in construction [...]
2007-06-19 07:37:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KAWC KCRM MW SR
07PODGORICA36MONTENEGRO AND WAR CRIMES
[...] (U) SUMMARY: MONTENEGRO HAS BEEN COMMENDED BY ICTY CHIEF PROSECUTOR DEL PONTE FOR ITS COOPERATION WITH THE HAGUE. YET AS ONGOING COURT CASES DEMONSTRATE MONTENEGRO'S PAST IS NOT SPOTLESS. FOUR DISTINCT ACTIONS ARE THE SUBJECT OF ONGOING OR POTENTIAL LAW CASES END SUMMARY 1991 - YUGOSLAV [...]
2007-02-14 08:34:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF KAWC PGOV MW
07PODGORICA46MONTENEGRO WELCOMES ICJ RULING
[...] (U) MONTENEGRO'S PRESIDENT AND OPPOSITION ALIKE WELCOMED THE FEBRUARY 26 RULING BY THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) THAT ABSOLVED MONTENEGRO FROM LIABILITY IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA'S 1993 GENOCIDE SUIT AGAINST THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA. PRESIDENT VUJANOVIC SAID THE ICJ'S DECISION CONFIRMED [...]
2007-02-27 16:04:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KAWC KPAO MW SR
07PRAGUE367CZECH RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES DOUBTFUL
[...] (C) DCM met with Deputy Foreign Minister Pojar on April 6 to request resettlement of Guantanamo detainees in the Czech Republic. Pojar thought it was "doubtful" the Czechs would accept the detainees, but agreed to consider the request. (The Czechs declined a similar request when it was posed by [...]
2007-04-06 11:48:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC AU BE BU CA DA EN
07PRISTINA68KOSOVO: HARADINAJ TRIAL TO COMMENCE IN MARCH IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced on January 24 that the war crimes trial of former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander and former Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj and his subordinates, Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj, will commence on March [...]
2007-01-25 18:09:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK ICTY YI
07REYKJAVIK82ICELAND NON-COMMITTAL ON RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (C) On March 26 Ambassador discussed resettlement of Guantanamo detainees in a meeting with Foreign Minister Valgerdur Sverrisdottir and MFA advisor Jorundur Valtysson. Sverrisdottir said she would welcome the eventual closing of the detention facility but her government would need to study clo [...]
2007-03-26 17:30:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC IC
07REYKJAVIK92ICELAND UNABLE TO TAKE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-02 10:03:00Embassy ReykjavikCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC IC
07ROME1163AMB. WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS,
[...] (C) Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with MFA Balkans Office Director Raimondo De Cardona, Deputy Legal Advisor Valerio Astraldi, Director of the Great Lakes Office Orazio Guanciale and UN Coordinator Giamberto De Vito on May 21 to discuss the International Crimin [...]
2007-05-29 08:27:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKAWC PREL PGOV IT
07ROME634ITALY AND GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: AMBASSADOR WILL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-28 12:36:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG IT
07SANAA1145TRANSFER OF GTMO DETAINEES TO YEMEN, JUNE 2007
[...] (S/NF) Post confirms that on 19 June at between 1900 and 2100 local (1600 - 1800Z) Pol/Econ Officer Jed T. Dornburg signed change of custody paperwork for the four GTMO detainees listed below who were then transferred to the control of the Yemeni Government through MFA official Hadi HAIDRA. [...]
2007-06-20 14:07:00Embassy SanaaSECRETPREL PTER KAWC YM
07SANAA1360HUMANE TREATMENT OF GTMO RETURNEES VERIFIED BY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-18 14:43:00Embassy SanaaSECRETKAWC PHUM PREL PTER YM
07SANAA1906FOUR GTMO DETAINEES RELEASED
[...] (C) Yemeni online news outlets reported on October 9 and 10 that four prisoners who had previously been detained at Guantanamo Bay had been released. According to the pro-government website 26 September.net, the four, Fawaz Noman Hamoud, Ali Muhsen Nasser, Sadiq Mohamed Saeed Ismael and Han [...]
2007-10-15 09:54:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KAWC YM
07SARAJEVO100BOSNIA - OBSTACLES AND OPENINGS FOR TRANSNATIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 11, the Charge and State Court President Meddzida Kreso discussed the possibility of Bosnia making judicial cooperation agreements with neighboring countries. The discussion was a continuation of the dialogue USG officials are encouraging among the Balkan countries ab [...]
2007-01-16 17:48:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL PGOV BK
07SARAJEVO1042BOSNIA: SILAJDZIC SIGNALS WILLINGNESS TO MAKE
[...] (C) President Haris Silajdzic says that he views his trip to Washington the week of May 21 as a good opportunity to reach basic agreements on police and constitutional reform. Silajdzic said that the concurrent visit of Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik to Washington would allo [...]
2007-05-14 15:53:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO1068BOSNIA - THE STATE PROSECUTOR AND STATE COURT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 26 International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision that genocide was committed in and around Srebrenica from July 11, 1995 has placed the issue of war crimes prsecutions near the top of the Bosnian political genda. The current political environment has highlghted criti [...]
2007-05-16 14:32:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPHUM KAWC KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1211BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC SUGGESTS RAISING SREBRENICA AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Srebrenica Initiative Board announced plans to hold a public demonstration in front of parliament on June 11 in support if its demand for secession from Republika Srpska. Spokesmen for all three major Bosniak parties endorsed the demonstration. Earlier in the week, the Party [...]
2007-06-01 15:16:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV KAWC KJUS UN BK
07SARAJEVO1317YOUR JUNE 13-14 VISIT TO SARAJEVO
[...] (C) Your visit comes at a particularly troubled time in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a reemergence of nationalism and inflammatory rhetoric has elevated the political temperature to levels some say has not been seen since before the war. With Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic and Stojan Zupljanin re [...]
2007-06-12 05:50:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC KJUS PREL ICTY BK
07SARAJEVO1403AMB. WILLIAMSON DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE ON PIFWCS,
[...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Sarajevo, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues J. Clint Williamson met with top Bosnian politicians, justice officials and members of international organizations to discuss improving Bosnia's justice system in advance of the ICTY's planned 2009 clos [...]
2007-06-25 05:39:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC ICTY KJUS PGOV BK
07SARAJEVO1503BOSNIA - HIGHREP USES BONN POWERS TO STRENGTHEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Only the second week into his tenure as High Representative, Miroslav Lajcak will use the Bonn Powers on July 10 to amend state-level legislation in order to strengthen Bosnia,s ability to cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Lajca [...]
2007-07-09 18:10:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ICTY KAWC KCRM KJUS PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1529VISA INELIGIBILITY ON FOREIGN POLICY GROUNDS -
[...] (U) Action request: see paragraph 4. 2. (U) On July 10, the High Representative Miroslav Lajcak dismissed Mr. Dragomir Andan from office for activities deemed to obstruct implementation of the Dayton Agreement. Andan is a citizen of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the former Director of th [...]
2007-07-13 05:48:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALCIVS KAWC ICTY PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1547BOSNIA - SREBRENICA: AN ISSUE DEFLATED, BUT NOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and representatives from the international community July 11 participated in events to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the 1995 genocide that took place in Srebrenica. The commemoration followed a politically tense four months in Bosnia after the International Cour [...]
2007-07-16 13:15:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO1570STATE COURT ACQUITS SERB WARTIME MINISTER OF WAR
[...] (U) On July 18 the BiH State Court acquitted Momcilo Mandic on charges of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes against civilians during the 1992-95 conflict. The war crimes case against Mandic cited his role as Assistant Minister of Interior in the "Serb Republic of Bosnia" in 199 [...]
2007-07-19 16:21:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC KCRM KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO1624VISA INELIGIBILITY ON FOREIGN POLICY
[...] (U) Action request: see paragraph 3. 2. (C) On July 16 the Office of the High Representative supplied Embassy with a list of 90 individuals who are currently under investigation by the Office of the Prosecutor for Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for suspected involvement in war crimes in conne [...]
2007-07-27 08:15:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALCIVS KAWC ICTY PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1625BOSNIA: DONOR CONSENSUS GROWS FOR BUILDING A STATE
[...] (C) Summary: Radovan Stankovic's escape from Foca Prison in the Republika Srpska dramatically demonstrated the legal and physical shortcomings of housing convicted war criminals and other dangerous convicts in entity prisons. Stankovic's case has galvanized the international community to reex [...]
2007-07-27 09:32:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ICTY KAWC KCRM KJUS PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1663BOSNIA - THE NEW HIGHREP: A NEW STYLE, NEW HOPE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In his first few weeks on the job, new High Representative Miroslav Lajcak has moved quickly to take charge of OHR and improve its operations. He has also sent a clear signal to Bosnian political leaders and the Bosnian public that he will be a different kind of HighRep than hi [...]
2007-08-01 14:41:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1990BOSNIA - YOUTUBE, FORMER BOSNIAN COMMANDER DELIC,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 14, a video clip of Rasim Delic, the highest ranking Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) indicted by the International War Crimes Tribunal (ICTY),addressing mujahedeen surfaced. Delic is accused of not preventing war crimes committed by mujahedeen during the 1992-1995 war. [...]
2007-09-19 10:56:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KAWC KCRM BK
07SARAJEVO2046BOSNIA - BUGOJNO WAR CRIMES AND DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, the State Prosecutor,s Office confirmed indictments of two individuals in its ongoing investigation of war crimes committed by the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ABiH) in and around Bugojno during the 1992-1995 war. Bugojno was the scene of heavy fighting betwee [...]
2007-09-25 17:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KAWC KJUS KCRM MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2073BOSNIA - INITIAL MEETING OF WAR CRIMES RECOVERY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Strategy for War Crimes Recovery Working Group met for the first time on September 19. The Working Group was established by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in the wake of the February International Court Justice (ICJ) verdict that genocide took place in and around Sreb [...]
2007-09-28 16:43:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS MCRM BK
07SARAJEVO2082YOUTUBE THREATS TO BOSNIAK LEADERS
[...] (U) On September 29, a user identified as Hattab 72 posted a nine-minute video clip on YouTube threatening President Haris Silajdzic, Islamic Community President Reis Ceric, and SDA President Sulejman Tihic with &political, moral, and religious assassination8 if they continue to support the [...]
2007-10-01 18:25:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KAWC KCRM BK
07SARAJEVO2201BOSNIA - WAR CRIMES AND JURISPRUDENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict earlier this year and the deteriorating political situation have stirred renewed interest in the country,s fragmented judicial system and its ability to manage war crimes cases. The State Court,s potential war crimes workload has e [...]
2007-10-16 08:30:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL ICTY KAWC PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MCRM BK
07SARAJEVO2555BOSNIA- CHALLENGES FOR THE STATE COURT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past four years, the State Prosecutor,s Office and State Court have made important strides building Bosnia,s capacity to try war crimes cases. Preliminary information on likely future war crimes cases suggests a demanding workload and challenges for both the prosecutor an [...]
2007-11-27 16:56:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS KCRM BK
07SARAJEVO500BIH STATE COURT UPDATES PART TWO: TERRORISM,
[...] INTRODUCTION: This is the second of two cables summarizing cases currently before the BiH State Court. This cable summarizes organized crime, corruption and terrorism cases underway in the BiH State Court. Cases underway in the War Crimes Chamber were reported previously (REF. B). These cab [...]
2007-03-05 14:24:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KCRM KJUS KCOR KAWC PHUM PINR BK
07SARAJEVO509BOSNIA - HIGHREP'S OFFICE WILL STAY UNTIL JUNE 2008
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At their February 26-27 meeting, the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Political Directors agreed to continue the OHR's mandate with the aim of closing it down by June 30, 2008. Russia refused to join the consensus, however, insisting on a footnote in the communique highlighting [...]
2007-03-06 14:53:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KJUS KAWC BK
07SARAJEVO526BOSNIA - HIGHREP BALKS AT ANNULLING CONSTITUTIONAL
[...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph six below. 2. (C) High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling convened a special session of the Steering Board Ambassadors (SBA) on March 7 to discuss the recently released decision by the Bosnian Constitutional Court calling on the Bosnian [...]
2007-03-07 16:36:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC BK UN
07SARAJEVO556BOSNIA - TENSIONS RISE AS BOSNIAKS CALL FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the February 26 International Court of Justice Verdict (ICJ) that genocide was committed in Srebrenica, there have been growing calls for giving the municipality special status within Bosnia. This campaign has been stoked by Bosniak politicians, particularly Bosniak member [...]
2007-03-12 16:25:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO579BOSNIA: SREBRENICA "SPECIAL STATUS" SESSION ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As a response to the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) finding of genocide in Srebrenica, Srebrenica Municipality Mayor Abdurahman Malkic hosted a meeting on March 12 to discuss proposals that his municipality seceed from the Republika Srpska (RS) and receive "special status" [...]
2007-03-13 18:49:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO596BOSNIA - REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE ON FINDING OF
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. U.S. Must Vote on Whether to Acknowledge Geneocide --------------------------------------------- ----- 2. (C) At the March 12 Foundation of Srebrenica-Potocari Memorial and Cemetery Executive Board Meeting, ("Foundation") Amor Ma [...]
2007-03-15 19:03:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KAWC BK
07SARAJEVO607BOSNIA: SILAJDZIC CALLS FOR RADICAL SURGERY ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following the March 12 ad hoc meeting (ref A) on the status of Srebrenica, the Ambassador met with Bosniak (Muslim) leaders March 14 to urge calm and solicit their plans for Srebrenica in light of the February 26 International Court of Justice verdict on genocide in Srebrenica. [...]
2007-03-16 14:18:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO651BOSNIA - NOT WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: One year ago, Bosnia's prospects looked brighter than they had at any moment since Dayton. Today, the accomplishments of post-war reconstruction have been placed in question. Externally, the drawdown of the international presence here, coupled with Europe's stupor over future en [...]
2007-03-23 16:41:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO686BOSNIA - SREBRENICA'S CITIZENS LIKELIEST LOSERS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Long ignored by state and entity politicians, Srebrenica Municipality is now the subject of a tug-of-war pitting political interests of the country's leading Bosniak politicians against those of Srebrenica's local community. In the wake of the ICJ verdict, calls for Srebrenica's s [...]
2007-03-29 08:59:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO706BOSNIA - BOSNIAK LEADERSHIP DISMISSES WARNINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 29, the Ambassador and High Representative Schwarz Schilling met with the Bosniak political leadership to express their concern about growing political tensions over Srebrenica. They stressed the international community's commitment to helping Srebrenica residents and ur [...]
2007-03-30 12:32:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO753BOSNIA - BOSNIAK POLITICAL LEADERS WARY OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 29 and April 2, we met separately with Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic, President of the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) Sulejman Tihic, and President of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Zlatko Lagumdzija to discuss the situation in Srebrenica and [...]
2007-04-06 07:52:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO754BOSNIA - AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO SREBRENICA TO CALM
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and embassy staff traveled to Srebrenica April 3 to meet with local citizens and to discuss possible improvements to living conditions for municipality residents. Srebrenica has been the subject of a Bosniak political movement for secession since the February ICJ verdi [...]
2007-04-06 08:58:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO807BOSNIA - BRATUNAC THE NEXT SREBRENICA?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 12, 2007, the Bosniak Association "Women of Podrinje" intends to bury 108 identified victims of the May 1992 Bratunac massacre in land owned by the Islamic Community. However, Bratunac Mayor Nedeljko Mladjenovic (SDS) and Serb delegates in the Bratunac Municipal Council [...]
2007-04-13 15:56:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO863BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC CONTINUES TO PROVOKE POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since he returned to Bosnian politics during last year's elections, Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Siladjic has actively worked toward creating a Bosniak Muslim rejectionist front that, in his words to the Ambassador, "will stand up to the Serbs and be as obstructionis [...]
2007-04-20 17:06:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SOFIA474BULGARIA NON-COMMITTAL ON GITMO DETAINEES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-13 16:57:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC BU
07STATE11550DEPUTIES BRIEFING ON DETAINEE LEGAL
[...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 4. 2. (S) The Deputies Committee (DC) tasked the State Department with the following action in its November 29 Summary of Conclusions (SOC): "Embassy Kabul will obtain from the Afghan Ministry of Justice its written articulation of the legal b [...]
2007-01-30 17:06:00Secretary of StateSECRET//NOFORNPTER PHUM PINS PREL KAWC AF
07STATE15302REAPPOINTMENT OF SCSL REGISTRAR
[...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Department shares concerns about Lovemore Munlo's performance to date as SCSL Registrar. Allegations by the SCSL's own representative on the UN Management Committee and an AmCit employed by the Registry in Freetown (protect sources) [...]
2007-02-07 14:38:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKJUS KAWC UN SL
07STOCKHOLM315SWEDEN: REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO
[...] (c) DCM accompanied by Polcouns met 3/23 with MFA Political Director Olof Skoog to urge Sweden to consider resettlement of Guantanamo refugees (refs A and B). Skoog said the GoS would study the request, and noted that Sweden had received and seriously considered (but ultimately declined) a p [...]
2007-03-23 15:32:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG SW
07STOCKHOLM368SWEDEN SAYS NO TO ACCEPTING GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (c) MFA Political Director Olof Skoog told Polcouns 4/5 that the GoS had carefully considered but could not agree to the U.S. request to accept Guantanamo detainees (refs A-D). Skoog said the request had been reviewed by all relevant elements of the Swedish government, and there were compellin [...]
2007-04-05 12:50:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR KAWC PTER XG SW
07TALLINN215ESTONIA CONSIDERING GUANTANAMO DETAINEE REQUEST
[...] (C) On March 23, we delivered (Ref A) points to Arti Hilpus, MFA Director for Security and Arms Control, on the possibility of Estonia accepting Guantanamo detainees. The issue is currently under review by the MFA's Undersecretary for Legal Affairs, who is "seriously considering" our request. [...]
2007-03-29 14:49:00Embassy TallinnCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC EN
07TOKYO153JAPAN'S VIEWS ON WAR CRIME ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: During a series of meetings on December 21-22, 2006, Senior Advisor to the Office of War Crime Issues Milbert Shin met with academics, Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) think tank scholars, and government officials to discuss progress in the establishment of the K [...]
2007-01-12 07:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC KJUS KLIG PHUM PREL AS ID JA KCRM
07TUNIS1157SECURING VIABLE ASSURANCES TO RESUME DETAINEE
[...] (S) Serious allegations have been made regarding the treatment by Tunisian authorities of one of the two transferred Tunisians formerly detained at Guantanamo Bay. Before we can resume the transfer of detainees, the Embassy needs to review the allegations with senior GOT officials and obtain r [...]
2007-08-22 15:01:00Embassy TunisSECRETPTER KAWC PINR TS
07TUNIS139GOT ASSURANCES ON TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (S/NF) On January 30, Ambassador raised GOT assurances related to the transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo with MFA Secretary of State for the Americas and Asia Saida Chtioui. Ambassador thanked Chtioui for the MFA diplomatic note of January 11 and requested additional clarification r [...]
2007-01-30 15:53:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINR KAWC TS
07TUNIS1425FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS
[...] (C) Former Tunisian Guantanamo detainee Lotfi Lagha appeared before the Tunis Court of First Instance on October 24 and was sentenced to three years in prison. Lagha,s attorney plans to file an appeal. During Lagha's trial, the judge questioned Lagha and then allowed Lagha's attorneys to p [...]
2007-10-26 13:08:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PGOV PINR TS
07TUNIS1448TUNISIAN TRIAL FOR FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE
[...] (C) Former Guantanamo detainee Abdallah Ben Omar (al-Hajji) appeared briefly before Military Tribunal in Tunis on October 31. Due to his attorneys' request for access to additional information regarding Ben Omar's previous in absentia conviction, the judge agreed to postpone the case until [...]
2007-10-31 17:29:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PGOV PINR TS
07TUNIS193UPDATE ON PROPOSED DETAINEE TRANSFER
[...] (S/NF) Post provides an update on latest efforts to obtain necessary assurances related to the proposed transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay. As instructed in Ref B, Post has repeatedly engaged the GOT in an attempt to obtain confirmation of assurances related to the transfer of T [...]
2007-02-08 07:59:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPTER KAWC PINR TS
07TUNIS236AMBASSADOR PUSHES GOT FOR DETAINEE ASSURANCES
[...] (S/NF) During a February 13 meeting on other topics, Ambassador pressed Foreign Minister Abdallah for confirmation of GOT assurances regarding the proposed transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay (Ref D). Abdallah noted the request. 2. (S/NF) Ambassador later continued the convers [...]
2007-02-15 14:49:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPTER PINR KAWC TS
07TUNIS257ICRC DIRECTOR SHARES CONCERNS ABOUT GOT TREATMENT
[...] (S/NF) During a February 22 meeting, ICRC Regional Director Bernard Pfefferle (strictly protect) told Ambassador that the GOT has not granted ICRC access to Ministry of Interior detention facilities in Tunisia, in contravention of the 2005 GOT-ICRC agreement. Pfefferle characterized MOI treat [...]
2007-02-23 15:04:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPHUM PREL KAWC PGOV TS
07TUNIS259MFA DIPNOTE ON DETAINEES: SAME ASSURANCES, POC
[...] (S/NF) On February 26, Post received a MFA diplomatic note responding to Embassy's note of February 5 requesting specific assurances regarding the proposed transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay and information regarding detainee Lotfi Bin Swei Lagha. The MFA reiterated the position [...]
2007-02-26 11:12:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPTER KAWC PINR TS
07TUNIS306MOI POC ON DETAINEES OFFERS NO ASSURANCES
[...] (C/NF) On March 6, PolOff met with Ministry of Interior (MOI) Director of International Cooperation Tahar Fellous Refai to discuss the proposed transfer of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo. Fellous was identified by the MFA (Ref A) as the GOT logistical point of contact on the proposed transfe [...]
2007-03-07 13:27:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPTER KAWC PINR TS
07TUNIS42AMBASSADOR BRIEFS FOREIGN MINISTER ON DETAINEE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-05 15:22:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIALPINR KAWC PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS461PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR OFFERS GUANTANAMO DETAINEE
[...] (S) SUMMARY. During an April 12 meeting with Ambassador, Minister of State, Special Advisor to the President Abdelaziz Ben Dhia offered the most extensive and comprehensive assurances we have received to date on the repatriation of Tunisian detainees at Guantanamo Bay. These assurances includ [...]
2007-04-13 08:49:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPTER KAWC PINR TS
07TUNIS621PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR BEN DHIA RESPONSE TO DEPUTY
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Foreign Ministry Chief of Staff Hatem Atallah today provided Ambassador with a letter from Presidential Advisor Ben Dhia to the Deputy Secretary, in which Ben Dhia reiterates the GOT's willingness accept the three Tunisian detainees currently held at Guantanamo (reftels). The [...]
2007-05-18 15:50:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPTER KAWC PINR TS
07TUNIS65TUNISIA RESPONSE ON TRANSFER OF GUANTANAMO
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel dipnote regarding the transfer of Tunisian detainees currently at Guantanamo to the MFA on January 5. Post received the following response on January 11 (informal translation): The Ministry of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United St [...]
2007-01-12 07:58:00Embassy TunisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINR KAWC PREL PTER TS
07TUNIS774TWO TUNISIAN DETAINEES TRANSFERRED FROM GUANTANAMO
[...] (S/NF) On June 18 at approximately 1300 local time, the Government of Tunisia accepted custody of two Tunisian nationals (Lufti Bin Swei Lagha (Partial ISN 660) and Abdullah Bin Omar (Partial ISN 721) formerly detained at the US Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 2. (S/NF) COMMENT. During [...]
2007-06-18 13:01:00Embassy TunisSECRET//NOFORNPTER KAWC PGOV PINR TS
07ULAANBAATAR655MONGOLIA SET TO BACK U.S. CANDIDATE IN UN CERD VOTE
[...] (SBU) In response to a demarche (reftel) delivered by Post, the Mongolian Foreign Ministry informed us on November 21 that Mongolia "will be in a position to support" the re-election of the U.S. candidate, Mr. Pierre-Richard Prosper, to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial [...]
2007-11-21 08:46:00Embassy UlaanbaatarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA PHUM KAWC MG
07USUNNEWYORK429INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
[...] (C) Summary: In a conversation with the UN Legal Counsel, Amb Wolff again urged that the Secretary General delay filling the soon to be vacant ICTY Prosecutor's job in order to allow time to identify another suitable UN position for the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (U [...]
2007-05-31 23:51:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALKAWC KJUS UN XT ZL XF
07USUNNEWYORK439UNHCHR ARBOUR MAY 31 MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On May 31, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour met with Ambassador Khalilzad to discuss her recent mission to the Great Lakes region. She noted many ongoing problems, specifically the overall lack of security, violence against women and children, and judicial [...]
2007-06-01 21:57:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDCG KAWC KWMN PHUM PREL XA ZF
07USUNNEWYORK470UNHCHR ARBOUR UNSC BRIEFING ON GREAT LAKES REGION
[...] (U) Summary: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Arbour briefed the UN Security Council on her recent mission to the Great Lakes region. Noting she had addressed the Peacebuilding Commission on Burundi the previous day, Arbour focused her remarks on conditions in the Democratic Republic o [...]
2007-06-12 16:35:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDBY CG KAWC KWMN PHUM PREL RW UG XA ZF ZU
07USUNNEWYORK473COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR S/WCI AMBASSADOR
[...] In response to reference (a),country clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues J. Clint Williamson and Special Assistants Matthew Lavine and Brendan Doherty to meet with tribunal officials on June 18, 2007 and to observe the June 18 UNSC tribunal session. The June 1 [...]
2007-06-12 21:46:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDABUD BK KAWC OTRA UN
07USUNNEWYORK499(ICTY) YUGOSLAV WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL PROSECUTOR
[...] (U) Summary: In a farewell call, ICTY Prosecutor Carla del Ponte described her work and plans for the months between now and September when her resignation from the Tribunal takes effect. Earlier she told the Security Council that, "the fact that four persons remain at large, in particular, [...]
2007-06-20 15:16:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALICTY KAWC KJUS SR XH MW
07USUNNEWYORK507INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA (ICTR)-
[...] Amb. Gerald Scott, USUN Senior Area Adviser for Africa,and USUN Legal Adviser Carolyn Willson met on June 21 with Rwanda's Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga and the GOR's representative to the ICTR, Mutabingwa Alloys, at their request, to discuss Rwanda's role in the ICTR's completion strateg [...]
2007-06-22 19:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC KJUS PREF PREL ZF RW
07USUNNEWYORK554PROPOSED APPOINTMENTS OF PROSECUTORS FOR THE
[...] This is an action request. Please see Para 5. 2. (C) UN Under-Secretary General for Legal Affairs, Nicolas Michel, informed USUN on July 6, that the Secretary General plans to take action to extend the terms of the current Prosecutors for the ICTR and ICTY. The Statutes of the Tribunal [...]
2007-07-06 20:50:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALICTY KAWC KJUS PGOV PREL
07USUNNEWYORK932SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT PROSECUTOR MEETS WITH
[...] Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee met, October 25, with Court Prosecutor Stephen Rapp. Rapp, in the U.S. on home leave, had just come from meetings in Ottawa after addressing the Canadian Bar Association. He had also given a speech at UCLA. Rapp reviewed progress on ongoing c [...]
2007-10-30 21:11:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC NL PGOV PREL SL
07USUNNEWYORK937MEETING WITH RWANDA TRIBUNAL (ICTR) PRESIDENT SIR
[...] On Wednesday, October 17, 2007, Ambassador Wallace and USUN Legal Adviser met with Judge Dennis Byron who was in New York to address the General Assembly. Byron was accompanied by Spokesperson of the Tribunal, Roland Kouassi G. Amoussouga. Recognizing the serious violations of humanitarian law [...]
2007-10-31 19:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUN UNGA KJUS KAWC ICTR
07VATICAN96HOLY SEE EMPHASIZES BALANCE BETWEEN JUSTICE AND
[...] (C) Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with officials from the Holy See and from Vatican-affiliated NGO Sant'Egidio May 22 regarding war crimes issues. The Holy See concurred with Williamson's assessment that a one-size-fits-all approach was sub-optimal when addre [...]
2007-06-13 14:11:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC SOCI VT RW BY SU CG
07VIENNA858AUSTRIA ON GUANTANAMO PRISONERS
[...] (C) Charge delivered refs (a) and (b) points on March 28 to Johannes Kyrle, Secretary General in the Austrian Foreign Ministry. Charge stressed that governments -- like Austria's -- that have been urging the U.S. to close guantanamo could help us do just that by accepting a small number of pr [...]
2007-03-30 14:05:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG AU
07VIENNA970RESETTLEMENT OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES: AUSTRIA WILL
[...] (C) During an April 11 meeting with Acting Econ/Pol Counselor, MFA Legal Advisor Ferdinand Trauttmansdorff said the GoA would consider accepting one or two Guantanamo detainees. Trauttmansdorff cautioned that it would be a difficult and long process, but there was a certain level of politica [...]
2007-04-13 11:43:00Embassy ViennaSECRETPTER PREL KAWC PHUM AU
07VILNIUS247GUANTANAMO REFUGEES: LITHUANIA FAVORABLY DISPOSED
[...] (U) This is an action request. See para five. 2. (C) Following up on his conversation with the Ambassador (ref a),MFA Under Secretary Pavilionis told CDA April 3 that the GOL has made the political decision to accept a small number of detainees from the Guantanamo facility as requested [...]
2007-04-06 15:47:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC LH
07WARSAW764POLES PONDER ACCEPTING GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (C) Witold Waszczykowski, Under Secretary of State Polish MFA, indicated that Poland may be prepared to consider accepting Guantanamo detainees in response to DCM delivery of reftel demarche on March 28. Waszczykowski asked how many detainees we might want Poland to take and when. Without m [...]
2007-03-30 06:46:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG PL
07WARSAW797POLISH FOREIGN MINISTER CONSIDERING GUANTANAMO
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-04 14:38:00Embassy WarsawCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC XG PL
07ZAGREB1000WITNESSES FAIL TO APPEAR AT WAR CRIMES ICTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The ICTY prosecutor's office (OTP) has sent a strongly-worded letter to the GOC's Ministry of Justice (MOJ) expressing concern about the progress of the Ademi-Norac war crimes case, which resumed again the week of October 29. To date, about 45 percent of witnesses for [...]
2007-11-07 13:14:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KAWC HR
07ZAGREB1052War Crimes Indictee Re-Elected, But Unlikely to Regain
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Right-wing parties suffered defeat at the polls last weekend with the loss of almost two-thirds of their seats in Parliament; however a side issue remains following the re-election of war crimes indictee and regional party leader Branimir Glavas to Parliament. The strong-man of [...]
2007-11-30 14:45:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR
07ZAGREB1074Ademi-Norac Trial Transferred from ICTY Continues,
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. The trial of Croatian Army Generals Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac, the only so-called 11 bis case transferred from the ICTY to Croatia, continued throughout November in Zagreb. The two are the highest-ranking Croatian military officers to be tried for war crimes in do [...]
2007-12-13 13:26:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR
07ZAGREB219CROATIAN ICJ STRATEGY AFTER BIH VERDICT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: While the Croatian media reacted with outrage to the recent International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling finding Serbia not responsible for genocide in BiH, official GoC reaction has been decidedly measured. While still waiting for the ICJ to accept its own genocide [...]
2007-03-05 15:40:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KAWC PGOV HR WAR CRIMES
07ZAGREB227ICTY SEES LOCAL NGOS AS CREDIBLE TRIAL MONITORS
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Croatian NGOs Documenta and the Center for Peace, Nonviolence, and Human Rights discussed their recently released annual war crimes trial monitoring report with judicial officials at a March 3 roundtable in Zagreb. Panelists, including a judge, a prosecutor, a law pro [...]
2007-03-06 14:40:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KAWC PGOV HR WAR CRIMES
07ZAGREB258CROATIA NORMALIZING RELATIONS WITH MONTENEGRO
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Since Montenegro's independence in 2006, Croatian leaders have moved quickly to normalize relations with Podgorica. This positive dialogue intensified in 2007 with official visits to Montenegro by PM Ivo Sanader and Speaker of Parliament Vladimir Seks, and was capped [...]
2007-03-16 10:29:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC MW HR REGIONAL ISSUES
07ZAGREB372INDICTMENT ISSUED FOR 1991 MURDERS OF SERB CIVILIANS
[...] (U) The Osijek County Office of the State Prosecutor issued a preliminary indictment April 16 against seven persons charged with war crimes (the murder of civilians on the banks of the Drava River in 1991, the so-called "Sellotape case"). The indictment charges Branimir Glavas, a far-right lo [...]
2007-04-17 06:29:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KAWC HR
07ZAGREB551CROATIAN PM SEEKS CLOSURE OF ZAGREB OSCE MISSION,
[...] (C) MFA State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic gave Ambassador May 31 a "confidential" non-paper (text para 8) advocating closure of the Croatia OSCE mission and proposing a mechanism to ensure that war crimes trials are monitored. 2. (C) The non-paper commits the GOC to fulfill remaining obliga [...]
2007-06-05 15:42:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL OSCE KAWC HR
07ZAGREB602PROSECUTOR BACKS UP WAR CRIMES ARRESTS IN VUKOVAR
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Vukovar police arrested six ethnic Serbs June 5 on suspicion of involvement in the torture of soldiers and civilians in the village of Luzac in 1991. Local Serb politicians claimed the arrests were politically motivated and called on Post and others in the internati [...]
2007-06-21 15:53:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC PGOV HR WAR CRIMES
07ZAGREB690ICTY PROSECUTOR AND PM AGREE ON TRIAL MONITORING
[...] (U) In the 16 July letter below, Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte informs OSCE Chairman-in-Office of her recent discussions with PM Ivo Sanader regarding the future of the OSCE mission in Croatia and the monitoring of war crimes trials. Del Ponte notes what she calls the essent [...]
2007-07-19 13:00:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KAWC PGOV OSCE ICTY HR WAR CRIMES
07ZAGREB768WAR CRIMES PROSECUTORS TO EXPAND REGIONAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Prosecutors from Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Serbia, and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) agreed on new forms of cooperation in war crimes cases at a private regional meeting on Brijuni Island July 11-13. Chief State Prosecutor Mlad [...]
2007-08-20 10:14:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KAWC PGOV HR WAR CRIMES
07ZAGREB853CROATIAN GENERALS' WAR CRIMES TRIAL CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. The case of Croatian Army Generals Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac, whose trial began in the summer, continued this week. It is the first, and likely only, case to be transferred to Croatia by the ICTY (a so-called 11 bis case). As such, it is seen as a test of Croati [...]
2007-09-17 08:40:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDHR CROATIA ICTY KAWC KJUS
07ZAGREB908CROATIA SHOCKED BY ICTY VERDICT ON "VUKOVAR 3"
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The ICTY ruling on 27 September against the so-called "Vukovar Three," former Yugoslav army officers accused of war crimes in Vukovar, caused widespread shock, disbelief, and anger in Croatia. One officer received 20 years imprisonment, but another, who personifies the crime for [...]
2007-09-28 12:10:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC PREL HR ICTY
07ZAGREB933GOC PLEDGES CONTINUED COOPERATION WITH ICTY; PM TO
[...] (C) Parties from across the political spectrum in Croatia have denounced the ICTY's verdicts on the "Vukovar Three" (reftel) as "shameful", but only fringe groups have called into question Croatia's continued cooperation with the ICTY. Nonetheless, public frustrations continue to simmer, and p [...]
2007-10-11 14:46:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR
07ZAGREB956REGIONAL PROSECUTORS MEET ON WAR CRIMES COOPERATION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Between 2-4 October, on the island of Hvar in Croatia, S/WCI and DoJ OPDAT hosted a regional conference on war crimes cooperation that gathered Chief State Prosecutors and their deputies from Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, and Serbia, together with representatives of ICTY, [...]
2007-10-19 13:55:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR WAR CRIMES
08ASTANA1525KAZAKHSTAN - DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING SUICIDE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-18 08:57:00Embassy AstanaCONFIDENTIALPTER KAWC PHUM PINR KDRG PREL KZ
08ASTANA2262KAZAKHSTAN: LOCAL MEDIA FINALLY REPORT RETURN OF
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani media did not report the return to Kazakhstan of Guantanamo detainee Dolkun Kerimbakiyev until one week after his arrival. The government made no announcement about the return. Several media outle [...]
2008-11-17 10:29:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PTER PINR PHUM KDRG KAWC KPAO KZ
08BELGRADE1197HAGUE TRIBUNAL PROSECUTOR VISITS SERBIA
[...] (SBU) On his final visit to Serbia before completing his December report to the UN Security Council, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz told us on November 17 that Serbia's political will and operational capability had increased dramatical [...]
2008-11-21 09:19:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KAWC SR
08BELGRADE765SERBIA: KARADZIC APPEAL PENDING WHILE PROTEST LOOMS, EAC
[...] (SBU) International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictee and wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs Radovan Karadzic remains in custody at the Special War Crimes Court in Belgrade pending receipt of his extradition appeal, which his lawyer reportedly mailed to the Special Co [...]
2008-07-28 19:03:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KAWC SR
08BELGRADE773SERBIA EXTRADITES FUGITIVE WAR CRIMINAL
[...] (SBU) The Serbian government extradited Radovan Karadzic, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) indictee and wartime leader of the Bosnian Serbs, to The Hague in the early morning hours of July 30. Human rights NGOs, the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP),and other o [...]
2008-07-30 18:33:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KAWC SR
08BELGRADE958SERBIA HOPES FOR REWARDS AFTER ICTY PROSECUTOR VISIT
[...] (SBU) Serbian officials said they were pleased with the September 10-11 visit to Belgrade of Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Serge Brammertz. They said they were confident they had demonstrated Serbia's willingness to capture the remainin [...]
2008-09-12 14:14:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL ASEC KAWC SR
08BERLIN1066GERMANY RELUCTANT TO MAINTAIN TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
[...] (C) PolOffs delivered reftel points to Mark Bogdahn, deputy head of the Western Balkans Division at the German MFA, and desk officer for Serbia, Silja Weibel, on August 1. PolOffs noted that a premature lifting of the travel ban on the Karadzic family could negatively impact OHR's removal of P [...]
2008-08-05 16:42:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKAWC ICTY PREL ETTC SR GM
08BERLIN1219GERMAN THOUGHTS ON SERBIA'S ICJ PUSH AND THE EULEX
[...] (C) PolOff delivered points in ref (A) to Mark Bogdahn, deputy head of the Western Balkans Division at the German MFA, and desk officer for Kosovo, Dr. Michael Geisler, on September 2 to determine the level of German engagement to counter a Serb effort to seek an UNGA referral on Kosovo indepe [...]
2008-09-04 10:43:00Embassy BerlinCONFIDENTIALKAWC ICTY PREL ETTC SR GM KV
08BRATISLAVA339PM FICO EQUATES KARADZIC ARREST WITH NEED TO
[...] (SBU) While the Slovak MFA issued a predictably positive statement welcoming the arrest of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, PM Fico expressed a different personal opinion in a comment during a July 22 press conference. The MFA issued the following statement: "The Ministry of Foreig [...]
2008-07-24 13:16:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KAWC LO
08BRUSSELS1230EU POINTS FINGERS IN LIFTING KARADZIC TRAVEL BAN,
[...] (C/NF) Summary: EU Council Bosnia official Sabina Stadler blamed the French Presidency for moving quickly to start the process to lift the travel restrictions on the Karadzic family (reftel),while French Presidency Balkans working group chair Alix Everard speculated that the effort originate [...]
2008-08-08 13:20:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ETTC KAWC ICTY EUN BK
08BUDAPEST784DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URGING THE EU TO MAINTAIN
[...] (S) Ref talking points were delivered on August 4 to GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials Zsolt Pataki, Head of the EU Foreign and Security Policy Department, and Dr. Attila Pinter, Coordinator for the Western Balkans and outbound Deputy Chief of Mission to Macedonia. Pataki stated that [...]
2008-08-05 13:17:00Embassy BudapestSECRETKAWC PREL ETTC ICTY BK EU HU
08DOHA416EX-GTMO DETAINEE SAMI AL-HAJJ SEES HERO'S WELCOME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj, recently released from Guantanamo, arrived in Doha with great fanfare on May 31 via a chartered Qatar Airways flight from Khartoum. Greeted by Al Jazeera Chairman Hamid bin Thamer al-Thani, members of the AJ Board of Directors, and hundr [...]
2008-06-02 12:04:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC PTER KPAO SU QA
08DOHA417EX-GTMO DETAINEE SAMI AL-HAJJ SEES HERO'S WELCOME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj, recently released from Guantanamo, arrived in Doha with great fanfare on May 31 via a chartered Qatar Airways flight from Khartoum. Greeted by Al Jazeera Chairman Hamid bin Thamer al-Thani, members of the AJ Board of Directors, and hundr [...]
2008-06-02 12:04:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC PTER KPAO SU QA
08DOHA527FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEE IN QATARI CUSTODY
[...] (C) Former GTMO detainee Jarallah al-Marri was transferred to Qatari custody on Sunday, July 27 at 1230 hrs local time. Legatt met the USAF aircraft on arrival at Doha International Airport and witnessed al-Marri's transfer to officials of Qatar State Security. Qatari authorities brought al-Ma [...]
2008-07-28 10:14:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KPAO KAWC QA
08DOHA838RELEASE AL-MARRI, EDITOR ASKS AMBASSADOR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-01 11:04:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KAWC KPAO QA
08DUBLIN566IRELAND UNLIKELY TO RESETTLE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (S) EUR/WE Office Director Pamela Spratlen reviewed the status of Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson's presentation to the Irish government on July 15, 2008, in which Williamson requested the Government of Ireland to accept one or more detainees from Guantanamo who coul [...]
2008-10-15 08:54:00Embassy DublinSECRETPREL PGOV PREF CJAN EUN KJUS KTIA KAWC EI
08FREETOWN42AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SPECIAL COURT HONORABLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Poloff met with Honorable Justice Benjamin Itoe, Presiding Justice of Trial Chamber I, on January 30. Justice Itoe expressed his appreciation for the support provided to the Special Court of Sierra Leone (SCSL) by the United States Government, and reiterated his com [...]
2008-02-01 12:19:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALKAWC KJUS PGOV PREL SL
08FREETOWN558FILLING THE VOID IN THE SCSL APPEALS CHAMBER
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with a highly-placed source within the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on November 25 to discuss the implications of Justice Raja Fernando's death on the Appeals Chamber. Source commented that, beyond the legal issues themselves, members of the Chamber select the C [...]
2008-11-26 15:31:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALKAWC KJUS PHUM PINR SL
08FREETOWN62SCSL MEETINGS: NEW HOPE FOR IMPROVED RELATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Poloff met with Honorable Justice George Galaga King, President of the Special Court of Sierra Leone (SCSL),and with Herman von Hebel and Binta Mansaray, Registrar and Deputy Registrar of the SCSL, respectively, on separate occasioQon February 7. While the SCSL rep [...]
2008-02-15 13:18:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC KJUS UNSC SL
08FREETOWN72 SCSL APPEALS CHAMBER DELIVERS FINAL JUDGMENT IN AFRC CASE
[...] SUMMARY: The Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) handed down its first judgment on February 22, upholding lengthy sentences for three former leaders of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC). The Court effectively dismissed all of the Defense grounds of appeal, [...]
2008-02-25 17:20:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KAWC KJUS PHUM SL
08HELSINKI375FINLAND: KARADZIC FAMILY TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-14 14:03:00Embassy HelsinkiSECRETPREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU FI
08KABUL1453IROA NOTIFIED OF GUANTANAMO ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2008-06-12 13:29:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR PHUM MARR KAWC AF
08KABUL1454IROA NOTIFIED OF SUICIDE ATTACK BY FORMER
[...] (S) Per reftel, on June 5, PolMilOffs informed Isaq Aloko (IRoA Detainee Commission Director) and Mohammad Zia Salehi (Situation Room Director in Afghanistan,s Office of the National Security Council) that the USG has determined that a former Guantanamo Bay detainee participated in a coordinate [...]
2008-06-12 13:59:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR PHUM PINR PREL PTER
08KABUL2473WILLIAMSON-HODGKINSON: MOVING FORWARD ON
[...] (U) Summary: On September 6-7, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and DOD Deputy Assistant Secretary for Detainee Affairs Sandra Hodgkinson led a delegation to Afghanistan to discuss the way forward for a number of remaining detainees at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO). End sum [...]
2008-09-12 10:03:00Embassy KabulSECRETKAWC MARR PGOV PHUM PINS PREL PTER
08KABUL2571IROA NOTIFIED OF ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BOARD
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-20 04:43:00Embassy KabulCONFIDENTIALKAWC MARR PHUM PINR PREL PTER
08KIGALI2ALLEGATIONS OF "GENOCIDE IDEOLOGY" IN SECONDARY
[...] (C) Summary. In December allegations of "genocide ideology" surfaced regarding a number of secondary schools around Rwanda. A parliamentary Commission report criticized the Ministry of Education for its alleged lack of concern, and the Education Minister received heavy criticism herself at [...]
2008-01-03 08:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KAWC RW
08LJUBLJANA353SLOVENIA ON MAINTAINING TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON THE
[...] (C) On August 6, Emboff met with Leon Marc, head of the MFA's Division for Southeast Europe, to urge the Government of Slovenia (GOS) not to prematurely lift the EU travel restrictions on the Karadzic family and to coordinate with the USG and the OHR in Bosnia on any changes to the sanctions a [...]
2008-08-07 12:58:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EUN SI
08LONDON2028UK LIKELY TO JOIN EU CONSENSUS ON LIFTING KARADZIC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-04 16:36:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU UK
08LONDON2195SUDAN: P-3 DISCUSSIONS ON SUDAN - ICC ISSUES
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-27 12:08:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM KAWC SU UK
08MADRID504SPAIN/RWANDA - PROSECUTOR DOWNPLAYS INDICTMENTS
[...] (C) Post's Consular Legal Advisor (LES) met informally with Spanish National Prosecutor Blanca Rodriguez on May 5 to discuss the ongoing Spanish prosecution of 40 Rwandan military officials (reftels). According to Rodriguez (please protect),the judiciary undertook the investigation and subs [...]
2008-05-09 08:52:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MASS KLIG KAWC OFDP RW SP
08MADRID571S/WCI AMB. WILLIAMSON PRESSES SPAIN ON RWANDA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In consultations with Spanish interlocutors in Madrid May 19-20, Ambassador Williamson (S/WCI) urged the Spanish government to reach out to the Rwandan government at the political level to try to ease tensions over the Spanish judiciary's indictment of 40 Rwandan officials in conn [...]
2008-05-23 11:57:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM MASS KLIG KAWC OFDP RW SP
08MADRID882SPAIN WILL FOLLOW EU ON KARADZIC FAMILY TRAVEL
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 15:11:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KAWC ICTY SP BK
08MOSCOW1239RUSSIA OPPOSES USE OF BONN POWERS FOR SREBRENICA
[...] (C) Summary. Russia strongly opposes use of the Bonn Powers by the High Representative to redress potential Serbian control of the Srebrenica municipal administration following elections in October. While recognizing the sensitivity of the issue, the MFA believes use of the Bonn Powers woul [...]
2008-05-02 12:45:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KAWC BK RS
08NAIROBI1354JOINT DEMARCHE ON GOK COOPERATION WITH ICTR ON
[...] (C) On May 23, Acting PolCouns joined other Friends of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in delivering a demarche to the Foreign Minister. The message was clear: Kenya's recent steps on freezing war crimes suspect Felicien Kabuga's assets were much appreciated; however, th [...]
2008-05-30 09:20:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC EFIN PHUM KE RW NO
08PARIS1671SUDAN: FRENCH OFFER NO "DEAL" BUT BELIEVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French Presidency official Romain Serman on September 4 said that Sudanese officials seemed to be acknowledging reality and the need for them to change their behavior following consultations in Khartoum that Deputy Diplomatic Advisor Joubert and Serman held on September 2 with [...]
2008-09-04 17:14:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC SU FR
08PARIS1726SUDAN/ICC/SANCTIONS: "WE ARE NOT NEGOTIATING WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA DAS-equivalent for Sudan Helene Le Gal stressed on September 12 that "we are not negotiating with Sudan" concerning its recent discussion with the Khartoum regime during which the French explained to the Sudanese the things Sudan needed to do to improve its standing in the [...]
2008-09-15 17:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC SU CD FR
08PARIS1761SUDAN: GATHERING FRENCH SUPPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson met with French presidential advisor Bruno Joubert in Paris on September 12 to discuss the results of Joubert's September 2 visit to Khartoum and gather support against Sudanese efforts to gain an Article 16 suspension in the UN Security Council ( [...]
2008-09-22 09:06:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC SU FR UN
08PARIS1828FRANCE: S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES WAR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Williamson met with French MFA officials on September 12 to discuss human rights abuses in Georgia and the status of the International Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda (ICTY and ICTR),the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL),the Khmer Rouge Tribunal [...]
2008-10-03 09:48:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC FR UN
08PARIS1930IO DAS ANDERSON DISCUSSES UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IO DAS Anderson discussed UN issues on October 10 with French MFA IO-DAS equivalent Marc Giacomini who expressed GOF support for the Immediate Plan of Action reform package being proposed at the FAO conference in Rome on November 19. He noted the importance of presenting a unifie [...]
2008-10-21 11:56:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC FR UN
08PARIS1979DRL DAS BARKS-RUGGLES DISCUSSES UNGA RESOLUTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DRL DAS Barks-Ruggles met with French MFA Human Rights Director Jacques Pellet (Please Protect Throughout) in Paris on October 23 to discuss United Nations General Assembly Third Committee resolutions and other UN issues. The French agree on the need for a strong Iran resolution, [...]
2008-10-28 18:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC FR UN
08PODGORICA213MEMORIES OF BUKOVICA WAR CRIMES STILL FRESH 15 YEARS LATER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 23, the Ambassador traveled to Montenegro's remote Bukovica region to meet with Muslims who survived a campaign of ethnic cleansing in 1992 and 1993. Bukovica is one of five war crimes cases that occurred on Montenegrin territory or that involved Montenegrin citizens. S [...]
2008-08-15 09:47:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC MW BK
08PODGORICA248MONTENEGRO'S SLOW BUT FORWARD PROGRESS IN WAR CRIMES CASES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Montenegro is beginning to confront its role in the Balkan wars of the 1990's. Until recently, it had done little to address the four pending war crimes cases committed on its territory (Kaludjerski Laz, Morinj, 1992 deportation of Muslims, and Bukovica). However, investigations [...]
2008-09-29 11:22:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KAWC SOCI XH MW
08PRAGUE524PRAGUE COMMENTS ON KARADZIC, SERBIA AND KOSOVO
[...] (C) Czech MFA Department of South and South East Europe official, Josef Zrzavecky, noted that the GOCR has been surprised by the speed at which the EU has taken up the potential lifting of the travel restrictions for the Karadzic family. Zrzavecky opined that the EU is likely to support a bla [...]
2008-08-06 13:45:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL ETTC ICTY BK EZ EUN KAWC
08PRETORIA643CALL FOR PROSECUTION OF ZIMBABWE POLICE FOR CRIMES
[...] (SBU) The Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) has publicly called on the South African National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to investigate and prosecute Zimbabwean security officials for crimes against humanity. According to Nicole Fritz, Executive Director of SALC, South Africa's Implem [...]
2008-03-28 13:43:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC SF ZI
08RIGA462LATVIA: LOOK TO FRENCH PRESIDENCY ON CHANGES TO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-08 14:31:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU LG
08SARAJEVO1036BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR THE JUNE 24-25 PEACE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The June 24-25 Peace Implementation Council (PIC) will take place in the warm glow of Bosnia's June 16 signing of its Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) with the EU. Though this fulfills one of the two conditions set by the PIC in February for closure of OHR. Prog [...]
2008-06-18 16:53:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR PHUM KAWC MARR ECON EAID EU
08SARAJEVO1056BOSNIA - TIHIC THROWS SUPPORT BEHIND DURAKOVIC FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 19, the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) announced that it would nominate Camil Durakovic, the notorious leader of the Srebrenica separatist movement and organizer of the Srebrenica tent settlement, as their candidate for mayor of Srebrenica. Several senior SDA members h [...]
2008-06-23 09:52:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KAWC KJUS BK
08SARAJEVO1087BOSNIA - WHERE WE ARE PROSECUTING THE SREBRENICA
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: As the thirteenth anniversary of the genocide that took place in and around Srebrenica in July 1995 approaches, we thought it would be useful to review the progress made and the challenges faced by the State Prosecutor's Office Special Department for War Crimes (SDWC) investiga [...]
2008-07-02 14:42:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR KCRM KAWC PHUM BK
08SARAJEVO1090BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We are looking forward to your July 8-12 visit to Bosnia, and I am pleased that you will be able to join me on July 11 for the commemoration in Srebrenica of the 1995 genocide that took place in and around the municipality. Your participation in the event will signal, particularly [...]
2008-07-03 12:03:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV KJUS KAWC KCRM EAID BK EU
08SARAJEVO1112BOSNIA-SDA MAKES LAST MINUTE SREBRENICA SWITCH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 7, the deadline for registering candidates for the October 2008 municipal elections, the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) submitted Osman Suljic to be its candidate for the Srebrenica mayoral race. Following several days of discussions with SDA leadership, SDA President [...]
2008-07-08 16:59:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KAWC KJUS BK
08SARAJEVO1114BOSNIA - RUSSIS WALKS OUT OF PIC AND REFUSES TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At the June 24-25 Peace Implementation Council (PIC),PIC member states, except Russia, reiterated their commitment to a benchmarks-driven approach to determining OHR's closure date. PIC member states also underscored to Bosnian political leaders that they would consider national [...]
2008-07-09 11:50:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR EAID KJUS KAWC KCRM RU BK
08SARAJEVO1180BOSNIA - REACTIONS TO ARREST OF ICTY FUGITIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The arrest of Radovan Karadzic is a critical milestone in the quest for justice for the victims of war crimes committed in Bosnia. It could also constitute an important step on the road to reconciliation in the country depending, in part, on how the International Criminal Tribun [...]
2008-07-23 07:47:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KAWC KJUS BK SR
08SARAJEVO1202BOSNIA - OHR/EU POISED TO LIFT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
[...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph seven below. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik continued to make public statements about the July 21 arrest of Radovan Karadzic. Among other things, Dodik criticized attacks on the RS by leading Bosniak politicians in [...]
2008-07-25 15:44:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KCRM CVIS BK
08SARAJEVO1221S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S JULY 8-12 VISIT TO
[...] SUMMARY: (C) During a July 8-12 visit to Bosnia, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Clint Williamson, met with key justice, political and international representatives to discuss war crimes issues. Officials working with the Bosnian State Court repeatedly expressed the need to exten [...]
2008-07-29 15:29:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL KAWC KCRM KJUS BK
08SARAJEVO1236BOSNIA - COURT HANDS DOWN STIFF SENTENCES,
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 29, a first instance panel at the State Court convicted seven individuals accused of killing more than 1000 Bosniak men and boys in the Kravica Farming Warehouse Cooperative on genocide charges, but acquitted four other defendants due to insufficient evidence of their p [...]
2008-07-31 13:45:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC KJUS BK
08SARAJEVO1287BOSNIA - THIS LIE HAS LEGS: MEDIA FRENZY OVER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Radovan Karadzic's claim of an alleged secret deal with Richard Holbrooke, which he outlined in a four-page written statement addressed to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),has dominated the news in Bosnia for the past seven days. Despite our d [...]
2008-08-07 14:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC KJUS BK
08SARAJEVO1449BOSNIA -- A HOUSE DIVIDED: MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The campaign to register 1991 residents of Srebrenica to vote in municipal elections there has leveled the political playing field in the municipality for Bosniaks, whose demographic profile in Srebrenica reflects the genocide and ethnic cleansing that took place in and around the [...]
2008-09-11 13:28:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL PINR KAWC KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1476BOSNIA - PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS IN WAR CRIMES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Earlier this month, the State Prosecutor's Office publicly debuted its demographic analysis and new case selection criteria for war crimes cases. The demographic analysis identifies the timeframes and places in which significant numbers of people were killed during the 1992-199 [...]
2008-09-16 15:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS KCRM BK
08SARAJEVO1484BOSNIA - SERBS AND CROATS ANGRY OVER DELIC VERDICT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The September 15 decision by the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to acquit Rasim Delic on several charges of murder and cruel treatment and to sentence him to just three years in prison received prominent press coverage in Bosnia. Delic was found guilty on [...]
2008-09-17 15:04:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS KCRM BK
08SARAJEVO1510BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF DEPUTY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Thirteen years after Dayton, Bosnia and Herzegovina remains a deeply divided society. Dayton's division of the country into two entities - one overwhelmingly Serb (Republika Srpska - RS),and one divided between a Bosniak (Muslim) majority and a Croat minority (the Federation) - [...]
2008-09-23 15:58:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALMARR PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KAWC BK
08SARAJEVO1520BOSNIA - DODIK'S OPTIONS FOR BOSNIA: IT'S MY WAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As we have reported, Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik has taken a number of actions over the last 12 months to undermine the Bosnian state, his most being his attacks on TRANSCO (Ref C) and in challenging the authorities of state-level law enforcement and judicial authoritie [...]
2008-09-25 15:16:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KDEM BK
08SARAJEVO1530BOSNIA - PIC SPLITS OVER DODIK CHALLENGE TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board Ambassadors (SBA) met on September 26 to discuss its response to the Republika Srpska (RS) government's conclusion that the RS administration and administrative organizations are not obligated to provide SIPA documents in conne [...]
2008-09-26 15:35:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK
08SARAJEVO1531BOSNIA - REPUBLIKA SRPSKA ATTACKS ON MISSING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Republika Srpska (RS) authorities have taken a series of steps that undermine the ability of the state-level Missing Persons Institute (MPI) to locate, exhume, and identify victims of the 1992-1995 war. MPI was designed to search for missing individuals without regard to ethnicit [...]
2008-09-29 09:59:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KAWC KJUS BK
08SARAJEVO1536BOSNIA - DODIK APPEARS TO STEP BACK FROM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 26, High Representative Lajcak issued a statement acknowledging written assurances from Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik that his government was willing to honor a subpoena presented by State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) in connection with an inves [...]
2008-09-29 16:12:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK
08SARAJEVO1547BOSNIA - DODIK RENEGES ON PROMISE TO COOPERATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After promising publicly on September 28 that the Republika Srpska Government (RSG) would cooperate with state-level law enforcement institutions, RS PM Milorad Dodik informed the State Prosecutor's Office on September 30 that his government would not submit documentation requeste [...]
2008-10-02 14:47:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK
08SARAJEVO1559BOSNIA - DODIK IMPLIES RS POLICE WILL RESIST
[...] (SBU) Commenting on the ongoing standoff between Republika Srpska (RS) and state-level law enforcement and judicial authorities, RS PM Milorad Dodik implied that RS police would prevent the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) from obtaining documentation requested by the State Pro [...]
2008-10-03 15:24:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK
08SARAJEVO1560BOSNIA - DODIK IMPLIES RS POLICE WILL RESIST
[...] (SBU) Commenting on the ongoing standoff between Republika Srpska (RS) and state-level law enforcement and judicial authorities, RS PM Milorad Dodik implied that RS police would prevent the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) from obtaining documentation requested by the State Pro [...]
2008-10-03 15:32:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK
08SARAJEVO1561BOSNIA - DODIK IMPLIES RS POLICE WILL RESIST
[...] (SBU) Commenting on the ongoing standoff between Republika Srpska (RS) and state-level law enforcement and judicial authorities, RS PM Milorad Dodik implied that RS police would prevent the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) from obtaining documentation requested by the State Pro [...]
2008-10-03 16:01:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK
08SARAJEVO1598BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR HIGHREP'S OCTOBER 20-21
[...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Miroslav Lajcak will visit Washington on October 20-21 as part of his consultations with Peace Implementation Council (PIC) capitals prior to the November 19-20 PIC. Lajcak's stop in Washington follows visits earlier this month to Quint capitals, Brussels, and [...]
2008-10-14 14:55:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KDEM PHUM BK
08SARAJEVO161ICTY LEGACY VISIT TO BOSNIA
[...] (U) During a January 16-18 visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia Desk Officer Anna Stinchcomb, S/WCI Special Assistant Matt Lavine, Embassy The Hague's Deputy Legal Counselor Denise Manning, and S/WCI Regional FSN Dubravko Bolsec met with key justice officials, representatives from international organiz [...]
2008-01-29 13:06:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC KCRM KJUS BK
08SARAJEVO1807BOSNIA - SNAPSHOT OF RECENT INL-FUNDED PROGRAMS
[...] (U) The INL-funded programs implemented by OPDAT and ICITAP programs are critical to our efforts to strengthen rule of law in Bosnia, and more broadly speaking, the state. In keeping with the Embassy's priorities, much of this assistance is geared to state-level institutions (State Border Po [...]
2008-12-02 18:18:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK
08SARAJEVO1810BOSNIA: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON SREBRENICA-RELATED
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In the past several weeks, the State Court reached verdicts on two Srebrenica-related war crimes cases we have been tracking (Ref A). On November 6, a first instance panel found Mladen Blagojevic, a former member of the RS Military Police who had been deported from the U.S., g [...]
2008-12-03 17:30:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KAWC KCRM KJUS BK
08SARAJEVO350BOSNIA - ONE YEAR POST ICJ VERDICT, MUCH PROGRESS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 2007, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict that genocide was committed in and around Srebrenica in July 1995 unleashed pent-up Bosniak anger about the 1992-1995 war. Bosniak political leaders exploited the verdict in order to advance their own narrow, nati [...]
2008-02-21 18:32:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KCRM KAWC KDEM PHUM BK
08SARAJEVO466BOSNIA - DEMINING DIRECTOR PROVIDES LIST OF
[...] (S) At his request, we met with Dusan Gavran, the Director of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Mine Action Center (BHMAC) on March 3. (Note: BHMAC is the lead government organization overseeing demining activities. End Note) Gavran told us that he believed there was "now an opportunity" to remove all [...]
2008-03-07 14:45:00Embassy SarajevoSECRETMASS PREL MOPS PGOV PINR KAWC BK SI
08SARAJEVO67BOSNIA: KARADZIC FAMILY TRAVEL DOCUMENTS SEIZED
[...] (U) Acting on a request from the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),High Representative Lajcak early on January 10 ordered the seizure of travel and identification documents from Radovan Karadzic's immediate family. RS police carried out the order the same day [...]
2008-01-11 17:25:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC PREL BK
08SARAJEVO735BOSNIA - LOOMING POLITICAL CRISIS OVER SREBRENICA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central Election Commission (CEC) plans to announce on May 8 that municipal elections will take place on October 5. In Srebrenica, Bosniaks currently hold the mayoralty and majority of the 27 seats on the Municipal Assembly (17; Serbs hold the other 10 seats). There is a r [...]
2008-04-23 13:49:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KAWC BK
08SARAJEVO747BONSIA - DODIK INTENSIFIES ATACKS ON STATE-LEVEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of 2008, Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, as part of his wider campaign to undermine the state, has intensified his campaign to challenge state-level judicial institutions. The primary focus of his attacks has been the High Judicial and Pros [...]
2008-04-24 10:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KJUS KAWC EFIN EID EU BK
08SARAJEVO757BOSNIA - NO GOOD OPTIONS ON SREBRENICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Quint Ambassadors met with High Representative Lajcak on April 24 to discuss options for addressing concerns that the October 2008 municipal elections could put Serbs in control of the entire Srebrenica municipal administration. This outcome would likely spark another destabilizi [...]
2008-04-25 11:58:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC RU BK
08SARAJEVO910BOSNIA - DRAFT SALARY LAW THREATENS TO UNDERMINE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: During its May 14 session, the House of Representatives postponed voting on a problematic draft law which, while intended to harmonize civil servant salaries, would also eliminate Bosnia's independent judicial salary structure and cause salaries for state law enforcement officers [...]
2008-05-23 15:23:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SOCI KJUS PREL PINR PTER KCRM KAWC
08SARAJEVO971BOSNIA - A GOOD DAY IN PARLIAMENT FOR RULE OF LAW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During its June 4 session, the BiH House of Representatives (HoR) voted on three initiatives of interest to our rule of law and political-military agendas. It passed a Law on State Salaries that protected U.S. investments in state-level judicial and law enforcement institutions [...]
2008-06-06 09:52:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON SOCI PREL PINR PTER KCRM KAWC KJUS
08SKOPJE601AMBASSADOR MEETS MACEDONIAN LEADERSHIP AS
[...] (C) In their first official meeting, PM Gruevski told the Ambassador Sept. 29 that NATO and EU membership remain the GoM's top strategic priorities, adding that despite their political differences he and President Crvenkovski have a similar strategic view of the name issue with Greece. Gruevsk [...]
2008-10-01 18:55:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KAWC ENRG MK GR KV SR MW RS
08SKOPJE607MACEDONIA: RETURNED ICTY CASES THREATEN BOTH RULING
[...] (SBU) Summary: The four war crimes case files recently returned to Macedonian jurisdiction by the ICTY are threatening to fracture the new coalition between the largest ethnic Macedonian party, VMRO-DPMNE, and its ethnic Albanian partner, DUI. One of the four cases has already proceeded to t [...]
2008-10-06 06:41:00Embassy SkopjeCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KAWC MK
08SOFIA547BULGARIA: DELIVERED DEMARCHE ON KARADZIC FAMILY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-11 14:24:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU BU
08STATE129977GUIDANCE FOR 12/12 UNSC ICTY/ICTR DEBATE
[...] The Department requests that USUN draw on the following points for use during the Security Council's December 12 consultations on the Completion Strategies for the International Criminal Tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia and Rwanda (ICTY and ICTR). 2. Begin Points: The United States wo [...]
2008-12-10 23:38:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL ICTY ICTR KAWC ZF ZL RW
08STATE130271INSTRUCTION FOR UNSC RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ICTY
[...] The Department instructs USUN to vote in favor of the UN Security Council Resolution authorizing the Secretary-General to appoint additional ad litem judges to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, scheduled for consideration on December 12. 2. Begin resolution text [...]
2008-12-11 18:36:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC ICTY KAWC ZL
08STATE132546INSTRUCTION ON ICTY/ICTR PRST
[...] The Department instructs USUN to join consensus on the following PRST on ICTY/ICTR due to be adopted on December 19, 2008. 2. Begin text: The Security Council recalls its resolution 827 (1993) of 25 May 1993 which established the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [...]
2008-12-18 18:55:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PREL ICTY ICTR KAWC ZF ZL RW
08STATE133190INSTRUCTION ON DISMISSAL OF ICTY REGISTRAR
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) The newly appointed President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),judge Patrick Robinson, recently informed ICTY registrar Hans Holthuis that he would not recommend that the Secretary General [...]
2008-12-19 23:46:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC OTRA ABUD UN EU
08STATE18784BOSNIA - ONE YEAR POST ICJ VERDICT, MUCH PROGRESS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In February 2007, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict that genocide was committed in and around Srebrenica in July 1995 unleashed pent-up Bosniak anger about the 1992-1995 war. Bosniak political leaders exploited the verdict in order to advance their own narrow, nati [...]
2008-02-25 21:23:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KCRM KAWC KDEM PHUM BK
08TBILISI1522CLAIMS OF ATROCITIES IN GEORGIA MERIT SERIOUS
[...] (C) Summary and Comment. In advance of S/WCI Ambassador Williamson's September 8-11 visit to Georgia, the Embassy has compiled a preliminary list of the many reports we have received of "ethnic cleansing" and accusations of "war crimes" that have taken place in the conflict zones and areas [...]
2008-09-05 14:57:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KAWC RU GG
08TBILISI1751GEORGIA: WAR CRIMES ISSUES AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE
[...] (C) Summary and Comment: Ambassador-at-Large Clint Williamson visited Georgia September 10-11 to highlight USG concerns over war crimes and ethnic cleansing allegations from the August conflict and to stress the need to hold perpetrators accountable. Williamson frankly told GOG officials t [...]
2008-09-25 14:26:00Embassy TbilisiCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC RU GG
08THEHAGUE556ICTY: WITNESS TROUBLES AT THE SESELJ TRIAL
[...] (C) Summary. The Seselj trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) is behind schedule and witness issues threaten to slow it further. Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) Senior Trial Attorney (STA) Daryl Mundis claims to have evidence that Vojislav Seselj's sup [...]
2008-06-27 17:28:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALICTY SR BK HR KAWC PREL
08THEHAGUE593ICC PROSECUTOR TO FILE A NEW APPLICATION IN DARFUR
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-14 07:43:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALKAWC PGOV PREL
08THEHAGUE595 ICC PROSECUTION FILES APPLICATION FOR BASHIR'S ARREST
[...] (U) The Prosecutor's Office has filed an application for an arrest warrant against Sudanese President, Omar Hassan Ahmad AL BASHIR. It is now up to the Pre-Trial Chamber (PTC) to decide whether there are reasonable grounds to believe that AL BASHIR committed one or more of the alleged crimes [...]
2008-07-14 17:05:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC PGOV PREL NL
08THEHAGUE676NETHERLANDS: EU LIFTING TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-07 16:05:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC ICTY KAWC NL
08TIRANA611ALBANIA AGREES TO DISCUSS RESETTLEMENT OF GITMO
[...] (C) Summary: On 17 June 2008, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Clint Williamson met with Albanian government officials to encourage them to talk about their experiences in accepting detainees from the U.S. military base at Guantanamo. The GOA was very open to discussing their experience wi [...]
2008-08-08 07:37:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PGOV PHUM PREF PREL CH AL
08USUNNEWYORK1148MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI
[...] Mission Clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson, Deputy Milbert Shin, and Foreign Affairs Officer Brendan Doherty to visit USUN on December 11-12. The purpose is to hold meetings on the margins of the ICTY/ICTR briefings to the UN Security Council, [...]
2008-12-08 20:02:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC KJUS OTRA UNSC XA XH
08VIENNA1133AUSTRIAN POSITION ON TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR
[...] (C) Acting Econ/Pol Couns discussed reftel points August 6 with Thomas Schnoll, MFA Unit Chief for Southeast Europe. Acting Econ/Pol Couns stressed that it would be unwise to lift the travel restrictions on the Karadzic family until more is known about the family's possible links to the suppor [...]
2008-08-07 10:23:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU AU
08VILNIUS536CONVICTED NAZI COLLABORATOR DAILIDE ESCAPES PRISON
[...] On July 4, the Lithuanian Court of Appeals upheld the Vilnius District Court ruling of March 2006 that convicted but did not punish Algimantas Mykolas Dailide. Dailide had been found guilty of unlawful treatment of civilians during wartime but the judge ruled that he did not have to serve ti [...]
2008-07-10 11:04:00Embassy VilniusUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KAWC LH
08VILNIUS688LITHUANIA WILL CONSULT BEFORE EU CHANGES KARADZIC
[...] No summary [...]
2008-08-21 08:48:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KAWC ICTY BK EU LH
08ZAGREB121ACTION AND FOLLOW UP REPORT FOLLOWING DOJ VISIT TO CROATIA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Senior DOJ/OIA Trial Attorneys Michael Dittoe and Teresa McHenry met with officials from the Croatian Ministry of Justice Directorate for International Legal Assistance, Office of the State Prosecutor and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to discuss extradition issues between the [...]
2008-02-25 15:14:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN KCRM KAWC HR
08ZAGREB19WAR CRIMES INDICTEE AND MP GLAVAS RELEASED FROM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: War crimes indictee and re-elected MP Branimir Glavas was released from custody on 11 JAN after the opening session of Parliament, following the Zagreb County Court determination that only Parliament can decide the status of his immunity from prosecution and detention after the s [...]
2008-01-11 16:23:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALHR CROATIA KAWC PGOV WAR CRIMES
08ZAGREB23WAR CRIMES PROSECUTION OF MP GLAVAS CONTINUES, BUT
[...] (SBU) Subsequent to the Zagreb County Court's decision last week (REF A) that Branimir Glavas had re-gained parliamentary immunity due to his re-election to the Croatian Sabor, the Sabor's Mandates and Immunities Committee met on January 12 and overwhelmingly voted to again lift Glavas' immun [...]
2008-01-14 15:37:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALKAWC PGOV HR WAR CRIMES
08ZAGREB410 CROATIAN GENERAL CONVICTED OF WAR CRIMES, ANOTHER GENERAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On 30 May, Zagreb's County Court returned verdicts against Croatian generals Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac, the highest-ranking Croatian military officers to be tried for war crimes in domestic courts. Both men were accused of commanding troops who killed 28 civilians and POWs and [...]
2008-06-03 11:08:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB426 VISIT OF S/WCI WILLIAMSON TO ZAGREB
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Clint Williamson visited Zagreb on June 2. He met with Assistant Justice Minister Markotic to discuss the status of Croatian cooperation with the ICTY. Markotic defended Croatia against recent claims by the ICTY prosecutor that the GoC is only [...]
2008-06-09 11:53:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC ICTY PREL PGOV HR
08ZAGREB517 ZAGREB ACTIVITY REPORT - JULY 11
[...] (U) CROATIAN FM ATTENDS SIGNING OF NATO PROTOCOL: Croatian Foreign Minister Jandrokovic attended the signing of the NATO Accession Protocol for Albania and Croatia in Brussels on July 9. Croatian press reports, with headlines such as "From Now On NATO Protects Us," featured Jandrokovic's prais [...]
2008-07-14 09:32:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KAWC HR
08ZAGREB831CROATIA ARGUES IT IS DOING ALL IT CAN TO COOPERATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Croatia (GOC) has delivered a non-paper to all EU and NATO member states dated 03 December 2008 in which it describes the steps Croatia has taken to find the documents and archives requested by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia's (ICTY [...]
2008-12-05 15:17:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC ICTY HR
08ZAGREB853CROATIA: UPDATE ON MISSING GOTOVINA DOCUMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Croatian officials stress that the political will exists to resolve the issue of missing documents in the Gotovina case before The Hague, but are uncertain whether ICTY Prosecutor Brammertz can be persuaded that the GoC has done all that it can. Croatia's Chief State Prosecutor al [...]
2008-12-12 14:38:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL KAWC ICTY HR
08ZAGREB873AMERICAN CITIZEN ACQUITTED OF WAR CRIMES
[...] (U) Mr. Zeljko Vrljanovic, an American citizen, was arrested in Germany in 2007 on the basis of an INTERPOL red notice and extradited to Croatia to stand trial for war crimes as a member of Serbian rebel unit responsible for the murder of a Croatian military officer, his wife and two small chil [...]
2008-12-19 15:23:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDCASC CJAN HR KAWC PGOV PREL
09ABUJA325NIGERIA: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING JUDGE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-23 13:59:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PGOV
09ACCRA524DEMARCHE ON UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-05 10:36:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09ADDISABABA2639UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-05 16:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09ALGIERS210ALGERIA: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL
[...] We delivered reftel to MFA U.S. Desk Officer Ali Drouiche on February 28, asking for Algerian support for the nomination of Judge Mark Painter to the UN Appeals Tribunal. Drouiche gave no substantive comment, but was aware of the Tribunal and ongoing efforts to systemize responses to staff gri [...]
2009-03-01 13:44:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09ALGIERS818DEMARCHE U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-13 15:48:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA AG
09AMMAN1266DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 15:20:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA JO
09AMMAN1561JORDAN WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-07-09 14:16:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA JO
09ANKARA807TURKEY UNDECIDED ON ICSC THIRD CANDIDATE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-09 05:44:00Embassy AnkaraCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TU
09ASHGABAT1389TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 10:40:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TX
09ASHGABAT251TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 09:48:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TX
09ASHGABAT675TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-01 13:35:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TX
09ASTANA1453 KAZAKHSTAN: STILL MULLING OVER AMCIT CANDIDACY FOR
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On August 19, we followed up with Azat Matenov, Attache with the MFA's Department of Multilateral Cooperation, on Kazakhstan's position on the candidacy of Ms. Lucretia Myers for the International Civil Service Commission ( [...]
2009-09-02 01:50:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS UNGA KZ
09ASTANA314 KAZAKHSTAN: WRITTEN ASSURANCES OF HUMANE TREATMENT AND
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent the Embassy a diplomatic note confirming in writing that the Kazakhstani government will treat returned GTMO detainee Dolkun Kerimbakiyev (alias Abdul Rahim, partial ISN 521) humanel [...]
2009-02-23 09:23:00Embassy AstanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PTER PINR KDRG KAWC KZ
09ASUNCION623PARAGUAY WILL SUPPORT LUCRETIA MYERS IN ICSC VOTE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-26 15:58:00Embassy AsuncionUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PA
09ATHENS243UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL: AMCIT NOMINATION DEMARCHE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to George Panagiotidis, Embassy Attache in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UN Directorate, on 23 February. Panagiotidis indicated that it would be given due consideration, but we have not yet received a response. MCCARTHY [...]
2009-02-24 14:23:00Embassy AthensUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER PREL UNGA KAWC KJUS KUNR
09BAGHDAD2600US MARSHALS SERVICE,S SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Following the removal of the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq, the United States Marshals Service, Special Operations Group (SOG),ensured that Saddam and members of the regime remained in custody to stand trial for their crimes, worked to provide security for the nation,s judges a [...]
2009-09-28 10:49:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSOCI KCRM IZ KAWC
09BANGKOK1306THAILAND TO CONSIDER U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC
[...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of International Organizations official Ranoppun Kapittai on June 1 and conveyed reftel's points seeking support for Lucretia Myers' election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) during the upcoming 64th UN Gene [...]
2009-06-01 09:22:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM UNGA KUNR KJUS KAWC
09BANGKOK2806THAILAND WILL SUPPORT GERMANY, ITALY, AND GREECE
[...] (C) PolOff engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of International Organizations official Ranoppun Kapittai November 3 to follow up a meeting we had October 28 with Department of International Organizations Deputy Director-General Medha Promthep to seek support for Lucretia Myer [...]
2009-11-03 11:27:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM UNGA KUNR KJUS KAWC
09BANGKOK483THAILAND WILL CONSIDER U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department for Treaties and Legal Affairs First Secretary Pakvipa Arvipanh February 24 urging Thailand to support the candidacy of Judge Mark P. Painter for the UN Appeals Tribunal (reftel). Pakvipa stated that the RTG had drawn up a short list [...]
2009-02-25 10:56:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09BANGKOK484THAILAND WILL CONSIDER U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department for Treaties and Legal Affairs First Secretary Pakvipa Arvipanh February 24 urging Thailand to support the candidacy of Judge Mark P. Painter for the UN Appeals Tribunal (reftel). Pakvipa stated that the RTG had drawn up a short list [...]
2009-02-25 10:56:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09BANGKOK485THAILAND WILL CONSIDER U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department for Treaties and Legal Affairs First Secretary Pakvipa Arvipanh February 24 urging Thailand to support the candidacy of Judge Mark P. Painter for the UN Appeals Tribunal (reftel). Pakvipa stated that the RTG had drawn up a short list [...]
2009-02-25 10:56:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09BANGUI115CARG TO VOTE YES FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) On the 4th of June, 2009, POLOFF delivered the referenced demarche concerning Lucretia Myers' candidacy for the UN International Civil Service Commission to Central African Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (DMFA),Ambrosine Kpongo. During the meeting, the DMFA said that the Ministry would [...]
2009-06-09 14:55:00Embassy BanguiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA CT
09BEIJING1620PRC: RELEASE OF UIGHURS TO BERMUDA VIOLATES
[...] (S) The U.S. decision to release four Uighur detainees from Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility to Bermuda for resettlement had "seriously violated the legitimate sovereignty and national security interests of China" and China urged the United States to withdraw its plan to hand over Uighurs hel [...]
2009-06-16 08:27:00Embassy BeijingSECRETMOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KAWC KISL KPAO CH
09BEIJING1650PRC: MFA SENIOR OFFICIAL PROTESTS RELEASE OF
[...] (S) China firmly opposed the transfer of Chinese citizen Uighur detainees at Guantanamo to a third nation, Chinese MFA Assistant Foreign Minister Wu Hongbo informed the Charge during a strongly-worded demarche June 17. U.S. attempts to "justify itself" were not welcomed and continuing to appro [...]
2009-06-17 23:05:00Embassy BeijingSECRETMOPS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER KAWC KISL KPAO CH PS UK
09BEIJING3040PRC AGREES TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC;
[...] (SBU) The PRC agrees to support the candidacy of Ms. Lucretia Myers for election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC),MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Officer Liu Bing reported to PolOff November 4. In affirming PRC support for Myers' [...]
2009-11-04 06:00:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA CH
09BELGRADE1092SERBIA: ACQUITTAL IN DEATHS OF AMERICAN CITIZEN BYTYQI
[...] (SBU) On September 22, two Serbian police officers tried in the Serbian Special Court for War Crimes were acquitted of all charges related to the 1999 killings of three American citizens. The Presiding Judge explained that the prosecution's evidence did not support either the charge of depriv [...]
2009-09-23 14:55:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KAWC SR
09BELGRADE1222SERBIA: WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR RAPP HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF
[...] (U) Ambassador Rapp has cleared this cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) In meetings with President Tadic and other Serbian government officials on October 16, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp received updates on the search for International Criminal Tribun [...]
2009-10-22 15:12:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PGOV KAWC SR
09BERLIN230GERMANY WILL SUPPORT AMCIT JUDICIAL NOMINATION
[...] (SBU) In response to Reftel demarche, Michael Fabri-Weiland of the German MFA United Nations desk informed Econoff that Germany "will gladly support" the candidacy of Judge Mark Painter for a position on the UN Appeals Tribunal. Fabri-Weiland also requested U.S. support of German candidate [...]
2009-02-25 10:48:00Embassy BerlinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09BERN260GUANTANAMO CLOSURE: SWISS EAGER TO MOVE ON \
[...] (S) Summary: Special Envoy for Guantanamo Closure Dan \ Fried discussed prospective Guantanamo detainee resettlement \ cases on June 19 with Michael Ambuehl, State Secretary \ (Deputy Minister) of the Federal Department of Foreign \ Affairs (FDFA). Referring to the case files that the GoS \ alrea [...]
2009-06-23 10:45:00Embassy BernSECRETKAWC PHUM PREL PTER SZ
09BERN91UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL: LIECHTENSTEIN TO SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Liechtenstein: On February 27, acting POL/E Counselor followed up on the request for support for the U.S. UNAT candidate (reftels) with Ambassador Hubert Buechel, COM at the Embassy of Liechtenstein in Bern. Ambassador Buechel expressed understanding for the importance of the matter to [...]
2009-02-27 17:52:00Embassy BernUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC KAWC KJUS UNGA SZ LS
09BOGOTA3016COLOMBIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-18 19:24:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER PREL UNGA KAWC KJUS KUNR CO
09BOGOTA3265COLOMBIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR US CANDIDATE FOR ICSC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 21:44:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER PREL UNGA KAWC KJUS KUNR CO
09BOGOTA674EMBASSY BOGOTA RESPONSE - UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL
[...] Post delivered all points in reftel on February 26 to MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes. On February 27, we received confirmation from MFA International Organizations official Alexandra Rivera that the GOC will support Judge Mark P. Painter during the upcoming UN Gener [...]
2009-02-27 21:49:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER PREL UNGA KAWC KJUS KUNR CO
09BRATISLAVA99SLOVAKIA WILL SUPPORT JUDGE PAINTER UNAT CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 09:28:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09BRUSSELS1485BELGIUM: MYERS CANDIDACY FOR THE UN ICSC DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 10:17:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09BRUSSELS1724SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION BRIEFS THE EU'S POLITICAL
[...] (C) Summary: Briefing the EU Council Political and Security Committee (PSC) in Brussels on December 18, Special Envoy Scott Gration said that the U.S. seeks to end the conflict in Darfur, supports the North-South Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),and wants to keep Sudan from becomin [...]
2009-12-24 09:50:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PBTS PINR PREF SMIG KAWC KPKO
09BRUSSELS808BELGIUM:DEMARACHE ON CRITICAL UN ELECTION:ICSC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 07:31:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KJUS KAWC KUNR PREL UNGA BE
09BUDAPEST161HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL -
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Ref talking points on February 27 to Dr. Bernadett Kollar, Head of Section for International Organizations, GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dr. Kollar said her office was unaware that there was an American candidate for the position, but said she would convey our messa [...]
2009-03-03 12:44:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER UNGA
09BUDAPEST412HUNGARY NONCOMMITTAL ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC
[...] (U) EmbOffs delivered ref talking points on June 5 to Eva Gergaly-Lukacs, Desk Officer in the Department of International Organizations, GOH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Gergaly-Lukacs did not give any indication of which candidates the GOH will support for election to the Commission, bu [...]
2009-06-09 07:48:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER HU
09BUDAPEST791HUNGARY TO SUPPORT US INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE
[...] (C) On November 2, 2009, Embassy was informed by the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations and Human Rights Department that Hungary would support the candidacy of Ms. Lucretia Myers at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly elections for the International Civi [...]
2009-11-02 14:58:00Embassy BudapestCONFIDENTIALKAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA HU
09BUDAPEST801HUNGARIAN SUPPORT FOR AMCIT NOMINEE TO
[...] (U) Post received the following Note verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the candidature of Ms. Lucretia Myers for re-election to the International Civil Service Commission (ISCS). Full text follows: BEGIN TEXT: 15024/Adm/Kum/2009 Budapest, 4. November 2009 NOTE VERBA [...]
2009-11-06 13:32:00Embassy BudapestUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA HU
09BUJUMBURA269BURUNDI UNDECIDED ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] Director of International Organizations in the Ministry of External Relations Adolphe Nahayo informed PolOffs June 1 that the GoB had not yet discussed the candidates for the UN International Civil Service Commission election. Nahayo stated that he must discuss the matter with the Minister of [...]
2009-06-11 13:45:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA BY
09BUJUMBURA414CONSULTATIONS ON TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE UNDERWAY;
[...] (C) Summary: Burundi has started broad based popular consultations for a Transitional Justice mechanism to deal with the events of years of conflict. While consultations are will be completed at year's end, we are detecting concerns about launching a Truth and Reconciliation Commission or si [...]
2009-08-18 17:12:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIALBY KAWC PHUM PREL
09CAIRO1625DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-23 13:21:00Embassy CairoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC APER KAWC KUNR UNGA EG
09CAIRO2065DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UN INERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION - SUPPORTINGAMCIT NOMINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-29 17:36:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC AER UNGA EG
09CHISINAU431MOLDOVA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-08 07:27:00Embassy ChisinauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA MD
09COPENHAGEN481DENMARK: UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE
[...] (SBU) On October 27, poloff delivered talking points and CV of AmCit ICSC nominee Lucretia F. Myers to MFA Acting Department Head Anders Ornemark, Department of Global Security and Economy. The discussion reiterated the importance we attach to the candidacy of Ms. Myers, a message that was [...]
2009-10-28 13:58:00Embassy CopenhagenUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA
09DARESSALAAM132UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL NOMINATION: TANZANIA UNRESPONSIVE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 09:36:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09DARESSALAAM573TANZANIA POSITIVE ON U.S. NOMINEE FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-01 06:18:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TZ
09DARESSALAAM815ICTR UPDATE: COMPLETION STRATEGY, KABUGA/KENYA,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a briefing for Dar es Salaam-based diplomats November 19, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) officials said additional time and funding would be necessary for the Tribunal to handle new arrests and other cases that would spill into 2011. ICTR President Judge Den [...]
2009-11-24 15:51:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALKAWC PREL PHUM UNGA RW TZ
09DHAKA120PARLIAMENT VOTES FOR BANGLADESH WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL
[...] (C) The new government must immediately take steps to try those suspected of committing war crimes during Bangladesh's 1971 war of independence, said a resolution the Awami League-dominated parliament passed unanimously January 29. Those pushing for the establishment of a war crimes tribunal a [...]
2009-02-02 10:17:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM PHUM KAWC KISL BD
09DHAKA345GOVT SAYS WAR CRIMES TRIAL PROCESS BEGINS APRIL 8.
[...] (C) The GOB intends to prosecute war crimes committed during the country's 1971 war of independence (reftel) on the basis of legislation passed in 1973, which may not provide a current internationally-acceptable basis for war crimes prosecution. The Law Minister announced the process would beg [...]
2009-04-06 09:28:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM ASEC KISL KAWC PHUM
09DHAKA372LAW ENFORCEMENT IN BANGLADESH: CAUTION AHEAD
[...] No summary [...]
2009-04-13 06:37:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALASEC KAWC KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER
09DHAKA394BANGLADESH'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL OUTLINES AGENDA:
[...] (C) New Attorney General (AG) Mahbubey Alam, a barrister in private practice, recently detailed how the GOB was considering three adjudicative approaches (standard trials, war crimes tribunals, and military courts martial) to deal with the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) mutiny during a recent meeting [...]
2009-04-21 08:13:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALASEC KAWC KDEM KISL PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER
09DHAKA464A WAY FORWARD FOR MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE AND
[...] (C) GOB's Law Minister Shafique Ahmed recently promised the government's full support for the development of a mutual legal assistance (MLA) program for Bangladesh, including the establishment of a Central Authority for MLA in the Office of the Attorney General (OAG). The Law Minister also agr [...]
2009-05-07 11:50:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALASEC KAWC KISL PGOV PHUM PREL PTER SNAR BG
09DHAKA474PAKISTANI AND FRENCH ENVOYS CRITICIZE UN
[...] (C) The Pakistani High Commissioner told the Ambassador May 10 he questioned the legitimacy of the UNDP Representative's interactions with the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) on the war crimes issues stemming from Bangladesh's 1971 War of Liberation. The French Ambassador indicated that the Gov [...]
2009-05-12 05:46:00Embassy DhakaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR PTER KDEM KISL PHUM KAWC BG
09DILI284GOTL DEFENDS BERE RELEASE IN PARLIAMENT DEBATE, SURVIVES
[...] (SBU) Summary: The decision to release indicted war criminal Martenus Bere on August 30 continues to roil Timorese politics. Under pressure from the opposition parties in parliament, the governing coalition acceded to demands for a parliamentary debate and no-confidence vote on October 12. Pr [...]
2009-10-16 05:50:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KAWC ID TT
09DJIBOUTI169MGSUO1: IGAD "DISSAPOINTED" WITH ICC INDICTMENT
[...] Post received the following press statement from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Executive Secretariat March 10. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF IGAD PRESS STATEMENT: PRESS STATEMENT BY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF IGAD ON THE INDICTMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF SUDAN The Executive Sec [...]
2009-03-10 13:58:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM CASC AEMR ASEC KAWC KPAO KJUS AMGT KFLO MARR
09DOHA104EMBASSY CALLS ON NEW RESOURCES TO REVIEW AL
[...] (U) During an hourly news bulletin on February 6, Al Jazeera broadcast several seconds of video footage obtained from their Kabul bureau of New York Times journalist David Rohde, an American citizen, speaking directly to the camera, then walking in the snow outside a crude shelter. The Doha-b [...]
2009-02-10 14:42:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CASC KAWC AF QA
09DOHA105EMBASSY'S NEW LINGUISTIC CAPABILITIES USED ON
[...] (U) During an hourly news bulletin on February 6, Al Jazeera broadcast several seconds of video footage obtained from their Kabul bureau of New York Times journalist David Rohde, an American citizen, speaking directly to the camera, then walking in the snow outside a crude shelter. The Doha-b [...]
2009-02-10 14:48:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CASC KAWC AF QA
09DOHA113AL JAZEERA BOSS OFFERS SUPPORT FOR AMCIT KIDNAP
[...] (C) Ambassador called on Al Jazeera Director General Wadah Khanfar on February 10 to discuss the network's recent airing of a hostage video involving New York Times reporter David Rohde (reftel) and Al Jazeera's sensational Gaza coverage (septel). Khanfar said he was pleased to cooperate wit [...]
2009-02-11 13:08:00Embassy DohaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAO KAWC AF QA
09DUBLIN93IRELAND: JUDGE PAINTER STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION
[...] (SBU) On February 27, PolOff spoke with Bobby Smyth, desk officer for UN Coordination at the Department of Foreign Affairs. Smyth stated that he did not expect a final decision would be reached before close of business, but that Judge Painter was "very much still in consideration." FAUCHER [...]
2009-02-27 15:12:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09FREETOWN148U.S. AND OTHER DONOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SPECIAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: In response to Ref A request for information on amounts and sources of contributions for the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL),the Court's Liaison Office provided up-to-date figures. In sum, the United States has contributed a total of USD 60,399,000 to date, amounting to 3 [...]
2009-04-17 15:55:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC EAID SL
09FREETOWN192CONVICTS' PRISON LOCATION STILL A CONCERN FOR
[...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Herman von Hebel, Registrar of the Special Court, as well as Binta Mansaray, his Deputy, on 21 May to discuss his two main concerns regarding Court operations and proceedings. Mr von Hebel, who is leaving his post in Sierra Leone as of 22 May, also thanked the Ambassa [...]
2009-05-22 12:14:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC SL
09FREETOWN445ATTORNEY GENERAL STAKES HIS CLAIM ON SPECIAL COURT
[...] (C) Summary: On November 12, A/DCM and the British High Commissioner met with Attorney General Abdul Serry-Kamal to discuss issues related to the Special Court. Namely, the meeting was called to address an exchange of letters between the Special Court Management Committee (MC) and the Governme [...]
2009-11-13 12:36:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KAWC KJUS SL
09FREETOWN52SPECIAL COURT PRESIDENT MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR PERRY
[...] (U) Summary: On February 9th, the President of the Special Court (SCSL),Justice Renate Winter of Austria, and the Sierra Leonean Deputy Registrar, Binta Mansaray, discussed with Ambassador Perry their recent visit with the Management Committee and ongoing court related issues. End Summary. [...]
2009-02-13 12:53:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KAWC KJUS PINR USUN SL
09FREETOWN61DEFENDANTS GUILTY IN RUF TRIAL
[...] The final Freetown-based trial for the Special Court for Sierra Leone concluded on February 25 with a judgment against three Revolutionary United Front defendants. Issa Hassan Sesay, Morris Kallon, and Augustine Gbao all faced 18 charges during the five-year trial, including terrorism, collecti [...]
2009-02-25 16:53:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KAWC PHUM SL
09FREETOWN94SPECIAL COURT FUNDING ISSUES REACHES GOSL EARS
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Zainab Bangura on March 16 to discuss a variety of pending bilateral issues. Bangura closed the conversation by stating that she had received a letter from the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL),informing her of a budgetary shortfall of USD 6 millio [...]
2009-03-16 16:51:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC SL
09GABORONE460BOTSWANA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN ICSC CANDIDATE
[...] Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche June 9 to Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi, Director of the Department of Europe and the Americas at the Botswana Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poloff stressed Ms. Myers long experience in personnel matters, including her exemplary service on the ICSC. She also noted [...]
2009-06-09 08:23:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA BC
09GABORONE872BOTSWANA: NONCOMMITTAL RESPONSE TO ICSC DEMARCHE
[...] Pol/Econ Chief met October 29 with Ms. Punkie Molefe, Director of the Department of Multilateral Affairs at the Botswana Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to discuss the candidacy of Ms. Lucretia Myers for the International Civil Service Commission. After listening to the points from the demarche [...]
2009-10-30 11:48:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNGA KAWC KUNR APER AORC BC
09GUATEMALA556GUATEMALA OPEN TO ICSC CANDIDATE
[...] (SBU) On June 9, Emboffs delivered reftel points to Luis Carranza, Minister Counselor for Multilateral Policy at the Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Carranza was noncommittal but did say the GOG looks favorably upon candidates from the Western Hemisphere. He promised post a response a [...]
2009-06-10 22:43:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA GT
09HANOI158DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL NOMINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 09:38:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA VM
09HANOI517DEMARCHE DELIVERED - SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE TO ICSC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-04 06:31:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA VM
09HELSINKI217FINLAND: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 13:50:00Embassy HelsinkiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA FI
09ISLAMABAD1256PAKISTAN STILL CONSIDERING UN ICSC VOTE
[...] (C) PolOff delivered June 2 reftel demarche to MFA UN-III Director Dr. Ahsan Nabeel in support of the U.S. candidate for the United Nations International Civil Service Commission (UN ICSC). Nabeel noted that the ICSC election was not expected until November. While he committed to discuss the [...]
2009-06-08 16:22:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PK
09JERUSALEM1712PA HEALTH MINISTER ISSUES PRESS RELEASE ON
[...] (C) On September 20, PA Health Minister Fathi Abu Mughni issued a press release endorsing the recently-issued UN fact-finding report authored by Judge Richard Goldstone. Abu Mughni, according to the press release, called the report an "explicit condemnation" of Israeli combat operations in t [...]
2009-09-22 14:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS ASEC PHUM KWBG KAWC IS
09JERUSALEM1926PA PRESENTS SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FOR WAR
[...] (U) On October 16, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a press release noting that Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo had received PA Minister of Justice Ali Khashan and an accompanying delegation in Geneva. The ICC's statement noted that the court would "carefully examine" the issues [...]
2009-10-21 16:13:00Consulate JerusalemSECRETPGOV PREL KAWC KPAL KWBG PHUM IS
09KAMPALA1265UGANDA: MYERS CANDIDACY TO ICSC DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 08:14:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09KATHMANDU154NEPAL EXPECTED TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] (SBU) On February 27, Rudra Nepal, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressed interest in Judge Painter's candidacy for the UN Appeals Tribunal but did not commit the Nepalese delegation in New York to voting for him. Emboffs, as inst [...]
2009-02-27 08:47:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09KATHMANDU541NEPAL SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) On June 22, Madan Bhattarai, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal would have no problem supporting the U.S. candidate, Ms. Lucretia Myers, for the UN International Civil Service Commission in t [...]
2009-06-23 09:27:00Embassy KathmanduUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA NP
09KHARTOUM1241U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY GRATION MEETS WITH DR. GHAZI
[...] (C) Summary. In a November 2 meeting, U.S Special Envoy (SE) to Sudan General Scott Gration discussed with influential Presidential Advisor Dr. Ghazi Salaheddin a brief list of possible resolutions to outstanding points of contention between the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan Pe [...]
2009-11-04 06:13:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KAWC MOPS SU
09KHARTOUM309GENERALLY CALM REACTIONS TO ICC ARREST WARRANT FOR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Immediately following the March 4 announcement that the International Criminal Court (ICC) had issued an arrest warrant against President Omar al Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity, Emboffs reached out to a range of contacts for a sampling of reactions. Most evin [...]
2009-03-06 14:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PHUM PINR EAID KPKO KDEM KAWC UNSC ASEC
09KINGSTON146JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 18:00:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER PREL KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA
09KINGSTON457JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDATE
[...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche in support of Ms. Lucretia Myers for election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) to Ms. Norma Taylor Roberts, Director of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...]
2009-06-09 19:04:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09KINSHASA178 DEMARCHED DELIVERED: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL
[...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche February 25 to Banza Ngoy, Head of the International Organizations Directorate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ngoy said the GDRC is inclined to support the USG candidate for the UN Appeals Tribunal. He added that he would, however, need to consult with t [...]
2009-02-26 06:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09KINSHASA780DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING AMCIT NOMINATION
[...] We met in June with Banza Ngoy Katumwe, head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate, delivering ref B points supporting the candidacy of Lucretia Myers for election to the International Civil Service Commission. We subsequently presented Ngoy a French language translation of My [...]
2009-08-25 07:40:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA CG
09KINSHASA986DRC WILL SUPPORT AMCIT NOMINATION FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-03 16:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA CG
09KUALALUMPUR143DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORTING AMCIT JUDICIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 04:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09KUALALUMPUR464DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 06:32:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA MY
09KUALALUMPUR870DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MALAYSIA WILL SUPPORT U.S.
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 04:42:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA KUNR KJUS KAWC AORC APER MY
09KUWAIT156SEEKING KUWAITI SUPPORT FOR JUDGE PAINTER IN UN
[...] POLCOUNS on February 23 delivered reftel demarche and biographic materials encouraging Kuwait to support U.S. nominee Mark Painter for UN Appeals Tribunal to Dr. Jehad Mohammad Al-Hai, Counselor in the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In response, Al-Hai said he would imme [...]
2009-02-23 15:30:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA KU
09KUWAIT324ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH: WOMEN VIE IN KUWAIT'S
[...] (C) Summary. Kuwaiti women stand a fair chance of winning their first seat in parliament during the upcoming May 16 election. A female candidate fell only 886 votes short of winning a seat in 2008, an outcome that showed a marked improvement over women's results in 2006. Coordination, traini [...]
2009-04-02 14:57:00Embassy KuwaitCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA KU
09LAPAZ319BOLIVIA NONCOMMITTAL TO PAINTER NOMINATION FOR UN
[...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yuri Arce, U.S. desk officer, and Estella Mendoza, Chief of American Affairs, February 27. Arce agreed Judge Painter was a qualified candidate, but would offer no pledge of support or hint of who Bolivia will support. URS [...]
2009-03-02 11:53:00Embassy La PazCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09LAPAZ845BOLIVIA LUKE WARM ON ICSC CANDIDATE
[...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel points to Vice Foreign Minister Hugo Fernandez June 4. Fernandez was noncommittal, but was responsive to reftel point that U.S. Caniddate Lucretia Myers was the only candidate from the Americas. URS [...]
2009-06-09 19:27:00Embassy La PazUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUST KUNR PREL UNGA BL
09LILONGWE572MALAWI: AMCIT NOMINATION TO UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 13:10:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR MI PREL UNGA
09LIMA267PERU RESPONSE: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 18:49:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC KJUS AORC APER PREL UNGA PE
09LIMA821PERU RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON CANDIDACY OF LUCRETIA
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-10 21:07:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PE
09LISBON117PORTUGAL ENCOURAGED TO SUPPORT AMCIT JUDICIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-25 16:42:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KAWC KJUS KUNR PO
09LISBON310PORTUGAL: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-12 14:36:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL PO
09LISBON566PORTUGAL TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poleconoff delivered reftel points on October 23 to Goncalo Silvestre of the Portuguese Ministy of Foreign Affairs' Office of International Political Organizations. Post received on November 2 a note verbale from the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming that Portug [...]
2009-11-03 10:05:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL PGOV UNGA PO
09LJUBLJANA52SLOVENIA TO SUPPORT MARK PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS
[...] (C) Slovenia will support Judge Mark Painter in the March 2 vote on judges for the UN Appeals Tribunal. Mateja Stojanovic, in the MFA's International Organizations sector, told us on February 27 that the MFA would also deliver a diplomatic note confirming Slovenia's support. FREDEN [...]
2009-02-27 14:51:00Embassy LjubljanaCONFIDENTIALPREL AORC KAWC KJUS UNGA SI
09MADRID1065SPAIN: UNITED NATIONS ICSC ELECTION DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-02 08:23:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUSUN PREL SP UNGA AORC APER KAWC
09MADRID60SPANISH PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ALLEGED FORMER NAZIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In July 2008 the Spanish National Court, under the Spanish judicial concept of universal jurisdiction and pursuant to a request by private parties, initiated an investigation of four suspects who allegedly committed crimes against humanity while serving in Nazi concentration camp [...]
2009-01-20 06:49:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC PREL PHUM SP
09MANAMA116UNAPPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING AMCIT JUDICIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 13:17:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09MANAMA337BAHRAIN SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 14:14:00Embassy ManamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA BA
09MANILA1803DEMARCHE DELIVERED - U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (ICSC)
[...] Emboff relayed reftel A demarche points to Director Leah Ruiz of DFA's Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) on August 21, and urged the Philippines to support U.S. candidate Lucretia Myers for the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC). Per reftel B, Post [...]
2009-08-25 09:43:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC PREL UNGA RP KJUS KUNR
09MANILA435DEMARCHE DELIVERED - SUPPORTING AMCIT JUDICIAL
[...] (SBU) Post discussed reftel points with Director Leah Ruiz of the Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),urging the Philippine government to instruct its UN delegation to vote for Judge Painter in the United Nations Appeals [...]
2009-02-27 08:23:00Embassy ManilaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KJUS KUNR PGOV PREL RP UNGA KAWC
09MASERU385U.S. CAN EXPECT LESOTHO'S NORMAL SUPPORT
[...] Public Diplomacy, Economic, and Political Officer (PDEP) met with the Director of Europe and Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, October 26, to discuss reftels. Concerning ref A, we are advised that Lesotho "should be able to support our candidate." This is consistent with [...]
2009-10-27 15:08:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL PHUM UNGA
09MASERU45LESOTHO: MISSION "KNOWS THE WAY WE USUALLY VOTE"
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 11:47:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL PGOV UNGA LT
09MEXICO1670MEXICO ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC ELECTION
[...] Poloff conferred with Blanca Mendez Oblea, Deputy Director of Candidacies at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE),June 12 to convey USG preference for Ms. Lucretia F. Myers for election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (reftel). Post also sent a diplomatic note with the Curriculum Vit [...]
2009-06-12 22:56:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA MX
09MEXICO530UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING AMCIT JUDICIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-24 23:23:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09MONROVIA161DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING AMCIT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 13:56:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09MONROVIA162DEMARCHE DELIVERED (2ND REQUEST/FOLLOWUP): UN APPEALS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 13:56:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09MONTEVIDEO313DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY REQUESTS MORE
[...] On June 2, Charge delivered reftel demarche on the UN International Civil Service Commission Candidate, Lucretia Myers, to the MFA's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Nury Bauzan, and the MFA's Director of Political Affairs, Elbio Roselli. Charge requested Uruguayan support for the candidate. [...]
2009-06-08 12:29:00Embassy MontevideoUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA UY
09MONTEVIDEO606URUGUAY: UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
[...] (C) On October 26, poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Uruguayan MFA Multilateral Department's Officer for International Candidates, Amelia Tedesco. Ms. Tedesco accepted International Civil Service Commission candidate Myers' curriculum vitae. Although she could not confirm support from [...]
2009-10-26 15:35:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA UY
09MOSCOW1456DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-03 13:21:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA RS
09MOSCOW470DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL -
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-26 11:37:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09MUSCAT151NOMINATION OF JUDGE MARK PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL:
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 06:30:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL MU
09MUSCAT153OMAN TO SUPPORT JUDGE MARK PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-03-02 11:11:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL MU
09NASSAU364BAHAMAS: U.S. NOMINATION FOR UN ICSC DEMARCHE
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-11 15:43:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC KJUS AORC APER PREL UNGA
09NDJAMENA486CHAD: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON AMCIT NOMINATION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-27 14:15:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA CD
09NEWDELHI2225INDIA SEEKS RECIPROCITY FOR SUPPORTING US
[...] No summary [...]
2009-11-04 10:47:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA IN
09NICOSIA153CYPRUS TIGHT-LIPPED ON UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL ELECTION
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 12:52:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALKAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL CY
09NICOSIA354CYPRUS NONCOMMITTAL ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-06-02 09:59:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL CY
09NICOSIA683CYPRUS SUPPORTIVE BUT NONCOMMITTAL ON U.S.
[...] (SBU) On October 30, Poloff delivered Ref A points and a detailed curriculum vitae of the U.S. candidate to the International Civil Service Commission to Penelope Erotokritou, Counselor in the MFA's Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations. 2. (SBU) Erotokritou sai [...]
2009-10-30 13:18:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL CY
09NOUAKCHOTT707MAURITANIA TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDACY TO
[...] In response to reftel please note that on November 3, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed PolOff that Mauritania will instruct its delegation to support Lucretia Myers' candidacy to the International Service Commission. BOULWARE [...]
2009-11-03 09:22:00Embassy NouakchottCONFIDENTIALUNGA PREL MR KAWC KUNR
09OSLO387NORWEGIANS HAVE NO POSITION YET ON ICSC CANDIDATE
[...] (C) Poloff spoke with Assistant Director General Lars Henie of the MFA UN section regarding reftel demarche, and provided Henie with the included biographical information. Henie said that he had forwarded the information to the Norwegian UN mission in New York, and received a response that th [...]
2009-06-10 14:19:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA NO
09OSLO654NORWAY WILL SUPPORT MYERS FOR UN ICSC BOARD
[...] (C) Poloff met October 28 with Per Selvaag, acting head of the the UN section at Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Selvaag had checked with Norway's UN delegation and they reported that Norway had promised to support one of the three other candidates, but supporting Ms. Myers candidacy for [...]
2009-10-29 11:57:00Embassy OsloCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA NO
09OTTAWA383CANADA SECURES FIRST WAR CRIMES CONVICTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Canada on May 22 secured a landmark first judicial decision under its 2000 Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act (CAHWCA),convicting failed refugee claimant Dsir Munyaneza on all seven charges against him related to genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes during t [...]
2009-05-22 17:15:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KAWC PREF RW CA
09OTTAWA437CANADA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE MYERS IN ICSC
[...] (SBU) Canada will support the election of U.S. candidate Lucretia Myers in the upcoming election for the UN International Civil Service Commission, according to Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's UN and Commonwealth Affairs Division Deputy Director Shannon-Marie Soni. Ms [...]
2009-06-08 19:16:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC KUNR KAWC UNGA APER CA
09OTTAWA826CANADA: LIFE SENTENCE FOR RWANDAN WAR CRIMINAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Quebec court has sentenced D????sir???? Munyaneza, a failed Rwandan refugee claimant, to life imprisonment with no eligibility for parole for 25 years for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes stemming from his participation in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The l [...]
2009-10-29 19:45:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL ICTR KAWC CA RW
09PARAMARIBO176PARAMARIBO DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR
[...] (U) Post delivered demarche as a non-paper to Juliette Redman, Acting Head of the International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who had been unavailable for an appointment despite numerous Post's attempts since last week. Post's attempts to engage Redman via telephone have li [...]
2009-06-10 17:45:00Embassy ParamariboUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09PARIS1206AMBASSADOR PRESSES FM KOUCHNER ON UNESCO DG RACE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Embassy Paris continued its on-going engagement with France on the UNESCO Director General race. The Ambassador raised it forcefully in a September 2 meeting with FM Kouchner, in which he urged the French to actively engage on preventing the election of Hosni and to help build [...]
2009-09-03 15:31:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL KUNR AORC APER KAWC UNGA FR
09PARIS1223FRANCE NOT READY TO COMMIT TO MYERS FOR ICSC
[...] No summary [...]
2009-09-08 15:14:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KUNR AORC APER KAWC KJUS UNGA FR
09PARIS726IO/RHS KESHAP DISCUSSES UNHRC, SECURITY COUNCIL,
[...] (C) Summary: IO/RHS Director Atul Keshap met on May 14 with French MFA IO DAS-equivalent for Human Rights Jacques Pellet and desk officers Cecile Vigneau and Emanuel Pineda to discuss several issues affecting UN agencies and regional issues in Sri Lanka and Sudan, in advance of a May 15 MFA-led [...]
2009-06-02 10:27:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KAWC UN FR
09PARIS956GOF HAS LIMITED INFORMATION ON ALLEGATIONS OF WAR
[...] (C) Summary: In July 10 discussions with Ambassador Williamson, GOF officials highlighted FM Kouchner's efforts to secure a ceasefire in Sri Lanka and his personal concern over the status of IDPs there. While the GOF is concerned by allegations of violations of international humanitarian law [...]
2009-07-16 09:16:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALBG CB CE IN JA PGOV PREL KAWC FR
09PARISFR200GAZA RELIEF EFFORTS AT UNESCO BEGIN
[...] (SBU) Summary: Promising to coordinate closely with UN system sister agencies, UNESCO held an information meeting on February 6 to lay out its plans to lend assistance in Gaza, concentrating on education but also including protection of journalists. Fundraising for Gaza relief efforts will be [...]
2009-02-10 09:36:00Mission UNESCOUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNESCO PREL PHUM MARR KWBG KAWC IS
09PORTAUPRINCE221HAITI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 14:45:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDUNGA AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL HA
09PORTAUPRINCE555HAITI WILL SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A points on the candidacy of Lucretia Myers for re-election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) to Azad Belfort, Director of International Organization Affairs at the Haitian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, June 10. Belfort said that Haiti's delegat [...]
2009-06-12 19:21:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA HA
09PORTAUPRINCE903DEMARCHE UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION
[...] (U) Post delivered the International Civil Service Commission Demarche to Azad Belfort, Director of International Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 23. Belfort indicated that Haiti was inclined to vote for the US candidate, Ms. Myers, but would not confirm. He noted that U [...]
2009-10-27 15:15:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALAPER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA HA AORC
09PORTLOUIS356MAURITIUS TO SUPPORT MYERS' CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2009-10-30 09:03:00Embassy Port LouisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA MP
09PRAGUE494UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION: AMCIT
[...] No summary [...]
2009-08-24 11:22:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KAWC KUNR PREL UN EZ
09PRISTINA533KOSOVO: HITMAN'S CONFESSION SHAKES KOSOVO POLITICAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo's political establishment has been shaken following allegations that Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) officials were involved in assassination plots during an effort to consolidate power from 1999 to 2003. A Democratic League of Dardania (LDD) member of parliament, Gani G [...]
2009-12-01 19:29:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINR KDEM EAID SR KAWC KV
09QUITO461ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S. CANDIDATE FOR
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on June 12. Puma said that the GOE has not yet made a decision who it would vote for in the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election. She did acknowledge, however, that the EU holds too [...]
2009-06-16 18:48:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA EC
09QUITO462ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S CANDIDATE FOR UN'S
[...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on June 12. Puma said that the GOE has not yet made a decision who it would vote for in the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election. She did acknowledge, however, that the EU holds to [...]
2009-06-16 18:48:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA EC
09REYKJAVIK194 ICELAND TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) On October 29, Nina Jonsdottir from the International Affairs Department at the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) notified post that Iceland intends to support the U.S. candidate, Lucretia Myers, in the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election that will take place [...]
2009-10-29 17:10:00Embassy ReykjavikUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA IC
09RIGA111LATVIA WILL SUPPORT JUDGE PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS
[...] No summary [...]
2009-02-27 15:19:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIALAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA
09RIYADH1106DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SAUDIS UNDECIDED ON ICSC
[...] (U) Poloff discussed the candidacy of Ms. Lucretia Myers for election to the UN International Civil Service Commission per reftels with MFA UN Department Director General Ambassador Adnan Baghdadi on August 26. Baghdadi said he was not currently aware of the Saudi position with respect to Ms. [...]
2009-08-26 14:59:00Embassy RiyadhUNCLASSIFIEDAORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA SA
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