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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KCOM: Chief of Mission
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Effective from March 2004

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
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Effective from February 1983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

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

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

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
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00HARARE2101MNANGAGWA SAYS FOREIGN ELECTION OBSERVERS
[...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD CALLED ON MINISTER OF JUSTICE, LEGAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS EMMERSON MNANGAGWA ON APRIL 14 TO ASK WHETHER FOREIGN OBSERVERS WOULD BE WELCOME DURING THE GENERAL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS. THE JUSTICE MINISTER SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THERE HAD BEEN SOME DESENTING VOICES, FO [...]
2000-04-14 12:11:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZI CG
00HARARE2198S/E WOLPE DISCUSSES DISENGAGEMENT AND DISARMAMENT WITH MUGABE CONFIDANT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWEAN JUSTICE MINISTER AND MUGABE CONFIDANT STATES THAT THE VICTORIA FALLS MEETING WAS CALLED IN ORDER TO REMOVE ANY OBSTACLES TO CONTINUED FORWARD PROGRESS THAT MIGHT HAVE RESULTED FROM CEASE-FIRE VIOLATIONS SINCE THE RECENT KAMPALA AGREEMENT. ZIMBABWE AND NAMIBIA, HE ASSE [...]
2000-04-21 19:45:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CG ZI
00HARARE2200S/E WOLPE DISCUSSES DRC DISENGAGEMENT AND DISARMAMENT WITH ZIMBABWEAN FOREIGN MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ACCORDING TO THE ZIMBABWEAN FOREIGN MINISTER, THE APRIL 21 VICTORIA FALLS MEETING WAS DESIGNED AS A SUMMIT OF THE HEADS OF STATE OF THE EXTERNAL STATE ACTORS TO DISCUSS WAYS OF EXTRICATING THEMSELVES FROM THE CONGO. THE CONGOLESE WERE NOT INVITED. AT THE LAST MOMENT, DOS SANTO [...]
2000-04-22 19:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CG ZI
00HARARE2222S/E WOLPE DISCUSSES DRC DISENGAGEMENT AND DISARMAMENT WITH ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT ROBERT MUGABE HOSTED A TWO HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTE MEETING WITH THE USG DELEGATION AT HIS RESIDENCE IN HARARE ON 22 APRIL. S/E WOLPE, AMB MCDONALD, SPECIAL ADVISOR PRENDERGAST, LT. COL. GADDIS, AND ECONOFF PROKOP ATTENDED. S/E WOLPE REINFORCED THE USG CONCERN [...]
2000-04-25 14:48:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR CG ZI
00HARARE3941FOREIGN MINISTER ZUMA SHARES VIEWS ON DRC WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SOUTH AFRICA'S FOREIGN MINISTER DR. NKOSAZANA DLAMINI-ZUMA AGREED WITH SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE'S ASSESSMENT THAT NOTHING WAS MORE DANGEROUS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE LUSAKA PROCESS THAN ACQUIESCENCE TO KABILA'S REJECTION OF DRC FACILITATOR SIR KETUMILE MASIRE. ZUMA REVIEWED KABILA' [...]
2000-07-18 15:40:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS CF SF
00HARARE3942S/E WOLPE'S MEETING WITH SAG DDG FOR AFRICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. ACCORDING TO SAG DDG FOR AFRICA WELILE NHLAPO, CNDD/FDD REBEL LEADER JEAN BOSCO NDAYIKENGURUKIYE AND FNL REBEL LEADER KOSSAN KABURA NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ARUSHA PEACE PROCESS. WHILE SAG OFFICIALS AND FACILITATOR NELSON MANDELA DOUBT BOTH KOSSAN'S INTENT AND LEADERSHIP ABI [...]
2000-07-18 15:50:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS BY CF SF TZ
00HARARE3959FOREIGN MINISTER ZUMA SHARES VIEWS ON BURUNDI WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY. SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE SHARED WITH SOUTH AFRICA'S FOREIGN MINISTER DR. NKOSAZANA DLAMINI-ZUMA JULY 17 USG CONCERNS ABOUT ACHIEVING A SUSTAINABLE PEACE IN BURUNDI. HE RELATED THE CONTENT OF HIS DISCUSSIONS IN CAPE TOWN WITH FACILITATOR NELSON MANDELA AND HIS WORD OF CAUTION TO M [...]
2000-07-19 09:05:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS BY TX SF
00HARARE3963SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE'S MEETING WITH FORMER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE HAD A PRODUCTIVE MEETING ON BURUNDI WITH A RECEPTIVE NELSON MANDELA ON JULY 17 REGARDING THE STATE OF PLAY OF THE ARUSHA AGREEMENT AND PLANS FOR THE JULY 19-20 MEETING OF REGIONAL HEADS OF STATE. WOLPE MADE INROADS ON TOPICS SUCH AS THE DANGER OF SIGNI [...]
2000-07-19 12:50:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV BY SF
00HARARE4061 S/E WOLPE MEETS WITH FM MUDENGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SPECIAL ENVOY TO THE GREAT LAKES HOWARD WOLPE, ACCOMPANIED BY SPECIAL ADVISOR JOHN PRENDERGAST AND POLOFFS, MET WITH NEWLY REAPPOINTED FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE AND UNDERSECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI ON 19 JULY. WOLPE AND PRENDERGAST EXPRESSED USG CONCERNS ABOU [...]
2000-07-24 15:13:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZI CG
00HARARE4062S/E WOLPE'S DISCUSSION WITH MNANGAGWA ON DRC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: IN A JULY 17 MEETING WITH EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, MUGABE'S CONFIDANTE IN CHARGE OF SENSITIVE MISSIONS RELATING TO THE CONGO, GREAT LAKES SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT DRC PRESIDENT KABILA'S PUSH FOR THE REMOVAL OF SIR KETUMILE MASIRE AS FACILITATOR IN THE CONGO [...]
2000-07-24 15:17:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG ZI
00HARARE4064AJELLO TRYING TO SELL NON-CONGOLESE
[...] (C) EUROPEAN UNION SPECIAL ENVOY ALDO AJELLO IS IN HARARE FOR A TWO-DAY VISIT DURING WHICH HE HOPES TO SELL THE ZIMBABWEAN GOVERNMENT ON A SUMMIT OF NON-CONGOLESE BELLIGERENTS, AS DESCRIBED IN REFTELS. AJELLO, WHO HAD BEEN IN HARARE FOR 24 HOURS AND HAD MET ONLY WITH CO [...]
2000-07-25 07:28:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINR ZI CG MZ
00HARARE4088S/E WOLPE'S DISCUSSION WITH MFA U/S HAMADZIRIPI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: GREAT LAKES SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE MET WITH MFA UNDERSECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI JULY 19 ON THE SITUATION IN THE CONGO. WOLPE EXPRESSED US CONCERN THAT THE LUSAKA ACCORDS WERE ABOUT TO UNRAVEL, PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF KABILA'S CONTINUING RESISTANCE TO MASIRE'S R [...]
2000-07-26 08:35:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG ZI
00HARARE4309EXTERNAL SIGNATORIES STRATEGY FOR THE CONGO
[...] (C) THE FOLLOWING REPRESENTS THE FURTHER ANALYSIS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS OF SPECIAL ENVOY WOLPE AND SPECIAL ADVISOR PRENDERGAST REGARDING THE LUSAKA PEACE PROCESS FOR THE CONGO. IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN TANDEM WITH LUSAKA 3426. 2. (C) AS THE CLOCK CONTINUES TO TICK TOWARDS THE UN [...]
2000-08-03 10:31:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG
00HARARE4311S/E WOLPE BRIEFS MNANGAGWA ON LUANDA MEETINGS
[...] (C) ON AUGUST 3 SPECIAL ENVOY HOWARD WOLPE AND AF SPECIAL ASSISTANT JOHN PRENDERGAST MET BRIEFLY WITH ZIMBABWE'S SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA IN THE LATTER'S OFFICE. MNANGAGWA REMAINS PRESIDENT MUGABE'S ENVOY FOR SENSITIVE MISSIONS VIS-A-VIS THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. WOL [...]
2000-08-03 12:02:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS CG ZI
00HARARE4318RWANDA AND UGANDA TO BE INVITED TO THE WINDHOEK SADC SUMMIT
[...] (C) ON AUGUST 3 MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI TOLD S/E HOWARD SIPDIS WOLPE THAT, IN THE COURSE OF A CONVERSATION BETWEEN SOUTH AFRICAN PRESIDENT THABO MBEKI AND PRESIDENT MUGABE THE PREVIOUS DAY, THE IDEA OF INVITING RWANDA AND UGANDA FOR MEETINGS [...]
2000-08-03 15:35:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS CG SF RW UG ZI
00HARARE4536 HARARE'S PERSPECTIVE ON LUSAKA SUMMIT
[...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD SPOKE TO ZIMBABWE UNDERSECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI ON AUGUST 15 ABOUT HARARE'S PERSPECTIVE ON THE PROCEEDINGS AND OUTCOME OF THE LUSAKA DROC SUMMIT. HAMADZIRIPI, WHO HAD JUST RETURNED FROM LUSAKA, WHERE HE WAS STAFFING PRESIDENT MUGABE AND FOREIGN MINISTER S [...]
2000-08-16 16:03:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG
00HARARE4749 VIEW FROM ZIMBABWE ON DROC ISSUES DISCUSSED IN
[...] (C) AMBASSADOR MCDONALD SPOKE TO FORMER INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE MINISTER NATHAN SHAMUYARIRA ABOUT PRESIDENT MUGABE'S CONGOLESE DISCUSSIONS WITH REGIONAL LEADERS IN MAPUTO AUGUST 20-23. SHAMUYARIRA, WHO EARLIER IN HIS CAREER WAS FOREIGN MINISTER AND IS STILL IN CLOSE COUNSEL WITH MUGABE, PROVID [...]
2000-08-25 14:41:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG
00HARARE4753ZIMBABWE SUPPORTS DRC "MINI-SUMMIT" ON MARGINS
[...] (C) PER REF A INSTRUCTION, POLOFF SPOKE ON AUGUST 28 WITH MFA UNDER SECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI TO SOLICIT THE GOZ'S VIEWS ON A POSSIBLE DRC "MINI-SUMMIT" ON THE MARGINS OF THE MILLENIUM SUMMIT. HAMADZIRIPI WAS UNAWARE OF PRESIDENT CHILUBA'S CURRENT EFFORTS BUT SAID THE GOZ WOULD [...]
2000-08-28 12:17:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG AO BY UG WA ZI
00HARARE4849DROC FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS HARARE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: DROC FOREIGN MINISTER YERODIA PAID A BRIEF VISIT TO ZIMBABWE ON AUGUST 29 TO ASSUAGE HARARE'S CONCERNS AFTER PRESIDENT KABILA SAID HE WOULD SEEK TO REVISE THE LUSAKA AGREEMENT. AMBASSADOR MCDONALD OBTAINED A READOUT ON YERODIA'S VISIT FOM NEW MFA PERMANENT SECRETARY AND THE UND [...]
2000-08-31 16:59:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG
00HARARE4941MUGABE DISCUSSES FUEL AND PAN-AFRICAN UNITY IN TRIPOLI
[...] (C) IN A SEPTEMBER 5 CONVERSATION WITH THE AMBASSADOR, FORMER COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY MINISTER -- AND MUGABE CONFIDANT -- NATHAN SHAMUYARIRA PROVIDED A SHORT READOUT OF PRESIDENT MUGABE'S VISIT TO TRIPOLI THE WEEK OF AUGUST 28. ACCORDING TO SHAMUYARIRA (WHO WAS PART OF THE ZIMBABWEAN DELEGATIO [...]
2000-09-06 14:15:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL EPET ECON ZI
00HARARE5464ZIMBABWE CLOSER TO PARTIAL WITHDRAWAL FROM DROC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AT A SEPTEMBER 26 FAREWELL LUNCH WITH THE DCM, THE MFA'S UNDERSECRETARY FOR AFRICA DAVID HAMADZIRIPI REPORTED THAT ZIMBABWE IS CLOSE TO WITHDRAWING UP TO HALF ITS TROOPS FROM THE DROC. HAMADZIRIPI DESCRIBED KABILA'S BRIEF TRIP TO LUANDA ON SEPTEMBER 24 AS A LAST-DITCH ATTEMPT TO [...]
2000-09-27 16:13:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS ZI
00HARARE5629ZIMBABWE MINISTER OF STATE SECURITY SAYS MDC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON OCTOBER 4, AMBASSADOR, R/P OFFICER, AND POLOFF (NOTETAKER) CALLED ON MINISTER OF STATE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY NICHOLAS GOCHE, WHO OVERSEES THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE ORGANIZATION (CIO). IN A ONE-ON- ONE MEETING, AMBASSADOR URGED GOCHE TO USE RESTRAINT IN DEALING WITH MDC LEADER [...]
2000-10-04 17:15:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS PINR ZI CG
00HARARE6032ZIMBABWE VIEWS ON DRC PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) POLOFF SPOKE TO CONGO DESK OFFICER MAXWELL CHIKOROWONDO IN ZIMBABWE'S MFA ON OCTOBER 18 ABOUT ZIMBABWE'S VIEWS ON RECENT EVENTS REGARDING THE DRC. HE STATED THAT THE OCTOBER 14-15 MAPUTO SUMMIT GAVE NEW MOMENTUM TO THE LUSAKA PEACE PROCESS. REAFFIRMING THE KAMPALA DISENGAGEMENT AGREEMEN [...]
2000-10-25 16:21:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG SA
00HARARE6111MAPUTO FOLLOW-UP: KATANGA OFFENSIVE MUST CEASE
[...] (C) PER REFTEL INSTRUCTION, AMBASSADOR MCDONALD MET WITH MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PERMANENT SECRETARY WILLARD CHIWEWE, IN THE ABSENCE OF FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE, OCTOBER 30, AND MADE THE POINTS IN PARA 1. THE AMBASSADOR ALSO LEFT A NON-PAPER WITH THE POINTS FOR CHIWEWE'S CONSIDERATION. [...]
2000-10-30 15:52:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ZI
00HARARE6175ZIMBABWE LOOKING INTO KATANGA CLASHES
[...] (C) AMBASSADOR, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF (NOTETAKER),MET SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA NOVEMBER 1 TO CONVEY USG CONCERN OVER RECENT REPORTS OF ZIMBABWEAN INVOLVEMENT IN NEW FIGHTING IN THE DRC. MNANGAGWA, WHO IS STILL ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN MANAGING ZIMBABWE'S ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL A [...]
2000-11-01 15:32:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS ZI CG
00HARARE6643ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON DRC
[...] (C) IN A MEETING WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY SUSAN E. RICE NOVEMBER 15, ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER STAN MUDENGE REPORTED THAT THE MAPUTO II SUMMIT, RESCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 27, WAS EXPECTED TO FORMALIZE THE AGREEMENT REACHED IN TRIPOLI TO SEND AN AFRICAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE TO THE DRC. THE DEFENS [...]
2000-11-28 13:50:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV PINR ZI
00HARARE6663A/S RICE MEETS WITH FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 16, A/S RICE, AMBASSADORS RENDER AND MCDONALD, AND ECONOFF (NOTETAKER),MET WITH FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA MAKONI FOR AN HONEST AND WIDE- RANGING 75 MINUTE DISCUSSION. TAKING PLACE ONLY A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE MINISTER PRESENTED HIS FIRST BUDGET TO THE PARLIAMENT AND THE [...]
2000-11-29 09:02:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN PREL EAGR PINR ZI
00KINSHASA8008(DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO): 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2000-11-29 14:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER PGOV PREL CG
00KINSHASA8413REFUGEE ISSUES IN GOMA
[...] (C) Summary: During her Nov. 26-Dec 1 visit to Goma, Econoff discussed refugee issues with Eddie O'Dwyer, UNHCR's Acting Head of Field Office in Goma, and with Kasuku, a member of a Congolese NGO involved in repatriating Congolese Tutsis. O'Dwyer said that UNHCR and the Governor of North Kivu [...]
2000-12-19 12:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREF PGOV EAID CG UNHCR
00KINSHASA8484WEEKLY MONUC PRESS CONFERENCE
[...] SUMMARY: MONUC HELD ITS WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE ON DECEMBER 20 AND DISTRIBUTED COPIES OF UNSC RESOLUTION 1332 TO THE PRESS. MONUC'S MILITARY SPOKESMAN MADE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS. FIRST, MONUC HAS RECEIVED A COPY OF ZIMBABWE'S "ORDERS OF DISENGAGEMENT" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE HARARE SUB [...]
2000-12-20 15:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PREL PGOV CG KDMR KPAO CGOPRC
00KINSHASA8490SSH PROPOSALS FOR FY 2001
[...] EMBASSY REQUESTS USD 130,774 FOR NINE SMALL SPECIAL SELF-HELP PROJECTS FOR FY2001: -- FOUNDATION ON CONGOLESE AFRICAN STUDIES, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT (FOCASED). REQUEST: USD 25,000. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT: PROVIDING PREMISES FOR LITERACY SESSIONS FOR ABANDONED CHILDREN, TEENAGERS AN [...]
2000-12-21 13:32:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM EAID CG
00KINSHASA8511CODEL WOLF VISIT
[...] AMBASSADOR SWING AND THE COUNTRY TEAM OF EMBASSY KINSHASA REGRET THAT REPRESENTATIVE WOLF AND HIS DELEGATION WILL BE UNABLE TO VISIT KINSHASA. HOWEVER, WE ALSO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE TIME CONSTRAINTS SUCH A VISIT WOULD ENTAIL. 2. EMBASSY POLITICAL CHIEF KENT BROKENSHIRE WILL FLY TO GOMA ABO [...]
2000-12-22 10:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP AFIN CG
00KINSHASA8532KISANGANI OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS
[...] (C) The following two-part series reports on Embassy staff member's recent visit to Kisangani, capitol of Oriental Province. Part one addresses the military and security situation, and Part two the political and economic issues facing Kisangani and the province. 2. (C) Summary: During vi [...]
2000-12-23 10:47:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALCG PINS PREL ECON PGOV
00KINSHASA8538KISANGANI OBSERVATIONS AND IMPRESSIONS (II)
[...] (C) Following is the second and final part of a report on an Embassy staff member's visit to Kisangani November 28-December 1. This message covers the political and economic situation in Kisangani. 2. (C) Political Situation Emboff accompanied a Human Rights Law Group represe [...]
2000-12-26 11:07:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALCG ECON PGOV PINS PREL
00KINSHASA8554VIEWS OF GOMA UN WORKERS
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives of UN agencies in Goma believe the international community in general and the UN in particular are overly focused on the Congo war instead of on the deeper rooted problems of the Congo. While their analysis may in part reflect their own tunnel vision, it strongly [...]
2000-12-26 14:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON PGOV CG
00KINSHASA8561GOMA POLITICAL NOTES
[...] (C) Goma is not a very political town, despite its status as administrative headquarters for the RCD. While numerous general strikes (villes mortes) closed down Bukavu for days at a time over the last year, in Goma only one part of the city shut down and that for only one day. Residents of Go [...]
2000-12-27 12:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PHUM CG
00KINSHASA8578CODEL WOLF'S VISIT TO EASTERN CONGO AND KINSHASA
[...] EMBASSY KINSHASA POLITICAL CHIEF KENT BROKENSHIRE WILL PROCEED TO GOMA ON JANUARY 5 TO PREPARE FOR CODEL WOLF'S VISIT TO THE KIVUS. WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE RECEIVING A PROPOSED ITINERARY FOR THE CODEL, AS WELL AS A LIST OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS WITH WHOM CONGRESSMAN WOLF WOULD LIKE TO MEE [...]
2000-12-27 13:46:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP ASEC AFIN CG RW
00KINSHASA8621DRC FOREIGN MINISTER PRAISES UN RESOLUTION 1332,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: FOREIGN MINISTER OKITUNDU TOLD AMBASSADOR SWING HE WAS PLEASED WITH UN RESOLUTION 1332, PARTICULARLY THE SPECIFIC MENTION OF CITIES WHERE MONUC WOULD DEPLOY. HE CLAIMED THIS WOULD DISCOURAGE PARTITION OF THE CONGO. HE PREFERRED THE CONGO CONFLICT'S FOLLOW-UP MEETING TO TAKE PLACE [...]
2000-12-28 13:31:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV CG
00KINSHASA8622MONUC FORCE COMMANDER ON CURRENT SITUATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY On December 28, Ambassador Swing met with MONUC Force Commander Mountaga Diallo, acting in absence of SRSG Kamel Morjane, and SRSG Chief of Staff Sow, to review developments in the Congo war in general and his visit to Zambia from which he had just returned the evening before. [...]
2000-12-28 13:53:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALCG PGOV PHUM PREL
00KINSHASA8650AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KABILA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador Swing met with President Kabila for an hour at latter's Marble Palace Office on December 29. In response to concerns expressed about the renewed fighting in Katanga and Equateur Provinces, Kabila defended his actions as defensive moves in retaliation for Rwandan offens [...]
2000-12-29 15:51:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALCG PGOV PREL
00KINSHASA8651CODEL WOLF'S VISIT TO KINSHASA AND THE KIVUS
[...] MONUC HAS AGREED TO PUT A UN AIRCRAFT AT THE DISPOSAL OF CODEL WOLF BEGINNING JANUARY 8 IN KINSHASA. ACCORDING TO THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF MONUC, A TWIN-ENGINE AIRCRAFT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE CODEL FOR THE TIME THEY ARE IN THE CONGO (DRC). SPECIFICALLY, THE AIRCRAFT WILL TAKE [...]
2000-12-29 15:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP ASEC AFIN CG RW
00THEHAGUE1679ICTY: JORDA PROPOSES "AD LITEM" JUDGES TO SPEED
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY: ALLEN S. WEINER, LEGAL COUNSELOR. REASONS: 1.5(B),(D). 2. (U) SUMMARY: JUDGE CLAUDE JORDA, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA (ICTY),VISITED AMBASSADOR ON TUESDAY, MAY 30, TO PREVIEW PROPOSALS HE INTENDS TO MAKE BEFORE TH [...]
2000-06-06 16:18:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM HR SR NL ICTY ICTR
01ABUJA1011OBASANJO ON NIGERIA'S ROLE IN AFRICA
[...] (C) Nigeria's President Obasanjo will visit Washington May 10-12, 2001. Over breakfast on May 5, Obasanjo told Ambassador Jeter that he knew he was in many respects representing Africa on the visit. This was a heavy responsibility that he took seriously. Obasanjo commented that he planned [...]
2001-05-07 14:49:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL OVIP NI XA
01ABUJA2113NIGERIA: NSA MOHAMMED DISCUSSES AFRICA ISSUES
[...] (C) Ambassador Jeter, accompanied by PolMilOff, called on NSA Aliyu Mohammed on August 22. LTC Idris, the NSA's Military Advisor also attended. In addition to security assistance, UNAMSIL troop rotations, the WCAR and counter-narcotics (septels),the Ambassador and NSA discussed Nigeria's pe [...]
2001-08-28 09:05:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL SL IV SU ZI LY CG LI NI
01ABUJA2974NIGERIA: FORMER FOREIGN MINISTER KINGIBE SEES A
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 4 encounter, former Foreign Minister and informal peace process advisor Baba Gana Kingibe told Polcouns that last month's Inter-Congolese Dialogue (ICD) derailed primarily because of Kabila government duplicity. The next ICD would not take place until January. [...]
2001-11-24 06:44:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PGOV CG RW UG NI
01ABUJA964NSA MOHAMMED AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jeter called on NSA Mohammed on May 3 to discuss President Obasanjo's visit to Washington. Police reform, some sub-regional issues, and Nigeria's voting record in the Commission on Human Rights (covered septel) were also discussed. The NSA expressed interest in an OFR [...]
2001-05-04 09:50:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALOVIP SNAR CJAN MASS NI ECOWAS
01HARARE1019ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER CONVENES DIPLOMATIC
[...] (C) ON MARCH 14, ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE CONVENED ZIMBABWE'S DIPLOMATIC CORPS AND THE PRESS TO MAKE A STATEMENT TO URGE GREATER INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENT TO THE DRC DISENGAGEMENT PLANS. REPORTING ON THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE FEBRUARY 15 LUSAKA SUMMIT AND THE FEBRUARY 21 M [...]
2001-03-14 16:10:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MCAP ZI CG
01HARARE1048ZIMBABWE HAPPY WITH US POSITION ON THE
[...] (C) DURING A ONE-AND-A-HALF-HOUR-MEETING MARCH 16 IN HARARE, VISITING MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS CONGO EXPERT DAVID HAMADZIRIPI SHARED HIS GOVERNMENT'S VIEWS ON CERTAIN RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CONGO. ACCORDING TO HAMADZIRIPI: -- THE ZIMBABWEANS ARE PARTICULARLY PLEASED WITH THE U.S. [...]
2001-03-16 14:33:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP MOPS PINR CG AO UG ZI
01HARARE1051CANADIAN REPORT OF CONVERSATION ON CONGO
[...] (C) FOLLOWING IS AN ACCOUNT BY CANADIAN DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER IN HARARE RON WILLSON (STRICTLY PROTECT) OF THE SAME CONVERSATION REPORTED IN REFTEL. WILLSON SUPPLIES ADDITIONAL DETAIL, PARTICULARLY ON ZIMBABWEAN PERCEPTIONS OF THE RWANDA-UGANDA RIFT, STRAINS IN HIS GOVERNMENT'S RELATIONSHI [...]
2001-03-19 11:23:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV MCAP CG ZI RW UG CA
01HARARE1306ZIMBABWEAN DEFENSE MINISTER DISCUSSES PROSPECTS FOR
[...] (C) ON APRIL 11, A ZIMBABWEAN EMPLOYEE OF THE EMBASSY MET ALONE WITH MINISTER OF DEFENSE MOVEN MAHACHI, A LONGTIME CLOSE FRIEND OF THE FAMILY, AT MAHACHI'S REQUEST. IN THE MEETING IN THE MINISTER'S OFFICE, MAHACHI SOLICITED THE INFORMAL LEGAL ADVICE OF OUR EMPLOYEE --A LAWYER BY TRAINING -- R [...]
2001-04-12 11:46:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM PINS PINR ZI
01HARARE1572RWANDAN PRESIDENT'S VISIT TO HARARE
[...] (C) THE ZIMBABWE FOREIGN MINISTRY'S DIRECTOR FOR AFRICA, GODFREY MWEDZI, SPOKE TO POLOFF ON MAY 10 ABOUT RWANDAN PRESIDENT KAGAME'S ONE-DAY VISIT TO HARARE ON MAY 7. MWEDZI STATED THAT KAGAME'S LUNCH MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE WAS "EXCLUSIVELY BETWEEN THEM" AND DID NOT INCLUDE ANY MINISTE [...]
2001-05-10 16:25:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ZI RW CG
01HARARE1596MAPURANGA TO BE ZIMBABWE'S HIGH COMMISSIONER TO
[...] (U) ACCORDING TO,THE MAY 12 EDITION OF THE GOVERNMENT-CONTROLLED "THE HERALD" NEWSPAPER, PRESIDENT MUGABE HAS APPOINTED THE FORMER PERMANENT SECRETARY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DR. MACHIVENYIKA TOBIAS MAPURANQA, TO CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 01596 140854Z BE ZIMB [...]
2001-05-14 09:01:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR ZI GH
01HARARE1730ZIMBABWE: MNANGAGWA EXPOUNDS ON DRC MATTERS
[...] (C) IN A MAY 22 MEETING WITH VISITING INR POLITICAL- MILITARY AFFAIRS SPECIALIST STEVE WEIGERT, SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT AND ZANU-PF SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION EMMERSON MNANGAGWA EXPOUNDED ON RECENT EVENTS IN THE DRC, AND TOUCHED ON LAND REFORM ISSUES, WAR VETERANS, AND PROSPECTS FOR THE MDC. [...]
2001-05-30 09:47:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ZI CG RW UG AO
01HARARE2012AJELLO IN HARARE TO DELIVER EU ULTIMATUM ON RULE OF LAW
[...] (U) AMBASSADOR HOOKS ATTENDED A DINNER ON JUNE 26 HOSTED BY HIS SWEDISH COUNTERPART, LENNARTH HJELMAKER, IN HONOR OF VISITING EU GREAT LAKES ENVOY ALDO AJELLO. ALSO IN ATTENDANCE WERE UNDP RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE VICTOR ANGELO AND THE CHIEFS OF MISSION FROM AUSTRALIA, DENMARK, NORWAY, AND CAN [...]
2001-06-27 14:54:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI
01HARARE2091 DRC/RWANDA: NEED TO REDUCE TENSIONS
[...] (C) THE CHARGE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A JULY 3 MEETING ON ANOTHER TOPIC WITH MFA DIRECTOR FOR EUROPE AND THE AMERICAS JONATHAN WUTAWUNASHE TO DELIVER REFTEL TALKING POINTS. CHARGE EXPRESSED STRONG USG CONCERN OVER APPARENT SUPPORT BY THE GDRC FOR EX- FAR/INTERAHAMWE ATTACKS ON RWANDA. THE CHARGE [...]
2001-07-06 08:43:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI
01HARARE2334MEDIA REACTION ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY BILL; HARARE
[...] EDITORIALS IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA FOCUS ON THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY BILL 2001. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02334 061224Z EXCERPTS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY BILL: WHAT IT COULD MEAN," THE AUGUST 6 [...]
2001-08-06 12:25:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
01HARARE2335MEDIA REPORT ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY BILL; HARARE
[...] SPEAKING IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE ZANU PF DEPUTY UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02335 061225Z SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY, INFORMATION MINISTER JONATHAN MOYO HAS CRITICIZED THE UNITED STATES FOR SPONSORING THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOM [...]
2001-08-06 12:27:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL
01HARARE2362MEDIA REPORT ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY BILL; HARARE
[...] SPEAKING IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE ZANU PF DEPUTY UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HARARE 02362 091342Z SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY, INFORMATION MINISTER JONATHAN MOYO HAS CRITICIZED THE UNITED STATES FOR SPONSORING THE ZIMBABWE DEMOCRACY AND ECONOM [...]
2001-08-09 13:43:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL
01HARARE3335AMBASSADOR, SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT DISCSS DRC, ELECTION
[...] (C) INTHE AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL COURTESY CALL ON SPEAKER O PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA ON NOVEMBER 6, MNNGAGWA SAID THAT THE GOZ WAS PRESSING DRC PRESIDNT KABILA TO DEMOCRATIZE INSTITUTIONS, TO PARTICPATE IN THE INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOGUE, AND TO PLA FOR ELECTIONS. THE SPEAKER ASKED THAT WE SH [...]
2001-11-07 14:57:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3341MEETING WITH DEFENSE MINISTER SEKERAMAYI
[...] No summary [...]
2001-11-08 11:14:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR ZI
01HARARE349 INITIAL ZIMBABWEAN THINKING ON NEXT STEPS IN DRC
[...] (C) CHARGE, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF, DELIVERED REF A POINTS ON JANUARY 18 TO SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF REFRAINING FROM OFFENSIVE ACTION AND OF INCLUDING RWANDA AND UGANDA IN DISCUSSIONS ON THE WAY FORWARD. MNANGAGWA WAS PRESIDENT MUGABE'S DRC SPECIAL [...]
2001-01-18 10:34:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ZI CG
01HARARE353BRITISH INSTRUCTIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE DEATH
[...] (C) BRITISH DEPUTY HIGH COMMISSIONER IAN HAY- CAMPBELL (PROTECT) SHARED THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTION, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 00353 01 OF 02 181550Z CLASSIFIED "RESTRICTED," THAT HE HAD RECEIVED FROM LONDON DATED JANUARY 18 WITH RESPECT TO THE DEATH OF PRE [...]
2001-01-18 15:50:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI CG UK
01HARARE3539PRESIDENT MUGABE WALKS OUT ON EU TEAM
[...] (C) A SENIOR EU TEAM HAD A VERY ROCKY MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUGABE ON NOVEMBER 23. THE PARTICIPANTS ENGAGED IN A NORMAL DIPLOMATIC DISCUSSION OF THE DRC INTERNAL DIALOGUE AND THE INVOLVEMENT OF FOREIGN TROOPS IN DRC, BUT MUGABE BECAME INCREASINGLY IRRITATED AS THE CONVERSATION SHIFTED TO THE [...]
2001-11-26 12:52:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ZI
01HARARE3550 BULAWAYO AFTER NOVEMBER 16 - A CHANGED CITY
[...] ( C ) SUMMARY: MBOFF VISITED ZIMBABWE'S SECOND CITY ON NOVEMBER21 TO GAUGE THE SITUATION IN THE WAKE OF THE NOVEBER 16 VIOLENCE AND TO MEET WITH AMERICAN CITIZES TO DISCUSS THEIR SAFETY. ON THE SURFACE, THE ITY APPEARS TO BE FUNCTIONING NORMALLY, BUT THERE S A NEW AND WIDESPREAD SENSE OF TE [...]
2001-11-27 07:08:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPAO PHUM ZI
01HARARE368ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT TO CONVENE DRC ALLIES
[...] (C) CHARGE D'AFFAIRES, ACCOMPANIED BY POLOFF, DELIVERED REFTEL DEMARCHE TO DR. NGONI CHIDEYA, THE ACTING PERMANENT SECRETARY IN ZIMBABWE'S MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, THE MORNING OF JANUARY 19. DR. CHIDEYA HAD POSTPONED THE MEETING FROM JANUARY 18. THE CHARGE EMPHASIZED THAT THE USG HAS SI [...]
2001-01-19 09:27:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS ZI CG
01HARARE3690 A/S KANSTEINER DELIVERS TOUGH MESSAGE TO
[...] (C) IN MEETINGS DECEMBER 10-11 WITH SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, FOREIGN MINISTER STANISLAUS MUDENGE, AND FINANCE MINISTER SIMBA MAKONI -- AF ASSISTANT SECRETARY KANSTEINER EXPLAINED ZDERA AND ITS IMPLICATIONS. SIPDIS HE EMPHASIZED THAT THERE IS STILL TIME FOR THE GOVERNMENT O [...]
2001-12-12 15:55:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PINR ZI
01HARARE494NO FORMAL MEETINGS YET BETWEEN DRC ALLIES AND
[...] (C) POLOFF SPOKE TO MAXWELL CHIKOROWONDO, THE ZIMBABWE MFA'S DRC DESK OFFICER, ON JANUARY 24. CHIKOROWONDO HAD JUST RETURNED FROM KINSHASA AND LUANDA, CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 00494 241418Z WHERE HE ACCOMPANIED PRESIDENT MUGABE TO KABILA'S FUNERAL AND THE [...]
2001-01-24 14:16:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI CG
01HARARE522READOUT ON MEETING BETWEEN ZIMBABWE PRESIDENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: THE DCM OF THE BELGIAN EMBASSY IN HARARE PROVIDED A READOUT TO A SMALL GROUP OF DIPLOMATS OF PRESIDENT MUGABE'S MEETING WITH BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTER LOUIS MICHEL, WHICH TOOK PLACE THE EVENING OF CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 HARARE 00522 01 OF 02 251556 [...]
2001-01-25 15:53:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ZI CG
01HARARE603AFTER MEETING MUGABE AND MUDENGE, AJELLO FINDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: EUROPEAN UNION SPECIAL ENVOY ALDO AJELLO MET WITH BOTH PRESIDENT MUGABE AND FOREIGN MINISTER MUDENGE DURING HIS THREE DAY STAY IN HARARE AND CONCLUDED THAT THE ZIMBABWEANS ARE NOT SURE WHAT THEY WANT IN TERMS OF A CONGOLESE LEADERSHIP. THE ZIMBABWEANS POINT TO A NUMBER OF UPCOMIN [...]
2001-01-31 13:45:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS ZI CG
01HARARE618ZIMBABWE SECURITY MINISTER COMMENTS ON DRC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: MINISTER OF STATE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY NICHOLAS GOCHE TOLD CHARGE FEBRUARY 1 THAT ZIMBABWE IS COMMITTED TO THE LUSAKA PEACE PROCESS AND URGED THE US SECRET PAGE 02 HARARE 00618 01 OF 02 011309Z TO CONTINUE PLAYING A CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE IN RESO [...]
2001-02-01 13:07:00Embassy HarareSECRETPREL PGOV PINR MOPS ZI CG
01HARARE762GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE ENCOURAGED BY LUSAKA
[...] (C) THE GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE IS VERY ENCOURAGED BY THE RESULTS OF THE SUMMIT HELD AMONG THE LUSAKA SIGNATORIES IN LUSAKA ON FEBRUARY 15 (REFTEL). BERNARD TAKAVARASHA, THE UNDERSECRETARY FOR AFRICA IN ZIMBABWE'S MFA, TOLD POLOFF FEBRUARY 16 THAT THE SUMMIT OUTCOME WAS "VERY POSITIVE" AND "B [...]
2001-02-16 10:17:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MCAP ZI CG
01HARARE870ZIMBABWE FULLY BACKS JMC AND IS EAGER FOR ITS
[...] (C) ON FEBRUARY 28, POLOFF CONVEYED REFTEL TALKING POINTS TO MAXWELL CHIKOROWONDO, THE ZIMBABWEAN MFA'S PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER (PAO) FOR THE DRC. CHIKOROWONDO RESPONDED THAT THE GOZ IS FULLY COMMITTED TO THE JOINT MILITARY COMMISSION (JMC) AND THE IDEA OF RELOCATING ITS HEADQUARTERS [...]
2001-02-28 14:40:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MCAP EAID ZI CG
01KINSHASA1610HOW JOSEPH KABILA BECAME PRESIDENT; CONVERSATIONS
[...] (S) WHEN IT BECAME CLEAR THAT LAURENT KABILA'S GUNSHOT WOUNDS WERE FATAL, CHIEF OF STAFF GEORGES BUSE AND DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF JEAN MBUYU, IN CONSULTATION WITH SEVERAL OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CABINET, MET TO DECIDE ON A SUCCESSOR. THEY SETTLED ON HIS SON JOSEPH AS THE ONLY PERSON W [...]
2001-03-26 16:15:00Embassy KinshasaSECRETPGOV PREL CG
01KINSHASA419KABILA LAID TO REST
[...] (C) SUMMARY --------------- IN A DIGNIFIED, WELL ORGANIZED SIX-HOUR CEREMONY, PRESIDENT LAURENT KABILA WAS BURIED JANUARY 23 IN THE PRESENCE OF SIX AFRICAN PRESIDENTS, AND NEARLY A DOZEN OTHER HIGH-LEVEL FOREIGN DELEGATIONS ALMOST ALL OF WHOM DEPARTED KINSHASA BEFORE NIGHTFALL. SECURITY WA [...]
2001-01-24 11:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
01KINSHASA461AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH JOSEPH KABILA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ------------------ AMBASSADOR SWING MET WITH PRESIDENT-DESIGNATE JOSEPH KABILA FOR AN HOUR LATE AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 25 AT KABILA'S OAU VILLAGE OFFICE. THE AMBASSADOR PRESENTED KABILA WITH PRESIDENT BUSH'S MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE AND OFFERED HIS OWN VERBAL CONDOLENCES ON THE DEA [...]
2001-01-26 10:03:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG
01KINSHASA478INAUGURAL ADDRESS: CONTINUITY AND CHANGE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: ------------------- NEWLY-INAUGURATED PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA ADDRESSED THE CONGOLESE PEOPLE EVENING OF JANUARY 26. HIS HALF HOUR ADDRESS SKILLFULLY THREADED HIS SLAIN FATHER'S NAME AND LEGACY THROUGHOUT HIS REMARKS WITH COURSE CORRECTIONS ON ABOUT ALL MAJOR ISSUES AND AREAS O [...]
2001-01-29 07:45:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CG
01KINSHASA810CONGO: "ROADMAP" TO A NEW RELATIONSHIP
[...] (C) "NEW WINE IN NEW BOTTLES...?" ------------------------------------ IT WOULD BE IN OUR POLICY INTERESTS TO COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING EARLY IN BOTH THE NEW WASHINGTON AND KINSHASA ADMINISTRATIONS ON WAYS AND MEANS TO PUT US/CONGO (DRC) RELATIONS ON A NEW FOOTING. IN THIS REGARD, THE ROADMA [...]
2001-02-14 16:42:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG
01VATICAN1261DROC--VATICAN DEMARCHE
[...] (U) CLASSIFIED BY CDA JOSEPH MERANTE FOR REASONS 1.5 (A) AND (D) . 2. (C) DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER MIGLIORE CALLED IN CHARGE CONFIDENTIAL PAGE 02 VATICA 01261 061419Z TO PRESENT A PRO MEMORIA ON THE SITUATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (FAXED TO EUR/WE 3/6). (NOTE: FOREIGN MIN [...]
2001-03-06 14:38:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS CG VT
01VATICAN2213VATICAN - "VIEWS FROM THE HILL"
[...] THE APRIL 13 - 20 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 02213 212018Z CONTENTS: - POPE SPEAKS OUT ON MIDDLE EAST VIOLENCE - EASTERN FOCUS AT POPE'S EASTER MASS - POST-EASTER REST FOR POPE CUT SHORT - NEW VATICAN AMBA [...]
2001-04-20 11:31:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PINR IS VT MEPP
01VATICAN3976VATICAN VERBATIM
[...] THE JULY 14-20 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 03976 01 OF 02 282136Z CONTENTS: - VATICAN RATIFIES NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY - WHITE HOUSE ACCUSED OF PUTTING "SPIN" ON PAPAL SPEECH - 2008 OLYMPICS: CHINA NOT ONLY [...]
2001-07-27 09:54:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM PARM MOPS AM KZ CH VM RW VT VTPREL
01VATICAN4075VATICAN VERBATIM
[...] THE JULY 27 - AUGUST 03 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 04075 051244Z CONTENTS: - POPE RECEIVES YASSER ARAFAT - VATICAN RECEIVED NO EXTRADITION REQUEST FOR RWANDAN PRIEST - VATICAN SAYS CHINA RELEASES BISHOP - [...]
2001-08-03 12:35:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM EAID IS RW CH VT
01VATICAN4231VATICAN VERBATIM
[...] THE AUGUST 04 - 10 EDITION OF NEWS AND VIEWS FROM VATICAN CITY. CONTENTS: UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 VATICA 04231 101111Z - ARCHDIOCESE SAYS RWANDAN PRIEST "NOT HIDING FROM JUSTICE" ---------------------------------------- RWANDAN PRIEST "NOT HIDING FROM J [...]
2001-08-10 10:53:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM RW VT
02ABUJA1027NIGERIA: NEPAD MEETING SIDESTEPS ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) Summary: Despite high-level attendance (including nine Heads of State),the March 26 NEPAD Summit did not produce any dramatic developments; the meeting was basically a planning session. The final communique was silent on Zimbabwe. However, Summit discussions and public statements by key [...]
2002-03-28 17:06:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM EAID ZI NI
02ABUJA1346NIGERIA: A PARTICIPANT'S PERSPECTIVE ON NEPAD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: PolMilOff met on April 9 with Egyptian First Secretary Gamal Metwally for a read-out on the NEPAD meeting SIPDIS in Abuja March 26. While the achievements of the young organization have been more rhetorical than real, some progress has thus far apparently been achieved in defin [...]
2002-05-02 14:17:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL EFIN ECIN ECON EAID PGOV NI
02ABUJA1449NIGERIA: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
[...] (C) With Foreign Minister Lamido in Kano because of the May 4 airplane crash (Lamido is from Kano),Ambassador delivered referenced talking points to Presidential Advisor Ad'obe Obe. (Obe was joined by his Special Assistant who served as his notetaker.) The Ambassador emphasized the Rome Statu [...]
2002-05-09 12:29:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KTIA MARR NI KICC
02ABUJA242NIGERIA: ABUJA'S APPROACH TO THE DROC PEACE PROCESS
[...] (C) Summary: While cognizant of the complexities in the DROC peace process, the GON nevertheless remains engaged and appears more upbeat than last October when NSA Aliyu Mohammed intimated Nigeria may extract itself from this diplomatic morass(reftel) . However, Abuja did not walk, in part, b [...]
2002-01-28 10:05:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG NI
02AMMAN6073DROC PRESIDENT KABILA'S VISIT TO JORDAN
[...] (S) DROC President Joseph Kabila paid an official visit to Jordan September 16-18. The visit entailed the usual meetings and official functions. Kabila enjoyed a short visit to the seaport of Aqaba as the King,s guest. We saw nothing remarkable to report -- except that Jordan seemed an u [...]
2002-10-20 13:31:00Embassy AmmanSECRETPREL XA ZF CF JO
02HARARE1041UNSC APRIL 29 VISIT: MUGABE LINKS ZIMBABWE
[...] (C) Summary: The UNSC delegation met with President Mugabe April 29 for about 70 minutes. Mugabe linked withdrawal of all Zimbabwean forces to insertion of a large number of UN peace enforcers with a robust mandate. He dismissed Mbeki's DRC proposal as stripping President Kabila's authority. [...]
2002-04-30 14:22:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPREL ZI CG
02HARARE107TRANSCRIPT OF THE JANUARY 9 PRESS BRIEF BY
[...] OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A MARKED INCREASE IN SPECULATIVE, IMAGINARY AND FALSE ARTICLES BY THE SO- CALLED INDEPENDENT MEDIA BOTH INTERNALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, ON THE STATUS AND OPERATIONS OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY ORGANIZATIONS. THESE STATEMENTS HAVE CAUSED INSECURITY, UNCERTAIN [...]
2002-01-10 14:06:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL MARR ZI
02HARARE1627SEX SCANDAL IN ZIMBABWE REFUGEE CAMP
[...] (U) The July 1 edition of the independent "Daily News" revealed that two aid workers in the Tongogara Refugee Camp in southern Zimbabwe had been suspended after refugees lobbed charges of sexual abuse against them. The International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC),which operates the ca [...]
2002-07-12 06:21:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM EAID PGOV ASEC ZI
02HARARE1783MEDIA REACTION DRC PEACE PROCESS; HARARE
[...] An editorial published in the August 4 edition of the independent weekly "The Sunday Mirror" and an opinion peace published in the August 3 edition of government-controlled daily "The Herald" focus on the recent signing of the peace deal between the Democratic Republic [...]
2002-08-05 10:16:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR PREL KPAO ZI
02HARARE1785MEDIA REACTION DRC PEACE PACT; HARARE
[...] Under headline "DRC peace pact: not another mirage, please" the independent "Daily News" dedicated its August 2 editorial to persuading the leaders of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to implement their peace deal, saying "this pact cannot be allow [...]
2002-08-05 10:16:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO ZI
02HARARE1833MUGABE VOWS TO STAY THE COURSE IN PUBLIC SPEECHES
[...] (C) In his annual Heroes Day Speech on August 12, only sparsely attended by the diplomatic community, Mugabe showed no indication of veering from his current disastrous policy course. He vowed to continue with the fast track resettlement effort but said that "loyal" commercial farmers would b [...]
2002-08-14 14:15:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ECON ASEC ZI
02HARARE2013MEDIA REACTION DROC: HARARE
[...] Under headline "Zim troops return as heroes" the government-controlled daily "The Herald" dedicated its September 3 editorial to urging the United Nations to deploy "more peacekeeping forces" into the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) "to avoid the creation of a [...]
2002-09-03 13:37:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO
02HARARE2205GOVERNMENT PAPER CRITICIZES U.S. POLICY ON
[...] Under the title "DRC has chance to develop" the government-controlled weekly "The Sunday News" dedicated its September 29 editorial to accusing the United States of triggering "the continuing strife in most parts of Africa," adding that the West has everything t [...]
2002-10-02 06:23:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2317MEDIA REACTION DROC; HARARE
[...] Under headline "Elusive peace in the DRC" the editorial in the independent, pro-government daily "The Daily Mirror" encouraged the African Union (AU) to take the lead in enforcing the peace deal in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Excerpts: 2. "As Zimba [...]
2002-10-21 14:36:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE2480GOVERNMENT PAPER ACCUSES U.S. AND BRITAIN OF
[...] Under the headline "Zimbabwe is no colony" the government-controlled weekly "Sunday News" dedicated its November 10 editorial to accusing the United States and Britain of practicing "gunboat diplomacy." Excerpts: 2. ". . .This week, the Deputy Secretary of Sta [...]
2002-11-13 09:53:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM KPAO KMDR ZI
02HARARE617MEDIA REACTION ZIM PRESIDENTIAL POLL; HARARE
[...] AS THE COUNTDOWN TO ZIMBABWE'S PRESIDENTIAL POLL COMES TO A CLOSE, THIS ELECTION CONTINUES TO DOMINATE EDITORIAL COLUMNS IN MOST MAINSTREAM NEWSPAPERS. SAMPLES OF THE EDITORIALS FOLLOW: 2. UNDER HEADLINE "THE CHOICE IS SIMPLE: BETWEEN A FIST AND A PALM," THE MARCH 8 EDITION [...]
2002-03-08 11:23:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDZI PREL PHUM
02HARARE704MUGABE INAUGURAL REMARKS PROMISE MORE OF THE SAME
[...] (U) PRESIDENT MUGABE WAS SWORN IN FOR A FIFTH TERM ON MARCH 17, ONLY TWO DAYS AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE APPARENTLY HASTILY- ARRANGED INAUGURATION CEREMONY. FIVE AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE WERE IN ATTENDANCE -- TANZANIA'S BENJAMIN MKAPA; MOZAMBIQUE'S JOAQUIM CHISSANO; MALAWI'S BAKILI MULUZI; N [...]
2002-03-18 14:22:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ZI
02KINSHASA673THE KABILA GOVERNMENT: THESE ARE TOUGH TIMES
[...] (C) THE GOVERNMENT OF JOSEPH KABILA FEELS MUCH PUT UPON THESE DAYS AND FRUSTRATED THAT IT HAS FEW OPTIONS TO EXERCISE IN TERMS OF SHAPING THE WORLD AROUND IT. IT IS FEELING THE PRESSURE OF OTHER ELEMENTS IN THE INTER-CONGOLESE DIALOG (ICD) FOR WHICH IT WAS ILL PREPARED, IT HAS BEEN HUMILIATE [...]
2002-03-19 16:14:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RW
02LAGOS146SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS
[...] (C) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fears of imminent secessionism are unfounded at present. Though some disgruntled groups demand the creation of their own state within the federation, most do no [...]
2002-12-07 11:46:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM PREF KDEM ECON PINR NI
02LAGOS76SOUTHERN SECESSION UNLIKELY DESPITE TENSIONS
[...] (C) Summary. While electoral divisions are under growing media scrutiny, most southern political analysts privately acknowledge that fears of imminent secessionism are unfounded at present. Though some disgruntled groups demand the creation of their own state within the federation, most do no [...]
2002-12-07 11:46:00Consulate LagosCONFIDENTIALECON NI PBTS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
02ROME2648 SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
[...] DESPITE PRECIPITOUSLY DECLINING RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPMENT, THE BOARD APPROVED COUNTRY PROGRAMMES FOR RWANDA, ZAMBIA AND BOLIVIA, WITH A TOTAL COMMITMENT OF USD (U.S. DOLLARS) 116.3 MILLION. A COUNTRY STRATEGY OUTLINE (CSO) WAS APPROVED FOR ETHIOPIA. BUDGET INCREASES FOR THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, [...]
2002-05-31 14:24:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
02ROME2982DRC PRESIDENT KABILA SUPPORTS NEW REWARDS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. DRC PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABILA SAID THE NEW REWARDS FOR JUSTICE IN RWANDA PROGRAM (REFTEL) HAS 100 PERCENT OF HIS PERSONAL SUPPORT, AS WELL AS THAT OF THE GOVERNMENT, BUT HE ADDED THAT THE PROGRAM MUST LEAD TO RWANDA'S WITHDRAWAL FROM THE DRC OR IT WON'T SUCCEED. END SUMMARY. 2 [...]
2002-06-19 08:20:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS CG CF RW IT ICTR
02ROME2990PRESIDENT KAGAME SUPPORTS REWARDS FOR JUSTICE IN RWANDA INITIATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER AND NSC SR. DIRECTOR DR. JENDAYI FRAZER DISCUSSED WITH RWANDAN PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME ON JUNE 13 THE LAUNCHING OF AN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN TO APPREHEND PERSONS INDICTED FOR GENOCIDE BY THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNA [...]
2002-06-19 10:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS RW
02ROME3119APPREHENDING GENOCIDAIRES IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE
[...] (U) AMBASSADOR-AT-LARGE FOR WAR CRIMES ISSUES PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER AND SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AND NSC SR. DIRECTOR FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS DR. JENDAYI FRAZER MET WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (ROC),DENIS SASSOU-NGUESSO, ON JUNE 13 IN ROME, WHERE HE WAS ATTENDING A [...]
2002-06-25 15:14:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KJUS KAWC CG CF RW IT ICTR
02ROME5421 LIBERIA: WFP ADDRESSES A GROWING NUMBER OF
[...] USAID STAFF FROM THE U.S. MISSION IN ROME AND FOOD FOR PEACE/WASHINGTON TRAVELED TO GUINEA, LIBERIA, AND SENEGAL SEPTEMBER 29 THROUGH OCTOBER 9 TO REVIEW THE FOOD SECURITY SITUATION FOR REFUGEES, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDPS),AND RESIDENTS UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 03 [...]
2002-11-06 15:23:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AORC PREF EU WFP UN
02ROME6146DEEPENING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS - "THE ANGUISH OF NORTHERN UGANDA" HARVESTED IN JANUARY, HAVE BEEN LOST, INCREASING THE DEPENDENCY ON ASSISTANCE FROM OUTSIDE.
[...] USMISSION/ROME HUMANITARIAN ATTACHE VISITED UGANDA DECEMBER 18-23, AND TRAVELED IN GULU DISTRICT IN THE NORTHERN REGION. SERIOUS INSECURITY THROUGHOUT THE REGION (GULU, KITGUM, LIRA AND PADER DISTRICTS) HAS LED TO THE DISPLACEMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 735,000 PEOPLE INTO CONGESTED SETTLEMENTS. THE [...]
2002-12-27 15:40:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AORC PREF EAGR EU WFP UN
02VATICAN3638CHURCH IN AFRICA: CONFRONTING FUNDAMENTALISM;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: SECRETARY FOR THE CONGREGATION FOR THE EVANGELIZATION OF PEOPLES ARCHBISHOP ROBERT SARAH OFFERED DCM A TOUR D'HORIZON OF THE CHURCH'S CONCERNS IN AFRICA DURING A JULY 23 CALL. SARAH FOCUSED ON THE "NEW" CHALLENGE FROM FUNDAMENTALIST ISLAM, CONFLICT RESOLUTION IN THE GREAT LAKES [...]
2002-07-23 15:10:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KIRF VT VTPREL
02VATICAN4376BURUNDI: PRESIDENT BUYOYA SEEKS STEPPED UP U.S.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: BURUNDI PRESIDENT BUYOYA, ATTENDING A SANT'EGIDIO CONFERENCE IN PALERMO ON CONFLICT AND DIALOGUE, REQUESTED A MEETING WITH AMBASSADOR NICHOLSON SEPTEMBER 1 TO REINFORCE HIS INTEREST IN STEPPED UP U.S. AND TANZANIAN PRESSURE ON THE CNDD FACTION OF THE FDD. MEETING AT THE SUGGESTI [...]
2002-09-09 15:36:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALBY MOPS PGOV PREF PREL SF TZ TZBY
03ABUJA739NIGERIA: GON SAYS NEPAD PEER REVIEW MECHANISM ON
[...] Summary. A GON official says Heads of State at a March meeting of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) had concluded negotiations on a Memorandum of Understanding of the African Peer Review Mechanism. The official said the review would be conducted by independent experts and fo [...]
2003-04-24 13:22:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDECIN PHUM EAID PREL PGOV NI
03ANKARA3085GOT REQUEST FOR USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY IN
[...] ACTION REQUEST - PARA 4. 2. Embassy received MFA diplomatic note no. 2003/UKGY/178657 dated May 5 requesting USG support for its candidate to the International Tribunal for Rwanda at the United Nations General Assembly in June 2003 in New York. The body of the diplomatic note is as fol [...]
2003-05-12 14:02:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDPREL IO TU UN
03HANOI1422VIETNAM 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 09:24:00Embassy HanoiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD EAID IV NI MA GV PU BN SG ZI RW AO SF MO WA CM VM MZ
03HARARE679MEDIA REACTION DROC; HARARE
[...] The April 4 and 6 editions of the pro-government daily "The Daily Mirror" and its sister weekly "The Sunday Mirror," respectively, dedicated editorial space to comment on the significance of the DRC peace agreement signed in South Africa last week. Editorial ex [...]
2003-04-07 09:53:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR ZI
03KINSHASA2969DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: 2003 ANNUAL
[...] POST'S RESPONSE TO REFTEL FOLLOWS: A) THE GDRC HAS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. REPRESENTATIONS ON INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM ISSUES THROUGHOUT 2003, BUT THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IN KINSHASA IS WEAK AND CONTROLS ONLY A PORTION OF THE NATIONAL TERRITORY. B) THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN DRC IS SEVERELY DYSF [...]
2003-11-24 14:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPTER CG
03LAGOS2535A PEACE FORUM FOR WARRING PEOPLE OF WARRI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Lagos officers observed the initial meeting of the Warri Forum on Peace, Security, and Human Rights organized by USG grantee Academic Associates PeaceWorks (AAPW) November 18-20 in the Delta State capital of Asaba (reftel). Partially funded through USAID and DRL, the me [...]
2003-12-16 10:45:00Consulate LagosUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINS EPET PINR MCAP SOCI NI
03OTTAWA1668Canadians Pleased with President's AIDS
[...] This cable contains an action request (para.9). 2. ESTH Counselor and ESTH Specialist called on Ed Aiston, Director General for International Affairs, and Martin Methot, his deputy, in the Canadian Health Ministry to discuss the President's AIDS initiative. Aiston said the Canadian Governme [...]
2003-06-12 19:35:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO EAID EUN
03OTTAWA2306 MEDIA REACTION: AFRICA; NATO; IRAQ; NORTH
[...] "Taylor's odious exit' The liberal Toronto Star opined (8/12): "Charles Taylor has finally been pried from power in Liberia, and that's a relief. It offers hope, however faint, for the 3.3 million people who have endured 14 blood-spattered years under his kleptocratic reign of terror first a [...]
2003-08-12 20:33:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03OTTAWA2473 MEDIA REACTION: IRAQ; WTO; AFRICA; U.S.
[...] "Leaving Iraq would be unparalleled disaster" Columnist David Warren reflected in the nationalist Ottawa Citizen (8/27): "...[T]he situation [in Iraq] continues to improve. It was never going to be a rose garden, but it is clear to impartial observers within the country that Iraqis themselve [...]
2003-08-29 12:35:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO KMDR OIIP OPRC CA
03ROME1105BEPPO SAX FALLING DOWN
[...] FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF A NOTE VERBALE RECEIVED MARCH 13 FROM THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. 2. BEGIN TEXT: THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ITALY PRESENTS ITS COMPLIMENTS TO THE EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES AND HAS THE HONOR TO INFORM ON THE FOLLOWING. ON APRIL 30, 2002, AT THE END [...]
2003-03-18 10:39:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDTSPA IT
03ROME4340 WFP'S COLLABORATION WITH UNHCR IN PROVIDING FOOD
[...] Representatives from the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture (FODAG),the State Department's Office of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) and U.S. Embassy Kampala conducted a joint assessment of the collaboration between the World Food Program (WFP) and the UN High C [...]
2003-09-24 07:51:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF UG TZ WFP UNHCR UN
03ROME4411 WFP'S COLLABORATION WITH UNHCR IN PROVIDING FOOD
[...] Representatives from the U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture (FODAG),the State Department's Office of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) and U.S. Embassy Kampala conducted a joint assessment of the collaboration between the World Food Program (WFP) and the UN High C [...]
2003-09-26 08:14:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF UG TZ WFP UNHCR UN
03ROME4672 WFP'S COLLABORATION WITH UNHCR IN PROVIDING FOOD
[...] John Brooks, Project Budget Specialist, U.S. Mission to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture (FODAG),and Mary Margaret Knudson, Refugee Officer, U.S. State Department's Office of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM),conducted a joint assessment of the collaboration between the World [...]
2003-10-14 10:49:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF UG TZ WFP UNHCR UN
03SANAA646YEMEN'S ECONOMY: THINKING BEYOND OIL
[...] (C) Summary: A forthcoming World Bank sectoral analysis of fish, transportation, tourism and labor markets is a potential road map for donor projects and steps that the ROYG must take in order to diversify and strengthen Yemen's economy. The Diagnostic Trade Integration Study examines four po [...]
2003-04-02 13:50:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON ETRD ELAB YM COM
03THEHAGUE1991ICTR: SEEKING INFORMATION ON THE DEPUTY PROSECUTOR
[...] (C) Summary: Dutch MFA officials responsible for following the international criminal tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR) said that, given their lack of experience working with him, they were not in a position to provide an assessment of the current ICTR deputy prosec [...]
2003-08-07 13:41:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM NL ICTY ICTR
03THEHAGUE2107ICTY: CHIEF PROSECUTOR AND PRESIDENT PUSHING IN
[...] (U) Classified by Clifton M. Johnson, Legal Counselor, for reasons 1.5(D) and 1.6. 2. (C) Summary. International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Chief Prosecutor Del Ponte and President Meron are pressing for competing changes in the draft ICTY/ICTR Security Council [...]
2003-08-21 11:09:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALBK HR KAWC NL PHUM PREL SR ICTY
03VATICAN1329HOLY SEE RELAYS CONCERNS ABOUT SITUATION IN
[...] (SBU) THE HOLY SEE OUTLINED ITS CONCERNS ABOUT MOUNTING UNREST IN THE NORTHEASTERN REGION OF ITURI IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) IN A NOTE PASSED TO EMBASSY MARCH 24. THE VATICAN IS CALLING ON THE PARTIES TO "RESPECT AGREEMENTS ALREADY SIGNED AND RESUME NEGOTIATIONS." THE HOLY S [...]
2003-03-28 10:55:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCF CG PHUM PREL RW UG VT
03VATICAN1747POPE CALLS ON WORLD NOT TO FORGET GREAT LAKES
[...] (U) DURING HIS WEEKLY WEDNESDAY AUDIENCE IN ST. PETER'S SQUARE APRIL 9, POPE JOHN PAUL II URGED THE WORLD TO NOT FORGET THE VIOLENT AND CONTINUING CONFLICT IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION OF AFRICA, AND CALLED ON LEADERS TO RETURN TO THE PEACE PROCESS. VATICAN OFFICIALS HAD PASSED EMBASSY A PR [...]
2003-04-24 14:14:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDCF CG PHUM PREL RW UG VT
03VATICAN283PARTNERS FOR PROGRESS - WORKING WITH VATICAN DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
[...] (U) THE HOLY SEE, CATHOLIC DIOCESES WORLDWIDE, AFFILIATED NGO'S AND CATHOLIC RELIGIOUS ORDERS ARE SIGNIFICANT, IF OFTEN OVERLOOKED, PLAYERS IN INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND HUMANITARIAN RELIEF EFFORTS. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS IN EFFECT THE WORLD'S LARGEST INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY: SO [...]
2003-01-24 10:03:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PREF PGOV EAGR EAID ECON SMIG TBIO VT
03ZAGREB1297ICTY/CROATIA: GOC AGAIN BACKSLIDING ON COOPERATION?
[...] (C) ICTY Zagreb ResRep Thomas Osorio told us June 5 that the GOC is failing to deliver on a number of commitments PM Racan gave Chief Prosecutor del Ponte during her mid-April visit to Zagreb. Census information was incomplete, assistance to gain access to bank records on GOC financial suppor [...]
2003-06-06 16:50:00Embassy ZagrebCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KAWC HR ICTY UN
04ABUJA1149CONGO AND RWANDA RE-COMMIT TO PRETORIA AGREEMENT
[...] (U) Presidents Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Paul Kagame of Rwanda held a four-hour closed-door meeting in Abuja on June 25. The meeting, initiated and chaired by President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, took place at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport. According [...]
2004-06-29 09:17:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM NI
04ABUJA1657MFA ON DARFUR AU PROTECTION FORCE, BAKASSI
[...] (C) Polcouns met September 24 in the evening with the MFA UnderSecretary for African Affairs, Ambassador Ukonga, to make the Ref A demarche on Darfur and discuss Bakassi per Ref B. U/S Ukonga said President Obasanjo was pleased that our joint efforts on Darfur were succeeding. She was rather [...]
2004-09-27 06:12:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS SU NI CM DARFUR
04ABUJA1997VISIT TO NIGERIAN COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE AND
[...] (U) Summary. The USG-funded JCATS simulation center at the Nigerian Command Staff and College is actively training Nigerian brigade and battalion command elements, and has recently included police units in joint internal security simulations. Funding and personnel shortfalls from the GON li [...]
2004-12-03 08:16:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR PHUM KPKO NI POLMIL
04ABUJA2131 LETTER FROM PRESIDENT OBASANJO TO PRESIDENT BUSH
[...] On December 10, 2004 Ambassador Campbell received a letter from the President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, dated December 9, 2004 to be transmitted to U.S. President George W. Bush. Original is being sent via unclassified pouch. Begin Text: His Excellency Mr. George W. Bush Presiden [...]
2004-12-23 14:26:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ECON NI EFIN
04AMMAN5522MEDIA REACTION ON SADDAM'S TRIAL
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-07 11:42:00Embassy AmmanUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR JO
04ANKARA3779ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT,
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-07 14:24:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
04BOGOTA5305BOGOTA'S HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY FUND PROPOSAL
[...] Background: Colombia remains embroiled in a prolonged internal armed conflict now involving three major narcotics-funded terrorist organizations. The conflict has fueled thousands of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by the illegal armed groups and has led to a ser [...]
2004-05-25 21:14:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PHUM PGOV PINR PREL CO
04BRUSSELS1274TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA HIGHLIGHT
[...] (U) Summary. Major topics of discussion at the transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR),held March 10 in Brussels, included: support to peacekeeping and conflict prevention activities, including the EU's proposed Africa Peace Facility and U.S. support to ECOWAS through EUCOM; political [...]
2004-03-25 10:54:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1655JOINT U.S.-EC MONITORING TRIP IMPROVES DONOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. In order to improve donor coordination and to bring international attention to the humanitarian needs in Burundi, the U.S. and the European Commission (EC) undertook a joint monitoring mission from March 29-April 2 to assess post-conflict needs and to monitor the work of impleme [...]
2004-04-16 13:59:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID PHUM PGOV BU TZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS1897EU ON DARFUR: CEASEFIRE MONITORING, HUMANITARIAN
[...] (S) Summary. The EU will contribute personnel and financial resources to support both the Ceasefire Commission and other efforts to establish peace in Darfur, as well as to address the complex humanitarian emergency in the region. The EU feels the disagreement at the UNCHR meeting was not ove [...]
2004-05-03 05:25:00Embassy BrusselsSECRETPREL PREF PHUM SU CD EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3358EXPERT PANEL MEETING ON DEVELOPING A
[...] SUMMARY: THE G-8 ACTION PLAN FOR AFRICA FAMINE INITIATIVE INCLUDES SUPPORT FOR IMPROVED WORLDWIDE EMERGENCY ASSESSMENT AND RESPONSE SYSTEMS. THE MULTI-DONOR STANDARDIZED MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT OF RELIEF AND TRANSITIONS (SMART) INITIATIVE IS THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF G-8 MEMBER SUPPORT. AN EXPE [...]
2004-08-06 15:17:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PHUM PREL SMIG EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04BRUSSELS3989TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA: EU AND U.S.
[...] (U) Summary. The September 8 transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR) addressed priorities in the Great Lakes (strengthening MONUC, protecting refugees, supporting internal and regional dialogues),Sudan (calibrating pressure on the government, strengthening the AU role, meeting humanita [...]
2004-09-20 09:38:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV EAID PHUM XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
04DJIBOUTI1042INFORMATION FOR USITC STUDY ON U.S.
[...] Good management and foreign assistance have greatly contributed to a healthier economy in Djibouti. Hosting the COMESA conference in 2005 will give the Government of Djibouti (GOD) an opportunity to promote its liberal economic regime and the port of Doraleh, which is expected to jump start t [...]
2004-08-01 12:47:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ETRD AF ECON PREL EAID DJ
04DJIBOUTI1277CONVERSATION WITH OPPOSITION PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: In a statement to the press 30 August 2004, Mohamed Daoud Chehem, president of opposition Djiboutian Party for Development (PDD),declared his candidacy for the presidential race to take place in April/May 2005. Chehem visited Ambassador Ragsdale 29 September as a courtesy call t [...]
2004-10-03 10:27:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV DJ
04DJIBOUTI136530th Permanent Conference General Assembly of
[...] (U) Summary: The 30th general assembly of the Permanent Conference of African and French Consular Chambers (CPCCAF) took place in Djibouti from October 3 to October 6, 2004. Several Djiboutian high officials in the Djiboutian government, the President of the CPCCAF and the French Ambassador sp [...]
2004-10-26 01:12:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON EINV EFIN EAID DJ
04DJIBOUTI398CHINA'S NEW AMBASSADOR TO DJIBOUTI
[...] (U) Shen Jiangkuan, China's new envoy in Djibouti, presented his credentials March 15 to President Ismail Omar Guelleh. In his credentialling remarks, Shen described Djibouti as a country which has contributed to the promotion of peace and development in the region. He said Djibouti has achie [...]
2004-03-18 05:02:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PINR EAID CH DJ
04DJIBOUTI590FRENCH AMBASSADOR ON FLAP WITH DJIBOUTI GOVERNMENT
[...] (C) Ambassador held a long meeting April 20 with France's Ambassador to Djibouti, Philippe Selz to talk about French-Djibouti relations in light of the recent flap between the two countries over an outstanding matter involving the death in Djibouti in 1995 of Judge Bernard Borrel, a French nat [...]
2004-04-20 15:26:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV FR DJ
04DJIBOUTI958DJIBOUTI AND COMESA
[...] (C) In separate meetings with Saleban Omar Oudine, Minister of Commerce and Industry, and Ismail Hussein Tani, President Guelleh's Cabinet Director, Ambassador discussed the Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and Djibouti's expectations as new vice-chair of the organization [...]
2004-07-13 11:58:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD EAID ECON EAGR PGOV DJ
04DUBLIN1783IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (U) On December 9, Post delivered reftel talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. ------- Ukraine ------- 2. (C) The common line taken by the EU and United States regarding the Ukrainian crisis had been immensely constructive, said Keown. [...]
2004-12-10 17:47:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC KPAL EUN
04KIGALI1162SPECIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT INFILTRATES RWANDA'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The new Chief Editor of Rwanda's most independent newspaper, "Umuseso", Charles Kabonero, was detained for six weeks in December 2003, not recently as reported by international media. He reports that a special intelligence unit within the National Police's Criminal Investigation [...]
2004-08-13 05:35:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR PINS RW
04KIGALI1163DARFUR: PROBLEMS WITH RWANDAN TRANSPORT
[...] (SBU) Charge spoke with Dutch Charge the morning of 13 August regarding the movement of a company of Rwandan soldiers to Darfur to provide protection to AU observers. According to Dutch Charge, one commercial aircraft will transport RDF troops and equipment in two or three sorties from Kigal [...]
2004-08-13 09:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MASS RW SU NL
04KIGALI1165RWANDA'S UNHCR CAMPS FACE RESETTLEMENT CHALLENGE
[...] SUMMARY: The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) runs three refugee camps and three transit centers in Rwanda. The camps house Congolese and Burundian refugees, while the transit centers provide for Rwandans returning from neighboring countries. During recent visits to the UN [...]
2004-08-13 10:25:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREF SMIG RW CG BY UNHCR
04KIGALI1166HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR RWANDAN DEFENSE FORCES
[...] This is an action request for the Department (please see paragraph 4). 2. The RDF will deploy the following unit to Darfur, on or around August 14: -- A Co, 99th BN, 305th BDE, from Kibuye The company is not (NOT) a composite unit. -- The following officers are OPCON in support of th [...]
2004-08-13 10:43:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR MASS PHUM RW SU
04KIGALI1169CONGO'S VICE PRESIDENT RUBERWA VISITS RWANDA TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following meetings in Kigali with President Kagame and other GOR principals, DRC Vice President Ruberwa met with Banyamulenge refugees in Cyangugu and urged them to return to eastern Congo. Banyamulenge are concerned about their personal safety and economic security, including los [...]
2004-08-16 07:46:00Embassy KigaliSECRETPREL PREF SMIG RW CG
04KIGALI1175RWANDAN GOVERNMENT CONDEMNS ATTACK ON BURUNDI
[...] (U) SUMMARY. The Rwandan foreign ministry issued a communique dated August 14 condemning the recent attack on Burundi's Gatumba refugee camp that killed up to 170 Banyamulenge refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The GOR communique attributes the attack to "a combined force" of ex- [...]
2004-08-16 14:15:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF MOPS RW BY CG
04KIGALI1193NAM DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO RWANDAN OFFICIALS
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-19 11:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PARM KNNP MNUC RW
04KIGALI1208EMBASSY KIGALI PARTICIPATION IN SEVENTH
[...] Summary. Post sponsored a booth at the seventh annual Rwandan Trade Fair that showcased Rwandan exports to the United States and provided information on the theme "Global Business Partners." The presentation, the first of its kind to be offered by any diplomatic mission in Rwanda, was well r [...]
2004-08-20 08:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL EAGR KTEX EINV RW AGOA
04KIGALI877KAGAME REPORTEDLY DISAPPOINTED WITH LACK OF USG
[...] (S/NF) ON JUNE 24, A SENIOR RWANDAN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL IN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PROVIDED COMMENTS ON THE REACTION OF PRESIDENT PAUL KAGAME TO A MEETING WITH VISITING AF DAS DON YAMAMOTO AND AF/C DIRECTOR AL EASTHAM ON JUNE 23 IN KIGALI. 2. (S/NF) KAGAME WAS REPORTEDLY DISAPPOINTED TH [...]
2004-06-24 13:23:00Embassy KigaliSECRETPREL PINS MOPS RW CG
04KINSHASA1036KABILA APPEALS FOR CALM, VIGILANCE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Joseph Kabila, Interior Minister Theophile Mbemba, and opposition figure Etienne Tshisekedi all broadcast messages to the public on 3 June, appealing for calm. On balance, the messages were positive. Kabila discouraged violence, endorsed MONUC's work, demanded that p [...]
2004-06-04 12:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINS PREL CG ASEC
04KINSHASA1141DRC - THE NATIONALITY QUESTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: Recent events in Bukavu (reftel) highlight the explosive nature of the nationality question, particularly for Tutsis in eastern Congo. Current Congolese law does not recognize the citizenship claims of some longtime residents whose ancestors immigrated to the country, includin [...]
2004-06-21 14:44:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1160KEEPING PEACE NOT MAKING WAR: DRC WELCOMES QUAD
[...] (C) Summary: During June 22 meetings with President Kabila, VPs Bemba (MLC) and Ruberwa (RCD),visiting DAS Don Yamamoto and AF/C Director Al Eastham noted U.S. concern with the security situation in Eastern Congo, including the buildup of government troops; assured Congolese officials that, [...]
2004-06-23 14:58:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1177GDRC APPOINTS NATIONAL POLICE CHIEF
[...] (U) Summary. The GDRC appointed a police inspector general and two deputy inspectors to the Congolese national police. These appointments (drawn from the ex-government and the two principal ex-rebel movements) have been well-received as a first step in creating an integrated police unit, but th [...]
2004-06-28 15:33:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG INR
04KINSHASA11792004 AMBASSADOR'S FUND FOR REFUGEES
[...] (U) Embassy Kinshasa nominates the following two programs for inclusion in the Ambassador's Fund for Refugees: COOPI (Cooperazione Internazionale) COOPI is a well-established Italian NGO which has been providing humanitarian assistance in the DRC since the 1970's. COOPI's proposal consis [...]
2004-06-29 06:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF CG
04KINSHASA1214TENSIONS WITHIN CONGO'S RCD EX-REBEL MOVEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: There is much frustration within the ex-rebel Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD),but members are divided on how best to proceed. There are disagreements over whether to make more versus less concessions to their adversaries, how best to deal with current and future insurgents, [...]
2004-07-02 12:43:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL MARR CG
04KINSHASA1217PLAYING THE TROOP NUMBERS GAME
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government and rebel groups in the east are prone to inflate the number of troops they deploy, but clearly there is a build-up of troops going on in the east. As of July 1, the FARDC probably has about 14,000 regular soldiers in eastern Congo, including MLC components. These [...]
2004-07-02 13:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1244ROYCE CODEL HIGHLIGHTS INTERNAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY. From June 26-30, Chairman of the House International Relations Subcommittee for Africa, Ed Royce, led a delegation, which consisted of Rep Royce, his wife, two staffers (Tom Sheehy and Malik Chaka),to Kinshasa focused on national and environmental security issues. Key meetings wer [...]
2004-07-06 13:53:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEAGR ECON OREP PGOV PREL SENV CG
04KINSHASA1246KISANGANI TENSE AS POPULATION FEARS SPREAD OF
[...] (C) Summary. Kisangani is currently tense as population remains concerned about possible Rwandan aggression through dissident RCD-G officer Laurent Nkunda. A large presence by various GDRC military components has also added to this tension and could increase the potential for problems, especia [...]
2004-07-06 13:57:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG INR
04KINSHASA1257OFDA REP VISIT TO BARAKA AND FIZI
[...] (U) OFDA Rep Victor Bushamuka visited Baraka and Fizi, South Kivu province from May 18 to 20 to evaluate the security and humanitarian situations in that part of South Kivu Province. The area was found to be highly militarized, the situation still remains somewhat tense, and the pop [...]
2004-07-07 14:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG
04KINSHASA1260CODEL ROYCE MEETS CONGOLESE, U.N. OFFICIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A CODEL led by U.S. Representative Edward Royce met in Kinshasa with senior Congolese and U.N. officials on June 28-29. GDRC Vice President Azarias Ruberwa focused mainly on the shortcomings and alleged perfidy of his political opponents in the transitional government. GDRC Nat [...]
2004-07-08 11:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL ASEC CG
04KINSHASA1261KABILA-ROYCE MEETING: SECURITY AND STABILITY FIRST, THE REST WILL FOLLOW
[...] No summary [...]
2004-07-08 12:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALCG ECON OREP PGOV PREL
04KINSHASA1263 LETTER OF APPRECIATION FROM CONGOLESE FONMIN
[...] Embassy Kinshasa received the attached letter from Minister of Foreign Affairs Antoine Ghonda for Secretary Powell and NSC Africa Director Courville SIPDIS thanking the U.S. for hosting the May 13 Quadripartite talks. Post will forward the originals by pouch. 2. Text of the letter: [...]
2004-07-08 15:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV CG
04KINSHASA1291MINOR CABINET RESHUFFLE OF CONGOLESE GOVT.
[...] (U) SUMMARY: President Kabila announced a minor cabinet reshuffle on July 11, filling a number of posts that had been vacant. The ministers of defense (from the RCD-Goma),foreign affairs (MLC),and mines (political opposition) all retained their jobs, contrary to persistent rumors that circ [...]
2004-07-13 10:50:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CG
04KINSHASA1317NKUNDA STALEMATE CONTINUES
[...] (C) Summary: As of July 15, it is unclear whether ongoing negotiation attempts will end the stalemate with rebel commander Laurent Nkunda without a return to open conflict. Sustained rumors of an imminent FARDC attack on rebel positions in N. and S. Kivu have circulated for several weeks. As o [...]
2004-07-15 14:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV CASC CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1323FAPC AND FNI MILITIAS FIGHTING IN ITURI
[...] (C) Summary. Fighting between FAPC and FNI militias in Ituri has continued into a second week resulting in hundreds of IDPs and an undetermined number of refugees. The conflict has been fueled by apparent efforts to control a gold mine and the perception that MONUC's and the GDRC's attention an [...]
2004-07-15 16:36:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PREL PINR CG
04KINSHASA1340NORTH AND SOUTH KIVU CONTINUE MOSTLY CALM
[...] (C) Summary: Recent shifts in Congolese military deployments bringing these forces closer to Minova and Goma seem to have lent impetus to ongoing negotiations with rebel commander Nkunda, who now says that he is willing to go into exile if a recipient country can be found. Initial press repo [...]
2004-07-19 14:57:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1365RUMORS MOUNT OF PENDING GOVERNMENT ATTACK AGAINST
[...] (C) Summary: Eastern regional military commanders were ordered to return unexpectedly early to their posts July 21, cutting short follow-on meetings scheduled for Kinshasa. Upon reaching Bukavu, General Mabe immediately called his field commanders in and, according to Monuc sources, briefed [...]
2004-07-22 13:52:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1366GDRC SLOWLY PREPARING FOR GREAT LAKES CONFERENCE
[...] (C) Summary. The DRC's National Preparatory Committee for the Great Lakes Region Conference (on security, economic integration and social issues) met for the first time on July 5th to develop a national agenda. Baudoin Hamuli, National Coordinator, acknowledged that GDRC preparations are behind [...]
2004-07-22 13:55:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1380N. KIVU MILITARY/POLITICAL SITUATION
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff, DATT and British DATT visited Kisangani and Goma July 19-22 to meet with N. Kivu governor Serufuli, N. Kivu Regional Military Commander Obedi, and MONUC elements. Obedi no longer appears loyal to the transition government, and Serufuli's loyalties are opaque. MONUC Goma mi [...]
2004-07-27 10:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM CG PGOV PREL MONUC
04KINSHASA1456POSITIONING FOR THE NEXT TRIPARTITE TALKS
[...] (C) Summary: In an informal Sunday meeting at the CMR, former FM Ghonda told the Ambassador that the GDRC wants to have some agreement regarding the proposed Joint Verification Mechanism (JVM) prior to the next round of Tripartite talks. He asserted that the Rwandans had concurred formally with [...]
2004-08-02 15:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG
04KINSHASA1468UNHCR REPATRIATES 283 AS PART OF ONGOING
[...] (U) Summary: UNHCR repatriated July 26-27 a total of what UNHCR believed to be 283 Rwandan refugees from S. Kivu to Rwanda as part of an ongoing repatriation effort. Once they crossed the border, however, many "refugees" said they were really Congolese who wished to stay in the Congo. While the [...]
2004-08-03 15:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALRW CG PGOV PREL
04KINSHASA1488DRC PARTICIPATES IN CENTCOM'S TAMPA CONFERENCE ON
[...] (U) Summary. Two Congolese officials participated in Centcom's Golden Spear Conference on disaster management held in Tampa, Florida, from July 26-30. The GDRC has expressed its appreciation for this regional initiative and indicated that it looks forward to further cooperation. End Summary. [...]
2004-08-06 14:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1504A RELAXED RUBERWA RENEWS OLD ACQUAINTANCE WITH NEW
[...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador Meece's August 6 initial call on Vice President Azarias Ruberwa, Ruberwa provided a tour d'horizon, highlighting his concerns about the current situation. He outlined a series of challenges facing the transition, suggested a political solution to the Nkunda probl [...]
2004-08-10 09:51:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1526FY'05 AFRP: "HIV/AIDS and the Family,"
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 10:49:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04KINSHASA1527FY'05-AFRP: "Transparency and Good Governance,"
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 10:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04KINSHASA1530FY'05-SCP: "Protection of Human Rights"
[...] No summary [...]
2004-08-13 11:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC SCUL KPAO
04KINSHASA1535NKUNDA STALEMATE ENTERS THIRD MONTH
[...] (C) Summary: As of August 13, despite several weeks of low-level skirmishes, the FARDC had not launched a large-scale offensive against rebel commander Laurent Nkunda. Much of the FARDC command structure, including N. Kivu military commander General Obedi, descended on Bukavu August 10 for co [...]
2004-08-13 14:13:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV CASC CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1547CONGOLESE PASTORAL
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. Summary ------- 2. (U) From August 5-6, Emboffs traveled overland via the Matadi Road from Kinshasa to Lukala and Kimpese, Bas-Congo province. Recent rehabilitation of the Matadi Road has ameliorated economic hardships in [...]
2004-08-16 15:03:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ECON EIND ELTN PGOV CG
04KINSHASA1553PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BY VP BEMBA
[...] (C) Summary. On Aug 12, Ambassador Meece paid a courtesy call on DRC Vice President for Economic and Financial Affairs, Jean-Pierre Bemba. Bemba made clear his pride in the economic achievements of the past year and his extreme prejudice toward Rwandan President Kagame as the primary culprit b [...]
2004-08-17 13:53:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECON EFIN EINV EMIN ETRD PGOV PREL CG HIPC OPIC
04KINSHASA1555GDRC URGES UNSC ACTION IN RESPONSE TO GATUMBA CAMP
[...] (U) Summary: In the absence of other senior officials, the International Cooperation Vice Minister, an RCD-Goma appointee, convoked UNSC Perm 5 heads of mission August 16 to urge support for an international investigation, a more vigorous MONUC disarmament mandate, and aid to attack victims. [...]
2004-08-17 15:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMNUC PGOV PHUM PREL CG
04KINSHASA1557EASTERN TURN FOR THE WORSE
[...] (C) Septel describes worrying events in eastern Congo following the weekend attack on the Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi, and effects on the fragile DRC transition government and peace process. While the Burundi refugee attack did not in itself provoke a complete change in transition dynamic [...]
2004-08-18 16:45:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1562ECONOMIC REPORT - AUG 13 THROUGH AUG 20
[...] Food prices have decreased due to the reopening of the Mai-Ndombe bridge. Exchange rates remain stable, but the FC is trading at a slightly higher value on the Kinshasa parallel market than official rates. The DRC's National Assembly created a commission to investigate Gecamines' mining and [...]
2004-08-19 12:33:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECIN ECON EFIN ELTN EMIN EPET EWWT PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1565NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN EASTERN CONGO COULD THREATEN
[...] (C) Summary: Following the funeral service for the 180 victims of this weekend's massacre in the refugee camp in Gatumbe, events in eastern Congo took a turn for the worse. Rebel commander Nkunda issued an inflammatory declaration repudiating any prior connection he might have had to the tra [...]
2004-08-19 15:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1571KABILA AUG 20
[...] (C) Summary: I met privately with President Kabila on August 20, the day after Kabila,s return from the SAC summit and Burundi-related meeting in Dar es Salaam. Kabila reiterated his absolute commitment to the transition process, notably including democratic elections slated for next year. H [...]
2004-08-20 17:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CG
04KINSHASA1572SERIOUS SITUATION IN EASTERN CONGO THREATENS
[...] (C) Summary: Inflammatory rhetoric from Rwanda, Burundi and the DRC, coupled with the buildup of Burundian and Rwandan troops on the Congolese border and discord and disarray within one of the major parties in the Congolese transition threaten the fragile peace of the Great Lakes. South Afri [...]
2004-08-20 17:23:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PHUM PREL CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1576ANTI-TUTSI PREJUDICE RISES
[...] (C) Summary: On August 16, moderate Banyamulenge community leader Enock Ruberangabo Sebineza told us that he was concerned about increased anti-Rwandan/ Banyamulenge sentiments in Kinshasa and eastern DRC. Many Congolese are again becoming increasingly hostile towards Rwanda, Ruberwa and the R [...]
2004-08-23 12:54:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI PHUM CG
04KINSHASA1578INCREASED TENSIONS WITHIN RCD EX-REBEL MOVEMENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent events have highlighted internal divisions within the RCD ex-rebel movement. RCD "radicals," including virtually all the Rwandophones in the movement, want to quit or at least boycott the transitional government. They have been pressuring "moderates" and other RCD members [...]
2004-08-23 13:34:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1600UPDATE ON DRC REFUGEE REPATRIATION AND RECENT
[...] (U) Summary. UNHCR plans to transfer survivors from the Gatumba massacre in Burundi to camps away from the DRC border within 10 days. In the meantime, the Burundian government has strengthened security in the Gatumba school where these refugees are being housed. It is unlikely that Congolese r [...]
2004-08-25 08:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG PRM
04KINSHASA1678DRC NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR GREAT LAKES CONFERENCE
[...] (U) Summary. The DRC's National Coordinator for the Great Lakes Conference (GLC) states that initial contacts with civil society groups around the country show that the top priority for most people is peace and security. Congolese citizens have expressed serious concerns about territorial inte [...]
2004-09-07 13:37:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1690PROGRESS ON JVM KEY FOR DRC
[...] (C) Summary: DRC President Kabila told DAS Don Yamamoto, NSC Senior Advisor Cindy Courville and Central African Director Al Eastham that he would like to see the proposed Joint Verification Mission (JVM) operational before signing the trilateral agreement on the margins of the UNGA in New Yo [...]
2004-09-08 12:43:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALOVIP PGOV PREL CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1691COVERAGE OF NATIONALITY LAW SHOWS WEAKNESS OF
[...] (U) Summary. The Congolese media's coverage of draft nationality and amnesty laws has shown the limits of entities that lack independence, resources, and professionalism. The directors of Tropicana Television, and the more reputable daily newspapers La Referance Plus and Le Potentiel, acknowle [...]
2004-09-08 13:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1728CONGOLESE, MONUC VIEWS ON TRILATERAL AGREEMENT AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The DRC appears willing to sign both a Trilateral Agreement and a Joint Verification Mechanism (JVM) in New York during the UNGA. The GDRC is continuing to press for agreement on terms of reference of the JVM, since it believes a Trilateral Agreement among the DRC, Uganda and Rw [...]
2004-09-15 16:38:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CG PREL MARR MONUC
04KINSHASA1729SOUTH KIVU GOVERNOR ON ETHNIC TENSIONS, THREAT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: South Kivu's recently-appointed provincial governor told the Ambassador Sept. 8 he is trying to lessen ethnic tensions and arrange for Congolese Banyamulenge refugees to return to the Congo. Mai-Mai and especially Rwandan FDLR guerillas continue to attack and prey upon South Kiv [...]
2004-09-16 08:42:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL CG
04KINSHASA1745POLITICALLY-INEPT RUBERWA PLAYS CARDS BADLY
[...] (C) Summary. On September 10, VP Azarias Ruberwa met with a CIAT delegation and complained about the CIAT's ineffectiveness, the state of army integration, security sector reform, and hate media. It is unclear how committed Ruberwa and his followers will be to the transition if their key deman [...]
2004-09-17 12:37:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1746RCD/G WANTS MORE FROM TRANSITION
[...] (C) Summary. In exchange for returning to Kinshasa and the transitional government on September 1, VP Ruberwa asked the government and international community to address a laundry list of RCD/G concerns about the transition. The demands, which ranged from disbanding parallel military structures [...]
2004-09-17 12:37:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1750NORTH KIVU FREE-FOR-ALL
[...] (C) Summary. There may be a total of 10,000 Interahamwe/FDLR elements spread out between Beni and Bukavu, but it is unclear whether the FARDC is working with them. There has been serious, sustained fighting in southern North Kivu between Mai Mai and former ANC (military wing of the RCD/G) tro [...]
2004-09-17 13:35:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR CASC CG
04KINSHASA1753FARDC ON THE MOVE IN EASTERN DRC
[...] (C) Summary. The FARDC recently sent up to 2,000 troops to South Kivu and has retaken control of a number of villages in the area of Kalehe and Minova without facing significant resistance. North Kivu, South Kivu and Orientale regional military commanders were called in to Kinshasa to discuss [...]
2004-09-17 14:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR CASC CG
04KINSHASA175420,000 CIVILIANS FLEE ADVANCING FARDC TROOPS
[...] (C) Summary. Seventeen to 20,000 people (mostly Hutu) fled the area around Minova September 10-13 because they were afraid they would be attacked by advancing troops loyal to South Kivu military commander Mabe for having supported Nkunda. There is no evidence of ethnic cleansing or large-scale [...]
2004-09-17 14:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM CG PRM
04KINSHASA1759ELECTIONS JEOPARDIZED BY ARMY REFORM PROBLEM, SAYS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Gen. Budja Mabe, Kinshasa's senior officer in South Kivu, told the Ambassador Sept. 8 the Congo needs outside help with military reform in order to be able to hold elections. The FDLR, rebel Congolese officers, and neighboring countries are the chief threats to security, and the [...]
2004-09-20 12:58:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL MARR MOPS CG
04KINSHASA1782CRY OF ALARM--MISSING ICTR INVESTIGATIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Kinshasa previously has expressed its concern that ICTR's management is sometimes counterproductive and reduces its efficiency. Recently, personnel changes have reinforced our concerns. The Security Council anticipates ending investigations by the end of 2004, but we f [...]
2004-09-23 09:52:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CG RW ICTR
04KINSHASA1795SEPT 23 CIAT MEETING-MEDIA, NEW YORK DEVELOPMENTS
[...] (U) Summary: The International Committee to Support the Transition (CIAT) met September 23. The CIAT invited the High Media Authority (HAM) officers to exchange views of how to best protect the freedom of the press while promoting a reconciliation agenda, ensure professional standards, and [...]
2004-09-24 13:50:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALKPAO PGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1807A HOT, BUT NOT WARM, WELCOME TO RETURNING
[...] (C) Summary: There were some tense moments over the weekend in Uvira, located in southern South Kivu, when 350 Banyamulenge refugees insisted on returning to the DRC from Burundi sooner than planned. Their arrival at the Congo-Burundi border provoked riots by Congolese citizens in Uvira, dur [...]
2004-09-27 14:53:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREF PREL CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1839RCD: SOME STILL SEARCHING FOR REASONS TO ABANDON
[...] (C) Summary: Bizima Karaha, one of the RCD-G's most well-known extremists, told Ambassador September 23 that the transition has failed, implying that another mechanism should be found. Ambassador reiterated strongly our message that the transition, while flawed, remains the sole available v [...]
2004-10-04 06:36:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CG
04KINSHASA1850UPDATE ON DRC SUIT AGAINST UGANDA AND RWANDA IN
[...] (SBU) The GDROC filed suit in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 1998 against both Rwanda and Uganda, demanding compensation for those two countries' military and economic interference in the eastern part of the Congo (North and South Kivu Provinces and Oriental Province, respectivel [...]
2004-10-04 15:51:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV PREL CG RW UG
04KINSHASA1852FIRST JOINT VERIFICATION MECHANISM MEETING IMMINENT
[...] (C) U.N. SRSG Bill Swing reported to members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) October 4 that he is leaving Kinshasa later the same day for travel to Kigali in preparation for convening the first meeting of the Joint Verification Mechanism (JVM) tomorrow, Octobe [...]
2004-10-04 16:41:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL RW CG MOPP
04KINSHASA1867CIAT ENDORSES REVISED ROAD MAP
[...] (C) Summary: In an October 4 meeting, the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) concurred with revisions to its version of the DRC transition "road map," the fundamental plan for the transition period. Copies are being sent to President Kabila and other senior GDRC offici [...]
2004-10-06 16:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG UNSC
04KINSHASA1874CONGOLESE REFUGEES ABROAD: NOT EASY TO RETURN HOME
[...] (SBU) Summary. UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) officials in Kinshasa expressed concern October 3 over the manipulation of refugee returns to the East from Burundi, Rwanda, and Tanzania. They are trying to work with the various governments involved to facilitate repatriation of refugees [...]
2004-10-08 15:46:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM PGOV PINS CG UNHCR PRM
04KINSHASA1904ETHNIC HATRED ON THE RISE IN BUKAVU: CROWD ATTACKS
[...] (C) Summary. A large crowd threw rocks and threatened to kill UN peacekeepers whose vehicle had broken down in the center of Bukavu on October 6 after they saw them transporting a man of Tutsi appearance. Although this person was a long time MONUC Congolese interpreter of Mushi ethnicity, the [...]
2004-10-14 14:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINS KPKO CG
04KINSHASA1926 USAID visit to Bukavu, Kalehe and Kindu
[...] (U) OFDA Rep Jay Nash and Acting USAID Mission Director Nicholas Jenks were in Bukavu on September 7 and 8, and in Kindu on September 9. Interlocutors in Bukavu told USAID reps that the population was happy to be finally out from under RCD/G and Tutsi control after six years, but worried that [...]
2004-10-16 13:13:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG
04KINSHASA1933JVM: STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS
[...] (C) Summary: Monuc DDR chief expressed doubts October 14 that the proposed JVM office in Bukavu will be opened in the near future, given the recent attack on Monuc peacekeepers by COngoleses civilians who erroneously believed MONUC was transporting a Rwandan (reftel). Monuc has informed both [...]
2004-10-19 11:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG MONUC
04KINSHASA1959WE DON'T WANT TO KILL KABILA SAYS MAI MAI LEADER
[...] (C) During the course of an introductory courtesy call by the Ambassador on Minister of Environment, Anselme Enerunga, the Minister detoured into a discussion of internal DRC politics. Enerunga, who headed the Mai-Mai delegations in Pretoria and Sun City, expressed concern that the Mai Mai are [...]
2004-10-21 14:44:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
04KINSHASA1973U.N. UNDER SECRETARY GUEHENNO VISIT TO THE DRC
[...] (C) Summary: In October 21 remarks to the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT),U.N. Peacekeeping Under Secretary Guehenno said that his visit to the DRC was intended to review how MONUC could best utilize its limited resources. Overall, the U.N.,s obective is to ensure [...]
2004-10-22 14:36:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO CG UN
04KINSHASA1979KABILA FUMING AT BELGIAN FONMIN COMMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Kabila has temporarily recalled his ambassador from Brussels, as a sign of displeasure with recent comments by the Belgian foreign minister. The ongoing spat does us no good, because the USG and Belgium share many of the same goals in the DRC. Still, the Belgian/DRC r [...]
2004-10-25 08:50:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL CG BE RW
04KINSHASA1993RCD-GOMA STICKS UP FOR RENEGADE OFFICERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A senior RCD-Goma leader complained to the Ambassador that his faction had been excluded from the DRC/Uganda/Rwanda tripartite process. He also said the two renegade officers who led the May-June mutiny in Bukavu should not be considered in the same league as other official enem [...]
2004-10-27 09:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PREL CG RW
04KINSHASA2001KINSHASA HOSTS GREAT LAKES CONFERENCE PREPARATORY
[...] (U) Summary. National coordinators for the Great Lakes Conference (GLC) held their second preparatory meeting in Kinshasa from October 19-23. The core group of seven members was enlarged to eleven with the addition of Sudan, the Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, and Angola. Pres [...]
2004-10-27 15:54:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL CG
04KINSHASA2025MINISTER OF INTERIOR ON ELECTIONS, SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior, and PPRD co-founder, Theofile Mbemba expressed concern that the newly launched pre-election campaigns will further divide the transitional components and throw up new obstacles to military integration. He outlined a PPRD strategy to dominate all the southe [...]
2004-11-02 13:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG KBEM
04KINSHASA2047THE CONGOLESE TRANSITION CURRENT AND FUTURE, AND
[...] (C) Summary: There has been major progress in the Democratic Republic of the Congo over the past few years, ending years of open warfare involving eight national armies and numerous domestic armed groups. Peace accords have yielded the formal withdrawal of foreign troops, a domestic transiti [...]
2004-11-05 16:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEAID KDEM PGOV PREL KPKO CG
04KINSHASA2107WORLD FOOD PROGRAM: NO FOOD FOR MUTEBUSI
[...] (C) We read with interest reftel detailing possible food assistance to Colonel Jules Mutebusi and his men, who continue to try to portray themselves as refugees in Rwanda. However, given that neither Monuc nor the GOR has been able to verify that Mutebusi has committed himself and his men to [...]
2004-11-18 06:58:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEAID PREF PREL CG RW
04KINSHASA2143RUBERWA ENGAGES IN QUIET DIPLOMACY ON BANYAMULENGE
[...] (C) PolCouns spoke November 20 with Muller Ruhimbika, a Banyamulenge leader, and November 22 with Jean-Marie Emungu, VP Azarias Ruberwa's chief-of-staff, about Ruberwa's quick trip to eastern Congo November 18-20. Accompanied by General Masunzu (who commands Banyamulenge troops fiercely oppos [...]
2004-11-24 11:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV CG
04KINSHASA2165MORE ON THE MURKY MATTER OF WHO FIRED THE SHOTS
[...] (C) PolCouns spoke November 25 with Monuc Goma Head of Office, and with a Monuc political officer in Kinshasa, to get an update on Monuc's investigation of the rocket attack into Rwanda, allegedly by the FDLR. Both Monuc sources said that their initial investigation indicated that rather than [...]
2004-11-26 15:13:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO CG
04KINSHASA2166CONGOLESE MILITARY PREPARING CONTINGENCY PLANS TO
[...] (C) PolCouns met November 24, and spoke telephonically November 25, with Air Force Commander John Numbi. Numbi said November 24 that in a meeting at the Presidency it had been decided that the army would immediately redeploy three battalions of Congolese troops (about 1,500 men) to the DRC-R [...]
2004-11-26 15:13:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO CG
04KINSHASA2170CONGOLESE READOUT ON KABILA-KAGAME MEETING
[...] (C) Senior Presidential Advisor Augustin Katumba called PolCouns November 27 to provide a readout of the meeting between Presidents Kabila and Kagame, facilitated by President Obasanjo. Largely agreeing in substance with Rwandan readout (reftel),Katumba mentioned Kagame's proposal to either [...]
2004-11-29 07:52:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
04KINSHASA2178KABILA DISCUSSES EASTERN SITUATION WITH FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: President Kabila held a November 29 discussion with Ambassadors from the UNSC Perm 5 countries, Belgium, South Africa, Angola, and Nigeria, and UN SRSG Swing. While speaking in measured tones, Kabila made clear his frustration with Rwandan President Kagame, and in essence Kabila [...]
2004-11-29 15:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO RW CG
04KINSHASA2352DEC. 30 DRC UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although the area north of Kanyabayonga has quieted and humanitarian relief efforts are underway, troubling fighting and troop movements continue in parts of North Kivu that used to be under RCD/G control. End Summary. Tension High in Goma ---------------------- 2. (C) On [...]
2004-12-30 14:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
04LILONGWE139RWANDAN REFUGEES IN MALAWI READY TO RETURN HOME
[...] (C) Rwandan refugees in Malawi are reportedly eager to return home, but inexplicably not yet moving in large numbers. Poloff met with a Dzaleka refugee camp administrator on February 19 at the camp, who said that many Rwandan refugees have been asking about returning home, and frustration wit [...]
2004-02-20 09:08:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM MI
04LILONGWE404FREER, BUT POORER: MALAWI AFTER TEN YEARS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary and introduction: This month's presidential and parliamentary elections will mark ten years since Malawi's first democratic elections and the transition away from Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda's thirty-year dictatorship. Much has changed, for better and for worse, since the advent o [...]
2004-05-14 11:44:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ECON PINR MI
04LILONGWE451MUTHARIKA CALLS FOR RECONCILIATION AND REFORM AT
[...] (U) Summary: Bingu wa Mutharika was inaugurated as Malawi's third president on May 24 at a sparsely-attended ceremony in Blantyre. Calling for reconciliation, reform, and peace in his inaugural address, he outlined a program to move Malawi "from poverty to prosperity"; announced his intention [...]
2004-05-25 14:40:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ECON KCOR PINR LY TW RW KE MI
04MADRID2961SPANISH POSITION ON UNSC 1540 IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (C) Summary. We delivered reftel demarch to Juan Manuel Gonzalez de Linares, MFA Deputy Director Genral of UN Affairs, and Enrique de Yturriaga, Special Assistant to the Director General of the Coordination Unit for Spain's Participation in the UNSC, on August 2. Gonzalez de Linares and Yt [...]
2004-08-03 15:34:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL KNNP PK SP UNSC
04MAPUTO338SYGSR SWING BRIEFS ON CHISSANO MEETING
[...] On March 8, Secretary General's Special Representative Ambassador William Swing called on Ambassador to brief on his meeting in Maputo with President Chissano and the current situation of the MONUC in DRC with sixteen months until the planned June 2005 elections. 2. Ambassador Swing told us [...]
2004-03-12 08:56:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MOPS PREF CG XA ZF MZ SF UG BY UN
04MAPUTO547RWANDAN REPATRIATION SET TO BEING THIS SUMMER
[...] Econ/pol officer delivered points (ref A) on the 10th anniversary of the Rwanda genocide to officials from the National Institute to Support Refugees (INAR) and discussed the status of the repatriation of Rwandan refugees with local UNHCR reps. Both INAR and UNHCR noted that the repatriation p [...]
2004-04-21 15:37:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPREF RW MZ
04PARIS9130FRANCE AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: This is the first of several messages reviewing France's relations with Africa. The southern African region currently attracts less French attention than any other region of Africa. With no francophone countries, and only one country currently engaged in conflict (Angola, at muc [...]
2004-12-27 14:15:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM AO BC LT MI MZ WA SF WZ ZA ZI ZU XA FR
04PARIS9146FRANCE AND CENTRAL AFRICA (SOUTH)
[...] (C) SUMMARY. France continues to seek solutions for the crisis in the Great Lakes through policies designed to support DRC President Kabila and the transition process and to block Rwandan interference in Congolese affairs. France's history in the Rwandan genocide complicates their ability to [...]
2004-12-28 10:52:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM BY CF CG CT EK GB RW TP ZF XA
04PRETORIA4252Visit of Treasury Under Secretary for
[...] (SBU) Summary. Treasury U/S Taylor and DAS Fratto sought support from South African Finance Minister Manuel to a U.S. proposal to move from loans to grants for HIPC countries in the multilateral development banks. The Minister agreed that the HIPC program had lowered debt levels for partic [...]
2004-09-21 05:32:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN EAID ETRD OTRA SF
04PRETORIA4545PERSPECTIVES ON NEPAD, ISLAM AND THE USA IN SOUTH
[...] (SBU) Summary: S/P consultations in South Africa October 6-10, 2004 confirmed strong public and private sector support for NEPAD, due largely to Presidents Mbeki and Obasanjo's strong leadership. Expecting legal status as an African Union (AU) entity, the NEPAD Secretariat was optimistic, [...]
2004-10-12 14:59:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV ECON ETRD KDEM PHUM PINR SOCI SF
04ROME2243 SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
[...] In an abbreviated Board session (one and a half days),the Executive Board approved country programs for Sierra Leone and Madagascar, a budget increase for WFP's development efforts in Uganda, and protracted relief and recovery operations for Myanmar (Returnees and vulnerable groups in norther [...]
2004-06-10 15:13:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR AORC PREF KUNR WFP UN
04ROME2418 GLOBAL CROP DIVERSITY TRUST: U.S. PRIVATE-
[...] Summary: The Global Crop Diversity Trust is an independent international endowment that aims to provide permanent funding for the world's major crop diversity collections, which provide the foundation for future improvements in agricultural productivity. The Trust has garnered firm pledges o [...]
2004-06-22 12:29:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD EAID SENV KIPR AORC FAO IPGRI
04ROME2935UNHCR/WFP JOINT DONOR BRIEFING
[...] Summary. UNHCR and WFP held a joint donor briefing in Rome on July 22, 2004. UN staff discussed troubling funding problems that limit WFP's ability to deliver food aid to refugees in Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Bangladesh, Chad, Eritrea, Georgia, Kenya, Nepal, and elsewhere; provided an update [...]
2004-07-29 07:41:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EAGR PREF AO AF CD CG SU WFP UNHCR
04ROME3520ITALY: SENIOR MFA OFFICIAL PESSIMISTIC ON MIDDLE
[...] (C) Summary. DCM hosted a lunch in honor of MFA Under Secretary for the Middle East and Africa Alfredo Mantica and SIPDIS his Chief of Staff Paola Imperiale, along with Pol M/C and Poloff, on September 8 . Mantica presented a fairly pessimistic outlook for the situations in Iraq, Iran, and [...]
2004-09-14 10:45:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPREL IZ IR SU IT EUN IAEA
04THEHAGUE13CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR 2
[...] (U) Canadian representative Peter van Brakel briefly raised the U.S. push on TS data automation with del. He noted Canada's support of the U.S. initiative and said that Canada had been submitting its redacted industry data declarations via electronic means (CD-ROM) for some time. French and [...]
2004-01-06 10:51:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE1394FY-2005 IVP Nomination - Alternate candidate
[...] Post is pleased to nominate Mr. Jules F. Gerzon as an alternate candidate for an FY-2005 IVP grant, excluding international travel benefits. Mr. Gerzon is earmarked for the EU/RP "U.S. Foreign Policy Challenges II," which will be held from February 28 - March 16, 2005. 2. START FIXED-FORMA [...]
2004-06-04 11:51:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OEXC SCUL NL
04THEHAGUE2272CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (U) Del rep attended a September 1 OPCW National Implementation workshop on National Implementation in London. Santiago Onate, Office of the Legal Advisor, Anan Dhavle, International Cooperation Division, and facilitator Mark Matthews (UK) presented tutorials on Article VII obligations to t [...]
2004-09-08 14:50:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
04THEHAGUE680CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WEEKLY WRAP-UP
[...] (SBU) On March 8, the Geneva Group discussed U.S. proposals for reform of the Office of Internal Oversight. There was general consensus on the need to strengthen the ability of the OIO to perform its oversight functions properly, but a concern about undoing the "political" agreement that out [...]
2004-03-17 14:11:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM PREL CWC
05ABIDJAN487COTE D'IVOIRE -- OUTSIDE LEGAL EXPERTS REVIEW
[...] (C) Summary. A panel of legal experts from Burundi and Rwanda, led by the Advisor to South African President Thabo Mbeki, has issued an analysis of the Linas-Marcoussis legislation, and determined that many of the bills are not in compliance with either the letter or spirit of the Linas-Marc [...]
2005-03-25 08:53:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO IV SA
05ABUDHABI2947PDAS CHENEY DISCUSSES REFORM, TIP AND TRADE
[...] (C) Summary: During NEA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Cheney's visit to the UAE June 26-27, she had an SIPDIS opportunity to speak to different audiences about political reform, trafficking in persons, and economic issues. Cheney emphasized that to fully empower its citizens, the UAE [...]
2005-07-01 09:34:00Embassy Abu DhabiCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD KMPI PHUM TC
05ABUJA137AF PDAS RANNEBERGER'S MEETING WITH AU CHAIRPERSON
[...] (C) Summary. At his 29 January meeting in Abuja with African Union (AU) Chairperson Konare, Ambassador Ranneberger underscored the priority the U.S. attaches to strengthening its relationship with the AU. He emphasized U.S. support for the AU mission in Darfur. He stressed the need to use th [...]
2005-01-31 16:25:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL AU SU NI
05ABUJA59OBASANJO ON SUDAN TRIBUNAL CONCEPT
[...] (C) Ambassador presented the Sudan Tribunal Concept demarche to the Foreign Ministry and National Security Advisor, and then to President Obasanjo, on January 14. After explaining where he was going on the Darfur talks (below),Obasanjo asked how it would be decided who would be prosecuted by [...]
2005-01-14 15:08:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC SU NI DARFUR
05ACCRA2287UNHCR DISCUSSES RESETTLEMENT, KRISAN CAMP,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During their initial courtesy call, Ambassador Bridgewater and Acting UNHCR Representative Luc Stevens discussed resettlement issues, the brewing unrest at Krisan Camp, the possible repatriation of Togolese refugees, and contingency planning for Cote d'Ivoire. Stevens said the [...]
2005-11-08 11:31:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL GH TO CI
05ADDISABABA3998AF DAS YAMAMOTO AND AU COMMISSION CHAIRPERSON
[...] (C) Summary: During a November 28 meeting with AF DAS Donald Yamamoto, African Union (AU) Commission Chairperson Alpha Oumar Konare voiced concern that lack of progress on the internal political crisis in Ethiopia could push the country to war with Eritrea over the unresolved border issue. H [...]
2005-12-01 13:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ER SO ET AF UNION EE BORDER
05ADDISABABA4016AU ON AMIS: TRANSITION TO BLUE HATS "ONE OF THE
[...] (C) Summary: African Union (AU) Acting Peace and Security Commissioner El-Ghassim Wane confirmed to Addis-based partner representatives December 5 that the AU expects that the December 10-20 planning mission to Darfur to assess AMIS will make recommendations regarding the future of AMIS, to in [...]
2005-12-05 13:29:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS EAID SU AF UNION DARFUR
05ADDISABABA4223AU BUREAU DIRECTOR ON U.S.-AU RELATIONS, AU
[...] (C) Summary: The African Union (AU) welcomes plans to enhance U.S.-AU relations and is willing to work with the USG on privileges and immunities for a U.S. Ambassador to the AU, AU Bureau of the Chairperson Director Mamadou Lamine Diallo told PolEconCouns and Poloff December 27. The AU plans [...]
2005-12-28 13:35:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO SU AU ER ET
05BRASILIA2231BRAZIL: AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER AMORIM
[...] (C) Introduction: Ambassador, accompanied by PolCouns, met on 19 August 2005 with Foreign Minister Celso Amorim and his chief of staff, to review a range of issues (with focus on reftel Haiti demarche) and discuss the Ambassador's departure from Brazil later in the year to assume the Chief Exe [...]
2005-08-19 17:55:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR BR UNSC US
05BRUSSELS1734TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA
[...] (U) Summary. The April 20 transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR) addressed priorities in the Great Lakes (ensuring democratic governance, supporting security sector reform and fostering regional stability),Somalia (consolidating the peace process),Sudan (Darfur and North-South); West [...]
2005-05-04 05:12:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV MOPS PHUM EAID XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS2344EU ON FORCED RETURN OF RWANDAN ASYLUM SEEKERS
[...] (U) PRMOff raised reftel points with DG Development Burundi/Rwanda desk officer Dietmar Krissler and EU Council Secretariat General officer for Central Africa Peter Clausen. SIPDIS 2. (C) Krissler said that during Commissioner Louis Michel's meeting with Rwandan President Kagame on June [...]
2005-06-17 08:18:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREF RW BY EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05BRUSSELS4300TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The October 19 transatlantic consultations on Africa included a variety of big picture themes -- the EU strategy for Africa, peacekeeping, development, political Islam and extremism, China in Africa -- as well as discussion about key political issues in the Great Lakes, Uganda, [...]
2005-12-06 11:07:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PGOV PHUM EAID MOPS XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
05DARESSALAAM1270JUNE UPDATE ON REFUGEE SITUATION
[...] (U) Summary: In its monthly briefing, UNHCR reported that for the first time in decades the number of refugees it assisted in Tanzania had decreased to less than 400,000 with an estimated 398,500 refugees currently in the country. The monthly meeting with the joint diplomatic corps and NGOs [...]
2005-06-29 11:02:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PGOV EAID TZ
05DARESSALAAM2339ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S DECEMBER 23 CONVERSATION WITH TANZANIAN PRESIDENT JAKAYA KIKWETE
[...] (U) December 23, 2005, 11:30 a.m., Dar es Salaam, Tanzania 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary of State D. Purnell Delly, Charge d'Affaires Maureen B. Latour, Political Officer TANZANIA Jakaya Kikwete, President Pastor Ngaiza, Director for Europe an [...]
2005-12-28 14:57:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM UG ET ER BY TZ OVIP
05DARESSALAAM540 ICTR REGISTRAR BRIEFS DIPLOMATS
[...] (C) Summary: ICTR Registrar Adama Dieng on February 25 briefed a small group of Dar es Salaam diplomats on current progress of the ICTR. Dieng was upbeat on the probability of the court meeting its completion deadline of 2008, though he said full funding was crucial. By the end of 2005 al [...]
2005-03-16 04:18:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL TZ RW ICTR
05DARESSALAAM57Mkapa's New Year's Greeting Warns Diplomats
[...] (C) Summary: At his traditional New Year Sherry party for the diplomatic community, President Mkapa briefly outlined a list of development programs and regional international initiatives, but Tanzania's upcoming elections were the real highlight of this year's speech. In an apparent effort to [...]
2005-01-13 04:38:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL TZ
05DARESSALAAM888It's Kikwete: the CCM Party Chooses a
[...] (C) Summary: By a lopsided vote, the ruling CCM party chose the Foreign Minister Jakaye Mrisho Kikwete as its candidate for President. While only the 1,800 delegates to the CCM party Congress actually voted in the final round, the general public appears enthusiastic about the party's choice, [...]
2005-05-05 13:53:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPGOV TZ
05DJIBOUTI191USITC STUDY ON EXPORT OPPORTUNITIES AND BARRIERS IN
[...] Summary: The Government of Djibouti (GOD) has not been able to benefit from AGOA to date due to a lack of developed industries. After a decade of uncertainty, Djibouti's economy looks brighter as a result of the country's foreign policy and assistance from donors. Djibouti has very few inte [...]
2005-02-27 07:45:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON EAID ETRD PGOV PREL DJ
05DJIBOUTI450INAUGURATION OF DJIBOUTI'S PRESIDENT FOR SECOND
[...] (U) Djibouti's 58-year old current president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, was inaugurated May 7 for a second six-year term. The colorful ceremony, filled with traditional songs and dancing, took place in the main hall of the Palais du Peuple, a large air-conditioned convention facility with meeting r [...]
2005-05-09 13:22:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL ECON EAID KDEM PGOV DJ
05DJIBOUTI9DJIBOUTI TO HOST COMESA SUMMIT IN 2006; RWANDA IN
[...] (U) In the Ambassador's January 2 meeting with Djibouti's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Saleban Omar Oudine (reported Ref A),the Minister told the Ambassador that Djibouti and Rwanda have switched dates for hosting the annual Common Market of Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) summit. [...]
2005-01-02 14:37:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV EAGR DJ RW
05DUBLIN207IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (U) On February 15, Post delivered reftel talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. Trans-Atlantic Relations ------------------------- 2. (SBU) The European Union strongly supports practical cooperation with the United States across the full [...]
2005-02-17 18:02:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL
05DUBLIN489IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE
[...] (C) On April 22, Post delivered ref A talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. In his responses, Keown focused primarily on Sudan and the Middle East Peace Process. He noted that Minister of State for Overseas Development, Conor Lenihan, had held [...]
2005-04-26 06:56:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALPREL KPAL EUN
05GABORONE1203SADC SUMMIT KEEPS STUDIED SILENCE ON ZIMBABWE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The "Silver Jubilee" Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit held in Gaborone August 17-18 tackled no thorny issues. Incoming SADC Chair, Botswana President Festus Mogae, urged concrete steps to make SADC effective. The regional leaders did not speak out on Zimbabw [...]
2005-08-23 13:16:00Embassy GaboroneCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV ETRD RW WZ ZI ZU BC SADC
05GABORONE1656BOTSWANA'S VP ON SADC, ZIMBABWE, CRIME, TERRORISM,
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Kate Canavan's introductory call with Botswana's Vice President Lt. Gen. Seretse Khama Ian Khama November 8 highlighted environmental cooperation, counter-terrorism, Zimbabwe, crime, and military issues. Ambassador informed VP Khama of Botswana's acceptance for the Tr [...]
2005-11-10 06:40:00Embassy GaboroneSECRETMARR PREL SENV US ZI BC SADC POL MIL
05GABORONE535REFUGEES AT DUKWE REFUGEE CAMP SEEK ARV
[...] (U) Summary: A March 31 visit to Botswana's Dukwe Refugee Camp by Ambassador Huggins revealed difficult living conditions and challenges in fighting HIV/AIDS within the camp's population. Community leaders at the Camp blamed the Government's policy of not providing ARV treatment to the refu [...]
2005-04-15 09:55:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PGOV KHIV BC HIV AIDS
05GENEVA1211 MEETING OF THE WTO NEGOTIATING GROUP ON NON-
[...] SUMMARY. The WTO Negotiating Group on Market Access (NAMA) met in Geneva on April 25-29, 2005 to continue discussions on tariff formula options, treatment of unbound tariffs, sector tariff liberalization, issues of concern to developing countries, and non-tariff barriers. The meeting moved [...]
2005-05-17 13:35:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA1227 MEETINGS OF THE WTO NEGOTIATING GROUP ON TRADE
[...] Summary/Overview: The WTO Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation met for the third time this year on May 2-3 for a two-day highly substantive and constructive session. It was characterized by the predominance of papers sponsored by developing countries, the presence of unusual alliances for [...]
2005-05-19 12:22:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA1238 WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS - FEBRUARY 7-25, 2005
[...] (U) Summary: The WTO services three week "mega cluster" took place in Geneva, February 7- 25, 2005. The meetings focused on preparations for revised offers indicatively due May 2005 with many "friends" groups presenting sector-specific proposals aimed at eliciting market access commitments [...]
2005-05-20 10:31:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON WTO
05GENEVA1257MAY 2005 MEETING OF THE WTO TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE
[...] The 19 May 2005 meeting of the WTO Trade Negotiations Committee lasted only one-half day, with most Members either restating well-known positions or refraining from intervening altogether (including the United States, Japan, European Communities and Brazil). The limited engagement was primari [...]
2005-05-23 09:43:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA1258MAY 2005 MEETING OF THE WTO TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE
[...] The 19 May 2005 meeting of the WTO Trade Negotiations Committee lasted only one-half day, with most Members either restating well-known positions or refraining from intervening altogether (including the United States, Japan, European Communities and Brazil). The limited engagement was primari [...]
2005-05-23 09:43:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA1320 MEETING OF THE WTO GENERAL COUNCIL - MAY 26, 2005
[...] Begin Summary. The meeting of the WTO General Council on May 26, 2005 was punctuated by two significant decisions - 1) a decision to create a working party on the accession of Iran to the WTO, and 2) formal approval of Pascal Lamy to be the next WTO Director-General. Lamy's term will [...]
2005-05-31 12:52:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDETRD WTRO USTR
05GENEVA1380UNHCR: NEW COMMISSIONER OFF TO A STRONG START,
[...] No summary [...]
2005-06-06 12:05:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF UNHCR
05GENEVA1454RWANDA/BURUNDI: LETTERS REFLECT RENEWED CONCERN AT
[...] (C) Summary: Following up on his immediate interest in Rwanda/Burundi (ref A),the incoming United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has written to the Presidents of Rwanda and Burundi expressing concern about their actions and intentions regarding Rwandan asylum seekers. UNHCR staff ar [...]
2005-06-10 13:58:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF RW BY UNHCR
05GENEVA1523UNHCR: AMBITIOUS AGENDA OUTLINED BY NEW HIGH
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Moley paid a courtesy call on Antonio Guterres June 14, the eve of Guterres' assumption of post as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR.) On June 17, Guterres met with a larger group in an informal session of UNHCR's Executive Committee (ExCom). In bo [...]
2005-06-20 08:52:00US Mission GenevaCONFIDENTIALPREF UNHCR
05GENEVA1689UNHCR: INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The Executive Committee (ExCom) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) held a meeting of its "Standing Committee" June 28-30 to discuss budget and program matters. This cable focuses on protection issues, the main topic of the June meeting. Others will focu [...]
2005-07-11 08:43:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPREF UNHCR
05GENEVA1755WHO: 58TH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: MINISTERIAL
[...] SUMMARY. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt and Ambassador Randall L. Tobias, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, invited the Ministers of Health from the fifteen focus countries of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief to meet with them during the 2005 World H [...]
2005-07-19 10:54:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO OTRA AORC WHO
05GENEVA2798 WTO TRIPS COUNCIL October 25-26 2005
[...] SUMMARY: The TRIPS Council meeting took place on Tuesday and Wednesday October 25-26, 2005. Mr. CHOI Hyuck of Korea chaired the meeting. There was an informal session held in the morning of October 25, with the formal session beginning on the afternoon and conti [...]
2005-11-16 09:17:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR ETRD WTRO
05KIGALI27KAGAME CRITICIZES NATION'S OFFICIALS FOR ALLOWING
[...] SUMMARY: In his closing address to over 800 GOR officials attending a constitutionally mandated "National Council of Dialogue", President Kagame hailed "good governance, security and patriotism" -- rather than "foreigners' wishes and beliefs" -- as the foundation for Rwanda's development. He [...]
2005-01-10 13:19:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KDEM RW
05KINSHASA1010DPKO AFRICA CHIEF TITOV VISIT TO THE DRC
[...] (C) Summary: UN DPKO Africa Division Chief Dmitry Titov briefed several diplomats June 11 on his visit to the DRC, the first in two years. Titov spoke of particular concerns regarding Ituri District, and negative influence from neighboring states. In addition, Titov reported &palpable8 tensi [...]
2005-06-20 14:03:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO CG UN
05KINSHASA1055UGANDA PRESIDENT MUSEVENI THREATENS PROBLEMS
[...] (C) Ugandan President Museveni sent a letter June 22 to DRC President Kabila in which he condemns both the transitional government and MONUC for not taking more proactive measures against remaining ADF elements in Province Oriental (bordering Uganda). The letter follows a similar missive sen [...]
2005-06-28 13:54:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG UG
05KINSHASA1067SIGNIFICANT TRADE BARRIERS REMAIN IN EASTERN CONGO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Eastern Congo continues to face significant trade growth barriers. Infrastructure, security, access to credit, taxation, foreign competition, bureaucratic obstacles, insufficient information and internal politics are all serious obstacles that discourage and even reverse growt [...]
2005-06-29 13:14:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON EFIN EINV CG
05KINSHASA1078THE CURRENT FDLR SITUATION
[...] (C) Summary: There has been substantial recent discussion in Kinshasa regarding the remaining FDLR presence in eastern DRC. All parties concede that, while worthwhile, the GDRC/Sant, Egidio initiative to promote FDLR repatriation to Rwanda is stalled. Problems focus on the lack of FDLR "lea [...]
2005-07-01 10:09:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO RW CG UN
05KINSHASA1091FDLR STATEMENT
[...] (C) National Security Advisor Samba Kaputo told Ambassador and other Tripartite ambassadors June 22 (reftel) that the GDRC was preparing an official statement regarding FDLR repatriation, which would be followed by the release of an FDLR statement indicating willingness to participate in unco [...]
2005-07-06 13:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
05KINSHASA1100INTRA-FDLR FIGHTING IN EASTERN DRC
[...] (C) MONUC and GDRC sources report fighting between FDLR units in eastern DRC. In a July 6 meeting, Presidency Special Advisor for Security Samba Kaputo told the Ambassadors/Charges of the U.S., Belgium, and Holland and UN SRSG Swing that fighting had apparently started around 1730 hrs (local) [...]
2005-07-07 09:33:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1104FDLR REPATRIATION INITIATIVE UPDATE
[...] (C) Summary: Several ambassadors met with Presidency Special Advisor for Security Kaputo July 6 for an update regarding GDRC activities to achieve repatriation of FDLR members to Rwanda. Kaputo attributed the delay of a GDRC statement on the subject to an extended GDRC &assessment8 seminar, [...]
2005-07-07 15:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1112JUNE ECONOMIC OVERVIEW
[...] (U) Summary. -- The Congolese Franc (FC) significantly appreciated against the USD and prices generally fell, though petroleum prices increased. -- In response to U.S. Coast Guard sanctions, the GDRC is trying to form a permanent commission to address port security. -- In the mining [...]
2005-07-08 10:52:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EMIN ELAB CG
05KINSHASA1115SENIOR MILITARY OFFICIAL ARRESTED IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Eighth Military Region Chief of Staff (COS),and four bodyguards were arrested and brought before a military court in Goma following a shoot-out on July 1 that killed seven people. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Col. Christopher Bindu (a Mai Mai) and four of his armed guards were arrest [...]
2005-07-08 11:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC CASC CG
05KINSHASA1203MONUC OPERATIONS AGAINST FDLR A SUCCESS---WITHIN
[...] (C) Summary: During MONUC's weekly diplomatic meeting July 20, MONUC Military Chief of Staff General Jean Francois D'Escury discussed MONUC's initiatives to address the FDLR problem, particularly in South Kivu. D'Escury stated that MONUC's recent military operations had been a success, express [...]
2005-07-25 15:05:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PREL MOPS CG
05KINSHASA1220CURRENT MONUC OPERATIONS IN SOUTH KIVU PROVINCE
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and other members of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) toured MONUC operational areas in South Kivu and were extensively briefed by the Pakistani brigade July 22 - 23. MONUC has launched an aggressive series of operations in the provinc [...]
2005-07-26 14:42:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS CG UN
05KINSHASA123APPREHENDING FUGITIVE ICTR INDICTEES
[...] (U) Information requested reftel follows. Status of Rewards for Justice Program ------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) Rewards for three informants involved in the May 2004 arrest of indictee Yusuf John Munyakazi are still pending Department action. (Comment: In 2004 local press [...]
2005-01-24 15:12:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC KJUS CG RW ICTR
05KINSHASA1302DRC-UGANDA DISCUSS CROSS BORDER TENSIONS
[...] (C) Congolese Vice-President Azarias Ruberwa flew to Kampala August 9 to meet with Ugandan President Museveni and discuss the recent spike in cross-border security concerns, particularly in Ituri and North Kivu provinces. Ruberwa was accompanied by Presidential Advisor Serufin Wej and Ministe [...]
2005-08-11 13:33:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
05KINSHASA1398RUMORS AND REALITIES IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (U) Rumors of war are running rampant again in North Kivu, fed in large part by General Laurent Nkunda's contacts with the international press. Nkunda has boldly declared his intent to recommence hostilities in the DRC sometime soon, with the alleged backing of hundreds, if not thousands, of [...]
2005-08-31 08:49:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
05KINSHASA1429UN/DRC SANCTIONS LIST
[...] (C) Post has no objections to including on the proposed sanctions list the six names proposed by UKUN. We believe that the first name, currently shown as "Kakolere" should be "Kakolele." Given the difficulty of fully determining additional identifiers, Post believes it more useful to procee [...]
2005-09-07 08:49:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL CG ETTC KPKO
05KINSHASA1432RWANDA EXPELS NKUNDA LOYALISTS
[...] (U) Congolese press and Radio Okapi reported September 7 that the GOR had expelled 10 former Congolese soldiers who had fled to Rwanda with General Nkunda following last year's attack on Bukavu. The press reported that the 10 were sent to Goma, where they are currently under arrest. 2. (C) [...]
2005-09-07 13:03:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG RW
05KINSHASA1447SECURITY SECTOR REFORM: MOVING - WITH DIFFICULTY
[...] (C) Summary: Several meetings in the past week have featured significant discussions at senior levels regarding critically important Security Sector Reform programs. The Ambassador and President Kabila reviewed the subject September 2, a long September 6 CIAT/Espace Presidential underscored t [...]
2005-09-08 15:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1460CONTENTIOUS ELECTIONS DISCUSSION AMONG THE VICE
[...] (C) Summary: A discussion of the state of election preparations consumed nearly two hours during a September 6 meeting of the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) and the Espace Presidentiel (President Kabila and four Vice Presidents). The discussion was marked by conten [...]
2005-09-12 07:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1494NKUNDA: LOTS OF SMOKE, LITTLE FIRE
[...] (C) General Nkunda's return to North Kivu apparently is a non-event. Changed circumstances in the province have left Nkunda between a rock and a hard place. Reportedly fleeing Rwanda in advance of an anticipated arrest warrant, and evidently lacking financial or military support from Kigali, [...]
2005-09-15 10:06:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL CG RW
05KINSHASA162CONGOLESE FRANC EXPERIENCING INSTABILITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Congolese franc is experiencing a progressively worsening bout of instability that commenced in September 2004, and which has seen the franc depreciate 17.4 percent from September through January. The Congolese Central Bank (BCC) has intervened with over $50 million in the pa [...]
2005-01-31 12:44:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEFIN ECON PGOV CG
05KINSHASA1639RETURN OF DRC REFUGEES FROM TANZANIA TO SOUTH
[...] (U) OFDA Rep Victor Bushamuka visited Baraka and Fizi from August 22 to 26 to assess the situation of returning DRC refugees from Tanzania. Fizi political leaders unilaterally decided in early August to send boats to Tanzania to bring refugees back to South Kivu at a rate of 5,000 per week so [...]
2005-10-03 08:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM CG
05KINSHASA1648MASS GRAVES REMINDER OF RWANDAN INVASION
[...] (U) The grisly discovery over the weekend of three mass graves in North Kivu, probably the first of a series likely to be soon exhumed, is a reminder of the violence which has plagued the Great Lakes region. MONUC Head of Office Njuzi told PolCouns that MONUC's very preliminary estimation is [...]
2005-10-04 09:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV MARR CG RW
05KINSHASA1649VP RUBERWA MUSES ON ELECTIONS, CONGO'S FUTURE
[...] (C) During an October 2 dinner, VP Ruberwa shared his insights on his evaluation of his own character and electoral chances/options, as well as his opinion of the other two likely presidential candidates, VP Jean-Pierre Bemba and President Joseph Kabila. A Tutsi Triumphant ---------------- [...]
2005-10-04 10:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CG
05KINSHASA1668RETURN OF THE TIGERS TO DRC
[...] (C) PolCouns met October 4 (at their request) with a group of Katangan Tigers in Kinshasa to, as they put it, pave the way for the return of the exiles. (Note: The Tigers are seeking to return after over 30 years in exile, as Kapend stressed several times. Given evidence of their attacks on [...]
2005-10-06 13:42:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF CG AO
05KINSHASA1731RAMAZANI WILL NOT ATTEND TRIPARTITE MEETING; DRC
[...] (C) During his October 13 meeting with the Ambassador regarding the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention (reftel A),Minister of Foreign Affairs Raymond Ramazani spoke about the upcoming Tripartite meeting and the security situation in the eastern part of the country, particularly in South Kivu [...]
2005-10-17 12:57:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1814FARDC 5TH BRIGADE BEGINS FIRST INTEGRATED MISSION
[...] (C) The FARDC 5th Integrated Brigade of the 8th military region began its first mission, code-named North Nexus, against FDLR rebels in Virunga National Park, North Kivu, on October 31. Also for the first time FARDC took the lead, with MONUC providing planning and logistical assistance, in [...]
2005-11-01 12:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1815PRESIDENCY COUNSELOR ON EAST SITUATION
[...] (C) I met one-on-one with Presidency Ambassador at Large Antoine Ghonda on Friday October 28 to review events subsequent to the recent Tripartite Plus meeting in Kampala. Regarding the situation in the east, Ghonda expressed some dismay about the apparent lack of USG understanding over GDRC se [...]
2005-11-01 12:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS CG
05KINSHASA1831NORTH KIVU 5TH BRIGADE OPERATIONS: A STEP FORWARD
[...] (C) Reftel reported a new military operation launched October 31 in North Kivu province in the area in and around Virunga Park, primarily targeting rebellious Mai Mai units and Rwandan FDLR. The operation is significant in that it represents the first involving a FARDC integrated brigade in e [...]
2005-11-03 14:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
05KINSHASA18345TH INTEGRATED BRIGADE MISSION AGAINST FDLR IN
[...] (C) The FARDC 5th Integrated Brigade is continuing operations in its mission to remove FDLR rebels from Virunga National Park, North Kivu. Launched October 31 as part of Operation North Nexus (reftel),this was the first military action involving an integrated FARDC brigade in the Kivus. To [...]
2005-11-03 15:43:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1854MONUC DIVISIONAL COMMANDER COMMENTS ON NORTH KIVU
[...] (C) Ambassador hosted for lunch on Saturday, November 5 MONUC,s eastern division commander, MG Patrick Cammaert. The Ambassador asked for Cammaert,s observations regarding the recently-launched FARDC/MONUC operation in North Kivu province targeting FDLR and Mai Mai elements in the Virunga area [...]
2005-11-08 10:46:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
05KINSHASA1873FARDC MILITARY TRIBUNAL REQUESTS MONUC SUPPORT IN
[...] (SBU) Following an October 25 joint visit to recently discovered mass graves in Rutshuru territory by a MONUC Human Rights Division team and a FARDC military tribunal, the latter requested MONUC assistance in conducting an inquiry. Specifically, the FARDC military tribunal requested the follow [...]
2005-11-09 14:02:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1893IMPORTANT NEW POLITICAL COALITION BEING LAUNCHED
[...] (C) Summary: Three veteran political figures, National Assembly President Kamitatu, and former ministers Endundo and Pay Pay, have formed a new political coalition that will back Pay Pay,s candidacy for President in next year,s election. News of the candidacy will be broached next week through [...]
2005-11-14 07:08:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1903FIGHTING IN ITURI BREAKS UP A MILITIA CELL
[...] (C) About half of a 3,000-man strong FARDC detachment, all elements of the First Integrated Brigade, backed by two MONUC attack helicopters and with MONUC logistical assistance, engaged elements of the Revolutionary Congolese Movement (MRC) November 14-16 in the southeast corner of Orientale p [...]
2005-11-17 10:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR KPKO CG
05KINSHASA1907NEW SOUTH KIVU GOVERNOR PRESENTS PLANS FOR THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 17 meeting, newly appointed Governor of South Kivu Deogratias Buhamba-Hamba outlined his top five priorities for the province. These are: 1) improved intercommunity relations, 2) rebuilding and development, 3) ending recruitment by local militias, 4) region [...]
2005-11-18 10:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR CG
05KINSHASA1952 Congo/Brazzaville: Avian and Pandemic
[...] SUMMARY. In response to reftel A, post made inquiries to various host government officials and representatives from international organizations to assess the current posture and readiness of the Government of the Republic of Congo (ROC) to respond effectively to an outbreak of avian influenza. [...]
2005-11-28 09:44:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO SENV AMGT ECON EAGR EAID PREL CF KFLU
05KINSHASA2054FDLR GROUP RETURNS TO RWANDA FROM DRC
[...] (C) A group of 82 FDLR militia members, along with 76 dependents, crossed into Rwanda from South Kivu on December 15. The group was led by Seraphin Bizimungu, also known as General Amani. According to MONUC officials, the group entered Rwanda via the transit center in Shangugu with MONUC ass [...]
2005-12-16 14:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO PREL CG RW
05KINSHASA2059NKUNDA'S PRESENCE IN NORTH KIVU PROVINCE
[...] (C) Following CODEL Brownback,s visit to eastern DRC, the Ambassador traveled Dec. 3 with the MONUC North Kivu Indian Brigade commander to a small forward operating base at Katchanga in the Masisi area of North Kivu. Indian military commanders told the Ambassador the base had been established [...]
2005-12-20 09:59:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS KPKO CG RW UN
05KINSHASA2060RENEWED BANYAMULENGE TENSIONS
[...] (C) There is a renewed threat of clashes in the High Plateau region of South Kivu province. The problem arises from a new source: tensions within the High Plateau Banyamulenge community. The proximate cause was the return of the "Group of 47," former Banyamulenge combatants who had reportedl [...]
2005-12-20 10:01:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MOPS PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA214VP BEMBA WANTS TO DISTANCE MLC FROM TRANSITIONAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vice President Bemba wants to distance his party from the transitional government, according to a senior official in Bemba's party, the MLC. The official said Bemba is trying to reach out to Etienne Tshisekedi's opposition party, the UDPS. END SUMMARY. Bemba Envisions Difficu [...]
2005-02-08 14:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KDEM CG
05KINSHASA219CONGO/B: CENTRAL AFRICAN HEADS OF STATE ENVIRONMENT
[...] (U) Summary: The Second Summit of the Central African Heads of State on Conservation and the Sustainable Management of Forest Ecosystems, held in Brazzaville on February 4 and 5, was marked by the signature of a treaty that strengthens the role of the Central Africa Forest Commission (COMI [...]
2005-02-08 17:03:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV PREL CF
05KINSHASA259CONGO, BURUNDI TO EXCHANGE AMBASSADORS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Foreign ministers from Burundi and the DRC signed a joint communique February 11 that calls for the exchange of ambassadors, the sharing of security information, for the DRC to support Burundi's application to join the existing Congo-Rwanda-Uganda Tripartite. END SUMMARY. Comm [...]
2005-02-15 12:44:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CG BY
05KINSHASA352DEM. REP. OF CONGO 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (SBU) Embassy Kinshasa provides the following information in accordance with instructions in reftel. Responses are keyed to reftel's numbered paragraphs (18-21). Begin responses: OVERVIEW OF COUNTRY'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (para 18): A. The DRC is not generall [...]
2005-03-01 16:39:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN EAID SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CG
05KINSHASA356SAN'EGIDIO COULD SEE SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Ambassador received a letter from President Kabila's Ambassador-at-Large Antoine Ghonda informing him that on March 6, the FDLR has agreed in principle to publicly agree to renounce violence, denounce the Rwandan genocide, and agree to disarm and voluntarily repatriate to Rwanda. Infor [...]
2005-03-02 13:27:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG RW
05KINSHASA457 UNHCR DONORS VISIT SOUTH KIVU
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNHCR hosted a field mission for donors to South Kivu February 14-16. This mission gave donors an opportunity to view firsthand the current state of affairs, infrastructure, political climate and security concerns surrounding processing of refugees in South Kivu. The mission [...]
2005-03-17 09:12:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PHUM PGOV CG
05KINSHASA584NORTH KIVU CLASHES LIKELY
[...] (C) Summary. MONUC field offices are preparing to repatriate Rwandan Hutu rebels (FDLR) in an increasingly tense atmosphere. The political-military situation in N. Kivu is unclear, and MONUC military patrols have reported increased suspicious activity by ex-ANC (RCD/G armed wing) soldiers in M [...]
2005-04-07 15:32:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
05KINSHASA598CONGO/B: UNHCR ON REPATRIATION OF DRC REFUGEES,
[...] SUMMARY: THE RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE FOR UNHCR BRAZZAVILLE, JANVIER de RIEDMATTEN, ASKED TO MEET WITH THE AMBASSADOR APRIL 4 TO BRIEF ON OVERALL UPCOMING REPATRIATION EFFORTS WITH DRC, RWANDAN, AND CONGO/B REFUGEES. END SUMMARY. ----------------------- DRC REFUGEES IN CONGO/B ------------- [...]
2005-04-08 10:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL CF UNHCR
05KINSHASA640CONGO DEMANDS $10 BN IN REPARATIONS FROM UGANDA
[...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Court of Justice began hearings on April 11 on Congo's suit against Uganda for crimes allegedly committed by Ugandan forces operating in the Congo from 1998-2003. The Congolese reportedly asked for $10 billion in reparations from Uganda. END SUMMARY. Backgrou [...]
2005-04-15 09:49:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM CG
05KINSHASA646THE WAY FORWARD ON FDLR REPATRIATION
[...] (C) Embassy Kinshasa shares view expressed ref a that it would be a tragedy to miss the opportunity provided by the Sant' Egidio process to energize the voluntary return of a large number of non-genocidaire FDLR elements and their dependents. This initiative offers the best chance in over te [...]
2005-04-15 11:46:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMARR MOPS PGOV PREF PREL KPKO KAWC CG
05KINSHASA655CIAT MEETING WITH THE ESPACE PRESIDENTIEL APRIL 14
[...] (C) Summary: The International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) met April 14 with President Kabila and three of DRC's four Vice Presidents; VP Ruberwa was absent. The first two discussion points centered on progress being seen to disarm militias in DRC's northeastern Ituri District, [...]
2005-04-18 13:25:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM KPKO CG
05KINSHASA731CONGOLESE MINING PRIMER
[...] (U) Summary: The natural resources wealth of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is enormous, including diamonds, copper, cobalt, nickel, zinc, uranium, gold, coltan, niobium, and cassiterite. As the DRC turns its eyes to peacetime economic development, the mining sector will become ever mo [...]
2005-04-29 16:16:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN ECON PGOV PREL CG
05KINSHASA735FDLR PRESIDENT MURWANASHYAKA IN CONGO
[...] (SBU) FDLR President Dr. Ignace Murwanashyaka arrived in Kinshasa from Europe the evening of April 28 with the apparent objective of setting into motion steps that will lead to the repatriation of FDLR members and their families to Rwanda. Murwanashyaka met with GDRC officials on April 29, an [...]
2005-05-02 16:37:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA764FDLR PRES. PLANNING VISIT TO SOUTH KIVU
[...] (C) SUMMARY. FDLR President Dr. Ignace Murwanashyaka is scheduled to leave Kinshasa for the Kivus in the next few days to meet with field commanders. Although he called on the international community to establish a 'Follow Up Committee,' he did not provide concrete 'next steps' to implement the [...]
2005-05-05 14:49:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA793N. KIVU UPDATE
[...] SUMMARY. (C) The security situation in Rutshuru and Masisi, North Kivu has deteriorated in the past month. About 1500 Congolese (mostly Tutsi) have fled Masisi for Rwanda in the past six weeks, and MONUC is concerned that targeted attacks against Nande by a mostly Hutu ex-ANC (RCD/G military w [...]
2005-05-12 15:09:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO PREF CG
05KINSHASA800FDLR REPATRIATION UPDATE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. FDLR President Dr. Ignace Murwanashyaka, MONUC DDRRR Chief, and Congolese officials went to the Kivus May 11 to try to persuade FDLR members and their families to return to Rwanda. Most Kinshasa-based international observers, however, are not optimistic about the FDLR President' [...]
2005-05-13 11:46:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
05KINSHASA854BANYAMULENGE REFUGEES RETURN TO S. KIVU
[...] (C) Summary. Over the past week, about 480 Banyamulenge refugees returned to South Kivu from Rwanda. Although the return started smoothly, problems have developed in the past few days. Post will continue to encourage all parties to help the refugees return. END SUMMARY. 2. (C) Over the past [...]
2005-05-24 13:26:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF CG RW
05KINSHASA878MINISTER OF DEFENSE ON TSHISEKEDI AND RWANDA
[...] (C) During a May 23 meeting with polcouns, Minister of Defense Adolphe Onusumba said his attempts to reason with UDPS leader Tshisekedi about joining the transitional government had failed, that Rwanda would like to replace Congolese Vice President Ruberwa, and that the international community [...]
2005-05-27 10:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS CG RW
05KINSHASA911WORLD BANK PLANS FUNDING SHIFT IN DRC
[...] (C) Summary. World Bank (WB) representative Pedro Alba told emboffs that the Bank intends to shift its funding in the DRC from emergency rehabilitation projects to sectoral projects. The Bank is considering providing support for Rwanda's gas exploitation of Lake Kivu, but will insist that Rw [...]
2005-06-02 16:30:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALECON EMIN EFIN EAID SENV CG
05KINSHASA968CONGO/B: ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF CENTRAL AFRICA
[...] (C) Summary: As current chairman of the Economic Community of Central Africa States (CEEAC/ECCA) sub regional organization, President Sassou convened a summit June 7-8 to encourage CEEAC Presidents to reinvigorate the near moribund entity. Known more in the region by its French acronym CEEA [...]
2005-06-15 12:12:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL ECON CF RW
05LILONGWE74UNHCR SURVEY REVEALS LOWER NUMBER OF REFUGEES IN
[...] (U) United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) resident representative Michael Owor told CDA in a January 20 courtesy call that the recent verification of refugee populations in Malawi (reftel A) has been completed. The exercise, which was a pilot program, has apparently been succe [...]
2005-01-25 07:41:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM MI
05MANILA655MEETING WITH FOREIGN SECRETARY ROMULO
[...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with Ambassador on February 9, Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo reiterated the GRP's commitment to combating trafficking-in-persons while working with Japan on implementation of new regulations on entertainers, confirmed that the de-listing as a terrorist organizat [...]
2005-02-10 08:44:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALPREL KWMN PHUM PTER BM IZ SU JA RP
05MAPUTO463EX-PRESIDENT CHISSANO CRITICIZES COVERAGE OF
[...] The international page of the April 11 edition of the official daily Noticias (circulation 80,000) carried an unattributed story headlined, "U.S. Media Coverage Harmful to Africa - according to Chissano." An informal translation follows: 2. Begin translation: North American media coverage o [...]
2005-04-12 13:03:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OIIP OPRC MZ
05MUSCAT322OMAN SEEKS SUPPORT FOR JUDGE CANDIDATE TO LAW OF
[...] This is an action request for OES/OA - please see para 3. 2. The Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a circular to resident diplomatic missions on February 16 requesting support for its candidate to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). The salient portions of the [...]
2005-02-26 13:06:00Embassy MuscatUNCLASSIFIEDPHSA TPHY PREL PINR MU
05NAIROBI1668 THE PORT OF MOMBASA: DETERIORATION,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Port of Mombasa is the largest port in the Horn of Africa, and is the economic lifeblood for the entire East Africa region. It is managed by a wholly- owned government parastatal, the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA). The Port is currently overwhelmed by a growing trade volume, [...]
2005-04-20 10:47:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON ETTC EINV ELTN EWWT AMGT ABLD ASUP ATRN PREL PTER SNAR KSTC KE
05NAIROBI3072 KENYA HOPES TO SAVE AGOA APPAREL GAINS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Apparel and garment exports to the United States under AGOA have been one of Kenya's few economic bright spots in recent years. However, faced with new competition stemming from the end of the Multi Fiber Agreement, an estimated 11,000-plus jobs have already been lost. The G [...]
2005-08-01 09:35:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD ECON EAID EINV ELAB PREL TBIO KE AGOA
05NAIROBI3863KENYA CONSTITUTION: VIOLENCE MARS THE YES CAMPAIGN
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Supporters of the proposed constitution launched their "Yes" campaign with three planned rallies September 16-18. As violence marred several pro-draft events, the message from both sides of the debate shifted to denounce violence and stress the importance of preventing the de [...]
2005-09-19 15:11:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM PINS PHUM KE
05NAIROBI4507 KENYA/NEPAD: KENYA COMPLETES APRM SELF-ASSESSMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2005-10-31 07:37:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECIN ECON PGOV SOCI KE NEPAD APRM
05NAIROBI4683KENYA'S GAMBLE ON A NEW CONSTITUTION UNLIKELY TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kenya's November 21 referendum on a proposed new constitution risks further polarizing the nation along tribal lines, regardless of the outcome. With the "Orange" opposition increasingly confident of victory, the stage is being set for continued political standoff if they win - [...]
2005-11-10 08:07:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC PREL KDEM ECON KE
05NAIROBI5240AMBASSADOR RAISES ISSUES OF U.S. CONCERN WITH NEW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador raised several issues of concern in our bilateral relationship during December 20 meeting with newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs Raphael Tuju, including: counter-terrorism, Article 98, Rewards for Justice, travel warnings, narcotics, public corruption, [...]
2005-12-23 03:29:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER SNAR MASS CASC KCOR KE SO SU AU KICC
05NAIROBI868 KENYA LAUNCHES SELF-ASSESSMENT ON GOVERNANCE
[...] No summary [...]
2005-02-25 09:20:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECIN ECON PGOV SOCI KE NEPAD
05NDJAMENA1209DISCUSSING DARFUR WITH DEBY
[...] (C) Summary: President Idriss Deby outlined Chad's perspective on the upcoming round of negotiations on Darfur in a meeting on July 29 with Ambassador John Yates, the U.S. Special Representative to the talks. Deby expressed his concerns with the African Union's lack of consultation and acce [...]
2005-08-02 12:03:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM PREF CD SU
05NDJAMENA1378EIGHTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: JUMP-STARTING THE
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire met September 8-9, taking advantage of a visit by the African Union's Special Envoy for Darfur, Dr. Salim Ahmed Salim. The agenda was devoid of any overtly controversial issues and focused on a report by the Cease-fi [...]
2005-09-10 17:52:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA1418CHAD: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE FOR REGIONAL MILITARY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Post seeks Department support for a military contribution for the Chadian-hosted regional military exercise Bahr El-Gazel from November 10-23, possibly through ACOTA or another State-funded program. The exercise was developed to respond to the African Union's call on each of t [...]
2005-09-19 16:01:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM MARR MOPS CD
05NDJAMENA1547NINTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: WIDESPREAD
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Joint Commission (JC) on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire met October 13-14 in N'Djamena. The key agenda item, strengthening the cease-fire, was never completely covered, but participants vowed to rejuvenate the JC and reaffirmed their commitments to participate regularl [...]
2005-10-17 11:32:00Embassy NdjamenaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF KAWC CD SU
05NDJAMENA22SIXTH JOINT COMMISSION MEETING: REBEL MOVEMENTS
[...] (C) Summary. The Sixth Session of the Joint Commission on the Darfur Humanitarian Cease-fire (JC) was unable to break through the impasse over the Government of Sudan's (GOS) offensive operations in December. The mediation team and international community failed to persuade the movements to [...]
2005-01-07 10:05:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF PHUM CD SU
05NDJAMENA260PRESIDENT DEBY DOUBTS AFRICAN UNION'S CAPACITY ON
[...] (C) Summary. The African Union (AU) is not up to the task of establishing a tribunal on Darfur, but the decision on how to proceed should reflect whatever AU consensus is reached, President Deby told the Ambassador February 18. In the meeting held to convey the Secretary's letter to him on [...]
2005-02-18 17:17:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPKO PHUM PREL KAWC SU CD
05OTTAWA1522NEW FOCUS FOR CANADA'S DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
[...] Summary: Canada is focusing its official development assistance (ODA) dollara and will be weaning 130 countries from its bilateral aid programs. The April 19 International Policy Statement (IPS) confirms that Canada, will concentrate its development assistance dollars on countries that can u [...]
2005-05-20 15:35:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON PGOV SENV CA
05OTTAWA2361HAITIAN-CANADIAN ANNOUNCED AS NEW GOVERNOR GENERAL
[...] (C/NF) Summary: PM Martin today announced that the Queen has approved the appointment of Michaelle Jean, a prominent Quebec journalist and media personality, to a five-year term as Governor General when Adrienne Clarkson's term ends September 27. Jean covers all the right bases, indeed it wo [...]
2005-08-04 20:02:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV CA PINR
05OTTAWA3123LETTER FROM MP DAVID KILGOUR TO SECSTATE URGING
[...] Embassy has received a letter from MP David Kilgour addressed to the Secretary regarding NATO involvement in Darfur. Mr. Kilgour is an independent MP who has been a champion of human rights and humanitarian issues going back to international efforts on behalf of Soviet Jewry in the 1970,s. K [...]
2005-10-19 16:26:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDCA PREL SU PARM MOPS
05OTTAWA3649CANADIAN STUDENTS PRAISE HUMAN RIGHTS DAY PROGRAM
[...] On December 8, Ambassador David H. Wilkins hosted 55 fourth grade students from the Glen Ogilvie Elementary School in Gloucester, their teachers and a dozen chaperones at the Embassy in Ottawa to observe the 57th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. The hi [...]
2005-12-13 17:42:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KPAO CA ID
05OTTAWA696MICHAEL IGNATIEFF OFFERS VISION FOR LIBERAL PARTY,
[...] Summary: Harvard-based Canadian Michael Ignatieff offered a compelling case as the Liberal Party,s keynote speaker for why the Liberals are the most successful party in Canada and can be expected to remain so well into the new century. He attributes the Party,s success to a national (as oppose [...]
2005-03-04 19:10:00Embassy OttawaUNCLASSIFIEDMCAP PGOV PREL PINR CA
05OTTAWA933PROPOSED AGENDA FOR 2005 U.S.-CANADA
[...] (C) Polmiloff conveyed Acting Assistant Secretary Likins' acceptance of the invitation to attend the first U.S.-Canada pol-mil consultations in Ottawa to Barbara Martin, Foreign Affairs Canada Director of North American and Euro-Atlantic Security and Defence Relations Division (IDR),on March 3 [...]
2005-03-30 23:19:00Embassy OttawaCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS CA IDR LTG
05PARIS1052PARIS CLUB - JANUARY 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the January 12-13, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non-Paris Club members Brazil, [...]
2005-02-18 11:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS1065AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. TOGO 3. RWANDA 4. SUDAN 5. ZIMBABWE 6. AID TO AFRICA 7. CAMEROON Â [...]
2005-02-18 14:23:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS1413AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. TOGO 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. DROC 5. RWANDA 6. BURUNDI 7. SUDAN 8. ZIMBABWE Â [...]
2005-03-04 11:18:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS2196AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. RWANDA 4. NIGER 5. SENEGAL 6. ANGOLA 7. ZIMBABWE 8. SUDAN 9. SOUTH AFRICA 10. GABON 11. DROC 12. SOMALIA Â [...]
2005-04-01 14:22:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS2217MEDIA REACTION REPORT - IRAQ - ELECTIONS DARFUR
[...] IRAQ - ELECTIONS 2. DARFUR 3. SYRIA - UN AGREEMENT ON LEBANON 4. ZIMBABWE ELECTIONS B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: THE OVERWHELMING COVERAGE DEVOTED TO THE LIFE AND DEATH OF POPE JOHN PAUL II LEAVES LITTLE ROOM TO OTHER STORIES. RIGHT- OF-CENTER LE FIGARO ON SATURDAY CARRIED AN INTERVIEW WIT [...]
2005-04-04 10:28:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS2378AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. ANGOLA 4. DJIBOUTI 5. ZIMBABWE 6. SUDAN 7. RWANDA Â [...]
2005-04-08 13:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS2399(C) CWC/BWC: MEETING OF CLOSE ALLIES, PARIS,
[...] (C) Summary: Close Allies (U.S., UK, France, Germany) met to coordinate actions for the upcoming OPCW Executive Council meeting and to review both joint and bilateral efforts on compliance, Article VII implementation, financial/personnel matters and CW destruction. Discussion on BWC primarily [...]
2005-04-08 15:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL TBIO CBW
05PARIS2517PARIS CLUB - APRIL 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the April 5, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non- Paris Club members Brazil, Isr [...]
2005-04-13 16:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS2579PARIS CLUB - MARCH 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON, PART I
[...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the March 9-10, 2005 Paris Club session. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented the Secretariat. Representatives of non- Paris Club members Brazil, [...]
2005-04-15 11:10:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS2591AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. EU/AFRICA 4. RWANDA 5. SUDAN 6. CHAD Â [...]
2005-04-15 13:56:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS3146DARFUR: FRENCH PREFER EU MISSION, BUT WOULD
[...] (C) Summary: A senior MFA official confirmed France's preference for an EU assistance mission to the African Union (AU) in Darfur. While the French approach is still evolving, MFA officials believe the EU should continue to build on its existing assistance efforts to the AU (AMIS). Towards th [...]
2005-05-10 14:41:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR MOPS SU FR NATO EUN
05PARIS3305PARIS CLUB - MAY 2005 TOUR D'HORIZON
[...] (U) Following are summaries of country discussions during the May 10, 2005 Paris Club session. Country negotiations will be reported septels. The Paris Club's President, Jean-Pierre Jouyet, chaired the session. Secretary General (SecGen) Emmanuel Moulin represented SIPDIS the Secretariat. [...]
2005-05-16 10:42:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON EAID XM XA XH XB XF FR
05PARIS3491FRENCH ON MAY 23-24 GAERC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Poloff delivered reftel points on May 16 and spoke with MFA deputy chief for Common Foreign and Security Policy Pascal LeDeunff on May 19. LeDeunff described Sudan as "incontestably the most important" subject the GAERC will tackle; said that the EU-3 will seek EU support for th [...]
2005-05-20 16:57:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALCH PREL SU MARR MOPS PARM KNNP MNUC FR EUN NATO
05PARIS3504MEDIA REACTION REPORT - MUSLIM WORLD: ANTI-AMERICAN
[...] MUSLIM WORLD: ANTI-AMERICAN DEMONSTRATIONS - KORAN DESECRATION - AFGHANISTAN - LAURA BUSH TO MIDDLE EAST 2. EUROPEAN ISSUES - REFERENDUM - NATO AND DARFUR B) SUMMARY OF COVERAGE: WHILE EUROPEAN ISSUES DOMINATE FRONT PAGES, EDITORIALS AND COMMENTARIES AS THE MAY 29 VOTE ON THE EU REFERENDU [...]
2005-05-23 12:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
05PARIS4453AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. SENEGAL 3. CHAD 4. DROC 5. CAMEROON 6. COTE D'IVOIRE 7. RWANDA/BURUNDI 8. NIGER 9. GUINEE BISSAU 10. TOGO 11. SOUTH AFRICA 12. UGANDA Â [...]
2005-06-24 13:50:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS4630AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. G8/AFRICA 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. MAURITANIA 5. RWANDA 6. CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE 7. NIGER 8. MALI 9. GABON 10. MADAGASCAR 11. MOZAMBIQUE 12. NIGERIA 13. DROC Â [...]
2005-07-01 13:47:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS5944AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. NIGER 4. RWADA 5. BURUNDI 6. CHAD 7. SUDAN Â [...]
2005-09-01 14:04:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS6326AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. BURKINA FASO 4. FRANCE/AFRICA 5. RWANDA 6. NIGER 7 SUDAN 8 NIGERIA Â [...]
2005-09-16 13:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS6336SANT'EGIDIO OUTLINES AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC OUTREACH
[...] (SBU) Summary: Community of Sant'Egidio representatives reviewed their diplomatic outreach in Africa during meetings with Africa Watcher on the margins of the Community's 19th annual congress in Lyon, France, September 11-13. Sant'Egidio's 1992 role in brokering peace negotiations to end the [...]
2005-09-16 16:37:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PHUM MZ TO IV RW CG SU FR
05PARIS6376(U) USUNESCO: COUNTERING THE CULTURAL
[...] (C) Summary. With the UNESCO general conference starting on October 3 and the General Conference Legal Committee scheduled to meet that first week, things are rapidly coming to a head. Several delegates have indicated that strong pressure in their capitals may help us to build a ground swel [...]
2005-09-20 06:21:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALSCUL ETRD EU UNESCO
05PARIS6939AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. TV IN AFRICA 3. SUDAN 4. CHAD 5. NIGER 6. GABON 7. DROC 8. MALAWI Â [...]
2005-10-11 07:01:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS7109 USUNESCO: UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY
[...] The following is an action request. 2. The UNESCO cultural diversity convention was brought before the General Conference cultural commission on Oct. 17. USDEL proposed a set of amendments that were voted down by large margins. The commission then voted by 151 to 2 with 2 abstentions to r [...]
2005-10-18 11:05:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS7230 USUNESCO: UNESCO VOTES TO ADOPT CULTURAL
[...] (U) Summary. On October 20, by a vote of 148 in favor, 2 (U.S. and Israel) opposed, and 4 (Australia, Honduras, Liberia, and Nicaragua) abstentions, the UNESCO General Conference, meeting in plenary session, adopted the highly controversial Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Di [...]
2005-10-21 15:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDETRD PREL SCUL FR UNESCO
05PARIS8028AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. SUDAN 4. MAURITANIA 5. CHAD 6. GABON 7. RWANDA 8. MALARIA+HIV/AIDS Â [...]
2005-11-25 14:20:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8202AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. GABON 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. RWANDA 5. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT 6. NIGER 7. HISSENE HABRE 8. UGANDA 9. HIV/AIDS-MALAWI Â [...]
2005-12-02 16:24:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8368AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. AFRICA/FRANCE SUMMIT 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. CAMEROON 5. RWANDA 6. GABON 7. ERITREA 8. SOUTH AFRICA 9. SUDAN 10. MALAWI 11. AFRICA'S PRISONS Â [...]
2005-12-09 14:35:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8373A CONVERSATION WITH CHIRAC'S AFRICA ADVISER
[...] (C) Summary: Michel de Bonnecorse, head of the "Africa Cell" at the Elysee Palace that advises the French President, described the 12/2-12/4 Africa-France Summit in Bamako as a strategic, historic project, encouraged a high-level USG presence for the January meeting of the International Worki [...]
2005-12-09 16:23:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ASEC EAID TO GH IV FR UNSC
05PARIS8513AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTTON 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. DROC 5. RWANDA 6. GABON 7. CHAD 8. NIGER 9. ETHIOPIA/ERITREA 10. SUDAN Â [...]
2005-12-19 08:11:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PARIS8692AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. SENEGAL 3. COTE D'IVOIRE 4. CHAD/SUDAN 5. DROC 6. RWANDA 7. CAMEROON 8. FRANCE AND AFRICA Â [...]
2005-12-30 10:30:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
05PORTAUPRINCE1542AMBASSADOR ANDREW YOUNG PUSHES RECONCILIATION IN HAITI
[...] (U) Summary: Former Ambassador Andrew Young visited Haiti May 18-20, delivering a welcome message of optimism about Haiti's future and encouraging Haitians to put mercy and reconciliation above the search for justice. In meetings with a cross-section of Haitian leaders, he shared his experi [...]
2005-06-03 14:15:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SCUL HA
05PRAGUE213NEW EC DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR EXTERNAL
[...] (U) Post offers the following background and biographical information on Karel Kovanda, the current Czech Ambassador at NATO, who was appointed February 9 as European Commission Deputy Director General for External Relations. Kovanda will replace Fernando Velenzuela Marzo. His portfolio will [...]
2005-02-14 16:26:00Embassy PragueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR EZ EUN
05PRETORIA4076 NEW NEPAD CHIEF EXECUTIVE
[...] (U) Summary. In August 2005, Mozambican agricultural economist Firmino Mucavele was appointed the Chief Executive of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Secretariat. He replaced South Africa's Wiseman Nkuhlu, who continues to serve as South Africa's representative in the NE [...]
2005-10-06 11:39:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PINR ECIN ECON EINV ETRD SF
05PRETORIA453READOUT OF THE JANUARY 17-18 MEETING OF THE BLAIR
[...] (SBU) Summary. At a January 17-18 meeting in Cape Town, seventeen African ministers of finance grouped with members of the Blair Commission for Africa to consult on the Commission's report due February. Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown attended the event as the last stop in a six-day [...]
2005-02-01 17:13:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ETRD EFIN XA SF
05ROME3855 SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE WORLD FOOD PROGRAM
[...] The Second Regular Session of the WFP Executive Board (EB) concluded with the approval of a host of administrative and programmatic matters, including: the WFP Biennial Management Plan for 2006-2007; special relief operations and projects totaling US$ 812 million; and a pilot weather insurance [...]
2005-11-22 14:55:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIEDEAID AORC PREF WFP
05ROME747UN COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES: ITALIAN CANDIDATE
[...] (U) Italian Radical Party leader Emma Bonino came to Embassy Rome March 4 to meet NEA DAS Carpenter. Bonino's NGO "No Peace without Justice" is managing an aspect of the USG-GOI funded "Democracy Assistance Dialogue" under the G-8 Broader Middle East and North Africa initiative. 2. (C) Aft [...]
2005-03-04 17:09:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIO IT PREF ITALIAN POLITICS
05SANAA1877JEFFREY SACHS VISITS SANAA, WARNS OF ECONOMIC
[...] (U) Summary. Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the UN Millennium Project, projected a bleak future for Yemen without dramatic policy changes and a significant increase in foreign assistance during a visit to Sanaa, July 1-4. In Sachs's view, poor economic performance, declining natural resources, a [...]
2005-07-11 10:10:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALECON EFIN EINV EPET KMPI KMCA YM COM
05SOFIA1033CLASSIFIED BULGARIAN ARMS EXPORT REPORT REVEALS
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: In a classified government report passed to us by a reputable NGO, the GOB summarizes the amounts and locations of all authorized Bulgarian arms exports for the period 2002-2003. The report has not been officially released yet and remains secret even though EU regulations requir [...]
2005-06-09 08:16:00Embassy SofiaSECRET//NOFORNETTC BU
05TEGUCIGALPA1326MEDIA REACTION ON G-8 DEBT FORGIVENESS, JUNE 21,
[...] On 6/21 the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" published an editorial entitled "Politicians and Debt Forgiveness." "The debt forgiveness issue has already entered political campaigns." "The two candidates of the traditional parties have already talked about multilateral organiza [...]
2005-06-21 22:43:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO
05TELAVIV6270ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Syria 2. Mideast 3. International Holocaust Commemoration Day ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Israel Radio reported that Staff Sgt. Yonatan Evron was killed early this morning during an arrest operation in the village of Mirka near [...]
2005-11-02 11:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
05THEHAGUE2271NETHERLANDS: MFA OFFICIAL ON IRAN/IAEA, AFRICA,
[...] (U) This is a action request; please see para 9. 2. (C) Summary: DCM and Polmiloff met August 15 with Director Robert de Groot and Section Head Hans Sandee of the Security and Defense Policy Division at the Dutch MFA. On Iran, de Groot suggested there are no alternatives at present than co [...]
2005-08-17 14:38:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALNL AF PARM PREL IR NATO
05THEHAGUE2309AMBASSADOR’S PARTING THOUGHTS ON TAKING THE DUTCH
[...] (S) SUMMARY: With the EU divided and its direction uncertain, the Dutch serve as a vital transatlantic anchor in Europe. As one of the original six EU members, the Dutch ally with the British to counter Franco-German efforts to steer Europe off a transatlantic course. The Netherlands' solid Europea [...]
2005-08-22 17:01:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PGOV PTER ECON EAID NL EUN USUN
05THEHAGUE2446THE DUTCH IN AFRICA: SECURITY, AIDS AND WATER
[...] Summary: The Dutch are among the world's most generous aid donors, giving about 0.8 percent of GDP or $4.2 billion in 2004. Roughly half of Dutch aid goes to 18 countries in Africa, making the Netherlands the fourth largest donor of bilateral aid to Africa. Dutch aid to Africa focuses on h [...]
2005-09-08 14:17:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL KHIV NL XA
05THEHAGUE2756SCENESETTER FOR DASD THERSA WHELAN'S VISIT TO THE
[...] Your visit to The Hague comes at a time when the GONL is broadening its already substantial aid to Africa and is boosting its efforts in security assistance and reform. The Ministries of Defense, Foreign Affairs, and Development are pursuing joint SSR and DDR initiatives in Africa and have cre [...]
2005-10-12 14:39:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL KHIV NL XA
05THEHAGUE2973NETHERLANDS/AFRICA: DASD WHELAN'S VISIT TO THE
[...] (U) SUMMARY. On October 14, DASD for African Affairs Theresa Whelan met with several representatives of the Dutch MFA and MOD. Discussion during the two meetings included GONL and USG involvement in SSR and DDR initiatives in South Africa, Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, and the DRC, as well as mutua [...]
2005-11-01 12:49:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPREL MCAP NL XA MASS MARR PGOV
05VATICAN443SUDAN: VATICAN HESITANT ON AU-UN TRIBUNAL
[...] (C) Holy See Country Director for Sudan Monsignor Lucio Sembrano told us February 10 that the Holy See was optimistic regarding Darfur, but hesitant about the proposed African Union (AU) - UN Sudan Tribunal. He maintained that the International Criminal Court (ICC) would be the most effectiv [...]
2005-02-23 09:54:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM PREL SU VT
05VATICAN452SUDAN: VATICAN HESITANT ON AU-UN TRIBUNAL
[...] (C) Holy See Country Director for Sudan Monsignor Lucio Sembrano told us February 10 that the Holy See was optimistic regarding Darfur, but hesitant about the proposed African Union (AU) - UN Sudan Tribunal. He maintained that the International Criminal Court (ICC) would be the most effectiv [...]
2005-03-01 07:15:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALKIRF PHUM PREL SU VT
05VATICAN559SANT'EGIDIO EXPRESSES CONCERN ON GREAT LAKES
[...] (C) Don Matteo Zuppi, Great Lakes expert of the Vatican-linked Community of Sant'Egidio, expressed concern December 14 that the presence of Rwandan refugees in the Congo was a lingering problem that could infect the whole region. "The numbers of refugees are not great," he said, "but the sit [...]
2005-12-16 13:57:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV VT RW CF
05VIENNA3937AUSTRIA ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT BASHIR'S POSSIBLE AU
[...] (C) On December 21, Econ Unit Chief met with Caroline Gudenus, Head of the MFA's Sub-Saharan Africa Division, to discuss USG concerns regarding Sudanese President Bashir's possible candidacy to be Chairman of the African Union (AU). Gudenus said Austria, which assumes the EU Presidency January [...]
2005-12-22 09:01:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL AU SU
05VIENNA792DEMARCHE TO AUSTRIA ON MARCH 16 EU FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) On March 10, EconPolCouns and Pol Unit Chief presented ref (a) points to Andreas Riecken, the Austrian Foreign Ministry's new EU Affairs director. 2. (C) Riecken made the following substantive comments: -- On the EU's China arms embargo, Riecken said the issue was not supposed to [...]
2005-03-10 16:33:00Embassy ViennaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETTC PTER HR CH LE KPAL SU RS GG AU EUN
05YEREVAN2030CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION: ARMENIA MISSES
[...] (C) Following what appeared to be good progress toward implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC),Armenian MFA Global Security and Non-Conventional Issues Acting Division Head Karen Matirossian told us during a recent meeting that, as he had predicted in March (ref B),the GOAM w [...]
2005-11-18 11:49:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPARM ABUD AM AROC CWC CBW OPCW
06ABUJA706ENHANCING SECURITY MEDIATION TEAM AT DARFUR PEACE
[...] (SBU) Per State 04850, USDEL asked African Union Special Envoy Dr. Salim Salim if he would welcome BG Kazura from Rwanda as part of his mediation team. Salim said yes. He hopes Kazura can arrive soon. CAMPBELL [...]
2006-03-29 09:08:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KPKO SOCI SU NI
06ABUJA938PROTECTING CIVILIANS IN DARFUR: AMIS FORCE
[...] (C) On April 25 Khartoum CDA Hume raised with AMIS commander Major General Ihekire US concerns about increased fighting and specifically attacks on civilians in Darfur per reftel. He emphasized that recent fighting had taken place in close proximity to AMIS installations without any appropr [...]
2006-04-26 11:14:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL PHUM SOCI PINS PARM SU NI
06ACCRA3005GHANA HOSTS REGIONAL SEMINAR ON UNSCR 1540
[...] SUMMARY: Ghana hosted Africa's first outreach activity on United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1540, the UN Regional Seminar on Implementing UN Security Council Resolution 1540 (2004) in Africa, in Accra on November 9-10, 2006. Representatives from 23 African countries attended [...]
2006-12-18 17:35:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKNNP ETTC PARM PREL PTER AORC XA GH
06ACCRA784REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR RWANDAN REFUGEE GERVAIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Accra requests authorization for a refugee referral to the U.S. Resettlement Program on behalf of Rwandan refugee Gervais Rutebuka, his wife, and their niece and nephew. Rutebuka fled Rwanda in 1994 and resided in Benin for eight years, where he obtained refugee status [...]
2006-04-07 07:34:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM RW GH
06ADDISABABA1003DPKO ASG ANNABI MAKES TRANSITION PROGRESS WITH AU
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UN is cautiously optimistic that planning for transition of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) to a UN mission is on better footing following consultations with AU Peace and Security Commissioner Amb. Said Djinnit and his team, UN ASG for Peacekeeping Operations Hedi [...]
2006-04-14 13:46:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA115AU SUMMIT KHARTOUM SCENESETTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The January 23-24 African Union (AU) Summit in Khartoum will focus on the AU's efforts to make the organization more relevant for Africa, while retaining international credibility. The Summit will spotlight education, social and cultural issues, though the AU Commission's mod [...]
2006-01-11 17:05:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SU AU
06ADDISABABA1187ETHIOPIA: IMPRISONED CUD LEADER READY TO PROMOTE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Pastor Daniel of the NGO Justice For All, Prison Fellowship Ethiopia, has informed post that imprisoned Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leader Yacob Hailemariam agreed to write a conciliatory note to the Prime Minister as a first act in beginning dialogue with the GOE. END [...]
2006-04-27 15:05:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM ET
06ADDISABABA1194SUDAN/DARFUR: AU COMMISSION DEMARCHED ON GRAIDA
[...] (SBU) Deputy pol/econ counselor delivered ref A points on USG concerns about further violence in south Darfur to Ambassador Ki Doulaye Corentin, Head of the African Union Commission's Darfur Integrated Task Force (AU/DITF),on April 28. Ki Doulaye pledged to share the information with AU Pea [...]
2006-05-01 09:25:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL SU KPKO MOPS AU
06ADDISABABA1195UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS FOCUSES ON
[...] (C) Summary. At the end of her three-day trip to Addis Ababa April 23-26, U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour legal analysis is needed in the high profile trial of the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leadership, civil society representatives and journalis [...]
2006-05-01 17:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ET
06ADDISABABA1634ETHIOPIA: PM MELES ON SOMALIA, ERITREA BORDER AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Meles told the Charge and CJTF-HOA Commander Rear Admiral Hunt June 13 that Ethiopia would not take military action against the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) in Somalia unless the ICU moved against Baidoa, which the PM did not expect them to do. Meles said the Transi [...]
2006-06-15 08:56:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL ASEC MARR KPKO ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA1737A/S FRAZER TALKS SUDAN AND SOMALIA WITH AU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AU Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit called Sudan's recent refusal to accept a UN Mission in Darfur a "big problem," but ultimately agreed with A/S Frazer that the GOS was simply delaying the inevitable UN deployment as long as possible. Frazer and Djinnit agreed that [...]
2006-06-25 06:51:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO AU UN SU SO ET
06ADDISABABA1779A/S FRAZER TALKS SUDAN AND SOMALIA WITH AU
[...] (C) SUMMARY: AU Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit called Sudan's recent refusal to accept a UN Mission in Darfur a "big problem," but ultimately agreed with A/S Frazer that the GOS was simply delaying the inevitable UN deployment as long as possible. Frazer and Djinnit agreed that [...]
2006-06-29 16:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO AU UN SU SO ET
06ADDISABABA2130DARFUR: AU SAYS NEW PLEDGES ALLOW AMIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At his first briefing for donors and other partners since the July 18 pledging conference for the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS),the head of the African Union's Darfur Integrated Task Force (DITF) said that the conference's main outcome was the acknowledgement that partners seek t [...]
2006-08-04 09:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO EAID SU AU
06ADDISABABA2523DARFUR: SEPTEMBER 14 AU DITF BRIEFING REPORTS AMIS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to African Union officials, Sudan has requested that AMIS suspend rotation of peacekeeping troops to Darfur, pending the outcome of the September 18 ministerial-level PSC. The AU confirmed that the Rwandan rotation is on hold, but suggested that the September 16 rotat [...]
2006-09-15 10:29:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2524DARFUR: SEPTEMBER 7 AU DITF BRIEFING REPORTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 7, African Union officials reported to AU partners that recent cash contributions would allow the AU Mission in Sudan to continue operations beyond September 30, but that any decision on either extending or strengthening AMIS by two additional battalions would have [...]
2006-09-15 13:35:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2609ETHIOPIA: SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF LTG R.
[...] (C) SUMMARY: 1. (C) Welcome to Addis Ababa! Your visit comes as the country works to rebuild public confidence in democratic institutions and cope with potential threats on its borders with Eritrea and now Somalia. Ethiopia remains a strong U.S. partner in the global war on terrorism. The de [...]
2006-09-25 14:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KPKO PHUM AU ET ER SO
06ADDISABABA2610DARFUR: SEPTEMBER 21 AU DITF BRIEFING CONFIRMS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: While the AU PSC extended the mandate of AMIS to December 31, and Sudan has allowed the rotation of AMIS troops to resume, AU officials expressed concern that transition to a UN peacekeeping operation remains an unresolved issue. The AMIS Force Commander remained in Addis Abab [...]
2006-09-25 15:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2650ETHIOPIA: BI-WEEKLY REPORT SEPTEMBER 29 2006
[...] The following reports compiled over the last two weeks illustrate the variety of economic, political, and social developments occurring in Ethiopia. POLITICAL --------- Kidnapped Red Cross Workers Released  [...]
2006-10-02 05:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM ETRD ECON KFLU ET
06ADDISABABA2936DARFUR: AMIS FORCE COMMANDER REJECTS FJMHQ CONCEPT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union civilian and military officials, including the new AMIS Force Commander, had few conclusions to share from a recently concluded internal "brainstorming" session on operational challenges facing the AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur. Sudan's recent acceptance of 1 [...]
2006-11-06 05:58:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA2948DARFUR: AMIS FORCE COMMANDER ARGUES FOR UP TO NINE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a November 2 briefing to major AU partners, officers from the AU Mission in Sudan (AMIS) highlighted two areas of continued fighting in Darfur: North Darfur, where GOS aerial reconnaissance and bombardment of suspected NRF strongholds continues; and the Darfur-Chad border, [...]
2006-11-06 14:26:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA323AU SUMMIT KHARTOUM WRAP-UP
[...] (SBU) Summary: The African Union (AU) Summit held January 23 and 24 in Khartoum highlighted the AU Commission's efforts to "do the right thing" in terms of promoting continental good governance and human rights, as well as social progress, but also produced member state division. Long negotia [...]
2006-02-02 12:22:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM ETRD SU AU
06ADDISABABA3243DARFUR: DECEMBER 7, AU DITF BRIEFING PROVIDES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. According to African Union officials, the head-of-state-level November 30 AU Peace and Security Council (PSC) meeting affirmed Sudan's acceptance of UN assistance to the AU peacekeeping mission in Darfur, but highlighted that Sudan continues to oppose full transition to a hybrid [...]
2006-12-08 13:54:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU
06ADDISABABA3316DARFUR: NOV. 16 SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS BILATERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Separate November 16 bilateral consultations with UK Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn, French MFA Africa Director Jean de Gliniasty and Special Envoy for the Peace Process in Sudan Henri Benoit de Coignac, and Chinese PermRep to the UN Guangya Wang hig [...]
2006-12-18 16:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO SU AU UK CH FR
06ADDISABABA926PROGRESS ON INTERNAL SITUATION: DAS YAMAMOTO MEETS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. For over two hours on March 31 DAS Yamamoto, Charge and DCM met with five members of the detained leadership of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD): Berhanu Nega, Dr. Yakob Hailemariam, Hailu Shawel, Gezachew Shiferaw, and Mesfin Woldemariam. The detainees, who appeared [...]
2006-04-06 16:19:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ET
06ANTANANARIVO1269PRE-CAMPAIGN RHETORIC HEATS UP IN MADAGASCAR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With three days to go before the official presidential campaign season kicks off November 12, Ambassador McGee has individually met 11 of the 14 candidates. The pre-election rhetoric is heating up among the presidential hopefuls but, with a few notable exceptions, most have fai [...]
2006-11-09 13:56:00Embassy AntananarivoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM EAID PINR MA
06BAGHDAD812MILITIAS AND OTHER ARMED GROUPS IN IRAQ -
[...] (S//REL MNCI) SUMMARY. Militia organizations, acting both as extra-legal bodies and within government structures at multiple levels, will continue to pursue sectarian agendas that will undermine the government's ability to improve the security environment and will exacerbate sectarian tensions [...]
2006-03-13 16:38:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETKJUS MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PNAT PREL PTER
06BANJUL411DARFUR PEACE AGREEMENT: AU PSC REAFFIRMS AMIS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The African Union's Peace and Security Council (PSC),meeting on June 27 at the ministerial level at the AU Summit in Banjul, heard briefings on Somalia and election preparations in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but issued a sole communique focusing on Darfur Peace Agreement [...]
2006-06-28 17:48:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO AU SU SO
06BEIRUT2901LEBANON: NICHOLAS MICHEL IN LEBANON; NEEDS TIME
[...] (C) During a 9/7 meeting with the Ambassador and poloff at the Phoenicia Hotel, UN Legal Adviser Nicholas Michel provided an overview of his discussions with the Lebanese regarding the draft "Statute of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon." On sequencing, Michel said that PM Siniora should wai [...]
2006-09-08 11:12:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER KCRM LE SY
06BOGOTA10114U/S BURNS' OCTOBER 25 LUNCH MEETING WITH COLOMBIAN
[...] (U) October 25, 2006; 1400PM. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Under Secretary Burns A/S for WHA Thomas P. Shannon Ambassador William B. Wood Deputy Assistant Attorney General Mary Lee Warren DCM Milton Drucker Daniel Tomlinson, NSC Attorney Advisor Patricia Prugh, L Political Counselor John [...]
2006-11-01 15:52:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CO
06BOGOTA10294U/S BURNS' OCTOBER 25 MEETING WITH COLOMBIAN
[...] (U) October 25, 2006; 1100AM. 2. (U) Participants in Holguin Meeting U.S. Under Secretary Burns Assistant Secretary for WHA Thomas P. Shannon Ambassador William B. Wood Deputy Assistant Attorney General Mary Lee Warren NSC - Dan Tomlinson Attorney Advisor Patricia Pugh, L Politica [...]
2006-11-06 17:20:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KJUS CO
06BOGOTA1547PROSECUTOR GENERAL LAUNCHES NEW FISCALIA JUSTICE
[...] (U) Colombian Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran on 7 February presided over the launch of the Justice and Peace Unit in the Fiscalia (Prosecutor General's office). In his remarks at the inauguration, Iguaran emphasized that applicants who withhold information or lie would be denied Justice an [...]
2006-02-17 20:30:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
06BRASILIA1670BRAZIL NONCOMMITTAL ON PARTNERSHIP FOR DEMOCRATIC
[...] (SBU) Summary. GOB officials responded in a noncommittal fashion to visiting S/P Director Krasner's presentation on the Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG). During an August 4 meeting at the Foreign Ministry, GOB officials expressed concerns about the PDG's relationship, if any, to [...]
2006-08-14 19:20:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC BR
06BRUSSELS2199 BELGIAN STEWPOT: June 26, 2006
[...] (U) In May, EU Information Society Commissioner Viviane Reding levied a general criticism at European countries for lagging behind on implementing fast new technologies. The commissioner lamented Europe's slow take-up of new high-speed communications technologies such as broadband internet, te [...]
2006-06-27 13:10:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV EAID EWWT EAIR BE
06BRUSSELS2988SN-BRUSSELS AIRLINES PLANS EXPANSION IN
[...] (U) According to company representatives, SN Brusels Airlines (SNBA) is planning to expand it presence in Africa in the coming years. Eschwing larger airports such as Casablanca, Nairobi and Johannesburg, where other international airlines have a strong presence, SNBA intends to focus on West [...]
2006-09-05 06:11:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDEAIR EINV BE XY ZF
06BRUSSELS3748 BELGIAN STEWPOT: November 7, 2006
[...] Sustainable Development Week 2-3. NIKE Expands, Gets Green Approval Seal 4. GDP Growth Exceeds Forecast 5. Belgian "Peace Corps" Volunteers Chosen 6. World's Biggest Diamond sold in Antwerp 7. Northwest: New Brussels-Detroit Flight 8. By Their Snacks You Shall Know Them 9. Ri [...]
2006-11-07 15:47:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EINV EIND ELTN BE
06BRUSSELS4210SPECIAL ENVOY NATSIOS' MEETING WITH THE BELGIAN
[...] (C) Sudan Special Envoy Natsios conducted a Darfur roundtable on December 15, 2006 with experts from the Belgian MFA led by Director for African Affairs Trouveroy (the former Belgian Ambassador to Sudan) and Director of International Organization Affairs (both A/S-equivalent) Frankinet. The S [...]
2006-12-22 11:42:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL SU CG RW BE UNSC
06BRUSSELS504DRC: HUMANITARIAN ACTION PLAN LAUNCHED BY UN AND EU
[...] (U) Summary. At the launch of the Humanitarian Action Plan (HAP) for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on February 13, the UN and EU called on donors to fund 330 projects worth almost $682 million that will benefit 60 million people in 2006. In a taped address to the Ministerial Confere [...]
2006-02-14 16:24:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM PREL PGOV EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS508EUROPEAN COMMISION AND U.S. WORK TOWARD PROGRESS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Jendayi Fraser met in Brussels on January 26 with European Commission (EC) Director General for DG Development Stefano Manservisi to discuss the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),Sudan, Chad and the Horn of Africa. Mutual perspectives and targeted assist [...]
2006-02-15 07:30:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS509EUROPEAN COUNCIL AFRICA TASK FORCE COMMITS TO
[...] (C) Vervaeke initiated the discussion by noting the European Union (EU) had received a letter from the UN, requesting EU support for a flexible "rapid reaction" force to assist, if needed, to ensure electoral stability in DRC. Vervaeke indicated the UN request lacked specificity, but that the [...]
2006-02-15 07:33:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV EAID XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS
06BRUSSELS800U.S.-EU TROIKA ON HUMAN RIGHTS, FEBRUARY 16, 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The U.S.-EU Troika on Human Rights (COHOM),held February 16 in Brussels, provided an important forum for in-depth discussions, but no agreement on what kind of Commission on Human Rights (CHR) meeting might take place should UN agreement on the Human Rights Council (HRC) not be [...]
2006-03-08 14:34:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL CH IR CU BL VE XR EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS
06BUENOSAIRES1983US PRESIDENT BUSH'S POPULARITY RATING; WAR IN LEBANON; IRAN
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Today's major international stories include US President George W. Bush's popularity rating; the status of the war in Lebanon; the nuclear threat posed by Iran; the role the UN should play in international conflicts; the US policy on Cuba; the US-Uruguayan FTA; the US-Asean [...]
2006-09-01 19:48:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
06BUJUMBURA607BURUNDI - RELIEF TO DEVELOPMENT
[...] Following significant political progress, the overall humanitarian situation is improving in Burundi. The transition from relief to development is underway, but humanitarian coordination is essential to prevent critical gaps between relief and development assistance. However, several variab [...]
2006-07-18 07:28:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PHUM ASEC PREL BY
06CAIRO1144EGYPT AND AFRICA: BACKGROUND NOTES FOR U.S.-EGYPT
[...] (U) Assistant Secretary Frazer, your bilateral discussions February 24 with Egyptian MFA Assistant Minister for African Affairs Mohamed Higazy in Washington will offer an excellent chance to determine how Egypt and the U.S. may be able to cooperate to address regional conflicts like Darfur an [...]
2006-02-23 12:46:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ETRD ECON EG SU
06CAIRO6939DARFUR: EGYPT AND ARAB LEAGUE PLEASED WITH AU-UN
[...] (C) The Government of Egypt (GOE) and the Arab League Secretariat (AL) are pleased with the outcome of November 16 SIPDIS high-level consultations on Darfur held in Addis Ababa and hosted by the African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN). GOE leaders and the Arab League are pressing th [...]
2006-11-21 16:06:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER MOPS UNSC EG SU
06DAKAR1264THIRD MEETING OF THE UN HIGH LEVEL GROUP OF THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Wade opened the third meeting of the 15-member UN High Level Group of the Alliance of Civilizations on May 28. Like Turkish Minister of State Aydin and former UNESCO Secretary General Mayor before him, Wade spoke of both economic and religious divisions, warning that [...]
2006-05-30 10:46:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALSOCI PHUM PINS ECON KIRF KISL SMIG UNAUS IR
06DAKAR1265THIRD MEETING OF THE UN HIGH LEVEL GROUP OF THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: President Wade opened the third meeting of the 15-member UN High Level Group of the Alliance of Civilizations on May 28. Like Turkish Minister of State Aydin and former UNESCO Secretary General Mayor before him, Wade spoke of both economic and religious divisions, warning that [...]
2006-05-30 10:49:00Embassy DakarCONFIDENTIALSOCI PHUM PINS ECON KIRF KISL SMIG UNAUS IR
06DAKAR2703SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR A/S HARTY
[...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, Senegal is preparing for presidential and parliamentary elections in February 2007. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United States in [...]
2006-11-08 18:01:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP CMGT SMIG ECON EAID PGOV PREL KMCA SG
06DARESSALAAM1464ZANZIBAR'S WORK ON TIP LAUDABLE; HUNGRY FOR MORE
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Zanzibar has taken the subject of trafficking in persons (TIP) to heart. Immigration officials have trained their own officers as well as local administrators and identified the need to review the legislation on TIP. Prosecutors, journalists, politicians, tourism officials, a [...]
2006-08-29 11:32:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG TZ
06DARESSALAAM1508BURUNDI, FNL SIGN CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Burundi's president, Pierre Nkurunziza, and Palipehutu-FNL's Chairperson, Agathon Rwasa, signed a Comprehensive Ceasefire Agreement in Dar es Salaam September 7. The ceasefire is to take effect 72 hours from the signing of the agreement. The agreement outlines further steps to [...]
2006-09-08 10:38:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV BU TZ
06DARESSALAAM1573RWANDA PREPARED TO SEVER TIES WITH ICTR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Government of Rwanda (GOR) is pursuing the issue of suspected genocidaires working at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) by pressing the ICTR to respond on the issue and by encouraging the Tanzanian authorities to work with the GOR. The GOR is prepared t [...]
2006-09-21 07:58:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PHUM RW TZ
06DARESSALAAM1706TANZANIA DEFENDS REFUGEE RETURNS AS VOLUNTARY,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reports of Tanzania's expulsion of illegal immigrants "abruptly and under harsh conditions" are misreported and exaggerated, according to John Chiligati, Minister of Home Affairs. Chiligati described a two-phase process now ongoing in the Kagera region of northwestern Tanzania t [...]
2006-10-18 03:53:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF PREL RW UG BU TZ
06DARESSALAAM1788TANZANIA: 2006-2007 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-03 09:44:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SNAR TZ
06DARESSALAAM498TANZANIA: PRESIDENT KIKWETE ASSURES AMBASSADOR OF
[...] (C) Taking time out from chairing a six-day working retreat for ministers and deputy ministers, President Jakaya Kikwete met with Ambassador Retzer in Arusha March 15 to discuss peacekeeping, Zanzibar, the MCC compact process, and his upcoming visit to the United States in May 2006. President [...]
2006-03-21 10:32:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID ECON PHUM TZ
06DARESSALAAM731EAST AFRICAN FEDERATION: FAST-TRACK OR EMPTY TALK?
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Economic convergence in the East African Community (EAC) in on track, with a Customs Union expected to be fully functional by 2010. To further strengthen the region's economic ties, the EAC Secretariat also has hopes to undertake major infrastructure projects in areas such as e [...]
2006-05-04 12:26:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALENRG ECON ETRD PGOV TZ
06DJIBOUTI830A/S FRAZER AND SOMALILAND'S FM TALK IN DJIBOUTI
[...] (C) During a dinner hosted by Ambassador Ragsdale on June 21, the Foreign Minister of Somaliland Edna Ismail spoke with visiting A/S Jendayi Frazer regarding the ongoing attempts by Somaliland to win international recognition as an independent state. Ismail briefed the A/S on her current tour [...]
2006-07-13 07:12:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SO DJ
06DUSHANBE2226HUMAN RIGHTS DAY EVENTS IN TAJIKISTAN
[...] SUMMARY: Embassy Dushanbe commemorated International Human Rights Day/Week with a variety of events: having students paint a mural on the Embassy walls, showing a Human Rights related movie followed by a discussion group, and hosting a number of public speaking events focused on the theme "De [...]
2006-12-19 12:52:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KPAO KDEM TI
06FREETOWN25UN PEACEKEEPERS LEAVE SIERRA LEONE, BUT FRAGILITY
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-11 17:33:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PREL SL
06FREETOWN460NEW SPECIAL COURT PRESIDENT FAVORS TAYLOR
[...] (C) On June 5, Ambassador and PolOff met with the new presiding judge of the Special Court for Sierra Leone Appeals Chamber (and President of the Special Court),Justice George Gelaga King, who just took up a one-year term of office. King thanked the Ambassador for the U.S. financial contribut [...]
2006-06-05 17:46:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC SL NL
06GABORONE453SCENESETTER FOR DAS THOMPSON'S VISIT TO BOTSWANA
[...] Mission Botswana welcomes the visit of DAS Carol Thompson on April 12-13. As a stable, middle-income, multi-party democracy, Botswana represents the potential of Africa. Yet, Botswana faces significant challenges - a severe HIV/AIDS epidemic, an international human rights controversy over th [...]
2006-03-31 12:07:00Embassy GaboroneUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV ECON KHIV PHUM MOPS BC
06GENEVA59736TH UNHCR STANDING COMMITTEE: AFRICA DISCUSSIONS
[...] (U) Summary: Africa Bureau Director Marjon Kamara and Director of Operations for the Sudan Situation Jean-Marie Fakhouri addressed participants in the 36th Meeting of the Standing Committee (SC) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on March 8. Both highlighted the di [...]
2006-03-16 13:07:00US Mission GenevaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREF PREL SMIG XA
06HARARE586IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED AT REFUGEE CAMP
[...] (C) During poloff's May 10 visit to the remote Tongogara Refugee Camp, home to approximately 2,300 of the 12,300 refugees Zimbabwe hosts, UNHCR officials lamented budget challenges to camp operations and outlined areas of need, such as water distribution and opportunities for self-sufficiency. [...]
2006-05-18 14:02:00Embassy HarareCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREF EAID ZI
06JOHANNESBURG202SOUTH AFRICA: ROLE OF NEDLAC
[...] Summary: The National Economic Development and Labor Council (NEDLAC) celebrated its tenth anniversary last year, amid some questions about its utility in creating social consensus on government policy. NEDLAC, established in 1995, is a forum designed to promote social dialogue and brings t [...]
2006-06-08 12:47:00Consulate JohannesburgUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ECON SF
06KATHMANDU2348NEW UN SPECIAL ENVOY UNDER NO ILLUSIONS
[...] (C) On August 29, the UN Secretary General's newly appointed special envoy, Ian Martin, told the Ambassador he was under no illusions about the difficulty of bridging the differences between the Government and the Maoists on the key question of managing Maoist arms. Martin stated that he was [...]
2006-08-30 11:48:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PTER UN NP
06KHARTOUM1015DARFUR: WHO WILL APOLOGIZE?
[...] (C) Introduction by Cameron R. Hume, CDA Embassy Khartoum. Everyone with an interest in Darfur should read this message. It is written by Ron Capps, the Foreign Service Officer who has the most comprehensive knowledge of Darfur. He is now completing with great distinction a tour as the deput [...]
2006-04-28 11:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO KAWC UN AU SU
06KHARTOUM1085SUDAN: UNHCHR ARBOUR SEES NO PROGRESS IN DARFUR,
[...] (C) Summary: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour declared there had been "no progress" on human rights in Darfur since 2004, and warned the situation actually had gotten worse. The new Humanitarian Work Law would severely impede NGO relief work, and the expansion o [...]
2006-05-08 08:14:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPKO SU UN AU
06KHARTOUM1475SUDAN/DARFUR: SUDAN REJECTS UN PKO; UN DEVISES
[...] (C) Summary: In separate readouts, joint AU-UN Technical Assessment Mission officials stated that Sudan had decided not to permit a transition from the African Union Mission to Sudan to a UN peacekeeping operation, and a UN military planner provided details about its plans for a transition to [...]
2006-06-22 18:30:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO MARR AU UN SU
06KHARTOUM1976PULLING PRESIDENT BASHIR BACK FROM THE DARK SIDE
[...] (C) Summary: Over the past few weeks, President Bashir has turned away from his previous strategy of cooperation with the international community to resolve the conflict in Darfur and gone over to the dark side -- a unilateral approach relying on the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) to re-establis [...]
2006-08-19 16:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MOPS PGOV ETTC SCUL AU US UN SU
06KHARTOUM1982 SUDAN Q NORTH DARFUR UPDATE Q LAST
[...] Organized banditry and clashes between various armed groups have forced the last two humanitarian agencies operating in Tawilah district, North Darfur to suspend activities and relocate staff. USAID Darfur Field Office (DFO) staff estimate that as a result of this withdrawal, 110,000 interna [...]
2006-08-20 09:08:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI SU
06KHARTOUM2239 UN SECURITY UPDATE FOR NORTH DARFUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNDSS highlighted ongoing SAF operations in areas to the north and southwest of El Fasher. It estimated the overall security environment in those areas as unpredictable, and advised humanitarian agencies to exercise caution when operating in those particular locales. END SUMMA [...]
2006-09-14 15:40:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KPKO SOCI AU UN US SU
06KHARTOUM2654OIL IN SOUTHERN SUDAN - THE STORY OF "CROOKS AND NANNIES"
[...] (SBU) Summary: The history of oil exploitation in Sudan has been marked by northern domination, killings, displacement, community destruction, environmental degradation, arms purchases, and accusations of cheating on revenue sharing. To break with this legacy, the Government of Southern Suda [...]
2006-11-13 11:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR ECON EINV EPET ENRG ET KE GE CH SU
06KHARTOUM822Press Summary March 27 - April 3
[...] SUMMARY: This cable covers miscellaneous items that have appeared in the press over the past week but are not covered elsewhere. This includes renewed violence at the University of Juba over the student union issue (reftel),the forming of a new political party by southern NCP member-- and f [...]
2006-04-04 09:04:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KPAO OIIP PGOV PINR PHUM ECON MOPS
06KHARTOUM939DARFUR: GEREIDA - AN UNEASY PEACE
[...] On April 12, a USAID representative and colleagues from the European Commission Humanitarian Office (ECHO) and U.K. Department for International Development (DFID) Emergency Office visited Gereida, South Darfur, to determine what additional resources and partners are required to assist the Ge [...]
2006-04-19 05:52:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF PGOV PHUM SOCI KAWC SU
06KIGALI1013DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION OF EX-COMBATANTS
[...] (U) A Joint Partner Implementation Support Mission of the partners of the Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) for the Great Lakes regions held a three day conference in Kigali 4-6 October to review and assess the progress made in implementing the program and key compl [...]
2006-10-18 06:05:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PREL MONUC CG RW
06KIGALI1014DEMOBILIZATION AND REINTEGRATION OF EX-COMBATANTS
[...] (U) A Joint Partner Implementation Support Mission of the partners of the Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) for the Great Lakes regions held a three day conference in Kigali 4-6 October to review and assess the progress made in implementing the program and key compl [...]
2006-10-18 06:05:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PREL MONUC CG RW
06KIGALI1017GOR ON TRACK TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
[...] (U) On 17 October Rwandan Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama held a press conference to announce a "nation wide debate" on the abolishment of the death penalty in Rwanda. Although it has not been implemented since 22 genocidaires were shot by firing squads in 1997, the subject has been a k [...]
2006-10-19 16:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS
06KIGALI1027AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH MONUC AND UN GROUP OF EXPERTS
[...] (U) On 20 October Ambassador had separate meetings with the Chairman of the UN DRC Group of Experts (GOE) Ambassador Ibra Ka and MONUC Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General (DSRSG) Haile Menkerios. Ka and Menkerios SIPDIS updated Ambassador on the status of their respective [...]
2006-10-27 10:49:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMCAP PREL MCC RW CG UG UNSC
06KIGALI1047FIRST TIFA COUNCIL MEETING IN KIGALI
[...] (U) Summary. Deputy United States Trade Representative Ambassador Karan Bhatia led the USG delegation to the first-ever Trade and Investment Council Meeting held in Kigali on October 31. Discussions covered such topics as the WTO DOHA round of negotiations, AGOA and bilateral trade, trade c [...]
2006-11-03 11:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD PREL RW
06KIGALI1060IMF STAFF MISSION TO RWANDA OKAYS 2007 BUDGET
[...] (C) An IMF team conducted a staff mission to Rwanda October 18-November 2, and reached agreement in principle with the GOR on budget priorities and policies for 2007. According to IMF team members, the GOR's overly ambitious initial budget numbers have been trimmed, global budget numbers have [...]
2006-11-06 12:41:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEFIN EAID PREL RW
06KIGALI1063MAYOR PRESENTS HER VISION FOR KIGALI
[...] (U) Summary. On 3 November Kigali City Mayor, Dr. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira, briefed diplomatic corps and a small group of stakeholders on her strategic vision for the city. Kacyira presented her municipal government's mission, to make Kigali "a safer, cleaner, more competitive modern city with exp [...]
2006-11-07 08:19:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV ECON RW
06KIGALI1073CUBA EMBARGO AND UNGA 3RD COMMITTEE DEMARCHES
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-09 06:16:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL UNGA UNHRC KTIA UN CU RW
06KIGALI1074ICTR PROSECUTOR ADDRESSES COMPLETION STRATEGY AND
[...] (SBU) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow addressed the Kigali diplomatic corps November 9, following a two-day conference organized jointly by the ICTR and the University of Rwanda entitled "Challenging Impunity." Jallow outlined next steps fo [...]
2006-11-09 14:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PHUM RW
06KIGALI1090GACACA: SOME JUSTICE, LITTLE RECONCILIATION, IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 7, former energy minister Bonaventure Niyibizi traveled to his birthplace in western Rwanda to attend the gacaca trial of four men accused of the murder of his mother in the 1994 genocide. Some measure of justice occurred -- four men offered partial confessions and [...]
2006-11-13 14:20:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI1110PAUL RUSESABAGINA LETTER TO THE INTERNATIONAL
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-17 12:54:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
06KIGALI1111NO IMMEDIATE ANSWER FROM GOR MFA ON BELARUS AND
[...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affaris Americas Desk Officer Augustin Rutikara did not have an immediate response to talking points (reftels). When pressed on how the USG can ensure its positions are thoroughly communicated to the Rwandan UN delegation, Rutikara said direct lobbying by USUN official [...]
2006-11-17 12:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL UNGA IS BO RW
06KIGALI1119UK ASSISTS GOR IN GENOCIDAIRE EXTRADITION REQUEST
[...] (C) Summary. There are two British investigators in Rwanda working with the Rwandan Justice Ministry and Prosecutor's Office to build extradition requests of four suspected genocidaires living in the UK that will withstand the scrutiny of the British legal system. Because the UK does not hav [...]
2006-11-21 12:22:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM ASEC UK RW
06KIGALI1125RWANDAN RESPONSE TO FRENCH JUDGE'S ARREST WARRANTS
[...] (U) In response to press reports that a French judge had requested arrest warrants for nine senior GOR officials allegedly involved in the downing of the Juvenal Habyarimana presidential jet on April 6, 1994, the GOR on November 21 formally denied its officials' involvement. "There is no ba [...]
2006-11-22 16:11:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KAWC RW
06KIGALI1130RWANDA CONTEMPLATES BREAKING RELATIONS WITH FRANCE
[...] (C) Ambassador Richard Sezibera (protect),Great Lakes Special Envoy for the Rwandan Government, called Ambassador early on the morning of November 24 to report that the GOR was "moving toward breaking relations with France," as a result of the French issuance of international arrest warrant [...]
2006-11-24 11:11:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC RW
06KIGALI1133FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEF DIPLOMATIC CORPS ON RUPTURE
[...] (SBU) Summary. On November 25, Foreign Minister Charles Murigande briefed the diplomatic corps on the GOR decision to break relations with France and expel French diplomats from Rwanda. The decision by a French judge to issue international arrest warrants for nine senior Rwanda officials (re [...]
2006-11-27 12:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC RW
06KIGALI1142THE FRENCH LEAVE RWANDA
[...] (U) Twenty-five French Embassy and other official personnel left Kigali on 27 November at 19:00 local time via a Rwandair Express flight to Entebbe. The atmosphere was somber in the airport VIP lounge, the French said final good-byes, took photos and shared chocolate. There was no press and [...]
2006-11-28 16:01:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC KAWC PREL FR RW
06KIGALI1143MEETING WITH GOR ON MCC THRESHOLD PROGRAM
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador and AID Director met on November 21 with Ambassador Sezibera and other GOR staff on the just-announced Millennium Challenge Corporation Threshold program. Sezibera pronounced the GOR committed to a successful program, and anxious to get to work with mission and MCC [...]
2006-11-28 16:04:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID PREL RW
06KIGALI1148RWANDAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON MCC AND DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Murigande November 23 to discuss the Millenium Challenge Corporation selection of Rwanda for its Threshold Program, and the current situation in Darfur. Murigande welcomed the MCC decision, particularly given the recent drop in some of the World Ban [...]
2006-11-29 10:22:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALUNSC PREL RW
06KIGALI1163SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS MEETING IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR convened its sixth annual Development Partners Meeting in Kigali on November 22 to 24. Sessions included presentations and discussions on such topics as economic growth, private sector development, agriculture, decentralization, aid policy, and governance. Donor gover [...]
2006-12-03 09:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID RW
06KIGALI1171GOR:NKUNDA FIGHTING FARDC NOT FDLR
[...] (C) According to Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF) spokesman Major Jill Rutaremara the recent fighting in North Kivu (reftel) is between the forces of renegade General Laurent Nkunda and the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC). At 1530 local time 6 December Rutaremara told polo [...]
2006-12-07 05:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL RW
06KIGALI1175RWANDA: 2006 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM
[...] (U) Below is Embassy Kigali's submission of the 2006 Country Report on Terrorism. 2. (SBU) The Rwandan Government made efforts to combat terrorism financing and continued to increase its border control measures to identify potential terrorists. Rwanda has an intergovernmental counterterr [...]
2006-12-07 15:26:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC EFIN KCRM RW
06KIGALI1187RWANDA WILL ROTATE ITS DARFUR TROOPS
[...] (SBU) Action request. The GOR communicated its intent to rotate the three Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF) battalions in Darfur, Sudan with three new battalions. The diplomatic note (text below) indicates a desire for the USG to provide the airlift for the troop rotation "by the end of December 2 [...]
2006-12-12 15:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS NATO PREL SU RW
06KIGALI1188BWINDI CASE: RWANDA ENDORSES TRANSFER TO UGANDA
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Rwandan Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga December 6 to discuss the Bwindi murder case. Ambassador communicated the decision by U.S. federal prosecutors to dismiss the case, and seek transfer of the suspects to Uganda for prosecution (Note: the 1999 murders occurred in [...]
2006-12-13 07:48:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM RW
06KIGALI1189UPDATE ON BACOR CASE INVOLVING VALENS KAJEGUHAKWA
[...] (C) Ambassador discussed the Banque Continentale Africaine-Rwanda (BAKOR) case with Rwandan Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga on December 6. Mission understands the Department has been requested by DHS to secure additional information on the disposition of the case as it concerns the four fel [...]
2006-12-13 07:48:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM RW
06KIGALI1192Land of a thousand hills is not always a land of a thousand
[...] SUMMARY. Moses Turyazooka is one of the approximately 500,000 Rwandan refugees who grew up in Uganda and returned to Rwanda after the 1994 genocide. He is a well-educated and driven entrepreneur who was raised on diaspora ideology - a deep love for the country of Rwanda and a strong desire to [...]
2006-12-14 12:01:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON EAID BTIO EINV EINT XA RW
06KIGALI1198RWANDA UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] Summary. There are few updates to post's August submission of Worst Forms of Child Labor information for mandatory reporting requirements as requested (ref A). GOR continues to take the issue seriously; however, progress is gradual due to the lack of capacity in the Ministries charged with [...]
2006-12-14 16:17:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI USAID RW
06KIGALI1199MCC VISIT TO RWANDA A SUCCESS
[...] (SBU) Summary. From December 10-12 a Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) delegation held an intensive round of meetings with GOR officials, local and international NGOs (including USAID partners),the private sector, the media, and heads of diplomatic missions in Kigali. The MCC team int [...]
2006-12-15 10:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID KMCA RW
06KIGALI1219LEAHY AMENDMENT VETTING REQUEST
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements (reftel),please screen the following Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) officer and report any derogatory information to post. Major Gatete Karuranga, Rwandan citizen, DOB 19650616, is scheduled to attend trainin [...]
2006-12-22 09:20:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI1223PRESS FREEDOM: END OF YEAR WRAP-UP
[...] Issues of press freedom in 2006 remained the subject of much debate and action in Rwanda. A year which began with public criticism of Rwanda's media by President Kagame and of individual reporters by other officials later saw clear signs that senior GOR officials recognize the importance of a [...]
2006-12-22 11:16:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI180MEDIA COVERAGE OF BIZIMUMGU TRIAL REFLECTS
[...] (U) Summary: Local and international media provided mixed commentary on the Bizimungu verdict announced February 17 (reftel). While some lauded the long-awaited decision of the Rwandan Supreme Court as a positive development in Rwanda's judicial reform process and an example of the judiciary [...]
2006-02-23 15:39:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM RW
06KIGALI181RWANDA SENATE ASSERTS AUTONOMY, SUMMONS MINISTERS
[...] (U) Summary: On February 2 and 9, Internal Affairs Minister Christophe Bazivamo and Justice Minister Edda Mukabagwiza were summoned by the Senate to two public hearings to address questions on national security and judicial issues. Senators expressed concerns over serious human rights violat [...]
2006-02-23 15:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM RW
06KIGALI1832006 SECTOR-LEVEL ELECTIONS: ORDERLY, HIGH VOTER
[...] (SBU) Summary: The second phase of 2006 Rwanda local elections, conducted February 20 at the sector level, proceeded smoothly. Polling sites were easy to find and easy to access, and local National Electoral Commission staff appeared to follow established guidelines and procedures. Voters w [...]
2006-02-24 07:44:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM RW
06KIGALI184GOR GROUNDS SN BRUSSELS PASSANGER PLANE
[...] (U) On 21 February the Rwandan Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) grounded an SN Brussels Airlines passenger plane for violating saftey standards. Flight 463, from Kigali to Brussels with one stop in Nairobi, had over 200 passengers, including at least two Amcits. The CAA claimed: -- The safety be [...]
2006-02-24 14:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEAIR PGOV PREL BE KY RW
06KIGALI192 RWANDA COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING CHILD LABOR BUT
[...] Summary: In a meeting February 24, UNICEF indicated that while child labor is a problem in Rwanda, child trafficking and prostitution do not appear to be prevalent. UNICEF-Rwanda Head of Child Protection attributed the incidence of child labor to the large number of vulnerable orphans, parti [...]
2006-02-27 17:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV ELAB RW
06KIGALI193 DEMAND FOR RWANDAN SPECIALTY COFFEE ON THE RISE
[...] Summary: Ambassador hosted an event February 24 for a visiting delegation from the Specialty Coffee Association of America, which represents the USD 20 billion U.S. coffee industry. This first annual coffee event showcased the exceptional quality of Rwandan specialty coffee and marked the b [...]
2006-02-27 18:16:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAGR ETRD RW
06KIGALI199 JUSTICE MINISTRY WELCOMES RULE OF LAW DIALOGUE,
[...] Summary: In a meeting February 27 with the Ministry of Justice, Ambassador expressed his desire to engage the Rwandan government on a range of important issues, including rule of law, democracy and governance. Secretary General Johnston Busingye welcomed the opportunity for further dialogue [...]
2006-02-28 17:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV ELAB RW
06KIGALI220KIGALI CITY ELECTS WOMAN MAYOR
[...] Summary: In the final phase of 2006 local elections March 4, a woman parliamentarian was elected mayor of Kigali by an overwhelming majority. As in the earlier phases of the electoral process (reftels),voter turnout was high. An estimated 94 percent of the electoral college, comprised of [...]
2006-03-06 15:26:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM PHUM RW
06KIGALI221SN BRUSSELS SUSPENDS OPERATIONS TO RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. SN Brussels, the only carrier flying directly from Rwanda to Europe, has suspended all flights to Rwanda until further notice. High-level diplomatic discussions regarding the three-day grounding (February 21-24) of an SN Brussels flight by the Rwandan Civil Aviation Authority ( [...]
2006-03-06 15:49:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAIR ECON PREL PGOV BE KY RW
06KIGALI228HOTEL RWANDA MANAGER NO HERO TO GOR
[...] (C) Summary. There has been an ongoing public campaign to discredit Paul Rusesabagina, the former manager of Hotel des Mille Collines during the 1994 genocide and current hero in the US and Europe due to the film 'Hotel Rwanda', in Rwanda. The efforts to damage the reputation of Mr. Rusesabagin [...]
2006-03-08 06:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PINR RW BG
06KIGALI236CONTINUED GOR INTEREST IN PEACE CORPS
[...] On 9 March Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Murigande in response to a request by the Minister to discuss the return of the US Peace Corps to Rwanda. Minister Murigande explained that he had met with a Peace Corps delegation led by Mr. Henry McCoy in 2004 and he asked if there was any prog [...]
2006-03-10 13:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI238FOREIGN MINISTER ON HOTEL RWANDA, HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT AND NEPAD
[...] (C) Summary. In a 9 March meeting with Foreign Minister Murigande, Ambassador delivered the 2005 Human Rights Report (HRR),discussed Paul Rusesabagina and inquired about the NEPAD Peer Review Report. Upon receipt of the HRR, Minister Murigande was defensive but also appreciative of the Ambass [...]
2006-03-13 10:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALNOTAG RW
06KIGALI242RWANDA REPORT FOR 2006 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON
[...] Per reftel, information below provides a summary of each of the requested areas. Market Economy/Economic Reform/Trade Barriers --------------------------------------------- 2. Economic Situation: Rwanda's economy remains largely dependent upon foreign aid, while its population remains [...]
2006-03-13 19:26:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDETRD ECON PHUM XA RW
06KIGALI267STATUS OF RWANDAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 13 March, Ambassador met with Sylvie Zainabo Kayitesi, the Chairperson of the National Commission on Human Rights (NCHR),to present the 2005 Human Rights Report (HRR) and discuss the work of the NCHR. Ambassador Arietti discussed the importance the USG places on the respect [...]
2006-03-20 08:45:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI269RWANDA IMPLEMENTS MEASURES TO COMBAT THREAT OF
[...] With the recent outbreaks of Avian Influenza (AI) in Africa, Rwanda is moving forward in its preparedness to address the threat to both human and animal populations. The Government of Rwanda (GOR) has revitalized an inter- ministerial steering committee, originally formed in November 2005. Th [...]
2006-03-20 11:49:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM SOCI TBIO WHO RW
06KIGALI270US AMBASSADOR TO DRC VISITS RWANDA
[...] (C) Summary. US Ambassador Meece visited Rwanda March 2-4. Highlights of the visit included a stop at Mutobo Demobilization Camp; a meeting with National Security Service (NSS) Secretary General Ndahiro; and a meeting with Foreign Minister Murigande and Ambassador Sezibera, Special Envoy for t [...]
2006-03-21 12:09:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL RW CG KE XA
06KIGALI281PRESIDENT KAGAME RESHUFFLES CABINET
[...] Summary: On March 11 President Kagame announced a cabinet reshuffle, replacing the Finance Minister, dropping three ministers, and creating a new ministerial post in the Office of the President for scientific research and technology. Despite rumors for several weeks of an impending shake-up [...]
2006-03-23 16:26:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PINR RW
06KIGALI283AJELLO VISIT TO RWANDAN DEMOBILIZATION CENTER
[...] (U) Summary. On 17 March Ambassador Aldo Ajello, EU Special Envoy for the Great Lakes, visited Mutobo Demobilization and Reintegration Center. Poloff accompanied the EU delegation to a special site visit set up by the Rwanda Demobilization and Reintegration Commission (RDRC) to introduce Ajell [...]
2006-03-24 12:12:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PGOV PREL CG RW
06KIGALI285SOF TRAINING FOR RDF
[...] (SBU) United States Embassy, Kigali country team supports and welcomes a United States European Command-funded, Special Operations Command, Europe (SOCEUR) military-to-military programmed, Psychological Operations (PSYOPS) training course to be conducted in Rwanda in July 2006. The purpose of t [...]
2006-03-27 14:44:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPKO MOPS PREL RW
06KIGALI286RWANDA SCENE-SETTER FOR VISIT OF AF A/S JENDAYI
[...] Post warmly welcomes your visit to Rwanda. Rwanda is a country struggling to overcome its past and bring its people and economy into the 21st century. The legacy of the 1994 genocide in which up to one million people were killed still haunts the country and underlies the tension faced by a [...]
2006-03-28 05:29:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL SOCI ECON KDEM RW
06KIGALI291 GOR Discusses Human Rights Report, Promises
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a candid meeting March 22 with Ambassador and Embassy poloffs and PD officer on the 2005 Human Rights Report, senior GOR officials raised several issues, including what they characterized as the report's accusatory tone and lack of context. Officials also voiced concern [...]
2006-03-29 10:12:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI328THE PRESIDENT'S MALARIA INITIATIVE IN RWANDA
[...] Ambassador Michael Arietti and USAID Mission Director Kevin Mullally met on April 4 with Government of Rwanda Health Minister Dr. Jean Damascene Ntawukuliryayo to inquire as to the government's interest in taking part in the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI) and Rwanda's governmental and no [...]
2006-04-10 09:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID RW
06KIGALI334PRESIDENT KAGAME MEETS WITH A/S FRAZER
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 6 April, A/S Frazer met with President Kagame at his office on the presidential compound. Also in attendance were Ambassador Arietti, Foreign Minister Murigande, Chef du Cabinet Kabija, National Security Service Director Ndahiro, AF Special Assistant Gaither and poloff. Kaga [...]
2006-04-12 10:25:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPKO PGOV PREL RW CG SU
06KIGALI340GOR RESPONSE TO ARREST OF FDLR PRESIDENT IN GERMANY
[...] (SBU) On 11 April poloff met with German DCM to discuss the recent arrest of the president of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR),Ignace Murwanashyaka, by German authorities in Mannheim, Germany. According to Hans Von Schroeder, Murwanashyaka will be detained for approxi [...]
2006-04-12 16:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREF PREL MONUC RW CG BY UG GE BE
06KIGALI365VISIT OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER TO RWANDA
[...] (C) In a successful, productive visit to Rwanda April 4-8, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer engaged in candid discussion on a broad range of issues from regional security, bilateral relations, and Darfur to democracy and human rights. In her meetings with senior [...]
2006-04-18 18:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PREL EAGR KDEM PHUM KPKO MOPS RW CG
06KIGALI381 RWANDA: FY 2006 ESF PROJECT PROPOSALS
[...] Per reftel post submits the following summaries of two proposed projects for FY 2006 Africa regional ESF funding, including the total amount requested for each project and an explanation of how the projects would advance our MPP objectives and U.S. national interests. The projects focus on s [...]
2006-04-24 14:27:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDAFIN AMGT EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI382 National Reconciliation a Top Priority for Rwanda
[...] Summary: During an April 20 meeting with Ambassador, National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC) Executive Secretary Fatuma Ndangiza described NURC's primary role as promoting national reconciliation through civic education. Since 1999, NURC has conducted surveys, including a nation [...]
2006-04-24 17:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI393 Catholic Church of Rwanda Supports Gacaca,
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 11 meeting with the Papal Nuncio, Ambassador brought up a recent note verbale from the Vatican that criticized gacaca (ref A). Ambassador noted that he is aware of concerns that gacaca is not serving the purpose for which it was created and that the GOR, itself, [...]
2006-04-26 18:04:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI405 Embassy Comments on Vatican Note on Gacaca
[...] Summary: Ref (A) Vatican note criticizes the gacaca tribunals in Rwanda for not serving the purposes for which they were created. It characterizes the gacaca process as politically manipulated and procedurally flawed, citing specific concerns. While Embassy recognizes, as does the GOR, tha [...]
2006-04-28 11:29:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS VT RW
06KIGALI407FORMER PRESIDENT ASKS KAGAME FOR A PARDON
[...] (U) Summary. Ex-President Pasteur Bizimungu recently submitted a handwritten letter to President Kagame requesting a pardon for his 2004 conviction for incitement of civil disobedience, formation of a criminal association and embezzlement of public funds. In the letter, Bizimungu maintains th [...]
2006-04-28 12:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALAFSN KDEM KJUS PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI408 Embassy Commemorates 28 Local Staff Killed During
[...] Summary: On April 20 Embassy held a memorial service in honor of 28 locally engaged staff killed during the 1994 genocide. The fifth annual commemoration brought together American and local staff with the widows and orphans of the victims. In his remarks, Ambassador acknowledged that the i [...]
2006-04-28 12:25:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL SOCI AFSN KDEM RW
06KIGALI411 Ambassador Urges GOR to Publicly Respond to
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met April 21 with the recently appointed Minister of Internal Security to discuss bilateral cooperation on security, human rights, and democracy. He urged the Ministry to investigate and publish its findings in response to each reported incident of alleged police hara [...]
2006-05-02 14:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM PHUM KJUS RW
06KIGALI428 UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts
[...] (SBU) Summary: During its visit to Kigali April 20-29, the UN DRC Sanctions Committee Group of Experts briefed Embassy on the focus of its current mandate and its challenges in the region. The experts highlighted the need for tighter immigration control at the DRC border, a GDRC mechanism fo [...]
2006-05-08 11:42:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR KPKO ETTC RW
06KIGALI445RWANDANS IN BURUNDI: ASYLUM SEEKERS BEGIN RETURNING
[...] (U) In an 8 May meeting with poloff, UNHCR External Relations Officer Beatriz Garcia reported that the flow of Rwandans departing for Burundi has stopped and that there are unconfirmed reports that several hundred Rwandans have left northern Burundi and returned to southern Rwanda. UNHCR has [...]
2006-05-10 17:17:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL UNHCR RW BY
06KIGALI456MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT ELIGIBILITY
[...] (C) In its recent indicator analysis of Rwanda, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) noted that Rwanda failed four of the six Ruling Justly indicators. Based on consolidated evaluations of third-party institutions, MCC provided Embassy Kigali a summary of Rwanda,s strengths and weakness [...]
2006-05-12 06:02:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI463STATUS OF LAND REFORM
[...] Land ownership has been a major issue of conflict throughout much of Rwanda's history, and 80 percent of current legal disputes involve land. The GOR adopted a land law in 2005, which made it the final owner of all land in Rwanda and provided for leases of up to ninety-nine years; however, ma [...]
2006-05-15 14:14:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON ELAB PGOV EAGR RW
06KIGALI464 Rwandan Government Action on Child Protection and
[...] Summary: During a May 8 courtesy call on the Minister in Charge of Family and Gender Promotion in the Prime Minister's Office, Ambassador underscored USG interest in gender issues, in particular trafficking in persons, and Embassy's desire to provide assistance to the GOR to combat child pros [...]
2006-05-15 14:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV ELAB SOCI RW
06KIGALI477RWANDAN PRIVATE SECTOR OVERVIEW
[...] Reports on Rwanda's development identify the private sector as a necessary engine for economic growth. This cable, the first in a series, provides an analysis of the Rwandan private sector and the overall business environment. It provides a brief overview of the private sector, describes the [...]
2006-05-17 15:54:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDETRD USTR BTIO ECON RW
06KIGALI480THE STATE OF PRESS FREEDOM IN RWANDA
[...] (U) Press freedom in Rwanda--despite the legacy of a media tainted by complicity in the genocide and lingering mistrust between the government and journalists--has in recent years taken root. Several independent radio stations and newspapers currently are operating. While reports of self-cen [...]
2006-05-18 13:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW
06KIGALI482 Catholic Archbishop Notes Improved Church-State
[...] Summary: During a May 17 discussion with polchief on religious freedom in Rwanda, the Catholic Archbishop of Kigali noted that relations between the GOR and the Catholic Church have improved, with greater collaboration on social services and other services, such as security. He noted, howev [...]
2006-05-18 16:33:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KDEM SOCI RW
06KIGALI483EMBASSY DELIVERS AGOA DEMARCHE AND INVITATION
[...] Per ref A, post delivered on May 9 a letter of invitation from Secretary Rice to Minister of Commerce Protais Mitali and Minister of Finance James Musoni for Rwanda to participate in the fifth U.S.-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (AGOA Forum) in Washington, D.C. June 6 [...]
2006-05-18 16:34:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDOPDC ETRD EINV EFIN EAID RW
06KIGALI489REACHING OUT TO THE RWANDAN MUSLIM COMMUNITY
[...] On May 13, Ambassador attended the opening ceremony of Al- Halaal Micro-Finance Institution, a new private financial credit company established consistent with Islamic banking principles. The Ambassador's participation was part of post's continuing effort to reach out to the Muslim community, [...]
2006-05-22 15:05:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN EINV ODIP SCUL RW
06KIGALI496ASSISTANT SECRETARY FRAZER'S ROUNDTABLE WITH
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a roundtable discussion April 5 with Rwandan parliamentarians and a separate call on the president of the Rwandan Senate, Assistant Secretary Frazer addressed recent developments in the Great Lakes region, human rights issues, the role of parliament in Rwandan society, [...]
2006-05-25 06:24:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM PREL PHUM KMCA RW CG
06KIGALI517U.S. TRIPARTITE DELEGATION MEMBERS DISCUSS HUMAN
[...] Summary: During a May 24 meeting with Ambassador Arietti and visiting U.S. Tripartite Plus delegation members, Rwandan parliamentarians discussed the gap between perception and reality on Rwanda's performance on human rights. They asserted that outsiders criticize Rwanda without fully under [...]
2006-05-31 15:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KDEM PHUM KMCA RW
06KIGALI540 RWANDAN CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS MEET WITH AMBASSADOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a May 24 meeting with prominent local civil society leaders, Ambassador expressed U.S. support of the role of civil society in Rwanda, stressing the critical balance it brings to government decision- making. Civil society leaders discussed their goals, successes, and in [...]
2006-06-06 09:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KDEM RW
06KIGALI578KIGALI DELIVERS MDA DEMARCHE
[...] Per reftel, post delivered on June 19 a demarche on the June 20-21 International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, which will take place in Geneva. 2. The Government of Rwanda has confirmed that a member of its delegation in Geneva will attend the conference and will vote in f [...]
2006-06-19 16:27:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS RW
06KIGALI579 TRIPARTITE PLUS SUB-COMMISSION STRENGTHENS FUSION
[...] Summary: The U.S.-facilitated Tripartite Plus Sub- Commission on Security and Defense met in Kigali May 26-27 to discuss ways to enhance the operational effectiveness of the Tripartite Fusion Cell (TFC) and to develop a consolidated "most wanted" list to submit to the Tripartite Plus Council [...]
2006-06-19 16:28:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR ETTC PTER PINR RW
06KIGALI595FRENCH REPORTER ORDERED TO LEAVE RWANDA
[...] (U) Summary. Radio France International (RFI) correspondent, French citizen Sonia Rolley, left Kigali on June 10 after the GOR refused to renew her visa. Rolley had worked on and off in Rwanda since October 2004 but the visa renewal request was rejected by Rwandan Immigration and she was di [...]
2006-06-22 14:30:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI607ACOTA PROGRAM MOVES FORWARD IN RWANDA
[...] SUMMARY. During 21-23 July 2006, representatives of the African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program and the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) collaborated on plans for near-term pre-deployment peace support operations (PSO) training for RDF battalions preparing to deploy t [...]
2006-06-26 12:24:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MARR MASS PGOV PREL RW SU ACOTA ET
06KIGALI613SAO NOT NECESSARY FOR RWANDANS WISHING TO TRAVEL TO US
[...] SUMMARY. AmEmbassy Kigali and the government of Rwanda concur in a recommendation to end the current requirement in ref A that Embassies and Consulates submit SAO clearances on all Rwandans born before 1981 who are applying outside of Kigali for NIV's, IV's, refugee status or other travel doc [...]
2006-06-28 06:05:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDCVIS PREF RW
06KIGALI614PRESSING GOR ON AMIS TRANSITION TO UN
[...] On 27 June poloff delivered demarche (reftel) to Ministry of Foreign Affairs desk officer Daniel Mutezintare in order to reiterate Ambassador's earlier discussions with Foreign Minister Murigande on the USG position on the re-hatting of AMIS to a UN peacekeeping operation. Poloff emphasized t [...]
2006-06-28 09:14:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKPKO MARR PINS PREL SOCI SU RW
06KIGALI687FORMER INTEL CHIEF KAREGEYA SENTENCED FOR
[...] (U) Summary. On 13 July a Rwandan Military Tribunal ruled that Col. Patrick Karegeya was guilty of insubordination and desertion and sentenced him to a prison term of one year and eight months. Both the prosecution and defense intend to appeal the verdict at the Military High Court. End summ [...]
2006-07-13 16:00:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PHUM RW UG
06KIGALI712DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ENGAGES RWANDA
[...] Summary. At the request of USTR, Department of Transportation Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Susan McDermott led a delegation to Rwanda to explore areas of assistance. The GOR was keen on soliciting support for a COMESA air traffic management project, but the main focus of the visit was [...]
2006-07-20 14:37:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDETRD EAID EAIR ECIN PREL ECON RW KE TZ UG
06KIGALI716MILITARY PROSECUTOR DISCUSSES HIGH PROFILE CASES
[...] (U) Summary. On 19 July poloff met with Major Christophe Bizimungu, Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) Chief Prosecutor, to discuss the status of three high profile cases currently being handled by his office. Bizimungu presented a detailed case against Colonel Patrick Karegeya, former head of the [...]
2006-07-21 10:47:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKAWC KJUS PGOV RW
06KIGALI726GOR ON RELATIONS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (U) Summary. On July 5 Emboffs met with GOR officials to discuss the relationship between civil society and the GOR. The meeting provided an opportunity for the GOR to clarify its relationship with NGOs, religious organizations, and political parties operating in the country, and to address a [...]
2006-07-29 10:35:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI727NEW HIGH COUNCIL OF THE PRESS APPOINTMENTS
[...] (C) Summary. In June the GOR confirmed new appointments for the country,s nine-person High Council of the Press (HCP),which is charged with both regulation of the media and promotion of press freedom in the country. It is hoped that this iteration of the Council (this is the second Council t [...]
2006-07-29 10:35:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM UNESCO RW
06KIGALI731GOR'S POSITION ON AU SUMMIT, AMIS AND TANZANIAN
[...] (U) Summary. On 25 July Rwandan foreign affairs and defense officials briefed diplomatic corps on a variety of issues including the African Union (AU) Summit, the GOR's position on The Great Lakes Conference, the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APR [...]
2006-08-01 14:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALECIN KPKO KSUM MOPS PREF PREL AU RW TZ SU
06KIGALI740RWANDA SELF HELP PROGRAM RECEIVES EXCITED RECEPTION
[...] Post has obligated all of the Ambassador's Special-Help Program funds in fiscal year 2006. 2. U.S. Embassy Kigali hosted on July 20 a signing ceremony for the recipients of the FY2006 Self Help Fund. Charg d'Affaires signed 17 grants worth a total of $76 000. Democracy and Human Rights Fun [...]
2006-08-02 15:24:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON AFIN RW
06KIGALI784JOURNALIST FREED BY GACACA AUTHORITIES
[...] (U) Summary. On July 28, Jean Leonard Rugambage, a journalist for the Kinyarwanda fortnightly newspaper Umuco,, who was charged with murdering a bank official in his home district during the genocide, was freed after 11 months in detention. Rugambage had been formally charged with murder one [...]
2006-08-11 09:40:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI790'UMUCO' EDITOR BONAVENTURE BIZUMUREMYI REFUSES
[...] (U) SUMMARY. More than one week after being served with a summons to be questioned by the criminal investigation division of the Rwandan National Police, Bonaventure Bizumuremyi, editor of the Kinyarwanda language fortnightly 'Umuco,' remains unwilling to appear for questioning and is on the r [...]
2006-08-14 11:41:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI804GOR POSITION ON AMIS RE-HAT
[...] (C) On 16 August Ambassador reiterated USG position on the UN re-hatting of the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) (Ref A) to Rwandan Minister of State in Charge of Cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Rosemary Museminari. Musemenari had accompanied President Kagame to the Afric [...]
2006-08-17 15:40:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL UNSC SU RW
06KIGALI817DEATH OF AMCIT MACH VISUDH AROM
[...] On Tuesday, August 22, 2006 AMCIT Mach Visudh Arom died of apparent sudden cardiac arrest in the region of Ruhengeri, Rwanda. 2. Mr. Arom was born on March 29, 1968 in Minnesota. Passport number 074699483. 3. Acting Consular Officer was notified on August 22, 2006 by Chris Donovan, Rwan [...]
2006-08-23 15:13:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDCASC RW
06KIGALI842PRESS FREEDOM IN RWANDA: CHARGES OF HARASSMENT AND
[...] (U) During August, there have been several incidents of alleged threats, and one physical attack, against Rwandan journalists by unknown perpetrators. Two journalists have left the country, although one may return soon. GOR officials vehemently deny any official GOR involvement in negative [...]
2006-08-30 15:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV PHUM RW
06KIGALI847NEW JUSTICE MINISTER ON PLANS FOR REFORM
[...] New Minister of Justice Tharcisse Karugarama outlined his plans for a reformed Justice Ministry in a meeting with the Ambassador on August 28. A revamped administrative structure, strenuous efforts to reduce lagging caseloads, and a pledge to ensure "even-handed investigations" formed the co [...]
2006-08-31 14:38:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM PREL RW
06KIGALI848GOR RENEWS VOA BROADCAST AGREEMENTS, AIRS ITS
[...] On Thursday, August 31, Voice of America Director David Jackson renewed VOA's transmission agreement with Rwanda's public broadcaster, ORINFOR, and signed a licensing agreement with the Ministry of Information. The GOR took the opportunity of the signings to voice strong concerns about what i [...]
2006-08-31 14:45:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PREL RW
06KIGALI854CHINESE DELEGATIONS VISIT KIGALI
[...] (U) Two Chinese delegations visited Kigali the week of August 28. A Communist Party delegation, led by Wu Guanzheng, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, conducted closed-door discussions with the Secretary General Francois Ngarambe and other RPF [...]
2006-09-01 16:35:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL EAID RW
06KIGALI867GOR RESPONSE ON BWINDI CASE
[...] (C) Ambassador met with Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga on September 6 to discuss the Bwindi Case, in particular, next steps in the wake of the U.S. court's suppression of the defendants' confessions (as requested reftel). Ambassador discussed the three possible prosecutorial options (appeal [...]
2006-09-07 08:03:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM RW
06KIGALI868CITY GOVERNMENT RESCINDS MOTORCYCLE BAN
[...] (U) The Kigali City Council on Monday September 4 rescinded its two-week ban on motorcycle taxis. Operating under new licensing requirements, the motorcycles began to return to city streets in small numbers. Each operator is now required to register with his local cell (the next-to-lowest po [...]
2006-09-07 08:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL RW
06KIGALI879EMBASSY KIGALI 9/11 COMMEMORATION
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-12 06:16:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO PREL
06KIGALI880RWANDA AND MCA ELIGIBILITY
[...] (C) Summary: Rwanda is deeply committed to in becoming MCA eligible and this has already resulted in positive changes in GOR attitudes and practices. The GOR understands that its relatively low ranking in the Ruling Justly categories has been the main obstacle to MCA eligibility. President [...]
2006-09-12 06:16:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALEAID EFIN PREL MCC RW
06KIGALI883RWANDA AT LOGGERHEADS WITH ICTR OVER ACCUSED LEAD
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR has demanded the termination of the employment contract of an ICTR lead counsel, Callixte Gakwaya, whom the GOR has indicted on genocide charges, to remove his immunity from prosecution by Rwanda. The ICTR has not responded formally, beyond an announced need to study t [...]
2006-09-12 15:22:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KCRM PHUM RW
06KIGALI887EMBASSY - GOR ROUNDTABLE: RULE OF LAW IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. As part of a continuing dialogue on human rights, the Mission met with senior Rwandan officials to discuss the Rule of Law in Rwanda. Discussions focused chiefly on the role of the judiciary, procedures for redressing police abuses, and the role of the Ministry of Justice in [...]
2006-09-14 09:47:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM RW
06KIGALI945RWANDA DECIDES NOT TO ROTATE TROOPS TO DARFUR
[...] (SBU) Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Rosemary Museminali called Ambassador the afternoon of September 28 to convey the Rwandan cabinet's decision that its troops currently in Darfur will remain for three months (until December 31); they will not/not rotate before then. There may be a [...]
2006-10-02 05:48:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MASS RW
06KIGALI946BAR PRESIDENT ON JUSTICE SYSTEM IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Emboffs met September 27 with President of the Rwanda Bar Association Gatera Gashabana to discuss the state of the judicial system. Gashabana began by emphasizing the importance of the "text" of the 2003 Constitution. "Now we have a document which firmly establishes the independence o [...]
2006-10-02 05:48:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
06KIGALI956 DEATH OF AMCIT ROSAMOND CARR
[...] On Friday, Ms. Rosamond Carr passed away at her residence in Gisenyi, Rwanda. She had been feeling ill for the past several weeks and had been visited regularly by a local doctor. The local physician, Dr. Erasme Sarambuye, was with her at the time of death. 2. Ms. Carr was born on August [...]
2006-10-03 05:43:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDCASC RW
06KIGALI976MCC SCORECARD DELIVERED TO RWANDAN GOVERNMENT
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-10 05:28:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON PREL RW
06KIGALI984ANALYST BRIEFS WORLD BANK PROGRAM ON FDLR
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 6 October World Bank consultant Hans Romkema briefed diplomats and Bank employees on the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). He described the FDLR, estimated at 8,000 ) 10,000, as deeply entrenched in North and South Kivu. Romkema described FDLR leadershi [...]
2006-10-12 11:13:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMCAP PREL KPKO MONUC CG RW
06KIGALI987RWANDA STILL UNDECIDED ON GUATEMALA
[...] (C) This is an action request for A/S Frazer. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) On 13 October Charge delivered demarche (ref B) to Foreign Minister Murigande emphasizing that the USG considered the vote to be one of the most important decisions the UNGA would make this year. Murigande noted [...]
2006-10-13 12:00:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL UNSC VE GT
06KIGALI988RWANDA WILL VOTE FOR GUATEMALA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-10-14 08:33:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC PREL RW
06KIGALI990RWANDA-UGANDA JOINT PERMANENT COMMISSION MEETING A
[...] (U) Summary. Ugandan and Rwandan officials held the seventh Joint Permanent Commission sessions in Kigali October 12-13. A communique pledged cooperation on a hosts of issues, including consular relations, defense, education and justice issues, crop and animal diseases, cross-border transpor [...]
2006-10-16 14:37:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ETRD RW
06KINSHASA101FARDC INSURGENTS ATTACK IN NORTH KIVU
[...] (C) Summary: A crisis in North Kivu caused by attacks by insurgents on several towns north of Goma seems now to be under control. The attackers are most likely FARDC insurgents, not yet integrated into the Congolese army, not General Nkunda or his supporters as widely reported. By January 23 [...]
2006-01-23 14:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1080NORTH KATANGA: THE WEAKEST SECURITY LINK IN THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: The north Katangan region of Tanganyika, larger in size than North Kivu, South Kivu, or Ituri district but also volatile, is the final geographic piece of the eastern border of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Plagued by insecurity, Tanganyika nevertheless receives far [...]
2006-07-06 11:43:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1119MONUC BUKAVU BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON SOUTH KIVU
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a June 16 visit to South Kivu, MONUC Bukavu Acting Head of Office Cheikh Bangoura and South Kivu Brigade Commander General Ahmed Maqsood briefed the Ambassador on the status of FDLR militia and the tactics used -- joint FARDC-MONUC operations and the DDRRR program -- to [...]
2006-07-12 08:15:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA1131MOBUTISTS CLAIM SECRET TO DRC GOVERNANCE: PAYOFFS
[...] (C) Summary. During a June 7 meeting with poloff officials of the Popular Movement for the Revolution (MPR),one of two self-proclaimed Mobutist groups, demanded American support and claimed they alone held the secret to successfully governing the DRC. Following a lengthy rant against alle [...]
2006-07-13 10:52:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1334SITREP 19: CIAT MEETING WITH PRESIDENT KABILA
[...] (C) The Ambassador called DCM from his residence at 1350 local time to report that the noon CIAT meeting with President Kabila had ended. All members of CIAT were present except for the representatives of the African Union, Angola, South Africa, and Zambia. Among the Congolese participants, as [...]
2006-08-22 18:00:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC CASC KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1364PETROLEUM SECTOR UPDATE
[...] (SBU) Summary. While DRC's petroleum production has stagnated, international interest in exploring the DRC's potential reserves has expanded. French company Perenco currently operates the only two producing concessions, although the GDRC recently granted three new concessions for exploration [...]
2006-08-29 12:13:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEPET ENRG ETRD EINV ECON CG
06KINSHASA153NORTH KIVU: MOUNTING TUTSI-HUTU TENSIONS CHALLENGE
[...] (C) Summary: Last week's military events in North Kivu (ref a) reflect deeper tensions currently working to destroy the increasingly fragile balance of Tutsi and Hutu interests fostered over three years ago by Governor Eugene Serufuli. The premises (and implied promises) of the loose political [...]
2006-01-30 11:56:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
06KINSHASA168FIRST MEETING OF SECURITY EXPERTS HELD IN KINSHASA
[...] (U) The first meeting of the Security Experts subcommission of the Tripartite Plus was held in Kinshasa January 30. Chaired by Congolese National Security Advisor Samba Kaputu and OSD Colonel Kelly Langdorf, the meeting was attended by delegations from Uganda, Burundi, MONUC (the UN Mission t [...]
2006-02-01 14:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PINR KPKO CG
06KINSHASA169FIRST MEETING OF SECURITY EXPERTS HELD IN KINSHASA
[...] (U) The first meeting of the Security Experts subcommission of the Tripartite Plus was held in Kinshasa January 30. Chaired by Congolese National Security Advisor Samba Kaputu and OSD Colonel Kelly Langdorf, the meeting was attended by delegations from Uganda, Burundi, MONUC (the UN Mission t [...]
2006-02-01 14:21:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR PINR KPKO CG
06KINSHASA170NORTH KIVU TENSIONS UNDERSCORE NEED FOR SYSTEM
[...] (C) Actions by "insurgent" FARDC troops over the weekend of January 21, reported in reftel and previous cables, represent a major setback to efforts to establish stability in the province. There are continuing clashes in the province between "insurgent" troops and primarily MONUC forces. The [...]
2006-02-01 14:21:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1700FDLR DENOUNCES U.S. SANCTIONS DECISION
[...] (U) The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) issued a statement November 1 calling the U.S. decision to impose UN sanctions against the group as "unjust, useless, unjustified and counterproductive." It claimed the group has never been involved in arms trafficking or in undermi [...]
2006-11-03 10:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PTER EFIN KPKO CG BE RW
06KINSHASA175VICE PRESIDENT RUBERWA STILL CONFIDENT OF
[...] (C) During a January 25 discussion, VP Azarias Ruberwa (President of the Rally for Congolese Democracy party) told PolCouns that he is confident of his chances to win election as president of the DRC. (Note: Ruberwa was unanimously nominated as his party's presidential candidate during the p [...]
2006-02-01 17:28:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1775MEDIA REACTION: EXECUTIVE ORDER BLOCKING PROPERTY OF
[...] (U) Media and public reaction was generally positive to the October 27 Executive Order blocking the assets of seven international arms traffickers and warlords, including renegade Congolese general Laurent Nkunda and Ignace Murwanashyaka, the president of the Democratic Front for the Liberation [...]
2006-11-21 13:34:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC PREL ETTC KPAO UNSC CG
06KINSHASA1803NORTH KIVU UPDATE: SITUATION TENSE BUT UNDER
[...] (C) Summary: The North Kivu town of Sake remains under the combined control of the Congolese military (FARDC) and MONUC peacekeepers as of November 29. A MONUC military official described the situation as fluid and tense, but under control. Small skirmishes erupted between elements of the non- [...]
2006-11-29 14:09:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA1824RUBERWA LOOKS TOWARD THE FUTURE
[...] (C) Summary. In a private meeting, Vice President Azarias Ruberwa emphasized the need to address the security, political and judicial concerns of defeated presidential candidate and fellow Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba. He declared himself open to working with President Joseph Kabila as [...]
2006-12-04 12:44:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KPKO AADP CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1828KABILA MEETS WITH NORTH KIVU COMMUNITY LEADERS
[...] (C) President Joseph Kabila concluded his unannounced visit to North Kivu December 2. The visit, which began November 30 (ref A),included meetings with the Barazza interethnic regional council, community leaders, and residents of Sake, which had seen fighting between the FARDC and forces lo [...]
2006-12-05 12:04:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA1833KABILA INAUGURATED AS PRESIDENT OF THE THIRD
[...] Summary: Joseph Kabila was inaugurated as the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo on December 6. Numerous African heads of state as well as high level international delegations attended the ceremony in Kinshasa. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao headed the USG Presidential Delegation [...]
2006-12-07 14:46:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA1834FARDC CHANGES COMMANDERS IN NORTH KIVU AFTER SAKE
[...] (C) Summary: The Congolese military (FARDC) has made a series of high-level changes in its leadership in North Kivu province following the November 25-27 fighting in Sake (reftels). The heads of two Integrated Brigades which had performed poorly against pro-Nkunda forces were relieved of comma [...]
2006-12-07 15:01:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG
06KINSHASA1835FORMER NKUNDA OFFICERS PROVIDE INSIGHT INTO
[...] (C) Summary: MONUC military officials in North Kivu December 4 debriefed former top lieutenants to Laurent Nkunda after the two abandoned the renegade general's ranks earlier that day (ref A). Colonel Bernard Mbyamungu and Major Dieudonne Kabika told MONUC interrogators the November 25 fightin [...]
2006-12-07 15:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS ASEC CG RW UG
06KINSHASA1839 Humanitarian Situation in Sake, North Kivu Province
[...] Summary. Fighting between dissident FARDC troops and FARDC integrated brigades in the Sake area of North Kivu, 27 kilometers east of Goma, forced an estimated 30,000-40,000 residents of that town and neighboring villages to flee towards Goma and Minova beginning Friday, November 24. Five days [...]
2006-12-08 11:23:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF KPKO CG
06KINSHASA195GROWING ANGOLAN MISTRUST OF RWANDA?
[...] (C) During a February 1 dinner for visiting Belgian Foreign Minister De Gucht, the Angolan Ambassador, Mawete Joao-Batista, made several interventions conveying mistrust of Rwandan government intentions and motives in the region. Joao-Batista is dean of the diplomatic corps in Kinshasa, and a [...]
2006-02-06 10:42:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL AO RW CG EU
06KINSHASA215NORTH KIVU: SITUATION FLUID
[...] (C) Summary: Kinshasa has responded both politically and militarily to the crisis in North Kivu, and the relatively rapid response has helped temporarily reduce, but not eliminate, tensions. Both MONUC Head of Office M'hand Lajouzi and Defense Minister Adolphe Onusumba believe that North Kivu [...]
2006-02-08 15:37:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR PREL CG
06KINSHASA217ANTI-TUTSI INCIDENT AT KITONA TRAINING BASE
[...] (C) An apparent anti-Tutsi incident at the Kitona military base, where graduation of the Seventh Integrated Brigade was planned this weekend, could further exacerbate tensions in North Kivu. Initial reports suggest that following a dispute between a Tutsi soldier and a Bantu soldier from the [...]
2006-02-08 16:45:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALMARR PGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA240CIAT COMMUNIQUE SUPPORTS MEDIA AUTHORITY
[...] (U) Summary: State-owned television and radio (RTNC) devoted more than four hours to the PPRD party on February 6, when the PPRD nominated Joseph Kabila to be its presidential candidate. The following day, the High Media Authority (HAM) suspended for 48 hours political reporting on RTNC for v [...]
2006-02-13 16:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM CG KDEM KPAO CIAT
06KINSHASA260GENERAL NUMBI APPARENTLY SEEKING LARGER ROLE IN
[...] (C) Air Force Commander General John Numbi and Minister of Defense Adolphe Onusumba (representing the PPRD and RCD, respectively) were dispatched to North Kivu by President Kabila following attacks on Rutshuru (ref a) by military insurgents. Ref b reported Onusumba's readout of his meetings in [...]
2006-02-16 14:59:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR CG
06KINSHASA304MINISTER OF PLAN THAMBWE-PRSP, THEN POLITICS
[...] (C) The Ambassador hosted Minister of Plan Alexis Thambwe for lunch February 9 to discuss the current economic and political situation in the country. In follow-up to the recent IMF mission (reftel) and concerns focused on the GDRC,s compliance with the current IMF reform program and HIPC Ini [...]
2006-02-23 16:13:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON EFIN CG MONUC
06KINSHASA341FARDC LEADS MILITARY OPERATION IN SOUTH KIVU
[...] (SBU) For the first time, the Congolese military (FARDC) has played the lead role in planning a joint MONUC-FARDC mission against the FDLR in South Kivu. The FARDC Third Integrated Brigade and the FARDC First Reserve Brigade supplied the majority of the troops -- more than 1,000 to MONUC's 30 [...]
2006-03-01 15:22:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO CG UN
06KINSHASA346TRIPARTITE-PLUS FUSION CELL HOLDS GRADUATION
[...] (U) Summary. The Tripartite-Plus Fusion Cell held a "graduation" in Kisangani for its initial trainees on 25 February. The brief ceremony was attended by MONUC officials, several Congolese political representatives including Governor of Province Orientale Jean-Pierre Lola Kisanga, and Nation [...]
2006-03-02 08:24:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR KPKO CG MONUC
06KINSHASA38DRC SATISFIED WITH ICJ RULING, STILL CONSIDERING
[...] (C) While delivering demarche January 6 to new Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli (septel),PolOff and Djoli discussed the December 19 International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling against Uganda. The Court ruled that Uganda "violated the principles of non-use of force in [...]
2006-01-09 10:55:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO KJUS CG UG
06KINSHASA443 USAID/OFDA FEBRUARY VISIT TO NORTH KIVU AND
[...] (U) This is the 2nd of two communications reporting observations from the trip of the OFDA team in eastern DRC in February 2006. Discussed here is the team's visit to North Kivu and Ituri. In the Beni-Eringeti area of North Kivu, USAID/OFDA partner Solidarites is implementing an innovative pr [...]
2006-03-15 14:56:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SOCI PHUM PREF CG
06KINSHASA444OFDA VISIT TO SOUTH KIVU
[...] (U) This is the first of two communications reporting observations made by the USAID/OFDA DRC team during a three-week visit tourneeto in eastern DRC in February of 2006. Discussed here is the team's visit to South Kivu province in early February. 2. (U) Traveling to first to Kitutu, in [...]
2006-03-15 14:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF KPKO CG
06KINSHASA446OFDA VISIT TO MITWABA, CENTRAL KATANGA,
[...] (U) An estimated 29,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) have appearedare present in several towns in Mitwaba Territory, located in the center of Katanga Province province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These IDPs are fleeing conflict between government troops and Mai -Mai milit [...]
2006-03-15 15:43:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF CG
06KINSHASA450OFDA VISIT TO MITWABA, CENTRAL KATANGA,
[...] (U) An estimated 29,000 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are present in several towns in Mitwaba Territory, located in the center of Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). These IDPs are fleeing conflict between government troops and Mai Mai militia, and have to date re [...]
2006-03-16 12:48:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF CG
06KINSHASA451 USAID/OFDA FEBRUARY VISIT TO NORTH KIVU AND
[...] (U) This is the 2nd of two communications reporting observations from the trip of the OFDA team in eastern DRC in February 2006. Discussed here is the team's visit to North Kivu and Ituri. In the Beni-Eringeti area of North Kivu, USAID/OFDA partner Solidarites is implementing an innovative pr [...]
2006-03-16 12:50:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SOCI PHUM PREF CG
06KINSHASA452OFDA VISIT TO SOUTH KIVU
[...] (U) This is the first of two communications reporting observations made by the USAID/OFDA DRC team during a three-week visit to eastern DRC in February 2006. Discussed here is the team's visit to South Kivu province in early February. Traveling first to Kitutu, in southern South Kivu, the USA [...]
2006-03-16 12:55:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF KPKO CG
06KINSHASA485KOFI ANNAN'S VISIT TO DRC CONTINUES INTERNATIONAL
[...] (U) Summary: Continuing to promote the international theme of a steady march toward peaceful elections and conflict-free governmental transition, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan completed his two-day trip to Kinshasa and left for Kisangani the morning of March 23. During his meetings with DRC [...]
2006-03-23 17:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO KDEM CG
06KINSHASA528A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH DRC VICE PRESIDENT RUBERWA
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 2 meeting, DRC Vice President Azarias Ruberwa provided an overview of current Congolese developments remarkably similar to that given earlier in the day by President Kabila (ref). He emphasized that despite last-minute complications, the electoral process is ir [...]
2006-04-04 07:05:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM MARR EFIN CG
06KINSHASA592A/S FRAZER VISITS TRIPARTITE PLUS FUSION CELL
[...] (U) A/S for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer on April 4 during a brief stopover in Kisangani visited the Tripartite Plus Fusion Cell (TFC),where she received a general briefing on the work of TFC participants. Along with Ambassador Meece and SRSG William Swing, the A/S visited the USG-funded fu [...]
2006-04-17 08:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL MARR PINR CG
06KINSHASA619NORTH KIVU: CONGOLESE TUTSIS SAY NKUNDA, RUBERWA
[...] (C) Summary: During an April 12-18 trip to North Kivu, PolCouns had the chance to speak at length with several Congolese Tutsis (businessmen, soldiers, bureaucrats, farmers) on a variety of subjects of interest to them. Particularly important to this group were the presence in North Kivu of [...]
2006-04-19 15:03:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV MARR CG
06KINSHASA623 SECURITY AND HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN SHABUNDA
[...] (U) In general, security and humanitarian access have significantly improved in Shabunda and Mwenga territories over the past few years. Long-term security issues in these territories are caused by the activities of dissident Mai Mai groups rather than the actions of the FDLR. Particularly si [...]
2006-04-19 15:53:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PHUM PREF PGOV KPKO CG
06KINSHASA686A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 4 meeting, North Kivu Governor Eugene Serufuli told A/S Frazer and the Ambassador that the biggest problems facing North Kivu were continued insecurity, a lack of economic progress, and the challenge of establishing a democratic culture. End summary. 2. (C) S [...]
2006-05-02 14:47:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO CG
06KINSHASA697FDLR ACTIVITY MOUNTING
[...] (C) In the volatile eastern Congo region, both North and South Kivu are once again facing unrest. MONUC sources report that recent combined operations against the FDLR have resulted in fifteen deaths, including eight civilians, six suspected FDLR militia members, and at least one FARDC sold [...]
2006-05-04 10:37:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO MOPS CG
06KINSHASA703PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: EUGENE DIOMI
[...] (C) Although there are 33 presidential candidates registered for the DRC's upcoming elections, there are only about a dozen who can actually be considered serious candidates. One of these is Eugene Diomi, head of the Christian Democrats, a party which has its roots in Bas Congo province (Diomi [...]
2006-05-05 09:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM CG
06KINSHASA704PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: EUGENE DIOMI
[...] (C) Although there are 33 presidential candidates registered for the DRC's upcoming elections, there are only about a dozen who can actually be considered serious candidates. One of these is Eugene Diomi, head of the Christian Democrats, a party which has its roots in Bas Congo province (Diomi [...]
2006-05-05 09:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM CG
06KINSHASA705PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PROFILE: EUGENE DIOMI
[...] (C) Although there are 33 presidential candidates registered for the DRC's upcoming elections, there are only about a dozen who can actually be considered serious candidates. One of these is Eugene Diomi, head of the Christian Democrats, a party which has its roots in Bas Congo province (Diomi [...]
2006-05-05 09:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM CG
06KINSHASA793ELECTIONS: PPRD SURPRISINGLY COMPETITIVE IN GRAND
[...] (C) Summary: North Kivu's "Grand Nord" region, the assumed stronghold of candidates and political parties of Nande tribal origin, is undergoing a political transformation of sorts in the months leading up to the DRC's July 30 presidential and legislative elections. Long a power base for nation [...]
2006-05-19 11:40:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO CG UG RW ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA897DRC'S ELECTION CALENDAR: LONG-TERM VIEW
[...] (C) Summary: While there are still many hurdles to clear to ensure a successful July 30 first-round election as scheduled, the Independent Election Commission (CEI) and the International Committee to Accompany the Transition (CIAT) have initiated detailed planning for the second round, and the [...]
2006-06-06 11:39:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KPKO GC ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA918PRESIDENT KABILA'S MOTHER SPEAKS OUT
[...] (U) Summary: In a rare public interview, President Kabila's mother, Mama Sifa Maanya, sought to dispel rumors regarding the President's origins, saying unequivocally that Kabila is her son by birth. Speaking to the Belgian newspaper "Le Soir," Sifa described the struggles and sacrifices she an [...]
2006-06-09 11:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KPKO KDEM CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA937MANAGING THE MEDIA CAMPAIGN IN THE DRC'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: The GDRC has reportedly agreed to fund a much-reduced budget, which would allow the High Media Authority (HAM) to provide for minimal fair media coverage to the 33 presidential candidates. The more than 9,700 legislative and 12,300 provincial candidates, however, will likely be [...]
2006-06-14 08:45:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KPAO CG ELECTIONS
06KINSHASA978ITURI'S MILITIAS: WHY THEY CONTINUE TO FIGHT
[...] (C) Summary: Ituri District's security has long been threatened by the presence of local armed militias backed by Congolese and Ugandan elements seeking to profit from the region's abundant natural resources, instability, and lack of central government authority. Over the past three years, a s [...]
2006-06-22 13:14:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO KDEM CG UG
06KUWAIT4481PROPOSED KUWAITI INVESTMENT IN KENYA APPEARS RISKY
[...] (SBU) In response to ref. A, Post sees no reason to suspect Al-Bader International Development Company (AIDCO) of any involvement in illicit or terrorism-related activities as a part of its proposed development project (known as the ROOLA project) in the vicinity of Lamu, Kenya. Although AI [...]
2006-11-20 06:16:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT EINV KCOR PTER KE KU
06LILONGWE612PRESIDENT CLINTON VISITS MALAWI
[...] (U) Summary: Former U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton made a four-hour visit to Malawi on July 14, meeting with President Bingu wa Mutharika and other cabinet officials. Clinton signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Clinton Hunter Development Initiative and the GOM. The [...]
2006-07-17 15:06:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KDEM OVIP MI
06LILONGWE643FORMER PREZ ARRESTED AND RELEASED, AS
[...] (C) Summary: Former President Bakili Muluzi was arrested, then quickly released in Blantyre on July 27, on forty-two counts of corruption. Only eight hours later it was announced on the government-run television station that Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Director Gustave Kaliwo, who had placed [...]
2006-07-28 11:36:00Embassy LilongweCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KCOR MI
06LONDON4221(C/NF) LIBERIA/SIERRA LEONE: UK CONSIDERING
[...] (C/NF) FCO West Africa Section Head Jason Moore told Poloff under questioning June 12 that HMG is considering UN Secretary General Annan's request that it agree to SIPDIS incarcerate former Liberian president Charles Taylor if he is convicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). M [...]
2006-06-13 15:39:00Embassy LondonCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM KAWC LI SL UK
06MAPUTO1354Mozambique - Monitoring and Evaluation Visit to
[...] Summary: PRM/PIM officer Perlita Muiruri conducted a monitoring and evaluation trip in Mozambique in late September. The trip consisted of a visit to Maratane camp in northern Mozambique and discussions with UNHCR staff in Maputo and Nampula, as well as briefings from the implementing partne [...]
2006-10-19 08:33:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM MZ
06MAPUTO428UNHCR IMPATIENT WITH MOZAMBIQUE'S REFUGEE PROGRAM
[...] No summary [...]
2006-04-12 13:27:00Embassy MaputoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREF PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB KFRD MZ
06MASERU307DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AU MEMBERS AND UN TRANSITION
[...] (C) Per reftel, AMB met with Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Ntsinyi (Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment/Deputy Secretary of the Ruling LCD Party) concerning the moment of truth for the African Union (AU). Ambassador reinforced the point that the African countries cannot let Bash [...]
2006-06-29 15:02:00Embassy MaseruCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR KPKO PINS SOCI SU LT
06MUSCAT733OMANI FM CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR IRAN'S CANDIDACY TO
[...] (C) FM Bin Alawi reiterated to the Ambassador on May 9 that Oman feels obligated to support Iran's candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council as part of an OIC agreement on a slate of 13 states. The Ambassador urged Oman to reconsider and warned of USG disfavor over its decision. End summary. [...]
2006-05-09 15:01:00Embassy MuscatCONFIDENTIALUNGA OPDC PREL PHUM UNHRC KUNR IR MU
06NAIROBI1059 THIRD ANNUAL AFRICAN FINE COFFEE CONFERENCE
[...] USAID/REDSO through the Regional Agricultural Trade Expansion Support (RATES) program, supported the Eastern African Fine Coffees Association (EAFCA) to once again successfully implement and host the Third African Fine Coffee Conference and Exhibition, known by many as the World?s WILDEST Coff [...]
2006-03-08 09:24:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAGR EAID ECON ETRD KE PGOV SENV
06NAIROBI1161 17TH HORN OF AFRICA CLIMATE OUTLOOK FORUM
[...] The 17th Greater Horn of Africa (GHA) climate outlook forum (COF) took place in Nairobi March 1-3, organized by the USAID-supported Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Climate Prediction and Applications Center (ICPAC). The forum brought together policy makers, technical expert [...]
2006-03-15 04:02:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID SENV TPHY XW ZF EAGR ECON ETRD KE PGOV SOCI
06NAIROBI135KENYA'S ROADS -- TURNING THE CORNER ON A NATIONAL
[...] (SBU) Summary: Kenya's road system is a national disgrace and a major drag on the economies of both Kenya and the broader region. Three years after coming to power, the Kenyan government of Mwai Kibaki has little to show in terms of meeting its promises to rebuild the country's long- neglecte [...]
2006-01-12 06:31:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EAID EINV ELTN EFIN KCOR PGOV KE
06NAIROBI2369 BI-LATERAL MEETING BETWEEN USAID/REDSO/FFP AND
[...] Summary: On May 3, 2006, USAID/REDSO/FFP and the regional WFP Operations Division Kampala (WFP/ODK) held their third annual bi-lateral meeting. These annual meetings are designed to provide a forum for each party to discuss topics of mutual concern in managing the nearly 1.6 million MTs of Ti [...]
2006-05-30 12:47:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDDJ ER EAID SO
06NAIROBI2654SOMALILAND'S CHARM OFFENSIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The government of the self-declared independent Republic of Somaliland has taken advantage of the downward trend of events in Somalia to step up its efforts for international recognition. A visit to Kenya appears to have produced unexpectedly positive results, opening doors for a [...]
2006-06-16 14:13:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PGOV PINS SO KE TZ ZA RW UG SF
06NAIROBI3016 PROCEEDINGS FROM 19TH SEMI-ANNUAL ALNAP
[...] From June 13 to 15, 2006, the Active Learning Network for Accountability and Performance in Humanitarian Action (ALNAP) convened its 19th semi- annual conference. The aim of the meeting was for humanitarian actors to draw out key aspects of learning, accountability, and performance related t [...]
2006-07-11 06:00:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF SOCI UN XA
06NAIROBI3096COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR STEPHEN KAIRU
[...] USAID/EA requests country clearance for Mr. Stephen Kairu, RFMC Deputy Chief Accountant, to travel to Kigali, Rwanda from o/a July 30, 2006 to o/a August 5, 2006 to provide financial management services to client mission. Mr. Kairu holds an FSN-type security clearance. 2. His flight schedu [...]
2006-07-17 14:27:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA ASEC
06NAIROBI3394 REPORT ON A REGIONAL PLANNING MEETING CROP
[...] No summary [...]
2006-08-04 08:42:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF SOCI UN XA
06NAIROBI3630 REPORT ON A REGIONAL PLANNING MEETING CROP
[...] The second stage of implementation of the Crop Crisis Control Project (C3P) was launched with a regional planning workshop in Kigali, Rwanda June 13- 15, 2006. The goal of this activity, supported by the Famine Prevention Fund, is a regionally coordinated response to the catastrophic spread of [...]
2006-08-18 10:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREF SOCI UN XA
06NAIROBI3952Information Requested For Secretary's Initiative On Global
[...] The GOK generally recognizes the role of information Communication and Technology (ICT) in national development and the need for a national policy that promotes and facilitates private sector investment for the benefit of all Kenyans. The Kenya Communications Act (KCA) 1998 and the GOK's subse [...]
2006-09-12 14:11:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDECPS EINT EAID PHUM KE
06NAIROBI4239WHERE'S KABUGA? DIPLOMATS URGE GOVERNMENT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Prosecutor Hussein Bubacar Jallow, joined by like-minded Nairobi-based chiefs of mission, delivered a strong message to the Government of Kenya urging more cooperation in apprehending Rwandan genocidaire Felicien Kabuga. Kenya's [...]
2006-09-29 14:40:00Embassy NairobiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KCRM RW KE
06NAIROBI817QUARTERLY FRAUD SUMMARY - NAIROBI
[...] (U) Summary. The following report replies to Ref B reinstitution of the quarterly fraud report covering the current condition of consular fraud in Kenya, with specific reference to fraud trends in non-immigrant visa, immigrant visa, and diversity visa applications as well as cases of American [...]
2006-02-23 12:20:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC KCRM KE
06NAIROBI920KENYA SUBMISSION FOR THE SIXTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING
[...] (U) The following is Embassy Nairobi's submission for the Department's annual Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP). Information is keyed to the format provided in reftel. 2. (SBU) STATUS AND EXTENT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN KENYA I. Overview A. Origin, Transit, and Destination Origin [...]
2006-03-01 10:28:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB KE
06NDJAMENA296CHAD: INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS DISCUSS ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: The French Ambassador in Chad gave vent to a gloomy view of the Chadian political scene to the EU and U.S. Ambassadors and UN resrep February 24. Meeting the day before the announcement that presidential elections will take place May 3, he acknowledged that Deby was unacceptable [...]
2006-02-26 18:33:00Embassy NdjamenaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM CD
06PARIS107AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. CHAD/SUDAN 4. SIERRA LEONE 5. ZIMBABWE 6. UGANDA 7. RWANDA Â [...]
2006-01-09 08:34:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS1573MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Milosevic Death -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-13 11:09:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1637MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Middle East - Israeli
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-15 11:13:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS1713AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. COTE D'IVOIRE 3. BENIN 4. CHAD 5. RWANDA 6. NIGER 7. DROC 8. MAURITANIA 9. UGANDA 10. KENYA 11. LIBERIA 12. SUDAN Â [...]
2006-03-17 13:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS2348TOGO: APRIL 5 MEETING WITH EX-MINISTER BOKO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Togo's ex-Interior Minister Francois Boko said during an April 5 meeting that the regime in Togo feared active U.S. intervention in Togo's affairs and that the U.S. could readily influence events in Togo if it chose to do so, and even compel the leadership to step down, as in Ha [...]
2006-04-10 14:29:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM TO FR
06PARIS3362 UNESCO: DAKAR OFFICE CHIEF OUTLINES DECENTRALIZATION
[...] Summary and Comment: To explore issues relating to decentralization, Ambassador Oliver and Science Officer met with Lalla Aicha Ben Barka, Director of the UNESCO Office in Dakar and the regional office for Education in Africa (BREDA). Although the UNESCO secretariat often highlights its decen [...]
2006-05-19 08:52:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDAORC EAID KDEM KSCA SOCI XA SG UNESCO EDU
06PARIS351MEDIA REACTION REPORT - Ivory Coast -
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-19 11:31:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS4967AFRICA IN THE FRENCH PRESS
[...] ATTENTION 2. NOTE 3. AFRICA: CULTURE, ART, DIVERSIONS 4. RWANDA 5. AFRICAN CONTINENT 6. WEST AFRICA 7. ANGOLA 8. COTE D'IVOIRE 9. BURKINA FASO Â [...]
2006-07-21 11:53:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KPAO XA
06PARIS553LONG ARM OF FRENCH LAW: INVESTIGATIONS IN AFRICA
[...] No summary [...]
2006-01-27 15:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM TO DJ CI RW FR
06PARIS5848FRANCE/BURUNDI: AMBASSADOR MOLLER'S AUGUST 22
[...] (C) SUMMARY: French MFA and MOD officials expressed views on Burundi and the Great Lakes region similar to those of the U.S. during August 22 discussions with visiting U.S. Ambassador to Burundi Patricia Moller. MFA officials expressed concern about the recent arrests in Burundi in connect [...]
2006-08-31 10:25:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM KDEM BY FR
06PARIS5990MEDIA REACTION REPORT - President Bush on Secret Prisons
[...] No summary [...]
2006-09-07 10:29:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR FR
06PARIS7393COTE D'IVOIRE/FRANCE: INVESTIGATION OF NOVEMBER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: France's judicial investigation of the November 6, 2004, bombing of French forces in Cote d'Ivoire by the Ivoirian Air Force may be drawing to a close, according to recent developments reported by the press. Nine French military personnel and an Amcit civilian were killed in t [...]
2006-11-15 15:18:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR MOPS IV TO BO RS UP FR
06PARIS7549RWANDA/FRANCE: "WE'RE BACK TO ZERO"
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-27 15:33:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW FR
06PHNOMPENH1362KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL BUILDING MOMENTUM
[...] (U) Summary. Following initial criticism of a slow start, progress of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal on a variety of fronts has picked up in July, according to the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI). OSJI believes the most significant new development is the court's adoption of the ICC Code o [...]
2006-07-27 09:03:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS PREL CB
06PHNOMPENH1934A/S LOWENKRON MEETS OPPOSITION LEADER SAM RAINSY
[...] (SBU) Summary. On October 16 and 17, A/S Lowenkron met with various leaders of Cambodia's civil society, union leaders and labor experts, and opposition party leader Sam Rainsy. Human rights leaders discussed impunity, the difficulties involved in the RGC's proposal to form a human rights [...]
2006-10-25 11:06:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL CB
06PRETORIA1657 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH April 21 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-04-21 13:51:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA2249 SOUTH AFRICA PUBLIC HEALTH June 2 2006 ISSUE
[...] Summary. Every two weeks, Embassy Pretoria publishes a public health newsletter highlighting South African health issues based on press reports and studies of South African researchers. Comments and analysis do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the U.S. Government. Topics of this week' [...]
2006-06-01 14:44:00Embassy PretoriaUNCLASSIFIEDECON KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID SF
06PRETORIA3889SOUTH AFRICA MEDIATOR VISITING BURUNDI AND TANZANIA
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The South African Facilitator of the Burundi Peace Process, Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula, will travel to Burundi and Tanzania September 19-20 to "remove obstacles" to the implementation of the September 7 FNL peace agreement. Nqakula will seek international donor [...]
2006-09-18 16:17:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPREL SF BU
06RANGOON622UNDP STRUGGLES INSIDE, AND OUTSIDE, BURMA
[...] (C) Summary: UNDP officials told us that implementation of new GOB regulations for aid agencies and NGOs has been uneven and unpredictable. The GOB has not yet enforced compliance with the most restrictive of the new regulations, and some government entities have proven more flexible than ot [...]
2006-05-09 08:58:00Embassy RangoonCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL EAID BM
06SANTIAGO1449MEDIA REACTION - INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT (ICC)
[...] No summary [...]
2006-07-07 12:09:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI
06SANTIAGO74MEDIA REPORT - HAITIAN ELECTIONS
[...] Four newspapers and one television station carried stories featuring Chilean officials' remarks on the ongoing situation in Haiti. The GOC reiterated its commitment to maintaining peacekeepers in Haiti for at least another 12 months while dismissing calls to withdraw soldiers after the election [...]
2006-01-12 15:48:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIEDKMDR KPAO OPRC CI HA
06TELAVIV2339ISRAEL MEDIA REACTION
[...] Mideast 2. Darfur ------------------------- Key stories in the media: ------------------------- Major media quoted PM Ehud Olmert as saying in Paris Wednesday that realignment is unstoppable. The Jerusalem Post wrote that Olmert left his meeting with French President Jacques Chira [...]
2006-06-15 13:15:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDIS KMDR MEDIA REACTION REPORT
06THEHAGUE2441COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL HUSSAIN
[...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services official Hussain Baseer, Public Health Officer, NCID, HHS/CDC to transit the Netherlands from December 23-24, 2006 on his way to Kigali, Rwanda to assist the Rwanda Public Health Advisor with program and ma [...]
2006-11-13 15:34:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA NL
06THEHAGUE2442COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL HUSSAIN
[...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services official Hussain Baseer, Public Health Officer, NCID, HHS/CDC to transit the Netherlands from December 23-24, 2006 on his way to Kigali, Rwanda to assist the Rwanda Public Health Advisor with program and ma [...]
2006-11-13 15:34:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA NL
06THEHAGUE2557COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL HEATHER
[...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services Public Health Advisor, Heather Joseph, Behavioral Scientist, COGH, CCC, HHS to travel to the Netherlands from January 23-24, 2006 and February 9-10, 2007 to lay over in the Netherlands on her way to and fro [...]
2006-12-06 11:04:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA NL
06THEHAGUE2605COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR CDC OFFICIAL RAYMOND
[...] Country clearance is granted for Center for Disease Control, Health and Human Services Senior Scientist, NCHSTP, CDC, HHS, to travel to the Netherlands on January 7, 2006 to transit stop en route to Kigali, Rwanda to provide technical assistance on information technology systems in order to s [...]
2006-12-14 09:08:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDOTRA NL
06THEHAGUE450CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (SBU) Del reps met with Victor Smirnovskiy of the Russian delegation on February 21 to go over a variety of issues in the run-up to the March Executive Council session. Smirnovskiy confirmed that Russia has submitted a proposal for its 45% deadline (requesting Dec. 31, 2009) to the Technical [...]
2006-02-28 15:21:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL CWC
06THEHAGUE806CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION (CWC): WRAP-UP FOR
[...] (U) Del confirmed that, during the proposed week of the U.S. extension request submission and briefing, EC Chair Dastis, DG Pfirter, most senior Verification staff, Amb. Onate, and Amb. Khodakov will be available in The Hague. Del continues to field questions concerning U.S. intent (both timi [...]
2006-04-11 15:02:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIEDPARM PREL CWC
06TOKYO1300 DAILY SUMMARY OF JAPANESE PRESS 03/10/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-03-12 23:00:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TOKYO6339JAPANESE MORNING PRESS HIGHLIGHTS 11/02/06
[...] No summary [...]
2006-11-02 01:11:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDOIIP KMDR KPAO PGOV PINR ECON ELAB JA
06TUNIS2916ADB PRESIDENT OPTIMISTIC ABOUT BANK'S FUTURE, WARY
[...] (U) Summary: During the Ambassador's December 11 courtesy call on African Development Bank (ADB) President Donald Kaberuka, Kaberuka touched on the differing problems and varying situations of African nations and the importance of adapting the services provided by the ADB to meet these challen [...]
2006-12-15 14:53:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID EFIN ECIN KDEM TS
06USNATO666NORTH ATLANTIC COUNCIL READOUT NOVEMBER 8, 2006
[...] (C) SUMMARY: -- Azerbaijan: Azeri President Aliev provides an upbeat assessment of Azerbaijan,s reforms, predicts an end to Russia,s energy monopoly, and warns that frozen conflicts are the biggest threat he sees to regional stability, (see separate front channel message). -- Afghanistan [...]
2006-11-13 13:55:00Mission USNATOSECRET//NOFORNNATO PREL
06USUNNEWYORK1041DRC SANCTIONS: UK PROPOSES REVISED LIST OF NAMES
[...] (C) As reported in REFTEL, the UK would like to press forward with a list of names for sanctioning under UNSCR 1649. UKUN gave USUN on May 22 a revised list of targets. UKUN stressed its desire to move quickly and submit the names for sanctioning, ideally before the Security Council travels [...]
2006-05-23 20:05:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV CG
06USUNNEWYORK1042DRC SANCTIONS: UK PROPOSES REVISED LIST OF NAMES
[...] (C) As reported in REFTEL, the UK would like to press forward with a list of names for sanctioning under UNSCR 1649. UKUN gave USUN on May 22 a revised list of targets. UKUN stressed its desire to move quickly and submit the names for sanctioning, ideally before the Security Council travels [...]
2006-05-23 20:06:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALETTC EFIN UNSC PREL PGOV CG
06USUNNEWYORK1071UN FINANCES: 2006 PAYMENTS ARE SLOW
[...] SUMMARY: On May 24th, UN Controller Warren Sach updated the Fifth Committee on the current financial situation of the United Nations. He noted that the overall financial situation in 2005 was better than 2004, but that 2006 payments thus far on the regular budget were below payments made this [...]
2006-05-25 17:24:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1180ICTY/ICTR PRESIDENTS, PROSECUTORS BRIEF SECURITY
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: The Presidents of and Prosecutors for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) briefed the Security Council June 7 on their progress toward implementation of the Completion Strategy of the re [...]
2006-06-09 19:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC ICTY KJUS UNSC ICTR
06USUNNEWYORK1264UN OVERSIGHT: EVALUATIONS NEED IMPROVEMENT
[...] ACTION REQUEST: USUN seeks Department guidance on the OIOS report summarized in this cable in time for the 46th session of the Committee for Program and Coordination (CPC),which begins August 14, 2006. 2. SUMMARY: In its biennial report covering the period 2004-2005 on strengthening the r [...]
2006-06-23 20:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK1283SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES INTERNATIONAL LAW
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Security Council members joined by 16 other representatives of UN Missions debated the topic of the Security Council and international law on June 22, 2006. Nicolas Michel, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, and President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ),Ro [...]
2006-06-29 13:34:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KJUS UNSC
06USUNNEWYORK1599STATE OF PLAY ON NEGOTIATIONS ON UK-US DARFUR
[...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 3. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. This cable outlines the views of key Security Council delegations on the UK-U.S. draft resolution authorizing the transition from an African Union (AU)-led to a UN-led force in Darfur. Russia, China and Fr [...]
2006-08-22 00:02:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1614RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST ON UNMIS DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: Reftel points were delivered August 23 to Mr. Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Planning in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General. Mr. Michael Heller Chu of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations was also in attendance. We left a non-paper outlining r [...]
2006-08-23 21:34:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL SU KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK1666RWANDA TRIBUNAL (ICTR) EXTENSION OF TENURE OF AD
[...] The Security Council on August 29 adopted (15-0-0) Resolution 1705 (2006) extending Judge Bossa's term on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda until June 24, 2007. 2. Following the Council's action the General Assembly decided to endorse the extension of Bossa's term. BOLT [...]
2006-08-30 21:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAF AORC PREL RW UNSC ICTR
06USUNNEWYORK1780UNSC/SUDAN: UN PATIENCE WEARING THIN ON DARFUR
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Secretary-General Annan set a somber tone at the September 11 Security Council Debate on Darfur, beseeching the Council to assert itself in response to the 'death and suffering, perhaps on a catastrophic scale' confronting the people of Darfur. SYG Annan had harsh words for the [...]
2006-09-11 22:53:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL SU UNSC KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK2046UN LEGAL COUNSEL REPORTS ON EFFORTS TO CONCLUDE
[...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: Legal Adviser John Bellinger and Ambassador Wolff met with UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel and his deputy, Larry Johnson, October 25, to discuss Lebanese and key Council members' views on the draft statute and agreement to establish a tribunal to try those responsible for [...]
2006-10-26 20:07:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC PGOV PREL PTER KCRM SY LE
06USUNNEWYORK2255SAFETY AND SECURITY: GUIDANCE REQUEST ON
[...] This is a guidance request. See paragraph 10. 2. SUMMARY. In the coming weeks, the Fifth Committee will begin consideration of the reports A/61/531, strengthened and unified security management system for the UN, and A/61/566, standardized access control under agenda item 117 programme budg [...]
2006-12-15 15:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDAORC KUNR UNGA
06USUNNEWYORK2282SE NATSIOS' MEETING WITH DPKO USYG GUEHENNO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 21 meeting with Special Envoy Andrew Natsios, UN DPKO U/SYG Jean Marie Guehenno expressed skepticism that Sudanese President Bashir would provide a wholly forthcoming and constructive response to SYG Annan's letter outlining specific steps the Government of Sudan [...]
2006-12-22 20:55:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER UNSC SU KPKO
06USUNNEWYORK402MEETING WITH LEBANESE TO DISCUSS OPTIONS FOR
[...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Ralph Riachy, Chief Justice of Lebanon's Supreme Court, and Choucri Sader, President of the Legislative Service of Lebanon's Ministry of Justice, discussed options for trying the persons responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri with USUN [...]
2006-03-03 16:33:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUNSC LE
06VATICAN218SLOW BUT STEADY: MOVING AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY FORWARD
[...] (C) With a grant from EB, Post brought three American researchers to speak with various Holy See interlocutors to increase acceptance and understanding of agricultural biotechnology in advance of the publication of a key Vatican document on hunger. After several years of lobbying b [...]
2006-10-19 09:12:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALVT TBIO EAGR EAID FA
06VATICAN221SLOW BUT STEADY: MOVING AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY FORWARD
[...] (C) With a grant from EB, Post brought three American researchers to speak with various Holy See interlocutors to increase acceptance and understanding of agricultural biotechnology in advance of the publication of a key Vatican document on hunger. After several years of lobbying by Post, th [...]
2006-10-19 11:41:00Embassy VaticanCONFIDENTIALEAGR EAID ECON TBIO VT OIIP
06VATICAN59HOLY SEE RAISES OBJECTIONS TO RWANDA'S GACACA TRIBUNALS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Holy See deputy foreign minister Parolin asked ambassador to transmit to Washington a note verbale and accompanying text on the gacaca tribunals in Rwanda. The Holy See believes that the tribunals are politically manipulated and procedurally flawed and are not serving their int [...]
2006-04-03 13:49:00Embassy VaticanUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PHUM SOCI VT RW
07ACCRA1451PDAS THOMAS-GREENFIELD MEETS WITH PRESIDENT KUFUOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 28, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa Linda Thomas-Greenfield and the U.S. SIPDIS delegation to the Africa Union Summit met with Ghanaian President John Kufuor. Kufuor agreed with the USG approach on Sudan but his staff thought the current draft UNSC [...]
2007-07-03 07:38:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCI GH PREL SO SU
07ACCRA1455PDAS THOMAS-GREENFIELD MEETS WITH AFRICAN LEADERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: PDAS Linda Thomas-Greenfield, head of the U.S. delegation to the 28-July 2 African Union Summit in Accra, held bilateral meetings on the margins of the Summit with the Foreign Ministers of Rwanda, Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Botswana, as well as with the Presidents of Lib [...]
2007-07-03 16:02:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALBF BO ER ET GH JA LI PREL RW SO SU TZ UG
07ACCRA1461PDAS THOMAS-GREENFIELD MEETS WITH AU PEACE AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 30, on the margins of the June 28-July 2 African Union Summit in Accra, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa Linda Thomas-Greenfield met with AU Peace and Security Commissioner Said Djinnit. They agreed with the need to coordinate AU and UN documents on Su [...]
2007-07-03 16:11:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYER ET GH PREL SO SU
07ACCRA568REFUGEE REFERRAL FOR FRANCOIS NIYIBIZI
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy Accra hereby refers Rwandan Francois Niyibizi, his wife and two children to the United States resettlement program. Francois Niyibizi fled with his wife in July 1994 towards Goma in former Zaire when the genocide started. He feared for their safety as his wife is Hutu- [...]
2007-03-13 17:14:00Embassy AccraCONFIDENTIALPREF PHUM GH CO
07ADDISABABA1105AMIR MESHAL: REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE
[...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: see paragraph 6. 2. (S/NF) The Government of Ethiopia plans to hold an initial hearing on Friday, April 13, for most of the remaining suspected foreign fighters caught in Somalia by Ethiopian troops, or transferred from Kenya to Ethiopia via Somalia's Transitional Federa [...]
2007-04-12 15:50:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PINR CASC PTER ET SO KWCI KJUS KHLS
07ADDISABABA1397SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER REVIEWS COOPERATION
[...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. On May 4, Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale updated Ambassador and poloff on his recent visit to Europe to promote Somaliland's external relations with potential donors, and ongoing consultations with Ethiopia on cross-border counter-terrorism cooperation. FM Dual [...]
2007-05-08 10:17:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNPREL PBTS PTER EAID KDEM ET SO DJ
07ADDISABABA1771SOMALI PRIME MINISTER GHEDI DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On May 31, Somali Prime Minister Ghedi affirmed the Transitional Federal Government's (TFG) commitment to power-sharing with all clans, but noted that the Hawiye Leadership Committee represented neither the general interests of the Hawiye community nor traditional Somali leader [...]
2007-06-06 15:28:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KDEM SO ET
07ADDISABABA1960UNSC-AFRICAN UNION DISCUSSIONS IN ADDIS ABABA
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. African Union Commission Chairperson Konare urgently requested visiting UN Security Council representatives to provide funding for African peacekeeping forces in Darfur and Somalia. Konare, AU Commissioners, and African Ambassadors highlighted capacity and financial limitation [...]
2007-06-23 14:14:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UNSC AU SU SO
07ADDISABABA232DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ETHIOPIAN VIEWS ON AU
[...] (C) SUMMARY. Ambassador delivered ref A points on January 23 to State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tekeda Alemu. Minister Tekeda highlighted that while Ethiopia believed selecting Sudanese President Bashir as African Union Assembly Chair was not desirable for the AU, Ethiopia could not openly [...]
2007-01-25 17:03:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL AU SU ET ER
07ADDISABABA2796A/S Frazer's Meeting with AU Commission Chair Alpha Oumar
[...] No summary [...]
2007-09-10 15:27:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO UN SO SU AU
07ADDISABABA311SOMALIA: PM MELES HIGHLIGHTS LAND REFORM AS KEY TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a 90-minute meeting on January 27 with A/S Frazer, Prime Minister Meles highlighted that Somalia's primary clans generally supported the Transitional Federal Government (TFG). Only the Hawiye/Habr-Gedir/Ayr sub-clan, the primary political base of the deposed Council of Islamic [...]
2007-02-01 16:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV MOPS KPKO ET SO YE
07ADDISABABA312A/S FRAZER MEETING WITH UGANDAN PRESIDENT MUSEVENI
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Museveni confirmed that he had appointed a force commander to lead Ugandan peace-keeping troops who were ready to deploy to Somalia as soon as February 1, immediately after obtaining parliamentary approval. Their mission would be to support Somalia's Transitional Feder [...]
2007-02-01 16:18:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS KPKO KISL UG SO SU CD AU
07ADDISABABA3435ETHIOPIA: UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR INFORMATION
[...] Requested information about the worst forms of child labor in Ethiopia follows and is organized per reftel instructions. 2. For further references, please contact Political/Economic Affairs Officer Kimberly Wright at: WRIGHTKE2@STATE.GOV 3. Incidence and Nature of Child Labor In 2005 [...]
2007-12-03 04:53:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID ET
07ADDISABABA40SOMALIA: PM MELES AFFIRMS NEED FOR ETHIOPIAN
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a 90-minute meeting on January 4 with A/S Frazer, Prime Minister Meles said that Ethiopia sought to withdraw its forces from Somalia as soon as possible, as their prolonged presence would only serve to make them a target of possible terrorist attacks from remaining CIC fighter [...]
2007-01-08 09:11:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PTER PGOV MOPS KPKO ET SO XA
07ADDISABABA420SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER SAYS UNSCR SHOULD
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 9 meeting with Ambassador, Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale underscored Somaliland's role in promoting regional stability, practicing democracy, and fighting terrorism, and announced that President Kahin would seek reelection. Duale expressed apprecia [...]
2007-02-09 13:59:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS KDEM EAID SO ET DJ KE UG EG SU
07ADDISABABA60SOMALILAND FOREIGN MINISTER APPEALS FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a December 14 meeting with Charge a.i. Wilgus and deputy pol-econ counselor, Somaliland Foreign Minister Abdillahi M. Duale expressed interest in establishing a closer strategic relationship with the United States, and appealed for both humanitarian and military assistance to [...]
2007-01-09 10:42:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL PBTS PTER EAID KISL SO ET RW AU XA
07ADDISABABA68SOMALILAND PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (S) SUMMARY. In a January 9 meeting with Ambassador, Somaliland President Dahir Rayale Kahin appealed for international recognition and support, highlighting Somaliland's political progress and its commitment to democracy and regional stability. Kahin, accompanied by Finance Minister Hussein [...]
2007-01-09 16:15:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRETPREL PBTS PINR PTER SO ET DJ XA
07ADDISABABA694REVIEW OF OUTCOME OF FRENCH RECAMP V TRAINING
[...] (U) Participants: USAU staff joined African and partner countries (what countries) there was no US participant at this meeting, with the exception of USAU observers. 2. (U) Background: The purpose of the February 21-22 meeting was for the participants to: (1) review outcomes of French R [...]
2007-03-06 06:12:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS AU
07ANKARA844ANKARA MEDIA REACTION REPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-11 12:26:00Embassy AnkaraUNCLASSIFIEDOPRC KMDR TU
07BEIJING3063MAY 8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: ARMS SALES TO SUDAN;
[...] Key points at the May 8 MFA Press Conference made by MFA Spokesman Jiang Yu were: -- The MFA said arms sales to Sudan are limited to conventional weapons and such sales to African nations are generally "small-scale." -- In light of PM Abe's reported gift to the Yasukuni Shrine, China hope [...]
2007-05-08 10:29:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIEDPREL ETRD SU JA KN CA PM MX IV RW VM
07BRASILIA1870 AMB. GROSS LEADS INTERAGENCY DELEGATION TO BRAZIL FOR
[...] Summary: Ambassador David A. Gross, U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy (EEB/CIP) led a senior-level U.S. delegation to Brazil for meetings with the Brazilian Ministry of Communications and the telecommunications regulator, the National Telecommunications Ag [...]
2007-10-01 19:19:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ECPS TINT TSPA BR
07BRATISLAVA262AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES ICTY/R AND
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador-at-large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson visited Bratislava on April 23-24, 2007 for meetings with MFA interlocutors to discuss the close out of the International Criminal Tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda, the upcoming election of a new ICTY Prosecutor, and th [...]
2007-05-03 13:07:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PHUM PINR KAWC LO
07BRAZZAVILLE430BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF FOR OCTOBER 26, 2007
[...] (U) President Denis Sassou-Nguesso will deliver 'a message on the state of the nation' to Parliament on October 27, 2007. 2. (U) "A Dream Come True Thanks to Sassou" banners flew over the city of Pointe Noire as President Sassou-Nguesso inaugurated the construction of a major roadway to link [...]
2007-10-26 16:31:00Embassy BrazzavilleUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PINR PHUM SCUL MARR ECON ECIN EAID
07BRUSSELS2218BELGIANS EXPRESS INCREASED CONCERNS ABOUT DRC
[...] (C) Summary: During a meeting on June 26, 2007 with A/S Frazer, Belgian MFA Permanent Secretary Grauls expressed great concern about the Kabila regime's alarming loss of popularity, continuing instability in Eastern Congo, and the looming threat of another Rwandan incursion. The Belgian side [...]
2007-07-09 12:31:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPINS PREL BE CG SU SF
07BRUSSELS2995DRC PRESIDENT KABILA'S VISIT TO BELGIUM --
[...] (C) Summary: DRC President Kabila told the Belgian leadership on September 24 that he would continue his military build up in North Kivu as a means of pressing the Nkunda forces to the bargaining table. He added that he would soon organize a reconciliation conference in Eastern Congo involvi [...]
2007-09-25 09:33:00Embassy BrusselsCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL EMIN BE CG
07BRUSSELS3003U.S., EUROPEANS SEEK POLITICAL SOLUTION TO DRC'S
[...] (C) Summary: Members of the Great Lakes Contact Group brainstormed Sept. 21 in Brussels about political solutions to the growing unrest among rebel forces in Eastern Congo while acknowledging that the Government of the DRC appears to be leaning toward a military solution. European Commission [...]
2007-09-26 10:14:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF ZF CG EUN
07BRUSSELS3489A/S FRAZER TO EU: U.S. SUPPORTS MISSION TO CHAD/CAR
[...] (C) Summary: In a series of meetings with EU officials Dec. 6-7, A/S Frazer expressed U.S. political support for the planned EU military mission to Chad and the Central African Republic. The Director for Defense Aspects of the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) said the U.S. could ass [...]
2007-12-12 12:59:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALPREL AF EUN
07BUENOSAIRES1192MEDIA REACTION; THE GAZA STRIP; USG ASKING THE ARGENTINE
[...] SUMMARY STATEMENT Weekend international opinion pieces and editorials cover the state of affairs in the Gaza Strip as well as the next steps to be taken by the Bush and Olmert administrations; the USG praises the Argentine Government for its approval of an anti-terrorist draft bill and reque [...]
2007-06-19 17:21:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDKPAO OPRC KMDR PREL MEDIA REACTION
07BUJUMBURA206BURUNDI'S DEFENSE MINISTER: TROOPS IN SOMALIA
[...] (C) Summary: During a March 12 meeting with Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for African Affairs, James Swan, Burundi,s Minister of Defense, Lt. Gen Germain Niyoyankana, projected that with U.S. logistical and financial assistance, Burundi could be ready to deploy troops to Somalia within two [...]
2007-03-22 13:17:00Embassy BujumburaCONFIDENTIALMARR PARM PGOV PREL BY SO
07BUJUMBURA307BURUNDI HOSTS THE RELAUNCH OF THE ECONOMIC
[...] (U) Summary: Representatives from the Great Lakes member states of Burundi, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo convened in Bujumbura on April 16 to open dialogue for the Economic Community of the Great Lakes States (CEPGL). The CEPGL is relaunched after 13 years of inactivity [...]
2007-04-25 12:41:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECIN ECON PGOV PINR PREL BY
07BUJUMBURA337CONSULTANT TO US TRADE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY VISITS BURUNDI TO
[...] Summary. An energy consultant for the U.S. Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) met May 2-3 with senior Government of Burundi (GOB) officials and private energy officials to discuss a feasibility study for a petroleum pipeline to Burundi. Burundian government officials and private concerns res [...]
2007-05-08 05:29:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EINV EMIN ENRG EPET PREL PBTS RW KE TZ UG BY
07BUJUMBURA544BURUNDI WELCOMES SWISS PRESIDENT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-30 15:51:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SZ BY
07BUJUMBURA798SCENESETTER FOR CODEL INHOFE
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Burundi comes at a critical time in the country's modern political history. After a summer marked by political infighting and a virtual legislative standstill, President Nkurunziza appointed a new government and displayed some willingness to tackle Burundi's sig [...]
2007-11-26 13:01:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIEDOVIP PINR PGOV PREL OREP EAID MASS MARR BY
07BUJUMBURA94MORE BURUNDIAN CABINET SHUFFLING
[...] (U) Burundian President Nkurunziza on February 12 appointed new ministers of Planning, Development, and Reconstruction and of Information, Communications, and Parliamentary Relations. Mr. Tabu Abdallah Manirakiza will replace Jean Bigirimana as the Minister of Planning. Mrs. Hafsa Mossi succ [...]
2007-02-14 16:57:00Embassy BujumburaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKPAO PGOV PINR PREL
07DAKAR1039SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR VICE ADMIRALS STUFFLEBEEM AND
[...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, Senegal is preparing for legislative elections on June 3, 2007. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United States in promoting peace and [...]
2007-05-14 12:10:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP MARR PGOV ECON EAID PREL KMCA SG
07DAKAR1323SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR FIRST LADY (FLOTUS)
[...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, President Abdoulaye Wade has just changed Prime Ministers and reshuffled his cabinet. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United States [...]
2007-06-21 08:05:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV ECON EAID PREL KMCA SG
07DAKAR682SENEGAL - RELATIVELY WELL-PREPARED FOR AVIAN/PANDEMIC
[...] SUMMARY: Senegal appears relatively well-prepared to cope with an outbreak of Avian and/or Pandemic Influenza (AIPI). The Government of Senegal has an active AI working group and has hosted a number of AIPI conferences and exercises. The USG has also hosted several regional seminars on AIPI [...]
2007-03-26 11:37:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIEDTBIO KFLU AMGT ASEC CASC KSAF SG
07DAKAR696SENEGAL SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION ATTENDING
[...] (SBU) As the Mission and the Government of Senegal (GOS) prepare to host you, Senegal is preparing for President Abdoulaye Wade's second inauguration on April 3, 2007. The Senegalese are proud to have a predominantly Muslim democracy that preaches tolerance and visibly supports the United Sta [...]
2007-03-27 14:12:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP ELAB PGOV ECON EAID PREL KMCA SG
07DARESSALAAM1055TANZANIA: FOREIGN MINISTER BRIEFS DIPLOMATS ON
[...] (SBU) Foreign Minister Bernard Membe briefed the European and Americas diplomatic corps recently on the deepening crisis in the Union of the Comoros and requested proactive diplomatic efforts to resolve the issue. Membe announced that at the African Union (AU) meeting in Accra (July 2-3),Ar [...]
2007-07-29 12:01:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MOPS PHUM TZ
07DARESSALAAM1062ACTION REQUEST REGARDING ICTR CHIEF OF APPEALS
[...] (SBU) This is an action request. See paragraph 7. Barbara Mulvaney, Senior Trial Attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and US citizen, requests USG support for her candidacy for the position of Chief of Appeals at the ICTR. 2. (U) Mulvaney believes she is qua [...]
2007-07-31 14:50:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM RW TZ
07DARESSALAAM1215TANZANIA: AMBASSSADOR RETZER,S AUGUST 30 FAREWELL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-31 11:05:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL EAID TZ
07DARESSALAAM158TANZANIA: PRESIDENT KIKWETE ON DEPLOYMENT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. President Kikwete has made clear his preference for building capacity within the Somali TFG military over actual deployment of Tanzanian forces as part of a peacekeeping mission. He intends to train up to 1,000 members of the Somali military (and Somali intelligence) over the ne [...]
2007-02-02 13:53:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR SU KE TZ
07DARESSALAAM355TANZANIA: INPUT FOR 2007 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA
[...] In calendar year 2006, Tanzania's exports under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) still hovered at approximately USD 3.7 million in AGOA-qualified exports to the United States. The U.S. Congress' December 2006 extension of the third country fabric provisions could boost Tanzania' [...]
2007-03-14 04:02:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDEAID ECON ETRD TZ
07DARESSALAAM376ICTR: AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES TRIBUNAL
[...] (U) Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues (S/WCI),Clint Williamson, met with President Mose and other key officials at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and toured the United Nations Detention Facility in Arusha on March 7 and 8. Discussions centered on issues that co [...]
2007-03-18 13:27:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA ICTR TZ
07DARESSALAAM519ICTR: AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON DISCUSSES TRIBUNAL
[...] (U) Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with key leadership and working-level officials at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and toured the United Nations Detention Facility in Arusha on March 7 and 8, 2007. Williamson,s discussions centered on [...]
2007-04-10 14:56:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA ICTR TZ
07DARESSALAAM637FALSE HOPE AND TOUGH TALK; REFUGEE UPDATE FROM
[...] (U) SUMMARY: As the UNHCR consolidates and closes refugee camps in western Tanzania, requests for assistance in host areas and in closed camps are increasing. Repatriation to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is on the upswing, while repatriation to Burundi has come to a halt, with pe [...]
2007-05-02 12:44:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL PHUM TZ
07DARESSALAAM735SHOWDOWN AT THE ICTR CORRAL: BENCH SPLIT REGARDING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 21, the judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR, or the Tribunal) are scheduled to elect a President as the current term ends this month. President Erik Mose wishes to serve a third term and proposals to amend the Rules to allow this are tabled [...]
2007-05-18 08:33:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamCONFIDENTIALPREL UNGA ICTR TZ
07DARESSALAAM754NEW PRESIDENT AT ICTR
[...] (U) SUMMARY: On May 21, the judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) elected Judge Charles Michael Dennis Byron of Saint Kitts and Nevis to serve as the Tribunal,s President. Judge Erik Mose of Norway was expected to seek a third term as President, though to do so wo [...]
2007-05-23 14:20:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNGA ICTR TZ
07DARESSALAAM865EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY: INTEGRATION, FEDERATION,
[...] (U) The East African Community (EAC) is ready to formally accept two new members, Burundi and Rwanda, at the upcoming EAC summit in Kampala on June 18. Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania have concluded the consultative process on political federation and a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (T [...]
2007-06-15 07:34:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PREL SENV TZ
07DARESSALAAM933USTR DISCUSSES TIFA, TRADE ISSUES WITH EAC
[...] (U) On June 21, Bill Jackson, USTR Director of African Affairs, discussed the proposed U.S. - East African Community (EAC) Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) and other trade issues with EAC officials in Arusha. Peter Kiguta, EAC Director General of Customs and Trade, and Flora Mu [...]
2007-07-02 03:50:00Embassy Dar Es SalaamUNCLASSIFIEDETRD RW KE UG BU TZ
07HARARE952TONGOGARA REFUGEE CAMP TRIP REPORT
[...] Representatives from the Bureau of Population Refugees and Migration (PRM) Mary Lange and Nancy Jackson, accompanied by EmbOff, visited Tongogara refugee camp on September 29. Despite harsh economic conditions in Zimbabwe, the nearly 2,700 refugees in Tongogara camp are receiving adequate she [...]
2007-10-19 10:22:00Embassy HarareUNCLASSIFIEDPREF PHUM PREL ZI
07JAKARTA1660ORANGUTAN CONSERVATION INDONESIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-15 01:59:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSENV TBIO TPHY ID
07KAMPALA1090EAST AFRICAN FEDERATION GETS BIGGER
[...] Summary. Rwanda and Burundi were admitted to the East African Community (EAC) during a regional summit in Kampala on June 18. The expanded community increased the number of member states which also includes Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. The EAC leaders committed to working together for socioe [...]
2007-07-03 13:09:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDPNAT PGOV PREL UG
07KAMPALA1159UGANDA'S FOREIGN RELATIONS TEMPLATE
[...] (C) Summary: Ugandan military and civilian officials view the U.S.-facilitated Tripartite Plus process as important for confidence-building between the parties and for keeping pressure up on neighbors to rein in negative forces. Ugandans argue that the process has resulted in behind-the-scen [...]
2007-07-13 08:09:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL BY CG RW UG
07KAMPALA1172UGANDA: ROUNDUP ON STAFFDEL SMITH AND KUIKEN VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Armed Services Committee Professional staff members Shannon Smith and Michael Kuiken visited Uganda from July 4-7, 2007 to gain further understanding on both bilateral and military relations. The team examined the ongoing peace proce [...]
2007-07-17 05:26:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM SOCI MOPS UG
07KAMPALA1426SENATOR FEINGOLD RAISES REGIONAL AND DOMESTIC
[...] Summary: Senator Russell Feingold discussed Somalia, the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),Congo, the war on terror, and the President's plans for the 2011 election with President Yoweri Museveni on August 28. Museveni described potential military action against the LRA in Congo as "easy" and di [...]
2007-09-11 08:24:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU
07KAMPALA1449UGANDA: A/S FRAZER DISCUSSES LRA, CONGO, AND
[...] (C) Summary: Africa Bureau Assistant Secretary Jendayi Frazer met with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on September 5 to discuss current developments in the negotiations with the Lord,s Resistance Army (LRA),developments in eastern Congo, and stabilizing Somalia. President Museveni, similarly to [...]
2007-09-14 09:01:00Embassy KampalaSECRETPGOV PREL UG SU CG SO
07KAMPALA1482NORTHERN UGANDA: MILITARY OFFICIALS PESSIMISTIC
[...] (C) Summary: Africa Bureau Deputy Assistant Secretary James Swan and Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley discussed Congolese plans for dealing with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Garamba National Park with Ugandan officials. The meeting took place at the conclusion of t [...]
2007-09-24 13:40:00Embassy KampalaCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL PGOV UG SU CG
07KAMPALA1485NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (SEPTEMBER 8 - SEPTEMBER 21, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social [...]
2007-09-25 13:37:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA1486TRIPARTITE PLUS MEETING READ-OUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Tripartite Plus meeting in Kampala from September 15-17 followed several significant bilateral meetings between member states. Progess on action against the negative forces remained slow, but the Democratic Republic of Congo and MONUC presented the outlines of their plan [...]
2007-09-25 13:44:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL PGOV UG SU CG
07KAMPALA1689NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (OCTOBER 6 - 19, 2007)
[...] (U) Summary: The following Northern Uganda Notes provides information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed at meeting Mission objectives in northern Uganda. These objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and security, good governance, access to social s [...]
2007-10-31 07:29:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREF PREL MOPS ASEC CASC EAID UG SU
07KAMPALA297 UGANDA: Parliamentarians Concerned about Immigrants
[...] (SBU) Summary: On February 16, 2007, RefCoord met with parliamentarians Stephen Mukitale and Beatrice Mpairwe of Bulisa district, which borders the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). RefCoord asked for the meeting to determine how IDP and refugee settlements impacted the local economy. H [...]
2007-02-20 11:42:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF EAID PINS UG
07KAMPALA317UGANDA: FEBRUARY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] Summary: Phenix textiles shipped its first consignment of 100 percent Ugandan made organic cotton t-shirts to the United States. Uganda has been designated to lead African countries in the next round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations. The Gates Foundation is providing over USD [...]
2007-02-26 07:04:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN ETRD KTDB PGOV UG
07KAMPALA377 UGANDA: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2007
[...] (U) Embassy POC for Trafficking In Persons (TIP) issues is Political/Economic Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon, Tel: 256-41-306-214, Mobile: 256-772-220-030, Fax: 256-41-345-144. To prepare this report, P/E Chief Kathleen FitzGibbon (FO-02) spent 30 hours and political assistant Gracie Jaasi spent 3 [...]
2007-03-05 10:58:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB UG
07KAMPALA488UGANDA SUPPORTS EAST AFRICAN INTEGRATION BUT PROGRESS SLOW
[...] SUMMARY: The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs, Mr. Eriya Kategaya, reiterated the importance of East African integration for the creation of a large and viable economic bloc to transform the economies of the region. Kategaya reported the findings of the Natio [...]
2007-03-21 04:31:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KECF PGOV PREL UG
07KAMPALA511UGANDA SUPPORTS EAST AFRICAN INTEGRATION BUT PROGRESS SLOW
[...] SUMMARY: The First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for East African Affairs, Mr. Eriya Kategaya, reiterated the importance of East African integration for the creation of a large and viable economic bloc to transform the economies of the region. Kategaya reported the findings of the Natio [...]
2007-03-23 03:05:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KECF PGOV PREL UG
07KAMPALA778UGANDA: ACOTA TRAINING STRATEGY CONFERENCE SHAPES PEACE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ugandan military leaders and planners and African Contingency Operations Training and Assistance (ACOTA) Program officials and training specialists joined a four-day Training Strategy Conference (TSC) in Jinja, Uganda, to develop a strategy for near and mid-term Peace Support Op [...]
2007-05-10 05:23:00Embassy KampalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MOPS MARR KPKO UG
07KATHMANDU1204UNDP PLAYING SECOND FIDDLE TO UNMIN
[...] (C) UN Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative Matthew Kahane told the Ambassador June 18 that UNDP was contributing the majority of the over 100 UN personnel deployed to manage verification of Maoist combatants. Kahane said the duration of the process would depend on whether the [...]
2007-06-19 12:06:00Embassy KathmanduCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR EAID KDEM UN NP
07KHARTOUM1112Ceasefire Commission, July 4-11
[...] (SBU) Summary: Brigadier General Rurangwa continued to chair the Ceasefire Commission (CFC) from July 4 to 11. Several meetings focused on concerns about appropriate representation on the CFC at both the headquarters and the military group site (MGS) level. The new force commander of the Afri [...]
2007-07-16 13:17:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KPKO AU CD SU
07KHARTOUM1165BASHIR ADVISOR: SUDAN AT END OF TETHER WITH U.S.
[...] (C) Meeting with CDA Fernandez on July 25, Presidential Advisor Ghazi Salaheddin mused about the deterioration of the U.S.-Sudan bilateral relationship. Recalling the last 18 years of National Congress Party (NCP) rule in Sudan, Salaheddin said that Khartoum was at "the end of its tether" in [...]
2007-07-25 15:02:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER PINR SU
07KHARTOUM1359AU ENVOY: CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES, COMPENSATION
[...] (C) At the tail-end of his recent visit to Sudan, AU Envoy Salim Ahmed Salim told the international community in Khartoum that agreement on a cessation of hostilities and compensation between Sudan and Darfur's rebels were "doable" outcomes for the UN/AU-led negotiations scheduled to begin in [...]
2007-08-29 15:15:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU
07KHARTOUM1472FM AKOL DISCUSSES UNGA, U.S.-SUDAN RELATIONS
[...] (C) Summary. Meeting with Foreign Minister Lam Akol, CDA Fernandez previewed two critical issues that would be raised during Akol's visit to New York on September 21: Sudan's cooperation on facilitating the deployment of the UN-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and the hold put on the r [...]
2007-09-18 14:02:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO UN AU SU US
07KHARTOUM1599SUDAN'S UNSCR 1769 COORDINATOR SIDDIQ: AMIS ASKED
[...] (C) Summary. In an October 9 meeting with CDA Fernandez, Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Mutriff Siddiq said that AMIS asked the GoS to intervene militarily in the wake of the attack on the Haskanita MGS. On other topics, Siddiq said he would consult with the GoS on the U.S. offer to speed [...]
2007-10-11 06:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM16UNMIS POLICE AND MILITARY CONTINGENTS STRUGGLE TO
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff and CDA Hume met with UNMIS Darfur Military Staff Chief and UNMIS Civ/Pol Director on January 1 and 3 to gain a very early assessment of the UN-AU lash-up. The picture for Civ/Pol is encouraging, for the military far less so. Civ/Pol Director reported a smooth integration [...]
2007-01-04 12:40:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM1619U/S MUTRIFF SIDDIQ: GOS RECEPTIVE TO C-17; WANTS
[...] (SBU) On October 16, CDA Powers and DLO representative met Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Mutriff Siddiq to inquire about GoS flight clearances for USAF C-17s that the U.S. proposed to airlift the scheduled deployment of Rwanda troops to Darfur. CDA Powers noted that since CDA Fernandez ha [...]
2007-10-16 14:05:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1661MUTRIFF DENIES GOS INVOLVEMENT IN KALMA CAMP
[...] (C) Summary. October 25, CDA Fernandez met with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Mutriff Siddiq. Siddiq categorically denied that the GOS has a policy of forced relocation at the Kalma IDP camp and suggested measures to improve international community confidence in the GOS role at [...]
2007-10-25 14:03:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1690ACTING FM KARTI ON GUANTANAMO, DARFUR, AND CPA
[...] (C) Summary: Charge Fernandez and Pol Chief met October 27 with acting Foreign Minister Ali Karti. Regarding the Sudanese detainees in Guantanamo, the Charge encouraged the Minister to accept the text of the certification in order to expedite their return to Sudan as soon as possible. On Dar [...]
2007-10-31 10:24:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM1708S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH NISS CHIEF SALAH GHOSH
[...] (C) Summary: S/E Natsios met with GNU Intelligence Chief Salah Ghosh November 2 during the Special Envoy's visit to Sudan. On UNAMID troops contributions, Ghosh said President Bashir's preference is for African or Muslim troops. He said the Norwegian engineering unit is a problem, but the Tha [...]
2007-11-04 11:50:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1720S/E NATSIOS MEETING WITH MFA U/S MUTRIF SIDDIQ
[...] (C) Summary: S/E Natsios met November 3 with MFA Undersecretary and NCP insider Mutrif Siddiq. Siddiq said that Qaddafi's statement at the beginning of the Sirte talks on Darfur had "spoiled the show" and recommended that the talks be moved to South Africa. Siddiq outlined ways he had facili [...]
2007-11-05 06:49:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO UNSCAPU AU SU
07KHARTOUM1814JSR CALLS MSA "BIGGEST THREAT TO UNAMID"
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On his first official day in the new El Fasher Headquarters, Joint Special Representative (JSR) for the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) Rodolphe Adada told Charge Fernandez in a November 14 meeting that the single biggest threat to UNAMID's success was the [...]
2007-11-20 10:46:00Embassy KhartoumUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KPKO SOCI AU UNSC SU
07KHARTOUM1906FIRST TRANCHE OF CHINESE ENGINEERS WAITING FOR
[...] (SBU) Chinese Defense Attache Dong Jian Dong told poloff December 3 that 140 Chinese engineers arrived at the Nyala Forward Operating Base (FOB) on November 24, but have not yet started construction of the initial part of the UN-African Union Mission In Darfur (UNAMID) supercamp. Dong said tha [...]
2007-12-03 14:59:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO MARR AU UN SU
07KHARTOUM281STATE OF DARFUR: PEACE-KEEPING AND SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary: From February 19-21, CDA Hume visited Nyala, Zalingei, El Geneina, and El Fasher to meet with Sudanese government officials, UN agency heads, and representatives of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs). This message--the last of three cables on these meetings--focu [...]
2007-02-23 11:52:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU CD US
07KHARTOUM362NATSIOS-BASHIR MEETING, MARCH 7, 2007
[...] (C) Summary: SE Natsios met President Bashir at his residence for a two-hour frank exchange on Darfur, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA),and the U.S.-Sudan bilateral relationship. Bashir said he agreed to see him despite doctor's orders that he rest. Foreign Minister Lam Akol was pres [...]
2007-03-08 10:51:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KPKO AU UN SU CD LY US
07KHARTOUM582DEPUTY SECRETARY'S VISIT TO EL FASHER, NORTH DARFUR
[...] (C) Summary: On April 14, Deputy Secretary Negroponte travelled to El Fasher, the capital of the state of North Darfur. During his day-long visit, the Deputy Secretary met with U.S. military observers, UN personnel, IDP camp representatives, an African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) Colonel, th [...]
2007-04-16 05:54:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL MOPS PINR KPKO UN
07KHARTOUM637THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH UN AND AEC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Khartoum's rejection of the international community's concept for Darfur peacekeeping continues to impede resolution of the crisis. UN officials caution, however, that UN bureacratic obstacles -- and a dearth of willing troop-contributing countries -- will delay force deployment [...]
2007-04-23 15:40:00Embassy KhartoumCONFIDENTIALOVIP PREL PGOV KPKO PINS PINR
07KHARTOUM643POSSIBLE EXECUTION OF SLA/M SOLDIERS BY AMIS TROOPS
[...] (S) Post draws Department attention to the information report referenced above, supported by photographic evidence, which suggests that three Sudan Liberation Army Minawi (SLA/M) soldiers may have been executed by Senegalese troops in retaliation for the deaths of five of their own. The incid [...]
2007-04-24 15:53:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPGOV PREF PHUM KPKO SU AU
07KHARTOUM756HSP IN SIX MONTHS... CAN AMIS LAST?
[...] (S/NF) Summary and comment: A senior UN military official in Khartoum estimated that the Heavy Support Package (HSP) will not deploy for at least six months due to the lack of agreement on chain of command and the rules of engagement between UN and AU headquarters. Other international officia [...]
2007-05-14 16:00:00Embassy KhartoumSECRET//NOFORNPREL KPKO UN AU SU MOPS
07KHARTOUM780AMIS READY FOR HONORABLE EXIT
[...] (S) A senior African Union official told Poloff on May 17 that the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) needs a viable exit strategy to turn the peace-keeping mission in Darfur over to the United Nations. At a weekend "brainstorming retreat" in Port Sudan for AU staff a few days earlier, they [...]
2007-05-18 14:47:00Embassy KhartoumSECRETPREL KPKO AU UN SU EG
07KIGALI1000RWANDA DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER DRC SUPPORT TO FDLR
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Great Lakes Special Envoy Ambassador Richard Sezibera October 31 to discuss the security situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Sezibera expressed great concern at the ascendency of Rwandaphone extremists within the Kabila governmen [...]
2007-11-01 12:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI1005Rwandan 2008 Budget Highlights
[...] Summary. Minister of Finance James Musoni officially presented the 2008 budget to the Parliament on October 16. The overall budget is approximately USD 1.1 billion, a 15 increase from the previous year. Musoni predicted 6.6 growth in the economy with inflation dropping to 5 by 2008. He [...]
2007-11-02 06:35:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEAID EFIN ECON PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI1016RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] IT Summit: Rwanda hosted the African Heads of State Connect Africa Summit October 29 and 30. Six African presidents and corporate executives attended. The summit's goal was to accelerate broadband and wireless connectivity in Africa. Dr. Hamadoun Tour, Secretary General of the International [...]
2007-11-06 07:20:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1020RWANDA ON NEW DRC PLANS: REALISTIC BUT WILLING
[...] (C) Special Advisor for Conflict Resolution Timothy Shortley and Ambassador met separately with Great Lakes Advisor Ambassador Richard Sezibera and Foreign Minister Charles Murigande on November 5. Sezibera and Murigande both expressed disappointment with past attempts to fashion multilate [...]
2007-11-06 17:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI1022RWANDA ON NEW DRC PLANS: REALISTIC BUT WILLING
[...] (C) Special Advisor for Conflict Resolution Timothy Shortley and Ambassador met separately with Great Lakes Advisor Ambassador Richard Sezibera and Foreign Minister Charles Murigande on November 5. Sezibera and Murigande both expressed disappointment with past attempts to fashion multilate [...]
2007-11-06 17:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI1024SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY CALLS ON NATIONAL SECURITY
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Timothy Shortley and Ambassador called on National Security Advisor Emmanuel Ndahiro on October 6 to discuss enhanced US engagement on addressing negative forces in eastern DRC and ending the stand-off with Nkunda. Ndahiro pledged Rwandan [...]
2007-11-07 13:39:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI1026SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY MEETS FORMER FDLR
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Advisor Timothy Shortley met with Major General Paul Rwarakabije November 7 to discuss the FDLR's current operations and its relations with the DRC government. Rwarakabije claimed the FDLR cooperated closely with the DRC government, received materiel assistence from it, a [...]
2007-11-08 05:26:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPINS RW
07KIGALI1033UN/DPA ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. UN/DPA Assistant Secretary General Haile Menkerios met with local representatives of the P3and2 to brief them on his new mandate, recent discussions in Kinshasa, Goma, and meetings with Rwandan officials. Rwanda and the DRC needed to reach common understandings on security issu [...]
2007-11-09 10:12:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO RW CG
07KIGALI1040UN/DPA ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary. UN/DPA Assistant Secretary General Haile Menkerios met with local representatives of the P3and2 to brief them on his new mandate, recent discussions in Kinshasa, Goma, and meetings with Rwandan officials. Rwanda and the DRC needed to reach common understandings on security issu [...]
2007-11-14 14:16:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KPKO RW CG
07KIGALI1041SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR KERRY VISIT TO RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the November 18-19 visit of Senator Kerry to Rwanda. Rwanda is a nation still struggling to overcome the legacy of the devastating 1994 genocide when upwards of one million Rwandans lost their lives, and the nation's infrastructure, economy and society were terribly [...]
2007-11-15 07:52:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI1060MEDIA REACTION ON JOINT DRC-RWANDAN COMMUNIQUE
[...] Rwandan media, taking their cue from senior GOR officials, have given positive coverage of the Nairobi Joint Communique on a common approach to end the threat posed to peace and security in the Great Lakes Region. On Monday, November 12, pro-government daily "New Times" ran under the headline [...]
2007-11-15 13:24:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KPKO PINR PINS RW CG
07KIGALI1061RWANDA ON UN RAPE RESOLUTION AND FAO REFORM
[...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief and poloff met November 15 with Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Affairs Director Ben Rutsinga to discuss the U.S.-sponsored rape resolution pending before the General Assembly, and the FAO "external evaluation" demarche. Rutsinga began by categorically restati [...]
2007-11-15 15:10:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA AORC FAO RW
07KIGALI1062IT FOR AFRICA: RWANDA LEADS THE WAY
[...] Summary. Rwanda hosted the Connect Africa Summit October 29-30. Six African presidents, 53 communications ministers, and 19 corporate executives attended the summit which was intended to accelerate broadband and wireless connectivity in Africa. Dr. Hamadoun Toure, Secretary General of the Int [...]
2007-11-16 05:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1069RWANDA PRISON BEAT: PRISON POPULATION DOWN, ICTR
[...] (C) Rwanda's prison population fell to 64,000 inmates, as the government continued its releases of persons convicted by gacaca courts, relieving the severe overcrowding that previously characterized the prison system. A well-constructed Kigali transit facility, built to receive International [...]
2007-11-19 11:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKAWC PHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI1075RWANDAN EXTERNAL AFFAIRS CHIEF ON EASTERN CONGO
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with National Security Service External Affairs Chief Joseph Nzabamwita, at his request, on November 19 in Kigali to discuss events in the eastern Congo and potential avenues of action against the FDLR. Nzabamwita saw an unstable balance of forces in North Kivu am [...]
2007-11-20 15:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM PINR RW
07KIGALI1077GOMA DEMOBILIZATION OFFICER: NO EVIDENCE OF
[...] (C) Embassy officers met November 10 in Kigali with Harald Hinkel, who works for the World Bank's Multi-Country Demobilization and Reintegration Program (MDRP) office in Goma. Hinkel, who had working in Goma since January 2005, spends his work weeks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( [...]
2007-11-21 11:43:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS PINR PINS RW
07KIGALI1083RWANDA SUPPORTS PIERRE-RICHARD PROSPER CANDIDACY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-23 11:57:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNGA PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI1085PRESIDENT KAGAME ON SOMALIA: INTERNATIONAL
[...] (SBU) In his address to the Africa Caribbean Pacific-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (ACP-EU),meeting in Kigali on November 19, President Kagame raised the situation in Somalia and called upon the international community to "do far more than we have done so far." Noting that innocent Somalis [...]
2007-11-26 15:37:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MOPS MASS RW
07KIGALI1092MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (C) This edition of the monthly political roundup includes: -- Former senior military officer Patrick Karegeya left Rwanda suddenly. -- Dissension continued within the Liberal Party. -- The Government of Rwanda (GOR) presented its growth and poverty reduction strategies to the donor communit [...]
2007-11-29 16:21:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PINR ECON RW
07KIGALI1095RWANDA - REPORT ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR
[...] (U) Post submits the following information for the 2007 Report on the Worst Forms of Child Labor. The Government of Rwanda (GOR) continues to make progress in its efforts to implement its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. Programs and policies described i [...]
2007-11-30 09:48:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PHUM SOCI EIND ETRD RW
07KIGALI110GACACA PROBLEMS, GACACA REFORMS
[...] (SBU) The GOR seeks to streamline its gacaca system, lowering penalties for those convicted of genocide crimes, narrowing the jurisdiction of regular courts over genocide suspects, and reducing the numbers of judges per gacaca court. A new prisoner release is also soon to occur. By these r [...]
2007-02-05 06:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI1104RWANDA ON IRAN AND ISRAEL DEMARCHES
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-05 14:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPARM PREL UNGA RW IR IS
07KIGALI1110AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN KIGALI: NEEDED BUT ELUSIVE
[...] Summary. The housing industry in Rwanda is fragmented and in need of assistance. Individuals are currently allocated plots and build according to their convenience, taste and capacity, irrespective of the area. The results are environmentally, aesthetically, and logistically problematic for [...]
2007-12-10 10:47:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1113"BETTER THAN PRISON" - RWANDA'S POST-GENOCIDE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Evariste Bizimana, Executive Secretary for the Rwandan Travaux d'Interet General (TIG) National Committee, discussed the state of the community service program with emboffs on December 4. Approximately 45,000 people - referred to as "TIGists" - have been registered by the TIG [...]
2007-12-10 14:58:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI1114RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] EU Increases Aid: The European Union (EU) Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Louis Michel announced that the EU will increase its aid to Rwanda by 30 percent to USD 313 over the next five years. Michel announced that the EU considers Rwanda one of the three best performers amo [...]
2007-12-10 15:12:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1115SUMMARY OF G/TIP SMALL GRANTS PROJECT OUTCOMES
[...] (U) Embassy Kigali welcomed the opportunity to use FY 2005 Economic Support Funds (ESF) for anti-trafficking in persons projects, and submits the following summary of project outcomes. (Note: Final narrative project reports have been submitted to G/TIP via e-mail. End note.) --------------- [...]
2007-12-11 10:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI1119SPORTS ENVOY REQUEST
[...] Post welcomes the possibility of participating in the ECA sports program in FY08 and is pleased to submit this request for a Sports Envoy in field of basketball. With an enthusiastic audience for the program, a low crime rate, excellent climate, and meticulously clean environment, post believ [...]
2007-12-14 10:37:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDOEXC IS JO KPAO LE RW
07KIGALI1120DRC REFUGEES TO RWANDA - UNHCR PREPARING FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: UNHCR Kigali Representative Annette Nyekan and External Relations Officer Christina Alfirev met with Poloff recently to discuss current movements of refugees to Rwanda from neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Refugee flows to Rwanda have slowed recently, despite the [...]
2007-12-14 11:09:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF PHUM RW
07KIGALI1130HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) commander scheduled to receive ACOTA Peace Support Training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ---------- [...]
2007-12-18 15:53:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI1145RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] Loans: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Germany's KfW Banking Group have signed a deal with the Aga Khan Fund for Economic Development (AKFED) to invest USD12 million to rehabilitate, expand and finance a 30-year lease of the Kigali Serena and the Lake Kivu Serena hotels. "IFC [...]
2007-12-27 09:18:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI1146LIFE MORE DIFFICULT FOR LOW-INCOME RWANDANS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Inflation in Rwanda is officially reported at under 10 percent but the reality behind the numbers is much more serious for low-income Rwandans, the majority of the population. Certain food prices have increased as much as 350 percent and virtually none less than 10 percent ov [...]
2007-12-27 12:36:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI138RWANDA: AFRICA COMMAND, UNSC RESOLUTION 1737 ON
[...] (SBU) On February 8, Mission presented talking points on the new Africa Command, and on UN Security Council Resolution 1737, to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for IO and the Americas Ben Rutsinga. Rutsinga welcomed the announcement of the Africa Command. He commented that, given Rwanda [...]
2007-02-11 13:18:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KNNP RW
07KIGALI142GOR INVESTIGATING ATTACK ON JOURNALIST
[...] (SBU) Summary. Rwandan police are investigating a 9 Feb attack on Jean Bosco Gasasira, chief editor of independent Kinyarwanda-language newspaper "Umuvugizi." Gasisira was attacked by three men with tire irons outside a bar in Kigali, he sustained serious injuries to his leg, arm and head. B [...]
2007-02-12 16:11:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI146AMBASSADOR DELIVERS LEAHY MESSAGE TO FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On 12 Feb Ambassador Arietti met with Foreign Minister Murigande to deliver demarche per reftel. This meeting was a follow up to a 2 Feb meeting with Minister of State for Cooperation Rosemary Museminali where Ambassador first formally informed MINAFET that the USG had derogatory [...]
2007-02-14 12:26:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PGOV ASEC SU RW
07KIGALI152FDLR POLITICAL OPERATIVES IN RWANDA
[...] (C) Summary. GOR sources confirm recent reports of activity in Rwanda by political operatives of the exiled Forces Democratique de Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR). FDLR operatives have been arrested both inside the country, and at its borders. These incidents reflect episodic attempts by the [...]
2007-02-15 11:10:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR RW
07KIGALI167GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA RELEASES PRISONERS
[...] (U) In fulfillment of a January cabinet decision, on February 19 the Rwandan government began the release of over 9,000 prisoners, approximately 8,000 suspected genocidaires (those who participated in the 1994 genocide) and about 1,000 ordinary criminals already convicted and serving their sen [...]
2007-02-21 06:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI168GOVERNMENT OF RWANDA RELEASES PRISONERS
[...] (U) In fulfillment of a January cabinet decision, on February 19 the Rwandan government began the release of over 9,000 prisoners, approximately 8,000 suspected genocidaires (those who participated in the 1994 genocide) and about 1,000 ordinary criminals already convicted and serving their sen [...]
2007-02-21 06:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI176RWANDA OVERVIEW FOR GENERAL WARD VISIT
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Deputy Commander, Headquarters, US European Command, General William E. Ward. Rwanda is a nation still struggling to overcome the legacy of the devastating 1994 genocide, and reconcile populations at odds for most of Rwanda's modern history. Upwards of [...]
2007-02-22 11:29:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI178AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TWO LEAHY ISSUES WITH FOREIGN
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. Due to time constraints in the case of BG Muganga, post requests a response from Department no later than opening of business (Washington time) 23 Feb. 2. (C) On 22 Feb Ambassador Arietti met with Foreign Minister Murigande to receive G [...]
2007-02-22 17:34:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC MOPS AU SU RW
07KIGALI183HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to receive IMET training in the U.S. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date ---- [...]
2007-02-23 14:05:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI185RWANDA SCENESETTER FOR A/S POWELL
[...] (SBU) Post warmly welcomes the visit of Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs Dina SIPDIS Powell. Rwanda is a nation still struggling to overcome the legacy of the devastating 1994 genocide, and reconcile populations at odds for most of Rwanda's modern history. [...]
2007-02-26 13:32:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI193Methane Development: Commercial Dispute Roils Lake Kivu
[...] SUMMARY. Hopes of resolving Rwanda's acute energy crisis through the development of methane gas in Lake Kivu continues to be frustrated; this time by disputes between the GOR and Dane Associates. Accusations fly from both sides, but the result is that a solution to the unreliable, inadequate, [...]
2007-02-27 15:44:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW CG
07KIGALI194RWANDA: NEXT STEPS ON BURUNDI
[...] (C) Mission delivered reftel demarche on February 27 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Amandin Rugira. Rugira agreed that events in Burundi were at a sensitive juncture, and said that the GOR supported the recent changes in the composition of the CNDD-FDD and the GOR. Former [...]
2007-02-28 06:26:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI195RWANDA: CONGOLESE JOURNALIST ARRESTED
[...] (SBU) Deputy Prosecutor General Alphonse Hitiyaremye confirmed to polchief on February 27 the recent arrest of Congolese citizen Idesbald Byabuze. Byabuze, reportedly a professor at the Bakuvu Catholic University, as well as the publisher of a Bakuvu newspaper, the Mashariki News, is in cus [...]
2007-02-28 06:43:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI209OFFICE OF AUDITOR GENERAL ON USE OF PUBLIC FUNDS
[...] (U) The Auditor General sees recurring failings in use of public funds by some government offices, to be rectified by training, appointment of appropriate oversight officials, the production of consolidated financial statements by the Ministry of Finance, and a new Accountancy law. Assistance [...]
2007-03-01 15:05:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI210JOURNALIST FREED BY GACACA AUTHORITIES
[...] (U) Summary. On July 23 Jean Leonard Rugambag , ajournalist for the Kinyarwand fortnight newspaper 'Umura,' was charged with murdering a bank official in his home district during the genocide, was freed after 11 months in detention. Rugambage had been formally charged with murder one month [...]
2007-03-01 15:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI212RWANDA TIP DRAFT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-01 16:08:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF ELAB ASEC KFRD SMIG KWMN PHUM KCRM RW
07KIGALI217RWANDA: REPEAL OF ARMS NOTIFICATION, CHILD
[...] (C) Foreign Minister Charles Murigande requested Ambassador Arietti meet with him on March 2. In his office, Murigande sought U.S. support for repeal of the notification provision of UNSC resolution 1011 of 1995, which lifted the arms embargo on Rwanda, but left in place a notification pro [...]
2007-03-05 05:56:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PREF RW
07KIGALI218RWANDA: RECENT CHINA ACTIVITIES
[...] (SBU) The Chinese and Rwandan governments conduct their long-standing and productive relations on a number of levels. Last year the Chinese Minister of Cooperation and a senior Communist party official visited Kigali in August, under the aegis of the Fifth Rwanda-China Joint Committee on Econ [...]
2007-03-05 05:57:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI238NO CASULTIES AFTER SALVO FIRED FROM DRC INTO RWANDA
[...] (U) Summary. At approximately 21h00 local time on 3 March a barrage of direct and indirect fire was directed from North Kivu into a unoccupied area in Northwest Rwanda by an unknown unit suspected to be from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). No casualties were reported [...]
2007-03-07 13:33:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL MONUC KPKO CG RW
07KIGALI250RWANDA UPDATE FOR 2007 PRESIDENT'S REPORT ON AGOA
[...] SUMMARY. In accordance with reftel, the following provides an update for the 2007 President's Report on AGOA for Rwanda. END SUMMARY. 2. Market Economy: The government has established important oversight for managing the economic health of the country, including tax collection, banking, [...]
2007-03-09 11:28:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDETRD RW
07KIGALI281KAGAME ON TRIPARTITE-PLUS, DARFUR, AND REFUGEE
[...] (C) On March 16 AF DAS James Swan advised President Kagame on the principal successes of the just-completed Tripartite Plus conference, detailing progress on "active approaches" toward eliminating Negative Forces, and a common "Wanted List" to be circulated among the four nations by means of [...]
2007-03-19 14:45:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PREF RW
07KIGALI289CONGOLESE JOURNALIST RELEASED, EXPELLED
[...] (SBU) On March 21, Rwandan authorities released from custody Congolese journalist Idesbald Byabuze, in detention for approximately a month, and under investigation for a 2005 article criticizing the alleged Tutsi domination of the Hutu majority in Rwanda (reftel). At the central "1930" prison [...]
2007-03-21 15:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI291UGANDA HANDS RWANDA 10 MEMBERS OF DISSIDENT GROUP
[...] (C) Summary. On March 12 Ugandan security forces transferred to Rwandan authorities ten members of the dissident organization RPR (Rassemblement du Peuple Rwandais). These individuals are now in the custody of military investigators, who are determining their personal identity and status wit [...]
2007-03-21 16:00:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR RW
07KIGALI295POWELL/MCCORMICK DELEGATION MEETS PRESIDENT
[...] On Tuesday, March 6, Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs, David McCormick and Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Dina Habib Powell met President Kagame. The duo was accompanied by members of their traveling party and Ambassador Arietti. [...]
2007-03-22 14:23:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON KPAO PREL SCUL RW
07KIGALI296WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR VISITS RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador at large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson visited Rwanda March 10-14, meeting with senior GOR officials, diplomatic missions, ICTR officers, and members of the human rights community. He also visited the Mpanga prison being readied for the potential reception [...]
2007-03-22 15:14:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI303HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) officer LtCol Ruvovico Mugisha. LtCol Mugisha is the Commanding Officer of the RDF's 51st Battalion, 301st Brigade, 4th Division [...]
2007-03-26 13:58:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM MASS MARR RW
07KIGALI306GENOCIDE MEMORIAL IN SW RWANDA VANDALIZED
[...] (U) Summary. In early morning on 23 March a hand grenade was used to vandalize a Genocide Memorial Site near the border town of Cyangugu. The unidentified perpetrators were driven off by GOR security forces without causing extensive damage to the site. Few additional facts are available b [...]
2007-03-28 14:14:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV RW
07KIGALI313PRESIDENT OF MILITARY COURT ON RECORDS,
[...] (SBU) Summary. On March 22 DCM and polchief met with Major General Patrick Nyamvumba, President of the Military High Court, to discuss the military justice system and prospects for access to records. Nyamvumba described a system grounded in the civilian criminal code and procedure, with car [...]
2007-03-29 16:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MASS RW
07KIGALI324SUCCESSFUL TRIPARTITE PLUS HELD IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. The GOR hosted the U.S. facilitated Tripartite Plus Joint Commission (TPJC) and sub-commission meetings in Kigali 14-16 March. Delegations from the DRC, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda took part in the diplomatic and defense and security sub-commission meetings on 14 March in order [...]
2007-04-03 10:34:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL MARR MONUC KPKO RW
07KIGALI330USG POSITION ON MUPUTO PLAN OF ACTION DELIVERED TO
[...] (C) On 2 May Charge Michael Thurston, Health and Human Services Global Health Officer Dr. Samuel Adeniyi-Jones and PRM Program Officer Perlita Muiruri communicated the USG position (per reftel) on the Maputo Plan of Action (MPA) to Rwandan Minister of Health Dr. Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo. [...]
2007-04-03 13:49:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL SOCI AU RW
07KIGALI342FORMER PRESIDENT BIZIMUNGU RELEASED FROM PRISON
[...] (U) Summary. The Government of Rwanda released former President Pasteur Bizimungu from prison on April 6. This release apparently occurred without prior notice to the public and without condition. Coming thirteen years to the day from the start of the 1994 genocide, and on Good Friday, thi [...]
2007-04-06 14:21:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR RW
07KIGALI36HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, plese see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) officers scheduled to receive in-country African Contingency Operations Training Assistance (ACOTA) training and repo [...]
2007-01-17 12:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI373DEMARCHE ON REMOVAL OF 14TH BATTALION COMMANDER
[...] (C) Per reftel dated March 22, the Embassy sent Note 040 to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on March 23, quoted in part as follows: "The United States requests that the Government of Rwanda advise it of the name of the replacement commander of the 14th battalion." In this note the Embassy re [...]
2007-04-18 13:58:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL MASS PHUM RW
07KIGALI379RWANDAN DEFENSE FORCES TO CHANGE COMMANDER OF THE
[...] (SBU) On 20 April, the Rwandan Ministry of Defense notified post that the new Battalion Commander for the 14th Battalion will be Major James Safari. The change was made in order to comply with USG's notification (ref B) that no U.S. support could be provided to the 14th if LtCol Goodman Ruzib [...]
2007-04-20 12:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM MARR MASS RW
07KIGALI388JOURNALIST PLEADS GUILTY TO DIVISIONISM, RECEIVES
[...] (SBU) On Friday, April 20, Agnes Nkusi-Uwimana, director of the Kinyarwanda-language newspaper "Umurabyo," received a one year jail term in a Kigali court, having on April 3 pleaded guilty to various charges including divisionism, defamation, and passing a bad check. Nkusi had been arrested [...]
2007-04-24 15:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI391RWANDA PETITIONS THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE
[...] (U) Rwanda on April 18 petitioned the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding the November 2006 issuance of arrest warrants by French judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere against nine senior Rwandan officials. These officials, according to an investigation conducted by Bruguiere, were allegedly [...]
2007-04-25 13:23:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KJUS RW
07KIGALI399RWANDA TIP PROPOSAL FOR G/TIP MANAGED ESF AND
[...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. Summary. Rwanda is a country attempting to focus on child prositution and other forms of trafficking in persons. Due in part to post's regular pressure on the GOR to address the problem, on 23 April the Rwandan National Police (RNP) su [...]
2007-04-27 11:04:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG RW
07KIGALI400ONE UN PROGRAM IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) The One UN program in Rwanda has taken its first organizational steps. On February 27 and 28, the UN organized a retreat, the first day consisting of UN agencies in Rwanda discussing the prospective program, and the second day including donor governments and Rwandan officials. A resul [...]
2007-04-27 11:10:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKUNR PREL EAID RW
07KIGALI401PARTICIPATION IN THE IRAQ COALITION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-30 16:30:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMARR MASS MOPS RW
07KIGALI405RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] The High Court recently issued a temporary injunction against Dane Associates, dissolving the Board of Directors of Kibuye Power (KP1) Limited and preventing the company from being party to methane extraction activities at Lake Kivu. Dane has been embroiled in a breach of contract dispute wit [...]
2007-05-02 06:09:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI406AMIS NON-PAYMENT JEOPARDIZES RWANDAN INVOLVEMENT
[...] (U) The African Union continues to owe the GOR approximately USD 20 million, which amounts to 0.7% of GDP, for funds expended in the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS). 2. (SBU) The IMF, during the latest Poverty Reduction Growth Facility (PRGF) mission to Rwanda, advised the GOR to con [...]
2007-05-02 09:46:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ECON EFIN MOPS PGOV PREL RW
07KIGALI412RWANDA: TRIPARTITE PLUS DEFENSE CHIEFS MEETING
[...] (SBU) Ambassador met with Ministry of Defense and armed forces officials on May 2 to discuss the recent chiefs of defense staff meeting in Bujumbura (Reftel). Ministry Secretary General Zac Nsenga, Generals Rutatina and SIPDIS Musemakweli, RDF Spokesman Rutaremara and Military Prosecutor [...]
2007-05-03 15:19:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MOPS RW
07KIGALI42Rwanda 2007 Investment Climate Statement
[...] In response to reftel, the following is the 2007 Investment Climate Statement for Rwanda: OPENNESS TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT ------------------------------ The GOR is making progress economically as it recognizes that the private sector is an essential engine of development. The government [...]
2007-01-18 15:35:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV BFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RW
07KIGALI443KIGALI SCIENCE FELLOW REQUEST
[...] In response to reftel and previous communication between Assistant Secretary Claudia McMurray and Minister Romain Murenzi, the following details four possible workplans for a Science Fellow. 2. In Rwanda, the Science Fellow would work in Minister Murenzi's Office, in the Office of the Presid [...]
2007-05-09 12:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KNNP PARM KN ECON IR RW
07KIGALI446RWANDA ON BELARUS CANDIDACY FOR UNHRC
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-11 09:05:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI454REPORTS OF EXTRA-JUDICAL KILLINGS BY THE RWANDAN
[...] (C) Summary. Dutch colleagues, the local representative of Human Rights Watch, and the Executive Secretary of LIPRODHOR (Rwanda's most well-known human rights organization) report 8 to 10 incidents of extrajudicial killings by Rwandan police since the new year, mostly in April. The major [...]
2007-05-14 14:42:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI456RWANDA TO VOTE FOR SLOVENIA AND BOSNIA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-15 10:00:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI461OPIC TO ADDRESS AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN KIGALI
[...] SUMMARY. The City of Kigali, in conjunction with the U.S. Embassy, hosted an affordable housing workshop with subsequent side meetings to explore affordable housing issues in Kigali. With the goals of assisting the City of Kigali to address their housing challenges and to find opportunities f [...]
2007-05-16 05:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ETRD EAID ECON PREL MCAP RW
07KIGALI476HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human right vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to receive IMET training in the U.S. Post has discovered no derogatory information on the nominees. [...]
2007-05-17 11:51:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI483HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to receive IMET training in the U.S. Page Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date - [...]
2007-05-18 14:52:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI486RWANDA: REINFORCING UN COMMAND OF HYBRID FORCE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-22 08:26:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL KPKO RW
07KIGALI49NEWSPAPER DIRECTOR ARRESTED, ARRAIGNED ON
[...] (SBU) Summary. On Friday, January 19, Agnes Nkusi-Uwimana, director of the Kinyarwanda-language newspaper, "Umurabyo" was arraigned on charges of divisionism and sectarianism stemming from recent articles in the paper that appeared to minimize the genocide or advance the notion of a double gen [...]
2007-01-22 15:16:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI493RWANDA HOSTS EAST AFRICA BROADBAND CONFERENCE
[...] SUMMARY. The GOR, in conjunction with the U.S. government, hosted an East African Broadband workshop in Kigali from May 8-10 to produce a roadmap for expanding broadband connectivity in East Africa. 2. President Kagame opened a two-day East African Broadband workshop jointly hosted by the [...]
2007-05-23 14:10:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON ECPS PGOV EINV ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI495RWANDA ON DARFUR PEACEKEEPING
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-23 15:21:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI519HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to receive IMET training in the U.S. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date ------ [...]
2007-05-29 12:47:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI523EMBASSY ACTION ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS; GOR
[...] (SBU) Ambassador on May 17 presented the Rwandan National Police Commissioner with a list of ten police shootings of "escaping" prisoners (garnered from local human rights group LIPROHDOR -- see reftel),asking for an explanation of the shootings. A majority of the cases involved the arrest o [...]
2007-05-30 14:10:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI524HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to receive IMET training in the U.S. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date ------ [...]
2007-05-30 16:36:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI529KAGAME VISIT TO CHINA
[...] (U) Summary. President Paul Kagame paid a five day visit to China May 14-19, visiting Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. The two governments signed several accords, including debt cancellation, infrastructure development, expanded trade links, and cultural exchanges. Kagame also addressed th [...]
2007-06-04 07:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV PREL RW
07KIGALI530PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CONVICTED BY
[...] (SBU) Summary. Francois Byuma, a local human rights activist, received a nineteen year sentence from a Kigali gacaca court on May 27 for his participation in attacks on a Tutsi citizen during the 1994 genocide. Byuma, head of the human rights organization Turengere Abana (Protect Our Child [...]
2007-06-04 08:21:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI546RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] The Global Fund has pledged USD 59 million over the next five years to fight HIV/AIDS. The project will emphasize prevention, expanded access to anti-retroviral treatment, improved care, support of orphans and people living with AIDS, and improved linkage between tuberculosis and HIV services. [...]
2007-06-07 15:33:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI547LOCAL UNHCR OFFICE ON RECRUITMENT FROM RWANDAN
[...] (C) Summary. Senior Protection Officer at the UNHCR office in Kigali reports 10 recent incidents of recruitment of child and adult combatants from refugee camps in Rwanda by agents by General Laurent Nkunda. The GOR denies any involvement, and says it is making efforts to prevent transit t [...]
2007-06-08 09:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI555RWANDA SUPPORTS TWO BATTALION TRANSFER TO UN HEAVY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-13 10:39:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPKO RW
07KIGALI562GOVERNMENT CLOSES INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER
[...] (SBU) On June 6, Information Minister Laurent Nkusi canceled the registration to publish he had issued 20 days earlier to the Weekly Post, a new English-language publication. This cancellation occurred just days after the first issue of the Weekly post had appeared. The minister gave no re [...]
2007-06-15 11:03:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI563RWANDA COMMITS TO FURTHER JUSTICE SECTOR REFORMS
[...] (U) Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama chaired a June 8 presentation of results from a two day Justice Sector retreat that included 12 justice sector institutions, among them the Ministry of Justice, the Prison Service, the Prosecution Service, the National Gacaca Service, the Military Cou [...]
2007-06-15 11:03:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI589THE FDLR -- READY TO FOLD IF PUSHED HARD ENOUGH?
[...] (C) Summary. In a two-hour briefing before senior GOR military and civilian officials and representatives of the local diplomatic corps, MDRP researchers (hired by the Multi-lateral Demobilization and Reintegration Program) presented detailed information and analysis based upon months of fi [...]
2007-06-25 07:25:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MOPS RW
07KIGALI592CHALLENGES IN THE RWANDAN COFFEE SECTOR
[...] (U) SUMMARY. RwandEx, a coffee export company recently privatized to a group of Belgian investors who have been involved in the company since its inception in 1964, is having an increasingly confrontational relationship with the GOR. Coupled with the relatively low coffee harvest season, thes [...]
2007-06-25 11:52:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON PGOV EINV ETRD BTIO RW
07KIGALI599RWANDA PRISON CONDITIONS: WORSENING STEADILY AS
[...] (C) Polchief and visiting PRM officer called upon International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) Chief Pierre Wettach on June 26 to discuss prison conditions in Rwanda. Wettach described a worsening situation in the nation's 16 prisons, due exclusively to the ever-increasing number of geno [...]
2007-06-27 15:02:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI6RWANDA: OVERSEAS OPPOSITION PARTIES
[...] (SBU) Summary. Opposition political parties based outside Rwanda appear fractured and ineffectual, composed of disparate groupings of disaffected former officials or relatively unknown politicians nursing various grievances against the present government. What unites them is a visceral disl [...]
2007-01-04 08:00:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR RW
07KIGALI610RWANDAN CONTRIBUTION TO HYBRID OPERATION IN DARFUR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-02 11:25:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PKPO UNSC RW
07KIGALI611GOR ON GACACA, LEGAL CASES INVOLVING FRANCE, EAST
[...] (U) Summary. The GOR briefed the diplomatic community on June 28, announcing several initiatives to alleviate crowded prison conditions, hailing Rwanda's entry into the East African Community (EAC),noting efforts to secure return of a genocide suspect from France, and denying reports of rec [...]
2007-07-02 11:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETRD PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI633RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-09 15:29:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI634ANALYSIS OF RISK OF TORTURE OF BWINDI DEFENDANTS
[...] (C) Summary. Post submits this analysis of the risk of torture of the three Bwindi defendants if returned to Rwanda for trial, for use in Department deliberations. Post finds that it is not/not "more likely than not" that these three individuals would be subject to torture if so returned. [...]
2007-07-09 19:17:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI639RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] The British Department for International Development (DFID) approved approximately USD 70 million for direct budget support to Rwanda for 2007. This is part of the British government's increased commitment to support the GOR in poverty reduction, maintaining peace, stability and improving fina [...]
2007-07-10 11:19:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI645 ICTR SEES "NO VALUE" IN COMMUNICATIONS FROM PAUL
[...] (U) Embassy transmits for Department the following statement issued by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda regarding communications with Paul Rusesabagina. 2. (U) Begin text: Statement Office of the Prosecutor 29 June 2007 Mr. Paul Rusesabagina did write to the ICTR Pro [...]
2007-07-11 06:44:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI651HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend Military HIV/AIDS training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date ----- [...]
2007-07-12 11:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI66Serena Hotels helps validate the Rwandan potential
[...] SUMMARY. The Serena Group signed a 30-year concession to manage the two largest Rwandan hotels -- the Kigali InterContinental Hotel and the Kivu Sun Hotel, beginning February 1 2007. The hotels will be relaunched following an extensive refurbishment under Serena branding, marking another attem [...]
2007-01-24 05:50:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV BFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RW
07KIGALI668RWANDA: FEAR OF MILITARY SOLUTION TO KIVU CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Murigande on July 20 to discuss GOR concerns about the possibility of a military solution to the situation in the Kivus. Murigande expressed GOR worries that, if a military solution is pursued, DRC President Kabila will be unabl [...]
2007-07-20 13:36:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI669RWANDA: FEAR OF MILITARY SOLUTION TO KIVU CRISIS
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Murigande on July 20 to discuss GOR concerns about the possibility of a military solution to the situation in the Kivus. Murigande expressed GOR worries that, if a military solution is pursued, DRC President Kabila will be unabl [...]
2007-07-20 13:53:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV RW
07KIGALI675HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend IMET training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date --------- ------- [...]
2007-07-27 07:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI676HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GOLDEN SPEAR SEMINAR
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend IMET training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date --------- --- [...]
2007-07-27 07:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI6802007 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES - RWANDA
[...] SUMMARY. In accordance with reftel, the following updates the single existing investment dispute involving an American investor in Rwanda. END SUMMARY. 2. The United States Government is aware of one (1) claim of a United States person that is outstanding against the Government of Rwanda (G [...]
2007-07-30 15:12:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CACS RW
07KIGALI681HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) commander scheduled to receive staff training (CPX) as part of ACOTA Peace Support Training. Last Name First Name Ra [...]
2007-07-31 06:32:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI700RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] Japan promised Rwanda USD 1,509,150 to boost economic development and poverty eradication, most specifically directed towards the agricultural sector. The World Bank will administer both grants from the Japanese government under its Policy and Human Resources Development Fund (PHRD). The gran [...]
2007-08-03 10:38:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI73RWANDA WILL NOT SEND TROOPS TO SOMALIA
[...] (C) On 24 January State Minister for Cooperation Rosemary Museminali told Ambassador that while the GOR might be willing to support the African Union (AU) mission to Somalia with training or civilian police (civpol) support, it is "disinclined" to send Rwandan Defense Forces (RDF) soldiers. A [...]
2007-01-24 16:33:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALMOPS PREL UNSC RW ET KE
07KIGALI737Methane Development Continues Despite Disputes
[...] SUMMARY. Lake Kivu still contains hope for Rwanda to solve one of the biggest obstacles to its development - the unreliability and high cost of energy in the country. The GOR partnership and concession granted to Dane Associates has been dissolved, but several other companies have appeared to [...]
2007-08-17 08:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW CG
07KIGALI743BUSINESSMEN, GENERALS, AND GOVERNMENT MINISTERS:
[...] (SBU) Summary. The recent case of prominent local businessman Assinapol Rwigara, sought by police after a construction-site accident, is an object lesson in Rwandan law enforcement in action, and the rumor-mill that attends the arrest of any public personality. Officials extended the opera [...]
2007-08-20 05:47:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI746RWANDA: LEVELING THE POLITICAL PLAYING FIELD?
[...] (SBU) Summary. With the advent of a new law on political parties on June 1, the two largest independent parties have begun organizational efforts at the grassroots level, and report renewed interest among average Rwandans in party politics. With just over a year to the 2008 parliamentary e [...]
2007-08-20 15:17:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI747TWO ARRESTED GENERALS RELEASED ON BAIL
[...] (SBU) Following two same-day sessions of a military court in Kigali, the presiding judge released Generals Frank Rusegara and Sam Kanyemera Kaka on bail on August 17. The court scheduled their next court session set for September 6. Both men stand accused of interfering with police officer [...]
2007-08-20 16:10:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI754FOREIGN INVESTORS IN RWANDA: PERFORM OR GET OUT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Accepting an offer they claim they could not refuse, the largest American investors in Rwanda sold their telecommunications company to the Government of Rwanda (GOR) on August 1. This represents the fourth time in the past year that the GOR has either nationalized a private c [...]
2007-08-22 14:08:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALBEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV ETRD PGOV RW
07KIGALI755KIVUS STRATEGY DEMARCHE: RWANDA IN AGREEMENT
[...] (C) On August 21, Ambassador delivered reftel demarche on the USG Kivus strategy to Minister of Foreign Affairs Charles Murigande. Ambassador asked that the GOR: 1) reiterate its previously declared opposition to any form of recruitment within Rwanda by General Nkunda and work to prevent s [...]
2007-08-22 16:02:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI758RWANDA SNAPSHOT - CIVIL SOCIETY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Members of political parties, NGOs, and religious organizations in Rwanda described a challenging environment in a series of recent meetings in which resources are scarce and political will to reform on the part of the government of Rwanda (GOR) is insufficient to overcome conti [...]
2007-08-23 14:23:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI759RWANDA - PRISONS, JUSTICE SECTOR REFORMS
[...] (C) Embassy and visiting DRL officers met with International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Head of Office Pierre Wattach (protect) on July 10 to discuss prison conditions in Rwanda. Wattach gave a generally positive report, despite identifying some lingering problem areas. The serious ov [...]
2007-08-23 14:31:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI762ALLEGATIONS AGAINST RWANDAN DEPUTY DARFUR
[...] (C) A Brussels-based opposition group, FDU-Inkingi, recently accused Rwandan Major General Emmanuel Karenzi Karake - the newly appointed Deputy Commander of the UN-AU Hybrid Force in Darfur - of participation in various massacres and murders of political opponents in the years just before and [...]
2007-08-24 12:57:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI765HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CCMR SEMINAR
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend a Center for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR) training seminar. Last Name First Name Ran [...]
2007-08-27 15:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI77RWANDA DOES NOT SUPPORT SUDAN FOR AU CHAIRMANSHIP
[...] (C) Minister of State at the Foreign Ministry Rosemary Museminali told Ambassador January 24 that Rwanda agrees that it would be "bad for the AU and Africa" if Sudan were selected for the AU chairmanship. Instead, Rwanda would work for a postponement of Sudan's candidacy for another year. Mus [...]
2007-01-26 10:53:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI777HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend IMET training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB Training Date --------- ---------- [...]
2007-08-30 19:41:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI792AMBASSADOR SEZIBERA ON FOREIGN MINISTER TRIP TO
[...] (C) Summary. Ambassador met with Great Lakes Envoy Ambassador Richard Sezibera on September 6 to discuss the recent meeting in Kinshasa between the Rwandan and Congolese Foreign Ministers (which Sezibera attended). Sezibera described the interactions as "about what we expected," and said th [...]
2007-09-06 15:52:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI793RWANDAN FOREIGN MINISTER ON MEETING IN KINSHASA
[...] (SBU) On September 7 Rwandan Foreign Minister Charles Murigande briefed the local diplomatic corps on his recent visit to Kinshasa to discuss events in the Kivus with his Congolese counterpart. Murigande expressed satisfaction with the several joint mechanisms announced in the communique is [...]
2007-09-07 11:09:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI796RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] The Ministry of Health, in conjunction with the U.S. Mission, launched a USD 10 million extensive anti-malaria Indoor Residential Spraying (IRS) campaign for Kigali on August 10. The goal of the campaign is to reduce malaria-related mortality by 50 percent among those in most vulnerable categ [...]
2007-09-10 05:30:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI822GOR TOUGHENS STANCE AGAINST "IRRESPONSIBLE"
[...] (C) Summary. A panel of Government of Rwanda (GOR) officials, including four Ministers, on September 9 used a weekly call-in program broadcast by state-owned TV Rwanda and Radio Rwanda to launch verbal attacks against certain members of Rwanda's independent media, who they accused of cooperat [...]
2007-09-17 08:00:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM RW
07KIGALI83HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING INFORMATION FOR SENIOR LEADER
[...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following GOR officials nominated to attend the Senior Leadership Seminar (SLS) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 25 Feb - 9 MAR 2007: -- Mr. Ben Balthazar Rutsi [...]
2007-01-29 09:05:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV MARR PHUM RW
07KIGALI849TWO GENERALS ACQUITTED OF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE
[...] (SBU) On September 21, a military court acquitted Generals Frank Rusegara and Sam Kanyemera Kaka of obstruction of justice charges. Rusegara, the head of a military training school, and Kaka, a retired officer now serving as a member of parliament for the ruling RPF, had been granted bail o [...]
2007-09-25 08:13:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI858HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) personnel scheduled to attend Air Traffic Controller training on November 7: Last Name First Name Rank DOB - [...]
2007-09-28 10:56:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI859HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ACOTA TRAINING
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen the following Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) commander scheduled to receive ACOTA Peace Support Training. Last Name First Name Rank DOB --------- ------- [...]
2007-09-28 11:28:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI865RWANDA'S LIBERAL PARTY IN TURMOIL
[...] (C) Summary. Liberal Party (PL) leadership has been embroiled in a continuing leadership dispute, the losing faction in hotly contested national congress elections alleging corruption and general misuse of party funds by the winning side. First suspended by party leadership, five senior p [...]
2007-10-01 12:07:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI882RWANDA: CREDIBLE VOICES IN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-02 13:48:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV RW
07KIGALI883SPEAKER PROGRAM ON POLITICAL MARKETING RESONATES
[...] Summary. University of Vermont Professor Edward McMahon completed on Saturday, September 29 a highly successful IIP speaker program on the role of political parties in a democratic society. McMahon's program included individual calls on each of the nine political parties represented in Rwanda [...]
2007-10-02 13:50:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM KPAO PHUM RW
07KIGALI899FDLR FIRES INTO AND/OR FROM RWANDA
[...] (C) According to Rwandan military sources, late on the evening of September 30, a small force of suspected Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) soldiers fired several hundred machine gun rounds into Rwanda from positions on the Congolese side of the border, in a remote area [...]
2007-10-04 15:32:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPINS PINR PREF MOPS RW
07KIGALI902RWANDA 2007 SUBMISSION FOR TEXTILE AND APPAREL PRODUCTION
[...] Post provides the following responses to reftel request for information on textile and apparel production in Rwanda. 2. Requested Information -- Total industrial production in USD: 2006: USD 363 million. 2007 estimate: not available. -- Total textiles and apparel production in USD: [...]
2007-10-05 06:50:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDECON ETRD KTEX RW
07KIGALI915GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES ON BWINDI DEFENDANTS
[...] (SBU) Embassy has reviewed the September 17 letter from Department of Homeland Security ICE A/S Julie Myers to A/S Frazer, detailing the immigration judge's decision in regard to one of the three Bwindi defendants. In her letter, A/S Myers requested the Department of State to offer a "prefer [...]
2007-10-10 14:15:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KJUS RW
07KIGALI916HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR GOLDEN SPEAR CONFERENCE
[...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) Per Leahy Amendment human rights vetting requirements, please screen General Marcel GATSINZI, Minister of Defense (DOB: 01/09/1948),scheduled to attend the Golden Spear conference, November 7 and 8, 2007. 3. (SBU) Post has disc [...]
2007-10-10 15:06:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMARR MASS PREL RW
07KIGALI9172200 RWANDANS RETURN FROM UGANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. Post has confirmed recent press reports of the repatriation of approximately 2200 Rwandans who had settled in the Kibati region of Uganda, near the Tanzanian border. Most press accounts depicted forced movement on little notice although the pro-government New Times offered ac [...]
2007-10-11 07:50:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREF PREL PHUM RW
07KIGALI933RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] The Dutch government, through the Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC),is supporting the Rwanda Flower Farmers Association. In an attempt to increase flower exports to the Netherlands, the Dutch project will train six cooperatives in better far [...]
2007-10-15 08:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI934RWANDA MONTHLY ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] The Dutch government, through the Netherlands Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education (NUFFIC),is supporting the Rwanda Flower Farmers Association. In an attempt to increase flower exports to the Netherlands, the Dutch project will train six cooperatives in better far [...]
2007-10-15 08:07:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI935IMF ON PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT EFFORTS IN RWANDA
[...] (SBU) Summary. On October 12 a visiting International Monetary Fund (IMF) team described for local diplomatic missions its efforts to assist the Ministry of Finance and other Rwandan ministries and agencies in improving Public Finance Management (PFM --the effective and efficient use of pub [...]
2007-10-15 12:11:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EFIN RW
07KIGALI94RWANDA: FIVE INFLUENTIAL WOMEN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-31 14:59:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM RW
07KIGALI954ICTR PROSECUTOR ASKS FOR HELP IN POTENTIAL CASES
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (C) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Prosecutor Hassan Bubacar Jallow met with Charge and pol/econ chief on October 17 to discuss potential cases against Rwandan officials and the importance of witness protection. [...]
2007-10-18 13:46:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALKAWC PHUM PREL RW
07KIGALI96Serena Hotels helps validate the Rwandan potential
[...] SUMMARY. The Serena Group signed a 30-year concession to manage the two largest Rwandan hotels -- the Kigali InterContinental Hotel and the Kivu Sun Hotel, beginning February 1 2007. The hotels will be relaunched following an extensive refurbishment under Serena branding, marking another attem [...]
2007-01-31 15:16:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIEDEINV BFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV RW
07KIGALI961Rwanda Oil Pipeline: Feasible, Profitable, and Necessary
[...] (SBU) Summary. On October 9, Energy and Communications Minister of State Albert Butare opened a workshop to review the United States Trade Development Agency (USTDA)-funded findings on the extension of an oil products pipeline from Kampala to Rwanda. The report clearly supports extension of [...]
2007-10-22 08:35:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON PGOV EINV ENRG ETRD EPET BTIO RW
07KIGALI962PRESIDENT KAGAME HAS PRIVATE MEETING WITH PRESS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-22 14:02:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KDEM RW
07KIGALI966RWANDAN FOREIGN MINISTER DOWNPLAYS CONGOLESE FDLR
[...] (C) Summary. On October 23 Foreign Minister Charles Murigande expressed considerable reservations about the Congolese "Ex-Far/Interahamwe Action Plan," regarding it as less detailed and less concrete than earlier plans, and in conflict with current planning by the Tripartite-Plus Chiefs of [...]
2007-10-23 14:08:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL MOPS RW
07KIGALI968RWANDA LIKELY TO SUPPORT WALKER IAAC CANDIDACY
[...] (U) On October 23 PolOff met with Ben Rutsinga, Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche on candidacy of David M. Walker for the UN Independent Audit Advisory Committee (IAAC). Rutsinga said the Government of Rwanda would have to [...]
2007-10-23 16:11:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL AORC UN UNGA RW
07KIGALI969RWANDA GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. PRIORITY UNGA
[...] (U) On October 23 PolOff met with Ben Rutsinga, Director for International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to deliver reftel demarche on UN General Assembly Third Committee resolutions. Rutsinga was receptive to U.S. request to take a stand against no-action motions and gene [...]
2007-10-23 16:22:00Embassy KigaliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL UNGA UN KTIA RW
07KIGALI970GACACA GENOCIDE ADJUDICATIONS ON TRACK FOR
[...] (C) Summary. According to officials in Rwanda's National Service of Gacaca Courts, 90 percent of all gacaca cases have been processed and adjudications will be completed by the end of 2007. Processing remaining category one cases (those involving genocide leaders/organizers or those who comm [...]
2007-10-24 07:56:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM RW
07KIGALI979RWANDA SUPPORTS RAPE RESOLUTION, MAY ABSTAIN ON
[...] (C) In absence of the Foreign Minister and Minister of State, A/DCM called upon International Organizations Director Ben Rutsinga on October 26 to discuss the U.S.-sponsored rape resolution and the Cuba embargo resolution. On the rape resolution, Rutsinga reiterated Rwanda's strong support f [...]
2007-10-26 10:03:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL UNGA RW
07KIGALI985REFUGEES IN RWANDA - A CHALLENGE FOR GOVERNMENT,
[...] (SBU) Summary: The refugee operation in Rwanda is having difficulty keeping pace with the growth of the Congolese refugee population. In the past six-months, over 3000 Congolese have entered Rwanda, fleeing fighting in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Over 60 percent of the [...]
2007-10-30 10:38:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PREF PGOV RW
07KIGALI989MONTHLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP
[...] (SBU) Two Liberal Party parliamentarians lost their seats in the Chamber of Deputies after being expelled from their party. The government set up a Commission to investigate the shooting-down of the Habyarimana presidential jet in 1994. Two independent publishers temporarily suspended their [...]
2007-10-30 14:51:00Embassy KigaliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PREL RW
07KINSHASA1008DRC AND SOUTH AFRICA SIGN AID ACCORDS AT FOURTH
[...] (U) Congolese and South African ministers signed accords on South African assistance to Congo's transportation and health sectors at the conclusion of Bi-national Commission meetings August 21. They also signed a declaration of intent regarding South African support for reform of the Congoles [...]
2007-08-23 14:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV MARR ELTN SOCI SF CG
07KINSHASA1040KIVU DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN KINSHASA
[...] (C) Summary. Congolese Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi is generally receptive to U.S. views on the current situation in the Kivu provinces. He has been active in promoting diplomatic engagement with Uganda and Rwanda, and confirmed high-level meetings with each for September. He appreciates [...]
2007-08-31 13:38:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KDEM CG RW UG
07KINSHASA1043CODEL FEINGOLD VISIT TO KINSHASA AND EASTERN DRC
[...] (U) Summary: In a three-day visit to Kinshasa and the eastern cities of Goma and Bunia, CODEL Feingold assessed the DRC's progress towards democratization and good governance, efforts to resolve ongoing tensions in the eastern provinces, MONUC's programs contributing to peace and security, and [...]
2007-09-04 07:04:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDOREP PREL PGOV KPKO EAID CG
07KINSHASA1050KIVU DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN KINSHASA
[...] (U) This is a corrected version of Kinshasa 1040. 2. (C) Summary. Congolese Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi received newly arrived Charge Sam Brock August 29. Charge used the meeting to present demarche as requested ref (A). Mbusa used it to publicize relations with the U.S., inviting l [...]
2007-09-04 15:17:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV MARR KDEM CG RW UG
07KINSHASA1053NORTH KIVU GOVERNOR'S OUTLOOK ON NKUNDA AND FDLR
[...] (C) Summary: North Kivu Governor Julien Paluku outlined his and the GDRC's emerging approach to dealing with the twin problems of dissident General Laurent Nkunda and FDLR fighters in the province. He said the central government wants to exhaust diplomatic and political options before pursuing [...]
2007-09-05 06:31:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPKO ASEC MOPS RW CG
07KINSHASA1063RWANDAN, DRC FOREIGN MINISTERS COMMIT
[...] (C) Summary: Rwandan foreign minister Charles Murigande's official visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from September 2-4, the first by a Rwandan official to the DRC since the end of the second Congo war in 2004, is a potentially significant step in a slow process of reconciliation [...]
2007-09-05 17:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV CG RW KPKO
07KINSHASA1069DRC AUGUST ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) - New aviation regulations. - No resolution on retrocession for 2007. - Country assistance framework in the planning. - Teachers' union gives ultimatum to GDRC. - Catholic school teachers suspend opening day. - Electricity upgrade projects scheduled. - Wiring DRC and ROC. - [...]
2007-09-06 10:17:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1077DRC-UGANDA JOINT COMMUNIQUE
[...] Presidents Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda met in Ngurdoto, Tanzania Septemer 7-8. At para. 4 below is the official French text of the joint communique issued at the end of the summit. 2. Of particular interest in the communique i [...]
2007-09-10 10:30:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PREF PGOV CG UG MOPS
07KINSHASA1082NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/10/07 17:00 GMT): FIGHTING
[...] (SBU) Fighting has diminished in North Kivu since pro-government forces and troops loyal to dissident General Laurent Nkunda stopped shooting in and around Sake, 20 miles west of the provincial capital Goma, on September 6. There have been isolated incidents in Rutshuru territory and in northe [...]
2007-09-10 17:39:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ASEC KPKO MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1100SHORTLEY AND CHARGE DISCUSS EASTERN CONGO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On September 14, 2007, Senior Adviser to Assistant Secretary Frazer for Conflict Resolution, Timothy Shortley and Charge d'Affaires, Sam Brock met with President Kabila at his residence for one hour to deliver the following messages from A/S Frazer. Kabila outlined his three pha [...]
2007-09-14 16:09:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1101MONUC: FARDC OVER ITS HEAD IN NKUNDA FIGHT
[...] (C) Summary. Senior MONUC officials reviewed the current security situation in the eastern DRC September 11-12 in discussions with AF Senior Adviser Shortley following cessation of hostilities between government troops and forces loyal to renegade General Nkunda. The operation appears to hav [...]
2007-09-14 16:13:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG RW
07KINSHASA1102SHORTLEY OFFERS ASSISTANCE PROPOSAL TO FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Timothy Shortley, Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution to Jendayi Frazer, AF A/S, met with Congolese Foreign Minister Mbusa Nyamwisi on September 12 to discuss efforts to resolve the ongoing crisis in eastern Congo. Charge Sam Brock and PolCouns also participated. Shortley de [...]
2007-09-14 16:19:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1103MILITARY ATTACHES DISCUSS CONGOLESE SECURITY SECTOR
[...] (C) Summary: Military attaches and representatives from EUSEC, the UK, France, and the US met with the Charge and Timothy Shortley, Senior Advisor to the A/S for African Affairs, to discuss insecurity in North Kivu and the DRC's security sector limitations on September 13. All participants c [...]
2007-09-14 16:27:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1120NORTH KIVU UPDATE (9/18/07 15:00 GMT): SITUATION
[...] (U) The security situation in North Kivu remains unchanged as of September 18. Government troops and forces loyal to renegade General Laurent Nkunda continue to consolidate their positions throughout the province. There have been no reports of significant fighting since combat ceased near Sake [...]
2007-09-18 17:35:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1126KABILA TO P-3 PLUS 2: ONLY OPTIONS FOR NKUNDA'S
[...] (C) Summary: President Joseph Kabila met September 13 with ambassadors/charges of the P-3 (France, UK, U.S.) plus 2 (Belgium and South Africa) countries in Kinshasa. SRSG William Swing also participated. Swing had requested the meeting on behalf of the P-3 plus 2 because of growing concern [...]
2007-09-19 16:22:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL CG
07KINSHASA1139KABILA MAKES THREE-DAY SURPRISE VISIT TO GOMA
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Joseph Kabila made a three-day unannounced visit to North Kivu province September 19-22 before beginning an extended trip to Belgium and the U.S. In his second trip to the province since his December 2006 inauguration, Kabila called once again for all military units [...]
2007-09-24 15:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KPKO ASEC CG
07KINSHASA1141DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - NORTH KIVU HUMANITARIAN
[...] Despite sporadic clashes between various armed groups in North Kivu Province, and a generally tenuous security environment, humanitarian agencies have begun to survey previously inaccessible areas. Relief officials report varying patterns of displacement, with pockets of small-scale returns, [...]
2007-09-25 13:00:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PHUM CG
07KINSHASA1168DRC SEPTEMBER ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] (U) Summary - New GDRC Aviation Commission Created - IMF and World Bank Teams in Kinshasa - IMF and World Bank Check on PRSP, HIPC Progress - Extractives Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) - Lower Electricity Rates for Large Consumers - Ebola Epidemic Continues in Kasai Occidental - M [...]
2007-10-02 09:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1172CHARGE MEETS WITH NORTH KIVU DELEGATION OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Seven of 48 National Assembly deputies from North Kivu, representing nearly all the province's districts and ethnic groups, were received by the Charge d'Affaires. They raised a number of issues, including current insecurity in North Kivu, the return of FDLR members to Rwanda, a [...]
2007-10-02 17:16:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM CG
07KINSHASA1175TRIPARTITE PLUS CHIEFS OF DEFENSE MEETING --
[...] (SBU) The Tripartite Plus Chiefs of Defense met in Lubumbashi on October 1-2 in special session to discuss joint operations, cross-border confidence building measures, and the reinstatement of the bilateral Rwanda-DRC Joint Verification Mechanism. The Joint Communique has been transmitted se [...]
2007-10-03 12:58:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KPKO RW UG BY CG
07KINSHASA1177JOINT COMMUNIQUE OF THE TRIPARTITE PLUS CHIEFS OF STAFF
[...] (U) Summary. The Tripartite Plus Chiefs of Defense met in Lubumbashi on October 1-2 to discuss issues brought up at the Tripartite Ministerial meeting in Kampala in September (reftel). A copy of the Joint Communique follows. End summary. 2. (U) Begin text: JOINT COMMUNIQUE 3RD MEETI [...]
2007-10-03 16:26:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR MOPS KPKO RW UG BY CG
07KINSHASA1188DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO - SKIRMISHES AND SQUABBLES
[...] During the last week of September, small skirmishes involving the Congolese military and various armed groups in North Kivu Province resumed, leading several thousand newly-displaced persons to flee to Goma-area settlement sites. Site visits by USAID's Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistan [...]
2007-10-09 11:31:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PHUM CG
07KINSHASA1213DRC NATIONAL SECURITY COUNSELOR ON JOINT PLANNING
[...] (C) Summary. Cesar Fwani (protect),the DRC's National Security Council (CNS) expert on Tripartite Plus issues, is unimpressed with the concept of grafting a Joint Planning Cell (JPC) onto the existing Tripartite Plus Intelligence Fusion Cell (TFC) but very enthusiastic about the renewal of [...]
2007-10-19 11:54:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MOPS CG
07KINSHASA1215CHARGE'S OCTOBER 18 MEETING WITH THE FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Foreign Minister displayed little knowledge of the objectives and aspirations of President Kabila's upcoming official visit to the U.S. He even wondered aloud if he would remain in the government after the long-expected cabinet reshuffle, which many observers believe will come [...]
2007-10-19 20:42:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALEMIN ETRD KPAO MOPS PGOV PREL KPKO KWMN PHUM
07KINSHASA1237LAURENT NKUNDA SITUATION - PERSPECTIVES ON DDR OF HIS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 12:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYMOPS PGOV MARR KPKO CG
07KINSHASA1244NORTH KIVU HUMANITARIAN UPDATE
[...] Since mid-October, a lull in major combat across most of North Kivu Province has afforded relief organizations temporary access to conflict-affected areas to assess humanitarian conditions and deliver critical food and emergency relief supplies for displaced and vulnerable populations. Howeve [...]
2007-11-02 06:14:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDEAID PREL PHUM CG
07KINSHASA1247TRIPARTITE FUSION CELL -- WHAT NEXT?
[...] (S) Summary. The Tripartite Plus Intelligence Fusion Cell (TFC) has significant assets at its disposal, but they are currently underutilized. Member states should be encouraged to participate fully, or else be suspended from the project. Additionally, the TFC should be brought into alignment [...]
2007-11-02 10:35:00Embassy KinshasaSECRET//NOFORNPINR MOPS KPKO UG RW BY CG
07KINSHASA1249ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER, WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS, BLASTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Acting Foreign Minister Alain Lubamba convened a snap meeting of P-3 + 2 ambassadors and MONUC on October 25. Lubamba, a member of the micro-party "UDEMO" (Union of Democratic Mobutistes) delivered a rambling statement condemning Tutsi politician Azarias Ruberwa, criticized r [...]
2007-11-02 13:10:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM MOPS KWMN CG RW
07KINSHASA1250DRC OCTOBER ECONOMIC REVIEW
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-05 12:36:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDECON EFIN EMIN ELAB EAIR PGOV CG
07KINSHASA1251SENIOR ADVISOR SHORTLEY'S MEETINGS WITH FARDC
[...] (C) Summary: In a November 2 courtesy call on the 8th Military Region Commander, Senior Advisor for Conflict Resolution Tim Shortley briefed Brigadier General Mayala Kiama on his findings from a four-day visit in North Kivu. Both the Commander and his deputy vehemently denied collaborating w [...]
2007-11-05 16:20:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MOPS KPKO PHUM CG
07KINSHASA126FIGHTING ERUPTS BETWEEN BANYAMULENGE TROOPS IN
[...] (C) Summary: Limited fighting between Banyamulenge (Congolese Tutsi) troops of non-integrated brigades of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) and of dissident armed forces broke out in the Minembwe region of South Kivu province January 25 and continued sporadically through January 29. Details c [...]
2007-02-01 13:24:00Embassy KinshasaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KPKO MOPS CG
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