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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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05DHAKA5652 | LEVERAGING A NEW OPENING TO ENCOURAGE BDG ACTION [...] (S) Summary. There is dawning BDG recognition that its normal strategy for dealing with terrorism -- denial and procrastination -- is cracking in the face of JMB's continuing campaign of violence. We therefore have a new opening to press the BDG to combat extremism by delivering directly and [...] | 2005-11-21 13:39:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PREL PGOV KISL PTER BG |
05DHAKA5654 | BANGLADESH: INTERIM TIP REPORT [...] Embassy Dhaka appreciates the opportunity to report Bangladesh's continuing progress in its anti-trafficking efforts (ref a). The information below comes largely from the International Organization for Migration (IOM),The Asia Foundation, the Home Ministry, and USAID. 2. Sustaining the h [...] | 2005-11-22 01:21:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG BG |
05DHAKA5659 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SARBINDER SINGH, N.V. SESHADRI, [...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes Mr. Sarbinder Singh, Deputy Regional Program Manager; Mr. N.V. Seshadri, CCO India; Mr. Upali Daranagama, CCO Sri Lanka; Mr. Subodh Adhikari, CCO Nepal; Mr. Syed Farrukh, CCO Pakistan and Mr. Dan Vincent, CCO Afghanistan on their December 1 to December 10, 2005 visit and [...] | 2005-11-22 01:40:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA BG IN NP |
05DHAKA5698 | BANGLADESH DONORS CONFERENCE [...] Summary. The BDG and donor community, aka Local Consultative Group (LCG),met under the chair of the BDG Minister of Finance on November 15-17. This was the annual development forum meeting with three key changes. First, the BDG chaired whereas in the pass they co-chaired with the World Bank [...] | 2005-11-22 10:00:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV ECON BG |
05DHAKA5702 | BANGLADESH: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ADDITIONAL GENEVA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-23 04:12:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ BG ICRC |
05DHAKA5703 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR DONALD CLARK [...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes Mr. Donald Clark, Mission Director USAID/Nepal on his December 05 to December 08, 2005 visit and grants country clearance, contingent repeat contingent on obtaining a Bangladeshi visa in his passport prior to arrival in Bangladesh (see Paragraph 4.D. and 4.E. below). Cont [...] | 2005-11-23 04:59:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA BG NP |
05DHAKA5706 | BANGLADESH OPPOSITION HOLDS MEGA RALLY SAFELY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-27 07:07:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER BG |
05DHAKA5708 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SHARON HSU [...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes Ms. Sharon Hsu, Presidential Management Fellow, EGAT/I&E/E, USAID/W for her December 03 to December 08, 2005 visit and grants country clearance, contingent repeat contingent on obtaining a Bangladeshi visa in her passport prior to arrival in Bangladesh (see Paragraph 4.D. [...] | 2005-11-27 07:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA BG IN |
05DHAKA5810 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR VIVEK TALVADKAR [...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes Mr. Vivek Talvadkar, Executive Vice- President, NRECA international Ltd. on his December 16 to December 20, 2005 visit and grants country clearance, contingent repeat contingent on obtaining a Bangladeshi visa in his passport prior to arrival in Bangladesh (see Paragraph [...] | 2005-11-28 07:17:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA BG |
05DHAKA5813 | BANGLADESH: POST TERRORISM REPORTING OFFICER [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-28 07:42:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC EFIN KCRM CBG BG |
05DHAKA5815 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR RAFAEL OBREGON [...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes Rafael Obregon on his December 10-16, 2005 visit and grants country clearance, contingent repeat contingent on obtaining a Bangladeshi visa on his passport prior to arrival in Bangladesh (see Paragraph 3.D. and 3.E. below). Control Officer will be Sheri-Nouane Johnson, D [...] | 2005-11-28 08:54:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA BG |
05DHAKA5833 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR ASIMA MUBESHAR [...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes Ms. Asima Mubeshar, Executive Assistant, SARI/Energy, Islamabad on her December 04 to December 08, 2005 visit and grants country clearance, contingent repeat contingent on obtaining a Bangladeshi visa in her passport prior to arrival in Bangladesh (see Paragraph 4.D. and [...] | 2005-11-29 09:58:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA BG IN |
05DHAKA5837 | SUSPECTED JMB SUICIDE BOMBERS KILL EIGHT, WOUND [...] (C) Summary. Suspected JMB suicide bombers killed at least eight persons and wounded dozens in separate courthouse attacks this morning in Chittagong and Gazipur, according to police and media reports. PM Zia denounced JMB as an enemy of Bangladesh, and the opposition Awami League has backed [...] | 2005-11-29 11:48:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KISL PREL BG |
05DHAKA603 | AMBASSADOR AND USAID DIRECTOR MEET WITH FINANCE [...] SUMMARY: On February 6, Ambassador, USAID Director, and PA officer (note taker) met with Finance Minister Saifur Rahman to discuss the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA). The USAID Director presented a list of benchmarks, developed by the Mission, directed at assessing Bangladesh's commitment [...] | 2005-02-09 10:07:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | BG PREL PGOV EAID |
05DHAKA6043 | BANGLADESH INCSR DRAFT - PART I [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-11 01:11:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR BG |
05DHAKA6044 | BANGLADESH INCSR DRAFT - PART I [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-11 01:11:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR BG |
05DHAKA606 | Media Reaction: Middle East;Dhaka [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-10 05:48:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII |
05DHAKA6064 | TERRORISM FINANCE: ASG INDIVIDUALS - BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-12 05:28:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL BG |
05DHAKA6065 | TERRORISM FINANCE: LIST 74 - BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-12 05:32:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER PREL BG |
05DHAKA607 | DHAKA - JAN 2005 VISAS VIPER MEETING AND STATUS REPORT [...] (SBU) POST'S VISAS VIPER COMMITTEE MET ON JANUARY 25, 2005 AND HAS NO NEW ENTRIES TO SUBMIT FOR JANUARY 2005. 2. (SBU) THE MEETING WAS CHAIRED BY DCM JUDITH A. CHAMMAS. THE VVP COORDINATOR AT EMBASSY DHAKA IS CONSULAR SECTION CHIEF ELIZABETH GOURLAY. THOMAS [...] | 2005-02-10 06:48:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KVPR CVIS PTER ASEC PINR CMGT BG |
05DHAKA6071 | Demonstration near the U.S. Embassy in Dhaka, [...] (SBU) Summary. A large pro-BNP (Bangladeshi ruling party) demonstration occurred in the immediate vicinity of the Embassy on December 12, 2005. Post had received no prior notice of the demonstration although police appeared to know well in advance. The demonstration lasted for approximately [...] | 2005-12-13 01:06:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
05DHAKA6127 | JMB DEPUTY COMMANDER CAUGHT [...] (S/NF) Summary. Rapid Action Battalion personnel have caught reputed JMB deputy commander Ataur Rahman Sunny. The breakthrough came in Dhaka the evening of December 13 but has reportedly been kept quiet to further the JMB dragnet. A major seizure of arms and explosives in Dhaka the morning o [...] | 2005-12-14 09:47:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER KISL PGOV BG |
05DHAKA6129 | REQUEST TO SUPPORT IRAQI ELECTION [...] (SBU) On December 14, Charge asked PMO Principal Secretary Kamal Uddin Siddiqui for a BDG statement of support SIPDIS on the Iraq elections (reftel). Siddiqui took the point. 2. (SBU) Comment: We will follow up with the BDG after the election, and report accordingly. CHAMMAS [...] | 2005-12-14 10:33:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KDEM KPAO IZ BG PROV |
05DHAKA6143 | BANGLADESH: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERROR [...] The POC for Embassy Dhaka is Robert Wong, Political Officer. Email: wongre@state.gov. The report will also be sent to Rhonda Shore and Ed Salazar via email. 2. BEGIN TEXT GENERAL ASSESSMENT The Bangladesh government affirms full support for the global war on terror, and in [...] | 2005-12-15 06:27:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC KISL PGOV KCRM BG |
05DHAKA6144 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR BALANCE BUFFALO 06-1 2ND [...] This is an action request. See Paragraph 4. 2. The following units are scheduled to take part in Exercise Balance Buffalo 06-1 initiating deployment in January 2006: Bangladesh Army: 1st Para Commando Battalion. Bangladesh Air Force: Commandos from 101 Special Flying Unit, 9 Squadron, a [...] | 2005-12-15 06:28:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MASS PHUM PREL BG |
05DHAKA6145 | POC FOR MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK LOAN REVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-15 06:30:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN EAID ECON EINV PREL BG |
05DHAKA6148 | CAUTION ON POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN ILLICIT FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-15 07:28:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KNNP KTFN BG TAGS |
05DHAKA6150 | TIP REVIEW MEETING WITH HOME SECRETARY [...] (SBU) USAID Mission Director George and PolOff met with Secretary of Home Affairs Safar Raj Hossain and Additional SIPDIS Home Secretary Mohammed Mohsin Khan on December 4 to review BDG anti-TIP performance..A representative from the police Anti-Tip Monitoring Unit also attended. 2. (S [...] | 2005-12-15 09:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM |
05DHAKA6190 | DISSENT FROM A CHIEF ZIA ADVISOR [...] (C) Summary: PMO insider Siddiqui told Charge at least 50 BNP MP's want to drop Jamaat Islami from the ruling coalition, acknowledged that the BDG has failed to recognize JMB's terrorist potential, and accused Tarique Rahman of arranging the release of Bangla Bhai's reputed number two. Siddiq [...] | 2005-12-15 10:41:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL BG JI |
05DHAKA6191 | BUSINESS NERVOUS, BUT NOT HURT, BY JMB ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: The business community in Bangladesh is thus far unaffected by increasing violence by the JMB. Business leaders are concerned, however, that escalating violence will at some point begin to take its toll, yet they are reluctant to press aggressively for government action. A high [...] | 2005-12-15 11:10:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ECON EFIN EAID PREL BG |
05DHAKA6193 | 2006 INSCR PART II - BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-18 01:15:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR BG |
05DHAKA6194 | 2006 INSCR PART II - BANGLADESH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-18 01:15:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR BG |
05DHAKA6195 | BUSINESS NERVOUS, BUT NOT HURT, BY JMB ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary: The business community in Bangladesh is thus far unaffected by increasing violence by the JMB. Business leaders are concerned, however, that escalating violence will at some point begin to take its toll, yet they are reluctant to press aggressively for government action. A high [...] | 2005-12-18 01:21:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ECON EFIN EAID PREL BG |
05DHAKA6218 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CONTRACTOR [...] Embassy Dhaka welcomes Mr. Douglas S. Franklin on his o/a January 13 or 14, 2005 to o/a April 30, 2006 visit and grants country clearance, contingent repeat contingent on obtaining a Bangladeshi visa in his passport prior to arrival in Bangladesh (see Paragraph 3.D. and 3.E. below). Control O [...] | 2005-12-19 03:17:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA BG |
05DHAKA625 | Media Reaction: Middle East Summit, Iraq; Dhaka [...] MIDDLE EAST SUMMIT --------------------- "Mahmoud Abbas' Leadership" Independent English language weekly "Holiday" editorially comments (2/11): The deal struck by Mahmoud Abbas and Ariel Sharon in Sharm el Sheikh last week should ignite some kind of cheer in those who have regularly wished [...] | 2005-02-13 10:58:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII |
05DHAKA6251 | 2005 REVIEW: A MATTER OF PERSPECTIVE [...] (S) How Bangladesh looks depends on where you stand. For many, the view is disturbing: the country's government is unable or unwilling to cope with, and sometimes even acknowledge, its many obvious sores. Politics are bitter, parochial, and winner take all. But there's another perspective. [...] | 2005-12-20 10:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PREL PGOV PTER KISL ETRD BG |
05DHAKA6275 | VISITING THE MEGA-MADRASSA OF AN ISLAMIST [...] (C) Summary: Maulana Kamaluddin Jafri is the principal of a growing 2,000 student Saudi-backed madrassah complex. He condemns JMB violence but speculates the U.S., India, the Awami League, and an international Jewish "conspiracy" might be the JMB's true patrons. In a cordial meeting with polo [...] | 2005-12-20 12:32:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PGOV BD BG |
05DHAKA6292 | SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL ENERGY MEETING, DHAKA, [...] THE EIGHTH MEETING OF THE USAID SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL INITIATIVE FOR ENERGY (SARI/ENERGY) WAS HELD IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH ON DECEMBER 6-7, 2005. THE FOCUS OF THE MEETING WAS REGIONAL ENERGY SECURITY THROUGH TRADE, INVESTMENT AND ACCESS. THE MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY 115 PERSONS FROM THE PRIVATE AN [...] | 2005-12-21 03:29:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG US IN NP CE PK AF TH |
05DHAKA6293 | CHARGE'S MEETING WITH HOME MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Home Affairs Minister Babar told Charge that RAB is now the lead law enforcement agency on combating the JMB terrorist attacks and counter-terrorism. He also said JMB is aware that their string of violent attacks is not sanctioned by Islam, and therefore their prime motivation mus [...] | 2005-12-21 06:49:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL PHUM PGOV BG |
05DHAKA6297 | BNP/JI COALITION STRAINED BUT NOT BROKEN [...] (C) Calling Jamaatul Mujahedin Bangladesh (JMB) "de-railed romantics," BNP MP and party whip Rezaul Bari Dina told poloff that he didn't think that the attacks will continue. He credited the police's numerous arrests of key Jamaatul Islami Bangladesh (JMB) figures for stopping the bombings t [...] | 2005-12-21 09:43:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KISL BG |
05DHAKA6298 | BDG ASSURES THAT BIG ANTI-AHMADIYA EVENT WILL BE [...] (SBU) On September 30, the anti-Ahmadiya group International Khatme Nabuwat Movement Bangladesh (IKNMB) reiterated their demand that the BDG declare Ahmadiyas to be non-Muslims. If the government does not meet their demands by December 22, they threatened, IKNMB would take over all the Ahmad [...] | 2005-12-21 10:05:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KISL BG |
05DHAKA6303 | JMB: WINDED OR DOWN FOR THE COUNT? [...] (C) December 22 marks the second week since the last attack, in Netrakona, which at that point looked like the most ruthless in an escalating and quickening campaign of violence waged by Jamaatul Mujahidin Bangladesh (JMB). The focus has shifted from attacks to apparent breakthroughs in the a [...] | 2005-12-21 10:11:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL ASEC PGOV BG |
05DHAKA6330 | DHAKA MINISTERIAL TAKES MODEST STEPS TOWARDS MORE [...] Summary: The Eighth BIMSTEC Ministerial Meeting agreed to modest steps to enhance cooperation among its seven South Asian and Asian members during its December 18-19 meeting in Dhaka. The key agreement was on implementation of the BIMSTEC FTA in goods on July 1, 2006 and a commitment to a [...] | 2005-12-22 09:25:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON PREL BG BIMSTEC |
05DHAKA6335 | PM ZIA AT BNP GRAND RALLY WARNS OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Zia rallied an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 BNP faithful on Dec 22, at the Paltan Maidan outdoor parade grounds, a normal crowd size by Bangladeshi political rally standards. Zia criticized the opposition for not accepting her call to resolve the national crises of bomb [...] | 2005-12-22 10:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV BG |
05DHAKA6352 | JI LEADER ASSURES CDA THAT JI HAS NO TIES TO JMB [...] (C) Summary. Jamaat-E-Islami Leader Muhammed Kamaruzzaman called on Charge December 21 to deliver a message that Jamaat-E-Islami Bangladesh (JIB) was not involved with Jamiat Ul Mujahidin Bangladesh (JMB). The discussion also involved Kamaruzzaman's involvement within Islami Chatra Shibir [...] | 2005-12-22 11:43:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER BG |
05DHAKA6356 | JI LEADER ASSURES CDA THAT JI HAS NO TIES TO JMB [...] (C) Summary. Jamaat-E-Islami Leader Muhammed Kamaruzzaman called on Charge December 21 to deliver a message that Jamaat-E-Islami Bangladesh (JIB) was not involved with Jamiat Ul Mujahidin Bangladesh (JMB). The discussion also involved Kamaruzzaman's involvement within Islami Chatra Shibir [...] | 2005-12-23 07:01:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER BG |
05DHAKA6366 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR MR. SAYED SARWER [...] (U) AmEmbassy Dhaka requests country clearance for Mr. Sayed Sarwer Hussain, Agricultural Specialist and Ms. Ferdousi Ara, Administrative Assistant, USDA/FAS for their travel to India from January 11 through January 15, 2006. 2. (U) The purpose of their travel is to attend the FAS Strateg [...] | 2005-12-27 03:00:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR OTRA BG |
05DHAKA6367 | AHMADIYA COMMUNITY UNTOUCHED BY WEEKEND [...] The International Khatme Nabuwat Movement Bangladesh (IKNMB) and a splinter organization, Khatme Nabuwat Andolon Bangladesh (KNAB) staged protests this weekend over the government's refusal to declare Ahmadiyas non-Muslims. When they attempted to march towards the Dhaka City Central Jail and [...] | 2005-12-27 03:06:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV BG |
05DHAKA86 | NGO CONCERN PLANS TO WITHDRAW FROM ROHINGYA [...] (C) Summary: Citing harassment from the BDG NGO Affairs Bureau, NGO Concern has decided to withdraw from Rohingya refugee camps. UNHCR says they plan on taking over Concern's programs until they find a permanent replacement. END SUMMARY 2. (SBU) On January 4, Concern Country Director Columba [...] | 2005-01-06 08:16:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF BG |
05DHAKA867 | RESPONSE: INVITING WOMEN LEADERS TO A FORUM ON [...] (U) In response to reftel A, post contacted potential invitees Salma Ali and Dr. Shahnaz Huda and extended an invitation to attend the March 8 Washington Women's Forum with First Lady Laura Bush and Secretary of State Rice as scheduled speakers. Dr. Huda regretted that she will not be able to [...] | 2005-02-28 09:13:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN PGOV BG |
05DHAKA906 | BDG PROVIDES LIMITED KIBRIA CASE MATERIALS [...] (SBU) On March 1, Home Ministry Joint Secretary Mohammad Mohsin conveyed to us the following Kibria investigation case materials: -- 34 photographs of the crime scene, bloodied victims, and apparent grenade fragments/pieces -- "The Investigation Report on Explosion Incident" -- A small sket [...] | 2005-03-01 11:53:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM PTER PGOV BG |
05DHAKA909 | BANGLADESH PONDERS FATE OF ULFA CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) Secretary General Anup Chetia's seven year prison sentence SIPDIS expired on February 25 but he remains in "safe custody," according to Alana Khan, Secretary General of Bangladesh Society for Enforcement of Human Rights (BSEHR). Khan said [...] | 2005-03-02 08:15:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KCRM PGOV BG |
05DHAKA913 | FOLLOW UP ACTIONS ON RADIOLOGIC MATERIAL IN [...] (SBU) Following the visit of the DOE team to Bangladesh in May 2004, Gammatech, Ltd. in Chittagong was identified as the most critical radiologic security concern in Bangladesh. On February 22, EconOff visited the defunct Gammatech factory to check on the status of the facilities and the radio [...] | 2005-03-02 09:57:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ENRG MNUC PARM PTER TRGY BG |
05DHAKA914 | ARRESTED DR. GALIB: TERRORIST OR DUPE? [...] (SBU) Following the February 23 arrest of professor Muhammad Asadullah al-Galib and 16 other alleged militants, and the banning of two related organizations, JMJB (Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh) and JMB (Jamaat ul-Mujahidin Bangladesh),newspapers continue to describe professor Galib as an [...] | 2005-03-03 10:14:00 | Embassy Dhaka | SECRET | PTER KCRM PGOV BG |
05DHAKA917 | Opposition announces agitation plans [...] (U) On March 2, opposition Awami league (AL) and its leftist allies announced a month-long agitation aimed at ouster of the BNP government. The agitation plans announced by AL president Sheikh Hasina include 'no confidence human walls' at all 64 district headquarters on March 13 and at upazil [...] | 2005-03-03 10:33:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BG |
05DHAKA918 | Media Reaction: U.S. Human Rights Report on [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-03 10:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII |
05DHAKA937 | BANGLADESH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) This Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report will cover efforts by the Bangladesh Government (BDG) during the time period from March 2004-March 2005. Embassy point of contact is Political Officer Charlene Wang, telephone number 880-2-885-5500 extension 2148, IVG post-code Dhaka #583, fax [...] | 2005-03-03 12:08:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BG USAID |
05DHAKA95 | BANGLADESH: SEMI-ANNUAL REQUEST FOR NAMES, TITLES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-06 11:10:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BG |
05DHAKA954 | Media Reaction: U.S. Human Rights Report on [...] U.S. Human Rights Report on Bangladesh ----------------------------------------- "The Government Should Perform Its Duty" Independent Bangla language newspaper "Jugantor" editorially comments (3/4): The U.S. human rights report on Bangladesh has commented that the government's human right [...] | 2005-03-06 07:12:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII |
05DHAKA997 | Media Reaction: U.S. Human Rights Report on [...] U.S. Human Rights Report on Bangladesh ----------------------------------------- "Calling somebody a thief by his master for the crime he committed for him" An editorial page article in independent Bangla "Prothom Alo" by columnist Farhad Mazhar opines (3/7): The U.S. Human Rights Report ha [...] | 2005-03-07 09:05:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | KMDR OIIP OPRC KPAO PREL ETRD PTER ASEC BG OCII |
05DILI160 | LETTER ADDRESSED TO SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN FROM EAST [...] (U) Post received a letter from President Xanana Gusmao addressed to Secretary-General Kofi Annan on April 7, 2005, who has requested the Embassy's assistance in forwarding it to the Secretary-General through the US Mission to the UN in New York. 2. (U) Following is the text of the letter: [...] | 2005-04-08 01:42:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC AMGT |
05DJIBOUTI10 | NEW YEAR'S MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT BUSH [...] (U) The following message was faxed to U.S. Embassy on January 2 from President Ismail Omar Guelleh to President Bush. The original letter will be pouched to the Desk upon receipt. 2. Begin text: Excellency, as the year approaches, I extend on behalf of the Government and People of D [...] | 2005-01-03 08:25:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1000 | CLARIFICATION FROM FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER ON [...] (C) An apparent internal Djiboutian government turf battle over control of coordination of the USAID-sponsored Livestock Project in Djibouti prompted Ambassador's urgent request October 6 for a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. The Ambassador sought the Minister's [...] | 2005-10-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EAGR ECON EAID DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1005 | REQUEST FOR REINSTATEMENT OF RESIDENTIAL GUARDS [...] (U) THIS IS AN ACTION CABLE FOR THE DEPARTMENT. 2. (C) AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2005, POST HAS REMOVED RESIDENTIAL GUARDS UNDER MANDATE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE BASED ON BUDGETARY CONSTRAINTS. THE REMOVAL OF POST'S RESIDENTIAL GUARD PROTECTION, IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOCAL SECURITY REALITIES, WILL [...] | 2005-10-10 07:26:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC AFIN DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1006 | INAUGURATION OF HODANE CITY, AN 842 [...] (U) Summary: President Guelleh inaugurated October 11 Djibouti's first social housing complex designed to greatly improve the housing situation in Djibouti. The 842 residences, consisting of apartments and villas cost USD 24 million and was co- financed by the Arab Fund for Economic and Soci [...] | 2005-10-10 12:07:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID ETRD EFIN DJ PGOG |
05DJIBOUTI1007 | COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY AUDIT - Djibouti (A-116) [...] (U) This telegram contains the results of the COMSEC audit conducted by State Auditor William B. Mills with the COMSEC custodian Charles E. Fleenor in Djibouti on October 7, 2005. The auditor will forward the results of this audit to the COMSEC account manager Kelly Walters at the Central Offic [...] | 2005-10-10 13:00:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ACKM ACOA KRIM |
05DJIBOUTI1014 | CONSULAR MANAGEMENT CONTROLS [...] (U) Consular Management Controls were reviewed October 10, 2005. The certifying officer is David W. Ball, DCM. While DCM is satisfied that all controls are properly followed, he will consult with Regional CO during that individual's visits to assure understanding. 2 (U) The narrative of t [...] | 2005-10-11 07:29:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT CVIS DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1026 | DJIBOUTI AND DEMARCHE REQUEST ON IRAQI CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Ambassador conveyed reftel demarche October 13 to Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmoud Ali Yousuf. She noted terms of the compromise by political leaders, as announced October 12, their endorsement by key Sunni elements, and the U.S. desire to build on the momentum generated by the comprom [...] | 2005-10-13 12:31:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IZ DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1028 | DJIBOUTI WALK-IN 10/13/2005 [...] (S/NF) Summary - On 10/13/2005 RSO and ARSO interviewed a Walk-in claiming to have information relating to terrorism. The Walk-in provided RSO with information regarding a terrorist camp located in Somalia. Details of the interview were discussed with ORA and the Walk-in was turned over to OR [...] | 2005-10-13 13:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC PTER PINR DJ |
05DJIBOUTI103 | 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT - DJIBOUTI [...] Summary: Lacking natural resources, Djibouti's economy is service-based, with the country's seaport and a railroad linking it to Addis Ababa accounting for the bulk of economic activity. Almost all food and many other goods are imported from Ethiopia, the Gulf, or France. The services and co [...] | 2005-01-31 11:35:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN EAID PGOV DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1039 | DJIBOUTI PRESS RELEASE ON IRAQI CONSTITUTION [...] (U) As requested by U.S. and pledged by the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Reftel (A),Djibouti's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the following press release October 13 in support of the Iraqi Constitution Referendum: - Begin text: - Ministry of Foreign Affairs - The Government of the R [...] | 2005-10-17 13:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV IZ DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1046 | DJIBOUTI: EAC 10/18/2005 [...] (S) Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 18, 2005 to review recent threat reporting received by the COS. The EAC discussed the potential of attacks on U.S. government interests and the addition of needed security measures to mitigate the threat. Potential [...] | 2005-10-19 15:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC DJ PTER |
05DJIBOUTI1051 | URGENT DEMARCHE AND SECRETARY GUTIERREZ LETTER ON [...] (U) Embassy Djibouti delivered demarche and letter from Secretary Gutierrez to Mohamed Ali Hassan, Director of SIPDIS Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on October 19th. Djibouti has yet to give its stance regarding the UNESCO Cultural Diversity Convention, however in re [...] | 2005-10-20 13:23:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL SCUL DJ UNESCO |
05DJIBOUTI1056 | ISRAEL AT UNGA - I: HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE [...] (U) Embassy Djibouti delivered demarche per reftel to Mohamed Ali Hassan, Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 19th. Djibouti has not given its stance on the Holocaust Remembrance Resolution. RAGSDALE [...] | 2005-10-23 08:16:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL DJ UNGA |
05DJIBOUTI1057 | INTERIM MEETING WITH GENERALS FATHI AND ZAKARIA ON [...] (C) Ambassador, accompanied by USLO Chief, met October 17 at Djiboutian Military Headquarters with Chief of Djiboutian Military Forces, General Fathi Ahmed Houssein and his Deputy, General Zakaria Cheick Ibrahim. The meeting was requested by Ambassador to acknowledge receipt of General Zakaria [...] | 2005-10-23 11:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS MARR MOPS MCAP DJ |
05DJIBOUTI106 | FRANCE'S AMBASSADOR TO DJIBOUTI GRAPPLES WITH [...] (U) France's Ambassador to Djibouti, Philippe Selz, went on Djiboutian television (RTD) evening of January 30 to read in its entirety a January 29 declaration of the Spokesperson of France's Ministry of Foreign Affairs concerning the Borrel affair and France's relations with Djibouti. The stat [...] | 2005-01-31 14:31:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MARR SCUL FR DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1068 | THIRD DAY OF BUS STRIKE ENDS IN VIOLENCE [...] (C) Djibouti is experiencing its fourth day of its longest general strike in the public transportation sector. Bus, mini-bus, and taxi drivers' unions began striking on Saturday, October 22nd, protesting the higher cost of fuel and insurance. The strike has paralyzed the country, whose populat [...] | 2005-10-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ENRG ELTN PHUM PGOV ECON ETTC SOCI DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1069 | BORREL ANNIVERSARY: UNHEALED WOUNDS REOPENED [...] (C) Summary: The Borrel Affair has been a recurring drama between France and the Djiboutian Government for the past ten years since the discovery of French Judge Bernard Borrel's burned corpse just outside Djibouti City on October 19, 1995. Initial conclusions in the investigation into Borrel's [...] | 2005-10-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV DJ |
05DJIBOUTI107 | DJIBOUTI-DUBAI CUSTOMS AGREEMENT IS ECONOMIC [...] (U) Summary: On January 9, the Government of Djibouti and the Dubai Customs Authority signed a 21-year agreement giving control of administrative procedures, equipment, financial operations, customs inspections and training to the Dubai Customs Authority. While many are reporting the agreement [...] | 2005-02-01 13:25:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1071 | REQUEST FOR COMPENSATION FOR VACANT BUILDING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-26 11:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1077 | CRIME UP-TICK IN DJIBOUTI - RENEWED REQUEST FOR [...] This is an action message. See para 4. 2. Djibouti City has undergone a change for the worse over the past two weeks, in terms of the nature and intensity of serious and violent criminal acts. The sharp rise in violent crime in the city began with the murder of a Third Country National ( [...] | 2005-10-25 14:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PGOV PREF SOCI AMGT DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1094 | DRAFT LETTER FOR KAMAJ ON VACANT BUILDING ACROSS [...] (U) Using information provided Ref (B),Embassy requests Department's approval of Ambassador sending following letter in response to Ref (A) letter of request for compensation for vacant building across from Embassy compound: Begin text of draft letter: - Mr. M. Houssein Mahmoud Director [...] | 2005-11-02 10:22:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1096 | POST REACHES OUT WITH RAMADAN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Djibouti sponsored a football tournament for youth, a donation to needy families and four Iftaars (fast breakings) in honor of the Islamic Holy Month of Ramadan. PD also distributed President Bush's Ramadan messages to media outlets and various government officials who subs [...] | 2005-11-02 12:40:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OPRC SCUL KPAO DJ |
05DJIBOUTI111 | THREAT LETTER [...] (SBU) - BEGIN SUMMARY- On 02/01/2005 at 1100 hours, the Embassy's Human Resources assistant passed an envelope to the RSO indicating that enclosed in the envelope was a threat letter. After careful review of the letter, RSO immediately notified Post Management, Host Nation security services a [...] | 2005-02-02 10:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | PTER ASEC DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1111 | DISPOSITION OF EXISTING CMR AND [...] (U) Post appreciates OBO's advance planning for disposition of the existing CMR and mission compound in Djibouti in conjunction with construction of the New Embassy Compound. While the current location offers many benefits for maintaining the CMR where it is, the design and size of the residen [...] | 2005-11-09 03:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ABLD ASEC DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1116 | LETTER ON VACANT BUILDING ACROSS FROM COMPOUND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-09 11:20:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PREL ASEC DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1117 | CJTF-HOA AND MULTINATIONAL ENGAGEMENT IN THE [...] (C) Ambassador conveyed to Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmoud Ali Youssouf on November 6 reftel guidance on CJTF-HOA's interest in multi-nationalization of its operations. Youssouf did not comment on substance of the U.S. proposal, but said he believed this subject was also raised in the bas [...] | 2005-11-09 11:22:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | MARR PREL PTER DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1118 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UN THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 9 November to Americas Bureau Chief, Mohamed Omar Djama. Djama was not able to comment on Djibouti's position on the resolutions but said he would pass them immediately to the Minister of Foreign Affairs for consideration. RAGSDALE [...] | 2005-11-09 11:30:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1120 | EID PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 3rd, Djibouti celebrated the end of the holy month of Ramadan. After the EID prayer, President Ismail Omar Guelleh hosted a garden party in the Presidential Palace. In a long speech in Arabic, Guelleh talked about the cost of oil and its implications in the local mar [...] | 2005-11-10 05:35:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS KISL KPAL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1121 | DJIBOUTI OPPOSITION RENOUNCES 2001 PEACE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Peace Accord (PA),signed between the FRUD Armee and the government on March 12th, 2001, is a growing subject of animosity between the opposition and government. The FRUD Armee was the breakaway faction of the Front for Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD) that continued [...] | 2005-11-10 05:36:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SCUL PHUM PINS DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1123 | AMBASSADORS MEETING WITH HONORARY CONSUL FOR UK [...] (S) On 11/10/2005 at approximately 1000 Mr. Alain Martinet, Honorary Consul for the U.K., called the Ambassador because he wanted to come to the Embassy to discuss a security issue. At 1030 the Ambassador met with Mr. Martinet who passed to the Ambassador that he had been contacted by a man [...] | 2005-11-10 09:16:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | ASEC PTER |
05DJIBOUTI1132 | FY2005 ANNUAL SUMMARY REPORT DHRFII [...] Organe de Presse Diifu completed their project on Independent Journalism in June 2005. The two other grantees for the projects funded in FY04 are expecting to finish their activities by February 28, 2006. 2. In FY05, two projects were funded: A. Grantee: Center Aicha Bogoreh for the [...] | 2005-11-16 07:26:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1136 | GOVERNMENT OF DJIBOUTI PROGRESS ON DJIBOUTI [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-16 13:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1139 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED INTERNATIONAL MARITIME [...] Charge d'Affaires David W. Ball called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan to inform the Government of Djibouti of and seek support for the re-election of the United States to the International Maritime Organization Council (IMO) in Category "A." [...] | 2005-11-17 07:32:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA IMO |
05DJIBOUTI1145 | MDA DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON ADD'L GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] (C) Charge called on Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan to seek support to add the 'red crystal' emblem to the red cross and red crescent now used with the Geneva convention, and for Magen David Adom (MDA) membership to the IRC/RC Movement. Charge [...] | 2005-11-20 11:47:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ ICRC |
05DJIBOUTI1147 | DEMARCH DELIVERED: IRAN RESOLUTION THIRD CMTE VOTE [...] (C) Charge called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan on November 15 to seek support on the subject resolution. Charge urged the Government of Djibouti to vote with the United States on this issue. Mr. Hassan said he would convey the request [...] | 2005-11-20 12:36:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM UNHRC |
05DJIBOUTI1153 | OPERATION OF INCINERATOR NEAR CAMP LEMONIER [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-21 07:31:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AMGT DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1156 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION: DJIBOUTI'S [...] (U) Summary: Djibouti has very little capacity to handle avian and pandemic influenza. Responses below are keyed to questions in reftel. End Summary. 2. (U) Preparedness/Communication: -- Djibouti does not have a plan/strategy for preventing avian flu from becoming a pandemic and contai [...] | 2005-11-22 11:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1158 | REGIONAL ELECTIONS ANNOUNCED [...] (U) SUMMARY: On December 30th, 2005, elections will be held in Djibouti for the first time to choose regional governing councils for the five districts of Arta, Ali Sabieh, Dikhil, Obock, Tadjourah and the three community councils of Djibouti City. The election date was postponed for more th [...] | 2005-11-22 11:34:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS KDEM DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1159 | DJIBOUTI - NATIONAL TRADE ESTIMATE [...] Summary: Djibouti offers a stable political environment in a historically unsettled region. Djibouti has maintained close commercial links with France, which was formerly the colonial power, which maintains a large military presence in the country. However, Djibouti is now seeking to expand [...] | 2005-11-22 16:09:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1182 | POLICE FIRE ON PROTESTERS DURING DESTRUCTION OF [...] (C) Summary: An operation to remove illegal squatter houses began on November 22, 2005 in the area known as Arhiba II in the capital city Djibouti. On November 30, the last scheduled day of operations, police fired on angry inhabitants who were throwing stones at authorities. Four persons are [...] | 2005-12-01 13:03:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV PINS DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1202 | BUS UNIONS AND GOVERNMENT REACH [...] Summary: On October 22, 2005, bus and taxi unions called for a general strike following a rise in fuel costs. The strike paralyzed the country and greatly affected public transportation users during the Ramadan. The government initially responded with tough measures, which caused students [...] | 2005-12-06 12:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ENRG ELTN PHUM PGOV ECON ETTC SOCI DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1203 | DJIBOUTIAN PARLIAMENT REQUESTS [...] (U) The Djiboutian Information Agency (ADI) published a press release 30 November reporting the passing of a resolution by the Djiboutian National Assembly to postpone upcoming regional elections, scheduled for 30 December. The proposed resolution stated first that the resolution provided pr [...] | 2005-12-06 12:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1208 | ETHIOPIAN PASSPORTS REPORTED LOST [...] (U) Embassy Djibouti has been informed by the Ethiopian Embassy in the following Ethiopian diplomatic passport has been lost and should invalid: Name: Biruk Ketema Yadeta Passport No: DOO2812 RAGSDALE [...] | 2005-12-08 07:15:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD ER DJ |
05DJIBOUTI121 | CLOSER TIES BETWEEN DJIBOUTI AND SOMALILAND? [...] (SBU) Summary: The self-proclaimed independent state of Somaliland enjoys a close relationship with the Republic of Djibouti due to strong familial ties of their populations and frequent business traffic between the two capitals. While there have been ups and downs, including Djibouti's adheren [...] | 2005-02-07 11:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV DJ SO |
05DJIBOUTI1212 | DJIBOUTI RESPONSE TO CWC DEMARCHE [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche 7 December per reftel to Mohamed Omar Djama, Chief of Americas/Europe Office of Bilateral Relations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djama responded that Djibouti has shown its willingness to work against the proliferation of weapons of mass dest [...] | 2005-12-11 13:38:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CN DJ CWC |
05DJIBOUTI1217 | PRESIDENT'S CABINET DIRECTOR ON LIVESTOCK EXPORT [...] (C) LIVESTOCK EXPORT PROJECT: In her meeting December 7 with Ismail Tani, Director of President Guelleh's Cabinet, Ambassador talked about the commercial possibilities inherent in the U.S.- sponsored livestock holding and Gulf export project now underway in Djibouti. She told Tani that she u [...] | 2005-12-12 14:34:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON ETRD SCUL ENRG DJ |
05DJIBOUTI122 | DJIBOUTI'S HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT--TOOL FOR [...] (C) Pol/Econ met February 5 with the Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan, and the Americas Desk Officer, Mohamed Omar Djama, at their request to discuss the 2004 Annual Country Report for Djibouti on Human Rights. Hassan stated that Djibouti wa [...] | 2005-02-07 11:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1230 | DJIBOUTI: 2005 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] Post submits the following language for use in the 2005 Country Report on Terrorism. Embassy POC's for this report is RSO Gary Stoner (stonergm@state.gov). Overview 2. Djibouti continues to be a critical front-line state in the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT),and has been one of the [...] | 2005-12-15 13:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1237 | EMBASSY HOSTS DJIBOUTIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS EXHIBITION [...] (U) Ambassador launched December 4 at Djibouti's Palais du Peuple the Embassy's second Arts and Crafts Exhibition and Sale in two years for Djiboutian handicrafts and art works. The five-day exhibition featured works and wares of 22 artisan associations in Djibouti, attracted a host of viewers [...] | 2005-12-18 13:24:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SCUL EAID ETRD DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1238 | DJIBOUTI - 2005-2006 [...] Much of the information included in Post's 2004-2005 report remains the same with the exception that Djibouti intends to have an operational Financial Intelligence Unit by February 2006. Djibouti is still the most stable country in the Horn of Africa. It is a financial hub in the sub-regi [...] | 2005-12-18 13:54:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KCRM KSEP PTER SNAR KTFN DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1245 | DJIBOUTI JOINS THE CHEMICAL WEAPONS [...] Ambassador Ragsdale and DCM Ball left as non- papers, the French language versions of the reftel talking points with, respectively, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the MFA Director of Bilateral Relations. 2. The Ambassador was informed that Djibouti signed the Convention the week of De [...] | 2005-12-21 04:54:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1251 | AMBASSADOR PARTICIPATES IN USLO LAUNCH OF HIV/AIDS [...] (U) In a ceremony at the garrison of the Djiboutian Armed Forces on December 22, Ambassador formally handed over to Commanding General of the Djibouti Armed Forces, Fathi Ahmed Hussein, HIV/AIDS laboratory equipment and furnishings necessary to conduct sero-prevalence surveys in Djibouti. Also [...] | 2005-12-22 14:27:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV MARR MASS EAID KHIV DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1252 | STATUS OF DJIBOUTI FMS CONVEYED TO DJIBOUTI'S [...] (U) Ambassador conveyed to General Fathi Ahmed Hussein on December 18 an oral brief of current status of the Djibouti FMS program and the specific projects outlined in the letter of October 10, 2005 from the Djiboutian Army's Chef d'Etat, General Zakariya Cheik Ibrahim. She promised a subseque [...] | 2005-12-23 07:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MARR PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1253 | DJIBOUTI EXTENDS CONGRATULATIONS TO IRAQ ON [...] (SBU) In a December 18 meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmoud Ali Youssuf, Ambassador encouraged an expression of support on the part of the Government of the Republic of Djibouti for the process of legislative elections that had just taken place with success in Iraq. The Minister r [...] | 2005-12-23 08:41:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KPAO PREL PGOV DJ IZ |
05DJIBOUTI1257 | INAUGURATION OF FIVE USG-FUNDED PEDAGOGIC RESOURCE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-26 08:14:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID SCUL PREL PGOV DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1260 | DJIBOUTI SUPPORT FOR IRAQI DECEMBER ELECTIONS [...] The Government of Djibouti issued on 18 December 2005 the following statement of support regarding the recent Iraqi elections: Quote: In a statement this morning addressed to the Djibouti Information Agency, the Djibouti Government is very pleased about the Iraqi legislative elections that [...] | 2005-12-27 16:35:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1261 | PUBLIC DIPLOMACY CULTURAL AND [...] Response to Questions per referenced reftel. A. The population of Djibouti is passionate about sports and cultural programs, and Embassy-organized programs grant the Mission access to otherwise inaccessible audiences, and offer a unique opportunity for mutual understanding. The Publi [...] | 2005-12-27 16:35:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL |
05DJIBOUTI1265 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF CJCS GENERAL PETER PACE [...] (C) Embassy Djibouti heartily welcomes your January 2-3, 2006 visit. A meeting with President Ismail Omar Guelleh is anticipated. 2. (C) Summary: Combating poverty, improving the nation's health and education infrastructure and promoting economic development remain top priorities for Pres [...] | 2005-12-28 09:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR OVIP ECON EAID DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1266 | DJIBOUTI ENGAGES SAUDI INVESTOR FOR USAID [...] (C) Summary: With a claim of dissatisfaction with technical aspects of construction and progress of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Livestock Export Facility in Djibouti, the Government of Djibouti has advised Embassy and Regional Economic Development Services Offi [...] | 2005-12-28 09:41:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID EAGR PREL PGOV ECON ETRD DJ SA |
05DJIBOUTI133 | DJIBOUTI: RESPONSE TO 2005 SEPQ [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL (a) paragraph 3, there are no identifiable changes in the security environment since Post's last report. The operational and threat condition remain the same for all three environments and Post continues to work with Host nation and U.S. Military counterparts to closely monit [...] | 2005-02-13 08:05:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
05DJIBOUTI135 | ILLNESS AND EVACUATION OF DJIBOUTI'S MINISTER OF [...] (C) Djibouti's Foreign Minister Ali Abdi Farah suffered a stroke early morning of February 9. He was rushed to France's military hospital in Djibouti, Bouffard, where he was treated until his evacuation the evening of February 11 to Paris. According to French Ambassador Philippe Selz, Farah [...] | 2005-02-13 14:09:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR DJ |
05DJIBOUTI136 | SOMALILAND FM ON MARGINS OF KAHIN'S DJIBOUTI STOP: [...] (C) Somaliland President Daher Rayaleh Kahin, accompanied by his Foreign Minister Edna Adan Ismail, and other ministers, were in Djibouti February 12 and morning of February 13 for talks with Djiboutian officials, including President Ismail Omar Guelleh and Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dilei [...] | 2005-02-14 03:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM DJ SO |
05DJIBOUTI147 | SPECIAL SELF-HELP ANNUAL YEAR-END REPORT [...] In FY 2004, Post funded eight Self-Help projects in Djibouti totaling USD 55,700. Post selected these projects in accordance with its Mission Program Plan (MPP) objectives in civil society development, economic development, public diplomacy and counter-terrorism. Projects were located in all [...] | 2005-02-15 03:18:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON DJ |
05DJIBOUTI148 | DJIBOUTI HOSTS SUB-REGIONAL FGM CONFERENCE, [...] (U) Summary: Djibouti hosted a sub-regional conference on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) February 2-3 with aims of raising awareness, discussing Islam's view on FGM, and the legal and political implications of the Maputo Protocol. The event was organized as a cooperation between the Government [...] | 2005-02-15 04:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KISL KWMN SCUL SOCI PGOV DJ SO |
05DJIBOUTI149 | ISLAM IN DJIBOUTI [...] (SBU) Summary: During recent years, the Islamic world has witnessed changes in religious attitudes and verbal outlook. Fundamental views that oppose all things external to Islamic culture expressed by scholars and preachers have taken hold in some Muslim societies. This fervent opposition of an [...] | 2005-02-15 07:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | SOCI SCUL PREL PGOV ASEC PINR KISL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI15 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ARAB LEAGUE EXTRAORDINARY [...] (C) Acting Pol/Econ officer delivered the reftel demarche to the Director of the Arab Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fairouz Ahmed Houssein. Houssein said that the Minister of Cooperation in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, will attend the January 9 Arab [...] | 2005-01-04 12:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL IZ DJ |
05DJIBOUTI157 | UNION FOR PRESIDENTIAL MAJORITY (UMP) CONVENTION IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Union for Presidential Majority (UMP),the majority coalition, held its Convention February 6 at the Equestrian Club in Djibouti City. The UMP is composed of four political parties: People's Rally for Progress (RPP, ruling party),Front for Unity and Democracy Restoration (FRUD [...] | 2005-02-16 10:20:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR FR DJ |
05DJIBOUTI1632 | PD FACILITATES LIBRARY OPENING, ENGLISH TEACHING [...] (U) SUMMARY: To cap off its December events, Post recently facilitated a book donation to an elementary school in one of Djibouti City's poorest areas. In addition, Post arranged for two speakers to participate in a week-long methods and best practices workshop for night school English teachers [...] | 2005-01-02 04:38:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI175 | FORWARDING THE MPP THROUGH BLACK HISTORY MONTH [...] (U) The Public Diplomacy section's Black History Month programming continues to engage Djiboutian citizens with such events as a gospel concert, a traveling poster show, conversation groups, an essay contest and receptions. These events have been successful with youth and have promoted mutua [...] | 2005-02-17 14:00:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO PGOV SCUL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI180 | FORWARDING THE MPP THROUGH BLACK HISTORY MONTH [...] (U) The Public Diplomacy section's Black History Month programming continues to engage Djiboutian citizens with such events as a gospel concert, a traveling poster show, conversation groups, an essay contest and receptions. These events have been successful with youth and have promoted mutua [...] | 2005-02-21 08:56:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO PGOV SCUL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI182 | TACTICAL MANEUVERS FOR UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) In less than sixty days, April 8, Djibouti will hold its third multi-party election since its independence in 1977. As presidential elections approach, a frenzy within the ruling party is increasingly visible in its efforts to seize every chance to win. Two months before election day, the [...] | 2005-02-22 08:50:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SCUL SOCI PHUM PINR DJ |
05DJIBOUTI189 | PD PROGRAMMING DRAWS ON PARTNERS, POSTERS [...] (U) SUMMARY: This week, the Public Diplomacy section co- sponsored a successful three-day-long craft fair featuring local artisans and recipients of grants from the Ambassador's Self-Help Fund. In addition, Black History Month programming continued with a movie night and discussion panel for [...] | 2005-02-25 05:15:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO PGOV SCUL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI191 | USITC 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 07:45:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON EAID ETRD PGOV PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI193 | COMMENTS ON ETHIOPIA, ERITREA SITUATION FROM [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met 23 February with Acting Foreign Minister, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, at her request, to discuss several issues, including the Ethiopia/Eritrea border issue, Djibouti's relationship with France, the recent visit of President Guelleh to Qatar, and Millennium Challenge Acc [...] | 2005-02-27 12:03:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS PGOV DJ ET ER |
05DJIBOUTI194 | DJIBOUTI'S INPUT FOR 2005 PRESIDENT'S REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-27 13:09:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL DJ AGOA USTR |
05DJIBOUTI196 | GUELLEH REQUESTS QATARI INVESTMENT OF NATURAL GAS [...] (C) Summary: Acting Foreign Minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf briefed Ambassador on the highlights of President Ismail Omar Guelleh's Qatar trip in a February 23 meeting she requested to discuss several issues (see septels). Youssouf said Guelleh's visit was in response to an invitation extended b [...] | 2005-02-28 09:54:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EPET ENRG DJ QA |
05DJIBOUTI20 | DJIBOUTI FRANC EXCHANGE RATE [...] FOR MANY YEARS, THE OFFICIAL EXCHANGE RATE USED BY THE EMBASSY HAS BEEN USD 1.00 = DF 176.95. EXCHANGE RATE REFLECTED IN EXCHANGE RATE REPORT CABLES FOR DECEMBER 2004 AND JANUARY 2-4, 2005, ARE NOT/NOT ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF LOCAL MARKET RATE FOR DJIBOUTI FRANCS. POST ENQUIRED AT THE BANQ [...] | 2005-01-05 11:26:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN |
05DJIBOUTI200 | ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER ON FRANCO-DJIBOUTIAN [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Acting Foreign Minister, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, at her request February 23 to discuss several issues, among them the effect of the Borrel Affair on France-Djibouti relations. Youssouf called the affair embarrassing for both sides. He said it is not Djibouti's d [...] | 2005-02-28 12:49:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PBTS DJ FR |
05DJIBOUTI205 | SUDANESE PASSPORTS REPORTED LOST [...] (U) Embassy Djibouti has been informed by the Sudanese Embassy in Djibouti that the following Sudanese Diplomatic passport has been lost and should be considered invalid: Name: Al-Hassan Ahmed Passport No: 646 Issued: 11 Feb 1992. Ragsdale [...] | 2005-03-01 03:19:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD ER DJ |
05DJIBOUTI208 | DJIBOUTI: POSSIBLE CI INCIDENT [...] (S/NF) On Thursday February 24, 2005, Embassy Djibouti received an envelope from the Chinese Embassy in Djibouti containing a business proposition on behalf of the Chinese construction company "Chine Dji-Fu Sarl (formerly CSCEC)". In the proposition, the Chinese construction company briefly ou [...] | 2005-03-01 10:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | ASEC |
05DJIBOUTI212 | ACTING FOREIGN MINISTER ON ELECTIONS, MCA, GOOD [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met with Acting Foreign Minister, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, at her request February 23 to discuss several issues, among them good governance, elections, and Djibouti's quest to become eligible for the Millennium Challenge Account. Youssouf said regarding good governance, D [...] | 2005-03-02 04:31:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI KDEM PINR DJ |
05DJIBOUTI213 | DJIBOUTI SEEKING WILLING CANDIDATES TO RUN FOR [...] (U) The February 27th evening news in Djibouti launched an open appeal to Djiboutians to be candidates in the upcoming Presidential elections, currently scheduled for April 8th. The news announced, "It is now official, if there are male or female Djiboutian candidates who would like to partake [...] | 2005-03-02 04:34:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI DJ |
05DJIBOUTI215 | SUDANESE PASSPORTS REPORTED LOST [...] (U) Embassy Djibouti has been informed by the Sudanese Embassy in Djibouti that the following Sudanese Diplomatic passport has been lost and should be considered invalid: Name: Mohamed Al-Amin Osman Mohamed Passport No: 7620 Issued: Dec. 12, 2003 RAGSDALE [...] | 2005-03-02 12:16:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD ER DJ |
05DJIBOUTI217 | REQUEST FOR DEMARCHE: UNITED NATIONS GENERAL [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered reftel demarche 2 March to Director of Bilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan said he thought the new vote was related to concerns regarding certain arguments within the Declaration, not the principle itself. He said he would like [...] | 2005-03-02 12:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TBIO DJ UNGA |
05DJIBOUTI218 | HCOC - ENCOURAGING ADDITIONAL COUNTRIES TO [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered reftel demarche 2 March to Director of Bilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan stated issues such as ballistic missiles were more of a concern for certain countries. He continued that Djibouti normally waits until a general consen [...] | 2005-03-02 12:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA DJ |
05DJIBOUTI219 | U.S. VIEWS ON DEBT RELIEF FOR POOR COUNTRIES [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered reftel demarche 2 March to Director of Bilateral Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan stated Djibouti would be very interested to examine the U.S. position on debt relief. He told Pol/Econ it would also be good to pass the demarche to th [...] | 2005-03-02 12:57:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID DJ |
05DJIBOUTI220 | TERRORIST FINANCE: FADHLI DESIGNATION UNDER E.O. [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered reftel demarche 2 March to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan said he would pass it on to the National Terrorism Finance Committee. RAGSDALE [...] | 2005-03-02 12:58:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS DJ |
05DJIBOUTI221 | SOMALIA: PUBLIC STATEMENT - DJIBOUTIAN REACTION [...] (C) Pol/Econ delivered reftel demarche 2 March to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan stated there would be a Ministerial level meeting of Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member states in Nairobi during March to revie [...] | 2005-03-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO DJ |
05DJIBOUTI23 | FRANCE'S ASIA RELIEF EFFORTS VIA DJIBOUTI [...] (U) France's Ambassador to Djibouti, Philippe Selz, told Ambassador January 6 that because of Djibouti's location, France would be using resources of its forces based here to assist with France's overall effort to assist tsunami disaster victims in Asia. 2. (U) Selz told Ambassador that the [...] | 2005-01-06 13:10:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MOPS XO DJ FR |
05DJIBOUTI232 | U.S. NGO DONATES CARDIAC MONITORING SYSTEM TO [...] (U) Assist International, a United States non-governmental organization (NGO),has partnered with a local NGO, International Aid Services, to provide a USD 250,000 reconditioned, full perimeter cardiac monitoring system with central station to Peltier Hospital in Djibouti. Peltier, a 450-bed h [...] | 2005-03-04 08:15:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID SOCI DJ |
05DJIBOUTI233 | 2004 ANNUAL ETHICS TRAINING VIDEO [...] THE FOLLOWING FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FILER HAS VIEWED THE 2004 ETHICS TRAINING VIDEO: NAME: MARGUERITA D. RAGSDALE GRADE: FE/OC POSITION TITLE: AMBASSADOR DATE OF COMPLIANCE: 3/2/05 RAGSDALE [...] | 2005-03-06 03:30:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | APER |
05DJIBOUTI235 | PD LAUNCHES ENGLISH CONVERSATION GROUPS [...] (U) SUMMARY: This week, the Public Diplomacy section began implementing its plan to establish English conversation groups throughout the city. In addition, the section's poster show moved to a busy commercial venue, and the Embassy continued to receive excellent media coverage on i [...] | 2005-03-06 10:16:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO PGOV SCUL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI237 | PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND SELF-HELP HOST ARTS AND CRAFTS [...] (U) Summary: Public Diplomacy funded the Self-Help Program with end of year grant money to host an exposition and sale of locally made arts and crafts. The Self-Help Program has funded many Associations that teach women and girls the skills of sewing, as well as their traditional crafts. Thi [...] | 2005-03-06 11:59:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO EAID ECON EFIN DJ |
05DJIBOUTI240 | DJIBOUTI - 2005 ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Djibouti is reportedly a country of transit and a country of destination for internationally trafficked persons. There is no evidence to suggest that Djibouti is a country of origin. The trafficking problem in Djibouti is vague and undocumented. Post would like to emphasize that [...] | 2005-03-07 03:08:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB DJ SO ET |
05DJIBOUTI244 | NATIONAL EDUCATION FORUM IN DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Djibouti's Ministry of Education hosted February 5-6 at the People's Palace a formal review of its education reform program, which began in 1999. Funded in part by USAID, under the Economic Support Funds (ESF) program, the formal review was an outgrowth of district stakeholders meetings by [...] | 2005-03-07 13:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID SOCI SCUL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI245 | READ-OUT FROM MINISTER OF EDUCATION ON VISIT TO [...] (U) Ambassador and USAID directly called February 23 on Minister of Education Abdi Ibrahim Absieh to obtain a read-out of his February 8-13 visit to the United States. Senior Advisor and Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Education, Aideed Aden Guedi, who traveled with Absieh, and Secretar [...] | 2005-03-07 13:11:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID SCUL SOCI DJ |
05DJIBOUTI246 | DJIBOUTI SEEKS ASSISTANCE IN MONITORING ISLAMIC [...] (C) During Ambassador and USAID Director's February 23 call on Minister of Education Abdi Ibrahim Absieh (see septel),the Minister informed us of his concern that his Ministry lacked knowledge of and control over the country's growing network of Islamic schools. These schools, he said, which [...] | 2005-03-07 13:11:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SCUL SOCI DJ SA |
05DJIBOUTI259 | REPORT OF ATTACK ON U.S. SAILBOATS NEAR YEMEN [...] (U) ConOff was approached March 10 by an officer from CJTF-HOA, informing her that CJTF-HOA had received a report that two private American sailboats had come under fire while sailing the Gulf of Aden on March 8. The source of the report, a third American sailboat, had contacted the military [...] | 2005-03-10 12:12:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT PHSA KCRM PBTS YM DJ |
05DJIBOUTI265 | DJIBOUTI PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS - A ONE HORSE RACE [...] (C) Summary: Mohamed Daoud Chehem, President of the opposition party, Djiboutian Party for Development (PDD),and his Secretary General Bouha Daoud, confirmed to Embassy that PDD has every intention of participating in the upcoming presidential elections. However, the Party lacks the funds and [...] | 2005-03-13 05:50:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI DJ |
05DJIBOUTI269 | DJIBOUTI INTERNATIONAL VISITOR NOMINATION -- ADDENDUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Djibouti proposes Hasna Barkat Daoud for the September MRP U.S. Judicial System II. This is an addendum to Djibouti's original slate of 2004 candidates. END SUMMARY. NOMINEE 2. (U) Program: U.S. Judicial System II, September 22, 2005 - October 13, 2005 A. Nominee's Full Nam [...] | 2005-03-13 11:42:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI271 | DJIBOUTI INTERNATIONAL VISITOR NOMINATION -- ADDENDUM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Djibouti proposes Hasna Barkat Daoud for the September Judicial System II. This is an addendum to Djibouti's original slate of SUMMARY. NOMINEE 2. (U) Program: U.S. Judicial System II, September 22, 2005 - October 1 A. Nominee's Full Name Hasna Barkat Daoud B: Home Address: P [...] | 2005-03-13 11:42:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI274 | 9TH POLITICAL PARTY CREATED IN DJIBOUTI [...] (U) On March 3rd, the Ministry of Interior gave official legal recognition to the ninth political party created in Djibouti. The Union for Supporters of Reform (UPR) is led by Ibrahim Chehem Daoud as President, Mohamed Abdillahi Aourah and Ali Houssein Ahmed as dual vice-presidents, and Adou Al [...] | 2005-03-15 12:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI DJ |
05DJIBOUTI278 | CHILD MARRIAGE_JIBOUTI [...] (U) Summary: Underage marriage exists in Djibouti on a small scale. Child marriage is more prevalent among Arabs, Afars and people living in rural areas. However, underage marriage is decreasing as a result of government policies and assistance from the international community. End of summary. [...] | 2005-03-17 13:35:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN DJ |
05DJIBOUTI282 | FOREIGN MINISTER REAFFIRMS DESIRE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Summary: Djibouti's Acting Foreign Minister expressed concern to Ambassador March 16 about the content of the current Human Rights Report for Djibouti, his fear the report might put Djibouti in a negative light and his belief it failed to mention the country's accomplishments in this realm [...] | 2005-03-18 09:31:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID SCUL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI283 | LAUNCH OF HEALTH DONOR-COORDINATING GROUP IN [...] U) A launching ceremony took place March 14 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to inaugurate a new donor-coordinating group in health in Djibouti and to formally announce to the public that both donors and the Ministry of Health are ready to work together to help the people of Djibouti. Focus [...] | 2005-03-18 12:11:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID SOCI DJ |
05DJIBOUTI286 | DJIBOUTI: NOMINATION FOR MULTI REGIONALS PROJECTS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-22 08:47:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO OEXC SCUL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI288 | DORALE RADIO PROJECT NEARS COMPLETION, CREATES [...] (U) SUMMARY: This is an action request, see paragraph 8. The International Board of Broadcasting's three year, $1.2 million renovation of Radio Television Djibouti's Dorale transmitting station is nearing completion. The renovations give RTD expanded broadcasting capability, allowing its sign [...] | 2005-03-22 08:50:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS ASEC KPAO DJ BBG |
05DJIBOUTI289 | SOMALIA - IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN AND DJIBOUTI [...] (C) Ref Message reached post after the departure of the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Arab League Summit in Algiers. In his absence, Ambassador presented the demarche March 20 to Ahmed Ali Bogoreh, Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and highest ranking official [...] | 2005-03-22 09:44:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SO DJ |
05DJIBOUTI290 | CLARIFICATION ON ATTACK ON U.S. SAILBOATS NEAR YEMEN [...] (U) Action requested paragraph 7. 2. (U) ConOff followed up on the report of an attack on two American sailboats in the Gulf of Aden on March 8 (see ref) offering victims' assistance. Between 15 March and 21 March, she received multiple emails from each of the sailboats involved. They indi [...] | 2005-03-22 12:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER EWWT PHSA KCRM PBTS YM CASC CMGT DJ |
05DJIBOUTI291 | ENGLISH CONVERSATION GROUPS: WHY WE CARE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Public Diplomacy's effort to implement weekly conversation groups in each of the city's 12 private night schools, has revealed not only the strong desire of Djibouti's youth to learn English, but also the importance of engaging these students who span ethnic, religious, economic [...] | 2005-03-30 05:07:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DJ ET KPAO KQ PREL PTER YM |
05DJIBOUTI292 | A2D2/GITM STATUS AT DJIBOUTI [...] This is an action cable: see paragraph 5 2. The A2D2 installation at post has reached a stand still. GITM, A2D2 and RIMC personnel have all departed post. The A2D2-U migration was completed on 15 March. GITM Team member Ramon Quash returned to the States the same day, as his expertise was [...] | 2005-03-22 13:40:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ACOA AMGT ANET KRIM DJ |
05DJIBOUTI298 | ELECTION APPROACHES; INTERIOR MINISTER DISCOURAGES [...] (C) Ambassador met March 27 with Minister of Interior, Abdoulkader Doualeh Wais, at the Minister's request to discuss election activities. Wais updated the Ambassador on preparations for election day, stating all materials and judicial texts were complete. Training for voting office officials [...] | 2005-03-30 10:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI299 | OFFICIAL OPENING CEREMONY OF GOUBETTO HEALTH CLINIC [...] (U) An official ceremony was held March 16 in the rural community of Goubetto, located 25 miles south of the capital, to open a newly rehabilitated health facility. The Goubetto Clinic previously was defunct until the USAID program for health sector reform began rehabilitation of it in Decembe [...] | 2005-03-24 12:49:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID SOCI DJ |
05DJIBOUTI300 | TRAINING TRAINERS IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE IN DJIBOUTI [...] (U) A USAID-funded week-long training session for health practitioners in Djibouti began March 19, 2005 with an official event a the National Health Training Center in the capital. Focus of the training was to impart primary health care teaching skills to selected candidates who would return [...] | 2005-03-24 13:56:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SOCI EAID DJ |
05DJIBOUTI303 | DJIBOUTI: REQUEST FOR CI ANALYSIS [...] (S/NF) On Sunday, March 6, 2005, Ambassador to US Embassy Djibouti received a military delegation of French officials at her office. Prior to commencement of this meeting, one of the French military members produced a camera and began taking photos of the Ambassador and French General. These [...] | 2005-03-31 07:11:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | ASEC |
05DJIBOUTI304 | STAFFDEL CHAKA MEETING WITH MFA DIRECTOR OF [...] (U) Summary: Staff Members of the House International Relations Committee Malik Chaka and Pearl Alice Marsh met 31 March with Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan, to discuss Djibouti's relations with the United States, the counter-terrorism ef [...] | 2005-03-31 14:12:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV DJ |
05DJIBOUTI305 | DJIBOUTI: REDUCTION OF RESIDENTIAL SECURITY GUARD [...] (SBU) Upon receipt of REFTEL (A),RSO discussed, with the EAC, potential ramifications of a further reduction of residential guard services. During a heightened time of threat, the reduction envisioned will present a negative message to many of Embassy Djibouti's American and LES employees. [...] | 2005-04-01 08:29:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC DJ |
05DJIBOUTI308 | DJIBOUTI: COUNTERFEIT NOTE FORWARDED TO U.S. [...] (SBU) On 03/31/2005, RSO Djibouti was notified by U.S. Military personnel at Camp Lemonier that a counterfeit one hundred dollar bill ($100.00 - S/N: AB46040801W) was discovered while conducting routine financial transactions. 2. (SBU) RSO Djibouti retrieved the counterfeit note, per USSS M [...] | 2005-04-03 11:25:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
05DJIBOUTI309 | FOCUS GROUP TO STAFFDEL CHAKA: "LEARNING ENGLISH [...] (U) SUMMARY: About 40 English students and teachers attended a focus group with Staffdel Chaka on April 1. The Djiboutians said that learning English is now an economic necessity in Djibouti, and requested U.S. help in the form of a library, teaching materials, training workshops and an Americ [...] | 2005-04-03 12:56:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | DJ KPAO OREP OTRA PREL PGOV PPD |
05DJIBOUTI31 | DJIBOUTI REGIONS PROFILE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The great economic disparity between the capital, Djibouti city, and the regions outside Djibouti's capital is a major concern to the regions' inhabitants. This disparity led to a civil war in the early 1990's and continues to greatly affect the country's politics. Post constructed [...] | 2005-01-09 11:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD EAID PHUM SCUL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI317 | ELECTION UPDATE: HIGH-RANKED OPPOSITION MEMBER [...] (C) Summary: With four days until polls open for the 2005 presidential election, the election climate is beginning to get interesting. Guelleh's campaign, as single candidate, proceeds with few disturbances or protests from the opposition or the population. The atmosphere in Djibouti is still [...] | 2005-04-05 05:36:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SCUL SOCI DJ |
05DJIBOUTI32 | Outreach in Djibouti -- Out of Step with Needs? [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-09 11:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KPAO SCUL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI324 | OPENING OF MEDEHO AND ALAILI DADDA HEALTH FACILITIES [...] (U) Official ceremonies were held March 29 and 30 in the rural communities of Alaili Dadda and Medeho, located in the northern distric of Obock, to open two health facilities newly renovated under USAID auspices. Both facilities had been completely neglected since originally constructed, and [...] | 2005-04-05 14:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID SOCI DJ |
05DJIBOUTI325 | DJIBOUTI: SURVEILLANCE DETECTION GUIDELINES [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL (A),Post submits the following responses: - Interdiction: 2. Somewhat satisfied. - Follow up with bio data/records checks: 2. Somewhat satisfied RSO Comment: Although Host Nation security services respond quickly to incidents that may occur in the proximity of the Embas [...] | 2005-04-06 07:42:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
05DJIBOUTI326 | STAFFDEL CHAKA GETS STATISTICS ON DJIBOUTI'S [...] (U) SUMMARY: On March 31, HIRC Staff members Malik Chaka and Dr. Pearl Alice Marsh met with Commandant Mohamed Moussa Abar, the Harbor Master and Director of Maritime Security at the Port of Djibouti (see para 9 for bio). Abar explained to the Staffdel how the current port operates, the problem [...] | 2005-04-06 14:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SCUL OREP PINR ECON DJ |
05DJIBOUTI337 | GWOT ASSESSMENT: POLITICAL CLARITY, EDUCATION AND PERSONAL [...] (S) A successful effort to prosecute the global anti-terrorism war, especially in countries that already harbor extremists, must proceed on two levels. On one level, the U.S. must create a strategy for framing, implementing, marketing and obtaining support for national political preferences. On [...] | 2005-04-07 13:35:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV DJ |
05DJIBOUTI338 | CORNERSTONE LAID FOR SAUDI-FUNDED DIALYSIS CENTER [...] (U) Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita, Saudi Ambassador to Djibouti Abdulaziz bin Mohamed Al-Eifan, and Army Major Khatab Bin Eid Al-Otaibi of the Saudi Army's Medical Corps, led ceremonies April 6 in Djibouti laying the cornerstone for a future dialysis center donated by Prince Sultan Bi [...] | 2005-04-07 14:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SOCI SA DJ |
05DJIBOUTI34 | DECENTRALIZATION [...] (U) Summary: Decentralization has been a topic of debate in Djibouti since the country's civil war in the early 1990's. At that time, the disparity between regions and the capital led the opposition Front for Restoration of Unity and Democracy (FRUD) to take up arms against the governme [...] | 2005-01-09 12:00:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON EAID PHUM SCUL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI342 | PD HOLDS FOCUS GROUP, TOEFL INFORMATION SESSION [...] (U) PD took advantage of the presence of Staffdel Chaka the week of March 27 to hold a focus group with about 50 local English students and teachers. Members of the Staffdel listened to the concerns and needs of the group, while sharing ideas and information about the U.S. The program was well- [...] | 2005-04-10 13:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO PGOV SCUL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI343 | DJIBOUTI FREE ZONE [...] (U) Summary: Djibouti Free Zone (DFZ),inaugurated in June 2004, is a pilot project for the larger free zone planned for Doraleh Port. Djibouti Port and Free Zone Authority (DPFZA) controls the DFZ and delivers licenses to eligible firms. DPFZA gave the management of the free zone to Jebel [...] | 2005-04-10 13:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON EFIN EAID PGOV DJ TC |
05DJIBOUTI360 | ELECTION DAY IN DJIBOUTI: CALM, WITH SOME PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary: With the help of PD, Consular and GSO Officers, the Pol/Econ section visited 11 polling stations throughout Djibouti City to gauge the mood on election day. Embassy Officers (EMBOFFs) divided into three teams, taking responsibility for different areas of the city. Consensus showed [...] | 2005-04-12 13:27:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SCUL PHUM DJ PDEM |
05DJIBOUTI368 | DJIBOUTI GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES APPEAL FOR FOOD AID [...] (U) The U.S., French, Russian, and Chinese ambassadors, plus heads of U.N. organizations and the Director of FEWSNET, were convoked to Foreign Ministry April 10 to hear a Government of Djibouti appeal for emergency food aid for Djibouti's drought-stricken areas. Citing hunger and a lack of re [...] | 2005-04-14 14:09:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON EAID SENV DJ |
05DJIBOUTI379 | POSSIBLE CREATION OF A 10TH POLITICAL PARTY? [...] (C) Pol/Econ received a courtesy call on April 12th from Ahmed Idriss, President of the Movement for Equality and Liberty (MEL),a political party in the process of forming. MEL has apparently tried to form a legal, recognized party in 2002 but was turned down. Idriss stated that he sent a lett [...] | 2005-04-17 11:38:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR DJ PDEM |
05DJIBOUTI390 | Essay Winners Lunch With Ambassador Ragsdale; English Clubs [...] (U) Winners of the Embassy's Black History Month Essay Contest attended an awards lunch this week hosted by the Ambassador at her residence on the Embassy compound. For many of the teenagers invited and their teachers, this was their first visit to the American Embassy. Members of the panel sel [...] | 2005-04-20 13:26:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO PGOV SCUL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI391 | DJIBOUTI AT LOGGERHEADS WITH SAUDI ARABIA OVER [...] (C) The 4/19-20 visit of the president of Al-Imam Mohamed Ibn Saud Islamic University, Dr. Mohamed Al-Salem, gave Arab League member state Djibouti the opportunity to reiterate to Saudi Arabia its concerns about instruction offered Djibouti's youth under Saudi auspices. Acting Minister of For [...] | 2005-04-20 13:44:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SCUL SOCI PINR EAID SA DJ |
05DJIBOUTI407 | DJIBOUTI: FOOD SECURITY AND REFUGEES UPDATE [...] REDSO/FFP OFFICER TRAVELED TO DJIBOUTI 5-7 APRIL, MET WITH WFP, UNHCR AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, TRAVELED TO HOLL-HOLL AND ALI ADDE REFUGEE CAMPS AND VISITED FOOD INSECURE AREAS OF ALI SABIEH DISTRICT. 2. FFP RECENTLY CONTRIBUTED AN ADDITIONAL $500,000 TO WFP'S PROTRACTED RELIEF AND RECOVERY [...] | 2005-04-24 12:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ACOA AMTC AMGT ASEC PREF |
05DJIBOUTI424 | COMMUNITY OF DEMOCRACIES DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) Acting Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel April 28 to Mohamed Omar Djama, Coordinator of the Americas Office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Djama reported the Djiboutian government does have an observer at the Community of Democracies meeting from Djibouti's NY/DC Mission, but t [...] | 2005-04-29 08:54:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI432 | TRAINING RURAL HEALTH NURSES AND MIDWIVES [...] (U) On April 25, for the first time in the history of Djibouti, the Minister of Health opened a three-day training session for nine rural health post nurses and midwives outside of the city capital at the District Hospital in Ali Sabieh. The nurses and midwives represent the five health post [...] | 2005-05-04 04:12:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID SOCI DJ |
05DJIBOUTI435 | DJIBOUTI: CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT [...] (U) Ambassador conveyed directly to Acting Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf on May 4 the congratulatory message from President Bush to President Guelleh sent on the occasion of Guelleh's re-election as president of the Republic of Djibouti. Youssouf expressed his pleasure in receiving th [...] | 2005-05-04 14:31:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL PGOV DJ |
05DJIBOUTI438 | Influential Businessman Saad Ahmed Cheikh Dies of [...] (U) SUMMARY Saad Ahmed Cheikh, founder and CEO of the largest and most successful transit company in Djibouti (The Compagnie Maritime et de Manutention de Djibouti, aka, COMAD),died on 4 May at Bouffard Hospital of rumored cardiac and pulmonary problems and diabetes. The 48-year-old Cheikh was [...] | 2005-05-05 14:04:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV SCUL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI443 | RETURN OF DJIBOUTI'S FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (U) Djibouti's Foreign Minister Ali Abdullah Farah returned to Djibouti May 1 directly from Paris, where he had been receiving treatment since a stroke at his office in Djibouti on February 9. News photos and footage of his disembarkment from the plane revealed a vigorous Foreign Minister wit [...] | 2005-05-09 10:18:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV DJ |
05DJIBOUTI449 | SAFE SKIES: FAA/TSA EVALUATION VISIT [...] (SBU) Summary: A team of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials conducted the first Safe Skies for Africa evaluation visit for Djibouti from April 18 - 22. Djibouti's Civil Aviation Authority (DCAA) and Airport Management from Dubai Por [...] | 2005-05-09 12:36:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ASEC ETRD DJ |
05DJIBOUTI450 | INAUGURATION 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 13:22:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EAID KDEM PGOV DJ |
05DJIBOUTI461 | REQUEST TO TRANSITION USAID PROGRAM IN DJIBOUTI [...] U) This is an action message. 2. (U) Embassy Djibouti requests State and USAID agreement to transition the USAID program in Djibouti from primary reliance on Economic Support Funds (ESF) to Development Assistance (DA) funding over the next two years with an initial modest DA program of two [...] | 2005-05-12 13:32:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID SOCI DJ |
05DJIBOUTI470 | DJIBOUTI - COLLOCATION WAIVER INFORMATION [...] The U.S. Mission in Djibouti currently consists of five USG agencies: State, USAID, DOD/CENTCOM, which is represented by a military liaison officer called USLO, Navy Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS),and IBB. 2. State, AID USLO and NCIS will be collocated on the NEC. 3. IBB broadcas [...] | 2005-05-16 07:21:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD ASEC AMGT DJ |
05DJIBOUTI472 | DECLARATION OF DROUGHT DISASTER IN DJIBOUTI [...] (U) Several years of continuous drought and the lack of social safety nets have eroded the livelihood and humanitarian conditions for pastoralists in rural Djibouti. On April 11, the Government of Djibouti declared that because of this drought, a humanitarian emergency existed in the southern [...] | 2005-05-16 13:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ECON EINV DJ |
05DJIBOUTI477 | DJI-PHARMA, DJIBOUTI'S PHARMACEUTICAL FACTORY [...] (U) Summary: President Guelleh recently inaugurated Dji- Pharma, a government owned pharmaceutical plant. Dji- Pharma, engineered by the French firm "Ingenerie Pharmaceutique Modulaire," plans to fulfill all the needs of the country in the four mostly used intravenous perfusions in Djibouti h [...] | 2005-05-18 10:20:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON EFIN EAID PGOV DJ TC |
05DJIBOUTI498 | GUELLEH'S SECOND TERM: CABINET CHANGES, BUT NOT [...] (U) Summary: With the start of President Ismail Omar Guelleh's second term comes the customary change in cabinet. As required by law, Prime Minister Dileita Mohamed Dileita submitted his resignation Thursday, May 19th to President Guelleh. Saturday, May 21st, Guelleh issued a decree re-appoint [...] | 2005-05-23 13:09:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR DJ |
05DJIBOUTI499 | DJIBOUTI NEC SITE - REQUEST FOR OBO ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Post acknowledges receipt of funding (Ref A) and is pleased at the overall progress towards closing on the Salines South site. Much has been accomplished in the brief time allotted, and with the successful resolution of a few remaining technical points regarding zoning, construction timel [...] | 2005-05-23 13:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT ASEC DJ |
05DJIBOUTI505 | DJIBOUTI: DECERTIFICATION OF SECURE SHIPMENT [...] (SBU) Containers#: ACCU 201373-5, 201372-0 and 201387-0 were received by American Embassy Djibouti on 13 May 2005. RSO Djibouti, SA Marc Ramos, opened, decertified and inspected the containers and their contents. All tamper resistant seals, packing frame and contents appeared to be in tact wi [...] | 2005-05-25 12:50:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ABLD KSEO KSLG |
05DJIBOUTI506 | DJIBOUTI: REDUCTION OF RESIDENTIAL GUARD COVERAGE [...] (SBU) Per reftels (a) and (b),Post has reduced its residential guard coverage from 54 to 36 guards to carry out 12 hour coverage. Guards will work a standard 40 hour work week. Changes in operational scheduling will take place beginning 29 May 2005. 2. (SBU) RSO has placed orders for GEM [...] | 2005-05-25 13:45:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
05DJIBOUTI511 | DJIBOUTI NEC SITE - FOLLOW-UP ON POST REQUEST FOR OBO [...] (U) Post wishes to reiterate the importance of having the assistance of a real estate professional to guide us through the closing process on the Salines South site to a successful conclusion. 2. (U) Vicki Hartung's visit to Post would be an asset for the following reasons: -- The Djibou [...] | 2005-05-27 08:25:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT ASEC DJ |
05DJIBOUTI512 | DJIBOUTI'S NEW FOREIGN MINISTER ON RECENT GUELLEH [...] (C) Summary: Djibouti's new Minister of Foreign Affairs is pleased with the outcome of the May 13 stopover visit to Washington of President Guelleh (see reftel) and reviewed with Ambassador key aspects of Guelleh's meetings with Secretary Rice, NSC Africa Director Courville, USAID SIPDIS [...] | 2005-05-27 09:45:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECON DJ |
05DJIBOUTI514 | DJIBOUTI: RECENT CRIME ACTIVITY IS CAUSE FOR [...] (SBU) A rash of recent criminal activity has sparked worry among Embassy personnel, both American and LES alike. Although the incidents do not indicate a crime wave, they are definitely cause for concern and caution. 2. (SBU) In the past two weeks, Post has seen three different acts of viol [...] | 2005-05-30 11:35:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
05DJIBOUTI529 | BIOS AND COMMENTARY ON NEW DJIBOUTIAN CABINET [...] (C) Summary: The following is current bio data on the new Ministerial cabinet, announced May 22nd, as well as on reasons behind the appointment/change/removal. An outline of Guelleh's policy "road map" for his new six-year term will follow septel. End Summary. 2. (C) Prime Minister Dileita [...] | 2005-06-05 13:07:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI530 | DJIBOUTI: EAC 06/05/2005 [...] (C) Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 05 June, 2005 to review recent threat reporting in REFTEL. The EAC discussed the potential of attacks on U.S. government interests and the addition of needed security measures to mitigate the threat. Potential targets in [...] | 2005-06-05 13:07:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC AEMR |
05DJIBOUTI54 | REFUGEE REPATRIATIONS IN DJIBOUTI: CHAOTIC BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. ConOff and a USAID representative observed UNHCR-directed refugee repatriations November 24 in Djibouti. The process was disorganized and confrontational, and fraud was blatant. But in the end, the day resulted in 511 refugees repatriated from the Ali Addeh refugee camp in D [...] | 2005-01-12 13:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | DJ PREF PREL SO |
05DJIBOUTI541 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: GATHERING SUPPORT FROM MUSLIM [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan replied that it is not Djibouti's tendency to take positions on every crisis in the world. He explained that Djibouti's diplomatic corps was much smaller than that of the U.S. As it [...] | 2005-06-07 07:05:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL CASC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER DJ |
05DJIBOUTI542 | DJIBOUTI'S RESPONSE TO WCO FRAMEWORK DEMARCHE [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan said he would study the issue and pass the demarche to the Minister of Commerce and the Customs Department. RAGSDALE [...] | 2005-06-07 07:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD DJ CTM |
05DJIBOUTI543 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: TERRORIST FINANCE LIST 71 [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan said he would pass the list to the National Committee for Terrorism Finance and financial institutions. RAGSDALE [...] | 2005-06-07 07:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN ETTC PREL PTER CVIS KVPR DJ |
05DJIBOUTI544 | DJIBOUTI'S RESPONSE TO CUBAN CANDIDACY FOR THE ILO [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan stated that while Djibouti appreciates the U.S. requesting assistance on its neighbor's behalf and explaining why it will be supporting a particular candidate, it has a hard time su [...] | 2005-06-07 07:07:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL BB CU DJ ILO |
05DJIBOUTI545 | MESSAGE TO THE ARAB LEAGUE: REGIONAL SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan replied the peace process was a sensitive issue to all Arab states. He continued that he believed Israel had a great deal of responsibility to take [...] | 2005-06-07 09:05:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IO IS SY DJ |
05DJIBOUTI546 | DJIBOUTI'S RESPONSE TO UNESCO DEMARCHE [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 2 June to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan stated he would pass the demarche on to the International Organizations department within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. RAGSDALE [...] | 2005-06-07 09:05:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD SCUL DJ UNESCO |
05DJIBOUTI559 | INDUSTRIAL PARK TO BE BUILT IN DJIBOUTI [...] (U) SUMMARY: New American investment has come to Djibouti. Ali Toubeh, assistant to Saad Ahmed Cheikh - late owner of COMAD and a prominent figure in Djiboutian business - is carrying on Cheikh's last business venture. North Holding Investment Share Company was created as a subsidiary of the V [...] | 2005-06-09 13:08:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EINV EIND ETRD ECIN ELTN ECON DJ |
05DJIBOUTI562 | ETHIOPIAN HELICOPTER CREW ASYLUM REQUEST IN DJIBOUTI [...] (C) During Ambassador and USLO's 6/9 regular weekly meeting with Commander of French Forces General Michel Arrault, Arrault told Ambassador that he had just received word that an Ethiopian Mi-24 military helicopter with three Ethiopian military personnel had landed earlier that morning in Djib [...] | 2005-06-09 14:39:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PGOV ET DJ |
05DJIBOUTI565 | GUELLEH ASSIGNS TASKS TO NEW CABINET [...] (U) Summary: On May 24th, in an important speech directed at his new cabinet, President Ismail Omar Guelleh announced his "road map" for the new term. The road map gave specific directives to almost every ministry. Its focal point was the "satisfaction of basic human needs." Guelleh emphasized [...] | 2005-06-13 09:11:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SOCI PHUM ECON ETRD DJ PDEM |
05DJIBOUTI568 | UPDATE ON ETHIOPIAN HELICOPTER CREW ASYLUM REQUEST [...] (C) Deputy Director of National Security Service, Abdillahi Mohamed Abdillahi, told Embassy officer that the highest ranking official among the helicopter crew that sought asylum in Djibouti 6/9 (see reftel) had been a "general." It is unclear if this individual actually piloted the aircraft. [...] | 2005-06-13 15:02:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PGOV ET DJ |
05DJIBOUTI572 | SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL ABIZAID'S VISIT TO DJIBOUTI [...] (C) Summary: Embassy Djibouti welcomes the June 20-21 visit to Djibouti of General John P. Abizaid, CENTCOM Commander. Combating poverty, improving the nation's health and education infrastructures and services and promoting economic development remain top priorities for the Government of Dj [...] | 2005-06-14 15:22:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO MARR MASS ECON ETRD OVIP DJ |
05DJIBOUTI581 | MDA: DJIBOUTI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE REQUEST [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel (B) 12 June to Americas' Desk Officer in the Bilateral Relations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Omar Djama. Djama said he would pass the information to his superior, who is currently on a mission abroad. Djibouti has no response [...] | 2005-06-16 13:13:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI582 | EMBASSY DJIBOUTI CONSTRUCTION SECURITY PLAN [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST. See paragraph 12. 2. (U) This telegram constitutes the Construction Security Plan (CSP) for the installation of split-pack air conditioning units in the Executive Suite of the CAA of Embassy Djibouti. This project requires confirmation. No action/work will be [...] | 2005-06-16 15:19:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ABLD AMGT KSEO DJ |
05DJIBOUTI59 | RUMORED CHANGES IN DJIBOUTI'S TOP MILITARY BRASS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sources told the Embassy Political Assistant that significant changes are expected in the country's top military commanders after Djibouti's presidential elections in April 2005. The projected changes include the retirement and replacement of Djibouti,s only two General Officers. [...] | 2005-01-13 14:14:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC MARR PGOV PINR PREL MOPS DJ |
05DJIBOUTI594 | GENERAL ABIZAID TO PRESIDENT GUELLEH: LET'S MOVE [...] (C) Summary: During his June 19-20 visit to Djibouti, General John P. Abizaid asked Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh for help in moving forward the process of base lease renewal negotiations for Camp Lemonier and closing a deal. He told Guelleh he would convey to President Bush how va [...] | 2005-06-21 09:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS DJ |
05DJIBOUTI595 | DJIBOUTI: EAC 06/21/2005 - SECURITY PREPARATIONS [...] (SBU) On 06/21/2005, Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee per REFTEL (a). Post reviewed its security posture and determined that current security measures are adequate to handle daily operations and are commensurate with current threat standards. 2. (C) Post has decide [...] | 2005-06-21 14:08:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC AEMR DJ |
05DJIBOUTI597 | DJIBOUTI'S MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ON [...] (C) During Ambassador's 6/22 meeting with Djibouti's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mahmoud Ali Yousuf, on several matters, Ambassador expressed her regret that the Minister had only just arrived from a visit to Qatar and Tunis and had been unable to see General Abizaid during the latter's 6/19- [...] | 2005-06-22 14:18:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MARR MASS DJ |
05DJIBOUTI601 | UN REFORM: PRIORITIES RAISED WITH DJIBOUTI [...] (C) Ambassador conveyed contents of reftels (A) and (B) June 22 to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mahmoud Ali Yousuf. Yousuf had already seen a number of documents over the internet conveying the U.S. position. He said the U.S. had made its position quite clear on these issues in other fora as [...] | 2005-06-23 11:27:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | KUNR PREL PGOV AORC DJ UNSC |
05DJIBOUTI608 | NEC: MOVING FORWARD [...] (U) Action requested para. 5 2. (U) Over the past year we have made a great deal of progress towards a New Embassy Compound (NEC) for Djibouti. We identified a site, negotiated and signed a conditional purchase agreement, and provided a steady stream of data and information to the Departmen [...] | 2005-06-23 14:29:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI610 | DJIBOUTI: PARTICIPANT LIST - ILEA GABORONE, LEEDP [...] Per REFTEL, the appropriate local national checks have been conducted for the Djiboutian participants of session 16 LEEDP. Post is still in the process of vetting the names through appropriate U.S. Agencies and will forward any negative information as received. Travel itinerary and other per [...] | 2005-06-24 09:17:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR ASEC EAID ECON DJ |
05DJIBOUTI611 | AGOA FORUM - DJIBOUTI DELEGATION CONFIRMED [...] (U) Post has received confirmation that Minister of Commerce, Industry and Artisans, Rifki Abdoulkader Bamakrama, and Houssein Elmi Houdon, Director of Commerce will be attending as Djibouti's delegation to the AGOA Forum in Dakar. 2. (U) BIO DATA for Minister of Commerce and Industry, Rifki [...] | 2005-06-26 07:50:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ETRD DJ |
05DJIBOUTI615 | DJIBOUTI'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON PLANS FOR [...] (C) Summary: Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Yousuf sees his government moving forward decisively to improve democratization and governance. Regional elections, to be held late in 2005, will be the first priority action and will be organized around a new system of proportional repres [...] | 2005-06-26 13:56:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SCUL EAID PHUM DJ |
05DJIBOUTI623 | 28TH DJIBOUTIAN INDEPENDENCE DAY - GUELLEH'S [...] (U) Summary: On the 27th June, after the traditional military parade, President Ismail Omar Guelleh and his wife hosted a garden party for government employees, members of Parliament, the diplomatic corps, and large numbers of the population. At the event, Guelleh gave two speeches traditional [...] | 2005-06-30 06:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM ECON DJ |
05DJIBOUTI625 | DEMARCHING AFRICAN NATIONS AND THE AU ON UN REFORM [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 30 June to Americas Desk Officer in the Department of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Omar Djama. Djama said he would be sure to pass the information to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, who left for the African Union Su [...] | 2005-06-30 13:28:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL DJ UN UNSC |
05DJIBOUTI626 | OPPOSITION SEEKS USG ASSISTANCE IN PROMOTING [...] (C) Summary: A delegation of heads of Djibouti's opposition met, at their request, with Ambassador on June 8. They expressed to her their concerns about what they described as a lack of cooperation of the Guelleh government with the opposition and the high level of frustration existing among [...] | 2005-06-30 14:29:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON SCUL KDEM DJ |
05DJIBOUTI630 | FAO/WHO CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION - U.S. [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 30 June to the Americas Desk Officer in the Department of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Omar Djama. Djama said he would pass the information on to the appropriate offices, but had no information whether Djibouti would [...] | 2005-07-04 11:04:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD AORC DJ |
05DJIBOUTI639 | INDEPENDENCE DAY CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO PRESIDENT [...] (U) The following Message was faxed to U.S. Embassy on July 6 from President Ismail Omar Guelleh to President Bush. The original letter will be pouched upon receipt to the Desk. 2. (U) Begin text: Excellency, On the auspicious occasion of the National Day of the United States of Ame [...] | 2005-07-06 12:59:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC DJ |
05DJIBOUTI640 | INDEPENDENCE DAY CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE TO SECRETARY RICE [...] (U) The following message was faxed to U.S. Embassy on July 6 from Acting Foreign Minister Hawa Ahmed Youssouf to Secretary Rice. The original letter will be pouched upon receipt to the Desk. 2. (U) Begin text: Excellency, On behalf of the government and the people of Djibouti and on m [...] | 2005-07-06 13:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC DJ |
05DJIBOUTI644 | LONDON EXPLOSIONS - ACTION REQUESTED [...] (C) Per REFTEL, Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on 07/07/2005 to review its current security posture in light of the attacks in London, England. The EAC discussed the need to issue a warden message or public announcement and concluded that the current warden mes [...] | 2005-07-07 14:11:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC CASC DJ |
05DJIBOUTI65 | TOTAL AND MOBIL TRY TO HOLD LINE ON DORALEH MOVE [...] (C) Momar Nguer, Total's Director of Refinery and Marketing for East Africa and the Indian Ocean, and boss of Total Djibouti's Chief Executive Francois de Charnace, told Ambassador 1/16 during a de Charnace-hosted dinner, that Total, Mobil and Shell had each received new communication from the [...] | 2005-01-18 04:12:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD PGOV MARR MOPS DJ TC |
05DJIBOUTI650 | DJIBOUTI PURSUES OPEN DECENTRALIZATION FORUM; [...] (SBU) Summary: A national forum opened July 2 to debate the draft legislation establishing a special status for the capital, Djibouti City, within the context of Djibouti's decentralization law passed in 2002. The ten-day forum, hosted by Minister of Interior, Yacin Elmi Bouh, is open to repre [...] | 2005-07-11 08:49:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI654 | AGOA FORUM: FOREIGN MINISTER ALSO CONFIRMS [...] (C) During Ambassador's 6/11 meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmoud Ali Youssouf on New Embassy Compound (NEC) issues, she informed the Minister of the Secretary of State's planned participation in the Dakar AGOA Forum July 18-20. She told the Minister that the Secretary's travel to [...] | 2005-07-11 11:42:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ETRD PINR DJ |
05DJIBOUTI664 | DJIBOUTI'S INTERIOR MINISTER ACCEPTS EMBASSY OFFER [...] (C) Minister of Interior Yacin Elmi Bouh has agreed to accept the visit of a USAID-funded team that would assess Djibouti's current electoral laws and plans for decentralization. The approval came in his meeting July 10 at Interior headquarters with Ambassador and Embassy Djibouti's USAID Re [...] | 2005-07-12 12:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID SCUL DJ PDEM |
05DJIBOUTI668 | DJIBOUTI'S FOREIGN MINISTER RAISES NEC WITH [...] (U) Djibouti's Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf contacted Ambassador on July 10 to request an urgent meeting on the New Embassy Compound (NEC) Project. The meeting took place at the Foreign Ministry on July 11. 2. (C) The Minister, joined by Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali [...] | 2005-07-13 10:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ABLD AMGT ASEC DJ |
05DJIBOUTI669 | JUSTICE MINISTER SEEKS USG ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (C) Ambassador and Pol/Econ met 5 July with Minister of Justice, Mohamed Barkat Abdillahi, and Secretary General at the Ministry of Justice, Abdi Ismail Hersi, at their request, to be briefed on changes being implemented at the Ministry since Abdillahi assumed charge in May. Abdillahi said the [...] | 2005-07-13 11:08:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM DJ |
05DJIBOUTI670 | DJIBOUTI NEC: FINAL ACTION ITEMS PRIOR TO [...] Transmitted herewith is a translation of the French text of Diplomatic Note 584/05/fax of July 12, 2005 from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation on the Djibouti NEC.(also reported septel) Begin translation: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Coope [...] | 2005-07-13 11:56:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT PREL ASEC DJ |
05DJIBOUTI678 | MDA: FOLLOW-UP WITH OIC [...] (C) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 14 July to Director of Bilateral Relations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan asked did the Swiss government write to each member nation of the OIC directly asking for this support. Pol/Econ said she was not sure, but could [...] | 2005-07-18 10:42:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI679 | WAY-AHEAD FOR CREATING THE UN PEACEBUILDING [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 14 July to Director of Bilateral Relations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan said that Djibouti supported reforms in all organs of the United Nations and that Djibouti will vote for any positive reforms. He added that he w [...] | 2005-07-18 10:42:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR PREL DJ KPOKO UNSC UNGA ECOSOC |
05DJIBOUTI68 | BORREL AFFAIR REDUX: DJIBOUTI EXPELS FRENCH [...] (C) Djibouti's president, Ismail Omar Guelleh, formally requested January 17 through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that France withdraw six of its officials acting as advisors to government institutions in Djibouti under the French Cooperation program. The move follows Guelleh's personal ang [...] | 2005-01-18 16:22:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID MARR SCUL FR DJ |
05DJIBOUTI680 | ANTI-CORRUPTION SHAKE-UPS AT FINANCE MINISTRY [...] (C) New Minister of Finance Ali Farah Assoweh has launched a wide-spread operation to "clean-up" his Ministry of some "bad habits" in what appears to be a serious anti-corruption campaign. Some directors have been suspended and a judicial inquiry has been launched. 2. (C) The Director of Cu [...] | 2005-07-18 14:52:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PHUM DJ |
05DJIBOUTI683 | APPROACH TO DJIBOUTI'S FOREIGN MINISTER FOR [...] (U) Using points provided reftel (notal),Ambassador approached Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahmoud Ali Yousuf on July 19 to request that Djibouti make a strong public statement of condemnation and of support to the Iraqi people in the wake of insurgent targeting of civilians in Iraq. She not [...] | 2005-07-19 11:26:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO PTER SCUL IZ DJ |
05DJIBOUTI692 | DJIBOUTI: PARTICIPANT LIST - ILEA GABORONE, LEEDP [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-20 06:04:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC DJ EAID ECON KCRM SNAR |
05DJIBOUTI699 | THROUGH-BILL-OF-LADING A CONCERN FOR DJIBOUTIAN [...] (U) Summary: The number of freight forwarding businesses in Djibouti has greatly increased since Ethiopia's shift from the Port of Assab in Eritrea. The existing companies complain that many of the new freight forwarding companies are causing unfair competition by skirting many of the expensive [...] | 2005-07-21 06:56:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EWWT ELTN DJ |
05DJIBOUTI707 | DJIBOUTI - IMMEDIATE ACTION TO RESOLVE ACCESS ISSUE [...] (U) Djibouti has accepted the USG's first preference for resolving the impasse over access roads to the New Embassy Compound. It will accept the route closest to the presidential compound, delineated as a composite orange line in a map attachment to Ref D. Ambassador asked for a diplomatic n [...] | 2005-07-25 11:32:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT ASEC DJ |
05DJIBOUTI708 | TIP ACTION PLAN: DJIBOUTI'S INITIAL RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and Pol/Econ presented the demarche and proposed action plan 25 July to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, and Director of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as requested in reftel. Youssouf was defensive about the statement tha [...] | 2005-07-25 12:40:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI710 | GOVERNMENT OF DJIBOUTI RAISES THREAT LEVEL IN [...] (S) DURING A MEETING JULY 26 AT NATIONAL SECURITY SERVICES (NSS) HEADQUARTERS, THE DIRECTOR OF NSS, HASSAN SAID, AND THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ABDILLAHI MOHAMED ABDILLAHI, ADVISED TDY RSO, FSNI, AND NCIS FORCE PROTECTION OFFICER THAT NATIONAL SECURITY HAS RAISED THE THREAT LEVEL OF DJIBOUTI TO A [...] | 2005-07-26 14:15:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | ASEC DJ PTER |
05DJIBOUTI712 | COMMERCE MINISTER'S REVIEW OF AGOA FORUM [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador called on Minister of Commerce, Rifki Abdoulkader Bamakhrama, 26 July to discuss his impressions of the AGOA Forum in Dakar, Senegal. Bamakhrama was pleased with his experience in Dakar and said while it was a very intense schedule, it was very educational and useful. H [...] | 2005-07-27 07:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN DJ |
05DJIBOUTI713 | UNSC REFORM: DEMARCHE TO DJIBOUTI'S FM ON UN REFORM [...] (C) As instructed reftel, Ambassador conveyed 7/26 to Djibouti's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mahmoud Ali Yousuf, the U.S. position on the G-4 framework resolution on expanding the United Nations Security Council. She went through reftel points with the Minister and urged Djibouti to oppose t [...] | 2005-07-27 08:49:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR DJ UNSC UNGA |
05DJIBOUTI716 | DECENTRALIZATION FORUM FOLLOW-UP: UPR'S VIEW [...] (C) Summary: In one of several conversations (septels to follow) with the participants of the recent forum held to discuss decentralization and the special status for Djibouti City, Embassy spoke with the president of the newest political party in Djibouti, Union for Reform Partisans (UPR),Ib [...] | 2005-07-27 09:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI725 | DECENTRALIZATION FORUM: FOLLOW-UP WITH PND [...] (C) Summary: In one of several conversations (reftel B and septel to follow) with the participants of the recent forum held to discuss decentralization and the special status for Djibouti City, Embassy spoke with the Secretary General of the National Democratic Party (PND),Mohamed Abdillahi W [...] | 2005-07-28 12:56:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI726 | UN ENVOY SACHS IN DJIBOUTI FOR MILLENNIUM PROJECT REPORT [...] (SBU) Summary: In a visit to Djibouti July 27 on the occasion of the launch of the second national report on the objectives of the Millennium Development Project, UN Special Envoy and Millennium Development Project Director Dr. Jeffrey Sachs spoke on the theme "towards an entrepot economy." [...] | 2005-07-31 06:35:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID SOCI DJ UN |
05DJIBOUTI737 | TIP ACTION PLAN: MEETING WITH DIRECTOR BILATERAL [...] (C) Pol/Econ met with Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan, on 28 July to follow up on the Trafficking in Persons action plan demarched to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (reftel A). Hassan said he had a chance to review the action plan and demarche submitted [...] | 2005-08-01 04:48:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI738 | DECENTRALIZATION FORUM: FOLLOW-UP WITH PND [...] (C) Summary: In one of several conversations (reftel B and septel to follow) with the participants of the recent forum held to discuss decentralization and the special status for Djibouti City, Embassy spoke with the Secretary General of the National Democratic Party (PND),Mohamed Abdillahi W [...] | 2005-08-01 08:39:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI740 | DECENTRALIZATION FORUM: FOLLOW-UP WITH PND [...] (C) Summary: In one of several conversations (reftel B and septel to follow) with the participants of the recent forum held to discuss decentralization and the special status for Djibouti City, Embassy spoke with the Secretary General of the National Democratic Party (PND),Mohamed Abdillahi W [...] | 2005-08-02 06:24:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI755 | TIP ACTION PLAN: MEETING WITH DIRECTOR BILATERAL [...] (C) Pol/Econ met with Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan, on 28 July to follow up on the Trafficking in Persons action plan demarched to Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf (reftel A). Hassan said he had a chance to review the action plan and demarche submitted [...] | 2005-08-07 05:30:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI760 | DECENTRALIZATION FORUM: FOLLOW-UP WITH DIRECTOR OF [...] (C) Summary: In one of several conversations (reftel B and septel to follow) with the participants of the recent forum held to discuss decentralization and the special status for Djibouti City, Embassy spoke with the Director of Decentralization in the Ministry of Interior, Siradj Omar Ali. Wh [...] | 2005-08-07 11:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI766 | DJIBOUTI WILLING TO HOST GEOTHERMAL WORKSHOP [...] (U) Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent official notice on August 6 to Embassy informing that Djibouti is willing to host a technical workshop for countries in the African Rift Valley Geothermal Development Facility project on the proposed dates of November 6 -10, 2005. Attached to the official n [...] | 2005-08-09 06:01:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON TRGY DJ |
05DJIBOUTI784 | DATA REQUEST: DJIBOUTI ASSISTANCE TO THE [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 10 August to Director of Bilateral Relations, Mohamed Ali Hassan. Hassan looked into the issue and replied 11 August. Djibouti has no records of any assistance in the 2000-2005 time frame. There is no regular assistance to the Palestinian Authority, wi [...] | 2005-08-11 10:31:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI8 | MINISTER OF COMMERCE SEEKS SUPPORT FOR TRADE ROUND [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Sunday, January 2, the Ambassador met with Djibouti's Minister of Commerce and Industry, Saleban Omar Oudine, at his request. The main purpose of the meeting was to solicit the Embassy's financial support for a Round Table to promote trade. In addition, the Minister requested th [...] | 2005-01-02 14:33:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON EAID EFIN DJ SZ |
05DJIBOUTI802 | DJIBOUTI EAC MEETING OF AUGUST 14 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-14 12:10:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | ASEC CASC DJ PREL PTER |
05DJIBOUTI804 | CODEL PAYNE MEETING WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: Congressman Donald Payne and delegation met August 3 with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf to discuss regional and bilateral relations. Youssouf briefed the Congressman on Djibouti's relations with its neighbors, food security, anti-terrorism efforts, Somaliland [...] | 2005-08-15 05:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL OVIP OREP DJ |
05DJIBOUTI808 | NEC DJIBOUTI--PURCHASE OF HARAMOUS SITE [...] On August 16, 2005, Embassy Djibouti (Charge Howard L. McGowan and GSO Marissa Scott) received the title to the Haramous property, delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the purchase price check and the implementation letter, and closed on the NEC Site. The land is now ours. Best rega [...] | 2005-08-16 09:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT ASEC PREL |
05DJIBOUTI812 | REQUEST FOR UPDATE OF WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR - [...] In reftel B, post responded to State 163453 of July 2004 and gave detailed information on the subject. We have contacted all of our sources of information again and they confirmed that the worst forms of child labor still do not exist in Djibouti. No new laws or regulations were passed since [...] | 2005-08-17 13:46:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI DJ USAID |
05DJIBOUTI882 | TFUS01: CASH DONATIONS FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS [...] (U) The Government of Djibouti has informed Post that it would like to donate 50,000 USD cash to the USG for general assistance to the Katrina relief effort. The Director of the Central Bank said there are also private individuals in Djibouti that have expressed interest in making donations as [...] | 2005-09-06 09:09:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL ECON EFIN AEMR CASC MARR AMGT DJ |
05DJIBOUTI899 | DJIBOUTIAN HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AT UNGA [...] (SBU) Djibouti has confirmed that its delegation to UNGA from September 10-20th will include President Ismail Omar Guelleh, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, and Djiboutian Ambassador to Addis Ababa Ibrahim Mohamed Kamil. Protocol for the Ministry of the Presidency informed Po [...] | 2005-09-08 11:08:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL XA DJ UNGA |
05DJIBOUTI9 | DJIBOUTI 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 14:37:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EFIN ECON EAID PREL PGOV EAGR DJ RW |
05DJIBOUTI908 | Somali-Language Radio, A Missed Opportunity? [...] (U) SUMMARY: Recent conversations with Djiboutian youth have revealed their marked preferences for receiving information in a traditional news format via radio and their heavy reliance on BBC Somali for their world and regional news. This information has important implications for methods of n [...] | 2005-09-13 11:11:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO PGOV SCUL DJ BBG |
05DJIBOUTI915 | DJIBOUTI'S PROTOCOL CHIEF THREATENS SUSPENSION U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 10, Djama Elmi Darar, Chief of Presid Protocol, accompanied by the head of presidential security, expressed Charge d'Affaires his displeasure in not being able to procure immedi of the members of the security staff chosen to accompany President Gu Darar threatened t [...] | 2005-09-14 10:24:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT PINR PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI918 | DJIBOUTI'S PROTOCOL CHIEF THREATENS SUSPENSION [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 10, Djama Elmi Darar, Chief of Presid Protocol, accompanied by the head of presidential security, expressed and Charge d'Affaires his displeasure in not being able to procure im visa for one of the members of the security staff chosen to accompany Guelleh to UNGA. [...] | 2005-09-15 04:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT PINR PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI919 | DJIBOUTI'S PROTOCOL CHIEF THREATENS SUSPENSION [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 10, Djama Elmi Darar, Chief of Presidential Protocol, accompanied by the head of presidential security, expressed to ConOff and Charge d'Affaires his displeasure in not being able to procure immediately a visa for one of the members of the security staff chosen to [...] | 2005-09-15 05:13:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT PINR PREL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI924 | TRANSFER OF MOBIL DJIBOUTI TO TOTAL COMMENCES [...] (C) ExxonMobil corporation has begun the process in Djibouti of transferring shares in Mobil Djibouti to French oil giant Total, following ExxonMobil's official announcement September 5 in Brussels that it had sold to Total shares of fuels and lubricants' affiliates in 14 African countries. Th [...] | 2005-09-15 12:03:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETRD DJ |
05DJIBOUTI926 | Talking about Katrina in Djibouti [...] (U) SUMMARY: The country's largest circulation newspaper, published on page one a letter in French from the Ambassador expressing thanks to the Djiboutian government and people for their support during Hurricane Katrina. Misinformation in the country regarding the disaster seems to revolve lar [...] | 2005-09-15 13:46:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO PGOV SCUL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI93 | CONSULAR LEADERSHIP DAY PROMOTES PROFESSIONALISM IN [...] (U) Djibouti conducted a Consular Leadership Day on Tuesday afternoon, January 25. The entire consular section met for several hours to discuss issues and challenges facing our section in the coming year. The theme of the day was professionalism: the importance of professionalism in a U.S. Con [...] | 2005-01-27 12:25:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | CMGT DJ |
05DJIBOUTI934 | HEALTH MINISTER FOCUSES ON REFORM AND GLOBAL [...] (U) Summary: In separate meetings September 13 with USAID Representative and Ambassador, Minister of Health, Abdallah Abdillahi focused on health development and reform of Djibouti's Ministry of He recovery for renovation of Peltier and improving health services and resources would be a maj [...] | 2005-09-19 11:43:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID SOCI DJ UN |
05DJIBOUTI936 | HEALTH MINISTER FOCUSES ON REFORM AND GLOBAL FUND [...] (U) Summary: In separate meetings September 13 with USAID Representative and Ambassador, Minister of Health, Abdallah Abdillahi Miguil, focused on health development and reform of Djibouti's Ministry of Health. Cost recovery for renovation of Peltier and improving health services and huma [...] | 2005-09-19 13:47:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID SOCI DJ UN |
05DJIBOUTI945 | Ambassador dedicates English Language Lab [...] (U) SUMMARY: On September 21, the Ambassador dedicated an English language laboratory and library at Camp Cheik Osman, the Djiboutian Military headquarters. The project was funded by the Embassy's Foreign Military Financing (FMF) fund. The project is intended to aid cooperation between the U. [...] | 2005-09-25 11:53:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO PGOV SCUL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI954 | COMBATING EXTREMISM IN DJIBOUTI [...] (S) Djibouti's religious and cultural climate has been shaped by more than 150 years of French colonialism and traditional nomadic roots. The transitory nature of the Horn of Africa, the remnants of French culture, and the routine influx of foreigners from the region through the port has made [...] | 2005-09-26 13:19:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET | KDEM KPAO PREL EAID PHUM DJ |
05DJIBOUTI959 | UNHCR CONCERNED ABOUT REVOKED ASYLUM STATUS [...] (U) Summary. On September 20 UNHCR Country Representative met wi Ambassador and ConOff to raise concerns about refugees in Djibouti. September 14 refugees in the transit camp of Aour Aoussa were alleged that they had 36 hours to leave. UNHCR was most concerned about Erit Ethiopian refugees w [...] | 2005-09-29 04:31:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL DJ ET ER SO |
05DJIBOUTI961 | UNHCR CONCERNED ABOUT REVOKED [...] (U) Summary. On September 20 UNHCR Country Representative met with Ambassador and ConOff to raise concerns about refugees in Djibouti. On September 14 refugees in the transit camp of Aour Aoussa were allegedly told that they had 36 hours to leave. UNHCR was most concerned about Eritrean and [...] | 2005-09-29 06:15:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL DJ ET ER SO |
05DJIBOUTI965 | STRIKES AT DJIBOUTI PORT AND RUMORS OF EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: On September 14, the Port of Djibouti's general union, Union of Port Workers (UTP),launched a strike denouncing what it called "catastrophic management of the port's Human Resources Division." Further protests took place on September 24th following a breakdown in mediations and [...] | 2005-09-30 08:27:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ELAB ECON ASEC SCUL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI972 | Making an Impression in [...] (U) Souguah Mohamed, Director of Al Biri, a conservative Muslim social service organization, recently complimented Post for its proactive and sensitive dealings with both the conservative Muslim community and the nation's underprivileged in the time since Post's primary positions (Ambassador, [...] | 2005-10-03 07:47:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO PGOV SCUL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI976 | MINISTER OF HEALTH LEADS NATION-WIDE [...] (U) From June 15 through July 22, Minister of Health Abdallah Miguil, led an important and large delegation on a tour of rural Djibouti, visiting all rural health posts and district hospitals. His delegation included the Minister of Women's Affairs, Acha Robleh, Representatives of WHO, UNICEF, [...] | 2005-10-03 13:21:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID SOCI DJ |
05DJIBOUTI98 | CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FROM DJIBOUTIAN [...] (U) Embassy received January 27 the following letter addressed to Condoleeza Rice on her nomination as Secretary of State. Signed original will be pouched to the Desk Officer. 2. Begin text: Excellency, It is with great pleasure that I have learned of your nomination to lead the St [...] | 2005-01-30 08:09:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC DJ |
05DJIBOUTI983 | VEHICLE BREAK-IN, CORRECTED COPY [...] On September 29, 2005 at approximately 0945 the vehicle of an Embassy employee was broken into and 100,000 DF were stolen from the vehicle. The EFM of an Embassy employee had gone to Djibouti Telecom to pay their internet bill and parked their vehicle in the parking lot across the street from [...] | 2005-10-04 08:49:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC |
05DJIBOUTI984 | TERRORISM FINANCE - ADDITION OF AL-AKHTAR TRUST [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 21 September to Mohamed Bourhan, Americas Bureau in the Department of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bourhan said he would pass it to the Terrorism Finance Committee for distribution. RAGSDALE [...] | 2005-10-04 11:19:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | KSEP ETTC EFIN PTER CVIS DJ |
05DJIBOUTI985 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF NAME APPROVED BY [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 21 September to Mohamed Bourhan, Americas Bureau in the Department of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bourhan said he would transmit the new list to the Terrorism Finance Committee for distribution. RAGSDALE [...] | 2005-10-04 11:19:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS DJ |
05DJIBOUTI986 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL [...] (U) Pol/Econ delivered demarche per reftel 21 September to Mohamed Bourhan, Americas Bureau in the Department of Bilateral Relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Bourhan said he would take the draft document of the convention and the U.S. position to his superiors for consideration. He [...] | 2005-10-04 11:20:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD DJ |
05DJIBOUTI987 | PORT STRIKES: FOLLOW-UP WITH DPI DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador, DCM and Pol/Econ met with Dubai Ports International (DPI) General Manager, David Hawker, at Ambassador's request 2 October to discuss the recent problems with strikes at the Port. Hawker offered clarification for many points of misinformation that had been circulating [...] | 2005-10-04 11:51:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON PREL PGOV ASEC SCUL DJ |
05DJIBOUTI989 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH DJIBOUTI FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (c) SUMMARY: Ambassador Ragsdale and DCM Ball called September 29 on Djibouti Foreign Minister Mahmoud Ali Youssouf. Topics raised by the Ambassador included President Guelleh's trip to UNGA and Baltimore; Djibouti's national debt; renewable energy, including geothermal; strikes at the Port [...] | 2005-10-04 14:27:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC ECON ETRD DJ |
05DJIBOUTI995 | CHINA'S INFLUENCE IN DJIBOUTI [...] (C) The Republic of Djibouti and the People's Republic of China have had diplomatic relations for 26 of the 28 years Djibouti has been independent. Over those 26 years, China has given a substantial amount of aid to Djibouti in the form of loans, grants, building projects and cooperative trade [...] | 2005-10-05 13:48:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EFIN EMIN EINV ENRG ETTC PHUM SENV AF CH DJ |
05DJIBOUTI996 | DJIBOUTI: EAC 10/06/2005 [...] (S) Post convened a meeting of the Emergency Action Committee (EAC) on October 06, 2005 to review recent threat reporting received by the COS. The EAC discussed the potential of attacks on U.S. government interests and the addition of needed security measures to mitigate the threat. Potential [...] | 2005-10-06 13:25:00 | Embassy Djibouti | SECRET//NOFORN | ASEC CASC DJ PTER |
05DJIBOUTI999 | DJIBOUTI AND UNESCO CULTURAL DIVERSITY CONVENTION [...] (U) Ambassador used the opportunity of her October 6 meeting on another matter with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, (reported septel),to present reftel demarche received earlier that morning at post. She specifically apprised the Minister of USG concern over the extraord [...] | 2005-10-07 08:12:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD OPDC SCUL DJ BHUM UNESCO |
05DOHA1005 | FRAN TOWNSEND'S JUNE 2, 2005 MEETINGS IN QATAR [...] (S) Summary: Frances (Fran) Townsend, Assistant to the President and Advisor on Homeland Security, visited Doha for a few hours on Thursday, 2 June 2005. In her meetings with Sheikh Tamim the Heir Apparent, with the Amir (in which Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim sat in),and finally [...] | 2005-06-06 09:16:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | ASEC KPAO MARR PREL QA |
05DOHA1039 | DISCUSSION WITH QATARI OPPOSITION FIGURES [...] (SBU) P/E Section hosted a small group of Qatari oppositionists for lunch on May 26. The guests conveyed the view that economic and political power are overwhelmingly in the hands of the state and that democratic ideas had not yet taken root in the overall population. There was some criticism o [...] | 2005-06-09 14:44:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM QA |
05DOHA1056 | CONVERSATION WITH ISLAMIC SCHOLAR YOUSEF [...] (C) P/E Chief met with influential Islamic scholar Dr. Yousef al-Qaradawi in May. Qaradawi maintained an attitude of intellectual superiority and aloofness during the meeting. He made a point to reaffirm his well-known positions on suicide bombings against Israel and on interacting with Jews. H [...] | 2005-06-13 14:45:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PTER PINR IZ IS QA |
05DOHA1081 | G77 Begins the Second "South Summit" in Qatar [...] (U) Foreign Ministers of the Group of 77 UN bloc met June 13 in Doha as part of the second "South Summit." Heads of State, largely from the African, Pacific, and Arab regions, will meet June 15 and 16. The conference is expected to deal with issues of UN reform, international development assist [...] | 2005-06-15 08:57:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD KDEM QA UN |
05DOHA1096 | QATAR REFUTES AL-QAIDA PAYOFF ALLEGATION [...] Post received the note verbale in paragraph two from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by fax on June 8. The message refutes the allegation made in a Sunday Times article May 1 that Qatar pays al-Qaida to spare it from attack. The note requests that the Qatari position be transmitted to the "high [...] | 2005-06-16 11:22:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV PREL UK QA |
05DOHA1131 | G77 SUMMIT: NEW DEVELOPMENT FUND PROPOSED AT CLOSING [...] Summary. The G77 South Summit ended June 16 with a proposal for a new development fund to which Qatar would contribute $20 million. Leaders called on developed nations to meet the target of 0.7% of GDP toward overseas assistance. In addition to improved access to markets in developed economies, [...] | 2005-06-21 08:15:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL ETRD KDEM XA XB XC XD XE XK XL XM XO QA UN |
05DOHA1132 | ASIAN LABOR DEMOGRAPHICS AND EXPERIENCE [...] (U) Summary. Poloff hosted a group of Asian labor attaches for lunch on May 17. Labor attaches from Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka attended. Poloff also met individually with attaches from Bangladesh, China and India. For the most part, the attaches openly expressed [...] | 2005-06-21 08:41:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PHUM QA |
05DOHA1155 | QATAR'S NEW CONSTITUTION TAKES EFFECT WITHOUT FANFARE [...] (SBU) Qatar's first constitution took effect June 9, replacing a temporary law in place since 1971. The event passed without any attention from the media or other official recognition. When the constitution was approved by popular referendum in 2003, there was much fanfare to highlight the occa [...] | 2005-06-23 13:05:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM QA |
05DOHA1158 | MINISTER OF ENERGY ON GAS INVESTMENTS AND RESERVES [...] (SBU) Summary. Energy Minister al-Attiyah welcomed a possible visit by Secretary Bodman in November, telling senior officials from the Department of Energy "we will plan a good trip for him." Attiya discussed Qatar's investment plans with the DOE delegation and noted that Qatar expects to supp [...] | 2005-06-23 15:30:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EINV PREL QA |
05DOHA1225 | AMIR EXTENDS CURRENT ADVISORY COUNCIL SESSON FOR [...] (SBU) The Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, extended the current, all-appointed legislative body by one year, to June 30, 2006, according to official reports seen June 28. The Advisory Council's term was to expire on June 30, 2005 (ref A),in order to conform to Qatar's new con [...] | 2005-07-03 15:07:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM QA |
05DOHA1226 | DIALOGUE OF RELIGIONS CONFERENCE: AMIR WELCOMES [...] (U) Summary. The Amir of Qatar opened the Third Conference on Dialogue of Religions and welcomed Jewish participants for the first time. (Though none came from Israel, there was a five- member delegation of rabbis from the U.S.) In his opening remarks, the Amir expressed liberal views on reform [...] | 2005-07-04 08:45:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KISL IS QA |
05DOHA1240 | HOW ELITE QATARI WOMEN VIEW THEMSELVES [...] (U) Summary. The Political Section has been following up with Qatari women throughout the last few months to gain their perspective on various facets of Qatari society and the changing role of women. At a recent gathering of elite Qatari women, Poloff asked the women to express their views on a [...] | 2005-07-06 12:26:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINS PREL SOCI QA |
05DOHA1268 | QARADAWI VIEWED LOCALLY AS A MODERATE SCHOLAR [...] (C) Summary. Dr. Yousef al-Qaradawi is the most influential Muslim scholar in Qatar. His positions on social issues are seen as moderate by his followers. He plays an important role in Islamic banking in the country. His personal wealth is due to favors bestowed by the ruling Al Thani family. [...] | 2005-07-12 14:43:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KISL PTER QA |
05DOHA1443 | QATAR WELCOMES ISRAEL'S WITHDRAWAL FROM GAZA [...] The government of Qatar announced its satisfaction with the Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip in a diplomatic circular received August 16. The circular included an "unofficial translation" in English (para. 2). In its statement, the GOQ calls for withdrawal from all Palestinian territories [...] | 2005-08-17 14:13:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL GZ IS QA |
05DOHA1445 | DATA REQUEST: QATARI ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-18 10:41:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PREL IS WE GZ QA |
05DOHA1468 | OULD AL-TAYA ARRIVES IN DOHA, JOINING OTHER EXILES [...] (U) Ousted Mauritanian president Maouiya Ould al-Taya arrived in Doha at 8 PM August 22 with his family. According to a local news report, he was also accompanied by the "teacher of his children" and is staying at a luxury hotel. He arrived on a Qatar Airways plane via Cairo. Sources indicate [...] | 2005-08-24 13:58:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PTER KISL XA QA |
05DOHA1474 | CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION UPDATE: QATAR [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points, including the offer to meet Qatari officials at The Hague, to the MFA. Ambassador had previously discussed Washington's offer to send officials to Doha before or after Ramadan 2005 to discuss the CWC Challenge Inspections issue. Post has also delivered the dra [...] | 2005-08-25 13:17:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM MARR PREL KTIA QA |
05DOHA1567 | AL JAZEERA INTERNATIONAL: THE HASSAN AND JOSH SHOW [...] (SBU) Summary: Pol/Econ chief participated September 2 in the filming of an Al Jazeera International pilot program not intended for broadcast. The program, co-hosted by two personalities prominent in the 2004 documentary `Control Room', still lacks polish. AJI operations are still in a somewha [...] | 2005-09-13 10:50:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA |
05DOHA1593 | 9/17 MEETING WITH AL JAZEERA MANAGING DIRECTOR [...] (SBU) Summary: PAO met 9/17 with Wadah Khanfar, Managing Director of Al Jazeera (AJ). The following topics were discussed: Para 2: Khanfar's view of GWOT; Para 3: A new entity: "The Al Jazeera Network" Paras 4-7: Al Jazeera's relations with Arab governments (including Iraq's); Paras 5: USG [...] | 2005-09-18 13:08:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAO PREL PTER QA ALJAZEERA |
05DOHA1605 | AL JAZEERA CHILDREN'S CHANNEL [...] Summary: Al Jazeera Children's Channel was launched to great media fanfare in Doha on September 9. Ninety percent owned by Qatar Foundation, the new channel has a limited administrative relationship with the original Al Jazeera satellite channel. Developed and implemented in association with t [...] | 2005-09-20 06:48:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA |
05DOHA1609 | FINAL MEETING WITH ISRAELI TRADE REP [...] (C) Summary. Dov Segev-Steinberg, Israeli trade representative, shared his views on a range of issues with Poloff in a final meeting before his departure from Qatar the last week of September. While the trade representative did not foresee any change in Qatar-Israeli relations and the current [...] | 2005-09-20 11:21:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS QA |
05DOHA1657 | COMBATING EXTREMISM: QATAR [...] (S) The extent and nature of extremism in Qatar is limited by several factors. One is Qatar,s considerable wealth, which enables it to steer clear of the poverty-inspired extremism affecting poorer nations. Other factors are the small size of the country (comparable to Connecticut) and populat [...] | 2005-09-29 09:28:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | EAID KDEM KPAO PHUM PREL QA ALJAZEERA |
05DOHA1701 | AMERICAN BUSINESSES IN QATAR EAGER TO DO THEIR [...] (U) Summary. Post continues its effort to promote labor standards and raise awareness of labor issues in Qatar. Recent efforts culminated in a presentation by Qatari Labor Department officials to the American Business Council of Qatar. The presentation highlighted the growing interest and conc [...] | 2005-10-05 12:25:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD ECON PREL QA |
05DOHA1721 | QATAR: CODEL REED'S 10 OCTOBER 2005 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Senators Jack Reed of Rhode Island and Chris Dodd of Connecticut met with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani (HBJ) in his private majlis at Al-Wajba Palace outside Doha on the evening of 10 October 2005. Senator Dodd is the third-ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relati [...] | 2005-10-12 10:19:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER QA |
05DOHA1726 | SPORTS AS POLITICS: QATAR DONATES MILLIONS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-13 10:27:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV IS QA |
05DOHA1733 | QATAR CONVICTS TWO EXECUTIVES OF INSIDER TRADING [...] (SBU) Summary. The State of Qatar recently convicted two senior corporate executives on charges of insider trading on the Doha Stock Exchange. One of the executives convicted, Saeed Abdullah Al-Misnad, is an uncle to the Amir's wife, the powerful Sheikha Mozah Bin Nasser Al-Misnad. When th [...] | 2005-10-13 13:27:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD QA |
05DOHA1734 | EMBASSY DEMARCHES ON OBJECTIONABLE AL JAZEERA [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and PAO met separately 10/13 with GOQ and Al Jazeera officials to express USG objections to material published recently on Al Jazeera's website (www.aljazeera.net) relating to the recent visit of U/S Karen Hughes to the region. Al Jazeera's website director acknowledged [...] | 2005-10-13 14:08:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA |
05DOHA1744 | QATAR: AMBASSADOR UNTERMEYER'S 14 OCTOBER 2005 [...] (U) The Ambassador met with Qatar's First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani (HBJ) at Wajbah Palace during the evening of Friday, 14 October. ---------------------- Iraq Referendum ---------------------- 2. (S) HBJ said he had been ca [...] | 2005-10-17 14:08:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PTER KPAO QA IZ |
05DOHA1752 | QATAR: S/I JEFFREY'S OCTOBER 6, 2005 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Senior Advisor on Iraq James Jeffrey and an interagency team that included representatives from the NSC, DOD, and Treasury met with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani (HBJ) on October 6. HBJ assured the U.S. delegation that Qatar was committed to winning the [...] | 2005-10-19 07:08:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ PREL PTER QA |
05DOHA1764 | AMIR'S INAUGURAL ADDRESS TO ADVISORY COUNCIL [...] (U) Summary. On Tuesday, October 11th, the Amir Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al-Thani delivered the opening address to the 34th session of the Advisory Council. The Amir's speech was perhaps more noteworthy for what it did not say, as opposed to what it said. The speech touched on Qatar's economic [...] | 2005-10-20 13:17:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL QA |
05DOHA1765 | PAO MEETING WITH AL JAZEERA MANAGING DIRECTOR [...] (C) Summary: PAO met 10/19 with Al Jazeera Managing Director Wadah Khanfar to discuss the latest DIA report on Al Jazeera and disturbing Al Jazeera website content. Khanfar is preparing a written response to the DIA points from July, August and September which should be available during the co [...] | 2005-10-20 13:25:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA |
05DOHA1779 | QATARIS SEE TRUTH IN MEHLIS REPORT BUT ARE CAUTIOUS [...] (C) Summary. Qataris and resident non-Qatari Arabs (largely Palestinians, Jordanians, and Egyptians) are generally of the view that the Mehlis report on the Hariri assassination is credible but should not be used as a justification to use force against Syria. Qataris and non-Qatari Arabs hold [...] | 2005-10-24 13:37:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER SY LE QA |
05DOHA1786 | MEETING WITH AL JAZEERA QUALITY ASSURANCE CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: PAO met 10/26 with Jaafar Abbas Ahmed, the head of Al Jazeera's Quality Assurance unit. Abbas spoke frankly of the difficulties the unit faces in encouraging the professionalization of Al Jazeera, including resistance and hostility from AJ's older generation of journalists. He said [...] | 2005-10-26 13:14:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA |
05DOHA1790 | DEMOCRATIC REFORM STRATEGY FOR QATAR - QUARTERLY [...] (C) This is a quarterly update on Embassy Doha's democratic reform action plan under the Middle East Partnership Initiative. This update addresses activities in three areas: strengthening the rule of law, developing open political competition, and developing civic education. Rule of Law --- [...] | 2005-10-27 13:35:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KMPI ECON PHUM QA |
05DOHA1798 | SYRIAN DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER VISIT TO DOHA [...] (U) Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Walid Moallem visited Doha for several hours October 30, meeting with the Amir and Foreign Minister. His tour also included Jeddah, Kuwait, and Abu Dhabi. According to reports, Moallem emphasized Syria's desire the cooperate with the Mehlis Committee and said [...] | 2005-10-31 13:12:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY QA UNSC |
05DOHA1803 | MEETING WITH AL JAZEERA MEDIA TRAINING CENTER [...] (SBU) Summary: PAO met 10/31 with Mahmoud Abdel Hadi, Director of the Al Jazeera Media Training and Development Center located in Doha, now in its second year of operation. Abdel Hadi said the focus of the Center is regional and that 1,500 Arab journalists have participated in the Center's pro [...] | 2005-11-02 10:41:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KPAO KMPI QA ALJAZEERA |
05DOHA1805 | DIRECT FUNDING PROPOSAL - QATAR [...] Embassy Doha requests $2,100 for curriculum materials and $1,900 for an instructor from FSI/Tunis to provide training for post's two teachers. See paragraphs 3 - 6. 2. Embassy Doha's Language Program: Post's two part-time instructors teach Arabic to three new beginners, one continuing begin [...] | 2005-11-02 11:15:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSI AMGT QA |
05DOHA1809 | QATAR ECONOMY HEATS UP [...] Summary. Qatari Minister of Economy and Commerce, Sheikh Mohamed bin Ahmed Al Thani, has highlighted the country's bright economic prospects in interviews with local press and in a front- page story in the recent Middle East Economic Digest. The economy is expected to grow by 25 to 27 percent, [...] | 2005-11-02 12:33:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EPET EINV PGOV QA |
05DOHA1823 | SCENESETTER - VISIT OF ENERGY SECRETARY BODMAN TO [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, we are pleased to welcome you to Doha. Your visit is an important one: you will be the first cabinet-level U.S. official to meet with Qatari officials in Doha this year. Your visit will demonstrate the importance we place on the future of our energy relationship and will help [...] | 2005-11-09 12:33:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET ENRG ECON ETRD EINV PGOV QA ALJAZEERA |
05DOHA1836 | QATAR: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) Post is submitting the following update on Qatar's efforts to address weaknesses identified in the 2005 TIP Report for inclusion in the Interim Assessment Report. 2. (U) The GOQ has begun implementing the broad recommendations contained in the anti-trafficking national action plan. The [...] | 2005-11-14 10:27:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL QA |
05DOHA1856 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: THE DISCUSSION THAT DID NOT [...] (C) The Amir's decision in May to lease land for the building of churches (reftel) surfaced in non-Qatari Arab and western newspapers at the end of October and early November. At issue was the degree to which the churches would be welcomed by Qatari society. The fact that it appeared primarily [...] | 2005-11-16 14:28:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI KISL QA |
05DOHA1898 | PREPARATIONS BEGIN FOR LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS [...] (U) The GOQ appears to have launched preparations for Qatar's legislative elections expected in early 2007. The First Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister, Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem bin Jabor Al Thani, said that "Preparations are currently under way to hold the first-ever parliamentary poll in the [...] | 2005-11-28 14:25:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM QA |
05DOHA1907 | QATAR: OUTLINE OF DRAFT NATIONALITY LAW [...] (C) Summary. A draft law on nationality shared with the Embassy limits the number of foreigners who can be granted Qatari nationality to 50 per year. Those nationalized would not have the right to vote and their citizenship could be revoked upon the recommendation of the Ministry of Interior. [...] | 2005-11-30 07:16:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM QA |
05DOHA1937 | GOQ REQUESTS OFFICIAL EXPLANATION OF AL-JAZEERA [...] (C) Text of diplomatic note received by Ambassador Untermeyer on 4 December 2005: Begin Text: UNOFFICIAL TRANSLATION The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar presents its compliments to the State Department of the United States of America and has the honor to refer to the [...] | 2005-12-06 13:58:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA |
05DOHA1961 | DAS GORDON GRAY MEETING WITH SHEIKH HAMAD BIN [...] (U) Present on the Qatari side: Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani (HBJ),Foreign Minister and First Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar; Sheikh Jabor bin Yusuf al-Thani, HBJ,s Office Director and nephew; Sheikha Mayassa bint Hamad al-Thani, daughter of the Amir of Qatar and newly-appointed Assistan [...] | 2005-12-11 14:06:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL KPAO QA |
05DOHA1976 | DAS GRAY'S DECEMBER 1 MEETING WITH AL JAZEERA [...] (C) Summary: DAS Gray met with Al Jazeera Managing Director Wadah Khanfar December 1 in Doha. Topics discussed included the Daily Mirror story alleging President Bush considered bombing Al Jazeera offices in Doha; USG concerns about Al Jazeera's professionalism, and possible cooperation in the [...] | 2005-12-14 08:15:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO QA ALJAZEERA |
05DOHA2022 | QATAR: FIRST STEPS TOWARD THE FREEDOM TO ASSOCIATE [...] Summary. In the one year that has passed since the enactment of the Law for Societies and Private Foundations, only three private societies have received permission to form. Applicants for private status are critical of an application process that is lengthy, convoluted, and laden with restric [...] | 2005-12-22 11:12:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM QA |
05DOHA2037 | QATAR: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION CHALLENGE [...] (C) Summary. Qatari authorities balked at meeting a CWC Challenge Inspections negotiating team from Washington on December 15 because, in post's view, senior decision-makers had not been prepared by subordinates on the substance of the meeting. Officials also had not obtained sufficient decisi [...] | 2005-12-27 13:44:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MARR KTIA QA |
05DOHA2038 | SECRETARY OF ENERGY BODMAN'S MEETING WITH AMIR OF [...] (U) U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman met with the Amir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, on November 15, 2005, in the course of a two-day visit to Qatar. Secretary Bodman also visited energy installations and met SIPDIS with resident U.S. business executives. The meeting wit [...] | 2005-12-28 06:16:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG EPET EINV PREL IR QA |
05DOHA206 | Special Media Reaction: Qatari coverage of the [...] SUMMARY: All the Qatari papers from 01/29-02/03/2005 provided front-page coverage for the Iraqi elections. The papers focused on the absence of Sunni Iraqi voters in the Elections, linking the poor participation to the deteriorating security situation. Today, all the papers front-paged the Qat [...] | 2005-02-03 10:12:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP KMDR KPAO PREL OPRC QA IZ MEPP |
05DOHA845 | QATAR: UPDATE ON NATIONALITY ISSUE [...] (C) Summary. Over the past several months, post has received numerous reports from Qatari nationals that the government has revoked their nationality (reftel A). According to various sources, the group most affected by these revocations is the Al-Ghufran branch of the Al-Murra tribe. This trib [...] | 2005-05-10 13:51:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR QA |
05DOHA849 | QATAR: UPDATE ON UNDERAGE CAMEL JOCKEYS [...] (U) Summary. Recently concluded camel races in Qatar provided an opportunity to learn about the child camel jockey situation in Qatar. While the findings point to a significant problem, recent statements and pledges by government officials suggest that the GOQ may finally be taking some impor [...] | 2005-05-11 14:45:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KCRM QA |
05DOHA85 | 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT: QATAR [...] This report serves as the 2005 Investment Climate Statement for Qatar. It will be provided to assist U.S. investors wishing to do business in Qatar. 2. A.1 Openness to Foreign Investment: 3. The Government of Qatar, under the leadership of His Highness the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa [...] | 2005-01-12 11:10:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ELAB ENRG EPET QA KTBD OPIC USTR |
05DOHA858 | QATAR'S SPONSORSHIP LAW [...] (U)Summary. Sponsorship rules are believed by many to be at the heart of labor issues and disputes in Qatar. The current law requires expatriate workers to have the signed permission of their sponsors when changing employment or departing Qatar. Critics of the law allege that it creates a sy [...] | 2005-05-12 12:16:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PHUM QA |
05DOHA861 | DOHA SECURITIES MARKET OPENING TO FOREIGN [...] Summary. On April 3 the Doha Securities Market (DSM) opened up to allow greater yet limited foreign investment in all sectors of the economy. The opening of the DSM has created a lot of excitement and speculation among Qatari investors who see opportunities to create wealth. However, foreig [...] | 2005-05-15 09:09:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD QA |
05DOHA881 | DEMOCRATIC REFORM MEPI STRATEGY FOR QATAR [...] Post has developed a three-pronged approach to advance the GOQ's democratic reform agenda. Our planning revolves around Qatar's first national legislative elections, expected to take place in 2006. Post sees the following as primary objectives of the MEPI partnership: promoting open political [...] | 2005-05-17 04:22:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KMPI KDEM XF QA |
05DOHA910 | GOVERNMENT OF QATAR AGREES TO LEASE PROPERTY FOR [...] On 10 May, representatives of Christian churches in Qatar signed an agreement at the Foreign Ministry for a 50-year lease on a large piece of property in Doha on which they will erect six churches at their own expense. The churches will pay nominal leases of only a few hundred dollars a year, [...] | 2005-05-22 11:58:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL QA |
05DOHA934 | NATURAL GAS UPDATE: BAHRAIN PIPELINE, VENEZUELA [...] (SBU) Summary. A Ministry of Energy official told post that a natural gas pipeline to Bahrain announced in papers in Doha and Manama does not have much basis in reality. The official said that Venezuela had asked Qatar to participate in a project to supply LNG to the United States; the Qataris [...] | 2005-05-25 15:02:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | EPET EINV PREL VE BA QA |
05DOHA953 | SCENESETTER FOR NSC FRANCES TOWNSEND'S JUNE 2, [...] (C) Let me extend a warm welcome to you from me and the team at Embassy Doha. Your visit fulfills a pledge President Bush made to the Emir last April for you to visit Qatar to explore enhanced counterterrorism cooperation. To that end, we have requested meetings with the Emir, Sheikh Hamad bin [...] | 2005-05-26 15:01:00 | Embassy Doha | SECRET | PREL PTER MARR QA |
05DOHA962 | PROPOSED MINI-ACTION PLAN FOR QATAR [...] (U) Embassy Doha has reviewed the TIP Mini-Action Plan in reftel and proposes several revisions to reflect recent actions taken by the Government of Qatar (GOQ) and to set out a realistic and achievable series of steps for the GOQ to take before July 30. Revised Mini-Action Plan is below. - [...] | 2005-05-31 11:47:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN OPRC PREL KCRM SMIG QA |
05DOHA991 | QATAR: DELIVERY OF 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) DCM delivered advance draft of the 2005 TIP report and action plan for Qatar on Thursday, June 2 to Amb. Khalid Al-Mansouri, Director of the Americas and European Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. 2. (C) DCM informed Al-Mansouri that Qatar had been placed on Tier 3 based on the l [...] | 2005-06-02 13:42:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG QA |
05DOHA993 | QATAR NEWS AND RUMORS [...] (U) Some schools in Doha have established a forum called "small parliament" to discuss children's issues such as the Child's Rights Convention. Several young sheiks have participated in these small parliaments, which have held several meetings. The views expressed in these parliaments have bee [...] | 2005-06-05 11:55:00 | Embassy Doha | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON KISL KDEM ELAB PHUM EINV QA INL |
05DUBAI126 | DUBAI'S PROPERTY MARKET PART THREE -- BOOM OR BUST? [...] (SBU) Summary: Dubai's property market has been growing too big, too fast, according to many observers. Others, concerned that currently skyrocketing property prices in Dubai are not good for business, look to the construction surge to assuage this demand. Since the 2002 advent of property sal [...] | 2005-01-09 13:42:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV EFIN TC |
05DUBAI128 | IRAN'S EXPANDING JUDICIARY DRAWS MAJLIS FIRE [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Protect Accordingly 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In late December 2004 the Majlis Judicial And Legal Committee approved a bill to investigate the Iranian Judiciary, forwarding it to the Majlis General Session for consideration. Also in late December 2004 a related ongo [...] | 2005-01-10 18:24:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED | IR PREL |
05DUBAI1753 | RAFSANJANI VERSUS QALIBAF? [...] (C) SUMMARY: With 58 days left before the June 17 Iranian Presidential election and 21 days until the start of candidate registration on May 10, there are 19 Iranian men (and no women) cited in Iranian press as possible Presidential candidates. Former President and current Expediency Council Ch [...] | 2005-04-19 13:46:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IR PGOV |
05DUBAI181 | DUBAI LABOR SEMINAR STRESSES ILO COMPLIANCE [...] (U) Summary: From January 8-10, the UAE Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MoL) hosted a seminar in Dubai for MoL employees entitled "The Role of the Labor Department in the Implementation of the International and Arab Labor Standards and Basic Principles and Rights at Work." The purpose of [...] | 2005-01-12 13:49:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV TC |
05DUBAI265 | UAE-IRAN PIPELINE REPORTEDLY MOVING AHEAD [...] (C) Summary: Progress on Crescent Petroleum's project to pipe gas from Iran into the UAE, reported reftels, continues apace according to our contacts in the industry. The project looks likely be completed in 2005 or 2006. Contracts for the project's required new infrastructure -- an offshore [...] | 2005-01-17 12:22:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | EPET PREL TC IR |
05DUBAI271 | IRAN'S MAJLIS VOTES TO FREEZE KEY PRICES [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified - Protect Accordingly 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 11 the Iranian Majlis passed a bill fixing the price of gasoline and other key goods and services at September 2004 levels for the upcoming Iranian year 1384 (i.e. March 21, 2005 - March 20, 2006). The bill's [...] | 2005-01-18 13:34:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL IR ECON |
05DUBAI334 | UAEG OFFICIALS AND OTHERS TELL A/USTR CLATANOFF LABOR [...] (C) Summary: In a January 18 visit to Dubai, Labor A/USTR Clatanoff spent over two hours at the Ministry of Labor observing the Ministry's labor dispute process. MinFin A/US Khalid Al-Bustani told Clatanoff that labor was receiving attention "all the way to the top" of the UAEG. In a meeting w [...] | 2005-01-24 12:19:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ETRD PHUM TC |
05DUBAI4706 | FORMER IRANIAN MP: REFORMERS TRYING TO REGROUP [...] (S) Summary: Iranian reform leader and former member of parliament Fatemeh Haghighatjoo (please protect) believes that international pressure on Iran, but not war, will produce positive results on both the nuclear and the human rights fronts. She admits the reform movement is in disarray and t [...] | 2005-09-25 13:47:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | IR PINR PGOV PHUM PREL KNNP |
05DUBAI4824 | ONE IRAN EXPERT'S VIEW OF PRESIDENT AHMADINEJAD [...] (S) Summary: XXXXXXXXXXXX, an Iranian XXXXXXXXXXXX well known in Iran watcher circles, offered to PolEconChief his views on his "childhood friend," President Ahmadinejad. He asserted that Ahmadinejad had no role in the 1979 hostage crisis. He had opposed Ahmadinejad's candidacy due to his lack [...] | 2005-10-03 13:12:00 | Consulate Dubai | SECRET | PGOV PINR PREL KNNP IR |
05DUBAI57 | PRESIDENT OF DUBAI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXPRESSES CONCERN [...] (C) Summary: Obaid Al-Tayer, prominent Dubai businessman and President of the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI),told Consul General December 29 that the process of negotiating a US-UAE Free Trade Agreement "will not be easy." That said, Dubai businessmen were not against the FTA; [...] | 2005-01-05 13:52:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD EFIN PREL TC |
05DUBAI6301 | SABA TV TO AIR FIRST PROGRAM AS EARLY AS 21 DECEMBER [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-19 12:26:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR ECPS PGOV SCUL IR TC |
05DUBAI6327 | IRAN DENIES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON AHMADINEJAD [...] Iranian government spokesman Golamhoseyn Elham has denied reports of a December 15 assassination attempt on Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He confirmed, however, that a Revolutionary Guardsman -- identified by Iran Daily as presidential bodyguard Hojjat Garmabdari -- and his driver, wer [...] | 2005-12-20 14:19:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV IR ZP |
05DUBAI6335 | RAK CROWN PRINCE COMMENTS ON IRAN'S AHMADINEJAD [...] (C) Summary: In a December 15 meeting with CG, Ras Al-Khaimah Crown Prince Saud Al Qassimi offered his views of Iran's new president, views including elements of both scorn and admiration. Saud sees Ahmadinejad's recent anti-Israel comments as an effort to build his own street credibility at [...] | 2005-12-21 13:45:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TC IR IS PGOV |
05DUBAI6398 | NGO CLIMATE IN IRAN [...] (C) Summary: In a December 10 meeting in Dubai, Open Society Institute (OSI) representatives described the group's current projects in Iran, where they operate with an annual OFAC license. They also discussed UNDP's work in Iran, and the current NGO climate, including DRL's classified grants t [...] | 2005-12-26 05:37:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR SOCI IR |
05DUBAI92 | DUBAI'S "EXECUTIVE OFFICE" SPLITS INTO BUSINESS AND [...] (C) Summary: Dubai's "Executive Office," headed by Mohammed Gergawi, has long been a key player in "Dubai Inc," the term used to describe the various parastatal organizations that the Ruler's Office has set up to manage and oversee the development of Dubai. The Executive Office has recently be [...] | 2005-01-08 13:11:00 | Consulate Dubai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EINV ECON TC |
05DUBAI94 | DUBAI GOV'T REMAINS WILLING TO ENGAGE ON BUILDING NOB FOR [...] Consul General met December 20 with Sultan bin Sulayem (SBS),the Dubai government's point person for the proposed NOB for ConGen Dubai, to review the points raised in reftel. Following is a summary of the discussion, which was favorable overall. 2. Contractors: SBS said there were three US [...] | 2005-01-08 13:45:00 | Consulate Dubai | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KSEO ABLD AMGT TC |
05DUBLIN1006 | COLOMBIA THREE: IRISH AND COLOMBIAN POLICE IN [...] (C) The Irish police (Garda) have sent a formal message to the Colombian police through Interpol regarding the Colombia Three (ref A),Emboff was told by Irish Department of Justice (DOJ) Assistant Secretary Ken O'Leary following an August 12 meeting attended by DOJ, the Department of Foreign [...] | 2005-08-12 16:32:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KCRM EI |
05DUBLIN1022 | COLOMBIA THREE TURN THEMSELVES IN [...] (C) Summary: On August 18, the Colombia Three voluntarily presented themselves to the Irish police. The Irish Department of Justice (DOJ) believes that the Garda will release the men and turn to the Director of Public Prosecutions for a decision on charges. The DOJ has also asked for Embass [...] | 2005-08-18 15:40:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KCRM EI CO |
05DUBLIN1023 | IRELAND SUPPORTS TURKEY'S EU ACCESSION PROCESS [...] (C) In previous demarche discussions on Turkey, Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) has expressed support for the start of Turkey's accession negotiations (ref B). This position is consistent with public positions taken by GOI officials during Ireland's EU presidency in 2004. In a [...] | 2005-08-18 16:35:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL |
05DUBLIN1030 | IRELAND'S BROADBAND PARADOX [...] (SBU) Summary: Although Ireland boasts a world-class information technology (IT) sector and markets itself as an e-commerce hub, the country has one of the lowest broadband penetration rates in the EU, notwithstanding recent rapid increases in broadband use. Eircom, the national phone compan [...] | 2005-08-19 15:47:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV TINT BTIO |
05DUBLIN104 | IRAQ: IRELAND ISSUES POSITIVE STATEMENT ON [...] (C) On January 27 the Irish Government issued a very helpful statement on Iraq's elections (para 2),reversing their earlier reluctance to do so (reftel A). Embassy had launched a full court press, with Ambassador, DCM, Pol/Econ Chief, and PAO raising multiple times with the Prime Minister's [...] | 2005-01-28 10:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO |
05DUBLIN1050 | FOREIGN MINISTER AHERN DISCUSSES NORTHERN IRELAND, [...] (C) Summary. In an August 25 meeting with SFRC Chairman Lugar and the Ambassador, Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern said that continued U.S. support for the Northern Ireland peace process, including through the International Fund for Ireland (IFI),would help to foster reconciliation betwee [...] | 2005-08-26 14:00:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KCRM KJUS CO EI |
05DUBLIN1068 | IRISH FM UNAWARE OF EXTRADITION DIFFICULTIES [...] (C) Ambassador, DCM and poloff called on Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern August 30 to further advance bilateral judicial cooperation. These issues were discussed during Senator Lugar's visit (reftel) and that of a DOJ team (septel). FM Ahern had asked for more information. 2. (C) FM [...] | 2005-08-30 16:32:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KCRM KJUS CO EI |
05DUBLIN107 | PRIME MINISTER AHERN'S TRIP TO CHINA NETS DEALS [...] (C) Summary: The January 17-21 visit to China of Ireland's largest ever trade delegation advanced the GOI's "Asia Strategy" of raising Ireland's commercial profile in the Pacific region, though the extent to which Prime Minister Ahern used the opportunity to press Beijing on human rights rema [...] | 2005-01-28 13:50:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ECON ETRD EINV SOCI SCUL |
05DUBLIN1075 | PRE-GYMNICH DEMARCHE: IRELAND SUPPORTS TURKEY [...] Summary: On August 29, Post delivered ref A talking points on the September 1-2 Gymnich Meeting to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent (who replaced Gerard Keown on August 25). Kelly conveyed Ireland's hope that EU accession talks for Turkey would begin as origina [...] | 2005-08-31 16:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAL EUN |
05DUBLIN1081 | IRISH RESPONSE TO IRAQ: PRESENTATION OF A DRAFT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-01 14:22:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL |
05DUBLIN1084 | IRELAND: NO PLANS TO MEET SYRIANS AT UN [...] (S) Paul Gunning, First Secretary for Middle East issues, said that as of September 2, FM Ahern had received no request from the Syrians for a bilateral meeting at the UNGA. FM Ahern plans to keep bilateral meetings to a minimum in order to be available to the Secretary General in his capacity [...] | 2005-09-01 16:44:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER UNGA |
05DUBLIN1087 | IRISH IMAM VOWS TO ARREST EXTREMISTS, BUT WILL HE? [...] (C) Summary. Sheikh Hussein Halawa, the most prominent Muslim in Ireland, said in an August 29 interview with the Irish Times that he would personally arrest or report extremists to the Irish authorities. He said that he did not know extremists that were operating in Ireland, but would repudi [...] | 2005-09-02 12:47:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PTER KTFN ASEC KHLS PINR |
05DUBLIN1088 | IRELAND: SECOND APPEAL TO EU TO ASSIST HAITI IN MEETING FIRST-HALF FY06 FINANCING GAP [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-02 12:58:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EUN EFIN EI |
05DUBLIN1089 | IRELAND UNDECIDED ON SENDING OBSERVES TO HAITI [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-02 13:01:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID |
05DUBLIN1090 | CODEL BOUCHER WRAP-UP: IRELAND'S DEBATE ON [...] (C) Summary: The August 22-23 visit of Congressman Rick Boucher (D-VA),which focused on information technology (IT) and energy, exposed conflicting views on the level of competition in Ireland's telecoms sector, as well as concerns about Ireland's ability to meet Kyoto commitments. Irish Go [...] | 2005-09-02 13:44:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TINT SENV TRGY EINV ENRG |
05DUBLIN1094 | AVIAN INFLUENZA: IRELAND GEARING UP [...] On September 2, Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Brain Mullen, Principal Officer, Community Health Division, Department of Health and Children. Mullen said that the GOI shared U.S. concerns regarding avian influenza and is taking steps to monitor and deter its potential spread to Ireland [...] | 2005-09-02 16:02:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TBIO ECON SOCI |
05DUBLIN1097 | GOI VIEWS ON HLE DEVELOPMENT ISSUES [...] (C) Summary: Ireland shares a number of USG concerns about the development chapter of the UN High-Level Event (HLE) outcome document, but advocates flexibility to reach agreement on the document's interlocking elements, GOI officials told DCM on September 2. The Office of the Taoiseach (Pri [...] | 2005-09-06 12:08:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ECIN UNGA |
05DUBLIN11 | IRISH RESPONSE TO IMIE DEMARCHE: NO OBSERVERS [...] On January 6, Post delivered reftel talking points to Stephen Dawson, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Middle Eastern Affairs. Dawson said that the SIPDIS GOI did not plan to contribute observers or provide other forms of bilateral support to the International Missio [...] | 2005-01-07 12:23:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PROP PREL PHUM |
05DUBLIN1100 | UPDATE ON WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE DEMARCHE [...] On September 7, 2005 post received a Diplomatic Note from the DFA dated August 15, 2005. A copy of the original note has been forwarded to EUR/UBI. 2. Below is the text of the DIP Note: Begin Text An Roinn Gnothai Eachtracha Department of Foreign Affairs Bail Atha Cliath 2 Dublin 2 [...] | 2005-09-07 10:56:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL UNESCO |
05DUBLIN111 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DARWISH DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-28 16:49:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP KVPR CIVS |
05DUBLIN1110 | IRELAND SUPPORTS IPAPI CORE PRINCIPLES, UNCERTAIN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-08 15:39:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL TBIO ECON SOCI KSTH WHO |
05DUBLIN1115 | IRISH AID OFFICIALS: IRELAND SHARES U.S. [...] (SBU) Summary: Ireland shares U.S. hopes for a successful UN High-Level Event (HLE),as well as U.S. concerns about the development portion of the HLE outcome document, Ronan Murphy, Director General of Ireland's aid agency, told the Ambassador and DCM on September 7. Murphy said that aid re [...] | 2005-09-09 13:36:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID ECIN UNGA |
05DUBLIN1116 | MTCR PLENARY: IRELAND FAVORS SYRIA MODEL ON NORTH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-09 13:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC KSCA TSPA MTCRE MUNC |
05DUBLIN112 | GAERC: GOI POSITIVE ON U.S.-EU RELATIONSHIP [...] (C) On January 27, POL/ECON Chief met with Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent, to get Irish views on the upcoming GAERC (reftel points had been shared earlier in the week). Keown opened the meeting with high praise for A/S Jones' January 15 consultations with E [...] | 2005-01-28 16:52:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PTER EUN |
05DUBLIN1151 | TERRORISM FINANCE: AL-AKHTAR TRUST INTERNATIONAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-16 15:38:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC KSEP KVPR CIVS UN |
05DUBLIN1152 | IRELAND: NO POSITION YET ON U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-16 15:42:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP |
05DUBLIN1158 | IRELAND TO ADOPT UNESCO DRAFT CONVENTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-20 09:15:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ETRD UNESCO |
05DUBLIN1161 | IRELAND: COMBATING EXTREMISM [...] (C) Summary. Overall, Islamic extremism is not perceived to be a great problem in Ireland, even as the population becomes more diverse. Ireland is grappling with immigration for the first time in history, and its new found wealth is attracting growing numbers of migrants. Generally speaking [...] | 2005-09-20 13:31:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PREL KDEM KPAO EAID PHUM KMPI |
05DUBLIN1162 | TERRORISM FINANCE: LIST 72T [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR |
05DUBLIN1165 | IRELAND: UNLIKELY TO PUSH FOR LTTE DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-20 15:20:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KTFN PREL PTER |
05DUBLIN1178 | NO COMMERCIAL SOURCES OF MRES FROM IRELAND [...] Per reftel request for information on potential international commercial vendors of vegetarian MREs, Ireland keeps only limited stocks for its defense forces. There are no sufficient stocks in Ireland to meet the potential demand called for in reftel. The Irish Defense Forces source MREs f [...] | 2005-09-22 14:11:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID ETRD ECON AMGT |
05DUBLIN1188 | IRELAND RESPONSE TO IRISH/COLOMBIA THREE [...] (C) Embassy Dublin has discussed the Irish/Colombia Three (ref A) with senior GOI officials on numerous occasions, including with Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern on September 12 and Justice Minister Michael McDowell on September 10. McDowell told the Ambassador that the GOI is invest [...] | 2005-09-27 09:41:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KCRM |
05DUBLIN1196 | ORGANIZED CRIME IN IRELAND (C-CN5-00417) [...] (C) Summary. It is unlikely that there is large scale involvement of non-nationals in organized crime activities in the Republic of Ireland. According to the EU's 2004 Organized Crime Report, Ireland is unique in that its organized criminal elements are comprised almost entirely of Irish na [...] | 2005-09-27 16:11:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PTER |
05DUBLIN1203 | IRELAND PREFERS EU DESIGNATION MECHANISM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-28 15:28:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KTFN KPAO PREL PGOV PTER EUN |
05DUBLIN1204 | IRELAND SUPPORTS SUA AMENDMENTS AS DRAFTED [...] No summary [...] | 2005-09-29 10:30:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL PGOV KTIA EWWT PHSA |
05DUBLIN1205 | IRELAND CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR JUDGE BUERGENTHAL [...] On September 26, post received the below diplomatic note text confirming Irish support for Judge Thomas Buergenthal for election to the International Court of Justice. 2. Begin text of diplomatic note: The Department of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the Unit [...] | 2005-09-29 12:05:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC UNGA |
05DUBLIN1211 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRELAND HOPEFUL ON TURKEY, [...] (C) Summary: On September 29, Post delivered reftel demarche to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. Kelly expressed optimism that EU accession negotiations with Turkey would begin October 3. He noted, however, that Ireland would await UN war crimes prosecutor de [...] | 2005-09-30 16:09:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KPAL PREL EUN HR CROATIA |
05DUBLIN1212 | IRELAND: TERRORISM FINANCE COORDINATION OFFICER [...] (SBU) Per reftel, post provides names of Terrorism Finance Coordination Officer (TFCO) and deputy. (a) TFCO: Jonathan Benton, DCM, 353-1-668-8777 ext. 2302, BentonJS@state.gov. (b) Deputy TFCO: Thomas Rosenberger, poloff, 353-1-630-6275, rosenbergertm@state.gov (c) Post suggests EU-wide sem [...] | 2005-10-03 08:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KTFN KVPR EFIN ETTC PREL |
05DUBLIN1216 | IRISH SHI'A MUSLIMS PLEA FOR U.S. TO STAY IN IRAQ [...] (C) Summary. On September 26, the Ambassador met with five prominent Iraqi Shi'a members of the Irish Islamic community to initiate dialogue and advance post's Muslim Outreach program. The Imam of the Shi'a community, Dr. Ali Al-Saleh, expressed gratitude to the USG for removing Saddam Huss [...] | 2005-10-03 13:48:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR |
05DUBLIN1220 | IRELAND AWAITING EU POSITION ON UNFC COMPLIANCE [...] This is an action request. Please see para 3. 2. On October 3, Post discussed reftel talking points with Therese Healy, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Healy said SIPDIS that EU experts would begin to meet in New York on Octobe [...] | 2005-10-04 15:33:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM PREL CDG UNGA |
05DUBLIN123 | NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE NON-PAPER DELIVERED TO [...] (C) On January 31, Post delivered reftel non-paper on the NPT Review Conference to Therese Healy, Third Secretary in the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Disarmament and Non-proliferation Section. As a preliminary response, Healy noted that the New Agenda Coalition (NAC) resolution that p [...] | 2005-02-01 14:07:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KNNP |
05DUBLIN1230 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL STEARNS [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Codel Stearns to overnight in Shannon, Ireland, October 12, 2005. Purpose of visit is to provide rest stop for crew. 2. Codel will be met and assisted upon arrival by Embassy Control Officer for this visit, POL Officer Tom Rosenberger, offi [...] | 2005-10-06 10:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC |
05DUBLIN1233 | TERRORISM FINANCE: LIST 72U [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-06 16:11:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN ETTC PTER PREL CVIS KVPR |
05DUBLIN1234 | IRELAND NON-COMMITTAL ON UNFC AD HOC COMMITTEES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-06 16:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PARM PREL MUNC |
05DUBLIN1239 | IRELAND SUPPORTS DARFUR INITIATIVES ON VIOLENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-07 15:34:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PHUM PREF |
05DUBLIN1255 | IRELAND UNLIKELY TO ACCEPT GITMO UIGHURS [...] (S) In a private meeting October 7, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to Dermot Gallagher, Secretary General of the DFA. Gallagher frankly told the ambassador that Ireland would not accept GITMO Uighurs because of their bad experience with the Church of the Nativity occupier they had ac [...] | 2005-10-12 15:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | MOPS PREL PTER KAWC PHUM PREF PINR |
05DUBLIN1259 | IRELAND UNLIKELY TO CHANGE POSITION ON UNESCO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-13 12:02:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD OPDC PREL SCUL UNESCO BHUM |
05DUBLIN1260 | IRELAND BACKS U.S. IN ELECTION TO UNESCO'S WORLD [...] On October 7, post received a diplomatic note confirming Irish support for the U.S. candidacy in the election to UNESCO's World Heritage Committee. 2. Begin text of diplomatic note: The Department of Foreign Affairs presents its compliments to the Embassy of the United States of America [...] | 2005-10-13 12:05:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL UNESCO |
05DUBLIN1264 | IRISH/IRAQI SHI'A MUSLIMS WELCOME AMBASSADOR TO [...] (C) Summary. On October 8, the Ambassador and two emboffs received a warm welcome at an Iftar celebration at the local Shi'a mosque in Dublin. Dr. Ali A. A. Al-Saleh, the Imam of the predominantly Iraqi Mosque, spoke out publicly in strong support of USG policy, stating that U.S. intervention [...] | 2005-10-14 11:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR KPAO |
05DUBLIN1267 | IRISH BEEF EXPORTS TO EGYPT RESUME [...] Irish beef exports to Egypt are set to resume, albeit slowly, with the completion of the production of 700 metric tons this week. Egyptian authorities imposed restrictions on Irish beef in late 2000 following worries over the incidence of BSE in the EU. Irish exports to Egypt peaked at 154,000 [...] | 2005-10-14 13:48:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD EAGR ECON |
05DUBLIN1279 | IRELAND: EU HAS HIT THE LIMIT ON WTO AG [...] On October 17, Post Agricultural Specialist delivered ref A demarche to Damian Flynn, Department of Agriculture and Food (DAF) EU Trade Office Principal Officer. Flynn said that the GOI was scrutinizing the October 10 U.S. proposal, but conveyed DAF's view that the Commission had already off [...] | 2005-10-17 16:34:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD WTRO |
05DUBLIN1281 | SUDANESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER MEETS WITH [...] (C) Summary. On October 14, the Ambassador met with Sudanese human rights activist Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam. Dr. Mudawi is in Ireland for a human rights defenders conference and will travel to the U.S. to receive an award from Human Rights First, a U.S.-based NGO. In the meeting with the Amb [...] | 2005-10-18 13:44:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV UNHRC |
05DUBLIN1285 | IRELAND: NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR MARITIME SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-18 16:46:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KHLS ASEC EWWT ETRD EIND MARR |
05DUBLIN1306 | IRELAND SUPPORTS EU'S BOLIVIA STATEMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-24 13:32:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV BL EI |
05DUBLIN1307 | TERRORIST FINANCIER APPEALS AN ORDER FREEZING HIS [...] (U) On October 24, the Irish Times (newspaper of record) reported that Bin Muhammad Ayadi Chafiq will make an appeal on October 25 to the European Court of Justice for the release of his bank accounts. According to the report, Ayadi Chafiq, a Bosnian national born in Tunis, is named on a Eur [...] | 2005-10-24 13:54:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PTER KTFN ASEC KHLS PINR EI |
05DUBLIN1311 | IRISH OFFER CASH FOR PAKISTAN [...] (C) ON OCTOBER 21, POL/ECON CHIEF DISCUSSED IRISH AID TO PAKISTAN WITH COLM O'FLOINN, DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS (DFA) SECURITY POLICY DIRECTOR, AND DAVID LEAHY, FIRST SECRETARY. THEY SAID THAT IRELAND AT THIS TIME WAS PROVIDING SIPDIS CASH, NOT DONATIONS IN KIND. THEY THUS HAVE NO CURR [...] | 2005-10-24 15:29:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | AEMR NATO EAID ASEC MASS PGOV EI |
05DUBLIN1321 | IRELAND SUPPORTS DEMOCRACY PROMOTION IN BELARUS [...] (C) On October 25, emboff delivered reftel talking points to Department of Foreign Affairs Eastern Europe and Central Asia Deputy Director Ruaidhri Dowling and Eastern Europe and Russia desk officer Conleth Brady. Dowling said that Ireland generally agrees with and supports the USG policy tow [...] | 2005-10-26 10:58:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM EAID PGOV EUN BO EI USAID |
05DUBLIN1322 | IRISH SEE DOMESTIC POLITICAL DIFFICULTIES IN WTO [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 25, high-ranking GOI officials told the Ambassador that Ireland could not afford to be more flexible in EU discussions on the WTO agricultural negotiations, given domestic political sensitivities with the farm community. The officials noted prior EU commitments not [...] | 2005-10-26 11:38:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTO ECON EAGR EI |
05DUBLIN1325 | THE VISIT OF HHS A/S WADE HORN: IRISH FAMILY [...] Summary: During an October 12-15 visit to Dublin, U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Assistant Secretary for Family and Children, Dr. Wade Horn, had exchanges with Irish officials, NGOs, and journalists on the place of family life in U.S. and Irish social policies. A/S Horn highlighted Bus [...] | 2005-10-26 13:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP SOCI ECON EI |
05DUBLIN1330 | FIANNA FAIL, LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, BUT [...] Summary: Fianna Fail held its annual conference (Ard Fheis) in Killarney, October 21-22, where party leaders focused on rallying the rank-and-file ahead of the general elections, expected in May 2007. The party has lost ground in recent months, and this was their opportunity to regain it [...] | 2005-10-27 12:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PBTS EI |
05DUBLIN1334 | IRELAND STILL NON-COMMITTAL ON U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR [...] (C) On October 26, Post delivered ref A demarche to Therese Healy, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Disarmament and Nonproliferation, who was an SIPDIS Irish delegate at the October 19-20 NSG Consultative Group (CG) meeting in Vienna. Healy noted that the Irish Gove [...] | 2005-10-27 15:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP IN EI |
05DUBLIN1350 | SCENE-SETTER FOR HHS DEPUTY SECRETARY ALEX M. AZAR [...] Embassy Dublin warmly welcomes your upcoming visit to Ireland. Senior Irish policy-makers, academic leaders, and industry standouts look forward to substantive exchanges with you on health sector issues. The Embassy is planning a reception in your honor that will bring together officials an [...] | 2005-11-02 17:29:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | OVIP OTRA TBIO SOCI KSCA PREL EUN EI |
05DUBLIN1359 | IRELAND CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL PAKISTAN PLEDGES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-04 15:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PK PREL EI |
05DUBLIN1360 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRELAND UNEASY ON MACEDONIA, [...] (C) Summary: On November 3, Post delivered ref A and B demarches to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. Kelly noted the EU's challenge in playing tough with Syria without derailing EuroMed diplomacy and the Barcelona Anniversary Summit. He said that Ireland was n [...] | 2005-11-04 15:40:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL KPAL SY YI EAGR MK ETRD BO EI EUN |
05DUBLIN1365 | IRELAND LUKEWARM ON SWISS UNSC PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-07 15:42:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KSEP EI UNGA |
05DUBLIN1367 | CORRESPONDENCE TO SECRETARY - UNESCO CULTURAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-07 16:20:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC ETRD PREL SCUL EI UNESCO |
05DUBLIN1372 | TRIAL OF SHANNON WAR PROTESTERS COLLAPSES FOR [...] The jury hearing the case of the "Fab 5" was discharged November 7 after legal argument over whether a perception of bias could be made against the judge. Earlier in the trial, the judge had ruled that "legal excuse" would not be acceptable as a defense. He thereby eliminated the defense's be [...] | 2005-11-08 16:25:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MOPS EI |
05DUBLIN1379 | IRELAND'S PROGRESS ON TRAVEL DOCUMENT SECURITY [...] (U) Summary. Cons Chief met with Irish Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Ray Bassett to deliver a SIPDIS white paper on the 2004 VWP Review as per reftel and engaged in a lengthy discussion on Irish plans to upgrade the state of travel document security. With Ireland the 14th ranked [...] | 2005-11-09 14:38:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS CMGT PGOV PREL KFRD |
05DUBLIN1383 | GOI EXPECTS NEW EU INTERNET GOVERNANCE PROPOSAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-10 17:22:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS ETRD ECON EINT ETTC EI |
05DUBLIN1385 | UN ASKS IRISH TO TRAIN PALESTINIAN POLICE; IRISH [...] (C) In a pull-aside discussion November 10, DoJ Secretary General Sean Aylward told the ambassador that the UN has approached the GOI about sending Irish police to train Palestinian police. Aylward asked for U.S. views. The ambassador encouraged him to consider seriously the proposal. We w [...] | 2005-11-10 17:33:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER MASS PARM IS CO EI |
05DUBLIN1387 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO ALEX YATES AND [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Mr. Alex Yates and Bernard Rogan to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 2 to 6, 2005. Purpose of visit is to assist in implementing the classified web publishing initiative known as Net-Centric Diplomacy (NCD). 2. Embassy control officer [...] | 2005-11-14 09:26:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AINF PGOV PINR OTRA EI |
05DUBLIN139 | IRISH NOT TO ATTEND MOROCCO FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-04 15:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV ECON SOCI EAID KPAO |
05DUBLIN1392 | IRELAND SHARES USG VOTING PRIORITIES IN UN THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-14 16:13:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC PREL EI |
05DUBLIN1398 | FAB FIVE TRIAL RESET; SEVERAL PARLIAMENTARIANS [...] (U) On November 11, Judge Desmond Hogan reset the trial of five anti-Iraq war protestors accused of damaging a U.S. plane at Shannon Airport (the so-called "Fab Five") for July 5, 2006, at the Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Hogan stepped in for Judge Donagh McDonagh, who recused himself from [...] | 2005-11-15 17:49:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS EI |
05DUBLIN1407 | LETTER FROM FAMILY OF MARGARET HASSAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-17 16:43:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR MOPS PTER PINR PHUM PGOV PREL CMGT IZ |
05DUBLIN1408 | IRELAND SUPPORTS ADDITIONAL GENEVA PROTOCOL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-18 13:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC ICRC PHUM PREF PREL IS SZ EI |
05DUBLIN1409 | ADDITIONAL IRISH AID TO OAS MISSION IN COLOMBIA [...] On November 16, emboff delivered reftel points to Department of Foreign Affairs Americas Section Third Secretary Margaret Stanley. Stanley confirmed previous Irish SIPDIS contributions to the Organization of American States (OAS) Mission in Bogota as the following: --euro 130,000 core-f [...] | 2005-11-18 14:01:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PTER OAS CO EI |
05DUBLIN1410 | IRELAND PLANNING ADDITIONAL PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-18 14:58:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PREL PHUM SENV EI |
05DUBLIN1411 | IRELAND UNABLE TO ATTEND ROEG HAMBURG MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-18 15:00:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | GM KNNP PARM PREL EI MUNC |
05DUBLIN1416 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRELAND NEARING EU [...] (C) Summary: On November 17, Post delivered ref A demarche to Jim Kelly, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent, who underscored that Irish talking points had not changed substantively from Post's November 3 demarche (ref B). Kelly noted that defense-related discussions would f [...] | 2005-11-18 17:26:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD IZ KPAL PREL SY UP YI EI EUN |
05DUBLIN1417 | IRELAND EXPECTS U.S. RE-ELECTION TO IMO COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-18 17:28:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EWWT PHSA KTIA EI IMO |
05DUBLIN1418 | IRISH AGRICULTURE MINISTER INFLEXIBLE ON EU DOHA [...] (C) Summary: In a November 15 meeting with the Ambassador, Agriculture Minister Mary Coughlan reiterated GOI inflexibility on the EU agricultural proposal for the Doha negotiations. She remarked that Irish farmers would not allow further concessions on agriculture, as they faced an uneven p [...] | 2005-11-21 08:35:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ETRD EI WTO |
05DUBLIN1426 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ASG PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-23 09:43:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC RP EI |
05DUBLIN1427 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR MARK E. YOUNG [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Mark E. Young to travel to Dublin, Ireland from December 5 through December 7, 2005. Purpose of visit is review FBU operation in Dublin. 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is FBU David Lee, office telephone 353 1 668-8777 x2115, e- [...] | 2005-11-23 10:21:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | CFED |
05DUBLIN1428 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SYNERGY VISITS [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Terry Carraway to travel to Dublin, Ireland from December 3 through December 10, 2005. Purpose of visit is to provide on site consultation, training and assistance to post in implementing 6 FAM requirements. 2. Embassy Control Officer for [...] | 2005-11-23 10:28:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AMGT KSAF ACOA |
05DUBLIN1429 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEO ROBERT MCMURRY AND [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Robert McMurry and Sam Faulds to travel to Dublin, Ireland from November 28 through December 7, 2005. Purpose of visit is for technical security services 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is RSO Terry Cobble, office telephone 353 [...] | 2005-11-23 11:21:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA KSEO |
05DUBLIN143 | PEACE PROCESS: GOI SHAKEN BY SECOND IRA STATEMENT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Amb Kenny met February 4 with Michael Collins, second Secretary General to PM Ahern, and Ahern's senior advisor on Northern Ireland. The ambassador indicated that the USG is inclined not to invite Northern Ireland political parties to the March 17 White House event. Collins sai [...] | 2005-02-04 16:06:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PREL PTER PINR EI UK NIPP |
05DUBLIN1430 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR SEO ROBERT MCMURRY AND [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Robert McMurry and Sam Faulds to travel to Dublin, Ireland from November 28 through December 7, 2005. Purpose of visit is for technical security services 2. Embassy Control Officer for this visit is RSO Terry Cobble, office telephone 353 [...] | 2005-11-23 12:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC OTRA KSEO |
05DUBLIN1432 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OBO/FAC HENRY INGRAM AND [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Henry Ingram and Terence Warren to travel to Dublin, Ireland from November 29 through December 12, 2005. Purpose of visit is to develop the project requirements and technical documentation for the CMR and OBC physical security upgrades to be ca [...] | 2005-11-23 12:43:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABLD AMGT ASEC KWPR KRIM |
05DUBLIN1434 | IRELAND INFORMATION ON AVIAN AND PANDEMIC INFLUENZA [...] On November 21, Emboffs reviewed reftel with Brian Mullen, Principal Officer for Community Health in the Department of Health and Children and also the GOI point-of-contact on avian flu issues. The following information, drawn principally from our discussion with Mullen, is keyed to reftel's [...] | 2005-11-23 13:57:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO SENV ECON EAGR EAID PREL EI |
05DUBLIN1439 | SUNNIS AND SHIAS ATTEND INTERFAITH THANKSGIVING [...] (U) Summary. On November 22, the Ambassador hosted the Embassy's second annual interfaith Thanksgiving reception, in large part to promote Post's Muslim outreach program. The event was especially successful in bringing together key Shia and Sunni Muslim leaders, including among the Iraqi com [...] | 2005-11-25 14:49:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR KPAO KIRF EI |
05DUBLIN1441 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NIH DR. KATRINA [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Katrina Gwinn-Hardy, Program Director, National Institute for Neurological Diseases and Stroke, NIH, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 5 to 9, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to speak at an Amyortophic Lateral Sclerosis Symposium. [...] | 2005-11-28 10:48:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA UK EI |
05DUBLIN1442 | IRELAND UNLIKELY TO PROVIDE MONITORS FOR BOLIVIAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-28 16:50:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL BO EI |
05DUBLIN1450 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO - NIH/FIC DR. SEGAL [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. David Segal, Senior Principal Investigator, National Cancer Institute, NIH, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 7 to 10, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to conduct a site review at Trinity College for the Science Foundation Ireland. [...] | 2005-11-30 08:43:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA EI |
05DUBLIN1453 | IRELAND SHARES USG CONCERNS OVER RUSSIAN DRAFT LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-30 14:45:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS EI |
05DUBLIN1457 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR OBO PERSONNEL, CLARK, [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Ronald Clark, Michael Stevens, Douglas Logothety, James Deuel and Peter Boden to travel to Dublin, Ireland from December 4 through January 5, 2006. Purpose of visit is to perform the IPC Upgrade project. 2. Embassy Control Officer for thi [...] | 2005-12-01 08:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ABLD ACOA AMGT ASEC KIRC KLBO KRIM |
05DUBLIN1462 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NIH/FIC DRS. CAI AND [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Huaibin Cai, Investigator, National Institute on Aging, HIH; and, Dr. Robin Conwit, Program Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, HIH to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 6 to 11, 2005. Purpose of the visit [...] | 2005-12-02 10:05:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA EI |
05DUBLIN1481 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO NIH/FIC DR. MERIKANGAS [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Dr. Kathleen Merikangas, Senior Investigator, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 3 to 12, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to attend and give a presentation at the 16th International Symposium on AL [...] | 2005-12-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA EI |
05DUBLIN1482 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO PAULINE LOGAN [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Pauline Logan, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Galway, Ireland, from December 16 to 31, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to inspect one medical device manufacturer for compliance with FDAs Good Manufacturing Practice [...] | 2005-12-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA US EI DA |
05DUBLIN1483 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO DRAGANA BRZAKOVIC [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to National Science Foundation official, Dragana Brzakovic, Senior Staff Associate in the Office of Integrative Activities to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from December 11 to 19, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to serve as a chairman to the Alimentary P [...] | 2005-12-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY OTRA KSCA NSF EI |
05DUBLIN1484 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA PERSONNEL - [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employee Kathie R. Dorick to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from December 15 to 16, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to perform surveillance on World Airways in accordance with National Flight Standards Work Program [...] | 2005-12-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA EI |
05DUBLIN1488 | U.S.-EU OPEN SKIES, BOEING, AND CBP PRE-CLEARANCE: [...] (C) Summary: Discussion of the proposed U.S.-EU air services agreement in the December 5 EU Transport Council meeting was "extraordinarily positive," Transport Minister Martin Cullen told the Ambassador in a December 6 meeting. He expressed confidence that the U.S. Department of Transportati [...] | 2005-12-07 15:48:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ETRD ECON EI |
05DUBLIN1492 | FRAUD SUMMARY - DUBLIN [...] Country Conditions: Ireland is a modern, highly industrialized nation with a growing economy and moderate rate of inflation. The export trade continues as the driving force behind the countries prosperity and this in turn has led to a rise in consumer spending, a thriving construction indust [...] | 2005-12-08 16:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC UK EI |
05DUBLIN1493 | IRELAND: PREVENTING AL-MANAR BROADCASTS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-08 16:08:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL ANET EI |
05DUBLIN1494 | TERRORISM FINANCE: ASG INDIVIDUALS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-08 16:09:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PTER PREL ETTC EI |
05DUBLIN1497 | IRELAND: 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] Please see below outline for post's submission as chapter for 2005-2006 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INSCR) Part I. POC for this report is Tom Rosenberger (RosenbergerTM@state.gov). 2. I. Summary The Republic of Ireland is not a transshipment point for narcotics to [...] | 2005-12-09 15:03:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EI |
05DUBLIN1500 | NO IRISH RESPONSE TO INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS [...] Per reftel's request for comments on the International Religious Freedom Report (IRF) 2005, Post recorded no substantive reaction from the Irish government or public on the October 6 release of the IRF. 2. Post found the IRF drafting instructions clear and manageable and was pleased with [...] | 2005-12-09 16:35:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL EI |
05DUBLIN1501 | PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE: IRISH SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) Summary: On December 5, Post delivered ref A talking points to Siobhan Coyne, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Deputy European Correspondent. Coyne noted that Ireland would strongly support an increased EU presence in Kosovo as part of the final status outcome, and she concurred with U [...] | 2005-12-12 08:53:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EI YI BK IZ AF EUN |
05DUBLIN1505 | GRANTS AND TAXES: THE RECENT IRISH FOCUS ON U.S. [...] (C) Summary: The Irish Government is determined to maintain its approach to grants and taxes for foreign firms, despite recent press coverage of U.S. companies that highlighted problems with these investment incentives. The coverage focused on three areas: EU obstruction of Irish grant aid t [...] | 2005-12-12 11:49:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EINV ETRD ECON EI |
05DUBLIN1509 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA PERSONNEL - JOSE [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employee Jose E. Gueits to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from December 27 to 28, 2005. Purpose of the visit is to perform surveillance eon World Airways in accordance with National Flight Standards Program. 2 [...] | 2005-12-09 17:17:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA EI |
05DUBLIN1512 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR AMBASSADOR GEORGE H. WALKER [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance for Ambassador George H. Walker and Mrs. Carol Walker to travel to Cork and Adare, Ireland from December 22 through December 27, 2005. Purpose of visit is personal travel. 2. Embassy point of contact for this visit is RSO Terry Cobble, office [...] | 2005-12-13 11:53:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT ASEC OTRA APER EI HU |
05DUBLIN1515 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LIST 74 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-13 15:44:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KVPR EI |
05DUBLIN1516 | SHANNON: IRELAND ASKS USG OPINION ON SEARCHING [...] (U) This is an action request, please see paragraph 4. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) On December 7, DCM met with Rory Montgomery, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Political Director to follow up on the December 1 meeting between Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern and Secretary Rice in Wa [...] | 2005-12-13 16:34:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PROV KDEM KPAO IZ EI |
05DUBLIN1517 | BIG HELP FOR WORKING FAMILIES: IRELAND'S 2006 [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 7, Finance Minister Brian Cowen unveiled the 2006 Government budget, a televised event that annually serves as Ireland's financial state-of-the-union address and a window on the governing Fianna Fail party's political strategy. With a robust economy and a euro four [...] | 2005-12-13 16:39:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN EINV PREL EI |
05DUBLIN1520 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO HHS/FDA DOREEN VAZQUEZ [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Doreen Vazquez, Investigator, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, HHS to travel to Waterford, Ireland, from January 13 to 20, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to perform Regulatory Inspection at Bausch & Lomb Ireland, Ltd. 2. Per reftel, post und [...] | 2005-12-14 10:08:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OTRA EI |
05DUBLIN1524 | IRELAND: NO BANCO DELTA ASIA ILLICIT FINANCIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-14 15:40:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KJUS KNNP KTFN KN EI |
05DUBLIN1525 | IRELAND: 2005 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] Summary. Per ref A, Ireland was not included in the 2004 Annual Terrorism Report, but there are positive developments that might merit its inclusion this year. A remarkable change from 2004 is the September 26 decommissioning of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. Another notable change i [...] | 2005-12-15 11:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EI |
05DUBLIN1527 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO EPA OFFICIAL JIM [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to EPA Official, Jim Willis, Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 21 to 25, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to attend the International Council on Nanotechnology (ICON) Europe meeting. 2 [...] | 2005-12-15 16:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV OTRA KSCA TPHY EPA EI |
05DUBLIN1528 | IRELAND UNLIKELY TO MEET KYOTO TARGET BUT [...] Summary: Ireland is unlikely to meet its Kyoto Protocol emission-reduction target, according to a GOI official and the European Environment Agency (EEA) but continues to pursue international and domestic policies in an attempt to narrow the gap to their targets. Recent figures show that Irel [...] | 2005-12-16 09:08:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EI EPA |
05DUBLIN1536 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA PERSONNEL [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Personnel, Richard John Hermanns, Principal Maintenance Inspector, Leon Alfred Awalt, Principal Avionics Inspector, and Dennis Ray Tom, Principal Operations Inspector, to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from Janua [...] | 2005-12-20 08:26:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA EI |
05DUBLIN1537 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA PERSONNEL [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Personnel, Richard John Hermanns, Principal Maintenance Inspector, Leon Alfred Awalt, Principal Avionics Inspector, and Dennis Ray Tom, Principal Operations Inspector, to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from Janua [...] | 2005-12-20 09:09:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA EI |
05DUBLIN1541 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE G/TIP'S JENNIFER S. DONNELLY [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Jennifer Schrock Donnely, Reports Officer, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),to travel to Dublin, Ireland, from January 18 to 20, 2005. Purpose of visit is to seek to learn from NGOs, IOM and government officials the sc [...] | 2005-12-20 15:26:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN OTRA PHUM PREL EI |
05DUBLIN1547 | IRISH GOVERNMENT ACCEPTS U.S. ASSURANCES ON [...] Summary: On December 14, Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern was asked a number of questions in the Irish Parliament in relation to the alleged transfer of prisoners, by the U.S., through Shannon airport. He repeated the Irish Government's position that they are satisfied with assurances given by t [...] | 2005-12-22 09:25:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EI |
05DUBLIN1550 | GOI HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CALLS FOR INSPECTION [...] The Irish Human Rights Commission, which is an independent agency of the Irish government created under the Good Friday Agreement, submitted a report to the GOI December 23 calling on the government "as a matter of urgency to seek the agreement of the U.S. authorities to the inspection of air [...] | 2005-12-23 14:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR MOPS PHUM EI |
05DUBLIN1556 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FAA EMPLOYEE GARY [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employee, Gary A. Wagoner to travel to Shannon, Ireland, from January 10 to 11, 2006. Purpose of the visit is to perform validation flight for a Part 135 Operator to conduct flights in North Atlantic airspace. [...] | 2005-12-28 13:09:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR OTRA EI |
05DUBLIN1557 | Country Clearance CODEL KOLBE [...] Embassy Dublin warmly welcomes the visit of CODEL KOLBE and seeks clarification on the point of arrival in Ireland. Reftel states arrival will be January 12 at 0100 in Shannon. Post has learned through DOD channels that arrival will be at Casement (also known as Baldonal),the [...] | 2005-12-28 15:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN EI |
05DUBLIN1558 | IRISH UNDECIDED ON PLEDGE FOR AFGHANISTAN COMPACT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-28 17:20:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV AF EI |
05DUBLIN1564 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-30 10:41:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | KTFN PREL EFIN ETTC PK PTER EI |
05DUBLIN1567 | ADDENDUM TO ORGANIZED CRIME IN IRELAND REPORT [...] (C) Per ref A's request for continued information on organized crime elements in Ireland, Post offers the following updates from police sources who were available for comment after the drafting of ref B: 2. (C) Irish police report Russian, Ukrainian, Chinese, and West African involvement i [...] | 2005-12-30 13:13:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PTER EI |
05DUBLIN166 | IRISH RESPONSE TO MERCURY DEMARCHE [...] On February 9, Post discussed reftel talking points with Riona Ni Fhlanghaile, Principal Officer in the International Environment Awareness Office of the Department of the Environment and Local Government. (Fhlanghaile will represent the GOI at the February 11 EU preparatory meeting for the [...] | 2005-02-09 14:06:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV AORC ETRD PREL |
05DUBLIN172 | ISLAM IN IRELAND, C-DI4-01219 [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Dublin salutes the initiative of Washington analysts (reftel) to look at the role of Islamic thinkers across Europe. In November, we launched a new outreach program to Muslims in Ireland, a group that has grown rapidly in recent years. There are two significant mosques [...] | 2005-02-11 10:21:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PTER SCUL |
05DUBLIN177 | U.S.-IRISH DISCUSSIONS ON OPEN SKIES PROSPECTS [...] (C) Summary: In informal bilateral discussions on February 7, Ireland indicated its intent to decide in the next several weeks on the possibility of establishing Open Skies with the United States. Transportation Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary John Byerly and DOT International Aviation Di [...] | 2005-02-11 16:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR PREL ETRD |
05DUBLIN19 | IRELAND TO ATTEND UNOCHA TSUNAMI DONOR CONFERENCE [...] On January 10, Post delivered reftel talking points to Thomas Brady, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Principal Officer for Consular Operations, who had provided information for refs A and B. Brady noted that Mary Whelan, Irish Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, and Kiera O'Brien, First Secr [...] | 2005-01-11 08:02:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR EAID PGOV |
05DUBLIN193 | IRELAND WANTS EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT HIZBALLAH [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-14 17:42:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PTER EFIN EUN |
05DUBLIN206 | TERRORIST FINANCE: FADHLI DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-17 16:59:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR |
05DUBLIN207 | IRISH 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 18:02:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL |
05DUBLIN210 | POLICE ARREST SINN FEIN MEMBERS IN MONEY [...] (SBU) Summary. Sinn Fein is facing its biggest political crisis since the beginning of the peace process after two party activists, including a former elected representative, were arrested in a swoop by Irish police on suspects in an apparent money laundering scheme. Seven people were arreste [...] | 2005-02-18 14:01:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINR PGOV PINS PREL EI NIPP |
05DUBLIN222 | TERRORISM FINANCE - IDENTIFYING DESIGNATION [...] Summary: Per reftel's request on Ireland's designation mechanisms and authorities, Ireland's authority in combating terrorism financing rests with the Departments of Foreign Affairs, Justice and Finance. Under the auspices of Finance, the Central Bank of Ireland plays a key role in monitorin [...] | 2005-02-22 17:21:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KTFN PGOV PTER EUN |
05DUBLIN254 | IRELAND IS UNDECIDED ON HIZBALLAH DESIGNATION, [...] (S) Summary. In a March 1 demarche, DFA said that it remained undecided on whether to support designation of Hizballah. "At first glance," DFA said, the information emboffs provided fell short of a "smoking gun." Moreover, DFA expressed concern that verbal information might not satisfy the [...] | 2005-03-02 15:17:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | ETTC PTER EFIN EUN |
05DUBLIN255 | IRISH RESPONSE TO UNGA CLONING DECLARATION DEMARCHE [...] On March 2, Post delivered reftel demarche to Eamon Mac Aodha, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Human Rights Office, which has departmental responsibility for cloning issues. Mac Aodha noted that Ireland had voted in favor of the resolution adopted by the Sixth (Legal) Com [...] | 2005-03-03 11:17:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO UNGA KSCI |
05DUBLIN261 | CHILD MARRIAGE IN IRELAND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-03 17:26:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ELAB PHUM PGOV SCUL SOCI KWMN |
05DUBLIN273 | REQUEST FOR ASSESSMENT OF FOREIGN POLICY [...] Post has no objections to this proposed research project. 2. If there are any further questions or concerns, please contact Economics Officer Joseph Young at YoungJM@state.gov. KENNY [...] | 2005-03-04 13:43:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO OSCI |
05DUBLIN276 | IRELAND - 2005 ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Once a poor nation characterized by large scale emigration, Ireland is now economically prosperous and an attractive destination for thousands of asylum and job-seekers. The unprecedented flow of people into Ireland has prompted the Government to address issues relating to bo [...] | 2005-03-04 17:47:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF |
05DUBLIN286 | IRELAND: FINANCE MINISTER COWEN ON THE NORTH, [...] (C) Summary. In a brief March 7 meeting with Finance Minister Brian Cowen, the Ambassador recommended U.S.-style tax incentives for university endowment contributions as a model for Ireland in addressing funding shortfalls for higher education. Cowen noted Ireland's drive on economic and academic c [...] | 2005-03-08 14:11:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON EFIN SOCI |
05DUBLIN289 | IRELAND - DEMARCHE TO HOST NATIONS: SYRIA MUST [...] (SBU) On March 7, the Ambassador delivered reftel points to Dermot Gallagher, Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). Gallagher said the Irish take this matter very seriously and will discuss it internally on March 8. Pol/Econ Chief also shared points with the Middle E [...] | 2005-03-09 07:54:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL |
05DUBLIN296 | IRISH GIVE GREEN LIGHT FOR NEGOTIATING OPEN SKIES [...] (C) Summary: On March 8, Transport Minister Martin Cullen informed the Ambassador that Ireland was prepared to pursue a new bilateral aviation arrangement, along the lines of the Open Skies approach outlined in reftel discussions. Transport officials requested USG proposal texts as the first [...] | 2005-03-10 07:54:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON |
05DUBLIN30 | EU/CUBA: IRISH VIEWS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-12 11:01:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EUN |
05DUBLIN300 | SCENE-SETTER FOR IRISH PRIME MINISTER AHERN'S [...] (C) Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Bertie Ahern will visit the White House for the annual St. Patrick's Day events on March 17 at a time of uncertainty in the Northern Ireland peace process, but also at an opportune moment to advance trans-Atlantic dialogue. Snowballing evidence of Sinn Fein/IRA [...] | 2005-03-10 14:44:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ECON EAIR |
05DUBLIN309 | IRELAND/AFGHANISTAN: GOI TO FUND THRU UN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-11 17:23:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AF UK PREL SNAR EUN |
05DUBLIN31 | BATTLE GROUPS: GOI TO TAKE SLOW APPROACH [...] (C) Keith McBean, Director of Security Policy at DFA, told POL/ECON Chief January 11 that Defense Minister O'Dea's recent commments to the press on Irish participation in EU battlegroups was not coordinated with other ministries. In an interview over the weekend, O'Dea cited legal and policy [...] | 2005-01-12 12:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MOPS EU EUN |
05DUBLIN310 | PRESIDENT SIGNS TERRORISM BILL INTO LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-11 17:40:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL KTFN PHUM PINS |
05DUBLIN315 | GOVERNMENT PARTIES SUFFER MIDTERM REBUFF IN BY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-14 17:25:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL |
05DUBLIN318 | IRELAND: BELARUS RESOLUTION AT THE UNCHR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-15 13:50:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | UNHRC PDEM EUN |
05DUBLIN319 | IRELAND: UNCHR 61 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-15 13:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL UNHRC |
05DUBLIN321 | IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON MARCH 16 GAERC [...] (U) On March 11, post delivered ref A demarche to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Correspondent. On March 14, post followed up with Keown on points in refs B, C, and D on China, Croatia, and Iran. China: Increased U.S-EU Dialogue Useful --------------------------------- [...] | 2005-03-15 17:41:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KAWC KPAO ETTC PTER KPAL EUN ICTY |
05DUBLIN323 | IRISH RESPONSE TO AUSTRALIA GROUP DEMARCHES [...] (C) On March 15, Post delivered ref A demarche to Therese Healy, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Third Secretary for Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Healy said that the GOI planned to participate actively along with EU partners in the Australia Group (AG) Plenary's Information Exchange [...] | 2005-03-16 12:02:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC CBW |
05DUBLIN326 | IRELAND: CO-SPONSORING THE CHR RESOLUTION ON CUBA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-16 15:38:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM |
05DUBLIN336 | IRELAND - EUROFAB: DEMARCHE ON TRANSFER OF [...] (SBU) Charge delivered reftel demarche jointly with French DCM Luc Alameras to Eamon Hickey and Sean Murphy of the European Union Division of the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs and to two officers of the Irish Department of Marine Resources. Drawing closely on reftel points, the charge e [...] | 2005-03-21 13:54:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP ENRG PREL |
05DUBLIN352 | IRISH REACTION TO DHS BAN ON LIGHTERS [...] On March 15, Post provided ref A talking points to Liam Duggan, Department of Transport Assistant Principal for Aviation Security. This demarche followed discussions between Embassy London TSA representative and GOI officials during the week of March 7 in Dublin (ref B). On March 22, Duggan [...] | 2005-03-22 16:19:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAIR PTER |
05DUBLIN353 | TERRORISM FINANCE: 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-22 18:01:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS |
05DUBLIN354 | IRELAND: SOMALIA-IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-22 18:11:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL |
05DUBLIN360 | IRISH VIEWS ON DEBT RELIEF FOR POOR COUNTRIES [...] Summary: Irish aid officials support the general principal of debt relief/forgiveness for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPCs),but question whether resources would be sufficient to implement the U.S. debt relief proposal. Irish officials believe that the most effective approach to develop [...] | 2005-03-23 17:27:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EAID |
05DUBLIN361 | IRELAND: LIBERIAN MILITARY REFORM [...] On March 22, Emboff delivered ref A points to Pauline Conway, Counselor, Africa Desk at the Department of Foreign Affairs. According to Conway, Ireland appreciates the importance of security sector reform (SSR),but by Irish regulation, SSR does not qualify as Overseas Development Assistance [...] | 2005-03-24 09:35:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID MARR MASS PREL |
05DUBLIN365 | IRISH SUPPORTS U.S. POSITIONS FOR APRIL WIPO [...] On March 24, Post delivered reftel talking points to Jacob Rajan, Head of the Patents Section in the Intellectual Property Unit of the Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment (DETE). Rajan had represented Ireland at the March 21-21 Munich meetings of the Working Group of Industrializ [...] | 2005-03-24 14:23:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD KIPR EAID KPAO OIIP WIPO |
05DUBLIN366 | (C) IRELAND/IRAN: DISSUADING IRAN FROM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-24 16:47:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | ASEC PREL |
05DUBLIN377 | HIGH-LEVEL IRISH ATTENDANCE AT OSLO DONOR [...] (C) On March 30, Post delivered reftel talking points to Pauline Conway, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Counsellor for Africa. Conway noted that Conor Lenihan, Minister of State for Overseas Development and Human Rights, along with Brendan Rogers and Ciara O'Brien, Director and First Se [...] | 2005-03-30 16:19:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ECON |
05DUBLIN381 | IRELAND: LIKELY TO CO-SPONSOR CHR RESOLUTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-31 15:34:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM |
05DUBLIN387 | IRISH SKEPTICAL OF ISRAELI MEMBERSHIP IN GROUPS AT [...] On March 31, Post delivered reftel talking points to Julian Clare, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for UN Affairs. Clare said that Ireland was SIPDIS skeptical of proposals for Israeli membership in WEOG groups at UNEP, UN-HABITAT, and the CND, as well as Group B in WIP [...] | 2005-04-01 10:59:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB KIPR WIPO ILO |
05DUBLIN388 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-01 14:18:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL |
05DUBLIN394 | CHR 61: IRISH ASSISTANCE ON THE CUBA RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-06 10:25:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC EUN |
05DUBLIN4 | ASIAN TSUNAMI: UPDATE ON IRISH RESPONSE [...] (C) Summary: Four Irish citizens are presumed dead as a result of the December 26 Asian tsunami, and the Irish Government is focused on 15 other missing persons, most of whom had been in Thailand. The Government has increased its assistance pledge for stricken areas from euro 2 million to eu [...] | 2005-01-04 17:04:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL AEMR CASC |
05DUBLIN40 | WTO SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS: IRISH VIEWS ON [...] Following is Post's rating for the service sectors listed reftel, based on priorities for U.S. service suppliers and market openness. For service sector priorities, we gave the most weight to growth potential. The market access ratings reflect Ireland's status as one of the world's most glo [...] | 2005-01-13 16:08:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTO |
05DUBLIN406 | IRELAND MAY MAKE TOKEN CONTRIBUTION TO NEW [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-07 09:15:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM PREL |
05DUBLIN409 | TERRORIST FINANCE: BUISIR PRENOTIFICATION [...] (S) On April 7, Maurice Biggar, acting director of the DFA's UN office, and Stephan Dawson, deputy director of the Middle East office, briefed POL/ECON counselor on the hurdles the GOI would have to jump in order to co-sponsor submission of Buisir to the UN 1267 Committee. Because Buisir is [...] | 2005-04-07 15:28:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PTER KTFN EFIN ECON ETTC EAID TC |
05DUBLIN417 | BUISIR: GOI SUPPORTS USG ACTION [...] (S) On April 8, Maurice Biggar, acting Director of the DFA's UN office, called to say that following consultations with Ireland's DOJ and higher levels at the DFA, the GOI wishes to confirm its support of the USG plan to submit Buisir to the UN 1267 Committee. 2. (S) Biggar noted that the [...] | 2005-04-08 14:35:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PTER KTFN EFIN ECON ETTC EAID TC |
05DUBLIN419 | IRISH REPLY TO DEMARCHE ON ARMS SALES TO YEMEN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-11 07:19:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PARM PREL MASS ETTC |
05DUBLIN42 | OEF: IRISH OFFER ADVANCED EOD TRAINING IN LIEU OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-13 17:48:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | MOPS MARR EU |
05DUBLIN439 | TERRORIST FINANCE: LET SUBMISSION TO 1267 COMMITTEE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-13 15:46:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS KVPR AEMR AFIN |
05DUBLIN440 | TERRORIST FINANCE: AL-HIYARI DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-13 15:46:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC KSEP CVIS KVPR |
05DUBLIN449 | IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER NOT TO ATTEND COMMUNITY OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-14 15:43:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PREL |
05DUBLIN455 | IRELAND SHARES U.S. VIEWS ON RUSSIA AND OECD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-15 16:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | AMGT EFIN ECON ETRD OECD NATO |
05DUBLIN462 | IRELAND: CUBA IS TRYING TO DIVIDE THE EU [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-19 15:49:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
05DUBLIN47 | IRELAND - 2005 INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] Over the past twenty years, Irish governments have actively promoted foreign direct investment (FDI),a strategy that has helped Ireland to achieve unprecedented economic growth during this "Celtic Tiger" period. FDI flows into Ireland increased from an annual average of USD 140 million in [...] | 2005-01-14 16:58:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB KTDB PGOV |
05DUBLIN48 | IRELAND OPPOSES BROADENING GLOBAL FUND ELIGIBILITY [...] Summary: Ireland does not favor broadening Global Fund eligibility criteria to ensure that Upper-Middle Income (UMI) countries have access to Fund-related technical assistance and financing. Due to the Fund's resource constraints, Ireland supports a prioritization of assistance to countries [...] | 2005-01-14 17:00:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KHIV TBIO |
05DUBLIN482 | IRELAND: STILL UNDECIDED ON FUNDING AFGHANISTAN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-22 10:35:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID UNSC |
05DUBLIN489 | IRISH 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 06:56:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EUN |
05DUBLIN49 | PEACE PROCESS: GOI DISCOURAGED, BUT COMMITTED TO [...] (C) Summary: On January 13, the Ambassador met with Michael Collins, senior advisor to the prime minister, and separately with members of parliament. Anger and discouragement are rampant following the assertion that the PIRA is likely behind the December 20 robbery of Belfast's Northern Bank [...] | 2005-01-14 17:30:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL EI UK PTER NIPP |
05DUBLIN50 | IRELAND SUPPORTS U.S.-PROPOSED SUA AMENDMENTS [...] (C) On January 14, Post delivered reftel talking points to Declan Smith, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Legal Affairs and Director for Law of the Sea SIPDIS Issues. (Eoin Fannon of Ireland's Attorney General's office will participate in the EU's January 17 Law of t [...] | 2005-01-14 18:34:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL KTIA PHSA EWWT |
05DUBLIN510 | IRISH RESPONSE: SUSTAINING PRESSURE ON SYRIA TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-04-28 16:20:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KPAO |
05DUBLIN512 | IRELAND STILL OPAQUE ON CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...] (C) Summary: In an April 27 meeting with Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Dermot Gallagher, the Ambassador strongly urged the GOI to join other Member States in opposing the proposed lifting of the EU arms embargo against China. Gallagher said that Ireland's position on the em [...] | 2005-04-29 12:06:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHUM |
05DUBLIN515 | IRELAND'S RESPONSE TO WHO DEMARCHE [...] On April 28, Post delivered ref A talking points on WHO International Health Regulations (IHRs) to James McIntyre, Department of Foreign Affairs First Secretary for EU Common Policies and the OECD (with responsibility for WHO). McIntyre said that Ireland generally shared U.S. views on the out [...] | 2005-04-29 15:01:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO PREL PTER ETRD WHO |
05DUBLIN522 | TERRORIST FINANCE: JI-3 PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-04 15:27:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL ADPM |
05DUBLIN523 | TERRORIST FINANCE: ELEHSSAN DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-04 15:28:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KTFN EFIN PTER KSEP CVIS KVPR |
05DUBLIN53 | ACCESS TO GENETIC RESOURCES AND BENEFIT SHARING: [...] The information in paras below is based on Post's discussion of reftel questions with Dr. Philip Buckley, the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) national focal point for Ireland. Buckley has been the Director of the Heritage Policy Division in the Department of Environment and Local Go [...] | 2005-01-19 11:53:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR EAID SENV TBIO |
05DUBLIN534 | IRELAND OPPOSES UNMANDATED SESSION ON CHR REFORM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-06 11:10:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC UNGA |
05DUBLIN537 | ICJ ELECTIONS: TOO SOON FOR IRISH SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-06 13:42:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC UNGA |
05DUBLIN542 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES CHINA ARMS EMBARGO, IRA WITH [...] (U) Ambassador and DCM called on Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Bertie Ahern May 5. They gave the Taoiseach photos from President Bush of the June 2004 EU Summit at Dromoland Castle and the March 2005 Shamrock ceremony in Washington. 2. (C) The Ambassador raised the China arms embargo, [...] | 2005-05-09 07:07:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PHUM |
05DUBLIN548 | FORMATION OF TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT EASES EU [...] (C) POL/ECON Chief met May 9 with Stephen Dawson, Deputy Director of the DFA's Middle East office, to discuss reftel. Dawson said that the formation of Iraq's interim government has made discussions of Iraq easier within the EU. Those who were opposed now felt they needed to give the elected [...] | 2005-05-09 16:02:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL |
05DUBLIN568 | THE GOI DISPUTES ITS POOR IMAGE ON SALMON [...] (C) Summary: In April, the GOI announced a salmon drift-net quota that exceeded local scientists, recommendations, prompting protests from the media, opposition parties, and the North Atlantic Salmon Fund (NASF, an international NGO coalition). In discussing the GOI's "side of the story" wit [...] | 2005-05-13 07:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON PREL EFIS SENV |
05DUBLIN573 | IRELAND HONORS ARRESTED SUDANESE HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Summary. On May 13th, President of Ireland Mary McAleese presented the inaugural Front Line Human Rights Defender Award to the wife and daughter of Sudanese Human Rights Activist, Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam. Per reftel, Dr. Mudawi was arrested by GOS authorities on May 8th and was not allowed [...] | 2005-05-13 16:31:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV UNHRC |
05DUBLIN574 | IRELAND - NAME OF INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-16 09:06:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA EFIS TBIO SENV TSPA TSPL |
05DUBLIN587 | TERRORIST FINANCE: IJG PRENOTIFICATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-19 09:13:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL |
05DUBLIN588 | IRELAND CONSIDERS CUTTING AID TO UGANDA [...] On May 13, Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern announced that the Irish government is considering reducing aid to Uganda by euro 2 million to send a clear message to Ugandan President Museveni regarding political reform. Department of Foreign Affairs Uganda desk officer Jerry Kelliher confirm [...] | 2005-05-19 09:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PHUM PTER |
05DUBLIN59 | TERRORIST FINANCE: FADHLI AND DARWISH DESIGNATION [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-19 17:03:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | ETTC EFIN PTER PREL CVIS KTFN |
05DUBLIN597 | IRISH RESPONSE TO WTO SERVICE DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: On May 16, Post delivered ref A demarche to Frank Doheny, Deputy Principal Officer in the Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment. Doheny noted that Member States would likely approve the revised EU services offer the week of May 23. The offer would seek to cover the 10 [...] | 2005-05-20 10:23:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ETRD WTO |
05DUBLIN598 | IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: On May 18, Post delivered ref A talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. Keown noted that Ireland viewed the China arms embargo in terms of the EU's opportunity to send a major political signal encouraging China to play a constructive [...] | 2005-05-20 10:36:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS EUN |
05DUBLIN606 | GOI UNVEILS AVIATION POLICY PACKAGE [...] (C) Summary: On May 18, the Irish Government announced an aviation policy package that includes plans to sell a majority stake in Aer Lingus, the national carrier, and to build a second terminal at Dublin Airport. The package capped months of negotiations between the governing party, Fianna [...] | 2005-05-23 14:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR ECON ETRD EFIN ELAB |
05DUBLIN618 | IRELAND: UNESCO CONVENTION ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-24 15:49:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD SCUL UNESCO |
05DUBLIN644 | IRELAND: NO VOTE, NO SUPPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-27 16:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM PREL ILO |
05DUBLIN645 | IRELAND: NO SUPPORT YET FOR ADDITIONAL FISCAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-05-27 16:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ELAB ILO |
05DUBLIN657 | NORTHERN IRELAND: GOI WAITING FOR IRA RESPONSE AND [...] (C) During Special Envoy Mitchell Reiss' visit to Ireland May 19-22, the Irish government emphasized that the Good Friday Agreement and the December 8 joint communique must be the basis for forward movement in the peace process. They anticipate an IRA response to Gerry Adams' call to leave the [...] | 2005-06-01 08:39:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS EI UK NIPP |
05DUBLIN670 | IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON WCO FRAMEWORK OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-03 13:21:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD CTM |
05DUBLIN671 | 2005 REPORT ON INVESTMENT DISPUTES AND [...] Below is Post's submission pursuant to Section 527 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, requested ref A. There have been no substantive changes to last year's submission, as the case remains before the Irish High Court (ref B). (A) Claimant A (B) 1995 (C) The dispute involves t [...] | 2005-06-03 14:00:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KIDE EINV PGOV EFIN |
05DUBLIN677 | (C) SINN FEIN CLAIMS IRA RESPONSE IMMINENT [...] (C) Rita O'Hare requested an appointment with Pol Chief today on an urgent basis. O'Hare said the IRA response to Gerry Adams' April call on them to pursue their goals through solely political means is coming very soon, perhaps within two weeks. According to O'Hare, the IRA leadership is 100 [...] | 2005-06-03 14:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINS EI NIPP |
05DUBLIN678 | IRELAND: NO CHANGE FOR TITLE III/LIBERTAD [...] (C) On June 1, Emboff discussed reftel with Department of Foreign Affairs Americas Section Third Secretary Margaret Stanley. According to Stanley, the GOI has taken no specific bilateral actions to advance democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba in the last six months. Irela [...] | 2005-06-03 15:07:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD ETTC PREL |
05DUBLIN679 | IRISH REACTION TO ETHIOPIAN POST-ELECTION PERIOD [...] (C) Summary. In response to reftel points, Department of Foreign Affairs Deputy Sub-Sahara Africa Director Pat Kelly noted that the vote counting process in Ethiopia lacks transparency and is a cause for concern. He said the Irish participants in the European Union Election Observer Mission [...] | 2005-06-03 15:29:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM |
05DUBLIN68 | IRISH RESPONSE TO FSC/ETI DISPUTE [...] On January 20, Post delivered ref a talking points and ref b letter to Frank Doheny, Assistant Principal in the Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment (DETE) Multilateral Trade Division. Doheny noted that Tony Joyce, DETE Senior Trade Negotiator and Ireland Titulaire, had raised in [...] | 2005-01-20 17:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD USTR |
05DUBLIN680 | VISA DENIAL OF SINN FEIN MEMBER RITA O'HARE [...] (S) In May, the USG reversed past practice and denied a visa to Rita O'Hare, who serves as Sinn Fein's U.S. representative. As is well-known, Rita O'Hare, like most of the Sinn Fein leadership, was a member of the IRA and she is wanted in the UK for an attempted murder in 1971. The USG has [...] | 2005-06-03 17:22:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PINR PREL PTER UK EI NIPP |
05DUBLIN683 | IRISH RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON U.S.-EU [...] (U) On June 2, Post delivered ref A talking points to Stephen Dawson, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for the Middle East and North Africa. Dawson said SIPDIS that the Commission has been in touch with Member States about the June 21-22 U.S.-EU International Conference [...] | 2005-06-07 09:29:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL EUN |
05DUBLIN715 | IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: On June 8, Post delivered ref A talking points to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU correspondent. Keown said that the GOI might contribute police personnel to the EU's planned Rule of Law training program for the Iraqi Transitional Government, but would not l [...] | 2005-06-10 08:52:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM EUN |
05DUBLIN718 | IRELAND: HUNGER AND HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN AFRICA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-10 16:44:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR |
05DUBLIN72 | IRELAND LIKELY TO SUPPORT COMMISSION ON STATUS OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-21 11:05:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KWMN UN CSW |
05DUBLIN727 | IRISH RESPONSE TO SWISS CIRCULAR NOTE ON THIRD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-13 15:22:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC PHUM PREF PREL |
05DUBLIN73 | VARIOUS RESOLUTIONS-NO COURSE YET FOR IRELAND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-21 11:06:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KWMN UN CHR |
05DUBLIN750 | PROMOTING UN REFORM IN IRELAND [...] (SBU) On June 16, Ambassador, DCM and POLOFF delivered reftel talking points to Department of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Dermot Gallagher. Gallagher said that SIPDIS Ireland shares similar positions to the United States on most of the points on reform. The main difference, he noted, [...] | 2005-06-16 16:22:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KUNR AORC UNSC |
05DUBLIN756 | IRISH RESPONSE TO UNESCO BIOETHICS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-17 15:41:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO UNESCO KSCI |
05DUBLIN763 | IRISH RESPONSE TO ORAL MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY [...] (S) On June 20, emboff delivered reftel oral message to Department of Foreign Affairs Regional Director for Middle East and North Africa, Stephen Dawson. Dawson said that the GOI position on Iraq is in line with that of the United States. He said that Ireland supports the democratically elec [...] | 2005-06-21 08:51:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PREL |
05DUBLIN77 | IRISH RESPONSE TO SA/LW MARKING AND TRACING [...] On January 21, Post delivered reftel talking points to Adrian McDaid, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Counselor for Disarmament and Non-proliferation and Ireland's representative at the January 24-February 4 UN Small Arms and Light Weapons (SA/LW) negotiation session. McDaid said that th [...] | 2005-01-21 17:23:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM |
05DUBLIN785 | S29F-04 GOI ON SYRIAN USE OF UAE FIRM TO ACQUIRE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-24 14:29:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | PARM PREL ETTC CBW |
05DUBLIN801 | IRELAND TO RATIFY/ACCEDE TO REMAINING UN TERRORISM [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-28 13:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PREL KTFN PHUM PINS |
05DUBLIN802 | VENEZUELA DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO GOI [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-28 13:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV |
05DUBLIN814 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS LICENSING CONDITIONS: IRELAND [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-30 09:20:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECPS ETRD |
05DUBLIN822 | IRISH RESPONSE TO POLIO DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-01 12:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO WHO |
05DUBLIN847 | IRISH RESPONSE TO OECD GOVERNANCE REFORM DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-08 14:21:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD AMGT OECD |
05DUBLIN848 | IRISH RESPONSE: G-4 FRAMEWORK RESOLUTION ON UN [...] (C) On July 8, DCM delivered reftel talking points to Irish Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) UN Counsellor John Deady. Deady said that while the GOI favors comprehensive UN reform, the regional exclusion currently in the UNSC permanent member structure undermines the legitimacy of the in [...] | 2005-07-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNSC |
05DUBLIN849 | IRISH RESPONSE TO WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-08 15:49:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL UNESCO |
05DUBLIN853 | TERRORIST FINANCE: NASCO AMENDMENT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-11 15:24:00 | Embassy Dublin | SECRET | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC PREL |
05DUBLIN872 | IRISH RESPONSE TO DEAD SEA MEETING DEMARCHE [...] On July 12, Post delivered reftel demarche to Fiona McCabe, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Third Secretary for the Middle East and North Africa. McCabe noted that Ireland would not send a representative to the July 18-19 Dead Sea Donors Committee Meeting and was not planning to announce [...] | 2005-07-14 15:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL |
05DUBLIN88 | IRAQ ELECTIONS: IRELAND LOOKS TO THE EU FOR A [...] (C) Further to reftels, Embassy Dublin is lobbying the GOI aggressively to issue a statement in support of Iraq elections. The Ambassador raised it with the Prime Minister's office and with parliamentarians in the two government parties. The DCM and POL/ECON chief have raised it at senior l [...] | 2005-01-25 10:58:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAO |
05DUBLIN884 | IRISH RESPONSE TO PRE-GAERC DEMARCHE [...] (C) Summary: On July 14, Post delivered reftel demarche to Gerard Keown, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) EU Foreign Correspondent. According to Keown, the GOI was optimistic that EU accession talks for Turkey would begin October 3. He noted that Ireland would favor referring any Iranian [...] | 2005-07-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL UN |
05DUBLIN885 | IRISH SUPPORT FOR COMPREHENSIVE CONVENTION ON [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 14:32:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER UNGA |
05DUBLIN887 | IRISH RESPONSE TO UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 16:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PHUM PGOV |
05DUBLIN889 | U.S.-IRELAND AGREEMENTS ON EXTRADITION/MUTUAL [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-15 16:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CJAN KCRM PTER |
05DUBLIN894 | TERRORIST FINANCE: MOVEMENT FOR ISLAMIC REFORM IN [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-18 12:36:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC KSEP KVPR CIVS |
05DUBLIN913 | IRELAND SUPPORTS PBC CREATION; QUESTIONS UNSC ROLE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-22 13:11:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KUNR KPKO UNSC UNGO ECOSOC |
05DUBLIN914 | G-4 PROPOSAL: IRISH TO DELAY DECISION UNTIL UNGA [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-22 15:25:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA KSEP UNGA |
05DUBLIN921 | IRELAND: ALL PARTIES SHOULD BE INVITED TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-25 16:09:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | OPDC PARM PBTS PHUM PREL PGOV EUN OSCE |
05DUBLIN927 | CODEL LANDRIEU COUNTRY CLEARANCE AUGUST 1-3 [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Senator Mary Landrieu, Norma Jane Sabiston, and Jason Matthews to travel to Limerick, Ireland, from August 1 to 3, 2005. Purpose of visit is to attend a conference on interoperable communications at the University of Limerick. 2. Embassy contr [...] | 2005-07-26 15:13:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT AFIN SASEC |
05DUBLIN934 | IRA STATEMENT EXPECTED AFTERNOON OF JULY 28 [...] (C) Rita O'Hare, Sinn Fein's North America representative, told POL/ECON chief to expect an IRA statement on Thursday, July 28. (The statement is in response to Sinn Fein's call on the IRA last spring to pursue its objectives solely through peaceful and democratic means.) O'Hare believes that [...] | 2005-07-27 15:15:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR EI UK |
05DUBLIN935 | IRELAND SUPPORTS U.S. RE: SYRIAN-LEBANESE BORDER [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-27 15:57:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD |
05DUBLIN936 | UPDATE ON IRA MONEY-LAUNDERING INVESTIGATION [...] (C) Summary: Irish criminal justice officials are convinced that pound sterling notes seized in Dublin and Cork in mid-February in an apparent IRA-tied money-laundering scheme was money stolen from Belfast's Northern Bank. Police are attempting to establish forensic links between the seizure [...] | 2005-07-27 16:10:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN SOCI KCRM EI NIPP |
05DUBLIN942 | IRISH THANK USG FOR PEACE PROCESS SUPPORT AND [...] (C) Dermot Gallagher, DFA Secretary General, asked to meet with the ambassador July 28 to discuss the IRA statement. Gallagher said that in the view of the GOI, the IRA statement of July 28 showed "a clarity that was not in previous statements" and is "as good as you can get." He hoped the Ir [...] | 2005-07-29 07:26:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PINR EI UK |
05DUBLIN944 | NEW ANTI-TERROR SECURITY IN PLACE IN IRISH PORTS [...] Summary. On July 27, the GOI completed the installation of new anti-terror security measures at all Irish international sea ports, bringing Ireland into compliance with the UN International Maritime Organization (IMO) code established in July 2004. These arrangements are aimed at preventing [...] | 2005-07-29 11:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC EWWT PHSA KHLS |
05DUBLIN947 | SPEAKING OUT ON GITMO AND DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-29 13:37:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KISL KPAO PGOV PREL |
05DUBLIN948 | STAFFDEL FARRELL COUNTRY CLEARANCE AUGUST 1-3 [...] Post welcomes and grants country clearance to Ms. Alycia Farrell to travel to Limerick, Ireland, from August 1 to 3, 2005. Purpose of visit is to meet with representatives of the Northern Command involving security issues and attend the Forum on Public Safety in Europe and North America at t [...] | 2005-07-29 14:10:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN |
05DUBLIN956 | GOI ON S37-05: UAE ENTITY DIVERTING GOODS TO IRAN, [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-02 14:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL ETTC CBW |
05DUBLIN959 | MTCR: IRELAND TO PARTICIPATE IN IE AND EE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-03 09:16:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL MNUC ETTC TSPA KSCA MTCRE |
05DUBLIN968 | IRELAND SEEKS MORE DETAILS ON U.S.-INDIA NUCLEAR [...] (C) On July 29, Post delivered reftel talking points to Therese Healy, Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) First Secretary for Disarmament and Nonproliferation. Healy said SIPDIS that the GOI was studying the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative and would appreciate additional [...] | 2005-08-03 15:53:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ETTC KNNP PARM PREL |
05DUBLIN977 | TERRORIST FINANCE: DESIGNATION OF THREE NAMES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-08-05 16:03:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | KTFN EFIN PTER ETTC KSEP KVPR CIVS |
05DUBLIN983 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES COLOMBIA THREE WITH GOI [...] (C) Summary: The Irish Government had no prior knowledge that the Colombia Three were in Ireland, nor had it discussed the case with Sinn Fein in recent Northern Ireland peace process-related exchanges, GOI officials told the Ambassador on August 8. The officials noted that the case presente [...] | 2005-08-08 16:43:00 | Embassy Dublin | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PTER PGOV EI |
05DUBLIN99 | URGENT ACTION: WITNESSES REQUEST FOR MARCH 7 TRIAL [...] (U) This is an urgent action request. See para 3 and 4. 2. (SBU) The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of Ireland has set March 7, 2005 as the new trial date for O'Reilly, Moran and Others charged with criminally damaging US Military Aircraft at Shannon Airport, in Janua [...] | 2005-01-27 10:17:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS MARR MOPS EI |
05DUSHANBE1596 | DOES EVERYONE LOVE A PARTY? TAJIKS ABOUT TO FIND OUT [...] (SBU) Three new political parties have recently started the process of registering with Ministry of Justice. Whether they will be successful depends less on their paperwork and more on their support of or threat to existing power structures. 2. (U) Party of the Economic Reform o [...] | 2005-10-03 03:35:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINR PGOV TI |
05DUSHANBE1605 | TAJIK SUPPORT FOR PSI [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-04 10:20:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PREL TX TI PARM |
05DUSHANBE1606 | TAJIK SUPPORT FOR PSI [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-04 10:22:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | KNNP PREL TX TI PARM |
05DUSHANBE1612 | IIR 6 947 0003 06/ ITEMS OF INTEREST IN THE GBAO (U) [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-05 11:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MCAP TI |
05DUSHANBE1613 | "JUSTICE" IN TAJIKISTAN: ISKANDAROV SENTENCED TO 23 YEARS IN [...] Tajikistan's Supreme Court sentenced Mahmadruzi Iskandarov, former Chairman of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan and former head of Tojikgaz, Tajikistan's state-run natural gas monopoly, to 23 years in a maximum-security prison. The court authorized the government to strip Iskandarov of his [...] | 2005-10-06 08:33:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KPAO TI |
05DUSHANBE1616 | "JUSTICE" IN TAJIKISTAN: ISKANDAROV SENTENCED TO 23 YEARS IN [...] Tajikistan's Supreme Court sentenced Mahmadruzi Iskandarov, former Chairman of the Democratic Party of Tajikistan and former head of Tojikgaz, Tajikistan's state-run natural gas monopoly, to 23 years in a maximum-security prison. The court authorized the government to strip Iskandarov of his [...] | 2005-10-06 10:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KPAO TI |
05DUSHANBE1617 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF SECRETARY RICE TO TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Embassy Dushanbe welcomes your visit to Tajikistan, the first-ever by a Secretary of State to Tajikistan as an independent country. The historical importance is not lost on Tajikistan's leaders or people. All will have high expectations of a successful visit leading to closer cooperation [...] | 2005-10-06 10:48:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TI |
05DUSHANBE1620 | IIR 6 947 0054 05/TAJIK BORDER GUARD ASSESSMENTS (U) [...] MEMORANDUM, "SPECIAL REPORT - PILOT ZONE 1"(U),1 COPY, 33 PAGES, 20050504 (C). 2. MEMORANDUM, "TAJIK BORDER FORCE - THE NEED FOR AN ASSESSMENT IN ORDER TO SOLVE ITS MYRIAD DEFICIENCIES" (C),1 COPY, 5 PAGES, 20050519 (C). ACQ: (U) DUSHANBE, TAJIKISTAN (20050708) DISSEM: (U) FIELD: EMBA [...] | 2005-10-07 03:13:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP TI |
05DUSHANBE1621 | IIR 6 947 0022 04/VISIT TO TURSUNZODA BORDER GUARD POST [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-07 03:13:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP TI |
05DUSHANBE1622 | IIR 6 947 0062 05/GARM AND VICINITY (U) [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-07 03:13:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP TI |
05DUSHANBE1642 | IIR 6 947 0006 06/NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENT LIMITATION (U) [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-07 11:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MCAP TI |
05DUSHANBE1644 | IIR 6 947 0005 06/CHINESE GIVE 32 VEHICLES TO TAJIK ARMED [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | MCAP TI CH |
05DUSHANBE1646 | NO NEWS BAD NEWS FOR INTERNEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Internews is the third major NGO to encounter serious registration problems with the Tajik government. In addition, a key Internews project to establish community radio stations may collapse without the registration and licensing of its local partners. Government officials have [...] | 2005-10-08 10:07:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV TI |
05DUSHANBE1648 | TAJIKISTAN: CIVIL AND GOVERNMENT AVIATION AUTHORITIES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 6, Under Secretary Robert Joseph met with Head of the Tajikistan Department of Civil Aviation Khamroyev Firuz and Tajik Air Force Chief of Staff General-Major Safaraliev. The Tajiks reiterated their support for ridding the world of the scourge of terrorism and the transfer o [...] | 2005-10-10 07:08:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINS IR KN TI |
05DUSHANBE1650 | IIR 6 947 0007 06/ UZBEKS DENY FRENCH MILITARY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-10 10:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP TI FR UZ |
05DUSHANBE1678 | TAJIKISTAN EXBS PROGRAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] EXBS advisor conducted an 11 day assessment/end use monitor trip through the Gorno - Badakhshan and Sogd regions of Tajikistan which included the Afghan, Chinese, Kyrgyz, and Uzbek borders. Please see Dushanbe 1503 for summary. 2. The European Commission Border Management and Drug [...] | 2005-10-17 09:30:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI |
05DUSHANBE1695 | TAJIKISTAN: RAHMONOV TO VISIT TURKEY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Turkish Ambassador Cengizer revealed on October 18 that he has completed negotiations for Tajikistan's President Rahmonov to make an official visit to Turkey January 19-24, 2006. Rahmonov will [...] | 2005-10-18 11:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL TU TI |
05DUSHANBE1696 | A SHOT ACROSS THE NGO BOW? POST SEEKS GUIDANCE IN RESPONSE [...] Copies of constituent documents; 2. The structure (including that of the head and field offices),personnel structure and the number of their staff; 3. The biodata of the personnel of these organizations, including foreign and local; 4. Exact legal addresses of these org [...] | 2005-10-18 12:42:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE1700 | REQUEST TO INITIATE PROFESSIONAL COURIER OPERATIONS TO [...] Post Dushanbe requests professional diplomatic courier service vice our current non-pro service to/from Almaty. Post wishes to initiate professional service in November, 2005 on a scheduled to be determined between Post and FRDCD. 2. All classified pouch users at post concur with this req [...] | 2005-10-20 06:15:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ADCO ADPM AMGT KRIM |
05DUSHANBE1701 | LAWYER'S ARREST COULD SIGNAL GOV'T TIGHTENING SCREWS ON [...] (U) Fayzinoso Vohidova, a well-known lawyer and an active member of the Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan (SDPT),was arrested and charged by the Sughd regional prosecutor's office with one criminal act for forgery, and production and sale of forged documents, which includes practicing la [...] | 2005-10-20 07:19:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE1702 | TAJIKISTAN: AMBASSADOR ZARIPOV COUNSELS NO SHARP RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN PROVOCATIONS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-20 09:42:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM RS TI |
05DUSHANBE1708 | TAJIK MINISTRY OF EDUCATION BANS HIJABS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS [...] Deputy Minister of Education Farkhod Rakhimov announced on October 19 that hijabs (Muslim head-coverings) are banned in schools and institutions of higher education. Education officials were instructed to disseminate this message throughout their schools. Students who violate this edict will [...] | 2005-10-21 09:42:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KISL KIRF TI |
05DUSHANBE1729 | TAJIKISTAN: SWIMMING AROUND IN AUTHORITARIAN MOLASSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Trying to do the U.S. Government's business in Tajikistan has never been easy, in part because of under-staffing and low capacity at many of the ministries. Further, the authoritarian desire to micromanage, as well as the inclination to buck even minor decisions up to a minister [...] | 2005-10-25 08:57:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE1732 | TAJIKISTAN: FERMENT FOR INDEPENDENT MEDIA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: While the Government of Tajikistan is loathe to license new independent media outlets, ferment is occurring. A new, independent weekly newspaper has appeared, albeit with microscopic ci [...] | 2005-10-26 04:40:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR PROP KDEM KPAO TI |
05DUSHANBE1733 | TAJIKISTAN AND USCENTCOM COOPERATE TO DELIVER DISASTER [...] (U) With airlift support by the U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Air Force, the Government of Tajikistan shipped 25 tons of humanitarian assistance to Pakistan via separate sorties on October 20 and 22. The Tajik contribution included food, medicine, blankets, and clothes. At the request of [...] | 2005-10-26 09:10:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID MOPS PK TI |
05DUSHANBE1736 | THANK YOU LETTER FROM PRESIDENT EMOMALI RAHMONOV TO [...] Please deliver following message from President Emomali Rahmonov to President Bush. Signed original together with English translation follows by pouch: 2. BEGIN TEXT October 18, 2005 Dear Mr. President, Please accept my sincere appreciation of your warm congratulations on the o [...] | 2005-10-27 03:05:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL |
05DUSHANBE1737 | DUSHANBE SYNAGOGUE RELOCATION STILL UNRESOLVED, BUT COMING [...] (U) Sentitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The Ambassador called on Rabbi Mikhail Abdurahmonov on October 26. Koen Davydov, the newly-elected Tajik chairman of the community who has business interests in Israel, also sat in. On October 21 [...] | 2005-10-27 08:51:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KIRF TI |
05DUSHANBE1741 | RUSSIANS RESCIND INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT REQUIREMENT FOR [...] (U) The Tajik and Russian governments officially announced that beginning November 1, citizens of both countries may travel between Russia and Tajikistan on their internal passports. A spokesman for the Tajik MFA stressed the understanding was not an "international agreement" nor would it cre [...] | 2005-10-28 11:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SMIG RS TI |
05DUSHANBE1742 | TAJIKISTAN: MOJ COMES A BIT MORE CLEAN ON REGISTRATIONS [...] (U) The weekly Tajik-language newspaper, "Zindagi," published excerpts October 27 from a recent Ministry of Justice press conference in which a Tajik official noted that some foreign NGOs had activities "beyond the framework of their charters." Isroil Shoyev, Chief, Department of Legal Entit [...] | 2005-10-28 12:23:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE1743 | CARE/TAJIKISTAN FY 2006 NOVEMBER CALL FORWARD FOR THE FY [...] Mission concurs with CARE's re-submission of previous call forward postponed for below mentioned commodities for arrival in March, 2006. Mission supports CARE's request for commodities for distribution submitted on behalf of CARE, Save the Children and Counterpart. 2. Mission understa [...] | 2005-10-31 07:33:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR TI |
05DUSHANBE1745 | TAJIKISTAN: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR FINDS JUDICIARY [...] (C) During his recent visit to Tajikistan, UN Special Rapporteur on Independent Judiciary and Lawyers Leandro Despuy noted a great imbalance between the power of Tajikistan's prosecutors, and the weakness of lawyers ("advocates") and judges in the system. United Nations Tajikistan Office of [...] | 2005-10-31 10:22:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE1746 | TAJIKISTAN: JAPANESE CHARGE: "TOKYO LOOKING FOR NEW IDEAS [...] (SBU) New Japanese Charge d'affaires Hiroshi Takahashi called on the Ambassador on October 26. Unlike his, Takahashi is energetic and brimming with ideas based on his extensive experience in Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. 2. (U) Takahashi noted his government established the "Japan Plus Cen [...] | 2005-10-31 11:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ETRD ELAB KDEM JA IN AF UZ TI |
05DUSHANBE1751 | TAJIKISTAN: PROVINCIAL LIFE CHANGES SLOWLY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On October 27 in the southern city of Kurgan Tyube, EmbOffs met with a sampling of community leaders. Change comes slowly in the provinces, old habits die hard, and the bureaucracy retai [...] | 2005-11-01 09:21:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KISL KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE1776 | TAJIKISTAN: REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE - BILATERAL INFORMATION [...] (U) Request for guidance. See para five below. 2. (C) In November 2003, President Rahmonov told the Ambassador he wanted to be able to broadcast a wider variety of news and opinion on Tajik State TV than simply Russia-generated material. The Embassy offered access to VOA-TV Russian-langu [...] | 2005-11-04 11:41:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID KPAO TI |
05DUSHANBE1779 | TAJIKISTAN: STOPPING AVIAN FLU AT ITS BORDERS WITH NO [...] To date, Tajikistan has no reported cases of Avian Flu. The Ministries of Health and Agriculture as well as the country's Veterinary Services have taken stringent measures to stop Avian Flu from entering Tajikistan's borders. 2. The Veterinary Service has begun to capture and examine wild [...] | 2005-11-04 12:58:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAGR ECON EAID TBIO KSCA SOCI TI KSTH WHO |
05DUSHANBE1786 | TAJIK AIR MONOPOLY HARMS TAJIKISTAN'S ECONOMIC PROSPECTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite 30% annual growth, Tajikistan State Airlines (TSA) presents a mismanaged, bloated organization unable and unwilling to reform itself or respond to market forces. Turkish Air is still negotiating to fly between Istanbul and Dushanbe, but threatens the very lucrative [...] | 2005-11-08 11:58:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAIR ECON TI TU RS |
05DUSHANBE1793 | EU SWIMMING IN THE SAME MOLASSES IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (C) In a meeting with the European Commission, Muzaffar Isakov, Director of the Aid Coordination Unit of the President of Tajikistan, suggested that while EC experts and consultants would continue to receive visas for Tajikistan, international NGO workers were less welcome. Barbara Plinkert, [...] | 2005-11-09 10:57:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PGOV EAID KDEM PHUM TI |
05DUSHANBE1796 | NDI FENDS OFF RAID BY INTERIOR MINISTRY [...] (C) During a National Democratic Institute (NDI) training program for Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) members, three plainclothes militia members tried to break up the event, calling it an "unauthorized religious gathering." According to NDI program directors Gegham Sargsyan an [...] | 2005-11-09 11:35:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM TI |
05DUSHANBE1798 | TAJIKISTAN: FREEDOM HOUSE IN STRATEGIC RETREAT [...] (SBU) Primarily due to the ending of its DRL grant, Freedom House is shifting its Tajikistan efforts to a local NGO. Robert Freedman, Washington-based Program Director, told the Ambassador November 9 that Freedom House did not want its Tajik partners and human rights defenders to feel abando [...] | 2005-11-09 12:24:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM TI |
05DUSHANBE1802 | DEMARCH DELIVERED: DESTRUCTION OF STATE BORDER PROTECTION [...] Post delivered reftel demarche on MANPAD destruction on November 9 to General Saidamir Zuhurov, Chairman of the State Border Protection Committee (Tajik Border Guards). 2. On the first point, Zuhurov said Tajikistan is working well with OSCE on the destruction of small arms, light weapons, [...] | 2005-11-10 06:00:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PREL TI |
05DUSHANBE1805 | TIPS FROM THE MFA ON HOW TO FIGHT THE WAR OVER NGO'S IN [...] (C) DCM had a long talk with MFA North America Chief Ismatullo Nasredinov on November 10 on the growing pressure on U.S. and other Western NGO's. The DCM said Tajikistan appeared to be taking a step backwards by not providing registration, visas, or other support for NGO's like the Rotary Cl [...] | 2005-11-10 11:02:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV TI |
05DUSHANBE1812 | DESPITE RUSSIAN PRESSURE, THE UNITED STATES CAN PROMOTE ITS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Although we now de-emphasize its previous Cold-War primacy in U.S. foreign policy, Russia still requires clear-eyed scrutiny for the havoc it can play with the President's democracy agenda and larger goals for transformational diplomacy in the former Soviet republics. We believe Russia [...] | 2005-11-14 06:21:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR PROP ECON EAID KDEM KPAO RS TI |
05DUSHANBE1814 | TAJIKISTAN: IMAGINED REPORT TO MOSCOW BY THE RUSSIAN [...] (C) The following is an Embassy Dushanbe exercise to imagine a report that Russian Ambassador Ramazan Abdulatipov might submit to the Kremlin. It draws on Post's observations of the last 18 months, Russian and regional media reports, and other reporting. This cable should be read as a compan [...] | 2005-11-14 08:13:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM RS TI |
05DUSHANBE1826 | TAJIKISTAN'S NGOS TIRED OF CORRUPTION AND VISA DELAYS, BUT SOLDIER ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the monthly NGO Forum meeting, the only surprise was that a handful of NGOS had not experienced visa problems or been forced to pay bribes for airline tickets or continuous electricity. The November 17 meeting underscored the Dushanbe development community's increased [...] | 2005-11-18 12:37:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE1828 | TAJIKISTAN: SERIOUS POLITICIAN ZOYIROV CHARGES RAHMONOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Social Democratic Party of Tajikistan Chairman Zoyirov continues to be a voice in the Tajik political wilderness logically and intelligently demanding that the Government of Tajikistan conform to the laws in its constitution - at least in part because he was one of the key drafte [...] | 2005-11-21 04:04:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO RS TI |
05DUSHANBE1839 | TAJIKISTAN NOT OVERLY PLEASED BY NEW RUSSIA-UZBEKISTAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Nazarov did not hide his unease about the November 14 Russia-Uzbekistan Alliance. Tajikistan is concerned that Tashkent will use it's "new best friend" status with Moscow to harm Dushanbe's interests. He judged it would be unth [...] | 2005-11-21 12:22:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MARR EU RS UZ TI |
05DUSHANBE1840 | HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ISTANBUL CENTRAL ASIA TECHNICAL WORKSHOP [...] The goal of the workshop was to build a partnership between technical advisors and export control agencies on a regional level. The objectives were to find regional common ground against smuggling of weapons of mass destruction and propose projects to support the primary goal. 2. Regiona [...] | 2005-11-21 13:00:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI |
05DUSHANBE1852 | UNHCR PROGRESS AND NEED FOR HELP IN TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) The UN High Commission for Refugees is shifting its focus from emergency operations in Tajikistan for remaining refugees, to development programs that will help to integrate the mostly Afghan refugee community into Tajik society. The shift is made possible by Tajikistan's political stabili [...] | 2005-11-23 08:40:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV TI |
05DUSHANBE1855 | TAJIKISTAN: NEW ECON REFORM PARTY CHAIRMAN SAYS TAJIKISTAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan's new Party of Economic Reform (PER) calls for gradual economic changes beginning with agriculture reform, developing industry around farm products, and creating a financial [...] | 2005-11-23 11:19:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE1856 | TAJIKISTAN: GOVT UNABLE TO HANDLE POTENTIAL AVIAN FLU [...] Head Veterinarian, Dr. Mulojon Amirbekov, explicitly stated that Tajikistan is not prepared to combat an Avian Flu outbreak. Tajikistan does not have a strategy for containing a pandemic if it occurs; however, various government ministries have taken measures, within their capabilities, to avo [...] | 2005-11-23 11:28:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EAGR EAID TBIO SENV KSCA SOCI TI KSTH WHO |
05DUSHANBE1858 | SIRODJIDDIN ASLOV APPOINTED TO THE UNITED NATIONS [...] (SBU) Sirodjiddin Mukhriddinovich Aslov has been named as Tajikistan's new Permanent Representative to the United Nations. For the last two years Alsov has been Deputy Foreign Minister and a useful and active interlocutor for the Embassy. 2. (SBU) The following are notes from his official [...] | 2005-11-25 06:10:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TI UNGA |
05DUSHANBE1867 | AGRARIAN PARTY OF TAJIKISTAN: ANOTHER POCKET PARTY FOR [...] The Agrarian Party of Tajikistan (APT) is the brainchild of its Chairman, Amir Karakulov, or so he insists. Karakulov, a former member of the Communist Party of Tajikistan, decided three years ago that he would like to form his own party to protect farmers' rights. A self-proclaimed Soviet-E [...] | 2005-11-28 04:13:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE1869 | TAJIKISTAN: TWO NEW DEPUTY MINISTERS APPOINTED [...] (U) President Rahmonov unexpectedly appointed two key deputy ministers on November 24 - Saidmumin Sattorovich Yatimov as new First Deputy Foreign Minister and Kosim Abdusalomovich Gaforov as Deputy Minister of Security. 2. (SBU) Major-General Yatimov had been Deputy Minister of Security f [...] | 2005-11-28 06:48:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR TI |
05DUSHANBE1870 | MODERATE TAJIK ISLAMIC LEADER KABIRI WAL... [...] No summary [...] | 2005-11-28 07:02:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KDEM RS TI |
05DUSHANBE1878 | EVERYTHING'S COMING UP COTTON IN TURSONZODA, TAJIKISTAN [...] In a series of meetings November 25, government officials, farmers and a businessman were universally--and surprisingly-- positive about the economic and political situation in Tursonzoda. The Dushanbe-appointed Chairman of the City Administration Barakatullo Akhmedov emphasized there were "n [...] | 2005-11-30 09:25:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EAGR TI |
05DUSHANBE1897 | AMBASSADOR SPEAKS ON CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE OF [...] At the invitation of the Central Executive Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT, ruling party),on November 30 in Dushanbe the ambassador spoke to an overflow crowd of college students, members of parliament, NGO representatives, PDPT activists, and journalists on "Th [...] | 2005-11-30 13:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE1898 | AMBASSADOR SPEAKS ON CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE OF [...] At the invitation of the Central Executive Committee of the People's Democratic Party of Tajikistan (PDPT, ruling party),on November 30 in Dushanbe the ambassador spoke to an overflow crowd of college students, members of parliament, NGO representatives, PDPT activists, and journalists on "Th [...] | 2005-11-30 13:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ECON EAID MARR KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE1921 | MEETING WITH PRESIDENT RAHMONOV: HIS VIEWS ON RUSSIA [...] (C) The Ambassador met with President Emomali Rahmonov on December 1 for two and a half hours. We report the meeting in three cables. This is two of three. The other two cover Rahmonov's views on (1) the U.S.-Tajikistan bilateral relationship and Tajik politics, and (2) Uzbekistan. 2. (S) SUMMARY [...] | 2005-12-02 10:29:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR MARR RS TI |
05DUSHANBE1941 | CARE/TAJIKISTAN FY 2006 DECEMBER CALL FORWARD FOR THE FY [...] Mission concurs with CARE's re-submission of previous call forward postponed of below mentioned commodities for arrival in April, 2006. Mission supports CARE's request for commodities for distribution submitted on behalf of CARE, Save the Children and Counterpart. 2. Mission understan [...] | 2005-12-05 06:08:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EAGR TI |
05DUSHANBE1944 | IIR 6 947 0013 06/AIDS, MEDICAL PERSONAL CARE, LEADERS DO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-05 11:37:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP TI |
05DUSHANBE1947 | TAJIK GOVERNMENT-WESTERN NGO ROUNDTABLE: ATTENDANCE HIGH, [...] (SBU) What looked like a routine meeting was a small breakthrough for Tajikistan's development community. The December 2 roundtable discussion of donors, NGOs and government was the first time all three groups came together on any subject, let alone the sensitive issues of NGO intentions, re [...] | 2005-12-06 09:18:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EAID KDEM RS TI |
05DUSHANBE1950 | TAJIKISTAN'S NORTHERN REGION WANTS TO BE INDEPENDENT OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Historically, the Sughd region in northern Tajikistan served as the intellectual and economic hub of Tajikistan. Its proximity to Uzbekistan still grants it trade, business and access to media and information outside of Tajikistan. Although Dushanbe attempts to keep a tight re [...] | 2005-12-06 12:29:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM KISL KPAO TI |
05DUSHANBE1951 | TAJIKISTAN'S ENVIRONMENT SUFFERS DUE TO LACK OF FUNDS [...] Funding and management problems prevent Tajikistan from protecting its natural resources. In a December 2 meeting with PolOff, Rustam Latipov, Deputy Chairman of the State Committee for Environmental Protection and Forestry (SCEPF) complained that the government fails to recognize the benefit [...] | 2005-12-06 12:46:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SENV TI |
05DUSHANBE1963 | IIR 6 947 0014 06/BELGIANS LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE TO TERMEZ [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-08 06:24:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP TI BE UZ |
05DUSHANBE1964 | IIR 6 947 0015 06/PRESIDENT TO DECLARE NEW NATIONAL GUARD [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-08 06:24:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP TI |
05DUSHANBE1966 | TAJIKISTAN'S VIEWS OF US FORCE POSTURE (C-RE5-00249) [...] (S) Post's DATT and DCM polled their colleagues informally on the questions below. The following answers should be seen as the Tajik government's current mood on these hypothetical questions. When and if negotiations were to start, outside pressures and local politics would influence the rh [...] | 2005-12-08 09:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | PINR MARR PREL AJ PL RO TI |
05DUSHANBE1981 | TAJIKISTAN POULTRY BAN CONFUSION; AVIAN FLU: ADDRESSING [...] Although the government of Tajikistan officially issued poultry bans on ten countries, customs inspectors are unaware of the new regulations. Mahmadnazar Tashrifov, Senior Inspector of the Department of Veterinary Service reported that to date, the department has authorized three resolutions [...] | 2005-12-09 10:10:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD EAGR EAID PREL TBIO SENV TI USTR |
05DUSHANBE2003 | TAJIKISTAN EXBS PROGRAM ADVISOR MONTHLY REPORTING CABLE [...] Advisor visited Tursunzada land port twice during the period to assess the progress of modular buildings being installed by TFI. The project is on schedule and will be completed by 23 December 2005 barring any unforeseen problems. This is a $68,000 EXBS project to upgrade the border crossing [...] | 2005-12-09 12:52:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI |
05DUSHANBE2004 | TAJIKISTAN: THE GRINCH WHO STOLE HUMAN RIGHTS DAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. To celebrate Human Rights Day 2005, Post planned for a roundtable discussion with Tajik students on the Department's annual Human Rights Report. Initially, the selected venue was Dushanbe's premier university, the Russia-funded Russian-Tajik Slavonic University. After compli [...] | 2005-12-09 13:34:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL RS TI |
05DUSHANBE2005 | THE GRINCH CHANGES HIS MIND: U.S. EMBASSY'S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) After the close of business on December 9, Ismat Nasredinov, Post's MFA contact and Chief of the North America Desk, contacted PAS to inform that the previously canceled Human Rights roundtable discussion at Tajik Technical University, planned for December 12, was back on track (septel). [...] | 2005-12-09 13:34:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL RS TI |
05DUSHANBE2006 | VIRGINIA NATIONAL GUARD HAZMAT RESPONSE ASSESSMENT TEAM [...] SUMMARY: Four members of the Virginia National Guard (VNG) assessed the capability of Tajik ministries to respond to a hazardous materials incident. The team visited the Ministries of Emergency Situations, Defense, State Border Protection Committee, Academy of Sciences, and local fire departm [...] | 2005-12-09 13:35:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI |
05DUSHANBE2008 | TAJIKISTAN CADA DIRECTOR REMAINS IN COUNTRY FOR NOW [...] (SBU) EmbOffs met with David Lovett and Paul Linge, the outgoing and present Country Directors of the Central Asian Development Agency, a non-denominational Christian-supported aid NGO December 9. Lovett's visa expired in November and, after thirteen years in Tajikistan, the government denie [...] | 2005-12-10 13:06:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE2012 | COUNTERING DISINFORMATION IN DUSHANBE [...] SUMMARY: Is the United States responsible for the "Color Revolutions" in Georgia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan? Are Americans employed in such organizations as CARE and the National Democratic Institute spies fomenting revolution? Are U.S.-funded legal assistance programs designed to turn childr [...] | 2005-12-12 11:45:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PROP KDEM KPAO RS TI |
05DUSHANBE2013 | TAJIKISTAN'S HYDROPOWER: GEOPOLITICAL GAME OR GOOD [...] (SBU) President Rahmonov hosted a December 11 meeting to discuss Tajikistan's hydropower projects. Tajikistan is one of the world's leading countries in hydropower potential, and increasingly feasibility studies point to domestic and foreign markets that could help Tajikistan realize the eco [...] | 2005-12-12 13:32:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON ENRG TI TDA |
05DUSHANBE2014 | ENGAGING HUMAN RIGHTS DAY DISCUSSION AT TAJIK TECHNOLOGICAL [...] The Russian Embassy and Tajik Embassy didn't want it to happen. But CdA and EmbOffs held a broad-ranging and energetic discussion with students and faculty members of the Tajik Technological University for Human Rights Day 2005 (NOTE: Not Tajik Technical University as stated in reftels A and [...] | 2005-12-13 07:51:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO RS TI |
05DUSHANBE2028 | AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION NGO UNDER FIRE IN TAJIKISTAN [...] Charge met with the American Bar Association/Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI) on December 12 to discuss their ongoing struggle with the Tajik State-owned media. ABA/CEELI's "Street Law" program in Tajikistan's secondary schools (reftel) first came under fire in the pre [...] | 2005-12-13 11:35:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO TI |
05DUSHANBE2029 | IIR 6 947 0017 06/UPDATE ON FRENCH DEFENSE MINISTER VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-13 12:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | MCAP TI FR |
05DUSHANBE2037 | FORMER SECURITY OFFICIAL TAKES ON DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Newly installed Deputy Foreign Minister Saimumil Yatimov met with Charge today for their first substantive meeting. Yatimov is well known as a former Ministry of Security official who dealt with international affairs, but his appointment to a high post in the Foreign Ministry was interpret [...] | 2005-12-14 11:39:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL TI |
05DUSHANBE2038 | TAJIK GOVT INSISTS PASSPORT DECISION REVERSAL PRACTICAL NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajikistan orders Tajiks to use international passports when traveling to Russia despite an Eurasian Economic Community (EEC) agreement permitting citizens to travel using internal passports. This affects up to one million labor migrants who do not have the expensive interna [...] | 2005-12-14 13:16:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ELAB SMIG TI |
05DUSHANBE2039 | TAJIKISTAN: BOMB SUITS TO SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT [...] They weigh over 70 pounds, but the Kevlar inside may someday save the life of a Tajik bomb squad first responder. On 14 December, the Charge' turned over 2 bomb suits to the "OMON" Special Operations Unit in Dushanbe. Each suit costs just over $24,000. This effort was as a result of an Embas [...] | 2005-12-15 08:27:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO TI |
05DUSHANBE2050 | TAJIKISTAN'S PROPOSED LAW RESTRICTS NGOS' RIGHTS AND [...] (C) The Tajik government is debating a law aimed to control NGO activities that could threaten the legal status of international NGOs. The Embassy received a draft copy of the Law On Public Organizations (Associations) leaked to the Soros Foundation. The Foundation also provided the Embassy [...] | 2005-12-19 04:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM TI |
05DUSHANBE2052 | TAJIKISTAN WMD EXECUTIVE SEMINAR IN BUDAPEST [...] SUMMARY: The Tajikistan Weapons of Mass Destruction executive seminar held in Budapest 12-17 December ended Friday with mixed reviews. Although the seminar was an opportunity to assess Tajikistan's ability to combat the proliferation of WMD and exchange information, some Tajiks complained di [...] | 2005-12-19 12:16:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | ETTC KNNP KSTC MNUC PARM TI |
05DUSHANBE2062 | TAJIKISTAN: `SEEKING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IRAQ ELECTION [...] (U) PolOff delivered talking points per State 225860, 'Seeking Public Support for December 15 Iraq Election' to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Department of European and American Countries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs December 20. Nasredinov promised to pass the information along t [...] | 2005-12-20 12:11:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TI |
05DUSHANBE2063 | TAJIKISTAN: TOWN AND GOWN CLASH OR YOUTH FRUSTRATION WITH [...] (U) Police arrested five people December 16 after two days of physical clashes between urban and rural youth in the northern city of Khujand. Local youth started a fight with Khujand State University students from the rural Mastchoh district in a public billiards hall on December 13. The M [...] | 2005-12-20 12:24:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TI |
05DUSHANBE2064 | TAJIK JOURNALIST RELEASED FROM PRISON [...] (U) Prison authorities in Istaravshan released Jumaboy Tolibov December 16 after several months of legal wrangling. Sabit Azamov, the Ayni district's General Prosecutor, ordered Tolibov's arrest on April 24. As the chairman of the Ayni district's legal department, Tolibov published commentar [...] | 2005-12-20 12:48:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE2083 | TAJIKISTAN MIN OF SECURITY CLOSELY WATCHES INDEPENDENT [...] (C) The Tajik government may be ratcheting up its already successful efforts to limit freedom of speech. National Association of Independent Mass Media in Tajikistan (NANSMIT) chairman, Nuriddin Karshiboev confided to Poloff December 16 that his contacts at the Ministry of Security--- his fo [...] | 2005-12-22 06:13:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM TI |
05DUSHANBE2084 | PRESIDENTIAL HOLIDAY GREETING CARDS [...] No summary [...] | 2005-12-22 06:38:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC TI |
05DUSHANBE2090 | "WITHOUT THE US, ROGUN WILL NOT BE BUILT": TAJIK [...] (C) The United States and AES still have significant roles to play in Tajikistan's hydropower sector. Tajik Minister of Energy Jurabek Nurmamatov told PolOff rumors of RusAl dominating the Rogun project did not reflect the Ministry's position or the Tajik government's. RusAl had taken only a [...] | 2005-12-23 10:58:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ENRG TI TDA |
05DUSHANBE2092 | TAJIKISTAN POLITICAL PARTIES UNDERGO CHANGES TO PREPARE FOR [...] (U) In a show of possibly implementing major party reforms, on December 20 the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRPT) held a roundtable to solicit opinions from political scientists, government officials and other political parties on the role of the IRPT in society. The Democratic Party [...] | 2005-12-23 11:48:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KPAO TI |
05DUSHANBE2094 | "WITHOUT THE US, ROGUN WILL NOT BE BUILT": TAJIK ENERGY [...] (C) The United States and AES still have significant roles to play in Tajikistan's hydropower sector. Tajik Minister of Energy Jurabek Nurmamatov told PolOff rumors of RusAl dominating the Rogun project did not reflect the Ministry's position or the Tajik government's. RusAl had taken only a [...] | 2005-12-27 10:22:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG TI RS AF |
05DUSHANBE2097 | BACK IN THE USSR? TAJIKISTAN'S SECURITY WONKS UNDECIDED [...] (SBU) Tajikistan understands the economic and security benefits of globalization, but Russia remains Central Asia's most important global partner. These two themes dominated the papers at a conference on "Globalization: National Interests and National Security for Central Asian Countries" sp [...] | 2005-12-27 13:00:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV TI PHUM ENRG |
05DUSHANBE2129 | TAJIK MEDIA NAMES RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR "DIPLOMAT OF THE YEAR" [...] A New Year's tradition, Tajikistan's electronic news agency "Asia Plus" and Russian-language independent paper "Kurier Tajikistana" published best of the year lists, sourced from editors' personal opinions and popularity polls, and the diplomatic community wasn't left out of their end of the y [...] | 2005-12-30 06:47:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KPAO RS TI |
05DUSHANBE2130 | PROGRESS, BUT NO ETA FOR TURKISH AIR IN TAJIKISTAN [...] Turkish Airlines (TKA) has moved one step closer to introducing a new Istanbul-Dushanbe. The Turkish Ambassador Altay Cenziger reported a framework agreement was signed December 23, allowing Turkish Airlines to conduct technical assessments and preparations for the new route. He estimated f [...] | 2005-12-30 07:41:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAIR ECON TI |
05FRANKFURT1092 | International Use of the Euro - Broadly Stable; [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Central Bank's (ECB) annual publication on the international role of the Euro concludes that the euro's role in international capital and foreign exchange markets and use as an international reserve currency "has remained largely stable," while "there have [...] | 2005-02-04 15:56:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT1373 | Lisbon Acton Program: Its All About Growth and [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 2 European Commission President Barroso presented his proposal to make economic growth and job creation the focus of EU activities for the next five years. To move beyond slogans, Barroso has proposed setting out who, the EC or member states, is respons [...] | 2005-02-15 11:04:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT174 | EU's Stability and Growth Pact: Tidying Up the [...] (SBU) Summary: In December the European Commission (EC) issued several statements for member states under the Stability and Growth Pact's (SGP) excessive deficit procedures (EDP). For Germany and France, the Commission acknowledged that (a) both would get an extra year, to 2005, to correct t [...] | 2005-01-07 15:30:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT2127 | Saarland Takes New Steps to Fight TIP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The state of Saarland has announced several new measures targeting trafficking in persons (TIP). These include consolidating agencies responsible for TIP within the Interior Ministry. State Interior Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer will also highlight TIP at the upcoming co [...] | 2005-03-15 06:51:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER SOCI GM |
05FRANKFURT2147 | SPD Bucks Trend, Wins Local Races in Hesse [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Social Democratic Party (SPD) candidates have won a series of off-cycle election victories in formerly Christian Democratic (CDU) governed areas in Hesse -- most recently in Kassel (Hesse's third largest city) -- signaling a competitive battle for communal elections in early 20 [...] | 2005-03-15 13:04:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR GM |
05FRANKFURT2410 | New Legal Payments Framework: Monetary Integration [...] (SBU) Summary: The European Commission (EC) intends to propose a directive for payments services in the internal market by June or September. A legally consistent framework for the EU payments market, providing for transparency of payment services contracts, competition and consumer [...] | 2005-03-24 11:52:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT2435 | Stability Pact Revision: Art Imitates Life [...] (SBU) Summary: Ecofin's report that was approved by the European Council on improving the stability and growth pact (SGP) is a vindication of the Council's application of the SGP, not its demise. While the Council had always implicitly considered prolonged economic stagnation and [...] | 2005-03-24 15:40:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT2478 | Pilot Project to Introduce Muslim Religious [...] (U) SUMMARY: In a first for Germany, the Baden- Wuerttemberg (B-W) state government will introduce religious instruction for Muslims in select public elementary schools beginning next year. Twelve schools will participate in the program's initial four-year pilot program. Five years in the m [...] | 2005-03-30 08:21:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL PHUM PGOV GM |
05FRANKFURT2671 | Structures and Trends in German Banking Industry: [...] (SBU) Summary: There is a lively debate about whether the relatively poor performance of the German banking sector is related to its "three pillar" structure of (1) private commercial, (2) public state and savings, and (3) cooperative banks. The discussions were triggere [...] | 2005-04-05 13:08:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT2973 | Torch Passing in Conservative Bastion: Baden- [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 21, Baden-Wuerttemberg CDU (Christian Democratic) caucus chief Guenther Oettinger will succeed Erwin Teufel as Minister-President. Oettinger, a lawyer and business expert, will likely retain Teufel's cabinet through state elections in March 2006. Observers expect Oe [...] | 2005-04-15 05:58:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR GM |
05FRANKFURT3004 | Baden-Wuerttemberg NGOs Target TIP Demand Reduction [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Baden-Wuerttemberg NGO Women's Information Center (Fraueninformationszentrum) and Protestant charity Diakonisches Werk (DW) have pioneered a new TIP (trafficking in persons) secular outreach program centered on reducing demand for trafficking victims forced to work as prosti [...] | 2005-04-15 14:56:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PGOV KWMN SMIG GM |
05FRANKFURT312 | EU Financial Supervisory Framework: Standing on [...] (SBU) Summary: The EU-wide financial supervisory framework created and made operational in less than three years is about to come into its own. The three new supervisory committees, the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR),the Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS) a [...] | 2005-01-13 12:01:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT315 | The Other Frankfurt Airport -- Frankfurt-Hahn [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, a former US airbase, is now one of Germany's fastest growing regional airports and its fourth-largest air-cargo center. A hub for leading low-cost carrier RyanAir, Hahn managers see limited future potential in the low-cost segment and are focused on grow [...] | 2005-01-13 12:49:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ELTN GM |
05FRANKFURT3867 | New Baden-Wuerttemberg State Cabinet [...] (U) SUMMARY: After assuming office (ref A),new Baden- Wuerttemberg (B-W) Minister President Guenther Oettinger (CDU/Christian Democrat) reshuffled the long-standing state government and laid out an extensive program to gain re-election in March 2006. On April 29, Oettinger replaced former M- [...] | 2005-05-20 12:13:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR GM |
05FRANKFURT3872 | Private Islamic Dialogue Forum Tackles Extremism, [...] (SBU) A high-profile national conference of the German Islamforum (established in 2002 to facilitate dialogue between Muslims and non-Muslims),meeting in Frankfurt on April 26, stressed cooperation but revealed differences between the two groups. Participants included national Green Party co [...] | 2005-05-20 14:03:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL PGOV PHUM GM TK |
05FRANKFURT4005 | Frankfurt Worries About Its Economic Future [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Recent developments including the failure of the Frankfurt-based German Stock Exchange to take over its London counterpart have sparked concerns over the economic future of the Frankfurt/Rhein-Main area in comparison to other European metropoles. With slow growth in the area's [...] | 2005-05-25 14:55:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV PINR GM |
05FRANKFURT4506 | Nuclear Energy Phase-Out Continues Amid Uncertainty [...] SUMMARY: The phase-out of nuclear power in Germany took a major step in mid-May with the decommissioning of the country's oldest nuclear power plant at Obrigheim in the state of Baden- Wuerttemberg. While Green party leaders and environmental groups celebrated the move with a "phase-out fes [...] | 2005-06-14 14:45:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG ECON SENV PGOV GM |
05FRANKFURT4988 | Stability and Growth Pact: Revived, Passes First [...] (SBU) Summary: Even before modifications of the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) were adopted by the Council on June 27, the European Commission (EC) had passed its first test applying the "spirit" of the new rules to Italy and Portugal. The EC's recommendations that thes [...] | 2005-07-01 12:58:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT5048 | German Finance Agency Issues USD Bond [...] (SBU) Summary: The German Finance Agency made news with its first borrowing in US dollars since World War II, a cool USD 5 billion. The move was taken in response to Asian demand and to save money, but does not mark the beginning of a regular dollar-borrowing program by [...] | 2005-07-05 13:30:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT5056 | The Chancellor and Hedge Funds [...] (SBU) Summary: Chancellor Schroeder has pledged to raise "standards for hedge funds" at the G-8 Summit. His position reflects a negative characterization, publicly stated by the Chairman of the SDP and others in the Chancellor's party, of investors fixed on quick financi [...] | 2005-07-05 14:53:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT549 | Germany's Economy Grows in 2004: Break Out the [...] (SBU) Summary: Germany's Federal Statistical Office reported that Germany's economy grew 1.7% in real terms last year. Even taking into account that 0.6 percentage points of that growth came from extra working days, the growth was higher than any experienced since 2000. The cause for celebr [...] | 2005-01-21 09:36:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT5998 | DALAI LAMA VISITS GERMANY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Dalai Lama paid a three-day visit to Frankfurt and Wiesbaden to receive one of Germany's most prestigious awards (the Hesse Peace Prize). Hesse Minister-President Roland Koch (CDU/Christian Democrat) drew praise from across the political spectrum for his endorsement of the [...] | 2005-08-05 14:27:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF PGOV PINR GM CH XD |
05FRANKFURT6687 | NGO Initiatives to Reduce Demand for Trafficked Persons [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Lutheran Church and other NGOs in southwestern Germany report progress in increasing Germans' awareness of the issue of trafficking in persons (TIP),particularly among potential clients of prostitutes. There are indications that more men are contacting police and NGOs to repor [...] | 2005-09-02 11:18:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN SMIG PGOV GM |
05FRANKFURT6748 | Lafontaine - a Man to Watch in Home State of [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Polls suggest that Germany's new Left Party (Linkspartei) could post a breakthrough performance in Saarland -- the home of party Co-Chairman (and former Minister-President) Oskar Lafontaine -- further compounding the SPD's decline in a former stronghold. By splitting the Social [...] | 2005-09-07 06:53:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
05FRANKFURT6995 | Hesse to Deport Afghan Hate Preacher [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The German state of Hesse has initiated deportation proceedings against Mr. Said Khobaib Sadat (DPOB 1 January 1959 in Logar, Afghanistan),an Afghan imam living in Offenbach, near Frankfurt, for reportedly being a "hate- preacher," a crime under the immigration law that went int [...] | 2005-09-14 14:05:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KISL PHUM GM AF |
05FRANKFURT7078 | AMERICA IN THE CAMPAIGN: SNAPSHOT FROM SW GERMANY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In Frankfurt's relatively pro-American district, attitudes towards the U.S. and U.S. foreign policy appear to play a smaller role in this German election campaign than in 2002. While some on the left have tried to raise issues of war and peace, overall the campaign in our dis [...] | 2005-09-19 06:21:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL GM |
05FRANKFURT7207 | Drama in EU Clearing and Settlement Heightens: US [...] (SBU) Summary: European securities infrastructure industry of stock exchanges, clearing and settlement activities is among the most dynamic in the financial industry, undergoing substantial change in the last decade. As the European Commission (EC) prepares to decide whe [...] | 2005-09-23 11:50:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN EUN |
05FRANKFURT7398 | POLICE ARREST THIRTY-EIGHT IN RAIDS AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Police targeted criminal elements of the Muslim community in large-scale raids across the German state of Hessen on September 27. In total, thirty-eight individuals were arrested--although none were confirmed extremists. Police stated that the raids were based on ongoing inves [...] | 2005-09-29 13:41:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KCRM KISL GM |
05FRANKFURT7722 | Major TIP Trial in Mannheim, Germany [...] (U) SUMMARY: Criminal proceedings began recently in Mannheim against six persons accused of trafficking approximately thirty Romanian women into Germany in 2003 and 2004. The young women were recruited with promises of employment as cooks and babysitters, but allegedly were beaten and raped (i [...] | 2005-10-24 09:12:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG KCRM KWMN ELAB PGOV GM |
05FRANKFURT8115 | CG Frankfurt Iftaar Bolsters Ties, U.S. Image [...] (U) ConGen Frankfurt recently hosted its first Iftaar event (featuring U.S. Army Muslim chaplains) during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan as part of our outreach to the large Muslim community in Post's district. The many guests expressed their gratitude and praised USG efforts to reach out t [...] | 2005-11-09 14:54:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KISL PGOV PHUM GM |
05FRANKFURT8181 | Scenesetter/Visit of Baden-Wuerttemberg M-P Oettinger [...] (U) SUMMARY: On November 14-15, Baden-Wuerttemberg Minister- President Guenther Oettinger (CDU/Christian Democrats) will make his first official visit to Washington. A political moderate, Oettinger leads one of Germany's largest and economically most successful states. Oettinger is favored t [...] | 2005-11-10 16:01:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON PINR GM |
05FRANKFURT8529 | Controversial Headscarf Ban Proposed In State of [...] (SBU) The Christian Democrat/Free Democrat (CDU/FDP) Baden-Wuerttemberg state government is drafting controversial legislation that would ban public kindergarten teachers from wearing headscarves. Opposition parties and city officials oppose the legislation, arguing that local communities sho [...] | 2005-11-25 16:06:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KISL PGOV SCUL SOCI GM |
05FRANKFURT8530 | Upcoming Elections in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Rheinland- [...] (U) SUMMARY: Voters in Baden-Wuerttemberg and Rheinland-Pfalz will go to the polls in March, the first state election test for the "grand coalition" government in Berlin. Most observers expect that both state governments will win reelection. Rheinland-Pfalz Minister-President (M-P) Kurt Beck ( [...] | 2005-11-25 16:06:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV GM |
05FRANKFURT8965 | GULF BETWEEN KEY MUSLIM ORGANIZATION AND HESSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tensions between the Hesse state government and the IRH (Islamische Religionsgemeinschaft Hessen, the state's largest Muslim umbrella organization) have simmered since the state listed the IRH in its annual report on extremism. The dispute came to the forefront again at IRH's h [...] | 2005-12-14 17:08:00 | Consulate Frankfurt | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER KISL KPAO GM |
05GABORONE1002 | SAN DISPUTE ALLEGED LINK BETWEEN DIAMONDS AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Working Group on Indigenous Minorities in Southern Africa (WIMSA),which represents San communities in Botswana, South Africa, Namibia and Angola, has spurned the argument that plans to mine diamonds prompted relocations from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve(CKGR). WIMSA as [...] | 2005-07-14 11:58:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM BC SAN CKGR |
05GABORONE1015 | GOB PLANS TO COMBAT SMALL ARMS PROLIFERATION [...] SUMMARY: The Government of Botswana has adopted a three- year national action plan to combat proliferation of small arms but intends to approach G-8 nations, and specifically the United States, to request financial assistance to meet its USD 2 million budget. Subsequent to its participation [...] | 2005-07-20 10:54:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PARM KCRM BC POL MIL |
05GABORONE1019 | POSSIBLE FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF A KHAMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: According to Acting Director for Multilateral Affairs Mr. Pulaente Kenosi at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, the GOB could be on the cusp of re-evaluating some of the tenets of its foreign policy. This is prompted in part by world events but also [...] | 2005-07-21 15:17:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM BC UNGA |
05GABORONE1026 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALLS WITH BOTSWANA [...] (SBU) Summary. In his farewell calls with Botswana's President Festus Mogae and Vice President Seretse Khama Ian Khama July 21, Ambassador Huggins highlighted promoting Botwsana business and human rights, specifically the Kenneth Good and Basarwa issues. The President and VP thanked the Amb [...] | 2005-07-22 14:30:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETRD US BC SAN CKGR |
05GABORONE1027 | BOTSWANA VP KHAMA CONCERNED ABOUT MISPERCEPTIONS [...] (C) During his farewell call on Botswana Vice President Lt. General Seretse Khama Ian Khama July 21 (Ref A),the Ambassador urged Khama to address a widespread perception among the public that once he becomes President, Khama might curtail Botswana's freedoms (Refs B and C). Khama replied th [...] | 2005-07-22 14:33:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV BC |
05GABORONE1039 | RULING PARTY STILL MIRED IN FACTIONAL FIGHTING [...] (SBU) Summary: The ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) went to its bi-annual national congress internally divided and emerged from the event equally, if not further, mired in factional fights over personalities and positions of influence. Vice President Khama's supposedly neutral effort [...] | 2005-07-27 11:25:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BC |
05GABORONE1040 | OPPOSITION PARTIES INCH TOWARD COOPERATION [...] SUMMARY: Botswana's two largest opposition parties, the Botswana National Front (BNF) and the Botswana Congress Party (BCP),intend to cooperate to oust the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in the next election. Although they pledged to pursue this strategy at their national congresses [...] | 2005-07-27 11:48:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV BC |
05GABORONE1045 | COURT DISMISSES DEPORTED PROF'S APPEAL [...] (U) Botswana's Court of Appeal dismissed on July 27 the case of Australian citizen and former University of Botswana Professor Kenneth Good who was declared a prohibited immigrant on February 18, 2005. President Mogae decided to deport Good on the grounds that he posed a threat to national se [...] | 2005-07-29 06:20:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV BC |
05GABORONE1046 | SAN ALLEGE TORTURE BY WILDLIFE OFFICIALS [...] SUMMARY: Five residents of Kaudwane, one of the villages to which residents of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) were relocated, have alleged that Department of Wildlife and National Parks officials tortured them earlier this year. Although the GOB has denied these allegations, PolOf [...] | 2005-07-29 06:21:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV BC SAN CKGR |
05GABORONE1092 | BOTSWANA CSOs CONDEMN MUGABE'S ABUSES [...] SUMMARY: Civil society organizations in Botswana are looking for ways to support the struggle against despotism in Zimbabwe. At a half-day workshop on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, representatives of churches, political parties and NGOs condemned the Mugabe regime's atrocities and asked [...] | 2005-08-05 08:55:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ZI BC SADC |
05GABORONE1099 | SADC AND GOB PREPARE FOR AUGUST 17 SUMMIT [...] SUMMARY: Botswana will begin its tenure as chair of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) at the August 17-18 regional Summit in Gaborone. Not surprisingly, the humanitarian crisis in Zimbabwe did not feature in the joint briefing for Heads of Missions conducted by the SADC Secr [...] | 2005-08-08 14:47:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON ZU MA ZI BC SADC |
05GABORONE1100 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ON TRIBAL NEUTRALITY PASSES [...] Botswana's National Assembly passed a Constitutional Amendment Bill intended to make the Constitution more tribally neutral by reforming the largely symbolic House of Chiefs (reftel) on August 2. The Ntlo ya Dikgosi -- Setswana for House of Chiefs - as it was renamed in the Amendment, provide [...] | 2005-08-08 14:50:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV BC |
05GABORONE1113 | BOTSWANA'S ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN FUELS POVERTY [...] Summary. Botswana's "middle income status" masks its rising poverty and unemployment that could impact future political stability. The economy is declining, with real GDP growth expected to be a sluggish 2.3 percent in 2005. While the central government's official statistics put the unemp [...] | 2005-08-11 06:05:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID EFIN ELAB BC |
05GABORONE1165 | PRIVATIZATION PROGRESSING SLOWLY [...] SUMMARY. Privatization in Botswana is moving in the right direction - slowly. Mr. Joshua Galeforolwe, CEO of the Public Enterprise Evaluation and Privatization Agency (PEEPA),described to Charge and Emboffs the political, institutional, and economic challenges facing the privatization move [...] | 2005-08-16 11:44:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EINV PGOV BTIO BC |
05GABORONE1179 | BOTSWANA UPDATE ON CHILD LABOR [...] SUMMARY. No reliable data exists to demonstrate that child labor is a significant problem in Botswana, although some social workers and child welfare activists fear that it might not be uncommon. The Government of Botswana and ILO initiated projects in the year since August 2004 that will a [...] | 2005-08-18 16:00:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND PHUM ETRD SOCI BC |
05GABORONE1180 | POVERTY AND INADEQUATE INFRASTRUCTURE HAMPER [...] Summary: The Government of Botswana has made significant headway since independence in achieving its goal of providing universal education to its people, but inadequate infrastructure and poverty impede further progress. High rates of poverty and unemployment (reftel),particularly in rural [...] | 2005-08-18 16:15:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | SCUL ECON ELAB EAID PREL BC |
05GABORONE1203 | SADC 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 13:16:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV ETRD RW WZ ZI ZU BC SADC |
05GABORONE1212 | Poverty's Impact on the Spread of HIV/AIDS in [...] Summary: The poor remain the hardest hit by the scourge of HIV/AIDS in Botswana. It is commonly accepted that since HIV/AIDS impacts the most productive members of society, there will be a concomitant reduction in economic growth (ref A),and potentially an increase in the number of people l [...] | 2005-08-25 14:38:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PREL EAID KHIV BC HIV AIDS |
05GABORONE1224 | MFA AND OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT SHUFFLE SENIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation is in the midst of rotating several of its senior officers into new positions. This movement will bring new incumbents to the offices of the Permanent Secretary, Deputy Permanent Secretary, and Director for Multilate [...] | 2005-08-26 10:34:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PGOV BC |
05GABORONE1228 | SLOW PROGRESS IN CKGR COURT CASE, FPK OUT OF FUNDS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hearings in the First People of the Kalahari's (FPK) legal challenge of the GOB's policy of relocating San and other minorities out of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) resumed on August 8. With the case dragging, FPK appears to be on the brink of another financial cris [...] | 2005-08-29 08:20:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV BC SAN CKGR |
05GABORONE1268 | HIGH COURT JAILS LEGAL ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT [...] (U) In a dramatic turn of events, Botswana's High Court jailed for contempt the Special Advisor to the President Sidney Pilane, who is the State's lead counsel in the court case challenging its policy of relocating San and other minorities out of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve. During hea [...] | 2005-09-07 12:12:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV BC SAN CKGR |
05GABORONE1281 | STUDY SEES BDP'S FUTURE IN VICE PRESIDENT KHAMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent needs assessment conducted for the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) is likely to reinforce Vice President Khama's perceived importance to the future of the Party. The study, passed to us by a senior GOB official, found that the BDP's popularity had declined due t [...] | 2005-09-09 05:54:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BC |
05GABORONE1426 | TENSIONS HIGH BETWEEN GOB AND FIRST PEOPLE OF THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tensions between the GOB and the First People of the Kalahari (FPK) have reached a new high with the arrest of 21 individuals trying to force entry through a closed gate into the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) on September 24. Government officials reportedly had followed [...] | 2005-10-04 15:13:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV BC SAN CKGR |
05GABORONE1444 | CHINA WOOS BOTSWANA THROUGH EXCHANGE VISITS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: China uses exchanges, assistance and trade as three primary tools to strengthen its ties with Botswana. According to the Director for Asia and Africa Mr. Manyepedza Lesetedi in the MFA, nearly two-dozen GOB officials traveled to China this year to participate in short courses [...] | 2005-10-06 15:31:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV CH BC |
05GABORONE1454 | BOTSWANA ANNUAL AGOA ELIGIBILITY UPDATE [...] Post recommends renewal of Botswana's AGOA eligibility status based on its continued compliance with the stipulated criteria. As described below, during the year, Botswana took steps to strengthen its private sector, improve its capacity to combat the financing of terrorism, and prevent child [...] | 2005-10-07 14:26:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD ECON BC AGOA |
05GABORONE1539 | BYE-ELECTION VICTORIES HEARTEN OPPOSITION [...] (U) SUMMARY: Botswana's opposition parties scored a victory by combining forces to win a parliamentary seat and a local council seat in an October 15 bye-election. The President of Botswana's largest opposition party, the Botswana National Front (BNF),Mr. Otsweletse Moupo bested wealthy ph [...] | 2005-10-21 10:26:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM BC |
05GABORONE154 | CHALLENGES FACING BOTSWANA'S MEDIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: While Botswana enjoys a relatively free press, public and privately-owned media face a number of challenges. State-owned outlets, the primary source of news for most Batswana, generally feature uncritical reporting on the government and are susceptible to political interference [...] | 2005-02-02 05:14:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM BC |
05GABORONE1577 | STUDENTS TO PAY FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL [...] (U) SUMMARY: As of January 2006, students will pay to attend secondary schools and technical colleges in Botswana. The Government decided to re-introduce school fees in response to growing budgetary constraints. Despite Government assurances that no child will be turned away for lack of mon [...] | 2005-10-28 11:05:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BC |
05GABORONE1605 | BOTSWANA LABOR FEDERATION FACING UPHILL STRUGGLE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Botswana Federation of Trade Unions has appealed to the ILO over a dispute between the Botswana Mine Workers Union and Debswana following a contentious strike last year. BMWU, plagued by internal divisions some attribute to management meddling, is fast running out of funds [...] | 2005-11-03 12:33:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM BC |
05GABORONE162 | UPDATE ON CKGR RELOCATION COURT CASE [...] (U) Summary: Hearings in the court case involving the First People of the Kalahari (FPK) vs. the Government of Botswana got off to a slow start in mid-January. Meanwhile, political and budgetary considerations have delayed proposals to improve the Remote Area Development Program (RADP). The [...] | 2005-02-02 12:40:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BC SAN CKGR |
05GABORONE1655 | BOTSWANA CONTINUES TO COMBAT CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Botswana continues to enjoy the lowest incidence of corruption in Africa as perceived by international and local observers. Nonetheless, a rash of recent allegations has fed the growing public perception that corruption is a problem in Botswana. Although the Government has t [...] | 2005-11-10 06:03:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM BC |
05GABORONE1656 | BOTSWANA'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 06:40:00 | Embassy Gaborone | SECRET | MARR PREL SENV US ZI BC SADC POL MIL |
05GABORONE1668 | LAKE MALAWI/NYASA/NIASSA INVASIVE AQUATIC WEEDS [...] The OES Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) have initiated a $200,000 project to promote collaborative management efforts on Lake Malawi/Nyasa/Niassa (LMNN) among the three Lake nations -- Malawi, Mozambique and Tanzania. This initiative is designed to advance USG regional securit [...] | 2005-11-14 11:41:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | SENV EAID MI MZ TZ |
05GABORONE21 | OUTLOOK FOR RURAL AREA DWELLERS BLEAK [...] SUMMARY: The outlook for Botswana's Remote Area Dwellers (RADs) is bleak, despite the Government of Botswana's multifaceted efforts to improve their standard of living. RADs endure high rates of poverty and unemployment, exacerbated by limited access to natural resources (especially land),a [...] | 2005-01-07 06:37:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON PHUM SOCI KHIV BC KPRP SAN CKGR |
05GABORONE227 | BOTSWANA RESPONSE: SLOW IMPLEMENTATION OF CWC [...] No summary [...] | 2005-02-15 08:24:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM ABUD BC AROC CWC CBW OPCW |
05GABORONE235 | LABOR MEDIATION REFORMS PROCEED SLOWLY [...] (U) SUMMARY: Implementation of new labor mediation and arbitration practices established in the Trade Disputes Act of 2003 is proceeding slowly. Limited resources have prevented the Department of Labor from deploying private mediators/arbitrators, resulting in a trebling of the disputes reg [...] | 2005-02-17 05:44:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV BC |
05GABORONE243 | OPPOSITION PARTIES CONSIDER COOPERATION, AGAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: Energized by growth in their share of the popular vote in the October 2004 elections, Botswana's opposition parties are debating with renewed vigor how cooperation could embarrass, if not unseat, the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in 2009. In order to achieve that obj [...] | 2005-02-17 10:32:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BC |
05GABORONE257 | A PAPER TOO FAR: U/BOTSWANA ACADEMIC SERVED [...] (SBU) Summary: The GOB served a 48-hour deportation order to U/Botswana academic and Australian citizen Prof. Kenneth Good on February 18. Good is a 15-year Botswana resident and critical observer of its politics. His attorneys obtained a stay of execution from the High Court on February 19 [...] | 2005-02-22 14:59:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV BC |
05GABORONE266 | HEARINGS BEGIN ON BOTSWANA'S DEPORTATION OF [...] (U) Summary: Preliminary arguments in the case of Kenneth Good v. the Attorney General commenced before a packed chamber at the High Court on February 22. Debate centered on whether the court has the right to issue an interdict against a state order as it did on February 19 to forestall Goo [...] | 2005-02-23 12:06:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV BC |
05GABORONE273 | BOTSWANA'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: At this time, post believes Botswana is not a country of origin, transit or destination for a significant number of human trafficking victims. This is partly because the Government of Botswana regards trafficking as a serious threat and has taken measures to prevent it from em [...] | 2005-02-24 13:29:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BC TIP |
05GABORONE286 | U/BOTSWANA HOLDS SEMINAR: ACADEMIC GRANTED [...] Summary: The University of Botswana seminar that featured the scholarly paper, "Presidential Succession in Botswana: No Model for Africa" by political science professor Kenneth Good proceeded without incident February 23. Good received a "rock star" welcome by the 600-person audience. On F [...] | 2005-02-25 12:17:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM BC |
05GABORONE294 | COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF CRITICAL ACADEMIC [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 28, Botswana's High Court ruled in favor of embattled academic and critic of the GOB Prof. Kenneth Good by rejecting the Attorney General's arguments that the court had no authority to issue an interdict against the state. Judge Sapire issued an order granting Good [...] | 2005-02-28 13:05:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV BC |
05GABORONE346 | TERRORISM FINANCE 2005 UPDATE NO. 2 - BOTSWANA [...] (U) The following is post's response to reftel request for an evaluation of the host government's ability to cooperate in the disruption of terrorist financing. Answers below are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (U) A. As yet, the GOB has not identified any assets within Botswana subjec [...] | 2005-03-10 04:56:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | KTFN KVPR EFIN PTER ETTC PREL CVIS BC |
05GABORONE405 | BUILDING THE PRESIDENT'S EMERGENCY PLAN FOR AIDS [...] Summary: Botswana is one of 15 focus countries assisted by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. In FY- 2004, the U.S. Mission in Botswana expended more than $18 million for Emergency Plan HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and care. More than $35 million has been programmed in FY- [...] | 2005-03-18 10:29:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV SOCI TBIO EAID KPAO BC HIV AIDS |
05GABORONE411 | A VISIT TO GHANZI DISTRICT: HAPPINESS IS [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Huggins visited Botswana's western town of Ghanzi and the San/Basarwa relocation settlement of New Xade on March 10-11. Rural poverty, severe dependence on government assistance, lack of income-generating opportunities, despair among youth, and the underperformance of t [...] | 2005-03-18 11:27:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM BC SAN CKGR |
05GABORONE434 | DEMARCHE TO SADC CAPITALS ON EVE OF ZIMBABWE [...] (C) Ambassador Huggins delivered demarche to Botswana's Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Mr. Ernest Mpofu, on March 18. Mpofu's response was that he, too, hoped for free and fair elections in Zimbabwe. He was encouraged, he said, by the [...] | 2005-03-23 14:40:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BC ZI SADC |
05GABORONE461 | BOTSWANA ANXIOUS FOR AML-CTF ASSISTANCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: A bilateral technical assistance program with Botswana could quickly and significantly improve its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance (AML- CTF) regime, a March 20-25 visit by advisors from US Treasury's Office of Technical Assistance (Enforcement) revealed. Me [...] | 2005-03-31 04:37:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER EFIN KTFN BC |
05GABORONE479 | SADC SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR ADB CANDIDATE [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Finance and Development Planning Baledzi Gaolathe requested a meeting with Ambassador Huggins on April 4 to lobby for United States support for Dr. Simba Makoni as the Southern African Development Community's (SADC) candidate for the presidency of the African Develop [...] | 2005-04-05 11:10:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI BC SADC |
05GABORONE520 | GENERAL WALD URGES BOTSWANA PARTICIPATION IN PKOS [...] (C) Summary: General Charles Wald, Deputy Commander of EUCOM, discussed EUCOM programs, Botswana,s training needs, and peacekeeping (PKO) issues in a meeting at the Presidency on April 13. General Wald said the African Union (AU),not the United Nations or the European Union, should have the [...] | 2005-04-13 15:19:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR US BC POL MIL |
05GABORONE523 | GENERAL WALD AND SADC SECGEN DISCUSS SADC'S NEW [...] (C) Summary. Meeting with SADC Secgen Prega Ramsamy in Gaborone April 13, General Charles Wald explained how the U.S. could assist the African Union (AU) and its regional components, including SADC, to equip, train, organize and support the new Regional Responses Forces (RRFs). General Wald [...] | 2005-04-14 04:15:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR US BC SADC POL MIL |
05GABORONE532 | BOTSWANA TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY [...] (C) Summary. This cable is an analysis of the Botswana telecommunications industry's efforts at greater liberalization and the potential consequences of political interference in the nation's regulatory framework. The Botswana Telecommunications Authority (BTA) held a stakeholders' workshop in [...] | 2005-04-15 15:33:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP BTIO ECON EFIN EINV EIND ETRD OTRA BC KPRP |
05GABORONE535 | REFUGEES 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 09:55:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV KHIV BC HIV AIDS |
05GABORONE54 | CONTACT INFORMATION FOR HOST GOVERNMENT FIGURES [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-13 10:07:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL BC |
05GABORONE554 | BNF PRESIDENT HOPES FOR OPPOSITION COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: In an April 1 meeting, Otsweletse Moupo, president of Botswana's largest opposition party, the Botswana National Front (BNF),shared with Ambassador Huggins his commitment to cooperation with other opposition parties in the next general election, scheduled for 2009. Moupo noted [...] | 2005-04-20 09:03:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV BC |
05GABORONE56 | PORTRAIT OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AS AN AUTOCRAT: [...] (C) Summary: As next in line to inherit the presidency, Botswana,s Vice President Ian Khama remains an enigma. Many participants in Botswana's public life such as academics, journalists, and NGO leaders, express ambiguity and skepticism regarding the Vice President's credentials as a politi [...] | 2005-01-13 11:13:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM BC |
05GABORONE560 | SADC SECRETARIAT STANDS BY ITS ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Summary: In an April 7 meeting with AF/S Director Mozena, SADC Executive Secretary Ramsamy was adamant that he stood by the SADC observer assessment of the Zimbabwe election as `peaceful, well managed, credible and transparent.' Ramsamy suggested cost sharing between donors and public an [...] | 2005-04-21 12:16:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI BC SADC |
05GABORONE561 | BOTSWANA ASSESSES POST-ELECTION ZIMBABWE [...] (U) Summary: During a meeting between AF/S Director Dan Mozena and Botswana's MFA PermSec Mpofu on April 7, the latter was frank in airing the frustration the GOB feels regarding Zimbabwe. The deterioration of trade and the dislocations border jumpers cause for Botswana are two major problem [...] | 2005-04-21 12:18:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM ZI BC IBB |
05GABORONE568 | SADC'S ROLE IN BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOSAFETY IN THE [...] Biotechnology can play a key role in economic and social development in the Southern African region. Agricultural technologies, including genetic modification, have the potential to increase food production over the next 50 years and help fight regional hunger. Progress is being made in som [...] | 2005-04-21 17:18:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO KPAO SENV EAID BC |
05GABORONE600 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT FALLS SHORT OF TRIBAL [...] (C) Summary: The GOB has proposed a so-called "tribal neutrality" bill that would amend Botswana's constitution to broaden representation in the House of Chiefs, the largely symbolic second chamber of parliament through which traditional leaders advise the National Assembly. Well over a dec [...] | 2005-05-02 14:33:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV BC |
05GABORONE601 | GABORONE'S LOOMING WATER SHORTAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Gaborone Dam, the primary source of water for over 250,000 people in the Greater Gaborone area, is at a four-year low. Without significant inflows, which are unlikely to materialize, the dam will fail in three months. The GOB's short-term solution is to rely on a notorio [...] | 2005-05-03 05:37:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SENV ECON BEXP BC |
05GABORONE651 | MOYO'S DEPARTURE CHEERS GOB [...] (C) SUMMARY: Botswana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation hopes that the appointment of Tichaona Jokonya as Zimbabwe's Minister of Information and Publicity will calm the stormy relations between the two nations. In a May 9 conversation with PolOff, Mr. Manyepedza Le [...] | 2005-05-13 05:43:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ZI BC |
05GABORONE66 | REQUEST FOR FUNDING FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY OUTREACH [...] Summary: Embassy Gaborone requests USD7,000 from EB to fund a biotechnology outreach project in Botswana that will provide two weeks of technical assistance to the Government of Botswana's National Coordinating Committee on Biosafety (NCCB) in creating a national framework for biosafety. We [...] | 2005-01-14 10:56:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON ETRD TBIO BEXP KPAO BC |
05GABORONE666 | STATE ATTORNEY PROTRACTS CKGR CASE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Hearings in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) relocation case resumed on May 3 but proceeded slowly due to the state counsel's delay tactics. According to First People of the Kalahari (FPK),it has been betrayed by the Indigenous Land Rights Fund, which has yet to turn [...] | 2005-05-17 11:29:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV BC SAN CKGR |
05GABORONE667 | BDP RECONCILIATION ON TRACK - FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Botswana Democratic Party's Women's Wing chose a compromise slate of leaders at its May 5-8 national congress providing the first evidence that Vice President Khama's efforts to unite the Party are succeeding. This comes just ahead of the Party's national congress in July, w [...] | 2005-05-17 11:32:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV BC |
05GABORONE685 | TRIPARTITE COOPERATION LACKING [...] SUMMARY: Tripartite cooperation in Botswana's labor sector is hampered by weak unions and a lack of trust between labor, management and the Government. Participants in a May 18-19 labor conference identified these factors as causes of slow productivity growth in Botswana. The USDOL- funded [...] | 2005-05-23 13:31:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB PGOV BC |
05GABORONE715 | TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN BOTSWANA AND [...] (U) Summary. The Government of Botswana views the development of the tourism industry as a prime driver of its economic diversification strategy away from mineral dependence. Currently, tourism ranks second as a generator of foreign exchange for the national coffers, but growth has been stif [...] | 2005-05-27 07:43:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | BTIO BEXP ECON ETRD SENV BC TRADE |
05GABORONE738 | COURT OK'S DEPORTATION OF CRITICAL ACADEMIC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Botswana's High Court has upheld the constitutionality of a Presidential decree declaring critical academic Professor Kenneth Good a prohibited immigrant subject to deportation. Attorneys for the 70-year- old gadfly had argued that Good's deportation would violate his right t [...] | 2005-06-02 06:28:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB PGOV BC |
05GABORONE745 | BOTSWANA DEVALUES CURRENCY [...] Summary: The Ministry of Finance and Development Planning (MOF) announced a 12 percent devaluation of the Pula on May 29 as well as a restructured formula for calculating the exchange rate. The Pula is currently pegged to a basket of currencies, including the U.S. Dollar, the Yen, the Euro, [...] | 2005-06-02 11:39:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON BEXP EFIN ETRD BC TRADE |
05GABORONE749 | SCENESETTER FOR BOTSWANA PRESIDENT MOGAE'S JUNE 13 [...] (U) SUMMARY: Botswana President Festus G. Mogae's June 13 meeting with President Bush provides an opportunity to affirm and advance Botswana's role as a partner in promoting peace, democracy and human rights in Africa, increasing economic growth through trade, and combating HIV/AIDS. Botswan [...] | 2005-06-02 14:48:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM KHIV BC |
05GABORONE751 | BOTSWANA WILL HOST EXERCISE THOKGAMO: TOWARD THE [...] Summary: Lt. General Matshengeyo Fisher, Commander of Botswana's Defense Force, on May 27 briefed the Ambassador, DATT and Pol/Econ Chief on the French-supported RECAMP exercises to be held June 10-25 in northern Botswana. Thirteen countries of the southern African region are expected to cont [...] | 2005-06-03 06:59:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MARR KPKO BC POL MIL SADC |
05GABORONE767 | REVIEWING BOTSWANA'S ELIGIBILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT [...] (U) Summary: In a May 30 meeting at the UNDP Resident Representative's office in Gaborone, Ambassador Huggins and visiting World Food Program's chief James Morris reviewed Botswana's need for development assistance in light of the inroads made by the HIV/AIDS crisis, and agreed that despite t [...] | 2005-06-06 05:39:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KHIV BC AGRIC HIV AIDS SADC |
05GABORONE812 | IMPROVING BOTSWANA'S ELECTIONS [...] (U) SUMMARY: Although Botswana's Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) administered the October 2004 parliamentary election admirably, constitutional and statutory amendments could enhance the IEC's ability to conduct elections in a free and fair manner. At a June 9-10 conference co- spons [...] | 2005-06-14 05:55:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL SF BC |
05GABORONE838 | PROSPECTS FOR LIBERALIZING BOTSWANA'S [...] Summary. The recently-formed Botswana Cattle Producer's Association (BCPA) submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) in late May to remove the monopoly of the Botswana Meat Commission (BMC) on the exportation of beef. If the proposal were accepted, the beef industry would es [...] | 2005-06-17 09:38:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | BEXP ECON EAGR ETRD BC TRADE |
05GABORONE847 | BOTSWANA AGOA FORUM OUTREACH PLAN [...] This is a response to reftel request for submission of a Botswana AGOA Forum outreach plan. 2. Post has conducted a number of outreach activities in conjunction with the Gaborone-based USAID-supported Southern Africa Trade Hub. A press conference with the Hub's AGOA Advisor Amanda Hill [...] | 2005-06-20 15:18:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD AMGT PREL |
05GABORONE879 | ADDRESSING LABOR EFFECTS OF HIV/AIDS [...] (U) Summary: HIV/AIDS is slowing economic growth in Botswana by an estimated 1.5 percent per year, in part through its impact on labor - decreased productivity, increased leave taking, and lost workers. In order better to quantify this drag on growth, the GOB has begun to collect data on th [...] | 2005-06-27 07:55:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KHIV PGOV PHUM BC KPRP HIV AIDS |
05GABORONE880 | TRADE, NOT AU/SADC BRIGADES, TO BE MOGAE'S [...] (U) ACSS Director General Carlton Fulford (ret),in Gaborone for the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) Senor Leader Seminar, called on President Mogae June 18, accompanied by Charge. Gen. Fulford thanked Botswana for co-hosting the seminar. Substantive discussion centered on militar [...] | 2005-06-27 07:55:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL US BC SADC |
05GABORONE913 | CKGR COURT CASE ADJOURNS, PROBLEMS FOR SAN [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 16, hearings in the case of the First People of the Kalahari against the Government of Botswana adjourned until August 3. As the legal process drags on, residents of the relocation settlements continue to face grim circumstances. Hearings by a mission of the African [...] | 2005-06-30 05:56:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL BC SAN CKGR |
05GABORONE934 | LOCAL RESENTMENT TOWARD CHINESE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Perceived unfair competition, against a background of slower economic growth and rising unemployment, has fed an emerging anti-Chinese sentiment, particularly in Francistown, Botswana's second largest city. Local businessmen there see Chinese shopkeepers as illegally crowding ou [...] | 2005-07-06 14:58:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON CH BC |
05GABORONE939 | ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FUELS RISING CRIME [...] (U) SUMMARY: With the situation in Zimbabwe growing ever more desperate, illegal immigrants from there continue to stream into Francistown, the largest city near the border, at roughly the same rate as in 2004. Desperation has fuelled a rising crime rate, particularly theft and prostitution, [...] | 2005-07-07 10:16:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SMIG KCRM PHUM ZI BC |
05GABORONE951 | REFUGEES IN BOTSWANA: AN UPDATE [...] SUMMARY: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Botswana and the Francistown Vicariate of the Catholic Church are exploring the possibility of providing anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to a limited number of refugees. Approximately 550 Angolan refugees are registered t [...] | 2005-07-08 10:45:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PGOV PHUM AO CG WA ZI BC HIV AIDS |
05GABORONE953 | HIV/AIDS IN BOTSWANA: FRANCISTOWN BUSINESSMEN [...] SUMMARY: HIV/AIDS is decreasing productivity and reducing economic growth in Botswana. According to members of the business community in Francistown, Botswana's second largest city where some of the highest HIV/AIDS infection rates in the country are found, the costs of AIDS-related leave t [...] | 2005-07-08 11:06:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | KHIV ECON ELAB BC HIV AIDS |
05GENEVA1037 | UNHCR STILL GRAPPLING WITH FUNDING AND POLICY [...] (SBU) Summary: In a meeting with U.S. Mission DCM and refugee officer, Director of UNHCR's Sudan unit Jean Marie Fakhouri highlighted funding and policy issues impacting its operations in Chad and Sudan. In Chad, he acknowledged that malnutrition had increased at some camps when rations had be [...] | 2005-04-22 08:40:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF CD SU PHUM UNHCR |
05GENEVA1052 | UNHCR ON WESTERN SAHARA, LIBYA, AND MOROCCO [...] (C) Summary: In response to refs A and B, Mission Geneva's Joe Cassidy and Anne Phillips met with officials from the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) April 25 to brief on demarches directed to Algiers and Tripoli on refugee issues. UNHCR's Deputy Director in charge o [...] | 2005-04-26 03:16:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SMIG XI UNHCR |
05GENEVA1065 | UNHCR REPLIES TO DEMARCHE ON MALNUTRITION IN CHAD [...] (U) RMA Officers delivered ref A demarche to UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner (AHC) Kamel Morjane and Head of Desk for Chad and Darfur Craig Sanders, who promised to investigate and reply to questions and concerns raised. DCM and RMA officer met with Director of Sudan Operations Jean Marie F [...] | 2005-04-27 04:38:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM CD UNHCR |
05GENEVA1094 | WTO DG RACE - LAMY AND PEREZ DEL CASTILLO TO BE FINAL [...] The General Council chair, Ambassador Mohamed of Kenya, held informal consultations on the evening of April 29 to present the results of the second round of consultations over the selection and appointment of the next WTO Director-General. She recalled the procedures for selecting a Director- [...] | 2005-05-03 06:13:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO USTR |
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 13:35:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD 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 12:22:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD 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 10:31:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON WTO |
05GENEVA1257 | MAY 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 09:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO USTR |
05GENEVA1258 | MAY 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 09:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO USTR |
05GENEVA1282 | CONCUR AWARD FOR GRANT FUND TO WORLD HEALTH [...] Mission has no objection to the proposed award for the cooperative agreement between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services and the World Health Organization to support the International Programme on Chemical Safety. Mission understands the prop [...] | 2005-05-25 08:36:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA AORC WHO |
05GENEVA1287 | UNHCR FORUM: ONE BRIDGE, ONE DEAD END [...] (U) Summary: The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees' Forum (UNHCR/Forum) met May 20, with Deputy High Commissioner Kamel Morjane and Director of International Protection Erika Feller on the podium for an all-day session attended by approximately one hundred representatives from Geneva missio [...] | 2005-05-25 13:28:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF SMIG UNHCR |
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 12:52:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO USTR |
05GENEVA1326 | JCIC-XXVII: BELARUSIAN, KAZAKHSTANI AND RUSSIAN [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-003. 2. Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 below contain the official translations of the texts of the Delegation Lists for the Belarusian, Kazakhstani and Russian Delegations, respectively, for Part I of JCIC-XXVII. 3. Begin text (Belarus): [...] | 2005-06-01 11:08:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA1339 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON GROUND [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-009. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 27, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on May 27, 2005, to discuss the U.S.-proposed exchange of l [...] | 2005-06-02 05:15:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA1342 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON RSM-56 [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-010. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 27, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group meeting with all Parties present was held at the U.S. Mission on May 27, 2005. The U.S. Delegation ask [...] | 2005-06-02 06:34:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA1361 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON SS-25 [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-011. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 30, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on May 30, 2005, to discuss the problems encountered d [...] | 2005-06-03 09:01:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA1363 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-013. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 31, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:07 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on May 31, 2005, at which all Parties were repr [...] | 2005-06-03 10:12:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA1365 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-014. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 31, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 4:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) Meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on May 31, 2005, to discuss the results of the Trident [...] | 2005-06-03 11:39:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA1380 | UNHCR: NEW COMMISSIONER OFF TO A STRONG START, [...] No summary [...] | 2005-06-06 12:05:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1384 | MAY 2005 MEETING OF THE RULES NEGOTIATING GROUP TO [...] On 17-18 May 2005, the Rules Negotiating Group met to discuss potential clarifications of substantive disciplines of regional trade agreements ("systemic issues") and a draft Chairman's text setting out possible reforms to improve the WTO's review of the agreements ("transparency"). In the co [...] | 2005-06-06 12:39:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO USTR |
05GENEVA1387 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) HEADS OF DELEGATION MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-015. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 1, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:45 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Heads of Delegation (HOD) meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on June 1, 2005, to discuss SS-25, SS-27, and [...] | 2005-06-07 04:08:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA1388 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON RUSSIAN [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-012. 2. (U) Meeting Date: May 30, 2005 Time: 3:30 - 4:00 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on May 30, 2005, to discuss Russian-proposed S-Series Joi [...] | 2005-06-07 04:09:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA1391 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON TRIDENT [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-018. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 2, 2005 Time: 5:10 - 5:50 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on June 2, 2005, to discuss inspection procedures to address [...] | 2005-06-07 06:20:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA1394 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) U.S.-HOSTED RECEPTION, JUNE 2, [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-019. 2. (U) At a U.S.-hosted reception, held on June 2 at the U.S. Mission, Delegation members engaged the other participating Delegations' members from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine on various topics under discussion in the JCIC. Those conversations are [...] | 2005-06-07 10:04:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA1401 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-017. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 2, 2005 Time: 3:00 - 5:05 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Working Group Meeting was held at the Russian Mission on June 2, 2005, at which Belarus, Russia, Ukraine, and the [...] | 2005-06-07 11:56:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA1403 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) SECOND WORKING GROUP MEETING ON [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-016. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 2, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A second Working Group meeting with all Parties present was held at the Russian Mission on June 2, 2005, to d [...] | 2005-06-08 04:15:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA1404 | JCIC-XXVII: DOCUMENTS SIGNED ON GROUND [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-021. 2. The texts at paragraphs 3-6 below are the letters on the ground transportation understanding that were signed and exchanged between the Russian Federation and the United States, and the Russian Federation and Belarus, at the final meeting of the first part of JC [...] | 2005-06-08 05:03:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA1411 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) BILATERAL MEETING ON UKRAINIAN [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-022. 2. (U) Meeting Date: June 7, 2005 Time: 11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva SUMMARY 3. (S) A Ukraine-initiated bilateral meeting was held at the U.S. Mission on June 7, 2005, to discuss Ukrainian proposal [...] | 2005-06-08 06:40:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA1415 | JCIC-XXVII: DOCUMENTS SIGNED ON BULAVA, JUNE 7, [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-024. 2. The texts in paragraphs 3-6 below are JCIC Agreement Numbers 52 and 53, and Joint Statement Numbers 37 and 38, respectively, that were signed or initialed at the final meeting of the first part of JCIC-XXVII. The documents were completed at the U.S. Mission in [...] | 2005-06-08 08:32:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA1417 | JCIC-XXVII: DOCUMENT SIGNED ON REPLACEMENT OF [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-025. 2. The text at paragraph 3 below is JCIC Agreement 54, "Replacement of Radiation Detection Equipment," that was signed at the final meeting of the first part of JCIC-XXVII. The document was completed at the U.S. Mission in Geneva on June 7, 2005. 3. Begin text [...] | 2005-06-08 08:48:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA1418 | JCIC-XXVII: DOCUMENT SIGNED "ON CHANGES TO THE [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-026. 2. The text at paragraph 3 below is JCIC Joint Statement Number S-21, that was initialed at the final meeting of the first part of JCIC-XXVII. The document was completed at the U.S. Mission in Geneva on June 7, 2005. This document does not include the classified [...] | 2005-06-08 10:00:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA1419 | JCIC-XXVII: (U) FINAL MEETING OF PART ONE OF [...] (U) This is JCIC-XXVII-023. 2. (U) The Parties met, with all delegation members of each Party present, at the U.S. Mission on June 7, 2005 for the final meeting of this part of the session. At the meeting, all Parties expressed their satisfaction for the work of the session. It had been [...] | 2005-06-08 10:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA1452 | UN-CHR REFORM DISCUSSION IN GENEVA; MODALITIES FOR [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. ECOSOC's approval on June 9 of the revised version of CHR-61 decision 2005/116 -- now calling for an informal, open ended 2-day session to discuss Commission on Human Rights (CHR) and UN reform in Geneva -- opens the door for Secretariat [...] | 2005-06-10 12:24:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNCHR |
05GENEVA1454 | RWANDA/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 13:58:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF RW BY UNHCR |
05GENEVA1505 | INFORMAL MEETINGS OF THE WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT COMMITTE [...] (U) SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: DURING THE WEEK OF MAY 30, 2005, THE U.S. DELEGATION, LED BY JEAN HEILMAN GRIER, SENIOR PROCUREMENT NEGOTIATOR, USTR, AND INCLUDING STEPHEN KHO, U.S. MISSION TO THE WTO, AND JOHN LIUZZI, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, PARTICIPATED IN INFORMAL MEETINGS OF THE WTO GOVERNMEN [...] | 2005-06-17 12:26:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD WTO |
05GENEVA1523 | UNHCR: 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 08:52:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1553 | UNHCR RE-ENGAGEMENT IN INDONESIA FOR TSUNAMI RELIEF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Asia Director Janet Lim described the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR's) plans to re-engage in post-Tsunami operations in Indonesia at a donor briefing in Geneva June 20. UNHCR's June 14 Memorandum of Understanding with the Indonesian government will allow [...] | 2005-06-22 13:04:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1577 | RECEIPT OF LETTER UNHCR HIGH COMMISSIONER ANTONIO [...] (U) Mission has received the following letter addressed to the Secretary of State Condolezza Rice. Begin Text. Madam, Please accept my sincere thanks for your kind letter of congratulations on my appointment as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. I am truly honoured by th [...] | 2005-06-27 11:44:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1604 | UNHCR: MANAGEMENT PRIORITIES FOR 2006 DESCRIBED [...] (U) Summary: Donor government representatives and NGOs were in full attendance at UNHCR,s informal consultations, May 18-19 in Geneva. Saying &we heard you last year,8 then-Acting High Commissioner Wendy Chamberlin led the meeting, providing donors with an update on UNHCR,s approach to budget [...] | 2005-06-29 05:39:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1605 | UNHCR: REGIONAL ISSUES AND IDPS DISCUSSED DURING [...] (U) Summary: Donor government representatives and NGOs were in full attendance at UNHCR,s May 18-19 informal consultations. Then-acting High Commissioner Wendy Chamberlin led the meeting, flanked for the regional sessions by Assistant High Commissioner Kamel Morjane and the entire senior man [...] | 2005-06-29 05:42:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1606 | RECEIPT OF LETTER FROM UNHCR HIGH COMMISSIONER [...] (U) Mission has received the following letter addressed to the Secretary of State Condolezza Rice. Begin Text. Madam, As I take up my duties as High Commissioner, I wish to avail myself of this opportunity to thank you for your support for the work of UNHCR. It is an honour for me to [...] | 2005-06-29 09:28:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1609 | UNHCR: REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT FROM EAST ASIA AND [...] (C) Summary: PRM DAS Kelly Ryan discussed ongoing and potential refugee resettlement operations in separate meetings with UNHCR Protection Director Erika Feller and Asia Director Janet Lim in Geneva June 13. Pointing to the fact that there is little access to the highlands and thus to mon [...] | 2005-06-29 14:24:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF PREL UNHCR |
05GENEVA1620 | WTO IMPORT LICENSING COMMITTEE - JUNE 15, 2005 [...] Begin Summary. The June 15, 2005 meeting of the Import Licensing Committee began with a call from the chair for Members to catch up with required notifications and then featured issues raised by the United States, Australia, and Chinese Taipei regarding the import licensing practices of other [...] | 2005-06-30 11:35:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO USTR |
05GENEVA1647 | WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO) [...] The Eighth Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) was held in Geneva, Switzerland from June 6-10, 2005. The U.S. Delegation Consisted of Dominic Keatin [...] | 2005-07-05 12:38:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KIPR WIPO |
05GENEVA1648 | WIPO STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE LAW OF PATENTS [...] (U) The WIPO SCP met June 1 and 2, 2005, at WIPO Headquarters in Geneva to once again discuss proposals for moving work on substantive patent law harmonization forward. No agreement was reached, thus calling into question whether WIPO is the appropriate venue for achieving harmonization. END [...] | 2005-07-05 12:39:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON KIPR WIPO |
05GENEVA1665 | WHO:58TH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: U.S.-HOSTED [...] U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt hosted a Ministerial meeting on avian influenza at the 58th World Health Assembly on May 16, 2005. The meeting brought together the Ministers of Health and representatives from Australia, Cambodia, Canada, the People's Repub [...] | 2005-07-07 10:46:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO WHO |
05GENEVA1666 | WHO: 58TH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: U.S.-HOSTED [...] HHS Assistant Secretary for Public Health Emergency Preparedness Stewart Simonson hosted a scientific and technical meeting on pandemic influenza preparedness and response at the 58th World Health Assembly on May 17, 2005. This meeting followed up on discussions started at the previous day's M [...] | 2005-07-07 10:50:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO WHO |
05GENEVA1667 | WHO: 58TH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: WHO TECHNICAL [...] The Global Health Security Action Initiative (GHSI) and the WHO Secretariat hosted a technical briefing on pandemic influenza preparedness and response at the 58th World Health Assembly on May 18 2005. Formal presentations included Dr. Guenael Rodier, Director, Department of Communicable Dise [...] | 2005-07-07 10:55:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO WHO |
05GENEVA1668 | WHO: 58TH WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY: ANNUAL MEETING OF [...] U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt chaired the annual meeting of the Middle East Cancer Consortium (MECC) Ministerial Steering Committee during the World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2005. Ministers of Health from Israel, Turkey, the [...] | 2005-07-07 10:56:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA KPAL TAGS WHO |
05GENEVA1669 | FOUR SRS NOTIFYING UNITED STATES THAT THE SR ON [...] Mission received the following communication from the four Special Rapporteurs who have requested to visit the detention facilities in Guantanamo and the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and Belief, Asma Jahangir, informing the United States that Ms. Jahangir will participate in the [...] | 2005-07-07 12:21:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
05GENEVA1673 | WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION: REPORT ON THE 58TH [...] Summary. This message reports on the annual 192-member World Health Assembly (WHA) of the World Health Organization (WHO),which met from May 16-25, 2005, in Geneva, Switzerland. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Michael O. Leavitt headed the U.S. Delegation, which included offic [...] | 2005-07-08 04:53:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL TBIO AORC WHO |
05GENEVA1689 | UNHCR: 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 08:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1696 | UNHCR: REFUGEE WOMEN AND PROJECT PROFILE [...] (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 the High Commissioner's Five Commitments to Refugee Women, Project Pro [...] | 2005-07-12 06:15:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1739 | UZBEKS IN KYRGYZSTAN: UNHCR WEEKEND PURSUIT OF [...] (C) Summary: Staff of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Headquarters in Geneva were active the weekend of July 16-17 in monitoring the situation of Uzbek refugees in Kyrgyzstan and seeking possible "evacuation" options. Mission Refugee and Migration Affairs (RMA) offic [...] | 2005-07-18 08:58:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KG UZ UNHCR |
05GENEVA1742 | UNHCR: 2006 BUDGET CONSULTATIONS AND STANDING [...] (U) SUMMARY: Donors and staff of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have held multiple discussions as UNHCR shapes its 2006 budget and its plans for the second half of 2005. In all of these discussions, UNHCR has highlighted its (new) commitment to results-based manag [...] | 2005-07-18 12:04:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1743 | ADDITIONAL FY 2005 WIPO PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED [...] AS PER REFTEL, POST INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 050700000029 EFT DATE: 06-JUL-05 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 04251.048708081000 NAME OF BANK: CREDIT SUISSE ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND [...] | 2005-07-19 06:46:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR AORC AFIN WIPO |
05GENEVA1755 | WHO: 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 10:54:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO OTRA AORC WHO |
05GENEVA1764 | RECEIPT OF LETTER FROM UNHCR HIGH COMMISSIONER [...] (U) Mission has received the following letter, dated July 18, from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres addressed to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Begin Text. Madam, The situation of the persons who fled due to the recent events in Andijan, Republic of [...] | 2005-07-21 06:46:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA1771 | UZBEK ASYLUM SEEKERS: GENEVA MEETINGS WITH UNHCR, [...] (C) Summary. US Mission Geneva Refugee and Migration Affairs (RMA) Counselor and Refugee Officer met with UNHCR staff representing the Bureaus for Central Asia, Europe, and Protection July 20 to press for details on the status of efforts and plans to relocate 455 Uzbek asylum seekers from Kyr [...] | 2005-07-21 13:58:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | KG PREF PREL UZ UNHCR |
05GENEVA1778 | MEETING OF THE TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE - JULY 21, [...] The Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) met on the morning of July 21, 2005 to hear statements from Director-General Supachai on the overall state of play of the Doha Development Agenda and in ongoing consultations over implementation. Supachai suspended the TNC after the statement, saying it [...] | 2005-07-25 05:21:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO USTR |
05GENEVA1780 | 3RD WORLD CLIMATE CONFERENCE: DECISION ON HOLDING [...] (U) The World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) Executive Council requested at its 57th session (June 21- July 1) that the WMO Secretary-General form a provisional organizing committee to develop a meeting plan for a third World Climate Conference and submit that plan to the Executive Counci [...] | 2005-07-25 06:40:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV TSPL TPHY WMO |
05GENEVA1809 | UNHCR: STILL NO REPLACEMENT IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER [...] (C) UNHCR continues to seek an Implementation Partner (IP) in Nepal to replace the deregistered Tibetan Refugee Welfare Office (TRWO) in providing assistance to Tibetan refugees transiting to India. In a June 26 meeting, UNHCR's Asia Desk Chief Catherine Huck and Senior Legal Advisor Peter [...] | 2005-07-28 12:10:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL IN CH NP PHUM UNHCR |
05GENEVA1815 | WMO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 57TH SESSION: FINANCIAL AND [...] (U) This cable provides an overview of the key financial and administrative matters considered by the World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) Executive Council (EC) at its 57th session from June 21 to July 1 and by the WMO Financial Advisory Committee (FINAC) at its June 20 session. Reportin [...] | 2005-07-29 11:31:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN AORC KUNR WMO |
05GENEVA1817 | FY 2005 IO&P VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO THE [...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 050700002310 EFT DATE: 27-JUL-05 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 240CO199320.2 NAME OF BANK: UBS SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211-GENEVA - SWITZERLAND AMOU [...] | 2005-07-29 12:55:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR AORC AFIN WTO |
05GENEVA1825 | 11-15 JULY 2005 MEETINGS OF THE WTO RULES NEGOTIATING [...] (SBU) The WTO Rules Negotiating Group met formally and informally 11-15 July 2005. Thirteen papers were submitted for these meetings (nine on antidumping and countervailing duties, one on subsidies and three on fisheries subsidies) demonstrating a continued high level of interest in these nego [...] | 2005-08-02 10:22:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD WTRO USTR |
05GENEVA1840 | WTO RULES/REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT NEGOTIATIONS, JULY [...] Summary/Overview: The Negotiating Group on Rules met on July 25 for a single day to discuss the Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) element of its mandate. The first half of the day was in formal session and addressed so-called "systemic issues," i.e., possible clarifications and improvements to [...] | 2005-08-03 12:37:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD USTR WTRO |
05GENEVA1850 | UZEBK SITUATION: LETTER FROM HIGH COMMISSIONER [...] (U) As per ref a, Mission received two letters from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres addressed to Secretary Rice. Ref a letter, dated July 27, dealt briefly with the situation of Uzbek refugees in Kyrgyzstan. The July 28 letter reproduced below goes into furthe [...] | 2005-08-04 09:01:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF RICE CONDOLEEZZA UNHCR |
05GENEVA1853 | FY 2005 IO&P VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION TO THE [...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 0508000000199 EFT DATE: 03-AUG-2005 NAME OF PAYEE: IUCN ACCOUNT NO: 335035.60Y NAME OF BANK: UBS SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1202-LAUSANNE - SWITZERLAND AMOUNT PAID: USD 1 [...] | 2005-08-04 12:35:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR AORC IUCN |
05GENEVA1854 | FY 2005 WIPO PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED [...] AS PER REFTEL, POST INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 050800000021 EFT DATE: 03-AUG-05 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 04251.048708081000 NAME OF BANK: CREDIT SUISSE ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND [...] | 2005-08-04 12:35:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR AORC AFIN WIPO |
05GENEVA1866 | FY 05 PROMPT PAYMENT ACT REPORT, 01OCT04- [...] As requested in reference cable no.124843, post provides the following information regarding payments made to vendors during the period October 1, 2004 and June 30, 2005. Invoices subject to the prompt payment Act (a) dollar amount $8,574,256 (b) total number of invoices 1409 Invoices [...] | 2005-08-05 05:05:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT |
05GENEVA1884 | WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT MEETING DURING THE WEEK [...] (U) Summary and Background: During the week of July 18, 2005, the U.S. delegation, led by Jean Heilman Grier, Senior Procurement Negotiator, USTR, and including John Liuzzi, Department of Commerce, and Robert Kasper, U.S. Mission to the WTO, participated in formal and informal meetings of the [...] | 2005-08-08 12:18:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON WTRO WTO |
05GENEVA1894 | FY 2005 WTO PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED CONTRIBUTION [...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 050800000051 EFT DATE: 08-AUG-05 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 240CO199320.1 NAME OF BANK: UBS SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211-GENEVA - SWITZERLAND AMOU [...] | 2005-08-09 08:39:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR AORC AFIN WTO |
05GENEVA1895 | INITIAL FY 2005 UPOV PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED [...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 050800000052 EFT DATE: 08-AUG-2005 NAME OF PAYEE: UPOV ACCOUNT NO: 240.C8763163.0 NAME OF BANK: UBS SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211-GENEVA - SWITZERLAND AMOUNT PAID: SWIS [...] | 2005-08-09 08:39:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR AORC AFIN AMGT |
05GENEVA1903 | WTO TRADE FACILITATION NEGOTIATIONS - JUNE AND JULY [...] Summary. This cable reports on the June and July meetings of the WTO Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation (WTO NGTF),held in Geneva on 12-13 June and 25-26 July, 2005. Matt Rohde (USTR),Rachel Shub (USTR Geneva),Gordana Earp (Treasury),Ann Barnett- Dahl (Commerce),Christina Kopitopou [...] | 2005-08-10 05:39:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD USTR WTRO |
05GENEVA1908 | REPLY FROM THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE [...] Mission received the following reply from Christine Chanet, Chairperson, Human Rights Committee, to a letter from Glyn Davies regarding the United States' combined second and third periodic reports. This communication has been forwarded to IO/SHA and DRL/MLA via fax and is number 24 on the G [...] | 2005-08-10 08:09:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
05GENEVA1922 | REPORT OF THE WMO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 57TH SESSION [...] The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 57th Executive Council (EC) Session was held June 21-July 1, 2005 in Geneva. The EC addressed a number of items including continuing financial reform efforts, potential changes to the WMO convention, program details, financial and administrative ma [...] | 2005-08-11 12:54:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | TPHY TSPL SENV EFIN KUNR AORC WMO |
05GENEVA2058 | MDA: SWISS PERMREP DESCRIBES PLANS FOR SEPT 12-13 [...] (C) Summary: In a meeting with Ambassador Moley, Swiss PermRep Blaise Godet described planning for the Sept 12-13 informal consultations on an additional emblem. Godet touched on his outreach plans prior to the consultations, Swiss thinking on the structure of the consultations, and possib [...] | 2005-09-01 05:45:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EG IS ICRC MDA |
05GENEVA2079 | READOUT FROM WORKING GROUP ON COMMUNICATIONS [...] PolCouns De Pirro met September 1 with Maria Echazu, who recently took over handling of 1503 cases for the OHCHR Secretariat, for a readout of the August 15-26 meeting of SIPDIS the Working Group on Communications (WGC) and its decision on U.S. cases. Echazu reported that the WGC decided t [...] | 2005-09-02 12:20:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC WGC |
05GENEVA2085 | SR ON EXTRAJUDICIAL, SUMMARY OR ARBITRARY [...] Mission received the following communication from Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, regarding the death of Haitham al- Yemeni. This communication has been forwarded to IO/SHA via e-mail and is number 26 on the Geneva 2005 Communications Log. [...] | 2005-09-06 07:36:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
05GENEVA2088 | SR ON INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS ON THE [...] Mission received the following communication from Leandro Despouy, Special Rapporteur on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers regarding the recent decision by the United States Court of Appeals ordering a retrial of the case against Mr. Antonio Guerrero Rodriguez, Mr. Fernando Gonzalez Llor [...] | 2005-09-06 09:48:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
05GENEVA2090 | SRS ON ARBITRARY DETENTION, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION [...] Mission received the following communication from Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Ambeyi Ligabo, Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Right to the Freedom of Opinion and Expression, and Manfred Nowak, Special Rapporte [...] | 2005-09-06 11:36:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
05GENEVA2093 | UNHCR BRIEFS ON UZBEK REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) briefed members of the diplomatic community on September 6 regarding developments surrounding the 429 Uzbek asylum seekers currently in Timisoara, Romania and the 15 who remain in detention in Osh, Ky [...] | 2005-09-06 13:41:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL KG UZ RO UNHCR |
05GENEVA2101 | LETTER FROM REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SYG ON THE HUMAN [...] Mission received the following communication from Walter Kalin, Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, regarding the situation in the United States in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. This communication has been forwarded to IO/SHA via e-ma [...] | 2005-09-07 11:50:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF UNHRC |
05GENEVA2113 | WG ON ARBITRARY DETENTION OPINION #6 ON 2005 LOG [...] Mission received the following communication from Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, regarding the opinion on the case of Mr. Abdullah William Webster. This communication has been forwarded to IO/SHA via e-mail and is included in number 6 on [...] | 2005-09-09 10:31:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
05GENEVA2114 | SR ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS REQUEST INFORMATION [...] Mission received the following communication from Hina Jilani, Special Representative of the Secretary General on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, requesting information for her final report to the Commission on Human Rights. This communication has been forwarded to IO/SHA via e-mail [...] | 2005-09-09 10:32:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
05GENEVA2174 | FY-2006 FIELD BUDGET PLAN - ESO GENEVA [...] (U) Per REFTEL, following is the FY 2006 Field Budget Plan for ESO Geneva: FC Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total SEO Travel - 5813 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 20,000 STS Travel - 9908 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 20,000 SEO/STS LOF - 5813 1,000 1,000 1 [...] | 2005-09-15 10:34:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN ASEC KSEO |
05GENEVA2179 | MEETING OF THE WTO TRADE NEGOTIATIONS COMMITTEE (TNC) [...] On September 14, 2005, the new WTO Director-General, Pascal Lamy, convened his first meeting of the Trade Negotiations Committee to outline a process for advancing the Doha Development Agenda (DDA) and ensuring that the upcoming Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong, China is a success. Lamy b [...] | 2005-09-15 12:18:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO USTR |
05GENEVA2198 | RMA FY 2006 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES FINANCIAL PLAN [...] (U) U.S. MISSION GENEVA'S REFUGEE AND MIGRATION AFFAIRS SECTION (RMA) PROJECTS ITS FISCAL YEAR 2006 ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET REQUIREMENTS AT USDOLS 944,932 IN SUPPORT OF ITS ONGOING REFUGEE AND MIGRATION ACTIVITIES. OUR CALCULATIONS ARE BASED ON A TOTAL POPULATION, REFUGEES AND MIGRATION (PRM) [...] | 2005-09-16 15:06:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD PREF |
05GENEVA2203 | U.S. - VIETNAM WTO ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS, SEPTEMBER 15- [...] U.S. AND VIETNAM CONDUCTED INTENSIVE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE MARGINS OF THE ONE-DAY WORKING PARTY MEETING IN GENEVA, SEPTEMBER 14-17. NEGOTIATORS CONTINUED TO NARROW THE GAPS INALL AREAS, LEAVING IN MOST CASES THE MOST SENSITIVE AND/OR POLITICALLY DIFFICULT ISSUES. EXAMPLES: ABOUT 100 OR SO [...] | 2005-09-19 07:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | VM ETRD WTRO USTR |
05GENEVA2235 | LETTER FROM SRS ON FREEDOM OF OPINION AND ESA [...] Mission received the following communication from Ambeyi Ligabo, Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Opinion and Expression, and Philip Alston, Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Abritrary Executions, regarding the fatal shooting of Mr. Waleed Khaled [...] | 2005-09-21 12:05:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF UNHRC |
05GENEVA2247 | TRAVEL OF FT DETRICK OFFICIAL ENDY [...] Mission welcomes the visit of and grants country clearance to Colonel Timothy Endy to travel to Geneva, Switzerland to attend the WHO Dengue Vaccine Steering Committee Meeting November 15 - 21, 2005. Traveler can be contacted through the WHO at Telephone number 41-22-840-5160. Hotle inform [...] | 2005-09-15 20:41:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA TBIO WHO |
05GENEVA2316 | WTO COMMITTEE ON TRADE AND ENVIRONMENT (CTE) [...] Summary: The WTO Committee on Trade and Environment in Special Session (CTESS) meeting on September 15-16, 2005, focused on making progress on environmental goods (EGs),in the run-up to the Hong Kong Ministerial meeting, per Doha sub-paragraph 31(iii). Positions continue to be divided among [...] | 2005-09-28 06:26:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD USTR WTRO |
05GENEVA2317 | COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS INFORMAL MEETING [...] The Commission on Human Rights met September 27 in Geneva to review the work of the OHCHR Secretariat since the close of the 61st CHR session, and to preview resolutions that governments plan to introduce during the Third Committee in New York. Most of the planned resolutions hew closely to [...] | 2005-09-28 07:36:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
05GENEVA2370 | REPORT ON NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS [...] The WTO Negotiating Group on Market Access (NAMA) met in Geneva from September 19-23, 2005 to continue work on the modalities for the reduction and/or elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) affecting industrial goods, with the goal of determining the formula for tariff reductions [...] | 2005-10-03 09:08:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO USTR |
05GENEVA2372 | MEETING WITH COLOMBIAN VICE PRESIDENT FRANCISCO [...] (C) Colombia VP Santos shared September 23 with Ambassador Moley his concerns about the growing UN presence in Colombia and his hopes for drastic changes in the mandate of the OHCHR field office there. Santos stressed the need for cooperation but not interference from the UN agencies. He no [...] | 2005-10-03 10:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF CO UNHRC |
05GENEVA2374 | LES: CY 2006 COMPENSATION QUESTIONNAIRE [...] FOR POSTS WHERE THE VENDOR'S COMPENSATION DATA IS MARKET POSITION BASED, SUCH AS WATSON WYATT, WHAT IS POST MANAGEMENT'S OVERALL AVERAGE DESIRED MARKET POSITION PERCENTILE FOR THE REGULAR SALARY SCHEDULE? (50TH PERCENTILE IS CONSIDERED MODERATELY COMPETITIVE; 75TH IS HIGHLY COMPETITIVE; AND [...] | 2005-10-03 12:02:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | AFSN APER ABUD AMGT KICA |
05GENEVA2378 | MEXICO WITHDRAWS CANDIDACY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Mission has received note OGE04632 from the Mission of Mexico, dated September 29, withdrawing Mexico's note of August 19 announcing Mexico's candidacy to chair the next Human Rights Commission. The note has been faxed to IO/SHA and WHA/MEX. 2. Begin text: The Permanent Mission of Mex [...] | 2005-10-04 09:04:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM MX UNHRC |
05GENEVA2388 | IMTS/T MR. ANGELO DORTO TRIP REPORT - GENEVA [...] IMTS/T ANGELO DORTO visited Post from 09/26/2005 to 09/30/2005. 2. Purpose of Visit: Assist post with numerous PBX issues. 3. Personnel Contacted: A. IPO - Janice Metzger B. IMS - Cathy Gaupo 4. Work Completed: A. Relocated IDF to an acceptable location. B. Removed unus [...] | 2005-10-04 11:16:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ACOA AMGT AMTC KRIM IMTS |
05GENEVA2389 | PLANNED DEMONSTRATION IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - 15 [...] (SBU) On 15 Oct 2005, Attac, a global coalition of non-governmental organizations, stated they would be rallying approximately 5,000 people in Geneva to protest the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting scheduled for December in Hong Kong. The protest is set to take place in fr [...] | 2005-10-04 11:22:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC SZ |
05GENEVA2391 | LOGISTICAL/ARRIVAL INFORMATION FOR IPAPI SENIOR [...] Dr. Klaus Stohr, Team Coordinator, WHO Global Influenza Programme, Department for Communicable Disease Surveillance and Response, will represent the World Health Organization at the Senior Officials Meeting. Stohr's DOB is 3 January 1959. He will travel on UN Laissez-passer No. SA61578, vali [...] | 2005-10-05 05:05:00 | Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TBIO EAGR ECON PREL SOCI WHO |
05GENEVA2396 | DOD GENERAL COUNSEL HAYNES, MEETING WITH HIGH [...] (U) U.S.: Ambassador Kevin Moley, DOD General Counsel William J. Haynes, DOD DAS Matthew Waxman, USN Capt. Michael Boock, EUCOM Col. William Lietzau and Lt. Col. Sarajane Stenton, U.S. Mission Legal Adviser Jeffrey Kovar, and Political Counselor Velia De Pirro. OHCHR: High Commissioner L [...] | 2005-10-05 10:33:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM PREF PTER ICRC UNCHR |
05GENEVA2412 | REPORT ON NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET ACCESS [...] The WTO Negotiating Group on Market Access (NAMA) met in Geneva from September 19-23, 2005 to continue work on the modalities for the reduction and/or elimination of tariff and non-tariff barriers (NTBs) affecting industrial goods, with the goal of determining the formula for tariff reductions [...] | 2005-10-06 12:08:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO USTR |
05GENEVA2414 | POSSIBLE SURVEILLANCE - US MISSION GENEVA - 04 and [...] (U) Post: U.S. Mission Geneva 2. (U) Date and Time: 04 Oct 2005, at 11:40 AM and 06 Oct 2005 3. (SBU) Summary: A couple was observed in the parking lot of the Domaine de Penthes Museum, approximately 100 meters across from the main entrance of the U.S. Mission. The couple was obs [...] | 2005-10-07 03:52:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC |
05GENEVA2415 | QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT- FOURTH QUARTER (JUL, AUG, [...] Summary of Significant Events: A. The U.S. Mission's Fourth of July party kicked off this quarter with approx 1,200 guests attending the event at the Ambassador's residence. Not to be outdone, the grand opening of the photovoltaic system at the U.S. Mission was another heavily attended ev [...] | 2005-10-07 03:56:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KSAC RPTS SZ |
05GENEVA2422 | MEETING WITH UN INDEPENDENT EXPERT FOR UZBEKISTAN [...] (U) The French Permanent Mission in Geneva hosted a meeting October 4 for UK, Russian and U.S. representatives with Michele Picard, the UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Uzbekistan. The Independent Expert's report to the Secretariat is due by December 15. Judge Picard [...] | 2005-10-07 10:01:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM UZ |
05GENEVA2425 | DISPUTE SETTLEMENT BODY [...] SUMMARY: At its meeting on September 27, 2005, the WTO Dispute Settlement Body ("DSB") heard statements regarding the status of implementation from the United States in United States - Section 211 Omnibus Appropriations Act of 1998; United States - Anti-Dumping Measures on Certain Hot- Rolle [...] | 2005-10-07 10:45:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ETRD WTRO |
05GENEVA2432 | 1st QUARTER LEASE PAYMENTS FOR FY 06 [...] In reference to various e-mails between Mr Lyman and OBO, monthly leasehold requirements in US$ for Geneva are as follows: Month October November December LQA 196,973 196,973 191,790 LTL - 102,000 - STL [...] | 2005-10-11 07:34:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ABLD AFIN AMGT |
05GENEVA2441 | COMMUNICATION FROM FIVE SRS ON WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN [...] Mission received the following communication from Ambeyi Ligabo, Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression; Manfred Nowak, Special Rapporteur on the Question of Torture; Juan Miguel Petit, Special Rapporteur on the Sale of Children, C [...] | 2005-10-12 06:45:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM |
05GENEVA2442 | COMMUNICATION FROM SR ON FREEDOM OF OPINION [...] Mission received the following communication from Ambeyi Ligabo, Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, regarding three Iraqi journalists found dead in Iraq. There is concern that these journalists may have been targeted because [...] | 2005-10-12 06:46:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM |
05GENEVA2450 | 1503 CASE: COMMUNICATION REGARDING ALLEGED HUMAN [...] Mission has received a note from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) (G/SO 215/1 USA 2970) transmitting in accordance with Economic and Social Council resolution 728 F(XXVIII) copies of a communication dated 5 July 2004 concerning human rights, which refers to the Unit [...] | 2005-10-12 10:40:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM US |
05GENEVA2465 | UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #1: OVERVIEW [...] (U) Summary: The Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees met October 3-7 in Geneva. As per ref a, USDEL was led by PRM acting Assistant Secretary Rich Greene and included representatives of USAID SIPDIS and DHS, as well as two NGOs. This cable summarizes [...] | 2005-10-13 14:31:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA2471 | WHO: FIFTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEE [...] Summary. The 52-member WHO Regional Committee for Europe (EURO) met from September 12-15, 2005, in Bucharest, Romania. WHO Director-General J.W. Lee participated in the opening session. In his remarks he focused on avian influenza, universal access to HIV/AIDS treatment, recalling the G8 g [...] | 2005-10-14 03:57:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PREL EAID SOCI WHO |
05GENEVA2480 | FY 2005 YEAR-END PROCEDURES: CERTIFICATION OF [...] In response to the above reference cable, U. S. Mission Geneva confirms certification of unliquidated obligations for the following agencies: Appropriation/Allotment Unliquidated Obligation 19-50113 1278 $ 136,026.15 19-40113 1278 $ 30,818 [...] | 2005-10-14 08:00:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | AFIN AMGT ASUP KFSC KICA SNAR |
05GENEVA2481 | FY2006 RECURRING SUPPORT COSTS (FOR DS SECURITY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-14 08:35:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AMGT ASEC KSEO |
05GENEVA2483 | UNHCR EXCOM #4: PURSUING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR [...] (C) Summary: Acting PRM A/S Greene pressed Bhutanese and Nepalese officials to agree to a comprehensive solution to the problem of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal, during October 3-7 meetings on the margins of UNHCR's annual ExCom. Nepalese PermRep Acharya asserted a "lack of urgency" on the pa [...] | 2005-10-14 08:41:00 | Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF NP PHUM BT PREL UNHCR |
05GENEVA2484 | UNHCR EXCOM #5: SEEKING BETTER PROTECTION FOR [...] (C) Summary: On the margins of UNHCR,s Executive Committee meeting, Acting PRM A/S Rich Greene raised in meetings with Chinese Mission Counselor and UNHCR staff the fate of North Korean asylum seekers in China. Chinese concerns over stability in northeast Asia and successful resolution of t [...] | 2005-10-14 08:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PHUM EAID CH KN UNCHR |
05GENEVA2487 | ESO GENEVA QUARTERLY ACTIVITY REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-14 09:28:00 | US Mission Geneva | SECRET | ASEC KSEO |
05GENEVA2489 | UNHCR EXCOM #6: BILATERALS COVER RESETTLEMENT AND [...] (U) Summary: In bilateral meetings with delegations from Romania, Canada, Sweden and Australia on the margins of the October 3-7 meeting of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),the US Delegation discussed modalities for increasing capaci [...] | 2005-10-14 11:27:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL SMIG RO AS CA SW UNHCR |
05GENEVA2492 | END OF YEAR ACCOUNTING OF MSG PROGRAMME [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-14 11:31:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN ASEC KMSG KSEP |
05GENEVA2493 | UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #2: PRM ACTING A/S GREENE,S [...] (U) Summary: On the margins of the 56th Session of the UNHCR Executive Committee (EXCOM),PRM Acting A/S Greene previewed our priorities for the week-long session with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Guterres. They included improving UNHCR's approach to durable solutions, management refor [...] | 2005-10-14 11:43:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA2494 | UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #3: IDP OVERVIEW [...] No summary [...] | 2005-10-14 11:53:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA2505 | OCTOBER 13, 2005 - MEETING OF THE WTO TRADE [...] The meeting of the WTO Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) on October 13, 2005 featured a more upbeat atmosphere evident since the lift given to the process by the new U.S. agriculture proposal. Director-General Lamy and many other speakers observed a new impetus in the negotiations, while man [...] | 2005-10-17 08:58:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO USTR |
05GENEVA2515 | SEMINAR ON SPECIAL PROCEDURES OCTOBER 12 - 13, 2005 [...] On October 12-13, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights hosted a seminar entitled "Enhancing and Strengthening the Effectiveness of the Special Procedures of the Commission on Human Rights." The seminar was divided into four sections, each focusing on a specific aspect of the [...] | 2005-10-18 09:02:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNCHR |
05GENEVA2522 | COMMUNICATION FROM CHAIRPERSON ON RIGHTS OF THE [...] Mission received the following communication from Jakob Egbert Doek, Chairperson, Committee on the Rights of the Child regarding the two overdue reports on optional protocols that were ratified by the United States, Children in Armed Conflict and the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and C [...] | 2005-10-18 11:50:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
05GENEVA2567 | UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE # 7: MEXICO PLAN OF ACTION [...] (U) Summary. Government representatives, NGOs and UN staff turned out in force to voice support for the Mexico Plan of Action (POA) during a special session on the margins of the UNHCR Executive Committee meeting. While there was some concern over the lack of resources targeted for the regio [...] | 2005-10-21 11:16:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF UNHCR |
05GENEVA2593 | Meeting of the WTO General Council - October 19, 2005 [...] BEGIN SUMMARY. The General Council meeting on October 19, 2005 was shorter than usual in light of other DDA-related developments taking place simultaneously. Director-General Lamy began by recapping his comments at recent meetings of the Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) and added that he wo [...] | 2005-10-25 11:50:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO USTR |
05GENEVA2599 | REPORT ON BELARUS ACCESSION TO THE WTO - INFORMAL [...] Summary. At the close of Belarus' last WTO Working Party (WP) meeting in May 2005, the WP Chair was unable to confirm support among WTO Members to hold another WP meeting for Belarus this year, so it was decided that informal consultations would be held on Monday, October 24. These consultat [...] | 2005-10-26 12:07:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD BO WTRO USTR |
05GENEVA2613 | FINAL REPORT ON UNHCR WG SESSION OF FORCED DISAPPEARANCES (SEPTEMBER 12-23, 2005) [...] (U) SUMMARY. The Intersessional Working Group to elaborate a draft legally binding normative instrument completed work on a Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Forced Disappearance and, although there was no consensus, agreed that there was no impediment to consideration of the [...] | 2005-10-28 04:42:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | FR UNGA UNHCR |
05GENEVA2614 | 22-30 SEPTEMBER 2005 MEETINGS OF THE WTO RULES [...] The WTO Rules Negotiating Group held three days of plenary meetings to discuss eight papers on antidumping issues and two papers related to fisheries subsidies. There were also plurilateral meetings for more in-depth discussions of selected elaborated antidumping proposals. Two U.S. papers, [...] | 2005-10-28 06:02:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD WTRO USTR |
05GENEVA2616 | BIC-IV: (U) LOOK-UL'YANOV MEETINGS, OCTOBER 26 [...] (U) This is BIC-IV-001. 2. (U) Meeting: U.S.-Hosted Dinner Date: October 25, 2005 Time: 7:00 - 8:30 p.m. Place: Auberge des Trois Coqs, Chambesy Participants: U.S. Russia DAS Look Mr. Ul'yanov [...] | 2005-10-28 08:19:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KACT US RS BIC SORT |
05GENEVA2617 | WTO GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGREEMENT MEETINGS [...] (U) SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND: DURING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 10, 2005, THE U.S. DELEGATION, LED BY JEAN HEILMAN GRIER, SENIOR PROCUREMENT NEGOTIATOR, USTR, AND INCLUDING JOHN LIUZZI, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, AND ROBERT KASPER, U.S. MISSION TO THE WTO, PARTICIPATED IN FORMAL AND INFORMAL MEETINGS O [...] | 2005-10-28 08:25:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD ECON WTRO WTO |
05GENEVA2618 | BIC-IV: (U) U.S. AND RUSSIAN BRIEFINGS ON STATUS [...] (U) This is BIC-IV-002. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 26, 2005 Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Place: Russian Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (C) The U.S. and Russian Delegations each provided briefings on the status of implementation of the Tre [...] | 2005-10-28 09:23:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KACT US RS BIC SORT |
05GENEVA2619 | BIC-IV: (U) QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ON THE MOSCOW [...] (U) This is BIC-IV-003. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 27, 2005 Time: 10:30 A.M. - 12:20 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (C) The U.S. and Russian Delegations met the morning of October 27, 2005, to provide answers to que [...] | 2005-10-28 09:51:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KACT US RS BIC SORT |
05GENEVA2620 | BIC-IV: (U) MEETING ON ISSUES RELATED TO [...] (U) This is BIC-IV-004. 2. (U) Meeting Date: October 27, 2005 Time: 3:00 - 3:45 P.M. Place: U.S. Mission, Geneva ------- SUMMARY ------- 3. (C) As a measure to improve transparency and confidence-building, Russia repackaged its proposal (orig [...] | 2005-10-28 10:58:00 | US Mission Geneva | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM KACT US RS BIC SORT |
05GENEVA2626 | INITIAL FY 2006 WTO PAYMENT: U.S. ASSESSED [...] AS PER REFTEL, MISSION INITIATED THE REQUESTED PAYMENT AS FOLLOWS: EFT NO: 0510000000887 EFT DATE: 28-OCT-05 NAME OF PAYEE: WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ACCOUNT NO: 240CO199320.1 NAME OF BANK: UBS SA ADDRESS OF BANK: 1211-GENEVA - SWITZERLAND AMO [...] | 2005-10-31 04:23:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KUNR AORC AFIN WTO |
05GENEVA2629 | WTO REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS: ENABLING CLAUSE [...] On October 3, 2005, the WTO Negotiating Group on Rules held an informal meeting devoted to discussing to the extent to which new transparency procedures being considered in the Doha Round for regional trade agreements (RTAs) should also cover RTAs entered into between developing countries unde [...] | 2005-10-31 08:01:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD USTR WTRO |
05GENEVA2630 | COMMUNICATION FROM THE FIVE SRS REGARDING [...] Mission received the following communication from the five Special Rapporteurs regarding the invitation to visit Guantanamo that was extended to Mr. Nowak, Ms. Zerrogui and Ms. Jahangir. The letter and the attachments have been e- mailed to IO/SHA and this communication will be included on # [...] | 2005-10-31 08:09:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
05GENEVA2636 | JCIC-XXVII: RESUMPTION OF JCIC-XXVII (PART II) [...] This is JCIC-XXVII-029. 2. The Twenty-seventh Session of the START Treaty's Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission (JCIC) resumed operations on October 31, 2005. Addressees are requested to route cable traffic on all START-related issues, as well as INF implementation and compliance [...] | 2005-10-31 09:40:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PARM KACT US RS UP BO KZ START JCIC INF |
05GENEVA2638 | COMMUNICATION FROM WG ON ARBITRARY DETENTION [...] Mission received the following communication from Ms. Leila Zerrougui, Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, regarding the case of Mr. Majeed Hameed. This communication has been forwarded to IO/SHA via e-mail and is number 38 on the Geneva 2005 Communications Log [...] | 2005-10-31 09:47:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM UNHRC |
05GENEVA2653 | WIPO GENERAL ASSEMBLIES 2005 - BETTER THAN [...] Summary: The meetings of the Assemblies of Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO),held in Geneva from September 26 to October 5, 2005, ended with better-than-expected results. Member States strengthened accountability and oversight within the organization, th [...] | 2005-11-01 12:57:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | IO KIPR WIPO |
05GENEVA2654 | COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY. An October 10 meeting in Geneva marked the end of the decade-long CIS Conference Process, originally created to address problems of refugees and displaced persons -- as well as statelessness -- arising out of the break up of the Soviet Union. Although a final conference statemen [...] | 2005-11-01 13:56:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM SMIG XG CIS |
05GENEVA2655 | UNHCR: EXCOM CABLE #8: MEETING ON AFGHAN REFUGEES [...] (SBU) Summary: This cable provides a readout of an October 7 meeting in Geneva on the situation of Afghan refugees in Iraq and Pakistan. The meeting occurred, and the cable was drafted, before the October earthquake in Kashmir. At this time, it is still unclear what ramifications, if any, th [...] | 2005-11-01 14:12:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL EAID AF PK IR UNHCR |
05GENEVA2663 | RESPONSE OF UN AFFILIATED NGOS TO SECTION 102 (G) [...] Summary. In response to reftel, the following information is provided on United Nations agencies and affiliated agencies with respect to the statutory certification requirement on pedophilia contained in Section 102(G) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 [...] | 2005-11-02 09:37:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC PHUM SOCI UN |