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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
01HANOI3186	PRESIDENTIAL TRAVELS SHORE UP RELATIONS WITHIN ASEAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: PRESIDENT LUONG'S RECENT TRAVELS TO FOUR FELLOW ASEAN MEMBERS PROMOTED GENERAL GOOD NEIGHBORLINESS AND COMMON DESIRES FOR EXPANDED TRADE. WHILE "SUCCESSFUL," UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 03186 01 OF 02 041041Z THESE VISITS SEEM MEMORABLE PRIMARIL [...]	2001-12-04 10:26:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ETRD PTER CB BN IN VM ASEAN PH CTERR

02ABUJA3241	NIGERIAN JOURNALIST SEEKING REFUGE IN U.S. [...] (C) Summary. Mr. Uzor Daniel, father of Ms. Isioma Daniel, the journalist whose controversial article sparked the recent riots in Nigeria, came to the Consulate General in Lagos on December 2 seeking help for his daughter to gain refugees status and subsequent entry into the U.S. He confirms [...]	2002-11-29 17:31:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PINR CVIS PGOV NI BN
03HANOI1422	VIETNAM REACHING OUT TO AFRICA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As another symbol of how Vietnam prizes the diversity of its diplomatic contacts and seeks to maintain its third world credentials, the GVN hosted the first Vietnam - Africa Forum in Hanoi May 28-30. Delegations from 18 African countries discussed trade and investment and "opp [...]	2003-06-10 09:24:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD EAID IV NI MA GV PU BN SG ZI RW AO SF MO WA CM VM MZ
04LAGOS300	NIGERIA: CHILD TRAFFICKING IN OGUN STATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 3 POLOFF visited quarry sites in Ogun State where trafficked Beninese children had been rescued in September and October 2003 (reftel). POLOFF was accompanied by Bose Akinola of the NGO Voice of Women in Africa and members of the Women's Consortium of Nigeria (WOCO [...]	2004-02-06 16:04:00	Consulate Lagos	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINR SOCI SMIG KOCI NI BN
05ACCRA800	SERIOUS REFUGEE FLOWS OUT OF TOGO BEGIN [...] (SBU) According to UNHCR Representative Rafik Saiki, who is based in Cotonou, some 4,000 refugees have arrived in Benin from Togo as of 16:00 local on April 28. A number of NGO's, including Catholic Relief Services, were assisting the new arrivals as they crossed the border, most of whom had [...]	2005-04-28 16:53:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	GH TO BN PREF
05ACCRA828	NUMBER OF TOGOLESE REFUGEES SWELLS TO 16,000 [...] Refugees continue to surge across Togo's borders with Benin and Ghana. According to UNHCR, the number in Benin reached 9,874 as of 10 p.m. on May 2, an increase of 799 in one day. Observers are bracing for another wave after Togo's constitutional court rules some time today on the validity o [...]	2005-05-03 18:06:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED	GH BN TO PREF
05PARIS439	FRANCE AND WEST AFRICA [...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the last of a series of messages (reftels) briefly summarizing French relations with African nations. For the last two years, France's Africa policy has, of necessity, been focused on the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire. Two years after France hosted the Linas-Marcoussis and Kleb [...]	2005-01-25 13:27:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV BN UV CV GA GH GV PU IV LI ML MR NG NI SG SL TO XY FR
05PARIS7506	FRENCH SAY BENIN UNDER "STRONG PRESSURE" ON BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-03 15:24:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BN BM FR UNSC
05PARIS7953	FRENCH SUPPORT BRINGING BURMA BEFORE THE UNSC [...] No summary [...]	2005-11-22 14:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BN BM FR UNSC
06ABUJA1605	ABUJA APPROVES RESEARCH PROJECT NO. AI069919 01 [...] The U.S. Mission Abuja appreciates the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) patience concerning the Mission's reply to ref proposed research project. 2. The U.S. Mission Abuja has reviewed ref proposed NIH Research Project No. AI069919 01 -- to be carried out in part in Nigeria. The Missi [...]	2006-06-26 16:27:00	Embassy Abuja	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO OSCI KSCA BN IV GA ML NI SG
06ACCRA1688	SOME TOGOLESE REFUGEES REPATRIATING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recent UNHCR registration revealed that the overall count of Togolese refugees who fled into Ghana's Volta Region in 2005 has decreased from 11,900 to 6,578. Refugees remain queasy about repatriating, despite evidence that several thousand have quietly done so already without [...]	2006-07-24 08:44:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM TO BN GH
06COTONOU1107	SCENE SETTER FOR GULF OF GUINEA MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post welcomes your participation in the Government of Benin (GOB)-ACSS hosted Gulf of Guinea Ministerial Conference on Maritime Security in Cotonou, November 13-14, 2006. Your visit highlights USG support for security and safety initiatives in the Gulf of Guinea. The conference [...]	2006-11-07 14:04:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR MASS PREL PGOV PINR CASC BN
06COTONOU1112	BENIN: AMENDING CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-08 13:43:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA BN
06COTONOU1118	BENIN: SCENE SETTER FOR EUCOM AND NAVEUR PARTICIPATION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post welcomes your participation in the NAVEUR/ACSS-sponsored Gulf of Guinea Maritime Safety and Security (MSS) Ministerial Conference hosted by the Government of Benin (GOB) in Cotonou, November 13-15, 2006. Your visit highlights USG support for safety and security and initiati [...]	2006-11-09 08:01:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR MASS PREL PGOV PINR BN
06COTONOU1148	BENIN: DEMARCHES ON UNGA RESOLUTIONS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-21 14:44:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA PHUM PREL PTER BN
06COTONOU1149	BENIN: MARITIME SAFETY AND SECURITY MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE A SUCCESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Benin hosted a ministerial conference on "Maritime Safety and Security in the Gulf of Guinea" in Cotonou on November 13-15. The conference, sponsored by NAVEUR, and organized by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS),involved ministerial delegations from [...]	2006-11-21 15:46:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS ETRD ECON MARR KMCA PGOV PREL BN EWWT
06COTONOU1153	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI FIRES TRANSPORT AND PORTS MINISTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 20, President Yayi dismissed the Minister for Transports, Public Works and Urban Development, Mr. Alexandre Dossou Kpedetin. At the same time he split the portfolio into two, bringing the total number of ministers to 23. The new Minister of Public Works and Transport i [...]	2006-11-22 13:12:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BN EWWT
06COTONOU1165	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI DECLARES FREE EDUCATION FOR PRIMARY [...] In early November 2006, President Boni Yayi announced that primary and pre-primary education would be "free," meaning that schools would no longer be permitted to charge fees. However, families of students must still purchase their children's books and uniforms. At most of Benin's schools, t [...]	2006-11-28 14:52:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SCUL PREL BN
06COTONOU1167	BENIN: 2006-2007 COTTON HARVEST IN JEOPARDY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Late rains had compelled Benin's cotton experts to revise their 2006-2007 harvest estimates from 500,000 tons (the GOB's official target) to 350,000 tons, and the crop now faces damage by insects. Comment: A poor 2006-2007 cotton harvest will not necessarily lead to economic co [...]	2006-11-29 09:35:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR EINV PGOV BN
06COTONOU1168	BENIN BORDER ARREST OF TWO CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC [...] (U) On November 27, Beninese media reported the recent arrest by Beninese Customs of two Central African Republic nationals at the Benin/Togo border. According to the media reports, Michel Djotodia and Abakar Sabone are reportedly wanted for their role in an attempted coup in the Central Afric [...]	2006-11-29 13:26:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ASEC CT BN
06COTONOU1176	COTTON CHAOS CLAIMS A VICTIM: PRESIDENT YAYI FIRES HIS [...] SUMMARY: Mr. Roger Dovonou is Benin's new Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fishing, replacing Mr. Gaston Dossouhoui. Dossouhoui was dismissed on November 30, apparently for his failure to keep the President informed about continuing difficulties with this year's cotton season (REF [...]	2006-12-04 04:50:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EINV PGOV PINR BN
06COTONOU1187	COTTON PRICE FOR 2006-2007 CAMPAIGN SET [...] Yesterday President Yayi personally announced to cotton farmers that the national purchase price for the 2006-2007 season would be 0.35 USD per kilogram. This is the price that farmers should receive from the Interprofessional Cotton Association (AIC). According to the national schedule for co [...]	2006-12-06 15:34:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAGR EINV PGOV PINR BN
06COTONOU1198	BENIN: GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF INITIAL AUDITS OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GoB has announced the much-anticipated results of the audits of twenty-one ministries and several major parastatals for the 2003-2006 period. President Yayi's government initiated these audits immediately upon taking office in April 2006, as part of a high priority effort to i [...]	2006-12-11 12:54:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KMCA BN
06COTONOU1199	BENIN: CWC IMPLEMENTATION DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On October 26 Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel talking points to Thomas Adoumasse, Director of the MFA's Office of International Organizations. 2. (SBU) On December 7 Pol/Econ Chief asked Mr. Bienvenu Houngbedji of the MFA's International Organizations office to provide additional in [...]	2006-12-11 14:36:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL CWC OPCW CBW AF BWC BN
06COTONOU1202	BENIN: UNSCR 1718 IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS [...] (SBU) On December 11 embassy delivered REF A report text to Mr. Bienvenu Houngbedji of the MFA's International Organizations office to follow up delivery of REF B demarche on December 7. HOLTZAPPLE [...]	2006-12-11 14:37:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP PARM PREL XX KN BN
06COTONOU1203	TERRORIST FINANCE: USG DESIGNATION OF [...] (SBU) Embassy delivered demarche in reftel December 7 to US Desk Officer Mr. Randal Oguidan of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department of the Americas. HOLTZAPPLE [...]	2006-12-11 14:43:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ETTC KTFN PREL PTER XR BN
06COTONOU1212	BENIN: GOB DIP NOTE ON GOB EFFORTS TO COMBAT CHILD [...] On October 5 the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Government of Benin, which presented the government's comments on the June, 2006 Trafficking in Persons Report. Post views this note as a positive development, because it demonstrates that the GoB remains attentive to the issue, and [...]	2006-12-13 12:09:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM SMIG KWMN BN
06COTONOU1213	BENIN: LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS SET FOR MARCH 25, 2007; GOB [...] (U) SUMMARY: Benin's Council of Ministers on December 9 set the date for the upcoming legislative elections as March 25, 2007. This launches official preparations for the fifth legislative elections in Benin since the democratic transition in 1990. With just over three and a half months to go [...]	2006-12-14 07:41:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID BN
06COTONOU1225	BENIN: MINISTRY OF HEALTH INAUGURATES TWO-WAY RADIO NETWORK [...] On December 8, Benin's Minister of Health, Dr. Flore Gangbo, together with representatives of USAID, UNICEF, and WHO, officially launched a radio communication network to serve the Malanville-Karimama health zone, a poor region in the far northeastern corner of Benin. This two-way radio networ [...]	2006-12-20 10:02:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SCUL PREL BN
06COTONOU1227	JOURNALISTS APPEAL FOR RELEASE OF IMPRISONED EDITOR AND [...] SUMMARY: Two professional media associations have publicly appealed for the release of an editor and a journalist sentenced to six months' imprisonment for defamation. The Minister of Justice has announced that the two were legally sentenced after having violated a law; journalists contend th [...]	2006-12-21 13:14:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PROV PHUM KPAO BN
06COTONOU1228	BENIN: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] This cable responds to the Department's request for information for the Worst Forms of Child Labor report (Ref A). LAWS AND ENFORCEMENT -------------------- 2. Benin's Labor Code sets the minimum age for employment at 14 years of age, but children aged 12 to 14 may perform domestic work [...]	2006-12-22 05:54:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID BN
06COTONOU1229	REGIONAL AGRICULTURE ATTACHE VISIT TO BENIN/GOB PLEA FOR [...] Summary: This is an Action Request - please see para 6. Regional Agriculture Attache Robert Hanson traveled to Cotonou Dec 17-20 and met with Embassy Staff, newly-appointed Minister of Agriculture Dovonou, the Permanent Secretary of the Interprofessional Cotton Association, the West Africa Ri [...]	2006-12-22 06:13:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID BN
06COTONOU1231	BENIN: PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS REFERRAL OF TWO [...] On December 21, 2006, after examining a report from a parliamentary investigative committee, the Legal Committee of the National Assembly recommended that Cosme Sehlin and Valentin Houd, respectively the former ministers of Finance and Institutional Relations under President Mathieu Kerekou, be [...]	2006-12-22 09:26:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA BN
06COTONOU1242	BENIN: OFFICIAL NEWPAPER AND OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AT [...] Following an interview on the President's Malaria Initiative (septel),Ephrem Dossavi-Messy, a reporter for the official GOB newspaper La Nation, was asked why there had been no coverage in La Nation of President Boni Yayi's recent trip to the United States, which included a meeting with POTUS. [...]	2006-12-28 13:14:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PROV PHUM KPAO BN
06COTONOU603	BENIN: GOB DEMARCHED ON NAM STATEMENT AND OIC [...] (C) On June 19 Poloff delivered talking points in reftel demarches to Thomas Adoumasse, Director of International Organizations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Adoumasse, who said that no Benin representative would be present at the OIC Ministerial in Baku, personally attended the NAM meeti [...]	2006-06-21 10:51:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AORC KNNP UNSC BN
06COTONOU878	BENIN: NAM SUMMIT DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MFA [...] (SBU) On September 5 Poloff demarched Mr. Bienvenue Houngbedji of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' International Organizations Office, and left behind reftel talking points as a non-paper. Houngbedji noted the USG positions on the issues raised in the reftel. 2. (C) On September 7 Ambassado [...]	2006-09-11 16:46:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER PHUM BN
06COTONOU887	AMBASSADOR'S PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS TO PRESIDENT BONI [...] (U) This isan acton request. Please see para 11. SUMMARY ------ 2. (SBU) President Boni Yayi, in his first meting with newly-arrived Ambassador Gayleatha B. rown, on September 8, 2006, reaffirmed his refor agenda, commitment to good governance, and detemination to improve Benin's busine [...]	2006-09-13 17:47:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC AMGT EAID BN
06COTONOU893	BENIN: DEMARCHE ON NAM TOPICS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-15 10:02:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA PTER PHUM BN
06COTONOU918	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI VISITS CHINA TO BOOST TIES [...] SUMMARY: Since taking office in April 2006, President Yayi has traveled abroad extensively. The latest visit in this diplomatic offensive was an official visit to China, August 28 - September 2. Heading a delegation that included the Minister of Foreign of Affairs, Minister of Finance, Ministe [...]	2006-09-20 16:44:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EPET ETRD CH BN
06COTONOU927	JOURNALISTS DETAINED AFTER ALLEGEDLY DEFAMING PRESIDENT'S [...] (U) Summary: Police arrested and jailed three journalists September 15 for violating the libel law and released them September 18. The three, from the newspaper La Diaspora de Sabbat, were deemed responsible for an article alleging that President Boni Yayi's elder son was mentally ill. The [...]	2006-09-21 15:01:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO BN
06COTONOU937	BENIN: UPDATE ON 2006-2007 COTTON SEASON [...] SUMMARY: On September 6-7, 2006, President Boni Yayi and his Minister of Agriculture toured cotton producing zones in northern Benin to assess the status of this year's cotton crop. Continued financial pressures in the sector and tardy rains have depressed forecasts for the harvest. Benin's C [...]	2006-09-26 10:40:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON ETRD EINV PGOV BN
06COTONOU944	BENIN U.S. COAST GUARD ISPS COMPLIANCE TEAM VISIT CONCERNED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A four-man US Coast Guard delegation led by Mr. Peyton Coleman visited Benin August 27-30, 2006 to assess the Port of Cotonou's security and compliance with the International Shipping and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code. The team's unofficial findings are that the Port of Coto [...]	2006-09-28 09:20:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV BN
06COTONOU989	BENIN'S MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT COMPACT EBNTERS INTO [...] President Yayi hosted a major ceremony to mark entry into force of Benin's Millennium Challenge Compact. The compact will focus on four major activities: the port, land tenure, financial reform, and improvements to commercial dispute resolution. In his remarks, Yayi particularly stressed the [...]	2006-10-12 11:48:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KMCA ECON PREL KCOR BN
06COTONOU990	BENIN: WHEREABOUTS OF CHANTAL DE SOUZA IDOHOU [...] (C) Please see action request in Paragraph 6. 2. (C) On September 28 LTC Alassane BOURANDI, Director of Military Intelligence appointed by President Yayi, requested a meeting with Poloff. Bourandi began by asking if it were possible for the embassy to determine the whereabouts and internati [...]	2006-10-12 13:48:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	OFDP CVIS KCOR PGOV PINR BN
06FREETOWN957	FREETOWN GRANTS G/TIP COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for the visit of Amy Lemar, Program Analyst for Africa in the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),to Freetown December 10 - 14. A contract expediter meets all visitors - see para 9 below. Visitors are urged to read the conten [...]	2006-11-22 14:52:00	Embassy Freetown	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA KCRM KWMN PHUM ELAB SMIG NI BN SG SL
06NAIROBI5001	KENYA'S IMPLEMENTATION OF THE WOMEN'S JUSTICE AND [...] Summary: Post reiterates our firm commitment to implementing the WJEI program in Kenya and looks forward to implementing an effective initiative to bolster Kenya,s capacity to combat violence against women. Post Mission Planning Team (MPT),comprised of USAID, DOJ, RSO, Political, and the [...]	2006-11-22 14:07:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SNAR SOCI PGOV PHUM KE SF BN ZA
06NAIROBI5126	THE PRESIDENT'S MALARIA INITIATIVE: KENYA [...] Summary. The Government of Kenya (GOK),represented by the Minister for Health, Mrs. Charity Ngilu, and Mr. Jackson Kinyanjui, External Resources Department, Ministry of Finance, are enthusiastic about the prospect of taking part in the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI). Ambassador Rannebe [...]	2006-12-01 09:34:00	Embassy Nairobi	UNCLASSIFIED	BN ET GH KE LI MA ML ZA
06PARIS2067	DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Secretary Zoellick on March 10 discussed Sudan, Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Benin, and the possible transfer of Charles Taylor from Nigeria to the Netherlands via Sierra Leone, with the French Presidency's Africa advisor, Michel de Bonnecorse. On Sudan, the two sides expressed [...]	2006-03-30 13:13:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR SU CD IV BN LI NI FR
06USUNNEWYORK559	BENIN: CEDAW CANDIDACY [...] Mission has received a note from the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Benin to the United Nations requesting USG support for the candidature of Hugette Bokpe-Gnacadja for re-election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) for the term 2007-2010. The el [...]	2006-03-22 14:17:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC CEDAW UNAUS SOCI PHUM BN
06VATICAN220	VATICAN OFFICIAL INTERESTED IN BENIN BIOTECH [...] (C) During a recent EB-sponsored speakers program, Emboff and visiting U.S. researchers met with Monsignor Jean Laffitte, Vice President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, to discuss the potential of agricultural biotechnology and the promise it holds for Africa. Laffitte was concerned when [...]	2006-10-19 11:18:00	Embassy Vatican	CONFIDENTIAL	BN VT EAGR EAID TBIO ECON
07ACCRA294	TOGOLESE REFUGEES IN GHANA NEARLY TWO YEARS ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nearly two years after Togolese refugees streamed across the Ghana border following post-election violence, the number of refugees repatriating to Togo has slowed, even though their situation in Ghana has become somewhat less attractive. Food rations for half of them have stopp [...]	2007-02-08 17:27:00	Embassy Accra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM TO BN GH
07ADDISABABA2185	SOMALI TFG AMBASSADOR REVIEWS SOMALILAND, AMISOM, [...] (C) SUMMARY. According to Ambassador Abdulkarim Farah, the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia's (TFG) Ambassador to Ethiopia and PermRep to the African Union, African foreign ministers meeting in Accra unanimously rejected a Ghanaian motion to establish an AU committee to examine Soma [...]	2007-07-13 08:18:00	Embassy Addis Ababa	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MOPS KPKO SO ET ER AU BN
07COTONOU135	NIGERIA'S SHORTAGES AID BENIN'S EFFORT TO CRACK DOWN ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent gas shortages in Nigeria are helping to shift gasoline consumption patterns in Benin from the black market to the legitimate, and taxed, retail sector. Street vendors of "kpayo" were compelled to shut down in late January due to the sky-high price of gas smuggled in from [...]	2007-02-20 12:55:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EPET ETRD ECON EINV KCOR PGOV BN
07COTONOU136	BENIN: 2007 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Per reftel, below is the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Benin. 2. Investment Climate Statement A.1. Openness to Foreign Investment Beninese law guarantees the right to own and transfer private property. The government of Benin officially favors and encourages foreign investment. [...]	2007-02-20 12:59:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV ECON ETRD EFIN ELAB KTDB OPIC USTR PGOV BN
07COTONOU144	DEMARCHE ON THE CRISIS IN GUINEA: BENIN [...] (U) On February 20 we spoke with MFA Director for Africa and the Middle East Honore Theodore Ahimakin to deliver reftel demarche and to discuss the crisis in Guinea. 2. (SBU) Ahimakin, who is coordinating the GOB response to Guinea, said the GOB continued to follow the situation very closely [...]	2007-02-23 09:28:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
07COTONOU154	Golfe Broadcasters Convicted of Defamation, Fined and [...] The High Court of Justice in Cotonou ruled February 16 against Golfe media group President Ismael Soumanou, former Golfe FM Chief EditorDirector Euloge Aidasso, former Golfe TV Chief Editor Joel Ahofoji, and current Golfe TV Editor Charbel Aihou, finding them guilty of defamation. They each w [...]	2007-03-01 03:40:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PROV PHUM KPAO BN
07COTONOU159	SCENESETTER FOR BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS, COTONOU, BENIN, [...] (U) SUMMARY: Post warmly welcomes your participation in the March 9, 2007 USG/GOB bilateral consultations. Your visit follows the November Gulf of Guinea Maritime Security Conference and the December 2006 official US visit of pro-US President Boni Yayi, second-round victor in widely acclaimed [...]	2007-03-01 14:13:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ETRD PINR BN
07COTONOU162	BENIN'S COOPERATION WITH CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to REF A, Benin and China have a strong and growing diplomatic, economic, and military relationship. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, in 2005 an estimated 32% of Beninese exports went to China and 39% of Beninese imports originated there, making China now [...]	2007-03-02 13:17:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EAID CH BN
07COTONOU217	BENIN: LEGISLATIVE ELECTION PREPARATIONS CONTINUE AMID RISK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two coalitions and one party seem to be the major contenders in Benin's March 25 legislative elections. Without clearly developed policy stances to distinguish the candidates, the elections have assumed the form of a referendum on the Yayi government's performance during its firs [...]	2007-03-21 11:51:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
07COTONOU224	BENIN: REDUCTION IN TOGOLESE REFUGEE POPULATION [...] (SBU) A UNHCR official told TDY PolOff on March 21 that the Togolese refugee population in Benin now stands at an estimated 5,900, down from a high of some 25,000 immediately after Togo's political crisis erupted in early 2005. This number represents those Togolese refugees living both within [...]	2007-03-22 13:39:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM EAID BN
07COTONOU225	BENIN: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT INVALIDATES DISMISSAL OF [...] (SBU) On March 21, Benin's Constitutional Court held an emergency session to consider a petition from ousted National Election Commission (CENA) president Antonin Akpinkou regarding his dismissal on March 20 (REF). The Constitutional Court found that the CENA had not followed the proper proced [...]	2007-03-22 13:39:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
07COTONOU25	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI APPOINTS NEW MINISTER OF JUSTICE [...] On January 9, 2007, President Boni Yayi announced that his chief of staff, Nestor Dako, was being named as Minister of Justice and Spokesman of the Government. Mr. Dako replaces Mr. Abraham Zinzindohou who has been appointed as Benin's member of the West African Economic and Monetary Union (UE [...]	2007-01-12 11:01:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR KMCA BN
07COTONOU272	BENIN: PRESIDENT'S SUPPORTERS WIN PLURALITY IN LEGISLATURE, [...] Late on April 5, the President of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENA),Mr. Eugene Capo-Chichi released to the press the provisional results the March 31 legislative elections (reftel). According to these preliminary results, President Yayi's Force Cowrie for an Emerging Benin ( [...]	2007-04-06 09:59:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BN
07COTONOU346	BENIN: PRESIDENTIAL COALITION WINS PLURALITY OF VOTES AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 4, Benin's National Assembly members, composed of the 83 legislators voted into office at the March 31 elections, selected their new 6-member Executive Board. The slate of candidates from parties supporting President Yayi won all the positions, with 44 votes, confirming that [...]	2007-05-09 07:02:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
07COTONOU366	SCENESETTER FOR BENIN VISIT OF USN VICE ADMIRAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Your visit to Benin on May 22 to discuss International Port Security and maritime cooperation and safety issues (REF A) will help emphasize to Beninese authorities the importance that the US government places on these two subjects in the Gulf of Guinea region. You will find your [...]	2007-05-18 05:49:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR PREL PINR EWWT BN
07COTONOU389	BENIN: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON COMPLIANCE WITH THE ISPS [...] SUMMARY: Ambassador delivered REF A demarche to the Minister of Transportation and Public Works and to the Acting Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, respectively, on May 21, 2007. The Government of Benin and the Port of Cotonou now have ninety days to address the deficiencies [...]	2007-05-29 12:41:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV KHLS PTER BN
07COTONOU4	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI DELIVERS STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS [...] SUMMARY: On December 29, Benin's President Boni Yayi delivered his first annual State of the Nation address at the National Assembly in Porto Novo to National Assembly deputies, members of his government, and the diplomatic corps. Appearing somewhat rundown and tired, Yayi stressed the importa [...]	2007-01-04 04:52:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EINV BN
07COTONOU440	BENIN: PRESIDENT BONI YAYI RESHUFFLES HIS GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Boni Yayi reshuffled his cabinet on June 17. This move had been widely anticipated as a result of the April 2007 legislative elections. While Yayi was faced with making at least five ministerial re-assignments due to the election results, he has opted for a wholesale [...]	2007-06-20 03:15:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN SOCI PINR BN
07COTONOU447	BENIN: GOVERNMENT TIGHTENS REGULATION OF GLOBAL SATELLITE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of an ongoing effort to rein in the country's freewheeling cell phone industry, the Government of Benin announced on June 20 that two major global satellite messaging (GSM) service providers would face revocation of their operating licenses if they did not immediately con [...]	2007-06-21 14:43:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS PGOV BN
07COTONOU448	BENIN PROPOSES TO INSTALL PORT SCANNER OUTSIDE MCC COMPACT, [...] This is an action message requesting input. Please see para 8 below. 2. SUMMARY: President Boni Yayi told the Ambassador on June 20 that Benin plans to purchase and install scanners at the Port of Cotonou, Cotonou International Airport and other land border posts for reasons of security. [...]	2007-06-21 14:44:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT PREL PGOV EAID EFIN MCC BN
07COTONOU477	BENIN: UPDATE ON EFFORTS BY THE GOVERNMENT OF BENIN AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In conjunction with President Yayi's program to fight corruption in the administration and advance good governance in the country, the Front of National Anti-Corruption Organizations (FONAC) has accused two former Executive Directors of the Benin Electric Energy Corporation (SBEE [...]	2007-06-29 09:15:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA BN
07COTONOU485	BENIN UNABLE TO CONSIDER TROOP CONTRIBUTION TO HYBRID [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-03 03:05:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO UNSC MASS BN SU
07COTONOU494	BENIN: PROFILES OF NEW MINISTERS [...] This is the second in a series of telegrams concerning the newly formed government of President Boni Yayi. Reftel provided a list of ministers. This telegram provides profiles of ten new ministers who, along with returning Defense Minister N'Douro and Economy Minister Koupaki, will be the key [...]	2007-07-05 09:49:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ECON BN
07COTONOU508	BENIN: PROFILES OF NEW MINISTERS [...] This is the third in a series of telegrams concerning the newly formed government of President Boni Yayi. Reftel B provided a list of ministers. Reftel A provided profiles of ten new ministers who, along with returning Minister of State in Charge of National Defense N'Douro and Minister of St [...]	2007-07-11 10:20:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL ECON BN
07COTONOU512	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI APPOINTS 9 STATE AUDITORS TO INCREASE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of his program to crack down on corruption in the country, and particularly in reaction to the recent cases of corruption that have shocked the public (Reftel),President Yayi has appointed nine new State Auditors to the State Audit Office of Benin. In doing so, he has on [...]	2007-07-12 04:28:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA BN
07COTONOU525	BENIN: TWO CELL PHONE SERVICE PROVIDERS SHUT DOWN [...] SUMMARY: The Benin Provisional Post and Telecommunications Authority (BPPTA, or "Authorite de Regulation des Postes et Telecommunications" in French) has suspended the operating licenses of two Global System Mobille Communications (GSM) cell phone service providers in Benin, and shut down their [...]	2007-07-13 09:22:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS PGOV BN
07COTONOU534	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI ORGANIZES AND LEADS A MARCH AGAINST [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 16, President Boni Yayi led a march and rally against corruption through downtown Cotonou. Government officials and persons from all sectors of civil society took part in the event, which was not announced in advance and which took the public and press by surprise. This i [...]	2007-07-17 12:01:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA BN
07COTONOU547	BENIN: SHUT DOWN GSM CELL PHONE PROVIDER RESPONDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Telecel-Benin (formerly known as Moov),one of the cell phone service providers whose networks were shut down by the Benin Provisional Post and Telecommunications Authority (BPPTA) on July 12 (Reftel) has issued a public response to the shutdown. Telecel-Benin is appealing the BP [...]	2007-07-19 11:07:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS PGOV BN
07COTONOU552	BENIN: VISIT OF USN AND USCG VICE ADMIRALS FOCUSES ON [...] SUMMARY: Vice-Admiral John D. Stufflebeem (U.S. Navy) and Vice-Admiral David Peterman (U.S. Coast Guard) visited Cotonou on May 22, 2007. They had productive meetings with top military, transportation and Autonomous Port of Cotonou (PAC) port officials and were able to tour and see firsthand t [...]	2007-07-23 12:16:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS EWWT PREL BN
07COTONOU561	PORT OF COTONOU: UPDATE ON DEMARCHE CONCERNING ISPS CODE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 24, 2007, United States Coast Guard (USCG)Lieutenant Commander Robert Keith, Charge d'Affaires J.A. Diffily, and Millennium Challenge Corporation Benin Acting Resident Country Director Randall Wood met with officials from the Port of Cotonou and the Beninese Merchant Mari [...]	2007-07-25 11:38:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV KHLS PTER BN
07COTONOU577	BENINESE ATTENDANCE AT THE 6ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-02 13:04:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA BN
07COTONOU617	PORT OF COTONOU: UPDATE ON DEMARCHE CONCERNING ISPS CODE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. At the request of the Mr. Armand Zinzindohou, Minister Delegate for Public Works in the Office of the President, the Charge d'Affaires, along with the Millennium Challenge Corporation Benin Acting Resident Country Director and the Coordinator of the Benin MCA Team, toured the Por [...]	2007-08-13 12:04:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV KHLS PTER BN
07COTONOU620	BENIN: GOB TO SOLICIT BIDS FROM CELL PHONE SERVICE [...] SUMMARY: In an effort to resolve Benin's ongoing cell phone service crisis (Reftels A and B),the Government of Benin (GOB) has invited interested companies to submit bids for cell phone service. Pursuant to this bidding process, the GOB announced that it had signed a protocol agreement with th [...]	2007-08-13 12:25:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS PGOV BN
07COTONOU639	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI FIRES FOUR SENIOR OFFICERS OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Yayi dismissed four customs officials after an investigation conducted by the State Audit Office (IGE) revealed their involvement in a case of customs fraud. An announcement from the office of the President informed the public of the dismissal of the four officials. END [...]	2007-08-20 03:29:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA BN
07COTONOU653	BENINESE ATTENDANCE AT THE 62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] No summary [...]	2007-08-23 13:15:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL ITRA OVIP KSEP UNGA BN
07COTONOU654	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI PROMOTES SEVEN MILITARY OFFICERS [...] (U) On August 20, the GOB's Council of Ministers promoted Brigadier General Tissou Felix HESSOU, who has been Benin's Minister of the Interior and Public Security since June 17 (Reftels A and B),and Brigadier General Amoussa Chabi BONI to the rank of Major General, effective December 1, 2007. [...]	2007-08-24 05:40:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MARR BN
07COTONOU657	PORT OF COTONOU: UPDATE ON DEMARCHE CONCERNING ISPS CODE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Based on an August 21, 2007 inspection of the Port of Cotonou, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Commander Adam Shaw and Lt. Commander Robert Keith, presented to the Government of Benin (GOB) on August 22 a USCG Headquarters cleared-document stating their recommendation for a USCG determin [...]	2007-08-24 07:46:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAID EINV ETRD EWWT PGOV KHLS PTER PINR BN
07COTONOU696	BENIN: ONE GSM CELL PHONE PROVIDER SIGNS A NEW CONVENTION [...] Further to reftels, on September 06, 2007, Telecel-Benin also known as Moov signed a new license with GOB, after almost two months of negotiation, in compliance with the GOB new convention which sets the license fee at 30 billion CFA (6.28 million USD). As a result Telecel-Benin has resumed pro [...]	2007-09-07 10:01:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS PGOV BN
07COTONOU836	BENIN: CUBA EMBARGO RESOLUTION AT THE UNGA [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 08:08:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA PHUM UN CU BN
07COTONOU837	BENIN WILL SUPPORT UNGA RAPE RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-30 10:45:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BN
07COTONOU860	BENIN: 4TH COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES MINISTERIAL DEMARCHE [...] On November 6, the Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) delivered reftel demarche to Mr. Raymond Vignikin and Mr Thomas Adoumassh, respectively Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Integration, Francophonie and the Beninese Diasp [...]	2007-11-09 07:51:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KDM UNGA BN
07COTONOU871	KOUPAKI LOSES POWER IN MINISTERIAL REALINGMENT [...] Summary. In his fourth ministerial re-shuffle since he took office a year and a half ago, President Boni Yayi made major changes to his economic team on October 2, 2007. According to press reports and reliable sources, Yayi fired Segbegnon HOUNGBO, Minister Delegate for Budget in the Office of [...]	2007-11-15 07:21:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BN
07COTONOU872	BENIN: GOVERNMENT PROPOSES AMENDMENTS TO WJEI LETTER OF [...] This is an action request. Please see Paragraph 9. 2. SUMMARY: Post transmitted the Letter of Agreement (LOA) (Ref B) to the GOB on September 11, 2007. Post received the GOB's response, a revised draft of the LOA, on November 5, 2007. In its response, the GOB renamed the LOA an Accord, re- [...]	2007-11-16 05:30:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EAID BN
07COTONOU873	BENIN WILL SUPPORT US CANDIDACY AT IMO [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 07:53:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AORC IMO EWWT PHSA BN
07COTONOU874	BENIN: PRIVATIZATION OF COTTON GINNING FACTORIES CANCELLED [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-16 07:54:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BN EAGR ECON EINV PGOV
07COTONOU884	UPDATE ON THE GSM SECTOR SITUATION IN BENIN [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-20 11:53:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ECPS PGOV BN
07COTONOU887	GOB STOPS ENFORCING COURT RULINGS ON LAND DISPUTES [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-21 09:46:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BN ECON PGOV
07COTONOU888	GOB PERSISTS AGAINST CORRPUTION AT STATE ELECTRICITY [...] (U) Summary. The GOB's State Audit Office (IGE) unveiled a report detailing widespread corruption and mismanagment at the Benin Electric Energy Corporation (SBEE),Benin's state-owned electricity company, during a Council of Ministers' meeting on November 10, 2007. The allegations of corrupti [...]	2007-11-21 12:33:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ENRG BN
07COTONOU890	BENIN DOES NOT PRACTICE RESOURCE NATIONALISM [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-23 04:32:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EPET PGOV BN

07COTONOU892	GOB SOUNDS POSITIVE NOTE ON AMBASSADOR PROSPER'S [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 02:25:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM BN
07COTONOU893	BENIN'S INTERIOR MINISTER PRESSES FOR USG AID TO [...] No summary [...]	2007-11-26 11:18:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	SNAR MASS PINR BN
07COTONOU91	Endorsement of Benin's Ten-Year Education Sector [...] SUMMARY: Under USAID leadership, 12 donors have completed their endorsement of Benin's Ten-Year Education Sector Development Plan (TESDP). USAID/Benin sent the donor assessment of the plan and letter of endorsement to the World Bank's Fast Track Secretariat on January 31, 2007. With this endo [...]	2007-02-07 13:39:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID SOCI PREL PGOV BN
07COTONOU911	COCHRAN COTTON FELLOWS PRAISE TRIP TO U.S. [...] Summary: The six recently returned Conchran Cotton Fellows from Benin were full of praise for their experience in the U.S during a meeting with the Ambassador on November 23, 2007. They cited the excellent orientation they received from Lindsey Itle and Debbie Nip, the courses provided by prof [...]	2007-11-29 08:32:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BN BTIO EAGR ETRD
07COTONOU912	BENIN: UPDATE ON GOB EFFORTS TO COMBAT CHILD TRAFFICKING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Benin has made some progress in the past several months in the fight against child trafficking. The Ministry of Family, Women and Children's National Child Protection Coordination and Monitoring Working Group embarked on the planning of its 2008 activities and the approval of the t [...]	2007-11-29 11:21:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCRM BN NI
07COTONOU914	NON-ISSUANCE OF U.S. VISA ROILS NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary: The decision to refer Celestine Adjanohoun's visa application to the department for a possible 212(f) determination (Ref B) has roiled the waters of Benin's National Assembly. As detailed in Ref A, the GOB's State Audit Office (IGE) recently unveiled a report accusing Adjanohou [...]	2007-11-29 12:38:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CVIS KCOR BN
07COTONOU915	BENIN: WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] This cable responds to the Department's request for information for the Worst Forms of Child Labor report (Reftel). -------------------- Laws and Regulations -------------------- 2. Benin uses laws and ministerial decrees to set the minimum age for employment, to prohibit child traffick [...]	2007-11-30 07:28:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID BN
07COTONOU918	OPPOSING UNGA RESOLUTIONS WITH ANTI-ISRAEL BIAS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-03 09:00:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL BN
07COTONOU93	BENIN: US-BENIN BILATERAL BUSINESS FORUM WRAPUP AND NEXT [...] SUMMARY. Embassy Cotonou and USAID's West Africa Trade Hub (Ghana office) sponsored the "US-Benin Bilateral Business Forum", January 25-26. The event, which was organized in collaboration with the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Benin (CCIB),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministr [...]	2007-02-08 05:02:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP ECON EINV BN
07COTONOU931	STATE AUDIT OFFICE SPEARHEADS FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: The State Audit Office or "Inspection General d'Etat" (IGE) recently assumed a higher profile with investigations of Benin's state electricity company (Ref A) and the former state fuel company. On December 4, PolOff and the Political Assistant met with Jacques Alidou Kousse, the St [...]	2007-12-07 10:02:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCOR KMCA BN
07COTONOU932	AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK REPORTED IN BENIN [...] Summary: Roger Dovonou, Benin's Minister of Agriculture, confirmed late on the night of December 6, 2007 two independent outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in Benin. According to the Ministry of Agriculture one outbreak began in Adjarra in early November 2007 and the other oc [...]	2007-12-07 11:58:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO KFLU BN
07COTONOU94	BENIN: YEAR-END UPDATE ON BUSINESS SCAM ACTIVITY IN 2006 [...] SUMMARY: In the final 9 months of 2006 Post received over one hundred commercial inquiries about potential Beninese business partners from U.S. companies and individuals, U.S. Export Assistance Centers and the Foreign Commercial Service. Unfortunately, a majority of the deals turned out to be [...]	2007-02-08 05:02:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KCOR BN
07COTONOU948	AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK REPORTED IN BENIN [...] Summary: Test results on the poultry which died in Benin (Ref A) indicate that the poultry was positive for H5 (Ref B). Testing is continuing to determine if it is the H5N1 strain. The Government of Benin, along with its counterparts from the FAO and WHO, is currently developing a 6 month avi [...]	2007-12-14 12:39:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO KFLU BN
07COTONOU950	H5N1 CONFIRMED IN BENIN AVIAN INFLUENZA OUTBREAK [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-17 08:04:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR TBIO KFLU BN
07COTONOU955	BENIN'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM HEADS TOWARD IMPASSE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-19 12:13:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KMCA BN
07COTONOU956	H5N1 UPDATE NR.1 GOB MEETS WITH DONORS [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-19 12:59:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO KFLU BN
07COTONOU961	PRESIDENT YAYI WRITES TO PRESIDENT BUSH AND SECRETARY RICE [...] No summary [...]	2007-12-21 06:36:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BN OPDC PGOV
07COTONOU962	H5N1 UPDATE 1: GOB MEETS WITH DONORS [...] Summary: The GOB met with donor representatives on December 19 to review the GOB's avian influenza action plan. The plan, which covers the next six months, now assumes that there will be 8 outbreaks. The GOB asked the donors to prepare their contributions before the GOB makes a decision on it [...]	2007-12-21 08:03:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO KFLU BN
07COTONOU963	H5N1 UPDATE 1: GOB MEETS WITH DONORS [...] Summary: The GOB met with donor representatives on December 19 to review the GOB's avian influenza action plan. The plan, which covers the next six months, now assumes that there will be 8 outbreaks. The GOB asked the donors to prepare their contributions before the GOB makes a decision on it [...]	2007-12-21 08:29:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO KFLU BN
07COTONOU964	H5N1 UPDATE 2: GOB SETS UP COMPENSATION FUND [...] The GOB announced on December 19, 2007 the creation of a compensation fund for farmers of poultry culled as a result of the avian influenza (AI) outbreaks Benin has experienced (Ref). According to Post's sources the compensation fund will have a value of $542 thousand and the GOB plans to prov [...]	2007-12-21 10:12:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO KFLU BN
07LOME178	UNHCR REP ON TOGOLESE REFUGEE SITUATION [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a March 1 courtesy call on Ambassador, UNHCR's Regional Representative Rafik Saidi said that about three-quarters of the 40,000 Togolese refugees from the 2005 political violence have returned to Togo. The UNHCR is actively seeking to encourage the remainder to go home. END SUM [...]	2007-03-02 15:44:00	Embassy Lome	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM GH BN TO
07NDJAMENA792	PEACE ACCORDS MULTIPLY WITH FRINGE CHAD REBEL [...] (SBU) Summary. Five minor Chadian rebel/exile groups have signed generic peace agreements with the Government of Chad (GOC) in the last two weeks. The agreements include amnesty for rebels and a commitment to integrate rebel forces into the Chadian army and civil service. Negotiations in Trip [...]	2007-10-12 10:52:00	Embassy Ndjamena	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL LY GB BN CD
07STATE144739	SUMMARY OF RESPONSES TO CABLE ON INDOOR AIR [...] This is an action request. See Paragraph 3. SUMMARY 2. SUMMARY: Reftel asked posts in countries where greater than 20 percent of the population uses biomass and coal to meet basic energy needs to assess host countries, commitment to addressing the health concerns posed by indoor air poll [...]	2007-10-16 18:00:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	BC BN ET GH IV NI SENV TBIO UG UV ZA
07USUNNEWYORK1165	UNGA SECOND COMMITTEE: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, [...] Summary. The United Nations General Assembly's Second Committee adopted eight resolutions by consensus during its December 5 session, including resolutions on sustainable development, international financial system, UN Habitat, Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs),and global partnerships [...]	2007-12-13 22:48:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG SENV UNGA BO BN
08COTONOU1	BENIN'S NAVY PRESENTS NO DETERRENT TO ILLEGITIMATE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-02 08:59:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	MCAP SNAR BN
08COTONOU10	GOB'S MORATORIUM ON ENFORCING JUDICIAL DECISIONS ENDS [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 07:56:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN KCMA PGOV
08COTONOU104	BENIN: GOB RESCHEDULES LOCAL ELECTIONS [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-14 11:44:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
08COTONOU105	COTTON HARVEST NUMBERS RELEASED AND ENDOSULFAN BANNED [...] SUMMARY: Benin's Cotton Stakeholders Association (AIC) estimates the mid-season 2007-2008 cotton harvest at 182,567 metric tons, accounting for about 65 percent of the estimated total production (Reftel). In other cotton news the GOB, citing environmental and health concerns, banned the import [...]	2008-02-14 11:58:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV BN
08COTONOU11	GOB REQUESTS IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE IN INTERDICTING [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-05 12:18:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS SNAR BN
08COTONOU111	TELECOMS: LACK OF ELECTRICITY AND BANDWIDTH [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-19 06:14:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECPS EINT BN
08COTONOU116	GOB SIGNS WJEI LOA [...] Summary: The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Moussa Okanla, and the Ambassador signed the Letter of Agreement (LOA),for Benin's Women's Justice and Empowerment Initiative (WJEI) program at a ceremony on February 14, 2008. During the ceremony, the Ambassador reiterated the USG's commitment to assi [...]	2008-02-22 03:31:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EAID KWMN BN
08COTONOU117	DEMARCHE: ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION FOR CHANGE [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-24 07:16:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PREL CU BN
08COTONOU118	BENIN'S INPUT ON ENERGY REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-25 02:58:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG BN
08COTONOU124	BENIN'S VIEWS ON SOMALIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-28 02:57:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PBTS PREL BN
08COTONOU141	MINISTER OF STATE N'DOURO WILL ATTEND DOD AFRICA DEFENSE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 10:42:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BN MASS PGOV PREL
08COTONOU146	PRESIDENT YAYI LAUNCHES CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW [...] (U) SUMMARY. President Yayi tasked, on February 20, 2008, a committee of experts to review Benin's constitution and propose changes. The president gave the committee six months to come up with concrete proposals that would be submitted to the National Assembly for approval before being subject [...]	2008-03-06 05:53:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV BN
08COTONOU149	BENIN: DEMARCHE ON USG VIEWS FOLLOWING IAEA [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 06:30:00	Embassy Cotonou	SECRET	KNNP MNUC PARM BN
08COTONOU151	BENIN: COSTAL PROTECTION WORKS TO START - SEA POLLUTION [...] On February 26, 2008, President Boni Yayi officially launched construction of jetties which will fight coastal erosion along a 7.5 km stretch of eroding coastline located to the east of the Port of Cotonou (reftel). Francois Noudegbessi, the Minister of Urban Development, Land Reform and Coasta [...]	2008-03-07 08:47:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV EPET KMCA BN
08COTONOU156	BENIN: GOB NEGOTIATES TO BRING TEACHERS BACK TO SCHOOL [...] (U) SUMMARY. In a last attempt to save the school year, President Yayi met with the Front made up of representatives of the three teachers unions on February 21, and reiterated his commitment to satisfying their demands starting from July 1, 2008. The Front decided to resume school February 29, [...]	2008-03-12 07:53:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
08COTONOU161	HIGH DEMAND FOR CEMENT CHALLENGES LOCAL CEMENT PRODUCTION [...] SUMMARY: Benin's cement plants are struggling to meet unprecedented high demands for cement from estate developers, road construction firms, and individuals. This situation exacerbated by the smuggling of cement to Nigeria has triggered a cement shortage in Benin. The GOB's tax exemption measur [...]	2008-03-13 11:56:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV BN
08COTONOU162	BENIN TO HOST SAHEL-SAHARAN STATES COMMUNITY SUMMIT [...] (U) Summary: The Government of Benin (GOB) is preparing to host in June 2008 the 10th Summit of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD). To help ensure a successful summit, there is massive road and housing construction in Cotonou to increase accommodation capacity for the many delegate [...]	2008-03-14 07:14:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL EAID ETRD BN
08COTONOU188	BENIN - IMF FOURTH REVIEW, 4TH QUARTER 2007 [...] SUMMARY: An IMF team visited Benin, March 3-18, 2008 for the to review the country's economic performance in the last quarter of 2007. The team shared its generally favorable conclusions with international donors on March 18. However, the IMF team urged the GOB to continue to improve economic [...]	2008-04-01 09:50:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV BN
08COTONOU192	CHINESE FOOTPRINT DEEPENS IN BENIN [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Ambassador to Benin Li Beifen, whose husband has joined her at post for the past few months, told the Ambassador on March 22 that she ends her tour in Benin in April 2008 and will be replaced by China's current ambassador in the Seychelles. China/Benin relations expanded g [...]	2008-04-03 09:54:00	Embassy Cotonou	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL EAID ETRD PINR EINV CH BN
08COTONOU196	BENIN: CRISIS IN MICROCREDIT SECTOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Government of Benin (GOB) dismissed the Director General of PADME, a microcredit institution, for mismanagement disclosed by a report from the Financial Audit Office (IGF). The Director General (DG) and the employees of PADME denied all allegations of mismanagement and malfeasa [...]	2008-04-08 06:12:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA BN
08COTONOU20	DRUG TRAFFICKING IN BENIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-09 11:45:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BN PGOV SNAR
08COTONOU201	BENIN: LOCAL ELECTIONS PREPARATIONS AMIDST POLITICAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Preparations for local elections, now scheduled for April 20, continue apace in Benin against a backdrop of logistical problems, alleged fraud, and mounting political tension. The National Independent Electoral Commission (CENA) completed voter registration. Tension between Presi [...]	2008-04-10 01:04:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BN
08COTONOU202	BENIN: ELECTORAL PROCESS IN TURMOIL [...] (U) SUMMARY: To mark the second anniversary of President Yayi's rule, deputies from his political coalition Force Cowry for an Emerging Benin (FCBE) took stock on April 5-6 of the political situation. They asked the government to suspend immediately the electoral process after the arrest of el [...]	2008-04-10 07:09:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
08COTONOU207	OVERVIEW OF BENIN'S DOMESTIC POLITICAL SCENE [...] (C) Summary: Fully cognizant of the very public tilt in the political balance of power towards his opponents, President Boni Yayi has undertaken a full court press to regain the momentum of his triumphs in the March 2006 presidential and March 2007 legislative elections. At stake is regainin [...]	2008-04-11 05:50:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM PINR BN
08COTONOU215	BENIN: UNSCR 1803 RELATED DEMARCHES [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-18 06:12:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PARM NSG MNUC EFIN KNNP IR BN
08COTONOU219	BENIN: PEACEFUL LOCAL ELECTIONS AGAINST BACKGROUND OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: On April 20, 2008, Benin held its second set of municipal and local elections since 1990. Early results point to a defeat for President Yayi's new Force Cowrie for an Emerging Benin (FCBE) party in Cotonou and Porto-Novo. FCBE did better in the north where preliminary results ind [...]	2008-04-21 10:28:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
08COTONOU242	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US-EU PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-24 09:17:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM BN PREL
08COTONOU255	RESPONSE: IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/COMMODITY PRICES - BENIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-30 06:40:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV BN
08COTONOU256	CHINA'S ENGAGEMENT IN BENIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-30 08:38:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EAGR ECPS EFIN MARR PREL SENV TRGY BN
08COTONOU26	BIOGRAPHIES OF KEY GOB OFFICIALS FOR PRE-ADVANCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-11 10:23:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP BUSH GEORGE BN
08COTONOU260	HSV 2 Swift's Successful Visit to Cotonou [...] (U) SUMMARY: The High Speed Vessel (HSV) 2 Swift visited Benin April 19 - 21, 2008. Cotonou was the last port the Swift visited as part of its deployment in support of the Africa Partnership Station (APS). The crew of the HSV Swift conducted a Maritime Safety and Security Information System ( [...]	2008-05-02 06:19:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BN EAID MARR MASS PGOV
08COTONOU261	POST PLAN FOR "DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE CUBAN PEOPLE" [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 08:56:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN CU KDEM PHUM PREL
08COTONOU262	PRESIDENT YAYI WRITES TO PRESIDENT BUSH REQUESTING FOOD [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 10:15:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BN EAGR EAID OPDC
08COTONOU281	POLITICAL PARTIES NEGOTIATE PENDING OFFICIAL ELECTION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Following the April 20, 2008 municipal elections, President Yayi has launched negotiations to bring representatives of opposition political parties into his government. Informal polling results published in the press continue to indicate that President Yayi's Force Cowry for an Eme [...]	2008-05-09 06:38:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
08COTONOU288	FOOD DEFICIT REPORTED IN BENIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 04:58:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BN EAGR EAID PGOV PREL
08COTONOU289	OUTREACH IN SUPPORT OF DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Benin is widely regarded as a free country and was classified as such in Freedom House's 2008 Freedom in the World Report. There are no known third-country dissidents in Benin. The Ambassador and the entire country team pursue an active strategy to advance the respect of human rights and enco [...]	2008-05-16 05:36:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN PHUM PREL
08COTONOU290	BENIN WRAP-UP MAY 2 - MAY 16, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-16 06:43:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BN KMCA PGOV PHUM
08COTONOU294	BENIN FEEDBACK ON UNICEF PROGRAMS [...] Summary: Post welcomes the opportunity to provide comments on UNICEF, a valued partner in development. The UNICEF program in Benin is effective and coordinates closely with the USG, the Government of Benin (GOB),and international donors. 2. UNICEF Program in Benin: Overall, the UNICEF [...]	2008-05-20 04:33:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID UNICEF UN BN
08COTONOU298	BENIN'S PARTICIPATION IN THE FAO WORLD FOOD SUMMIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 05:23:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN EAGR
08COTONOU3	H5N1 UPDATE 3: GOB RESUMES CULLING [...] The GOB resumed culling operations on December 30 after culling stopped on December 23 due to lack of funds. The GOB plans to implement its communications plan, starting before January 5, with UNICEF funding. Post anticipates the GOB will make a formal request for additional equipment necess [...]	2008-01-02 11:37:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR TBIO KFLU BN
08COTONOU308	BENIN'S CANDIDATE FOR UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN [...] On May 21, 2008, President Yayi sent President Bush a letter to seek his support for the candidacy of Conceptia L. D. Ouinsou for the position of the United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights. 2. Ms. Ouinsou is currently the President of Benin's Constitutional Court. Her mandate [...]	2008-05-28 03:24:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM BN
08COTONOU309	BENIN'S FY 2008 PROPOSAL FOR THE TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES [...] SUMMARY: Based upon consultation with UNHCR/Benin, Embassy Cotonou requests FY08 funding in the amount of 8.2 million FCFA (approximately $19,700) from the Taft Fund for Refugees to fund micro-credit projects intended for urban-based refugees and Togolese refugees at the Agame refugee camp. [...]	2008-05-28 06:43:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID BN TO
08COTONOU311	YAYI TO ATTEND FAO FOOD SECURITY SUMMIT [...] On May 25 the GOB announced that President Yayi will lead Benin's delegation to the FAO's High Level Conference on World Food Security (June 3-5, 2008). This changes Embassy reporting in Ref A that the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, and Fishing, Roger Dovonou would lead the delega [...]	2008-05-28 07:34:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR BN
08COTONOU313	CENA RELEASES MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS RESULTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 20, the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENA) published the results of the April 20 municipal and local elections after it failed to do so on May 6 (the date it previously promised to do so). The results indicate that President Yayi's political coalition Force Cow [...]	2008-05-29 06:57:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
08COTONOU314	BENIN: FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN THE PRODUCTION OF [...] This cable responds to reftel requests for information on Forced Labor and Child Labor in the production of goods. ----------------------- Rocks and Mineral Goods ----------------------- 2. According to Norbert Fanou Ako, Director of the the NGO ESAM, "Enfants Solidaires d'Afrique et du [...]	2008-05-29 18:31:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI EAID BN
08COTONOU317	BENIN WRAP-UP MAY 17 - MAY 30, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-30 14:27:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BN EAGR KMCA KNAR PGOV
08COTONOU321	YAYI ANNOUNCES 2008-2009 COTTON PRICES [...] SUMMARY: On May 25 2008, President Yayi personally announced the prices of raw cotton and inputs for the 2008-2009 campaign. To alleviate the negative impact of the surge in the price of oil on the cost of fertilizers, the GOB decided to subsidize fertilizers for the same period. This year, ra [...]	2008-06-03 17:50:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON PGOV BN
08COTONOU327	BENIN'S NOMINEES FOR CYBERCRIME WORSHOP [...] Per reftel, the following individuals are Benin's nominees to participate in the West Africa Regional Cybercrime Workshop to be held from July 9-11, 2008 in Cotonou Benin: A. Olivier Ghezo, Director of Legislation, Codification, and Seals, Ministry of Justice; Email: golflu@yahoo.fr, Cell: 0 [...]	2008-06-05 16:30:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	LEGAT INL NAS DEA FBI DHS DOJ RLA PGOV BN
08COTONOU336	PRESIDENT YAYI CONOVKES CHARGE TO ASK AGAIN FOR [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 16:27:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EAID BN
08COTONOU337	BENIN WRAP-UP MAY 31 - JUNE 13, 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-13 13:37:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN CVIS EAID ENRG EWWT MASS OPRC PGOV
08COTONOU341	YAYI DISCUSSES DISPUTED MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-16 15:57:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV BN
08COTONOU342	POST DELIVERED AGOA INVITAION LETTER [...] On June 13, 2008, the Embassy delivered the AGOA forum invitation (Reftel) to the following members of the GOB: - Mr. Pascal I. Koupaki, Minister of State, for Economic Forecasting, Development and the Evaluation Public Action; - Mr. Moussa Okanla, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integra [...]	2008-06-17 12:35:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC ETRD EINV EAID PGOV BN
08COTONOU343	PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PRESS STATEMENT DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-17 17:20:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN EUN PHUM PREL
08COTONOU344	GMP WELL RECEIVED IN BENIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-17 17:23:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN EWWT MARR MASS PGOV PREL
08COTONOU348	KHADAFI MAKES WAVES AT CEN-SAD SUMMIT IN BENIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-20 12:49:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SENV EAGR PINR XA LY BN
08COTONOU349	YAYI WRITES TWICE FOR FOOD AID FUNDS [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-23 14:05:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OPDC PREL PGOV BN
08COTONOU354	PRESIDENT YAYI ON MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS [...] (SBU) During a meeting with heads of donor missions on June 24, 2008, President Yayi gave his first public statement about the results of Benin's April 20 local and municipal elections. He stated that some of the results announced by the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENA) do not [...]	2008-06-25 15:58:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
08COTONOU362	BENIN DELEGATION TO AU SUMMIT [...] Post delivered the referenced demarche by Diplomatic Note on June 24, 2008. The Special Adviser on Diplomatic Affairs to the Benin Head of State, Mariam Alhaji Boni Diallo advised Post that President Boni Yayi would lead the Benin delegation to the African Union Summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, June [...]	2008-06-28 21:50:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KSUM OVIP XA PGOV PREL BN
08COTONOU363	HAITI SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT TO BE MEMBER OF PAN-AMERIAN HEALTH [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-28 21:50:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	HT PREL BN
08COTONOU369	CENSAD SUMMIT ISSUED A COMMUNIQUE [...] On June 20, 2008, a communiqu from the June 17-18 CEN-SAD summit proposed the creation of an authority to coordinate agricultural policies and an agricultural development fund. 2. The Libyan Leader, Muammar Khadafi, praised CEN-SAD's progress, growing international credibility, and "noble [...]	2008-06-30 11:30:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PROL PGOV BN
08COTONOU381	BENIN Democracy and Human Rights Financial Status [...] Summary: This cable serves to meet the requirement that all posts submit a DHRF financial status report covering a detailed listing by fiscal year of all open unliquidated obligations and the amount still unliquidated for each activity. 2. Part A - Prior Fiscal Year Funds FY 2006 DHRF [...]	2008-07-02 16:11:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID BN
08COTONOU39	BENIN'S 2008 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Please find below Embassy Cotonou's submission for Benin's 2008 Investment Climate Statement keyed to the topics in Reftel. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. President Yayi, in office since April 2006, aims to establish double [...]	2008-01-16 10:41:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC BN
08COTONOU4	GOB ASSENTS TO PROPOSED MARITIME INFORMATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-02 11:38:00	Embassy Cotonou	SECRET	PGOV SNAR MARR BN
08COTONOU406	BENIN DELEGATION TO AGOA FORUM [...] Benin's official delegation to the AGOA forum in Washington, D.C. will be led by Ernestine Attanasso, the Director General of Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. The Embassy was informed on July 11 that Benin's Minister of Industry and Commerce, Gregoire Akofodji, would no [...]	2008-07-11 12:52:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EINV EFIN EAID BN
08COTONOU408	SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT YAYI'S TRIP TO THE U.S., [...] (SBU) Summary: Benin,s President Boni Yayi travels to Washington, D.C., July 15-21, 2008, primarily for talks with the World Bank and the IMF and to seek assistance for plans to energize the country,s agricultural sector and to follow-up on earlier requests for food aid. His request for meeti [...]	2008-07-11 21:56:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP EAID EAGR PGOV PREL PINR EFIN LY BN
08COTONOU417	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT NULLIFIES PRESIDENTIAL MEDIATION BODY [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 26, 2008 the Constitutional Court nullified the Presidential Mediation Entity (OPM) that President Yayi created on August 25, 2006 by a presidential decree to mediate conflicts between citizens and the public administration. The Constitutional Court declared that the OPM was [...]	2008-07-15 18:16:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BN PGOV PINR PREL
08COTONOU420	BENIN: POLITICAL STATE OF THE NATION - NATIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The uncertain legitimacy and role of Benin's Presidential Mediation Entity (OPM) headed by National Mediator, Albert Tevoedjre, is indicative of the political quagmire that engulfs the administration of reform-minded President Boni Yayi. The latter is beset on one hand by the i [...]	2008-07-15 19:36:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI EFIN PINR KDEM BN
08COTONOU432	BENIN: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE ON THE OCCASION OF JULY 4, [...] The embassy received a letter dated June 26, 2008 from President Yayi to President Bush expressing congratulations on the occasion of the 4th of July. The original letter will be sent to AF/W by pouch. 2. Begin informal translation of letter: Dear Mr. President and Dear Friend: [...]	2008-07-21 12:18:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PGOV BN
08COTONOU450	BENIN: NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AT STANDSTILL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Since July 7th deputies from the G4 and G13 (Ref B) have blocked all deliberations in the National Assembly. The deputies, who form a majority, demand the creation of an independent commission to investigate National Assembly President Mathurin Nago's management of the Assembly. T [...]	2008-07-29 17:00:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KMCA BN
08COTONOU451	BENIN: CHILD LABOR PERSISTS IN STONE QUARRIES [...] SUMMARY: Child labor continues to be used in stone crushing quarries in central Benin. On June 24, 2008 a mission team visited the quarries to gage the magnitude of the use of child labor in them. The team observed that children continue, in significant numbers, to engage with their parents in [...]	2008-07-29 17:03:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM EIND SOCI BN
08COTONOU452	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI CIRCUMVENTS IMPASSE IN NATIONAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 17:18:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KMCA BN
08COTONOU453	BENIN: ZIMBABWE DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-29 17:49:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL SADC ZI BN
08COTONOU456	BENIN: AGOA POINTS OF CONTACT [...] Per reftel request, post hereby provides the following AGOA points of contact in Benin: Until the arrival in Benin of a new Political and Economic Officer, the backup AGOA point of contact is Marius C. Lotsu, LES Economic/Commercial Assistant. Tel. (+229) 21 300650; LotsuMC@state.gov BROW [...]	2008-07-30 16:57:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ML BN
08COTONOU46	SCENESETTER FOR THE POTUS VISIT TO BENIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-18 13:34:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	OVIP BUSH GEORGE PGOV EAID KMCA BN
08COTONOU478	BENIN'S FY 2008 TAFT FUND FOR REFUGEES OBLIGATION REPORT [...] On July 31, 2008, Ambassador Gayleatha B. Brown approved and signed the Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) grant documents for the Association for the Promotion of Development Initiative (ALiDe). 2. The project awarded is from the Taft Fund for Refugees to fund micro-credit projects [...]	2008-08-08 11:21:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF EAID BN TO
08COTONOU497	BENIN: Delivery of Non-Paper on Iran Entities and [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 11:25:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN IR GM BN

08COTONOU5	GOB TAKES MEASURES AGAINST INFLATION [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-03 07:44:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD EFIN PGOV BN
08COTONOU54	BENIN PARTICIPATION IN AU SUMMIT [...] Dr. Moussa Okanla, Benin's Minister of Foreign Affairs, and President Boni Yayi will both attend the AU Summit meeting in Addis Ababa. Dr. Okanla will arrive in Addis Abba on or about January 26, 2008 and remain until the summit concludes. President Yayi will arrive on or about January 30 and [...]	2008-01-24 10:16:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN KSUM PREL XA
08COTONOU551	Benin: UNGA Third Committee 2008 [...] (C) On September 4, 2008, the DCM delivered ref demarche to the MFA Director of International Organizations, Thomas Adoumasse. Adoumasse summarized the GOB position on the continued promotion of the concept of "defamation of religions," saying that one of the cornerstones of Beninese democracy [...]	2008-09-05 14:18:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN BN
08COTONOU562	BENINESE ATTENDANCE AT THE 63rd UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY [...] Further to Ref (A),the list of Beninese attendees at the 63rd UNGA follows: -- Head of Delegation, H.E. President Boni Yayi; -- President's Wife, Chantal de Souza Yayi; -- Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration, Francophonie and the Beninese Diaspora, Moussa Okanla (AF); -- Min [...]	2008-09-09 16:54:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP UNGA BN
08COTONOU617	BENIN: LEGISLATIVE AND JUDICIAL INERTIA HAMPER GOB [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Judicial inertia and active resistance in Benin's National Assembly temper the positive impact of President Boni Yayi's ambitious anti-corruption and economic governance agenda. Political gridlock continues as opposition parties consolidate control of the National Assembly wrestl [...]	2008-09-29 13:47:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA PINR BN
08COTONOU622	BENIN: OPPOSITION PARTIES TIGHTEN GRIP ON PRESIDENT YAYI [...] (U) SUMMARY: To encourage participation of opposition parties in his government, President Yayi has held extensive talks with their leaders. These include the Renaissance of Benin (RB),the Social Democracy Party (PSD),the Party for Democratic Renewal (PRD),the African Movement for Democracy [...]	2008-09-29 15:18:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR KMCA BN
08COTONOU630	USITC STUDY ON BENIN: EFFECTS OF INSTRASTRUCTURE CONDITIONS [...] Per reftel, Post provides the following: -- AmEmbassy Cotonou's contact for this subject study (pending the arrival of a Pol/EconOff) is Mr. Marius C. Lotsu, the Economic/Commercial Assistant. His contact details follow: U.S. Embassy; 01B.P. 2012 Cotonou, Benin Rue Caporal Bernard Anani; E-ma [...]	2008-10-03 09:15:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA ETRD ASEC EK PU SE XA BN
08COTONOU655	BENIN: GOVERNMENT DIVESTS COTTON GINNING COMPANY [...] On September 18, the GOB announced the successful divestiture of the cotton ginning activities of the agricultural parastatal, SONAPRA. The SCP, ("Societe Commune de Participation") was provisionally declared successful bidder. They will create a public-private joint venture called SDC ("Soci [...]	2008-10-20 06:03:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV BN
08COTONOU656	BENIN: GOVERNMENT DIVESTS COTTON GINNING COMPANY [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 06:03:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR ECON EINV PGOV BN
08COTONOU657	BENIN: DRAFT DESIGNATION OF NEW PROVINCIAL CAPITALS SPARKS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Minister of Decentralization and Local Communities, Issa Demole Moko,publicized a government plan to designate capital cities for six provinces that were formerly administered out of neighboring provincial capitals. The proposed arrangement reflected proposals put forward by a [...]	2008-10-20 06:04:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BN
08COTONOU658	BENIN: IMF FIFTH REVIEW [...] SUMMARY: From September 10-24, an IMF team conducted the fifth annual review of Benin's economic performance up until June 2008. On September 24, the team shared its generally favorable conclusions and some concerns which continue to threaten the GOB's efforts at sustained growth with internati [...]	2008-10-20 06:12:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV BN
08COTONOU659	BENIN: IMF FIFTH REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-20 06:12:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EIND EINV BN
08COTONOU67	(C) HCOC "INREACH" TO BENIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 04:02:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	KSCA PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA BN
08COTONOU688	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI'S SECOND CABINET RESHUFFLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: After months of suspense following the April 2008 legislative elections, President Yayi announced a second cabinet reshuffle on October 22. The cabinet increased from 26 to 30 ministers, nineteen (19) of whom are new to the government. Of the remaining eleven (11),three (3) mini [...]	2008-10-31 12:50:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BN
08COTONOU69	IOM DIRECTOR GENERAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 05:00:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC BN EUN PREF PREL SMIG
08COTONOU72	LETTER FROM PRESIDENT YAYI TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] Post received on January 30, 2008, via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a letter addressed to President Bush from President Yayi. The letter was dated January 2, 2008. An identical letter, which will follow septel, was addressed to Secretary Rice. Post also has sent a copy via e-mail to AF/W [...]	2008-02-01 11:13:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN OPDC PGOV
08COTONOU73	GOVERNMENT MOVES TO QUELL LABOR UNREST [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-01 11:15:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	BN ELAB PGOV
08COTONOU750	BENIN: PROFILE OF NEW MINISTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is the second of two cables concerning the second cabinet reshuffling of the Government of Benin (GOB),which took place on October 22. Reftel highlighted major changes in the new government and provided general background information on the reshuffle. This cable provides prof [...]	2008-12-01 04:33:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BN
08COTONOU76	LETTER FROM PRESIDENT YAYI TO SECRETARY RICE [...] Post received on January 30, 2008, via the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a letter addressed to Secretary Rice from President Yayi. The letter was dated January 2, 2008. An identical letter was sent to President Bush (reftel). Post sent a copy via e-mail to AF/W and a hard copy via pouch to AF/ [...]	2008-02-01 11:17:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN OPDC PGOV
08COTONOU779	BENIN'S 2009 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Please find below Embassy Cotonou's submission for Benin's 2009 Investment Climate Statement keyed to the topics in reftel. ------------------------------ Openness to Foreign Investment ------------------------------ 2. President Yayi, in office since April 2006, aims to establish double [...]	2008-12-15 08:15:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV USTR OPIC BN
08COTONOU795	BENIN: OPPOSITION TAKES FIRM STAND AGAINST [...] (U) SUMMARY: In an attempt to defuse the political crisis, President Yayi met individually with leaders of the opposition groups G4, G13 and Key Force in November 2008, and proposed a November 27-28 joint meeting with them. Also, on November 18, the GOB issued a decree to allow the full applica [...]	2008-12-19 12:41:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR BN
08COTONOU797	BENIN GPRA REPORT: HIV/AIDS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: Benin's participant in the HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases Program, Dr. Rene Keke, Chief of the Department of Sexually Transmitted Diseases at the Ministry of Health, returned to Benin and debriefed the Acting Public Affairs Officer and the Cultural Affairs Assistant a [...]	2008-12-22 08:27:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR ML BN
08COTONOU802	BENIN: DESIGNING A PERMANENT COMPUTERIZED VOTE REGISTRY: A [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 10, the Head of the European Commission delegation to Benin, Ambassador Elisabeth Feret, in conjunction with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Office and Financial and Technical Partners (FTPs),officially presented to President Yayi a feasibility report on [...]	2008-12-23 12:52:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
08COTONOU82	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY RICE'S VISIT TO BENIN [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-06 11:59:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL OVIP BN
08COTONOU96	BENIN'S G/TIP PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] Post has the pleasure to submit four project proposals for G/TIP ESF and INCLE funding for FY 2008. While Benin is a Tier 2 country with a government firmly committed to the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP),Beninese children continue to be victimized by traffickers. The proposals s [...]	2008-02-12 07:59:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	BN ELAB KCRM PHUM SMIG
08PARIS2151	TOGO: PRESIDENT FAURE GNASSINGBE'S VISIT TO PARIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo President Faure Gnassingbe's visit to Paris the week of November 17 was largely uneventful but allowed the two sides to touch base, and provided France the opportunity to remind Faure of the importance of carrying out democratic reform and holding meaningful dialogue with th [...]	2008-11-25 10:12:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV SNAR TO BN FR
08PARISFR2106	UNESCO'S AUTUMN 2008 EXECUTIVE BOARD: Category 2 [...] (SBU) Summary: At UNESCO's autumn 2008 Executive Board, the U.S. clashed with a coalition of developing countries over Category 2 institutes - independent institutes that are paid for by their host countries but are under the aegis of UNESCO. Led by India and South Africa, these countries res [...]	2008-11-17 06:36:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNESCO PREL SCUL NI BN SF IN
09ABUJA1615	NIGERIA: DEMARCHE ON UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL RACE [...] (U) POLOFF delivered demarche with U.S. views on the race for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) Director-General to Nigerian Foreign Ministry Second United Nations Division Director Ambassador M. K. Ibrahim on August 27. 2. (C) Without prompti [...]	2009-09-01 12:10:00	Embassy Abuja	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR UNESCO UNSC NI EG BN TZ
09BRUSSELS588	SCENE-SETTER FOR A/S CARTER'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN [...] (SBU) Since your last visit to Brussels, dialogue between the U.S. and Belgium on Africa has continued. Belgian interest is currently focused on the plight of the Belgian ship taken over by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean April 17, and a Belgian doctor kidnapped in Somalia at the same time [...]	2009-04-22 13:59:00	Embassy Brussels	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MASS CG SO SU CD RW BY BN
09COTONOU101	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI GRANTS FUNDING TO POLITICAL PARTIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 25, the Council of Ministers announced that CFA 5,000,000 (USD 10,000) per year would be granted to each political party for each one of their deputies in the National Assembly. With this decision, President Yayi has implemented the party financing provision of the 2003 [...]	2009-03-20 06:46:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BN
09COTONOU104	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI'S CONDOLENCE MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT [...] This is an action message. Please see para 4. 2. Late evening on March 23, 2009, Post received a condolence message from President Boni Yayi to President Obama on the March 12 murder of Ms. Catherine Puzey, Peace Corps Volunteer, in the village of Badjoude. Yayi pledged to take all availa [...]	2009-03-25 06:02:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL PHUM ASEC BN
09COTONOU105	BENIN: MEDIA REACTION TO PROPOSED CHANGES ON THE MCA-BENIN [...] Beninese media reacted strongly to President Boni Yayi's unilateral decision to restructure the MCA-Benin board of governors, referring to a leaked Embassy letter to the Finance Minister that reminded the Government of Benin (GOB) of MCC's right to prior approval of such changes. 2. On Mar [...]	2009-03-25 06:03:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KMDR KPAO OFDP BN
09COTONOU106	BENIN: IRO VISIT TO POST [...] SUMMARY: Regional Information Resource Officer (IRO) Myra Brown visited the IRC in Cotonou on March 15 - 20, 2009 during her first visit to Benin. The IRC Director Akodigna and the IRO took advantage of the visit to conduct a three-day methodology workshop at the University of Abomey-Calavi. D [...]	2009-03-25 08:24:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC OIIP KPAO BN
09COTONOU111	BENIN: Report-Black History Month Celebration at New [...] SUMMARY: On February 19, 2009, PAO Rhonda Watson spoke at the New Covenant American School International as part of Black History Month celebration. During the visit to the school, the PAO invited the students to visit the American Cultural Center and they came two weeks later for a film scree [...]	2009-03-26 06:25:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC OIIP KPAO BN
09COTONOU120	BENIN: HOMAGE TO LATE PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER CATHERINE [...] Summary: The local media reported on the memorial ceremony held at the Chief of Mission's Residence on March 25. The ceremony was held in memory of the late Catherine Puzey, a Peace Corps Volunteer who was killed at her residence in the village of Badjoude, located in the Atacora department o [...]	2009-04-01 09:02:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KMDR KPAO SOCI BN
09COTONOU123	BENIN: GOB HOLDS AMBASSADORS CONFERENCE TO BOOST DIPLOMACY [...] SUMMARY: On the personal initiative of President Yayi, the GOB held a three-day Ambassadors Conference, February 26-28, the second of its kind since 1981, to revitalize Beninese diplomacy. The event gathered over two-hundred officials and diplomats, including 31 Beninese ambassadors accredited [...]	2009-04-02 09:31:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BN
09COTONOU124	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI'S MAJOR POLITICAL REFORMS IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: President Yayi launched three political reforms in an effort to improve democratic governance in 2008. First, he proposed a Permanent Computerized Voter Registry (LEPI) to ensure transparency in the 2011 presidential elections. Second, he started a review of the constitution to fi [...]	2009-04-02 11:19:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
09COTONOU125	BENIN: BUDGET TRANSPARENCY [...] This cable is U.S. Embassy Cotonou's response to the questions posed reftel. 2. Benin is a recipient of U.S. foreign assistance and is receiving funding in FY09. 3. The National Assembly approves the budget in December. It is published by the government and delivered to ministries. A [...]	2009-04-02 11:19:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCOR KMCA PINR BN
09COTONOU127	BENIN: GOB SETS UP INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE TO LOOK INTO [...] (U). The Beninese Ministry of National Defense sent Post a copy of the Management Notice it had issued to set up an investigative committee to look into Puzey's March 11 murder. 2. (U). Post is transmitting the unofficial English translation of the Management Notice. 3. (U). BEGIN TRANSL [...]	2009-04-03 11:18:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BN ASEC PINR
09COTONOU130	BENIN: CHINESE FINANCE CONSTRUCTION OF PILOT AGRICULTURAL [...] On March 31, President Yayi attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a Chinese-funded Pilot Agricultural Center in Seme Kpodji, a village located 12 miles from Cotonou, in the department of Oueme. The construction of the center will be entirely financed by the Chinese governme [...]	2009-04-06 15:08:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EPET ETRD CH BN
09COTONOU136	BENIN - RESPONSE TO TAEPO-DONG 2 [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-08 12:14:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KN BN
09COTONOU145	BENIN: GPRA Report - MCA-Benin's press conference [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: Following the March 30-31, 2009 visit to Benin by the Vice President and the Deputy Vice President for Africa of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a press conference to discuss the results of the visit. Ambassador Gayleat [...]	2009-04-16 07:37:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KMCA EAID KDEM KPAO BN
09COTONOU148	BENIN: GPRA Report - MCA-Benin's press conference [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: Following the March 30-31, 2009 visit to Benin by the Vice President and the Deputy Vice President for Africa of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a press conference to discuss the results of the visit. Ambassador Gayleat [...]	2009-04-16 13:30:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KMCA EAID KDEM KPAO BN
09COTONOU154	COTONOU REPORTS ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 06:14:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR BN
09COTONOU157	COTONOU REPORTS ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...] PAS Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered articles in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, and various independent newspapers: February 2 The following articles were published: An article in the [...]	2009-04-20 11:32:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR BN
09COTONOU163	BENIN: TRANSLATION OF GOB REPORT ON ITS EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] On April 16, the Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Integration, Francophonie and the Beninese Diapora with a brief report on the GOB's efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor in Benin and requesting Post to forward the report to the Off [...]	2009-04-22 14:14:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN KTIP BN
09COTONOU185	BENIN: TOUR D'HORIZON WITH FOREIGN MINISTER ON [...] (C) Summary: In a May 5, 2009 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Ehouzou, acknowledging USG demarches, said that President Yayi will not visit Iran as planned and approved by the Council of Ministers; urged an end to the embargo against Cuba; welcomed dialogue on the Middle East; ga [...]	2009-05-11 11:01:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ASEC CU IR XF BN
09COTONOU186	BENIN: DEPUTIES PASS BILLS ON THE PERMANENT COMPUTERIZED [...] (U) SUMMARY: National Assembly deputies set the legal framework for the Permanent Computerized Voter Registry (LEPI) by adopting two bills necessary for its implementation. President Yayi is expected to promulgate the bill to allow the start of the LEPI. The elements for the implementation of t [...]	2009-05-11 13:27:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BN
09COTONOU187	BENIN TO VOTE FOR KOSOVO'S WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-12 11:08:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PREL EAID KV BN
09COTONOU19	2009 Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) Crime and [...] Overall Crime and Safety Situation: The overall crime rate remained high in Benin during 2008. Petty crime is common in all parts of the country, and violent crime such as armed robberies, murder, and car-jacking are common as well. All of these types of crime occur at a high rate nationwide. [...]	2009-01-12 14:30:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC AMGT APER BN
09COTONOU194	BENIN: GPRA REPORT: SPEAKER PROGRAM ON ISLAM IN THE U.S. [...] SUMMARY: From May 4-8, 2009 IIP Speaker Imam Moujahed Mouhammad Bakhach delivered engaging and well-received lectures on Islam in the U.S. to highly appreciative Beninise audiences. The speaker's program successfully encouraged open and honest debate on issues such as Islamic practices, non-v [...]	2009-05-13 12:04:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC SCUL OIIP KPAO BN
09COTONOU195	COTONOU REPORTS ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...] PAS Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered articles in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, and various independent newspapers: March 2 The following articles were published: The entirety of a Mis [...]	2009-05-14 06:56:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL OIIP KPAO BN
09COTONOU200	BENIN: POLITICAL UPDATE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Politicians have engaged in early and thinly veiled campaigning ahead of the 2011 presidential election. Some members of the contentious opposition have solicited the candidacy of Bio Tchane, a former Minister of Finance in Kerekou's administration, to challenge President Yayi in t [...]	2009-05-18 06:40:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR BN
09COTONOU21	BENIN: CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] In response to State 127448, Post provides the following information: -------------------- Laws and Regulations -------------------- 2. Benin uses laws and ministerial decrees to set the minimum age for employment, to prohibit child trafficking, and to forbid children's work in certain [...]	2009-01-13 13:15:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND EINV ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PGOV BN
09COTONOU222	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI FORMS POLITICAL COALITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 16, President Yayi officially launched the Union for Presidential Plural Majority (UMPP),a coalition made up of various political parties, associations and movements, with the purpose of rallying supporters for the 2011 presidential election. The UMPP appears to complement [...]	2009-05-28 07:32:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR BN
09COTONOU227	COTONOU REPORTS ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...] PAS Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered articles in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, and various independent newspapers: April 1 The following articles were published: An article in the rig [...]	2009-05-28 11:01:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL OIIP KPAO BN
09COTONOU237	BENIN: OPPOSITION AND HEALTH UNIONISTS LEAD PROTEST MARCH [...] SUMMARY: On May 28, health unionists and members of the G13, G4 and Force Key opposition groups in Cotonou led a protest march against the government's failure to satisfy health workers' claims, including the payment of incentive bonuses. While protesters blamed the government for showing a lac [...]	2009-06-05 08:10:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BN
09COTONOU239	COTONOU GPRA REPORT ON THE DVC "PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FIRST 100 [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: On May 19, PAS Cotonou hosted a Digital Video Conference program entitled "President Barack Obama's First 100 days." The program began with opening remarks from PAO Rhonda Watson, followed by Africa Regional Services (ARS) Deputy Director Linda Cowher's welcome remarks [...]	2009-06-05 10:23:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM KPAO BN
09COTONOU242	Media Reaction: "President Barack Obama's Inauguration" [...] Summary: The Beninese media reacted positively to President Barack Obama's speech in Cairo on June 4. The speech generated several articles and comments in the leading print and electronic media. End summary. 2. The most prominently published articles include: June 5 The right-of-center [...]	2009-06-08 08:25:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO SCUL BN
09COTONOU246	BENIN: OPPOSITION AND HEALTH UNIONISTS LEAD PROTEST MARCH [...] SUMMARY: On May 28, health unionists and members of the G13, G4 and Force Key opposition groups in Cotonou led a protest march against the government's failure to satisfy health workers' claims, including the payment of incentive bonuses. While protesters blamed the government for showing a lac [...]	2009-06-15 13:02:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BN
09COTONOU247	COTONOU: MAY, 2009 REPORT ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...] PAS Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered articles in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, and various independent newspapers. 2. Print Media: May 4: An article in the right-of-center indepen [...]	2009-06-15 13:05:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL OIIP KPAO BN
09COTONOU252	BENIN PREDEPARTURE ORIENTATION REPORT [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: On June 4,2009, the Public Affairs Section hosted a Pre-Departure Orientation for three Education and Exchange grantees: a Junior Staff Development Program (JSDP) grantee, Irene Mensah, Project Officer for the African Women Food Farmer Initiative (AWFFI) Program at the [...]	2009-06-17 09:46:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO BN
09COTONOU254	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI FIRES MINISTER OF FINANCE AND MAKES [...] SUMMARY: On June 9, President Yayi dismissed his Minister of Economy and Finance, Soule Mana Lawani, because he had issued a 2008 ministerial decree granting incentives bonuses to health workers, without getting the prior approval of the government. On June 12, Yayi appointed by decree Idriss D [...]	2009-06-18 08:59:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR BN
09COTONOU257	BENIN ECONOMIC NEWS: APRIL 15-JUNE 15, 2009 [...] This Benin Economic News focuses on the 2008-2009 cotton news, President Yayi's visit to Nigeria, and the sacking of the Minister of Economy and Finance. COTTON NEWS ----------- 2. On June 4, 2009 the Cotton Stakeholders Association, AIC, informed Post that the 2008-2009 cotton productio [...]	2009-06-19 08:00:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EFIN ECON PGOV BN
09COTONOU261	BENIN: FIRST FEMALE POLICE COMMISSIONER TAKES OFFICE [...] On June 17, 2009 Ms. Gislaine Sewanoude Bocovo was sworn in as the first female Police Commissioner (roughly equivalent to the Police Captain's position in the U.S.) who has ever held such a position in the history of Benin. High ranking officials, including Ministry officials, Police Officers, [...]	2009-06-23 11:48:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC BN
09COTONOU264	BENIN: IRC BOOK DISCUSSION: "PRATIQUE DU JOURNALISME" [...] SUMMARY: On June 18, the U.S. Embassy hosted a well-attended book discussion at the American Cultural Center (ACC) Information Resource Center (IRC). The discussion, led by Beninese journalist Jean Jonas Tossa, focused on the Africa Regional Service (ARS) Nouveaux Horizons book titled, "Pratiq [...]	2009-06-24 05:28:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC KPAO OEXC SCUL BN
09COTONOU266	BENIN: IRC BOOK DISCUSSION: "PRATIQUE DU JOURNALISME" [...] SUMMARY: On June 18,2009, the U.S. Embassy hosted a well-attended book discussion at the American Cultural Center (ACC) Information Resource Center (IRC). The discussion, led by Beninese journalist Jean Jonas Tossa, focused on the Africa Regional Service (ARS) Nouveaux Horizons book titled, "P [...]	2009-06-25 10:22:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC KPAO OEXC SCUL BN
09COTONOU267	BENIN: BIOGRAPHIC NOTE ON THE NEW MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND [...] Per Reftel, this cable provides further biographic details on Idriss Liassou Daouda, the newly appointed Minister of Economy and Finance. 2. From 2007, until his appointment as Minister of Economy and Finance, Idriss Liassou Daouda, served on the Presidential Council for Investment and was [...]	2009-06-25 10:59:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR BN
09COTONOU268	BENIN GPRA REPORT: AFRP WOMEN IN BUSINESS [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: Benin's participants in the May 11-29, 2009 Women in Business Program, Dede Lea Edith Medji, Director of "Benin Chips" and Awahou Codjo Alabi, "Awa Fish" Manager, returned to Benin and debriefed the Public Affairs Officer, the Political and Economic Officer and Acting D [...]	2009-06-25 12:30:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO SCUL BN
09COTONOU278	BENIN: POLICE INTERCEPTS 11 ALLEGED TRAFFICKING VICTIMS IN [...] SUMMARY: On June 20, 2009, Beninese Security Forces intercepted a vehicle in Cotonou transporting eleven children from the Togo-Benin border to be allegedly trafficked to Lagos, Nigeria. On June 22, 2009, the Minors' Protection Brigade (BPM) interviewed the alleged traffickers and the victims a [...]	2009-07-06 10:01:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KTIP KCRM ELAB BN
09COTONOU282	COTONOU: JUNE, 2009 REPORT ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...] PAS Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered articles in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, and various independent newspapers. 2. Print media June 2 The following articles were published: An [...]	2009-07-06 10:04:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL OIIP KPAO BN
09COTONOU307	BENIN GPRA REPORT: AFRP CONFLICT RESOLUTION [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: Benin's participants in the June 8-26, 2009 Conflict Resolution Program, Zacharie Dah-Sekpo, President of the Second Commercial Court and the Fourth Civilian Court dealing with land disputes and Charles Badou, Attorney at Law, returned to Benin and debriefed the Public [...]	2009-07-16 12:59:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO SCUL BN
09COTONOU308	CHARGE PARTICIPATES IN TV DEBATE ON OBAMA'S CAIRO SPEECH [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 03:08:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR BN
09COTONOU309	Media Reaction: "Beninese media reacts to President Barack [...] Summary: The Beninese media reacted extensively and positively to President Obama's speech in Ghana, a speech that they found to be a source of inspiration for Africa. The speech generated several print articles, editorials and comments in the leading print media, with a circulation of 2,500 fo [...]	2009-07-17 03:18:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO SCUL BN
09COTONOU311	BENIN: REACTION TO OBAMA-MEDVEDEV SUMMIT [...] The Charge delivered the demarche requested reftel to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Marie Ehouzou on July 14th. Ehouzou was very animated and positive discussing the success of Obama's trip to Moscow. He noted that is was obvious that President Obama was a man of peace and Medvedev loo [...]	2009-07-17 08:27:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
09COTONOU313	An Agricultural Bank in the Pipeline [...] SUMMARY: On June 25, 2006, the GOB hosted a meeting with its institutional and private partners to invite them to be part of the CFA 10 billion Francs CFA (USD 2.15 million) capital of a would-be agricultural bank, AgriBanque-Benin, a private-public banking institution. The decision by the GOB [...]	2009-07-17 08:29:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EFIN ECON PGOV BN
09COTONOU314	GOB INCREASES ELETRICITY AND WATER PRICES [...] SUMMARY: On July 2, 2009, the Directors General of the two parastatals Benin Electricity Corporation (SBEE) and Benin National Water Corporation (SONEB) held a joint press conference to announce the increase of electricity and water prices, effective July 2009. The electricity price has gone up [...]	2009-07-17 08:48:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG EAGR EFIN ECON PGOV BN
09COTONOU325	BENIN: GOB AND CIVIL SOCIETY'S INITIATIVES TO COUNTER [...] SUMMARY: Pursuant to Article 2 of the UN Convention Against Torture (CAT),the GOB has taken measures to prevent acts of torture since it ratified the Convention on March 12, 1992. The GOB has developed initiatives, including the National Committee to Follow Up and Implement International Human [...]	2009-07-27 13:32:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM UN BN
09COTONOU326	BENIN ECONOMIC NEWS: JUNE-JULY 2009 [...] On June 23, 2009, the World Bank approved 35 billion FCFA (USD 70 million) of credit to support the financing of projects to improve access to energy in Benin. The projects include improvement of access to electricity, construction and extension of electric grids, rehabilitation and reinforceme [...]	2009-07-27 13:33:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EFIN ECON PGOV BN
09COTONOU328	BENIN: WJEI LEADS BENINESE DELEGATION ON STUDY TOUR OF [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: As part of the Women's Justice and Empowerment Initiative (WJEI),DOJ/OPDAT organized a study tour of South Africa for a Beninese delegation comprised of magistrates, representatives of the Justice, Health, and Family Ministries, and NGO representatives. The study tour [...]	2009-07-27 13:34:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KWMN BN
09COTONOU330	BENIN DISASTER ALERT UPDATE 3 - THE EMERGENCY THAT WASN'T [...] Summary: Following the Government of Benin's (GOB) declaration of a State of Emergency on July 6, 2009, the United Nations mandated an Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs (OCHA) team to visit Benin to evaluate the flooding situation and recommend appropriate humanitarian assistance. Th [...]	2009-07-28 11:25:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV BN
09COTONOU339	BENIN: STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL OF COMPUTERIZED VOTER REGISTRY [...] SUMMARY: The GOB, political parties, and civil society are engaged in a fierce struggle for control of the Permanent Computerized Voter Registry (LEPI). In a climate of mutual suspicion, stakeholders are attempting to influence the composition and staffing of supporting committees. The group FO [...]	2009-08-05 09:55:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BN
09COTONOU341	BENIN NATIONAL DAY: PRESIDENT APOLOGIZES PROMISING TO FIGHT [...] SUMMARY: In his National Day speech on August 1, 2009, President Yayi explained his measures to strengthen democracy and foster economic progress, including constitutional review, reinforcement of constitution-based institutions, the reorganization of the multi-party system, and the implementat [...]	2009-08-06 12:43:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BN
09COTONOU355	COTONOU: JUNE, 2009 REPORT ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...] PAS Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered articles in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, and various independent newspapers. 2. Print media July 1 The following articles were published: An [...]	2009-08-10 11:24:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL OIIP KPAO BN
09COTONOU366	Media Reaction: Secretary of State's Trip to Africa [...] Summary: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's African trip generated an editorial in a Beninese right-of-center independent daily newspaper. The author views the Secretary of State's seven-nation trip to Africa as a response to China's growing presence on the continent. End summary. 2. On A [...]	2009-08-17 09:10:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KMDR KPAO BN
09COTONOU374	BENIN: AMBASSADOR BROWN LEAVES ON A HIGH NOTE [...] Ambassador Brown departs post on August 22, 2009, leaving a legacy of a stronger bilateral relationship and increased visibility of the US Mission in Benin. Supported by a strong Country Team, American and LES staff, under her leadership the Mission agencies (USAID, MCC, Peace Corps, and the S [...]	2009-08-21 11:52:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID ECON ETRD PGOV SOCI PHUM MASS EWWT BN
09COTONOU390	BENIN: HAAC Counselor pays courtesy visit to the Public [...] SUMMARY: On August 24, Moise Bossou, a Law Professor at the University of Abomey-Calavi and one of nine newly appointed Counselors at the Beninese High Authority of Audio-Visual and Communication (HAAC, equivalent of the FCC),paid a courtesy call on PAO Rhonda J. Watson to establish good relat [...]	2009-08-26 06:16:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO ECPS KCOR BN KIRC OEXC
09COTONOU406	BENIN ECONOMIC NEWS: JULY-AUGUST 2009 [...] On July 23, 2009, President Yayi had lunch at the Customs Headquarters in Cotonou. Yayi used the opportunity to enquire about the concerns of customs officers. They expressed concern over the persistent rumor that Yayi intends to sign a law that will put customs officers under military status, [...]	2009-09-03 09:30:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ECPS PGOV BN
09COTONOU41	BENIN SUBMISSION FOR 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The Government of Benin (GoB) continued to make steady progress towards combating child trafficking. The police, gendarmes and judges described their efforts to suppress the practice through the investigation and the prosecution of traffickers during 2008. However, they were unable to pro [...]	2009-02-10 06:34:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREF ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN KTIP BN
09COTONOU424	BENIN: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES ADULTERY LAWS [...] SUMMARY: In response to a complaint filed by a woman being prosecuted for adultery, the Constitutional Court ruled July 30, 2009, that adultery-related provisions contained in the Penal Code are unconstitutional on the grounds that these provisions discriminate against women. The Constitutional [...]	2009-09-11 06:40:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM BN
09COTONOU43	BENIN: GPRA Report - Black History Month Programming [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: As part of the activities scheduled to celebrate Black History Month, the Public Diplomacy Section of the American Cultural Center in Benin hosted a Black History Month film series program at its outdoor amphitheater. In her opening remarks for the showing of the firs [...]	2009-02-12 12:47:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC OEXC KPAO BN KISL SCUL
09COTONOU44	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI DELIVERS STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 30, 2008, President Yayi delivered his third annual State of the Nation Address at the National Assembly in Porto-Novo to National Assembly deputies, members of his government, and the diplomatic corps, summarizing the achievements of his government. He mentioned that i [...]	2009-02-13 06:12:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EFIN PHUM BN
09COTONOU455	BENIN: CONFERENCE ON RELIGION AND DEVELOPMENT: INTERFAITH [...] SUMMARY: On September 10, 2009, the US Embassy in Cotonou hosted a conference on the theme: Religion and Development: Interfaith Dialogue at the American Cultural Center. The American Embassy seized the opportunity of Ramadan to express solidarity and share President Barack Obama's message with [...]	2009-09-22 12:39:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC SCUL KPAO BN
09COTONOU460	ALUMNI RECEPTION COTONOU REPORT [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: On September 18, 2008, PAS Cotonou hosted an Alumni reception at the American Cultural Center. This event was the second gathering held since the successful alumni day project in September 2008. Alumni from various programs took part in this program which was divided i [...]	2009-09-25 01:56:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO SCUL BN
09COTONOU467	BENIN: SUSPENDED MINISTER OF URBANISM RESUMES OFFICE [...] During a Council of Ministers on September 17, the Government of Benin cleared the Minister of Urbanism, Francois Noudegbessi of any malfeasance connected with the high-profile CEN-SAD corruption case (see refs). He was cleared to resume office. On July 10, the government had suspended Noudegbe [...]	2009-09-30 01:26:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCOR BN
09COTONOU470	BENIN: MUSLIM INTELLECTUAL ASSOCIATION QUESTIONS THE [...] (U) The Association of Muslim Intellectuals petitioned the National Assembly on September 17 to express concern that the government uses state prerogatives for religious proselytizing. Citing Article 8 of the Constitution, which provides for equal access of citizens to health, culture, informat [...]	2009-10-01 10:13:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM BN
09COTONOU480	BENIN: POLITICAL UPDATE [...] Content: -- Opposition leaders protest against the arrest of the Mayor of Dangbo -- Opposition parties boycott events of International Day of Peace. ---------------------------------- Opposition leaders protest against the arrest of the Mayor of Dangbo --------------------------- [...]	2009-10-15 10:22:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL BN
09COTONOU511	BENIN IV ALUMNI ROAD SECURITY AWARENESS PROJECT [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: On October 21, 2009, the IV Alumni Association, in collaboration with the American Embassy and the NGO "Alinagnon," organized their first community project to raise Beninese awareness regarding road security. During the September 18, 2009 IV Alumni reception held at th [...]	2009-10-26 08:42:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC KPAO SCUL BN
09COTONOU512	BENIN: PARTNERING FOR GLOBAL HUNGER AND FOOD SECURITY [...] Poloff delivered points reftel to Ambassador Adoumasse, Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He said that the GOB supported the proposal. He will be attending the meeting in Rome with the Minister of Agriculture and two directors from that ministry. The G [...]	2009-10-26 10:56:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ETRD BN
09COTONOU513	BENIN: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THIRD COMMITTEE [...] Poloff delivered points reftel to Ambassador Adoumasse, Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He said that the GOB was in agreement with the US position and that the Ministry was sending instructions to the GOB PermRep in New York who would be voting. KNI [...]	2009-10-26 10:56:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UN BN

09COTONOU515	BENIN: BLOOD DRIVE MUSLIM COMMUNITY PROJECT [...] SUMMARY: On September 16, 2009, the American Embassy in collaboration with the interfaith dialogue committee organized the first blood drive community project at the Mosque of Cadjehoun. This blood drive community project was identified during the interfaith dialogue conference held on Septembe [...]	2009-10-27 01:52:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OIIP SCUL KISL BN
09COTONOU522	BENIN NATIONAL TV DIRECTOR PAYS COURTESY CALL ON PAO [...] SUMMARY: On October 28, Stephane Todomey, Director of the state-controlled TV station, the Radio and Television Office of Benin (ORTB),paid a courtesy call on PAO Rhonda J. Watson to follow-up on issues raised during a representational luncheon with journalists, hosted by the PAO on September [...]	2009-11-02 00:27:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC ECPS OIIP KPAO BN
09COTONOU523	BENIN: CLERK OF COURT STEALS MONEY PLACED UNDER SEAL [...] (U) During the official ceremony for the re-opening of the Abomey Court of Appeals (central Benin) on October 28, the Minister of Justice, Legislation and Human Rights, Victor Topanou, told the audience that Court Clerk, Nazaire Alia, allegedly stole 11 million CFA (approximately USD 22,000 ) p [...]	2009-11-02 05:08:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KCOR BN
09COTONOU531	BENIN ENGLISH OUTREACH PROGRAM: ENGLISH COMMUNITY OASIS [...] SUMMARY: On October 30, PAS Cotonou hosted a well-attended induction ceremony for an English club named English Community Oasis. In an effort to meet the MSP goal of furthering mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of Benin, the American Cultural Center hos [...]	2009-11-05 06:24:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO BN
09COTONOU546	BENIN: TO SUPPORT HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTIONS AT THE UN [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 13:30:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA BN
09COTONOU547	BENIN: GOB VERIFIES CIVIL SERVANTS' DIPLOMAS [...] (U) On November 3, the Minister of Labor and Civil Service, Charles Kint Aguiar, submitted to the Council of Ministers the latest findings as reported by the National Committee for the verification of Civil Servants and Military personnel's diplomas. The Committee handled a total of 646 cases o [...]	2009-11-17 13:30:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCOR BN
09COTONOU557	BENIN: PIRATES ATTACK TANKER IN GULF OF GUINEA [...] (C) On November 24 at approximately 2:30 AM three Nigerian pirates boarded the 750-foot, Liberian-flagged tanker M/T Cancale Star in Benin's near international waters south of Cotonou, approximately 14 nautical miles offshore. Second in command Chief Officer Oleksiy Frolin was killed and thre [...]	2009-11-24 15:51:00	Embassy Cotonou	CONFIDENTIAL	PBTS MCAP EWWT PHSA BN
09COTONOU564	BENIN REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK 2009 [...] SUMMARY: To mark the celebration of the International Education Week November 16-20, Cotonou Public Affairs Section organized a series of activities including communications on exchange programs, experience sharing by Fulbright and Humphrey alumni, a DVC on "Studying in the U.S" and the showing [...]	2009-11-30 08:57:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP OEXC SCUL KIRC KPAO BN
09COTONOU57	BENIN: LOCAL NGO ISSUES ALTERNATIVE REPORT ON THE STATE OF [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 15, Joseph Djogbenou, the President of Human Rights, Peace and Development NGO (DHPD-ONG) publicly presented an Alternative Report on the State of the Nation in response to President Yayi's December 30, 2008 State of the Nation Address (Reftel). Djogbenou said that Presi [...]	2009-02-20 08:29:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR ECON EFIN PHUM BN
09COTONOU574	BENIN: PRESIDENT'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF WAY FORWARD IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-03 14:05:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL AF PK BN
09COTONOU579	BENIN: DECEMBER VOTE ON "DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS" DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 13:09:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PHUM UNGA BN
09COTONOU580	BENIN: SEEKING CANDIDATES FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Poloff met with Deputy Director for International Institutions Thierry Alia and delivered points reftel on December 4, 2009. Alia, whose most recent prior assignment was in the human rights office at the Ministry of Justice, said that Benin has been a democracy since the end of the "rev [...]	2009-12-07 13:10:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM BN
09COTONOU581	BENIN: AMBASSADOR MEETS WORLD BANK RESREP [...] (U) Ambassador Knight met with the outgoing World Bank Resident Representative (ResRep) Joseph Baah-Dwomoh on November 10. Baah-Dwomoh shared his impressions as he prepares to leave Cotonou after three years. Baah-Dwomoh is currently responsible for Benin and Togo, but he said that there would [...]	2009-12-07 13:10:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID BN
09COTONOU582	BENIN: BELGIAN MILITARY COOPERATION REDUCED [...] (U) Poloff met Belgian military attache Georges Reinders on November 17 to discuss recent reports that Belgium is ending military cooperation with the Beninese Armed Forces. He explained that a new government came to power in Brussels in January 2009, and a new chief of defense was named on Ap [...]	2009-12-08 10:57:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MASS MARR PREL KPKO BN
09COTONOU586	BENIN: PRESIDENT KICKS OFF IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (U) SUMMARY. On November 19, President Yayi inaugurated implementation of Benin's Permanent Computerized Voter Registry project (French: Liste Electorale Permanente Informatisee - LEPI) scheduled to start on November 23 with a National Extended Electoral Census (French: Recensement Electoral Na [...]	2009-12-10 12:08:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID KDEM BN
09COTONOU587	BENIN: GOB RELEASES CHILD LABOR SURVEY [...] On November 24, the Minister in Charge of Institutional Relations Zakari Baba Bodi, the Director of the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Analysis Cosme Vodounou, and International Labor Organization representatives officially released a National Survey on Child Labor during a pub [...]	2009-12-10 15:04:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SMIG ASEC PREL ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN KTIP BN
09COTONOU59	BENIN: GPRA Report - DVC Program on the topic "Black [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: As part of the activities scheduled to celebrate Black History Month, the Public Diplomacy Section of the American Cultural Center in Benin hosted a DVC program in its conference room. In her opening remarks, PAO Rhonda J. Watson explained the history of Black History [...]	2009-02-23 09:52:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC OEXC OIIP KPAO SCUL BN
09COTONOU595	COTONOU: OCTOBER 2009 REPORT ON THE MEDIA PLACEMENT OF [...] PAS Cotonou reports the following placement of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered articles in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, and various independent newspapers. 2. Print media October 1 An article in the left-of-center independ [...]	2009-12-18 05:20:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KMDR KPAO BN
09COTONOU596	MOVIE PROJECTION AT HOUDEGBE NORTH AMERICAN UNIVERSITY [...] SUMMARY: As part of its outreach program with schools and universities, PAS Cotonou showed on December 15, the film "The Great Debaters" at Houdegbe North American University. The showing of this film was intended to renew the support that the American Embassy has offered to the University thr [...]	2009-12-18 05:20:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO BN
09COTONOU597	BENIN: WJEI ORGANIZES TRAINING FOR MAGISTRATES, JUDICIAL [...] SUMMARY: As part of the Women's Justice and Empowerment Initiative (WJEI),DOJ/OPDAT AND DOJ/ICITAP organized a weeklong training for twenty magistrates, twenty judicial police officers, and ten public school administrators on how to combat violence against children, particularly sexual violenc [...]	2009-12-18 05:21:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL SOCI KWMN BN
09COTONOU606	COTONOU: NOVEMBER 2009 REPORT ON THE MEDIA PLACEMENT OF [...] PAS Cotonou reports the following placements of State Department materials, articles on Mission-hosted activities and U.S. centered articles in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, and various independent newspapers. 2. Print media November 2 The following articles were published: [...]	2009-12-24 07:39:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OIIP KPAO BN
09COTONOU610	AMBASSADOR KNIGHT'S COURTESY CALLS ON LOCAL BENINESE MEDIA [...] SUMMARY: In order to familiarize himself with local media and establish good working relations with them, the Ambassador initiated a series of courtesy calls to meet the directors and to see the facilities and working conditions. 2. On December 7, the Ambassador hosted a meeting for three D [...]	2009-12-29 06:13:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO OEXC ECPS BN
09COTONOU67	BENIN: ACT DRUGS ON PARALLEL MARKET [...] Summary: The Artemisinin-based combination therapy drug Coartem, for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria, supplied to the public health sector in Benin by the USG through the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI),the World Bank Booster Program and the Global Fund, have been found on sale in [...]	2009-02-27 03:04:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	SOCI PGOV EAID ETRD BN
09COTONOU71	COTONOU REPORTS ON THE PLACEMENT OF STATE AND [...] Print January 6 The following articles were published: An article in the government-owned newspaper, La Nation, in the independent daily newspapers Le Matin and Le Telegramme, based on the Mission-produced press release on USS Robert Bradley's visit to Benin titled "Cooperation militaire: u [...]	2009-03-02 10:19:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC OIIP KDEM KPAO KISL PINR BN
09COTONOU76	BENIN SEASONSAL FOOD SECURITY OUTLOOOK [...] (U) From February 15 to 20, a joint evaluation team from FEW Net, Benin's National Food Security Agency (ONASA),the World Food Program (WFP),and the Interstates Commission to Fight Against Desertification (CILSS) conducted a comprehensive assessment of the seasonal food security, market and [...]	2009-03-05 07:13:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR EAID ECON PGOV WFP BN NG TO
09COTONOU81	BENIN - INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP DECISION ON THE STATUS OF [...] In response to REF A post has sent Diplomatic Note No. 049 to the Government of Benin's (GOB) Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 5, 2009. 2. Begin text: The Embassy of the United States of America presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, African Integration, F [...]	2009-03-05 14:55:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR KREC MARR MOPS BN
09COTONOU82	BENIN: GPRA Report-WOMEN'S MONTH Programming [...] DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY: The American Cultural Center in Benin hosted the showing of the film dealing with sexual harassment entitled "Au nom de toutes les femmes" (On Behalf of All Women). In her opening remarks before the viewing, PAO Rhonda J. Watson briefed the audience about the origins of [...]	2009-03-06 08:36:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC OEXC KPAO KISL SCUL BN
09COTONOU89	BENIN: GPRA REPORT: WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH LAUNCH [...] SUMMARY: Post held a series of program activities on March 5, 2009 to launch Women's History Month. The day's activities, part of the Fulbright/Humphrey International Visitor Alumni Outreach program, included a book discussion, an exhibit of art works by female artists and the screening of a [...]	2009-03-11 09:10:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRC SCUL OIIP KPAO BN
09COTONOU91	BENIN: INPUT TO CI/KR LIST [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-13 07:12:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PGOV ASEC EFIN ENRG KCIP BN
09COTONOU92	BENIN: U.S. POLICY IN IRAQ POINTS DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-13 07:12:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
09COTONOU95	IMF ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS OF WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS ON BENIN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Resident Representative (resrep)of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Koffi Yao presented the IMF report on the world financial crisis, its impact on Sub-Saharan Africa and the probable avenues of transmission of negative effects on Benin at the World Bank's Cotonou headqua [...]	2009-03-16 10:16:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL BN
09LAPAZ66	EVO BREAKS RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL; ATTACKS VATICAN [...] (C) Summary: President Evo Morales announced January 13 that Bolivia would break relations with Israeli, although the Israeli Honorary Consul told us he is still waiting for a formal notification from the Foreign Ministry. Morales also claimed he would charge Israel with war crimes at the Int [...]	2009-01-14 22:43:00	Embassy La Paz	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR OFDP VN IS VT BN
09NIAMEY110	NIGER-BURKINA FASO CONCUR ON TERMS OF REFERRAL OF BORDER [...] On February 23-24, Government of Niger (GON) and Government of Burkina Faso foreign ministers, experts, local authorities, and community leaders met in Niamey to finalize the "Projet de Compromis Commun de Saisine de la Haute Cour de Justice" (Joint Consensus Project for Referral to the Intern [...]	2009-02-27 14:11:00	Embassy Niamey	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PBTS ECIN PGOV SOCI ICJ UV NG BN
09PARIS1459	AMBASSADOR KNIGHT'S DISCUSSIONS WITH FRENCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: New U.S. Ambassador to Benin, James Knight, on October 23 received from French officials a mixed assessment of the current social, political, and economic situation in the country. France hopes that President Yayi can display a more results-oriented leadership style but are con [...]	2009-10-29 15:38:00	Embassy Paris	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV KCOR PINR BN FR
09PARISFR1137	UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL RACE ENTERS THE LAST LAP [...] (SBU) Summary: Egypt's Farouk Hosni leads the pack in the race to be UNESCO's next Director-General. He appears to have 20-25 votes of the 30 needed to obtain the endorsement of UNESCO's 58-member Executive Board. Notably, he has recently picked up support from India which, added to Brazil [...]	2009-08-18 15:26:00	Mission UNESCO	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNESCO EG AU EC BU LH RS BN
09STATE74730	(U) FOLLOW-UP TO AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT [...] (C/NF) AS POST IS AWARE, THE AFRICAN UNION (AU) AT ITS SUMMIT IN SIRTE, LIBYA ON 1-3 JULY DECIDED TO NOT COOPERATE WITH THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC). SINCE THE SUMMIT, OFFICIALS FROM BOTSWANA AND GHANA HAVE MADE PUBLIC STATEMENTS DISTANCING THEMSELVES FROM THIS DECISION. WASHINGTO [...]	2009-07-17 17:01:00	Secretary of State	SECRET//NOFORN	PINR PREL AG AO BC BN BV BY CD CF CG CM CN CT CV
09STATE88241	(U) RUSSIAN BUSINESS PRESENCE IN AFRICA [...] (C) RUSSIA APPEARS TO BE INCREASING ITS ECONOMIC FOCUS ON SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, AS ILLUSTRATED BY PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV'S RECENT TRIP TO THE CONTINENT. WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH A BASELINE OF RUSSIA'S ECONOMIC PRESENCE AND IMPACT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. AS TIME AND RESOURCES PER [...]	2009-08-24 21:40:00	Secretary of State	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR BBSR ECON EINV AO BC BN BY CD CF CG CM CN CT
10COTONOU31	BENIN: NGOS CRITICIZE GOVERNMENT ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORT [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Benin (GOB) is drawing increasingly strident criticism for the dragging pace of its anti-corruption campaign; much of this criticism is aimed at President Yayi, who made the fight against corruption a centerpiece of his Presidential campaign. FONAC, a consortium o [...]	2010-01-21 14:19:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL KCOR BN
10COTONOU51	BENIN MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY OBSERVANCE: 'BOYCOTT' FILM [...] SUMMARY: From January 13 to January 20, 2010, PAS Cotonou organized screenings of 'Boycott' in observance of Martin Luther King Day. 'Boycott' dramatizes events triggered in Montgomery, Alabama on December 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks was arrested after refusing to surrender her seat in the 'whi [...]	2010-01-29 11:49:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO BN
10COTONOU53	BENIN: PRESIDENT YAYI's STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS [...] SUMMARY: In his annual year-end State of the Nation address, President Yayi emphasized that the Government of Benin (GOB)has made steady progress towards prosperity and stronger democracy, despite the international economic crisis and regional threats to peace and security. Yayi underscored [...]	2010-01-29 11:54:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN PHUM KMCA BN
10COTONOU65	BENIN ENGLISH OUTREACH: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SPEECH [...] SUMMARY: On January 27, PAS Cotonou hosted a well attended Martin Luther King, Jr. speech contest to promote the use of English and to usher in Black History Month. END SUMMARY. 2. DATE OF ACTIVITY: January 27; second quarter, FY 10. 3. PROGRAM JUSTIFICATION/OBJECTIVES: Post held this eve [...]	2010-02-04 16:43:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO BN
10COTONOU66	BENIN: IRC BOOK DISCUSSION: ?WHO MOVED MY CHEESE? [...] SUMMARY: On January 28 2010, the U.S. Embassy hosted a well-attended book discussion at the American Cultural Center (ACC) Information Resource Center (IRC). The discussion, led by Norma Shorey-Bryan, an International Change Management Consultant, focused on the bestseller, 'Who Moved My Chees [...]	2010-02-04 16:44:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KIRC KPAO BN
10COTONOU67	BENIN OUTREACH PROGRAM: WORKSHOP ON ETHICS AND [...] SUMMARY: On January 29, PAS Cotonou hosted a well-attended training workshop for twenty Beninese reporters sharpen their professional skills by exchanging ideas and sharing experiences with senior counterparts in the profession. END SUMMARY. 2. DATE OF ACTIVITY: January 29, 2009; second [...]	2010-02-04 17:13:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC SCUL KPAO BN
10COTONOU73	S/GWI Project Proposal for Benin. [...] SUMMARY OF PROPOSED PROGRAM: This S/GWI project proposal for Benin consists of equipping and renovating Benin's existing DNA laboratory in order to give it the capacity to perform DNA comparison analysis in criminal cases and to thereby furnish the courts with the valuable forensic evidence th [...]	2010-02-09 17:11:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KWMN KPAO BN
10COTONOU80	BENIN SUBMISSION FOR 2010 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The Government of Benin (GOB) continued to make steady progress towards combating child trafficking. The GOB provided to Post prosecution statistics for 2009 demonstrating good will to crack down on child trafficking. 2. (SBU) The National Child Protection Coordination and Monitori [...]	2010-02-12 10:57:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF ELAB SMIG KTIP KCRM KFRD KWMN BN
10COTONOU88	BENIN: AF A/S CARSON AND FOREIGN MINISTER STRESS BILATERAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On February 5, 2010, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson met Benin's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jean-Marie Ehouzou in Cotonou. The meeting was very cordial, and focused on shared values and shared commitment to democracy and development. A/S Carson announced [...]	2010-02-16 14:07:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM KMCA HA BN
10COTONOU90	BENIN: AF A/S CARSON MEETS PRESIDENT YAYI [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A/S Carson's meeting with Benin's President Yayi strongly buttressed Yayi's determination to pursue close collaboration with the USG. Yayi stressed his government's concern for Haiti and its reconstruction after the January earthquake; the importance of USG support for Benin's [...]	2010-02-16 14:18:00	Embassy Cotonou	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID KDEM KMCA HA BN

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